Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1951 Page: 8 of 14
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posed cattle would die. Cattle
were reported doing all right
thus far.
Many schools were closed,
some for ttie rest of the week as
in Dallas and Fort Worth. Pub-
11 lie transportation was halted at
ij CiM Pm
Snow fell intermittently yes-
terday throughout north and
west Texas. The fleecy flakes
were welcomed to the drouth -
ridden crop and rangelands, but
the slim amounts of moisture
were insufficient to ease drouth ______
conditions in the lower Rio | Austin and seriously crippled at
Grande vallev. j other central and south Texas
Heavy si*ow at San Antonio al- [cities,
most halted business as sub-, Airline service was spa-mo
freezing weaker continued die. and bus service out of Hous-
tl irough its third day — the j ?,-,n to north and west was sus-
irost prolonged spell of freez- pended because of glazed higii-
in* weather since 1886. wavs. Srevice continued, how-
hi the valley, experts said it ever. in north and west Tex-
would be impossible to estimate a<
damage to citrus and vegetable
crppps until a thaw, but losses
were almost certain to run into
millions of dollars.
At Houston cattlemen
LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH, Feb. 1 (UP!
— (USDA) — Livestock: Cattle
TOO' Steady. Few commercial and
good slaughter steers and yearl-
ings 2S-33. Canner, cutter and
low grade beef cows 17-24. Bulls
and stockers scarce.
Calves 25: Nominally steady.
Hogs 200: Butcher hogs and
sows steady to 50 lower than
Wednesday, pigs scarce, no
choice butchers offered, medium
and good 100-280 lbs. 21.25. Sows
18-18.50.
Sheep 250: Few feeder lambs
steady, otherwise trade poorlv
tested. Wooled feeder lambs 34,
with buck lamhs out at 30. Most
receipts good and choice shorn
slaughter lambs No. 1 pelts wei-
Ighed at recent contract price of
31.
Southwestern Bell Telephone proditf
SiZr^V’T&’T WORTH Feb. 1
. . ported 750 circuits out, 1,500 j (USDA) Wholesale dealer,
and -ides down and 750 wire breaks, and poultry' prices deliver-
(UP)
livestock experts feared cattle | mtwtly -outh of Houston. ed Fort Worth,
valued at more than SS.OOO.OOu Towns without service were i Eggs market firm, receipts
would freeze m that area alone, Angleton, Bay City. El Campo. light. Grade A whites 12.00-
Harris Chambers, Jefferson., Freeport, Port Isabel, Rich-! 12.60, few large 13.00-13.50.
Liberty. Montgomery, Austin, j mond. Rosenborg, Rio Hondo. ■ Current* receipts* cases return-*
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Cllom left
by train early Thursday for Fort
Worth and Dallas, planning to
be gone the remainder of the
week.
Misses Sara Marsh. Pat Ely.
and Gaynelle Lambert were
among North Texas State Col-
lege students arriving Thursday
for betweon-terms visits in their
homes.
. B. ('. D. Hoard Meets
The Sweetwater Board of City
! Development director- will meet I
tonight in regular session at
; the office In the Municipal Build-
! ing at 7:30 p. ni„ Manager A. C.
: bishop announced.
Seoul Committee
Tlie district Boy Scout execu-
itivo committee was due to meet
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 in
the office of County Supt. Rea
Dill in the court house, Chair-
man Al Coffman announced.
Fort Bend and Brazoria
ties.
Xnahuae, Barker. Brazoria. Ros- ^ H. 10-11.70.
A newsman reported that cat-j Wailis^Wek^Cot j Jf'j?ehtSu^S^ £!
tie already were lying, frozen ■ tm.Ma and Chaico. very light account weather. Jlar
stiff, throughout fields surround-
ing Anahuac, north of Hous-
ton.
Other early morning readings
included zero at Childress, -ix
above at Abilene, Big Spring
and Mineral Wells, seven at Fort
Worth, eight at Daila- Texark-
Despitc p-edietions of heavy
losses by Houston cattlemen, the
southwestern cattle raisers as-
social ion at Fort Worth said los-
ses should not be heavy until
there was a lot more freezing
rain and sleet.
The Salvation Army supplied
ket steady. Heavy hens 24-26
cents, light 19-21. Roosters 11-
13 cents. Fryers best 27-28
cents.
WINTER-MELON—Got a hankerin’ for some ice-cold water-
melon? It con be had in some northerly points from Cuba, for
about five dollars a melon. Grace Jtanes. above, samples an out-
of-season bite while huddled near a coal stov e in a Chicago produce
market.
una and bait Hat, 5,1 at Tyler .jq blankets and comforts to
a id Longview. 11 at Lufkin. -- limiy f indites at Austin when I
at Austin, la at San Antonio and snow began falling at mid - af-
Brief Illness
Fatal To Baby
Sickness Walkout
In 3 Texas Cities
WEATHER-
(Continued From Page 1)
Beaumont, 16 at Houston. 18
at Corpus Christi and Galveston.
21 at McAllen. Weslaco and Har-
lingen and 22 at Edinburg and
Brownsville.
The weather bureau said the
mercury might rise slightly a-
bove freezing at Houston, Cor-
pus Christi, Brownsville and
Laredo and other towns in those
areas during the afternoon, but
drop again to new lows to-
night.
Amarillo had its coldest Feb.
1 in history with a reading of
12 below. An all - time low of
Id below was set on Feb. 12.
1889.
Wheat men said snow and
freezing rain would help save
most of their crops, but Panhan-
dle cattlemen feared some ex-
M'?waY
Phone S841 Show Rain or Clear
Show Open 6:30 P. M.
First Show 7:00 P M
Thursday and Friday
DANNY
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Wauho Bnoc.
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Also Two Cartoons
ternoon yesterday. It also open-! A brief illness was fatal
ed a chili kitchen anu library j shortly before 9 a. m. Thursday
at s 24-hour youth center. to Floyd Lee White, 7-month-old
Among deaths yesterday was ! son of Mr. and Mrs. S. S. White,
that of Mrs. Mattie Coleman, 82.; at the White home, 2311 Roberts
at Jacinto City near Houston.; street
whise night clothes caught fire, The‘child was born July 9,
1950. in Roscoe. Surviving are
from an open gas heater in!
her nnallhome^ou^on fireman the Parents' the father being
died of a heart attack while employed by the West Texas
fighting a general alarm blaze in ! Bedding and Upholstery Com-
downtovvn Houston yesterday .: pany: two brothers, Donald, 4,
At Brownsville. 18-month-old! and Ronald, 3: the grandpar-
Rosario Garza and his five-year- j ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Overman
old brother, Reynaldo, died of: of Casper, Wyo., and Mr. and
pneumonia.
An auto crash at Olmido, near
Brownsville, took the lives of a
couple tentatively identified as
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lozano of
San Antonio.
An unidentified man was
Mrs. J. O. White of Sweetwa-
ter.
Cate-Spencer Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
Time of the funeral has been
set for 4 p. m. at the Communi-
found dean by exposure at" Ediiv- j Jy Center. Burial will be in
])urg ‘ Sweetwater Cemetery.
Hiiario Hernandez, 25. burned j--
(to death When his home caught Q\frus DamOge
The Charro days celebration I tfl Pftft AAA
was scheduled to open as plan- *5 (JVV/VVV
, ned at Brownsville, although |
outdoors activity of the colorful i EDINBURG. Tex
' celebration were postponed.
Attended Meeting
A! Coffman, J. M. Lawrence.
Homer Baxter, H. D. Norris and
Dr. P. T. Quasi plan to attend a
district chairman's clinic for
Bov Scout work in Midland Fri-
day night.
New Scout Troop
! Highland Heights Methodist
Church lias voted to sponsor a
\ Boy Scout troop and an organiza-
tional meeting will be held at the
i church tonight. Parents and
. , ... Ibovs interested have been invit-
telegrapli lines went down. \ ir- ed to attend. Tommy Pee and
tuallv the only contact was by ,jaeL Lewis will be leaders of the
Hj United Pres, radio. . ,. . new group.
At least three Texas cities, Snow and freezingra.n which -
were hit todav hv the unauth-: had plagued the state for hours
orized ‘sickness’walkout of rail- apparently stopped as skies tJaDV IS Killed
road switchmen with both Fort cleared over much of the state. I CL m.
Worth and El Paso yards join-; The weatherman predicted By riSiOl iHOl
ing Dallas In the threatening tie* I continued cold today, with the '
up. mercury plunging to 8 to 15 de- j HOUSTON (UP' — Two-year-
A spoke-man for tiie Missouri- grees below zero in the Pan- old Dotty Bea Clark, daughter of
Kansas - Texa- Railroad said handle to South Plains to- Mr. and Mrs. Tom Clark of Con-
that some 50 switchmen for that ni„ht and 7 below to 8 above in roe. died in a hospital a few
railroad in Fort Worth joined a . ® ’ ,inH„r „f West Texas minutes after she had been shot
similar number of switchmen in itne remainder oi west rexa.. her {ather-s plstoL
Dallas in the walkout. In East Texas, lows of zero The 32-year-old father said he
Sallta Fp officaN -aid virtual- t0 eight below were expected in and his wife and two children
lv an their 50 switchmen in the extreme north portion, zero | came here from Conroe to visit
Fort Worth were out as tliev to 10 above in the interior and his wife’s parents and had
were in D; 11a- ' eight to 18 in the extreme south planned to leave for home Wed-
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Fashion Loving
Half-Size Lady
Mary Lane’s
youthful and
debonair sheen
gabardine suit
for spring. Artis-
tically detailed
to flatter the
half-size figure.
Fine of fit . . . fine
of quality . . .
Fine for you!
Sizes 12'2 - 22'2
At El Faso 83 switchmen for
the Southern Pacific and Texa-
and Pacific Railroads reported
“ill” this morning, all hut halt-
ing rail traffic in that city. Fre-
ight trains were stopped out-
side the city to prevent conges-
tion in F.1 Paso's railcards.
portion along the coast. nesday night, but didn't because
Slightly warmer weather was j01 '^0£aned over t0 pick up
predicted tomorrow m hi- daughter, a pistol slipped
Texas and in the northwest por- j frmn )lls pocktt and discharg-
tion of East Texas. |ed as it struck the floor. The
The control tower at Austin bullet struck the child in the
municipal airport was aban- j-tomach and ranged up through
doned early today because of "er nec*v
Gl Insurance To ,
Pay New Dividend
Cars Collide On
Icy Streets Here
the absence of heat. The temp-
Tt happened lie cause I priz-
...„c -i r i ed that gun,” Clark said. “I have her and fled.
nature w as lJ. ; hat] it forever, and I always liked !---
A Dallas man, Theodore Bud- j j ajwav.s earn it in rav pock-
dyi Stewart, 48, was found dead e( on t, ipa
.. Sweetwater' kc - coated, jn his front yard in West Dal- ' -V-
rtb. 1 ( L * ) i 'L streets cintl tritiiu ibis morning,
— A $7,500,000 loss to Texas clt-j bla‘st oa\,secf nlv two minor u i Billie Gene Evans. 10-year-old Attorney Charqed
growers because • ri-damaging Neiderwald youth, drowned near1
Cashier is Shot
By Bandit Pair
FORT WORTH. Feb. 1 (UP)—
A Kennedale woman wa -hot in : \V \SH1NGT()X, Feb. 1 (UP)—
the right leg by two bandits last |Veteran, Administration an-
mght after she refused to open i
the ca-h register in a package j nounced today it will start pav
store. ing a second (11 insurance divi
Mrs. Virginia Bishop. 13. was : ,jentj 0f S685.000.000 in April to
reported in serious conrliUon in about s.000,000 veterans.
a Fort Worth hospital today af- . .... ,, . r, _____
ter undergoing surgery. She was Administrator Carl R. d a .
believed to have been wounded Jr., was unable to say what tier
bv a shotgun. ! most any one holder of a nation-
She said the two men entered a! service life insurance would
the McKinzie Package Store and receive. But it was certain to be
told her that it wa- a holdup less than the maximum of -8528
and tried : th< register, paid under the first dividend.
Failing, they ordered her to open | In that dividend, a surplus of
it and she refused. Thu men -hot I 82.800,000,000 was available for
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
By United Press
| Stocks irregular in moderate
trading.
Bonds irregularly lower.
U. S. Government bonds un-
changed in moderate trading.
Curb stocks irregular.
Midwest stocks irregularly
j lower.
Silver unchanged in New York
j at 90.10 cents a fine ounce.
Cotton future- trading sus-
I pended temporarily.
Grail.- in Chicago: wheat, corn,
’ rye, oats and soybeans futures
I higher.
because u, i accident.- and tw. non-uai - - ixeiaerwaia youui, arownea near i li/j-L a;j* _
tinued sub - freezing weather I f jres Wednesday, a check with Lockhart yesterday when ice on YtITH Aiding Ul6l)t
bevicea1’ " ' “hiKeskated.^6 ^cope From Police
Reporter....... i Tiie collisions occurred at the h«,r- i?9« -5 naiins was DFNTON Feb 1 (UP)
last : Dur.vard Dyche, a Denton
torney faced charges today
! nigh*.
revealed. while he skated.
, . , , , The collisions: occurred at the Henrv Race 55. Dallas
• saR* Ihe lc-- mchiueu some , ji;t(.rSeCtion- oi Locu-t and r, unci hcaci c.f exposure
6,000,000 boxes of frozen rim Broadway am Lamar and Ala- 1 - exposure
and that young trees would be|hama T-ne ]v,..vi..,t damage wa-
-et back at least two years t>2- §250 to a 19r rd at tin latte,
cause of the freeze. i intersection.
Borne 30.000 acres of tomatoes a -u ve -in., id too near wall
were lost when the mercury p!-jat th(. R. c .p.hn-ton residence,
ummented to the 20-degree mark i 1010 \Ve-t 8th. ..aught the wall-
Galveston Fights
Dock Fire In Cold
And Icy Weather
Prat-! paper afire, but the flame- were vie: d slayer of ;
Agricultural leaders were
tieally unanimous that the | extingutehe,l without -eriou-
cold wave, expected to worsen to-, ,iamage ix-fore fire official-
night. would equal the 1949 dis- reached the -cene. \ car fire at
aster which cost u.000,000 true- 100 Oak ]- vd : i« a mvinlw
.and untold losses of vegetable ne.
1 crops.
P.1'. > DEATH ITS'l.Tl
HUNTSVILLE. Feb. 1
— Thomas Jefferson Price.
Dallas
It's
Levys'
Headquarters
at-
of
iding a drunk driving defend-
lain escape from officers.
Tin attorney posted 8500 bond
j.,,! I after the charge was filed.
’ The complaint stemmed from
a orunk driving charge filed last
week against an Oklahoma man
!who was ho.-pitalized after his
1- .owe- -traitr^efin the chair ; ’af. iclephone pole.
l 12:02 end tin- fir-- - ->L. was 1 . H.' '- 1 ;'ut-htont/es ca'>^ -h.L';
(rifis office Monday and -aid
i an unidentified man was help-
|ing the Oklahoma man out the
| back door. They gave the license
number of the Man's car and
Dyche wa- arrested later.
ruggist. died in the
trie' chair at 12:oS a
con-
ex.. |
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m. today. |
fplied three minutes later.
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i distribution among 16,000,000
policyholders. The dividend cov-
ieredfrom 1940. when the nation-
al service life insurance law was
passed, througli the anniversary
date of policies in 1918.
The new dividend will take up
where the first one left off and
covered through the anniversary
: (iate of policies this year. Anyone
j who took out a policy before
1951 and hold it in force for three
GALVESTON. Fob. 1 (UP) —■ months or longer during 19-18,
j A four-alarm lire in a cotton! 1949. and 1950 will be eligible,
compros v uehou-e in sub-i
bv zinc wei.i'ier threatened th> Kttl'ND <,t ||/n
Gulve»t«-n win.r! area or -ix i ' ‘ ^
hour- today before it wa ANAHUAC, Feb. I (UP) — *
brought under control. Eleven jury found Al :•: Luvine-.s guilty
firemen wen injured fighting of murdering a Beaumont house-
the blaze. wife today alter 19 hours of de-
All 105 Galveston firemen and j liberation* and recommended he
equipment was pressed into the he -uivui a lit, sentence,
fight Tiie fir, was confined to Tne defendant in 1949 wa« sen-
the Southern Warehouse (otn-, tenivd to death for the hitch-
pany. hike -laying of Mrs. Eloise
But at time s. firemen said the! TwiteheU* hu* the state court of
flame- threatened the Galveston- criminal appeals ordered a new
' trial for both Levines- and Dar-
i - Coleman wlio faced the -any
HA IK CUTS FROZEN?
DES MOINES. Ia.. Feb. 1
-XP)— The local office of price
stabilization told an unidentifi-
ed barber at Milo, ia.. 25 miles
south of here, that the price fre-
eze prohibited him from increas-
ing the price of a haircut from
Uj to 76 cents.
Haircuts at De- Moines bar-
bershops cost 81.25.
Houston breweries and other
warehouses ir the area. An esti-
mate of damage was nut immed-
iately available.
Officials said 11 firemen were
hurt, none seriously. Two fire-
men and a reporter’ for the Gal-
veston Now- -uffered frozen
feet.
charge as Levine--'.
TEXAS
Toda.v and Friday
( W Ai.TI 1 -
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1 (UP»
; The defense department today
] 1 is ted a total oi 46,814 casualties
i in the Korean war—an increase |
! of 613 over la r week's report.
This was ii.-.- smallest increase
i reported in recent weeks.
The summary included all cas-
ualties whose next of kin were
I notified thic-ugh last Friday
| midnight. *
LOCKHART. Feb. 1 (UP) — i
Billie Gene Evans. 10-year-old
, Neiderwald youth, drowned near
| here yesterday when ice cover-
' ed a stock tank broke and plung- i
ed him into the water.
Witnesses tolci investigating of-
ficer- that the boy, -on of Mr.
• and Mr.-. T. J. Evans, had been
skating at the time of the acci- i
dent. The body was recovered
: several hour- later.
II It I: LOSS ESTIMATED
HOUSTON, l-’el). 1 (UP) -j
Loss in yesterday's spectacular
tiro that damaged or destroyed j
nine stories in the heart of!
atea wil! ire
"between 8750,000 and 81.000,000” !
Tom Graham, tire department!
administrative officer said to
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WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH
BROWN WOOD. Feb. 1 (UP)
!— Mrs. Annie Ha-li. about 75,
j burned to death in her small
home near Brownwood early to-
| da>. The lire broke out apparent-
'• ly when Mrs. Hash attempted to
; light a natural ga- heater. She
! lived alone.
NERVOUS
STOMACH
ALLIMIN relioros distrcMing symptoms
of “Btrvous stomteh ' — hsavinesa after
meals, belching, bloating and colic due to
gaa. ALLIMIN has been ecientifically
tested by doctors and found highly affective.
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 1, 1951, newspaper, February 1, 1951; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748861/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.