The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 94, Ed. 2 Friday, November 12, 1948 Page: 3 of 16
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today had his
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from Nov. 6-11.
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Endurance Flight
Fails; Engine Quits
THE ABILENE, TEXAS REPORTER-NEWS 3
Abilene, Texas, Friday Evening, November 12, 1948
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Atwo sad Texans, whose dream of
shattering the world’s record for
endurance flying ended with the
final sputter of their craft’s en-
gine last night, marked up their
defeat today as merely a triumph
of matter over mind.
Pred Vtomont and Bert Simons,
both of whom pushed "Uncle
Sam’s” aircraft through the skie’s
during World War II, called it quits
and made an emergency landing
near Gregg County Airport last
Sight They were just one week shy
of tying the existing record of 726
hours of continuous flying.
The pilots, both of Dallas,
blamed the failure on a “frozen
engine”—a condition that general-
ly la caused by failure of the oil
system.
Their single-engine Luscombe
Silvaire had logged 529 hours of
continuous flight when the engine
cut out.” They had been confi-
FALSE TEETH
dent of breaking—even doubling-
the 1934 record of Al and Fred
Keys over Meridian. Miss
The two former Air Force pilots
took off from Love Field in Dallas
at 6:01 p. m. Oct. 20. They used
the Grand Prairie Airport for a
base for several days and then
moved to the Gregg County import
near here when night foga threat-
ened to the Dallas-Grand Prairie
area.
The flight was sponsored by the
Texas Private Fliers Association
to promote interest in private fly-
ing. During the slightly more than
three weeks that the plane-the
“Miss Texas"—was aloft, it was
viewed by thousands of spectators
in East Texas.
Dust Storms Flare
Again In Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY. Nov 12. ISA-
Dual storms, cutting visibility to
20 feet in sections, were reported
Thursday in West - Central Okla-
homa.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol
reported visibility of only about 20
feet east and west of Clinton on
U. 8. 66. Clinton, however, re-
ported hard winds but only slight
dust.
Visibility at Thomas, 10 miles
north of Clinton, was limited to
two city blocks with s strong winds.
Traffic was still open on U. S.
M. It had to be stopped Isst Sun-
day when dust storms blew up-
Among pygmies of the Central
African jungles, the women average
about S feet. 11 inches in height and
the men range from three to six
inches taller.
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Mrs. Forrester,
Abilene Resident
30 Years, Dies
Funeral for Mrs. G. 8. Forrester,
80, who died at her home, 2041
North 18th St., Thursday morning,
was to be held at 2 p. m. today at
Kiker-Warren Funeral Chapel. Dr.
J. H. Hamblen, former pastor of
the Evangelical Methodist Church,
was to officiate and burial was to
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Forrester was born Martha
Carolyn Sparks in Bell County,
Jan. 24, 1868. She married there
in 1882 and moved to West Texas
with her husband in 1903 Since
that time they had lived to Haskell,
Hamlin and Abilene. They had re-
sided in Abilene 30 years.
Survivors ar the husband, five
sons, W. E. Forrester of Houston,
Drew Forrester of Kerrville. Roy
Forrester of Austin, George For-
rester, Jr., of Abilene and Tim For-
rester of California; on* daughter.
Mrs. H. G. Smith of Abilene; 15
grandchildren; and 11 great-grand-
children.
Pallbearers were to be L. A.
MODERN ‘LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSES’—Construction
scenes such as the above have been numerous in Abilene
during recent months, as proceeds of a 1947 bond issue went
into expansion of the public schools’ physical plant. The
above picture shows an extension being built at South
Inflation Trimmed
School Construction
(This in the fifth and last
article to a series depicting
the improvements made dur-
ing recent months to the Abi-
lene public schools, published
to observance of National Ed-
ucation Week.)
• • •
By EARLE WALKER
While the $800,000 bond issue of
1947 brought relief of most physi-
cal plant deficiencies in the 13 lo-
cal public schools, Old Devil In-
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Grimes, Homer Landers, Billy Ber-
tram. J. W Forrester, Lloyd For-
rester and Lester Forrester. Hon-
orary pallbearers were to be J. W.
Pool. Frank Grimes, Mose John-
son and CarlGraham.
Mustard Gas Used
In Fighting Cancer
TAMPA, Fla. Nov. 12. (Py—Sci-
entists are using a form of war-
time mustard gas in fighting can-
cer.
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U. S. Girl Missing
In West Germany
Dr. Lloyd F. Crsver, assistant
professor of clinical medicine at
Johns Hopkins Medical School,
said nitrogen mustard injections
— offer relief to many esses, but
should be used with great caution.
Junior High School. After the current program, a few ad-
ditional classrooms, cafeterias and enlarged playgrounds
will still be needed. Price increases after the plans were
made prevented the bond money from stretching as far as
the first expectations. (News Photo by Don Hutcheson)
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FRANKFURT. Germany Nov
12. (—U. S. Army authorities said
today a pretty American brunette
employed by the Counter-Intelli-
gence Corps has been missing
since Oct. 27.
Authorities said a wide search is
being made throughout West
Germany for the girl, identified as
Lydia Briggs, 26, of Glenville, N.
Oineials said the girl had-s two-
day leave of absence starting
Wednesday. Oct. 27, but telephoned
her room-mate she would not be
beck st work the following Mon-
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day.
She also phoned her brother, Lt.
John C. Briggs, to Nuernberg, say-
ing she would not see him over
the week end as planned
There haa been no clue as to
whst prompted her change of
plans.
“After all, it is a war gas, a
war poison,” he said, "and care is
required that treatment aimed at
poisoning diseased tissue does not
also dsmage good tissue."
Dr. Craver spoke yesterday at
the closing session of the annual
three - day Southeastern Cancer
Seminar. He pointed out that nitro-
gen mustard is valuable chiefly
for relief to incurable cases rather
than as a cure.
It helps in many cases of leu-
kemia and similar forms of can-
cer. Dr. Craver said. A better
treatment, he advised, is by X-ray,
which helps more cases with less
danger.
He said most laymen did not
realize that leukemia, the disease
which esta away the red cells to
the blood. Is s csncer.
It is easily diagnosed, but "there
is no method of treatment today
that seems to offer hope of cure,”
be said.
flation cut the construction pro-
gram somewhat short of its origin-
al goal.
Left out of the project were:
A cafeteria for Valley View School,
a four - classroom addition and
cafeteria at Fair Park, and con-
version of s frame classroom build-
ing into a cafeteria at Alta Vista.
Therefore, school and city of-
ficials recognize that these needs,
along with some others, will have
to be met before long.
Playgrounds at Alta Vista and
College Heights Schools need en-
larging, and eventually the same
will be true at Locust.--
Carter G. Woodson School (Ne-
gro) could use some additional
classrooms, as well ss facilities for
giving boys a vocational shop
course.
GYMNASIUMS WANTED
Officials hope some day to pro-
vide a gymnasium at each of the
two junior high scools.
Among the minor improvements
still on the "want” list are re-
wiring and adequate lighting of- the
high school and sodding of sev-
ers! playgrounds.
School and city officials see down
the line somewhere a need for
construction of another elementary
school in Southwest Abilene. This
belief is emphasised by crowded
conditions at Fair Psrk and Alta
Vista Schools
Pls ns an being made by school
authorities to build on each junior
high school campus dressing room
facilities for boys' and girls’ physi-
cal education classes.
A rise in the number of prospec-
tive scholastics due to the currently
high birth rate and an influx of
population to Abilene may mean
that the city will have to wage
another school building program to
the next few years, educators here
have warned.
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SWEETWATER, Nov. 11. (RNS)
—Funeral services were held here
Thursday afternoon for Mrs. F. B.
Perry, wife of s pioneer cattleman
and merchant who died Wednesday
night to Sweetwater hospital. She
was the mother of John J. Perry
end Mrs. W. M.’J. Hales of Sweet-
water, and the mother-in-law of
Mrs. John J. Perry, president of
the Texas Federation of Women’s
Clubs.
The funeral was held from First
Methodist Church with the Rev. J.
Edmund Kirby, pastor, officiating
Burial was to Sweetwater ceme-
tery under the direction of Welle
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Perry was born Alice La-
tham at Fredonia, San Saba
County, on December 21, 1870. She
was married at 17 to F. B. Perry.
They lived to Robert Lee hefeni
coming to Sweetwater about 50
years ago. Mr. Perry died in 1923.
A long-time member of First
Methodist Church, Mrs. Perry else
belonged to the OES, the Wesley
Bible Class, and the Priscilla Club,
being a charter member of the last
named organisation.
In addition to her son and daugh-
ter. she is survived by three grand-
children. Jack Perry and Jimmy
Hales of Sweetwater and Mrs. Tho-
mas Wiseheart of El Paso.
Admits Wrecking
Passenger Train
NORRISTOWN, Pa., Nov. 12. un
—A 30-year-old Negro ex - convict
signed s statement Thursday ad-
mitting he wrecked a train killing
two so that he might get money by
"searching the pockets of the deed
and injured." District Attorney W.
Arnold Forrest announced.
Forrest identified the man as
James M. Johnson, s native of
Pocomoke City, Md. He will be
charged with murder, Forrest add-
ed.
Truman Promised-
To Visit, Reds Say
BERLIN, Nov. 12. — Russian-
controlled newspapers contended
today that President Truman "ob-
ligated" himself to pre-election
promises to go to Moscow to see
Prime Minister Stalin.
. The papers hinted that least
Secretary of State George C. Mar-
shall should go to Moscow for di-
rect negotiation on East-West dif-
ferences.
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