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CITY PRICE NUMBER 13 52 PAGES Newspaper Enterprisa Association SPL Special Dispatch XXIV Touiih Swift Hope Dims for Miners Effort to Halt Trial Pledged 4 LYNDA A OSTER MOTHER CLIMAX CHURCH PROGRAMS oster Homes mother Mrs Earl Cotton left and daughter Mrs James RED ANSWER AWAITED or whatever 7:26 tomorrow at 'CAUSE DADDY IS LEAVING I Sea COURT Page 2' Angry Carries Hungary Plane Incident to Kremlin 28 Bodies Are Brought To Surface of Shaft executive Governor name an Youth Charged In Wreck Death AMOdated Press OP tlnitstl erm a 1 2 5 6 7 8 10 11 Store Mail Clerks Catch Special Yule Services Today Bomber Crashes in Denver All Aboard Escape Death DENVER Dec 22 A 25 bomber crashed while attempting to land at Lowry Air orce base here Saturday night police said Early reports said that only one of the five crewmen aboard was injured Police said the plane caught fire when it crashed but did not hit any houses The area of the plane crash was only a few blocks from the acene of a 29 crash which killed 10 air men two weeks ago Knight Photo AND LYNN GAVE THEM LAUGHTER THERE NO PLACE LIKE YOR OWN HOME The Classified Ads will guide you to ju't the one you are looking for for your family Italian Admiral Heads Mediterranean NATO ROCQUENCOURT rance Dec 22 Massimo Girosi youngest admiral in the Italian navy has been chosen to command the cen tral Mediterranean sector of Gen Dwight Eisenhower's European defense organization Eisenhower's headquarters here announced Sat urday Officials Say 80 Men Killed The celebration of Christmas in Waco churches will be climaxed by most of them today and tonight with others scheduling special serv ices and programs Monday and Tuesday The combined choirs of irst Methodist Church under the direc tion of Mrs A Snell with "They were skinny and out with sores from kind of food I guess didn't know how to 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 MORNING MORALS THINGS CAN ALWAYS'BE WORSE WHEN YOU BEE ABOUT THE COLD WEATHER REMEMBER LAST SUMMER WHEH YOU BEEED ABOUT THE HOT WEATHER MAYBE BE THANKUL OR NOW Of Perry Charges of negligent homicide were filed Saturday in County Tito Reviews Troop BELGRADE Dec 22 ilB Pre mler Marshal Tito reviewed his elite guard units Saturday and army commanders said their men were ready to meet and overcome any enemy who dared attack Yugo slavia TOKYO Sunday Dec 23 Al lied negotiators went to Panmun jom Sunday hoping that the Com munists would agree to a proposed exchange of sick and wounded prisoners of war The stubborn Communist refusal to compromise on armistice Issues had virtually obliterated chances of a but Allied of ficials insisted there was still hope that the Reds would agree to the immediate exchange of ailing pris oners requested Saturday by the Allies Allied spokesmen asked for the Believes in Christmas Too Miscellany at the Waco Methodist Home includes a Christmas gift of $100 in cash and $300 In merchandise won in a Crosley Company cosi test on I Believe in The winner had directed that any prize be sent to the home which has been done Signer of the entry was Ella Yule Breath This is a day when clerks In stores and post offices can sit back and give thanks that Christmas comes but once a year It is a sort of breathing spell before the final Christmas Eve rush 2 27 26 24 24 26 33 33 15 50 53 59 62 63 62 59 57 5 50 so 51 42 43 40 36 35 33 31 29 7:30 a 9:30 a tn 9:30 a 10 30 11:9) 12:30 1:30 2:30 3:30 4:30 5:30 6:30 tn 7:30 9:30 9:30 tn 10'30 WACO TEXAS SUNDAY DECEMBER 23 1951 12 13 14 Truman Moves To Avoid Steel Industry Ticup WASHINGTON Dec 22 President Truman tonight sent the deadlocked steel controversy to the Wage Stabilization Board in an ef fort to avoid a nationwide strike New Eve The President said the wage dls put between the CIO Steelworkers and various steel companies now arrived at a stage where it gravely threatens the progress of national detfense It is of the utmost importance to revent an in terruption in the production of steel The President added 'It Is for this reason that I have certified this matter to the Wage Stabiliza tion Board This will provide the parties with a forum where their differences may be resolved and a fair settlement reached without re sort to a costly The move followed the collapse yesterday of ederal Mediation ef forts to attain a wage agreement between the union and the leading steel companies The union is ask ing wage increases and other bene fits that might exceed 30 cents an hour increase was charged in city court allowing his minor son to jt car without having a dri license the negligent homicide AMILY That's mother Mrs Earl Cotton left and daughter Mrs James Chaney right and mother Mrs Cotton and new daughter Donna Jo in bed on the left and daughter Mrs Chaney and new son James on the right In the center left to right ore aunt Donna Jo and nephew James (Photo by Windy Drum) THE WEATHER Tribune Herald Dial 3 15 1 1 Sunset tonight at 5:31 bunnse am riday 3:30 Bl 4:30 5:30 6:30 730 9:30 9:30 10:30 11:30 gstorday 130 a 1:30 2:30 3 30 a ra 4'30 a tn 5:30 a Waco and vicinity (radius 25 miles): Clear and mild toda part ly cloudy and colder tonight and Monday Maximum today 65 Minimum tonight 28 Highest temperature yesterday 63 degrees at 4 Lowest tem perature 24 degrees at 5 a Average maximum temperature for this month 593 degrees Rainfall during last 24 hours none Rainfall this month 41 inch New moon Dec 28 at 5:43 tn or regional and national weath er see Page 2 Section Winnie Warns British acing More Austerity LONDON Dec 22 (IB Prima Minister Winston Churchill in a grim Christmas message to tha British people warned Saturday night of greater austerity and less American aid but said he believed there would be no war If Britain is to survive as a na tion the 77 year old statesman said the British people must pre pare for greater austerity aban don hope for special American aid and start the long uphill road to solvency Although the speech was almost as grim as that in 1940 when he could promise only blood sweat and tears at least he was able to be hopeful about the international crisis "If war comes' he said in a speech over the British Broadcast ing Corp wilj be because of world forces beyond British con trol On the whole I do not think it will come" On the domestic front he warned that upon his return from Wash ington next month he will have ready for parliament a list of fresh proposals all of which he admitted would be But he pledged his new Conser vative government to take what ever drastic action necessary get Britain back on her own tinan Jrom the brink nkruptcy wher she i now tunas Court Decision To Be Sought On Cop Protest A suit of mandamus asking for a court interpretation of civil serv ice laws will be filed Wednesday against the city city officials and civil service commission officials Attorney II announced Saturday ollowing a conference with Policeman Guy Akard one of 21 policemen signing a petition pro testing two police department ap pointments O'Dowd said the suit would be filed the day after Christ mas and an immediate hearing be fore a district court requested The Civil Service Commission riday upheld the appointments of Sergeant Bill Cornell to detective and Policeman arley to a post The appointments have been under fire from members of the department since Dec 8 when they handed a petition to the board protesting the action said the suit would cite the City of Waco Police Chief Jesse Gunterman City Secretary Otis DeHay and CSC Secretary Huhert Dunham "We will set out in the man damus action that the commission acted unreasonably illegally arbi trarily and without sound thought in returning the riday O'Dowd said The commission's ruling riday upheld Chief Gunterman and Dun ham in all actions pertaining to the 15 Inside Tribune Herald SECTION I Golden Year Editorial Curious Cameraman General News Negro News In the Service SECTION Children's Theatre Sports arm Radio Classified Official Records SECTION III Newcomers Society School Theatre traffic death of Perry 77 who died Thursday following an accident at Thirteenth and Web ster County Probation Officer Brown Jr who filed the charge in County Court at Law said a reck less driving charge originally filed against the youth in city court had been dropped The boy's fa ther with drive ver's In charges filed by Brown the teen ager was charged with passing an other car on the right con ditions not permitting such move ment to be made in safety" and in doing so causing the death of Per ry Brown said the case will be set for a juvenile hearing in dis trict court The youth said in a signed state iment to Assistant Attor 1 ney Dave Copeland that at the time of the accident the Kcelera tor on his car hung and made the car difficult to control I Perry was McLennan County's 46th tragic fatality of the year But there is no rest for railroad bus and airplane people faced with heavy traffic or for highway cops or for post office and express company delivery men Nor will it be a day of rest for telephone and telegraph operators Because phone calls and travelers and tele grams and packages will continue to go through Sunday or no Sun day Downtown Waco was Jammed with traffic Saturday and business was good but it was better two or three days ago Wacoans did their Christmas shopping early: or at least not so late The same condition held true at the post ofice The main office See CHRISTMAS Page 2 One Dead our Burned in ire Near ortHood ORT HOOD Dec 22 (SPL One man died and four were seri ously burned in a fire here early this morning A blazing building near the ort Hood Enlisted Men's trailer park trapped five employes of the Hous ton Builders ireplace and Supply Company iremen were fighting the blaze before they knew the building was occupied Another employe of the company Edgar Lary told fire fighters that the back room of the building was occupied iremen worked with axes on the rear wall of the structure until' an opening large enough to admit a man was made In spite of flames smoke and falling timber Lary and firemen pulled the five trapped men to safety Robert Small of Centerville Miss was dead on arrival at the ort Hood station hospital Those being treated for second and third degree burns are James Hawkins of Houston red Whitley of San Antonio Joseph Deville of Lake Charles La and Elija Smith of Leesville La All five men are civilians The fire of unknown origin was discovered by Wilson Rhodes night dispatcher at the nearby post motor pool at 1:25 a The Hood Criminal Investigation De tachment is investigating the fire Ittaai eralfl the waco news Voice of the Central Texas the waco times herald uni ij Shivers the uninstructed delegation and thus give him and Texas a strategic and possibly decisive role in naming the Democratic nominee for President and thus maybe the next President If the predicate is nearly accu rate the rest of the theory fits in rather pat It is that big personal 'campaign activity will be in the area of national politics the selec tion of some other nominee than President Truman and a Texas contribution to national victory un der that new leadership Would Run for Governor That clearly would imply that he would not run for the United States Senate and thus that he'd ask a second elective term as gov ernor an office it is considered he could win with a minimum of See SHIVERS Page 7 TWO BABIES WORK OVER COTTON AMILY TREES Two babies born during the week at Hillcrest Hospital will just about have to be algebra experts of the A fs to as ls to A variety to figure out relationships on their family tree Mrs Earl Cotton of 601 South Third Street gave birth to a baby gill Donna Jo Sunday Thursday her 19 year old daughter Mrs James Chaney of 903 South Eighth gave birth to a son James It is her first child The babies brought about a series of changes In family relation ship status which could reach to the tips of their family trees A grandmother has a new baby and a new grandbaby A new baby has a new aunt A new mother has a new sister A father has a new daughter and a grandson A second father has a new son and a now sister in law A new aunt has a new nephew and a new nephew has a new aunt The two motheis were in the same hospital room Mothers daughters sons grandsons nephews aunts and sisters were re ported doing nicely Shivers Might State Politics in Ry RAYMOND BROOKS Austin Bureau Tribune Herald AUSTIN Dec Gits of pre campaign development have begun to point up one logical course which Gov Allan Shivers may take in the '52 election Tar If it turns out to be the one he follows it will affect numerous slate races as well as the United States senate race and the political fortunes of a dozen public figures Governor Shivers so far has said he will run for an office next year and that after Jan 1 will indicate whether his choice is for rc clec tion as governor or a race against veteran Senator Tom Connally who is seeking re election Governor Shivers has Indicated he will lead the Texas delegation to the Democratic national conven tion next July unless the organized party machinery should be seized by rival forces He has insisted on an uninstructed Texas delega tion And he has made prepara tions for extensive political cam paign activity Theories Define Course This is guessing but the theories that define this particular possible course are set flown tor value they may have The Democratid state committee working with Qliivtxrt nn nlflDS tO uninstructed delegation has taken steps to set up a state headquar ters office it) Austin early in the year and to carry on an organized and active campaign in 1952 Weldon Hart administrative as sistant to Governor Shivers has resigned effective Jan 1 to form a public relations partnership with John Van Cronkhite who managed the 19N Shivers campaign Doth are among the state's best known newspaper men It appears natural that Hart would take on the operation of the Democratic party offices under the immediate direction and working closely with State Chairman Wheat Uninstructed Delegation Is Goal ill ft! I I ne pariy vvhwim keep the presidential convention in i Court at Iaw against a 16 year old party hands and to give Governor oan in connection with the a AlAflOllnn WEST RANKORT 111 Dec 22 Weary rescuers brought 28 bodies to the surface from the tun nels of the largest shaft coal mine Saturday and officials said that 80 to 82 men were killed in the explosion which rocked the mine riday The federal government mean while sent all available rescue equipment and mine inspectors to the scene As the night wore on rescue op erations speeded up Bodies were being brought up the shaft in the mine lift by six and eight man teams working in relays Rescuers said many of the bodies had to be dug from neneath rock falls in the darkened tunnels of the gas choked New Orient mine 535 feet below the surface No Hope for Missing Earl Snarr general superinten dent said the bodies were found at the 535 foot level and that there was almost no hope that any of the others were still alive Wives and sweethearts of the missing miners huddled in a cor ridor between two wash houses awaiting word from the grimy res cue crews and fearing the worst As the women arrived at the scene in twos and threes firemen guided them to the corridor and kept outsiders away The disaster stunned this south ern Illinois mining community at the start of the Christmas holiday in which the mine was to have bpen closed so that the men who toiled in its depths could enjoy a few days off The streets were decked with colored lights and holly but the people who walked the streets were saddened The Christmas trees in the homes of many miners would go unlighted and the presents un opened "It is a very sad Christmas here In said Gov Adlai Stev enson who flew in from Spring field "I hope that fortunate every See MINERS Page 2 WASHINGTON Dec 22 Angry American offi cials reported Saturday that and swift action is under way to stall decision to put four Ameri can flyers on trial on trumped up spy charges United States officials were re ported to have taken up with So viet officials the question of free ing the four Americans Hugh Commungs charge in Moscow conferred with Deputy oreign Minister Valerian A Zorin at the Kremlin The State Department declined to comment officially on the Mos cow development But it is under stood Cummings warned the Soviet government of the strong adverse public opinion In the United States that will result if Hungary goes ahead with Its announced plan to place the airmen on trial State Department officers who cancelled holiday leaves to direct the strategy declined to re veal their moves pending tant developments But a department spokesman as serted "the United States regards this Incident with the utmost seri ousness" Tempers laring is even more important than the Vogrler case" another of ficial said "You must remember they now have four Americans In Air orce Moscow radio earlier broadcast a Hungarian communique which said the American airmen would be tried "as persons who violated the Hungarian boundary with crim inal Tempers also were reported flar ing at the White House and Defense Department over the Hungarian decision and Moscow's follow up broadcast The unusual Soviet act of relay ing a satellite communique coupled See Page 7 Mrs Huddleston at the organ will present the cantata "Child of at the churchat 7:30 Sunday ollowing the cantata the children and youths will be visited by Santa Claus Dr Oran Stephens Waco district superintendent will bring the Christmas message at the morning worship at 10:45 o'clock A mitten tree in which each member of the audience will be invited to pin mittens scarves Or knitted socks on the tree for child ren in Korea will be a unique feature of the carol service at irst Presbyterian at 7:30 Sunday The junior choir directed by Mrs Phillip Howard will sing and the congregation will join in the singing of carols Three Act Play Set The cantata Wondrous Story" will be presented by the mixed choir at Hillcrest Methodist at 7:30 Sunday and the junior choir will also present "The Singing Christmas Mrs Earl Littlewood is choir director and Miss Betty Bob Dove is or ganist The Ambassadors youth organization will offer a three act play Empty at aith Tabernacle Sunday at 7:30 The play is directed by Misses Dora Hale and Jessie Lee Lindloff and the cast includes Will iam Jones Helen Holder Doris Smith Mary Sovy Benny Berry Stanley Stowers and Jerry McCa mey The children of the Webster Ave nue Methodist Church under the direction of Mrs Jim Lopez will present their program at 7:30 Sunday Taking part also will be the children of the Latin American Kindergarten which is sponsored daily at the church by all the Methodist Womens Societies of Waco with Mrs Thomas Se pulveda as director Pastor to Give Christmas Story Rosenthal Methodist Church will celebrate Christmas at 7:30 Sunday with a Christmas story by the pastor Rev Charles Chadwick readings by members of the Sun day School and the singing of carols by the audience irst Lutheran Church will liold its 'raditional Christmas Eve can See SERVICES Page 2 5 Christmas Conies Early or One Waco amily Today is Christmas tor one Wacocream and coffee nn Hnwell ramity irst Lf Mobart Howell who used to pound the beat from Eighth to Eleventh Street as a Waco policeman must leave Mon day for Korea His wife son Junior 13 and Sue Elaine 3 accept the face explain that Christmas can be anv day and rinee Howell must go Sunday is Christmas So there will be fruit cocktails a hen giblet gravy green beans candied sweet potatoes pickles olives and pecan pi with whipped Christmas table right after Sunday School Hag Is lying "We don't mind too much" said Mrs Howell a good soldier and proud of him Drive by our home at 2216 Maple i and see a big American flag i flying pretty patriotic The Sunday schedule nf the Howells gx umes Santa's visit Sat 1 urday night Then it's the tree Sea AMILY Page 3 Are Refuge orNeglected Two chubby little Waco girls have just learned how to laugh And the oldest one 3 year old Lynda Kay has learned not to hide from people The little girls were declared neglected by the district court about six months ago and turned over to the McLennan County Child Welfare Unit Miss Emeline Bryant supervisor picked out one of the extra kind couples on her foster home list and put the little girls in their care "They hardly?" human when we got them" said the kind ly woman all broken the wrong And they Tried to Laugh The Wacoans started giving the youngsters constant care extra iove to restore their faith in people Lynda Kay was just plain scared of everybody at first Two year old Lynn seem to know exactly what was going on would laugh and they would look at me so' recalled the woman who is now "Mamma" the little girls they start ed trying Linda Kay still looks a little sur prise when she finds herself laugh ing But her brown eyed mis chievous little sister laughs like any normal youngster But there is one item which keeps this story from having a happy ending The Child Welfare Unit is running out of foster homes If two more frightened sickly chil dren are left in the unit's care there won't be a foster home to take the youngster in and love them Temporary Care The foster child is not placed for adoption He needs temporary care while the agency tries to work out nroti ems wim nis narenis makes arrangements to place the child in an institution The agency pays board for the child and provides dental and medi cal care The home which is li censed to take a foster child must however have financial stability There must be adequate sleeping area and play space Wacoans who are interested in the foster home care of the Child Welfare Unit should call Mis Bryant tell her what age child they feel they could care for best and discuss other details parents give a unique and essential service to children" said Miss Bryant "We know they find satisfaction in helping a child grow healthier and UN Appeals for Early of PWs earliest possible answer to the proposal and they hoped the Red reply would be given at the pris oner subcommittee meeting A series of propaganda broad casts clouded the Issues A United Nations command broadcast accused the Communist truce negotiators of trying "to ne gotiate for a future war in and said the Reds probably would try to stall the conference beyond the 30 dav trial period for the cease fire line Hits Red Airfield Han It said the Communist demand to build airfields in North Korea during the armistice period meant the difference between peace and war with renewed Communist ag gression Peiping radio charged that America's handed attitude" In the negotiations had aroused op position among the British Pyong yang radio said the UN would only gain the enmity of the world if it insisted on its plan for man for man prisoner ex change United Press correspondent Ar nold Dibble reported from the UN camp at Munsan that only a Christmas miracle could bring an See PWs Page 7 IIMi i JI 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