Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 90, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 26, 1953 Page: 1 of 14
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CLEBURNE TIMES-REVIEW
CLASSIFIED PHONE 2000
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ESTABUSHEO 1904
CLEBURNE. TEXAS. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26. 1953
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out of thousands of dollar* in 1951
Kirk quoted Pregler as laying in a big buying scheme.
had to be amputated. He used an
artificial limb.
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Such Interesting
Conversation ...
at the school Fri-
the sale of the
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dpent to
tenance
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at least these
chave to de
“The objective of the week is to
acquaint all our people with prog-
Once, while serving time in a
Mississippi jail, he attempted a
break, was shot in the leg and it
Oldfashioned Box
Supper Scheduled
Eighth grade students of Friend-
ship School's will stage an oldfash-
and 18%
visit-the
Eudie, Pattar, C. M. West, Guy
Adami, W. L„ Robertson, C. L.
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had traveled
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to Texas. His two daughters and
a son live near Detroit.
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who gave
or dad.
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Puerto Rican Sets
His 'Acting* Price
SAN JUAN, PR, Feb. 265 —UP_
Marcelino Romany, the little dele
' calves he agreed
return one to its
an
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bear herds
we mean a
portrait pa
the public
Chandor,
OTHER DEPARTMENTS
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Wednesday
conversatk
was more 1
livery. ,
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oldly into WeM
and blasted Re
a day-long bon
20. ...
National Bank, has been
until next Thursday,
Charlies Kirkham annoui
wd massy slmi-
mere eur desk.
. ihbee steries
nesters who
CLUB $TA{
The monthly stas
will be staged to
Biver Country CM
boxes will be used by the class to
pay for improvements at the school
This function has become an an
nual event, sponsored each year
by the eighth grade students. Who
graduate and are transferred to
conversation Wednesday and that
once when Massey said he’d "L*,
that 20," his wife repled, "I don’
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Mmfee—Teses •m Sim
v BMW Fuee Leesw
check book and identification when
arrested. ,, -
The Texas sheriff said the body
was found after a two-day search
begun after a “bloody car" was
found last Monday near the spot in
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"he M
I • call to
» on Dabney
20p.m. On-
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"hight activities
might at Nolan
b nt 7:30 o'clock
egal Per the loot few years mak-
tag • vime hoe been weh o elm-
pie and esv prehlem, B Kardly
merited a secen thevght.
I As eechyesr ppenes and builds
) a etrenger spen between ua and
fee loot world wer, things have
become more normal. Even the
Korean eitvatien, drestic and tre-
vie oo h l«. has enly partially
Hewed this return t• normal v-
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It can be done. I
Youth Planning Board
Meeting Is Postponed
Meeting of the youth planping
board scheduled tonight at City—7
$
back
• red,
'Oman
ton in
to the
jar to
badk!
payroll/lofVEhe"locai unit torthe
information of the citizens of Cle-
burne for the year of 1952: '
During the year of 1952 the local
unit of the National Guard was paid
a total of $25,944.60 in drill pay,
Men of the unit received 110.224.10
for their duty performed each Tues-
day night This amount is in the
addition to the regular alary re-
• you want
ugh and feat
henoveble,
• can de R.
lion and pay in their grades for
duty performed while at army ser-
vice school
to few*
pend-upon the open market.
If they follow the example set
by this owe Johnson County farmer,
these dairymen wil ono that it is
entirely possible to keep a good
herd for replacements, without hay-
inn any stocker animals to begin
with
March 1-7 will be Public Schools
Week in Texas and the Maspnic
Lodge here is furnishing speakers
for all Cleburne Schools during
the week, according to Jack
Altaras, chairman of Public Schools
Week in Cleburne.
’ Bold Delivery “
transferred here from the Center.
Tex , jail for "security" last New
Year's Eve after a so-foot fope
was found in his cell
Jailer Propes said he was asleep
in the jail when the two masked
gunmen, one carrying two pistols,
entered and woke him up
•3,7 Finland, Feb.
Mi Helvi Leskinen,
birth to quadruplets
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gmauyhre e» MfeMr pa
ions and exper-
Ing men received
privates to cor-
i, B. R. Glover,
Head - Lines
By Clyde Hood
rsma and accomplishments of our
public educational system," he said
Governor Allan Shivers has is-
sued a proclamation designating
the week. In the proclamation he
states, “One of the greatest basic
institutions upon which we have
to rely for furtherance of our Amir
R!
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lywood motion
lid 1100.000 in
W. Eldrid
llamston, ________
to Texas test Jannary. _
Sheriff Orval Capehart of Van
Horn said Pregler’s confession had
"pin pointed" the location of the
came upon the mm
as Eldridge sittidg in
at a roadside para ne
according to Kirk,
to appear in a Holl;
picture if he is pal
advance
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1 Mack's Rs
i Street tert
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the keys," Propes quoted one of
the two as saying "We re going
to get Morris and Massey."
They forced the jailer to the
third floor, made him unlock Mas-
sey’s cell as they held guns in his
back, freed the two prisoners then
locked the jailer inside the cell and
fled
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ear's pro
s a teund
wisalse
gram fer
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esr PALM BEACH Ha Feb
28 —OP— Two youths were held
ag/
A people grows strong by looking
out for themselves, sinking their
TQualficatona include 20 to »
years age for firemn and 23 to
25 years of age for polle; equiva-
He said he would keep sU of
the bull calves as part of pay for
to keep awe and
original owner.
body found "covered up in some
gravel" a short distance from U.S.
Highway 80.
Pregler, who gave his home as
Tallahassee, Fla., and said he was
AWOL from the Navy, told Sher
if Kirk be wanted to confess be
cause “I couldn't steep worrying
about this thing.”
He said be hitchhiked a ride with
I Green in Texas and together they
Propes said he heard a car
Tuesday,
Langite
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prenis, re
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h dooen** lake an inzilig.ne
person to make money during
BATTLESHIP
REDHARBOI
tor possible murder charges Thurs-
day following the discovery of a
slain man’s body in a shallow
grave near Van Horn, Tex.
Sheriff John Kirk said Maurice
W. Green, 24, and Bernard Preg-
ley, 80. had been suspected only
of passing worthless checks until
Pregler blurted out purported de-
tails of a rubbery slaying 11 days
ago.
Texas authorities Wednes-
day night reported finding a body
they presumed to be that of Fred
in addition to pay, the National
Guard offers opportunities to its
members such M army schools.
FOR THRILLS—Police Lt. Arch Spradley, center, questions one of three Hous-
ton teenagers who have admitted stealing 12 automobiles in the pant month,
burning 9 of them. The boys said they stole the autos, mostly Lincolns, "for
thrills" and to "see girls,” then burned them to get rid of the fingerprints. Left to
right: Pete Capooth, Lt. Spradley, and Robert Whitington, who was slightly In-
jured when they wrecked one of the stolen vehicles. (NEA Telehpoto)
LOCAL NATIONAL GUARD UNIT
is. Here is a
iinter, will be opened to
March 15 for six weeks.
who died Jan. 13.
an tie identifled and Mississippi prisons, was
in a parked car charged with swindling dozens ol
near Van Horn, chicken raisers in the Center area
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ItTH. TEAR. Na SO
Will Be Opened
WEATHERFORD, Tex., Feb. 28 the .mountainouse
—UP—Gardens of the late Douglas
Chandor. internationally famous
PRESS CONFERENCE—President Eisenhower may
well be looking for Divine guidance as he faces cor-
respondents at his second press conference since en-
tering the White House. The conference was moved
up a day to permit the President to leave Washing-
ton late Thursday for a long week-end of golf at
Augusta, Ga. The President said he would be will-
ing to go half way to a meeting with Soviet Premier
Josef Stalin "if he thought such a meeting would
further the cause of freedom, and would be consist-
ent with what the American people expect of their
Chief Executive." (NEA Telephoto) -
"There is absolutely no question
of constitutionality involved/' the "
Texas Democrat told a reporter. ;
Daniel is a leader In the fight for
state control of the submeruod
lands
The legality question was raised
bv Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D- ■
N.M ) end former Solicitor Gen-
erel Phillip B Perl men Wednes- -
day in testimony before the Sen-
ate Interior committee which is
considering tidelands legislation.
They To Hear Wheeler
The committee is slated to hear j
testimony Thursday from former 1
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (D-Mont.). I
Wheeler•, who represents a grown I
of persons who filed ubmerged I
land leases under federal law, will
urge that the rights of the claim: J
anta be protected in any bill ,1
passed.
Anderson, sponsor of legislation "'J
Urv, Wedmetdz
teras; Jumler HI
e.m. Penn-je
(cm.), nofr
J a ekaon; Ml
•-mr Rev.4 ......
ElomentarVr Evidey, 1 p.m.
Lem Tiewevh.
..^1 Capt. Berry B ‘Taylor,
t2nj Wi
y, Il A.m.
choot, Fl
Will Give Exams For
Police And Firemen
Hubert J. Woodruff, director of
the Civil Service Commission in
Cleburne has announced an exam
Ina lion for the police and* fire de-
partments.
The examination will be given
at. the Central Fire Station at 7
p m. March 23.
The City of Cleburne invites
qualified persons to apply for the
examination. The two department*
are establishing new eligibility lists
for present and future vacancies.
Vacancies exist presently in both
departments.
Last day for filing applications
is March 18, 12 noon.
Applications for fireman may be
obtained from Fire Chief E C
Templeton and applications for pa-
trolman may be obtained from
Oran Smith, chief of police
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paid fed
ation pre- .
d farmer *
nu stat |
practices
rmal and ,
lg operat-
a farm is
tinued '
bumcni
» set an
teby Rm
stick up, get
they asked to borrow a tire iron,
and wMtr Eldridge walked to his
ear trunk Green twice shot El
dridge in the back with a .33 caliber
pistol. ' 21-3.
Pregler said they carried the
body in Green’s ar to the burial
spot and then switched to El-
dridge's car and drove to Jupiter,
Fla., according to the sheriff.
Kirk said Groen was posing as
ironically, Massey had been
been a
MMTi
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Tidelands Plans Are Illegal
t Doesn’t Challenge Authority
"However, Periman Aald he did
not challenge Congress' authority
to dispose of its public lands. But 3
he questioned the “form" of the
pending legislation.
Daniel, however, contends there
is no question of Congress' right
to pass "quit-clalm" legislation |
over the tidelands. And he pointed . J
to previous testimony by Perlman , ]
to back up his position.
Attorney GenersI Herbert Brown- 8
ell will give the administration’s I
view on the legal points involved T
Monday when he appears beMN I
the committee.
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to continue federal control over 33
the tidelands, hinte that state .rd
ownership legislation may face a :28
Supreme Court challenge if Con- M
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the federal government has "parr 3
mount rights over the submerged
lands. , - in, 3.. . S3 f' S
Ha aAid 1
question t
M(d Thursday her
vwih the doctor
nusual than the de-
»first baby, a girl,
The following men recelved pro-
motions from corporal to sergeant:
Briscoe, B. L. The following re
celvad promotion from sprgeant to
sergeant first elaas: .Hutel/sen,
A. D/, Rinehart, F. L. Stephens,
O. J. Trusselt,3. M. Second Lieu
tenant Robert L. Shahan received
his commission ss first lieutenant
after baving served two years as
a second lieutenant He is now
executive and motor officer of the
unit, Claude T. Basye, who vas
an outstanding sergeant In the
unit, completed correspondence
course which along with his for-
mer military experience quallfied
him to be commissioned s second
ileutenant. He is now a platoon
leader and is in charge of all train-
ing in the unit The unit offers
this opportunity to sll men between
17 end 18M years of age and all
veterans.
Summer esmp was uttended by
56 members of the unit st Fort
Hood, June 15-28. All phases of
armored warfare were participat
ed in by the men of this unit.
High Ratine
At the annual federal inspection,
Company A received sn oversll
rating of excellent in training, ad-
ministrative, facilities and leader-
ship.
Men may enlist now and receive
e full dsys pay for each two hour
drill they attend, the pay for the
new enlistees starts st 12.51 per
drill. In addition members will be
drsft exempt with s I-D classifi-
cation if they enlist before they
be in use st Dillon Funeral Home. ... -
Sears, Dickson’s. Memorial Hospi-" Eldridge and using the dead man’s
tel. Liberty Hotel and Sharpe Mo-
teeth into i
good exampl
A Johnsoh County farmer wanted
to start a dairy herd. He wanted
to operate a Grade A dairy He
had the land, pasture and such.
lean ideals to our public schol
system, it is the birthright of every
American to attend our public
schools And to there acquire the
essentials for making an honor-
able living, as well as an under
standing of the reciprocal privi-
leges and responsibilfties ol Ameri-
can citizenship, the advantage* of
our way of Um, and the place of
our country in the world.
The following Masons will speak
at the varlous schools during the
week: <
Republican national
Chicago, to willing
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So you see the bull can put a little
. money la the farmers pockets and
the heifer csives helped him to
. build his dairy herd
Raising calves on the halves is
‘ have
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timsty WIK
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The postponement was prompted
to permit s conference with writ
board members in sn effort to
exploit to the fullest, the present
youth recreational facilities In Cle- •
burns, Kirkham explained. ■ 14 7
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of the Truman sdmin strafe
handled the tideland cases,
that a legal question could
volved.
If
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gndrmenvnsdesnnu"
mrrm-mmEmmmpe-
I reach the age ol 18% years of age
। and attend drill with the unit each
, drill night.
Guardsmen will be with men they
know and will be trained by ve-
terans with combat experience.
40.3 percent of all members of the
unit are combat veterans.
Members who desire to attend
service schools are sent at the ex-
pense of the array with transpora-
Emtiphreti
mi
but he didn’t have the money to
go out and buy the type ol dairy 1
animals he needed for the dream
Determined to solve the problem
in short order, the man worked
out one of the most unique plans
in dairy history. He is letting other
dairymen stock his form.
k
This Jehmeen County farmer
pot in his truck end wont to see
some of his neighbor* who were
•pereting Credo A dairy farms.
Dry weather had caused all of
those dairymen to be short on
food and pasture.
The ambllibus former told
these men he would like to toko
their celves, food and posture
them Why neir He had fee pro**
and fee cowa mcessary to toko
core of fee baby celves for the
first few weeks.
City Employes Get
Teleplpne Briefing
Mrs. Madge Small Wood and
Miao Beulah LaRue of the Sooth
western Bell Telephone Co., office
in Fort Worth were at City Hall
thia morning instructing Mrs. Otta
Cox, Miss Geraldine Stepp, and
Miss Nelda Vaughn in operating
the new PX telephone system re-
cently installed
The two Fort Worth women will
tie in town all day instructing
the operators of all PBX boards
in the city The same system* will
comethine to ri
kemkoMo
ifove toteto,
lar,eteries haw
Shrameetyene
Irvine Elqmentary, Monday, I
mm. Rev. Chqyles Pitt*; Santa F•
Elomegtarye Tuqeday, 9 a.m. Rev.
Jef Meorgs Adams Ulmentery,
l pi Res. Jeff Meore;
memerv, Tuosdey, 2 p.m.
ir*0> Colemen Elemen-
RttMtoy, 9 e.m. Jack Al-
wlr/Weh, Thuraday, 18
10
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spent year* in building the gardens
which he called “White Shadows,"
and which were visited annually by
thousands of persons
Chendor’s wife said an admission
wUl be charged to offset part of
fee cost in maintaining the elab-
orate gardens.
ISSUES ITS ANNUAL REPORTS
celvad from
bars of the
speed swsy but Sheriff Gordon
Strong said he had found no one
yet who had seen the car.
Propea freed himself by reach-
ing through a grating and unlock-
ing the cell door, then called Strong
who sent out a statewide pickup.
Apparehtly the break was engi-
neered through a long distance tel-
ephone eall from Massey's wife,
Catherine, who is about 30 years
younger than her husband.
Propea aald he listened to their
__________ ifiiefr popu-
lated section of ulberson county.
Eldridge, a widqwer, had worked
five years as a printer for the
Williamston Enterprise before re-
tiring sad going to Florids last
November. From there he traveled
At Hearings
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26—
UP — Sen. Pric Daniel
Thursday disputed the ar-
gument that proposed legis-
lation to return off-shore
oil lands-to coastal states
might turn out to be uncon*
stitutional.
Public School Week'
Then, he said. It ihdleated the wife
told Massey he wouldn't be in jail
long enough to need any more
money
The call was traced to the La-
mar hotel in Houston but officers
said no one waa registered there
under the name of Massey. They
believed the wile was in the auto
mobil when Massey fled the jell
Massey ws* ar re* tod last No
vemberin Dalia* by Harri* County
Deputy Sheriff Bill Isbell after the
officer had chased him through
Cuba to Mexico and back in a
year long hunt.
Massey, who has a record of
time served in California, Arizona
u"oz
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Ike Only Joking
About 2nd Term
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 —UF-
For the limo being Presldent 1
senhower is only joking when h
makes any comment tabout-
second term.
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The big booger la dairy circles
today is replacements. Many ea
tablished dairymen have to depend
on the open market .for re;
let In Rio ouctees or feilure of
such a s entero. Thie maw wented
celtes from proven sires and
TJ
i a whale T %/,I
example. .
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&OURI BLASTS
JNS AT WONSAN
ilddeglu— ao6itfna--d--r-
Aids Swindler ‘
HENDERSON, Tex., Feb.
26—UP—Two masked gun-
men held up the jailer at
the Rusk county jail here
early Thursday and releas-
ed two prisoners from their
cells, one of them a well-
known swindler.
The bold release came at
3 a.m.
The bold release came at 3 a in
when Jailer Marton Pmrea.xas,
alone in the three story jail
Freed by the rough talking gun-
men were W C. Massey, 47, a
suave, mustachioed swindler and
his cellmate. Reagan Morna, a 22:
year-old Henderson youth charged
with criminal assault
Capt. Taylor wishes to
to all mon between the am
Trussell, C. D Baker, J. C.
pona; kihr,-gK.N,‘mhrej
tvr Uuited Pru Telephete Pietere
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who had fee hoot UMM animals.
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unit. Fal time om.
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