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No Amateurs
In Russian Sports,
Ex-Red Says
New York, N. T.—Russia’s great
athletic training and recruiting
•yatema, u well a® the full re-
sources of the Soviet foreign in-
telligence network, are now hard at
work to assure Red victory in the
*56 Olympics. Yuri Raetvorov former
high officer In the Russian secret
service says in the (June 6) issue
of Life Magazine.
Lt. Col. Rastrorov, who defected to
the eWst 17 months ago, says that
athletics are a weapon of state to
the Russians. They regard an Olym-
pic victory as the fulfillment of
their present aim of world su-
premacy in sport. To achieve it they
have regimented Soviet sport, and
the,ir so-called amateur athletes are
in reality highly paid professionals.
The Reds wMl use "any means, how-
ever, farfetched, devious or plain
dishonest to assure Soviet victory.”
BRIBES AND INTELLIGENCE
Spotting potentially corruptible
officials is one, of the jobs of the
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SALVAGED—Hobby Stevenson. 6, and his sister, Carole,
8. salvage a doll from the twisted wreckage of their home
after tornado almost completely destroyed Udall, Kans.,
Thursday. (NEA Telephoto)
AWARD—President Eisenhower presents trophy to
“Handicapped Man of the Year”, Judge Sam M. Cathey
of Asheville, N.C., municipal judge and sightless cham-
pion of the blind in North Carolina for nearly half a cen-
tury. The Chief Executive made the presentation during
visit to Departmental Auditorium Sunday where the
President’s Committee on Employ the Physically Handi-
capped opened its annual meeting. (NEA Telephoto)
The number of American tourist?
visiting Denmark in 1954 was 12.L
per cent above the 1953 figure, pre-
viously a record year.
An “electronic engineer" which
operates on all standard model elec-
ric trains is capable of operating a
„rain through voice impulses.
BERIA BLAMED—Marshal Tito, right, greets Soviet
Communist Party Leader Nikita Khruschev, on the lat-
ter’s arrival in Belgrade Thursday with Russian Premier
Nikolai Bulganin. Khruschev stated that the Russian
break with Tito and Yugoslavia in 1948 was the fault of
former Soviet security chief, Lavrenti Berm. He added
that he would do everything to heal the bleak. (NEA
Telephoto)
TRAGEDY STRIKES—Rescue workers carries body of
young boy killed when tornado struck Udall, Kans., late
Wednesday night. At least 51 are dead and 200 injured
in town of 600 persons. (NEA Telephoto)
AWARD—In a ceremony at White House Friday Presi-
dent Eisenhower pins the National Security Medal on
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover for outstanding contri-
butions in the field of Intelligence relating to national
defense. In background is Oveta Culp Hobby, chatting
With Treasury Secretary George Humphrey. Behind
Mrs. Hobby is Allen Dulles, CIA director. (NEA Tele-
photo)
JUMPING GENU'S—Leapfrogging for the joy of it
jUst like any other boy is John Schivell, 12. of Cleveland,
Ohio, who has an IQ of 190-plus. 'The “plus” is necessary
because a test taken by John at Western Reserve Uni-
versity lias a norm of 100 and isn’t rated above 190.
•Publication of the lad’s indicated brilliance has brought
several offers of financial aid to provide John with pri-
vate school. Companions are, from left: Charles Dinaro,
13, and Ray Cross, 13. (NEA Telephoto)
PAR IS “LOVE” FOR DI AMOND STAR—Yanks’ Third
J Sacker Andy Carey poses with his fiancee, Starlet Lucy
_■ Marlowe, of Alameda, Calif., at the Grossinger, New
z York, country club. They plan to marry in the fall, some
“ time after the World Series. (NEA Telephoto)
AT THIRD—Burn “Peanuts” Lowrey, Philadel-
phia outfieider, siincs safely into third base as
Cubs Third Baseman Ransom Jackson takes
Outfielder Ed Miksis in third inning of sec-
of double header in Chicago Wednesday. The
both games, 3-2, 7-5. (NEA Telephoto)'
TEXAS
BRIEFS
By United
Dallas—The 191-member execu-
tive board of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas has endorsed
r record shattering $9,000,000 budget
proposed for missionary wqrk. The
recommendations was made at a
meeting of the executive board in
Dallas. It now goes to the general
convention in October for final ap-
proval.
Dallas. — The Federal Reserve
Bank of Dallas says the dollar vol-
ume of sales in Southwest district
department stores was the highest
for any April on record. The bank,
in its monthly business review, re-
ports a gain of 10 per cent for
April over March. April saJes were
12 per cent higher than for April,
1954. The greatest gain was regis-
tered in home furnishings. District
furniture stores sales were 21 per
cent higher than In April g year
earlier and 7 per cent above March.
The report says May rains bright-
ened crop prospects but came too
late to save a large part of t h e
wheat crop.
Harlingen—The arrival of the
nation's first bale of 1955 cotton—
an event worth thousands of dol-
lars to the bale's grower—is likely
to be an unexpected highlight of
the 16th annual Cotton Congress,
opening here tomorrow. The Har-
lingen Chambeo rf Commerce
sponsors the first bale race. Cham-
ber Manager Jeff Bell says the prize
bale may arrive any time now. al-
though he declines to make a more
specific prediction. The first bale
comes each year from the Lower
Rio Grande Valley, where planting
may legally staid earlier in the. year
than it does anywhere else in the
United States The, Harlingen cham-
ber guarantees the first bale's
grower a $1,500 bonus—plus what-
ever the bale brings at an auction
held in Harlingen about a week aft-
er the bale's arrival. Last year Ray
Badnick of Mission received nearly
$3,000 in the auction.
BLIMP-BORNE—JBud Farnsworth skims over Biscayne Bay,
Miami, Fla., towed by a low-flying blimp. It is the first time a
water skier has been so transported. *
U. S. Baby Boom
To Continue
Experts Say
Ne.w York. N. Y.—The great Unit-
ed States baby boom, which sent
birth to an all-time high of 4,076,-
000 last year, may be expected to
continue for several more years, ac-
cording to a current report by Me-
tropolitan Life Insurance Company
statisticians.
The current upsurge in births, un-
paralleled in the country’s history,
has been unchecked since the close
of World War IT. From 1946 through
1954 the number has averaged more
than three and three-quarters mil-
lion annually, or one and three-
fifths times the low figure of 1933.
Important factors in the rise
in the number of babies born year-
ly, the report states, has been a
marked increase in the number of
married women, and an almost un-
interrupted rise in the fertility rate
from its low level in the 1930's.
Wives at ages 15 to 44 have in
New Certified Mail
Service To Start
A new certified mail service is
going into effect on June 7. George
H Barney, postmaster of the Unit
ed States Post Office in Ennis, an-
nounced today.
The Post Office Department is
instituting the new and cheaper
service for mailers who want
receipt for first class mail without
intrinsic, value, Barney said.
The new service provides for a
) receipt at time of delivery. The
charge is 15 cents and the ordinary
postage plus 7 cents if a return
receipt is wanted.
A fee of 10 cents is charged when
a return receipt is not requested at
time of mailing and the sender lat-
er wants an inquiry made.
The mailer obtains a form at the
post office window' or from a rural
carrier, Barney stated. The mail-
er fills out the form and places
a certified stamp or 15 cents in
ordinary stamps in addition to the
ordinary postage on his letter.
The letter can be mailed in the
ordinary way at the post office,
in a street letter box, or handed to
a rural carrier after certain 'in-
structions are followed.
These are:
Enter on the receipt portion of
the certified mail coupon the name
and complete address of the person
or firm to whom it is addressed
and attach the gummed label to
the letter. If a return receipt is
wanted, check the block on the
receipt to show the fee and enter
the certified number on the re-
turn receipt card and attach it to
back of envelope.
If a postmarked senders receipt
is wanted, present the envelope
and completed coupon to the postal
creased in number by one-seventh employee who will postmark it.
---- 1 Certified mail will be taken out
by carrier, if unable to deliver a
notice will be left and it will be
carried out again only when the
addressee so requests. A receipt will
be obtained when it is delivered.
No office record is kept of certified
mail by the Post Office and the
sender is cautioned to retain his
receipt.
since 1945—and by more than one-
thud since 1933,” It is pointed out.
‘In each of the postwar years about
one out of every six married wom-
en at these ages bore a. child, but
in tire mid-30’s the proportion was
only one in eight.”
Particularly note worthy is the,
sustained high rate for second births
the rapid rise in the rate for third
and fourths births—and the cur-
rent upward tendency in the rate
for fifth births. This presage return
moderate size families in the United
t* ates—according to the .statisti-
cians—although not to the large
families of several decades ago.
Final Rites Held
For Miss Hobbs
Funeral services for Miss Frances
Hobbs were held at the family
home, 803 South Paris St., this
mornornmg. Miss Hobbs died early
morning. Miss Hobbs died early
ness.
Survivors include her father, G.
O. Hobbs; one brother, E. V. Hobbs
of Alma, three sisters, Miss Lois
Hobbs, Miss Pat Hobbs and Miss
Mary ue Hobbs, all of EiuU.
Frank L. Cox, minister of Ennis
iAvenue Church of Christ, con-
ducted the funeral rites.
Burial under the direction of
the J. E. Keever Mortuary was in
Myrtle Cemetery.
Those who served as pallbearers
included A E. Ramsey, E. H.
Haynes, Basil Hart, H, H. Lummus,
Johnny Slocum and R. W. Hesser.
Toasted Doughnuts
Here's an idea for leftover dough-
nuts: split them, toast them in the
broiler; and while still hot, spread
them with butter and dip in sugar
and cinnamon. Good for breakfast,
too.
Week End Guest
Week end guests of Mrs. D. A.
Whittington Sr. and Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Fitzgerald Included Mr. and
Mrs. John Foley and son, Jerry, of
Atchlnson. Kans.; Mr. and Mrs. D.
A. Whittington of Edinburg and
Mr. and Mrs. Max Walunund and
•on, Ric&ard, of Giddings.
On the
EXTENSION LINE
By MARY L. COTHRAN
County Home Demonstrh.ion Agent
The canning season is with us.
Many housewives are already can-
ning green beans. Some families
prefer canned green beans to froz-
en ones. The foods nutrition spe-
cialists, Extension Service, AAM
College just a short time ago isssued
new information on "One Step
Cold Packed Method for Canning
Vegetables.” This method is just
what the title indicates—a simpli-
fied wHy to can vegetables.
There are two points to be re-
membered in successful canning
regardless of method.
1, Accuracy in timing pressure*
2. Accuracy of pressure guage.
Be sure that the Jars arc proces-
sed exactly the length of time
recommended. No more—no less.
The guaRe on your pressure can-
ner should be tested at the beginn-
ing of every canning season. The
geared guage is better than the
gearless type and can be adjusted
when it is slightly out of order. The
gearless is less expensive but be-
comes inaccurate more readily and
cannot be repaired.
Mrs. George B. Wray, 215 Wil-
liams. Waxahachle, ,lx prepared t o
test pressure guages and will be
glad to do so for you.
With so much recent rain—garden
prospects are bright. It would be
well to utilize all vegetables pos-
sible—if not used fresh from the
garden—then by preservation In
canning or freezing.
Another new 4-H Club was or-
ganized recently in Ellis County.
This club is in the Ovllla community
and will be called the Ovilla-4-H
Club. The group met in the home
of Mar*. Jesse Ohr, who will serve
»atw» adult leader. They will meet
Galveston Mayor
Has Struggle
With Crazed Negro
Galveston (UP).—Galveston May-
or George Roy Clough struggled des-
perately with a crazed Negro early
today after the man had terrorized
his neighborhood with a shotgun.
Clough and Police Chief Willie
Burns, with whom Clough has been
feuding for months, later teamed
up and talked the man into sur-
rendering.
The Negro. 50-year-old Oliver
Moore, barricaded himself inside
home after parading up and down
the street—threatening to “kill ev-
eryone in sight” with a 12-gauge
shotgun.
For more than four hours, a doz-
en officers tried unsuccessfully to
talk Moore into coming out.
Then Clough, who knew the man.
arrived on the scene about 4:30 this
morning. Clough says:
"I called to him over a beach
patrol loud speaker and told him I
was the mayor and wanted him to
come out."
"The first time I called him he
didn't answer. But the second time
he walked out on the porch and
said, ‘Here I is.*,
‘He still had his hand on the
shotgun. I walked up on the porch
and tried to get him to come down
to my car with me.
"But when he saw some officers,
got scared and tried to run back
in the house. I grabbed him by the
arm and we struggled for a min-
ute.
"He still had his fre hand on the
shotgun, but couldn't use lt."
A police officer rushed up on the
porch to aid Clough, but the mayor
decided it would be better to let
Moore get back in his house, then
try to talk him out again.
During the next few minutes the
mayor and Police Chief Burns team-
ed up and tried to figure a new way
to trick Moore into surrendering.
Burns then found out. that Moore
had a telephone and called him
up. He told Moore he wouldn't be
hurt if he came outside, and Moore
agreed on the condition that Clough
meet him on the porch.
Moore then walked meekly out
the front door and surrendered. He
turned his shotgun and other wea-
pons. including a hammer over to
Ult IWt Mi
Moore was hustled into Clough's
private car and driven to a nearby
restaurant, where the mayor brought
him some breakfast. He later was
taken to Jail, where he was to be
examined by a psychiatrist.
Get That Checkup!
Chicago (UP).—Of 500 business-
men recently given physical exam-
inations, 41 per cent had abnormal-
ities they did not know about, ac-
cording to Science Digest. The study
was conducted by the University of
Michigan’s medical school and in-
stitute of industrial health. The
greatest number had gastrointesti-
nal disturbances.
Keep Towel Racks Handy
A satisfying bath depends on
plenty of hot water and soap, re-
ports the Gas Appliance Maunfac-
turers Association, plus a clean
towel within easy reach. Many an
otherwise thoughtful homemaker
places towel racks where there is
the most wall space—instead of
where the bather can reach them!
That oversight is easy to remedy
by Installing small, flexible racks
which can be pulled out to hold
eticugh clean towels for the whole
family.
In the Ovllla. community center the
fourth Thursday night of each
mo| h during the {fummer. The
following during the summer. The
President—Charlotte Ohr.
Vice President—Barbara Curry.
Secretary - Treasurer—Sandra La
Rue.
Reporter—Danetta Springer.
Recreation Leader—Sharon Har-
ris.
Mm. W. D. Harris was present.
Soviet Committee of Sport’s foreign
section, Rastrorov says. A coach of
a top Russian basketball team ad-
mitted to him that the buying of
foreign officials and judges was a
routine part of Soviet sport strategy.
In the spring of 1962 the Russian
Intelligence office in Tokyo—where
Rastvorov then worked received or-
ders to collect all possible data on
locafl teams and athletes, and to
report on the honesty and quality
of managers, coaches and trainers
of nationally known teams.
No Soviet team can meet « foreign
one, until the latter has been care-
fully evaluated by Soviet intelli-
gence. Part of the Russian program
of emphasizing their “world su-
premacy” in sports is for their of-
ficials to pick foreign teams Soviet
athletes are, likely to 'beat.
FULL-TIME PRO ATHLETES
While Soviet propaganda per-
sistently shout® that “there are no
professional athletes in the USSR.
“Rastvorov says that each of the
great, government-supervised sports
clubs hires and retains promising
players through its own uique
system of coercions and rewards—
with stars ending up as full-time
athlet^si. These full-time athleteys
spend as much time at ttieir sports
as any member of an American big
league baseball game, and their
rewards are comparably handsome.
"Americans have to realize” Rast-
vorov says “that such terms as
'amateur' and ‘voluntary' arc total-
ly irrelevant in the, USSR. Soviet
teams are not ‘organized’ they are
assembled a® parts ofa great state
machine. Soviet teams do not ‘play’
at their sports; they work at them."
A member of the winning team in
the Soviet equivalent of the World
8eries — the All-Union Soccer
Championship—receives a bonus of
6,000 rubles ($1,250) and a share of
the gate receipts. Rewards for many
stars, plus their pay from jobs they
nominally hold, enable them to live
as well as top bureaucrats.
Other flagrant special privileges
given Soviet athlete® include com-
fortable officer comissions and
deferement from arduous duty.
Rastvorov himself had is army or-
ders for the Finnish front in 1940
canceled because he was a member
of a sport® club team.
POINTING TO 1956
Between now and the 1956 Oym-
pics—the world can expert to see
more, and more Soviet teams abroad
winning more and more victories in
such sports a® skiing, gymnastios,
markmanship and track Soviet
athletes will probably set new rec-
ords as they have already set them
in many sports. These same, teams
of rigidly controlled and highly-
paid "amateurs” will then appeal'
at the Olympics.
At the 1952 Olympics the United
States eked out a victory over the
Soviet Union by 80 4 points. So
unwilling tr> admit defeat were the
Russians that they subsequently
Juggled the scores and Soviet
propaganda organs took up the
cry that the two nations had tied.
Next year, Rastvorov says—the So-
viets are determined not to have to
employ such sophistry,
a rodent.
Mrs. J. D. Rosson
To Be Buried Here
Mrs. J. D. Rosson, 85, formerly
a reside*:t of Oak Grove for a num-
ber of years, died Monday after-
noon in Fort Worth at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. M. S. Guinn,
where she was making her home
after leaving Navo. in Denton
County, five months ago. She had
liven in Denton County for 38 years
Survivors include four sons, W.
O. Rosson and J. T, Rosson of
Drnton, J. F. Rosson of Fort Worth
find M. E. Rosson of San Diego,
Calif., six daughters, Mrs. W. S.
Pope of Alvarado, Mrs. H. J. Ven-
able of Navo, Mrs. Henry J. Larkin
of Malaikoff, and Mrs. R. H. Bran-
nan, Mrs. Lynn Hagler and Mrs. M.
S. Guinn, all of Fort Worth: 21
grandchildren, 45 great grand-
children and 6 great great grand-
children.
Funeral services are to be held
at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Elm
Ridge Methodist Church near Den-
ton.
Burial under the direction of the
J. E. Keever Mortuary will be in
Myrtle Cemetery at 2:30 p.m. Wed-
nesday.
Mendota. Minn., claims the small-
est town Jail In the nation—a 5x5-
foot building.
The Drairle dog Is not a dog but
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