The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 267, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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LY. APRIL 25, 1944
of your baby de-
largely upon prop,
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-LATE NEWS BULLETIN
IX>NDON—U’.Pi—The St. James’ park h«0)l»
was detonated toniirht at If it p-m. <1®?*
tun. CST.) with a roar that shook tha Wta-
dow» or Buckingham palace.
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GOOSE CREEK, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 19 4 6
FIVE CENTS COPY
Russia Only Bar To
INCouncil Probe
if Franco Spain
I „ vnRK April 26. —(U.P.)—Australia, France and
, reCOnciled their differences about a United Na-
,J.iritv council fact-finding investigation pf Franco
°nS vuiav but a Russia veto of any kind of an inquiry—
f tead °f action—still threatened adoption of a new joint
111 a mtrali-a France and Poland represented the views
•-..foiiv all the other members of the council except
virtuauy . Russia which
ral Officials
jj$s Guess On
irican Wheat
inderson Wants Even
less Wheat Used IfrU.S.
I aSHTNGTON. April 36. ft .W —
If government told Amer leans
«Uy today that it la up to them
* i- the United States meets
, obligation to the world's mil-
im. a<nite possibility that the
'Twrnot Tret Its relief pled*.
, groac with reports that domes-
whi at stocks are at a
.or,i low and that America is
adiiy falling behind its export
,tls. v ,
, Total dom—tie wheat stocks
Ln April 1 amounted to only
Sjfj# ooo AH' MM* PowptrHi
Mil'h unofficial estimated needs
Cr approtimately MLOtX).** bu-
Mels throufh June SO. The April
ere* was only *0 per cent of
[the amount on hand at—the
Line time last year.
(At the same time, the govern-
ed only <68.000 tons of
fcbeat and flour equivajent were
hportid during the first 20 days
a April against a goal of 666,000
ns Thiadefkit of 198,000 tons
.ought the total tl. S. deficit to
jte this year to S12.000 tons.
[Secretary of Agriculture Clinton
} Ar.cerson sounded the opinion
most officiali when he said
ere was “no c- s; at all for op-
lam.' He said Americans must
Ve up the deficit by eating leas
eat and feeding les* grain to
*tiK k.
“Wc cannot afford to be dis-
played,' he said We must tight-
en our belts and fight «R.the har-
per to rea£h our export goat.''
F Anderson's statement A-as tele-
|tiee Federal Officials, Page .2)
lane Hit By
[ransit Strike
#e Official Ask* Ban
i Union Royalties
r l.MTED PRESS
[A bus drivers' dispute tied up
ublie transportation in Spokane,
Mi., today as strikes and ahut-
■ kept 629,000 workers idle
hroughout the nation.
| More than 300 AFL bus drivers
|»d repairmen voted to remain in
“mass meeting" until the Na-
nai City Lines Co. amended Its
[roup insurance plan, which cuts
Iff benefits from employes who
save the company. Taxi cabs
pere the only other public trana-
ortati-m in Spokane, a city of
50.000 persons.
Edward R. Bnrke, president of
he Southern Coal Producers as-
eialion. proposed that congress
utlaw the
stands alone
among the 11 members in
opposition ito a fact finding
resolution.
Col. W. R. Hodgson of Australia,
original proponent of an investi-
gation,- of Spain before action is
taken, announced the three-na-
tion subcommittee’s overnight
achievement at the opening of to-
day’s meeting.
He read the tyw resolution,
condemning Franco Spain ami
creating a five-nation subcom-
mittee to investigate the Franco
regime, and then the council
recessed until Monday before
voting on it.
Some of the relief felt by the
surprlae agreement among Aus-
tralia, France and Poland, was
eliminated, however, by Soviet
delegate Andrei A. Gromyko's im-
mediate reaction. Asked after the
M-mlnute session whether he felt
the same as yesterday opposed
to any kind of an investigation
of Spain In place of immediate ac-
tion. he replied: "*
“Exactly the same. I made my
position quite clear yesterday, I
believe"
The delegates of France, Aus-
tralia and Poland met last night
and this morning in an effort to
bring their different views togeth-
er. The odds even late last night
were against their efforts. But
Hodgson's beaming face at the
opening of today's meeting was
in sharp contrast to the end of
yesterday’s meeting when therd
(See itinsia Only. Page 2)
44 Dead, 100 Hart
In Fast frain Crash
Three Fugitive
Yank Soldiers
Taken In Paris
'Killers' Captured
After Gun Battle
PARIS. April 26. --O'- Three
fugitive American soldiers de-.
acribed as dangerous killers were
captured today after a running
gun b8ttie through narrow streets
and over the rooftops in the Paris
financial district.
Am old Frenchman was caught
in the line of fire and wounded
gravely and a French policeman
suffercd-a bullet wound in a spec-
tacular chase such a* Parisians
had not witnessed since the lib-
eration.
The gun battle near the Bourse
was touched off when U. S, army
criminal investigation department
agents spotted the three fugitives,
wearing military police uniforms,
outside the Acme newspietures of-
fice.
The three soldiers, one a negro,
were believed to be members of a
band which escaped from the
Paris detention barracks April 14
A military police spokesman said
all of them were "killers.”
“They arc .dangerous men, he
said. They have sworn time and
again to kill every M. P on sight.
CID men pounced on the negro
when the challenged fugitives
George Crawford Betty Remet
A, CAST of seniors at Robert
E. I,iv will present “The Stage
Door,” at 8:15 p.m. today in the
school auditorium. Leading
roles will be taken by Betty Ke-
rnel, Gene Cragg, and George
Crawford. Lois Hanna Mc-
Guffle is directing the play.
Ian Cibulka, a member of the
graduating class, is assistant di-
rector. Others in the play are!
Patsy Pagan, Anne Jones,
• tackle Terrell, Pat Adams, Ger-
tldina Norris, Katherynelle Nor-
ris, I .a Nolle Norris, Frances
Kimball, Pat Blackwell, Pat
Mendenhall, Billie Wedgeworth,
Lois Ruth Tharp, Willena I-st-
aple, Mary Helen Kutler, Linda
Witten, Sylvia Goss, Syril
llance, Lynn McMasters, Do-
lores Read, Clifflene Powell,
Bobby Ward, Bill Wilson, Bill
Lyons, Bobby Ewing, Richard
Bradberry, Marvin Woleik,
fClayton, Truett Lively,
Walter Rundell;
—I-awless photos. Gene Cragg
Reds Put Up Smoke Screen
Pravda Says U.S. 'Looting' Japan
WASHINGTON, April 26. ft'.l'l — reports that Russia had rejected
Maj. Gen. Oliver P. Echols, chief state department protests against
- '*'.™ s-rtmk- KJSS T&fiKS'S
said to be that any transportable
facilities which served Japanese
armies were legal war booty.
The state department confirmed
last night that it had received
Russia's reply to the second' of
two American protests against
her broad definition of war booty,
but did not reveal its contents.
The first reply, received early in
March, likewise has been with-
held.
The U. S. notes made the sugr
gestion that Manchurian indust-
British Block
Discussion
Of Germany
Byrnes Anxious To
Bring Up Austria At
Paris Ministers Meet
PARIS, April 26. —(U.P.)
—Gjfeat Britain .has blocked
the present foreign minis-
ters’ discussion of Germany
and Russia doubts the con-
ference will have time to
consider Austria, it was
learned today.
France backs inclusion of Ger-
many on the conference agenda
and the United States wants to
take yip Austria.
However, the British are oppos-
ing any move to add Germany
to the discussion list on grounds p0se a formula for a political settlement,
that it must first consult the yy„».„v,„ii „„G) Ko,m trdd Te T
British dominions and Germany's
smaller western neighbors.
; • •; • . / «
Marshall Lays Blame
For Tangled Chinese
Situation On Reds
CHUNGKING, April 26. —(U.P.)—Reliable sources re-
ported today that Gen. George C. Marshall had said the
Chinese civil war could^be ended within 24 hours if the
communists would state clearly their demands and pro-
Z fi^nri:ZnUlthroyand v tried* toflee. They beat him down
|8m> Spokane
Hit, Page 2)
fOUND TOWN
,«h<‘ Tn-< itles: Wallace CHf-
frd £Jcnd' looking immaculate in
*2' blu*. is home on leave and
-’*•* * big time . . Charles
Wherley pausing to take care
a situation en route from La
Wyatte 8. Busch
up with some new inforxna-
about what's going on at
mouth of the bayou , .
Higginbotham Is now more
H#0 back . . But old Hlggy
laugh them off . .. Rufus
ycutt on a hand-shaking
In front of the cinema . .
. *ra pace continues her music
Nation • . R. Robson haa a
toy, and It sure will whittle
1W1 «rass . . George I„ Bcp-
.* tatting to a apot a tittle
hZ. ' ; You know now, George,
KT we feel when we find the tax
ice closed , Ed Cleveland
ui a pencil behind an ear and
F"cc deep in work . . . If vou
3* “ 10086 five, the Jaycces will
ieve you of it ami hand you a
hwpin in the derby in exchange
wfor Mc»c Parker mias-
diamond engagement be-
• fe ,of work • Phil Kirchem
in circulation as if nothing
even happened to that optic
Janice Mantcris claims she's
ler than that Christmastime
hherry merchant , ,, Et ft. ft.
had shed his brass and
up one of Uncle John's
eras . . . Dr. Hamlet I. Davis
i developed a mailing Hat . . .
"ithor of the Hruby boys —
Jph - has finished his sum
Uncle Sam ia back home and
Ing Marcus Vldrlne juat
e "taking a business connec-
■ . . E. T, Arnatt working
“T lines.
In t hapd-to-hand struggle- Hi
face streaming blood, he gave up.
The two white soldiers darted
Into nearby buildings and Cl
men. biasing away when thetr
quarry appeared momentarily on
rooftops and between •buildings,
swarmed in pursuit. One was cap
tured after 40 minutes and the
other soon thereafter.
Waltman. Lawless
Attend Conference
?Murn Sa^urdtr from W£jjg°”
along with CIO and AFL.
susTtrssis
Aussie UN Odeftate
Stops ’Fancy Titles'
NEW YORK. April
Addressed by„aH d^,0n said,
-your excellency, Hod*80" r
“I won t answer to that,
against such things. .
fairs division, today denied Sov-
iet press reports that American
forces were "looting" Japan.
“No Japanese gold, silver, dia-
'monds, platinum, industrial equip-
ment or art treasures have been
sent to the United States,'"* he
said in rejecting a report by Prav-
da, the communist party newspa-
per, that such items were flow-
ing into this country in a steady
stream, •
Echol’s statement came amid
Farm Bloc Works
On OPA 'Hobbles'
Senators Want Controls
Ljjted Dn Supply Basis
WASHINGTON, April 26. ~<FJb—
Farm state senators arc prepar-
ing an OPA amendment to force
the end of price controls on each
commodity as soon as supply
equals demands, it was learned ;to-
This so-called "escalator clause"
won .strong farm bloc support af-
ter bring suggested by Sen. Rich-
ard Russell. (D.-GaJ.
The legislators frorp agricul-
tural states also were preparing,
at closed-door meetings, a'list of
commodities which they said
should be exempted from price
controls Immediately. These in-
cluded milk,' fish, oil. poultry and
possibly corn.
The amendments will be of-
fered when the senate takes up
the OPA extension bill which the
house passed after hobbling it
with amendments. Administration
spokesmen said the house bill vir-
tually would kill pricq control.
Russell doubted- the senate
(See Farm Bloe, Page'*)
The Russian opposition to
discussi on of Air-tria was not
stated in forceful terms, it was
leaved,’ but Foreign Minister
V. |f. Molotov expressed the
view that there was “hardly
likely to be time” to raise the
question at the present confer-
ence.
. France, is mast anxious to enter
into diqhussions regarding Ger-
many and" particularly of her de-
mands fqr the separation of the
Ruhr and Rhinciund »from Ger-
many, The British have consis-
tently opposed any decisions
which would permanently separate
the Reich's chief industrial area
from the remainder of Germany.
The United States was under-
stood to have prepared a pro-
posed draft of a treaty for Aus-
tria, giving that nation the status
of a "liberate country” along the
lines of the Moscow conference
declaration of September 1943. -
It was understood that France
is prepared to renew her demand
for placing Germany on the
(See British Block, Page 2)
British Troops
Arrest 700 Jews
In Tel-Ayiv
Seven English Troops
Killed During Attack
JERUSALEM, April 26. (t’.FJ
Marshall was said to have told Lo Lung Chi of the
Chinese Democratic league that the communists had not
advanced a concrete formula for a settlement, and that
ries.be used for inter-allied rep-.. British troops arrested 760 Jews
in Tel-Aviv today in a widespread
manhunt for terrorists who kilted
seven British troops in an attack
last night on a police station.
Troops deployed in a wide area
hunting the terrorists and arrest-
ed Some* 700 'DeVantine Jews in
slum areas near the Tel-Aviv-Jaf-
fa boundary.
They employed bloodhounds to
track the course, of thq terrorists
group from the police station to
the slum quarter.
The area was placed out of
arations. Russia, however,
portcdly held that movable war
industries, fell within the; classi-
fication, of war booty rather than
potential reparations. , ■
Some quarters here believed the
Russian charges of "looting"
against American forces ia Japan
were designed as a smoke screen
for their own actions in Manchu-
ria and in Korea as welt.
Cub Scout
Rally Plans
Completed
Final preparations were being'
made today for the cub scout rally *D~J DAU*
to be held Saturday at the HOtn- U^UlR DOU DvY
bie bail park in Baytown.
Cub parks front In Porto,^1out \hrtrtLf HllflCAlf
Belvleu. Highlands. ChannoTView, JIlUvIj IIIIIIJVll
Cedar Bayou, Pelly, Goose Creek
Gen ChOu En-Lai, commun-
ist leader, had not replied to
overtures seeking such a
formula.
Lo was taking an increasingly
important part in efforts to medi-
ate the differences between the
communists and nationalists and
halt the hostilities in Manchuria.
Reliable informants said Mar-
shall told Im that the situation in
Northeast ChiniT'wa.s serious, and
hostilities should -cease •immedjate-
He was understood to have
pointed out that the communists
hoped the situation could be solv-
ed by political means, despite
which they had not made con-
crete proposals for procedure in
that field.
Nationalist leaders met twice
with'Chou, who was reported to
have proposed reorganization of
the northeastern political com-
mission and of the nine provincial
governments in the northeast.
Press dispatches reported that
radio communications with Muk-
den and Harbin had ceased. It
said the communists were report-
ed to take over and set up their
own government machinery as
soon as the Russians pulled out.
Nationalist- forces appeared
Veady for a big attack "hi med at
breaking through communist de-
fenses along Princess ridge south-
west of Changchun.
Langston Heads
Hill School Board
Trustees Talk PlatiTo
DOUSES EX-MATE - lloUy-
nfgbt
Charges Are
Filed Against
Engineer
85-Mile-An-Hour Filet
Plows Into Rear En«f
Of Passenger Train
NAIPERVILLE, HI., April
2 6. — (U.P.) — A mao-
slaughter charge was made
tpday‘against the 68-year*
old engineer of the Buriint-
ton railroad silver stream-
liner which shot through
two warning singula and rip-
ped into the rear of another
crack passenger' train, killing 44.
persons and injuring 100 other*.
The manslaughter warrant is-
sued against' Engineer W. O.
Blaine of the glistening Exposi-
tion Flyer charged him with care-
lessness and negligence. Blaine,
who escaped from the tragedy
with a fractured skull, told auth-
orities from his hospital bed that
he was going too fast to stop the
train in time to avoid the crush.
Blaine said hr was gain* tf
miles an hour when he daw tha
find warning light a mite and •
quarter Irani the point wBhra
the other train, the Advaua*
Flyer, had stopped.
Edward .Flynn, vice president af
the Burlington lines, lorvtirroAK
that Blaine was traveling wttfcth
the railroad's speed limit for thqt
section of track.
The speed limit ia *5 mills an
hour, Flynn said, but the trams
usually travel about to mttas m
hour at Napierville, which ia
miles southwest of Cbtaago.
Flynn said, however, that a
train going 85 miles an hour eOuW
stop in less than a mile and a
quarter. Blaine had told authori-
ties that when he saw the yetlaw
(See 44 Persons Die, Page 2)
wood party-goers saw a nL____
club version of the pie-throw- CLsvsaisa RSa. 64
ing act When Night Club Singer .(jHrrlr |/|V~\ A|
ltd
Light Athletic Fie
M. L. Langston has been elect-1
ed psesidcnt.of. the hoard of trijs- ,v
tees of the Barbers Hill Indepen-
dent school district at the first
meeting since the last trustee
election. Langston was re-elect-
ed and Joe Matthews and Orval
Bagent were the new trustees
elected earlier in the month.
George Mills was elected vice-
laiis Andrews, above, threw
drink in the face of ex-Hushand
David Street al a local night
spot. Lois said she got “mad”
when Street refused to sign a
paper so she rould have the
telephone in their former apart-
ment. (International)
bounds to British troops and -the president and Orval Bagent, sec
entire retail market near the area retary-treasurer.
of the attack was closed.
The Hebrew press denounced
the raid as “senseless."
Rangers To Stay
At Texarkana
TEXARKANA, April 26, - d.'PI--
Texas rangers will stay in Tex-
arkana until the slayer or slay-
ers of the city’s two doubt* mur-
der victims is apprehended.
Ranger Captain M. T. Gonzaul-
iaa said progreas was slow "but
we are making some," and reveal-
ed that his forces now have an
airplane here to facilitate investi-
^Meanwhile, the Texarkana clt-
tzenn’ reward fund for information
leading to arrest and conviction of
the killer or killers of two couples
reached $6,000. Richard Griffin
and Polly Ann Moore were slain a
month ago; the two 'teen-age vie-
tlms, Paul Martin and Betty Joe
Booker, were murdered April 14.
HI NABOR
By Olln Miller
Many a leller
trim to drown
out th* voic*
of eontci*nc«
by iinginq
hymn* in «
loud voic#.
and Baytown have regiutered for
participation in the competitive
eventa to be staged throughout
the day.
Judges in the contests will be
T. L. Satterwhite. camp appear-
nnce; C. T.^Shewell, handicraft:
J. L. Walker, field events; A. R.
Stark, tepee pitching; J. R. Bar-
salou, cubmobile race; A. C. Led-
er, kite flying,
Camp officials will include John
Henderson, scorer; Al Mitchell,
announcer; C. M. Boyer, director
and J. E. Blackburn, field ex-
ecutive.
Adult participation In the rally
will be restricted to supervision
and’judging of events, Blackburn
said. Individual and unit prizes
will be awarded in the events..
Clear Skies And Mild
Temperatures Forecast
b> iUnited press
TJie clear skies and mild temp-
eratures over all of Texas today
were expected to continue ftntil
tomorrow.
The only "weather’’ on today’s
Texas report came from a few
scattered points in South Texas
where light ground fog or smoke
occurred today
Mild temperutures were set to
continue with most stations re-
porting maximum temperature
readings in the low 80s today.
Wink had the state’s low with a
report of 50 degrees. Yesterday s
highest temperature was 86 de-
grees at LarcdO.
KIWANIS DINNER
The charter night dinner of the
Tri-Cities Kiwanla club will be
held at the Horace Mann Junior
High school at 7:30 p.m. today.,
More than' 100 members and
guoats are expected to bo present.
%
LEBANON,-Mo., -Aprit-Mr-rii-tb— I
Virgil Looney, 32, “bad boy” son
of a highly respected farmer, end-
ed his hill country wandering for
freedom from the law today when
he' Shot himself to death with a
pistol.
Young Looney, who shot and
wounded State Trooper Joe Brum-
mell here Monday and fled in a
patrol car into the recesses of the
Ozarks near Hahatonka, btepped
out the door of his father's home
near Grove Springs about 9 a. m.
today and fired one shot from a
pistol Into his head.
His father, Clint Looney, who
Wednesday came out of the hill*
to aid in the search for his son In
order to avoid further bloodshed,
hurried to a country store at
Grove Springs, a town of 100, nea’r
hla home, to report his son's act.
Lee Student Wins
Writing Award
A Robert E Lee High school
student today had Been announc-
ed as one of the winners in the
1946 junior historian writing con-
test sponsored by the Texas State
Historical association.
Ralph Wooster won second prize
in the folklore and natural his-
tory division of the contest with
his paper on “The Oalf Coast's
Unfound Treasures." Wooster, 17-
year-old senior, ia the son of John
L. Wooster of Wooster. He la
secretary of the Junior Historian
club at Robert E. Lee.
Robert E Lee was one of five'
schools to receive the chapter
award. All five chapters selected
were hold to have been distin-
guished in several fields, princi-
pally in writing and In activities.
Lamour Has
Little Left
But Sarong
BALTIMORE, Md., April 26. (C.P>
- Movie actress Dorothy Lamour
estimated today that thieves stole
*28,000 worth of jewelry and clo-
the new-trustees. Barber has thing by smashing an automobile
served on the board for 15 years, window and taking luggage be-
and has been, president of the Honging to her and her. husband
board for many years , G. B. Jor- The theft occurred last night
dan, outgoing secretary-treasurer, while she and her husband, Wil-
had served for six years on the liam Ross Howard III, were at-
board. He did not seek re-elec- tending a dinner party in a hotri
tion. , ^ here. The automobile was parked
outgoing presi-
seek re-flection,
administered the oath of office to
* Barber ■
.1 R Barber,
deni who did not seek rc-plection,
to light the athletic field for
night games. Funds for this were
Included in the budget the past
year but. materials were not avail-
able.
Refreshments of cherry pie a*
la-mode and coffee were served by
members of the home economics
class under the direction of Mrs.
Dorothy Marsh.
British Officer
Tackles 'Anne'
LONDON,. April 26. (RE) — A
young lieutenant, staking his life
on the law of probability, casual-
ly began piping water today from
around the live 1,000-pound bomb
at the bottom of a 30-foot pit In
St James’ park-less than 300
yards from Buckingham palace.
The bomb, which has been nick-
named "Annie,” began ticking
two days ago when bomb dis-
posal squads started to remove it
from a drained duck pond where
it had lain for five years.
Apparently the most unconcern-
ed man at the scene, Lt. D, H,
Mellor, Went into the pit to affix
the pumping app»rat°K, while a
handful of bomb disposal experts
and newspapermen scattered to a
Wife distance.
Unless "AlinlC" blows up by 7
, p.m. Lt. Mellor wilt place a dy-
namite charge at Its base and ex-
plode it electrically.
HIGHLANDS MAN'S
FATHER DIES
Charlie D. Bryant, 63, father Of
George Bryant of Highlands, died
at 4 p.m. Thursday at a Hous-
ton hospital. He had been a resi-
dent of Houston for 18 years.
*4,500 diamond and ruby brooch,
p *3,000 topaz pin and braeelet
set, a *3,000 set of diamonds,
sapphire,and moonstone studs and
cuff links, and two pairs of ear-
rings valued at *2,000 each. One
pair of the earrings was topaz
and the other rubies and dia-
monds.
Miss Lamour reported to police
that sWe also lost 36 pair of those
hard-to-get stockings artd the
same number of pairs of shoes.
Liberty Hospital
Last Rite* Saturday For
Refinery Labor Foreman
H. L. Skeete, 4L labor foreman
at the Baytown refinery, died «t.~
3:15 a.m. today at a Liberty hos-
pital where he had been under
treatment for pneumonia for the
past few days.
Skeete, a native of Alvin, had
been employed at the BayU>w*
refinery since January of 1#3A
He became itt last week but W*
condition was not considered cri-
tical until early Thursday when
relatives were notified that he ban
developed double pneumonia. Th$„
Skeete home is at 803 E. Math.
Funeral services will be at H
a.m. Saturday from the Trinity
Episcopal church with Rev. P.
Walter Henckell, rector, officiat-
ing. Interment will be in Cedar-
crest cemetery under direction of
Harrjaon-Logan funeral borne.
Survivors are hi* wife, Mrs.
Mattie Nelson Skeeta; a daughter,
Julie; his father, John F. Skeet*
and his stepmother, Mrs Sophia
Skeete, both of Sterling City; a
brother, George M. Skeete of Wa-
ter Valley; two sisters, Miafes
Margaret and Courtenay Skeete,
both of Sterling City.
Pallbearers will be George El-
lender, R.' E. Lounaberry, A W.
Costiey, Harry PhRRps, Mortis
Scott of Dayton, and Frank AngeL
Stocks Close Today
Courtesy Citizens National Bank A Traat Ou
Amer Maracaibo ...... 5
Amer Roll Mills .......... 31%
Am Tel and Tel ...... 1«3
Anaconda Copp ............ 47
Berkcy and Gay ........ 6
Bethlehem Steel ..........104
Burma ......... 2%
Cessna ...... 7%
Cailhun Zinc .............. 8V4
Cities Service ............ Si'-i
Comm and Sou ............ 4
Curtiss-Wright ............ 7‘t
Elec Bond and Share ...... 24%
Elec Pow and Light 28
El Paso Nut Gas ..........57 V4
Freeport 8ulpht|r .......... 56'a
Oen Electric .............. 46
Gen Motors ...... 73Mi
Graham P»ige ...... 10%
Greyhound — ... 40%
Ham Mtg w
Houston Oil ............. 28
Hudson Motors ............. »«•
Humble Oil ..........10W
Interlake Iron ........... 1814
Jones and Lqughlln ...
Pet
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Monogram Piet J6lA
Mount City CJopp 4
National Daiiy ............4814
North Amer Aviation " ,'A
Ohio Oil ..................
Packard Motors
Premier Gold ,.
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Tore ..1 ......'nj
Republic Steel 4
Rio Grand Val Gas.
Southern Pacific ....... .. I
Sinclair —............
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Stan OH i
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Kirby Pe
Funeral * servlet will be held at J*«J*»*» • ••'4
2 p.m. Saturday at Boulevard fu- Leonard Oil .............
sral home chapel.
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Hartman, Fred. The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 267, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1946, newspaper, April 26, 1946; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1100114/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.