Times Record News from Wichita Falls, Texas (2024)

November 2, 1951

Publication:

Times Record Newsi

Location:

Wichita Falls, Texas

Issue Date:

Friday, November 2, 1951

Page:

7

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WICHITA FAILS RECORD NEWI WICHITA FALLS TEXAS Naval Reserve Training Is Vital Part of Defense Says Adm Settle Torrid Twenties Mokes Big Hit face ships and rigid planes as well" the officer said In Admiral party from New Orleans were Lt Kon-zen chief of staff for naval air bases of the Eighth Naval District Lt Charles Nagle and Chief Aviation Pilot Magarity Png 7A Frl Nov 2 1951 Advertise or be forgotten use Tlmes-Record News ads NOBLE'HARDWARE-CO teams with surface ships across the Atlantic However faster and newer types of subs have been developed These cannot be controlled by surface ships The faster rigid planes are too fast for efficient control The lighter-than-air blimp carrying an adequate radar equipment can stay In the air longer than helicopters and keep a steady search and detection process going It will be a vital part of the team which Includes anti-submarine subs sur Playground Equipment Churchill Wants Atomic Explosion LONDON Nov 1 (AV-Britaln la out to explode her first atom bomb in about six months If Prime Minister Churchill has his way A qualified source said tonight Lord Cherwell has been given orders to speed up Britain's whole atomic energy program which Includes the development of atomic weapons Cherwell is paymaster general with atomic affairs in his charge Churchill has publicly stated he thinks atomic weapons are a factor in modern diplomacy He told parliament last December that the west would be silly to promise it will not use the atom bomb first Such a pledge he argued then would amount to holding fire you have been shot dead" He has described American supremacy in atomic weapon production as the west's main insurance against Russian aggression News of Churchill's order came after the ministry of supply announced American-British-South African talks have begun in Johannesburg to boost African uranium production Several pilot plants have started to extract uranium the fissionable material which gives atom bombs their force from mine tailings at kep points along the Witwatersrand gold reef The Naval Reserve Training program such as Is carried on In the Wichita Falls Naval Reserve Training Center is one of the most important factors in an adequate national defense Rear Admiral Settle commandant of the Eighth Naval District said here Thursday night case of war the Navy is the nation's primary striking power first in Adm Settle said is essential that this arm of the defense have a supply of competent well trained reserve personnel with which to man quickly the ships that now are in hie continued This supply comes from the naval reserve centers such as Wichita Falls the high naval official said the enemy strikes tomorrow or 20 years from now the Navy will and must reach out to strike back he said the men trained in various reserve centers constitute a bulwark against defeat If any nation or combination of nations dare strike at he added The admiral said new recruits were constantly being brought into the naval reserve program By UNDERWOOD Nearly 3000 Wichltans and Sheppard Air Force Base personnel out front and more than 100 glorious In spangles and greasepaint on stage had oodles of fun Thursday night at the Memorial Auditorium as a well-equipped playground for the North Side Girla' Club became a certainty through this three hours of Jollity and laughter While soft but unenduring snow prepared a white surprise outside the staged by the Senior-Junior Forum as its 1951 benefit revue quickly whipped up a temperature through the snap of sudden humor and a lusty pace Tills show was well-prepared Although the cast was with a few exception strictly amateur it had learned its lines and business with near-professional fidelity Consequently one seeming lapse of maybe five seconds early in the evening was the only moment in which the belt slipped temporarily Otherwise Emcee Ben brief introductory inserts were nicely polished links in an endless chain of colorful merriment in order to replace the more experienced veterans who were being called Into active service due to the Korean conflict These new men must be brought to peak efficiency as rapidly as possible he said The Eighth district commandant who la here on an inspection tour of the reserve training center and general naval program will be honor guest at a breakfast at Midwestern University Friday morning at 7:15 o'clock He will be a guest of the university the Wichita Falls Chamber of Commerce and the Wichita Falls Naval Advisory committee The high ranking naval officer was met Thursday night by Alan Bryce chairman of the advisory committee and Mayor Harold Jones The admiral recalled that Mayor Jones was a veteran of the branch of naval service from World War Two branch of service has a more important part than ever in defense against submarines The lighter than air arm is a vital part of the teem that must be used against enemy the admiral said the recent war the German submarines were finally controlled and whipped by carrier based planes operating as 0 OgGC aHl DQiEtes But new stylish frames will present a more youthful appearance than the out-moded type she may be wearing now! Choose from a completely modern stock of rim-less or plastic frames designed to flatter by softening facial contours adding charm to your personality! Such frames may be purchased at low reasonable prices Dr Smith Optometrist I TERMS low Weekly OFFICES AT WOMEN WANTED MMlilWnbMM Mm cm-i Dlnw OflM Inna M- Day liM 0 rl A 0 NIS business college Moving up the aisle towards the door one nearly middle-aged matron remarked fervently to her companion: "You know 1 envied those folks up there In the show!" Which points one of the salient factors in the marked success of the evening no one had more fun than the folks in Bill Harford's cast It was contagious Good Show Impressive ensemble surprisingly good throughout the show reached its peak perhaps in the performance by a line of comely young matrons Their routine waa smooth and chic It got a spontaneous big hand on those qualities was notably well packaged production scenes and specialties were wrapped up so neatly the show had an overall complexion Yet various ingredients glow memorably Jean Lowell's with Earl Burch and Bill Grace was a timely burlesque of the Truman-MacArthur dispute to which Mrs Lowell imparted a delightful tang The opening scene cf Part II of the was particularly pleasing to the eye with fetching costumes and clever lighting along with remarkably picturesque dancing Bob Little and Ruth Whitmire a vocal-duo provided passages of pleasing harmony supported by another well-coached and smooth line of dancers Hilarity Aside from the several brief Interludes like Through the the seashore sequence sent audience hilarity spouting over the top Bathing costumes of the scene reflected a decade earlier than the 20's by far but were no more joyfully animated than their occupants Jim McCormick with a really exciting bass-baritone and presenting a fine figure in effective settings gave the show its finest vocalizing He also swung a graceful toe with Pat McCormick in the of the sequence Highlighting the show again from the artistic standpoint as they did last year were Frank Pal and Irina Kladivova elite ballet stars from Czechslovadia who have been Wichltans since September 1950 Spanish In Part I was beautifully mounted and elaborately performed A charming prologue in the form of a Mexican folk-dance was enacted by Miss Joy Moffett The two stars then danced a brilliant pas de deux to Sandoval's music sung by Miss Gean Taylor soprano with Broyles Hall at the piano Costuming was elegantly colorful Later in the show the two famed artists danced a humorous brevity the Eight Ball" a billiard-room scene which resolves quickly into rustic romance Both ballets were from their recital repertoire and were of Pal'a choreography Harford the director was Introduced at the final curtain by an enthusiastic cast Gordon Gilgore's orchestra was in the pit with Mrs Edna Kent organist providing intermission music Wichita Fclh Da Mm Ubbach AmoriMa Military Work Bill Signed by Truman WASHINGTON Nov 1 President Truman today signed the last two appropriation bills for this year totaling $5822654-084 One of them provides $4146-407108 principally for the construction of Army and Navy bases and Air Force installations In the United States and abroad A $200-000000 construction fund also was provided for the Savannah River atomic installation in South Carolina The other bill carrying $1676-246976 includes $790000000 for buying and storing strategic materials and $75000000 for the civil defense administration Arkansas May Allow More Horse Racing LITTLE ROCK Nov 1 The Arkansas State Racing Commission today granted Dixie Downs Inc a hearing on its application to build and operate a race track at West Memphis across the river from Memphis Dean Morley state revenue commissioner and ex-officio secretary of the commission announced that the commission would meet here Nov 15 to consider a franchise for a second horse race plant in Arkansas I -fj a I elsV tterSVaiue a i ggefrS a i gs Death March Veteran In Japan Hospital TOKYO Friday Nov 3 Cpl Eugene Corder of Abilene Texas Bataan death March survivors whose wife said he was sent to Korea by mistake has been evacuated to a hospital in Japan A Seventh Division public information officer said today Corder was evacuated Monday from Hoengsog about 55 miles east of Seoul lie said Corder suffered from a recurrence of an old injury Mrs Corder in Seattle said Monday that her husband had remained in the reserves after being discharged in 1948 with a 10 per cent disability She said he was recalled last November was ordered overseas in February but was hospitalized instead He waa ordered overseas again in September she said and within 10 days was on his way to Korea In Washington the Army's surgeon general office told Representative Mitchell Democrat Washington that Corder had enlisted with the regular Army Feb 13 and that aeveral examinations had indicated he was in fit condition' However the Army said that It had radioed Instructions to Korea that Corder be given another physical examination Bid Opening Set WASHINGTON Nov 1 The bureau of land management said today it will open bids De 5 for the leasing of 274 acres of government-owned oil and gas land in Oklahoma The land is in Tillman County In the Red River field 26 miles Southwest of Frederick Okla Arms Dump Explodes In Italy 6 Dead SESTRI LEVANTE Italy Nov 1 (Pi A hidden arms and ammunition dump blew up with shattering force tonight killing six persons injuring seven and damaging dozens of houses Police arrested several suspected Communists after the police discovered in the WTeckage of one house two rifles one mi-chinegun and 350 machincgun bullets CfiTmrai C03 gobs 13 Removes RUST -STAINS IATHTUIS SINK miniuistmts MfCtir MllVftll Mtl Mh IIMtft IbraTl Open House to Show Apartment Units BURKBURNEIT Nov 1 Town House Apartments at Main and Avenue will hold open house from 3:30 to 5 Sunday The apartments over the Comer Drug Store have been completely redecorated There are three units each of four three and two rooms Owners of the building former residents of Burkbumctt now living in Wichita Falls are Donrhoo Mr and Mrs A Kilpatrick Mrs Eunice Holcomb and Mr and Mrs Roy Childress I mraa wtaatn nwuna LAY-AWAY FOR CHRISTMAS GIVING Suicide Ruled KEHMIT Texas Nov 1 (injustice of the Peace Jolly returned a verdict of suicide today In the death of I Dragoo about 50 garage operator Dra goo's body was found today in a store room bark of his home a few minutes after his family reported hearing a shot Congressmen Leave TOKYO Nov 1 CF) A rongress subcommittee on expenditures departed for Okinawa today after a five-day tour o( military Installations in Japan and Korea HEADS CHINESE SPECIALTIES AT KEMP HOTEL COFFEE SHOP Addraaa cat Young Kim Do was rcrently selected to hcaw Chinese Cuisine of the continental rpeclaltiee in the food department at the Kemp Hotel Young Xim Do brings with him the spice of old San Francisco in the preparation of hb authentic Chinese dishes A few of Young's specialties from the complete Chinese Menu ire Fresh Lobster in Shell Cantonese Young Chow Mein Chicken Sub Grim Sweet and Sour Fresh Pork Egg Roll and Jasmine Young does not know how old he is but has worked in Chinese restaurants In Chicago Lon Angeles and San Francisco for many many years Adv Coahl 1 Char qe C01U Haw accounts please sand rafamneaw NINTH and INDIANA.

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