The Orange Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 91, Ed. 1 Friday, April 18, 1947 Page: 4 of 8
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POPULAR SCIENCE No. 5
IDGAR KENNEDY In
MOTOR MANIACS"
TODAY and
SATURDAY
AN AVALANCHE OP THRILLS. ACTION, ROMANI Kl
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STRAIGHT FOR THE FIRST j-"
POLICEMAN HE SEES /
AWAY FROM
HERE QUICK!
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TO PICK DONNIE UP WHEN/ SAY, BUT THAT
WE GET TO THIS TOWN? I DOESN'T WORRY
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THE ORANGE LEADER
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. ORANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1947
Information Concerning Orange People
In Disaster Area Benins To Trickle In
| authorized amateur radio operat-
ors to handle emergency and busi-
I ness messages to aid shippers,
| growers and business men. Boy
Scouts were to help deliver them.
The Valiey, far from other cent-
■ ■ MM TEXAS TODAY
n Disaster Area Begins ToTrickle In B>
~ 77 ‘ ~T~~ Associated Press Staff " .
Information of those from Or- I night uninjured. He was employ- j The telephone strike has irl
■nge Who were in Texas City at i cd with the Stone and Webster converiienced tens of thousands
the time of the disaster Wednesday | contractors in Texas City at the ! of Texans but the Lone Star State
has begun to trickle in. A number time of the disaster. /has found, with a certain amount Would fail, and no repairs made.
«f relatives went over and others ; Wesley Beadle, Jr., 604 Cherry, j of pleased surprise, that civilizat- Bill Tatroe, Harlingen, manned
ealled to friendi in and niar the employee of the Union Carbide _ i0n hasn’t come to a dead stop. Ins set and worried about his
, *—. on., t Li{e i„ a tittle more difficult. Wife in the hospital. He was about the
Communication is slower, but i to become a father, but he took them mgri in Austin and iWash
some have found that is doesn’t his turn keeping communications ington is overratin what 'gbes on
fis of the state, would be virtual-
ly isolated by bad weather. Lines
shine of tragedy and recieved bits .and Chemical plant at Texas City,
of news. A number of the persons was reported uninjured by his
came home shortly after the ex- father who went to that place
plosion took place. Wednesday. They- still were in
Mrs. Leonard Van Open was Texas City late ’f’hursday. 7
Drought here w'ed- ■ ■■ ,
nasday night from Tex- Carl Griner arrived here this
as City where she was employed as morning from Texas City unln-
supervisor in a division of the jured. He stated his family es-
MonsaiUo Chemical company plant j caped with minor injuries, al-
She suffered slight injuries and though thlir home was pretty
was badly shaken up. well torn up by the blast. Griner
Sco(tie Jackson. 805 Cypress, spent the remainder of Wedncs-
was employed with the Union ; day and all Thursday aiding in
the strike of its 315 operatprt.
In Hillsboro, Cawtoin Bennett
of San Francisco, a telepbdpt re-
pairman, wasn't on strika.' Re was
on vacation, and was getttyg ^a(d
while others were striking. But
he’ll be on strike, too, at the end
of his vacation period. ',
The Circievilie Philosopher Ip
the dranger News summed it up:
T* NATION
TODAY
“I’m here1 to say they’re' talking
things too serious. I, .thinks
'C ■' % Jamas Marlow
• WASHINGTON-! AP )-Presid-
ent Truman wants this govern-
ment-^* -be able to decide what
nation can or oan’t buy arms here.
^ Which means: We can help arm
Carbijle and Chemical company,
r tewl
| the work in the stricken area.
He told reporters he left and came ■ ■ - —
home, when warning was issued Mrs. Eugene Cottle, who re-
late 'Wednesday for all persons cently underwent a major oper-
to evacuate. He suffered he in- ation at John Sealy hospital in
jury but stated he was ‘‘shaken j Galveston, has returned to her
up quite a bit." ; Home here at 2003 North Tentli
Gay Harris returned to his home ; street. Her condition is reported
make much difference, after all. open.
Aunt Jane, for example, can \yait t A Harlingen mother turned her
for a letter telling her that Cpusiti useless telephone into a toy for
Jbe will visit come Jjuly 4. " her children. They would sit in- | ular routine.”
Gossip has been interfered with { definitely listening to the record
over the telephone. People just
imagine they’re gonna i*e tblowcd
up if something upsets pikfr reg-
.; \ . • >'
,S naUpp we consider a friend and
>e^ jfcr arms^swsy from one we
and the party lines aren’t what . ing which endlessly explained thut
here ut 1308 Cherry Wednesday ’ satisfactory.
they used to be. One business man
with a sign of something like re-
lief said he’d save several hundred
dollars a month on long distance
calls. I-
Western Union has gone Into
high gear to handle business mess-
ages, and their load is terrific. Of-
ficials say they have hired many
amateurs and have called back
some of the old timers to help
handle the record toll.
Down in the Valley, the Fed-
eral Communications Commission
JOE PALOOKA
due to a work stoppage^ calls were
not being answered. • j
Id Tyler, Fire Chief Henry Ginn \
said his department had received j
fewer than Usual fire calls. He j
advised residents that three taps j
on the receiver in making a call
indicated to the operator that a The word ’’ventriloquism’’ is
real emergency existed. The em- ! derived from the Latin "Renter”,
ployment service said 75 percent or belly, and "loqul" or to,speak,
of its business was handled by and originally was supfc^ed to
phone, and that transactions had result from a peculiar usek of the
dropped sharply.. Generally. Tyler stomach during the process of In-
was adapting itself well to the i haling. ’ -J ,
''let”-
consider. an enemy
Mr. Tfuman has asked congress
elpiasB;*
f: K‘Ji another example of how
deeply we.have stepped into world
•i .u alialiv end hew ,far we have
k to continue toe wr ^ isol,tion.
L President Roosevelt in 1837 ask-
.e .« <*•*«'>"" w ^ cpi^gresa. toflx toe neutrality
act edit woqld cot er civil wars,
Jod,.<?ongressdld.
n-Sp/Mr. Itopacvelt banned arms
shipments to either side in the
Spanish: civil war, even though
we; recognized thc Loyalist gov-
A vendetta, in its origingr sense,
was the custom by WhIPh to*
nearest kinsman of a brnirdcrod
man undertook, '*■' ‘
quarrel and
Later it became an obligation for
the entire family to assume, j
erdtnOnt as legitimate,
ii But nu
By HAM FISHER
HE DONE BEAT ME
BAD... HE ALM05'
DONE KILT ME
GUESS HE TH0T
HE DID.
WHERE5 ANN...WHERE'S THE “
GIRL... IN HEAVEN'S NAME,MI$&$
, ... WHERE5 Th£ <5iRL„, j
, A
m
I SADDLED A HOSS AN GIVE
‘ER SOME MONEY AN’ GRUB AN’
SENT 'ER OAOWN TH BACK TRAIL
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• THAT MU6TA BEN F0'DAYS AGO.,
PORE KID...SHE'S SICK...DON'T
KNOW WHO SHE IS..
REMEMBER NAWTHIN.
' 1/ acwsat j
L .u.
I CAN'T 5TAY HERE FOREVER,LOOKING FOR
THAT BOV. IT BEATS ME WHERE HE HAS
r? G0NE.YEAH,ANDWHERE
HE CAME FROMT^^
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MG SISTER
-YEP.* BUT THI5 TRUCK DRIVER SAID THE BOY
HAD WANDERED AWAY FROM HIM.ANYTO,
THAfS WHERE THE BOY IS, j— y|j
Russia, Nazi Germany and
FakeUt 'Italy sent men and sup-
; piles tpto Spain Russia to the Loy-
ulisia' kha nkUar tUu, In Frenmi
,a lists, the other two to Franco,
i Sd Spain and Ethiopa were a
.testing, grqund for WorW War II.
Jt .shov. ed 'how slbw the demo-
would be in Stopping ag-
;JlMWOTjfe;; Hiller was dragging
Furop^ .'>e|osor to general war.
Ntfki Germany had' been arming
furiously.
tV was* far better armed than
Brttofn ' nr ’ France When World
rM^*:** t**'
it' fpr IjhXJd/ This, also
. ival/i/.act f»o far had
v l^^tstSj .v'eUtns easier vlc-
ltliouifh it* had deprived them
givi:toe fascists of arms, it hurt
tod faSpists less becauset the fas-
hidts were always better armed.
n tfifa way our policy oi im-
partlalityr-givlng arms to neither
side In ’a Bight—had helped fas-
cilm.;*''-'
"Lute in September. 1938. Mr.
Roosevelt asked congress to change
" (UtJ.act. it did. The new
Sd -any nation to- buy
It paid cash
and could carry them
-M-
carry prograth! It srtfil was sup-
posid^to be Impartial. Actually
Jt' 'helped, ’and. it was intended to
Jjalp^ Britain and France and hurt
Germany.
Britain and France, con-
t™lied the seas they could buy
arrhs'here and parry them home
Germany was
cut. vu :to»m us,
\ Bhtfthat neutrality act of 1939
^ti UCatandt: ■ Ani’ nation can get
hi ms. Iiere nr materials for m»k-
Iniraem*. try-paying bash. It’s still
suaih>|«dly) lfdpartial. . . ■
, Npw' tr^ident Truman wants
ft dbaijgod by Cbogress so the gov-
ernihent can-deckle who can or
fa^ac'leC hdre. Like this:
i
'iv'
. . i it considered friend
leefyll- blit keep them from
CdnsMSred warlike or
1.io Yihtir' WBy 'the' government
w«iulcUi‘£; bk, tied ’hand and foot
Ittdr hj Jts pWh liar of impartial-
>-- b* <a|ped/.Uf .help a possible
kniy or aggressor.
m
Dragon Pack
THE YKARS MOST
0ENSAHONAL STAR ..
■ the picture you've read
and heard so much about.'
Executive Order
Terminating Three1
Agencies is Due v I
. another and missed a third by a
—atter of 1 1-4 inches:• fir r < < *,
Price is top-flight in aflj'tCagiic,
too. Ii isn’t that Dallas track, i*
wedkr to the eqhtrary; It j? ^trojgj
er than usual. Here’s what be did,
«r L- . i.,,, . . p . 1120-yard high, hurdles, 14.9 (new
reported record): 200-yard low hurdles,
Truman »« reported M 8 (tlcd the rec0adj; high jump,
6 feet (1 inch under fhc record);
broad juthp, 21 feet 0 iaches.
s8
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President Truman was reported
readying an executive order today
to wipe out three major wartime
emergency agencies and transfer
rent controls from OPA to the
housing expediter.
Officials familiar with a tentat-
Asked where he would go to
college upon gradual ion in June,
ivc draft of . the order said it will1 **
iiniii^atinn thi> nfficc youngeste! said.
Ul I the polite, agreeable, earnest
complete liquidation of the office have makc mind
of pr.ee administration, th* ' I first on What I want to be-what
1 courses I want to take, I am 'think-
ing seriously about studying for
ian production administration
the office of war mobilization anp
reconversion.
‘ It also would put the skids und-
er the office of temporary con-
trols, the agency set up last D*®-
ember to start the liquidation pro-
cess.
Budget bureau officials said the
order "may be isued today or to-
morrow.”
SPORTSBREFS
the ministery. But you ijuye to be
sure about things like that ^iou
have to be sure whether .vott're
fitted for it, whether thatfs the
right thing tor you to do. I may
go to some college and tike a
general course in physical educat-
ion and then decide what I am
going to specialize in."
We have a good idea that Cle-
burne, a member of the Baptist
church, will etiter Baylor and
study for the ministry.
;r
By HaroM V. Ratliff
Associated Press Sperts Editor
DALLAS.. (AP) — Cleburne
F*rice, this, city's greatest schdol-
boy trackster.'.can pick, his college
but the North Dallas star isn’t
primarily considering .the athletic
angles although he will compete
wherever he may ga. >
- Oklahoma A. and H-, Southern
Methodist, Rice, fekak .A. and M-,
Baylor and Texas would like to
have Him enrolled for. both an
education and ail-arolmd perform-
ances in'track. > 'i >
He. turned in the, greatest in-
dividual show in Dallas cinder
path history the other, night as he
won the high and low husdles,
broad jump and high Jump and ran
a lap on the victorious sprint re-
lay team in leading his school to
its first city championship. In so
doing jie broke one record, tied
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