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COR E DOAR D
BY H.UIT GRAYSON
(SEA Sports Editor
j \ORK—(NEA)— Alvin J. Paris wasn't «MMnE~
mi V .a "i.w 'J1,rh ultt'ring Merle Ha pes and tumquotc Frank
®c.<> of the New Yi'ik Giants $2S0U each to throw tha ~~
Ue.ifue plj;. II (■ tl.e Chicago Hears, Dec. 15. — — - -
r. ' _'n '' f' ■ tb..li si aiujjjs date back 40 years, or to
— V. alLitc* managed * "* - ■ - -
Confronted by teammates, tbt
Bulldog supposedly approachod
said. I simply obeyed orders,
whu h 1 am accustomed to doing."
But he left town on tl)* first train
and in his playing togs, hoping to
«rt the remainder of bis belong*
n#s later—maybe. <
Wallace sued the MassiTUm In.
dependent for libel, but the actios
wjs quickly withdrawn. • TW
n< \\ paper had the Roods on him.
Hi* lawyer agreed his
was hopeless.
'.'a 1 luce managed and
:o ichtd the Cant.m, o.. Bulldog*
i*i tile c.i e of tiie Beats un-
:•*' ^ <■*'''o*' Hal.. . the bulk ..f the
.•tilij' i;s ilrt . little of tneir pay
"S * av > i protecting themselves
**a.ii*t tiuul.^.ini{ luxunes. hu;h-
• Mki. tuu>| appetite and
i •:iaiti 't. They would set it in a
j vftuuk when the la t ;.hot was tired
It seem t th.it W.. I lace waj to
ojve watered I i .ill hands, or
a t' >a sh.iii of them, tn the first
.iitKting with the Titers of neigh-
.A'l; Ma .sill- u ln iSMHi but ad-
*e\l the help that he couldn't
«< t down It w.i* ju t .. well, as
. turned out. f.., the Ttcets won.
i^LOND\ V\ AI,f,.\CE wasn't also
called 8h< ker I . ii' thinit.
* >wi*vei. f whin the ti-im* met
•K lin the M . I-<it Independent
••arged him with atit'inpt.ng to
J.-1 to Mai-ihon players.
n.M ft,, t... >11' 111 • ? I ..lillg. the
Uny
a Bull
thjll
hi a . ilh v
X* a lh.it W
!i>- uwu tea
Aftisillun
12 t.
at Wall
.Ut
i th
ng tl
tnt«
t w
talked to
; ln. u-.im-
e tjllK' to
ce at least
cd ajjailWt
piev ailed.
4 LTHOCGH thoroughly
itcil. the Bulldogs played the
te m representing Latrobe, Pa.,
at Canton the following week, but
iiieived no money, nor did the
\ itors get all of their guarantee.
L..tr • 'be is the birthplace of pro*
fi - i nal lootball. by the way. r J
In the end. members of the
Canton .mil Ma.-^illon clubs had
to ti legraph tor money to get them
to where they sent for it k
Ttu lia-ro marked the finish
r t . givat teams," read accounts
< i tin peiiod. "Stupidity ruined
great sport supported by the
finest people."
BEHIND THI SCENt.s
1.4 WASHINGTON
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iui: i
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I
I n^'in
.lief.
kt tsHK UNION
NE.% Washington C
i C. (NEA) If still impossible to tell what
ibi > p. c i. :i< > is going to be like. In its first two
n iied. It still hasn't worked out all
of ti c Reorganization Act. Congress, in brief,
i i. i u>cd to being cflment.
• • •
R> the President's three messages took
of the tir«t week. The Congress listened
t . 'he -t one. The otper two were just filed and
I i. t e Cmiitressional Record fur future ref-
• ' ' M i in mbers probably haven't read tiiem
;.et. and ne\er will.
« • •
Ii t.'.r Senato. when Pre-.ding Officer Arthur H.
V. >. ..U rg am . unced that the reading of the 40-
I'.ii.tgvt Mi - IRe would be dispensed with,
1 lump hire Sen. Charles W. Tobey got up and
<• I. 1 might say with Shakespeare, 'For this
1'. Was one of the shot test speeches ever de-
^reAcy
ftBimTwAKBe
WAhT&>
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Muruluy. J«aary zi a*47-—
JSMUEKE<C M Jt
Classified J\\
i'OK SA'.K Anything you need
•n nursery stock. Moruun Nurs. r>
Sales Yard, one mile south on hast j
.arid Roud. Phone Nil -J alter >:U
p. tn.
KoK SALE Tvvo Royal Type.
vwiLirs in excellent sha,:e. Have
no* been ust\l since recent com-
plete rtconditioning. 11 inch and
l^ inch carriage On dispkiy at
Thompson Typewriter Exchange,
tall 1135.
r'tiR SALE - IJM2 Continen'al
Trailer house. 'JH ft. long. See at
Pratt Tourist Court. Tlirocknuir-
ton.
1? OR SALi: PULLFrrS. 3 ) white
leghorns. 20h hurred rocks, two
months okl. Mosley's Hitchery
SIJ2 VV Uulltim. Phone 9UJ.
FOR SALE Home 1306 E. Wal
ker. Must S.-II Mak^ offer. H I!
Mehaffey.
I''OR SALE Bedroom, living
roiom. and dinette suites. Ward
rulie. Chester drawers, gas tieaur.*
and o'her furniture, Jhone It) 1
olO W. Williams-
FOR SALE Buick sedan in goo<l
condition. Phone 711 after 5 p m.
FOR SALE 2 completely fur.
itished ■{ room houses. t"los«v in
Terms may Ik- nrrunced 50t> W.
Williarrvt.
• • •
" • et •! . i i- ■.,h, use Democratic Mimtrity Leader Sam
! v i ••to imjuire what the second week's program,
>• w ... do Kepublican Majority Leader Charles W. Halleck
• lr.<l... it' '.ell him there wouldn't be much of a |
' ^ ETTt.M i". > yl ,.t!y placed on committees was a majo
"* l< . f. i | . . | th. * haw tin - jo'o iloiU! to the satisfaction ef I
• the m • 11 • i • K o limen congressmen didn't fare too well bn the
Mv i t;n.t inmittees, but they never did, either, '"***1" the old
.t-uj v ; , i then- wc;e a lot more committees.
After rommitt-
immlttr
ninmittt
s t ill
r ■ mbership acsignments were announced, all the
. i i '..it meetings to organize. Rooms occupied by old
. li"l ■11 merged under the Reorganization Act are
- 1 I n i..ills are piled high with old papers being thrown
• ' Clerks and secretaries of the old committees
..i '4u t, around hopefully.
• • •
The B,IU case .. 1 the shortage of $121,000 from the congressional
!> ■:;. • t!V ||.., ■ So■ geant-at-Arms' office added nice touches of
. .o.i! • • . .,|.,..||Mt pioieeding.«. Whether Bilbo or the Republicans
v i the th • • the S. ! .ti is still a subject for argument. General
c i •:. • i ;i..it Bilbo got the best of the deal—no work at full pay.
JND'.VIDl'Al. i-tmgressmen with pet causes introduced a lot of bills
.n the i i • i-.g il iys t.f Congress, but most of them went Pfft The
v 1 ti-i.i itr « pn-ture was pretty confused. Republicans had started
■ ' i I'iii % were going to (a) reduce taxes, (b) reduce ex-
i< •ml) I. h"r All were to be done quick. But as the first
i . - oi ( .i,,gic«: came to a close, all three programs were being
rapidly deflated.
• • •
If ' . i t . s ,!,♦ ,t ^i-eins that the first tax action will he to con-
■I .i ai time excise tax rate> on furs, jewelry and
■ Ways and Means Committee Chairman Harold
!• luund tax-cut man, has changed Me position
. ii nobody knows now just where he stands.
• • •
■ tall. b> tl Republicans made out they would cut the
to .i.'iiiid $:t<> billion, or less. When the President
i.l oi budget, it was a terrible shook. Republicans
Probably the oldest living Navy
veteran in the U. S. is Hvnry
IMI. of Naibirth. Ta . who re-
-*'ntty cc'li-li. ate'd his 9yth birth*
I y at the Philadelphia Nasal
• I.iapii.il.' He- enlisted at the age
"f 14 and w. unded in the
h.,tt!e of Mobile Bay in 1IW4.
MAP OF
km In Cm Id
Quick Relief
Frea Ceaghs
Resulting From Colds—
Upper Bronchial Irritations
Why hack. hnek. hack your« lf to
i>iii# iIum of Hraii-ihulin*
I jiiutmon si**« yuu unmi taa*Wa r«li«-f
it few )lnM«a may r«ll « H *n ir*ty
<'..iiUim no c-htorofurm or nan-otic*
mil no sweet aucary ayrwp. Not hablt-
'..rmins Uut II you want aomethlna
rr«i foe a really nunty couch remitting
fr-iin a eola. get a Hi cunt bottle at
1 lii/ii -chu-hna ISioilsion — from any
.'ih1 atore on n-ir anuntntam of unmla-
ikabta nalmfuction or money buck.
BOWCN ORUO CO.
Phone your news
to Th#. Amerleian
HORATIO ALGERS FORGOTTEN
NEW YURK iL'.P The hookn of
llo ratio Aliiers^ Jr., whose raas to
Inches at.tries were >uil .niilly b..
young iieopje of |.a.st i-eiieraiions.
are unUnown to ! .' \ • -em oi ih-
• hiiidren inteiviev^eil hy the Chil-
dren's Aid Society :<t whose New
hovs' l lglng House Alger liveil
for many years h.. -ojciety Inter.'
viewed m> Vrs ot ~e\en bo,.s awl
Ft )R SALK Boy's bicycle k-mk!
' shap-, Tint W. Ilu'lum St., Phoni
tioue in efte
nth luxuiii
#' KnuiHHt,
.C-. clal time
p.. t-elect n
Tc'teral (tuitM't
Cikc-d for a S3"
cunoitf
WORLD*
AS DRAWN
IN THE YE AC
317 ftC.,
WY THE
ANCIENT
SCCV3RAPHEC
WCMMVSf
THE EARTH
WAS THOU6MT
Ti? BE A PlS<
ANO THE E^s-E
W4> AT M
aitea w jc
Tm£ JCEAN.
I n to .1 i'ii. tney could cut that total by $7 billion. But DOW House
A ■-!'■. t' -in.'ti e Chairman John W. Tabcr of KMr York
i; ! ti'.iitget is II w rong. It «l))esn't call for a^proprin-
Ti ot - 7 h ' on, >..>s r.itH-r. It calls for appropriations ef^anly $91
L Mil. T-iin I' he'll have no truuhle rutting this tlgttfto to
b.. n. v.h . i is the t. uic he bus Nvrt insisting upoi^ all aloffc.
92%'
Heads Veterans
HORIZONTAL fn.mdrr of the
J 5 Pirturcd legion
' head of 51 On the *hel
\eterans* terefl side
rrc.ini7.itiort
1 12Kturhl liearing
13 War god
M Wild ox of
C'eiebes
, lSfiaela-
t* Small bottle
17 Mile
18 Wittiri m
; 10 D sikiti her
2! OfflcW of
Strategic
Service-: (xb )
?2 flirefc letter
24 State (Fr.)
26 Dry
27 SleepinC
| furniture <pl.)
2* Paid notice
2 Article
30 Nude
32 River du< k
3S Ardor
3g Heating device
37 Onager
3A Swords
43 Comp.T««-point
4.1 Kind of tide
47 Lend
4* Oceans
43 The dead
(comb, form)
50 Make*
mistakes
51 Touches
lightly
52 He is rew
. national com*
• VERTICAL
1 Verie
2 Spanish
weight
3 Irish province
4 Shelter
5 Broad smile
« Peruse
7 l«l ind
1 Cr: re
i Foray
10 Rrow ns hread
11 Cured me .its
13 Hail!
T
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B8ECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
Publiahad Dotty
(Eattpl Saturday)
■ncgzmuooc ameiicau
FU1LISHING COMPANY
114 E. Etaa. Brack*arid?*. Ta*.
WXLTEB MtnUUY. Puhtishar
MAMtT tUMKS. Manager
CHARLIE HALL. Editor
O. W. CALLAWAY Cir. Mgr.
Eotarad o« tha Peal Ottic. ia track,
ridaa. Taxaa. as aaeoad ctaaa ■■till
uadar tha Art al Caagraaa. March 3.
in
StKSCaiFTtON BATES
Poyohla la Advoacai
Doily Par Maoth bT Coniar
Daily Par Waak by Coxriar
Doily Par Yr. by Carriar
By Mail Par Yaor
Any arraniouf raflartioo upon
cbaracta'. ataadiao or raputatiao al
say poiaaa. lira ar corporation which
may appear ia tha caliunna at Tba
■ rackanridga A mar lean will M gtadty
racta upon ita baiag braugal la
attantioa a< tha masaaaaaai.
K P. SALK Used Kurd ('it
Radit, Jt a used •able model radio
I excellent c.ndition. N'S
RADIO SKRVKTG wi'h Gumey
Kt etric- Co. phone 17-
frOR SALK 2 room hous > and 1<>'
New h pai.oi-ed and painted inside.
Two new- reus included. Locked
: corner of H im-y am: Hullum
I Street. Cash or vrms.
'< >R SALi! 5 acr«'s. fi room. I!
'ia h. modern built house. Garage
^ .1 chicken houses. W ish house,
i Fruit Trees. Phone Hti|5 K-.l Box
223.
► OK SALK Uuy her a ^ur.
necklaci. f >r Valentim* at Hotel
Miller (tilt Shop, Special J.Y9S.
IF Vol NEKD IT ltl!Y IT NOW
voir CAN Bl'lXiKT THE OUT
LAY OVKR SKV1RAL PAY
DAYS HKRK ARK SOMK OF
1HK THINGS YOU MAY WANT
AND NKKD
T1RKS AND TUBES
SKAT (X>VKRS
RADIOS
ELEC1R1C SWEEPER
KLECTRIC SHAVERS
LAWN MOWERS
ELECTRIC RtJOM HEATERS
MANY ITEMS NOW ON OUR
JANUARY CLEARANCE SALK
ITEMS OF $5.t!t) OR UNDER
CAN BK ADDKD-ON Yt>l'R
BUDGET AC't t >l \T Jl ST UKK
CHARGING ON M DAYS AC.
CXH-'NT, IU'UIKT BUYING IS
SIMPLE CONVIKN'T AND AF-
KDRDS SAVINGS ON SALKS.
FIRESTONE STORE
FOR SALK BABY CHICKS
HA I! Ml IN St >.\ ,'Ht) .150 KGIt
STRAIN Bii; 1 n^o-h , white tin-
horns. <iro\i s While Leghorn
F.rm. 2 miles sou'h of Brecki-n-
ridgi'. Kastliind Hi-way Phone
SALE 20 PER CENT OFF
ON SFORTI.MC GOODS
ALL LUGGAGE
TENNIS RACQUETS
SOKT P-ALLS
BALL GLOVKS
CHARlt )AL CHILL
ARCHKHY SKIS
C.f iI.K BACiS
BILL Kt >1.1 is
DKIVK BY AND L<H K IN
WINIXJWS TO-NIGirr
FIRESTONE STORE
FOR SALK W shing machine
new lor inum d a e delivery, Moln j
S12! .i<) also Savage $l.i950 Send
i heck or mom > order to Passler
Ap|)i;.ine( Co. 4.HIK. 27th Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
NOTICE We have house moving
equipment with steel skids. Bend-
ed Hi Insured. Plenty of Exper-
ience BRADFORD BROTHERS.
Phon,. USO-VV. 15l> K Walker.
NOTICE Will do truck haulinc
of any kind. C« H- Ellison. 612
E. Elm. St.
Wantacl talesmen Capakle Of
Eurrtinfl Real Money Each Week
Local salesmen to sell our Nat-
1 ionaily Advertised Fire Kx'in-
[ gubhers, Underwriter approved.
Now availably af.er 5.year pent-
up demand. We ship from factory
[ to user. Profit checks weekly.
Largest manufacturer Establish-
ed I9lfi. Be** customers are factor*
; :es. schools, garages, hotels, hos-
pitals. churches, stores, lumber
(•Bin ertis, lodges, theaters, amuse-
mi nt piirk.s, tiinc-e hails, taverns,
resorts, country esta'es. clubs,
, homes, farmers, auto, Ihis. and
truck owners, eic Thousands
il pros|w ets Write today for free
detail. THK KYR-FYTER <.\X.
l^ P'. K-l. Dayti.n 1 Ohio.
N't >Tlt K JKWKL TKA CO WILL
KM Pl.t >Y Ft )l'R MEN to do house
in house solicitation work in crew.
Tian.>-|jor ation furnished and ex-
[s-nse allowance. Present employ-
ee- now averaging )ie*ter than
per w. ek See 11 H Johnson
ii he Burch Hoti I afti-r >:(*( P M-
Monday ;in i Tuesday.
I.tM'AL and Lt-Nc DISTANCE
MOVING lire proof storage
• •I atinjj. (Kicking.
* u\ -mi ell
V. t'arey. It<
■ffice Ph l!t4.
and delivery. We
usetf turnilure
sift^iKv I h. 134
N< 'TICK N i hunting or trtspass-
ng Of) Sam Bill or Son Ranch.
FOR SAI.K Fur chubby, excel-
lent condition. Size 14. call lmiT-W'
if er 5 o'clock.
Ft >R SALK I94J Chevrolet dump
'ruck, extri clean. 7lf W. W iiker
FOR Li:ASK tiar.i.'e. See- Slat',
,!«'■ r I In. r':i.<i Vv'a ker. Phoni
951*4
i-'oR HKN'I The Blue Bird Inn.
\\ rift or phjne Mrs. Jewel C'hiIds
133J E. Arlington St., Phone
919WI.
vV't IKK WAN'I r.l> Experienced
saleslady and slock clerks - can
lo most any kind of work. Refer-
ence. Phone 9t)4_W.
WANTKI>JS«e ihe Valentine* Spe-
cials a Hotel Miller Gift Shop.
WANTED Will care for babies
from 7:.lo a. m- till 5:.'10 p. m
Mondays ,hru Friday's in my
home. 3i0 E 1st St.
WANTED Have yotir twn mow-
trs ground and adjusted. Williams
Kt.w* Shop a porter Met."onne 11
Garage.
c'OR SALE S/pun- hn-d habvlL()ST fi Mnni)l (l|(, bulldog. ;in.
Hvf turkey h*'ns. $&f)0 Mch, I.i- ^ svver; fi> n nu* MB4wtcr«" Has white
oitire John P- Stewart. Ivan R)>uli . fact and clust. Wearing harness.
I HeWMni. Notify Tim Sriowden Ai-
i amo hotel.
WANTKI) Mi .n wtih car for per-
manent position to handle sales-
Salary and commission Living
quarter; furnished in Brecken-
rtdge Wri.e Ihix YM Breckcnridge
.\m« rican.
WHAT CAVIIS
IMilNVf
A hooklot n«loiiii • sslntsm «f
I I.t 1ST Uidii s wrist watch dur-
ing Nmas holidays, t h a I shapi
with flower and vine design
gr-.vetl around face. .S'Jti.mi Reward
Phone U r *os \V Walker
WAN1KD A 5 year lease on
building suitable for large steam
en- . laundry. Write George Rogers,
Rtii-.ger. Tiras.
Will bo iant fwft. whila they M, to aw$
J taadar wtilia* ta Hio Ideational Bmuioiw
lich 417 Furti Am. Now York, K Y, Bop*.
At'TI'tN't— I s,, tli" Wjnt-.vs
-lo4_
1 vv.\\TKl Apurt-uent or reslden-
<e wanteii :: ta i rix>ms> unfurnish-
ed bv lireckenrldge Ame ican pm-
plo^t-e. i -rniiinent. Please give lo-
cution. I*h.;ne titsi.
PKECKLHS AND MIS FRIENDS
BY MERRILL BLOSSER
T.w.jw<iy. fcjjrr off.
•> rne amar
PEfVsEO AS A STA-E FL0V.ER/
INDIANA DETHRONED IT iM
PMN0R 4* CF
THh TULIP TREE..
9-t
CAN YOU IMA.VIE A BIRD
VWTH A CITY AS P*RT Of
its name7«jv\35
■rbtk; MAS
REBUILT
CAR ON A
USSD-CAR LC
AND POP 6
INTERESTED IN
BCVING IT-
HE DOCSNT
IcNW FREC'<
19 TWE OWNER,
ANO THEY'RE
EACH "IRVING-
10 OUT-SMART
THE OTWER I
V"
Tn ere Goes That
CAR AGAIN. FRECKLES
■—SOWEBOPY IS
HAVING A ,
DEMO'JSTRATCN /
fUERES TME FIVE
FO* DRIVING PAST T^r
MOUSE, GEORfiff/ ^
"WAMT
ID OR"F
ANY M0e«
?
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No THANKS.' I THIN*:
WE'VE GOT POP WORRIED
ALREADY.' LETS SEE- ,
WHAT HE DOES NEXT/
A SIRVICg.
A)
III bet That^ iour father,
^SNAPPING AT THE bait l
z
ALLY OOP
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BY V. 7 . HAMLIN
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19 Makes sad
30 Remissions
23 Coronet
2.1 Doctrine
no Become
91 French
pi ovine®
33 Toughen
34 Woolly
37 Girl's nam*
39 Fish saoc*
40 Adriatic wind1
41 Merit
43 Regi" tared
nurses (ab.)
M Essential
44 Eastern nil*
road (ab.)
44 Mineral aprin
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