The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1946 Page: 1 of 14
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The electorate of the city of j
Clarksville apnroveri Tuesday by
vote of 136 to 83 a proposal that the j
council anooint a city manager and [
fix by ordinance the salary of such
manager. This election was held
without any,orear\ized camnaign-
iBjrJfor or syihirvet (the proposition. i
Trie ft# persoits who expressed
themselves constituted a larger
mimber tharkweMi expeated to take
I%r{ i»nth% etenf' e
Counril Has Sixty Days
To Adopt Change.
The council has sixty days In
which to select a citv manager and
bv ordinance establish his salary
and the nrovisions under which
he will administer the affairs of
the city. His ability to handle such
an assignment is the main quali-
fication to consider since the coun-
cil is not obligated to confine the
selection to anyone within this
eitv.
Under the state law permitting
cities of less than 5,000 population
to set up the manager svstem of
ooeratioh. all elective positions ex-
cept mayor and couneilmen cease
to exist at the expirat’ons of terms
of presents incumbents. Every no-
sition becomes apnointive. either
at the discretion of the governing
bodv or under the delegated auth-
ority of this group, such authority
being conferred upon the manager
by ordinance.
The council relinquishes no j
power bv reason of th's change.
No authority is surrendered except
bv such ordinances as the council
mav approve. The governing bodv
remains the policy makine ^,_unit,
hut with a capahV. efficient man-
ager in charge, will nominally take
no nart In running the city and its
several departments.
• • • y
Xneceas Remains To Be
Demonstrated
Citv manager forms of municipal |
operation have long since passed
the experimental phase In Amer-
ica’s larger cities Smaller places
have not. until recently, been privi-
leged. under the general laws of
this state, to adopt such a svstem.
Experience is therefore lacking in
UNRRA’s April share of the world's
pool of wheat and other cereals
from 363,000 to 460,000 tons.
The weather bureau report said
that Western Kansas, one of the
richest wheat producing areas.
XU.UCSb RUCBb J/lPUUVUIg nax.no, • ni 1IIVU
needs rain badly and that condi- I pitals.
tions were similar in parts of
Nebraska. More rain also will be
needed soon in Western Oklahoma,
Western Texas and New Mexico or
the crop will deteriorate, the re-
port said.
The President of the Chicago
Board of trade told the Senate
Agriculture Committee that the
government stepped into the black
market when it offered a 30-cent
per bushel bonus to - get corn off
farms for the famine relief pro-
gram.
The government is planning to
get back into the butter market In
a week or so to buy a year's sup-
ply—60,000,000 pounds — for the
armed services and military hes-
Dallas Good
Will Delegation
Coming May 2
Thirty-two Texas and Oklahoma
cities will be visited by more than
100 Dallas good will trippers who
will begin a five-day tour aboard
special train leaving Dallas’ at
CITIZENS PROTEST END OF OPA—Senator Alben Barkley, Democrat
from Kentucky, and Senate secretary Dorothy Kleinkauf look over some
of the 6,000 letters and telegrams which have been received by the Sen-
ate Banking and Currency committee urging the extension of OPA. jo p. m. Sunday. April 28.
Committee clerks figure the ratio to date is about 25 letters for extol- | Flying a Dallas-made
sion for everyone against it. Barkley Is a member of the Senate Banking
and Currency committee currently hearing the OPA bill In Washington.
(NEA Telephoto)
Russian Planes
Fire at U. S.
Aircraft
COMING TO CLARKSVILLE MAV *—Looking for harmony, like all
goodwill ambassadors, these star performers for the 42nd annual Dallas
Business Tour are tuning up In preparation for their whirlwind visit to
Clarksville Thursday. May 2, at 3 o'clock. Ditty singer, Rudy “Peg"
Moreland, at left, thinks it’s funny but Jimmie Jefferies, center, and
Karl Lamberts are taking things seriously. Jefferies will act as master
of ceremonies of the concerts and shows along the business tour route,
and Lamberts will direct the parade and dance band. Also along will be
th* Saddle Ridge Buckaroos, cowboy singing troupe, and Croas Rhodes,
radio singer.
Mussolini’s Body
Stolen From
Pauper’s Grave
jGovernment
Spends Money
Freely Enough
Milan, (IP) — Swift expert grave
robbers dug the remains of Benito
Mussolini from his unmarked pau-
_____—,— — -------- . , per’s grave in the dead of night, a
aonraising the possible outcome of municipal communique said, and
this venture in Clarksville. If the officials disclosed finding a letter
plan proves Ineffective and un- which sfti() the body was taken by
profitable It may be eliminated by the .Democratic Fascist Party.”
♦he same procedure under which it, corpse was token Monday
has been brought into existence by
the electorate.
Three Sentenced
In Bank Robbery
The $27,-
Muskogee, Okla., UP)
., last >F«u.
sentences
Texans and an Dklahom”n.
. All pleaded gilty before Fed-
eral Judge Eueeh# Wee, who sen-
tenced Jack Gibson Moss of Ida-
befciU '15 ye«r*>qn. S>ue eouirf and
lO’Tears on a Secondr John Tham-
ns Duncan of Fort Worth to 10
ylsfSr 'On 'eaoh of Wo •coupts..
jSseph, Junipr Lawson ,and Ever-
ett Roscoe Pack, both of Fort
Worth, to five vears on each count,
h)T Sentences ' to rtm concurrently.
* Moss and Mrs. Elizabeth Dooley,
a teller at th* bank, we yet to be
tried on a charge that they con-
spired to rob it.
all1 Hike Jnj
igarette Price
Wwsl/ngton, * UP)— GpK Wednes-
day night announced an increase
in retail price ceilings for multiole-
pack, carton and vendng machine
sales* of cigarettes.
The increases, granted because
of a Jump in manufacturing costs
are: , ,
A half cent a pack on sales of
two packs, four, six end 80 on-
One cent a pack on vending ma-
chine sales.
Five cents on a
Washington,—Speaker Sam Ray-
burn signed five bills—two House
measures and three Senate bills—
at the home of his sister in Dallas,
Mrs. W. A. Thomas, on Sunday,
John Ball and John Holton, of hts
secretarial staff, disclosed on their
return from Dallas Monday.
Ball and Bolton left by Army
plane Saturday afternoon. They
learned the Speaker would stop in
Dallas on his way from College
Station to Bonham and waited for
him Sunday. The secretaries re-
turned to Washington Monday aft-
ernoon. making the trip from Dal-
las to Washington in a B-29 in four
hours and fifty minutes flving tllne.
It was Ball’s first air flight.
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England Seen as
Not Planning1 Full
Loan Repayment
Texarkana — England Is look-
through the streets of Italy, and - log on her country cousin — Amer-
all the roses of the world and all j lea — with favor now because she
the tears of our women will not \ reeds billions of dollars in a loan
be enough to give extreme greet- -ithnt she pr^’ ublv wui not repav in
tags of the country to this great *"” — *- <=
plane,
equipped with loud speaker. Charles
Dameron will wing over the towns
ahead of the special train to herald
with shrieking siren the approach
cf the Dallas delegation.
Scheduled to reach Clarksville
at 3:00 p. m. Thursday, Mav 2, for
an hour visit, the Dallas business
men will be welcomed during open-
ing ceremonies by Mayor W. C.
Hamilton. The response on behalf
of the Dallas trade trippers will
be made by J. Neal Mancill. vice
president of the Dallas National
Bank.
Upon their arriyal, the good will . _.mTV5Vl(r„
ambassadors Will parade to a een-* «?????.!!*
tni nnfnt fnr the eXw relied for official Uni ed States ac-
night, and the open coffin was
left at the grave.
The letter, signed by the party’s
“Central Directive Committee,”
snd “D Duce is again among us.
His mortal remains have been
taken ini custody by the Demo-
cratic Fascist Party.
The party took the body, from
which “the light of eternity is
spreading.’’ because it no longer
could bear "the cannibal slurs
irfsde by the human dregs organ-
ized in the Communist Party.’’ the
letter declared, concluding:
"The time will come in which
Benito Mussolini in his coFta,
kissed by our sun, will parade
full, aecortlng to Charles S. Wil-
kins, nreside.,( of A. and M Col-
lege. Magnolia, who spr t uc the
Rotary Club luncheon meeting at
t
carton of 10
will be no increase, OPA
,_r single packs,
half cent multple pack in-
wherever cut-rate prices for
sales are in effect. For ex-
stores now selling popular
for 14 cents a oack. two for
_ are being allowed to ln-
s the price of two packs to 27
“economy” brands, now
form celling of IS cents
packs for 25 cents, are
to a uniform price
a pack for all sales.
- half cent
lies.
__ise will
specifically
son.”
One of Mussolini's boots was
found by the open coffin, said Gi-
«a»lef of Jfeo. Waa Iffoto-Grim.
said that America and
the Rome new*- land had more
DTtalia said part
_ '.was encased ta the’ bootv.
altaost a ye?r the bullet^
* ravagely-beaten body of
i "pompous Duce had lata
Cemetery, its loca-
re ported ly only to a
Details of the burial,
Mussolini’s capture, sum-
trial and execution by Part-
isans. had been sparse. The place
of internment had been kept secret
from but a few to prevent any
attempt to dig up the body.
“What Is strange.” Cavazza said.
‘ is that the robbers' knew things
so exactly that they did no lose
any time, but went directly to the
place where the coffin was buried.”
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tral downtown point for the e^
change of greetings between the
Dallas and local business leaders.
Then will follow hn entertainment
program of music, comedy and
song, presented by
who will accompany the trade
trippers. The business men from
Dallas will then break ranks and
make Individual calls on the local
firms before departing for the next
town on the Itinerary.
The visitors will be colorfully
garbed for the tour, each one wear-
ing a white, ankle-length coat,
trimmed ta blue. For- a topper,
each, will wear a white linen hat,
With a bright red band. Black
walking sticks will be carried. Sou-
venirs will be distributed ta every
citv . visited. Including banners,
folders, and candy for the children.
Advance greetings from
will be brought to the cities on the
itinerary by air courierin the per-
son of Dameron. who will not on-
ly fly ahead of the special train
but will also visit each town by
plane a day or two ahead of time
to personally report to local ar-
rangements officials regarding fi-
nal trade trip plans.
Vienna, Austria, (IP) —- In full
view of a large crowd of American
correspondents and Army personal
at Tulin Airport Just outside Vien-
na, four Russian fighter Dianes
fired shots off the wing of a United
States Armv o-47 transport plane
as it came in for a landing.
The Incident occurred just a
half hour before another plane
bearing the party of fourteen
American publishers and editors
landed at the field, which is ta the.
Russian occupation zone.
An immediate report on the in-
cident was asked from the pilot of
the C-47, Capt. James G. Baxter,
who curried no passengers on his
test flight. He had reported the in-
cident to the aimort control tower
before bringing the plane down.
Ih Washington. Senator Styles
Would Have
Counties Pay
legislators
Austin. — When the 50th Legis-
lature meets ta January ReD. Aug-
ustine Celava of Brownsville plans
for the 181 members of the Legis-
the local subdivisions
tlon to halt such incidents, assert-
ing: “It is ud to the United States
Government to see that they do
___stop. This irresponsible attacking
entertainers i °f American bovs and American
planes Just can’t keep on.”
A spokesman for headquarters of
United States forces in the Euro-
pean theater said any American
representations to Moscow over the
incident must come from the Unit-
ed States command ta Austria.
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Government Says
One Thin* Today,
Another Tomorrow
Business Leaders
Ran Bureaucrats
At Shreveport
Shreveport. La.. — East Terns
Kusiness leaders were told flatly
they must participate more active-
ly in governmental affairs or ac-
cept the consequences of state so- j to introduce a resolution for a con-
cialism. > stitutional amendment which win
Two speakers at the East Texas provlde an annual of ,5 000
Chamber of Commerce convention 1
sounded the warning. Both called |
for the immediate removal of | lature with
shackling bureaucratic controls over, of Texas. paving the bill,
the nation’s economy and a return! A t present all members of the
to the fundamental principles of legislature are paid out of the gen-
free enterprise. jeral revenue fund of the state. Un-
“All of us shall either become, der the Celava amendment It would
working business-citizen partners ; he up to each senatorial and leeis-
in this American democracy.” said 1 lative district to pay the legisla-
Bronson Morgan. Jasper, the or- ■ tors.
gafiliation's retiring president, “or, “I belivee the plan is both feasi-
we shall become helpless pawns ta , ble and fair,” Celava said. "If a
a super state.” House or Senate member repre-
Said Dr. George Benson, presi- rents certain defined districts, such
dent of Hardy College. 8earcy. Aik., district ought to be called upon to
“as citizens we have been asleep on par his salary, and if placed at
the job. While we slept we’ve gone *5.000 annually citizens will make
two-thirds of the way toward a
government-controlled economy. If
we - hope to keep our traditional
freedom we must become more voc-
al ta our belief ta the fundamen-
tals of the American way of life."
John R. Alford. Henderson cap-
italist and one of the founders of
the regional chamber, was elected
EIRE’S ARMY SHRINKS
AS RAF LURES MEN
Dublin, — (IP) —Eirie’s army is
smaller today than at any time in
the quarter of a century of Its
existence. Two years ago it waa
at the peak of its strength, a
striking force of almast 100,000
highly trained men backed by
some 150,000 members of the Lo-
cal Defense Force.
Demobilization, which began a
few months ago, has been unex-
pectedly heavy. Re-enlistments
have been few. Gratuities for dis-
charged men amount to as much
as 100 pounds which is big money
to an Irish
Too large a proportion of the
are crossing the
Ireland
to an Irish soldier.
Too large a propi
discharged men are
border to Northern
the British
SL&
Eng-
in common than
gnv other two nations, but that
England still thought of America
as a big overgrown country boy
who was luckv and made a lot of
money — which England would
bd giad to help America spend.
England after the first World
War probably intended to pay
America the money she awed, but
she conveniently forgot all about'
tt. as time went by: and now Eng-
land thinks America is showing
bad grace in asking for interest on
the new loan which she is request-
ing. Mr. Wilkins said.
"England beat you out of the
first loan, and she has been robbing
you as you went along ta the cur-
rent war,”, the speaker declared.
"England is a small nation geo-
graphically. but for a number of
vears she has been able to pull
the strings that made the rest of
the world dance. The British peo-
ple do not like to loee their leader-
ship ta the world affairs.
“England is not the only nation
with an application for ’a loan
pending. If England gets her loan,
the rest of the boys will have their
foot ta the door ready to step in,”
Mr. Wilkins declared. .
“If you make the loan, it will be
lent among you, with certain
tbor groups and manufacturers
‘tting some of the money, but un-
til we can get the essentials of
life ta a sufficient quantity to sup-
olv the people of the United States,
why should we lend money to
someone else to come over here to
buy up what we now have?” the
FARM SITUATION CONTINUES
SATISFACTORY HERE
Chicago — (IPi — Grinding of
flour for domestic consumption al-
Daiias ready has halted temporarily ta
„„ some mills, but sources ta the food
Industry believe any general Pinch
ta bread supplies may be weeks ta
coming. » ,
Most bakers have a three or four
weeks supply of flour on hand,
these sources said, and the full ef-
fect of the government's new order
for a one-fourth slash ta domestic
flour production will not be felt
while these reserves exist.
The American Bakers Association
predicted a bread shortage which
sure to elect a man or woman well
nualified to represent them. Be-
sides. a legislator under such con-
ditions and with an adequate sal-
ary. would devote a lot more time
to legislation.
“The standard of the Legisla-
ture would be raised and people
_. „______ _____ . would feel that thev have more
president by the new board of dl- right to call upon their lawmakers
rectors. fog their requirements wtyen they
realize they are paving th* salary.
Anywav. I intend to introduce
.........e jame
paid *10
Rangers To Stay
In Texarltana
Texarkana. — Captain M. T.
Gonzaulias of the Texas Rangers
seid Wednesday that tiie Rangers
would remain here until officers
apprehended the murderer or mur-
jierers of Betty Jo Booker, Paul dlstrlct6 wouJd ^ a tota, of ,905,.
Ann„ ao<l 000 * year, and each county’s share
Richard Griffin, all victims of wouId ^ upon Us population.
resolution to submit the ‘amend-
ment.”
Legislators now are
day dhring a regular session, the
pay drooping to *5 a day if the ses-
sion lasts longer than 120 days.
They also receive (10 a day during
any special session. Should the Del-
ays amendment be tadopted the
double slayings.
“We are continuing to make
in the investigation
crimes, and every effort
made to produce results
earliest possible moment. We
Washington
didn’t stop with
The Federal
gatlon has handled
000 reports of
la tions since Aug.
alone, about 3,000 iv
ly involving men
opened by the FBI.
February was 3.055.
FBI Director J.
says more new case:
rned daily.
Hoover told me
Japanese sum
totaling more that
been meted out to
la tors of the Selective
The majority of
however, were pe
and 30 years of ag
tions occurred prior to
“Similarly, of the IVt
Selective Service cases *
FB’s fils, the majority,
ed prior to V-J dav
registrants over 26.”
He pointed out that
♦rents 1Win>*l|tlSW«8l
Hraft art and said the
tewing its wartime
fnor these men'available
ed forces rather than
in ML
Hoover said that
when Congress n«ne»d
♦ *"» RervW Act. the
riled M9(M2 draft 1
enmie-h m»n to fill morfe
infantrv divisions.
Over 14.000 of the
investigat'd drew
he said. The remainder
armed forces
pisined their violations.
Methods used hv pear
evaders were “lust as
genious as during the
said.
On one occasion
asked to investigate
In Alabama. A vents
twins held birth
their ages as be]
see. Yet thev
| ble for the draft.
The certificates
an affidavit! bv a
certified that lie
familv Bible to
date. Examiners ta the
ton' checked the Bible.
Births of the twins
listed when they
FBI found that
Bible was no*
tag before March
discovered that the
evidence of artificial
Hoover said further
tlon disclosed that the
the notary public
arranged the
false birth certificate*. I
were convicted of viola til
lective Service act.”
Another tavawtteaHna I
a murderer.
“This man
touch with his dm
Thanksgiving. 1944,’
“Shortly thereafter Ids
unable to locate him.
“Local officers and
apprehended him twq
and learned that ab
giving. 1944. this HU
hunting, and di
he shot and killed his
At past sessions Ceiaya has in- , panion.
♦reduced amendment proposals for i “He then
- I would he snottv at the start de-I ™ CTrllral puowoie numoiv. nc coming session. “—;
While slight delays were occa- ! penaw on the flour supplies ta- “fe rece,T-'5t the wholehearted co- j “The public now realizes that Pnoij GrOUD
stoned by this week’s rainfall over £V„haJT. ™f«up- | ^r“«ou of the public and ] kgistators are underpaid.’’ he said, £°aa 'JJJM***
Dl.., tv,* f«rm 1 . i ' newspapers, and this cooperation -m fact the tin a dav harrilv navs \ nmp (ifflPP
Red River county, the general farm -u
situation continued bright at.' the -
closing days of the month find ex-
tensive cotton planting and field
work under way. Precipitation at
Clarksville totaled .59 of an Inch,
increasing to 2.14 inches the
amount for April. Moisture condi-
tions are described as very satis-
factory. Early planted cotton is up
to a good stand. Com is being cul-
tivated. The overall farm program
here is far ahead of one year ago.
Truck crops are making excellent
headway.
sufficient
—— iKgioiavuio mmvt **v w»*-«i 1 _ •
four: newspapers, and this cooperation -m fact,, the *10 a day hardly pays I Name
less tuan a week’s supply. j *>"* valuable ta tte Invest!- | expenses during a session, and ta j
vestigauon. uapi. uonzaunrs saia ure mu. wnen a session nowadays meettag, s
that the plane is used ta trips to thinks little of appropriating *100,- 1 tor of a
other points to taterrograte persons - - ■ -
and race down leads in connection
with the investigation. It is piloted
by Ranger Joe N. Thompson.
Recent contributions to the citi-
zens’ reward fund brought it up
to a total of *5965 Wednesday,
tailed supplies. A spokesman for
one major baking company who
preferred not to be quoted said its
future policy would not be decided
until the company knew what sup-
plies it could expect from the mil-
lers.
Some baking companies, while
reporting their own plans were in
FOUR BILLIONS OF WAR
8URFLUS LIQUIDATED.
definite, predicted the curtailment Chairman John Holman announc-
of bread production would be felt ed.
Washington, UP\ — Undersecretary
of War Kenneth C. Royall predicted
the armv will finish Its job of hand-
ling *15 340,000,000 worth of overseas
movable war surplus by late summer.
Royall said thst by March 11 *4,-
000.000.000 ta goods had been declar-
ed surplus, and mostly transferred
to the foreign liquidation commis-
sion. Other goods have been sold
as scrap or salvage, destroyed as
unusable or dangerous, abandoned.
Seventy-four per cent
tlmated total surplus has thus been
almost immediately, with the bak-
ers spreading their flour
over the entire period of shortage.
Major food chains, however, re-
ported they had received no re-
ports of bread shortages since flour
production curtailment order be-
came effective Monday.
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