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THE WEATHER
Temperature, 01 degree*, high
Wednesday; 58, low Thursday.
Barometer, 30.14, steady. Slight-
ly cloudy, unsettled, scattered
thundershowers. Not much
change In temperature.
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Rent Control
Is Now Lifted
Woods Signs Order
For Three Cities—
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WASHINGTON, May 20 (UP)
Housing Expediter Tighe E.
Woods today approved the
"home rule" rent decotrol actions
of 3 Texas cities whose author-
ities have determined there is no
housing shortage in their areas
The de-controlled cities are
Sweetwater, Marshall and Cor-
sicana.
Woods also ordered rent con-
, trols removed from all of Nolan
County, Tex., because Sweetwa-
ter comprises the major part of
that rental area.
The three Texas communities
decided after public hearings,
that they had solved their own
rental housing shortages and did
not need rent ceilings. The gov-
ernor of Texas lias approved"
their decontrol resolutions, as
required by the new rent law.
Woods announced, however,
. that he has rejected a similar de-
control resolution by the author-
ities of Lockhart, Tex., because
they failed to hold the required
public hearings and to notify the
governor of their action.
Pioneer Airlines
Improve Service
For This Section
Sweetwater will have a greatly
pved service or. the Pioneer
ines system when new
lies become effective on
p Jack Merrick, local man-
r the company, has an-
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^econd eastbound flight,
' 44, will now provide a one-
plane service through to Dallas
and will depart Sweetwater daily
at 6:27 p. m.
Westbound flights from Dallas
leave there at 7:02 a. m. and
8:45 p. m„ arriving in Sweet-
water at 9:25 a. m. and 10:41
. p. m. These two flights proceed
r on to Big Spring and Midland-
Odessa.
"The new night schedules will
be especially good for the travel-
er who wants to spend more
time in Dallas before returning
to Sweetwater," Merrick said.
We believe these new schedules
will give Sweetwater a better
service."
Pioneer, the nation's oldest
.and largest operating feeder-type
airlines, has been serving Sweet-
water since February 19, 1947.
The company's system covers 25
cities in Texas and New Mexico
over more than 2,200 route
miles.
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Faith Healer Says
«He Was Misquoted
On School Disaster
, HOUSTON, Tex., May 20, —
(UP)— Eldijr A. Bonds, Negro
"faith healer" who also claims
to have the weather under con-
trol, said today a rumor that
he hail predicted the Wheatley
School for Negroes would ex-
plode at high noon was false.
The small, bespectacled man
4t$aid furthermore that his role
as a "Messenger of.the Lord"
would he jeopardized if he had
any truck with such a catastro-
phe.
Pandemonium at the three
story brick school, where some
.'1,000 students attend classes,
was started, Bonds believed,
by "kids who don't want to go
to school."
If that was the plan, the tru-
ants were having a field day.
Hi No explosion occurred, but
Bonds' followers and hundreds
of curious gathered within
tafe distance to watch the
"doomed" building. It was
emptied— just in case.
Frantic parents refused to
let their children go to school
as word of the impending di-
saster spread. Vice-principal W.
M. Moore estimated absentees
numbered 400.
<vVANTS SCHOOL STUDY
AUSTIN, Tex., May 26 (UP)
—Gov. Beauford Jester today
asked the legislature to take em-
ergency action in creating a com-
mission to survey and study the
state's system of higher edu-
cation.
The commission, Jester said in
a message to the legislature,
should make recommendations
for the system's betterment and
provement.
SHOT THROUGH WINDOW—At left, a Detroit policeman spots the hole in living room win-
dow through which Victor U. Kent her, right, educational director of the UA W, was shot and
critically wounded by a shotgun blast. (NKA Teiephoto).
Progress In Sound Types
Of Agriculture Is Shown
ROBY, May 20—Although the
press of farm work to combat
weeds reduced the crowd, a Fish-
er County Soil Conservation tour
Wednesday afternoon proved one
of the most interesting and re-
vealing agricultural events here
in many years.
The value of conservation for
a sounder agriculture and a
more stable future in this sec-
tion was illustrated in many
ways as the group studied prog-
ress made.
On the Calvin Carriker farm
where hail beat down rye and
vetch, there was still the value
of litter and mulch returned to
the soil despite the loss of a har-
vests „ *
An outstanding crop at this
particular season was the Madrid
clover in bloom.
This tour was arranged by the
Soil Conservation district with
Carlin Weichmann of the Rotan
SCS and County Agent Luther J.
Wilson in charge. E. A. Wilson,
Hez Haw ley Jr.
New Red Cross
Disaster Head
A&M Extension Service agrono-
mist, niaile a talk.
Farmers visited included: O. R.
Clark who had weeping love-
grass, vetch and rye. both crops
are capable of producing farm in-
come to any other adapted crop
while furnishing excellent pro-
tection against win dand water
erosion.
On the Jim Simpson place,
blue panic grass from Australia
was inspected. This grass is a
tugn - producing warm • season
grass suited to heavy fertile soils
where adequate moisture is avail-
able. This perennial grass may
be destroyed by extremely colli
winters and by dry summers.
Soil Building
Calvin Carriker's place show-
ing vetch and rye on sandy clay
loam soils. Ernest Webb had
vetch and rye on shinnery sands.
His crop was planted in 1910 in
part of the field and all over the
field in 1917 but drouth prevent-
ed its maturing. The entire field
was again reseeded to vetch and
rye in the fall of 1948. The dif-
ference in growth of the crop
this year may be attributed to
an increase of the nitrogen and
organic matter in the soils in the
older planted portions of the
land.
W. M. Kiser has been growing
alfalfa 17 years. It has been re-
planted once during that time be-
cause of drowning out. He has
sub-irrigated land in the lowlands
near Sylvester. Besides protect-
ing his soil, the alfalfa has prov
controlling weeds and the de-
creased clangers from drought.
Only two to three pounds of seed-
are needed to establish row seed-
ings of alfalfa or clover.
On Tommy Stuart's place, a ter-
race system illustrating level,
closed-end terraces and a syrup-
pan system was shown. Stuart
has small plots of spring sown
alfalfa and clover seeded broad-
cast.
On the H. C. Campbell's place
vetch and rye seeded in 36-inch
l ows on sandy clay loam soil was
inspected. Many close-drilled
seedings of vetch and rye were
killed on this type of soil be-
cause of lack of moisture. Both
row and broadcast seedings <*<f
alfalfa were being used on the
place. Campbell also showed the
visitors the effects of deferred
grazing on his native grass pas-
ture.
Russian Peace Hopes Dim
Hez Haw ley, Jr., commander
of the Sweetwater National
Guard Company, has been nam-led a profitable crop for sale of
ed new disaster chairman for
the Nolan County Red Cross
Chapter.
llavvley succeeds John Dar-
nell, Sr., who has filled the post
for several years. Darnell as-
sumed the disaster chairman-
ship while he was commanding
the National Guard.
Hawley will name his com-
mittees and set up his organiza-
tion immediately, he said.
"With disasters and near dis-
asters hitting all around us,"
Red Cross Chairman Charles
Paxton stated in announcing
the appointment, "we need to
have a competent set-up in
readiness at all times to step in
and carry on should disaster
hit in this area."
Church Of Christ
Minister Leaving
Roscoe Church Soon
ROSCOE, May 26 (Spl.) —
Wayr.i? Partain, minister of the
Church of Christ here, will
move with his family to Snv-
der after June 13. He will
work with the congregation
there for a time before going to
Mexico, whore the Snyder
Church will support his mission
work in Mexico.
David L. Desha of Trent has
been employed to fill the vacan-
cy left by Mr. Partain, and the
new minister will move with his
wife and two daughters to Ros-
coe soon.
Fogging Machines
Start After Flies
Flies--big, fat and arrogant
after the rains—were meeting
their doom in downtown Sweet-
water Thursday as the city's
"fogging" truck started Its
rounds. DDT, Chlordane and
other chemicals fatal to sassy
Insects have arrived In supply
sufficient to start the campaign.
The city plans to offer fogging
service to individual premises at
adtual cost a little later.
hay and pasture.
On the Albert Maberry place al-
falfa from broadcast seeding was
observed.
L. C. Brown had sweet clover
(Madrid) in bloom and about
four feet high. He also had alfal-
fa in rows, his land being tighter
and the row cropping being nec-
essary because of moisture com-
petition. Advances of row seed-
ing of these legumes lies in the
economy of seed costs, ease of
Child Hunted All
Night Found Unhurt
ROSELLE PARK, N. J., May
26 (UP)--Five-year-old Susan
Assin was found sitting calmly
in a garage not far from her
home today after more than 100
persons had searched through-
out the night for the blonde
child who cannot talk.
The girl, who strayed from
her home last night, was found
in a garage only a block away.
Blue-eyed Susan slipped out of
the harness with which she was
kept in the back yard of the
five room Cape Cod cottage
of her parents. She shed her
outer garments and went for a
walk.
Hoover Warns Against
Half-Way Reforms
WASHINGTON, (UP)— The
Hoover Commission cautioned
Congress against "partial or
half-way measures" in carrying
out recommended reforms in
government.
The commission, headed by
former President Herl>ert Hoov-
er, also warned that democracy's
highest ideals can be thwarted
by excessive costs, waste, dis-
unity and the "other by-pro-
ducts of inefficient govern-
ment."
In a hard-hitting concluding
report, it frankly acknowledg-
ed that Congress has a big row
to hoe in attempting to bring
both economy and efficiency to
the executive branch of the
government. Then It cautioned
against any "piecemeal attack"
In carrying out reforms recom-
mended by the commission.
Schools Close For
Year—Graduation
On Friday Evening
Six weeks exams were com-
pleted Wednesday, and the stu-
dents of all the schools ii> the
city will report at 2 p. m. Fri-
day to receive their report
cards. Teachers were working
Thursday to complete paper
work.
The final graduation exercis-
es for 19-19 Senior Class at New-
man High School will be held
at 8 p. m. Friday in the Muni-
cipal Auditorium.
Parley Holds
Small Chance
Of Agreement
Vishinsky To Be
Told To Get Down
To Business Now
PARIS, May 20— (UP) —An-
drei Vishinsky of Russia and Er-
nest Bevin of Great Britain en-
gaged in a sharp verbal clash to-
day at the conference of big four
foreign ministers, first reports
from the meeting said.
The fourth meeting of the for-
eign ministers of the United
States, Great Britain, France and
Russia ended at 7:20 p. m. (2:30
p. m. EOT).
One delegate said on leaving
the conference room that no prog-
ress was made today.
The reported Visiiinsky-Bevin
argument was the first at this
conference of the ministers,
which began Monday in a spirit
of cordiality.
The delegate said Vishinsky
spent the meeting "acting like a
new ante (player) painting a
a picture of paradise in eastern
Germany and of hell in western
Germany."
TALK WITII KEVINS
PARIS, May 26 (UP)—For-
eign Secretary Ernest Bevin of
Britain urged today that the
western big three present their
proposal on Germany to Foreign
Minister Andrei Vishinsky of
Russia and find out at once
cvftether he means business.
- Bevin made his proposal to
Secretary of State Dean Ache-
son at a private meeting at mid-
day.
The big four ministers had
devoted the first half of the
week to Russia's unacceptable
proposal to return to four-pow-
er control of Germany. Now Be-
vin wanted the western powers
to tell Vishinsky their price for
an agreement on a more or less
take it or leave it basis.
The price is that the west will
not abandon its projected west
German state; that it would like
a United Germany: that unity
can be had if Russia permits
eastern Germany to join west
Germany on terms set by the
western powers.
Acheson also wanted to "get
down to business" and determine
whether there was any chance
of a big four agreement on Ger-
many. He may try to steer the
See RUSSIAN On Page Eight
Texas Veteran Bonus
Given Committee Nod
AUSTIN, May 26 (UP)—The
House Committee on revenue
and taxation dumped the con-
troversial veterans bonus bill in-
to the laps of House members
today.
In a 30-minute hearing last
night, the committee approved
on voice vote a proposed consti-
tutional amendment by Rep.
Jimmy Horanv of Archer City
to float a $400,000,000 bond is-
sue to pay veterans a bonus.
If the plan goes into effect,
Bridges Indictment
Called Political
Spile By His Group
SAN FRANCISCO, Mav 20 —
(UP)—Angry West Coast CIO
longshoremen today blasted the
government's indictment of Har-
ry Bridges and two other union
officers as a "monumental case
of political spite."
The powerful Longshoremen's
and Warehousemen's Union, rep-
resenting ."10,000 members, charg-
ed that the Truman administra-
tion was trying to silence "critics
of its failure to meet campaign
promises."
The indictment, returned yes-
terday by a federal grand jury
after eight super-secret sessions,
charged that Bridges lied in deny-
ing he was a Communist when
he applied for citizenship in
1945.
It accused Bridges of conspir-
ing with the two union officials
to obtain his citizenship by
fraud.
At the same time the Indict-
ment was returned, the govern-
ment filed a civil suit in federal
court seeking to deport the
Australian born labor leader.
veterans will be paid up to $250
for service in the continental
United States and an additional
maximum of $250 for overseas
lime.
Rep. Jim Heflin of Houston
devised, in amendment form, a
formula to retire the bonus bond.
In addition to present taxes,
(he formula would levy a tax of
two cents per pack on cigarettes,
10 per cent on the retail value
of cigars, 64 cents per gallon on
hard liquor; one cent per con-
tainer on beer, 25c per gallon on
wine.
There was considerable de-
bate in the House yesterday ore
a driver responsibility bill,
around amendments offered by
enemies of the legislation, which
would require every Texas mo-
torist to show financial respon-
sibility if involved in an acci-
dent wherein damages exceed
$200.
The driver would be compelled
to show responsibility for pay-
ing up to $10,000 for personal in-
juries and $1,000 for property
damages.
Rain Storm Hits Area
Clouds Sweep
Eastward Into
Central Texas
SOLDIERS BURIAL FOR FORRE.STAL—Beneath an Am-
erican flag, the body of James V Forrestal is borne from the.
amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery to its final
resting place, a plot near the main gates of the historic ceme-
tery. (NKA Teiephoto).
Red Switch To China May
Be Seeds Of Another War
CANTON, May 26 (UP) —
President Li Tsung Jen of China
said today that World War III
may stem from the current mili-
tary developments in south Chi-
na.
In the first interview granted
a foreign correspondent since he
replaced Chiang Kai Shek as
head of the world's most popu-
lous nation, Li pointed out that
the Mash&ll Plan had effectively
checked the Communistic flood
in Europe.
But the 58-year-old four star
general asserted that "Commun-
ism like water flows to lower
ground, and consequently its di-
version in Europe was causing it
to overrun Asia's teeming mil-
lions with direct, immediate
threats of involving the United
States, Britain and France."
"Four southwest provinces of
Officers Selected
By Hospital Staff
Sweetwater Hospital staff
members elected officers for the
coming year at their meeiing
Wednesday night at the hospital.
Dr. S. F. Supowit was named
president and Dr. Phillip W.
Taylor, secretary. The regular
monthly program was featured
by a scientific discussion, in-
cluding cases illustrating rheu-
matic heart disease, cancer of
the breast and portal vein
thrombosis.
Rain Total Climbs
—Hail Fears Still
Haunt Grain Crops
Rain total for the year went to
12.06 inches in Sweetwater Wed-
nesday night with a rainstorm
adding .8 of an inch. Weather-
man M. C. Manroe reported.
This made 4.90 inches for May.
Further reports on hail dam-
age were being gathered on this
region Thursday indicating spot-
ted damage since Sunday. Dam-
age ran from 10 to 60 per cent
in eastern Fisher County Sun-
day night most reports showed.
However, the hail hit only in
spots.
Bill Matchett, who has 2,800
acres ready for harvest, is start-
ing work with a "swather" to
windrow (he grain and pick it up
later with special attachments
on combines. Old-time binders
could be used to cut the grain
just about the time it is ready
for the shock and leave it on
the ground instead of binding it,
farmers say. But there are few,
if any, binders left today.
Even Nolan county, with nor-
mally a comparatively small
grain acreage, has a large total
wheat crop. Grain farmers
throughout this region, watch-
ing a big acreage promising per-
haps 20 bushels to the acre, are
scanning the skies fearing every
cloud may develop into a hail-
storm.
China are now the last defense
line against direct Communistic
invasion southward into French
Indochina," he said, "sweeping
over the British flag in Hong-
kong, Singapore, Malasia and in-
evitably involving the United
States in its defense commit-
ments to the Philippines."
"I will hold this last line of
defense with every ounce of abil-
ity at my command."
B-29 Crashes In
Flames At El Paso
EL PASO, Tex., May 2(5 (UP)
One man was killed but eight
others parachuted safely when
their Air Force B-29 bomber
crashed in flames, Biggs Air
Base officials said today.
The plane smashed into the
foothills of the Sacramento
Mountains 31 miles northeast of
here. The craft, which was at-
tached to the 340th Bomb Squad-
ron, 97th Bomb Group, was de-
troy ed.
The navigator, Capt. Burt A.
Alley of El Paso, was killed. Al-
ley formerly lived at Los An-
geles.
Lightning Strikes
Here As Repairmen
Work In Rainstorm
A furious windstorm that be-
gan at Monahans at 9 p. m.
Wednesday night and swept
eastward to damage Denton
arid Navarro county brought
only a rain of .8 of an inch in
Sweetwater and a windstorm
of about 40 miles an hour.
Fierce lightning accompanied
the "northwester," striking
light and power lines many
times.
Colorado City bore the brunt
of the storm in this immediate
area.
TORNADO EH SIGHTED
An airline pilot sighted two
small tornadoes in the fiery
clouds near Colorado City, he
reported shortly after 9:30 p. m.
jfowever there were rio further
- .,iorts on them.
The Colorado City Record
editor told the Reporter today
that a high straight wind swept
the area, damaging crops and
breaking some trees. Rainfall
was about .02 of an inch.
The storm lashed hard be-
tween Sweetwater and Abilene.
Roby and Fisher County receiv-
ed aljout an inch of rain.
In Denton some chimneys
were knock«.-ii doWn and torfen-
tial rains fell in central Texas.
Lake Sweetwater had .62 of
an inch of rain and the lake
level came up about two inches.
E. M. Cooper of Roscoe report-
ed .42 of an inch of rain but no
storm.
The Texas Electric Service
Company had no serious inter-
ruption of service in this area
but the lights blinked at times.
This was due to the fact that
the transmission lines automati-
cally cut off to absorb the light-
ning charge and then returns
every time lightning hits them.
They were hit many times
Wednesday night.
Power crews were working
hard in the rain in East Ridge
addition Wednesday night
when a bolt of lightning seared
a line half in two. About 45
minutes interruption in service
resulted while they worked to
repair the line.
attkmhm; nistkr
Mrs. Earl Whitaker was call-
ed to Sherman Thursday by the
critical illness of her sister,
Mrs. Garland Franks, who has
undergone major surgery in St.
Vincent's Hospital there. Mrs.
Franks' husband is city man-
ager of Sherman.
By I'nited Press
Thunderstorms lashed West
and North-Central Texas last
night and early today, producing
torrential rains that cost one life,
raised a new threat of minor
flooding in Fort Worth and
washed floodwater into some 50
homes at Cleburne.
Overnight rainfall at Cleburne
measured 4 inches, heaviest in
the state, and it also caused a
track washout that derailed
five cars and the locomotive of
a Santa Fe freight train in Tur-
key Creek, east of the city.
In Cleburne's eastern residen-
tial district, East Buffalo Creek
went on a rampage and water
surged up, two fet deep or more,
in some 50 homes.
Rise At Fort Worth
In Fort Worth, the Trinity
River, fed by a deluge of 1.56
inches of rain, went through
some of last week's flood-dam-
aged levees and inundated some
low-lying areas in the west side.
There appeared, however, to be
no threat of a major flood such
as last week's.
At Dallas, a woman drowned
when an automobile washed off
Alamo street into Turtle Creek
See STORM On Page Eight
Water Pageant To Feature
Swimming And Life Saving
Mrs. Godfrey and Harold Mar-
tin, lifeguard at the municipal
pool, will supervise the courses.
Mrs. Godfrey is an authorized
Red Cross swimming instructor,
and Martin will be before the
first course opens.
Martin will be sent to the Red
Cross aquatic school at Camp
Fern near Marshall by the No-
lan County chapter. He will re-
ceive training there and will be-
come an authorized Red Cross
swimming instructor.
Mrs. Godfrey and Martin will
be assisted by four swimmers
who have their Red Cross senior
life-saving badges.
A water pageant which will
feature "real swimming and
life-saving demonstrations rath-
er than bathing beauties" is be-
ing planned for -some time dur-
ing the summer months, accord-
ing to a report made by Mrs.
Ross Godfrey, water safety
chairman of the Nolan County
Red Cross Chapter at an execu-
tive meeting of the board Wed-
nesday afternoon.
Two courses in water safety
and swimming are also planned
for the summer months. The
pageant will be a climaxing
event, Mrs. Godfrey said. Each
course will offer Instruction to
beginner and intermediate swim-
mers.
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