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Action Asked oil Franco Spain
2-$U HURT IN CHICAGO ELEVATED CRASH More than 240
persons were injured in Chicago when a northbound elevated
train crashed into the rear of another in a thick fog. Here, a fire
department rescue squad rushes one oI the more seriously in-
jured into an ambulance after the crock-up. tNEA PHOTO*
Vets To Meet To
| Air Complaints
ALL WITH COMPLAINTS ARE
INVITED TO STATE
CASE FOB ACTION
< ] In a move directed at the delay
i | and red tap*, which has been en-
« ' countered by veterans seeking
/'benefits from the Veterans Ad-
! ministration, a meeting is sched-
RURAL peoplt wishing poison | uied tonight at the City Hall by
with which to exterimate rats ; Stephens county veterans. Start-
s«t uki cut in their order to the J ing at 7:00, ail ex-servicemen who
county agent's office by ten o'- h; ve complaints against the VA
ctatrk Friday, it was said today, will be interviewed by leaders of
Observer
NAVV DAY
NEW OIL FIELD
TEEN ACER DREAM
MEN OR HEARD
pick up their order alter
The cost is I my cents.
I
>1
f\S Oct. 27 Sunday. Navy Day
vTthe navy will spread flowers
oaring fitting services on the wa-
ters of tlie sea for those who died
uk the service during World IX.
Relatives of tnese war dead may
a single Power for this cere-
But it should be done at
Z Send it to the Senior Naval
fypi.n U. S. Navy Hospital
Cbvpus ChristL
Mrs. H. E. Cruse has sent or.e
for Tommy. She sent hers to the
First Christian Churth at Fort
the American Legion and VFW
to determine whether the respon-
sibility for delay can be placed on
the Veterans Administration, and
if the evidence and testimony pre-
sented by the GI warrants the
case will be brought to the im-
mediate attention oi VA authori-
ties.
Leon H. Stanley, county service
has arranged the session for the
particular benefit of local men
and woman who are entitled to
benefits of on the job training but
who are not receiving their sub-
sistence allowance. Tne meeting
will be open to all claimants,
(torn "where they are to i however, and testimony will be
forwarded ' heard on insurance and pension
| claims which have not been acted
US brings back memories ofiuP£n ^ VA-
such a service we saw at j Spee«U forms will be available
Pigeon Cbves, Mass. during j ™J***WlU ""
,.... , 1 crd his kick. After the survey
is completed the service officer
nd veterans organization leaders
will go to Dallas to present the
complaints and obtain action. Ve-
terans who are unable to attend
the meeting tonight are encourag-
ed to report their gripes to the
service office in the Court House.
World War 1
In many places on the New
England coast the people once a
year have a ceremony in which
tlowers are tossed on. the sea for
the fishermen who lost their lives
during the year. It is impressive
rr was said ystcrday there are
three more prospective wells for j
the new oil pool in the Southwes-
tern part of Stephens county. j
The importance of this pool to j
Stephens county and Brecken-i
rid^e as a business producer can-
not be over-emphasized. It direct
Iv or indirectly benefits every
person.
In the discovery of this pool
Is another angle tiiat might be
made a matter of study by oil
men. That is that the field has
been opened in territory tested
years ago and abandoned as no
good Forty-five hundred feet
British Making
Finest Dresses
LONDON <U.R)-la the most spec-
tacular lioor show Brttian ever
staged. 105 of her tno*t beautiful
tnannecialus displayed beneath
ilazzliog lights Britain's finest dres
creations designed by -- London
Uoudes,
Slatted by VWwly Toye. producer
of many West End show-!, the Mld-
Deep Elm Lodge ^
Owner Drowns In
Brazos River
SEINEING MINNOWS PROVES
FATAL TO VETERAN
| OF FIFTH ARMY
MINERAL WELLS. Oct. a* —
Edwin Walter Hamby. Ak com-
' bat veteran of the hist war. was
j drowned in the Brazos River at
the R. E. Richardson place. Tues-
day morning around :30 o'clock,
and the body recovered at 7:00
p. m. that night.
Funeral services will be at the
Graford Baptist Church Thursday
afternoon at 4:00 and interment at
the Graford Cemetery. Baum and
Garlock Funeral Home of Alineral
Wells in charge.
Mr. Hamby went to Chick Bend
with his brother in law, Virgil
Richardson, to seine minnows, and
according to Richardson, they de-
cided to swim to an island in the
river bend about :30 in the morn-
ir.g. When they got to the deep
water, both of the men got into
trouble and Hamby went down.
Richardson stated that he attempt-
ed to help him. and came very
near not making it out himself.
He stated that his brother-in-
law had on his clothes and his
infantry combat boots, and was
regarded as an excellent swimmer
When he went down, Richardson
went immediately for help, and
searchers continued thoughout
| the day to try and find the body,
using a seine and individuals div-
ing and swimming.
About 7:00 p. m. Boots Gary,
some 50 yards below where Ham-
by went down, found him in some
four feet of water.
Sheriff Chas. Edmondson had
come to Mineral Wei's after the
firemen's grab hooka aid had tak-
en them back there for use in
dragging the river when the body
was finally located.
Hamby lived at Graford, but
had recently built the Deep Elm
Lodge on Possum Kingdom Lake,
which he operated He is survived
by his wife, three brothers
five sisters. They are Marvin
Hamby, Megargel; Andrew Ham-
by, Electra, Nolan Hamby sf Cal-
ifornia- Mrs. Emma McLemore,
Katency, Texas; Mrs. "Jessie Smith
Electra; Mrs. Moselle Richardson,
Megargel: Misses "Marie and Jean
Hamby, MegargeL
Born April 21.1918 at Megargpl.
Hamby was marrieqd to Miss Lo-
na Mae Richardson at Graford on
September 19, likl. He served
with the 5th Army in Italy and
was in service for four years un-
til his discharge recently.He is a
member of the Graford American
Legion Post.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
A T. Hamby of JVIe8argel-
When it was learned that Ham-
by had disappeared in the river,
the water flow from the Possum
Kingdom Dam was turned off, but
at the time he was found the wa-
ter had not receded very much, if
any. due to the distance from the
dam.
Breckenridge
American
VOL. 26—NO. 207
Ticckets Are Here
For .Ranger Game I
Friday Night
GRAY INJURED. JUNIOR HI
HITS ROUGH SLEDDING
AT EASTLAND
Four hundred tickets for the
game with Ranger tomorrow night
arrived yesterday afternoon and
were being dispensed at the city-
hall this morning, eighty cents for
adults and forty cents for stu-
dents.
Coach Cooper Robbins, who will
take his A team squad now num-
bering 21 players, down tomorrow
afternoon said the Buckaroos are
not going to Ranger with any idea,
of an easy game. The Ranger
team is too heavy to take it light-
ly-
This week practice has been
mostly on defense, tackling and
blocking, hunting the best line
backer. As a result the improved
down field tackling seen against
sjtephenville may be even, more
improved
Wilbur Gray, who sprained an
ankle in practice, will not get to
play and Jack Heath will go in
to take <fver his duties. Jack
Jones has not sufficiently re-
covered to play and either Pat
Thompson or Eric Holland will
start in his place.
The backfield starters probably
will be Harrelt Warford. Bar-
ley Rogers, Dait Witcner and
Frank White. Game time will he-
eight o'clock
The B team will go to Graham
tonight to meet the B team there
at 8 o'clock. Junior High
played Eastland yesterday and
came back not feeling so well, as
did some of their mothers.
It was reported here today that
Eastland beat hem 21} to 0 but
that the Juniors practically play-
ed the first Eastland team. Their
smallest boy was larger than our
largest boy Coach Robbins said.
A number of the mothers did not
appreciate the handicap this put
their boys under.
from tht abandoned test the j H*ln Parade of Fashion was held
discovery well of the poet Rad-1 at the Royal Albert Halt.
Uiting from this dry hole are ele- i t*ncln* to the two oreLiestra* and
ven wells with one light well and j
one dry hole, and both of these
last two on the outskirts. Fred
Manning of Denver. Colorado, is
N
mingling with the cravvd were a
dozen mannequins ehtw *n to rep-
represent their respective countris
Britain and the Cniteit States.
In "Celebrity Comer" were six
youiiK British lovelies wlio on Nov.
h sailed for New York, scheduled to
vfstt Amman's in New York.
Hochald Cohn in Baltimote. Hecfct
and Co. in Washington. Halle la
OW comes a letter from a teen ctevt ljuut and John Wan.-imaker's
ager that to read it all causes jn Philadelphia. In O-e eber they
credited with the discovery. He
became interested when he heard
that a short distance away two
wells produced 300,000 barrels.
a feeling that the young lady is
in dead earnest. The letter is sig-
ned Sheila Graham. She pleads
a place- for the teen agers to play.
She says the business men here
do so many things but "cough
and change the subject" wnen a
place for the teen agers is men-
tioned.
IN part she writts: My idea of a
"Teen Town" would be a sep-
arate building with one large
room with a juke box. and maybe
a ww" stage for dancing and
parties. Maybe in this room, if it
were big enough and built fight
ping-pong and several other games
There shoflld be one quiet room
ables, comfortable chairs,
and such We would need
a good soda fountain and ■ kit-
chen. There should be nice rest
rooms, clean ones, and one l^rge
lobby where you could just sit
and just talk. It would be nice to
(Continued On Page 8>
plan to display Britain's fashion
creations at Mandet's ia Chicago
and then on to Denver.
Their January schedule has not
yet been decided by Miss Luey
Clayton their sponser. These tall
graceful girls who come from all
parts of the t" nlted Kingdom were
eagerly looking forward to tlMXr
visit to Amrica.
Tom Clark Raps
Selfish Interests
BOSTON, Oct 24 ill.B—U. S.
Attorney General Tom C. Clark
today attacked selfish monopo-
lists who would "tear down our
free enterprise system while they
declare their love for the Ameri-
can way of life."
In a speech prepared for de-
livery before the 21st annual
meeting of the associated indus-
tries of Massachusetts, the Texan
said these men clamor loud for
free enterprise and opportunity
when actually they mean freedom
for their own. activitis—freedom
to drive competitors from the
market place.
Welch Speaker At
Baptist Meeting
First session of the annual Bap-
tist District IT convention opened
in Abilene this morning.
The district includes Callahan,
Cisco, Fisher, Haskell, Jones,
Sweetwater and Stonewall Bap-
tist associations.
Speakers on "the morning prog-
ram were to be the Rev. L. H.
Welch of Breckenridge. reporting
on the district Brotherhood; L.
H. Tapscott of Dallas, state Bro-
therhood president, who will
make a Brotherhood address; J.
iS. Tierce of Rochester, reporting
on the Buckner Orphans home,
ministerial relief and local church
charities; E. M. Collie of Abilene,
reporting on Baptist hospitals; and
the Rev. Truman Aldredge of
1 Breckenridge. Special music will
be provided by Hardm-Slmmons
i University.
BRECKENRIDGE. TEXAS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24. 1946 PRICE S CENTS PER CORY
Ire Of Veterans
Is Aroused Over
Delay In Sale
LOCAL LEGION POST JOINS
IN TELEGRAMS TO CHIEFS
IN WASHINGTON
The Breckenridge American
Legion Post has joined civic lea-
dtrs in Abilene- and three other
cities in voicing disgust with their
inability to learn when Camp
Barkeiey buildings will be avail-
able for veterans badly-needed
housing.
They are expressing their feel-
ing In telegrams to National Hous
Ing Administrator Wilson W.
Wyat and Secretary of War
Robert Patterson In Washington.
Messages urging immediate be-
ginning of sales to veterans were
dispatched Wednesday by Abilene
Mayor Will Hair's emergency vet-
erans housing committee headed
j by Bob Tiffany and jtiJon Stanley,
[ Stephens county service officer,
| for the local post.
Stanley's telegram read: "Thou-
sands of empty barracks and oth-
er facilities of surplus military
reservations in West Texas hold
the answer to thousands of home-
less West Texas veterans. Recent
press releases indicate no definite
action has been taken by WD or
>£HA toward making such mater-
ials available In near future. Any-
such buildings, no longer needed,
for war activities should be re-
leased without futher delay and
Campaign for the 512.000 need- without the infamous red taP*
BODY OF HERMANN GOERING The body of Herman Goerlng
lies atop it's coffin in Nuernberg prison gymnasium where the
Reichmarshall cheated the gallows by taking poison. NEA PHOTO,
BODY OF WILHELM KETFEL The body of Field Marshall Wit-
helm Keltel lies atop his coffin in Nuernberg prison gymnasium
where he and nine other high Nazis died on the gallows. NEA.
Now Is Time To
Plant Bulbs And
Fight Diseases
Community Chest
Receipts Lagging
TOTAL OF ONLY $7,000 ON
HAND. TOWARD GOAL
OF St^QOO
Ociober is. the big month for
planting all types of bulbs, and
rhizomes, county agent W- R.
Lace said. Beardless and huibous
iris may be planted and divided., *** had reached somewhat of a
Many other bulbs may be planted ; stalemate with reference to cash
now, including amarylils narces- j turned in by the teams,
sus, day lily, grapehyacinth, jon- j Waller, chairman, said
qui Is Easter liily, and Madona' Only about $500 additional to
Uiiy.
Shrubs, and trees set out last
year will need plenty of water to
Oo through the tail months with-
out being injured Their roots
systems are not yet established
d for the Community Chest to- Picture common to War As-
sets Administration. You are re-
spectifully urged to take immed-
iate and effective action to effect
a remedy to this situation."
Similar telegrams were to be
sent this morning by the Albany-
post of American Legion. Mayor
Edward Lee of Cisco and Mayor
J. J. Ketley's emergency veterans]
housing committee at Ranger.
John Thompson, manager of
the amount turned In the day
before had been received. This
made a total of 57,000 actually
received.
Aside from the need for every
person who has not done his part
cool fall winds are very drying.
Diseases, particular black spot
on rose leaves should be watched
uow. This disease thrives as soon
as the weather gets cool It can
be controlled with copper suiter
cffor bad cases and cotton
dusting sulfur for mild inl'esta
tioris. Mildew on roses, crepe myr
tie etc,, may be controlled with
sulfur. #
Polities Hinted
In Cotton Break
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24 <U.fi)
§en. Elmer Thomas. Democrat,
and it will pay to water them. The in contributing to do so. there
were two causes for this situation
Teams still have people to contact
on iheir routes, many of these be-
ing persons who leave for work
in the morning and return late
at night. Cards requesting con-
tributions from these have been
lett in a number of places.
Then out of about thirty let-
ters to business headquarters out
of town replies have been recived
from only about five.
Report of the teams is expect-
ed to be heard at the Lions Club
luncheon Friday.
Meanwhile, it .is asked that ait
who have not been contacted by
the committee workers make their
contributions at headquarters in
Sino Secretary
Says UN Action
On Bomb Slow
WORLD WIDE BROADCAST
AND NEWS CENTERS
BEING PLANNED
United Nations Hall, Flushing, }
N. Y.. Oct. 24 —Secretary- ,
General 'lrygve- Lie;' '
the United Nations general as-
sembly today to act on the nucs-
t.un of Franco Spain which he
declared will continue to "remain
I a constant cause of mistrust and
j disagreement" as long as General-
i issimo Francisco Franco remains
in power.
Lie called upon the United Na-
tions to "find ways and means by
which liberty and Democratic
! government may be restored in
j Spain."
Liee's action In bringing the Span-
ish situation to the attention of
the general assembly in strong
terms constituted the exercise of
his special powers as Secretary-
General of the UN to call to their
attention situations which "in his
opinion may threaten the mainten-
ance of international peace- and
security."
Lie's action was expected to in-
sure a full dress thrashing out of
the much-debated Spanish ques-
tion. *
Lie did not touch on the veto
question on which battle lines be-
tween the delegations already
were being drawn with Russia op-
posed to a debate of the issue and
the United States insistent that
there be a full discussion.
Lie declared that progress in
solving the major issue of atomic
controi had been "strictly limited
imd it has been slow."
Lie joined President Truman
and other world leaders in deplor-
ing loose talk of another war and
reminded the assembly that the
United Nations charter was based
"upon the assumption that there
Would be a proper peace and that
there would be firm agreement
among the great powers."
Lie was confident that agree-
ment on peace treaties would
"eliminate many of the differen-
ces which have disturbed the work
of the United Nations organiza-
tion during the first months of
activity." He said that these
stressed had subjected "all inter-
national organizations to a severe
test."
He revealed that the UN plann-
ed to "establish information cen-
ters at strategic news centers
throughout the world. In addition
a broadcasting network is being
developed to enable people in all
parts of tne world to receive
broadcasts from our headquarters,
i Thus we hope to reach millions of
readers and listeners who, at the
present time, receive little or no
Truman Will Not
CaU Back Solons
the Anson Chamber of Commerce, > .. .. ...
. , news reEardme our activities,
is quoted a® saying veterans in his ttsaiiuns.
area were seriously considering
"some immediate action much
more effective than telegrams."
"Our boys are thoroughly dis- r WASHINGTON, Oct. 244 'U.R>
gusted" Thompson declared. , president Truman told a news
•They have been to Dallas and, tonference tocjay he has no in-
Fort Worth*and talked with many j tentlott of calling Congress back
government representatives, on- int0 sessioru
ly to be put off and put off. Each , [n a generally new>-less meet-
few days more regulations are j with reporters, the President
Okla., said today that if Oklahoma t the Old State Bank budding.
IT i """"*
Vets May Now Bid
For An Apartment
Decontrol Moves
Into Peek Form
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24 <■ -
President Truman's decontrol pro-
gram moved into high peak to-
day as OPA junked price controls
on all cosmetics and almost all
ing decontrol order for about Nov.
1.
The Nov. 1 •master' decontrol"
order will complete the job of re-
luming alt but highly essential
cost.
HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Honor root at the high school Travis TOland Shirley West. Cfe-
lia Weatherford. Patricia Tram-
mell, Katy Sweeney, Genevieve
Noah. Roy Jean Ritchey Norma
Jean Sinclair.
And John Monaghan. Eric Hot-
land, Alive Hailauer, Loisete Ket-
ley, Cbrene Mask Wanda Hitch-
cock Jolene Harris, Patsy Loud
der, Mattie Lou Hicson, El Joy
Mueller, Phil Pitzer. Peggy Rog
ersy Billie Jean Robbins, Rosalie
Giiland. Jackie Forthv Marie Davis
Barbara Frant. Earlyne Cockrell,
Evelyn Carlton. La Nell Coten,
Mackie Jo Cbok Virginia Brooks,
Frances Flte, Lloyd Gray. Cooper
Robbins.
for the first six weeks period has
appear in tho Dynamo. The
A roll means the student made
90 to 100 and B roll means 85
to 80. Tht roll follows:
HONOR ROLL
First Six We- It* 1946-47
Gwen Martin, Martin Jacobs.
Wanda Lane, Jimmy Anderson
Donna Ruth Benson. Jamie Bil-
hartz. Lucille Cbwen. Rosa Lee
Ctavey, Mary Hailauer, John
Hanna. Jessie Gray. Ruby Fergu-
son. La Vonne Gilbert. Winifred
foods, and prepared another sweep i Yates, Josle Mae Wesley, John
Buchanan. Chaunce Thompson.
Neva Sumnersv Robert Waiters,
Billy Wood, George Webber. Shir-
ley Spratt, Jack Jones. Joan Kef-
ley, Patsy Hogan. Betty Ferguson.
Ctota Gran berry, Frank White.
Wendell Moore. Laura Mitchell.
Tbad KeBey. Beth Knight.
(Continued On Page 8
goes Republican in the November
election it can be blamed on OPA
and the recent drop in cotton
prices.
Thomas, chairman of the Senate
Agriculture committee, made that
statement as he opened an Inves-
tigation into the cotton market
break during which prices fell
more than 525 a bale in three
days.
J. E. McDonald, Texas State
Agriculture Commissioner, said
that OPA regulations and the cot-
ton break may have political re
percussions in his state, but he
didn't go as far as Thomas . in
discussing Republican possibilities.
Thomas, who recently returned
from Oklahoma, said there was
wide-spread feeling that the cot-1
ton decline "was brought about
artificaily for political purposes"
and could have been prevented by
government action.
McDonald agreed that Texons
feel the cotton break was "un-
necessary" and could have been
prevented by government action.
"1 think that in Texas the same
as in your state, it will have a
political effect." McDon-
«atct "it could be disastrous
or at least have a serious politi-
cal effect on the party In power
for letting such a thing happen."
issued about how to buy the
buildings if and when they be-
come available, and the date for
sales is delayed and delayed. The
buildings at Camp Barkeley in the
meantime are standing there rott-
ing down."
The matter apparently wait
brought to a head by* repeated
rumors that the camp had been
rejected rumors that he could
call Congress back into special ses
sion. He pointed out that if Con-
gress so desires it can reconvene
itself. The new Cbtigress will meet
Jan. 3.
The President brushed aside
questions about the soft coal
strike threatened by John L. Lewis
He said Secretary of Interior J.
turned over to the War Assets [ A is handting this matter
Applications are now- being ta-
ken from veterans seeking apart-
ments in the local Housing Pro-
ject, Leon Stanley, manager of
the units, announced today. Al-
though it is not known when the
apartments will be ready for oc-
cupancy. the %f>lications of all
veterans invited
At the-site of the project which
will make 20 additional housing
units ready for local veterans,
construction is progressing rap-
idly. One building is about half-
ccmpleted, while the other two-
story structures are nearlng the
410 per cent ready stag. „ The pro-
gram is employing about 28 men.
with a payroll of approximately
$1200 per week being disbursed
to local workers.
WEATHER
Scattered thundershowers in the
northeast portion tonight. Cooler
in northwest portion tonight.
Maximum - -... 85.3
Minimum 65£
Sunset 5:33
Sunrise
Administration for sale to veterans
publication of rules on how to
buy buildings from the WAA and
periodic announcements from the
^ National Housing agency repres-
entatives that they expect to have
"some word within the next few
days."
Beyond that he would not com-
ment.
Neither would the President
discuss the projects of wage de-
control.
Reds Will Be Asked
About Nazi Workers
BERLIN, Oct. 24 <P.B>
Frank L. Howley said today that
the Russians would be asked to-
morrow for a full report on al-
legation that they were transfer-
ring German workers to the Sov-
iet union along with the dismant-
led Flants at which they were
employed.
Nazi Doctors Next
To Face Gallows
NUERNBERG. Oct. 24 -
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney announ-
ced today the United States will
begin next month the trials of
Cbl. f Nazis war criminals next in line
to Hermann Goering and his col-
leagues.
Defendants will be 23 high-
ranking German doctors accused
of experimenting with human be-
ings. Their indictment probably
will be served tomorrow.
Illness Fatal To
Mrs. & Martinis
Ft. Worth Livestock
Cattle 3400. calves 3200. Rece-
ipts mostly medium and low grade
offerings. Common and medium
„ t . „ ., .. slaughter steers and yearling*
Mrs. Santos Martinis. 38, wife Jt.00-IT.00. Stocker and feeder
of Satunio Martinis, died at her
home last night at 0:14 o'clock fol-
lowing a long illness.
Besides her husband she is sur-
vived by two children. Funeral
services had not been announced
this
calves and yearlings mostty 13.00-
16.50, a few higher.
Hogs 500. Butcher hogs 50-1.00
higher than Wednesday average.
Top 25.00 paid for most good and
choice 180 lbs up.
£
aft
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