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County Dads
Discuss Voting
Box Changes
Discussion of proposed
Chance-Taking
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road roller mishap.
Mrs. Annie Lewalien, 50.
being held at Sweetwater o
murder charge following the
shooting of her husband, Wl
families were left
today when fire
one house here and
two houses on each
Parliament voted approval to-
day to a decision by Prime
Minister Attlee and his cabi
net to defer nationalization
of the steel industry, perhaps
for the duration of Britain’s
economic crisis. . ***
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Fire Marshal W. O. Burns esu-
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Bombshell Makes Flight
change between the Lloyd
Cross Roads voting boxes.
Routine business matters
box boundary changes was initi-
ated at a regular session of the
county commissioners court which
convened for two hours this morn-
ing.
Following a recess for lunch, the
commissioners were to reconvene
at 1:30 p.m. to further the dis-
cussion and take action on a pro-
posed change of the Dixon voting
box to Little Elm and a boundary
to continue
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Dozen Killed In 7
Texas Accidents
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRm
Number of week-end fata
resulting from accidents of viol
over the state rose to 12 today
traffic mishaps leading the “1
of causes
n evg '<
made for trips to Eurove.
The inability of the committee to
locate John W Meyer, freespend-
ing publicity man for Hughes.
Ferguson said that Nov. 17 was
the earliest date that committee
members could .conclude other
work, including the prospective
DYING MAN WALKS TO AMBULANCE—Frank Stauber, 32, is helped into an ambu-
lance, left, at Hansen Park stadium, Chicago, aftey he walked 40 paces from the
wreckage of his midget auto racer. At right he stares glassy-eyed from ambulance 41
few minutes before he died. Stauber’s carcrashed through a canvass retaining wali;
a stout rope struck him across the thrott breaking his neck and virtually cutting off
his breathing. (AP Wirephoto).
there was no justification for this
investigation in the first place."
Burst of Appiaune
As he left the room, there was
a burst of applause from many who
had stood around outside the closed
doors waiting for a glimpse of the
man who has been the central
figure in the Senate's most sensa-
tional hearings in years.
In announcing the decision to de-
fer further hearings for three
months, Ferguson gave two prin-
cipal reasons:
Other demands on the senators’
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A 48-day dry spell was broken here ।
around 2 a. m Moncay waen 23
inch of rain fell to break an ac-
companying heat wave which Sat-
urday set a new high of 101 for the
year and Sunday topped it with a
106.
A temperature drop of 3: de-
grees in about 12 hours was re-
corded during the weainer man's
sudden about face, and Denton Ites
Monday were going about with air-
conditioned smiles on their faces.
A heavy thunderstorm a c c o m-
panled by some lightning served a
noisy notice of the change, scaring
the girls at NTSC's Terrill Hall,
where it struck the rooi vitnout
damage. Another bolt hit the north-
west corner of the college Manunl
Arts building, knocking off a piece
of mansonry. and doing no serious
damage, but emne that will require
repairing I
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side,” Raffles declared M
won't be known until "al the
bills come in” b that it averaged
about 4200 "Just 10 keep the Bomb-
ahell in-the air.”
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Damaging storms punctured
Texas' torrid heat wave in widely
scattered areas yesterday, and
continued rain is forecast for Cen-
tral and East Texas tonight and
tomorrow.
The storms were at Houston,
Orange, Galveston, San Antonio,
Gatesville, and the Vidor commun-
ity.
Rains fell in the storm areas, and
also in Fort Wortn, Beeville, Cuero.
Hondo, San Antonio, Taylor Tem-
ple, Weatherford. Victoria. Denton.
Pieroe, Sherman and Austin
Temperatures dropped sharply
with the shower. The mercury fell
from 104 to 72 degrees in one hour
in Austin. Wind gusts there
reached 50 miles an hour, doing
minor damage. Rain totaled 63
inch.
A "one shot” tornado was re-
ported northeast of Gatesville.
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killed Saturday night in an auto- his attorney, to file the libel suit,
truck collision eight miles east
of Crockett.
Highway Death
If youve ever played poker,
maybe you know chances of draw-
ing a full house are one in 004;
a royal straight flush, one in, 640,-
740. • All chanes of making a for-
tune at gambling are slim.
Chance-taking on highways to
house early today. A roof was
hurled 100 feet over boxcars on 1
siding, and over Highwav 3G
in most sections, the tempera-
tures were well above 100 degrees
yesterday, making it one of the
hottest week-ends of the year
Highest was 113 degrees at Henri-
etta. Temple, Waxahachie, and
Bridgeport reported 112, Ban Mar-
cos, Llano. ainesville and Hills-
boro 109, Taylor, Waco, Weather-
ford, Denton and Corsicana 108
Some slight relief was expected
in the Panhandle, with iower tem-
(8T Sunday Three minutes later
Odom landed at the Chicaro Muni- ’
ipal Airport, 21 miles south of his
starting point. .
Reynolds, sponsor of Odom to
record globe-circling fight, esti-
committee inquiring into plane,
contracts awarded to Howard I statement.
Hughes.
Birdwell, who said he had been
called to testify before the Sen-
Cloudy, Showers
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A similar highway accident four man and secretary of commerce
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of trade -_________ ____
Sir Stafford Crippa, president of
the Board of Trade, replied ttm
the next move was up to *0 2
nans, Bocialist sourcs reported
after the secret meeting. The trade
peratures predicted Rains me ex-
pected in Central and East lexas:
Dallas continued to sweitet , and
was in its 47th day without rain.
During the 47 days, from .1 ane 23
to now, temperatures have been
over 110 for 15 days
Strong winds, hail and lightning
accompanied the temperature —
plunging rains with several areas
reporting damages.
Orange, near the L uislana line,
was the hardest hit with electric
and gas service telephone com-
munications and I tie city s fire
alarm system disruped and a
number of buildings end residences
damaged
A tornado which apparently nev-
er reached the round w a s re-
ported seen by residents of Vidor
community, 18 in .les west of
Orange.
At Houston, winos reached torn-
adic velocities as high as 9Q rules
per hour at the municipal airport,
tossing a score or more planes on
the ground "around like peanuts."
Galveston residen’s were urged
to conserve water aTter lightning
struck and disabled the 150 horse-
power motor opera’z that city s
waterwosks booster plant. An emer-
gency motor was rushed in from
Houston.
A 48-mlle-an-hour wind. accom-
panied by a driving rain and hail,
descended upon San Antonio last
night after the Alamo City had
gone through its hottest day of the
year. At 3 p. m Sunday the mer-
cury stood at 104 degrees there
A-2Thomse,smsgt Bomb- shat,.tamb san utl’u’a iacret
miles north of Seminole Sunday
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shell, broke all existing records
These included the former solo
record set in 1933 by the late
Wiley Post. of 1M hours and 49
minutes, and the previous flight of
the Bombshell with Odom, Milton
Reynolds, Chicago pen manufact-
urer, and Flight Engineer T. Car-
roll Sallee, which made the trip
in 79 hours 66 minutes last April.
odom’s average speed for the
flight, including nine hours and 60
"I think that they postponed it
because they didn't want it to con-
tinue." he said. "I don't believe it
will be restmed Nov. 17."
Hughes added at an impromptu
news conference that he was "quite
sorry" the hearing had recessed.
He said the committee had
heard " lot of inaccurate testimony
from witnesses who were ill-in-
formed."
Answering a question as to
whether he thought the hearing ac-
See HUGHES, Page 2
minutes on the ground, was ap-
proximately 200 miles an hour;
but during the 92 hours and 16
minutes of flytag time he averaged
310.50. miles per hour.
Franklin Lamb, bdom’s flight
manager, said the youthful air-
' would "enter the Bendix Air
CHICAGO, Aug. 11 - (P — Pllot
BUI Odom said today that he
would try it again after setting a
new tecord for the tastest trip
around the world.
' The 97 year oM veteran flyer
broke aU previous globe eiroling
reeords ae he buzzed the Douglas
Airport control tower yesterday
just 73 hours, five mtnuts and 11
seconds after leaving C hie ago
Thursday on his 19,605 - miles solo
the investigation.
The Bepqte sub - commitee had
adjourned its inquiry until Nov. 17.
Here for a vacation and to ad-
dress a Maine Republican meeting
Brewster told newsmen:
\ "Mr. Hughes started this per-
sonal .phase of it. I suggested he
come in and make charges under
oath which I would answer.
"He wasron two or three hours
at a time for several days Six
times he urged the committee, and
I quote "I earnestly urge t h e
committee to drop this matter
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DENTON, TEXAS, MONDAYAPTERNOON, AUGUST 11, 1947 Aanociated Press kensed Wie
voting ul the party caucus. At-
tlee’s margin of victory was only
four votes—61 to 77. This action
forced recalcitrant member tt
the government to undertake the
withdraw a resolution calling upon
steel program at the next seniom
of Parliament, opening to October.
Labor party left-wingers have
been attacking Attlee o n the
ground crisis program was “too
little and too late" and his leader-
day with stops at dander, New-
foundland. Paris, Cairo, Karachi
and Calcutta, India; Tokyo, An*
Fargo, . D.;
AUGUSTA, Me.. Aug. 11 — (P) —
Senator Brewster (R-Me) charged
today that Howard Hughes had
six times urged his Senate com-
mittee to call off an Investigation
of war contracts with the million-
aire plane manufacturer's firm
Brewster's statement came in
answer to an accusation by Hugh-
es in Washington tha
was "too cowardly"
a “The good Lord was taking
of me for a wtile toot nl
Odom said, explaining that
had dosed off from fatigue
the motintains of wester CM
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taken care of including authori-
sation of the payment of 636 for
a pauper's grave in addition to the
regular monthly bills which were
approved.
County Judge Gerald Stockard,
who cut his 10-day vacation short,
presided at the meeting. All com-
missioners were present.
and awake to find himsei flash- manag
ing toward a 49,000-foot mouptain man 3
PSDKptee failure of an isMnoUc ‘
pitot, lapk, M egas near thevwend
of the trip, and extreme weariess.
freight ware-
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 — (P) —
President Truman, refreshed after
a week-end in the presidential
mountain lodge, “Shangri-La,” re-
turned today to the White House.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Tru-
Iman.
right here."
"It seemed to me he was cry-
ing 'enough' and throwing in the
sponge. That concluded it so far
time, including plans several have Has I am concerned". , th.
• - — | As to tne Adjournment or the
investigation, Brewster said that
Laborites Vote
aire Hollywood plane builder, ex-
changed charges before the com-
mittee in testimony last week.
With both under oath, Hughes
charged and Brewster denied that
the senator offered last winter to
call off the inquiry if Hughes would
agree to a merger of Trans World
Airlines with. Pan American Air-
ways.
Hughes, Hollywood film produc-
er and plans designer. holds a con-
trol ling interest in TWA.
Brewster Goes to Maine
Brewster left Washington Friday
after the subcommittee had closed
hearings on that particular aspect
of the case and turned to circum-
stances of how Hughes got his
plane contracts.
"When Senator Brewster saw he
was fighting a losing battle against
public opinion," Hughes declared,
"lie folded up and took a run-out
powder.
"When Senator Brewster headed
for the backwoods of Maine, that
was the tip-off Washington was get-
ting too hot for him!
"There was 1 reason for the
other senators on this committee
to continue his losing battle for
him if he was too cowardly to
stay here and face the music."
The Hollywood plane builder said
he thought the hearing had been
adjourned "because the people of
this country render the final de-
cision in any controversy" and
were back of him.
Hughes previously had told re-
porters he does not believe the
hearings ever will be resumed, de-
spite Ferguson's announcement
that Meyer will be subpoenaed for
an appearance Nov 11.
"It was very obvious from the
time I first walked into this room
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but added that “it will do con-
। siderably better than 500 miles an
hour.”
The new around the world trip
will be the hard way—via the
Poles—Lamb said.
The record trip just ended
started at 11153 A. m. (CBT) Thur-
In one of our last letters we
were complaining about the heat
as the thermometer was register-
ing around 65, but since that time
is has even gone up to 90. which
is pretty hot for this place. In
Traverse, it was even hotter and
i lie people there saw a record heat-
wave of around 100, which put
iitem all looking for cooler places
on the country-side beaches. Here
we had only a half-day in which
li was not comfortable, as a breeze
from the south came to our re-
lief. One morning it was 90 de -
greet; the next morning a drop of
39 degrees cooled things off. Bui.
nt that, with the temmomt",
showing around 75 degrees It
hasn’t been low encugi -
courage too much hard work
OKLAHOMA: Generally fair
tonight and Tuesday, not q
hot an Panhandle tonii
northwest quarter Tuesday
DENTON AND VICINITY: Consid-
erable cloudiness, scattered thun- i
dershowers tonight and Tuesday, I
little change in temperature. I
EAST TEXAS—Considerable cloudi-
ness, scattered thundershowers .
this afternoon, tonight and Tues-
day. Little change in temperatures.
Moderate southeast and south
winds on the coest.
wisr TEXAB—Partly cloudy, a
tew scattered thundershowers this |
afternoon and tonight and from '
Mom Valley eastward Tuesday.
Not quite so warm in Panhandle L
talks broke down recently when
Britain refused'to ease the repay-
ment of a wartime credit to Mos-
cow.
Other laborites called for cuts
in the armed forces more drastic
than Attlee has projected.
Members of the government said
everything possible was being done
to reduce the Army. Navy and
Air Force. - —L-.
On the steel Issue, government
spokesmen told the caucus there
was no intention to abandon an
election promise to nationane"the
mills. They insisted, however, the
cabinet should be fre to .choose
an appropriate time.
Some London newspapers ro«
ported earlier that Aneurin Bevan
had threatened to resign as minis-
ter of health if the government
abandoned plans ‘ to nationaltne
iron and steel works.
I No damage was reported to city
utilities by the city engineer's of-
fice.
Weather highs and lows for the
past two days were: Saturday, 107
and 77; Sunday, 108 and 73.
Skies Monday morning continued
overcast, with a possible promise
of more rain.
County Agricultural Agent G. R
Warren, who had returned from
Ponder early Monday said slightly
more rain fell'there than at Den-
ton. and also more fell at the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station about
four miles west of here.
Warren said that the fall was not
heavy enough to give any material
help to long-suffering crops.
Pia shower will tide cotton along,
he stated, but showers also will
help the cotton insects. “What we
still need is a soaking rain," he
I said.
ate war investigating subcommit-
tee this morning, denied at a news
conference that he falsified an
expense account, as Dietrich testi-
fied last week
Diestrich, executive vice presi-
dent of the tool company, told the
committee that Birdwell, then
working for Hughes, admitted to
him that he never entertained
Jesse Jones, as he claimed in an
expense account.
Birdwell sard he has instructed
about
Jown,
By R J (BOB) EDWRDS *
TRAVERSE CITY, Mia, Aug.
11 — Therefore, thus saith the Lord
God: Because ye have spocen van-
ity, and seen lies, therefore, be-
hold, I am against you, saith the
lord God - Ezekiel 13-8.
So near is a falsehood to truth
that a wise man would do well
not to trust himself on the narrow
edge Cicero
ended in death for William G.
Gardner, 23, an oil flUd worker.
W. A. Hobson, *67, of Westfield,
was fatally hurt Saturday when his
car overturned three times near
Houston.
Robert Frank Morales, 22. of
Whittier, Calif., was killed near
the city limits of Houston Satur-
day when his motorcycle hit a
diuh and overturned. 1 Morales
was en route to Houston to join
the Merchant Marine.
L C. Ranks, 30, of Houston,
died in a Houston hospital Sunday
ol Injpries received when struck
by a train in the Southern Pacific
Inglewood yeards.
Ft. Worth Man Drowhed
' O. L. Morehead, 48, Fort Worth
garbage department employe,
drowned near Boyd. lexas, in
the west fork of the Trinity River.
He was attempting to rescue his
daughter, Billie Wanda, 16. An-
other member of the swimming
party rescued the girl. More-
head's body later was recovered.
Mrs. Lee Owens, Maryville,
Tenn., drowned in the Brazos Riv-
er Sunday when she stepped in
deep water while on an outing.
She was the daughter of Mr and
Mrs. Tom Morrow of Mineral
Wells, whom she and her husband
had been visiting.
Jack Allen Simmons, 16, saluta-
torlan of his May graduating class
at Refugio, died at Corpus Christi
Saturday after he was crushed
beneath a nine - ton roller. The
accident occurred three miles west
of Woodsboro. Simmons was one of
several high school age youth em-
ployed on a summer road project.
KPERATURRB:
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Prime Minister Given “
Only Four-Point Margin
Of Victory on Program
LONDON, Aor- il —(p-
Winston Churchill said tonight
the Labor government’s "geo-
nomie erisis" leginlatien Main-
red powers of virtual dietator
ship on a cabinet whose prime
minister "might be disrerdad”
at any moment. Churehil ad-
dresned the House e( Comnons..
as it moved toward final actlen
on the bill, approved last week
in s preliminary vote.
LONDON, Aug. 11 —(AP>
— Labor party members of
in an attempt to publicize a plastic
bomber on which Hughes w a s
working.
This plane was (he proto type
for the F-11, a photo reconnais-
sance plane for which Hughes was
awarded an $18,000,00 wartime
contract,
Birdwell said that about 1 w o
weeks ago he gave to Loyd Wright,
Hughes’ attorney, an affidavit con-
cerning his participation in the
matter.
"I said that in the technical
sense of the word entertainment,
as it has been used in the hearings,
it was true I had not supplied
Jesse Jones with any Geisha
girls, but I had spent approximate-
ly 6100 on Jesse Jones and iis
personal press agent, Paul Wab-
field of Austin, Tex .” Birawell
said.
Noting that Jones, when he testi-
fied at the hearing, said he did
not recall ever having met Bird-
well, the publicity man said threre
were at least three minutes, be-
tween them.
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mated that the trip St 660,009 .3^1 ^i^
but said “It was worth it.” ice will observe the usual holiday
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It was “entirely in the hands of
the subcommittee” which is under
Senator Ferguson RR-Mich).
Brewster is chairman of the full
Senate committee.
"Senator Ferguson and the com-
mittee are throughly competent to
handle it,” said Brewster.
Asked by a reporter how he
personally felt "about dropping the
Hughes probe," Brewster replied.
"T don’t understand it to be
dropped.”
The reporter said "Mr. Hughes
says he thinks it is going to be
dropped.”
Brewster replied: "Mir. Hughes
is not running the subcommittee.
They know more, about it than he
does."
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 —( —
The Senate inquiry into Howard
Hughes’ plane contracts was ad-
journed today until fall, and
Hughes declared it was called off
because Senator Brewster (R-Me)
was "too cowardly” to continue
their fight
Hughes made this charge in a
statement read to newsreel camera-
men after the Senate War Investi-
gating Committee had abruptly ad-
journed its inquiry into his 640.000.
U0u wartime plane contracts unt
Nov. 17.
Brewster is chairman of the full
committee.
Meyer Cause of Delay
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich)
chairman of a subcommittee con-
ducting the hearings, announced
that the group decided on the de-
lay because John W. Meyer,
Hughes' party throwing publicity
man, could not be located for fur-
ther testimony on his expense ac-
counts. •
With Brewster vacationing in
Maine, Hughes said that the com-
mittee chairman had fought a "los-
ing battle against public opinion."
Brewster and Hughes, million-
passing on hill and blind curves.
Take the driver who's stuck ta
a tong line of cars, behind a 1930
jalopy that's belching exhaust
fumes in his face. Does ha fane,
too, and step on the gas? Not if
he’s smart, he doesn’t. He knows
there’s a very good possibdiity that
on the other side of that hMl, an-
other river is also toying with the
idea of pulling out of line.
NO one has figured out the math-
ematical odds involved in high-
Birdwell told reporters he en-
Denton businesses affiliated with
the Retail Merchanta Aqsociation
have decided to olose on Labor
Day, Sept. 1, Mrs. W. E. Mann,
executive secretary, announced to-
day.
Banks and business houses will
be closed for the entire day with
the exception of nekeesary aerv-
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50, at their heme Saturday night,
according to Sheriff Bill Sample
W T. Wilburn, a truck driver,
was charged with murder in the
death of Houston of his son-in-law,
Ernest U Ballow, 24. Ballow died
almost instantly Saturday night at
his home as the result of a shot-
gun blast that struck him in the
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Aecidentally Shot
Howell G A Tnompson, 22, stu-
dent at North Texas State College
at Denton last year, was accident-
ally shot at Dallas Sunday when
he was mistaken for a prowler
The accident was reported by his
brother, L. M Thompson, 18.
Another accidental shooting took
the life of Harold J. Callaway, 20.
He was killed Saturday at his
home in Texarkana when a pistol
he was showing to a girl accident-
ally discharged. The girl, Miss
lommy Dunnings, 20, standing two
feet away, was not hurt
Lloyd Bennett, 27, of Belott wa |
Suit Filed By
Publicity Man
.WASHINGTON, Aug 11— —
Russell Birdwell, Hollywood
publicity man, said today he will
file a 61,000,000 libel suit against
Noah Detrich, official of Hughes
Tool Co., beacuse of testimony which
Dil Utah gall a Senate aut-
trips to Europe.
But, Hughes, smiling broadly. .
told reporters :
"I don’t really think the hear-
ings will be reopened "
The Hollywood film producer and
plane builder also told questioning
newsmen he thought the reason the
committee gave for postponement
was "ridiculous."
no rural or city mall delivery or
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But with more ideal working
conditions. Dr. King and I have
beefi taking orders as to which
part of the beach should be
cleared, which part of the ever-
growing forest should be cleared
or trimmed or on some other job.
And, believe me. Dud King’s h ip
has been siunp'n. Speaking of Dud
and Bea King reminds me that
they speak of how much they en-
joy Rome Headlee’s "Doing3,"
which they have been receiving
since last summer, when Round-
about mentioned that they would
like to be on the subscrtption list
of the that unusual and interesting
personal publication. Headlee has
a lot of fun with the "Doings", and
his many friends enjoy his efforts
in telling about what’s doing with
his friends and family.
• • • •
A few days back, cherry grow-
ers were not calling for pickers,
as the seeming-hordes appeered
to be more than sufficient to take
care of the crops But, in recent
days, that supply has been ex-
busted and orchardists are now
calling for help. It may be that
the price of 50 cents per lug
<30 pounds) didn't attract workers,
and. too. many of them, it seems
come for a vacation. They pick
for a time, then take oif to go
swimming in the Lake. But, as we
see it, the fact that no National
Mexican were permitted to come
into the orchards this year has
caused the labor-shortage. The
only Mexicans here this ye nr
are mostly from Texas, and as
one orchardist said to Is, “If it
were not for the Texas Mexicans,
I don't believe we would be able
to harvest the crop this yeer.
They are willing and conscientious
workers.” Some of the growers
have alrady raised the picking
pay to 60 cents per lug, and that
may bring about a change. Yet,
the packers are getting more
t cherries daily than they can nand-
r)e It's beht biggest crop in years.
• • •
Thinking along the cherry - line,
we had hoped to send $te to
Jum Forrester and Steve Barron,
who begged to have some of
Roundabout's pickings. We find
that impractical, as the cherries
would spoil before they reached
their destination. Certainly, we
would not want those two friends to
get the wrong idea as to how ae-
licious the cherries really are.
We also think of many other
friends whom we would love to
have cherries from here, but that's
the reason for their not having
i a few cherries along with us
to eat and, to make cnerry pies,
which we enjoy almost every nay.
Approval Of
Cabinet Decision :
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Attlee Backed on Delay
In Steel Nationalization -
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