Lubbock Evening Journal from Lubbock, Texas • Page 7

"Biggtr The Man The Bigger The Torgef." He Grins Close Calls In War Old Stuff For 260-Pounder From El Paso By WILLIAM C. BARNARD building and pretty soon a Auociaitd Sttff Wrilor (master sergeant slipped up and SOMEWHERE IN KOREA, Jan. said, 'what in the hell are you bigger the man the big- jer the target," the biggest U. S. officer in Korea chuckled.

He is Lt. Col. George P. Montgomery 6-foot 7Vj-inch 260-poundcr from 4230 Nashville street, El Paso, Texas. The Japanese found Montomery an apt target in the second world war, and here in Korea the Com-, munist enemy has been hard to pick him off.

doing out I tell him 'believe it not, sergeant, (waiting lor street we aren't The led us back to master sergeant our lines. I was glad to get out or that one." Big Monty, 37, was raised in Baltimore but "moved to Texas where I wouldn't be so noticeable." Several other El Pasoans are in trvirss outfit. They include Maj. i Charles Smith, executive officer A genial, hearty man with in Montgomery's ordnance bat- brown eyes and crew-cut brmvn talion; Capt. Albert H.

Adams, hair, "Big Monty" is an orrtin.inct; officer who really gets a round where the shooting is going on. He and his men patrol voads in guerrilla-infested maintenance officer, and Capt. Howard, supply officer. Montgomery is a crack shot with rifle or revolver. In his big hand, a .45 automatic seems small.

In the Philippines during the patrol voads regions, j'esi'uo Allied mobile weapons and vehicles from battle areas, and ammunition right up the firing lines. Snipen After Him Often snipers have potshotterl at Big Monty. Once he was riding in a jeep and leaned over to aivc) the driver a lisht for clgarct. A bullet ripped through the windshield right past the pluce where Montgomery's head nor-1 m'lly would have been. In' a buildina in northern Korea, Bis Monty was shaving when a bullet whistled by his oar and smacked ililo the mirror he i was using.

It took him an hour I to pick spllntor? of glass out of his face and chest. ''1 should have got the purple heart" he grins. There was the night, north of This time they got the kitchen Seoul, when Monty and a sink. gcant driver got on a wrong road Charles W. Aydelotte, Lubbock and found themselves between realtor and builder, reported to Allied and enemy lines of fire, thr police department this morn- second world war a Japanese sniper from a distance of 50 feet and the bullet creased Montgomery above the.

eye. Big Monty drew, his 45 and fired five quick shots. All hit the sniper, killing him. Another sniper later shot Montgomery in the leg, and Still implored by Continental Oil Co. later a Japanese mortar shell inflicted 29 wounds in his back.

He was lucky the day whan Mr. and Mrs. Dan D. Pitts of Lubboclc 3 on birth of a daughter weichlnr 3 3 4 pounds Sunday In Lubboclc Osteo- pathlc hospital. The father Is a carpenter.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parsons, 504 Forty- fourth, on birth of a son welthini 7 pounds 4 ounces, at 4:08 a. m. today tn West Texas hospital.

The father a service station attendant. Mr. and Mrs. Chester 2501 Thlrtj-siith. on I Ttelghlni: 8 pounds 1 oun Monday In West Texas father Is a terrazzo mechanic.

Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Simpson.

31 IS Dartmouth, on birth of a son weithlnt pounds Us ounces at 8:40 a. Monday in West Texas hospital. The lather li Vet Confesses To Old Crime WACO, Jan. 30 (U.R)—A 66-year- old retired Army veteran has returned to Waco to confess that he embezzled $3,000 from his employer here more thfin 30 years Flavius B. McTeak, one-time from LubbocJc.

A retired salesman, President of Waco's Young Man's Wedniiday Ritti For Man At Tahoka I TAHOKA, Jan. 3D (Special) Services for Loyd Newton Conwill, 50, who died Monday morning in' the veteran's hospital at McKinney, wiy be held 8t 2 m. Wednesday in the First' Baptist I church here with the Rev. George Dale of Lubbock officiating. Bur- jial will be in.the Tahoka cemetery I in a Masonic service, I Conwill had been a resident of Tahoka for 11 years, moving here Mr.

and Mrs, A. Lorcnz, 2118 Emory, on birth a daughter irelKhinc 7 I IQ'i'a ounces at 6:30 a. m. Monday. In I Wast Texas hospital.

The lather is a icr- an enemy plane fltw over the. vice station attendant. and dropped a small Philippines bomb. "I saw the plane coming," Big Monty said, "and I crouched behind a wall and waited. The bomb fell in my hip pocket, tearins the pocket off but it did not explodo.

I guess I am the only man in the war who ever taught a dud bomb in the hip pocket." Solon Claims U.S. Changing Policy Chiang's Forces May Attack Red Mainland By The As'ocllttci 1 Preflsi WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 Rep, Judd (R-Minn) said today he understands the administration is "actively considering" a change in policy to per- Kitchen Sink Taken From House In City Art Bulling were riding along when the sergeant tells me 'say. the bees are buzzing around here." and 1 told him: 'Bees my foot, those We pulled the jeep ing that thieves had removed the! sink from a nearly-completed house at 3724 TwCn'y-third. A' value of $65 was placed on the property.

Aydclotto said the sink cut off the road and ran behind a oosc rom lr cabinet, but that i the thieves wore unable to dis- connect an electric heater in the bathroom. The prowlers also damaged floors and wails, Aydelotte said. HUSBAND HAPPY-MS CONSTIPATION GONE "My husband is a different man noce he started to bat ALL-BRAN year ago. For yean he'd take A harsh laxative every morning And again nt night. Now ALL- BRAN Alone him regular." A.M.

Barney, Cobb Island, Md. One of many unsolicited let- ten from ALL-BRAN users. Thii may be your untvitt to constipation due to lack of dietary bulk. Eat an ounce (about cup) of crispy Kellogg'n ALL-BRAN daily, drink plenty of water. If not aatiifled after 10 empty carton to Kellogg's, Battle Creek, Mich.

Get DOUBLE YOUft MONEY BACK. Poll Tax Payments Go Over 8,000 Mark Still going up! Pol Hax payments had climbed slightly past the 8,000 mark by noon today, according to H. B. Bryan, county tax assessor-collector. But there's still a long way to i go if the county reaches any' where near its full voting strength mil Chinese Nationalists on Formosa to attack the munist-held mainland.

Judd, a member of the House' Foreign Affairs committee and a critic of administration policies'in the Far JEiist, did not name his sources of information. "I have reason to Judd told a reporter, "t.iat the' government is actively considering releasing the forces in Formosa to as much trouble as they can for the Communists on the (Chinese) mainland thereby diverting the Communist strength from both Korea Indo-China." After the outbreak of the Korean war last year, President Truman issued a directive which in effect neutralized Chiang's forces on Fur-' mosa. Mr. and Mrs. W.

J. Mara, 2622 Bajlor, on birch of a son reUhln? 9 pounds 10 ounces at 8:55 p. m. Sunday In West Texas hoaoital. The rather Is trucker.

Mr. and Mrs. George A. Krejci, till Forty-first, on birth or a daughter weijfh- Int 7 pounds 5 ounces at 8:50 a. m.

8un- In West Texas hospital. The father Is employed by Sears. Roebuck Co, Mr. and Mrs. E.

H. McCampbell. Post, i on birth of a dauchter pounds; 8 ounces at 6:50 a. m. Sunday In West! Texas hospital.

i Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lou, Lorenzo, on birth of a son welshlni pounds It'a ounces at 2:45 Sunday In West Texas hospital.

The father is an officer of Lorenzo Scale bank. Mr. and Mrs. R. o.

Sharp, 2210 Thirtieth, on birth of a dauthter itelthinit I pounds ounces at 1:45 a. m. Sunday in Texas hospital. The father is a cotton buyer. Mr and Mrs.

Chas, H. Sumner. 118 Boston, OB bjrtii oJ a dauehter weighing pounds 13 ounces at 12:55 m. Saturday In West Texas hosotul. The father Is a carpenter.

Mr. and Mrs. .1. Baker. 3004 Tiventy-nlnth.

on birth ef a 8 pounds 4 nunces at 11:18 a. iaturdjy in West Texas hospital. The farmer. arid Mrs. Joe Bill Collins ol 3203 ruses on birth of a daughter fi pounds 8 ounces at 8:18 p.

m. Monday In Lub'iock Memorial hospital. The father Is i employed by the Avalanche-Journal. I Mr. and Mrs.

Bill Horn of 2423 Twen- i tleth on birth of daughter weisliinj 7 pounds 12 ounces at 7:22 p. m. Monday in St. Mary's hospital. The father Is a Tech i st dent.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Guess. on birth ot TvelKhina 1 pounds 6 ounces at 2:47 A m. today in Lubboclc Memorial hospital.

The father is a farmer. Mr. anci Mrs. Charles Jones. 1306 Fortieth, on birth at a dsuehter pounds IS ounces at a.

m. today in St. Msry's hospital. The father Is pharmacist. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles 1306 For- tleth. or, birth of dmehtcr irelshlne IS at 8:23 m. today in St Mary's hospital. The father Is a pharmacist.

died after a long illness, Conwill was born April 28, at Wiley, Tex. He was a Shriner. i Survivors are his wife of Tahoka; 'two sons, Everton cf Lubbock and John of Corpus Cilristi; twp daughterj, Mrs. Nellie McGowan of Galveston and Mrs. Minnie Bailey of San Antonio; a brother, Floyd, of Corpus Christi and four grandchildren.

Services will be under direction of Stanley funeral -home of Tahoka. Saturda ratiier Mr. 20,000 and 25,000, he for purchasing poll VA Will Close 24 Offices In Texas WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The Veterans administration is closing Texas offices April 1.

They are at Brenham, Childress, Del Hio. Greenville, Huntsville, Lufkin, Mineral Wells, Odessa, San Angelo, Temple, Brownsville, Brownwood, Corsicana, Denton, Hsrlingen, of between said. Deadline taxes is midnight 'Wednesday, Bry- i an reminded. His office will be open Wednesday until that time to I one contact take care of the "late trade," he signed. The I said.

Longvlew, Marshall, Mt. Pleasant, Palestine, Sherman, Tyler Weslaco. Many employes will be assigned elsewhere. The VA said the offices are among 321 in which only representative is as- closures are because of "budgetary limitations." Troops Forced To Eat With Fingers WESTERN FRONT, Korea, Jan. 30.

forgot to include eating utensils in a shipment of S. Army combat rations. "An army lives on its Stomach. But it eats with its fingers," said Cpl. Edward Sheeham of Rockland, as he ate a can of pork and by bean, and Each daily ration is supposed to contain a plastic spoon.

But there are no spoons in a late shipment from the Chicago quartermaster depot. Quartermaster' officers say it is all a mistake. Wise GI's now jure they Bank Stockholders Hold Meeting Here A of 1051 prospects was made at a meeting Monday night of the Lubbock National bank stockholders and their wives at Hilton, hotel. About 125 persons attended and heard the operational features of the bank discussed and a report on bank operations for 1950 given. Slides tracin.B the bank's history were shown and Elmer East, executive vice president, spoke on the bank's past record and its current services.

Stockholders w6re told the bank expects a greater volume of activity this yesr with the financing of defense projects end inventories. Charles Maedgen, president of the bank, presided. C. E. Maedgen, made the welcome address.

Business league, walked into police headquarters yesterday snd told startled officers he had come in "to take my medicine." Lubboek, Evening Jeuhul, Man Sentenced For Forgery Of Check A $24 forged check brought two-year penitentiary term in 72nd district court this morning to Luther Erammer, 24. Brammer entered a plea of guilty before Judge Dan Blair to the second count of an indictment charginR passing forged instrument. He waived the two-day period and accepted sentence immediately. It was alleged Brarnmer passed the instrument July" 5, having made the check payable to himself and signing the name of former employer, Roy as payer. McTeak, who said he served in! 0.

M. Thomas accepted the check, the Army more than 30 years according to the indictment, der the assumed name of James W. I Indicted by the August grand Hart, told police he took $3,000 jury, Brammer was arrested in in 1918 while serving as cashier I Hanford, and returned to of a firm holding pave Waco streets. The old soldier said that, after taking the money, he decided to start life anew by joining the Army. As Hart, he said, he went to 1 France and Germany for occupa- contract by the sheriff's depart- ment Nov.

8. Sam Alien Named As "Dawson Countian Canal Zone, where he stayed until his discharge in 1948. He said his past had been prey ing on his conscience ever since his discharge. "I made up my mind I was coming in and take my medicine." he told police. "I do not ask sympathy from anyone.

Since I got out. I've had a charicc to fish and Showi Army McTeak, or Hart, presented Jan. 30, 1951 See. I. Ptjt 7 St.

Louis Solon Is Claimed By Death WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Hep. John Sullivan, Democrat from St. Louis, died last night at the nearby Bethesda, Navy hospital He was 53.

Sullivan, ari attorney in private life, was stricken at home and rushed to the hospital, where hs died shortly after. Dr. George W. Cslver, physician, atribu- ted death to brain hemorrhage. Rep.

Sullivan first came to Congress in 1941. He was a candidate for re-election in each of the five elections since then, -wining thrift times and losing twice. Sullivan's death was the in the new congress which started Jan. 3. of the Poka-Lambo Telephone cooperative, was named "The Dawson Cotmtian" today nOon at meeting of the Kiwanis club, Allen, who lives part time on his ranch and part time in town, is also president of the Dawson County Farm bureau.

Bob Bradbury, manager of KPET here, announced the identi-! Don neglect it these conditions bother you. TIT Doan's Pllle-n mild diuretic. Used micceofully by millloni for over 50 yean. While often uthenvlse Housework Easy Without NaggingBackache When kidney function sUwg down, mijiy folks compliln of nwrjdnff backache, of pep and headachcv and dizKinent. Don't fcuffcr lonaer with these discomfOrU if reduced kidney function ift Retting ydu due to such common urtd 8 train.

orer-4xeitfon or expoture In cold. Minor blaGdei 1 irritations duft to cold may Rcttins up nights ty of the honored man at a lunch-1 eon held in the Mesa room, it's amazinc hoiv many limes Doan's cive happy relief from those help eon honoring Allen. Army records backing up the story Rotary club, Lions club, and I of his military career. i Junior Chamber of Commerce i 1 1U Ch 1 McTeak said he took the money to determine whether they wanted to prosecute. "I was living over my head," tne to at "so I took about time." Scrap Drives Urgtd By Texas Senator WASHINGTON, Jan.

30 (U.R) Sen, Lyndon B. Johnson, proposes that the government launch scrap drives like those before and during World War II, He asked defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson to submit plans for a scrap salvage program to Rayburn Is Honored At Special Ceremony WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (spec- George Mahon.

Lubbock, was among the present when President Truman i the Senate preparedne'ss commit- hoTiored Speaker Sam Rayburn tee, which Johnson heads. for his tenure in the House of Representatives. The president called a special meeting for a ceremony at the White House to pay tribuie to Rayburn. A gavel taken from wood used to reconstruct the White House in 1817, after the British had burned it, was presented to the speaker. PHILANTHROPIST DIES SHREVEPORT, Jan, SO funeral services will be held today for William Arch Haynes, 70-year-old retired oil man and philanthropist.

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