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CLASSIFIED ADS Dial PO 'Starts the Day on the South Plains' ubbock orning A valanche Thirty-Third Year, No. 135 40 Today Lubbock, Thursday, April 7,1955 as Secuod Oats Mattel at Use Poat at Lubbock. Texas, under Act at Marcb I. 1879 Full Leased Wires: (AP), (UP) and (INS) Storm-Ravaged North Texas Mops Up Damage In Millions One Dead, 27 Hurt; Winds Hit Sherman (By Tft Assov utted Press) A section of North-Central Texas mopped up and counted property damage in the millions of dollars late Wednesday following early morning tornadoes and severe windstorms which killed one man and left 27 persons injured. It was the worst storm of several in the last week or so that have kept citizens jittery in the upper half of Texas.

Heaviest Near Sherman Heaviest damage was in the heavily populated northern suburb of Sherman on the main highway leading to nearby Denison. Tornadoes whipped into the little communities of Buffalo Springs, Post Oak and Newport, all near Wichita Falls. Late Wednesday the Weather Bureau reported skies clear north and west of a line from Wichita Falls through Abilene to Laredo. The bureau said cloudy weather prevailed east and south of the line and although there was a possibility of scattered showers, no turbulent weather or further storms were in prospect for the state. Storm Not Tornado The storm in Sherman was listed as severe, not a tornado.

Heavy wind damage also was re ported at Bonham, Pilot Point and Sanger, and in the area of Henrietta and Jacksboro. Lesser damage was caused at numerous other towns and communities. Killed in a Sherman suburb was Lee Barnes, 60, an oil well drilling rig night watchman. He apparently was killed by flying debris. The estimate of millions of damage in Sherman came from Bob Weddle of the Sherman Democrat, after he surveyed the area.

Homes Are Damaged Many homes were lifted from their foundations, some were unroofed and other hundreds suffered lesser damage. Pipes carrying na tural gas were broken. Blown-down signs littered the highways and TV antennas were bent. Perrin Air Force Base, near Sherman and Denison, suffered the worst damage in its history Two C47 type planes were lifted and smashed into a building and a third was tom from its moorings and rolled across a lawn. Two large hangars suffered roof damage and other buildings were battered.

See SEVERE WINDS Page 10 Ridg way'Bucks' Manpower Slash Special Church Services Slated Revivals will continue. Communion services will be conducted and a cantata will be sung tonight, Maundy Thursday, as Holy Week activities continue in Lubbock churches. The Chancel Choir of First Christian Church will present to Calvary" (J. H. Maunder) at 7:30 p.m.

today at Lubbock View Christian Church, in joint observance of Maundy Thursday by the First Christian and Lubbock View Christian congregations. The Rev. Harry Purviance. pastor of Lubbock View Christian Church, will preside. The Rev.

Dudley Strain, pastor of First Christian Church, will offer Com- See CHURCH MEETS Page 10 HAIL, WIND AND elements struck with violent fury over a wide swath of North Texas early Wednesday morning, leaving one dead, damage in millions. Above, left, is shown all that remains of the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Saltsman of Sherman after tomadic winds struck that city. Both Mr.

and Mrs. Saltsman were injured. At right, hail is shown pelting downtown Wichita Falls, leaving a blanket of white. View of Scott Avenue looking north from 7th Street was typical during storm. (AP Wirepnotos.) Need Is Cited For More Men To Curb Reds SCIENTIST DOUBTS MYSTERY OBJECTS ARE METEORITES 'Fireball'Hits Earth Near Hobbs Cigarette Tax Given Boost By JOE BENHAM JUSTIN, April 6 huge tax (By The united Dr.

Lincoln La Paz, director of led seeing a dark ball with a blue ALAMOGORDO, N. April 61 the University of New in-tail smack into the earth near ax fourth mysterious of meteoritics, said a mete- Hobbs, not far from the Texas- plunged to earth in southern New Mexico late Wednesday and a University of New Mexico scientist said he was sure it and three earlier fireballs were not meteorites. orite fall seldom spreads itself over more than 10 miles. He said chances of two falls in the same area about the same time are Earlier, a Hobbs resident report- CHURCHILL PLANS PARLIAMENT RACE program expected to pay most of the billion dollars in bills during the next two years approval of the House Revenue and Taxation Committee Wednesday night. The bill includes all tax laws and calls for increases of one cent per gallon in the gasoline tax.

one cent per package in the cigarette tax. IVz cent per gallon in the diesel fuel tax, and heavy increase in icense fees for beer and wine distributors and retailers. Voice Vote Approval came by a close voice vote after brief but bitter wrangling over the section raising the gasoline tax. Rep. Stanton Stone of Freeport, author of the.

bill, said he expected it to bring in about 41 million dol- ars of the estimated 50-55 million revenue needed for two years. Stone said the House could add new taxes or change the size of the proposed tax increases when Race With Russia Queen Calls On Eden To Become Britain's 42nd Prime Minister An- Bv TOM OCHILTREE ondon, April 6 sir thony Eden confidently should ered complex new burdens today as 42nd Prime Minister while his time-bowed predecessor, Sir Winston Churchill, wept upon leaving No. 10 Downing St. Cheers echoed for them both, but those for Churchill earned emotional impact of sentiment and sorrow. of America and foe of his first AF Making Gains In See NEW TAXES Page Here Is Sttil Another Reason That Mothers Turn Grey SAN ANTONIO, April 6 tfV-A woman called police today to complain that a man was causing her youngest son to drink and run around all the time.

old is your son?" the police asked. 50," the wroman replied. 1955-56 CALENDAR IS APPROVED School Board Okays Summer Program, Hires 27 Teachers By JOHN CAVANAGH Avalanche 8taff Writer TTMPLOYMENT of 27 additional teachers, approval of the summer and pre-school programs and expansion of the vocational agriculture project farm featured a meeting of the Lubbock Independent School District trustees held Wednesday in the Caprock Hotel. With an estimated enrollment of 19,277 for 1955-56 school year, the board was told in the report of Nat Williams, superintendent of schools, that 733 teachers would be needed. The board elected 27 for regular assignments and okayed budget assignments for 30 contingent teachers.

84 To Be Added To Staff Williams reported that as of April there were 656 teachers in the system but as recommended for next year the total would be 733. The number of the personnel employed at present including executives, nurses and teachers is 706, but for the coming school KFYQ A mc -J year the total will be 790, an increase of 84 over the 1954-55 See SCHOOL BOARD Page 10 (By The United WASHINGTON, April 6 The Air Force ie making progress" in a life- and-death race with Russia to develop an inter-continental ballistic missile against which there would be almost no defense, Gen. Nathan F. Twining said Wednesday. Twining, Air Force chief of staff, also reported good progress in the development of an atomic-powered airplane.

He said such a plane would have range" and would flight." Twining and Air Force Secretary Harold E. Talbott testified before the Senate Military Appropriations subcommittee in favor of the new $34 billion defense budget. The Air Force would get a major sharfc of the billion. speech in the House of Commons as Prime Minister to praise of the 80-year-old statesman who guided him to the political heights. He made the speech less than four hours after receiving from Queen Elizabeth II the mandate to form a government in succession to The new 57 the youngest in three the House that Churchill will be a dominant figure among Churchill remains a member of the House oi Commons, but he did not attend the session today.

Could Become Duke Churchill unquestionably could have a dukedom with a nod of his head. But the old warrior intends to stay on as an elder statesman in the Commons. The center of his life for 55 years. In a letter to his constituents at Woodford, Essex, he said only old age forced him out of the prime ministry and he will run again for his place in Parliament at the next general election. That was the brightest note, even for his Laborite opponents, in this somewhat somber day.

Election speculation swept the country as the change in leadership was completed. Talk as to dates ranges all the way from May 26 through this fall. The government must call an election before October, 1956, when its 5-year term ends. own words to his constituents strengthened a belief the voting will come soon. Churchill addressed his letter to John Harvey, chairman of the See CHURCHILL Page 10 GOOD MORNING! In Today's Paper Wins Divorce Anne Francis won divorce from spouse Wednesday, saying he care for actors.

She got twin bed in settlement. Story Page 10, Sec. 1. McCarthy's Mad Sen. McCarthy asks perjury action against Stassen after committee probe on aid setup.

Page 1, Sec. 2. Schoolboy Play Lubbock High invades Borger today to open District race. Other sports news Page 6-7, Sec. 2.

Page Sec. Complete Sports 6-7-8 2 Editorial Page 8 Radio, TV Programs 15 0 Comic Dictionary: Experience: The only teacher that die teat first and the lesson later. ANNE FRANCIS She Won Her Argument Page Sec. South Plains Oil News 7 3 Today's Page This Comics 6-7 5 Burglar Doesn't Get Kitchen Does Take Bathtub Where was the kitchen sink? In a burglary at 502 Ave. thieves hauled out $250 worth of furnishings including a bathtub.

In another break-in, at Sax Moore Service Station. 1002 Ave. a thief apparently cut his finger after breaking a glass and gave up before entrance had been gained. Blood was found on the window. New Mexico line.

Earlier reports told of a green fireball in the Roswell area and another one near Lordsburg in the far southwestern corner of the state. Authorities at White Sands Proving Grounds and Holloman Air Force Base said they discharged no rockets within two hours of the time the fireballs were reported to have been sighted. Fall Called is a record," said Dr. La Paz, shortly before the fourth fireball streaked to earth. We believe from reports we have it narrowed from the many reports of sightings to three.

But they were seen within a very few minutes of each other. That is very much less time than the last big rash sighted over the Southwest in November, 1951. At that time 13 were sighted within 10 days." From the many sightings reported of objects, La Paz said he concludes there was one over southeast New Mexico, one over south central New Mexico and one over southwest New Mexico. W. F.

(Bill) Watson said the Hobbs fireball fell more than a quarter of a mile from the Hobbs-Carlsbad and added that it was dark color with a blue tail, not quite as large as a basketball." Watson, a resident of Hobbs, said the fireball caught his eye as he was driving west on the high- See FIREBALL HITS Page 10 (Compiled From Avalanche Wires) ASHINGTON, April Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway disclosed today he believes the Army should have more rather than less men to give it better striking power in the face of a worsened Communist threat. The Army chiei of staff also warned that the Soviet army is prepared to undertake war with little while U. S.

ground forces could not continue such a struggle beyond a period of time" without expansion. Ridgway made his statements before the Senate Military Appropriations subcommittee. Under persistent questioning he said he bowed to the decision to cut Army manpower but the reasoning on which he originally opposed it not altered." Ridgway told the subcommittee the reduction was not recommended or concurred in by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Further Drops Slated The Army had about 1,300,000 men at the start of this year, is down to around 1,270,000 now, and is scheduled to drop to 1,027,000 by the middle of 1956. Under questioning, Ridgway said he had recommended that the Army be held at 1,300,000.

recommendations, while this was in the debate stage," the general said, of course made from the military point of view. I recognize fully that the civilian authorities of the government who make the final decision have many factors other than the military to consider. It was their decision that reduced to the fig ures you have before you." Budget Under Consideration The subcommittee is considering the $34 billion defense budget for the 1956 fiscal year beginning July 1. The share of the budget is around $7 billion. The Air Force would get the biggest than billion.

Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Air Force chief of staff, said that will be adequate to meet Air Force needs, athough Russia has made notable and surprising advances in planes and weapons in the last year that definitely threaten American security. Twining aso said the U. S.

Air Force is being built up ahead of schedule and stay ahead," emphasis on quality, nuclear weapons and guided missiles. Reds Developing Missile He said Russia is known to be working on an intercontinental guided missile and has developed a new heavy jet bomber squarely in our direction." The projected cutbacks in the Army have stirred up more controversy over the defense budget than any other issue. Acting Sec. of the Army See SO LONS ARE Page 10 AERIAL A-BOMB EXPLODES SIX MILES This doughnut shaped cloud, like a smoke ring blown by Hercules, formed the sky six miles above the Yucca Flat testing grounds after test of an anti-aircraft atomic device. Hie nuclear missle dropped from a B-36 was exploded higher than any in the Nevada tests.

The picture was made by the AEG from the Yucca Flat control point. (AP Wire photo.) Brummett Clashes With Traffic Juvenile Licensing Board 'Fired' Here By JACK COATS Avalanche Staff Writer smouldering fire resulting from Taylor Claimed Set For Ridgway's Job United WOfTWn (Otlvkf Hllbby For On Record Matthew B. Ridgway as Army chief of staff when he steps down in August, the Daily Oklahoman said tonight. The newspaper story quoted oth- erwis eunidentified Washington sources." It has been speculated that Ridgway would be replaced by Gen. Alfred M.

Gruenther, supreme Allied commander in Europe. MEXICO CITY, April Josefina Ve 1 a Martinez sought a divorce from her convict husband Fernando Wednesday because of his criminal record. She filed suit from her cell in the penitentiary here where she has been serving a stretch of her own since the day of their marriage. a long standing rift between County Judge Dudley Brummett and the juvenile licensing committee of the Lubbock Citizens Traffic Commission burst into flames Tues day afternoon when Judge Brummett the licensing board lock, stock and barrel. Judge action was made public during a meeting of the board when the judge handed W.

E. Medlock, chairman of the group, a copy of a letter which Judge Brummett had mailed to A B. Watkins, a member of the commission. Letter Is Revealed The letter said, in part: a member of the juvenile licensing board and as an associate member of the Lubbock Citizens Traffic Commission and as county judge of Lubbock County, whose duties are fixed by statute, it is my considered opinion and judgment that the present procedure of the juvenile licensing board of hearing, passing upon, recommending the issuance or non-issuance of licenses upon applications made, be discontinued." Last night, Judge Brummett issued a statement to The Morning Avalanche in which he claimed that he took his unusual action in abolishing the board because, according to him, state statutes gave him authority to decide the licenses. He also asserted that it had come to his attention that parents of juveniles who were refused licenses had either gone to nearby counties and obtained such licenses or that the juveniles were driving cars anyway.

Because he said he believed the juveniles were going to drive anyway he believed denial of such licenses in most cases proved against the juvenile. Brummett refused to elaborate chi his statement or explain why he thought juveniles who had been refused approval of a license by the board should be permitted to drive a car. The handing of a copy of Bnim- letter to Medlock set ttff a See JUVENILE BOARD Page 16 AT SIX MILES UP Aerial A-Bomb Flames In Sky TRIO IN NEW YORK ESCAPES WITH $305,243 Churches Asked To Send Easter Plans Churches, what are your Easter plans? So that the Avalanche- Journal can present as complete information as possible about Easter religious services. churches are requested to turn in information about visiting ministers, special music programs, Easter sunrise services, or other special activities planned for Sunday in addition to those ruguUrJy offered Chtrremrs asw tusked to mit this information by 5 p.m. today.

Record 'Cash Haul' Made In Bank Holdup N1 Bv HARRY McCARTHY EW YORK, April 6 Three bandits with a machinegun robbed an unguarded branch bank of more than $305,000 here Wednesday in the biggest bank robbery in recent U.S. history. It was the largest amount of cold cash ever stolen from a bank in New York, financial capital of the nation, although there have been larger robberies involving securities. Clerk Kidnaped The bandits struck at the height of the morning rush hour, kidnaping the chief clerk of the Chase-Manhattan branch bank on his way to work and forcing him to drive them to the bank, where they captured 10 other employes. Police said the tommygunner covered the cowed employes while his two Staffed f3tS.243.tT into sacks about the size of pillow cases.

The bandits escaped into teeming crowds around a subway entrance without a shot being fired. HENRY BABDENHAGEN Robbers Start With Him Police later found a blue Cadillac which they believed the gunmen had used abandoned near the spot where th: chief clerk was kidnaped. Scheme Well-Planned The holdup, which lasted more than 30 minutes, apparently was the climax of a well-thought out scheme which included intensive over a number of months. It was staged less than an hour after three thieves in white gloves and handkerchief masks held up a ninth floor jewelry firms in Manhattan and escaped with $100,000 worth of diamonds and $2,000 in cash. Police did not believe the two robberies were related.

Assistant District Attorney Thomas P. Cullen said the bank holdup have been an inside job," and pointed out that the gunmen knew most of bank employes and called several of them by their first See BANK HOLDUP Page 10 (By International Service) AS VEGAS, April 6 The highest atomic explosion ever staged by American scientists was fired about six miles above the Nevada desert today in a spectacular test of tfie safety and effectiveness of nuclear anti-aircraft weapons. The bomb was dropped from a B-36 intercontinental bomber and exploded at noon (CST) in a golden fireball so brilliant that observers more than 70 miles away in Las Vegas said watching it was like staring directly at the sun. Explodes At 80,000 Feet The Atomic Energy Commission said after the test that the bomb exploded at more than 30,000 feet. Although the AEC described the nucear as one of limited yield." or power, the blast was heard as two sharp cracks about 100 miles northeast of the test site at Caliente, and rattled windows gently in Las Vegas.

The rumble also was heard some 200 miles northwest at Tonopah, Nev. Officials at a control point on the Yucca Flat firing range, about 11 miles from zero." See AERIAL BLAST Page 16 UlEHTHEBl Weather Map, Pg. 5, Sec. 1 Lubbock and vicinity: Generally fair today. Cooler this morning with a low near 35 and a high near 70.

Southerly winds 15-20 miles per hour with no blowing dust of consequence. 1:30 a. m. 2:30 a. m.

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sets today 7:11 p. m. Maximum humidity minimum humidity humidity a tmldnight SOUTHWEST WEATHER Predpiti tion, high and low ror the 24 ending at midnight last night: City LClty II Abiiene 51 Ei Paso 49 Albuquerque 57 40 Houston 86 69 Amarillo 55 40 Okia. City .28 55 42 Dallas 53 Roswell (52 40 Decivar 50 32 W. .36 iS7 If.