Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 81, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 21, 1950 Page: 1 of 6
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GLADEWATER, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1950.
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HEAVY RAIN: Much water
splushcd down Glade streets mid
morning as a flash storm moved
in and spilled out 1.33 inches of
t onfall. The heavy rains brought
welcome relief for the time bt..ig
from the stifling heat which has
plagued K Texas for the past
week. Temperatures dropped from
the low M's to the low 70's at
uoon-timc.
A SHIVERS: No relation to
Gov. A)lun— will be made an
honorary Texan tomorrow at Dal-
las. The governor's office an-
nounced that Secretary of State
John Hen Shcpperd will Repre
setd Shivers—the Governor—and
•speak at the International Con
vent ion of Civitan Clubs lunch-
eon. It. Kelvin Shivers of Wash-
ington. D. C., the incoming presi-
dent of Civitun International, will
be presented a certificate of hon-
ary Texas citizenship.
TAKES TRAINING: Cadet Fred
creek A. Foen, Jr., is now in the
MI’ ROTC summer camp at Camp
Gordon, Gu., with 300 other stu-
dents taking training. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Foeh
of Kt. 2, Gladewater.
ADD TO TITLES: T. W. Lee
may soon have u new title to go
along with tnose he now carries
<S a m p le s: Oilman, contractor
farmer, rancher, canncr, cotton
baron, philanthropist, etc.) If
plans go through for the base
inent of his new $500,000 apart-
ment land radio station* build-
ing he will also be a "Restau-
ranteur" of sorts. He is dicker-
ing with a well-known swank
eatery to install a sort of “Emer-
ald Room" (shades of the Sham
rock Hotel* In his spacious apart-
ment house basement. The deal
Is on the fire and no official
word is out, but the rumors are
-mnky-Wit about it. The eating
spot would top anything this side
of Houston, Dallas and Shreve
port. Lee longs to give Gladewater
the best in many things.
NEW POPPA: Stork-visited
ydstiddy was Carl B. Everett,
•contractor and young civic lead
er*. The newcomer to the Everett
household weighed in at 5 lbs nnd
was promptly dubbed James Stan-
hope Everett. Wife Jenny was
reportedly doing fine, as was the
tiny youngster.
ORCHID NITE: The Bear man-
agement, trying to boost uttend-
ni)ce at home games (admissions
pay salaries of players and club
expenses* will stage an orchid
night when the Bears meet the
Tyler Trojans Thursday nighti
Ladies visiting the game will be
handed an Hawaiian orchid in a
gold-costume Jewelry holder. The
club is shooting for 10,000 attend-
ance during the current 8-game
home stand. The Bears trampled
Marshall for two games to tie
up for the league lead. . . so let's
you and DOS drop out to boost
the finest club in the league! The
Bears open against Tyler tonight,
barring rain.
MIFFED KIDDOi The small
daughter of the J. P. Wilson's
Hiving in one of Judge Lawrence's
houses) decided to take matters
in her own hands when momma
refused to light n cundle for her.
She crawled into u closet and lit
it herself—along with all the
clothes and other matter in the
clo.4ot. The fire department hur-
riedly rolled out the hose and
watered-out the blaze. On-duty
firemen Duane Mitchell, Glen
Nelms and Rny Newell (Rodeo
Sheriff) were on the scene in a
flash and prevented too much
dumuge.
NARROW ESCAPE: The driver
of a Gloeo gasoline truck has an
unidentified Gladewater woman
to thank for his safety after she
placed a call to the Fire Depart-
ment telling them his truck was
on fire late Tuesday. Leaking
gasoline In the rear of the truck
blazed up and threatened to ex-
plode the entire load of ethyl gas
enroute to Dallas Just west of
town on U. S. 80. The three Glade
firemen mentioned above were
Johnnies-on-thc-spot again, snuf-
fing out the blaze in a big hurry
with fonmite. The truck dumped
excess gas which had been leak-
ing out. The driver, muehly scar-
ed, profusely thanked the woman
for her neighborly act which may
have saved his life, and drove
cautiously toward Dallas, keep-
ing a close eye on his touchy
cargo.
Hotel Official Killed
In Kansas City, Mo.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. June SI
(UPV—Marshall H. Dean, 35, as-
aiatant manager of the jN founa
Hotel President In downtown
Kansas City, was shot In the back
end killed today as he entered
Campaign Of Gladewater's T. W. Lee
Puts 'Black-Eyes' On Navy Table
Those black-eyed pea* have finally gotten their foot inside the Armed Forces menu door, according
to T. W. Lee.
Tho Navy, at Camp Hood, placed an order for 63S gallons of VaLe* black-eyed peas with T. W.
Lee's cannery in Raymondville.
"That Washington trip finally paid off in an order," said Lee. "The good publicity we secured for
our weok-long trip to the Capitol helped put another Texae product on the map. We can count on more
and more orders now that the government has decided to buy a few black-eyes."
Loe spear-headed a drive by Congressman Lindley Beckworth to put tha peas on Army menus by
flying two plane loads of Gladewater ciiisens (along with gallons of Texas pass) to Washington for a big
dinner for Caoitol notables last January. Tha big-wigs tasted the peas and were impressed, as indicated
by the Navy order at Camp Hood.
"Now that we've qot our foot in the door we can expect larger orders of peat to come from the
Armed Forces." Lee added.
Ha said that increased consumption of the southern delicacy would strengthen farm economy
throughout the Southwest, by giving farmers another product to grow on land idled hy cotton acreage
allotments which limit the amount of cotton to be grown.
Leo and Rep. Beckworth have been working, along with others in this area, to oopularise the black-
eye pea ai a delicacy throughout the nation.
Southerners already consume thousands of tons of the vitamin-packed vegetable annually, and the
publicity campaigns are expected to spread the popularity of the peas throughout the nation, Lee said.
AIR FORCE EXPANSION APPROVED
Enactment Of 1
Compromise Plan
Is Expected
WASHINGTON, June 21 (UP)—
Senate and House conferees agreed
today on a bill to authorize expan-
sion of U. S. air power.
The compromise measure, be-
lieved likely to win final congres-
sional approval, would permit the
administration to build up the Air
Force from 48 to 70 combat groups.
The bill would not require such
expansion. But it would give the
Air Force a goal to shoot at and a
strong talking point in its cam-
paign for more money.
The House and Senate had
been arguing ovar language of
> the bill since last year. If the
bill worked out in conference
finally passes, it will be the first
time Congress has gone directly
on record for a 70-group force.
Last year and th* year before
Congress indirectly okayed th*
70-group goal by voting enough
extra money for airplanes. Both
times, however. President Tru-
man held up the funds and kept
the Air Force at 48 groups.
The new measure would be a
shot in the arm for air power ad-
vocates who believe the 48-group
figure too low for national secur-
ity.
Compromise Bill On
Rent Control Passed
WASHINGTON, June 21 (UP)
—The House today approved a
compromise bill to continue rent
control on a local option basis for
up to 12 months more.
The vote was 174 to 145.
McDonald s name put
ON DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
Truman
Forces
Beaten
Gift Of Car Leaves Banker O'Hearn 'Speechless'
LOOT RECOVERED—Detectives Cedi Easley, left, and J. E. Wil-
burn examine thousands of articles found piled high in a four
room cottage in Houston. Texas. Officers say the loot is from
hundreds of burglaries in the Houston area. (ACME Telephoto).
Prevention 01 Accidents Sole Purpose
Of All Traffic Regulatory Laws, Says
Highway Patrolman In Lions Club Talk
FRIENDS OF ERNEST O'HEARN, the friendTy fellow who resigned a few days ago as president of
The First State Bank here to accept a vice-presidency in Dallas' First National Bank, got together
and decided to give him a geing-away present. They picked an automobile as an appropriate present
and gave it to him in a short ceremony at 2:00 p. m. Tuesday. Attorney Ralph Prince mad* th* presen-
tation and Chevrolet Dealer H. L. McKaig handed Ernest (left above) the keys following the cere-
mony. More than 30 friends of the banker tossed money in the pot to buy him the Windsor Blue,
four-door Fleetlin* Deluxe, which had every accessory possible. O'Hearn, usually a "smooth-talker."
was left completely speechless. Later he said it was "the nicest thing that had avar happened to me."
__'___(Mirror Staff Photo.)
ETCC Community
Chairmen For
Gregg Named
Prevention of accidents on the
highway Is the sole purpose of all
truffle regulatory laws, said State
Patrolman Pat Spelr at the Lions
Club luncheon in the Community
Building today.
‘The greatest cause of accidents
on our roads today is speed, then
drunken driving," Speir told
Lions. 'When driving we should
think in terms of how fast we
are traveling in feet-per second,”
he added.
Multiplying 1V4 times the speed-
ometer reading gives the rale of
feet traveled per second, he ex-
plained. He added that it took
about one second, or 90 feet, for
a driver's reaction to start work-
ing In avoiding accidents. A ear
W. E. Shuttle, 73,
Succumbs Here
Funeral services for William
Edward Shettlc, 73, who died at a
Gladewater hospital at 1 a. m. to-
day will be held at the First Pres-
byterian Church at 10 a. m. tomor-
row with the pastor, Rev. T. R.
Elder, officiating.
Shettle was born in Cass County,
Texas on January 30. 1877,
and came to Gladewater 15 years
ago. after spending most of his
life in Madill, Oklahoma.
He had been connected with the
Gladewater school system for 14
years and at the time of his death
was in charge of the maintenance
at the school. He was a member
of the Presbyterian Church here
and of the Masonic Lodge at Tish-
omingo, Oklahoma.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Odle Shettle of Gladewater; A Son,
W. E. Shettle, Jr., of Beaumont;
two sisters, Mrs. W. B. l-ocman of
Bonham and Mrs. Lizzie Merrill
of Dallns; and a brother. Tom
Shettle of Waurtka, Oklahoma.
Interment will be at the Honey
Grove Cemetery with Everett-
Stone Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Agriculture Department
Sees Record Pig Crop
travels about 280 feet more, pro-
vided brakes and highway condi-
tions are good, before a driver
can stop at the speed of 60 mph,
he elaborated.
“The ‘Three E’s" are our chief
concern in prevention of acci-
dents," Speir continued. He list-
ed the K's as being: 1 Education
of drivers, 2 Engineering, or
building better and safer roads,
and 3 Enforcement, or constant
work to make highways a safer
place for both motorists nnd pe-
destrians.
Lion President Leon Waggoner
announced that two delegates to
the International Convention, in
Chicago, C. R. Stevens and Dale
Brookings, were named at the di-
rectors meeting Monday night.
A Ladies Night and installa-
tion of new officers was set for
Thursday, June 29, at the Humble
Camp Recreation Hall, Waggoner
said. The affair would be a cov-
ered dish supper, he added. The
club would dispense with its next
weekly meeting because of the
supper.
Appointed as n program com-
mittee for the event were Lee
Mitchell, Calvin Brannen and
Jeff Torbert.
Peter Mooss.v, C of C president,
announced a caravan would go
to Longview for the departure of
the Boy Scouts going to Valley
Forge on Saturday. Lions indicat-
ed that several members would
attend the meet.
Melvin Jenkins introduced fhe
guest speaker and his partner on
the patrol, Jimmy Nail. Harold
Matthews of Kilgore was also a
guest.
Appointment of Peter Moossy,
Gladewater, J. T. Ogg, Greggton,
W. S. Morris, Kilgore, and G. A.
Other congressional develop- McCreight, Longview, as eommun-
ments: j ity chairmen for the East Texas
Price Supports—The House ap- j Chamber of Commerce in Gregg
County has oeen announced by
.UDDOrt ^’^T1e^»e yaD- Paul Carrington of Dallas, presi-
J5K dent of the regional chamber. Se-
lection pf these men to serve in
this capacity was made upon the
recommendation of V. A. Cle-
ments, Longview, county chair-
man for Gregg County, and with
the approval of R. M. Kelly, Long-
view, past president, O. L. Norton,
Longview, vice president, and
William Yazell, Kilgore, and Leo
E. Butter, Longview, directors.
“We are constantly striving to
make our work more practical
and helpful at the community
level," Hubert M. Harrison, gen-
eral manager, said. “The appoint-
ment of these community chair-
men will keep our organization in
closer touch with the views and
interests of Gregg County people.”
Order Of DoMolay
To Initiate Friday
Several Gladewater candidates
for membership in the Order of
DeMolny will tie initiated at the
Masonic Hall here Friday even-
ing, with the Marshall chapter,
Order of DeMolay, bringing their
degree team to Gladewater.
AH Master Masons arc cordial-
ly Invited to attend the ceremon-
ies opening at 7:30 p. m. About
30 members will be in the group
coming over from Marshall. After
the initiation, refreshments will
be served to all Master Masons
WASHINGTON. June 21 (UP)
—The Agriculture Department to-
day forecast production this year and to all DeMolny*
of a record-smashing peacetime'
crop of 99,079.000 pigs.
Officials said the report indi-
cates a greater than usual sea-
sonal drop in pork prices next
fell and winter.
A process of organizing a De-
Molay chapter here is underway,
and it will he under the sponsor-
ship of the Masontr Fraternity.
Membership I* open to boys from
14 to 31 years of age.
proval, believed likely, will send
tt.e bill to the White House.
McCarthy—Sen. Millard E. Tyd-
ings, D„ Md„ said an FBI checkup
disproved charges by Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy, R„ Wis., that State
Department loyalty files were
"tampered with."
Un-American—Phillip Bart, gen-
eral manager of the Communist
Daily Worker, pleaded constitu-
tional immunity in refusing to ans-
wer questions of the House Un-
American Activities Committee
aliout an alleged Communist-oper-
ated fake passport ring.
Reorganisation — The Senate
Executive Expenditures Commit-
tee approved two presidential re-
organization plans, but voted to
make no recommendation on the
proposal to transfer the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. to the
Commerce Department.
Statehood—Chairman Joseph C.
O'Mahoney, D., Wyo., of the Sen-
ate Interior Committee said he
hopes to get a final committee vote
on Hawaii and Alaska statehood
bills by Friday.
Newsprint — "Editor Erwin D.
Canham of The Christian Science
Monitor said the newsprint short-
age has rung down an “iron cur-
tain of the mind" in much of the
free world.
Money—The Senate Appropria-
tions Committee approved a $660,-
291.681 bill to keep broke govern-
ment agencies operating for the
rest of the fiscal year which ends
June 30.
Draft—Democratic Leader Scott
W. Lucas. 111., planned to put be-
fore the Senate a bill to extend the
draft law three years.
East Texas Quarter Horse Show And
Races Scheduled At Gladewater's
Round-Up Grounds August 21 And 2?
LONGVIEW. June 20.—Thei “The August 21-22 dates do not
third annual East Texas Quarter interfere with Gladewater's East
Horse Show - id Races will_ be j Jchedule^* Imd* they^have*1 been
~ cleared with the American Quar-
ter Horse Association’s headquar-
Dick Burnett Invites SI. Louis Browns
AtfiieHospifal ** «•** »* J* «
American League Club Is Discussed
PATIENTS ADMITTED
Hancock Hospital—Mary Jo
Hancock. Mrs. Bill Adkinson. J. D.
Bozinan, Mrs. Ray Foster and Mrs.
N. B. Spruell.
City Hospital—Wendell Cavett,
Mrs. P. W. Guillet, Leroy Ennis,
Gerald Brewer, Carl Kilrnnn,
Clark D. Long, Eliza J. Cunning-
ham and Florine Maconiber.
PATIENTS DISMISSED
Hancock Hospital—Mrs. James
L. Ford and Sharon Scape.
City Hospital — Norman Cavett.
Billy Liddell, Mrs. Jane Starnes.
Roxie Roberts and Della Wheeler.
NEW ARRIVAL
A daughter, weighing six
pounds, was born to Mr. and Mrs.
P. W. C.uillet at 5:15 p. m. yester-
day at the City Hospital.
conducted b; the regional East
Texas Quarter Horse Breeders As-
sociation on Monday and Tuesday,
August 21 and 22 at grounds of
the Gladewater Round-Up Assoc-
iation on U.S. Highway 80 just
west of the Gladewater city limits.
This definite announcement to-
gether with several details was
made following a meeting of the
breeders association and election
Monday night (June 19* at Palm
Isle, Longview.
“Jelly” Holcomb, Longview at-
torney and quarter horse fancier
and racer, was promoted from
"acting president” to president of
the Association, and Charlie
Wampler of Longview and Glade-
water was elected vice president
succeeding Holcomb.
ters at Amarillo, Texas," Holcomb
said.
A committee of Dave Talley
and Glenn Bracken, both of Tyler,
and "Blondie" Scrogum of Over-
ton was appointed to select a
judge for the show.
Supervisors for the cowbc
style races will be Jeff Bracken
of Tyler and Scrogum, and th6
race starter will be Ernest Player
of Kilgore.
Wampler was named general
superintendent of grounds for the
show.
Entries will close Thursday
noon. August 17. Other details will
be worked out and announced lat-
er, Holcomb stated.
ST. LOUIS, June 21 (UP)—
President Bill Dewitt of the St.
Louis Browns said today the club
would have to get “better support
at the gate or we may have to
move."
Dewitt said, however, "we are
not interested in selling the ball
club right now.”
The Browns’ owner made the
statement in amplifying remarks
he made to the Advertising Club
here in which he disclosed he has
received offers to buy the Browns
from six cities, Los Angeles, Dal-
las, Houston, Baltimore, Milwau-
kee and Kansas City.
"The Baltimore offer,” Dewitt
Photographs Taken By Three Gladewater High School
Students Win Prizes In Shreveport Times Contests
Throe members of the staff of
Boar Facts, Gladewater High
School student newspaper, won
prize* this week in the Shrew-
port Times photography contest,
C. W. Dawson, journalism teach-
er, announced.
Picture* by James Hall won
a first and a third prize, one by
Jane Whitehurst, Mirror reporter,
a second, and one by Marvin El-
Us a third.
Hall’s prizes were won in the
animal division. The first prize
photograph was of a cat standing Gladewater High School students
on Its hind legs attempting to take
a piece of sausage off a fork. The
third place was awarded a photo-
graph of a hen hitched to a doll
buggy with a doll as the driver.
I The first place photo will appear
' in next Sunday's issue of The
Times.
Miss Whitehurst's picture, sec-
ond in Section B. was of Monty
Stratton, the former major league
baseball pitcher whose comeback
after loss of a leg is the theme
of a recent motion picture. Strat-
ton is shown talking to three
during Dick Burnett Day activi-
ties here in May.
Marvin Ellis' third place pic-
ture in Class B is of the late Dr.
Harrv Nelson talking to a group
said, “is still very much alive.”
DALLAS. June 21 (UP)—R. W.
(Dick) Burnett, owner of the Dal-
las Texas league franchise, said
today he was “very much inter-
ested” in moving the St. Louis
Browns franchise to Dallas "if
it can be done," and said he'd
invited Browns owner Bill De-
witt to visit here.
He said he'd ask Dewitt to
come here tonight or tomorrow
while the Browns’ farm club. San
Antonio, was in town for a Texas
League series.
“Of course, there would be sev-
eral obstacles involved," Burnett
said "such as gaining clearance
from the American League and
the Texas League.
•But, I'm willing to make an
offer for the club if those prob-
lems can be met.”
On* Off Shelton Clan
Held On Rapa Charge
INDIANAPOLIS. June 21 (UP)
—Carl Shelton. 26, member of
the famed Illinois feuding clan,
was bound over to the Marion
AUSTIN, June 21 (UP*.—The
State Supreme court today upheld
the right of J. E. McDonald to run
for re-election as a Democrat on
the party's primary ballot.
The court said the fact the!
McDonald voted for Republican
presidential nominees in th* last
three elections was beside th*
point.
The high court’s action forced
hostile Democratic leaders to re-
store the name of the party fire-
brand to the July 22 primary tic-
ket.
In a brief opinion, the court
granted the veteran politician his
plea for a writ of mandamus—an
action that slapped down attempts
by the Democratic Executive com-
mittee to oust him.
Ballots will go to the printers in
most counties next Monday, and
absentee balloting will begin July
2.
Many Democratic county com-
mittees have tentatively listed the
name of McDonald on the ballot.
Consequently, the court’s order
finds them ready to include him
as a candidate.
Th* court noted in its opinion,
"because of the fact that but
few days remain for the ballot*
to be printed for the July pri-
mary. no motion for rehearing
will be entertained and nons
may be filed."
McDonald, purged from the pri-
mary ballot by the executive com-
mittee for “repeated infidelity,”
took his case immediately to the
supreme court where arguments
were heard yesterday.
The grizzled, gray-haired “bad
boy” of the Democratic clan re-
ceived the court’s announcement
closeted in his office at the De-
partment of Agriculture.
"Obviously. I'm very
pleased." he said.
"All of us should realise," he
said, "that mighty brave men
died at the Alamo in order that
Texans should be free to think
and vote."
Th* court's action, he added,
was proof "freedom still reigns
in this country."
McDonald, a veteran of 10 con-
secutive terms, is seeking his
eleventh.
However, he recently drew the
wrath of Truman-loyal party lead-
ers when he bluntly stated in pub-
lic hearing that he voted for GOP
presidential nominees in 1940,
1944 and 1948.
Democratic big-wigs also ac-
cused him of aiding the candidacy
of Ben GuiU, recently-elected Re-
mblican congressman from the
Panhandle.
However. McDonald f o u g h t
back, announcing that he reserved
the right to continue voting “for
the best man" that offered the beet
agricultural program.
■louse Approves Extra
Money To Farm Prices
WASHINGTON, June 21 <UP'.
—The House today approved, 234
to 82. a compromise bill to pro-
vide $2,000,000,000 in extra money
to support farm prices.
The bill was passed on a roll
call forced by Republicans who
objected to a section dealing with
controls over imports of foreign
commodities which might inter-
fere with American farm price
programs.
Senate approval will send the
bill to President Truman for sig-
nature.
Weather
of high school biology students. County grand Jury today in $10.-
All tho pictures were taken 000 bond on a charge he tried to
with a Clrofcx camera owned by j rape a 13-year-old girl,
i Instructor Dawson, from whom Shelton’s bond was sot at $5.-
the.v received their photographic 000 on the rape charge and $5,000
training, although not course in! on a secand charge of attempting
photography is offered tn the i to commit an unnatural aex act
school. ! with the girl, a student at a school
Miss Whitehurst was graduated; for stammerers whom he allegad-
this month Hall will be a Senior ly pfcfcad up on her way to
this fall and Ellis a Junior. yesterday -•—
FORECASTS
EAST TEXAS — Considerable
cloudiness this afternoon, tonight
and Thursday, with scattered
thundershowers mostly in the east
portion. Not much change in tem-
peratures. Moderate to locally
fresh southeast winds on the coast.
GLADEW ATER A R E A—Con-
siderable cloudiness with a few
scattered thundershowers, not
much change in temperatures this
afternoon, tonight and Thursday,
lowest tonight near 70.
TEMPERATURES
Wednesday 12 noon 72.
Tuesday maximum 92.
Tuesday minimum 70.
RAINFALL
Wednesday 9:00 a. m. 1 33 inch*
as.
SABINE RIVSB
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