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The Courier News from Blytheville, Arkansas • Page 12

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PAGE TWELVH BLYTHEVILL15 (ARK.) MOKDAY, JULY 26, Shivers Of Texas In Runoff Governor After Unprecedented Third Term DALLAS, Tex. (AP) Gov. Allan Shivers, who led Texas Democrats' bolt to Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952, apparently faces a runoff election in his bid for an unprecedented third term. Hi opponent Yarborough champion of the "Loyalists" who stuck with Democrat Adlai Steven son in the presidential race.

Unofficial returns from Satur day's first Democratic primary gave. Shivers a 17,158 lead ove Yarborough, not enough in four-man race to avoid an Aug. second primary. Yarborough, 51, who had condemned Shivers breakway from the party in 1952, predicted victory for himself Aug. 28.

"The Democrats of Texas," he said, "will vote to regain control of their COTTONDALE, Tex. (0 Machine Gun Kelly, followed in the news by millions when he was, for a brief period, America's most notorious desperado, still drew 300 people in death. They buried Kelly yesterday in the Cottondale cemetery. Only one relative was present. It was Boss Shannon, who still calls Kelly 'George." Shannon is his 'ather-in-law.

He loaned Kelly his 'arm home for Kelly's most famous crime, went to prison with him, finally reserved Kelly, a spot if ground in the cemetery. Like a lot of others, Boss Shan- ion filed past the casket for a ast look. When he saw. Kelly's face, he broke into a smile. "Well, George," he said, "you sure look nice." A little girl fainted during the ceremony.

Flamboyant Kathryn Kelly, Mahine Gun's wife and partner in crime some said she was the brains couldn't come. She and her mother, Boss Shannon's wife, still are in prison. But she sent flowers red roses. On one of ribbons was written OSCEOLA NEWS By Bettyt Nelle Starr who is attending Camp at return trip party." Shivers dent. appeared equally con- "I welcome the opportunity to continue the fight for he said.

"We will keep running a good, hard, clean fight in this runoff and with the help of the people of Texas we will win it." Record Vote A runoff election is required when no candidate has a clear majority over all others. Arlon B. (Cyclone) Davis and J. J. Holmes polled 2.72 per cent of the vote tabulated thus far by the unofficial Texas Election Bureau and that was apparently enough to force a runoff between the two top men.

Some "60,000 to 80,000 votes were still out. Democratic nomination in the past has virtually assured election, A record 1,273,100 votes had been tabulated by last night. Shivers had Yarborough, Holmes, Davis, 15,671. Texas Hepublicans, who held their fourth primary in history Saturday, voted in small numbers. No count was made since the candidates were unopposed.

The bitter struggle between the conservatives and in the governor's race overshadowed the sweeping victories of Senate Minority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson and House Minority Lead- IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE CHICKASAWBA DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, ARKANSAS IN THE MATTER OF: No. 2255 OHN W. WALKER, DECEASED. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on the 16th day of July, 1954, a petition was filed in the above court by Mrs.

W. J. Ross, of 1705 West Vine Street, Blytheville, Arkansas, Mrs. R. Wilbanxs of 1917 West Vine Street, Blytheville, Arkansas, "Husband." Kelly was sent to prison for the $200,000 kidnaping of oilman Charles F.

Urschel, then of Oklahoma City, now of San Antonio, Tex. Urschel was held on Shannon's farm. Kelly got life, as did Kathryn and Mrs. Shannon. Boss got 11 years.

Kelly died in Leavenworth prison July 17. Boss already was out and had returned to his farm. Two preachers officiated at the rites. Neither mentioned the name of Kelly. Wholesale Amphibs CHICAGO 60 years the Chicago Natural History Muesum T.

S. Mis- has been getting African frogs and TTr--n toads for tudy buying, bartering Mrs. Guy Driver invited Mrs. John Enochs to be her guest when she entertained Thursday at a luncheon at the Seminole Club for members of the Town and Country Canasta Club. Mrs.

Donald Baker of San Diego, has returned after visiting her mother, Mrs. Lillian Welborn, and her sisters. Among Memphis visitors during the week wt Mrs. E. H.

Burns and daughter, Bettye, Mrs. Harold Jones, Mrs. Alec Crosthwait, Mrs. Jesse Cramer, Mrs. Godfrey White and daughter, Miss Llewelyn, Mrs.

Aubrey Cowan, Mrs Bard Edrington and daughter, Sally, Mrs. Henry Swift, Mrs. Guy Robbins, Mrs. D. V.

Malock and daughter, Rose. Mrs. Gratis Lawrence was called to her home in Lake Village due to her mother's illness. Mrs. Billie Beall and children will return home Monday after spending two weeks with her parents in Atlanta, Ga.

Mr. and Mrs. Hyman Weinberg to her monthly pitcn club when it met at her home Thursday afternoon. Guests were Mrs. H.

J. Levenstein, Miss Blanche Cleere and Mrs. Bettye Nelle Starr. Following "refreshments, the guests spent the afternoon playing cards. Brass holding marigolds and crystal vases of pink and red roses were placed at intervals throughout the entertaining rooms.

In the games played, winners were Mrs. E. L. Bowles, high, Mrs. Starr, high guest prize, Mrs.

A. W. Bowen, low, and Miss Cleere, bridge. Mr. and llrs Weinberg and daughters are home after spending two weeks in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Mr. and Mrs. L. C. B.

Young are vacationing in North Carolina. They will visit their son, Logan, vard, before their I home in two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Minton are in St.

Louis to attend the ball games. Mrs. W. C. Cheatam of Bradford, has returned home after a visit with her son, R.

G. and family. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Weinberg are in St.

Louis on a business and pleasure trip. Tney will return next week. Mrs. Felix Stephenson, formerly of Osceola, but recently of DeWitt, has been here visiting Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Minton. She returned home Thursday. Miss Nora Pittman of Memphis is visiting her brother, Jim Pittman, and Mrs. Pittman, and her niece, Mrs. Fred Smith.

Mrs. Harold Ohlendorf and daughters, June and Nancy, and Mrs. D. Ohlendorf are home after a ten day trip to Colorado. Mrs.

George Cone underwent surgery in Baptist Hospital Fri- Mrs. Roland Green in Blytheviile Lt. Newcomb is stationed at the Air Force Base in Houston. Donnie Walker, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Don Walker, celebrated his seventh birthday Thursday by inviting seventeen of his friends over to his house for an afternoon of games and refreshments. Mrs. T. P. Florida is improving following a stroke that occurred at her home Saturday morning.

Miss Marjorie Doyle is chaperoning a group of young girls on an automobile trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The girls are Mary and Martha Dillard, Carmen Reidy and Nancy Ohlendorf. They will be gone for two weeks. day. Lt.

ana Mrs. Guy Newcomb sissippia nd P. B. Walker of 1312 Norvell Avenue, Nashville (6), Tennessee, in connection with the and collecting. single shipment Now it has one of 77,000 more andlSarTpetiSrs; ST3SS they state: That they are the sole and only heirs of the decedent who died on 60 years.

Dr. Victor Van Straelen, director of the I'lnstitut des Pares ueirs 01 me aeceaent wno aiea on XT the 8th of May. 1954; that decedent Naturaaux de Congo Beige send was a resident of this district them carefull packed in crated er Sam -Rayburn and the crumbling of the power of south Texas political boss George B. Parr. Johnson won nomination for a.

second term and Rayburn for his 22nd. Johnson had 813,216 votes to 318,004 for State Rep. Dudley Dougherty. Rayburn defeated A.G. McRae 29,520 to 8,950.

Incumbents generally piled up impressive leads in the Democratic primary. But Rep. Wingate Lucas lost the 12th (Fort Worth) District to Weatherfbrd Mayor Jim Wright. Wright had 26,080 Votes to 17,702 for Lucas. Mississippi County, Arkansas: tha died intestate; that the debt ae owed at his death have bee paid in full b.

petitioners; that th assets comprising the estate of th decedent are of an aggragate val ue of less than that other persons other than the peti ioners have any right, title, clamor interest in, to or against the es ate of the decedent. Any person having any interes or claim against the estate he decedent should file the same the Clerk of the Probate Court for the Chickasawba Dis rict of Mississippi County, Arkanas, within 30 days after the date the last publication of this notice which date will be the 9th day of August, 1954; that such claim must be properly authenticated and must be filed with a true and complete copy of each document, if any, upon which such claim or interest is based. If such claim or interest is not filed within said period as set forth hereinabove then said claim or interest shall be forever barred. ELIZABETH BLYTHE PARKER, Clerk of the Frooate Court, Chickasawba District of Mississippi County, Arkansas. SEAL Harrison and Harrison, Attorneys Petitioners.

five gallon milk cans with the request that Dr. Karl P. Schmidt, chief curator of zoology at the museum, prepare a report on them. Permanent Marriage HESPERIA, Mich. UP) Myrtilla Rumsey had been 18 years old for about a week when- she married Ellis Rumsey in Mainesburg, Pa.

She's S2 now; he's 94. Celebration of their 74th wedding anniversary was quite an affair. The Rumsey's have 89 living descendants. Their oldest daughter is 70. They had nine children, four of whom have died.

Call 3-8233 Cowboy Greetings HELENA, Mont. Summer tourists are welcomed to Montana at the border by youngsters garbed in colorful cowboy regalia. Twenty-one such greeters, mostly collegians, man ports of entry to give highway and fishing information and provide maps. BIG WATERMELONS ICE COLD Lb. Hot 2c Lb.

PEACHES PLUMS $2.29 Bushel Red Triumph POTATOES 100 SflSO Peck No. 1 A Size Ibs. BLYTHEVILLE CURB MARKET Main St. Wholesale or Retail TONIGHT! 8:00 P. M.

Tune In Statewide Raido And Little Rock TV For A BIG RALLY From MacArthur Park Bandshell. FREE Ice Cream, Music, Entertainment ing Starts At 7:30 Promptly! County and Other Candidates Will Speak Hear Him And You'll Re-Elect Governor FRANCIS CHERRY 2nd Term TUES. 7:30 A.M. But This Time Gov. Cherry Will Ask The Questions Of An Audience of Radio Broadcast (Political Advertisement Paid By Laffel Gentry, Chairman have returned to Houston, Texas, after visiting her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. A. Pigg, and her aunt, Airliner Smacks Truck TOKYO A Korean-bound Northwest-Orient airliner smacked into a truck on a takeoff at Haneda Airport today but none of the 32 passengers and crewmen was injured. The four-engined DC4 plane was damaged, however, forcing cancel- ation of the Tokyo-Seoul flights today and tomorrow.

LEE WARD is the right man for CHANCELLOR Vote Aug. 10, 1954 Political Advertisement Paid for by Lee Ward Who Is the Taxpayer's Friend? COMPARE Their RDS (Senator (The Ex-Governor's) $120,000,000.00 SAVED for the Taxpayers of to Senator John MtClellan! Scow McMath; Legislative Reaction Forecasts Trouble for Proposals income Tax, REPRODUCED FROM ARKANSAS GAZETTE. JANUARY 10 951 WHEN HE WAS YOUR GOVERNOR: He demanded more tax money to spend $12,000,000.00 MORE in 1951 $18,000,000.00 MORE in the years thereafter. Here are his own words, taken of his message to the Legislature, January 9, 1951: "1 propose the immediate enactment of the foMowing revenue-producing measures: A tax per bottle on soft drinks. A 2-cent rax increase on every package of "3.

A $1 per gallon tax on every gallon of fiquor." "4. A INCREASE IN THE STATE INCOME TAX." "These measures should increase rJie revenue for the current fiscal year by approximately $12,000,000.00 and increase Hw revenue for the next bietmHwn by approximately By now, the Governor's program cost tfte taxpayers of Arkansas, Income Tax Redtiction- Author of the split-income (community property) provision of the Internal Revenue Act of 1948 which removed income tax discrimination against husbands and wives of Arkansas. This has resulted the saving of more than FORTY MILLION" DOLLARS to Arkansas taxpayers since its passage. Income Tax Exemptions- Co-author increase in personal exemptions from $500 to $600, provision of the Internal Revenue Act of 1948, resulting in the saving of more than EIGHTY MILLION DOLLARS to the taxpayers of Arkansas since its passage and benefited principally the wage earner and small salaried people. Now strongly supporting pending legislation to increase personal exemptions from $500 to $800 for this year to $1,000 ior succeeding years.

77,000,000.00 The ex -governor was blocked by members of the Legislature. He hated to give up though, and spent thousands of dollars on a i a I sesttoft trying to force a bifl through to RAISE THE SALES TAX OVER $12,000,000.00 PER YEAR The people did not forget it. 1952 the ex-governor failed again. He was removed from the governor's office when 237,448 scratched his name August 12, 1952 THEY'LL DO IT AGAIN JULY 27th AND THOUSANDS MORE WMJL ADDED. Re-Elect UNITED STATES SENATOR JOHN L.

MTCLELLAN.

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