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PRESIDENTIAL -Ministers ot Hungary, Italy
SUPPORT FOR In ‘Complete Understanding’
V
tVar Planes for Finland
VENICE. Jan
Roosevelt, Harrison Talk
On Proposal For
Budget Study
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WASHINGTON, Jan 6—<UP>—
Chairman Pat Harrison of the Sen-
ate finance committee today claim-
ed presidential support for his pro-
posal to create a special Senate
and House budget committtee to
examine government expenditures
and proposed tax increases
After a 45-minute conferenee with
Mr. Roosevelt. Harrison said the
President thinks his proposal is
a step toward retrenchment and
budget balancing The .plan, which j
Harrison will introduce as a Senate
resolution on Monday., has en-
countered active opposition from
many House leaders
i “I was delighted with the Pres-
ident's expression of hope that
there would be complete coopera-
tion between spending committees
in the Senate and House1 and the
________1__ _ -<UPt*—Count _
f Galeazzo Diana and Count Stephen *hce. It was reported, that a sequel German-Russian
Csalty, the Italian and Hungarian might be a visit to Italy next week and the creatiory
foreign ministers. *fjound ran iden- by Field Marshal Hermann Goering. pied frontier
tity of viewpoint atid complete up- German Nazi No. 2. , was undent
derstanding on air points” in the, ! \ Confers With Duce • Italian aid
dersunding on all points'
first of a series of talks, Ciano) said
today.
nquest of Poland (
of a Russian-occu-
Hungary Hungary
to seek assurance
ainst any
insurance of
"Bolshevik
i‘ reUrtons.
Confers With Duce
It was understood that before he threat.”
left Rome last night Ciano talked 2. Hungarian-Russian
, Csaky emphasized Hungary's de- at length with Premier Benito Mus- regardetym Italy as a stumbling
iire for peace. Ciano said. solini. and that Csaky before leaving block td the general neutrality of the
I* was understood that the first Budapest talked with Admiral Nich- Balkan and D&nubian nations
alk concerned general European olas De Horthy, the Hungarian re- 3. /Cooperation between Hungary
questions in so far as* they affected gent, the Hungarian ministers to! an<y Jugoslavia, and % noastole Uai-
Italian-Huugarian relations direct- Jugoslavia and Rumania and the lah-Hungarian-J
iy'• . ‘,1 | ’ , Jugoslav Tmd Rumanian ministers'
A second talk was arranged
this afternoon, after a lunch by <
no In Creaky'S honor:
The meeting was of such 'import- i i.
for to Italy.
iy Cia- Reports were that Ciano and<
) would discuss four main problems:
,1.
Tlie situation caused
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'4. General
European wi
1 sire of Italy ai
i as part of
" Interest to
,vian pact
wm^« . com
1 Including the de-
Hungary to settle,
peace, questions of
SOVIET LINES
ItLL
DATE OF ANN
INTERSCHOLASTIC
LEAGUE MEET SET
Ft' of th/.
t be
id Satu
wa/ a
,r
BY HI BERT IX
revenue raising committees.’' Har- j Cnited Press Staff Cwrespondent
^^President believed as I WITlk THE FINNISH ABMY. Ro-
*3“gl „rl^i r will FiMand, Jan 6-<UP.-
xrsL
ussian | the. girls* basket
I The1 annual coun
Interscholastic
in Brown wood
day.' March
nounced rods
Brown count;
the league.
§ NOMINATION OF L
^ JACKSON I’D
T? CAROL DECLARES
1 RUMANIA SET TO
RESIST INVADER
SHINEFF. Rumania; Jan. 6—
-King Carol, in a radio ad-
here within sight of the .Rus-
sian frontier, declared today that
1 "no enemy will be able to put1 foot
on Rumanian soil while Rumania
gives evidence of her present spir-
it of unity.”
'The declaration was'regarded as
especially significant because
Kishineri is the capital of the-prov-
ince of Bessarabia to which Sov-
iet Russia never has renounced its
claim The province was given to
Rumania after the World War.
NEUTRALITY TO
BE PROTECTED!
Strong Words Are Used T<l
Explain Stand of
_ Government
I
SAYS U. S. FLEET
READY TO FIGHT
SAN PEDRO. Calif , Jan. 6—‘
iUP>—The United States fleet Is
>eady to light. Admiral Claude C.
'tJloch declared today as he hand-
'd the post of commander-in-chief
THE HAGUE, Jan €—'UP1—Hol-
land today issued a drastic warning
that all viola tions df Tier neutrality
will be met with force regardless oC.
their source.
which attracted im~
warning.
mediate attention because it was ao
strongly-worded, was issued by tho
government press service which said:
"Some time past tendencious re*
ports have appeared in the foreign
press regarding Holland. Indies tine
doubt in connection with Holland's
determination to withstand any for-
eign attacks or violations with all
powers the country posweee.'
"In this connection, to avoid mis*
same ! calculations and to dear up all mis-
takes It is once again explained that
pletely hidden in tightly planked crates, and guarded by
$240,000 worth of Brewster f
the right direction to echtereteem- 11M, ** w M
front, only 32 miles from the Ri
ana to ap- --
work in carrying out
tiooa for retrenchment
proach a balanced budget
a reasonable time
. Calls fer Teamwork
no intention
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6—fUP> —
, . .. A Senate Judiciary sub-committee
.by ;Harvf>; By”*, headed by Sen William H King. D.
director-general or ytah. todav approved unanimously
following a noting of lhe nomination of Robert H Jack-
son to be Attorney Oeneral. f
tournament wanmttiM agreed to report to
9 and 10 and ^ commhtqe a motion by Sen <
JSSTS Matthew #TSeep. D. W Va . ap-j
tion. 8en Oeorge
a sub-commit-
possible sabotage!
released by the IJ, S.
police
pursuit
d. are
Navy for shimfient to Fiplar
led from trucks a! a New York pier. Finland will- ge 44 of
these planes, which are single-seater monoplanes with a top speed
of more than 300 miles per hour.
rr-ln
-Rid
to Admiral James Q. Richard
ton * '/
"Tvo years ago on- this
quarterdeck.” Admiral Bloch
SUDDEN CABINET SHIFT SHOCK TO
BRITAIN; NAZI WARNINGS PUSHED
“My proposal has
of depriving any other commitfee *tant snimng
of Its functions and should in no ways on the a
of Its functions and should in no
way delay .the expeditin'* action 1
of Congress in enacting the ap-
primtion bills before June 3|.
“It's Objective is to lay the faun- Li was only now being realized
18 the Russians
border J j February 18 andyl7 Location of proVing the
The Russians remaining west of I The tournaments will be announc- w Norru
'Sr"
V’hich kept them al- School, Th(Art Is only one class of i- ^'
move ' ;■ girls' [basketball.
play contests will be held,
Payne auditorium
By United Press | Norway and Sweden against aiding the fleet who have worked so hard
The British public was bewildered 1 ^
, ^ ~ , permuting England to establi
(today by a sudden shift in its war
The fuH significance of live quick
Furnish victories on tftis nortn-cen- ^ Howard
tral front between Dec 18 and ’Dec, March 23. Mr
I favorable vote
Sen Alexander Wiley
John E Miller. D.. Ark
members of the sub-commit
. R, WijL, and
rfc.. the D»b< r
ommittee, ai*
is he bade farewell to his officers there can be no negotiation regard*
. aboard’the battleship Pennsylvania, ing Holland's neutrality and that
\ I said to you that our only ex
, ciise r for
to fuEht.
•'Itl'is my firm conviction
this fleet IS ready to fight,
for that condition, full credit
i given to the officers and men
each violator of Dutch territory will
being was to be ready j be met with the most severe power
t j of our weapons and
that ***** attack may come."
M
today
cabinet, which immediately was
haped uy German political quarters
instructed King to cast • as a Mgn oi dissension m the enemy
ote for him. \ < / ckmp
Leslie Hore-Beli&ha, “go-getter”
Against and so intelligently during our two
liih bas- >ears of service together.
*3 School Land Award
Announcement Due
By End of Jsaamry
•Cr.ainbenain to lcsign from the cab- man.v "
inet and was replaced by the Pa- scand
. . "1 r*l* *° approved the,nomination,
band ahd high school choral sing- .. - ^ t „(
rs,5«sf? ssssr si ^ m.
isfSS -3 SSSSSj s 2256?^^
trenchmc
balance
tee would be about the proper size
and would permit adequate repre-
sentation for the minority. The
committee would comprise six
members each from the Senate fi-
nance and appropriations commit-
tees and the Hoose appropriations
and ways and means committees.-
• ‘. He reiterated his- support of the
. administration measure to continue
the reciprocal trade treaty pro-
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“I believe if th$ program is not
gate to Sweden. But they had been DAiN IC f'FNFR A f
uriven irom that region and now IJ ULiTCn/lL
this whole.Advance appeared to have
been nullified and for practical pur-
poses the Russiah army was sull
held at Saiia, which U had reached \ ( ---
in the first days of the Invasion. A BY INITED PRESS
» ._____M-—Li t 1 Texahs prepared for a ‘ sUy-at.
The R^^ uV the flve*^” “ *
seed 1
prove the
"and I would
sonally the
States for
tll»4 w r ju.ii
nomination
id algo like
e Preside:)'
maxing it.'
nounced tire government for Uie Fmiand, baed
shut, blaming it on!
like to thank per- Hore-beiisna was a
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cutler of red barrier laid
1 es in their countries to war op Oer- “With world affairs in their
many. ! present state of chaos even great-
A typical assertion was the one in er effort Ls. and will be. necessary AU
Uikal Anzeigcr: j to keep us in that condition of ^Lknd
"Bmaui wants to involve Sweden readiness which the people of the todav
in war un Order to extend her block- United States have a right to ex-
New weapons are being devel-
°P«^ New methods of emplojmg Reading th* 10DO0 bids was cam-
tension was in- pid weapons are being used There D]<.ted at 11 a m wu,, *r>»«
m'mJ olilt are perpiexlu* and complicated Opening began at Wed-
?ase* T11 V1* questions ot international relations
111111 in solution of which the fleet
*>*l*eved Russian must perform Its assigned tasks."
Sevrevary w DUa lor war. was ,de to Genminya aorthern flank and
forced by Prime Minister Neville ol( swedLsh war supplies to Ger-;
^ tvae ■ r% 1 r% t a • . aw t'Ww — W I
army politic^, submarines had (penetrated the mine
laq pen
actcss
i of the United tape and had antagonized the older the Gulf at the Aaland Islands, and
OVER SOUTHWEST Snout, Rain Fall
/ In This 5ecfion
/
days w'ere estimated at from 3,000
wide assortment of wintry
er made highways dangerous
*r.”H "SUSS.
soutn. in the buaxnusainu sector.
Rain, sleet and snow
continued It nsuld be
T’ play
ious to this country’s ___
position now and the jiart we wUl ranged Irom one to ivto divisions.
places, including Fort
in the mtenjational economy 1 aooJt 18.000 men each Jt is estimat- KelhM.m’. *hree
■01~7^r‘2 -‘
program has been of treat i W •““v J.l Bil„la *l drought that threatened a
benefit to this country in the en-! • 11 was believed that the Russians des.-
largetnent of our trade relation- 011 Lhe front either must re- ^
ship with other governments and ito dip
the
some]
h and !
fa us to
governments ahd “ “ u
q contiriue these ^ Fuins hokiinjg Savukoski, north-
- 1WJ arfu «—.™..
agreements," Harrison said. I v,ante uiey ioas the bat- IQr wesl ie“*
'tie at the Kemi river. They can not
“It vteuld^certainly lessen our in- j^try anotner move toward Kemijaervi lo .
•mkoe* a*ia *reat nation' in help- ^ iOI1g && their right flank is open , ,/T
lag to solve the economic ques- attack by the Finns from Bavu-
tiona following these wars and w-i,. . . , /8U
Texas received moisture in the
form of rains, sleet and snow Fri-
day night and Saturday morning,
(according to reports from the 8outh.
western States Telephone Company,
i / -fr. 4 Heaviest rainfall was In the Im-
ort v^ortii and mwjlatt Brownwood area. The local-------------—----------
wer^ mixed ^ observer of the weather bureau said mands lor a Parliamentary invgsti-
however.: 7 » Saturday Bangs received j} German sources, whde~pleased at 163ru
__________dan Creek 50 Inches: j what tliey regarded as evidence of'destroy e
threatened a month ^3 lhchiK and Mercury .50
the
brass hats” ot Uie army by; Uio io. warned a tigo.uus uemand
rapid promotion ot younger men to Moscow for ar explanation,
uuporuint posts. 1 "• _J Sweden it oriiinues AM .
i 'i'nere were rt ports of friction be- l ' Despite uie iiixicty Caused by the Adm‘ral Richardson, and went to the tract thus had to be with-
tweeh Hore-ik*u»na and oilier inem- German press campaign, Sweden nfw **ut**s ^ commanding officer . drawn from the sale. Giles s*kl he
continued to said lielp to Finland. ol the 14th naval district at Pearl will recommend a change in
News trom the rinnisn battle front Rar*x,r- Hawaii * “-1 * *' “
■ ' 1 In traditional naval ceremony.
Admiral Richardson ran up liis
four-starred blue flag on the main
tiers |of Uie uiner «ar caomet, as
well (as wiUi Viscount Oort, com-!
A wide area .of Central ahd West mander of uie British expeditionary told of ngniiiig in the Salla sec-1
~ ’ :e.1 For
iorcej in France.1
mat reason, tor of north central Finland, where
Chamberlain was understood to have lue r uins nau , juaneci Uie mam uac-
ursposed of Hore-Beiislia to avoid tie lilies to wnhln 32 miles of me
tricuon among nis aides. Ruasianj border j Russian losses in five
Press Drneunces Change
(Nevermeless me press denounced placed
the change as for the worse and de- ably 10.1
62 inches of rain fell here
, [ 7 aNm. Sat
ended a 75 lnchftk i
month May ^3
winter wheat mchea.
lures were expected , gnd*- was
Saturday night m tt was snowing and
>| • oopen,
troops
1 dissension in nnlain. saw little, gam
! fbr Germany m the shut. An autnor-
er over most of the United was 32
lions following Jhese
!would place us m l$e
/tion we were- in before
’gam when all governments
ing with each othii in building’ up
prohibitive tarnf walls
cartels and other means
wars and
same posi-
pro-
Vy-
koski. -..i - 'j
Whatever the Russians decide to reau
do
tra*
reported, and In the * Mid- rtod was
at Abilene and) ized source commented:
ling at Cisco { (*No»; .we iiave one Jewish
Lake
tacted i
Rain was forecast, for j*te Sati rday]morning. Dublin also monger iHore-Belishai to work be- turned ahd beitan strong resistance,
AUSTIN. Jan. •—(UP>—Stata
Commissioner Baacom OUaa
' hoped" to announce awards
slate’s sate bf 806.000 acres
M before the end of
ay. Relays of employees read
for 17 hours during that
-
the entrance to
~j Texan Takes ( nmmand .
With a glitter of gold braid and
booms
of salute guns. . Admiral
Bloch turned over the fleet com-
l mand to thie 61-year-oid Texan,
Highest bid on any land was 841
acre for a tract in Lubbock
ty. but the bidder will be die-
ted because a former pur-
re-instated his rights and
truck of the Pennsylvania, fleet
flagship, and Admiral Bloch was
days of fightug on this lront a ere P*P®** oyer the side.
Furnish sources at prob-
to 12,000 men.
tpoiteu mat Finnish
on Jie
ta ast week iiave con-
tew Kjissian division coming
to the rescue.
Ine iieemg Russians suddenly
. hind the scenes and one more Aryan the report said
_ Tempe ature In Brownwood Frl-t wa* it«Oso «o«an«ly* m me »««r On Uve wesiem front in
rising temperatures wege 'day vark A only three degrees low- Ministry lUeil. We know Btanl^y there still was no general fighting'
for Sundayv | feat temperature for the 24-hour .g,yen ociort me war he favored-eco- buf patrols were active and French
rtnprratures were freesiaf or period ending* at 7 a. m. Saturday nomic war against Germany.'1 ' and German artillery engaged in
u'~k * i he Gt-iuittjn pi esv was busy with duels in {the Apach sector near the
Earlier ,ln the day. Rear Ad-
miral William 8. Pye moved up to
vice admiral In command of the
remnants of Uie battleship division aboard the U. (
ision which they's s West Virginia. Vice Ad
central front at nural Charles P. Snyder, hauling
down his flag aboard the West
Virginia, moved over to the U.
S S California and assumed the
rank of full admiral in command *
of the battle force. Admiral Rich-
ardson had been batUe force coin*
France mander. ■ 1A ■ 4
decrees—freezing. Highest
r- — - - - — — . rw - — , — ) v a a , wy wu «# %■» VJ ww a»• a va v a>. a
States, the Fcdrrsli Weather Bu- thermom *ter reading for this pe- an inspired campaign ot warning to; Liixem
35 degrees
it seemed that the fate of eery- WesUsnd Rocky Mountains many The complete rain reports fur-
Flmand must depend on fight-! *t*tUfas reported sub-zero lows (nlshed by the telephone company at
around Shlla T*e RuMlans lost reported In Central Tex- 11 a m. Saturday were:
Oklahoma and Kansas and rain
South Texas.
Austin, slow rain and still rain-
ing: Ballinger, good gain; Bangs.
through &vuko6ki intithe battle of the Kemi
iriveii Dec. I8j|and have been on the *n._ . , . ^ . _
ueteksive s nek | , 1 Transportation and communica-1.75 Inches, Blanket, shower; Bradv
silence!of army headquarters tltm ^UlUes suffered from the win- light rain and still raining: Abl-
/wfl • mjr • 1W MlCiltejUl lUili
tlllCO Man Uies in regarding operations
Crash! Near Cisco P„
i
* wpy
to La vaughn
atx>ut 22T* t
Young Robinson, employe of an
Eastland construction company,
stepped out of his stalled au
feBe three miles west of Cisco
summon s passing car The au
bile struck him, inflicting fatal
juries- The accident occurred about
4 A m. I
.• .iteded by perk ds of official silence—j*ton"*n*?*8Prtn*~F«r* Imppy? The
W-f* silence whlth is ss much's pkf1 *** Most of
of .Finnish stri tegy as the assaults of J5xas had 10 5?*^ ra*n wlt*1
battle
CISCO. Jan. 6^(UP)-A st^Ufltl^ ^
automobile and »^now-covered high- j___ ___
w*y «»“>ined today to bring death mvlsible7’ soldiem " temperatures above freezing
Kooinaon of Chico, Fighting, d( .crimed/ officially as
“patrol activity," f continued on
Salla front.
, x »_ __
tomo- =
Snf 3p POLL
al lH- i I n 4
WASHINGTON. Jan. 6—(UP) —
_____ House opposition to a proposed Joint
Salla -try blast and^livestock was driven to ‘led*, snow; Coleman. ^25 Incher^ e*-*onai commit ice to siuuv
Senate Probe Of
in jthe
ibourg
—TT
_ land
law fixing s time limit for re-in-
statement of land titles when pay-,
menu become delinquent.
Biggest single cash remittance
was 829,000 for several tracts' in
Pecos county.
One bidder enclosed a’ buffalo
nickel for luck. Another rnrlnsefl
an overcoat button, freshly cut
off the coat. OUas is using it fer
pocket luck piece.
One bidder disregarded the
ulremenu and announced that
the land was awarded to him
would look it over mm then
If it suited him make payment.
Prior to the sale 34500 lists of
the land anc{ 44400 purchase ap-
plication blanks were distributed.
Approximately 10400 bids were re-
ceived compared with 2448 when
*dtate land last was offered at a
sale held 8ept 8. 1880.
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£
OIL BELT DINNER
Budgemoposed SET FOR JAN. 27
Finns Contact New .........
Division of Reis Fire In Detroit
All big *^e*ter' put the farmers—who had Comanche, good rain: Cisco, snow iintutcial problems brought demands
feared a repetition of disastrous dust and sleet; Dallas, sleeting; Dublin, touay tor an independent Senate 10-
The Meeting
Port Worth, light rain;
good rain; Ooldthwalte, good rain;
Orosvenor. 45 Inches; j Lampasas
Turn ty-three football players,
representing the best talent in Dls
COPENHAGEN. Denmark, Jan. |
8—<UP)—Finnish troops pursuing)
the rrmnanU Ol the 163rd RusMsa 1
dtvtakm which they -destroyed on
the central front at Lake Kianta
last F**k. hate contacted a new
Russian division coming to the
Takes Two Lues
| DETROIT. Jan.. •—(UP)—TWO
persons died today as result of a
fire that swept through a large
apartment, forcing 100 tenants tp
flee of leap to safety.
Mrs R Heron, a deaf mute, was
suffocated John McCauley. 44. died
of injuries sumred whan he Jtug-
ed from a second floor wtndour.
Firemen were credited with eld.,
ing to safety et least 48 residents
of the three Mary structure. Some
were carried down ladders end some
leaped into life nets from secand end
third floor rooms.
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trict 9-AA (Oil Belt) wUl be enter- lord's rescue, reports to the newe-
In the Panhandle, however, the Rood rain: May. 85; Mercury. 50;
weather was colder end the rein Indian Creek. SO Inches; Sen Ah-
TAXES
Raid Friday
turned into sleet or powder-like
snow, In New Mexico. Colorado,
western Oklahoma and r southern
gelo, good’rain; Santa. Anna, good
rain; Waoo. good rain. . , '
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Club Women to Meet
Thirty-nine
Brown county
Amarillo reported a minimum tem-
jperature of 10 degrem early Satur-
i day. Panhandle stockmen were warn-
clt-j ed to protect their herds, and motor
Tuesday in Austin
Damage was slight when two heav-
trucks, attempting ‘ to txeni paid their poll taxes Friday tats were advised to keep off the ice-
tjrsst*” U*'U',T ‘'rnh?r ..
| The number who are qualified to 4? »t 6:30 a. m. The weather was
A ./.A.4;nA D./v4»o*n - vot* stands at f414. — misty and skim overcast, promising
Argentine tTptestS rain or snow during the day. Cloud-
croft, N. M., mile-high mountain
resort frequented by many west
Texans, had a 10-tneh snow and
Placing of Mine)?
f
/'•
BUENOS AIRES.
t*l
Jan. 6—(UP>—
Argentina. protested ’today, to the
s ml laws dnr of Oreat Britain, France
and Oermany and the Polish mtn-
later agamst the action of belligeri
ant countries in placing mine* out-
alde their territorial waters.
The notes, according to the for-
eign office, said that Argentina re-
the right to
THE WORLD WAR
tion of ; Women’s Clubs
8tate Board of the
and Teachers will both
m here Tuesday at their
♦ ♦ 4
25 YEARS AGO
JAN.T'ltUv
AUSTIN. Jan. 6—(UP)—The
State Board of the Texas Pbderm-
and the
Texas Cbngrem
of Parents
be In session
respective state headquarters
buildings. !
The Federation Board will be in
session Monday night and Tues-
j day; the Cdngrem Board Tuesday
and Wednesday.
^.tnr « poo, min,1"S5JZ
Board TW, .t U« SuTTST
sportsmen made plans for a 1
end or skiing, * sledding and
eratlon building.
, — takt further __
*lf'amch procedure on the port1 United
Russian
— r
Interned German
sold to private d
States
an army
Mb frontier,
kv
MW reached
; capturing K
yn ri
were routed via El Peso Instead of
Albuquerque and one flight from
El Faso to Denver was cancelled.
/• Freezing temperatures extended as PHOENIX. Arte., Jan. »_aip)—- Police Sergeant C. _
«• Dacia far south as Abilene ahd Big flkxlng. The condition of Percy 8. Straus.!36. was found shot to
by thj Texarkana bad a law of 22 degrem heed of the B. H. Macy of i night. The (deicer's pistol was near-
Kimpolunf.' ville 63. I
, vestigatton ol President Roosevelt's
Mullin, budget. * '
Sen. William E. Borah, R . Idaho,
Joined other republicans ill propos-
ing a Senate-House inquiry into
national delense expenditures, past
and present Borah said that defense
needs are now computed in “hap-
hazard fashion."
“I think well have time enough to
make the study before Hiller gets
over here," he added. , L. [ . Hr„k„nPlH„
The joint "budget committee" ^ CC“nvr**
plan, sponsored by Chairman Pat.
Harrison. D.. Miss., of the Senate
finance eammltee and endorsed by
Senate republicans, got a cold re-
ception in the House. Chairman
Robert L. Dough ton, D.. H. C., of
the House ways and means commit-
tee approved it, but other influen-
tial House members, although en-
dorsing it in principle, said that it
would get nowhere, at least at this
session of congress. House senti-
ment crystallized about the time
that Senate republicans plumped for
t^e Harrison plan.
- Of fleer Found Dead
8 AN ANTONIO, Jan. 8-(UP)—
r Ranney,
tact
tained here Saturday night, Jan-
uary 21, at a banquet sponsored
by the Brownwood Traveling Men’s
Club v
The club voted to sponsor the
banquet recently and the date for
the event was set at today's reg-
ular luncheon in Hotel Brown-
wOod. , ; i
Eleven
members of the mythi-
paper Berlingske Tldende said to-
j day.
The contact was reported made
near >the Russian border north of
Lake Kianta. The arrival of rein-
forcements was disclosed when the
fleeing Russians suddenly turned
and began offering strong resist-
ance, the newspaper said. ' ■'
A report to the same newspaper
~ B
said it waa learned that Finnish
cal C?1 Belt eleven, twelve boys on ski patrols, during the third week
the second team and coaches from of December, had destroyed a newly
1
Vl
\
Steph invilte, Cisco.
Ranger, Mineral WdUs and Brown-
wood will be special jgumts
A committee composed of Buck
Newby, John Gorman, Fields Har-
rta, Kenneth Hmrknf and A. a
Davidson was
the program far the event.
Speakers at today’i luncheon in-
fi
t:
\
- - se
r
by. FHlow officers said Ranney had
v- ■
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lived with hta father.
-
laid Russian rail line from Uhtua.
on the Planish border, hampering
the movement of Russian supplies
and contributing much to the rout
of the ltsrd divtaiotv near 8uo-
muaaalml. since it kept reinforce-
Ivlng in time
arrange ments from arriving in time for the
i battle
The newHMper PoUUken reported
eluded James Thomason and Tom- irom Rlvanlemi, In the north, that
my Vaughn, member^ of the A. Si w^rth- 810 each,
M football sound' Coarh Pat Ca- been evacuated from
gle of Brownwood HlghSdiool and ?nUn.d 10 w**t«rn Lapland to save
Mack Boswell Tlw^pragram was then? f<Toma55e wU*,,1ln* “f1 prov4d#
under the direct ton of E » *»•«• ,or **>•
R. Bane.
Nelson Stricken
PoUtlkenX Helsinki correspond-
ent said that 18 towns in south Fin-
land. including the pert of Tsnko
. _ . ahd Aabo (Turku) had been bomb-
Jan. 6— (UP)— yesterday. Scandinavian -h*-!—
LOS ANOELE8 _______
°' "SSSSl ***** town of
„ m V?": v.otkk* was rakled by nine Itatetea
with influenm today and withdrew planm which droDDed 88 bamlw Ten
from the 15th apnual Los Angeles buildings were bm^ two persons
Ptaoml un-, killed and If wounded, tb4 report
■ft.
J. :•*.
, i.
l\>:
Mother, 3 Children
Claimed by Flames
PARSIPPANT>. J„ Jan. i-(UF)
—Trapped in the bathroom of their
cottage at Lake Hiawatha when an
oil stove exploded in another room,
a mother and three bhUdrsn were
burned to death today.
Mrs. Ralph Cipriani and her ehttd-
ren—Albert, U; PhylUs. 1; and Oar-
olyn. 11 months, died when they
anre .unable to fane the door er
window in the bathroom. The family
Bog, "Lassie,"
Austin. Jan: 8—(UP>-
tlon. from Miut-downs
met today far 81
tnef-
W«Us of
Texas
Field of Harris oounty, as part of
new regulations to
certain refinery
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