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Trade At Horn*
for Self Protection
Bkeckenridge American
NEA Teleplioto Serviet
Cow, Sow, Hen Pro-
gram for County Most
Sensible Step
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Vol. 21.—No. 217
i:i:i:ckkmmi)t;k, texas. TnrnsDAY, January s, im
Trice Daily 3c
Sunday -V —
VII
THE
OBSERVER
MERCURY NOTES
DARK WAR OAVS
SCHOOL RESOLUTIONS
C-C JOB LIST
"O —I
BRITISH PUSHED BACK ON MALAY FRONT
Repairs of
\luchiiim
Farm
Should
Practice Makes Perfect
The ni
dive
mercury did anotlu r no e
Witlwitoy mghi but it
(liil not no quilt- a* low as that of
Monday morning when it lul * de
grees
Thursday morning at 7 n'-lock
offirial reading was 1-' •• -
Reading* .ii tin* Community Pub-
lt * Service ('ompany an- taken by
J R ii Spencer Mrs S|iomW
ha* a notation at hmin* thai "> he-
low was registered in 1 * which
i* Ik -vi-d lo Ih* tin- rwifd lor
man* -ar* It furtbw note* there
wen- seventeen days of U'lu*
freezing weather.
r
you tan do something and
wish employment get a «|i «•*>_
tionnairr Irnm lite Bn-ckenridge
Chaml T of Contem- till it out
ami fil«' it there.
Recent x'an h of -cvetal to em-
ploy the right jn-rsoti lor the right
place has hrnuidit action on 'lie a-
hove idea A* time goes I,,> ■"*!
mi*n are taken into serv ht mvd
for employes may arise despite
priorities and rationing. .1 T.
Hughes i> chairman of tin* • ■ tn-
mlttee.
**
tm
THESE days and tin' n<'\t few
months will I*' daik day* "f
I he w.ir with rcteri nee to battle
successes, apparently
It will take a year for tin- I "rut -
«•(! Slab's to swing hi-r might into
full art ion. During that time the
enemy Will gain some footholds
We quote Chun lull on that Then
as time goes on the t.t\ burden
will iMiiime heavier
Also, as one i*eads ol Reds suc-
cesses, niul we would not lake one
iHinil' of pVae-e for what tin y have
done a glance .it the map ol pri**-
ent day German line* in Russia
shows the have lieen driven
haek only almut a Ihird of tie
way to the Imvder ,
Reason points to a war of lour
or fix e year* hut somehow even
with the somewhat "lark picture
above, this forner has i feelinc
that two and a hall years will
m-e enemy resistance disintegrat-
ing and falling to pun s.
THE Rni-Venridge school lioard
at it* last mi'ting adopted a
resolution |w« nl l>> a Joint -e«
*lon of the National Fducatlon As.
socif.tton ami Association of Man-
' ulacturvr*.
Setting forth the essence of the
system of popular government in
the whereasi's it resolve* that t! • ■
I administration and conduct of puh
Iw education is an essential pub-
lir service, that its reasonable fi-
nancial support constitutes a m-c-
cssary claim ti|*in our American
society to which other public
vice* of li-sser value should In- *ub-
ordinafed.
I
TIP d'CUT Koi The Monv nt
The primai> indication. i<> my
thinking, of a well-ordered mind
i* man's atality to reniain iti one
place and linger in his own com-
pany. Seneca.
/MtRIH >N SHEAR writes high
prices for cattle have brought I
a limit a revival of caitlc rustling
in Texas and a renew al ol I lie
acient war of Texas Rangers and
cattle thieves.
("apt Ernest Best, a native of
West Texas who has spent morel
than .'to year« in the saddle as an
officer, actively leads a detach-
ment ol six rangers who cx|iect to
make 1!M2 a had >ear for th' J
cattle thieve*
Hest is a tall, slender-hip| -«l !
smooth-shaven man with a pierc-
ing eye Although In- was Iw.rn at ,
Alltany Texa«. his first service a-,
an off.-cr was in New Mexico lis I
deputy slieriff at Rosw -ll He later
was Ilk off"'™- of the New Mexico i
Cattle Sanitary Hoard 'or a num-
ber of years, interrupted by ei
Vice lis sherifl of I.ea County, N
M lie has been a member of the
U. S flonhT Patrol and was a sci
geant of Texas Rangers until his
w« rk in stofifung cattle thefts
Rained him his present captain. >
Working with Hest on this detail
are Ranger* E. H. Marshall of
San Augustine, Raymond Waters
•ind Norvell Redw im- of l-nbbock.
t' Leon T. Vivian of George West. T
J. ITourmiy of LnGrange and John
Klevenhagen of San Antonio.
Modern cattle thieves operate
with motor trucks instead of sis-k-
ing to drive off herd*, so the ran-
ger* have changed their tactic*
too. Most of their work is at night
Continue* finn Two
Be Done At Once
War Demand* Will M t\e
I 'a r I * Hard To lift, Sa>s
County AKent
Repairing of farm machinery i
far ahead o' the time will Is nec-
essary d new part* ale r«s|uired
says W It l-ice. County Agent
and S 'rcetary of the L'Sl'A De-
fense Iloard.
I ue to the war needs it is ve;\
haul for farm machinery manu- j
faclllli'ls to get enough Steel to
tnalce the smallest amount of n - i
pair parts md this small supply ;
may Is- siop|M-d at any tune More- ,
over it takes an estimated 5*' da;, sj
t'> get tn;w parts manufarturisl
and delivered when plenty of raw
materials is on hand.
A check-up with local leaders
iml• ate that hey are able to get]
repair paits and some new ma-!
chinery now with some delays.
Taking conditions as they are.
it would seem that every one who
will need machinery parts this |
year should, in self protection, or* 1
lier them at once Delay in doing
so presents a serious ha/ard. es- ;
jtei tally in lace of ilu- national
program to keep as much steel us
[Hissihle out of unus,-!! isjuiprnent
or repair part*.
The program.then, is to get
mi-derl repair parts, put them in
place, and tune up the machine
trad) to run. When the present
supply is exhausted give manu-
Hon tinned Cold
Fonijrht: Norther
Moves Southward
( hicago Coldest Cave In
Nation
Hours
In I'axt Twe.ve
Preparing for comc-wh.it-inr.y these 45th Division boys are getting a dress rehearsal in the
technique of railroad loading and unloading. One regiment after another has learned this import-
ant wartime function, so that when and if the di visicn gets it* marching order*, little time will
be wasted in moving out. (45th Division Photo From NEA).
Hero of Battle
Hails From West
Friends Retail I'row ess
"Second Serjeant
York"
or
ALKL'Ql:ERQl'E. N. M . Jan X.
'U.P1 The ".second Sergeant York"
of the Philippines had to gor^e
himself with bananas and water
to earn a commission w hen be was
fat tur>'rs time to make more hi - ja college student in the Rt/TC.
fore the machine m ,-ding rejiairs
i* wanted for use.
l^H e suggests that farm ei|Ui|>-
nu nt known as "orphans" h "Cause
of Jisc ntiiiuanci- i f manufacture
could In- made usiiabli- by a Iim-iiI
mnrlunists or blacksmith.
Protective maintenance of farm
et|Uipm<-nt n -ver should lie omt.
looked This means doing those
things will reduce tin- wear, corro-
sion or decay otequipment such as
providing proper liibr* ation. pro-
iei iion against rusting, and pro-
tecting equipment against weather
dam igi is lar as possible.
Cattle Sale In
Palo Pinto County
MINERAL WELLS. Jan K <Spl>
.1 R C. Moseley will bold the
annual Hereford sale it Bra/os
Valley Ranch, eight miles south
o| Mineral Wells Thursday Tlie
sale will o|N-n in (lie morning and j
continue through tin- afternoon.
As in |>ast years, a large healed
and seated teni will In- used, with j
an auction ring, where the fine i
stock will Ih- plated on exhibition
while liring sold and lunch servetl. j
The offering will consist of K-l ;
female* an ten bulls, some of the |
finest rattle of the entire '-oiintry.
Huycr* from throughout tlw coun- ,
iry are scheiluled to lie present. I
Rationing Board
Await* Tire Quota
A meeting of 'he tire rationing
board vas being held Thursday
morning. John F. Evan*, E. J.
Hcnton and Troy Loudder, mcm-
Iw-rs.
InstiiMtion. and ipioins were
awaited while a survey of the sit-
uation was lieing made. Two ap-
plication* for tires have l e"n re-
ceived. tiie first since rationing
went into eff'-ct.
| Friend* of Lieut. William Purl-
er, ^-'-year-old Las Cruces youth
Were not surprised to hear that he
saved a Filipino battalion on the
northern Luzon front by ciouch-
. jng at the end of a bridge and
.coolly picking off the Japanese
manning a machine gun nest.
"This "second Sergeant York'
picked oil all members of an en-
emy machine gun nest with a
calibre rifle, a fellow officer told
United Pie** Correspondent Franz
W.-isblatt.
The 120-pound, five foot, six
inch youth earned the nickname of
I"Wild Hill when he was a sta-
ilenl at New Mexico Stiite College
j sev eral years ago bccalue of his
bravery and his love of hronchoes
rifle* and everything Western.
"When Hill joined the RCJTC at
State College he Iwciiine the lead-
er almost immediately." Finest
tjuitirrn / recalled.
"Evidently he had learned to
shoot before college days because
he was an expert shot when he
first enrolled.
"What he lacked in inches he
made up in courage. He was al-
ways getting into some kind of
adventure, like going off lo Mex-
ico to break horses or rescuing a
friend from a rattlesnake."
Duncan Scott, a former profes-
sor at the college, recalled the
(Continued on f*age Four)
First IM2 Child
In County Horn
To Ranch Family
0
Kirst hull) reported Ixirn in
Stephens County in 1HI1' is that
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Castillo.
The child was a iniy horn at
12:55 o'clock Thursday morning
at Breekenridgi- Clin e. ft had
not bi-eii named The iiarenls re-
side on a ranch near Caddo.
Other cases at this hospital in-
cluded Mrs. Ii F. < >dom, who w-a*
given first aid treatment for in-
juries received ih accident. H •!
injuries were ,iot seriot*. it was
mid.
At Westside. W. F. Pearson was
admitted for treatn eat of an in-
fected hand. Mrs. C. L. Rrook-
ins was n'fKirted resting well.
Mrs Rob White of Ivan fctai
Route and Otha Thompstm wen-
shown rlismissed.
Stephens Rancher
Buried Sunday
Trooj )s Training
For War Stiffens
Practice of War With No
War In Sight Over, Says
Marine Chief
For more tiian a ye; r the
American Army has suffered I rani j
the conception that it was a train-;
ing forci-. preparing to fight .".n,
> imlefinite action, and abl • to al-'
ter its methods and ex|ienm"n: !
i Willi techniipie indefinitely. Ii
: had no concrete mission and no,
stimulus to int"nsiv" action. !t i
came very nearly to lieing little
more than just a game it was j
playing with rules ami umpire; i
and all that. Major J. I). O'Lcary.
Major, U. S. Marine Cor|is, (piotes
it. a communication today. Now
the situation has chan-d. The
assault u|Min Pearl Harbor lias
shown us vho our first loo will
lie and has given vigor to our ev.
•ry effort.
Tliis conflict is not made i-.'
"warmongers" or "merchant< of
death" or for vague id. als. !t is
a war to th- finish for the future
of oui-selves ami our nation.
The m-w phase vv ill i-reale n«'v -
Funeral s,.r\ i,-,.s for f^iek F. seriousness.
flardenhire. til, Stehen* county Wars are not won ny worryi i^
ram her and cattleman, who died over entertainm"nt* for soldio v
in Brow nwood while on a visit yVars ;,r,. n„t won by joy rid n :
with hi* "isters, wen- conducted motorized along country roads
Sunday afternoon, with burial in Wars are not won by men- know-
the Macedonia femetery. I he ***r- | Ufige #jf technic|ue.
vices were eondiMcd by Rev H. Wars W(m ,(V haul,
B. Johnson. |w*t r of the First | |>y fjf(inj, |W>n p^^.-ally so th.-y
< hristian t hur-h of Ranger. (can endure the last hardship, by
Cardenhire had been a resident f,ttirn, lhl.m nM.ntally so that they
Hf Stephens county, living mirth | will lie eager to sink the rising
one accident case treated for
minor injuries received at a local
hospital during the past twenty-
four hours brought the total lo
one fatality and four injuied pain-
fully during th present cold >|)e|l.
Fatality was that of Mrs. W.kS.
Hatcher of Lusk. near Woodson,
who was killed last Saturday, and
her husband injured. Two broken
arms in falls in the city ••(institut-
ed the other injuries.
1 Miring this spell tcmpcratuies
luive ranged from S to '■>- degrees,
the latter only once, Wednesday
morning. A piercing north wind
brought winter back to Breeken-
ridgc yesteiday. 12 degrees ix-iiig
tegistered today.
Snow fell lien- and at Quanuah
Haskell and Hamlin, and there
were flurries at Stamford last
night, as the tiiei.iiiy drooled to
12 above, at it. In Electra there
vva> slei t vvitii ilu- snow.
American Airlines planes. Isith
east and westbound, made the Abi-
lene s|o|miver despite the storm
somewhat liehind schedules.
Amaiillo ineirury went lielow
zero. Coldist city recorded was
Chicago, vvitli II lie low Denver
had ti. and Pueblo ! Ixdow.
Forv .ist f(>r tonight was lair lo
partly cloudy, and continued cold.
Tribute Paid To
iWemorv Of Long
Time Resident
Willie K. Kirkman. 73 years of
age, passed uwuy I 'ei emlier .'>0.
at ?, o'cloe... al the Westside Hos-
pital in r.reckem-idge, Mr. Kirk-
man had lieen in failing h -alth
for several months, and for near-
ly two months a patient in the
hospital.
Mr. Kirkman "as liorn in
Greensboro, North Carolina on
Mi-rch X. lMiX. He came to
Texas with his family at the ag.-
ol 4. Th'-v made their home in
Japs Attempt To
Envelop British
Defense Lines
SINGAPORE, Jan. K British forces in Malaya fell back
on the lower Perak front today following penertation of defense lines
by Ja|Minese tank attacks, a communique said tonight.
The British retirement was to positions south of the Slim river,
the comnunique said and added
'Thert an- indications of enemy infiltrations east of the Selan-
gore area norih of the Key city of Kuala Lumpur but otherwi.se
the situation unchanged."
Infiltrations to the east indicated the Japanese were all.
" ——*,o wink through the jun^
Sales Tax Looms
To Meet Heavy
Taxes For War
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 <U.m -
Congiess appeared today to be in
a nio<id to give careful consider-
ation to a general sales tax as i
means of ir.« reasii.g the federal
government's revenue this year by
3<9.f>00.0Q0,000.
One congressional leader lieliev-
ed such an increase bringing
total tax collections to S 'i7.000,(j00.
(*,'.) was an impossibility with-
out a salestax. Chairman Robert
Dnughton. democrat, N. C., of the
house ways and means committee
and other committee members
have shown increasing interest in
sales tax proposals.
•nipt ing
jles m the
|M'niiiMila
flank
1 School Attendance
Gains Net of 30
School attendance continued
high today iri -p# • of the cold.
Snpt J. F. Btilley -aid.
Since the opening after the
holidays thirty-nine new students
have enrolled and there ha« lieen
a net total
a loss of nine, leaviII
of :w>.
Friday, Mr. Bailey
a meeting of school
ors in Austin.
will attend
adnunistiiit-
FARM AND RANCH NEWS
By EVELYN STRAHAN
With the fat* ami oil situation
giving this country con-klerable
worry rural families with cook-
ing fat* available can save by
making (tome-marie soap. II t«-
ar- some ti|>*. enameletl or gran-
ite waie should I*- Used in mak-
ing *mall amounts of srap. but
for larger amount* an iron ket-
tle is l e*t I'se a large granite
or wooden s|>oon for stirring.
The four ingr-d ents of soap
are lye. water, flit ami perfume.
Lye shuld lie u*.>d pure and nni.
form, ami if possible soft water
should lie usil since it ♦ill im-
f;
storing the
amount has
soap mak^j.
a suffici. -rit
illected for
I until
l*'en c<
Rancid greases I
may Is- puriTicd by Iwiiling with
a solution of one part of vinegar
and I iv ■ part* of water.
Scents such as oil of eitronel-
la. oil of lavendar, geranium or
sassalras may Ih- added to | 'r-
fume the soap This will help d>-*-
troy the <Klor of the lat.
• Regardless of what recipe is
Used, some precaution* should lie
taken: excess lye fi rms a harl
crumble *o ip. while soup that is ;
greasy imliiates lack of lye.
prove the (puility of soap. Fat*
us *d should Ih> clean and light.' Cotton maltres* center* In
color-d and It should be clnri Stejihen* County wi'l reop-'n
fa«d as it accumulate*. Cli-nn tin wwin to flnsh the cumfori pni-
can well cove d. are In- t f r (Continued on P oe F«or)
o! Ranger, for 1 ' years, ami was
well known throughout the sur-
rounding territory.
Skatinjr Sport For
Those Who Can
Winter sports ar - lieeoming the
01 ler of the day here. At least
lor iwo local men who have mov-
ed lu re from colder stales in tlw
i mis i five years.
H II Salter vhite and Herman
Griffith motored simiHi of town
Saturday afternoon, round a froz-
en pond. dontvHi ice skates Bid
skated for two hours. Today
they were busy sharpening their
skates and making plans to go
.ig.iin this afternoon.
Mothers of Boys
In Prayer Service
All mothers of lioys in service
are inv ned to meet each Wednes-
day moring from 9 to 10 o'clock
in the basement of the Preshyter-
I mil Church for prayer.
First service ol this kind was
held Wednesday morning at tlw
instigation of Mr*. Claude Bandy,
who has a son. Herman, in the
Far Fast Others are welcome
to come also, if was said.
Local Carnenter
Goes To Alabama
I J. R. Thomas, building eon-
I tractor in . -tenridge for the
[wist sf-ventec,. -ve.tr*. >vas to l"KV-e
at noon today for Huntsville, Ala.,
iNinia. wlierc he -aid he will eo
to work for the t'ovommenf a a
u'-' r r' re ran.
Flatoma in Washington County
for a number of years. Later hi:
moved to Milam County at lin-
age of 20 he was married to Bel-
Iczora Wiley. To Ibis union was
' born H children. He cam • to
Shackelford County in 19f*i. set-
tled east of Moran where he re-
sided until his death.
He united wiih the Christian
Church at the age of 25. and he
has lived a devoted Christian life.
He was a loving husband and
father, u'vays doing good for
others when |>ossible.
Fun-nil services were held at
the Moran (Yiri-tian Church Wed-
nesday afternoon, December .11.
tContinued o.i Pace Throe)
I — - -
Bus Ituns Will Be
Cut By Schools
In a principal's meeting in the
Board of Fducation office in the
high sihool yesterday afternoon
the elimination of special tri;>s
by school I Hisses in order to save
the tires for regular run* made in
gelling the studtnt.s to school was
discussed.
On January !♦>. depending on the
weather, they planned to have a
del'eme parade with the band lead-
ing Ilu- parade dressed in thcir
new uniform*.
Air raid defense instructions
and defense stamp and bond mat-
erial are to lie distributed through
. the schools.
G. L. Kealiey discussed his plan
'or selling defense stani|is in jun-
ior high school.
Students Collect
Papers For Defense
I middle of tlie Malayan
i in an effort to envelop or
the British lines.
The town ol Slim is on a rail
i-oad approximately miles norih
jof Kuala Lumpur.
I Withdrawal in the Slim river
' sector was a continuation of retire-
. mcnts almost every day this vvccU
in an effoi t to establish a strong
front in defense of Kuala Lumpur,
an ojieratiun which the Japs have
been attempting to prevent by
, iianking attacks.
"Enemy infantry and tanks
maintained h e a v y prcssuro
throughout Wednesday on the low-
er Perak from." the communique
said. "At one |ioint tanks [icnet rat-
ed our defenses. Our forces i hell
vveie withdrawn to south of the
Slim river.
"We suffered some losses of
guns and a transport.
"In the Selangore area there-
are indications of some enemy iu-
i filtration eastward. Otherwise the
situation remains umhanged."
| Defenseless Towns Bombed
.la|iane.se airmen have been
railing death and destruction on
defenseless towns UlllMlg lin-
month-long invasion of the main
Philippine Islands of Luzon, the
War IX>)Nirtmcnt was advi-cd
Wednesday by General Douglas
Mae Arthur.
Four towns have Is-en ileslrcy-
tContinued on Page Two)
Jap Naval Chief
Challenges Allies
TOKYO, By Radio Jan. S 'U.p
Capt.'IIulfti Hiraide. press chief •>)
the navv section of Imperial gen-
eral headquarters, challen ; -d the
Arnet can and British navies tulay
to "come out and fight" in the
Pacific.
"The sooner tile U'tlcr for .I.i]>-
an. because such a battle will en.I
the struggle at once." Hiraide sai l
in a nation wide broadcast.
Lions Meeting Has
Special Features
Two s|,<
prepnred
sun, *o that nothing else in thi
world matters.
Coddling of men in uniform
cease* at a time like this. A
(Continued on Page Four)
Work - Service For
Boys, Girls Urged
SALT LAKK CITY. CtahW.fi'
A noted New York educator "nil
sociologist agrees that compulsory
service is necessary to maintain-
ing democracy but he dees not
believe that military training pro-
vides the whole answer.
Dr. Henry Neumann, head < f
tin- Brooklyn, N. Y. ethical cul-
ture society, told Utah cduciiturn:; pnnicd by
No mert daily drill of obeying | other to In-
orders can compare with the sell-
training which people give them-
selves heartily when they prepare
for their life work.
"Rather than military training, ...
. ... , , i i . Have vou Ih-i-ii wanting lo get
the lasting need for discipline as
citizens in a democracy cou'd l*-(>"" larm terraced but Just havi-
met better by athletic* and a pre- i n't had the time, money or eouip-
gram of hard work in home*, i ni,.n| to do it ?
schools. sho|is and fields Now i, your chance to get the
Neumann advocated a >ear of
work-servin- for every American
youth iMiy or girl.
I'eial fat'ires have lieen
for lb" meeting of the
Lions Club Friday.
Blake Johnson, program chair-
man. announced that one wil Ik*
muisc by Aaron Grant, aceom-
Mrs W J. Rosser. the
belli as si surprisi-.
Students of Bri- kenridge High
School are Is'ing given the oppor-
tunity to colliriblite to the Ri-d
Cross through their home rooms.
Each home room has Is-en col-
j lecling pa| -r. in connection vvith
defense, which lias amounted to S.-
or 10,01*,' imiuihIs. Ti,:* |iai*-r
' will Ih- sold and each home room
I is expected to contribute a part :>r
all of tills money to the Red Cross.
Tht (taper w ill lie picked up by
a truck today.
Individual •-ontributions in moil-'
ey are to lx- made this week
thr tugh the home room* at high 1
school also.
Spy And Sabotage
Activities Halted
WASHINGTON. Jan. N <t'.fn
Director J. Edgar Hoover of Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation said
today spy and salmtage activity a-
gainst the United States has been
virtually halted so far in this war.
TERRACING AID OFFERED
yardstick for |irices to he paid for
more difficult or easier job*.
once
Then,
the machinery of the I'
•t up. all a farmer has ''
Stenos Wanted For
Capitol Work
j Information was received today
that women stenographer* are
i wanted in Washington al once,
quota from Loui*iana and Texas
will be *ixt.v, all to report by Jan-
uary 16. Pay i* S1.4JO a year
and it was said mom* can be had
from *20 to .* 10 a month.
For furl her irf rmafton app'v
at the po t offi e.
lob done by ('operating with the
AAA's Conservation Materials
Program, according to Dewey S.
Ilam. s, ('hairman. SteptK-ns Coun-
ty AAA Committee.
E. W. Mobley. of the Slate AAA
Oifice, was in Bretkeuridge Tues*
day morning to explain the plan in
detail to the County Committee.
Here's how the terracing |tni-
{iam works. The County AAA
■'ommitlcc receives offer* for ter-
ricing work on the easier farms in
the •-ouiily. On the liasi* of these
off-'r*. the Committee set* up a
fat'- price for terracing. The *ame
nn'-e won't pi evil!, of c'Mir*e. for
ex, y tenaciii'. 1oi). !)lll it gives a
Jan.
WASHINGTON. Jan. * 'i
|Civil Aeronautics Adinmistraii
j today ap|N-aled to more liiau I
000 gra'luates of its civ ill in t il
training course to enlist unm ■
a el_, in the air foi -es of the i
progiam is set up. all a farmer has 1 or tiavy,
to do to get his land terraced is to!
obtain from the AAA Office a list Connecticut I CWH
of conlra>tors who are cooperat-. j _i n,,
ing. The farmer gets bid* on the "*
contractors, takes IIh- bid he lik's
I test, ami gets his teriacing done.
The AAA pays the contractor and
deduct* the charge* from the far-
mer's AAA conservation payment.
It is cX|iectcd that many fann-
er* ami others needing their fields
terraced will make use of this
plan.
The landowner getting hi* field
tei raced will lie able to pay for
the service out of hi* eonservation
payment yet the contractor should
get hi* pay within a short time af-
ter completion of lite terra"
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Russians Continue
To Drive Nazis
LONDON. Jan. S UP Fresh
Russian divisons are driving t\
Germans back from Moscow in tii
"turned tide" of fighting on the
Eastern Iront. Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden said today in i el I in :
the Commons the "Germans annv
in Russia today is not the German
army" ol six months ago.
Defense Stamps To
County $764,600
Allotmnts for defense stamp
and bond sales by countics
include:
Stephens (764,600.
Eastland $1 322.600.
Johnson $1,198,000.
Palo Pinto $789,300.
Trained Pilots Are
Urged To Serve
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WATERBCRY. Conn .
iU.fl Gem-ral alarm fire
through four buildings
shopping district lien-
crusing estimated damage
INN) to V.iNi.lKNi and injury to four
firemen.
Dutch Suh Sinks
German Vessel
LONDON, .mi,. 8 <l i:> C«-rman
suh has been torpedoed and sunlt
a D lch "b In t'-e M«"d't'-r*-an-
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Hall, C. M. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 247, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1942, newspaper, January 8, 1942; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth131525/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.