The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 79, Ed. 1 Monday, April 1, 1946 Page: 1 of 6
six pages : ill. ; page 23 x 17 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I-''
nm
M.
Wm
;
Mags
Associated Press Wire
Reports *
NEA Features
lt®t
p:
Will
m
m
gram
* >* I
VOL. 48.—NO. 78.
THE EVENING NEWS AND THE MORNING TELEGRAM CONSOLIDATED IN I91S. ABSORBED THE DAILY GAZETTE IN 1924.
_■' ■ . . ' ' ■ —-----i--'
SULPHUR SPRINGS. TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1948.
4-
■ ' '.....'........
___
The Oldest Business
Establishment in
Hopkins County.
ASSOCIATED PR*
Goal Strike Hinders Reconversion
AVflvance Notice
lied Withdrawal
Asked By China
Belgian Premier
Acker ai Post in
New Government
(By Associated Press!
Brussels, April 1—Belgium has
a new government today with
(By Associated Press i
Chungking, April 1.
Generalissimo Chiang
Shek told the People’s Po-
litical Council today
China has asked Russia to
give advance notice of So-
viet withdrawal from va-
Greek Election
Paves Way for
Return of King
Herbert Hoover Tour* Starving Europe
(By Assonnird Press!
Moscow, April t —• A Russian j
(Tass) news agency dispatch from j
Athens asserted today that what J
it called “all democratic” organi-
zations in Greece boycotted Sun-
Kai-' day's elections. The Russian dis-
patch asserted further that the or-
that ganizations remained away ffom
the polls despite alleged threats of
force made by so-called “reaction-
aries.” The Soviet agency also
Van Acker hack at hi*;to enter the points before'
Achilla
post as
regime.
Van Acker formed his
post-war cabinet in February,
rious points in Manchuria, 'quoted a Swiss radio broadcast
Chiang said that Russia also which told of large-scale election
has been requested to allow clashes in Salonika.
Chinese Government troops
(By Associated Prssst
the premier of the now j leave, SO thaVa | Ar^hhUlmP^I)iima»idnos*ciilled*up-
i smooth transfer of garrison
first | duties may he made.
Chiang blamed the Chinese
1946, but a social Christian party ! Communists for the troubled
vicotry at the polls a year later
caused him to resign.
The former premier, however,
formed his coalition government
yesterday at the request of Regent j
Prince Charles. He acted.-after
Spaakj
Leader
I failed ;
a Bel- ■
jvemment.
Van Acker, a socialist, retains
the post of minister of fuel in ail
dition to his premiership. He
turned over once again to Spaak
the portfolio of minister of for
eign afiafrs. Spaak is the presi- '
dent of the United Nations Or- j
ganization.
Van A ct*jg* coalition govern-
merit comMalds eight votes more
than a majSrity in the Belgian !
chamber of deputies Van Acker's
cabinet consists of six liberals, six ;
socialists, four communist* and 1
three non parliamentary technic-
ians.
Manchurian situation. He accused jpromine
the Communists of entering the 1
territory after the Japanese de-
feat and hindering the occupa-
tion of Manchuria by government
forces.
Meanwhile, Chinese Communist
troops are said to be surrounding
the Manchurian capital of Chang-
chun, which soviet forces are ex-
pected to evacuate shortly. On the
other hand, a Chinese military of-
ficer is quoted as having said car-
on Premier Themiatoklcs Sophoul-
is today to remain in office for a
few dayR longer. The premier had
resigned in accordance with a
made earlier that he
would step down from office when
Greece held it* first general elec-
tion. Ballots were cast Sunday in _____________............... ..........
the first (.reek general election cIet.h0s|0vakia, nnd President Edouard Bencs of Chechoslovakia, in Prague.
since 1938.
Archbishop Damaskinos has sug-
gested to Rophoulis that he con-
tact the executive committee of
the populist party and consult with
its members with u view to form-
ing a new government.
In complete hut official returns
As the United State* prepares further belt-tightening moves in un effort to send more grain to Eu-
rope, former President Hoover, center, confer* with Laurence A. Steinhardt, left, U. S. Ambassador to
Hoover is on a tour of
war-ravaged European nations in an effort to avert wide-spreud famine. (NEA Radiophoto),
her that the Russians would not give the populi*ts an ovcrwhclm-
romplete their withdrawal from
Changchun until the government
troop* arrived. The officer is Lt.
General Tung Wen-Ping, chief of
the Chinese military mission in
the Manchurian capital.
ing majority in the election. The
emergence of the populists as
victors could pave the way for a
possible return to the Greek
throne of King George II.
Indians Hurl
Rocks al Gandhi
On Parley Eve
I). S. Army In China To
Be De-Activated May 1
Auction Planned
At Dairy Show
Here in May
f By A ssocisled Prr$s>
Washington, April 1—Ohserv.
Capitol Hill believe there'-
little chance of u decision this
year on the controversial sugges-
tion for an Army Navy merger.
Senate friend* of President Tru-
man say that the Chief Executive
is as eager as ever for a merg, r
of the armed forces.
However, a congressional Eas-
ter recess ha* been set tentative-
ly for April 18-30, and it seem*
unlikely that the legislation will
be passed upon before then. On
the Senat*- side, the legislation i*
in a military sub-committee which
has given no indications of an
early statement to the fuil com-
mittee. And the House executive
expenditures committee, which
has the legislation on the other
side of the capitol. doe* not plan
to vote "n the subject before the
Senate has acted.
After the Easter recess there
will he a flood of appropriate
hills, and then probably a recess
until after the elections. And if
the lame duck Congress after the
election live* up to the reputation
of lame duck Congresses, it proo-
ahly will not pass on important
^jpion. _
Hoover Reporls
800,000 Finns
Directors of the Northeast Tex-
as Dairy Show, who gathered
here Saturday to outline plan* for
the exhibitions scheduled on May
9 and in, went on record as fa-
voring the construction of a cov-
ered arena equipped with perma
nent. seats.
The directors heard the plans
outlined hv Ed I. Palmer, who
said that the show had grown so
much that it attracted state and
national attention and therefore
it merited an arena which would
contain all facilities for the stag-
ing of a standout exhibition, rain
or shine.
Palmer’s suggestion that breed-
ers donate heifers to he placed on
the auction block, with the pro-
ceed* of the sale being directed
to a building fund, met with ap-
proval. Palmer, i.indley Brothers
of Yantis, Joe K. Bain, Bill Le-
mon. Buster Ewing and Carna-
tion Company all volunteered to
give female animals for the stat-
ed purpose.
(Continued from page six)
County Court
Opens April
Term Monday
The three week* April term of
County Court wa* convened in
Sulphur Spring* Monday by, ........
Judge Wayne Gee. The firist! w*r* injured in t-he diwturbsnce.
(ffinnhi took no Apparent notice
of the rocks, nor did he appear to
head cries of “down with CJtnd-
hi!’* The Indian leader’)*
(Hy Atsormted Press!
New Delhi, India, April 1 — Per-
sons opposed to the all-India con-
gress paity staged a demonstra-
tion in New Delhi today a few
minutes uftor the arrival in the
city of Mohandas K. Gandhi. The j
congress party has come to New 1
Delhi for conferences tomorrow j
with British officials on self-
determination for India.
Rocks and half -bricks were |
hurled ut the hut occupied by
Gandhi, hut all fell at least 50'
feet away. However, four persons '
case cleared from the docket wus
a drunk driving charge which had
been filed about a month ago.
The defendant, who previously
had evidenced a desire to contest
the charge, entered a plea of
guilt, received a fine and had his
driving license revoked.
Judge Gee has announced that
the first jury panel will he sum-
moned for duty on Tuesday, April
9, on whirh date several contested
cases will he subject for calling
to trial.
Typhus Epidemic
Sweeping Osaka
Area of Japan
tary declared
no notice of
would not.
W. A. Baldwin, 60,
Veteran Railman,
Dies on Sunday
William Arthur Baldwin, 8(1,
well-known and highly esteemed
Cotton Belt employee for the past
32 years, died at the company’s
hospital in Texarkana at one
o'clock Sunday morning. Mr.
Baldwin, who suffered a stroke
Thursday, was carried to the hos-
pital Friday.
The veteran Cotton Belt rni-
Gandhi had taken i.phiyee had been living at Weaver
and j for the past several years, hut ho
; formerly wa* a citizen of Sul-
j phur Springs,
j Final rites for Mr. Baldwin
were conducted at the First Bap-
tist Church, Sulphur Spring*, at
j one o’clock Monday afternoon,
i with the pastor, the Ilev. C. Wade
i Fireman, officiating. The body
then was carried overland to West
the incidents
C-P-A Promises
More Cans for
East Texas Beans
(Continued on page six.)
f Htt Aniteirmtrd P’rttl
Osaka. Japan, April 1 — The
United Stales 25th (tropic light-
ning! division has opened a full-
j scale campaign to break t,|ie hold;
of a typhus epidemic among Jap-
anese civilians m Osaka.
The epidemic is described of-
ficially as the largest to confront ;
the United States army during
World War II.
The commander of the 25th, j
Major diaries L. Mullins, Jr., says
i 5,941 cases of typhus have been j
(Hv APrrni uncovered in Osaka alone, while
Detroit, April 1--The automo- anotj,*r 7,113 Japanese have been j
tive capital of Detroit is confront- jr, jy,e j2th prefecture,
e.l today with a new strike which -jy,. 25th also is responsible for
may force the temporary dosing ].,Jth prefecture in addition to the
of many of its giant industrial ;rjty ot Q»aka.
plants. ^ Mullins pointed out although his I
Some 5,200 AF’L bus drivers and division's entire fourth infantry ;
trolley car operators have walked r<.,fjment has been thrown into j
off their jobs on the city-owned ^ campaign against the disease.1
transit lines in a wage dispute. Hri|y three typhus cases have brok-
The transit workers are demand- en out amf,ng GI’s. All three cases
Deiroii-Akron
Transit Sirikes
May Close Plants
ing an hourly wage increase of 18
cents an hour, while the top city
offer to date is 15 cents.
City authorities say the walkout
began in orderly fashion, with
most trolleys and buses off the
Herbert Hoover streets and hack in the yards an
’-in Helsinki today hour after the strike deadline of
4 :O0 a.m.
jj^ce Starvation
> "
Mr < lit
eJBM
A
IrW PtSSS)
land, April
(fly
Helsinki,
Former Fre
told newsmen
.... Finland's food rations can be
,1a on to last only until the Now, almost two million De-
counted on trftiter*_m,ny „f them industrial
•|°th Uend of June workers—are without any public
until tne ^ ,g studySn(t food transportation at all. Detroit op-
de- erates a vast network of buses and
Hoover.
„„,Utinn* throughout Europe.
' H that after June there will trolley lines serving it* widespread
’shortage of 40 to 50.000 tons area Most big industrial plant*
'am until the end of Septem- are served by these lines.
h,n ■ ... >l)out Meanwhile, 300,000 residents of
them Akron. Ohio, also are without pub-
Iffoover found that
Finns—half of
from land ceded to Rus-
urgent need of addi-
lic transportation service. CIO bus
and trolley operators have been
said that about out since midnight in the Ohio
Jidr’en over the age of city—also as a result of a wage
the w-»oim|y undernourished. ! dispute.
already have been discharged from
the hospital.
Believe Soviet
Delegate Plans
To Rejoin UNO
(By Assoi mtrd Press!
New York, April 1. — Indica-
tions are that the Russian dele-
gate may be back in the fold
when the UNO Security Council
meets again in New York on
Wedneaday.
Hopes that Soviet Ambassador
- Gromyko would return were bol-
stered as Russia paid op her full
;duen, $1,723,000, as a member of
the United Nation*.
(It y AsSuCmtr.ti promt
Washington — Texas’ Rcpre-,
Hentativc Berk worth ha* announc-
ed that the Civilian Production
Administration ha* promise'! Kant
Texas canner* more tin for ran
ninff field heart*. The Cf*A huI<I
that h tin xhortaire came about
in East Texa* because it had
failed to rlaaaify a* edible certain
varieties of fii hi bean* which un-
lived to aome extent for feed but
which are often sold for table
Soviets
Leaving
Tabriz
(By A tfi'-iHtrrl Press)
Teheran, Iran, Ap. D—Red Army
troops are said to be making os-
tentatious preparations to evacu-
ate the Iranian city of Tabriz.
This was announced today by a
United .State* Fimbassy official
at Teheran, lie based his state-
ment on information received
from the scene. Tabriz is the
capital of the semi-autonomous
Iranian province of Azerzainjan.
The spokesman said no actual
movement of troop* or materials
had taken place in Tabriz. Rut,
he said, equipment and vehicles
are being concentrated, apparent-
ly in preparation for evacuation.
Meanwhile, an official Iranian
source said the Russians had *var-
uated all highway check post* be-
tween Teheran and points imme-
diately south of Tabriz. However.
Geraldine Bain
Of Pine Forest
Is Dairy Queen
Miss Geraldine Bain, attractive
daughter of Mr. anil Mi's. Joe FL
Bain of the Fine Forest commun-
ity, has been selected to serve as
Queen of the Northeast Texas
Dairy Show, scheduled in Sulphur
Spring* on May 9 and 10.
Miss Bain is a popular and tal-
ented student of Fickton High
School,
Her father is one of the lead-
in'; dairymen of Hopkins Coun-
ty.
IPs Armrinh i Press!
Shanghai, April l-~Lieut,-G«n.
Albert Wedemeyer announced to-
day that the United State* Army
in China will be de-aetivated on
May 1. The American comman-
der in China said this action 1* in
accordance with instructions aent
from the Joint Chiefs of Staff ip
Washington. *
Wedemeyer said the de-activa-
tion would reduce American for-
ces In China to three or four
thousand—- mainly administrative
forces. The American comman-
der gave no estimate of the cur-
rent size of army forces in China.
At their peak strength, these for-
ces numbered 6,500 men.
Wedemeyer himself is schedul-
ed to leave Chinn for the United
States on Thursday. There has
been no disclosure as to whether
he will return.
However, Wedemeyer announ-
ced that the 30,000 Murines in
North China will revert from his
control to the Navy.
The Russians repeatedly have
pointed out the presence of the
American troops in China in con-
nection with recent discussions ^*ny
concerning the withdrawal of So-
viet forces from Manchuria.
Work Stoppage
400,000 Miners
Hits Industries
■........ ’ .................. ................ .
( By Aiaocuitfid Pruts I
Washington, April 1.—-Tho White Houm said today
that Preaidant Truman haa no plans for intarrenrag in
the soft coal mining stoppage. Press Secretary Charles
Rosa said the stoppage was in the handa of Secretary of
Labor Schwellenbach.
all
i'SlM
America’s
wheezing again
I By AmocmIW Pr*m)
postwar prosperity
today.
roaperlty
e soft coa
nrogri
tl mir
am
miners
started
stopped
working. And that haa the steel men nervoua. No soft
coal, no coke. And no coke, no ateel. Which bringa up
the automobile makers. No ateel, they aay, and the car
industry will be out of joint within a few daya.
The Solid Fuela Adminiatration haa taken over the
job of being the nation’a coal delivery man. The action
followa the work atoppage today of 400,000 A.F. of L.
United Mine Workers. John L. Lewis haa ordered the
miners to quit work as a result of the expiration of their
contract at midnight.
All indfoatioiift are that
miners will stay out until it
following their
“no work con-
tract, no work" policy.
However, Lewis and the
mine operators are to con-
tinue contract negotiations.
The parleys are deadlocked
over Lewis’ demand that
the operator!) establish a
health and welfare fund for
the miners.
1 -';i
Warn
t i v
km
Sulphur Springs
Citizens Approve
Bonds, 196 to 27
Th« official count of the Sul-
phur Spring* School Improvement
Rond election, scheduled during
the week, can not pouslbly change
the result*, official* dlieloaed
Monday,
The unofficial count Saturday
revealed that 196 voted for the
$60,000 bond l**ue
Improve
the Sulphur Springs schools.
Twenty-seven cast vote* against
the meaeure.
John M. Sheffield, president of
the school board, report* that the
bonds will be sold in the near fu-
ture and that work will begin
soon. He said that the complete
overhauling of Travis Ward
School and the addition of an au.
ditorium to that building would
be the first construction work to
be undertaken.
Many Signs Thai
Russia Plans io
Remain in UNO
Final Rites for -
Mrs. Breckenridge
Held on Monday
Final rites for Mrs. Rlanrhe
Breckenridge. about 85, who filed
at the home of her nieee, Mr*. FL
j V. McLaughlin on route 5, wpr° ! dy Gilmore,
(By Prut)
Moscow, April 1 — There are
day-to-day Indications in
Moscow that Soviet Russia intend*
to remain a working partner in
the United Nation* Organization.
Two foreign representative* In
responsible diplomatic posts say
that they have received strong
'though unofficial reassurance* on
the Soviet attitude. And Soviet
spokesmen, pres* commentator*
and lecturer* alio express Russia’*
apparent determination to stick by
the UNO. Generally they base
| their conclusions on Prime Minis-
ter Stalin'* recent answer to As-
sociated Pres* Correspondent Ed-
algncd.
itditionai
This is the second biggest
walkout since V-J Day. top-
ped only by the CIO steel
strike last January.
Tha number of workers In the
three weeks.
The work stoppage hr the Unit-
ed Mine Workers went Into effect
et one minute after midnight, with
the expiration of their collective
bargaining contract. No disorder
has been reported as the bitumin-
ous coal mines shut down. Union
President John L. Lewis says there
will be no picketing.
The government hopes to effect
(Continued on page six)
. I
I'
II
conducted at Day end Day Fu-
neral Home at 2 o'clock Monday
The Soviet lecturer, Alexander
Leontiev, has asserted that the
afternoon. Mrs. Breckenridge *•*»•» “"‘o" consider* the United
Nation* Organization a “narloti*
flioil early Sunday raormlng*
The deceased spent the greeter inetrumen* for preserving interne-
Government oi
Iran Backs Acts
Of Ambassador
i Hy Aasocxntrtf Press!
New York, April 1.—The Sec-!
retury General of the United Na-j
tioris, Trygve Lie, today made;
public u cablegram giving the
Iranian Government's full back-;
ing to actions of it* Ambassador, I
Hussein Ala. The cablegram was;
signment by the Iranian Prim**
Minister and Foreign Minister,;
Ahmed Quavam.
The cablegram stated that Ala
is accredited and qualified to j
represent Iran before the United idled
Nation* Security Council. The
Iranian Ambassador to this coun-
try ha* be*n appearing at Coun-
cil sessions to present his
j [,art of her life as a teacher in
! Kentucky and later lived at Ra*
j toon, N. M. She came to Texa*
jin 1945.
Pallbearer- for the funeral,
officiated over hy the Rev, R. P.
! Campbell of the Davis Street Bap-
tist Church, were W. C. Stone,
| Texarkana; J. C. McLaughlin,
; Philip Smith, Walker Baughman,
Fjrnest McKeever, and Ester Mc-
Keever.
The deceased is survived by a
number of nieces and nephe'w*.
tiorial peace and security."
Texas Weekend
Traffic Death
Toll Set al 7
Navy Tugs Race
To Aid Vessel
iHy XwadW Pry)
Port Hueneme, Calif., April 1.
—The merchant ship and tanker
which collided last night In the
Pacific have been taken In tow.
The accident occurred about fifty
miles west of Santa Barbara
when the Oneida Victory collided
with the tanker W.L.R. Emmet.
Allies Plan
More Raids
On Nazis
(By A—eiyly* Pry)
United State* headquarter* in
Germany revealed today that the
cloak-and-dagger game between
the Allies and the Naxl under-
ground has just begun.
American intalllgence officer*
at Frankfurt said that saveral
Nasi subversive movements still
are plotting against the Allies in
Germany.
The week-end roundup of al-
most 1,000 Hitler die-hard youth
conspirators, thay added, wa* on-
ly th* beginning. The American
Army official* asaerttd that coun-
ter-espionage agents were work-
ing day and night to break up the
resurgent Naai resistance.
The Allied dragnet, It was dis-
closed, had soma hole* In it—for
about 20 per cent of those who
were on the list fer arrest man-
aged to get away.
Ml
'll
—
(By 4kbaHintr4 Press!
San F’ranciseo, April 1— Two
navy sea-going tugs are racing to-
day to the aid of the ship Oneida
Victory—damaged sarionsly In a
i collision off the California coast
Texas) with the tanker W-L-R Emmet.
However, th# navy says the
skipper of the Oneida ha* asked
one was killed in a plane crosh. his crew to return to their shit)
Th* toll was increased by the from th* Emmet whl'h picked
them up after they had been or-
dered to abandon the Oneida.
Week-end accident* in
claimed at lea»t *ev*n live*. Six
in automobile rni*hap* and;
the spokesman said that th# seif- try'* charge* against Russia. The
proclaimed government of Azer-
death* of Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
coun- J Carnes of Goose Creek in an au-
tomobile-train collision on the
baijan had opened
station south of
frontier post.
a new control
its previous
Russians claimed that he was not Katy Highway near Houston last
familiar with the dispute and im- night, and the death of a Hous-
plied that he did not have the full' ton baby, who was crushed by a
barking of F.ls government, hacking car.
The skipper now believes he
will be able to sav* th* vessel,
although th* Oneida is listing
badly and has takan in a huge
amount of water.
International
Political Poi
Gets New Fire
a ,.,,;ussa'Kii.c .»a
tugging among the Allies went
on in Europe today.
Marshal Tito told th# Belgrade
Parliament that Allied planes had
flown over Yugoslav territory,
adn he spoke pretty sharply about
that. H# claimed tM* was a
threat to Yugoslavia’s peace and
security, and that th# people
would not tolerate suck provoca-
tions.
Tito said that ha protested last
month againat theae flight* but
that he got no answer. Th* dla-
patch doe* not say to whom
protest wa# mad*, hut it -:*g
quote Tito a* noting that Yugos-
lavia’s relations with the United «
(Continued oa pag* sis.)
*
hom the ,-&■
it does
' HaaS»
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Bagwell, Eric. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 79, Ed. 1 Monday, April 1, 1946, newspaper, April 1, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth813732/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.