The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 1

WEATHER FORECAST NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS Partly cloud? rhreuftt Saturtar, Wat mw Meida MM ttow Jo cloudr. colder lew -A HOME-OWNED, IHOEPEHpBMT NEWSPAPER SERVING THE PEOPLE II YEARS- A mm VOLUME LV1 toi UNITED PRESS FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE MEXIA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1W4 NBA COMPLETE FEATURE SERVtOE All Around The World With UNITED PREtS HANOI, Indo-China munist Gen. Vo Nguyen Oiap, with a loe-hold only from the center of the French fortress of Dien Bein Phu, had hurled three Red Divisions into battle to crush French defenses. In spite of the odds, French military spokesmen predicted that Dien Bien. Phu can be saved, if the defenders can hold out until Sunday.

ROME. Italy Two American teen-agers, whose prize for winning an essay contest was a trip around the world, toured Rome today mostly by foot because of a 24-hour bus and street-car strike. Michael G. Woods, of Taylor. Texas, and Sigrid J.

Larson of Topeka, arrived at Rome from London. The essay contest they won was sponsored by the Pakistan government. KENNEDALE An morning fire touched off two thunderous explosions that flung gravel against homes one-half mile away and destroyed the main building of an oil well equipment firm early today. There were no injuries, but residents living within a mile and a of the No. 2 plant of Jet Guns in south Tarrant county, were warned to leave their homes during the blaze for fear of heavier explosions.

SAN ANTONIO A prominent attorney says he will defend Corporal Claude Batchelor against a charge of collaborating with the enemy while a prisoner of war in Korea because he believes 1he Texas youth was "morally innocent." The lawyer, Joel Westbrook, is a former assistant U. S. attorney jmd state district attorney and is considered an authority on military law. LONDON Representatives of the United States, Britain, and France will meet in Paris, France, next week to draft a reply to Russia's "astounding" offer to join the West's North Atlantic Treaty Organization. MONTREAL.

Quebec Slam- lose twin girls born six days ago (to Mrs. Betty Savage, along with a third normal girl, arc "getting along fine" at a hospital. Doctors safd it would be months before they would consider an operation to separate the twins. They are joined at the top of their heads, and it is not known whether they share a common brain and nervous system. ABILENE.

Kan. The Eisenhower Museum opens Saturday. It is operated by the non-profit Eisenhower Foundation and will display some 600 items pertinent to his life from barefoot Kansas schoolboy to war commander and head of the nation. AUSTIN The Texas State Federation of Labor is protesting of "gun-toting foremen" armed with commissions as special Rangers in a Jefferson county labor dispute. Tax Revenue Hunt Renewed In Austin In Senate Hearing AUSTIN (UP) The which Gov.

Allan Shivers hopes will pay for $26 million in pay raises, and perhaps put a little extra cash in the state treasury, came up for a hearing in a Texas Senate committee this afternoon. The administration-backed measure is needed to pay some proposed teacher and state employe pay raises, and has already received House approval. The Senate met only 30 minutes today and then for the weekend. The House was already in recess. The administration tax bill is the only major part of the governor's program which has not been approved by the Senate.

As approved by the House, i puts a new tax on "tradin stamps" and increases the natur al gas production levy, the bee tax, and the corporation franchis tax. The tax bill the House passec yesterday is an effort to find i constitutional way to tax pipe lines. It puts one-thirtieth of a cen per 1,000 cubic foot levy on "ded icatcd reserves" of natural gas which are principally owned by Air Hero Dies Con. Hoys Vandenaorg. 55- year old World War II air hero and former chief of the U.

S. Air Force, died of cancer today in a military hospital in Washington. D. after two-year illness. was the nephew of the late SMI.

Arthur Vandenberg. of Michigan, and was credited with helping to change uncle from an "isolationist" viewpoint. FAIRFIELD CHURCH NAMES NEW PASTOR FAIRFIELD (Spl) The Rev. W. L.

Locssin, of LaGrange, has been named pastor of the Presbyterian church in Fairfield and will assume his duties on June 1. He is a senior student in the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and will receive his degree in May. He and his wife will move to Fairfield late in May. TEXAS FARMERS SELL BUTTER TO U. B.

DALLAS (UP) The Dallas Commodity Stabilization Service bought 12,388,908 pounds of butter from" Texas and Oklahoma fanners under the 90 per cent of parity price support program that ended March 31. In addition the commodity service bought 4,477,820 pounds of cheese, and 635,65,8 pounds of dried milk. TWO-HEADED BABY IS LITTLE BETTER INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (UP) twin-headed baby remains in "satisfactory" condition in its struggle to recover from a three-week bout with pneumonia. Physicians said the infant still is in an oxygen tent, and there is no indication how soon it could be removed.

STEVENSON SPEAKS ON RADIO TONIGHT CHARLOTTE, N. Adlai E. Stevenson, Democratic party standard bearer, will deliver a "major political speech" at 7:30 o'clock tonight in a campaign to defeat a Republican congressman Carolina. Democratic North Rabies Shots Given Local Family After Pel Dog Destroyed Four members of a Mexia family are treated with rabies vaccine after tests made in Austin revealed that their pet dog was rabid. They are Mr.

and Mrs. Olin Farquharand their two sons, ages three and five. They reside on East Grayson street. The family is being treated by Dr. Charles Brewster and each member will receive 14 one a day for 14 'days.

They have already -had four shots each. The dog, a small Cocker Spaniel, had been sick for several days and the family had been treating the animal, not realizing that he had rabies. Later, the dog was shot by Chief of Police A. B. (Boss) McKenzie and its head was sent to Austin for examination at the State Health department.

The report that the dog had rabies was sent back to Mexia early this week. Meanwhile, Chief McKenzie, in an effort to protect local citizens, has shot five stray dogs this week. He asked that all dog have their pets vaccinat- and keep them up. He says he does not plan to go ino the residential areas and de- story any dogs. But stray dogs seen on downtown streets and alleys will be destroyed, he stated.

Federal Payments For Crop Storage Announced In U. S. WASHINGTON, D. The'Agriculture Department has announced the storage payments it will make to farmers who store on the farm for another year 1953 crop grains under price supports. The payments, designed to ease pressure on commercial storage facilities, apply to 1953 crop wheat, oats, barley, flax seed, rye and grain sorghums and to 1952 and 1983 crops of com.

Farmers woo "re-seal" corn until July 31, 1955, will be paid 15 a bushel compared with 13 last year. The payment on oats stored until April 30 next year will be cents a bushel compared with 10 cents last year. The payment of wheat stored until March 31 will range from 13 cents a bushel in western areas to 15 cents a bushel in parts of the Southwest and Midwest. Last year's wheat rates ranged from 14 to 10 cents. MINERAL WELLS (UP) A body found floating in Possum Kingdom Luke has been identified as E.

L. Beale. one of two men who went fishing March 31 and have been missing. Tiny Tot Sets Record MMttHin pipelines. It is designed as a replacemen for the gas gathering tax, imposed by the 1951 Legislature, but ruled unconstitutional in Febru ary by the U.

S. Supreme Court. Status of major legislation at the end of the third week of the 30-day special session is as follows: Bills through Senate, awaiting House floor action; $402 teacher pay $120 state employe pay raise $11 million emergency construction program. Separate Communist and subversive activities control bills 'also were passed by Senate and are combined into one by the House Bills through House, awaiting Senate committee action: $3Q mil tax bill increasing levies on beer, natural gas production, am corporation taxes, and imposing new lax on trading stamps; new test" tax on "dedicated reserves" of natural gas. NEGRO BROTHERHOOD WILL MEET SUNDAY Brotherhood services will be leld Sunday at 3 p.m.

at the Easter Chapel Primitive Baptist church for Negroes, with Albert Bellas master of ceremonies. The lev. R. C. Carr is pastor of the lost church.

Members of the brotherhood will participate in the program as bllows: Prayer, by M. Freeman; scripture, O. W. Ponkerd; talks by A. W- Walker, Wilbur Davis, ind Paul Ransom; solos by G.

A. kfosley and L. D. Dickson; offer- ng by Leroy Precipha and Johnny Pickens; and remarks by L. T.

chairman. SHILOH CLUB PLANS FARM PROGRAM TONIGHT A farm program will be pre- ented in the lunchroom of the Ihiloh school tonight at 7:30 un- Icr sponsorship of the Shiloh Home Demonstration club. Dale Brown, Mexia High school agriculture teacher, will show a movie of the national FFA con- ention. The scenes will be des- ribed by Delma Posey. Mexia tudent who attended the contention.

Musical entertainment will also be provided. o- HIGH COURT JUSTICE HAS HEART ATTACK WASHINGTON, D. C. lUpreme Court Justice Robert H. ackson is reported "out of immediate danger" 'today following heart attack that will keep him ft the bench for an indefinite ime.

Mr. Jackson's physician disclos- that the 62-year-old justice uffered a mild heart attack last Tuesday but is "responding to treatment excellently and is out danger. BETTER ENFORCEMENT SOUGHT BY MOTHERS SHERIDAN, Wyo, (UP) Angry mothers have forced city fficials to abandon a policy of reeing persons accused of sex rimes on low bonds set by pore, Scores of housewives charged nto the office of the county at- orney to protest the release of D. P. Wood, of Deadwood, S.

a $100 police bond. He was arrested wnen a Sheridan woman igned a complaint charging that had molested young boys, MONROE IIITT BUYS TWO YEAR OLD BULL Monroe Hitt has bought a two- ear old Aberdeen-Angus bull with four international grand hampioris and nine sires or dams international grand champions in four-generation pedigree. The bull was raised on the farm Pan Seawright, near Austin. rr, Hitt purchased the animal at Blackland area Angus sale Temple. Cold Wave Moving Toward Panhandle Due This Weekend Latest Front Seven-month-old GU.m Stanley it getting plenty of attention from attendants at a Houston hospital.

They think no's the youngest ever admitted to the hospital with two broken legs. When he stood up in his crib crying for a bottle he slipped and broke both legs. With him, is his aunt. Mary Finn, who is taking care of Glenn while he's hospitaliud. (NEA Telephoto.) Teenage Problems Told To Rotary By Mexia Principal At least 90 per cent of the high school students in any community "are made of good stuff and it is an injustice to condemn all teen agers for the actions of a few Prin.

Gilbert Smith told the Mexia Rotary club yesterday. Mr. Smith, principal ofvMcxi High School, added that among the small percentage of "problem students" are" many who have real personal problems which interested adults can help to solve. Students react according to what a community thinks of hem, he saM. Encouragement from adults is very important to youths.

"Gossip and unfounded critic- sm is harmful," Prin. Smith declared. "Generalities batted around won't help anybody." He expressed appreciation to Wexia's business firms and to numerous individuals of the community who are giving opportunities to Mexia High school stu- lents. Supt. C.

S. Hereford was pro- ram chairman for the day and presented Mr. Smith. Supt. Here- ord also introduced Orval Ray as "Junior Rotarian" for April, saying he is an outstanding tudent in the high school.

Pres. Gordon Pratt presided. Among guests was W. T. (Tra'pp) laynes, of Cameron, who will be he new president of Rotary Dist.

87 of which the Mexia club is a Mexia Jaycees Vote To Purchase Bus For Explorer Post Mexia Jaycccs last night voted to purchase a used school bus for the local Explorer Scout post and also contributed $250 to the Mexia Industrial Fund. At their regular business meeting, the Jaycees, on the recommendation of the Scout committee, voted to buy the bus from Arland AUbright for $150. The vehicle will be turned over to Gilbert Smith's Explorer Scout post for Scouting trips. The unit- is sponsored by the Jaycees. The contribution to the Industrial fund was made following the appearance before the club of two members of the'Mexia Industrial Foundation, C.

M. Ferguson and Gene Womack. Also last night, Herman Focke consented to be a candidate for state Jaycee vice-president from legion 12. The election will be held at the state convention in 1 Paso late this month. Dale Brown, chairman of the Jaycees' rural community improvement program, reported that over 390 farmers in Limestone and Freestone counties are participating in this year's farm con- est.

Frank Connell, newly-elected (resident, presided.last night and Moyd Bass was introduced as. a uest. Also attending were two new members, Bob Fussuer and 3r, Jack McKay. HONEYMOON IS OVER HOLLYWOOD (UP) Monroe, who eloped with Joe )iMaggio in January after be- ng suspended by her has ettled her major differences with Oth Century Fox and will return work next week. Next total eclipse of the sun jsible in the United States will ie June 30, 1954.

NEGRO BAPfISTS PLAN YOUTH DAY PROGRAM A youth day program wil bo icld at the Antioch Negro Baptist hurch in Mexia Sunday afternoon at 2:30, the Rev. P. M. Davis, pastor, says. The program will feature songs by the well known Sacred Har- monizers of Palestine and will nclude talks by various members the youth Nation's Jobs Show Decline During March WASHINGTON, D.

Unemployment increased by 54,000 and reached 3,725,000 last month, the government reported today. Employment also increased by 46,000 to reach 60,100,000, it said. The civilian labor force increased by 100,000 to a total of 63,825,000. Industrial workers bore the brunt of the unemployment rise. Agriculture employment increased by 171,000 while the number with jobs in non-agricultural industry dropped off 126,000.

The Commerce Department said that in addition to the 3,725,000 counted as unemployed there an addiitonal 235,000 workers who had been temporarily laid off but have promises of their jobs back within 30 days. A department spokesman attributed the increase in unemployment to the fact that some additional factory, workers had been laid off in March. He said that employment did not show the usual seasonal pickup because of this factor, plus a late Easter and bad weather in some parts of the country. The March unemployment total was the highest since March, 1050 when it reached 4,123,000. Some government officials are said to consider the March as encouraging.

They had feared the number of jobless might go higher than it did. Some do not believe that March unemployment justifies a need for, President Eisenhower's to take any drastic anti-recession steps. He said on Feb. 17 that if employment did not show a definite upturn in March, it would be a warning calling for a number measures, possibly including fur ther tax cuts for lower-income consumers. Mr.

Eisenhower last week said that he meant a new examination of the problem would be required rather than that any "slam- bang" emergency measures would be put into effect immediately. Unusual Accident Kills Motorist On Oklahoma Road pURANT, Okla. (UP) An unidentified object hit a motorist, crushed his head, and jerked Noted Prof Dies Not Expected To Be Severe Dr. Joseph Armstrong, U- year-old, retired Baylor Univ. ertitf professor and world renowned authority on the poet Robert Browning, was buried in Warn this afternoon.

He has been a Baylor protestor, for 44 Yean and chairman of the English department lor 40 yean. Sales Stimulation Expected to Result From Cuts In Taxes By United Press Merchants and businessmen agreed today that the federal ex cise tax cut will stimulate sales but few would by how sweeping 1 tax "cut, "firs Air Force Dream Realized As Academy Plan Okayed WASHINGTON, D. he U. S. Air Force is to have ts own academy like the Army's West' Point and the Navy's An- lapolis and probably will select a onstruction site within a month.

Texas locations are under con- ideration, President Eisenhower has sign- a bill authorizing 125 million for the project. The action climaxed a five-year ampaign which Mr. Eisenhower upported from the start Selection of a western, site for the new academy to train junior officers seems likely, but the ield still is described officially wide open. All but three states are in with lids. Air Secretary Harold Talbott will name civilian members of a ive-man site selection board soon.

Gen. Carl Spaatz, first Air 'ovce chief of staff, will head the board. Lt. Gen. Hubert R.

Harmon will be the other Air Force member, There is an unconfirmed report in the Pentagon that Charles A. Lindbergh, recently nominated to be a brigadier general in the air reserve, might be named to the board. Sen. Talbott will determine the academy's location, based on the board's proposals. The decision will not be subject to congressional approval.

No time will be lost in getting the project underway. The Army and Navy, which have had to give up 29 per cent of their academy graduates to the Air Force annually, will applaud the speedy action as much 4s the airmen. The permanent site Is to be ready in 1957, and by or thereabout the Air Force hopes to be graduating 000 to 750 officers a yew. 1 him out of his seat while the auto continued driverless down tha highway near Durant today. Four passengers in the car said they were asleep and do not know what happened.

A truck driver honked his horn and flashed his lights, and the sleeping passengers awoke and stopped the driverless car. The injured driver died in a Durant hospital. He was Ernesto Mabriel Gonzales, a Mexican believed to be about 33 years old. After he was knocked from behind th wheel he was dragged about 150 feet by the car. A state trooper said Gonzales apparently drove into another vehicle which had an overhanging part or load.

The overhang apparently struck the windshield, partially ripped off the top of the passenger car, and pushed out Gonzales. The other vehicle has not been found. much. The since 1947, went into effect yes terday on scores of" iuclud ing home luggage furs, jewelry, general admissions telephone calls, and trahsporta lion. Most of cuts are expect ed to be passed on to consumers Merchants said the reduction came at a good time, and should stimulate business.

H. Leigh Whitelaw, New York, man director of the Appliance ft facturers' Association, said the reductions would have "a wholesome effect on industry and the nation's economy," He said it should mean a 10 per cent increase in gas appliance ales, and that the effects would be felt "immediately." Hyman P. Kuchai, president of Grayson-Robinson Stores, a nationwide retail chain with headquarters in New York, call- Manu- ed on manufacturers to cut their prices 10 per cent to match the tax cut and "give the public a double-barrel sayings." Dr. Arthur Smith, research economist for the First National Bank of Dallas, said about 42 per cent of American families "in all these prosperous times have not had incomes of over $3,000 a year." The best way to tap the market they represent, he said, is to cut taxes. LINDBERGH PROMOTION GETS COMMITTEE OK WASHINGTON, D.

Senate Armed Services committee today unanimously approved the nomination of Charles A. Lindbergh, aviation's famed "Lone Eagle," to be a brigadier general in the Air Force Reserve. President Eisenhower recently nominated Lindbergh, now a part- time consultant on aeronautical matters. FUTURE OP STATEHOOD If DOUBT WASHINGTON, D. (UP)House leaders gave a frigid reception to the Senate-passed AlaskatjfewaU statehood bill today, and its future very much in doubt House Republican leader A.

JtaUcek Indiana the Senate "plaxed and looae" in tleing Alaska statehood to waii bill. Delia Wilkinson Funeral Services Held In Groesfecfc Funeral services were held at the Faulkenberry cemetery near rocs beck 'at 4 o'clock this afternoon for Mrs. Delia Wilkinson, 80, former resident of Groesbeck who died Wednesday at Premont. The services were conducted by Malcom Smith, minister of the Church of Chjriat in Groesbeck, Burial was in the Faulkenberry cemetery with the Riddle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mrs.

Wilkinson was bom in Robertson county on Feb. 7, 1874 and lived in CSroesbeck until about six years ago. She is survived by two soils, Earl and Herman Wilkinson, both of Premont; one daughter. Met, Stella Hazelwood, New Coney, and 10 grandchildren, o- CANCER DRIVE ERS GBOBSBECK; Stanford, pf chairman of the Limestone county cancer ft? nance campaign, has appointed Carl Cannon and Bun in Grofisheck. Mr.

Stanford made ments white visiting Temperatures rose steadily in Texas today, but forecasters warned that a season apparently reluctant this year to bow out in favor of may take another swipe at the state Saturday. A massive cold front is stretched across the nation's Midwest. Some temperatures fell as much as eight below zero. Nothing nearly so severe ia expected in Texas, but weather forcasters said the cold front should move into the Panhandle Saturday. Except in the Panhandle, a warming trend will continue over most of the state through Saturday, the weather bureau said.

There were no freezing temperatures reported by Texas weather stations overnight. The lowest minimum was Dalhart's 34 degrees. Mexia had a high yesterday of 65 degrees and a low this morning of42. The forecast for the Mexia vicinity is clear to partly cloudy through Saturday and turning colder Saturday night Low tonight is expected to be near 44 degrees. Dteulh Damage Heavy Meanwhile, the state of Missouri today measured two and a hfu years of drouth in terma of depleted municipal water supplies, stunted crops, and stricken larm industry.

streams dwindled to intermittent trickles or nothing lit form ponds, were only dusty hole. in ground, and to thWr herts. Hardest hit was the southwest portion of the state. Thero, agriculture authorities, reported, the once-lush grass of thousands of acres of pasture land is dead. L.

Cf Carpenter, state commissioner of agriculture, said they could be restored only 1 by re- seeding, a process he described as costly, and, time ng." sheep and pig crops fell disastrously" during the last two years, partly as a result the drouth, porn crops were hort-and fanners could not ai- ord to buy feed. Farmers were urged to get pasturage and forage crops into the ground, instead of other types. Authorities said such crops required less fno'uiure and could be used as feed the drouth continued. Important Election In Duvol County Set For Sottirdoy BENAV1DES (UPJ -George B. Parr runs up against his first test of power at the polls Saturday since his political rule came under active legal fire recently.

The test will be in the Benavides school district election. An indication of how important the election will be was given when District Judge A. S. Broad. foot ordered all ballots impounded as soon as the polls close in Benavides and Freer.

They will be taken to Alice and further onto of held the court." Three Parr supporters and three anti-Parr men, all Freer, are running for places on the school boafd..