Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, February 29, 1952 Page: 1 of 4

                                
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PUBLISHED SIX DAYS
A WEEK FEATURING
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WEATHER REPORT
M'RSKS NEEDED
TRAFFIC DEATHS
SEEN < |{ HEARD
THE PREDICTED LIGHT COOL
front so far is very light as tem-
peratures the past 24 hours show
 ♦ * hitfh of 76 and « low of 51.
V Cooler weather probably still1 is
on the way, but it was not pre-
dicted to be cold. An examination
«f some blooming peach trees
show they have not been hurt so
far.
Today in the last day of Feb-
ruary. The wind probably doe* not
r.wlize this is leap year and that
March has not arrived. It was
blowing hard. The wind blows ill
March 'tis said to scatter seeds
along to fertile places, nature's
method of planting. What we
would like is for nature to take
about two ituyt of hard work at
it and get it over with.
WE WERE VERY MICH IN
terested in the meeting held hen-
day before yesterday for the pur-
pose of darning the Leon River and
forming another lake for this sec-
tion. Il will be for a water supply
for Eastland and Ranger. That
will be fine, but what We are also
very much interested is to see
mole and more lakes in West Tex-
as. This will be another. We can-
not have too many. A thousand
more lakes might change this cli-
mate to one of much more rainfall.
More water is all that West Texas
need; to bring about a fertility
that will astound. Now. we hope
some wag will not say that all the
matter with hell is the scarcity of
w ate r.
Itond proceedure is one problem
in the above lake project.
REPORTS COMING IN TODAY
show that in February there were
2 7oo killed in America's traffic.
M"ie than wen- killed in the war
in Korea, a check probably will
show.
While this is an appalling num-
1>- r there is one blight spot to be
found in it It is five per cent under
th<- total for the same period last
year.
There is no way of eliminating
automobile traffic death*, but
maybe continual reminder will low-
er same. We are infitrmed that
automobile i soon will be on the
market whose lights automatically
dim on meeting another car. Muy-
be that will help some.
ONE CANDIDATE FOR CITY
commissioner has announced in ad-
<1 '.ion to those selected at the re-
cent meeting at the Y. M. C. A.
to peisuade men to run. so as to
form a sl-ite. It is understood that
another. Irving Jo|(ey, will an-
nounc . and th «t later some one
else will announce for mayor.
nkeh. The present city commis-
sion has done a businesslike job
of it. Competition to succeed them
is one American way of life.
THERE ARE MORE REGIS-
tered nurses working in the L'nit-
i d States today than ever before in
hifory and there's a need for
many more.
The Hospital Council of Greater
New York s'iys more than '!22-
thousand nurses are now working
actively in the country.
Hut it's estimated an additional
fia.iMin are needed immediately to
meet essential civilian needs. The
Army and Air Force need anothei
four-thousand, and the Navy is
calling for nurses, too.
The council says increased popu-
lation and a rise in the number of
hospital patients are two causes
for the nurse shortage. About
oJ.imhi graduate nurses quit the
profes'ion every jrmr. The council
urges a campaign to get the in-
active nurses back on the job.
There is nothing so comforting
to a sick person as a good nurse.
THOCGHT FOR THE MOMENT:
an ever became very wicked
once.—Juvenal.
m
VRKN OK HEARD: What a rain:
What a rain! .... A man has to
decide in wcathei like this whether
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On Lisbon Meet IEND OF TRUCE NEGOTIATIONS
.
TRAGIC FRIENDSHIP Three-year-old Richard Hay.
1'ark, Minn., whose body was found buried in
ed scarf knotted tightly around his neck, was apparently
log Sjatkv. right, when he playfully tugged at the. scarf
.topped breathing. The family has not yet decided Sparky
(NEA Telephoto)
s, St. Louis
inowbank. his blue and
killed by his
until the boy
s fate.
Baptists To Plan
Revival Program
In Ranger Meet
The Monthly Worker." Confer-
ence of Cisco Baptist Association
will meet with the First Baptist
Church of Ranger, on Tuesday,
March 11.
The conference will open at 10
a. m. and continue to 12 o'clock.
Luncheon will be served in the
church dining room by the host
church. The regular monthly as-
sociational business meeting and
the W omen's M issionary Union
meeting will be held at 1 p. m.
The theme for the morning is
"Christ, The Answer."
Following a brief song and
praise service. Rev. J. B. Fowler,
pastor of the Midway Baptist
Church of Brownwood, will speak
on the subject. "Christ the Answer
for the Sinner."
Rev. H. H. McBride, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of Breck-
enridge, will speak at 10:31) u. m.
on the subject "Christ the Answer
for the Christian".
The concluding address of the
morning will be brought by Rev.
Guy New-man. pastor of the First
Baptist Church of Brownwood.
The entire program is in prep-
aration for the associational-wide
simultaneous revival of the Baptist
Churches of Cisco Association,
which is to open on Sunday. March
:t0, and will continue through
Easter Sundav. April 1.'{.
Rev. McRride, associational
chairman of evangelism for Cisco
Association, announces that Rev.
1). I). Seger. pastor of the Proctor
Street Baptist Church of Port Ar-
thur. will direct the campaign and
will also be the evangelist in the
First Baptist Church for the two-
week period.
Livestock Mart
Cattle 200. Dull and weak: few-
head commercial and good light-
weight slaughter yearlings, 27-32;
utility cows, 21-23; canners and
cutters mostiv 15-2lt; odd head
bulls, 21-28; stockers scarce.
Calves 100. Slow and weak; few-
head good slaughter calves. 31-
32.50; utility and commercial, 24-
30; culls down to 20; few medium
and good stockers, 26-32.
Hogs 350. Butchers and sows
Steady; good pigs scarce; choice
180-275 lbs., 17.15-18; choice 160-
175 lbs., wild 285-400 lbs.. 16.25-
17.50; sows mostly 13.50-15; a few
for 15.50. >
Sheep 850. Feeder lambs steady;
killing classes scarce; medium and
good feeder lambs, 22-24.50; latter
price for good wooled feeders.
More Snowfall To
Hit Stricken Area
More snow is expected today on
already snowbound Cape Cod, at
the tastern ti.* of Massachusetts.
Scores of communities stil lare
isolated on the cape after Wed-
nesday's 20-inch snowfall. At least
13 persons died throughout New
England as a result of the storm.
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Celebration Of Leap Year Day Has
Police Backing In Parts Of Nation
By UNITED PRESS
This is the Leap Year Day when
thousands of women will try to
coax their men to make the leap
to the alter.
It's the day which has been re-
garded by womanhood for centur-
ies as the 24-hour open hunting
season. In every hamlet of the
land, the girls are supposed to
"pop the <|uestion" . . . and only
the very brave will answer "no,'
It will also be the day for fe-
males to pop a few of the boys
into the clink.
Ill Ottawa, Illinois — acting
mayor Marie Butler has decreed
that fines will be slapped on any
man who has married an out-of-
town girl, insults woman drivers,
disagrees with any woman, tries
to leave town for the day or talk
another male out of marriage.
And in Aurora, Illinois — the
"city fathers" will be girls, all
single. The capital crime of the
day will be bachelorhood. Deputies
have been assigned to canvass the
town and trap any man who can-
not prove he is married. Some such
unfortunate creatures will be toss-
ed into jail.
One different note on this odd
day . . . Nathan Barrows of Brock-
ton. Massachusetts, will celebrate
his 18Ui birthday. Attending the
festivities will be Barrows' five
children, eight grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren. Barrows
is 76 years old but his birthday.,
on leap year day—has come only
18 times.
Mack Allison
Candidate For
Legislature
Mack Alison, who has announc-
ed for representative from this, the
75th legislative district, office now-
held by Rep. Jack Cox. stated to-
day he has served three terms
from district 105 and believes he
understand- the needs of the peo-
ple of this district. ,
At the present time, he stated,
he does not favor any new taxes,
unless an emergency arises that
would require such. He said he
would be slow on appropriations
for the different departments oth-
er than the "must" appropriations
i.e. schools, the aged and depend-
ents.
He further stated that when he
went to the state legislature we
had an indebtedness of 31 million
dollars and when he left that debt
was paid with consideiable sum in
the treasury. He was co-author of
the "omnibus tax bill" that brought
in millions of dollars, arid it seems
to him this has been appropriated
too freely.
The time has arrived when some
one has to say "no", realizing
that we are carrying an extremely
heavy load at the present time.
Mr. Allison stated he will elab-
orate further at a later date.
Freshman A&M
Grid Coach Dies
Of Heart Attack
COLLEGE STATION, Tex.. Feb
2!) 'I I'1—James (i. (Klepto) Hol-
mes, 46 - year - old freshman foot-
ball coach at Texas A and M and
•lie of the Southwest's top-ranking
football analpists—died this morn-
ing of a heart attack.
Holmes—once an all-Southwest
Conference guard at Texas A&M
—had been on the Aggie coaching
staff since the spring of 1951. Yes-
terday he worked with backfield
candidates during the Cadets' in-
tial 1952 spring training drill.
Holmes' physician said the coach
died before an ambulance arrived.
It was his second heart attack—
The first occured last summer.
Holmes was a native of Grand
Saline. Texas. He played football
Tor A&M from 1925 to 1927, and
his last year was an all-Southwest
selection. Upon graduation, he
took a coaching job at Laferia
high school.
A year later Holmes returned
to A&M as line coach under Matty
Bell, who later became head coach
and athletic director at Southern
Methodist. Holmes held that job
four years, then moved to Cuero
high school for a year.
He spent a year at Alamo Hei-
ghts high school, San Antonio, and
in 1935 became head coach at Arl-
ington State College, then North
Texas Agricultural College.
In that job. Holmes emerged as
one of football's brilliant young
men. His teams won Texas Junior
College Conference championships
in 1935. 1936, 1938, 1942 and 1943.
Two other years, 1940 and 1941,
he placad second in the now de-
fouct conference.
When he resigned to move to
A&M a year ago, he was also
Arlington State's athletic director.
During his tenure at Arlington.
Holmes often served as a scout
for outside opponents of Southwest
Conference schools.
He was known as a football look-
out who could "see what a team
had. and put it down on paper."
H-Bomb Casualty
(By UNITED PRESS)
The little town of Ellenton,
South Carolina officially becomes
the first casualty of the hydrogen
bomb at midnight tonight.
That's the deadline for the evac-
uation of the tiny village of 700.
Ellenton is the first of two towns
to be wiped off the map to make
way for the big Savannah River
H-Bomb plant. The second town is
Dunbarton, a few miles away. But
its residents have been given until
April 1st to move their belongings.
Coming Tonight
By UNITED PRESS
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
reports to the nation tonight on
the Lisbon conference. But it's
feared the fall of the French gov-
ernment may take some of the
luster off his account of the North
Atlantic Pact meeting.
The French government of Pre-
mier Edgar Faure fell today when
the National Assembly voted down
a tax increase to help pay for the
French armament program.
The vote threatens to hamper
Western military planning. For it
upsets, at least temporarily. United
States hopes of immediate practi-
cal steps toward Western Europe's
military and economic union. That
union depends on stabilization of
France's tottering finances.
Reliable reports day the fikst
choice to replace Faure may be
the veteran independent leader and
former premier, Paul Reynaud.
But NATO supporters fear Gen-
eral Charles De Gaulle's Right-
wing rally of the French people
man make a bid to take power.
Anyway, the nation will hear
wYiat Secretary Acheson has to say
about the Lisbon meeting tonight.
He'll speak at 9:30 EST (8:30
CSTI on radio and T-V. The CBS
and Mutual radio networks and
Dumont television will carry the
speech. NBC television and ABC
radio network will carry it later.
The Western camp took steps
toward greater unity this morning.
Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia pro-
posed in Belgrade that the age-
old dispute with Italy over Trieste
be forgotten.
In a news interview, Tito sug-
gested Trieste be made a free ter-
ritory controlled jointly by Yugo-
slavia and Italy.
Local Team Takes
Win Over Graham
The high school girl's volleyball
team took a 41-24 win over Gra-
ham in the junior high gym here
last night.
Mary Martin captained the team
and high scoring server was Eloise
Huffman with 10 points.
The Bucks lost a "B" game 39-
26. Captain was Ann McArron and
Pat Kirschner served 6 points a-
cross the net for the honors.
Jay Childress, coach, said the
team would play Giuham in Bi-
District play off in Graham April
5. The next game will be Monday
afternoon in Throckmorton.
MAY FOLLOW ACTION ON RUSS
North Ward To
Join Observance
Of School Week
North Ward School will take
part in observing the second state-
wide annual Texas Education
Week. March 2-8, inclusive. This
observance is endorsed by Gover-
nor Allan Shivers, The State
Board of Education. The Texas
Educations! Agency, ajtd many
others who are interested in Texas
schools. All patrons of the com-
munity are urged to visit the
school this week to observe "De-
mocracy In Action", theme .if edu-
cation week. Patrons have a cord-
ial invitation to visit North Ward
any time during the week to ob-
serve class rooms as the work is
carried on daily. An exhibit of
school work is available in class
rooms any school day.
North Ward Mothers Club will
meet Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
p. m. and there will be an inteerst-
ing program with emphasis on the
program, refreshments served.
First, second, and third grades will
be dismissed at 2 p. m. to give pa-
trons an opportunity to visit
teachers and to discuss individual
problems relative to their child's
school work.
There will -ilso be an assembly
program Wednesday morning at
10:30 a. m. There will be only
four days of school during the
week as teachers plan to attend
the Oil Belt Teachers Association
meeting March 7 in Sweetwater.
Well Completed
In Woodson Area
R-C, Drilling Co. No. 2-B N. L.
Davis. Section 1620, TE&L Sur-
vey, five miles northwest of Wood-
son, has been completed for a daily
potential of 167.85 barrels of 41
gravity oil per day through K
choke with 850 pounds on casing
and 380 pounds on tubing from
open hole at 3,444-63 feet. Top
of the pay w«s picked at 3,427 feet.
GOR was 650-1.
NATION-NINE FREEZE 01 TV
CHANNELS OFF ON MARCH 25
DENVER, Colorado, Feb. 29 <U.R
—Senator Edwin Johnson of Colo-
rado says the nation-wide freeze
on new television stations set in
1948 will be lifted March 25th.
The Rocky Mountain News, a
Scripps-Howard nevvspaper, quot-
ed the Seraitor as announcing the
date after he held a conference
with Paul Walker, the new Federal
Communications Commission chair-
man, in Washington.
As for his TV-less home state.
Johnson said he doubted if more
than one station will be available
Firemen Save
12 From Fire
Firemen rallied at least a dozen
hotel guests down ladders to safe-
ty this morning when a seven-
alarm fire raged through a Phila-
delphia hotel. The blaz" spread to
two adjoining four-story apart-
ment houses and was described as
the worst fire in Philadelphia in
three years.
Four firemen were overcome by-
smoke. but all the guests were
evacuated safely from the seven-
storv Clinton Hotel.
The fire started in the basement
of the brick and stone building
and spread up one side to the roof.
Nearly every available fireman in
the central part of the city fought
the flames with more than 30 piec-
es of fire apparatus.
Heavy smoke filtered upward
through the hotel and guests were
awakened by shouts of "fire." Sev-
eral persons were trapped in their
rooms, but firemen raised ladders
and carried them to the street. The
other residents fled by way of fire
escapes. Unofficial estimates of
damage exceed one-million dollars.
Western Defense
Delayed by France
(By UNITED PRESS)
The fall of the French govern-
ment seems likely to cause an in-
■iefinite delay in the western de-
fense program mapped out by At-
lantic pact nations at Lisbon last
week.
The government fell when Pre-
mier Edgar Faure resigned be-
cause the national assembly de-
feated a tax increase program aim-
ed at raising money to help France
carry out its defense commitments.
in time for this year's world series.
At present, there are no stations
in Colorado.
Johnson said the freeze on tele-
vision was clamped on bv the
F-C-C September 30th, 1948 to
give it time to explore and correct
difficulties arising from interfer-
ence due to the stratospheric bend-
ing of waves into other TV sta-
tions.
"In view of the limited number
of channels available in the very
high frequency band," Johnson was
quoted, "the commission decided
also to re-examine the possibility
of opening up the ultra high fre-
quency band."
These problems have been re-
sponsible for the long-lasting
freeze order, he said.
The Senator said a 60 to 90-day
waiting period will be set after
the March 25th (fate in order to
permit interested parties to file
applications or amend their old ap-
plications.
It may easily take the commis-
sion "more than a year" to decide
on all the applicants, he mid.
"Should 'there be not more than
one applicant for each channel,"
he added, "there should not be too
much difficulty in obtaining a li-
cense from the commission within
a reasonable period of time."
Lattimore May
Get Charge
By UNITED PRESS
For the past three days, Far-
East expert Owen Lattimore has
been testifying before the Senate
Internal Security Committee . . .
defending himself and the Institute
of Pacific Relations against
charges of Communist sympathy.
Now Lattimore'* testimony is
completed . . . and Senator Homer
Ferguson of Michigan savs it will
be examined to see if Latimore
should be cited for contempt of
Congress. Some of the senators
Cross-examined Lattimore sharply
and there were several angry ex-
changes.
Senator Ferguson said he is par-
ticularly interested in Lattimore's
remarks yesterday about William
Know-land of California. Lattimore
told the committee he, himself has
the highest possible regard for
Knowdand — but he has heard
others call him, half-huntorously,
"the senator from Formosa,"
The name refers to the island
bastion of Nationalist Chinese
leader Chaing Kai-Shek whose
cause Senator Knowland supports
whole-htrtedly.
SERIOUS CONFERENCE—Stern faced and serious, Secretary of
State Dean Acheson, tuck in Washington from the NATO Conference
in Lisbon, Portugal, confers with Rep. James P. Richaids, right, (D.-
S. C.), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, prior to
Acheson's appearance before the committee to present his report on
NATO progress. (NEA Telephoto)
Fred E. Huse Is
Candidate For
Commissioner
An independent announcement
for a City of Breckenridge office
was made today when Fred E.
Huse declared himself a candidate
for city commissioner.
Huse, a married man with two
daughters, has lived in Brecken-
ridge the past three years and
owns and operates, with his wife,
his own business. The American
Printing Co.
He said in announcing, "I feel
the platform carried the p*ist two
years has been very efficient, and
if elected I intend to follow along
the lines established by that ad-
ministration".
'I have no axes to grind with
anybody", he declared.
Huse has 25 years experience in
newspaper business, having gotten
his start in political printing. He
served seven years in the Air Force
prior to coming 'to Breckenridge.
He is 42 years old.
Membership in local organiza-
tions includes Elks, Odd Fellows.
American Legion, V. F. W., and
several service clubs.
SRO Sign Out At
Station Cloudville
East Ward School's auditorium
was filled to capacity with some
left standing last night for the
presentation of an operetta. "Sta-
tion Cloudville", by the 4th, 5th,
and 6th grades.
President of the E. Ward Moth-
ers Club. Mrs. Lucille Smith. s vs
a total of $118 was collected. The
money will go for completion of
the women's dressing room at Ar-
thur Miller Park.
Report is that those present en-
ioyed the show to the fullest, and
Mrs. Smith expressed thanks to
townspeople for the turnout.
Sales In Texas
Stores Show Drop
DALLAS, Tex. Feb. 29 <U.R —
Department store syles in five
ntajou Texas cities last week
plunged eight per cent below re-
ceips for the corresponding period
of 1951.
The Federal Reserve Bank of
Dallas reports this today in its
weekly summation. District-wide,
however, the bank says, sales were
up four per cent for the entire
month. The figure compares to a
similar four-week period ending
Fehnrir- 24th, 1951.
Dallas department stores showed
the biggest sales decline. 12 per
cent, for the week ended February
23 rd.
Houston sties dropped 10 per cent
last week and department stores
in Fort Worth, El Paso and San
Antonio show respective nine, four
and two per cent declines.
Metal Seen For
Household Goods
(Bv UNITED PRESS)
An official of the National Pro-
duction Authirtttv in Washington
says there may be more nif'al
available soon, for hard-pressed
linkers of household goods.
The official expresses it as a
"cautious hope" based on an ras-
ing of the shortage in aluminum
and steel. He says if more of the
scarce metals do become available
—they'll be assigned to the manu-
facturers of less-essential house-
hold goods, and that the extra ma-
terial will probably become avail-
able beginning in April.
Breck Boxers To
Show Wares In
Hamlin Tonight
Thirteen boxers from Brecken-
ridge, many of them little fellows,
will go to Hamlin tonight to meet
members of Coach Don McLaugh-
lin's Boxing Club in an invitation
affair, it was revealed here today.
It was stated that Paducah also
has been invited, but matches of
the Breckenridge boxers will be
with Hamlin representatives as
follows:
Johnny Bustow, 110. Brecken-
ridge vs. Alvin Lakey, 110, Ham-
lin.
Jackie Boyd, 95. Breckenridge vs.
Billy Kelly, 95, Hamlin.
Butch Burkett. 45, Breckenridge
vs. Bub Kelly. 45, Hamlin.
Dudley Grounds. 112, Brecken-
ridge vs. Kenneth Kelly, 112, H im-
1 in.
Bulldog Kentkazor, 127. Breck-
ennridge vs. Dwain Rogers, 127,
Hamlin.
John D. Poiater, 127. Brecken-
ridge vs. Johnny Taylor, 127, Ham-
lin.
Duane Blane, 128, Breckenridge,
vs. Lee Mayberry, 128, Hamlin.
Skeet Powers, 13.'!, Breckenridge
vs. Raymond Boyd. 133, Hamlin.
Harold Ripple, 135, Breckenridge
vs. Phil Allen, 135. Hamlin.
Elmer Killion, 160. Breckenridge
vs. Charles Anders, 60, Hamlin.
Bobby Adams, 168, Breckenridge
vs. Glen Smith, 168, Hamlin.
Tadpole Wiley, 185, Brecken-
ridge vs Anthony Lakey, 191.
Hamlin.
Unnamed opponent, 75, Brecken-
ridge vs. Bob Carter. 75. Hamlin.
US Warns Reds On
Attack of Formosa
(By UNITED PRESS)
Red China's boast that it can
and will "lihemte" Formosa has
brought a calm but firm answer
from Washington.
Officials say that if the Reds
use armed force to carry out their
threat it will be met by h<i\h the
American Seventh Fleet and the
Chinese Nationalists holding out
on Formosa.
These officials point out there
has been no change in President
Truman's order 20 months ago for
the fleet to patrol the waters be-
tween Formosa and the mainland
and to prevent an attack by eithei
side.
Russian Woman
Enters Parley As
Latest Mystery
(By UNITED PRESS)
Allied and Communist truce
teams are faced with a crisis which
could break up the Korean armis-
tice negotiations. The allies have
told the lied, "finally and irrevoc-
ably" that they will not accept
Russia as a member of a neutral
truce supervision. There seems no
way out if the Communists insist
on their stand that Russia be in-
cluded.
The UN Command hopes the
Reds will give in, as they have in
the past when a breaking point
was reached. However, this seems
to be the biggest crisis since the
cease-fire line deadlock last July.
French army headquarters says
a big Communist attack on French
outposts 30 miles northwest of
Saigon, Indo-Chimi, has been re-
pulsed with heavy losses. The
French s-iv their troops and loyal
native forces killed scores of reb-
els and captured stocks of arms
and ammunition.
The case of a mysterious Rus-
sian woman cropped up today in
the otherwise unproductive truce
tulks in Korea.
The woman, who is 22 years old.
is being held by the allies under
internment. She was mentioned
during a brief discussion in the
talks on prisoner-exchange at Pan-
munjom.
A UN spokesman told the Com-
munists that as far as he knew,
this young Russian Woman is the
only foreign nutional held by the
allies. No details are given out
about who she is. where she was
raptured or what she is doing in
Korea.
But the sketchy reference adds
a touch of mystery to the hard and
bitter bargaining for a truce. The
truce talks themselves got no-
where, except tb.it the allies step-
nod down heavier than ever be-
fore on Red demands that Russia be
mvide a truce supervisor. The allies
said the answer is no, and there's
no use in talking truce if the Reds
continue to insist on the Soviet.
A UN spokesman says lie doesn't
know what will happen now, al-
though he thinks the next move is
up to the Reds.
Out on the snow-covered battle-
field. two UN tank forces made
bit-and-run raids on the enemy.
One armored unit duelled with ar-
tillery on the western front while
the other blasted targets in centra!
Korea.
Authoritative sources in London
say that the United States. Brit-
ain. France and other North At-
lantic treaty members have agreed
to restrict the movement of Com-
munist diplomats in their country.
Not only Russia, but Russian sat-
ellite countries would be affected.
The agreement was reportedly
reached iii principle at the recent
Lisbon conference.
Representative O. K. Armstrong
has proposed that Congress form-
ally brand Russia as an aggressor
in Korea. The Missouri Republi-
can's proposal was contained in a
resolution which he plans to in-
troduce in the House today. The
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Sister Of Breck
Resident Is Dead
Mrs. George II. Hipp. 61, sister
of Ted Butler of Breckenridge.
died this morning at 3:30 o'clock
at her home in Eastland following
an illness of three and a half
years.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock in
Eastland.
Southerners Rush To Russell Camp
As Taft Strikes Campaign Trail
By UNITED PRESS
Southern Democrats are flockinj.
to the support of Georgia Senat.n
Richard Russell—who has raised
the standard of possible rebellior
against the Truman administration
Russell announced himself as a
candidate for the Democratic pres-
idential nomination . . . and did
not mention a third party like th<
States-Rights group which opposed
the president in 1948. But he did
not disavow any such movement
either.
He also refused to say that he
would support President Truman,
if the president wins the Demo-
cratic nomination.
The governors of Georgia, Miss-
issippi and Texas quickly endorsed
Russell. So did senators and con-
gressmen from almost every Sou-
thern state. And Russell's rival for
the nomination — Senator Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee—sent good
visiles, saying Russell's nomina-
ion ehoulil bring about a "bene-
'icial discussion" of national issues.
Senator Tal't is back on the cam-
naign trail this morning, after an
ntensive tour of his home state
• f Ohio. Today Taft will visit four
•(ties in a tour of Illinois.
In Dallas. Texas, the national
president of "Fighters for Mac-
Arthur" told something of his
plans to elect the former Far East
Commander president. Wisconsin
publisher John Chappie said he ex-
pects at least loo of the 12-hund-
red delegates to the G-O-P conven-
tion to be pledged to Mac-Arthur.
He added that he expects to pick
up support from others if Eisen-
hower and Taft forces deadlock.
He said "if that happens . . . we
will go after the Taft delegates.
I personally am not interested in
the Eisenhower delegates."