The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, June 14, 1946 Page: 1 of 16
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ESTABLISHED JAN. 18. 1873
THE CLARKSVILLE TIMES FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1946 C
C. R. Dinwiddie
Becomes First
City Manager
In Clarksville
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and some
refining has
tion method,
g eondueted
to. Rico and
areas Ray-
n for the
large sugar
lour of the
inspect test
C. R. Dinwiddie. for several years '
an alderman from Ward No. 3, re-
cently discharged from the army,
where he held the rank of Lieuten-
ant Colonel, accepted appointment
as city manager of Clarksville Mon-
day evening and immediately qual-
ified for the job. He took over the
work assigned Tuesday morning.
His appointment had been voted by
the council several days previously,
.but before accepting he desired to
clarify some points in they ordinance
under which he is empowered to
manage the city’s affairs. These
matters were disposed of Monday
evening.
Voters of the city of Clarksville
authorized the adoption of the
manager system at a special elec-
tion held April 23. The council was
given authority to appoint a man-
ager and by ordinance outline his
duties responsibilities and authori-
ty.
Tiie ordinance as adopted pro-
vides that the manager shall, upon
the expiration of the terms of city
clerk, city attorney, city marshal
and treasurer appoint qualified
persons to fill these positions, sub-
ject to confirmation by the council.
if it can be
operations,
would re-
the original
ane, lea' ing
sugar. Tins
sent second
h raw sugar
e char pro-
well pleased with prices and
grading methods. Something
like two cars had been loaded
at Clarksville Wednesday night.
KING OF SIAM ACCIDENTALLY KILLED—The late King Ananda Mahidol, left, 20-year-old ruler of Siam,
who was found dead of a bullet wound in the Royal Palace In Bangkok, is shown here with his sister,
Princess Mahidol, and Prince Phumiphon Adulet, right, 18-year-old Boston-born brother who has been named
the new King by the Siamese Legislature. This photo was made while the King and his family were in
Switzerland. (NEA Telephoto)
portant foods have bi
since the administn
policy was liberalised
Meat prices went l
a direct result of the
The increase foilm
boost of 18 cents hoi
ing house workers. P
dairy products and bi
granted under the nei
ards.
Milk prices already
a quart in many arei
raised elsewhere sba
pects to put into effa
so previously author!
creases of about 11 i
for butter and six cen
Cheddar cheese.
These have been tl
price increases, but
been a number of oth
fruits, cereals, app
and melons, for exa
CITY MANAGER—Lieutenant Col-
onel C. R. Dinwiddie, above, who
recently returned from a period of
five years, six months and three
day army service, assumed his
duties as Clarksville’s first city
manager Tuesday morning.
P. a HARDEGREE, President
Russian Planes
Fire Over U.S.
Airfield
Resignation of
Justice Black
Asked by GOP
this week. Because oj too much
rain and other unfavorable condi-
tions first tomatoes to reach pack-
ing sheds are said to contain an
excess of moisture and also to show
the effects of damage from other
causes.
One of the major buying firms
which operates in Texas has open-
ed in Clarksville and negotiations
are under way for other buyers to
enter the local market. The pack-
ing shed at Clarksville is in the
building once used as a canning'
plant, directly north of the T. &
P. railway station, where facilities
are available for loading several
cars of tomatoes daily.
The Chamber of Commerce,
which owns packing sheds further
out. made arrangements for this
i conven-
President Local
C, of C. Friday
German Women
U. S. Negro GIs
Openly Meeting
The new board of directors of
the Chamber of Commerce Friday
night elected P. C. Hardegree pres-
ident of the organization to serve
during the ensuing year. Other of-
ficers elected were: W. A. Dobson,
first vice-president; J. T. Jolley,
second vice-president and A. D.
Pictures of other Chamber of
Commerce Officials on second
page, this section.
Simpson, treasurer. These officers ; i'o^ation~to be used". It is
wii! serve until May 31, 1947. the • Ample packing space is avail-
ir- jable in the vicinity and room for
i unloading tomatoes is afforded to
| all sellers. Growers in this imme-
i diate area and elsewhere who would
: pass through the city to reach oth-
] er markets have been invited by
, the Chamber of Commerce to take
advantage of the local facilities.
I The movement of the new crop
i of green wrap tomatoes if not ex-
! pected to attain appreciable head-
Vienna, Austria. — (VP)—Russian
fighter planes twice staged target
practice over the American airfield
at Tulin Wednesday, with one plane
swooping down to fire a burst at a
red flag over a radio tower, and
Gen. Mark W Clark protested im-
Washington — OP) — The fer-
ment over the Supreme Court took
; a fresh turn Wednesday when Sen-
ator Bridges (R-NH) recalled an
: address by Justice Black to a Na-
; tlcnal Citizens Political Action
j Committee meeting and asserted
I that justices wanting to make “po-
j litical speeches” should resign.
I Bridges reminded his colleagues,
' too. that the constitution provides
{that judges shall hold office “dur-
1 ing good behavior.'’ He said Con-
I gress might “very properly inquire”
i into the need for ouster machin-
| ery short of impeachment. The lat-
ter can be brought only for “high
crimes and misdemeanors.”
Saying the state of mind of a
justice is important and can be
judged by his utterances, Bridges
Wuerzburg. Germany (AS) — Ger-
man police have complained to
American military authorities that
some troops in the area consort
openly with "immoral” German
women in fields surrounding this
Bavarian city and threaten civilian
pplice who seek to interfere.
The report, now under investiga-
tion by U. S. 3rd Army military po-
lice, stated that soldiers — all Ne-
gro — are in the company of the
women, many of them nude, in the
fields during the daytime and have
German schoolboys posted as
guards along the roadside to warn
of the approach of strangers.
By, night, the report said, tents
are erected in the fields and the
soldiers stay with “German women
and’ Children.” The report said the
soldiers are frequently seen snap-
ping pictures of nude frauleins.
(Continued on Next Page)
Government Is
4 Taking Hand In
(*'* Maritime Affairs
mediately each time to the Soviet I
command.
The Soviet fighters fired at a |
target sleeve towed by another!
Russian plane directly over the:
field, but no damage was reported ■
either time. !
In the first incident, one fighter
dived down over the American
radio tower and fired a burst' at
the red flap on top of the antennae |
United States soldiers in a near-
by shack watched the plane.
Col. Gen. Josef Kurisov. Russian ,
Vienna, I
GIs Swipe Fi
Gasoline, Se
On Black M;
SIAM’S NEW KING —Boston-born
Prince Phumiphon Adulet. above,
18, has ascended the throne of Siam,
succeeding his brother, Ananda
Mahidol. who died after a shooting
accident in the royal palace to
Bangkok. The new king was bom
in Boston while his father was
wii! serve until May 31, 1947. the
| end of ,-the current fiscal year.
The new board which, met Friday
j night includes; Hardegree, Jolley,
| Dobson. C. D. Lennox. Wade Brake,
jj M. McMahan. Sam Allen, B. B.
! Black. Dr. R, W. Payne, Frank
; Fowler, P. D. Marable, Charles
i Friedman. D. M. Tate, Lindsay
| McAllister and P. Y. Creager, Sr.
j The retiring president is also a
i board member and the new presi- vcu w
i drnt will, according to the by-laws; way before hwrt week-
; of the organization, appoint two i -* • > •
j additional directors. j prjors Dropping At
| The Chamber of Commerce at 1 Jacksonville
the present is ready to put into ef- Jacksonville, Texas. — Jackson- j
I feet its program of work which was ; vllle tomato market followed Tues- I
formulated following the program {jay’s decline with another Wednes- 1
of work clinic ’ held during the daV| as quality of the fruit dropped
, month of April. and lt wa< difficult to make the
I TV. iko nvnaoi Irrn ilnn , i . . . . « • I
Washington — UP) — The gov-
ernment wrote its own ticket Wed-
nesday night for settling the mari-
time labor dispute but failed in its
first big attemiJt to persuade union
leaders 'to accept it. *
Assistant Secretary of Labor,
John Gibson, left a two-and-a-
half hour conference with union
leaders declaring there would be no
settlement Wednesday night.
But negotiations were resuming
again Thursday morning with time
running short before Friday’s mid-
night deadline for an all-coast,
CIO shipping strike.
The government had elbowed
private ship operators aside to end
the strike threat.
Ltfdwigshafen, F
Germany. — Frenc]
ficials estimated at
States Ol deserter
luxury in the Freni
many.
The men after
.luugcu uv xiia uuciautxs, tugco
brought up also both the contro-
versy between Black and Justice
Jackson, and the Ku Klux Klan is-
sue raised when Black, then a
Senator from Alabama. Was ap-
pointed to the high tribunal in 1937.
Bridges said that on Aug. 11.
1937. the day Black was confirmed
for the Supreme Court, the ques-
tion was raised in the Scr.vte
whether Black was a member of
the Klan.
From earlier comments by other
Senators it appeared Bridges'
speech might start off a general dis-
cussion of the court situation. Sen-
ator Eastland (D-Mias), for one,
had said he intended to speak.
| commanding officer
; promised an immediate investiga-
! tion.
1 Tulin airfield is on the outskirts
;of Vienna.
Denison Man
Kills Three
And Suicides
in the United States rata
to be living off black mi
its made on .stolen gaa
food.
Members of the Sure!
Criminal Investigation
ment) have traced flftei
runaway GIs living nea
shafen and turned the!
the United States autb
“These soldiers always
uniform, forged papers i
tol,” a Surete official m
were protected by the
who see in silence a n
self-enrichment and a ws
the French occupation ai
Many of the fugitives
acquaintance of Germai
when the region was oc
United States forces and
returned to girl friends fa
welcome provisions. On<
French officer said, was
with a haul of MO boxes
fast food and 100 gallon
I line.
United States officers
of the fugitives frequent
the border to replenish !
piles.
About 200 runaway Gi
ported to be living In tl
acme Two were picked «
Soviet zone.
Texans Flay-
Clark’s Record,
Ask Inquiry
Denison. Texas, — Three mem-
bers of ore family were dead and
a fourth is in a critical condition
following a shooting here at the
George Cuchener home.
Dead are George Cuchener, re-
tired laundryman, his wife, Mrs. ,
George Cuchener, and his mother, •
Mrs. Lena Cuchener.
In a critical, condition and not
expected to live is Miss Georgine
Cuchener, daughter.
Police were unable to reconstruct
the story as there were no eyewit-
nesses.
Apparently killed instantly, the
aged Mrs. Lena Cuchener was
found dead in the kitchen.
The other three victims, all with
bullet wounds in their heads, were
taken to Madonna Hospital where
Mr. and Mrs. George Cuchener
died.
_____ Basing his verdict on .an exami-
food for the animals, opened the nation made at the home while the
cages of their grass-eating charges bo^F ot Mrts. Lent Cuchener still
allowing them to find their own was crumpled on the floor and af-
meals In the green souares and <*r the other three victims had i
Washington, — Four combat vet-
erans of the 38th (Texas) Division
sharply questioned Lt. Gen. Mark
Clark’s qualifications for perma-
nent promotion to Major General
and called on the Senate military
affairs committee to conduct a
thorough inquiry in the Interest of
;the post-waV military program.
They read sworn statements by
Major Gen. Fred L. Walker, then
division commander, and Col. Wil-
ham H. Martin, Houston. 143rd in-
fantry commander during the at-
tacks. both of whom charged Gen-
eral Clark with "poor judgment
tactically” in application of strateg-
ic directives from higher head-
quarters.
Through the four officers' testi-
mony coursed a charge against
General Clark of unnecessarily
wasting manpower and material
through exercise of poor and un-
sound tactical judgment against
gdvice of Stone off his lower unit
commanders.
« Calling upon the committee for
a thorough investigation. Phinney
Suggested that If it were "sincerely
interested’’ in passing upon Gen-
eral Clark's qualifications it would
subpoena a number of regular
Army Generals and make them
testify. An unwritten law in the
Army forbids an officer to oppose
the promotion of another.
Senators Liberal
Money Spenders
fP°nU»ut>d on Next Pfge)y i
Washington. (IP) — Senators
learned that one of their colleagues
sent several thousand telegrams at
government expense in one day.
A member of the Senate Appro-
priations committee said this case
and extensive use of telegrams by
another senator caused the com-
mittee to propose a top monthly
limit of 300 telegrams per senator
at government expense.
The committee was told in secret
session that one senator took a
list of several thousand names to
the Senate telepraphic office and
directed that each name receive a
copy of a message at government
expense. The telegrams were in
answer to a petition, the nature of
which was not rtvealed.
Senators now may designate the
collect and paid messages which
win be at government expense, but
the new provision would require
that all official business telegrams
in excess of 300 per month shall be
billed to the Individual senator at
prevailing governmental rates.”
B»n. Antonio. Texas,— Terrell A.
aihptfell is going to get a new car
jja%ineteen-year-old order.
Washington. (IP)—A 50 per cent
increase January 1 in social security
taxes—from the present one percent
to a new 1.5 per cent rate against
employees’ pay and employers’ pay-
rolls—was voted Wednesday by the
House Ways and Means Committee.
Without congressional action, the
security levy’ would jump automat-
ically next year to 2 A per cent
against employer and employee.
in w27 he sold a car to a
motor* company, and received
order for a new automobile. He
promptly put the order In a stack
of papers and forgot lt.
So. apparently, did the company.
Discovering the long-forgotten
order in his home, Campbell says
the company now promises him a
new car on it soon.
ZOO ANIMALS ROAM
FOR FOOD IN REICH
j* Tojo and Aids On
Trial Thursday
JACK JOHNSON. FORMER
RING CHAMP, IS DEAD
Bond Drive
Set at $23,(
“VOTE AGAINST ME.’
HURLEY TELLS V.OTERS
Sante Fe, N. M. — Maj. Oen.
Patrick J. Hurley, former Ambas-
sador to China and Republican can-
didate for United States Senator,
Raliegh, N. C. UP) — Jack John-
son, the world's first Negro heavy-
weight boxing champion is dead.
The ex-champion, 88, died here
of injuries suffered when his auto-
mobile struck a light pole and over-
turned near Franklin ton while en
route to New York from Texas.
Tokyo, (Thursday UP) — The in-
ternational trial of former Premier
Hideki Tojo and Twenty-seven
other of Japan’s accused warmak-
ers opened Thursday with the pros-
ecution charging they had violated
nearly 100 treaties and agreements,
v Alan Mansfield, assistant prose-
cutor for Australia, said the prose-
cution would attempt to prove the
Japanese disregarded the funda-
mental rules of international law
In Varying out a program of Far
Eastern aggression; Japan, he add-
ed, approved The Hague concentton
of 1907 requiring a formal declara-
■k tion of war, yet struck Pearl Har-
* bpr without warning.
B. B. Black, local <
been advised by the
pertinent that Red I
quota in th E-Bood
uled for the period b
6 and aiding July
placed at $21,000. Tl
much smaller than
will probably be raia
first day of the cam]
| offers something new in campaign-
ing.
He told local citizens: “Vote
against me so I can stay home,
play with my pet rattlesnake, and
go fishing.”
PARENTS OF UNESCORTED
CHILDREN MAY BE FINED
Ask Bidders Two
Highway Jobs
New York.....Some New Yorkers
at least had the smell of roast beef.
They got It when fire damaged
the refrigerator ship Contest at a
Staten island dock, “roasting’’ a
load of beef which was to have gone
to troops overseas.
400 TONS SEEN FOR
CUCUMBER HARVEST
Girl is Indicted
Death of Baby
No Hope For Miss
Cuchener
Denison. Texas. — Chances for
recovery of Miss Georgine Cuche-
ner, 24, were fading late Wednes-
day. A bullet was in her brain, re-
ceived Tuesday afternoon In a fam-
ily shooting that already has claim-
ed three lives.
Idabel, Okla. — A. M. Hierony-
tnou*, county agent, has predicted
harvest of 400 tons of cucumbers
in the Idabel area this seven.
ty during the
the year.
Two contracts for road work in
Red River county are to be award-
ed in Austin Juiy 25 and 28 if ac-
ceptable bids are opened. The larg-
er of these will call for the con-
struction of a fraction oyer five
miles of mw road between Rugby
and Fulbright, designated as fair
to market route No. 411. Specifica-
tions list grading, structures, as- |
phalt base and seal coat.
This will be the first farm to
market pfoject completed in Red
River county under the post war
program.
The smaller award to be made by
the Highway Commission will be
for approximately three miles of
Highway 82 from Detroit east, con-
structing seal coat.
RETURNS FROM INTERESTING Women,
GATHERING Jury he!
- baby in
Dr. Fred L. King returned this 28. The
week from Alliance. O.. where he fant wa
HOUSE GROUP OK’s
65c PAY MINIMUM
hington. <JP> — The House
committee recommended an
•e to 65c an hour In the min-
ite commerce. The present
m is 40c.
actiqn, taken on a 10-to-8
roke a long deadlock that
Id up one of President Tru-
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