Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 66, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1954 Page: 2 of 8
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S—IUlECKEN'RIDGE AMERICAN—THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
Published Dally Except Saturday and Monday By
Publishers, Inc., 114 E. Elm,
Breckenridge, Texas
Entered at the j'ost Office in Breckenriiige, Texaa u second claw
matter under the Act of Congress, March 3, 1879.
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By CHARl.IE BA1X
Breckenridge interested persons still are hammering
away in the hope of securing an industry here through
Chamber ol Commerce activities.
A meeting was held this morning with one prospect, and
after the meeting it was said that something by way of a
larger payroll here might develop. Details concerning the
project cannot be made public for several obvious reasons,
but definite work is being done here these days to secure an
industry and such effort rarely ever goes unrewarded if kept
up for any length 'of time. Also the industrial committee is in
contact with other prospects.
Also, Marvin Naylor told us today that progress is being
made toward culmination of plans for the Piggly Wiggly
building announced for Breckenridge.
NEWS BRIEFS
Eyes of many are rightly on the election for city officials
aow slated for May 4, as they rightly should be; but at the-
same time it should be remembered that we also have an
election on April 3. This is the school trustees election, and
beoause the candidates have no opposition it is likely that
little interest will be shown. What we would like to see for
i>nce, just for greens in view of better reasons we could give,
e would like to see a substantial vote cast. If nothing else it
.ould at least be a vote of confidence.
At the same time it appears to this corner that candi-
dates for the city offices are filing rather slowly. To date
i ree have filed for commissioner and one for mayor,
i at the voters should be offered a number large enough that
i.ie best possible selection could be made when the city char-
tor sets sail on its maiden voyage. Not that there is anything
; ) be said against any that have already announced. We
ould just like to see this big job done in the best possible
ay. This is an important time in the affairs of the city. We
. nderstand that Charlie Fox was expecting to re-announce
during the day. This will give the voters one more in the
i inning.
Gov. Allan Shivers Wednesday announced that 88,000
ons of hay have been shipped to drouth stricken counties but
tepheps county will not receive any of it, and we,understand
i will make no great difference whether or not any is re-
ceived here under the present arrangement.
Stephens county a short time ago applied for reinstate-
ment in the hay program for drouth stricken areas, but the
committee was notified that the request could not be granted
t>e§ause orders are for 30 days and the next shipment sent
wolild extend beyond that time linut of April 15, eliminating
Stephens county.
: Farmers and Ranchers some months ago received hay
under the federal aid program and got it for $35 a ton. Hay
under the present plan, we understand would cost about $54 a
ton which would represent nothing like the saving under the
previous plan. On the open market it is about $72 per ton.
Shackelford county, it was said also was refused re-
instatement and Taylor county has been taken off.
There was one note of encouragement in talking to per-
sons in the local office about this matter. This was the
statement that "some rejx>rt they are in need of feed and
others report their cattle in the best shape than ever before."
Here of late we have been writing from time to time in
th$ American accounts of chases highway patrolmen here
have been having with speeders. Somehow or other they
altfays seem interesting, but today one came over the Unit-
ed Press wire that we thought capped the climax insofar as to About .70 of an ihch of rain was.
measured after it passed. VWHIII
reasons for speeding.
A Houston Negro nijyht Huh operator when caught after
a chase gave reason for his fleeing that he thought it was his
Uiwc g«y« icoauii un timwis vi« hb h uugn iv ao feet long was blown entirely
wife chasing him, not the police. He must have been going away and shingles loosened on u
measured after it passed
At the Alton Sims fnrm in the
snme vicinity n wooden barn about
30 feet long was blown entirely
pretty fast.
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ectric refrigerators would be held
in Hreekenridge on March 29-31.
One inch of rain fell and temp-
erature reached a low of 30 de-
grees.
Miss Floy Branum, allowed
members of her Junior IQnglish
class to chew gum in class for an
afternoon as a award for five days
perfect attendance.
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Three persons were 'burned in
an explosion resulting from a gas-
oline stove blowing up in a filling
station.
Homemaking classes at BUS had
displays at the Vocational Agri-
culture Show which drew over 1,-
000 viewers during its two day
run.
Committee chairman were named
to head the two-weeks clean-up
drivp in Breckenridge with Mrs.
R. G. Camp as head of the women's
committee and B. C. Morgan and
H. Nahm named to head the paint
and repair committee.
The No. tj well on the Texas
Company's John Black lease, of
Breckem idge burned in one of the
most spectacular oil well fires seen
in Breckenridge.
Announcement was made that
a refrigeration show featuring all
makes and models of the 1934 el-
By UNITED PRESS
CHICAGO. March 25 «I P. —A
76, watt light bulb, described as
the biggest ever made, was on dis-
play Wednesday night at th 75th
anniversary dinner of the Ameri-
can Power Conference.
Officials apologized that they
could not light the bulb. Thev said
it would burn the paint off the
walls and singe the hair of the
diners.
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 2fi
U.R)—William G. Lewis, 67, knew
exactly what to do Wednesday
when his car wouldn't start.
Diagnosing the trouble as a
faulty carburetor, he opened the
hood, primed the carburetor with
one hand and reached through the
window and pushed the started but-
ton with the other.
He caught up with the car a few
minutes later after it had rammed
three other cars, one of which
plowed into the porch of a house.
Damage was estimated at $1,225.
LINCOLNTON, Ga„ March 25—
iUJ>>—A hound puppy received as a
gift set 13-vear-ofoi Robert Matt-
hews up in business.
He raised the hound, sold hei
puppies for $15, bought a sow and
sold her pigs, bought two calves
which he raised and sold, and
bought two Herefords. He now
owns four Herefords.
FORT WORTH, March 25 lU.PJ
—The FBI says George Marion
Cain, 53, literally papered 17
states with fradulent checks.
Cain, arrested Wednesday, was
accused of using green wallpaper,
nottled with a damp towl, to make
"authentic looking" checks which
he passed under 15 aliases in the
last five years.
ANGELS CAMP, Calif., March
25 —The Soviet Union has
been offered a chance to show whe-
ther its jumping frogs can out-
jump frogs from other parts of
the world.
The Calaveras eounty fair and
jumping frog jubilee asked Soviet
Ambassador Georgi N. Zarubin to
enter a frog in the jumping tourna-
ment here May 21-23.
Frogs already have been pledged
by Australia, South Africa, Eng-
land, Canada and several South
American countries.
LANCASTER, Wis., March 25—
(U.P)—A 13-year-old boy went back
to School Thursday after promis-
ing not to be so dramatic with
his excuses next time he plays.
The boy sent police on a 24-hour
search for a "kidnaper" who, he
said, had tied him to a tree so he
couldn't go to school.
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General reports received here
from surrounding places concern-
ri.g the storm were:
A bam at the Charlie Schkade
residence, a short distance from
Zt nkner's in Shackelford county,
was blown off and 600 bales of
hay inside damaged.
August Schkade, who iives five
and a half miles north of Albany,
had a hen house unroofed.
Both Charlie and August
Schkade said it was the worst wind
they had ever seen in the art a.
Sheriff Tours Area
. Several other farm buildings
near Albany were reported dam-
aged by Shackelford County Sher-
iff .lack Mobf iley, who toured the
area after the storm.
Moberley said the storm hit
about three miles north of Albany,
traveled about two or two and a
half miles northeast and then
northwest for about eight miles.
The storm area was about a mile
wide, he said.
Mrs. W. K. Coleman, general
duty nurse, watched the storm
from the rear steps of Shackelford
County Hospital.
Funnel Visible
"A dark cloud dipped down and
you could see the faint outline of
a funnel," she said. "You could see
sand blowing all around, but sep-
arate from the dark area."
She was quoted as saying the
funnel was visible for about 10
minutes and didn't look very large.
She judged it was about seven
miles north of the town.
A. W. Mackey, who lives seven
miles north of Albany on the
Throckmorton road, said he heard
a roar a little past 7 p. m. and
thought it was hail.
The Mackey residence is a half
mile from the August Schkade
home and about a mile from the
Charlie Schkade residence.
Mackey said he couldn't see
much for heavy dust ^blowing in
the strong winds. He" said about
.30 to .35 of an inch of rain fell in
20 minutes after the storm hit.
Part of a roof of Alfred Sny-
der's barn was blown off at hi3
home six miles north of Albany.
Strong Roaring
About 6:45 p. m. Wednesday
Throckmorton and area residents
were startled by a thunder-like
roaring that passed over the town
toward the east.
The small twister apparently (
passed over the town and swooped I
down on a three-to-four-mile area'
east where it destroyed several out
buildings en farms. No injuries
were reported.
In the general area where the
small tornado dipped to the ground
the Ewalt Smith tarm home suffer-
ed considerable damage and a
chicken house was blown away.
house. About .'to inch oi rain fell
Barn Blown Away
Son Parrot reported his 100 foot
barn was blown away and rocks
and gravel whipped into the art a
by the tornado when it struck his
place.
Bud Williams reported a barn
and a combine were completely de-
stroyed by the twister and Frank
Burton said a porch was blown
from his house by the twisting'
winds.
Rain at Throckmorton Was esti-
mated at .12 to .15 inch while .45
inches fall on the Bel'ton Redwine
farm six miles south, .15 on the
Norman McCluskey farm about
three miles north.
A little hail and about .20 inch
of rain was reported at Woodson.
Between Throckmorton and Olney
heavy rain and hail fell.
Immediately following the rain
and twisting winds a terrific dust
storm hit the area."
Dust Moves South
Black dust moved across Texas
Thursday in the wake of the torna-
does, cutting visibility to as low as
three-fourths mile at Laredo and
Victoria. Dust was reported every-
where east of a line from Lurido
to Wichita Falls.
The storm struck the three Fan-
nin county cities between 1 and
1:30 p. m. It rolled up the roof
of the Dodd City school building
and damaged windows. Several
roofs were ripped off downtown
buildings. Windows were blown out
at the Dodd City News and the
Baptist and Methodist churches.
Gymnasium Damaged
The high school gymnasium was
also damaged.
At Windom, the gymnasium was
partly unroofed, a corn shelter
plant and blacksmith shop wrecked
and the Methodist parsonage dam
aged. A large tin rainwater tank
appeared in town but it could not
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Hons for the next annual district
meeting were presented from Har-
deman and Archer Counties.
Attending the meeting from
Stephens County in addition to the
delegates were: Mrs. A. R. Knight,
Mrs. Tom Joyce Cunningham, Mrs.
S. D. Broyles, Mrs. Graden Dye,
Mrs. Tom B! Lenoir, Mrs. Ervy
Anderson, Mrs. Paul Roberts, Mrs.
Edgar Green, Mrs. Ray Rogers,
Mrs. C. C. Keith, Mrs. Tom Fam-
brough, Mrs. S. A. Sullivan, Mrs.
Ellis Hope, Mrs. Dale Hurbison,
Mrs. T. C. Harris, Mrs. J. T. Har-
ris, Mrs. C. L. Atchison.
Women's Top 5
to Bo Named
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., March 26 -
tU.fi}--Two semi-final tournaments
and a championship meet will be
held next month to determine the
United States women's basketball
team that will compete in the 1956
Pan-American Games in Mexico
City in March.
The Women's Basketball Olym-
pic Committee met Wednesday to
elect Mrs. Irwin Van Blarcom of
Wichita, Kan., as chairman and
pick the tourney sites.
The preliminary meets Will be
held the week of April 5-1 at Win-
ston-Salem, N. C., and Canyon, Tex.
with the four-team championship
tournament April 2-21 at Hutchin-
Oklahoman Tried
In Korean Court
SEOUL, March 25 m.R>—Busi-
nessman Fred Higgins, first Amer-
can to be tried in a Korean^ court
since the war, called a Korean
watch broker a "liar" in court
Thursday.
Accused of violating customs
regulations, the 25-year-old vinita
tiiL'in native said th© broket, An
111 Sun, denied Higgins' testimony
that he waS intereSted on y in nHl-
itarv post oxchnnuo pnc"« ■ -
watches seized by customs ofii-
son, Kan. The winner and runner-
up at each semi-final will advance
to the Hutchinson tourney.
The U. S. team will be picked
from the four teams competing at
HutcMftson, and the committee ul-
so may select two other players
who would strengthen Hie U. S.
entry.
s asked him to
have the watches appraised ac-
customs
ciuls.
An said His
nave the watches rr-—-— . —
jording to Korean market Prices,
out the American earlier had tes-
tified he wanted to know the PX
price so he could sell themmat a
reasonable profit to the Fifth An
Force. „
"One of you men is telling a ue,
Seoul District Judge Kiln In Ki
said- . , .
Higgins replied, "I Will have fo
eull him u liar."
— —
The' natural colors of cotton aire
brown, t?reen, cream and wnite^
be learned from where it came. It
was not from Windom.
Half of a cotton compress was
wrecked at Honey Grove!* Ware-
houses were unroofed and the sides
ripped off. Large plate glass win-
dows were blown out of downtown
business buildings.
H. C. Barker of Route 1, Bor.-
ham, was given emergency treat-
ment for cuts and bruises. Mary
Frances Thompson of near Honey
Grove was hospitalized with unde-
termined injuries, not believed
seriouL'.
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Political
Announcements
The American Is authorized to an-
nounce the following candidates for
office, subject to the Democratic
Party Primary in July.
STATE LEGISLATURE
75th District
Mack Allison, re-election
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Stephens and Young Counties
E. H. Griffin, re-election
DISTRICT CLERK
Stephens County
Walter B. Clift, re-election
SHERIFF, Stephens County
Tom Offield, re-election
H. A. (Al) Ramsay
Chase Booth
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Precinct 1
J. A. "James" Bryant, re-election
H. B. (Hyram) Slaughter
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Precinct 2
I. L. "Doc" Griffith, re-election
C. L. "Clarence" Garlitz
R. H. Grace ,
COMMISSIONER
Precinct 3
S. L. "Sam" Jones, re-election
COMMISSIONER
Precinct 4
George B. Mauldin
Mrs. Geo. L. Kelley, re-election
M. F. (Reese) Funderburg
A. W. Tipton
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J. W. Morrow, re-election
COUNTY CLERK
Ben Grant, re-election
COUNTY SCHOOL
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Mrs. T. M. James, re-election
COUNTY TREASURER
Clyde Speer, re-election
TAX ASSESSOR AND
COLLECTOR
Robert E. Hood, re-election
CONSTABLE, PRECINCT 1
C. F. (Fritz) Rodder, re-election
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE
Precinct 1
W. T. Fincher
L. T. Woodail, re-election
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