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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 5

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4 A Wednesday Evening Jlnuary 3 1951 The Abilene Texoi Reporter-Newt Poge 5 Even Soviet Farm Tools Mobilized Hamlin Stamford Women Injured in Aulo Collisions TWINS BORN IN DIFFERENT YEARS ma BOULDER ColoJaa WT newly- born Starkey twins of Boulder will reach their birthdays on different -days ia different months and in different yean A son was bon te Mr and Mrs Starkey Sunday afternoon and along cams hla ais- -ter early Monday morning the first baby of tha new year in Boulder Wreck Injuries Kill Californian SNYDER Jan Robert Scott 25 Rialto Calif died Dee 29 ia a DaUaa hospital of wreck injuries officials here have been advised He waa fatally Injured Dee 21 when his car overturned after being sideswlped by another car whose driver did not stop The accident occurred 25 miles west of here on 190 His brother Frederick Scott riding with him also injured was released from the hospital Monday Smart Tinas Tack student Mrs MrCaaa and passenger la her car Mrs Jessie Burke of Stamford wars admitted to the Stamford Sanitarium Mrs Burk suffered back Injuries and Mrs McCann was suffering from lacerations and shock Smart waa treated for face cuts and released Three passengers in Smart's ear Patti Harris Sue Holmes and Bill Holmes an students at Texas Tech were treated for bruises and released Both automobiles suffered very heavy damage according to Patrolmen Bright and Craft Only one two-bllliooth part of tha heat given out by the sun la received hy the-earth Truman Solons Join In Prayer Service WASHINGTON Jan 3 JP-President Truman joined high officials of tha three branches of government ia special services today at the historic National Presbyterian Church where prayers were said for world peace and divine guidance for the new Congress EC STAMFORD Jan 2 Twe Stamford Highway- patrolman aaw one accident happen and chanced on the scene of another five minutes after had occurred Tuesday in tha Aspermoat-Hamlin-Ansofl area Patrolman Jerry Bright and Ray Craft were driving less than 100 yards behind one of the can involved in a crash less than a mile north of Anion city limits Tueaday afternoon Lillie Dutton of Hamlin who owns a beauty shop In Anson waa taken to Hendrick Memorial Hospital In Abilene after receiving preliminary treatment at a doctor's office In Anson She was suffering from two broken knee caps faeial lacerations and chest Injuries A 1941 Chevrolet sedan driven by Albert Muss Route 3 Stamford slipped off the pavement onto the shoulder skidded back onto the pavement and into the path of her 1949 Mercury sedan Mosa was treated at tha doctor's office for lacerations on the arm and released Both cars weer heavily damaged SKIDS ON PAVEMENT The second accident occurred about 52 miles east of Aspermont on Highway 380 at 5:35 pm A 1947 Buick sedan driven by Mrs Virginia McCann of Stamford skidded on the wet pavement rrossed into the path of a 1947 Buick sedan driven by Armand Scurry Clerk Named Auditor SNYDER Jan 3 'Jimmie) Billingsley re-elected county clerk for 1951 has been appointed first Scurry County auditor Pat Johnston for three years Billingsley's chief deputy waa appointed to serve out unexpired term which started Jan District Judge A Mausey of Sweetwater made the appointment to the newly crested office effective Monday Billingsley's salary was set at 34200 annually the same salary aa the county tax-assessor-collector receives Johnston 35 ia a Snyder native and a graduate of Snyder High School He attended Texas Tech in Lubbock for a year and aerved three and a half yeara In the Air Force and Infantry Ha is the son of Mrs A (Pat) Johnston and the late Mr Johnston who waa a Snyder merchant for 20 yeara He ia married and haa two children The county office was created in Judge Mausey'a court order of Dec 2k and wae deemed necessary because of Increasing property valuations In Scurry County The valuation now stands at 849 million By 1952 it la expected to reach 8100 million other natlone friendly and anfriend-ly Xa Its current Issue the Digest discusses tha military service and training program af the Soviet Union Among other things it says: No other country has such an Intensive alMnelurive program for military training average Soviet citian Uvea bis entire bfe In an atmosphere of military earns-alert" Small children in school learn early such phrases as "front" "offensive and "objeetlva Tha Russian Pioneer who in a peaceful land would be a Boy Scout ia taught rifle markmaaship and an-U-tank tactics All males who reach their 19th birthday are subject to conscription Only men over SO or those physically unfit are exempt from military service Even when over 50 a man may be recalled for emergency duty fat home defense units Periods of active duty range from two to five years but men often are retained well beyond that tlma When released from active duty a Russian becomes a reservist with yearly refresher courses Russian law nominally excludes from military service persons In prison but In World War II hundreds of thousands of combat and service troops were drawn from prison labor camps Ruasia drafts women in wartime About two million between the ages of II annd 25 were in the Soviet Army during World War II with many accrpted on voluntary basis for combat service The Red Army the nat-ural skills and background of certain ethnic or regional tBe Digest continues make excellent cavalrymen Caucasians are usually assigned to mountain units Siberians are likely to serve with ski troops' Russia trains her troops under special conditions in the Caucasus and Tadzhikistan Mountains in the Central Asian desert in the swamps and forest of the Pripet marshes and the Tundra country of the north The Digest says the entire training program la designed to produce hard-hitting nigged soldiers Integrated Into well-organized cohesive combat Throughout his training the Soviet soldier strongly tamped with a harsh type of USSR he ia forbidden to associate with foreigners Technical training la inferior to that of Western armies but the Red Army oMIer'a care of weapon! and equipment la relatively good The typical Soviet non-commissioned officer ia described aa a Communist-Indoctrinated individual who obeys orders prompt' ly Ha haa good staying power and hla morale ia usually good" Tha Rad Army officer goes first through military preparatory schools then progresses through various service schools to what corresponds to tha United States National War College the Voro-schilov Higher Military Academy During hla military career the Soviet officer ia exposed to constant political propaganda designed to make him u( enthuaiaatle supporter of communism But Russia doesn't take any chance He la watched constantly hy hla commanders hla brother officers and secret police for any deviations from the party line WASHINGTON Jan 1 tit-through farm horses and tractors and up through all the 212 million people is fitted late the war mobilisation blueprint of the Soviet Union An official American military publication The Army Information Digest says Russia has geared its entire military and civil structure for rapid woblll ration whether it be open or aesret general or partial mobilisation (At present Russia is estimated to have an armed force strength of about 4 million This compares with an estimated peak atrongth of about 12 million during World War Of her present strength more than three million may be In the army) The Army Information Digest fa published to familiarise American officers and enlisted mn with plans policies and happenings la the American Army and ia Western Collonoil Begins Expansion Over Wesi Texas Construction of new cottonoU mill in Lubbock to begin this month is oat of the major projects in a large expansion program of Western Cottonoil Co In West Texas announced Tuesday by Ben Barbee executive vice preaident of the firm The company purchased approximately 440 acres of land in southeast Lubbock which is to be the site of the plant The plant Is to have a dally crushing capacity of 360 tons of seed and la to use the latest type of solvent extraction process for removing the oil from the cottonseed The firm also plans to add a large feed pen operation and a mixing plant to manufacture bulk feed-pen mixtures aa weU aa a fuU line of formula feeds The Abilene miU haa been a pilot plant for the new method of solvent extractions a process In which the Western CottonoU has pioneered A WUliami vice president said tha mixed feed plant production in Abilene has been stepped up to meet the demand' of consumers and that plans are on the drawing boards for additional food plants to serve West Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma Also icheduled for 1951 construction Is a solvent plant in Pecoi A manager and superintendent of the Lubbock plant ia to be announced later Peterman manager of the Plains district for the company said Weslex Pipeline To Refineries Due PITTSBURGH Jan 3 UB-Gulf OU Carp plans a 440-mile crude oU pipeline from West Texas to Its Gulf Coast refineries The 26-inch line would carry 300000 barrels a day and be complete early In 1952 Plans filed yesterday with petroleum defense officials said work would start by next faU The line would have a connection with the northbound crude lines in East Texas These extend to i fineries in the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region Gulf also disclosed a military service plan guaranteeing employes in the armed services half their base pay Dependents would get added benefits The plan provides a fuU pay for each employe entering military service plus all vacation time due or pay in lieu of vacation tlma A BARKER 14th year 11 chief Parker Renamed Rotan Fire Chief ROTAN Jan 1 (RXS) (Abie) Parker waa renamed chief of the Rotan Volunteer Fire Department at the annual elective meet held in the flremen'a hall Monday eveninf Chief Parker haa aerved 24 yeara with the local department and ia beginning hla 14th year aa chief Named asaiatant chief waa Eakina Renamed Captain No 1 waa Charlie Bennett: Captain No 2 Horace Arrington Named driven of No 1 truck were Willie Roe and Bailllo driven of truck no 2 Melvin Thorne and Chuck Shytles Dickie Pace non of fireman Bill Face and Mn Pace waa renamed Department Mascot Named aweet-heart of the department waa Diane Phillipe young daughter of fireman Robert Phillip and Mn Phillip Officer who were renamed in eluded Ted Underbill preaident Gene Wallace vice preaident Robert Philllpa aecretary-tnaaurer and Lester Minton aasiatant aee-retary-tnaaurer During the bualneaa aeulon the department voted to donate the exrem Chriaimaa charity funda of to the current Polio Fund Drive Police Name Sadler Honorary Patrolman State Repnaentative Harley Sadler already an honorary Texaa Ranger-waa made Patrolman Sadler of the Abilene Police Department Tueaday night The preaentation waa made at a dinner meeting of the Abilene Po- lice Aaiociation at the Drake Hotel Police Chief Raymond Eakina made the preaentation Sadler in turn praised the local Slice and wished them a safe ppy new year State Senator Pat Bullock of Colorado City who waa unable to attend the dinner was also made an honorary policeman Sadler holds a permanent bona fide commiasion aa a Texas Ranger It was presented to him in 1932 He said that so far as he knew he and Will Rogers were the only two to receive such cimmie-atons outside the Ranger organisation There have been other honorary commissions but not bona fide he said Thirty-three members of the police department attended the dinner Brother-in-Law Of Abilenian Dies Herschel Glass Georgetown merchant died of a heart attack in Dallas Tuesday He was a brother-in-law of Ed Wiahcamper 1450 Clinton St Abilene Mr and Mrs Wiahcamper will attend the ftineral which will be held Thursday afternoon in Georgetown No Extra Charge for emu IF YOU NEED GLASSES PAY AS LITTLE AS $1 A WEEK OFFICE OPEN WEEKDAYS TIL SATURDAYS TIL 6 DR FITZPATRICK Phone 274 124 Pine Abilene Tha REV CROWE te First Baptist Church New Church Official Here The Rev Marvin Crowe arrived here Tuesday night by plane to assume duties immediately aa educational director of tha First Baptist Church For the past alx years he has been educational director of tha First Baptist Church in Charlotte His wife and five children will come here late thla month to make their home Until their arrival the Rev Crowe la living at the Wooten Hotel bleating him at the airport last night were Dr James Sullivan church pastor Caldwell Tom Roberta Dallas Murphy and Clinton Murphy Eicoe Webb principal of North Junior High School haa been acting educational director since the resignation last May of Stroble Stroble went to a church in Mobile Ala The Rev Crowe Is a graduate of William Jewell College Liberty Mo and attended the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville Ky Mid-Century Review Printed in Paris PARIS Tex Jan I The Paris News published an 86-page mid-century review edition on New Year's Day Contrasting pictures showing the changes which occurred between 1900 and enlivened the seven-section special edition The pictures included some of the 1816 flue which left much of Paris looking like bombed Beriini A Neville longtime Texas newspaperman who is editor of the News contributed an article on the newspaper's history from its founding as a daily in 1885 A Mayse la publiiher and Cunningham managing editor Double Death Ruled Murder Suicide SAN ANTONIO Jan 3 W-Jua-tlre of Peace (Buck) Jones ruled murder and suicide Tuesday in the deaths of Mrs Agues Clark 48 and her former husband Alvin Gradon Foster Foster was found shot to death Dec 5 Mrs Foster found seriously wounded died shortly after midnight New Year's eve Jones said Foster shot Mrs Foster and then himself Shortages of materials for civilian output will grow The no hoarding order of course will prevent stockpiling of materials for civilian car and truck manufacture Some Industry sources expect this order to be followed helm long by an allocation program of even mm rigid stipulation That means controlled production Some industry experts believe production controls will be clamped on the auto civilian operations before many weeks of the new year have passed New Temporary Location HARRY HOLT Wool A Mohair Co 317 4th 8161 Hama Pk 7894 Office At Abilene hstsH Ca PRODUCERS LIVESTOCK AUCTION SALES MONDAY FRIDAY nnv 11 O'Occfc Ol Reamer 2 miles scat an now Mghwny 96 SALE Tbeadny ond Ykme4ay Hag Mn II am CnMtn IT nm ABILENE LIVESTOCK AUCTION COMMISSION Wham Inyev and SnRnr pMM lab McDanM Tam NawmOn 8441 42-8-4 Office 7714 7 Auto Shortage Due Despite Heavy Slocks of New Cars HERE ARE 4 REASONS WHY Bonded Diamonds ARE YOUR BESI BUYI i yw poyrm qvaiiiy am vauni i-m mmim omii onti ow hih cefeop coRloi ai arfacao ood conA walflMi ABILENE HOSPITAL PATIENTS Registered Optometrist leseliliUv efwwl 7 IriNieie pair fteline leek Mil Ml MMatinfL faetiiie Seek i iti Of- i natcM Maaat- a waaw Sineticby 6ia ia Ail 14 kay kl Y0 OCT MSOLUn SATISFACTION! 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THIS IS THE STRONGEST GUARANTEE EVER AND IT'S IN WRITING TOO I DETROIT Jan 1 (AV-Civilian auto production may not be completed halted this year but a new car shortage ia a virtual certainty And it may be only a few months away It -will coma despite the fact last output of approximately eight million can and trucks waa more than tha market actually needed It will come even with more than half a million unsold new passenger can in the field as the new year gets under way "But tor the Korean hostilities field stocks now would be so gnat a production slowdown would have coma automatically However defense contracts now are pouring in on the car makers They already total In excess of a billion dollan for tanks aircraft aircraft engines guns and other the things the industry built in huge volume during the last war While the arms contracts so far placed with the auto maken total only about one-tenth tha dollar volume of last civilian auto output more are coming Aa they come mm civilian production curtailment will have to be planned Already several companies have cut their production schedules The cutbacks are attributed to the diversion of certain materials to arms stockpiles These cutbacks mean an Immediate conversion to military work They do mean worker layoffs because conversion to work takes time Riles al Coteman For A Ray 89 COLEMAN Jan Funeral for Francis Anderson Ray 89 retired contractor waa bald Tuesday afternoon in the Stevens Funeral Home Chapel The Rev Karila Woolard pastor of the First Christian Church AM-leoc officiated Burial was in tha Coleman Cemetery under direction of Stevens Funeral Home Survivors Include the widow Moltie Ray a ion Roy Ray and daughter Borgia Ray all of Coin-man Mr Ray waa born March 17 1861 in Fayetttovllla Ark and came to Coleman County in 1900 Ha was a member of the First ChriitliA Tfhwrli CTolfinim The following patient were admitted to Hendrick Memorial Hospital Tuesday: Mrs Ernest Brownlow 1333 South Fourth SL Mrs Turner 625 Oak Mrs John Lang 1365 Pecan Kenneth Wayne (Pat) Horn 1241 Hollis Dr Mra Albrt Pearson 1817 Anderson Mi Iona Keltner McMurry College Sirs Warren 2025 South 19th L-loyd Groves Tuscola osier Route 4 James Nemlr 2050 Poplar Clark Sweetwater Mn A Smith 2226 Melrose Mn Cecil Proffitt 902 Westmoreland Mn Murphy Hermleigh Elina Rea Brewer Hamlin Lillie Dutton Hamlin McMuIlan 1134 WUHa Mn McNeely 140 South Second St Mn Kuykendall Clyde -Mrs 8 Bradbury 533 Peach Mrs Fred Crabtree BUI Patton Clyde Ernest Thompson Palace Hotel Mrs Gee 1017 Mesquite SL Mrs John Wilson Rule Mn Neaa Anson -Mrs Charles Floyd 1023 Mulberry Mrs Paul Remmera 1933 Vogel Ave Rita Ana Templeton Loraine Mrs IX Parr 1456 Boa Carrie Mae Brown 1040 Ash Mn James Bates 2100 South Second St Linda Kay Lovett 1041 South ReyfL Weldon 1010 Vine MnlH Cooley Rout 4 WU1 Wood 1751 Chestnut Mrs BiUie Dintinl 811 Grape Joss Harrison Tuscola in Helen Chaney 1101 Vic- Mrs Robert Taylor 1248 LUr lus The following patients were discharged at Hendrick Memorial Hospital Tuesday: Mra Kenneth Baccua and baby 1717 North Fifth St Mrs George Wesley Coughran and baby 2801 Hickory Mn Ernest Wright 2050 North Second 8t Mn A Plummer 1724 North Seventh Linda Earl 1142 South Seventh Mn Vinson 2042 Graham Shirley Mansell '1317 Sycamore Mrs Robert Markee 1372 Amarillo Curtis Thornton 1511 Oak Willie McCewan Abilene Mrs Ward Swenson -W A Eoff Ovate Mn A Col 3150 South 12th St Billy Guy Elliott Odessa Mike Spn berry Anson -Thedo Smith 531 Mesquite Robert Parka Snyder Rev A Duncan Graham The following patients were admitted to St Ann Hospital Tuesday Mn Bud Goodrich' 1360 Oak William Harold Hudgens 133 Barrow- Mn Aleta Sadler 1728 South Fourth St SilN Hampton 2038 Mesquite Sylvia Ann Sanches 900 Magnolia Hugh Bratton 832- North Eighth St Mrs Lawrence Hamilton 742 North 14th Mra Abbott 1832 North Second The following patients were discharged at St Ann Hospital Tueaday: 'r- Mrs James Creel Anson 'l Mn Lr Nelson 142 Graham Mrs Hodges Buffalo Gap Patsy Red wine Lubbock 1 WUliam Hpgh Taylor 1680 Ambler V- Donu Kay Haney Odens1 s' He at aa extra eaitf 3 Wenae la lki 14 Ik faWyn 'ST- lack IriM Mn -V- 'l -v ia 'f tl'-': tV -a iy--il -V i P5 a-4 6 fakalaai DimarKett Ml an 17 brMKael Ph 274 134 FIm 19S 1354 au or iui fiicis iNciiM A 1 1 'i j- i i 'a iiattd.

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