Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 155, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 27, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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Trad# At Hone
*For Self Protection
Breckenridge American
UNITED PRESS NEWS SERV1CS
nea telephoto and comic servici
Cow, Sow, Hen Pro-
gram for County
Most Sensible Step
I
ol. 22—No. r
ItKKCkKNKllXiK. TEXAS, Tl'ESDAY, IK'TOKKI! 11.
Price Daily He — Sunday 5t
THE
OBSERVER
•football outlook
CHIM QUOTATIONS
tast texas oil
'ONt AMENDMENT
SOLOMONS NAVAL BATTLE IS UNDECIDEO
Tmst are day-
Uufti make a
man ht' ,itis 1 t li,. Kami
prooubiy should -to,. i.d
think iin awhile. soiim tan. -
Ula.k how tvvryjlw
i this Wiii #en- o\ ,-f | ►is'U,
"•top and Uiink vt would wv
UM', unt-
il! Uni t .1
Munition Hoard
MhiiIht Is For
Of fire Building
RKSITK IN THK PACIFIC
Tell* \\h>
lie V ol d
(•it.d
Vmmdntcnt To
pon Is
hi
w.
find «nmmiv <1mi
thousandth at, large
over ?
THE lirrcldWMltir Hue-karoos
rtturri l' r a ^artk' «it horiw
(ri<4«i> night. VV« >h< uld ^ *t • .1
*n«i tii\r ih.ni .1 im.ud li
rn>t mipuh u ii for th.' Buck f 1 K
t * in lh' tliNfru t rii iiupi.
Co on lhn ^h f h« « in ...
up Inni; p" vu-h :tu- , !,||
meet Wichita F ills .ig.ui I .
stale champ.on .'. j \\ ! , n i n
meeting W.i -* .in<! Tempi. - .ml
the Ilka* t« stop I Mull w.
inn make the gran lb. >1 ii 11 j 1
Umt .ilimi; towanl h. n..)* I\.
would I* «uri.'lhin„ 1 t* excited
over in urduwry . .ntcs
IT has I teen pul l* l> nl\'KMi -ii
htdore a Ux,il 1 hit that Tt \ •
vol *ts vote lor u.. pi ,Misii| mi*
off.iHilitling r A.-'.11 l -c.iu*e
it is ftnanri.il ecunon v t • do v,
and to vote against the I* nil is-
sue to |K>> up the -'all' ill In it of
$3O.I«)0.(ju!
Thiv m- 11 iri^nl red lh*- two
rr.ain amendments. !' ii i- with t'>e
most at stake, amonK 11\ • • to
voted upon m Not
ryr-e, Hut what I*
ant i* f r each %< t«
wfett IIto..-- arm- idou
tflPm 11111 vol.
fi thei do .ling •'
lor the first tin.'' .if
rV\.i vot.r* should vote lor'
th«' plop is, 1] ffni bin tiling in
t|i.- ,1.1. : -st ,.| imiiii tlir stale anil
th,' siii K.1 former S. n at or l-b-n
G ' " • 11 Wichita KaJIs saiil on
1 - \ in n • 1.1 \
< ineal, mm ,i memtx-r of th.
.*'«' Hoard "I EdutMion mail.-
'■ • «tat,-ni. r in va-n ,| th, t
that Tin- rn .[,• >. «.imiMiiiii woulil I
Iv t, irt Ai -d from ihi' si ho I fural. j
In ^(ilaining th<- situatiimi, h ' i
s i; t 't;, iijit, no* is |ki>t i; r n- !
'als t"r offiivs ir|, l\ si-iMi-i'iil
cn.lK'r ."I i
111 st irnj*
r t« 111 i<t out
nt'. ariv till Iv
,•( study 11K
1 .,1 s !•, ill
ht' to
T
111 pulls ami ki< ts his
Mot.
5* li.*iM thi- >vk pi f
\p f-.rs s.ini<' ^..I'a'.-'iis on th-
nuhpi't *niokmt; tl« slioi* op
inions \Mry
a k"1*' ' >Car is a gn at
to a man as a
Woman E G
iniloi t
ipv<l •.-> is to a
Hiil.n'r.I.yttiin
SniohniK A 1 a t .1
to th«- e>«' har n'-.i >
iLini;i i">ius to Uic ,11
Itlai'k stinking fuiu tl
1 st rrx'mMinjj th • '
H-an sftnik*' *il th«' i>'.'
|omli"vs la lu s I 1
What sm« l!s Ha
ht*-n buminn a raK «r
driut muW in th«' U«« k > anl- No.
thi' man 1* smoking a fivc-ixnt
i-igar ►'• •
Tolvai-i o A lofw mar. . inipan-
ion. un-tu lois In. in > tnmi.i>
rnann toad. « s.al nur'« .onli .l
n waki lul ma. S > || i'p all'I i • Hil-
ly man - l.rv '"I. ' ' • *
I oat lis, mH'
■ tin- hr tin.
. a 1' in tw
, i(. ivar-
rr I'U Sly-
ul iwt-
ulaml.
. si -nobody
thi*rr a
m -r Ans'in a mm PJirt'i-ilinK
st k, • * 1 that in JO to L'5 \imis
* aiW (my f. 1 tin proposed n.' <
building
! ' • -i • •• i| fund has .ti.Oi«>.'«*>
<>n hand whuh under th.' Inw t
• annul Ii i| for. I«'SS than 2 1-2
pr-r <vnt int"rrst whuh is lying
idle Th. km thus made would
l«- t Ik m lit to buth stati an I
th.- «< ho ill*
■si " fiii'.il s iill th.- v it«'m
should k.i-p in mind thi- amrni-
nn tit that gi\rs th.1 It-gidalurv thi'
a iihority to build thi laiilding
nd ilo.-s fori,- t.hat body to tl.
si \ls > h, said thi' s t;. I,* ti>*as-
UMT uii li l th' Ihw will U' ii'uuii-
i d to inak«' th ' innuil payments
iK.rk to th. school fund
I'.' !i*s this ln'ing a good step
f .i financial reasons it will gi'l
tl.. ■ inous I'ffn.'s togfthi^ in ' rv'
budding so that .1 t ix payer going
t,. \iistiri ,1 htisini'ss ran find t '
,i ■ .... ...,f w 1 ,t |,i- is 1 Kikm,
fm w thm' th • it
Irthi-s, days
, fr>-'i|.ntn!l\ n, f)n l said
h.' f.'lt thr [ir-H''ts,.(t tmnd lssi>;
ti, nn.'t stati* del wit ol VtOiHHI-
o<*i should ti« d"ffat.'d l>i*auw
ti'mi his tn'i'n Kept out of heavy
debt Iw. au' • th< nslitiiti in do>"*
no? |**rmit th.- sale h >nds 10
pa> s^jih state indi'bt
the rescue "somewhere in t.hc Pa. 1 f•<"
w hi lei* wit to aul of tlv* cr.-w of .i V
Summon-*il
ground, send
Tlie crew, seen on plaiv's wing and bow,
Navy photo from NEA Ti'lephotoi.
" a I'. S. d'stroyer, sailor and
S patrol liomla'r fori'ed down by
gun in f'ir '-
engine trouble.
bailed all night to prevent sinking after a hard landing, it'.
New Group Off
For Army Life
J
rontingtut l.ra w Fur
Mineral W ells To
llegin Senire
Mi\wI Crowd Ls
Serv ed By I SO
9
OverVteekeml
Attention Called
To Sugar Dates
E
,t are
the
must
•AST Fexas win. h may <« «
etl Upon to ini'lease Its oil
production consul, ral l\ n> xt >• 1.
whi-n pip-lino m rth and <
cmipleted is in. sob|. i t
griatest controversy — is
always has l*v'n
The biggmt ff'ld ir. the
E%xt Texas is itmfr.mteil
ppiblem of suit w...
shiittmv! off a •fit!
id helow .ts nurlac
er i« produced
mik.-s furtlv-r ni
umrrtain luiause
whuh III ikes
world
with a
er cntrapni-nt
1111 iiTvunt of
e ll salt W«t-
w ith thr <'>' '*
ivery of
Ale twit.
\ttentiim is again call".! to the
fart that all institutional and in.
dustnal Us.*rs ol sugar must come
ir t'n Wat I'm. and Rationing
Hoard office it the City Hall on
rtiesiiay iiid \Vi'dne«lay. October
."7 and to apply for th'ir sug-
ar allotment* for lh.' month of
November and 1 *.• t-mliei All re*-
i niraiits 1- .uding houses, hospit-
al* drug stores liakei I.'*, etc.,
in itu luded in this group
Any d> lay in .^living may
■ ails, 1 onsi'l. 1 ibli' irH'onvei.-m.' to
lh iv who tall to do so a* the lo-
cal ratu lung board has made
s|h 1 1.11 11 rangements to register
lliis group on these days
All applicants vx ill l - rw|Uired
to r*port th< unount at sugar on
ban I at this time
WEATHKR
Men who had passed their final
physical examination and wno
have been on furlou^li sine." left
Monday for Mineral Well* to U'-
gin si-rvu*
Walter K tlanielft was apjioirit-
• il acting corporal for th- group
comuiting i>t
letay exp^r- j j> ntgers Sharon W„ Hulling.
Kob l . Wharton. J W ThunpMin
Elmer J Meeks Alfred t-. Met.
calf Eual T Terry. I'arl I. His-
' hop, (it-urge K I'-ndy Itmlry E
I >av is. Johnnie I- Hunch. Oiarl.-s
Si\ulett. J T Redding. James
A McCarney Newell P Hol. s,
Ji *sph (I Holes, Roy (' Ander-
son, Clyde. Kulbnght. Hen M J*'-
tei i"l irence (" Rmlgers. Norman
O Givens, 1. H Anders m. I an-
iel II Anilr'Ws Roy M
Memlx'rs of thi- local draft
lioard will me«'t m regular session
Wednesday ev 'ning at h o'clock
Average attendance of service
nicn thi* wifkend at th' US')
ne.idi|ii irters at the V M. C. A.
" a* reported tixlay by Mm. L. D
Hawkins, despite it* Iving l.he
iii ;ed end of the month from
pay day A feature of the at c.ii-
am-e wos tlie mixed representa-
tion. as mixed as America* own
democracy.
An unusual numlirr of Indian*
attended one ;. full.blriHl named
Red 1 >w I The 1 • w ere Anwiuai *
ol Mexican extraction, Filipino*.
Chinese and more navy men than
usual.
■n«'*s
11
Roberts Leaves
Jones Arrives
Judge Frank* S Rolierts w
leaving Tuesday morning to visit
in Eastland and Callahan e up-
tie* 111 iM'hidf of In* candidacy In
Tho*«' present w re served hot
gingvr bn ad and c.ilfee Sunday
afternoon by jhe ladies of tils'
t'hrislian Scicnc, ■ Church. Mrs.
, \ irgil Fowlei and Mrs. Harry
I .hinrs in rtiarge. In charge of uirl
• adeis Were Mis Mirvin Nay lor,
j major and Mesdames W. A. Holt,
man and HI.ike Johnson ciptains.
Annoiinc'inent w i* made that
.fake Burkrtt next week will fur-
nish sjxiial entertainment in the
term of a floor show, with haml
and orchestra This will hi' i>
la minutes
1 >n, fi. ture of the work the'V |
thi* weekend was lurnish-d two ]
soldier* I ranspoitition hark to
2.5(H) Letters Of
Breek Are Lost
Cheek Completed Of
losses In Burning
Of Mail Truck
t'h.vking as .-losely as |x.«ihle
on proiNible losses in (lie mail
truck burned on Octobe.- 22
Postmaster Claude Tmopson siiil
tiMlay tin-re eere an est 1 ma id 2,-
"Va> letters on '.he truck ln>m
llnikenridge. No incoming mail
was involved
Tins i.'pre*.'iit* all the mail
pouted after o'clmk Thurs-
day morning, and thus,- w inder-
ing why thev have not reii'ived
answers to, letters mailed tlu-n
will find the answer here, ol
ther- may ho important husines..
matters in some of the letters
to lie followed up since the let.
tern were lost.
There was some l egist 'red mail
but none of great value and
Ihos.' who had registeri-d letters
have l>eor notifi <1 At.lention
1 wits called today to th-se vvlia
imikht have mailed iirt.luate* of
inws«iiv io rvtroit on that | i.'.
I ticular day, that thi y will not
reach I>«'troit,
; Th • truck was going east lo
Fort Worth carried Hinurn let-
ter.* most of them from theeanvi
at Mineral Wells. It w as known
to carry clearing house checK
letters is
10 Or^ani/utions
Are IiieIuded In
(loiiiniimitv (lliesl
•
Rev. Amos MyetK Klvctet! |
Chairman: Reports
Made At Meeting
l a.' ix/aiii j| iliiscior* of the I
UiecKciii iiljji.' Coriliaunuy Llltfal i
I'-CI ill tlu.' I JIV.A OuiiUll.g iail I
s'vriiuifc to 1 iiar tta.' ivpuiu t
in.' v... ,wii> participating agnici.'* |
ior tlie pu-sl year anil 10 voiisidcr j
uie ouut;s't anil campaign lor tlU' j
..>.1.111), year. Hie laieliiig was 1
c.ineii h uul 'i by I'resiUenl Aim.-
.u.vii*. wiu, asKeil lur a upoi' I
Horn tlie nominating romnuttiv a-
uie 111 *t ord.-i oi business, .sup
Jolin r liailey ina.l' the repeat
as loll iW s ior president. Re..
An 10s W. Myers, ior vice-piv 1-
li' III, haniesi Aliixwei,; tor sec 1 j.
taiy. K R Mel allirt'ii. ior lieas- !
uri-r, I'. M. Faulkner. The report 1
of the commit! v wa> accepti~.l !
and thi* officers named elivtiil
uiiani.nously.
Report* jI thi' past year * work
w.u* rec lived from tlw eigiit jki. . I
Ucijiating agencies a* loilovvs; V
MCA. Enieigemy Charities. H.,y
Scouts. Goodlellow s. Summer Ac-
tivities, TuU'iculosis A.ssoi'ial i' 1,1,
tin I Scouts and I'nderpriv.'liged
t'hildri'nV Lunch Fund All UilU
Were reportiil paid and obliga-1
turns of the Community Chest '
for 1941-42 would tic met. Pres-
ident Myers complinu-nled all •!'
the orgam/ations lor their excel-
lent 1 ejmrts and for tile work
completed
In selling the hudg-t tor tiie •
new year. Rev Myers stressed
that economy would lie thi' key-
note. bill that it w as the duty of .
the I(oild ol direct 1 is to see that
In so doing, the vital work '.f
the partieip itmg an -ncie* would
not sulier He trtged thai the
public lie informed that, .although
the budget would 1*' reduc-d. it
wiHiid I*- necessary for contiibu-
I I us to raise tlieir *ul 'script ion t 1
1 mist tlv lo** .1 revemu •aiisrd
I (Continued on Page Three)
17. S. Navy Putting
Up Game Fight
Against Odds
A major Jap-Amei"can naval struiiglc
tnoiwi are;, today [x)*sibly the bigg— l
yet clcv.r.
It is i.p|atuvnt hovvevi-r Is il: suKti ■
the Imtlle is not cia.luded tin ill
tlu' American drive into llu smith
of v ital sea laii.'s alt ng which the
wan lo Australia
wa* in progress in the S
il thivvui and ut4c. in
ulIcnsl jev. rely and
tuilcome lunged tlw la
in Solomon* anil |.o**ililv *011
Allied supply luu- run* v ia
I 1-
Seraj) Iron Flow
Is Large Despite
Heavy Rainfall
0
Donald Nrlson R- t|ut*sts
Industrial Scrap Metal
Flow Continue
Daniel Is Board
1 Vice-President
*tate senator Ironi t!u district to . camp aftet they became sirande.l I
t c. I . k-* • t. ,f ' l
Slow ly
night.
rising t-miiet atures to.
rnor
torn hole ptv**urv
oil iTCOverahl.' is teiliai tl
At present, the railroad
mission was told V~a*t I
961 flowing well
tiii'eed John Uh' Smith af
Tlirockniorton when he lierom1 |
lieutenant governor on Januaiy
I.
RoUrt* .1st Week vl*ltisl the
eastern end of thi- district of twel
ve dainties and a d he met man>
oltl friend* and vva* given muc'i
ineouiageinent
Charlie \ ,lon«- of Fisher coun-
ty was in Rrcekeniidge tod.iv i.i
benalf of hi« f'e. a fin oppi.nen
of Robert*. In all Iher.- are six
candidates in the race, Judjp
Roberts -aid t 'luy. Tiirec from
Fisher rounty one from Snyd r
ami one from Cross Plains.
here.
has
ii im-
xa ll "id
whuh are
CHICK TIPS ARE OFFERED
I niti i mvpitv
producing water •••in
w ells making water ami
prodc- *rs which have not >«"
yielded water.
24 On Fast Ward
Honor Rolls
§fr .< Ward Honor r.-n iWlen
have anrt.ilin.ed - fo'loWs
A honor nil I J
B honor roll l#tn Mu'len 1". ■
Eubank* Iji Gen. Hate*. H-.M v
Huffman. Fd'th 1' ■ *■'■< " 1 *
(iV Melnroi Hett« Kolev Hly
Wood Janice Iji" ngv'i- l Wilm.i
Jean Vincent Beth Kn ght Ev 1
Jean Weatherfoid I>'tothy R >-
-^| Cbure Walter G-n- va Wi'li*
Allen Leo t>ra(>er, lame*
Thornton r>on. Fa> Oudginton,
Jo Ann McCoy. Hetty Rav Mai
kw't. Mari'iii't Pale Patsy Nash
and Hick Atkins
Two bundled million extra chic,
k.-us ire wanted lor America 11
dinnei tables this fall and wint-
er Secretary of Agmulture
Claude R Wirkaid tails U|Rin thr
(Kniltrymen ol thr I'nited Stat">
t. pi'duee this probable supply
of meat available tor civilians,
s.uii Jini Wilkerson vo litional ag-
ricultural teacher
Texas' r. nmbution would ! •
around ten million fryeis Th s
would t«- in proportkin to th •
number of chickens pnxliaisl m
the state each > • 11 The most <le.
sin.ltle W. ilthl fot Texas-grown
oiu'-hill (xiuntls of feed I'ost il
chirks thi* fall may lx' slightly
more than those of last y -ar. but
it should I*' possible to obtain
g xxl broiler ty|x-s f-.r approxi-
mately ten ivnts rath,
Poultrymen who hav • gixxl
linxxling eifuipment can use it
profitably hv brrxxling of chicks
tluring 1 k*t' 1 her Noventlwr and
Iiteemln'r and have th-ni market-
ed before starting the spring
brtxd to replace the laying fltsk
n-xt year.
RimI dross Group
Sews Totlav
Sewing •ontimail today at th
Red Cross he.ltlt|Uai lei-s in tile
Robert hulldini; with a large
group at 1 he machines.
Th'* • who signed the register
included:
M1 'm I a me* Homer Weatherfonl-
W. II Corn tg II Kaielitz. .1 <>.
CorU-lt J. W Atchison. Nora !
Johnson. M I'. Kiker. Paul Pit/er. •
Emma Johnson. II H Gregor*'. j
Jix Heaty. Nellie Hlackwond, T. 1>|
Whitehorn Sam Hall. W M Cox.
Kloyd .lone* .1 A Hal*'* ami Mr.
W. C I>ick*nn
Dinner, Program
At East Ward
and other imimtant
ordinary mail.
Patriotic Rites
At Elks Club
Announcement wa.* made today
that 111 connection vvitii a nation,
al movement among Elks and 111
keeping with Navy Day 1 elebra-
tions tii' local Elk Lodge w,||
hold a brief patriotic *crvic"
Thursday. I spinning at x 1 clock
which the public is invited to at-
tend,
t>n thi' program for parts in th."1
rites will be l{'V. Victor Aubrey.
Major II. H McKinney. Rev Lo-
gan Huchanan Rev. A .1 Morgan
Capt. Jimmy Brewstif R-v C Iv
Gray. Also there will tx' a s| «i tl
patriotic music program by big 1
schorl students under the direc-
tion ot Jak ■ Rurkrtt.
It is rx|>ectfd this will |x ati
impressive service and the ptibli<
is as kill to att 'ml The progian
is pianneil for l. minutes, whit ii
not interfere with other ait iv 111 •
for the evening.
At tlu last m -eting ol the boaid
of directors of Hra/.os River dis-
trict Muton lianiei ol Hrevke'i-
rulgc was electcd vice pr siik'iit to
sui* ecd Mie late Hob Ha*ktn ut
Soy mour.
I'resul lit George CI lance said
the hoard is to streamline its |Mil-
uy to cu-o|N'rale with the goveni-
mtiil ami avoid non-os* >itt i.-it
s)M'ndiug The meeting was licul
lasl week.
Five Fnlist In
| Army Service
official p-|Miiis rin'ived at the
ollui of the local draft boanl
*how five enlistments of Strphr.is
county men sjtx-e lasl report.
Th -s,. ate Edgar Stalling*, air
corps s|ief lalisis. Leroy Jones,
army. Leonartl Hugh Wragg. R10-
ert Lee Gunsolus, and JiJin Mic.i-
I «"d. in the army uir force.
IVspite the rainfall ol last we. i;
.Stephen* counly maintained vvhti
i* iMiisid.'ixil il* unusual I low oi
sira.i iron, wtan population 1 ilion
is 1 oiisulei ed
Six cars were ship|xxl out and
. live earl, ul* wen delivci il lo I ..
; cal yam*. 1' poil* retvivtu fioin
Co-Cliairtriaii C V VVeicii rrv ,1-
| ed Total In |x.tiiu|s lor llu- wnk
was 'U>7.22.'V
: I nusual aelivity in city nil
1 county school circles coutinii. d
and among the industries I'hlllip*
Petri I 'iim conipanv showed lead.
••I win, 2_'.::n pounds 01 )u„x
•steel in.I «**> |xMind* ol bra.**.
A telegiain t .day iiv
the Hir.K fiM.lge Alilei ., ,it| Irom
I'onald M. Nelson, chairman if
the W.u Prtxlut lio.'i Hi .ml read
Is follow s .
1 feel that tile nation owes the
neWs|ia,x'is a debt ol Ih.mk* I or
the invaluable scrvic they have
rend'red ihnnigh th nt v\ s;Ki|K'r*'
lint till -.lap drive i am rrluii-
ant to rail on jou furthei ,t thi*
time, I hr results oi l.he iirvvsp i,,-
ers' campaign howvv.'t have b. u
so gn at an.l more industrial sera,,
j Is SO essential lo solve th" nations'
winter supply problem thai 1 ,11.1
asking vtui t, give what effort
von I "el is appropriate ton ml i;s
(Continued on page fourj
(#as Rationing
1
Board Named
At a meeting hold 'his morri'M:.,
the Itx al gasoline rat lotting Imartl
as ap|Miinteil a* folliws. J. v
Hoyl.-s chairman. R I' tiiiinn.il''
Walker Say leu. I.' A Cain. M.l - w
Monaghan. (>. I'omlin. C 1., Brit I- k.n
• Secti'Uiry of ilie Navy !• ^
J Kiiox a-s. I't.'.i ilie o..ileum,
, tile conflict is "not yet clrur II -
sail! til., .1 |>s • i.ssj <| ho i 1
■ strength" in thr Solomons ■ 1
and th.- Amman fleet is put1 • j,
I up one ol tii. gani'st iig, '* 10
its history,
•V it- ol' thr battle ten- r
available irom Wasliingt t. v.,
tli: t pit.paguiida sources m, . . -
ei! tlie I'. S. ilii't pi Uibly *
engaging a "considerably st;;. -
,o' Jap force."
Known Jap losses are two
trait •.Uriels damaged, tie
carrier severely tlamati. on
si,nbs Tfv .lap* admiit'.l il
age to earners, mie crusirr, I
1 lainied the ships still art able j
stay at *e 1 anil fight.
KiHHVn American l >**e* at- . i.e
carrier *evei|y damaged, on, ' .
stn yer *unk. The Jap*, atlill il-
ly. claim Ilie sinking f four e -
ri'Ti, ol'.e baltleship. a'lt Iher w -
-hip tut! damage to anotli ■ b -
tleslup, three cruisers and 1 de-
stroyer.
In Egypt, imi *rinl wheif t' '
« h army is slugging its way
trd through Axis minefields
ivitie* were on a bit scale al-
thi ugh no climatic ectim I, 1* I"
■ fought a* yet.
In Russia lighting was s] v ..
Idov.n in Stalingrad, although >u
I approaching reli'f army Ior tiit?
city wt* ir ported making Ii ul
•* . ' strong German op|xi*i
The Navy annotifvil M •
I night the aircraft i'lirrie: \\ . n
Cjntinned on page 'our
Teen \*e Bill
in Status t^uo
WAStlllWJTON. Oct. 27 . D
.'•ix'.tker S.in Ray In rn ann 1 |
to;liiv nu further att in;" ,1
made to send the is and I"
old draft bill to conb it et 1
Senate until Noveoilx-i '• ' , 1
quortinn of the House 1* • \| •
to be pre -i nt.
Rep. Ew in,: Tli'imason. I > '
as, ranking Harm a ,!i. 1 ■ > ■ ••
'i' the I'otis,. m !ita v a't
I'omm'tt 'i'. sought 10 -• n.l
bit) lo conference yesterila; o
unnnimoo cons'ni no 1 1
blinked by Rep. John I'
D„ Mis-issj' Ml P.Ill' ai
ges.
Breck Man Sent To
SpeciaT School
Information has be 01 i"', . t I
h. re th t 1 riv ales S, I H. t"l er
* * 1 ii I VV 1 t I. .Mot-, n (..j-
till men selected li' ,t ■ ..oit
field. Fi. Worth, to «i 11 •■ ■ tie
s|: 1'iall/eo instrUllte. '
I 'ticaii h leld. S ut An' 1 " 1
NAVY DAY IS CELEBRATED
Those who are
fryer chicks is from two to two du.e bnilers and livers this wan- dnni-r hour
and one-half pounds
To produce a ehVken of this I
weight usually rqiiins from aev.j
en to ten |x unds of feed, ilepend-,
ent iip.n tji«* quality of Ii-ed and'
tit.' feider A gtaid quality of brou i
Ihnner will be served and .1
ruttriotu program offered at the — ... . —
f.is, warn suioo, tonight ' Severaf Admitted
l>tnner will ts- x^rvrd fn>ni * To Local Hospitals
Until tt. The pre,' |ier plate .s ,
.VV- for adults and -'V for child. (
ren. Thos.' who have not already j
planning lo pro- unsl 1 t*cket may do so at the
ter should laiy chicks at a repu-
table hatchery mar home an-1
only from |iullorum-t -sled stix-K
Trins|M>rtation facilities are cut-
out d and cSak* oril«'nil too far
from hon ' may n-sult in delay ed
chirks. sa.d
The program w ill Ix gin promnt
I, it ei ht o'rSx'k in thi' East
\f.ird Vuditurlum. Tin- price of
admission i« IV for adults an'I
Iflc for rhildr-n.
As an added attraction. can«ly.
E. C. Brown wa* treated for .
slicht head injury at tlu- Wesisld •
hospital Monday afternixm.
Ra'hartt M iss uiitlerw «nt majoi
surgery at the Breckenridge Clin-
a and hospital Mrs H W M. -
I Ion a Id is a meilic il tMttont then
Dismissal from the clinic over lh.
weekend imiudeil Mrs. J W. laiw
n-nce ami son. Mr* II It Me.-.
ei mash normally will produce} deliv ery and weak
one (MHind ol gain rn three and Mr Wilkerson
hut dogs, nop corn
will he sold.
and
ice cream i *mey and baby. Mrs Eddie Ii>e,
thin Jackson and Bill Sligar.
Navy I lay, the lirst cvkdiration
dining vv 11 mill's, since its uiaug-
11 alion tvveniy y.^[s ago. was
.* ing t i l 'br.ii.'u over the nati -ii
t'xlay
II officially opened w ith a radio
nidu s, by *V> 1 ak'l! \\ .I.'kic M<
■ ay night II"; „• I d's a fe.v
M'hixil pntgrd.t s it v nl lx- ce.';-
o'.ated Fri a- -i t«i, it n.xm Inn.
l h" 111 by Iii 'oier ,'i lb- Brelk-
i iitulge latins Club.
The Rotary Club had its pro.
gram tixlay with Aaron Grant and
Dean Pelfioy on tlv program, ac.
count of which will lie carried to-
morrow-.
This vidl lie in conjunction with
the monthly | atruitic program ob-
served by Ih it club. Mayor Floyd
Jones will Im> th- s|*'iiker of the'
1 lay,.
The day dawned with tlie an-
noum emcnt by the navy of th •
sinking of th,- aircraft earn •!
Wasp and that other craft have 1
Is-cn damaged in battling, the Jap*
who have dealt the I nil d State*
navy the greatest hi vv* m his-
tory. altlv ugli President R.k i*ev ell
|H>intci| out that with world wide
• | 'l 111' ills the It.ivy Is doing a
sujx'ib job. ''ii' concerning whicu
the entile nation ran 1'eti pruu.1
At navy time 1 ne y. .11 igo to-
day congtess authorl/.ed th' enor-
mous exp nt 1,1 Ilie ll Si7.23l.17N 10
build the greatest array of light-
ing shitts umh i one Hag ilie wor-
ld has 'Vet six-n. Included in this
stupendous program were .'V2 hat
tle.shi|K. IN aircraft carriers !M
cruisers, .161 destroyers and 1H*>
submarines, a total ol WM ve«s. i>
of war. Sine- thin this piogram
has l*t'n auhstantially enlargetl
V* tlunie of naval construction
I'as been incn-asiil .'KW1 per cent
in 22i yards. In addition tt.850
su.all v 'ssels were under constiiii
.KjH.
moved to instruct House 1
• tu nrr^pt thi Sm; t • np
jm« nt n'fjuirint: the • nr y hi
ivMimuvr 'mn f n,. •'- tr?i r
I h r • l* fori sending th« ni i
«« itaI>.-ir «r\ io*.
(iuard Prnn nt Meed
Better Than Ever
Major Thomas Gahagun f
| the of lice ai \u*tin Mondav
1 ening ins,'e*'ted the 1'x-al eoni
| It's of t|j.. Texas Defense <; :
I today remarked "they are :.
hi, Ix'tter all the 'Pre."
Ma ior 11 11. MeKimtev *
alxiut lfm tty-n and oflicer* w
insptleil
l^w Jonkins In
C'tiprd
FORT WORTH. Oct. :
Lew Jenkins, ono.limo
ve, -ht cbei'.pion fu n
"'liter 0 joined the I' S,
Guard today. He will not n-
tun v
J<v r-
o
•nrtivi* rf*?t, till nft-r his fVif
ui h thr CfHiu^v-'k lra U*r.
If nr\ Arm^t-or,r nt Pftla trl,
i' on N< \rtmlrr 13.
it
S Uvm^rs
At Kisk? H«se
WASIIINHTt >N
Arm, bomhers
Jap "stilmii.rtiie
in lit o raids on
position in the
• Nhv\ anmn ri
Blnst
«Vt 21 'U-
blasterl at
b«--c hi K
the m mv's
A'utlans,
oo<
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