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GAINESVILLE, TEXAS
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GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 26, 1949
59TH YEAR
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NUMBER 206
Russ Plan to Lift
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Shanghai-Hangchow area.
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In Texas Moves Slowly Eastward
Duval
Big Bend country, around Guada-
and Cooke
Weather Forecast
Texoma Report
BOUDREAU’S HOMER WINS
in a combat zone.
world champs to four hits but lost.
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Meanwhile, Walling sought the
sweater,
navy dungarees
and
contributions of $1 each from
surplus cash.
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TEXAS
LAUGHS
By A. MORTON SMITH
T WILL RAIN IN Gainesville
- Thursday, and Sunday will be
Temperatures: Today noon, 69;
low last night, 65; high yester-
day, 82; high for year, 90; low
ranch near Freer.
End of Heavy Rains Due
The weather bureau said a def-
inite end to the near-cloudbursts
is likely by tomorrow. This morn-
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county citizens may have the op-
portunity to make their contri-
butions and be assured they will
reach the proper parties to make
sure they will be used by the
American Cancer society to the
best advantage.
situation.
Senator Russell (D-Ga) another
of those who felt Stuart should
have left Nanking commented: “I
a home run over the fence at the
380-foot mark today and gave his
Cleveland Indians a 1 to 0 victory
over the St. Louis Browns.
It was right hander Bob Lem-
jury for the Arthur Clayton Hes-
ter murder trial may be com-
pleted this afternoon.
The ninth juror was selected
before the noon recess. He was
Missouri leads the union in lead
consumption.
COOKE COUNTY FREE LIBRARY
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS
Lake level, 611.56 feet; water
temperature, 59; river gauge be-
low dam, —3; barometric pres-
sure, 30.09 rising; south wind 15
mile per hour this afternoon and
tonight; variable, 10-15 miles per
hour Wednesday; partly cloudy
with possible showers this after-
noon, during change from cloudy
to clear; fair tonight and Wed-
nesday; high temperature today
81, low tonight 62, high Wednes-
day 80.
AMERICAN MOTHER—It couldn’t have been a happier iday
for Mrs. A. E. Gillis of Fort Worth, Texas, named American Mother
of the year, unless “my other three children were here.” Shown with
Mrs. Gillis (center) in her home (left to right) are: Mrs. Evelyn
Gray, daughter; Earle Gillis, her husband; Lewis Gillis, son, and
Mrs. Eileen Plemons, daughter. (AP Wirephoto).
Texas Senate Today
AUSTIN, Tex., April 26 (P)—A proposal which would set up a
$200,000,000 bond issue for financing Texas water conservation;
projects cleared preliminary hurdles in the senate today but lacked
enough support for final passage.
BUSINESS FAILURES
NEW YORK, April 26 (P)—
Business failures rose to 198 in
the week ended April 21 from 184
in the previous week and com-
pared with 100 in the like week
last year, Dun & Bradstreet re-
Hensley was named the eighth
juror. Hensley and Walker were
selected from 29 men picked up
from the streets last night and
early this morning.
The state had used up all but
three of its challenges and the de-
fense all but five as the noon re-
By
BOYCE HOUSE
fair. There’s also a good possibil-
ity of rain on Wednesday and
Friday, and little likelihood of
rain Tuesday, Saturday and next
Monday.
No, we haven’t turned weather
prophet. We’re just trying out the
basis of forecasting the weather,
which PATRICK D. MORELAND,
executive vice president of the
Texas Restaurant association, says
restaurant operators use to deter-
mine the weather conditions to
come.
Moreland says that restaurant
operators base their food pur-
chases on the probable weather.
Temperature and rainfall acute
financial problems in the business
and the average restaurant man is
a student of the almanac.
Moreland believes that the
weather records for years back
is the best basis for forecasting
weather conditions. For example,
he doesn’t think it will rain in
Galveston on June 9, when the
Texas Restaurant association will
be in convention, because there
has been no rain on that date in
17 years.
So we say it will not rain in
Gainesville next Sunday because
it has rained but once in 27 years
on that date. On the other hand,
the prospect for rain is good on
April 28, because it has rained
seven times on April 28 in the
last 17 years. April 28 has been
wetter than anv day of the week
beginning today. April 27 is the
second wettest day. Next to Sun-
day, next Saturday is the day
when rain may be less likely to
fall, according to these past rec-
ords.
All of which may not mean a
thing, but it will be interesting
to see how the law of averages
works out.
Heavy U.S. Naval
Vessels Move Out
Of Shanghai Today
SHANGHAI, April 26 (P)—Heavy U. S. naval vessels moved out
of Shanghai today as two Communist spearheads rolled toward the
Ram Protests Down Throats
Of Chinese Reds’— Connally
WASHINGTON, April 26 (A) — Senator Connally (D-Tex) said
today a State department protest should be “rammed down the
throats” of Chinese Communists who invaded the American ambas-
sador’s home in Nanking. -----------------------
state headquarters
Houston.
Thus Gainesville
By The Associated Press
Flood waters at hard-pressed
Alice, Texas, began dropping
about 3 a. m. today.
There was good news also from
the U. S. Weather bureau: the
rain belt is moving slowly east-
ward.
Meanwhile, two deaths were
attributed indirectly to the Texas
floods and the torrential rains
which caused them.
Alvin Creech, 37, Premont, was
killed late yesterday when he was
About 200 people spent the
night at the county courthouse
in Alice after being evacuated
from their inundated homes. Ho-
tel Alice also was full of refugees.
The national guard, a posse of
mounted sheriff’s deputies and
volunteers had cooperated in the
evacuations. The water still was
waist to shoulder deep in some
low-lying sections of Alice this
morning.
Volunteers erected a sandbag
bulwark which protected Alice’s
city waterworks from damage.
The Red cross set up emergency
kitchens to feed the evacuees.
The plane crash which killed
Harwell also resulted in the in-
jury of N. E. Sears. Both were
Alice men, employed by the Hal-
liburton Oil Well Cementing com-
pany. They were dropping sup-
plies to a group of Halliburton
Taking of Testimony Is in
Progress in Damage Trial
The presentation of testimony in the case of Oscar Gene Ball,
et al, vs. Ben Rogers, et al, in Judge B. W. Boyd’s 16th District
court continued Tuesday morning.
president had asked him for a
report on the talks with Malik.
Both Webb and Jessup were
smiling, buoyant and animated.
Webb told reporters:
“The pres ident has been in-
formed of the steps which have
been taken and has approved
them.”
Jessup would not go into de-
tails of his talks with Malik but
the State department advised re-
porters that a statement concern-
ing them would be issued later.
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be selected.
A special venire of 150 men
was exhausted last night after
seven jurors were chosen for the
trial of Hester. The youth is ac-
cused of killing his benefactor,
Dr. John Lord, dean of the Tex-
as Christian university graduate
school.
Judge Penn Jackson last night
ordered Sheriff Houston Walling
to collect 40 veniremen from the
streets and have them in court
today.
Hensley, a retired railroad shop
machinist, was the third man
chairman of the senate foreign
relations committee told a report-
er. “They’ve got to learn to re-
A NUMBER OF Gainesville
people has indicated recently the
desire to make contributions to
the educational and fund-raising
drive, of the American Cancer so-
ciety.
State chairmen have been ap-
pointed as has a state advisory
committee, but if there has been
a local chairman appointed for
Cooke county, no public an-
nouncement to that effect has
been made.
Since April is the month for
such contributions and $450,000 is
the state quota, it would seem
that some arrangements to re-
ceive and acknowledge the gifts
should be made locally.
Contributions may be sent to
The Register office and they will
be acknowledged in this news-
paper.
If a county chairman shows up,
they will be turned over to him,
otherwise they will be sent to the
and tonight and BS
in extreme east
portion Wednes- RmdSmmMBhndadzka
day. No impor- e ey mv
tant temperature •
changes. Moderate to occasionally
fresh southeast winds on the
coast
West Texas: Partly cloudy this
afternoon, tonight and Wednes-
day. No important temperature
changes.
Louisiana: Considerable cloudi-
ness, not much change in temper-
atures, scattered showers Wednes-
day and in west and north por-
tions this afternoon and tonight.
Moderate to occasionally fresh
southeast winds on the coast.
Oklahoma: Partly cloudy west,
mostly cloudy east today and to-
night with occasional showers
southeast and extreme east today
and in extreme southeast tonight.
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men marooned on the
Sullivan Quits
As Protest to
Ship Scrapping
WASHINGTON, April 26 (AP)—
Secretary of the Navy John L.
Sullivan resigned today. Intimates
said one reason was to protest
against overruling of the navy’s
plan to build a 65,000-ton super
aircraft carrier.
Louis A. Johnson, new secre-
tary of defense, ordered the proj-
ect stopped last Saturday and was
backed up by President Truman.
The White House, announcing
Sullivan’s resignation, made pub-
lic an exchange of letters between
him and the president. These let-
ters said nothing about the car-
rier.
Sullivan wrote Mr. Truman:
“More deeply than words can
express, I regret the circum-
stances that prevent me from con-
tinuing in my present post to help
you in your magnificent efforts.”
Sullivan asked that the resig-
nation be made effective “at the
earliest date convenient to you.”
Mr. Truman, replying, wrote he
deeply regretted “that you feel
impelled to relinquish your post.”
The president left the effective
date to Sullivan.
at Nanking.
No one seemed to know how
far away the Communists were.
Neither did anyone appear to
know the whereabouts of Nation-
alist forces that had retreated
south from N a n k i n g and the
others that were to defend Shang-
hai.
Communist soldiers in Nanking
boldly burst into the home of
American Ambassador J. Stuart
Leighton, 72. He was unharmed
as was his staff. A strong State
department protest to the Com-
munists over the incident was
forthcoming. The incident was
the first involving a foreign of-
ficial since Red shore guns dam-
aged four British warships on
the. Yangtze between Shanghai
and Nanking last week.
Ban News Publication
The Shanghai garrison com-
mand banned publication of all
warnews except what it put out.
Since it was impossible to get
anything from headquarters,
there was virtually no news in
Shanghai newspapers.
The Central News agency, issu-
ing a garrison communique, said
operations in the Nanking-Hang-
chow-Shanghai triangle had slack-
ened during the past 48 hours.
Military men did not think the
Communists have enough troops
across the Yangtze yet to start
rolling in strength toward the big
targets of Shanghai and Hang-
chow. But they may start any-
time, and when they do they
probably will come fast.
Reports that the Reds were get-
ting close were none too reliable.
It was still anybody’s guess
whether the Communists would
strike first to seal off the Nation-
alist escape route by taking
Hangchow, 100 miles southwest
of Shanghai, or hit for Shanghai
itself and close the government’s
largest potential evacuation port.
It was possible they would try to
do both.
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metric pressure, I.
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.03 inches.
East Texas: 7
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questioned today. He was the only
.. . juror selected rrom the first 11
cess ended. Of the remaining 22 I men questioned.
30s.
Earlier this morning
Circulation of
Super-Value Day
Edition Spread
By WANDA JARROTT
Register Advertising Manager
Once again ’tis time to get your
ads in for Super-Value day. The
Register is happy to announce
that the Super-Value day edition
Monday will carry 1,500 extra
circulation. Every boxholder in
the county will receive a copy
of the paper Monday, May 2, with
the Super-Value day specials.
Plan to make the most of this
opportunity to get your message
to every potential customer in
the trade territory. This is your
chance to create new friends for
your business, and to add new
members to your fold of steady
customers.
Tell them what you have for
sale, of all the merchandise that
can be purchased in Gainesville,
and of the money-saving prices
at which it can be had.
Your cooperation in getting ads
in for the Monday Super-Value
day edition by this Thursday
noon will be much appreciated by
members of the Register adver-
tising staff. For any wanted help
with copy or layouts, please
phone 96 and ask for the display
advertising department.
11 men still needed to make up
the venire of 40 ordered by Judge
Jackson.
Hester, a handsome youth, ap-
peared bored through both the
day and night sessions.
Jurors selected include: J. D.
Hartgrove of Burleson; W. A.
Berry of near Cleburne; G. R.
Russell of Jushua; W. R. Plunkett
of Keene; Weldon Hall, a grocer;
J. C. Free, a Brazos valley farm-
er; and W. C. Boatright, an Alva-
rado farmer.
When he wasn’t sitting com-
posedly, Hester laughed and ap-
parently enjoyed the proceedings.
He wore a yellow turtle-neck
TRIPLE PLAY
BROOKLYN, April 26 (TP)—A
triple play and homers by Gene
Hermanski and Peewee Reese
featured the Brooklyn Dodgers
5-2 victory over the Boston Braves
today. Hermanski started the
triple play in the third inning
with a shoestring catch of a fly
ball that caught Johnny Sain and
Ed Stanky off base. Alvin Dark
located in
Gainesville Produce
Prices paid by Gainesville
wholesalers to farmers and other
producers.
Butterfat: No. 1, 50 cents.
Hens: Light and heavy, 27 cents;
roosters, 12 cents.
Fryers: 32 cents.
contributions of $1 each from E R. Walker, Cleburne barber
some 2,000 Fullerton citizens. The [ and father of Robert Walker, all-
Chamber of Commerce also had I state football player of the late
chipped in some $1500 from its --
WASHINGTON, April 26 (AP)—
The United States said today “the
way appears clear” for lifting the
Berlin blockade provided the
Russian terms actually are those
published by Moscow.
The State department got out
a 1,200-word statement of the
American position. It was under-
stood that United States, Britain
and France had discussed the
published Soviet terms and found
them acceptable.
The only reservation appears
to. be whether the Russians in-
tended to propose any further
conditions.
The formal State department
pronouncement came after a
round of top-level government
conferences. One of these was a
report to President Truman from
Dr. Philip Jessup, the American
delegate to the United Nations
Security Council. Jessup had dis-
cussed the Soviet proposal at
Lake Success, N. Y., with Jacob
A. Malik, the Russian U. N. dele-
gate.
Sees Hope for Settlement
For himself, Jessup told re-
porters “things look hopeful.”
That presumably was an indica-
tion that he inclines to the view
that the Soviet proposal is a sin-
cere one and that there are no
hidden conditions to be sprung
later.
The terms are, first, that the
Soviet blockade of Berlin and the
western counter-blockade of the
Soviet zone of Germany should be
lifted simultaneously.
Second, that a date should be
fixed ahead of time for a meeting
of the Big Four Council of Min-
ister (The western powers plus
Russia) to be held after the
blockade is lifted.
These conditions were revealed
in the Russian announcement in
Moscow as made through the So-
viet news agency Tass.
“If the present position of the
Soviet government is as stated in
the Tass agency release as pub-
lished in the American press this
morning, the way appears clear
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lupe Pass and westward to El
Paso. Points reporting light rain
included Bryan, Houston, San
Antonio, Austin, Junction, Waco
and Fort Worth.
Altogether, about 400 families
had been evacuated by boat,
horse, trucks and cars from Alice
homes. But the greatest damage
was believed suffered by stores
and business buildings. Their
ground floor stocks in many cases
were subjected to water damage.
San Diego, ten miles upstream
from Alice, also reported the
creek waters were falling.
Creech, killed when he was
struck by a train in Kleberg coun-
ty was an employe of the Thom-
as and Ratcliff Construction com-
pany. He was clearing driftwood
from a railroad trestle over the
swollen Santa Gertrudis creek
two miles south of Bishop. He
was struck by a southbound Mis-
souri Pacific train.
Flash Flood at Laredo
In Laredo early yesterday many
residents fled their homes after
a flash flood following very
heavy rains. Governor Jester and
his family were temporarily ma-
rooned on a bottomland ranch
near Martindale yesterday while
en route back from Jester’s his-
toric meeting with Mexican Pres-
ident Aleman at Matamoros.
A new dam built to form a lake
on the Laredo country club
grounds broke early today. The
lake had spread over an area
a mile wide and five miles long
as a result of torrential rains.
The huge volume of water was
too much for the newly-con-
structed dam, which began weak-
ening last night.
Water released by the dam
break coursed into a creek which
empties into the Rio Grande.
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Red Embree held the 30 cents; No. 2 turkeys, 25 cents.
- h-- --V. Eggs: 39 cents.
Stuart was not to leave the com-
pound. That raised some fears
here that the communists might
intend to keep the 72-year-old
ambassador a prisoner.
“I think we’ve got to take a firm
stand on this,” Connally said.
Although Senator Kefauver (D-
Tenn) took much the same posi-
tion, other senators viewed the in-
cident with less concern.
Some — like Senator Knowland
(R-Calif)—felt Stuart should have
followed the Nationalist govern-
for a lifting of the blockade and
a meeting of the council of for-
eign ministers.”
No Final Conclusion
But the statement added that
“no final conclusion upon this
can be reached until further ex-
changes of view" between Jessup
and Malik.
Jessup went to the White House
with Undersecretary of State
James A. Webb.
On leaving, Jessup said the
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May Complete Hester Trial Jury Late Today
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ing practically all of Texas was
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yellow socks.
Al Clyde and Jack Love, Fort
Worth attorneys, are defending
Hester.
The state will ask the death
penalty, said District Attorney
John A. James, Jr.
Clyde and Love asked each ve-
nireman if he knew that some
men are homosexual. The state
asked each prospective juror for
his opinion of the death penalty.
Dr. Lord, 70, was slain last
March 8 at his secluded home
near Burleson. The body re-
mained in the bedroom of the
modest farm home for some time
before it was discovered by two
TCU students.
Judge Boyd called a recess to
the court proceedings Monday at
4 p. m. as Dr. Vincent C. Cirone,
one of the key witnesses in the
case, was not present in court.
Ball, and his mother, Mrs.
Willie Ball, are suing Rogers for
a aggregate sum of $13,100 dam-
ages following an accident in
which Ball received injuries that,
allegedly, permanently handi-
capped him.
Ball allegedly was injured on
July 27, 1947 while in the em-
ployment of Rogers. Ball, and
four other persons, engaged to
haul a load of hay from a farm
southeast of Gainesville. While
en route to the farm, Ball was
thrown from the truck bed and
under the vehicle. The truck al-
legedly passed over his body.
Ball is suing for $50,000 while
Mrs. Ball is suing for $13,100.
The selection of the jury was
completed by 11:45 a. m. Mondaj
and the presentation of evidence
began at that time.
. CLEVELAND, April 26 (AP) —
ment to Canton to avoid putting . Manager’ Lou Boudreau slammed
himself and his staff in a ticklish
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ROUSED—U. S. Ambassador J.
Leighton Stuart, shown at a tele-
phone in his Nanking embassy,
was awakened by the abrupt en-
trance of armed Communist sol-
idiers into his bedroom in the
embassy. Rude at first, the sol-
diers later explained they wished
to inspect the premises. The am-
bassador, his staff and property
were not otherwise molested. (AP
Wirephoto).
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FORT WORTH, Tex. April 26
(A) — Cattle 800; calves 250;
slaughter classes more active;
steady; best fat calves steady,
other slaughter calves and all the
stocker cattle and calves dull and
weak; medium and good fed
steers and yearlings $20 to $24;
good and choice lightweight year-
lings $24 to $25.50; plain butcher
cattle $19.50 down; beef cows
$16.50 to $19; canners and, cut-
ters $11 to $16.50; most bulls $16
to $21; good and choice killing
calves $24 to $27; plain and me-
dium calves $18 to $23; stocker
and feeder steers and yearlings
$18 to $23.50; a choice yearlings
to $24.75; stocker calves mostly
$18 to $25; light weights to $26;
stocker cows $17 to $19.
Hogs 1,100 butchers strong;
sows steady to 50c higher; feed-
er pigs -unchanged; top $18.25;
good and choice 190-260 lb.
butchers $18 to $18.25; good and
choice 160-185 lb. $17 to $17.75;
sows $13 to $15; feeder pigs $13
to $16.50.
Sheep 1,200; steady; good and
choice spring lambs $28 to $30;
common and medium spring
lambs $24 to $27; medium and
good shorn slaughter lambs $25.50
to $27; medium and good shorn
slaughter ewes $10 to $12; com-
mon ewes $9; shorn feeder year-
lings and two-year-old wethers
$18.50; feeder lambs scarce.
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The State department ordered
the U. S. embassy to lodge a vig-
orous protest with communist
leaders yesterday, soon after it
was reported that armed commu-
nist troops had forced their way
into the building and routed Am-
bassador J. Leighton Stuart out of
bed.
But there was some serious
question whether the communists
would take such a protest serious-
ly.
“I think the State department
should make representations and
ram them down their throats,”
Connally said angrily.
News dispatches and a report
from the embassy said the troops,
after pushing into the building, in-
.spected the second floor and ques-
tioned members of the staff.
While they did not harm any-
one or molest the property, they
reportedly told a servant that
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struck by a train while clearing
driftwood from a railroad trestle
in Kleberg county.
Dwain Harwell, a pilot, was
killed in a plane crash near Freer
while trying to take food to a
marooned oil field tester.
The flash flood from San Diego
creek coursed through the
streets of Alice last night, shortly
after the same creek had com-
pletely isolated San Diego, Tex.,
upstream.
armies, the 20th and 99th, had
been wiped out. Two towns, Ih-
ing, 85 miles west of here, and
Chingtai, 60 miles southwest of
Nanking, were captured, the radio
said.
The Communist broadcast said
the Nanking-Hangchow highway
had been cut.
The American ships went down
the Yangtze estuary from here to
avoid involvement in the civil
war.
The British followed the
American lead and withdrew
warships of their Shanghai force.
Movement of the ships into the
Yangtze estuary will put them
out of artillery range when the
Reds arrive in the world’s fourth
largest city.
Shanghai Ready for Reds
When the Communists would
come no one knew. But Shanghai
appeared ready to receive them
without resistance. Most of the
city’s 5,000,000 inhabitants expect
the Reds to walk in and take over
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He was the county’s richest man
—and one of the.reasons was that
he never paid a bill if he could
get out of doing so. One night,
he partook copiously and was
sleeping late next morning when
there came a knock on the door.
He mumbled, “Sue and be
durned,” and rolled over and
went back to sleep.
4-H Club Boys to
Stephenville for
Judging Contests
B. T. Haws, county agent, and
Bill Brown, assistant county
agent, left Gainesville Tuesday at
8 p. m. with 12 4-H club boys to
attend the 4-H meet to be held at
John Tarleton Agriculture col-
lege, Stephenville, Wednesday.
Haws said that the 12 boys from
Cooke county would compose
four teams to compete against
teams from other 4-H clubs
throughout the state. The teams
from this county include dairy
demonstration team, made up of
Harold Dyer, Callisburg; Ira Neal,
Woodbine, and Leonard Hermes,
Lindsay.
The Range demonstration team
is composed of Allen Hoffman,
and Billy Whitt, both of Muen-
ster high school.
The poultry judging team is
made up of Paul Schniederjan,
St. Mary’s; Julius Metzler, Lind-
say; and Walter Hermes, Lindsay.
The dairy judging team is com-
posed of Louis Schniederjan, St.
Mary’s; Raymond Metzler, Lind-
say; Virgil Walters, St. Mary’s;
and Willard Zimmerer, St. Mary’s.
The meet will begin Wednesday
.at 9:30 a. m. and will continue
through 3 p. m.
Haws stated that the boys
would be conducted through the
Swift Packing plant, Fort Worth,
on the way to Stephenville. F. E.
Schmitz furnished a pickup to
transport the boys to and from
the meet.
Endurance Fliers
Down After 1,008 Hours
FULLERTON, Calif., April 26
Ending six full weeks in the air,
endurance fliers Bill Barris and
Dick Riedel landed today.
The wheels of their monoplane
touched the asphalt runway at
Fullerton airport at 11:45 a. m.
(Pacific Standard Time).
They had been in the air 1,008
hours, one minute.
Six weeks was the goal they set
when they took to the aid March
15 for their fourth try at exceed-
ing the 10-year-old endurance
record of 759 hours.
Their three previous failures—
once because of magneto trouble,
twice because of ice on the car-
buraor — had been costly and
they were kept in the air only by
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The measure, by Senator John
J. Bell of Cuero, was passed on
second reading 19-to-10 — two
votes short of the two-thirds ma-
jority needed for final action on
the proposed constitutional
amendment.
“It’ll take a rotary rig to find
that thing now,” said Senator R.
A. Weinert of Seguin, who had
opposed the measure on the
grounds it might give the federal
government a chance to gain some
control of Texas river projects.
Bell indicated he would attempt
to bring the proposal up for final
passage later.
The house refused again to
pump new life into a natural gas
tax bill by Rep. Deno Tufares of
Wichita Falls. It rejected 73 to
54 to send his revenue raising
measure to the committee on pub-
lic lands and buildings. Tutares
complains it has been stuck in the
revenue and taxation committee
without action.
The house aiso refused to re-
fer a bill calling for reorganiza-
tion of the State Optometry board
to the committee on public health,
from state affairs. The vote was
81 to 27.
House and senate for the second
successive day hacked at moun-
tains of legislation that have
stacked up in recent weeks. The
get-to-work move started yester-
day in earnest.
Tufares tried also today to get
his bill on hospital insurance plans
out of the insurance committee
and into the committee on elee-
mosynary institutions. The house
turned down his motion, 67-48.
Tufares said his bill would require
hospital insurance organizations
to allow a person to go to any
hospital of his choice. Now, he
said, you have to go to those ap-
proved by the medical association.
The house recessed until 2 p. m.
without taking final action on a
proposal to set up a 15-man in-
terim committee to revise the
state penal code. Opposition to
the resolution developed over a
$15,000 appropriation in the meas-
ure. A move to return the reso-
lution to the appropriations com-
mittee was defeated 73-45 and a
motion to postpone action until
next Monday was discarded, 78-53.
The senate recessed until 2 p. m.
“It’s a serious affront,” the
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