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* The Leader suggests that all
taxpaylng voters in the city of
Orange who plan to oppose or
who have not decided to vote for
* the forthcoming swimming pool
bend election dr,lve around for a
while Sunday and take a look at
the places where our youngsters
are now doing their swimming.
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WEATKM
Partly doudy this afternoon,
tonight and Saturday with a few
scattered showers. Not much
chauge In temperature, moderate
south winds on coast.
VOLUME XXXV
ORANGE. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 11. 1948 .
NUMBER 139
NEW BREAK IN
OCCURS
AT PORTLAND
.PORTLAND, Ore., June 11.
(AP) — The flooding Columbia
riVer broke through another dike
on Portland's outskirts today and
ra,eed over a rich lowland area
extending ten miles to the east.
, Doomed were the Portland air-
port, four golf and country clubs,
a lakeside resort and homes for
several thousand persons.
/All residents were ordered e-
vacuated days ago, but the sher-
iffs office feared some might have
rfturaed.
The airport siren sounded a
•warning when the break came in
the early morning. The fire de-
partment at Troutdale, a small
community on high ground east of
.Portland also wailed a warning
to any returnees. Eight sheriff's
cars raced over roads ahead of
the water with sirens going.
Army engineers pulled out all
troops and dike workers.
The sheriff's office said the
warnings would have given any-
•one in the area time to escape a-
head of the flood.
Gun Bursts, Sirens
Murk Beginning uf
Fuur Weeks' Truce
Fur Arabs and Jews
Dogs probably began to bark
only when they became domesti-
cated.
The oolachen fish is so fat and
oily that when dried it can be
u*ed as a candle by putting a
wick through it.
PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE
J tiring the warm Rummer;, days
rush would seem to be the sen-
sible way to look at the situation
in Orange. With the lights before
far-seeing individuals interested
in Orange, it should not be much
trouble for one to sense that there
really will be 'something doing"
in these parts later on as condi-
tions further adjust themsekves
and projects for which founda-
tions have been quietly made
fhateriallze.
SUMMER ROAD BUILDING in
Orange county for 1948 without
a doubt will surpass all previous
records in the history of this
section. Concrete pouring for the
paving of approximately 18 miles
of new highway on route 235,
Evangeline highway, represent-
ing an expenditure of about three
quarters of a million dollars; con-
struction of farm to market roads
-Winfree-West Orange and Or-
angefield-Bridge , City' will be
pnly • part of the actual highway
construction that will go on
through the heat of summer. In
the meantime extensive prepara-
tions are being made for other
highway improvements of much
importance to take place during
the year.
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KNOWING YOUR POLITICS
constitutes a very important part
of the affairs of all men and wo-
men of this age who are interest-
ed in the welfare of the Country,
Is the doctrine of W. Byron Sim-
mons, a political warhorse, who,
Recording to his own admissions,
has weathered many a battle-some
successfully and some not. "Part
of the time I have been under
itbe steamroller end a part of the
time 'on top". Simmons told the
audience at the Orange Rotary
club Tuesday at the noon lunch-
eon. as he explained some of the
inner-workings of the democratic
conventions ..from precinct to the
national conventions. He made the
point that H wee posible for maiiy
*fnore people to know the ropes if
they would only take the time to
study end take part in political
proceedings.
By The Aaaoelated
Uneasy peace came to Palestine
today to ■ the accompaniment of
wailing air raid sirens in Tel
Aviv and gun bursts in Jerusa-
lem.
The four-week armistice and
arms embargo became effective
at 1 a. m. midnight, Orange time.
During the truce, Count Folke
Bernadotte, U. N. mediator, will
seek to resolve the gerat issue of
partition.
The Jews said the*cease fire
generally was observed several
hours before the deadline. They
announced a last minute bombing
of Damascus. The Syrians said
nine bombs, mostly incendiary,
were dropped, causjng no casual-
ties and little damage.
Jews Claim Successes'
The heaviest last minute fight-
ing was around Latrun, where the
Arabs blocked the main Tel Aviv-
Jerusalem supply road. The Is-
raelis claimed "important " suc-
cesses" there.
The Arab legion of Trans-Jor-
dan said the Jews broke the
truce in Jerusalem within an
hour, killing an Arab soldier.
Random shooting echoed in the
Holy City for six minutes after
the armistice hour. Jewish mor-
tars drummed the Arabs there
for 70 minutes before the truce.
A Jerusalem dispatch said a
Christian church and Arab hos-
pital were damaged. '
Warships Appear
An hour and a half after the
armistice was effective, sirens
started an eerie wail in much-
bombed Tel Ayiv. There was no
report of Arab planes sighted.
Two warships appeared in Tel
Aviv waters, probably U. N. truce
patrols.
Great Britain announced she
would not recognize Israel dur-
ing the truce. A spokesman said
such recognition would be a "pos-
itive act of intervention" favoring
one side.
Born in war, the first Jewish
nation since before the* days of
Christ has its first day of peace.
Both sides were frozen in their
military positions. It was a day
of burials of the slain, tending
for the wounded and repairing of
the havoc of wa<.
ERP BOSS DECRIES HOUSE CUT
IN FUNDS FOR AID TO EUROPE
Work on New Setup
For Chest Sloted -
The program toward the re-or-
ganization of the Orange Com-
munity Chest is to begin soon
after the first July it was announ-
ced by James B. Quigley, presi-
dent of the Exchange club, in an
address before the Optimist club
at its regular noon meeting Thurs-
day. Quigley said members of
his club would urge cooperation
from every civic group in town
to assist in the boosting of the
chest.
His speech outlined the pur-
poses of the Exchange club. Spe-
cial stress was laid on the fact
that the purpose of the organiza-
tion is to promote education and
that, although the club supports
drives and lends support to oth-
er clubs in their activities,' it is
not a money raising organization
and does , not handle expenditures
as a club.
Duster Winfrey, chairman of
the steering committee which is
handling plans for the country
fair being planned by the Opti-
mists, announced that it would be
held at Evownair field. It ia
scheduled for Labor day.
Police Officer Ellis Landry .was
inducted into the club at the
meeting and J. D. Stanfleld wae
voted in as a new member-
Dave Doughty, who presided,
called a board of governors meet-
ing to be held Tueeday at the
home of Buster Winfrey, 1203
Ninth, at 7:90 p. m.
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No Progress Seen
In Coal Pact Talks
By The Associated Press
Soft-coal wage negotiations
showed no outward signs of ac-
cord today. Meanwhile repercus-
sions of the last coal strike Jar-
red a segment of the automobile
industry.
With June 30 the expiration
date of the present soft-coal con-
tract, John L. Lewis, boss of the
United Mine Workers' union, and
operators couldn't agree on ar-
rangements to keep the mines
open after the agreement ends.
A fourth bargaining session on
the coal issues was set for noon,
Orange time, today in Wash-
ington.
, General Motors corporation an-
nounced that 200,000 of its work-
ers will be laid off for a week,
beginning Monday. The com-
pany said the layoffs could be
blamed on steel shortages result-
ing from the la*' coal strike.
Assembly-line workers in Ford
Motor Co. plants across the na-
tion were in a one-day shut-
down today. Ford officials said
their lay-off of some 30.000 work-
ers was caused by lack of pro-
duction parts.
Work Interruptions continued
at plant* of the Briggs Manufac-
turing company while the com-
pany continued to negotiate with
the CIO United Auto Workers'
union on a new wage contract.
Sunset Perk Kids
Have Free Movie
Youngsters in the Sunset Park
area of Orange never have to
worry about a place to go or
something to do on Saturday
nights. On these evenings half a
hundred or so of them always
troop over to the home of Mr. and
Mrs. H. L. (Red) Weatherford
for the weekly movie provided by
that couple.
The Weatherfords have no chil-
dren of their owh but serve as
something of a No. 2 mother and
father to alt the kids in the neigh-
borhood. They have a hand in
most of the youngsters' projects,
lending advice and assistnace
without interference and helping
smooth over personal problems
from time to time.
Movie night at the Weather-
fords, of course, is the big event
of the week. Starting time is
"right after dark", there is no ad-
mission charge and all the kids in
the neighborhood are invited.
There's only one small prob-
lem. which the youngsters them-
selves handle. That's the matter
of seating and most kids attend-
ing solve it by bringing along
their own camp stool or whatever
tq sit on.
Talks Started on
ERP Agreement
WASHINGTON, June 11. (AP)
The United States today opened
negotiations with the Marshall
plan countries on agreements to
govern American - European re-
covery operations.
The British ambassador, Sir
Oliver Franks spent 75 minutes
in the first meeting with Assist-
ant Secretary of State Wlllard
Thorpe, the American negotia-
tor.
Franks said aftcrwtrd — "we
Md a .satisfactory first session.
We were actually concerned with
trying to determine what differ-
ences exist between us on the-
points of the agreement."
Franks said that he thought
that as the talks progress various
differences which have been re-
ported from London will disap-
pear in fairly quick understand-
ings. —-----—
But it would be surprising, he
said, if'ohe or two points do not
emerge which will require seri-
ous negotiations for eettlettiettt.
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WASHINGTON. June 11. (AP)
The boss of the'European recov-
ery program said today Houae
cuts in ERP funds virtually "elim-
inate" plans to put Europe's in-
dustry hack on its feet.
"The brunt of the cut must fall
on the machinery and equipment
necessary to restore or increase
Europe's productive capacity,*'
Economic Cooperation Adminis-
trator Paul G. Hoffman told, the
Senate Appropriations commit-
tee.
"The most productive and far-
reaching part of the recovery prof-
gram would for all practical pur-
poses be eliminated."
Hoffman Cites Figures
Hoffman's first formal appeal
for restoration of the full $S, <
300,000,000 in recovery fundi''
showed that machinery shipment!'
would have to be reduced from
$1,100,000,000 to $100,00,000 if
the Senate upholds the House
slash.
The House voted to spread the
$5,300,00(T,000 over 15 months in-
stead of the 12 months authorized
by Congress in setting up ERP,
This would have the effect o(
cutting recovery spending from
$1,000,000,000 to $2,000,000,000.
In advance of Hoffman-'^ appear-
ance, a Republican member pre-
dicted the committee would heed
pleas of Senator Vandenberg (R-
Mich) and others a id put back
moat of the cut made by the
House. Vandenberg. chairijtat^ of
the Senate Foreign Relations com-
mittee, had been fighting the re-
duction since the Hojise acted,
"Emergency Is Here"
Hoffman said food and raw nm-
terials must keep flowing if Eu-
rope is tit survive, therefore the
industrial recovery goods would
have to be cut.
He decried the proposal of
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DISASTER STRIKES—This striking photo of a gay blast in Pitts-
burgh, Pa., was taken almost immediately^ after it happened. A wo-
man victim is being carried from the debris-Strewn st.cet (center).
A dazed man lies on the sidewalk. The photo was taken by a com-
mercial photographer who ran from a damaged studio and started
snapping pictures. He wan David Love, and was sliKhtly injured.
(AP Wirephoto)
Surprise Democratic Victory Puts Fate
m Housing Bill up to Rules Committee
Mrs. Weikert Asks
Long for Hearing
On Extradition
A. A. Fr"dericks, secretary to
Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana, said
today In a long distance telephone
Chairman John Taber (R-NY) of | conversation with the Leader from
the House Ways a id Means com-
mittee that EOA come back for
more funds next year if it rune
out.
"I can not state too strongly
that the emergency is here." Hoff-
man said, adding—
"Our rate of expenditure dur-
ing the next six months will de-
termine whether we ai^e now
launching a true recovery pro-
gram."
Vv Francis M. LaMajr
! WASHINGTON, June 11. (AP)
| A sin prising. Democratic victory
j In one Republican - dominated
j House committee today put the
! fate of the long range housing
legislation squarely up to a $ec^
J ond GOP-controlled group.
Eleven Democrats, voting solid-
ly with Ilie help of three Repub-
licans, took full charge of the 27-
member House Banking commit-
atee lain yesterday. That body
approved, by a 14 to 13 vote, all
the major provisions of the Sen-
ate-passed Taft - Kltender-Wag-
ner bousing bill.
I'rovldrs Public Housing
Baton Rou«e, that Mrs. Charles
Weikert, 25, of Lake Charles, has
made application through her at-
torney for a hearing before the
governor in connection with her
proposed extradition to Texas to
stand trial on a charge of assault I
with intent to murder.
Fredericks said the extradition j The T-E-W measure aims at
papers had been received from bringing about the construction
Orange County 4-H
Club Boys Return
From Encumpment
the office of Gov. Beauford Jest-
er in Austin. The Texas chief ex-
ecutive signed the documents sey-
j eral days ago on application of
i Orange County Attorney Graham
Bruce.
No Datf Set "
No date for the Louisiana hear-
ing has been set but it is expected
within the next few days, Frede-
ricks said.
Twenty - four Orange county
boys returned Wednesday night
from a three day district" 4-H
Boys club encampment of Texas
A & M extension service, district
13. held at Palacios. Approxl-
mtaely 280 boys from counties
making up the district
the encampment. County Agent
A. J. McKenzie accompanied the
Orange group.
Those attending from Orange
county were Marlon Garner, Jo-
seph L. Hargrave, and James C.
Ortolon. ell of the Bridge City
club: James Austin Heard. Don
Hubbard, Forert Edward Hud-
son, Robert Lane, Glenn Steph-
enson and Jimmy Young, Little
Cypress club; Olen Peveto of Mc-
Lewis; Thomas Burton. Marlon
Barnes, Gene T own, James
Glass, Willie Arias Peveto, Dicky
WllliamsT'i. Jackie Miller and
Carl Ratcllft, of the Maurlceville
club;
r^Bobby Floyd Kilmer, Jackie
Nelson and Billy Root of the VI-
dor club: Billy Qreen and Leon-
ard Wallace of the West Orange
club. E. C. Ratcllft of Maurlce-
ville drov e the school bus which
transported the boys.
Mrs. Weikert is under indict-
ment in Orange county In con-
nection with the brutal pistol
whipping here last month of Mrs.
Burton Roan, 10-year-old bride.
Police here termed the incident
"obviously a case of mistaken
attended | identity." They said Mrs. Weik-
ert intended the beating for an-
other woman but inflicted It up-
on Mrs. Roan because of a simi-
larity of names.
Maid Awaiting Trial
A Negro maid, Cecilia Turpeau
of Lake Charles, who allegedly
held Mrs. Roan on the bed in her
apartment here while the attack
took place, is in county Jail here
awaiting trial. She also is under
indictment for assault with Intent
to murder She was arrested In
Lake Charles several days follow-
ing the attack and wal ed extra-
dition. -
Mrs. Weikert. who was said by
Orange Police Chief E. L. Nance
to have expressed determination
to fight extradition, is free In Lake
Charles under a $1,000 bond
Hemry I of England aided Flem-
ish wqol weavers by offering them
religious sanctuary in Worsted—
from which the industry bor-
rowed its'
Watch Reported Stolen Here
Mr*. G. Bri aux of 1714 Tenth
street reported to police Thurs-
day e ening that an, old fashioned
mew ntven i / jcwfi pocKfi wticn
and a square yellow gold locket
with a horse shoe design on it
ivere stolen from her home about
two weeks ago.
of 15,000,000 homes in 10 years—
Including 500,000 government-fi-
nanced, low-rent dwelling units
to be operated by local public
bousing authorities, Sponsors
say the m«ln emphasis, however,
is on private enterprise, with var-
ious government aids.
The housing issue now movps
to the House Rules committee,
which must clear all controversial
legislation before It ,cg0 be
brought to a vole on the floor.
May Be Bottled Vp
■ -Rep. Monroney (R-Okla) said
the i>l 1) might be "bottlenecked"
there. Some Republicans Indi-
cated, however, It will get a green
light.
Rules committee Chairman Leo
Allen (R-lll) made no prediction.
H immediately requested a meet-
ing of the House Republican
Steering committee, Including
Speaker Martfn (ft-Maee),
Martin, too, was silent pending
a decision by the steering group.
Peveto Youth Hurt
In Full From Tree
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Glenn Peveto, nine year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Peveto
of Ortfiigefield. is in a critieel
condition at Frances Ann Lutcher
hospital today at result of a fall
from a tree Into a cattle'' trailer
about 11 o'clock this morning. At-
tendant* at the hospital reported
he suffered a skull fracture, a
possible fracture of the right arm
and lacerations.
The boy was climbing down
from a tree. It was said, apd •lip-
ped. falling approximately*'!! foet
to the trailer- A Clayber embu-
lance took him to the hoepltel.
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WORLD WAR EXPLOSIVE SENDS
PASSENGER VESSEL TO BOTTOM
By Adam Wflehe ,
AALBQRG, Denmark—June t l~~(/T)—About 150 Dane®
drowned when the passenger vessel Kjoebenhavn struck a
World War 11 mine and blew up in the Kattegat.
' The vessel, carrying 400 pass-
Riverside Tenants
Are Offered 3 to 6
Months to Complete
Cooperative Setup
Residents of the Riverside pub-
lic housing development here this
morning were presented with a j
proposition by Marshall W. Amis.
regional director for the Public j
Housing administration, whereby smaU ||a|„ harbor at 9 a. m. Am-
they may be assured of three
months and possibly a six mon-
ths time extension to form their
proposed cooperative for the pur-
chase of that project and to obtain
necessary financing.
The proposition is that good
faith money by Riverside resi-
dents In the amount of $IO,HOO i is. northwest of Copenhagen
must be put up as proof of their j „cr0ss the Kattegat.
Interest In buying the project as | company said the ship went
a npn-proftt group. That amount j down in 10 minutes, four miles
will cause delay in acceptance of 80(ith of the Aalhorg bay lightship
engers, went down ten minutee
alter the dawn explosion ripped
her apart. Scores of sleeping pass- .
engers were drowned in their
bei ths. Many saved their lives by
diving from the deck of the sink-
ing vessel.
The I.AflA-tOn steamer, owned
by the United Steamship CO;
(D.F.D.S.)„ was en route from
Copenhagen to A'llborg, Jutland.
The first vessel to reach shore
from the scene of the disaster
was the Danish tanker Dan gulf
Lube, which carried 13 severely
wounded She touched at the
bulances were waiting and the
survivors were hurried to the lo-
cal hospital, where doctors had
been standing by since early mor-
nlng. i
The Kjoebenhaven wan travel-
ing between Copenhagen and Aal-
borg when she hit the mine. Aal-
in the northern part of the Katte-
gat. Early reports to the company,
it said, Indicated only two life-
boats were lowered before the
vessel sank.
private bids for at least thre?
months, and at that time it pro-
gress of the cooperative meets the
approval of the housing agency I
another three months wilt be I
granted if necessary, Amis said.
To Contact Waahlncton
The PHA official tokl represen- j
tstlves of the proposed cooper*- j
ttve he would contact the Wash- !
Jngton PHA olflce today and ask
the deadline of next Tuesday for
receiving the cooperatlv e's goo:i ,
faith money be 'qxtended until !
June 29. so the proposition Th(( nCwjy injtBHed officers of
may be placed befo.e residents of • th„ rrHt0rpAl Ord0r of Eag
that project for their commitment. took ov,r ,hHr offlcM „nd 4l0m
The proposal will call for a $ 0 j rtlM„d th,lr rMpectlve duties at
deposit from at least :<(>« residents, (hr nrffMnix«tion*A regular meat-
Eagles Plun Ytur's
Business With New
Officers in Charge
or the amount per tenant will be
smaller if the number of Interest-
ed persons is Urger. Amis ex-
plained the deposit would be as
economical to residents H the six
month's time as It would be if the
project were sold to a private In-
dividual who "likely could obtain
permission to raise rent„a* much
as 19 per cent almost immediate-
ly "
Considered a Bargain
"For $ 12.50 per house in
the
trig Wednesday night l.n the Aerie
hall "J. " • :
An announcement was made
j concerning the dance to be given
by the wives of the members Set-
i urday night at 8 p. m at the Old
Timers pavilion.
The new officers are Steve Har-
: rlson, worthy president; Charles
Spradling, Junior past worthy
president; Lee J. Milam, worthy
1 vice president; Harold Colleyf
worthy chaplain; George Jonle.
project you can get fl 00 day op- treasurer, and the trustees. E; 15.
tion to buy the project and if you j MacDowell, A. L. (Dutch) Diet-
are showing an effort or pfogress ' rich, I,eon Adams, W. Boyd and
at the end of that time. I can | N. H, Tubbs. i
give you another 00 day extens-
ion," the director explained to the
cooperative representatives.
The present price per duplex
and lot Is about $1,600 as set by
the PHA
Ward Stephenson, attorney for
the residents, explained to PHA
officials that two weeks time.
Licenses Required
For House Trailers
House trailer owners were urg-
ed today by O D Butler, county
tax assessor and collector, to se-
cure title papers and have a serial
which was all they had. was not 1 number assigned to their ti'allere
enough to confront possible ti- j before they apply for a license,
nanclers who would have to in- ^ state law passed last year made
tt necessary, to have the papeft
before a license can be issued.
Butler said that homemade
bourne trailers without a serial
number could be assigned one
through his office .
He explained that a house trail-
er is classed as art automobile
when It is on the highway end
thus a license is required If the
trailer Is to be moved
vestlgate the project as a sound
Investment for them At least two
financiers have been Informally
contacted concerning backing the
•cooperative and their attitudes
were described as "Interested" or
"warm."
Attractive to Investors -
The housing director explained
and others agreed that the co-
operative's purchase of the pro-
ject would be an excellent in-.
I vestment for a financier because j or for the local housing authority,
he would get the housos at a much j* Amis, announced Thursday t^t
i reduced price If the cooperative l tie had granted temporary ex-
wete to fall. Otherwise, private j Unslcn of ths deadline in order
bidders will have to pay more j to conduct a personal examlnat-
than the $1,300,000 pride set for
the cooperative,
If Amis Is eble to get an answer
today from the PHA office in
Washington, the«results will be
explained on J. Cullen Brown-
ing's local news broadcast tonight
|t 7 p. m on Radio Station KOGT.
Representing the proposed co-
U; i of rhe situation He came here
frrrn Fort Wo'th to conduct the
conference, Original deadline wea
2 p m today Extension was gran-
ted to the close of business June
15. ■ ,
Announcement ~of the offer to
sell the project was made 30 dtya
prior to the original deadline,
operative at today's meeting were Tenants 3pe:it about two weeks in
Jack Brown, Clint Oglesbee, R. J. j, preliminary efforts to organize the
Bryan. Sid Johnson and Steohen- cooperative before making actual
son. Housing officials preeent were contact with lenders
Roes Evahn. R. A. Bremer, Frank The project involved has 7tl
Wood and Amis. i - -4«p|e* dwellings, moetly occupied,
git—leu Announced - tt was offered for sale by the
The conference between apokes- vernment to the tenants for fl.-
$00,000. The price includes of-
fice and community buUdtaffc*.
men foe the tenants and Amis wae
etarted at 10:30 a. m. in the office
of Evahn, who ig executive direct-
streets and utilities.
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