Amarillo Daily News from Amarillo, Texas • Page 6

A I A A I DAILY NKWB. A.MA1ULU3. TEXAS MONDAY MORNINO, MAY 1. 1850 AMARILLO DAILY NEWS ROBERT S. ALLEN REPORTS: Published Every Mnritfni' Eiccpt Blindij hy The Globo-Nowa Publishing Company At 600 Street (1382 fiw 1 1 ld 11 PAUL ALLINOIIAU General llanaier ORADT CAMP DA cltiw matter at 1)19 turn TTffice AtiiBtlato, Tens, under tho Act ol Marcli 30.

1R7 I3ailj and Bunt. 1 fear. 112.00: nd QLnbd; 1 yea 1 Jlt 40-0. BundM onlj. 1 yr(ir 1300 Chinese Nationalists Launch Publicity Drive and Bund MT catrler or ir.

112.00: month 25c no Qlnbti; 1 year. HQfiD: 1 mnnlh (1 C5: 1 The DaUr is on Indcnfmtant ne7nfcraUo Newapnncr publishing hnpnitlAllr xnd UPportltlg whdt it to he rltiljt of pnrir Victory at Manila Todny itiiirks Iho 52ii(t A i a of Ihn luiltlo which ns to i Ihn i i i Stairs nliroiul worlrl i i a power lo i rrrkonod i In of expres- sion, il Wiis fi i i in history, sinro most Kuropran imlion; i i Slntr-s Mmill i i in Ih" wnr i i our i ''hvo ocenn" quick i derisive victory at i i i il war only fnr otin week. Tho nmie. as a rrsnll of tlir Culinn i i i a HO i nlrl i ngninst Spimish oppression. The United Slates had sent the a i now I i Mninn lo Cnlian waters to prolncl Aiiiericnn nalioniih, anight in tlio re- volt.

Fob. I 1 1808, an explosion de- stroyed the i i 2fifi seainrn nlioard her. An exlensivr. i i i i i tlio ninso of Iho explosion i tlio report, March 21, iliat a mine placed Ijene.ith the Maine wns ihle. April 21 President McKinley ap- proved resolution a i i on Spain to her troops from Cnlin, crant independence to llir island.

Be- fore tho resolution could lie delivered, however, the Spanish fovrrnnirjiit order- ed llie American Ambassador out of Spain, Congress tliou, April 2 I thnt state of wnr liatl existed Spain since April 21. Commodore Dewey in command of tho fleet and was i i a noti- fied of ihe stale of war by itnhlo. He sailed from Unrip Kontj for the Philip- pines and arrived off T.nzon i i of April 30th wilh his seven warships four protected cruisers, an unprotected cruiser, a gunliont and a revenue cutter. The Spanish fleet wns nnchorod well Inside Manilr, Hnv, uenr tho snot known ns Cnvite. The Spanish admiral, Mou- loio.

also had seven ships. Dewov wns lold a Ihe a i a had mined the entrance to the hay be- tween CorrepuW nnd a i a but ho took chance anil wen! on in diiriiift the nielli of Iho 30th. Tho. next inorii- iiTR he moved i i S.ODO yards of the Snauish fleet and his finht- iiig ship hroadsirle on. Aiin.r st.Tvo.yiiiR the enemy line-up tlirontdi his p'lnssos, ho lot go i a insult to the Spanish arms: "Yon may fire when rt-ivly, Gridley." Captain Gridley, commanding the Commodore's flagship, wns read) 1 mid fired the first broadside at 5:41.

Tho other ships quickly joined in, and kept up hammering fiisiladc i 7:30. At that lime most of Ihe Spanish ships were burning, and Commodore Dewey ordered all hands holosv for broalifnst. A eating, the A i a crews cleanrd-up tho decks and rested nnlil 11 o'clock, when Dewey ordered the fleet to rp-eiiRapo. But the battle was over, the Spanish ships were either sunk or hnvninp out of control. The fleet then turned ils guns on the shore batteries, silencing thorn after a few minutes and complet- ing the destruction of Spanish i a a That was Ihe hatlle of Manila Hay, which ended the ihreat of Spanish action on our West Const in the first week of the war.

The i i wilh which Commodore Dewey carried out his orders lo i the Spanish fleet nnd destrov it a all of Kuropo, mosl of rtll the Spanish government. The a i were even more a i Of 1,748 Americans in the action, seven were wonnded, none sorionslv. At the. same time the enemy with men, lost 1(17 killed and 214 wounded. Pull Up a Chair By NEAL O'HARA Don't know whether politics Is ns Water town, SD, n.s in Kn lisas City, but this classified HtlverlJscmcnt recently nppcnrcd In iocnl "Wanted i Al- lor -second word." (The Job's gond years at 5300 anmrnlly, but the id was run, it went hewing---then two candi- dates got busy.) Ultra-benelnctor: Tliomns Jefferson was not rmly author of the DecfrrUion of Inde- pendence, founder of the University of Vlr- ffhiia.

and third President of this nation, but invented Die swivel chair, too. Slogan of a New York reducing snlon: "Don't give up the shape!" It's hardly seasonable, but one irmjor com- pany Is plugging the snle ot electric blankets vlti lay-away plan whereby the purchaser pflya $5 down and Is then guaranteed de- livery fn October. Due to many factors. Including the inroads of television, two of the four major networks find themselves In a not too hnppy financial condition. Today's favorite gag: DIXIE MAMMY-- "What makes you so late getting home to DIXIE I picked up parson along the road and from Ibcn on Ins couldn't understand a word I said." On only oiiL'-third of the surface snow never fall.

br MoNsutht Inc.) WASHINGTON--The Chinese Nullojinllxls surrendered Hainan Island practically i i mit, i i a shot, hilt their Indomitable nuh- llclly innchlno IK still hiiUIIng rictormlmrlly for mote UH millions. Ixilcst schrino in thl.s lilfili-poworcd drive Is to Klvc ft iilinie-lrmd of Us corrc.spmidcnls a frci; Junket, to Fonnosfi. All they Imvo to do In turn Is to Blvc OilmiK Kill-stick and (he fll.icrctlltrd nrnllml hirn ft lot of free publicity on why Ihn US should gve tliem more alrl Crndltert nuthor.i r.f thin project are Ihe Iwn HoonR fllsters; Chlanif who Ix nnw wilh lier on Formosa, nnd Madame H. H. Knnn.

wife of the wealthy former fl- nnnri! nitnisler ho Is now llviiifi in Ntiw York. T. Timing, press nltnclio of ihc Nn- tlonnllst cmbiusy lo Wn.stiioutnn, hns Konn to Konnosn lo mako for the newsmen. They will hi- the iiCTHinnl ot tlio nnd will ti hivlslily While Iho Idea or the Is I i i I Is not, a with the Sixins slslers. The Dutch slaRcd nn tiffnlr ot Mils i last ycnr In an (a up favorable llrlty for their undeclared war In loctrimisla.

a Junkel liad triple endliiB when the reliirninit plann crashed In I and all the American correspondents ere The Nationalist plan Is to fly the reporlcn lo Formosn In chartered stratoenilser. The project will cost more than Iml i lie p. cheap Investment for the flood of tho Naltonali.sl.s are certain they will 11 rush nf sob stories abonl the Ndlc: Nationalists' abandnninent. of Iliitnan. a i oulmnntici Inn tho Com- munist rtltackcra III to was no surprise to the Pentagon and stale More than three montlis US military inlsr.lon WiiMilngtnn tho Nationalist Inms lioldlriK lliilnnn wert demoralized, corrupt oml Inconiiietent, and would not Yel the Nnttnnall.it lobby, one of Iho principal ele- ments behind Senator McCarthy, vocifer- ously clamored for US nld for a i a ni tho lotihy Is now doinamtlnti aid for Formosa.

Y. un and called nl th White House to discuss the hill thnt would block that. Truman told Irkes not lo worry. "I don't think Ihls hill will Ret nnyivhero" In Cnimress," the President said, "but If It rt.icc. I'll veto it Just as qnlckly I that tlcleland oil bill I years haven't changed my mind on tills Issue one lola.

These oil reserves belong to a'! Cic people ol country and If I can help II, I'm not going to let anyone lake II away from them." Oosselt of Texas led the Ilifht (or tho measure In the Judiciary Committee, Tho opposition was spenrheaded by neprestntri- tlves Clifford C'luso fer'' Peter Ilodlno ol Hew Jersey. The bill would give tho government one-third of tho royalties derived from tide- land oil. In lllo lain California case, Su- preme Court ruled thai all Ihls oil belongs to the federal government. HINT--King Pnul of Greece would like to mnke an official visit lo tils UH. He hns let It he known that ho would np- prorinto nn invitation, Bo fnr, It hwm't been offered, but may he later.

Paul wanta to make the for two reasons; to bolster hlj Alaudmjj at home nnd to Ret more Aid for Grcoco from Hie US. He Is no ntrauger here, As a hard-un and unemployed prlnccllrijf, he vlsllcd this coun- try in tho man's. A A PATHKns--Hep, Tom Steed of a a Is wnclni; un regressive one-man lobby and Is making no bones about it. Ho Is a to write Inlo the Social Se- curity law a provision that cracks down on fathers who desert their families. Astound- liiBly, the law now protects run-away fathers i an iron eurtnln of secrecy.

Under the Bikini Recilrlly Act, It 15 a criminal offense for slate or county social i to nollfy enforcement officials thnt a has abandoned his family. Social Re- i files are virtually ns inviolate ttx tax An to inrxlerato this secrrrsv niK-awny fathers Rot nowhere when proposed In a separate bill several years ago. lint In a whirlwind biiltonhollng drive. iHced wrote bis provision into Iho new Social Sccuriiy hill when It was before the House. Ills problem now is to pcrsuaeie tho Senate to nccepl It.

In this effort he is lobbying every member of Iho Klnance Committee, which Is deliberating the House-passed bill. Steed is tolling the scnalors: "Tho problem of children being lorced on public relief rolls by runaway fathers is grow- IiiK larger all the time. In 1M1, thcro were riOO.OOO children of this kind. Last year, the number bad risen to 1,600.000. Thnt was nn Increase of 13 per cent over the previous year.

"Under tho present law, the Jmnils of of- ficials nre tied In prosecuting run-away fathers line lo the secrecy with which they are pro- tected. Social workers can't report who abandon their families, and as a result they arc able to leave the state before tbey can reprehended. If this fecreey were re- moved, these fathers could be caught before they grit beyond local Jurisdiction." 1050, roll-Hull Inc THE LYONS' DEN By LEONARD LTOKS KNOWI.r.DOK: Uutiby clnrk nriclrcssud llin A a SlmkcnpcniL- Brickly, tvrid confessed Unit lie's nover plnypd Bliiikcspcnrc. "But of my frlciuls did," lie nrldcil, nnrl (old ot tills man wim hurl npimnircl In nil tlm Bnrd's iilnys, ns- rtlstribiitetl to sdirxil children throughout the hemisphere. Ornucho Mnrx' win, Arthur, lias completed novel.

Simon Schuster will publish it. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. will be the sue- slmllnted nil the wisdom In llie scripLs-cov- ce.wnr lo Judge Snul 1'rlcc as Chnncclior Com- rrlng roninnce, travel, Inw, murder, psychology, mrmdcr of Stnte Lodge 1, Order of Knights etc. He enroed much money, and then retired mid lioimht a chicken After Jew weeks the wise Shakespearean called hLi Jiclgllbor.

an unschooled lout, and asked for help. All his 500 chickens hud died. Tho neighbor-farmer said, "They've died of mal- nutrition. They weren't fed." The Shakes- pearean placed his hanct.i on his face nnd gasped: "Good Lord, do you have, to feed chickens?" H- KxrENSE: David Smart, the publisher of Esquire and Coronet, has ii winter home nem- Docn Raton. Florida.

He told visitor about hi.s plan to buy a yncht. don't know uny- IhlnG about the cosl of yachts." salt! the vis- itor, who then pointed out the. window at a yacht cruising nearby, and said: "Give me an example. Who owns a yacht, and how ex- pensive is it?" Mr. Smart reached for Yacht liogistry, and said: "I'll give you a good ex- nmple: This book--which only Blvcs you the names of tho yachts and Ihe owners--costs -Y- V- rilKMIKIlK: Ethel Mrnnnn, who'll play the American envoy In "Call Me Madame." finally spoke to Pull- Mesla, the Minister to Luxem- bourg.

They met over the Ions-distance phone. Mrs. Me.sta lold the star how delighted she Is that Miss Merman will portray the role. And she promised that If she's In Ihc country at the time, she'll attend the NY premiere. "And If you're In the theater on opening night," Miss Merman suggested, "will you take a cur- tain call with me?" Mrs.

Me.sta replied: stop me?" SPOUTS DF.rT.: Lulgl Hothschlld, the Wall St. man, told his colleagues that two of his be.st friends were Capablanca, the champion, and Sidney Wood, the tennis I played both of them, and beat them," said Ilolhochltd. ''Unfortunately, however--I beat Capablanca at tennis, and Wood ac chess." AHT: Salvador Dali, Is at work on his first. of Pythias. NYC plans an In-school series of programs.

When car driver suffered a heart, attack this week and crashed Into the window or Carol Mrs. Stupell wns worried about losing any or her famed window displays. As test, that night, she placed two 50. cent figures in the open win- dows. The next morning the figures were gone.

Mrs. Stupell thcrefoie decided to re- store her usual display and to post guard outside durltiB the night. Then au old lady came to ttie shop, carrying the two figures. She had walked by, during the night, thought the two figures had been forgotten there, and so took them home for safekeeping. Aii.MKN'T: Beatrice Lillie felt feverish.

She went door to her neighbors, Helen Hayes and Charles MncArlUur, where she borrowed thermometer and learned thnt her tcmpera- was over 103. "If it gets any higher, I'll yell," she said. Nobody laughed. "So knew really must be sick," Miss Lillie reports- ami went lo Lenox Hill Hospital. She has no recollection of her first two days at the hos- pital.

None of her i could restore her spirits. "Then I heard that my painting, at tho Urban League show, had brought $500." iaid Miss Liilic. "That did it." And now she Is well. ASSETS: Ding Crosby arrived in P.lrls and the press asked him for an estimate of his wealth. "If I were to liquidate today." he said, "I'd probably have million nnd a half -pretty good for a had singer." He acided, chess howevcr tlmt be has no plans to liquidate, Because too many people arc dependent on him ills staff, ranch hands, brothers, children.

-Y- LOOKS: Ambassador Claude O. Bowers met Hernard M. Baruch at the Waldorf, greeted big i in which he will Incorporate his lm mt 5nlri: Yo changed famous "Bread" painting with a oi the Ma- ln yenrs sltlcc rvc seen you--except Iliat your a i is grayer, and Is most becom- i 'T know It's becoming." said the 79- year-old liaruch. "That's why I keep dyeing It gray." I.KAKNING: Frank Thomas star of "One Man's family." marie a movie with Walter Huston, to whom he came for advice. Huston told him that as young actor he should start by learning "Hamlet" thoroughly.

One week later Thomas said: "Mr. Huston, I did us you told me. In fact, I road It noi once, but twke," "Young man," replied the star, "I can't start to discuss Hamlet with you until you've read It nt least 25 limes." Copvrldlit, 1050. Syndlote, lm donna. "This," he said, referring to Picasso's masterpiece, "will be my In criticizing abstract paintings, Call said: "Those who buy them will i that tlielr money also will become abstract." He ad- mires originality in art, but fears the effect of tho Imitators, "Jean once said to me," ho cited, "that the man who was the first to say 'Her cheek is like a ro.se petal' wns a true poet.

The second nmn who said it was an Idiot." V- 1- CHATTER: Rise Stevens has left Columbia Recordings for a six- KOA- Vlctor. Toscnnlnl said he'd like to do "Car- men" with Miss Stevens, "because she's so 1 At the United Nations World dinner to the president of Chile, guest of honor ap- proved of the plan by Carl Van Duron to have There's one very simple way to cut out a i smoking. It's plpel Furs arp. most popular this winter with the the siirne history book North and South wild antmaU which haven't been trapped yet. Aid to Education May Be Postponed COLUMBUS, Ohio.

April 30 Further federal aid to education may be postponed because of the cost of the cold war, Sen. Robert RANDOM THOUGHTS liv LEWIS NontiYKE Here at Ihe office we have a cold drink machine that makes Changs for dimes and quarters. It Is very it tinkles out thu changn be- fore delivering thc-bottlc I have never used a pay telephone without cr.mlng might nigh feeling In Iho coin slot to determine whether It niny have, accidentally, returned the nickel. The coin recover always makes a clcklng jound when I Imng up. Nosey Joe have tried some time In his recent life to open a package of eating housu crackers.

Anyhow, he allows: Cellophone containers represent progress. Ano. their merit Is not denied, nut a bayonet should come with them So one can get inside. H- Mrs. Powell of Powell m-ally: 'Tnat was a good story In the paper protesting the curtailment of postal delivery service.

Keep It up," -Y. Late in May, tho of Texa-i will have their Jefferjon- 25 dinner at Austin, anrt Vice President and Darkley will be there. A Republican Wemi that up In heaven, JetferSon 15 known PInball because he in grave every time modern Democrats have a Jefferlon Day meeting. Tho other day several campaigners for Congressional Cnndidato Qen Oulll rolled Into Perryton with Oulll placards nnd stickers piastfred all over tlielr car. A solid-looking citizen walked up to the car and wel- comed Iho visitors.

Told them that If thcro was Anything ho could do for them Whllo In Perryton ht'J be them. Tho Gmll rep- resentatives snlci they ha never received a more congenial wlcome any- where, anytime. The solid-lookinrr citizen was W. D. LnMaster, lather of Pete LaMnslcr, candidate for congress.

-Y- In Islington there was a man ot whom the world might say, that illil a gorily race he run--whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had. to comfort friends nnd foes; the naked every day he clad--when ho put on his clothes. And in that town a dog wns found, ns doss there be, both mon- grel, pui.oy, whelp, nnd hound, ami curs of low degree, This dog and man at first were friends: but when a pique began, the ciog, to gain his private ends, went mad, and bit the mnn. Around from nil the neighboring streets the wondering neighbors ran.

nnd swore tlio dog had lost his wits, to bite so good a man. The wound it seemed both sore ana sr.d to every Christian eye; nnd while they the dog was mad, they swore the man would die. But soon a wonder came to light, thnt showed the rogues they lied-- the mnn recovered of the bite, the dog it wns that died I --Oliver Goldsmith. -Y- Miss Doan Igon Lu.sk, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs.

Joseph Winfield of Amnrlllo, has been selected queen of the 06th annual Doan's May Picnic to be held next Saturday at the famous Doan's Crossing on Red River near Vernon. Ml.ss Doan is first-grnder at Wolflln School. She is a great-granddaughter of Coiwln Prnnklln Doan who ran the historic store at the river crossing in the tlnys of the cattle trails. Her cousin, Onynor Dan Igou. of Vernon will be king.

Mrs. Lusk, a granddaughter of the Doans, refers to the noted pioneer merchant ns -Y- A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows Mizner. A. Taft (H-Oi-iio) t.V.d the College Association today. Ohio But, he added, such aid will not be abandoned.

'Hie Senator presented his views at the closing session of the two- day meeting of Ohio college presi- dents and officials. "At the present time, there Is somewhat less justification for fed- eral aid than in the past, because our burden from the cold war is Alf Kannaford Hurt in Accident CI.OVIS, April SO (NMB)--Alf llannilord, old, of Amarlllo, was reported in critical Hospital lonlghl Injuries suffered In a racing car accident Ihls afternoon, Hannaford, an employe of the Amerclan Body and Trailer Com- pany at Amartllo, suffered a frac- lurcd skull soon aflcr he finisher) qualifying for this at Curry County Speedway, be- tween Clovls and Texico. Haniwford apparently was able to his racing car, and It turned end-aver-end and smashed Into a fence. He remained unconscious at ths hospital here tonlglit. Since becoming an independent state In has had but four kings.

"BACK BURK" (or Consreu ACME QUAUTY PAINTS EAGLE PAINT CO. M92D MONEY FOR THOSE TAXIS Ot OTHER FH1SSING SILLS? SM Ui xruUl MIU mm-- (N for oak. LOAMS ARRANGED HUTNERN BROKERAGE CO. Ill Ptak BWf. ta $48 e.

A1N In oil the years we have served Ihis comrr.uiiiiy, no family lias ever been turned away because of limited fi- nancial means. 3-431 I THE MARK OF HIGHEST ESTEEM JV.S.GRIGGSSOMS FUftfKAU OF CHARACTER AiMWMY OUT OUR WAY OUR BOARDING HOUSE T. FIELDED A HOT GROUMDER FROM. HEADflOARTERS TODAV ENSASEMEMTS fOK JAKE'S WRESTLER ESAD, WILL 6RISSS t)OWM FROM His Hient SHftN'T 05 ABLE TD SOPPRSS5 A CHUCKLE MOW LISTEN PONT GET PANICKY EK NOTHIM7 I'VE 3eT A MATCH WITH A SALOON TrllrJK-SHOULDMT TH' TOP fAAN IM THIS -T SITUATION ARE MAPS-WOT BORN LISTEN, UNCLE MY fr BE RN, RiAD THESE FUNN.ES ON 7 0 0.