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Twice-A-Week Visitor The Semi-Weekly Morning Light carrlen local, state and world news Into thousands of rural homes In Navarro and surrounding counties twice each week Every worthwhile Item ot news from every point thoroughly covered. 1 Home of the Daily Sun and Semi-Weekly Morning FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS TELEMATS Over Fifty Years Of Service The Semi-Weekly Morning Light nas oeen an outstanding progressive newspaper working for the advancement ol the rural communities of Navarro and adjacent counties for more than fifty years Its success la bound up with the growth of rural life. VOL. 67 CORSICANA, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, PAGES NO. 04 GOP Swarm Washington To Start Their Conservatives Grab Legislature Control HOUSE RULE CHANGES HAY ShiVerS Realty For AND FAMILY IK SECLUSION BLIND Price of Frankston, son of a newsman and studying to be a reporter, takes notes in Braille at Austin from State Rep.

Jim Bob Parton, who he is helping during the 53rd Legislature. Between them is Pandy, seeing-eye dog. (AP Wirephoto) UN Tanks Prowl Over Rice Paddies To Kii Red Lines BY GEORGE MCARTHIR SEOUL, Jan. U. S.

Patton tanks crunched over frozen rice paddies on the Central Korean Front today and blasted Red bunkers and trenches in the Iron Triangle sector for the fourth straight day. Swift Allied fighter-bombers swooped down in bombing and Waxahachie Farm Worker Is Killed In Police Chase DALLAS, Jan. (JP) 30- farm hand was shot to death by two Dallas policemen late Sunday after a three-mile running: gun battle on a crowded highway just south of here. Killed at the wheel of the car in which he was fleeing was a man identified as Benito Torres, a worker on a Waxahachie, Texas, farm. car and the police cruiser were hit by numerous bullets as two vehicles whipped in and out of the heavy Sunday afternoon traffic on U.

S. Highway 77 just south of the city limits. End Is Sudden The end came when Torres' car skidded to a stop in the center of the highway and Patrolmen B. C. Garrison and R.

E. Huber advanced on foot with blazing pistols. The chase began after the officers tried to stop for questioning in a shooting which happened a fewT minutes earlier. Boyd P. Stowe, 55, has reported to police that a man shot at him three times because Stowe trl! him the way to Waxahachie.

One bullet punctured jacket and shirt but left only a bruise on his stomach. Otherwise he was not hurt. When Garrison and Huber tried to stop the car described by Stowe See CHASE, Page 5 strafing attacks on Communist positions north of the Punchbowl on the rugged Eastern Front. Pilots reported at least 60 Reds killed or wounded. Two MIG Tangles U.

S. Sabre jets roared deep into North Korea and tangled twice with Russian-made MIG-15s. Allied pilots made no claims of damage. Marine planes attacked Red positions on the Westerin Front, and Shooting Stars and Australian Meteors attacked rail lines behind the Communist lines near the West Coast. The air strikes came after a series of sharp savage infantry fights that flared in the frigid predawn darkness on the Eastern end of the battle line.

Allied troops captured a Red outpost near Anchor Hill and staved off Communist counterattacks until dawn. Then they pulled back to their lines. Red Tanks Damaged The lumbering Pattons teamed up with the UN fighter-bombers Sunday and destroyed five Red tanks on the Central Front. Four Red tanks were damaged. The A1 lied tankers also claimed destruc tion or damage to 36 Chinese bun See WAR, Page 5 -----------County Man In Guard Of Honor WASHINGTON, Jan.

Five Texans will be among the 98 Korean veterans who will march as a color guard in the inaugural parade Tuesday. They were chosen from among combat veterans eligible for rotation. The Texans are: Sgt. Melvin V. Adamek, 331th Infantry, Schulen- hurg; Sgt.

Ward Dillard 38th Infantry, Iirenhani; M.Sgt. Leonel M. Herrara, 7th Infantry, San Juan; Sgt. Bonnie J. Holliefield, 29th Infantry, Blooming Grove, and S.

Sgt. Ira O. Tittle, 5th Ma rines. Wills Point. SLOW SHIFTS Repeal Measure Is Introduced On Auto Inspections AUSTIN, Jan.

Bills to solve several of the 53rd major problems were introduced in the senate today, while house conservatives won what may be the first taxing and spending test. Conservatives won key committee chairmanships in the senate. A natural gas price fixing law that would boost state revenue was offered by Sen. Grady Hazelwood of Amarillo. Sen.

John Bell of Cuero introduced a proposed constitutional amendment tq finance local water conservation projects. Rules Changed House conservatives changed rules to make it harder to take bills out of the hands of one committee and give them to another. Members who generally lined up strongly in favor of the natural gas gathering tax two years ago opposed the rules change that was adopted by an 82-50 vote. They said it would make it tougher than ever to get action on a bill being choked to death by an unfavorable committee. The embattled auto inspection law was the target of a repealing measure bv Sen.

Carlos Ashley of Llano. Gen. Gus Strauss of Hallettsville introduced a measure to repeal the law requiring auto drivers involved in accidents to prove financial responsibility. Lock Finance Chief Sen. Ottis Lock of Lufkin was named chairman of the vital senate finance committee.

Conservative Sen. R. A. Weinert of Seguin heads the senate state affairs committee that processes tax bills. The house rules change would require six-day notice for transferring bills from one committee to another.

Glittering Pageant Sick Father Forced To Send Children Out In Cold, Snow To Beg For Food OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. desperate father of four related his sick bed today how it felt to send his children out into sub-freezing, snowy weather to beg for food when there was none left. your baby calls, 'Daddy, he said, are you going to Appeals Rejected Lee F. Lynch, a laborer, plumber, mechanic, cook, dishwasher, gardener and truck driver at various times, said he had contacted a few welfare agencies and had received the same answer from all, haven't been a resident of Oklahoma long enough for U3 to help Lynch said he came to the state from Dallas 4 1-2 months ago. He contacted influenza, work, his money and food ran out.

So he bundled up Donald, 12, and Eula Mae, 9, handed them a note, and sent them to neighborhood grocery stores through the enow and slush. The note began: "to whom it may It told of the plight, explained all the food in the house was gone, and added, you see fit to help us, pay it back as soon as I'm The children went to two grocery stores and were turned down by suspicious storekeepers. Broken-hearted. and still hungry, they began walking home, but on the way they passed a cafe. Finally Gets Action The cafe proprietor, Mary Jo Clanton, took one look at the note and the children and called police.

Two officers accompanied Donald and Eula Mae home and found the note was no hoax. They radioed for help. Miss Clanton fed the children sandwiches and sent boxes of groceries to the Lynch apartment. Police tipped county welfare agencies and church groups and the groceries started pouring in. Lynch managed a smile from under his covers.

I get back on my feet be all right he said. "We had never been in a spot like this before. I always was poor but was able to keep my family fed. It was a last resort and our last chance, I Ste LEGISLATURE, Page 5 NAVY PLANES ARE HIT BY RED GUNFIRE By SPENCER MOOSA TAIPEH, Formosa, Jan. U.

S. Navy patrol plane with 13 men aboard crashed off the coast of South China Sunday after reporting it had been hit by Communist ground fire. A U. S. rescue plane crashed into the sea after picking up the survivors.

A second U. S. rescue plane radioed today it had been fired upon by an unidentified aircraft Details Unclear Exact circumstances of the fast- breaking developments were unclear but a welter of messages from rescue ships and radio pickups Hong Kong and Manila in- i dicated this situation: I Of 21 American airmen aboard the two crashed patrol planes, 2 were killed in the first crash, 7 have been picked up by a U. S. destroyer and 12 are missing.

U. S. warships and planes were making an intensive search of the six miles northeast of Swatow and about 100 miles northeast of Hong Kong. It was the most dramatic episode involving the U. S.

Navy in the Formosa Strait since President Truman assigned the Seventh Fleet on June 27, 1950, to safeguard Formosa from a Chinese Communist invasion. Picture Outlined Signals received aboard one of the rescue seaplane tender this picture: 1. A P2V Neptune patrol plane on a routine flight paralleling the coast reported it had suffered moderate damage from anti-aircraft fire from the Communist island of Namoa near the seaport of ow. In Tokyo, Navy sources said the plane sent this message: See PLANES, Page 3 RECORtf) OIL SHIPMENT TAMPICO, Mexico, Jan. tankers of Mexican oil are en route to United States ports.

Officials said the total 520,000 the largest shipment since the expropriation of the foreign countries. Four tankers are going to New York, one to Houston and one to Boston. By DAVE CHEAVENS AUSTIN, Legislature today paved the way for a glittering inaugural Tuesday by formally declaring Allan Shivers was elected governor of Texas the first governor in history jointly nominated by Democrats and Republicans. The lawmakers obeyed the constitutional mandate of canvassing the general election vote, officially closing the books on a wild and unprecedented political year that may have some repercussions as the 53rd session develops. The canvass of votes is necessary before Shivers and Lieut.

Gov. Ben Ramsey can raise their hands and solemnly swear to uphold the constitution and laws of Texas and the nation. Good Weather Expected Shivers will be sworn in at precisely 12:13 p. m. if a split-second timetable worked out in advance is it usually is.

Ram sey will precede him in the oath taking solemnities at 12:05 p. m. The weather outlook was promising. Austin Forecaster Hoye Dunham said the day should be partly cloudy and mild, with moderate southerly winds. No rain and no cold weather threatened the first big inaugural blowout since 1947.

Gov. Shivers was recovering from the flu and was back on the job at the capitol this morning. Other ailing members of his family were also on the mend and were expected to attend some of the festivities. Three major inaugural balls and two receptions are scheduled. Some of the social affairs are exclusive, others wide open to the public.

Begins With Parade A crowd of 40,000 is expected. There will be enough show to go around, starting with the down- DOYLE PEVEHOUSE. See SHIVERS, Page 3 School Attendance Better In County Schools in Corsicana and Navarro county reported improving attendance Monday morning, indicating that influenza has loosened its grip on the youngsters. Corsicana Supt. W.

H. Norwood Monday morning reported over-all attendance at just about normal, though Travis and Jackson figures were down little below In the county, only Frost schools remained closed Monday, and this apparently was planned beforehand. School officials there be reached for comment, but unofficial reports were that the schools would re-open Tuesday. Richland, Rice and Barry schools, all of which closed last Friday, were in session Monday. Of the three, only Richland had been closed because of illness.

Supt. J. C. Watson said that situation is Motor Vehicles Plates Arrive While the office personnel of R. S.

Daniel, assessor and collector of county taxes, is not ready for the rush, auto registrations could start most any time. begin registering motor vehicles after February Daniel stated as he revealed the arrival of thousands of license plates for various types of vehicles requiring registration. The vehicles must be registered not later than April 1. 1953 passenger car license plates will be in three series. A total of 12,280 passenger plates include all of the KU series and of the Kt and KV series.

Other plates included in the shipment that arrived late last week from the Texas penitentiary where they are made are 1700 trucks, 1650 farm trucks, 150 truck- tractors; 10 farm truck-tractors; 350 trailers, 40 house trailers, 100 motorcycles, and 125 dealer plates. Not arrived but ordered are 15 city bus. 1 motorcycle dealer and two factory dealer plates. Former Official Is Heart Attack Victim On Sunday Doyle Pevehouse, 49, attorney and former city, county and state official, died of a heart attack Sunday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.

m. from the Corley Chapel. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. The rites will be conducted by Dr. Chet C.

Henson, pastor of the First Methodist church, and Rev. James Joseph, rector of St. Episcopal church. Native of Country A native of Navarro county, Pevehouse became ill Sunday afternoon at his law office in the Western Union building on South Main street. His son, Don Pevehouse, student in Navarro Junior College, was with him and they returned to their home, 1601 Elmwood, and summoned a physician, A few minutes later he was rushed to the Navarro Clinic in a Corley airbulamce where he died immediately upon arrival.

District Clerk Pevehouse bejjan working as a deputy district clerk under the late J. S. Harllee before reaching; his 21st birthday and later was deputy under the late Mike Howard for four years and then two terms for Mrs. L. E.

Hervev. He was district clerk six years, 1933-1939, and then was a member of the House in the Texas Legislature, 1939-1943, from the 60th Flotorial District, embracing Navarro and Hill counties. He served as Corsicana city attorney, 1943-1947. Pevehouse studied law while at the courthouse and later nassed the state bar examinations and was admitted to the practice of law. He formerly was associated with Abner V.

McCall, now dean of the Baylor Law School, in the firm of Pevehouse and McCall, attorneys. Father Was Sheriff His father, the late W. L. Pevehouse, was sheriff of Navarro county prior to the 1920s and later was a deputy sheriff here. Surviving are his wife and son, Don, both of Corsicana: n'other, Mrs.

W. L. Pevehouse, Blooming Grove; two brothers, Sheriff Rufus Pevehouse and D. Pevehouse. both of Corsicana: two sisters, Mrs.

Claude Absher. Corsicana, and Mrs. Ruth Nelke, Manhattan Beach, and other relatives. Mrs. Nelke and Doyle are twins.

She left California Sunday night and is scheduled to arrive here Monday night. Pevehouse was a member of Corsicana Lodge No. 63, IOOF, See PEVEHOUSE, Page 3 City Water Is Safe USED SATURDAY USED SUNDAY GOAL Gallons 1.663.000 1.401.000 1.500.000 Conserve Be Safe Vast Program Of Entertainment Is Still On Schedule Bv EI) CREAOH WASHINGTON, Jan. Washington took on a carnival air today with thousands of visitors pourinp into the city to help celebrate the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower as the 34th President.

They jammed train, bus and air terminals, milled through hotel lobbies and strolled along streets where souvenir vendors already were hawking their wares beside long rows of wooden stands erected for parade viewers. One and all they were hoping for a glimpse of the general who at noon Tuesday will become the first Republican President in 20 years. Ike Sees Few But Eisenhower was staying in seclusion in his Statler Hotel suite. He had some last minute checking to do on his inauguration expected to be about 15 minutes was receiving a few close associates. One was Bernard J.

Shanley, who was an adviser during the campaign. Shanley spent about an hour with Eisenhower and told reporters when he left that he found the general of life and drive and ready to Shanley also said he may be in line for a job in the new administration but say what it was. Another caller was Robert J. Cutler Boston financier, who will be an administartive asisstant to the new President. Cutler sjiid he just stopped by to say hello.

Eisenhower had been up since 7:15 a. m. He had breakfast brought to his suite shortly after 8. James Hagerty, press secretary said Mrs. Eisenhower joined the general for breakfast but took only coffee.

Truman Also Busy Harry S. Truman, who will turn the White House over to Eisenhower Tuesday, was as busy as any man on the day before a move. Old friends and well-wishers-were dropping in to say goodbye. He had to go by his bank to look after personai financial matters. At the capitol, Republican congressional leaders were pressing to clear the way for cabinet-designees to take office quickly after he does.

They appeared to have everything pretty well set except for the defense department. It. still was a question just how they would dispose of the problem presented by the fact that Charles E. Wilson, former president of General Motors and secretary of defense-designate, still retains a large interest in GM. In the flurry of last-minute activity, Senate committees approv- See INAUGURAL, Page 5 County Poll Tax PaymentsLagging Payment of poll taxes in the county are lagging far behind last year, R.

S. Daniel, assessor and collector of taxes, revealed during the week-end. There had been only 1950 poll tax receipts issued and 920 exemptions a total of 2870 qualified voters. The time-limit for paying county poll taxes expires January 31, only two weeks hence. A total of 8,182 poll tax receipts and 1979 exemptions were issued through January, 1952, for a total of 10,161 so the tax officer pointed out that there will in all probabil- it be a decided reduction in this off-election year.

Drew Gillen of Blooming Grove, county democratic chairman and City Commissioner Mose Blumrosen of Corsicana, county Repub. lican leader, have joined in urging the people to secure their poll tax receipts so they will be in a posi. tion to vote on any question that may be submitted to the citizens during the year. City poll tax payments were contested and controversary matters are to be decided by the electorate during the year, including whether or not the city manager-form of government shall be adopted, are also reported lagging, but a final spurt Is expected. HISTORIC BIBLE FOR Bible on which George Washington took the Presidential oath is removed (top) from its protective case in New York and readied for delivery to Washington.

Shown with it are members of St. Masonic Lodge, 71, of New York City, keepers of the ancient volume. They are Lodge Master Edward Bailey (left), Charles Grant and William Beecher (right). At bottom are Pages 49 and 50 where Washington is said to have placed his hand while taking oath. (AP Wirephoto).

ADAMS PREDICTS NEW REGIME WILL OUT TURMOIL ON DEFENSE POSITION Bv JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Jan. Sherman Adams, new White House chief of staff, predicted today tha Eisenhower administration will protests over the appointment of Charles E. Wilson as secretary of defense. Wilson's confirmation has been challenged by some Senate Democrats and Republicans because he has said he will not give up 2 1-2 million dollars in stock, a yearly pension and a retirement bonus from General Motors, of which he was president. G.

M. is the largest Defense Department private tractor. Early Plans Dropped Adams told a reporter he is confident the controversy over holdings will be ironed out in time for early Senate approval of the Cabinet appointment. Leaders have abandoned earlier plans to seek confirmation of Wilson Tuesday. ride this one out all the new chief of elect White House staff declared.

don't blame tha senators for bringing up this ques- See CABINET, Page 3 Defense Secretary-Designate Plans Quick Survey Of Basic Security Plans NEW YORK, Jan. UP prepared tor a luncheon of Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of I several hundred business and in- Defense-dosignate, said today he dustrial leaders. intends to re-examine the basic security plans, including its commitments to Western Europe. Wilson, whose confirmation as defense secretary has been held up in U.

S. Senate hearings, also made clear he would not hesitate to ask congress to act on a of the Defense Department if he felt legislative changes were necessary. The Defense Secretary-designate sketched briefly the policies he expected to follow if confirmed in a His remarks on American defense policy were limited to this one passage, without further elaboration: "My preliminary Investigations indicate the desireability of a quick re-examination of our present status with respect to material and reappraisal of the effects of the Korean war, our commitments to NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and to our basic planning See WILSON, Page 3 Truman Ponders History Verdict As Departure Nears Texans Are Whooping It Up All Over Capital And More Arriving Hourly NOTE: Starting the drive downtown on Ills first full day In the House, President Truman spotted a neighbor and called out on In, to Ernest B. Vaeraro to make the lA-ininute ride with him. Vaoearo.

as a memher of the Associated Press staff at the Senate, had come to know Truman well. He had eovered his campaign for the vice presidency the preceding autumn. Since that April day In 1915, accaro has been assigned to the White House.) By ERNEST B. VACCARO WASHINGTON, Jan. A gray, 68-year-old Missourian, radiating cheer and voicing deep satisfaction with his stewardship, today puts in his last full day at the biggest job.

At noon Tuesday, he will be- come private citizen Harry S. Truman. Leaving the White House, he will see Dwight D. Eisenhower sworn in succeed him as president of the United States. Then, severol hours later, he will head back to the Missouri he left 18 years ago as a new U.

S. senator. To Try Loafing Harry Truman will be out of a job for the first time in more years than he ca nremember and ready to try his hand at the novel experience of loafing after working around 17 hours a day for nearly eight years. He gives the appearance of being in excellent health. Any idea that Truman will loaf for long, however, was exploded by word that he has already made plans to open up a private office in Kansas City, near his home at Independence, to serve as headquarters for his future undertakings, whatever they may be.

Matthew J. Connelly, long his No. 1 secretary and confidante, is flying out this week to set up this office in a Kansas City office building before moving on to New York City to open up a business of his own. Connelly, the man cleared all appointments see Truman at the White House, plans to become a consultant on business and government contracts. It is to apartment the President and Mrs.

Truman will go to rest until train time Tuesday afternoon after lunching with the retiring Cabinet at the home of Dean Acheson, his secretary of state. Truman will get his first taste of his new freedom when he boards the White House private car by courtesy of Union Station. There Secret Service protection comes to an end. The White House car, for the first time, will be attached to a regular passengar train, which will See TRUMAN, Page 2 BY TEX EASLEY WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 Twirl a lasso here today and sure latch onto a mess of Texans.

all over the place whooping it up for inauguration of the first native of Texas to be elected President of the United States. be in the gala inaugural festival tonight along with the top star3 of TV, radio and screen, and in inaugural parade. Scheduled for arrival today were two more colorful Texas groups the Cavaliers of San Antonio and the Hockley County Sheriff's posse. All about too over the week-end President-elect Dwight D. Eisen- i were receptions for Texans.

They hower may call Kansas home, but began again promptly this morning Texans let him nor anyone when Texas Senators Lyndon B. else forget he was born in the Lone Johnson and Price Daniel, Demo- Star State, at Denton up near Red River. More Pouring In By plane, train and automobiles been pouring into town. Among them are some Republi- crats, were joint hosts for all visiting Texans at a coffee party in suite in the Senate office building. Publishers Arrive Several score Texans, many of cans, a lot more Democrats who prominent in governmental bolted long enough to help the p0sts during the past 20 years of GOP carry Texas in November, Democratic control in Weshington, and a good many dyed-in-the-wool showed up at a reception Sunday loyal Texas Democrats who are at the home of Federal Judge Eu- along just for the.

fun. gene Worley. He once served in Sunday night the pretty Kilgore, congress from the Panhandle dis- College Rangerette3 unloaded at trict. Union Station as news photogra- cameras flashed. to See TEXAN3, Pagt 3.