4, Your Home Town a If You Miss Newspaper Your Paper e, rt On Carrier Routes)` AP Leased Wire) 0 1 Telephone 129-W Before 14, 7: 30 p. m. on Week -Dabs Devoted to the Development 9 a. m. on Sunday' VOL. 14 — NO. 219 of Roosevelt County PORTALES, NEW MEXICO MtVNDAY, J VNE 12, 1948 Dora Man Killed In Three Car Crash Two Others Hurt HST Says Cash For Europe Must Not f As Cars Pile Up Be: Cui On Dora Highway Jask Shackleford of Dora, war killed Saturday night when struck Elective Officials Speaks In Little Rock At Reunion Of by a car on the Dori highway as County he was helping a neighbor fix his car . - Stand Little Chance For His World War 1 ( 35th Division) Pals Thetightsaccident happended about WASHINGTON, June 11 --- ( 1P will go along with the President 10: 10 p. tit„ 10 miles south of President Truman returned to on his help -Europe -rearm pro- Portales. Shackleford lived only a Washington from Little Rock, gram. flew minutes after the crash. His five-year-old Salary Increase This Year Ark., at• 7: 40 P. M. ( EST) to- In his speech here the President daughter, Sandra, night: suffered a broken leg. Roosevelt county elective offici- nother $ 4,000 to bring the total spoke of continuing " communist als stand little chancy; of getting down to the amount than can be He told reporters on leaving, his pressures'" and sharply challenged City Police Chief Hubertt Cor- personal zine and Deputy ff i and salary increases authorized by raised under the five mill limits - plane, " The Indepen- those who he said maintain " we dence," Saunders, who the last state legislature even tion. that they had 21 -mike -an - cannot afford to pay the price of wreck, gave thin report : with an increase of $ 1, 500,000 in The commissioners noted that hour tail wind which gave the peace." county tax valuations. the curent budget shows increases plane a speed of about 321 miles United States aid, Mr. Truma Keith Creamer was driving to- in n ward Portaies in a 1929 Ford The county commissioners, in nearly every item. Most of an hour. The trip was made said, has stopped " the disintegra meeting Saturday to draft a ten- these increases are due to inflat- a little more than three hours. tion of the democracies of Eu when his lights failed. He pulled tative budget for the new year, ed costs, but the increase in the rope" and " turned the tide in fa over to the right side of the road amount to be raised by taxes is LITTLE ROCK, June 11 - - + or of freedom and peace. Bu r to work on them. Shackleford, re- came up with an amount to be turning to Dora from Portales raised by taxes of $ 20,775 more due, in part, by dereases in cash President Truman today called he -warned " we are only midway R,- credits which had previously off- for r^arming of Europe, said trim- in thu struggle and " the cause o came by and stopped to help. He than the current year, and $ parked his car on the left side of 799 in excess of what can be rais- set the amount raised by taxes. ming funds for helping Europe peace and freedom is still threat The commissioners did not com- would be " false economy" and ened," - the road, directly in front of the ed through the new valuations of Creamer car. disclosed he soon would ask Con- Thc President spoke at the de- 13,000,000 under the five mill lim- ment on a letter received today. While the two men were work- it for county expenses. fromFloyd T. Kennedy, presi- gress to help needy areas of the dication of a war memorial park world. here in connection with. the an- ing on the lights. a car driven try They indicated this estimate dent of the county taxpayit's as- sociation, demanding that the tot- Reaction from members of nual reunion of the 35th Division C. R. Warren, Jr., ti Brownfield, wouldbe trimmed considerably Congress was swift and mixed. Textus, crashed into the rear of before the final - budget hearing. al property valuation be trimmed with which he served in the to $ 12,500,000. They did say, how On his three points, the Presi- First World War. Creamer's car. Apparently Shack- scheduled for July 8 with the d:' nt said. leford was between the two park- Lever, that they would be glad to The speech was broadcast by state tax commission. ed cars. Injuries to his head were of It is of vital importance that the major radio networks and Although it is have Kennedy sit in on any unlikely the their sessions in which they are the Atlantic Pact be followed by beamed overs.•as. probably the cause of death. county commissioners will be able aid Creamer said that he was attempting to bring their bud- la program of military, to in- The white -suited President to increase their own salaries, or get within the money anticipated crease the effective strength of marched le blacks — the full knocked down during the crash, those of the other elective offici- and didn' t see where Slfackleford from tax collections. the free nations against egression. route — In the annual reunion als, the deputies in four county Kennedy' s letter, released to the A slash in funds available for parade of the 35th. He was flank- was at the time. He also said he offices will get Increases ranging press at the same time it was European recovery at this time ed by Meerrtary of Defense John- ididn' t ace the Warren car ap- from $ 800 to $ 1, 000 a year. mailed to the commissioners, was would be the worst kind of false son, time Sid McMath of Arkansas proaching. Creamer escaped with Ties commissioners noted that minor injuries., addressed to the county tax as- economy." and MaJ, Gen. Harry 1i- Vaughn, the state legislature did not qual- In the Browntietd car with sessor, Ted Bilberry, and called As for legislation to give Ame- presidential military aide. ify their authorization for rican economic Warren was his wife, and in- Bilberry's attention to the reso- REFERENDUM PETITIONS FILED — and technical A crowd estimated Police Roy creases in the salaries of deputies, Leaders of a drive for a referendum en New by Perkins and Helen Goldston, also lution by the county commission- know- how help to " underdevelop- Chief Marvin Potts at 100,000 as they did for the increases for Mexico's pre-primary convention law ended their labors ( June 9) as petitions—which ed regions," of Brownfield. All except Mrs. ers last Feburary, promising to they said contained nearly 80,000 signatures— he said it offers " eno- thronged the hot streets to greet elective officials. Deputies In the hold the' total valuation to the were Jaid on the desk of Secretary of rmous potential benefits in a Mr. Truman. . Warren escaped serious Indy. county clerk' s, treasurer's and tax 212,500- figure " unless acts of the growing world economy," In his address, the President With Shackleford were his wife assessor's offices will receive $ 2,- State Alicia Romero in Santa Fe. Mrs. Romero accepted them for filing. Left to right and daughter. Mrs. legislature make strict compli In Washington, Senator• Taft said, in referring to the European Shackleford 400 a year under the new authori- are Charles Davis of Albuquerque, Sam Sosa of Santa Fe and Dennis Chavez, Jr., Da- R -Ohio), sustained minor cuts, and was ance impossible." had of the G1) P posey Cooperation Administration pro- zation. They are vid Keleher afld ( face partly hidden) now receiving Included with Kennedy' s letter W. C. Oestreich, all of Albuquerque, Mrs. Rom- Committee, observed that rearm- gram: suffering from shock. All of the 1, 800 a year. The deputy sheriff's to Bilberry was a copy of a ero's back is to the camera. At her right are Asst. Atty. Gen. Phillip Dunleavy and ing of Europe might have the op- There are voices which claim injured were taken to the Miller salary will be increased from $ 3- letter from State Tax Commis Atty. Gen. Joe L. Martinez.. ( posite effect," although he "expects hospital here. 000 to $4, 000 a year. AP Photo). that because our policy has been sion Attorney C. C. McCullough to cote for the Atlantic Pact. Taft successful so far, we can now af- Shackleford is about 38 years But the legislative qualified the stating that the resolution " would said, too, he didn' t believe a 10 per ford to relax. There are some who old. He operated a ' blacksmith shop at Dora. salary increases for the commis -1 have no effect other than as a rent cut in F.(' A fund!, would ell- want to slash the aid we are giv- sioners and other elective officials. Death Claims State's Members minate any essential benefits. Chief Corzine said last night by providing that the increases guide and suggestion to the county Grand Jurors Go ing to the economic recovery assessor, _and would not be • bind- The reaction of Senator McKel- other nations; there are some who that District Attorney Dick Row- should be made only to the ex- ing upon him." lar ID -Tenn) was to propose a ley was notified of the death and tent that valuations permitted. Ella Turner want to reject the measures that McCullough' s letter pointed out. Of Congress Have billion -dollar reduction in foreign are necessary for defense against would probably call an inquest The increases in elective offici- Along On Raids aid spending, for sometime Sunday. however, that after the county Miss Ella Turner, a resident of aggression; there are some who al' s salaries was through the Senator D•Tex ), assessments are completed, the Portales for, a. full half centeury, Connally ( wish to abandon our efforts to- creation by the state legislature chairman of the Senate Foreign s commissioners " are supposed to and..a charter member of the Por - Varied Opinions With The Sheriff ward the revival of world trade. of a county advisory commission. tales Woman Relations Committee, comment- sit as a • county board of equali- Club, died Satur- These are the same voices that setting up payments for those LAS CRUCES, June 11 + 1Pt--- ing on Mr. Truman' s proposed zation, and they would be em- day afternoon after a long Illness. e misled us in the 1920's. They are Little Chance Is serving on this commission total- She was 85 years old. WASHINGTON, June 11 - ,. Asst. Dist. Atty. E. E. Chavez to- world economic program, said, he powered to make increases or re- misguided by short -run considera- ing $ 4, 240. In addition. a` $ 720 Members of the New Mexico The last of a family of nine day said charges would be filed understood only a small appro- tions. They refuse to face the salary wasiset up for the commis- ductions according to their best congressional priation would he judgement." children, she is survived only by delegation voiced as outgrowth of gambling raids neceskary at plain facts. They try to convince Seen For German sioners as i a county revaluation last night but he was not prepared first, The Texan added that he board. The commissioners, in their by nelces and nephews. Two nep- mixed reaction today to a move us that we cannot afford to pay hews, J. A. Fairly and Adriah to name those who would be the price of peace." Even eliminating the $ 4,960 in meeting Saturday, indicated that for a referendum on the state's charged Turner, live here. Mr. Truman then said: extra income .for elective officials, Kennedy had been advised of the She and her brother, Hilliard, pre-primary convention law. Dona Ana County grand jurors Treaty For Years the commissioners will still have more than 213,000,000 assessments If we were to falter now and PARIS, June 11 efs---Andrei moved to Portales in May, 1899 Senator Dennis Chavez, who accompanied sheriff's officers on Capot Won Stakes cut down our aid, the momentum to trim the budget by at least a - on county property before the and filed on a homestead two lent active support to a campaign the raids last night. They visited Vishinsky and U. S. Secretary of commissioners sat as an equaliza- of recovery would be destroyed. State Dean Acheson had a chance miles northwest of Portales. Her the Elks Club, American Legion tion board, but that he did not for signatures on referendum The people of these countries tonight to thresh out the whole brother was accidentally killed in Hall and the Las Cruces Country By Half Length would be thrown into Confusion meet with them, and had never South Texas in 1920, . and since petitions, said he wanted to " con- Club, and also picked up a pin- German problem -at a dinner given conferred with them directly. gratulate the people of the state." and their advance toward econo- by the Soviet foreign minister. By The Way that time she has lived alone in ball machine at a cafe. mic self-reliance would be block-lock- Still undetermined,' apparently her home in Portaies. Senator Clinton P. Anderson ex- With Ponder Next Vishinsky Invited Acheson after Sheriff A. L. Apodaca had said sd."sed." Picture,' if you can, a peanut, is whether the salary increases pressed the view, however, that having spent several hours in con- She had either been in a hospit- earlier he expected charges of i Paul C. Hoffman, ECA admin- for elective officials, or other NEW YORK. June 11 + 1Pr- Ca - ot+e'cotton plant, straining to get al, or under the care of a nurse New Mexico's " wide open primary gambling violations to be lodged istrator, has said he will resign tact with Moscow over the Big it' s first sprout above ground, on- has not worked well-" He predict- pot gave Greentree Four German mak. budgetary items, have priority in at her home since last February. against officials of the Elks Club, Stable a ly to find a face full of water. the new budget. The cat of the ed that the pre-primary conven- if ECA funds are cut greatly.) Acheson took a Death was attributed to complica- where eight slot machines were powerful claim on the 1949 three- A cut in ECA funds, said the his top ad- That' s the condition over al- legislature setting up the salary tions of old age. tion system, which would suppl- year - old championship today visers on handy move ant the primary, would be apprev- seized, and ' he American Legion, President, " Would be a great gain most all of this area, and is the for the county advisory board, She was a charter member of from which the raider's took seven when he beat Calumet Farm' s for communism. - in case Vishinsky . d some new cause of the peculiar, far -away provided that if there was not the. Methodist church, and funeral ed if an election is held. favored Ponder by a half-length idea to put forward whish would: in slot machines and bingo cards. The President called a slash in look on farmer' s faces. Ordinaril- sufficient valuation to• pay the be held Applauding interest shown to win the 291, 500 Beltthont stakes. break the logjam. They are Dr. services will probably the issue; Rep. A. M. Fernandez Spokesmen for both groups said ECA funds now " the worst kind ly they would plan • to replant entire salary. then so much of from her church on Monday, none of the equipment was in Just as expected, it was strictly of false economy". Phillip C. Jessup ablest Mur- these crops after all the rain of it would be paid as there was said he felt the primary -convent- use. a three -horse race between Capot, To maintain Mr. phy, and "Charles kshlen. ion system was desirable prosperity, the past week, but now they are founds available. but Ponder and Isidor Biever's Pale- Truman The dinner tont was in the should be put to a. vote. He reported five more slot ma- contended, Congress afraid that / time is running out County Treasurer, Collin Hil- stinian, which took third money should go along with his domes- Russian embassy. week ago Rep. John E. Miles was . not chines were taken from a small and perhaps they had better let liard noted that the $ 13,000,000 another half length back of Calu- Vishinsky was Ad set( guest at Rents Drop Down available for comment. room at the County Club. The tic proposals. the crops stand and see if they valuation on the tax rolls is not met colt. The fourth horse in the a small dinner party. pinball machine was removed We must develop our natural can' t get a fair stand with the or- a net figure. He stated that he Enacted by the last Legislature eight -horse field, At from the White Dot Cafe. Mrs. Eben H. resources. Vishinsky' s request the iginal planting. has ' already found deductions Friday. It apparently was supend- Ellison, Jr' s Sun Bahram, was 12 foreign Ministers Council, was tak- As flag Goes Up ed, however, by filing of petitions Chavez told a reporter today We must established a fair dis- Probably a record has been set totaling around 2150,000, due to ODESSA, Tex., June 11 IM't -- that charges had not been pre- lengths back of Palestinian to give tribution of business opportunity. ing. a recess until Sunday. Most soldier's exemptions which had for a referendum which pre more pared- Western officials believed the So- • for this county. with rain every Bundles of Government letters than 80,000 signatures. Hq indicated complaints an idea how much the others were We must have a free labor night for six consevutive nights not previously been subtracted and directives went up in smoke probably w'otsld not be lodged be- left out of the ace movement, able to • hold its own viet dipkertat was awaiting fresh Maybe seven, this being written from assessments. He pointed out The statute would have requir- instructions front the Kremlin. and rents went down cn some ed candidates for public office to fore next week, Most everybody in the crowd at the bargaining table. Saturday afternoon.) The contin-ontin- that under the likelyhood that apartments in Odesse' s biggest receive at least 25 per cent of the of 40,421 but the Green Tree We must protect the purchas- Acheson. French Foreign Minis- ual'ual' soakingsoaking might possibly let the constitutional amendment re- housing project today. The owner forces though Ponder, the Ken- ing power of Americans against ter Robert Schuman and British the plants break through that storing the full 22,000 eoldier' s votes at a party nominating con- was celebrating the end of rent vention for their names• to appear Lightning Damages tucky Derby winner was going the hazards and' misfortunes of Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin crust, and a lot of people whose exemption to married veterans, controLs here. to take this final jewel in the life," conferred this afterndein to map is passed next September, the net on primary ballots. elephone Wires livelihood depends upon a large Silver -haired Jerry Debenport, Chavez told a reporter: triple Crown, because of his repu- strategy for Sunday' s session. peanut or cotton crop are stand- valuation in Roosevelt county will former Chamber of Commerce Portals telephone company line- tation for cxming from behind. With the conference still in be still less. My faith in the intelligence ing around grunting. for.the strug- manager, did the celebrating. He and good citizenship of the people men were busy Saturday morning But Jockey Ted Atkinson, who deadlock, there was a growing gling plants. is landlord to more than 1, 100 of New Mexico is' as it always has repairing lines between Elide and was winning his first Belmont WpiATHBR belief by many of the Weetern people in 239 rental units. been — that they will react to Roswel lafter the electrical storm victory aboard Capot, knew what power delegates that Germany can Friday"night. WEST TEXAS — Partly cloudy with If you are fretful about all the Boy Scouts Leave Federal Housing expediter Tighe good government and will not be he was doing as he had the brown be unified only by the Germans M. H. McCrary, local manager, widely scattered thundershowers Sun- t hemsetves. rain we are having, you might Woods yesterday approved the city brow -beaten or intimidated by of- sybn of Menow- Piquet in front for day and Monday. Not much change in drive out northwest ofindsey For Summer Camp council' s request for an end to ficials, either elective or appointed reported considerable equipment most of the -dusty mile and One- temperatures, In the final session of the now school and visit the Joe Tapias. controls In this West Texas oil or political, who are there on a between these points damaged by half route. . Capot had won the three- week old conference, Vishin- They have been working in har- Twelve Boy Scouts from Troop city. temporary basis and are inclined the storm. The circuit from Por --Preakless, but most " experts" NEW MEXICO — Partly cloudy sky dusted off his old proposal 18- in Portal' s left at 6: 00 o' clock Sunday with scatetred showers and vests here for several years, and Debenport said he cut some to use their temporary offices for tales to Roswell was out most all thought the longer Belmont dis- that the powers get busy on a last year purchased a lot in the Saturday morning for Camp We- thunderstorms. Little change in temp- rents because the rent control selfish' reasons and ulterior mot- day, while six linemen were busy tance would prove too tough for erature. High Sunday 75 to 85 north German treaty and pull their low place just north of Green hin- ah- pay, near Weed, New Mexi- people. had placed them too ' high. ives. making repairs. the Green. Tree galloper, troops out of Germany within a co, They will return next Satur- and N5 to 95 South. tree addition. Last June I9, a year He also raised the American I congratulate the people of the year after it was signed, The ago, water came up over their day. state and know that good govern- The scouts wer flag for the first time over the western powers said talk of treaty floors and they had to abandon accompanied project. ment will prevail. I am not apo- Admiral Hops On at this time was futile in view F Ingram, their home and• move to higher by Mr. and Mrs . I withheld logizing for the humble part that M G. Hunt, raising of the Alabama Woman Threatened With Bein of their inability to agree -either ground. Then in July the same Lawrence Ramsey, American flag because I felt rent I took in bringing about the sus- Back Of General on unification of Germany or ) f and Lloyd Jackson pension of the vicious law. Berlin. thing happened again. Now they control was an unfair and unjust CORPUS CHRISTI, Tex., ' A --- have a dry floor, but that' s about The scouts making the trip are discrimination against me in my I want to thank my thousands The Admiral jumped on the Gen- Secretary of State Dean Ache- all. The six children happily wade Donnie Ingram, Dick. Cole, Donald business," he said. of friends for so nobly respond- Burned At Stake By Hooded, Gangsters Cissell, Alexander,. eral's back at a King Ranch party RIRAIINGI-IAM, Ala., June 11 son proposed instead that they get in Water up to their waist around Randle Alexander, Rich- ing to my appeal. W. C. Oestreich law otirselves." on with discussion of the Austrian - ard Lanier, Dick French, yesterday -- but there' ll be no f tt i-•- RW•d night riders dragged the dooryard While the parents and Dennis Chavez, Jr., certainly repercussions, Mrs. McDanai was at home alone treaty and some provisional ar- Smith Jr., Bearley Curtis, Mar- Mayor And Firemen a 42 -year-old white woman from walk a dizzy path along the did fine and noble work." The General is King Ranch when the men c)1me. Her husband rangements for Germany. During: boards and boxes placed over the shall Stinnett, Fred Hensley, Billy Oestreith and the senator' s son her home last night, and in the was at work. She xn)d the men Vinsant, and Bob Soltock. R. M. Kleberg's trained quarter. the coming three days, he said it lake that surrounds their home. Go To Silver City were leaders of a statewide earns. horse. eerie light of a burning six-foot knocked and called out " we want Three Portales Firemen, accom- groat threatened to burn her at would be possible tor deputies to They don' t have a sewer line paign for signatures pn referen- our." She said she grabbed up a examine whether any hope of panied by Mayor T. A. Henley dum petitions. - The Admiral is the real thing --- a stake. near their house, nor city water. shotgun, hut dropped the shells agreement on a German treaty and City. Manager Warren Coplen, It. Is difficult to ' comment on Rear Adm. Ernest W. Litch, Chief Mrs. Hugh McDanal, who re- Their domestic water supply is a GPA Meeting in trying to load it. remained. He bluntly stated he left this morning for Silver City to the filing of petitions," Anderson of Naval Air Advanced Training. lated her harrowing experience to well, now flooded with muddy wa- He acrd hundreds of other Navy One of the men said neighbors was not willing to remain hey° Postponed • attend the State Firemen' s As- said, " without knowing how many police, said the men, two holding had complained that her home ter, and they pack water in a sociation meeting which will con- men and civilians attended the the end of the coming week. bucket a block away. ' The organization of a Roosevelt names represent sincere opposit- pistols, smashed a gasspane in was being used " to bring men and It seemed to put a seal on tinue through Thursday. first half of a huge Texas barbe- the front door of her home and Four or five other families in County Game Protective Assoc- ion to a pre-primary convention cue on ' Laguna women together, and to sell whis- prospect of any real East -W The firemen making the trip and how many represent the tend- Madre in the charged in. One struck her on the this area are in the same cond- iation has been postponed until ranch' s Laireles division. ky." She denied it. agreement at this meeting of next Friday night. are Newman Carter, chief; J. T. ency of people to sign petitions head twice, and another snatched ition, and there' s • very little Earlier, Another robed gang or the same Big Four. Crane, assistant chief; and Joe fairly freely. the guests had dined an unloaded shotgun from her chance that the situation -can be The storm Friday °night halted one jammed into a cafe in a near- Baker, fireman. I think the wide open primary daintily on hundreds of pounds hands. She broke free and jumped Fast -West differences, widened:. remedied without an expensive the 'organization of the chapter as of beef, beans and slumgulllon by community last night and and hardened since the 1947 Moe - planned, and J. While chief Carter is in Silver has not ,worked well in New Mex- drainage project which might cost K. Hilliard an- from one man to the next, lifting threatened the white owner. They cow conferences, are. now so City. Captain Glen Rogers _will Ico and if the people finally vote cowboy stew). After Easterners h more than the two blocks ofPro-. nounces that the film1en sent here by s to see if she recognized any. toldId him: " you' ve got to keep frozen that theh act as fire chief. on that issue, a majority of voters were finished Texans told them The - grabbed her ,again. belief is growing the state game department, will the ingredients. these niggers down," Witnesses there will be no formal peace perty is worth. The city is run• will probably feel the same way." e cou1d kill you for that." ning a sewer line and water ser-' be held over to the next meeting. said the gang of hooded and white PASO SHERIFF Qi' ITS Fernandez offered this com- Invitations have gone to 2,800 she quoted them as saying. treaty on Germany by the Big vice to the area, but the sewer ment: robed men, numbering about 60, Four. EL PASO, TEX.. June 11 lin--- Navy men for the civilian -Navy They dragged, her to the front came to the cafe in 16 cars. line requires a pump to boost the Jtm easiness In Hospital Sheriff Allan G. Falby announced. Although I think the primary- event: - lawn, where - a six-foot cross was It is believed the Germans will sewage to a levet where it will eenventinn system Before leaving Mrs. McDanal, have to work ottt their problems Jim Cetvines4, old -rime Causey his resignation today to enter pri- a eombinat- burning. There, she said they flow into the main system, and inn of the two MINTON RESIGNS the Wren told her: with their neighbors piecemeal, rancher, is in the Miller hospital vate business. Count), Judge Vic- is very desirehle, threatened, to burn her at a stake We' re going to leave you here such a flood as is now eovering here: His condition is reported tor Gilbert says the resignation I think it well the people them- ALBUQUERQUE, June 11 Bite And " in string her,, up.'" as the years go by since the Big the area would make the systern row. If w•F hear anything else, Four are unable to agree even on serious. He was brought home is effective July 15. He has been selves vote for .it. I congratulate Charles Minton, executive dir- Mrs. MeDanal told the men that inoperative in this area. we' ll be back to bomb your house from Dallas a few days ago. sheriff here since Jan. 1, 1943. - those who made it possible for the ector of New Meatirn Boys Ranch police had been called. One an- the procedure for a peace tree people to obtain a vote." er burn it down, and we' ll be conference let alone the tre announced his resignation today. swered with a laugh: " we' re the back to see you," investigstSheri•dMelvthen