The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 1

1 1 WEATHER FORECAST. Texas -Cloudy with scatthundershowers in southcast portion tonight and Friday. Moxia ares clear to partly cloudy tomorrow. Tonight around 57. VOLUME LINI Dud Shell Saves Life Of Pastor Rev.

Tom Madden Narrowly Escapes Death In Church A .38 calibre dud shell saved a Mexia pastor from, death or serious ipjury yesterday afternoon when an apparently mentally ill gunman attempted to shoot him in the church office. Police identified the gunman PR Carrie Bradshaw. 49-year-old Mexia veteran of World War I. His intended victim was Rev. Tom Madden, pastor of the Calvarv Baptist church.

The incident occurred between 3 and 4 o'clock. According to the Rev. Madden, he had just entered his office from an adjoining building when Bradshaw walked in through the street door. The preacher was standing before his desk. Ar soon as he came in, Rev.

Madden said, "he began cursing me and not knowing the man I thought it was a case of mistaken identitv so I began trying to reason with him. Pulled Pistol "He berame more and more heated and all at once pulled out a pistol. pointed it at me and pulled the trigger. The gun failed to shoot and didn't wait for him to fire again but ran from the huilding with him behind." A man came by in a car, and. secing the Rev.

Madden being chased by a man waving a pistol, stopped and carried the preacher up the street to a house from where he called police. Patrolman Bill Parten answered the and took the gun from Bradshaw at his home near the church, According to Chief of Police A. B. McKenzie, Patrolman Parten had to threaten to shoot Bradshaw before he would hand over his weapon. Bradshaw's relatives were permitted to take him to the Vet'crans Administration mental hospital in Waco.

He is under treat.ment there now. According to John W. Ruff. acting manager at the hospital. Bradshaw was admitted for treatment for mental illness in 1948.

He responded to several months of treatment and was sent home where seemed to adjust himself well, Mr. Ruff said. Bradshaw's pistol was loaded with five cartridges. Chief McKenzie tested the remaining four shots and all of them fired, he reported. High School Boys Arrested In Bank Robbery At Poteet SAN ANTONIO (UP) Four youths are under arrest todav.

three of them charged with robbing the First State bank at Potcet, because of the excellent memory of an unidentified druggist. The four youths all from good familics in San Antonio. were arrested last night after the druggist identified a pair of women's sunglasses found near a getaway car purchased by one of the youths, Charged with the robbery are Donald Lee Coats, 19. star quartorback last fali at San Antonio Technical High school; Donald (Pepe) McKay, 19, also a high school student, and Roger Guy Klingaman, 21. J.

Arthur Pugh, 23-year-old rural mail carrier who almitted driving one of several getaway cars, is charged with being an acBonds for all four were cessory. set at $10,000 cach. Sheriff Owen Kilday said 299.75 of the $1,648 taken has been recovered. He aded that none of the four had been in trouble before. The Poteet bank was robbed Tucsday by three youths, all wearing sunglasses, who walked into the bank less than two hours after it opened.

Rebekah Lodge Will Present Mother's Program Tomorrow The Mexia Rebekah lodge will present a Mother's Day program at the Mexia High school auditorium tomorrow night at 8 o'clock: Among those taking part will be members of the Mexia lodge and children from the Corsicana Oddfellows home. Mrs. Ernest Gipson, lodge reporter, says the publi is invited to attend. There will be no admision charged. CORRECTION Induction date into the US Army for five Limestone county men will be May 17 rather.

than May 11 as incorrectly stated in this paper Tuesday. The. are Clifford Dailey, Vaughn Medlock, Solon Johnson, James King, and Richard. The UNITED PRESS FULL LEASED' WIRE SERVICE Stars Bars in Korea One of the current fads in Korea for Americen fighting men is to fly special flags in their areas behind the lines to designate their states or regions. In this NEA Telephoto, Sgt.

Eugene Bursi, of Nashville, is flying the Stars and Bars of the Confederacy. Many Texas fighting men are reported to be flying the Lone Star flag in their areas. AUSTIN -(UP) A 200 million gram for Texas during the next two legislative hurdle today with approval resentatives. Action by the House and Senate on bills paved the way for possible final dollar spending proyears cleared its final by the House of Repthe spending and tax adjournment of the 52nd next week. major.

appropriation bareby. a an earlier test members tabled 68-63 by Jack Wisener, to reject a conference and call for appointment conference committee. measure was approved by 72-61, over the protests opposition which that the bill was "loaded politics." Senate, meanwhile, apand returned to the House dollar tax bill keeping Texas on a cash the next two years. single-package appropriatap the state's general fund for $145,756,000 over biennium. Boards Banned the House gave final to a Senate bill banning boards in Texas.

The actaken on voice vote, the proposal to the gov- Texas Money Plan Given Final Legislative Okay Murder and Suicide Ruled In Deaths Of Couple at Wortham WORTHAM (Spi) A verdict of murder and suicide was returned this morning in the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Sim Bounds at their Wortham Constable Walter Moore says Mr. Bounds, about 65, shot and killed his wife, Lillian Lorainc, 52, with five shots from a .32 calibre automatic pistol and then turned the gun on himself. The five shots hit Mrs.

Bounds in the back as she fled from ti the house in an attempt to escape her husband's fire. She collapsed in the front yard and died short- ly afterwards. The constable says Mr. Bounds was found dead in the house. The Wortham- cattle buyer had fired one shot into his forchead after felling his wife.

Wortham Justice of the Peace J. P. Wasson returned the verdict of murder and suicide. Mrs. Bounds will be buried at Pettieway cemetery near Bremond.

Date of- the funeral has not been set. Services arc pending at the Burleson funeral home in tham for Mr. Bounds. Mr. and Mrs.

Bounds had been married for about five months. Austrian Prince Is Wed To Princess But Neither Has Throne NANCY. France (UP) Archduke Otto of Hapsburg, 38, pretender to the Austrian throne, today married blonde German Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, 26. ancient church thronged with princes and peasants. Perle Mesta, U.

S. minister to Luxembourg, and David K. Bruce, U. S. ambassador to France, witnessed the ceremony.

along with former empress Zita of Austria estimated 17 princes, 20 archdukes, one duke, two 12 princesses and a dozen archduchesses. Otto has lived most of his adult life in the United States. His statuesque young bride work- ed in a German children's hospital after the Soviets executed her father. MEXIA CADET SINGS IN CHORUS COLLEGE STATION (UP) -Shelton Glen Black, of Mexia, is a member of the "Singing Cadets," Texas college 57- voice chorus, which will begin a series of Sunday afternoon radio programs on May 13. Members of the chorus, were chosen from the student body of almost 7,000.

young Alexia Daily News OWNED, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER SERVING THE PEOPLE 52 YEARS- TEXAS. THURSDAY. MAY 10. 1951 NEA COMPLETE FEATURE, SERVICE. MEXIA.

U.S.A. TOO WEAK TO FIGHT BIG WAR WARNS MARSHALL Is Stiffening Near Parallel 100th Birthday Observed By Mexia Masonic Lodge Masons, from throughout Cen-1 tral Texas are expected: in Mexia tonight for the observance of the. 100th anniversary of the Springfield Lodge A meeting open only to members of the order will; be held at the Mexia city auditorium at 7:30 p. and the general public is invited to open meeting in W. J.

Burris, master of the auditorium at the grand lodge of Texas, will be the highest ranking visiting Mason here for the and will make an address. Mr. Burris is from McAllen. An address to past masters will be made by Horace K. Jackson, of Gatesville, past grand master.

Noel Hollingsworth, of the Springfield lodge, will present a lodge history going 'back to the days of Jan. 24, 1851, when' the grand lodge of Texas issued a charter during its Houston convention to the Springfield Judge D. M. Prendergast, Confederate Army veteran and cofounder of Prendergast-Smith company, banking institution, was the first master of the Springfield lodge. Founded at old Springfield; the lodge was moved to Mexia around 1872 but retained its origfinal name and number, 74.

Mr. Burris is expected to deliver a special certiticate to the local. lodge in commemoration of its 100 years of existence and service. Present officers of Springfield Mass Suspensions Rock New York's Police Department NEW YORK, N. Y.

(UP), Mass York suspensions rocked New City's undermanned police department today in a fast followup of indictments accusing cops of collecting "bushel baskets" of bribe money from a 20 million dollar a year gambling combine. Nineteen of 77, active or former members of the force have been told to post bail ranging from $2,500 to $7,500 by today, or go to jail on conspiracy charges involv-4 ing a million dollar protection payoff by gamblers. Two other accused members of Police Commissioner Thomas F. Murphy's force were out of town and charged in absentia: Mr. Murphy, wha became commissioner after prosecuting.

Alger Hiss as a U. S. attorney, ordered the greatest shakeup in his department's history only a few. hours after a Brooklyn grand jury indicted 21 men and cited 56 other policemen and other cops as co-conspirators. Money By Bushel The assistant Kings county district attorney, Julius Helfand, who opened the grand jury's sealed indictment, said police had collected money by the "bushel baskets" bookie Harry Gross during the regime -of exMayor William O'Dwyer, Mexico.

now U. S. ambassador to In New Orleans, four silent witnesses at Kefauver crime committee hearings are free under $3,000 bonds today after pleading innocent to contempt of Congress charges. Phil Kastel, partner with Frank in the ritzy Beverly Club Casino, was granted a continuance because of a recent eye operation. The defendants refused to answer to 56 questions put to them by the Senate crime committee.

Carlos Marcell, described by the committee as. "one of the worst criminals in the would not even tell his age. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. WILL: HOLD PIE SALE The First Christian church will hold a pie and cake sale Saturday. morning in front of I.

C. afternoon they will have a rumPenney company. Also Saturday mage sale at 109. E. Commerce, across the alley from the National Bank; THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: 1 want every politics Democrat patriotism, ident Truman -A HOME punch board bill was auSen.

George O. Nokes, Corsicana. Rep. Jimmy of Mexia, House measure, described punch "second in the rackets machines," billion saying dollars punch take in a a nationally. would ban manufacpossession of punch with penalties including from $100 to $1,000 and sentence of from 30 days year.

Adams is the author of legislation banning the transportation, and slot machines and their Texas. He said today that Gov. Shivers to sign bill within the next Great Britain Halts Shipment of Rubber To Communist China The ly squeezed vote when an attempt of Wells, report of a new The a vote of of minority charged with The proved a multi aimed at basis over This tion would revenue the 1951-1953 Punch Earlier, approval punch tion was sending ernor. The thored by of Adams, of the boards as "to slot boards year The ture or boards, fines of a jail to one Rep. successful ownership, display of parts in he expects the anti-slot few days.

LONDON, England (UP) 'Britain announced today. it has banned rubber shipments to Communist China and will support American demands for economic sanctions against the Red China regime. Conservative Leader Winston Churchill had criticized the Labor government for its continued trade with Communist China and its diplomatic recognition of the Peiping government. Mr. Churchill, Britain's World War II prime minister, told Commons that "his nation's continued recognition of Communist China has become "illogical" and is making it difficult for the western allies to form a clear and strong policy in the Orient.

BIG HAIL STRIKES IN NORTH TEXAS DALLAS (UP) A typical spring squall line battered its. way across northeast Texas today leaving behind damages estimated at well over $150,000 from hail and heavy winds. Commie As Battle TOKYO (UP) United into Munsan, 21 miles northwest Communists showed signs they they are backed up against again. Tank-infantry teams which south of the parallel, met no trols on both sides of the Seoul-Munsan highway the Reds were digging in and fighting back for the first time in a week. Other tank patrols ranged six to eight miles north of Uijongbu, 11 miles north of Seoul, ran into an enemy screening force and.

killed an estimated 20 Communists. Air reports said the Commu: nists were moving in strength in: to the area northwest of Uijong: bu for what may be the second round of their spring offensive. patrols attempting to push through the hills were stopped by heavy mine fields guarded by machine guns. Infantry patrols were showered with rifle and machine gun fire. An 8th Army communique said allied air strikes were called against "a large concentration of enemy troops" in the hills northwest of Uijongbu and southeast of Munsan.

Supplies Delivered Air reports said traffic on the Communist supply highways from Manchuria has decreased during the past two days, indicating that new supplies for the second round of the Reds spring offensive now have been delivered. The U. S. 5th Air Force said it had not yet completed its assessment of damage in Wednesday's record air, strike against the Rede, Sinuiju airfield. An 8th Army communique reported that the Reds lost another 2,195 dead and wounded yesterday, plus 65 prisoners, bringing.

their casualties since the start of the offensive to well over 80,000. Funeral Services Are Held In Mexia For D. A. York, 84 D. A.

York, 84, three resident of Waco at I for the past years, died the home of his daughter, Mrs. Leona Rushing, in Mexia, late yesterday. Funeral services were held at the Riddle chapel this afternoon at 3:30 with the Rev. H. C.

Mcyer, pastor of the Assembly of God church, officiating. Interment was in the Mexia city cemetery with the Riddle funeral home in charge of burial arrangements. Mr. York was born in 'Bell county, Texas, March 29, 1867, land lived in. Hamlin until three years ago.

He was a retired farmer and member of the First Christian church. He is survived by two sons and five daughters, York, Abilene; L. C. York, Waco; Mrs. G.

B. Isom, Abilene; Mrs. Laura Samford, Coleman; Mrs. Rushing, Mexia, and Mrs. Wade Green and Mrs.

G. W. Drummond, both of Hamlin. Pallbearers were Homer Stewart, Claude Norton, Wilburn Kitchens, Joe C. Hartnett, Bill Smith, and Calvin Rushing.

HOUSTON (UP), Shell Oil company officials disclosed today that the Defense Production administration has approved their request for the construction of a 12 million dollar plant to make benzene and toluene for defense purposes at the Deer Park site of Shell's huge refinery and chemical developments on the Houston ship channel. Resistance Moves Nations tank patrols smashed of Seoul today, but the might turn and fight now that Western Korea's 38th Parallel reached Munsan, 10 miles opposition. But other foot pa- RFC Probers Hear From Truman Aide WASHINGTON, D. -Donald S. Dawson, who is President Truman's patronage adviser, testified today that the Democratic National committee "cleared" appointments to the board of directors and specifically recommended two former RFC board members.

Mr. Dawson entered a general denial with a. U. S. Senate banking subcommittee that he ever exercised "improper influence" in the agency, which makes government loans to business.

said such a charge is "absolutely untrue." Mr. Dawson, who formerly was personnel adviser to the Reconstruction Finance corporation, said the Democratic National committee recommended Walter L. Dunham and C. Edward Rowe to be directors of the agency. These recommendations went "through my office" to the president, he said.

Waited 10. Weeks Mr. Dunham and Mr. Rowe recently lost their jobs when the RFC was reorganized under one administrator, who replaced the five-man board. The Senate subcommittee, under Sen.

J. William Fulbright, Arkansas Democrat, charged that Dunham was subservient to Dawson in matters. The accusation was part of its report on "favoritism and 'influence" affecting RFC loans. Mr. Dawson had waited 10 weeks to respond to the mittee invitation to appear in the long RFC investigation.

He frequently, contacted RFC and other agencies in his job as a presidential assistant but said he "never asked or urged the RFC or any director of the RFC to grant or reject any loan." New Student Council Officers Are Chosen, In Election Today A new president and vice president to head the Mexia school Student Council next year will be chosen in an election held at school today. Candidates for the president's posts are Eddie. Henderson, Joe Cannon, Mary Sue Fife, Bob: Montgomery, David Garner and Eugene Yarbrough. Their running mates for vice president are Eddie Cannon, Neil Bond, Larry Wadle, Phillip Winfrey, Joe Lee Gibson, and J. W.

Cline. Present Student Council officers are Thomas Truelove, president, and Neil Bond, vice-president. The election results will probably be announced next Tuesday. Most mammals have 13 pairs of ribs, but certain whales have nine, and the two-toed sloth has 24. Home Ownership in Texas Increased During 1940-50 WASHINGTON, D.

C. -(UP)Texans, possibly spurred by loans, the convenience of GI home boosted home ownership some 74 per cent during the decade lowing 1940, a preliminary U. S. Census report disclosed today. While home ownership was up in 1950 as compared to 1940, rental tenants remained about the same in number and paid a median monthly rental of $37, the report showed.

Of the approximately 2,447,000 dwelling units in Texas, an increase of 36 per cent above 1940, 56 per owner-occupied units. That percentage was about the same as for the nation as a whole. However, Texas fell some $1, Won't Red Chinese To The U.N. 0 lodge include: Sterling Baldree, master; Wayne Carroll, senior warden; Charles P. Ballard, jun- ior warden; W.

W. Roland, treasurer; Gerald R. W. Miller, secretary; P. G.

Hill, senior deacon; J. B. Wiggins, junior deacon; J. C. W.

R. Chilcoat, senior steward; Plunkett, junior steward; Clayton: Maddox; chaplain; -and IraL. Matthews, tiler. Springfield lodge poy, has over 350 members. Mexia Girls Escape Serious Injury In Automobile Crash W.

J. BURHIS Four Mexia teenage girls escaped serious injuries in the crash, of two automobiles at the entrance of Fort Parker" State park last night. Three of the girls, Mary Ann Butler, -Peggy Dutham, and Betty Jane Massey, are recovering in Mexia hospitals this moning. June Massey, who was in the car with the other three girls, did not require hospitalization. Highway Patrolman J.

H. Neese said today the accident occurred when Miss Butler drove onto Highway 14 directly into the Claude path of a. car being driven by Waites, a Corsicana Negro. Neither Waites nor another Negro man in his car were injured. Patrolman reports that he filed charges of driving without an operator's license and failure to yield right-of-way after stopping against Miss Butler.

The charges filed before Justice of the Peace Earl Jones. Relative of Mexia Residents Buried Today In Ft. Worth Sam Ballew, grandson of Mrs. W. M.

Lindsey and nephew of Mrs. R. B. Sewell, both of Mexia, died in Fort Worth Tuesday. Mr.

and Mrs. R. B. Sewell and Mrs. Gene Garrett attended the funeral services held this afternoon at the Bishop Street Baptist church in Fort Worth.

Ballew is survived by. his wife, his parents, Mr. Mrs. J. S.

Ballew, five daughters, all of Fort EARTHQUAKE DEATHS ARE 400 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (UP) Earthquakes which ravaged eastern El Salvador early this week left 30,000 persons homeless, .400 dead, and 700 injured, the International Red Cross reported today. Unofficial sources have put the death toll alone as high as. 2,000. The ruins in Jucuapa, worst. hit by.

the tremors, were burned to prevent possible epidemics It is feared that the hundreds corpses buried in the rubble, would cause widespread outbreaks of disease WASHINGTON, D. C. (UP) Gen. George C. Marshall said today that the United States is "not in a position" to adopt Gen.

Douglas MacArthur's program in Korea because nation is not strong enough to risk a third world, war. The 70-year-old defense chief' told U. S. senators investigating Gen. MacArthur's dismissal that the administration's war program is "the only practical one." He also declared that the United States, necessary, should veto any proposal to admit Communist China to the United Nations and should refuse to discuss turning over Formosa to the Reds.

Several Developments Any differences on China policy among U. S. Far: Eastern authorities had nothing "whatsoever" to do with Gen. discharge, he said. He also, stated he has "no recollection" of a reported MacArthur plan to end the Chinese civil war in 1945.

Other' developments today included: 1. President Truman said at his news conference that Gen. Marshall is giving the senators the truth, word for word, and said he is well satisfied with the way the hearings are going. 2. Gen.

Marshall conceded. that Gen. MacArthur's personal "prestige with the can't be duplicated any. time soon. He said the administration "carefully considered" continuing Gen.

MacArthur in charge of the Japanese occupation but that. was rejected as "most unwise" because of pos-. sible conflict, confusion, and divided authority, de gestion by Sen. H. A.

Smith, New Jersey Republican, that Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, author of controversial reports. China and Korea, was from Washington because he urged more U.

S. aid for the Chinese Nationalists. 5: A. senator' reported that in yesterday's testimony Gen. Marshall spoke of a "new weapon of great destructive power" which might be used in Korea.

This part of the testimony was censored out of the transcript of the closed hearing, and the senator said the weapon was not identified. Mac's Knowledge Sen. Johnson, in. questioning Gen. Marshall' about Korean strategy, said Gen.

MacArthur. had testified that MacArthur's knowledge of "global problems was very, general." "Well," Gen. Marshall said, "I think that is made very clear by MacArthur himself that the global consequences have not been entirely apparent to him." Sen. Johnson also asked Marshall whether he is completely satisfied. with the U.

S. mobilization program. Saying he was speaking purely from Defense department viewpoint, Gen. Marshall replied, "very frankly, "I am Sen. Johnson questioned Gen.

Marshall about Gen. MacArthur's charge of "defeatism" and about the nation's readiness for general war. "We are not in a position now," Marshall replied, "to take measures which, we will say, were characterized by Gen. MacArthur as the opposite of defeatist measures. "We are gathering our strength as rapidly as we can and we certainly do not want to become involved in a world struggle at any time, and certainly not prior try the time we are reasonably prepared to meet it." Sen.

Johnson asked if Gen.Marshall believed the present course in calculated to bring us the quickest victory: for our objectives with the least loss of life." Gen. Marshall repeatedly in three previous days of testimony has declared that U. S. policy in Korea keep destroying Chinese Red armies until Communists cry quits is the only one this country dares follow until it is strong enough to take the risk of all-out atomic world war. 200 per unit below the national median on value non-farm homes.

The Texas median was with one-fifth the total estimated.at under. $3,000 and onefifth $10,000 or more. About 54 per cent of the Texas units had hot running water, were equipped with private bath and private flush. toilet. This pares with the national average of 64 per cent.

The average Texas household, the Census bureau said, diminished slightly from a median 3.3. in 1940 to 3.1: -in 1950. Of the 878,000 rental units, 18.8 per cent of them rented for $30 and $30 per monththe largest bracket on the list. HI NABOR The reason feller will take better leer of his car than his body is that nature won't repair. the car.

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