The Clarksville Times (Clarksville, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 26, 1946 Page: 4 of 14
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TEE CLARKSVILLE TIMES
FRIDAY, APRIL 26,1946
More Local Boys
File Discharge
Papers Here
World P<
Rising, F
Making I
Wyatt on Job
Three Months,
Nothing Done
Fifteen Percent
Drivers Cause
Most Accidents
War Penalties
Doom German
Pot Bellies
lined stomachs will predominate.
Officials declared "ihis is not
i unreasonable and is in any case
I necessity ted by the fact that the
j reparations plan (which will be
based on the level of industry)
I will not permit the prduction of
I exports on a scale sufficient to
| pay for the prewar volume of food
I imports."
The following evs: n icemen
filed discharge papers at the
draft board office since ihc
report made by The Time.,.
Joirn Wesley While. Hu
Toxjs.
James Wilford I owe; B<
Route 1.
Jessie Lee Mills, cT-rkswlh
Washington, -
illation, despite
famine, is incr
that with no pre
the equivalent (
will have to be c
ed every centurj
the world frem
That Is the c
(view put out b;
Reference Bures
organization dev
ing population
■ Peter Eds on By LOUIS P LOCHNER
.I'.isliin .ton Correspondent AP Newsiestures
iic'on. D. C. — <NEA) — ' Berlin The pot-bellied Ger-
Administrator and Expe- man of the comic operas is a thing
itson \V. Wyatt has been on of the past as a result of industrial
urct months end a half, in restrictions placed upon the Reich
me he hasn't built one new ' by .tile Allied Control Authority.
Every German must, for many
Li February lie announced .'cars to come, pull his belt several
Colonel Homer Garrison, direct-
or of the Texas
Hitler’s Desk
In Junk Heap
Department of
Public Saftey. says that in 1948, 39
per cent of all drivers and 41 per
cent of all pedestrians involved in
Texas collisions Were under the In-
Muenco ol alcohol
Accident' reports show ‘had been
By TOM REEDY drinking' as the classification for
(/Pi Newsfeatures the presence of alcohol, in whit*
Berlin — A scratched and bat- , ver Quantity. Garrison said! “The
tered desk lies in a shell crater in tipsy driver is more dangerous than
the heart of Berlin — just another ,|lp onp wj10 js s]< ppv drunk, And
piece of junk on a bump heap, oven if the average person does re-
Heads of state once stood hr fllse to believe it. just an ounce or
front of that desk, trembling. two of alcohol will befuddle his re-
It is Adolf Hitlers desk, lying flows enough lo make hlirr danger-
out in the rain, unnoticed. Souve- ious jn troffie.
1 hot standing has been fixed as nir hunters no longer show any in- | Alcoliol and gasoline, when corn-
el the same level as the average ! terest in It, although there still is pined, produce speed. This speed
for the rest of Europe, exclusive ; about eight feet of good wood that produces collisions, and the exces-
of the United Kingdom and the I can be pried loose. 1 K;ve force produces death.
U.S.S.R. j in only eleven months — since! Thirty eight per cent of drivers in-
Lower Living standards. | Berlin fell — this happened to the volved in fatal accidents last year
This nie::as that the average | Fuehrer’s most interesting poses- had been drinking.
German must lower his standard , sion. | "The pedestrian statistics are
of living 30 per cent from the 1938 I The desk was dumped unccre- ! rather odd Thirty seven per cent of
level. It will bring him down to moniously off the veranda of the [ those struck by cars had been drinks
1032 standards when extreme left- Reichschancellory, a ba U -red cnip- ing. Forty one per cent of those in-
iris organized demonstrations call- | ty hulk of former grandeur that i jured had had a few. But only 37
ink Republican Premier Heinrich | even the touring parties don't take per cent of those killed were undMz-
James Earl Hiiu-'.in..-
Clatence Lackey. Ci;
O'Neil Alexander H:i
Calif.
Jack Russell McDni'ii
Oscar Pre-ton MavMi
Route 2.
Selby Hays Pace. C'ia
gests th9t atom
nology, or some
have to provide
for such popula
The populatlo
which today is
000,000, will be
In three centur
this study, if
population rate
t lnues.
Zill Beaman. tv'./ Ka
Raymond Lee Mmtc
Grant. Okli.
Curtis David Cuirc. De
Clyde Lorenzo Limboek.
ville. Route 4
Wilbtlrn Henry Tyler,
ville. Route 6.
William Earnc-t Robert,
ton.
Paul' Junior C
■Napleff''
feslit Baldwin
ville.
Crawford Allen
troit.
Wilford Si nicy
view. H
Johtf Dewey Johnson. Clarks-
ville. Route 1.
Gedfrige Washington Ruckr r
(col.>,"'Clarksville. Route 6.
Keiihcth Earl Anderson. Bo'ala
C. M. Hindman, Jr.. Bogata. lit
Levels of Llvin|
Examining th
by the varloui
earth, this repo
1. Eighty per
r inhabitants eari
■ vspek real ineon
, 2 Over half (
plq have a rea
than $4 a week.
3. While Am
F seven times as
as do 53 per c
workers they st
average of $28
4. The eartt
increased 200,00<
years, or about
The situation
major populatio
world follow:
Soviet Union:
most at the bot
measuring level
According tc
Huntington in
Association of
phers, the U. £
among 32 cot
diet. In agric
per man on the
among 21 coun
* Ing to Professo
0above China ai
The indexes
length of life,
the U. S. S. R.
the bottom.
Italy and Jai
Clark.s-
Tumbow. Dc
Rudy Carl Fisher. Detroit.
David William Erwin. Clarks-
ville.
James Edw: rd Travis Pratt.
Manchester.
Charles V. Cary, icol Kiomiiia.
Janies Wesley Childers, Clarks-
ville, St. 3.
Woodrow Clinton Wilson. Pans.
Maurice Leon Peeples. Edioueh.
Kenneth Rix Wriglit. Fulbright.
John Crenshaw, Jr., Colorado
city.
Charles Wesley Hcald. Jr.. Okla-
homa "City.
Marlon Fletcher Stanton. Slaton.
William Bryan Trie, Clarksville.
Route 6..
Mervin Robert Ciiiiders, Boga'a.
Edgar E. Stewart. Jr.. Bogata.
J. D. Tackett.. Cl rksville.
Arthur Lee Vickers, Bogata.
Virgil House, Hooks
Donald Raines Bynum, Clarks-
ville, Rt. 4.
James William Stewart, Clarks-'
ville. Rt. 2.
Paul Wayne Fortner. Bogota,
parvis LaVon Davison, Clarks-
ville. Rt. 3.
Roy Richardson. Clarksville, Rt.
^ t
Samuel Houston Harris, C’arks-
ville «
Bit A Taylor, Woodland.
Marvin Johnnv Sinclair, Bagwell.
Hofcier W. Kelly. Avery, Rt. 2.
Red River National Rank.
Ihr PUn Is Drastic.
Admittedly, the level of Indus- j
try plan is drastic. It is pointed j
out officially that “ it will not be !
easy for Germany to recover even !
It’s Here!
' Lilte >? . 1 ; ( tl11^
GENERAL EISENHOWER VISITS HOME OF HIS BIRIII—Chief of Staff General Dwight D. Eisenhower, -
arrow, acknowledges the cheers of the citizens of Denison. Texas, Saturday, as his car moves through i V n
the crowded streets. The city and surrounding territory turned out in mass to be on hand for the visit of ■ 1:i: i,r 1
Ameica's distinguished General. Denison is the birth place of Eisenhower and this was his first visit in 54 V.'yat
years. At upper right. Sam Rayburn. Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Eisenhower,, stand on < ,l'r
the reviewing platform as the parade passes by. In the center left, a few of‘the hundreds of children who • be n at
crowded near-the speakers stand, as General Ike. at center right, speaks to a large crowd in Forest Park. : to (ig i
After the speech, a barbecue was held in the high school stadium Tor visitors and ex-servicemen. The j Bis !
General seems to be enjoying his barbecue very much as is shown .in the lower left photo. One of the last ! the a m:
and probably to the General, the most important event of all, was his first visit to the place of his birth..
Miss Jennie Jackson, veteran school teacher in Denison who used to care for Ike when he was a baby, ! di’Ti-’ion.
shows the General an old Bible, similar to the one which was kept by the Eisenhower family. Miss ' '
hower home and making a shrine of it. iNEA Photos)
A Complete Home
Sanitary Service
Garbage and kitchen waste removed twice a wet
regular intervals. Cans kept sanitary.
Rubbish removed weekly, including CANS and
thing placed at designated place.
Rates reasonable.
KEEP YOUR PREMISES CLEAN AND NEAT.
Emitb to head the -construction
i, is import ant. Smith was
a i.ultibiilion-riollar builder in New
Yc before the war. For four years
hr was in charge of much of the
| Navy’s construction program.
: Local organizetioA for the big
j ago has been revoked. i housing drive throughout 'the
j Also a deputy sheriff In the L.an- country is spotty. Most of the 409-
|caster area and a constable in Big are on PaPer but haven’t started to
1 Bear township have been que<- work. Only half a dozen cities have
tioned. The deputy sheriff was ( hanged their building cedes to per-
! transferred to another region by mit erection of prefabricated
!his superiors and the constable de- l ouses and other labor, time, and
;nied any connection with the Klan. materials-saving construction prac-
! The name of Gerald L. K. Smith, lices.
America First leader and former . Within six months, Wyatt pre-
! clergyman, recently sentenced to diets, there may be a skilled labor
j jail in Chicago for contempt of shortage in the building industry. I
I court has .come to the surface h* That will put increasing pressure |
| the investigation at least twice, on local communities to amend |
I Some individuals either known to their building and lqjior codes.
I be former Klan members or pres- i ---o--—
I er.tly interested in its works, served , LOCAL BALL CLUB
as bodyguards for him when he' PLAYS ANNONA SUNDAY
spoke at hotly protested mass meet -, A ball game of much interest is
ir.gs here last fall. ! scheduled for Sunday, when the
Attorney General Kenny led a Clarksville ball club meets Anr.ona.
raid on quarters rented by the Klan j 1 he game will be played there,
in a downtown building which' The locals lost a close game with
houses a largo auditorium. The ; Paris last Sunday when they were
cross of red electric lights, several
white hoods and robes, and a large
number of pamphlets dealing with
the workings of the organization.
The pamphlets instructed Klai
members to "fight any intermixture
of alien races.”
i The Klan, says Mr. Kenny, gen-
erates "intolerance, bigotry,” and
racial and religious antipathy.’’
He proposes to bring the organiza-
tion into court and dissolve tha
State charter which was issued to
it in 1931 as a nonprofit organiza-
tion.
"We propose to strip the Klan
of all pretense of legality in Cali-
fornia," says the Attorney General.
I The burning of crosses and the
other acts attributed to Klan In-
fluence at Big Bear Lake are, the
Attorney General says, disturban-
ces of the peace, and will result In
the arrests of individuals Involved
If their identity can be learned.
Delmar C. Dun?way, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam J. Dunaway, of Bag-
well. recently volunteered for serv-
ice in '.he Army Air Corps. He is
iaking ! asic training in the San
Antonio Aviation Cadet Center.
California Moves
■To Crush Actions
Of Ku Klux Klan
Phone 9039F4
j Los Angeles, — The Ku Klux Klan
has come up from "underground” In
Southern California In reepnt weeks
and a well supported official move
i is under way to dissolve it by law,
in so far as this State is concerned
j The burning of crosses, firing of
; shots, stoning of houses, and other
_ . . , ___ i similar arts popularly associated
The grand jury of the 102nd Dis- ^ with the hooded order have brought
trict Court, spring term, convened ; official action.
Monday for a one-day session. A ! Attorney General Robert W. Ken-
felony indictment charging wife de- j»py- Lead of the State' Department
sertion was returned and several cf Justice, U leading figure ip the
mailers were investigated for fur- movement to dissolve the man He
the consideration when this body has ^baf*lnK fof DistriPt
retums to work later in the terms. I "PV FretLN' »ofserf Tand MSh(T,lff
Members of this jury are: W. T. 'F^ene Biscallu* of I/>s Nngeles
Walker, Kanawha, foreman: Oscar CcanJly’““
Legate, Fulbright; Ch?s. Dial. Av- ! “ inonral vci
..... p p p , T A DT6 100,000 xVifUlSIYlCT) 111 Lll0 LOS
StnUv p 4 S i’ WU ■ Angeles area, fils’ Investigators
have iearnpd that thp Ki«n wpnt
5“^“; Sl?LS.H,r I ‘ underground” in 1944 and took
™Vei7 ’ B°«r diiV , the' form of "fellowship clubs” and
■n m'o+"aUn™r’ tC“- Yf ,,W ,card clubs. These and their leaders
BuHington Clarksville; Lee Bailey, I under investlgati0n.
Negley, and Ed Jones, Bagwell. The cros.s-burnine and other ept-
James T. Wright, son of My. and
Frank Wright of Clarksville, has
been ■promoted to the rank of staff
serg^uit. He is with American
occuprtion forces in Japan.
Grand Jury Has
Brief Session
T-l Leslie B. Terry arrived home
last Tveek from Ft. Sam Houston,
whert: he was discharged from the
SLimf. He spent the last eight
-months of service on the island of
Leyte.
S- Igt. A. C. McDowell, who re-
turr d to Perrin Field, Texas, last
wee after spending a thirty-day
furl ugh here, has been sent to
Eni( Oklahoma, for two months’
spec il duty at Enid Army Air
, Horace Vail, home on term!
leave, expects to return t<
discharge be-
Hal
sch ol when his
con is effective.
t. William Baitca^son of Mr.
Mrs. Cecil Barton, arrived Sat-
Chril Work This Week.
The week has been devoted to
civil matters. Several divorce cases
were disposed of Monday. Work
scheduled for the week indicated
that several days might be neces-
sary to clear the docket.
— ID. yevii uaiwn,
rdly after receiving his honorable
bemarge from the Army Air Corps,
gti Barton recently returned to
States from Canada and
Mfca, where he scl-ved over a
eat with the Air Transport Corn-
Garage Equipment and
Tools and Possession of
Building. Apply at
800 N. WALNUT ST.
South of Depot
uioy. x iiKz lumihvct ut n uiiuiuii biuup
in Lancaster, a near by town on the
edge of the desert, has been ques-
tioned in connection with his activ-
ities as a lecturer for the Klan and
also as the purchaser of rifles and
pistols in recent years.
Garvlce Norwood, manager of the
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