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Crippled wasp limps Uninstructed
Into Harbor Tuesday
Delegates
NEW YORK, May 6 llPt—The | into complaints from parents of
crippled aircraft carrier Wasp several lost seamen that the Hob-
limped into port Tuesday with 61I son had not been seaworthy at the
survivors of the destroyer-mine- | time of the collision,
r Hobs
sweeper Hobson. The two ships col-
lided in mid-Atlantic April 26 In
the worst peacetime disaster in
modern naval history.
The water-logged Wasp had
scarcely ended her dragging, 1.500-
mile journey home before special
tugs began removing the handful
of men who were saved when the
Hobson sank some 700 miles off the
Azores with 176 of their shipmates.
The Wasp wallowed at anchor off
Scores of friends and relatives
gathered at the Brooklyn Navy
yard to welcome the few miracu-
lously saved.
The exact damages the Wasp
suffered were not immediately
known, but excerpts from the
ship's log indicated they were con-
siderable. It was revealed that the
carrier staggered into port drag-
ging both her massive anchor
Chosen By County Demos
Pledge Optional
With Delegates
At Convention
Gravesend Point with a saw-tooth-1 chains, which broke from their
ed 75-foot rip in her bow as mute [ lockers with the impact ot the
testimony to the catastrophe which
ended a night-time task force ma-
neuver while the two ships were
enroute to the Mediterranean.
Navy spokesmen said an inquiry
into the cause of the disaster would
begin possibly Wednesday. There
were persistent reports that a con-
gressional group also might look
crash
Part of the painfully slow jour-
ney home was through heavy seas
and large sections of the ship were
reported flooded. Her bow area
had been shored up as the Wasp
plodded homeward, in some sec-
tions as high as four decks above
the keel.
Reds Apparently Don't
Want Truce--Van Fleet
HOBSON SURVIVOR HAULED ABOARD WASP-James F. Me
PANMUNJOM, May 6 (IPl—-Gen. ] indication of progress toward solu-
James A. Van Fleet said Tuesday tion of the three major deadlocks
that "apparently the Reds don’t , holding up an armistice,
want an armistice.” A Communist I , , , ,
newsman said the truce talks ”ap- They agreed to meet again
pear to be entering the most cru- 1 Wednesday.
cial deadlock since they began.” | Van Fleet told a French agency
Van Fleet, commnader of the correspondent:
Eighth Army said his "soldiers; „The Eighth Army is ready for
can either outfight them or outsit
them.”
The gloomy statements from
both sides were made as senior
delegates at Panmunjom adjourned
after a 15-minute meeting with no
Mass., one of the survivors of the USS Hob-
Intyre of Fall River,
son, is hauled aboard the USS Wasp's deck edge elevator. He was
one of the crewmen ab, jrd the Hobson which sank after collid-
ing with the carrier W\sp during mid-Atlantic maneuvers. The
Wasp limped into port at New York Tuesday.
Sheriff Says
Rangers Have
Not Arrived
MIG (rippled, Red
Harbor Dealt Blows
SAN DIEGO. Tex., May 6 'IP)—
Deputy Sheriff E. Pena of Duval
county said Tuesday that if the
Texas Rangers have arrived in the
£ county they have not called on;went to 1st Lt. Frank
George 15. Parr, political leader Amesbury, Mass,
and sheriff.
SEOUL, May (i UP) — American
Sahrejets crippled one Communist
MIG-15 Tuesday while two Ameri-
can aircraft carriers were outseor-
ing the Army and Air Force com-
bined in killing enemy troops.
The MIG was damaged in Mon-
day’s only encounter, a late after-
noon clash between three Sabres
and three enemy jets near the Ya-
lu river. They were the only MIGs
seen all day.
Credit for the damaged MIG
E. Bennet,
Wage Board Should
Be Limited To Fad
Finding Sayt WHson
anything. Apparently the Reds do
not want an armistice and haven’t
wanted an armistice.
“The point of view of the Com- j with County Democratic Chairman
munists is more political than mili- j Ciitf Boswell presiding. Oeie Hunt
tary. I have been disappointed ! was conven,ion secretary.
Nolan County Democrats voted
to send their three delegates to
the state convention uninstructed
except to vote by the unit rule,
at the county convention here Tues-
day morning at the court house.
lt was voted to send the dele-
gates uninstructed as to taking the
party pledge, providing that they
have the option or taking or not
taking the loyalty pledge if requir-
ed by rules of the state conven-
tion.
R. E. Gracey of Roscoe, Peter
Fox and Mrs. John J. Perry of
Sweetwater were elected delegates
with E. L. Duncan of Roscoe, J. W.
A. Jackson and Ocie Hunt as dele-
gates at large.
Truman Censured
On motion of Mrs. R. P. Potter
of Roscoe, a resolution carried un-
animously opposing action of the
president of the United States "in
repudiating a contract with the
state ot Texas and violating the
soverignty of the state as demon-
strated by sizure of the tidelands.” j
Motion by Ney Sheridan Jr. that
the state convention be opened and
closed with prayer be asked in a
motion to be offered by Mrs. John
J. Perry at the start of the con-
vention, was passed unanimously.
About 50 attended the convention
y>
Meeting Called
For Industry And
Union Officials
\
HAPPL REUNION—Lt. Verne Goodwin, reluctant fiver who wa'
sentenced to prison and then allowed to resign from the Air Force,
shown at home with his wife and 3-month-old son Roger. Goodwin
was spared a two-year prison term at hard labor and dishonorable
discharge, when Air Force officials decided he could resigne "under
conditions other than honorable.” (NEA Telephoto).
, , . , , . ... ,i Mrs. Mary Roy, county clerk, read
aboul their delaying of the armis- j reports of the Roscoe and Sweet-1
tice talks in spite of their an-, water precinct conventions filed
! nouncement Af last year which was ! No other precinct conventions re- (
The official Chinese Communist
May Test Flows At
WASHINGTON, May 6 'IP)— The
Wage Stabilization Board urged un-
ion officials Tuesday to call off a
naton-wide strike by 90.000 oil
workers and summoned union and
industry leaders to a board meet-
ing next Tuesday.
Board Chairman Nathan Fein-
siriger telegraphed representatives
of CIO. AFI, and independent un-
ions and 75 companies calling on
them to "resume work and pro-
duction immediately.”
He also asked them to continue
collective bargaining and to make
a "full report” to the board next
Tuesday on the status of the dis-
pute.
In the telegram. Feinsingr not-
i radio at Peiping meanwhile broad-
Icast a dispatch from Alan Winning-
WASHINGTON, May 6 (IP)—Form-1 |on London Daily Workers corres-
er Defense Mobilizer Charles tyJpondent covering the truce talks,
Wilson said Tuesday that the Wage 1 in which he said the talks appear-
Stabilization Board should be lim-
ed to be approaching their most
Australian Meteors made a con-
, , , , centrated attack on the major Red
Pena said no rangers had check- harbor of Chinnampo, Pyong-
cd in at Parr’s office in the Duval yang’s west coast port. They blew
county courthouse. Parr was at his j up 11 buildings and damaged 11
ranch but Pena said he was cer- ot’\lTs- .. ., .
, , ,, , Other Fifth Air Force planes at-
tain that no Rangers had called tackcci rail, road and other targets,
there either. and claimed 130 enemy troops kill-
The Rangers were ordered into j ed or wounded,
the South Texas county Monday by Navy Skyraiders and Corsairs
„ , . /.. from carriers Valley Forge and
Homer Garrison, director of the , i»rincet0n roared up and down the
Department of Public Safety. They Korean east coast from Wonsan
Ited to fact-finding and should not
attempt to settle labor disputes.
He told the House Labor commit-
tee that the hoard’s proposed 26-
eent hourly settlement in the steel
dispute goes "far beyond" proper
wage and price policies and poses
a “serious threat to stabilization.”
Asked if the board should act as
a “mediator” with the sole pur-
pose of obtaining a settlement, or
as a fact-finder to suggest terms
to higher government officials,
Wilson replied:
"The latter.”
Stick To Policies
He also said all policy decisions
on wages and prices should be left
to the government’s economic sta-
bilizer and should not be handled
by his subordinates, the price sta-
1 serious crisis.
bilizer, or the wage board
Wilson said Congress, if it ex-
tends controls, should make sure
what policies will be followed on
wages and prices and "whether
agencies are going to stick to those
policies.
He cited the 26-cent hourly pack-
age increase recommended for the
steel workers by the board, tie
said if that becomes the standard
claimed | “for all industry and you let every-
Wonsan
Isaac Ray Sellers
Dies, Funeral To
Be In San Angelo
hat precinct ano Bascom Hart-
graves as representative of that
precinct in the convention.
Party Pledge
A long discussion dealt with the
question of the party loyalty pledge.
It was decided that the last legis-
lature has been silent on the ques-
| tion of wheihei convention dele-
gates must take the pledge that is
required of candidates and voters.
Consequently the county conven-
tion turned down the pledge re-
quirement, leaving it optional with
delegates whether they take it if
required by the convention in San
143 Barrels Daily
No. 1 Turner May oil test of Sea-
board Oil Co , west of municipal
airport here, has been completed
for a potential railroad commis-
sion report of 143 barrels of oil
in 24 hours through 3-8th inch tub-
ing choke Tubing pressure was
120 pounds, gas-oil ration 497-1.
ed that ’certain” disputes in the
j industry and lhat substantial prog-
ress had been made toward the
; settlement of many of the other
disputes.'’
The hoard had asked both sides
several weeks ago to try and ne-
gotiate an agreement. Some 90.000
Ohio Oil Co. No. 1 Nemir. east workers struck last Thursday when
of the Seago. is drilling at around a settlement could not be reached.
4,000. according to latest reports. ; Forestalls Presidential Action
Rowan & Hope wildcat northeast oi Feinsinger’s statement about set-
tle airport land. No. 1 Harkins, was . tlement of "certain" disputes and
drilling Tuesday at 2235 leet. I progress in others apparently re-
Billie Hanks 2-A north oi Black-
well. Seaboard, was at 1875. The
ferred to a settlement in Califor-
... ...... ... .----- —I nia Monday and to the action of
The well, north of the Seago dis- Hanks field has live good wells. the ^jq qjj w orkers in reducing
eovery, is the fifth well consider- > At Claytonville, General Crude is i their pay raise demand from 25 to
ably weaker than the first four all planning No. 1 Louie Condry west 18'i cents an hour,
of which made strong reef wells. | of the Webb property and also Th(. hoard heretofore has re.
Seaboard worked long and hard to pians a workers camp on the Con- , d , , ’sjder anv „’ whi,
Antonio. It was pointed out that j complete the May. No. 2 May lo- dry piace \vebb No. 5 and 6 and 1 uscd ,0 con- el any tdSe "'bile
i in the past delegations have often j cation will probably be to the east. | Rowan and Hope Bonner No. 1 are
Sun Staking Test
failed to be seated because they did
Isaac Ray Seelers, 64. died at llot ,a*4c 'be pledge.
9:35 p. m. Monday at the home of I Thc nominating committee com-
a daughter, Mrs. 6. B. Harris, 1500 ; Posed of Chas. Nunn, Raymond W
Lubbock, after about a month’s I Johnson and Sam Browning, ap- . _ . ■_ >•
illness. He had lived there iflnce | Pomted^ by ^the ehak on^motion of ||j ^Q||||| | TdlTirVICll
didates for the delegation—R. E.
Graey, Ocie Hunt and Mrs. John
J. Perry for delegates and E. L. ) location of a new test in the South
Duncan, J. W. A. Jackson and j Lake Trammell field, 10 miles
Peter Fox as alternates. | southeast of Sweetwater, an off-
Hot Delegate Election j set to the recent Honolulu No. 1
When this came to the floor, : TXL well, and new the Union and
Gracey and Mrs. Perry were elect- Sun TXL wells,
ed without opposition. Paul Brown | The new location is No. 6 Bea-
December.
Patterson Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements and will
direct burial in the Wall Ceme-
tery south of San Angelo Wedries-
day afternoon, following funeral
services at the Cox Funeral Chap-
el in San Angelo at 2 p. m. The
Rev. M. M. Griggs of San Angelo
will officiate. Nephews will be
pallbearers. Interment will be be-! nominated Peter Fox in opposition
side the grave of his wife. i to Ocie Hunt as delegate. Because
Mr. Sellers was born July 17, I of the unit rule voted by Precinct
1887, in San Marcos. He spent most 2 convention in caucus was neces-
of his life in and around San Ange- sary as to how the precinct's 15
lo, having been married in San An- votes would be cast,
gelo in 1911 to Annie Estelle Long. 1 When the vote was called later,
She died in 1933. R W. Johnson cast Roscoe’s 7
Surviving are two daughters. ! votes fo Fox; S. M. Browning.: Tj
Mrs. Harris of Sweetwater and j Precinct 1 eight votes Hunt: P. L. Jackson Offers NfiW
| Ullum, Precinct 1 15 votes for Fox;
Page 8
) en hole 5686-5718, topped
Sun Oil Company has announced : 5880; gas-oil ratio, 1056-1.
drilling. Final figures on Webb
No. 4 showed it about as good as
the best of the previous Webb wells.
Flow was at the rate of 428 barrels
in 24 hours through 1-4 inch choke.
540 pounds casing pressure, 825
tubing pressure. Produced from op-
pay at
the workers were out on strike.
The board's action apparently
forestalled any immediate presi-
dential intervention in the dispute.
Dam Enclosure
33 Feet High
Near Aspermont, Seaboard is fin-
ishing the third well on the C. E.
(Jack) Boyd place, No. A-2 at total
depth of 6039, running seven inch
pipe.
trice K. Stone, 660 feet from north
and east lines of section 51, block
X. T&P survey.
Elevation is 2448 feet, one ot the
high points in the county.
Location is 8428.2 feet northeast
of No. 3 Beatrice K Stone of Sun
Oil. Test will be a 6,000 foot rotary. 1
Feinsinger To Quit
WSB Chairmanship
were requested by Judge Sam north to Songjin. They
Reams of the 79th district court to 40(1 troops killed in the Wonsan body catch up, are we going to j Mrs. Roy J. Browning of Rotan
protect citizens of the county, who, area alone. call that control?" two sons, Felix of Santa Rita, N. See DELEGATES
Reams said are being intimidated On the ground, activity was! Wilson said the Capehart Amend-1 M.t and Ben D. Sellers of Sweet-1----
in their voting rights. “scarce and light.” Twenty-seven I ment, which allows manufactur-! water; a sister. Mrs. Moler of San
......RanWrs would enemy soldiers were killed in a i ers to pass along increased costs Angelo; two brothers, John of San
{eam' for 42-minute fight west of Chorwon up to last July 26, is not a "great | Angelo and Felix of Alamogordo,
and artillery claimed 46 others. 1 factor" in inflation. N. M., two grandchildren.
be used for investigative work
a grand jury probing voting condi-
tions of the county. The grand jury,
when it convened a few weeks ago,
returned four routine indictments
but none relating lo voting condi-
tions.
Reported threatening Calls
However, Reams said seven
grand jurors, including the fore-
man, had asked the Rangers to
investigate voting conditions.
A Corpus Christ i newspaper, the
DPolln., *» fnnnetnrl i* h'lH lpSHlPfl
Candidate Filing Gives
Boswell "Rush" Monday
Fist Fights, Bolts
Highlight County
Conventions Today
that a number of threatening tele
phone calls have been made to prjmary amount'd to a ’ rush” in
members of Ihe newly organized N , County for Countv chairman
Freedom party ot Duval county
Final day for filing of candi- Bascom Hartgraves, precinct 8
dacies in the July 26 Democratic chairman (Maryneali.
Gordon, justice of peace,
Duval
the group opposing Parr in this
year's elections. Parr and Reams
are bitter political enemies.
Northern States
Have Cool Winds
a
By UNITED STATES
Cooling winds pushed down thc
middle of the nation Tuesday,
bringing to an end a premature
“heat wave” which set all-time
high temperatures for this early in
the year.
Record highs continued in ad-
vance of a cold front stretching
from Missouri east to the Atlantic
coast. The front was forecast to
move as far as southern Kentucky
before warm breezes blowing north
from the Gulf of Mexico halt thc
advance.
Cliff Boswell.
I.ast minute filings were:
I.. L. Armour, for state represen-
tative, 91st district.
Leonard Teston, justice of the
peace, precinct 1.
commissioner
W. B
precinct 5.
Mrs. Temple Dickson, county tax
assessor-collector.
J. M. Smith, sheriff.
Hiram Childress and Robert M.
Faver, district attorney.
Jack Cox of Breckenridge, rep-
resentative, U. S. Congress, 17th
pre’ i district.
Pat Mayes,
cinct 1.
W. E. (BM11 Morton, county dem- Previously, announcements for
ocratic chairman to succeed Bos-1 slate representative had been
well who is not a candidate for re- ) George Ausburne, Pete Heslep,
election.
Clyde Boose for district judge,
32nd judicial district.
Less Lister, precinct three chair-
man iNolanl.
S. A. Driggers, precinct 10 dem-
ocratic chairman (While Flat).
E. O. Mahon, precinct 9 chair-
man (Champion).
J. N. Magness, precinct 4 chair-
man i Hylton i.
E. L. Duncan, precinct G chair-
man (Roscoe).
Layton A. Webb; for congress,
Omar Burleson for re-election; dis-
trict judge, A. S. Mauzey for re-
election; district attorney, Eldon
Mahon for re-election; M. C. Man-
roe for justice of the peace Precint
1.
For county commissioner—Pre-
cinct 1. J. C. iShcrty) Stroman and
A. J. Gorman for re-election; pre-
cinct 2, Raymond Bishop for re-
election and Tom Mayfield; Pre-
cincts 3, Cliff Perry, H. G. Jones,
B. N. Egger, Precinct 4, H. Buster
Adams and Edgar Smith.
County clerk, Mary Roy for re-
election; constable precinct 1, A.
C. Cook for re-election and O. L.
Apple; County treasurer, Mrs. S.
N. Leach for re-election, Mrs. Jua-
nita Hodges. Sheriff—J. C. (Cal)
Montgomery for re-election, R. S.
(Tedi Lambert, J. S. (Slim) Sta-
ton, T. T. (T-Bone) Brady.
District clerk, Mrs. Pearle Wood-
ruff and Mrs. Myrtle Robertson for
re-election; county judge, Lea
Boothe for re-election, N. D.
Reeves; County attorney, Jim
Pearson for re-election, Weldon
Kirk. Tom Berleau; Tax Assessor-
collector, L. E. Musgrove, Chas.
T. Fry.
By UNITED PRESS
County conventions opened in
Texas Tuesday amid a flurry of
fistfighting and bolts and the sup-
porters of Gen Dwight D. Eisen-
hower and of Gov. Allan Shivers
claimed the first victories.
Eisenhower supporters won a
victory in the Harris County Hous-
ton convention when the Republi-
can executive committee voted.
109 to 60, to table a motion by
Taft supporters to brand Satur-
day's precinct meetings illegal.
Police Chief L. D. Morrison of
Houston, believing that high temp-
ers are inevitable, assigned 106
policemen to keep the peace in
Harris county’s Republican and
Democratic conventions. Of the 106.
he sent 90, including an assistant
chief lo the Democratic meeting.
Shivers’ headquarters reported
that Gray County’s Democrats, the
first in the state to
Approach To Problem
Of Gov. Corruption
WASHINGTON, iuav 6 IP—Rep.
Henrly M. Jackson offered a new
approach Tuesday to the problem
of corruption in government. He
proposed "to take the profit out
of bribery.”
Thc Washington Democrat intro-
duced a bill to levy civil penalties
up to $250.0000 in fines against per-
sons who bribe government offi-
cials. Jackson said this would give
thc government "a new and eftec-
tive weapon with which to combat
corruption."
Jackson proposed that the pun-
MADISON, Wis.. May 6 'IP—
Nathan P. Feinsinger says he
will resign his post as chair-
man of the Wage Stabilization
Board by June 30.
“I'm tired and need a rest,”
he said. “Washington is no
health resort these days. I
have already extended by dead-
line twice and the President
won't ask it again." He took
over as WSB chairman last
Aug. 29.
Monday afternoon work on the
closing of the final gap in Oak
Creek dam had progressed to a
point where dirt and rock rip-rap
was up 33 feet above the bottom
of the creek.
Work is now moving ahead at
the rate of about three feet of
dirt and rock lacing for the whole
structure in 24 hours. Workmen
are placing dirt filling during the
day shift and putting in rock rip-
rap during the night shift.
Monday afternoon the top of the
dam was at elevation 1954 feet
which is 33 feet above the creek
bed and about 53 feet above the
bottom of the core trench where
the difficult closure job was start-
ed.
Water in the creek against the
i dam on the upstream side is now
at 1943. about 11 feet below the top
of the dam at this time.
Local Guard
Commended
ishment be in the form of civil
penalties because:
"There are existing criminal
statutes hut these have not always
proved effective because of the
high degree of proof required for
conviction. Civil courts require
only a preponderance of evidence.” "The report of the inspector gen- , . ..
_____i eral. Fourth Army, on your unit i commend you and the
la a | ij,.i has been noted with pleasure since of your ulllt for your
Motel Uperarors Meer recommendation was made that
Sweetwater National Guard unit, the adjutant general of Texas in
Company K. 142nd Infantry Regi- j congratulating you on the fine rec-
ment. 36th Division, has received ' ord you have attained. Such out-
ati official commendation from the ! standing results could be obtained
state adjutant general. Maj. Gen. only through application of the
K. L. Berry His citation says: highest degree of supervision and
attention to duty, and 1 wish to
members
splendid
AIRLINER CRASHES
OSLO, May 6 HP)—A chartered
Norweigian airliner crashed and
burned on a mountain slope 120
miles southwest of Oslo Monday
night, killing 11 of thc 28 persons
aboard.
convention completed, named an
uninstrueted, unpledged delega-
tion to the state convention May 27.
But 22 delegates from two prec-
ncts, bolted the county convention.
At Austin, Travis County "Loyal
Democrats" opposing Shivers bolt-
ed the Democratic convention be-
fore it was organized. A conserva-
tive Democrat had a fistfight with
the departing Loyalists.
In S'water Thursday
Motei operators of district 4
lWest Central Texas' Motor Court
Association comprising 13 coun-
ties, will meet here Thursday. May
8 at noon for a luncheon at Aven-
report their j ger Field. S. V. Forrester owner
the officers, administrative assist-
ant. caretaker and enlisted men of
the organization be commended for
high drill attendance, excellent ad-
ministration and supply and high
standard of training methods em-
ployed .
"A high degree of leadership
and morale is required to achieve
such results, and you and all con-
cerned are recommended for your
Company
regiment
Sergeant
of Illini Motel here announced this
! week.
A program of music and enter-
tainment will be followed by a bus- splelrfid‘acrompUshmcm
ness session Dr. T. B. Brown, pres- K
ident, and Roy Jackson of Abilene, ( "a5 <“t’" 11 Millei Ainsworth
i District, will make reports and C. r commanding general of the 6th
; A. Galbraith of Abilene, district ' Division, attached the following
4 governor, will speak The meet- comments to the commendation:
ing Is open to all motel and court It is with a great deal of pleasure prepared by mess personnel of the
i operators. ' that the division commander joins i unit and served at the armory.
unit
achievement, fl
Promotions
Recent promotions in
K. announced by the
headquarters, included:
First Class Vernon D. Snyder, pro-
moted to master sergeant; Supt.
Walter L Armstrong, promoted
to sergeant first class; Cpl. BUly
L. Hobbs. Cpl Billy M Kerby and
Cpl. Toribio J Olguin promoted to
sergeant.
The company completed Its extra
weekend drills May 4 with rifle
squad landscape firing exercises.
The second squad, led by Sgt. Bil-
ly M Kerby of the second pla-
toon. won top honors. Dinner was
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