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WEATHER
Wmi Tirnt Cloudy, continued cold, oc*
easional mow ixnpl la Panhandle, South
Plaint and CI Pw area* thi* alieronon:
Lowm] temperature* tonight 10-11 la Pan-
kuidte and South Plain*. 11-21 elsewhere.
Circulation IkfL MM tt
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THE CARBON BLACK CENTER OF THE WORLD
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Vol. 21— No. BO
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Associated Press
Borger, Texas, Tuesday, December 31, 1946
(Six Pages Today)
Prkt 5c
'Big Four'
Hold GOP
Command
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31— (/P)—
A "Lig Four" Including two poten-
tial candidates for president took
command today of republicans or-
ganizing the first GOP-controlled
senate in 14 years.
• Senators Vandenburg of Mich-
% lgan, Taft of Ohio, White of
Maine and Millikin of Colorado
held the guiding reins firmly af-
ter beating down a widely herald-
ed but short-lived intra-party up-
rising.
Hence their voices carried
greater weight than before as
the committee on committees
met to go over working assign-
ments oi the 51 republican mem-
< bers gathered to decide what to
>*j do about attempts to bar Sena-
tor Bilbo (D-Miss) from a third
term.
First organization attempts of
the republicans in the new con-
gress thus went off as planned,
possibly presaging a somewhat
similar result when house members
meet Thursday to go through the
same procedure.
Des~ite loud opposition from
cuiti-Dcwev fums. Hep. Halleck of
ndiana appeared certain of vic-
tory in the four-way race there
for the GOP flor leadership. Hal-
leck has bfeen endorsed for the
post by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of
New York, the 1944 presidential
nominee who generally is expected
to bid' for a second try at the
White House.
Taft and Vandenborg, who also
may be steered into the 1948 pres-
idential contest, emerged with
^important policy-making positions
ffrom a stormy meeting of all the
GOP Senators yesterday.
Taft was named to the senate's
new steering committee and was
I expected to be elected its chair-
man at today's session. Vandenborg
was chosen for president pro tem-
pore, the presiding officer's job
on which the full senate finally
must pass.
White was picked party
floor leader and Millikin was
named chairman of the GOP
confererce. All 'our at^arent'.v
will head committMt 1116, with
I Vandenberg tuMnj over for-
Ieign relations. Taft labor. White
commerce and Millikin finance.
Senator Wherry (R-Neb), re-
elected whip and asufe' 1^4-
I er, stood somewhat apart from the
j top quartet as they disposed of
I o«- o«ition to their organization
plans.
'Xnqlo-American
Airforce Said
Being Organized
II LONDON, Dec. 31— (/P) —The
fDaily Mail and Daily Telegraph
fiici in Washington dispatches to-
ny that the United States and
"Great Britain had taken definite
teps toward creation of "an An-
lo-American airforce."
The Mail, discussing what it
"called the phase of the recently
eported — and still not complete-
ly denied officially — British and
American agreement for standard-
ization of armaments, said "draft
plans for joint training" of RAF
gmd u. S. (presumably army* air-
^ rce personnel were submitted
yesterday to Gen. Carl A. Spaatz,
XJ. S. army airforce head, "for sig-
nature."
The Mail's dispatch, written by
James Brough, its correspondent in
Washington, said the schooling
would be standardised, that ioint
experiments would be carried out
in such fields as supersonic flight
and, that British fliers would be
taught the technique, at least, of
atomic bombing.
"The first step in this long
erm plan is the exchange of Brit-
ish and American fjiors, already
agreed to in principle by the
United States." suid Broueh. "An
Anglo-American airforce x x x is
a logical conclusion."
I There was no immediate off-
icial comment either here or in
IWashington, but Oh- Mail's dis-
I patch was mihllsbed iudl after an
■official denial was issued concern-
iy.ia a report published in the j
. rench press to the effect that the
Un'terl States and Great Britain
would sign a pact next March for
mutual assistance in defense.
A foreign office spokesman.com-!
menting on the French press rc-,
port, said there hart been no de-:
<'eloprr>ents along this line since
Nov. 18. when Prime Minister At-
llee denied in the House of Com-
mons the existence of any report-
ed military agreement between the
^ S nd lirilaln
Confusion oi Names
Leads to Jangling
'Phone in Phillips
A telephone rings in Phillips.
•'Hello, is this Mrs. Rawllngs? I
I'm terribly sorry to hear of the
auto accident. Are the children,
and your husband suffering severe
injuries?" j
That same telephone began to
ring last night and continues ti>
ring today. Neighbors and other I
friends are interested in the wel-
fare of Mr. and Mrs. Marshall
Rawlings and their children.
It nil started when a radio news
caster over a Tulsa station an-
nounced that a Mr. and Mrs. Mar-
shall Rawlings and their three
children were critically injured in
a traffic accident over the week-
end.
However, the persons reportedly
involved in a traffic accident are
in no way related to Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Rawlings, 3082 Second
street, Phillips, Mrs. Rawlings
assured the News-Herald this
morning.
She said that her husband, their
two children and she spent the
holidays at Sherman, Tex. They
returned with her mother, Mrs.
John Adamson of Sherman. All
were unaware that they were
thought to be critically injured.
"It certainly is tiring answering
the telephone all day repeating
the same thing, 'No, we are all
just fine; we were not in a car
accident; we did not go to Tulsa—
we went to Sherman, for the holl
days.''
Names are confusing.
Truman Proclaims End of Hostilities
Old Year Bows Out With
Coldest Weather of 1946,
Pushing Mercury to 10
Warmer weather Is forecast for Borger and vicinity to-
morrow atter the mercury took a tumble to 10 degrees last
nlqht.
Paul Potter, local weather man, said that the maximum
yesterday was only 31. At 8:30 o'clock this morninq, the mer-
cury had climbed to only 11 deqrees but by 9 o'clock the sun
was shining brightly to push the temperature up.
Only .02 inches of moisture was rerived from the snow-
fall Saturday ni?ht. —————
93 Dead Within :
Ten-Day Period
Cabbie Seeks io Adopt Strangest 'Fare'
Stevenson Names
AmarilloManTo
Serve as Regent
AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 31—(>P)—
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson today an-
nounced nine appointments, three
each on *the board of education,
the lower Colorado river author-
ity, and the board of regents of
Texas State College for Women
at Denton.
The governor made all new ap
pointments on the lower Colorado
river authority, reappointed two
members of the educaton board,
and also reappointed two members
Of the TSCW board.
New members of the LCRA are
A. B. Spires, Austin business man;
E. A. Arnim, Flatonia lawyer; and
Charles E. Crisl, Blanco rancher
and business man.
Stevenson reappointed Dr. Aus-
tin M. Long, Valley Mills phy-!
sician, and Phil M. Stevenson,'
Houston lawyer, on the board o'
education and named Vernon D.
Singleton, Dallas insurance execu-
tive to replace Maco Stewart as
the third board member.
Reappointed to the TSCW
board of regents were Mrs.
Edwin T. Phillips ef Fort Worth
and S. B. Whittenburg, Ama-
rillo, newspaper oublisher. The
new member will be W. P. Ham-
blen. Houston lawyer, replacing
George ?. Barron of Yoakum.
Appointments on the board of
education and the LCRA are ef-
fectivie tomorrow, Jan. 1, while
new terms of the TSCW regents
will begin Jan. 10. All terms are
for six years.
On the board of education,
Spires replaces Raymond Brooks
of Austin; Arnim fills the position
held bv B. A. Elzner of Bastrop,
Crist takes over the duties per-
formed by John Connally of
Johnson City and Austin.
Explaining his reason for nam
ing a completely new LCRA mem-
bership, Stevenson said:
"I want to make it plain that
I have no quarrel or friction with
any of the retiring men.
"I just think it's (the LCRA)
one of the greatest institutions of
the state as an instrument of pub-
See Number THREE Page S
In other section of 'i-exas, traf-
fic was snarled in Dallas and
Fort Worth on inclined streets,un-
derpasses and viaducts as the same
'•old wave that hit here swept
through that section.
Gainesville reported three inch-
es of snow last night. Brownwood
received two inches. The low was
19 degrees there.
An early morning snowfall iced
bridges and hillsides in Dallas,
and long lanes of traffic piled up.
Some lines were over a mile long.
The triple underpass, known as
Texas' busiest auto turnstile, was
clogged. Buses unable to negotiate
slippery inclines unloaded passen-
gers in the Trinity river bottoms.
Thousands were late for work. >P
Many walked to town. ce~
Road conditions were poor in th
Abilene-Pecos area. Driv'ns en-ugh
Blinding snow and ice-glazed
highways provided a new menaca
for Texas holiday celebrants,
boosting the ten-day toll to a
known 93 dead.
The first traffic accident today
directly attributed to icy high-
ways occurred near Marlin. Brad-
ley C, Linthicum, 35, son of the
Marlin First National bank presi-
nt. was killed almost instantly
dicateis car spun dizzily on a
conditioiroach, hurling him and
north, '"ssenger tt> the ground,
nuuci.c-.cvuo cuw>. wivi.« deoartrry Rogers of Marshall, a
ditions were dangerous from Fo-i at 01 i','!,.'""or' was hospitalized af
rers accident.
t- !coe person was killed and sev-
Worth to San Marcos, where
drizzling rain fell.
Highways 80, 90 and 290 in the
Pecos, Van Horn and Al ine areas
are completely snow-blocked, the
state department of public safety
announced.
Public Safety Director Homer
Garrison said state highway pa-
trol ears with two-way short
wavo radios are on the alert
throughout that area.
The hiqhway department re-
ported that roads over a wide
area oi north, central and east
Texas were virtually impass-
able.
Greenville had the heaviest
snow in years. The merdury drop-
ped to 31 at Laredo th* ftnHost of
tne season. Sleet fell there, but no
damage was expected for the Ber-
muda anion crop.
The forecast for east Texas was
cloudy and continued cold a'ong
ihe coast, with 18 to 26 degrees
weather in the north. West Texas
can expect 10 to 18 degrees in the
Panhandle and south plains, 19 to
26 elsewhere.
Denison reported a seven-inch
snowfall, a temperature of 18 de-
grees, and snow still falling. Inter-
urbans were behind schedule.
A five-inch snow at Big Spring
See Number ONE Page S
Mrs. H. B. Wilhelm, 69,
Dies Here Monday,
Following Illness
f
President's Action May
Lower 1917 Tax Bill by
$700,000,000 on July 1
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31 (AP) Preeident Truman re-
leased part of the government's extraordinary wartime pow-
ers today by declarinq the period of hostilities ended at noon.
His action wiped off the statute books immediately 18
emergency laws and set 33 others for an automatic end six
months from now. or later.
Ended at onco was the government's power to seise pri*
vately-owned plants and mines, invoked often during wartime
labor disputes.
In six months—unless congress intervenes with new
laws the qovernmont must turn back ta the private owners
the roal mines it now holds. —-—
tti>l inj\ red when a truck crashed
five miles west of San Saba last
light. Fatally Injured was An-
Jrcw Hunt, 18 of San Saba.
The two deaths boosted Texa*'
traflie tpll from Dec. 20 to 62.
An automobile-bus collision In
Dallas last night was fatal to
three. They were Tom Kinney, 45,
Julius Jones, 45, Myu'e Lee Jone-.,
23, all of Dallas, A^r /ere passen-
gers In the automcti
Ten persons. ItJvo uurtied to
death, nine died of gunshdt
wounds, three in plane crashes,
two by drowning and seven from
other causes during the long year'-
md holiday period.
When a woman passenger was unable to pay the fare after riding
in his taxi with her 11-month-old baby daughter, Edwin Nichols,
Cincinnati, O., cab driver, asked for the baby as "payment." The
mother readily agreed, and Nichols took the little girl home to be
cared for by his wife and two teen-aged daughters. He has asked
the Child Welfare Board for permission to adopt Gail Elisabeth,
and says he will "fight the world" io keep her. (NEA Telephoto)
Hospilal Notes
_ Hospital .reports today include
the following medical and surgical i
patients.
North Plains: Medical: James'
Ferguson, C. P. Van meter, Betty
Jo Fenno, Sherry Adams, E. L
Wilson, Haywood Moore B. C !
Holt, Ray W. Cooper.
Phillips-Pantex: Amy Lynne Mc-1
Innis, surgical.
Casa Serena: medical: Earnest
Anthony, Mrs. Edna Lee Rannal.
* Births
Mrs, H. B. Wilhelm, 69, died at
11:40 a, m. vesterdnv. follow'"" a
lingering illness. She had resided
in Borger for the past week, mov-
ing here from Monahans.
Survivors include her only son,
Paul H. Wilhelm, 1318 Francis
Drive, employee of the United
Carbon company; her husband;
two brothers, S. S. Houston of
Denver and Rue Houston of Pam-
r>a: two sisters, Mrs. J. H. Chand-
ler of Ardmore, Okla., and Mrs.
Ernest Hodsre of Los Angeles; and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the
chanel of the Minton funeral home
with the Rev. J. N. Hunt, pastor
of the Calvary Baptist Church, of-
ficiating, assisted by Rev. James
G. Glenn, pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church and the Rev. Marshall
Rhow. pastor of the First Metho-
dist church.
Mrs. Wilhelm was a member of
the Monahans Presbyterian
church.
Carket bearers will be J. H.
Agee. Marcus Graham. J. S. Stone,
Jr., Mark Smith, Harvey Bailey,
Clifford Burns, John Loftin and
Eddie McCaulev.
Interment will be In Highland x a S*i • . k,
1'ark Cemetery under the dlrec- j ' © tlOiCd Or Noon
tion of Minton fnueral home.
Cryer Reports Two
Resignations From
Teachers in Borger
C. A. Cryer, superintendent of
Borger public i.chools, today an-
nounced that two teachers in the
Lorger school system have resign-
—ed and that several others have
not returned from their Christmas
holidays vacation.
Cryer said that Raymond Chev-
es, high school history and gov-
ernment teacher, has submitted
his resignation effective Friday in
oitlsr that he may join the slate
old age pension department's Bor-
ger office as a case worker.
Mrs. W. A. Brashears, fisrt grade
teacher, resigned during the
Christmas holidays to accept a
position with Spring Creek schools,
the superintendent said.
He said these resignations, coup-
led with the fact that several other
teachers have yet to return from
heir holiday vacation are placing
a temporary hardship on the the
other teachers, who are taking
over extrr. classes.
Borger Jaycees To
Hold Formal Dance
The Junior chamber of com-
merce held Rs regular weekly noon
luncheon yecterday.
Joe Herbst introduced the prin-
cipal speaker, Phil Spidcly, who
showed a film depicting the dam-
age done annually to our nation-
al income, wild life, and health by
improper sewage disposal.
Dan Morton, president of the
Junior Chamber, reminded the
Jaycees that their formal dance
is to be held in Legion hall at 0:30
o'clock tonight.
Governor Revokes Clemency
For Man Convicted oi Attack
Locol Unemployment
Compensation Office
9
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0. T. liinioD, cheiimen el th*
I tun loinmiMe* of the Ammi
t en I •tjK.o uiye* <11 member* ol
the (iniiniHi* who •til# Io
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Wei'*ei> lit* I "Wi ul IwfU* «jiJ
uui 1 mi lutin iiuW lei III* I ti
but tfew) t*v!l>*i| ye"4
At PhiUios-Pentex hospital: A
7 pound girl born to Mr. and Mrs.
Julian D. Edmondson at 1:87 a.m.
December 28.
An B pound boy born to Mr. and
Mrs. M. O Kucera at 5:l a.m.
December 31.
BOROEH PUBUC BCHOOI S
TO CLOSE fOH HOLIDAY
I 1
Legionnaires Meet
To Discuss Carbon
Bowl Football Game
llutchinnon count
Legion lio.st 41'.' Hill
>wi
Am
The local Tex is Unemployment
Compensation Commission office
totaled at 615 North Main Street
will not be ooen from 12 noon to
1 p.m. beginning January I. Char-
les J. Warner ennounced today.
"It is lelt that better service and
more of it can l>e rendered 1 ( wo
,n 't• < not kt IgK' i ' 1 <-n>|>11 > ere din
AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 31 —t/P)—
Remission of jail sentence and re-
duction of fine for Marshall Mor-
ris .of Palestine, convicted of aggra-
vated assault on Miss Jimmy
Gantt, a nurse, was rescinded yes-
terday by Gov. Coke Stevenson.
His revocation of clemency came
at the conclusion of a four-hour
hearing at which Sen. Kyle Vick
of Waco presented several wit-
nesses who said it was their im-
pression and the imnression of
others that Morris had not receiv-
ed a fair trial.
Stevenson, who previously had
heard those o^oos'no M« i"«u-
anre rt the clemency on Dec. 19,
told Vick. representing Morris,
that he did not agree their
"measure of proof overturns the
presumption that the jury trial
was fair." , ,
He commented that the board
of pardons and paroles, whose rec-
ommendation favorable to clemen-
cy he had followed, had made its
recommendation of findings that
the trial had not been fair anc!
that Miss Gantt, the complaining
witness, had been coerced by the
prosecution in testifying.
"The board did not have the
benefit of the controverting affi-
davits that were presented to me,"
the governor said. Letters to the
pardon board had said a member
of the jury was a contributor to
a fund for paying a special prose-
cutor in the case.
Stevenson questioned each wit-
ness presented by Vick closely on
this point. None was able to say
he could offer proof of this, and
those opposing clemency had of-
fered in evidence an affidavit
signed by all the members of the
six-man jury, saying they had not
made such contribution.
Sheriff A. E. Broughten told
the governor it was "common
street talk" that a member of the
iury had made such contribution.
He said that it was his opinion
Morris had not received a fair
trial, and that the penalty was too
.seveie. Morris had been sentenced
to one year in jail and fined $500
on tl p charge.
Under the clemency, this fine
was reduced to $100 and the jail
sentence wei remitted.
Morri*' conviction had been
uph>ld ty the court of criminal
aopetlt, and ■ motion for rt-
hnnng had been filed by hi*
attorney when the clemency
granted.
U.S. Asks Atomic
Control Issue
Taken Up First
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y., Dec. 31
—(if) —The United States formal-
y proposed today that the security
council take up the problem of
atomic control first in its quest
for world-wide arms limitation.
Moving to give the atomic prob-
lem top priority in the coming dis-
cussion on arms in the council,
Herschel V. Johnson, United States
delegate, offered this resolution to
the council shortly after it met:
"The security council resolves
that:
1. "Pursuant to the general as-
sembly resolution of December 14
concerning the 'principles govern-
ing thegeneral regulations and re-
duction of armaments' it gives first
priority to the establishment of
international control over atomic
energy and , accordingly, it will
consider and act upon the forth-
romi'ig report of the atomic com-
mission as soon as received;
"2. It will thereafter consider
what further practical measures it
should take and in what order of
priority for the implementation of
the said general assembly resolu-
tions."
Chamber To Study
Amendment to Fair
Labor Standard Act
And after that date, a series
of emergency taxes will drop to
old rates. Among these are exci t
levies on liquor, furs, Jewelry
and cither luxuries. The liquor
tax will drop from $9 to $0 th"
proof gallon.
By acting before 1946 closed
Mr, Truman knocked one year of
the government's guaranteed price
support program for farm pro-
ducts. It will go on for two years
But had Mr. Truman waited until
1947 to act, the program which
might cost a billion and a hnll
dollars in a big crop year, would
have extended through 1949.
The law provides that it is to
go on for two years beginning
with the first day of January im
mediately atter the proclamation
ending hostilities.
Mr. Truman's action does not
affect many other powers.
There are more than 500 emer-
L'enr> laws Some say tliev are
to end with the "end of the war"
or within some specified time
thereafter. Others say thev are
effecive or the duration of the
"emergency."
Thus. th<- 'oeriod cf hostili-
ties" at used bv Mr. Truman i*
largely - technical matter turn-
ing on lanauaqe conire used
in each statute. He made clear
that he was not proclaiminq the
war ended, "r the officially
declared emergency over.
The basic selective service law
Jor drafting young men, for In-
stance, is hitched to duration of
the emergency. lt«is not af.ected
by today's proclamation.
But many statues affecting the
f.rmy and navy are. One is a
law which exempted the war an'!
navy departments from general
restrictions on the number of
civilian employes they may have.
There were indications at the
pentagon that the war department
was somewhat surprised at the
sudden announcement.
It touched off a series of ton
level conferences at the army
WASHINGTON. Dec. 31—<#>—
President Truman's proclamation
terminating hostilities may auto-
matically reduce the nation's 1947
lax bill bv approximately $700,-
000,000.
Colvin F. Stam. expert oi the
joint congressional committee
on internal revenue told report-
ers that, urder Mr. Truman's
action, excite levies—including
those on liquor, jewelry, furs,
luggage and many other con-
tumer items—will be put beck
effective Julv 1. The tax en
loquor will drop from S9 to M
a proof gallon.
The reduction-, were made man-
datory in the l"43 wartime reve-
nue act in whi'.h congress s'ipu-
lated the hinh war-imposed ex-
cises should be trimmed to speci-
I fled levels six months after "the
I termination of hostilities."
These special excise levies now
arc yielding about $1,400,000,000
annually. The saving in the last
half of 1947 will be about $700,-
000,000.
These are the cutbacks to be
effective under the proclamation,
as of July 1:
LK^UOll—frt'iivUfl to $6 a proof
gallon.
FURS, luggage, jewelrv and toil-
et preparations—from 20 per cent
of retail price to 10 per cent.
Admissions—from 1 cent for
each 5 cents to 1 cent for each
10 cents.
CABARETS—20 per cent to 5
per cent. *
WINES—varied reductions
cording to type,
BEER—from $8 a barrel to $7.
TELEPHONE—-long distance. 25
per cent to 20 per cent; local ser-
vice. 15 to 10 per cent.
TRANSPORTATION of Persons
—15 per cent to 10 per cent.
DUES nd Membership Fees—20
per cent to 11 per cent.
INITIATION Fees—20 per cent
to 11.
ELECTRIC Light Bulbs and
Tubes—20 per cent to S per cent.
DOMESTIC Telegraph, cab!.* or
Radio Dispatches—25 per cent to
ac-
headquarters to see how much of I5 Per cent.
the huge machinery under which I ^LEASED Wires—25 per cetit to
Weldon Jolly, president of the
local chamber of commerce, an-
nounced today that the chamber
' of commerce will hold its regular
' weekly luncheon Thursday at
noon.
Main topic of discussion of the.
meeting will be pertaining to ref-1
erendum numb'r 90 from the
United States chamber of com-;
merce on the fair labor standard
act of 193H as amended.
The interest > >1 the chamber of
commerce in this matter is to it-1
tempt to change this law from a na-
tional law to a state law, that it :
be amended whereby the funda-
mentals of the t:iw would be clear
1 ■ . 1 and wherebv the #n
ployer would u'idei • tuial its in
it at
I
lunch period
'i ill i.idri
1,«t-.
wl.i
l> I l< ..
I Al
I I j It l Mill JN'j
1 HUHbOA y i Ah< 11 I t U
t l Ii'j will 1 tfl liulS III l*y
•4 it i>.**l,uy t.i llii.^lf «
■ II , . . *|l|ivui. J ImSk
the army operated for more than
;ive years would need resettln
for peace-time operation. Pend
ing results from these first mee.-
■ngs, army officials withheld com-
ment.
The navy hastened to note tha'„
the service of naval reserve offi-
cers would not be affected. Re-
'erve officers were on duty fo.-
:he duration of the emergency
plus six months.
Mr. Truman made public h!s
proclamation at a news confei •
tnce.
"Will the combined chiefs oi
staffs (British and American) be
affected by this proclamation?
a reporter asked.
The president replied In the
negative, saying the cooperation
would be continued for at least
six months. He did not clarify
whether he meant six months af-
ter formal end of the war.
One point w s obviout: By
actinq now, M". Truman was
putting preature on the new re-
publican-dominated congrett to
speed consideration of just what
emergency powers it withee io
preserve for the government.
He s;. d he would send congress
recommendations on power* which
should be continued In peacetime
Some republicans have talked
"t repealing all quickly. Senator
Wiley 1R- Wi- \ appointed by sen-
ate republicans to make n study
o| the matter, reported yesterday
that he found it an extremely
complex Mibject ,md <h:it chin •
might follow 0 veeplng repeaki
t. 'truni riling in the president'*
itim 1 V. ilev told ,1 reporter lie
hud ii" 1 111 ■ 1 m ' . 111 <I In fact t
thmk • . should approve it "
t licit 1 qui ti. ntng a* to vthethe.
tin" u ►teii hi his intiini'i 1
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1 lit
15 per cent.
WIRE and Equipment Service—
8 per cent to 1 per cent.
BILLIARD and Pool Tables and
Bowling Alleys—$20 per year per
table; $30 per year per alley, to
$10 per year per tables $10 per
year per alley. *
Four Fire Calls
Here in One Day
It seemed at if Mrs. OXer.ry's
! cow was at itjpgain yesterday with
Borger on the receiving end in-
1 <-tcud of Chicago. According to
F'lrechicf J. D. Miller, the local
j tire department answered four
calls yesterday.
Miller stated that the first fire,
i which at the comer of Madison
and McGcc Street#, probably start-
ed by the ignition of fumes from
the irflaitiable liquid used In
sanding the floors. The machines
whicg were used in the
sr.ndinjf were electrically driven.
Miller declared that the exact
causi* of the blase could not be as-
certained.
The second fire which occurred
<11 Short Seventh atreet waa
. r.bly the most devastating of the
ray, destroytd th* home and moat
"f the belongings ot the M. V.
I Ir.tt family, tenants of the dwell-
ing
Hardly had the firemen relaxed
I'ltiei tiie second firs, when they
received a third summon. This
nine the call came from eiS Lee
I st Miller ststfej that this blase
had a heady been subdued with
i cKiipibW damage, when the fire
fniti tment arrived
1 lu fourth cell eamt from (pur
01.lt tati of the ettjr where an
"lyirt h u«e had caught «m fire,
■ui tin. 1 lamejres also egUnauiah
"I h> lite mrn 111 riiaitf*. Miller
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Phillips, J. C. Borger-News Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 30, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1946, newspaper, December 31, 1946; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth293493/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.