Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 268, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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lilt
a call !' to
Elm and Harvey streets early
Friday morning, but when they
got there founu tiwy had town
given «c wrong addresa.
WhWt rcmlnjls that Brecken-
ridge mm* is enjoying a record
for low fire losses. Since January
1, or tor nearly six Months, the
loss has been 550. ' J '
City Secretary McCathren said
tl at In looking over the records
no period was found that came >
**r thl8 record. A
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A. C. Werner of Brock-1
wnridgc is in receipt of a box j
from her son. Lt. C. R. Wer-
ner, now somewhere in the Pac-
ific. When she opened it she found
the wrapping consisted of copies
of the Breckcnridge American.
fie Nad previously said In a tot-
ter he had been receiving the pa-
per. '■
A NIWATKD Annie says that one
a bad thing about politicians be' ;
, ing wonders at talking is thai !
wondenr never cease.
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Showers and scattered thunder
storms tonight and Saturday.
UNITED PRESS NEWS
Price Dally 5o—Sunday 5c
BICECKENBIJDGK, TEXAS, FRIDAY. .MAY 20. 1U44
AMERICAN TANKS PUSH NAZIS BACK
Golf Course Of
City Is Gaining
In Popularity
ete Wins
er,
Walton Minchew
Lead Scholars
MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
REFLECTS COURSE
CiVIC ASSET
EXAM* RESULTS SHOW 78
TO BE GRADUATED
HIGH SCHOOL
for
fflii SfejfP
HJCH set of the Texas dele-
gates to the national conven- t
Han will be seated is now a
question discussed pro and con by
iollowers of Texas politics. The
"rumpr convention is solidly lor
Roosevolt and the "regulars" sue
t?UinB the democratic party thtt
th«rie will be certain things or
else they will vote he £.O.P. tick-
ets, apparently preferably for
Dewey. Among the things they are
telling the national derro.i is that
the "rump" delcgati* musf net be
recognized. Tbeiv ar«> also certain
other things which ore opposed to v„„ v. ■
some Of tfe Kti ol the president.
i SERGT. GREGORY MANGIN, ex-
national indoor tennis cham-
pion and member of five Davis
Cup teams, is now the holder of
the Distinguished Flying Gross.
Mangin, who already holds the
Air Medal and Silver Star with an
>ak leaf cluster (or each, won the
DPC for fighting off German
lighter defenses in a recent air
raid on the Wiener-Neustadt Air-
Preparations for the close of
school the first of next week to-
day revealed Virginia Baker, val-
edictorian. and Walton Minchew,
uilutatorian, of the 78 who will be
jradu'it?d from the Breckenridse
High School.
Miss Baker is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Baker of
Breckcnridge, and Minchew, a
football player of note, as well as
! a scholar, is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. w. W. Minchew.
As Valedictorian Miss Baker
may have a scholarship in any
i eollepe in the state, ind Minchew
in a large number. Her grade was
J5.3 and his 94.7. Minchc .•'* name
it was said, appears on the pro-
3ram being prepared seven times
for one activity or another,
t Close in the race with them
| wore Bettio Sue Greenlee and
Billy LaPrade.
The baccalaureate sermon will
i be preached Sunday night by Rev.
R. J. LaPradt; beginning at 8:30;
o'clock.
Monday Junior High students
will offer a program in their t
closing exercises, about 125 or 130
to be graduated from there. I
Tuesday night,, the senior exer-
cises will be held, the address to
be made by President Don Morris
of Abilene Christian College.
The numbafc, of graduates this
year, 78, represents,* drop from
past years of over one hundred
because this class if affected in
the change over to the twelve
grade system. It includes a few
summer school graduates.
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a few of which ha e bee.1 enumer-
ated toff*.
Now if the rch.dnrs are a«ktd
to be seated on the sidewalk in-
stead of the convention hall, which
may Happen, how will the demo-
unts In Texas vote lu the nation-
al election? •
Pat Ncff once said never desert
the democratic party or the Bap-
tist church, and to our mind the
"regulars" at Austin represent the
will b| the majority and th-! others
followers of Roosevelt come hell
dl high water. But, maybe we do
not have majority rule anymore.
AMERICAN MEDIUM TANKS and mechanised equipment are shown j
pushing on to Gaeta and Itri, Italy, through Formla's main street!
Photo was made by the V. S. Signal Corps during the current Allied'
drive toward Rome; (International Soundphotpli
ITNDOUBTEDL1
JU er|ca are at
,Y citizens of Am-
the crossrei.d*
for the American right ot free-
through
. n. Those not
, tamity howlers
flew as a Flying Fortress tail gun-
ner in the attack. (International)
"Sty Camps" May
Grow After War
MICHIGAN ALREADY PLANS
500 TO 600 FIELDS
FOR PLEASURE
LANSING, Mich. (UPJ --- Mich-
igan win have from 500 to 600
•'sky-camps" in recreational areas:
to which postwar aviation enthusi-
asts may lly within a [ew hours
tromcrowded metropolitan centers,
it was predicted tfy Thomas U:
Walsh, director of the State board
of aernonautics.
j The "sky-camp" plan, develop-
ed by the Michigan planning com
fc
Dorothy Keith Is
Essay Prize Winner
Announcement was mnde today
following a meeting of the judges
that the prize of a set of encyclo-
pedia offered for the best essay
on clean-up,by the Sears-Roebuck
Company, has been awarded to
Dorothy Keith,
Barbara Fram was runner-up.
She was winner of the cash prize
offero'* by Junior High. Both
essays appeared in the Breckcn-
ridge American.
When Yank Forces
United In
dom. We are going through «>ne
of tl| most trying times in the
history of this great country, at
' ~m m well as abroad.
fc iavc seen power ^urped.]£!
ately adjacent to lakds, streams or
vucjtkon noteis, Waisn explained.
Utanttof 8
sec the danger, m>
will provide overnight
nra... o, bcc.usc . maa
ssm.
ttting,, fish-
. f :
der ir it is being dohili:/aA W'
measure or
cr wishes mope powei-
wont of humm belngl
There should be h checking i ..jn the future an aviator may
force and the regulars at Aus- whlsk his family or friends from
tin expressed this growing focliriR | not metropolitan areas throughout
'n worife There Mill is aj tfM, Midwest and within a few
mighty force of democrat.!. Amen- > |lours sct ^ls piaije down at some
cans, and President Roosevolt, a I- nor(t,Prn Michigan 'sky - Camp'
thouglt a war president, in a *va>f i where he can spend a week-end
!or nwr<i hu dy to any recrt-ational
is there as their representative., fel,luro j,e rnny desire," Walsti
declared. • 1 . 1
"Already scores of resorts and
a number of counties hove writ-
as Hielr —
Wc hope they will not lose their
will to act on their desires, if giv-
en an opportunity at the conven-
tion.
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OR HEARD:. Mrs. Nadlne
SUtket a medlcat patient at
Wcatside . i. Rev. A. J. Mor-
gan spying he came home to find
four young possufM in his garage,
but Hater and pOMum lovers be-
ware, because it I# out of season
to take fur-bearing animals . . .
A number talking of going to the
: Graham tonight. . . tor-
eador wearing a spiffy
of Marine cadet . . . Ma-
th Holland winner of
Twcntteth Century Study Club 150
rtobat? award .. - N. T. McCarney
here on visit from Perry, Florida
. Jack Sullivan of Woodton say-
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ing "o company" trying to take
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the Benedictine
composed of 30
.mmastery' was
ten for information about the ky-
camps and we expect a number
will be ready even this summer.
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By UNITED PRESS
"Where the hell do you think
you're going?"
"I came up here to make con-
tact with the Anzio forces."
"Well, you made it." !
Two American soldiers met on
the Italian coastal highway five
miles south ui the Mussoiu.i Can-
al today and with tl.f* laconic
exchange markedthohlstoric junc-
tion ©f the main Allied 5th Army
with Anzio beachhead forces. The
meeting, wain reported by the Co-
lumbia broadcasting System.
Legionnaires Asked
To Meet Sunday
Post Commander Paul Williams
today issued a request for all
members of the American Legion
to meet at Legion Hall Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock when graves
of the war dead in Breckcnridge
-vili be decorated,
Ben J. Dean said that plans are
being completed for the memorial
service which will be held here
jn the following Sunday.
Trial In Miller
Damages Suit Is
Set For lone 1
A civil jury venire has been
notified to report for service on
June 1, this time on Thursday in-
stead of as Usual, on Monday.
The setting show. the case of
! W. J. Reynolds et ux. vs. Arthur
Miller, suit for damages set for
trial.
Those called to appear for jury
service follow:
P. C. Walker, E. A. Cain, D.
Moore, E. M. Briden, C, £. Dixon,
W. M. Cox, Omar Sherill, J. D.
SandefCr, Jr., C. W. Newnham.
Arthur C. for rest, L. W. Bowen,
J. H. Sheffield. W. J. Boyett,
Paul L. Christenson, Jess W.
Lyles, H. D. McDaniel, J.M. Cook,
A. E. Sweeney, o. P. Caldwell,
T. G. Gilbert, R. P. Guthrie J. H.
) Lester, Phelton Harrington, E.
Hamil, o. L. Alexander. W. K
Mosley, E. C. Warren, D. B. MasKi
i J. W. Thornton. A. L. Stoker, Jno.
1 Ball. B.- M. Hickman, Grady Jen-
kins. C. H. Parker, G. G. Harri-
son.
Texas Plans
Trading Post
For Indians
AUSTIN, Tex., May 26 (UP)—
Yes, Indians still live in Texas, but
they don't roam the plains shoot- j club are now serving in our arm
With the coming of warm wea-
ther, interest is pa-King up in the
golf course. New help has been
...liiuyuu mid is tjetUiiK the course
in shape tor Breckcnridge golfers
to enjoy during the golfing sea-
son, uie memberaT-Y committee
->aid today.
The ii,cckenrldge Country Club
is recognized as one of the' great-
est assets ot our community, and
it is known throughout the state
mat we have one ot the prettiest
goit courses between Fort Worth
and Ki Paso, and one ot the few
in this part of the country with
good, grass greens.
A great deal of time and ef-
fort and money has been expend-
ed in estaonsning these greens
and, again, we have to thank the
women of the Breckcnridge Wom-
an's cluo tor initiating and com- j
picting an excellent piece Of work,
ilte material and means for con- >
struction on the course, so that we |
.night be able to develop grass ;
iivens, was contributed oy com-,
.nunity-mindeb citizens with the
.iromise that from the green fees
ihey would be paid for their con-
tributions and material. Some
doubted that this could be accom-
plished. but we are advised that
the last instalment payment for
the purpose of retiring this entire
obligation is being distributed.
Renewal of annual club mem-
berships is now under way, as
well as tne solicitation of new
memberships, and the response is
generous, as usual. Many of those
who have memberships in the
Country Club probably never play
golf over the course, but they re-
alize the worth of the course to
the community and the value of
the membership and gladly give
their support. Many of the boys
who have held memberships in the
forccs in Italy pressed against the Germans along tlte.'^H
plan Way leading to Rome today from captured Cisterna outsi<! tin-
expanding Anzio beachhead and at the other end of the front -ulvrtm:-
i-d beyond the shattered Adolf Hitter Line through the Lin Valby
ant ajoni, the Vic Ca:;ilina, also leading to Rome.
Although bad weather interrupted the massive assault by heavy
bomber: from Britain against Europe, twin-engined bombers of the
Allied tactical force broke through to plaster military target::
"'m.:! ;:i ii" . ' —•— f in northern France without kiss.
Meanwhile Gen. Dwighi IX Eis-
enhower, fresh from an inspection
tour of the Allied invasion arm-
ies massed in Britain, conferred
with King George at Buckingham
Palace today, as it was reportm jj
that Nazi Gestapo chief Heinrieh
Himmler has been rushed to
France to tighten the Gorman grip
on that invasion threatened coun*
try. ,n.
Heart Awarded
Pfo,
Shelton Ray Hesson
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ing arrows at people.
Instead, the 40 members of tbc
Alabama and Coshatti tribes in-
habit a 4,000-acre reservation
within 90 miles of metropolitan
Houston, the state's largest city.
Plans are in the making now
for construction of a paved high-1 are attempting to see as many of
way fronting the reservation and ] the men as possible for their re-
building of a trading post where [ newal memberships, and they
the redmen may offer for sale to would appreciate the co-operation
the public their beaded moccasins, i 0f regular members, and others J
lapel pins, bows and arrows and , %v ;10 may be interested.
a variety of useful articles.as well
Feet Are Frozen
In Italy Drive
MOTHER OF BRECK SOL-
DIER RECEIVES AWARD
FOR SALERNO WOUNDS
Mrs. Joe Hesson, 1203 East
Wheeler street, has received the
purple heart awarded her son, Pfc.
Shelton Ray Hesson, for wounds
received at Salerno on September
A laconic announcement of 12''
enhower's latest inspection trip
said only that the invasion com-
mander bad 1 visited British and
American ground forces and w;tv
"highly pleased with uie thor-
oughness of their training."
There was no word on the r -.- Ii
ture of his conference in Buck-//
ingham Palace.
Radio Moscow broadcast a jrelf
port that Himmler had left Ber-
lin .en route to France where fa-
wns expected to take direct charge
of the Gestapo's pre-invasion
preparations.
6,000 Planes ln<Ralds
More than 6,000 Allied planes
attacked German airdromes and
transportation centers on the con-
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ed forces, but they hope to come
back to a Breckenridge that has
sustained its golf course during
the war period, and the citizens of ' 9
n,[«ihLnridge 8rC making ^ Hesson was wounded on Sep-
• r ie' w«a | tember 9, landing day at Salerno,
C. K. West and Blake Johnson wj,en the 36th for hours stood the
brunt of the German attack.
Shrapnel hit him in the leg and
arm, but he is back in service
i now.
Since then Hesson has been
Hold Edge
In Weather Time
CHICAGO, (UP) •- The Allies
will go into the invasion of Europe
with a seven-day advantage owr
the Germans in weather predic-
tion, according to Dr. Harold
Ward, weather expert and prof- -
;or of geology and geography at
Northwestern University.
The Allies have access to info.--
:nation which onables them to pre-
dict weather with reasonable cer-
tainty on the entire invasion coast,
from Spain to Norway, 10 days
in advance. The Germans cannot
itope to predict accurately mcr;:
Son Of Ex-President 01 Mexico
Be Yank Instructor
olored Stndente
«§§lsq#4i)ays
C
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The annual program of the pri-
mary department of the Booker
T. Washington school will present
two plays tonight, beginning at
3:30 o'clock.
These are "Dr. Goodhcalth"
and "Makers of the Flag." E. L.
Terral is instructor. The public
s invited to attend.
Norman Meador Is
Back Front School
Norman Meador, cadet In the
Merchant Marine, is home from
King's Point, N. Y., where he has
>een in training since February.
Meador will return to New York
June 1 to receive his shipping or-
ders. He has finished his prelim-
inary training and now will have
six months training afloat.
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INGLEWOOD. Cal, (UP J —Ab-
clardo Rodriguez Snapped the
cockpit canopy of his Mustang
shut, gunned the engine and roar-
ed away on another test flight,
unturned by reports he had been
killed in action with the AAF over
Oermahy.
Rodriguo?, 25. son .of former
president of Mexico <*fieIardo Rod
!n and when rlguez, admitted be was a bit puz-
■llfeppy Beatyi . .
Sgt. Peacock led his men in battle,
Miss.
saying
there-was another fel'
9 me name as mine
in Los Angeles—but this was the
■ JH9IHIR first time I knew he was. supposed
hot push themT and got too far ho be fighting over Europe."
6Ut' Wbeh he Wflsripptured . ; : r The other Rodriguez, ftm re- -
Charlte Brown saying demos at ported missing in action, was lat-
Austin wrote the second declare- er reported killed.
Hon of Indepehdence . . .and Flfiw All oceans
many churches not to have serv-1 Test pilot Rodriguez has had
Ices Sunday night, to attend bac- some close calls however. -For sev-
calaureate service, y en months during 1842 he ferried
bombers across all major oceans
to Britain, Egypt, Africa and Aus-
tralia as a captain In the Royal
Air Force.
During the battle for Port
Moresby in the .South Pacific he
transported troops and British
pilots into battle zones, flying to
within 30 miles of. advance Japan-
w garrisons.
"That was about a* close as I
have ever been to real action,"
Rodriguez explained.
Although he has never had an
accident while flying, Rodriguez
remembers one time he was plen-
ty worried.
'-•■•J*l-:war;ilyinri«'''B«25-';BlHy--Ml<-i
Shell bomber over Fiji when I
ran into a tropical rainstorm.
"I had both windows; open so I
could see out, and pretty soon
there seemed to be more water
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Golden Hamsters
In Research
MINNEAPOLIS I UP) -Use of
a weird little animal, known as
the golden hamster, for experi-
mental purposes at tne University
jf Minnesota was revealed recent-
ly by Dr. Adolph Ringcon, zoolo-
gy professor.
The golden hamster Is a native
)f Asia and is a small rodent
about the size of a guinea pig. Dr.
Ringeon said it was being used in
the study of ovaries.
A full grown golden hamster Is
about five inches long and Has a
luxuriant coat of golden, brown
as amusing trinkets.
Chief of the tribe is 64-year-old
Ticaichc, whose Anglicized name
is Bronson Cooper Sylestine. He
and others of the settlement are
wards Of the State of Texas.
The Indian Village isn't an ar-
rangement of tepees. Instead,
scattered throughout the piney
forest land arc small houses/ On
the old council grounds where
j pow-wows once were held are lo-
> cated a church, school, hospital,
teacherage, agent's home, ceme-
tery, and a community center,
1 The white men overran the ori-
ginal two leagues of land (more
than double the present 4,000
acres) given the tribes back in
1840 by the Republic of Texas.
It was through the efforts of
Gen. Sam Houston, twice presi-
dent of the Republic, who had
lived with Indians before coming
to Texas, that the tribes in 1854
received another grant of land.
The tribes began to accumulate
dock, food was easily grown, and
barter with the white man gave
them a measure of security, w.hich
was wrecked in the Civil War
era.
Homes of the Indians were
burned, thrir possessions destroy-
ed and their stock stolon by re-
.entful white men.
Since that time life in the tribe
has been one of reconstruction.
The' Missionary department of the
Presbyterian church has aided
their progress, and the State of
Texas looks after their welfare.
Pilot Loses Digit
In Bagging No. 8
ADVANCED MUSTANG BASE
England (UP> - Here's one pilot
who lite .ally put his finger on a
Nazi fighter, trading It for a con-
firmed victory-his, eighth in this
war theater,
The pilot is Lt. Frank A. Cut-
ler of Cleveland^ i O. Ho 'tost
from « German fighter
hand, but*he got the *
To Meet On Money
WASHINGTON, May 26 (UP>
—President Roosevelt today called
an international conference of 42
nations and the French committee
of national liberation to discuss
international monetary problems
at Bretton Woods. N, H., begin-
ning July 1.
[back to the hospital for another*)t*ay's in ac'vanet*''
1 injury—frozen feet. Mrs. Hesson i w®r«
ui... wi.i. I ine iflavaniufet, ,w
fact that wcathei
7, reaching here in thirteen days.
Hesson, who attended school in
Breckenridge, enlisted in Novem-
ber, 1911. and went overseas in
said today that the last letter re- j . Jh^af.vifnt^; * explained, is
ceived from him was dated May uo t0 , fa. t ,,
moves eastward, and the waalher
on the coast of Europe is lorecas.
wholly on high and low prossurr-
areas, temperatures and humidity
i ica, the
over North Ameri
A'Jant:
April with the local national guard Ocean, Greenland and the Ui-itlsh
unit. He trained with the induct
various
*{
May
a mouse or a gopher, it's the fe-
male of the species that has the
itrangest characteristic — she has
food pouches iti her cheeks into
which she pops er young occas-
ionally for protection*
Cleveland Bttsses
Roll Up Mileage
CLEVELAND (UP) —- Four
busses Operating in Cleveland to-
day have seen enough miles o
service to equal 20 times the dis-
tance around the world.
Each of the busses has chugged
along nearly half a million miles
—and the 14 year old relics*are
still rolling on merrily and safely.
"Of course," a bus. operator
vi:
4A Senate judiciary subcommit-
tee today accused Attorney Gen-
eral Francis Biddle of making,
"erroneous, misleading, irrelevant,
and immaterial statements" and
of being "In error" when he ad-
vised President Roosevelt that he
had authority to seize the Chicago
properties of Montgomery Ward
and Co.
TO SPEAK SUNDAY
Islea, to which the Germans iiuV :
ij. ii
The Germans must rely on liroii-
remcnts of atmospheric con-
high altitudes over the
ffer what
forecasts they can mak,.
Pay And Jobs For
Vets Guaranteed (?)
WASHINGTON. May 20 i UI't
—National selective service today
gave local draft boards a bluei<rint
for guaranteeing returning veter-
ans their pre-induction jnhs with
the pay and working conditions
they enjoyed before 'donning uni-
forms. ■
^ui,lt«di«ti aboutthe-sameas-commente, "passengers are in*.
creastngly aware, as the uphoir
tery gets thinner and thinner, of
the framework of the seats."
Th«v average life / of a bus, of-
ficials'report, is seven years in
ordinary times, _/ ..
Two visiting ministers will fill
Breckcnridge ^pipits Sunday, ac-
cording to announcements rece'.v-
ed today. Both will be heard in
Ttorning-^ervlwfs.
.These will be Rev. Fred Joe-
dan, who has
been living in
California u n t II
recently, who
will preach at
the First Baptist
Church In the
absence of the i
pastor, Rev. Rog-, i|
er Hebard, and • fe
Rev, Baync Drls-!! v
kell, director of
T. C. U. living
endowment, who
will preach a t
the First Chris-
tian Church.
__,(i ilSEilpm®
ing service here Sunday evening
will be the baccalaureate sermon
at the High School, which will be
preached by Rev. JR. J. LaPrade.
Rev. Amos Myers said that
wltile Mr, Driskeli is director of
the living endowment of T.C.U.
no funds will be asked in the ser-
vice. and invited all members and
Rtv. Jordan
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300 Nazis Killed
In Patrol Clashes
MOSCOW, May 28 (UP) M.v-
than 300 German's were killed
yesterday In minor reieonnissanr^
and offensive patrol clashes with
Soviet units, a Russian communi-
que said today. No changes were
reported on the eastern front.
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Rocievelt Given
Exam By Doctor
WASHINGTON, May 26 (UP)
—President Roosevelt today had a
complete physical examination
under the'direction of his doctor,
Vice Admiral Ross T. Mclntire, at
I the Naval Medical Center.
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war
friends or the church to hear him.
Mr. Jordan is wall known tc
many here, as he was reared in
this Violhity, t .
'flnfr' i
Plane Brings War
t Home Tc Turkeys
MANCHESTER, Me. (UP)
N. Jacques has had three '
low-flying bomber on a routine
training flight frightened the tur-
keys into a stampede in which the
three were killed and 25 others
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