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VOL. 53.—NO. 83.
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SULPHUR SPRINGS. TEXAS. SUNDAY, APRIL S, 1951
firannan Urges
Price Protection
For US Farmers
(Bn Aeeerieted Proto) —p
Washington, April 7 — Sec-
retary of Agriculture Charles
Ltrannan contends the govern-
ment is not giving farmers the
price protection needed to assure
food demands under the defense
program.
While farmers are being called
upon to produce an abundant sup-
ply of agricultural commodities,
Brannan said in a statement made
public .today, there is no guaran-
tee th« their prices will not col-
lapse in event demands fail to
match government production
goals.
1 he absence of price guaran-
tees or supports, ltrannan said,
reflects- the fact that the gov-
ernment need? a better method
of price support than that now
is available.
His statement was made Feb-
ruary 9th before a House Ap-
propriations subcommittee con-
sidering agriculture department
money needs for the next fiscal
year. The statement was released
by the committee.
"In the nation’s interest,” the
secretary said, "farmers may pro-
duce even beyond the amounts
ypey know they could sell at pro-
vable prices. We want this extra
amount beyond visible current
needs as an anti-inflationary in-
fluence.
"^■mrnes* to the farmer, can
wejMDt him to bear the full
burdv^ff protecting the rest of
the economy by producing to the
extent of driving his own re-
turns below a fair level?”
Brannan said it was his belief
that farmers "have every right
to ask reasonable protection
when they are called upon to act
in the nation's interest without
regard to their own.”
He said the uncertainty of the
nation’s future needs increases
the farmer’s gamble in answer-
ing the call to abundant produc-
tion, for that reason increas-
es rattwr than lessens the need
for adequate price protection. He
added:
“But before we can provide as-
surance of support (of prices)
that may be required to obtain
(Continued on Page Eight)
2-Day CC Dues
Raising Drive
Good For $618
An additional $618 annually
was obtained in a two-day dues
adjustment campaign conducted
by, the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday and Friday.
This amount, coupled with oth-
er adjustments of dues, still
leaves the annual income of the
Chamber of Commerce short of
its goal of $14,900 called for in
the 1951 budget which has been
adopted.
A membership drive will begin
soon in an effort to increase the
manpower and annual income of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Following are the firms and in-
dividuals responding to the re-
quest for an increase in dues in
the two-day drive: Levine’s Store;
Miller Printing Co.; Jimmy My-
rick; Milligan Electric Co.; Echo
Publishing Co.; Connor Insurance
Co.; Bridges Cash Store; Mack
Medley; Co-op Gin; Dr. Omer
Kirkpatrick; Thomas Lumber Co.;
John M. Biggerstaff; Jack W.
Byrd Lumber Co.; Pearson Gro-
cery and Market; L. B. Wester
Furniture Co.; McCool and An-
derson Tin and
Daring Attack
By British Comma
SEARCHING CUT THE ENEMY—AUnited States tank patrol searches out the enemy north of ths
38th parallel as United Nations forces continued to advance on Communists positions. A group of
North Korean civilians locate Chinese troops and grn positions on a map for the patrol leaders. (NEA
Telephoto).
ON BOMBING MANCHURIA
India Asks Authority
Vested in MacArthur
(Bn Atoocutled Preu)
Washington, April 7 — The
United States has been asked to
disclose whether General Mac-
Plumbing Shop; Arthur has authority to bomb
Larner’s Drug Store; George’sj enemy bases in Manchuria under
Bakery; Askew and Buford Drug! certain conditions. The question
Store; Maddox Motor Co.; Billy was asked by India. And an of-
Jones; Ray Moss; Myre Safety, ficial of the Indian embassy in
Station; Judge Wayne Gee;! Washington said his government
Henry Mahaffey; Hall-Farrar Ho-! also wants information about
tel; Palmer Service Station; and
Carter Electric.
Grover Sellers
Named Lawyer
For Phone Firm
Judflfirover Sellers, of the
Sellenrwd Fanning law firm and
a leading Hopkins County dairy-
man. has been named general at-
tqeycy of tpe Texas division of
1H9 Southwestern Bell Telephone
Company, it was revealed Satur-
day.
It is a temporary appointment,
Judge Sellers states, and he will
continue to maintain his residence
in Hopkins County.
However, he will be gone much
of the time until the position is
pei manently filled.
He was asked by G. .Wallace
Bates, general company attorney,
headquarters St. Louis, Mo., to
temporarily accept the position
created by the death in February
or Judge C. S. Slatton, a close
frietod of Sellers.
Nwlers said Saturday that hs
and his partner will continue their
law practice here, even though
he may lie gone much of the
time.
Scarce Materials
Brought Under
Federal Control
(By Aeeociatrd Preu)
Washington, April 7. — The
government has ordered virtual-
ly complete control over scarce
materials used in hardening or al-
loying iron and steel. Among them
are calcium, chromium, cobalt,
niaganese, nickel and tungsten.
Others are called boron, colum-
bium, molybdenum, silicion, tita-
nium, vanadium and xirconium.
Starting May lit, producers must
get government approval before
using these.
Speaker Sam Rayburn’s statement
to the House. Rayburn said that
Communist forces are massing in
Manchuria and that they are all
not Chinese.
There’s no immediate indica-
tion of the American reaction to
India’s questions.
Meanwhile, two Republican sen-
ators have demanded to know
whether American arms shipments
are being diverted from Korea to
Europe.
Senators Styles Bridges, of
New Hampshire, and William
Knowlond, of California asked the
question. And they say military of-
ficials wilt have to explain why-
sufficient equipment is hot avail-
able to arm more than 100-thou-
sand South Koreans who could
be pressed into the fighting.
Mr. Montgomery,
Retired Picklon
Farmer, Succumbs
M. E. Montgomery, 76, retired
Hopkins County farmer, succumb-
ed at 11:45 p.m. Friday at his
home on Whitworth street in Sul-
phur Springs.
Final rites will be held at 3:00
p.m. Sunday at the Tapp Funeral
Home, with Interment following In
the city cemetery. The Reverends
Boyd L Devore, Dallas, Thomas E.
Hardy, 8ulphur Borings, and Rog-
er* of Pirfcton, will officiate.
■Born March 1, 1878 in Arkan-
he moved to Texas when a
boy. He wps a merchant in
Royse City for a number of
but went into agriculture
moving to Pickton 38 years
For the past three years he
resided in Sulphur Springs.
He was married to Miss Kitty
J Scrimshire in 1890, and she
A member of the Me-]
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billed on
Eight)
Cement Shortage
Holds up South
Locust Project
Details oi Jap
Peace Treaty
Still Pending
A cement shortage is
up a paving project
holding
a paving project on South
Locust street, City Manager J. P.
Tackett said Saturday.
The project, extending from
Main to Tate street, a distance
of four blocks, will begin just as
soon as the cement can be ob-
tained, Tackett stated.
Heavy demand for cement in
the nation’s stepped up defense
program has created the short-
age. Tackett stated, making it
difficulty to obtain even a prom-
ise of delivery from cement
companies.
(Bn A uncialrd Preul
London, April 7 — Diplomatic
officials said today an American
idea to return the Bonin and
Ryukyu Island groups to -Japan
in a projected peace treaty has
still to be worked out in close
detail.
They were unable to say, there-
fore, whether it is the United
States’ intention that all the is-
lands in the two Archipelagoes
should be turned back to the Jap-
anese.
The informants noted, however,
that the return of Okinawa to Ja-|
pan would not necessarily pre-l
elude the United States from set- j
ting up a big base on the island.
Tax Measures
Iu Texas House
Nearing Fight
(Hu AeeociaUd Preu)
Austin, April 7 — To tax or not
to tax is not the question in the
Texas Legislature. The big prob-
lem is hom much to tax.
The House of Representatives
may reach the slugging stage on
this issue Monday.
Rivals for support are throe
proposed taxes that would pour
millions of new dollars in the
state's treasury. The end result
probably will be a compromise or
two, or perhaps ail three, of
them.
One is Rep. Jim Lindsey’s bill
to continue a 10 per cent increase
in omnibus tax rates. This in-
crease was voted as a temporary
measure last year to take care of
state hospitals. The Lindsey pro-
posal has the suppQrt of the State
Administration.
Another of the tax proposals is
that offered by Rep. Jim Sewell.
He wants to put a one-cent tax
on each thousand cubic feet of
natural gas entering pipelines.
This measure has the proven sup-
port of nearly half of the House
membership. Its appeal is based
on its allocation of funds to rural
roads, city streets and public
schools.
A third tax proposal which may
draw strong support is a one cent
per gallon inn-ease in the state
gasoline tax. Rep. Max Triplett is
the author of this one. It would
make the car owner pay 5 cents
instead of 4 cents to the state
everytime he puts a gallon of gas
in the family jalopy.
MacArthur
Talk Irks
Diplomat
(Bn AmiiociaUd Preu)
Cardiff, Wales, April 7 — One
of Britain’s top diplomats has
made an implied attack on Gen-
eral Douglas MacArthur. He is
Minister of State Kenneth Young-
er, right hand man of Foreign
Secretary Herbert Morrison.
He told a Labor Party rally
at Cardiff that the Chinese Com-
munists should not let themselves
be misled by irresponsible state-
ment from highly placed quarters.
This was regarded as a swipe
at the U-N Commander, although
MacArthur was not sained.
Younger said there is nothing
about U-N aims in Korea whieh
the Chinese should consider harm-
ful to themselves.
Bruce Melson
Technician At
Local Hospital
Bruce Melson, former Sulphur
Springs man, assumed his duties
Saturday as X-ray technician- at
Hopkins County Memorial Hospi-
tal.
Bob' Patterson, who has served
in that capacity since coining
here, will confine his work to su-
pervision of the hospital operat-
ing room, Administrator Harold
Warren announced.
Melson, husband of the former
Miss Rubye Murrell of Sulphur-
Springs, has been employed as
technician at the Samuell Clinic
at Dallas for the last three and
one-half years.
His duties here will also in-
clude relief laboratory technician,
Warren states.
Mr. and Mrs. Melson and their
14-year-old daughter, Murrell,
will make their home with George
A. Murrell, Mrs. Melson’s father.
Mine Fields, Traps
Slow Allied Advance
f jl mucinfrrf Preul
Washington, April 7.—The Pentagon has announc-
ed details of a daring raid by British Commandos far to
the north of the 38th parallel—at the enemy’s east coast
port of Songjin.
The Commandos made a quick strike at the bm port
—which is a railway and highway center. The 41st Royal
Marine Commandos dynamited railroad tracks in the raid.
The raiders received covering fire from the big guns
of the U. S. cruiser St. Paul. Destroyers and carrier planes
from Task Force 77 also raked the port of Songjin while
the Commandos were landing.
United Nations forces have
‘M
Red Cross Drive
CollectionsTop
$4,000 Mark Here
SWAMP HOLDS KEY
Sabbath Calm Settles
Over Disputed Border
Load of Lumber
Partially Burns
Early Saturday
Approximately one-third of a
truck load of lumber was destroy-
ed by fire early Saturday one
mile west of Weaver on U. S.
Highway 67.
One unit of the Sulphur Springs
Fire Department sped to the
scene and succeeded in extin-
guishing the blaze before the
lumber was totally destroyed. The
tractor was not damaged.
A Mr. Kennedy of Linden was
owner of the truck, according to
Firemen Woody White and Joe
Reed, who answered the alarm.
They arrived at the scene about
1:00 a.m. Saturday.
Origin of the blaze was not de-
termined. --------
A wiling fire Friday afternoon
slightly damaged a pickup truck
belonging to Otto Lindsey. The
fire started ag Lindsey was driv-
ing down South Locust street in
Sulphur Springs.
A unit of the local Fire De-
partment put out the blaze. Fire-
man Tom Clifton said that dam-
age was done to the wiring and
battery..
E. A. Seymore
Slightly Hurt
By Auto Here
E. A. Seymore, 71, of 204 Mag-
nolia street, suffered bruises and
abrasions just before noon Satur-
day when struck by an automo-
bile as he was crossing the street
at the intersection of Main and
Davis streets.
He was taken to Hopkins Coun-
ty Memorial Hospital for treat-
ment. X-rays failed to reveal any
broken bones, but he was detain-
ed in the hospital for observa-
tion.
Seymore, a former Greenpond
resident, was hurled several feet
by the impact. Driver of the car
was listed by Chief of Police
Vaughn Deaton, the investigating
officer,, as Marion Winchester.
The mishap occurred as Sey-
more was crossing the street and
Winchester was making a left
turn from North Davis onto Main,
officers said.
roiled deeper into North Korea
against little opposition. The Com-
munist forces have fallen back sud-
denly in both the central and
western sectors. But the enemy
has guarded his retreat well. The
roads leading north are sown
thickly with mines. And there
are concealed pits to trap advanc-
ing tanks. *
The censors have not let
through any information on the
distance which the U-N forces
covered in their latest advance.
But it is known that the advance
was slow—because of the mines
AfTd Other traps.
In the western sector. U-N
patrols crossed the Hantan River
at several points four to six miles
north of the 38th parallel. The
patrols drew fire from the enemy
lodged on the north bank — and
then had to retreat. British Com-
monwealth troops consolidated
their positions in the Red north-
land on the central front.
(Be A •~rr<at*d P'*u)
Tokyo, April 7 — The Reds are
(Bn Aenecietod Preu)
Haifa, Israel, April 7 — A
Sabbath calm fell over the dis-
puted Syrian-Israel border to-
■Kir
There were no further inci-
dents in the Sea of Galilee area,
where troops of the two nations
have clashed1 during the past three
days. Seven Israeli policemen
were reported slain Wednesday
by Syrian gunfire and the next
day Israel retaliated by bombing
Syrian troop positions
Israeli and neutral circles in
Haifa think it unlikely that the
dispute —* which revolves around
control of demilitarized territory
-—-can be settled at the local level.
Yesterday, Syria appealed to the
United Nations Security Council
to take up the matter.
Meanwhile, settlers on Israel’s
side of the border are continu-
ing their normal life, but main-
taining a state of preparedness.
Preparations for'pflssover are -in
full swing and the usual weekend
ports events were hold today.
Premier David Ben-Gurion said
yesterday that Israel had no in-
tention of waging war against
Syria, but declared that no one
would be permitted to block Is-
raeli reclamation work in the de-
militarized zone.
The focal point of thp dispute
is the Huleh Swamp north of the
Sea of Galilee. Israel if draining
it for farmland. Syria charges
that this advance into the demili-
tarized border land violates the
armistice between the turn coun-
tries. United Nations observers
also have taken a cool view of
the Israeli project.
Collections in the current Hop-
kins County Red Cross funds
drive have passed the $4,000
mark, Weber Fouts, general chair-
man of the drive, revealed Satur-
day.
Collections at mid-morning Sat-
urday amounted to $4,364.29
This year’s quota for Hopkins
County is $6,760.
Saltillo citizens will stage a
lunch sale soon in connection with
the drive, it has been reported.
Proceeds will ’ go into the Red
Cross fund, Fouts stated
The Saltillo community has al-
ready turned in $20, representing
collections in the drive.
Several schools in the county
have reported progress in the
drive, but reports are incotn
plete. . .. •>„
Red Crosa workers urge citizens
to respond to the drive and help
Hopkins County obtain
WEATJ
Not Guilty Plea
Heard Saturday
To DWI Charge
A Dallas man pleaded not guil-
ty in County Court Saturday to
a charge of driving while intoxi-
cated, and he was released af-
ter making bond.
He was arrested by a deputy
sheriff and a state highway patrol-
man Friday night on a highway
near Sulphur Springs.
A blood sample was taken and
will be sent to Austin to deter-
mine the alcoholic content, coun-|
ty officials said.
A Hopkins County man has
been charged with intoxication in
Justice of Peace Jess Passmore’s]
court at Pickton. He was arrested
by the sheriff's force in Como
Friday night.
Korean Veteran Praises
Officer as Top Leader
p-t s:,
warmer in the Northwest portion
in the aftarnoon.
West Texas —
(Bn Auorielcd Preul
Tokyo, April 7 — This is »
story for old soldiers . . . war
veterans who remember their days
on recon . . . jungle patrols . . .
walks in the Italian sun . . . prob-
ing expeditions in the French
countryside.
Pfc. John Connor from Falls
Church, Virginia, tells how it is
in Korea — when you have a
good patrol leader.
Connor tells about Lieutenant
Richard Glasscock, a Missouri boy
—'Portageville, Missouri.
ys Connor: “He was an e
d man in the last war ai
what the score is.” Ai
— ecore includes
dier wants in an
litv to rmell out ..
Hi/ mnA ,
When the lieutenant stops his
jeep on a curve and says there’s
something on the other side of
the hill, there’ll be enemy soldiers
there every time — I’ve never
seen it fail. It’s mighty nice to
work with a man tilde that."
The private from Virginia em-
phasized his point with another
story . . . about the time when
he and the Lieutenant were climb-
ing a hill during an attack and
spotted an enemy bunker upi
ahead. Connor said: “Ha handed
me a grenade and kept one for
himself — and sort of smil
and said: ‘Are you scared?’
I said ‘I sure am.’
He -aid:
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Telephone Vole
Canvass Slated
Monday Night
Sulphur Springs’ telephone rate
problem will be aired further at
a called meeting of the City
Council at 7:00 p.m. Monday at
the city hall.
Results of the canvass of tele-
phone subscribers on the dial sys-
tem trill be announced at the meet-
ing. Several representatives of
Southwestern Associated Tele
phone Company will be present.
Bids on the pickup trucks for
the city water and street depart-
ment will also be opened at the
meeting.
Russian Ships
Believed Sailing
To Vladivostok
(Bn Aenoeiatrd Preu)
Folkestone, England, April 7—
Ten Russian fishing ships sailed
through the English Channel to-
day. They are believed en route
to Vladivostok, Siberia, just north
of Korea.
The naval correspondent of the
London Daily Herald said the ships
may be manned by Russian sub-
marine officers.
Giving no source for his infor-
mation, he said Russian admirals
have ordered “long range sea ex-
perience for submarine officers.”
He added Soviet submariners are
being put on long-range merchant
and fishing ships for special train-
ing. .....;
retreating in Korea, but the allied
forces are moving forward cau-
tiously through heavily mined
fields and roads beset by booby
traps and anti-tank pita.
All front-line allied forces
are fighting north of the 38
parallel — except for one sec-
tor on the central front where
stubborn Reds are holding out
along the Hanggye-Inje road.
.Almost all the way across the
front from East to West, the hills
have been cleared of the Reds.
The only hard fighting is just
north of Yongyong and east of
Chunchon, where heavy artillery
fire cleared the way for slight
allied advances. The Chinese
Reds appear to be set to defend
Yongchon, a road junction town
six miles inside North Korea
where a fresh allied attack was
launched at dawn today.
U-N troops held up for two
day east of Chunchon have fin-
ally forced a crossing of the So-
yang River, where heavy fire-
power forced the Reds to give
ground.
There was another wild aerial
dogfight today over northwest
Korea when the Reds sent out
40 Russian-type MIGS. They
were jumped by 50 American
Thunderjest. Our pilots claimed
two Reds damaged, one probably
destroyed. The Air Force says it
has destroyed or damaged 16
Red jets this week.
A helmet liner pierced by two
bullets has been found in the
area where Major General Wil-
liam Dean disappeared last July
near Taejon. The liner carried
two stars and the insignia of the
24th Division, Dean’s command
when he disappeared. The find
sent new search and recovery |
teams into the area. General Dean
was reported a prisoner last fall,
but the report was never confirm-
ed. ■
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