Brownwood Bulletin from Brownwood, Texas • Page 8

WEATHER FORECAST BROWN WOOD AREA: Fair and cold tonight; not quite so cold Wednesday. Low tonight near 28, maximum Wednesday 50. Maximum Monday 60, low last night 37. Sunset today 5:40, sunrise Wednesday 7:00. BROWNWOOD BULLETIN TEN PAGES TODAY BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1955 VOL.

56 NO. 21 APPRECIATION WEEK Howard Payne' College NOVEMBER 7-12 COMMON Sec. of State John Foster Dulles, right, receives warm welcome from Yugoslavia's Pres. Tito on Brioni Island as they meet for first lime. After a seven-hour conference, pair issued a "common accord" statement calling for independence of Soviet statellitc countries.

Neither defined term "independent" or specific Radiophoto). Battle of Texas Democrats For Party Control Breaks Into Open By O. B. LLOYD JR. AUSTIN battle for control of next year's state Democratic convention broke into the open Tuesday after a name-calling contest erupted between the leaders of the split conservative and liberal factions.

George Sandlin, chairman of the conservative State Democratic Executive Committee, tied into Byron new chairman of the liberal loyalist Democratic Advisory Council. Skelton responded in kind. Sandlin inquired If Skelton was the comic Red Skelton. Skelton back that Sandlin is an errand-boy for Gov. Allan Shivers, Snow, Sleet Early Visit of LOW OF 28 DUE HERE TONIGHT Central Texas now Skips Brown County THOMAS JOHN MURRAY T.

J. Murray, 91, Pioneer, Dies; Last Rites Wed. Thomas John Murray, 97, pioneer resident of San Saba County, died about 6:35 p.m. Monday in a local hospital. Services wil be held at the chapel of Davis-Moms Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 p.m.

with Rev. Leo Bujnowski, pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church officiating. Burial will be in Richland Springs Cemetery- Rosary will be recited at the chapel tonight at 7:30. Mr.

Murray wss born in Adrian, March 25, 1858. He came to Texas when he was 9 years old and settled with his parents near Tyler and Palestine. He moved from there to San Saba County in January, 1877, residing there until he cume to make his home in Brownwood with a daughter, Mrs. J. A.

Germany, 1410 Avenue about a year ago. For about four years during that period, however, he lived in South Texas and Mexico. As a pioneer in this area, Mr. Murray is remembered as having seen buffalo plentiful in the state. He had driven herds of Longhorns to the head of the Red River in 1878, and he had "seen every building go up in Richland Springs." He married Susan Jackson on Aug.

12, 1885. She was the daughter of John (Humpy) Jackson who named Susan Peak near San Angelo after her. Mrs. Murray died April 5, 1954. Mr.

Murray served us San Saba County commissioner of Precinct 2 from 1910 to 191(5. He was an honored guest and received a special introduction last Feb. 22 when a large crowd gathered for dedication ceremonies at the new Colorado River bridge between Brownwood and Richland Springs. More than 00 years ago he freighted supplies by wagon between Brownwood and Richland Springs, fording the Colorado River near the sito of the new bridge. Only last Wednesday, he was accompanied by Mr.

and Mrs. Carter to Richlaiid Springs and enjoyed meeting many of his old friends at that time. He became ill here Saturday and was taken to the hospital Sunday. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs Rowntroe of Kldo- radu, Mrs. John Alexander of San Saba, Mrs.

M. K. Carter and Mrs. Germany of Hrowmvood; three sons, G. E.

Murray of Richland Springs, T. H. Murray of San Augelo, ami S. Murray of Conroe; 21 Krandchildreu. unii 28 the head of the party's conservative faction.

"It seems to me Sandlin has been doing what Mr. Shivers wants him to do for quite a spell now. He was selected by Shivers and elected by a committee ers picked," Skelton said. Each man claimed he spoke for a majority of Texas Democrats. Monday's exchange stemmed from a speech Skelton made Friday at Waco in accepting chairmanship of the advisory council, a liberal Democratic group dedicated in its opposition to Shivers and his conservative following.

"By conferring this honor upon me, you have In effect made me chairman of the Democratic party in Skelton said at the time. Sandlin ripped into the Temple attorney and charged Skelton "has been wanting to be chairman of something so long, he'd do anything." "I wonder if all the candidates for state office (in next year's elections) are going to file with will be an interesting thing if they do," Sandlin remarked. "Those that file with us will be elected. Those that file with him won't even be on the ballot," he said. "Of course the candidates will have to file with him," Skelton replied.

"1 said 'in effect'," he explained. "I think everybody knows what that means. I was talking about support of the Democratic party and its nominees." Sandlin said earlier that Skelton represented a "minority" faction. "He will find at next year's state convention he Is completely wrong," Skelton predicted. "Providing," he quickly added, "they hold a fair state convention as the law provides." Skelton predicted skullduggery and double-dealing by the conservatives, now in control of party machinery, at next year's May state convention.

A brisk norther belowing into this area late Monday brought some moisture with it, ranging from a trace of rain to good falls of snow. Heaviest snowfall in the Central Texas area was reported in the Brady-Richland Springs-San Saba area, where two to three inches were reported by public service radio reports received at the Brownwood police station this morning. Reports of light snowfall, melting as it fell, have been received from Comanche, Mills and Lampasas counties. Brown County reported very little snow, with no trace reported in the northwest section, while Brownwood and Winchell reported light flurries about 6 to 7 a.m. Light rain also was reported during the night at Winchell, but iiardly enough to measure.

Radio reports from Hamilton Molotov Rejects Free Voting To Unify Germany GENEVA Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov Tuesday flatly rejected the western plan for free elections to unify Germany and made it clear that Russia intends to hang on to the Communist East Zone. In the longest speech of the current Big Four foreign ministers conference, Molotov dashed western hopes that he had brought back a new plan for Germany from Moscow. He came back instead with a bitter cold war blast against the West's proposals for free elections and German unification.

"The western plan for free elections ignored the realty of Germany," Moltov said in an hour and a quarter speech that deadlocked the conference tighter than ever. He said the question of free elections is not "mature enough" and was an "artificial plan." Looking across the square conference table Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Molotov said that Russia "cannot agree to see the workers of the (Communist) German Democratic republic in East Germany deprived of their factories and laud." He charged that the "Eden plan" for free elections and unity would provoke a general dlsloca tlon in Germany. He said the means for reunify ing the split nation should be found but that it would not be simple, with the Bonn government and that it approved of them in every respect. Larry Rainwater Will Be Taken To Fort Worth Larry Rainwater, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.

Leon Rainwater. 2205 Vincent, will be removed from Shannon Hospital, Sun Angelo, to Cooke Memorial Hospital, Fort Worth, on Wednesday. Larry, who was stricken with polio late last month, te reported yetting alone satisfactorily. He was taken to the San Angelo polio center Uie uiglit of Oct. 25.

National Cotton Estimate 915,000 Bales Crop Up indicated some snow was falling there, but extent of the fall was not learned. Below freezing temperature of 28 degrees is forecast for the Brownwood area tonight. An overnight low of 37 was recorded this morning. Monday's maximum never climbed above 60 degrees. The temperature was 49 degrees at 12 noon today.

The mercury stood at 51 at 1 p.m. A maximum of a cool 50 Is forecast for Wednesday. BARBARA BUTTON Sixfh Husband For Bobs Is German Tennis Star Freezing Weather To Continue Tonight; 15 in Panhandle Area The Agriculture Department Tuesday estimated 14,843,000 bales of cotton will be produced this year, up 915,00 bales or nearly 7 per cent from last month's forecast. The estimate, based on conditions Nov. 1 when the crop was virtually all harvested, compares with output last year of 13,696,000 bales and 10-year average production of 12,952,000 bales.

This year's prospective crop, combined with a carryover of more than 11 million bales, will meet consumption demands both foreign and domestic for about two years. The apparent supply of the fiber is so great that Secretary of Agriculture Ezra T. Benson already ordered a 4 per cent cut in cotton acreage for 1956 in an effort to cut down the mounting surplus. He has set the 1956 acreage at 17,391,304 acres and proclaimed a national marketing quota of 10 million bales the minimum required by law. Farmers vote on the marketing quota in a referendum Dec.

13. The 1955 acreage allotment of 18,113,208 acres also was supposed to produce 10 million bales. The crop was underplanted and actually was grown on 16,514,000 acres. Favorable weather and better growing techniques shot the production far above the marketing quota. The crop reporting board estimated cotton yields this year will average a phenomenal 431 pounds of lint an acre.

This compares with last year's 341 the previous a 10-year average of 279 pounds. In October, yields of the 1955 crop were estimated to average 405 pounds an acre. Texas Cotton Crop Estimate Increases AUSTIN A 1955 Texas cotton crop of 4,250,000 bales, up 250,000 bales or about 6 per cent from last month's forecast, was predicted Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. "About 80 per cent of the increase over a month ago is in the High Plains country," a USDA spokesman said.

"They are getting a whole lot more cotton up there than any indications pointed to a month a'go," he explained. VERSAILLES, France Woolworth heiress Barabara Hutton married German tennis star Baron Gottfried von Cramm here Tuesday. The wedding ceremony took place in secrecy at the town hall. Miss Hutton Is 42, Von Cramm 46. It was the sixth wedding for the dime store heiress and the second for Von Cramm who served a period in jail In 1938 on a morals charge.

Miss Hutton divorced her fifth husband, Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubiosa, only last July. She went to Tangier after that with Von Cramm for two mouths in her Arabian Nights palace there. The only persons present -for the ceremony Tuesday were two witnesses required by French the bridegroom's brother and the curator of the Versailles Chateau, J. Van Den Kemp. Plans for the wedding had been kept carefully secret although the romance had been expected to end with a marriage though both denied there was a romance.

They arrived in this former seat of the French kings in a powerful car shortly before the ceremony In the old grey stone town hall. Miss Hutton wore a simple black tailor- TEXAS FORECAST NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS Clearing Tuesday night. Colder with lowest 26 to 36 Tuesday night. Wednesday fair and not so cold. SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain early Tuesday night.

Clearing late Tuesday night a Wednesday. Colder with lowest 32 to 42 interior and 40 to 45 near coast Tuesday night. WEST Generally fair. Not so cold Panhandle and upper Soutli Plains, and little colder elsewhere Tuesday night. Lowest 20 to 30 Panhandle and South Plains; 25 to 35 elsewhere Tuesday night.

Wednesday generally fair. Not so cold south portion. EAST TEXAS Considerable cloudiness with occasional rain in extreme south early Tuesday iv.sht. CoKler, lowest 28 to 3U interior, and 40 to 45 near coast Tuesday nit-la. Wednesday clearing.

Not so i cold north portion. Mrs. Mary B. Alford Claimed By Death; Funeral Wednesday Mrs. Mary Bell Alford, 1505 Melwood, died in a local nursing home 10:25 p.m.

Monday. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the chapel of London-Burton Funeral Home with John Stephens of Abilene Christian College, Frank Lilly, minister of Sixth Street Church of Christ, and Herbert Newman, minister of Austin Avenue Church of Christ, officiating. Burial will be in Greenleaf Cemetery. Mrs.

Alford was born Aug. 5, 1870, at Giddings. She had been a resident of Brownwood since 1905. She is survived by six sons, Jess L. and Charles M.

Alford of Brownwood, P. B. and A. E. Alford of Abilene, G.

T. Alford of Carbon, and W. A. Alford of Midland; two daughters, Mrs. Roy Hitchcock and Mrs.

R. H. Shores, both of Brownwood; 15 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren. ed suit and the baron a dark blue business suit. Barbara's ex husbands In addition to Rubirosa were movie star Gary Grant, Count Haugwitz von Reventlow by whom she had a son, Lance; the late Prince Alexis Mdivani, and Prince Igor Troubetzkoy.

Von Cramm's first marriage ended in 1937 with a blighted honeymoon. A German court said then the bride was unfaithful and ran about with a French sportsman. Divorce soon followed. In May, 1938, Von Cramm, then Germany's greatest tennis player, was sentenced to prison on morality charges at which the Nazi court told of a "Jewish blackmail" plot which took him for $8,000 to $12,000. The blackmailer was identified as Manasse Herbst, an 18- year-old youth- with whom the court found he had improper relations.

He was released from jail after serving seven months and entered the German army. After the war the one time No. 2 world's tennis player resumed his career on the tennis courts. Miss Hutton's fifth and until was short lived. She married Rubirosa in New York on Dec.

30, 1953, and separated a few weeks afterwards when Rubirosa flew away in the plane she had given him for a wedding present, and rejoined his friend, Zsa Zsa Gabor. By UNITED PRESS Snow, sleet and cold rains fell on a big part of Texas Tuesday in the first general winter weather of the season that saw the temperatures drop to 15 degrees at Amarillo and Dalhart. Much of the snow melted as it hit the ground, but two inches or more were reported around Lubbock and Alpine. Snow mingled with sleet fell generally from eastward of the Pecos Valley on suth through the Big Valley on south through the Big and eastward over the Edwards Plateau and to San Antonio. Sleet and snow extended as far southeastward as Waco, Austin and College Station, while light rains fell across the southern third of the state.

Forecasters said the snow and sleet was melting about as fast as it touched the ground, although some was covering parts of the hill country west of Austin and around Junction. Skies Begin to Clear Snow began fallng late Monday morning in the Texas Panhandle and later in the afternoon in the South Plains, but the weather In the Texas Panhandle began clearing early Tuesday and the skies were bright and sunny at Amarillo. Amarillo and Dalhart were bitter cold, however, with the mercury dropping to 15 degrees Tuesday morning. Forecasters said a mass of cold air was pushing slowly southeastward over the state and would cover the eastern half of the state by nightfall. Snow fell early Tuesday at such points as Abilene, San Angelo, Alpine, Lubbock, Junction, Midland, San Antonio, Waco and Austin.

But, temperatures were above freezing for the most part and little of it stuck to the ground. A low reading of 20 degrees was forecast for the Corslcana-Athens area in East Texas Tuesday night. Forecasters said clear skies would spread slowly southeastward during the day, but that freezing or near-freezing tempera- in prospect for Texas Tuesday tures still were much of West night. Colder weather also was aheac for the eastern part of the state as the cold air mass pushed to ward the Gulf Coast Temperatures of from 25-35 degrees in North Central Texas wer expected during the night and gen erally in the 30s elsewhere excep In the immediate coastal area anc extreme South Texas, where read ings will be somewhat higher. 'Bomb Type' Explosion Blamed For 44 Deaths in United Airline Crash By JOHT B.

MOIEHEAD Civil Aero- Board officials said Tuesday a "bomb-type" explosion shattered a cargo hold In a United Air Lines DC-6B airliner that crashed near Longmont, a week ago killing 44 persons. A postal inspector, meanwhile, said a portion of the mall recovered from the wreckage was torn into fragments "showing evidence of some terrific force." R. B. Dunbar, postal Inspector In charge at Denver, said the mail was found scattered over an area eight and a-half miles long and four nu'les wide. He said this indicated that the blast that fragmented a part of it also blew some of the cargo clear of the plane before the aircraft burst into flames.

Mail Torn Ninety-five per cent of the mall showed no signs of fire and was in such good condition it could be forwarded, Dunbar said. The remaining five per cent was torn to bits, he said. James N. Peyton, investigation chief for the CAB in Washingtn, said an Intensive examination oi the is spread over three square miles near Longmont, shown definite evidence of an explosion. The No.

4 baggage hold was "shattered," Peyton said, although he would not say whether the bomb blast was actually centered in that hold. Sides Pushed Out "The side walls of the hold were pushed out and the floor was in pieces," he said. "It was a bomb- type explosion." United Airlines ordered Its air freight handlers shortly after last week's crash to make more careful inspection of accepted shipments and to "execute vigilance." However, a UAL spokesman in Denver said "vigilance is a routine matter in the freight division." Carres Mail Cargo The plane was carrying a cargo of air mail and freight United Airlines spokesman in Chicago declined to comment on Peyton's statement. They said the airline would have no comment on the crash until the CAB has reached an official decision on exactly what caused it. Luggage which had been in the No.

4 compartment smelled "like gun-powder, or an exploding fre- cracker," and this same smell was detected on other part of the wreckage, the CAB investigation chief said. In contrast, forecasts were for rom 15 to 25 degrees in the Panhandle and upper South Plains gain Tuesday night. Snow mixed with rain fell at San Antonio and Austin about daylight, but melted as it hit the ground. Temperatures ranged from the low to 57 degrees at Brownsville. Other overnight min- mums included Lubbock 21, Mid- and 31, El Paso 37, Alpine 22, Del Rio 39, Laredo 47, Corpus Christ! 52, San Antonio 36, Austin 40, Waco 46, Houston 52, Galves- on 55, Beaumont 50, Lufkin 45, Dallas and Fort Worth 41, Wichita Falls 32, Abilene 33 and San Angelo 32.

WILLIAM McCRAW Dallas District Judge McCraw Dies Suddenly DALLAS District Judge William McCraw, one-time Texas attorney general, died unexpectedly Tuesday of a heart attack. McCraw, 59, was dead on arrival at Baylor Hospital In Dallas. He was the second district judge in Dallas to die of a heart attack in the last six weeks. District Judge Harold Wright died about six weeks ago. Besides serving as attorney general, McCraw had also served as executive director of Variety Club International and as district attorney from Dallas county.

He ran for governor In 1938. He ran third behind W. Lee O'Dan- lel and Ernest O. Thompso. McCraw was born Aug.

15, 1896, at Arlington, where his father published the Arlington Democrat. He moved with his parents briefly to Fort Worth and then to Dallas where his father was associated with several publications, Including one which later became the Baptist Standard. McCraw worked his way through! high school and then studied law at night, although he was unable to go to college. He passed the bar examination when he was 19 years old. He also had his journeyman printer's card by that time.

He served as a second lieutenant in World War I. After he got out, he worked as a printer between serving law clients. In 1920 he became assistant district attorney in Dallas county and in 1923 he was elected district attorney. In 1934 he was elected attorney general. The story Is told that he campaigned so enthusiastically that once some of the citizens he' was soliciting for votes told him he had gotten over into New Mexico.

Frequent Visitor Here William McCraw had visited Brownwood on a number of oc- sasions, one of the last being to address a meeting of the Isham Smith-Scott Bros. Post of the American Legion here a few years ago. He was a former state commander of the Legion. FUNERAL IN Col. Zakaria Mohieddln.

center, Egypt's Minister of Interior, representing Premier Uaiual Abdel Nasser, heads procession behind funeral cortege in Cairo, Egypt, of three victims of El Auja battle with Israeli forces. Reports from Cairo said crowds lining street displayed extreme emotion dm ins fuu- eral. Meanwhile, Israel accused both Egypt and Jordan of two new attacks Inside IsiacU ROK Mustang Plane Hits Schoolhouse; 16 Reported Killed Mustang fighter plane of the Republic of Korea Air Force plunged into a crowded schoolhouse Tuesday, killing 16 children and the pilot. Twelve other children were injured. The Republic of Korea Air Force listed the toll In a revised casualty list issued Tuesday night after first announcing eight children dead and 30 hurt.

The propellor-driven F-51 fighter plane, which carried only the pilot, "suddenly plunged into a screw dive," the Republic of Ko-j rea Air Force announced. The plane destroyed four classrooms where more than 150 stu-1 dents were attending morning classes. The school was located near the city of Kyongju. an im-1 portant rail center 170 miles southeast of Seoul. The dead and injured students were from 10 to 13 years old.

The ROK Air Force identified the fatally-injured pilot as cadet Pak Chang So and said he was on a routine training flight. LICENSE PLATES RECEIVED; TO GO ON SALE FEB. 1 The new-style 1956 vehicle license plates for Brown County were delivered Monday to tha office of A. C. Newton, county tax assessor-collector.

The new tags, which are longer and have the prefix letters the same size as the numbers instead half-size as before, will be placed on sale Feb. 1. A total of 9590 licenses for passenger cars was received. The numbers range from CU 10 to CU 7799, and from CT 8200 to CT 9999. The CU series will be sold first, officials said.

Also received were 1300 plates for commercial vehicles, ranging from 1M 450 to 1M 1749, and 1250 plates for farm vehicles ranging from 5J 4775 to 5J 6024. Other quantities were 500 trailer licenses, 100 plates for trailer houses, and 150 motorcycle plates. Small numbers of other types were also received. REV. D.

MALON'E Plans For Dr. Tate's Address Postponed Plans for Dr. Willis M. Tate, president of Southern Methodist University, to address a dinner meeting of Brownwood business men tonight have been postponed, according to announcement this morning by Dr. Guy D.

Newman, president fo Howard Payne College. Dr. Tate was to have appeared here in connection with "Howard 'Memorial Poppy 1 Sales Scheduled For Saturday 1 Memorial Poppy sales will be ayne Appreciation Week" activi- conducted in Brownwood Saturday ti es by the local American Legion Auxiliary. "A Memorial Poppy over every remembering heart" is the goal for the 1955 project. rj Newman said tonight's dinner meeting was called off because absence from the city of a number of those who wished to attend Association Meet behalf of disabled veterans and Postponed To Dec.

5 needy children of famil-1 A meeting to organize a Brown County Chapter of the Texas Mrs. Belle Hayes, sales chair- Heart Association has been postman, announced that Poppy head-. poned from Nov. 11 to Dee. 5, quarters will be at Collins according to announcement to- Griffiu, 200 E.

Audwsou. i day. CALVARY BAPTIST HAS NEW PASTOR Rev. W. D.

Malone of O'Brien has accepted the call to be pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, effective Nov. 20. Hilton Gilliam, chairman of pulpit committee, made the announcement following a telephone conversation with Rev. Malone. Rev.

and Mrs. Malone will move to Brownwood the latter part of next week. They will be companied by Mrs. Malone'i mother. Mrs.

Watkiiu. For the past three years, Rev. Malone has been pastor of tht First Baptist Church of O'Brien. He has also done missionary work: among Latin-Americans during cotton harvest in that area. A graduate of Louisiana College and the Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Rev.

Malone succeeds Rev. Adrian W. Coleman, who recently resigned his post here to move to Carlsbad, N. M. Rev.

Malone held pastorates In Louisiana and East Texas beforv moving to O'Brien. Mrs. Malone has been active in WMU and young people work for a number of years. She has been a music teacher in public schooli at Fort Worth, and taught In fradM At £uox City..