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PAGE 2—THE BAYTOWN SUN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1954
Texas Bar Seeks Abolition S$W» Natural
Of Common Law Marriages Y,? ,,sP'a^
Wins Top Honor
Allcg Lu ilium ............... 42*4
Allla-Chalmers .............. TO>4
AUSTIN. Dec. 22—UP—A com- Another proposal would provide It III) I USJ IIVIIVI Amer Agrl ...................87
mittee of the state bar has recom- a next friend for a child In a di- Amer Cyan ........ 54%
mended passage of laws abolishing vorce action, should the trial judge Four not-»o-fortunate Baytown Amer Repub ................ 87%
common law marriages In Texas see fit to name one. Still another f imllles will have extra big Christ- A T and T............. 173%
and lengthening the waiting period recommendation was to make a maa dinners because 14 other Bay- Amer Woolens .............. 21%
between filing of a divorce and child eligible for support through lown p<M)p|e were so artfu| the Anaconda Copper .......... 48‘4
stock Quotes shivers Gains News Briefs
Special To The Baytown Sun ■ A
Respect On
National Level
Plane Escapes Shells
TOKYO, Dec. 22 (IF)— Three Justice of the Peace Walter
cvrssJts«“»»
It left Taipei, Formosa, on a regu- dental death Wednesday In the
lar run to Tokyo, The plan was death of John Myers Warren, 62,
over the northern tip of Formosa w[)0 wa, found dead at a sawmill
Watchman's Death Is Held
Accidental By Monoxide
holding of a hearing from 30 to 90 order of a district court without re-
days. qulring that a parent first file suit
Common-law marriages should be *or divorce,
outlawed In this state, one of 14 m....
that still recognise them, by re- I |yCCTf|j If
quirlng marriage licenses for all LI V LJI V vli
marriages, the committee said. „
The executive committee of the USDA—Livestock:
state bar's judicial section Tues- Cattle 600, steady. .Beef steers
day adopted these proposals, first srarw, individual good-choice TO-
advanced by Associate Justice Jack 24 utility-commercial 1318 Beef
Pope of the San Antonio Court of P0WS m. Canners-cutters 6 0.
Civil Appeals, and recommended shelly cows 5.50 down. Bulls 8-13.
them to the legislature that will glockers scarce
convene next month. ‘ calves 300, steady. Cull, utility
Common-law marriages, the and commercial slaughter calves
committee said, "are grounded on g.ig. Few goo.) 15 - IT. Choice
historical necessities that existed SCurce
and no members of the clergy |^ady; later sale. *M0c lower,
available to perform ceremonial steftdy- Choice 190 285 lb*.,
«. . _ _ ;.......... .V. S^SSS 3 = ^ ~
the first dispatch In
The Baytown office of Houston' Beth Steel
Natural Gas Corp. won a 175 cash Calvan Oil
prise for having the best Christ- Celaneae .......1...........23%
mas window of the 22 offices jn Celotex ......................28%
the system. ' Chrysler Corp ..............70%
The group accepted the cheek Cities Service ..............122%
and then turned It over to the Bay- Columh Gas
1655. the curtain-
the presidential
Queen said an autopsy showed
that Warren, a nightwatehman at
6% raising year on
lion of 1958.)
Hy O. K. IXOVD .IK:
AUSTIN. Deo. 22-UP~Gov.
Allan Shivers' conservative Texas
town committee charged with buy-
ing Christmas food for those whose
dinner might not have been so big
The company had sponsored n
"Make This a White Chrlstmas--
Buy Her a Oas Appliance" contest.
It was part of "Operation Snow-
flake."
The contest was judged by a
committee of three company offl-
( reuie |>et ..................124% Democrats, long the unwanted ugly
Dow Chem ................ 46% duckling of the national party, go
DuPont Chem ..............165%
Kastman Kodak ............. 68%
El Paso Nat’l Gas..........36%
Fairchild Eng .............. 16%
Freeport Sulph ............. 69%
Gen Tel .............. 35%
Gen Electric ............. 46%
Gen Motors ...... 96%
Gen Tire ...... 4114
Denies Suicide Try
HOLLYWOOD. De-, IT-tie—
Maxine Andrews, one of the
famed singing Andrews sisters,
denied Wednesday she attempted
suicide by taking an overdose of
sleeping pills.
To Be Or Not To Be •
NEW YORK, Dec. 22-<W-Adlai
E. Stevenson, Democratic presi-
dential candidate In 1952, said
sials, E. S, George, vice president (juiette sftf 7j
and director; L. P. Thomas, vice Cl00(jy)!^ Tire*408'
marriages,’
A longer “cooling-off
divorce actions “would be more
conducive to reconciliation and
would eliminate many quick and
Ill-considered divorces, which are
often the result of emotion rather
than good Judgment,” It said. ,
earlv at 19, later sales 18.50 Few
ssjusssr^ "*•
Australia requires Its eligible
electorate to vote. Failure to do
so. without good reason, brings
a fine equivalent to $4.50.
Before we get too busy, and
you have the same holiday
president and sales manager, and Greyhound Bus ............. 13%
Kenneth Fellows, secretary. <;n|f ()j( ..................... ,gj
In addition to the company Gulf SUt UtU ............... 34%
award, the display was also voted Houston Oil ................101% campaign
third best in Its district in the 1$ I, and I* Co .............. 39% rp^mine-
contest sopnsored by the East Har- Humble .....................>00
ris County Federation of Garden Imperial Oil................. 39%
clubs and the Baytown Junior Interlake Iron .............. 19%
Chamber of Commerce. Int’l Nickel ................ 38
"We arc mighty happy about Jones and Laugh ........... 34%
winning the company and the Bay- Kirby Pet ...............«,.** 82
town prize,” Baytown Manager Libby McN ....... 13%
Harry Massey said. "We are also Liggett and Myers .......... 62%
happy to have a chance to make Chew's Inc .................. 18%
- n ....... La Land .................... 82*i
Into 1955 facing Increasingly bright
prospects of regained recognition.
Politically, tt means national
Democratic leaders would prefer
to have Shivers with them In 1956,
rather than against them as he was Wednesday “it Is either co-exist-
In 1952—a year In which he voted cnee or no existence In the atomic-
for President Elsenhower and hydrogen age."
carried Texas with him in his
opposition to Adlat Stevenson, the
Democratic nominee.
Conservative Democrats, strong-
ly seated in the state political
saddle, are expected to launch a
aimed at ultimately
regaining lost prestige on the
national level.
Replacement of Stephen A,
Mitchell, a strong Stevenson man,
by Paul Blitter, a South Bend, Ind.,
attorney, as national Democratic
chairman was generally hailed by
Shivers' followers as a good omen.
The governor's frank attitude was
the sawmill, died of carbon mon-
oxide poisoning. Sheriffs depart-
ment investigators were unabe to
determine how he Inhaled the car-
bon monoxide, but there was no
evidence whatever of foul play,
they said.
Warren apparently fell Into a
'General' Saves Chicago
CHICAGO, Dee. 32-tin-Dr.
Charles l.aughrud, whose pre-
dicted tidal wave didn't show-
up, closed up shop as a prophet
Wednesday and went looking
for a job. Laughead credited an
Hth hour reprieve by the "gen-
eral" in outer space with saving
Chicago from the tidal wave
that was supposed to engulf it
Tuesday.
Dulles Warns Reds
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22—(U6—
ENDS TONIGHT
'THE EDDY CANTOR STORY'
★ ALSO ★
t.nall fire after losing eonscjmis-
ness and hit clothing was burned
off. His body was found by Lge J.
Wilson, another employe of. tho
sawmill. ___
& POM1#
LAST DAY HURRY
CLAUDETTE COLBERT
In
"THE EGG AND I"
And
•THE OUTLAW STALLION’
THURSDAY NIGHT IS
FAMILY NIGHT— YOl R
ENTIRE FAMILY
AD.MITTED FOR ONLY
30c TO SEE
"FIGHTER
ATTACK"
With
STERLING HAYDEN
JOY PAGE
the money
arc furnii
to those in need in our city."
that almost anyone would be an Secretary of State John Foster
ey available to those who ■* T'V,'‘‘191* improvement over Mitchell, a feel- Dulles has warned the Communist
ishing Christmas baskets ' ” . ,».u ine that stemmed from a lonr- world that the administration’s de-
3 DAYS STARTING
THURSDAY—DEC. 23
ON OUR NEW
Wall To Wall Screen!
pressures
I Mexico Will Export
I $40 Million In Sulphur
f
The entire personnel
at Matherne's
wish every one of you
A Merry Christmf'
and
A Happy New Year
& With a Sincere Thanks for Everything in 1954!
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 22-UP- Pac Pet
Merrill Pet ............... 8 13-18
Mid Cont Pet ............. 99%
Monsanto Chem ..............103
Nat’l Dist ................. 28%
Nat’l Dairy Prod............. 37%
Newp News Ship............. 43
Ohio Oil ...................... 67
Olin-Math ......'.............. 55%
12%
8%
Mexico will export one million tons Packard-Stude Motors ........ 1
of sulphur valued at $40 million Pac West Oil ......... 44%
(US) next year, Eugenio De An- Pancoastal Oil ............... 1%
sorena, sales manager of the Mex- Panhandle P and R.......... 9
ican and Gulf Sulphur Companies, Penney'* Inc
estimated Wednesday. ( Phillips .....
Anzorena said 1954 production Pure Oil ..... 73'%
reached 100,000 tons from depoV Rem Rand ....... 33%
its newly developed. Steam Is Repub Steel ..................75
piped into the ground to melt the Sear* ............. 75%
yellow mineral and force It to the St. Regis Paper .............. 38%
surface in liquid form. Shell ..........................60%
___ Sinclair .......... 5174
In a novel contest in Germany, Skelly Otl ..... 53%
visitors to a certain resort receive Socony-Vae
ing that stemmed from a long-
standing feud between Shivers and
the head of the Democratic party.
Mrs. H. H. Weinert at Seguin,
Tejcas national Democratic com-
mittoewoman, east her vote for
Butler on the first ballot.
However, it was reliably reported Pierre Mendes-France Wednesday
her support was given only after demanded overwhelming approval
world that the administration’s de-
cision to reduce the size of the
armed forces Is no sign of weak-
ness. ‘
Mendes States Demands
PARIS, Dec. 22 —(IP— Premier
Butler assured Mrs. Weinert he
would “rely heavily" on her rec-
ommendations on any matter con-
cerning Texas and' the national
88'S Democratic committee.
^ This att'tude could be felt on top
political fronts—reinstatement or
replacement of Wright Morrow,
Texas' national committeeman who
was ousted by Mitchel after the
Houston attorney joined Shivers in
supporting Eisenhower, and the
future status of the Texas Demo-
cratic Advisory Council, a group
a ceru"n ..ri receive .................... that has long nettled the conserva-
^ Democratic
of German rearmament by the
French national assembly if it
wants early Big Four negotiations
with the Soviet Union,
Quake Rocki California
ETOEKA, Calif.. Dec. 22—(IP-
Dantagn from an earthquake
that killed one person and In-
jured at least 25 others passed
the $1 million mark Wednesday.
The blaat-llke shock struck this
quiet coastal town of 23,000 in
northwestern California shortly
before noon Tuesday.
most polite. Prizes are awarded to Stan OH Ind ................ 46%
the ones receiving the most cou-
pons.
- CLOSED -
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24th
RE-OPEN—MONDAY, DECEMBER 27th
—MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL—
$EE BOND REALTY COMPANY
"SPARKY" BOND — REALTOR
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uty? Saytotutt $mt
Published etch weekday • Iter noon bj
The Baytown Sun. Inc., »t Peircn nbd
Asti be) tb Baytown. Texa».
Hartman Editor nnd Pubm
Stan Oil Ohio .............. 42%
Stan N J ............t.......HO
Sterling Drug .
V
The council, created after Mor-
row was bounced, was brought into
being by Sam Rayburn of Bonham,
coming 84th Congress speaker of
Crash
Sun OH T.rr............ No Sale the House and long-time power in (Continued from Page One)
Sunray Oil .................. 22%
Texas Co .................... 86
Tex Gulf Prod .............. 94%
Tex Gulf Suiph .............124%
Tidewater Corp ............. 24%
tditur nnd Pubmntr Txl Oil ..................... *u"n wunarawai ot national recogm- ““g"
Advtrtiiini nirectm jjnion Oil Calif ............. 56% tion from the advistory council was athletes.
otricn Hayin' _ ______. , , ___ ,____• ______ ,_______. Dittrimn
70
76'4
rmd Hartman
Syd S. Gould
Warren CdwirdJ**** .. Uanaalns Editor TJ. S. Steel
■«Sr:r. r 53S5
advanca. Byjnali—Uratn S^Monthi Mar. N. O. Cotton down .... 4 pts,
M i0Atmad*,08«rvice> °7»o Month
Entered ne • lecoiid claee matter m the
Baytown. Texae Postoince under the
Act ol Con*reel of March 3, 1870.
National Adyertlains Repreaentatlva:
General Ad*ertlaln* gertlca
the notional party. The’ council Wednesday night’s basketball
leadership is composed of the lib- game with the nation's No. 1 team
eral Democratic high command. Illinois.
the hard-core of Shivers' firmest Loyola Basketball Coach Jim Me-
opposition. Caffertv said "I think Bob was one
Withdrawal of national rccogni- Loyola’s all-time great
IN KEEPING WITH THE POLICY OF
THE BANKS AND OTHER FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS IN THIS DISTRICT,
WE WILL CLOSE AT NOON, FRIDAY,
DECEMBER 24, AND NOT RE-OPEN
UNTIL OUR REGULAR HOUR
MONDAY, DECEMBER 27.
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
WE URGE YOU TO DO YOUR
BANKING THURSDAY.
CITIZENS NATIONAL
BANK i TRUST COMPANY
London Awaiting
List Of Best
Dressed Women
crat's previous reception where he ne7
'did well if they spoke ''
Sick List
Mn
West Mur:
Dyson B. Barfield
rill.
800
Mrs. Ira Smith—Baytown.
Melvin Babin—Crosby.
Imogene Hayes-Houston.
Peggy Johnson-605 East Re*
MEMBER F.D.I.C,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
MEMBER F.D.I.G
THE PEOPLES STATE BANK
MEMBER F.DXO
HARRIS COUNTY FEDERAL
SAVINGS and LOAN ASS'N.
By ROBERT MItSEL
LONDON, Dec. 22-UP—What’s
new in London
This is the time of year the fash-
ion exnerts come out with their
lists of "best dressed" women.
Around Buckingham Palace every-
one is confident Queen Elizabeth
or Princess Margaret will be on
most of them.
But the cueen and nriimess
don't really dress that well. They
appear oh the list more as a for-
mality, or for publicity's sake.
Privately the fashion arbiters ad-
mit neither of the royal ladies de-
serves to be In the ton ten.
Queen Elizabeth isn’t adventur-
ous enough to be a leader of fash-
ion. She doesn’t care that much public,
for clothes. Princess Margaret Is Joe S. Sims—203 Park,
too adventurous. She even gets oc- Mrs. Buck Turner — 1615 East
casioml titters in newsreel thea- Texas.
tres when she appears in uncon- Mrs. Naomi Rehak Baytown,
ventional costume. Mrs. J. B. Coon 1601 Wright.
Gerald Langford —1918 Wright
California swimmer Florence Boulevard.
Chadwick has written friends here Dennis Trigg-703 North Circle
that she expected to be back next Drive
summer to wind up some unfin- Ansiem Blakeney-Baytown.
ished business - swimming the Lftida Ann Reed-Crosby.
English Channel both ways non- Mrs. J. E. Peters-1602 Florida,
stop. Two years ago she became Amadeo Rincon 1118 Cherry,
the first ever to swim one way Mrs, William A. Parker - 1609
and start back. She was in the Florida.
water more than two hours on the Mrs. Rollie Williams-200 Vcr-
return crossing before she gave mont
up.
Chinese restaurants, after a long Pi I Pi
struggle to break down the con- JTOtK J/ODS
servatlve British outlook on food, l
are making headway and begin-
ning to spread out from the heart ,, ,
of London to the suburbs. ^r-®na ^,rs' ^-vson Barfield,
But the British insist on some ^ West Murrill, announce the
variations on the menu. Chow birth of a daughter, Debbie, on
mein, for example, is served with 7)cc. 21 at San Jacinto Memorial
French fried potatoes. Instead of hospital. Grandparents are Mrs.
thgdellcate Chinese tea Londoners Dixie Barfield and Mr. and Mrs.
insist on a strong black tea topped W. J. Milner all of Baytown,
with rpilk.
Says" restaurateur Andv Ho: I .. ‘J,,,,.. ,
tope my ancestors will forgive L‘nfa £”nm. V! '
n(i7, J had been told she might have a
little sister for a Christmas gift.
Charles Forte, an Italian who but no one knew she also would be
popularized the hot dog in Britain, a birthday gift for Linda. Susan
is pioneering now with hamburg- Rae Williams,-weight nine potfnds,
ers and pizza pies. He is selling two ounces, was born Dec. 22
.them at quick - lunch counters Linda’s birthday. The parents are
where years ago he introduced hot Mr. and Mrs. Rollie B. Williams,
dogs and became a millionaire'. 2000 Vermont. Grandparents are
Several other snack bars have Mr. and Mrs. W. J Pinson of
started selling hamburgers, but so Orange and S. R. 'Williams of
far Forte is' the only one to risk Mont BelVieu.
putting pizza: on the menu.
London’s remarkable police dogs
wltich patrol parks and other lon-
ely districts -at night are being re-
educated. Too often, lurking crim-
inals were tipped off that a dog
was on their heels when an offi-
cer shouted “sic ’em” or some
similar order to close in.
sr,; virrs
servative Democrats of Texas and bridge and Hanberg apparently
the national committee. n°t sec the curve m the fog
State Democratic Chairman ^Vrethe car up extreml°”
George Sandlin, who looked in on D, „id .Wp h.ld to take ,^,0
the recent New Orleans meeting of Srs ind He ihem endt^
he national Democratic commit- to „ thp wrecl:a?e ap8rt It was
tee, came home apaprently 1m- a stone abutment they hlt.”
pressed with Butler far more so The accUjcnt happened on U.S
]l?e,n wHh Mitchell. go near Ravwood, Tex,. 10 miles
Following their first meeting. east of uberty, at 12:30 a.m.
Sandlin reported Butler was “very Duggan identified the four per-
courteotis. He seemed to take a sons g))]ej as Hanberg, whose
little additional time to say he was home address was given as 625
^ HTre’j , . Earlham Dr.. Whittier. Calif., Viola
That, Sandlin pointed out, was in Nunez. 49, of New Orleans, and
sharp contrast to the Texas Demo- per fw0 daughters. Joyce L. Nu-
a schoolteacher, and Syl-
22, a student at
via Ann Nunez,
Lovola.
The two daughters lived with
their mother In New Orleans.
Duggan said H-nb^rg and Mrs.
Nunez were killed outright and the
_ ' (wo girls died en route to Mercy
Tommy K. Day-316 West Fran- Hospital in Liberty.
Duggan said the car was travel-
ing west at the time of the acci-
dent, but that he did not know the
planned destination.
High Wfods Overturns
Trucks In Scotland
ARROCHAR. Scotland, Dec. 22
—UP— Winds of up to 104 miles
per hour swept northeastern Scot-
land Tuesday night, blowing a con-
voy of trucks off a hillside road
and down a 15-foot embankment.
Police said eight trucks were
swept off the road by the hurricane
fpree winds on "Rest and Be
Thankful Hill" near here. One of
the occupants was reported seri-
ously injured.
Catering to Clubs,
Luncheons, Pities
Praline
Doughnuts.
60c Dot.
DO-NUT
SUPREME
Pho. 6176
Hopkins Succeeds Dad
As Review Publisher
FORSTORTA. Ohio. Dec. 22-
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Now the dogs are being trained Wednesday to succeed his late sigSn on
to respond to coded instructions, father, Fred M Hopkins, as pub- rm ruhai hornuw
The handier will shout something lisher Of the Fostoria Review Tunes sioo-Morntns M«nt« turns
like “five" or "six" (o tell his and Virgil E. Switzer was promoted
dog to nip a culprit on the ankle, to editor. ...... _ , thursoai aftsirnooh
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plants arc delivering five today. ness manager.
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