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The Odessa American from Odessa, Texas • 2

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rmwt 11 airiirrijikn. I "in 7 I T. i run frt-ff 'n1 11 11 A X' 'A A 1 1 i. l-X fg A 3 I A if 1 2 Tfcs Odesn (Tex) American, Thursday, llarch 1, 1951 1 ft jobs 1 ft it 1 rend Jury eaten Lic Given The list of jurors for the March trend jury has been announced at tho office of Dist. Court Clerk Neva Shooting Tho grand jury is expected to DALLAS, 'CCWJ'lXuadrtdg oil gypsies poured into Dallas today Land divided Into two feuding take up a number cJ criminal.

cases, with. murder charT t-a most erlous to be presented ta it. camps, preparing for outright wax-(men Jules rul TTeed. 33, UU ABeghaaey, who ta receeerat- ing ia eemnty hospital freia a MUihnieted'saaIitwes3. sua ieear (hargsd wii Co fifil chootur of hi wife.

Sirs, TLtU sea Jo, Wood, 8. Tho shooting took place, hero last Monday afternoon. Members of the panel from which the Jury will selected Mm: ToSilovillere Tho Council of Mother clubs Is participating in no sal of entertainment tickets for the Sand Hills; Hereford and Quarter Horse show scheduled hero Uarch Bepresentative of tho councE are calhnaT everyone in town and mjuesting them to purchase tickets. If a block of 10 more tickets are sold to- one person they will be delivered. If less than 10 are sold, representatives suggest they get them from the Odessa; Ameri can: First National Tlrst State Bank.

Bardwaro -or John snorte Meter comparrr. suuria sugiis tieareta are juz for adalt and fs far stadenta. Season tleketa all fear Blchto-wsro rL2 and SL2. Funds received by the council frOTaHwle. win be need Ito buywero hocked A The two-onoln cratV anroufe from Minneapolis io- Houston, had fust taken off, witnesses said, whan an engine failed.

Tho ship fall from low halght aitd caut attonQort and crow calmly laft through a roar door. (AP Wirophoto) EVERYBODY GOTjOUT tt fh tfO-fUmina wrtct 9 of a Mid-Continent alrCnes clano which crashed in Tuba, with 33 prwii aboard but with no low of Cfe. Only three arsons were fafjurad, two severely, enough to bo hospifaBxeoV ho photooroph wos mad about 20 mtmrtf afW tho crash. are: tockIi. Aaron, 'it.

iopen, Jerry Xlardwick, s. Ashford, R. J. Anderson, tanon, Ralph 3'. XAither Neaiy cat smiin.

Pokorny, E. Durrett, Fred Gage, J. P. Summers, Boas E. llosklns.

B. M. Lovv Hence Bar 7, HUton Doran, jacason park ler, A. P. Aiongnt sua sw juea.

Symptom of Distress Arising from GTCr.TlCn ULCEH3 ct'2To EXCESS ACID duic rjuiF 03 cost Ovar Save auuiea bettlat ef Ike Wouh TasATvaanr eav kea sold fe rtM ef mens of dirTf artstas from SMwmSj ihpi wwrs Sua le as AaM. Ask Whie fuUr exptalM Uds nendersoa Drag Company ni.t.AUirJt DR. AXC. tTsUJCT4 Kgbterd OeteaaetrWt wlthefrieeaat tit n. Grant Fersaeriy Kathsa'a Odes Crime Group Heaths Continues Nevada-Dallas Ties Friday; In San Francisco.

Sen. Estes Xefauver (D- Tenn.) the- committee chairman, planned spend tho day going: over files with his investigators and committee attorneys to lay plans for the Sen VrTMmH Mcfvn rrUn mnA Saturday. Dallas police Lt. George Butler gave tne tesumony tnat indicted a DcIInqusnls ZZuZ pofice of a meeting where Lasied to oriKOgGOir far if a wounded youth died A tribal chieftain said more gypsies were arrivtax la tho city each hour. "Every gypsy' irk tho country knows about this." her said; The feud tooeaa.

when tho oreen gypsy tribe charged that a youth of tho Evans tribo shot 15-year-old Charlea Young, member 'of the Green tribe, a month ago at Brownsville. ciVvJm a A bullet wu 'removed from I Young spin Wednesday and hospital spokesman said th youth was in rverjr good condition con sidering ttxo gravity ox the opera- Attendant at Baylor hospital group of hard yd typsie wandering in and out of the corridors muttering to each other in tho Romany tongne. A.Green tribesman grimly told Detective Can. Will Frits that "there going to be a lot of shoot ing tb boy However, pouee oenevea uo fe4 would sabstda if Teung recover and tho Evans elan pays half hia hospital MIL Officers patrolled-the hospita: area and held two members of th tribe in 1 ail for ouestion- i.f Leaders of tribes moving in from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and other states were sought bv officers who believed tho other gypsies would not start shooting without their cmertains. The wounded youw mower said members of the Evans clan had sereed to nay hospital bills In Galveston and Tempie, put opject- 404ib Reserve Unit SotsHeo! Tonight Rq.

and Hq. Co. 404th Engineer Petroleum Production depot will hold a regular weekly, meeting at 7 p. m. today in the county court room.

Lt J. T. Bado will lecture on "Supply Economy, and then section leaders will take over and discuss organization of service and unit missions. McDonald to Proqram For Defense Questions concerning uaessa three-point defense program will be answered Friday over radio stations here by Malvern Mc donald, president of the chamber of commerce. Broadcast times are: KECK1 11:45 a.

KOSA 2 p. and KRIO 7:30 p. m. 1 Court' Judge Is III H. Alvey, assistant city secretary, has been serving as act ing corporation court Judge this week.

Tho 1 regular judge. A Johnson, is ill. Complete Selecfleo of Photographic Supplies ODESSA CAMERA CENTER 101 W. 2nd Dial X1S1 j- A' Civic Music Membership The 1031-S2 membership drive of. tho Odessa Civic Music associ ation has passed the midway point with workers confident, of suc- n.

fl TIa-wA IJwa fJII liyylU 111 Three deUnjuents have been re- today, and their names given (the United attorney fori prosecution. James B. Kali is reported to have been delinquent since his call for "induction on Jnov. lo James R. Hill has rten delinquent since Dec.

Edward Thompson, since Teb.J 8," the draft board clerk states. Anyone knowing the location of these men should notify thexdraft ooard, or the man, so he may re port for duty and avoid prosecut ion, the board states Mrs. Kelton'g Fother Dies in Nacogdoches County Atty. George Kelt Mrs. Kelton are-In Nacogd where funeral services were Wednesday afternoon for Mrs, Kelton's father, D.

H. Parish. Parish had been seriously Rl for two weeks, and his death occurred early this week. Mrs. Kelton has been in Nacogdoches for more than a week.

Vallcis Containing $50 Stolen Hero "Wallets of two men containing a total of $50 were stolen sometime Wednesday night from a tourist cabin on E. Second. Claire Ichterty, Odessa, and E. L. Garner, Belton, told police the wallets were taken while they were asleep.

Ichterty's contained $40 and the other one contained $10. 4 DsTajiS je- hed ed to tho ezponao bringing the bovJhero for tho operation. Tho woman said Evan vue- beat heir and her father when she refused to have the operation done in Galveston. The gypsies were' dressed con servatively, the men mostly in business suits. but uo women wore loop of jewelry, including numerous bangles.

"Thexa dcodI in th eorridors all seem to related, Baylor nurse said. MAnd Ifs easy to teu there's no love lost between them and marry of those outside About gypsiea waitea eo- sMeday aftoma on a. yarkJBg lot near tho heeftttal. eyeing the bey's hospital window far a pee- suta slraaX. rWa may go by American laws la this thine and maybe not, one est thm ukL Detective Tv O.

Pope comment ed: cant tell about these peo- po.Theyo very ciannisn ana have their own laws even when they conflict with regular laws. The Greens said a youtn ox Evan tribe shot Toun Because lie wu iealoua of Yoururs new car. but Evans tribesmen claimed, the shooting was accidental. KIMIAUFIAN0S Keyboard of the Natfea" WUMJTZE 016ANS The sTJstg of gaeeiseaie ARMSTRONQ MUSIC CO. til Bast t--raae 11433363 For your convenience we are epea eevea days a week a-an every aight-ftrfag-tng yea the.

best In top exuallty feoda at the lowest possible price yen wiU be better satisfied whoa yea shop day er night at DAY NIGHT. CORN EH NORTH ortTT 10nJ aw aVssSw av'aa aaaMS mm in i i in. 1 Drive Here The drive started Monday and will end Saturday or when capa city partlciptlon is attained, which ever come first. Rev. Glen Kollmeyer, publicity director, said; several workers have already secured more than 10 new members.

Spirited compe tition is underway for the silver platter which will be given by T. L. Miller jewelers to the drive worker with the largest number of the memberships. The CM a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing fine mnsie to Odessa, operates through membership paid dur-ing the annual spring drive. This is the only canvass taken and the only opportunity for music levers to insur attendance at the concert.

Four or five concert will be presented next season. The Dallas symphony orchestra, a top musi cal attraction of the Southwest, will be booked for Odessa if capacity membership I is secured. Season 'memberships cost $6 for adults and $3 for children tax in cluded. An added inducement for join CMA Thursdav was the dmittance tothe concert Thura- ay night of vioBnisfc AaronSRO- sand. CMA members for 850-51 and new signers for 1831-52 were invited to attend.

The first report period for drive workers was Wednesday and the second will be held Friday. All day Saturday has been set aside for final reports and turning in work ers envelopes. Headquarters for the drive are In the Elliott hoteL Russell Rokahr, field representative for Civic Concert Service, New York City, is here helping with the project Mrs. Haden Barrow is president of the Odessa CMA. The drive is being conducted in several divisions including churches, schools, service clubs, industrial firms, business places and out-of-town ers.

Co-organizational chairmen for th drive are Mrs. Paul Moss and Mrs. Gene Rumbaugh. aaaasaaaS milk or edy chOdrenL In. the Odessa schools.

Mr. Charle Perry, finance chairman for tho council, if in charge of tho ticket sales. She said then group was now providing 183 quarts of milk urh dav ffw needV children. Mrs. Ferry said the Council ox Mother clubs advancea uaet sales.

"We will get a percentage from all tickets that ore sold tro to the night of the first show," she said. Mrs. Perry said that a group oil Dusineuiiieu were iw wuu in the sale of said her stoud the tickets. She got a percentage from the sale of those tickets. l-l so.

McDonaldTallts dc akin on Juvenile delinquen cy, former Dist Atty. Martelle McDonald appeared on the noon pro gram of the Odessa Kiwanis club at the Cathey House Tnursaay. Sharinj? honor on the program with the speaker was Monte Hale, cowboy movie star, and hia bro- TIT1 Ksv ft. fMue. week end making personal .,,11.

Ul mmm appearances at the Texas theater, Hale was garbed In true Holly wood cowboy attire, wearing a turquoise-blue tailored outfit. Before the program began the club voted to buy ftvo season tickets lor children to the symphony concert planned by the Civic Must association. The ticket will be given out through ttin wheels McDonald launched into his talk on Juvenile delinquency by stating it appeared to be a recent problem; that apparently until few years 'ago delinquents handled by father or mother with a switcn in a oacx room. He blamed the home and the child's background for much of the trouble caused by problem children todav. Too -much of the care raising children is left to the schools.

churches and mothers. Ih "said, urging they all keepr on with their work, but that fathers take a big eer nart. No man should let his work in terfere with occasional heart-to-heart talks with his offspring, McDonald declared. Fira Cautot Domaas a ki Jl Fire broke out In the Shows-Amburgey Moter Co- 807 E. Second, today causing consider able amount of damage.

The blaze burned one car, several tools, two electrical ma chines and a work bench. The fire started when some containers of gasoline accidentally became ig nited. The 'motor sbulldlng was not damaged. i On Delinquency ii-h TrnTsi-yisriaT LOS ANGELES (UP) Lasm. Vegas gamblers were tied op with underworld activities in Dallas and Cleveland and the affair of Mickey Cohen wera given a further siring in the records of tho Crime Investigating committee today.

The committee wound up two days of public testimony In the federal building here Wednesday night and recessed its delving into Western' gangsterism until 10 a. Clears Ex-DA SAN ANOELO. Formet district attorney O'Neal Dendy was found innocent Wednesday night of murder charges filed in the slaying of Ray E. Canada, one of tenants. A jury returned the verdict af ter deliberating two hours and three minutes.

Dendy declined to talk about future plans. He resigned as district attorney after he was chafg- cu in in snooung. Canada was shot. Jan. 18 after he was ordered to leave Dendy's property oy sundown Jan.

17. Testimony conflicted on the ac tual shooting. The widow' said there had been an argument between the two men about some children tearing up feed Jn the Dendy barn. She said Dendy came to the home of A. T.

Owens, 66, another tenant, and fired twice at Canada from a distance of "13 to 13 feet." Owens, another defense witness, said he heard a knock on the door and Canada war standing there. Herald Canada reched inside the door and grabbed Dendy by the shirt, pulling DendyNmtslde, and that Dendy fired twice at a distance of "less than one foot" A department of public safety firearms expert testified that powder burns on Canada's 'clothe indicated a shot was fired from a distance of four Inches. Lions Hear Singer, Tracker at Meeting Odessa Lion todayj heard songs by R. B. Curry and a discussion of trucking legislation by Russell Glenn.

Curry, Odessa representative for the Collins Construction Co. which is handling the paving program here, sang "Two Grenadiers" and "All Day on the He was accompanied by his wife. Glenn. Yewner of the Russell Gteaa Distributing Co described of the legtslatiea before tho Texas legislature a lacking- In here sense and designed to put the tracker -out of buslaese. He commended J.

T. Rutherford, Odessa representative, while condemning Sen. Hill Hudson, Pecos, as a pro-railroader. Glenn discussed the on-the-spot unloading bill which passed the House and waa a Sen ate committee. He said truckers are paying a fair share of highway costs and general taxes and that truck nlay a v4tl vole in th economy of Texas andShe Pamian Basin, 1 Out of town visitors today included Murrell Tripp and Dale Buckner both lubbock Feces iMcn ipim! TEXARKANA.

Ark UPJ The homo of George W. Edwards, himself charged with murder and arson, was destroyed by fire early today. Authorities believed the blare was accidental. Miller county (Arkansas) sheriff's department andSfiremen be-. lieved transient entered th un occupied nous ana accidentally it afire.

tiwards. 65, and his wife, Sosie, erf. both were charged with the murder of a neighbor, Weldon George Mallett, 48, last month. The victim's body was set on fire -n-r he wa shot. Edwards is now at the state ho.

oital in UKif a.S;unofrpnn San Angelo Jury OfMurderCount to it g'- gambler Benny Binlon wrote finis to a feud with Dallas gambler Herbert- Noble, with whom he agreed "re-open" Dallas to gambling Blalon himself, whom the Dallas county district attorney has been tryiag to extradite to face a grand Jury lottery indictment, did not attend the meeting, held la a Dallas motor court last March. II wa represented, according to Butler by a maa named Hal Shlniley, who arranged for Blnlea and Neble to talk by telephone during the confab. "The town can't open until look like Wilson (Will R. Wil son, former district attorney and now a state supreme court Justice) will be re-elected," the transcript quoted Noble as saying at one point. "That win be all right, Wil son will be taken care of.

I know what I am talking about," Shim, ley Late Oil Reports HumbleWildcaf Aims at 14 Humble Oil and Refining Co. will deepen to. 14,000 feet Its wildcat in eastern Andrews county carried as the State University No. I. Location is MJ0 from south and .980 from, west lines of section 20-1 University land about nine miles south of Andrews.

The tester, new waltfnr on derrick completion, drilled to feet with smaller tool. i It is four miles northwest of the Midland Farms field. -r- Seaboard i 1 Co. No. 1 Ira Robinson wildcat is to drill to 10,000 feet afeout 64 miles south of Lamesa- in Dawson county.

Location is 1.685 from north and 660 from east lines of sec tion 48-30 T5N survey. Shell Oil Co. has filed applica tion for exception to Rule 37 for attempted completion of its Uni versity No. 13 in the Jordan pool at 3.600 feet about five miles southeast of Fenweu ctor countv. s.

Location Is 1,573 from west and 400 from north line NW sec tion 8-33 University lands. The nroiect failed to develop commercial production in the Jor dan Tubb where it waa drilled to 380 feet. la eoutheast Ecter. Yin Bat-ley Estate No. 1 Cewdea wild-eat wa drilling ta limo at MU 72S feet la NW NW sectioa 43-43 T3S TAF survey.

On tho south side, of the Yar brough and Allen XUenburget pool in southwest Ector, Ameraoa Carllnviue Kational uan flowed 35S barrels of 41.T grav- r. tit. rm There was a half-Inch chok and perforation between 10.513-; 635 and open hole from feet; the total depth. Location 1 660 from west and 1,80 from south lines section 18-B-48 Gt survey lust north of the Crane lino. Two E.

Wests -One T'j3, One Twern g-'' There are two men bv tho name of I West in Odessa. This week the Odessa American carried a story that T. West had been charged with 'driving while Intoxicated. That story was "But It wasn't saj E. West who resides at, 2705 -Eis hower and is an employe of Phil-i lies Petroleurn- Co.

"Just run little story Sarins It wasnT but another West," Isaid Wet.c who i live en Jhower. 0 c. i V-1 a v. the refitting bold. an extra i- 5'X I Mti i usM Reflection of Perfection f.

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