Blytheville Courier News (Newspaper) - November 19, 1949, Blytheville, Arkansas 1 L BLYTHEVILLE COURIER TM A Kt mil oil t riTTIn VOL 205 Daily Courier Herald Mississippi Valley Leader THE DOMINANT NEWSPAPER OK NORTHEAST ARKANSAS AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 19.19 CRASH is Ihc wreckage of a that crashed in mid-air with another bomber of the same type at Stockton Calif The other four engine bomber ploughed six feet into the mud on ridge tract two miles north and across the river Only four men survived the collision AP Series of Crashes Grounds Big WASHINGTON Nov fleet was grounded today while the Into a series of crashes which have 12 weeks Gen Hoyt S Vandenberg chief of staff issued ground order last night A few hours before the latest crash had killed five of a man crew aboard a Superfortress which was taking off to help search for the 20 men aboard another missing off Bermuda since Six accidents have occurred the past 16 days with a known death toll of 35 and with 20 aboard the lost still Available unofficial records slur that since August 25 when 16 men died after an engine caught ire In a takeoff from Hickam Field Hawaii 27 have gone down with a death toll of 120 Expect Loss of 60 Yearly While the Air declined to say this time how many accidents have occurred since the war or during the last year it once that during a given year expect about 00 to be wrecked in crashes This estimate u en tost by oilers testifying on Force In discus ing the question of how many replacement alicraft would be needed said planning for the fiscal was on the probability that an of 61 would be wrecked The reference was to loss of by all types of accidents including ground accidents or clash landings which resulted In no but made the airplane less Vandenberg's order will have this Any Superfortress used by the Air Command or the 19th Group in the Far East unless all of its four have been modernized is grounded until a detailed inspection can be made by technical experts Bishop Manning Dies after IHness Rites on Tuesday NEW YORK Nov 10 William T Manning one of tile lending of the Protestant Episcopal Church in tile United States died yesterday at the ace of 83 He was Episcopal bishop ol Neu York for 20 years retiring less than two years ago was a strict churchman his life and an un- enemy of divorce He once preached n sermon criticising King Edward VIII lor abdicating British throne to marry a di- and barred Elliott velt twice-divorced ns vestryman of St James Church at Hyde Park As he was the continued construction of huge Cathedral of St John the Divine Hie world's largest u Gothic style His 1111 He in state in the Irom 6 p.m morrow until Tuesday noon when Ihc office nnd r requiem will 30 offered will take A part of the nation's bomber Air Force launched an investigation killed at least 120 men In the past Weather Arkansas Fair and warmer this afternoon tonight and forecast nnd tonight Warmer south and east portions Sunday erable and becoming colder with a few snow Hurries northeast portion Low tonight 45 south high Sunday south Minimum this Maximum Sunset Sunrise Precipitation 24 hours to 7 a m Total since Jan Mean temperature midway be- tween high and Normal mean for 2 This Outt year Minimum this Maximum Jan 1 to this dale Bond Is Set At for Osceola Man Herbert Goodwin Osceola man charged with involuntary slaughter in connection with the death ot Jake Krause ber who was killed when struck by an automobile Thursday night waived preliminary hearing in ceola Municipal Court today Judge Spencer Driver ordered Goodwin bound over to the March term of Circuit Court nnd Judge Zal B Harrison fixed bond ot which Goodwin posted Mr Krause 61 was killed in- stantly about Thursday night as he crossed Walnut Street US Highway 81 in Osceola Goodwin was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Dave Young minutes later a few blocks from the place where the accident occurred Quorum Schedules Meeting Monday Counts Auditor P E today reminded Mississippi County's 35 justices of the peace of the Quorum Couit Cession scheduled for 10 am in the Osceola Court House Missouri Man Killed Another Hurt in Wreck Marston Dies after Car Hits Truck on South 61 One man Loron Roberson 54 of Marston was killed and a ond seriously Injured In a collision on South Highway 61 last night Loron Roberson formerly a farm manager in died at the Hospital nt this morning from skull fracture and lacerations received when the car he was driving hit the rear ol a truck which had slowed lo a halt because of a stalled car on tile highway The Injured man whom ants at the Blytheville Hospital said was resting well today was Coben Pollard 37 also of Marston He Is suffering from fracture of both legs a compound fracture of the right femur and extensive lacerations about the face He was a passenger In the Roberson car Mr Roberson did not regain con- after he was removed from the wreckage at about 10 o'clock last night Investigating officers State Trooper George Irwin and Deputy Sheriff Charles Short said today that no charges had been filed but that investigation was proceeding oy deputy prosecutor A S son The truck was driven by Robert Smith of Memphis and belonged to Ken Crawford of Memphis with Smith was a hitch-hiker from Memphis Melvin Smitt Both men reported that they had tried to nal the car approaching at the rear of the stalled car by blinking the lights but thai Roberson apparently did not see the signal trucks progress along the highway was impeded by the car stalled because of engine trouble occupied by three Blytheville boys Larry Dean Lunsford Thomas ton and another who was The boys and the occupants of the truck appeared nt municipal court this morning but none was held According to Trooper Irwin the because of oncoming traffic could not go around the ed o the highway was 47 Ford was completely demolished when it hit the trailer which was not damaged It was necessary for a chain to be attached to a part of the crashed windshield to re- move Mr Pollard from the age He was pinned between the front seat and the dashboard Rites for Mr Roberson will be conducted at tomorrow See WRECK on Page 8 Short Mule Train Whips and Driver A scene reminiscent of the early days of the century was cd in Blytheville yesterday after- noon when a team of mules ing a wagon apparently became tired of waiting and strayed from the ginyard the Jack Robinson Gin Company nnd sauntered un- attended through the business dis- The team owned by an Negro had been parted by their owner on the gin yard and grew impatient of waiting and from the gin yard up nut Street into Blytheville's ness district J T Sudbury who was standing at the intersection of Fifth and Walnut iced unattended temi and boarded the wagon in an effort to stop the run away Meanwhile the had ed his team and took out afoot in search lor them He was pick Minus Cracking Strays about City ed up by Gilbert Hammork an employee ol the Still and Young Motor Company and Mr mock and the Negro headed down Muin Street in a car in hopes of heading off the mules and wagon Even Chief of Police John Poster got in the act He noticed the wagon as it passed the City Hall and took off in hot pursuit When the three men reached the 500 block on Walnut Street there they found Mr Sudbury boring with the reins trying ly to stop the The owner went to Mr and halted his team Chief Poster stated that as the wagon crossed the intersection of Walnut and Broadway it ped an automobile causing mi- nor damage The Negro agreed to repair the damage to the car thankful that I no other damage was done EIGHT PAGES SINGLE COPIES FIVE CENTS Bucks Topple Chicks AA Crown OVER THE Thomas fullback trips team mate Floyd Welch No 30 after n short gain in the second quarter of last night's playoff tilt at Haley Field Chicks halfback Roger Lum standing center and end John Hutcherson right background moved in to make the tackle but missed Smackover defeated Chicks Early Christmas Is Sought For Dying Blytheville Child Santa Claus may come twice for little Douglas Thomas this year Doctors have advised his parents Mr and Mrs James Lloyd mas 2224 Kenwood Drive that this will in all probability be his last Christinas and they have suggested an early one If he lives to see the 25 Christmas two will do him good the doctors said The blue-eyed two-year-old i ii e v w nui emeu lor two fighting against Incurable ours nor have had liquor for 24 has hOUrS t has been under doctor's care ing most of his life life the most will be the parents have eight months n happy one if their way Mr Thomas said today that ily funds were being exhausted but that church groups and neighbors were doing everything they could lo arrange for the child's Merry a little early Sympathetic neighbors have pleaded the child's cause in ed appeals to groups to let the need be known Mr Thomas an unemployed er said today that he had been forced to give up his job in order that he could he available for quent trips to Memphis and to be with his son Blood Donors Sought Along with a wish for toys gifts and cash donations blood donors are being sought to replenish the bank at the Methodist pital in Memphis where sions are being given The child came home yesterday from Memphis and after yesterday's Physician's report the family is making a desperate effort to add as much cheer to their small son as possible Mrs Thomas was a war bride coming to the United States from Scotland She has been here only few years but Mr Thomas has made his home about 10 years Those wishing to make blood can report to the dist Hospital in Memphis Donors report that the Blood is to be tor the Thomas Child Red Cross m for of the dT H Association Miss ocie Bivens of Ha if president of Nicholson superintendent of the School supervisor c F Allen of Little Rock system who presid they are W D Tommey principal County Education sas Education Association w B d John Mayes Mississippi County cher retirement system Miss and Mitchell Johns president ol have stated that blood ors must not have eaten for two hours and must not have had laria anemia or tuberculosis Any do Any gifts or submitted to Mrs Cook resenting the Gosnell Methodist Church or by contacting the Rev Hoy I Bagley pastor of the First Methodist Church in Postmaster Asks Bids for Postal Unit at Air Base Postmaster Ross Stevens an- today that bids arc being received at Ihc post office of n contract postal unit nt nir base Bids will be received through Nov 25 and the contractor will be requited to furnish sufficient space at air base which will be con- venient to those living In the ing mil there unit will be equipped to dle money orders registered mail parcel post and the sale of all supplies The contractor will also be re- quired to convey the mall lo nnd from the main post office nnd the air base unit The contract will be signed for a two-year period Mr Stevens said Manhunt on to Find Missing Mr and Mrs Barkley T LOUIS Nov 19 famous and Jane Barkley were headed south on their honeymoon today but their abouts was nol definitely known Late last night Paducah Ky said to be the one the a report from a car believed vice president gave his bride shortly before their wedding was seen turning into The Barkley's home near there However couple's presence at the home could not be confirmed The Barkleys who were married here yesterday at St John's odist Church left early in the In the new convertible coupe for an unannounced ation They were seen to cross the MacArthur Bridge into Illinois hut there was no further word of them New York Stocks Closing A T and T Amer Tobacco Anaconda Copper Steel Chrysler Coca Cola Oen Electric Gen Motors Montgomery Ward N Y Central Inl Harvester National Distillers Radio Vacuum N J J C Penney U S Sears Southern Pacific 146 73 28 30 59 40 M 53 10 28 21 12 16 27 69 62 42 Teachers Ask Future District AEA Meetings Acting on the recommendation of Miss Winnie Virgil Turner mentary school supervisor the teachers nnd administrators county and Crittenden County yesterday asked that future Ar- kansas Education Association meetings bo continued In the districts The district meetings were this year for the first time to do with the congestion by larger meetings In r Arkansas towns The state will be conducted early Foes Tribe to Advance To State Playoff Visitors Take Early Lead with Three In Opening Quarter By George Clark Courier News Sports Editor state football crown was whittled lown to fit another head last night by the Smackover croos who very rudely pushed our Chickasaws from the king's pedestal to the tune of a gridiron lacing in a first-round state ship playoff game at Field The Bucks who simply tled the Chicks from the offset gave the highly f some chilled very little to get warmed up over us they struck quickly for three quick scores In the very first period and then with an occasional push from the throwing arm of their quarter- back Billy coasted to their eighth win of the season which automatically advanced them to the By virtue of the victory Bucks won the right to meet the year In March supplementing the 18 district meetings which will be completed next Wednesday Miss Turner In evaluating the conference yesterday In the closing of the'day-long conference pointed administrative and community needs leacher welfare teacher bility and are the points that need developing through elementary supervisor In ad- dition to proposing the continuance of district meetings advised next program be based on the points emphasized tills year nnd that the program be set up in such n way that within the next year or two definite conclusions could be reached adopted Child's Prior Mrs L and a plan for Preparation Stressed Lo Miss Turner's speech P Mann of Marion C J of Phillip J Deer of Wilson on the three nreas of the program day Mrs Mann said that the group the child ns of primary Importance had felt that school programs should provide for vidual differences by seeing that were emotionally nnd prepared or school and the of a school program of- fering nn adequate health tion and safety program working to develop a attitude The discussion leaders in this group fell school spirit nnd school cooperation should he en- school cliques and sororities curtailed The recreation programs it was pointed out should be expanded to Include indoor Transportation facilities shmid be available for trips and activities as well as delivery of students to and from school The group Mrs Mann advised luent curriculum change closer cooperation nnd n belter understanding of teacher nnd pupil In reporting on the conclusions uu IHU of those discussing the community's part of the educational program Mr slated that the com- munity must have faith in u er's work ho classroom well as faith In her anility in order lhat the community car help build recreation programs and develop leadership for leisure activities lor youth Teachers Sec on Tajc 8 TB Solicitations Are Set to Begin In City Monday Workers III the County Tuberculosis Association Christmas Seal campaign are slat cd solicitations Those who will handle tions In nre lo meet at 2 p.m tomorrow ai First Presbyterian Church here instructions Mrs pease chairman fo personal solicitations In has appeared before various civic clubs during the past week In behalf of the campaign Local Boy Scout troops co operated In distribution of and literature concerning the drive Mississippi county goal hns set nt Of that amount Is to be raised In Blythe Mall solicitations will begin out from Monday Mrs p D Foster Is chairman of the drive In Blytheville Man Gets State Masonic Office Robert B Blaylock of Blythe ville was elected Grand High Pries of the Arkansas Chapter of Koya Arch Masons at a state meetin in Little nock this week of lodgi and the Arkansas Grant Lodge Mr Is secretary of tin Grand Lodge Another Mississippi county elected lo a state Masonic was Jake of Osceola Mr was elected Grand Scrib of the Arkansas Royal Arch Ma sons Former Dies of Burns Here A man Identified as John B Cov 81 died of burns In Wall Hospital last night hospital at today reportedly hai Cottages on south U.S Highway 61 for the past eral years Members of his family could no be reached today It was understood were In Brownsville Tenn where funeral services are to b held at 2 p.m tomorrow Other details were not available Truman Sees Heed for Iran As Strong Outpost for West WASHINGTON Nov ID President Truman said last night lie hopes to help Iran become the Western world's strong against Com- Offering n toast to the young Iranian ruler Shah Mohammed Mr Truman said he hopes the countries car be of mutual help lo each other He then mentioned doing we hope that will make right flank about which we strong ns we hope the left ami center will be This was nn apparent reference to the drive to halt Soviet sion through the alliance ot ern nations in the North Atlantic Pact Mr Truman's remarks were made at a state dinner given in his honor by the Iranian arch The Shah said his conference with he President yesterday covered the whole field of relations between the two tions Including n discussion of in- creased U.S aid to Iran tary of Slate was ent at the talks arriving here Wednesday the Iranian ruler has made frank overtures for strengthening help his in further army His country a southern neighbor of the Soviet Union Is assessed by Western diplomats as a bulwark against the advance ol Communism In Middle East lu meet cne Trojani for the vacated throne on Dec 2 It was ai simple as this Chicks were just outclassed The Kucki not ha Jump wly cap- on every break and be- fore could get their artillery they were loo far one for redemption But It wasn't easy sailing for the Bucks They had themselves ft hall game After playing the first 12 minutes Inside their own 30 Chicks finally got -in the act In the second period arid before the warring over they made four treks across the Smackover goal and left signs of their visit carved In the hides of the saucy Bucki trouble was that they a mite late to get going The first period deficit was too much to blot out Bucks No Time The Bucks wasted no time In cranking up their of- fense and the hands on the board clock had scarcely made one trip around till the visiting legions owned six points Warren the Bucks classy pound sentinel set up that first touchdown but It was the churning legs of fullback Claude Thomas lhat got credit for the score The Chicks took the ing on their own 20 and found that moving the ball against the annulling Smackover forwards was a tough project After three fruitless efforts halfback Charles Lutes dropped back to his own 10 to punt out trouble But he didn't Warren came crashing through from his guard position and batted tile oval down at the 10 where the Bucks took over On the first play from mage Thomas took a from found traffic clear at left end and scooted across to pay dirt Halfback Dob Johnson booted the extra point and with one minute and 15 seconds of playing time gone Smackover held a seven point lead New Try Fails The Chicks tried again after that touchdown lo get rolling but In three cracks nt the line failed to move past their own line Lutes again faded to punt but had to kick short in order to avoid another Smackover lineman and the ball went out of bounds at the 25 tried the aerial route for two plays but found no receiver and then sent a tackle skirting around end for six and Corley an end racing tho other side for a first down on the Blytheville three From there ing the end zone was easy for Thomas and he outside tackle for six more points Again Johnson the extra points nnd with six and a half minutes left lo play in the quarter Smackover led Again Chicks tried vainly to get their offensive punch Ing but again their efforts were denied and Lutes was forced lo punt short again to avoid be Mockers and the ball rolled out at the 44 after six plays had netted only 13 yards At of Quarter faked a to the halfback and hit end Jante with an aerial at the 25 Thomas took a out and went to the Chicks 12 and then rounded end to the 10 from where passed to halfback Welch In right flat with Welch going all the way Johnson split the uprights with his extra point kick The quarter ended two plays Inter with CHICKS OB I
