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FEATURING
LOCAL NKWS
Breckenridge American
UNITED PRESS Wirt Swvfca
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Devoted to the Pi—mi—Hon of
and Upbuilding of Stephens County
NEA Feature Service
WEATHER
Occasiopal freesing rain. Not much
change in temperatures. Nat %u'te
«• cold in the afternoon. Lowest
temperature 28-32 in upper Pecos
\ amy eastward.
VOL. 30 MJ. 27
BRECKEN RIDG E, TEXAS
-TUESDAY. JAN. 31. 1950
PRICE 5 CENTS PER COP!
| Jqctes Me T«
T 60 AHEAD WITH WORK M Stage Ciiiml
A S. HYNOCEN SUPBttOK AedLeeetShw
West Texas Ice Glazed
WASHINGTON. iau. ;:t. <• t"
President Trtimau today ordeied
the Atomic Energy Commission to
o ahead with its work mi the hy
,?n
"fen superbomb.
The president said that thi.s .!•
■ d forces In : •••• *u it that IIUI
country ii ante to defend itself
ajruin.it any possible aggressor.
"A.-rordingly, I have directed
th- atomic energy iinnmisMiMi t<> {-
continue it* work ...i all forms of Th s sh„w and carnival, it was
atomic weapons, including the se>- explained. wiii not take the plaw}
Members of the Junior Chamber
of Commerce at their luncheon
meeting Monday voted to stUK* a
home town carnival and show, the
date being tentatively set as Feb.
InkMiiii
Brive Tm k
Extended 4 Bays
The March of Dimes tota' h*s
j been brought up by eontribaki-
velopnu-nt prof ram would coutin- __ ___
Ue "until a satisfactory plan for railed hydrogen or superbomb. Z 1".a"
mternat-umi control of atomic Like all other work ... the field of v,lU ^ _„t ^ t{e spring\if pre.
f? ^""^^d. atomic weapon.,, it is being and wnt plang m*teriali e
it ilTh^'lJf-ilSK^, «**"' ••«* w.ll be carried forwurei oee a basis Bill Henry. Jaycee president, e#- j tions to J1,853.41'today. The drive.
iL. J^LZTSTuH 4 T ihat '',",SK<t"'lt w,th th*" ,,vw?" "^- plained that the show is to be which was begun for Stephens ca-!
am country is abte tee defend t tives of our program for peace- gtaeed with local talent, proceeds unty two week. ago. has as it.
setf against any possible aggres- and security j to be divided with some taking goal, $4,450, almost twice the
i\ ..... . . . , rhls w« -sh-l!l continue to do un-, mmm I goal of last year. The drive origi-
Acfcireaengfy, h>- said. "I hu'.e t I .i satisfactory plan for interna- DEFINITE D \TE SiTT "
directed the Atomic Energy com- i tional control of atomic energy is t-i.« * -t if v i \ \■ rrs tu
mission to continue its work on all achieved. We shall also continue to o K p;t,„ ,. tub
forms of atomic weapons, inched-1 examine all those factors that af- that the J^ceeT'^S-a^ll
be held on Feb. 10 and the
show idea will not be carried
out.
ing the so-called hydrogen or sup- feet our program for peace and
e rhomb. [this country's security." (End
"Liki' ail other work in the field Text. I
of atomic weapons, it is being and Th>- president's order came two
will be carried forward on a basis hours after publication of an at-
consistent with the overall objec- ornic energy commission report Par';> 'he Jaycees portion to go to-
tives of our program for peace , which disclosed that the A EC al- ward meeting sbme immediate fi-
and security." ready has been pushing research •*«* •* organisation.
This was Mr. Truman's firs' pu into the nuclear processes for | Softbeul uniforms for the Jaycee
blic statement on the hydrogen making u hydrogen bomb. J
bomb which in recent weeks has
been on* of Washingtons biggest i °
The test of hi* statement, which {Three Accidents
was handed to reporters by I'ress , "VI.ltH.HIJ
Secretary Charles (i. Ross:
"It is part of my responsibility |
er-in-chief of the arm- j
as commander
fine Is Credited
, WHk Proposing
Tax Or Gigarets
Rep. Jack I'ns of Breckenridge,
returns to the State Legislature
today. Cox is winning-recognition
as the man who publicly suggested
a one-cent increase in the state
cigaret tax as a means of financ-
ing the hosp.tu! building program.
Cox, 20-yeui-old local business
man. proposed the cigaret tax in-
crease more than a month ago >n
team were mentioned as one im-
mediate need.
The entire time of the meeting
was taken up with the discussion
of plans, folowing which Presi-
dent Henry appointed a long list
of committee workers.
I'lan is to stage the carnival in
j the High School gymnasium, with
Three accidents were reported i the consent of the Board of Edu-
i in and around Breckenridge lust: cation, and th# show in the High
I mirht. About 5:.It) p.m., Harold E. I school auditorium, part of the
1 Ellison of Graham ran off the show funds to go to the school.
rood about "> miles north of town In the gymnasium there will be
i into u culvert, turning over. His games and contests of many kinds.
car was damaged about $250. Elli
son paid a $•"><> fine in district
court this morning on charges of
driving while intoxicated.
Jesse Thomas Norman of Breck-
enridge ran into two cars parked
at the curb bv the Majestic Apart-
ments on West Walker about
10: la p.m. Monday, damaging cars
belonging to Floyd Dale Carl lie.
Route 1, Rising Star, and Bobby
Earl Wuidrop of Breckenridge. EI-
zie D. McCullough, whose car
Norman was driving, was slightly
injured, and the car was damaged
approximately $l2f>. Damages to
Carlile's cur was estimated at
$2*hi and to Waldrop's $75.
D. C. Cutbirth received minor
Jack McClure, secretary, was
instructed to deliver to colored re-
presentatives a check for $717 to
be given the city as the Jaycees'
part in the financing of sewer
connection to the colored section.
In discussing the jamboree, it
was said that Bob Nail of Albany
will be asked to write this show,
the time of the show depending
upon his reply to this request.
Mother Of Breck
Resident Dies
Mrs. Eula Ellen Thomas, t>5.
ture condeeeted bv ' the Houston in-iu''"*s when the car in which he,! '""tber of Nap 1 nomas of Breck-
Po«t. The Poet hud usk- d all mem- iJ:lck Thomas and Lee Harrison morning at 7
hers of the Home and Senate t. « "f Breckenridge were riding. !''rl"clL',t ht,|r in ,
submit thtnr ideas on how the fin-1 rh*' accident occurred aboeet mid- Mrs. Humus had been ill for a-
amtial problems of the state n,Kht ,,n the Clear Fork bridge bout three years, and Nap had
should be met, and received an- ne>rth of town, when the car hit' been at her bedside almost con-
swers from ab«'.ut one-thinl of the !il'c'k Pl:lcc in the road, slid off stantly for the past month,
members. Cox was the only one I aml turned over. Damages were Funeral services will be held
who came out boldlv for a hike in not estimated at noon. I Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'-
the cigaret tax man Pa|d $15 fine in City clock at the FirsV Baptist Church
I'mfctr the date of Die. 12. 1H4!> I < ,>Urt f"r r^klt ss 'lriv'"g tranche.
he wrote:
"I am not in favor of any new
taxes: however, at this point, >t
appears oeeesmery to pass a .ww
tax bill to take care of the eleemo-
synary institutions. I believe that
a large part of this money can be
raised in a manner that will not
p.rn-h Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
I would levy an additional pen
I5..'"v™! . K> • LLcYh. JR. f oi-ting lieutenant governor i.nd
J*** ' * r fk,« tniU** Pr *^s Staff * orTc>s|Kiri«iftit j presiding officer. He succeeds Sen.
ZZ. ^ .1. X nr lit AUSTIN. Tex., Jan. ::i <U.R_, t;. S. jforr.s of Greenville.
raise something like $14.WNi,i io Mer,,b.-rs of the Texas legislature.
j nally set to end today, will be e*-
1 tended through Saturday, in an
I effort to come nearer the county
I goal.
I Last year the drive netted $2,- ;
[ 352.39 here, and almost twiee that |
I amount was spent in the county
caring for four new cases, aad'
continuing care of a patient stric-
ken in a previous year.
The quota was based on .1904
per capita, and the National Foem-
dation is asking that goal, this
year be based on 35 cents per cap-
ita, after last year's peak epide-
mic year. O. C. Truesdale, father
of little Donna Jean Truesdale, 5-
year-old victim of the disease last
year, estimated that care of the
child ran over $1600. Jamie Bil-
hartz, 18-year-old son of Mr. and!
Mrs. O. L. Bilhartz, left yesterday ! LAST MINLTK I'RKI'ARATIONS MADK—Submarine p.uitoons arc lushed to the sides of the I SS M:.s-
for College Station where he is; souri. now resting in the mud off Norfolk, Virgini-. to used during the flouting operations. Thy:s
entering A&M as a fieshman, Ja. n(j barges unlouding ammunition and naier suppiie: to lighten the sh;p. (NKA Te:epii"ti ■
mie, business manager of the • 11 K
Buckaroos last year, was stricken
with the disease during 1949.
A booth is open at the Burch
Hotel, manned by Boy and Girl
Scouts of the towrn and members
of women's clubs. Collection boxes
and posters have been placed Ht
public places, and collection enve-
lopes mailed out in an effort td
increase donations.
Dallas News To
Buy KITV Static*
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 <UJP—
Application for permission to sell
Dallas television station K.BTV to
the A. H. Belo Corp., publisher of
the Dallas Morning News, was re-
ceived yesterday by the federal
communications commission.
Tom Potter, Dallas oilman doing
business a s Potter Television
Broadcasting Company, submitted
the application. He is the owner
of the video outlet which operates
on .Channel 8.
The Dallas News announced last
Tuesday that it had contracted t
purchase KBTV, subject to forma!
approval by the FCC.
Texas Legislature Called To
Order To Seek Added Revenue
Young Folk Of
County Show To
Some Advantage
Reports from these returning
from t'ne Fat Stock Show indicate
fhut young people from this coun-
ty h:ive not taken any firsts, but
have made good showings.
LEGION HOME OFFERED FOR
CLASSES: MAY BE TOO LATE
!u
ii. Webb, director of exten-.among the subject. .. . «. .. ..
S'on activities of the Ranger Jun jure business math, bytil.es:; l;uv
ior College, coiiferr.nl here yester-! English, government., p.-yeholoi'v
day with Alf Chastain, commander^ American history, busines s ting
of the American Legion pott, con-! !ish, annuities irfcluding inci;ra
cerning use of the Legion building j tax, etc., and orientation. Full
for a branch of the college. i time college credit of 12 hours will
t'se of three rooms on the '.vest be given for those attending the
Peggy Donm-ll. who could not j side of the building were consider- ! school, and veterans attending will
show .-gainst t H Club hoys, enter-1 cd, Chastain suid. vviien tht faeili I receive $120 a mont'n if th -y arc
, ed her calf in the lightweight open | ties of the building were offered.: married and have one child,
'for steeds and won fifth place. | When the
en up with the Veterans Admin
istration in Dallas to determine if
it is too late to start the classes.
The junior college is a mciwbei
of the Southern Assoc; 'ion of
inspection was over.
This against caives from far and Webb said the matter will be tak-
widc, the grand ehampion steer be
ing from Iowa, W. R. I<oce re
potted today.
Her brother George's calf won;
ninth place in t'ne lightweight 1-H building facilities was expressed, up in neighboring Albany.
Club division. there being no desks in the —o
A team of three Future Farm- rooms.
^iriall Here
78 Wefeemo
In Spite 01 lee
1 • • ie in the form f ra:!>.
-L rid mow, g.'ared a Unge poi -
Vv "L't 'lexa:i today u. h
;iv -t ;i{, ic and v.'vm '.aiiet!
heie triiav as a gotideud d'.'Spi!"
the iorm in which it came.
i":i ram measured .78 of inch at
7 . Vi.cl: this mcrning at the cit/
water ii'unt, und more was due t->
fail. The moisture tame with ther-
:i!,'.ic;. r re: dings of 29 low and ■<!
in'li in the past 24 hours.
W. K. Lace, county agent, said
the smull grain crop in the county
was ut u critical stuge and the
moisture "will do a lot of good."
mree oi four inches, he added,
would not hurt. The ice will raise
teed bills some and hurt the cat-
tle in some instances, but as a
-k„i„ the Cittle aiv in good con-
dition.
Frezing rain, mixed intermit-
! tently with bits of sleet and sno^,
gave North Central and West
; Central Texas a gray ice coat on
j utility lines, trees and shrubs to-
day, but highways and streets
! generally remained clear of icing
' conditions.
i iiitinued rains were expected to
; ease the sub-freezing temperatur-
j ".s high enough over most of the
h i a during the day to wash out
| the ice cover. Only extreme nor-
th (.-est East Texas was expected
; to remain in the freezing zone.
At 8;:m a.m., the affected area
' extended from Bonhain westward
to Big Spring and as far south as
Dallas and San Angelo. A num-
ber of rural power lines were re-
ported broken by ice around Boei-
ham.
Temperature readings at that
hour included eight degrees at
Dalhart, 13 at Amarillo, 23 at
Ardmore, Okla., just across the
Red River from Gainesville, 25 at
Wichita Falls, 29 at Fort Worth
and Big Spring, 31 at Dallas and
32 at Comanche.
Outside the freezing zone. Mid-
land reported 33 degrees, Waco So,
Junior Colleges, is accredit'd. and Texurkuna 39, San Antonio 45, El
all credits are transferrab'e to an;- t-'aso 12, Houston 58, Beaumost
en ior college in the state. ;A simi- , '«7, Corpus Chrtsti #9 and Browne-
One drawback to use of the lar extension school has been set v>!le 72.
ers members from Breckenridge
wer entered in the state grass
judging tontest at the shew S:'t-
arday, Jim Wilk. rs i. sponsor, re
iiorts. The teaci did not place. Joe
Hi-^h hail high score for the group
Webb was quoted as s; ying that
a ciass of about 100 students might
be organised here, if the Vet runs
Administration rules that it is not
too late. Classes were expected t<
start in the original proposal on
per b.ennium.**
Jack Cox's fi|fures were
clow, the Post discloses. The
Twenty-nine minutes after the
i facing the immediate problem of! upper chamber moved to order,
pretty , raising $2.> liOei.lMMt in additional Huzlewood accepted a motion that
... „ . . pee- j revenue, today opened tneir first the Senate stand adjounred until
i^nt thw^ent |C.'gaiet tax brings spe,session in almost a decade | UilO t.miorrow morning.
'* a^e^, and a; by lt]Viting Gov. Allan Shivers to, That .was the end of the first
boat SMWUMU it is estiimted.'Heia'Wrt,S-S them J,,lnt 8i?!Wlon business for the Senate.
rhich
! noon tomorrow.
figured J7.iSMt,lieHi a year, w
is not far off.
"I can't see how anyone could
oppose this tax. Even if a man
smoked a package each day he
would < eily pay seven rents more
each week, or $3.«5 per year. We
would include cigars in this with „utm>. business, named Sen.
proposition: certainly those able;,. u.._, ^ .
On both sides of t'ne capitol r i-
Menibers of both House and tunda, lawmakers faced the polit-
Senate were gaveled to ordt-r at' ically embarrassing task of trying
12:01 p. m., exactly one minute | to tease more money from the tax-
after the called time for starting | payers in an election year.
>f the first special session since j
SepteiAbei. 1941. ^ !
The Senate, quickly dispensing i
Sen. George 0. Nokes, Jr., of
Corsican.-i was sworn in with his
wife and one-year-old son, Jim.
beside him. Nokes succeds Sen.
James E. Taylor of Kerens, re-
signed.
In the lower chamber, House
members quickly seated four new-
members. They were Wood row
Bean of El Paso, University of
Texas law student who served in
the House in 1941 and 1947; Har-
old La font of Plain view, James
rSSTrigTrr^ Haxlewoad of Amarillo asj
tax.
Cox. married and the father of
two rhiWren, is completing his se-
cond term in the legislature. Dur-
ing the spring of 1947, he sudden
1 Mil
Dividend Pok!
BARTLESVILLE. Okla.. Jan. 31
Sewell of Blooming Grove and ,
Fred V. Meredith of Terrell. ... , ,
-,r. , . . ,. - • .. i 1 he griv.ip 'ven^ tnrough Swifts
Shivers, closeted earlier ir. the r. , ., i r>.
.la* at the mansion where he was ^ng House, and I.eon;ird s De-
putting final touches to his legist ^rtm-nt store Some of the boys
iative message, returned to the ""ended the rodeo.
capitol shortly before noon.
As the Senate convened. Shivers
moved into a seat at the side of
. Sen. Rudolph Weinert of Seguin.
The Governor, watching Senate
action as a spectator for the first
tim- since his student days at the !
University of Texas, puffed at a
ymg at first with the tenth place January 23.
individual, but graded down to 198 ; ( lasses wouid be held four nights
on a technicality. Tenth place w;is a week, from '! to 10 p. ir>.. \*"itl
won with a score of 2><3 out of a ! students to choose three r,f th-s
possible 24i). Mr«flle% FFA won nights.
til.", contest f n tennis. The high : iuui«:n at 'iv* school vvi i be
score for individuals w a s 230' a semester for noie-veter ns. ■'h'
points.
Jim Wilkerson accompanied the |
boys, including Joe High, Johnny
Dye, and James Glenn who entered. « _ __
the contest.. Other boys who attend-1 I OX WOHeCTOT
ed the show on the FFA bus
were W. C. Cravey, Ray Ein r-
son. Jimmy West, Clarence Wright.
Maryon Keith, Kenneth Sledue
Donald Eddlenran. Ben Spencer
Stanley Knight. Alfred Keith. Bart
Reed, Fred Allen and Charles Tay-
Dun.'ap Advanced
School, City
Tax Payments
today iJ liie a ' >■ r pa; •n;
you.- city, sor '•! yml • o
' without Denaltie.;. K. K.
city scci-tary estin at< ; .• :
: ;>l per ce:tl of city ta.-ej h-.v - |>.
p id. Ovt SO per cent f :;cho'.
, taxi s have been paid. C. F. Hasp
let*, school secretary e.;tinia'c-
Bob Hooel, county a:; as:.ess -r d :■
, collector, did not estimate '..h
per rent of cuntv Ja:<. Iia.v
been paid, but that office has In- ;
rushed with paynn nts.
A ten p: r cent penal: v "'a:- '
DALLAS, T"x.. Jan. :tl U.P.-
Jonn B. Dunlap, Dallar. collect.)
of internal revenue sincehtst Feb. percent interest per annum begins We7e expected" anywhere except in
J, will succeed B. W. Whdo. Jr., tomorrow on all city and school the I'pper Panhandle, where to-
ns agent in charge of all federal taxes for Breekenridtn Indi
Rain was general throughout
ust and south Texas, while the
i extreme lower tip of Texas and
! northwest Texas had diy weather
and skies partly cloudy to high
i clouds.
Up to 6:30 a.m., rainfall roeas-
: a ements included ..72 inches at
Dallas, .70 at Bonham, .7"5 at Tex-
.•rkntta, .23 at Marfa, .48 at Min-
; .-ral Wells, .44 at Abilene, .11 at
Big Spyng, .(M> at San Angelo.
| <>! at Ozotia and Midland. .08 at
Bryan, .02 at San Antonio and .01
Austin and Lufkiri.
The 8:30 a.m. readings were on-
ly a shade above the morning's
lows, which ranged from six de-
grees at Dalhart to (58 at Browus-
i ville and Corpus Christi.
Partly cloudy skies were fore-
cast for most of the state tomeer-
row, only the extreme south por-
tion being piomised rain and cold-
er temperatures tomorrow.
Little change in temperatures
Troops Offered
To Open Roods
___ _ _ _ Phillips
tent on the capitol lawn* because . roleum Company stoclt. payable
he said he could not stand the ex- ■ March I to shareholders of record
Dense' of an Austin hotel room on
his legislative pay.
on Feb. 7, was announced yester-
day hy Phillips^ board of directors.
V
MK FMt LKT PUKE FUNG
. CHICAGO. Jan. 31 <UJE—The 5th
ly found himself the object of na-iA first quarter divielend of Jrmes H. Snowekn, et al have cigar for some 20 minutes. Then ■ Army offered tod: v to send troops
tional nablicity when he nitcheel a "= cents per share of Phillips Pe- staked location for their No. 1 R. ne returned to his office to be of and men into the frozen Dakutas
- • - - - 1 - •— - - -• 'A. Mills as a wildcat in Throck-
morton County two and one-half
miles northeast of Throckmorton.
Location for the 54)00-foot rotary
prospector is 3tt0 feet from the
west and 467 feet from the south
lines of Section 309, TEAL Survey.
In the same county, William
Hamm, Jr.. has completed the No.
3 Bessie Rhode, aft a southwest
offset to production two and one-
half miles north of Throckmorton.
with a potential of 250 barrels of
port plane toetay but hunelreels or bility for the searchers'who have 41'gravity oil in 34 hours.
I'. S. and Canadian airmen flew flown over more than 72.000 seiua- The pmehiction was from SO per-
forations at 4.3M-71 feet, and came
through 14-64 choke with 550 t _Tr..
pounds on casing and 350 on tub- j 'UJE—Carol Ann Paight wept to- gigsipp, Valley. South of there ' ened
internal revenue offices in Texas ent scho. l district which have no
tomorrow. 'been pa'd. A 6 ne. ce.it : I .■> e
Dunlap. 46. he'-ame collector of | interest rafp will go inta effe-
revenue in tile" Dstllas office last tomorrow on all county '.axe.; nrl
Feb. 9 alter scr.'ing : s acting col- as yet paid.
lector. He has been connected with I Otlrn taxes to nald i 'lay o
the Bureau of Internal Revenue 1 ^he <"*-unf v incle.le s*n<,f l fa. « : r
since 1!>:!.'!. Caddo. Frankell, Necessity, frys
In h.s new position, Dun'ap will tal Falls and Bullock, which -r.
be in charge of offices in Dallas, not included in the Bre-kmr dp*
Fort Worth, San Antonio, H.aistor. S^h^ol District-. Mrs. CTro tter
and smaller Texas cities. white. : ssistanf ceun*^- icho^l *u
He wtl be sU"r-"'iled in his T~a' erintendent indicated th:ir t
las position by Ell is Campbell. Jr. th"se taxes have been pad. T^'-f
Wi'de r tir-.j rs agent in chnrgr school taxes a c paid in the Price
night's minimums were expected
to be between 18 and 28 degrees.
WHITEHORSE. Y. T.. Jan. 31. Falls, Mont., there was no let up
<r.P—Hope was vanishing for 44 in the warch.
person, aboard a lost C-. 4 trans- forecasters promised good visi-
t plane toeiay but hundreeis of {jility for the searchers who have
S. and < anadian airmen flew f]ow„ OVer more than 72,000 stiua-
tbeir rtlip" low over the wilderness ^ ml!f.s of des.>late terrain.
rid.. rtmjr mow 25; SS;
to reach four men whose C-47
embed white participating in the
Three of the C-47*. six occupants
uninjured, including the pilot
1st. Lfc CWles
pated yestetday and
last night to join tl
in last night to join them toeiay.
Other, flew from buses in the Un-
ited States over the search area.
The influx of airmen taxed the
,7s Harden" of Anch- facilities of this Uttle frontier
orace. Alaska, who made a heroic community and the adjoining Roy-
trek through want-deep snow and Canadian Air base The White-
underbrush for six miles to reach horse Inn was jammed with news-
Ifk papermen.
The 3D-man ground party, trav- In Anchorage, an airforce spok-
eling in waaaeU. was expected to esman revealed that the C-54 was
return here shortly after dawn. ' delayed by motor trouble for near-
Despite the waning hope for the ly 2H hours before it took off
aboard the C-54, which) Thursda:
44
last Thursday on a motor
from Anchorage to Great > plane's propellor.
iv. The spokesman said the
failure had featured
the
ficially notified that the legisla- j to open roads to snowbound vil
ture had begun the session. I lages and farmsteads.
From the standpoint of public: Reel Cross officials declared four
interest, action in the House was ! counties in South Dakota as a dis-
getting the greater attention. Gal- aster area and asked the Army to
leries there were full as members launch an "operation snowbound"
of the In ww chamber began busi- i in nv diately there and in the area .
ness. ' around JamestoWn. S. D.
Tne Army, however, said it
o | planned to order Commanders at I
Bismark, N. D., and Rapid City, j
S. D., to check with the governors
of the two states on exactly what (
equipment is needeeL
last September after a long carre j of the county t*i" ass^cIsei
as a government official. ' lector.
4~ —
>!
Meningitis In
/al Af Houston
HOUSTON. Tex.. Jan. 31 <U.PT—
Negro prisoners on the seventh
floor of Harris county jail lived
in isolation today under a spinel
meningitis quarantine.
n°v w- rv "btock d off" frcm
other prisoners yesterday after it
was learned that the death of Ar-
thur Lee Pope, 42, last Snnefay 3
caused by the disease.
* :
* * " ^ - a- a
IrQIvlg
Federal Official Hurries In
Hope Of Averting Phone Strike
WASHINC1TON, Jan. 31. 'U.R!— cross their picket lines. The union was speeding op
r Federal Mediation Director Cyrus! The strike would start at 6 a.m. strike authorization vote, among
Meanwhile, light to heavy snows S. Ching hurried hack ta the cap- local time. the workers in case negotiations
I fell in a wide belt from southern < 'tal foday to take over govern- Immediately after Be line's an- hog down.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.. Jan. 311 England to the upper Mis-; ment peace efforts in the threat- nouncement, Margolis ordered me- The union has appealed to the
—*■ •— 1 - ' ppb. 8 nation-wide telephone diators in the field to try to bring public to help it jam company
the union and companies together, s-.vitchboards by the "over-use of
ing. The well was treated with 250 i day when her 51-year-e>id mother, freezing rain and sleet was report- s'^-
gallons of acid. Total depth was testified "she could not have been ^ from jjpw York Citv westward ( h,nf hasbf"
1 of sound mind" when she killed, to Ohio. "
'her daddy, whom rile loved «o \ narrow belt of freezing rain
very, very much." ^ occurred in North Centml
"She could not have been of; Texas.
sound mind," Mrs. Mary Noland Temp, rntures dipped almost to
Paight tertified. "It was against j 60 degree, bf low zero ycsterdny.The
her religious training .?gainst the j weather report said, however. 1.1a*
very fibre of her being." j the mercury still hovered "about
4.375 feet, with ceuing set on bot
torn. Gas-oil ratio waa 750-1.
Legation i. 63 feet from the
west and 2,330 feet from the south
lines of Section 302, BBB&C Sur-
vey.
A Shackelford County project
ia the Oxford Drilling Co. No. 5
Eliza Braxell; offset to St raw n pro-
duction 12 mile, meat of Brecken-
ridge, 220 feet from the west and
1,62(1 feet from the aouth lines of
Section 24. Block 8, TAP Survey.
Projected depth ia 2,100 feet with
rotary.
on a month-long
tour of Mediation service offices
out west. His top aides, William
N. Margolis and Peter Seitz. plan-
ned to brief him on the phone cri-
sis and then meet with President
In most cases, negotiations broke telephones It already has reeeiv-
down long before the strike threat ed a pledge of cooperation from
was raise*!. the parent CIO.
The government's strategy is he- Beirne told newsmen the union
lieved to be aimed at arranging a plans to provide emergency ser-
settlem nt between the union and j vie on special phone numbers for
. i:t ~ rt • i: i l_i: __J « *
Joseph A. Beirne of the Com muni- a company like Western Electric' medical, police nad fire facilities,
cations Workers of America (CI- which is close to the parent Amer- But C. H. Johnson, vice presi-
'V; : r.f — | . O). : ican Telephone A Telegraph Co. dent of the Chesapeake * 1W-
J? "" "*'"*■ jthe mercuiTr still hovered ubewt Beirne announced yesterday that; Such an agreement would be us- mac Telephone CeThere, said "em-
Mrs. Paight Was the secondi de- ^ degrees below zero in Montana, j.mi.ivhi phone workers who have ed as a pattern for the inelustry
O). i ican Telephone &
Beirne announced yesterday that j Such an agreement
m — —- --- —_i. I -- -^v;- ,- w 1 .00,000 phone workers who have ' ed as a pattern for the industry. urgency call, cannot be
fense witness called in the fifth the Dakotas. and Minnesota. 1 been poised to strike for weeks, Beirne contends that indivi- ed as such until they are
day of the 21-year-oM college ■ The 5th Army here said Red; will be called out eight days hence j dual companies are powerless to The company, he said, has "no
senior's "mercy killing" trial to i Cross officials advised them that; jf there i. no change in their con-I bargain with the union because A. way of providing emergency «er-
support the contention that Carol j 500 to 600 families were isolated' tract deadlock with Bell System T.*T calls all the signals. A.T.&T vice" unless operating forces
was temporarily insane when she by snow that ranged 36 inches deep companies. The union expects ano- j denies that it controls the entire!"-' -
shot her father. lis the Dakotas. ther 150,000 worker, to refuse to'system.
1 'he job m the public in-
Have Till 9 P. M. To Pay Poll T
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