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BRENHAM, TEXAS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1949.
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In Big Katy Fire
Funeral Services For
Tom Barton, 78 Held
Somerville, Tuesday
RANGERS ASKED
LEADER HURT TO INVESTIGATE
IN CAR CRASH MYSTERY DEATH
Admits Identity But
Silent On Crime,
Police Say
Found Tied Up,
Suffocated
Hiss Again Faces
Court; Copion On
Trial, Too
TRUMAN MAY
TRYTOSETTLE
MINE DISPUTE
Used Only As Last
'■ Resort
Big Hunt Begins In
Bermuda Area
As B’29 Down
Suspected In Murder
of Young Girl
Neighbor
Will Try To Obtain
American Consul’s
Release
ton. some months ago for stealing
papers from the government.
Thia Js the first formal portrait of Mrs. Carlton S. Hadley to be
released since she announced her engagement to Vice President Alben
Barkley. The couple will be wed in>St. Louis, Mo., Friday.
Weds Veep Tomorow
t TEXAS- Fair and con-
fool this afternoon and to-'
romorrow fair, warmer in •
rnoon. Gentle to moderate
|nda on the coast, becotn-
kble tonight and tomorrow.
BHS Band To Boost
TB Drive At Game
bracelets and registration cards,
snd Brownie leaders gave an in-
teresting account of their actlvi-
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LOS ANGELAS, Nov. 17 (U.RI
—Fred Stroble has confessed
murdering Linda Joyce Glucoft.
five minutes today
(first deer” honors
Mayor C. D. Dali-
ts son-in-law, W1L
ns of Austin, who
ill of a four point
m. Wednesday, on
ranch pear Sheri-
le first to reach the
[ but S. B. McCau-
1 his wife that he
(line point buck at
Wednesday, near
g. The mayor ro-
le an unusually fat
lit of the excessive
bason.
William Fleming Has West Texas Woman
Multiple Fractures
In Collision
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. ftJ.R)—
Great Britain la making good on
her promise to look after Uncle
Sam’s interests in Red China . . .
starting right now.
The British
moved into the
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Karen Kuechenmeister, 7, is reunited wlth*Ser father Karl Kuechen-
meister at police headquarters in Detroit after Karen was rescued by
police from a kidnaper. The little girl was taken from the front room
of her home. (NEA Telephoto).
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■ Commerce ballots,
■tion of new mem-
hoard of directors,
■counted if received
■ “« A m. Monday. U
Rate was necessarily
■e to the absence
I, of Manager J. O.
WKNeWN DEAD,
7 MISSING AS
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twirlere will give an exhibition.
In co-operation with the Wash-
ington County Tuberculosis As-
sociation. two double bar crosses.
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A spectacular drill has been
planned for the high school band
to entertain those attending the
Brenham vs. Elgin football game
on Friday night. The drill will
feature some difficult maneuvering
and formations.
A*fanfare will announce the en-
trance qf the band. Aa^he group
will be performed. The band will
countermarch and then do the
great divide, telescope, a left flank
and right Rank, column right,
countermarch and then a column
left. Halting on ths fifty yard line,
the band will play the Brown
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KATY, Nov. 17. ft p)- Officers
are looking into the possibility of
arson as they look into a 1300.000
blaze that destroyed a huge Red-
wood cooling tower near Katy.
The 30-foot high tank, on Hum-
ble OH and Refining Company
holdings* burned to the ground
Tuesday night. Humble officials
say there was some damage to
pumps at the re-cycling plant
SOUTHLAND, Nov. 17. (U.K)—
Officers at Southland have asked
the Texas Rangers to Investigate
what appears td be one of the
most brutal murders in recent
West Texas history.
The aid of the Rangers was re-
quested after the body of Mrs.
Marvin Truelock was found in her
bedroom. A large gas heating
stove had been turned over her
face. The fire was still burning
when 13-year-old Calvin Bass, son
of Sheriff E. M. Bass, found her
body yesterday.
Witnesses say the 31-year-old
woman s face was burned beyond
recognition. A pair of m^n’s socks
had been stuffed into her mouth. .... . „„
Her arms were tied behind her B r*serve un»t or.an mobiii-
back by a rope which had been
twisted around her wgist.
Investigating officers say Mrs.
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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 17. (UP)—*
The 67-year-old man suspected of
the murder of six-year-old Linda
Joyce Glucoft in Hollywood was
arrested today by a traffic offi-
cer in downtown Los Angeles.
Stroble has made no admission
in connection with the abduction
and torture of the little girl, wnose
body was found Tuesday under
a pile of rubbish in the back yard
of the Hollywood home where he
lived.
He has been the subject of a
manhunt that extended across the
border into Mexico. The FBI. join-
td the search when it was believed
he had fled over the border.
GREAT BRITAIN
AIDS U.S. WITH
CHINESE REDS
were welcomed by Scout Ted
Sterling pt Burton last night for
the annual Scout Leaders Appre-
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LACY PYNE* HAVE SON
BORN IN HOUSTON
Mr. and Mrs. Lacy M Pynes an-
nounce the birth of their son. Ger-
Wayne, bom Tuesday at a
Houston hospital. Jtrs. Pynes will
te remembered as the former Miss
Doris Ann Wehmeyer.
The infant is the grandson of
Mr. and Mrs Ed Wehmeyer of
Brenham, and Mr. and Mrs. T. P.
Pynes of Pittaburg, Texas.' ,
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Mcdvti j{*the United Press, the Greatest World-Wide News Service
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Sergeant Accused^of
Broadcasting For
Japanese
TWO ON TRIAL
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BURLEY, Idaho, Nov. 17.(U.P)—The Cassai county sher-
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i kidnap victim has been found and identified.
I At the same time, the office
>ai<i investigators' are on the trail
of a car believed to be driven by
the kidnaper.
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espionage charges was denied to- Bcouts have been searching South-
dny. The defense has moved that Central Idaho since Glenda Joyce
she would be placed in double1 Brisbois disappeared iate yester-
jeopardy if she stands trial on spy by-
conspiracy charges.
government has
case of our im-
prisoned consul in Mukden. The
American diplomat, Angus frard,
and four of his aides have been
locked up by ths Chinese Com-
munists since October 24. The
charge—they allegedly beat up a
Chinese citizen who wanted back
pay.
The British consul in Mukden,
L. Stevenson, is pitching in with'
American officials in an attempt'
to win the release of Ward and his
staff. And American diplomats
say Stevenson’s help might get the
Americans out of the lock-up. They
point out the Chinese Commu-
nists are less hostile towards the
British government than toward
our own. .
In Waahlngton, Ward’s brother
and sister say he is hard as nails
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Hrennam
Miss Mildred Louise Muery was
ohe of the 260 members selected
from the senior class and the
graduate school of the University
of Houston, to become a member
of the Honorary Society in Educa-
tion.
Those who. have earned 12 or
more semester hours in education
and have attained distinction on
the basis of unimpeachable chAr-
acter, and who excell in scholarship
and qualities of leadership, become
members by invitation only.
This society Is preliminary to
the subsequent organization of a
campus chapter of Kappa Delta'
Pi; Miss Muery is teaching chem-
istry and biology tn the Conroe
high school and also attending the
University of Houston, working on
her doctors degree.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. ((IB—
President Truman apparently has
not given up hope of settling the
coal dispute without ustfig Injunc-
tions under the Taft-Hartley law.
He is pledged to repeal the law.
And after a White House staff
meeting today, informed sources
said Mr. Truman may call for
more mediation, drapite the fact
that Mediation Chief Cyrus Ching
had given up and laid the problem
on the president's desk.
However, the White House says
Mr. Truman will take no action in
the mine problem today.
Officers of the AFL Stock-
handlers’ Union striking at the
it St. Louis stockyards are
-v.ieduled to-^neet again tomorrow
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Tom Barton, 78, died Monday,
at the home of his sister, Mrs. J
F. Lyon, following a cerebral
But Taft Hartley Law S
at Woods Funeral home at 3:00
p. m. Tuesday, with Rev. C. A.
Ray of Somerville, officiating.
Mr. Barton was bom at Gay
Hill, of a pioneer family, his par-
ents being the late Zion and Nellie
Edmondson Barton. He had lived
at Gay Hill all of hia life, where
he engaged in farming.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Tom Barton, a son, Morris Barton,
both of Gay Hill and a step-son,
Lawrence Campbell of Houston.
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He is also survived by a nephew,
Wilburn Barton <>^ Somerville and
three nieces, and his sister, Mias
Maude Lyon.
Funeral was tinder direction of
Woods Funeral home. Pallbearers
were F. E. Russ. John Chambers,
Chas. Barton, ('has Barton, Jr..
Eddie Law and Fred Schultz of
Somerville and Julius Studehalter
and-Joe Gilmore of Gay |4ill. Inter-
ment was in Oak Lawn cemetery.
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Irin H. Shaufler sends
swing story:
Io go deer hunting. At
f is the experience of
■rka’r Jr., »"« a
rashington county
r. Parker, known to
[ aS “Fritz", now re-
Bishop, Texas, whet o
bident of the Bishop
k. went deer hdntteg '
h a game preserve of
busand acres of live
(the only forest of its
Lt section.
kiting for his buck to
L, he stopped under a
t and noticed the rich
■impost of live oak
H realised that none
Been touched for many ,
[along with the buck
bk home, he packed a,
tompost for his wife's
L Soon the flowerbed
marvel of the neigh-
Jrs. Parker gave them
the compost, and the
(cess was obtained.
( Mr. Parker sent a
(A&M College for test-
|u> findings far exceed-
bectations. He leased
med on page four)
zation assignment with a regu-
lar unit near the chaplain’s home.
CUplain New is of the Baptist
faith and was educated at the
Oklahoma Baptist University and
the Golden Gate Seminary. He
served with the Eighth Air Force
in England during World War II.
Both regular and reserve USAF
chaplains until recently were on
"loan status” to the Air Force but
actually assigned Ao the Depart-
Hforen of Burton has
■ built another tur-
■s one is coop num-
■ren's idea of the
Ki of politics and
Keral is tied in with
Row-wow of 1800-
■he 1949 coop crea-
■tian tee-pee. which
Jys. is ’’Heap much
Kot square, not .
Klevel. but resting
Kndation and can be
■ there, should it
*g<i_ haywire. JThe
■ophy and sense of
Kicted in drawings
■the tee-pee sides.
■1 be on display in
Kw until Saturday
Keren will send it to
Klbert Hubbard, II,
JN. Y., with a white
Brhe coop wjll have
Ke for protection to
Biubbard family a
Ktanksgiving.'
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■rains No. 42, and
■them Pacific Lines,
■ween Houston and
■be discontinued, ef-
■ Sunday, according
■ment by the rail-
■ Permlsaion to dis-
■ trains was recently
■the Texas Railroad
■After a hearing last
■which the railroad
Lures to show it
honey through their
Customers along the
me railroad entered
brotest, but members
mission said that un-
| court decision, they
less to deny the rail-
non..
LUMBER DEALER DIES
DALLAS, Nov. 17. (UB—Fu-
neral services will be conducted
thia afternoon in Dallas for Joseph
N. Perkins, a Texas lumber deal-
er for nearly a half-century. He
died yesterday at the age of 65 af- [ment of the Army. A chaplain's
ter a lingering Illness. (Continued on page five)
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Large Crowd At Burton. Gives
Honor To Leaders .in Scouting
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DALLAS, Nov. 17. (U.P)- The
president of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas has been in-
jured in a head-on auto collision
while en route to Dallas for a
Baptist committee meeting.
The victim was 65-year-old Wil-
liam Fleming. The mishap occurred
on the outskirts of Fort Worth.
Fleming is president of the
Fleming Oil Company. Both he and
his wife were taken to a Fort
Worth hospital by ambulance.
Doctors say the noted Baptist
layman received multiple fractures.
His wife suffered only shock and
bniises.
The driver of the other vehicle
was unhurt.
Meanwhile, a 14-year-old-East-
land high school boy is under
treatment in a Dallas hospital for
a brain concussion he received in
a fall from a Jeep.
Don Marfin wm en route to a
Scout meeting when he fell from
the vehicle, striking his head on
the pavement.
The accident was the third this
year forMartin, son of Mrs. Frank
Martin. Earlier, he fractured a leg
while swimming near the spillway
of Eastland Dam. After his re-
covery, a dive off the high board
at Eastland swimming pool re-
turned him to the doctor with two
group broken arms.
Socialite Indicted
By Valley Jury
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BROWNSVILLE, Nov. 17. (UP)
—New York Socialite Allen T,
Sturges, the second, has been in-J elation Dinner.
Cheering Song during which the dieted on two counts by a Cameron
county jury at Brownsville.
The 26-year-old man is recover-
ing in a Houston hospital after at-
tempting suicide a month ago.
Sturges was found shot in the
head in the Apartment of a f
with whom he had kept company
a short while. Three suicide notes
also were found.
One indictment charges the so-
cialite “bad boy” of passing a
bogus check. .And the other
charges thaUhe used an auto for
which he had neglected to pay.
girl 4ies..
>«nv Mrs. T. A. Felder, den mother
of the Cube, was presented a beau-
tiful corsage by her den, and then
each Brownie, Cub, Scout and Ex-
plorer pinned a corsage on his
mother. The corsages were made
of wild flowers
Wilfred Dietrich, scoutmaster of
STOCKTON. Calif., Nov. 17. (UP)
Failure of equipment and con-
fusion of men have taken a big
toll on three American B-29's.
In an air collision of two Super- *
fortresses near Stockton, Csitf., 10
crewmen are known dead and
seven are missing. Only four are
known to have parachuted to
safety.
One of the survivors. Lt. War-
ren Sherrick, told a woman who
dressed his wounds, that maybe his
plane and the other "got mixed
up.”
Th* planes x^ere part of a group
of 13 on a routine flight from
Spokane, Wash., to California and
back.
one facing the visitor's stands and
the other facing ths Brenham
stands, will be formed and lights
turned out. As the red flashlights
gleam, the band will play Silent
Night
The band Is making plans to
attend the region five, interscho-
lastic league, marching contest in
Huntsville, December 3.
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Several Trapped
One of the planes crashed on
McDonald Island in the San Joa-
quin Riven and burned. The other
craalied on nearby Kings Island,
and buried its nose six feet into
the marshy land.
Sevtral persons are reported
trapped in the plane on Kings Is-
land. Whether they are dead or
injured is not yet known.
..First word of the collision came
about lU48.p. m. PST (1:46 a. m.
CST). Mrs. Edna Faccone, who
lives on Kings Island, heard a
tremendous noise, and saw a flash,
a heavy fog hung over the area.
A man brought a bruised and
bleeding pilot to hfcr fishing re-
sort. And the pilot mumbled a
story of a collision , . . that "he
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lifornia Slayer Captured
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Kidnapers Foiled By Detroit Police
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Chaplain (Lt. Col.) John W.
New of Bfenham has been trans-
ferred to the U. 8. Air Force Re-
serve from the Department of the
Army Reserve.
He will receive training in the
AF reserve as desired and ax ap-
proved by Headquarters Twelfth
Air Force. Usually the training is
V. F. W. Auxiliary, Post 7104,
Mexican supper, Spanish Gr1:!, 7:30
p. m.
Sons of Hermann, initiation,
7:30 p. m. Lunch.
Fortnightly social science de-
partment, at Alamo school, 7:30
p. m.
•American Legion Auxiliary
meeting, Legion home, 7:30 p. m.
November 181
Cubs vs. Elgin football game,
lere, 7:30 p. m.
November 19:
Panola Co. Junior College vs.
BUnn. football game, at Carthage,
8:00 p. m.
Elk* monthly dance. Bring a
guest. 9 p. m.
November 21:
Girl Scout Leaders Club, Girl
Scout house, 1p.m.
St. Paul's Missionary Society, Xt
the church, 7:30 p. m.
■ November 22:
Bluebonnet Garden club, com-
New York: Dvc. 29.76. down 4: munity night, city hall, 7:30 p. m.
Man h 29 76, unchanged.
New Orleans: Dec. 29.73, dojvu
Mildred L. Muery
Invited, Be Member
>/ Honor Society
with company men to try to end
the four-day-old dispute. The two
groups met with federal and state
conciliators yesterday, but neither
side would say whether any prog-
ress was made.
A train and truck embargo still
has the yards closed to further
shipments, but supervisory em-
ployees have moved out about 20,-
(000 head of the cattie and hogs
caught by the strike.
AH phases of scoutinr were rep-
» saw a^a wvoaw* »/a weav ^*aa * a VI l/lilWClVil aaiiva
Scouts organization received their achievement at an impressive in-
vestiture ceremony and court of
honor, which followed the dinner
servedby the mothers:
Tenderfoot Badges:
Winkening, and Donald Derrick. ry
Second Class Badges: R ay “
Wayne Felder, 5 merit badges;
Floyd Broesche, 4 merit badges;
Melvin Meinecke, 4 merit badges;
Uurtfai .Rosenbaum, 4 merit bad-
ges; Raymond Dietrich, 5 merit
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She was convicted in Washing- Whicker, said he saw her get into
a maroon-colored car and drive
off with a man. The sheriff’s of-
fice says a woman told them about
the same story, of how the little
gill stepped into the car while
she was playing near her home.
She skid the man was round-
faced, heavy, and had straight hair
combed straight back over his
head.
Glenda’s father, truck - driver
Charles Brisbois. was in Boise
when the little girl Vanished. He
rushed home.' He told police the
family has no enemies that may
have taken the girl.
The family has one other child,
a. daughter 16 months older than
Gicnda.
A crowd totaling 224 persona Troop 398, Burton, was present-
ed a box of chocolates by the Cub
pack in recognition of his efforts
in their bqhalf. and the Scout1
troop gave him a camera. i
The following boys were award-
ed badges of promotion and
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NEW YORK. Nov. 17. (U.l!>
26th American to be accused of
treason since the war was indicted
by a federal grand jury in New
York today. * <
Former Sergeant Davis Provoo
of San Francisco is charged with
taking part in Tokyo propaganda
broadcasts after his capture by the
Japanese at Corregidor.
Provoo was arrested at Gov-
•Amwr's Island, New York, in Sep-
tember. shortly after he was dis-
charged from the army.
A jury of eight wqmen and four
men has been picked for the Alger
Hist?trial in Neuv^ork. The choos-
ing of the jury took only one hour.
This is the second perjury trial
for the former state department
official. He is accused of lying
when he swore to a grand jury that
he never had delivered state de-
partment secrets to Wh i 11 a k e r
C ipi, m r s- admitted ex - spy.
courier for a pre-war Communist
ring.
The first trial
hung jury.
In the trial of former govern-
ment girl Judith Copion and her
Russian engineer boy friend Vai-
sylveri^'Ryln^ays'he IBuripy, Tdjiho,the body7)f■ a T-year-old
will hear the government’s argu-
ments on pre-trial motions this
afternoon.
A defense motion to suppress j
papers that were seized from Miss
■Copion whert she was arrested on
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