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First Try To
Buy It Here
UNITED PRESS Wire Service
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WEATHER
Fair, windy and « ter Friday
night, continued «••
Low tonight 34, low tin
54, high Thursday 14.
Devoted Tb Home Town Mews and
Breckenridge and Stephens County
NEA Feature Service
VOL. 34 NO. 35
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BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS —FRIDAY, FEB. 19, 1954
PRICK 5 CENTS PER COPY
ON VACATION—Air police hold
arrived late Wednesday in Palm
were Gov. Goodwin Knight, left.
back battery of photographers and newsmen as Pres. Eisenhower
Springs. Calif., for a short vacation. On hand to greet the President
and Paul l>. Hoffman, long time friend and host of the Eisenhower's.
(XEA Telephoto)
School Golfers
Break Evoo Id
Play
Two Breckenridge golf teams, pi-
loted by iodic Baker went to
Brownwood Thursday, to meet
schoolboy golfers there and return-
ed home with even breaks.
The high school teaui broke even
by winning two matches and losing
two. The winners were (iuinn Fer-
guson with a low score of the
meet,.78, and Mike Rice who shot
an 86.
Other members of the team were
Scott Powers and Phillip Brown
who shot 93 and !M in the order
named.
The junior high team won two
and lost three, but won low
score. Rodney Brown wj,th 94 ami
Calvjn Thomas with 100 were the
match winners.
The other three members of this
team were George Wragg who
shot 87; Francis Schwind, lOo; and
Bobby Ed Guiles, 104.
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Anne Sterling Is
Victim Of Pais
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. I!) 'U.R
Blonde actress Anne Sterling was
in critical condition in^ a hospital
Friday after police .<aid she was
found uncoiugious ir. her bedroom
apparently having taken an over-
dose Of sleeping pills.'
Investigators said they found
the screen actress in her night
gourn. Beside her was a bottle of
prescription medicire. They sajij
the SW-ye&r-old beauty was alone
in her West Holly w ww apartment
and that no notes were found.
Police said Miss Sterling railed
her physician early Friday and told
him she had taken the pills. Tie
doctor, who was not identified,
ca'led a telephone operator, who in
turn railed police.
Officers found Mi** Ht« rling':-.
phone off the hook when they ar-
rived.
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fSEENoTHEARDl
By C. M. H.
Special Session Is
Called On 3 Issues
AUSTIN, K"b. I!> <;„v.
Allan Shivers announced Friday he
will submit the issue of highcr
i ay for state employes in his orig-
inal call for a special session of
th<- Legislature opening March 15.
T'v gover nor previously had pin-
News wire service interrupted
i hour and ■ I alf this
presumably bj dust storm
Robbimt Jr.. h father
rr, Darelle Elizabeth.
at College Station-announce-
menls were Woe prints as Cooper
b architectural student Re-
port received says Lt. R. T. >tag-
neso recently arrived in Tokyo.
M. A. Nutt, purchasing hot dog
was asked, do you want onions?,
and he answered, "certainly, I am
married." C. 1>. Dofflrmyer
said he drinks 7-Up in the morn-
ing and coffee at night Anj -
one wishing to answer a Red lie
on the air Monday may get the Ik
from Howard Swanson.
Bill Rogers said Claude Peeler
reminded that ft is windy today
and a*ktd that people not play
with matches Chili supper of
Dynamo BiWe class begin.-* tonight
at 7 o'clock Bill McComa*.
Ranger tail twister who preside*!
at Lions meeting today, used a
live electric wire to get his orders
obeyed.
Dr. R. L. Holmes attended two-
day meeting of Texas Academy of
general practice at Austin
Charlie Echols called the rain at
early this morning a
j .... Judge Morrow said
rights-of-way for widening high-
way north from Vincents corner
about all secured.
hi*
field "laxj
Bflt Black
Rev. Willie Plapp has brother
inhi here who win he married
.... C. P. Hogan reciting tricks
■iayed wfccaftT oil field
■eM he tod a field day
CM tafi twister at
For The Moment: No
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Play Night Is
Slated Tonight
For Ward Title
The Breckenridge Buckaroos
completed the basket season
Thursday evening by bowing: to
Big Spring, and tonight will be
basketball play night on school
hill.
All ward school teams will play
tonight, one game to decide the
title, Coach Joe Jaxsbekjefmrts
Play will start at 7 o'clock a char-
ge of 25 cents for adults and ten
cents for students to be made.
The Buckaroos were defeated by
a score of 55 to 50, leaving them
with three games won during the
season. The B team also was de-
feated. 45 to 33. It took a Steer
rally in the final period to turn
the trick on the Buckaroos.
Breckenridge, trailing 17-14 at
the end of the opening quarter,
opened up in the second to lead,
2 ! 22. at the half. The Buckies
still led. 38-33, at the end of the
third but Big Spring rallied to
take the victory.
High-pointer was - Charles Clark
of Big Spring with 18. Sonny Ev-
erett of Breckenridge hit 18.
Rosenberg Sons
Dispute Center
NEW YORK, Feb. I iCO—
The two sons of executed atom
spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
became the center of a heated le-
gal controversy Friday.
A battery of four lawyers moved
Thursday night to keep the child-
ren in the custody of a New York
song writer and his wife who have
been caring for them for seven
Weeks.
The lawyers representing Abel
and Ann Meeropol obtained a writ
of habeas corpus giving the coup-
le overnight custody of Michael,
11, ami Robert. S, whose parents
died in the electric chair last June
for betraying atomic secrets to
Russia.
Supreme Court Justice James B.
M. McNally signed the habeas
corpus writ and ordered that the
youngsters appear before him
Friday for a hearing.
Earlier Thursday the boys were
taken from the. custody of the
Meeropol* and placed under juris-
diction of children's court pending
a final determination of their le-
gal guardianship.
Rancher Guilty Of
Cattle Smuggling
AUSTIN, Feb. 18 ClT-—A Del
Rio, Tex., rancher was found guil-
ty Thumlay on five counts of
transporting 37 smuggled cattle.
The ranchcr, William L. Babb,
was one of three men indicted in
connection with smuggling of 68
head of Charolaise cattle, a rare
French breed, from Mexico to
Texas and eventually moving them
to Louisiana.
Alphe A. Broussard, Lafayette,
La., to whose ranch the cattle
went, pleaded guilty and will be
sentenced March J. Antonio En-
rique Gilly, a Mexican rancher
and original owner of the Charo-
laise. hasn't been brought to trial
since he is in France.
Federal Judge Ben H. Price, Jr.
id Babb would be sentenced
March 18 at Waco.
Babb testified during the trial
he thought the cattle, valued by
the government at $500,000 had
been imported legally. Hie Mexi-
nt forbids their ex-
there are so few in
the
pointed the special session, limited
to a 3l -day period, to begin March
15.
Shivers said Monday that in ad-
dition. to a $402-a-year teacher-pay
raise proposal, and means of fi-
nancing the program, he also
would submit the subject of out-
lawing the Communist party, and
endorsed the death penalty for
party members convicted by jury
trial.
However, be did not specify at
what point in the session he would
submit Communist control legisla-
tion.
*Cost of Living" Raise
State employes received a "co-l
of living" increase of $180 la;.',
year from the 53rd Legislature's
regular session.
The governor's announcement
Friday said he would submit "re-
consideration of the salary sched-
ule for state employes."
Thus the lawmakers at the spe-
cial session would go to work
ially on at least Thrr topics',
teacher pay, taxes and state em-
ployes' salary.
A teacher pay raise proposal en
dorsed by the governor and the
Texas State Teachers Association
is estimated to cost some $24
million. Shivers' announcement
Friday did not propose any specif-
ic amount of pay-hike for state em-
ployes.
To Submit Questions
Shivers said Monday he "prob-
ably" would submit the question
of higher appropriations for im
provemcnts at the Southwestern
Medical School, Dallas; the Uni-
versity of Texas Dental School
Houston; the Texas Prison System,
and the State School for the Deaf.
Austin.
However, action on those items
was expected to await legislative
approval of the three priority top-
ics.
In addition to the $I80-a-yeur
salary raise granted state employes
last year, the Legislature also en-
acted a provision under which
money saved through a reduction
of staffs could be used to provide
further increases, up to $50 a year.
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Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Scber are
parents of a boy born in th<
Stephens Memorial Hospital at
11:35 p. m. Thursday. The baby-
weighed ft lbs. and 8 oz.
New Well Spotted
la Stephens Co.
Texas Pioneer Oil Corp.. Hous-
ton, spotted No. I W. M. Graham
in the regular field 12 miles
southeast of Caddo in Stephens
County. Having a proposed depth
of 1,000 feet with cable tools, it
is located 2,450 feet from the east
and 150 feet from the north lines
of Section 88, Block 4, TAP Sur-
vey.
Six miles southeast of Caddo in
the Jackson-Strawn Field, location
was staked for Graokla Gas Corp.
Wichita Falls, No. 5-A Robert
Jackson. Site for the 1,900-foot
rotary project is 2,300 feet from
the south and 990 feet from the
east lines of Section 78, TAP
Survey.
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Poor Detected Man
Should Knew All
Writers Get Rich
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 'UK-
Dan Willson, 25, told police he
quit journalism school in Texas
and became a holdup man be-
cause he saw little chance of
malting much money in the news-
«Hl«Ar IfflSiWffB
Willson was arrested Thurs-
day after staging his 15th rob-
bery in New York in less than
three months. Police said the
series of bad
leCarthy Opens
General Eleotrie
Workers Prole
ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. 19 <035—
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, fresh
from a s'-rap with Army brass
over their alleged "coddling" of
Communists, was scheduled Friday
to resume an investigation of sus-
pected subversion among employes
of the General Electric Co.
The Wisconsin senator summon-
ed 14 members of the independent
United Electrical Workers Union
to testify at hearings Friday and
Saturday on activities at the big
GE plant at nearby Schenectady.
An attorney representing the
witnesses announced Thursday
that the union members had been
instructed not to invoke the Fifth
Amendment to avoid answering
questions about possible Commun-
ist espionage.
Union Would Offer Help
The attorney, Harold Blodgett,
said it was the "union's position"
to offer assistance in an investiga-
tion of espionage. However, he
said ::no one can deny witnesses
their constitutional rights if the;
want to assert them" on sue!
questions as present or former
Communist party membership.
McCarthy demanded late Thurs-
day that Army Secretary Robert
T. Stevens take action immediat-
ely to "undo the disgraceful codd-
ling of Communists" by Army of-
ficers at Camp Kilmer, N. J.
He made his demand after a
heated closed session of his perma-
nent investigations subcommittee
in New York. Witnesses included
Brig. Gen. Ralph Zwicker, com-
mandant at Camp Kilmer.
'Disgraceful Performance
After the session McCarthy said
Zwicker had testified he could "do
nothing" to hold up the honorable
discharge of an Army dentist
whose alleged Communist activi-
ties had been known to military of-
ficials since last spring.
"I think I saw a disgraceful per-
formance here today," McCarthy
said. "The secretary of the Army
should correct it and quickly or it
will be the greatest dfsgrace the
Army has seen for a long time."
Zwicker, who was accompanied
to the hearing by a physician and
appeared shaken when he emerged
afterward, told newsmen that Mct
Cartfcy had"grver a "colore*! *3Srif
slanted" version of his testimony!
The McCarthy version, he said,
*"was absolutely not a truthful
one."
Breck Lions Pay
Visit To Albany
Breckenridge Lions had charge
of the Albany Lions luncheon on
Thursday for a club visitation day
with Tom Ward from the local
club preiding.
Mrs. J. W. Henry of Brecken-
ridge was guest speaker for the
meeting. She presented a book re-
view of "Father Was An Under-
taker," while Miss Billie Little,
Breckenridge Lion Sweetheart, was
pianist foi the song fest led by
George Jordan.
D. T. Bowles introduced the
program and Bill Black took over
tail twister duties.
RAINFALL IN COUNTY VJUUES
mOW .10 TO OVER HALF INCH
Bust Store Is
Blowing Hard;
Stores Feared
Breck Bealers
Biseuss Sales
Plans For 1954
Breckenridge appliance dealers
attended a meeting Thursday ev-
ening at the YMCA where they
were guests of Texas Electric
Service Company and heard about
that Companys sales plans for
1954. Advertising and promotion
plans were presented by Tom
Ward, commercial representative
of the electric company. The com-
pany's electric range plans were
presented by Bill Collins, district
dealer co-ordinator from Eastland
and Travis Wheat, district com-
mercial manager from Eastland. A
movie was also shown dealing with
the techniques in good salesman-
shop.
Texas Eleetrie does not actively
engage in the sale of appliances
but carries on an aggressive pro-
motional program of working
with and assisting appliance deal-
ers here in their sales activities, it
was pointed out.
The meeting was presided over
by W. W. Rogers, local manager of
TESCO. He gave a report on the
results of a recent survey conduc-
ted by the company showing what
people in this area plan to buy
next in the way of major electric
appliances. This report also in-
cluded the national sales of ma-
jor appliances during 1953 and it
was stated that 63 per cent of all
wired homes in America now have
television sets, or a total of 27,-
500,000 TV sets in use as of Jan-
uary 1, f954. Forty people were
present at the meeting represent-
ing 12 local appliance dealers.
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RESIGNS—Ciarcncc Manion packs his brief case at his office in
Washington after announcing his resignation as chairman of the
President's Inter-governmental Relations Commission at request of
Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams. Minion said his resigntion
was requested because he supported the Bricker Amendment.
(NEA Telephoto)
WITH MARILYN IN KOREA
Feb. 19 <U.ft—Marilyn Monroe safe;
Friday she feels like a movie star
at last.
"This trip is the climax to every-
thing in my career," the blonde
actress said of her four-day tour
of Korea where she has appeared
before 50,000 enthusiastic soldier
fans.
"I never felt like a movie star
until I came over here."
Marilyn said she owes her suc-
cess to soldiers in Korea. She said
she could get nothing but bit parts
in movies until fan letters started
pouring in from this theater.
"I sort of feel the guys over here
were responsible for a tot that hap-
pened to me. They are very close
to my heart."
This tour was the first time Mar-
ilyn has ever played to live au-
diences.
UTTtMEY FN NUK
i netted the former
Methodist University
SAN DIEGO, Tex., Feb. 19 (U.B
District Judge Arthur Klein
Friday ordered books and records
of the Benavides and San Diego
school districts, impounded for a
grand jury investigation, returned
to their custodians.
Klein then granted a temporary
injunction to prevent any school
official from removing or destroy-
ing any of the records.
Three sealed envelopes among
the records were turned over to
District Court Clerk J. G. Perez.
He was told he could open the en
velopes and that the contents could
be inspected by state or federal
authorities or any of the defend
ants in the school fund contro-
ersy.
In another action. Attorney Gen-
eral John Ben Shepperd filed with'
the court in San Diego an amend-
ment to his motion to dismiss the
Duvat county grand jury. Shepperd
had charged in the motion that se-
ven of the 12 jurors were biased
and were obligated to political
leader George Parr. In the amend-
ment. he charged that all 12 were
biased or obligated to the political
leader.
The long-standing Texas politi-
cal feud, characterized in the pest
by charges of vote stealing, mur-
der and other felonies, has again
erupted into national prominence
on a civil rights issue.
Political boss George Parr, who
has been on the receiving end of
many accusations of civil rights
One Admission To
Local Hospital
Only one admission was reported
by Stephens Memorial Hospital
during the past 24 hours with four
dismissals made.
Mm. R. D. Sims was admitted
as a medical patient while Mrs. R.
B. Eller, Mrs. S. E. Bigham Jr.,
Murray Morrison, Ted Hoover,
Mrs. G. A. Wood and baby were
violations in the past, now is the
accuser.
The "duke of Duval,' "as Parr is
known throughout Texas, has
charged two Texas Rangers threa-
tened to kill him, and asked for
federal court protection. He re-
tained one of the nation's most
prominent civil rights attorneys,
Arthur Garfield Hays of New-
York, to present his case.
Hays flew from New York to
Corpus Christi, Tex., Thursday
night. He is staying at the home
of another Parr lawyer, John Rich-
insoti, and said he would be in fe-
deral court at Houston, Tex.r
Monday when Parr's petition for
an injunction against the Rangers
is argued.
He emphasized he was acting
only for Parr, and not as a repre
sentative of the American Civil
Liberties Union, of which he is u
national officer and general coun-
sel.
Ambulances Crash
In Houston Drive
HOUSTON, Feb. 19 <UJ5—Two
ambulances, one taking a heart at-
tach victim to a hospital and the
other going to pick up a patient,
collided at a downtown intersec-
tion Thursday.
Four persons were in jo red in
the freak mishap and the heart
attack patient, M. A. Beers, S3,
was dead when he arrived at th«*
hospital in another vehicle.
"I could see it all coming," traf-
fic officer W. L. Brown said. He
said he tried to clear a path for
the empty ambulance, as it
along San Jacinto St, and
,w the other coming do
"Then I tried to wi
down, but had to jump out of the
street to keep from getting hit
myself," he said
The two drivers and one person
in each ambulance were in-
£
Europe Resigned
To Division And
More Gold War
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG
BERLIN. Feb. 13 'UK—Europe
resigned itself Friday to indefinite
existence as a divided land because
of the Bg- Four foreign ministers
conference's- failure to reunify Ger-
many*.
eVterir observers sditf they saw
no end to the cold war in Europe
in the near future but expressed
belief that it would not mushroom
into a shooting affair.
Russia's willingness to bring Red
China into a restricted internation-
al conference at Geneva on Allied
terms indicated, too, that the So-
fiets- were anxious to bring to a
close the hot war in Asia.
It was Soviet Foreign Minister
Vyacheslav M. Molotov's conces-
sions on Red China that made it
possible for the eastern and west-
ern ministers to agree Thursday
on holding the Geneva conference.
The Russians, however, received
full blame from the West for the
conference's inability to resolve the
German question and grant inde-
pendence to Austria.
Bidault of France said Thurs-
day night every Molotov proposal
at the conference was aimed at
permanent division of Germany.
U. S. Secretary of State John
Foster Dulets and his delegation
considered the situation intolerable
and urged increasing pressure on
Russia to the point where the So-
viet Union would agree to reunifi-
cation of Germany and indepen-
dence for little Austria.
Bidault and British Foreign Sec-
retary Anthony Eden considered
the continued division of Germany
undesirable but sizeable groups
from both the French and British
delegations feared that increasing
pressure on Russia might lead to
war.
Day Turns to Night
Over Panhandle
AMARILLO, Feb. I!) The
worst dust storm sir.ee 1939 rolled
across the Panhandle Friday and
turned day into night.
Weather force sters predicted
that it will cover all of Texas and
Oklahoma in the next 18 to 24
hour:-. It already covered parts of
Kansas and Colorado, in addition
to the Texas and Oklahoma sec-
tors.
Old timers in the Texas Pan-
handle said it reminded them of
the Dust Bowl days. It hit the fan-
handle about 5:30 a. in., and picked
up local dust as it mov^d along.
At first the storm had a yellow
tone. Then it changed to dark!
brown and at 9 a. in. the area is
blanketed was as dark as it is
most nights. Lights blazed on the
streets aitd in buildings through-
out the Panhandle.
Scot Relations
!■■>■■■ nunrl
DALLAS, Feb. 19 lUJB—Scotch-
American friendship advanced a
step in Dallas this week when a
liquor store manager, Taylor Ar-
nold, received a thank you note
for sending back to Scotland a bill-
fold he found in a case of liquor.
Arnold said the wallet belonged
to a Miss A. Devlin of Glasgow
and he found in a case of Tam
O'Shanter Scotch whiskey. It con-
tained a few coins and a key.
Arnold received a tetter of thanks
from Miss Devlin, as well as one
from R. Stuart Long, a
nf the Long distillery.
ROK Spokesman
Raps Decision As
Breach Of Faith
By AL KAFF
SEOUL, FFeb. 19<U.R_The offi-
cial South Korean government
spokesman critieiztd Friday night
the Berlin decision on Korea as
unworkable and a breach of faith
with- this country. - '
The spokesman. Dr. Hongkee
Karl, handed newsmen a prepared
Geneva conference "fundamentally
incomptaibie with the Korean ar-
mistice agreement."
"We believe no ultimate agree-
ment would be reached at any such
a conference," he said, "or any-
other conference with the Commu-
nists."
Lists Criticisms
The American - educated Karl
made these other criticisms of the
Big Four agreement:
1. "The big four acted in secret
and they accepted Russia in a non-
belligerent status after repeated
assurances by the United States
that this would not happen."
2. "We can never accept any
settlement that provides. for less
than the unification of Korea under
Democratic auspices and for the
expulsion of the Chinese Commu-
nist."
This point apparently ruled out
ROK acceptance of a neutraliza-
tion of Korea and a continued boun-
dary near the 38th Parallel.
Meanwhile, U. S. Ambassador
Ellis O. Briggs said the U. S.
policy on Korea has been fully sus-
tained in the proposal announced
Thursday by the four powers in
Berlin.
issues Statement
Briggs issued a brief two-para-
graph statement to newsmen Fri-
day night after conferring earlier
on the Berlin decision with Presi-
dent Syngman Rhee.
In his statement Briggs said,
the principles consistently pur-
sued by the U. S. on Korea—to
bring about by peaceful means the
unification of Korea as an inde-
pendent nation—have been fully
sustained in the proposal announc-
ed Thursday by the four powers in
Berlin.
"The composition of the confer-
ence will be as we sought it. Our
choice of place was accepted. We
have maintained a refusal to give
diplomatic recognition to Commu-
nist China or the North Korean re-
gime."
Welcomed showers fell m Steph-
ens county early Friday morning
in amounts reported varying frg ~
.10 of an inch to over,"
inch.
The .10 of an inch was reported
from the water plant here, while
.30 was reported from Lake Dan- '
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til about 0:30 p. m.
The area alerted included a-
bout 30,1100 square miles center-
ed on a line running from Hold-
enville and McAIester, Okla.,
eastward to Little Rotk: The
area was bounded on the west
by Durant, lloldenville and Brok-
en Arrow, Okla.
The forecast culled for "severe
thunderstorm activity," hail, and
possibly tornadoes, with gusty
winds up to 60 miles an hour.
tel. Creeks were reported running
north of Caddo and Charlie Ec-
kols said that more than half an
inch fell at his ranch.
Dust, rain, high winds and hail
hit Texas Friday, while possible
tornadoes were predicted for a sec-
tion near Lake
The variety of weather came as
a cool front moved across the
state from west to east, causing
thunderstorms and turbulence.
The crazy-quilt Texas weather
pattern shaped up like this: The
Oklahoma City Weather Bureau
issued a warning of severe thun-
derstorms, hail and possible torna-
does for a section along the Red
River, bounded by Comanche, Che-
cotah and Smithville, Okla., to
Gainesville, Tex. In the eastern
part of Texas showers were fall-
ing. In the west, high winds up
to 55 miles an hour whipped up
dust, which was expected to spread
across the state by nightfall.
Hail Reported in Wichita Falls.
Hail was reported early Friday
in the Wichita Falls area.
Early rainfall reports included
.20 at Wichita Falls, .05 at Abi-
lene, .06 at Mineral Wells, .11 at
Dallas, .05 at Waco, .05 at College
(Continued on Page Z)
Big Spring Trip
FORT WORTH, Feb. 19 (UK-
Sheriff Hurlou Wright will collect
$51.04 for an emergency trip to
Big Spring, Tex., that cost him
$125.
Wright, who said he had verbal
permission from Auditor J. M.
Star Williams to charter a plane
for the trip, had a loud and bitter
argument with Williams before
County Judge Gus Brown Thurs-
day
Williams said he didn't author-
ize the trip, which was in connec-
tion with an investigation into
the death of Patty Jenkins Har-
mon. Her nude body, wrapped m
chains, was found in Benbrook
Lake last fall. The murder has
never been solved.
State Auditor Finds "Irregularities
In Cheeking Accounts of Duval Co.
SAN DIEGO, Tex., Feb. I (U.£
—State Auditor C. H. Cavness re-
ported to Attorney General John
Ben Shepperd Thursday that he
found numerous "irregularities" in
an audit of Duval county finan-
ces.
Cavness said the "irregularities"
ranged from blank but signed
checks to a large number which
were paid without being endorsed.
He sard many records were miss-
ing, including those from the Ben-
avides school district for the per-
court order
county's records
those of the Benavides and
Diego school districts. Cav-
said the San Diego records
were "comparatively complete"
* ■ ~ kept.
San
The auditor
fairly well
cords "mostly"
county's roao t
re-
* ..ilia
8ad bridge special
fund, and that account also show-
ed the "most questionable items,
entries, etc."
Cavness said there apparently
was an illegal custom of makbw
salary advances, which were liqui-
dated with monthly deductions. He
also objected to transfers of mon-
ey between four constitutional
funds—jury, road and bridge, ge-
neral and permanent improve-
ments.
"In the jury fund check book,"
Cavness said, "we found 80 checks
signed in blank by the county
treasurer. Even though payments
from this fund are usually small
in amount, tins is rather risky and
certainly it is not good business
practice."
Examination Broken Down
The state auditor said his exa-
mination of the road and bridge
fund showed:
Six blank checks in a
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Tornado Warning For
Texas Is Later Removed
(By UNITED PRESS,)
Residents of Oklahoma and
Arkansas were warned Friday to
be on the lookout for tornadoes,
severe windstorms and thunder-
showers.
A warning was also issued for
a small portion of Texas north-
east of Gainesville, -but that
warning was later removed.
Weather bureaus at Oklahoma
City and Little Rock, however,
said there was danger of "a
tornado or two" in southeastern
Oklahoma untii about 5 p. m.
and in west central Arkansas un-
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