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Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 11

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Corpus Christi, Texas
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'CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Wed Aug 10 1955 11 Opponent Concedes Victory Airmen Leave Tokyo for Home amounted to 97221737 equal to 63 cents a common -share Compared to 81314024 or 5L3X a pra-ferred share in 3954'a first halt Sales increased about one-third to 3(7396582 S72 Million Earnings Reported by Celanese NEW YORK Aug I (AP) -Celanese Corp of America today reported earnings for the first half Return from 3535 of 4074 precincts gave: Chandler 237037 Combs 216-609 Jesse Cecil 3671 Returns from 3119 precincts gave: Denney 61153 James Clay an attorney 16611 GDcoiOy Special! JETT SAG TOASKI TOKYO Wednuday Aug 10 Eleven airmen took oft today for that destination they dreamed of during 32 long months In Red China's home By Saturday or Sunday at the latest the 11 will be at home with relatives they have not aeen since they flew off to war Col John Knox Arnold and the 10 other crewmen shot down during the Korean War were given a choice of routes They chosa the one that will take them to Hawaii for a restful layover Their plane is due at Travis i Air Force Base northeast of San Francisco at 8 am Pacific daylight time Friday They wanted no fuss over them by a mass reunion with relatives at Travis as the Air Force had planned So from Travis they win travel to the military or civilian airport nearest their homes The airmen completed their physical examinations and questioning yesterday at the Far East Air Materiel Base Hospital at Tachikawa 25 miles from Tokyo They were entertained by a floor show at the base officers' club last night REG $150 VALUE! sr LOUISVILLE KfH Aug 8 OP-A (Happy) Chandler's Democratic nomination for another term -after 20 year-u governor of Kentucky wu conceded today by his chief opponent Bert Combs Combs 43-yea raid mountain Judge win lost Ms first statewide race to the political veteran sent Chandler and best wishes" on hit triumph in stormy primary election Combs pledged the 57-year-old former baseball commissioner and senator and other party nominees fun support" for Nov 8 general election The concession came with a ae-rlea of "party harmony" announcements from top leaders of the regular Democratic state organization which had opposed Chandler'! political comeback Chandler extended a hand ot friendship yesterday and said he anticipated a general closing of Democratic ranks Chandler then will run against former Dist A tty Edwin Denney 51 who easily won the Republican gubernatorial Ym eld-look tog CRAY FADED or STBZAKKpHslr steyi dndj younxer-look Inf beautiful BLACK rOBXVEB whoro colored the famous LADY LXNNOX wayl Only mw hair (rowing out aaads touching up at acalp Una (Hi 5000080 HCUlEt IAVE Alum UU SOLD! Lady Lennox Hair Colorina docent rub off wash off or waar oft Docent cauao erilttenoM or into faro with wivm parnunonU Me dulL artificial look I OVor five MW Baa pochosaa preva Lady Lannox With the Purchase of 10 Gals of CONOCO Gasoline! WED TO FINE IN SEPTEMBER AF Files Say June Wire Told POW Was Okay At your favarlto drug or Mtatry counter Dow exactly uwruyar sooner hack World's tarpcil Setter SPECIAL! Every Wednesday Or Thursday At Only 50 plot tes KENTUCKY WINNERS CLASP HANDS Chandler (right) running mate Harry Lee Waterfidd ir wirwewto) She has with her 2'i-yrar-old Danny Schmidt Jr the son Schmidt has never seen Una talked w'th Schmidt in a 27-minute transpacific phone call Sunday Afterward ahe said only that he told her he still loved her and would abide liy her decision Fine said he would not give Una up without a fight Burglary Charge Filed ptrick J- Dunn wilh burary of property belonging to Eddie MICHAEL Slonaker 6068 South Alice Boy's Illness Diagnosed as Polio The illness ot an 11-year-old Alice boy wai diagnosed as polio yesterday at Memorial Hospital The youth was admitted Monday 1711 Open 7 Days Per TU2-5911 HAIR COLORING Alameda has been charged in the court of Justice of the Peace Emmonds He is being held on 91500 bond IMLLCo MsaySk Two WASHINGTON Aug 9 Ut-Thc Air Force said tonight it addressed a telegram to Mrs Una Schmidt on June 22 last year saying her airman husband Daniel Schmidt was reported a prisoner in Red China Thii was three months before Mrs Schmidt says she married Alford Fine Una repeatedly has told reporter she married Fine 21 a logging worker last September In the belief Schmidt was dead She said she received word in January 1953 that he was aboard a plane that had been Phot down She said it wu not until November 1954 two months after her second marriage that she wu notified Schmidt wu a prisoner of war (ieaeva Release The Air Force said that during the Geneva POW discussions In June last year It received a list of prisoner! whom the Reds said they held Notifications were sent nut to next of kin ol all on the list the Air Force said A telegram addressed to Mrs Schmidt saying her husband wu included and apparently wu alive went out on June 22 an Air Force spokesman said The following day he said the Air Force aent a letter to Mrs Schmidt confirming the information and saying she would be kept informed of any developments The Air Force said it had a receipt flora Western Union for delivery of the telegram but the spokesman said ha did not know who signed the receipt He said it wu presumed the letter wu delivered since It wu not returned to the Air Force The addresses to which the communications were sent were not available tonight Aa the question wu raised whether Mrs Schmidt knew her husband was alive when She married Fine the 20-yearold woman with two husbands remained in seclusion in a house trailer weighing which one to choose Schmidt 22 is me of American airmen recently released by the Communists after years in a Red prison They are scheduled to arrive at Travis Air Force Base near San Francisco about 8 ajn PDT Friday Una told the Sacramento Bee her reunion with Schmidt will be a quiet meeting Nevada City attorney Harold Berliner uld Una is living apart from Fine I St Queen and Duke Take No Chances At Bridge9 ISLE OF MAN Aug 9 Queen Elizabeth and the Duke nf Edinburgh good naturally bowed to superstition today in their tour of this ancient British island in the Irish Sea They dutifully paid homage to the good fairies Manxmen waited anxiously aa the royal party approached where legend saya the fairies live Manxmen always doff their hats to the 'people" Islanders believe failure to do-ao is tempting disaster When the royal car crossed the bridge the queen raised her hand in salute bringing cheers from a crowd gathered nearby The duke gave a real military salute and quipped Jove we nearly missed that" Our high allowances for trades are based on higher volume (Mercury sales are breaking all records) Our terms have never been easier (tailored to fit any budget) And Mercury prices start below 13 models in the low-price field So why settle for a smaller less powerful car when so easy to own this big 188-horsepower Mercury? 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