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hours was placed at 9.45 inches
pects about 20 to take part in
in a disagreement as the delega-
used profitably to speed up the
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for Boy Scout troops, Robert -13-member science advisory
com-
sors
legislation would ‘confuse the is-
resides four miles west of the Fa.
i of the roads had washed out. His
a wartime "crash" basis.
troops are filled and that a recent up in the U.S. intercontinental bal-
should be held off for a second
session.
a
ary School disclosed that an ’addie
be sent to the hospital gift shops
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gion and Auxiliary, will be held
The old pigeon-drop game cost
Mary's Catholic Church'are filled, nist aggression?
some detouring, he added.
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BULLETIN
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Calendar of Events
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Heavy Rains
Pelt Centex
a Brenham negro woman $1,055 j
Tuesday,
proposal calling for Daniel either
to submit segregation legislation
From Austin
To Gulf
rains ht Central and eastern Tex-
as today, washing out roads, clos-
ing schools and bringing threats
Mr and Mrs. Herman Zschap-
pel detoured to miss the flood
waters around Cameron Monday
on their way home from Fort
Worth, but still got caught by
program.
The cutback charge was backed
up by Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D-
ing many factors" whether Amer-
ica is stronger than Russia now
Symington States Dsagreement
A far different view came from
Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.). He
declared Russia will be able to
bombard the United States with
ICBM’s within two or three years.
He said it is ahead of the United
States.
Symigten. « former Air Face
secretary and a member of the
Senate Armed Services Committee
said the administratin cutbacks
had slowed the missiles program.
boss of the Salt Grass Trail As-
, sociation, said Tuesday he ex-
Christmas Gifts
For Veterans In
Hospitals Needed
OUT ROADSAND
CLOSE SCHOOLS
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You cm save yourseif a lot of
trouble by not borrowing any.
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He said he considered the roads
in good shape for the amount of
rain that has fallen. o
early Tuesday, and a few more
are expected. Tuesday noon was
the deadline for making reserva-
tions. The riders will leave the
Dr. Waldo A. Knolle Ranch on
Highway 36 South Wednesday at
1 p. m. and bed down near Bell-
ville. Thursday morning, the rid-
ers will take part in the parade
ushering in the annual Austin
County Fair.
The City Of 7
Hospitality
BOY FOR MORLEYS
Mr. and Mrs. James Roland Mos-
By UNITED PRESS
new deluge of monsoon-like
where the veterans may make se-
lections to give to their loved ones
at home.
The October meeting of Buddy
Wright Post No. 48, American Le-
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Member of the United Press, The Greatest World-Wide News Service
By MERRIMAN SMITH
, United Prens White House Writer
WASHINGTON (UP 1 -President
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| He renewed his demand for a spe-
cial session of Congress Monday
Day Celebration, Nov. 11, offer tickets for
the dance and barbecue to be held in con-
nection with the celebration. With the can-
didates is M. H. Ehlert, chairman of the
event, who let himself be persuaded to buy
Monday afternoon, and said the ------- —---------------er - -----
J. Tooley, scout executive, report- mittee came against a backdrop*
ed Tuesday. _ 1 of strong new demands from two
He said all of the four Brenham ; Democratic senators for a speed-
Douglas Streets and urges all
members and others to deposit
girts there by Nov. 1.
. for 24-hours up to 7 a. m. today:
Max, Min. 58. 7 a. m. 68, Rain
3.75, Sunset 5:51.
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with more falling.
The Lavaca and Navidad Rivers
Mystery Force Probed
In Cambridge, Mass., scientists
at the Smithsonian Astrophysical
Observatory were investigating a
mysterious -physical force which
apparently is shifting the course of
the satellite. Dr. J. Allen Hynek,
associate director of the observa-
tory. said the force’s appearance
may be the biggest development
since the satellite was launched
The
SPECTATOR
bars at the Springfield, Colo., jail. He is charged with slay-
ing his father, Leonard, at their farm home near Pritchett,
Colo., because his father wouldn’t let him work and sent
ahim to school. (NEA Telephoto).
ing, Schroeder saic. But there was
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tx-Kep. Cox Bribery
BULETIN
AUSTIN Tex. (t’P) — The
bribery trial of former State
Rep. James E. Cox of Conroe
went to the jury today at 1:20
p.m.
In addition to the Boy Scout
problem, Tooley said a survey of
the Cub Scouts recently completed
by Cubmaster J. Y. Allen show
there are additional boys who want
to become Cuhs.
Four new dens are being formed
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The victim of the swindle was
Alice Eldridge, about 50, of 1504
Garrett Street
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The indictment grew out of an
alleged meeting between Cox and
Dr. Howard Harnon of San An-
tonio in which Cox agreed to ac-
cept the bribe in exchange for kill-
ing his bill to outlaw naturopathy
in Texas.
Jury Arrives Early
Cox claims he only consented
to take the bribe in a plan to ex-
pose "crooked lobbyists."
The jury of two‘women and 10
men — one of them a Negro -
was brought in at 8 am. today,
one hour earlier than the usual
time the court hod been conven-
ing.
Cox and his attractive brunette
wife, Marjorie, 35, sat apart frum
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ley of Brenham are the parents of
a boy born at the St. Jude Hos-
pital Tuesday at 2:10 a.m. Weigh-
ing seven pounds, 10 1-4 ounces,
he has been named James Roland.
The annual drive to s e c u r e
Christmas gifts for the sick and
disabled in the veterans hospitals
was opened Tuesday by the Bren-
ham American Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. A. F. Wiede, chairman of
the project, announced that a box
has been placed at the Leroy Boe-
ker Service Station at Main and
0 a
Startling New Cure Found
For High Blood Pressure
AUSTIN (UP)—Gov. Price Daniel said today as long as
he is governor “there are not any federal troops who are
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tion failed to take action
TRAIL RIDE TOMORROW
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CAUGHTIN HIGH WATER
soon as possible.
Schroeder said traffic on the
Lange Road can detour down the
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Drowning Near LaGrange
One man drowned near La Grange
when he stepped on a bridge on a
country road to determine if the.
bridge was still there.
It was, but the bridge gave way.
Drowned was Elo Schaefer, who
new floods along
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AUSTIN (UP) .- Criminal Dis-
trict Judge Mace Thurman con-
vened court one hour early today
and charged the jury in the bri-
bery trial at former state Rep
James E. Cox at Conroe
Thurman quoted from the In-
dictment of Cox which stated that
the 36-year-old Conroe accoumtant-
insurance man . is charged with
"unlawfully, wiltiily and corruptly
consenting to ccept" q $5,000
btihe.
members expressed belief such
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ri tne pst nve years. HOT hesafa
it was a ‘matter of opinion involv-
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Home. Commander Carl Wendler
said bids for termite extermina-
tion of the Legion Home will be
presented and plans for the Dec.
14 Christmas party discussed.
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and was useful in management of
hypertension complicated by heart
failure.
Hollander and Wilkins said a
diuretic is an agent used to pro-
mote elimination of body fluids
and salts that cause swelling in
heart failure cases. ___________ ..
But Hollander discovered that
the new drug also brought about
startling drops in blood pressure
in even the moat severe cases.
Patients who had shown resist-
ance to every type of treatment
for as long as 10 years showed
improvements.
Wilkins said tests of the drug
on persons not suffering from
high blond pressure showed that
there was no drop in pressure. He
said there was no evidence that it
cquh be used to prevent high
blod ptenur. : •
Queen candidates for the Veterans’
at this special1 session or an-
nounce publicly he will call a sec-
ond special session on that issue.
Rep. Joe Pool of Dallas an-
nounced he will introduce a reso-
lution calling on the governor to
take such a course.
Daniel pointed cut he met with
a five-member East Texas group
yette County city. —
crews have repaired two other More than 7.45 inches of rain
! ordEei. destroyed, -hy-weterandtre LaGrange, 6 15 inches com-
sues” at this special session and
tional 35 boys want to become Press learned this country is try-
scouts. I ing to reassure its friends and
"They may be left out of the allies around the world the Soviet
program unless additional troops Sputnik doesn’t mean a U.S. defeat
are formed,” Tooley said. I in the scientific and military rac-
Troops sponsored by the Lions es. .They are being reminded
Club, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, America still has an atomic Sun-
"It seems to me that's the best
procedure, for you to continue to
follow,?’ Daniel told the breakfast
meeting.
The governor said .he will
"prayerfully study" the proposal.
Daniel said the group asked for
GRACE IN APPEAL
GENEVA, Switzerland (UP) —
Princess Grace of Monaco, the
former Grace Kelly of Hollywood,
has agreed to make a special
Christmas broadcast over the
United Nations radio to appeal for
aid for refugee* still in camps, the
office of the U.N. High Commis-
sioner for Refugees announced to-
day.
Eisenhower scheduled a White
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’ 3 tie a eme , eee. Total ralna Ear Weir,, cone as he looks through
fall at-Kerrville in-the past 72 ....... - -*
She told Brenham police she was
approached by a negro man and
negro woman in front of the
Brenham Buper-Valu Store on
East Alamo Street Tuesday about
ndon.
They acted as if they had Just
found a purse, which they said
contained $700. and told the Eld-
ridge woman they would let her
share in the "find" if she would
get some money to put up to bind
the agreement.
The woman went home and got
$655 in cash and drew another $400
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survey at the Brenham Element- listic missile crogram.
AL. the . same Unw^ Uw United
The session with the scientists
was scheduled before the Russians
at a press conference, asserting a
House meeting t day with the na-
tion's top scientific brains to as-
—= the high water. The Zschappels
nazenm-inaronevorseee t 'the ar W
October 15:
Wesleyan Service Guild meeting,
Fellowship Hall of Methodist
Church, 7:30 p.m.
October 16:
Ladies Auxiliary to Brenham
Country Club meeting, 3 p. m. at
home of Mrs. W. J. Rabb.
Brenham Young Farmer Chap-
ter meeting, 8 p.m. at City Hall.
Program on temporary pasture
improvement.
— if the weather is favorable. ,
Lockett said 15 association mem-
bers had signed up for the ride
BRENHAM, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCT. 15, 1957
They said the discovery, pro-
NLA ducing a "stamtui new cure,"
ing Monday between 12:30 p. m.
and 2:30 p.m.
LaGrange schools were closed
Tuesday due to the heavy rains.
The Thorndale, Buckholts and
Sharp schools were closed as
heavy precipitation fell in the
Caldwell, Hearne and Cameron
areas
The rainfall at Cameron was re-
ported as 7.43 through Monday.
Funnels Sighted
Tornado funnels were reported
sighted by LeRoy Peters of near
Prairie View and high winds and
hall lashed the Hempstead-Prairie
View section.
Not far from the Peters’ home,
the roof was blown off the house
of Mrs. Marion Phillips.
A number of power lines were
down and trees uprooted.
The Horn Drive-In Theatre in
Waller was reported des troyed.
The screen was knocked over and
fences caved in.
The Shiloh Baptist Church north
of Prairie View was leveled.
County Rain Reports
County rainfall reports to ths
popped an artificial moon into a
globe - girdling orbid Oct. 4. But
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said missiles
and satellites would be on the
agenda.
Former Defense Secretary
Charles E. Wilson said Monday he
thinks this country has kept pace
-aic, Da---„Am amute-
Mrs. Jack Phillips, whose hus- that the Yegua should be getting
band is the weather observer st out of Its banks in the low plaaes
11 । the Old Washington State Park, near Clay Station.
said the reading Monday morning .Krueger said the Brazos appeared
_ _ _ . ____ ____ , I was 65 feet and Tuesday morning t be about one-half full. He said
I b A AA 4, WVI:41. • nr , --, l^.W [ was lapping at the 20.3 he saw two cows and a boat go-
1 K 6 McetS W l th Op /TrXadmg Sunday morning was "E.“0an sns rnmig. aha pma
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____________________ J Bureau to expect flooding in the bales of cotton left in his fields.
lowlands. Two rural roads in Washington
Adolph Krueger, who lives on County were closed Tuesday fol-
the H. D. McIntyre place at the lowing washouts.
mouth of the Brazos River and County Commissioner Robert
’groat deal more” money can be Xegua * reek, said the Brazos was Schroeder of Precinct Three said
"aad---fi-kl------- "coming up f <• thcre Tuesday the Lange Road east of Highway
a n no n ,, 290 west of Brenham and the
He said the river was holding Zionsville Road northwest of the
the Yegua Creek water back, and city are not passable.
Of Brazos Expected
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DELUGES WASH "
x' m naa-
gion and Auxiliary, will be held legislation .giving the state author-
Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Legion gity to close any school that might the Brenham Elks Club and St. day punch ready for any Commu-
be “occupied” by federal troops, Me""" Tthel 1" v "“*
Navidad River systems. The
weather bureau said heavy rains
News has reached us of the
recent death of Robert M. Mc-
Vey, 39. a former manager of
the Brenham Chamber of Com-
merce. As manager of the La-
redo Chamber of Commerce, he
was attending a national conven-
tion of chamber of commerce ex-
ecutives at Minneapolis, Minn.,
when stricken with a heart at-
tack. A heart specialist from the
Mayor clinic was called, but Mc-
Vey died in Mt. Sinai hospital on
October 1. McVey was a native
of Des Moines, Iowa. He attend-
ed Drake University and the
University of Texas. He served •
in the U. S. Air Force during
World War II, after which he
came to Brenham as co-manager
of the Municipal Airport. He
then served as .monager of the
5 K ennom -ioee ue eummece, -
and later held similar posts in
Hot Springs, Ark.. Calcasieu. La..
Western, Texas and finally at
Laredo. He is survived by his
widow and two sons, Steve, and
Robert, Jr., and his mother, Mrs.
Adelaide McVey of Des Moines.
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A FRIEND INDEED
LAURENS, Towa (UP)—Police
said thieves took $600 from a safe
in Laurens High School but left an
envelope containing 8160 marked
"this belongs to Mrs. Joe Work-
man, hands off.” Mrs. Workman
is wecretary to School Superistet-
Joe “ttortpan -
WHAT DID I DO?
BURLINGTON, Iowa (UP- An
unidentified Burlington High
School. student got into the wrong
line at school Monday, and was
dismissed because he had Asian
flu. He was trying to get an eye
examination.
of Austin on the Colorado,River.
The new deluges brought warn-
I ings from the U.S. Weather Bu-
reau of floodin’ expected along
the Colorado River from jAustin
southwest to the Gulf of I e x l-
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Flood warnings also were issued
would aid in the 25-year -battle
against AAmerica’s most common
form of cardiovascular disease.
High blood pressure, or hyperten-
sion, reduces life expectancy of
most sufferers by as much as 20
years and strikes at the average
age of 32. - ——.--------
Wilkins and Hollander based
their opinion of chlorothiazide's
effectiveness on tests made of 51
hypertension patients in Beaton
during the past eight months
Among their findings was that
chlorothiazide tablets were not
only a potent diuretic but ap-
peared directly responsibie for a
lowering of blood pressure, when
used in combination with current
treatments.
They also found the drug was
effective in ontrolling the blood
pressure at hizy zesistant cre.
WHITE SANDS PROVING
GROUNDS, N. M. (UP)—The
first public firing of the
Navy’s Talos anti - aircraft
missile failed today. A spokes-
man at this test center said
a booster unit of the mismile
dropped off at 1,000 feet,The
firing of a second Talos mis-
sile was cancelled.
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Wash.) with correspondence show- T n 9 1 +yy f f
inKEnngyoicononzcessiogalAtom- tour Bridges. Washed Out-
Mrs. Joe A. Osborne and decid-
ed to come home by the way of
Austin toWntes the -floods. Near
Georgetown, however they found
the water bumper deep across
the highway and their car
drowned out. A truck finally
pushed them out of the water.
Negro Woman the Tatest two will be repaired as
Loses ft,055 In
Im, _ ,, old Mill Creek switch road.
Picpon rAn All school buses operated by the
A S--- “--H Brenham Independent School Dis-
. — trict made it into town this morn-
y wM-acte uBve tiva sage - -
on the Navidad.
LaGrange «: tko-Golarsde re-
ported 7.45 inches cf rain since
Monday, and Columbus received
5.41 inches. Forecasters warned
the river was expected to exceed
flood stage at Columbus.
Heavy Three Day Totals
Three - day rainfall reports
through Central and East Texas
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Mi--armnsuw,
had received more than five inches He expects word from the State
since Monday morning. Other area Department of Agricultfre some-
stations reported even heavier time this week on the possibility of
falls. the deadline being extended
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Stein reported rainfall for the past farmers to get into the fields this
24 hours up to 7 a. m. Tuesday as week. It will be too muddy. And
3 75 inches, what cotton is left is not going t®
--’Another. .45 inchesfell on tha^pjaae. Jozy. -pctrfitabl^a ano-e-the
city up to noon Tuesday, rain has lowered its grade ” Stuf-
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Sees 2 Cons And Boat in. River-
B Dekett, trail going,to, occupy our school campusesand the halls of our . were ’ miorneg; with
—------------- p...... ! The governor’s statement was greeted with applause by Annh ercadseatcrminKoddranstroom
the ride to Bellville Wednesday some 40 pro-segregation legislators, primarily from East ing was forecast in lower portions
Texas, at a breakfast meeting at a downtown hotel.' of both rivers Thursday and Fri-
However, the session broke up ' day with a crest of 2 to 4 feet
1 above flood stage on the Lavaca
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Ann Wiese, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. ef
Wiese; Delores Carter, daughter of Mr. and i
Mrs. H. M. Carter; and Sandra Kieke, I ___________ „ .. ..
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kieke. Back had 15 inches since 6 p.m.
row, Ehlert; Nina Faye Peters, daughter of day.
a' ticket from each of the girls. The girl Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Peters; Geraldine Fuel- Three - day rainfall measure-
who sells the most tickets will be crowned berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie 1 ments reached nearly-12 n
queen of the annual celebration. Front row FuoihAvo-- and Merle Winkelmann, daughter some, sections of .Central cTexag-
V 5 iUtsght are: Carolyn Reddehase, aaagrr -‛ofo. and3.8M Winkelmann. ' c- --g-re"
Flooding In Lowlands
BOSTON (UP)— Two doctors,
one of them the incoming presi-
dent of the American Heart Assn,
have announced discovery of a
drug they said promised new hope
for 15 to 20 million Americana
suffering from high blood pres-
sure.
The drug, named chlorothiazide,
is expected to be ready by next
January. It was reported in pro-
duction now and available as
samples to doctors.
Dr. Robert W. Wilkins, 50, a
native of Chattanooga, Tenn., and
president-elect of the American
Heart Assn.. and Dr. William Hol-
lander. 32, of Waltham, Mass .
made the announcement at Mas-
sachusetts Memorial Hospitals,
where they are on the staff ■
hower in 1955 to put the ICBM on I Schroeder said bridges on both
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The Houston Weather Bureau Tuesday warned of flood-
ing in the Brazos River lowlands as heavy rains continued
'to pelt Central Texas for the second consecutive day.
Ranchers are advised to remove their livestock from low-
lands alqpg the Brazos as the water continues to rise fol-
lowing heavy downpours Monday, Monday night and Tues-
The weather bureau said the lowlands from Valley June- .
tion to Hempstead are expected to be flooded in the next 24
to 36 hours. -
At Old Washington the river stod at 20.3 feet Tuesday
r 4 ing.after rising 13.8 feet in 24 hours. Flood stage ther
Sponsors For
Scout Troops
Needed HcrC sose thjM country’s progress in the
r- ■■ - cold war of science. ________
Brenham needs additional spon- Eisenhower’s meeting with his
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