The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 53, Ed. 1, Friday, January 31, 1930 Page: 4 of 8
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TOE BttECKENRIDGE AMERICAN BRECKENrUDGb TLXAb HtlUAl JANLAHi 1 lflgo
telephone Nd. 1
' The only newspaper columnist In
he worid who( column rtins a.
pn&e and b. half tipped back hl
chair on the lift enth floor of the
I Blltmore and admitted New York-
I era and the residents of Amarlllo
had many trnlu In common such
an arw" noi and leff
Bi'i h- "-.if' 'hes .'w York
ixopiu K.n i tilck of vcarlng n
fold.d handkerchief In their upper
coat pock' We don't do thnt down
Texan Ranks
N. Y. Third
Best Village
Z7 .
tei Howe Storm Ainiirillo
Kdltor. VltlU Willi
fit Kolks
swine." That brought all Amarlllo I York for a while" he said.
i r. rt: r..
Rep. Harper
Denies Remarks
his answer to It. Barnes had said
that surveys show 75 per cent of
criminals in penitentiaries nre from
orthodox Christian homes.
Barnes was not here to answer
Harper's criticism He left last
night fot Memphis Tenn.
I --I-! eucaa l-i' irituw who uvea in a
I Later Lindbergh visited Amarlllo small town wants to move to the
io nowca support
i ww is tu ill
Electric Chair i
Testimony of Pnntagcs' physici
ans that the multi-mtlllonalrc Is
and Howe. In hi
is
"'lap
column accust't!
city some time In his life. ijtt my
suf feline from a hiart nllmci'
the filer of having been discount-
1 ous to the crowd at the landing
field.
father Ed Howe editor of tin At-
chison falobc advised in0 to stay
In Amarlllo so I gue3 I will."
The telephone ransr it wa the
editor of the New Yotk Herr.ld
Tribune aok'ng M- Howe to write
a column for one day's lsiue of
thv paper
'I can't do tint." said Howe "I
might be n (lop In this town and
then what would tho folks In Am-
arlllo think?"
OSSINING N Y. Jan. 31. (IT). -Mlchn
:l Sclafoni Brooklyn gun-
mart walked quietly Into tho death
which Incarceration in tho count
jail Is aggravating failed to movl
Judce Charles A Filrke vo
day. Sri
"I got many letters condemning (
chamber at Sing Sing p-tson late AT'STIN T x Jan. 31 U.R noli-
t 11 fcM. preventative .) V. Hat pet of Mt.
Hv .poke btiefly to the witness- ?i'Ytt"a?' 1n;l!f'tcr11n1cmbor ot l.hc
.. and thanked the keepers for I T"" f "'"J al rc' "'V"0' nn tlc:
zxn-u v:r hvictr up ' Afc ..frx E
a towel and dusted off the olectrie tnc fBlhIntol; h(ro ye8lotllfiy Umt
cnnlr- . o?thoilox religion nhows no appro-
"Thej ren at 1 ist glv. u man ei.ihle effect in ctlntd pteventfun.
about to die a clenn ch-ut ' he said I Haiper in niithot of the untl-ovo-
Then he sat down and the cu:- '"tlnn bill which failed to pn.it the
lent was turned on !'' llnre at Its last session.
tue.' Howe wild "But later Und
berj:h sent word hu would forzet It
If f would He admitted he may
have been a llttlo curt to the pco-
r1-'
Seek Release For
! Pantages Again
LOS ANGELES Jan. 31. (U.R)
I Attorneys foi Alexander P.intagcs
'tonioirow will make u thitd nt-
I tempt to obtain the wealthy thea-
I tc man's freedom on ball peml-
I !ng dcltion on his appet'l from
a conviction on chatgos of attack
To Attempt To
Span The Pacific
ULENDALE Cal Jan. 31. (U.PJ-
Lieut Hat old Bromley will make
his Ihii.l ntlrmpl to span the Pa-
cific in a Lockheed Slrlus mono-
plane similai to th.it made heic
iecontl fm Col. Chatlcs A. Llnd-
beiRh. It wus learned when tho
Ulrndalc plant received- his order.
Llmt Bromley has asked for
completion of the plane In 60 days
when he will again try the Pacific
flight. His plane gtound looped
eatly lust summer when he at-
tempted to take oft from Tacoma
Wash for Tokyo.
in Amarllln and I Rues we never
will I tried to pu a hendkerchlof
in my pocket when I first got here
jut I couldn't fnJd It rljiht.
Howe wan reluctant to (Ukcu!
hl VvnU with Mary Harden mid
Col '.irle A Limlbi rgh. for he
r'Til' Those encounter ai batttes
hat 'uiiro been fought and won
!!( reprimanded Mia Garden
for letting Ainarllln down" when
the Chicago Ojra Company aonj;
a performance there and subse-
quently Mlaa Garden wn quoted as
having called him a "damned
; pie who crowded too cloe to tho
NKW YOIIK. Jhh. 31 l Pi none
llwi' the Texas nlvoi who iu
irnseou eno r i to crl'Wr?
fcW y-fJatxicn'i 'a tilent atood
-f rt-eenter of h- nty today anil
tF TJy announ ' .'w York. "waa
"i il beat town in the United
-Stat .
Fir t " astd Howe preparing to
w .id. oft tin angry Npw Yorkers.
m. Arnaritlo. Tcxns then Atch-
n Kin" (Howe wan born In
V h n and llve in Amarlllo.)
propeller of his plane.
One of the c'tlcf rontons for
Howe's visit to ? York Is to col-
lect lokos. He finds the task of he
lm; funny six days a week Is rath
LLAS MAN sa.IT
I'ALLAS r Ji i- 31 tU.Pi
er difficult.
do nu sny I3r Barnes state-
iit - untruo?" asked Hen Giadv
ing Eunice Pringle dancer.
Compte Davlc attorneys for
Pnnt-ges. announced after his
client had been denied release on
giounde of III health that he would
lake ii writ of habeas coipus or an
original writ of application befoie
the court of appeals.
FOUR
type lie said and Panted Informa-;V""''h"r of the" ma M. SrW Ora1.no at Franklin I"? ?" " " ' t
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an wncl would help . ucople gt bulncM (1net WbII11 Kdd. em- Square L I. Frank Plain hail n nk. Hogg of HouVon I
Jobs ami fiml their let do. Soita plyp of A ecann Psnbll9hment gone to th. chair Without a word p 0I lhJB " stX
days It takes up as nuirl at two wa nrfP.(1 . thereflfcr. Ench was 22 They were blHer one-' ai bcen in reply to a question
pnget of the newtpipor Orfirrjs 3a 1 ho ndmited dotns the mirt to the end each nccuslng the -ubmitt. to him and that he
I MP.iMn't mind ivmg n New lv "fin othin of botimal should not be iri'tized for giving
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"Do you believe in compan-
ionate marriage?"
"Sure I joined the Wife-of-the-Month
Club."
Dartmouth Jock O'Lcntan.
MUST BE ON TIME
The Undent reporter hal jmt
fubrailtetl his editorial for the slay
to the editor Lea vine the editorial
toom. he began to reflect upon what
be bad written and decided to go
back to change lomethlng in r
"I hae a few corrections to
make on the editorial that I sub-
mitted " be told the editor
The editor reached into the
waitebaiket and pulled out the
editorial.
"All ri?ht but make it snappy
the wastebaikcts will be emptied m
five minutes."
Gttn Goal.
"Waiter can I have a glass of
water?"
"Ve sir here it is. Now what
will you have for a chaser sir?"
Pitl Panther.
ik.t.O!vr
THE BESTwCOMEDY IN AMERICA
Cop righted 1930 by The Collegiate World Publishing Co. (CftJtaor) Through Bell Syndicate.
WHY I SELDOM MARRY
By liamt Payttt
Uecausc Mary after I bad
. driven five lulls into tho creel:
fried: "Oh im't that an adorable
iuilc brook? See the beautiful
water lilies and the lovely water-
Jail''
- Bcta.ue Clarissa hi ighi four
'fct1! weight one eighty moisted
Umii playing in knickers
llrrause 1 lud to hold a naraol
iwr Maybdlc all the way aruund
ire toursc to pftwrvc her precou-
uvViplexion
-HJciause Ethel when 1 told her
rn caddie had been injun-d re-
Id "Can't you have a new shaft
put in il1 '
Hci.auc Natalie putted with .1
poon
l)ei2uc Louise always forgot
her compact or cigarettes and had
(0 send the caddie Kick for them
making me carry her golf hag in
I he meantime.
. .jUccausc Lucy always dressed for
comfort on lull days with no gtcat
"bShcfit to my concentration
.Jlccausc Ncrissa objected lo my
profanity and said "Lcmme Miow
yon how."
Becauje Vivicnnc thought it
wbnld be a splendid idea to plant
niflowcr bed in the middle of each
green
.Ilecausc Nan. to avoid missing
I he ball placed her club behind and
i7tr it along
Hc3uc Kate when m lon
brasie hot stopjiril a foot short
Inf the cup remarked "You didn't
hit it hard enough
- Watnh t Jtrmjn
"Has Harry traveled much?"
' Has he! lie's been to half the
places on his suitcase labels!"
tr
"Do you read Poc?"
"Naw I road pretty good!"
V.M.I. Snitcr.
Magistrate: Didn't you sec the
"Go blow" sign?
btudent Culprit: Yes but I
didn't think it meant the car.
ritt Panther.
First Yillain: How did you man-
age to cheat your brother out of
his inheritance?
Second Dittb: I just set to
work with a will.
Cornell Widow.
7Sfc BBfi " 9r I J I
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RESTAURANT JOKE
No. 003631
WHY NOT?
Exam Question: State the num-
ber of the last amendment added
to the U. S. Constitution and tell The rustomcr was busy sawing
for what the amendment provides on the :4cak he had ordered and
Ruth's Answer: The Nineteenth a difficult time he was having.
Amendment: Equal Suffrages the "Is it tough?" queried the waiter
women have a right to suffer as solicitously.
well as the men. The customer was e.hautcd.
He turned to the waiter with de-
t-JE feat in bis eyes and said- "When
I order beef and get horse I don't
' T .. . care. Hut next time take the har-
f . "'& " "" ncss on Deiorc you start serving
ui bu C- J rL i.
SOME HORSE
"Don't he afraid of him. He's as
gentle as a woman I"
"Er thanks I guess I won't
ride this morning."
Minn. Ski-U-Mah.
"How did you get your wife to
quit burning the toast?"
"1 told her it didn't match our
kitchen."
Auditor: Now let's sec your
pink slips.
Filing Clerk (fern.): Sir!
Virginia Reel.
Next Year's Designs in Apart-
ment House Radiators
Yale Record.
A PUN MY WORD OR HOOD
OF THUNK IT
CHOOSING THE LITTLE WOMAN IN STONE AGE
DAYS
Yale Record.
A FLAPPER TO HER PROF "After Deacon Brown's daughter
got married there was a sudden in-
Yoti sny that I'm a little hypocrite crease in the population of the
When I come to your class late town."
- Nt r r i
Z-4'.un
w' fir 1
.1 B. Z'l I Jjft.
DL-
v
"Could yo'-all direct me to a
good bone specialist?"
"WhufTo? Yo' ain't j;one an'
Rot yo'sclf sick has yo'?"
' No -but Ah ain't won a crap
game in three months!"
7 he Claw.
every day.
Because you know that I've been
nut all night
At play.
You think that I should be thrown
out of school.
"Do as you plca.-c" you growl
"but kindly stay
From me who haven't any time to
fool
Away."
But yon must know that I'm most
logical
And come to class with purpose
that's not cheap.
My reason? It is biological
I come to sleep!
ritt Panther.
"Huw'd you get the grease on
your fate?"
"Wc!l vou 'ce. our car broke
down and I had to fi it "
"How was that?"
"Ten of the boys came back- start?"
home!" - '
Lafayette Lye.
"See that girl with the checked
dress?" ' ' "
"My gosh! Do they check that
too?"
Colorado Dodo
Sarcastic Cop (to cringing auto-
ist): Ant how'd you cycr'Iearn to
drive? By the blindfold test may-
be? Dean: Wcrj you ever in trouble
before?
Froih: Well a librarian fined
me two cents!
Illinois Siren.
"I think that war veterans make
Abe: Arc you making out a bill
or sending a telegram?
Amherst Lord Jeff.
Stude: I never have time to do
my home-work.
Father: You would if you
wouldn't do so much road-work.
Tennessee Musxump.
"Do you sing soprano?"
"Sure how does the first verse
Witt.
Stanford Chaparral
First Doc: In all my experience
I've never seen so many bullet
scars on one man.
Second Doc: War veteran or
husband?
Big He-man: I developed these
big muscles by working in a boiler
factory.
Innocent Young 'Ih'mg Oh you
great big wonderful man! And
what do you boil?
Kansas Sour'Ou.1.
hjiyC ill MilMiM
'26: I think we auto go back-
fire reunion don't you? Wheel
have a Reo good time. Marmon
Fop won't be there.
'21: Yeah sedan. He may go
too.
'26: I spoke to him. He says
he's too tired
'27: Wheel go anyway. Fender
wc leave Monday?
'26: That a grease with me.
Scene II Ithaca
'26: You didn't forget to Pack-
ard liquor did you?
'27: No but wc Winton drank
it all but the keg of beer.
'26: Let's tappet and distributor
around. (Looks for beer.) Viking
we do it's stolen.
'27: Phaeton luck arc against
u How can wc go on a bcndi.x
and make Whippet?
'26- Gas it'll be oil right fuel
get some more (Enter a group
Esex or seven others )
When a girl is sixteen 'he's good '27: Hey you can't horn in
looking j here. Klaxon beer for us or get
When she's 1. only-five she has out Quit Mooning around
wrinkles. Somebody : Alcmite have some.
"Do you think the volume of
machine-rjun sales will be in-
creased this year?"
"Yes if they put them out in
seven or eight new colors"
Il'ri Point Pointer
hair
When she's thirty she has gray I'll dash Overland and see.
When she's thirty-five she turns
blonde and starts all over again.
Rutgers Chanticleer.
'
"Arc you an educated woman?"
"Well I was a maid in a fra-
ternity house for three years."
Wet licit.
"Since when do you grease your misli'v cno.l hush.inil .Inn'i vmi?"
car with red grease?" -yes. they alway know' just
Lehigh Bun. what to do after you've shot them."
"I never touch a drop."
' My dad's a bootlegger also."
-California Pelican.
(Enter Simon he with beer)
'26: Dc Soto be O. K. This
Stearns Knight into day. LaSalle
get drunk
27: (One hour later): Willys
Knight is fine. Let's go out and
get a straight eight or two at the
Con. ;
'26: Valve wc do Dclco crazy ' " .
when wc dutch them. A Kissel do ik -
me good though. !A
23: I'm Stude and I feel sickr. '
(He flops on the floor.)
'26: Let's Mack him get Hupp.
'23: I don't want to Diana night
like this.
Voice. Star any more bee-?
Another Voice. What Durant
for your money?
'23: Auburn up. I'll give you a
Snronv law.
27- Ethyl right. o-Not ever
-('I see by the papers they're re- hurt me
viing-n;fr in the East " Voice: Chandler imagine 'hat.
"Oh New Yorick stuff hey?" (Curtain)
Stanfotd Chaparral. 0 Cormll Widow.
tvC
"No matter what I do" moaned
the sailor "I'm always Sinbad."
Pennsylvania Punch lioivl.
"zS-
Brokers at the Breakers
FRECKLES AND HIS FIUENDS
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friiat-'brokernge clubs' like the one pictuied ubove havo been estab-
llhl for the convenience of vacationing trader And shown nbove
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tire just wmc mil of the bicukurs looking for .1 bicak on the mur-
ketIarxul of a dip In prices and careful to avoid "watered" stock"'
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