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UNITED PRESS NEWS SERVICE
VOL. 23—NO. 151.
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1043.
CURTIS 70 REMAIN
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NO XMA8 BASKETS
LUCK TEXAS U.
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Prioe Daily 5c — Sunday 5c
|1C NEWS to muny In Rreoken-
ridge today is the news thnt
Coach Eck Curtis will remain
here.
To the many tributes paid him
we wish to add our own. Ha is
and the late Hugh Butler, former
Amanita coach for whom Butler
field is named, are the most ac-
commodating coaches we have
ever seen for newspaper men to
work with. We art- indeed glad to
hear of the decision.
We, also, are reminded of a
statement made with reference
about the BUckaroo team by
Coach at a school board meeting
when his going to Ft. Worth was
being discussed. Something
brought out whether he was dis-
satisfied with the game with
Waco. He was quoted to the ef-
fect that whenever boys played
as hard as the Buckaroos did n
Waco he had no criticism, what-
soever.
FRIENDS of Dick Webb and Al-
bert Goodwin the past day or
two have been giggling over an
incident that took place Thursday
about noon. The two attempted
to evict two troublesome Jehovah
witnesses from the place east of
town. They finally won, but a
third party had to come to their
aid. Both feel that the army is
right about men past 38 not being
as fast with their mitts as when
they were younger.
jf/lIILE we have been urging
Christmas greetings to service
men we got things a little revciw-
cd today - only to prove how right
we were. We got a V-mail Christ-
mas card from Ray W. Arnot.
somewhere in Italy. And because
it was such a surprise we know
how a soldier far from home must
fe l when some one he scarcely
knows send* him greetings, it
creates a wsnit spot for that per-
son. Frank Bird got one from Cpl,
James V. Yell. So, the soldiers
are turning the tables on us.
BASKETS of Christmas cheer
will not be sent out by the
Good fellows this year, as has been
the case in previous years. It was
said on 'inquiry Saturday. This
corner was somewhat mis-inform-
ed on this a few days ago.
Emergency cases will be han-
dled by the emergency charities
unit of the war chest. Bill Rog-
ers and Sis Clark, on that com-
mittee. but there will be no down-
town establishment for this pur-
pose. There was no Goodfeilow
fund in the war chest.
LADY Luck certainly has mailt
u pet of the University of
Texas, writes Gordon Shearer of
the United Press.
The first time came when early
Texas legislators switched the
land set aside for supjwrt of tlie
University <utd A. A; M. College.
The second time4 occurred When
u driller's wagon broke down and
caused drilling on the spot that
brought the first oil well on the
land."
These two strokes of fortune,
together with sonu« able manage-
ment, haw- put a S39.000.000 fund
at the dispusal of the University.
Wisely, the money cannot be
spent in a lump. It has to be in-
vested and only the annual in-
come is immediately available.
Once this plAn was varied by a
constitutional amendment, and 15
year* of the Income was plcdgo
for1 many of the handsome build-
ings that now occupy the campus.
Four Theft Cases
Charges Made In
Breck, Graham
CAR, THEFT FfftjM PERSON,
ROBBERY AT GRAHAM
ARE ALLEGED
Charges have been filed against
one youth s a delinquent, inves-
tigation with reference to his age
is being made prior to filing
charges aghinst another, and three
other theft complaints ure devel-
oping, District Attorney Ben J.
Dean said Saturday morning. v
A delinquency charge has been
filed against Claudie Leland Wal-
drep of Woodson in connection
with the theft of the car of Tobe
Ballew in which Billy Ray Grif-
fin met death on the Grabsm
highway and the age of Gilbert
Nelson of Breckenridge was to
determine nature of complaint
filed against him. Complaint aba
is made against Waldrep for
breaking into a box car and steal-
ing a case of beer.
Orvllle Key and Glenn Whitley
have been returned here from
Mineral Wells in connection with
the theft of $52 from J. B. Mc-
Coy.
Roy Samuels has been returned
here from Piainview, charged
with theft of person, a watch and
money from Catherine Maxwell.
Also, Mr, Dean announced that
the theft of $392 from the Moody
Motor Company of Graham on
December 4 is believed cleared by
the arrest of L. C. Grant and Jim-
my V. Thomason, now in jail at
Abilene.
Case of the above two men is
to be presented to the Young
county grand jury which will meet
Tuesday.
Officers working on these cases
included' local officers, Ranger V.
E. Seay. Highway Patrolman Pat
Ross and Sheriff Bunnell of Gra-
ham.
During That Famous Stalin Sword Presentation
East Ward, Colored
Schools Winners
If there be any who thought all
the scrap iron in the county had
been gathered they may be en-
lightened by the announcement
that during the past six weeks the
school students have gathered 73, •
700 pounds.
In the. /Contest for a $25 bond,
anti $10 cash offered by A. Tuck,
East Ward was winner of first
place and the Booker T. Washing* i
ton colored school second.
The prizes were awarded on
per scholar basis. East Ward had
a total of 29,420 pounds, or 118
pounds per student. The colored
students gathered 75 pounds each
or 3,375 pounds. Second highest
total was Senior High with 18,
370.
Much has been written about the presentation of the Stalingrad Sword to Premier Jcser Stnlin of
Russia by Prime Minister Winston Churchill on bshalf of King George during the Tehcrar be"tfere icr).
Here it a picture of that ccremony. The sword was the gift of King George to thj steel-hearted citi-
zens or Stalingrad and token of the homage of ths British people. Stalin kissed the sword after re-
ceiving it and then handed it to President Roosevelt for him to examine. That's the cere.nony pictured
above. Stalin is at extreme left, Churchill at extre me right. Behind the President is his son, Col. El-
liott Roosevelt. (INTERNATIONAL)
Hanoi Evacuation
The German Tranaoccan News
' ■ 8" ■ BcrMltfi; ;i roiulcast ,
sttfd today1, that the 150.000 people
irt THairot. capital of French lndo-
PPPHop under Japanese con-
trol have been asked to evacuate
the city as soon as possible "ow-
ing to the danger of enemy air
attacks."
County Accepts
Triple A Goals
COMMUNITY COMMITTEES
TO ASK 51,600 IN
PRODUCTION
At a meeting of Triple A' rep-
resentatives of Stephens county
held Friday, it was agreed to try
to meet the quotas set by the gov-
ernment for Stephens county dur-
ing the coming year.
The goal for this county is 51,-
600 acres in production of feeds,
cotton, peanuts and grain. The
allotment was made on 60,000
acres in production in the entire
county.
Goals were worked out as 1,600
acres in cotton, 3.000 acres in pea-
nuts. 29,000 acres in feedstuff
and 18,000 acres in grain.
A little over 3,000 acres were
planted to |>eanuts last year, but
it will take further patriotic move
men is to have that amount again,
it was thought. The 18,000 acres
in grains would have been real-
ized ujready had there been more
rain, but it hoped to have this
total reached by the planting of
oats this spring. It was thought
the 29,000 acres in feed could be
reached.
Hub of this work is five com-
munity committees of three mem-
bers each. Chairmen of these com-
mittees are Hosea Pointer, Bob
Coody, Harvoy Thompson, IX
Broyles and Johri Vick. Ward
W. Evan# is AAA secretary Sere.
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Washington,' Dec. 11 —Quick tax
action to force millions of gallons !
of whisky out of warehouses, and
relaxation of War Production
Board rules to permit distillers
to manufacture liquor five days
each month were urged Friday
night by the chairman of a Sen-
ate committee investigating cur-
rent liquor shortages.
Senator Frederick Van Nuys
(Dem.) of Indiana made these per
sonal recommendations after
hearing testimony that bonded
warehouses are bulging with 117,-
000,000 gallons of whisky and that
there is widespread hoarding, all
down the line from distillery to
consumer. The hearing also pro-
duced charges that black market
operations are rife and that state-
ewned liquor stores are getting
less than others.
Asserting that Canadian brew-
eries are being permitted to op-
erate on a rotating schedule
1 which permits them to manufae-j
. ture whisky for three weeks and!
then return to war alcohol pro-
duction, Van Nuys said he thought
American firms should be allow-
ed five days each month to turn
out potables. (They r.ow are; de-
voted wholly to war production).
Mr. and Mrs
are the parents of a baby boy
born at tlie Breckenridge Clinic
Saturdav. December Uth, at 2:10
a. m. He weighed 6 pounds and
12 ounces.
A
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u . OTRANGPLY/ enough it is a
U Baylor University bulletin.
and not a publication of the Uni
versity of Texas,, that gives the
most compete account of the Uni-
versity's law! wealth.
University officials, who do not
like to hear their institution called
"oil-rich," point to the restrictions
« on the spending of the oil income
and to lifift endowments of
many universities.
sun $U).qp0,OOO isn't a bad nest
egg.
SEEN or Heard: Sid Wright,
home from Dumas, saying
snow wax sixteen Inches deep
there . . . Mitt Arlene Mill* of
(Cottoned on Pnge 4.v
London fflff Malaria is public
enemy No. 1 on the list of tropi-
cal medical war-research men
here, with bncillary dysentery and
louse-typhus close respective run-
ners-up,
This claim was n.ath to the
United Press by one of the toest-
knoWn medical research authori-
ties in this country, whose name
cannot be quoted by virtue of
British Medical Council rules.
, "Research goes on unceasingly."
he, explained, "in the direction of
both prevention and dure. Many
of us still feel, however, that pre-
vention is better than core.
: "So far as malaria is concern-
ed. apart from specialized experi-
ments Of which details are not
likely to be released by military
authorities In time of war, quinine
Is still at the head of the list of
curative treatments. The war,
however, has emphasized the*
equal--if not superior- value of
Its ten-year-old substitute-. Au-
brlnc (known in England as me-
pnehrine.)
"There is no known drug that
can unfailingly immunize against
malaria," he said: "a little com-
mon sense would show how stu-
pid it would be to generalize. Ob-
viously, prevention is easier to se-
cure by the taking of regular
doses of drugs where the number
of malaria-bearing mosquitoes is
not excessive. But those Who se-
cure comparative if not absolute
immunity in such Circumstances
might then be as amazed as dis-
appointed to find that they would
succumb in spite of all precau-
tionary drugging, in districts
Where the pests are more numer-
ous.
"To put it another way, preven-
tion has a good deal to do with
how many times the. victim gets
bitten every night, if he gets bit-
ten too often he may well absorb
more malaria than his system
contains of preventive drugs. In
these cases, malaria gets the up-
per hand and the mosquito wins
the day."
Aviation Cadet Charles A. Ray,
son of Mrs. Louise Mae Ray o
Breckenridge, has completed pri-
mary flying training at the 74".t.
Army Air Forces Contract Pilot
School, McBride, Missouri. This
is one of the many such training
schools hi the Army Air Force.-,
Eastern Flying Training Com- !
mand. |
Cadet Kay will continue hi>;
training at one of the Basic Fly-1;
ing Schools.
Allies To Launch
Ground Attacks *
London, Dec. 11. hm?i— The
Moscow radio said today that Rus-
sia and her Allies are firmly de-
termined t« launch large scale
ground operations "in the nearest
possible future.'' ,
London, Dec. ll,-«U.H>-Brilish
planes and warships destroyed
five German submarines and dam-
aged three more in a two-day
battle fought recently in the
north Atlantic, a Joint communi-
que of the admiralty and air min
Istry announced
LARGE TRAILERS LINE UP
AT FRONTS LIKE AN ,
ASSEMBLY LINE
A Repair Ba.Ve of the 12th Air
Force Service Command. North
Africa tU.R! -Warplanes of the
United States Army Air Forces
are receiving nursemaid care va
assembly-line methods on our
widespread fighting fronts, thanks
to "garages" on wheels.
Large trailers, half the size of
Pullman ears, compact iy equipped
and staffed by skilled technicians
of. the Air Service, Command,
these mobile units arjj able to
barge right up to a forward air-
drome and perform repairs rang-
ing from a "skin-graiting " job for
a flak-riddled aircraft to over-
haulinn of deHento: • instruments.
Mass-prepared as only Ameriee.
can do it, these repair units have
taken to the front. With co.apacl
efficiency they are creating' steady
flows of repaired .aircraft i.>
hound the enemy. The y were on
Sicily during yesterdays' cam-
paign; they are in Italy during
today's.
The normal entourage of every
service squadron of the l~th Air
Force Air Service Command is
froni three to six trailers, each
especially equipped for the work
at hand. One houses a machine
shop thut wquid do justice to any-
large business flrth Whose Job, it
is to piTfor mmatihine rtfpair-f. A
sevond 'is .Ufl 0|^i|^||||||hpse.
staft ivs made up of soi-iieiw |\>
s'essed of uai: li-mauin;; skill
•Ahlle a Hurt may deal wiih our
iiitrieaic.• jfunsighls,' the mechan-
ism of which appear to. he u com-
bination .of a..\Valt, Disney uieani
and a ilnhe Coldher;; nightmare.
The fourth trailer is devoted to
ei.ctnt.sl retails anil h hi.-cm the
radio shop, and the others ure
supply vans that contain the hun-
dreds of odds and ends a me-
chanic may need in the re;"iir of
a iiattle-diimaged■; alrpla.i.'.
Traveling and operating a;-. a
•.vell-drilled team of niee'a;\nital
work-houses, the mobile rep.iir
units stand s:ide by side io pr->
dvi<.e the effect of ah ||semhly
line belt down which damaged
parts move with amazing speed
to emerge completely v hoie lor
sorely-needed grounded aircraft.
Greek KinK Will
Await Expression
Cairo, Dee. 11. iU.fi, King
George It of Greece announc d
today that in 'the interest of
Greek unity he is willing to r-'H
off his return to Athens after hit;
country is liberated until the p?o-
pl<j have expmscd their will re-
garding him.
Eck Curtis Will
Remain Here As
Suck's Coach
DECISION IS REACHED
AT* MEETING FRIDAY
IN FT. WORTH
Coach Eck Curtis will remain
in Breckenridge.
This was the good news to
thousands of Breckenridge lans
that came out of a meeting at Ft.
Worth Friday afternoon,
Curtis met Friday at 5 o'clock
with representatives pf Paschal
High School at Ft. Worth to dis-
cuss the offer made him there.
Following this meeting in a tele-
phone conversation with Supt.. J.
i'\ Bailey here he let it be known
that his decision is to remain in
Breckenridge. 1 1 < 1
„ Several tactors had to do with
the decision, two reported being
the housing and other considera-
tions at Ft. Worth, and the warm
appreciation exhibited for him as
coach here.
Curtis in recent years has been
signing one-year contracts. His
present contract will empire on
Jur.o 1, and the announcement
Friday means another will follo.v
thai.
Following tne meeting at Ft.
Worth Coach Curtis went on to
Dallas to see the football game
between Highland Park and Sun-
set.
This followed the defeat of
Waco Friday by Lufkin by a 23
to 0 score which in the minds of
local fans shoved Lufkin, that the
Buckaroos put out of running Inst
year, high in the state title pic-
ture.
Biggest Bomber
Fleet Takes Off
London, Dec. 11.—lU.R:—One ->f
the biggest fleets of American
heavy bombers ever dispatched on
any raid, including both Flying
Fortresses and Liberators, attack-
ed northwest Germany by day-
light today.
Sixteen Coyotes
Taken In Taylor
Abilene, Tex., Dec. ll.- r<U.fi; -
Coyotes in Taylor county led any-
thing but a charmed life during
the past two months.
Jess Knight, state hunter trap-
ping in the county under agree-
ment between the U. S. Wildlife
scivice and the county commis-
sioners court, caught sixteen of
the animals during that period.
Most of the coyotes were trap-
ped in the vicinity of the Booth
Warren ranch where more than
:-S0 head of goats have been killed
in the last two months.
Christmas Program
Date Is Changed
Announcement was mad? toduy
the1 North Ward Christma.> pr<>-
gram has been changed to ThUrr>-
oay flight, December 16.
The public is cordially invited
to ^ttpnd.
Battling forward through the mountains In a drive on Cassitn
Irom the east, American troops of General Clark's 5th Army havii
lunged forward one mile and gained an important height, headqua:/
ters announced Saturday. '
Other 5th Army troops driving for Cussino Irom the south li
the Mignaiio area fought a fierce battle for the fortified village o!
San Pietro, seven miles southeast of Cassino, and at the foot of tir;
mountains previously gained by General Clark's warriors..
«• A Vichy broadcast said Sat
duy that Allied .fleet units h:
Washington, D.c. 11. -,U.R;
Chairman Andrew J. May, Demo-
crat, Ky„ of the House military
affairs committee said today se-
trj
lecti\'e service boards will he or-1 Army Iront.
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gone into action along Italy's Ad-,
riatie coast in support of Cana-
dian troops driving strongly to- ,
ward the important port of " 1
cara. uWiji 1
Italian troops, fulfilling Pro-i
micr Badoglio's promise that they '
would join the Allies in the drive S'
to bust the Nazis from ltalj.
were thrown back by the German >
in their first engagement on the
tiered to classify prc-Pearl Har-
bor fathers into age groups and
that those from 18 to 22 years o d
will be called first.
That plan was among those out-
lined to May's committee in a
closed session today by Gen. Lew-
is B. Hershey, selective service
director, . May said Hershey has
"requested local draft boards to
Use every possible means to defer
fathers as long as possible."
May called Hershey to explain
selective service policy towards
father following the signing by
On the British 8th Army front|
fighting reached a new pitch as
the Germans threw- tanks andjjri '
fantry Into a steady series ■ N
counterattacks, but Gen. Sir Bfl "V
hard L. Montgomery's troops caV
tured the town of San Leonardo
on the north side of the More Nh
River, four miles southwest
Ortona.
Reds Gain, Lose
The Soviet Ukrainian Army haf cv
expanded its Cherkasy bridge
head in the great Dnieper ben'1 ^
and has driven into Cherkasy h
President Roosevelt of the Con-! self, where "violent fighting
gressiona! amendment to the se-| taking place in the town." a
lective service act. lie said Her- broadcast said Saturday.'
shey's explanation was "complete-j To tlie southeast, the German
ly satisfactory'' and that Hershey t said. Soviet troops were makin ;
said his office had placed fathers | continuous attacks in heavy snowl
at the bottom of tjie draft pool ns : storms in the area southwest oil
directed by Congress. I Kremenchi'g, where the Soviets'
Drafting of fathers up to 36 at-! were hammering at the approaci -
ready has begun in many areas'' es of Krivoi Bog and Kirovogra.l.
and Hersliey was quoted as tell-1 Moscow admitted serious n i
ing a New York meeting earlier: verses, however, in the Kiev bulee
this week that about one million -00 miles to the northwest, wheie.
Vaj
fathers would have to be drafted
by July 1.
May listed three ways in which
Hershey said it was possible tc.
get more manpower into military
service before taking fathers.
1. Age group classification 01
fathers.
2. Use of more F-FS.
3. Elimination of group occupa-
tional deferments.
Shortest Deferment
£s Claimed Here
massed German armor has drive,
General Vatutin's forces back i J
the areu south of Malin. 30 mi'
cast of Koroiten and only 55 mi
west of the Great Ukrainian ag
ital. Germap capture of Mai
j on the Kiev-Korosten railwf
I would pose a difficult supj
'i problem for Russian forces re|
; ed still fightlig near Chcrny]
i hov, 80 miles west of Kiev.
| German Raid On
j American heavy bombers
i corted by fighters attacked
i gets in Northwest Germany ;
urday, 8th Air Force hcadqu.
] tei-s announced, as favorable w.;
| ther aiirnptly ended the re pi'
i given Hitler's war industries. .1
The daylight American lilnv
deferment" un j followed up a convincing 2-1-h
demonstration of Allied aerial
nrentacy by RAF Mosquito m
Friday night on Northwest
many and by United Slates
terranean-based Li berators
day on Sofia. Bulgaria's cap:|
Not a single plane was lc
the raids Friday and Friday rifi
SOIL SAVERS
Cisco, Dec. 11. Supervisors
from Texas' 106. soil conservation
and wind erosion districts that
cover thi ec-fourths of the state's
farjfil and ranches will meet Inv ;
Tuesday and Wednesday to c-.\-
cliange information on erosion
control and moisture conservati
linid the increased yields und prof-
its that result from conservation
farming and ranching.
TeLsqj} districts, that embrace
96,595,000 acres, have been organ-
ized by landowner.-) in every sec-
tion of the state, from Hidalgo
und Willacy counties in the low-
er Bio Grande Valley to the
northern tip cf the Texas Pan-
handle, and froth the Louisiana
line to El Paso County. Six ad-
ditional districts are proposed for
organization in an area of 4,131,-
000 acres.
Each soil conservation or wind
erosion district has a board of
five farmer-supervisors who con-
trol t|ie districts' operations, Tom
D. Manford of Smiley, a super-
visor of the Middle Guadalupe
Beaumont, Tex., Dec. 11. " if
-The Beaumont clerk of crimi-
nal U.smct court probably can
claim the shortest
record.
J. Carroll Bay was called for
induction by a Port Arthur draft
board, where he registered.
Ilis request for transfer to a
-Beauaft&tt!F. boarfl was upproyt.:d
But the Beaumont board put him
in the same call the Port ArUiur
"o Ray enjoyed a io-minute Barkeley Soldiers
"deferment"—-the length Of tlme.^p Ua«h« cj _{t
if took tlie inductee bus to come | I O b66 nOlttt OOll
irom Port Arthur to Beaumont's' Abilene, Tex., Dec. 11.
Icdinal building. i Tl*' Abilene USO has plan!
j remedy that often heard ye.t|
of soldiers for some of their
state soil.
Soon soldiers from Catnp
eley and Abilene Army Air
can drop by the USO end
their home earth exhibited it:
ties in the lobby.
By each bottle will be a
book in which soldiers car
their names. They also wi
able to register ih'a book i
till the universities in the Co:
try.
Already 26 states have > n!
samples of dirt or promises fori
future delivery. Some soil ar: -v-
ed in bottles while other cattle in
cloth sack-; and boxes of all six - -
Request have also been mailed
to Hawaii, Alaska, the Virgin Is-
lands and Porto Rico. * **
Biisin Soil Conservation District
is president of the Texas Soil
Conservation District Supervisoe.,'
Association. The other officevs
and board members are: R. C.
Wood, Elli.i-Prairie Soil Conser-
vation District, secretary, of Italy;
C. E< Fletcher, Hal| County Soil
Conservation District, Chitdivss;
J. R. Minis, North Concht/ Soil
Conservation District, Water Val-
ley, and Dan C. Sparks, Bowie
County Soil Conservation Dis-
trict, Texiirkana.
Supervisors will be welcomed
by Mayor Edward Lee in a meet-
ing at 10 a. m. Tuesday in the
Laguiui Hotel. Following an ad
dress by President Manford, Sec-
retary Wood will present a report
on the progress of organization
and operation in the Texas soii
conservation and wind erosion dis-
tricts.
A banqtiet and executive session
' < the supervisors are scheduled
Tuesday night. Officers and di-
scontinued on Page 4;
Mine Workers Agree1
On Waffe Contract
Washington, Dec. 11,
The United Mine Workers i? arid |
cool operators representing 137
cent of the industry agreed t^ty. 5
on the basic principles of.Mfoaicj
contract after two weeks of ^ii- \
feronces. B ;
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Hall, C. M. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 151, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 1943, newspaper, December 12, 1943; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth132018/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.