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Dutch Cabinet
Talking Peace
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
. Fighting in The Netherlands In-
dies continued Saturday while the
Dutch cabinet at The Hague met
in extraordinary session to con-
sider Friday’s cease fire order
issued by the United Nations Sec-
urity Council.
Dutch military forces in Java
were consolidating their positions
and claiming new advances in
Sumatra.
• At the same time, both The
Netherlands and Indonesian gov-
ernments debated the issue in the
light of the UN demand. And in
Washington, Ambassador Eelco
van Kleffens of The Netherlands,
expressed confidence that a
"peaceful solution" to the Pacific
war could be reached.
Van Kleffens, following a half-
hour conference with United States
Under-Secretary of State Robert
Lovett, declared that he expected
e to hear further from his govern-
ment on whether Netherlands
forces in Indonesia now would sup-
press their offensive in view of
UN and American moves toward a
settlement.
The United States several days
ago offered its "good offices" in
hopes of bringing peace to Indo-
nesia. Friday the UN Security
Council called upon the Dutch and
1 Indonesian governments to "cease
Ohostilties forthwith.”
In an interview in Batavia Sat-
urday, H. J. van Mook, acting
governor general of The Nether-
lands East Indies, expressed doubt
that the Republican Government
could enforce a cease fire order.
"We can atop hostilities,” he said.
"But I wonder whether the other
aide can.”
Some Indonesian quartera felt it
would be practically impossible for
them to notify all units of the
Republican forces of auch an order.
Van Mook stated further that
although he expected to be advised
of hia government's attitude "to-
night or tomorros." (Saturday or
Sunday) Dutch military operations
were reported proceeding "without
a hitch and days ahead of
schedule.”
In The Hague, while The Nether-
lands cabinet met, U. S. Ambas-
sador Herman Baruch predicted
"prompt and rapid" developments.
Baruch formerly presented the
American offer of ita "good of-
fices” and declared that the offer
"must be considered completely
informal and elastic."
SAYS ELLIOT PICKED
PLANE—Maj. Gen. Oliver P.
Echols, retired wartime chief
of Air Corps material com-
mand, tells the Senate War
Investigating subcommittee in
Washington that Elliot Roose-
velt picked a Hughes plane as
the best available for photo
reconnaissance work although
the air force high command
had turned it down.
QUIPS FLOW FREELY
Probe Complicated;
Mey
Entertaining
'ord Workers Set Strike
gainst Taft-Hartley Law
U. S. Reported Planning
Cut in Occupation Force
Tuesday Designated
For Tieup Deadline
Polio at Snyder
.Stops Meetings
SYNDER, Aug. 2—(SpD)—All pub-
lic gatherings here will be prohibit-
ed for 21 days beginning Wednes-
day. Drs. H. E Rosser, county
health officer, and R. L. Howell,
city health officer, told residents in
a public notice Saturday.
The notice stated that the order
was being issued because two cas-
es of illness here have been diag-
s nosed as poleomylitis, infantile pa-
ralysis.
The public has been warned that
children should be kept off the
streets, away from church, picnics.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 --
A story Of $5,083.79 worth of gsy
entertainment supplied to Elliott
Roosevelt and companions at the
expense of Howard Hughes was
spread Saturday on the records of
the Senate War Investigating Com-
mittee looking into Hughes’ war-
time plane contracts.
John W. Meyer, free-spending
publicity man for Hughes who
"never saw anyone else pick up
(a check) in my entire war," told
of one New York night club party
for Roosevelt costing $106 on the
dsy the president’s son drafted a
report recommending a multi-mil-
lion dollar government contract
for Hughes' photo reconnaisance
planes. .
But before the senators got all
the details of expense vouchers
showing generous presents to
girls, bills for liquor, theater tick-
ets and even headache tablets, the
hearing broke, up until. Monday in
an angry ..dispute over Meyer's
wartime draft record.
colonel, to Fay Emerson, movie
actess who became Mrs. Roose-
velt.
Meyer insisted under question-
ing by Sen. Ferguson (R-Mich),
subcommittee chairman, that it
was his “job” to pay entertain-
ment bills for Roosevelt and his
See PROBE, Pg. 13, Col 6
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2—-
The United States as well as Brit-
ain was reported Saturday to be
considering further reductions in
the strength of occupation forces
in Europe—but to save manpower
rather than dollars.
Tentative official calculations
have been made in Washington
and Berlin, authorities told a re-
porter, on what cuts might be
made without imperiling American
aims and upsetting the balance be-
tween the Western Allies and
Russia.
One top level, though off-the-
cuff, estimate was that the num-
ber of American troops might be
pared more than half without risk-
ing trouble with the German pop-
ulation in the U. S. Zone. But the
German attitude is recognized as
only one factor.
A new and uncertain element
was introduced, however, by
Prime Minister Attlee's proposal
to slash British military committ-
ments as part of the labor gov-
ernment's drastic new effort to
bolster Britain's sagging economy.
As a result, the question whether
the United States can follow suit peace
appears destined for further study
before a final decision is made.
treaties has put off
the planned withdrawal from Italy,
and the stalemate over a settle-
ment with Austria threatens to
The Army's position is that with
Germany divided, international re-
lations clouded and Russia's rat-
ification of the satellite peace trea- _ m me
ties delayed, the 150,000 or so I meela AniA
American troops in Europe are a LlTTTG L
rock bottom minimum. w
That position has been under
urgent review, however, because 1. Ast.
of the Army’s manpower difficul-i AnnniAn
ties since the end of the draft.TT
The size of the occupation forces
was based on a regular Army estab- F.L.I
lishment with total strength of 1, 0Oi-gOIIAA
070.000 authorized by Cnogress. ^VIIVVI I/VUIIW
With the decline in voluntary enlist-
ments it hat shrunk to fewer than
keep the force there indefinitely.
DETROIT, Aug. 2—(AP)—A strike against the vast Ford
Motor Co. over the issues of a Workers’ pension and Taft-
Hartley Labor Law provisions was authorized Saturday night.
The International executive board of the CIO’s United Auto
Workers gave its assent for 107,000 Ford production work-
ers to strike “not later than Tuesday.”
One hope remained, how-
ever, that the costly shutdown
might be averted.
1.000.000 and is expected to go down
Little Doug is going to school.
The five-year-old lad who cap-
tured the hearts of Abilene citi-
further.
Of these, 400,000 are committed zens last year when an appeal was
to occupation duties in Europe and made to find him a foster board-
Asia and most of the remainder ing home was legally adopted
Saturday. His new parents will
to the task,of keeping the occupa- Saturday. His new parents will
tion troops supplied. A single divi- take him back to California with
sion—the 88th—plus service troops them to send him to school in
is standing by in Italy under Lt. Berkeley
Gen. John C. H Lee. -------
Russia’s delay in ratifying the Welfare unit appealed for some-
--------------------------------------------------------- body in Abilene to give him a
Finnegan home last September. You see, lit-
gluk......
Wing k.....s when he a 14
1...months old The disease left him
The Abilene-Taylor County Child
baseball games and dances dur-
ing that time.
The plump publicity man tes-
tified that in 1943 be had introduc-
ed Roosevelt, then an air force
Pat Patterson
• Sues for Refund
A controversy between C. 0.
(Pat) Patterson, former county tax
assessor - collector, end Taylor
county was re-opened Saturday
when Patterson filed suit in 42d
district court asking that he be giv-
en judgment against Taylor coun-
ty for $1,945.28 he alleges he re-
. paid the county, and asking ad-
• judication of the right of both the
county and himself to $516.59 he
alleges he stands ready to pay to
the county if so ordered.
Patterson alleges in his petition
that the $1,945 28 in question Is
money he spent out of the certifi-
rate of title fund under commis-
sioners court authorization, for his
expenses while on county business,
and for additional expense of his
office for handling business under
a the certificate of title act. The
W $516.59 to which the petition re-
fers is alleged to have been spent
by plaintiff in handling county
business, out of the same fund
On Dec. 14, 1946, the commis-
sioners court ordered Patterson to
repay the county $1,945 28, and the
money was repaid
An investigation by a 42d district
court grand jury early this year
resulted in a recommendation Feb.
21 that Patterson be reimbursed
a and a declaration that in the grand
jury opinion. Patterson had com-
mitted no offense.
The commissiners court on Feb.
24 failed to follow the recommenda-
tion of the grand jury, but passed
a motion giving Patterson the right
to sue the county in the district
courts.
Patterson alleges in his petition
that " in order to handle the extra
volume of business made necessary
for the plaintiff to employ addi-
tional help, and incur additional ex-
%
blind, mute, and deaf His father
had to work and hia older brother
had started to school, and there
was no one at home to care for
Doug.
When Abilene heard of Doug,
there were plenty of people who
wanted to take him. Since then he
has lived with several couples who
Company and union negotiators
meet again Sunday morning (10:30
agreement.
Without this, the auto industry,
long-troubled with materials short-
ages, will enter a crisis similar
to that of the General Motors strike
of 1946-47.
The strike-approved decision of
the UAW-CIO board, reached after
nearly six hours of consultations,
was announced by Vice-President
Richard T. Leonard.
Leonard, chairman of the UAW’s
Ford department, came wearily
out of the long board session. He
seemed discouraged.
To a question whether a strike
could be averted, he answered
tersely:
"We’re meeting again with the
company on Sunday."
He said a strike was approved
for ‘‘no later than Tuesday" but
later declared "strike action will
bo taken as soon as we can ar-
range it."
There had been reports the union
might call out the workers Mon-
day.
Both the company and union have
gone into extensive preparations
for a strike.
Thomas Thompson, president of
Ford Local 600, the Rouge Local
which is described as the world’s
largest union local issued a state-
ment saying "we will strike re-
luctantly but determinedly in the
knowledge that our cause is Just"
There was no statement Satur-
Britons Face
Crisis Equal
To Dunkerque
/ By JACK SMITH
LONDON, Aug. 2—U—Britain Is
struggling with an economic crisis
which imperils the Labor Govern-
ment's experiment In Socialism and
the national position as a world
power.
Her reservoir of borrowed dollars,
is beginning to run dry. Her farms
and factories are producing too lit-
tle for her needs and the proud na-
tion Is approaching what many be-
lieve will be her blackest and most
dangerous hour since Dunkerque.
The sacrifices to be demanded of
the people are expected to be com-
mensurate with the heroic stand
asked of them after the black days
on the beaches at Dunkerque seven
years ago.
Prime Minister Attlee goes be-
fore the House of Commons
Wednesday to explain exactly what
are his plans. But the broad out-
lines of his crisis program already
are known
To Britain’s little man, used to
suffering and plagued by shortages,
some more acute even than during
the war. It will mean:
Even less food to eat, fewer
clothes to replace his patched and
threadbare garments, fewer con-
sumer goods in the shops, longer
hours of work for some, possibly
temporary unemployment for
others, fewer cigarettes and mov-
ies, less gasoline, shorter holidays
across the channel, and for many
a compulsory change of jobs from
unessential" industries
To the government of socialist
planners, the hard times will bring
the sternest test Top-ranking socia-
lists privately acknowledge that If
things do not go well the people
may toss the labor regime out of
office.
Nevertheless the cabinet plans to
carry on with its drive to make
Britain a Socialist state.
To save dollars and release men
for manpower-short industries, the
government already has said its
armed forces will be reduced.
had to give him up when they mov-
ed away—or when they couldn’t
find an apartment—or when the ex-
pense proved too great.
Moat recently Doug has been with
his father who has re-married and day night from the company,
has been living in Texas City. Reporters asked Leonard if the
They were there during the dis- UAW’s pension demand along
aster and came through unharmed, would have justified a strike had
Last month, though, his father’s the company granted the UAW im-
wife had a serious operation, and munity from financial responsible-
again there was no one to take ty provisions of the Taft-Hartley
care of Doug. Act.
“If the company had done that.’
Leonard replied. "I’m certain the
negotiations would have progressed
much more satisfactorily "
Mr. and Mrs X. who kept him
several months in Abilene last win-
CONSULATE BUILDING DEFACED—A porter scrubs the stone of the Cunard Building
in New York City in an effort to remove anti-British slogans and swastikas painted on ter, offered to take him again. They
the sidewalk and structure which houses the British consulate. Red, white and black— ERenbegal meniden % °Calfommia
official colors of the former German government—were used in the defacing operation, knew they could get him in a school
4 on the West Coast. In fact, Doug’s
already enrolled and is waiting now
PUBLIC ASKED FOR FUNDS
Dream to Come True This Week as First
Residents Arrive at Abilene Boys Ranch
for an opening
Texas has schools for little boys
like Doug, but they have to be
Reporters asked Leonard if the
UAW President Walter P
Reuther, who flew here from Wash-
ington to preside at the board ses-
sion, said the group unanimously
approved a strike "after hearing
and discussing all the facta and la
auea "
By REBEL HOPE
An Optimist club dream, a year
and a half old now, becomes a
penses which Taylor county has
made no provision for, and after
conferring with the commissioners reality this week as members
make good their pledge to "be
a friend of the boy.” The first
court and being told by them to do
so, this plaintiff used said fund In
paying for additional expenses "
He further allege* that "in order
two of the hundreds of boys who
will follow in the, years to come
are expected to arrive at Boys'
Ranch this week
Members of the club who are
sponsoring the organization‘and op-
seven years old Doug la still only 1“ ' '
five. Tuscola Ovalo Okay
Saturday morning Doug and his 10360 dy UVOIU VAST
father came from Texas City. His J a
father signed the adoption papers Bond Assumption
to give Doug the one break he’s PUIS JuPIL
never had before
The little boy ran walk now, al- TUSCOLA, Aug 2 — 'Spl> —
though he feels himself along and Patrons of the Tuscola-Ovalo school
seems a little lost in his black district in an election Saturday vol
1 Dead, 6 Injured
In Odessa Wreck
use his left arm that was partially by formation of the new district ODESSA. Aug 2 in—One Odes-
In s recent consolidation vote The san was killed and six seriously
eration of Boys’ Ranch began
many month* ago to plan such
a project where boys of Abilene_______________
and Taylor county who are, or wor)d He’s gained a lot of weight |ed 78 for a 5 against assuming
may become or already have be-since last year and has learned to equally the indebtedness incurred
come problem boys to the com-
to see htat... . property was prop-
erly rendered end in order to see
that motor vehicles which were be-
ing operated in Taylor county
were actually registered in Taylor
county. It was necessary for the
plaintiff to make a number of per
sonal contacts In other places, and
with express approval and consent
of,the commissioners court, plain-
tiff made numerous trips to var-
ious points outside Taylor county
and reimbursed himself out of the
See SUES, Pg. 13, Col. 1
TOMORROW IS SUPER-VALUE
DAY IN 45 ABILENE STORES
(See Page 6, Section 1, for places to hunt and the Super
Values to be found in Abilene Monday).
Monday will be Super Value Day in Abilene.
Behind that announcement there is an interesting—and
P unusual—story of cooperation among Abilene merchants; 45
* of them.
Super Value Day will be the result of an idea developed
by the planning committee of the Retail Trade committee
of the Abilene Chamber of Commerce. It is that commit-
tee's own idea and own promotion.
Success of this first Super Value Day will determine
whether there shall be others.
Here's how it will operate:
Each of the 45 stores participating will offer Super Values
in two items.
$ All Super Value items will be sold at prices amounting to
not more than 10 percent above cost.
There will be no duplications of Super Value items
With 45 merchants taking part there will be 90 Super
’Value items.
Super Value Day was evolved by a committee consisting
of Jack Tucker, Mitt Williams, L. W. Davis, Howard Mc-
. Mahon and Jack Rudd: The idea was adopted and put into
action by the Retail Trade committee as a whole. L. W. Davis
is committee chairman.
$
Wife of Abilene Man and Two
Grandchildren Are Drowned
Mrs. Bessie Beall, 52, of Cisco,
wife of Charlie S Beall of Abilene,
and two of her grandchildren were
drowned Friday night when the
truck in which they were riding
plunged into a deep ditch near
Houston.
The children were Neva Lee
Mine, 5, and Wilma Jean Behne,
13 months. Neva Lee had lived here
with her grandmother.
Bodies of Mrs Beall and the two
The Weather
U. s. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER Bl REAU
ABILENE AND VICINITY: Partly
cloudy with some chance of light shew-
ers Sunday and Monday. Net much
change in temperature.
EAST TEXAS: Partly elendy In nerth.
elendy in south showers in seuthwest
and extreme south Sunday; scattered
showers in southern portion Monday;
net much change in temperature. mod-
erate te fresh southeast winds on the
WEST TEXAS: Parti- elendy Sunday
and Monday; scattered showers in a ll
except the Panhandle and South Plains;
not much change im temperature.
TEMPERATU RES
Sat. AN Fri, HOUR Sat PM Fri
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grandchildren will arrive In Abi-
lene Monday night about 7 30 Fu-
queral services sre tentatively set
for 1 p. m Tuesday at Laughter-
North funeral home
Heroic rescue work by three bus
passengers was credited with saving
four other persons from drowning
in the 15 to 20 feet of water in the
ditch near the San Jacinto river.
Walton Eugene Behne, 25-year-
old war veteran, told investigators
the light truck in which llaseven
were riding skidded end ereshed
through a guard rail at 6:40 p. m.
Behne was driving his wife to a
hospital for a checkup A baby, Wal-
ton Eugene, Jr. was born to the
couple 10 days before.
Passengers aboard a bus saw the
truck plunge into the water Master
Sergeant William Wells of the Ar-
my’s Houston recruiting office help-
ed save Mrs. Behne and her baby.
Two other bus passengers helped
to save the father, who was clutch-
Please see Page 11 for pic-
turdi of Boys Ranch.
munity may go to live; where they
may receive proper training In a
wholesome environment, and
where they may grow Into good
citizens.
To get their project under way
a few members of the Optimist
club borrowed 92 Soil from a bank
With thia money they moved an
Army type barracka building. 72
by 36 feet, belonging to the City
from the airport and purchased
two hutments and moved them to
paralysed after his illness
in the home where he stayed last debt represented bonds owed by the injured in an auto-struck collision
winter Doug was smiling and formerly aeparate districts. five miles west of here Saturday,
laughing Saturday afternoon. Mr Member, of the district also vot- Henry B Hastings died In a local
ed 76 for and 6 against on an la- hospital shortly after the crash He
was believed to be the driver of
X said he can see a little now;
at least, he can distinguish be- sue to give the district power to
tween night and day, and his hear- levy taxes for maintenance of the
ing has improved new district
Doug’s vocal cords are appar- Patrons of the new district and
ently normal, but he’s never had a taxpayers In the Roger* school dis-
1 triet will vote Saturday on a ques-
he lion of whether or not the Rogers
district will consolidate with Tus-
chance to learn to talk
"As soon as he touched me.
knew it was I’’ Mr X said.
EVENTS TO COME
IN WEST TEXAS
ci tv-owned property adjoining
Lake Kirby
They converted the barracks
building Into a dormitory for boys
and a three-room apartment for
the ranch superintendent and his
ABILENE
Aug 4 — Special meeting of the
cola-Ovale.
a small sedan involved in the ae-
cident Passengers in Hastings' ear,
all badly injured, were Howard Me
Adams, Leo Moles, H H. Ward and
Walter Bingham.
Injured passengers in the truck
were F. A Armbrewster and W.
D Turner.
93 -
96 — 96
95-NT
94 — 94
.93 — 94
90 — 90
as — st
85 — 8S
se : - i
emperstures for 24
m., 96 and 71 de-
nigh and low temperatures name
date last year, 9R and 72 degrees.
Sunset last might 7:36.
Sunrise today * M.
Sunset tonight 7:35.
Barometer reading at D:30 p. m.:
1 28.22.
Relative humidity st RS* p. m.:
I M serpent
ins to Joyce Marie, three-year-old
daughter The three bus passeng-
ers dived for about 45 minutes try-
ing to get the others out of the cab
family. Abilene city commission 7 pm to
In June the ranch superinten- consider tax rate, name tax equal- WASHINGTON,
dent, H J. (Jim) Lubbering, kla ization board, atudy budget and
wife and baby Alice arrived from audit.
Longview to prepare the ranch
further for the coming of the
Rumor of Planes Departing
U. S. Causes Urgent Hunt
Aug 2—-
boys.
Plans now are being made to
accommodate 15 boys on the ranch
by Sept 1st. Such boys may be
admitted from the ages of 6
through 15 They will be selected
for the ranch by a board of ad-
mittance.
County Judge Wiley Caffey will
serve as chairman of the board
of the truck.
Mrs. Beall’s survivors are her hus-
band. Charlie S Beall, three sons,
Dick Behne of Claro; Walter Eu-
gene Behne, Goose Creek; and an-
other son in the Army, and one
daughter.
Mr and Mrs Beall were married
here In 1937. He is a long-time em- 1
ploye of the City of Abilene and Is |
now custodian of the hall Mrs
Beall was a member of the Church
1 of Christ.
See BOYS' RANCH, Pg. 13, Col.
NEWS INDEX
SECTION 1
Rayburn—Herse Trader
Reed Runner .......
Animal Photos ......
Oil ...............
Chousin’ .
SECTION II
Movie Page .........
Gallup Pell .....
Church Notes .......
Editorials .........
Texes. Poll .........
A State Department relay of a
Aug 5 Reporter-New’s Learn "rumor" that seven fighter planes
to Swim’ program Water Carnival were poised in Florida "for a
at the American Legion pool at Caribbean destination’’ sent au-
8:15. thorities there on a fruitless hunt
CAMP TONKAWA Saturday while Dominican Repub-
Aug. 9-10 — Scouters’ Retreat lie air patrols got set to fight off
for Boy Scout leaders of Chisholm an “invasion ”
Trail council
BUFFALO GAP
Aug 4-5 — Future Homemakers
class of Stamford encampment st
Presbyterian camp grounds.
MERTZON
But nothing happened — any-
where.
The Dominican Republic, whose
officials have been talking for
months of a plot by "Communist
revolutionaries” to invade the
country, told its ambassador here
• Aug 4-18 Boy Scouts from
15 West Texas counties of the that “all precautions’ were being
Buffalo Gsp Council in encamp
ment at Camp Louis Farr
. COLORADO CITY
Page 7 A. 4 d.L.
• * 14
. * 14
. 16-17
. * 21
Aug 4 — School for Mitchell#
county recreational leaders spon-
sored by home demonstration clubs
BIG SPRING
taken but "not a single aircraft
has been heard in the sky ”
The excitement started when A
T Brantley, deputy collector of
customs at Tampa, Friday might
issued the following alert to air-
ports through police and civil aero-
nauties administration teletype
Aug. 6-9 — Big Spring Rodeo.
16 14th annual performance.
” 17 COLEMAN
• 17 1 nug. • -- met cum uu ww,u
" 18 bond issue to expand Coleman______________- -
" 20 waterworks. _..LUnited States, for foreign country
COLEMAN
Aug. 5 — Election on $350 000
systems:
“Notify all
airports to be on the
I without permission. .
"All suspicious activity of above
type planes should be reported im-
mediately" P.
Brantley signed in the name of
the State Department but declined
to make public the source of the
information he had from Washing-
ton He said it was meager and
be did not know what airport the
planes might be using
A search started, and airports
along both Florida coasts were
checked without success, as were
other Gulf of Mexico areas Mean-
while no Washington agency could
be found that would acknowledge
having ordered the alert.
Then Saturday afternoon, the
State Department issued a state-
meet that It had heard the rumor
and had relayed it to the customs
bureau and other agencies, asking
an investigation.
The statement disclosed that the
State Department baa had la ef
fect for months a general alert.
based on “general rumors of rew
lookout for two P-38 and five P-51 olutionary plotting,” to make sure
type aircraft, believed leaving
that ' United States territory
would not be used for conspiracy.”
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 48, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 3, 1947, newspaper, August 3, 1947; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1645222/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.