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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEHRl'ARY a, 1950
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Tax Proposal
Cuts Excise,
Hikes Others
Federal Revenue
Proposals Given
House Committee
WASHINGTON, Fob. 3 (UP)
President Truman asked Con-
gress today to cut excise taxes
$Gr)5,000,0()0 a year but to boost
business, estate and gift taxes
to give the government ar. ac-
tual net increase of $1,000,000
in new revenue.
Mr. Truman's tax proposals I
were spelled out to the I louse j
Ways and Means Committee by j
Secretary of Treasury John VV. j
Snyder.
The administration actually'
proposed excise tax cuts of!
$605,000,000, but asked for a'
new 10 per cent levy on the j
manufacturers' sale price ofj
television sets to yield $10,000,- j
000 a year.
The excise tax reductions, Mr. i
Truman proposed:
Freight From three per cent
to nothing.
Kail, plane and bus tickets
from 15 per cent to 10 per cent.
Long distance telephone and
telegraph charges 25 per cent
to 15 per cent.
Retail levies on furs, luggage,
jewelry and toilet preparations
- -20 per cent to 10 per cent.
Asks Offsets
Snyder said these reductions
would cost the government
$(195,000,000 in revenue. But he
asked that this loss be made up
by the new television tax and
plugging loopholes in tax laws.
Mr. Truman, in his earlier
tax message to Congress said
many persons were esaaping
their fair share of the tax
burden—to the tune of hundreds
of millions of dollars—by these
loopholes in the laws.
Most of the $1,000,000,000 in
new revenue the administration
asked would come from corpor-
ation taxes, Snyder testified.
These new corporation levies
would bring $675,000,000 into
the treasury year. Increased
rates on estate and gift taxes
would provide the remainder, j
Snyder proposed that the |
present "notch" rate of 53 per |
cent tax on corporate profits j
between $25,000 and $50,000 be j
reduced to '12 per cent. But he!
also asked that the 38 per cent I
tax on corporations making
more than $50,000 a year be in-
creased to 42 per cent.
Coal Conference
Proves Failure
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UP)
Northern and western coal oper-
ators broke off new contract
talks with John L. Lewis today
and then notified the White
House, they are willing to resume
"normal" production Monday un-
der one of President Truman's
truce proposals.
The negotiations collapsed only
a flay after they began when both
the operators and Lewis refused
to give ground on their counter
demands.
Lewis angrily charged the op-
erators were trying to create a
situation in which Mr. Truman
would have to invoke the Taft-
Hartley act to get full coal pro-1
duction. The operators retorted I
that Lewis still is trying to con-i
trol output. !
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Scientist Charged In Leak®" *
Of Atomic Energy Secrets
ICE STORM HITS NORTH TEXAS—This scene near I>eni-
sou, Texas, is one which was repeated at numerous towns
throughout north Texas and southern Oklahoma. The ice
belt ranged from Wichita Falls, Texas, to Paris, Texas,
and as far south as Dallas and Fort Worth. Some towns have
been cut off from all communications and many roads are
impassable. (NKA Telephoto).
Thieves Haul Off
Roby School Safe
ROBY—Burglars who broke into the high school build-
ing here Thursday night hauled off the school safe, with
many of the school's important papers and records-as well
as $200. •* "** *
Sheriff R. L. Wilkins, who is investigating the burglary,
| said that he is also investigating
Soviet Union In
Saddle Now For
Bulgarian Rule
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb.
3, (UP) — The Soviet Union has
seized absolute control ol tlul-
garia by installing some 500
Moscow-trained communists in
the new government, an unim-
peachable source said today.
The source, who recently re-
turned from Sofia, said the Rus-
sian action was tantamount to
the incorporation of Bulgaria
into the U. S. S. R. itself, and
that Russia was prepared to re-
peat it whenever considered
necessary in other Eastern Eu-
ropean countries.
The recent death of Premier
Vasil Kolarov removed the last
obstacle to an unprecedented
purge which has destroyed what
was once the strongest indepen-
dent communist art outside Rus-
sia, he said.
lie said the purge was so
complete that even Iwoks and
brochures containing the speech-
es and writings of the late lead-
er Georgi Dimitrov are being
withdrawn from Sofia hook-
shops for rewriting and elimi-
nation of all friendly references
<0 Tito and Yugoslavia.
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a break-in at the Longworth
| school last night. First reports
! indicated that there was no seri-
ous loss in tiie Longworth burg-
| lary, he said.
Hamlin officers also notified j
| Mr. Wilkins of a safe robbery
j and an attempted robbery there |
j Tuesday night.
i At the school building here,
! the thieves broke into the east
side of the building, opposite
! from the office of Supt. John W.
White. Proceeding across the
I building the band of robbers
1 broke open the office door and
j then hauled the medium size
j safe away.
Apparently there were three or
four persons involved in the
robbery which was accomplish-
ed by use of a car or truck.
Wednesday, the Style Shop,
owned by Mrs. Orpha Terry, lost
S'l!) from the cash drawer, be-
lieved the work of sneak thieves.
Officers are investigating.
Normalcy Returns To Texas
Weather Picture Once More
By Cnltrd l*re«.«a
Normalcy returned to the Tex-
as weather scene today.
North Central Texas shed its
ice shackles.
All roads in the area were
open as streams, swollen by up
to three days of steady rainfall,
receded.
The only blot on the weather
Jaycees Attend
Snyder Meeting
A delegation of about 15 from
the Sweetwater Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce will attend the
Snyder Jaycees charter night
banquet tonight at 8 at the Sny-
der Country Club.
The Sweetwater club, headed
by President George Etz, will
present the r.ew club with its
charter. Sweetwater Jaycees as-
sisted in the organization of the
Snyder set-up and is cooperat-
ing with groups in Hamlin and
Rotan for Jaycees in those
towns.
Saturday and Sunday about
15 Jaycees and their wives will
attend the two-region conven-
tion in San Anfeio.
picture this morning was an
area of light rain and drizzle
stretching south and west from
Waco to Austin, Corpus Chrlsti,
the Lower Rio Grande Valley
anil Laredo.
The State Highway Depart-
ment said the Trinity river was
expected to overflow highway
287 in Freestone county, be-
tween Gorsicana and Pales-
tine, during tl>e afternoon.
"But that's a low water road,
and any overflow cuts it," said
the highway spokesman, "It's
just minor flooding."
The outlook for the weekend
was warmer temperatures.
As North Texas warmed up,
Central and South Texas cooled
off moderately as a minor cold
front shoved south during the
late afternoon and night hours
of Thursday.
Low temperatures early to-
day ranged from 17 at Dalhart
to 56 at Brownsville. Yesterday's
lops were from a high of 81 "at
Brownsville and Presidio to a
low of 37 at Dalhart. Some oth-
er overnight lows this morning
included;
Lubbock 20, Clarendon 21,
Amarillo 22, Wichita Falls 25,
Big Spring 29, Tcxarkana 30,
Abilene 31, Dallas 32, El Paso
36, San Antonio 30, Houston 20.
Twins Feature
'Run' Of Boys
At Hospital
Twins featured a "run" of
boy births at Sweetwater Hos-
pital on Thursday.
Six boys were born between
11.18 a. in. and 9:20 p. m. that
day.
The twins were born early
Thursday afternoon to Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Goelwl of near Herm-
ltigh. One was born at 1:30, the
other at 1:30. They are to lie
named Ronnie Allen and Larry
Roy.
1 irst of the series of boy births
was that of a son to Mr. and
Mrs. Donald M. Nelson, 111 East
Third Street, at 11:18 a. m. Mr.
Nelson Is a clerk at the Gulf Re-
finery.
Next came the twins.
A son was born to Mr. and
Mrs. M. Lehrman, 004 West
Fourth, at 3:03 p.,«m. Mr. Lehr-
man is a mechotilc with Dab-
ney Motor Company.
At 8:12 p. fn., Mr. and Mrs.
Travis Davison of Route 2,
Sweetwater, bccame parents of
a son. Mr. Davison farms.
The final appearance was
made by the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Hennington of Route
1, Sweetwater, at 9:20 p. m.
Defense Chief
Warns Nation
Must Prepare
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UP)
Officials said today that a British
scientist charged with espionage
in London knew this country's
"most vital" a-bomb secrets and
may have given them to Rus-
sia.
If he did, they may have con-
tributed to tiie surprising speed
with which Russia developed
atomic explosives. The scien-
tist. Dr. Karl Km lis who worked
in ih:s country's wartime a-bomb
project, was arrested in London
on information supplied by the
FBI.
The joint Congressional Atomic
Committee put atomic energy
coinmisioliers and officials in
the witness box at a closed hear-
ing shortly after learning of j
Fuchs' arrest. It then scheduled
another hearing for tomorrow at
which Lt. Gen. Leslie R. Groves,
chief of the a-bomb project dur|
ing the war, will testify about'
Fuchs.
Disclosure of Fuchs' arrest
was something of a sensation in |
atomic, congressional, and ad- '
ministration circles.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross said President
Truman learned of it after his
announcement Tuesday that this
country would make H-bombs, 1
Ross said, adding:
"There is absolutely no con-1
neetion between the two things.''
.Inliiisoti Speaks Out
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UP)
The United Suites pushed a set-
ries of diplomatic and military
moves today as a warning to Rus-
sia that her tactics have about
exhausted the free world's pa-
tience.
Defense Secretary Louis John-
son keynoted the U. S. attitude
when he said that United States
should he prepared "To lick hell
out" of Russia if she tries to.
break the peace.
In separate moves, the United
States:
1. Prepared to impose a coun-
ter-blockade on the entire Sov-
iet zone of Germany, unless Rus-
sia stops hampering the free flow
of trade to western Berlin.
2. Drafted plans for strengthen-
ing defense in Alaska, which is
considered to be the most vulner-
able are for a possible Soviet at-
tack for Siberia.
3. Announced the transfer of
the 11,000-ton carrier Sicily from
the Atlantic to the Pacific Fleet
in an effort to increase U S.
fighting power in an area where
one-fourth of Russia's submar-
ines are said to be operating.
Must Be Strong
Johnston spoke before a meet-
ing here last night of the Univer-
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Near
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MACARTHUR GREETS BRADLEY AND VANDENBERG—The U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
were greeted on their arrival in Tokyo, Japan, by General Douglas Mac Arthur, center. Gen-
eral Omar Biadley, left, and General Ho.vt Vandenberg, right, are in the Far East to make
an intensified survey of (he military situation. (U. S. Army Radio from NEA Telephoto).
drivers thru the day of one
penny for 12 minutes parking
Parking Meters In
City Costing Now!
Parking meters went into operation in Sweetwater Fri-
day morning to collect money.
For 10 days there will be no court summons, no fines.
Police officers are instructed |
to tag all cars in violation with
Big Ears!
Big Eyes-
Lazy Minds
"uourtcsy cards" and to explain | Leaislotlire HoS
Kecess To Study
Taxing Problem
arid a nickle for 60 minutes b
hand.
Oh'Feb. 14, t he tags 011 all cars i
will be court summons. | at qttm v > •?
In the meantime, an educa- AuaiiXM,- reo. .1
tional campaign is being con-i legislature adjourned quickly to-
ducted. Police Chief J. E. McCoy
stated.
The chief asked
the coopera-
tion of the public in paying the
meters, effective from today on
The red tops on the meters
indicate a "violation," that the
motorist has overstayed the time
paid for.
There were many violations
Friday as the official operation
of the meters had not been pre-
jday for the weekend, divided in-
| to two camps by a House-Sen-
iaie economy bloc opposing ad-
|ministration demands for new
j taxes.
A resolution was introduced
jby Rep. Herman Yezak of Bre-
jmord calling for the appoint-
iment of an 18-member commit-
[tee to report on Texas' delin-
viouslv announced. quent taxes as a possible source
The 10 days from now until I of revenue.
Feb. 14 are an educational period | The Senate led the way in
to inform the public, the police quitting for the weekend bv re-
said.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 3 (UP)
Methodist Bishop G. Bromley
Oxnam called on Americans to
free themselves of social forces
which threaten to regiment them
into "a people of big eyes and
big ears," who' can't think fte'
themselves.
To go forward, he told the
Metropolitan Church Federation
in meeting here last night, the
UP)—The I United States must "Move back to
j the independent preacher, back
i to the independent journalist,
back to the independent business-
man, back to the independent la-
bor organization."
Citing the movies, radio and
television as potential instru-
ments of regimentation, Oxnam
said:
The real dangers of regimen-
tation lie in becoming a people
of big eyes and big ears."
He said critical faculties with-
er "as somebody else thinks for
us. talks for us. sings for us,
prays for us."
Oxnam called for "a free pul-
pit where free preachers can
ceasing until 11 a. m. Monday preach to free laymen in a free
Perry Garner To Represent
Scout Council At Ceremony
Perry Garner, Eagle Scout of
Sweetwater, will represent the
Buffalo Trail Council Boy Scouts
of America in a report to the
state ceremony at Austin tomor-
row, Feb. 4,
The report is for the civic serv-
ice, good turns and progress of
Scouting during the past year.
Similar ceremonies will be held
in every state capitol in the na-
tion and a national ceremony
will be held in Washington. D. C„
on Feb. 11 at which a report to
the nation will be made to Presi-
dent Truman.
These ceremonies are in con-
nection with the movements 40th
Anniversary Crusade, "Strength-
en the Army of Liberty".
Perry, who has been chosen
to make the presentation speech
to Governor Shivers, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Eil Garner of
Sweetwater.
Mr. Garner, Scoutmaster of his
son's Troop 48, sponsored by the
First Christian Church, will ac
company his son to Austin.
AIRLINE SUED
DALLAS, Feb. 3 (UP)—Mrs.
Epsie R. Clark of Dallas, moth-
er of one of 28 persons killed in
the crash qf a DC-tf here Nov.
29, has sued American Airlines
and one of its pilots for $30,650
damages.
She asked judgment for the
death of her daughter, Mrs. Ag-
nes Caylop*Scott, 45, of New
York, who was en route here
to attend her father's funeral
when the luxury air ship crash-
ed and burned at Love fi«W.
Sweetwater Area
Hereford Group
Meets On Feb. 6
The Sweetwater Area Here-
ford Breeders' Association will
hold its annual meeting here
Monday night Feb. fi, at 7:30 in
the Nolan County court room,
president J. Paul Turner an-
nounced Friday.
Following re|>ort by the nom-
inating committee, 1950 officers
will bo selected and plans for
the Hereford tour and sale will
be started.
WALTER RESIGNS
AUSTIN, Feb. 3 (UP)—The
resignation of Esco Walter of
Abilene as district attorney of
the 104 th Judicial District was
received yesterday by Gov). Al-
lan Shivers. U:- s
tm
Knglr Scout Pcn-y (itirnrr
I after failing to muster a quorum
j necessary to transact business.
Less than an hour later, the
| House adjourned until Monday
1 at the same hour after holding
| a 25-minute session.
One measure calls for enact-
| ment of a $25 tax on divorces,
proposed by Rep. J. F. Gray of
Three Rivers, and the second
would boost the state cigaret
tax to four cents, sponsored by
Rep. Davis Clifton of McKin-
ney.
Signs of a revolt against ad-
ministration tax proposals to
finance a state hospitals im-
provement program came out in
the open yesterday in the
House.
Rep. Jim Heflin of Houston
resigned from the committee
yesterday with a charge that
Gov. Allan Shivers was attempt-
ing "coercion" of the member-
ship to do his bidding in enact-
ing an administration tax plan
to finance improvement of state
hospitals.
land proclaiming the freeing
truth of the religion of Jesus."
The Metropolitan Church Fed-
etfrtion is a cooperative group of
15 Protestant denominations.
Final Pleas Made
For Gifts—$126
In Parking Meters
The Nolan County •'March
Dimes" campaign continued
produce contributions Frii
with $353.00 collected Thuri
and still more money known tb
be coming in, Chairman R. E.,
ionneI ley said.
Tiie total through Thursday1
night was $7,800.30, leaving
l'4u.70 on the $12,000 goal, Coh- S
nelley said that he believed h
could see a .su.000 total in sight
now.
"Those who will have coin'
collectors in their places of bus*®
iness are asked to call 2993 so"3
that they can be picked up,"-' btfdg
said.
"Those business houses that||
have scrolls of employee con-Dp
trihutions that - have not yet4|
been completed are requested to?3
mail the scrolls and contribu-
tions to March of-.Dimes,- ''dOpl
West Arkansas, Sweetwater, or '-'j
telephone 2993 for them to be"-:
picked up."
The campaign is still fai short
and the committee urged that all y
who plan to give or increase ■
their donations to mail their ">
checks now to March of Dimes, 'j
300 West Arkansas.
Among the items not includ- |
ed in the total was approximate- ;!
ly S12B in pennies and nickles.
put into the parking meters dur- ,%
ing the campaign last week ;|
while the city and parking met-|J
er company allowed use of the ^
meters for March of Dimes coNS
lections. By inserting coins, thf 1
public had a chance to try out .1
the meters and at the same time ij
donate to the March of Dimes, a
Collections were made Thurs- 1
day night by a police officer and . 1
the March of Dimes committee-
man on this .part of the cam-
paign. •'
Tax Propositions
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UP)
—Congress today began consid- t
eration of President Truman's ff
double-barreled tax program >
which would give the treasury ;
§920,000,000 in new money. J
Excise taxes would be cut t
$655,000,000. But plugged tax,;?
loopholes and a new excise tax
on television sets would of
all but $105,000,000 of that reve- |
nue loss.
World Federation—Two Dem- i
ocratic and two Republican Sen- ;
ators asked for a world federa- -
tion under U. S. leadership to
meet the challenge of an "at-
omic revolution." The senators
are Frank P. Graham, D., N. C.,
Charles W. Tobey, R., N. H., p
Wayne Morse, R., Ore., and
Claude Pepper, D., Fla. They ad-
See CONGRESS On Page Eight
Large, Unidentified Sub Off
California Coast Investigated
POLIO DEATH
EDINBURG, Feb. 3 (UP) —
The Valley's first polio fatality
of 1950 occurred yesterday with
the death of five-year-old Er-
mania Gonzales, of Alamo.
Meanwhile, doctors confirmed
that a six-months-old baby boy
from Mission, admitted Tues-
day, had polio. His was tho first
new case of the year.
.
Another Amateur
Night On KXOX
By popular request. Radio Sta-
tion KXOX will hold one more
amateur night show for benefit
of the March of Dimes campaign
Saturday night at 10.
Station Manager Larry Hub-
bard said today: "We thought the
two shows would close the mat-
ter but there is demand for an-
other and we plan one to take
care of whatever the needs may
be. The money is needed and we
will cooperate,"
THE WEATHER
Temperature, high Thursday,
39; low this morning, 27; baro-
meter, 30.44, rising slightly.
Partly cloudy, unsettled, not
much change in tempera
Relative humidity, 30 per
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 3 —
(UP)—Coast, guard and navy
spokesmen today denied knowl-
edge of a large unidentified
submarine that has been report-
ed twice off the northern Cali-
fornia coast during the past
week.
The navy said only that U. S.
submarines from Mare Island
naval shipyard in San Francisco
bay had been operating off the
coast recently.
The sub was reported last Fri-
day by Earl McCarty, a fishing
boat skipper and on Sunday by
A1 Chisholm, a former RCAF
fighter pilot, both of Eureka,
Calif.
McCarty said he saw the sub
steerxi
Circling The Square
Dabney Motor Company em-
ployees received a hearty co-
operation from all parts of
town Friday on their plan to
raise $100 for the March of
Dimes if Ney Sheridan Sr. will
sing "Mule Train" on a special
KXOX amateur show.
The men in the company
quickly raised $50 in cn h
and hud itrumteen from oth-
er parts of town indicating
thin $l«0 would be easy to
rn ine.
"We think that Ined
tra) Sheridan is good
sport to do it and
enough real,
want him |
drifting on the surface sever
miles off the CAA landing aid
experiment station airfield
Areata, Calif. He said he
ed to within 75 feet of the sub
marine before it went under.
He made a note of its num-
bers and turned them over
coast guard officials at Eu
On Sunday, Chisholm rep
ed sighting a large sub
at about the same position
en by McCarty. Chisholm,
was flying off the coast in
private plane, said the sub
sembled German undersea
he saw from the air during j
war.
He said the sub was
nosed" and had a V-a
stern with net cutters,
on its bow.
20 Stitches At
Rotan Man Has
His Throat/"
ROBY—A s s a u 11
charges were filed
U. S. Branscum by
Wilkins today agar
Yanez, 18, In con
knife attack oh
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1950, newspaper, February 3, 1950; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth290431/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.