Del Rio News-Herald (Newspaper) - January 8, 1958, Del Rio, Texas l 1 f S i J t V A v t s rot v y B Town MM AND MRS WILL O their son Will O their to Austih so she could a train for MUskogee go oil by bus to tahlequah to welcome a grandson pound til The babys mother is the former Barbara Mills of ahd Del Rio and his other grandparents are the senior Ballews JACK TILSON POSTAL er has his left armIn a sling explaining my old lady hit then telling the truth he fell down and broke a small in his left elbow it MISS JO DEPUTY district clerk underwent surgery yesterday morning in Baptist Me Hospital in San Antonio Her lather J B Horner called District Clerk Emma Stewart yes afternoon to report Jo stood the operation well ICE ANO SNOW AT EL PASO delayed the return of Mr and T P Cook to Del Rio from their vacation in San Diego Pa sadena and Sacramento Calif Snow fell heavily in El Paso caus ing them to spend the night there and a truck wreck on the highway Monday again delayed traffic E 8 WOULLARD DISTRICT manager of the General Telephone Company of Uhe Southwest with headquarters here will attend a divisional staff meeting of the company in the office in San An telo Jan 14 DEL RIO FIRE DEPARTMENT answered a call to the home of An tonio Rodriguez 308 Urista Street at yesterday A couch was burning and occupants had carried It from the house Firemen reported the fire had been extinguished when they arrived A FORMER RESIDENT MRS s Terrell Keller has returned to make this city her home again She has resided in Nixon with a daughter Mrs John Jr MRS J KING FOR tner resident and now living In Corpus Christ left this morning after visiting her soninlaw and daughter Mr and Mrs Pat Rose during the holidays INVESTIGATION OF THE BUR glary at Oay 90 Drive In Theatre mishaps than any other cause is continuing Police C W statistics compiled by McBee reported this morning The Department show today concession was entered early Sun day and was stol en m I PEt RIO WEATHER INFORMATION warmer Maximum temperature mum temperature a year ago 69 Senate Democratic Lender don B Johnson declared air planes produced a year before Pearl Harbor saved our necks a thousand missiles produced in the coming year may save our From Presidential science advis er Dr James R a warning possibly setting the tone for State of the Un ion message tomorrow Mid the United States is strong today Russia could surpass it in a few years Unless the nations scientific efforts are stepped up considerably Chairman George H Mahon D predicted a on Eisen howers extra defense request would be ready In 10 days as his Hotise military appropriations called Defense Secretary Nell H McElroy to testify on it Mahon termed the request the first installment of the new pro gram resulting from No requests were made last year for any of the space age projects he said MARCH OF DIMES COFFEES chairman A j j Bodart started the coffees by entertaining In her home to raise funds for the MOD in Val Verde Coun ty Each of her guests is to be hostess for a coffee when silver offerings are received for the Dimes March Photo by Lamb City Accidents Increase Property Dan In Car Wrecks up damage resulting from the city In in 1957 over the year before and failure to yield right of way accounted for more Damage estimated at re Urom the citys 204 cor ap in 1956 records show com pared in Del Rips 226 accidents involving motor vehicles last year Police Chief C W McBee urged RIO AND VICINITY Clear drivers to study the statistics and to partly cloudy this afternoon an effort to reduce num night and Thursday and of the city Of the 226 accidents last year 49 yesterday 58 minimum 38 to failure to yield right of way compared to 46 for the minimum 53 Minimum cause last year Speed was lure this morning 35 Time of sunthe second greatest cause for car rise time of sunset last year when 31 were Tune of sunrise tomorrow i attributed to that cause last year land 38 the year before pm ajn Right on Budget uc Cost of Running County ing Val Verde county Tne cost of to for a Police records show running stop signs accounted for 21 accidents last year and 13 the year before following too close caused 24 mis hops five fewer than the previous year Driving on the wrong side of the street caused 12 accidents during tho year Improper turns brought 23 acci dents loss of control 12 and run ning red lights 9 Five fell asleep while driving causing accidents in 1957 exactly the same number as the year before Improper backing caused 9 wrecks pedestrians were for five and 26 other mis haps were the result of reckless ness and other causes Of the 226 occidente within the city in 1957 were at night and 135 in the daytime Eight were one car accidents and 160 in two or more cars Fifty eight collisions were with fixed ob such as utility poles fences and such Drivers were over 25 years of age in 252 accidents with only H2 under 25 Men were n 323 of the accidents women In Accidents involving injuries nuni last year land 90 persons were records show In 68 accidents drinking was involved statistics show More occurred pn Sat with a tot 1 of 47 than any other day of the week days showed 37 Tuesdays 31 Mondays 29 Sundays ui 28 each and Fridays were Books for law library wilh 26 1 une to a Police records show more acci figure by County for all of totalled total of right on budget set up i Books for the for Its operations a report of County paine to against a budget records show more acci J Bochat shows of j dents occured in with The County Library had m 1957 5 The Social Security fund pay could be charged ments for employes amount to the general fund which pays the w against 9 budget fl bulk Qf countys normal Of expenses other than road and aond js bridge i sued totalling The fund was budgeted for j for the year Its budget figure was ill A month March 25 and other months January and February with 17 April 16 June 12 July August 18 September 15 Otv 20 and November 14 5 JA i 7 S i i fa dL WASHINGTON W President emergency de fense request for to day in a s mood 1 Flash LATE NEWS By UNITED PRESS WASHINGTON officials today were urged to er der full peed ahead to UM Air atomic airplane keep a Navy study from caw Ing a whirlpool of and PARIS The United formally asked France today Investigate reports that CMM Albania to holding a miming U S Air Force place and its pilot WASHINGTON Mai science R the biggest worry U leal tomorrow Mt today LONDON Ists and rebel rightwing moved today to ex the split over raining national debt tn i the welfare i PARIS The United the threat of revolt today among Jit tery European allied over latest demand for new summit WASHINGTON Senate in hoping keep him from quitting Army chief M Gen Af Gavin to day on the needs in the race with Gavin fighting for to the defense be in 4 if Senate fur 4 bij increase in Army In of hit Hion today took of a new of widely OLYMPIC WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION Bert Schneider was remembered by Canada early this year with an article appearing in The Montreal Star about the 1920 title win ner Canada Still Remembers Boxer Schneider Now Border Patrolman Canada has not forgotten Bert On his return he tried to enlist Schneider of Del Rio who in 1020 again carried the banned of Canada to the spent au caine ifl the purchase of land for show This difference Val Verde County had fund bal ences totaling on Pec Mrj Maria 71 Dies Here Monday Mrs 71 tjie new hospital for j 31 1957 the of Auditor during the year an item chat shows T tt wajs budgeted and that was Balance in each fund as of Janr died Monday in her residence 709 pW Hie general fund j uary J as by j pierce gtmt sending fpr as rites VU be held tn yew mi tte Officer officers road St oyt jury with burial at 4 p m was lor j Airport In Sacred Next largest was the road and County law ii direction of UM fUAd Shieh spent fo ajog fund Survivors Ift j of overI A fc Eig and a jury fund weW VAder its pass json with ej fpr the year Jury j the and stationed Olympics In Antwerp On Jon 3 of this year the Mon treal Star carried an extensive article on Schneider written by Al Para ley parsley was recalling the past as he told of Schneiders winning of the Olympic welterweight boxing championship for Canada Schneider Is probably the only man in history who was a citizen of one country and represented in the Olympics 1 Born Julius Gustav Albert Cleveland Ohio he wentto Montreal as a boy with his parents Schneider became a big figure in Canadas amateur boxing circles He never had a whisper that he was chosen for Canadas Olympic team until his name appeared In The Montreal Star On the road to Olympic fame he defeated Thomas of South Africa Stein Norway Colbert of United Status and Alex Ireland of England Jt was a proud moment when he won a title for Canada and was hon ored by the governor general After his Olympic win participated professional rights including several in Montreal jn stretch of of these boxers will be to day so why mention J fought my last pro bout in utica iin he said Schneider now 60 recalls his early life in Canada before his Olympic In 1915 tried to enlist in the Ex Force lie was rejected because ho a German so i they said With a burning Wai for adventure he signed on as deckhand on a his climb toward recognition and freighter sailed for wa picked or the Olympic team a cargo of horses j A patrolman der Schneider now He was turned down once more because of his German name Sus In those days couldnt find ordinary employment Since he couldnt a pass port he used the alias Albert Smith find shipped aboard a lake boat bound for an Atlantic As an alien with no authentic papers ho was refused permission to go ashore Still he went ashore at every port in England Scotland and Prance The authorities caught up with him In June 1910 at South Shields a detective came aboard and placed Schneider under arrest for an offense under the Allens Re striction Order for going ashore af ter being ordered to remain aboard A magistrate remanded him for eight clays He sought help from friends in London who were from Montreal Ills fathers Canadian were cabled for and his friends that Bert Schneider and because of his youth should be re turned to Canada Instead he was sentenced to three hard la bor In Durham Prison When his long im prisonment lie was escorted to Liverpool warned never to set foot on English soil again and placed aboard Now Voik Back in Montreal he boxed for tho Montreal Swimming Club one thought he was pretty good un til Gon later the Canadian middleweight champion Schneider boxed for Club at the old Park later was accepted as a member of MAAA Jlie first Great War ended sports boomed and Schneider then began Jury Hearing Suit For Today Trailer Park Del Ilia with his wife the former Mary Ellen Henderson of He Joined the United States Im j and Naturalization SerV j ice in 1938 Suice hi has served on both the Canadian awl Mexican of the United States A Jury hearing in District court is today In damage suit growing out of an accident to Pel Bio last Fred lfc and narvin J wife are in sstecttoft yesterday and op ened fey ths The at Avenue f 3 K lilt judicial District Court from Al j pine is court in the jjb of Judge Koger H Thurmond Sasil Taylor and Harold Attorneys ironi San Antonio as by Judge Montague and Attorney George are attorneys for the Jericho of li the at torney for th A damage suit lor session hiA been Mettled out of attorneys said today was a by Fields of Antonio Truck Line out of an Rite j tor Elmore Jr to Be Held Thursday Rites for Edward Oliver Elmore 33 will be held with the Rosary to be recited at 8 oclock tonight In the Doran Fu neral Home Requiem High Mass will be held Thursday at 9 ajn in Sacred Henri Catholic Church with Rev Walter Arnold Burial will be made in Sacred Heart Cemetery under the tion of the Doran Funeral Home Elmore a native of Del Rio who was held prisoner by the Japanese during World War H died Mon day about 8 In an El Paso hospital His parents Mrs and Mrs R O Elmore of Del Rio and San Anto nio his brother Jimmy Elmore of Shiner Texas and his wife and her mother Mrs William Calk of Valentine were with him at the time of his death Elmore was In Del Rio May 12 1924 a grandson of longtime residents Mr and Mrs Louis not He was reared here and at tended Sacred Heart Academy as well as the public In Del Rio He joined the Army In February 1041 and was stationed on Cor when It wan overrun by the Japanese and he was taken prisoner at the Mune time the ene my took Oen Jonathan Wain Wrtght prisoner He spent the entire war in the Japanese prisoner of war camp being forced to work in mines un til he was liberated after under going prolonged hardships He was employed by the railroad as a fireman until ill health forced him to quit several months ago Survivors Include his widow and two children Lawrence Allen 2 and Mark Oliver 4 of Val entino his Mrand E Elmore of Del Rio and Ban Antonio his brother Jimmy El more of Texan three Bis ters Mrs M F of Laredo Mm Donald Secunda of Phoenix and Mrs Marvin of Dol Rio In addition two aunts and an uncle reside in Del Rio They are Miis Theresa Mrs John Chaa T Classification Talk Given At Rotary Luncheon A classification talk was present ed by pick publisher of the at the regular luncheon meeting of the Rotary Club Tuesday at noon J A Slaughter program chair man for this month Introduced the j speaker John Reeves of was a guest of visiting W 1 Moody IV of Erich Sun Ant Alfred of I i Kotary Anns of the Wheel met at luncheon in regular bf sion at noon Tuesday j Mesdames Bowun G A Thomas Graham Ansor Hoover Jones AC H W A Donald Paul J poag John Row land W A J 4 S and C Lr Bas keU a guest Mrs Fred Johnson Increasing citys International Bridge to swell revenues Del Rio again thb H W manager said today 1 AX re porting an i n c r c a s e of In 1957 receipts previous for the two totai led that amount taken in last i f V Jisus Ulem With Striking Force in WITH ships clais USN son of Mr of 1001 pe j Street Rio Texas heavy cruiser USS parr j in n Striding Force 1 First Fleet off the coast Pf Arnullo Maldonado Serving With Fleet Julian soj of ojf ter at Dec 1 with fof duty uith y The bridge by the city Aug 27 IBM at a of approximately V 7 A semiannual payment wiy be made to the city next such payments being remitted Feb ruary and point ed out In February the bridge paid Into the general fund of the City of Der Rio and In August of that year the payment amounted to records how The best day for the bridge was Sept 1 1857 with vehicles and persons crossing said Second best day of that year was May 5 when ve numbered and persons On New Years Eve 1956 cars crossing numbered 1367 with persona and on New Years Eve of 1957 a total of vehicles and persons crossed the bridge Monzingo said During 1057 the bridge was closed twice due to with no damage to the bridge It was closed from to May n and from May 27 to 9 May 28 records show Aubrey Rowland it chairman of the bridge organization with Drury Wood as and the members Vernon Call and Ar Ozuna Mayor A O Kennedy serving Is the bridge manager and toll collectors are W E Turner Alfred Lay Villarreal F part time with Nicolas Rodriguez serving as Heavy hi Low Areas of City With 34 as low Heavy frost whitened low areas of the city but the official low was only 34 degrees H Molyneux said at the United States Weather Bureau today Freezing weather had cast Ry PRESS Cold Arctic air that tem as low as 15 degrees at early today drifted east ward and the Weather Bureau said a trend was in prospect for Texas Clear skies Tuesday night caused tho mercury to plunge to ing over most of the state except the extreme southern sectors the upper freezing temperatures 1 Two Cars Damaged In Collision At Intersection An accident involving about damages to two vehicles yesterday pm was reported by Pel Rip Police this morning occurred at the of and Andrada Streets when m aujo making a right tuin hit a at stop sign A 1849 driven by Solo 18 of 105 quillen Street headed west on and in ing a right turn onto Anjrade col a 1956 Mercury driven of 205 south oa It j at at I VI 4
