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•VOL. LXIX NO. 64
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YALE SCIENTISTS REVEAL:
Many Cases Diagnosed as
Polio Believed New Virus
- NEW HAVEN, Conn . Aug. 16.
(PP)—Yale scientists expressed be-
lief today that a large number of
cases diagnosed as poliomyelitis
may actually be attributable to a
new and apparently non - crippling
virus.
Existence of the virus, first' re-
ported by the New York State De-
Illness runs about 10 days, and the
disease is prevalent during the
usual polio season. But it leaves no
permanent injury.
During their investigations here
two Yale men were accidentally in-
fected. Both recovered.
The Yale studies, supported by a
grant from the National Foundation
partment of Health was confirmed for Infantile Paralysis, included
by the Yale researchers after a analysis of the sewage in Hart-
year’s study. * ford. New Haven and Norwalk,
Morrow Turns Down
Post as Ambassador
Isolated during last summer's po- Conn , as well as Grensboro, High
Point and Winston - Salem, N. C.,
lio outbreak in Southern New Eng-
land, North Carolina and Texas,
the origin of the virus stilt is un-
known and its means of transmis-
sion are obscure. But the Yale sci-
entists reported that all infected
persons who have come to their
attention have recovered with no
and a study of flies from Hartford.
High Point and localities in the
Lower Rio Grande Valley in Tex-
harmful after - effects.
A report of the Yale
SUMMER DIDN'T
research LAST VERY LONG
was published today in the proceed-
lings of the Society for Experimen-
tal Biology and Medicine Com-
menting on the report, Joseph L.
Melnick, associate professor of mi-
crobiology, declared:
"It is believed this new virus
GREENVILLE. Me., Aug. 16.
(VP■—Exactly one week after
the temperature flirted with the
100-degree mark, it was 33 de-
grees at this Moosehead Lake
community early today.
was the cause of widespread illness I
last yea r during t he poliomyelitis ' A M
season. Last year there were about T A
28,000 cases in the United States 1 IIIMI
which were reported as poliomy-
elitis, the largest number sinceUF 1
1916. Peiecicienae
"On the basis of this research at AUJUl wwHOTC
Yale, it is believed a sizable per-
centage of these cases may have • 1
been falsely diagnosed as polio- POfiN
myelitis and were actually attrib- ■ IVICI II
. . utable to this new virus."
Mundt (R-SD), committee member, to have plotted with Maj. Subsequent investigations showed WASHINGTON. Aug. 16 ()-
patients with the virus had some of | Gen. Douglas MacArthur has for-
the symptoms usually associated mally declined an invitation to re-
with polio: The average length of turn to the United States to give
Congress a report on the Far East-
ern situation.
INTERESTED SPECTATOR—Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt,
^ suspended chief of the Army Chemical Corps, stretches his
neck as he peers through the audience to follow testimony
before the Senate Investigating Committee as the “five per-
center” probe continues. Gen. Waitt is claimed by Sen. Karl
Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, presidential aide, to “cut the
throats" of fellow officers eligible to succeed Waitt.
AP Wirephoto)
- A A I • ■ • A | 0g The Senate Foreign Relations
s 0 L al goo • momenun 1 u goa • • g and Armed Services Committee had
•GET Ww Tg T TETTETO voted 13 to 12 to ask MacArthur to
w N Ne Y ▼ I • • A d ■ • 1 • 6 come home from Tokyo to
connection with the administra-
•Alion's $1,450,000,000 foreign arms
Belittling Assistants
T&P Freight
Stations Will
Limit Service
Texas & Pacific Railway repre-
sentatives were in Abilene today
to explain adjustments in freight
service which will apply here when
the railroad industry’s five - day
week takes effect Sept. 1 for non-
operating employes.
Heretofore, the majority of T&P
freight station operations have
been on a six-day basis, except for
emergency shipments. Hereafter,
service will be on a five-day basis,
with similar standards applying for
both Saturday and Sunday.
All T&P freight and passenger
train schedules will be unaffected
by inauguration of the 40-hour week
for non-operating personnel.
Included in the T&P group visit-
ing here today were J G. Tucker,
assistant superintendent; J. A. Me-
Caul, director of industrial develop-
ment. and A. C. Siler, Jr., execu-
tive general agent
Along with Harry DeLane. Abi-
lene general agent, they will go to
Winters, Merkel and Sweetwater
this afternoon. They will visit Ros-
coe, Loraine, Colorado City and
Coahoma Wednesday.
Texan Plans
To Keep State
Demo Job
WASHINGTON, Aug 16. im -
H Wright Morrow,—Democratic na-
tional committeeman from Texas,
j said today he has turned down an
J offer of an appointment as am-
bassador. He added that he will
j continue as a national committee-
Iman. -
Morrow made his announcement
i to reporters at the White House
! | where he said he had given his
i decision to Undersecretary of State
! I Webb.
• He said he was impelled by what
he considered "wise, sound and pa-
j triotic reasons ’*
Secretary patent Lautadamn: Job Total Up
son today made public the text of a
reply from MacArthur, in which the | | |
— general said. Harp in V
“For the best reasons set forth JUIJ
WASHINGTON. Aug 16. (UP) — fire of questions from a Senate lory reports to Vaughan and as- in my public statement of Aug. 11 -
Maj. Gen. Alden H Waitt, suspend- committee which is investigating sumed the White House aide would 11 - ' '
ed chief of the Army ' . . — ......-- -_________
Corps, confessed today that with percenters - agents, who collect although he did not know whether post of duty here
"the backing of Maj. Gen. Harry H. commissions for getting their cli- he did so. But be said be didn’t - - " -
Vaughan and a Washington “five ents government contracts. I
percenter" he tried to blackball a Waitt became chief of the Chem- another memo he had prepared
group of fellow - officers who might Hical Corps in November, 1945, and eulogizing himself and recommend-
be in line for his job, his appointment runs out this fall, ing his reappointment by the Pres-
Writhing with embarrassment. After Waitt’s testimony, the hear- ident.
. .... . --------- --------------1|I believe I can best serve the na- Employment in Abilene and im-
Chemical the activities of the so-called five show them to President Truman, tional interest by remaining at my mediate vicinity showed a net gain
ha* withInareantare _ ****** * 1—4%-----—most of duty here" of30 persons in July over June,
the Texas Employment Commis-
Johnson did not order either to
. I He insisted that his only motive return.
of Vaughan, President Truman’s committee indicated it was through was patriotic - that he believed I MacArthur in his reply to John-
military aide, he drafted a series with him at least for the present, he was the man beat qualified for son said that this statement of Aug
of memoranda recommending his Waitt said he drafted the deroga- the job.. He said Vaughan agreed 11 was as follows
own reappointment to the chemical tory reports in the office of my i with him and wanted him reap- "I could not help but be deeply
command and belittling the quali- closest friend' — James V. Hunt,' inted appreciative of the honor reflec-
plications of eight potential succes- the five percenter whose activities . H i M ted in the desire expressed bv cer-
-„ touched off the Senate investiga- It happens to be true that he is tain distinguished members of the
The 56 - year - old career officer tion. one of the world , greatest author- I L S. Senate that I proceed to
*-*-*-NOT Wnalaeracron F TCoNLeE, for
He testified that Vaughan was the issue of United States arms aid
very desirous of having me in to the government of China "
the job” and asked him to draft No reply has been received from
the memo belittling his brother-of- Admiral Badger:
Waitt testified that at the request ring recessed until tomorrow. The
made the admissions under a cross-
Million New-
Jobs Forecast
•
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 ( -
Secretary of Labor Tobin forecast
today an increase of a million jobs
. by the end of the year and a cor-
responding drop in unemployment.
Tobin reported to President Tru-1
man that the employment situa-
tion is improving steadily.
He told reporters on leaving the
White House:
"It looks very much like there
nwill be a decided increase in em-
"ployment during the next six
months and that by the end of the
SON OF SLAIN RADIO COMMENTATOR BEATEN—Ban-
daged, bruised and sore from a beating he said was given
him by three men, Burt Mason, 22, of Alice, smokes a
cigarette in a. Houston hospital. He is the son of Bill Mason,
radio commentator shot to death at Alice recently.
Mason Leaves Hospital After
Assault by 'Smart Alecks'
I In reply to questions. Morrow
ws said he was offered ambassado-
a i rial posts "in several countries’ but
he would not name them There
had been reports that he would go
to Denmark or The Netherlands.
Morrow said he believed his first
interest "to be in Texas at this--
time ’ and that he had "resolved
that I cannot accept foreign assign-
menta at this time."
Texas Demo Fight
Likely to Continue
HOUSTON, Aug. 16. (UP)—Three
men who brutally beat Newscaster
Burt Mason, son of a slain cru-
sading broadcaster, apparently
were "smart aleck hoodlums’’ in-
tent on molesting his girl compan- Alice-after visiting here
ion police said today
> Mason, 22, agreed with police
that the attack apparently w as not
connected with the recent killing of
his father. William (Bill) Mason
Number of persons holding non- nor with the anti . vice campaign
AUSTIN, Aug. 16. (—Wright
Morrows rejection of ambassa-
dorships offered him in Washing-
ducted his father's radio crusade ton today indicated the fit De.
Via remote control broadcasts over | tween liberal and conservative fore,
a Corpus 1 station. * ” in the Texas Democratic Party
The three men attacked Mason j, likely to continue
Saturday night as he and a Morrow said he would continue
girl companion were returning to
use u™ su. bur me saw ue .nt Johnson had forwarded the re-
have the nerve to give Vaughan quest of the Senate committees to
MacArthur and Vice Admiral. Os-
car C. Badger, also wanted for - ----------.... _____,__...
testimony on the far Eastern situa-agricultural jobs dropped 70 dur he has carried on since his father
lion. • ling the month.
sion reported today. -
On the other hand, farm employ-
mgnt increased by 100 workers in
July to reach an estimated 2,400.
was killed.
Under questioning, Waitt admit- ities on toxicological warfare,
ted that one of the officers he be-
lulled was his best friend in the
service, Col. Charles E. Loucks.
The critics! memoranda were
completely at variance with official
reports Waitt had filed on the mer-
its of his possible successors in the
official reports, he praised the
eight officers highly.
Waitt said he gave the deroga-
ficers. I---
"He looked over the memoran- nA • ■ , -
dum. asked me a few questions M idaef Allin Daces
about it and asked me about the 1 HNgCl MUIU ROCES
Pienee see WAITT, P. 12.col. %.Sought for Fair
Margaret Mitchell
To
Dies
As he stopped at a signal light
the men pulled alongside in an
as national democratic committee-
man from Texas . •
Mason was discharged yester-
day from a Houston hospital
where he received treatment for
The TEC estimated that noo-ac--a three-inch cut on his head a
ricultural workers totaled 17,455 in | broken left ankle, a severe cut on
July, compared to 17,525 the month his chin and multiple abrasions
before, a reduction in July of .4 What doctors believed at first to
per cent, be a simple skull fracture proved
Employment this month was ex- to be only a head cut
petted by the TEC to drop slight- Police escorted him to his home
ly below the July level at Alice, Tex. where he has con-
SLOW GAIN SE£N . : --------------
When It was first reported that
other car, jerked him from his au- + Morrow would be offered * diplo-
tomobile, and beat him with their matic post political observers said
fists He fought back, eid and National DeMorratte commferca"he
knocked one man down, then leap- recoonin. L ,
ed back into his ear and drove at One member from^'..'''^*
away,. The State Democratic Executive
The men overtook him within Committee last November confirm-
several blocks, forced him to the ed action of the September State
curb, and beat him unconscious. Convention designed to remova
A police official said. It looks Morrow as committeeman
like he was beaten up by a bunch The committee adopted a reso-
of smart aleck hoodlums | lution accusing Morrow of suggest-
"You know how some of these ing .., nefarious and sinister
punks pull up in • ear and say scheme to switch the state Demo-
nasty words to women,” he said, cratic electors a way from” Prest-
The girl doesn’t seem to remem- dent Truman It called on the Na.
I her any details about them * tional Democratic Committee to
"A slow gain is predicted two •• q A Ye • • mo •
months hence with the resumption ■ 1
of fa i buying and the expansion of J YTTICC1S OKK
school teaching staffs," the report " "■ ■S ■ T T
— recognize Skelton.
| No action was taken by the Na-
tional Committee on the request,
and Morrow refused to step aside.
He was named committeeman at
the May 1948 state convention de-
spite accusations that he had join-
* ed the Texas Regulars In fighting
renomination of President Roose-
velt in 1944.
said
Manufacturing was, steady dur-
ing July, registering a gain of 15
workers or .7 per cent over June
The only increase in the non
manufacturing industries was
scored in transportation and allied
services with the addition of five
workers.
These gains were offset by loss-
es in petroleum production, drop-
ping 20 workers or 39 per cent;
construction, losing 35 workers or
2,2 per cent; wholesale trade,
minus 10 workers or 8 per cent;
and retail trade, dropping 25 work-
ers or .7 per cent.
“These minor fluctuations re-
To Leave Canton
CANTON Aug 16 (P)—Radio|
contact was lost today with the de-
fenders of Kanhsien, 20 miles
northeast of this Nationalist provi-
sional capital.
An army spokesman virtually ad-
mitted loss of the important rail
center to Communist troops
Many foreigners fled Canton
aboard the British steamer Wuseh
as private reports placed Commu-
nist troops only 15.5 miles northeast
of Canton The Wuseh sailed for
and most of the others In the Joint
Commission on Rural Reconstrue- Virninis Alli
tion. • Virginia UTTIC/dl
The 44 - acre Shameen Island, E ag CI •
which shelters most foreign firms, freed in laying
was a scene of great activity dur-
I Contract negotiations are under-
way with Dick sharp of the Con-
test Board of the American Auto-
mobile Association to hold midget
auto races in Abilene Oct 1-2. D.
H. Jefferies, West Texas Fair As-
sociation president, said today.
The first day of the races will
be a part of the West Texas
Injuries
ATLANTA. Ga. Aug. 16. —
Margaret Mitchell, author of
.. “Gone With the Wind,” died to-
year payrolls will be increased by, , , ,
- approximately one million per-day as doctors prepared for an
emergency operation to try to save
sons
This does not take the possibility
of a major strike in coal or steel,
he said.
Tobin said there would be a sub-
stantial increase in employment
and a drop in unemployment fig-
ures beginning about the middle of
©September
He said he based his forecast on
the fact that purchasing orders to
build up depleted inventories al-
ready are increasing and will
continue to accelerate He also
said the employment situation
would be helped by many workers
returning,to school in the fall.
Asked if he thought a steel and
coal strike could be averted, he
replied he devoutedly hopes an.
OFFICERS ON DUTY
her life.
1 Miss Mitchell, 43. was struck
down by a speeding automobile on
Peachtree Street last Thursday
night She and her husband, John
R. Marsh, were crossing the street
phens Mitchell, left to Inform Fair, which ends Oct. 1.
Marsh. Abilene officials are asking for
Mrs. Stephen Mitchell was the six events on each day's race 1
only member of the family in the card with the main event to run
operating room when Miss Mitchell 20 laps. Approx mately 15 cars will
died. be entered
Funeral arrangements were not Sharp inform'd Jefferies Mon-
day that the entries made in the
announced immediately.
Miss Mitchell and her husband
to go to a movie near their home.
Miss Mitchell never fully recov-smashed
ered consciousness. Doctors said
she had a fractured skull, fractures
were crossing a walkway when a
car speeding down the street
went over the center line and
nt o her. She was
dragged 15 feet. Marsh held his
races regular! compete in the
Houston-Dallas-Tulsa circuit. He
said that since Abilene has a 5-8
mile track, spectators can expect
much higher speed than is normal
for the autos.
of the pelvis and other injuries.
She was taken to the operating
wife in his arms until police and
an ambulance arrived.
Police charged the driver of the
room at Henry Grady Memorial car, Hugh D Gravitt, 28, with sus-
Hospital this morning. She died at *.....
11:59 am, before the operation,
was performed.
picion of manslaughter. A tax driv-
Marsh, a semi-invalid as the re-
sult of a heart attack several years
ago, was not at the hospital when -
his wife died Her brother, Ste- j
Please see WRITER, P. 13, col. 6.
THE WEATHER
fleet stable employment conditions
within the area," the TEC assert-
ed.
President Names
Administrative Aide
To Shanghai Rescue
SHANGHAI Aug 16. W—Com-
munist authorities today granted
the American President Lines'
General Gordon permission to
enter Shanghai as a repatriation *
ship.
Hong Kong tonight loaded with for-
eign residents getting away from
I here. ’ -
At the same time authorities
here said American naval planes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 on -
President Truman today appointed
George McKee Elsey, 31, as a $10,-
000-a-year administrative assist-
ant
Elsey. whose home is In Oak
mont. Pa., is a former assistant to
Clark M Clifford, special counsel
to the President.
would evacuate Americans from
this Nationalist' provisional capital
if other facilities proved Inade-
quate to get them out ahead of the
Reds.
There are about 73 Americans
here They Include 15 In the em-
bassy, 19 in the consulate general
in, the day. Everywhere people |
were packing their belongings. ‘
Private reports said the
Reds
ACCOMAC. Va Aug 16. (P-
An Accomac County special grand
jury has refused to indict David
.-Acree, Virginia Fisheries Com-
were threatening Tayu, near the mission deputy charged with slay-
Kwangtung border 170 miles north-ing a Maryland crabber In Chesa-
east of Canton peake Bay on ju|y 5.
The U S consulate general here. The six - man jury submitted
has been ordered to close down its report clearing Acree. 26, of •
Authorities confirmed the order murder charge in Virginia, yester-
today but refused further comment, day.
Already big" American and Brit-
ish oil companies and other foreign
firms were pulling out of the South
China coastal city.
The closing date for the consu-
Immediately came the question
of what action. If any, Maryland
intends to take in the case
Maryland holds a warrant for
Acree charging him, with murder
: _ in the fatal shooting of the
of the Reds’southward march The crabber 50 - year - old Earl Nel-
son, a former Crisfield Md chief
late would depend on the progress
decision marks a change in Amer-
ican policy.
" of police.
Sweetwater tracking Down.
On Speeding Trucks, Buses
U. I. DEPARTMENT or COMMERCE
WEATHER BUREAU
ABILENE AND VICINITY - Partly
cloudy this afternoon, tonight and
Wednesday: widely scattered, light
showers this afternoon and tonight
High temperature today, 98 degrees;
BANPAGES REMOVED
* Eye Surgery Enables ACC
Co-ed to See ‘Some Better’
low tonight 75
EAST TEXAS Partly cloudy this aft-
ernoon tonight and Wednesday with a
few scattered afternoon or evening
thundershowers in extreme east and ex-
treme north portions; not much change
in temperatures: moderate southerly
SWEETWATER. Aug 16. (RNS)| Loucies Carnegie, 47, Port Arthur "WESPTHEAS"Pary cloud- this art-
Sweetwater has ordered a crack- oil company employe, was the snooneatmemt andiiMedinenday .-:
Mown no speMIng trucks and bus-crash victim. His Auto and a Grey-Ifuneteineeers not much thanES
Maximum temperature for 24
ending at 6:30 a m 90
Minimum temperature for 24
ending at 6:30 a.m 73
TEMPERATURES
MON P. M. TUES.
Chief of Police A' D. (Bo) Roy
and City Manager H S. Thorgrim-
sen served notice this week on
truck snd bus line operators that
"Sweetwater from this date for-
ward la going to tolerate absolute-
ly no more reckless and speedy
operation of frocks and buses with-
in the city limits."
The notice related that a bus-
hound hus collided as he was pre-
paring to drive his vehicle into a
tourist court.
"Patrol officers of our Police De-
partment advise ua that your driv-
en operate your trucks (or buses)
inside our city limits at a speed too
high for safety," the notices added
"Henceforth one police patrol car
urs
hours
wave.
A 60-mile-an-hour wind whipped
Fort Worth's municipal airport and
damaged some planes
At Fort Worth and Dallas late
so Im not discouraged.”, writes Simmons University student yesterday rain dropped the tem.
’,___V . Doctors have told her that her perature as much as 25 degrees in
anne e ? ork eyesight will continue to improve half an hour.
City. ... . for a white Nannette doesn I know it was hot elsewhere, reaching a
- About six weeks ago she under- she will return to Abilene or her torrid, 107 degrees at Presidio on
went surgery there which doctors hometown of Mobeetie: "We, my the Rio Grande Biver Th the Big
hoped would restore her vision. The mother and I. plan to stay here un- Rend country, and hitting 100 at
bandages were removed last Fri- til they release me from the hospi- Dallas and Fort Worth and seven
day and Nannette could see “some
“I didn't expect to see all at once 1 ter to Donald Davis, blind Hardin-
South Plains Cotton — - 515 €
Battered by Hail Extradition OT
By the Associated Press |
South Plains rotton took another. n ■ - go a _ .
beating from ball and hard rain a 05 glam
yesterday scattered points ■ Tis TTTi • AilI 0 1
reported a break in Texas at WllUd OUUAIL
Texas Vinner, at a Lardeo hotel.
He is also wanted for questioning
in the slaying of Air Force Cpl.
James Lindsay, 30, of Oneida,
WOODVILLE, Tex., Aug. 16.
(PP)—Gov. Allan Shivers said to-
day he will forward through
proper channels District Attor-
ney € James Kazen’s request
for extradition_from Mexico of
George W. Ochoa “if all nec-
essary papers are in order."
The papers early today had
not vet reached the governor’s
office at wustin
Tenn Lindsay was slain in the
same hotel on a different floor.
Kazen asks that Shivers issue a
requisition to Secretary of State
Dean Acheson seeking Ochoa’s
extradition.
1 30
M.
78
■4
better."
"I can tell there is some im-
and one motorcycle operated by po-
lice officers will be on continuous
‘@uto collision inside the city limits
on Aug 9 had resulted in the death patrol in order that this matter
of the passenger ear a driver.
may be brought under control.”
?« 12:30 as
R:mma RumNY # 12.50 $A .take time.
• provement in my vision though it
isn't perfect by any means," the
Abilene Christian College student
said.
“It seems everyone here and at
home expected me to have perfect
• vision as soon as the bandages
were removed but T expected it to
•he declared In * let-
ta' or until our money runs out,” other cities
she said | The South Plains storm struck
She expressed appreciation for a about six miles southwest of Sea-
$150 check sent her by the Abi-graves. Farmers reported almost
lene Lions Club V 100 per cent damage to between 2,
"It is elementary knowledge,"
. . .aid the district attorney, that no
LAREDO, Aug 16 A District local official or group of officials
Attorney E James Kazen today are authorized by either govern-
asked Gov. Allan Shivers to seek ment to deal in international af-
extradition of George W Ochoa fairs, and that -only through the
who fled to Mexico following two respective State Departments of
slayings here July 31. each country can the matters be
The district attorney said he legally handled
sent all necessary papers" to the “A treaty between the United
| Counting yesterday’s damage, governor Monday. . States and Mexico was concluded
Ochoa, prosperous U. S. customs in 1899, providing for the extradi-
Please see OCHOA, P. 2, col. 1.
Nannette’s trip to the eye ape 500 and 3,000 acres of cotton,
cialist was financed by ACC stu- Two to three inches of rain ac-
dents and interested Abilenians. companied the South Plains hail.
Nannette likes New York very -------- ,--------------•-------------
much but misses her seeing - eye about 10.000 acres of cotton have+ Ochoa, prosperous U 5 customs
dog Hope, which she left with her been hurt by rain and hail in the broker is accused of murdering
father. South Plains during the past week. Henry D. Whittenburg, 31, South
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