Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas (2024)

October 23, 1947

Publication:

Corpus Christi Caller-Timesi

Location:

Corpus Christi, Texas

Issue Date:

Thursday, October 23, 1947

Page:

6

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C-A CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER Thursday Oct 23 1947 Humble Oil Co Upheld In Harrison Lease Case Ramadier Shaping Cabinet To Exlude DeGaulle Bloc in i pwww ua i 'v i 'j' A i ft'-' --rA 1 MfC -1 i -A fiv- tv-' if '-v 'J -5 'rjT- had not acted in good faith or negligently The company had paid the full amount of rental but less to Harrison than he was entitled to receive and more to another party the opinion related It added that the original deed which Humble was not a was ambiguous and that Harrison had made no protest of the rental payments GAS FLOOR FURNACE oN sweating walls Na hot and cold pockets! An even Automatic temperature threugheat year heme Guaranteed years against rusting out er burning sal Our salesmen wfll be glad to make a survey at year heme tor size and Installation cast AUSTIN Oct 22 If) -The Supreme Court today upheld the Humble Oil and Refining Co in a dispute with Harrison over rental payments on a mineral lease on 1074 acres of land in Brazoria County reversing lower court holdings for Harrison In district court Humble sought to remove cloud from its title to a mineral leasehold which It said Harrison cast by contending it had failed to pay the correct amount of delay rentals The opinion the first by newly appointed Associate i James Hart noted there was no evidence to show that Humble INk Vi PARIS Oct 22 The members of the French cabinet tonight handed their resignations to Socialist Premier Paul Ramadier and a reliable Informant said he was streamlining his government to exclude any members with leanings toward Gen Dr Gaulle The resignations came on heels of Ramadier's call for a special session of the National Assembly next Tuesday to face France's economic crisis and the political situation caused by the success of De new party In municipal elections Ramadier was apparently seeking a cabinet which would give him the strangest possible support during the torrid debate expected when the assembly convenes to tackle the grave Issues facing the country The Informant said Ramadier would slash his cabinet almost In from 20 to 11 members Ramadier cancelled a Scheduled news conference at which It had been expected he would explain the audden resignations One of 1 officers declared the new government "will be made up entirely of men from the old one" Foreign Minister Georges Blda-ult whose Popular Republican Party (MRP) lost heavily in the municipal balloting seemed certain of remaining in the cabinet Among those slated to be dropped National Economy Minister Andre Philip Socialist education Marcel Naegelen Socialist War Paul Goste-B'loret MRP Minister of state Felix Gouin Socialist Air Andre Maroselll Radical-Socialist navy Louis Jacquinot Independent agriculture Pierre Tanguy Prigent Socialist colonies Marius Moutet Socialist public health Robert Prigent MRP This would leave Ramadier with A vfc rj IUITTS CS IS Bill 2 secoiis sir1 1 f- y-ifcX-' IffiTBIE ASPIRIN Xt 'vt A RADIO fr APPLIANCE COMPANY 1321 Staples rhene till a compact rsbinct of four Socialists In addition to himself three MRP's and three Radical-Socialists Ramadier conferred at length with Bidault who then met with members of his party's central committee One informant said Bi-(lauit told the premier that the MRP entered the coalition when the party was strong and had no right to remain now that it waa weak coalition government had been in office Since May 4 when the Communists were ousted leaving the Socialists Radical Socialists MRP and Independents Diomede Catroux press officer Tor De Gaulle's rally of the French People (FrR) Said the resignations showed the need for "dissolution of the National Assembly and new general elections" He said he considered his party's position to be that It would accept neither the premiership nor part-lcipntion In a coalition governmnt aa long as it Is with a majority in the assembly which no longer represents the political physiognomy of the country" He said it waa a matter for the conscience of Ramadier or President Auriol "what they want to do with a government thst no longer represents more than 30 percent of the people" Sinre Ramadier did not resign Auriol was left out of the picture Ramadier can go ahead with formation of a new cabinet without consulting the president aince Ra madier still remains Vested with authority given him by the assem bly and Is free to shake up his cabinet as he aees fit Had Ramadier and his cabinet resigned It would have been up to Auriol to pick a new premier and De Gaulle might have come more prominently into the picture Communist Deputy Florimond Bonte commented that the cabinet resignation was "a step toward return to the popular front for Ramadier certainly plans to eject the MRP from his 1 '7 ''-Sr sr C' T1 min lltaiw ias i 'Srzrhi! cLxi'MS TEST TUBE BABY HERS ALONE Mrs Julia Strnad hugs her daughter Antoinette 4 in their home in New York City after her estranged husband Antoine claimed a share in the child In court the mother claimed the baby is a product of artificial insemination and therefore she is the sole legal parent The Mtest tube baby claim arose in Mrs legal attempt to keep her husband from visiting the child (AP Wirephoto) More Arrests Announced In Two-State Car Thefts Glohc-Circlcrs Nearing -Toughest Lpg of Journey TOKYO Oct 22 OT-Cllfford Evans and George Truman flying leisurely around the world In Piper Cubs said today they planned to take off from Haneda airport In Tokyo tomorrow tot northern Japan They expect to land near Sapporo on Hokkaido Japan's most northerly Island tomorrow night From there they will attempt the toughest leg of their journey a 1-500-mile hope to the Aleutians They have asked the Russians for permission to land on Soviet territory In event they are forced down by mechanical or unfavorable weather conditions but so far have received no answer MONROE La Oct 22 (B Two more persons have been arrested in connection with what Assistant UJS District Attorney Lea Thompson calls a gigantic Texas-Louisiana stolen car ring Thompson identified the newest defendants as Mrs Audrey Buslf-er and Bernice Busher both of Benson La They were indicted by a federal grand jury along with Sam Bush- cr the accused husband who is a Lake Charles La used car dealer and Albert Hollingsworth an employe of Busher Thompson said the four are charged in seven separste counts with transporting and selling three csrs and a truck stolen in Texas In addition he said they face State prosecution on charges of stealing about 20 other vehicles in Louisiana and disposing of them through sales agency OUT TIIE Sunday Law Question Remains Alive Nor Ene SUITS Made in California Carefully cut beautifully finished and to give that well-proportioned look to the women of overage height Made of Fine Worsted Fabrics HARDIOFJHEARING If jmis teakios ter Death Toll Rises DALLAS OcL 22 Twenty-four consecutive days without a traffic death in Dallas ended today with the death of a 40-year-old woman who died of injuries suffered Saturday In a bus-auto collision The victim was Mrs Mary Erickson of Dallas who was driving the car when it collided with a city bus Ex-Gonvict Withdraws 20-Year Term Appeal HOUSTON Oct 22 Oft Adrian Leon Roark ex-convict convicted of assault to murder his wife and her employer today withdrew his appeal of a 20-year sentence given him for armed robbery lie faces sentences totaling 40 years zens committee north of Buffalo Bayou suggested that if the law is enforced the city should hang crape banners over highways entering the city "to show that the town is fa a kaarmg com i of taa tka a aw jMijlim Imperial Thia AH-ls-OM bear-tea aid ao email! 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Scout Fund Drive Termed Successful Written reports of the results of the one-day fund drive conducted by the Gulf Coast Scout Council Tuesday are expected at the local Scout office by the end of the week Gilbert Myers assistant Scout executive said yesterday Myers was confident that the drive had netted the 215500 goal Reports from only 21 of the 33 towns and communities where the campaigns were conducted netted 212047 Myers said and several large towns have not reported FALSE TEETH That Loosen Need Nof Embarrass WE HAVE MANILLA FILE FOLDERS LETTER OR LEGAL SIZE 100 TO THE BOX the big onew-a-year limited-time offer thousands trait for! The famous snow-white greaseleas medicated cream that helps Improve peer complaaiew helps beat externally-caused klamUhea chapped heeds that helps relieve ao many different typed of annoying akin irritation! 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