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THE EVENING NEWS AND THE MORNING TELEGRAM CONSOLIDATED IN 191S. ABSORBED THE DAILY GAZETTE IN 1924.
VOL. 60.—NO. 80.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, SUNDAY, APRIL *, 195*.
2* PAGES — 3 SECTIONS — S CENTS MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Branscome
Calls Fair
Big Success
The Hopkins County In-
dustrial {fair was termed “a
tremendous * u e t e s s’* by
Weldon Branscome, chair-
man of the sponsoring
Chamber of Commerce In-
dustrial Committee, as plana were
being made to~ enlarge the show
y/n 1969. The show closed Satur-
day night.
- “We have had a wonderful
turnout for this introduction to
future industrial* fairs and we are
sure that all those firms who did
.- not enter exhibits this year will-
want to do so next?year,” added
Branscome. •
“More space will be needed for
a larger show- because the value
pf the fair may be damaged if the
bOUding is crowded. One possibil-
ity is that the fair may be housed
at two separate locations in the
downtown area,” -he continued.
Branscome said the fair haa re-
ceived a lot of favorable commerO
and has caused the people ‘to ap-
preciate more the work of the'
Chamber of Commerce for bring-
ing them up to date on industrial
growth.
“The public is surprised to find
that so many various products arc
produced here in Hopkins Coun-
ty. However, the 15 exhibits in-
cluded in the fair only touch the
surface pf the industry in our
county,” said Branscome.
Mayor B. F. Ashcroft officially
opened the fair at 10 a. m. Thurs-
day and Chamber of Commerce
brief speech.' Although the show
was slated to close at 8 p. m.
nightly, hosting officials kept the
doors of the old Carnation Theat-
er building open well past the
deadline hour.
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IS ARISEN—Miss Harriet Reed, daughter ofJWr. and Mrs. Jesse Reed of Sulphur Springs,
front of the beautiful colored-glass window at'First Methodist Church depicting the
Deadline for Political
Candidates Month Away
Eight of Family
Injured as Car
Overturns Twice
Qptesville, Apr. 6 UP — Eight
members of one family were in-
jured when the car in which they
Vr.eflS travelling from Lubbock to
Waco overturned npar 'Gatesvilie
on Highway 36.
The car was driven 'by Mrs.
J. W. Walker who was accompan-
ied by her five children and her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Conner of Lubbock, The Conners
planned to spend Easter with the
Walkers in^Waco.
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Worthless Check
Cases Docketed
In Justice Court
a*
County officers filed four
charges with Judge Ray Morgan
in justice Court Saturday against
out-of-county men for passing
worthless checks.
Two felony complaints were
filed by Deputy Joe Kellum
,,,against an Ellis County man and
Deputy Sheriff Ebb Wheeler fil-
ed two misdemeanor complaints
against a Longview man.
Two' Stuggart, Ark. youths
were released Friday night with-
out charge to the custody of rel-
atives.
ter spirit. Miss Reed is a
by T. A. Wright).
member of the Youth , Choir, directed by Dick Fleming,
Eas-
(Staff l’hoto
ed broken arms, and Conner, who
is 61,'suffered; a, broken left leg.
Both are in the Gatesvilie hospital
Where their condition Is described
as not serious.^
on the head. ‘Her children, rang-
ing in age from one to seven, re-
ceived* minor cuts and bruises.
The car overturned twice when
a tire blew out.
Only eight candidates* had fil-f--—*-—--1--
ed applications for places on the •> l n . «
Democratic primary ballot Satur- ;■Mnlltlf**)I r YllPC
day with the deadline for action'; * VUUvCll J-lAliCO
a month away.
Five of’those filing with J. R.
Ramey, chairman of the county -
Deruoaratic executive comniittee, !
are seeking county or local offi-
ces,' two state offices and one
a district position.
Eighteen candidates have an-
nounced for county and local of-
fices. - -
Deadline Is May 5
! -
March in Prolesl
At While House
The deadline for ^filing jC£*r bal-
lot places is May 5. Ramey said
most candidates tend to wftit un-
til the time limit approaches be-
fore submitting their applica-
tions.
Those who had filed Saturday
were William J. Fanning, for
Mrs. Conner, who_ is 50, suffer-’of the court of civil ap-
Fair Weather With Gusty
Winds Expected on Easter
Judge Bowman
Holds Session
Fair weather, with continued
gusty winds and somewhat cooler
temperatures, is pi e dieted for-
Easter Sunday in t h e Sulphur
Springs area.
Dust appeared in the air here'
Saturday as the wind picked up
renewed strength following the
District Judge L. L. Bowman ; pa!We of H Pafifk. cool front Fri-
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Mrs. T. A. Wiler
Dies in Paris
Hospital Friday
Mrs. T. A. (Bessie) Wiler, a
resident of Route One, Brashcar,
died at 7:16 p, m. Friday at St.
Joseph's Hospital in i’aria follow-
ing a brief illne»a.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Sunday at the Brashear
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Avery Hammond officiating. In-
terment will bye in the Brashear
Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons,
Thomas M. Wiler, Jr., of Bra:
shear and Lath*xn A. Wiler of.
Paris; a daughter, Mrs. Mery Jo
McClain of Orasaggefieid; a broth-
er, Tom Abercrombie of Dallaa;
three aiatera, Mrs. Eula Zint of
Kstelline, Mrs. Carl Nixon of
Clarendon, and Mrs. Doliie Elli-
son of Quitman, five grandchild-
ren and aeveral nieces and neph-
ews.
The body will remain at T*pp
Funeral Home until time for serv
ices.
held three hearings, but announc
ed no decisions, in a Saturday
morning session of Eighth Dis-
trict Court at the Hopkins Coun-
ty court house.
Bowman set the next action in
District Court for Friday, April
11, at which time a petit jury
panel for May will be drawn.
day night. Tempe r a t u r e a ran
about ten degrees below Friday’s
abnormal warm level, which pro-
duced a new 1958 high leading of
85 degrees.
Fierce winds buffeted much bf
Siepfalher May
Miss Charges
After Shooting
Austin, Apr. 5 Uh—Police Lieu-
tenant Merle Wells of Austin says
charges probably will not be filed
against Travis Smith for the kill-
ing of his step daughter and
wounding of his wife and mother-
West Texas. Gusts up to 75 miles ] in-law yesterday.
an hour whipped up dust that re-
duced visibility to 100 yards at
Levelland.
BY LANA TURNER’S DAUGHTER
Underworld Character
Slain in Hollywood
Hollylwood, Apr. 5 (A—A Hoi-j learned that Stompanato had call-
lywood underworld character—42 ed at Miss Turner’s 2-story col-
year-old Johnny Stompanato —lonial mansion and. started threat-
m
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Father Backs
Over Young Girl
San Antonio, Apr. 5 A -— A
' five-year-old San Antonio girl—
Linda Younger—was killed this
morning when she was run over
by a tractor near her home.,
San Antonio vptIPh rnkf ? the
tractor was driven bjf -th«i?Wt4J«
girl’s father — E. L. Youngvfr—
who was grading His property at
the time of the accident. Yoting-
er was described as backing up
when the right rear wheel of the
tractor ran over the child, who
was playing nearby.
Linda was the only child of Mr. pria*
and Mra, E. L. Younger of San
was stabbed' to death in a bed
room of Lana Turner’s mansion
last night and police say the mov-
ie : star’s 14-year-otd daughter,
Cheryl, killad Stompanato with a
10-inch butcher knife.
Stompanato and the, 38-year-
old Miss Turner recently returned
from a vacation together in Aca-
pulco, Mex if o.
Police Captain Raymond Bord-
ers says Cheryl told him she Heard
her mother and Stompanato argu-
ing in an upstgirs bed room.
The girl quoted Stompanato as
telling Miss Turner:
. “I’ll (let you if it takes a day, #
week or a year. I’ll cut yqu up.
I’ll stomp you and if 1 can’t cfo it
myself I’ll find someone who
ean.”
Borders said Cheryl went back
downstairs, got the butcher knife
and returned to the pink ^arpeled
bed room.
Cheryl said she told her mother
that she ^id not have to take that
kind of talk from Stompanato.
.....Borders said that Cheryl then
plungcil the blade into Stompan-
ato’s abdomen and he died with-
out uttering another word,
Newsmen asked police how
Cheryl was able to stab the husky
Stompanato. Authorities said the
girl’s act came as a complete sur-
Ftntd Lawyer Called
ening her in front of Cheryl.
Miss Turner’s lawyer ■-« famed
Hollywood lawyer Jerry Giesler—
quickly turned up at the BevOrly
Hills police station where Cheryl
is being held.
Cheryl's father, Stephen Crane,
also vvas on hand. Cheryl herself
appeared calm. Miss Turner was
sobbing.
Lawyer Giesler said it looked to
him like what he called a case of
justifiable honllcide.
Cheryl was held overnight in
the juvenile quarters of the po-
ice station after being booked on
suspicion of murder.
Miss Turner returned to her
home, accompanied by Giesler.
Stompanato has been An under-
world figure since 1948, when he
acted as a bodyguard for former
gambler Mickey Cohen.
His only actual brushes with
the law came when he was jailed
twice for vagrancy.
In 1949 he married actress Hel-
en Gilbert They , were divorced;'
.Upon their return froth' Acapul-
co, Miss Turner* denied any ro-
mantic interest in Stompanato.
But, .for months before tWe trip
and since their return the glamor-
ous blonde actress has been in his
company on - man^ occasions.
Trouble in Past
Cheryl, a tall brown haired girl,
has caused her mother trouble in
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Wens saul today: “Even if he
lives, he couldn’t stand trial.7
Smith is in critical condition ih !
an Austin hospital with head]
wounds.
The shooting came less than 8
hours after Smith was released-!
from jail on. a drinking charge.
Smith went to his home and spray-
ed the interior of the kitchen
and living room with six revolver
bullets and then shot himself in
the head with a 7th.
Dead was his stepdaughter—
Miss Rachel Goode—a senior high
school student. Police said she had
shot through the head while
preparing to eat her lunch.
Both the girl’s mother and her
grandmother were hospitalized but
are not in critical condition..
The 2«y e a r-oW son of the
Smiths escaped injury when he
was taken from the house by a
maid.
President Cuts
Golf Game Short
In Cold Wind
Gettysburg, Apr. 5 IPi— Presi-
dent Eisenhower cut short his
golf game Saturday when a cold
wind set him shivering. He left
the Gettsburg Country Club at
noon after playing 9 holes.
The temperature dropped' from
60 to 52, the sky turned overcast
and a raw wind came up as the
President played with his son, Ma-
jor John Eisenhower and his Get-
tysburg farm manager, Bridagier
General Arthur Kevins.
Eisenhower had been expected
to play 18 holes but called off the
last 9 when the weather worsened.
Said Eisenhower:,,
"It’s really cold out there.’’
Young Boy Scout
Crushed toDealh
p'eals; V. C. Bird, V. H. Irons
and John H. Wilson, all for jus-
tice of the ‘peace at ( umby; J.
D. Lee, for justice of the peace
at Sulphur Springs; L. L. Bow-
Homer L. Hcniten, for county
superintendent of schools, and
Tom Hughston of Clarksville, for
the state board-of education.
Ramey said the filing fee this
year is 7 per cent .of the annual
salary for the county offices. The
assesment, which must be paid
by May 17, ia made to cover the
cost of two summer Democratic
primaries.
The filing fee in f966 was 6
per cent of the annual salaries.
Ramey explained k(he amount was
increased this year because few-
er candidates are expected.
Surplus Rsfunded
If a surplus, of money is left
in the fund after primary expens-
es have been paid, the candidates
receive proportionate refunds.
The county executive commit-
tee is scheduled to meet'May 12
to check the applications and
formally set the amount of the
assessments.
Washington, Apr. 5 W'—Two
dozen Cuban 'and Dominican po-
litical* exiles from New York City
picketed the W’hite House torfhy.-
* They marched in p r o t e-% t
against what-they called the illicit
shipme.pt of arms to Cuban Presi-
dent Batista by Generalisimo Tru-
jillo of the Dominican Republic,
in five American-made C47’s. -
Extra city police were on hand
to preserve order and to keep the
pa radars moving. . The pickets car-
ried. banners attacking the tw.o
Latin American leaders.
Nicholas Silfa, a spokesman for
the group, handed a reporter an
;open letter to President Eisen-
hower and Secretary of State
Duibw '••protesting4 ' duty - further
military and economic aid to the
two countries.
Scotland Yard
Reports Warning
To Stompanato
London, Apr. SJ- (Jt- Scotland
Yard detectives said today that
Johnny Stompanato, stabbed to
death in (Ana Turner’s Beverly
Hills home last night, was advised
to leave Britain last year for re-
portedly threatening the actress-
life.
Stompanato came to London
after Miss Turner arrived in Sep-
tember to make a film called “An-
other Time An other.mace.’1-..
Within a fcW days two Yard
detectives visited"Th<er American at
his rented apartment in fashion-
able: Chelsea and told him they
had received reports he had
threatened Miss Turner’s life.
They suggested he leave the
country. Stompanato was oil his
wuy home within a few hours.
Fort Worth, Apr. 5 A—A 12-
year-old Fort Worth boy—Robert
Edgar Barnes—whose dad help-
ed him With his Boy Scout work,
was helping his father repair a
broken spring pn a truck yester-
day.
They used the panel truck on
fishing trips.
Robert was in front of the truck
when his dad—M. E. Barnes—
started to climb into the truck.
It fell from a, support jack, -roll-
ed forward and crushed Robert’s
head. against concrete steps.
The -boy was dead on arrival
at a Fort Wdrth hospital.
His father sobbed: “We were
ging to fix the truck tonight and
then do some Scout work Satur-
day.”
Air Force Fires
Allas Missile
Cape Canaveral, Fla., Apr. 5
A—-Tlje Air Force fired its 7th
Atlas intcrcontin e nt a I ballistic
missile from the launching pad at
Cape Canaveral today.
The missile was sent up in a test
flight which took it several miles
down the test range. Some 15 min-
utes after the 12 o’clock no<
fii ing the Air Force said the limit-
ed range test appeared normal
throughout the entire flight.
The Air Force did not indicate
the nature of the firing, but it is
believed to have involved testing
of propulsion and guidance equip-
ment.
Hungarian Reds
Warned to Set'
Own Defenses
Stalinvaros, Hungary, Apr. 5
(j^-^-Soviet Premier Khrushchev
warned Hungarian Communists
today that if a new revolt comes
they must not depend on Russia
for help.
He made the statement In the
steel mill* town of Stalinvaros.
Speaking to an outdoor crowd
of 20,000, Khrushchev said:
“You should not think that if
the counter-revolution comes
again, you can depend on the
Russians to come again and help;
You must help yourselves.”
He spoke without notes. Ap-
parently he did not mean to im-
ply that he unconditionally ban-
ned future armed Soviet support.
Much of his speech was devoted
to the help the Soviet army gave
Hungarian Communists in the
1956 revolt.
Foreign military observers es-
timate that there still are 60,000
to 80,000 S oviet troops in Hun
K“ry.
Sulphur Springs -churches
will observe their annual \-
celebration of Christ’s Res-
urrection Sunday, with ca-
pacity congregations ex-
pected and special musical
numbers emphasizing the Easter
theme. - —
F’air, windy weather and some-
what cooler tempei atures are ex-
pected in Northeast Texas- for the
annual display of spring, finery..
Blooming ihruhs and flowers wil!
provide a colorful background,.
Two local churches, the First
Methodist, and First Baptist, will
conduct double services Sunday
morning to accommodate their
i ongregations. • „
Debut For Poitor
Another, the First Christian,
will have a new pastor, the Rev.
Roy S. Martin, delivering his in-
itial sermon. -
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
post will sponsor its annual Eas-
ter egg hunt on the grounds of its
building on Whitworth Street be-
ginning at 2 :110 p. m.
Approximately 1,000 eggs have
been hidden for the event, which
is open to all local chifdren. Some
will be. accompanied by $1 bills -
left by a practical-minded Easter
bunny.
Another Easter egg hunt will
be conducted at the Country
(dub, starting at 1 p.' m. for chil-
dren under 12 years of age. Briz-
es will be awarded. ,
■<—-Matty - aipj, c»-w:-r .-g—gi *
Many family reunions are in
progress in the city., with college,
students home from school and
relatives gathering at local
homes.
A brisk pre-Easter business has
been reported by most local mer- -
chants, with warm weather and
clear skies, providing a stimulat-
ing influence.
★
Saddest Blow
California Land
Flooded as Levee
On River Breaks
San Francisco, Apr. 5 A — A
major break in the San Joaquin
River levee early today sent wa-
ter spilling over several thousand
acres of California ranch land.
Stanislaus County Sheriff Dan
Kelsay said the bleak —- in the
Hogin levee 1.4 miles southwest
of Modesto — threatened scatter-,
ed farm families and livestock
throughout the area.
The sheriff’s office said'there
appeared no chance the break
could be dammed immedately. It
was reported near the same place
the levee broke in 1938, inundat-
ing thousands of acres and caus-
ing heavy property damage.
The land is mostly natural pas-
tuie, but includes alfalfa and
clover fields. Large numbers of
livestock graze in the area.
The break ctme ms California,
declared a major disaster area by
President Eisenhower, braced for
still more Easter week-end raid.
WEATHER
EAST and SOUTH CENTRAL, TEXAS
(lenrratly fair, thrmurh Sunday.
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS Generally
HIT thruuah Sunday
WEST TEXAS Generally fair through
Sunday.
San Fraaciacn, Apr. 5 A—
The laddaat blow for the San
Franciaco W • a I b • r Bureau
cams iron the weather itaelf.
Tbe bureau's paychecks didn't
errive as eebedeied-—because
transcontinental trains were de-
layed by keevy snows ia the
Mountains.'
Tbe weatkeriBMr eeiald make
ne forecase about when the
checks would arrive.
Mighty Blast Touched Off
To Clear Canadian Passage
vtt; -British Colum- Quadra Island, 2,400 feet from j,evacuated. Ships were kept at
Campbell Rivat; Dritish
bia, Apr. 5 A— A terror of sea-
farers off Canada’s British Co-
lumbia coast, Ripple Rock, was
blown up today.
A.; reported 2,750,000 tons of
the rock.
The geyser from the unprece-
dented explosion mushroomed
hundreds of feet in-' the air and
spread for nearly half a mile on
high explosive spewed into the; each side.
air an estimated 700,000 tons of j The earth trembled. A cortcus-
rock and water in Seymour Nar- Ujon wave spread through the
rows, 9 miles north of Campbell air for miles around. A small
River. It wax rated as the might- tidal wave pushed out in both di-
iest man-made explosion, barring: rections from the M-mtle long
an atomic blast. j narrows. s
The blast was designed to wipe There were no immediate re-
out the menace of Ripple” Rock, j ports of damage away from the
rated the worst shipping peril *n j blzswt area. ......
the 850-mile inside passage from . , .. , , ,, , ,
Puget Spand to Alaska: ^ A *«*’ *ir’ and land bl°^ade
The explosive was touched off scaled off the area. All inhabi-
sheitered bunker
1 Units within
miles lied
least 5 miles away. Only tracer
and scientific planes were aloft.
Within seconds of the explo-
sion, a mushroom cloud of smoke
and dust spread over Vancouver
Island, which forms the left bank
of the narrows, and Maud and
Quadra Islands on the right.'f
To observers in bunkers 7,000
feet away it appeared the blast
had gone off perfectly.
But its successes will not be
known definitely until later.
If everything went according
to plan the top 30 feet of the
j twin-domed rock will have been
: sheared' off, leaving a safe chan-
j ne) at least 40 feet deep at low
been -tide.
Appeal Issued
For Red Cross
Funds in U. S.
Washington, Apr. 5 UB— The
White House made a fresh ap-
peal today for donations to tba
Red Cross for use in helping ih.
dividual victims of the Califor-
nia storms and floods.
Presidential News Secretary
James Hagerty pointed out that
,-federal and slate aid money goet
only for restoration of public fa-
cilities and not for - the aid of
people-
he said President Eisenhower
and General Alfred Gruenthei;
head of the Red Cross, hope peo-
ple will contribute to the Red .
Cross, which Already has assist*
ed 2,000 individuals in Caiifoi*
nia. Hagerty added the Red
Cross nationally is running 25
million dollars behind its 95 mil-
lion dollar 1958 campaign goal.
In, response to a question,
Hagerty said the President’s ord-
er yesterday declaring California
a disaster area eligible for fed-
eral aid covers the whole state.
He said the presidential order
was based on the latest declara-
tion of Governor Goodwin Knight
declaring the entire state, a dia-
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