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Trade At Home
For Self Protection
Breckenridge American
Cow, Sow, Hen Pro-
gram for County
Mo«t Sensible Step
L'NITKD I'RKSS NKVVS SERVICE
NKA TL'LEPHOTO AND COMIC SERVICE
Vol. 22 No. 27
BRECKENRIIK1K. TEXAS, WEDNESDAY. AIMill, 2:>. I'.HJ
Price Daily 3c — Sunday
THE
OBSERVER
•LOOMING T I ML
PRICES CEILING
LAKE F ISHING
SEEN OR HEARD
JAPS HIT AT CHINA'S BURMA LIFE UNE
Nine Killed In Storm
m< a i Ch '< ii w Ik i
■ Tlx p. W'lir plant llnito nniit,1
thought ii un^'ii went '
touti'in^ Hi a a<t in a -iitiii iii.a |
minute* wrecked idte.ii!
in M
til. I* ks.
.Mr*. l>o« Mot n- Who sjient
many anxious moment- < one > f "
111^ i< l.itive- <iii(t mends th t
li< alii 11 ilii V\ I ' Ul..' a :
biotlt< ''1 ' : ! ' '• ' • •
alt then n UtiM - wen -ah
t.ttieiwise, iih re I e rem v '.i
w -Hilar, it k glowa* ami bloom-
ing t ifi a* in n as witn> -• U many
ruiuung I'hm
and gar.It ns
n/i roi ixiti, w
* look >it 'ti> K II i • iinn pl.n i W
tIk cMrrn edgi o| town.
Iiotiin Is Told
OlWars E fleet
On Goods Suit's
St\ Speakers Till About
>hinl cr\ lit Mnt sN In
(it'lH'lill llere
1'winter Ih'tievers Caskets To Victim#' Doorstep
«
i tiAit OUH i I
ethnic ui it
reul!
IjC "St > OU t «lkc I
In six Uriel talk
RH'ttllH'I 5 O*
till y ( luo
the mtii h
}j whN lulr
K 1 V-
hi. Inang
tin nts in
pounds <il
fin n > SUlla
tluw . uij.
i iii mi.ij ihb.ii
I hi- Breck 'in «tu< lb -
)t lor in tin.' I'lio t thai
hav ing on (ii*.- sale ot
Anon vii*| that
taken in men's gar-
vjv c t.Mrit> million
w aul <i year. bat that
wit) ill in lull* llorn
worn now cxivpi in* >
0
CT ul lilit-r ol eigh line pup-
pies l)r. K -•■li r this rtiui it in.
Ilan ulU' K it Hi
k* ay oti«' aful th*
•1(1 (irU*, (KM' a
rrnwindrr have
either d;*-<t "t i* en killed lough
It ■ k l <ic. •>! *'« i.i11> irt view oi
tiu ia> t that one 1'iipi'w already
was champion ol ont field timl
UIikIi rcminiN Hint in addition
to a !i>t)ing paiadisi at Possum
Kingdom tJlw Sti| in'n> tuuniy
II11\ yiai lunnit i ■ a.-, unot
int. quail i ro|i
i«uy hwing rcjairlcd about t< a
day i ago ili- turds .till were ut
lovey# oft hlk I. I** uiutliwckl fl
town, anil on* UUtvr lia■ c
N4"«'iiii; iniin)
Hut tlx y an li. ard whiillin^
now. w DM.1i fiM an> tin y art iHa. -
llli; 11 | )'|r!< HOW W 1,1 K«"t ,l(l ol
*tia) anil *M r- I t at i
may nlw baM a <|Utftl |i naili*v.
r|"l U vi':iiI1J4 } * ii • I "I. Ji! a ' ■ I f
1 tii. nuM-min. .1 i".' i> si*
Iwart to tlw sniill *«il«rht4 ntan.
It rtw.iii> th. : il h« an Itiip !"•>
joli Kotftii Im* can rnarui}! to li\i*.
It now nalurttlly win lul!o.\
thai ullMl tvllilii;. will 1 llXt'll t i
mak.' it : in lor all ami | i i|x i in
IIh ,;iii* ..il i ' •'i•> :i: w la til'
l'tii>, i.ivil utln t l. tlili li. ii >> |'< ittt
to i lit tii iiru«r inn-- m Bri'cki .
ii'i^* within th iM Nt fivi* or iv
months Hi* k< riri'li;*' lia^ mai-hin.
>li,.|i>. II wa c\i>lain*<l ut th*' K"
ar> Club mri'ting y* t. rtlny bu
hi lai none lai>j*' t Hounh to iak.
t ii a |u hid gt>\ .•rnnient t ontr.iti
Contrail'. w> d ,tw ■ r<t.. 1 a' J.i -i
within • lo i-t |'|i rv, ilisturn•
N .w thi lai ''t ft. iriijfa<*1ur 'i i>
lr;)'iiiny mm' than h. in it n I
Mil wntia*'t* will h lit Ifn- i-
whiTf nuunin*' tha|D. Ilk' iIwm' hi
lin-^ki-nrhl};!' h .olil io.ii*' in I i
a shirt-, |Kittm^ ntor*. |H.ipl<' In
w oi k ii is 11 ad ul | o|i|. : . .
\USi •< I'ossum Kingdom l.an-
is uoing to prov • tnori' ol i
licnefit tlian many r*- ih/r despite
the ear and tirv situation And it
will Ib there when that situatio.i
has ck'.trvHi ll|>
II. lot awlnli til) tout iNts do
not * on H m th* l.«k exjie.. ••••I.
t(rt>us.tfxl> within easy rei • h wnl
make um « ( it. making lot lnj*i-
n«'.*s. Insteitd ol tra\cl many hi
this section | rolvtlil) will >jw nd
tlu'ir \mallons llvte.
Mr. I'roctbr tlro\«' up and stoj
|«d yi-atelilay Wilt li*"*"' ll) ' ■
I'- piacvtl in tl )' lake at th* t't'f
sit* It is tia- lirst |<i.u| this ye •
(Hit aire a l> millions hate lnvn
plaivd in lh*1 lak. Th# fish tame
Irom th*' hatchery at Ci**o and
made a Iiik truck I* nI *>( cans
THOl'Oirr For n Momrnl
It Kogrt llei«ard lellin}; I.
l>. Hawkins he was in ««> |N>s|tion
to talk al*>ul what the minister
had twi n |>re«ehin}; i Meaning n
had not Ixwn to In at him 1
i'r llennl IVmald Iv^r1
given . hand at the Uotar>
I'lub meeting lor sht.vlng made
in track meet ut Abilene Fug* ne
Thompson in town en routi to
Amarillo to b' back aft. r visit
there LittV Jakie S.inilefet riding
in wagoii on sidewalk calling to
imwrb) "1 itnl a raokir I- R
Mav«elS s<t)Kig h> wished they
w*KiId ration lh* w.>aih*r Jnk*
IW*nton with an office full of liter-
ature on s^r ration, nx Net
cale to l«* opened in huildmi; for-
_ mrrly <*•* upa-d h> Paul's cafe
A. Harry IH-Ijin.' ilit lanni; Rreek-
enrulge Mill is m- home ISO
Jrlv* next on d*s k l'esi. at IHv*.
sum KinKdom l-ake prove it is
* going to In- a fisherman r paradise
.. !00.«*k> nf i|h. very smallest
I Continued On F«vr) ,
■till ha • IUI lulls Coats may N a
I little short i lot th. * xtra tall, it
was li.iiwii m. >*'s soles a little
I thinner ami liais matk' from i
I I'omtHiiation ul wool, casein 'from
i iMitU rmilk • ami rahlut fui This
' to |n rinit iranulucturi' ol the en*
. irtnotis orders lot clotlung lor
. soldier*.
Hob t'wi ns oil tha' ill steel
^iH<i|v h<dve 11 *i i'Ilii' si ani• thai
;un> have l« n In/cn mayU-
son,, calibre guns l iter, but
1 the supply ol ammunition has not
l i en materially cut I'lact • .iliy
all electru al siipiilies ami piunili-
ii.i, lixtui'es ami man> kimis ol
i.siiuit; i i. kI an o 1 tii>- maikct.
V\ ii t'uik Ji talking about
tires sad| tliere ire many in gov-
eittment storehous«'s lor limitvd
us* hut tii.it he e\| <ts that Willi*
in two <<i thr** years the ifhoioige
will lie i.-lifted by the use ol syn-
dic! it rubber
Counts Hay mikI that meiiiinii's
Irom th. countries now in tin* war
/or s have iH'i'onii' alin ist impos-
sible to ti t and in many cusi'ii
prices have MMicd althouKii
pricfs on some medicines have
lurn*-)I .lownw nd recently, lie
s,in) oli. M ar*, lit uu. allliosl a
i>-*es>iiy in smie climates, .juin-
iiv . lias I. ii.im- a problem i uiri-
phoi is ; >ntrolled by the Japs,
i.ui 1'ul'ont ii..w is putting ou i
utistitut. . .ilniul as yiHiil Al*
i ohol may Is ..mc scarce ls . au.-e
it l;ik. s . "> gallorvs ot alcohol tu
mak • oid incendiary bomb.
J. !• Smili'i said that much oil
I i. ui supply machinery has lieen
put t)i use making engines lor
ships ..| pails lor plane paiticu-
larly landini; gears and supplies
may Istsinn searce Hut what bis
Hurt tin- oil bus in.*s. most at • the
drilling lesiuctions
lb said th
KYitp metal.
the cat. imivc
Bit* kenridg.
t i', Ma\u || said Hi. Ch.itu-
l* i ol t'oinm. . . now is c.ihctvii*
ed mostly with assisting machine
s||o|K 1>1 Hreekeni idee get sub*
I 'liti ii'ts loi war ptodiK 11.>n in
order to keep their plants going,
and (h it prospi^is air | tui fui
securing such work.
I Nichols p..inte.l )nit there w is
litti.' shortages in 111. m Is 1n4.u1
concern 111 this liiu In ing to get
cootaliH'is to put it in
file meeting was pieMfl-d ovel
by I"ti'sii|)'iit CoutH.s Hay. who
all.d nitenion to lh>' district
I -I. iris convention h*'r. May Vi
urging all m*'inl)ets* to assist in
entertaining the dHcgttcs.
First Aid Cards
Received Hire
I'r I . C. I'nyiie announrol to-
day thai cards |or lh- 11st aid
com ,e that In conduct.«d have :ii-
rived he re ,*im} i an l obtaiiKd
Irom his oflice now.
WEATHER
S< attei d light 1:1111 or drizzle
might Little change in lemjn r-
ature.
U'l
.Is
Of
iveiaging I'l tons to
Ih en ship|h 1 oul ol
sim. February la
Catket* fram a lac.il undertaker"* eit.ibhthmcnt et amid the wreckage ii two Rryor. Okla-
h;ma tomes aft;r c tirnado track the town du i"® evening ru h period. Far over 100 were kill-
ed and many more injured. Kmc critically. INCA Telcphoto).
hituiv Farmers * *
Ready For Dinner
li.imiiift \\ ill lie SI igt'd
Fiidiiv : Committee.*
Ait- AmuHinu-d
Al mieling "f till Breckell-
rid^e Chapter, F'uture F.irnMtrs of
Ameri. a he'd yesterday it was ie-
IMirtetl to I'resident Hug- Famhro
thai all is 111 readiness lor the an-
nual hnrlsiue to l>c held Friday
• vi ning
This >■ ir weather permitting
the meeting will Id held in I tuck-
aroo stadium. The affair is a fnth-
■'I and son iKimiuet in -vhtch a pro*
gram ts slag, d to bring out the
work ol the organizatie 1 the hoy*
having full charge It . largely
attended 1 ach y* ar.
Future Farmers; nnder dtriH"-
tion Jn;i YVilkerson. in their
vicatton.il .grn uliuia! work ha' e
had an ■ xtepdi d program t". *
vear to help out .n war produc-
tion.
Committeemen named for the
banquet lollow:
H.i.pt,on ,1 \V Henry Silver-
ware Quin. \ On lictt ,lr l>ecora-
tinii Wand'e liyches Serving.
Jerrald Hcdlietter. lymonade.
Ma;-he| I'.nninmion: FckI Pre-
oaraiion Ho> \rnoi. Menu Konert
l^'dlieiter. Inv.tntlon Jimniie Mc-
Conncll, Wood HoIb-ii Waller:
Program. Hugs Fambrn and Har-
1 s Veal. Lights flarre'l (ireen.
lie Cleanup Hill Johnson: Pic-
ture Sere, n W A M Infyn- Col-
li. (ieorgi• Karl Flynn; Music.
Joe Fry.
Tickets For Show
Now On Sale
Mis A I-. SWeen* y t xlay again
1 ailed t 1 public attention that tn-
k. ts an on sale lor ti e ladie*
minstrel I. u. staged at tin high
si ho.il an.bior.1 m May 5
Ml 11 served .,..it* tickets are ." (I
cent* Fust thn'e rows have Ihm-ii
re ervi'd for children at 'S* ci'nts.
vith gen ral admisison :C> h nts.
Tin y are "it ale at How. n 1'rog
ul.! (tinlies-Williams
Hundred Sellers
Of Sujrar Signed
I
. Attention Of llnusruivrs
Called Tu Infiirmalion
About Kamily
AlNiut one hundred sellers if
sugai wen.' iegisli-ierl at the
lireekt in idge high school y est. .| -
day in Ilii' o|H'ning ol laiiotiiii;
this commodity 111 outer to iariy
•0 the Will'.
1 lie work will continue througl.
today, but it is thought most are
alci'iidy on the dotted line Appar-
ently all understood what ib.'y
were to do, • ame up Willi I heir
foiiiis tilled out, and w le (|uh ki>
signed.
From this sugai rationing
moves into the f it great '! task ol
| registering sugar consun. •!>.
Places ol legist rat ton in ihe
county were announced yesierilay.
li rook line VFD
1urnh Hone On
Rival Firemen
IIAVKKFi illl>. Pa . i i' The
Pro klitii' 1 ilii\erlot'tl township)
voluiitcit lire department v« a ills
lo light its own fires.
1' emphasized this Ihe other day
hy squirting nearby lliyn Mavvr
i I.11W -r Merioii lownshipi volun-
teer 1 ire men Horn the root of a
hi izing luiilihng in Haverfoid
tOW llslllp.
The Itryn Mavvr outfit, it seems,
vt as on its iib's Its lirelightcis
i i ached the • ene of 11: • bla/e irst
put then l'n-itK'h liosi line to the
iitnldmg and climbed atop.
When the H rook 11 lie ixiys at liv-
ed they i oiineiled li 'ir ^'u-tncli
line and proceeded to play It oil
the rival smoke-eaters.
The incident had lis legal as-
pects, loo. l'lie Hryn Maw r Ham.'*
lighters suit Brookllne violated
a state cod.- in running over their
hose-line i.nd they intended I o Today it was sml thai housewi.es
lake the iase to I lav 'rlord town-lof ihi. kenndge on May I will
register al Hit' Ward sehtMil theii
Sixteen lliiiidretl
Homeless Alter
Fire, Tornado
Seventy-five Are Injured:
Neighbors Hashing In
Fond. Medicines
CKOWKLL. Texas. April .11
1 Spl 1 Toronado battered Crow-
ell today faced the prob'em of
feeding the hungry and getting
medicine to the wounded after
the tornado -vhich struck here last
night.
Known dead today were listed
al nine and Ihe injured al 7.~> in
thi' third tornado which has struck
111 the southwest 'Vitllin the past
li t* days.
First reports ol Ihe storm were
received hy Ihe outside world at
\'. ni hi last night when a 11-year-
old boy i.rove there to ilccli.re that
"eveiy thing was trim up" and that
a '.lot ot people were hurt."
It -as reported today thai fire
the storm although the
Film Ticket« For
I'arent* of Roy*
In Marines
To all in Stephens county
who have sons 111 Ihe Marines
the Palace Theater -vishes to Im'
host Sunday or Monday to see
the picture "To 'Hie Shores of
Tripoli."
This is a marine picture
which it is thought the father*
and mothers would like to see.
Requirements are that the
iwrenls come to the Brecken-
ridge American give the name
of their son and |iasses will lie
given them gladly. Do this by
salurdav.
News Analyst To
Teaeli 1 Classes
Here Sunday
Four Bible classes ol the city
Iiave been invited to meet log^lli-
e.' Sunday morning and all friends
1.1 the .'lasses to Im* present.
(iccasmn is to hear A F. Kd-
wards, teacher in the
fol'ow ed
extent o| property damage by Ixith
lite storm and the tire had not lieen
estimated.
.j
It was estimated that t.iUKI are
homcle.ss and the town was laced
•Villi le. ding .iiiil housing these
men. iv,unen and children. The
It' ll Cross was reported at work.
Neighlmring communities were
rushing 'n food, medicines, and
clothing.
Cri veil is the iiiunly scat of
Foaiil eounty and lirst refMirts
were that the town was practically
•letllllllshcd.
A si vete windstorm and heavy I
ranis vete leported from nearby Guard Chief Has
tow it Quanah reporting almost „ • « • o, •
t irnada winds and four inches ol "80 JjIICK olrOKe
tatnfail Chillicolhc reporte«l terri
In winds.
I lardin
Junior Col' -ge at Wichita F'dls
and nevvs analyst on KWFT.
invitation wa.> extended Mr.
Kdwa.tLs to teach the gathering by
the Rough Neck class (in his ac-la,|vnnci. i„rees,
ceptancc invitations were extend-1 ftussia >ovieis
•d the Priibyterian. Methodist
and Fust Christian churches
Italtle ofBurmu
Reaches Blood v.
(lonfused (lliinax
Britain llumhs N; zi l!if •
Rusn Say fieinian K.u i".'
Are Weaken ng
i By The I nitcd Pre1 > t
The batt'e ol Burma sut. 'd to-
ward a bloody, confused china', a-
l hin.t's baek door loday vvuti >)a.'
inei baiii/eii lori es edging tliti li
ihe ruggi <1 noil hern Suan si at
towuid the vital Mandala.v-L.1 i.i•>
i in a ay. despite stubbitn Cliuu >e
resistance.
'Ihere w re conlhetiilK reporb;
on I In* noi'thi rniiui.st point ol Hie
Jap adviuu e. but none disputed Hie
nit leasing gravity ol ihe Allied
position .Should the Japs reach Hie
liurma load terminus at l.a ti.
ilsi|.aw, |ii miles >oulhwest, they
.'culd cut the only m|mrt:int Al-
ii d supply artery to liniu.
\vai in brief:
Hritain HAF bombs and lire*
the German naviil bases al i.e. I,
Trondneini Lultwaffe retaliattu
with iKimhiiig York, live lierman
raiders vveie <|i vned
Burma Three Jap cnlitnn;
drive U|miii Ihe key railroad hear
Lasluo ami llsipavv. StilweH's
Chinese lories strike ti.vaiil 1 ■
lem in an eliort to isolate it. ai"
site, sav
continue offt'ii-
(•erinaiis weakened siilii-
vl isse.s lo join for the meeting.
The classes will meet at the
Palace Theater Sunday morning
1 at !>:13 o'clock.
H. li llanslord of Ranger is
, thoroughly convinted now mat bad
slop commissioners.
"The 'Biookiuif campatiy c tiHl
Ilk. cowlxiy-.' s.uiI Joseph B. Al-
len. president ol the I'.ryn Mav.i
comikir.y.
I'wo Patients Are
Critically III
cniiiii'en attend, or die nearest
Wind school in cu-si ol no chil-
dren iitienthng.
SjK-cial ittenion ol Iho <■ vvii.i
will sign lor the lamily is called
to some inlormation 'hey mu t
lak - with them. Tin is thi' heighi.
I weight, age, color ol eyc.s and hair
I of each individual I. -'fuller of 111':
II E. Pendleton of near Ivan inmily.
and S. U it'cves ot Murray Ixiihi The better |wrt of one week has
were rep uted hy BreckeniiilgeI heen * a-ule lor his work, but
Clinic ami Hospital attendance o1 schools will U- dismissed the first
In in ei it • <d i 'iidilion Wetliv.'sduy day for Ihe wmk and all ire urg-
Keds (rather For
Mighty Thrust
I.i <N1>< IN. April _"<i 'lf>
i ports from Hue barest sitid strung
Red army r 'serves are massing
lot assault on the city oi Kursk.
.'No miles south of Moscow, in an
effort o|H ii the entire northern
ll mk . Germany's diive into the
I kraine.
luck, like at* idents, comes m
. threes, and is hoping Ins had luck
! will soon end.
Saturday his brother. Ted ihms-
foiil. drop]h i! dead at Ins home in
lie-1 Calilornia. Funeral ai i'ingement
ciently to liermil ojiening a sediri I
Allied front in Euiope linn.
Bed army ivxcrvis reporteii • .
to strike^.
-Aiislra'in f. S.-Ausiialta . .
crs destroy munitions dur., -.t
Uie. Japs attack Port Mi r o.
Iieaten off.
Jii|>an Military rev iew b> I
hito on list birthday sun -
(ttncelled due to "unlavoi
weather."
Mediterranean Ams an d •. :
on Alexandria kills 5K vounds t I !
Non-stop air war continue.. ■
Malta.
British IkiiiiIm-is an t h
ii.oiniiig IVrty Mehidfey wits dis-
missed irom the clinu and Mrs.
J \\ ihorton and Miss Mary
Slover w ere reported to lie im-
proving rapidly C 11. Allen w,(s
lejiorted to lie gr-'ally improved.
At the Westside A H Meinz.et
"as rep. ji ted I i have undeigone
stlrgeiy and Clnrles Johnson was
(hsittisscd from ituT" Tuesday.
Food To Decide
Victory In War
To Visit Soldier
Mi> Jeiuni* BnghiTian left
Tu. s.lay for Montgomery, Ala-
bama to visit her son. Boh, who
is m the Army Air Corps station*
ed at Maxwill Kickl.
CEIIJNC; FIXED ON PRICES
Ft HIT W< IKTII April i I"
Texas Is le.utilig th' home front
flight fot litness through nutrition
work, the general Federation ol
Women's clulis heard iislay
"FikkI .1* a military wca|x>n of
defense and sutvival of the fit'
est di'iicnd upon pract ■ al appl «•
lion oi >i.'ntitic knowledge ' .1
nutrition, ' -iud Mrs. R I C.
Pi out. W'ikcficld. Mich. "Vk-tory
in this wat may tic detei mined on{
th. home front and will go to ihe|
nation which wilt show greatest i
stamina, endurance and courage."
ed to gi t regislend then.
The ration is one ball a [Biund
Iier |eiym |« r wt k and ill are
warned they must n |Birt sugar on
hand under heavy penalty of the
.aw lor failure to do so.
Defense (>uard To
Stave Hlowcut
Monday tughi th. -Tib. Com-
|Hilly A ol the Ih teii-e
viUHid i--III li s regulai meeting at
Hie Armory al K The lasl platoon
j had instructions on iId- u-ie of ga«
tnasks while Hie 2nd platoon was
given drill on scouting.
Captain Brewster told the com*
p'iny thai p'ans were being work-
ad out lor a social affair and also
'or maneuveis vvh-n the com-
pany will go on ah .ill night trip
Thursday night the Hookies will
Is- given First-Aid and the mee I-
i ing is to be held at 8.
Torrejcidor (iuns
Sink .lap Ship
WASHINGTON. April UP
''•ik guns on Corregnlor island
a id four othei Manila Hay torts
b' i led Jap Ii'im>|is and artillery
concentrations along the nearby
coasts and sank a medium-sized
army ship, the war department
•aid today.
Internal Trouble
Pops In Italy
LiiNIMiN, April 'ti.1 Pre-
mier Benito Mussolini told Italy -
distt . t prel 'els that lai k ol dis-
cipline and fraud has created an
acute internal situation and "in-
1 XOI hle pllliisliment" will lie met*
erl the guilty. .iJtoiiii' radio iv-
| b If't -.
have not y 't lieen completed, j ui'ountj*d hundreds
ihoiigh it was said today that bur- "Hacking unit covered a .c
I ml might I** in Calif., Oklahoma m,!" ol sk> ^meshed w n,
or in Ranger, the deceased Hans- Preceih*nii«l violence 'Im-.d
lord's lormer home. j t«erman ba- rs m I'l attc in
o. M. Porter, a brother-in-law 1 "i,k" tremendous ..
ol llanslord. and an engineer on spriad li mi ll • \a.i
the Cotton Belt, died .over the ",,sh,l' "'st at Trondli. im.
weekend and services are to be'"n-v' wur plants ol
conducted In Iiallas Wednesday. Rhlneland
t llansloid plans to attend. ! ,w"rc on. one
Then, to make the story com- j "r''ifh formation alter .a
pi Me, or at least Hansford Iio|n*s I NVV,'l,t "v',r ' hanae! .
• i ■ ■ ■ . > 'in ii Imt t. ,/l I...
it will lie completed. Mrs. Hans,
lord fell out of a wheclliarrow and
hi-ike her loot.
llanslord is known here in con-
nection "Uh Ihe Texas IX'feiise
Uuard.
Storm Losses In
Kastland $l(H)t00
l*os-' 's !iy Kistland property
ow nei s by reason of the fn-ak I
rain, wind an l hail storm last J
Friday afternoon will reach
OHO.!*) acofding to iin estimate j
mack* by qualiiled authorities and
announci'd this morning. I
of the total loss |Kisslhly 40
|ier c*'nl of it was not covered by
any form of insurance.
in what had hccomc a gr m I. nr.
hailed offensive with ,il I. a ■<
three milltl olifeetives:
1. To bie ik III' alt) ally v\
ened ( erman air |mvvcr on li.
er's western Hank.
'1. To disrupt further Ibe i •-
stricted flow ol German war , t,;i-
plies lo Ihe Bttssian front
.'I. To clear away the I' if r.
threat lo the Allied sea roti! i
the northern Russian pi . t
blows t||b.i|| the kev loCelil n . i
(lower in the north.
Spanish War
Veteran, Ifi,
In Air Corps
\NYWAY, NO ARK NEEDED
WASHINGTON. April
With one lno.nl if-lusivi or*!'•
the Offici of Pric* AdminisirHtion
TiH'sctlly nlghl tixed war! inn
maximum prices fot virtually
everything Americans eat. wear
■ nil us.- ai lb* 1 'Vels pn-valei.t
dining March.
Alter May IH under the genet-'
il maximum price regulation, n >
retailer may charge more lor nil
article than the highest prm- al
whk'h he sold it in Mai* h. Th-
«ainc ivstriciains will a|iply, after,
May 11. to in .tiufai turwr- a n d
wholes.di i- prices and ,« 'ter July
11, to a long list o| service estab-
lishinentu such «s launtii 'si tail-
ors. auto repair shops and radio
repaitmen
Simultaneously the price agency
in effect froze rents in '.WJ center*
of war effort of war production.
Mostly, they wer,< fixed il the
rents paid last Mai eh 1. In sixty*
four ol the areas the stabilization
wa a* ol the rent paid on Jan.
1, April I. or July I, 1941.
Names Are Drawn
For Jury Service
Draw.r.g ol natv. s Irom Wh>'h
titn x! grand jury will bo select-
•d shows the billowing:
T II Allen, Frnest Curry. J. A.
Bates, ("lint Goodwin, O. Faunt-
leroy. K It. M.ixwell C B. Se<irs,
J A. Ward. II. Leigh Bunkley.
Monroe Veali'. C M Echols. R. C.
Brother of Breck
Man Is Killed
Burley Burleson today was pi
paring lo leave lor California fol-
lowing i'i• 'eipt ot a telegram tell
ing of the death of his brothel
tla-rr, A. A. Burleson.
The brother d' *d as Ihe result
Oi' Intrns received in .ti expl'ision
Tuesday afternoon. The brother,
who lived here almut twenty years
ago, had lurn 'tigaged in oil field
work there until ten days ago he
OI.MPIA, Wash, 'l l'' Olym-
p.a s laiiious "Mudflats Aik" built
ay William L. Gn-envvcKid a religi-
his ecientric who plays six mu-
st* al instruments, is doomed as a
.c tim oi progress
NFW ORLKANS HIP.
| Jimmy Gonzalez, who w a
i alls t machine-gunnei in li
] ish civil war at the age
1 continues his share of Hn
gainst the Axis in the I'. S.
osopny anil picturesque ark. When, air corps lie is IX now.
the l^indon Times called him Uo Gonzalez, w ho had lived in s
IN',
a Ln.v-
Sran-
•r 11,
Wiir a-
A ru:.
Ritchey. J R. Coody, O. Tontlin, went to work in the ship yards as
W. II. iiakin and C. A. Wald. a welder. The blast occurred at 1
They are to n-port to the 9IHh o'clock yesterday afternoon lie
district court Monday morning. died at 7:.T0 o'clock last night. I
Gonzalez. ....
long distance several years ago, il ' since he was three owes heeii •
marked the high s|iot of his life. 'I 'm from the reruel dungea'i of
Today Giivnwciod liv.-*s on a S>'W). fa*n. Franco lo the latt lli.at lie
Grc*enw'ood built the ark out of | old age (tension front the state of i was lairn in Uniontown Pa A I i-
i Iti-foot r.i.itorlK.Ht alKHJt 10 years Washington and entertains visitors cr to the Ameriian cYinstilale iron
lg„ as a re uge from Ihe ••scVonj:'" «•* "" hls " *•• an A,wln"
ilood ' which he predict d would "heeaty organ or playing.
lit Ihe world in l!i.ll. The rkicid H," r « f««hion. on his dented cur-
tailed to arrive on schedule and nc'* , , , ,
GreenwcMNl painted he anhaic ves-i 1,0 recently mounted some fake
-••1 with cligious quotations. cannon oil the ark to call atten-
| Hon of the po|nilacc to the battle
Now oiympiM is cleaning out the
shacks on its waV'tftont unj
i ireeriwibkI's ark is almut to go.
H • has offered It for sale for WOO
but will lake a good used school
bus in trade.
tays itm Witt* U. S.
Greenwood ha* received world-
of Amageddon. which he says is lo
lie fought any day now.
UreenwiMid mixes his religious
fervor with an active interest in
the World War and predicts that
the United States will defeat Get-1 form, the food he gets and his
many because "the Lord la on our I quartern would only be enjoyed
dde." | by generals in Spain.
on. Gary. Ind. secured his tvlr
Having fought at Madrid, Val
encla, Guadalajara and 'leieul,
Gonzaliv had to leave Ins family
in S|iain. where his father, Sindul-
fo, was interned in a Madrid pris-
on.
lie reported guerillas still flj^itt
in Spanish hills against Franco .<
troo|m. The U. S. army amaze*
him. He commented that his uni-
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