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A WBKK FEATURING
LOCAL NEWS
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
UNITED PRESS Wire Service
Devoted to the Difweminatlon of Information and UpbnOdini of Stephens County
NEA Feature Scrriee
WEATHER
Cloudy and Vim
Scattered Showers
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VOL. 28 NO. 117
TEXAS
-THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1948
MUC1 5 cum m COPT
Drought Breaking Rain Totals 1.51
In Fall Over Central Vilest Texas
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Thi- lonjf awaited rainfall up to 7 o'clock this morning measured
1.44 from 7 o'clock the previous morning, which added to .07 prior to
that gave Breckinridge a total of 1.51 in the drought breaker.
The last appreciable amount of ruin here was recorded on April 25
when 1.08 fell and prior to that 1.16 in February.
it The merrury already dropped
•from Dfi yesterday registered a
high of 72 yesterday ana this
morning stood flat on 60 d« grees.
The rain apparently centered on
West Central Texas and the South-
west portion of the state. How-
ever, showers in the Panhandle
I wen- heavy enough to cause all
j baseball games to be postponed.
! Rains have been general i n the
! South Plains, giving planting mois-
|ture on dryland farms. Dawson
(County reported rains that varied
.from one to four inches.
| South Plains points varied f r- >rr\
J that to two inches at LittW field.
!Due to the absence of a bottom
season, the general rains of this
week are only starters for a crop
The
Observer
RAINFALL NOTES
MOBILE TELEPHONE
THAT ROUGH ROAO
SEEN OR HEARD
this morning that it rained only
1.51 in the city could scarcely
believe it. Especially those com-
ing from the west and southwest
where they saw fields flooded. It
appeared to rain even heavier as
close to town as the golf course
which was all under water. The
Gonzolus was spreading out like
pienty was coming down.
Additional moisture will have to
be received, but then; will be suf-
ficient planting moisture through-
out West Texas now.
A young waterspout dumped 5'a
incKes of >-ain on the Guy CaldVell
rrnch ltf miles northeast of Al-
bany. The terrific downpour lasted
from 11 a .m. until, I o'clock
yesterday afternoon. In the same
vicinity the Nail ranch reported
_ _ ! inches.
BESIDES THE WATER FOR Heavy rain also was reported at
growing things and stock it ap- Rotan where more than three inch-
pears the city soon will have soft- <were recivtjd in a day-Ion;? stea-
er water. It was reported this ,lv downpour. The rain was general
morning that the river started ris- over the entire sector and was
ing this morning at 6 o'clock and th . most lieneficial since last No-
"ib growing red" which is j sign vrmber.
that it is coming on up. Snyder gauged over 2 inches
The heavy rainfall reported from That" makes about four inches for
'4 Throckmorton is expected to send the month with l.4!> inches being
down much. The water has been ri ported May Hi and .4,'t of an
stationary us to hardness for the inch May ID."
past few days, but about half as Most of the cotton in Scurry
hard as it was three weeks ago. County will have to be replanted
——- hut there i.~ plenty of moisture
WORK ON THE DAM FOR THE ^
new water supply is moving a-j Sweetwater reported a total of
long fast and is far enough ahead I t ,, jnch,.M s,not. Sunday and rains
schedule that rainfall for a wert. general over Noj;in County,
week or so will not put it behind (|.OU|ph heavier west of Marvneal
the estimated time of beptemtwr wh,.n. two t)l 05 inches fell . Black-
for completion. .well had 1.5 inches Tuesday.
„.A brief special meeting of the Wt>st of Rogeoe I5 inct^,s fe|]
v City Commission was held yester- | Sumla>. niffht and there have been
" doy afternoon to go into some 8hnw,.r8. Th(, riull from that point
clutms by C ontractor nckeni- who eJtten(jed westward to Midland and
is clearing the basin. The city want w,uth where the fall apparently
ed some trees to be cleared away . waa heavier as the Conchos were
kft for a while, as they are hold-1 running light last night.
ing up fences that are being main- t,ry San Angelo yesterday re-
tained. Agreement was reached C1 vil.,j 1:f irK.h,.s ;imt r,.p,>rtli told
with Pickens to return later and,of K,.nt.r.,i rains „Ver the entire
clear off these. [ area south andwest of that point
1 I with rains up to three inches bt -
srift s?us.5ss
War On Peace Threat Urged
Gregg Sherwood, New York ac-
tress and model, has been j
named "The Hair" by the Cre- j
ative Hair Stylists of America, j
Miss Sherwood's hair Is "gar-
denia-colored," which mighf
have something to do with it.
,!rllK ' 1 " lured range all the way to the Ri<
merce ha\e been ^conferring with f Qrande. Lake Nasworthy, which
representatives of the telephone
company for the operation of
moble telephones her#.
It was first set about t' secure
thirty «ubscriber . The first pro-
position was for the calls to
had been at an all-time low was
expected to go over the top gate
during the night us the Conchos
flooded.
Runnels County was soaked.
Haskell receiving half an inch [
:hat specifications could p,rted 1.25 for the apst 24 hours, d champi(,n qu;lrter horse in
to have a„ exchange her,, making «t total of 1.5 to two inch- ^ m.w tla8B at the
ey arc asking the telephone e.. for the week. Spur and Jay- ,5 tht. American Ouarter
thr>ugh Ranger and Cisco. Theyr.sterday, bringing total for the
Brvckenridgt npresentation <le- week to 1.25 inches. Seymour re-
dded that specifications could
ho met
Now th«_
company to do ho. Subscribers her" ton received inch mins and Asper-
do not wish to have to go through mont got half an inch.
Cl re
Charges for the service would j
including a *one rate and a long,
rfis nif rite If nnd when tl'i-i'i R RnOD IO OC
is done a man driving home from' r
Dal In.- could call his wife ask what ■ J £ _
hr Is having for supper, if he did j1 IIHTCO 9QOV1
not mind the long distance charge.!
j It was announced today that a
_ ; new map of Possum Kingdom Lake
THAT ROl GH ROAD BE and routes there from various
tween here and Albany, while re- points will be published soon as
pairs are being made, is makinir a part of the Possum Kingdom
a little more business for the tire j Sportsman Association.
people hut it is having it'* effect I The map w hich will be a coope-
on travel to Breckenridge from rative deal between the merchants
that direction, it was said today. j of Breckenridge and surrounding
— towns and the PK Sportsman As-
THOUGHT FOR THE MOMENT: s- ■ciution, will be in four colors,
Nerve me -vith incessant affirma- j complete details showing all com-
tions. Don't bark against the bad. mercial camos, the services offer-
but chant the beauties of the good. I ed, a fishing calendar, the prize
—Emerson. j lists of tagged fish and the num-
——— I hers. The map will be made from
SEEN OR HEARD: RAINFALL an aerial photo.
Mother Of Breek
Man Is Dead After
Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Mollie E. Doggett, mother
of J. K. Doggett of Breckenridge
died yesterday afternoon at 1:15
o'clock in Dallas following u long
illness.
Mrs. Doggett had been in poor
health for twelve or fourteen
years, seriously ill for the past
three weeks.
She had lived here for a while
until six or eight months ago when
she moved to Dal lus .She was born
in Goldthwaite, May 16, 1889.
Funeral services were to be held
this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
Church of Christ in Comanchie,
followed by burial there.
Pall bearers were named as Dr.
Donald Watt, Dallas, Frank Dog-
gett, Lewis Jones, Clifford Burks
of Goldthwaite, Aundrey Burks and
Mickey Carter, Dallus, and Den-
nis Fegan, Dallas. •
Surviving, besides J. R. Doggett,
is another son, R. E. Doggett of
Dallas; two duughters, Mrs. Sam
Hartley, Dallas, and Mrs. H. C.
Blackburn, Bellview, Texas; and
rune grand chlidren. Her mother,
Mrs. Allice Karnes of Miami, Ok-
lahoma, also survives.
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Quarter Horse
To Win Saddle
A handsome saddle will go to the
ac city water plant 1.51, hut Bill
P t* r said h measured 6.78 Inch-
es in a No. 2 tub at the golf
course .... Mrs. Tiner Kirk leav-
ing for Houston to liv«
H. A. Huater of the Specialties
Advertising Company of St. Louis,
Mo., is making arrangements for
the printing, drafting etc., it was
Rog- announced. >
t-nc and Roberta Faulkner, twins, j Hunter said that approximately
Junior High vnledictorian and tied tfto,00« maps will be printed as a i
for salutatorian in the order men-1 minimum and they are expected to i grand champion mare, Mr. Arledge
meeting of the Ameriian Quarter
Horse Association in connection
with the Texas Cowboy Reunion
here July 2,and 5, Roy Arledge,
chairman, taid this week. Other
new prizes will also be offered.
The saddle will be presented by
the American Quarter Horse Asso-
ciation. Two performances classes
are being added to the quarter
horse show this year for the first
time when those entered in those
classes will perform under sad-
dle. Only the finals, with four
animals competing, will be shown
in the arena when grand champ-
ion and reserve champion will be
named. This will probably be held
on July 5, Mr. Aldredge said. The
siime judges who judge the cut-
ting horse contest will decide up-
on the winners in this new contest.
Two new halter classes have al-
so been added to the American
Quarter Horse-show this year, mak
ing ten in all.
These plans and others were dis-
cussed here Tuesday by Mr. Ar-
ledge and two American Quarter
Horse Association officials, Ray-
mond Hollingsworth of Amarillo,
secretary, and Bob Hooper of
I'lainview, vice president. The As-
sociation is furnishing trophies for
the grand champion stallion and
tioned —congratulations to them
and Betty Margaret White the
other salutatorian .... Helen Clax
ton. new cashier, at Club Cafe ..
.. Mr . H. C. Raynor reported to
hr.ve said vhen she *-as remark-
ing about old things she forgot a
small cream pitcher fiO yeats old
.... Fritz Estell of Kermit land-
ed at the airport last night and
splashed water high .... Curs
cruld not pass on the Cisco rond
by the barn south of town for a
while because of high wpter ....
J Nate Rosenbaum saving he drove
through Colorado City and saw-
people fishing off the bridge with
big reels usually used in sea fish-
ing Red Turner saying no
«Cdamage done to light system bv
' rains .... A No. 7 taxirab col-
tiding with a car and flattering a
tire and nn attendant at No. I
•aying they* needed ten taxis today
.... Arthur MRler saying he i« to
Ret a new car and start travelling
a while, nnd that the guided
streams to his lakes work perfect-
ly .... and who knows, it may
rain for a week.
be off the press by June 15.
I said.
Old Gorman College Exes To Meet
The Ex-Students Association of
thr former Hankins Normal Col-'
li ge of Gorman, Texas, will meet
at Bass Lake, Gorman, on June
'0, 1948. This will be the first
, meeting of the association since
I June, 1942.
! J. H. and J. F. Hankins. twin,
brothers, from Little Rock, Ar-
kansas. established the Hankins
Normal College in 190(5. Prior to
this time they had been superin-
tt ndents of the schools of East-'
. land, Breckenridge, Desdemona and
, Gorman. The school was discontin-
ued in 1913. During the seven
, year tenure they enrolled about
l.POO boys and girls who cume
fiom almost every county in the
State of Texas and from several I
adjoining States.
The school specialised in train-1
ing young men and young women
I to bccome teachers. Perhaps no I
other private college in Texas, con
si#ering its short tenure, turned
out more outstanding young men
i.nd women than this ichool. Many
have filled some of the highest
legislative, executive and judicial
positions in the County, State and
Federal Governments.
After the close of the college J.
H. nnd J. F. Hankins moved to
Lubbock, Texas, where J. H. died
two years ago and where J. F. still
lives.
While the Hankins brothers were
the moving spirit in establishing
the college, they had ouite a num-
ber of associate teachers during
its tenure that afterwards became
useful in various vocations in the
State.
A large attendance is expected
at this conventioh and the entire
day wilt be devoted to pre-arrang-
ed program and visitations.
Cox To Address
Junior Hi Grads:
Many Honored
Commencement exercises of the
Breckenridge Junior High School
will be held this evening in the
s« hool auditorium, beginning at 8
o'clock.
The graduation list shows 108
present students and 11 summer
students to receive their diplomas.
Rep Jack Cox will address the
students, with the Girl's Chorus
furnishing music. Diplomas will be
presented by Supt. John F. Bailey,
Principal L. R. Tatum giving stu-
dent recognition.
Valedictory honors go to Rogene
Faulkner with Betty Margaret
White and Roberta Faulkner, tie-
inp for Salutatory honors.
The following will be cerognized:
With High Honor
Atchison, Mary Kutherin; Dar-
nell, Joe; Dyches ,Betty Jo; Flynn,
Harlene; May, Jimmy Dale; Sum-
nes, Carleen; Screws, James A.
Jr.; Sheffield, Norma Jean; Sorgee
Joann; Thompson, David Wilson;
Tindall, Ida, Ann; Young, Wanda
Gay.
With Honor
Buchanan, Winnie Susan; Buf-
kin, Treva Jean; Bunger, Barbara
Arin;Burton, Johnny Lou; Charles,
Doris; Dakin, William E.; Fizer,
Jacquelyn; Huffman, Eddie; Keith,
Alfred, Woodard; Knight, Charles
Lawrence; Lewis, Sybil Lavonne;
McCathren, Robert Lynn; Peeks,
Bobbye Jean; Phillips, Richard;
Rowell, D C.; Schwind, Julia Mary
Starr, Jacque Daphne; Willams,
Nedra.
Perfect Attendance
Coffnuin, Teddy Joe; Flynn, Har-
lene; Gray, Don; Holmes, Billy;
Keith, Alfred Woodard; Knight,
Alecia; McCathren, Robert Lynn;
Pierce, Billie Jean; Redding, Jack;
Reed, Bart; Roberson, Wanda
June; Stephens, Phyllis Jean; Tin-
dall, Ida Ann; Wegner, Leroy;
\oes, Evelyn.
Outstanding Students
English, Rogene Faulkner, Alge-
bra, Rogene Faulkner; General
Mathematics, Robert Lynn McCath
ren; History, Betty Margaret
White; General Science, Rogene
Faulkner, Girls Health, Betty Mar
Kuret White; Boys Health, David
Wilson Thompson, Johnny Rodg-
ers; Typing, Norman Ray Wilson;
Home Economics, Wanda Gay
Young; Agriculture, Alfred Wood-
ard Keith; Band, Leroy Wegner;
Speech, Rogene Faulkner, Faulk-
ner, Roberta; Woodwork, James
A- Screws, Jr.
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Yank Wounded
By Russ Bullet
SEOUL, Korea May 2? —
An American civilian has been
wounded slightly by machinc gun
bullets fired by the Russia-contrul-
ed Koran Constabulary.
The shooting occured near the
Soviet -U.S. border in Korea.
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge, occu-
pation commander, predicts that
"critical" days lie immediately a-
head for Americans here.
The w runded man was Karl
Smith, A 45-yenr-old civilian
engineer of Huntington, W. Va.,
who went unscrotched through 30
month of the Pacific war as an
Army captain.
Smith was hit four times by
small arms: fire while he and two
other members of a P. S. public
team were inspecting a dam Vss
than 100 yaitfs from the border
of the MPth Parallel. His wounds
were not critical.
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Blockade Attack
Is Thrown Back
TEL AVIV May 27 <U.R; — A
major Jewish convoy attempted to
break through the Arab blockade
to besiege Jerusalem has been
thrown bock with heavy losses
but is reforming for a second try.
Arab reports say 15-hundr^d
Jewish troops attacked Latron, on
the road to Jerusalem, to divert at-
tention while a powerful convoy
attempted to drive through the
Bob E. Wad sectior 12 miles west
of Jerusalem.
Arab reports say eight hundred
of the attacking Jews were killed
and large numbers captured by
Arab Legion troops shifting from
Jerusalem to Latroun, the Arab re-
port said.
The battle trucks of the convoy
were reported re-forming in the
hills around Hulra. fivs miles
! >outhwest of Latroun.
Relations Body
Would Warn Of
Defense Plans '
WASHINGTON, May 27 <U.RX_
A Senate Committee wants to put
the United States on record as
ready to fight against any ^rmed
I threat to world peace.
j The foreign relations committee,
, headed by Senate president Arth-
| ur Vandenberg, unanimously Has
i approved a resolution aimed at
I strengthening the United Nations.
The resolution proposes limitations
| on the big power veto in the
UN security council. And it rec-
omends American encouragement
of mutual defense plans.
In effect, the resolution declares
tJiat insecurity among nations any-
where is a threat to security every
where. The committee members
I called for use of force against
aggression.
OKLAHOMA GRADS ON TOUR—The senior class at Cordell, Oklahoma, High School took five years j tio^mfk^ft clMr i^wil^under-
to save $2700, and will spend it all in 16 days. As 7th grade class, they de cided to put away the money Uake by individual and collective
until their senior year and then tour a part of the United States. In a chartered bus they are enroute self-defense to quell any armed
to New York City, and Washington. Here, they inspect finished glass in the glass plant of the Ford
Motor Company .at Detroit. (NEA 1'elephoto)
Second Tagged Fish Is Caught
Off Scout Island By Claude Kan
Sister Of Breck
Woman, Authority
On Brands Dies
Baby Boy Born;
One New Patient
A baby boy weighing seven
pounds and threu ounces was born
to Mr. nnd Mrs. O. H. Hamil at
the local hospital early this morn-
ing, and one new patient has been
admitted. -
The new patient was Mrs. Char-
lie Green, a medical patient
attack affecting its national secur-
ity.
But the committee emphasized
that the resolution would not of
j itself commit this country to ship-
I ment of arms to other nations. Nor
I would it call for direct American
participation in foreign defense
[treaties that would be up to Con-
I giess to decide later on.
, . i The committee report said this
mi i . , . ,i , ... . , Miss Florence B. Colston, sister country should favor regional and
The second tagged fish of the Possum Kingdom Sportsman Asso- of Mrs> Eu,,ene Xipton of Breck-' other collective security^pacts writ-
ciatton has been caught and in the catching proves the early fish gets enridge, probably the state's out-j ten within the framework of the
the lure. [standing expert on cattle brands, UN. If such treaties were based
The early fish was a bass caught this morning at 4:45 o'clock ' found^dead Jri a chair at hert on self-help, the United States
just off Scout Island by Arlie Barnett of Claude, Texas
It represented the Plains area &
scoring again, for the first tagged
fish was caught by Mrs. Dick
Slaughter of Lubbock, a crappie.
Barnett's bass was numbor 710
and was ten and one half inches
long. It was verified by E. B. Brid-
ges, concessionaire.
In prizes Barnett is not so lucky
as Mrs. Slaughter, the first fish
currying an unusually large prize
list. Barnett is entitled to merchan-
dise from Goodes Cleaners and the
Gray Shoe Shop of Graham.
It was stated this morning that
'about 150 tagged fish have been
turned loose in this end of the
lake and more will be added as
they are caught and the prize list
grows. In order to participate in
the prizes a fisherman must be a
member of the association.
When u prize fish is taken it is
to be taken to one of the conces-
sionaires, or to Mr. Ferguson at
State Park, with the tag on it
for verification.
Fred Ward, secretary, said this
morning the membership of tht;
association, of which Harve Rat-
liff is president, is growing daily.
As tugged fish are turned loose
the list will be gone over again
und prizes leveled off to a more
equal value. ■ depht was .3,420.
Fishermen have been coming into o
Breckenridge since the rains in I Dlaniu A
West Texas, a large number ar- ■ IdlTy MvCIQCIITS
riving recently from Snyder and ~ — "
Ratlike To Test
tor Deep Pay In
Stephens County
Plans for an oil test in the north-
eastern Stephens County, 'even
miles northwest of Caddo, have
been announced by Rathke Oil
Company in Wichita Falls in ap-
plication to drill the \'o. 1 Echols,
:W0 feet from the north and west
lines of sectior P abstract 2T11.
On
of her retirement, friends said
permit for 4,000 feet with sh< could read■ brand better than
intbr!\h?1Elleh4uPmerCt She"succeeded her tote father,
t fv. Ellenbuiger. , w CoJson w],0 ortfinr*.ttd the
In the Man.u.,g-0 Conner f"'ld; . f bran(1'^cording to nrotect
IrtritT from thieves in the
of ^sT burrels of 49 gralit? oil! <h'-v* -"f l.he <?Pen- Mor"
per di
M. M;
C. J. O'Conner, north offset to
production 2,250 feet from th;'
south and 4'!7 from the west line
of section 50 block 7 T<&1' survey.
The production was through 10-
04 choke with S(!0 pounds on eas-
ing and 250 on tubing from Go per- . ,
forations at :t.410-15 feet. Total
home in Fort Worth last night, then would consider supporting
j Mr and Mrs Tipton, Stephens them.
county ranch people, who lived atl Vandenbergs resolution also calls
the Burch Hotel, were in Ft. Worth for strengthening of the UN by
at the time and preparing to come j exerting new American pressure
home, it was said here today. I f°r establishment of the world
The discovery was made by Mrs.lP°lice force and for international
J. R. Chestnut, who lives in an control of armaments with dtpend-
adjoining apartment. A physician i11"'® guarantees against violators,
said n heart attack pmbablyf If adopted, the resolution may
caused her death I l"0Vldp grounds for the first con-
Miss Colson retired Aug. 1 . "ete test of the sincerity of recent
1940, after having worked ;ls'R« s'"n P^ce overtures. The Rus-
sociation since 1894. At ihe time Cdn plans for co"tro1 ot arms-
rCZ n ,lf Frn than 8,000 brands of ranchers were
ay has been made by Fred , , . th vnlump,. prcp.lnHl
fanning Inc., en the No • . - .
by Miss Colson.
Miss Colson. a native of Louis-
ville, Ky.. came to Tewls in 1875,
settlinc in Yountr courty. She
was triven element-try education
by her mother and later attended
high school and a normal college
Lamcsa.
But She Survives
Before becoming an employe ef
the cattle raisers association she
taurrht school for a year.
The body is at Gatiso-Ware Fu-
neral Home.
Casing Perforator
lest Is Slated
Abilene May :>8. First use ir.
this area of a shaped charge, a
new type of casing preforator for
oil wells, is to be made by Geoch-
michal Survey on the No. 7 J
Patterson et al, in the Patter-
son pool one nnd a half miles
northwst of Merkle.
Operators had to squeeze .iff
with cement, and the shot will be
to reopen the Dothan sand sec-
tion at about 2,250 feet.
The new type shot it a highly
concentrated charge which oper-
MEMPHIS, Tenn. <U.R> — Mrs. | Battle On Reds
Thelnia Ruth I'afford has almost ^ .
a charmed life. Eleven years ago . V50©S TO 5edOs£
when she was 18 she leaned a-
gainst the door of an automobile WASHINGTON May 27 <U.R> —
and fell out. Enemies of Communism have car-
During the war a ton of rubber ried their battle into the senate,
and cloth matting slid from a car-H Two outstanding foes of Con-
ner crane. Mi's. Pnfford was partly 1 munism have appeared before the
buried, suffering a leg injury. Senate Judiciary Committee, urg-
Three years ago Mrs. Pafford 1 ing that the House Communist-con-
was in an automobile accident in j trol bill be approved.
The former commander of the
American Legion—Paul Griffith
—carped that the nations com-
munists are building a half-mil-
lion-dollar fund to fight the
Mundt-Nixor, Bill.
Griffit told the committee —
which the car was dem dished. And
r.ow Mrs. Pafford is recovering
from another accident she fell
out of u taxicub.
Tariff Stand
"evorv fellow traveler, stooge and compromise.
deluded dupe has been thrown into
"no. Communist' propaganda has
ites on explosive pressure. Older! fiQP fOUflllt
type-preforations have been made
with special cartrige.s similar to! WASHINGTON May 27 <U.R>
those used in rifle#. Th- pressure Senate President Vandenberg came | been planned with cunning and
perforation technique was de-' today against giving congress i ruiie."
veloped during the war and has even :i limited veto on Tariff rates Former N. R. A. director Dnn-
•- - - - - • negotiated under reciprocal trade i -ild Rishbcrg appealed to the com-
Vandenberg is chief Republican j mittee to approve the bill. Rich-
Foreign Policy Spokesman in the'berg told the committee that pas-
Senate. His stand put him in direct] sage of the bill would be what he
opposition to republican principuies called "a step toward-self-preser-
on the tariff. ' vation of this government.'*
Hons* To Act
On Draft BH
WASHINGTON May 27 HT.R> —
Speaker Joseph W. Martin, Jr..
insisted that the House will act
on the draft bill despite the ef-
forts of foes to keep it bottled up
in committee.
But even if the Heuse passes
the bill, its chances of winning
senate approval now npnears slim,
Sen. Langer, of North Dakota, is
ready to offer a civil rights amend-
ment which southern senators arc
certain to fight-—by filibuster, if
necessary.
Martin made it clear, however,
that the house will take up the
draft at this session no matter
what the senate does.
"The bill will come out (on the
House floor) all right," he said.
"I still hope we ran get to it
sometime next week."
Arabs Weaken On
Truce Demands
LAKE SUCCESS May 27 <U.E> —
The Arab nations are preparing to
reduce their condition for a truce
in Palestine and perhaps give up
demands for the complete sur-
render of the new stnte of Isra-i.
Reliable diplomatic sources say
the roundabout rejection by t h o
Arabs ot the Security Council
appeal indicated a willingness to
received considerable reconition.
The Nik 7 Patterson is ,'W0 feet
from the south and l,2!)4 from the
west line of lot 17 guage 148,
Grims County School Lands sur-
vey.
Meanwhile, operators were
drilling plutr Wednesday and are
to begin initial production teats to-
day on the Geochemical Surveys
No. S Patterson, .'M0 feet from the
south and 1,964 from the west line
of lot 17 legue 118 Grims County
School Lands.
Cofinir was cemented at 2,250
feet, above a saturated Dotbam
sand section from 2,266-70 feet.
Total depht is 2,271.
Information Please
MOUNT MORRIS, N. Y. fU,R>_
1 he $20,000,000 federal dam flood
control project here is having its
i effect • on housing conditions. A
[classified advertisement in the
j weekly newspaper offered a reward
I of a $100 savings bond for "any
) information leading to rental of a
house or apartment."
Breek Golfers To Play Graham
The Breckenridge golfers will time which has been set for 1:.K>
play the Graham golf team a re- p. m.
turn engagement, at Graham, Sun- Announcement was made from
day afternoon May :10th. Iverson Ranger today that their coursc
Martin, Graham professional, is would be open to qualifiers for its
. Annual Invitational Golf Tourna-
planning a very intersetinit pro . ..... ....
gram for the event It is hoped that J""'' 4-5-h, from this date on, ^ ^ „tl„ r
the Breckenridge plnyers will turn " has been suggested that locai prw go0<j fcd yearings 28
Two important facts point to
compromise, these sources said—
1. Some Arab diplomats now
admit privatelv that the Jewish
state is a reality.
2. Members of the Arab League
are far from agreed on the policy
they should follow in the military
and political structure for Pales*
ttne.
Tax Fading
WASHINGTON Mr.y 27 <U.R) —
The senate Finance Committee un-
animously anprcvrd today a hilt tr
repeal ait federal taxes on oleo-
margarine.
Livestock
out in numbers for the contest.
(folfers who planned to qualify
for this event over the week end,
Cattle 1,600. Active and steady.
Few good fed yearings 28 - 30.
Good beef cows 22-23. Sausage
bulls 16-23. Medium and good
Local players who are goinj? mUy qualify at Ranger Saturday in stacker*"cows lfi-Tsfeil)
to make the trip are requested to order to be able to compete at Calves 500. Steady.' Good and
register w th Bob Roth .it the Golf Graham Sunday. Those who can- choice fat calves 26-80. Stocker
shop or call the club not later than nr>t make both events should give steer calves 28 down.
Saturday afternoon. With this ro- the Ranger event the preference Hogs 700. Lower. Good and
operation from the players, pair- in order to give Breckenridge a choice 270-375 lbs. 21.50-23.75,
ing can be made Sunday morning good representation at the Ranger sows 17-17. Good stocker pigs 18-
eliminnting confusion at starting tournament. 22.
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Hall, Charlie. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 117, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 27, 1948, newspaper, May 27, 1948; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth133162/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.