Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 351, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 11, 1952 Page: 1 of 13
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Gladewater Super Value Day May 14
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22 Hages
In Three Sections
VOL HI, NO 351
United l’r«»—(U.W
GLADEWATER, TEXAS, SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1952
Station KSIJ—1430 On Your Dial
10c PER COPY
GREGG COUNTY WET BY 583 MAJORITY
Gladewater Against Prohibition By 7-Vote Margin
Guthmann Presented Keys To Green way Village Apartment
Longview's 1375 Wet Majority Determines Election
First Family Enters Greenway Village
Gladewater Housing Authority Project
In the larged vote ever cast in
Gregg County, more than 17,000
voter? rejected the return of pro-
hibitum In Gregg County by a ma-
jority lit 583 votes.
Gregg County voters answered
the wet-dry issue with 8,805 vot-
ing ligii.nsl prohibition and 8.222
for prohibition. The election result
left Gregg County the only wet
i ounty m the northeastern part of
tli.' state "f Texas. According to
th<- complete unofficial returns
fj-.im tin seven precincts in the
county, three precincts voted wet.
Tin- L<> livuw precinct had troth
boxes with wets in majority by a
margin of 1375.
Gnuiewah ' Community Center
box voted in favor of the wets 732
to lilli with tin elementary school
favoring prohibition with a vole
of 484 to 355. This gave Glade-
Reserve Flight To
Heor Report On
Progress Monday
A progress report prepared by
Colonel Edgar E. Glenn, command-
ing officer of the 3d Air Reserve
District, Austin. Texas, will tie sub-
mitted to members of Flight B,
SMOOth Volunteer Air Reserve
Training Monday night at 7:30
o'clock in the Activity Room of
the Citizens State Bank and Trust
Company building, Major Phil
Hurwitz. commanding officer, an-
nounced today.
Members of the local unit will
be urged to enter specific com-
plaint against the current train-
ing program so that proper changes
can be made. Headquarters, 3d Air
Reserve District, is
water Precinct Three a seven vote | Jority against prohibition with the
margin favoring the wets high school box favoring the dry's
In Precinct Six, Kilgore, the city by u 51 vote majority The Kil
hall box showed an 80 vote ma-1 gore precinct showed a majority
****** ******
ELECTION RETURNS
FOR AGAINST
PRECINCTS PROHIBITION PROHIBITION
PRECINCT 1 (Longview)
Box On# (Courthouse)
1596
2597
Box Two (Junior high school)
1526
1900
PRECINCT 2 (Judson)
271
106
PRECINCT 3 (Gladewater)
Box One (Community Center)
616
732
Box Two (Elementary school) ..
464
355
PRECINCT 4 (Sabine Area)
Box On* (Liberty City)
460
379
Box Two (Hughey Roes)
143
139
PRECINCT 5 (Eldervilla)
133
132
PRECINCT 6 (Kilgore)
Box One (city hall) ....................
1013
1093
Box Two (high school)
578
527
PRECINCT 7
Box On* (Pine Tree)
802
621
Box Two (Spring Hill)
208
67
Box Three (White Oak)
412
157
TOTALS
8222
8805
of 29 vote# in tavor of the wets.
All oilier boxes in the four re-
maining precincts showed a ma-
ority favoring prohibition. The
White Oak box showed nearly a
lour to one margin; Spring Hill
held more than a three to one mar-
gin: Grcggton area voting approxi-
mately 3 to 2 in favor of prohibi-
lion. The closest box vote count
was recorded in Precinct Five
where 133 favored prohibition and
132 voting against prohibition.
Vote was exceedingly heavy in
all areas with the Gladewater area
voting lighter than expected.
Red Prisoners Release
Gen. Dodd Unharmed
This week the Gladewater Hous-
ing Authority Project was com-
pleted when Msvor Carl Bruce
presented John f Guthman with
the keys In an apartment and wel-
comed him as '.he first .tccupant of
Grernwav Village
Those who had worked diligent
Iv since the CHy Cummi ion pass-
ed the resolution creating the
Housing Authority <>f Gladewater
on November 10, 1949 saw then
effort# rewarded in the mile- of
a disabled veterans wife and two
children Guthmnn turned on hi#
crutches and looked into the spa-
cious new apartment and said
"This is it, there isn't anything
latter” And the family, followed
by their dog, became the first to
enter Greenway Village
Guthman received a disability.
dis< harge from the United Stales | Him to
Air Force on June 30, 1951, after closets
serving nine year* in tin* Army
and Air Force While in the service
he conturtrd Rheumatoid Arthn-
tUH, and a crippling disease with
no known cure
About two years ago n series of
opera thins were performed with
no effect, and the di#, <s, alow tv
spread, enlarging the joints of
bedroom apartments, si* 3-bed-
room apartments, eight 2-bedroom
apartments and three I-bedroom
apartment*
Willie Remit* and wife were the
first |n enter the Weldon Homes
addition lierotte is attending
school and working part-time ■>
a male nurse at the Tuberculosis
Hospital near Tyler When he ap
plied for housing at Weldon
Homes, he had no available hous-
ing in this area
Each apartment, in addition to
the bedroom*. has a large living
loom, large completely furnished
bathroom and a kit, lieu complete
with gas range and refi igeratoi
All apartments are Ilea ted with
panel-ray gas heating, have a wa-
in heater and large kitchen and
bathroom storage areas in addi-
bedroom wardrobe style
persona with one or two minors
and an income of $2,000 per year
will pay *29 per month with all
utilities furnished up to a maxi-
mum established by the housing
authority.*
Mx.ultl the income of a family
living in the housing authority
surpass *3.000 a year for a family
of five or more their cligibihiv
SEOUL. Sundya, May 11. <U.W—• cessions” and that 'favorable ar-
Rebellious Communist prisoners on rangements" were being worked
Koje Island released American out.
... MPQI .....PH encouraging ' Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd "un- j Dodd. 52. was seised Wednesday
s* J-c.it>. ism so that recommend*- harmed and in good spurita ’ Sat- a, he and Lt. Col. Wilbur R. Raven
i Hons can be forwarded direct to urday night after holding him foe i of Newton. Tex., talked with lead-
"ransom" for four days inside their ers .0f the compound at the en-
prison compound. trance gate. Raven wriggled free
Gen James A Van Fleet, Eighth i but Dodd was dragged behind the
■the Air University for corrective
Ito stav in the units would bo can- action. EX'ery phase of the training
celled._program asgM||g||||M|||J»
now set un will be
The local Gladewater Housing discussed critically, including the Army commander, revealed the Al- barbed wire barricade and hidden
Authority is still accepting appli-
cation# for both Greenway Village
and W< 11Inn Homes, but asks each
applicant to visit their offices for
a complete briefing on the re-
,mu, mold, needed for entry into
both units.
Ridgway Denounces Red
Negotiators As "Liars
type of lectures, dated war and
training films and methods of in-
struction. Suggestions will be con-
rlidaud by !hc unit and sent to
Austin for classification.
Members will also be asked to
state their preferences for courses
made available hv Air Force Re-
serve contracts with colleges and
universities A social hour will fol-
low the regular session.
lies had agreed to make “minor1 DbCM was commander of the pri-
conccssions" to the prisoners, but son. but he was relieved immed-
he did not disclose all of them l iately upon his seizure._
An Eighth Army spokesman saidH
■ .me demands " could tie con-
Ef California Oil
I Guthman legs. arms and hands
Following h»* dischs :ge from
the service. Di Clark M Dingier:
of Longview aided and treated
Guthman for a six month |ierl«xt
free of charge while he Was wait
mg for veteran adminlatratlon aid
Guthmann inrtlt.dod tnat the
past year had been far fn*m pleas
nnt as he laid tried to mtuceze a
living for hi# family out of a His
ablll'y pension and was till faced
with two medical Uratmcnl* |ht
week
Yesterday afternoon found (he
family settled comfortably in the
new apartment with Guthtn.inn's
wife, Audrey, arranging personal
ttrlongings lit a spacious storage
area and their eighteen-month -old
son, Mictiael. playing on the cm
pried living riMiiik floor. John
Guthmann and hi? six-yeai -old
son, John Edward, watched the
construction crew woikmg on tlit*
streets Guthmann tay hack in lust
with a smile of eonleiitment and
staled “ye*, this is it ”
Work fust .-darted on the public
housing project foi GUdewatci
wticn tile preliminary was gi anted
hv I'll A on Mav 3. Hi.io Tlie arclii
lei t and engineer flint of Henlly,
llroad, and Nelson of Dallas were
rmploved to present plans fur the
project on April 25, 1950 Follow-
ing the appioval of tin plan*,
Howard Hall w i» i ■>uedthe«‘.>n|
Irul on June
Saturday afternoon found three
families living in Greenway V'll- order
1 and ti*o families in Weldon
Home* with seven other families
expected to move in on Monday
In order to qualify for admit-
tance to either section of the
Gladewater Housing Authoritv
Project, you must first i|tialif.v as
a family, with a veteran having
family priority An aiijilirant is
subtext to lomplcti ..ivestigxtlon
hv the housing authority and to
qualify you must show that you
lack housing nr are living in un-
safe or unsanitary or over crowded
conditions.
Your income for a family of five
cannot exceed 12,500 per year Per-
sonal asset* are also subject to in-
vestigation and musi he fouim to
la- at a minimum Rent is based on
a family's maximum income. <Kx-
amjile a family of three or fcin
TOKYO. Siitxl ,i. M.,y if UJP’
Gen. Matthew P Rulgway Satur-
day blasted Communist truce n<
collators us liars whose charges of
germ and chemical warfare "arc
an international crime of the fii t
At hi* farewell jiress conference
Ridgway Warned that the Ptiume
lorn truce talk- face enmplel, col-
lapse unless tiic Commumsl ;*<■
cejii the United Nations final off, i
for exchange of prisoner
Ridgway, supreme UN corn- . , , ,
mandei and duet of U S Farj P" «'»wrs b' the Allie* have
East forces, will turn over his com-
mand* on Monday to Gen Mark
piisnnr, s into rcjecting commun-
ism.
Delegate* scheduled another
meeting Sunday
Ridgwav told correspondents
there i* not the slightest chance
•h< t’N will give in to Communist
demands that war prisoners be re-
turned regardless of the it indivi-
dual wishes,
The I’N In*-, offered to exchange
70,000 Red prisoners for 12,000 Al-
ii, d soldjc, held Iv the Com-
munist*. Remainder of the 180,000
Strike Postponed
DENVER, May 10 iU.f»>—The 11-
dav nation-wide ml strike began
having serious effect* on the air-
line# Saturday niglii but motorists
strued" as jiolitical.
Van Fleet announced Dodd's re-
lease while veteran American and
South Korean troops stood by
ready to shoot their way into the
notorious Compound 76 and rescue
him by force if necessary. An up-
peaI himself stayed such action.
Will Moet Other Reds
As part of their price for re-
leasing D-dd the prisoners, who
normally have no means of com-
munication with other camps, won
Russians Bar U.S.,
Allied MPs From
West Berlin Road
BERLIN. May 10 (U *>— Armed
Russian guards Saturday barred
American and Allied military jjo-
licc patrols from the international
ighway which connect# isolated
W,'«t Berlin with Western Ger-
munv,
American, British and French
commandants in Berlin protested
•he action to Gen. Vassily I. Chui-
kov. Soviet commander in Ger-
many. and demanded that tha
blockade measure be lifted.
The western commandants, fn a
ioint announcement, said the So-
, viet move might have been caused
i by a "misunderstanding." A
] spokesman described the incident
as "serious but not momentous ”
But the tactic was reminiscent
i of events leading up to Russia's
! 1948-49 "starvation blockade" al
the American, British and French
plane violated the permitted air
cirridor to Berlin, and warnings of
serious consequences of such ac-
tions, the highway restriction ser-
iously disturbed West Berlin's 2,-
500.000 residents.
The Russians also ordered all
their rail traffic running between
Soviet zone jmints and East Berlin
I diverted from stations in the
a
Ithc Russian sector of the city.
All trains normally passing
through West Berlin to Soviet sta-
tions were rerouted to keep them
outside western territory.
This was believed to be a Soviet
Raven Net Talking
Raven, apparently acting under j American scctor|
Army orders, refused to discuss*
the seizure He told the United
Press by telephone. "!'m -nv 1
cannot make any stjtemer.’ ,'
time "
Van Fleet himself said he could■
not understand why prison guard* precaution against possible western
did not make an immediate at
tempt to rescue Dodd when he was
seized and said, "That is why a
board of inquiry is sitting When j
retaliatory measures, if the Soviets
increase 'heir blockade restric-
tions.
The western commandants said
we know the answers, we will pass the Soviets began to damp on their
them‘on to you."
Gen. Matthew B Ridgway. iv
tiring UN commander, had author-
restrictions Thursday night.
Police patrols which normally
cover the 110-mile Allied land life-
di ' •Jxi'uiutis iiifgut uui IIIWH'1 mi.- . . p Him* vuiiiiiiunusi , nuvi 1 «• * •••••»> •••••»«
.u i ' ## the country could still sav permission to meei wnn t, mmu- 1Jtecl yan jrjeot j0 yK whatever I line to the west were forbidden to
..... ... . - n,«t loader* from other comuoiuuis . .
"fill er up" and go for that Sun-
day drive.
The threatened spread of the
walkout to California, chief source
• t oil supply foi United Nations
troop ip Korea, was at least tem-
porarily averted at the eleventh
nist leaders from other compounds
on the island where 80,000 Rod
prisoners are held.
They also were granted permis-
sion to confer with one another by
telephone and were given writing
paper they had demanded. Van
Fleet already had assured them
force was necessary to resculn
Dodd But the imprisoned j'encral,
speaking by telephone from inside
the compound, asked that troops
be held back until prisoner de-
mands were clear.
It was not known what Dodd's
future status would be Gen Mark
W Clark, the new commander of
the United Nations and United
States Far East forces, told a press
conference that Dodd would be as-
Clark and leave for Pai,# when
lie will succeed Gen. Dwight IV
Eisenhower as supreme Allied
commander for Europe
Ridgway refused to predict
whether an armistice might even
Uinlly he reached.
UN Not Giving In
Saturday# <c«*ion at Panmun-
jom lasted only It minute* during
which North Korea* Gen Nani II
attacked the Alltt’> for "coerctnr."
Russia Demonstrates Her Craving For Peace
3-Act Play To Be Given
With Art Exhibit Monday
"CurioUR Savage," a comedy
' drama In three nets, will lie pres
i ente,i in conjunction with an ait
exhibit Thinstlas evening. May !
'5, ill tile high school
The play will lie given at 8 |>J»
I in .he auditorium, undo the cup
able dirintion of Mis Neldn Neale
Preceding the play, the art exhibit
will la- held in It,hhii 113 uno- i tti,
le idelshtli o( It,it N,'lie The «\
hitnl will featuie th” last ail
work of the yeat The « xhdnt will
open at 7 15 pm and will lx* open !
dm ma a 20 minute |>tw> intvrmis
talon and immediately following
<h July 9, 1951
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.iroutul Ettiel Sav.tge who ii placed
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money. F.tlw) ikeitvl want Hi,
iamtiy1 to have the mtuiey i«, ,u c
site wants to give hei money to
l<aih*h jaxiple (in toolt*h e.nisi
such as an Itall.m who wanted a
Ih'x ot sod from Bali Wlitilw oi
not Ethel is proved no -me amt
wtiethei oi not tlie fattvly get* tin
money will la attsweixd m ih ,
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hv tlaiv. light> ibauai * i, and
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Hi, plai wan w i itti n by John
Palm k, anthet ot Ihodi ■
ml is Bv>h «Jt Broodw.'
jitay hay ihtisi hem pi, *e
ihlv erettoo of the stutv
lunn when union hcadquarteis
told the P’ttsbnrg, Calif., local t*’ I tDs're would be no armeei assault
•d.,' or. th, mb until after a t on j|u, camp while the Reit leaders
'chvduled mtctaig of union and forn,uiated their demands.
reiecled coiniruimsm. • man tgemont rejiresei.t..lives with :
Tlu' Red- a’lnaivd return of at the Wage Stabbilizatmu Board Van fleet said earlier ne had
h .,#t 132,000 prt oner-, although ! Tue-dav. conse nted to several "minor con-signed to another position
they have indicated they might set- ( ........1 ........
tle> for llfl.ooii Ridgway said there 1
was no jMsstbility of even ap-
prnnehing that figure
lie said that for ihc UN there
are only two |.x's*ihilittes left— |
“eithci to comtnue meetings as we
are in I'l ief. daily sessions, or an-
nouncing a rupture of the talks
find nt>l mug back" to Pxnmun- i
join.
Hulfxiiy ud tlie Communists
have shown "neither logic nor in-
tegrity “ hi the truce negotiations
Their propaganda, he said, "seem* |
to have no end or any decent re-!
paid foi Itie jg.e e of truth oil this
earth."
IVNA President
To Speak Monday
Mi Myrtle Dchn tame, nresl- j
deet of th, l.iet'nsed \.nation.d
Niii -, Association of Texas, will
be the guest sjwakef at a called
meeting Mood i night in the court
loom in Longview at seven o’clock
Ml doctors, hospital admtutstra-
I hit's, aujgirttitk ndentx of nui tes,
mi jiractie.il nurse - ar«' esmvtally
leave Berlin
Armed Soviet guards in Berlin
said they understood the military
police were being permitted to pass
the Helmstedt Soviet checkpoint at
the western end of the highway.
But West German police stationed
at Helmstedt said armed Soviet
guards barred them from making
the. eastward uin as well.
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vehicle#, ait other traffic was pro-
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