Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 231, Ed. 1 Monday, September 27, 1948 Page: 1 of 6
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iWEETWATER REPORTER
51st Year
'Dedicated to Service'
Continuous Full Leased United Press Wire Service
Sweetwater, Texas, Monday, Sept. 27, 1948
'Buy It In Sweetwater'
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Rain Report
Sweetwater Area
Last '£4 hours None
This month 48
Ijuit Month 8.78 inches
This Year 9.41
Number 231
D
GRIM AMERICANS HEAR NEW WAR-MONGERING CHARGES. Tight-lipped, American
UN delegates Eleanor Roosevelt and John Foster Dulles listen while Russia's delegates Andrei
Vishinsky aceuses the U. S. of preparing an atomic war against the Soviet. Vishinsky made
the charge before the UN General Assembly i n Paris. The slashing anti-U. S. attack was the
latest in a series of blasts by Russia, claiming the U. S. is war mongering.
Western Nations Break Off
Negotiations With Soviets
PARIS, Sept. 27. (UP) —
The Western Powers broke
off negotiations with Mos-
cow oil (lie Berlin situation
today, tossed (lie explosive
issue to (lie United Nations
and accused Russia of threat-
ening world peace.
The West unloosed a double-
barreled attack devoid of diplo-
matic niceties which seared the
Soviet government and chief del-
egate Andrei Vishinsky with
some of the strongest language
heard in postwar conference
halls.
A 3,000-word diplomatic note
drawn up by the three foreign
ministers flatly accused General-
issimo Josef Stalin of going back
on an agreement to settle the
Berlin crisis.
The note informed Russia
that the I'niied States. Brit-
ain and France were placing
the Berlin issue before the
Securily Council because
actions in Berlin were con-
sidered a threat to world
peace.
British Foreign Secretary Er-
nest Bevin followed this with
a thundering speech in the Unit-
ed Nations general assembly in
which he charged that Russia
alone will be responsible of atom-
ic war engulfs the- world.
Bevin lashed directly as Vish-
insky, charging Russia with wag-
ing a continuous "war of nerves"
and "cold war" against the West-
ern Powers.
Vishinsky listened to most of
Bev ill's speech and then leaped
up and stalked from the palatial
general assembly chamber. Dele-
gates fully expected Russia to
boycott or walk out of the Se-
curity Council when the Berlin
crisis comes up for debate.
The East-West battle over Ber-
lin reached the stage where del-
efates believed it might make or
break the United Nations organ-
ization as it now exists.
The test is expected to come
later this week, after the three
Wstern ministers frame their
formal protest to the Security
Council c..-k;r.g it to demand the
immediate lifting of the Berlin
blockade.
The Western note disclosing
that the Berlin crisis will be
referred to the Security Council
charged that Russia violated the
UN charter by her actions in
Berlin.
Authoritative sources said the
dispute will be referred to the
See NEGOTIATIONS On Page (i
Jester Brags Texans
"Are Race Of People
Soviets File New Regulations
To Knock Out Berlin Air Lift
Changes Turned Down
By Big Three Powers
BERLIN, Sept. 27. (UP)—Russia has filed with the Kour-
Power Air Safety Center here a list of "regulations" which
would knock out the Western Air Lift supplying blockaded
Berlin, high American sources reported today.
The proposed Soviet rules would forbid instrument
flights, a mainstay of the Berlin supply run, and would give
the Soviets the right to turn away any plane seeking to
land at Tempelhof Field in the U. S. sector.
Russian authorities tried
n
Wallace Workers
In Georgia Claim
They Were Abused
AUGUSTA, Ga„ Sept. 27
(UP)—Police today investigat-
AUST1N. Tex., Sept. 27,(UP)
President Truman said today he
agreed with Texas Gov. Beauford
Jester that Texans are a "race
of people."
However, he adusd poking!;,.
Texans gained their ancestry
"principally from Missouri and
Tennessee."
"Texas is in a class bv itself."
Mr. Truman said, referring to
the treatv by which the Lone, , . ,. ,r ,ir ,
Star State entered the Union, fd reports of five Henry Wal-
He called it a "great republic 'ace campaigners who claimed
within an empire." ' they were kidnaped ar.d driven
He was presented with a cow- j out of town by a gang of 300
boy hat and silver spurs by stu- j men who warned them to "stay
deiits of the University of Tex- j out of Augusta or we'll get you."
is. The University s Longhotnj The Progressive party work-
! ers were back here today, con-
tinuing their drive for signatures
i on a petition to put Wallace's
name on the Georgia ballot in
November.
! The alleged kidnap victims,
a man and four women, said
band greeted the President.
Truman breakfasted heart-
ily Sunday with former
Vice-President Jack Garner
at (lie Garner home in Uval-
de and said "I hoven't had
such a breakfast in 40 years."
The menu: Broiled white-
to
force the Western Powers to ac-
cept the regulations They in-
sisted that the new rules now
were governing flights. But the
proposed rules were rejected
flatly -by the American, British
and French military govern-
ments.
"You can sum up the regula-
tions in a few words," one high
American source said. "They
would make the air lift impos-
sible."
The regulations, disclosed as
the aerial operation went past its
100th day, would provide:
1. "Night flights along the air
corridors are forbidden." That
would eliminate between 50 and
(50 per cent of the traffic now
supplying Berlin.
2. "Flight through dense clouds
is forbidden." That would knock
out from 30 to 50 per cent of the
daytime traffic on a weather bas-
is.
3. Flights over the various na-
tional sectors of Greater Berlin
will be made "only on permission
of the appropriate command."
Since traffic patterns for all land-
ings and departures at Tempel-
hof have to cross the Soviet sec-
tor the Russians would have a
veto power over every plane us-
ing the main field in the opera-
tion.
Another provision, described
by air officials as "absolutely
impossible." would require that
"all other air control officers in-
form the Soviet air controller of
all proposed flights along the
air corridors and over Greater
Berlin at least one day before
the date of flights."
The new Soviet attack on
the aerial operation was dis-
closed after Acting Mayor
Ferdinand Kriedensburg told
the city assembly that he
was confident the Berlin
crisis could be settled peace-
fully by the United Nations.
?WE£T/
Circling The Square
Our Police Chief Says—
Parking in an alley is a
very dangerous thing. You
may not be there more than
a few minutes, but during
that few minutes an emer-
gency vehicle might have to
use that alley and you being
parked there might result
into an accident or possibly
delay that would cost the
loss of property and also
loss of life.
wing dove, fried chicked, ham, j the mob stormed their party
bacon, scrambled eggs, rice and ! headquarters at the fashion-
gravy. three kinds of jam, hot; ajj]e home of Josiah W. Gitt,
biscuits with L value honey, | publisher of the York, Pa. Gaz-
orange juice and cotfee. i ette, yesterday afternoon.
Jack Richardson of Uvalde j
gave Truman an Angora goat,
labeled: "Dewey's goat." Rich-
ardson said he wanted the Presi-
dent to leave Texas knowing he
"hud Dewey's goat."
President Truman resum-
ed his warfare with the Re-
publicans in Congress today,
saying "(his Republican
congress is trying to tear
up the bill of rights."
Mr. Truman stumped Texas
j today with a new series of
charges against the GOP. He!
I started speaking at dawn in San
, Marcos and after stops at Waco,
Dallas and Fort Worth, he will j
make a major farm speech to- j
night in Bonham. the home town
| of Rep. Sam Rayburn, L).. Tex.
Mr. Truman said in Austin
' that the "Republican do-noth-!
i ing Congress" also had tried "to I
I See JESTER On Page Six
Texas Crowds Greet
Truman Along Route
KNROUTE WITH PRESI-
1JKNT TRUMAN. Sept. 27.
(UP) — President Truman
today brought the press
and radio of the nation into
his fight for re-election.
He told crowds in Texas that
"90 per cent of the press is
against the president because he
believes in the people."
"Ninety per cent of the radio
commentators also are against
the president because they're
for the special interests and
he's for the people," he told a
trackside crowd at Hillsboro.
Mr. Truman made a series of
Texas stops today enroute to
Bonham, where he will speak
tonight on farm policy, rural
electrification and reciprocal
trade agreements.
Congressman Lyndon R.
Johnson shared the spot-
light with President Tru-
man at several stops as
the Chief Executive moveil
across Central Texas in his
quest of votes today.
At Temple, Mr. Truman call-
ed for Johnson's election as U.
S. Senator.
At Austin, Mr. Truman sing-
led out Johnson after compli-
menting Texas political leaders
as a class.
"They have all been good
Democrats," Mr. Truman said.
"They have worked for the
good of the world."
Then he touched Johnsor,
standing nearby, on the elbow
and said:
"One of them is right here."
Johnson smiled broadly and
the crowd applauded vigorous-
ly.
Mr. Truman's visit to San
Antonio attracted a crowd
estimated by officials at
200 000.
See TRUMAN On Page Six
Mel Harp got so excited at the
football game last Fridav night
he could hardly take the pic-
tures . . . "I've seen more cru-
cial games but not any more
exciting." he said.
* * m
Sally Murchison had a
birthday Sunday. She was 3
years old . . . just a gentle
reminder that Mama and
Papa Murchison too are a
year older.
* * *
Robert and Maxine Price
were really stepping it off
at the Bob Wills dance
when a photographer snap-
ped their picture. Blown
up to magazine size and
pasted on the cover of Life
magazine made it look as
though it was made for
that purpose.
♦ * *
One week from next Wednes-
day is Trades Day in Sweet-
water. In order for the Renorter
to publish its regular Trades
Day edition, it will be necessary
for advertisers to have copy In
not later than Friday of this
week. Thanks.
* * *
"Queen for a day" tick-
ets were late in arriving,
states E. B. Ellis . . . con-
sequently they were not on
sale at the bank this morn-
ing as advertised.
* * ♦
John Cox is one of Sweetwa-
ter's most ardent football en-
thusiasts . . . those sitting next
to him at the ball game found
that out.
Costly Fire
In Downtown
Waco Area
WACO, Sept. 27. (UP)—Fire
gutted the J. C. Penney down-
town store today, causing loss
estimated at S300",000 to $400,000.
George Loop, Penney mana-
ger, said the stock loss would
approximate $200,000 and the
damage to the building was ex-
pected to be almost as heavy. The
front of the brick structure was
bulged outward six inches by
heat.
By coincidence, it occur-
red only a few hours before
President Truman's special
campaign train arrived here.
The last (Ime Mr. Truman
visited Waco, in t!•«>, lie ar-
rived only a few hours after
another costly fire in (lie
downtown district.
This was the second fire in
six years to destroy the interior
of the Pennev store. 'An Aug. 0.
1942, a 8175,000 fire, which be-
gan in a trash box. struck the
establishment.
Today's fire spread to the
Cameron building, an empty
structure adjoining Penney's,
and two other nearby establish-
ments—a cafe and a dress shop
—took heavy water losses.
CHINKSE STR()NGHOLI)
FALLS
NANKING, Sept. 27. (UP) —
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
today expressed i egret over the
fall of strategic Tsinan to the
Chinese Communists Saturday,
but said it was not expected to
affect the government's overall
military situation.
Joe H. Boothe, Civic
Leader, Buried Here
BREMOND, Sept. 27. (UP) —
A fire in the downtown business
district yesterauv caused dam-
age of approximately $60,000.
Last rites were held Sunday
at 5 o'clock for Joe Henry
Boothe, 58, former mayor of
Sweetwater and first president
of the Sweetwater Rotary Club.
His home was at 807 East Broad-
way.
Boothe died Sunday morning
at 1:15 o'clock in the Sweet-
water Hospital after an illness
of several weeks.
The Rev. J. Edmund Kirbv
was the officiating minister for
the service, which was held in
the Wells chapel.
Active pallbearers were Clay-
ton Williams. Jimmy Maddox of
Maryneal. Kenneth Camp, Carl
Anderson. Davis Clark, Jim But-
I ler. Lance Sears of Maryneal
and Willis Davis. Burial was in
the Sweetwater Cemetery.
Honorary pallbearers were
members of the Sweetwater
Rotary Club, Elks Lodge
and Masonic Lodge.
Boothe was born on May 29,
1890, in Gonzales Texas, where
he lived until coming to Sweet-
water in 1914. He was gradu-
ated from the Gonzales High
School in 1908, and attended the
University of Texas for three
years, studying engineering.
He worked for a wholesale
company ill Gonzales and served
as deputy tax assessor in Gon-
zales county after he left the
university. He came to Sweet-
water to go into the ranching
business, but had been here
only a short time whe he became
the Sweetwater agent for South-
western Life Insurance Co. June
29th marked the 34th anniver-
sary of his association with that
firm.
Boothe was the first president
of the Rotary Club in Sweet
water, a trustee in the Elks
Club from 1938-1941: and was a
32nd degree mason, having help-
ed to organize the De Moley
chapter here.
He served as mayor of
Sweetwater in 1925 and
chairman of the BCI> In
1OT0. He was a member of
the First Methodist
Church and hod served on
BERLIN AIR CHIEF. — Lt.-
Gen. John K. Cannon takes
over the critical job of com-
manding U. S. Air Forces in
Europe, with responsibility for
continuing the Berlin airlift.
Former head of the Air Train-
ing Command, he succeeds Lt.
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, recent-
ly promoted to head of the U.
S. Strategic Air Forces.
Is Joe Stalin
Undisputed As
Russian Boss?
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27
(UP)—The State Depart-
ment's "white paper" on the
Berlin negotiations today
raised the question of
whether Premier Josef Stal-
in is still undisputed boss
of Russia.
The document disclosed that
on Aug. 2.3 Stalin and the west-
ern envoys agreed in principle
on a solution to the Berlin dis-
pute. The Soviet Premier prom-
ised he would direct his com-
mand in Berlin, Marshal Vasilly
D. Sokolovsky. to remove ail
restrictions that had been
placed on the western powers.
] But a week later, the white
I paper said, negotiations in Ber-
line showed that Sokolovsky
"was seeking to increase, rather
| than decrease, the restrictions
j on transport."
Moreover, the document add-
| ed, when the western powers
called this to the attention of
attention of the Kremlin, they
were told that Sokolovsky was
right in his interpretation of
j the agreement ar.d that they
] were wrong.
Diplomatic sources said
this abrupt turnabout indi-
cated either that Stalin had
backed down on his promise
of Aug. 23, or that he had
been overruled by the pow-
erful Pilitburo, the control-
in^ body of the Commun-
ist party.
It was recalled that President
Truman, in a speech several
weeks ago, expressed the belief
that Stalin was a "prisoner" of
the Politburo.
"Russians Alone
To Blame Should
War Be Result"
PARIS, Sept. 27 (UP)—Russia will be solely responsible if
"the black fury—the incalculable disaster of atomic war" engulfs
the world, British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin charged today
as the western powers threw the Berlin crisis into the United
Nations Security Council.
Bevin accused Russia of plotting the war the Soviets are try-
ing to attribute to the western powers.
"If the black fury—the incalculable disaster of atomic war—
should fall upon us, that one power, by refusing its cooperation in
~~ the control and development of
U. S. Military
Forces Grow,
Report Says
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27
(UP) — Steadily growing
American military might is
backing up the nation's for-
eign policy, a survey showed
today.
From a post-war low of 1,-
266,000 officers and men. the
armed forces have jumped re-
cently to 1,518,000. These first
line combat forces of the army,
navy, air force and marines are about the size of the Soviet
backed up by 2,188,619 reserves i army made it appear suspicious-
in various stages of organiza- jv a"s if Russia wanted the
this great new force for the
good of humanity, will bear all
the responsibility for the evils
which may be visited upon man-
kind," Bevin said.
Bevin denounced Vishinsky's
accusation that the west is plan-
ning atomic war against Russia.
"It's an old trick which has
gone on through history," he
said, pointing directly at Vish-
insky. "Those who make accusa-
tions are generally creating a
cloak for what they plan to do
themselves."
He challenged the Rus-
sians to disclose the size of
their armed forces as a
"proof of good faith" in
connection with Vishinsky's
proposal that the Big Five
nations disarm.
He said that Russian secrecy
tigrr.
The air force shook off
its post-war slump and now
reports that it has 5,000
first line planes ready
for combat out of a total
force of 23,000 planes.
This force probably includes
j r st A, Vie "world to disarm
I while Jfjeping her own forces
intact.
Bevin made clear that the
western powers are prepared, if
; necessary, to face the possible
break-up of the United Nations
as now constituted over the cri-
at least 1800 fighters ar.d 800 sjs wjth Russia.
B-29 Superforts. Four hun-
dred of the superfort bombers
are in combat outfits and 400 in
a ready reserve.
Air force manpower is up
from a postwar low of 300,000
to a strength of 400,000 officers
and men. It will go to 444.500 bv
June 30, 1949 and 502,000 bv
June 30, 1950.
Delegates of the 58 UN coun-
tries listened in deepening
gloom as Bevin piled his invec-
tive atop the charges made by
the western powers yesterday in
: sharply worded formal diplo-
| matic documents.
In their identical notes to
| Russia, the United States, Brit-
1 ain and France flatly accused
Army strength has risen from premier Josef Stalin of making
a postwar low in April of this an agreement to lift the Berlin
year of 537,084 to a present | blockade and settle the crisis,
strength of 623,806. It will rise j ancj then turning his back on it.
to 790,000 by June 30 of next They informed Moscow that
year and 837,000 by the end of j (he dispute was being carried
the next fiscal year. j before the Security Council on
The navy low was April 30. ! grounds that Russian action in
1948 when the navy went down I Berlin constituted a threat to
to 385,000, it is up to 409.200 out j world peace.
of its 460.000 budgetary ceil- ,
ing for fiscal 1949. Its author- COOLEST BAY Ol PALL!
ixed strength to be reached by Sweetwater had a temperature
June 30, 1950 is 556,000. ' l eading of 45 Monday morMng.
,T . . . ♦ oc i coolest clay of this fall. M. L.
Marine strength is up to 85.- Manr0e reported Fall weather
000 from a low of 81.000 and it bit all Texas. Clarendon's mer-
is building steadily toward a cury dipping to 41 degrees—
See FORCES GROW On Page 6'nine above freezing.
Inquiry Info South
Texas Voting Begins
Tribute Is Paid
Joe H. Boothe At
Rotary Luncheon
A special service paying trib-
ute to Boothe a charter
Joe H. Boothe
the board of stewards for
;it years, acting us chairman
of the board In 1031.
He was married to Miss Ruth
Randle of Gonzales on January
1. 1916.
Boothe was one of the top men J member and first president of
for this "area for his company, i the local Rotary Hub. was given
He qualified as a life member of today at the regular meeting of
Leaders Round Table in 1946, an j the club.
honor organization of the Tex-j j^ov Thompson was in charge
as Association of Life Insurance | ^|u, service and gave a brief
Underwriters, and received the , outline of Mr Boothes life as a
quality award given by the | Rotarian and a citizen.
National Association of Life Un- „ g {h?
a member oi this club, he had
an attendance record near the
100 per cent mark. He was the
club's first president and one
of the charter members," Thomp-
son stated.
In addition to being a good Ro-
tarian. the speaker pointed out
CORPt'S CHRISTI. Te\„ .j
Sept. 27, (UP)— The investi-
gation of alleged fraud in
three Sou(h Texas counties
begins tomorrow morning
under the edict of a U. S.
District Court.
Special Masters W. R Smith,
Jr., and J. M. Burnett, both of'
San Antonio, mat attorneys ofrj
U. S. Senatorial contenders Coke
R. Stevenson and Lyndon B.;
Johnson here today and ar-1
ranged the following schedule: j
9:30 a. m. Tuesday— Smith |
will begin hearing testimony and j
I witnesses at the Alice court-
house concerning alleged fraud j
| in precinct 13 of Jim Wells |
county.
derwriters in 1947
efficiency cup given by South-
western in 1933 and 1935, and
was the possessor of a Million
Club watch fob, set with three
diamonds, each symbolizing one
million dollars' worth of life in-
surance policies in force. He was
elected president of the Top
Curtis C. Tidwell
Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 2:30 p. m. at the First j dent,
Club in 1935. an
made up of agents, who sell a.
certain volum of business.
Survivors include his widow,
Sweetwater: a son, Jim Boothe,
Sweetwater:, and two brothers,
Walter I,. Boothe. Sweetwater,
and Ross Boothe, Gonzales.
organization | that. Mr. Boothe was always
closely associated with other ac-
tivities of the town. He served
as Mayor of Sweetwater, was a
member of the first charter com-
mittee, had been a member of
the hospital board and served as
See TRIBUTE On Page Six
Methodist Church for Curtis ('
Tidwell at 1103 Oak street.
The Rev. ,1. Edmund Kirby,
pastor, will be the officiating
minister, and burial will be in
the Sweetwater cemetery under
the direction of Patterson
Funeral Home
Pallbearers will be Tom Wade.
Dewey Pace, Royace Parsons,
Dick Lindsey, Ralph Tidwell,
and Jack Kr.ight.
Queen For Day
Tickets Arrive
A mis-delivered postal pack-
age caused two long distance
calls, any number of local calls,
not to mention several headaches
Monday morning.
The Reporter had stated Sun-
day that tickets for the "Queen-
for-Day" radio program to be
broadcast from the Abilene
West Texas Fair would be on
sale here this morning at the
two banks.
Early customers started call-
ing the Reporter office saying
that the bank personnel knew
nothing of the tickets. A check
with E. B. Ellis, Lions presi-
showed that the tickets
had beer, lost in the mail.
But at 11 o'clock Miss R/!ta
Kassner of the B.C.D. office w-as
very unhappy. After two calls
to Abilene, and other frantic
, calls, it was found that the
postman had delivered the pack-
i age at the Water Office in the
| Municipal Building instead of
taking it upstairs to the B.C.D.
I office.
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