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The Weather
High Thursday 114; low this
morning 20; barometric pressure
30.20 steady. Fair, not much
change In temperature.
Sweetwater Reporter
51st Year
'Dedicated to Service'
Continuous Full Leased United Press Wire Service
Sweetwater, Texas, Sunday, Feb. 1, 1948
Market Reports
Cuttle "(JO, active, fully steady;
hogs 300, butcher hogs steady to
25 lower; sheep 700, mostly
slaughter lambs selling fully
steady.
'Buy It In Sweetwater
Number 26
Violence in India Following Death Of Gandhi
FIRE SWEEPS ENNIS BUSINESS DISTRICT—A hall block of the business district of Ennis,
Texas, still smoulders after an early morning fire destroyed 12 buildings, leaving an esti-
mated damage of $200,000. Firemen battled ths blaze tinder zero-weather for over 7 hours be-
fore bringing it under control. (NEA Telephoti).
Top Texas News
In
Gas Blast
Refinery
Injures Four
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Jan.
3L (UP)—A refinery blast Aear
Wichita Falls has sent four men
to the hospital.
The explosion, believed caus-
ed- by accumulated gas, wreck-
ed a cooling tower at the Pan-
handle Refinery Company last
night.
Most seriously injured is
Charles S. Borland. Receiving
lesser injuries Were George
Stearn, M. C. Harvey and J.
M. Lloyd.
Wright Lived To See
Planes Make History
- New Coaches
COLLEGE STATION, Tex.,
Jan. 31, (UP)—Two new mem-
bers of the Texas A. & M. coach-
ing staff are going to take over
their duties this week-end.
Bill Dubose will come from
Waco where he's the head
high school coach.
The other new arrival at Col-
lege Station will be Thurman
(Tugboat) Jones. Jones was
head coach at Hardin College
in Wichita Falls.
Two Asphyxiated
WICHITA FALLS, Tex., Jan.
31, (UP) — Carbon monoxide
poisoning has proved fatal to
a couple at Wichita Falls but
their baby was spared despite
being in the same room.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Batte
were the victims. Apparently
unharmed is their five-month-
old daughter.
(By United l'ress)
Orville Wright, the co-inventor
of the airplane, is dead.
Death came to the 70-year-old
inventor in a Dayton, Ohio, hos-
pital where he had been con-
fined since he collapsed in his
office last Tuesday. He had
been suffering from a lung con-
gestion and hardening of the
arteries.
Earlier Friday," his. physician,
Dr. A. B. Brower, had announced
that the inventor was in a very
serious condition. And at 10:40
p. m. E-S-T the doctor stepped
out of Wright's room at the hos-
pital to announce his death.
Orville Wright lived to see his
invention become both a boon
to man and a terrible weapon
of destruction.
Only last fall, a plane flew the
Atlantic by remote control. And
experts agree that aviation now
stands on the brink of its great-
est period of development.
Orville Wright never looked
the part of a great inventor. In
his final years, the neat, grey
little man. with his small hands,
lived quietly in a mansion over-
looking Dayton. His sister Kath-
erine lived with him.
Wilbur Wright, who was
Orville's partner in the inven-
tion of the airplane, died in 1912,
long before the advent of ocean-
hopping clippers and flying
fortresses.
In his final years, Orville oc-
casionally drove his car to his
city office, but he refused to
tinker with it. Xlie company had
made it right, he used to say,
See WRIGHT. Fage 8
Seek Atom Plant
HROWNWOOD. Tex., Jan. 31,
(UP)—Brownwood is seeking to
have the nation's first atomic-
powered heating plant located
there.
. Brownwood's Mayor, Wendell
Mayes, has written the chair-
man of the U. S. Atomic Energy
Commission asking for the
plant. .
In a letter to chairman David
Lilienthal, the Brownwood May-
or says the West Texas town is
far enough inland to be com-
paratively safe from attack.
Report To Congress
Shows WAA Surplus
At Low Inventory
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UP)
—The war assets administration
says it has disposed of more
than three-quarters of its gov-
ernment surplus property.
In a report to Congress today,
the WAA said disposals amount-
ed to more than $21,918,000,000
as of December 31st. It said that
left an inventory of slightly
more than $0,379,000,000 worth
of goods.
These figures represent what
the property cost the govern-
ment, not the price tor which It
was sold.
Hit And Run Driver
Gets Two Year
Suspended Sentence
R. C. Briscoe 24. a resident of
Arkansas drew a two year sus-
pended sentence in District
Court Saturday. Briscoe*- had
been indicted by the January
term of the, grand jury as the
hit and run driver who seriously
injured Myrtle Etherage of Sny-
der.
The accident which occurred
last October at Oak and Broad-
way sent the Snyder woman to
the hospital for several days.
Briscoe after being apprehended
was released on an appearance
bond of $1,500.
Judge Mauzey in suspending
the sentence took into consider-
ation the fact that Briscoe's wife
had given birth to a baby Friday
at Sweetwater hospital.
Golf tourney Dates
Set For April 29,30
Sweetwater Golf Association
officials have set April 29, 30 and
May 1 and 2 for the annual In-
vitational Pro-Amateur golf
tournament to be held at Lake
Sweetwater, President Carl
Pratt announced Saturday.
This event is a yearly attrac-
tion for West Texas golfers who
will come from all over the state
to make their attempts to win
some of the prize money. Other
information concerning the
tournament has not yet been re-
leased.
Near Total Of
6,500 County
Votes In Nolan
Nolan County voters turned
out in record uUmbei a to'regis-
ter and pay their poll taxes this
week. Winding up an intense
last minute drive on the part of
Weldon Bardwell, tax collector
and assessor, civic clubs, the
press and radio, the tax office
remained open until 10 o'clock
Saturday night to take care of
those who want to Vote in the
coming elections.
Although official figures can-
not be tabulated until sometime
next week Mr. Bardwell stated
that the number who had paid
poll taxes would be near 5,500
with between 800 and 1000 eligi-
ble for exemptions under the ex-
isting laws. This would make
a total of 6.500 qualified voters
in Nolan county.
According to Mr. Bardwell rec-
ords in his office show that the
previous high was in 1946 when
4,339 paid taxes and 805 claimed
exemptions, or a total of 5,144.
ROTARY MEETING
Regular weekly meeting of
Rotary will be at noon Monday
in the Blue Bonnet Hotel.
Police Alert
For Sherman
Hold-Up Pair
State On Lookout For
Two Men Who Robbed
Couple Of $7,000
SHERMAN, Tex., Jan. 31.
(UP)—Two unmasked bandits
calmly lifted $7,000., mostly in
$100 bills, from a bureau draw-
er in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Reed Galbreath in Sherman to-
night, after being invited into
the victims' home to "warm
up."
The two men, believed to be
between 25 and 30 years of age,
held the couple and two small
children at gun-point after Gal-
breath had admitted them to a
rear bedroom.
Galbreath, a Sherman at to-
mobild dealer, answered a knock
on his front door to find the two
young strangers. When they
called his name he asked them
to the rear of the house with-
out waiting to hear their busi-
ness, assuming they were
acquaintances.
Once in the bedroom, they
produced a 45-caliber automatic
pistol. They warned the family
to be quiet and said they didn't
want to hurt them—just wanted
their money.
They quickly taped the Gal-
breaths' hands, found the
money and left.
Grayson County Sheriff Fred
Prestage says all roads out of
Sherman are being watched, and
that an alarm has been extend-
ed into Oklahoma. The ge. •
away car is described by •> £
Galbreaths' neighbors as a black
See HOLD-UP, Page 8
High School Band
To Present Concert
On Thursday Night
The Newman High School
Band will be presented in formal
concert on Thursday evening,
February 5, at 8 o'clock in the
high school auditorium, accord-
ing to Jim Nevins, band director.
The program has been plan-
ned to please all musical tastes,
as it will include marches, over-
tures. waltzes and comic novel-
ties. A highlight of the program
will be the presentation of the
Band Sweetheart.
Special honors will be award-
ed to four of the band members
that have been selected to repre-
sent Sweetwater at the State
See BAND, Page 8
BARBECUE BLAST INJURES EIGHT—Rescue workers struggle with an explosion-wrecked
barbecue stand in Austin, Texas, in an attempt to reach eight persons injured in the blast.
The blast, attributed to accumulated gas, occurred during an evening rush hour. (NEA Tele-
photo).
Latest
United Press
Bulletins
Congress In Recess
After Eventful Week
BERNE, Switzerland, Jan. 31
—Barbara Hutton, who has been
in a Swiss hospital for more
than two weeks, has suffered a
relapse.
Hospital officials say the Wool-
worth heiress suffered the re-
lapse after she underwent an op-
eration for appendicitis.
Doctors say Miss Mutton's
temperature began to rise last
night. And she is unable to take
nourishment.
However, hospital authorities
say Miss Hutton is conscious
and her heart is-in good condi-
tion.
ROME, Jan. 31 (UP)—The
Italian Foreign office says a
treaty of friendship, trade and
navigation will be signed be-
tween the United States and
Italy Monday.
The pact will be the first
signed by this country since the
war and the first signed by Italy
since the days of fascism.
It will be permanent, the Ital-
ian Foreign Office says, in the
sense that no expiration date
will be specified.
FORT WORTH. Jan. 31—A
verdict of accidental death from
carbon monoxide poisoning has
been returned in the death of a
Fort Worth woman.
See BULLETINS. Pag • 8
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UP)
| Congress is in recess until Mon-
day, but there's still plenty of
action on Capitol Hill regard-
ing taxes, the Marshall plan and
the nation's meat shortage.
Regarding the meat situation,
the American Meat Institute
says a return to rationing
wouldn't help the problem much, JPolicc Td!e
In ijet, ttjo instjUUc iiyVi, T'Ae HLuJu Jli
e sfoc
that there won't even
a meat shortage next spring
or summer. But it quickly adds
that if rationing is brought
back, there may be
in 1949.
R. J. Eggert, associate direc- j rages. Orders and pleas by the
tor of the institute's marketing | government never had the re-
department,
would lower
says rationing
production and
Prominent Citizens
Buffalo Trail Scout
Back
Ranch
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Lyle Deffebach
Few drives have had more ac-
tive support from prominent
citizens of the community than
the campaign now being organ-
ized to raise the $200,000 re-
quired for construction of the
Buffalo Trails Scout ranch.
The 6,000 acre ranch site is
being developed to provide
camping and recreational facili-
ties for all the scouts and po-
tential scouts in the 15 county
area that makes up the Buffalo
Trail Council, a territory that
runs from Sweetwater to Pecos.
Among those directing the ef-
forts are Ed Neinast, Nolan
County superintendent of
schools who'has been active in
Boy Scout work since 1925, H.
Lyman Wren, of Snyder, re-
H. Lyman Wren
eently elected President of the
Buffalo Trail Council to suc-
ceed Guy W. Brenneman, Mid-
land and Lyle Deffebach, Sny-
der. Mr. Wren has been a scout-
er for 31 years.
Mr. Neinast and Mr. Deffe-
bach were awarded the Silver
Beaver citation this week, the
highest granted in Boy Scout
Work.
A meeting at the Blue Bon-
net hotel Friday evening
brought together the council
vice-chairmen of the drive who
are organizing their division
chairmen and* forming teams
this week.
The Buffalo Trail Council is
tying in their campaign with
the National Boy Scout Program
Less Liquor
And More Beer
Used By Texas
AUSTIN. Jan. 31...1UP)—Mov.e
beer but less hard liquor drink-
ing combined to show a loss of
more than $2,000,000 in state
liquor revenues last year the Tex-
as Liquor Control Board reports.
The Board, in its annual re-
port to the governor, said that
beer stamp sales gained nearly
$1,000,000 in 1947. But a drop of
$3,000,000 in the sale of hard
liquor stamps resulted in the
The state also collected nearly make meat even scarcer than it
would be otherwise. Eggert
made his statements in opposi-
tion to a standby meat ration-
ing bill which has been intro-
duced by Senator Ralph Fland-
ers of Vermont.
One of the first items on the
j house agenda on Monday will
f bp a vote on the bill introduced
| by Representative Harold Knut-
1 son of Minnesota to cut taxes
by $6,500,000,000. The House
ended debate on the Republican-
sponsored measure yesterday
and most leaders predict it will
pass the chamber easily. Some
are even hopeful that it will re-
ceive the two-thirds majority
which would be necessary to
pass it over a presidential veto.
In the Senate, a group of Re-
publicans is getting ready to
start a battle to revise the Eu-
ropean recovery program. The j
group wants to rewrite the bill i
See CONGRESS Page 8
May Set Off
Hindu-Moslem
War Of Faith
Removal Of Gandhi
From Scene Releases
Pent Up Hatreds
United Press Commentary
By Leroy Pope
The big question raised by the
assassination .of Mohandas
Gandhi is whether or not it will
bring India closer to war with
| Moslem Pakistan.
The first result was an out-
break of rioting in Bombay ,
where Hindu extremists, the
same type of fanatics as the
man who killed Gandhi, suc-
ceeded in stirring up a hi-
j of Hindus to attack theu> Mos-
lems. But as the evening vvore
Ion there were further rej.v„rt
of outbreaks of communal strhf.
elsewhere in India or Pakistan.
The fear that Gandhi's death
might cause the Hindu and Sikh
fanatics to feel the hour had
come to plunge India into a new
blood bath was expressed in
nearfy all dispatches.
Everywhere the feeling was
| that if this aggravated trouble
came it would not come from
the Moslems but from those
Hindus whose deadly hatred of
Moslems has been held in check
only by the influence of Gandhi.
Fear also has been felt that no
other Hindu leader, neither the
firm and scholarly Nehru nor
the hard-boiled Patel, could com-
pel the Indian police and army
to make as great efforts to
maintain order as Gandhi did.
\
F3jji
be j soldiers
have
ce
'ood
4 j. -.fcfidu
id$ By or.
a number of occasions and
watched while Sikhs and Hin-
dus slaughtered large caravans
a shortage | of Moslems, burned Moslem vil-
lages and committed other out-
$600,000 in fines for violation of
the Texas liquor control act last
year.
There were some 4400 crimi-
nal complaints filed on liquor
charges.* and of that number
some 3900 were convicted.
Lewalien Case To
Trial In District
Court Tomorrow
District court convenes tomor-
j row morning at 9 o'clock to try
! the case of Mrs. Annie Lewalien
I charged with murdering her
1 husband W. H. Lewalien on the
! night of August 9.
The case which had been pre-
i viouslv scheduled for the Sep-
i tember term of the court had
i been continued due to the illness
of her defense attorney Temple
Dickson. Mrs. Lewalien has
been free on a bond of $1,500.
The court will be presided
over by District Judge A. S.
Mauzey'and the prosecuting at-
torney Eldon Mahon will be as-
sisted by a special prosecutor T.
M. Reid of Abilene.
Third Airplane Crashes
In Alps Within 5 Days
By United Press
aml
France. The British Air ministry j?, !? ; it
says a Royal Air Force bomber | tne '0I _
crashed near Marseille today, with any country in Europe
and six of the 14 men aboard | since the war.
were killed. ! The announcement of the pact
The crash occurred as search ] follows vigorous protests by
planes were out looking for a | Russia over the presence of
straining effect on either the
masses or on the police and sol-
diers that the magic words of
Gandhi and his personal fast-
ing.
Nobody knows how many peo-
ple have been killed in India
since last August when Pakis-
tan was created and the great
migration of Moslems and Hin-
dus between the two states be-
gan. At last 7,000,000 people
are believed to have migrated.
Some estimates say half of
these were killed. Other thou-
sands who trusted their neigh-
bors of the opposite religious
faith and stayed behind also
were killed.
But there still remain mil-
lions of Moslems in Hindu India
and millions of Hindus in Pak-
istan. The causes of the com-
munial strife, far from being
See INDIA Page 8
Lines Drawn Tighter
On Diplomatic Front
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31,(UP)
The American Embassy in
Rome confirms the report by
the Italian Foreign Office that
Italy and the United States i
will sign a treaty Monday, a j
friendship, trade and
will be
United States
Circling The Square
Ed Neinast
French plane missing in the
search for two downed Ameri-
can Air Force planes. The
French plane is presumed lost,
thus making a triple tragedy
among the snow-covered Alps
where the two American planes
went down with a loss of 21
lives.
which is being held Feb. 6
through the 12th. It will be the
38th year of American scouting.
Present at the meeting were
A. R. Norred, Paul Brown, Mr.
and Mrs. h, h. Hawiey. Jr., Mr. i Mrs. Sadler Injured
and Mrs. Thurman Kent, Ed
Neinast, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Boose, A. D. (Bo) Roy, Mrs.
Carlos Morris, Carl Anderson,
Dr. P. T. Quast, Mr. and Mrs.
L. L. Armor, Ney Sheridan. Jr.,
Jim Polk, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Welsh and daughter Merry Lee
all of Sweetwater.
Wayne Boren. Mr and Mrs.
R. A. Schooling, Leighton Grif-
fin, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Bynum,
Elmer Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Her-
See SCOUT, Page 8
On Way To Banquet
Mrs. llarley Sadler is confined
to her home on West Texas
street as the result of bruises re-
ceived Friday night, when she
slipped and fell.
Mr. and Mrs. Sadler were On
their way to the Buffalo Trail
Council dinner at the Blue Bon-
net Hotel at" the time of the ac-
cident. Mr. Sadler was unable to
I preside over the meeting and
I nis duties were turned over to
I Carl Anderson.
American warships in Italian
waters.
Over Moscow radio, Russia
also is airing other protests
against what it calls "American
Imperialism." Moscow radio
says American and British mili-
tary experts have gone to Den-
mark to perfect air bases for
Anglo-American use.
In Berlin. General Lucius
Clay had some words with Rus-
sian Marshal Sokolovsky today.
Clay told the Russian at a meet-
ing of the Allied Control Coun-
cil that the United States has
the same rights in Berlin as any-
occupying power. The council
was arguing about the Russian
refusal to let two British- of-
ficers attend a meeting of the
.Christian Democratic party in
Berlin as observers.
Sokolovskv said the allies had
See DIPLOMATIC, Page 8
Apologies to W. E. Ausburne
| .... he served more than 400
1 days in combat during the war.
i rather than 100 hours as was
printed in the Friday's issue of
the Reporter. He was appointed
Nolan County Service officer by
the Commissioner's Court Fri-
day.
The .layCees have done a
good job of "pushing" poll
tax sales. Looks like now
Nolan County will have a
voting' strength of approxi-
mately 6000 this year count-
ing the 1000 exemptions.
This is about half the Abi-
lene, Taylor County, total.
Yet. Abilene claims four
times the population of
Sweetwater looks like
a "nigger in the woodpile**
to us. May be that Sweetwa-
ter jlust doesn't claim the
population that it really has.
Read Vandervoort's advertise-
ment found elsewhere in this is-
sue of the Reporter. During all
the snow and icy weather trucks
of this organization made their
regular runs to pick up milk,
bring it many miles into the
plant to pasteurize, process, l*>t-
tie and deliver to their custom-
ers.
Judge l)elas Reeves needs
15 men Monday morning to
set back approximately 8
miles of fence on highway
<>08 from Roscoe to High'
land. While on the subject.
It looks like the Judge has
succeeded in getting # mor«*
mile* of paving for that
highway. The announcement
will be forthcoming shortly.
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