"The Fort Worth Star-Telegram" - July 11, 1949

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SIXTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 161. FORT WORTH, the West JULY TWENTY PAGES PRICE 5 CENTS
GOV. JESTER DEAD IN PULLMAN BERTH AT HOUSTON
TRUMAN CANCELS CALL FO
TAX INCREASE
WASHINGTON, July 11 serious than a temporary deficit are vital
President Truman Monday in the federal budget. portance," he said: ,
" for a to 1. Shun any boost.
tax bowed to a where Repeal the tax. ex-the
head off any But don't cut wages in order of rpora-
"No major incrc - taxes prices, he advised;
should be undertaken at this worker's buying Lengthen for
were the and everyone gets hurt. repayment of
were his requests to on Page 2.
BARTON
Gen.
Dies at Lodge
In Arizona
Jester's Death Mourned
By Fort Worth Leaders
. e a national economy. '
In a stunning reversal of his stand. Truman sent to Congress a midyear economic report wiped clean of his past demands for wage or other business controls.
Instead-stating that Jester. first tive. I 1
ment acute m some to die in am
proposed 11 new laws to knew that the Rice e
up and production, boost of his post had begun ernor was one . Texas consumer income and buying tell on his physical has ever had at the
power. loosen He left the governor's mansion bar with played
lending. j Austin the week-end for volley ball there and
All the ideas were a heart checkup and a brief both took part home talent were not They tion in Galveston. But death He was a fePow included public works planning, before he could carry Shocked on Page J
but not more public works; the out his plans.
Brannan farm expansion of G. Penrose, state
social securitv and jobless pay; executive INDEX
extended stated Monday
' that Jester told Friday that Economy 'Still Strong.' was going to Galveston for Comics-Crossword . 16
Crisis action isn't needed. Tru- the heart examination. Editorial Page 10
man said, because the economy Spent Day With Him. Financial-Oil 7
still is strong and healthy. It can spent all day Friday with Theaters 6
hit a soaring annual output of the governor in Austin." Penrose Radio 19
PHOENIX. July 11 above in said. "He appeared to be normal 12-13
Gen. Barton K. years, he predicted. That in every respect." Sports
president of the American In- one-fifth higher than today's The governor spoke of the stitute for Foreign Trade, died national production. heart checkup, it was understood
early Monday at Oak Creek "But there is nothing healthy Penrose to be a normal, rou-Lodge, north of here. about more unemployment or examination.
General Yount, wartime com- less production," Congress was general of the U. S | told. "Such trends can and must the committee-
Shivers Hurries
manding j '
Army Air Forces Training Com- be reversed by positive action, | . . . I
mand, was on vacation. He was 66. private and public. Relaxation. LI I I
governor, m second
ana "Our own people insist upon t n a n d
entertained a small group, the maintenance of AUSTIN, July 11 Gov. , tern chairman of
ing actor Jimmy Stewart, at a not tolerate a davs Shivers, who succeed its important
dinner Sunday mght. Mrs. Yount i " as governor He volunteered for service
told Frank L. Phoenix law- | of I rtiprt Texas, told the governor's office World War II and was with the
yer. that her husband had not in an dec would reach Austin from his I American Government in
complained of ill prior to j was Woodville f a rm about North Italy, France and
i \ the coun- Monday. He
shortly It found the business ty's other state Democratic exec- : Shivers said he no imme- discharged the rank of
of the Gen- outlook reassuring. But agreed utive committee member, stated , plans for taking the oath major.
that federal action is for. that she was so shocked that she of office.
GOVERNOR B E A U F O R D JESTER.
ENJOYED OUTING
since retiring f r om the Army in
1 9 4 6.
Funeral arrangements are in­We
may have the unique and could scarcely believe the j He said he was too shocked and fortunate experience of liquidat- had a splendid career of distressed by the news of Jes-ing major inflation without service to the public and the ter's death to make any plans at falling into a severe recession," state," Mrs. Smith declared. "He time.
I council a fine man. one that will be senator G. C. Morris of Green- reported. i all of us. president pro tem of the
I Estate Tax. Sincerely j will become acting lieu-
ant chief of the Army Air Corps i sentence certain to win ! Fred Korth, Fort Worth attor- I tenant
from 1938 to 1940. In 1941 he '
commanded the 3rd Force and from 1942-1946 was head of the training command.
The American Institute for Foreign Trade, a non-profit in­stitution, was founded at the war­time Thunderbird Field, a pilot training school about 16 miles northwest of Phoenix.
The institute opened Octo-
ward training students for careers
in foreign trade.
General Yount retired from the
Air Force June 30, 1946.
G E N E R A L
H E R E F O R F O U R Y E A R S
General Yount assumed com­mand
of t h e Flying Training Com­mand
in Fort Worth in the Texas
& Pacific Passenger Building in
June 1942 when the Army Air
Forces the command i hot Monday afternoon, night
here for all training Tuesday; highest afternoon
the acclaim of business, Truman ney and president of the Young Shivers is 41,
took his stand against any major i Democrats Clubs of Texas, ex- entered Texas politics by
increase in taxes. pressed shock and amazement for the State Senate. He
Only estate and gift tax rates told by telephone of Jes- youngest senator ever to
should be raised, he said. He death. the oath of office, serving
added that the transportation tax . sincerely distressed years f r om 1935 to 1947
on goods should be wiped out about the loss to the state
and the "carry-over" of losses in Texas," he said.
corporation taxes should be a personal
liberalized. | friend and a man admired and swearing in as governor
There are economic and social to be honest. Through
work, apparently, he has which began almost 100
the service of native when his great-grand-
Korth, who was a personal mother halted her covered wagon
when he began his f i r s t t e rm as
lieutenant governor. He has never
met political defeat.
her 1946 with an enrollment of deficits that would be far more i apparently, he has in which began almost 100
296 students from 45 states. The " '
program has been to-
THE WEATHER
0. S.
friend of the governor for some a Texas hill.
Shivers campaigned for lieu­tenant
governor on a platform
that included higher teachers' sal­aries,
a first class Negro univer­sity,
f a rm to market roads,
tricting, increased old age pen­an
annual 60-day Legisla­ture
instead of sessions every
two years, an expanded public
health program and a revamped
pardons and paroles system.
Lava Splits Tiny
In Half in Canaries
TENERIFE, Islands,
July tiny island
of Monday was reported
almost in half by a river of
lava f r om an exploding volcano.
The volcano is the third in re­cent
weeks to burst through the
earth's surface on the island and
years, said he last saw him about Shivers was bom in Lufkin ' shower flaming rocks and lava on
10 days ago in Austin and had a
long conversation with him at
that time.
Fine Executive Lost.
Oct. 5, 1907. He attended school the surrounding countryside.
in Woodville and Port Arthur,
the latter city now being his of­ficial
home town.
Sun sets Monday at 7:40. Sun rises Tuesday at 5:30. Highest temperature Sunday
99; highest a year ago 91. Lowest .
say is that it is terrible
rising Fort Worth and
Arch Rowan Fort Worth inde- | the former Miss
Shary of Mission.
pendent operator,
Idaho Forest Fire
BOISE, July 11 crew
of 107 men is battling a forest
f i r e in the Boise national forest
15 miles north of Idaho.
Jester Swam
And Played
Ball Sunday
AUSTIN, July 11
ernor J e s t e r had a pleasant day's
outing Sunday with members of
his staff and swam, played soft-ball
and appeared to be in the
best of health, associates said
Monday.
The governor went to Lake
Travis for a ride on the new
ocean-going cruiser placed t h e re
recently by C. R. Stames, Aus­tin
hotel owner.
Employes said t h e governor
and Beauford Jr., his 10-year-old
son, swam with other members
of the executive office staff for
nearly an hour, then went for
the lake ride and later went to
a lake campsite for an inter­office
game.
shocked employes related
the governor played ball with
them and later, a f t e r dinner on
the boat, led group singing dur­ing
t h e lake cruise. He appear­ed
to be in perfect health, they
said.
The governor l e f t t h e party,
went to the mansion to pack for
the Houston t r ip and boarded a
night train for t h e short relaxa­tion
t r ip alone.
Chief Executive Was
En Route to Galveston
s e r \ i n g h i s s e c o n d t e r m a s g o v e r n o r of T e x a s ,
t h e r e S u n ­d
a y n i g h t t o g o t o f o r a p h y s i c a l
h a d p l a n n e d t o s p e n d s e v e r a l d a y s r e s t i n g
d u t i e s d u r i n g t h e j u s t - c l o s e d 51st L e g i s l a t u r e , o n t h e
c o a s t .
L i e u t e n a n t S h i v e r s , w h o w i l l s u c c e e d J e s t e r
l e s s t h a n s e v e n t h e " v e r a n d
s t o c k m a n s t a r t e d t e r m w a s a t
W o o d v i l l e .
S h i v e r s i n S e c o n d T e r m .
S h i v e r s w a s s e r v i n g h i s s e c o n d t e r m a s l i e u t e n a n t g o v ­e
r n o r .
J u s t i c e of t h e P e a c e T o m M a e s of e x p r e s s e d
b e l i e f t h e g o v e r n o r h a d b e e n d e a d a b o u t f o u r o r f i v e h o u r s
w h e n t h e b o d y w a s f o u n d .
M a e s e x a m i n e d t h e b o d y w i t h D r . H . L . E v a n s , a s u r ­g
e o n o n t h e s t a f f of t h e S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c H o s p i t a l h e r e .
E v a n s r e f u s e d t o t a l k w i t h r e p o r t e r s a b o u t t h e p o s s i b l e
c a u s e of d e a t h b u t M a e s s a i d t h e c a u s e i s b e l i e v e d t o b e
c o r o n a r y o c c l u s i o n .
A S o u t h e r n P a c i f i c P u l l m a n p o r t e r , C h a r l i e J i m e r s o n ,
f o u n d t h e g o v e r n o r ' s b o d y a t 7:30 a. m .
J i m e r s o n s a i d h e w e n t t o t h e b e r t h t o a w a k e n J e s t e r .
"When I called him, he didn't j
answer," Jimerson said. j gram for the insane and other
The porter then summoned t h e of and to con-train
conductor. O. D. Pierce, other
Houston, who looked into t h e the just-end-berth
and then called State session.
way Patrolman W. B. Hawkins, Jester's f n e n d s credited h im
who was at the station to meet having kept Texas in line
the governor. the national Democratic or-ganization
during the last
to Rouse He had
who said he had been his fight for
waiting at t h e station since 7:05 state
a. m., went tc the berth
called to the governor, at to a
same time shaking the f r om
and to rouse Jester. the party organization.
"Governor, this is Hawkins, j Stayed With
don't you know me?" the When it came to the
man called. Jester and the Democratic P a r ty
When the governor made no in Texas, of which he was t he
response, Hawkins called Capt. | titular head, stayed with Presi-
Rose, head of the State ! dent Truman and the national
Highway Patrol office here. j organization.
Meanwhile, the conductor and I . last week declined an
other trainmen felt the gover- f r om Speaker Raybum
nor's pulse and said they were Monday f or
year aso 72 Barometer the Senate. He was president pro 15 miles north of T .
i He was my good friend and ANGELES, July 11 (JP).-
the state has lost a fme execu- reported that a
phases of the Air Force. temperatures near 100, lowest
The general left Worth Jan. 1, 1946, when the training command headquarters were moved from here to Barksdale Field, La. On leaving Fort Worth the general said, "All of us will remember Fort Worth as a fine and friendly city which has con­tributed materially through its co-operation, in the defeat of our enemies."
General Yount's Army career began at the age of 19 when he
was appointed to West Point f r om
He had served the j dershowers in extreme north por- I thoughT we
world the Signal Corps and the not much change m tem- I
Air Force. peratures.
Reds Close All But One
Road to Berlin
BERLIN, July 11
Russians have choked off truck
cargos for West Berlin to four
an a the
autobahn. All other
highways to the city have been
closed.
A report to the American Mili­tary
Government that all trucks
must be unloaded for inspection
indicated that this figure might
be f u r t h e r reduced. An average
of 30 Otrucks a day had been
traveling the Helmstedt road
lately.
There has been no explanation
yet f r om the Soviet military gov­ernment
for the "little block­ade."
Russian border guards
said, however, they were acting
on telephoned orders f r om their
highest headquarters in Ger­many.
One truck leaving the British
zone with 10 tons of glass for
Berlin took an hour to pass t he
Russian check-point because of
the unloading and loading provi­sion.
In the meantime no other
trucks were allowed to pass.
"If the Russians merely are
attempting to prevent the im­portation
of black market goods,
they would have some reason to
require this rigorous inspection,"
an American officer commented.
"But since they have shut down
at all points except Helmstedt,
it seems obvious t h e r e a r e other
motives."
Some Allied officials indicated
they believed the stoppage was a
Russian move to force the Allies
to meet Soviet trade terms in
forthcoming east-west negotia­Greek
Vessel Aground
Greek steamer, t h e S. S.
G. Kulukundis, went aground at
Point Arguello on t h e Southern
California coast early Monday
and radioed S. O. S. signals.
had promised to the Legisla­t
u r e back into special session by
next January if a constitutional
Monday night in upper
West Texas (West of the 100th
cloudi­ness
Monday afternoon, night
and Tuesday; scattered thunder-showers
in South
Plains and Pecos Valley west­ward;
not much change in tem­peratures.
East Texas (East of the 100th
cloudy Mon-
\ senator Morris Next in Line
THINK IT OVER
Until I heard the doctors say b i g h e a r t u s u a l l y b r i n g s
"There's danger in a kiss," m o r e h a p p i n e s s t h a n a b ig
I had considered kissing you
The closest thing to ;
But now I know Biology
certain Jester was dead.
The governor occupied a lower
a conference with officials of
other states on the tidelands prob­lem.
He said then he had too
berth on the Pullman car "Berk-ley,"
part of the Southern Pa­cific's
night t r a in f r om Austin.
The train had l e f t Austin at
11:30 p. m. Sunday night and
arrived here at 5:15 a. m.
Shivers informed t h e gover­nor's
office at Austin that he has
not yet taken the oath of office
and would stand by. A highway
patrol detail sent to
Woodville.
The body was removed to t he
Houston Funeral Home.
Mrs. Jester in Austin.
Mrs. Jester was in Austin at
the governor's mansion.
time out for the trip.
Jester's administration of the
governorship for two years and
six months was marked not only
by the internal s t r i fe that tore
the Democratic Party, but by two
legislative sessions that took great
forward strides in advancing pub-
The state's first major Negro
university was founded during his
first term, and legislation des­tined
to improve the state's pris­on
its system of state hos­pitals,
and complete reorganiza­tion
of the public school system
Jester had been ill with a case was
of food poisoning during the last Jester, who had campaigned
strenuous days of the
ture, but apparently had recov­ered
from it.
At the capitol, flags were
mediately lowered to half-staff
twice on a no new tax platform,
had admitted the need for new
taxes to finance these extensions.
He had urged legislation for es­tablishment
of a tax commission
and state offices were closed '
I
employes gathered around t e l e '
type machines to read the news.
"We iust can't believe it," one
state employe said.
The State Supreme Court at
Austin postponed its Wednesday
meeting until Friday.
In the closing hours of the
No Trace Found of Man
Who Leaped Into River
KANSAS CITY, Kan., July
. , , said Monday no
J e s t e r brought had been found of William
the state budget into balance by 22, who leaped into t he
vetoing $17,000,000 f r om one of from a bridge here
the major appropriation bills. He
His father, Glenn C. Oliver,
reported the young man jumped
out of their automobile and then
amendment calling f o r annual ,
The session he promised would came angry refused
be to consider a building pro- permission to t h e car.
N E W F I R S T F A M I L Y O F T E X A S L t . G o v . A l l an
S h i v e r s , w h o s u c c e e d s B e a u f o r d J e s t e r a s g o v e r n o r of
T e x a s , i s s h o w n w i t h h i s f a m i l y i n a p i c t u r e t a k e n l a s t
J a n u a r y w h e n a b i r t h d a y p a r t y w a s h e l d f o r A l l a n J r . ,
w h o i s c u t t i n g t h e c a k e w i t h t h e a s s i s t a n c e of h i s
m o t h e r . S u e i s i n h e r f a t h e r ' s a r m s .
g r o u p i s S h a r y , w h o w a s ill,
Governorship of
For First Time Because of
The governorship of t h e State I ard B. Hubbard was the second
of Texas changed hands Monday lieutenant governor to become
for the f i r s t time in t h e history
of the state through the death of
the state's chief executive.
Prior to the death Governor
Jester, 40 men sat as t h e state's
chief executive; 36 of which were
elected to the office and four
who succeeded the chief execu­tive
f r om lieutenant governors.
Lieutenant Governor Shivers,
who becomes governor through
succession, will be the f o u r th
man in t h e state's history to as­sume
t h e governorship in this
manner. In 1861 Edward Clark
succeeded Sam Houston gover-chief
executive when Richard
Coke resigned in 1876 to enter
the United States Senate.
William P: Hobby succeeded
James E. Ferguson in 1917 when
Ferguson was impeached and
Coke Stevenson assumed the gov­ernorship
in 1941 when W. Lee
O'Daniel entered the United
States Senate.
During Governor J e s t e r ' s ten­ure
of office, he advocated a mod­ernization
of the succession sys­which
was finally approved
Under the new Shiv­ers
becomes governor, leaving his
present post vacant with the pro­vision
that the president pro t em
of the Senate, Senator G. C. Mor­ris
of Greenville, assumes t he
duties of the Senate presidency
and becomes next in line f o r t he
governorship.
As the Legislature has adjourn­ed
f r om its regular session, the
duties of the lieutenant gover­nor's
office will be small in
ber unless a special session is
called.
Senator Morris' present
expires in 1951, thus giving the
Senate a guiding officer during
s. g r o u p i s S h a r y , w h o w a s not when resigned; by t h e 51st Legislature. or.