Galveston County Daily News, The (Newspaper) - December 31, 1947, Galveston, Texas OKW M mm HILL'S CAFE 1MIIM. Mum on W. CO. MS 11, 1MT City Officials to Seek More Business for Port Thornton and Mayor Slate Tour in 1948 Cartwright Says New Accounts Purpose of Scheduled Visits Mayor Herbert Y. Jr. and E. H. ton vice chairman anc general manager of Galveston will leave early in the year on a tour through the East and Middle West to seek further business expansion for Gal veston Mayor Cartwright that in view of the amount of business through the port of Galveston dur Ing the put both he and Mr Thornton are anxious to call on and who have done business with to thank them personally and to solicit new year 1947 a record year for Galveston in and the mayor pointed out will make every effort to see that the year 1948 will be equally even exceed of 1947. there any to the mayor Mr. Thornton and I will make every effort to land It for the port trip will take to New Kansas Milwaukee and Oklahoma we will to and Fort many The mayor explained though Galveston has active for Galveston Wharves at City and ington serving general and Mr. Thornton to con- tact personally various firms and to them In doing over along the gulf coast art doing everything possible to expand their port and will not relax IU efforts to maintain present business and to expand the mayor city fully aware of responsibilities and will do thing possible to maintain the tige of the port both as to and he Stewart Tenders Resignation as Member of Board Resignation or Maco Stewart u a member of the board of man alien of Stewart Beach waa NAMED AS GRAIN H. B. Maw of Wallace H. personal wen among public by Sec. of Agriculture Clinton Anderson speculating In grain lait Of Rolling Fog Still Halts Air Flights A rolling fog which really reduced fround visibility during the day continued to halt air transportation and to local traffic late A norther which probably ower Galveston by the weather milled Tuesday at the regular meeting board of city com- In a letter to the llr Stewart explained that hli frequent from the city prevented attendance at beach The resignation wu accepted with re- gret Authority wai granted Henry of worki and to enter Into contract with the Houston Ing Power Co. to construct an at the Heavily On Face In Weather wu ground looping pogo stick In Tuesday's thick fog banks In vain to reach the metropolis when he collided with an inert Parking his transportation knelt to Investigate the and from that It wu nothing more than a body still Groping In the the forecaster put a foot heavily upon the prone citizen's An anguished cry cleared the fog for 15 and was not a Official Weather Southeast Including cloudy Wednesday with occasional to fresh and occasionally northerly temperatures for the 24-hour period ending at p. m. Tuesday M 59 averaging 04 Murder Charges Are Filed in Killings Dec. M. H. 36, of Newton tonight was charged with murder in connection with the ron of hli step- nother and halfbrother whose altered bodies were found In their arm home near here Dec. 20. Rushing WM charged with the laying of J. 71- Jasper County atock Hunt 00, nd their 12-year-old Wood row Sheriff R. C. Pure charges of murder were filed night Justice Thomas V. Burch of Jasper and that Rushing is being held in the Jasper I to strike the Isle Wet The fog is expected t with the wind weathermen Airways nights u until a. m. Wednesday hav been Duke T. loca district traffic manager for Bran reported The airlines official how that reservations for flight still were being Motorists driving from to Houston were e huge fog layers tumbled out the clouding over windshield and 53 and Ch cago A Southern Airline passen gers were forced down tn Galve ton for several hours as the thie fog shrouded the Houston munic pal A Braniff was the plane scheduled to land during th the local airlines office re A high temperature of 69 degree was recorded in for th 24-hour period ending at p. m brining the mercury up In the to brackets of December's temperi The highest recorded tern for the month was 7 At a late hour n county automobile accidents coul be attributed to adverse weathe law enforcement agen cles Isle Churches Plan Year-End Services Traditional festivities of bringing In the New Tear will be In varied tn Many of of will hold midnight at the cloie of year 1MT. At First a meeting at T p. m. will open New Year's Eve W. Oliver will Hie At p. a prayer meeting will be with Tom Floyd of Baylor to de- liver a brief PRAYER SERVICES Annual services at Flnt Church will at 11 p. m. until put during which time will be engaged In and Dr. Harold Cause and Cure of Borrow will be of a lermon dur Ing holy communion In St. Lutheron Church at p. m. at 10 i m. New Day will employ HIL theme the New Tear With Rev. A. C. A celebration of the holy com will be held at a. m In Episcopal ac cording to Rev. Edmund H. SOCIAL HOUR in First Presbyterian Church will begin at Turn to Page 4. See THREE Offshore Lands May Double County's Revenue in Future bit taking aback to find re- porter gasping for oxygen and trying to regain doing down yn I up to the er was lowing a Saint dog was equipped with a wine cask when I tripped and fell over a fog Otter United 4aU on page U. The Dec. or offshore land o GalVeston County may come day produce much county Ux as all property In the county That depend on whether or not oil discovered under the offshore lands which were added to anil the 11 other coastal oil li the additional acres will mean very little to the county County property wai assessed In 1040 ft The offshore acres could well become worth that much on the tax rolls It good oil production In found COUNTY SITUATION gone oil leases will taxed by County during 1948, ad valorem experts In tho office of Comptroller Sheppard Several leues off of and Matagorda coun ties are now being taxed only by the and with tion the extension of county lato the those leases will become taxable by tho Although the oil and other under the land li owned by the public once It Is to oil they become the In of of the Thin means that It U owned subject to taxation aa a in- The general custom Is to tax on lands at an acre until oil Is and then to determine the taxable value of the Land Commissioner rom said Tuesday that his staff hiis not yet determined how much offshore land Is under In the area which been added Turn Pan i. fee TWO County to Ask For Bids on Bolivar Tube Commissioners Court Adopts Resolution Meeting Tuesday Bids for the construction of the proposed var tunnel will be sought by Galveston County under a adopted by the county com miss loners court at a ing held Tuesday Prepared by H. attorney for the the tlon wac by a unanimous vote of the court on motion of Joe Mallia and wai by The the county auditor to advertise for bids for construction of the tunnel upon receipt of the and specifications from the leering firm of Palmer PROVISO LISTED The directs the county auditor to Include In the ment for bids clear and certain statement that said project will no constructed and bids will not bi awarded unless or until arrange ments can be made for the tota financing of said project by th sale of revenue Pointing that on June M 944, the county entered Into a. con ract and agreement with the engi firm of Palmer Baker plans and specifications and Tor plans and and ad and engineering serv ces for the tunnel the resolution states that plans and specifications are substantiality completed ant hat the agreement am parties have always hat amid project would be financed by the Bale of revenue BIOS NECESSARY The resolution declares that the engineering firm has represented o the county that no arrange ments can be made the o revenue bonds until the tota Three Trainmen Killed Freight Hits Halted Train Turn to Page 4. SEVEN Second Railroad Freight Hike Authorized Dec. M. A urther railroad rate of 10 per was authorized by the interstate commerce commission ng charges 30 per cent above what hey were last Oct. 1. As In the case of the earlier 10 er cent Issued less than hree months the commission made its new order a temporary good only until next June SO Between now and the com- mission hopes to complete its study f the plea for a manent 30 per cent increase In to decide what the ong term rates should The rise approved today Is ex- by ICC experts to yield the an extra a Permission to charge ths In- Teased rates was given not o the which started the move for but to the water carriers and the night forwarder organizations which asked that they be given he same consideration as the rail All of these operators were em- powered to make the changes on five-day and all road sources indicated that the may start collecting the charges next Monday Jan. 5. Primaries Illegal 80. Wiite primaries were declared gal In South Carolina by the urth United States circuit court appeals today In a decision if upheld by United ates may have T reaching upon the al and economic of the Upholding a decision by District udge J. the als court blasted the contention South Carolina democratic party fleers that the party there la a political association hich can unrestricted of and that groes have right to te In the democratic primary an to vote In the election of of- iri of Foreit Country election machinery can be held If purpose or li to ny the negro on account of or an effective voice in e government of hli country or e or the community he the court written by John J. rker of N. C. J. Strom Thurmond and tate Executive Committee an W. P. of South R declined to comment until after ey had read the but fine F. one of the party said had doubt at we will the decision the highest Judge who enjoined uth Carolina election officials denying qualified negro i a voice in the Hid constituted the real that Red Satellites Receive Grim UC A Warning Greek Tree Recognition Would Flout 30. The United States Russia's Balkan ites today that any move to recognize the Greek proclaimed by nist guerrillas would flout the will of the United of State Robert A. Lovett said that any cuch action would have and added that what the United might do would depend on He told a news conference that the American mission In Greece has under constant consideration the question of diverting more ican funds from economic purposes to supplying equipment to the Greek The warning against diplomatic recognition was given in a. sharp ly worded statement which was the first official United States reaction to the proclamation of the guer rilla rump It was directed at foreign nations in with particular reference to Yugoslavia Albania and claim of certain guerrilla leaders that they have es at some unknown point a provisional democratic gov eminent of free is a trans parent device the true purpose o which will be clear to the statement is not only a phrase in the familiar effort of certain element to overthrow legitimate recognized government and to the territorial integrity and political Independence o M no .In it would not materially the Misting if other countries were to the this atep would have serious It would be clearly contrary to thi of the UN If the country one of Greece's neighbors to the the act would an open disregard of the recen recommendations of the assembly as set forth in the resolution of last Recapture Two Escaped Felons BULLETIN CANON Dec. was slain by police night SM officers pressed through raging snowstorm to round up 11 other hardened criminals who bolted from the Colorado State Prison and left a blood splattered trail of shootings and Warden Boy Bert said VM shot at 6th and streets about Mocks from the penitentiary by police Beit said the circumstances of the shooting were not Im- mediately CANON Dec. 80. of 12 hardened who broke out of the Colorado state prison tonight were tured as scores of officers battled through a ragin snowstorm in in ever widening effort to stop a bloody outburst of gings and following the mass Warden Roy Best said George 23, and Billy Frank 21, were caught at a ranch six miles south of Canon City afte a shooting in which guard Chet 39, was wounded In th and rancher A. H. 5 suffered a severe wound In th right The son of 17, wh had been hostage by the prls was freed Bes SHIELDS Four guards th ranch after they discovered track In the Best and foun the two prisoners walking wit Smith and his son In front The guards deployed and attempted to shoot the holding the elder Best but the bullet struck Smith in th The convict returned tbe fir and wounded Yeo In the Mrs. the wife o prison farm was re ported in critical condition she was slugged by two of th one of whom was wear Turn to Page 4. See SIX a U. S. Disrupted London Molotov Charges Dec. 31 Soviet Minister M. said the United States delegation disrupted entire of the London foreign ministers the Russian news agency Tags reported today A long statement by Molotov the session as not completely due to the of the soviet tho Tass dispatch Molotov was quoted by as saying the ives of the United Great Britain and France not re- I the problem of a peace nent for Germany as vital for the Molotov gations are being made that the concerning the ton of a German treaty at he London session was although this does not correspond o the chiefly through the of the soviet a number of decisions In progress was in the attitudes of the four governments in regard to the for the preparation of Henry Wallace for Threat to TC Land Cited at Hearing tlM Dec. conditions in Texas City Industria area are In as result of excess wate withdrawals and scheduled slon of Carbide A Carbon's plan may be delayed unless outside wate is brought in an official o Machinery Is Set in Motion JO. machinery created bj the republicans was set In motion by the Truman administration day with a crackdown on the dis tilling industry as Its first opera Shortly after Truman pu reluctant signature on a dupli cate of the GOP the origina got somewhere in the White of Agriculture son imposed grain rationing on the whisky He acted under executive order Issued by the prei This Is the only compulsory ture of the act approved on the last day of the special session congress after Truman's re- quests for standby rationing price-fixing authority were re- The next move U the legal machinery Into faster tion will come Jan. 8 when men for the steel industry meet lere with Sec. of Commerce riman to work out details of an allocation program to channel the scarce steel products under a priority agreement The commerce department Is ex- to issue VP certificates to firms ng Into these enabling hem to obtain goods and materials n proportion to their needs as cor- related with the national needs md available WALLACE BACKING CORPUS Dec. 30. im agent for the Corpus 2hrl6tt branch of the National Maritime Union said today le unit has voted unanimously to peace treaty Pan American refining testified in second day of Ir suit for to halt canal construe tlon by Galveston County Wate Co. and American Canal Co. 8. B. assistant genera plant superintendent of told Judge Harris in 68rd district court increas Ing demand for water th of the ground in the Industrial much u two ana one-half BrUcoe and American rested oases Tuesday with attorneys making opening argu ments late tn American's attorneys will present Wednesday Spurgeon attorney devoted argument to tracing his lory of the case and citing from records of last summer's ing before the state board of water He quoted at length Turn to Page 6. See EIGHT 61st Street Is Renamed to Honor Butterowe Sixty-first street was given a new name by the county commissioners court It was renamed Butterowe rard in honor of the oldest ng member of the A. Butterowe Jr. This was the official act of court for the year 1M7, and it was taken at the suggestion of County Judge Theodore R. In a letter to the County Judge Robinson many the oldest member of this both n years and in public has this county conscientiously and and I feel that it would proper and appropriate hat at the last meeting of he court in the year 1M7, that io him special honor and praise In oken of most sincerely mmend to the court that you truct the attorney for the com- court to prepare a ble resolution to be spread upon he minutes of this meeting lally naming or renaming 61st treet as Boulevard In Turn to Page 4. FOUR One Other Is Injured in Head-On Crash Fire Department Battle Flames in Still Burning Engine Dec. 30. trainmen died night amid flames and ing steam when a Texas ft fast freight train head-on into a TiP local freight halted on a railroad siding 11 miles of At least one other trainman wu injured O. M. of Big of the fut freight who wu scalded to death by ing steam in the cab of hli WORK WITH TORCHES J. P. of Big man of the fast were attempting to body from shattered engine with welding J. A. Coyne of Big neer of the local had been unable to proach the burning Four after the an attempt to from and Midland were fighting tbe In the engine and in a flaming tank car coupled clove behind tbe CAB W. T. Morris of Big on fut first reported Later wai found near the paralleling irbin oab of engine where he riding with and The Dallu office of TAP tld all other crew of he two had been accounted ir. accident occurred at a. at the small railroad point of of Flnt of the crash The local freight train pulled In- o the siding to let the approaching ait freight train on into the Iding from the other end and rashed headon into the halted CABS DEMOLISHED Dallu TAP officials said a large mount of track was torn of the fait freight were Fourteen lem were reported as The Dallas headquarters said ley hoped to have the track leared by early tomorrow In Western Union re- accident tore .In between Dallas and coait points and that cities wis disrupted for ver an All service wu back o normal by B p. It wu with west coast traffic be- ng rerouted through St. Louie and alt Lake New Year's flee will be ill The editorial department CM be reached over MM and The circulation from 5 a. m. to a. m. mud from 5 to 7 p. m. can be reached phone Mil. Dial No. 4S14 only U you desire tn regarding circulation Consider able Inconvenience be avoided U these phone an 1948 Depression Seen by Bab son BY ROGER W. BABSON 1. 1948 will more or of a duplicate of 1947. Certainly there will be no as so many are talking but Fundamental conditions will become less Watch out after Nov. 2, 1948. GENERAL BUSINESS 2. The above paragraph mostly to gross Certain Industries will show smaller net means In some may be in 1948. Remember some things may be allocated or rationed again In 1948. 3. The reconversion from war to hu been entirely war are pretty well dis- posed and 1948 will even show a resumption of military 4. quoted both at their price values and their will Increase during 1948. Both raw material piles and manufactured goods will be In greater supply during 1948. COMMODITY PRICES i. Notwithstanding the above or may be in 1948. The public Is sick of high and will make demands for some controls in the case of products In The price of other than food will be higher during 1948 as the final why we expected retail prices on good quality merchandise to held up for awhile after sale prices begin to 1948 WILL BE A TEAR OF WAR FARM OUTLOOK 9. The total farm income for 1948 approximately equal that of 1B4S IN A NUTSHELL Watch eut after Nov. 1, Wholesale price peak III light Personal Income faxes will be somewhat to cheek on labor REAL Increased suburban Election year A year for long-term wW turn not yet been reached for all of 7. We expect to sre the peak In wholesale commodity prices time during 1948. going easy on especially on borrowed Retail price changes will lag after wholesale Thli 1947; but we forecast for and certain other Farmers should certainly diversify more In 1948, out of put money Into and prepare for real some 10. The supply of certain and fish should during 1948 and the price of these fall off ring some or blight 11. Meat will be In shorter ply in 1948 than In 1947. Should the current propaganda to leu and have a better gain upward pressure on meat would be greatly re- 12. will try to get both IMS presidential to promise further The above four farm normal weather which we do not attempt to LOWER U. federal debt will be de- during 1948. 14. No personal taxes will be in- during 1948 and there will be come b cent to 10 per cent in the upper and the entire elimination of those In the lowest 15. No forecast that new ui will enable a man to hli tax equally with wife Turn I. ONB
