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he ryan aily agle VOLUME 73 DEPARTMENT STORE SALES OFF RECENTLY WEATHER OR SLOW YULE 1HJYING MAY BE EXPLANATION DALLAS, Nov. 19 store sales in four Texas cities for the one week ended Nov. 13, 1948, compared with the same week last year, were down an average of 10 per cent. Three firms reporting in San Antonio showed the largest decline- 17 per cent. Four firms in Fort Worth averaged a 13 per eent decrease: Seven firms in Dallas a 12 per cent drop and five firms in Houston a two per cent The average for the four weeks ended Nov.

13, 1948, compared with the four weeks ending Nov. 16, 1947 showed a 6 per cent drop. Gain Thru 10 Months Figures released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas showed, however, that the firms in all four cities showed an increase lor the lirst ten months of 1948 compared with the first ten months of 1947. Houston showed the largest percentage 27 per cent. Fort Worth and San Antonio sales were up 9 per cent! and alias up 5 per cent.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 High prices may he slowing up! department store Or it may be the weather, or something else. Whatever the reason, fewer dollars clinked into department; store tills across the country in each of the first two weeks of November than were rung up in the same weeks of last year. The drop was eight per cent in the first week of the month; nine cent last week. Less Goods Sold '1 hat meant the actual amount of goods sold was even prices are higher than they were a year ago.

Since the end of the wai, department store sales have risen to one new high after another in lederal reserve board surveys. Declines for two consecutive weeks have been so lare officials recall offhand when it last occurred. No Deiinite Trend But these officials caution that a two-week showing is not enough to establish a definite trend. Also, there are other factors which might explain the sales dip at least partly. One is weather.

In some sections, merchants through business was hurt by unseasonable in others by unseason- (Conimued on Page 3) 4 Camp Creek Lake Lois Distributed; Are Drawn By Lot Drawings for 450 lots on the Camp Creek lake shore were held in inp district court room Wednesday afternoon at 5 and a map showing who was assigned which lot is now on display at both Jones Sporting Goods and Bryan Outboard Motors. All of the names were dropped in a prepared wheel and Brint Morris was then elected by those present to do the drawing. As Morris drew each name the lot was recorded and his name entered on the map. National Grange Is For Flexible Price Supports PORTLAND, Nov. 19 National Grange Convention today endorsed a system of flexible government price supports aimed at preventing future surpluses and shortages of farm products.

It took this action after defeating a proposal to continue indefinitely the present wartime support program of 90 per cent of parity. It went on record against a reduction in income taxes during the present period of employment and The convention did not say what the range of flexible supports should be in terms of percentages of parLy. (Parity is defined by law as a price w'hich would be fair equally to farmers and those w'ho buy his products.) The Aiken-Hope Ac passed by the last Congress set up a system of flexible supports ranging from 60 to 90 per cent of parity for major products, and from zero to 90 for other products. supports would be at the minimum limit of this range when supplies were excessive it the high limii when short. Seventy-Two Years Service to the Brazos Valley BRYAN.

TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1948(By Associated 5c No 122 PREPARE TEMPORARY HOME FOR new sidewalk is laid in front of Blair House and a pipe framework for a canopy from doorway to street is in place as preparations are made for a temporary home for President Truman and family while the White House is repaired in Washington. MAP Photo) Distribution Ot Full Quota For Five Agencies Is Made By Chest CIVIL RIGHTS GIVEN BOOST BY MCGRATH election returns SHOW PEOPLE FAVOR REFORMS, HE SAYS WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 Democratic Chairman J. Howard McGrath, today hoisted the election returns as the banner for a drive to push civil rights laws through congress. McGrath made It plain that so far as he is concerned there wil 1 be no compromise with the southern democrats who opposed President election and have have threatened to filibuster his anti-race-discrimination program.

Without laying out any timetable, the national chairman told a news conference yesterday he personally favors a change in the senate debate rules to kill off filibusters. Against Filibuster Any such move itself would be subject to a talkathon by Dixie members. And risk a guess whether the majority of senate democrats would support such a change. Most republicans, who will be in a 54-to-42 minority in the new senate, are expected to back it. How would McGrath convert the southerners from their traditional opposition too action on any civil rights bill? A reporter asked.

U.N. Assembly Rejects Two Proposals Made By Soviet CUT IN ARMS, BAN ON BOMB TURNED DOWN F. C. Bolton, left, is officially installed as fifteenth president by just show them the election the national chair- Chancellor Gibb Gilchrist at ceremonies held Thursday afternoon on Kyle Field. Distribution of funds to five The quota for the USO is $440 man replied with a grin.

local welfare agencies which and it is expected this will be Mr. Truman won November 2 participated this year in the Bry- made available by contributions despite the opposition of Bore No Heirs to Throne an Community Chest was approv- received before Dec. 15. rights advocates, who corailed 38 ed Thursday at a meeting of the In making the distribution at- electoral votes. McGrath obviously directors.

Funds for the USO, tention was given to contnbu- thinks that should convince some which came into the picture after lions made for a specific agency, southerners they were wrong in the budget had been made up In such cases a check for the their position, will be turned over Dec. 15, when amount of this contribution will it is hoped the total budget of be made out by Pat Newton, No Punishment $14.490 will have been secured. treasurer, and Miss Lucy Harri-1 But McGrath indicated the ad- Thursdav evening this was short I son. secretary, and then another ministration going to try to by the sum of $97.25 I check will be drawn for the bal-1 punish Mr. Dixie critics CAIRO, Nov.

19 One communique proclaimed it zia just turned 27. The distribution approved in- a nee of the allocation to the by denying them places on rulers of Egypt and Iran that the ten-year; Both the Egyptian and the Ir- cludes Boy Scouts $4550; Girl I agency in question. gressional committees. He said have divorced the beautiful union 0f King Farouk and Queen1 aman announcements said the Scouts $1787; YMCA $4800; Braz- The allocation to the Negro that would be denying their con- Quoens hore n0 male heirs Farida be dissolved. would have no effect up- responsible os County Hospitalization Fund Youth Center will be held in; stituents representation they are to the thrones.

other statement said the on relations of the tion. 1 entitled to. This news came with stunning cl imate endangered the two countnes- I Deputy Foreign Minister Rulers Of Egypt Iran Have Divorced Beautiful Queens ANOTHER ATTACK ON U. S. IS UNLEASHED BY VISHINEKY TODAY PARIS, Nov.

19 United Nations Assembly rejected today a Russian proposal for a one-third cut within a year in the armed forces of the big five powers, but adopted a Western- backed resolution looking toward reduced world armaments. The Assembly also voted down demand for an immediate ban on the atom bomb. The vote against the section of the Soviet proposal calling for the one-third arms cut was 36 to six. The Russian bloc voted with the Soviet Union for the sec eon and ten nations abstained. Reds Stick Together The vote against the atom bomb proposal was 37 to six, with nine abstentions and the Eastern nations, as usual, in a solid bloc.

The vote to adopt the Western- supported resolution was 43 to six, with the Russian bloc voting no. This proposal called for further study by the conventional arms commission of steps which would lead toward eventual arms reduction. Blast U. Britain The Western-supported resolution was adopted in the face of Russian charges that the Unit- ed States and Britain are engaged I in a armaments against the Soviet Union. John Foster Dulles of the United States called the Russian disarmament proposals "almost ir- and a decep- $1500; Negro Youth Center $1500.

Committee Will Study Election Laws Ot Texas AUSTIN, Nov. 19 committee will Texas election Gov. Beauford H. Jester said yesterday that he will appoint the committee probably early next week collect and compile data (Continued on Page 3) REA Co-Op Short Course Opens At AM College Today Speaking as a Rhode Island suddenness today in two com- i hoajth 0f Empress Fawzia, bride The communique on A. Y.

Vishinsky told the Assent senator as well as Mr from royal pal- of Shah Reza Pahjexl of Iran and divorce said: No. 1 political aide McGrath pre- ace. gister of Faroukf and that thus! dieted adoption of most of the it wag agreecj she be divorc-1 presidents program by the new mb IIIT ed sa hat as ho roads NORTHER HIT the election returns, the people TIIIC CFfTIAII have called for repeal of the Taft- I IflM The REA second annual Train- study mg and Safety Conference for Rural Electric Co-operatives opened at A today, with more than 70 registered by noon. Plans for the conference wrere completed at a meeting Thursday the Rhode Island senator said (Continued on Page 3) on needed changes in Texas elec- between members of the state co- tion laws advisory committee composed Jester had previously said he of Williams, director of thei would rccommond that'the lcRts- Ln(J and laturc study and overhaul the Ph c- H.l! labor relations election statutes. headquarters, Wasmngon, D.

C. done in advance of Pointing out that Texas the session by the governor more co-ops than any other state, committee conceivably might Hill praised the work of the com- speed the reform mjttee and the four field mstruc- he said. tors who conduct the program un -1 The governor said the commit- der direction. Explain- tee would be instructed to report ing the job training and safety llllUWII I lUlitlClf to him in advance of the 51st I program on a national basis. Hill Legislative session and he would added that Texas is one of a few turn the report over to the legis- states which conducts the program lature its information and through a state college.

possible Under the provisions of the Hartley labor law, But he came out in favor of linking that repeal with some substitute provisions, particularly those that would give the govern-1 ment power to prevent strikes that might paralyze the country. Without setting any order in which they might be acted upon, the Panhandle, brought a minimum temperature of 44 degrees to this area Thursday night, the DURING NIGHT 44 DEGREE MINIMUM REPORTED; MAY BE COLDER TONIGHT The cold wave, roaring in from New Directors Of Bryan C.C. To Be MANY ERRORS IN OHIO VOTE HURT TRUMAN beautiful women, was proclaimed Empress of Iran Sept. 17, 1941. The couple have one daughter, now seven.

The Shah is 29 Faw- WEATHER East this afternoon and tonight. Colder tonight with lowest temperatures 28 to 34 in north and west central portions. Saturday fair, warmer in afternoon. Fresh west and northwest winds on the coast diminishing this afternoon and tonight. Smith-Hughes Act, the REA matches state funds dollar for dol- i lar as a contribution to the job training plan: In Texas the funds are made available by a contribution of 25 per cent by the coops, 25 per cent through the State Board for Vocational Education and 50 per cent by the federal agency.

Members of the advisory committee who atttended the meeting, called to make final plans for the statewide training and safety conference were; Osie Cauble, Corsicana, chairman; Ory West this afternoon, tonight and Saturday. Continued cold tonight with lowest ComancheT' Lan- temperatures 26 to 32 except caster, Douglassville; C. L.Pierce, slightly above freezing in Eagle Pass-Del Rio area. Warmer Saturday. Memphis; S.

J. Pritchett, Austin; B. J. Bibson, McGregor, and Vastine Jannsen, La Grange. Approximately 200 ballots were cast by members of the Bryan Chamber of Commerce in the annual election to name nine directors, and a canvass of the vote will be made Monday morning.

The committee named by President R. C. Fussell to make the canvass includes W. F. Davis, Marshall Bullock, R.

I. Bernath Greene Buchanan and W. X. Hall. The ticket of 18 members, of hich nine were to be elected, included the names of N.

C. Baker, Mike Barron, E. J. Blazek, E. F.

Bond, Bob Braley, George O. D. Dabbs, Walter Doney, Harold E. Dreyfus, McNeill Drumwright J. D.

Martin Brint Morris, G. S. Parker Cameron Siddall, Pierce Stacy, B. F. Swindler, and Allister M.

Waldrop. Main Station farm at Texas College reported Friday morning. and the weather man has predicted colder weather for tonight. The 44 degree temperature is not the minimum for this fall here, however, as a low of 33 degrees at the farm and 23 degrees a a atones Bridge was reported RelieVOS I CHSIOH Strong, gusty and cold winds were whipping about the state today and the lowest temperatures of the latest norther were I NANKING. Nov.

19 reported from Marfa and Wink, sion eased in Central China to- where 22 degrees were recorded. day The news of a of the West and Midwest, complete vlctory the battle of Farouk, now 28, wras married in January 1938, before he ascended the throne. On his 17-year old bride, Sasi Naz Sulfikar. he conferred the name of Farida, which means She bore him three daughters. Under Egyptian lawf, only male offspring of the King can inherit the throne.

The Shah took Fawzia for his! bride in March 1939, she COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 19 was 17 and he was the heir to Numerous tabulation errofs his throne. sister, con- the Nov. 2 sidered one of the most one that gave President Truman SOME TALK HEARD OF RECOUNT BY SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION Chinese Victory But Reds Watched (Continued on Page 3) Theaters Plan To Collect Toys For Christmas Giving Suchow gave fresh hope to the unnerved capital. The city obviously was impressed by the military triumphant statement yesterday; battle for can be considered as 10,513 too many result in a state-wide recount by the legislature.

A state legal authority advised Gov. Thomas J. Herbert yesterday the legislature has the power to appoint a commission for the recount. The opinion came after widespread reports of voting errors in recounts. Herbert said the recount could be done by a special legislative session, but be a of a The last official tabulation by the secretary of office was Nov.

6. Since then, numerous errors have been reported from many sections of Ohio including one in Cuyahoga county (Cleveland) w'here a recount changed 10,518 votes from the president to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican presidential candidate. Duplicate ballots from the unofficial county total reduced bly during earlier debate he would not answer questions in the political committee as to how many soldiers Russia has under arms and would not answer them now.

Data On Armament Vishinsky said that information would be supplied in due time (to the national control organ I hich w'as suggested in his reso- lution. The Soviet resolution already had been rejected by the 58-nation political committee which had approved the Western supported resolution. Vishinsky said the Russia suggested should receive all authorized data on armaments and Russia would be ready to submit this simultaneously with the other major powers if they agreed to such a plan. Vishinsky declared the United States is building a Western European system directed against Russia. The Russian spoke after John (Continued on Page 9) Sciences Humanities Must Work Together, Says Friley satisfying and enduring philosophy of life can be built on the divided allegiance that man must live in two one of science and one of ethics and Principal speaker for the inaugural of Dr.

F. C. Bolton as A fifteenth president, Dr, Charles E. Friley said that is our task, the task of great centers of learning such as the A College of to seek a common ground on which the sciences and the humanities may tr those two great disciplines of the mind and spirit, the sciences and the Dr. Friley asked.

is the major task for education and universities, where students may learn how each must supplement the other in the future education of mankind. Man. not matter, is now the important problem of our civilization. Having eaten anew of the tree of knowledge we have in a more potent sense become as gods, with greater power for good and work together, not as rivals for evil; and we must find a greater the mind of man but as full partners in its best can we bring togeth- wisdom Using to govern our greater as his subject, Changing Horizon of the graduate now in Iowa said, the horizon of sciences changes and expands to include the spirit of man as well as his intellect; for the mind and the ation looked up to the General; issimo with newr respect. Toys for underprivileged chil- Few SOurces, however, expect- dren will be collected at three ed the Communist commanders to local theaters during the next take the rep0rted setback without week at special movies pianmng another fight to open Admission is one toy, new or the road to Nanklng.

used. The Campus Theater will have special movies for children Saturday, Nov. 20, from 1 to 5 p.m. Tomorrow- night the Skyway Drive-In Theater will have mov-1 ies for children. Next Friday, Nov.

26, from 1 to 5 p.m. the Queen Theater will show chil- People who had begun ta talk of Chiang possible abdic- President Ohio majority to 6.817 votes. The last official count in presidential voting gave President Truman 1.460.229, Dewr- ey 1,442,825 and Henry Wallace, the Progressive party candidate, 37,354. The errors were not included in this tabulation. Christmas Seal Sale Opens Monday With Mail Delivery To Residents movies.

The for the campaign is being conducted by the Bryan Junior Chamber of Commerce. Bo Byers is chairman of the committee. Texans Indicted For Interference With Army Draft SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Nov. 19 federal grand jury indicted nine Americans and three Puerto Ricans today on counts of violating the selective service law by urging citizens not to register. The Ajnericans listed included Robert Pope, 30, of Houston, Tex his wife, Mrs.

Lillian Pope, 37, College Station, Texas; Harland Gibson, 30, Lamont, Idaho. Miss Lillian Gorzycki of College Station married a Robert Pope, at that time in the employ of the Federal government in Puerto Rico and she and Mr. Pope still are on the island, according to her father, Charles Gorzycki, who said he had heard this morning from his daughter and her husband, but nothing had been said about any difficulty with the government. Bank Deposits Of spirit can aid and supplement BELGIAN COALITION each other so that man will grow in wdsdom and discover the whole truth along these two great highways. Then he will see in true perspective the many sided universe in which he a world of diversity, but held together by common interests and the wride realization of the essential unit and kinship of mankind.

this vital and challenging (Continued on Page 8) The age-old attempt of chil- make the seals their first Christ- dren to catch a glimpse of Santa mas Mike Barron, as- on Christmas Eve inspired the, president, said today.1 picture on the 1948 Christmas realize that the work of Seals which, under the direction the tuberculosis association, which If of the Brazos County Tubercu-j helps to protect them against the tlvA vUWIllwJ losis Association, was delivered disease, is strengthened with; Til by mail to residents of Brazos every contribution made through A Iff 71II fl I m21 County. the purchase of Christmas Mil MIIIQlirlllg IVIlll The 1948 seal features a pa- The four main categories of BRUSSELLS, Belgium, Nov. 19 jama-cliid child seated before a work supported by the sale of LONGVIEW, Nov. 19 Bctnk So- blazing fireplace, waiting patient- Christmas seals are education, deposits of the seventy-one coun- cabinet ly for Santa Claus to arrive. ease-finding, rehabilitation and ties, served bv the East Texas Proceeds from the seal sale, medical research.

Chamber of Commerce, released w'hich will continue until Christ- The Brazos County Tuberculo- by the Library and Statistics Demas Day, will make possible the sis Association was organized in partment ef the regional cham- Brazos County Tuberculosis As- 1937 anci is uiit of 3,000 affiliates ber and based on Sales Manage- 1949 tubfciewilt sis pre- ot the nai ment most recent sur- vention and control program. sociation. The local gioup is com- county resident? on Page 8' fContinuwl on CABINET RESIGNS cialist-Catholic resigned today. The resignation followed that of Minister of Justice Paul Struye yesterday after a parliamentary debate on his policy of clemency toward former German collaborators..