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'OLUME 76
BRENHAM, TEXAS, SATURDAY^ JAN. 11, 1941
Hopkins Arrives In London
Edits, Prints Texas’ Smallest Paper
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Houston C of C
Goodwill Tour Is'
Due Here ]an, 16
BRAZOSBRIDGE
NEAR NAVASOTA
IN BAD SHAPE
Gtis Bracher’s Son
Leaves Houston
For Canada
In Congress For
Limitation
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1941.
muntty, making a sharp, readily'
discernible distinction between
what is right and what is wrong.
His talk was spiced with humor,
and was well received.
ing the position of president he de-
clared he would do everything in
his power to promote a success-
ful fair and made an appeal for
cooperation of the entire citizen-
ship of the town and county. -
Other officers were elected as
follows: Robert Nienstedt, first
vice president; Henry W. Hughes,
second vice president; Buddy Fish-
er, secretary; and L. A. Seidel,
treasurer.
Dorothy Bridtrell. odltor. publisher and printer of th* Forastburz, T«»a».
of Panama which the U S. and ’VRESTBUAOBR. work* Way at har *n>*ll JooLoperated pres* petparias an
■J; * . . —■ ,'<lit|on ,hp sis-pat* bl-w*ekiy paper, which i« Toss' smallest, it measures
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__....___•_____» •____.. ____, ___ • He said precenent was
sport the parts to the new Doug-
las assembly plant at Long Beach,
Prison Editor
Returns And
Takes Up Old Job
ties nearby are as follows;
1940
.17,384
... 18,334
... 29,248
21,980
12,751
10,280
a call
beer;
sy will
your
illy or
a day.
bs this
Austin^.
Burleson ......
Fayette
Grimes
Lee
Waller
County Fair Dates
A re October 8-10;
Henslee President
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business
and to
tronage
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PECTATOR
Brenham Banner-Press
NO. 9
BRITISH AID BILL FACES BITTER FIGH
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talian Losses At Bardia Total 44,868; British Batter Tobruk ™nd comes
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LONDON AGAIN ■■■■■■■■■■■
IS BOMBED BY
NAZI RAIDERS
RAF Reports Fascist
, Columns Ark In
Full Retreat
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presents
■ginning •
Io farm-
| of ma-
acquir-
Le num-
r cotton
en kept
do high
and be-
peen to
[ as to
[you. In
ice, Mn
grinding
P install-
ed mills
Lon gin
led cot-
lltimate
leed. Tn
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Ipproxi-
repre-
po mil-
Ig over
for ap-
lof each
Shreck was on a weather flight
in the steep
Coenr d'Alene mountabnr ffftsr* i
powerful wind carried him over
northern Idaho. Search*, tor
w*r* ,rulu-"*' bnt w»th* thlra day
after his disappearance he strug-
gled to civilisation after conquer-
ing gnowdrflto.d^ML .
W«i rfon't recall ever having
tasted more delicious venison
than that served Friday evening
at the First Methodist Church
to about 65 friends of the pas-
tor, Rev. R. L Lemons. The
minister took up the role of
deerelaycr recently during the
deer season, and was rewarded
with a large buck. It was kept
in cold storage until time for
the banquet, and proved to be
both tender and- succulent. Those
present voted to have the
preacher go bunting again next
deer season.
Bast Texas
warmer tonight;
warmer on coast
damage done. They were simply
classified as ‘‘dinkum Aussie*"
and allowed to embark for the
wdr.
ton to
i steri-
pment,
before-
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Goodwill Trade trippers from
the Houston Chamber of Com-
njsrce will visit Brenham Thurs-
day. January 16, arriving here at
12:15, announces Buddy Fisher,
secretary of the Brenham Cham-
ber of Commerce.. They will re-
main here for lunch at the Hotel
St. Anthony, and members of the
local chamber and other mer-
chants are asked to Join them at
Heavy Trucks And
Busses Detour
By Hempstead
city hail auditorium, and all those
Interested in forming such a club
School News Weekly ' are Invited to attend.
Gets the Story First
ST JOSEPH. Mo. 'W’l-- The
Neighbor’s News, a newspaper
published weekly by the Cub Scout
Pack of Washington school,
‘‘scooped’' the local press with s
story about Fireman (Tiarley Rd-
men's troueers.
The story, carried under s "so-
ototys" heading, read:
I
The dinner was devoid of any
program save brief remarks by
the host and his special guest,
Rev. Marvin Vanoe, pastor of
the Methodist church at Bay
City. Rev. Mr. Vance spoke only
briefly, taking up some- of the
Kpbjems of Christianlivmg. He j
-Fair, slightly
Sunday, fair,
AFFAIRS GROUP
? .—
Votes Measure Must
' Be Considered By
i | It Alone
HOUSTON, Jan. 11.— Ed (Slim)
Brach er of Houston, son of Mr.'
and Mrs. Gus. A. Bracher, former-
ly of Brenham, toft Friday morn-
flier, who became nationally-
known last winter for his pluck
after a crash.
The balloons, capable at rising
to 75,000 feet, are released at
12:30 a. m They carry radio
equipment which transmits data
on weather conditions at various
altitudes continuously to the
weather station at Felts field Suc-
. cess of the balloons was proved at
FlghtlnR Men
, when he crashed
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here by the permanent in-
Members of the executive com-
mittees of Buddy Wright Post,
American' Legion and Auxiliary,
will meet at the American Legion
Home at 7:30 Monday evening to
make pinna for the annual, cele-
bration of March 2, Texas Inde-
pendence Day. at Washington
Park.
Officials of the Legion and Aux-
iliary wish to sxtsnd ah Invitation
to all who are interested to attend
the meeting and participate in
discussion of arrangements for the
“Dinkum Aussies”
Rated Ideal Type
or who have grown even
flowers, will • question the
the- improvement
L . . __. _
is uell known that hi ney spent
in'home planting brings a greater
-t <n inr 'atJssr:ujMktf
I turaf beauty and the civic welfare nsr. ’
I of the section where it exists^ It
" it natural, after we have giv-
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and experienced the peace and joy o( pixnt life, it is but natural Um
jacideal Im. M»rh activity, that wej y»ey should* desire closer contac
should carry the goApc! of greater older to discuss experience:
beauty Into Jhe lives of those gn(( bring about k closer coordkM
about ua. “ tk>n of their effbrts and sctfvrtfr
. Few who huVc ever p»»-, by the formation at some
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Call Issued for Meeting of Those
Interested In Local Garden Club
Wesleyan College here will be
named Glenn E. Martin Athletic
Field, after the Baltimore airplane
manufacturer.
Dr. E. K. Morrow, president of
r «>
alumnus, has made large contri-
butions to Kansas Wesleyan.
Fire burned a hole in the roof
' of the hame of Mrs J. E. Chad-
wick on East Main Street Friday
celebration which each March 2 afternoon. Members of the tire de- ■
partment, called out at 2 o'clock,
were able to confine the blaze to «
its point of origin.
attracta thousands of patriotic
Texans to the state park at Old
Washington.
U. S. Proposal For
■ Rgpairinff Ships
"Is Considered
Lord Halifax, left, new Brltlih Ambassador to the. United Stale*, greets
tonight, dropping hundreds of fire Harry Hopkin*. President Roonevelt's personal London contact man, on hi* '
. . - >J. —* arrival in the English dty.
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bombs in one section.
In Albania the Royal Air Force
reported that it had bombed Ital-
ian troops, tapkE. ttnd. motor-ool-
umns moving in “full retreat’’
north from Klisura toward Berat.
Portsmouth Heuvily Bombed
Reports from Britain indicated
that the German air fpree at-
tempted another of its pulverizing
attacks on Portsmouth last night,
setting great fires and causing
heavy damage despite action of
British night fighting planes.
i < i MtrxS Hitter’s new«»%psr 1?
lin said President Roosevelt's pro-
posals to allow prtttoh warships to
repair and outfit in American
ports violated the Hague conven-
tion of 1907, to which the United
States was a signatory, and that
American aid to Britain was “too
late.”
Soviet Ready for Trade Pacts
The soviet government newspa-
countries. Ths comment was made
in the great display of news stor-
ies, editorials, and photographs ac-
companying announcement of the
new German-Soviet trade agree-
ment.
The Russo-German treaty tend-
ed to throw cold water on rumors
that any serious conflict between
the two countries to likely to arise
in the near future.
The British said their bombers
attacked Brest i
heavily. The axis claimed that the
first joint German-Italian air at-
tack on British sea power in the
Mediterranean resulted in hits on
two aircraft carriers, a cruiser,
and a destroyer.
Speaking to miners in Germany
Marshal Hermann Goering, the
No. 2 Nazi, said today that not a
single industrial plant in Germany
or German controlled territory had
been destroyed by enemy action.
MELBOURNE, Australia. il'.P)
The English language has been
riched here by the permanent
corporation .of the <
"dinkum Aussies.” That to the
name now applied to Xhe ideal typ<
of Australian who may be found bi
For the Australian Expedition-
ary Force, a groiip of young sol-
diers before embarkation celebrat-
ed writmr eteetrio U*/-
pulling down signs, uncoupling
Hititeric Bill—It
] ^ata-Number. W7* ... .
4 WASHINGTON, Jan. 1L-- “T*e<:h*,r
can,,.and Hlen c’^ect>ln«] The Aid-to-Demooracie* Bill fn-
troduced in Congress yesterday
was given an histone ntunbei
when it reached the House bill
room.
The number U J77S
BOSTON. (UE)—While serving a
sentence 44 years ago, John J.
Curry founded "The Mentor,"
Massachusetts state prison month-
ly magazine.
Curry, now 67, has returned to
serve a thre-to-five-year sentence
as a common qnd notorious thief.
XJmxs JkUmrRies say he will be
permitted to resume hi* editorial
dut|es tn an advisory
Student Develops
Hands For
In Surgeon’s Career
Bv JOHN A. RKK'HMANN, I
Un'teJ Press Staff Correspondent. J
, WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. Dip- |
tomstic circles suggested today
that the course or ine was at sea
might be greatly affected if Latin-
<merican nations follow along
with President Roosevelts propos-
al to make United Htates Navy
yards available to British warships
i for repairs and outfitting.
A* far as this side of the Atlan-
tic is concerned major raids op
I British shipping have occurred
- . South of the equator rathar Uwm»-
tn the north. • ~
Smith American.reaction to the
administration’s new plan there-
fore was Watched with great in-
terest and there was considerable
uncertainty as to the trend it
might take.
The U. S. plan to repair or out-
fit British warships here apparent-
ly wquld override the declaration
that such bills should go to bto
committee rather than the foreign
affairs group.
“Under this bill the president
could give away a whole navy and
.^.11 of H**-
aakl. "Wo would be stripped stark
naked.'*
Other members of the commit-
tee said that those who opposed j
May'* motion argued that the
state dc|>artment’s wishes should
be followed in selecting the com-
mittee to consider the measure.
Several proposal* to alter the
bill were tiring talked about In
congress. “ '
FIRE DAMAtiEN ROOF
AT CHADWK'K HOME
Decl ares Proposals
Violate Hague
By UNITED PRESS.
British desert forces battered a*
Tobruk, swept farther west to-
ward Dgroa and Benghazi, and
counted total Italian losses at Bar-,
41a at 44.868 officers and men to-
day, as fresh Fascist reserves
were reported in Albania.
Meanwhile German raiders re-
turned in force to the London area
touer 8, »,
the fair association at a meeeting of the boa;
Friday ev '-g. -
Preliminary plans for staging a
bigger and better fair than ever
before were discussed and it was
decided to call a .general meeting
in the near future to hear any
suggestions that may be made in
the interests of promoting p fair
that will feature
*ES<--, *and school exhibit* and en-
tertainment that will attract thou-
sands of visitors.
One of the directors declared
that selection of Henslee as head
of the fair this year is a most hap-
py choice, as he has for years been
placing exhibits of his products
at numerous county fairs in this
section, has probably visited more
fairs than any other man in the
county, and will be able to give
« r----many suggestions -for Improving
and La Havre I and enlarging the fair. In accept-
a few
far- •;
Ladies of the church served
L the meal, and drew high praise
7 for the manner in which they
L cooked it.
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Brenham has an official 1940
P census population of 6435, ac-
[ cording to figures released by
f the Census Bureau today in
Washington. This is a slight
gain over the tentative figure,
6426, announced some time ago.
p It compares with a figure of
5974 in 1930. However, the 1940
census figure does not accurate-
! ly reflect the growth of Bren-
[ luyn dpriuer th* V
• 'Asr'Oi'tM new houses con-
structed during that time are
outside the city limits, and so
l we do not get credit for them.
What Brenham needs is to ex-
i tend the city limits to take in
■ these nCw houses.
1 Washington county showed a
| small loss for the 10 years. We
I now have 25,387 residents, as
3 compared to 25,394 ten years
ago. Population of other coun-
1930 z
18,860
19,848
30,708
22,642
13,390
10,014
Houston, with a population of
384,514, was the state's largest
I city and second was Dallas with
t 294,734; third. Ban Antonio,
253,854; fourth. Fort Worth,
177.662; fifth. El Paso, 98,810;
I sixth, Austin, 87,930; seventh,
Galveston, 60,862; eighth, Beau-
i mont, 59,061; ninth. Corpus
I Christi, 57,301; tenth, Waco, 55,-
: 982.
Next in order came Amarillo,
51,686; Port Arthur, 46,140;
Wichita Falls, 45,112, Laredo,
, 39,274; Lubbock, 31,853.
Lorado Taft Honored
CHAMAIGN-URBANA, 111. <C» ----
—The University of Illinois has SALINA. Kan. (CD- A new ath-
**£aF^ft, " me* W tttdhim irt -ftimsas
pculptor and an alumnus at the
8 new drive af-
) passes the ar-
---which acquired
tor's coUectlOr of origin- .
and miniatures after hi* the school, Mid that Martin,
ftwas graduated from1"------------ ‘—- —
■sity in 1879.
ion Will Meet
Monday Night To
The Navasota bridge over the
Brazos River has been cloMd to
heavy traffic and only light auto-
mobiles are permitted to cross,
and even they take a chance, ac-
cording to many who have recent-
ly traveled over the bridge.
Arthur Free of the State High-
way Department has stationed
flagmen on the Navasota highway
Just outside of Brenham to turn
back trucks, busses, and other
heavy vehicles, as the bridge is
reported in no condition to take
care of extremely heavy traffic.
It is reported that the bridge is
1 "egging in the middle and from
| all appearances Is unsafe, and mo-
i torlsts are hereby warned of the
1 condition of' the bridge.
Buses from Navasota to Bren-
' ham are detouring by Hempatearl
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detour.
Traffic Expert
Names Next
Probable. Victim
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (UD—
The person most liable to death
in a motor accident to a male
pedestrian who has passed his 50th
birthday. He will be crossing the
street in the middle of the block’
at night when he meets his death
and—in two cases out of five—
will have been drinking.
This description was given ad-
vanced traffic safety students at
Pennsylvania State College by
Burton W. Marsh, director of the _
American Automobile AsooeteUon
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. <U.D—
| The military affairs com-5*
mittee voted 15 to 4 today to de-
■,s nand that the administration's
*-JB|Stob«W^n M-Withdrawn from
M he foreign affairs committee and
’laced before It for consideration.
The military committee’s action ■
ranging a bitter jurindictioMl :
nubble cnihe as substantial mH- '
Iment appeared to be developing >
’ i congress t > impose* ^mltalloaz 4
n the (ar-rMchlng measure.
Not Foreign Affair* BuMmm
Chairman Andrew J. May was
lirected by the committee raooiu- :
on to move Monday that the bill
•e withdrawn from the foreign of- ■
tira group and sent to his com-
mittee:
He was instructed nlxo to appeal ~
com the decision of the chatF'-'#^
'.peaker Sam Rayburn should
iverrule ht« motion. May said he
vr.uld demand a roll call on the
motion.
May Mid the administration bill
“is a matter of national defense
altogether ami deals entirely with
military mattora- the disposition
of war and navy supplies.**
Opposes Too Much Power
Plan Might Greatly
— A ffeet British In
■ • War At Sea
BRENHAM
City
of
Hospitality.
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SANTA MONICA, California,
Jan. 11. <UD—Douglas Aircraft
announced today the signing of
-» —-------—•---------• ------- 2100,000,000 in sub-contracts with
ing for Canada to begin training middle western and eastern an-
as a pilot for the Royal Air Force, tomotlve and aircraft firms to
Ed was afraid he would be call- furnish parts for attack bombers
ed into the United States army which Douglas to building for the
and have to Mrve his time on the u. & army.
ground, his brother, Vic Bracher,: x fleet of 150 oversize railroad
proprietor of the People's Lumber cara being constructed to tran-
and Supply Company, said. -
“Ed has always liked to fly,"
Vic said. ‘‘He decided he’d rather California.
get into the R. A. F. and take his i ... •
Balloons Take
Place Of Men
In Treacherous Job
eratlve endeavor .to keep the war
, nt-* ' -
Thia declaration * provided- that
the American republics "shall pre-
vent . . ..the fitting out, arming
i or augmenting the forces or arma-
TO DC TD A INI?I menl of any ship or vessel to be
lu DC IKAlntV
iiH' hbeUnfles against another bel-
as KAh FIL011* ___________
Douglas Aircraft
Will Built Parts
For Army Bombers
.jk.;
regular session at the school au-
ditorium at 8r9© Monday «fter-
ncon. 'uhd Mrs. 8am H. Touton,,
the president, requests that all
members be present. Preceding the
general meeting the executive
hoard meet at 2.JO Mvwtoy. ewei even the atuaUcat ^xicn*.*
chance in actual combat in the air >
than be a sotider on the ground
He held a reserve commission in
the United States army.’*
Ed had R. O. T. C. training in;
the high schoql at Liberty and
Jacksonville. He spent zeveral SPOKANE. Wash. <U.D - The I
summers In citizens’ military U. 8. weather bureau has Installed
training camps. Then he went to a balloon system for gathering im-1
the University of Texas, studied ports nt meteorologies! dats over1
law and was graduated in 1938. Spokane, eliminating the nightly
Cail for a meeting of all those
interested in organizing » garden
club for Brenham was issued to- reachjnK *p|ritual benefits which ,
w t day. The meeting will to- held at accroa (roni Hose contact with the 7
and truck* are «l«o making the 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Unquestionably the quicken-
ed pace at which American people
have been traveling during the
last few decades is fast develop-
The following article discusses Ing an irnjable nation *,nd with
the purpose of a garden club: jagged nerves- Such a Condition
One of the primary purposes for n.akes a serious drain <’*.both our
. . ... a nhyaical and mental re#wr\©a. A
which a garden is built is io bring Kardcn offerB tt valuable antidote H
beauty and happiness into our these conditions, in that it af- 4
lives and into. the lives of those I fords an opportunity for escape '
about, us. It could also be raid from the vexatious problems of J
that the primary purpose for j our daily routine, and a means <rf
which garden clubs are organized . relaxation and rest.
etvs neaoinr rean- *• to stimulHte the building of gar- Few things present »o drab an J
nra ben rang n lacking m j
tion No. 7. All of the firemen put I hom'’ ‘'rn,,n<b' , ^Interest and beauty. « > home 4
•'I on their boots, coats and hats but ; The mission of the gm den club. whoUy ’old
a Charles Reimcn When they got to < however, Is much broader. It looks inn On the othef hand nothing
“the fire they all hunted for Mr, I U!W*rd the. improvement and can add to the beauty, rent fulness.
rv- - - M Jb' . - home groupds. *»»»■«’ of a hon.e a* does the J
the station they saw Refoien ' t™* enough: but It also goes'far ’ proper planting of the premises It
(standing in the doorway He tool1 beyond, and fosters and emom- I* well known that to ney «i*nt j
forgotten his pants and boots.* *K** the beautification of the en- in‘home planting brings a;area tra
_______* ____, _______.JDJk Ayaiuiu.tl:LL_.,tii*l lom'-rns it- financialI return in increased value
aesis *nz»v . a.
MEET AT 8:80 MONDAY
LATINAMERiCAN
STAND WATCHED g
BN LEASE-LEND t
safety and traffic engineering1 de-
partment, on the basis of a Na-
tion-wide three-year survey.
Marsh Mid the study revealed
also that the potential motor acci-
dent victim Pro^blv to a non-1
driver. ' "
-- * carve* wooden figuses today as a
hobby, but some day he hopes to
be a surgeon.
He Mys the ‘‘realization of what
I can do with my hands la enough
of a sour for a surzeon’s career.”
Captain of. the college fencing lly for paying the costs at the
team, Piecewic* took up the sport J-----— — — — — -*—
because it requires use of his arms
and may aid tn developing hto skill
^aa a surgeon.
h N
Kj.
' Sentiment Develops
'X 'j,. •* $
When a few person* are
interested in the appears;
iWnliw to-our own p. smtoM; t*< rm*nra «rwl m
; anil experwncru me e , ot plant ui«. u ia o
iJacktoal lu. Mich activity, that -wr^ should* desire
Dates for the Washington County Fair were set for Oc-
er 8, 9, auu lv, Hi L. ner.oiee was elected pryktent of
L away fropi thia continent
law and was graduated tn 1938.
He came to Houston after hi* airplane flights by Roy Shreck,
graduation and went to work for
his brother in the lumber bu*ine<n
Ed is 27. He lived at 1301 Mell- i
wood here. He joined the R. A. F
through the British consulate here '
He is driving to Canada in his own I
car.
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