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MONDAY, NOV. 25,1^57
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FISH DELIVERIES
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because of overabundance of moisture due
to heavy rains and four inches of snow.
Maize cannot be cut when wet. (NEA Tele-
photo).
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With communication facilities to bring you detail*
of world-shaking events happening on the
other side of the world, your hometown news-
paper also has the interest and insight to
give attention to the local news that's most
important to you. If* new*—important
news to your hometown editor—when a new
citizen is bom. Io the town; when two
young people ol the community get married.
Your local newspcper is a wonderful com-
bination of world and hometown news, that
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No. 300 Cans
the House Small Business Com-
mittee. The witness did not men-
under Communist discipline in his
Congressional work.
He said he had invoked the Fifth
Amendment because he felt the
committee "could not constitution-
ally inquire into my political- be-
liefs or associations."-.
Advisor Stare 1953 1 __
Walter said Lumer ‘has been called its
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WASHINGTON (UP) The chair- J
man of the House Committee on ■
Un-American Activities said Sun-
14 inches of snow was the heaviest
he had seen in the .area in 30
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"and there were nq deaths or in-
juries reported in the area. There
were not even any serious traffic
mishaps despite the heavy snqw."
Pans said the hall of the Vet-
armor.
The Buckner is
Heavy Snowfalls
Other West Texas points that
day.
The Mertzon-San Angelo high-
When a person has every-
• thing he wants, what is there
to look forward to?
US No. 1 Calif.
Long White
POTATOES
10 Lb.
Q—Which was the first city in
the United States to adopt, the
commission form of government?
A—Galveston, Tex., in 1900.
Le Grande
CORN
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Navy transp rts scheduled to re-
turn some 20,000 officers, enlisted
and dependents to the Unit-
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Walter sidahie 1
the past .month has
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it's dog eat dog,” Hohn said.
Hohn added that -the presence
on the Aggie side of a "spy” from
the University of Texas c'a m p
should make things even more
interesting. W. J. Ehlert, presi-
dent of the UT exes said the
Longhorns’ skit is so secret he
could not even reveal the site
of the practice scheduled for
Monday night. Ex-students and
backers of the two schools were
urged Monday to purchase their
tickets for the chicken barbe-
Maryland Club.
INSTANT
COFFEE
6 Oz. Jar
Red Delicious
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an addresses he eligible and com-
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Pot Offtoe factiwihie Dasn
STaM everyuhing to geared up
to handle a record Christmas mail
i the Brenham Postoffice this
to answer questions about Com-
munist Party membership at a
closed meeting of the committee
last Wednesday.
Lumer promptly denied he was
Mom just has to look at the
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Nov. 21st.
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snow "the wettest in
that they should be withheld from
the public, if the committee ob-
served security requirements.
Lost important Battle
Johnson said the Soviet satel-
lites showed that the United
States had lost "an important
battle of technology" but that a
lost battle was not a defeat but
a challenge.
- ricup Hh pgh. Others on
of themselves -were not positive
pr of that the Soviets have jhe
CBM. But he said it would be a
"great mistake .to proceed under
the assumption that they are only
bluffing" in claiming to'.have de-'
veloped the long-range missile.
He said it-is "reasonable to be-
lieve" that the Russians, like the
United States, have solved the re-
entry problem the meaps. of get-
ting a missile back through the
earth's atmosphere without it
burning up from friction
Reciting his view of Soviet
achievements, Teller expressed-
the belief: - ————
—Has not caught up but is clos-
ing the gap in the field of nu-
clear-weapons.
Clear Definition
Johnson said the subcommittee
hoped to get a clear definition
during its inquiry of the threat to
U. S. security, which he describ-
ed as "perhaps-the greatest our
country has ever known."
"It would appear that we have
slipped dangerously behind the
Soviet Union in some important
fields," he said. ,
Johnson said the committee was
offering no judgments yet and
that its goal was to find out what
should be done.
"We will not reach that goal by
wandering up any blind alleys of
partisanship." he said.
He said the facts he had heard
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uninterrupted until 8 .m. Sunday,
Communists Using thee was noloss of life,, Eden
Constable A. C. Pana said.
Your Hometown Newspaper
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or Gillespie Drug. The sale of
Stamp Honors Ship
* BATH, Me. (UP) — A stamp
commemorating the first ship
built in the United States goes on
sale at the post office here in Au-
gust. It bears a picture of the pin-
nacle Virginia which was built by
early colonists at nearby Popham
in 1608.
but it began melting as tempera-
tures climbed Sunday afternoon.
All,main highways in the seven
counties where the snow was
To Watch for Rocket
EDINBURG. Tex. (LT)— A
Pan American College observatory
moonwatch team will be on duty
tonight trying to catch sight of
Sputnik I and Its rocket. Astrono-
my professor Paul Engl said the
rocket will probably be visible to
the naked eye.
where an 8-inh fali was recorded.
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Edwin C. Stern and Chester Bilski.
Also Herman Peters, Ed Weins,
Louis Werchan, Sr., Fred Som-
mers, Ben Borman, Sr.. Willie Bos-
so, Louis Tiemann, Arthur Free,
Wilfred Biome. Mark Santee, H
w: Hannan, T. R. Follia: Minnie
Mae Bolton. Berthold Lehde, Erwin
Homerkamp, Edgar Matchett, Wi-
be Schlottmann, Miss Olga Loesch,
George Milam, Spencer Henderson,
W. G. James Godfrey Whiting, Joe
i Baranowski and Joe Kopycinski.
' Also J. A. Kellogg, Louis Hues-
ke. Dr. F. H. Hodde, E. R. Hoff-
mann, Julius Fischer, Emil Fenner
Arthur Ehrig, H R. Schwecke, Z
r Echols, Erwin Tiemann, Albert
J. Lehmann, J. H. Garrett, Louis
Pankonien, Henry Pomykal, Ray-
mond Hubert, James M Slover,
Mrs. Henry Eickenhorst,- Joe Bil-
dki, Fred Kokemor, Chas. 8. Coat-
es and John Gurka.
sweet as ordinary cane sugar,
but contains no carbohydrates
and has no food value.
e e e
QWhat to the origin of the
word “sabotage”? "
■ A—The word comes from the
act of dissatisfied French work-
ers of the 1800‛s who threw their
"sabots," or wooden shoes, into
their machines to halt produc-
tion.
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in heavy syrup
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PEAS
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One of the earliest and worst snow-
storms in ten years blanketed the Texas
and Oklahoma Panhandle with up to fur
inches of snow. Here, near Amarillo, maize
growers are faced with delays and losses
The weather c l e ared lata yes-
terday and the snow deban melt-
ing slowly. This morning Eden’s
temperature was 31 degrees, Par-
is said but skies were clear.
Rising temperatures were pre-
dicted for all of Texas after a
weekend of snow, sleet and heavy
rains. %
tickets ends at noon Tuesday
and There will be no tickets sold
on the night of the gridiron
show. The barbecue is slated for a
8 p.m.
STARLITE
MONDAY, TUESDAY
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WASHINGTON (UP) — Sen.
George Smathers (D-Fla.) has
years.
The snow that hit the Plains
area apparently was part of the
snow storm that Thursday night
and Friday spread a blanket over
the upper Pnhandle area and
sent temperatures tumbling to
sub-zero levels.
state.
~ir yoa have any articles of tm-
umal size or bulk. better eheck
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memory of old timers.
Despite the fact an estimated ,
300 motorists became stranded in j
the heavy snow that began fall- [
proposed that parents be allowed
to deduct college tuition and ex-* cell in the Office of Price Admin-
in the .Eden area because of the
deep snow, but he said he wasn’t
in a position to make an estimate.
The city of Laredo, on the Mex-
ico border, reported some light
week-end snow, the first time
since 1947. In Central Texas,
Gatesville and Killeen reported
about two inches of snow, which
melted quickly.
Plainview farmers worked their
combines during the night Satur-
day over frozen ground attempt-
ing to salvage their grain sor-
ghum.
the Soviet challenge.
Teller -already .was on record
as saying the United States has
lost a battle comparable to the
Pearl Harbor disaster by letting
the Soviet Union forge ahead in
the rocket and space race. He
said op a television program Sun-
day night that it may take this
country 10 years to overtake Rus-
sia's scientific lead and that Rus-
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now associate director of the
University of Califcrnia radiation -
laboratory at Livermore, Calif.,
penses from their federal income
tax.
Smathers said Sunday he will
ask Congress to change the tax
laws next year to make such a
provision.
The Florida Democrat said such
a move was necessary to encour-
age more young people to go to
college and help the nation face
the Soviets’ challenge for "educa-
tional superiority.”
He said more concentration on
.college training by U. S. men and
women is vital to beat Russia In
the race for educational superi-
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Walter said Lumer bad been____
identified by witness or wit- thrown open for the stranded mo
nesses "under oath as a member torists and two cafes remained
of the Communist Party and a open all night.
erans of
NEW YORK (UP)— The first
comingent of the Second Armored
Division returned today from
warned that unless the United
States steps up its military mis-
sile program "there is no doubt
that the Russians will leave us
behind and way behind.
Teller said Russia’s space sat-
ellites hawve "very great signifi-
cance," both militarily and sci-
entifically. because they show
Russian technological progress.
Would be Mistake
He said the Russian Sputniks
with the Post Office before at-
tempting to’ mail them.” the Post- ,
master warna. The limits on size
• • • proudly.
Q—Inhon. many states cad--.............2-.2m%-------------
the kind of a guy his son thinks
THANKSGIVING SPECIALS
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more than six years in West Ger-
I many en route to Fort Hood. Tex.
' The main unit aboard the USNS
General Buckner, docking at the
1 Brooklyn Army terminal was the
first medium tank battalion, 67th
Golden Glow Premium
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state of our defense** and the
stems that mustbrtkemecbmeetA-ot"etbut that he did not fee
so far gave him no cause for
day night that Comrgnists have
penetrated Congressional commit-
tee rooms and the offices of in-
dividual Congressmen.
Rep Francis E. Walter.(D-Pa., Rio Grande Valley failed to devel-
cpnmehistppennevatoKrgsernop mercury staying de-
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of an identified member of the miles ineachdirection...fom
Communist apparatus with agen-Eden, in Concho,cou ybut into
cies and members of the United torists were able to.trudge intq
the commit- i believed that any spent
tees or Congzressmen involved, an thesnigbtyinsuthered,a P„„ said.
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member" of both the Joint House-obsarver-at.Eden,said_thetoxn‛s.
Wotta Thing!
Exotic screen actress Zsa Zsa
Gabor calls this creation "my
thing dress’ and reports that it
is 16.000 worth of thing. She had
it run up for her guest appear-
ance on the George Gobel show.
he cited as an example of the al-
leged penetration, the work of a
Washington economist, Wilfred
Lumer.
Identifies Lumer
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sugar is saccharin? .
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Q—How many tintt have
electors cast their votes for pres-
ident independently?
A--Four. Last one was elector
W. F. Turner of Altun Who
in 1956 voted tor Walter Jones
for president and Herman Tal-
madge for vice president.
actively participating in the work
of a number of Congressional
committees and has been serving
as consultant and adviser to vari-
ous individual Senators and mem-
bers of Congress since” June,
1953.
Walter released a portion of
statement that the American peo-
ple were-disturbed by the tremen-
dous military and scientific
achievements of the Russians.
Supremacy Challenged
"Our supremacy and even our
equality has been challenged," he
said.
Meets in Caucus Room
* The subcommittee met in the
floodlit, marble - walled Senate
caucus room with six cf the sub-
committee members present,
along with four other members
of the Senate Armed Services
Committee.
Johnson promised "a complete
and exhaustive. Inquiry into the
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p-"pxelaneadinvmissile de- that“held“by5the-ied-
vek^khent.. 15 voara a.
Johnson said in his opening
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Mailings Urged
Fi~ --T 4 Low, Jr., today
stresned that ety mailing of all
chrtstmas cards and gifts to the
Staair- single factor to getting all
of the mail delivered before
These prices including
last Thursday’s adv.
Nov. 21, good all this
week.
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SHBIMPERS IN. TROUBLE
PORT ISABEL, Tex. (UPf One
shrimp boat was towed to port
Sunday and another floundered
helplesly. The "Bob Ramsey”
was brought in while the "Juani-
ta’' remained stranded five males
off the Mexican coast 180 miles
south oFTObWnsville. s
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