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The Courier-Gazette from McKinney, Texas • 1

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ffiatlp ourier ette 9 ITY SIXTH YEAR EIGHT PAGES ESTABLISHED' MARCH 41897 NEWS PICTURES BYNEA 'TELEPHOTO INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE ULL WIRE YO1J11 HOME TOWN for over SO YI1AIIS TltE GREEN LIGHTS ARE OX IX and COILIN' COUXT HE ST I ORWO ADVERTISING DOLLAR MXINNEY TEXAS RIDAY SEPT 4 1953 euds William peaii right CandicTNod Historic Old POTSDAM BONN RANKURT CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT 1 on Prayer for DAY WEATHER Internet! nnel yi her ice BRITISH RUSSIAN ZONE US? ZONE the oe Charge Against Judge Laughlin Is Disputed (Copyrighted 1052 A Nationld Council 'C Churche Reliriou eature) HERE TODAY Mr and Mrs Huff of Dallas were guests Tuesday night in the home of Mr and Mrs Laud Howell in this city scueoL Seymour State5 Maj 6enr Dean Top Ranking Powz Is reed By Communists ST AllNITADT MAfiMtuaa "By International NeWs Service The first norther of the season weeks earlier than usual moved 'Texas today drop ping temperatures and rain in abundant quantities By noon the chilled air and moisture was expected to have covered the entire Begin ning in the Rockiers the northermoved into Amarillo yesterday morning through Central Texas by mid afternoon and continued through Brownsville to the Gulf Temperatures dropped 20 de grees in most places The cool mass brought with it high winds and welcome rain from heavy showers to nearly three inches all along the way San Antonio where the cool front hit just before midnight was hard hit by nearly three inches of rain Ten families were evacuated from their east side homes where the water was reported ankle deep and police estimated there were 300 stalled cars during the height of the storm several underpasses and many lbw lying in tersections weer im passable when at least one dry creek bed jumped an estimated four feet during the rains Telephone officials reported that four southeast exchanges were when the storm soaked cables that had been exposed for repair work and gas company of ficials said water was seeping into gas main San Angelo and Laredo in the West and South Texas drought areas reported the most' moisture in those sections San Angelo got almost an inch and Laredo 224 inches North and East Central Texas have the heaviest rainfall so far Austin reported 215 inches ort Worth 153 College Station 212 Tyler 270 Lufkin 109 and Bon ham 235 McKinney received 202 Washington Sept 4 (INS) Sen Joseph McCarthy (R) Wis plans today to press Army Secre tary Robert Stevens for loyalty files involving civilian employes of the Inspection ComntandJinJJewJYQik McCarthy charted his course as his Senate Permanent Investiga tions Subcommittee wound up a four dry closed hearing in New York into alleged subversion in the military set vices The senator lelveled his sights on Stevens after Col Robert A Howard commanding officer of the inspection comand told the group that he he had the right to a Commu nist He voiced his opinion after Mc Carthy accused him of to the for failing to take the responsibility for "suspending an alleged Communist in his com mand McCarthy told newsmen that Col Howard said he regarded the decision "as a case for Stevens or Defense Secretary Juries Wil son to handle Administrators and teachers of the rural high school districts and common school districts will meet Saturday morning September 5 at 9 at the irst Christian Church in McKinney All teach ers and administrators of inde pendent schools are cordially in vited to attend On September 3 and 4 many of the teachers of the county will attend a 12 county workshop in Paris Mr Sam wysong and Mrs Henry of McKinney and Mr George Lacy of Princeton will serve as co chairman of there sec tional meetings bns VISITED MRS DAVIS JinMrs Jimmy Cra wfohd oof WfrtMted Mrst Thursday at Burrow SUNDAY GUESTS Mr and Mrs rank Burrus of Dallas Mr and Mrs Olin Cox of Grand Prairie Mr and Mrs Har eld Skaggs of Plano Mrs Olin Cox Jr and small daughter of Marshall were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs 'V McAdams an Mr and Mrs Cox Jr at Twin Bridges Local neace officers were the job again riday reporting the following arrests: Deputy Sheriffs Hester Lewis and Jim Standerfer went to ort Worth after AV A Shumaker charged with theft over $50 by felony warrant No 5660 They placed him in the Collin County' Prison Chief Alex Burks reports that City police picked up two Mexican men riday wanted by iinmigra tion officers for investigation for Illegal entry into this country They arc being held in the City jail for Immigration officers of Dallas Due to muddy grounds the de dication program to have been held at inch Park tonight has been cancelled indefinitely according to announcement by Capt Carl Mont gomery of the Quarterback club A nro'gram had been planned to dedicate the new multi purpose concrete slab which the Quarter back club built this summer However should the program be given at a later date announce ment will be made to that effect by Capt Montgomery MHHUtU ERUIT cttA MtsOtN New Orleans Sept 4 (1NS) Russell Tongay charged with manslaughter in the death cf his swim star daughter was arrested by New Orleans police today at the request of Miami authorities The Dade County la Sheriff's Office ordered the arrest follow ing a complaint by Miami bonds man Ajurray Goldberg who was in formed that Tongay' planned to en roll at the University of Mexico under the GI bill Goldberg said the $1000 bond insuring freedom until his trial is good only as long as the burly ex coastguardsman re mains in the United States Tongay was taken into custody this morning at a New Orleans tourist court His seven year old son Bubba was with him The former coastguardsman maintains his daughter Kathy died as the result of Injuries sus tained in a high dive at a Miami hotel pool Kathy and Bubba formed the famous swimming team before her death from severe in ternal injuries Meanwhile Attorney John Dau ber insisted that Tongay'S planned trip to Mexico is not flight in any sense of the word and there is no deception He knows he has to be back whenever his trial comes up and his whereabouts will be known to us at all times Assistant Dade County Solicitor A Drisslcr pointed out that the former coastguardsman has perfect right as an American citi zen to seek entry into Mexico if he wants Dressier said Tongay's arrest was ordered only after complaint Razing the old orest Grove Christian church began this week and as soon as weather permits erection of a modern new church edifice will begin The old church built about 1876 was one of the oldest clip rches in he cou ty being established in one of first settled communities The land wasdonatd by the late Elder Johnny McKinney who was the first minister to preach there Other early day ministers were Elders aulkner Horn Johnson and many others Rev A Snider of McKinney was pas tor for many years until the church closed 'spme fifteen years ago About three years ago it was re or ganized with a present member ship of forty eight By the time the new building is completed it is expected to have a new minister who will hold reg ular services The church grounds join the itzhugh cemetery one of the old est burying plots in the county Among the pioneer settlers at or est Grove were Jim ranef Aaron Snider and families Moses Wright William Kerr the Coffeys itz 'hugns'TMeKrnneys Kerbys and many other families Many scendants of these old families still reside in the county The new church will be a frame building thirty by forty six feet and 'will be occupied by several class rooms as well as main audi torium unds for the construc tion have been raised mostly by donations from friends and mem bers Much of the lumber from the old building is also being sal vaged Bush Dodson is general chairman of the building commit tee while A Dungan is head of the carpenter work Leo Det way is church treasurer Anyone wishingto make a donation either in labor or money is invited to do so by contacting some of the mem bers of the church the treasurer or Mr arid Mrs Martin who operate the store at oresXlrove which is adjacent to the building i area NEW TEACHER IN RISCO Mrs Alvn Gentry of has accepted a position as English teach at risco High School ac cording to Supt Silk Mrs Gentry holds the bachelor of arts degree from NSC and the master of arts degree from TSCW She will replace Miss Marguerite Haggard wh'o has resigned us But he said he is always looking for a better way to do any job and added: we can find a better more economical and less controversial" 'waytolr this job? your may be sure use Rome Sept 4 (INS) Tito demanded today that Italy immediately withdraw its troops from the Yugoslav frontier in the quarrel over disputed Trieste or risk the massing of Yugoslav troops Reliable informants said Tito threatened mass his own tough est best armed to Lice the Italians unless the Rome withdrew its troops The Italians are drafting anoth er note protesting that Yugoslav airplanes violated Italian skies north of Trieste The Yugoslav note was a reply to a previous Italian note answer ing first Belgrade protests It said that stated reasons for mili tary measures on the Italian side of the frontier were not justified The Trieste quarrel developed earlier this week because of Ita Rbn belief that Marshal Tito in a scheduled speech Sunday planned to announce formal annexation of Zone the Yugoslav occupied part of Trieste Italy demands the return of all of the city area Meanwhile Italian Premier Giu seppe Pella received Ambas sador Claie Boothe Luce and ask ed for clarification of a statement by Secretary of State John oster Dulles on Trieste Dulles told reporters yesterday Xf Washington that the United Sates was open minded about al ternatives to the Big Three 1948 declaration proposing the return of all Trieste to Italy Village and later flew in a helicop ter to Seoul In a Seoul evacuation hospital received a thorough physical exxamination Dean was staying overnight before flying ion to Tokyo tomorrow in the personal 17 of ifth Air orce Commander Lt Gen An derson Dean the hiahest nlaced officer capttfred by either side in the 37 rnonth Korean conflict was visit ed at the hospital by ar East Supreme Commander Gen Mark Clark who had flown in" from Tokyo this morning Clark witnessed a hospital cere "mony in which Republic of Korea President Syngman Rhee pinned his nrized blue and gold taegu medallion for bravery on the lapel of fatigues The aged Rhee extolled the grey haired newlv freed general for in its darkest In a husk' emotion laden voice Dean respond ed: am really overwhelmed and feel humble and unworthy but "I Will wear it The group tWSt watched the ceremony included other repat riated members of 24th division the first American ground unit to plunge into the Korean fighting in the summer Paul Hardin Speaker At Plano Meeting RECENT GUESTS Mr and Mrs Tom Cooper and Mr and Mrs Harry Long and daughter of Hemalite Mo were guests Wednesday of Mr and Mrs Laud Howell and daughter i Judy and Mn and Mrs Jack in tills city Chinese announce Mai Gen highest ranking American DOW in Korea has been freed Gen Dean is shown here in an exclusive NEA photo playing a game with one of his Communist captors at a POW camp somewhere in North Korea (NEA Telephoto) NEW OUTBREAKS As vital German elections neared new out breaks of fighting were reported between West Zone and Red Ger man aiong the border zone West Berlin police reported some 5000 East Germans mobilized at Marienborn were preparing to Invade the west and disrupt the elections In Coburg West Germans Surrounded police wagons holding East German invaders and battled with them Against threat of mass invasion from the East Bonn has alerted its entire 100000 man police force and mobilized some 4500000 anti Communist youths to protect polling places Sunday (NEA Telephoto) BOSTOCK? WlSMAK Austin Tex Sept 4 (INS) Thrde South Texas officials have disputed a charge against Judge Woodrow Laughlin of Alice that his release of the DuvM County general election ballots gave boss George Parr an opportunity to make political reprisals district attorney burn Norris and two Duval offi cials District Clerk Juliant and County Judge Dan Tobin Jr testified yesterday that the ballot stubs were destroyed with the seals on the boxes intact They were defense witnesses in the ouster procedings against Judge Laughlin before supreme court spe cial master DB Wood testified that he prepat ed the order releasing the ballots last Jan 5 because he thought the officers of Duval County being discriminated against Perez and Tobin said they burn ed the ballot stubs the day after they were received found no evidence that any of the boxes had been tampered with BY JOHN CASERLY International News Serytce Staff Correspondent Seoul Sept 4 Maj Gen William Dean top ranking officer captured in the Korean war returned from years of Red captivity today and prepared to start tomorrow in his homeward journey to the United States The 54 year old looking fit despite what he termed the he endured in the early months of his long stay on Communist soily was brought to Seoul from Pan munjormand reedom his repatriation He was spending his first night of freedom since 1950 sound asleep in a Seoul army hospital while a lying or tress was poised lo speed toTokyo in the morning on the initial lap of his trip back to America The liberated general was due to take off at 9 A to morrow (7 riday CDT) 'following an honor guard cere mony at Eighth Army headquarters in Seoul scheduled for 8 A One of first acts was to telephone his wife who was visiting a daughter Mrs Robert Williams wife of an army captain at Monterey Calif talking with her husband Mrs Dean exclaimed: wonderful Dean most noted of the Korean heroes told news men at reedom Village that his restoration to the free world like a he said to the reporters is the first time I have seen Americans since July 1950 You look better to me than I look to you The silver haired former Chief proud 24th divTsio ga ve a stir ring account of his last memorable battle at and told how he had become separated from the main body of his tfoops after doing little bazooka tank hunt ing He revealed that a by his jeep driver was the first link in a chain of battlefield events which eventual lyledtohiscapture Dean told how he had conducted a band of his men along a trail in an effort to escape Reds swarming about them and how he personally struggled the lives of several of his wounded soldiers The general said he a at one point then awoke to find himself alone on a hillside He wandered in enemy tertitory for a month and four days oelore he was seized by North Korean civilian There followed long periods of interrogation and by Communist officers after they discovered he was a general Dean said He added howeverhat his captors inflicted no phy sical violence upon him The famed general his tan face deeply wrinkled was rousingiy cheered and solemnly saluted by scores of soldiers and officers as he arrived in a Russian made jeep at freedom gate cli maxing operation big switch Tears of joy welling in his eyes he refused special treatment and insisted on going through the same processing routine as the humblest GI the 94 Am ericans liberated with him by the Communists today The 24th gallant ex commander who had evaded the Reds in enemy territory for 34 days before his capture rode in an ambulance down to reedom Tokyo Sept 4 (INS) ive Am erican high speed sabrejet inter ceptors crashed or crash landed in Japan this afternoon when bad weather prevented them from reaching their base One pilot was missing A spokesman for the ar East Air orces said one let crash ed at flic Tsuiki Air orce base another crash landed 'on a beach nearby and two other planes crash ed while their pilots bailed out safely A fifth Sabrejet and its pilot was reported missing The pilots of the two planes which crash landed ere not hurt The pilots whobailed 6ut also were jrtipch ted mnhult5? IJ4wH bUitJ fi Names of the werethbf (im mediately available The Quapaw Indians derived their name from the Indian word Ugakpa meaning They were a rib6 of Siouan stock forming one of two divisions of the Dhcgiha group the otner being the Omahas They were known as the Arkansas In dians When the tribes separ ated the Quapaws supposedly went down the Mississippi river and the Omahas up the Missouri The earliest known chronicles mention ing these Indians were those oUDe Soto'sijexpeditioavin l5a9 15 13' 5riv Remnants of 4he frieb 4ive in Oklii Paul Hardin manager of ast nrk Association will speaker at a meeting of farmers and business men in Plano to night at 7:30 Roy MUrrell president of the Plano Chamber of Commerce has issued invitations to landowners and farmers in the Plano area who are Interested to attend A barbecue supper will be serv ed preceding the meeting RECENT VISITORS Visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs Sam Hodges this week were their children Mr and Mrs Pitts of Healdton) i Okla and Rev and Mrs? inish Hodges land daughters Li oda and Jean of 1D1 lat Thecwas as yet no indication as to when Dean Would teturnito his California home where his wife and other family members arc eagerly awaiting him The Communists meanwhile an nounced a sudden stepuo of their repatriation pace in the big switch operation which now has only two more days to go They said that 275 Americans will be among 313 allied prisoners of war to be released tomorrow This will be by far the largest onc day batch of American returnees since the post armistice prisoner exchange began 31 days ago The Red announcement fur thermore confirmed the fact that the Communists will free considerably more than the 3313 Americans they had originally listed for repatriation prornised group of 275 will exceed the 3313 figure by 173 and it was believed that still more Americans may come back to freedom Sunday Both sides agreed to complete the repatriation of all willing pris oners on Sunday (Saturday night United States time) Dean the congres sional medal of honor for his heroic leadership of his gallant 24th infantry division at the memorable battle of Taejon was personally welcomed at Panmun join by high ranking military and civilian officials These included Gen Maxwell Taylor Eighth Army commander and South Korean national assem bly members who remembered Dean's services to their country as its military governor in 1948 Sporting a red necktie that pro vide of UiU i i I I a iW 1 1 I I I I CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT Austin Tex Sept 4 The feud between Governor Allan Shivers and the ederal Bureau of Investigation mushroomed into new and more bitter accusations BI Director Edgar Hoover yesterday made public a scorching letter to Shivers charging that his gjfice sought to delay the man investigation at the Gainesville State School for Girls in July 1952 for fear of political repercu sions The letter was in reply to the claim last week that the BI has investigated around 100 cases in state Institutions in the past three years without once consulting proper state authorities Hoover branded the statement lie said Jere have 1ieen only 16 suh A probes in that period and that in each case the BI bad the full cooperation of the authorities Regarding the Gainesville inves tigation which Shivers said came to his attention by acci Hoover declared: did in the one case you cited advise the responsible headnLtheJnititutipn at the very out set of the investigation of exactly we were doing Beyond that your own office must have been advised by the school authorities because on that same day Mr Maurice Acer's of your staff call ed our special agent in charge in Dallas advising he was acting in your behalf Acers was informed of the basic allegations and of our instructions to make the investi gation Mr Acers then request ed that the investigation be held Un abeyance until after the demo cratic primary elections on July 26 1952 to avoid any unfavor able publicity The inquiry was not Acers flatly denied that he made such a request did not make such a request of anyone at any he said and added talked to Mr Mumford special agent in charge of the BI at Dallas by telephone on July ki 1952 which was six days after God protector and guide of all wh otravel the road of life place thy hands above thoscAvh direct the wheels of our automo biles and above the feet that con trol their speed that the highways of our land may be patns of spur tesv and kindness of unselfishness and godly concern so that till gfbo set out jov may return in sakjty fhtough 4QtnU Cllflht zur i Li nd EdvaT Jiwiihia Pa mmTrin tj Ti rh an cnureii' Washington Sept 4 (INS) The chief tax collector defended the door to door search for delinquent tax payers and said lie does not be lieve it is unwarranted or as some have said un Instead he said it would be American and unfair for us to stand by and be a party to encour agement of dishcncsty by skirk International Revenue ChiefT Coleman Andrews told Rep Al bert Morano (R) Conn in a letter released today that he does not think the canvass is displeas ing rhe honest American tax Andrews referred to the check of tax payers in the New England area It "'ill be extended to father parts of the nation Andrews the bureau took calculated public relations in starting the program He said: be honest it worried Historical Miniatures By LOHonlk Russell Tongay Arrested In New Orleans Austin Tex Sept 4 (INS)' Texas health officials have opened a full scale investigation to find out if rabies infected bats are menreirg the state State Health Officer George Cox said the study arose from a lorida Health Department report cf a case involving a human being and a rabid bat Subsequent investigation by lo rida showed six cases of rabies among' 90 of the flying mammals collected forstudy Dr Cox called the lorida re port becausc bat ratory habits make an invasion of Texas distinct If that happens he said infected bats will fight the healthy ones and the disease will be perpetu ated The health olficer stressed that the probe has nothing to do with famous vampire bats which have been discovered as rahiesTarricrs No vampires have ever been seen north of the bor der The bats in questioh he said arc the ordinary little night fliers who subsist on insects and are protected by State law because of their benefits to mankind Dr Cox said the so called bats and the Seminole bats also called bats will be studied most closely sihcc these were the species found to carry rabies lorida The yellow bat is found only in the Rio Grande Valley and is fairly rare while the Seminole inhabits the eastern half of the state in large numbers Bad Weather Causes Jets To Crash Land McKinney and Partly Stoutly Saturday lowest riday night in mid warmer Satur day highest temperature in mid Northeasterly winds ten to twelve miles an hour Saturday North Central Texas Satur day partly cloudy and warmer ex treme northwest portion in after noon A West Texas Saturday partly cloudy "Warmer1 Panhandle and South Plahis lit if Itritobti yi ast ail fl South CeHtTal Toxasfhi 0itui'ny partly cloudy aiil cool irst Season Norther Moves Across Texas Dedication Program At Park Cancelled Marshal Tito Demands Italy Withdraw Troops Local Peace Officers Make Arrests riday Officials Open Probe Of Infected Bats Door To Door Tax Search Is Defended Washington Sept 4 (INS) Informed sources said today thatSecretary of State John oster Dulles is over his endorsement of the Aden auer government in the West Ger man elections Sunday' One lespon'sible official noting the storm of protest from Chari cellor Konrad oppo nents said Dulles had no inten tion cf meddling in the Internal Affairs of ai friendly nation was a slip this official said Dulles is frankly upst He believes his remarks were too hisJxjtsbwith dipto matic protocol Dulles support nt Adenauer mi offoial guest of the government last spring is well known However the timing of his breach threatened to have reper cussions in the final days of the crucial election campaign in 'West Germany Duiles was asked at his news conference Wednesday for com ment on the of the vote and their significance to the Instead of replying directly the secretary said the failure to elect Adenauer would have a very? dis astrous effect on prospects for Germany unity and for restoring German sovereignty Teachers rom OverCountyMeet Here Saturday orest Grove Church Razed SenzM'Carthy To Press or Army iles CZECHXN MILES 0 5C WPOLANDS BUM La A Av IWniinHffiniil IsMfer Ml 1 1 BRITISH ZONE RUSSIAN ZONE US? 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