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1 1 1 I I I Korea At A Glance ay. Temperature 8 a.m, today 50. Partly Clovis News Journal South Korean capital division pushes up east court. WEATHER THE FRONT U. S.

superforts blast Red stirs yesterday 76 at 3 p.m. Low 34 at 4:45 ing Areas In northeast area near Mustnt Mexico Fair today and Thursday; cooler within eight miles of Chongjin, 55 miles from Soviet, today and Thursday. High today 60-70 border. U. S.

first division Marines report Red Cone. 0-80 south; low tonight 20 northern centrations near ChangJin reservoir. Chinese come 0-40 TEXAS elsewhere Fair north, today 40-50 south. Thursday; cold- munists strengthen mountain defenses in northwest; andie and South Plains Thursday. and "New Mexico's Most Consistent Newspaper" NEW MEXICO, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1950 (10 Pages Today) PRICE WEN 02 NO.

201 AP Leased Wire CLOVIS, rison Riot Laid Convict 'A FE A convicted with A personal grudge one of his guards, has been is ringleader of planned fich exploded without warn- New Mexico's 67-year-oldizould (en diary Howell Gage said the Monday. serving A 99-year term. med a statement admitting ele responsibility" for the riot and using other threats conharm to force become sub-leaders. and 12.0 of the ringleader aders Are solitary conent today, Gage said. whole affair." Gage added.

result of A personal grudge this one against the guards." guards were wounded. two. offices wrecked. and canteen torn apart. by morel on shouting.

cursing prisonploving and tactics. violence flared in the prison uring the Monday, forennon period. quelled an an hour later by prison and a squad of state DOmed with everything from through riot guns and subguns. shot WAS fired. although tear gas bombs were, who conducted a day-long ration Tuesday.

sald A con- in le number of the rioting carried crude blackjacks. razors. nieces of chain. ther makeshift weanons. inthey had prepared in ad-! for others, the riotingia.

apparently: excited ate the Ined in the fighting on the the moment. sAid number of the aders. like the ringleader, serving time for sex ofhut that this did not mean sex perversion in itself had line to do with the rioting. said he had found no bridenre" 10 sunnort the sex tsion theory of the riot cause. id he find Anv evidence to! the theory that poor food had any thing starting the riot.

the most disturbance in the history state prison. said that a few prisoners he ewed after the riot. said had been "complaining" about ond and 1 reatment among prisoners. He said. however, hese apparently for their were partici- look: an excuse in the riot.

ake fight between two con'AS the signal for the riot tin. rd M. H. Chesher rushed in weak up the fight and was with A blow over the head piece of chain. A mob of ts converged him, raining and kicks on him before breaking and scattering.

The violence spewed about the prison yard, with convicts rushing two prison offices and the canteen, wrecking everything they wrench from the walls or uproot from the floor. Coalition Majority To Dominate House WASHINGTON -A working, majority of at least 43 claimed Wednesday by a spokesman Decocrat for the Republican expected dominate the House in the nest Congress. And across the Capitol. Southern Democrats were reported lining up behind Senator McFarland D-' Ariz) for maJority leader in the Senate. The move -disclosed by A Dixie lawmaker not to he named--indicated Southern intend 10 take full tage of the strengthened position given them by election defeats of Northern and Western Democrats.

The estimate of GOP-Southern Democrats strength in the House came from Rep. Arends of Illinois. assistant GOP floor leader. A coalition has been effective there recent years, and the elections gave it added strength. Arends told reporters the coalition does not propose simply to block portions of President Truman's domestic program and 10 lake a close look at programs.

It will offer "constructive" plans In the new own, House convening of its he said. in January, there will be 199 Republicans. 235 Democrats and one Independent. That. represents a drop in Democratic strength of 27 votes from the present line-up.

But of the 235 Democrats. about the Southerners have been cool to the President's legislative program. Arends put. voles the "rockbottom" strength of the and administration group in the new House. A House majority is 218 votes.

Rep. Cox of Georgia, a leader the Southern Democrats, WAS more liberal. He claimed the coalition could muster at least 252 votes any time it needs them, sident. Alben W. Barkley entered the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, for physical checkup Wednesday.

He issued a statement saying that during the recent political campaign he "contracted a severe! chest cold, resulting in some congestion of the chest." Barklev In Hospital WASHINGTON, Vice Pre: lorean Advance In lusan Area Slowed DUL, B-29 bombers communist staging bases ertheast Korea Wednesday AS' ry patrols probed along the front to find where the Reds to a stand. vo, of Superforts rained ounris of high explosives on Susan border area. Other truck the port of Chongjin, Ire southeast, was the seca: ike (n A week al Musan. Koreans are reported re02Ing and Chinese Reds atirg at the Nations march toward Siberian border. 6an is 80 miles northeast of anjin.

where U. S. Seventh on raised the and white flag Tuesday on alu riser opposite Red Mana. Other Seventh division inmen went hunting for a light two Communist battalions reholed 10 mites southwest MacArthur's war sumfrom Torso reported: sited nations forces continued vanco generally along the Korean baltle front Tues- ns View Film Auto Safety safety film. And Then There Four." was shown at the re.

Lions club, meeting Tuesday ndsey Root. with the safety on of the New Mexico Highdepartment. as guest of the shamed the film. The motion stressed safely and pointed hat only four of five persons left their homes on an: single retuned 'The fifth is an time. high school faculty trio.

Dis. Staunus, Mrs. Howard Marand Mrs. Mary Kiser the club w.th songs Miss thy More accompanied the on the piano eats wete Frank Mathias and Booker, (Los is Bill Hood. IS and Fred Pheios, Portales 1APPY THANKSGIVING hearts and happy lhanksng 15 wished all subset.

cis the bows Journal bring Sail the news it- It sit I slat as as 8 hotniay As possible, ear. odd. on be pub. 1 ompla. nts 1re: Daubers hate rere.ed their ers 14 pa tal.on At tho ral fi.

11 a :1. 3131 not rapor 0: Permanent Safety Education Council Formation Started MAYOR R. C. VINYARD A movement. to help organize a permanent Curry County Safety Education Council got underway Tuesday night.

when interested citizens met to discuss and pian against the heavy accident rate In this Arca. Edmund Dillon, temporary man, named 8 committee to further the projected organization. Members appointed are: Pete Miller, Earl Hartley, Mrs. M. M.

Snell, Mrs. B. B. Laughlin and Mack Ingle. Mayor Bob Vinyard pledged support of the city, and stressed markers.

the need of adequate street Three state officials in safety education were present at Tuesday night's session to give their! impressions of the vital need forl Kennedy, against accidendirector inf the state out that highway only de onc counity In New Mexico has a safety council and that one isn't functionling, SO the coast clear for Curry to take the lead in this issue. Jesse Holmes, director of safety; education for the state department of education, gave figures on accidental deaths. said 166 children were killed in New Mexico by accidents in 1949. Lindsey Root, public relations director for the state highway department, stated that New Mexico is the lowest state in the Union in safety education. He would stress the three C's, he said: Courtesy, "It Control is and not the Concentration.

tourist who is: responsible for the majority of accidents," he said. "Natives in locales, cause 65 per cent of the accidents." A film was shown, pointing out' that even minor infractions against traffic law's can cause major accidents. The committee will announce a date of meeting. Council In Closed Session PORTALES, Mayor Floyd Kennedy again resorted to a "Cau. CuS Session" of the city council Thursday night.

despite an opinion from the Now Mexico Attorney General that city council meetings must he open to the publie at all times. Mayor Kennedy's call for the Caucus, at which the City Attorney and City Clerk, as well as newsmen were asked to leave. was sustained by a 5-1 vote of the council. to leave the meeting. even refused.

after One Portales newsman the vole of the council, but after an hour's stalemate, he left the Council chamber when the mayor agreed to include in the minutes that ho left under protest. Jue Martinez, New Mexico Attorney General, In an opinion re. quested by Mayor Kennedy last June, ruled that A vote of the city council to hold executive sessions "is contrary to sections 1406-07 of the Statutes of New Mexico, and all mectings must be held at all times open to the public." Mayor Kennedy contended that A "Caucus' is nol A meeting of the council. Bateman Will Head Polio Fund Drive Bateman has been a pointer chairman of the March of Dimes drive In Curry County Charles S. Stanfield, chairman of culinty chapter of National Foundation for Infantile P'araly.

sis announced. Bateman will direct the drive for chapter dine 13 scheduled to open Jan. 13. (-(' DIRECTORS MEET Board of duentors of the (ho. VIS Chamber of Commerce mert Wednesday afternoon al 1 o'clock the offre, 116 E.

Grand Ave. MEETING CANCELLED The Blacktowe: Farm Bureau It's The Trend PERTH AMBOY. N. J. The Impressive, finely engraved scroll came from the New Torsey Secrelary of State's office.

IL. WAS official notice that Middiesex County, Sheriff Cornelus A. Wall been reelected. The sheriff sent It back to the state capital. There were some mistakes, he explained in a polite note to Gov.

Alfred T. Driscoline name 011 the envelope WAS Sheriff Wall's all right. But the name engraved scroll was that of Harry Hubbs --the Republican candidate whom Wall Democrat, heat by 14,000 votes. Lieut. Lethgo Gets Bronze Star Medal Award of a bronze star medal: gallantry In action in Korea for, been made 10 First Lieut.

Wayne Lethgo, Altus, a brother of Roy, Orville and Glenn Lethgo, all Clovis. Roy, El resident of Clovis the past 12 years, and operator ol a grocery store at 1121 W. Seventh, said his brother had been in Korea with the Fighting Wolfhound regiment of the 27th U.S. infantry since July 5. The citation said that Il.

Lethgo. son of Mrs. Mamie Lethgo of i Altus, twice repulsed North Korean attacks and regained his position near HwAnggan "against. heavy odds and hold it against attacks through the night." It noted his "courage and inspiring leadership" in the fighting. The action: took place July 28.

Word of the award has been sent 10 the lieutenant's wife. a Red Cross worker in Osaka, Japan. Rocket Soars To 107 Mile Height WASHINGTON. A Navy Viking 1ockel to a new Americanmade single stage missile record: height of 107 miles al. White sands proving ground Tuesday.

The mark was just short. of the 114-mile set by a German V-2. also' at the New Mexico proving ground Tuesday's missile was clocked lat one point 3,600 miles per hour. The Viking is 50 feet long and weighs about ions. It carried some TO0 pounds of instruments 1o, gather data 011 density and nature of the lonosphere, far Above the stratosphere, and radio it back to earth.

Name Sondra Football Queen At Clovis High School MISS SONDRA PRICE Clovis high school's 1950 football queen is Sondra Price, attractive 16-year-old daughter Mr. and Mrs. Everett S. Price, 711 East Seventh street. Miss Pricc, senior, was the pop-; ular choice of the Wildcat.

football team. She WAS crowned queen fat, impressive during the school assembly Wednesday afternoon in senior high auditorium. Price will reign Wild-. ent. Homecoming festivities, Thanksgiving Day at Wildcat dium where Clovis and Portales will renew an old gridiron feud.

Introduction of the 1950 queen and her attendants will be made in pre-game ceremonies by the Clovis pep club. Queen attendants arC Phyllis Lee and Elsic Johnson, seniors; Palsy Rickard and Barbara O'Connor, juniors: and Doris Wampler and Marcia Howell, sophomores. Miss Price and her Attendants will participate in the Home ing parade 10 ho staged Thursday morning al 10. They will lead the parade. Band.

pop club, all high school organizations and every home, room will he included in the parade which starts 011 street and winds down Main street. Twenty-two floats will add a touch color to the proceedings. Clovis high school graduates are invited to participate in the fostivies. New Flood Threats Seen In Central California By the Associated Press Two north central California areas Wednesday faced new threats from avalanches of muddy. de-! bris filled flood waters that had begun a general recession elsewhere in California and The floods have caused at least nine deaths and more than 000.000 damage in three days.

Army engineers warned residents Col. Jack Potter, Trail Driver, Dies In Clayton N. M. CLAYTON Col. Jack Meyers Potter.

86. unc of the last and most colorful of New Mexico's famous trail drivers, died in a hospital; here Tuesday. During his long life, most of it spent. in Now Mexico, Potter had been 8 trail boss, rancher. logislalor, justice of the peace and author.

He was active in community affairs until his brief final illness. and WAS in charge of prerting marker at Fort Summer's Boothill cemetery. scheduled nest month. During the last devado hr wAS Clayton's "marrying justire of the peace." Colonel Potter was born Doc. 11.

1864. at. Prairie 1.00 in Caldwell County, Tes. Ito WAS one of 15 hon to the Rev. and Mrs.

'Andrew Jackson Potter. The er was the original circuit rider for the Methodist church in the southwest. Potter n.aurd Cordelia Eddy of Louisville Ku At San Antonio on Nov. 11. Mis.

Potter died 1:1 Jure. 1914. Th family tooted 10 Foll Sumner in 1883 and Potter cm losed for three sear b. the England Livestock: In had charge of 20,000 callo For children along with 1. grandchildren and grandchildren.

The children Aro Robert Potter of Lunas, Poner of Carter. Colo, Mrs. Jack: Lenhart Capulin and Mrs Ethel Wade of Clayton. Funeral arrangements ale 10. B-36 Crahes Into Texas Field; Two Known Dead FORT WORTH, Tex.

A giant R-30 bomber crashed Two Charge Jersig Breached Contract ALBUQUERQUE, Twol Amarillo, men have filed suit in U. S. district court asking $10.500 10 $13.000 from Shelby 01' Roosevelt county cattleman. Jersig, identified only as Curry Garland 11. Morris Lee Matney, plaintiffs, contend to share profits on some sig owns threat amount after failing 695 of thelr cattle sales.of by him on a joint venture started in May 1917, The two contend they did not ceive regular reports of their share of costs or sale dates and that toward, the all end ol returns.

the The venture last kept knov. sale WAS Nov. 25, 1947, theit petition states. Jersig WAS not avnilable for commcut on the suit at his business address or at his home. Laundry Permit Is Granted Campbell The elly zoning board turned down a request Tuesday from Dale Campbell, owner of property at W.

14th Mitchell, that the district be re-designated from a residential to an local retall zone but recommended that Campbell he allowed 10 go ahead with plans to Install A sell-service laundry on his property. A meeting of the board WAS called after residents of the area had made verbal protests to the city against the planned laundry. A building. on Campbell's property, which he plans in convert. Into the laundry, formerly 8 sign shop.

After a conference between C. Roy Smith, chairman of the zoning board, and City Manager Marvin lass. the board decided that Campbell could continue to the building for any local reinil purpose such AS A laundry, under the provisions of the city zoning code. A section of the zoning ordinance states that business or "-nonconforming use" properly alate lowed an otherwise residential zone may be continued or changed to the same of a more restricted classification as long AS no structural changes are made in the building. The board passed its recommendation on to the city comenission which meets Wednesday afternoon 3 o'clock in the City '(Sco LAUNDRY Pago 10) Grain Rustlers Continue Thefts Two more alleged grain in Curry-Roosevelt.

arca were being checked by authorities Wednesday. The thefts, reported Tuesday. occurred south of Portales and south of Clovis. They brought the number of large grain robberies in the AreA to three within A week. l.

a st. Thursday, 12,000 pounds of miln maize were re- I ported stolen from the farm of Ed Estes, six miles west of Melrose. Sometime Monday night, the grain rustlers hit the Luther Moss farm, nine miles southeast. of Clo-1 vis, on the Curry-Roosevelt. county line.

About two tons of milo were hauled AWAY in pickup truck that. evidently crossed into New Mexico from Texas and returned, Deputy Sheriff Val Baumgart reported. Baumgart, officers traced' the truck's to and from paved U.S. G0, lending into Texas. And 1n Portales Sheriff McCall is investigating the theft of 5,500 pounds of red milo reported stolen Monday night.

from the truck of Jack Sikes, combine op-1 orator on the Joe Lovern farm, south of Portales. Charges of theft have been filed in Portales against. Burt Wade Christenson, 21, and Lloyd Ashley, 21. both of Melrose, who are suspected of stealing the grain from the Lates farm. Neither has been apprehended yet.

A load of mila maize, believed to be that stolen from Estes, was sold an Clovis last. Thursday morning in ('hristenson's name. BULLETIN DENIER, AP Hanford 1. Simons, 28-ycar-old scientist, wan sentenced to an 18-months prison term Wednesday for the theft of a tiny quanity of plutonium from: the 106 Alamos, N. atomic bomb plant.

Plutonium is a material used in making the bonth. along the Sacramento river between Sacramento, and its mouth to watch for possible levee breaks. Crews worked an levees weakened by nine days of rain. The Sacramento river flow reached 100,000 volume second since feet 1907. the greatest The second danger arca was near Modesto, where runoff waters! from the Don Pedro dam were expector to Invade lowlands and residential areas.

The dam filled vesterday: 26.000 cubic feet. of, water a second were still flowing 'Into Iteno faced a tremendous cleanup joh. Waters of the rampaging Trukce, river once again were retained by their banks after a 12-hour Mast of the $2.000,000 to 000 1. estimated by the Reno of Commerce was suffered 111 damaged hotels, stores and merchandise. Electronic Brain Unveiled By Navy PRINCETON, N.

'The u. S. Navy has unsoiled a brain designed to help' develop guided missiles such as a rocket-borne atom bomb. Introduced as "project typhoon" it was called the largest and most Acer computer ever built to evaluate the performance chore 13 El Ford exclusive in the low pile hold. Ward Funeral To Be Held Friday Morning Funeral seisiers for Eugene (.

Ward, World sotoran, will be Conductor A1 V. Steed Memorial Chapel Friday morning 11. 11 d. 34, died in Amarillo's Veteran Hospita: night. v.

all he held the graseside under the direction. the Runal will be 10 Lawn Haven: conctor: with Steed's Funeral: Home in charge. Pall bearers are M. E. Single.

terry, Virgil Blevins, A. A. Francis Forrest Guthrie and Mike Edwards. Senator Anderson Touted For Vice Presidential Nomination The Ill wind blew no good to fu.e defea'. Pri Senators has tut somelh.ng of fo: S.

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a 1. Mr. Truman's sire tal running mate in 2. The Moses who'll attempt to lead the Democrats back Into Wednesday about 30 miles First reports were that 10 which is the world's largest men were reported dead. The of 15.

Mechem Certified As N.M. Governor SANTA FE, Republican Edwin Mechem won the governorof New Mexico by official vote of 96,846 over the 83,359 votes cast for his Democratic opponent, John 6. Miles. Mechem was certified winner of the Nov. 7 election at Tuesday's meeting of the State Canvassing Board.

Official figures showed the total vole In the election was 182,329. Official vole figures for other candidates (Republicans listed first; denotes winner); Congress Mason Armijo Dempsey (W) Fernandez (x) 97,69 Secretary of State--Vigl1 Roach (x) 100,434. Auditor--Apodaca Castner (x) 103,771. Treasurer- Kaune Grissom (x) 101,660. Attorney General--Caldwell 100; Martinez 06,022.

School Superintendent Rousseau Wiley (x) 105,797. Land Corlett 177; Shepard (x) 09,409. Corporation Commissioner Hunker Allison (x' 99,152. Supreme Court -Fowler Coors (x) 99,695. Pre-primary convention Jawfor approval for rejection 54,900, Clovis Students To Stage Rally Tonight Clovis high school students stage A pep rally Wednesday night 6:30 at the band shell.

Pep club, band an student body will participate. Sondra Price, football queen, will be introduced Al, the rally opening Homecoming festivities for the Clovis-Portales game. A mock trail of Portales "Ram" will fenture the event. If found guilty, the "Ram" will be burned in elligy. The climax will come in the form of a snake dance from the high school grounds down Main street.

southwest of Fort Worth. men leaped from the craft, land-based bomber. At least two B-36 usually carries a crett The six-engined plane fell about hours after taking off from of the Eighth air force. Carswell on air force base here, home The plane crashed about seven miles west of the small town of Godley. A.

T. Vandiver, who lives near there, said two men killed in the crash were taken to the nearby Jim Brandy farm. reported Dillon two funeral inJured home at alrmen Cleburne en route to Cleburne, In' ambulances. Mrs. O.

B. Hadley, near whose farm sky glant came down, said the engines were making 8 "loud noise" 08 the plane neared the ground, She sald there was no fire. Capt. Robert S. Anderson of the Public Information Division In Eighth air force headquarters here he had only fragmentary Information.

"An American air lines pilot says 10 men balled out," the, captain reported. "Ordinarily a B-36 carries of crew of 15." Anderson said the crash alte was Just west of Joshua, A small town north of Cleburne, and near the O. Hadley (arm. Crash crews and ambulances, were enroute to the scene from Carswell alr force base here, Only twice hefbre has one of thie far reaching giants crashed. Feb.

14 one crashed along the British Columbin coast. Seventeen airmen parachuted and 12 later were rescued from Coastal islands. On Sept. 16, 1949, five airmen were killed when a B-36 failed complete a lake- al from Carswell. and roared nearby lake 100 miles an hour.

Business Places Close Thursday Most businesses, the Clovis Post Office and city and county offices will be closed Thursday In ance of Thanksgiving. The News- Journal will publish an edition, Copies of the paper carly, be on sale at city news. stands by 9 A.m. Thursday: Army and Navy recruiting oflices also will be closed. No mall deliveries will be made in the city.

Only one rural route, the Star route to Grady, will be run, a Post Office spokesman sald. Chavez Certification Is Delayed By GOP day." 'The front looked this way from east to west: East coast. eight -inch guns of! the C. S. Cruiser St.

Paul paved the way for the Republic of Korea! U(ROLO Capital Division pursuing enemy" retreating disorganized toward Siberia. Manchurian border the Seven 'th division's 17th regimental bat team dug in around Hyesanjin. It reported no sign of enemy activity on side of the 100- yard wide Yalu river. Central mountains First Division Marines, sorking to envelop' Chargin reservoir, ran into heavy. small arms fire near Suhung.

soyen Mules up the cast side of the reservoir. Northeast front the ROK Eighth division Yongwon. with other divisions of the ROK Second Coups established running five to six miles north of Tokchon. Chmese Communists were building a series of strong, defenses 6 to 11 miles north. Just as they were on the rest nt northenst front.

manned by the C. 8 First Corps. Guerrilla "front" tough and bitter fight.ng reported in by sed Areas of western Korea Wed. ne-das. Tao ROK Second division rogimenty attack.ed Chung hon in full fare, fusing to miso Reds out of the town 40 males northeast scat: the BOK capital Front L'.

F--D jets tried to A fight 411h 10 Russian made over Sin ju But the Rd je's Ded across the border to safei. 19 Manchuria. Blind the fronts A Bonsh spole. man sand the British Com110 wealth brigade crupped with now Centurion: tanks had arrived al Karsong on it jour. ney jin U.N.

forces in the north Kaesong is anout 120 miles south of the battle lines. Ruther Awarded Civil Judgment l. B. I' tine: c.i :5 was as ted a Stir Wednesda: tron. J.hr Great house, of 1.AS Cruces in A decision handPd dose by Judge E.

liensic. ir. 1 Lad a el atal am lint a fue! Set The nt charged 2.5 nor in a ten procure c.I and gas leases 111 Texas. had cepled S600 ant $100 Ruther but tad failed to 11se mone: fu. 11.

agreed purpose and did not :1 The as hate t.a! A 2. mare lands and on the leases. duding ju of: 's from the sale between the partners. SANTA FE, Now Mexico's! canvassing board has been asked to delay certification of the election of Tibo Chavez, Democrat, as Lieutenant Governor. The request, under study by the board Wednesday, WAS made by M.

W. "Pat" Hamilton, Santa Fe attorney and Republican lender who told the board that RepubliCAN Paul Larrazolo will ho elected Lieutenant Governor It invalld votes for Chavez are thrown out. flamliton said the Republicans need more time to check precinct poll books to assemble the denco which he said will show enough Illegal voting to change the outcome. The state board mot Tuesday afternoon, certifying the election of all other state office winners but delaying all action on the Lieutenant Governor tabulation race. Wednesday morning of county reports to Secretary of State Allen! Romero put Chavez in front 1,139.

The vole was Chavez Larrazolo 288. Hamilton said the Republicans are attacking the Lieutenant Governor vote on two count.a: 1. Votes were cast by persons not registered. 2. In some precincts, ballot numbets of the ballots were not.

en- Acheson To Confer With Taft -Others WASHINGTON Secretary of State Acheson said Wednesday ho experts to consult. with Itopublican leaders of Congress, on' ineluding Senator 'Taft of Ohio, foreign policy. He said he has done sn in past and will continue this course. Ho cited a system of subcommittres of the House and Senate Foreizn Affairs Committees worked out at the last session of Congress and said consultations would he started with those AS soon AS there are enough interested members in town. In addition, Acheson continued.

he himself had meetings er leaders of both houses and both Jast. session. He was then asked whether he intended to continue such meetings in the ing session when Republicans will have A more powerful position the new congress and said yes, he does so intend. "Dollar-A-Year" Men Get MST Nod WASHINGTON President Truman has signed an executive! order 10 permit appointment. of.

outstanding business executives to: "dollar-a-year" defense posts within the government. BULLETIN NEW YORK, Two more arrests are caperied to be made Wed. afternoon In the recent plot Truman, 10 an assassinate Assistant President torney said Wednesday. tered with the name of the voter in the poll book. He said state law makes such entry of ballot numbers mandatory and provides for throwing out the entire precinct where ballot numbers are not entered.

A1. the end of the asked week delay, Hamilton said, the Republicans will drop the case entirely or present the evidence they belleve will invalidato Chavez' election. Bomb Kills Texas Narcotics Figure FORT WORTH, P. Nelson Harris, 41-year-old figure in the Green Dragon narcotics case, WAS killed Wednesday by a bomb. l1is wife was fatally Injured, Tho bomb exploded as he started his car.

Harris was Identified by acquaintances as an alde of Herbert Noble, Dallas gambler whose wife was killed in a similar manner sevoral months A baby Mra. Harris, 25, pected In about a week also was pronounced dead minutes later. The explosion ripped the top from Harris' two-door 1950 coach, shattered windows nearby and blew bits of the automobile over a 100- foot radius. Ilarris' body WAS still In the charred and smashed car an hour later, clothing ripped off and flesh blackened, as police collected bits of debris. "This explosion is typical of a gungland assassination," Detective A C.

Howerton said. A gambler here told the StarTelegram Harris and other gantbiers in this area and in Houston had been having differences. Damages Sought By Barney Shore An auto accident last Oct. 15 at the intersection of E. 10th and Main has brought on a damage sult filed Wednesday in district court.

Barney B. Shore, a Clovis carpentor. filed 8 complaint asking $161.42 compensation for, porperty damage and loss of working hours caused by the crash. Named defendents in the action Mr. and Mrs.

Dan Trahey of are Clovis. The complaint charges that A 1948 convertible, owned by hey at and fault driven In by the collision with his wife, Amelia, was the plantiff's 1937 sedan. Damage to Shore's car totaled $113.42 and because of the accdent Shore lost nine working hours for which he would have received $18 ray, the complaint alleged, BULLETIN WASHINGTON, The Vulsersity al tieorgis sud Texas 44.3 Wednesday signed to play in the American Legion's Presldential Cup football game Dac. By Holmes Alexander their milk-and-honey majorities in the Farm Belt. pa: ados.

AI1 to the -F prophery, than ANIS bot. w.er f1 Be A. 3:: he 'cratic Nauonal Commuttee owing. 184 illneas Chairman Bill, Doyle In adition. Anderson's open the Biannan plan did on ils acceptance Felt But polities 15 A 1.181., and chit TIh soon 1016 than 63-t rats I' art.

all: o. or: thunz that vent wicng for Ine went right for him. The loss of so many Administration seniors- -from Pepper and Thomas of Oklahoma in the primaries, 10 Tydings, Lucas, My-! inters and Thomas of Utah in the gen-: election has moved Anderson up fast. And the bari beating which So Brannan's prestige took has greatly enhanced Auderson'; as the fellow who "1 told you so (See SENATOR Page 2),.

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