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♦Trade At Home
'For Self Protection
Breckenridge American
Sow, Sow, Hen Pro-
gram for County
Moat Sensible Step
UNITED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
NEA TELEPHOTO AND COMIC SERV1CB
Vol. '22—No 93
BRECKENUllMjE, TEXAS. FRIDAY JtLY 31, 1912
Price Daily Sc — Sunday 5c
THE
OBSERVER
BIG SURPRISE
COW FABLE
BIG GAS CASE
SEEN OR HEARD
REDS SMASH ONE ARMY; ANOTHER GAINS
■ WANK HIRJ1 • UW down I" '
I Hr« ■ eknrtdgt Ani*rwan ulfK*
thi- iii-uning with . liquid utmle
mi hi* '-«• • "xutbng <<ii Kimimiitwi'i;
Hi.it everyllang • • -11-■ 3 .ill MK ''
Willi til« WI lllil Wl Could lilt
niiiki "Ut what ti «-i' <«ll -'I"'!!!
unit's- il w a - ili,« l-< "I h "I
sonu god new* ol <>ttic kind
U IIICH n-ii 11 mi - ii ■' t'i •"'1
1% tin s lillii -taught i • 'i '
limit*' Imm Sunday Softool witn
an illti-it. «• d . ard in in i Ii <n '
W'n.ti is n* tier TOOttWT asked.
"< >li - .ii<.1 tin child. just -in ml'
verti -lornl at*>ul Ii- aven
A || |^|(^> Owners ^'enera^ StilweH's Retreat From Rurma
Asked To Ride j
In lli« Parade
Motorcade Idea Vbiindimid.
SpoiiMir<« \iimw Air
(liming In
m >*^0 tS ... 1^ ^
I Hi
I-
B
>YCE ll< d'SE IfII u
Cut t' A Si ,il« r -•( Ctm.tdi.tr
In Kis ftideo au--?> mIi ■! pub" a
li'ti K .tindup , ha- ilus hu.kI-
rrn tab!"
I llttf Uptill a link' there wa- i
mama ts.w. a papa vow .ind t lil-
tit Uty (ow .mil they Hflf < hap-
py Iri • until kik i><> the lull'*
|.i\ ttiw wandi it-'l away. T h
|spa mw and tie mama cow *l<tli-
ft) -.-arching lot Hi' little fellow
locking (art-lull) in every crevice
and in-hind .ill -il th. (till* I b"y
seaj.tted .ill day .<n<l whIKimI many
IDI lev In il found no tract cf their
wandering Uiy
Kinally just a* iln un was - i-
ting in Hit w fsi they came to a
huge iiluM l lit- in.iiiut i i\* looked
nut . ro-s Hit v-tsi vfknis- (in l
ititn>, many mill's d ny she siv
their in 1 It Imy ^i i/im contented-
ly in Hi- • v all' y In I- >v
Ama/cd th ) -i ««l . Ifvv sit'.t-
ninls and linked it him Then the
m.nii.t tti« turn, a to tin |i.<,- i
e -w and said, 'That goes to .-liow
j ust Ituw lai a 111 tie bull will go.
nB' A i.RBs -il Frame win ii
I I-1 Hint cn-uid lie philo- iphital-
ly witty i.
s|f.(K lit tit and w jfll it vim
f^Wiltl It- i' Hi-ill' -l in i man if
rmit
^'leiue is lutter lint its truit
Is Weet.
Dure afv no inirm le> to 111
I- .«> <%t)u ihit iAt i-4u*-\c in
u nun.
| |''I > K asln -a>s in In tilt
t'.miilry editur> ut ie\a«
and tn nit y-ni lulks "mueli tililig-
ed l'ii live <tid and sti|>f<t>rt ysi.i
litiyie Hjujh' iluiing Utc' rtv-
tilt '-aiii|niigii "
SKITU.M KM of lilt- Stale
llailiuad iMitmiMKinti litl^a*
t|'ii with i>iiit- Star litis l >iii|iaiiy
at t s r.ite lower tlian the -tali?
ImkI -I'iiiMiided still leaves it u i-
dtiiditJ wlietlu-l the state gill mil
oi l"st b> tin- settlement Ltti^a-
f|"li lasted 111 year*
lite statt iiad otderfd « natur-
al sa- gate rati lit i.' I'cntJ on
Se|a l.i l .i.ti 1'iit- sett letnent t ails
for a .«i n n. .;-<it> rale t'fleet-
l\. May 13, I'll.'
Hie gas cuni|Nuiy Iiguievl tivat
•hi tt'dijctuxi truin I* 1 rents to "O
it-nts will t ost ii .«{>(>< '\mL.it -iv
5. KIHIII Jt'al. flurn tills it
ran (yirii|mted dw; e«rh one eei.t
n^ltK-tion in tlif **1i ratt -
rr- unts to a(i|*i<-\im,itely tJ^jOti
II v ear '
I Itereforr. tin state, or rath r
•lie s- ts jniifh.t-a.*r- it iTtitesenU.
gmnt-il S4t*>mi ,, jwr |,y havun;
the .Ml rent rate iruvtemi ol a ij
cent raU-
Against Him wt-re refunds t'ir
prai* ti ally nn ye,tr |im id-
tin -tnt . c-'uld lui\t- it**|iini-'i
tile n-funits
ORIlINAitll.Y a refund ilalt
•iw k to the time an onV'r tor
a redueed rule takes eff.« t Rut
in this suit there were tvimpiH'a-
tKin>
Tlie coiniMny gun,, mt,, |«.j.
prill ctnirt t, i rw-un -nferceTiM* it
of this ortfc-r and Imd a temjn rar>
restraint in Ion . To get th.
into stale courts |)v- strtte filed a
motion foi a transfer and a p«rt
of the fttieral transfer order |tr«el
videtl that the rate sh.nild n it he- j
C'We effective until final deter-
mination of the litiiiation
Whet he* the slat • o.uld h \.
forced the reduction to nn hack o
%>e time if tlie original order wat
so doubtful tin- Railroad C-jm-
miKston decided It was i >tter 'If
whli th. al per i -nt rale dating
H May 15. 1!MV
lltiUGHT For Tf., Moment:
With uguiii tu oi Hoik
, On ^l|
. up Saturday lor the It -
id -rtiM- it among I lie sol-
ilit rs viie tin plea frmn those m
(hargt ot the riwleo tutiay aim
I.<• -In-s-ed up in w.-stern gar'j
Mi>nday 01 pity a tin- in w il
st.in.ps. it w u> added
At a meeting heM at 'he Cham-
ber ol Comnien . 1'hurxlay att. i •
n-.n it vv,t dt'<ldf(I there Will Is'
i.. miiUnvnd' to visit surrounding
towns, hut Hi- sound trifk mn>
I - -,.nt I nit to advert Is. tile -hovv
- '1 it -it thi- meetmg Cain. 1 re-
I 14111--1 In every one in the county
in ttftg hi wiring tow ns w ho n* t
hi rse hring it to Kr ikenridge
! rinii-l.iv ami rid. in tin parade.
I II is e\|M-t t.-d this s|MCt i'le will
-tai l at I 0'4 lock and proceed
through tlie 'lowrit ivvn district
Mr- I'ct. Jones in charge of
th>- -ponMirv (i'pirtment. sjMinsoi.s
tH-inu asked from all the -ui -
runiivling town-, iuts reteived tin-1
lust entry Thin 1- June Halt from
Alhanv
Ticket* have been placed o n
sal- iliivvntnwii and are t t'er.-d at
a redi ii in n pru • it purchtua I
prior to tin tin t- ol Mich -how.
Tin plan l-'t tin inolortade w.i-
uhandonetj in order to con-to v-
nihlMT
Wok ot moving I ilea.-her- Irom
Kuckaroo stadium to the tair
gr< Kiln Is -i|*lnil yesterday Tin -e
seal- are lielllg moved iMtatlSe It
ts ex| t ted that -1 largi t row J
w ill -e-• all tour slio vs
dense Bur
Lt. Gen Joseph Stil*r«ll. marching at the heart of a column, leads hi* group through
ma jungles during his successful njtreat to India. The trip of t40-mites rook 20-days.
(ins (#allather To Filial O'Waniel
Plav \t Mwlene (loiint 18.07 Or
A Slight Drop
School Trains
Women Quickly
For War John
-Of
to -inc.
till 11' * tl'M.
"Ui iim lallldy
ueidt i in ioui
i'lllU,\l>tU'iHA. ia
i'lorn mim ing 1ns.1ut.101
in. ..ti 4mtvci - ui
l-li'Ui lialigu%;
wan i,, a ut i nit
w cck*.
II lit t|!iM.*k<4 iUUIfcc lllll.lt It' It
(M'liig attvaiiposii.'d every inoiitli
untier I'lUiailt ipli.a s Mi hi ,. i
(allot .ilUikili^ UCieic-c tiilKcl
I IK Ikik ViHUUiHUil >t liotii is co-
o}M'iatinii .villi i.it .ii .ndustia - u>
ItjK.ng wiiiucn Women inau ail
■talks ol lilt- wiiimm know it di;-
ol an v rait t oust rut noli u> cOii-
iioeU ii- waicii.iiK tin ->.10 trans,
pint go over nig.niy and .n a
lew wt'.1 k- senaing tMit maiic-t •
one i aii. pt v.u wi'ikeis.
Kiglit montii.- ..go. oiiit iais II"
ti**- in >ii'by Keilett Au."giro Cuin-
pany deenk-d to tiy all ekp iiincnl
II icy iiitei v icw'ed prusjiet i ivt wi-
men employ ts pre-a -si^netj ttie.u
to <|*i uKtl Jul is and then vi.i
them to -tiiool to leant that joti.
1 lie iik-a Wa- to l.av. tacb .AOlllAn
iciiin only wnai wa- needed in
Iter itartuular ta n. thus t-liimnai-
ing tin- unnewvsary part.
i In pnui -.i\ ed timt So much
tilli. mat tin tuiiiptiny in .seeking
km tiKtti' women to -voik on iho
-am. system ol made.to-order
w.u wolivets tor tlien ne.v plant
in LuiuaiownB
K O Keilett. e*ecutive-v Ki
plesidenH, say n it doesn t mak •
any dulcnence .what the potential
employe Iut- doiK previous to tlk}
t.n woik as loiii; a- she u in*
telligent and ha- an ennvfl de-
sire to learn.
liame \ugii-l H Hilling
Clinches Seh'inl Shii"s
SUis Of Slate
tiver . *' lootIhtli tti.it ne- will
gatlH l in A hi It i m.' ia \t Moii(la)
lor tiK- tciiili annual Te** High
School l -latlies As-■«. lilt ion gii'l
t iinn l ■ lie held al I lalUin-iiilli.
moils I, niversit y
"l"iit! cthulung school called 'lie
"world - largest t- drawing tw i
oi th. nations Iw'st menioi- as In-
structors l-iank l.ealiy ol Notre
lAUlie alii! Wall n ( Hutts it t-l"
University ii GfiHgia.
Higliiigh's "I tin week .- til.'
All-Stai game 1V ir-t !■ iH*ili..if
ganii in Ii i— at th. Abilene
High Schitil stadium Satuni.-y
night August t, hi which tic
Ii -st . 'nioi play, i- irom Nor'li
I'exa- scho-.tat Ult t'l the Soulil Ii v-
a- stand-out-
The tea m> vvil be lll.id ' U|> -I
sU'h stars as 'Jen. Hill and Tr-.>
Stew .ut "I th, State Champion
Wichita halls icyotcs, Hill Bl.tek-
hurn, Sun-et 1 Dallas I. Ja- K
W'hlti I'au- It land Niiltas.
I.uIiIwm K (ti .illy Hrow u Mason
I limn l^ewut Holder. Dalla*
W' tidrow W ils in Kclto Prevvit*.
CorsKHtiu. Iturrell Collins Arv.i
rilK . Gu ( tall iglM-r Breckenriilge
Marion Flanagan. Sweetwater:
lyiarn Weern . Naeogikielies. Way-
ne Burniti Tyler Wayjimd Hill
and hd Heap. Ft-mpte. .lack All.-
son Ail-tin I'eyion Si«nk-. Y-- ••
ta Steve Ivihu* .It'll I'avis,
•Houston! Inn I'ollin-. Aluleii.'
and many others
Singing Convention
Here Sunday
There Will tie nil church -en II .--
it th. K r-t Presbyterian liiru h
next Sund.iv rriormiig dtn to t' "
(Kuitor being on xacation Sund-.v
xChtKil will U h -Id as usual.
Tlie ('(Kiiity Singing Convention
will Im> 1 i.-1(1 in th. Kir t Preshv
terlan chun-h Sunday iiiternoon.
The public is invited.
slight
fin-il
I lick-
S0J01R.N IS MEXICO SHOWS
\MERICA> WHO TO SALV AGE
H«ilXYWtKKi Bnng your
own shopping I tag save the
string lold that wiajniing tia-
per' Hiat war time -hoitake
shopp.ng lor Mrs Ameru a today,
hut it s old stuff to her counter
pad acrtt-s th. line, His-onliiy to
Ittyl'is Vainer film research
wurker just ivturnetl from Mex-
ico
'••Hie of the first things we n .
ticed after netting in our neigh-
U-ihiM-t department a-. 'lie
scan'lty of Itags ami wrapt>ing pa-
per and we vM>n fell into the local
liabit of ht.aidin'j all that fell Into
our hands." Mm- Varner *atd. We
i -ver imagined that thin training
would prove useful upon our re-
turn home after several mon'lis
in Mexico City:
"Our mwrby oRivado, or -hop.
ping .enter, was populous md
%ros|)eroti- liul lev. ol 1 hi stalls,
piled high with fruits. Vfg tabl''
anil peeled caitm leaves .mil pin -
apples, iMiasted pi.|N t bac- T'i!
hmu-ewivis of their Indian eriadas
iservantsi went' expectcd to bring
their (Mil -hopping bags We fo!-
lowed suits and learned what Am-
erican houst-w ivi's art now lea'n-
tng to transfer ixvtatow direct
IriMti bin to shopping bug.
Use Newrapaper*
"We got in 'he habit of buying
tomatoes last -av they could ndo
on top of the iMitatoes without
getting squashi-d."
Slal's which did provide bays
usually used a -econd-hurp:) arti-
cle. Mlis Varrk-r added
"The smaller men h mts — peii-
(CBBtlnuM on P«g 'ouri |
S' twloi W Lb O'l ; nM'l s |* i-
■ entagi ot th. tft.il vote at Sat-|
unlay s primary rer-e'Vtl a
reduction Thursday when a
tabulation wa- n-ndered
With only lt-ur counties,
ens. Kent. Sliennan and I'.inner
-till "ti thi meotnplet • list, th-'
count wa- i lo-.'d Totals showed
O I'aniel to have ISO™ of the vote,
with I" 1 ">' ballots reported in
his column.
An error in the telt'Krapl.lc
transmission from K1 Pn-o had
made i I'Dlinii I s vole 17 I.Sl!>. el
|f•! cent 111 Wednesday'*
port
It was estimated that not mor«
than 1,.V*> votes -till are unac-
counted for in it- tabulation, and
it was announced that lie re would
lie no further totals run
rile final total I it .lames V.
Allred wa- given VJ0.0IK, or .'12
per cent Dan Moody r s-elvcd
lTHJ^o ii' 1H ]9 |s-r cent
MLssinjr Men
Paid Tribute
Mi'iuImts 'f the BreckenrKlge
I. on- i bib today noon had fur
their program the first it t -ercs
oj patriotic progi mi«
line f' dure vva recordtni*
and [i.ivinc res|tit t. th - memory
or tribut' "1 those re (fined kill '1
or mi—mt: Attempt will l - made
to Vvep 'In- reconl complete and
tn\ on. having had reports ol
i ■ 11\e-. missing or killed is ask-
ed to send It to tin Rreckenrid'i".
American .t tn Blake Johnson.
(>ne rv« civ ed todav wa- that
Beniannn Wilhan - Company 1 .
I'll Marines, Manila Bay IVfen-o,
15 h Naval l>i-trict His mother.
Mi-- A A Airhead of Caddo re-
ceived a tel.vi mi Irom the wcr
department 'hat he wa- missing.
It vt a- not known whether he vv.'s
eaptun-d or killed This was re
ceiv •(! sh'Mily alter the fall of
Corrigedor
Account of the l.'^n- Cluh i ro-
cr tnt hin1.iv will be carried in
the next issue of the Brecken-
ridge American
Sid I lowers Is
Head Oi lx4jrion
Half A Hundred Attend
.Meeting At Del.afnsse
I<ake Ijtst Night
ilt'gulai meeting -jl the Vmei
can Legion was h -ld at tlit■ M. h.!
Daniel Cottage at I. ike Del.afo-se |
Thurstlay night with a good liar-,
bt • 'lie feed lie fore the business .
meeting. Mor • than filty memhei •
were present, all r.'|Mirted a gool
s-M'ialable evenitie
The foil wing oflicers wee
electf-d S K iSid i fViwers |i"«t
commander. Paul !•' William'-,
vice command'i I> T A Hox-
Worth. (H>-t - o lint it u l: Gilbert R..I-
ings. |m.-1 finance ■ ffici-r: R K
l Bobi l-is'. (Mist chaplain: Ernest
J N irvell. ]Hi-t historian. Ch.is
l/iho|f, serceant-at arms; Roh-it
E. i I'mibi Bowers ft illolji
Owen- and Pink Nc-n -II Kelley
Farrar, executive cominlt'i c.
Six d'-iegatcs and -t\ allerii.ili-.-
vv ere elected to 11 ■ sfite conven-
tion the place to K designated by
the Stat ■ Exi litIV( committee III
Atl-tin III -' Monday It vv I- to
h.'iv. U-en held in Mineral Well-
on August 19th and UOth. but line
t-i l ick (■ i housing 1 teilitii-s ft- ■
committee will have to select an-
other place.
High Grass, Dry
\\ eather Is Now
Bijr Fire Hazard
Manv Acres Hum Thursday:
I'Ich Made To Watch .
Cigarettes, Hn s
Diyiii^ grass and fires today
caUM'd a plea to I*' c-sued from
thi ram hers i« Stephens county
1 for all |terson- driving along the
I highway to plea-' not thniw ctg-
. arette stubs out of car window^'
and lor all campcrs and fisher-
men to watch kheir handling of
any kind ot tire.
Eire yesterday on tin Sloat^ and
Knight iunciics destroyed grass
on 11act- esiimat d from V*) to j
Tihi ,u is-- I'liis lire started near
'111 ri'-id-li|e and It was thought
was can mi by a carelessly los —
id ttgarette stub.
Fife fighters engaged in what
wa* ilest rilied a- one ol the hot-
test battle- ever ex|M'iiettced
i from two o'clock until 7 o'clock
i yesterday, then sat up at the
! scene all night to extinguish one
oi two more outbreaks.
I'll, grass was high and leaning
over and on - ol the fighters said
even v. t sacks had little eflect
on it Seven or eight small w,-de-
lighting apparali v ere tried on
the tire but they had little effect.
It was added the fire even back-
tracked against ihe .wind almost
last, r than it could lie put out
■'•ivl burned the faces ol those ap-
proaching when going with the
• v md
A call was put in to AI barn
lor help with the fire fightin-;
apparatus maintained theis'. but
before the .waier wagon reacheti
the scent the fire was under con-
trol.
It was -aid tho-e watching tf-
tcr the fire bad lieen extinguished
had about decided to go home
•vlten they took a last drive in a
pickup ami found it blazing a-
g.i■ i . Thi-' last bla/.e was put out
before much damage, had been
done.
Another fire on a part of th"
old Ward ranch was extinguishc |
recent ly It lore i n.lv five acres
burned It was thought this .wru
started hv careless fishermen.
Successful Stand
Fails To Lessen
Caucasus Danger
I By Cmted Press I
The Red army smashed a Nazi armored ram attack battering
toward Stalingiad anil threw the enemy back across the low.-r Den
river in another sector today, but the Axis claimed a 112-mile g : o
toward the < il and railroad centers of the Caucasus
Heavy Russian counter-attacks were reported by Moscow.
The Gentian attacks were repulsgd vvih heavy losses in eight
days ol lighting southwest ol Kletskaya which lie- only 7u tm'.e,
northwest of Stalingrad, ami later dtspah h - reported that the Red
——>—♦army had battered is way ha I:
o I • ' acme- the Don in another vital
Nalwteurs Lose
Supreme (lourt
Trial Apj^al
Habeas Corpus ls Denied
People Entering I'. S.
To Damaee If
WASHINGTON July 31 <l"!
Supreme court today unanimously
upheld President Roosevelt'* au-
thority to order the trial ol eight
alleged Na/i saboteurs before a
special military commission in-
stead of in civil courts
Tlie court revealed its decision
in a brief but far-reaching |ier
curiam opinion which held that
the charges involved sabotage! j.
were such as to permit the mill-1
fary trial.
Infen-ntially the court also up-
held Mr Roosetelt's proclamation
sector, probably 1 'JP> miles south
west ol Stalingrad, thus the R".
sians appeared to he gamin •
strength and turning back t ■
most |vtwerful Axis attacks .)
signed to close in on Staling! "I
front IkiIIi sides and tr ip the l(. I
army m the lion t-ivei bend
Tliese siiccesslul -lands. h""
ever, did not lessen th • |'«ril to
the Russian Caucasus ind th
: was no indication that the Axi
| offensive toward the Volga find
Ihe Caspian sea had been dehnit •
ly stopped
In Egypt. Na/i planes w I i-
previously had attacked the I'm-i
airdrome made a raid last night e
Alexandria.
I'llere was only patrol action
and aerial lighting on th • El \l i
me in desert front
In the Far East, Japanese ih
ines raided lotu p-mits in ih'
/one m
imrea ,m.
northern Australian
tacks that iniK-ati'd
fen-ive int 'ntion-
In China the .lapancs,
denying to sal tit curs and any oth-, |hri>||
•r [lersons who enter the countiy
for the purpose of damaging th's
country's war effort the right of
halieas cor| us.
at
of-
County Boys To
Feed Out Calves
Call feeding among 'he '-H club
U.ys is starting in Stephens coun-
ty
County Agent .1 M Cooper re-
cently ha* been a-sisting the hoy*
In selecting calves and in other
ways the feeding which starts
now to end with the annual calf,
sale here in March.
Among the Ivivs who are to
feed out calves are Harrell M-'-
Connell. Howard Waller. Bily
Sl.ger, Garlan Polar. Coy Bargs-
|ey. Royc Beane and Joe Fambro.
Ther? w ill be more to join tiu lift
later it w,u Muu.
Transparent Teeth
Latest Invention
SALT I \Kh (m 'UP' A'
method by which teeth may If
made transfNiri'nt to facilitate the
study i I decay > i Ims.ii di -cov. :
.d by two San Francisco dental
research Workers
II M Leicester and II M
Scharnp of 'In College of Physi-
cians and Surgeons Dental Scho.il|
San Frais i-co refiortcd their find!
at the annual convention heic of
Ihe American Assreiation I' r th" '
Advancement il Science P.a ilic I
Division.
They -aid that by -(taking teeth I
in a compound of phenol they !*•-
come almost as clear as glass.
gr >atly aiding the detection o 1
cavities
Hit. fechnHans hastened to add
however, that Hie technique is us-
ed only for xperinicntal [iiinvwes
usiiallv on the teeth of rats. If
takes alf.ut twelvi hours *..r a
tftolh to clear tn the ehemicftl
When i' t- taken out, I tiwevi i it
Itetitmes opiiipie again in a short
time.
Humnhries Service
Set For Today j
Funeral service tor Albert Hum-
phries whi' died Thursday in Ihe
court house, were to It- held Fri-
day aft -moon at I o'clock at
Th.tmpson-Kiker Chapel
Mi Humphries, who was SI
years old. came tn Stephens coun-
ty from Obi. tn ll'il He had lM*en
residing with S R Mclaughlin,
about seven miles southwest if
Caddo.
Musicians Union
Has Neck Bowed
9
NEW YORK. July 31 "
James C P-lrillo, president of
the American Federation of Musi-
cians, today st-iod by his order
that w ill stop lVUOO union must-
cians at midnight from making
any more phonograph records t.r
radio transcriptions for commer-
cial use.
He said last night that he had
not answered Elmer Davis, diree-
«f Hh' office of Wat Information,
who had appealed to rescind the
order a- a jiatriotir duty."
Carffo Airplanes
Support Claimed
WASHINGTON July '11 'UP
H"tirv •' Kaiser, west coast ship-
builder today told a senate mili-
tary subcommittee that war pro-
duction Board f'hairman Donald
M Nelson had assured him of
' full siip|M'rt" for his plan to IxiiH
a fleet of ."i.ium cargo-carrying air-
plane- is a means of Iteating the
submarine menace
fai'-d
the sere :,
of Alli(ti fighter planes ever I.'en
gyang in Hunan Provinci*.
Bitter Battle On
The Red army hurled t; r- Ui't-
mans buck tn their tliru-i at Sta
lingiad riiutsday am! wa<ed i
I battle to annihilate lhns-e of ' i
enemy who ctoss.-d the fkin out
of Tsiinlyansk the Russi uu. in
nounci-d Friday.
Al \ orone/h. on the G- rinan
North lion flank, the Genu. r.
gave tip new [to-ttK.n- in 'lie out
sc ot bit,lor fighting, but south of
Rostov it vas admit tod ih.it th
weight of Gcniian amis a, .ti ;i
' lieen too milch and that a fun1
d
retiivment had U-en foro
southca-t ol Bat.'tisk.
Batai k I ifti -en mile- (..
Rostov, had U-en given * fto•
I sc.-nc ol previous fighting in tin;
sector
j Many In-mian tanks and inf.i".
i try reginients. driving with i!'
| paver aero-- ihe barren tepp ^
ol tin Don lieiiil in all effort '
I reach the river 'inn drive up u
! the Volga River citv ol St !'
il
(irand Jury Will
iMeet On Monday
The Stephens county grand jury I
'•'ill convene in recessed -essj-in
•Monday it was renilnded at the'
distric' clerk's office today
Report -d law violations will lie
cons nlcred Records ol District I
Attorney Ben liean's office show
an almost clean -late of cases still I
lending for trial I
WEATHKR
Continued warm this afterij^-m
md tonight.
grail, were It.,iien back near I
skaya, eighty utiles northwest
Stalingrad il was said
"Soutlvve-t o| Kletskay i
titmi|>s repelled enemy att ii '
and in some sectors pressed '■
enemy back," the coiiimilti":'i
declared Several hiiitdred t i
tnaiis were anmhi!at"d. mm iml .
destroyed and fourteen pi m- -
shot down, it added
France Bombed
H A. rBooks ha- enllsb-d in th" I British flghtei - offensn e t".
rniterl Stitfts Navy and had beenl^' fo k,t'P up fin almost rfinHnij il
r| m I «i. ( « f Immli -f• * «oi l
Mr Hrvxiks i* the son of Mrv N ,in' -"Weep th# Fn ner en;i t fr
F rf Breekt'nrt^ue and! N nl r on 'I
f«>r* vr|\ In H tp w hr n , < j nf.o fh# tip ni Hri,:
i^nnei'ted with th< Phillips Petrol- on fhutN(|;*y nurht f .
♦Mini oompan\. ' another RAF hivivy l.om-
I N r . this rin i- agauiM in-
Breek Man Joins
Cnited States Navy
DEMOCRACY BEIGN8
PORTLAND Or-. •!, . Portland
has denwM-raey plt|s Last year's
queen of the Junior Rose Festival
court is a train U-arcr to this
year's tjueen.
I r
I . It !
h'
WIS - JAP AIRLINE OPENED
County Convention
Meets Saturday
Attention was called today hv
D. T Bowles, county democratic
chairman that the Sephcn* county
convention will be held Saturday
aftcrnon at 2 o'clock
The usual oider of btuftiesK will
be conducted in which delegat'-
to the State Convention will
hi' elected Tlie state mating will
he on the second Tuesilay in
Septemhei tht piacc U> M ds*
signuted. . a
CAIRO. EGYPT, July ^1
Tlie Axis alieady has establishi d
a 'In. 11 an- communications link
witii 'lie Japanese, reliable British
sources said Thu.sday.
They declared 'hat Italian plan",
ate flying regularly between Ita1-
lan territory possibly Libyan air
base- anil .lapan--e-n<'cupied tei-
ritory perhap* Sumatra.
i The Rome radio said in I
broadcast Tuesday 'hat a long
range Italian plane had made mo
sin h round-trip flight to Japanese
territory and -was greeted by Pre-
mier Benito Mustiolini on its re
turn n Rome.*
that an Allied plane had b en «ho;
down recently over Jibuti, th.'
Vichy Frerw-h port at the lower
outlet to the Red S« a. and sug-
g sled that this mudit he an in-
dication that the French mignt
rot .want the Allies to know what
was going on there.
Tlie hop from Libyan fields lo
Jibuti would tie an easy flight
less than 2.000 miles. From Jibuti
across the tndian Ocean to Sum-
atra would be a flight of slightly
more than 3.000 miles.
The possibility also .was suggest-
ed that the Japanese might have
occupied some small island in the
, bruechen in the Reich
Thirteen British planes wet.
ill the series of dusk often iw
which Spitfires .cored direct
I on hangars and disis--sal
on au airdrome in the St Om i
area, set fire in a tanker off th ■
coast anil damaged a motor
sel.
A .warning "Ito miters moon
lighted the way to strong ho
her forces which sweep over 'h
thickly built coal and steel ren
ter of Saarhruecken Wedne •'!.. .
night when great fires and hla-i
visible seventy-five miles away
were set off.
urn io iwmc.i """ ■> .
What w ay stops these planes ate i Indian t X-ean which coulu be u«eo
making remaindtr a mystery'as a stopping place to noit:n
heiv On*, brittafi aourct asseiOtd I this leg oi tlte tlignu
Sadler Requests
Offiee Ruling
AUSTIN July M 'U.R'
Lieutenant Jeny Sedlci
formally requested otiorne
eral Gerald C. Matin lo. ..
ort his eligihlit^f^. t o.
hold ni.« civiI^^^^Bl si,it
road coinnusj
try inio u.il
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