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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1950
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Sky Saucer
Stories Are
Un Increase
Air Force And Navy
Continue Denial Of
Mysterious Discs
By Peter Edeson
WASHINGTON (NEA)-
jfest off-the-record .story in Wash
-Big-
^ gest off-the-record .story in Wasn-
,*iligton today is the flying sau-
cer. Officially, Air Force and
civilian aviation agencies have
taken the position that "there
ain't no such animal as a flying
saucer."
They have never seen one and
have not photographs or visible
proof.
Privately most officials believe
there's something to it.
O WASHINGTON, April 4 (UP)
The two "real" stories of flying
saucers today provoked vigorous
denials from the armed forces
that they are, in reality, secret
U. S. weapons.
Both the Air Force and the
Navy said flatly that they are not
experimenting with any plane or
weapon that could account for
widespread reports about the
flying disks.
..A spokesman for the Air
/Force, which has been investi-
gating hundreds of flying saucer
stories, said the armed services
are standing on conclusions
readied last December that fly-
ing saucers just don't exist.
At the time, the Air Force in-
terpreted the persistent reports
to "misrepresentation of various
conventional objects, a mild form
of mass hysteria, or hoaxes."
But stories of strange objects
^soaring through space, often fan-
" tastic speeds, keep cropping up.
Radio Commentator Henry J.
Taylor and U. S. News and
World Report, a weekly news-
inazagine published here, gave
the latest versions yesterday.
Both stated flatly that flying sau-
cers do exist, but neither quoted
any authority for their state-
ments.
In a broadcast over the Ameri-
can Broadcasting System, Taylor
*said that there are two types of
"flying saucers" which the mili-
tary lias classified as secret.
One, he said, is a harmless,
pilotless disk which usually dis-
integrates in the air. Its purpose,
lie said, is a top military secret.
He said the other is the Navy's
so-called "flying phantom" or
jet-propelled XF-5-U-1. The Navy,
lie said ,is experimenting with
the radical plane at its Patuxent,
Md., test center.
been waiting for yon"
MEXICO
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Shivers To Talk
At Stamford For
50th Anniversary
STAMFORD — Gov. Allan
Shivers will address the 50th
anniversary celebration of Stam-
ford Wednesday night at a pro-
) gram here in Round-Up Hall fol-
lowing a dinner.
Following the program, there
will be a downtown square
dance, beginning about 8:30.
Guest callers include: A1 Finch
of Rotan. Chuck Rogers of
Sweetwater, and many others.
The 50th anniversary of the
founding of Stamford will be
recognized with downtown win-
/ dow decorations, and an old-
time stage coach and other rel-
ics of early days parked on the
streets.
Red Cross Drive
Ends April 8;
Quota Is Near
Plans are to wind up Nolan
County's 1950 Red Cross Fund
Drive by Saturday evening.
April 8, according to Paul
Brown, drive chairman.
The total at latest tabulation
time Monday afternoon had
passed the $8,000 mark, with
Roscoe's total yet to be report-
ed. The county quota is $9,000.
TOWN CHANGES NAME—A New Mexico town, formerly
named Hot Springs, has changcd its name to Truth Or Con-
sequences, after the radio show of the same name. Here, look-
ing at the new sign, from left to right: Senator Burton Koaeh
of N. M., Ralph Edwards, of radio fame, and his wife Bar-
bara, and Mayor J. G. Minis. (NEA Telephoto).
Late Voting Here
May Swell Totals
Voting in Sweetwater's city election was better than in
past years but still comparatively light when checked at 1
p. m. by the Jaycees for their "vote" thermometer on the
court house square
The vote at that time was
556 with lid at the city hall vot-
ing place and 140 at the Modern
Furniture Store voting place on
South Lamar.
A total vote of 2,000 to 3,000
would be possible, although to-
tals in city elections seldom go
above 1.000.
There was much interest in
the election and a heavy late
vote was expected.
Two commissioners are to be
Underpass To
Have Report
At Early Date
Mayor W. S. Chennault re-
ceived woril Tuesday that State
Highway Commission Chairman
Fred Wimple and State High-
way Engineer DeWitt C. Greer
held a lengthy conference last
week on the underpass-grade
separation problem in Sweet-
water.
Greer and Wimple reported
that Herbert Eldridge, chief
planning engineer, "is giving
intensive study to the project."
They said that lie will be able
to offer early recommendations
to Engineer Greer and the
Highway Commission that will
lead lo a feasible solution of the
problem."
Bank Bandit May
Have Sought To
Escape In Plane
GUTHRIE, Okla., April 4 (UP)
—The highway patrol reported
today it had arrested the injur-
ed pilot of a small airplane
which crashed about 30 miles
northeast of Okarche, Okla.,
soon after a $4,000 bank robbery
there.
The flyer, heavily armed and
carrying a large amount of cur-
rency, was believed to be the
young, nervous bandit who held
up the First State Bank of
Okarche and escaped about
10:30 a. m.
The plane, a piper cub, crash-
ed in a field near the intersection
>f state highways 71 and 33 near
('resent, Okla. Highway patrol-
men at the scene radioed head-
quarters they were bringing the
robbery suspect to Guthrie.
They said they believed the
man had parked the plane in a
wheat field near Okarche. The
gunman fled from the little city
30 miles northwest of Oklahoma
City in a stolen automobile.
elected, IxHh Commissioners
Lester Reeves in place three and
Dal ton Hill in place four seek-
ing re-election.
Reeves is opposed by S. J.
May. In this race, the election
is like all others with voters in-
structed to scratch one name
and leave the one of their
choice.
For place four, there are five
candidates: M. C. (Red) Alston,
L. C. King, Roy DeBusk, Dalton
E. Hill and Fred Goad.
Under an old provision of the
city charter, the voting proced-
ure where more than two are
candidates is to place a figure
I by the first choice and a 2 by
the second choice. No names are
scratched. In case of a write-in,
the name is written in with the
I or 2 placed beside it.
Under this procedure, a first
See VOTING On Page Eight
Vinson Fears
Soviets Plan
Sneak Attack
Urgent Need, For
Stronger Defenses
Stressed In Talk
WASHINGTON, April 4, —
(UP) — Chairman Carl Vinson
of the House Armed Services
Committee said today Russia is
planning a new "Pearl Harbor"
attack and is building the
world's biggest air force to sup-
port it.
"And here we are," the Geor-
gia Democrat said in a speech
prepared for the House, "the
largest and most powerful na-
tion in the world, year by year
withering our air force on the
vine."
Vinson, a powerful Congress-
ional figure on national defense
matters, urged the House to
boost a pending $13,911,127,300
defense budget by about $583,-
000.000. all of it earmarked for
extra warplanes.
"Gentlemen, the atomic blitz
of tomorrow is a real, a genu-
ine possibility," Vinson said.
"We have no alternative but to
prepare today for meeting it
tomorrow, because tomorrow
our preparations may well be
too late."
In a sharp attack on President
Truman and Defense Secretary
Louis Johnson for their refus-
al to spend this year all the de-
fense funds Congress appropri-
ated. Vinson warned that air
force strength is declining and
that "we are killing this nation's
naval air power."
He told the House:
"It is universally known to-
day that Russia is building the
largest air force in the world.
"What are they building it
for?
"They are building it for use
whenever their carefully-timed
Pearl Harbor day comes
around."
Vinson did not elaborate. He
told the House, however, that
nothing has tended more to
cause Russia to "stop, look and
listen" than this country's abili-
ty to launch an inter-continen-
tal bombing attack.
Vinson spoke out bluntly as
the House considered a $29,045,-
030,104 omnibus appropriation
bill covering operations of most
government agencies, including
army, navy and air force, for
the fiscal year starting July 1.
Spillway Change May
Save $150,000 Costs
As a result of the core boring explorations for the spill-
way site on the Oak Creek dam by Greer and McCleland, it
lias been discovered that due to the sand stone ledge found
in the area, the city can save approximately $150,000 on
this particular portion of the dam.
The rock ledge has an eleva- j
Auctioneer Sells
His Own Necktie
At Lions Meeting
D Maryneal Well Shows Gas; Union
Methodists Have 1,282 Barrels
The No. 1 Farrar wildcat four
miles west of Maryneal had
slight shows of gas in two
broken lime streams Monday,
according to one report.
The first show was reported
from 0,110 to 0,170 feet and the
second from 0,248 to 6,258 feet
Drilling continued below 0,277
feet in Pennsylvania lime and
The J. S. Michael No. 1 Farrar
is in section 190 block 1-A, H&TC
survey.
In Fisher County No. 1 Pres-
ton Morrow near Rotan was re-
ported flowing oil at a rate of
57.44 barrels of oil In 24 hours.
In Scurry County, nine wells
have been completed for a com-
bined dally total of 8,850 barrels.
In North Snyder, Standard 800
rated 1,351 barrels; Stanote No.
)-4 J. W. Brown, 1,330 barrels;
Stanotex No. 7 L. S. Herod, 1,050
barrels; No. 4 Standard Tom C.
Davis, 911 barrels; Stanotex No.
1-3 Brown, 1,562 barrels: Stano-
tex No. 3 L. N. Permian 522.
Kelley pool—Bert Fields No.
1 Union Methodist Church, 1,282
barrels; Gene C.off and Standard-
Fryer No. 1 Moore, 782 barrels;
Magnolia No. 2 Ida Maxwell, 54.1
barrels.
tion of approximately 2000 feet
which is just the right setup for
a 40,000 acre feet lake, accord-
ing to City Manager Hans Thor-
grirnsen.
The 11 to 12 feet of surface
dirt can be removed and used on
the main portion of the dam.
It has been discovered that
Cleo Tarter acted as auctioneer
at the Sweetwater Lions Club
„ , .„ luncheon Tuesday and swelled
the edge of the emergency spill- [ the club treasury bv $25.75.
Articles left over from the re-
way area is also at the proper
elevation.
Had the city been required to
build a spillway at the original
site it would have cost the city
8150,000 more, according to
Thorgrimsen.
Rolling Norther
Brings 'Duster'
A rolling norther swept into
this area early Monday night,
with a 35 to 45 mile an hour wind
speed and gusts much higher.
The hot !)0-dcgre weather of
Monday afternoon was chilled
rapidly and before morning the
mercury here sank to 36 degrees.
Cooler weather was forecast for
tlite area tonight.
One oil company rig equipped
with weather equipment report-
ed short gusts of wind up to 85
miles and hour.
The baseball game in Sports-
man Park was interrupted ab-
ruptly as a beautiful starry-night
turned into a seethly mass of
dust and wind so strong it was
hard to open an automobile door
against the wind, to seek shelter.
Pilot O. D. Kilman, carrying
a celebrity, Horace lleidt of radio
fame, from Snyder to Abilene
where he took another plane for
Dallas, said he was glad to de-
liver his passenger before the
"duster" arrived.
The Weather
Temperature, high Monday,
96; low this morning, 36; baro-
meter, 30.20, rising. Slightly
cloudy, unsettled, windy, colder.
Relative humidity, 30 per cent.
cent Lions' minstrel were put on
tlie auction block.
After selling everything from
dog food to laying mash. Tarter
soid his necktie to A. J. Carriger
for SI.
One new member, James Pat-
ton, was introduced into the
club by the Rev. Jim Butler. A
guest, Gilbert Parrish of Loraine,
was present at the Lions weekly
luncheon in the Blue Bonnet
Sky Room.
Highland School
Trustees Named
In the trustee election for
Highland School Saturday, G. G.
Price and C. W. Blair were re-
sleeted. O. C. Gabler was the
third trustee elected.
At Blackwoll, three new board
members were elected as fol-
lows: C. L. Bast, Chas. Cave and j
Bill McRorey.
Divide School District re-1
elected three board members in
an interesting election with a j
large vote. C. E. McGee with |
131, Carl Wesley Moore with 115
and J. P. Brown with 157 were
re-elected.
FORMER SPY LINKED TO
MYSTERY SUBS—Theodore
Donay, 51, German-born De-
troit, Mich., man, has disap-
peared mysteriously from a
small boat off tile California
coast. Donay was imprisoned
on a wartime treason charge.
His rented boat was found in
the vicinity ivhere an uniden-
tified submarine was sighted.
(NEA Telephoto).
Sweep
Storms, Cold
Front
Wide Section
CHICAGO, April 1 (UP)—A
cold front cut eastward across
the mid-continent today on the
heels of tornadoes and wind-
storms that battered an area
from Texas to the Mississippi
valley.
One man was killed, another
was missing, and at least six per-
sons were injured in the storms
and floods harassing portions of
the nation. An electrical worker
at Fjiringfield. 111., was killed
when he touched a high-tension
wire during a storm. A Barnhart,
Mo., man was missing and neigh-
bors feared he drowned in the
floodwaters of Glaize creek
around his home.
The cold air mass which
stirred the storms now stretched
from Tennessee to Lake Erie,
the Chicago weather bureau re-
ported. Temperatures climbed
ahead of it and dropped sharply,
perhaps as much as 20 to 30 de-
grees, after it. passed. Forecast-
ers believed it would reach the
eastern seaboard tomorrow.
Rains fell in some areas, but
in moisture-starved sections of
the southwest, there was none.
By United Press
Light, rain and fog accompani-
ed a cold front on the coast to-
day as strong winds swept most
of Texas, kicking up (lust in
some areas.
But rain was still not predict-
ed for west Texas, where it was
most needed.
The U. S. Weather bureau re-
ported winds of 20 to 30 miles an
hour over the entire state, ex-
cept in the Panhandle. Dust was
reported at Waco where visi-
bility was cut to six miles under
a 24-mile wind. Earlier, Midland
anil Marfa had dust storms and
four-mile visibility.
But the weatherman looked
for better conditions tomorrow,
after a cool night tonight. To-
morrow's forecast was for di-
minishing winds with rising
temperatures.
Amarillo recorded the coldest
temperatures last night with 27,
while Dalhart had a close second
at 29. Corpus Christi and
Brownsville tied for the highest
minimum at 73.
Hottest spot in Texas yester-
day was Wichita Falls, where
the thermometer read a torrid
99. Guadalupe Pass had the low-
est maximum at 80 degrees.
But the weather picture chang-
ed during the night as a cold
front swept past Dallas and hit
Houston and the coastal areas
at 5:30 this morning. Tempera-
tures dropped 11 degrees in two
hours at Houston this morning.
Check-Up Started
For Air Defenses
Johnson May Ask
For More Money
To Buy Airplanes
For Preparedness
WASHINGTON, April 4, —
(UP)— Defense Secretary Louis
Johnson said today
Congress for more
buy airplanes.
Johnson said he
the Joint Chiefs of
termine whether the
budget now before
he may
money
ask
to
has asked
Staff to de-
nilitary
Congress
provides enough money to main-
tain 48 modern air groups.
When the budget was submit-
ted. he and President Truman
believed it made adequate pro-
vision for 48 groups, Johnson
told a news conference. He said
he has asked the joint chiefs' ad-
vice as to whether rising costs
make bigger spendings neces-
sary.
Johnson said he expects to
get the joint chiefs' recommen-
dations before he testifies be-
fore the Senate Appropriations
Committee about 10 days from
now.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
told the Senate Military Appro-
priations Subcommittee last
week he believes the country
ought to boost its plane require-
ment. figure by S150,000,000 to
make sure all 48 groups have
modern craft.
Johnson said he will ask for
more plane purchase money if
the joint chiefs so recommend.
"My job," he said, "is pre-
paredness."
Other Congressional develop-
ments:
Taft-Hartley — Sen. Robert
A. Taft. R., O.. accused President
Truman of trying to nullify the
Taft-Hartley Act. He asked the
THINGS ARE GETTING HOT—Red-hunting Sen. Joseph Mc-
Carthy of Wisconsin, seems to he feeling the heat during the
controversy over alleged Commies in the State Department.
President Truman's blast that McCarthy is "the liremlln's
greatest asset in this country" didn't cool things. ,
Roby And Rotan To
Study Water Deals
ROTAN and P.oby leaders are
Senate Executive Expenditures j proceeding with plans to develop
Committee to disapprove aia proposal to tying their water
Presidential reorganization plan mains into the Oak Creek proj-
which would abolish the inde- ect'at. ?«.#•*, .ter, ><sports from
meetings in those
pendent post of general counsel
to the National Labor Relations
Board. Taft said Mr. Truman's
proposal was improper because
it involved a policy matter in-
stead of mere reorganization of
functions in the interest of ef-
ficiency.
Subsidies — The Association
of American Railroads denoun-
ced transportation subsidies at
a Senate Commerce Subcom-
mittee hearing. AAR general!
counsel Carter Fort said rail-
roads are being pushed to the I
wall by subsidized forms of
transportation. He mentioned
the air lines and trucking com-
panies. He said subsidies hike
transportation costs. The cus-
tomer pays twice, Fort said,
first as customer, then as tax-
payer.
Codes — The House Judiciary
Committee approved a Senate-
passed bill to tighten safe-
guards on secret U. S. codes.
The penalty for disclosure of
such codes would be 10 years in
prison and $10,000 fine.
two towns in
dieate.
Oak Creek reservoir was con-
ceived as a section-wide project
and had the backing of Roby
and Rotan in the application
for permit.
Although no definite propo-
sition has been made, estimates
by the water engineers for
Sweetwater and Roby and Ro-
Swectwater Team
Wins Dairy Event
A Sweetwater high schoo
dairy judging team from the vo-
cational agriculture class taught
by Robert M. Dean won first
honors at the field day in
Abilene Christian College .Mon-
day. Team members were Joe
Baulch, Weldon Peeples and Al-
fred Poe. Among the 05 teams
entered were also the local live-
stock and poultry teams. Re-
sults in these events have not
vet been announced.
tan have been supplied. Water
cost w ill be about 14c per 1,000
gallons at Sweetwater with the
two tn\S,v' W at.,'!-:.' :g in build-
ing Hi f-mk' frjiipelitro and
pumping facilities.
Representatives 'of the two
towns were here recently for
conferences with city officials
and received assurances that
Sweetwater will carry through
on supplying water here at the
local gateway.
While the pipeline costs will
be substantial, the value of an
adequate water supply will be
immeasurable and will no doubt
contribute to the growth of all
affected communities. Any
such growth would spread the
cost and result in a gradually
lowered cost.
Circling The Square
Submarines Off Coast
Thought To Be Russian
By Dwight Geduldig
SAN FRANCISCO. April 4 (UP)—High Navy officers
believed today submarines reported sighted off the west
coast belonged to Russia, but the fantastic possibility that
they may be of Nazi origin also was being investigated.
Rear Adm. Frederick J. En-1
twistle. deputy-commander of lle sai,| are interested in the
the western sea frontier, bol- st|-ange disappearance of Tlieo-
stered the reports of other offi- ,iore bonay. convicted of helping
cers by declaring the unidenti- j ti1{. xazis during the war. Do-
tted subs are "very probably" nay a ,->i-year-old Detroit im-
Soviet vessels on "normal peace- j porter, rented a motorboat and
time operations." disappeared at, sea near Cata-
At the same time, he said Una Island at about the same
Navy intelligence officers were time the Coast Guard sighted
investigating the possibilty an unidentified submarine Sun-
that the reported underseas craft | day in southern California
are of German origin. This new waters.
possibility was described by En-j Authorities ordered a liand-
twistle as "highly imaginative," i writing expert to determine if
although he said that it could la suicide note found n Donay's
be true.
Intelligence officers, Entwis-1
Today's city election will prob-
ably go down as one of the most
peculiar ever staged in Sweet-
water ... in spite of the fact
five names appear on the bal-
lot for one of the places, voters,
in all likelihood will write-in
many, many more before the
election is over.
Since the city charter makes it
mandatory to name first and sec-
ond choices where there are
more than two names on a bal-
lot. most voters are not going
to be gftllible enough to waste
a half of a vote on one of his
candidate's opponents. So, in or-
der for his vote to count the
must, the voter will naturally
write-in the name of someone
who will not have any bearing
on the outcome of the election,
and, at the same time, make his
vote legal.
Bill Morton was having a
time explaining In voters
how to vote the "first and
second choice" ballot today
. . . some of the candidates
wanted lIn- job I>ul were dis-
qualified.
Airport Funds Recommended For
Various Towns In This Region
Bridges Guilty
SAN FRANCISCO, April 1
(UP)— A longshore, union
chief, Harry Bridges was
convicted today of charges
of perjury and conspiracy.
Bridges, boss of 75,000 west
coast longshoremen, was con-
victed of perjury and conspiracy
for swearing he was not and
never had been a Communist.
A number of airport projects
in this area are included in the
$2,507,172 allocations for Texas
airports now being considered
by the House of Representativ-
es on recommendation by the
Civil Aeronautics Administra-
tion for the 1951 federal airport
program.
Sweetwater is listed for $10,-
000 for improvements on the
runways and aprons and other
work. This is to be matched by
the city's airport funds.
This project is in addition to
a $32,500 administration build-
ing now in the final planning
stages.
The city airport funds had
$24,000 in fire insurance money,
$6,000 from sale of salvaged ma-
terial and about $8,000 accumu-
lated in the operating fund. The
new hangar moved from Chil-
dress cost $12,000 leaving mon-
ey to match the CCA on the
new administration building and
the general repairs.
Other funds recommended for
airports in this area include:
Midland-Odessa, $7,500; Rotan,
$0,050; Lubbock, $10,000; San An-
gelo, $10,000; Big Spring, $5,-
000; Snyder, $30,000; Anson,
$800; Abilene $60,000.
hotel room actually was
ten by him. His brother,
Donav. in Detroit said Donay
"wasn't the type to take his
life." But he .said it was "just
plain silly" to connect his bro-
ther's disappearance with the
sighting of the submarine.
While civilian authorities
searched for Donay's body, nav-
al intelligence investigated the
possibility that the submarine
could have landed someone on
the mainland oi pickcd up a
person from the water.
There have been nine reports
of submarines sighted off the
west coast in the past three
months. Some of these sight-
ings have been assessed by the
Navy as "most probable."
The latest report came yester-
day when Army Capt. Francis
L. Hopper said he sighted what
appeared to be a submarine off
Point Sur, Calif., while pick-
nicking Sunday.
After today's election all ean-
did-itcs can start being friends
again and the city can settle
down to trying to make a liv-
writ-1 ing.
Felix
Vim can get your ticket
for the l>ig baseball barbecue
In he held Monday at Sports-
man park at Armor's Ding,
\o. I, Howeti Drug, Catch-
ing Drug, Mine Bonnet
llrng, Darnell's, and Ella
and Irene's Cafe.
Guy Stroman's friends are ac-
cusing him of lieing an "absent-
minded professor" in his work
at the Humble Service Station
on East Broadway. After wash-
ing. lubricating and oil-chang-
ing Lee Ballew's automobile
Monday, he started to deliver
it. and ran out of gasoline on
the way.
We still can't explain how
yesterdays' Reporter made the
mistake of "255" instead of "2"
for the mark to go on the ballot
by a voter's second choice.
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