Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 10, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 11, 1950 Page: 3 of 6
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By VICTOR KENDRICK.
^'t^f Press Staff Correspondent
HONG KONG, Jan. 11. <U.Bt_
Capt. David Jones of the shell-
Ntteri'd Isbrandtsen freighter
Flying Arrow is biding his time to
■lip past blockading Nationalist
warships and risk a swift dash in-
fco. Shanghai, reliable informants
said today.
These sources said it appeared
that the only danger to be avoid-
ed was shellfire from the block-
ading Nationalist warship Wuling,
a comparatively slow cargo boat
converted into a mine-laying ves-
sel by the Nationalists.
The report said it appeared that
Capt. Jones was confident he
could outrun the Wuling if he
rould slip out of range of the mine
layer' three-inch mins early in
the race.
The speed of the Wuling is ra-
ted at about 12 knots while the
Political
COUNTY CLERK
Jay (Chief) Eason
Ben Grant
COUNTY CONSTABLE
L. R. (Dick) McFail
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
Precinct No. 4
EL L. Ktiti.se 11
Mrs. George L. Kellev (re-election)
C . A. (Jack) Treadway
Precinct No. 2
L L. (Doc Griffith (Re-election)
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Precinct No. 1
G. E. (Ed) Johnaon
L. T. Woodall (Re-election)
DISTRICT CLERK
Walter B. I lift (Re-election)
, SHERIFF STEPHENS CO.
Tom Of field (Re-election)
COUNTY SCHOOL
SUPERINTENDENT
T. >(. James
TAX ASSESSOR
„ AND COLLECTOR
Robert E. Hood (Re-election)
COUNTY JUDGE
J. W. Morrow
COUNTY ATTORNEY
Joe Gracey
COUNTY TREASURER
Oyde > peer (Re-election)
American freighter can make at
least 18 knots, according to Fly-
ing Arrow crewmen who left the
ship here rather than face the
dangers of the Shanghai run.
A. P. Pattiaon Company, agents
for the Isbrandtsen line here, said
that they have received no indica-
tion of Jones' intentions. But the
informant said it was "pretty
certain" that Jones would try to
make Shanghai.
"That's about the only place he
can go," the informant said.
L. S. Army intelligence agents
have ascertained that there are no
mines blocking the entrance t
Shanghai, the source said.
A second Isbrandtsen ship, the
Brooklyn Heights, continued load-
ing cargo in Hong Kong today in
preparation to challenge the Na-
tionalist blockade of Shanghai de-
spite the Flying Arrow's hot re-
ception.
Parents Held For
Starving CUd
NEW YORK. Jan. 11. <U.R)—A
plump young couple were jailed
today charged with starving to
death their "unwanted" three-year
old son and with underfeeding
their 4-year-old (laughter.
The 210-pound mother, Mrs.
Mary Scielzo, 29, said she tried to
feed the children, but "they
wouldn't eat for three weeks so 1
gave the food to the cat instead"
The parents, who admitted neg-
lecting their children, will be ar-
raigned in felony court tomorrow
and held for grand jury action.
WflPiMP Weather
Returns To Texas
(By CNITED PRESS)
Showers covered a wide section
of east and south Texas during
the past 24 hours and more were
predicted today for that area.
Warmer temperatures returned
to Texas after a high pressure
area moved eastward. Lows last
night ranged from 24 degrees at
Amarillo to H~ at Brownsville.
Other low readings included
Clarendon 27, Dalhart .'«> and
Childress 32. Except for the Pan-
handle area, readings were in the
41 is and 50s.
Yesterday's high was 81 at A-
liee.. Dalhart and Amarillo had
the low maximum of 49.
Rainfall reports included .73 in-
ch at Houston, .71 at Galveston,
.♦>8 at Victoria, .59 at Palestine,
.39 at Beaumont, .14 at Alice and
.09 at Bryan.
Slowly rising temperatures and
partly cloudy weather may be ex-
pected in West Texas with warm-
er weather and showers due in
east Texas.
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Faye Emerson To
N. Y. After filing
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 11.
Film Star Faye Emerson leaves
Mexico today for New York, con-
fident that she will obtain a
"quickie" divorce from Elliott
Roosevelt, son of the late presi-
dent.
The pretty blonde stage and
screen star filed suit for divorce
against Roosevelt Monday and ex-
pects a final decree within 10
days.
"I'll never marry again," Miss
Emerson said. "This ends my last
romance."
Miss Emerson will fly on an
American airlines plane to New
York where she has movie and
television commitments.
She emphasized that she was not
interested romantically "in anyone
at the present."
Miss Emerson, in seeking the
divorce from a Cuernavaca court,
charged Roosevelt with mental
cruelty.
Fortune Passed
To Marry Negro
LOWELL, Mass., Jan. 11 <U.R)—
The socially-prominent mother of
21-year-old model Martha Braun
revealed today that her daughter
turned down a youth about to in-
herit $500,000 in order to elope
with Negro Nightclub Singer Bil-
ly Daniels.
Mrs. Carl Braun Sr. was nearly
hysterical denying that her new
son-in-law was a Negro.
"I certainly would have known
if he is colored," Mrs. Braun said
"He told we he is of French and
Spanish origin with perhaps some
Indian blood in him. He has green
eyes, ruddy complexion and fair
skin .with dark, curly hair."
_ However. Daniels is billed as a
Negro in the smart East Side New
York night club where he sings.
And Deputy City Clerk Joseph
Mairabelii at Weehawken, N. J.,
where the pair were married Mon-
day, said Daniels gave his race as
"Negro" on the mariage applica-
tion form.
Former Resident
Dies In Kermit
Mrs. A. J. Williams, former re.
sident of Breckenridge, 74, died at
her home in Kermit Tuesday
night. She is being returned here
for burial Friday morning at 10
o'clock.
Mrs. Williams resided several
years at Ibex wher her husband
now deceased, was employed by
Phillips Petroleum Co. She is
survived by two sons. Harold J.
Williams of Oklahoma City, and
| (.erald Williams of Kermit; two
I daughters, Mrs. Nora Perry, and
| Mrs. Jessie Moore, both of Ker-
L "lit; on granddaughter, Norma
. June Williams of Oklahoma City.
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THROCKMORTON, Jan. 11
*Spl)—A series of freak accidents
landed several Throckmorton re-
sidents in the Otnejr Hospital this
week.
J. F. Grable was looking orer
his cattle, when a bull eft me be-
hind him, knocking him down,
fracturing several ribs, and badly
mangling his hand. Stanton D.
Lyles, Jr., was working cattle,
when one kicked a hand holding a
knife. The knife hand got out of
control, the knife slipped, nearly
severing his thumb. Sunday after-
noon, Rebecca, 2 year old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oakley Tea-
gue, started to sit down on a low
stool, when it slipped causing her
to fall to the floor. A slight form
of paralysis resulted, but doctors
have pronounced. her out of dan-
ger.
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Doe and Her Fawn
Test Sharpshooters
TACOMA, Wash. (U.RU-Deer in
western Washington and Oregon
are noted for their audacity, espe-
cially during the off-season, but a
doe and fawn near here top any-
thing one police captain has ever
seen.
Percy Gregg, head of the police
instructional school, says a doe
and her fawn are daily visitors to
the police rifle range. Gregg says
they often meander directly across
the line of fire.
A new application for floures-
cent light is reported from Japan.
Rice growers use blue fluorescent
lamps to lure to destruction hor-
des of insects.
Rams of Well
On Fire Visible
120 Miles Away
ELK CITY, Okla., Jan. 11
A blazing oil well in one of the
nation's largest and deepest fields
shot flame almost 200 feet high
today and the glow could be seen
120 miles away.
The fire started in Shell Oil Co's
Hubbard No. 1, one of 30 wells in
the Elk City field five miles south
of here last night when pressure
caused a blow out.
Shell put in an emergency call
to the McKhmey oil well fire-
fighters at Houston, and a crew
was expected to arrive early to-
day.
Workers heard a great rumb-
ling "like an earthquake," and
turned on valves in an attempt to
stop the blowout.
They ran for cover as a i>,000-
foot stopper of drilling mud svk-
rocketed into the sky. Oil gushed
from the well in a shimmering
black column, then gas hissed
from the opening and caught fire.
The crew escaped without in-,
jury but authorities feared at first
that a nearby 4,000-gallon butane
tank would explode.
However, intense heat melted
fuel lines in the butane tank, and
the highly explosive fluid leaked
out to be consumed by the fire.
The heat was so great that <>il
men could not approach to within
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WEDNESDAY, JAN. 11, 1950— BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
200 feet of the superstructure. __
Herman Awes, drilling superin-
tendent for Hellmerick Payne
Drilling Co., said "the drilling rig
apparently is a total loss. It was
worth $450,000."
Oilmen said there was no dan-
ger of the fire spreading to other
wells.
It takes ten years to develop a
new apple variety from a seed to
a producing tree. .
Misplaced Aid
CHICAGO —Priests at St.
Peter's Roman Catholic Church
could see that the young man
needed their help. They fed him
for two days. They gave him
money and spiritual guidance.
Then, one night they saw him flee
after a burglar alarm in the
church started clanging . They
found he had taken $25 from of-
fering boxes and a cleaning wo-
man's purse.
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