Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 175, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 26, 1954 Page: 2 of 7
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t—BRECKINRIDGE AMERICAN—THURSDAY. AIG. 2*. 1954
breckenridge american 1 ThEiiTY YEARS AGO TODAY
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THE OBSERVER
By CHARLIF HALL
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It now liejrin.; to appear that water in Breckenridge wii
be like the proverbial r> «>r. That we will have it with u;
always. Whkti is j?cnwl news. ittfieed.
City Manager <.U*n I>oty said this mi minsr that no!
many calta have l>een rweiveil from frinjre areas that watei
is not flowing since restrictions were placed on morning: an«
evening watering. He added that if not watering from 5:31
to 8 p. m. and "> to 8:15 a. m. is observed by the people thi:
better situation will continue, for the water tank has Jbetr
filled Itack to good capacity each night since daily watering
started.
By tomorrow afternoon all the chips v. ill fie down for fcht
election Saturday with ail remaining to he that of receiving
the returns.
It appears to us that as the eve of the election day ap-
proaches the status of the governor's race remains the samt
and based "on paper" of the first primary returns. Gov.
Allan Shivers should win.
The Stephens county sheriff's race, however, appeartc
as close as ever. This race has reached the point, we are told,
at which members of a family are disagreed and splitting
their vote. Main thing remaining in this is not to let han'
feelings arise among voters. Everybody should go to the poll?
and vote.
The Breekenridge American will receive the returns Sat
urday night on both races and will h e glad to give the return;
in answer to telephone calls.
Jam-s V. Ailred was leading in
-chat v.a.< likely to b - one of the
j Hosi'st raced for governor in the
: history ot" T< xa.-«.
Mis. Jack K'ufiitayer of Brysor.
: cas in a local h .->p:t:>l aft'-r suffer-
! ing a fractured skull and severe
| scalp iacetated following the eol-
j ision oi nt-r husban i's automobile
j .Tid a fuck at Kiwr's Corner east
j >f the city.
Mix. Sinclair Lewis, wife of the
! American noveltist. wis expelled
i rum (lermany for her articles ap-
j pea ring in t". S. newspapers which
I .veer said to be "anti-German."
i Fl'ed McConne! was driving a car
j .vhieh .stuck a horse eight miles
I ouihuese of Breckenrhige. Th<
lorse was thrown into thhe air
Mysterious Airman
!s Declared Fraud
KNSf'lfFltK H'.Hand, Aug. 2fi
'f.Ri-A Dutch psychiatrist indieat-
•d Thui'-ttay that a mystery man
-.ho claimed to be (.'apt. David
-amia ! Koi :* of the t. S. Air j
Force was a fraud.
The my.--.iery man was picked up i
iv K;jscIpolice about two t
\eik* ago and placet! in a hospital, j
He said his name was Rollins and
hat he was a n ttive of New Lon- :
don. Conn., a former IT. S. bombe -■
>i!ot shot di>'.\-n m World War II.
ft- said his back was tattoed in \
Germany whiie a prisoner with!
he phra-'-: "So fare all U. S. fire!
trurderers anil gangster pilots.^
Dt. A J. M. Vi-rbeek confronted !
•Roliins" with a report from the'
Defease Department in Washing-
on that the Army serial number '
1-1374*5 hi- gave as his own ac- j
ualty beiorged to another man:
u med Eugene X. Swan.
and came down through the top
of the car, but McCoatrell escap-
ed injury and his wife suffered
only a slight cut on her le;r.
E. X. Howell was elected tax
coliccto -us essor and J. B. t Boyce )
Dwiggins was elected county school
superintendent in the Stephens
County run-off primary.
The Brwkem-idge Oilers were
to meet the Eiianvilic nine in base-
ball play.
Government Experts Say Business
To Hold tor Six Weeks fan Pitt kp
Foul's FmSm9 To
U.S. Is Cooled
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 26 <r.P>
—A prominent educator Thursday
backed up his charge that Ameri-
can athletic officials lost a "cold
war" battle during the Iy.">2 Olym-
pic Staines despite the drain; of
t \ S. team official Harolil B -' !iner.
Dean John R. Hubbard of Tulane
University's Newcomb College de-
clared that absence of nianner by
the American legation in Finland
and the C. S. Olympic a<!niir>i?tra-
ti ve staff lost the L'nitr-d States
valuable prestige.
"I have no intention of imputing
wrong to our Olympic group." he
said. "It may have been confront-
ed with a situation which it
couldn't possibly eope with."
But Hubbard said that friendly
gestures seemed to have been "be-
yond the official capacity" of f. S.
representatives during trie Olym-
pice.
Hubbard said this lack of friend-
liness cost the C. S. much prestige
in the eyes of Finland, a very de-
sirable ally in the cold war.
A four day debate on FIX*. European Defense Commun-
ity, will end next Tuesilay. and then Mendes-France will face
the proposition of what to do next as regards Germany.
France's fear of re-arming Germany has brought wot Id
safety to a crisis, it is felt here. European defense with free-
nations participating, al out the time Eisenhower was at the
head of the movement, appeared a certainty. Today there i.s
danger it will die in the prolonged birth. It is certain that the
sovereignty of West Germany will he recognized, and wha*.
the Russians will do v. ill probably lie what Russia always
does to the weak. It is hard for this corner to conceive of
France not wanting all the protection possible from Russia,
but world politics is as confusing as home politics it seems,
and today Molotov is out-genefaling the West.
Any day that Russia thinks she can win she will attack
not only in Europe but the I'nited States* Never doubt that.
A letter addressed to the publisher of the Breckenridge
American, signed by Sen. Price Daniel, praises the Industrial
edition of the American as follows:
I have just had an opportunity to look over the Special
Industrial Edition of your paper, published orf July 25. and
want to congratulate you on its format and contents.
You have really done a good job in presenting the alert
and progressive attitude of the business people of your area.
All Texans should feel proud of the enterprising and success
ful community whose spirit is reflected in your paper.
Thanks. Mr. Daniel, a compliment always helps make
things better.
lows turned up one night with it
on his hand, and it sort of caught
Lackland
(fonttniifil from Pare 1>
nied the tattoo meant "we're 3
bunch of hoodluns." H>- said a
gronp of boys and gir's who arath-
ered at a restaurant decided to
form a club.
"I don't know where the Pn.-hu-
co mark came from," Skinr. *r said.
"But I r ...e mf* r tmr the fel-
Strike
'C ontinued From cage 1)
■<aid Shivers had "failed to redeem
fort Arthur from fear and terror."
He said Shivers had hired "slan-
der teams to distort the Port Ar-
Deafh Of Top Jet
Ace Is Explained
EDWARDS AFB, Calif.. Aug. 2fi
TJ. Ca.pt. Joceph McConneII Jr.
the world's top jet aee. fell to his
ieath in a seat ejected from a Sa-
irejet because he was flying too
ow to give his parachute time to
ipen, the Air Force believed
Thursday.
Tne 32-year-old air hero, who
<hot down IH MKi1 in Korea to be-
•ome the first triple jet ace in his-
tory, was killed near this desert
'est center Wednesday when he
ost control of the F-86 Sabre jet
'ie was testing and was ordered to
!>ail out.
The wreckage of the plane, a
nodified version of the jet with
which he scored his 16 Korean
kills, was strewn on the sprawling
i lese rt 12 miles northeast of Rog-
| -rs Lake near this Air Force teat
1 ' ase.
p
thtir story."
Faked Photograph Charge
"They've even got a booklet act
rith faked photograph.-." Yarfco*-
ough said. "Professional photog-
raphers tell me the photographs
have bet n super-imposed."
He said that was "propaganda
straight out of Goebbels, translated
into English."
In another political development.
t\ S. Sen. Price Daniel took Yar-
borough to task for saying at Hous-
ton that the tidelands was "weasel-
'.vorded" and "ineptly drawn."
Yorborhotisth said the law was a
poor one because it didn't define
the extent of Texas' seaward
boundary exactly.
"I consider this a personal af-
front to both Sen. Lyndon John-
son and myself," Daniel said, "be-
rauSf we were co-authors of this
biii. Also, it was supported by the
entire Texas delegation in Con-
gress."
Da.uel said Yarborough, by criti-
t-ixinsr th<> bill, was placing "him-
self in the company of those who
opposed us the hardest." the CIO
Political Action committee and
certain northern Democratic sena-
tor:;.
Mother Drops Babe
Into Minn. Lake
; MERRIFTELD. Minn .. A nr. 2K
T.P>—A young mother handed her
shoes to her two little daughter-
j and then, taking her six-'.veks-o!
baby in her arms, waded into Pel-
, fiean Lake and dropped the chi!
! if*to the water.
Sheriff Roy Wickland said the
i mother, Mrs. Archie Sanders. 27,
admitted what she had done when
he drowned baby's body wtis
rou"d washed onto the shore Wed-
nesday night.
The mother had first sm-ead a-
alarm that the baby was kidnaped
from her bassinet. But Wicklnnd
became suspicious bei-m-u the
mother was too calm and the t'.Vr
daughters, aged 4 and •*. told hirr
i "nwtnmie had taken them swim-
j mirg."
Mrs. Sanders became Hysterical
as she told how she took little Jan-
et puth from the familv ear red
| walked into the lake with her. The
1 two daughters. Sharon a"d PhvlTis,
! stood on the shore holding their
; mother's shoes.
By DAVTON MOORE
WASHIXGTOX, Aug. 2« 'f.e>—
(jovernmer.t economists expect
business to hold steady at about
[>re"etn levels lor tne next six
week. , or so aad then to pick up.
But some non-government econ-
omists and union leaders say that
the pickup may fail short of the
levels necessary for a growing and
I expanding national economy with
itin employment. They contend the
Eisenhower administration should
■ he spending more, on public works
and defense, and taxing less.
I President Eisenhower recently
-'aid the business decline has been
| Haited and that an upswing ap-
pears in prospect.
"Promising Picture'
"Latest Commerce Department
i reports reve-ii a nromising picture
oi' the economy," Commerce Sec-
retary Sinclair Weeks told the
| United Press. "Business confidence
is e -ideut throughout the nation.
The rail outlook certainly appears
! good."
Walter Reuther, president of the
j CIO. said in a statement for the
! L'nited Press that the administra-
tion has not done enough to insure
j prosperity.
"Since the spring of last year
' our country's ability to produce
has outran its ability to consume
■ undf r present economic condi-
i tions," Reuther said. "The key fact
I ibout our economy is that it must
expand and grow, or it faces the
•iarige" of stagnation and an even-
j tual downward spiral. So far, our
i tdministiation in Washington has
j :iirt taken steps that will assure
j a full production economy of abun-
lance."
Support by Statistics
I Bfonur ic statistics so far this
; year support the administration
iaim that the business decline has
predictions of last January that
< 1954 would be the nation's second-
best business vear—not uuite :>s
r good a the reeord prosperitv m
| last year but better than 1952.
i Construction, has been the only
j busines activity that has far out-
! sti ipped 1963. Most other economic
j fields have been following predic-
| tions closely aad operating at levels
! hetween those of 1963 and 1952.
Latest business statistics show:
Construction—A record total of
)20.t billion spent for building in
the first seven months of this year.
Contract awards in first six months
r f tQ&t about 17 e- r ee^t
• ., , , I«n ■ r r -C ".
b >1- « H ' II e • I .s • • *
of tt. - ji -; r.
Pei-sonal income—Ran at ai.nual
rate4 of |285 billion in first half of
this year, about $800 million above
first six months of 1953.
Dog Dodges Ran
With Bus Rede
BUFFALO, N. Y. —(C.P)— Two
transit company emp:o^c.i go.
uniooked for reward because of a
stubborn dog that had enough
sense to get out of the rain.
The dog. a boxer, boarded a bus
during a rainstorm in the
; and refused to leave or be poshed
'out. When the bos <ro* to n m-'rf-
tow" i t >• •' t1 r; t"-* r>
Matliias M. Becker, asked the bus
supervisor, Daniel ShanAon, what
.|w should do.
The bus was empty human
passengers by then. Shannon told
Becker to return to Cu* corner
where the boxer hopped aboard.
He did. and there the dog gotoff.
The boxer's owner learned what
happened and telephoned the tran-
sit companv to thank the men.
Then the Erie Comrty Society
against Vivisection heard at the
incident and mailed Becker and
Shannon eaeh a $5 check for their
"humanitariamsm."
Now At Your Dealers!
at regular price
I
i vit K FLINT
It's Good to Know When to Toss Out the Ballast
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Two Men Idled In
K9edh Crash
HARLIXGEN. Tex . Aug. 2B CO
—A trio of major accidents in the
Lower Rio Grande Vaflev Wednet=-
dav left a toll of two dead and 43
others injured.
The mishaps, which took the
lives of Mrs. A. K. Hocott. T5 of
Lvfonl. and Ramiro Mun.-z Cantu,
24, a Mexican bracero. filled two
hospitals to overflowing with th"
injured, most of them braceros.
Twenty-one braceros were injur-
ed when a truck in which ther
were riding overturned niter col-
liding with a car south of LaFeria.
Seventeen braceros and three
U. S. citizens were injn-ed in a
smashup three miles northwest of
Lyford when a truckload of ?,() con-
tract workers figured in a collision
with the ear occupied by Mrs. Ho-
cott and her husband,
Cantu was injured fatally when
the pickirp truck in which he and
two other persons were riding went
out of control and overturned two
miles east of Mercedes. German
Dias, 3Bv of Mercedes—one of the
occupants—was reported in serious
condition from third degree burns.
Teachers take romance and glam-
our into account as well as salary
when they cast about for jobs, of
ftrials of the National College or
Education report.
Hawaii, for example, attracts
Tune graduates with its vacation
lures and tropical life even though
beginning salary there is com-
parativly low at $3,000.
Other new teachers take the
western states, .despite somewhat
remote locations, because of rela
tivelv high starting scales. Cali
fornia pays $3,700 to $3800 and
Portland, Org.. $3,400.
During the past 20 years, ac-
cording to National College place-
ment records, beginning salaries
for teachers have risen on th"
average of $110 a year from $107."
in 1934 to $t/>00 in 1944 and$2.
600 in 1948.
This year, June education grad
uates were being offered slightly
higher than the average of $3,200
which was paid to 1953 graduates.
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