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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Tuesday Evening, January 22, 1946
Tuesday Evenir
Three Killed in Car
Mishaps in Section
THE NATION TODAY
First Strike Day Busy for Big,
Cold for Little CIO Steelmen
Texas Senate Backs 36th Plea
For Probe of Rapido Crossing
Harry Fulwiler Back
From Navy Service
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Three deaths, several injuries
and numerous mishaps resulted in-
directly Sunday and Monday as
the most severe weather of 1946
made its advent into this area.
Passenger in a pickup, he was
injured when it overturned. His
wife was painfully but not se-
riously injured. She is receiving
treatment in a Sweetwater hos-
pital Two other riders, Fannie
Tyler and H Lattimer, were unin-
jured.
Bv JAMES MARLOW
PITTSBURGH. Jan 22 —(-
The big men and the little men
among the striking CIO steelwork-
ers had a busy day, the first day of
their strike.
wanted pictures of Murray coming
out of his office.
Murray obligingly went into his
office and came out again for the
photographers.
Clerks steadily went on with the
job of keeping the union s finances
The dead are Joe Davis Mont-
gomery, 50. Throckmorton, J. D.
Boone, 65. Weinert, and Clint 0-. .
Parker, 47, Merkel. William Shel- Parker, a native of Coleman
ton Grimsley of Weinert was criti- county, leaves his wife and two
cally injured and is in a Haskell sons Ralph and Durant; his fath-
hospital er, S H. of Coleman; and two
Montgomery and Boone were as- brothers. Lloyd of Grand Prairie
sisting Calvin Birch repair a tire and Henry of Coleman; and two
sisters. Mrs Ethel Boggs of Breck
] enridge, and Mrs Ivy Brown of
Oklahoma City His body has been
shipped to Coleman, where funer-
al will be held.
DALLAS, Jan. 22.-() -
William Albert Summers, 40.
of Ballinger, died at Parkland
hospital here early today of
injuries he sustained last
night when his truck crashed
into a highway bridge.
Nearer Abilene several mishaps
on highways occurred when traf-
------------—----.—: fic difficulties were encountered,
when an auto driven by Grimsley Mrs. Robert W Wassner, Fair-
atruck the two near Haskell at field. Conn., was slightly injured
6 45 p. m. Monday. Both, autos Monday .morning when her car
were headed toward Haskell.collided with an approaching ve-
Grimsley was reported to have re- hicle
ceived a crushed chest The wreck ’ . . .
was investigated by State High- The accident occurred a half
wav Patrolmen E w Green and mile east of the city on No. 80.
Homer Bailey of Stamford, as well Her husband, who was driving,
as Sheriff Mart Clifton and Deputy was injured She was released
D P Fuller of Haskell, from Hendrick Memorial hospital
• •• after emergency treatment.
The accident in which Parker Occupants of the other car. Mr.
was fatally injured occurred early and Mrs. Thomas Byrne, Coving-
Sunday morning five miles south ton. Ky- were not injured. Both
of Sweetwater He died at 11 p. in cars were badly damaged
in a Sweetwater hospital. At 2 15 a car overturned six
miles east of Abilene H F. Wa-
tenpaw, Kennedy, N. Y. was driv-
er Four other passengers in the
car were from New York.
Several minor mishaps were be-
ing checked by the State Highway
patrol Tuesday.
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Take the big ones first, in their ,-------------------------
headquarters on the 15th floor of a in order: Paying bills, checking on
Pittsburgh office building, dues payments, a vast operation for
CIO President Philip Murray had | the steelworkers headquarters
a broadcast to make last night at checks on the union’s finances
the end of the first day of strike everywhere.
He and his top lieutenants sat • • •
down and cooked up the speech.
Then it was written out ----------------____—
He read it to his lieutenants little different. There local 1937
They timed him with a stop-watch | has about 9.000 members, all of
to be sure he would not exceed his: whom work in the Carnegie-Illinois
radio time He suggested changes, mills at Homestead
While the speech was being re It’s strictly a steel town. Steel is
worked with ideas of his staff put the big industry there
in or taken out. Murray called a Striking steelworkers, bundled
press conference. up against the slanting, icy rain.
He wanted to say the strike stood in quiet groups on the cor-
would last until the steelmakers] ners or singly with their backs up
gave the steelworkers the raise against store windows.
they wanted About 100 others made their
Hours before the time for his | slow, circling picket line march in
speech Murray read it to his staff; front of the mill They serve as
again. Again they stop-watched; pickets 6 hours a week
him. Some Homestead storekeepers
• •• had donated coffee, milk and sugar
Off in a corner of the tidy of- and even stoves upon which to
fices. just as if there were no cook the coffee Someone donated
strike, a clerk with nice handwrit-the use of an empty store. The
ing was filling out the charters coffee was made there and taken
for new local unions which were to the pickets.
joining the CIO The local union leaders in their
Murray’s staffmen say an aver headquarters building stayed busy
age of one new local joins every on the phone, being sure there
day. Meanwhile, phones kept ring - would be pickets available 24
ing all over the offices, hours a day or settling details
Neatly dressed as any business which suddenly rushed down upon
men, the top officials of the CIO them.
answered the ringing patiently. Squads of strikers stood around
listening giving advice or orders, inside the union building, men
Union leaders from everywhere who had worked side by side for
were calling in to report on their years and now were talking about
strikes or to ask help on a special the strike and the future which
problem of their own, was not clear to anyone.
One needed advice on setting up Big signs told them to be sure
pickets another had to be told to sign up next week for unem-
what to do if a strikebound boss ployment pay They would, of
sought a federal injunction to stop course In Pennsylvania they can
the strike get unemployment pay after five
Murray, solemn but pleasant weeks of striking The money will
wandered occasionally into his pub- come in handy if the strike lasts
licity director s office to see how that long
the speech was coming along But in talking to the big men
Newsmen, radio men and photo- and the little men in the CIO one
graphers trooped in all day They thing seemed certain: They in-
wanted information, or they want tended to keep on striking till
ed permission to pass through a they got the raise they wanted,
picket line to enter a mill, or they 1 182 cents more an hour.
But at Homestead, Pa., about 8
miles from Pittsburgh, it was a
RITES CONDUCTED — Fu-
neral for Mrs. O. P. Clark
(above), wife of the pastor of
the First Methodist church
was held here this morning,
with a second service sched-
uled at Stephenville this af-
ternoon. She died early Mon-
day of injuries received in an
automobile collision in Abi-
lene Nov. 26.
Sweetwater Housing
Meeting Postponed
SWEETWATER, Jan. 22—(Spl.)
A stockholders meeting for election
of officers and directors of a cor-
poration to build homes to relieve
the housing shortage here, alated
for Monday night, has been post-
poned until Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
Leland Glass, chairman of the
board of city development, has an-
nounced that $30,000 of a $50,000
goal for the corporation has already-
been subscribed
AUSTIN, Jan. 22.—()—Calling
the Rapido river crossing a "mur-
derous blunder" the Texas senate
has adopted a resolution request-
ing congress to investigate the dis-
aster which cost the lives of many
Texans.
The resolution, by Sen. J. Frank-
lin Spears of San Antonio, “wholly
endorsed and approved" the reso-
lution adopted by the 36th division
reunion at Brownwood yesterday.
It was adopted by a unanimous
vote of the senate.
"The whole attack and terrify-
ing conditions under which the
crossing was ordered," said the
resolution, "have stirred up bitter
anger among men and officers in-
volved in the disaster."
The resolution said:
"The Texas Thirty-sixth division
in convention at Brownwood Sat-
urday adopted unanimously a reso-
lution calling for a congressional
investigation into the Rapido river
disaster during the campaign in
Italy, in which engagement nearly
3,000 casualties were sustained,
some regiments nearly wiped out,
“It is a matter of record that
the order for crossing of the river
was issued, as we understand it,
by General Mark Clark, who was
advised against the movement by
Gen Fred L. Walker, commanding
the division, and others, as a need-
less sacrifice of men. and the
enemy in powerful position to
slaughter the Texas troops.
"The resolution at Brownwood
recites, and it is a matter of mili-
tary history that the 141st and
143 d infantry regiment combat
teams caught the brunt of the bat-
cause they were assigned to an im-
possible duty, the reasons why
General Clark insisted upon cross-
ing of the river under such ter
rible conditions should be given
full light of day and investigated
in all details.
"It is a matter of record that
patrols and scouts reported to
their commanders, which informa-
tion was available to General
Clark, that the enemy was in an
impregnable position, that the
crossing would be foolhardy and
accomplish nothing and have, the
tendency to harm the morale of
the division, the citizens of Texas
and of the United States are en-
titled to know why such costly
blunder was permitted "
Attends Convention
Nib Shaw, manager of local
branch of the Texas Coca-Cola Bot-
tling Co., is attending the 43rd
annual convention of the Texas
Bottlers’ association, which opened
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FETVEe-TNROAT
Harry Fulwiler, who returned to
the states Dec. 7 after spendin 20
months in the South Pacific with
the Navy, has resumed his position
as assistant manager of Universal
Motors.
Fulwiler, whose terminal leave
as a Navy lieutenant will end Feb.
7. went into service in September,
1942 as an ensign. He went over-
seas in March, 1943, landing on the
Manus island, a part of the
miralty islands, where he serve’i
in communication work and as a.
recreation director.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. W. .J.
Fulwiler, 910 Highland he and
his wife, the former Jean Mont-
gomery of Dallas, are living with
his parents for the present.
Monday at Waco with a registra-
tion of 340 members. Officers are
to be elected today.
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Abilene for Switching Duty in T&P Yards
By EARLE WALKER I years’ work since—spanking new
Abilene railroad circles are —she joined the T. & P., the fore-
hosts to an old lady of distinction man estimated.
with young manners. R B. (Bob) She also has the distinction of
Henderson, mechanical foreman at being the only locomotive in Abi-
the Abilene & Southern Railway . :. « .
roundhouse, said Tuesday, lene designed exclusively for a
She is Engine No 319 (of the switch engine, he said. Her dif-
D-9 class . among the oldest in ference, lies in * slopetypetender
the Texas & Pacific system, which (for better vision) and the ab
has arrived here for a several- sence of engine trucks (for great-
month assignment to switching er tractive power). Henderson
duty, he explained, added She once burned coal, but
W E Haley, another veteran, now uses oil. , .
who has been with the T AP. Old 319 goes to work at 7 a m
since Feb 5 1913 is the engineer and gets off at 3 P " each day.
and R J Hutcheison is fireman She travels 100 miles on every
While her present job may oe eight hour tour, but her itinerary
somewhat of a let-down from the is limited to a stretch of track
days when she pulled freights in from the stock pens east of Holder
local service. Old 319 is still kick to Bagdad.
ing up her heels youthfully, after “After each thorough cleaning
being converted to a special switch and shining. 319 truly looks the
engine,” Henderson pointed out part of a dashing, young lady,”
The unit probably has seen 50 the foreman said.
---===— ■ =1 Henderson explained that In
railroad jargon all engines are
feminine— because, he said, they
have ' petticoats.” • ‘bonnets," “slip-
ers," “hose” and “shoes.”
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Spring registration for McMurry
college began at 9 a m today to
continue throughout the day for
both old and new students. Thia
is approximately a week earlier
than the two other local colleges.
Dean W B McDaniel reported
McMurry is expecting from SO to
60 veterans to join the 12 now en-
rolled Several new courses and
freshman repeat courses will be
added for the spring semester to
aid veteran« and new students in
college for the first time
Baird Veteran
Back in Army
Truman H. Cummings Baird,
veteran of World War II. reenlist-
ed Monday at the local Army re-
cruiting station to serve for a
period of three years in the in-
fantry.
Cummings previously served two
years and three months 14 months
of which was spent over seas He
1 was discharged as a technician
fifth grade and holds the ETO
1 ribbons with 5 battle stars. Merito-
rious Placque, Presidential Cita-
tion and Combat Infantry badge
Cummings stated he reenlisted
because of benefits offered by the
| Army retirement! after 30 years
I active service.
Railman, III 2 Months,
Returns to Work
Sickness is not good for any-
thing—except to ruin a hunting
season, said R. B. (Bob) Hender-
son, mechanical foreman at the
Abilene & Southern Railway round-
house, when he returned to work
Monday after a two-month illness.
Henderson had been away from
the yards since he became ill on
a deer hunt between Johnson City
and Austin November 14
As a lad in knee pants, the
veteran railman entered the em-
ploy of the A. & S Dec. 13, 1P21. +
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In June1936, the General American Life Insurance Company set mutualization- the transfer
of ownership from stockholders to policyholders—as its goal. ** On January 15, 1946,—less
than 10 years later—the complete ownership of the Company by its policyholders became
an accomplished fact. This wholesome transition was made possible by devoting three
million four hundred and ninety-four thousand dollars from earnings for the retirement of
stock,- dollars which otherwise would have been available for dividends to stockholders. **•
From this day on, our policyholders will not only receive the financial protection of their
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT DECEMBER 31, 1945
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Cash and Bonds ..
ASSETS
First Mortgage Loans on Real Estate.
Home Ofice Building................
O Ral Em end Ser Contren. .
Interest and Rents Due and Accrued .
Other Assets, Principally Net Premiums
...$ 72,799,542.60
(1) Balance of Initial Policy Liens
Loans to Policyholders...........
(2) Total Assets .................
43,925,575.79
830,000.00
6,134,551 .30
797,014.00
845,074 28
1,881,371.23
2,561,125.00
-17,192,362.67
$147,166,616.87
LIABILITIES
Policy Reserves ....................$132,727,431.47
Reserves for Policyholders Dividends 2,374,254 07
Other Liabilities and Reserves.........2,534,180.82
Total.. .............................$137,635,868.36
Contingency Reserve.................7,530,748.51
Under Purchase
Agreement .......$5,333,627.04
For Group Insurance. 1,080,969.00
For Stock Retirement $70,799.14
Other...............$45,353.33 .
Capital Stock and Guaranty Fund.....500,000.00
Surplus............................1,500,000.00
Total Liabilities......................$147,166,616.87
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(1) Does not include liens totaling $659,109.00 which have been discharged by payments in cash or credit by policy-
holders nor $73,236 56 liens on dividends on deposit both of which items wifi share in future lien reductions
(2) Includes assets in “Old Company Account” established under Purchase Agreement dated September 7, 1933, on
IN with the Superintendent of Insurance Department of the State of Missouri
Note: The Company in December, 1945, subscribed for $ 3,000,000 of United States Government Bonds to be settled
for in 1946, which bonds were taken up by banks and are being held by them for the account of the Company.
BEHRENS & BEHRENS, General Agent
605-6 Mims Building.
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