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For Self Protection
Trade At Home
Breckenridge JImerican
WEATHER
West Texas: Pair tonight and
Saturday except Mattered thun-
derstorms southwest portion. Not
much change in temperature.
mt*CCt
OL. 20. —No. 301.
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 1940.
Price Daily 8—Sunday 5c
fa"HE
" OBSERVER
'-WNS IN WEST
MWth BV PROS
inuuiiuoN raucti
MOMENTS THOUGHT
/^001J-;n wrathtr today was
' brought ulioul by showers in
Went Tum witch may mean
tht.teri here later, and summer
' <jul>tly klipping into fall.
A foil of 1.3 inches was reported
at Clyde, showers south of Abi-
lene, shown.s and some hail at
t'ircetwater, and rain and hail-
fitoiiiis in Central Texas.
l,XJOTBALL has started. The
Gieen Bay Packers took the
cullejjc all-stars for a trimming
last night at Soldiers Field. Chi-
cago.
To us a significant item in the
account of the game was found in
the summary. The Packers, profes-
t-ion.ils. gained 34 rushing, and 315
passing. Isoell completed one to
Kittson for*51 yai\la.
The Buckaroos start working
out netx week. The Athletic Coun-
cil is to meet and then the exact
rliite season football tickets will go
I on Kile will be offered the Ave
I gAmix at home for &.30.
t\UEC riON officials may count,
noses before they count votes.
tlrhen consciiptlon is finally ap-
iroved men of conscription- age
w illiopoit at their polling ^places
for registi-ation before thi
normally hold elections.
TIE pi ess room corr
at the capltol had a rei
experience this week.
Ulili Culheison v. as nomli
railroad commissioner last
day. At the piidweck. Cull
his hald head still dark j
from the August campaigigj,
walked in. called al the wrf
their first name*, and sat
for an hour's friendly talk.W^ It
wasn't any gloating about the vlc-
toiy, nor any talk about who he
was going to fir% or hire, or what
he was ^ulng to do when he takes
office.
Rather, it >was just a cordial in-
formal and icassuring talk Cul-
berson got to telling of his experi-
ences with Persuing In the chase
lor Villa In Mexico. He told other
tnocodes of his expereinces and a
-t episodes in the recent
paign.
ents
RUMANIA TO CEDE HUNGARY RICH AREA
♦ *«***
Almazan Arrives
In Alabama
Juan Almazan is t*hown a a ho
arrived in Mobile, Alabama.
He is traveling alone and ie-
fused to comment on Mexican
politics or world affairs.
|T all added up to th« prospect
that when he takes office, there
Til be tree and easy access to his
rner of the eapitol. and confi-
ncc that the newspapers can
nd out what they ask about, and
so can find out what that part of
he government ts doing.
Already It has been recorded
1 Comair. Jerry Sadler frc-
i ' '.'sits the press room' In
poison to tell of^developments In
the commtssjm's work. CuKicrson
has proven,without even mention
Cowboys Flocking
To Midland Show
Over Six Thousand In
Prizes Di*a\vs Rodeo
Jfcp Notchers
^^flDLAND, Tex., Aug. 20. 'U.B
jo.ntestants today (locked to thu
epical west Texas to*n hy thi
undreds in preparation for the
MO edition of the Midland rcdeo
umorrow, Sunday and Monday in
rhich they will compel? for >6.500
in cash prixes.
Indued in the rcgulai open con
test events will bo calf roping,
with a $490 purse and a $100 sad-
dle as prizes; Brahma cow milk-
ing. $460 pur£c and $100 saddle
with entrance fees added: sad-
dle bronc riding, 50 per cent of
the entrance fees plus a $400
purse, steer riding, $400 purse plus
half of the entrance fees; bare-
back bronc riding, $255 plus en-
trance fees: and steer wrestling
$400 purse plus half uf the en-
trance fees. .
These prixes and purses cxcerd
in value those of any other rodeo
with the exception of th big time
affair* like those held in Fort
Worth, Cheyenne, Wyo.. and Pcn-
War Department
Orders 20,000
Plane Engines
Conscription Bill Is
Mov(ng Nearer to
Becoming Law
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30. <U.R> -
War department today concluded
an agreement with Wright corpor-
ation to make 20,000 airplane en-
gines for defense program bring-
ing total of 37,000 engines ordered
in tw0 days. These will supply
army and navy needs during 19-11
and 1942, it was said.
The pracetime draft bill, mak-
ing all men from 21 to 44, inclu-
sive, subject to conscription for
military training, emerged from
the house military committee
Thuisday wih the leadership draw-
ing up plans for its house pa-s-
age by the end of next week.
Acting quickly, a day after the
senate's vote passing a more re-
stricted version of peacetime ion
scription the committee endorsed
the measure. 20 to 4. It deferred
for the time being, however ac-
tion on an amendment empow-
ering the government to *eize
defensc production plants whose
owners insist upon unduly high
profits. A similar proposal was
included in the senate-approved
measure.
The senate, also working at top
speed, passed a $3,133,428,277 de-
fense appropriation bill and sent
it back to the house for action on
amendment which added $110,-
459,000. Provision of $100,000,000'
for housing and $10,000.00 —half
In cash and half In authorization
— lor a new braving dock at New
York accountcd for nearly al lof
the increase.
Downtown, the day produced, an
agreement foetween the navy and
the United Aircraft corporation
for making 11,000 airplane engines
for both army and navy, by June
30, 1942. The Job *as said t0 en-
tail a $2,500,000 plant expansion
for United.—with the government
buying and retaining title to $7,-
000.000 worth of machine tools -
and si xto eight month's prepar-
atory work before production can
be begun.
FR Challenged On
British Bomb Berlin
Golf Tournev Planned
* V*
15"-if
This radiophoto shows a British-bended apartm-nt in Kottbusscr
Strasse. southeast Berlin. Six people were killed heic and sixteen
Injured.
dleton. Ore. But for action and , ,
real cowboy talent the Midltnl! InQUStrial Draft
rodeo is hard to beat year in and 1
year out. vvteran cattlemen avow.
Cowboys and bronc-busters from
all over West Texas conic in for
the event.
RUSHVILLE, Ind.. Aug. 30. <U.R>
- Wendell Willkle today renewed
his demand to know how th« pre-
sident stands of the amendment
I to allow drafting of industry
Extra attractions this year will | which he said would make the
include a greater contest for cow- i president a "potcntral dictator."
girl sponsors with competition in j
three event*. The regular spon- Th* President frequently has
Parents Advised
On Registration
Germany Admits
«/
Snythetic Gas
Plant Bombed
BERLIN, Au>, . «c.n> The Nazi
air force attacked England's coast
Thursday in retaliation for a three
hour raid on Berlin by British
bombers, the most punishing ever
made on this capital.
While men still searched gingerly
about Berlin's streets for British J ^ ^ ^ ^
time bombd, the German command Thu|S(1(v), a{tcnl(;un before. Th<
loscd up^n the British naval isc. pr[Jnary teachers and principals
of Portsmouth its most-Ieaic^ an wljj . their buildings from
Bus Schedules Remain
Same With Exception
Of Wayland
Registration in the Hire" ele-
mentary schools will begin at om
o'cioek on Friday. September 6.
except that the six year old chil
dren entering school for the firs*
time arc asked to register on the
Women Shooters
To Stage Meeting
Here Oct. 8-10
Invitation to Be Font
' Fort Worth West; Pool
Night Of Oct. 8
Another big golf tournament is
in store for Breckenridge. Cards
.-ailing attention to the fact that
a ladies invitation tournament i
will be held here Oct. 8-10, Inclu-
sive are being mailed over much
of West Texas and as far cast
Fort Worth.
Preparations arc being made. ,,
Mrs. M. A. Nay lor, president of | W /
the Oil Belt Ladies Golf Aasocia- ' $.j
tion said today, for the biggest
aff iir of its kind ever held in this
city.
The Calcutta pool will be on the
evening of October 8. Towns inclua
ed in the Oil Belt Association ar
Breckenridge, Graham, Albany,
Eastland, Cisco. Ranger, Rising
Star and Phil-Pc-Co. Tourn*- j
ments already have been held in I
a numoer of these, but the invita-
tion to the Breckenridge tourna-
ment will be broadcast.
I Tournaments have been staged
j by the association at Graham,
j Cisco. Ranger, and one closed at.
j Phil-Pc-Co yesterday. These havr
| been one each month. At this
I meeting Mrs. H. T. Schoolcy broke
! the co'irsc iccord for ladies with
a 42.
Among the outstanding lady
golfers where tournaments have
been held might be included Mrs.
Glenn West of Rangebesides
Mrs. Sclfooley; Mrs. W. D. Fultz,
and Mrs. B. J. Knappenherger at
Graham: Mrs. K. N. Greer, and
Mrs. Reggie Henderson at Cisco;
Mrs W. D. Tuttle of Phil-Pe-Co.
also Mrs. Claude Hammett, mother
of J. T. Hammett, Breckenridge is
a ftnc shooter.
At the Cisco tournament last
year Mrs. Glenn Vincent of Brcck
enridfe was the winner and BrecK
cnrldge will have to offer fin'e golf-
' ers in Mrs. Jake Sandefrr, Ernie
May and A. A. Webster so far con-
sidered among the leaders.
Model Must Go, ?°° Nazi, Planes
Uncle Sam Says Center Attacks
On London
i\ _ w
lug the subject, that he will be ac- *ors content, in which entries are ' commented on other pending leg-
cesslble. open ind frank with the
men and women representing all
the Miie services and the newspap-
ers of Texas.
judged on appearance and p r-
formancc of riders and mounts,
will have for its grand prise a
islation, such as the supreme court
hill, while it was pending, he
said.
I
$125 saddle.
A sponsors' roping contest Sun- I Fort Worth Man
i Is Fatally Shot
IT Is indicated, and now may
* rafely be forecast, that for the I *** •"«<"*>* wl|l h vc (o' iU
coming administration cT oil and ! chl*f ^,ilc "Seharoausr Dun
gv. conservation, rail, truck and hor * A ' v'nt of calf prn,,tnk; !
pipeline supervil-xm, gas utility j wl" «o winners in tne
regulation and other functions of j rt*uh" sponsors contest and to , a„i3lanl s. Di8trlct
RISING STAR. Aug 30 (Spl) —
Albert Jones. 45, Fort Worth,
v. capon solid squadrons of Stuka
dive bombers.
Returning pilots declared a sur-
prise attack was hammered homo
spectacularly in the face of heavy
antiaiicraft fire.
When they left, they said. Ports-
mouth Harbor wua a sea ot flames
a near-by airdrome n* as a desert
full ot crateis.
Both incendiary and demolition
bombs mere dropped in the morn-
ing darkness on Liverpool Harbor;
on Chatham, the military and nav-;
cn" to four o'clock to t*ke care
of th sc beginners. This new plan
will cn-tb|e the schools to be ot
great service, to the parents o*
these tots by avoiding the rush at
tendant to the usual opening ol
school. Patents should not fail to
bring birth certificates for theii
entering child. Supt. J. F. aBilcy
advised.
Registration in senior high
school Is procc-.lii'g satisfactorily
with an enrollment so ?ar of 2S2.
Enrollment in She Junior high
the railroad commission, the people
of Texas will be fully informed. It
la easy to see the newnwrlters will
keep up friendly relations, guided
by mutual confidence, with the
previous winner* at 'he
land rodeo, with the grand
a $300 horse trailer.
prixc
Rounding out the thrcc day pro-
gram will be a colt show, with
railroad commlaslon. Thus they, entr|eg of Palamincs, quarter
will be able to picture Its official j horw.# >nd thoroughbreds. Includ-
work clearly, acurately and hilly : ,ng hxlf thoroughbreds, with $1<
aiyl no part of the public function J ,n an(j trophies for th« win-
will be obscured hy arbitrary ac-' ntrs.
tlon evasiveness or bad tempera. '
al centcr, thirty miles southeaii of ^ jjctiod %vill take pl iee the latter
London; on Thaiuesshaven, lying ^ajJ t,j n xt week, tne exact dat-
on the nsrth shore ot the Thames [ cs t() b(. announced later.
Cslunry; or. the pjrls of Middles-; The schocl bu srs will make
brough, Chardlff und Bristol; on their regular runs on Friday.
I the aiiports of Eastchurch and Septenr' ci G, b ginning the fiist
Attorney Joe H. Jonei was found: Southend, In Southeast England; run at j2 o'clock. Approximately
Bier Egg Is Found
With Two Yolks
A huge hen egg found by C.
E. Martin on August 16 we a brok-
voi k talc socioly imssos
one ot ib most popular and
{klam.ous m e m b e r s — Pul;
Paans. above, beautiful Danish
model. Her whereabouts were
unknown shortly alter Bureau
ot Immigration ordered tier to
leave the U S. oy Sent. 5.
Criminal Jury
List Is Posted
Week of September 9
To Have Settings
For Mirny Cases
The list to report for jury ser-
vice the wcel: beginning Septem-
ber 0 has been posted in the dis-
trict clerk's office. This will be
criminal Acek In the 90th district
court, a number of eases to bo sei
The grand jury list will report
next Tuesday. oMnday being a holi
day.
Among the cases to be tried n
American Mnuion In
Sudan Machine Gunned.
By Italians
Rumania agreed today to cede
to Hungary one half of hor rich
Transylvania district in return for
a German-Italian guarantee of aid
against any future Russian en-
crochment.
Arrangements were made by Ax-
is power mediators and Rumania
accepted reluctantly and only after
a lAcck of sporadic Russian border-
raids. Russia's atttiude was not
known, but its fleet wa3 maneuver-
ing in the Black Sea and troops
i \.erc already massed along the
' bolder.
.Meanwhile 800 German war-
planes llcw over the British Isles,
centering thu attack on .London.
British claimed they shot down 10
German craft by noon and Berlin
oourccs asserted that 51 British
pianos had been, destroyed.
British said their detenses work-
ed unusually .well and that succes-
sive waves oi German bc>nibcr3
weie dispersed before reaching
London. Rome sources uaid that
Italian bemoers had seriously
damaged a British army base at
Marsa Matiuh, Egypt, und a Cairo
dispatch claimed that Italians h<>.d
machtnt- gunned an America mis-
sion in the Sudn lore.
Waves of German bomocrs in-
cluding one tlett of nearly liUO
were beaten back from the Lon-
don region Thuisday night, thu
Air Ministry reported, in air bat
ties that Sent at le M;t nine Nui
I planes out of the clouds to de-
| all U- ttoIl.
Only scattered groups o.' raiders
i including hit-and-run attackers,
succccdod in reaching inland tar-
gets and at night th<!y were dron-
ing over towns in the midlands.
Northeast and northwest Engiand
and near the southwest coast.
The big assault ^irocted toward
London was beaten off near the
Kentish coast presumably at Do-
ver, the Air Ministry said, while
sleepy-eyed residents 6f Lnmlnn
stoically waited for wailing sir- ns
to announce a seventh consecutive
night of air attaek.
cn today for investigating pur- j number are for theft and burglar.,
poses. Wren the egg. as large as
a gcose egg. was broken out roll-
ed the yolk and white of an or-
dinary egg and another ordinary
egg. hard shell and all.
Mr. Martin has not broken th
s-cond egg. keeping it awhile for
exhibition purpose*. The two-ln-
•jiic egg weighed 5 1-2 ounccs and
was seven and one eighth by eight
and thrre quarters Inches in di-
mensions.
dead at the heme of a sister here,. on munitions, annulment and uir-J the nam - bus arrangement will bo
Mrs. W. E. Tyler.
G. W. Hardin justice of the
peace conducted an Inquest and
although no official verdict wai
entered, he said Jones apparently
was thc victim of an accidental
shot. A shotgun was found near
his body.
rpilOUGHT (or the Moment —
Joy In one's work ts the con-
cumate tool. — Phillips Brooks.
Price Boosting Is
Indictment Charge
NEW YORK. Aug. SO. <UJ -
_A federal grand jury today Indict
1 wKd tho General Electric Co., a svb-
. ^Bdiary, and Great Krupp arma-
k Whnt work* of Oertnany oa chsrj-
UTlif boosting price* of vital car-
bide alloys. A government spokes-
man said theae alloy* ware costing
Whrte to four time* too much.
Library To Be
Closed Monday
observance of Labor Day,
Vfriie library will 1m cloud
CIVIL SERVICE OPENINGS
announced today.
Monday, Mrs. Edwin Past, j «U>C0 a year ; Bureau ot Agrtcul-
Thc United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations for the
positions listed below. Applications
must he on file with the Commis-
sion's Washington office not later
than the closing dates mentioned.
Two closing dttes are given —
the first governs receipt of appli-
cations from persons in States east
of Coolrado, thc second, from Col-
orado and States westward. All
salaries given ire subject to a re-
tirement deduction of S 1-2 per-
cent.
For the first five examinations
the closing dates are September 23
and 38. 1W0.
Assistant marketing specialist
froxen), $3,600 a year; also junior
frocen), . .2,600 a year; also junior,
tuna Marketing Service, Depart-
ment elf Agriculture. Applicants
must have had experience in thc
canning or freexlng. standardisa-
tion, and grading of canned or
frozen fruits and vegetables. They
must not have passed their fifty-
third birthday.
Specialist 6ln conference plann-
ing. 14,600 a year, Office of edu-
cation. Federal Security Agency.
Applicants must have had college
education and experience In plan-
ning and conducting conferences,
forums, and other group aetivttles.
They must not have passed their
fifty-third birthday.
Physical director, $2,000 a year,
in the United States Veterans Ad-
ministration. Applicants must have
completed a 4-year oourse In phy-
sical education and must have had
experience In administering ther-
(Con tinned oa fag* Three)
plane plants at Sheffield, Norwich j ,n order except that it Is plan-
iind Coventry. I ned for the Wayland bus to enre
Attack .11 Oil Plant I lIp through thc Union Hill com-
One Important British attack on' nrunity and pick up those stuii-
a military objective the vital i;yn-; rnij, wh() iode the bus driven bv
thctic gisolinc producing plant at' jjr. Johnson last year.
Leuna. near Leipzig -w-is ark-1
Colored Resident
Dies Thursday
Lillie Bennett, 31-ycar-old color-
ed woman, died at her home here
Thursday morning. She Is survived
by her mother and one sister.
Funeral services will be held
Saturlay, iwith Thompson-Kiker
Funeral Home in chargc of ar-
rangements.
and two or three driving while lu
toxicated cases arc to be set.
Those called for jury ser.fcr
arc:
L. Nichols, E. B. Mliam, Joe Hul
in, L. W. Pate, E. C. Humble, B
H. Trammel!, A. A. Webster, Ro"
H. Rowland. C. N. HarU'.'ield. W
Q. Howell, H. L ' faraway, C. R
Arnold. J. A. jpaggett. C. C. Do-
ley, Leo Joiinaon, Milton H. Peck-
er, Ralph Fitc, Edwin Miller, Pink
Norrell, Loyd Bccson, J. I,. Weath-
erford, S. C. Booth. Lewis Pratt,
Ellis Hope, A?W. Glover. Rayford
Brooks, .fee Risers, He ward West
Lee Luddington, F- M. Bufkin, P
C. Abncy, Ray Rodgers. T. F. An-
thony, J. C. Collins, A. F. Hunter.
Irvin Lewis, C. E. Loudder, Clif-
ford Carey. iS. G. Kineaster, L. W.
Powers, T B. McCrarey, E. B
Mlsamore, C. L. Caa y, Dale Hitch-
rock, C. C. Keith.
ncwledgcd, but Germans asserted
only slight damage i/.aa wrought.
As to the bombing of Berlin, dur-
ing which thu liritixh raiders
dropped explosives within two
miles of Adolf Hitler's ornate head
quarters in the Wilhelmstrassc,
thc Nazi high command declared
coldly that realdc.ual sections weie
intentionally attacked.
At least ten persons were killec'
and thirty injured, most of C
in a working-class section. A sorieS
of fires w&s set olf and bomb
craters were left in various parts
of thc city. One of the attacking
planes was shot down.
C. Of C. Chairman
In Work Session
A meeting of chairmen of the
various cemmit'ees of the Breck-
enridge Chamber of Commerce
was called for 4 o'clock tills af-
ternoon by President Frank Rob-
erts for the purpose of dlscuusing
things that may bo done for thc
city.
A brief review of what has ben
done will b-> gone into, the idea
Sneezers Grope Together
For Hay Fever Surcease
By LEONARD C. SCHUBERT . Aug. 15. with scarcely a ka ehoo.
United Press Staff Correspondent but they expected t0 be in mtd-
WAUWATOSA, Wis. <U.fi> — Dc season form by Sept. 5. They may
cidlng that it is high time to dOj decide on that date such mometi-
something more than bless you' tous qu-stions as thc cstabliah-
An air ministry official wild the
German raiders who dumped near-
y incendiaty bembu on the
iomloii area in their seven-hour
■ttacl: iwhich ended at -l a. m.
Thursday had bembed indiscrimi-
nately in attempts to terrorize thc
r.ivilian population.
Morale Called Unl:re:kaMe
No military objectives were hit,
he said, adding that all efforts to
break thc morale of the people of
London arc bound to fail.
The aimada of p anes and
another squadron of abcut a dozen
s-Kceedcd in streaking inland high
above the balloon barrage strung
along thc channel coast but were
battled furiously by British Spit-
fire and Hu>ricanc fighters and
cha.-;cti back across thc channcl, it
was reported.
The German filers fled before
thc machinc gun attack of tho
Briti.ih fighters and heavy anti-air-
craft. fire without dropping any
<ombs. |
when you snouc, hay fever suff-
erers here have banded together
in the Wauwatosa Policnizers club
They want It understood that
Eleventh Entry
For Dance Listed
Another entry ' for the square
dancc contest to be held here Sept
ember 14 was received in' tho man
today. This was from Childress,
making eleven teams that have
entered.
being to secure suggestions for fu- "lc club has nothing to do with
ture work. gard nlng and that Its function Is
Keahey Awarded
Degree By U. Of T.
Among the 28D master's d-grcei
conferred by the University o:
Texas at its August commence-
ment Monday night was a Master
of Education degree upon Oeorgr
L. Keahey of Breckenridge. Thesis
was "Administration of a Read-
ing Program." ,
strictly anti-sneezers. The charter
members, of whom there now are
said to be about 35 embracing re-
presentatives from four states, are
not just sure yet what can be
done to scourgc hay fever from
thc land. They plan to explore
what resources of initiative and
mutual comfort their union Af-
fords at a meeting to be held
Sept. 5.
• The charter members assembled
for their organisation meeting
men of a revovling fund rot-
supplying handkerchiefs. This
however, is considered only as a
stop-gap measure to fill the
breach until steps of more perma-
nent nature can be taken, accord
ing to Big Sneeze David Rowc.
With the current belated season
of heavy explosive snetzing barely
started, Row.e already had a me-
tallic edge on hts voice as he ex-
plained the clip's ambitions to
expand nationally for greater ef-
fectiveness in control and preven-
tive measures. He said a physician
would be asked to advise the club
in Its formulation of a program
for rellsf of hay fever suffering.
(Continued on Pag* Three)
Smallest Overcoat
Is Made Smaller
What was termed the smallest
overcoat ever delivered by spec-
ial order tere has been made
smaller.
'4
When Jimmy Cohen, son of Mr.
and Mrs. SauJ Cohen, tried on tho
slve one overcoat it was found to
Viu too Inrpe, and it had to be cut
down. Jimmy was not caring
much, it was said. What he want-
ed to do was to get out of it be-
cause of the heat.
Mrs. Lola Pitzer
Operation Patient
Mrs. Lola Pitcer, 800 E. Williams
street, underwent a major opera-
tion at Westside hospital Friday
morning. She iwas reported doing
as well aa could be expected
i
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