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For Self Protection
Trade At Home
West Te*a : P*ir tonight and
Saturday, except showers south-
west portion. Not mueh change In
temperature.
VOL. 20.—No. 805.
BRECKENR1DGE, TEXAS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940.
Prte* Daily 8—Sunday fie
THE
OBSERVER
roilTBAU BACKING
ItKIVr. HLUWCB
MO.HKNTS THOlUHt
SEEK UK HUSD
JF you hav, bfrn buying a season
:trkPI (trill am did last year
B> t yours now It '*111 help out so.
Also (hose neat looking car plates
will help out, loo.
Money front the cur platen ^nd
the 25 cents to he charged (or the
pirview ball Kami next Thursday
night sw> foi the team.
It |>ays (or odij Jobs about the
whool that help out the boys, the
barbecue given the xquad each
spin).; and things like that.
Considc i able money. Is taken In
m football each yesr, but football
pays the way of the other spoits
as a study of the financial report
on thin ifegc will show. And this
year the school starts off with
only V. . balance.^
/ 'OAC'HES have oeen putting the
the boys through twice per
flay, hut Aith school opening the
muuiing practice may be abandon-
ed Bieekeniidge has a formidable
schedule this yeai. There arc plen-
ty of tennis known to be tough,
and then theie is always the ele-
ment of surprise In the strength
of an opponent. Remember Minet-
al Wells last year? Arlington
Heights has 14 lettermen return-
ing Graham is supposed to offer
Uugii resistance also.
/ HMCH Eck Curtis .said the only
J complaint he hail last year 'was
about playing all the boys. He said
he has and will continue to play
them all whenever poaalble, but
those not developed to the point
of complete dependable have to a-
<wait then chance when the game
ft a safe. And these days one never
['knows whether anything under a
Tj point lead is safe.
CAROL FLEES IS NAZIS GRAB RUMANIA
Convict Wounded In Capture
LWfriXp*
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Football Season Hundreds Flee Oklahoma Floods
Death took his companion. Biucc Fowler. and .cnnic near Floyd
Hoyce. pictured above as l>i II IJ. Wilson examines buckshot
wounds in his nock, when Vicksbuig officers challenged the tw>
cscapcd Ail.an.sas convicts and a gun tight followed. The felons
were among iJ* who cscapcd from a prison farm.
Hitlers Address
Helc) Appeal To
Cease Raids
TIWKKB is no effort to run up.
1 big scores, twit the coaches
ai ,I the fans uant to Win ballj
Same The Bucks probably could |
have stacked up 75 points against J
Abilene last year. Rut chanccs arej
that ill a lot ot the games thisj
year the Rucks * ill need all hands!
on deck and the funs pulling llkci
nobody's buaine s to win some of •
the games, now looked upon as nol[
Bj tough.
A NTI THIRD termers are jett-
ing irady for a campaign In
Stephens county cgainst the elec-
tion or Pt content Roosevelt.
liemocrats are Joining hands
with the republicans for the elec-
tion of Wendell Wlllkle Tor presi-
dent If the democrats who would
vote aagintt a third teim need any
sulve lor |>«ity feelings they can
laan hack on the fact that the
next senate will be strongly demo-
cratic. Only about a third of the
senatois are up for le-elcction.
^'I.ASSKS open in the publlc
' schools Monday, but enroll-
ment opened this afternoon. This
means the children will be back on
the street in goodly numbers a-
gain. This also means that It is
time to drive much more carefully.
i H M 1 'I.(CATIONS of driving «c-
' cldents show that the gresteat j
number of craahes takes place be-
tween T and t o'clock In the even-
ing. When people are getting tired,
and teactiens slow we suppose.
India* ha aset a goal for 100 days
of deathless driving. She has
reached the 9~ mark. When that
is passed she is going to shoot a-
galnst the 156 deathless days rec-
ord set by Providence. R. 1.
It was only a little over a month
ago that Breckenrtdge had a fa-
taiity. The ratio her* la too hlfh.
rtOUCHT for The Moment:
There is destiny that makes
us brothers; none goes his way
alone. Edwin Markhi.m,
SKBiN or Heard: A dog crawling
out of flah pond than waiting
until he got close to mistress be-
fore shaking himself ... Prank
Roberta at L*meaa on his rounds
aa Rotary district governor ....
Johnny Bates on being aafced if
ihe had quit golr antmering "yes,
"every afternoon" ... Judge Castle-
man deciding that In order to have
military funeral one has to be
dead ... Office of uU-ltN term-
<Continued on page Pour)
BY. J. W. T. MASON
Hitler's spc-ch in Berlin has
special military interest becalm
of its appeal to Great Britain foi
Mutual cessation of night aii
bembing. Hitler descrilwd the
night attacks as "use|rns" and it
sccnw probable that this part of
his speech was due to pie.ssurc of
the German people, disquieted : >
hostilities in the dark.
The fuehrers protest marlu
hi* lint defensive utterance since
the beginning of the war. Hither-
to he has always spoken entirely
about forthcomng offensives Wed
nesday however he indicated thai
Germany wanted to mode rat r the
war by eliminating night raiding
It is strangr that Hitler thus
tries to lay down rules limiting
air warfnr" after his frequent re-
ferences to the great preondcran-rc
of tkrman aviation .strength and
his promise to the German people
that they would have air mastery
over Britain.* It would seem that
aviation plans of lhr German
high command are not working
out according to schedule.
Hitler's statement that he wait-
ed three months before retaliat-
ing again-t Butish night hombing.1
was Intended a moral argu-
ment. But. as a matter of fact,
Geiman aviators had no training
in night navigation and opera-
tions. It Was neeeS'illy to Intpiu j
vise instruction for them which
accounts foi the !hicc months
delay in hitting back.
German air specialists always
scoffed at night raids.
They were held to b" uscles"
while they considered Germany's
large numerical plane superiority
would allow daylight attncki* pf
sufficient intensity to guarantee
air domination This m!*Judgment
is the most serious the German
high command has made during
the war. Hitler now trls to tec
t«y It by urging suspension of
night attacks.
The British realised at the out-
set of the war that major daylight
air attacks against Germany
would be Impossible until they
more nearly approached German j
strength. So they have given
their pilots specialized training In
the technique of night attack
against which defense is far less j
effective than In the day time. (
The British, too. practical de-
fensive methods tor night use
which wrri neglcct-d by the Ger-
man* because of their contempt
for night air maneuvers. These
factors have allowed the British
to gain superiority over (he Ger-
mans In accuracy of night sir at-
tack and In repelling night bombj
era. The one advantage the Ger- j
(Continued on Page Two)
Pioneer Eastland
Merehant Dies
Service For John M.a.vcs
To Be Held This
Afternoon
John Mayes, 72, for many years
a merchant at Eastland and at
Hamlin. dle«t at Henrfrick Metnor
Inl hospital, Abilene, at !>:30
o'clock Thursday afternoon. Taken
ill i week ago Wednesday. Mr.
Ma. es had undergone major sur-
gery at the hospital Sunday.
Funeral services were to be held
at the First Baptist church at
Ea«tland at t o'clock this after-
noon. Rev. Jones Weathers pastor
of the church, officiating. Inter-
ment will follow In the cemetery
there.
Members of the family surviv-
ing air Mis. Julia Hunt Mayrs.
with whom he would have ob-
served their golden wedding an
niversary on Christmas day, m
brother, B. P. Mayes, Ahilene, two
daughters. Mrs. R. N. (Pauline)
Richardson. Abilene, ami Mix,.
Sani N. < I.ila > Hardy, Houston,
ami a grandson, Rupert N. Rich-
ardson. Jr., Hardin-Slnvmons c\
ecutivc.
John Mayes was a native of
Fay ttevillr. Ark., where hc wius
born on December 25. 1SW7. His
father. Rev. j. L. Mayes, was a
pioneer Baptist minister and Con-
federate soldier. The Mayes fain
ily moved to Texas when the son
was three years old, and hc was
reared at Var. Atetync, in Gray
son county.
Mr. Mayes engaged for many
years in the hardware business at
Eastland, with his brother. Moving
to Hamlin, hc ,vas in the hardware
I usiness there for 10 years, and he
resided with his family at Ham- i
lin for 12 years. Returning to I
Eastland in 1918. he has sine liv- .
ed there, and at Olden.
Bundles To Britain
Asked From Here |
A telegram recflvtd Friday j
morning by t? e t r«ckenridg*. j
Chamber of Commerce asks that I
Breckeniidge Imp organized for
participation In tht bundles to
Britain movement.
It was asked that recommenda-
tions for leaders in the movement
be made to the New York head-
quarters. Medial supplies to be
Britain will be one leading en-
deavor.
Tickets On Sale
Here Today
Preview Game Slated
At Buckaroo Field
Thursday Evening
At a meeting of the school Ath
letic Council held Thursday noon
it whs decided to place the sea-
on football tickets on sale today
and every person buying unc last
year is requested to get his im-
mediately.
Preference of the saute seats
held last year will be held open by
secretary C. W. Wulfjcn, Jr.. until
Wednesday. September 18. fullow-
ing which the tickets will be sold
to the first hiddcrs. Price of tht,
tickets will be 50 for the five
home games. Last year 680 season
tickets were purchased and these
fans are asked to act at once in
order to cxpediatc handling of th-
seating arrangements. Wulfjens
telephone number is 122.
Coach Eck Curtis in addi<essing
members of the council said Brcck
cntidgc will have a fair team this
year built around the seven re-
turned lettermen, and despite
some rumors to the contrary, some
of the toughest games will be
played at home.
Arlington Heights first to b?
met by the Buckaroos, Sept. 20,
is considered a strong bidder for
championship honors, even with
Masonic Home in that district.
In addition to the tickets car
plates arc being offered for sate
in downtown drug stores this
yrnr at one half the price of last
year. Funds from the sale of the
plates goes into an athletic
fund. The plates arc attractive
and sell for oO cents.
First public view of the 1040
Buckmoo edition can be seen in
action next Thursday evening.
Thc boys will be introduced at
that time and changes in the rules
explained, besides the game. A
charge of 23 oenU will bc made,
this also to go into a special ath-
letic fund.
In the games away from home
Wichita Falls, thc first, will be-
on'' of the toughest. It .v«s said
already 2,2000 season tickets have
been sold to Coyote fans.
Negotiations now are under
way to have the game with Abi-
lene played at night so that more
from here can attend.
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X'.
Travelers to S-ipuIpa. Okla., arrived by bvnt or n 't at all as flood waters from streams swollen by a
deluge in northeastern Oklahoma poured over mcst of thc town and surrounding area ta a depth of
three to six feet. Hundieds of families were forced from lowland hemes as downpours blocked all
roads. A'rove. a U. 8. highway in Sapulpa is used as a waterway by boated rescue parties.
Entries In Dance
Contest Force
Enlargement
Twenty Teams Will Bc
Entered With 2 On
Floor at One Time
With the number of dance teams
j for thc square dance contest to
bc held here September 14 origi-
nally set for sixteen couples the
number of entries has passed that,
and today it was decided to have
twenty entries, the contestants to
cimipcte two at a lime.
Latest applications for entrance
came fioni DeLrori. two teams
from Mineral Wells and one frwm
San Angelo.
Frank Denver, chairman, today
said all eouptcs must bc i*oadjr TV>
start competition at 7:30 o'clock
that evening. With ten minutes of
competition for each set of teams,
then the semi-finals and finals, a
gay evening is anticipated.
The committee, consisting of E.
O. Met 'lain and Charles Sommers,
besides Leaver, still is casting
about for the best music that can |
lie secured for the occasion und
judges ale to hc selected.
Buckaroo field i i expcctcd to he
filled for this occasion which has
reached state wide proportions, as
the Chamber of Commerce, under
whose auspices it. is conducted, ex-
pects to ni;>ke it an annual affair.
Attendants are promised the
highest class square dancing ever
witnessed here. Sonic of the terns
FORTY-FOUR INDICTMENTS
BROUGHT BY GRAND JURY
The Stephens county grand jury,*
selected Tuesday afternoon
has returned forty - four bills
of indictment and adjourned until
September 23.
The number of indictments is
one of thc largest brought in
years by a Stephens county grand
juiy, but in a number of i \ ances
several counts arc brought against
one person.
Thefts outnumber all other |
cliorgcs by a large plurality. Elev-j
en cases are charged against one'
man. Not all the names iwerel Presbyterian
i
Air Battles Rage
Over England As
34 Planes Downed
Iron (iuard Smashes
Windows of Shops
In Bucharest
(By United Press!
A pro Nazi anti Russian regime
took ovei in Rumania teday as
addieating King Carol ."""pr-red
to flee with his mistiess. Madga
Lupcscu. leaving the army to con-
trol the country under his 18-
year-old son. King Michael.
A special train was ready to
speed Carol and his Jewish sweet-
heart from Bucharest to Switz-i-
■ land. Iron guard forccs dominat-
' ed Bucharest and smashed Jcw-
I ish shop windows and arrests
I were ordered for many former of-
| ficials of Carol's government.
Meanwhile, air battles raged
over England, calling some ob-
servers to believe that Hitler lias
decided on all-out warfare be-
tween his air fleet and Britain's.
I.rndon sources reported that 3t
German planes and nine British
were shot down today, while Ber-
lin's score was 4a British and 14
German. Germans claimed ex-
tensive damage from bombs on
the southeast coast.
An estimated 800 Nazi planes
took part in today's raids, directed
chiefly against airdronirs.
Cairo reported that British
near east land and sea forces
were strengthened, and that trie
who held their Fall meeting at | British navy sought unsuccessfully
Presbytery Votes
To Meet Next In
Breekenridge
PrrKbyteiy of Abilene members
Stamford Wednesday and Thurs-
day, voted to m^et at thc First
Church, Brecketi
Former Students
Attend Reunion
The Consolation School Reunion
is held each year in Parker Coun
ty for the students and teachers
of the Old Consolation School \ entered have I mpeted in virions
Those frcm Breekenridge who states. £Yizrs lor thc winners total
attended the reunion Saturday! from $!<" for first prize ta
which was held at Brock were; for eighth.
Billic Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. I —
George Harrison and daughter, i .,
Jenora, Mrs. C. R. Harris and1 rCllOWSflip Meet
children. Billy Kloyd, Doris Jean j O, ,n,|..v At 9 P iW
and Clyde. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Har ^UllUay /\l it f. 1*1.
riaon and daughters. Gladys and] fjrv Drake will
Virgi,. May. and granddaughter.
made public, pending arrest. The
charges range through butglarlv.
driving whle intojlcated, arson
and receiving and ocuceaing stol-
en goods.
Settings for next Monday, open-
ing day of criminal week In thc
district court, include- cases of
James Monroe Dunn two charges
of burglary ; four cases, burglary,
against David Howk; two cases of
theft against Howard Satterwhitc.
Tuesday'3 setting include two
ases. burglary and theft, against
Sammy Downing, and four cases
of driving an automobile 'While in-
toxicated. |
Wednesday's setting include cat-
tle theft cases i gainst Wayne
White. I.oyd Kod and Dan Ilerr-
inr. burglary case against Billy
Taylor, two burglary cases again-
Carl Stanford, and a receiving and
concealing cm serf against Jimmic
Edward lUnvtiions.
to engage n strong Italian forcj
off Italy.
Fires started N. incendiary
bombs lighted the sky ov< r tluj
London area early Friday as anti-
aircraft guns ringing the meiro-
tended by Elder Leigh Bunkiey,' polis battled waves of German
and Rev. Victor K. Aubrey. dc- planes with a roar that reverber-
legates from thc local church. 1 ated through oentral streets.
Important actions of the meet-! The attacks, wilier began at 0:18
ridge, for their spring meeting the
first part of April. The invitation
to come to Breekenridge was «
Hall Is Attending
Y.M-C.A. Meeting
i
ing held at Stafford included* set-
ting up a new Intermediate Con-
ference to be held at Buffalo Gap
for four days following th- an-
nual session .of the Senior-Young
People's Conference thc latter put
of June. The intermediate Conf-i-
crnce will provide a reilgious and
recreational training program for
thc critical and impressionable
ages of hoys ami girls, from 12 14
years. Rev. Aubrey was appointed
chairman of the committee In
charge, and W. R. I^ier was nam-
ed a member of the committee.
Dr. K. B. Surface, and the eld-
em of the Abilene rhureh were
appointed a committee to arrange
for an adult encampment to be
held at Buffalo Gap next sum-
mer.
Neigh Bunk ley conducted Hie
devotional program to op*n the
session of Presbytery Thursday
morning.
Allen Hall local YMCA secretary
left today to attend a three-day
conference at Glenrose of Y. M.
<'. A. secretaries of the southwest jstFdtioil Age
Janet Harrison.
The reunion Is to lie held next
year at thc Holland Lake at
Wcathcrford.
area, which includes Arkansas,
| Okl homa and 'lexas.
^ Principal speakers for the occa-
, sion arc Jenkins Garrett of Fort
| Worth and Dr. Honirr P. Raincy,
here in the Church of God .V>7 W.I presit Vt ot thc University of
i-pea.
Third street at a fellowsrip meet-j Texas,
ing Sunday at 2 p. m. it was an
nouneed today by Rev. F. C. Do
zifr pastor of thc church.
Fine Imposed In
Driving Case
Following a plen of guilty If
charge of driving iwhie intricate'!
Andr: *' Amrvjor was fined 150
and costs and five days In Jail In
trial before Judge Bryan Atchison
yesterday afternoon.
WHERE GRID MONEY GOES
The school athletic receipts and cx|i>n<lituros for 1930 to season
►how in thc treasury as the grid tc.ason opens. The full report
follows:
RECEIPTS:
Football Receipts. Gross $11,144.11
Less Amount paid other schools .. 2,848.59
Met Football Receipts 8,23ft.h2
Basketball Receipts 95.15
Jr. High Football 11.15
El-mentary Football 117.58
Miscellaneous Receipts 115.96
Total Receipts 8.605.33
Balance from 1A36-3B Season 1.234.35
Total D,839.58
DISBURSEMENTS—Transportation :—
Football 311.18
Junior High Football 4207
Band 216.03
Basketball 58.32
Volley Ball 4.89
Track 85.85
Tennis 32.85
Meals and Rooms - Football 358.10
(Continued on Piute Two)
Breck Man Flown
To Hospital
J. R. Livingston was rushed
from hern to D<llati tc the Bayloi
Ho-ipital Thursday af-eraser. in
an tuiibulance plane. Mr. Living-
ston's condition was conettffreJ
critical, it was said. He has becc
ill for soni" time.
Mrs. Livingston and chHdien nc
comp i nied him.
Infant Daughter
Claimed By Death
Mattie Jane Strick'fcl five-
months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs.
O. C. Stricklin. died Friday morn-
ing at 5:15 o'clock at the family
residence In north Breekenridge
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at five o'clock at the
cemetoiy. Rev. A. J, Morgau of-
ficiating.
Murchison Will
Succeed Johnson
AUSTIN, Sept. 6 <U.Rl -Appoint-
ment of Mayor J. S. Murchison of
Corslcana to succeed Adam John-
son as state 'Welfare director, ef-
fective Sept. 15 was announced to-
day.
Limit Is Raised
WASHINGTON, Sept. <UE>
The house today upheld the com
mittee recommendall.rn that men
between 21 and 45 be registered
under the military conscription
bill, instend of 21-31 .as proposed
by the senate.
At a press conference, mean-
while. President Roosevelt Indir
ectly opposed an amendment
which woul-l allir.v conscription
only if the 4G0.WH) volunteer army
quota cannot be filled in BO days.
Camp Is Sought
For Stranded Crew
DALLAS, Sept. fi <l!.l!i Captain
Wi.hclm Paehne of the scuttled
German liner Columbus canic hc:i
today seeking a camp for 451 mem-
bers of his crew, now stranded at
San* Francisco. Thc Dallas Cham
her of Commerce yesterday foi
lowed thc lead of the Fort Worth
Chamber In declaring opp-sition
to thc cajnp because it migh' deter
et.aablishmcnt of war industries.
p. m. Thursday when alarm sircu3
began wailing, abs thc third Ger-
man effort of thei day to pene-
trate th" wall of fire around Lon-
don. it followed futile attempts by
enemy planes to blast airdromcc
alcng the Thames River.
Late Thursday night, the raid-
ers succeeded in penetrating to
the I.endon area and dropped
bombs, both ineendiarie.s and high
explosives, on the outskirts.
Strange glows were s"en in tiiid-
air over Greater London and the
authoritative press association
speculated that Molotoff hread-
baskcts. big clusters of bombs that
break apart ill the air, .vera fall-
ing.
Shrieking Brr'is Dropped
The raidTn aluo dropped r-hriek
ing bombn and explosivra of such
great size that whole blocks of
he-uses were shaken.
Four recking expli cit ti3 cime
from one section followed by
bright glows In the sky.
Antiaircraft guns blazed
every direction.
from
Japan Called Upon
To Respect East
WASHINGTON. Scpl. 6 <U.R> -
Secretary of State Hull indicated
today that the United States has
called upon Japan to respect thc
status quo In the far east, Includ-
ing Frcnch Indo China und the
Dutch East Indies.
Germans Moving
Out Of Russia
BKRMN <U.n War&ehauer
/'citiinK reports tt thp S. ^
BlnrU Oitard commission 'which
last i\* inter evacuated 130,000 Ger-
man peasant.-; from Fltissim to
German occupied Poland now has
made all preparati* r s for moving
31.000 Germans from thr Lubin
district to Keich territory.
Lubin is the district to •which
tens of thousands of Jews have
Iveti transported from former Aus-
tria, Cezhoslovakia, I lip farmer
.Polish Corridor and various parts
of the Old Reich.
Five More Convicts
Are In Custody
McGEETHE. Ark. Sept. 8 'C.P>—
Only six of 38 convicts, who rs,-ap-
ed from state farm on Labor Day,
remained at liberty today when
five were captured In a railroad
yard here.
Ranger Change Is
Constitutional
AUSTIN, tfept 8 <U.R; Attorney
General Mann advised Governor
W Lee O'Danicl today that the
law that transferred control of the
Texas Rangers to the Stale Safety
Ocpa>«^ent nvas constitutional.
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Are Now on Sale: Get Yours
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