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VOL. 28—No. 7.
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1948—
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TRUMAN'S PI,AN
SEEN OK HEARD
WORK OF PREPARING TO
pour concrete for the liig darn
which will back up waters to form J
the lake south of town for the new
city water supply is under w-iy and .
with luck by next fall water may \
bo running down the creek thiough
the mains to the city.
When asked about ,he nurnher of
men employed City Secretary K.
K. Maxwell said it is beirii; done
with machinery and few men are at
work. When the work is on iri full
blast there will not be more thi.li
25 at work, he thought. He spoke
of a $12,000,000 job* to be done
near Dallas on which there nilj be
only .'15 men employed. This is j
truly the machine age.
MISS MATILDA NAIL, FORM- ;
erly of Albany, now of Ft. Worth J
won out over 21 other contestants j
at Memphis to become Maid of Cot S
ton.
The girls there were from almost <
everywhere but the West Texas L
girl came out on top. Her picture J
is shown elsewhere on this page. ?
She is cjuoted fc* saying that she
likes to wear cotton except when
it comes to hose, nylon preferred
there.
CHIEF J. D. EASON SAID
this morning he is fast recovering
from the recent operation he un-
derwent in Ft. Worth and expects
to be back in circulation in a wei>k
or two. I expect to be able to get
downtown some next week.
"On behalf of myself, Virginia
and sonny I wish to express sin-
cere thanks to our many kind
friends for their assistance dur-
ing my illness." he said.
Marshall Asks Total Aid
Texans Asked To
Double Gardens
For Next Year
.Advices front College station in-
! dicate that now is the time for
Texans to begin planning their
home and farm gardens, and pre-
paring their garden spots.
Because of the higher costs of
foods and in answer to the govern-
ment's request for an increase in
gardens in 194S, it is hoped that
Texans will double their gardens.
If this is done and the weather is
favorable other crops of Texas
will have to step lively to stay
ahead of farm and home gardens
i in value.
Texans may not realize it, but
! farm gardens produce a sizeable
! portion of the farm income in the
| state.
There were approximately 400,-
1000 farm gardens in Texas in
1!>47, according to an estimate
j made by J. F. Rosborough, exten-
sion horticulturist for Texas A. &
M. College. The figure includes
gardens up to an acre in size. The
value of the vegetables and fruits
j produced, including those process-
ed for home use? as well as fresh
for the table, average $110 per
l garden. That figures out to a
total income from the gardens of
$44,000,000.
"Cotton and wheat, the two
5 crops that we figure make the
,i..j i most money, actually brought in
an income only a little over eleven
w __ new i times, in the case of cotton, and
hair-do at Miam7 Beam, Fla., I about six times, in the case of
called the brow cluster which j wheat, that of the value of the
features a cluster of ringlets at j gardens/' Rosborough says. "The
the left side of the head. If you j value of the gardens was over ten
have time, you might also glance
at her French-stylo, zebra-
striped battling suit, which is
also new.
-sH'
Shirley Modell sports a
Eight Bouts Are
Expected Friday
At City Hall
times that of flaxseed, ail up-and-
coming crop in the southern part
of the state."
According to a recent report
from the I'SDA's bureau of Agri-
cultural Kconomics office in Aus-
tin, sorghum for grain, cotton
Master Plan For
Local Airport .
Is Adopted
THE TEXAS INDEPENDENT
Network of radio stations has been
formed with II. W. Chapman of
Breckenridge as president. Chap-
man went to a meeting at Mineral
Wells last night to work out fur-
ther details of the organization
and had not returned to his office
early today.
It was said this will make for
better news and entertainment ...
programs because of the national It 's expected that eight mntchps
will lie ma<l>. Mreciienrid..," nas
Cisco boxers will come to l-.reck-
TKXAS GIRL CHOSEN MAID OF COTTON-
Steps toward immediate action
to niakb of the municipal airport
here a class 2 landing field, that
is one on which the airl"^ planes
will use, were taken at a meeting
yesterday afternoon between' city
and CAA engineers.
Mayor Robt. Herring presided at
the meeting with Carter & Burg-
ess representing the city and J.
D. Church and Jack Frye, CAA
engineers from Big Spring.
Several plans for improving the
port here were presented and that
adopted was what is known as plan
B, a master plan to cover a period
of development for ten or fifteen
years. Like starting a house which
can be added to as needed.
Two immediate steps are needed
to bring the local port into the
classification sought. These are one
class 2 runway and two short un-
paved runways running in oppo-
site directions and with landing
I strips. The class 2 runways it was
'explained are to 100 x 390!) feet.
Each of these can be improved as
needed.
These two needs and some work
on drainage are expected to be
started as soon as city engineers
complete the plans, which they re-
■turried to Ft. Worth to do. Carter
& Burgess are the engineers who
did the work for the big Plain-
view airport and that at Ft. Worth,
it was said.
Cost of these first steps was not
1 known but it was said that the
master plan, covering a period of
i many years, contemplates an ex-
penditure of $150,000.
Plan B was adopted at the meet-
I ing with a few minor changes
Miss Matilda Nail of j which the engineers will make. At-
seed, corn, and sorghum for for- - i. ,. .. -
age, and rice follow cotton and Ft. Worth, Texas is the 1!)48 Maid of Cotton. She succeeds brunet ;
wheat in income value, in that or- Hilma Seay of Memphis, Tenn., who traveled all over the United ; chamber'of commerce. Bill Roeer
/I..h ITuini* Hmiirli'ki fimirrc I ... . ... . . • I . . , , V_t . ® .
chairman of the Chamber of
committee which has
■ork on this project.
v u* .it Ml iiiviSHtv «IUV| III V i v "« rillliut or-l) IH * H III |JIII I trllll.t W ill) UdVL'IL'U all UVC'l lilt' Ullllt'U \ uhunibo!* O'
der. Using Rosborough s figures, gjates ;m,j into F.urope as representative of the cotton states. The j is chairma
ranks "just* below He/ and Tb^ve certain that Miss Nai ' * blondp- wil1 be Proficient ! ^mmercc
peanuts, oats, hay (all kinds).
nrtdge tomorrow night to meet. flaxseed, and truck crops.
Breckenridge boxers in preliminar-
ies for the Golden Gloves contest
that will be staged later.
and regional hooltup.
Kight station* form the corpora-
tion. Besides Breckenridge these
'are Mineral Well.-. ,Ballinger.
Stanford, Stephenville, Denton,
that many ready to go, and it was
saiil this'momihg they could match
as many as twelve if need be.
Interest has been growing in this
Cleburne. Robert Bruce of Ball- work, a number being present each
inger was elected vice president, .evening to see the boy* work out.
j Thr program will open at So-
ACCORDING TO PRESS RE- clock, folowing a match witn Abi-
ports concerning comments on 'er|e boxers last week, which re-
President Truman's state-of-the '"''ted in a tie. 4.
union message, it seems that Re-1'.• i'" . ..'.'"p,i! .^.t^ v
publicans are branding it as deep- Moi-iK^s - ... „
ly tinged with new dealism, and f.^^Lve'Lht- ('iruiville Otts light I wil' *tart at 10 "• m- Sunda>' to
open bid for the support Of the 't k t,M',h Rr-indon ■ nd Fl * " *' nue 4 P- m- likewise
?/, ! « Kilion. we.ter«\ Flon c W U th^l^ a^itonum
Singers Invited To
Cisco Meeting
CISCO, Jan. 8—The first meet-
ing of the Fastland County Sing-
ing Convention for 1948 will be
at the task of being Maid of Cotton for 1948.
(NEA Telephoto)
Senate Committee Is Delving
Deeper Into Pauley's Trading
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 <U.R> — \+-
held at Cisco Saturday and Sun- ; Senate Investigators, delving deep-
day, January 10 and 11 with 500 or into ^t h e commodity market
to 1,000 people expected, depend- j speculations of Millionaire Edwin
ing upon the condition of the wea- W. Pauley, today summoned his
ther. ' business manager for secret testi-
The first session of the conven- I mony.
tion will begin at 7:30 p. m.. Sat-j Called in by the Senate Appro-
urday in the auditorium of tho , priatinns subcommittee on specula-
Cisco Junior college. The second tion was Claude Cameron, treasur-
er of the Petrol Corp., a Pauley
enterprise.
. men rvnif!*. v „...K , .„ ... , The subcommittee already has
approval of the democrates and b).u n.1U(Jjl Mehaffey. and John Singers from all over this sec- | quP8tione<i Brig. Gen. Wallace H.
that GOP opposition Indicated it | ,{(lo'n(, mitW|eweights. ! Mon "f, the. ,?t^e au rePresen.ta'1 Graham's brokerage agent and the
won't have a chance to pass Re- Th). biltt|,.s wj|| (M. in th- City tlves of publishing houses are due , ntg wife_ Graham is Presi-
publicans assert they will have t.. <r„ t<. th.- Anu ri- to attend and take part in the A ,
Hereford Sale In
Spa City Jan. 13
The Second Annual Palo Pinto
County Hereford Breeders Associ-
ation Auction Sale will be held
Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 13, at
1:00 o'clock, with Col. Earl Gartin
as the auctioneer. ,
• There will be twenty bulls and
Wn femaleB in the salo, and the
„ , ,, , conHignors are J. E. Bankhead,
Funeral Services were to have p T r.
Services Today
For Mrs. Carnes
kenridge radio station.
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little difficulty in passing U «lr ^lildiifg \ •"« •H,i.nK.i,lB "J- „!£|ffcii
own version of tax revision over ^ett is promoter. ' ® w ^orm *be Pr n R parts
a veto of the president. Cisco proiimters had not furn-
We do not know too much about jj||ed their li.-t of boxers.
such things but it appears to us
that the party that offer* the most
appealing tax cut plan to the I Mrfltinn U
people is likely to get the most 1 WWHIIOn 19 WBHC
Votes.
President Truman offers to cut,
the taxes of the little fellow about.
$40. The republicans won right
after the Civil war by promising
tne negroes forty acres and
mule. We do* riot believ
negroes ever got either one
Truman can make good
First Methodist Church. Rev. A.
J. Morgan was to officiate, assist-
ed by Rev. W. V. Bane. Inter-
ment was to be in the Brecken-
ridge Cemetery with Kiker Service.
Mrs. Carnes passed away sud-
! den^ Truman's Mnioiwl physidan. I denly Wednesday morning at her
The private questioning was in residence, 613 North Butte.
Besides her husband, she is sur-
• . u . „ Tir «jt Santo; R. J. Carey, Caddo; A. H.
been held for Mrs. W. M. Carnes, Dayi ' ly BarnVy Carter, Palo
miorPSIdon.L°^BrPC^enndge fTue Pinto-: B. L. James, Judy James,
19J2, at >:30 this afternoon at the j „ McClUre, C. M. Weldon, K. C.
Weldon and Ralph W. Wolfe, all
Dr. Elvin C. Stakman, prominent
St Paul, Minn., plant pathologist
on the University of Minnesota
faculty, i.r fhe 1948 president of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science. He was
elected at the organization's re-
cent convention in C.hiraen.
Rising Auto And
Fuel Prices May
Change Engines
DETROl f (U.R(—Automobile op-
eration costs are reaching .i point
where the average motorist will
have to think twice before taking
his family on the usual Sunday
drive into the country.
Doubled up keep costs and in-
creases averaging more thin 40
per cent in auto purchase, gaso-
line and oil prices since 1941 are
beginning to put a crimp in much
pleasure and other unnecessary
driving.
The auto inflation is Kitting
more and more attention. When
the price situation gets critical,
auto manufacturers may be torced
to turn out new cars featuring
economy in operation.
So far, only the nation's motor
clubs have protested publicly to
the petroleum and auto industries
and the government. >
Recent increases in fuel prices
have stimulated motorists to think
about mileage more than ever
before.
In 50 cities over the country, the
price of regular gasoline has
climbed steadily from an 18.7 cent
average to about 26.9 cents a gal-
lon in two years. It is 30 cants and
higher in some places.
Auto, makers* taking their cue
from oil scarcity talk by the refin-
ers, speculate' about 50-eent gaso-
line and 60-cent motor oil. There
have been four general increases
this year.
Tax collections on motor vehicles,
also have risen from .$2,147,000,000
in 1941 to an estimated $2,914,-
000,000 in 1947. Auto repair, stor-
age and parking bills have soared.
The automobile industry has
been able thus far to ign.ie the
I Of the program. It iWtoW pubHe^heari ngs wWch'S'SS
I sing-'s.mg broadcast ov.^r the Brec- I row with testimony from-Harold
I E. Stassen, Republican Presides
tial Aspirant.
It was'Stassen who put the fing-
of Graford, Walter Maassen,
Jerniyn and L. A. Wooldridge,
Mineral Wells.
On Monday and Tuesday, Jan
12-13, the Palo Pinto County Live- ....
stock Association is having their small demand for a light car be-
4-H and FFA Livestock Show, cause the limit has not been rea-
. , . . , . .. „ with the sale of fat calves Tues- ched in the public's ability to pay
vived by three daughters, IVlrs. G. dfty mornjnff af 10:30. higher prices. The situation could
o Stamford; Mrs. H. Attractive catalogues are out change almost overnight.
Ku.sk, Arlington, Miss Oma Cam- j-or 0f these shows and sales.' Ketiners, in announcing price
es, Breckem-idge, and two sons, T. -j. heJ j t new show hikes, cite higher prices for c* de
Tom and Jack Carnes of Ft Worth. [ an(1\saies barn just recently added oil, increased labor costs and the
South Of Breck
m mm ! it wa«#Ma sen wno put tne ung- •'••• y ; and sales Darn just recently aaaea * rr' " >
Graham XrOIIIICCS er on I'auley as a big commodity i There are 5 grand-children and - their installations at Mineral unbalance between the supply of
■ ■ . . , x , 1 I (TVOfit. rri-'indwli iMron A kn «nr- .. ru.t i-nL.iim nnrl n fni'iil'H fit miUlfi
Also sur-1 Wells.
THE I'MTED PRESS THIS quarter of section 452 SP survey j and Coach Carl Cook said the Hue-
afternoon advi:#d all editors that Permits is for feet with ca- a^°. ,n t, , ^anie*.ll
••R*^rtn are circulating today that ble tool*. Friday night the Buck «ro s will
Premier Stalin hax died. A care-' In Throckmorton county, six and j meet Brownwnud in their second
ful check ha* been made by the a half miles north went of Woodson j conference, having won their open-
Eumpean bureaus of the United official gauge .if 162.12 barrels of er with Stephenville.
Pri-s* including the bureau in Mo«- 45 Rravity oil in 24 hours has been I o
cow and so far no substance of >j. Manning 1
fact has been found for the reports. (ru. y„ H j.u.|( Knight, 330 feet
We will contirue to check and to fr„m ,h). n„rlh 3n(1 4,423 from the1
keep you aoviaed. | WPSt |in,. of F. A. Richardson sur- j
SEEN OK HBARDtGLAMOI R S4.H Production was from j
^ _ market speculator and charged 1 Kreat-grand-children. .-
Bucks Caae Teams that government "insiders," some Viving are 3 sisters, Mrs. Ewmg
of Weatherford and Mrs. Sam j Michael Silent
Barnes, Peaster, Texas and two «--- .. Ma _ .
brothers, Bill and John Hudson of \ ||||0 PIlOtOQCd
Weatherford. 1 ^
Pallbearers were to be Charles LAUSANNE, Jan. 8 (U.R)—Form-
Brow-nmg, C. H. Brown Tut Ta-1 er King Michael of Romania held
bor, Weldon Fox, L. B. Kathorton open house for news photograph-
a north
Location foi
outpost to
ton office, said he and his wife
Eva were called before the sen-
ate speculation subcommittee at a
closed door session late yesterday.
He refused to discuss the nature
of his testimony. But it presum-
ably concerned his activities in the
commodity market on behalf of
Gen. Graham, who is President
Truman's personal physician. The
subcommittee is looking into Gra-
ham's wheat speculation as part
and S. T. Coker. Honorary pall-
bearers, grand-sons, will be B. R.
Campbell, Lynn, Carl and Kddie
Rusk. Nephews, Doyle Hudson,
Dowe Hudson and Roy Booth.
Nine Are Killed
In Plane Crash
. • «. ..... - ALGIERS, Jan 8 W—Nine per- 1 Qf jn<|tiiry to determine whth-
Dresn ShoDDe to open at 327 West Mississippian line through 11-64 sons, including two children, were er .uj,nflu*tration "insiders" have
Walker giving Breckeriridge un choke at 4,568-88 feet «ith 440 killed today when a transport U!tMj confidential information to
„,h„"Vw w"fcon.£ business P-'unds on casing and 375 on tub-1 plane crashed and burned near Al- mak„ a kj,ljn(f in the market.
t. inir. giers. * o
American Advisers
And Guns To Win
Teen Canteen to have regular pro- lng- giers. -
gram from 8 to 11 tomorrow night.
K f'SS- Mysterious Disease A* Midkmd Is
CSr.-SS; Tl,":, S.X51 Believed to Be Two Kinds Of Flu
near the Breckenridge Clinic, that t
it offers the prettiest view in the MIDLAND, Jan. 8—Dr. W. S. sicians believe that the crest of
city Blake Johnson barely beat- Brumagc, epidemiologist for the the epidemic has passed.
ing G. W\ Callaway to a $5 bill state health department who came The only child now critically ill 1 that
lying on the sidewalk Arthur here Tuesday on Investigation of \ of* the disease is thrne-months-old Army with American guns and
Miller opening up the addition in the mysterious respiratory malady Deborah Baker who is expected American advisers should crush
ATHENS. Jun. 8 'U.Rt Lt. Gen.
William Livesay, chief military at-
tache of the American Aid mis-
sion to Greece, predicted today
a strongly reinforced Greek
the southwest part of the city
in a big way now Buddy Allen
Floyd Jones and O. A. Fore gone
to Graham on court matters to-
day Mrs. R. C. Brittain saying
she and Mr. Brittain to be trans-
ferred by Gulf, probably to Wich-
ita Palls, but not Bare where yet,
that has killed seven Midland chil to recover unless unforeseen de-
dren in the past few weeks, told velopments occu^, physicians told
associates Wednesday that he and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray-
co-workers have located an influ- j mond Baker, Wednesday. The child
enza bacillus in their examinations ; still was under an oxygen tent
of specimens. ' Wednesday at Western Clinic' hos-
It is now the tentative conclu- pital.
sion of the nrobers that the ma- In accord with generally inl-
and adding she sure hates to leave lady in vp ry small children is proved conditions senior and junior'
Breckenridge Learned Mrs. I caused by the influenza bacillus, high schools re-opened Wednesday
Jimmy Ferrel did go fishing at 8 and the disease in older childen j for the first time since the Christ-
o'clock the other morning, time the j is due to influenza virus. j mas holidays. Attendance In the
calendar said and caught seven | An estimated 40 children still high school was six percent below
nice crappie„. and why
Aftermath
CENTRALIA, Mo. <U.R> _ Mrs.
Lee Marksbury crawled unhurt
. i .... - .— , ...... — ..... r from her wrecked car after it over-^
tare are suffering from the disease j normal, and that in junior high turned five times. She survived
about fishing in wenther like this which has struck approximately' school 15 to 22 percent below nor-j the situation, fninted and suffer-
when one cannot go. 100 children in recent weeks. Phy- 1 mnl, ' ed a deep cut as she fell.
Guerrilla activities by late spring
or early summer;
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MEN'S CHORUS TONIGHT
The Men's Chorus will meet to-
night at 7:30 in the Junior Ball-
room of the Burch Hotel. All
members are urged to be present.
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Forgotten Stamps
Problem Solved
TULSA, Ookla. <U.RV-It's all in
the life of a postman.
A letter carrier here opened a
mail box and found a note mixed
with the letters and packages.
Obviously scribbled iff a hurry,
the note read:
"Dear Postman: I put all of my
Christmas ci-.rds in the mail box,
then realized I hadn't stamped
them. Will you please stick these
stamps on for me?"
Scattered among the letters, the
diligent postman found enough
three-cent stamps for the cauls.
He licked the stamps and sent
the cards along.
Tex. Grandmother
At Age of 29
HOUSTON, Tex. <U.P.) — Mrs.
C. A. Brown claims the Hruston
nrea title of the youngest ginnd-
mother at 29.
Mrs. Brown was married in Iola,
Tex., when she was 13, and her
dr.ughter, Adia, was born when
Mrs. Brown was 14.
The daughter, now Mrs. R. S.
Millam, also was married at 13.
Her dnughter, Mae was born when
her mother wtut 14.
ers today, but reporters who crash-
ed the party was rewarded with
nothing more nourishing than a
stern warning against asking him
questions.
He had let it be known that he
would keep silent on even's inci-
dent to his abdication while the
Communists controlled the Bucha-
rest government.
petroleum and a record demand
for fuel.
If the fuel situation gets out of
hand, the alternative to light car
production would be the market-
ing of more efficient engines and
better fuels for present full-sized
cars, but there are strong barriers.
PREDICTS CAVE-DWELLING
BOSTON (U.R5—A Boston archi-
tect says an atomic war would
turn the United States into a na-
tion of cave dwellers. Chester
Lindsuy Churchill told a feroup of
students of architecture that un-
less peace is preserved, 'we may
as well start digging better and
bigger caves to solve our housing
shortage."
Nation's Security
At Stake Says
War Leader
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. <V£> —
Secretary of State George Mar-
shall made an all-or-nothing ap-
peal to congress today to approve
the European recovery program
because the world situation is
'"critical in the extreme."
The gray-haired soldier-states-
man formally presented the admin-
istrations case for the Marshall
Plan to the Senate Foreign Re-
lations committee and then drop-
ped his prepared manuscript on
the committee table. Leaning
forward in his chair, he declared
in a firm voice:
"The people of the United States
must thoroughly understand the
critical world situation."
The four-year recovery program,
he said will require sacrifices by
the American people.
"When we measure these sacri-
fices against what we are fight-
ing for the whole world hangs
in the balance," he said.
He read his formal statement in
a firm, clipped voice . He gave,the
committee a firm challenge to
put up the entire $6,800,000,000
down-payment for the first" 15
months of the Marshal! Plan or
"don't undertake it at all."
He underscored that challenge
in his closing and extemporaneous
remarks. He reminded congress
that in many parts of the world
"there is more fighting now than
there was in the war."
"The whole situation is critical
in the extreme," he said. Marshall
said the U. S. "happens to be the
strongest nation in the world to-
day, certainly economically, and I
think in most other respects."
The ai.vrnatives to an adequate
program, he said, are intense dis-
tress and social and political up-
heavals which could well wind up
eventually in a third world war.
"Our National Security will be
seriously threatened," Marshall
continued. "We shall in effect
live in an armed camp, .regulated
and controlled."
Marshall testified before the
Senate Foreign Relations commit-
tee as the first administration wit-
ness for the plan he conceited
seven months ago and whicHMhe
described today as "an InvestSftit
in peace."
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Democrat Fori
Publicity Man Dies
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 <U.R) —
Charles Michelson, veteran news-
paperman and for eleven years di-
rector of publicity for the Demo-
cratic National Committee, died at
his home early todr,y. He was 79.
Michelson, who began his news-
paper career in San Francisco be-
fore the turn of the century, had
lived quitely here since he jetired
as Democratic publicity director in
1940.
He took that post in 1929, and in
his weekly clip-sheet column, 'Dis-
pelling the Fog', carried on a vit-
riolic attack on the Republican ad-
ministration of former president
Herbert Hoover.
Michelsons efforts played a part
in the defeat of Mr. Hoover by
the late President Franklin D.
Roosevelt in the 1932 election.
Michelson was born in Virginia
City, Nev. and worked as a news-
paper correspondent in New York,
Chicago and Washington. He was
Public Relations director of the na-
tional recovery administration in
1933 :>.nd 1934.
Houston Attorney Is Appointed To
Succeed Hickman Who Takes Office
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 8—St.
John Garwood, 51, prominent
Houston attorney, Wednesday was
named an Associate Justice of the
Texas Supreme Court by Gov.
Beauford Jester to succeed John E.
Hickman, appointed as Chief Jus-
tice of the court.
Earlier in the day Judge Hick-
man was inducted as Chief Justice
and immediately assumed his new
duties after a brief session of
laudation. The court is now com-
plete in its membership of nine.
Judge Garwood's term will ex-
pire Jan. 1, 1953, and he must be
elected this year to serve out this
tenure. If elected next November
his confirmation by the Senate
would be moot as the latter body
can not undo the results of an
election.
Three other judges will also seek
election in this year's elections,
each for a regular 6-yenr term,
b..ir.K Chiut JuSi.ik.fi Hickman und
Associate Justices Few Brewster
and James P. Hart.
Garwood was born Dec. 15, 1896,
at Bastrop. In 1898 the Garwoods
moved to La Grange where they
lived until 1900 when they moved
to Houston.
Garwood is the son of the late
Judge Hiram M. Garwood who was
one of the outstanding members
of the Texas bar and an original
member of the law firm of Baker,
Botts, Parker & Garwood of Hous-
ton. He is also an outstanding
Episcopal layman of Texas.
Educated in the public schools
of La Grange and Houston, he
graduated from Georgetown Col-
lege in 1917 with a BA degree.
At the outbreak of World War
I, he entered the 1st Texas Caval-
ry Brigade, Texas National Guard,
and was commissioned a first lieu-
tenant of cavalry. He attended the
University of Texas. Before en-
tering Harvard he took his LL.B
degre« in 19.2.
Republican Leader
Scorn Tax Plan
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 <U.P.s _
Republican Congressional leaders
junked President Truman's tax pro
gram without a second look today
and confidently promised to beat
his veto this session with a new
tax reduction bill of their own.
As it stands the changes are
1,000 to 1 against enactment of the
combination tax-increase and tacc-
reduction plan proposed by Mr.
Truman.
Two To Hospital
Report from Breckenridge Clinic
today revealed two new patients
admitted. These are W. G. Hutson
and Mrs. J. W. Ramsey, both med-
ical patients.
Livestock
Cattle 1500. Slow. Slaughter
steers and yearlings weak to un-
evenly lower, cows steady, bulls
sharply under Wednesday's high.
Medium and good slaughter steers
and yearlings 22-23. Gdbd cows
19-20. Bulls- 15-20.
Calves 1200. Slow, about steady.
Good and choice slaughter calves
24-28. Medium and good stocker
calves 20-25.
Hogs 1300. Weak to 50 lower.
Sows 50 lower. Top butcher hogs
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