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VOLUME XIV ”
PRICE DAILY 5c, SUNDAY 10c
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
Associated Press (AP)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1955
LEVELLAND v‘
Probes Loom as Demos
Take Over in Congress
State of Union i
Message Slated
For Tomorrow
PROPER FARMING PRACTICES NECESSARY
Conservationist Holds Hope
For Dustless' Spri ng in County
CEMETERY PLAT—£hown here to the plat of the new City of
Levelland Cemetery development. The plat was approved by the
city'' council Monday night and sale of lots ad grave space#* in the
new non-monument section is expected to get underway in tjhe
near future. The east side of the cemtery (sections three, four, five
and six) will be a non-monument area. Numerals designating sec-
tions five and six are located at the middle of* the plat at each
side .of the picture and are dimmer than the other four numer-
als. Grave spaces wUI be sold tar $25, $35 and $50 each, with three
graves spaces coming in earn lot.
A Day
In The
SUN 4 ^exans Take Over Top Positions
In Newly Organized US Congress
By OKI.IN BREWER
II may have been the good Lord,
himself, or some great prophet of
old wtio wisely said, "Man was not
'"“made to Jive alone."
We don't nave time to check the
exact source of the statement now,
but just after completing the
fourth consecutive breakfast of in-
stant coffee and cold cereal, we're
inclined to believe that whoever
said it had us in mind.
The wife left for Austin by plane
last Saturday morning and took
the youngster with her. The end
result is that it has wrecked the
kitchen, bedroom, living room, our
morale and our stomach.
You know what happens to dish- {
es when they don't get washed.
That's what happened to ours. The
1 milkman left fresh milk at (he
door and we discovered it a day
and a half later. We refuse to
open the bottles because we know
the milk must be sour now.
By CLAYTON HICKEKHON
Four Texans took over top spots
m Congress today after the Demo-
cratic Party reorganized both the
House and Senate under the Re-
publican Eisenhower administra
tion.
Texas' congressional dean, Sam
Rayburn of Bonham, ascended to
the Speakership of the House for
the third time, taking over from
Republican Joe Martin of Mass-
achusetts .for the second time.
The senior senator from Texas,
from Senator William Know land,
California Republican, as Senate
Majority Leader.
Two other House members from
Texas, Reps. Olin E. Teague of
College Station and Omar Burleson
of Anson, went to the top of com-
mittees as chairman. Teague Be-
came chairman of the important
House Committee on Veterans’ af-
four nights. We woke up this morn-
ing wearing the top sheet like a |
neck tie and with both our feet
uncovered, testing the cool, morn-
ing air.
It's no wonder we. feel like some-
one look a funnel to our nose and
poured in three gallons of glue. *
We know it's a sad way to start
the new year. But it wur’t our
idea in thd first place. “ ,
oOo
We're u creature of habit.
mi much mi,, that we like even
our had ones. For instance,
baek during our honeymoon,
the wife started the lovely
habit of mixing in the sugar
and ereain before she poured
the coffee into our cup. It's
. something she's kept up
through the IH or however
many month*, we've been mar-
ried anil it's been a wonderful
key to her outlook eaeh day.
We can tell whether it’s going
to he a good day or u lough
line by our first sip of coffee.
Blit she uses extra large cof-
fee cups at home, and fur
some reason we don't have
the vaguest ideu how much
sugar to use. Every morning
since she left, the coffee has
labelled the day exceptionally
hail and it has been unerringly
correct.
oQo »
Funny too. how. not having (he
boy around affects us. A couple
or three times we caught ourself
creeping info the hursery and fum-
bling in a closet in total darkness,
only to suddenly realize that the
baby wasn't in his bed and it
wouldn't wako him to turn on the
light.
An experience like that leaves
you feeling like Carlsbad Caverns
inside.
. oOo .
Guess we’ll have to ease up
on the Utile wife a bit when
she gets hack.
We’ve been telling her that
her life of keeping the house,
fending to the baby ami keep-
ing a husband in line wasn’t
(Continued on page two)
In addition, Rep. Frank Ikard
of Wichita Falls became a rriem-
ber of the powerful House Ways
and Means Committee which han-
dies tax, tariff and social security
legislation, sure to have a top
place on the legislative agenda of
the Democratic Congress. '
Ikard's position gives the State
of Texas its first representation on
the committee since1 the late Rep.
J. M. Combs of Beaumont decided
not to run fpr re-election four years
ago.
ready has been. Speaker of die. World War II hero, Texas A&M’s'
House longer than any other man., most decorated exstudent, con-j
Years age he passed the record 1 darted an Investigation of veteran i
set by the late Rep. Joe Cannon, schools several years ago to win!
Often mentioned for higher office
the 72-year4)ld Rayburn time and
again has said that the Speaker-1 irregularities.
hi§ first national renown as a
solon. The probe uncovered many
ship was the highest office to
which he ever aspired. Before go-
ing th Congress i 1912, Rayburn
as a young man served in the Tex
as Legislature and was one time
Speaker of the Texas House.
More recently Teague has in-
vestigated V.eterans hospitals and
has made several recommenda-
tions for their improvement to the
Veterahs Administration. While
l the Democrats were in power he
Johnson's rise to the Senate's was talked of as a possible ad-
top post under die presiding of-1 ministrator for the Veterans Ad-
ficer—Vice President Richard Nix! ministration.
on—climaxes a fast rise. A fore-
mer National youth Administratio
tion official during the Roosevelt
administration, Johnson served
and wielded great influence be-
cause of his closeness to the White
House and Democratic Party chief-
tains. He was elected to the Senate
in 1948 after a torrid race with
former Gov. Coke Stevenson.
Rep. Burleson, also a member
of the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs, w:ht to Washington first
as a member of the 80th Con-1
gress. A naval officer in World j
War II, the West Texan is also a
former agent of the Federal
i Bureau of Investigation.
84th Congress.
Johnson will also be chairman
of the Democratic Conference, the
Democratic Police Committee and
tire Democratic Steering Commit-
tee. Tlie Democratic Party con-
centrates all these posts under one
man.
Rep. Teague’s new post gives
him -command of the Veterans’
member since the waning days of
the 79th Congress. The former
Rayburn, beginning his 43rd yearj Committee of which he has been a
in Congress with this session, al---1— ”----'**-------1— ’— ■'
Alben Barkley
Veteran Starts
Again as Soion
By JOHN CHADWICK
WASHINGTON i* - Alben W.
Barkleyj of Kentucky starts afresh
today rm a job he first- tackled in
1927—that of being a United States
senator.
For the fifth time, the fun-lov-
ing, story-telling former "Veep,"
now 77, takes the oath of office' as
a Democratic senator. -
Asked how it felt to be a senator
again, he Said he would know bet-
ter in a month or two. "But it's
not like coming to the Senate for
the first time,” he said.
Erect in a light gray suit,-Bark-
ley was on hand yesterday when
Domo-cratic senators cau-
cused. Former colleagues who wel-
comed him baek with hearty hand-
shakes and warm pats on the back.
, Barkiey was first elected to the
House in 1912 and served there
until Kentucky sent him to tne
Senate in 1926. He was re-elected
in 1932, 1938 and in 19-44.
For 12 years, he was Democrat-
ic floor leader, although, on one
occasion in 1944 he resigned that
post in dramatic protest against,
the wording used by President!
■ (Continued on page two)
Ikaid, who succeeded former
Rep. Ed Gossett of Wichita Falls
Johnson became Minority leader aft<>r the former decided not to
in the 83rd Congress, during his j mn four years ago, said he,would
first term, and yesterday was re- oppose vigorously any change
elected by vSenate Democrats to which might be proposed in the
o??.lrVJeaC* l*ieTn ln ^1C Democratic | existing 27per cent depeltion al
)owance for oil men. He also said
he hoped a limitation could be
placed on foreig oil imports!
The 23-member Texas delegation
in Congress yesterday named Tea
gue its chairman for the new sess- j
ion and named Bgrleson vice chair
man. Rep.-Elect Joe Kilgore Of!
McAllen, who succeeds former i
Rep. Lloyd M. Bcntsen Jr. as the j
Rio Grande Valley congressman. J
w’as named secretary-treasurer of!
the delegation.
New "dust bowl” predictions
coming- out of Washington about
the Plains States and the Pan-
handle of Texas won't apply to
Hockley County this year, Victor
Childers, unit conservationist for
the local soil conservation district
says.
Childers admits that, the wheat
country in the Panhandle has been
in bad shape because of lack of
soil (-over and moisture, but he
says that Hockley County should
be at least 30 per cent better off
this year than last if farmers
make use of the stubbie they now
have on their farms.
Childers says nobody knows just
how much soil was lost to wind
erosion last year and that nothing
can be done to recover it.
But he says the ebunty can look
forward to another year and the
years to .come.
“The moisture .outlook is better
than it lias been in two or three
years,” he says. ‘v‘With cotton al-
lotments again this year and even
larger acreages of grain sorghums
forecast, 1955 could well be a year
of few local dust and sand storms
. . .if proper farming methods are
used.”
"If moisture is available to grow
feed crops and if the stalks or
sratfcHe are left during the blow
season and cover crops are plant-
ed in tot ton middles on irrigated
land,, we may experience a windy,
but clean spring."
“So far this year, several farm-
ers have cited less blowing, due
to stubble mulching, as this prac-
tice is called," Childers says.
Childers makes the following rec-
ommendations on stubble mulch-
ing:
Plowing operations for early wat
ering or seedbed preparation can
be done and still leave the stubble
on the surface if proper farming
methods are employed.
Stubble mulching helps hold the
.soil in place by reducing the vel-
ocity of the wind on the ground
and if sufficient stubble is avail-
able and managed properly can
entirely eliminate soil movement.
On heavier growth of stubble
3 Divorces Granted
In District Court
Three divorces were granted
when District Court was held here
Tuesday.
Margaret Ernestine Taylor was
granted a divorce from Bobby
Lloyd Taylor, Edith Defreese from
Charles Defreese, and Irene Mc-
Connley from Walter McConnley,
Jr.
District Judge Victor H. Lind-
sey presided over the hearings.
The divorces were filed in- the
office of the district clerk.
such as wheat and other small
grains emergency tillage measures
such as chiseling or listing can
be eliminated by using sweeps or
other sidltiltSge equipment to leave
the stuoble on the soil surface.
This will exceed emergency tillage
because when plowing moisture is
gone, the stubble remains for soil
protection.
Wind erosion protection is not
the only benefit from stubble
mulching. It' reduces evaporation
Would Reverse Parts of Ike's Order
Teague to Introduce
Bill on Vet Benefits
By RAY HENRY' i time VA benefit. He noted the
WASHINGTON UP -Rep. Teague shooling benefit had been one en-
(DTex) said he will introduce to! listment inducement used by
day legislation aimed at meeting I cruiting officers.
i WASHINGTON Uft .— Cowgqpss,
back under Democratic control
of our limited moisture, controls after two years, of Republican rule,
temperatures in the soil, and one ('on\ onod today with the now nvL
of the largest advantages is' less j jority party talking of cooperation
surface splash of nainfall, result-1 with the Eisenhower administration
ing in more water in tiie ground I but set to push probing fingers into
instead of in the lakes. 1 many of its activities
The board of supervisors of the ! Amid the geniality attending the
Hockley county.,/soil conservation i opening of the session, both parties
district encourage your support were mindful that the record, of
and influence in establishing as an ; the next two years will weight
annual operation the practice of heavily with the voters in the 1956
stubble mulching and cover crop-j presidential election.
__________i The Democrats were shaping up
inquiries into the controversial
rsial
lany,
some complaints about Presidet
Eisenhower's order to cut off war
time veterans' benefits.
Teague, who will head the House
veterans affairs committee, said
he will put ih the House's opening
day hopper a measure to allow
GIs tp continue to accrue - free
education benefits, provided the
men were in the service by fhe
end of this month.
• The possibility of losing thou-
sands of dollars in veterans bene-
fits already has spurred young men
to enlist before a Jan. 31 deadline
cuts off their eligibility.
Getting into service now will
mean little as to eligibility for GI
Bill educatpion unless a proposal
such as Teague's is enacted. But
it will make the men eligible for
such benefits as GI loan guaran-
tees, unemployment compensation,
mustering out pay, free hospitaliz-
ation and other benefits.
These, same benefits have been
available to almost all veterans
with separatioas under other than
dishonorable conditions.
No part of the Eisenhower older
has touched off as many ^questions
as the section on postservice school
aid. The House committee has been
deluged with mail on this point.
The presidential rule, as it now
stands, means a stop to accumula-
tion of education and training1
rights after Jan. 31 even for men!
already in service.
Under present law’, a serviceman |
accumulates l'-s days of free edu-!
cation rights for each day in serv-|
ice up to two years -or a total of !
3's years in school, a benefit tiie 1
VA figures is worth $5,000.
Teague said there is no question I
in his mind but that many me*
entered service ranks thinking they j
would be entitled to the full war-1
Under his bill, for which coat
estimates were not available, a
serviceman could continue to ac-
crue education benefits if in seivic
by the end of this month until he
reached the VA maximum or until
his first discharge. Because of a
retroactive provision the measure
would not have to be passed before
Feb. 1.
Teague's measure does not in-
volve various other .benefits which
arc* due to end Jan. 31 under tiie
presidential order.
Some of these other benefits are
given to men who have a total of
90 days of service, some part of
which fell during the period from
June 27, 1950 to Jan. 31, 1955. They
also must have received a separa-
tion from service under conditions
other than dishonorable. These
benefits are:
Unemployment Compensation-
Good for $26 a week up to 26
weeks of unemployment.
Pensions—Payments for total
and permanent disability, not due
to service and when the veterans’
income is below certain minimums
Loan Guarantees Good for home,
business or farm loans made by
private lenders, but backed by the
government.
’ -Other benefits are given for any
period, of service as long as some
(Continued on page two)
Dixon-Yates contract, which mariyj
of them view as a public vs. pri-
vate power fight, and into the ad-
i ministration's handling of security
1 risks among government em-
| ployees.
: Other investigations are oa tap
for later.
President Eisenhower wii some
I before the legislators tomorrow to
; present his legislative iirogram h)
i the customary State of tho Union
re-j message. Some parts of it already
! have been disclosed informally.
Among them: A new military
manpower program, keyed to 1 Hold-
ing up a big ready reserve of
trained young men; postponement
of tax cuts scheduled for spring
under present law on business, in-
come, liquor, tobacco, automobiles
and xome other items.
Preliminary lo the
venihg of Congress at noon, mans
of the members attended a speoie
church service with the President. S
In the National Presbyteria
church, they heard prayers fo
their guidance, for the nation, fa
the President, for peace. Than *
was also a special petition for ef- '
forts to obtain the release o'
American prisoners hold in Red
China.
Eisenhower on his part has
pledged cooperation with the Dem-
ocratic-run' Congacsa. Sen Lyndor
B. Johnson and Speaker Rayburi
have promised the Democrats wfl
not oppose simply for the sake o
opposition.
Galleries were wull-fided wbe
Vice- President Nixon in the Senat*
and chief clerk L»yle O. Snader it
(Continued on pagr> two)
■-■4
Hammarskjold
Reaches Peiping
TOKYO W--U.N. Secreim^y Ger
eral Dag Hammarskjold rbaohe
Peiping on his mission lo free 1
U.S. airmen and Infer met Prumio
Chou En-lai in what the Red radi
described as "a friendly at-mo
phere.” .
Chou did not turn out to moc
Hammarskjold at the airport, how-
ever, as is the case whon Con
niunist China gives a distinguish**
visitor a rousing reception. Nor di
Pciping radio mimtion the rnaso
for the U.N. official's visit. .
Ilntnm.irskjold and- Ns pi/V”
landed in Peiping at 1:55 p.m
Peiping time, and Chou did nt
welcome him until 5:30 p.m., wht
! he threw a cocktail party.
_______ . „ „ i Chou invited to the party tb
..........- -
Sundown Cage
Tourney Opens
Thursday Night
The Sundown Invitational Bas-
ketball Tournament is set to get!
underway Thursday njght at 6 j
p.m. w-hen the girls’ teams from j
Whiteface and O'Donnell meet.
This game will be follow ed by'
a game between the Littlefield j wlcnme hlnl until r>;30 p m
girls and the Sundown "A' girls | ho throw „
at 7:15 and the final game of the
PRESENTED SWEATERS—Shown here are the members of Hie un-
defeated football squad of IBM after receiving their sweaters In a
junior high assembly Tuesday morning. They are (left to right):
Front row, (Trank l<awlin, Rondel DavMson, Wayne Nesmith, Mike
Vineyard, Jimmy Hilton. Junior Lyon, Gene Ware, and Billy Hit-
tenberry. Second row. Bob Slnelalr, Ronald Purdue, Larry Ross,
Paul Harper i Jesse llofaeket, Frank Odell, Mlrt Neviil (Mgr.) Don
Burns, and Superintendent O. W. Mareom, Third row, Coach D.
W. Harkins, Arnold Williams, Dwayne Walt rip. Joel Cooknton (tri-
capt.), Herman .Guetersloh, Davie Costin, and J. G. Nipper, Junior
High-Principal. |llack row, Carl Sham burger, Don Hicks, Mack
Tnbb, bonny Ri-pven, Bruce Miller, Dwayne Cummins, Howard
Ragland. Kenneth' Barnett (mgr*), and Jimmy Wilson. Not shown
to Linda Hill, football queen, (Staff Photo).
A total of 12 teams have been
entered in the tourney, Sundown
Athletic Director John Blaine said
this morning.
The seven teams in the girls’
various Iron Curtain embasoie
and those from Finland, Detimarl
Switzerland, Britain, the Nedie*
lands, Noway. Pakistan. Ind;
and Burma. Chen Yi, Red China'
, ...... . „ | vice premier, also attended.
division are VVhiteTaee, O Donnell,
Stanton, Morton,
field, and two teams from Sun-!
down.
In the boys' division, O’Donnell, i
Morton. Littlefield, Whiteface and I
two teams from Sundown have
been entered.
Poipin
radio said.
Chou then was host at a mor
intimate dinner at 8 p.m.- Poipin
radio mentioned only three as a'
tending, Hammarskjold. Chou an
Following the tourney openers on 1^ f#reign‘mir
"Hiursd^y night, the final games in | _ _
the first round will be plaved Fri- - .
day night Smoke, No Fire
Saturday morning the semi-fin- There wins smoke but no fir-
als will he played with the finals j at 1601 9th Street this ruomin).
and third place games being play- The Levelland Volunteer Ftre TV
ed Saturday night fpartment was called out at 3:1
Blaine said the tourney will be a m. today to the abnve addre-
a single elimination affair with no j to extinguish a fire. They (oun
consolation bracket. Trophies will ihe house full of smoke bi
he presented the first, second, and
third place teams in each division.
Levelland Radio Station KLVT
will broadcast a portion of fhe
games in the tourney, it was an-
nounced today.
couldn't find the source of tfe
smoke.
Fire department officials m
this morning it was possible tl
smoke entered the house from ti
outside. No damage was report*
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