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PAGE EIGHTEEN Tune In JB THE ABILENE HEPORTER-NEWS Federal Seizure Restores Transit Service in Capital Thursday Evening, November 22, 194ft -sip WASHINGTON, Nov. Federal seizure of the capital's, strike-bound transit system provid-; ed bus and street car service today I for holidaying Washingtonians. President Truman stepped into the second transportation tie-up in as many weeks with a seizure or- der and a statement terming the 1 walkout "a blow at the sanctity labor agreements." The Office of Defense Transppr-1 tation took over the idle facilities of the Capital Transit system in i mid-afternoon yesterday. A mass meeting of the AFL. Amalgamated Street Electric Rail-; way and Motor Coach Employes' broke up in confusion a short while later over whether to go back to work for the ODT.

But a company official reported ten per-1 cent of normal service restored! within an hour. 30 percent by p. m. and 50 percent by The strike began at 3 a. m.

yes-' terday, and the first street cars and busses started up again 161 hours later--in the middle of a i pre-Thanksgiving traffic snarl. The union is demanding a 30-. cent hourly wase increase. The company offered to increase the present 95-cent hourly rate to SI.02 with a stipulation for a 48-hour week. There was no immediate reaction from the union to Mr.

Truman's criticism. The President said the union's contract called for arbitration of differences, and that local and international officers had ordered the strikers to agree to a government conciliation service proposal PITTSBURGH PAINTS Saying the walkout strikes "at the very roots of orderly government." he added: "The action of this union brings discredit upon the whole -body of organized labor, which naturally decries any violation of sacred covenant. "The federal government will not permit this kind of action to interfere with its processes either in the capital or any part of the nation." AFL taxicab drivers decided at a meeting last night to postpone for 10 days a decision on whether to halt operations in support of their demands for a limit on the number of Washington cabs and a new zone system, for determining fares. SWINNEY Glass Paint 1166 No. 2nd.

Ph. 912 U. S. POPULATION AT 140,000,000 WASHINGTON. Nov.

22-(UP)--The population of the United States has Dassed the 140.000.000 mark. The census bureaus says the country's population increased about 8.330.000 since the 1940 census. The present figure was estimated as of Oct. 1. NOW! We have a large stock of REZNOR FORCED AIR HEATERS FLOOR FURNACES ABILENE PLUMBING ROOFING Heating Plumbing Roofing Sheet Metal 526 Pine Phone 3044 Three-Year Program Planned on Easfland Farm-to-Market Roads EASTLAND.

Nov. What amounts to a three year program for the construction of Farm-to-Market roads in Eastland county has been outlined by the Texas" state highway department. This program, along with construction work to be done on inter- resional roads will cost S907.000. S152.006 to spent on farm-to-market roads and $755.000 on inter-regional highways. Funds for this week will come from both state and federal governments.

Perhaps the first farm-to-market project to be undertaken in the county will be what is known as No. 569. a five and one-half mile stretch of highway extending from one mile west of Cisco to an intersection with the present Scranton- Nirnrod road. It will be of 18-foot asphalt construction and contract will probably be let sometime in January. About 60 days will be required to build the five and one- half miles.

What aotears now to be the ELKTRK SALES noi south 1st. Authorized Dealer Magnetos Carburetors Speedometers Fuel Pump Service Motor Sp-ciaHsts Weidenhoff Shop Equipment Guaranteed Workmanship. iVholeiale Retail SERVICE COMPANY Phone 4228 HOSPITALIZED AFTER "THANKSGIVING" DINNER--Dr. Leonard Collins, intern at the Dallas City-County hospital, examines Gleason West (left) as West and Arthur Clark (rischt), both employes of Swift and Company packing plant in Dallas, are treated Tuesday night for illness which developed after they ate a pre-Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving dinner the day with some 300 other employes of the plant. More than a 100 of the group became ill several hours after eating the meal.

(AP Photo). Gravy Blamed for Mass Poisoning DALLAS, Nov. and company chemists reported today that improper handling of gravy caused the sudden iljness of 150 plant employes following a pre-Thanksgiving dinner here Tuesday. No fatalities were reported. Only 30 of the 150 remained hospitalized Wednesday.

Hospitals reported some will be released shortly. Dr. Dan T. Meredith, resident physician at Baylor hospital, said the packing plant employes were suffering from what is commonly known as food poisoning. A new cook made up gravy Monday evening for the dinner and it was not refrigerated overnight.

John H. Hall, manager of the Fort Worth and Dallas plants of the company, said in Fort Worth. The gravy was prc-heated Tuesday morning and mixed with dry dressing for the turkey feast served 300 employes here. Hall said company chemists reported the re-heating killed bacteria which had formed in the gravy but did not remove the toxin which the bacteria had caused. The bacteria was described as staphylococcus.

Legion Endorses Peace Security CHICAGO, Nov. 22. The American Legion endorsed a program Wednesday aimed at safeguarding teh nation's secruity in peacetime, then closed its 27th national convention with election of John Stelle of McLeansboro, 111., as national commander. The legionnaires "endorsed the principle of unified command of the armed forces with the army, navy and air forces on an equal level," and asked congress to enact a one year universal military training program administered by a civilian authority. They recommended that atomic bomb manufacturing secrets be kept by the United States.

Canada and Great Britain "for the safeguarding of mankind." They called for a National Guard strength of 425.000 men. plus-officers; an adequate merchant marine; civilian security boards in every community; retention of Pacific island bases: navy reserve training fleets and developments of west coast military training centers: like West Point and Annapolis, and congressional establishment of a civilian board to study long range problems of national defense and se- curitv. OPA Grants Price Hikes for 21 Pools WASHINGTON, Nov. of from two to 35 cents a barrel have been granted in producers' ceiling prices for 21 crude oilpools, the OPA announced today. Effective as of November 1, the increase will not be passed on to consumers because the governmenlff reimburses the first purchasers oil by the exact amount of the crease.

The 21 pools, with the of each increase in cents per If rel, includes: Texas: Hendrick, 25 cents; latan? IS East Howard, two cents; 35 cents; Remo i cents, and Teci (Osborne cents. See The New FREEZ'R SHELF REFRIGERATOR with STRATA-ZONE FOOD CONDITIONING "'4 Layers oj Cold" On Display at second project will be known as project No. 570 and will be for the construction of approximately five miles of hard surfaced road from the point filling station, one mile east of Eastland, to an inter-section with the Staff-Ranger road. Contract for this work will possibly be let in March or April. The third farm-to-market project to be let.

according to present plans, will be that known as No. 571 and will be for the building of six and eight-tenths miles of road from Ranger south to a point two and one-half miles north of Cheaney. This work will probably not be done until sometime in 1947. Construction of approximately three and one-half miles on Highway 80 which will eliminate Dead Man's curve on Thurber hill, six miles east of Ranger, will be let as soon as right-of-way has been secured by the county, and County Commissioner Henry Davenport, believes that the right-of-way will be secured with in a few days. This road which will be south of Thurber hill, will connect with Highway 16.

Construction will be of concrete pavement 24 feet wide, except for the cut down the hill, which will be 48 feet wide. Another project connected with Highway 80 and the inter-regional system "is a stretch of road to be built from the Callahan County line east to Cisco. Still another piece of highway construction will be that beginning at the Comanche-Eastland county line on Highway 36 and extending to Rising Star where it will connect with U. S. Highway 283.

a distance of four miles. SHIRTS FOR YOUR HUSBAND? Your used fats are needed to help make shirts for him nylons for you as well as soaps and many other items. TURN IN YOUR USED FAT SI CHAS. T. JOHNSON SONS 233 Pine St.

Phone 80 Large Shipments of LUMBER ARRIVING DAILY 90,000 Feet Kiln Dried Shiplop and to Number 3 Grades. 30,000 Feet of 105-8 inch C-Grade Siding 250 Squares 18 inch No. 1 Perfection ShingleJ" 100,000 Feet Dimension Lumber New Shipment of Wallpaper, several new patterns. ABILENE LUMBER CO. 701 Pecan Formerly H.

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Wainwright to Fort Worth Dec. 17 FORT WORTH. Nov. Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero of Corregidor.

will visit Fort Worth Dec. 17 in connection with a Tarrant county Victory Loan campaign. Lewell Lafferty, county chairman of the drive, said to- d'av. 500 other MOHARCH Foods-all Jostas Good! Be Ye Thankfu as we again pause and meditate on this another Thanksgiving Day, let's be truly tnankfui thankful in the deep, sou! searching spirit of the Pilgrims of old just cs they had weathered a time of crisis, so we come again to another peaceful Thanksgiving Day in the year just passed, Divine Providence has been lavish with its many blessings on this great land or ours the roar of war has ceased loved ones are again gathering around festive tables to renew family ties and the spirit of the hour the dark clouds or creed and fear ore passing strong hearts, endowed with the eternal cioak of Icve, bravely face a new future let's be truly thankful this Thanksgiving Day. Ir it is your custom or cn to dine out on this occasion, you will find the quiet, homelike atmosphere of our dining room espe- C'cliy suited to the thoughtful mood of the dav.

Coffee Shop "Abilene's Own Hotel" D-n Ej-serOLJC-'ev Yard As we pause in humble thankfulness, let us not forget those gallant American boys still on foreign soil--let's be deeply conscious of our obligation lo their return help finish the job Buy Victory Bonds! Poems and Notes in Humorous and Witty Anthology of Verse BY W. G. ROGERS WHAT CHEEK, edited and with an introduction by David McCord iCoiv- ard-McCann: This anthology of "humorous and witty" but definitely not "light" verse is a venture in a field already crowded, but it's one of the best of its kind, partly because of McCord's judicious selection and partly because of his entertaining and provocative notes. The range in time and place is wide. Poets are Australian.

English as well as American, i ancient as well as modern. There are the Bard of Avon. Dryden, Wordsworth. Frost and, among contemporaries, such men as Hoffenstein, Nash. Morley, Bishop.

Heri bert and, though men predominate, i such women as Dorothy Parker. I Margaret Fishback. Pcrsis Greely Anderson and Mildred who for various reasons is my favorite. The notes a too solemn word for such humorous comments come handily at the end and take up some 80 pages, some of them hilarious. I'm not sure but what the editor saved his loudest laughs for this section where he performs a great variety of services for the reader.

He reveals, for instance, that "Wot cher'' begins one of the best songs in "H.M.'S. Pinafore" and is also used by Cree Indians as a salutation. He recalls an anonymous variation of the famous "Sighted sub. sank "Sighted sub; Glub, Ogden Nash's "liquor-is-quicker" rhyme, he recalls, was used a century and a half ago by Richard Sheridan, though he says Nash didn't know it cither way, it sort of puts Nash on the spot: exonerated of copying, he stands convicted of ignorance. McCord also pays earnest tribute to Franklin P.

Adams of "Conning Tower" fame. Among a thousand other things, ne prints this mock-Latin verse; I Civile, si ergo, Dine Out Fortibus es in cro. Nobile deus trux. Dine With Vatis inem? Causan dux." t's'" 1 ff you need help, English equivalent' starts out: "Sec. Willy.

see her go. Forty busses in a row i jKimes in Texas? I HOUSTON, Nov. 22. iff; A search for Matt Kimes, wanted for bank robbery, was spurred here to- 1 night by the report of a Texas i City, man that he was in that i area Tuesday night 763 HICKORY, ABILENE Yes Sir! a real identical shoe stylet for father and son. Both have all the style, comfort and wearing qualities that Wmthrop always stands fof.j Dad For Son THORNTON'S Shoes for all the family SHOES Tailored with an eve to comfort! Wool fabrics to give the wear! Boy's Suits There's no shortage of good looking, carefully tailored suits for boys at Thornton's! For here are the suits that boys like tailored with an easy youthful fit from tweedy woolens that look, and wear, best on fellers from 6 to 20.

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