The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 75, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 29, 1953 Page: 1 of 32
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Hopes
Korean Armistice
POLITICS—Wide open in two
city precincts, two and tour * .
Howard Peterson it) two and
I1 Charlie Taylor in four are writing
‘finis’ to their political careers in
city hall ...
Charlie Taylor's leaving was
definite some time ago leading to
jp -and: then ..anoihef c-tadt-.
cation of a precinct contest . . .
Today, though, it has simmered
down to just one person, H. U.
McGill Sr. . . .
McGill hasn’t said so yet but
his friends are anxious for him
and talking . . .
Neal MUIei* cleared the way
|t for heavier support of McGill
Saturday when he announced
he was definitely out of the
rare because of his health . . .
Miller will miter City hospital
on April 13 for major surgery
Mary Alice Lakey won’t go ....
Instead she has received an ap-
pointment to the city charter
commission ... An able replace-
ment for the late Mrs. Ras Bate-
man . . . Fortunately for the
charter planners, Mrs. Lakey had
been working closely with Mrs.
Bateman in charter studies, she
knew what Mrs. Bateman was
aiming at and intends to carry out
her predecessor’s ideas . , .
Once before rumored candidacy
of Allen Drake exploded when
he tired of the city’s haranguing
over annexation matters ... He
sold his in town property and
moved outside the city limits . . .
Peterson’s loss to community
service is the most critical to be
■ felt in many a day . . . He was
for years the counterbalance
which kept municipal govern-
ment from toppling over ... It
was bis extensive, thorough in-
vestigation of city finances, every-
thing he ha<j any contact with
that was the guidepost for city
fathers in the seven years he
served on the commission . . .
Though many thought other-
wise. Peterson was not a pro-
crastinator In anything . . .
He had sound purpose in every-
thing he did . . . Usually the
brake applied by Peterson to
hasty cHy officials effected
more efficient) better municipal
administration , , ,
Even his prflitieal enemies, and
he made rwsnje respected Peter-
son’s sound judgment in mu.iici-
Re-Zoning Hearing To Be Held-Eventually *£•
^ ^ * Recovered From
Reds Accept UN Pri
To Swap Ailing
WASHINGTON (AP)-Cautious hopes that a
armmistice might at least be possible arose Saturday night.
Acceptance by the Chinese and North Korean
Allied proposal to exchange sick and wounded
war was viewed here with some degree of optimism. But
officials kept their fingers
crossed. The acceptance sent
high State department and
““ ab fcri
m
!
m
miL,Z* Gambling
SMI Unreconciled Bitts D06 “
Monday
Defense officiate into a series
of unusual Saturday confer-
ences.
Noted particularly was the Com-
munist leaders’ statement that all
, A the world is longing lor an armi-
gnmy, red-eyed band of rescue $tice.
'.'JuLnutaSkimi'iCueiuaiaM. . •* •->
Eventually there will be a
fhe cTty^OranKe11 Just whel? District Attorney John O.
though, appeared to be any- Young’s staff is spending a
one’s guess today. Orange city busy week end preparing in-
commission wrestled with toning dictinentg tor Monday’s grand critlcaily-were, In hospitals here
tor two hours again Friday night, jury session’ when Orange o^ii agabwt he arckUnl
coming out, with little more than
a draw.
county's history -making citizens'
1 loved throe more were under one Bura^U officially there was no
car pushed deep into the muddy exSf^tpT^r
exchange development.
On this. Secretary of State
Dulles raid ‘The United State*
government hopes that this ex-
change of prisoners will occur
ground.
Sixty-two Injured
only one
Summing up their actions quick- judgment against a new crop of
ly: A master zoning map is to gamblers.
be drawn, If will embody the' Ebur bookmakers were picked
thinking of the zoning board and , up by raiding grand jurymen
the differing opinions of the oity when they forced their way jnto
were a million to one.
The trains — one freight and
two nasseneer fivers—hanocncd At the s*m« time—but only by
rbe almost exacUy at the same wincMmce. officials said-Dullm
to M_aimoat exactly at the same Joined wUh Franch Prt,OTicr R(m(.
Mayer in warning that any move
commission. Alter that, review,
the filing of notices to more than
3,000 Orange property owners in
affected areas, finally, a public
hearing.
That master zoning map will
Vidor’s Southland club last Wed-
nesday. Besides them, the grand
Jurymen found six other persons
in the gambling palace.
The grand jurymen go to their
seats Monday fortified with first-
includc "stepped up" zoning rec- hand knowledge of gambling at
ommendattops to enable the city the Southland club ami stale-
spot Friday night.
Caused by Falling Pipe
The scene was a desolate sec-
tion of the New York Central
mainline in western Pennsylvania,
one-halt mile from the Ohio lino.
There are four tracks. The Inner
tracks are used by passenger
trains. Freight trains use the out-
er ones.
At exaclly Id o’clock, an IK-
SAME PICTURE, SAME FACES, SAME PLACE—DIFFERENT TIME ...
Re-zoning—On Their Feet Zoners A. F^RRjpx, Ramsey and Louis Blatida, Under-
taker Tobe Noguess With City Commission
fathers to,give ground, if neces- merits made by 12 persons defi- inch pipe 35 feet tong fell from an
sary, at the public hearing. Spe- niteiy implicating the Southland eastbouud freight. It bent a rail on
Clficaliy, that means: If the zon- and Its operators with operating the
jud
A 7.
City Ownership Of
Waferworks Nearer
Municipal ownership of the city’s water system appeared hearer
reality Friday night as Orange city commission went into “executive
session” with newsmen present t^rdtacuss the prospective city pur-
chase from Gulf States Utilities company, fifty Commissioner asked
that the figures mentioned In the session be ■ ■■'I the record” sine*
School Bond Issue
Carries at Bancroft
mg board recommended a “G” a gambling house.
i stjs x . *». "w”*■
the map would bear the highest
recommendation, “G’\
Attitudes Unchanged
The zoning board will dress up
the than. After, that comes the
city commission’s review follow-
ed up by the printing of the map
and dispatching of copies to
everyone affected in the city.
- Mayor Sid Caillavet estimated
;Sf fcrould take 3d days to get ihe
notices out
been busy since its all-night ses-
sion with the grand jury prepar-
ing its cases tor grand jury pres-
entation.
Meantime, District
Young is preparing to-turn over
to Texas Attorney General John
(See 3. Page ,21
Charges Dropped
westbound passenger tracks.
At that instant, the westbound
Buffalo - to - Chicago Express'
came roaring past at (10 miles an
hour and hit the bent rail. The
locomotive wrecked the freight
nnd the freight cars spun from
AHnrnuv ,hl> Wrecks and, In turn, wreckod
Attorney th f,
iifii nxrnr w \ ' ' .
In seconds, the headlight of the
to use a Korean truce as a
“breather” for Red aggression
elsewhere in the Far East would
have “moat serious consequences’’
on efforts at world peace.
The State department, following
top level conferences of Dulles mod
his aides and of Defense depart-
ment authorities, announced it
considered a Communist message
to Gen. Mark Clark “an uncondi-
tional acceptance of the proposal
made by General Clark Feb. 22.”
fRe* 3 Pa*e «)
Board 100 Calls 41
Mon for Induction
Unlike many other draft boards
throughout the nation, the Selec-
tive Service board here will net
have to dip into its reserve of 16-
yea r-olds to fill a March indue*
tlon call
CHy commission told Mayor Sid .th* tht*
Caillavet Friday night to get n M*******"
(•See 8, Page 5)
Mayor Asked To Get
Prices on Rostrum
fSee 7. Page V*
the bity and Gulf States are in the
negotiating stage over a purchase
price.
xi-istn #■
tmicH difference^*
city’s thinking and
between
that of
too
the
the
Bancroft school district proper- utility company,
ty owners Saturday approved a Two months ago commission
$25,000 school bond issue -by a authorized Mayor Sid Caillavet
vote of 86 to I, and the district and Commissioner Howard Pfeter-
will begin advertising for bids on son to enter into negotiations with
a nine-room annex on April 27. Gut* States. Two meetings were
Bids will be opened and a con- the most recent last week
tract probably will be let on May J*Rh Dull States President Roy
19. Construction will begin early Nelson at Beaumont,
in June and is scheduled ■ for Engineering Report Made
completion by Dec. 1. Out of that final bearing came
„ , . ,, .j _... , . the Gulf States offer, definitely
School Board Secretary Chester csfld,Iiiihing its price for releasing
ober when he was injured in the James said Saturday night that thp cornp|etc sygtem to city own-
left foot by falling -steel. he cah see no delay in the pro- eispjp
In *his petition Sullivan claims gram at this time. The Houston. yu thc same time the engineer-
tondtog c"n?p9ny ofJf^dl«map ing appraisal of Engineers C. P
and Pollack has assured the board Srnith and Forrost and Gotten was
there will be no delay m selling made available to city commis-
the bonds and making money sjDners
available tor the building. Commissioners observed that
The expansion program will mogt o{ p,e difference between
double the school’s size. It will Smith’s appraisal figures and
have 18 classrooms in the two those of Gulf States were in what
t0 they called “depreciation sched-
ules".
Two Comnensation
Suits Filed in Court
Delnia Thomas Sullivan filed a
$2,928 compensation suit Friday
against the Employes Mutual Li-
ability Insurance company. He
seeks judgment in connection with
an accident at the Consolidated
Western steel plant here last Oc-
80 per cent loss of use of his foot
as a result of the accident. He was
employed as a fitter helper at the
time.
In another suit Mrs. James Ir-
win Cranficld seeks compensation
from the Great American Indem-
nity company as result of fatal
injury of her husband in June of buildings, the old and new,
1952. She claims in the case that take care of its 240 students.
Mr. Cranfield died after lifting The district has $61,000 in fed-
and dragging heavy cable on his jeral grants to education to help
job. in its building program.
Jjfi
g$rSg
ouuvi-i. oui and Attorney E. L 4 . . r I r* •, i
Reid reminded it would take more AgOHlSt fc. J. jlTHlU
'riv K th. CM......-jrt ^•^’Si’jKLXLaJS JraJSSE
Would hav<? to be sought out attorpey a office bo* dtopbwr nwIphm have been
^whether they were on the roll or gambling, charges against E. J.
others. There was a wide bffleh Dnrnge, and Tommy Campbell of *imitar to that „n tv
separating the thinking <7 the Lake Charles. ado m t* CitTot Dumont wimL
fUf' commteoton and the zoning several yew* a«o. villc, Till Uwvc Trom^hc^^ey'
and Newton—
\Tm' ’ L , ,
, \The mayor would scat city com- Chief Clerk Mrs. W. Uiwe.n
migsion on a raised platform at -
», .'4^9!
Sheriff'* department
board. ^ ” raided the Flamingo about a week
The board—Cheirman Jim Ram- ago, confiscated card*, dice and
s*v was nrincipnl spokesman — about ,$255 In cash, and filed
returned the recommendations of charges against the three men as
the citv commission after accept- a result of the raid
bound bus station here Tuesday
at 5:45 a. m.
This contingent includes:
ing only a few.
This, of course, sent the
City
HOUSING — City Housing
Board Chairman J. Cullen
Browning leans on Commission-
er - W. J. Mullin’s chair as he
tells city commission about
plans to merge city and county
housing administrative affairs.
(Staff Photos by Ralph Ramos).
(See 6, Page 2)
New Gas Line To
Du Pont in Making
pod for lack of evidence. He said
there wqp no oddeoce that the
defendants were ''bjmkinR" or
“cutting” the game.
"There was clearly no violation
WM of the gambling statue and hot
A new .gas line to Du Pont Is in sufficient evidence to warrant
the making, to pipe gas from the prosecution,” he said.
Ohio Oil company's Phoenix Lake -----------
field to the petro-chemicai Indus- SWEETHEART OF TEXAS 0.
try. AUSTIN (AP)—Pat McGinn of
toiat week the Ohio Oil com- Houston Saturday night was an-
pany and United Gas made appli- pounced as sweetheart of the
cation to the Corps of Engineers University of Texas. One of five
to cross the Sabine river with a candidates, including Bettie Dancy
gathering line. Now they’ve asked of orange, Mis* McGinn was
Ochoa Visits Laredo, But
Dfttntn't Cross Border This confiivgcnt includes: Obe
i Annin Sti.ur i/i ’Symbol Smith, Joe Lynn Tram—
„r ~V mgH. Roland Francis Sullivan,
Edward u. plhwtt, a»Nistant ueotge Ornoa, Laredo j0»jn Ki»ith Harrv T.lr»vH
district attotnay of the parish, customs broker accused of mur- i^piypt, Bu«m«^Bicker-
reported the charges were drop- det in Texas and freed by Mc*i- Kta(f Hpss<,i| Guciu* Henderson
' can courts, came within a stone’s Rlwte Karl Odom, John M. Guid-
throw of hi* home town Friday ry“ Jahn Gilbert Kibwleaux, Sum
1>lSAhl' . ; .. Ligq; Street Jr., Arli* Ray Hail,
Accompanied by two brothers, Vernon IziBieu, Jtwgph Dorris
Ochoa showed up to Nuevo La- Htcbard, James Brown Martina
redo, just, across the Rio Grande, jr„ jaine* Dal| Armatreet, Jeawc
“on business and to visit reta- Lee Williams, Johnny Turner,
tives." He returned to Mexico City
late Friday night. (See fl, Page S)
Commissioner Peterson did the
(See 5. Page 2)
Carr Is Secoad 1a
Literary Coatests
Carr junior high school, com- permission to go across city prop- eiected -i week earlier in a cam-
peting against all of the smaller erty north of the municipal docks’ election but her identity was ect was thrown up during World Morton
senior high^ schools of^^nge| aUg. , not disclosed until the roundup War II haa been damned by A driver whooo'.'njHM"
Much-Cussed Sand in Riverside Saves
Life of Child Run Over by Automobile
The soft, pumped-in sand on court. He lives there with his
which the Riverside housing proj- grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Seven Persons and One Milch Cow Under Treatment
Vidor Is Hit by New Rabies Outbreak
VIDDR (Spl) — Another out-
break of dreaded rabies in this
community has caused seven per-
sons and one milch cow to begin
the painful and expensive Pasteur
treatment. This news came to
light Saturday as Orange cou.-ty’s
three veterinarians comult-aa
their dog vaccination bargain
days in all bilt the Vidor area.
Dr. Max Pachar said he had
received a positive report Friday
a precaution. Their pet' cat be-
came ill recently and disappeared.
Since rabies has been prevalent
in this area for the past several
months the family elected to un-
dergo the treatment rather than
take a chance with rabies.
cm r-oiu.vai i„ KiUnfs tiot disclosed until the roundup
, inyor Sid Caillavet, in bring* i._i* s?turHav niaht
the larger junior high schools of ing the matter up at commission au * y *_
SSSsi ~SIs
City commissioners approved |aft (R-Ohio) *am Aauriay no
the crossing provided the United doesn’t care
Gas company will agree to lower end so long as their demist come*
the line if and when the slip is at a Hwe when Congress isn in
extended. session.
thousands of tenant* of the big learned backed his cor into the
development during the 10 years chRd. A rear wheel came to rest
Nederland high
meet held at
school. «
French high school of Beaumont
won first place with 129 points.
The bargain day held Saturday Carr was second with 89 in4-
since it was built.
Today It was being praised in
loud tones by one Riverside fam-
ily.
Saturday morning, Two-year-
old William Donald Garsec was
smack atop William Donald'*
body.
The child cried out. A woman
looking on screamed.
The driver gunned his motor
playing in the sand at 372 Rogers anct *P«H forward, the wheels
at Orangefield, Maurieeville and
Bridge City saw 310 animals of
t h o s e communities immunized
against rabies. Dr. M. E. Maler
Sr, vaccinated 90 at Maurieeville,
Dr. M. E. Maier Jr. vaccinated 110
at Orangefield, and Dr. Pachar
Carr won first place In the
onc-act play with its presentation
of “The Perfect Gentleman." It
received a trophy in that compe-
tition. The cast included Sherry
Committee To Draft New Port Bill
ASTSl.Dnsid £2!’ nanceWand'deveSlnenfco^1'’
Earlier in the year about 35
Vidor area residents were given handled 110 at Bridge City,
the Pasteur treatment after being This year's bargain day cam-
bitten by animals. paign now has covered all com-
_ Meanwhile, a mich cow at Ball- munittes except Vidor, and Sat-
on the head of a 10-wecks-old ville. is also taking Pasteur treat- urriay night the veterinarians had
tan mongrel stray puppy which ment after being bitten by the not decided whether they will re-
died at his veterinary hospital In family dog. The family had a turn
Orange Tuesday night. He sent .Beaumont
ficient? Experts, he explained to
spinning over the little boy’s body.
Morton, fearing the worst, gath-
ered his grandson and hurried to
City hospital. Examination dis-
closed nothing more than scratch-
es.
The doctor sent the child home,
Bebe Nan Fuller and Ben Irene
McDonough Freddy Patterson
was the stage man. Mrs. Glenn
Nelson 'was the director. %
Wins First Place
enough. What’s more he didn’t
SS VsXZJSLtL.
bmed port, conservation and nav- _ Opinion* Differ ^___^ expansion had been included WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen.
veterinarian send the last
„ . -?---— , s ... u port expansion had been included
....... Douglas McFarland won fust Ration district Johnson stilt wanted U. hear ^ Siminona’ comfwsltc proposal Hendrickson (R-NJ) sharply
to this area bpcause their place in the junior boys^deriama- Tuesday a handful of men rep- from the d'^k^board Jf were ,, wwW ,imjt the district’s bond- criticized the Army Saturday tor
vaccination vlin here was ' ‘‘
the head to the state health de-
partment regional laboratory at
Houston early Wednesday.
The puppy was taken to the
clinic by Mrs. Luther Cox of the
Lakeview community after it had
bitten Carolyn Sterling, 10. Mrs.
D. D. Smith, 19, and Charlie Cox,
20. All three began the Pasteur
treatment here Saturday.
Four other Vidor residents, ail
members of the C. W. Reid family,
are also taking the treatment as
| Today's Weather |
rat* Vnm U. n. W«»lh.r Ural
dog’s head to a state laboratory
for examination, and a positive
report was rAurned on it.
only a few months ago. They said
they would let their decision be
known later.
tiem with his recitation of the resenting the city and county going to do this job let’s do
poem “The Stoaway." Ronnie commissions, the wharf and dock right," he argued.
Miller was third In that event board arid the conservation and
Simmons contended the plan
First Reply to League Questioaaaire
For Oraage School Trustee Candidates
Th* Orange League
h«» «ubmftt«d *
» of the flee can-
with the “Unknown Soldier.’
In the Junior girls declamation
Beverly Davenport was third with
“America and Me" and Barbara
(See 10, Page 3)
isorron o note;
of Women Voter*
queatlannalre to each
dldataa In the race lot three pnata on
th* Orange Independent achnol dtttrlct'a
board of education Th* replle? will be
published alphabetically, one at a time,
•tarting today.___ ^ taf,
1. What is your occupation?
Port Director. I have lived in
trlct for approximately nine
years. I am interested in schools
because I feel that they arc one
of the most important institutions
on earth and that a citizen has a
.definite responsibility with rtf--'
erence to them
4. What do you consider the
most important issue now
Orange 18 years, own my home (acing thJ orange Independent
RUM today, hlghaat wmwratur*
7t to HI degree? Monday
to cloudy with widely icatWrtd
ay. parUy
> «*■» in ‘he Orange school district and district?
th»»d«f. alg0 own property in the Uttle j fee, that the most important
pwp mm isuue that faces the Orange In-
2. Education. dependent school district is to
Urecaivto a BA degree <rom provWe the best school oppor-
Abilene Caristian college, with a tunities for the present school
major in English and first minor potation wd also to provide for
b Increase In students
s
ahowdra. Southerly wtnda, 1# to 1» ■» Gvoress school district
an hour, today. Increasing to W to M Wjyrew. gcnooi qwtrtct.
mllca an hour Monday.
Today * tide.: Sabine-high at J:4S a. m
and j:ga p, m.. ■ low at S OT a. m- and
1:33 p. m., Bolivar—high at 3:40 a. m.
and S:M p. m . low at 10 05 a m. and
* 41 p m. Monday'* ttdea; 8ablne~hlgh
at. t:M *. m. and 4 p. lo.. low at l;» a. m
and #:#» p. ■».: Bolivar—high at 4:3# a
m. add l:W» P m., low at 11:31 a. m
in mathematics.
~:J
dL -vjrour qualifications
officcyou seek?
the largel
tor the ^ y
today at Mta aota at
Maoday tunrtae diets.
i:SI p. m.
IM
anticlpaWKl This, of course,
_ A calls tor additkWaT Junds that tre
Trustee tm Nine Vesre not available at present, therefore,
have bech a truriee^ot tfw ^
.....• o ■
. Bke the
, optoftortrlst'':
Ad said—mrce
Leada- Want Ad' fliit
out cf five need glaseee!
reclamation district hope to find could build tor the
the question’s answer. . needs."
Out of that session Is expected Bm1( Board Member Hunt-
to come the recommendation er Beafy ghjed with Johnson’s way
which Representative Carter will
Hike into committee hearings at
Austin on April 7.
Industrial Development Dlrec
tor John Simmons was up with «
consolidation of all districts idea
advanced previously when he dis-
cussed Carter’s bill with the group
at the courthouse Friday. I
Mostly About Money
Principally, his report dealt
with the distribution of money
for operation of the three divi-
sions of the district.
lie would levy a maximum tax.
of 15 cent* for maintenance and
operation. Half of this would be
tp,ftied to the port and naviga-
tion, the other half to drainage
and conservation. On present val-
uations ol $23,800,000, the port
would have $28,850 a year for ft*
operation and maintenance,
City Commissioner Sid Johnson
raised the question first. He won-
dered what the “experts" had to
say; if the 126.800 would be suf-
ed debt to five percent of the announcing plans to defend key
county’s valuations, American cities by guided super-
Engineer C.;jR, Smith, who has missiles. He said such a
port “all it Jp^feMrvey,* dock ^iTtasdte'l^ia to
needs, likewise agreed that the iavmch a surprise atomic attack.
(See 4, f’age 2)
“I am deeply disturbed by this
public announcement," said a
statement by Hendrickson, a
member of the, Senate armed
services committee. ' . >
He--
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PORT BILL REVISIONS EXPLAINED
Representative garter, Induotrial “
The Inside News
Operation* Restore
Orangeite’s Hearing
Welding Spark Seta
Creosote Poles Afire
Orange Corps Cadet
Huted Best to State
Tkrera Leee Seeead
Contest To Jasper ..........
Little Leaser Try-out*
' , Get Underway Monday
Jim Thorpe. Greatest
Of Them All, Is Dead
Showdown Is
On Teach* •
White Supremacy ims
Tearing Africa Apart
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