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A Austin The Weather Austin: Continued fair weather with cool nights. Slightly warmer daytime temperatures Friday and Saturday. West Texas: Fair, little change in temperatures Friday and Saturday. East Texas: Fair except occasional rain on upper coast Friday and Saturday; little change in temperatures. imericam Volume 33 AUSTIN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1946 Number 184 rater Op n) 3 Men Break Out of County Jail Here IReadly Slhirfeir Wo f7 tH JLI.f yirtey Reds Shock UN, Okeh Check On Arms Cuts, A-Bomb Ban LAKE SUCCESS, N.

Nov. 28. (AP) Soviet Foreign Minister M. Molotov knocked the lid off the United Nations' hottest issue disarmament control and inspections to check on arms cuts and outlawing of atomic weapons. Veering away from previous Russian stands against any global checkups, Molotov stipulated that Trio Facing Charges Of Auto Theft Make Their Break Good Three men, all in their twenties and facing charges of auto theft, broke out of the Travis County jail Thursday night and apparently had made their break good at midnight.

Sheriff Warren (Rip) Collins said all roads leading out tf the city were blockaded a very short time after the break, city and state police coming to the aid of the sheriff's department. Jailer Tied Sheriff Collins said the break came between 10. p. m. and 10:30 p.

m. as Jailer Virgil Pope was "racking up" the cells for the night. Collins said Pope had a little difficulty in getting the lock combination to work on one set of doors. While working with the lock, he glanced into one of the cells and noticed there apparently was no one in the cell. Upon closer investigation, he discovered three men crouched next to the door.

Just as he discovered them, they leaped at him, gagged him and tied him to the cell bars with a cord. Take Key The escapees then took Pope's keys and made their way to a lower floor from the sixth-floor via the jail stairs. The stairs lead to the basement. Whether the men went all the way to the basement, or left the stairs at an upper floor, Collins didn't know. Collias said Pope estimated the time of the attack and break to have been about 10:15 p.

since he believed he had been tied up about 15 minutes before he gave the alarm at about 10:30 p. m. City and state police were notified immediately. Men Listed Collins listed the three men as: Cornell Dawson Turner, about "5, five feet ten inches tall, weighing 160 pounds, having blue eyes and brown hair and wearing white shirt. Collias said Turner was charged with robbery with firearms and automobile theft in Justices of the Peace Mace Thurman's and Tom Johnson's courts.

Ernest Jones, 24, six feet one and a half inches tall, weighing 158 pounds, having brown hair, gray eyes, ruddy complexion and a three-inch scar on his right cheekbone parallel to his mouth and wearing a white shirt Collins said Jones was charged in Justice of the Peace Frank McBee's court with automobile theft. Kelley Riley, 21. five feet nine inches, weighing 159 pounds, having browkn eyes and brown hair, of stocky build, having heart-dagger tatto on one arm and FAE tattooed on another arm. Collins said Riley was accused of automobile theft in Justice Thurman's court. At Least 63 Die in Wrecks By The Associated Press At least 63 persons died in traffic accidents over the Thanksgiving holiday.

The National Safety Council had estimated that 50 persons would lose their lives in highway accidents. Six other persons died from other causes attributed to the Thanksgiving celebration. Michigan and California with five fatalities each had the greatest traffic toll between 6 p. m. local time Wednesday and 10:30 p.

(CST) Thursday. Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Ohio each reported four highway deaths. Pennsylvania and New York listed three, and Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Missouri, and North Carolina had two each. One traffic fatality was reported by Iowa, Kansas. Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee.

Texas Virginia and Washington. The safety council said that normally 110 persons are killed in traffic on a November Thursday, but that this -count includes deaths occurring later from injuries suffered that day. hi i. i iiiiii in i.M i fi mi in ii. i A i imm Big 4 Near Agreement On Danube Matter Molotov Asks River Be Free in Limits Of Business Traffic NEW YORK.

Nov. 28. JPy The Big Four foreign ministers Thursday night neared an agreement on compromise cf the last great issue blocking completion of the European satellite peace treuties the question of freedom of navigation on the Danube. Soviet Foreign Minister V. M.

Molotov, amending a proposal he had made Wednesday night for a Four declaration for a Danube conference, suggested Thursday night that the declaration also state that Danube navigation shall be free "within the limits of customary commercial relations." Herding Acceptable Secretary of State James F. Byrnes said that the wording of Molotov'a free navigation statement would be acceptable to him provided it was included in the Balkan peace treaties. However, Byrnes made itclear that for the moment at least he did not favor limiting the freedom guarantee to a declaration outside the treaties. Molotov said, according to persons present at Thursday night's Big Four session, that he would have to think over Byrnes suggestion. After disposing in unanimous sgreement of a variety of minor economic questions the ministers finally broke up with a Thanksgiving joke exchanged between Byrnes and.

Molotov. They had reached the question of reparations, and Byrnes said that since this was Thanksgiving, he would like the others to join him in sharing turkeys which had been prepared and were ready. No Objection Molotov replied that he had no objection but that he wanted to point out Turkey had not been on the agenda while reparations had. After postponing action on the Danube question, the Big Four agreed to meet at 4 p. m.

again Friday and aked their deputies meanwhile to summarize remaining open questions in the Italian Peace Treaty. There were other evidences, including the speed with which they swept other evidences, including the speed with which they swept aside many previously controversial points Thursday, that they are now driving down the home stretch of their lengthy New York session. Left At Issue One point left at issue was an Anglo-American proposal that Romania should be campelled to pay fair prices" for the industrial equipment of foreign firms (chiefly American oil companies) which the Romanian government seized to meet reparations payments to Russia. Molotov objected to any such provision, declaring it unworkable, and the ministers finally skipped the proposal temporarily. The first part of the session was devoted to reaching final agreement on practically all the questionable points remaining in the Trieste settlement.

This cleanup followed Wed-resday's complete and final break the Trieste deadlock. BIBLE HONORED D. X. Bible reads the scroll presented him by the students of Texas and for his work, at the two schools. The presentation was made in pre-game cere- monies by Jim Smith of Houston (left), president of the Texas student body, and Ed Brandt of Houston, lieutenant commander of the cadet corps.

irk proposed control bodies would op erate under the Security Council where Russia holds the power of veto. No Mention The Foreign Minister made no direct mention of the veto in his speech, but Sir Hartley Shawcross of Great Britain quickly replied that any system of controls and inspections "must not be affected. by any veto." The United States long has insisted that the veto be eliminated from any atomic control plan, but Russia has refused to surrender the right. Molotov, who originally put the broad arms reduction plan before the UN, took the floor first in the 54-nation political committee to open a discussion that one delegate warned might run well into December. Off Guard His supplementary Inspection proposal came without warning and generally caught delegates off guard.

It provided that to insure the adoption of measures for arms reduction and prohibition of the use of atomic energy for military purposes, there would be set up within the framework of the Security (Continued on page 6, col. 1) Chiang Closes His Reign as He Talks to Solons Generalissimo Says Rule Coming From People Starts Now NANKING. Nov. 28. W-Chiang Kai-Shek told a tense session of the National Assembly Thursday that it had taken over the reins of government and he considered his political career at an end.

Presenting a draft constitution for Democratic self-government for the consideration of the assembly, Chiang said: "This presentation marks the end of responsibility of the National Government and the beginning of government by the people. "Now that the assembly has taken over, I have no more political ambition." The significance of the generalissimo's statement remained to be disclosed. He pointed out, however, that he had carried the responsibility of government for 20 years and now had reached the age of 60. Chiang spoke briefly but with great force and feeling. At one point he almost chocked with emotion.

His tense audience waited silently for him to continue. Reviewing the proposed constitution, Chiang stressed that two important points must be observed if it is to work satisfactorily. First, those who exercise powers must be able to protect those powers which belong to the people. Secondly, those who exercise the governing powers must have a thorough understanding of these powers lest they infringe on the rights of the people. Slates Baby Show for Dec, 8 COLLEGE STATION, Nov.

28. (INS) Because of the unusually large number of fathers registered at Texas College there will be a baby show on Dec. 8. Entrants mast be under five years of age and their father" a regular student at the college. creased cost of living, and a general mounting of expenses in every department, the management now feels it must pass on to the subscriber a part of the increased cost in publishing a newspaper.

During the past year, we have tried harder than ever to give the people of Austin and Central Texas the kind of newspaper to which they are entitled. There will be no letdown in that policy. In fact, with the opening of the Legislature in January, this tempo will be increased. Your carrier or agent will receive his full share of this increase in price. Miners' Chief Gives No.

Sign Of Strike-End Lewis Is Reported Viewing Compromise On Shortened Hours WASHINGTON, Nov. 28. (JP) A spokesman for mine operators expressed willingness Thursday to discuss a shorter work week with John L. Lewis, but Lewis gave no sign of calling off the nationwide bituminous strike and the government prepared to push its contempt of court case against him Friday. As the second week of the economy-wrecking walkout of 400.000 miners began, Edward R.

Burke, president of the Southern Coal Producers Association, told a reporter the owners would be "very happy" to negotiate a contract with the mine union boss. Calls for Return to Work "We are willing to forget all about the recent difficulties," Burke declared. "We think the miners are entitled to the best of treatment and we are even willing to talk with them about a shorter work week wages, hours and everything else that's connected with a contract." Part of Burke's plan calls for Lewis to summon the miners back to their pits while the talks are going on but whether Lewis would seize this opportunity to end his present difficulty with the government, involving possible punishment for himself and his union for contempt, remained a question. Lewis In Seclusion Lewis spent Thanksgiving in seclusion while attorneys for his union and for the Justice Department worked on their arguments for presentation Friday before Federal Judge T. Alan Goldsborough.

The Judge has indicated he may rule then on Lewis' motion to dismiss the contempt proceedings. The swiftness with which the strike struck the country was shown in soft coal production figures from the National Coal Association. It estimated production last week at 6,390,000 tons as compared with 12,550,000 in the preceding week. The coal shutdown took in only three days of last week, and this week there was only a comparative dribble being mined. More Serious Aspects Unemployment began to take on more serious aspects with the steel and railroad industries leading the way in cutbacks that threw an estimated 90,000 out of work, with the total rising.

There was a word of confidence for people who use fuel oil. The Interior Department reported that "supplies of home heating and industrial fuels are and will continue to be adequate." For coal users it was a question of hoarding indefinitely, with no sign as to when coal will again be coming out of the mines. The government seized the mines last spring because of a strike and negotiataed a contract with Lewis. The United Mine Workers chief recently started a drive fo. a new and better contract.

There were reports that he was asking a 40-hour week with no reduction in the $75-a-week maximum the miners now get for a 54-hour week. Sees Lewis Compromise The government took the position that Lewis couldn't scrap the old contract without its consent, and that he should negotiate with the private owners for any concessions. Lewis then served notice that the old contract was terminated as of Nov. 20 and was cited for contempt (Continued on page 2, col. 4) Nehru, Singh To Go to London NEW DELHI.

India. Nov. 28. (UP) Jawaharlal Nehru, responding to a personal appeal from Prime Minister Clement R. Attlee, decided Thursday to accompany Field Marshal Viscount Wavell to London.

There they will participate in an emergency conference with the British Cabinet on the India situation, which is now so serious that civil war could result. Baldev Singh, Sikh leader and defense minister in the caretaker government of which Nehru is leader, likewise consented to go. Both Nehru end Singh previously had refused to attend the conference, both suspecting its motives because the constituent assembly is due to meet here Dec. 9 without the Moslems who have announced a boycott of it. Liaquat Ali Khan, Finance Minister, said that he and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, president of the Moslem League, definitely would accompany Wavell to represent their side.

fife Lacing 7th in Row For Bible Bechtol, Ellsworth, Layne, Baumgardner Shine for Steers By WILBUR EVANS Th Austin American Sport RHtor They kept the faith in Memorial Stadium Thursday afternoon and in so doing the 1946 University of Texas Longhorns wound up Dana X. Bible's 34-year coaching career with a convincing and appropriate victory over Texas 24-7. It was the seventh straight triumph for the Longhorns over the Aggies, and 48,000 fans looked on in cool, crisp autumn weather as the erratic Texas team had what it took to protect the trust that haj been handed down from itcam to team for 22 long years. The maroon-shirtrd lads from Aggieland have never scored a victory over the Longhorns in 12 appearances at Memorial Stadium and on this occasion they never came close. They did, however, make off with a "moral victory," for when Freshman Stan Hollmig passed to End Charles Wright for a score in the final five minutes, it marked the first time in history that had scored a touchdown from scrimmage in this hallowed horseshoe.

Tke Early Lead The Steers clinched the ball game long before this stroke, proving their superiority as early as the first quarter, when they shook off bad breaks and their own mistakes to move into a 3-0 lead. They added touchdowns in each of the subsequent quarters as they blended an effective ground game into their ever-potent overhead offense. Despite the flurries of ragged play, it was a good game to watch and, typical of this traditional Thanksgiving day rivalry, it was a hard, bruising battle. It was the spirited tackling in the early phase of the game that led to so much fumbling, the Longhorns losing possession three times in the first 16 minutes of play. Defense Tells Texas was clearly the superior team on the attack, but it was on the defense that the Longhorns showed their best Led by Hub Bechtol and Dale Schwartzkopf, who turned in the best end play seen here this season, the Long-horn line held the Aggies to a net gain of 27 yards rushing, all oi which was accounted for in the second half after the Steers had taken a 17-0 lead.

As in all their previous seven triumphs this season, it was Bobby Layne who led the Longhorns tc glory. He sparked a drive from hii own 30-yard line in the first quarter and kicked a 24-yard field goal on the final play of that period, then he directed the team to touchdowns in the second and third quarters, scoring the first from the one-yard line. 11 nays Needed A pass interception by Raymond Jones and a sparkling return of b0 yards to the Texas 49 set off the first Longhorn touchdown. The 51-yard drive required only 11 plays, Layne passing to Schwartzkopf and Ralph Elisworth for 35 of the fl yards. His second toss went to F.lls- (Continucd on Page 17, Col.

1) Big Spring Girl Kilted By Trailer at Odessa ODESSA, Nov 28. (UP) Margi Gandy, an 11-year-old Big Spring girl, was killed in a residential area Thursday when a passing truck trailer struck the bicycle on which she was riding. Charlie McCarly. 9, who was on the bicycle with her, suffered minor injuries. Authorities meanwhile sought relatives of Alfred L.

McQueery. 40, who was killed early Thursday when struck by an automobiU while walking on a highway east of Odessa. Authorities believed th man was from Jacksboro. in administration when he accepted the advisory post after James Wood, outgoing Stephens president notified him of his election by the board of curators. Appointment of Rainey, effective next year, was announced several weeks ago.

Rainey, former president of the University of Texas, was defeated for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination at the August primary election. Famed Aggie War Hymn Sets Tempo for re-Game Parade Attuned to the music of the famed Aggie war hymn played by their 160-piece band stationed at Seventh and Congress Avenue more than 1,600 Texas college cadets marched up Congress Avenue in 2 companies in their biennial parade to herald the annual Longhorn-Aggie Thanksgiving Day football Yanks Abroad, Home Thankful All Pray for US To Miss Hardships By The Associated Tress Americans at home and abroad voiced their thanks Thursday for the blessings of peace and prayed that nation might always be spare'd the hardships or ravaged, war-torn areas of the world. President Truman, who had not announced- plans to attend church services, left the White House with Mrs. Truman and appeared unheralded at historic Christ Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Va. He sat in the pew where George Washington worshipped.

The Trumans returned to the White House after the services to feast on a roast turkey dinner, with the President carving the bird. The turkey on the President's table was a gift from Boston newsboys. American troops on occupation duty in foreign lands were treated to the traditional Thanksgiving dinner on this second peacetime holiday and in those countries where climate allowed, football games enlivened the festivities. Americans in Berlin flocked to a football game between two Army (Continued on Page 6, Col. 3) Stray Bullet Kills Woman Thanksgiving Dinner Stopped by Tragedy McGREGOR.

Nov. 28. Death halted Thanksgiving dinner plans here Thursday as a stray bullet, apparently fired by a hunter, killed Mrs. Daisy Mae Hegtoff, 61. as she sat reading a Bible in the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.

and Mrs. James A. Parr. Mrs. Hegloff was waiting for the Parrs to complete preparations for a trip the three were to make to Waco for a Thanksgiving dinner when a small-caliber bullet crashed through a window and struck her in the back of the head.

Justice of the Peace James Morris returned a verdict of accidental death from gunshot wounds. Mrs. Hegloff. a resident of Lib-ertyville, 111, on the outskirts of Chicago, had arrived here last Sunday. Several hunters in the neighborhood voluntarily brought their guns to officers to compare the bores with the bullet which killed Mrs.

Hegloff. When the women heard the shot, they hurried to the front room and found the little girl lying on the floor, blood gushing from a wound in her back. They rushed outside to the car and called to the men, who were returning from the store. They took the girl to the hospital. Sammy, stunned and uncomprehending, stayed behind with a neighbor.

The grandfather returned a short time later, unaware of what had happened but the evidence of the divan near the chest, the open drawer and the gun lying on the divan with blood on the floor told its own story. Later he found the bullet which had passed through the girl body lodged in the leg of a kitchen table. He surmised that it must have barely missed the working women. He became aware that something on the stove was burning and he turned out the fire. The Thanksgiving-birthday dinner remained on the stove untouched.

The girl died at the hospital at 9 p. m. Houston Tot Shot To Death at Home came four hours later at lexast Memorial Stadium. The procession, headed by two Texas state patrolmen and two Austin traffic policemen on motorcycles and followed by cadet officers and the famed Aggieland band, moved into Congress Avenue from East Second Street promptly at 10 a. m.

and seven minutes later moved past the two reviewing stands in front of the Stephen F. Austin Hotel and continued its line of march to the State Capitol grounds before disbanding. War Song Cheered The band, reaching Seventh Street and Congress Avenue, deployed into the west side of the intersection and began the playing of the Aggie war song "Goodbye to Texas University" and other airs as the cadets, company after company, went by. The playing of the war song brought cheers from the crowds on each side of the street. Overhead in the main reviewing stand on the balcony of the Stephen F.

Austin Hotel were Governor Coke Stevenson. Govxrnor-elect Beauford Jester, DudlcyK. Woodward, chairman of the University of Texas Board of Regents; Gibb Gilchrist, president of Texas College, and two former gridiron warriors representing each of the rival schools now in uniform Brigadier General K. L. Berry, former star Longhorn lineman, and Adjutant General Arthur B.

Knickerbocker, famed backfieldcr of the Aggies three decades ago. The cadet companies marched in (Continued on page 10, col. 4) Teachers' Group Elects Miss Hunter Treasurer HOUSTON, Nov. 28. Miss Lois Gray of Fort Worth Thursday night was elected president of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association at its annual convcnlkn.

Miss Gray succeeds Frank Potter of Houston who automatically became vice president upon retiring. Other officers elected include Miss Waldine Hunter, Austin, as treasurer and Miss Elise Ranke, El Paso, reelected secretary. The secretary and treasurer will serve until the association's executive board and an advisory committee appoint an executive secretary. Announcement To Subscribers Stephens College Adviser Quits As Rainey Gets School Position HOUSTON, Nov. 28.

W-r-A happy Thanksgiving-birthday celebration ended tragically Thursday for a Houston family when a two-year-old girl was shot to death. The victim was Lucille Harrison. She presumably was killed by a .38 caliber pistol which was in a chest of drawers and which apparently was found during a search for chewing gum. Stunned and uncomprehending was her brother, Sammy, 4, apparently the only person in the room when the shooting occurred. The boy and girl were the children of Mr.

and Mrs. A. J. Harrison who live on the outskirts of Houston. Details as related by the family to Deputy Sheriffs R.

B. Evans and H. L. Owens and later repeated to a Houston Post reporter were: Some relatives were visiting with the Harrisons and the women were in the kitchen of the two room home when the accident occurred. The mother had prepared a cake with icing and four candles because it was Sammy's birthday.

Effective Dec. 1. 1946. the home delivered cost of The Austin American will be increased from SI per month to $1.25 per month. This is the first advance In price to regular subscribers of this paper in three years.

While The Austin American strives to be first in news presentation and advertising service, it is with some pride that we point out that we have lagged behind every principal newspaper in the state in raising circulation prices. With two recent increases in the cost of newsprint, general increases in wages given to help keep pace with the in FORT WORTH, Nov. 28. J. Clyde Jones.

Fort Worth businessman, said Thursday he has resigned as a member of the national advisory board of Stephens College at Columbia. as a consequence of the selection of Dr. Homer Price Rainey as president at Stephens. Jones said he had not been notified of the contemplated change.