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WEATttfifi NdttfH Clearing ibftighl Sttd idfftSrfdW ftnd turning waffier iSfhBifeWj Mexia low iohight heaf 54 de- ail!) -A HOME-OWNED INDEPENDENT NfiWsPAPEft SERVING THE PEOPLE 56 YEARS ftfg BAV is ihi sf and VOLUME LVii tWiffiB PRESS FULL LEASED WifiB SEftVlCE TEXAS, THURSDAY, DE61MSER 1, 19SS MEA COMPLETE fEAfUflfi SERVICE NUMBER 281 They're Tops on Capitol Hill 1.80 INCHES OF RAINFALL RECORDED MEXIA AREA Here are the Ihree preltiest girls working on Capitol Hill, according to a "popular" vote. The girls, and the departments they represent, are, from left: Tina Cadeaux, Washington, D. of the House of Representatives; Marta Teilhei, Los Allos, of the Library of Congress, and Jean O'Neil, New York City, of the Senate. They were competing for the lille of "Miss Inspiration of Capitol Hill." (NBA Telephoio.) Delegates Favor Federal Aid For Building Schools WASHINGTON (UP) White House conference on education moved today towards a strong stand in favor of federal aid for building much-needed new public schools. But though the views of the 1,800 delegates, acting as presidential advisers on school problems, added up to an overwhelming majority for federal aid, they placed several conditions on their support.

The chief one was that there should be no federal control over school programs and policies. The conference's formal report on the crucial federal aid question will not be made until the concluding session tonight of the four-day meeting called by President Eisenhower. But its stand was predetermined at a series of round robin table discussions Wednesday night and early Thursday to sum up the delegates' views. The conference's decision is expected to affect the administration's proposals to Congress next year on the federal aid question. The administration has been considering revising the aid program it submitted last spring.

That program placed emphasis on government loans for school construction with lesser amount in outright grants. Only a small minority thought the aid should be limited to states conforming with the Supreme Court's anti-segregation decision. German Reds Make Claim Berlin Is Their Capital BERLIN (UP) The East German Communists laid formal claim to Berlin as their capital today and said they will ban all Army automobiles equipped with radio President Eisenhower To List Achievements Of Republican Party CHICAGO (UP) President Eisenhower told the publican national committee today that "I shall do everything in my power next year" to help report to the nation the record of party achievements. The President's message was in the form of a telegram to the committee, meeting here with three Cabinet members Taft Benson of agriculture, Sinclair Weeks of commerce and James Mitchell of attendance. It was a message of four paragraphs and about 300 words.

It said in part: 'You have a splendid record to submit to the voters in 1956. I personally am proud of Republican achievements for the peace and the prosperity and the, security of the American people. transmitters from the Soviet sector. The Communists said that from now on, the United States, Britain, and France must follow Communist orders in Berlin. However, a foreign office spokesman in London disclosed that the western Big Three powers are preparing a hands- off-Berlin warning to the iet authorities here.

Informed London sources made it clear that the West would not stand for any Communist grab of power in this four-power-controlled city. The stiff Communist threats brought an immediate plea from West Berlin Mayor Otto Suhr to U. S. Ambassador James B. Conant for a renewed western allied pledge to defend the divided city's four-power status.

Suhr and Conant met at Duesseldorf to discuss the deepening crisis. Bi-Stone District Scouters Banquet In Mexia Tonight The annual Scouters recognition banquet of the Bi-Stone district of the Heart O' Texas Boy Scout Council will be held tonight at 7 o'clock in the cafeteria of the Ro.ss Avenue elementary school in Mexia, One hundred and 50 Scouters, friends of Scouting, and their wives arc expected to attend the event from towns and communities in Limestone and Freestone counties. Dr. Jack Cox, of Teaguu, who is district chairman, will give the annual district report. J.

A. Schnable, of Mexia, chairman of the nominating committee, will give a report on a new slate of officers for the district for the coming yen''- In addition to Mr. Cox, the offir cers of the district include three vice-chairmen, A. McBay, of Mexia; L. C.

Stuver, of Teaguc, and Ed Kilgore, of Groesbeck, o- Ceres, the first known asteroid, was discovered by Piuzzi in Sicily during 1800. Now Sovereign State "The German Democratic Communist Republic is a sovereign state and Berlin is its capital," Bruno Baum, secretary of the East Berlin Communist party, told a Communist meeting. "We shall not permit the Americans to drive about in radio cars in the Democratic Communist sector of Berlin," he said. "They have no right to do that." In Berlin, Baum said, "it is we who decide matters and nobody Americans Seek To End Highway Deaths One Day Baum's stand on U. S.

Army cars with radios, made in a speech broadcast by the East Berlin radio, differed with that of the Soviets who said the cars would be permitted to enter East Berlin as long as they did not transmit "incessantly." The official Communist party newspaper Neues Deutschland rejected the American stand that Berlin is still ruled by four- power occupation forces. 'I'lNO UAfS I HHIJ FMAS Cob Driver Admits Molesting Murdering Child SPRINGFIELD, 111. (UP) A handsome curly-haired cab driver confessed today that he raped and killed eight-year-old Janice May in a Canton, 111., railroad yard last Saturday. The cabbie, 29-year-old Lloyd E. Miller broke down after eight hours of intensive questioning shortly after midnight.

He signed a statement confessing he tore the clothes from the little girl's body, molested her, and then killed her. Miller told authorities that he came upon the little girl, whom lie knew, as she was walking from her home to join her two older brothers at a playground. "She said hello and was joyful," Miller said, "She walked with me to the railroad tracks." LUCILLE ANP DESl OPSBRVE ANNIVERSARY HOLLYWOOP (UP) Lu cille Ball and Desi Arnaz, probably the most publicized couple in America, celebrated their 15th wedding anniversary yesterday on the set of their "1 Love Lucy" television program. The crew of the CBS show in lorrupted rehearsals to present the stars who play a husband and wife on their show as well as living the parts in real life with a By United Press Americans tried to drive death off their streets and highways for just 24 hours today. It was the second annual observance of Safe Driving Day 24 hours set aside by the President's committee for traffic safety in hopes of posting a perfect record on the highways.

The ultimate hope was that not a single traffic death would be reported today. Safety experts conceded that was too much to hope for. But they did look for a sharp drop in the bloody carnage which has become a daily fixture on the nation's highways. The United Press and other press services were to tabulate the S-D Day deaths in conjunction with the National Safely Council. The toll was to be brought up to date at frequent intervals.

The death count started quickly and there were at least three fatalities before S-D Day was three lours old. The first report came from Michigan, where L. T. Bell of Plymouth died when his car smashed into a Wayne county culvert at 1:15 a.m. cst, before 2 a.m.

cst, Bruce Donald Mosher, 23, Glen Falls, N. died when his car smashed into a tree on a curve. In'the Chicago area, a 27-year- old sailor, Gerald Lagro, was struck and killsd by a truck at 2:25 a.m. cst. President Eisenhower led the appeals for sanity and caution on S-D Day.

"Last year, an American man, or child was killed in traffic every 15 minutes," Mr. Eisenhower pointed out. "I shall do everything in my, power next year to help you report the record accurately and fully to the country." The message did not elaborate on how the President proposed to go about helping the Republicans report their record to the nation. Benson Makes Charge Secy. Benson charged the Democrats were concocting a "witch's brew" of untruths in an effort to make political capital of falling farm prices.

Weeks and Mitchell, in addresses prepared for delivery, predicted a sweeping Republican victory in 1956 because Americans "never had it so good." Mr. Benson also outlined a six- point farm program which he said had the President's approval. It included a stepped-up program of surplus disposal and expansion of exports; purchase program to remove market gluts and to help farmers adjust to market demands; an enlarged soil conservation and incentive payment program to divert cropland into other uses; expansion of the rural development program; a stepped-up research program, and a speed-up in the 10- state Great Plains program to make better use of the land and more balanced ELECTRIC FIRM CUTS PAY OF TOP OFFICIALS PITTSBURGH Electric "settling down for a long strike" by the CIO Electrical Workers Union, cut salaries of its top officials 40 to 50 per cent today and ordered sweeping furloughs of non-essential employes. Gwilym A. Price, Westinghouse chairman-president, in a letter to top management officials said Mexia Oil Test Will Be Shot for Production Today The Humble-Shell deep oil test west of Mexia is expected to be "shot for production" today, according to word received from a spokesman of the scouting department of the Humble Oil and Refining Company in Tyler.

It was reported that the Humble-Shell Joe Ross Heirs No. perforated at a depth of 8448-49 (one foot) and that the perforations were squeezed. Afterwards, production pipe was set in the hole. It has still not been reported whether the well will be a gas or an oil producer. The test is situated just south of the Woodland Negro school near the edge of the old Mexia field and was drilled to a depth of 8,645 feet in the Smackover lime.

Earlier, it was reported by an Humble spokesman that a drill stem test was made at 8514-5r with the test tool open for 3( minutes and that gas to the- surf ace in two minutes with a of 190 pounds sur face pressure. On this test, which was made early last week, 60 feet of 55.f gravity distillate was recovered Additional coring and 20 feet porus Jime was encountered tha appeared to be oil productive. At that time it was anticipated that the well would be completed sometime this week. David McSpedden And Jon Schnable Named Co-Captains David McSpedden and Jon Schnable have been elected as co- captains of the Mexia High school baskc-tball team for the 1955-56 season, Athletic Director Bobbj the pay cuts and furloughs were Parker announced today, economies necessary to cut losses i The Mexia team, which opens incurred in the walkout by 44,000 play at Wortham tomorrow night members of the International Un-1 at 6:30 against Centerville, ion of Electrical Workers at 30 gan practice Monday with plants. SOUTH KOREA BILLS UN FOR 50 MILLION SEOUL (UP) South Korea billed the United Nations be- 3 squadmen.

The squad has three Schnable and Dan Montgomery. The boys are scheduled to scrimmage' at Wortham with the Wortham squad today. Last year the Mexia basketbal military command for $50 million team placed fourth in a five-teair i T'ontjiiQ xi'jai; tnA r'nam today for electricity, water and transportation for Allied troops in Korea since start of the Korean war. Dr. Hong Kee Karl, government spokesman, said the UN command promised in 1950 that the United States would pay the utility bills.

THORNTON SOLDIER ASSIGNED JN J.APAN TOKYO (UP) Army Sergeant First Class Eugene A. Branch, whose wife; Liselotte, lives at Omaha, recently was assigned to Army Forces Far East and Eighth Army Headquarters in Japan. The 28-year-old soldier, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C.

Braiich, Thornton, is an administra? tive specialist with the unit. He, entered the Anny in 1945, after being graduated from Groesbeck High School. DETROIT OAIWES MISS PUBLICATION DETROIT T- (UP) two afternoon papers missed their first editions today for the first time in history because of a strike of stereotype which has hit ulj three dailies. Allen Neiber, city editor of the Detroit" News, said the paper would not hit the streets for its first edition "for the first time siucu-the payer began in 11373. UPSWING REPORTED IN DIPHTHERIA CASES WASHINGTON (UP) U.

S.Public Health Service today reported an upswing in diphtheria cases. It said 74 cases were reported in the nation last week, compared to only 49 for the same week last year, district. Teague was the cham pion. The Waxahachie Indians are favored this year. Season tickets for Mexia's home game basketball games at Wor tham are $2 and can be purchas ed from C.

W. Teel at the Ken drick and Horn Drug store, fron the athletes, and from members, of the Mexia Athletic Booste club. -o- Hippo's Appetite The average adult hippopota mus weighs about 5000 pounds At home in the rivers and lake: of East Africa, it eats 400 pound of grass and tender tree shoots ii one night's foraging. Together After Fifty Years A teen-age romance, interrupted for 50 years by a and a happy climax as Mr. and Mrs.

Ridley Carmack share their wedding cake in Anderson, Ind. Each married after their quarrel, and they didn't meet again until last summer, after both their spouses had died. They have nine children between ihem. French Premier Ordered Ousted For His Actions PARIS (UP) The executive committee of the Radical Socialist party ordered Premier Edgar Faure expelled from the party today in retaliation for his decision to disband the national assembly and force a general election. The ouster move was led by former Premier Pierre Mendes- France, former close friend and colleague of Faure but now his bitter political enemy.

Prodded by the furious Men- des-Frahce, the Radical party bureau called Faure brusquely on the parpet for discipline and then voted 19'to 8, to throw him out of the party. Faure also faced an attempted ouster as premier. Enraged opponents in the assembly sought to push through a vote of censure. This would put him out of office if adopted, But the premier threatened to dissolve parliament immediately if it started any such move. Faure's cabinet voted yesterday to dissolve the assembly after the deputies voted no confidence in his government by a 319 to 219 figure Tuesday night.

It was the hottest squabble in French politics in nearly 80 years. Five key Radical Socialist members of Faure's lame duck cabinet announced they were resigning in protest against the premier's actions. MEXIA JAYCEES WILL MEET TONIGHT A regular semi-monthly meeting of the Mexia Jaycees will be held in the office of the Chamber of Commerce tonight at 7:30, President Bill Pollard announced today. Lights for the rodeo project and Christinas activities will be discussed. Four-fifths of Bolivia's 3,054,000 people live at altitudes above 10,000 feet.

American GIs Marrying At A Rapid Pace Of 250 New Process Studied Which May Increase Rancher Needs Here Mexia ranchers may in the very near future increase the payout of their grazing pastures after a new two-way payout project proved dividends for a tenant operator on the Research Foundation farm at Rennef. of LONDON -T- (UP) American servicemen are marrying British girjs the rate of eight a a higher rate than duping World War II, Every month, some 250 Gl's march to the altar and promise to love and honor a British girl. There hpve been more than 000 Anglo-American weddings in the past two years, according to records of thj Third U- Air represents the bulk the 45,09,0 American service- home. It's just that they happen to.be here." The rate is higher now than during the war, seemingly for two major reasons: (1) At present airmen serving in Britain remain for three years, compared with the months they spent in any one place during the war, People are more inclined to think about marriage during peace than during war. loneliness Ask the Americans who marry "Maybe when they see that fig- here why, and their answers the girls -home will feel the sanie, they're losing out," we airman i was here for a while I said, "Put there's no real cause felt lonely I started taking a for them to get mad- girl out to the cinema and dances "It's not that the girls we fell in love Anything over the i ftonnis Hall ol British Girls Every Month ford, C-, met his wife in September, and married hev in February, 1949.

"I'm one of those guys who married an English girl, an I couldn't be happier," he said The pursuit is not all ed, however. Mrs. Elsie Dunbsr, an of the British Women's teer Service, which devotes of its time to waking in Britain feet at hgune, said thai "most English regard ah American serviceman as being pretty gaod catch. "There is the wide-spread, iijea that Americans make husbands and are more devoted to their wives Using a 35-acre pasture which the thinnest hill where the underlying white rock cropped found, C. L.

Pilkinton, operator, applied 400 pounds of twenty per cent phosphate to the apre. For a time, it was touch and go, Pilkinton said. But then he added a top dress of 50 pounds of nitrogen to the acre. The rains came and the grass grew in a hurry. He kept the cattle fed on it intermittently; then clipped the stand to provide a protective mulch.

A good inch rain brought on rapid growth and maturity. He estimated the seed would be enough to establish 300 acres of bluestem pasture. The seed is worth from $1. to $1.50 per pound depending upon purity and germination, he added. i Mexia High School Students Attend State Press Meet Five students and one faculty member of Mexia High School left this morning 'for Denton to attend the annual meeting of the Texas High School Press Association, The students, accompanied by the Annual sponsor, Mrs.

Lucy Byers, were Dan Montgomery, Janice Eubanks, Dianne Ellis, Carol Prouty, and Pat Latham. They are members of the Mexia High School Annual staff and journalism class. The meeting starts late today and will continue through Saturday morning. Principal Gilbert Smith says the Mexia group will return Saturday afternoon, SMILING CUSTOMER WASN'T SO NICE Temperatures Again Dip To Near Freezing "A slow, soaking rain, the first almost two months, dumped one and eight-tenths inches of moisture on the Mexia area during the night. If the rain hadn't been so sorely needed, last night would have been very disagreeable as the temperature dropped to 34 degrees.

The high here yesterday was 45 degrees. The rain will mean dollars and cents to farmers and cattlemen of this area, many of whom have seed in their pastures that couldn't come up because of the lack of moisture. Just last week, County Agent M. H. Brown Jr.

reported thai the situation had already passed the critical condition and that landowners were suffering damage from the drouth. Many stock tanks were almost dry. The forecast in the Mexia area is clearing tonight and tomorrow and a little warmer. The low" here tonight is expected to be near 34, degrees, the weatherman says. Cold rain and drizzle that turned into light sleet and even produced a few snow flakes in some instances fell over a large part of Texas during the night and continued intermittently from gray skies today.

The rain that began yesterday in the Rio Grande Valley, moved on northeastward across the state during the day and last night. By tomorrow, it was expected to be out of the state, after soaking North Central Texas with amounts of one inch or Sleet Reported As the rain moved northeastward, it produded some sleet at Wichita Falls, Lubbock and Gainesville and in the Dallas- Fort -Worth area. -A" few snow flurries ware reported at Gainesville, Wichita FaUs and Lubbock. Temperatures dropped to 26 degrees for the low overnight reading in the, state as the rains moved across 'Texas. Galveston reported the high reading of 52 degrees.

Meanwhile, a cold wave broke in the nation's midsection today, but easterners still shivered. A vast mass of Arctic air which gave the nation its first big cold wave of the season still gripped the eastern portion of the country. Temperatures were in the 20s in this area. TORONTO (UP) The "customer" smiled pleasantly yes terday when a busy bank clerk directed him to another teller's window. At that window he robbed the bank of an, estimated $3,000 and escaped.

Mary AjJatus said the bandit, about 45, was quite gen' Uewanly when she told him to go to the cage occupied by 19-year old teller Former Officials Under Truman Are Named In Indictment ST. LpUIS (UP) Two former officials of the Truman administration and an attorney were named today in an indictment charging conspiracy, bribery and perjury. Named as defendants were Matthew J. Connelly, former White House appointment secretary; T. Lamar Caudle, head the Justice-Department's tax division until he was fired by President Truman in 1951, and Harry I.

Schwimmer, a Kansas City attorney. The -indictment said the three conspired with Irving Sachs, St. Louis shoe broker, to avoid prosecution for tax evasion, Sachs was later indicted and pleaded guilty, receiving a fine of $40,000 in 1951. DIVER DEEP.BELQW SURFACE SOL6MONS, Md, (UP) A Navy diver was trapped 130 feet below the surface of the Patuxent River near here. Five divers were rushing from Washington to try to save him.

Rescue efforts were hampered, by severe cold and rough water, MEXIA WOMAN'S BROTHER DJES Mrs. Sam McCord, of Mexia, is in Italy, Texas, where she is at' tending the funeral of her brother, C. Ward, who died in hospital Wednesday of injuries suffered in a car wreck neap Snnis on Thanksgiving SOS HOPE nosed comedian Bob. Hope suid lie hud been snubbed by Soviet Russia thus far on his request, for 9, visa to visit USSR. The actor said he was going with plans to leave for rope Thursday, despite the failure of the Soviet embassy in to act en his.