The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1949 Page: 5 of 20
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THE HOPKINS COUNTIT ECHO, iSUIjPHUR «Pi»NqS.*TgKA€ - PR1DAY. PEBRUARY ^ 1^9.
0. S. Marines ire Back in Shanghai
jrre Just Sightseers Right Now
Briggs,^EA Special
respondent).
The United States
returned to this
iling, Communist • threatened
after seven years' absence.
As Marines go, they’re half a
oration younger than the
hernecka of the old Fourth
arine Regiment, but they're
still Marines.
The city’s approximately 2,000
Americana, ita ten* of thousanda
of other foreigners and many of
its roughly 6,000,000 Chinese are
happy about the Marines’ com-
ing. Thd Chinese press made a
joyful fuss about them. The
American - published Shanghai
Evening Poet and Mercury said:
“If all hell busts loose around
|4^#ur ears the American Marines
T uR* are going to be awfully valuable
—make no mistake about it.” j
But the 695 Marinas have made
no lambing. As Vice Admiral Os-
car C jpadgsr had promised, they
‘*rSdUpf *board *Wp-
TagpWill occasionally on U. S.
Navy property along the Whang-
poo River. Liberty parties bar-
gain for jade curios in Chines*
shops and quaff beer at water-
front bars.
For shopkeepers, bar owners
and managers of dance palaces,
which are liberally supplied with
petite text dancers, the Marines
are providing the anticipated
business boom. American green-
backs are filling the tills.
But, there are no public pa-
rades nor armed Leathernecks -pa-
trolling the streets as in pre-war
days.
The new contingent was
brought hare to protect the lives
of Americans and other foreign-
ers, end to protect such property,
according to Badger, as the pow-
er plant, JrtlJfaallaUons and
ships unMiMPWiconomic Coop-
eration Aphlnistration goods.
Tho Marinos may not be used
t all, Badger said. K there is no
uble, there would be no point
to it. But their mere presence
may be a stabilising factor in a
time , of crisis.
What residents are worried
rioting, with at-
i> Shanghai as 1949’* U, 5. Marines are seeing it—and it’s how
(hri is seeing the U. S. Marines right now. Tho Leatherneck*
are hack after sevsn years but they're living aboard ship and see tha
nasser city os
city only as sightseers.
amp
mnerat
about most ia
tendant looting, rape and killing.
There is whore the Marines will
Wmjjjk’ ,:-
Seme observers are afraid that,
although their responsibilities are
strictly defined, the Marines may
Unavoidably be drawn into
Chin*’* civil war.
A. prominent gangster leader,
Tu Yu-sen, who commands a
large following here, has advo-
cated tb*t the “American defense
program be coordinated with the
campaign of the Chinese Govern-
ment against the Communists.”
The Communist radio first
viewed the Marines as a plot be-
Airmen Pursue
(fcyoiesfer the
Sport and Cash
Spokane, W*ah.—An unusual-
ly hard winter which has kqpt
residents of eastern Washington
bugging the fireside as tha snow
Idled up outride, also b
•port for airmen with a good aim.
Flyers have been scanning the
rolling farmland of the Spokane
valley for coyotes driven into the
n by hunger. Spotting one of
grey-brown predators from
in the air, the hunter* pilot
r ski-equipped plane low over
prey. It takes a quick trig- be
finger to bag the fleeing an-
!. A * 4S
Coyotes, always a menace it*
the ehicken yard, have invaded
farm yard* in pack* during tba
sub-zero weather. They *1*0 prep
on small wild animals and game
birds.
A state bounty of five dollars
far eaqh coyote carcass helps the
hunte<g| meeting operating ex
panned^
Usually the coyote atari* run-
ning when it sees the plane
swooping down on it But the
balder anas try to fight off the
plane, jumping many feat into
«>e air in an attompt to snag it
Either way, the hunted
has little chance of escaping the
plane travelling at 100 miles an
bou
trip.
• Animals that are friends to the
farmer have an easier lot. The
flying hunters also carry sacks of
grain to feed starving birds.
Administration
Opposes Pensions
for G
?or 60 Year Vets
■1 Washington, Feb. 1.—The Tru-
man administration is against
poaals to give ail war veterans
cions sftcr 80 ysars of Age.
/Mans Administrator Carl Gray
told the House Veterans Commu-
te* that the proposal could not
be** n side red in accord with
$rfili4>nt Truman’s program.
jfMfclO.'al veterans organisations
htfva-proposed a 100 a month pen-
beginning at age 60 with a
‘ It to fflO at 66. Gray said that
i a program wbuid cost nearly
hiiiidh dollars the first year
Increasing amounts there-
tween Generalissimo Chiang Kai-
Shek and the U. S. for "Ameri-
can ‘protection’ of Shanghai" and
called this “a. traitorous actiojj.”
Even Marshal U Chi-sen, promi-
nent non-Communist left-winger,
declared from Hong Kong that
the action was “an infringement
of China's sovereignty.”
But after they actually arrived,
the Communist radio has been si-
lent on the issue. The Commu-
nists want it known that they,
too, are vitally interested in pro-
tecting property in .Shanghai.
They expect it to beoome Commu-
nist property soon.
Bossia Plotting
Revolt Against
Marshal Tito
Berlin, Feb. I.—An American
sponsored newspaper in Germany
said today that Russia is plotting
s revolt against Marshal Tito's
government in Yugoslavia. Tha
American Military Government
newspaper in Berlin quoted so-
called “Balkan experts” as say-
ing that the putsch will come be-
fore March 15th. Moscow is said
to have given osders for the up-
rising to Yugoslav Communists
who have remained faithful to
the Kremlin line.
V
SENS
NING
INING
in. — Tha Cotton Board
announced it will eetablish
schools in cotton spinning
“‘h A board official
►me will make “in-
dustrial history in Britain”.
• “We shall take nominees of
Army to Tighten
Requirements ior
Hew Recruits
1. — wwa nw
Washington, Feb. 1—It keeps
getting harder to join the army.
The Army Department plans to
establish priorities under which it
will accept only the best minds,
as well as the best of muscles,
among prospective recruits. In
that way the army plana to keep
the number of enlisted men down
to the 606-thousand-man limit
permitted by the expected budget
appropriation for the next fiscal
year.
PLOW
POINTS
Let U. Help
You With Your
Point Troubles.
AVERY
BRADLEY
DEERE
INTERNATIONAL
MASSEY-H ARRIS
CASE
MOLINE
OLIVER
ROCK ISLAND
McMULLAN
HARDWARE CO.
Corner Main and Davis
NewU.S. Plane
Reaches Speed of
1700 Miles Hour
Buffalo, Feb. 1 —An American
plane may have reached a speed
of 17-hundred miles an hour.
Aviation iPionser Lawrence Bell
of Buffalo ha* given a hint to
that effect in a speech before the
Cleveland Technical Societies
Council. The plane in question is
the X-one, the first aircraft to
exceed the speed of sound in level
flight. Bell said that the plane was
designed to make 17-hundred
miles an hour and to climb to a
height of eighty-thousand feet.
Then he added that tests h*d been
highly a uccesaful. , ,
Russia Plaguing
New Long-Range
Building Program
Moscow, Feb. l.-r-The Rus-
sians .are considering a new Ipng
range plan. A Soviet govern-
ment announcement said the
Kremlin is considering * new 20
to 26 year plan for reconstruc-
tion and development of Moscow.
The announcement was issued in
the name of both the Council of
Ministers of the USSR and the
Central Committee of the Soviet
Union’s Communist Party- Such
a procedure is followed only in
the case of very important state-
ments. .• . a?-,
Dallas Bishop
Defends Church
Square Dances
Dallas, Jan. 27.—The Episcopal
Bishop of Dallas has defended
priests he said had been attacked
in smaller towns of the state for
holding square dances at their
churches. v
Several of our priests have been
preached against and villified be-
cause of their stand,” Bishop C.
Avery Mason told the annual dio-
cese convention at Christ Charch
Episcopal. “We salute these priests
as men of God who have convic-
tion.
“American young people should
be given the opportunity of having
good /clean fun in our parish
houses. * ■',>
J$gftipr#ly New Pontiac For 1949
ETSTC Gridder
Signs With Pros
Commerce, Texas. — Clinton
Shipman, outstanding East Texas
State Lion tackle from Roxton,
has signed a contract to play pro-
fessional football with the Pitts-
burgh Ste$lers next season.
The 215 pound lineman earned
his third letter with the Lions
this season in spite of a fractured
cheek bone received in the Uni-
versity of Arkansas game in Sept.
He. lettered three years at Roxton
hjgh school before coming to East
Texas State.
The husky,-six foot athlete will
graduate in May with a bachelors
degree in chemistry.
class area. Visor on car pictured is an accessory
Snake Dinner
Kills Hen
at Gympie, Queensland, Austra-
lia, recently found one of his
hens dead with the head of a
small brown snake protruding
from its crop. The pullet 'had
swallowed the snake and it had
forced its way through the akin
of the crop. The snake wap also
dead.
T
Try a Want Ad for results
3 Sentenced
For Cattle Theft
Gonzales, Texas, Jan. 27. —
District Judge Lester Holt Wed-
nesday sentenced three men to
from two to five years in prison
after they pleaded guilty to
charges of cattle theft.
They were John Richter, 22,
John Martin, 58, and Newt Har-
ris, 28, ail of Waelder, Gonzales
county. They were indicted Jan.
W after the theft fit cattle from
a feed lot owned by Sqm Kelley
at Waelder.
A .fourth man Is to be tried
later.
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Prague.—-The first library on
wheels baa begun operations in
suburbs of this Czechoslovak capi-
tal. It is a huge bus with qatda-
gued books in racks along Hie ride,
and with room for a dozen per-
sons to browse.
, _—:-~
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Spivey are
both ill at their home on Locust
street.
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■ Our Policy on §|
POWTIA
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Deliveries and Prices
• •*'***-•
Despite the fact that Pontiac has built over a hatf-
mQlion cars since the resumption of production after
(he war, demand still exceeds supply. In the face of this
production record, those who place orders now
will stitt experience some delay in delivery. If you
are among the many people who feel that Pontiac
represents an outstanding value—and wish to order
a Pontiac for future delivery—you will be interested
in the following policy on mail distribution which
we, as Pontiac dealers, will observe:
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WE WANT YOUR ORDER
And the sooner you place it, the sooner you will gat
delivery. So if you warn a Pontiac, order it now.
W^WIUIRSTIMATE DELIVERY WAT*
Du* to conditions beyond our control, we cannot
give you an exact date of delivery. But based on
anticipated future shipments from the factory, we
will, when you place your order, five you an honest
estimate of when you may expect your car- Such
estimates will be reviewed any rime on request.
ORDERS FILLED BY PRIORITY
A definite proportion of the car* we receive from
the factory is aet aside for preferential delivery to
users whose work is in die public welfare and to
others with certain occupational requirements.
Otherwise, all orders will be filled e* the basis oj tba
time when they are received.
YOU PAY ONLY OUR ADVERTISID PRICE
Due to changing economic conditions, we cannot,
when you place your order, tell you exactly how
much the car will cost when delivered in the future.
But, at the time of delivery you will be charged only
our advertised price on your model—which will
be shown in a published list of local prices. *
YOU SPECIFY ACCESSORIES
While most of our customers order thek cars
equipped with accessories, we do not ferce acces-
sories as a condition of sale. You specify what
accessories you want when ordering your car, and
these are the ones (and die only ones) it will carry
when delivered. Some items may be lacking due to
current shortages; but non* will be added.
REGARDING TRADE-INS
Naturally, if you have a car to trade, we would
like to have it in order to take case of our regular
used car customers. Our appraisals are fair, baaed
on current conditions. But if you do not have a
car so turn in, we still went your order and will
accept it for delivery baaed on die conditions out-
lined above.
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Since this is our “home town”, our business and its
future is based on our good ratoons with the people
, v of this community. We axe most happy that so many
people here—as all over the country—have made
Pontiac their number one choice as a new car.
Noteworthy to mention ia a proud fact that all
but two of our Pontiac* were -delivered here in
Sulphur Spring* . . . and only two have been
re-sold. Ask your neighbor about Pontiac and
its splendid performance.
PONTIAC RETAH. DELIVERED PRICES IN SULPHUR SPRINGS
‘W CYLINDER models
Ceppe —,-----------....----$1,851.00
Chieftain Bedan Coupe — -———■-----------——$1,975.00
Chieftain Deluxe Sedan Coupe---------------$2,089.00
Chieftain Deluxe Convertible Coupe-----------$2,402.00
CJbiwitam ,2 Dper Sedan —-----—------$1,975.00
Chieftain Deluxe 2 Door Sedan----------------$2,069.00
Chieftain 4 Door fata:------------------$2,025.00
Chieftain 4 Dot*^u«e &dan--------------$2,120.00
iStvesendiinar Man Coupe —---------$1,954.00
Stnawdiaar Deluxe Sedan Coupe ------------$2,048.00
Streamliner 4 BSor Sedan*—-----------$2,004.00
Streamliner Deluxe 4 Door Sedan-------- $2,099.00
Wwad Station Mfragoo --------------—.—$2,807.00
Deluxe Wood Station Wagon----------------$2,886.00
Metal Station Wagon ------------------------$2,807.00
Daimra Metal Station Wagon
i&rw-*
.$2,886.00
Sedan Delivery ---------------------$2,013.00
“8” CYLINDER MODELf|
Chieftain Business Coupe--------------------$1,919.00
Chieftain Sedan Coupe---------------------$2,043.00
Chieftain Deluxe Sedan Coupe--------------$2,137.00
Chieftain Deluxe Convertible Coupe----------$2,470.00
Chieftain 2 Dorn- Sedan------- $2,043.00
CMefUin-Deluxe 2 Door Sedan---------------$2,137.00
Chieftain 4 Door Sedan —-------------------$2,093-00
Chieftain Deluxe 4 Door Sedan--------------$2,188.00
Streaxriin*r Sedan Coupe —------------------$2,022.00
Streamliner Deluxe Sedan Coupe--------------$2,116.00
Streamliner 4 Door Sedan .—--------.------$2,072.00
Streamliner Deluxe 4 Door Sedan------------$2,167.00
Wood Station Wagon_____________________$2,876.00
Deluxe Wood Station Wagon________________$2,955.00
Metal Station Wagon---------------------.$2,876.00
Deluxe Metal Station Wagon----,>------------$2,955.00
Sedan Delivery----——•—---------------------$2,091.00
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Bagwell, Eric. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, February 4, 1949, newspaper, February 4, 1949; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775873/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.