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Business 3 Comics 6 Crossword 6 Editorials, Features 4 Radio Programs ...2 Sports 5 Want Ads Women's 2 CLOUDY AND WINDY 83rd YEAR. NO. 204 AP 5c PARIS, TEXAS. MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3, 1952 EIGHT PAGES Two Vacancies Unfilled on Paris Housing Board Willoughby Explains New Members Bound By Old Board Contract Mayor J. O.

At well said Monday morning he had not yet appointed anyone to fill either of the two remaining vacancies created on the Paris Housing Authority by weekend resignations. "I have no comment," he replied when asked why he had not filled the positions. Mawry Robinson, chairman of the authority, ant! members O. W. Boswell and Roy Willoughby turned in their resignations Thursday and Friday within a short time of each other.

Mayor A 11 immediately named Tom Keeler, a lumberman and publicly avowed opponent public succeed Boswell on the authority, Robinson was a member of the original authority appointed over a year ago, but both Boswell and Willoughby had been named only two weeks ag'o to fill regular vacancies on the board. The resignations were the latest action in the public controversy that has about the authority since its announced decision several weeks ago to construct 200 low-cost housing units in the city. Bids presently are being received on construction of the projects. A strong opposition movement has been organized against the proposed housing units. However, the authority has received consid- public support on its action through letters received from citizens by The Paris News and published in its Readers' Views column.

WILLOUGHBY COMMENTS When he resigned as a member of the Paris Housing Authority board, Roy Willoughby, appointed to the position by Mayor Atwell, indicated that he might later give his reason for taking the step. Asked Monday by a Paris News reporter for further comment he replied that-he feels that the new members of the housing board have no choice in the matter. Mr. Willoughby based his opinion on the fact that the old Housing Authority Board members had executed a binding contract with the Federal Government Housing Authority, duly signed by authorized persons of both parties and that he had no right to repudiate such a valid contract. "I am opposed to government in business or medicine or in any other field of private and I am opposed to non taxpaying Co-ops.

But this has nothing to do with whether the successors of the former board members should keep a valid contract," Mr. Willoughby said. It was several days after he was named to the board, he pointed out, before he could complete a thorough study of the original Paris housing authority agreement with the city and all the other records with which he was not familiar. His appointment came as a surprise to him. "But," he said "when' I came across the contract, signed by the local Housing Authority with the Federal Housing Agency, I immediately concluded that it was a good and valid contract and that as a new member of the board, had no right to repudiate a "on- tract made by the duly authorized members who served on the original board." The contract referred to has been See BOARD page 8 Col.

4 ESTABLISHED 1869 Commies Concede Can Turn Down Russia J. J. COLEMAN 1 WINFRED GARRETT Ward 2 Dr. J. W.

McCOY Ward 4 JESS STONE Ward 3 WELDON BARRETT Ward 3 LATE NEWS IN BRIEF CAIRO, Egypt. new Prime Minister Ahmed Naguib Hilary Pasha announced suspension of Parliament for 30 days arid today headed into a reform regime dedicated to purging corruption from the government. He also began preparing for new talks with Britain on control of the Suez Canal zone and the Sudan. PARIS, March 3. Pinay, 60, a conservative, said today-'he-would form a new cabinet to get France out of its'political and financial jam- Pinay announced his decision hfter a half- hour's talk with President Vincent Auriol.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3. impact of the Pacific Greyhound Bus strike hit commuters today as 3,500 drivers and other employes stayed away from their stations in seven Western states. The bus line and the striking AFL motor coach employes are deadlocked over the union's demand for a five-day, 40- hour work week. PJC Judging Team State Champions The Paris Junior College livestock judging team ranks as a state champion today. They took first place this past weekend in the junior college livestock judging contest at San Angelo.

The troup returned to Paris Sunday afternoon. The PJC livestock judging team members are L. P. Taylor, Burt Chapman. John Westbrook and R.

P. Woodby. L. P. Griffis is coach of the team.

The judging team competed against four other junior colleges from over the state in the annual junior college livestock fudging contest which closed Saturday. The over-all scores won by the PJC team in the several contests Resignation Presented Here By Walter Horn The Rev. Walter G. Horn, minister of Central Presbyterian Church here since October, 1942, has tendered his resignation to the session of the church. His request to be separated from Ms pastoral duties in; the Paris Presbytery, Presbyterian Church, U.

will be presented to a congregational meeting, the date of which: will be announced later. The request will then go through Presbytery channels. If his resignation is cleared, through the church channels, the JJev. Horn plans to organize a new church in Dallas. He will remain here until after Easter anyway.

The Rev. Horn, born and reared in Athens, came to Paris from First Presbyterian Church in Tulia, Tex. He is' a Athens High School and Trinity University and attended Louisville Presbyterian Seminary! He received his Bachelor of. Theology degree from the Theological Seminary at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Expansion In church membership and the church plant has been noted during th Rev.

Horn's ministry at Church. During totaled enough points for first place, which gave the PJC team the large banner. The judging team won first place in sheep judging, second place in swine and third place in beef cattle judging. These high points placed them on top of the list for the contest. R.

P. Woodby received second place in high individual judging. He received a pocket knife as a prize. Bert Chapman placed third in individual scoring receiving a pocket knife. He received a tie clasp for first in beef judging.

Johnny Westbrook scored third place in thc swino judging contest. James Mann won tenth place in the individual scoring. Victoria Junior College carried off se.cond place honor, following the Paris Junior College's first place. San Angelo Junior College won third place in the over-all judging contest. TELL IT TO SELLI REV, WALTER HORN past year, a.

large new educational building has been added onto the present church building on Church Slrect.Other extensive renovation was included in this building program. Since he has been in: Paris, the Rev. Horn has in civic and community, a3 well as church work. He hag been active particularly in Red Cross Community Chest: work- and local agencies -dealing with the- young people of Paris. The Horn and his wife; the former Miss Ella McGee, and their small son live at the church 322 St.

"I know you haven't said but I couldn't rtsist thaie bargains in the Paris Want Adil" When you have something to rent or exchange, a service you wish to offer, tell it to Northeast Texas' and Southeast Oklahoma's greatest reader audience through a Purls News Want Ad. It's so-easy and. simple to put message before pick up the phone, call 2323 and a friendly ad taker will help you word your that will bring you quick BILL LEWIS Ward 3 Six Candidates Seeking Posts On City Council No-new names were filed before the Saturday midnight deadline, leaving the previously; announced; iin-the face for the four-- City -Council seals to be filled Apri! 1 the regular Paris municipal election. The official list of candidates is as 'follows: Ward J. J.

Coleman, incumbent completing his appointment to fill an unexpired term. Ward 2 Winfrcd Garrett, incumbent completing his first full term. Ward Lewis, restaurant operator; Jess Stone, retired city employe, and Weldon Barrett, recreation center owner. Ward 4 Dr. J.

W. McCoy, completing his first full term. Incumbent Harry Walker of Ward 3 was not eligible to seek re-election. Regulations In the City Chater prohibit a councilman from succeeding himself more than once, and Walker is ending his second term. A sidelight to the conditions that a potential candidate had to meet to legally qualify for campaign was pointed out Monday by City Clerk Marion Shelton.

He said that all the candidates had to swear that they are not Communists nor members of Communist organizations. This is the so-called "loyalty- oath" that is requiroc.1 under a recent legislative act, Shelton said. North Korean Colonel Insists on 'UN Reason' Tennessee Storm Kills Relative Of Paris Couple Tragedy of last weekend's Fayel- teville, tornado reached into Paris late Sunday. Mrs. John H.

King, 213-13th NW. learned via a delayed telephone call that her cousin's husband, Wil-j lard McCowan, was killed in the furious pre-spring storm. When a telephone call she placed early Saturday finally was putj through Sunday evening, Mrs. King was informed that McCowan was dead, his wife and small daughter both injured. Friday night's tornado destroyed the McCowan home.

Mrs. McCowan was still unconscious in a Nashville hospital Sunday afternoon from storm injuries. Her three-year-old daughter was injured only slightly. At least two other Lamar County families had relatives in the Fayetteville storm Mrs. W.

J. Smith of Paris a-sister, Mrf. W. J. Stubblefield, who is a nurse at a FayetievlUe hospital.

She was not believed injured in the storm, however. Mrs. John W. Blackburn of Reno also has'relatives in the Fayette- villc area but. has been unable to learn any were injured.

By ROBERT B. TUCKMAN MUNSAN, Korea truce negotiators angrily accused the United Nations Command of lying and stalling today. But the Beds acknowledged that (he TJ.N. had a legal right to reject Russia as a neutral inspector of an armistice. North Korean Col.

Chang Chun- san conceded that the U.N. had the right to reject Russia, but insisted that the give logical reasons. "We had a thoroughly unproductive and most unpleasant session," Rear Adm. R. E.

Libby told newsmen after an acrimonious session of prisoner exchange subcommittee. At one point North Korean Maj. Gen. Lee Sang Cho became so angry Libby interrupted to ask him to stop screaming. There was no indication whether the Communists were weakening in their Insistence that Russia be named lo a neutral supervisory commission or whether they were feeling out the Allied position.

Col. Don Darrow, who heads staff officers discussing truce supervision, and Libby both said they felt the Reds were playing a waiting game, hoping the "U.N. will capitulate. Darrow told Chang nothing Chang could day "would change the fact that the Seviet Union was unacceptable" to the U.N. as a neutral nation to inspect behind the lines during a truce.

Darrow suggested that the U.N. proposal for two neutral nations on each side would solve the problem immediately. Highly placed Washington sources said there were indications Russia is so determined to serve as a neutral inspector that it may wreck the truce talks. These sources said the U. S.

never would accept Union as a neutral, but might go back to the original Allied proposal to supervise a truce by a joint commission of belligerents. They pointed out that if Russia was willing to acknowledge that it was a belligerent it then could legally help police a truce. Lee touched off the verbal explosion in the prisoner exchange negotiations with a long tirade in which he accused the U.N. of lying about treatment of prisoners. He also charged that the U.N.

reneged on a promise to hand over information on about 44,000 prisoners the Reds claim are "military personnel of our side." And he accused the Allies of lying when they said Sunday the Communists had repudiated an agreement to exchange information on all war prisoners and another agreement to nominate neutral nations acceptable to both sides. "Unfortunately," he said, what has been shown by your side during these days is the fact that in addition to the raising of side issues and a complete lack of sincerity, your side further has developed its persistent stalling tactics to -surprising degree." Libby replied: The U.N. Command and the U.Nr do not indulge in lies. We do not lie. We have not lied.

We shall not lie." Concerning the exchange of data on prisoners, Libby told the Reds, "You wit! get that data on exchange basis and in accordance with our agreements or you will not get it at all." Sunday the Allies warned the Reds that the value of continuing the truce talks was "seriously doubted" because they had repudiated agreements. A spokesman emphasized, how- ever, that (he warning represented no threat to break off the talks. As Lee became angrier. Libby broke in: "Gen. Lcc, 1 am not deaf.

I have 'noted that the more uncertain you are ol' your position, the louder you scream at me. I must request that you moderate your voice if possible." Lee exchanged a smile with his aide, then continued in a more moderate voice. The subcommittee on prisoner exchange and staff officers working on truce supervision agreed to meet again nt 11 a. m. Tuesday (9 p.

m. EST, Monday) in Pnn- munjom. Lamar Red Cross Drive Kicks Off Here Monday Volunteer workers in the 1952 Red Crbss fund campaign gathered at the Gibraltar Hotel early Monday 'morning to get a "solicitation booster before fanning out over Paris to begin getting contributions for (he local drive. Over 100 workers saw a Red Cross film; received campaign workers kits; ale coffee and doughnuts, and heard the Rev. James S.

Rlley, pastor of First Baptist Church, give a message of Inspiration for the task before them. The Kev. Rlley pointed out that he could visualize the Red Cross work in town in Tennessee, fa-, millar to him, that had been hit! by a storm. He said that Parisians could drive nails in a storm torn home in Tennessee by even small contlbutions In the current Red Cross drive. One of the greatest things about America, the Rev.

Riiey said, is its great heart in, coming to the aid of distressed people. He said he considered It the duty and obligation of Christians to contribute to worthy causes such as the Red Cross and recommended this agency highly to everyone. Cornell, assistant county attorney, is serving as general chairman of the current drive, which has as its goal $15,387. Although the entire month of March has been set aside for Ihc drive, Mr. Cornett said he hoped that the generosity Parisians and Lamar Countians would make it possible to have a whirlwind cam-i paign and reach the local quota' within a week or 10 days.

County workers received their drive information and kits at a meeting Saturday afternoon in the basement of the court house. They, too. begun immediate solicitation. WEATHER EAST TEXAS, SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS Partly cloudy colder this uHer- noon. tonight and Tuesday.

Lowest temperatures near (rcezlnR extreme north portion tonight. Fresh to stronu northerly winds on coast diminishing Tuesday. OKLAHOMA: Snow ill the northwest raUi changing to light Know In east loulh Monday, with scattered Hurries Monday nighl. Much colder wllh Hiong north to northwest winds. Tuesday partly cloudy, colder In the east and south.

High Monday 30 Jn thr. northwest, to the 40s in southeast. Low Monday night In northwest, lo near 30 In southeast. Paris Temperatures: Saturday, high 43, low 31, rainfall. .9 of an Inch; Sunday, high low 39.

trace of rainfall. Temperature at 9 a. m. Monday. SUPER SIZE NoalvGreer, Crystal a head of "just plain old" leaf mustard greens grown in his garden.

It measures 4 feet, 8 inches across, but is by no means unusual. Greer has given peighbors some of his crop and one plant completely covered a dining table. In his 50 by 60 foot garden Greer had 12-foot high, bean vines and Irish spuds that grow 32 inches high. Okra stalks were eight feet high, tomato.stalks grow 10 feet tall and cabbage weighed four; pounds. Best of all, he says, his egg plant had at least 12 to a stalk head weighed an average of four pounds.

Greer has one bad crop. He says can't grow radishes no matter how hard he tries. (AP Photo). i (' LIGHTNING, HAIL, RAIN Valley Weather Goes Off Beam The IKUe white cloud that's been crying la the popular sung gol hys- lerlcnl over the Red River Valley between 3 and 4 a. m.

Monday. The elements went slightly berserk with lightning, thunder, wind, rain and some hall. Most points in the area reported about the same and the rainfall added to that which fell Saturday brought the 1952 total up to 6.45 inches here. Pnris got .52 of an inch Sunday night, along with wind, thunder and lightning. Added to Saturday's rainfall of .9.

this brought weekend lotal to .61 of an inch plus a trace measured throughout Sunday. COUNTY-WIDE RAIN Paris News rain gauges In the county recorded .60 of an inch Sunday night and 1.30 of an inch Saturday night at Sumner; .50 of an Inch Sunday night and .90 of an Inch Saturday night at Biards- lown; .70 of an inch Sunday nighl and "a Rood rain" Saturday night at Faught; .65 of an inch Sunday night and .25 of an inch Saturday night at Pelly. Arthur Cily reported .65 of an inch ol' rain Sunday night, accom-- 1 panicd by hail and a hard wiind. Roxfon got .63 of an inch Sunday nighl and .92 of an inch Saturday night. In the area, Clarksville reported only a slow sprinkle measuring almiil .05 of an inch Saturday night and 1.5 inches for Sunday night.

Huso, got .65 nf an inch of rain along with a hard wind Cancels U.S. Tour 'LOS ANGELES MV-An arthritic condition has caused Sir Thomas Beecham, eorxluctor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, to cancel the remainder of American tour. A spokesman says Sir Thomas plans to return to England as soon ai be is New TPficL Plant Will Boost Power of 41 NE Texas Cities A generator plant the size of; thc 80,000 kilowatt unit to be built by Texas Power Light Co. in) Red River County can produce i enough electric energy alone to meet Ihe needs of a city ten times the size ol Paris. And when its capacity is fed into the system as planned, the! additional power wll! boost to new highs the petk loads that can be! handled in any of the 41 cities or! towns comprising the company's Paris district.

Some idea of the production level of Ihe new plant can be gained by a laymon from these Indications released Monday morning by a company spokesman. Plans for constructing the unit near Johnlown, about -30 miles southeast of Paris, was disclosed officially Saturday in joint stater ment. from TPtL and Congress- The sile is on a bank of Sul-! phur Hiver, and flood waters from i this stream will fcc used to create! a lake to supply the generator I plant. The generator will operate off Kteam. 1 It was estimated that this lake, will have a capacity of 6,000 acre i feet of water.

This is about half as large as Lake Crook, the huge artificial lake that provides Paris i its water supply. Officials of the company said that building of the new general-! ing unit Is in keeping with I 1 r'. rule maintain electric production facilities of.any prob-, able increased Demand by growth of a particular section. It was pointed out that the Paris district la currently alive with that, will require- stepped up demands for electric Westinghouse and fiabcox Wilcox planU being con- structed in Paris itself were xised as examples of this growth. Paris presently Is using approximately 8.000 kilowatts of power, it was explained, and this consnmp-j lion is expected to jump to as' much as 12,000 kilowatts when these two large new industrial plants are put into operation.

However, the new. generator plant not only will assure Paris plenty of power for future expansion. also will he provided for any other area in thc district that also shows a builtl up of Industry or population, it was emphasized. Thc company spokesman said that it Is not known yet how many employes (ho new plant will use. And no estimate on the cost of construction available.

Standard Of i Underwood Typewriter, good condition, only $35.00. M. House Jewelry 21 Clarksville Street. Sunday night. It rained .59 of an inch there Saturday night.

A telephone line was down at Boswell Monday morning and the weather- station there could not be reached. Cooper in Delta County got .38 an inch of rain ushered in by a strong wind. Saturday night's rainfall there was .48 of an inch. LITTLE POWER TROUBLE Texas Power and Light Co. officials Monday morning reported only a few trouble calls from the storm.

Several transformer fuses blew out and lightning hit a transformer at Southern Ice Co. A representative of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. said only isolated cases of trouble had been caused by the storm. "Not, much more trouble lhan normal for a Monday morning," he said. Jack Barton, county agent, said Monday morning Ihe weekend rains would delay land preparation in this area.

He said that Lamar "was not hurting" for rain as many Texas areas. "We have had our share," he said. Some farmers wore ready to seed corn now. Mr. Barton said, but the rains will delay this and other early March plans laid by farmers.

Thunderstorm Whips Through Central Texas By The Associated Press A violent thunderstorm that swept Central Texas caused an estimated SIOO.OOO damage at Waco early Monday, shattering plate glass windows, toppling outdoor signs, and smashing garages, roofs and small buildings. No injuries were reported. Winds that measured up to 65 miles an hour struck around 3 a.m. and damaged downtown'Waco and the Bellmead area. Police Sgt.

Oliver Chambers estimated damages at 5100,000 after a personal survey of thc hardest hit. areas. Hard hail and a deluge of rain that measured from .30 to .63 of an inch in various spots in Waco poured out of the thunderhead. Large outdoor billboards were toppled and scattered. Plate glass windows In numerous business houses were smashed.

One garnge was blown off its foundation and deposited in a neighbor's driveway. Several rhickeh houses were destroyed. Mannlkins were blown from display windows of several ready-to- wear and department stores and swirled through the street, Hall of the roof-of the MIsipuri Kansas-Texas roundhouse at Bellmead was blown off and the falling timbers disrupted and phone service. i.

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