The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 45, Ed. 2 Thursday, February 21, 1957 Page: 1 of 22
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Israel Facing Threat of Sanctions
The Orange Leaderw
Congressional District Reshuffle!
Due Study by Texas Legislature
— Both houses of if the Legislature does not redis-: , 1W
trict after the 1960 census, ' iVOL. LIV
AUSTIN JAP)
Ihe Legislature took steps today
Inward forcing a j*$huffle of con-
iressional district boundaries in
TcxSs.
Otherwise floor debate in both
chambers was mostly routine.
In the House many influential
-NUMBER 4S * Member Associoted Press ORANGE, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, )957 22 Poges
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OT Senate and House committees leaders conferred with Speaker
‘gpleared for floor action proposed
institution changes which would
*e up a redistricting board to act
Waggoner Carr over appointment
of a five-man insurance investi-
gating committee] Rep. Marshall
Bell of San Antonio, author of the
resolution which set up the big
investigation yesterday, said he
“guessed” Carr would name the
committee makeup on Monday.
The Senate quit until 10:30 a.m.
Monday after a half-hour session.
Sen. Ottis Lock of Lufkin said his
Nominations Committee still had
taken no action on Gov. Price
Daniel’s request that six appoint-
ments'made by former Gov. Allan
Shivers -be rejected.
Early today the Senate Consti
tutional *
Longshoremen Ignore Work Orders
Necessary
Agencies Need
Local Support,
UF Group Told
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By MARY ALICE LAKEY
The importance of local rather
than,federal support for charitable
Amendments Committee and character *> building agencies
approved a measure requiring a was emphasized here last night to
congressional redistrict board aft--m«rnbprs of the Orange County
er each 10-year federal census ifi United Fund,
the Legislature does'not redistrict. | This point was the keynote of
Members would consist of the an address by R. W. Kneebone of
governor, lieutenant gover- Houston, principal .speaker at the
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LOUIS SMAIHALL
Prominent
Shipbuilder
Leaving City
noC speaker of the House, attor-
ney-general and state comptroller.
A similar act was sent to the
House floor after a 10-9 committee
approval. y
The House passed a bill making
theft of geophysical maps a felo-
i ny. Final passage was on voice
vote with a number of “no” votes
heard.
Representatives also passed a
bill allowing authorized officials
of the Bahia religious belief — a
i Persian
annual UF membershin banquet in
the Jack Tar Orange House.
Said Kneebone: "When vou turn
to the government for relief, you
ask the government for one more
element of control . . . don’t you
forget it.” He added:
“The United Fund is a typically
American organization, an organ-
ization which has great belief in
the dignity of the human being.
It is* dealing with the nroblem of
human behavior, whether in a
welfare, recreation or character-
Are Signed
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
r President Eisenhower appear* 1
i to have cast the United States’
\i as weight in favor erf U.N. sanctions
Waiting UntiliT? •;
A II Z' - ■ , ■ Iast niRht he declared the United
/\|| V-OnrraCtS Na,inns “has no choice but to ex-
ert pressure upon Israel to com-
ply" with repeated U.N. resolu-
tions ‘calling upon her to with'-
NEW YORK (AP)--Nrw York’s draw !rT Lhe Vaza SfrlP and thh —
25,OQQJaegshoremen today- refused co|st of'he Gulf of Aqaba,
to heed ;back-to-work orders of! .,sraeil Premier David Ben-Gu-
their unirfn president r'on was to replyuin a speech today,
Thomas (Teddy) Gleason, 'gen at n<>«MOrange time),
era I organizer for the Interna-!. *srat‘l,i officiate said Ihe Presi-
tional Longshoremen's Assn,, “said dent had s,’nt ;1 second personal
the men were waiting until. all ,n>«*sage to Ben-Gurion asking for
locals have jigned contracts in Israel's withdrawal fromthe areas-
ports- from Maine to Virginia.' she occupied in her October-No-
Accords have been reached jw-mber invasion of Egypt,
everywhere except Baltimore and The - Israeli Cabinet discussed
Hamptop Roads. Va. ' the situation today with Abba
The action of the New York Eban, Israeli ambassador, who
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PUBLIC WAS WONDERFUL
Korby, At Left, Murphy
mm the 45,000 cargo handlers who't '
rifatsfa ABM *■»*«* struck eight days ago. ' S’
PRIVILEGE TO SERVE
Korby With Greevet
At Boston, stevedores were of- s,,( refary of State Dulle*.
By BOB AXELSON
religious sect working
toward one religion believing in.building way’.
Perform marnagesJ It was Kneebone’s opinion that,
Tftllia cma4haii ha. .. cJb* Senate ywterday cbnfirmed,communities care for their
I *iShiVfLrS aPff1?utmecn/ 0f 0hn 0so’iown needs, they have a better
f "" '"’“““-K-nc, ,n p,.»c, the ,hi„S ,e Cl
l --Carr may appoint today the five- He spoke whh authority of past
*Tiew P°5t Wlt" * Louisiana ship- member mvestigating committee UF endeavor. for he had headed
US. District Judge To Be Principal Speaker
Dedication of New Hospital fs Set for March 3
j ftcially supposed to resume their
J fobs at 8 a.m. but the actual woik
The Egyptian Cabinet met’ with
President Nasser last night40 dis-
connected with clearance of the
Suez Canal.
The top Egyptian and Israeli
i is expected to begin at 1 p.m .'cuss’ the situation, and questions
because of the, necessity for giv-
ing them notice of work,
j Gear men. chief clerks pnd hook
*
shoremen followed the New York ivtinr.A“Tf Pure B)
Orange County’s new $2,567,000]Charlie Grooms. He also said that:| He added. “I believe the people pattern and stayed Idle Spokes I"* I
Orange Memorial Hospital will be]Howard S. Peterson of Orange, of OranRe County know thev do not men for employers said’thev un rll'P I F1CII rfll'lf’ia
dedicated Sunday, March. 3, at 2lpresident of Texas Crehsoting Co. need special invitations. It’s their derstood the men would remain 1 11 ^ HIJUIUIIvC
p m. with U.S, Dist. Judge Lajmar'and longtime civic leader, will be hospital and we hope they will turn away from work pending an
Cecil of Beaumont as principal ] master of ceremonies. out in a body for the dedication over all coastwise settlement,
speaker. | Printed invitations to the event program we are arranging on their
Announcement of the time of the i are being prepared for about 300 behalf.”
building concern.
2 Hia resignation from the local,
'■J firm Was announced today by .its
§ president, Mrs. C. R. Harms Jr.
I “It is with regret that this resig-'
nation is accepted,” Mrs. Harms
, commented. -<
Smaihall has been general man-
ager of the yard for a number of
years and has designed many of
thq barges and ships which have
been built there.
He will become associated as
stockholder and member of the
board of directors of the G. B.
Zigler Co. of Jennings, La. The
Louisiana firm operates a ship-
yard. It also does oil towing, boat
(Sjee LEGISLATURE, Pace 6)
Rites Set For
Victim of Fall
a Houston UF drive which col
lected more than four million dol-
lars. '' ' j
Kneebone is a prominent Hous-
ton banker and at-One time was an i
associate of Jesse Jones, secretary]
of commerce jn the .Cabinet of the]
late President Franklin D. Roose-
velt.
In v New York, longshoremen
gathered at piers before 8 a m.,
ri
Commissioners Court several intended to resume work.
Rate for City
Will Be Cut
months ago to make plans for the Jjfttead, they merpIy vot- j in^rnn^^ie*V wriu,M, 8"
dedication.
limits,v according to an Associated
ing on
— —— —.....—■ i tween v<
of a committee which prepared ma-) Sunday.
Authority Given Corporation
10 USC I OHO I Fierapy L(|UipniCni sr oi the hospital, portraying; the union divialoh which world I w^j.' o"m-
. BRIDGE CITY (Spl) — Funeral His subject was ’“The You in The use in the new Orange Me- ange Memorial Hospital Carp, to j" will^offer* and "the '* people' pri- haUan^s ^eTsidi^sa^M "n ’ f*' Fredl,s an() d,’hits on which
services will be conducted tomor- United Fund” He sooke here morial Hospital of nhvsiral ther- use the nhvsiral ihemnv ennin 1 w, oner .!•, , . ,peope.pr‘ • nattan» west Mae. aaia ms m«n f,re,jnguram.e r#tCi are M(,„ste(j
row at 10 am. in St. Paul's MftfhoJ„.u ph.^ cal. ,h,eraPy. manly responsible for its construe- would not return to piers until, annuallv for Texas rifle. The Or
terial for a special dedication bro- One outspoken local official,1 press' retx)rt t(Z,lv . 2.' 2. ..
chore. This booklet outlines the Harold Bowers, business agent of, insurant#- Commissioner Mark
j0V^ aiL ° a,m'.in St. Paul’s M^tho- while en route to New York to apy equipment belonging to the
dist Church in Bridge City for serve on a national UF committee, orange Polio Treatment Center
Horace Grady Hintchey, 57, who Kneebone declared that,,the hog been officially authorized,
died yesterday at noon in a local things he Hind other workers had A memorandum to that effect
hospital as a result^ of fatal in- done for such an organization hadwas gjgned ves,erday afternoon by
Junes he receded in a fall. enriched their lives because such ^ D Craft, chairman of the
Hintchey_ dwd , cta, 5f «—««
*nd barge repair and construction he suffered when he and two oth-+1hleant n0thin" to n,y hank,” he
and handles pipe storage.
At the local yard, Smaihall will
be succeeded by Michael J. Calla-
han who will be moved tip from
yard superintendent to general
manager. Callahaa started with the
Harms A Smaihall yard Id years
ago as s shipfitter and became
yard superintendent in August,
1950.
A lifelong resident of Orange,
•maihall was graduated from Or-
ange High School and attended
Lamar Tech in Beaumont from
1938 to 1911 when he was employed
by t!)e United Gas Corp.
In November of that year, he re-
igned to Join the late Capt. C. R.
‘srms Jr. in organizing and build-
; the presenTfacility and became
Ice president and general man-
er. In 19M, he sold his interest
Mre. C. R. Harms Jr. and be-
(See SMAIHALL. Page 6) r
Jet Crashes
Near School
er carpenters fell to the floor of
the Hunter Beaty gymnasium at
Wallace School while working in
the attic area,
-An Investigation* disclosed that a
two by six broke causing the col-
lapse of scaffolding that had been
wired to the steel beams support-
ing the ceiling and roof of the
structure.
The men fell through the roof
onto five-high school students who
were in the gym at the time.
Hintchey’s two fellow workers
are both hospitalized with injuries,
and two of the students who were
injured are being kept under ob-
servation at Orange City Hospital. * ne "2^ »W«i. wem up w
T. C. Roamine, 15. i 1M M 'SKlSJS ttg ”*
,ded It confirmed a verbal agreement
The'speaker was introduced by madeJlTn<*s ago, and was accom-
E. E. MacFarland, president of panied by an inventory of
(See F F„ Page 6)
ment. . It will supplement other i tion and operation. Copies will be; settlements are readied in Haiti- anae credj» i. M ner mi « « r*r
facilities for this purpose provided distributed among persons attend- more and Hampton Roads. 1 ' - ' ’ ^
by the county government in the ’ ing the dedication ceremonies.
"We won’t double
construction of the new hospital] a $1,250,000 bond issue approved one,” Bowers said,
and included in the lease agree- by the county’s taxpaying voters
ment between the county and the ion Oct. 13, 1953, and a federal Hill-
cent increase over the ipast year,
cross any- j The new rating* are effective
i April 1. They determine whether
In Baltimore and Hampton fire insurance rates in the cities
Roads, Va., last night, union boss- will be increased, decreased or re-
corporation. (Burton grant in the same amount .es said InrstApsues have not been] main the same. The figures are
and the .
.A big water therapy tank thatiprovided most of the financing for settled and the men definitely]based on the five-year insured loss
is s part of the equipment owned the new hospital. would not return to their jobs. ; record within the past five years,
the by the center already has been! Construction began on Nov. 1,1 Baltimore ILA chief (August Id lucal insurance men pointetl out
equipment involved. • ' mo*ad to .the new hospital. Other 1954, and is now in the finaEstages zik said the Baltimore epiployejs.Xtoday that the 15 per cent gotxl fire
Items on this list are the prop- items wit be' transferred over! The-fuTspital will be opened and in agreeing to a master contract credit had remained in force foi*
along with city hospital property (operated by the non-profit Orangej wftfec STKIKE, Page 8) the P8*1 two V'ars a™ni,p 5
“5? ’.m'lomedjj.n«.ry 'DWI Defendant Unable
rro«fte.c«,by*,„rpOT.,i». T» APP«" «» Trid
erty of the people of the county
and have been held in trust by the
polio treatment center committee.
| This ownership and trusteeship
will remain unchanged after the
HERTFORD, N.C. (AP)-A Jef j transfer of the equipment from its
lane w
A letter from ardoctor attending
cent increase can be attributed to
]an efficient fire department and
(cooperation on the part of local
property t)wners,
Facilities in the polio treatment I facility . ..._____________ r .
„ , -r i , , .. . _ j center were purchased bv the com-! immediately after the dedication Wllsna Michael McKague was sub can he given^and a maximum
fighter ptfne whizzed dose to Per-jpresent^ location at Orange C.ty|mittee several yetfs ago at .an 0f the niw hospital .the^o^ira !mi«ed Orange County Court; per cent debit. The Grange I
quimans High ' School today and j Hospital to the new hospital,
struck a garige across baseball The memorandum * i g n e d by
field from the school. I Craft authorizes the non-profit Or-
Two civilians were badly burned
in the garage, which was set afire.
No school children were hurt.
The Navy ietTighter.went up m
not immediately determined.
Mrs. Tom Terry, whose husband
Overside ‘Junkyard' Rumor
Misspelled T od ay by Powledge
St.. Port Arthur, is suffering from
mild shock and extensive abra- ;^perates a service station near the
sions, according to hospital attend- scKhool, said she saw the plane hit
(See ACCIDENT, Pace 6) ] the garage.
“ The force of the strike knocked
one of the men in the garage
across a fence, she said.
"I don’t know Whether the pilot
was in the plane or not,” she
_ . _ added. “I didn't see any para-
Alarmed Riverside tenants, fear-tThe GSU official explained that chute, and I don’t know whether
■ that a junky yd would be locat- negotiations are now under wav he Rot out or not.”
off Simmons drive within 15 feet and havetr’t been consumated with
their apartment backdoors, Dean Rutledge, local used car lot
were assured today there was nev- operator. r
er any consideration given to such “We are primarily interested in
• proposal. service and that right-of-way
JA petition protesting the report wouldn't be leased fora junkyard,
junkyard was planned was There never can be any perma-
in to O. G. Powledge, man- nent structures under our highlines
of the Riverside Co. here, because of the problem encounter-
re tenants living on Destroy- ed in maintenance and repairs,
just off of Simmons had Nothing can go under those lii
ad ^Nothin;
petition protesting aay yitehycan’t be moved in a
_____ junkyard. Be explained. Eight little wriggiing orphans
Mrs. Earl L. Hutto, 126 De- Under those conditions, wp(blindly felt their way to Mrs. J. C.
itriyer Qr.. one of the signers, wont permit a junkyard or any- Childers at 1010 8th St., lifted up
Ixpained today, “We had heard thing else of a permanent nature their baby voices in something
that a lease was being executed Those are high voltage lines over- resembling a hunger howl and bur-
which would mean the initiation head carrying 69,000 volts gomg di- rowed for their dinner
of a junkyard operation on "Gulf rectly rnto our Sabine Plant on Childers, preparing to (eed
States Utilities Co right-of-way.^Front St. Consequently, we are Aem from a baby of mjlk
It.woqld be some 15 feet away very particular what goes on our her ^ ^ MKj: -Who-
from our back doors and. rats’easement. You can be assured thatjcver took 0ff the mother of these
would be a tremendous t junkyard doesn t fall in that j^^gfjjHj a , a human
u •• \ category, Charlton emphasized. one »
location cited was the back Both men were jif the opinion The mother, known as Nancy,
has been missing since Friday
when she disappeared from her
quarters in the warehouse of the
American Glass Co. at 709 Front
>se lines
huwy
Report From
Circleville
A maximum 25 per cent credit
15
»ni0f the new hospital, the qorpora-1"* ,'.'“V i"--' ^'11 ',,c Are
original cost of over $20,00<f. A tion will begin transferring the yesterday explaining th^ defend-credit is above Beaumont with 5
fund for this purpose was raised ;staff and operatons of city hos-anA w** anahl« to face trial. per cent and Port Arthur with
b, citizen, U« ptUU. the _-4-
transfer, to be done piecemeal in nlfanca ,in„;nn ,»i,ii. inin«i.!im/-AM‘ L-nmun cijgjy ____
Circleville
Feb. 28, 1957
PupsOrphaned
When Mother
Disappears
Dear Editor:
When told he ought to get out
of Circleville occasionally to find
out more about human nature,
Thai Yawn said, “No thanks,
human nature Is what has gotten
the world in die shape It’s in
now.”
Yours faithfully,
H. B. Fox
■
during a severe polio outbreak
Labor for the installation of this
equipmott was donated by crafts-
men from throughout this area.
Volunteer workers also remodeled
a building purchased by the city
government to house the therapy
center. This building will remain
the property of the city.
About $4,000 of the original polio
treatment center fund is still on
deposit In an Orange bank. Craft
said today this money will be re-
tained by his committee n n't i 1
needed to purchase additional
(See EQUIPMENT. Page 6)
........ *“•
£■« c^IiJletSd J0b has, physically unable to appear before (when arrested, took the verdict
physically unable to appear before (when arrested, took the
he would rule on the case. ] impassively.
Oklahoma Escapee Captured
Without Struggle Near Dallas
WM
line of the Riverside Co. that residents on Destroyer drive
ir north as far as Cypress-had acted on information which
,ting on the south with the was basically inaccurate. Tenants
Payne Motor Co at the in- when informed that a used car lot
,n of Destroyer and Sim- was being considered for this lo-jst.
Idrives. cation expressed- pleasure. ] She had been a loyal mother.
Aside from the health and sani-, caring for her brood with the gnfcat-
Powledge and T. O, (Doc)
it local GSU office mans- tatioo problems arising from a
nied there eVer was any junkyard they also disliked the
rtf a iunkvard operation clutter and poor impression which
location * would be created for tourists en-
Splsined. “Negotta-^^range^^
currently under way for
, .. land for a used car lot
fit was stipulated that the
ild be cleaned and kept
_ jiy junked cars would have
moved off promptly ” ]
firm w*s Chkrlton. The
lved js GSU right-of-way
the utility from Riverside.
Weather]
W.itktr Barcas
C.S. Waatkcr
Pair awl a
est of maternal love. Her pups
were fat, healthy babies and she
was proud and protective ...
they were her first litter,
i - Friday morning, when the pups
began yowling for their hreakfast.
there was no Nancy to lick them
off and lay down so they could
dine in style. A search of the
; heighborhood disclosed no trace of
the faithful mother dog..' _________
In Weu Of the natural feeding,
Mrs. Childers and her mother,
Mrs. E. S. Barber of 811 John St.,
set up a milk formula to be used
every two hours for the eight little
orphans. Their diet was composed
parts of water, and while the prep-
a_ television suspense drama When tw0 motels iVKansas City Pro
S*£fVS.“to* S T
town 10 miles south of Dallas Mrs^Fave Anderson* a casnier
Skinner was serving a life sen- of ^ Wyatt’s cafeteria in Dallas,
tence for^e murder of an Okla- pd^ntified Skinner s picture a* the
homa City detective at the timp^man who bdd her up Saturday
of his escape. njg^t an(j escaped%ith $i50
Three deputy sheriffs arpT five Herbert T. Cockrum; 27, of
FBI agents armed pistols Rlchmond. Va.. also utenrified h.x
made the arrest. SkmSer had been pjCbire as tbat of a man who took
sought here sincebf was identified his car and about ^ at gttnpo,nt
as the man whptobbed a cafeteria Saturday. But after Cockrum made
last Saturday: a Sjgned statement to police yes-
Sini,h ^.ned '^e doPr,t0 * ^ePutY terday, this robbery was called a
situ tn FBI Agent while tiic ofh(*r hosx bv officers? 4
officer* surround? the house The Skinner told Officers he sprained
officers ordered him to put up his bis fnot -g()(ng ovtr tb<l W8ir
handl- \ when he escaped from the Okia-
I g« «n up, Skinner replied homa pn$9£
with a grin. He sai</the reason he broke out
Smith also was .held by officers was tb„ ..j had t ljfe semence.
and tlje FBI said he would be That’s reason enough for going
Charged with harboring a fugitive ovcr die wall ”
The slender, dark-haired Skinner Slynner said serving a life sen-
was sitting on s living room couch tenrt in Oklahoma was three tfmra
with his foot soaking in a tub of „ a, Texai prisons,
hot water. ~ *
Later he told reporters:
“I can’t say I’m glad it’s over
ORANGE JUICE
Woman Is Sentenced novelty-i* starting to wear
. .. . u j . off for Mrs. R. A. Vincent. Oranee
In election Freud first full-time policewoman, who
FORT WORTH (AP) — Charlie •• patroling the downtown area to
Mae Allen was given a two-year- check for overtime meter parkers
and-s-dav suspended sendee last She* »nang an average of 35-
n.ght after a^urTconvicted her"^"* end ha. «mly
of making a false report on elec- Tunorcom^aint. The pmto
SAFETY DIVISION PROPOSED j
WASHINGTON (AP)-Sen, Lyn-
don Johnson introduced legislation
yesterday to set up an auto and
highway safety division in the Wel-
fare Department. He said the* DESOTO. Tex. (AP)-James Ed^But l’fn'glad (Dallas County Sher-
agency could help reduce the high ward Skinner, 22-year-old escaped iff) Bill Decker’s men and the FBI
mortality rate on the highways. ]lifer from the Oklahoma Stateigot me instead of the city boys.
Penitentiary, wag captured with- They are too nervous.”
out a struggle here last night after] The young fugitive referred to
a week of freedom. 'rumors that city police In Dallas,
He.gave up with a grin to sher- skinner’s home town, had orders
iff s deputies and FBI agents, as t0 "shoot to kill” if he was spotte
he soaked a foot that he sprained Police denied this, however.,
when he escaped from the Okla- Dallas Homicide Capt. Wrtf Fritz
homa State Prison at McAlester s8,d .qkjnner and possjbfv a com- /
last Wednesday. He was watching pan inn were believcd’to have rob-
suspense drama When tw0 moteis in Kf
unoff primary, Aug 25.
Mrs. Allen, a Negro
commented. “All this walking
mikes me hungry and I’m eating
a horse.”
L. Stanfield,
city’s first full-time fire mar-
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