The Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 215, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 25, 1940 Page: 4 of 6
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| Police Investigate
Quality Furniture and Rug*
Texas Furniture Co. '
t Camp Instructor
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NOIXVJti HLVTO!
S3AVHO SOU
The bittern**, of poor <wUUy
remain* loo, after U»e sweet-
ness of low price* is forgotten.
" Gmn>Un RnMr R.rrlc.
CLYDE SPAIN
• Plumbing Contractor
m East Balter Phone 17M
Death of Siegel
For Ysitr Vacation Trip. , . y
We h*ve installed the "KING
Syitem" of Motor Tone-up in
order that wo may more accu-
rately cheek yoor Motor and
Ifni lion System. Ton arc cordial-
ly invited to drive In and inspect
this new
able*
*w a vot* <ff 4 to ir^m' city
council last night awarded contract
to Dunlop Tire and Rubber com-
pany to < jpply the city of Brown-
wood with automobile and truck
Urea for the next six month*.
ft. H. Oreaham. city tax collec-
tor, ‘asked the council to appoint a
tax equalisation board, and Mayor
Wendell W. Mayes said the board
wEl he appointed at the next meet-
ing of the council.
City Manager P. t. Scott placed
before the council copy of a pro-
posed WPA project for seal coating
and repairing existing pavement,
but Mayor Mayes said the project
could net be undsrtaksn at this
time The provisional project was
prepared by City Engineer C. W
McClelland for uee In event the
ejty can undertake the work at some
future date.
\ Mayor Mayes announced that the
WPA street paving project has been
suspended by WPA for a period of
90 days from June 9. or until Sept-
ember 9.
8cott read a letter from the dis-
trict WPA Office, announelnc sus-
pension of york which had been
scheduled to start on a citywide
sewer project.
Pictures of water standing in De-
pot street near the Santa Ve station
after recent rains ware shown to
the city council The pictures were
t^ken near the home of 8. H. Bass.
The rains showed need for storm
sgwers in downtown Brown wood
B. H Coffee, superintendent of
the gas department, discussed with
the council leakage In gas mains,
amounting to about 2.000.000 cubic
feet per month. He said clamps had
been used to stop leaks In a main
on Avenue K and that 1145 feet of
old line in that area is bad. It was
decided to await the next meter
reading before making any changes
in the line
A woman living on Pecan street;
appeared before the city council re-
garding notice she had received to
connect with the sewer system or in-
stall a pit type toilet. She said she
was a widow working on WPA and
had no funds to build a pit type
toilet but wanted to comply with the
law. If she could pay for the In-
stallation by the month. She was
referred to the police department.
The woman said she had talked to
the police and the city attorney and
haul been told to see the council
CHICAOO, June 29—(UP)—Po-
lice sought new evidence today in
the slaying of Oerald Siegel. S3,
member of the alleged Oreen Drag-
.an narcotics ring, while an inquest
into his death* was continued until
[July 3.
Mary Beck. 34. and Thomas Stoto-
ble. confessed narcotic, peddler,
still ware held by police after un-
dergoing lie detector tests yester-
day. Both testified briefly at the
opening of the Inquest
Siegel, under Indictment at Port
Worth* Tex., on a charge of nar-
cotics smuggling, was shot Sunday
as he entered his hotel with Miss
Beck He had promised to testify
for the government against 39 oth-
er suspected members of the ring
also under Indictment at Port
Worth.
Mis, Berk testified that she had
known nothing of Siegel's activities
except that he was under Indict-
ment Stobble, also under indict-
ment. said he never had spoken to
Siegel of narcotics.
We Pay Highest Prices for Scrap
Iron and junk Metals of all kinds.
WIUJAMilON WRECKING OO.
MS BeQe Plain Phone 933
oHn TILL li:39 F K
SUNBEAM
to ACCURATELY de-
termine the TRUE condition of
yoar Motor:
FAMILY
SERVICE
R A ELLIS
REPAIR WORK ON EASY TIMB
PAYMENTS
Have that needed repair job done
car now and pay for it on our et
ment plan.-
A 922.50 Singer Sewing Ma-
chine. now ....... S14.95
17AS Velour Rocker
, ...........%s. 95
Whirlpool
W**h*r ...... ... 414.95
Pitta & Son Furniture
10* East Baker
Shirt* Finished Q
only .......... V
BROWNINGS
Southside Laundry
Phooe 439
OUR BOARDING HOUSE
MA~OH,MA7 MAKET\
arr embarrassed last night J5a^ i mstakSi
SVV MISTAKE./ i— ^ V \ WUTM/ THAT <
HIM GIVE ME THE
PAPES.! I STOOD
OUT HERE FOR A
HALF HOUR WAITING
FOR TK PAPER, AND
WHEN T>4' 90i THREW
rT, A BASKET ON A
STICK COMEG DOWN
iAND—OH, I CANT HAVE
THING / MA !
jpfev BOO HOO/ >
BARON SMITH
paled ■■
Those entering the tournament
were of two classes Senior division
was made up of the Scouter* and
the Junior division was composed
of Scouts The results were: Scout-
master Lee R. Trxson of Muliln
won the senior division which In-
cluded three rounds of 30. 40 and
50 yards: the junior division went
to David Bel'..: Rrownwood. for
the 30 and 40 yard rounds and to
Coke .Tolliver of Mullin for the 50
yard round The flight shot ,era*
won by Mr Teaaon at 273 yards and
in the junior. Scout He'vm won with
239 yards.
Boy Scout News
LI HE
Major wasn't
WWDNG— JUST
Camp Staff Named
Scoutmaster Bobbie Joe Pridgeon
and Assistant Scoutmaster Ralph
Roberts of San Saba will have
charge of bow construction and
archery Instruction at Camp Billy
Gibbons this year Bobbie Joe and
Ralph, as they are known to all of
their friends, who have been to
Billy Olbbons in past years, are
two of the best of Robin Hood's
men. They are expert bow mak-
er*. and th«ur skill with the bow
and arrow warrants their ability
to teach this subject
Roy Pox editor of Howard Payne
College "Yellow Jacket" for two
years, and a Brownwood newspa-
per man. will be editor of the of-
ficial camp newspaper. "The Bugle
Myth Originator
The world-wide myth of man-
eating trees is said to have been
originated by Carle Liche. a Polish
doctor and world traveler, who. in
1979, wrote a fanciful tale about
such trees.
VM-tY MOTHER'S GET GRAY
P ASAD BNA^^'cal —The*1 ^Ueut.
Kenneth Bell Poet of the Veterans
at ftveign Wan will' ask the na-
tional convention of that order at
It* annual station in Los Angeles
la August to substitute the word
-veteran" for that of “comrade" in
ah rituals of the order The reeola-
tion explained that dictators have
three the word comrade a distaste-
YA KNOW, MAJOR, TH'TEMPO
AROUND MERE GET TIN}'
VASTER AM' FASTERWtTK ■
SO MANY Ngvsi PLANES, ■
AN STRANGERS PAVslK) M
AROOND--DAD-^URN <T, m
X CANT TELL WVAiCH END 1
-1 <^°rT MOLD OF.' f
'NEU.,.
XU. LENA
THAT VJP
TO YOU--
handle r
ANN WAY
—r NDU VJ*
An automobile of 1910 vintage
had tires pumped up to 100
pounds pressure, while today big.
low pressure tires carry only 28
pounds
PRETTY
awful
Old fashion Barbecue.
5 lb*. Sugar 28c; Steak* lb.
18c. Ed King Grocery. 306
3rd Street.
212tfc
MUMM-MM' TKATS 1
TH'SIXTH L^GGON
BOOTS HAS GIVEN
TWIS HORNIN'.' I'LL
HAVE TWATCH
7 AN'SCt THAT
^KE DOESN'T
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AN EYE FOR A GAL
BY HARRY HARRTSON*KR6EL
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foa ou:e vou used voue head, sou old mos*coliar?I
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MOTE TO CAROL FOR SAVU16 VOUR NECK r—-
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lAb'. TONE ST ' BUB. will have a
I THHJK they ICCtiAPajd CHABof TO
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LOOK! -01Y SHOKli' ITi PART OF TW
gave him all a fellow could have been killed in just this way, »nd
asked for, ar.d yet he was nervous, by a man who now was president
and he suddenly discovered that j of this college, and a powerful and
his pitching arm was faintly sore respected citizen.
tarJ* ** coujd t“ric- I Back in those days hate was
The first batter for Southe* n hate, and a feud was a bloody
advanced to the plate *with thhee gam* where the rules were to kill
**T* discarded two and ycur enemy. Maybe all that would
pinned at Rossy, who stood nib- csuse a man to go wild and mur-
brng the beU on tils hip. der on an open ball diamond. Or
“No bean-balls, jfcAfee!"* perhaps it only made a man sa-r
Rossy felt the hot color of fury' nervous, so mad, so wild, that he
cross his face. The umpire behind could hit a head only by some
the catcher called again, “Play fascinated mischance. Even now j
ball!” Rossy wound up and the Rossy had the feeling he could i
first pitch went wild. The batter have sent down a baffling curve I
made an elaborate duck just the and perhaps have knocked Tolli- I
same, and the visiting rooters, 200 ver to kingdom come,
of them, gave the pantomime a ..Coroe oni stfady Mr_
great hand.__ Afce,” came a solitary powerful*
RoMy P‘'ch(sri \-oice out of the hameful calm,
uraps called strike one. But the __ ,_ . _, . . ^Jr
third pitch was wild again, and so Mill
was the fourth. Rossy shot a hard * ^ Joll|vsr. sitting
straight ball down the groove for x*to. m*n (rorn Yor^
the next strike, and then it was a The li*ht was » c,eV* *** Rr>*7 *
game of wits and accuracy.
Rossy tried to cut the plate with tha* h* v*rd’r J*** expre^on
a low outside curs-e as the batter on4 ^ ^n’. tece It w i warm,
tried to crowd the plate tor a ] 'Ul and » kin<1 confession ih ‘
dodge. The feUcrw's head was low. ,tf **** understanding,
his neck stuck out ever so little. In that moment, by a mingling
Something in Rossy’s soul began °t cunning and clairvoyance,
to itch to bean that head, smash Rossy was informed that this man j
that grin off that gloating face, looking at blm had pitched the i
He walked the first man to try to ball that struck Jay McAfee, and
gave hi3 lost soul. was the cause ef hi* death—or
He walked the next man, too, murder,
and for about the same reason. He “Steady, son,” Dr. Tolliver
knew, deep Inside of him, they called. “Take It easy. Just take
were out to get his stmt. The third it easy.”
DCAiT-
WAVE Tb TXtcr
rr, mxi know /
ALASKA?
I'M SO
DOWN TOTH'
3NG AK
to WHEN THE ARMY OF AMAZONS
MARCHED out in pursuit of the
AMNLANG. the ex-general
REMAINED BEHIND!
BOOY"
SAY/
I KNOW
JUST TH
^GUY/
THIS WMOL*
SUSiNESS IS
HIS
FAULT
>f impending cal am- rFHAT brought a roar of laughter
:lairvoyant and in- x and applause from Lincoln
• boy*. Rossy took his time getting
ready for the next pitch. It wm
■d. with an incress- a curious, and yet an appr-^rlate
uncertainty, ouF to. moment to remember the t ourth
The cheer K<,lwn of July game when hi* lather bad
SOL'D
LAi^
the mound.
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Jones, Ernest. The Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 215, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 25, 1940, newspaper, June 25, 1940; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1044943/m1/4/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Brownwood Public Library.