The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 169, Ed. 1 Monday, December 31, 1945 Page: 1 of 10
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GOOSE CREEK, TEXAS, M 0 N D A Y , D E C E M B E R 3 1 , 1 9 4 5
irnes Lauds Results Stark Says
Moscow Meeting In Warnings
•port To Americans Adequate
jlNGTOR Dec. 31. —(U.P.)— Americans today re-
the solemn assurance of Secretary of State James
.nes that their national aims and interests were pro-
i at Moscow while at the same time "better under-
ng" was reached among the members of the Big
a half-hour radio report to the nation hist night
said that the agreements reached by the foreign
ministers of Russia, Britain
and the .United States in
Moscow this week “should
bring hope to the war-weary peo-
ple of many lands "
Byrnes analyzed point by point
the various portions of. the com-
munique issued last Thursday fol-
lowing the conclusion of the con-
ference In measured tones he ex-
plained how in his opinion Ahieri-
• can - views were safeguarded in
each case and international ac-
cord farthered.
An unmistakeabif note of op-
timism ran through his entire
speech,' recoiling the smiles
with which he greeted reporters
on his return here two day. ago.
There was satisfaction in his
voice when he said that he, Brit-
ish Foreign Secretary Ernest Be*;.',
vin and Soviet Foreign Commis-
sar V. M Molotov had "reached
understanding on alt. important
items placed on our agenda" ex-
cept Iran,
In going over the hew Moscow
(tire. Byrne* Laud*, Page ?)
■astern Bus
kers Will End
lout Thursday
»rn Electric Strike^
[tie Up Phone Service
ISO PRESS
Grevhound feus cmploy-
f» northoahtern states pro-
| to end a two-month strike
|Stinging the first break in
Med labor situation.
fT Cleveland meeting with
j and federal conciliation
i union representatives last
*d to cal! off their strike
wage demands to ft
fact-finding panel,
first of 4,000 -drivers and
snre r;yn will return to
i at 6 a m., Thursday, and
will begin rolling 4*
tt, Restoration of long
i service will take somc-
Roosevelf Planned To
Seize Portuguese Azores
With4)ig Task Force
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. -
(U.P.) — Adm. Harold R.
Stark insisted today he sent
“adequate" warnings to
Pacific commanders before
Pearl Harbor to alert them
against a Japanese attack.
Stark said he had felt that
the United States was already at
war in the Atlantic, and that
President Roosevelt ordered a
task force assembled to seise the
Azores six months before Pearl
Harbor. The order was later can-
celled.
The former chief of naval op-
erations defended himself before
congress’ Pearl Harbor Investi-
gating committee against navy
of "faults of
Chiang Conditionally Accepts Red
Proposal To Halt China Civil War
m the striking Urey-
oye*. «as expected lo
the national strike idle
below the half-mUlion
labor developments,
workers leaders said
contact General Mo-
■eiais in an,effort to in-
itiations in the 41-day.
Ittpite the. company's re-
ft cooperate further with
finding board in the dis-
any withdrew' from the
i hearing to protest the
gentien to consider G-M's
Bus, Pago'S)
t/s To
iume Work
idnesday
\ thousand student* in the
1 frock and Cedar Bayou
deni school districts will
1 to classes Wednesday,
» close the ten-day
* holiday vacation.
In all elnnrntary and
(lehools nil] be held at
•1 hours, and buses will
t regular schedule* to bring
>nts from the outlying
UND TOWN ;
|irl-(ltie*: Ervin Flowers
a fide in the country
(Highlands ... Is C. D. Lit-
: rdady to make .that aft-
of-the-year announce-
Mrs. Bert Lewis starts
r inventory sheet ... . R L.
finds a hunting partner
[B p.m. telephone icall . .
t Butler dotes the old year
1 satisfied yawn . (, . And
LWhcot looks anxiously at
kndftr and wonders where
1 has gone , . Frank Mof-
,, ft' in the interurban
IJwt his, trouble was worse.
Mr, and Mrs. Robert
come calling on their
• Mr*. Hazel Dedmbn
in housewifely chores
Jiding against the life of
86 girl . . . Mrs. Annie
gives the sidewalk a
off . K. C, Perkinson
** last minute entries in
J. D. Fikes plunks
right domino . . .
*?e a pair of glasses, gold-
»'ch somebody found on
[Republic street the other
If you will come by and
what color of gold the
>ou can have them,
gore became a proud pop-
1 aim. today; details about
son will be ‘
.first edition W'
Biissard is passed
^ Of the sun . . . Pat
i Buther Gilbert
and a wall
vn comes to
* ftf coffee ,. ,
homes ....._______
Phene Firm Plans
$115,250 Expansion
New Cables, Lines To
Serve 44)00 New Clients
Construction of new lines and
cables to cost Sit.5,250 has been
car-marked for the coming year
by the Southwestern Associated
Telephone company. W. VV Hunt,
district manager, announced here
Today. *
The additional equipment,,Hunt
said, would enable the firm to
service 1,000 additional telephone
customers in this section and im-
prove the service for the present
clients
While material is still "tight,",
it is expected to be moving in
right along with the turp of the-
year, he added.
The additional customers to be
served' will be in the Wooster,
Cedar Bayou, Baytown, Pelly and
Goose Creek areas.
Currently there are 600 appli-
cations for telephones on file at
the office here, and those who
Wqrrt telephones but have hot yet
filed their applications are cxpcct-
to U»ke up the other Ibn in-
cluded in the pfojcctcd construe-
tion.
Hunt noted, that the planned
construction was the first major
new units undertaken hfrre since ’
the start of the war when tele-
phone equipment became critical
war material.'
MacArthur Scores
Control Setup
TOKYO, Dec. 31. (fj!) -Gen. Doug-
las MacArthur sharply dlM**#*1;
ated himself from the new allied
control plan for Japan but made
it plain today he would devote his
best effort* toward making- it
work despite his disagreement,
MacArthur’s statement was
couched in sharp, blunt language
and denied that he had been con-
sulted about the plan, that he had
approved it or that he was in
any way responsible for it.
hoard charges
omission” in connection with
Hawaiian disaster.
On the basis of the navy board
finds Stark and Adm". Husband E.
Kimmei, then commander of the
Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor
have been barred from holding
navy posts which require superior
judgment-
Stark was the first witness as
the congressional committee re-
sumed public hearings after a
one-week Christmas recess. He
may be followed by Kimmei and
; Lt. Gen. Walter C. Short, *rmy
commander at Hawaii when Jap-
an attacked . * ’ - *** •
. Stark told the committee that:
1. Letters and dispatches he
sent Pacific commanders prior to
Dec. 7, 1941. were “sufficient to
keep them informed on impdrtant
military and polities) develop-
ments in the Pacific as we knew
them.”
2. "They had received adequate
information and directives to be
on guard." ,
3. "The danger of war with Jap-
an and a possible surprise ittaek
of Pearl Harbor" was well known
to navy Officers, Including Kim-
mei, and "methods of meeting it
had been fully considered." •
Stark outlined- his poaltion in an
80-page prepared statement re-
viewing his service as ehlcjf of
(Sec, W»rk Believe*. Page D
Six Gifts
To Hospital
Total $1675
* Six new gifts to the building
fund and swelled the fund to
almost $30.G0b, it was announced
today by Robert Matherne, secre-
tary of the hospital board.,
The six gifts totaled $1.075,.
which, added to the $27,484 pre-
viously announced, ran the total
of the building fund to $29,179. >
One gift was for $1500 from the j
Citizens National Bank and' Trust
company of Goose Crock. v
Other guts ware, fti follow?:
Mr..and Mm. R. Page. $10;
R. T„ Kerr, $8; Cecil Wlnfrec,
$100:-Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Phder-
baugh. -$100e=and Louis Knplanis,
$«>' '. ; - r
Fire Rages
Unchecked
In Mine
Officials Ready To
Abandon Search For
18 Entombed Workers
PINEVILLE. Kv.. Dec. 31.—
(U.P.) — Fife raged un-
checked through the Ken-
tucky Straight Creek coal
mine today, halting ail res-
cue work and officials were
reported ready to abandon
the search for the 18 vic-
tims Still, trapped in the mihe
shaft. " ' ' ;. :V;v
All hope of finding any of the R ■
victims alive v*as. abandoned af-
ter a very heavy concentration
of deadly gas was discovered in
the Vicinity of "Six Left," where
the majority of the men were
working’when the blast occurred
A large coal fire also was raging
in the vicinity of the main ex-
plosion.
Harry R. Then***, chief stare
mine inspector, will make the
final decision on whether or not
to discontinue the search after
an air analysis has been made.
Rescue operations have been at
a standstill since late yesterday
when fire broke out anew and an
accumulation of gases forced the
worker? from the shaft.
Fire had hampered the rescue
Work previously but it had. been
confined to the timbers and de-
bris caused by last Wednesday's
explosion and could be controlled.
The fire that broke out yester-
day, however, was in the coal and
officials said it might take .three
weeks for it to burn out. ’
Mine officials and safety men
held a conference last night and
decided to postpone the final deci-'
sion on abandoning the search un-
til a new air analysis could be . _ . _ . .. i/t (
ffiSSiDeserter Refuses To Tell Why.
tres I'
'
'Blackie' Admits Killings
to discontinuing rescue operations.
The sixth victim ol the explo-
sion died yesterday. ■
Bormann Reported
In Allied Hands
Officials Deny Rumors
Of Nazi's Capture
NUERNBERG, Dec. 31. - d ip
Persistent rumors circulated
LUTCHER. La., Dec. 31. ’i'fit •
The man who confessed he's the
gunman "Blackie" sat steei-eyed
ana poker-faced in, his tidy jail
cell here today, unable to explain
those cold-blooded; highway shoot-
ings 'for which he' is charged with
murder. ° .
Captured in Robertsdalc, Ala-
late Saturday, “Blackie" confess;
killing of two and the. Serious
wounding of* a third man. He re-
t0. membered every last detail of the
day only to be denied 4n ¥ues«- J>izhrre shooting'oh.a lonely.high-
boy and Frankfurt, that Martin way. north of here.
Bormann. former Nazi party dep- But as for why.... . well, there's
ufy had been captured in the Brit-’ no answ%r,
ish occupation zone of Germany. "Blackie" said his real name was
The unconfirmed rumors were Alonzo Ellis Jones, and that he
SEVEN DEER HUNTERS
MIXED DURING, SEASON
AUSTIN. Dec. JiL The deer
hunting season that closes today
in Texas took a toll of at least fail of Berlin
toi the effect that, British intelli-
gence olficers captured Bormann,
and th«i he was the mysterious
messenge'r mentioned but not iden-
tified in a British announcement
last nightJ regarding the discovery
of •' documents relating to Adolf
Hitler’s activity, just before the
seven hunters who lost their lives,
Four deaths of duck hunters also
have been reported. Duck and
goose shooting season runs through
Jan. 20.
United States Third army auth-
orities here and other American
authorities at Frankfurt, capital
of the occupation zone, denied that
Bormann had been captured.
Experts Battle Over Screen Wire Holes
Business And CPA Tangle In Itchy Controversy
By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31. CJ9—
The. government is swatting, big
business is scratching and today
we’ve got the itchiest controversy
yet over how to pull a mosquitos
fangs.
You think I’m kidding? Haw.
I'm in the middle Of it; if I escape
with only a few pre,ts I’ll be lucky.
Sq will you, according to Robert
A Seidell, vice president of the W.
T, Grant Store* Co. of all-over.
’J11 testified before congress
davs ago and I reported
J ' ' standard 16
for his
' because
the manu-
ailow a price rise on 14 by 18
mesh screening, which conies out
with oblong holes instead of
square. He said he hated to sell
this because it was obvious that
an acrobatic mosquito could elbow
his way easier through *n oblong
hole than a square one. He also
said the OPA should have Its head
examined.
So my phone rang and, wow.
1 On the line was John L. Dufief
of the Civilian Production admin-
istration. Until it's demise, he was
chief of the metal building mate-
rials division of the War Produc-
tion board. He said did I want
to know the truth about mosqu-
itoes which eome in three sizes;
small, medium and large?
said that in Michigan, where men
and mosquitoes grow big, a screen
with 14 wires to the inch in one
direction and 14 in the other was
adequate to separate the former
from the latter. Medium-sized
mosquitoes do their buzzing in the
general vicinity of St. Louis and
here the 18 by lfc mesh was used
Tor years On Florida a runt mos-
quito with sharp teeth could
squeeze through any screen except
18 by 18. That covers the histori-
cal background.
Came the war and an enormous
deman’d in the Pacific for screen.
It rolled off the looms at the rate
of 18 feet per hour and no fast-
er because the wire broke when
the shuttles were speeded up.
the OPA did We made a data and Dufief (Are, Experts Battle, Page 2)
was a 27-year-old deserter from
the marine corps. He admitted
stealing a German P-38 automatic
from a home in Eagle Mills, Ark.,
and said that the ’Nazi gun was
the one be used in the fatal shoot-
ings. ■.
The lone survive?' of the. highway
ordeal, Scftbce Gordon W. Ray,
identified Jones as being "Black-
ie" yesterday. > ;
Still hoveling on the .brink of
death, Ray leaned up from his
hospital bed in New Orleans, gaz-
ed at Jones' emotionless face, and
Perfect Football
Weather Forecast
B> UNITED PRESS
Perfect football weather was
forecast for all sections of the
state tomorrow as clear skies con-,
tinued to prevail over the state to-
day. '
Although temperatures tonight
will be freezing or slightly below
over much of the north and west
portions of the state, mild weath-
.er was forecast.
Minimum temperatures today
ranged between a low of 25 de-
grees at Lubbock and a high of
53 at Galveston with freezing tem-
peratures or below reported at
Pampa, Gainesville, Big Spring,
Wink, Wichita Falls, and Pyote.
Tri-Cities
To Observe
New Year
The ,entire Tri-Cities will lake
out tmnornny. to celebrate the
New U’ear-holiday. v" - ■■
(’itj - halls, banks and business
houses will close tonight and re-
main closed until lire regular
opening hours Wednesday, The
Daily Sun employes also will ob-
serve the holiday and tin- paper
will nut be published Tuesday. ■
He said that he hitch-hiked a ride ’ . ■
with army Cpi. Irving Pinous at
Alexandria. La., and that a few MINESWEEPER SUNK'
miles north o.f Lutcher; en route ' ' j,
to New Orleans, he asked that PEARL HARBOR. Dec ;
the car be stopped for a "rest." The U S navy announced today
(Then he shot Pineus, Jones and that the heavy minesweeper U.S.S
Ray .Pineus and Jones were kill-: Minivet sank with a "moderate
ed almost instantly, Ray saved ldss.of life” on Hie coast.of Ky-
his life by feigning death so, that’, ushu, Japan, Saturday after stnk-
he wouldn't be finished off. , tag a mine.
Stocks Close Today 1
then whispered to police "TijJic
him away."
Then,’ after Jones had been cs-
corted froth the room Ray said
' “That’s ‘Blackie.' That’s the
man who shot me,’’
Jones admitted recognizing Ray;
and last night he identified the
body of one of the victims who
died; Walter J. Smith,(. of tong
Beach, Cat, ■
The', details of the Shooting, and
■ed yesterday in Mobile,’Ala, to t{ic of Jones’ flight from justice-were
all in a signed confession today.
Allied St'o&s,......
American Maricaibo ......
American Radiator . ..
American Telephone
American Rolling Mill ..
Anaconda Copper
,Berkley and Gay .. ..
Bethlehem Steel
Chrysler Motors ,.,—,
Cities Service..........
Commercial Solvent .....
Consolidated Aircraft ...
Curtiss-Wright ...........
Du Pont . — ....... .
Electric Bond add Share .
Eaton Mfg..
Electric Power and Light
Freeport Sulphur
Genera) Electric- —.....
General Motors
Graham Paige .............
Greyhound 4.............
Gulf Oil.......X.:..........
Haves ......................
Houston Oil .-1......
Hudson Motors ..........
Humble Oil .................
Jones and Laughiin .......
Kroger Grocery -----...••••
Kifby Pet .................
Louisiana Land .....
Lambert ........t........-
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Oourtesf Citizens National Bank & Trust Co.
Lorillard . , J . ■ - . •
Murray Corporation ..
. *N«*h Kelvinutor ......., ■
National Dairy
Notth American Aviation
Ohio Oil ■ • • • ■:—
Packard Motors ......
Premier .......... ........
Pure Oil f...*.......
Reed Ko!*< r Bit .
Republic Steel01 .....>.f•
Sharm* and -Dohme
Sinclnir A-.---------—......
Skeflv ....................
Southern Pacific ...........
Snerrv Corporation ,
Standard Brand*
Standard Oh of Indiana
Standard Oil of New Jersey
Sun ray Oil .......
Tevaa Corporation ........].
Tidewater Corporation .-..v
T-P roal and Od .......
T-P Land and Trust ........
United Aircraft —........
United Corporation
United Gas .'.......
Tinned States Steel —
Walworth ,.................
Western Union
White Motor* ...............
Wilson Company .............
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Generalissimo F^romises
Coalition Government,
Urges Complete Frankness
CHUNGKING, Dec. 31.
(U.P.) — Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-Shek’s govern-
ment today announced con-
ditional acceptance of a ■
Communist-proposed “cease
fire” order in China’s civil
war.
The Nationalists proposed Hint
both sides appoint a .representa-
tive to consult With Gen. George
C. Marshall, President Truman’s
special envoy, concerning the best, »
procedure of carrying out, the
cessation of hostilities,
(liiang’s propi .al was an
.nouuced at a "unity" mecittng of
Nationalist ami Communist
leaiViv It was the first time
the two party hunters had met
since the Communists asked for
a cessation > of hostilities last
week.
The Nationalists proposed
1. That all hostilities erase and
railway communications lie re-
stored. ... <
2, That both Sides appoint a
representative to sr< .Marshall
concerning procedure for carrying
out the cessation of hostilities and
restoration of railway communi-
cations. Their report would be .
submitted to the government for
action. ’ - 1 ■ .
3, That the standing eomuilttah
of the people’s potiUctU couneil
.elect five impartial observers to
(International) form a military inspection mis-
__ sion to inspect tiie military and
thee, Chiang. Accepts, I’age 2)
W.L Williams,
CityJudge, Dies
Funeral 'Services Will
Be Held Tuesday
. William Edgar Williams,' SB,
city judge of Goose Creek, died
at 8 50 a m today uf a heart ail-
ment from which he bad suffered
foe many years.
taken to the hospital last week.
Judge Williams bad shown consi-
derable improvement and was
permitted to return home Satur-
day, He rested well last .night,
but suffered an attack about ~7 ^
a m today A physician. was
cabled and oxygen administered,
but he did not respond to treat-
ment’’and death occurred about
two hours liter,1 members ot the-
family said Although he had been
in ill health for a long time and'
had suffered numerous relapie’s in
recent .months he always rallied
'imnitdndvly. .and* his death was
unexpected.
Julgc Williams, whose home
was at 212 W Main, was appoint-
edf to; city judge about 'ten years
ago and had seryed continuously
in the office since that time. .
A native of Grimes county,
Judge Williams and’ his family
came to Otiose Greek in 1920 from
Humble whore he was employed
in the oil fields. He worked at the
Baytown refinery until failing
health caused his retirement. LaJ.- ’
er he owned and operated a eon-,
fectionery on Texas avenue until
he received the appointment as
-city judge. * ____
Funerai services will be held nt
(.See, \Y. K. Williams Cage 3)
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