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•.THE ENNIS fTFEKLT LOCAL*
April 21. |»tt
Now to Take On Da Vinci} Michelangelo, Et Al.
The Washington Merry-Go-Round
■ By DREW PEARSON ■ > ■— -—
Washing-ton.—“Ed Corsi,” the immi-
gration expert ousted for being too enthusi-
astic about his job, had a “shadow” planted
on his trail by Scott McLeod, the man chiefly;
responsible for his ouster.
When Corsi went to Europe to survey
refugee conditions, a security policeman
named Roy Wade, whom Corsi describes as
a “Texas cop,” was assigned to accompany
him. presumably as an assistant.
“I soon learned that Wade was actually
shadowing me everywhere I went,” Corsi
recalls. “Every night Wade would write re-
ports to McLeod on my comings and goings
and* the people I talked to, as well as what I
said to them.”
At first Corsi was amused. But the pri-
vate-eye business became irritating when
Wade started censoring his conversations.
On such occasions Wade would strike a mys-
terious pose, hand to his mouth, and whis-
per: “You can’t talk about that. It’s classi-
fied."
While in West Germany, the detective
interrupted Corsi with the admonition:
“Please, Mr. Corsi, you are discussing State
Department secrets!”
“This practically fractured me,” recalls
Corsi, “because the people I was talking to
just happened to be representatives of the
State Department.”
The payoff occurred when Corsi took a
firsthand look at living standards in Red-
controlled East Berlin.
“I headed for the shoe counter in an
East Berlin department store because shoes
are the key to living standards,” explains
Corsi. “In the United States, an average
worker can buy a pair of shoes for a day's
wages and have something left over. Behind
the iron curtain, it takes about eight days’ :
wages to buy a pair of shoes.”
After looking over the shoes in the East
Berlin store, Corsi commented: “In the Uni-
ted States, these shoes would he discards-—
third-rate stuff.”
Suddenly his companion went into his
hand-to-mouth routine: “Please don’t say
anything like that,” he whispered excitedly.
“Don’t you realize that we’re surrounded by
spies? You might create an international in-
cident!”
This was more than Corsi could take.
“I was wrong,” he announced in a loud
voice. “These shoes aren’t third-rate by
American standards. They’re fourth-rate.”
—Ray bum-Go-Round—
A group of Texas Legislators had their
way paid to the Sam Rayburn dinner by the
“third House of Texas government”—the
lobbyists .... Clyde Bell, venerable ele- J
vator operator at the Mayflower, greeted
Harry Truman with: “The Republicans came
here with one shirt and one dollar bill and
they haven’t changed either one of ’em
since.” .... Mrs. Fred Vinson, widow of
the late great chief justice, greeted Mrs.
Truman with: “Do you mind if I ^Iss your
husband?” . . . Judge Thurman/ Arnold
razzing State Department over firing Ed
Corsi who campaigned for Secretary Dulles
for the Senate: “Isn’t it nice that you have
a Secretary of State who will turn his back
on a friend?” .... (Dean Acheson made
a remark which the Republicans never4 for-
got that he “Wouldn’t turn my back on Alger
Hiss.”) .... A friend greeted Congress-
man Francis Walter of Pennsylvania who
wanted Corsi fired: “You’ll have to sing San-
ta Lucia all over your district to get. re*
elected.” .... Confided Borden Stevenson,
son of Adlai, to a friend: “Father prill run *
again.” .... Gov. Averell Harrimiit : got
plenty of advice from Columnist Doris Flee-
son .... Three mayors of the top UJS.
cities, all Democrats, gave themselws free
and friendly advice—Mayor Wagner of New
York, Mayor Clark of Phltadelpliifc, and £
Mas or Daley, newly elected boss of Chicago.
. . , . Mayor Clark’s answer to Whether he
would run for the Senate from Pennsylvania
was: “No comment.”
—Democratic Split—
Paul Butler, who’s done a dynamic job
as new chairman of the Democratic national
committee. stubijed his toe at the closed-
door committee meeting when Tracy Mc-
Cracken, homespun Democratic' committee-
man from Wyoming, proposed that all ex-
national chairmen be made members of the
committee without the right td vote.
McCracken had discussed with Dave
Lawrence, mayor of Pittsburgh,iwho favored
getting the benefit of such ex-chairmen as
Jim Farley, Howard McGrath^'Frank Mc-
Kinney, Bill Boyle, Homer Cummings, Steve
Mitchell et al. ^
When McCracken made his motion, it
was immediately seconded by Margaret
O’Riordan, Democratic corrirjritteewonrian
from Massachusetts, but suddenly aroused
the Ire of new Chairman Rutter who was
presiding. He asked that India Edwards, vice
chairman <>f the committee, take over the
gavel so he could speak on the motion, which
he did.
“This comes as a great surprise to me,”
he said. “1 knew nothing about it and see no
reason for it.”
He said he had planned to appoint an
executive advisory committee of distinguish-
ed Democrats comprised of ex-chairmen and
others.
“But,” he argued earnestly, “were this
motion to pass I would consider it an affront
to me and a vote of lack of confidence in your
present chairman.”
Friendly Phil Perlman of Maryland then
moved to table the motion. On the vote to
table, the chorus of voices for and against
appeared by those at the closed-door session
to be about equal. However, Mrs. Edwards
gave a ,4nap ruling: “The ayes have it.”
McCracken’s attempts to get recognized
in order to ask for a recorded rather than a
voice vote, failed, and the motion to include
former national chairmen as members of the
national committee was put on the shelf.
Note—leading Democrats ascribed
Butler’s opposition to bad-blood with ex-
Democmtic Chairman Frank McKinney of
Indianapolis. Butler, who comes from South
Bend. Ind., was opposed for election by Mc-
Kinney's friends, including Harry Truman.
However, the two men seemed to be com-
p'etely cordial toward each other during the ,
various Sam Rayburn festivities. Mrs. Ed-1
FREDDY—Fred De Liden, publisher of Popular Cera-
mics and an authority in the ceramic field, and Char-
lotte Austin, 20th Century Fox starlet, admire Freddy,
national ceramics award, which will be presented to first
prize winner at Southwest Ceramic and Hobby Show in
Dallas, April 20-24. (NEA Telephoto)
BLACKWOOD
-on-
BRIDGE'
Kibitzers Don’t Always
Adhere To The Rule Book
Mr. Judge, the demon arbiter,
never plays. He Is only a kibitzer
and according to the proprieties of
the game as published in the book
of laws, he should not speak on any
question of fact or law unless his
opinion is requested It may be said
that kibitzers do not always adhere
strictly to this rule.
South dealer
North-South vulnerable
North (Mr. Muzzy)
4—K Q 10
U—Q 10 7 3
♦-J
4-Q 7 G 4 2
West East
* Mr. Abel) (Mr. Dale)
4—A J 7 G 3 4—9 8 5.4 2
V-5 4 y-9
4 — 10 3 2 ♦—Q 9 8 6 4
4—A J 9 4—10 8
South <Mr Champion)
4—None
U A K J 8 C 2
♦ — A K 7 5
4 K 5 3
The bidding:
South West North East
1-V 1-4 2-V 2-4
3—4 Pass Dbl.
Nevertheless the presence of Mr.
Judge is welcomed, particularly at
the table where Mr. Muzzy plays.
Mr. Champion made a cue-bid in
the opponents’ suit in today's deal.
He wanted to show hi.s spade void
and his interest in reaching a slam
Good bidding but bad humanics.
Opposite a player like Mr. Masters
it would have been all right. But
with Mr. Muzzy across the table,
the odds in favor of confusion were
overwhelming.
Spade Strength
Mr. Muzzy held much of hi.s
strength in spades. He had already
decided that if his opponents got
much higher in that suit, they
would pay for it. When he heard a
three spade bid he went into action.
Apparently he didn’t care who bid
three spades. He doubled
This is the kind of thing Mr.
Judge loves Whipping out his little
book of laws, he announced that
Mr. Muzzy must substitute any
proper call but that Mr. Champion
must pass throughout the remain
der of the auction.
Mr. Muzzy took his time thinking
this over. He over-looked the fact
that his strong holding in spades
opposite his partner's probable void
represented a duplication of values.
Apparently Mr. Champion was in
terested in a slam and it was up
to him to get there. ‘'Six hearts,
he said bravely.
wards, who ruled for Butler and against the Hearts Opener
motion, doesn’t like McKinnev. The opening lead was the five of
—Rayburn vs. doodles— hearts. There was no way foi Mr.
Evie Kolxo t, glamor girl of the Demo- champion t0 avoid loss of two
cratic party, was twitting Speaker Sam Ray- clu> tr‘cl£ h. , ^ r
, i 1 ■ i * m aii Mr. Dale would have had a better
hun. about coming down to Texas to help result on this hanU. „e *ou!d have
hint get re-elected. # gone directly to four hearts on the
I 11 bring f OCO along,” she promised, re- South cards, considering th** three
forcing to her platinum-blonde, neatly hair- spade cue-bid too fancy. He might
doed, beribtxmed French poodle. have missed a slam, but he would
“If you bring that dog down to Texas,” have been assured of a substantial
exclaimed Mr. Sam in horror, “I’ll murder plus s<ort’-
you. If folks in my district even thought I (C«Pi'ri^ht 195s- General Features
knew someone with a dog like that I’d never oip ' ____________________
get re-elected.”
4-H HIGHLIGHTS
April is the month of activity for
Ellis County 4-H Clubs. Three El-
lis County 4-H Clubbers partici-
pated in the Ennis Livestock Show
this past week. They are: Ben,
John and Catherine Goodwyn.
But 4-H work is not limited to
showing animals in shows. There
are also contests on team demon-
strations and different types of
judging contests. They can have
any ty;>e of demonstration such as
“How to onstruct a Study Lamp"
or “How to make a Buttonhole"
The 4-H members have an oppor-
tunity to display their demonstra-
tions at both county and district
level.
The couny contest was held yes-
terday in Waxahachie at the Opti-
mist Youth Center and winners will
be announced soon.
The District contest will be held
at Arlington next Saturday, April
23. Winners at Arlington are then
eligible fur furthur competition al
state Round-Up which is held at
College Station June 7. 8. 9.
The Ellis County 4-H Clubs are
taking part in the Texas Friend-
ship for Korea" campaign. There
are 100.000 4-H Club boys ar.d girls
in Korea. These youths are the
backbone of that country’s agricul-
ture and the future leaders of this
young republic. Restoration of the
4-H movement since the war has
been hampered by lack of technical
leadership, basic supplies and
equipment. The Texas Friendship
for Korea Campaign is to provide
some of the basic supplies and
equipment, They need any and all
of the following livestock for pro-
gram material: beef cattle, dairy
cattle, breeding bulls, hogs, sheep,
milk goats, iabbits, chickens. The
Ellis County 4-H Clubs are plan-
ning to send at least one pig. Some
of the Clubs are planning cake
sales and other projects to raise
money for this purpose.
The project material will not be
given to the 4-H Clubbers. They
must earn it. They will not become
owners of the project material un-
til they have returned a like amount
to the project bank (which can in
turn be issued to others, etc.i
They are also going to keep a
continuity between the donor and
Ennis Lad Makes Good
On Dallas Farm Club
(Special to Ennis Dally News)
Artesia. • New Mexico —Lawrence
Honza is quiet almost to the point
of being shy—but give him a ball,
a glove, and a pitcher's mound and
he makes a lotto’ noise
Honza is one of the NuMexers’
most promising rookies, according
to Manager Tom Jordan and Club
President Steve La ruling.
YOUR. . .
COUNTY AGENT
. . . SAYS:
Seeame
Marvin Borders of Waxahachie is
ruepictured in a recent publication
on the production of Sesame. Tne
pictured in a recent publication
Sesame heads in a field.
Where Can a Farmer Cut Costs?
Tile cost-price squeeze in farming
is tempting many farmers to cut
costs by using less of the cash
items that go into production,
USDA studies indicate there are
many opportunities to cut costs
through better usfe of various pro-
duction factors—land, machinery’,
equipment, power, fertilizer, live-
stock. feeds labor, and such. But
reduced use of cash items will
frequently cut income more than
outgo.
Cash costs of farming, often
identified with modern technology,
have gone up about one-fourth in
the last 7 years. But USDA econo-
mists say that to increase out-of-
pocket expenditures, rather than
to cut them, will often reduce real
cost per unit of production. Of
course, each expense must be judg-
ed in relation to the individual
farm situation.
Prices of major poduction items
have risen considerably but in vary
ing amounts since the war. Fer-
tilizer, for example, has gone up
about 30 percent, whereas ma-
chinery. building materials, and
fencing have risen about 80 percent.
Labor has increased fourfold. So
foi reasons of economy as well as
ciianged technology, the best com-
bination of production items today
is quite different from that of 10
years ago.
Dates To Mark on Your Calendar?
Since we are now entering the
field day season throughout this
section of Texas, I am including
the following schedule of events
that are important and of interest
to farmers in Ellis County.
I am sure that you have marked
your schedule on the calendar to
keep from becoming confused due
to the large number of approach-
ing events.
More information will be published
later, but now is the time to mark
your calendar to reserve the day
to omit conflicts.
April 23-District 4-H Elimination
Contest. .Aldington, Texas
April 30—Purebred Sheep Sale,
Temple, Texas
May 2 & 3—Meat Type Hog
Field Day, Texas A & M College
May 4—Livestock Field Day for
Rate of Gain Tests on Beef Cat-
tle and Sheep and Goat Breeding,
Blue Bonnet Farm, McGregor, Tex-
as. ,
May 7—Hampsliire Hog Sale,
Midlothian, Texas
May 13—Denton Experiment Sta-
tion, Field, Denton, Texas
May 14—Ellis County Shorthorn
Sale, Waxahachie, Texas
May 18—Texas Research Foun-
dation Field Day, Renner, Texas
“That lad can pitch," said Lan-
ning after watching the Texas
farm boy perform in Artosia's first
game last week with .the Walker
Air Force Base team.
Getting into professional base-
ball has always been Honza's dream
—but Lawrence gives a priest at
Ennis. Texas, credit for the stort-
ing chance.
Father Ed Maher, coach at St.
John’s High School in Ennis, saw
Lawrence’s potential and arranged
a try-out for the moundsman with
the Dallas Eagles.
Scout Clyde McDowell liked what
he saw and fixed it so the 19-year-
old lad could get some experience
in semi-pro ball in Fort Worth with
the Polly Stars of the City League.
COUBTHOU8E NEWS
■
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MARRIAGE LICENSES
T. J. Armtsrong and Miss Nancy
Brown.
Farrell Leon Howard and Miss
Gail Lenroe Kelly.
Autrey Lee Herod and Mrs. Clara
Anderson.
Norma L. Weaver and Miss
Patricia Ann Thompson.
Henry W. Fair and Miss Dorothy
Lee Jackson.
A. L. Tuley and Mrs. Lola Tuley.
Earl Ray Anderson and Miss Eli-
zabeth Faye Jones.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
A. M. Sims Sr. to H. R. Burden.
6.26 acres William Henry' survey.
Gladys Dees Glenn to Mrs. Irene
Whitaker, lot three, block 52, Mid-
lothian.
Samuel L. Baughman, et ux to
George Henry Bryant, et ux, lot
three, block three. Unit II. Be lie -
Vue Add. Waxahachie.
Elmer Doherty to O. L. Hindman,
lots one through six, block 105, En-
nis.
National Development Company
to J. M. Stephens Jr., lot 13, block
three, Hilltop Acres.
Katherine P. Mason to Barney
W. Sledge, et ux, part subdivision
two, division 14, Ennis.
E. A. Phillips, et ux to L. D. Pat-
terson, lot m John Doherty sur-
vey.
Mrs. Helen Pittman to Thad A
Barrington Sr., lot five, block 11,
Ennis.
Bernard Byers, et ux to E. C.
Delk, part block 40 Ferris Addi-
tion, Waxahachie.
John L. Raborn, et al to Joe
Clayton, et ux. lot in Milford.
Mrs. Loretta Chapman, al to
Walter E. Jeffcoat, et ux, lot in
J. C. Reed sprvey.
Ida Bell Bynum to Richard Sal-
lie, lot one, block 10. S. M. Smith
Add. Ennis.
J. E. Alexander, et ux to W. T.
Williams, et ux, part subdivision
two, division 21, Ennis.
J. L. Davenport, et ux to Johnnie
D. Deaton, et ux, lot in Red Oak.
H. R. Burden to A. M. Sims Jr.,
2.29 acres R. de la Pena survey.
Leon R. Irvin ,et ux to Howe A.
Sneed, et ux, 1.5 acres Isaac Hurst
survey. -*( JR
Lawrence, who is 6 feet toll and
weighs 185, was graduated from St.
John's in May last year. About six
months later he moved to Fort
Worth and started playing with the
Polly Stars. He had a job in the
S&H Green Stamp warehouse
there.
In high scnooi ne played baseball
and basketball, lettering in both
during his Junior and senior years-
As a junior he had a pitching record
of 6-1 and a batting average of
.450. In his senior year he batted
.300 and had a 5-5 record on the
mound.
On the mound for the Polly Stars
he wound up the season with a 4-2
record. And when the City League
season ended McDowell figured
Lawrence was ready for some pro-
fessional work.
Lawrence was signed by the
Eagles and sent to Artesia train-
ing. Already the strength and abili-
ty developed by years of working
on a blackland farm have begun to
show in Honza’s work here.
Back home in Ennis, Lawrence's
father is operating a 300-acre farm,
his four brothers and four sisters,
grew up there and some day Law-
rence probably will go back.
But right now he’s interested in
becoming a Grade A baseball player
for the NuMexers.
Classified Ads
FOR SALE: Baby Calves—all kinds.
Ask first Service Station edge of
Corsicana, south. L. L. Patterson.
WAXA-MIX CONCRETE CO—We
have ready mixed concrete we can
deliver to Ennis and surrounding
comm unites. Phone 1626—Waxaha-
chie. Luther Eubanks.
Would you like to raise, turkeys and
make extra money? Small invest-
ment for equipment necessary. De-
witt’s furnishes the rest. Three pro-
grams available. There is one suit-
ed for your needs. Write, call or
come in to Dewitt’s Turkey Hat-
dhery. Box 443, Waxtthadhie, or
Phone 1615 or 1619.
Are you interested in the chicken
business? If so Dewitt’s needs grow,
ers to produce broiler type hatch-
ing eggs. We have a complete pro-
gram available. Come in to see us.
Dewitt’s Turkey Hatchery. 211 Fer-
ris Ave., Waxahachie, Tex.
Women wanted. Temporary, six
months. Mail postcards. Good hand-
writing or typewriter. Box 47, Wa-
tertown, Mass.
SPARE TIME JOB for men and
women—$10 daily booking orders
for Scotch-Lite NAME PLATES that
SHINE at NITE for top rural mall
boxes, also house numbers and door
plates. Unlimited Field. No sales ex-
perience of investment required.
Pleasant interesting work that pays
big profits. Ideal for retired persons
or fund raising organizations. Free
sales outfit. Illuminated Sign Co.
3004 1st Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn.
Excellent Registered Hereford Bull,
one year old. Ready for light ser-
vice. C. R. Publican Domino. Curtis
Rumtoo. Knight Hurst Addition.
Phone TR5-3978.
STRAYED: Two-month-old white
faced steer calf, west of Ennis. Call
TR5-3066 or TR5-7231.
the boys and girls who receive the---
initial project material. Fish is good eating a.nd contribut-
Additiortal needed supplies are: es generously to nutritional needs,
flower and garden seed, bulbs: (Only about seven species of fish
forage seeds, corn alfalfa, grain are well known to the average
cook in fashion...
with an Etecbua
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CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our thanks
and appreciation to our many
friends who by kind words and
deeds helped to lighten our burden
of sorrow in the illness and death
of our loved one. We especially
want to thank the ones who sent
food and flowers. Also Dr. Story.
Mr. Bunch and our friends of the
Bethel community. May God in His
infinite mercy aivd love bless you
and give you such kind friends Is
our prayer.
> The Dodson Family.
sorgums, Legumes pasture grasses;
snovt is, hoes, soil test kits, vita-
mins. feed sack, needles, thread,
pedal sewing machines.
person, but there are about 200
varieties sold in the United States
pius aoout 40 varieties of shell-
fish.
MAGGIE McKENZIE, popular radio star of KGNC sayi( "Every f
woman knows light Karo is best for cooking... and on the table. • •
it’s Karo for me, the best-tasting
waffle syrup of ’em all”
Yes, indeed... biscuits go like hot cakes when
you pour on plenty of delicious Karo waffle
syrup. There’s nothing like it for good eating.
Satiafyin’ flavor. So rich it stands right up on
top of biscuits (keeps ’em light and fluffy).
Keep Karo on your table morning, noon and
night... it tops anything!
Ask your groctrfor Karo wafNo syrup, in pints and quarto
Smart, fashionable women
rely on an electric range
y/** *° help thera stay
^ that way and be
' successful homemakers
at the same time. They save-
time and work because
electric cooking’s fast, dean,
dependable, and completely
automatic. It frees them
for outside interests. Like other'
women of good taste, you, toe^
should cook electrically. Choose
a gleaming new electrIk range
from your appliance dealer today!
be in fashion...cook Etedxic,
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