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FAIR AND
COOLER
The Abilene Report
-Lems EVENING
P FINAL
VOL. LXXV, NO. 131
• "WITHOUT OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH voi IR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES"—Byron
Associated Press (PP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1955—EIGHTEEN PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS
PRICK DAILY Sc, SUNDAY 10c
Eden Makes Clear
Government Kept
Out of Romance
LONDON (—Prime Minister
Anthony Eden said today his gov-
ernment was not asked and did not
seek to intervene in the matter
of a marriage between Princess
Margaret and Group Capt Peter
Townsend.
Eden spoke in the House of Com-
mons while statesmen, churchmen
and commonfolk around the world
showered the Princess with sym-
pathy and praise for her "duty
before love" decision against mar-
rying the divorced air hero com-
moner.
Answering a long-tabled question
on the royal marriage controversy,
. Eden declared:
"... the advice of the govern-
ment has not been sought nor
given to the Queen during recent
events."
In Seclusion
While Eden was speaking, the
25-year-old Princess was in sad-
hearted seclusion at her home,
Clarence House.
Townsend, looking tired and
downcast, tried to face reporters
on the sunlit lawn of Uckfield
House in Sussex, but at the last
minute turned away. He sent a
butler to say he had no statement
to make.
In the Commons, the parliamen-
tary machinery threw up a ques-
tion tabled a week ago by Lt. Col.
Marcus Lipton, who had asked
whether Eden "would introduce
legislation to repeal or amend the
Royal Marriages Act of 1772."
The act limits the freedom to
wed of members of the royal
family. It has been a central issue
in the controversy raging around
the Margaret-Townsend romance.
All Concerned
Eden said he has had “very
much in mind" the possibility of
changing the law.
"I should, however, remind the
house that this is of concern not
only to the United Kingdom alone
but to all the commonwealth coun-
tries of which her majesty is
Queen, and amending legislation
cannot be undertaken here without
their concurrence."
Margaret’s mother stayed with
her in Clarence House, half a mile
from Buckingham Palace. Small
clusters of curious gathered out;
side.
Queen Elizabeth II carried on
royal duties, awarding medals and
creating knights in the white and
gold ballroom of Buckingham
Palace.
Crowds cheered the Duke of Ed- .
inburgh when he arrived in York
to unveil a memorial to war dead.
He flashed a smile. He is identi-
PRINCESS MARGARET
... the dream ends
fied in many minds as an opponent .__-
of the marriage.
Praised
From all corners of the earth
came expressions of admiration
and praise for the 25-year-old Mar-
garet’s decision, in which she said:
“Mindful of the church’s teach-
ing that Christian marriage is in-
dissoluble and conscious of my"
duty to the commonwealth, I have
resolved to put these considera-
tions before any others.”
There was some anger here at
what was felt to be the tyranny
of tradition and convention that
forced Margaret to give up mar-
riage because of the religious views
of one segment of the population.
Some newspapers predicted the
commonwealth and the Church of
England — the established church
— would be more hurt than helped
by her renunciation.
“There are women who only love
once,” said Sir Beverley Baxter,
See MARGARET, Pg. 2-A, Col. 2
PETER TOWNSEND
... the furlough’s over
ABILENIANS DIFFER, 4 TO
English Brides
Back Decision
Clary's Story of Fire
Read Ovei
ion
Trial
Moving
Slowly
DALLAS —Clifton Clary's lat-
est trial for the alleged 1948 mur-
der of his schoolteacher wife at
their ranch home near Ballinger
moved slowly along today.
Clary’s own account of how his
wife, 56, perished—first given to a
Runnels County grand jury March
3, 1948—was read last night in
Judge Henry King’s court.
The testimony went into the rec-
ord over vigorous defense objec-
tion.
No Odor
In that testimony, Clary said he
noticed no odor of gas or anything
unusual when he and his wife re-
tired around 10 p.m. but be said
he awakened around 5 a.m. Jan.
31, 1MB, with a deep headache.
The testimony related that be
walked from the bedroom to the
living room and struck a match
• and fire flashed. Clary, 49 when
his wife died, said he could feel
an intense heat and knocked a
screen door loose to get outside.
"I fell on the ground outside,”
he testified. “I could hear dishes
falling, rumbling sounds. I was
never completely out, but I was
numb and couldn’t move....”
.Just Rambling
"It was a rumbling—like under
City Building
Gains Well
Above 1954
Building permits issued from
January through October this year
totaled 4% million dollars more
than those for the same period of
J1954, the City Engineering Depart-
ment reported Tuesday.
Construction authorized in the
first 10 months of 1955 amounted
to 117.099,728, compared with $12,-
523,390 for the same period of last
year.
Permits for October, 1955, alone
totaled #1, 779.278, compared with
$2,373,115 for that month of 1954.
The volume of permits, dollar-
wise, for the January - through-
October period this year is already
well above the previous all-time
high for any full year in Abilene.
By ROY ALLEN
Reporter-News Staff Writer
Abilene residents who formerly
lived in England were split four-to-
one in favor of Princess Margaret’s
decision not to marry Capt. Peter
Townsend, interviews with five
former Englishwomen showed
Tuesday.
The 25-year-old princess said
Monday she will not marry Town-
send, 40, a divorced man.
Mrs. Claude Wilkerson, 1274 Buc-
caneer Dr., said she believes Prin-
cess Margaret made the only de-
cision it is possible for royalty to
make.
'Ne Other Choice'
“I think she did what was ex-
ported of her and that no other
choice was possible, considering
her position,” Mrs. Wilkerson ex-
plained.
Mrs. Wilkerson is a native of
London and was married while her
husband was stationed there. She
has lived in Abilene aout 4% years
and spent some time in Germany
while her husband was stationed
there.
The lone dissenter in the group
who, believes Margaret made the
wrong choice is Mrs. Doyle Elich,
426 Jefferson Dr.
"I think she should have gone
ahead and married him (Town-
send)" Mrs. Elich - said. '.’I feel
deeply sorry for oer because now
she probably will never marry."
She added that if King Edward
VIII could abdicate for love of
Wallis Warfield Simpson, Margaret
would have been better off to mar-
ry Townsend.
Mrs. Elich lived in London and
was married there. She has lived
in the U. S. 10 years and in Abi-
lene a little more than a year.
Mrs. H. Ben Walsh, 225 Lexing-
ton Ave., said she believes Mar-
garet made the right decision
"from the English viewpoint.”
Mrs. Walsh has lived in the Unit-
ed States about six years and in
Abilene two months. She is a na-
tive of Norwich, Eng., and was
married to Col. Walsh in England.
Mrs. J..J., McDonald, 1725 N. 3rd
St., said that although she feels
sorry for the princess, she be-
See REACTION, Pg. 2-A, Col. s
a double wall,” the testimony con-
tinued. "No exptoeion...just a rum-
bling sound. Some of the windows
blew out. Blazes came out on top
of the windows. A kerosene lamp
popped"
Clary’s testimony told how he
ran to the window where ne slept,
pulled the screen off, and broke
the window pane. “There was a
red ball of smoke in there," the
testimony related. “Just kind of
popped and flashed. A solid blase
rolled out. It was kind of red and
smoking blase When air got in
there it popped.”
He told of attempting in vain
to get into the house. Finally, he
said he cut off the home’s bottled
gas supply and decided to go for
help.
The grand jury had asked if he
thought of his wife. "I called her.”
Clary replied. “I hoUered all the
time.”
GOBLINS’ FAVORITE — Mrs. T. S. Rollins, 79, an in-
valid who lives at 3357 S. 7th St., served Halloween treats
as usual at her home Monday night. Mrs. Rollins, who
for 20 years has made a practice of hosting Halloween
celebrants, served the goodies this year from a wheel
chair. “The spooks have never bothered me,” she says
From left to right, the “spooks” are Dwayne Roberson,
7, of2326 Matador St., Warren Hill, 9, of 3366 S. 6th St.,
Larry Roberson, 3, of 2326 Matador St., Cindy Word, 6,
and Betsy Word, 10. both of 6(51 Riverside Blvd. (Staff
photo by Bob Gulley).
Community Chest Nears Goal;
Millerman Urges Final Push
Abilene’s Community Chest team Hotel." Tuesday’s meeting was to
pushed almost to its $124,050 goal be the final report meeting of the
line Tuesday drive, but Millerman and Jim Jen-
Chewt collections for the nine nines president of the Chest ex
member agencies total $111,047-
90.1 percent of its goal. ;
Quarterback Morey Millerman,
chairman of the 1955 campaign,
challenged the Community Chest
workers to go "all the way” within
the next two days.
His challenge to make the larg-
est Community Cheat goal in Abi-
lefe’s history came at a noon
luncheon meeting in the Wooten
tended the drive for two more days
because of the amount needed to
complete the drive.
Workers Tuesday turned in re-
ports which brought die Commu-
ity Chest collections to its present
total. Over the week end, the work-
ers put in extra time, with the
help of Boy Scouts, collecting com-
pleted pledge cards from business
firms and individuals
Teenagers Fined
$10 for Having
Quart of Beer
$10
Two teenagers were fined
each Tuesday in justice court when
they pleaded guilty to violation of
a new state law prohibiting minors
from possessing or consuming liq-
uor.
Ronald Joe and Paul Dean Max-
well pleaded guilty before Justice
of the Peace H. F. Long. They ad-
mitted having possessed s quart
of beer Monday at a drive-in eat-
ing place here.
The complaint was made by
Loyd W. Owens, deputy supervisor
of the State Liquor Control Board
here.
The cases were the first filed
here since the new law went into ef-
fect Sept 6. The minimum fine is
$10 and the maximum $100.
433 Ballot Here
Before 1 p. m.
Four hundred thirty-three per-
sons had voted by 12:45 p.m. Tues-
day on the question of whether Abi-
lene shall become a member of
the proposed West Central Texas
Municipal Water District.
By the same hour 434 had voted
in the election for the choice of a
city commissioner to succeed Dr.
W. D. Rich, who resigned recently
to move to Alpine.
come obligated financially," their
joint statement said, "and then not
be able to get out of the district
if we found the cost was more than
we could pay.”
They said that they contacted
McCall, Porkhurst & Crowe, Dal-
las law firm which drafted the bill
creating the district now' up for
confirmation, and were told that
this wasn’t the case.
THE WEATHER
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
------BUREAU
INITY — Fair and
Minesday. High Tues-
night 40 to 45. High
TEXAS - Partly
day Cooler to north
Cool Front
Hits; 40-45
south pin
eastward t
Panhandle
handle and
Mon. P.M.
80 .,
83 ..
TEMPERATURES -
AM.
Henson Burglary
Loss is $1,687
Cash stolen in the Sunday night
burglary of Mark Henson’s Super-
market, 3014 Ambler Ave., is be-
lieved to have totaled $1,687, Po-
lice Detective W. T. Davis Jr.,
said Tuesday.
He quoted Mack Henson, the
store owner, as telling police Tues,
day that he believed this to be the
correct figure after checking up
on the loss. __
Burglars went through the roof
of the store and removed from a
locked cabinet * sack containing
the money. , . Tues
any" morning, police said.
Detectives investigating the case
I Monday had given a preliminary
estimate of "from $2,000 to $3,000"
as the amount of money taken
TODAY'S TOTAL
$111,047
$124,050
$100,000
$80,000
$60,000
$40,000
$20,000 .
Community
Chest
-
Nonfarm Labor
Gains Over State;
Abilene Climbs
AUSTIN —Nonfarm employ-
ment hit a record high of 2,780,700
in September with all major Texas
labor market areas sharing in the
increase, the Texas Employment
Commission said yesterday. The
total was 2,688,300.
Fort Worth, Austin, Wichita
Falls, Beaumont. Port Arthur,
Houston, Lubbock and Waco led in
the gains.
The employment areas, the Sep-
tember 1955 employment figure,
and the percentage gain over
September 1954 showed areas in-
cluding:
Fort Worth, 188,400, .07; Austin,
66,300, .06; Wichita Falls. 36,800,
.06; Beaumont-Port Arthur 83,500
.05; Waco 48,100, .05; Amarillo,
45,500 .03; Abilene 28,050, .025
Dallas, 316,100, .02; San Antonio,
182,100, .02; Texarkana, 35,000, .02;
San Angelo 22,750 .01; and Long-
view 24,300 .01.
No Carbon Monoxide
J. H Arnett, Austin toxicologist,
said no carbon monoxide was in
Mrs. Clary's windpipe. He said he
did not believe anybody could burn
to death without some carbon
monoxide being found in their body
afterward.
Ballinger Police Chief Lee More-
land, Runnels County sheriff st the
time of Mrs. Clary’s death, and
Ranger Capt. Ralph Rohatsch tes-
tified they found a can with the
“unmistakable odor" of oil about
it about a foot from the foundation
of the fire-gutted Clary home. Both
said they found the oily can with
shattered glass around it. They
said other windows in the house
were melted.
The officers testified also that
they found a can inside the foun-
dation of the house as well as out-
side. Rohatsch said he understood
Clary used kerosene lamps in the
home.
Clary twice waa convicted of
murdering Mrs. Clary. At Ballin-
ger, he was sentenced to 99 years.
Later at Colorado City he was giv-
en life. Both sentences were re-
versed and the trial was moved
to Dallas. .
No town would be financially ob-
ligated until it had voted a water
contract or voted on ad valorem
Ownership of property subject to
taxation by the city is required for
voting in the water district elec- . .
lion, but not on the commissioner, taxes: the attorneys told the An-
The only candidate for commis-
sioner is J. D. Perry. Sr.
Totals of votes by 12 45 p m. at
the various boxes were:
son leaders.
Th
69 ............10:30 61
■ ............11:30 65
67........12:30 67
Barometer reading at 12:30 p.m. MX
Relative humidity at 12:30 p m. 36%.,
High and low temperatures for last 24
ours ending at 6:30 a m. Tuesday: a and
NEED MONEY?
You NEED MII
With Christmas almost here, I'm
the fellow to supply that extra
money you need for lost minute
buying, decorating, repairing.
I simply turn into cash those be-
longings you no longer need. %
Here's what I did for Mrs W. F.
Lindley with the following ad!
SECOND hand Cushman Scooter, good
running condition. 2402 North ist.
Phone 4-7757.
Results: This scooter sold -
noon the first day. Cell me of
2-7841, tell me what you’d like to
dispose of. It's o cinch.
Fire station, N. 16th and Orange
Sts., 87 on water district, 85 on
commissioner. \
YMCA, 77 on water district,
79 on commissioner.
Woman’s Building at Fair Park.
158 on each question
South Junior High School library
111 on the water district, 112 on
commissioner.
The polls, which opened at 8
am, will close at 7 p.m.
Property owners in Anson. Al-
bany and Breckenridge were vot-
ing Tuesday also on whether their
cities shall become members of the
water district. They vote at their
City Halls.
Only the four boxes were being
used in the Abilene election.
Residents of Precincts, 11. 12
and 14 were balloting at the fire
station.
People living in Precincts 9, 10
and 13 were voting at the YMCA.
Those residing in Precincts 3. 4,
5 and 8 were casting their votes
at the Woman’s Building in Fair
Park.
Persons from-Precincts 1. 2. 7
and I were voting at the South
Junior High School library.
Anson civic leaders, who earlier
had opposed entering the water
district, announced Monday that
they personally favor Anson’s be-
coming a member. They made this
decision after consulting with
bonding attorneys.
Mayor J. C. Duff of Anson and
Water Committeemen Earl - Ma.
Caleb and Harry Carmichael said
new and corrected information re-
ceived from attorneys who drafted
the water district bill caused them
to change their minds about what
le best for Anson
" "Our “earlier information was
that if Anson were to vote to join
- the water district, it would be-
At this time of year anything finds
a speedy buyer, and just think
how you can use that extra mon-
ey for Christmas!
Synthetic Quake
SENDAI. Japan in - Seismolo-
gists touched off an artificial
earthquake with TNT, then gazed
wide-eyed at the result. Shock
waves were clocked over a 93-mile
distance at 17,280 mph
ROTTEN EGGS THROWN
Pranksters Engage
In 'Minor' Mischief
Halloween pranksters Monday
night didn’t do major damage, but
they engaged in numerous inci-
dents of mischief that annoyed
people, city police said.
Children were reporter breaking
bottles and eggs on a man’s porch.
A group of young boys broke
two windows in a woman’s resi-
dence. .
Some boys rolled barrels in fron
of automobiles at the traffic cir-
cle underpass.
People to one car hit another
car with eggs.
Boys stole a house number on
Graham St.
Some sacks were tossed from one
automobile into another.
A sack of manure was hurled by
the occupants of one auto at an-
other car and hit a woman.
One crowd of children was re-
ported trying to "break into" a
man’s residence. When officers
want to investigate, the man said
the youngsters had come there
playing "trick or treat" and had
acted "ugly "
Tires and lumber were reported
thrown into Treadaway Blvd. from
N. 3rd St. to N. 7th St.
Boys threw rotten eggs on one
woman.
Several windows were broken on
one man’s car. by some boys.
A barricade was erected on
cans and barrels at S. 6th and Pe
can Sts Boys were blamed.
Window panes were broken at
a medical supply store. --------
A car was pushed into the street
from a loan company lot, and po-
lice put it back where it belonged.
One 22-year-old man was arrest-
ed for shooting fireworks in the
city limits.
A 21-year-old man was charged
with malicious mischief.
Garbage cans were scattered in
the street in the 70» block of N.
8th St.
Window lights were broken out
of sn office, and. the windshields
of two trucks at the same address
were broken.
Officers were told that one wom-
an slapped and pulled the hair of
a IP-year-old girl who went to her
home to play "trick or treat.”
A sigh bearing the words "John
E. Hyde, 326 Hickory,” was left in
the yard, at another address.
Downtown store windows were
marked.
low Forecast
A weak cool front moved into
Abilene between 7 and 8 a.m. Tues-
day. Temperatures are expected to
drop to 40-10-45 degrees Tuesday
night.
The temperature dropped to 59
degrees at Abilene around 8 a.m.
but it is expected to reach a high
of 75 degrees during the day. The
high Wednesday is expected to
range from 70 to 71.
The Associated Press reported a
norther whipped temperatures to
freezing in the Panhandle Tuesday
and raced southeastward across
Texas toward the Louisiana border.
Blowing off of Colorado snow-
fields, the norther knocked tem-
peratures to 30 degrees at Dalhart
and 36 at Amarillo shortly before
dawn. —
Temperatures down to 40 de-
grees were expected to North Cen-
tral Texas Tuesday night, tore-
caats indicated, and as low as 30
across the Panhandle and South
Plains.
Minimum temperatures during
the night showed Lubbock with 41
degrees, Odessa 50, Van Horn 57,
El Paso 60, Del Rio 01, Beaumont
69, Dallas 70, San Antonio and
Houston 71, Brownsville and Gal-
veston 74 and Corpus Christi 7S.
The Weather Bureau at Dallas
said it doubted that much rain
would pre cede the “little front."
but forecasts called for widely scat-
tered thundershowers in East Tex-
as and South Central Texas late
Tuesday or early Wednesday.
NEWS INDEX
Obituaries ...
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Sports .........
Bridge .........
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Seymour Farm
Blast Kills Three
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SEYMOUR in—An explosion and
Tre to a tenant farm home 4 miles
northwest of here today killed three
persons.
Sheriff Wesley Styles said they
were Mrs. Lena Holloway, 39; her
son, Charles, 4; and & grand-
daughter, Esta Hines. I. aU
Negroes.
He said a kerosene store ap-
parently exploded.
The explosion, followed by a Hrs
which razed the small dwells,
happened st 7:10 a.m.
The father was outside the house
at the time of the blast. Flames
which quickly enveloped the build
ing kept him from going back in
to the rescue of his family
* The Holloways were living "on
the Dennis Laws farm.
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