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8—Sltphtnvillc Daily Em pin
Friday. January IS. 1950
Babies Drown In
Bath Tub While
House On Fire
MURRAY, Utah, Jan. I* (UP)
—TWo little sister* drowned in the
bath tub where their panic- strick-
en mother put them when a. small
fire damaged their home, Coroner
Douglas A. Miller said today.
Mrs. Kathryn Wrathal told Allen
Farm Products Drop
Two Per Cent From
November Level
Mental Patient
Admits Causing
Fatal Fire
AUSTIN. Jan. 12 (UP)—Mid-
Decetnber prices received by Texas
farmers were down 2 per cent
from November on the United
States Department of Agriculture
index, it was announced last week.
Prices stood at 259 per cent of
the August, 1909-July, 1914 base.
The decline, the USDA said, re-
that the fire broke out in the rug suited chiefly from a “sharp drop
in the truck crop index and from
the moderately lower prices re-
directs under the crib where her
daughters, Diane, 10 months, and
Linda Ann, 3, were asleep. Police
Chief Lloyde Deland said the fire
apparently was caused by a mis-
laid cigaret.
In her excitement, Mrs. t^rathal
grabbed the children and placed
them in the tub which had been
filled with.'water to soak the fam-
ily wash. -v.
Then shg, dashed to the kitchen
and filled a pot with water.
Flames and smoke drove her
hack from the bedroom, however,
and the water spitted over her
thin dress as she ran to a shed
off the kitchen and tried to hatter
her way through composition walls
into the bathroom. ,
When that failed, she jumped
out the shed window, carrying the
entire glass with her #n<l tearing
off her bedroom slippers.
Running barefoot through six
inches of snow, and with her dress
freesing to her body, Mrs. Wrathal
ran to a neighbor's home and
screamed;
“The house is on fire. My babies
are trapped,"_ _.__
As the neighbor, C. K. Wiseman,
called firemen, Mrs. Wrathal re-
turned to the burning house. '
Using a claw hammer, she broke
ceived for eggs; hogs and cotton.”
Compared with one year ago, the
overall prive index was down 14
per cent with lower prices record-
ed for all items except sheep,
lambs, wool, milk cows and fruit.
Highway Mishap
Fatal To Four
ELGIN, Jan. 13. (UP)—Fatal-
ities resulting from a highway
accident south of here Tuesday
rose to four today with the death
of Miss Lillian Alford, 23.
Miss Margaret Noak, 17, and
Mrs. W. C. Stripling, 23, died when
the car in which they were riding
crashed into a parked truck. A
fourth victim, Mrs. Elmore Hill,
4K, died yesterday. All were of
Me Dade.
Mrs. Willie Taylor, 52, injured
in the accident, was under treat-1 main
ment at Fleming Hospital where a
spokesman described her condi-
tion as “very critical.” Mrs. Tay-
lor was from Me Dade.
DAVENPORT. In., Jan. 13 (UP).
—A psychiatrist said today he was
ivinced a pretty young mantal
vas telling the
convinced a pretty you]
ward patient was telling the truth
when she confessed touching off
the Mercy Hospital fire in which
41 women died.
Mrs. Elnora Epperly, 23, of Rock
Island, 111., tola authorities that
she set curtains* in her room on
fire with a cigarette lighter she
had planned to give her husband
for Christmas.
As the flamee spread through
the 81-year-old mental ward, tum-
tng it Into a death trap for the
screaming patients, Mrs. Epperly
screaming patients, Mrs. Epperly
saved herself by climbing through
a transom.
County Attorney Clark Fjlsath
filed a first degree murder charge
against Mrs. Epperly. He said she
was a voluntary patient, and not
under commitment, and therefore
the question of insanity was “one
for adjudication” by a court or
commission.
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Late Market
Reports
livestock
FORT WORTH, Jan. 18. (UPW
(U 8DA)-—Livestock:—
Cattle 200: Steady. Steers and
yearlings scarce. Common and me-
dium cows 15.00-16.25, canners and
cutters 10.00-15.00. Medium and
good sausage hulls 17.00-19.00,
load 18.50. Stockers scarce.
Calves 75: Dull and weak. Cull,
common and medium slaughter
calves 15.00-21.00, good scarce at
22.00-24.00. Stocker scarce.
Hogs 200: Butcher hogs steady
to 26 lower than Thursday, sows
steady, pigs scarce. Good and
choice 2<
0 lbs 18.00,
good and
choice 326-400 lbs 14.00-15.26, good
16.76.
snd choice 166-190 lbs 14.50-1
Sows 13.00-14.00.
Sheep 100: Good and choice 94
lbs wooled slaughter lambs 22.00
or fully 50 lower. Heavier lambs
held above 19.00. Other classes
absent.
Warm Weather
Will Continue
By UNITED PRESS
SANTA FE CARLOADINGS
a foot-square hole in the composi- ^nta Pe System carloadinga for
a 5 ,he 1 K-
Firemen from this Salt Lake ln"t y«*r-£j™
City suburb arrived in a few min- ’
utes, extinguished the flame* bum- |
ing the rug and floor, then pulled
the two girls from the tub.
Ambulance crews tried unsuc-
cessfully for two hours to revive
them.
SHOULD BE 8TEKILI.IZED
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 13 (UP)
—A fire alarm from Baptist
Memorial Hospital early today
brought out all available fire-
fighting equipment and police.
Tka ••flea*’ lurnail
same week
iast year. Total cars moved were
26,503 compared with 31,347 for
same week last year. Santa Fe
handled a total of 24,492 cars in
preceding week of this year.
ELECTROCUTED
GALVESTON, Jan. 13. (UP) —
One mah was electrocuted'and two
1 others were hurt late Wednesday,
when a live wire was accidentally
The “fire" turned out to be a
lot of smoke—from a pan of
hoi ling nipples in the maternity
ward. N* one was evacuated nor
was anyone injured.
knocked down by a'crane operator
ph Pick-
et. a construction job. Adolpl
of Houston was pronounced
nan
ipiti
Treated for burns were Atlen Rich-
ardson of Galveston and Charles
Kristof of Texas City.
Texans could count on more
warm weather today and Saturday.
’'The U. S. Weather Bureau at
Dallas said temperatures would re-
main mild during the next 48
hours, with scattered showers
dampening the north and western
sections of the state.
The temperatures in the Pan-
handle may drop tonight and cool
air may sprehd over part of West
Texas Saturday.
Rain fell during the early morn-
ing hours at Waco and Dallas,
while Fort Worth was doused with
a shower. There was a drizzle at
Austin, Bryan and Tyler.
Skies were cloudy except at El
Paso, Galveston and Beaumont, but
there was no tog.
Early morning temperatures
varied from 72 at Victoria and
Alice to 36 at Guadalupe Pass.
Other temperatures reported to
the weather bureau at 4:30 a.m.
were Beaumont 68, Houston 70,
Galveston 66, Corpus Christi 68,
Austin 67, San Antonio 66, Bryan
70, Waco 58, Dallas 56, Fort Worth
54, Mineral Wells 54, Abilene 64,
Big Spring 50, Midland 49, Wink
47, Salt Flat 40. El P*so 41, Wich-
ita Falls 52, Childress 48, Claren-
don 44, Amarillo 40, Tyler 68, and
Dalhart 37.
POULTRY AND EGG *
FORT WORTH, Jan. 13. (UP)—
(USDA)—Wholesale dealers egg
and poultry prices to producers
and truckers delivered Fort Worth:
• Egg market dull. Grade A large
! 36-40, mediums 30, small 25 cents.
Current receipts, cases returned
9.00-10.00.
Live poultry market dull. Per lb
hens 18-1
heavy hens 18-22, mostly 20-22.
Light 16-18. Roosters 12-14. Fryers
24-27.
. 'iyte
Consumer Bargains
NOW READY
NO. 1 SPECIAL
Antacid Powder
Antiseptic Solution
Regular
Regular
75<
35<
Sell Both For 89c
NO. 2 SPECIAL
Baby Cough Syrup, 2 oz................... A..............
Arro Rub, 2 oz. Jar
Sell Both For 49c
Regular 25^
Regular 35^
NO. 3 SPECIAL
Nose Drops, 1 oz.
Syrup White Pine Comp., 4 oz. ........
Sell Both For 69c
Regular 35V
Regular 35<*
NO. 4 SPECIAL
Milk of Magnesia, 16 oz. ....... *.
Cough Syrup Comp, with Creosote.
4 oz.
Regttlar 50V
Regular 50<
Sell Both For 69c
NO. 5 SPECIAL
Nose Drops, 2 oz. .............-..................................
Analgesic Balm ...A...............
- Sell Both For 69c
Regular 60V
Regular 50V
NO. 6 SPECIAL
Orafresh. 16 oz. .............'—....................................
Elixir Terpin Hydrate and Codeine, 2 oz ......
Sell Both For 69c
Regular 5/>V
Regular 60V
NO. 7 SPECIAL
Aspirin, 100's
Analgesic Balm
Regular 50V
Regular 50V
Sell Both For 69c
MEDICINE CHEST SPECIAL
Hydrogen Perrxide, 4 oz .............
Tr, Merthiolate, 1 or. ...................
Rubbing Alcohol, 16 oz ...
Penetrating Liniment. 4 oz
Toothache Drops, oz
Sweet Oil, 1 oz .....................................
Epsom Salts, 8 oz ----- --------
boric Acid Solution, 8 oz ................'_______
#2.70 VALUE
Reg. 15V
Reg. 35V
_______Reg. 50V
v . Reg. 75V
........Reg. 25V
.........Reg. 25V
—.....Reg. 20V
........Reg. 25V
Sell For $1.98
Franks Rexoll
rug Store
Feed Mill Fire
Damage $50,000
GRAIN
FORT WORTH, Jan. 13. (UP)—
(USDA)—Graini-
Estimated receipts today includ-
edt ' •
36 cars wheat; 3 corn; 7 oats;
17 sorghum. Total 62 cars.
According to U. S. Department
of Agriculture’s Production and
Marketing Administration, wheat,
barley, sorghums, and white com
declined lc or more as other grains
showed little cbdnge.
No. 1 hard wheat sold at 2.35 Vi-
41 Vi per bushel, bulk) in carlots,
freight and tax paid to Texas com-
mon points. No. 2 wheat moved at
l-2c lower.
No. 2 white corn closed at 1.65 VS-
67 Vi.
No. 2 yellow corn 1.49V4-50V4
and No. 2 barley 1.33-38.
No'. 2 yellow milo realized 2.40-
45 per hundred pounds.
No. 2 white oats brought 94Vi-
per bushel at Galveston, and
91V^-94 at Fort Worth.
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COTTON
DALLAS, Jan. 13. (UP)—Ap-
proximate prices of cotton in th#
Dallas , market as reported today
to thd Agricultural Marketing
Service for basic middling lots on
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 13 (UP)—! trade ^errito^ flat- basis calcu-
lated on closing of 30.83 on March
contracts, New York:
A two-alarm, $50,000 fire destroy-
ed a feed mill early today.
The alarm was sounded shortly
after midnight and firemen from
nine companies battled the blaze
for almost two hours before ex-
tinguishing' it.
They prevented flames from
spreading to an adjacent grain ele-
’hi
vator and warehouses which cov-
ered an entire block.
Three firemen were injured
slightly when they fell into a pit.
There were no other casualties.
A utility pol#- burned during the
fire And cut off electric power in
the area for several hours.
About 100 tons of feed and all
j of the machinery in’ the corrugated
iron feed njill were destroyed.
Cause of the fire had not been
determined early today.
House Committee—
(Continued from page 1)
fight was started by “professional
prohibitionists and reformers.”
Other wet witnesses agreed with
him.
Point Four—Foreign Recovery
Administrator Paul G. Hoffman
told the House foreign affairs com-
mittee that President Truman’s
“Point Four” program for develop
ing backward regions offers “great
hope” for making Europe and its
dependent nations self-sufficient.
Hoffman said, “It is highly de-
sirable that the program be push-
ed.”
“Liar”—Sen. John J. Sparkman,
D., Ala., told Horace Russell, gen-
eral counsel of the U. S. Savings
and Loan League, that some of his
statements against middle income
housing legislation were “unfair
and not correct.” Russell, testify-
ing before Sparkman's banking
subcommittee, retorted; “I don’t
like to be called a liar, before a
Senate committee or anywhere
“Iron Curtain”—Sen. Joseph R.
McCarthy, R., Wis., said he will
lead nro-navy senators in a griev-
ance session against "the iron cur-
tain that has been clamped around
the Pentagon.”
Planet means wanderer.
Staple (in)
Middling
Basis (pis)
. Price
13/16
275 off
28.10
7)8 '
200 off
28.85
29/32
140 off
29.45
15/16
75 off
30.10
31/32
50 off
30.55
1 inch
25 off
30.60
1 1/32
15 on
31.00
1 1/16
45 on
31.30
Strict middling 76 higher. ._
Strict low middling 225-305 low-
Bill Introduced
To Mint Bit And
Half Bit Coins
FILES ON ISTIf
DALLAS, Jan. 13. (UP)—
State Rep. W. O. Reed of Dallas
became the first candidate to
post a filing fee in next sum-
mer’s Democratic primaries.
Stating that he thought Friday,
the 13th, was lucky, the candi-
date for lieutenant governor
posted the $100 fee in 13 pieces.
The logical market place
for your
PRODUCE AND
DAIRY PRODUCTS
TRIANGLE CHEESE
& PRODUCE CO.
(Coatlnaad from page 1)
beta due to get started within the
next few months, all or which will
supplement building totals that
have already been mentioned.
Briefly, there is svery good rea-
son to believe that there will be
little if any unemployment here
any time soon. It is a healthy con-
dition—one that we all should be
proud of.
STOCK MARKET
AMIN STEADY
Hearing Today on
Extradition Of
Dallas Gambler
LAS VEGAS, Nev.,
NEW YORK, Jan. 18 (UP)— ,TIP, . . .
The stock market absorbed a burst- < Gt')—A hearing was
of selling orders at opening today
and within half an hour had stead-
ied from the sharp break in prices
which set in yesterday.
Tickets which were two minutes
JtfOBODY seems to know just
^ how much new money will be
turned loose in Erath county thru
the government insurance dividend'
paying program that starts next
week. During the years of the war
there were about 8500 men from
Erath county in the service. Most
of them had insurance policies and
will be direct beneficiaries of this
decision on the part of the gov-
ernment. The estimate has been
made that at least $350,000 will
be circulated here from this source.
This is one item of business the
government is going about that
cannot be criticized. The money
that ia being paid back to these
policy-holders is surplus, over and
above the cost of the insurance.
This amount of cash will be equal
to about what 2000 bales of cotton
would yield—if we had a crop of
that kind to harvest this spring.
It will be a big help to many.
behind 10 minutes after the market
opened, caught up with trading.
Brokers reported a fair quantity
of buying orders which were be-
ginning to sustain the lift.
Opening Volume Large
The opening involved a huge
volume. Initial trades were made
ia blocks of 1,000 to 6,100 shares
ea«h. Packard had the largest, at
84.60 a share, off 13 cents. United
States ‘
Steel had one of 6,000
shares at $26.76, off 38 cents. U.
S. Steel then extended the loss to
nearly a dollar but rallied from
that low. All steels were getting
Support.
Market observers held that the
underlying strength of the market
was unimpaired by the decline,
and that it would not adversely in-1
fluence general business
Jan. 13
scheduled
today to djeide whether gambler
Benny Billion will be extradited
to Texas to face charges of lead-
ing a million-doltar policy wheel
racket.
He surrendered late yesterday
on a fugitive warrant mailed from
Dallas, Tex., to Sheriff Glen Jones
here. Binion appeared with Atty.
Clnfboi
Harry E. Claiborne,. surrendered __
voluntarily and was released on ing much of the business district
his own recognizansa* and ripping up a 4,000-pound slab
The Dallas 'dlftricl attorney’s nsrmwlv missed
office charged Binij>n and six
other men with operating a policy
Binion
wheel racket. At that time,
called the charge a “political man-
euver” and said he would fight
extradition.
He denied having any Texas
gambling or political connections
since coming here in 1946.
Amon Carter Given
Air Force Award
WASHINGTON, Jan. li (UP)—
Amon G. Carter, publisher of the
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, today
received the air force exceptional
service award for his “constant
advocacy” of air power.
Air Secretory W. Stuart Sym-
ington presented the award in a
ceremony in the Pentagon Build*;::
ing attended by high militai
government official:
Tlitary and
HOUSTON EXPLOSION
HOUSTON, Jan. 13 (UP)—Aa
under-ground transformer exploded
in downtown Houston today, shak-
i
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V61.
of concrete that narrowly missed
a passing motorist.
FISHER GIN BURNS
SWEETWATER, Jan. 18 (UP)
—The McCaulley gin in Fisher
county, northeast of Sweetwater,
was destroyed by fire last night at
an estimated loss of $15,000.
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THE official figures of what
farm subsidies will amount to
thia year are not yet known and
will not be definite until the
final report is issued. There is
every good reason to believe
that it will be very liberal, per-
haps better than last year. In
that event we may well expect
the farmers and ranchmen of
thia country to be a great deal
better off, than they now believe
ia possible.
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TT ALL ADDS up to the very
definite fact, that when we ap-
praise all the benefits from new
construction in Stephenville, Dub-
lin, the villages and in other sec-
tions of Grand Old Erath, along
with so many other sources of in-
come, there is reason for optimism
and encouragement. There will be
no boom-time conditions, but un-
doubtedly growth and expansion
all along the business front is-go-
ing to be steady. Cattle a® *till
bringing fancy prices and as many
of them as we have, that is an-
other income that means many
added thousands of dollars. By
every manner of reason there have
been many times in the past when
we were far worse off than we are
today . . . S’nuff.
The best way to apply'
cologne it with on atomizer.'
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FIRST PRESIDENTIAL PHONE
Although it would-be very nor-
mal to guess that the first tele-
phone installed in the president’s
office was a good many years ago,
it was just twenty years ago that
the event took place. President
Hoover was the first chief execu-
tive to depart from a Whit# House
LUCIEN LEL0HG
COLOGNE
precedent, and have . telephone in- C°" h°d in ,h*'
stalled within arms reach of his
desk in the White House. Formerly,
executives rarely used a telephone,
but undoubtedly Mr. Hoqxer’s ideas
regarding official activities were
somewhat different.
new atomizer package
SERVICE DRUG
Head-hunters believe that the
heads of their victims contain their
souls, according to the Encyclo-
paedia Britanmca.
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Washington
Phone 111
CITY TAX
NOTICE
ALL 1949 CITY TAXES
ARE DUE
Sv.
x* Avoid Penalties and Collection
Costs by Paying Taxes Before
FEBRUARY 1, 1950
City taxes are acceptable by mail, but must be posted
before February 1st to avoid penalty.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (UP)—
Rep. Wright Patman, D., Texas,
wants the government to mint a
half-bit coin (worth six and one-
fourth cents) “to thwart a 100
per cent increase in the price of
soft drinks.”
Patman, who offered a bill Fri-
day providing for coinage of one-
half-bit and one-bit pieces, said
soaring production cost* would
very likely force the soft drink
industry to boost “pop prices" to
a dime.
He said pop manufacturers, who
now market a big share of their
product through vending machines,
would have no other alternative.
“A one-half bit piece,” he said,
“would solve the problem and save
American consumers millions of
dollars annually. I am sure the
industry would be content with a
one and one-fourth cent-per-bottle
increase if it were made mechan-
ically possible.”
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