Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 94, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1946 Page: 1 of 4
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government Takes Over the
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Railway Strike Is Postponed
Alvanley Johnson, loft, ('.rand Chief Engineer of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and A. F. Whitney, right President of the
Brotherhood of RR Trainmen, arrived at the White House for a con-
ference with President Truman. After being advised by the union lea-
ders that they could not settle their dispute with the carriers. Pre-
sident Truman ordered government seizure of the railroads. Whitney
earlier announced he would not cancle the strike despite the seizure
but would leave it to each individual worker as to whether he would
work for the federal controlled railroads. (NEA PHOTO).
Gib Sandefer
Announces For
Congress
GIVES HIS 8-POINT
PLATFORM
Gib Sandefer. known as "That
Fellowship Man of Texas"," today
tossed his sombreo into the game
of politics —as a candidate for tl.e
Democratic party's nomination for
representative of he 17th District
of Texas in the'United States Con-
gress.
"It was a difficult decision to
make, "Sandefer said in announc-
ing his candidacy, "but my sin-
cere desire to serve my fellowman
and to work lor the best interest*
and the future develupmnt of our
great West Texas has led me to
ask the people of this district for
the most ifportant job they havir
to offer -that of representing
them in our nation's congress."
A son of the late Dr. Jefferson D.
Sandefer, president of Hardin-
Simmons University for 31 years,
and Mrs. Sandefer, Gib virtually
grew up on the campus of that in-
stitution. Upon graduation from
H-SU in 1927, Gib more or less
buried his^personal ambitions to
assist his father in the completion
of his life's dream—the building
Pk Association
Picnic-Barbecue
Sunday, May 26
GOAT AND FISH,
BOAT RIDES, ETC.
ARE ON PROOGRAM
Barbecued goat or fried fish,
with all the trimmings, will be
the menu for the mamomoth bar-
becue and outing party to be stag-
ed on Sunday afternoon. May 26,
at Possum Kingdom Lage by the
at Possum Kingdom Game and
Fish Association—and to which all
members of the Association ire
invited.
Members wilt gather there Sun-
day afternoon, there will be dis-
tinguished guests from all parts of
Texas, a program of varied enter-
tainment, a few talks, jarge boats
for a ride on the picturesque lake
—and then at 5:00 p. m. the bar-
becue and fish fry dinner. .
Directors of thq AssociaQffiTftom
a half dozen cities and countics
adjacent to the Lake have met for
4 final check-up on the plans Tor
the Sunday program, and reported
everything was ready— boats for
the ride, loud speakers to handle
the crowd, tables for the barbecue
dinner, distinguished guests in-
vited. markers on the highway out
of Pickwick directing traffic to
Jack's Place on the Lake front,
meat and fish, already provide
for, along with ranch style beans,
potato salad, fried potatoes, pick-
les, onions, tomatoes, coffee, breaa
desserts and all kinds of drinks—
and the selection of Dr. H. A.
Zeppe as master of ceremonies
that afternoon.
Tatum Warns
On Losing
Teachers
SIXTH GRADES GIVES
PROGRAM AT
LIONS CLUB
"Breckenridge had better be on
guard lest we lose some of our
firest teachers,' L'. R. Tatum,
chairman of the program commit-
tee at the regular weekly meeting
uf the Lions £lub stated Friday.
Mr. Tatum pointed out that some
of ur teachers were receiving of-
fers of better pay elsewhere and
that it behooved our citizenship to
do everything possible toward keep
ing them with us.
A program of music was present
ed to the club by the Sixth Grade
musk class at South Ward direct-
ed by Mrs. Elizabeth Bicknell,
music teacher. The group sang
'The Lord's Prayer," the boys
sang "Let it Show", the girls,
"Sue City Sue" and "The Atche-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe". A
solo was given by Margie Wood,
accompanied on the guitar by Vi-
vian Boggs. Mrs. Bicknell conclud-
ed with a piano number.
D. T. Bowles and committee was
commended the fine ,work done at
the recent district by president T.
O. Gracey, on the fine work done
at the recent district convention
held here.
George K. Jordon acted as tail-
twister in the absence of Bernics
Tranunell, regular tail-twistet.
Breckenridge
American
Unions Ignore
Request To
Cancel Strike
RAIL SCHEDULES ARE
PARALYZED; TRUCK
PLANES TO BE USED
VOL. 26—NO. 94
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS SUNDAY, MAY. 19, 1946
PRICE S CENTS PER COPY
Man Paints Own House—Now Mas Trouble
Lt. E D. Taylor
At Brooke Army
Medical School
Lt E. D. Taylor, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. C. Taylor, £04 West
Lindsey. has reported for active
duty at the Army Medical De-
partment Schools, Brooke Army
Medical Center, Fort Sam Hous-
ton, Texas, according to an an-
nouncement by Brig. Gen. John M.
Willis, Commandant The medical
training program of the army is
now concentrated at this Center
which is the largest anil most com
plete military- medical installation
of its kind in the world.
Lt. Taylor, a graduate of South
western Medical Schools, Dallas,
is one of a class of reserve medi-
cal officers who are beginning a
four week basic training program.
n
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Gulf Honors
Retiring
Employes
Alfred J. McEnhill of Detroit, Michigan decided to paint his own
house, never dreaming that he would run into Union trouble. Here
a picket*- placed in front of McEnhill's h«me, walks slowly up and
down, bearing a sign which stales, "This job unfair to organized labor
I NEA TELEPHOTO)
ion
Indicated at 8,514
Passes Away
Mrs. Fannie Stapp. 4-1, resident
of Breckenridge the past fifteen
years, passed away at her resid-
ence on East Gaddis Street Friday
afternoon at 6:30 after an illness
of about three months. She was the
widow of John Stapp, well known
rig-builder who died in November
1B4Z
or a greater Hardin-Simmons Urn- j !" H°*
verity. In the years that followedj "S^SSi wh^
he served as business manager of! hil. . . .
the school's athletic program and' '£B *
. «*h co„Wb„W audi SIJTMSLS
Baptist Church.
Services will be held at the
As manager of the colorful Cow, Kiker Chapel, Rev. A. J. Morgan
ing nation-wide
his Alma Mater.
recognition to
boy Band. Gib developed it into
the hit of three continents. With
$100 given him by the late Will
Rogers to buy some new "tunes",
Gib launched the band on its first
triumphant tour of Europe. Tour-
ing more han 500,000 miles thro-
officiating. The date and time of
service will be announced after
the arrival of a son, Odell Deaton
from Camp Lee, Virginia.
Besdies Deaton, she is survived
by four other children: One dau-
ghter, Chrrlstine. and three sons.
ugh these United States and thro- Cecil, 11; Calvin 9: and Troy Dale
Ugh a dozen foreign countires, this
picturesque group of musicians,
clad in the colorful regalia of the
great Southwest, carried in musk
and spirit the tradition of the
Texas cowboy to the far corners
of the earth.
Came the war and Gib soon
found a place of service—as a field
representative of the American
Red Cross in combat areas of
the world-wide conflict Respon-
sible for the entertainment of our
troops, Sandefer pitched his "fel-
lowship" tent in North Africa. In-
dia, Burma and China, culminat-
ing in a "round the world" jauut
that gave him further contacts in
, Italy. Australia and New Zealand.
S* In a personal conquest of Bur-
ma, Gib took his "Fellowship"
right to the end of the Ledo Road
for the benefit of "our boys and
the Cop hands running this war."
It waa while serving in the Chi-
6; Stapp, all of Breckenridge. Fa-
ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Lackey of Atoka. Oklahoma.
One sister. Mrs. Virgle Spears.
California, Three brothers. Kelsie.
Roy and David Lackey of Atoka.
Sisters in law include Mrs. D. H.
Anderson. Breckeridge; Mrs. j. W.
Parker, Odessa; Mrs. Charles
Jones of Eden, and Mr. Stapp's
father and mother, Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Stapps of Odessa.
NEW YORK. May 18 —Output
of civilian ammunition is schedul-
ed to be cut 50 per cent as a re-
sult of the lead shortage. Busi-
ness Week reports, but industry
promts have killed off CPA's or*
iginai plan to reserve the limited
out put for farmers, ranchers and
That Breckenridge is holding its
own with other cities of the South- j [V .* Tin nlfl,
west in population increases is m- j 1 ItlllUIl S XlCctllll
dicated by the figures given out I
by the Electric Service Company i
and the Community Public Service |
Company.
V.F.W. Holds
Initial Meet;
Names Officers
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
held their initial meeting at the
YMCA Friday night. Organisation
was effected and the name chosen,
honoring Herman D. Bandy, son
of Julian and Claude Bandy who
was captured on Clark Field at
Manila and later died in a Jap
prison camp.
Officers elected were A. E. Pip-
kin, Iarland Coody, senior vicc-
kin. Garland Coody, senior vice-
commander, Joseph Kiker, adju-
tant, and Arthur Simpson, chaplain 1 J" J
TUn fn« fnfllUn maAtinm 11/111 ' ****** *
Record Improved
According to the Eleceric Ser-
vice Company, tncr. .vci-e i.HQFl el-
ectric meters in the city May 1st,
1945 compared to 2,280 May 1st
of this year, or an increase of 283.
Both these figures include nearby
rural customers served by the
company.
Figures released by the Com-
munity Public Service Company on
gas and water meters are also il-
luminating. They are as follows
Gas Meters
May 1. 1940 l,ol9
May 1, 1941 1.675
May 1. 1943 1.616
NEW YORK, May 18,-- — The
The time for future meetings will
be on the second and fourth Thur-
sday nights of each month at 8
o'clock in the Commissioner's
court room at the City Hall.
Those who served in any war
outside the continental limits of
the United States are eligible for
membership.
in
MEMPHIS, Mich. May 18 <UJ5—
A twin engined army bomber cra-
shed and exploded on a farm two
and a quarter miles southwest of
here today. Police said either four
WILL 24 Wv-d TodnKne
or five persons were killed.
May 1, 1946 194U
Water Meters
May 1, 1940 1.658
May i 1941 1,675
May 1, lf43 : 1.631
May 1, 1945 1,781
May 1, 1946 1,892
In 1940, our government gave
our city a population of 5,830, o.-
a little better than an average uf
three and one-half persons per me-
ter. Considering the congested con
ditions of tday, it thought conser-
vative to multiply the number of
water meters, for instance, by four
and one-half to arrive at an esti-
mate of today's population. Tins
gives the city a total of at leaai
8,514.
health record for 1946, which suf-
fered a setback at the beginning
of the year bc-.ause of an epidemic
of respiratory disease, has been
steadily improving, according to
the statisticians of the Metropoli-
tan Life Insurance Company, on
the basis of a survey among the
many millions of the company's
Industrial policyholders.
In January, the mortality was
16 per cent higher than a year
ago, but by March the figure for
j the month was below last year's,
j 'All rates quoted exclusive of war
deaths I. For the-first three mon-
ths of 1946, the death rate, 8.6 per
100,000, was seven per cent above
the ali-time record low rate for
that season of tne year observed
in 1945. but it was still appreci-
ably below the rate of 1944.
We favorable features of this
year's record include new low rat-
es ,for syphilis, diarrhea and ?n-
^ teritis, appendicitis and diseases
incidental to chiidbearing. Meas-
les, which was very prevalent dur-
ing February and March, has
shown little increase in mortality
for this period. In fact, the death
rate from the communicable dis-
eases of childhood—measles, scar-
let fever, whooping cough and dip-
htheria—was identical with the re-
cord low of the previous year.
Messrs William T. Ingram and
Clair McCormick were honored
at the recent retirement bfinquet
by fellow employees of the Gulf
Oil Company.
Short addresses depicting the
Good Old Days in the oil industry
were made by Mr. H. D. Bell of
Wichita Falls, J. Lee Jones of
Breckenridge and L. G. Nixon of
Roscoc.
Principal speaker of the evening
was H. E. Chandler of Wichita
Falls, He spoke on the subject
"Annuities and Benefits of employ
es."
Musical numbers were rendered
by the High School trio sonsisting
of Archiiou Kenchen, Gwynne Ste-
wart, Margie Slemmons, Accom-
panist, Barbara Carr.
Gifts of luggage were presented
the honorees.
Presentation was made to Mr.
Ingram by Joe Mathes of Wichita
Falls. Mr. Ingram retired on
years active service.
Presentation was made to Mr.
Clair McCormick by Mr. W. M.
Bunger of Breckenridge. Mr. Mc-
Cormick retired on 22 years o i
continuous service.
Those attending with their wives
L. G. Nixon, L. J. Kincaid, Ros-
coe. Texas; Ray Barry and W. E.
Hogsett, Ranger; ED. Bell, L. V.
"Draper, H. ^Otandier, Joe Ma-
this and W. E. Burleson, Wichita
Falls.
And O. L. Billhartz, R C. Brit-
tain, W. M. Bunger, W. C. Dixon,
R. S. Kennedy, F. Hamilton, A.
W. Thomas, S. H. Post, J. W. Post
A. Hodge, J. H. Payne, Butk
Paschall, W. F. Yarbrougr, E. Cur
ry, S. D. Day, J. A. Dallas, D.
Jones, L. H. Love, J. A. Smith, J.
M. Alexander, Marshall, Moreland
R. R. Mason, Tobe Manscar, J.
i Lc Jones, F. W. Thompson, C. R.
Byrnes Reports
On Conference
EXPECTS TO MAKE
REPORT TO NATION
MONDAY NIGHT
WASHINGTON, May 18 —
Secretary of state James F. Byr-
nes made a two-hour reprt to pre-
sident Truman today in the unsuc-
cessful Paris conference of fore-
ign ministers.
Byrnes met with the president
shortly after he and his party ar-
rived here by plane from the
French capital. He declined to tell
reporters what he told Mr. Tru-
man but did say that domestic
matters were not discussed.
The secretary said at the air-
port that he hoped to hake a re-
port to thei nation Monday night.
Will Strike
Affect Nation's
Mail Service?
WASHINGTON, May 18
The post office department today
asked the brotherhoods of railway
trainmen and enginers for a new
statement as to whether mail
trains will be exempt from the
railroad strike.
If the mail trains are struck, the
postoffice- hopes to move most
first class mail by plane and truck
without serious interruption.
Assistant postmaster general
Gael Sullivan said he had been
promised a reply "wit,hin an hour"
on the main train question. He
made the request to the union pre-
sidents, Alvanley Johnston of the
engineers and A. F. Whitney of
the trainmen.
He reached them by telephone
at their Cleveland headquarters.
The original strike call by the two
brotherhoods exempted inly
troops, hospital and milk trains.
A nation-wide railroad strike
sehueduled (or 4 p. m. today lias
been postponed for five days,
spokesmen for the two railroad
brotherhoods said today.
A spokesman for the unions said
Presicfitrt A. P. Whitney of the
trainmen and Alvanley Johnston
of the engineers, had agreed to a
request from President Truman
to postpone the strike.
He said the two union presi-
dents had been in conference «ith
the White House by phone all af-
ternoon.
WASHINGTON, May lb <U.R)—
The government today began to
mobilize trucks, bus lines and air-
planes to keep1 essential transpor-
tation going despite the immin-
ent railroad strike.
The engineers, and trainmcna
unions ignored direct government
request to cancel the 4 p. m.
strike call.
It appeared that many members
of those unions likewise intended
to ignore President Trumans ap-
peal, that they disregarded tha
strike calls and continued at
work under the government seiz-
ure that was put into effect yester
day.
mained to be seen after 4 p. m.
How severe the tie-up will be re
Government and railroad man-
agement officials, however, ad-
mitted the situation looked black.
Col. J Monroe Johnson, direc-
tor fo the office of defense tran-
sportation—which has charge of
the railroads for the government
—called in army, navy and other
officials to work out plans for
making fullest use of all available
trucks, airplanes and busses -
commercial and military.
As much as possible will oe
handled by air together with
other emergency shipments.
J- . T. Harkins, assistant grand
ebief of the brotherhood of loco-
motive engineers, said in' New
York that the strike is "absolutely
still on."
Col. Johns6n said that as yet he
has not received any reply at .ill
to his telegram sent 18 hours ago
asking heads of the two unions to
rescind their strike call and order
their men to stay on the job.
Railroad officials expressed be-
lief that the unions would not re-
port for work after the 4 p
deadline.
Water Committee
Meeting Called
rn.
ing of the Water Committee for
Mcnday at 2:30 p. m. in the direc-
tors room of the bank. The com-
missioners and secretary of the-
city are asked to attend also.
The puipose of the meeting,
according to Mr. Daniel, is to
bring everyone jn-to-date as to tho
progress made in the obtaining an
adequate water supp!y\for the city
through the sale of revenue-bear
TEXAS (COWBOY REUNION
Some 150 towns within a radius
of two hundred miles of Stamford
were extended- an invitation this
week to send Sponsors to the Tex-
as Cowboy Reunion Rodeo, which
will be held July 2, 3, 4. Accep-
tances have started coming in,
and indications are that the num-
ber ot entires will exceed last
year's when forty-three sponsors
took part in the Grand Entry
of each rodeo perfrmance, rode in
the big opening parade, in addition
to their participation in the Spon-
sr's contest Hamlin has selected
Miss Jesse Myers as their sponsor
to the Texas Cowboy Reunion this
year, and Albany has selected Miss
Joan Rose as their sponsor.
in the ar-
mm
es outside the arena on the follow-
ing points: Girl's riding togs and
■ equipment 20 per cent; Girl's
riding ability 30 per cent;(Horse's
conformation and equipment 20
per cent Horse's performance 30
per cent/ For the arena perfor-
mance, the girls will ride the bar-
rels, beginning from either side.
Speed is important, bu the ability
to ride and handle the horse Is
the main objective.
A beautifully hand-tooled saddle
wilt be given by the Texas Cbwboy
Reunion to the Sponsor winner
of this event tn addition to prizes
being ■rloeted at this time for the
second, third, and fourth place
winners, cach sponsor will be giv-
Textbooks
For Veterans
DALLAS, Texas, May 18, — Ap-
proximately 1,500.000 textbooks,
Blain, Ted Butler, A. B. Stallings, j
Frank Lovelacc, Mary P. Laugh-'
lin and Margaret Hendrickson all
of Breckenridge. I
R. C. Brittain se.-ved as toast-
faster.
, The committee in charge of ar-
rangements and entertainment .vas
composed of Mrs. W. M. Bunger,
Mrs. J. H. Payne, Mrs. Aldredge
Hodge.
Strike Not A
Demonstration
Says Harkins
NEW YORK, May 18 <U.R> j tlHWUgll HIV OUII>
T. J. Harkins, assistant grand ing bonds, if voted June 6th.
chief of the brotherhood of loco-i ■
motive engineers, said today ther?
was no foundatin for reports that
the railroad strike had been plan-
ned as only a 48-hour demonstra-
tion. •
Questined regarding ....
from Detroit that the strike had Iocal office of the Department of
Public Welfare, will leave Mon-
day for Arlington to take up sim-
ilar duties there. Mr. Boyd will
continue with the local off.ee
which will serve Stephens county
only in the future instead of three
counties as formerly.
Mr. Ferguson stated that there
were 443 people receiving old agv:
assistance out of the Breckenridge
office as of May 1st, which was
some less than the number re-
XIic ceiving aid as of January 1st, '-13-
Last Minute
Break In Strike
Up To Capitol
A union spokesman indicated
M. E. Daniel is calling a meet- today that the presidents of I lie
brotherhoods of railroad trainmen
and locomotive engineers had been
in close contact with Washington
all day that any last minute break
in the railroad strike schedule for
4 p. m. would come from the na-
tions capital.
The spokesman said both the
union leaders had been on the
long distance phone "for burs '
and that if a break came it would
come from Washington "within
the next hour."
'£c Arlington
J. A Ferguson, who, with A. E.
reports' B°yd has been in charge of the
been planned to last only 48 hours
as a demonstration of what the
railroad brotherhoods could do,
Hawkins said—
"That not tru«^'
Earlier he had affirmed
the strike was "absolutely
on" as scheduled.
twens—
that
still
COLUMBUS. May 18 <UR>
Pennsylvania railroads will make
an effort to run as many trains us
used in army and navy war time 1 possible with whatever crews arc
college training courses, wilt be
mrde available without coat to
veterans enrolled under govern-
ment sponsorship in colleges and' superintendent, J. D. Fuchs.
universities throughout the coun
try. General E. B. Gregory, Was
Assets Administrator, said today
in Washington in
sfer of the books to the V<
Administration.
More than a million of 'the
books already have been declared
surplus to military needs, and
an additional 400 to 30? thousand
are expected to be declared sur-
plus in the bear future.
available when the railroad strike
takes effect at 4 p. m. today, ac-
cording to the roads Columbus
The Chicago and North Western
railroad today cancelled all regu-
lar assignments for road and yard
service employes effective at mid-
night tonight in anticipation of
the nationwide vail strike.
The order was posted by the
railroad in the trainmens club
room at the north western station
here. It was signed by H. A. Par-
rish, superintendent of the Wiscoti-
Ladies'Day
At Golf Gob
Ladies of the Golf Club are fn-
viteed to come out and play at
9:30 a. m. Tuesday if it doesn't
rain. A dutch luncheon is planned
after the play. Tuesdays are re-
gular ladles' days, but due to the
rains they have been unable to
play recently. '
An members are urged to come
so that they may have an even
start Pew have played since be-
fore the war.
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Granberry
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WEATHER
Partly cloudy this afternoon,
tonight and Sunday.
WEATHER
Maximum 85.7
Minimum 64.3
Sunrise ................... 5:34
Sunset 7;30
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