Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 71, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 25, 1951 Page: 1 of 24
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Listen To
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Sweetwater Reporter
The Weather
T«mp*rafur*. hUfti Friday, 67; low
Saturday morning. 42 barometer, 30.2H,
steady Mostly cloudy, unsettled, tiome-
what cooler. Relative humidity, 20 per
64th Year
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SWEETWATER. TEXAS, SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1951
NBA Telephoto Service
Number 71
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tot the light of the
he that followeth me shall
walk in darkness but shall have
the light of life.” _
JOHN 8:12
Lull MacArthur Ready To Push Over
f ^1 38th If Reds Spurn Peace Offer
New Armory Site Is Planned
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In a world of chaos, war and the hardening of hearts against the teachings of the Master,
there is hope in the beautiful story of the Resurrection. Posing for this scene illustrating the
Raster theme are Phyllis Morris, of (irand Rapids, Mich., and Loren Cook, ol Lansing, Mich.,
both students at the Moody Kible Institute in Chicago.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 21 (UP)
—Local selective service boards
in Texas will bo notified Mon-
day to cut their April quotas in
half, state selective service
headquarters announced today.
Brig. (Jen. Paul L. Wakefield,
state director of selective ser-
vice, said the action followed a
national headquarters cut in the
state quota, ( hopping tlie April
figure from 4.150 to 2,075.
Wakefield declined to predict,
whether the May call for about
3,000 men would lie adjusted.
“Whether this will he left as
it is, be decreased or increased,
we have no way of knowing," he
said.
On March 23, 32 men are
scheduled to lie inducted by the
Nolan-Fisher-Scurry Count y
board, including five transfers.
On the same date, 52 men are to
report for physical examination.
The April call for the three
county board is for 31 men to re-
port for induction on April 13.
Presumable this total will be cut
approximately in half.
Guard Fire
Loss Here
Is Checked
Maj. David A. French of the
U. R. purchasing and disbursing
office in Texas, Camp Mabry,
Austin, investigating officer ap-
pointed for the adjutant gener-
al’s department for the National
Guard armory, said here Satur-
Stock Show
Plans Begun
For 1952
Plans for the 1951 Sweet-
water area livestock show were
, , . . ..set in motion at a meeting of — ......„ ......—,
day that complete estimates of t leaders in the organization here used to stage boxing and wrest-
loss will probably be less than at ; j png matches and for various oth
20 Acre Tract
In Newman Park
Area Proposed
Two tracts of city-owned land
near tlte Newman Park will be
ftered to the state National
Guard board soon for the pur-
pnse of constructing an armory
f< i the Sweetwater National
Guard Company "K”, which was
"burned out of business" last
week in the airport fire.
The military affairs committee
of the Board of City Develop-
ment. in cooperation with the lo-
cal V.F.W. and American Legion
posts, plan to work out final de-
tails next week with the city
commission prior to their trip to
Austin to confer with the state
guard officials.
A. C. Bishop, BCD manager,
said the city Will donate the tract
of land—free of charge—for the
armory site.
First choice for the armory is
a 10-acre strip which includes the
old baseball park and the land
just west of the diamond. Sec-
ond choice is a 10-acre site east
of the Sears’ fair barn.
In the number one choice, the
baseball park could be used as
the parade grounds, with the ar-
mory building and maneuver
area across the street.
According to Bishop, the state
and federal governments would
pay for the complete cost of the
building, with the city donating
the land.
The armory building could be
first feared, but loss will be high. ; Kearney was re-ap-
“ he important thing now ^ | pointed superintendent by the
to keep the National Guard on , ', , ., , f „
its fee ,’’ Major French said, i board and he laidI plans for a
“General Martin urged that not j meeting within the next two or
a single drill be .missed. ’ '““‘ks wl,h muntM aEe‘
HUNGER STRIKE CAPS
MOBILE, Ala., March 21 (UP)
—The hunger strike at the coun-
ty jail here collapsed again yes-
terday before a tempting dish of
fried fish, English peas and
mashed potatoes.
"The town ana all of its or
gunizations should push and
baek the guard as never before.
It needs an armory and it needs
encouragement.”
He said that the Sweetwater
three weeks, with county age-
nts and vocational agriculture
teachers to make suggestions
for changes and improvements
in the show.
Following this meeting, the
1952 show catalogues will be
guard unit is an outstanding j sent to the printers,
one and the town support of it a committee was selected to
lias also been outstanding, par- study facilities of the show look-
ticuiarly the backing given by ing fonvard to improvements,
theV.l'.W. I enlarging and additions. Chas
Lea Boothe as committee mem-
bers.
er purposes as well as headquar-
ters for guardsmen.
Lester Turner, chairman of the
BCD military affairs committee
stated:
"Sweetwater lias needed a Na-
tional Guard armory for a long
time and we need it now more
than ever before since the old
armory quarters were destroyed
in the Avenger Field fire.”
His committee will discuss the
plans with the city commission
Monday and try to obtain im-
mediate action since the local
guard unit is in dire need of a
meeting place, not to mention
complete new equipment to re-
place that lost in the fire.
puts in,”
Guard commander
Major French said
('apt,. Hez Hawley, Jr., com-
mander, said that the guard will
remain on a high level with its
regular drill scheduled for
Thursday night.
Friday evening, the Veterans
of Foreign Wars climaxed a
guard recruiting campaign with
a barbecue for the guard at the
VFW (’in!). Twenty-six men were
recruited under the special pro-
gram.
Pfc. Paschal Martinez won
See GUARD I’age 3
Lone Star Building Job
Is Moving In High Gear
Although tile Lone Star Ce-
ment Plant construction at Mary-
neal is far from the ideal spot to
go for a Sunday afternoon drive
because of its inaccessibility to
visitors, the sprawling project is
making fast pace now toward
completion by October.
More than GOO men were at
work, the chalky white dust was
flying everywhere and the out-
show the reporter about the
humpy dusty roads, dodging ma-
chines and traffic.
The enormous steel furnace
cylinders are on the ground, bo
Directors expressed satisfac-
tion with this year’s show and
said that there is general agre-
ement that the show is on the
right track and of the right
type.
Apiong those attending the
meeting were Demp Kearney,
.1. C. biribling, president, Irving
A. Loeb, Loy Robertson, Clay-
ton Williams, Fred Stewart,
BishopSam Glass, L. L. Zeig-
ler, Lea Boothe, Ralph Collins,
John Pepper, Taul Cain, A. C.
Bishop, M. B. Templeton, and
others.
Another meeting is planned
soon to receive committee re-
commendations.
W, L. Burns, 75,
Funeral Service
Today At 2 p. m.
ing assembled, and foundations
are under construction.
The 250 foot by 75 foot mill
building will lie one of the main
buildings. Large concrete crews
1 i nes*ofC future' massive bulk J hies ore busy erecting the 119-foot Sweetwater home,
were timingtoXw up iTl h,*h *'«* wh,ch wil> »e in du- Houston, will be held
week winm a reporter visited the
location.
it is difficult to get about and
extremely dangerous so visitors
are not allowed on the location.
Construction Engineer Frank
Walle laid off for a moment to
Shortage Here
In Labor Field
Employment is continuing at
a High level throughout this en-
tire region with some shortages
in unskilled labor and domestic
Help, (lie Texas Employment
Service reported Saturday.
W. A. Hazelfood Jr., manager,
said that there is a temporary
shortage of unskilled labor local-
ly. If there should be a rain
calling for farm help, the situa-
tion would quickly become much
tighter because a large number
of persons normally in farm and
ranch work are in the cement
plant and other construction
jobs at the moment.
Airplane factories and defense
plants away from here are call-
ing for special skills, Hazelwood
said “Our office has dally con-
tact and full Information on these
openings," he said.
tei's and connected.
The Santa Fe is double-track
ing the line for about a mile and
Lone Star will soon have its
own several miles of permanent
track. Big underground conduits
are being built for power lines
and preparations are being made
lor bringing Lone Star Gas
mains to the plant.
The whole plant site will be
landscaped and centered with
a modern office building when
completed.
Funeral for Willie Lee Burns,
75, former Merkel resident who
died at 6 p. m. Friday at his
505 Sam
at Lamar
Street Church of Christ at 2
p. m. Sunday with the minis-
ter. Paul Foutz, assisted by
Wilburn C. Hill of the Fourth
and Elm Street Church, officiat-
ing.
interment will be in the Rose
Hill Cemetery at Merkel with
I Patterson Funeral Home in
charge. Pallbearers will He Joe
Cypert and George Woodrum of
Merkel; Oran Browning, Red-
den and Hugh Busby, and Joe
Stapleton. All friends are listed
U. S. Won t
Ask To Bomb
Red China
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y„ Mar.
24 (UP)—The United States has
no intention of asking United
Nations permission to bomb
Communist China even if Gen.
MacArthur’s cease-fire bid is re-
jected, an American spokesman
said today.
MacArthur said that a UN de-
cision to extend the war by au-
thorizing attacks on the China
coast and interior bases “would
doom Red China to the risk of
imminent military callapse.”
Some key delegates and offi-
cials feared this was an implied
threat to ask UN permission to
carry the war into China proper
if Peiping refuses the bid to call
off tile fighting.
But the U. S. spokesman initi-
ated such fears were groundless.
Without going directly into the
MacArthur statement, he said
flatly that this country has no
plans to seek UN authorization to
attack China.
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FIRST LOOK IN SEVEN MONTHS — Returning Marines from Korean battlefronts stack the
rail of the l,'SS General Randall to get a first look at San Franeiseo and the United States
in seven months. The 1500 veterans are the seennd group to come home under the new rota-
tion plan. Also on hoard are 57 war dead, the first to he returned. (NEA Telephoto).
Family Stricken By Fire Second
Time Finds Many Ready To Help
Trailer Home Needed For Six
—5 Year Old Lad Rescues His
Baby Sister From Burning House
Sweetwater and vicinity joined hands Saturday to aid
the family of Mrs. Beatrice Powell who lost their father.
Perry Lee Powell in a fire last December, and lost all of
their possessions in another fire here Friday night.
Soon after Radio Station KXOX broadcast the story of
a fire that destroyed the family’s little two room house near
the Good Will Community School Friday night about 7
o’clock, the public began to stir itself to help.
The rescue of his little two-
weeks - old sister by Delbert
Louis Powell, almost five, par-
ticularly appealed to the pub-
lic.
. „ ,, T, e tt, . | The little fellow, finding the
t Si LTsnLdw with ! family home afire tried to call
for help. Failing, he resolutely
went back into the burning
Fund Is
Raised
UN Forces Will
Cross Line When
Necessary, Says
General On Visit
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| TOKYO Sunday, March 25 —
(UPi Gen Douglas MacArthur
directed the victorious United
! Nations armies Saturday to cross
, the 38th parallel if necessary as
: I the Commuinsts replied to his
j j peace offer with stiffened resist-
\ j ance in the salient they still hold
i in South Korea.
MacArthur said the old border
: between north and south Korea
j never hail any military signifi-
> : ranee and that hi- troops should
| I cross it. if the Communists gave
:j | provocation.
j j This apparently left the deci-
j sion to be made in the field by
I.t. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
8th Army commander, to cope
with the tactical situation.
Enemy Counter Attacks
Even as he issued the state-
| ment the enemy counter attack-
ed in battalion size northwest of
Seoul and increased its efforts
jto set up a new defense line be-
tween Seoul and the border, try-
'ing desperately to hold on to
: the few square miles of South
i Korea still in its grasp.
UN troops above Uijongbu,
11 miles north of Seoul, suf-
j ferecl heavy casualties Saturday
ias they swept Communists out
of dug’in positions with bayon-
ets and grenades.
The enemy salient dwindled
! steadily, but the allies were mov-
ing only yards at a time. The
Reds were outflanked on the
west by paratrooper- and tank-
men and on the east by armored
units of the U. S. 1st Cavalry Di-
vision.
Communists who had retreated
to the north bank of the Imjin
River ahead of the paratroopers
turned and fired back with ar*
„ „ .. apery before Nuvv divebombers
'' ell, was in the school 1 dd-; p „ an(i ,jlcnce<l the
m whom occurred. - le ; ^,v ,; other N >vv plum
grandmother. Mrs. Ida 1 j^.^rting American ground
was m the yard hanging clothes | ff>* atta(.k-C(1 enemv positions
and the three older children clnse af 100 yards ahead of
were playing in the yard. the Yank spearhead.
Lee Edward, oldest child, is ! MacArthur Statement
about six and a half years old, i MacArthur issues his state-
Delbert Louis is almost five]mentoncrossingthe38thparal-
years old. Lillie Mae is two and a iel upon his return to Tokyo
half and the baby, Perry Ruth, j from his 14th visit to the Korean
is two weeks old. J front lines where he found that
Little Lad Hero , "everything goe- well . . Our
Mrs. J. C. Pittard, who is in j troops maintain the initiative
charge of the Good Will Com-1 and the enemy continues to with-
munity Center school, said that j draw.”
the five year old Delbert Louis Before flying to Korea Satur-
went into the house from his j day morning he offered in a con-
play and discovered the fire re- licient statement to meet the
suiting from an explosion of the | Red field commander in hopes
kerosene cook stove.
of negotiating a peace and warn-
was started here Saturday with
a liberal early response. Contri-
butions should be made to the
pedal fund, said B. C. Pace who j house and brought his baby sis-
«* W*Si1S?1& I -".honorary pallbearer,.
Co.-Gifford Hill
are employing a number of per-
sons who commute from Ros-
coe and Sweetwater and a very
efficient organization lias liven
whipped together for the mas-
sive job.
“Bill” Logan, office' manager
for tlie construction company,
who pioneered the whole project,,
said the project is on schedule
and perhaps a little ahead. How-
ever scarcities of materials are
beginning to be felt.
Finish date is Oct. 15.
One report is that cement
sacks for the new plant have
been promised for September
but officials still say they will
be thankful to be operating in
mid-October.
Mr. Burns was born in Lancas-
ter, Texas, on April 1, 1S75, and
wa- married to Celesta Mae Ber-
nard in Dallas County on Dec.
29, 1895. Tlie family moved to
Merkel in 1905 and lived there
until 1918, when Mr. and Mrs.
Burns moved to Sweetwater.
In Merkel, Mr. Burns was a
charter member of the Merkel
Volunteer Fire Department, was
chief at one time, and also
served as fire marshal.
orviving are his wife; two
daughters, Mrs. Wm. Cinners of
Port Arthur and Mrs. Buford
Books of Sweetwater; two sons,
Ira R. Burns of Denison and R.
See BURNS—Page 8
Two Traffic
Mishaps Here
Mrs. Velton P. Terry of Roby
was injured in a minor traffic
collision at Pecan and Fourth
Street in Sweetwater about 6
p. m. Saturday. She was carried
to Sweetwater Hospital in a Pat-
terson ambulance and it was not
believed that injuries to her
head would prove serious.
She was riding in a car with
her husband when it collided
with another car driven by
George Allen Kegan of Sweet-
water.
Another minor tarffic crash
occurred on East Broadway late
Saturday.
headed the committee. The V.F.
VV. is sponsoring the collection.
Contributors to the fund in-
cluded:
V.F.W. Post 2)79. 8100;
H. W. (Pop) Broughton, $25;
Pace Packing Company, $20;
Jack Arbaugh, $5;
Skinny Pace, $10;
Wayne Smith, $10;
Charles Fry, $2;
Wade Forester, $10;
Clark Agency, $5;
Friends—$5, $5, $25 and $10.
Ocie Hunt, $5:
Nolan Furniture Co,, $10;
Dr. P. T. Quast, $3;
Lewis Brooks, $10;
O. O. Hollingsworth, $10;
Jimmy Maddox, $10;
O. O. Harris, $1;
Rusty Reed, $1.
BATTER INTO Bl’lLIHNG
CHICAGO, March 24 (UP)—A
gang of holdup men used a car
as a battering ram to smash a
rear door and rob a currency ex-
change of $3,100 yesterday.
Employes thought the build-
ing was collapsing when the
steel door crashed in. They and a
customer fled as the six men
raked in the money and escaped
in another auto.
Air Force
Officials
Visit CAP
A group of Air Force officers,
deeded by Maj. Fabrain L. McGee
of Hensley f ield, Dallas, was in
Sweetwater Saturday investigat-
ing the Civil Air Patrol loss in
the Avenger field fire.
The local CAP had an L-4
plane on loan and also had other
properties swept away in the
fire.
The local CAP unit plans to
remain intact and rebuild as rap-
idly as possible, its leaders said.
C. S. Perkins Is
Slightly Better
C. S. Perkins, well-known
Sweetwater attorney who has
been critically ill in Sweetwa-
ter Hospital for several days fol-
lowing surgery, was reported
somewhat improved late Satur-
urday.
It was reported that although
his condition remains serious, it
wps believed more favorable.
ter out in his arms.
Goodfellows Help
Chas, E. Paxton, secretary of
the Goodfellows, announced ear-
ly Saturday that the Goodfel-
lows would take steps to pro-
vide “immediate relief” and
appealed over the radio for con-
tributions of clothing, mattress-
es, furniture, utensils, bedding
and other needs as the family
lost everything except the clo-
thing they were wearing. He
asked that those who wanted to
help to contact Mrs. J. C.
Pittard at the Good Will
School on West Arkansas or
call him at 508 Pine, telephone
2606.
VFW Fund
B. C. (Skinny) Pace headed a
committee for the Veterans of
Foreign Wars
“He said that he ran out to 1 ed Pieping that extension of the
cull his grandmother but could I war would “doom Red China to
not make her hear him,” Mrs. | the risk of imminent military col*
Pittard said.
lapse.”
“He ran back into the house. Observers believed he was now
gathered up his little two weeks I in position to push in force
See FIRE—Page 8 I See MACARTHUR—Page 8
Gambling lawyer Made
Quarter Million Dollars
WASHINGTON. March 24 — :ti ’ - .and Myron .1. Bennett, for-
(UP) — Sidney A. Brodson oflmer safety commissioner.
Milwaukee, who said he had a He said that his "press agent
tough time financially while prac- < we- responsible for a story that
Dicing law, testified' today that lie “met” Miller in nearby In-
Die had accumulated a quarter of dianolu. Actually, he said, he
a million dollars making bets on just "bumped into him" there
basketball, football and baseball and there was no prearranged
games meeting. When Miller ran for
He'gave that estimate of his ! sheriff in 1050, he said, “I was
“net worth” to the Senate Crime I "^admitted that he "might
telline on a “little vacation.” But
-Page 8
Investigating Committee at a
public hearing this afternoon. : have gone to Chicago with Cas
| Brodson, a suave, stockily , wv„_
built, conservatively dressed 1 bee L'AVV * B'K'
i man. told the committee tiiat 08 :
, . to, raV?e a • Pfu or 99 tier cent of his wealth
cial fund for the family and by ,.ame from tlio "wagering busi-
noon had about $300. 1 ness” which lie ■ | ' rates m a one-
Mrs. Pittard, who is close to | room office in downtown Mil- i
ihe family and knows the situa- waukee.
tion. said that she felt the best j His betting is primarily on r I
................. .......................... i Just a little more than a week
solution would be to provide the | legiate basketball game— never | umfl the city election - then
family with a trailer house.
fill out the rest of the year.”
Brodson estimated that hii
“It would be located near our
school where we can help with
the children. There would he
furniture, built - in stove, beds
and other needs. They could get
water, butane gas and other
necessities.”
Furniture stores offered fur-
niture and individuals carried
mattresses and other needs to
the school Saturday. The radio
station had many calls and it
was indicated that the public
wants to help the iamily.
Mrs. Pittard took care of the
family immediately with aid of
the county welfare board but
said finding a place for them
to stay permanently is import-
ant.
Four Small Children
The Powell family had been
living ill a small two room house
close to the Good Will Communi-
ty School in the 1100 block on
icvu j -------------
professional ones, lie said--with the losers can reiax and wonder
bets on football and baseball “to I what happened.
.1. W. King, columnist for tlie
total wagers last year were about I Mitchell ....V'' ' f n.'.t
that he paid income mx on about ' >f‘
SStl.000 of profits c-t vc;" Ides and hard feelings as t«o ot
He explained that the figure on neighboring
his total wagers is somewhat de- fif.
ceptive since lie tries to get both
town. Wr have no parking meter
(roubles or police troubles—not
at the present time anyway," We
wonder what two towns he is
talking about.
West Arkansas.
The mother,
Mrs. Beatrice
ways, "trap the game in the mid
die” and win both bets.
Ism Farrell
Lou Farrell. Des Moines beer
distiliutor. testified earlier that
Dr. D. M. Nigro of Kansas City-
had asked him to help a Kansas
Citv gambler, Charles Gargotta. | w’Ub reference to the city
who was arrested in Iowa. tion April 3 . . something
How atrout conducting a poll
m how the voters are thinking
the city elec-
may
Farrell declined to answer I be worked out on it next week,
questions about his possible con- H certainly woukln t be a Gal-
nection with the "Sports Arena’’! hip poll, but yet it might leveal
in Des Moines.
Farrell admited he knew sev-
eral former Des Moines police
effieals but insisted there was
“nothing wrdng” with the rela-
tionship. He listed "Smiss" Mil-
ler, former chief of police, Paul
Castelline, former chief of detee-
some interesting developments.
Candidate K. B. Ellis, ill all ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this
issue of die Reporter, reveals his
stand on important issues, as
well as does Candidate Wayne
Smith . . . read them.
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