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The Weather
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cloudy with showers in the Del
RIcMKagle Pass area this after-
noon. Not much change ' In
temperature.
Sweetwater Reporter
Continuous Full Loosed United Press Wire Service
51st Year
'Dedicated to Service1
Sweetwater, Texas, Sunday, Sept. 12, 1948
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ROCKS AGAINST TOMMY-GUNS—A German anti-Communist youth, foreground, is about
to hurl a rock at Russian soldiers in jeep just before Soviet troops opened fire with tommy-
guns on a massed crowd of about 300,000 Germans. Russians said they started shooting be-
cause German civilians had stoned another jeep load of Red soldiers in the British sector.
(NEA Radio-Telephoto).
Jim Wells County Election Case
To Be In Lap Of State Committee
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East Coast Truck
And Air Mechanics
Strikes Are Ended
I
By tinted Press
The east coast truck drivers
strike broke wide open today on
the union's terms, and aero me-
chanics ended their long strike
against Boeing Airplane Com-
pany in Washington State.
But there was scarce hope lor
settlement of other strikes that
idled 30,000 west coast maritime
workers, 50,000 Detroit auto
workers, 15,000 California oil
ijfreiinery employee* and 1,400
Minneapolis' grain processors.
Representatives of 13,000
striking A PL truck drivers at
New York offered yesterday to
reduce their demands for a 25
cent hourly pay boost to 17%
cents.
A Spokesman'for the trucking
firms said the employers would
not go above .15 cents. But short-
ly afterwards officials of two
large chain stores accepted the
f 17'/4 cent offer. That set off a|
flood of agreements.
The break was followed by the
signing of contracts by about
300 private carriers. Approxi-
mately 1,500 firms still refused
to sign. The stranglehold had j
been broken on retail food ship-
ments, but most trucks hand-
ling general merchandise still
were stalled.
The Seattle Local of the In- j
dependent Aero Mechanic Un-
coil voted overwhelmingly to re-|
"Turn to work at Seattle's two
Boeing plants. More than 14,-
800 workers had been on strike
for more than four months.
They accepted the company's [
contract offer, including a 15-!
cent hourly wage increase. They ]
had struck for 30 cents.
At San Francisco, the CIO
Longshoremen's union an-j
nounced that members had al-
most unanimously rejected an ;
employers demand that union
* officers sign non-communist af-
fidavits. They also turned down
the employers' "final offer" for
settlement of their dispute.
Latest Houston Horse
Meat Scare Verified
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 11. —
(UP)— The 1.300 pounds of
boned meat seized in an early
morning raid here Thursday
definitely was horsemeat, the
State Health Department re-
ported today.
The formal report of the test
will be received Monday and
immediate prosecution of two
Houston packers involved will
follow. Dr. Laurentz said.
Grand Jury action was prom-
ised bv District Attorney A. C.
Winborn.
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Our Police Chief Says-
I am appealing to the
drivers to help prevent in-
juries to our children as
they go to and from our
public schools. A driver who
bus injured or killed a child
with his car will never for-
get the horror of it, nor will
he ever drive near a school
or where children may be
playing again without using
the greatest of caution. Do
your thinking before enter-
ing a school or playground
zone—for by doing this you
may prevent that Injury to
(tome child.
AUSTIN, Sept. II—(UP)—
I'. S. Senatorial Candidate
Candidate Lyndon Johnson
obtained a temporary injunc-
tion today aaginst any at-
tempt by .1 i in Wells County
Democratic officials to re-
canvass the vote in his run-
off race against Coke Steven-
son.
The restraining order, marking
initial court action in the bitter
battle of charges and counter-
charges in runoff primary vote-
counting, was issued by District
Judge Roy C. Archer of Travis
County. It was made effective
for ten days and a hearing was
set for Monday in District Court
at Alice.
Meanwhile, Stevenson re-
turned from a trip to Jim
Wells County with a state-
ment that he would present
what lie found there to the
State Democratic Executive
Committee at Port Worth
Monday.
"Among other things," said
Stevenson, "it will be shown be-
yond a reasonable doubt that the
complete returns published in
the newspapers in Jim Wells
County the total vote cast in
Precinct 13 in both the U. S. cen-
atorial race and in the only other
race on the ticke' was 202 votes
fewer than the vote announced
a week later.
"We have evidence to show
that these 202 illegal votes were
added after the polls had closed.
When this evidence was present-
ed to me I visit to the city of
Alice Friday for the purpose of
examining the voters list, tally
sheets and election returns."
John's petition for the tempor-
ary injunction against any at-
tempt to make a new certiifiea-
tion from Jim Wells County to
the State Democratic Executive
Committee came as an aftermath
of Stevenson's visit to the disput-
ed county. The petition alleged
:hat a visit by Stevenson to Alice,
accompanied by Special Texas
Ranger Frank Hamer and Kellis
Dibreil of San Antonio, a Steven-
son campaign manager, "by
threats and intimidation attempt-
ed to have the votes of one or
more of the voting boxes of said
county eliminated from the offi-
cial canvass of the official re-
turns."
Vann M. Kennedy, secretary
of the state committee, said to-
day he hail received formal noti-
fication from H. L. Adams, new
chairman of the Jim Wells Coun-
ty Committee, that the commit-
tee was unable to make a true
and accurate certification of the
county's vote because of the Pre-
cinct 13 situation. This report.
Kennedy s'aid. will be referred to
the state committee when it
meets Monday.
Named as defendants in the
petition were Stevenson, Frank
Hamer, former Texas ranger now
a special officer for an oil com-
pany: Kellis Dibreil. Bexar Coun-
ty campaign manager for Stev-
enson: II. L. Adams, chairman of
the Jim Wells County Executive
Committee: H. L Poole, secretary
of the county committee, and 17
members of the committee.
Among the allegations in the
petition were the charges that
the defendants entered into a
conspiracy or are acting togeth-
er to cause Adams to alter the
returns from Jim Wells County
and charge figures as certified
in tlie original canvass.
Large Membership
In County Sought
For Rural Roads
A campaign to enlist Nolan
county's citizenship in the Texas
Rural Roads Association plans
for a long-range program to
| get Texas out of the mud was
making good progress Saturday,
according to the steering com-
mittee and Chairman A. C.
Bishop.
Groups of every sort in Tex-
as are lined up in the new or-
ganization to go after build-
ing more rural roads. "We need
lots of names on our rolls to
give the organization power in
the legislature," Bishop said.
Efforts will be made to obtain
S $1 memberships, get the active
j work of the new members and
I ask them to put windshield
stickers on their automobiles.
"United effort gets big jobs
like this done," Bishop said.
' The county committee was be-
j ing perfected Saturday and
; when acceptance of places on it
has been completed further
I plans will be worked out and
announced.
Negotiations Are Reported Off With
Reds Until Remove Berlin Blockade
Parties Agree On
Big Foreign Issue
Rotary Goveinoi
Heie On Sept. 20
For Club Visit
Dr. Ira E. Woods of Little-
field, District Rotary Governor,
will visit the Sweetwater Rotary
Club at its noon luncheon on
Sept. 20, according to Secretary
Chas. E. Paxton.
The district governor for the
35 West Texas counties is a Lit-
tlefield optometrist and member
of the Litt lefield Rotary Club.
His official visit to Sweetwa-
ter will include a visit at the
luncheon a week from Monday
and after a conference with
Club President Albert Norred,
the board of directors and other
club leaders.
Nolan County Grand
Jury Meets Monday
Twenty-three cases will come
before the Nolan County Grand
Jury when it convenes here Mon-
day morning at the opening of
the fall term of district court.
By United Press
Russia was on notice today
that, as far as basic U. S. foreign
policy is concerned, the differ-
ences between the two major
U. S. political parties stop at the
water's edge.
Sen. Arthur H. V'andenberg of
Michigan, a Republican foreign
affairs spokesman, re-empha-
sized the bi-partisan nature of the
U. S. policy abroad after a New
York meeting with Gov. Dewey,
the GOP nominee.
V'andenberg said that it is
"of the greatest importance
that other nations which do
not understand our political
system should not be misled
hy our political campaign at
home."
"We shall be in internal con-
troversy over many phases of
foreign policy." he added. "But
he shall not be in controversy
over the basic fact that America
is united against aggression and
against foes of reetiom."
President Truman and other
Democratic leaders have private-
iy expressed the hope that Dewey
would leave foreign affairs out
of his political speeches — lest
Russia and other nations get
the impression that the nation
was divided on the issue.
Republicans, while professing
their belief in the necessity for
maintaining a non-political for-
eign policy, have reserved the
right to criticize the administra-
tion's handling of it.
It was reported that Dewey
will discuss some aspeets of
U. S. foreign policy In his
campaign opening spe,< -h in
l)es Moises, la., on Sept. 20.
GOP Campaign Manager Her-
bert Brownell said, meanwhile,
that in he first week of his wes-
tern swing. Dewey will make
major speeches in Denver. Colo.:
Albuquerque. N. M.; Phoenix.
Ariz.: Los Angeles, San Francis-
co. and Portland. Tacoma and
Seattle. Wash.
Other political developments:
Wallace — An estimated 48,000
Wallaceites jammed New York's
Yankee Stadium last night to
"welcome home" Henry A. Wal-
lace from his egg spattered politi-
cal tour of the South. Wallace
told the cheering crowd that the
hate and violence he found in the
South made him determined to
spend the rest aof his life fighting
Fascism in America. Progressive
Party leaders said the rally was
the largest admission-paying po-
litical rally in history.
Truman — President Truman
worked on notes for his western
speeches as he cruised on the
Potomac aboard tht presidential
yacht Williamsburg.
South—Both President Truman
and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey ap-
parently have decided to post-
pone their tours of deep South
until the last minute. The early
part of the campaign will be al-
most entirely fought in the west
and midwest. Mr. Truman had
planned originally to kick-off his
campaign with a southern tour.
Louisiana — The Louisiana
State Democratic Central Com-
mittee knocked President Tru-
man's name off the November
ballot by formally declaring Gov.
P. Strom Thurmond of South
Carolina, the Dixiecrat nominee,
to be the official Democratic can-
didate in the state. Mr. Truman's
supporters are trying to find
find some legal way to get his
name back on the ballot, or else
he will be just a write-in candi-
date in Novembei.
Pennsylvania — Sen. Edward
Martin, R.. Pa., charged in Pitts-
burgh that hte Democrats' "in-
competent bungling and fum-
bling" of foreign policy "put Joe
Stalin in the driver's seat in Ber-
lin."
New Laws Needed
On Elections, Says
Attorney General
AUSTIN, Sept. 11 (UP) —
Need for a complete restudy and
overhauling of Texas election
laws has been pointed up by the
current senatorial controversy,
Attorney General Price Daniel
said today.
Present statutes, the attor-
ney general noted, give him no
authority to make investiga-
tions or prosecutions of alleged
election irregularities. This pow-
er under present statutes re-
mains with county and dis-
trict attorneys.
Daniel said friends of both
Lyndon Johnson and Coke Stev-
enson have approached him and
his assistants within the past
10 days in connection with
charges and counter-charges of
such irregularities, although
neither of the senatorial can-
didates has appeared in person.
"In my opinion," Daniel said,
"future legislation should leave
such investigation and prosecu-
tion for offenses committee in a
single court or district as a pri-
mary duty of the local county
or district attorney, but add a
provisions that the attorney gen-
eral shall step in if the local of-
ficials fail or refuse to do their
duty. For offenses alleged on
a state-wide scale, it seems to
me the attorney general should
be given authority to investi-
gate and prosecute.
"But this is only one of the
many changes which have been
needed for a long time in our
Texas election laws. The major-
ity of the present laws were
great improvements over their
predecessors when enacted in
1905-1919. but they now need
restudy and overhauling from
stem to stern."
Daniel believes two of the
most needed changes are to re-
write and "put teeth" into the
See NEW LAW On Page Six
TO FORM NEW CABINET—Henri Queuille smiles .as he
chats with a newsman after announcing in Paris that he had
accepted President Vincent Auriol's reauest to form a French
Coalition cabinet. The 64-year-old Radical Socialist will go
before the National Assembly to ask for a vote of confidence.
(NEA Radio-Telephoto).
Mass X-Ray Survey
Planned In Schools
Charge Is Made Reds
Stole Some Atomic
Secrets During War
WASHINGTON, Sept 11,(UP)
House investigators have re-
liable information that Russian
spies were able to steal some
atomic bomb secrets during the
war, Rep. Richard B. Vail, R.,
111., said tonight.
Vail, a member of the House
Un-American Asctivities Com-
mittee, quoted as his source a
"high-ranking army officer" who;
was closely associated w ith the |
development of the atomic:
bomb.
Vail declined to identify the!
officer but it was apparent he
referred to Lt. Gen. Leslie R.
Groves, the retired army officer
who headed the army's wartime
A-bomb project. Groves appear-
ed before a closed session of a
subcommittee Friday.
"According to the testimony
of the officer, he was certain
that in some degree Russian
efforts to penetrate atomic re-
search safeguards were success-
ful," Vail said. "To what degree,
he could not venture an opin-
ion."
He said the officer reported
the situation directly to the late
President Roosevelt and later
to President Truman.
A. county-wide search for un-
known cases of tuberculosis will
be inaugurated in Nolan Coun-
ty under a mass X-ray program
Sept. 20-21-22-23 sponsored by
Nolan County Tuberculosis*-As-
sociation.
On those days a mobile X-ray
unit will be here to offer free
x-rays for school students 15
years old and over. Divide and
Blackwell students will be in-
vited to come to Sweetwater for
the picture tests and Highland
school to Roscoe.
Plans for the survey were de-
veloped at a meeting" last week
at the Rose Room of the Blue
Bonnet Hotel. Those present in-
cluded: President Rig Edwards,
Survey Chairman Mrs. Philip
Younge, Mrs. James O. Kirk
who is executive secretary, Dr.
R. Johnson: Miss Chapman of the
health unit. Vice-president Davis
Clark, Mrs. Carl Anderson, Miss
Slizabeth Comolli, Mrs. Tom
Marsh. John Miner. Ed Neinast,
Mrs. L. T. Nelson and Mrs. Dal-
ton Moore, a visitor.
Monday, Miss Ethel Peerman,
field consultant of the state as-
sociation, will meet with the lo-
cal organization at the Blue Bon-
net Hotel at 10:30 a. m. to perfect
plans for the survey next week.
This is one of the most impor-
tant steps ever taken toward the
control of tuberculosis, Edwards
said Saturday, "and we hope
many students will take ad-
vantage of the survey."
Heavy Rains Deluge
Texas Coast Areas
Heavy rains continue to satu-
rate the immediate Texas coast
and the Lower Rio Grande Val-
ley on the heels of more than
five inches of rain in many
spots during the past 48 hours.
Partly cloudy skies and cool
weather are reported elsew here.
At Brownsville. 4.01 inches
fell during the 24 hours ending
at 0:30- a. m. today, while two
inches is reported from there in
the previous 24-hour period.
In the Corpus Christi area,
heavy rains washed out numer-
ous high school games last night
as the 24-hour figure hit 2.01
inches on top of more than three
inches in the previous 24 hours.
Mustangs Display Dazzling Teamwork
In Season Opener; Crush Vernon 20-0
WATERFRONT TIED UP
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 11
(UP)—West coast waterfront
employers and shipowners today
refused to employ longshoremen
or other striking union mem-
bers to load or transport army
supplies "so long as it required
dealing with Communist party-
line leadership."
By GWIN NEATHKRLIN
Sports Editor
(iame At a (•Innee
Sweet water Vernon
20 First Downs 8
208 Yards Gained Rushing 75
IK Yards Lost Rushing 12
12 Passes Completed 6
10 Yards Gained Passing 40
1 Passes Intercepted By 1
5 to 33 Punts Aver. 5 for 185
I for 30 Penalties 3 for 25
Sweetwater's Red and White
advancing on the Vernon Lions
Friday night with a crushing
ground-attack and a devastating
aerial show left the game with a
20-0 win.
Coach Pat Gerald, former Ver-
non coach for eight years before
coming to Sweetwater, was smil-
ing as his Mustangs left the field
with a decisive unchallenged vic-
tory to their credit.
The Sweetwater Mustangs
piled up 2«8 yards on the
ground as compared to 75
for the Lions. Sweetwater
made 20 first downs through-
out the content.
McMillan leads
Leading Sweetwater's hard
playing spirited eleven was
young Fullback Tom McMillan.
McMillan scored two of the three
scores and passed to James Muns
for the third.
In the first quarter the Mus-
tangs took the ball on the kick-
off and advanced through the
line and around end all the way
to the Lion 30, from there Mc-
Millan passed to Muns for a
touchdown. The play was called
back and Sweetwater was penal-
ized for clipping.
In the second quarter climax-
in a downfield march strated in
the 1st quarter and covering 45
yards of sustained line drives
Tom "McMillan roared over from
the one yard line for the six
points and "Sure foot" Ronemous
split the uprights for the extra
point.
In the same quarter the Sweet-
i water Mustangs began a long 83
yard drive that put them on the
seven where a brilliantly execut-
ed pass play caught the Vernon
defense in too close as McMillan
twirled a splraling pass into the
arms of End James Muns in the
end zone. "The man with the
toe" Ronemous converted again
Sweetwater's Inst score came
in the third period when McMil-
lan took advantage of outstand-
ing team blocking and interfer-
ence to score on a 14 yard sprint.
Ronemous' conversion attempt
was blocked.
VERNON THREATENS
The Lions took to the offense
late in he ball game and moved
See MUSTANGS On Page Two
1948-49 Slate Ot
Offers Elected
For Mustang Band
Imagene Lamm was named
i president of the 72-piece Mus-
j tang Band at a meeting Monday
; at the Sweetwater High School
; Band Hall.
Other officers chosen are
i Jimmy Don Edmondson, vice
president; Coralyn Kerr, secre-
i tary - treasurer; and Lloyd
Jones, reporter.
A drum major, assistant
] drum major, and three twirl-
| ers will be selected next week
i according to Jim Nevins, band
| director. Uniforms will be is-
| sued next week and the band
j will play for its first football
| game at the Sweetwater-Brown-
| wood tilt.
Nolari Democratic
Delegation To Be
At State Meeting
Nolan county's democratic
delegation at the state conven-
! tion in Fort Worth this week
| will vote as a unit and support
j the democratic nominees, under
j instructions from the county';
I convention.
Among those who probably
will attend are: County Chair-
; man Clif Boswell, Will H. Scott
i who is speaker for the delega- j
tion, Mrs. John Perry who is j
commrtteewoman for the 24th1
senatorial district. Charles
Nunn. • Elmer Jordan, Sam ;
Browning, Henry Cook of Mary- j
neal. Harley Sadler. These are j
all members of the county dele- j
gation and may be joined by j
j others.
Mrs. Perry left Saturday for J
' Fort Worth to attend the ses- j
! sions of the state democratic;
executive committee Monday. j
Dixiecrat-Loyalist
Battle Begins For
Seats In Convention
FORT WORTH. Tex., Sept. 11.
(UP)—Democratic Loyalists and
Dixiecrats. each heatedly claim-
ing to be the legally recognized
delegation from Harris County,
were heard today as at least six
counties prepared to fight for
a place on the state Democratic
convention floor.
Members of the credentials
committee, the seven-man group
that will hand down a recom-
mendation on which the state
executive committee will act,
opened two-days of scheduled
hearings with the Harris Coun-
ty arguments.
Pessimism Growing
Over Berlin Crisis
Among Diplomats
LONDON, Sept. 11— (UP) —
The United Sta'en, Britain and
France have decided to halt all
negotiations with Russia on the
Berlin crisis unless the Soviets
agree at once to lift the Berlin
blockade, it was learned today.
The western powers, it was
understood will give the Sov-
iet Union one last chance to
quit stalling on the Berlin
situation and do something
about it. If Russia refuses
to act, the Big Three will Is-
sue a joint white paper blam-
ing Russia for the entire Ber-
lin situation, accuse Russia
of violating the Cnited Na-
tions Charter by imposing
the blockade, and refer the
case to the I'N General As-
sembly.
Reliable informants said the
Big Three have decided reluc-
tantly that Russia does not want
! £.nv settlement of the crisis in
! the city. After nearly two
j months of negotiating, the wes-
■ tern powers reportedly have
I reached the conclusion that they
i are getting a "run-around" from
i the Kremlin.
Western envoi's in Moscow,
therefore, have been instructed
| to seek one more high-level meet-
| ing at the Kremlin, probably with
\ Premier Josef Stalin. That meet-
ing will be a showdown confer-
ence on Berlin. j
The representatiuMP of the
United States. Bfwhin anpK
France will make it clear that
; there still is a chance for the
Russians to agi^c to a settlement.
But they will rfiake it equally
I plain that this time Hfcisfeia liust
! act on lifting the blockade ij}-
! stead of engaging iiiju^ore Jong
negotiation^. ^R-J!
Hut the \ a-1 reaily is in a weak. ,,
! position. Physically its position '
j in Berlin can be maclfr almost un- ■
| tenable if the Russians so choose.
| The most the western powers -
j can do is to threaten to hail .
| Russia before the United Na-:.
| tions, and if will not be a very,
effective threat if the Russians ... .,
really don't want a settlement. SW
(An authoritive source in
Washington said the negotia-
tions on Berlin would be end-
ed within 48 hours and the
Western Powers will issue a
White paper blaming Russia
for the Berlin Crisis).
Conferees Solemn
WASHINGTON, Sept. II <AP)
—Chairman Arthur H. Vanden-
I berg of the Senate Foreign Re-
1 lations Committee conferred for
more than two hours today on
; the Berlin crisis with Secretarv
! of State George C. Marshall and
J other ranking diplomats.
Vandenberg's long and un-
' See BLOCKADE On Page Three
Circling The Square
Congratulations to the Sweet-
water Mustangs for winning
their first football game of the
season . . . looks like we'll have
a good ball club.
* * *
Paul Terrell is a skater of
no mean ability . . . one
good thing about his skat-
ing is that there isn't
enough of him to fall very
hard.
* # *
W. D. Ware of Blackwell says
it's getting dry in his community
. . . that just about makes it
unanimous now as it is pretty
dry in all communities.
* * *
Marian Pendergrass, who
has been on the Reporter
Staff since school was out
last Spring, returns to Tex-
as University this week . . .
she plans to get her degree
in a couple of years if she
can put off getting married
that long.
♦ * *
Golf players . . . good, bad
and indifferent, square off today
in the final rounds of the City
Golf Tourney. The winners will
be awarded prizes immediately
following the rounds.
* ♦ ♦
Glenn Russell is a super
salesman ... if a potential
customer stops to speak to
him in front of his store,
Glenn will have him inside
the store and sale made be-
fore he has time to say no.
«
Joe Bowen has an Alligator
for sale ... he didn't quote the
price.
* « •
Dorothy Bishop says she
isn't related to Aubrey Blah-
j op the BC1> manager.
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