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Last Minute
Rush Is Here
For Poll Tax
Only 3,350 Paid
in Nolan County
By Saturday Night
The final hour for state and
county poll tax receipts arrives
Tuesday, with 1,000 to 1,500 re-
ceipts io Ik' issued it was indi-
cated Monday.
Through Saturday, total poll
lax payments in Nolan County
had reached about I},350. Coun-
ty Tax Assessor and Collector
Weldon Bardwell said. There
had heen 775 exemption certi-
I ical.es.
"This is ahead of last year
hut behind the poll taxes paid
at this time two years ago, the
last election year," he said.
The tax collector's office in
the Nolan County court house
is staying open through the
noon hour now to help those
who can get away at noon to
greater advantage. The office
closes at 5 p. m. but will be
open until 10 p. m. Tuesday for
the last minute rush.
Properly Taxes
County and state property tax
collections arc running a little
belter than last year, liardwell
said.
City tax collections are run-
ning about normal though it
is difficult to tell the total
amount by the Jan. 31 deadline
because a varying proportion of
tax payers takes advantage of
the split payment plan, City
Comptroller \V. H. Whaley
sa id.
Schools Alicjid
Tuesday is also the final date
for payment of Sweetwater in-
dependent school district taxes
without penalty, Assessor-Col-
lector Milton 1'ate said.
Tax collections for the school
district have been much getter
this year, running $109,304 so
far out of a total levy of $185,255.
Iowa Hereford
Grand Chompton
At Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Jan. 30. (CP)
The open class champion Here-
ford steer shown by Arthur
Timm of Tama, Iowa, today was
named grand champion steer at
the 1950 Southwestern expo-
sition and Fat Stock Show
O here.
The 1,085-pound animal —
Cross Bar Classic — is the off-
spring of an old grade cow.
Bred in Sargents, Colo., at the
Cross liar Ranch of Ernest
Means, the steer last week took
champion Hereford honors at
the Denver Stock Show.
Another Iowa steer was nam-
ed reserve grand champion of
the show. It was a 900-pound
f Angus owned bv Edward Plan-
i' shan of Ames.
Other awards in today's judg-
ing included:
Reserve champion Hereford
steer—shown by Roy A. I.ar-
gent of Merkel, Tex.
Champion Angus steer —
shown by Edward Blanshan,
A Hies.
Champion shorthorn steer —
Oklahoma A and M College.
Champion Brahman bull and
> champion Brahman female —
shown by J. 1). Hudgins of Hun-
ger ford, Tex.
Tomorrow Final
Day On Tickets
For Stock Show
Tuesday will he the final day
of sale of reserved tickets for
the Sweetwater section at Sweet-
water Day, Feb. 3, at the Fort
Worth Stock show.
"We must return the unsold
tickets Tuesday evening," A. C.
Bishop of the Board of City De-
velopment said. "Those wishing
tickets for the rodeo in this
special section should buy them
early Tuesday. The price is S3
per seat."
Sweetwater will have special
recognition, with the Sweetwa-
ter Cowgirl Sandra Hale, being
given special honors. The New-
man High School Mustang Band
will accompany the delegation,
making the trip by special bus.
CKItVSI.RIi STKIKK RKDl'CKS STOCKPILE—Top picture
shews hatilawn> lot of Plymouth division of the Chrysler
Corporation in Detroit as it is in normal times—filled with
thousands of new cars. At bottom, the lot is shown entirely
empty after strike by CIO United Auto Workers ended pro-
duction. (NKA Telephoto).
Icy Roads Feared
In Central Texas
United Press
began to show signs of a glazint
By
North Central Texas
ice cover by noon today on the anniversary of last year's
heaviest snowfall and near zero weather, hut only little-
traveled overpasses and bridges had reached the hazardous
driving stage. . j ;—.Vfo —
Continued sub-freezing tem-
peratures coupled with a slow
drizzle served to bring a threat of I
traffic dangers by nightfall, how-
ever, in an area that extended
from the Red River southward
to 10-50 miles south and east of
Dallas and as far west as Abilene. I Approximately $400 was raised
Windshields and car windows!for the March of Dimes fund on
still presented the most vulner- {Station KXOX March of Dimes
able s|*jis for the wet remnants j Program Saturday night, accord- j volt
of a fast-moving cold wave that | mg to Larry Hubbard, manager
(ashed into Texas yesterday . aof the station.
A* A:-M„ 'freezing vPv.i-y Highlights <>f the show were
peratures were reported at the j solos delivered by Miss .leanetic
following cjties, while the coa-till j Wadi 11. W (Pop) Broughtoii
irea and extreme south Texas !;ind Carrol Norris.
Yukon Region
Searched For
Missing Ship
Vast Operation Is
Under Way Hunting
Plane, 44 Aboard
Bv Robert L. Ilert/ler
GRKAT FALLS, Mont.. Jan.
30 (UP) More U. S. planes
roared northward today to aid
Royal Canadian Air Force ships
i searching the Yukon wilderness
for an American C-5'l transport
that disappeared Thursday with
I I i>ersons aboard.
This big air base looked like
a wartime installation as planes
taxied to the runways and took
off at 15-rnlnute intervals for
the frozen lands where the
search was concentrated.
Both priority areas are with-
in 100 miles of Whitehorse. Y.
T. They were pin-pointed for a
thorough search after resi-
dents turned ir. persistent re-
ports of explosions, flares and
lights in those districts.
In addition to the ships from
here. American planes took off
from Alaskan bases and from
as far away as Detroit. By
dawn, 90 RCAF and U. S.
planes had covered 55,000
square miles of wilderness.
Cotton
Hit
Quota Billet Mail
Filibuster SlL
Amateur Night
Raises $400
91,000 Refuse To
Work In Mines As
Production Falls
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Legion Opposes
Standby Draft
As Weak System
W ASHINGTON, Jan. (UP)
Northern iXrmocrats again made
use today of their southern col-
leagues' favorite delaying tac-
tii —the filibuster.
The House barely had met to
consider the 1000 cotton quota
bill tteforc Rep John Lesinski,
!)., Mich., forced a time-con-
inning quorum call. The Michi-
gan Congressman said the call,
which required about -to min-
utes, was a continuation of the
harassing tactics he began Fri-
day to give the southerners a
;a-.te of their own methods.
Lesinski'* efforts to bring up
the fair employment practices
bill last week were blocked in
Scientist Says
He has Solved
'Flying Saucers'
OLENDALE, Calif., Jan. 30 --
(t'Pi-—Scientists across the na-
tion gave their attention today
to mail-carrying rockets, the
WAC Corporal" missile and the
flying saucer mystery.
The Rocket Research Institute
iiere announced it has fired four
rockets earring 2,-100 letters a
mile across the desert as a pre-
liminary to long-distance mail de-
livery at high speeds.
Institute Director George
James -aid the 11-foot rockets
were fired Saturday from Inyo
County across Sea ties Lake to
Triona, Calif., in San Bernardino
County.
The demonstration was given
in tribute to the Wright broth-
DOWN TO THE WIRE—Murlene Bauer, second from left,
15-year-old Midland, Tex., golf sensation, is pictured with
Peggy Kirk, left, of Findley. O., as they go into the semi-
final match of the 18th annual Doherty Women's Golf Tour-
nament at .Miami, Fla. In the other bracket, Kdcun Ander-
son, second from right, of Helena, Mont., went against Polly
Riley, right of Fort Worth, Tex., for a spot in the finals.
(NKA Telephoto).
I part by parliamentary maneu- iers pioneer airplane flight at Kit-
vei of the southerners. ! ty Hawk, N. 0., in 1003.
The cotton bill, designed to: Solve* .Mystery?
' revise quotas for the 1050 crop; Meanwhile, Dr. Gerald Wendt,
j up to about 20,400,000 acres, lsjone of the country's foremost
| dear to the hearts oi the south-1 scientists announced in Pitts-
jerners. The FEPC bill is just as ' burgh that he beleves he has
dear to Lesinski, chairman of : solved the flying saucer mystery.
: the House J.alxir Committee. Wendt said the saucers are
There were indications, how- fragments of rockets exploded in
ever, that Lesinski and other j'he stratosphere by the Air
FEPC supporters would drop ' Force in an experiment to estab-
" **" radar screen around the
basked in partly cloudy skies and
70-degree readings:
Amarillo 22 degrees, Abilene
and Wichita Falls 24. Lubbock
2(>, Fort Worth and Mineral
Wells 27, Dallas and San An
gelo 29.
The Panhandle and South
Plains still hadn't received any
freezing rain, but forecasts call-
ed for the icing conditions to
move into those sectors by to-
night.
Heavier rainfall tomorrow was
expected to help warm up the at-
mosphere and bring an end to
the ice by afternoon, the Dallas
weather bureau said.
Other 11:30 a. ,m. readings in-
eluded Waco 33, drizzle; Austin.
Tyler and Texarkana, 38 and
drizzle; San Antonio 17. drizzle;
Houston, "8, partly cloudy: La-
redo 77, partly cloudy, Browns-
ville, 80, clear.
Widespread Spell
A gigantic mass of cold ait-
chilled most of Texas today, but
carefully avoided the coastal
trea and the lush llio- Grande
valley.
The mass, extending clockwise
from New England through Ten
nessee, parts of Mississippi and
Louisiana, threatened to become
stationary.
May Warm t'p
Weathermen said, however,
that moderating temperatures
would bring ruin to most of the
wet areas instead of sleet or
snow.
The I?. S. Weather Bureau at
Dallas forecast occasional rain
md colder weather in all but the
extreme south section of East
Texas today and "not so cold"
weather in the north and west to-
night.
Larry Hubbard was requested
to repeat the singing of "Mule
Train" to the tune of S105.
The station remained opened
until midnight, one hour after
the main show ended.
Bill Mulllns was payed consid-
erable' <um to imitate a mule
braving.
PITTSBURGH, Jan. 30 (UP)
More than 91,000 United Mine
Workers refused to work today
in the rank-and-file drive to
force a "break" in the eight-
month coal dispute.
Coal production dropped to
the lowest point since the ro-
against John L. Lewis'
three-day week started three
weeks ago. White House aides
said President Truman was stu-
dying latest figures on the na-
tion's dwindling coal supplies.
He was expected to decid6 to-
day whether to intervene to end
the spreading walkouts or gam-
ble on a settlement when the
j UMW and major coal operators
reopened negotiations Wednes-
; dav.
Dance Is Featured
In March Of Dimes
T. J. Tidwell
Reported To Be
'Holding Own'
Red Cross Nurse
Talks At Rotary
—$100 In Tickets
Miss Leila Halverson spoke to
i menihei s and guests of the Sweet-
: water Rotary Club at Monday's
j luncheon on her experenees as
la Be I Cross nurse in World War
In reminiscing of her travels
, to. various Countries in Europe
■ <luring first World War. Miss Hal-
: vcrsoii told of the dreaded ty-
! [illus disease in Poland and her
' job as a nurse wit.n a hospital of
refugee children in Warsaw.
11 S. Thorgrimsen Introduced
Miss Halvcrson to the group.
Bailey Choaie made a special
appeal to the Rotarians to attend
the programs scheduled this
week that benefits the March of
Dimes. Following the luncheon,
.SlOO.ilO was taken in through the
sale of tickets for Tuesday
night's vaudeville show here.
President Rig:Ion Edwards pre-
sided at the weekly lunehcon.
Guests, introduced by Charlie
Paxtoii. were Deryl Rea of
Sweetwater. Bill Boss of Dallas,
Lloyd .1. Mien of Sweetwater.,
Bill Blaking, Elbert Hall and
Rudd Swann, all of Abilene.
Jubilant leaders of the strike
I were convinced their drive for a
| showdown was "in the home
'stretch." They closed all major
pits in western Pennsylvania
| and northern West Virginia.
; Few mines were open in Ohio
ar.d all steel company mines in
Alabama were idle.
Icipal auditorium.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UP) i Tickets are on
—An official White House I
Source said that President Tru-> ' „.. '" n .
man "absolutely" will take noi"' ltle ° -v- 1 ,H' Busines
action in the coal
A public dance "so that others may walk" will be held
tonight at the American Legion Hut from 9 to 1 as today's
principal feature in the Nolan County March of Dimes cam-
paign.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary is sponsoring
tH .-dance and music, will lie by
Pop Harrison's Texans.
"We are hopeful that this will
be an unusually well attended
event and bring in lots of money
for the fund." said Mrs. Elwood
Hartgraves, president of the
Auxiliary. "It is open to every-
one."
The Legion has donated the. ,
m ,ta,„. .„„i.
check. I he \.F.\\. recently do-]on pridav afternoon, was report-
nated $100 to the fund.
lish a
globe.
The former dean of physics
and chemistry at Pennsylvania
State College, said rocket frag-
ments are blown away at high
speeds and can keep in flight in-
definitely.
the delaying tactics and let the
cotton bill come to a vote,
probably tomorrow.
The Senate began considera-
tion — with no opposition from
j president—of a proposed con-
! stltutional amendment to abol-
lish the electoral college. Senate
I Democratic leader Scott W. Lu-
icas, III., said Mr. Truman took
no stand on the proposal, but
was not opposed to Senate con-
sideration.
Other Congressional develop-
ments:
Draft — The American Leg-
ion said that a stand-by draft is
merely "bluffing and make-be-
lieve," and should be junked
in favor of a permanent com?
pulMrry military training pro- Roy SWope, 33. left his four chil
gi.un. A spokesman said ihe ,jren asleep in the house \\rhile
proposed three-year extension ;he went downtown to get their
l"t selective service on a stand- ,mother, who was working. Ed-
i by basis is "a milked down sub-;die, 8, smelted smoke and awak-
• stitute tor the national security Jened Georgia Lee 11
| training we should have." i she quickly picked up Cathv,
Korean Aid — Secretary of j 2. and Norma Lean, I, and rush-
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Girl Saves Two
Sisters' Lives
OMAHA, Nebr., Jan. 30 (UP)—
An 11-year-old girl wrapped her
two younger sisters in wet tow-
els and carried them out of their
smoke-filled home just before an
oil stove explosion turned ^the
noU e liito nn inferno.
M
T. .1 Tidwell, Sweetwater car- State Dean Aeheson asked the ed outdoors with Eddie in tow.
nival owner who was critically j House foreign Affairs ( ommit- A moment later, the stove blew
wounded when shot twice in the I tee to approve a $fX),000,000 Kor-jup.
ean Aid Bill, once rejected by The house was in embers when
See DRAFT On Page Eight ISwope and his wife got home.
Friday afternoon, wa.-
Vaudeville Tuesday
Tuesday night's big event will
be a vaudeville entertainment
for the public at 7 p. m. at muni-
sale
of
ed Monday morning to lie "hold-i
jing his own." but doctors are said j
to have little hope for his recov-
ery.
Two operations have been per-
j formed in an effort to recover I
'the second bullet, which lodged'
|in his liver. Reports received]
| here Saturday were that the op-
Floods And Quakes In
Iran Claim Thousands
i the Pakistan border, said 500
| persons perished in floods which
in the coal dispute to-
day, but declined to predict be-
yond that.
The president was represent-
ed as having made no firm de-
cision to when he might inter-
vene. The source said that "any
Professional Women's Club is in j
charge of ticket sales distribu-!
i
tion. The price is 00 cents in-
cluding tax.
Among the numbers on the
program are the Abilene High
School saxophone quartet com-
TEHRAN, Iran, Jan. 30 (UP)
A heavy death toll was feared j
with Ki era tion had been successful, but today in two remote sections of ■ washed away two thirds of the
the chilis latei reports stated that the but- j southern Iran hit by floods and j city. No other details were
let had still not heen remov-; earthquakes in the past five i available.
l", , , , i cia^s' „ , . Another report said 1,000 per-
A third operation is p anned An official report from Zahi- sons were knied i„ an earth-
foi Tuesday or Wednesday, if dan, <50 miles southeast near
Mr. Tidwell's condition permits. —
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story that attempts to pin-1posed^ of .lerry Phillips. ^Billy-
point a time of
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action is not
lack Fraley. Don Cutler. Wilfore
Herman. The Abilene Christian
College male quartet is composed
m ipi; it , v™, of Don Hall. .Jack Daughterly,
V,5K Bv C«i,e«.Th4s( Harold Lifford. Don Finto.
Stocks higher in moderatelv ACC girls' sextet is composed
active trading. * °f Romadine Alexander, Alma
Honds higher Louis Davis. loan Taylor. Shir-
U. S. government hontls low- '«'> \V'ilfo'd. Alma Louise Batter-
er in moderatelv active. son, Shelia Hunter, 1 he girls
Curb stocks higher. "'i'1 is composed of Jane Welch
Midwest stocks higher. Bobbie Noles. Linda Daniels.
Silver unchanged in New York John Petry has assisted in en-
at 7:B | cents a fine ounce. listing the talent among the Abi-
Cotton futures steady. lene schools for his special pro-
Grains in Chicago: Wheat, gram. Joe Pa-li and Maurice
corn, oats, rye and soybean fu-: Pullig will be masters of cere-
tures lower. monies.
Charged in the shooting is
Sammy George of Big Spring,
former husband of Mr. Tidwell's
wife.
Mr. Tidwell's father, A. J Tid-
well. 110:5 Oak, and his sister,
Mrs Pearl Simmons of the same
address, are at his bedside, along
with three other sisters, one from
Snyder and two from California,
anil "bis wife, who was in Aran-
sas Pass with him at the time of
the shooting.
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MECHANICS FRESHEN UP KNOWl.EIMiE.—A Thcu University extension course in engine tune-up Md automobile electri-
city was conducted here recently In a series of night study courses under direction of C. I- Stephens, instructor.
The course was sponsored by the Hoard of City Development. Those talcing the course included: Ray A. Carruth, K. I).
Bayless, Floyd Anderson, H. G. Chenevert, E. L. Davis, tilenn C. Edwards, Clyde F. Faulkner. Chan. L darnel. H. H. Hair-
ston, Robert Hoffman, Douglas 4onea, Richard Krause, Melford Lehrman, Andy Means, Robert B. Nash Jr., W. R. Neill, Ed-
die Neitaler, T. H. Nelson, Leo NeiUler, Herman VP. Rhoton. lamn H. Rogers, Grady Saaraefcon, A. W. Sellers, Robert Stew-
art, Ray Stroman, Clifford Tarter, Glean l(|,Tboril|lll, Deaa T acker, Garland H. Ward, Aubrey Westbreok, John T. Wilson,
Jr., Fied Iteer, J. M. Fltehlnger. Maay allbe gvuty~\were la the picture mad* above dartag the ctaaa meetia^ (Photo by Eta.)
Application For
Housing Unit- Is
Before Agency
Application for a 200 unit pub-
tic housing project is in Wash-
ington waiting approval of fed-
eral officials, according to C. B.
Bryant. Jr., chairman of the
Sweetwater public housing com-
mission.
According to Bryant the ap-
plication has been before the
officials since late December.
'We are ready to start work
on the project just as soon as
we obtain the money," but just
when that will be we cannot
say," he said.
Freezing Drizzle
In This Section
Occasional light freezing rain
over this pari of Texas was possi-
ble Monday afternoon and night,
weather reports said.
There was a very light freez-
ing drizzle at Abilene at noon to-
day and the whole territory
seemed set for such weather.
A cold front set for Monday
swept in Sunday morning, drop-
ping the temperatures from 40
degrees down to 28 during the
Sunday School hour. The )ow
Monday morning was 20 and tem-
peratures ranged around 28 Mon-
day afternoon. v.
few, sift?:; :
Denhom Talks On
Abuses Of Power
By Labor Unions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UP)
—The Taft-Hartley law's chief
enforcement officer said today
there stiil is a long* way to go to
curb "abuses" of labor union
I >ower.
Robert N\ Denham, general
counsel for the National Labor
Relations Board, said application
of the law has not stopped "co-
ercive tactics, secondary boy-
cotts, strike violence, closed
shops and the forcing of con-
tracts on unwilling employers."
He spoke at a forum sponsor-
ed by the American Trucking As-
sociation Inc. He signaled out the
International Brotherhood of
Teamsters tAFD—with which
most members of the organiza-
tion deal—as a particularly pow-
erful union w-ith a "complete
hold on every segment of the na-
tion's business."
Despite Taft-Hartley Act bans
on unfair labor practices, Den-
ham sain, "It has been extremely
hard to tie them down and to
catalog them so that they can be
Identified."
By implication, he laid much of
the blame to the NLRB. with
which he has been engaged In a
running battle over the law's in-
terpretation. Three weeks ago,
Denham charged board members
with pro-labor bias.
Today, he said there have been
"sharp differences of opinion
among those who have to do
with the law." For example, he
said, the board believes the ban
on secondary boycotts should be
"narrowly construed" and has
reversed him so often on the
sue that he. isn't su
the law meat
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quake which rocked the Port
Kangan area on the southwest
Persian Gulf 180 miles south of
Bushire five days ago.
Three truckloads of army
troops, doctors and nurses were
dispatched to Kangan from
Bushire. Reports from Bushire
said that the Iranian warship
Peland arrived there this morn-
ing en route to Kangan.
One report from Kangan said
20 villages in the area were de-
stroyed by the quake. However1,
a radio-equipped plane which
circled the area said Kangan
itself appeared hardest hit and
that damages in surrounding
villages was lighter.
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Chrysler Strike
Deadlock Holds
DETROIT, Jan. 30, (UP) —
A federal conciliator said to-
day there wasn't "the slightest
indication" that negotiations
could lx; resumed to end the six-
day-old Chrysler Corporation
strike.
fc. Marvin Sconyers. who has
been conferring separately with
both sides since the 80,000 CIC
United Auto Workers waif
out last Wednesday, said
company and union had af
to resume bargaining any
he asks them."
"We haven't found any bftala
for resuming Joint s—
Sconyers said. "There's
to compraMftci
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