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WEATHER Partly loud idrljr scattered khou rompIfU report 2. alley orning tar TODAY'S SMIL! NFttARK S. J. If mni report bmintu ranflas from to per I Ilf, the or rent meat 37th 68 Harlingen, Texas, Saturday, September 21, 1946 CU.R)—United 5c Sunday Truman Ousts Wallace; Stands Behind Byrnes Engineer Airbase Is Employed by Planning Board Airbase Planning and Advisory board. Friday night, voted to nd the employment of the H.

Koch, Dallas city planning 10 work out a plan for the utilization of the airbase. said fee would be $1,290. The recommendation will be dM dty commissioners who will have to foot the bill. The planning board met for the tm Friday morning and elect) Sid Berly chairman. Koch met with them at the same time and it was agreed to meet again at night in order to give the engineer more time to study the base and the city.

At the night meeting, after Koch had outlined the plan he hud worked out for the conversion of the Ar- State Wide Phone Strike Threatened Advisors of Byrnes Happy Over Action Secretary to be Able To Continue Peace Work Unhampered PARIS, (U.R) Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and his American delegation at the Paris peace con- I a tentative plan and then to return NEWFOUNDLAND Oct 25 to complete the work. Atlantic Ocean WRECKAGE FOUND symbol's i Indicates areo about 22 miles southwest of the Gander, Newfoundland, airport where the wreckage of a Belgian trans- Ationtic plane carrying 44 persons was located. Eighteen survivors are bemg brought out by rescue crews. niplp 18 Survivors Of Airline Crash Found Foreign Policy of U.S.

Is Unchanged Commerce Secretary Announces He Will Continue His Fight for Winning Peace WASHINGTON President Truman ousted Henry A. Wallace Friday, told the world he stands four-square behind Secretary of State Byrnes, and forbade any official in future to speak against the established foreign policy With this bombshell announcement of incalculable import for the future of American politics and 11 world affairs the President reversed the decision announced by Wallace just two days ago. Under I that decision Wallace was to remain Secretary of Commerce but keep I quiet for a while. Now gag is off. but his words in the future will be those AFTER WHITE HOUSE VISIT Secretary of Commerce Henry of a private citizen, how- Wallace (center) reads his statement to reporters after coming ever, with organized and militant Cleanup and Beautifying Are Planned ASSOCIATED PRESS Telephone workers in a dozen ference were overjoyed Friday at Texas towns walked off their jobs President unequivocal base at to civilian support of "Get he Mid that could arrange to of lhe Houston local policy toward Russia, back Harlingen Oct.

to make Southwestern Telephone Byrnes received the news of Workers union while union Secretary of Commerce Henry A leaders predicted a tie-up of the dismissal without com- He assured board members that by Sunday. merit but was reported to feel he felt certain the War Assets Ad- Kreatlv relieved at the end of the Later Wallace was asked by the President to resign h.s cabinet ministration, which will be the throughout the wrth.g- doutcomc einy with which the city will have a claimed membership of extremely regreatful that oaigaui, ould be willing to scheduled meetings to vote on what it happened at all. wait for the completion of the defi- action they would take in svmpa-; Meanwhile. reports from London mte plans before taking any action thv with the Houston dispute over said British Foreign Sec re- Out seniority rights. Ernest Bevin was returning did not go into details of Negotiations Start Monday to Paris for a big four foreign any suggestions he would make,) Union officials met Thursday in ministers meeting next week in but did say that they would be St.

Louis with representatives of the which Byrnes will he able to parti- developed along the lines of first Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. cipate with the full weight of the determining what use could be and agreed to selection of Government behind him. made of the site by industry, then A. Raymond, Kansas City Byrnes' Advisors Pleased plan to provide the homes neces- as arbitrator. Arbitration is advisers nrivatelv de- lniH Hnwn operation of city sweepers doing uled to beam at 9 a Monday in 3 Alfred Tamm, city engineer, said that the railroad was demanding government officials, ne lain clown sary to house those working in the uiea to negin ai a.m.

monaay in prPsldent solu- the law nightlv cleaning, committee mem- industry, and then suggest plans St. (o controversy that a trestIe be built to support the track where each of the eleven 831 over American foreign policy as were made. I-------------------------------- from a conference with President Truman at the White House. Later Wc position. Sform Sewer Crossings at Railway Tracks Is Problem Storm sewer crossings of Missouri Pacific railroad tracks was Inals may freely and pub- untii further study has been made, revealed frriday as presenting one of the major headaches In con- (jcjv on anv question, including jst ruction of the proposed sewer system here.

that of foreign But as fori followers. And shall continue to fight for he wrote the Chief Execu-; tive in a one-paragraph letter constituting his requested resignation. Two proposals for improving the am sure that you will approve appearance of downtown Harlingen will join me in that great en- were considcrcd this week when the An aide reported, that hr- "Will make no campaign beautification committee of the speeches this fall." Chamber of Commerce formulated Foreseen plans for a city-wide cleanup pro- Mr. Truman said private individ- gram. Action was postponed on both Overnight parking of cars for creation of recreational facili- An official of the union n.s< development onc was more than they! These trestles would at least iii II ft He was deeply interested when it the near futute as to whether ha confidently expected.

s7((0 tho total to AT was shown by maps that it would ihe workers would return to their thpv fcit that the yaking the total cost to VV re-design pro- Jobs pending the start of arbitra- onJy to 1hp crisis I the city of at least $7,700. This a mon have been a presidential tj1(. total project cost and is a posed turning basin for the arroyo two. would so tti.it the inter-coastal canal Union officials in St. Ixiuis had between Bvrnes and to members in the entire 1 net ween aymes ana pall tlf the $30,000 expenditure over would have its treminus at the to memoers in me enureu they had doubted that raised in the sewer atrbue.

and avoid Southwestern region-Texas Okla- ch decisinn forth- the water traffic under two bridges, hcima. Kansas. Missouri. Arkansas; nuicklv 1 a a Under pres. nl pUn.

for the ar- and a small section of Illinois-a nd his Senate that he had proposed rv, wouid be necessary to request Houston for Tex TuZrT otZT- build the bridges, engineers said. the mass meetings. Ray Hackney, Arthur Vandenbertr (R Koch said hU making chairman of the plant division of h. However, the ra 1- was to provide ad. he i 101 At length 197 were cloak- serve as McGowen, president of the tu.

hart lhe Friday to end the 15-day-old mari- fd into the oval office. Mr. Tru- for sweepings as well as announcement mat wauace nan would have to be used. ire was -md it could contiiners for pedestrians who tho Tamm said that there would be a riday and rtorn and m.Rht or representative of the Truehart and return to work immediately. statement atop his ciesk.

I fruit peelings into the street. The unanimous vote accepted a a Joe Mock, chamber manager, was Union Seamen Comes to End NEW YORK uV) Die National change in our foreign policy bers brought out. Lack of overnight is contemplated. No member of the storage prevents enforcement of the executive branch of the government aeainst au.nieht Dark'rz will make anv public statement as ordinance all nign. parK.ng.

to foreign policy which is in con- members agreed. However, it was flict with our established foreign suggested that certain on policy. Any public statement on jackSOn and Van Buren might be foreign policy shall be cleared with designated as no parking areas, the Department of State, In case of disaRrcement. the matter will bo Receptacle, referred to me." Consideration was given the cus- Mr, announcement was tom of Pushing sweepings from made in a statement read to his stores into gutters. A proposal was conference made that trash cans be placed on news said at St.

Louis units able and safe place in which to live, work and play. He said that union, to resicn from MUSt AIRPORT, Newfound- WouId be excellent for Harlingen throughout the area were calling -Pt A rescue team radioed Fri- to have a plan developed for its meetings. tf.at survived the future development, but when asked Hackney said the locals would rnes and'that ho The President arose, finally, and f. if he would undertake one at this action according All of them have hidden most 1 ntxt "cen. ana mat negotiated agreement under which to read the statement, Soon instructed to investigate the lime, he replied that he was too 10 outcome of these meetings, carefully the substance of Byrnes planned to confer with the con- wm reccive $5 to $10 monthly came to the line have today pense of installing three containers buM Over Off teletype conversation with Truman tractor and railroad bringing them to nsked Mr Wallace to resign from 00 each downtown block.

It was Caldwell Co. of Antonio, in the crash Wednesday of a -Atlantic airliner, with If baidly injured and the other 26 pASMNei crew members lulled to Thiird iv whirh lod ill ireVagaifi with the hope that a solution praise, tit, IManmnc thanJOD trafflc to the problem could be reached. He praised the manner in which employes in Beaumont, I ort Arthur, drawn was that 1 1 a U. Army 1 had its enrfunuous meeting had served Mr. Truman an C3n quickly set up tenU to treat Abilities but asserted there were at choose him- Ken 10 WOITian arp morc yet to be utilized.

He spoke rndaj as tne result oi a meeting wdlaee to Gander. 22 manner in paving the streets li was Byrnes wc of the scene Ported out that it was an telSl have somp straight; DIGS 01 rOISOilinQ Fourteen of the injured can be pave all stn.ets the same and blunt talking to Mr. Truman iiiauuu me mey fooneration AntidnaUd moved by stretcher, the width, jwrticularly in the residen- union work- in Thursday's teletype conversa- SAN Beth Cowart will end the strike at midnight effect without change It expressed tad -d to a plane circlinc lie asMried that the tion. which was their first com- uurt daughter of Mr. local time, it was announced.

confidence in Mr A majority of Harlingen aver the sir.ashed and burned plane Mre. all of its emer- municatlon of any kind on the and Tom Cowart of San Benito Curran told the members here: business and industrial amoi.g broken trees to use it as a tne city witb only emer crisi, by Mr. Truman's; night in a Tusca- 'The shipowners said when we A' conclusion, the President agers are certain to give full C. a.t Guard announced in with coiuequent traf- endorsement of Wallace's soft aia hospital after a brief ill- were negotiaUr.g with them in operation to the clean-up drive. Pat- fic hazards and detriment to resi- loni.i om tnUrg and Eagle (oward Russia AIa' they coulc n't give us a penny Apparently he meant that was the tison said.

However, owners and excnangts were luieu inurs- advisors said it. more without Koine bankrunt but pnd statement, not necessar-; tenants of property with unsightly Only streets designed to be used day and those at Columbus. lvlrs Huff, her husband. Don Huff, are tQ give us lhis raisc ily that he was unwilling to answer areas that art not cleaned up after questions as usual. But you.j a certain period will receive indi- came the cry.

and vidual letters, the committee de- the same as la sc amen, mhinpf11 nnH wholo riwini cost cou.d be won their demands by met by selling advertising sign, on Joseph M. Curran, president of the sides of the containers, jthe National Maritime union (CIO) Both propositions will be taken jtold the strikers the agreement presidential statement up again when the committee meets means $25,000,000 in wage in- to our foreign policy; tQ apprajse results of the cleanup for NIV1U members. as established by the Congress, the pr0grarnf Burt Pattison, chairman As strikers in each port of the and the Secretary of nation ratify the agreement, they remains in full force and change. It confidence in New York that all 18 survivors in bad condition" with dential property Bendo bankrupt." IU Secretary of Labor Schwellen- ih said Friday night that with Waco Area Searched For Escaped Convicts brought to Pair park was not worth the cost He explained that only about to ten percent of the children used the park, because of iU location, naming in protest oyer promotion located play-park He said that he was of the opinion the airbase could profi- tably be developed and was parti- Officers Friday night impressed with there was a rush to give the cided. 9 4 (i(i mpmhpn.

union endorsement speech settlement of the maritime strike Cleanup of alleys is expressly re- at what -d -hen by his several major mXf faTheTand continuous meeting Thursday plunders subsequent handling, Ray. who flew'to Aalbama walkout earlier in the week. Schwellenbach made his state- through diplomatic chan- about 30 days members Funeral arrangements have to reporters after an hour of the committee will inspect all been announced, pending the arri- long meeting with CIO President-. rallied property within the city limits and val of the body in San Benito. Murray and two CIO union Thursday lows rtivhed those lots whose own- in a more centrally senior.

rights to the 0 (1 011C promotions. the pr Willi "i warehouse facilities located on rail for one of two Darnngton lmes at lhe other, and rm escapees who by warehouses, he said, which do Political Activities Of Klan Investigated Meeting at Austin ilice when his companion id eri and captured Earl Jk subject have no necessity for rail ant, wanted to to used effectively bv ill Evai according i. Floyd Wilbur who was shot in hile attempting to run officers Albert Leonard Fakirs, said he and Rus- lere Wedne-dav He said sidings. Accessible to, but separated from this industrial area, would be the residential section, whch, he believed. could largely built from facilities already at the base It was explained to him that the AUSTIN (U.R) The first annual brothers, Billy and T.

W. of SanjAssn. convention of the newly-formed Benito and Ray of College Station; Texas State Department of Catholic three sisters. Mi Robert Goode. War Veterans, third largest veteran Juanita and Wanda Huff of San WASHINGTON The House service organization in the nation, Benito.

industries CijlnpaaKn Expenditures committee opened here Friday night with ---------------asked the knights of the Ku Klux Frank W. Hayes of Bronx, Y. p. Friday whether it is engaged representing National Commander MOjOT TindS nOUSO in politics and, if so, how much Max H. Sorenson of Philadelphia, mkA money it is spending and for what Principal speakers at Saturday Dy Wrong rNUmDer NEW YORK Stocks recouped candidates.

session include Hayes, the Survivors iclude her husband leaders, Harry Bridges of the '0inSu of sell Shares ers have not complied the who was formerly stationed at Coast longshoremen and Sam Hogan a irp announce-, program. HAAF; her daughter, parents, three of the Marine Engineers Beneficial mtnt' w'as seized upon by politicians, eager to assay its meaning in terms the November congressional elections. Wallace commands loyal from one wing of the Derr'- party. Some thought the party weakened by the open Trti- man-Wallace split, some thought it strengthened Undersecretary Alfred Schindler.i area continued Friday with- now on the West Coast, will be in a letup, icharge of the department Stocks Take Spurt As Wallace Resigns Printer, Bus Driver Strikes Continue BEAUMONT (U.R) Two Beaumont- The Klan, its address listed as adjutant general of the CWV, and ",1 a sharP market rally Friday that Atlanta, was among approxi- Rev. John F.

Lane, who will repre- Johnson whT aKJ bOOSted $1 to around H.iti.u spot Christonher F. Rvrne Who JUM cu most of the previous losses tem-i A strike of bus drivers in both porarilv. i Beaumont and Port Arthur went mitelv 275 oreanization.s“ which sent Bishop Christopher E. Byrne jum arr a sha Guessing over a possible new- through its second day without city wished to get an unconditional I of here, a place to live in this Th secretary centered on the names of progress in negotiations for a seta title to the property and his opinion the committee sent questions about city. tlcke" feI1 Paul Porter, price administrator.

Itement. A. F. Steel, a union spokes- Johnson answered the telephone 1IK nVnu ind William L. Clayton, tindorsee- man, remarked that at his office and before he could uyjng orders a er res- retary Qf state charge of inter- just getting The bus driv 1 ident Truman disclosed he 6 woodetf 'section along was to the effect that this could activity be done in view of the fact that Others included the CIO, the Part of Niagara Falls Topples Into River NIAGARA FALLS, ijyrge section of the Americi tumbled 165 feet inti the city now owns some 300 acres AFL, the National Association of Given Appointment say his caller had national trade.

ers sought higher wages. District of the site and has a contract with the United States AUSTIN (U.R> Gainer Jones launched into a description of a r.etg_? name mentioned Superintendent George Trowtwin. the Government which provides Chamber of Commerce, the CIO Gf Houston wras appointed Friday five-room furnished house he had subsided, a last (hat of Eric Johnston, former head 0f National City lines said the com- that the Government shall restore American Newspaper the as a brigadier general in the Texas for rent. hour lift put many stocks at their 0f the U. S.

Chamber of Com- pany was willing to arbitrate. the property to the farm land it Communist Party, a Brewery Work- National Guard. he could back out, I had Tsr Ievc5js lhe the close, merce, nowf president of the Motion ctriL-o nc was before the construction of the ers Union and the Chris- He was assigned to command the him pinned Johnson ex- pwards of 1,000.000,000 picture Association of America. tian Temperance Union. 41st Corps artillery.

plained happily. added to share values. River gorge Fridar at Hr out' as has bTn both of ma.n’\ that the cost of wrecking the buildings and up gas and water mains Res.dents of this honeymoon cap- would be considerable ail and of Niagara Falls. were Koch was unable to give anv fe) Cam rtf ied by the shock as rushed the fearing an explosion had and tele- A head of the estimate of the costs of conversion, but said that if it could be shown that the field, or sections of it, AUSTIN Efforts to estab- would be used for education, health at least four demonstration or recreational purposes in the Lower Rio Grande Four Demonstration Schools For Valley Migratory Labor Families Discussed Cotton and grain futures rallied with stocks and closed higher. Mayor Huqh Ramsey I among stock included Chrysler at $86, up 3 374 from ImpTOVeS jteOCllly close: Bethlehem at S92.37H.

up S3.37*2; Du Pont at Mayor Hugh Ramwy. who has; form. I $176. up U. S.

Steel at been for about 5IX weeks and continued at Beaumont's two daily newspapers, the Enterprise and Journal. The printers sought higher wages and other contract improvements and the papers were appearing in abbreviated, engraved would be granted without charge, tie I ark pa estimated After the War Assets adminis- about 25 or 30 tons of rock top- Nation has approved the plan for about 1-5 feet utilization of the field, it will be divided among various agencies of the government for disposition. Jpcfer Will AHHrfm instance the industrial area would come under the jurisdiction Uivrsion Reunion of the Reconstruction Finance Corp residential areas under a VI ORTH Beauford H. housing agency and so on. The for governor, has city would have to be able to get to speak at approval of these agencies for its ai rt ui of the l)i- plans in each area.

8-10, Vernon Koch agreed to submit his full; dent of the local 90th Oi- proposition in a letter which, with announced Friday. recommendation for its adop- of the division in tjon. would be placed before the War Icity commissioners. Valley for children of migratory workers were continued at a statewide conference Friday. The proposal is to set up the demonstration project at Robstown, McAllen, Weslaco, Raymondville and possibly Pharr-San Juan and institute a curriculum based on the needs of children ho attend school only part of the year.

If the schools are opened and prove feasible, an appeal probably will be made to the next legislature to finance the program out of rural air funds. Four Valley school superintendents who are cooperating in the demonstration plan met with the of State and Federal agencies interested in the education of the migratory children. The superintendents were W. V. Hutson, Robstown; Joe H.

Wilson. Weslaco; J. C. Brandt, Raymondville, and D. W.

Buckner. Johns-Manville at $125. recently undergone an op- scry schools at farm labor camps. and U. S.

Gypsum at $102.75. expected to be able to Chinese Army Forces 1 tm return to his office within a week i i rv the U. S. Government or dayJ Mrs Ramscy snld Frt. Tighten Kalgan Drive day.

the buildings and equipment, $100 per month for each and the services of a nurse. State agencies, including homemaking experts under the Board for Vocational ed She said that the mayor still suf- PEIPING Government forces i representatives of nearly a score Review Announced I Thursday tightened their drive on fered some pain but that he w'as TEMPLE (UR) Nine thousand able to be up and around the a inese Communist mili- unu w. ouwner, aer me Boara lor vocational eci- jtroops of the Second Armored di- house and was able to take short tary in Southern Chahar 1 harr-San Juan-Alamo. John H. ucation, expressed willingness to Fridav nissed in province, following the capture of Gregory of McAllen has partici- furnish a part of the teaching Icamn Hood boforo hieh occasionally.

80 miles west of Kalgan. pated in earlier conferences but staff. Army officers including Rich- The fal1 of Fengehen W'ednesday, was not present Friday. State The Government-offered build- ard Dunbar, representing Gov Hurt in Autn Michnn prematurely reported by some Chi- School Superintendent A. ings, however, would continue to Coke Stevenson.

Dunbar will nese newspapers last week, gave the be used for pre-school children, shortly assume command of the Kurt of near Combes, government all important points on with some additional use in the 49th Armored division, Texas Na- was injured slightly Thursday when ihe railroad with field of adults and parental edu- tional Guard. his car ran off the side of the road the exception of Kalgan. about three miles north of Harlin- COMPI.fc.TE CONFIDENCE gen on the Combes road. AUSTIN Regents of the Uni-i State Highway patrolmen said versity of Texas completed closed Richter apparently lost control of committee conferences Friday and the car. He suffered a chin gash.

for an open session of the was ueated at Valley Baptist hos- I board Saturday. Jpitai Woods presided. Although immediate attention is being given to school-age children, the agencies hope to extend the program to include adults and pre-school children. Informal agreement was reached between the U. S.

Department of Agriculture and State agencies to operate former nur- cation. The projects for school-age children are to be started within the framework of existing public school facilities. The communities will meet the initial cost of additional teachers. Typhoon Hits Guam GUAM, Saturday A 100-mile- an-hour typhoon hit Guam early Saturday, causing tremendous damage to military.

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