The Mexia Daily News from Mexia, Texas • Page 1

JuttM the CMMI Yow Omct MEXIA. TEXAS. fOHDAY. JAN. 4.

1953 IRL Returns To Combat 83rd Session Of Congress Is Opened Republicans Hold Slight Majority In Both Houses WASHINGTON, D. The 83rd Congress convened at II a. in. (Mexia time) Saturday with Republicans teaming up with Southern Democrats to put over the legislative program of the first GOP president in 20 years. In both houses, the Republicans i are taking over with paper-thin majorities, but in view of expected Southern Democratic support their control is considered firm enough on most issues.

Senate Republican leaders had a firm pledge from President- Elect Eisenhower Saturday that he will make "no secret foreign commitments." The promise, it was learned, specifically ruled out any undercover agreement on more aid for Britain during Mr. Eisenhower's meeting next week with-Prime Minister Winston Churchill. It also would apply, informed sources the case of an expected French request for more U. S. help in tne fight communism in Indo-China.

Rep. Joseph W. Martin took over as speaker of the House Saturday and said Gen. Eisenhower will re-establish a "proper working relationship" between the White House and Congress. nSVDortt Praised As he took over the speaker's gavel, he paid tribute to Rep.

Sam Rayburn, who held the Texas Democrat, speakership for the longest period in history. "Forty years of his life," Rep. Martin said of Rayburn, "have been spent in serving his country unselfishly, faithfully honorably. The gavel of this house has never passed from the hand of a nobler man than the gentleman from Texas." Rep. Rayburn now becomes minority leader.

A U. Si immigration inspector, aboard the Queen Mary to question crew members: under the McCarran law, stamped the diplomatic passports of Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his party Saturday to speed their entry into New York. There was no question of interrogating Churchill, enroute to New York for conferences with Gen. Eisenhower, or members of his party who have diplomatic status, and Inspector RusseU Daniellscn went to the Churchill suite only as a courtesy gesture "The Queen Mary meanwhile changed course to avoid an At lantic storm, but the big liner put a burst of speed and it was announced the ship would arrive at Pier 90 in New York at 7:15 a b. cst Monday, only a few minutes late.

Women Battle Terrorists, Killing Three NAIROBI, Kenya (UP) -Two white women beat off an at tack by Mau Mau native terrorists Friday night, killing three wounding a fourth before the rest fled. Mrs. Raynes-Simson and Mrs Kitty Heselburger were alone in their isolated farm home when they saw the Kikuyu tribesmen approaching and brandishing swords and knives. One caught Mrs. Heselburge by the throat and pushed- her over a chair.

Mrs. Raynes-Simson seized a revolver and fired two shots at as he turned on her with a short sword. He fell dead. The women, both armed, ran after the other attackers. Mrs.

Heselburger fired at a moving figure in the dark, killing him. A third dead raider was found outside the kitchen door. A fourth Mau Mau raider was found hiding in the bath room. they shot him through tin cloved door and be fled, leaving a trail oC blood. UNCLE CHARGED IN Texons Are Leaders Hazd Kirksey Is Victim; Clinton Owens Is In Jail The world's first jet aerial combat Kaj.

Jabara (right) is getting ready to return voluntarily to Korea although the Air Force doesn't have to do so. He fcv pictured into T-33 trainer et Wichita. Kansas, end win take a jet refresher course at Hellh. Nevada. With him is Lt.

Williem Laughlm, instructor. (NEA Telephoto.) Meria People Will Attend Heariag On Elmiutitg Trams A group of local citizens will attend a hearing in Hearne Monday morning on the proposal of the Southern Pacific Railroad to discontinue two passenger trains now serving Mexia. The hearing is to be held be- gnning- at 10 a. m. before the Texas Railroad Commission.

Other towns along the line like hfexia are sending committees of citizens to attend the meeting. The Mexia group, headed by G. E. (Jimmie) Blair, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce transportation committee, will leave from the pity hall at 8:30. All interested persons are invited to attend the hearing.

Southern Pacific is seeking to eliminate Trains 15 and between Dallas afid Houjton, which stop in Mexia during the late morning and noon periods. Elimination of the trains would leave Mexia and most other cities along the route with only one passenger train stopping each day going south and one going north. Southern Pacific maintains that it is losing a considerable amount of money in operating the trains because of poor patronage by the traveling public and lack of express Forty-six local citizens'signed petitions circulated in Mexia one day last week asking that the Texas Railroad Commission not grant the Southern Pacific Railroad the permission to cease op erating the two trains. Millions In Taxes From Highway Use D. The American Petroleum Institute says that millions of dollars are being diverted to non-highway uses, with New York state the chief offender.

The institute cited Federal Bureau of Roads statictic to show that while highway use lax revenues are setting, new records each vear. there is not a corresponding increase in taxes set aside for what they were originally intended, the building and improving important traffic arteries. x- A national news ine said recently on highway needs that from 1924 through 1950 some $3 billion collected frem highway useri waVspent for other purposes' than roads It said that at today's prices the diverted funds-would have built 9.000 miles of modern, four- lane highways similar to the New Jersey Turnpike. President Ralph Thomas of the American Automobile Assoctei tion said in a year-end statemen that 1952 spending on highway and street improvements hit a record $5 billion. He warned that the motorist will to pay still higher tax es to foot the bill.

He said it is almost inevitable that auto taxes will rise again this year. Unconscious Girl Remains In Coma Over Two Months HOUSTON (UP) A. surgeon who massaged a 17-year-old girl's heart back to life, sent his patient home Saturday because he said he could do nothing more until she comes out of a coma. Carla Johnson, the pretty patient, has been unconscious since Oct. 171 Her heart stopped beating for eight minutes during' an operation on that day and the made an incision in her chest and massaged it until it began beating again.

Physicians said they had done all they could and it was now a "matter of time." They said she may awaken in a strange world or she may- remember all of her past life' and some things that have happened since the operation. Carla's mother, who has been at her bedside constantly, said her eyelids have moved several-times and she looked as if she wanted to speak. Physicians do not know the extent of damage, to' her brain. Air Action flares Anew In Korea Wor, Six MIGs Damaged TOKYO, Sunday Forty American Sabrejets bat tied 50 Communist MIG-15s Saturday and 'damaged six for then- first victories of 1953. Air fighting blazed in north west Korea for the first tim since last Sunday as MIGs swarmed out of Manchuria in an attempt to break up Allied fight er-bomber attacks on Red troop and supply targets.

Allied infantrymen fighting in the coldest weather of the sea 13. degrees below hrew back small scale Commu nist attacks but found no evi dence that the Reds intended carry out their threat of a ma jor offensive. woamic Jomnrr TO WIFE 10W YORK. N. Y.

(UP) SOD singer Johnny Ray said. Saturday he will divorce his pretty wife because their nine-month marriage is "on the rocks." said his unhappy, marital endangered his career. on the stage of the ter last be. fie said, couldn't re. his "wonderful honeymoon bat we hadior a lew He i.

makin7fe5.000 a ir Navaio Indians still use moist earth mortar for their eight- n-iT l7 Jfc. whkfc face tbe cast. CRASH KILLS THREE MEN RALEIGH, N. C. (UP) Air Force C-47 transport, trying for an emergency landing, crashed in nun and dense fog-in Crabtree Creek state park near Raleigh-Durham airport Friday night killing three of four men aboard.

The.fourth Edwin Matthus, staggered into Raleigh-Durham airpot about 1 a.m. to report the crash. The wreck- ace -and bodies were found by ground parties six later. pom Attar flowers at First Methodist church this Sunday sent by the children of Mrs. John Corky, observance of birthday, the Rw.

J.rPatterjim, pastor, CRUELTY. SHE SAYS Eiig. (UP) Back in 1932 Mrs. Mabel Beatrice Parks, 27, married a handsom musician, -Albert Parks, Twenty one years and 18 chil dren later, she was granted divorce Friday on charges cruelty. Great damage done to grain fields by the vole, or field mouse, as many as 12,000 of which ma live on a single acre.

4 Cold Weekend For Texans; Freeze Is Due Bf United Press The Southwest was under a cold air mass Saturday and the U. S. Weather Bureau said even South Texas would have subfreezing temperatures over the weekend. The official forecast for the, Mexia-Corsicairia area is- "fair, continued rather, cold Saturday, Sunday partly 1 cloudy, low little wanner Sunday." Strong northwest winds swept across Oklahoma and Kansas in he wake of a cycle of snow, rain, ileet, and dust that ended a few lours earlier. The lighway department had clear snow drifts off Panhandle highv ways before they could be cleared for traffic.

Snow la Panhandle A one-inch layer of snow which fell Christmas Day still covers parts of the Texas Panhandle. Texas skies weie fair Saturday, and the Weather Bureau said they would stay that way, at least through Monday. Neither rain nor new cold fronts were in sight. Forecasters said light winds would continue through Saturday. The mercury "is scheduled fall as low as 22 degrees night in the Texas Panhandle.

North Central Texas is scheduled to have a lowof 24 degrees and East and the southern part of Central Texas, a low of 28. The coastal area was predicted to get 36 to 40-degree weather. Lubbock had Texas' coldest weather, 16 degrees, early Saturday. Generally fair "weather wL moderate temperatures prevailed over moist of the nation Saturday. Only the Pacific Northwest, with its usual rain and snow, and a sizeable chunk of the northeast, with rain and snow, suffered really adverse conditions.

Diplomat Punished For Getting Drunk While On US Job WASHINGTON, D. The State department stripped diplomat Foy P. Kohler of his top-level assignment Saturday, suspending him "for 30 days without my. and reprimanded him for being drunk while in possession of secret departmental papers; He will lose between $1,000 and $1,125 as result ofoeing suspended without pay for 30 days: Mr. Kohler, veteran of 21 years of previous outstanding service, has the rank of foreign service officer of Class -i which pays $12,000 and $13500.

He was relieved of his duties as a member of the department 1 top-level policy planning staff He will be assigned to other duties-not yet determined. $32 B1LUOM SPENT OH 1952 BUILDING WASHINGTON, D. A record $32 billion was spent on actual amount of Building fell below that of 1850 and 1951, preliminary government' estimates showed Saturday. The reason, the Labor and Commerce departments erplained in a joint report, was that the sddi tional money spent last year went largely to meet higher building costs. Business and private builders spent $21 billion while federal and local govenunen paid out $10.5 billion.

An 18-year-old Mexia High school senior and bride of ess than a year died of gunshot wounds in her home at 04 South Belknap street in Mexia at about 10:30 Friday night. Mrs. Hazel Owens Kirksey was killed instantly on being hit in the side by a blast from a 12-gauge shotgun. County Attorney Schultz says that her uncle, Owens, 36, of Richand, has been charged with murder with malice in the laying. County Judge Norton Fox icld the inquest at the death scene and rendered verdict of lulled by gunshot wound." Mr.

Schultz says that he was old that Mrs. Kirksey, her husband, Elmer Glynn Kirksey, and mv Texans have top Democratic posts in both House of and the U. S. Senate as the new Congress goes into session with the Republicans ia charge. Rep.

Sam Rayburn (left), who served as speaker of 'the House than any man ia history, is now floor leader for the Democrats the lower bouse and Sea. Lyndon Johnson (right) is floor leader for the Democrats ia the Senate. Mr. Johnson is the youngest man in history to occupy the Ugh Democratic spot. (MEA Photos.) Retail Beef Prices to Be Surveyed; Rollback Possible WASHHJGTON, D.

Price Stabilization officials disclosed Saturday they plan to survey retail beef ceilings again next week, to determine whether prices should be rolled back to reflect sharp reductions in cattle prices. .4 rollback of only 'a few cents would save millions of dollars. "These officials told the United Press that while farm commodities generally are in a slump, they think beef is the only item on which "profiteering" is threatened. Farm prices dropped three per cent in the month ended Dec. 15.

At that point-they were 12 per below a year ago. The bulk of decline was in cattle, cotton, eggs, and milk. The new survey will include f. Groesbeck Actress Alberta Gary Is Home For Holidays Seventeen years in the movies, including experiences in such pictures as "Gone With the Wind," were for relatives and friends in Groesbeck and Mexia this week by Alberta- Gary, tiny Negro actress who left Limestone'county in 1935 for'a career-- in and. found -01 ier grandmother, Mrs.

Mollie Owens, had retired for the. night when Clinton Owens arrived. An argument is believed to have followed because Mr. Schultz says Mr. Kirksey left the louse just prior to the shooting: incident was witnessed by be grandmother, but she was too upset Saturday morning to talk investigating officers.

Gave Up to Officers Owens told officers, the county ittorney reports, that after the shooting he ran out of the house try and get an ambulance. He then returned and" gave himself up to Patrolman Dave, Claridge nd Nightwatchman Beh Holmes, who had been cabled scene it. The of: Mrs. Annie Gary, of Groesbeck, Miss Gary played the part of "Prissy" in "Gone With the Wind," a member the household of "Scarlet principal character in the famous Recent 'pictures in which she has taken part include "They Died With their Boots On," "Return of the-Vampire," and "Lydia Miss Gary lives-in Los Angeles and acts in motion pictures pro- sampling of prices at large chain duced by 20th Century-Fox and stores. As to other farm price drops, OPS officials indicated they were not worried.

They pointed out that since the Dec. 15 slump, hog prices have started strengthening. Cotton has been selling so far below ceilings that ceilings have been suspended. This also goes for goods made of cotton, including textiles, and all clothing, er- cept children's. Holiday Death Toll Lags But May Zoom During the Weekend By United Prew The New Year holiday death toll lagged Saturday behind the average hourly traffic death rate for all of 1952, but weekend outings could send it zooming again.

The latest United Press tabulation showed least 241 persons were killed in traffic accidents Warner Brothers. She'left -Groesbeck 17 years ago intent on getting into the movies, after taking part in dramatics and singing at Blackshear Negro High school in the county seat, she said. She is home for a Christmas holiday visit and is returning to Hollywood this weekend. She visited one of her cousins, Ruby Mae Rankin, in Mexia. Upon her return she expects become active in television in the film capital.

This was her second trip in five years to home territory, and Miss Sary said she had noticed advances in the educational facilities for Negro youth in this area during her visit. new construction in 1952, but the- since 6 p. m. Wednesday. Plane crashes took another four lives, 27 persons died in fires and 48 in miscellaneous mishaps for a total of In Corsicana, a two-year-old boy was burned to death Friday in the first fire in Corsicana this year.

The child, Charles Lee Massie, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hoeard Massie, was alone when his home caught fire. Silver generally is considered the best conductor of electricity: Increase Noted In Income of Texans In Past. Year Despite Severe Drouth DALLAS (UP) The total income of Texans during 1952 was some five 'per cent above 1951 even though the state was visited by 8 -severe during much of the year, the Federal Reserve Bank Dallas reports.

"Only agriculture, of 'important sources of income the area, failed to show a favorable comparison with results of the preceding year," the bank said. The llth federal reserve district inchides Texas and parts of Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Arizona. i bank said agricultural data for the five states lying whoDybr partly.in snow slight decline in the production of crops was almost offset by a very small increase in the production of livestock and livestock products. -The bank said production of crops in Texas declined seven per cent in 1952 the preceding year. with stock and livestock products jose about one per all farm commodity the- oe; dine was about 3.5per cent "The most serious decline occurred case of cotton, with the Texas 1952 crop 1 being estimated at about 3,750,000 bales, compared with 4,054,000 bales pro- duced in 1951." About 17 per cent more cattle were slaughtered in Texas in the first 10 months of 1952 than during the first 10 months of 1951, because of-the deterioration of range due "i The number at calves moving to slaughter, increased about 16 per, cent, and sheep and hogs were up-nine per cent Average prices for farm products declined, mostly in the last half of the.

year-. Beef cattle prices were about SO per cent under a year earlier in Texas. 'During 1952 crude ofl production set a juew record about two per cent above the totals Frightened Pole Wants To Remain In United States TERMINAL ISLAND, Calif. (UP) A young Polish refugee who spent almost 11 hours on a 150-foot radio tower rather than face deportation proceedings came down shortly after mid night Saturday and surrendered to immigration Officials at this U. S.

Immigra tion' and Naturalization Service detention station identified the man as 25-year-old Michael Koziel, a former Polish seaman. Koziel, who is being held pend ing a deportation hearing, began his dramatic "sit-down strike Friday at 1:15 p. m. He shimmied up the steel lattice work of the radio tower to the 80-foot mark and refused to comedown. He he was afraid of being deported to his native Poland.

"The Russians would kuTme if I went back," he said. "My fath er was active against the Russi ans when they took over Poland, and they killed him." Hunger and low temperatures brought him to the ground where he surrendered. Koziel had been turned over te immigration authorities for de 1 thelArmy, they.saW, after com tius country from his na- a neighbor. Officers who came up from Groesbeck to investigate -the slaying were Mr. Schultz, his assistant, Don Barfield, and Sheriff Harry Dunlap.

They were accompanied' by Judge Fox. iMr. Schultz said Saturday morning that he did not have all of the details of the killing and was calling several people into Groesbeck for questioning. He said he did not believe Owens was intoxicated at the time of the shooting. At an examining trial in Groes- Judge Fox set Owens' bond at $5,000.

He had still not made the bond at 11:30 a.m. and was in the county jaiL Married Last Summer Mr. Schultz says the murder charges will be investigated by the district grand jury at its next scheduled session on Jan. 12. He stated that a special session of the grand jury may be called to study the case, however.

Mrs. Kirksey was married to BOGOTA. Colombia Hearty 60 persons were killed and more than 100 wounded when "bandits" attacked the Palanquero base before dawn on New Year's Day in a vain attempt to seize arms, ammunition and food, it was announced Saturday. Official statements did not identify the bandits, but it appeared likely that they were members of the opposition liberal party, which has been wag- mg increasingly fierce guerrilla warfare against the government for the last six years. PARIS.

Fraaee Radical Socialist Rene Mayer, who will make a personal "mission to America" if be succeeds in becoming France's next premier, was expected to decide Saturday whether he has enough support to win the post. Three other premier-candidates have turned down invitations since Antoine Pinay and his "save the franc" government resigned before Christmas. lynn Kirksey last summer but she continued her studies at Mexa High school and was due to be graduated in May. Her body was taken to the Corley Funeral Home where funeral services are pending, awaiting the arrival of relatives. Mrs.

Kirksey was born, in Sroesbeck on Nov. 30, 1934, and ived most of her life in the Mexia vicinity. She was a member of the Baptist church. Besides her husband, she is survived by father, Opie Owens, Mexia; her grandmother; and Four brothers, Melvin Owens, Mexia; Glynn Phoenix, Elton Owens, Washington, D. and Billie Joe Owens, Jacksonville.

All Around The World With Mexia Cub Scouts To Receive Awards On Tuesday Nighf Achievement awards will be presented' to three Cub Scouts at a meeting of Cub Scout Pack 224 in 'the basement of the' First Methodist church Tuesday night at 7:30. Cubmaster Rip McKenzie says that Wolf awards and insignias will be presented to Brown Blair, immy Baldree, and Bill Bleakney. Also, Mr. McKenzie says. Silver and Gold Arrow awards will' be presented to BUI Bleakney and'Jimmy Baldree.

All Cub Scouts hi Mexia are asked to attend the meeting and parents are requested to accompany each boy. Mr. McKenzie says that between the ages of eight and 11 who are interested in becoming Cub-Scouts are invited. At the present time the pack has a number of dens and A membership of some 25 boys but more mothers are needed to serve as den mothers. Huge bales of Communist propaganda, have been.found in the smoking roimt of a building where at least 51 persons were killed and 350 injured in a New Year's dynamite blast.

BERLIN Lt. Gen. Manlon S. Eddy, U. S.

troop commander in Europe, has demanded that the Soviets release two American soldiers held by the Russians since Nov. 26. The Communist East German news agency recently claimed that Pvt. Raymond Michalowski, of Perth Amboy, N. arid Pvt.

Lieutenant Night, of Los Angeles, had requested political asylum in Soviet run East Germany. Ecuador Two successive accidents to one passenger train took 12 lives and injured 26 persons on the Guayaquil- Quito line Rriday. Ten persons were killed when a runaway tank car filled with kerosene hurtled into the passenger train at Barraganetal station. When the crippled train moved on to Milgrao, the next station, an excited crowd of villagers surged onto the tracks to inspect the damage. Two persons were shoved onto the tracks and crushed to death by the train.

CROSIER, Switserland Charlie Chaplin said Saturday he hopes to enjoy six months' "peace and quiet" in the mansion which he is said to have bought for about $250,000. Mr. Chaplin would not say whether he had bought or is renting the 19th century mansion, but informed sources said he purchased it outright from Minot Craftbn, a former U. S. ambassador to Berlin; The Chaplins are taking the house completely furnished, including: the Louis XV furniture, and fine paintings and Gobelin tapestries.

LONDON seats for Queen Elizabeth's coronation procession next June were offered for sale by one of London's biggest department stores Saturday. Prices range from $29.40 to $73.50 including breakfast, lunch, tea, and dinner with champagne for the most expensive seat holders and ordinary white wines for those in the seats. MARCH OF DIMES Mrs: Jan Dillon Saturday announced her resignation as co- chainnaH of the March of Dimes campaign that opened in Lime-" stone county this week. Papyrus, from, which ancient made a kind of paper, is reedlike sedge found growing in the Kite valley..