Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 292, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1943 Page: 2 of 4
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f!TE BRECKFNRIMCE AMERICAN— HKECKENR1DGE, TEXAS.
If.• "if Miii. i943
relished Ti?««*y, Wtint'j-y, Thursday, Friday and 8tr,.
fcy Br:?V«nrldg« American Publishing Company
114 EM El.n (treat, Brecktnridga, Ttxaa
Prisoners of Wu. Work ond Rsst
CIRCULATION RATI*
By Carrier f fe)r Mail n City of Brackenrldge One Week 12c
B> Carrier or bv Mall In City of ■reckenritfge One Month 50c
Oy Carrier *r by Mai; in City of •roekenrWgo One Year W OO
ity Mail on Ru'at Route* and In Trading Zone One Year 13 65
n Mail OuTaide of Tradiijf Zone Ror month S0c
Notice To The Public
\
Any erroneous refL-ction upon the character, *tandins or
r< putatiun of any pervm. firm or cor|i«>nition which may
• M*-.«r in any icsue of this paper will be cheerfully <i,rr. et.<|
jj'"i. brought to III** attention of the management. *
• i< im ; Representative, Texaa Itaily Pre** Leaifue. l>alla«. Tex.
if ■ flnuiiff the Advrnlurrs of the Orraf Prtnre Atijy similar—
■i. rial personj ond j !«<•<■ Is purely intentional.^
II* BY MITER RDROM
XE.% Wuhiinlnn f'orreopondent
iV.' the Or«'nt pitnee had a hubby of stamp collecting, hut when
m
OITTOliR WAY
XST--
• OOOOOOO
Rv .1. ft ^imjSSS
t.d*on
■ ■ Ore it Wurs c 1 me, ^..mp eullertinn Milfi'ieri nn >t vvi-e-
nthcr Great Pi inn- h.-ul no time to d.itly with the printing
: . .. pretties for packet-, and with one-half "t the work! fighting
the uthrr h.ilf and all the soldiers ,-ind sailor* in
all the atmi<i and navies lending their missive-,
free of po-tane, tii-w stamps became scarier thar
new potatoes.
Bench >. the central', the admiiaL^ and the min-
inter* to« k up 'o much time with their etude*•
roun< il mtetiPK'-'. often running far into the ntcht
that the Great I'rir.i e after ft day's conferring hn«:
no yen, no heaM and no spirit in him P> count per-
flation* and «lecipher cachet cancellation*—pas-
times which made the Frier.ce of philately *c
thrilling.
But event* in the live* of mice and men hav«
*trar«e ways in time of war. ami it came to pa««
that the di patch "f one letter was forsooth tc
bring the Great Prinze a rn< het more preclou'
than rubies and rare roast beef, an addition *0 th
tiamp collection that would give It a cover which
jther album in the world w«uH pojse**. It happened after thi*
' rr
• 11 the yra«, fceyond the Alp*, ther«- dwelt another Great Prince
Muscovy.
, i tW thi. other Great Prince was a ftrange fellow with fierce mm-
: •<)>. who -.moked a foul—melling great black pipe. Yet he wi>.<
:, .,t Piince ii lced, idolized by hi- people, and his armies fuuftpt
' ntly against the hoide, ot tin.* Hun. He was a good ally.
' Me was a shy fellow, though, i d he would not confer.
' w this w. a great letniff for our own Great Prince, for how
. I , war tie fought w :h«iut a eonfeienee? But he bethought lum-
•? of a plan, a plan which would get him as much publicity as a'
ofi-nnce. He would simI the Great Prime of Museovy a letter.
-a. uld not be an ordinaiv I. tter. It would be the most expensive •
• >r < vci sent. It Would U* borne on one of the Great Pr'nce's-1
*.>t v| ,1-c mil hint, a Stratoliner with four grc.it engines tliurn-
;r b 'he air with the force of 4000 horses,
1 pu-ciou* indeed thtv parchment that it could not go In a
• ■ .ah like i.ny ether letter conducting the Great Prince's bus'-
In-t< d, it ruist have a special po.-tman all it* own and for
•' hiyh honor the Great Prince «ent for one of hi* ex-amba: -ado
the court of the other Great Prince, and sent him off on a secot
■in to Muscovy.
VVi en the ex-amha««r.dor postman delivered the letter, and wlv
1 ciie.,1 Prince of Muscovy had penn«-d turn an answer, he mount
.cod teed Stratoliner, and galloped home '
V it all the people wondered what the letters said, hut were pr« |
, I pica ed to think that the envelope without postage stamps cot
j 1 'uth a long way *0 fast, and make such a lovely addition
1 achets .arid covers in the Great Piince'* album. j
is ot w 11 in 1' S. internment camps do then own kitchen and field work and nave time fur
ixatioi, in t'.e un At Camp Chaffee, Ark . a forint 1 member of Pommel's African army mixes up
■Miie tianihuigns (P. W stands for Prisoner of War.) At Angel Island. Calif., wliere prisoners aro
sep rated into pro and inti-N.izi group*, some of the pro-Nazis sun themselves behind barbed wire
enclosure. I 11 oueis rue generally photographed with backs to camera to hide identities.
BACK UP
YOUR BOY
Bay tin Additional
Bond Today
The Price of Victory
TAXES AM)
WAR BONDS
It Tabtf Both
tornadoes have taken
.-i The lives OP OVER 3.000 PERSONS
im the u.s. in rt+vasry vmaas...
Bur automobiles kiu_ that number
rvfo <+k>A/7>YS.
t. m. *£c. w. s pa l off
it takes ABOUT
20.000 lettuce seedS
TO \.VEI£?H ONLV
CVUC OCA/C4*
t
1
wcod pusr is SASVOVSr AMD
SAvvcx r Is too*
±Jrs STAN iCMlRMACHER,
Thfpe, Arr2or&.
Business Owners
Cannot Draw Any
Social Security
SO TUt DULL iL>!r iHfc.
WOcJDS GAVE YOU THE
A.FTERNOOM OFF, DID
HE ? WHOSE CAR IS
THAT VOJ'RE
WORKIMC3 OKI?
I ittillllfii
THE BOLL
OF THE
WOODS'
''/utit
v,. :ir
7 ^ - ^
y
THE OFF PAT
*tC U S PUT OFF |
the Collector of Internal
I'even-
A HII ENK. Texas, June 21 —i u,. to whom the tax reports .
Owners and t art owners of un- ^ tlm,|e_ Further information r. irar.1
— the j uij, th^ benefits proKram can hi
cannot
1 *•
LATE U. S. GENERAL
corn tMI a, KH Sfll„ct l(lie
NEXT: .Hew Mf is your garden?
i WHO RYDER
Vs- w" '
tribe \( 3'JS^ vHK£.-J^N
POR- V, .iTT'toE JS\r>
i' f'rpur.ited businesses
M-lf-eiriployed workers -
l.uil'l up credits for old-n^e and
survivors benefits, under the pre-
sent Social Security Act by re-
• ortiinr their "waifes" and pay-
ln< social ecuri y taxes on them
stated Mr. W. C, Kinir, manairer
■ f to. So inl Security Board's
Soci il Sevi urity Hoard indicates
i iiili ne field office.
Information receiver by the
tint manv busine-.s men are re-
por'inif waifes for themselves al-
on*r with t-he waces of their em-
ployee*. under the mistaken im-
I ression 1 hut they can thus estab-
lis'i benefit rights in the event
of their death or retirement in
old a«e, continued Mr. Kint;.
The benefits under the Social
Security Act are paid only to in-
dividuals, or their survivors, who
are working in employment for
others. As employment is defined
under the Act, the aelf-ei. * loy-
ed worker is excluded.
Any taxes that have been pai<*
by such individuals can. under
certain conditions, b<. refunded by
the Bureau of Internal Reven-
ue. Information regarding these j
refunds should be requested of
hail by coesultinir the
Social C'eeurity Board
fice.
nearest
field of-
4-H Boys Honored
For Food Record
AMARILLO, Tex, (UP)—
Sixty-five Panhandle 1-11 farm
boy. have l 'i n honoreil at the
Ainarilio Air Field for their re-
con! in food product ion.
When lie luard 01 what the
boy;; had done, Maj. CJcn. Rich-
ard S. Ponovan, commander of
the Fighth Service Conimand
wrote:
"You have been raisinjr the «■•)-
uivali iit of the food huik'et of 'I ■
iifrSiting men. Tlii • n fle. ls much
credit on -I-II chilis vvhuli aie
setting' such splendid example!
of how youth can contribute to
the war effort.'"
Strike May Bring
RoHinin* Of Coal
WASHINGTON, June 24 U.f>
Coal administrat r Harold I I<
, 1 ; aid t alay tliat the thn-e eoal
strikes in the past two montlis
had aggravaed a fie' shor!a^<
which may make it n • es<ary
ration coal.
\VHAT YOUR BONDS'BUIj;
To Build ■ Heavy Bomber Like
*ha Foitrcw or tho Liberator
jfcrS fSSBBT
\ OfitlUlTlJE
4t % «£>.-•
/< Toies 3500 $100 War Pends-
Which Coif You Only $75 tocS
f-"- t Y'i.
VSr'tiM"
*
l«.* , " 1 ' 1
—
s " - i^r
wi1 w you back :
| if it lite* Qjr fast j
T,-FT*'
. 1.1.. i< j. < * • * —i
. •Workers :n a Jtlchlcaa re*
y finery fixed up a very low,
falac i!oor leaJtug to the pay
l> j. oQice. On it Is lascribed,
V "Vc-u will learn|^i dark low'
i -V cr ii you ili.a't Kay a " "" "
h i miii moa kb*. to w
thrifty. If yea save yon art
thrifty. War Bonds help you
I* MM tad help to tare
AiorlM. Buy year Im pes
Ml OMry pay imf.
'THEY GIVE THEE
LIVES—YOU LEND'
YOUI MONEY"
HORIZONTAL
Pictuied lute
U S Ktncial
' Uehold'
Id e.-t (abbr.)
Withered
' .And (Latin)
Therefore
Brftder
Timber truck
1 rarh (nbbr.)
. Fither
Cieek leUar
Toward
i! Railroad
( . bbr )
Ce«.Kiaphic
chart
• Excess ,c*
•Jewel W
"I rte« i<lf S '
Support •
' I'xist
to PrevioM Puttie
VCRKTOWNUT I L I TV
ATT R OE 'St C' O't't
M t 'D 1 N E L Of L'A
"CREAM A' E NO E A R
EELER 'O'NS'E'TL
[RASP MA N S NE tOl
|G A [1 B 5 L U [ J GO
PA B E M' YE' D O PHI
Hb O R Rl -r- ■ Is E R|
VAL I S)IUJWlHMI|u NT I L
PJ.
:C
P 1
flowers
2 International
language
3 Neft
4 Barrel
5 Like
61 Blemish
' Hawaiian food 63 Central Amer
> Lead sulphide ica (abbr )
' 12 Spoon 64 Stop!
. r- Limb 65 Prickly plant
I Tcrlod of time 68 Forcicn-bom
!7 That one resident
i: Curved line VERTICAL
30 Pi 1 teed 1 Pertaining to
52 New Tea la-
ment fabbi )
M Palm lily
54 F'lOt dipits
56 Midday
58 Perform
5# Compass point 6 Stairiasc pojt
tl
19 Negative
31 He was a U S 1
—— offlcci
25 Upward
2# Sacred song
31 We
32 Lead
34 Before
35 Serpent
.17 Half an em
38 Plural (abbr )
3S Manner of
walking
4« Painter
41 Recefv
43 He headquar
ters wei C in
I
1 em
. labbr )
K Of |
.1
,r 4 .tl
ce
44 Within (com!
form)
4« Near
49 Rough exteri-
or of baik
50 Final aim
51 Upon 1
55 Sun ',
57 Wood sorrel
7 And
8 Leases
9 Us
10 Hard (comb.
foim)
15 A few
16 Tvpc mca*ure 62 Symbol for
17 Make a tellurium
mistake 64 Him
60 Expression of |
inquiry
T'lyi
""
Read The Want Ads For BAi^ains
bit ■■ Additions!
Bond Now
MO--- wt xSOW-un
WH'T6 >W5 "TOWN
REO RIDER
HAVE. 0AD CHIEF
f>4
JAIL/
i
4
little
By MERRILL BLOSSEK
FRECKLES And HIS FRIENDS
\ /
WMATjGOES VEAM, JERRY / JUST MOW MUCH DO VGO
ON HERE? / KNOW ABOUT "I HAT MURDER THM"
'TOU'RE NOT TELLING ?
Find a Guy named
•lefty"— ano maybe-
mb can ikllvouimcxl
fat, over-stuffed--
■ONE!
■more!
■wordi
■and I'll!
knock your
■Block off n
"Fiats not tme
WOW5/
SCRAM!
ard
ANO
freck
Bumped
into
JERRY
AND
BUD
During
A VERy
interesting
"^versatonI
r t-tv
BY FRED HARMON
BV 6OSH CSC AC. 1
«UttE LOOK4 UKE
XXJVE GIVEN
_ "TH<?6€ OUOE6
■bs th' gup/
rzjpr
out
atlock
tin
9
alley oop ano
j. oscar boom.
how in ancient
sicily* and heaoto
-no •
e^ttchimeoes,
ATTEMPT A
0ETCUC ABOUND
k hostile
ROMAN OUT-
POST GKRRI60N
* BC 215
Dr. R. C. Hereon
VICTORY >
pver di' c tlirouK'i «"(iiropractll
J' >1 Nuth iCaston
Tclepl'.one -^3
GU :m Luiireli
Motor Company
We are now I'icoted at
107 SOUTH HOSE
(In I lie Former B. E. Dy®
Machine Ituliding)
Your business Appre-
ciated.
—Phone 710—
si:e rs for
Tenuis Rackets
Coif Clubs
Svwi itiff Goods
Fhhhifi Tackle
Official Tire Inspection
Slation
good/year
SERVICE STORI
117 N*. IJrcckenridjje Art.
1
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ALLKY OOP
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Paint Up Willi
WiSSCOTE
Ouls.'de and
PAINT
Satisfaction or yoar
hack . . ,
Wallpaper and Vanrfah
Do Your Own wtofc and
§ara
Western Auto
Associate Store!
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Hall, C. M. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 292, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1943, newspaper, June 24, 1943; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth131897/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.