Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 165, Ed. 1 Monday, July 12, 1948 Page: 1 of 6
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High Bnfiday V7; low this
morning S9| barometric pres-
sure 29.94 steady. Partly cloudy,
scattered thunil«itt|(iwi'iv, not
much changc In temperature.
Rainfall Haturday .20 Inches.
Continuous Full Leased United Press Wire Service
> 51st Year
'Dedicated to Service'
Sweetwater, Texas, Monday, July 12, 1948
'Buy It In Sweetwater'
Rain Report
Sweetwater Are*
Last 24 hours .00
This month 2.52
l.ast month 38 inches
This year 7.49 inches
Number 165
WHEAT CROP POURS INTO KANSAS.—The 1948 wheat
crop, which the Department of Agriculture estimates will be.
the second biggest in the nation's history, continnes to pour
into grain elevators. Here are some of the 8000 carloads of
wheat jamming freight yards in Kansas City, Kan., and vicin-
ity. In one day, 1945 cars arrived at the yards, for an all-time
record. (NEA Telephoto).
Polio Strikes At
Higher Age Group
By PAUL F. ELLIS
U. P. Science Writer
NEW YORK, .Inly 12
(UP)—Infantile paralysis is
striking down more teen
agers and adults and fewer
infants, a world-wide survey
of th« disease showed to:J y.
The report came from
.V Dr. Albert B. Sabin, profes-
sor of research pediatrics.
University of Cincinnati, at
the opening of the first
International Poliomyelitis
conference here.
He disclosed that the trend
toward the older groups is
stronger in such cities as Copen-
hagen, Berlin and London, but
that the age group affected by
(the disease also is on the in-
1 crease in the United States.
"The fact that 53 per cent of
the 228 paralytic cases in Cop-
enhagen in 1944 occurred in in-
dividuals over 15 years of age
is perhaps an indication of
what may be expected elsewhere
in due time," he told the con-
ference.
World Experts
The conference, sponsored by
f the National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis, is being at-
tended by polio experts from
many foreign countries.
Sabin reported that in 1916,
3.7 per cent of the polio victims
in cities in the United States
were over 12. Today, 25 per cent |
are over 15, he said.
"One inescapable fact is that,
regardless of how you analyze
it, poliomyelitis is becoming less j
and less infantile in many parts
of the world," he said.
Tracing at pattern of polio !
Reserve Officers Meet
Tonight at Blue Bonnet
The Nolan County Chapter of
the Reserve Officers Associa-
tion will meet in the Rose Ilooni
of the Blue Bonnet. Mote! at
7:30 this evening. New national
legislation affecting officers of
the active reserve corps will lie
discussed.
Major Huddleston Wright,
Lubbock, will explain the bene
fits' of the 20 year non-ability
retirement plan and the pay bill
provisions for inactive duty
training.
epidemics, notably in Europe
and the United States, Dr. Sab-
in showed that the trends of the
disease noted years ago in the
Scandinavian countries may be
the future trends in the United
States.
Theories Advanced
Sabin said there were several
theories why the age group was
rising.
One, he said, may be the re-
sult of a latent immunity which
followed some mild, unnoticed
contact with the disease in early
life. Another theory, he said,
might be the rising of hygienic
standards in certain countries.
It has been known that polio
strikes mostly in communities
where citizens are better fed and
live a more hygienic life. Science
has been unable to explain the
phenomenon.
He cited another theory to ac-
count for changes that have oc-
curred in the incidence, age se-
lection and severity of polio in
certain areas in the past 50
years. It suggests, he said, that
the changes may be due to some
subtle influence—water, soil, or
diet—which resulted in differ-
ences in constitutional resistance
among people of various regions
with different environments and
ways of life.
City Commission To
Cover Routine Matters
The City Commission will
hold its regular meeting in the
City Hall tonight at 7:30. Ac-
cording to City Manager Hans
Thorgrimsen onlv routine mat-
ters are on the agenda for
this meeting. Such major items
as the water supply, underpass-
es and highway program have
been tabled until more details
can be worked out bv engineers
and other officials involved.
Texas Briefs
By
United Press
FREDERICKSBURG, Tex.,
July 12 (UP)—Members of the
Fredericksburg Junior Chamber
of Commerce today announced
plans for their third annual .Tex-
as ram and billy sale, to be held
here July 30 and 31.
The sale, to be brought under
the hammer by Auctioneer Pete
Gulley of Uvalde, is expected to
attract entrants by some of the
nation's top breeders.
* * *
DALLAS, Tex., July 12 (UP)
—A motorboat outing at White
Rock lake ended in tragedy last
night, with the drowning of Mrs.
Maurice Merriott, 40.
Other members of the party
said Mrs. Merriott stood up in
the boat, lost her balance and
fell into the water.
She clutched a life preserver
which was thrown her for a mo-
ment, then disappeared.
A fire department rescue
squad recovered the body a short
time later.
* * *
BANDERA, Tex., July 12.
(UP)—Funeral services were
scheduled today for W. O. Pat-
ton, 47-year-old coach at Ban-
dera high school who died Fri-
day in a San Antonio hospital.
Patton was head football
coach at the high school. In ad-
dition, he had taught history for
11 years at the school.
* * *
DICKINSON, July 12. (UP)
—Requiem mass and burial will
be held tomorrow for Joseph Gi-
amfortone, 41, well-known phi-
lanthropist and business leader
who died in a Galveston hospit-
al yesterday.
Survivors are his wife, three
sisters and three brothers.
* * *
GALVESTON, July 12. (UP)
—Claim agents from over the
Southwest met here today for
the 33rd annual convention of
the Southwestern Claim Agents
Association.
The meeting will continue
through Wednesday noon. As-
sociation president is Gordon W.
Johnson of Galveston.
* * *
HOUSTON, July 12. (UP) —
Mrs. Leroy Fuller frantically
telephoned police today, advis-
ing them that her husband and
three children had gone on a
fishing trip after filling a ther-
mos bottle with poison by mis-
take.
The other men, whose names
she did not know, were also in
the car, Mrs. Fuller said.
Norred Takes Over
As Rotary Proxy
Albert Norred took over the
duties of President of the
Sweetwater Rotary Club at the
noon meeting today.
Norred, who is head of the
Norred Motor company, was
presented with the presidents
pin by immediate past-presi-
dent. Irving Loeb who wished
him a year of successful serv-
ice.
Norred responded by telling
the club of Itotary's organiza-
tion and purpose and how it had
been built up by team work.
"Rotary offers many oppor-
tunities for community service,"
Norred pointed out, "as a team
we can accomplish many things
of lasting value to our city."
Rotary secretary Charles Pax-
ton praised the work of past-
president Loeb and the con-
tribution he had made in ex-
panding the activities of the
club.
I
A mermaid, outlined in glit-
tering, rainbow-colored se-
quins, makes an unusual deco-
ration for this strapless white
satin swim suit. The sprite-
trimmed suit is modeled by
Collen Delaney, at Miami, Fla.
(NEA).
Son Antonio
Plane Crash
Explained
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., July 12
(UP) A plane which crashed
into an apartment building and
killed two persons after a wild
flight across San Antonio early
Sunday was identified today as
an AT-6 from Randolph Field.
The pilot, one of the two dead,
was identified through dental
work as Aviation Cadet William
N. White of Kansas City, Mo.
The army wiped out the mys-
tery which had cloaked the crash
after a check of its AT-6 train-
ing plans and personnel records.
Witnesses told Provost Mar-
shal Capt. Arthur Trudel that a
plane had taken off from Ran-
dolph Field without lights at
12:05 a. m. Sunday, a short
time before the crash.
Week-End Pass
A check of the engine num-
ber of the crash plane revealed
it as the one missing from Ran-
dolph.
White, 21, had been on a week-
end pass and was not due back
at the post until 8 p. m. Sunday.
Officials at the field connected
him with the accident only af-
ter he failed to return to the
post at that time.
The only clue to his identity
prior to the dental check today
had been the laundry mark, "R.
B. White," found in the pilot's
shirt.
The plane zoomed low over
the downtown area shortly after
midnight Sunday, scraping a
dozen buildings and narrowly
missing two hospitals. When it
crashed into the apartment
building it exploded and set fire
to the building and two other
dwellings.
The pilot and Ethel Haines,
00, trapped by flames in one of
the buildings, were killed.
The plane first zoomed down
See CRASH On Page Six
' Gilmer Aikin Group
To Meet Tomorrow
The Nolan County Gilmer Ai-
kin committee wili meet at 2
o'clock Tuesday in the office of
County Superintendent Ed Nei-
nast.
They will continue their sur-
vey of school problems in the
county and will present recom-
mendations to the state Gilmer
<|Aikin committee.
GOLF ASSOCIATION TO
MEET AT BCD OFFICE
The Golf Association will meet
tonight at the BCD office at 8
o'clock to make plans for the an-
nual golf tournament. All mem-
bers are urged to be present.
Arab Town Surrenders As
Jews Push For Jerusalem
Convention Opens With Dems
Split On Civil Rights, V - P
By Eliiiv Simon
U. P. Staff Correspondent
TEL AVIV, July 12—(UP)—
The Arab town of Ramie sur-
rendered today, completing the
Army of Israel's greatest vic-
tory of the war which toppled
two enemy strongholds on the
southeast approaches of Tel
Aviv and removed a long stand-
ing threat to the capital.
Ramie, transport hub with a
normal population of 15,000,
gave up a few hours after Jew-
ish forces captured Lydda, twin
citadel three miles to the north-
east.
Const (lenred
The collapse of resistance at
the two biggest towns the Arabs
held on the coastal plain threw
open the way for the Jewish Mo-
bile forces to sweep down on La-
trun to the southeast. Latrun
is the core of the Arab blockade
of the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv high-
day.
Advancing Jewish troops also
occupied the little village of Mig-
dal Zedek, about seven miles
southeast of Ras El Ain, where
there is a pumping station
which furnishes most of the wa-
ter for Jerusalem.
Israeli planes last night bomb-
ed Iraqi troops who now hold
Ras El Ain, it was said.
The Ramble surrender was
written in Hebrew on a page
torn from a small notebook, it
was unconditional capitulation
to the Jewish forces charging
in to crush the last nests of re-
sistance. The signers were Is-
mail Nahas, son of the Mayor of
Ramie, and Alexander C'nerno
vitz for the army.
Fall Inevitable
Nahas said the main forces of
the Arab Legion here pulled
out last night when the fall of
the town became inevitable. The
Arabs retreated to\lfrard Latrun,
he said. With all approaches
thrown open to the converging
Jewish forces, the town surren-
dered.
Jewish shock troops stormed
into the key towns three miles
apart at dusk yesterday. In
short order Lyddp, long touted
as the springboard for an Arab
push on Tel Aviv, was captured.
Ramie was enveloped, captured
for all practical purposes, and
the trapped bands unable to
scramble out before the ring
closed were being pounded re-
lentlessly.
Haifa reported that more than
2,000 Arabs were trapped south
of that port city in another Jew-
ish encirclement. Women and
children who advanced to the
Jewish lines asking protection
said the Arabs had been or-
dered to fight to the last man.
They were described as mostly
Iraqis who had fortified Tireh,
five miles south of Haifa, during
the truce.
Dems Claim
Experience
To Avoid War
CONVENTION HALL,
PHILADELPHIA, July 12.
—(CP)—Demotratic Nation-
al Chairman J. Howard Mc-
Gratli said today the Demo-
cratic party is best qualified
by "experienced" leadership
to avoid World War III and
attain prosperity at home.
He delivered a scorching
eight-point indictment of the
Republican Party in a speech
prepared for delivery before
the opening session of the
Democratic National Con-
vention.
And he topped it. off with a
blast at the OOP-controlled 80th
Congress as one which "will be
remembered more for the ruin
it. has tried to make, than for
any creative action of its own."
It's record, he said, "Is one of
the most dismal records of stul-
tification, reaction and retro-
gression in our annals."
GOP Assailed
Sen. Francis J. Myers of
Pennsylvania and Major David
L. Lawrence of Pittsburgh also
assailed the GOP in their ad-
dresses of welcome to the del-
egates.
Myers predicted President
Truman would be? returned to
the White House in the Novem
ber elections and that the Dem-
ocrats would be returned to
power in Congress. He said a
Republican victory in Novem-
ber would mean "Not just a
walk, but a rush back, to reac-
tion."'
Myers charged that the domi-
nant leadership of the Republi-
can Party is isolationist. He
said former U. S. Sen. Joseph
Grundy of Pennsylvania "owns
the first mortgage" on GOP j
presidential nominee Thomas E.
Dewey. Referring to Dewey as
"a young shining knight of old,
of Old King Joe the Tariff-mak-
er." Myers said "Grundy named
him (and) Grundy usually col-
lects his debts."
Record Hailed
McGrath hailed the record of i
the Democratic Party during the
past 16 years as one of "solid,
constructive, progressive
achievement unmatched in
the history of our own or any
other nation."
He lauded the party's achieve-
ments "under the superb leader-
ship of Franklin Delano Roose-
velt." And he said that the par-
ty has "under the outstanding
leadership of Harry S. Truman
fully proved itself worthy of
victory."
On the other hand, he said,
the Republican party's 1048 plat-
form and presidential candidate
"unmistakably" show that it
would "attempt again to make
this government the agent of
the privileged few instead of
the servant of all of the people."
Driver Arrested As
DWI After Accident
On Sam Houston
j
A local white man paid a fine
j of $122.40 this morning in Nolan
I County court for driving while
j intoxicated. He was arrested
; late Saturday evening following
j an accident at Sam Houston and
' W. Arkansas.
I The driver was headed south
j in a 1038 Buick when he ran
! up on an embankment and turn-
j ed the car over. There were
| three pasengers tn the car but
only one received slight injur-
ies' Ambulances that went, to
'he scene returned empty as
none of the four required hos-
pitalization.
The City Police Department
also arrested three drunks over
the weekend.
KXOX Will Broadcast
All-Star Tilt Tomorrow
Radio Station KIXOX will
broadcast the major league all
star game tomorrow afternoon
at 12:15.
The game will be In ween
players in the American and Na-
tional Leagues who were voted
tops at their respective positions
by baseball fans in a national
poll . .. _
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BERLIN'S COAL COMES BY AIR. The aerial supply route,
that keeps IJerliners in food and fuel despite the Russian
blockade, looks like this at the receiving end. Germany work-
men smilingly unload sacks of coal at the city's Tempelhof
Airport from a U. S. Air Force C-54. In one day, the sky sup-
ply train flew 1130 tons of needed supplies to the former Ger-
man capital. (Photo by NEA-Acme staff correspondent Jack
Chitman.)
Powers Await Answer
- -rv>
On Blockade Protest
j
By WALTER RCNDLK
C. P. Staff Correspondent
BERLIN, .July 12, (UP) —
High level talks on Germany,
plus a stubborn rumor that
Marshal. Vassily D. Sokolvsky
had been relieved of his Rus-
sian command here, indicated
today that the Berlin crisis
might be coming to a head.
The wait for the Russian
answer to the three-power de-
mand for removal of the Ber-
lin blockade was producing
signs of impatience if not
anxiety in some quarters. This
was the last day of a full week
since the protest was made.
.Special Conference
Lewis Douglas, U. S. Ambas-
sador to Great Britain, expect-
ed to fly back to London today
after a quick trip here for talks
with Gen. Lucius D. Clay, Ro-
bert Murphy and other Amer-
ican officials. He said on his ar-
rival yesterday he would dis-
cuss the Berlin blockade over
the dinner table at Clay's resi-
dence last night
Douglas. U. S. Representative
at the London conference which
drafted plans for a separate
government in western Ger-
many, said he had no idea when
a Russian reply to the three
power protest might be expect-
ed.
Simultaneously Gen. Sir
Brian Robertson, the British
military governor, flew to Lon-
don for urgent conferences on
the Berlin crisis. He had no
comment when he landed at
London last night. He was ex-
pected back ho.e Tuesday. He
probably will be accompanied
by Anthony Eden, the No. 2
man of Britain's conservative j
party.
I! real I Rumor
The rumor that Sokolavsky
was being recalled, to Russia!
and the military governorship j
would go to somebody else was |
circulated by two German news j
agencies and the American-
licensed radio station.
But. it was no more than a j
rumor, wholly unconfirmed. J
The best high American and
British authorities could say
for it was that it was "reason- j
able speculation." They said j
there was no such thing as a
reliable soviet source here, and ]
it was such a source that the j
agencies attributed the rumor.
The word was that Sokolov-!
sky would be recalled to Russia;
to assume a field command, and j
would be replaced in Berlin. He ;
had been reported last week to j
have gone to Moscow, pre- j
sumably in connection with the
three-power protest agiHnst the 1
Berlin blockade.
Sokolovskv was tlie exponent
of Russia's " "tough" policy in;
Berlin. He came here to take the i
place of Marshal G. K. Zhukov,
one of the most brilliant of the j
Soviet, army field commanders j
who was recalled late in 1945.
His recall was attributed widely
to his friendliness with West-
ern officials, particularly Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Sunday Night Fire
Destroys Big Barn
At Fair Grounds
The largest barn at the Fair
Grounds went up in flames
about 10:45 last night. Fire Chief
A. C. Forgay estimated that the
building was a total loss
The barn measured about 100
Ivy 200 feet and was used for
stock shows and fair exhibits.
It was the one farthest east on
the grounds. The fire depart-
ment was able to keep the
flames from spreading to other
buildings.
The Fire Chief stated today
that when the department ar-
rived at the scene the whole
barn was aflame and that ap-
parently the fire had started
some time earlier and had
spread gradually until it broke
through the roof and became
visible. The fire had progress-
ed too far by the time the alarm
was received to save the build-
ing or any of its contents.
The .building was legally
owned by the Nolan County
Fair Association and was cov-
ered by only $1,500 worth of in-
surance If. A. Walker, local
insurance man. appraised the
replacement value of the barn
at between $15,000 and $17,000.
Following the fire it was dis-
covered that a house trailer had
been parked at the north end of
the building and an electric
stove had been hooked up to the
wiring. It was not immediately
determined whether or not this
wiring had anything to do with
starting the fire.
Fire Chief Forgay stated that
their operations were hampered
somewhat by the location of the
fire hydrant. The fire-hose was
extended to its maximum
length. The department re-
ceived high praise for being
able to prevent the spread of the
fire.
Pepper Makes
Futile Bid For
Nomination
By I<yle C. Wilson
U. P. Staff Co-respondent
Convention Hall, PHILA-
DELPHIA, July la—(CP) —
Democrats open their Na-
tional Convention today an-
grily divided over negro
rights and the selection of
a vice presidential candi-
date.
President Truman's nomi-
nation now is assurred, but
there will be some token
opposition. It is provided so
far by Sen. Claude Pepper
of Florida who cannot even
expect support of a majori-
ty of his own state delega-
tion.
But Mr. Truman has his
troubles here. Some of the la-
bor bolters still are balking at
his nomination. Jack Kroll. Di-
rector of the CIO Political Ac-
tion Committee, said his power-
ful organization might "Just sit
on its hands" in this election
campaign. Asked if some CIO
votes might go to Gov Thomas
E. Dewey, the Republican nom-
inee, Kroll said stranger things
have happened.
Anti-New Deal
Mr Truman has stepped into
another fight. Anti-new deal
forces are mustering to block
nomination of Supreme Court
Justice William O. Douglas who
is sought by the President as a
running mate. Some of Doug-
las' opponents expressed doubt
today the President could put
him over, assuming that the
Justice would leave the bench to
make the race.
The chairman of the Oregon,
delegation. State Senator Tho-
mas R. Mahoney, told the Uni-
ted Press early today that
"there is a letter from Justice
Douglas -* ■• +► possession of 3
responsible person in Philadel-
phia in which he says that he
will not. under any circumstanc-
es leave the Supreme Court at
this time."
Mahoney said he had infor-
mation "which leads me to be-
lieve" that the .Justice will send
a telegram before nightfall au-
thorizing release of the letter.
The Oregon delegation is pledg-
ed to cast its vice presidential
votes for Douglas but Mahoney
said he would consider the tel-
egram as releasing the group
from that obligation.
Douglas Pull
Douglas is demanded by big
city Democratic leaders of the
north who believe he would
boost the party's chances with
labor, negroes and other racial
groups.
Party peace makers are urg-
ing the President and big town
northerners to compromise on
71-year-old Sen Alben W. Bark-
ley of Kentucky for vice presi-
dent. There are few takers for
second place on this Democratic
ticket in contrast to the scram-
bles which always took place for
a ride on FDR's coat tails. Sen.
Joseph C. O'Mahonev of Wyom-
ing has a vice presidential cam-
paign headquarters here but it
is not doing much business.
Douglas said over thp week-
end he would not resign from
the court to accept nomination
for either President or Vice
president, but since then he has
heard that the President wants
him. Some highly placed Dem-
ocrats expected a response from
Douglas today.
Chances Weakened
Southern conservatives and
some northern Democrats pro-
test that Douglas' nomination
would aggravate party dissen-
sion which already has darkly
shadowed Democratic election
chances, lames A Farley is
understood to be in the stop-
Douglas movement and to have
agreed to second the nomination
of Berkley or any other Demo-
crat who may be put up against
him.
Douglas is being boomed by
Mayor William O'Dwyer of New-
York, Edward J. Kelly and Ja-
cob M Arvey of Chicago. Ed-
ward .1 Kelly and Jacob M. Ar-
vey of Chicago. Edward J. Flynn
of New York. National Commit-
tee Chairman .1. Howard Mc-
C.rath of Rhode Island and the
New Deal organization known
as Americans for Democratic
Action headed by Leon Hender-
son, former OPA chief Most of
the Douglas-for- vice president
leaders were in the stop-Truman
movement which folded when
Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower fi-
nally said he would not accept
the Presidential nomination.
Ike-for president headquarters
in downtown Philadelphia went
out of business over the week-
end but is now sporting Pepper-
for-President signs reading:
"The People's Choice "
Democratic State Chairman
William T Ritchie of Nebraska
launched the Pepper boom
See CONVENTION On Page 8
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