Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 303, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 27, 1950 Page: 1 of 6
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I'l/JJUSHfcD SIX DAYS
A WEEK FEATllUNU
LOCAL NEWS
Breckenridge American
UNITED i'UESS Wire Servica
NEA Feature Servica
WEATHER
Considerable cloudiness and con-
tinued rather cold this afternoon,
tonight and Thursday. Lowest to-
night near
Devoted to tlie DLsstuiinution of Information and Upbuilding of Steph ens County
\ ol.. 511 \o. rin.i
llltn KENRIDCK, TKXAS—WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27. l 5i>
PRICE 5 CENTS TER COP!
Truck Wreck ProveSiStanton Griffis
Fatal To Brad Woman rst E"V03f J°_
Spain Since 45
Reds Punch At UN Line
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w hittiujr
diction
1 p. m.
! arrangements had not
njiii I'd. Kilter Funeral
handling arrangements,
iki-i* was driving a Mod-
ipped-down truck. about
half mile east <>!' Ivan stud some-
iim lost control of it. The ve-
hicle swerved urin.-i a iliteh,
throwing her out. She struck her
ne >il on some psirt of the truck
before landing in the ditch.
Janu-s C. Kennedy found Mrs.
i' k j, badly hurt but noP uneons-
: <-h us, and ealltil an ambulance,
was taken t<> the hospital si-
ft p. m.
Coker Bt«i her husband
Brad from Paris, Texas,
year aThey hsiVe been
rare of a hunting camp sit
I"' n git
ratli
md 22 low
lock, the
man'
bout
Mr-
came
about.
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the
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W ASH I Nt lit IN. I«. 27. .!•
The While House announced today
that President Truman w.ll norni-
nale Stiinton i.,ilt:s i" he this
country's first ambassador ;■>
Spain since Dec. .'.1, I H I "'.
The president's action endi >1 a
diplomatic stalemate during which
this country's business with Spain
hsis been conducted in Madrid by
si Charge D'Affstires only.
The White House said also that
the I'nited States hsis approved
Spain's selection of an ambassa-
dor to this counrty.
Resumption of full diplomatic
relations with Spsiin coincides
with mounting tension between
the Communist
ist countries of
Ruben Dwiggins
Succumbs After
Lengthy Illness
u
Unbelt .1. Dwiggins, h.". resident
I of Stephens cunty since 1904.
'died yesterday afternoon at 5:45
I o'clock sit h.s residence, sill West
Wheeler street, following a long
I illness.
Mr. Dwiggins. a stockman sind
_ I farmer, lived nesir Harpersville
and anti-Commun- j 1' l" l"llil s>* years ago
the world v.hen he moved to I Sleeken ridge.
Is ke belonging to Ji
Tiues-
N.
loll t add "for a
your own words foi I
man hsis been hitting j
ti! lately.
He says it will be about 25 here j
in the morning, will Warm tyi j
>ome during the day. but it wilt
take about -4 hours to bring great |
relief from thr 'Cvid sniip, th*'I
nr«; of the waiter in pat
nsitioii.
rii en
voatho
rht an
•id he
f far
bv :
lo'her.
Nolle
Clad.
her
for
Mr:
.f the ell
husband; sev-
ner marria
. Eesitberwood |
iildren sire
of the
chemical I'lliW e>> man.
■ tger: and outside contact riwtt, -
It'.u' flft) stlong ait ' xpected to
-tint coming in here this nfter-
for a company meeting.
Thev will be served a buibecu*
dttiuei this e\i ning at the com-
pany's place oil the lake, to be fol-
low d by a business meeting,
which will be eon tin ut si at the
I lurch Hotel tomorrow morning.
Tile men will c«tli from Kstn-
-.•s. iiklahofusi. Louisiana, Texas
.Mil New Mexico.
Blustery Norfher
Over-Runs Texas
tl: EXITED PRESS I
a
norttier
p ucross
t.
lev
THE
, ■ Ssful e
11 ur.gnsin
olhel I!.'
' '• e.lleti
REPORT OE THE SI'C-
•v;icUslt1o!t nf troops from
ii brought comfort to an-1
■ •ckeriridg" family, it Was
day in call to
liter of si service man.
This wits to the family
R.k , who vtn known
til- be.lelille.id where I.
r. - were trapped. A lette
■ i last Thursday by Mi
E C. Kike from Isniit
o! Jain-
to be on
S. For-
ill* ifiviv -
and Ms.
said be
in tile tlap but asked his par- I
■ nts not' to worry, because they |
i-ould take to the ships if necess-
ary.
The bitter was dated Ilec. 131
and added that they had plenty ■ f '
varm clothing and plenty to eat.'
Which others wrote thev were i
-11 getting.
tnpletrd
xas early today.
It pioduced sub-freezing tempera-
tures in much of thi state and the
weatherman said relief was at
least 24 hours away.
The fi out whistled in yesterday
when strong winds, but no mois-
ture. The I'anhsindle and West
Texas, sis u.-ustl, caught the worst
brunt of it.
Amarillo had an overnight low
■>f 12. t"hiIdiess rtcorded |:j, Dal-
hart 14, Lubbock Ifi, Wichita
Palls lh, leg Spring 1!>. Abilene,
Midland and Junction 2u, and Min-
eral Wells 2"..
Tie- freeze line extended from
El Paso, where the mercury touch-
ed .'"'2. to Ssm Antonio ai d Austin.
San Antonio reported a reading of ianj
.'il degrees-at Ks'tO a. in. and sit j fjL-.
3.3<l a. in., as the front pushed on '
south and east.
The E. S. Weather Bureau said
ihe roid a:e mass had over-run all
fit tbe. by irid-morning and
lity >".a':e over the ilulf, Kehin^ it.
bit'.rg winds, diimnished from yes-
terday but -till SteillK out of till
north, Fvrpt T' xns.
msiy portend closer coopera-
tion between Spain and the anti-
Communist nations of Europe.
Spain as of now is not a member
of the Marshall plan group of the
j North Atlantic defense psict.
Simultaneously with the White
House announcement about <Jrif-
' fis, Spain announced that she is
J sending Jose Eelix Lequerica here
| sis ambassador. 1-euuerica useil to
, be Spanish Fon ign Minister. He
has spent much time in this coun-
try on diplomatic woik.
tiriffis. a 63-yesit-oid Bostonian,
recently resigned as ambassador
to Argentina. He will be the first
E. S. \ t.bassstdoi to Spain since
Norman Armour retired from the
post in 1945. Nomination of Grif
fis will be sent to th
Congress after il convenes Jan
Violent Deaths
In Texas At 101
1 until si
moved to
He was born March 1S<>7, in
j Pikesville Tennessee, his family
moving to Texas and settling near
I Grapevine, when he was a boy.
| Funeral services were to be held
Wednesday afternoon sit 'I o'clock
at the First Baptist Church. Rev.
I A. A. Davis of Baiid officiating,
I assist'd by Kev. H. H. McBride
land Kev. K. E. Wright, lturial will
follow in the Harpi rsvitle ceme-
tery.
Pallbearers were named as John
Watson, Leonard Wragg, Homer
Thomas, Paul Fambro, tiordon
S Bolen suitl Jack Rhodes.
Surviving are his widow and •
fi ttr childrer,, two daughters ami I
two sons. Th" dsiughters are Mrs. I
Pearl Smith, Abilene, and Mrs.
new 82nd I Leona Erwin," Midland. The sons
ate Rev. lioyce Dwiggins. Olathe.
Colo., and Bill Dwiggins of
Breckenridge.
A brother. W. I!. Dwiggins, Ev-
liy I'NITED PRESS)
!S)f)ti holiday season in
proving twice sis tr:ig:
in the same period
Tex-
■ to-
last
and
The
as wa.
day :i
year, th - department of public♦
safety reported, with 4!' prisons
dead from traffic mishaps alone.
The toll in Texas from last
i Friday at •> p. in. through early
Wedllesdav was 101 lives, includ-
■•1111:111.
children
children
< 'hristmas
I >w iggius
and
four
so survive
Ev> day
obsei v. il
rht
great
graud-
gi stnd-
HLNGNA.M BEACH LEFT ABLAZE As
t'ne Isist "f the United Nations forces, tl
10th Corps took oat ! «r , of their equipment
Edward Hoflman. Staff Correspondent I.
the last tiansport pulled
■ ■ beachhead w:ts blast'tl
when tin v left the beache
■ at of Hungiisiin harbor, carrying
by il' toiuitions. The l!)5,00(l-mau
(NEA Radio Telepht.to bv
Mr. and
their
M n
"•th
wedding anniversary.
o—
ing 20 fire
thi
deatlts, -'I
■ remaimie
Infant Daughter
Succumbs Tuesday
Two County Oil
Locations Made;
Well Completed
FISHING PRICES AT LAKE ARE
LOWER: PIPE MONEY IN SIGHT
il raiscellan-1
r fi'Min truf- I ^•
S. K. Woerner, statistician f«>i• lI"K
the Department of Public Safety.
said the violent death toll for a
similar period la.st year was a 1.
including 25 traffic victims.
A l'nit*d Pi-ess survey showed
Texas leading the nation in holi-
day fatalities.
Marzdn
( av
and Mrs.
I 'anthi
• t'linii-al
, infant tiauf
Lero.v Dup
•r dit-d in !
Hospital at
filter
If an
iiTcken-
5:4") p
\ TKKNCH sii.O ON > ^ I kpii
«us Cou! ty farm ia featured in a
•iatn rutl farm mairaxim* thih
• .-tilth.
A photograph showing: a trench
'!♦ vised by Sam and <«len Hall, is
published in th«- January issue of
• "ountry t^ntleman. FVed. stored
i.i the trench at half the cost of
hnlinx and stacking, keeps hotter
Ft. Worth Man Is
Fatally Injured
Ftvtfr W'HIITH. T. \ . Il, ,-
Thirty-three violent deaths we
reported duiing the Labor I)
Week end. of which wei
fie. The longer July 4 holida.
claimed t lives, including "l;! i:
traffic.
y I a re
traf-' "t;
12:
Mi
m.. Tuesday after living only I .
, hours.
Services were to be held in the
■•hapel nt-kiker Etnrertil Home at
2:-'!0 tmlay, with Kev. E. W. Cupe-
land officiating. Kurisil wsis to be
in Breckenridge Cemetery.
Survivors besides the parents,
a half-sister, Dorothy Tribble,
a half-brother, Clifton Tribble,
and grandparents, Mr. and
-. It. C. !>< ndy of Hreekenridge.
Th>'
ing
DKTH. T
il C. Houiton.
njured vest* id;i>
auto in front
when
of his
and iemsiins
'Ogazine po
I * 11 • be fed
'.••ft uncoven
for ri se l i e ;
i.i
aver
of
more palatable
IlltS out. If the -
v. ithin the year
■d If it is inti
t is sealed with ,
.1
the
nd> <1
EolfE
r !••. _v
hit by
home.
H s death mark'ii Eort Worth's
• 2nd traffic fatality of the year.
Thi victim's wife ssiid he had
apparently g"t,e to investigate the]
sound of .i falling hub cap v.hen
struck.
Homicide Charge Paris Hotel To Be
Ike's Headquarters
DEN H AM SI'UINGS. Lsi.. Dec.
27 'L-P—Joseph Thompson. 42.
Houston. Tex., was free on $1,500
bond today on a negligent homicide
charge following a collision of his
auto with out driven by Hubert
Uichardson. 1* Covington. La.
I'ichsirdsou "was killed in the
mishap yesterday.
EAR IS. Dec. 27 'UR' —(.en.
Duigi.t D. Eisenhower will estab-
lish his temporary European hesid-
I quarters sit the Hotel Astoria in
i the shadow of the Arch of Tri-
^ urn ph. an Army spokesman an-
nounced todav.
ii i rt
WHEN IHSAUKEEMENTS
. id iuti iiiiil troubles arise i
• I'-iiioi iiieies they are headlined in
tin iu v. ,--p:ipi i s. When they occui
:u communist, natioms they an
l;u-b d up. In ltuss:si those dissi
gri eing an- 'stken out and shot. «r
sent to Siberia. China is riot so
iliast r but the nevvs has to leak
• nit It is hidden as much as pos-
sible.
Is is now reported the Red* are
i lei-ting internal opposition in
China. It is said guerilla forces
numb- ring a million «re operating
China. Besides Wibotage
11 so do considi ruble espion-
ork for Chiang Kai-Shek's
iulent ill Eormosa.
It s i,dd«d they can lie of great
... i\tc. to the Cruted Nations for-
i , > in ciise of all-out war. We
nish we eould msik use of them
now. Their spies might have told
■ I* .• e weie moving into u trap of
huiuiieds of thousands "f Chinesi
:ri Not th Korea as ora- exampie.
Di'Spite tills failing. hoWe\l-r. it
«i a little cheering to know thiit
President Truman To Ask For
Expanded And Higher Tax Plan
i:
I" i
in. «•'
thi >
,tg"
I 'will illtleil
:■
■i^'*
MEItltlMAN SMITH
d I'r.ss White House
Reporter
V\ A SI 11 N't .T' IN. I lee. 27 >U.R'
['resident Tiumao will ask Cong-j
less f'-r an "expanded'' and higher
tax program next year to meet j
i mounting defease costs in counter- i
; ing Communist aggression, it was j
announced today.
Tile request for new taxes prob-
ably will go to Congress a "few i
week.-" aft. r the new 82nd Cong- j
less convenes on Jan. H, a high !
' source said.
White House piess secretary Jo-j
sepii Short said Mr. Truman would j
] make his tax recommendations!
public "t an appropriate time."
Short had said last night that |
he "doubted very much" that the i
' 1'resident «"uM make any requests
I for new taxes Immediately after j
the Congress convened. But it was >
Worst Cold Wave Of The Season Has
Stretched From Rockies To Coast
: i
wave
union
tains
r;
I Bv t' N ITT
Th.' worM cold
son gripped the r
the Rocky Moun
Ian til" Coast.
The mercury -auk to
xero at Redwood E.ti's,
.ins 24 below at Mason
I* below at Minneapolis,
at Mad'?on, Wis.. 151
Etndlay. <).. and rt below
land. Me
( hicago. struggling te
of the
t'd.iA
the
listens.
.Ill
was in
the At-
25 b.
Mi mi
City.
l« be
helo'i
!mt
at
at Eort
d
out
e.xp fted II
o downtown.
from under
snowfall.
below Zero
foi Dec«-mber sinci-
today. 4ie tempi ratur
varied from six above
flow
a nine-inch Christmas
low of fin
the Coldest .
1 Eirly
• in the oit\ j
in the loop '
to eight Jhelow at Midway airport i
and IK Heiow at O'Hare Ei Id
New York also was getting its
chilliest weather of the winter, j
The mercury there dro;ip.d t.. 12
above nt 2 a. m.
The Weilfh' i bureau Siial
lief f|i
sight.
In Salt Like City, enduring its
•7th straight day of fog. the win-
try chill froze the mist into a four
inch-thick sheath of ice that coat-
it pow.-r and telephone wires and
di-tupted service.
Seattle was being tli inched bn
Its (friatest rainfall iu history.
Th-- "-tty broke the old annual
rsnafall i-imrd «f 45.78 inches on
Sundiiy ar.il since then the rain-
fall foi this year had climbed to
Ci.HX inches.
Moie rain was forecast for to-
day. but colder weather staved off
f11n•• I thieats along the Snoi|ual-
mie. N" k.-;ick. Skagit and Snoho-
mish River, in the Pacific north-
A ••.it.
The roid wave knifed far to tin
south. It was 15 above at Amaril-
obvious that the request for new
taxes' was a matter of timing.
The request for the new taxes
will b. submitted sifter the Cong-
ress receives the state of the union
message antl the budget from Mr.
Truman. He is at work on them
now.
It is reported that the budget
will provide for spending about
>7J .iMMi,lNH)^KMi in fiscal 1952, chief
ly for the armed forces.
"The President will make known
his views and recommendations on
the new taxes necessary for the
defense program at an appropriate
time." Short said.
"In the meantime, it is posi
tively certain that a much broad
er and expanded tax program will
be necessjtry to meet the heavy
costs of the defense program in
the calendar year l!)5l and sub
sequently."
Short declined to answer other
questions about d< tsiils of t'ne new.
tax program.
Asked whether the President's
new recommendations would in-
clude a hike in personal income
taxes. Short declined to comment.
A government official s..id. how-
ever, that there had been a mis
understanding of some of Short's
remarks last night and there is
"WO change whatsoever in the ne-
cessity for additional taxes or the
intention of the President to ask
l tor tnem.
He said that while the new tax
i program would go to Congress a
j "few weeks" after it convenes on
j Jan. rt. there is less urgency in
getting a tax measure to Cong
j ress after the first of the year
than there was during the lame
duck session.
He said Mr. Truman will assure
the public "f his desire to pay its
much its possible of the cost of the
defense program as we go along.
28 New Cars Are
Registered Here
•ijrht of tin- .'52 cars re-
ed in Stephens County last
weiv new ones, showing an-
sizenble increase in pur-
Mother Of Walker
Not To See Burial
Twenty
week
other
chase of passenger cars here.
New car owners are W. V.
Garden shire of Cisco. Ford: E. W.
Holder. Ford; John M. Alexander.
Chevrolet: Alda Belle Hester.
Chevrolet: Dem.i. D. Cox, Fold:
Willis LeVier, Huick: F. I). In-
gram. Ford: Texan. Company of
Wichita Falls. Ford: Jack T. Rob-
iersi.n. Ford: C. J. O'Connor, Nash:
j C. II. Jones, Plymouth: Jack Roo-
iiev. Chevrolet: Mrs. Pearl H.
I! owile: of Eastland, Oldstnobile:
W. B. Schooler of Abilene, Olds-
• mobile: Hazel A. Ripple. Ply-
I mouth: T. W. Massey of Throck-
morton, Plymouth.
McDowell Chevrolet, Chevro-
let; I. E. Kirklitnd. Chevrolet'
Willi- Hanington. Chevrolet: R
II. 1 W. Choate, Oldsmobilo; D. H
HELTON. Tex.. Dec. 27. «!.*_
Mrs. Sam S. Wa:kor, M vear o'd
mother of Lt. (Jen. Walton
Walker, Siiid today she would re- ! Cobb "if Abilene. Mercury: Hubert
spect her physician's advVe not Tolte, Buirk; Leon W. Brooks
to attend the funeral at Arlington ' Huick: O. P. Caldwell. Nash. Elm
Cemeteiy. Va., for her son. {Campbell, Chevrolet: Bruce W
The general was killed Satur-1 Snider, Chrysler; G. W. Ew ing
io, Tex.
tank car
. day in Korea in a jeep accident.
Mrs. Walker, frails and in ill
I health for several years, was ad-
vised not to mak"' the long jour-
I ney by Dr. J. W. Pittman.
Firemen who fought a) Mrs. Waike; lives here in the
tire at Ranger, Tex., family home, whele Gen. Walkei
• «l with ii',-. ' wiis horn "''I vears ago.
l.fncoln: and Bess D. Carey, Chry
f lei-.
Among the five 'lucks register
• d, new vehicles were shown for
Jimnoe Cooper, Dodge; Vin M.
iiai.'biin, (i.MC; L. C. Inniaii. Che-
irolet; and Independent Ejisteril
T". pi d" Cumpi.ny, Intel luit : >nal.
,)•' Two new locations have been
,f | spotted in the Stephens County
Jackson t Straw ill field and one
more well In the pool completed.
The field is four and a half mil-
es southeast of Frankell and six
miles south of Caddo.
Both new projects will offset t
production and are slated to drill
to 1,8(M) feet with cable tools .
Rathke t>il Co., of Wichita Falls
lists spotted the offsets.
j The No. 7 Joe L. Jackson is to
be 20P feet from the north and
4.P.IK feet from the west lines of
Section !)0, Block 4, T&P Survey.
No. H Jackson will be tiiMi feet
from the north and .".1(18 feet
from the west lines of Section !M>,
Block 4. T&P Survey.
Roland S. Bond, et al, of DsiIIsis
have completed the No. a Robert
Jackson. 2,130 feet from the north
and lidt) feet from the west lines
of Section 80, lilock 4. T&P Sur-
vey.
It gauged 26ft barrels of 4o.."{
gravity oil in 24 hours pumping
from the open hole at 1.7a".-li<>
feet. Operator treated with Hy-
dra! rac.
Duhj^Vood Drilling Co. will drill
th>' No. 1 J. I!. Herod as an offset
four miles southwest of Throck-
morton.
It is to be a 1,925 foot rotary
project, 150 feet from the north
and west lines of the east half of
the southwest quarter of Section
280. BBB&C Survey in Throck-
morton County.
The same operators have plug-
tred and abandoned their No. I J.
E. Easter, wildcat project five
miles southwest of Throckmorton,
at 1,902 feet.
<• i I y
w-steiilay
new fishing n
I'erence to Dan
:id
mmissnui in its meet-
afternoon adopt ill !
gulations with re-
el Lake both as to
'•ii^i-.-i
St:: nf
of fishing,
permit trot
<25.iioii worth
1 wants 5.500
ich, which with ah
orth of properties w
of 12-inch,
feet of 1 Cl-
out s:;ii,iiihi
ill make it-
exceed
permit
sir.
were
line
twenty
ma v be
price si:ul manner
It was voted to
fishing, not to
hooks and a boat
had for > 1 per yi
Fishing permit prices were low-
terei'L The iiiinual permit nTVw may
be purchased for $2 instead of s:r
j and it family permit may be had
I for $5. Daily charge for fishing to
non-permit holders remains at* 50
cents. These changes go into ef-
fect Jan. 1.
This constituted the business of
^ he meeting. Lake Custodian
Sharpe said after the meeting that
fishing has been good in some re-
spects and that more out-of-town
I people are fishing there more
j than local people.
"Good in some respects," he ex-
plained. as depending upon the
fisherman. Good fishermen and
those who know where to fish
! have been making some nice cat-
ches. He said on average ten par-
| ties will gi> out in boats number-
ing from two to three to the hoac
and four of the parties will make
nice catches.
This morning Mayor Marvin
] Naylor said light is beginning to
be seen by the city in the sale of
pipe and other water properties to
meet the expenses of laying thi-
ne w water line.
Contract for this was something
bout the sum needed.
The Mayor. City Attornej L. I >.
Hawkins, and Commissioner Hu-
bert Tolle will go to Dallas to-
morrow, the mayor said, to Confer
with representatives of bond hold-
ers on this finaitcu matter.
Tank Cars Burn
In Ranger Yards
McCarthy Furious
Over Son-ln-Law
RANGER. Tex.. Dec. 27 >U.R
Three tank cars caught file when
rammed by a Texas & Pstcific
Railway freight train last night
and blazed for three hours in
freezing weather before being ex
tinguished by ice-ceated firemen.
.. .• -r. e. ... Onlv injury was a sprained hand
HOI.-TON. lex . Dee. 27. «!. •. received bv Brakeman Bob Christv
-Oilman Glenn McCarthy was re- wh(.„ ht. hul |,.fl f,„m his feet
ported as lunous today over the ()n ^ t.a(„„JS„ The engine crew
marriage « r his l<-vear-old , ri
daughter to a cobbler's son. Reaped as flames licked at the
McCarthy, whose fortune has 0<|"ni0 n 1 -
been reckoned at was Tw" ollp P™
a poor bov himself when he eloped J",ne b,1I'f l,'t" "an,f "
20 vears ago with the daughter of t'"'. '1'osel-powered local
.^n oil millionaire. freight hit a string of halted tank
However, he curtly refused com- e'i,L .
ment vesterdav on reports that 'Jf ',vp track right-of-way was
his daughter. Glenalee, had been blocked for more than three
married to 19-year-old George hours, halting all traffic on the
Pontikes, sophomore football play- T&Ps main line from Fort Worth
er iit Rice Institiute. to Abilene.
Friends who called at the $700.- | Firemen battling the blaze were
(•00 McCarthy mansion Christmas coated with ice as spray from tie
lay said the 4:t-year-old oil mag- | hose stream froze on theii clot'n
iate appeared "stunned and at a 1 ing.
loss for words." ' Residents of nearby houses fled
Young Pontikes and Miss Mc-1 as the flames defied, for a time.
Carthy were described by friends the efforts of firemen from Rang
is former "high school sweet-1 er. Eastland, Breckenridge and Cis-
hearts" who had kept company I
"off and on" for four years.
Pontikes first denied he was | —o
married to McCarthy's daughter.
However, he weakened when told
hat Justice of Peace Nash Oliver
>f Waco, Tex., had confirmed that
he performed the marriage cere-
nony on Dec. 2.
"Ask her father." the youth
litid.
Stone Of Scone
Reported Found
LONDON, Dec. 27 'U.P—Tii.
Glasgow Bulletin reported jubi-
lantly today that England's stol-
en coronation stone had arrived
safely in Scotland. Hut police
doubted it.
The historic 400 pound stone of
scone, on which English monarchs
have been crowned for tan t years,
was ripped from the coronation
chair in Westminister Abbey and
lugged away on Christmas morn
ing. \
The Scottish newspaper head-
lined its edition today, "The Stone
Is Back!" It stated that an anony-
mous man telephoned last night,
described himself as si conspirator,
and reported the stone was "safely
in Scotland."
Scotland has been trying to get
back the "Stone trf Destiny" ever
since King Edward I removed it
to England in 1297. The stone, on
which Scottish kings had been
crowned since the fifth century,
now is supposed to symbolize the
English monarch's sovereignty
over Scotland.
Scotland Yard was frankly skep
tical "f the Glasgow Bulletin tv
port and was inclined to w rite it
off as the work of a prankster.
A special conference of Scot
land Yard's top operatives was cal-
led to map the greatest search in
Britain's history. • They privately
expressed the belief that the stone .
still was in the London area.
Police, suspecting Scottish Na •
tionalists were trying to take the
stone back to Scotland, already
were Searching every automobile,
truck, train and ship bound from
England to Scotland.
Chinese Forces
Listed Present
Heavy UN Odds
B> EARNEST HOBERECHT
I 11iteil Press Staff Correspondent
TOKYO. Thursday, Dec. 28. "T.Ht
—Chinese and Korean Communist
patrols mad.- a series of probing
attacks along an 85-mile front ill
I Korea Wednesday and sent spcar-
| heads stabbing within 27 miles ol
j Seoul.
Some enemy patrols gained at
i least seven miles into South Ko-
! rea. They struck out from an ai-
' tack force of nuo.ooo Reds massed
in two formations, one within
I miles of Seoul and another in the
j east. A full-scale offensive again-
! st Si oul xvas expected within ten
! days or two weeks.
| Gen. Douglas Mac-Arthurs head-
| quarters announced that these
! front line forces were backed up
j by well over 1.000,1100 Communist
i jvservvs.
The I . S. Nth Army, which offi-
cially absorbed the 105,000-mar
I". S. luth Corps Wednesday, bra
ted stlong a 140-mile const-te
I coast defensive line to meet th-
■ assault.
i The Communist patrol action
, crackled all along an 85-mil
stretch of this front from Kaesoit;
I in tin- west to within 25 miles i
i the east coast.
The main threat loomed nort!
of Seoul, w lie re 200,000 Chinese
j and North Koreans continued t.'
I build up strinking power astride
I the ancient Mongolian invasion
i route to the Korean capital.
Mac-Arthur's headquarters gave
j these estimates of Communist
i strength:
In Korea; Manchuria or en uni-
te- I ,:>50.40li troops.
Already in Korea 444,41"'
tn.ops, comprising 277,17." Chi-
, nose and 1U7.2"." North Korean
Against these forces the L'nite
Nations have arrayed an estima
d 2" i.i mi i men. including the I
IS. loth Corps evacuated intse
! from the Korean Northeast coa
j to f'usan in the southeast coast.
I'nited I'r. ss War Correspondei
William Burson n potted from tl
I front that
ready havi
to 200.IMHI
i miles of Sei
! fensive.
Another 7
I from the
.enifl
the Communists a
concentrated 150,tli.
Chinese and 25,01
>ul for an imminent o
t it to to loo,i MI0 trooi
•viveil North Korei
army are in line farther east f
a possible attempt to sweep
round Seoul's flank and cut tl
Sth Army limit in two, Burso
said.
He said the concensus at tl
front was that the Reds mig
strike against Seoul any tin
within the next M days to tv
' I weeks.
If they launch the expect"
p."
Sth
erful offensive, he said. tl..
Army may abandon Seoul sunt
make it stand farther south. But
if i; proves only a limited assault
he said, the EN forces may make
their stand before the capital.
Chinese and North Korean com
bat patrols jabbed sit the 8t'
Army line all along a 90-mib
front in preparation for the offen
sive.
Former Policeman
Burns To Death
FORT WORTH. Tex., Dec. 27
LP—Raleigh Walter Rogers. l>7
former city policeman here, was
burned to death early today in ;■
lire that destroyed his home ilea!
A/.le (Tarrant County).
Neighbors, awakened by spread-
ing grass fires which accompanied
| the blaze. found the ex-police
j man's body crosswise in his bed,
' indicating he had awakened ami
tiled to escape.
The fire was discovered aboi;1
was bi lieved to havi
it flying sparks of ;
Rogers lived alone
include a son, Ches
! I
m. It.
started froi
wood stove.
Survivors
tor R. Rogers of Dallas, and tw
daughters. Mrs. Helen Straw ai
M.s. Jessie Eav Owens, both •.
Fort Worth.
Phenomenal Operation Saves Life
Of Medic But Bars His Promotion
Don Keene Dies
In Plane Crash
(
14-Year-Old Youth
Commits Suicide
LEBANON, Mo., Dec. 27 'UJ? —
Fourteen-year old Billy Jim Get
rge. whose mother was
by his father three years ag
fired a bullet into his brain last j
night, after apparently brooding
over the contrast of this holiday ^
season with happier Christinases.
MONTEVALLO, Ala.. Dec. 27
'U.P-—Don Keene, 25. was killer!
yesterday when the small plane
in which he was flying to Ama-
rillo. Tex., crashed after takeoff
here.
The young professional boxer
and wrestler, whose real name is
Don McKeh. had spent Christmas I head onto a flying w indmill,
murdered ' holidays here with his foster par- Lt. Commander Gale Clark, of
j ents, Birmingham wrestling pro-1 Madison, Wise., was the neuro-
moter Joe Gunther and his wife, [surgical expert aboard the Con-
Keene W its Scheduled to p. i Cci- solution who saved Starkey's life,
pate in an Amarillo wi estling I Doctors here agreed that with a
show. | less skilful surgeon, or w ithout
By JOE yl lN.N
I'nited Press StiiTf Correspondent
ABOARD C. S. S. CONSOLA-
TION, Off Korea, Dec. 27. I I:
A medic whose skull was crushed
by a helicopter's whirling propell-
er is alive today, his head in a
plasi I'-
ll
of the skiil of
i p. b. catisi
Navy surgeon.
Doctors and nurses aboard th's
hospital ship said the many opera-
lions and treatments which saved
the life "f Lloyd Henry Starkey
ire among the most phenomenal
in medical history.
Starkey, it Navy medical corps
man with the 1st Marine Division,
ivas struck by the propeller bhitl-
•s two months ago while loading
wounded from the Inchon beach-
some of the facilities available «"•
this hospital ship. Starkey pre,,
ably would not have survived.
The right side of Starkey's
brain was damaged when his head
was split and his skull severely
fractured. When he responded to
treatment he was fitted with a
transparent plastic cap made by
the ship's dentist.
It is now expected that he \vi!
recover, barring infection, but tli
left side will be paialized.
("apt. C. W. Virtue, medical (V
fieer in command, has writ*
Starkey's mother nt New Orient
Glad as they are over his escaj
Starkey's friends had one co|
plaint today.
They said he had won a proir
tion in a Navy-wide eompetiti
examination. Thi- promotion p
ers reached the ship after he s"
fend his injury. They were .-
back, tie- friends said, been'
Starkey no longer could pass
physical examination.
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