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TV LOG PAGES 12 and 13 Slir Haro Nms-Snbmtr CITY EDITION LVIII I'P PrtM WACO, TEXAS. SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1954 -22 PAGES Dispatch Enterprise Association NUMBER 130 Riddled French Forces Ordered To Hold or Die HANOI. April 2 of but outnum- Freneh forces threw theiri issued last reserves into the cnim-1 BLISTERING OVERSIGHT PITTSBURGH. April 2- UP in suburban Sewickley and Waynesburg had to tour the streets on foot Thursday night to be sura everyone complied with the law and got rid of their 1953 license plates. Somebody forgot to get 1954 plates for the police Waco Voters Will Choose bling defense of Bien Phu Friday night with orders to die rather than yield an inch to the attacking Red army.

Col. Christian de Castries, com- M.M. Skinner Dies After Long Illness division had stormed into the western defenses and lunged within 1,000 yards of the eart of the fortress. expect all troops to die on positions assigned to them rather than retreat an de Castries told his men. His order, radioed to French headquarters here, reflected the desperation of the 11,000 French Union defenders at the end of the third day of an all-out assault by some 40,000 Communist troops.

De Castries reported to Gen. Henri Navarre, commander in Simplicity, Faith Mark Last Rites The triumphant faith of Christianity by which Andrew Joseph Armstrong lived and labored for 81 years keynoted his simple tK.t h. h.rf hi. i funeral service Friday after- i chief here, that he had ordered nts staff officers, cooks, pilots of in shrine he built at Ba. i grounded planes "and all other auxiliary personnel' into the fight.

The last meager reserves were Murrell M. Skinner veteran Waco real estate dealer, nese war was roaring toward a died at 12:15 p. m. Friday climax. at his home, Austin -----------------------------------------Avenue, after a long illness.

Funeral will be at 2:30 p. m. Mondav at Central Christian Church. Rev Clyde Sherman and Rev Robert Brown officiating, burial in Bold Springs Cemetery. Surviving Mr.

Skinner are his midow, Mrs. Georgia Skinner, and two brothers. W. N. Skinner of Waco and Isaac Temple Skinner of Phoenix.

Arir Born in West, Mr. Skinner had been in the real estate business in Waco 43 years. His father, E. D. Skinner, was also a real estate dealer.

He was formerly president of the Waco Real Estate Board, and wa? a member of Central Christian Church. Tax on Trade Stamps Killed By Committee AUSTIN. April 5 Senate 1,000 Girls Here Today For Meeting About 1.000 Central Texas girls are expected to register Saturday morning for the annual convention of Area 8. Future Homemakers of America at Waco Hall. Sixteen Central Texas counties will be represented at the convention.

Registration will begin at 9 a m. with Lorena and Bruceville- Eddy chapters in charge Moody. Chilton and Rosebud chapters will be hosts for the convention. Musical riven from A musical prelude will be by the Baylor ROTC band trom 9:30 to 10 a. m.

The first general session will open at 10 a. m. with Faye Stone of Fairfield, president. residing Geraline Walker of state recording secretarv. St ate ittee" killed to-1 will give the invocation.

Dr. W. ft. dav a House-approved tax on trad- hite. president of Baylor Univer- ing stamps and postponed further sitv A.

R. Downing, assistant su- actton until Mondav and Gov. perintendent of Waco schools. Mrs. 25 million dollar tax plan J.

W. Thornton of Area for increasing salaries of teachers 8 mother, and Miss Ann Pierson and state emploves. of Baylor University will give would increaaa taxes on greetings Several hundred persons colleagues on the Baylor faculty. University trustees, philanthropists, students, civic leaders and other I admirers of Dr. Armstrong--gathered in the Armstrong Browning Library tor the final formal tribute.

Dr. body lay in state in a gray metal casket topped bv a spray of red roses in the marble entrance of the library until time to start the service. Never was a funeral setting more appropriate, for the beautiful building was the crowning physical achievement of the man whose earthly remains lay there. The organ prelude to the funeral, I a series of spirited Christian victory hymns, carried out the over- i tone of triumph that fitted the life of Dr. Armstrong.

The Foyer of Meditation, Its rich wood panels and marble columns rising to two-story height, comfortably contained the crowd as the afternoon sunlight streamed in I through tall, leaded windows. Here was the room designed under Dr, Armstrong's meticulous eye as "the most beautiful room in the An oil portrait of him looked across the way to an oil portrait of his literary idol, the English poet Robert Browning. Dr. Armstrong's casket was rolled to position before the Cloister of the Clasped Hands In the See RITES. Page 21 School Trustees Today W.

E. DARDEN C. V. ANDERSON R. D.

FISHER REV. G. J. JOHNSON The bill beer. The trading stamps were struck from the bill at a hearing after tha House sponsor of tha tax.

Rep. Sara Chambers of May. said he did not desire to speak for the measure. The committee then on voice vote struck tha stamps from the measure. ladies can go home now and fill your books and leave us to i 2: Hillsboro, area song leader, and our troubles." Committee Chair-; Nancy Porter of Abbott, district 2nan R.

A Welnert of Seguin told leader. Special music will aome opponents. hf given by the Bobby Soxers of The stamps are used by stores Waxahachie. Janis Taylor. Rose to promote Business.

Given to cus- Marv Wilkins. Carolyn Stoker, tomers with their purchases, they and Linda redeemed for premiums. Hughes. Mary Ellen McCarter of The House added the tax to the five two piano solos. Mrs.

Maurine McNall. consultant In home and family life education for Waco Public Schools, will give the principal morning address on the subject. I Were a Future Homemaker Sing Songs Leading the sings-songs during the morning will be Annette Jones Other girls on the morning pror- rram Include Donna Kinard of Marlin. Janis Justice of Cleburne, governor's tax plan with an amendment from the floor Just before the bill was passed and sent to the Two amendments were submit- 'See 1.000 GIRLS. Page 2 ted on the proposed tax on gas ---------------------production.

As sent from the House It would increase the tax of market a TOIlt value to 9 06 per cent- It was es- Navy Veteran Seeks Data On. Dead Father A 27-year-old Fort Worth Navy veteran, who never saw his father alive, today is searching alone to find out who his father was and what he did in all those years. About the only communicaUon Johnnie Jeffries had from his fa- ther was during the nine years he spent in the Navy. The father sent him a billfold, but gave no indict; tion where he was living. Johnnie didn't know his father was alive until he was a young man.

He saw him for the first tune Thursday in and Marshall Funeral Home Hillsboro. His father, Carl 53, was injured March 14 when his car turned over 10 miles east of Waco on the Corsicana Highuay. He was released from a Waco Hospital Tuesday and went back to Hills- U. S. Leaders Mourn Death Of WASHINGTON.

April Hoyt S. Vandenberg, one of the chief architects of atomic air power, died Friday of cancer in Walter Reed Army Hospital. Military and other leaders mourned the death of the former Air Force chief of staff, whose wife, son and daughter were at his bedside when tha end came at 1:05 p. m. Vandenberg.

who retired last year as Air Force chief, had been ill since 1952 and underwent major abdominal surgery that year. He returned to Walter Reed hospital last Oct. 3. The nature of his Illness never was disclosed officially before his death, but it was known he had cancer of the prostate gland that spread until it claimed nis life. Air Force Secretary Harold E.

Talbott said the handsome. 55-year- old general had been a "great airman and prime architect of today's powerful air arm." Gen. Nathan F. Twining, who succeeded Vandenberg as chief of Employment Fall Fight to Keep Now Leveled Of! WASHINGTON. April 2 -Unemployment over the nation failed to show an expected decline in March but administration officials said today the fact that it increased so little was encouraging.

The Census Bureau estimated the number of jobless in March at vaiue to per cent, it wa? es- night anfl diea Tnursda ttmated to bring about 14 million ritiiitinr I tal there. He is listed dollars a year. 1 OHlOrrOW traffir McLe boro, where he worked at odd jobs, and got a room. He became ill night and died Thursday in a hospi I as the 16th McLennan County ardlow Lane. Center.

I TTie Centra! warmup from Miled the levy-rank discrimination the last cold front is to against the gas and pro- cooled off stain Sundav Marshall and Marshall learned he posed instead a direct tax of two- front from Canada is scheduled hJd a fifths of one cent per 1.000 cubic to hit -and there was still no ram feet on gas after the liquid hydro- forecast thf h.v. removed. Th, mounIM, mother and a 6.10 inches Friday and the best moisture prediction was fog this morning in South Texas which scheduled to get to Waco. Partly cloudy weather, a high of 85 and a low of 55 was predicted for Waco today. puts the tax where it be picked up by the long it least, a good said He estimated "5 per cent would be passed on to the lines lt 75 ill he La ne hls proposai would ra se more than 16 million dollars a vear.

Sen. A. M. Aikin Paris, proposed an amendment to gradua te the per cent rate downward to 8 06 per cent at the end of one year and to 7.06 at end of the second year. "Production of gas is going up and price la going up." he sald.

that continues, ralse See TAX, Page 2 THE WEATHER Dial 5 11 Saturday: Sunset tonight at tomorrow at 6:14. 43 8. JR a. S3 9:90 am. aa SR 23-90 p.m......

73 ISA 77 pm 7 Si IS 8 SP p.sa. 0 TP 7 SO p.m......... ft Willie Jeffries, also live in Fort Worth. Willie was bom in Waco when the father worked as a boilermaker in the railroad yards here. Unable to find any information See VETERAN, Page 2 See Page 10 Final Ice Shows Are on Tap Today As expected.

Holiday on Ice had its best night of its stand in the Coliseum Friday, with more than 4.000 on hand to witness the giant medley of production number, comedy, and individual blade stars. The ice spectacle sponsored by the Baylor Bear Club has its two final performances scheduled for Saturday, a matine at 2:90 and the evening show at 8 o'clock. For the matinee all public school children, of whatever grade, will be admitted for 75 cents. Tickets are available at the trailer at Sixth Street and Austin Avenue and will be on sale at the Coliseum box office. MAN BITES DOG IS STILL NEWS EL PASO, April AP Mrs.

Dennis Kaufman took the family puppy to a veterinarian for a rabies injection today after her son Dennis, 3, bit the dog's tail. pooch might remember Dennis bit him and bite she said. Former Waco Resident Dies John Dwight Hanna of Houston, former Wacoan and brother-in-law of Mrs. H. H.

(Jinx) Tucker, died in Crockett Friday afternoon. Funeral nervices, to be held in Waco, are pendig, Compto's Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Hanna suffered a heart attack Wednesday while making a business call in Crockett and died in a clinic there. He was a traveling representative for a pharmaceutical firm.

Mr. Hanna made his home In for about 20 years, moving to Houston to accept a sales territory about eight years ago. He suffered one other heart attack last year. He Is survived by his widow, of Houston; one son, Thomas Louis (Tommy) Hanna of Chicag; three brothers: two sisters, and one granddaughter. His older son.

J. D. Hanna was killed in a training plane accident at the local air base during the war. .3,725,000, or 54,000 more than the ,3.671.000 in January. This was the smallest increase among unemployed in six months and the Commerce Department said it appeared the job situation had off." The total of jobless, however, is the highest in four years.

Employment Jump The civilian "labor was calculated at 63.825,000, with 60,100.000 actually employed, an increase of 45.000 from February. 5.875.000 and non-farm employment declined 126,000 to 54.225,000. The labor force is defined as those working or looking for work. This figure is constantly changing. For example if a student leaves school to look for work, he becomes a part of the labor force, and until he finds a job is classed as unemployed.

Both Can Increase Thus it is possible for the nunv crease, while the number of un- ber of employed persons to in- employed also increases. While it appeared that the jobless trend had all but stopped in March, it remains to be seen whether an increase in employment will follow. There are now more than 2H million more peo- ile unemployed than was the case ast October when only 1,162.000 were counted jobless, the pojt war low. rsopj S. SS P.i pm pit a SP 84 rsep .......84 8 .30 SO St i SO 52 1 SO 53 FfHil 1 2 SO a a SS an.

gt SO 8R 4:80 S.SO a 42 mm 43 for Wsw sad vicinity (radios cloudy today, tonight and Sunday, cooler Sunday. High today 85. low M. Temperature: lighest 81 at 5 p. lowest 41 degrees at 6 a.

highest since Jan. 1: 94 degrees on March 10; lowest since Jan. 1: 19 degrees on Jan. 22: normal maximum this date 74 degrees. Rainfall: for 24 hours ending at 6:30 p.

none: total this month, none; normal this month 3.79; normal for year to date 8.19 inches: total since Jsn. 1 is 2.09 inches; accumulated deficiency 6.10 inches. The river stage today at 7:30 a. m. was 3.9 feet.

First quarter, April 9,11:05 p. m. Citizei IS 1 FIRST TO JOIN C. C. Maxey, left, explains the duties of officer for junior deputy sheriff Junior Silvia, 909 Church Street, Bertie Corey, 10B Cottonwood Street, Freddy Perry, Route 6, Ernest Robe 117 Garden Drive and Robert Lee Dorsett, 6A Border Street.

These boys were the irst to join Sheriff Maxey's junior deputy posse but plans include Jha recruiting of boys for tion oil over the county. Junior deputy be issued official badges, take an oath of office, and will take part in all kinds of activities. Sheriff Maxey is planning trips for the junior one to the state prison in to the jail, demonstrations of wtoponi used by peace officers. (Photo by John Bennett). Duval Jury Returns No Indictments SAN DIEGO.

Texas. April The outgoing Duval county grand jury reported Friday night it has found no basis for returning any indictments against county officials and charged Attorney General John Ben Shepperd and staff "refused to assist us." At the same time, Duval County Auditor W. Benson, formerly George personal bookkeeper. handed his resignation to Judge A. S.

Broadfoot, the retired Bonham jurist named to sit at 79th judge after Judge C. Woodrow Laughlln was ousted by the Texas Supreme Court. The grand jury reported to Broadfoot it had finished its work. It asked to be dismissed, and Broadfoot dismissed it. The foreman, J.

C. King of San Diego, read a three-page report sprinkled with criticism of Sheppard and his assistants. "They refused to assist us and at no time made available to us the documentary evidence which the attorney general In various news stories had stated ha had concerning violations of law by local officials in this the report said. Gets Boost More Wacoans have joined actively in the current municipal political iight to support city manager government in Waco, with 42 citizens making spot radio announcements to continue until the election next Tuesday, the campaign committee of the Waco Association for Good Government said Friday. The spot announcements on the radio stations are short statements from the citizens which urge ans to vote an the three charter amendments next Tuesday and keep city manager government in Waco.

The announcements are part of the extending campaign to defeat the latest effort to replace the manager form of government with a paid mayor elected at large and four aldermen elected separately by voters of the proposed four new wards. (Present city government consists of six aldermen from six wards required to live in the wards they represent but subject to the vote of all the people of Waco. Before this system went into effect, the six aldermen of the city manager government were elected separately by voters of the wards, a holdover from the last time Waco had a paid mayor form of government. This was changed by charter amendment to make the aldermen elected by all voters.) The 42 citizens who endorsed city manager government and have been making the spot radio announcements for city manager government are: Dr. Maurice Barnes, 1310 Austin Avenue; Roger Conger, Up to 6,000 Expected To Cast BaDot About one qualified voter in every four will go the polls in the Waco Independent School District today to elect two school trustees for six-year terms.

Best estimates of political guessers is a total vote somewhere between 4,000 and 6,000. At the top figure, that would represent about 25 per cent of the qualified vote. It also would equal the total vote? in the last school election two years ago when there were nine candidates for three of the unpaid jobs. This year there are four candidates for two lobs. They are C.

V. Anderson, 2717 Live Oak Avenue, owner and manager of Waco Printing and Stationery W. E. Lake Shore Drive, president of W. E.

Darden Lumber R. D. Fisher, 2102 Summer Avenue, business manager of Local 622 of the Union; Rev. George J. Johnson.

1215 South Second Street, pastor of Second Street (Negro) Baptist Church. Open at 7 a. m. Polls open at 7 a. m.

and closa at 7 p. m. Saturday with returns made at the school administration building. Fourth Street and Webster Avenue. The two men who receive tha highest number of votes in Sta- election will serve on tha school board.

The two new members will officially take office on May 1, but will probably be sworn in at the regular school board meeting on April 21. Waco District All persons who live in the Waco Independent School District who hold a poll tax or exemption certificate may vote in the election. The number of the voting place is indicated on the poll tax receipt. A separate list at the bottom of this colum, location of the voting places. Voters must out with See CHARTER, Page 2 Ike to Address U.

S. Monday WASHINGTON, April 2 President Eisenhower will address the nation by radio and television at 7:30 p. m. cst Monday on domestic and international problems confronting the nation, the White House announced Friday. Presidential Press Secretary James C.

Hagerty said the extemporaneous half-hour speech will be a discussion of "concerns the American people have in international and domestic fields at this Hagerty said Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. will make a follow-up speech next Friday from 8 to 8:30 p.m. (cst), reporting on efforts to combat communism and proposing legislation to Red activity in this country. Hagerty said thw two speeches will be related and communism will be one of the topics. Public Housing Plan Killed As Eased Home Buying OK WASHINGTON, April 2 (M House tonight voted to kill President public housing proposals and then passed a bill carrying out many other parts of his overall housing program.

In a final, showdown roll call, capping a week-long battle. Southern Democrats and many Republicans teamed up to run up a count of 211 to 176 against plan for public housing. The President had asked for authority to build 35.000 units each year for the next four total of 140,000. The units are rented below costa to low-income families. with a government subsidy making up the loss.

Then the House passed a bill aimed at lower down payments and monthly payments for new or old homes or for home and a stepped up slum clearance program. The measure now gOes to the Senate. Both Democrats and Republican leaders in the House fought In vain to add authority for new public housing to the legislation. Southerners led the fight against the program, denouncing it as They said it "made the people wards of a bureaucratic state." Final passage of the housing bill came on a roll call vote of 352 to 36. The last roll call on public housing was op a Democratic motion to give the President just what he originally asked for.

Earlier, See HOUSING. Page 2 See VOTERS, Page 8 Connally, Mart La Vega Expect Close Races La Vega, Connally, and Mart ara expected to furnish the hottest races in the McLennan County School elections today. Five candidates are seeking two places on the La Vega board. Mart had six running for two places, and Connally, a controversial spot during the past year, has four men seeking two places. School elections will be held all over the county Polls will be located at the schools and will be open from 7 a.

m. until 7 p. m. except at West, where voting will be in the city hall from 7 a. m.

until 7 p.m. La Vega Is expecting a heavy vote. Candidates are Herbert Hanson of Old Corsicana Road. S. E.

Paine of 1213 Lewis Street, Marvin P. Pelton of Old Dallas Road. R. C. Toone of Orchard Lane, and Joe W.

Wilson of 1117 Maxfield Street. Mart has six candidates: W. G. Pool, W. E.

Graves, J. E. Lyles W. J. Berry.

Jack Wayland nd Vernon Stodghill. Three are to be selected for the school board. Murray Watson, an incumbent, had previously announced but withdrew. Barnes Lewis and Jack Hill art seeking re-elecUon at Connally. See RACES, Page 8 WACO VOTING BOXES LISTED Here are the locations of voting places for the school trustee election in Waco Saturday.

Box numbers correspond to those on poll tax and exemption The locations are at schools except where otherwise stated. Voting Box Location X. Fire Station, 11th, Columbus 2. Sanger, 18th and Sanger 3. Central, 4th and Webster 4.

Sul Ross, 901 South Seventh 5. Hill, 2020 Ross Waco Tech High, the Circle 7. Trinity Lutheran Church, 26th and Morrow 8. Prov. Heights, 2415 Bosque 9.

N. Junior. 2415 Cumberland 9-A. Lake Waco, 3005 Edna 9-B. Dean Highland, 1800 N.

33rd 10. East Waco, 409 Turner Nalley School, 1015 E. 7th 11. Brook Avenue, 720 Brook 12. North Waco, 2015 Alexander 12-A.

West Junior High, 1415 West 15. J. E. Batson home, Hwy. 67 J.

E. Batson home, Hwy. 67 Nalley School. 1015 E. 7th Service Memorial Methodist Church, 3600 Memorial Dr.

Service Memorial Methodist Church, 3600 Memorial Dr. 34. Gurley School, 3805 S. 3rd. 16.

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