Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 106, Ed. 1 Monday, May 26, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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Trade At Horn
For Self Protection
UlECKENKIDGE AMERICAN
(U.Pi United Press (Leased Wire )
NEA Telephoto Service
WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Tues-
day, widely scattered thunder-
showers.
VOL. 21.—No. HM
i;nr:< kenriduk, texas, Monday, may 2«, ion
Price Dally 8—Sunday 5c
THE
OBSERVER
fish law askeo
candidates ranking
tribute to carey
seen or heard
BRITISH PIANO ENTEtfCMKVI BATHE
Host of Friends
Pay Tribute To
Carry Memory
l/ttifg Illness Fatal to
Popular Voting Man of
Hrtrkcnridgo.
Ending a valiant fight for lite
j Ray fori I W. Care}. 3V, | pulft.
\ business man ot Breckenridge
' died Saturday evening *"'1 7 «'•
I clock at a local hospital and
Sunday afternoon at ."t o Clock
: frit nds anil relative, ovcrflr ved
i the First Baptist Church to t-
i tend his funeral services.
I Rayford tt as ln>rn Sept 7.
near Caddo, Texas, and was
I rea red mostly near Way land, lie
Ixiro a pioneer name in Stephens
I county and had many relatives
i and a host of friends.
Floods and Summer Arrive Together In Texas
i
t
yiSITl RS to Povsum Kingdom
dam Sunday saw the water,
Some over the darn at 9-6 feet j
car. Irom scores of T"xa • cow
tyi-s, and one man w hile vi-itint,
counted license plate?. from seven
•tales
It is going In U a populttl
place, already i fur that mat'
t r And the fishing is Mill he
ing worked on A load of W),
000 lx«s> arrived here Monday
morning and that many more were
to arrive this afternoon.
pis If coming up stream get;
stuck at the dam. ami it is
said they are l ing taken out tu
fast |h"re legally and some-'
times illegal I > by grappling
Hep. Le«ter t'lark vas slop ; About three months ago In.
petl Monday morning a. he was! underwent an op'T.ition for ap
hurrying hack to Austin and hi (tendieiiis and since thai time was
group of friends asked him to gel .seriously ill, crit • ally ill for the
a regulation passed Hi make it , past week lie urn . went sev-
illegal to fish within a thousand' i-ial operations and a numlx'r ol
feet, or ntftr" if necessary, to blood transfusions with no com-
pnitect the fish lielow the dam plaint and *> cheerful i
Already there ha- lieen jmssen j that won the admiration
or introduced, a regulation mak Jin contact with him.
r
Clark Hurries To
Vustin Following
V Lsit In City
Oil Body Asks Passage
ol' His Bill on Sale
of Crude
Rescuer Killed
it spirit
of all
lng it illegal lo tin
fishing m the lake,
s
INl'K writing in this cornel
last, Kay lord Carey
passed on
His gallant fight tor life woi.
tile admiration "( the entire city
anil the First Haptist Church was
packed friends to hear tin
last rites Suii'bv. afternoon
Hay ford first "gamed the Men
tion of the general public as a
Business nousis suffered 'ittle materiii losv during San Angclo, Texas, flash floods, but merchants
were torct'l to 'nave stock to higncr ground. Man in foregrouill is just removing spring bed from
Ins open air furniture mart. Rising ten.pcrauires along with numerous quick, heavy rains have given
tome sections of Texas "very unusual' 'summer weather. (NEA Telephoto.)
l'ests For Bang's
isease To Open
ere June 2
commercial Funeral addresses were miidt
by Rev, Philip Met«ahey and Hev j
A. J. Morgan, the latter as teach
er of I he Rough Neck Bible class
has of which Rayford was a mem-
ber. Both paid high tribute ti
th,. character of the young ma.
. ! it,dav that lots to stait the eiinn
and pointed to him as an example - (> ,
of a clean life. Floral tributes
hanked the altar and hundreds
filed past the casket at the clo-i
of th.' services.
Rayford was married in IW
Announcement was
great football player, then later' to Miss lmo /Franklin, who sur-
BS a mall be lived Up to that rep- Vive, him. Others members ol
utntion. 'he immediai- family are his fa
He was guard on the 192fl' ther pud Mother, Mr. and Mrs
champohship team and at the close M. M. ( arey; two brothers. Gat-
of the s- ison Coach Shot,veil land atyl Vanno Carey; and one
Stood up hetor- the squad anil -ister. Mrs Kdwin Ogle of Me-
paid tribute to him as one of
made hen
tlKJ
close rein-
the greatest guard- lie had eve.
trained Rev. A J Morgan call-
ed his death a triumph, and R«>-
foids many Iriends agree with
him.
STATE prognosticates >n the
race for the senate jioinl
to Mann and Pics as leading can-
didates. O'Paniel third. an<;
John-oii fourth.
As time goes on O'panH proh-
nbly will wedge toward the lore
front, but at present il does not
uppcar he will Is- elected.
More fore-* is to lie put W*
hind Johnson by the adnvinistra
thin Wirt/ is leaving Washing
ton to manage his cnmiaugn, am.
th** fiery Peppier of Florida I
coming to support him in his can
didacy,
They probably realty John**«
is a loner at present.
/ ' KHMANY I I m e d a threat
against the United States
Right after announcement of Iht
kinking of the Hood warning
wa* lou«ll>- issianl by the chict
of tlu- Cicrman navy that I'. S.
convoy* mould be attacked, even
to battleships
Germany might as well reali/'
that no fear can In- thrown into
the United States That convoys
are coming, and il necessary men
All in the United Stuvps nughi
as well realize it. and M Willku-
Mid quit talking m much am.
getiiusy Will Wheeler and Lind-
tie^h lake notice of Willkte'«
word* T
Allen. Many other
lives survive him.
Rayford'* high (topularity be-
gan with hi* footlmll career and
other athletic activitiet in the
schools. Hp wn* a member ot
SKEN or Hei rd M. K. Hollern a
nwd'.nl i>atiem at We«t*ide..
Great tribute paid memory of
Rayford Carey by the number at
his funeral ... Harry DeLane op-
ening conversation with stranger
looking at dam picture* iiui dis-
covering they w ere almost kin ..
Blackie Knnis, Lieutenant it you
pleaw. weekend viislor ... horn
stuck on car Sunday evening eau.«
ing many to think ambuli.-nce run-
ning ... AAA men to meet here
aagin Thursday ... Many hear
Bobby Wilson preach his first ser-
, mon Sunday ... and a dog, Mike,
belonging to Mis* Florence Dun-
can, reappi.rearing afler dis'i}>-
poaring tWi SfO.'
nation of Hang's diseusi- ill
county wilt open June
A veleiiiu.rian vv ill come here
to open the work at that time, and
q was added so muny have signed
10 have their herds clearned tnat
only tho-e animals already listed
will be tested that week.
Ni.'.aes sii jwri hdded reeentl),' t"
the list at the office 01 County
Agent W. R. Lace were h. Ci
Famlirougli, 17 head; Mrs. W. 1.
Townes, 17. Hosts Wall;er. 1! . T.
G. Hart, 20; F. M. Davis. It; vVill
Sligar. -ti; Monroe Copeland, 1
J. W. Post. -7; John Pay, 20;
and W. P. Taylor,
It is expected to take about i.
the 19 ehamplonship football I cv'erj' sixty days- Kach .iwiwr is
team, ami after graduation he re-|"K' « unt>, as tens are mail
, , ii . everv sim vdays Kach owner is
mained a popular figure He wa« 113 - ...
. .. „ . , , ,! to sign anHKrei-ment to abid • n>
a memlter of the Rotary club and ,
. . • the federal and state i egul.vims
other civic IxkIics.
Burial was in Breckenrnlge j "fills work is being done afler
Cemetery, active pall Iwnrers l><- undulnnt fever, .ontrticieil Irotn
ing Marshall Wat/on. Buster 'cat lie that ha\<- Bangs diseitsti
Walker. Lynox Hamil. A. N
Ridings, Kd Jernigan and Ned
Thompson, Funeral arrangements
wen- in charge of Thompson
Kiker.
Honorary |>all l>carers were: P.
F Shot well, l.nngvievv. H. L
Blackburn. Longview. Max Robin-
son. San Antonio. T. J. Priwell.i
"Ranger. Ray Herrington, RniiKcr.
Happy Harrison. Ranger, Fred
Maxey. Kastland. Doyle Pruitt.j The wt t lury ailed for 'civil
McCamey, Earnest Utham. Kan- i cases will report Wednesday
Dock Mason. Walter CllftJ Po k<'is of the various courts
' showed one arrest over the week-
end, this lieing a woman, who was
! fined M l on a charge of Iwing
! drunk.
SCHOOL ENTER FINAL PHASE
0E (ERADIATION EXERCISES
made its apiH aiaiH.' here.
(irand Jury Goes
Into Session
The Stephens lounty grtsul jur>
went into recessed session here
today. several cases Is in;: pre- cnt-
ed to the IkxIv by Distiut Attor-
ney fi*>n J. 1'ca-!.
With th< preaching of the Baccalaureate sermon to the seniors
It.st night, Breekenridgc schools moved into the final phase of
graduation exercises, to last two more days.
Tonight, beginning at 8 o'clock graduation exercises of the
.Junior high School will bp held, Rev. Raymond C. Gray tljjl
speaker of the evening.
Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock
Senior High graduation exercises
will Is- held, address to be de-
livered by Pr. W. R. White, pres
idem of llardin-Simmons Univer-
' SHINGTON, May 2b iU.R -
A) Junior High 88 students ;vill{German threats w ill not discour-
graduate, about fifty below the i,gc u. S. determination lo giu
usual number, because this was | Britain short of war aid against
•the Class that was cut to start! the Axis, it was indicated today as
the twelve grade system here. .White House souices charged
Information has lieen received Grand Admiral Erich Racier is
that for the Senior High exercise ^'cmpt.ng to "bo-loud P«™denl
tomorrow night admitla HR* ^H' ;IlTCVCll!i IOrtnC°ming llrCS'dC
Re eLster Clark, who visited
j here over the weekend, Monday
morning was telephoning Austin to
j hold the deal until he got there.
. .ill ldid not say what aoout. lie
a.s in t io big a hurry.
As;:3tf alxtut the senHe race lie
ivliiscl to comment on it.
The West, Central Texas Oil &
' Gii. association is asking public I
j suppoit for' its hacking of two leg-
i islative measures now before the |
Texas senate.
One is hoiue lijll No. 19U, pro-
viding tin . permanent oil liroi-a-
iiori i.-.id conservation law lo sup-
planl the e.\i. ting statute w hich
expires this fall.
1'lie -aher is house bill No. !M2,
.vritien by Represcnaiive CIiu-k
.vim ii v>..Rilii prohibit selective pur
hase ol .. rude.
Both luive been passed by the
house, but J. C. Watson, executive
secretary of tie West Central
1'exas organization, said yesteiin.-y
they appeared to be iaeing difti-
cullv in pasisng the senate.
Watson urged all in this area to
call or write, askt..g tor seni.-teI
passage ol the two measures.
Harvard To Issue
Astronomy Books
#<i^<-A;N«
s German Threats
Unheeded Bv Ii.
('AMBRIDGE, Muss.(U.R) Ht-r-
vard College Observatory plans
to issue this summer a new series
c
>1 nine popular Inoks covering the
„ M'chax.
liei by ticket only: although Uw-
prineij ;d areas ol astronomy.
J he books will be titled "The
| Harvard Books on Astronomy"
and villi be edited by I'rofs. Har-
I inn Shnpley, director of the Ob
i sei v ;-:ury, and Bar! J. Bok.
! Observatory specialists in vari-
i ou.s fields will •.onlrlbute to the
; volumes which vvili present a com-
plete and simplified modern scien-
tilic knowledge in each of the ma-
jor 1'ieltis of astronomy. New edi-
j lions will keep the series abreast
I of .scientific' progress.
Imleony .will lie open lo the pub
lie. At the Junior High exer-
cise* tonight no ticket (will be
necessary for admission.
One hundred and three seniors j
will graduate 'Tuesday night, eom-
President Roosevelt will ;,*ddress Civil War Shot
the nation and world tomorrow
night.
There was widespread specula-
tion whether British loss of the
battle cruiser Hood and reports ol
other sea reverses would le-.ul to
pared to more than 130 las. JfHr.l^ ^ a(|d|Uonai ...tnerican
'he drop being explained as work- ) wars|jijK l0 lhe Royal Nwy.
ing out through the sudden ad-
mission of six-year-olds that cut
from this class. Already the class
for next year is back to about
125.
Rev. Amos Myers preached to
a comfortably filled house last
night, his subject lieing "The Nex,
World
ed tbr-
and Today."
students not
Roosevelt Signs
Farm Parity Bill
WASHINGTON. May -ti "'i'
President Roosevelt today signed la t shot. He dug a hole, put tne
the 83 [H-r cent parity loan bin tor shell in it, padded it with straw
He deelar- wheat, cotton, corn, rice and (obac- and then set the si raw on lire
Fired Years Late
ATLANTA, Ga. Seventy-
j .-even years alter toe Civ:: Wat
ended a Vi-.ikee shell burst in Pix
n but the South fired the la.t
• shot.
j A shell, apparently dating to the
sie;;e of Atlanta, was found by As
sis:.uit Chiei of Police Floyd vVal
den, of Decalur. The shell was 9
inches long and o inches in diam-
i eter.
It vv;.-, Wulden who fired th-
in a ehang-
co, but made it clear he would liolti
congresisont.l leaders to tile a-
Iter,
Continued on Pag* Thr«
Two Volunteers To
Enter Service
Strpens county'* two volunteers. | Bfeck K11 Ci\\ II W Omail
quotii for the call as of May 29. i Victim of Svroke
w ill leave Tuesday morning by bus j
for PnMhs where they w-ill be tn-j Mrs. J M. Holloway received a
du« ted into military service. notice ihis morning telling of th<
The volunteers are Johnny Lau- serious illness of Mrs. Name itar-
flerdale and J M. Hill, the latter ris who suffered a stroke recently
of Kllasville. The local draft board : in Chicago.
this week I* mailing out SO more Mrs Harris k related to a num-
fjuesiionni-.nes, order numberw i her of people here and has visited * expected to be present
5.M to 600. j here a number of times.
ing world, but a changed ^ment to make comWnsutate
and the outcome of the present cuu |n .;ash fo(. parity apprui-rm-
situation lieing up to such bodies j tjjns>
as the graduation class. In it h"! —-
held up application of the prln-: #
clples of D-.risttanity as the rem ! Hill Challenges
edy for the present situation. | Gov. To Debate
Women Golfers To I ^
1-. • t Joe Hill todav challenged C.jv.
Play Here Friday . ! w .Uc O'Paniel to meet him m
Memls-rs of the Women's Golf j debate and Ofiered to pay $30-
Club of Breckenridge today were to the British Red Cross if the
making plans for the meeting of j governor will take up the chal-
the Woman's Oil Belt Golf Asso-; tcngv.
elation here this weekend. | - — —
Play will start Fridi-.v. this lie-
ing the first of the meeting during
the year to be held here this year,
A number of outstanding players
The explosion which followed rc.k
ed the neighborhood.
Both Sides See
Victory In Fight
For Island
Battleship Bismark May
Have Escaped From
British Chasers
RAF planes came to the aid
of British Imperials in Crete, de-
stroying at least 24 Nazi aircraft
I and damaging many more as
the British (ought to maintain
superiority over Invading German
forces.
German offensive action cen-
tered in western Crete, where
the Nazis hold a strong base at
Malemi airdrome, from which
the British have been unable to
'dislodge them.
Seriousness of the Nazi at tat;:
was not indicated by the British
middle eastern command, but it
was regarded as significant that
today brought the first British
admission of Nazi offensive ac-
tion in Crete,
The Nazi command indicated
j lull confidence hi the air invaders
j reporting reinforcements continue
. to pour onto the island and the
['British confirmed that additional'
' German forces had landed,
j Authorized Nazi sources said
Grand Admiral Kricli Raedcr laid
! "all cards on the table" in a
statement which said Germany
will regard U. S. convoys to Brit-
lain as "open i varlike action" ana
will automatically attack such
| shipping. i,
i "The German high command
' claimed the British lost S) war-
era f I around Crete. Meanwhile
' British fears increased today that
! the German battleship, which
j'sank the battle cruiser Hood, pride
i of the British fleet, readied shel-
'■ tor in Norwegian or German wa-.
* lers.
From Cairo came ne\vs that
fans were fastened upon J. T.j-Kliig George H of Greece maue
Hammed to bring lo Breeken-1 good his thrilling escape after
ridge the I'hilpeco championship narrowly escaping capture by Ger-
F. M. McDowell of Breekenridgi; man parachute troops in Crete. He
slipped in under the wire and planned today io pro.-eed to Brit-
came home with the second High! | ^h„Ic!'ri,0.ry l sel «P a govern-
championship.
William W. Woodward, ap-
parently with suicidal intent,
started to take off frsm Wich-
ita, Kans.. airport in a light
training plane. His friend John
Blanpied, pictured aoove, sus-
pecting his suicide plan, jump-
ed into the plane behind
young Woc'Jward and strug-
gled with him for control of
plane as it began to take off.
Reaching height of 250 feet
the plane went into a dive and
crashed killing both Wood-
ward and his attempted rescu-
er. (NEA Telephoto).-
McDowell Wins
Second Flight
Golf Prize
Ilam melt Loses, 7-">, lo
Abilene Golfer in Final
Play
While eyes of Breckenridge j
>lfi
Senator Warns Of
18 More Strikes
Thief Takes
Homing Pigeons
VANCOUVER, B. C. 'U:> —
Robert Shannon, carpenter, was
robbed but lie wis confident
today that the stolen items would
fly back to hint. Athief stole eight
doming pigeons from the loft of
Shannon's home.
Bees Imprison
Taxi Driver
BAKERSF1ELP. Cal. U.R) B.
H. Stewart, taxi driver, was Im-
prisoned by a swarm of bees.
S0L0NS WORK NEARING END
Former Legislator
To Start Term
E LPASO, May 26 «U.R> Hat old
WASHINGTON, May 26 'UK-
Senato rHarry F. Byrd, democrat,
Va., told the senate today strikes
soon may be called in 18 major
defense plants and the government
can no longer "compromise" on
As a result he is the proud
possessor of a set of Wilson air
flow iwoods. Askedj what his
score was h" said he du| no
know. About ten players Iron
Breckenridge were entered in tht
tourney.
Ilammelt went dnvn befon
Tommy Boll of Abilene in on>
Of the most decisive drubbing.-
the local champion ever took
7-5, in Ihe finals at Rising Stai
Hammed started the rouni
brilliantly with a beautifully
played birdie on the first hole
but slipped on the long par !
and lost with a bogey to Bolt'f
par four. No. 3 was halved will
par figures. Bolt took No. 1 will
a birdie, a five was good on No
6 as Ilammelt missed his pai
putt. On No. Ii Bolt again wot
wilh a birdie and went on ti
lake No. 7 With a par four a
failed on
Hammett's putter
three-footer.
Again showing class. Bolt tool
No. S wilh a birdie. Hammet:
missed a birdie putt by a hail
Continued on Page Two
Firemen Put Out
ize In Car
Firemen Monday morning an«
wered a ' all to the 900 block Eas
They hovered a:tff. id his machine ' Walker where fire in • ear belong-
in su< It numbers he was obliged to I ing to Slini McPherson was exlin-
remain inside until they settled on guished. Firemen said the genera-
:. .i.e. I tor was injured.
SCOUTS PLAN BIG CAMP0RAL
(By Harry Benge Cro*ier> I in the
AUSTIN. May -'4 iSpIt Tliesc| not thw
begruellng hours in your -eat of j in Ihe more
government, dear |«eopl*> of Texas.
Your legislators are weary and
a llltle worn. They have been
harassed from within and with-
out, and ihe season of harass-
ment has Just fairly begun. 1
has been an odd session of the
legislature an extraordinarily
odd session of the Texas Legisla-
ture. Perhapa the odde«t thing
of all la that it has hewn a House
of Representatives' session. It
doesn't happen often that the 31
men aemas the 1 round plies
• center of the capltol do T lhc ,ator "wl,hou' ! A
wart the Cxi reurcsentatives lc8'"!a,or- expected to su.- jng our defense to a dangerous oe- i, iieing
iwart tne i.w reprise mauves render today begin serving a three • ... h
•> more crucial matters. year prison term. Hankamer was ' I '
There has been a friendliness found guilty on a charge of con- j
lietw.-en the two houses this year; verting to his own use funds from! (Jhicken COOPS
an accord that has lieen a good an estate. - -
token for W. Lee O'Paniel and j
the |>eoplc Of Texas. It may be -
well may be. that a lean hilis-
man who used to be for some
Air'Cooled
TUCSON, Ariz. iU.R> - Air-cool-
' i ed chicken coops and barns aii
I of honor and camiwral
planned for all regis-
tered scouts in the North Pislrle!
which includes all troops in East*
j land and Stephens counties at
! Ringling Lake, Eastland, starting
promptly at 5 p. m.. June 5. The
schedule is as follows: 5 p. m.
set up camp; 6 p. ni. supper by
patrols; 8 p. m. court of honor;
He Looks Like Washington
SYRACUSE, N.V. <U.Wl_"Wham
have I seen him before murmur itho |B„<8l innovfl,ion in the Soui:.
years a member of tie Hous \ then observant dining ear patrona When 1 we#t during the summer months
was its speaker for two succes- they pass Fredjrick 8. Cole, etew-1 pro| ^ j_ Thorn burg of the
sive terms, one Coke Stevenscn. ard on a'New York express train.' Ui)ivetsity of Arizona suggests a
may have had something to dojThe reason Is that he strikingly j plan for f.daptin? c.nporation < ;x>l | a',m'
with Ihe smoothness wilh which resemblss Oeoige Washh.gton. And ers for farm animr.ls ana fowls I ni. adventure trail of Scout!;/,;
Much good scout training wil
be derived from this camporal
due to the fact that the camj
will be on the patrol method
members of each patrol camp
ing by themselves. Cooking wil.
be done by patrols under thi
guidance of the patrol leader
The scoutmaster, with the aid o
his assistant scoutmaster, wil)
9 p. m. camp fire program; 10• have charge of his troop anr'
give each patrol adequate leader
ship.
It is expected that many scouts
will be up for advancement a!
p. m. call lo quarters; 10:30 p.
m. TAPS. 5:30 a. m. Revllle; 6
breakfast; 6:30 to 8:30 a.
things have turned out. If that it; j ie a sixth oou.in to tie "rtt Ho said it would boost egg prtnlec- B:35 a. m. farewell until Camp j this court of honor. The proced
Gv ntlmi«o on "io' Four>
1 PrmM.nt-
Mnr
FMllv
i tr
Cer.tlsttSC or. Paje rnnw
ment in exile for continued resis-
tance to the Germans.
Greeks to Fight On
King George of Greece and hU
emigre government found a tem-
porary haven in Egypt Sunday
en route from embattled Crete to
British soil and the king him-
-elf told Ihe stirring story of
how the I'i'sl swarms of, na/.i par-
achutists concentrated on an area
about his house.
lie reached Cairo after a hair-
■aising withdrawal from the b:?
•eiged Greek island and, besides
•scaping the clouds of air-borne
roops, his party had to dodge
lullets of his own soldiers who
.bought they were 'chutists dis-
guised -in British and Greek uni-
forms.
In a proclamation issued imme
liately on his arrival he said
Ireece would continue the fight,
ind then in his own words told
he wierd story of his flight.
U. S. Convoying Warning
Tin? commander of Germany's
aavy served emphatic notice on
the United States Sunday that
any American convoying of sup-
plies to Britain would be an
'open act of war and bare un-
provoked attack" which iwould
justify Nazi action "even against
American warships."
These plain-spoken words by
Grand Admiral Erich Raeder,
made public in Berlin the day
afler Ihe sinking of the mighty
British battle cruiser Hood, were
arried significantly in a special
interview with Domei, official
new s agency of Japan, Germany's
axis partner.
Unted the terms of the three
power Rome-Berlin-Tokio pact the
signatories are pledgd to give
each other all aid in the event
one of them is attacked by any
power not now engaged in either
the Europeon or Chinese wars.
Defense Guard To
Meet Tonight
Attention was called today to
(he meeting tonight of the Defense
Guard scheduled for 7 o'clork.
Captain Jimmy Brewster re-
minded that it is hoped to bring
the company up to full strength
tnd 24 more men are needed.
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Hall, C. M. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 106, Ed. 1 Monday, May 26, 1941, newspaper, May 26, 1941; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth131381/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.