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WEATHER
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■fUCKCNRIOOC, TCXA6.TUB6DAV. JANUARY 23, 1*45
PRICK DAILY 6 CENT*. SUNDAY } CENTS
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THE
OBSERVER
YANKS AND REDS PUSHING NAZIS BACK
PRICK CtlLINt
ENGLISH CIRC
JONCft OUSTS*
616N OR H6AR0
Cage Game. Grid
4 noli- .vtHv«i today *ay* tha'
Mi ami Mi* Johfi Akin have
rioeivrti w-ui<| that tneir son, Ray-
mond tPcto Akin, is in the U- S-
Marine j|o pit.il at Norfolk Va..
i (-covering irom a tropical fever
contracted in Africa.
lie ha* been seriously til, bui
ii icporte-J improved.
'PHIS corm r Mill is waiting for
aomv ureat piece of verse to
come out o: thi* war The other
war prod <«.vd grcut poetry, and
Ming* that rtill live, but so far thi*
one ha* be.-n comparatively silent.
Thenp * is one strange thing a-
bout the *r ter* of poetry In the
other w r. All who wrote the grea
lest poem. were killed. We refer
to Ru|tert Brooke who penned
"Think only thi* of me ... that
there's a ■>pot thai is forever Eng-
land."
Jo>ee K''mer. who wrote "Tree*
i;;ive hi> l.fc in that war and hi*
Imttle |* " ,i "Rouge Bouquet" is
beiutiful.
Alan Swv r Foreshadowed In*
own going .n the poem that iicgin'
"I have j rendezvous with ifeath.'
Ami the stirring lyric, "In Flan-
ders Field ' waa written by Col
Mri'rae ol the Canadian atmy •
short time before he fell in bat-
Ik*.
rJM North.imptnii. KngUno
today .-ana- u beautifully pen*
mil letter to the Breekenndc •
American signed Marion Copp
iMIm). TV letter said sh - was 18
year* old she d- ii« d a pen
friend in lew*. She n*k* that her
audacity he foigiven but for a
>«« w hi Li the ha* wanted io
•rite to Ml American girl of h«-r
own ag,. she said *hc read about
Rrrckrnridgc In her loeal pajier
the "Oir miele and Echo" l<
which wj recently referrrd in thii
eohimr
Louise Slaughter is going to
answer her letter.
Al)|) DRSRRVKR D nnelm|V>rf.'
rlK city ptlice and sheriff* de-
triment ar,. investigating the
now wav« c} light breaking thii
ha* broken out in the city, it wa;
•>"ld today, and offender*, if it
kerf* up. will he ferreted out ml
punished.
Seven globes i n the Itridge were
broken over the weekend, it WW
•aid. Wan.iir waste that cost th-
city S3 SI -ach It was adderl tha'
cvMrncis U they were broken wit?
air rifles and parent* of children
poaaewing Ur rifle* are a>ke,| to
lend their -:id in this matter, by
finding ou; how theii children are
■sine their air rifles.
rJM I la* IhstrKl of* A office at
Fori Worth comrs informa-
tion that natolinr *u|*plies in this
area are to be further cut. It was
laid the board* have been callcU
pon to cut non-highw ay uuuancrs
io per rem and B and C rations
hy 5 per cent and the people o!
county aie asked to help
OPA has not only bi-en doing a
great job n maintaining supply,
but far bi tter than ihc peopie
thlnk In lK>kling down price* That
la in every line ew-ept that of
textiles. And we understand action
On thi* n to be forthcoming
V/K come to the ouatlng of Jrsv
W Jone* r.nd the appointment of
Henry A. Wallace to hi* job <
filled with opposition to such ar
■ct. Mm regret that the president
ahouid have done so that we scar-
cely know what to say.
That Jones, who has done sue"
■ magnifier nt job, should he kick
ed out, and a man without exper-
ience one whom the democrat*
turned thumbs down on for vice-
M should he given the
ao'ely aa a political pllftn is
•fcnoat beyond words <o express
It Unda to create lack of faith Ir
INe presirVnt. who by this act
Sfconges nones in mld-strvam
J ■"■ih* the very cause that put
Mm in offtee the fourth time.
Ban«|!
Queen Antics by the Sc-C ailed Isolationist Party
uet Weekend
Sports Features
CISC3 HEATEN: DOC MOON
VOTED TO RACKFIELD
MAN U* DISTRICT
Another conference victoiy by
the Breck.-ni idgc liuckaroo* ami
the district football barK|Uet at
Brownwoo l Monday mght lirouglii
[k 'it > inij tin: limelight over the
weekend.
The BucKaroos defeated Cisco
bv a 4'J tc 13 sccgv. and. tonight
they wil| meet Ranger there. In
ti e play .'.ere' Johnny Clatk led
tiie scoring with 12. followed by-
Frank Wii.tc with 10, Frank Pay-
ne 8. Bobby Scoggins 7. Hugei*-
iffield an 1 I'ete Rcid 4 each anU
Richard Rowan anil Loyd Fear-
on 2. Nr.).
For Cisco Harrolson was high
|M>int man with, A. Smith scoring
j and chi'dresr 2 points.
Follow ic: the game at Ranger
tonight Mineral Wells will be met
then- Friday night in confeienc
games a i|iim-> with Throckmor-
ton to he sandwiched in here
rhurxduy mghi.
In meeting Throckmorton the
Bucks will take on the team that
last year vent into extra tinv
b< f> i In i.ig beaten by Mt. Plea-
sant that was beaten only by N<>
cona for the state enampionship
rhn>e regulars aie on the Throck-
morton team again this year.
All Zi toys on the all-distriei
teams wer ' present at the Brown-
wiiod iMinquet last night, the mis-
sing four Jicing in service. Rnyce
House wsa speikrr of the even-
ing. Jake Sandefer toastmastcr
and awards were presented by
Arnold Kr*kpatrick.
In the .ekction of the outstand-
ing hacitfi >id man and line ma
at the putrid trophies awarded
by Gilmore, Brown wood jeweler,
a rather -'range thing happened
Dim-. Moon of Breckenridge was
aw aided tile trophy for outstand-
ing Itack field man and Bill Lam-
bert, Rrownwood end. that of the
best line man. when Doc Moon
did not make the first team.
Reason tor thi* is that coaches
who macl.- the selections mad-?
the all-district selection before the
W.m-o gam After they saw Mom
in that gune they voted him top
baekfield nan.
The iooi:>illk presented the n.em-
ber* of th« mythical team. whicn<
thus becomes not quite so mythi-
cal. did not arrive in time for th~
banquet bit are expected shortly.
toil, DO,
$0MfTW*'
"omnlaint« Filed
In Trade Charges
WASHINGTON, Jan 19 <U.*-
Attorney General Francis Riddle
today an-ourxvd the filing of a
^Ivil eomti aint in Trenton. N J.
Federal oistrk-t court against
Carnegie-Illinois. Republic and
Me:;iieliem Steel companies and
15 other >tcel manufacturers char
ging conspinMy to restrain trade
nnrlfid prices in the stainlss ste^
industry.
Texan« Deplore
Ouster Of Jones
MEETING AT 6TAMFORD
SEN 06 RROTE6T6 TO
6OLON6, PRESIDENT
STAMFORD. Jan J3 -Son*
Stamford citizens Monday morn-
ing held a mass meeting in the
city hall protesting the action of
President Roosevelt in the Wal-
lace-Jones Mtuation.
Telegn.nr, stating their views,
wet* sent to congressmen, sena-
tors and the president, signed by
a committee from the meeting.
Messages to W. Lee O'Daniel
and Tom Connally read: "Mass
meeting of Stamford citizens thi*
morning unanimously oppnattl
Wallace 'or secretary of com-
merce. Ur.fe you to-vote and work
against hit confirmation. These
citizens fav.w retention of Jones In
that pant orthe appointment to fill
the office. We greatly deplore the
action of *he president in paying
a political obligation with an of-
ficr so \it-il a* thi* critical cab-
inet post at this critlenl period in
the war."
Similar messages went to Mr.
Roosevelt r.nd to Sam Russeil
Copies wvm to Jesse Jones.
C. C. Price Dies
At Weatherford
Mr*. E B McClure, former re-
sident of Breckenridge has infor-
m«'d friends here of the death of
her broilv'i in-law, C. C. price
at Weatherford Saturday morning
Funeral ervlces were held at
Weatherford Monoday. Mr. Mc-
Oure is i< Weatherford with her
sister-in-lav. j
Deer Hunting First
Minnesota Deaths
ST. PAt'L. Mum 'U. Deer
hunting wax the moat lethal sport
for human beings in Minnesota in
1914, nine of the 22 firearms acci-
dents in th.- season having result-
ed fatally, Harold Searls, infomia
tion director for the conservation
department, announced.
Six were killed and 17 injured
while duck hunting, and two killed
and '£> injured h pheasant shoot-
ing. Ten injuries to rabbit and
squirrel hunters brought the total
Oi accidentally inflicted wound.-
from firearm* to 90.
Two deer hunters also drowned,
Searls reported, raising the hunt-
ing fatalities of the year to 19.
Teachers Discuss
Methods For Use
In Qv Schools
j
At a meeting of teacher* held
Monday afternoon four phases ol
school work were discussed, each
of which may result in some chan-
ges in teaching in the local schools
Supt. John F. Baiky talked to
the teachers on his findings at the
recent conference in Austin with
special reL'irncc to the efficiency
with which the army taught with
methods already in use in the
school, in which results art not
so efficient.
Cause (or this difference wat
found in llic fact that the soldier
is learning to save his own life
and that the army has unlimited
expenses to teach. It was tfc dded
that motivation might be increas-
ed here to some advantage, in
other words give the student mou
cause to kvrn thoroughly what i.«
beini" taugM
Barefi.^'d Thomas > spoke on
teaching il«e children to save
through tht purchase of war
stamps, with the idea of convert-
ing them into bonds rather secur-
ing money for them.
Ml*. Victor Aubrey spoke on
some step* that might he taken to
increase vocabularies and Mi*'
Alice Marshall spoke on health,
suggesting that certain health re-
quirements be madr before a stu-
dent is graduated. Thi* step is
being att<>nptcd because of the
large number of rejections by the
armed forces.
Stephens County
Man Is Killed
In France
SGT. ANDREW RRADOV OF
ENGINEERS KILLED ON
JANUARY It
Mr. and Mi*. L A. Biaddy, Moii
uay received a telegram from the
adjutant general's department,
saying that their ton, Sgt. Andrew
Braddy w.u killed in France ou
January 11.
Sgt. Br.iidy. who was twenty
yeai.i old, was born and real ed in
.Stephens county. A short time be-
fore he w 'nt into service, two
age next April 10, his family mov-
ed to Vonng county, and he went
into service from then* He was a
combat engineer.
The paivnts now reside nine
miles east of Breckenridge on the
Veale lea.-e. They have one othei
*->n in service. Tommy Braddi',
whom they were trying to locate
in Washington state today.
Sgt. Andrew Br;:ddy attended
school nt Eliasvilie. He went ov-
ersea* on .Tune 12, landing in Eng-
land. A letter dated January 5
was rcceiv-d from him on Januarj
12.
Besides Isis parents antl the bro-
ther mentioned Sgt. Biaddy I*
survived by two brothers, Bert
on<| Clovi< of Morahans and •
sister, Mri. R.
Ion.
L Smith of Dcn-
oa 9m
ENGINEER REGIMENT PRAISED
■rat
PENINSULAR BASE HEAD-
QUARTERS, ITALY, Jan. 23 ispll
T-4 Robert s. Braly, of 712 West
"lid Stre.M, Breekrnridge. Texas,
i' a member of an Engineer Boat,
Regiment m hich has recently been,
inactivated in the Italian theater
but prior o Its disbanding achiev-
ed a superb record which won It
the following commendation from
Col. Franks T. Oxx, commanding
'/fleer of thi* Ba«e Section, which
is fhe vital supply and services
organisation for the Fifth Army:
"The spwndld record that haa
been achievad and the tradHtona
and apirlt which have been built
In the twenty-eight montha of the
organixatian'i existence art an ex-
ample to an In this united effort
to MM our enemies. The Raf
iment has operated in twenty-fivr
ports in the British Isles, Africa
or on the European continent ant
its islands. The tank under suet
conditions of dispersal has beet
exceptionally difficult operational-
ly. administratively, and particu-
larly in regard to the welding ol
an esprit and pride of organisation
which every man of the Regiment
poasini. The p^ri—Hl of this
command will go forward to join
other units and carry on new mis-
■•one, but they may oil know tha*
their farmer unit
combat at service regl
55 P. C. of Soldiers
Set Train Ride
FORT SILL, Okla. <UJ&~ Sixty-
five per j^nt of the men now en-
tering the U. S. Army never were
aboard a train until they became
soldiers and traveled at govern-
ment expense, it was revealed by
the Troop Movement division of
the Field Artillery Replacement
Training Center at Fort Sill.
Troop -novement division au-
horities advanced a slogan, "Join
'he Army , nd take your first train
*ide.'' to counter the plea of "Join
the Navy and See the World."
In one month, the Tmop Move-
nent Division at Fort Sill's re-
ilacement center Issued mile-
ind-a-half of railroad ticket*,
since this rection issues tickets for
-•ach man leaving the center.
7iv# Admitted
ro Hospital
Reports from local hospitals to-
day revealed five patients admit-
ted to locel hospitals since last
report. Mrs. T. J. Hobaan, W. M.
Oeecy. Mrs. O. R. Linos pete
Jo
Stanley m all
at ths Wwtsidt
C-C Committees
Are A|)j>ointed
MEMBERS OF FIVE
FOR YEAR ANNOUNCED
BV PRESIDENT
Floyd Jones, president of the
Chamber f Commerce announced
the lotlovvini, committee?. Satut
day. As other committees are ap-
pointed th.y will he made public,
it is hopei that each person nam-
ed herein will assume active par-
ticipation on these committees. It
w ill be ap|i° cciated if the member-
ship will .nakt- a prelcrenct.
Memliers.iip Com. A. H. Miller
chairman. If S. L mmons, Kelley
Karrar. A. K. Swei n<-> . T. J. Du«J-
gan, Ted Butler, Mih>s Mnnaghans
R. I. McArron. E. D. McDowell.
C. W. Fox. Herbert Cranberry. C.
V. Welch
Budget and Finance -A. J.
Buchiiian, chairman. Counts Ray,
J. R. Brewster, O. a. Oillmoi*,
Ceo. T. Bingham. John F. Bailey.
Blake Johnson, Wm. Pardue, W.
R U>ntz.
Highway Committee Marvin
Nay lor. whairmun, J. W Mmrow.
Paul F. Williams. C. L. Holifield.
Bob Padg'.'tt, Eugene Thompson.
Edwin Wright. Frank S. Roberts.
Claude L Peeler, J. R. Brewster.
Aviation Committee R. A- Plt-
wr. chairman. Ben J. Dean, Gar-
land Carey. S T. Coker. Bill Rog
er., J. R. Hrewster, E- Sweeney
E. R McCathrrn, Jack Boyles, C.
W. Carlton. R. E. Dye.
Legislative Committee -R. E
Bowers, ' h. Jrman, Lester Clark,
Ben J. Dean, J. D. Sandefer. Jr..
Jno F. E< ans, Eugene Thompson
Agriculture And Livestock Com-
mittee W. Doyle Graves, chair-
man, Jess Pipkin. J. M. Cooper,
Quinccy v'orbett, J. W. Morrow,
B. H. Trammell. C. J. O'Connor.
Ross Elliott, Don O ens haw.' Jes<
Bloxom. Paul Burke. R. D. Smith
William Knight '
Promoted To PFC
HER1NGTON ARMY AIR FIELD
Jan. 23 — PfcWilliam H. Knight,
son ot' Mr. and Mrs. a. G. Knight,
410 N. Court St., Breckenridge,
Texas, wai promoted last week to
his presen' grade at the Herington
Army Air Field, Herington, Kan-
*a:'.
Marine Thinks Tex.
leather Just Grand
ABILENE, Texas HJ.R) Marine
Cpl. George Caglc will comply
with requests tu tell ot his cxpt-ti
"•nces of ^0 months in the Pacific
then suddenly he'll stop and say
"Aw, but I'd lather talk about the
weather. *
The younn Texan prefers to talk
about the "natives"— the kids at
home, hi* years in high schod.
anything out war.
He never went to a hospital; hi-
didn't haw time. With his servio
and fitaii m ribbons on his uni-
form, his main comment is; "The
Marine Corps is the best darned
outfit in the service."
Just the same, he thinks Texas
wcatner Is a pretty jnini subjet"
of c >nver .ition.
Reds Reach Poznan
Area; Yanks Take
St. Vith Outskirts
Soviet Forces smashing westward throu'fii Poland have rencliei|
the Po/nan area 138 miles from Berlin. The Nazi DNB New* Agincy
•aid today, and unofficial field dispatches retching Moscow reported
mother spearhead driving into Silesia liai •.•cached the CXk-r river
^Hithea^t of Bieslau.
In the West, the rout of theGerman* from the Ardnnes continued
Ymerican armored forces broke into the Hitskirts oi St. Vith. last
•nemy stionghold In Belgium, in pursuit of fleeing Ntzi columns
- ■ which had lost more than -l.tHsi
Gov^rftor Sends
Hoiuge Emergency
Matters
AUSTIN. Jan. 23 <UJt Gov.
Coke R. Stevenson todny sent *
me. sage to the House and Senate
■if the Texas Legislature submit-
tint: as (mergency matters the
following 1 pics
Increased appropriation for old
ige assistance.
nHire
vehicle* and « great num'n r of
men und.v a merciless |sonn<lm ;
from Am."icnn plants aii<l nrti;-
j lery yesterday.
At no imint were the American:;
less than 12 miles from th(> Ger-
man bolder, starting {mint of the
German offensive Dec. 16.
In AIs>*. th" French First
Army clearer I thi- Germans fro ti
the suhru.is of Mulhouse and |Ki-
she«: northward toward Stras-
bourg.
America.i Flying Foi tresses, 2G0
strong, escortcd by aliout I (Mi .Mus
Increase- In salaries of stale em- j tangs, today smashed at the N< us.;
ployee* in the lower brackets. railyirds, :<xtr miles south of l>u.;-
lower brackets.
An emergency appmpiiation for
the state ciepartmenl of education.
The House received 141* bills
submitted hy m err hers and heard
them refe.-ed to a|>propriate com-
ilitteev
*eldor>.
In the i'lidfio, American trows
drove wi: lin sight of the fir ;t
of the vital airstrips on Luzon t i-
day while B-29* hit what the war
! department rk-scrihed as ''the tvii-
The Senate held a llVminute ^ nj mdustrial Japan ' Tokyo
sion devoid princi|Mlly to intn> : Ihl> ti>r|jC,.t w )s ttH. aircraft
duct ion of new bills. j (-,>ntcr of Nagoya,
House -pi 'iker Clnud Gilmer i , . . ,
„ . ' .. ..I American carrier planes fron
called an afternoon meeting of all ... , . , , *
... . , . • the llurd .'Ifvt ik-stioyed or da::i-
commiite.' chairman to map prre- • , " . ..
. , . . . j,„" , aged 240 Japanem- aircraft in .t-
edure and work out a coordinate. .
tacks on Formosa and adja-
cent Sakistiima and Pescadore In-
lands.
On Luzon, the AmiTicans w.mt
33 miles .xvrth of Manila.
The Re,| Army in a 38-mile dash
aeroc* western Po' md swept to
Yanks Figrhting In
itreets Of St Vith
PARIS, Jan. 23 't .H> -The Am. r
•an Fipt Army fought house io
house lhr> -vh St. Vith tc*lay and
| on the r?. of its Ardnnes front t
! pursued 11" German force* in
i lull flig^it out of Belgium.
Only at St. Vith did the Gci-
I mans man- a fight of the last
j phase of their withdrawal across
the border of tbc Reich into th-
Siegfried ,ortifieations. and that
stand apparently was aimed only
at holding ofien estipe channeh.
eries of sessions.
Both the House and Senate ad
jounvd until 11 a. m. Weflnesdil
iVr. Women Elected to
Minn. Legislature
ST. PAUL, Minn. IMM Althougii ( within 185 miles of Berlin yestr
•here will be many new face* in! day as mother |>owerful Sovi •!
' force slice ) to within 37 miles of
the Baltic port of Elbinr; in V.n:
Prussia, forging on.' of the grea-
test |M>teniia' enciiclenu nt in
military history.
The German radio ap|valcd [\r
help again.d "this bestial, m-e.--
.vhelmin- mas onslaught "
Berlin said that the two Swiet
armies attaching en three sid"s of
Prussia alone totalled m ire than
l.UOOmx) n;en. ; nd it w is estima'-
"d Ihnt 30 or more German rlivi-
ions were caught in the fast-< los-
ing Russia.i pincers cutting thro-
ugh the shell-torn fori'sts.
The big East Prussian (vises of
Insterbur;. Allen-tern, i MicroM-
ind Dtmlssii-Eylau fell in fjuicl:
siicce-sion to the Russians.
A German broadcast (|uotcrl l v
. BBC *'dd t'iday that Hitler h-> I
| gone to the <-n«te:-n front to tak.-
the 11)15 .Minnesota legislature, wo
men will be absent lor the lirst
time : incc 1921.
All three women candidates no-
minated in the June primary were
defeated in the November 7 gen-
eral election.
Immediately after women ic-
ccivcd Ihc right to vote back in
1920, thive Minneapolis women
were elecied to the state legisla-
ture, ami every legislature since
had some .cminine repivsentatlon.
Among incumbents seeking re-
election litis fell, 16 were defeat-
ed, and several others failed to
seek re-election.
Jlcthing Prices
l'o Be Synchronized
Committee Calls
)< ties, Wallace
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23
The Senate committee decided J personal ommnn i of the German
today to call former vice president j def«i--e against th" Russi;in-'.
Henry Willace and Set ietary «f I *WT hrou Jcajst was heard by
Commerce Jesse Jones bcfoi* it | NBC.
tomorrow.
By Russian Army
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 <!' :>
Price Administratm Chester Bow- Four Towns Taken
les and Production Chief J. A.1
Krug today unnottnevd a synchron-
ized, far teaching program which | 1 .ONDON, Jan 23 IWh Marshal
they said was designed to keep Stalin's second order of the day
American civilians "decently'' clo- today announced that Marshal
thed in the face of rising prices Rokossovsky's army had captured
and dwindling supplies of cotton ortelsbuig, Saalfeld, Friestadt and
wool antl rayon. , Mohrungen.
Governor Praises
Ability Of Jones
AUSTIN. Jan 23 'OKU - Gov.
Coke R. Stevenson today called
Jesse Jones the "ablest man In
Washington."
The governor, who has been n
Ranker, sa'd he was particularly
impressed by the ability of the
Texan in nandling the Immense
RFC loans
1 think you will find that RFC
tader Jones able administration
will show about fMOJMMNO pro-
fit.*'
Loeal Man's Regiment Takes
Italian Peak, Cracking Line
WITH HIE FIFTH ARMY. IT- lar Bears ' have repeatedly cap-
ALY. Jan. J3 Pvt. Ralph L Per- turet' strong cores of enemy resis-
flue, son of Mrs. Sally E. Perdue. I tance. rocUy mountain peaks a-
Ivan Star Foute- Is a member of * "" ' ' 1 "
the 339th 'Polar Bear" Ri'giment
which recMtly shattered the vitil*
of the vaunted Gothic Line, tak
ing Italian peaks as high as 3100
j feet east of Highway 65 and Fut.i
Pass.
The 3. B'.h Infantry Regiment is
in the R5lh "Custer" Division, part
of Lt. Gen. Lttcian K. Truscott
Jr.'c Fifth Army.
The 330i h landed In Italy last
March 15 after a training period
In North Africa, and was the first
unit of the Hth Division in th*
line when it was committed to ac-
tion the following day.
Under command of Col. Brook-
ner, W Brady, L. A. C*l. the "Po-
bove the cloud level and strong-
p lint* nrs.lcd behind curtains • '
intense fir.*, minefields, barbed
win nm' earthwotks.
When ih.- Fifth Army offensive
open up 'ast May 11. the 339th
need ih~i d on the Tyrrhenian
Si a coast, shattering its objective
in the Gu-tav Line. Having paaaed
through Sciuri, Furmla. Itri awl
Fondi In rapid succession, tht*
339th, *u;>, !k*d by mule antf hu-
man pack trains, passed 12 miles
imf'-trcteri over rugged mountain
terrain and surprised the strongly
fortified hillside town of Sonnino.
The Sonnino garrison was com-
pletely cut off and Highway 7
(Continued On Paf* 3)
Butcher Himmlcr
lushed To Front
BUTCHER 14
LONDON. Jan. 25 •f.tr> Berlin
reported '.xiay that Adolf Hihh'r
had rush'-d GestafN) Chief ffeiniich
Himmler ami other of his best
commande-s to the Eastern front
nnd given them "complete power"
to rally German strength against
the Russians in any way they saw-
fit.
All Regents Are
Texas Democrats
AUSTIN. Jan. 23 <IMt' All his
apisiintces for regents of the Unl-
vcrsily of Texas are Democrats,
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson said lev
(•ay when inld thai the women's
committee on Academic frwdom
had said Saturday that all hut one
were either Republicans or Tpxm
Regular'.
Kyle Appointment
Is Before Senate
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 UJP—
Approval > f Pieslrlent's appoint-
ment of Edwin J. Kyle. Dean of
Texas AAM College since 1W1,
as Ambassador to Guatemala, was
up to the Senate today. ..
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