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"NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY DAILY NEWSPAPER"
VOL. 36 NO. 183
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Rotary Extolled
In Address By
District Chief
What in thin thing called I!"
taiy?" Asked Sidney A. (.aml-.-.
Rotary district governor. In 511
years. Rotary hah becauiie eaith-
Circling. keeping pace with a nio.-t
coin' iocietv. At the same time,
tola# # t h presents a warning
Mgna tit should not be ignoioj.
The heart of Rotary is seivice
Mernhers are made up of Metho-
dists and Democrats, baptists ami
Republicans, doctms and la\vvei>,
saint# and sinner*, and maybe ew-r>
saxaphone players, and yet. all have
urn thought in mind. Eveiy Rotai
Jan is a builder.*'
Making hi, annual visit to the
local Rotary I lub, tiains was guot
of honor at an Assembly Mondav
light at the lake cottage of Dot,
< renshaw h"ie tin1 membt is i n
joyed fine fellowship and fo.il to
gethei.
In his 1 uesday appearance be
fore the Rota I > ( lub, (fOV«*rrior
liaines spoke on "The Ship.- of Ro
tai)."
I 'add Ir VI heels
In thinking of the production
represented b> the different classi-
fications of Rotary. I think of pad
die \ lie«U. and paddle wheels re-
mind me of Ships. The ships of
Rotarj tiavels in ^oilds of worship
fellowship, friendship, leadership,
cit.zenship, stewardship, scholor
(hip, and companionship."
In summarizing the "ship.-" of
Rotary, (iuines mentioned Fellow
f ship, saying it was the pnvjlege
of calling each other by their first
^pliaiiie. "The more you put into fei
k'w.thip, th" more you get out of
jt". he said.
Rotary friendship is Internation
al friendship. He cited an incident
whin Judge Frank Robe its, who
had been (iuines' commanding of
ficer hi World War I. called him
upon Ills election to the office of
district governor. "Judge railed
me and told me that when I went
to the national Assembly to v isit
the battlefield.- at Valley Forge
and realize that the ideals foi
which Washington and his men
were fighting and dy mg on that
field were the ideals of Rotary, to
bring the entire world together
and bring freedom and undei>tand-
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5 Children Die
In Hlinob Fire
SUMMIT. Ill <1 r*.— Five chil
dren perished in a fire which de-
stroyed their apaitment and criti-
cally injured their mother Tues-
day night.
The victims were children of the
Jack Daises, and were identified
as Riekie, II month: IVnnis,
1. Jarklin. Allan. .'1, and Mike. 4.
Their mother Mrs. Alice Davis.
23. was hospitalized in critical
condition from burns and smoke
inhalation. Her husband. Jack, 29.
was reported in serious condition.
Mffines raced thiough the fam-
ilv's second floor apartment in a
Negro housing project in this Chi-
cago suburb before the family was
able to escape.
A bottled gas explosion was
blamed by authorities for the fire
BRECKENRIDGE. TEXAS—WEDNESDAY, ACO. 22. 1956
PRICE DAILY 5 CENTS, SUNDAY 10 CENTS
REPUBLICAN LEADERS NAIL DOWN
GOP TICKET OF IKE AND NIXON
jFour Matters i
Are Heard By
City Council, k
OFF FOR CONVENTION I', -id. nt and Mis. 1 .i..c,iiiow,-i V grand-
tluldren were at tin : • i r {•■ > 11 • r i W. .-Iiingtoii to watch tile I'lesident
and Ins party take oft tor the K<-f'iibi:can National Convi-ntion in
Sari I- ianci.Mii. I. tt to right, fiont: Dav id. Ilaibara Ann. Snsan and
the I'lesdent. Back row, lift t. light: The First l.ady. Maj. John
Eisenhower holding Mary Jean, and Mrs. John Eisenhower. Children
will stay at the White House while tiieir pauiits attend the
convention.
NIXON LEAVES CONVENTION
TO IE AT FATHER'S IEBSIIE
By RAYMOND LAHR | ticket again.
I nited Press Staff C orrespondent i This was confirmed again by tin
SA.N F'RAN'CISCO — Repub- first (101* chieftain to talk with
i.i.in leaders in conferences with ; Mr. Eisenhower today. National
; I'lesident Eisenhower today nailed Chairman Leonaid W. Hall came
; down tiii- tinal arrangements tor away from a breakfast ciniferencc
j i<n<miiruttion of an r, senhower- in the President's hotel suite with
Nixon ticket b> the ( OP national the declaration he is confident tin
ticket will be "Ike and Dick."
Hut Hall said there will be no
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Queen Will Be
Chosen At Rodeo
The Farm Bureau tjueen will !>•
selected Saturday night immed-
iately following the final peiforni-
cai condtiion at Ills home in the ance of the Stephens County Junior J
Durban L>>a Angeles town of Rodeo.
v> milier. Ret|uirements for the candidates
.Nixon immediately cancelled all in the contest are as follows: Ent ,
engagements ot wnat was to have; rant must be between the ages of!
been olie of his busital convention l i and 22, single, arid she or hei I
days. With his wite, I'at, and1 lather must be a member of the j
oioilier, Don, he boaided an air- Stephens County Farm Bureau.
contention late this afternoon.
Foi delegates to the convention
it wa.-, a day of jubilation and joy-
luI anticipation ot victory tor tne
Uckei in November, but for Vice
I'lesident Richard M. Nixon on
the eve of ins triumphant renoini-1
nation, it became a day ol personal
anxiety.
the youthful vice president was
| told by telephone thai lits ailing
17 year-old lalher, Frank, had
taken a sudden tui n foi the woise|
at ■> a. in. est and was in a criti- [
Suez Canal Plan Puts
Abdel Nasser On Spot
By JOSEPH W. CRIC.t;
I niled Prenn Staff Correspondent
LONDON <r.R> Overwhelming
-uppoit for thi' Dulles plan for in-
ter national operation of the Suez
Canal put Kgypt on the spot today
but apparently did not weaken its
i
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County Agents
Weekly News
^iENo^ HEARD
By C. M. H.
At least one more of thene fine
nights is predicted by the weather-
man . Folks, it i drawing near-
er — seamn football ticket* will go
on sale at the roiirt house Monday,
four sanies for *•" . bring your
last year «eat number's if *ame
desired The Stage Hand will
leave tomorrow for concerts
Thiimday night at l.ions ( rippled
< hildren's Home. Kerrt ille, and at
Warm Springs, (Ionxales, Friday
night—thanks to generoKity of
local business men.
Dining rr" at YMCA has been
painted i| and looks right
spiffy •" tor-cade that came
to town jegterday was in interest
of Truett Wilson's campaign for
representative local boy. Harold
Warford is his opponent Mm.
Nora Booth and Mis. Houston
Moore released by Stephens Me-
morial, only hospital new s.
I'l^nk Sheets all enthused over
new pre** box. said going to serve
coffee and sandwiches to reporter*
'—big town atuff . Edwin Kirk-
palrick. na*y recruiter. Mid Don
(inlAnitli. son of Mr. and Mr*.
Ted A- Goldsmith, Breckenridge.
will home Aug. 24, has complet-
ed boot training at Great Cakes
. . Hank Satterwhite said Mra.
if. W. Hollingsworth cane through
yesterday, and said Dr. Holling*-
worth definitely did not have a
heart attack.
Mr. and Mrs. tiene Taylor. Har-
lingen. former residents, seen at
breakfast in Burch Coffee Shop
No arrest* made, but fire-
gien reported graa* fire exting-
1 tithed on North Front street
Hills of Arkansas are calling -
j Meat w> better get up there next
I week . • • • And, we can't complain
jbout thi* weather, but would still
ilwap it lor a rain.
I Thought For The Moment: An
'g rule man ia a fool, when It's hot
ftp finis it cool, when it'* eoof he
«a*ta't hot. alway* wanting what
When vacation is history it is
rath r difficult to get back down
to regular duties and >et it does
present a new outlook especially
w hen we were in rain ever y day and
field*, gardens and trees were very
green. The flowers along the way
in Colorado and the upper part
of New Mexico were especially
beautiful and seemed to grow with
the least bit of effort on the part
of the gradener.
With the drouth still with us
however, we are reminded that the
drouth can kill trees as well as
crops. In many case*, damage con
tinues even when owners w ater
trees because the watering is not
done propei ly. laght. surface wa
tering e.en when done every day,
does little good because water does
not penetrate to the loot zone.
Water a tree properly by soaking
the giound around the tiee to a
no iun-offdepth of :t or 4 feet. One
wav to do this i* to let a garden
hose trickle very slowly over night
so there will be no runoff there
by letting the water penetrate the
root zone of the tree. By using this
method of watt ling even during the
worst drouths, trees will need wa
teiing every 7 to ill days.
We have heard the expression
"Oldei and wise." and it is no wise
crack; it's a scientific fact at least
that is what we are told. This is
one of the points brought out in a
review of research dealing with the
effect of aging on personality and
intelligence by Dr. E. V. Pope of
Washington, D. C. Intelligence act-
ually increases in some areas as a
person gets older according to Dr.
Pope. A recent study shows this
is particularly true of the kind of
intelligence involved in judgment
or concept mastry—the integration
of experience and knowledge. He
points out that reasearchers are
forcing us to change traditional no
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film stand.
The Big Thice split the Afro-
Asian bloc and linen up IV id tin
Jli nations all -nding the Suez con-
itienct- in tavor ol Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles' propos-
als.
Delegates today began selection
| of a committee of small nations
| lo take the Dulles' plan to Cairo
' despite advance warning it was in-
acceptabie to Pre.-iUiynt (jainai
Abdel Na.-v.er.
Menzies Hits Hack
Australian Prime Minister Rob-
ert G. Menzn s wa.- favored to
Head the committee, it wa> .Vleri-
£!- .-> who nit back Tuesday at a
'last minute Soviet ettort to rail}
Egyptian opposition to the plan.
lauo dispatches today said
Egypt vvoulu counter the Western
pians with a bid for a 45-natien
"tiuly repiesentative" cotiferertci
and Hinted that tile Wests envoys
might not be received at all
f.g.vpt wa.-. withholding any ac-
tion until the end of the Suez con-
ference, and there was every in-
dication today's session would be
the last
But Cairo hinted that Nasser
would Ire more willing to receive
a delegation from botn sides with
both tne llulles pian and the one
put lorward by India's V. K.
miahna Me nor-
India Win* Support
India had the lull .-upport of
Kgypt and the Soviet Union in its
plan which would merely set up an
"advisory" body for the canal.
Lined up with thorn was Indo-
nesia.
i eylon and Spain were still sit-
ting on the fence.
Hut the big break of the confer-
ence came when thi Afro Asian
block forged at Bandung ~t>l11 wide
open on tlie issue. Pakistan, Iran,
Tuikev and Ltniopki sided with
the West and Dulles suggested his
plan be known as a fivt-nation pro-
positi.
Also supporting the American
.-•tand weie liritain. France, Japan,
Flolland, West (iennany, Portugal,
Australia, Denmark, New Zealand,
Norway. Sweden and Italy.
Congratulations
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Williams,
HOT North Dubois, ale the parents
of a baby boy born on August J!
at 11:44 p. in. in the Stephens Me-
morial Hospital.
At birth, the baby weigh-d 7
lb*.. 15 ozs.
if c
plane and lett lor hi falhtr s bed-
Side.
.No one knew whether Nixon
could gt l buck lie re Oetole tile
convention winds up. He was
scheduled to maKc an acceptance
speech, along With the I'lesident,
at the close ihutsday evening.
Elder Nixou Critical
The eldr .Nixou was stricken
with whai doctors called a "dis-
secting aneurysm ot the aorta,"
a condition causing internal bieed-
, tug and great pain. He was in a
! ".-late ot .-nock' and his "condition
.s critical," doctors said.
But the convention went on and
Nixon was assured of triumph
ovi r lilt* elforts of Hatold E. Stas-
seii to g-t another man normnat-
ed as .di. r.iseithovvei s running
mate. S:assen's dogged hope that
| the President would pull tne plug
ion Nixon at ihe last minute was
clashed finally with official word
' that the I'resident still would be
Contestants will wear formal
dress, and the contest will be
stag! d ill tile arena of the Rodeo
grounds while judges are selecting
tne winner of the Junior Rodeo
events. Out-of-town judges will
be on hand to select the Farm Bu-
reau Queen.
Winning contestant from Breck-
enridge will compete for the Dist-
rict queen in Biady on August u0,
with expenses paid to Brady by
the Ureal Farm Bureau. The win-
ner of the Brady contest will com-
pete for the state title. State win-
ner will go to Miami, Florida, with
expenses paid by the state,"to enter
the National contest.
Girls who are interested in enter-
ing this contest must contact Mrs.
.Netda Roth, phone 84 or 1721,
Jack Greasett, phone ■i'i or 44o, or
Dr. D. C. Pitts, phone 1170 by 5
p. m. Saturday afternoon.
An entry blank will appear in
the Thursday edition of the Breck-
ONI.^ (INK—Kin. I>i iii« Alg'-r. only Republican member
gress lima IVxa.-, i> .-hown on the rostium at the Cow Palace in
Sail l*iaiici.-co a- lie .nidit.^sed Iht. Republican National Convention.
Alger i:> troni Dallas.
"happy
have Nixon on his eruidge American.
Hoover Urges Adoption of Principle
GOVEMKNT ENCIMCHKIT
OR FREEMI ISSUE OF TODAY
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BRITT, Iowa H'.Pt— The ho-; liKi p«'r cent Americanism.
boe* of America held their an-
nual convention Tuesday and put
on a fight that put the Republican
and Democrats to shame.
It ended up with the losing can
didate for king of the hoboes be
ing dragged off the platform.
In taking the oath of office. Ho-
bo Benson swore "not to veto any
legislation submitted for inerea*
ing the size of handout*" and
not to sail at any time with more
than thrw sheets to the wind."
The annual convention of "Tour
Scoop Shovel Scotty, the ex-king. | i*t« L'nion No. W drew 15.IKHI to
got a bit too per*onal about the j 20.IHM) persons to thi* Iowa town
winner. Hobo Benson. I Some were real hoboes. Others
The Republicans and Democrats I were would-be bum* attracted by-
will both have to go far to match
the platform adopted by the ho-
boe*.
It stood four-share for four
hour'* work a day. four days'
work a week three month* vaca-
tion with pay. free employment
offices. $1..V> nn hour minimum
pay better " elfare law, $HH) a
jfiooUt lot ttU jwtsoiu ovet ft) and
the delicious aroma of Mulligan
stew.
When Scoop Shovel found he had
been voted down, he couldn't
stand it. He hopped to the micro
phone and began declaiming on
what he thought of Benson and
the world in general Th« nfr r"'
piettv blue and S-ooj) Shovel ft«iu
to b« hauled aw a/.
By Ml RRAY M. MOLER
1°nited Press Staff Correspondent
j SAN FRANCISCO <C_B>—former
! President Heibert Hoover warned
i cheering Republicans Tuesday
j r.ght that the biggest issue in
America today is the encroachment
j ot government against tne freedom
ol men.
He urged adoption of a new Re-
publican declaration of principle,
i call to arms in "pure note" and
| "lull lone," pledging safeguards
for freedom against the tnreats
not oruy ot alien philosophies but
| also of big government.
The old man of the Grand Old
Party at was making his third
i "farewell" appearance before a
Republican national convention.
Ills appearance touched otf thun-
derous applause and biought the
convention roaring to life.
The delegates not only cheered
his request but promptly obliged
it. Tm y incorporated in the pic-
amble to the party s 1'JaH piat-
| torm ju.it such a pledge as he
| sought.
.dr. Hoover warned both Repub-
licans and Democrats against par-
tisan excesses. He .-.aid loyalty to
|Anieiican ideals must always
| come ahead of loyalty to party.
He said the two party system is
one ot the great defenses of free-
dom.
He even conceded that Deino-
Senators Charged
With Riding Plane
BOSTON U'.I!I— An investiga-
tion opened today into a charge
that three Republican state sena-
tors "com inandeeded" a Massa-
chusetts Air National Guard plane
in fly to the Republican national
convention in S'an Francisco.
Acting Gov, Summer G. Whittier
ordered "a check of the matter"
following a charge by Executive
Councilor George A Wells that
the trip was a "political junket."
Wells, a Democrat, identified
the lawmakers as Charles W.
Hedges, Harold Lundgren and
Ralph Lerche. Hedges is a dele-
gate to the Republican conven
tion. The other tw-o are not.
Hedges, a lieutenant colonel in
the Air National Guard, replied in
San Francisco that the C-47 plane
had been scheduled to fly to the
West Coast anyway and that he
and the other two senator* went
along as "authorized passengers."
f"sintr
i'aO in tra'.U expenses, Hedges
•aid.
crats, too, many times have serv-
ed freedom's cause. And he said
he does not despair of the futuie.
"My faith arises from the genius
of our people, their devotion to
perseonal liberty and their sustain-
ing religious beliefs," Mr. Hoover
asserted. "If the American people
are guided aright, there will be
no decline and fall in American
civilization."
He said he found precedent for
his three farewells in the case of
an opera singer who came to
America six times on farewell
tours. He added, maybe a little
wistfully, that the delegates need
not fear he would be back another
three times.
Martin Pitches
Into Democrats
In Bulldog Act
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
I'nited Press Statf Correspondent
LU.NVt.MllJ.N h A I. L, &an,
Francisco (L.KI—Rep. Joseph W.i
Martin Jr., of .Ninth Aluoboro,
<>iass., is an atlabie man, and some
ot nis best tnenus uie isemuciais.
But every lour years he gets
to growling at the Democrats like
an angry uulidog. He did it again
1 uesday nignt.
ine velncie for venting Martin's
I yob vvram was nis speech as per-
manent cnauman oi mi Kepuou-
can National Convention, a job he
nas held tour times betoie.
1 lie Kepuoncans aunost spoiled
Martin's angry Dulldog act. iftey
made a thing of his reelection this
year because no other man Has
ever been permanent chairman of
an American political convention
so many times in a row.
Whvn tne stocKy little man
strode on stage, a look ot darKisn
giay hair combatively slanted
across his lorehead, he was greet-
ed with applause, cheers, ana mu-
sic by the Dand.
-No "faint" For Joe
His naturally ruauy face he re-
fused to be "paniWu tor television I a. VV. Brazda, wildcat two
lighted up, and he was the nap-1 southwest ot trankell in
M J
1 iie city coniinision in regular
i si'.-si.hi i uesday alleitioon diacus-
j sea scve.ai maitjis, starting with
: ir i d lor a ileiinquent tax collector
ai.il ranging tniough report tliat
j soine puu.ic eating places are not
I meeting iieaitn itquueiiieilts.
Jain hum, locai attorney, has
i given up nis contract lor collect-
ing delinquent taxes, and the com-
mission is looKnig lor a successor,
riinson i)c .Neale, uranain attorneys,
suomitted a contract, which was
discussed and lelerred to tne city
aiionity lor recomendatlons.
Keport ol h. U. tnaiiiDers, sani-
taiy inspector, that wiuie a laige
| nuuiuei ol eating places are com-
I piymg with lieailn lequa'eineiiis
| some are not. lite committee voted
io give lull backing to the healln
oilier, ur. w. t>.' uuinii to clear
! up the matter.
t uriner uiscussion was had on
the proposal to piace com boxes
un parking meters uowniovvn so
thai paikuig lines may be paid
vvitnoui going to tne city hall, ine
discussion was biougni about by
receipt ot iniormation from other
cities thai "have put the practice
.iiio use, and appear pieased vviln
it.
The idea as previously discussed
was to permit those with parking
tickets lo place a quarter Hi a
conveniently placed coin box, or
go to tne city nail witnin an Hour
and pay ten cents.
M. .d. ittachen and Bill Pitzer
appeared before tire meeting ask-
ing it water from the city mams
could be secured at the local golf
course.
l.ney were informed that the
city uoes not make connections
beyond tne city limits. It has been
estimated thai the Golf Club has
aoout a two-weeks supply in the
tank it is using.
Well Completed,
Two Staked In
Stephens Co.
The Blue Danube Oil Co., com-
pleted No. 1 Delia Hoit as a regu-
lar Held producer live and a nail
nines southeast ot taddo in Sec-
tion 44, tiiock 4, 'li&t' survey.
Daily poiennal was 2o barrels
of 40 gravity oil and o0 per cent
water punmpiug from -4 perfora-
tions ai 2,duo i,.)fu leet. hole was
bottomed at Z.oZZ leet.
Staked in the regular field a
mile and a halt northeast ol l addo
was W. J. Couriey of Uraham No.
8 b. Al. Rogers.
Slated lor ;),0iMl feet with rotary
it spots 4Hi feet trom ihe east lines i
and t,4liu feet tioni the east lines
of Section 'M, tiiock o, 'lit' Sur-
vey.
staked in the De Long (Third
Conglomerate) t- leld three and a
hail miles soutn of Enasvine was.
Ira - Lee Drilling Co., Inc., of Lub i rl"> also continued
Dock No. i. U A. ttlll. peace and prosperity under Pies
Slated lor 4,2110 feet with rotary ; "'"'I'1 Eis-nhower, enforcement of
it spots &?() leet trom the norm . 1'Khts laws, extension of the
anu f,.">45 teet frein the east lines | lmnlM,um waKe, and national de-
ol' Section 13, Block "J, SP Survey
Tax Cut Bait Is
Offered By GOP
SAN FRANCISCO CR)— Re-
publicans today held out hope for
a tax cut, "reasonably'* soon and
for everybody, il they are return-
ed to oil ice in November.
Plugged at 2,258 leet was Jaciv
Chamoeriain ol hast land No. 1
miles
Sec •
Lehman Quitting
Texas Mercury
To Rise Slowly
(By UNITED PRESS)
Only a few spotted, high clouds,
mostly in South Texas, remained
today a3 a reminder of a refresh-
ing cool front that broke a long,
hot, dry summer in Texas.
Skies were mostly clear at sun-
! up today and weather forecasters
I promised slowly rising tempera-
\ tures through Thursday.
| Lows early today were several j
j degrees above those of Tuesday
morning, but the state still enjoy-'
: ed another cool August night—,
! something of a novelty in Texas.!
I The highest minimum tempera-1
ture in the state was 7fi at Cor-
¥us Christi. Bonhain in northeast
exas h;id the lowest official read-
ing in the state, a cool 5.'i degrees.
Other readings mostly were in the
upper 50's and lower fin's.
There was no rain in the official
report for the 24-hour period end-
ed at fi:.'il> a. m. today and only a
bare possibility of a few showers
in extreme South Texas was men-
tioned in the forecast through
Thursday.
tense second to none.
The pledges were made Tuesday
night as the Republican national
convention shouted :ts approval of
a l'Jaii party platform drafted by
a platform committee.
The document was prefaced by
a preamble, along lines proposed
by former President Horner, af-
firming Republican laith in free-
dom, (iod. and principles on which
the nation was founded.
I'sing a new device to present
the platform, convention planners
dispensed with its reading to the
convention and instead called Mr.
Eisenhower's cabinet officers one
one
p.est looking angry bulldog youUion M nk** ti 'l&C Survey.
ever saw. ] l)
He grinned an "aw, shucks"
grin ai tne "hi Joe" signs tnat
people weie waving affectionately
out tront.
He began his speech in a husky j DS#a Winr
lasp. lie gripped tne lectern w itn EAWlTw5 Dig V* igS
both hanus and glared. Hut he;
didn l pitch into the enemy right j NEW YORK <U;i The ail-
away. ne was here in£ merely to bounceincnt that veteran Sen.
bury the Democtals but to praise ' Herbert H. Lehman ot New \ oi k
R«.'publicans. 1 will not run for re-election touch- j by one to the rostrum to say how
A minute after he said "fellow jed ott today a Senate derby that i they intended to carry out the party
Republicans" he was shouting' included some of the biggest i pledges.
"we can win and we will win." j names in politics. I o
A minute alter that he was ex 1 The 78-year-otd Democratic sen j B lit__|_ ■■
tolling the quality ot President ator, who stlongly supported Ad- DQlDCl WOlK IO
tasennower's "heart, mind, and1 lai Stevenson tor a second presi-1 m ■_ • - -
actions." His audience loved him ; dential nomination, has been a AQVOnCe MOflCMY
both times. cnampton vote getter in New York; ¥
Close Friend of Rayburn ! and Heating him would have been
Martin nas served a- of his j a titantic teat for the Republicans.
Lehman gave the nod to New
York City Mayor Robert F. Wag-
ner as his favorite for the Demo-
cratic nomination.
neany 72 years in the House of
Kepi esenlali ves. He li been
Mouse Republican leader since
lim except for the pernxLs of tne
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BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone 1200
PRESENTS
THE WEATHER
Clear to partly cloudy and a
little warmer tonight and Thurs-
day. I^ w tonight 66. high to-
mot fll. I last night 59, high
yes 'rday 38.
Cleveland Fire
Loss Is $125,000
CLEVELAND, Tex. (C.fM— Fire
fanned by a brisk north wind de-
stroyed two business buildings,
with damage estimated at $125,-
000 and for a time threatened an
entire business block early today.
The fire was well under way
when it was spotted by an em-
ploye of the Texas theater on
Main St. He saw flames inside
the Texas Jewelry Co.
In the hours that followed some
100 volunteer firemen and equip
ment from Cleveland, Livingston,
Dayton, Humble and Conroe,
fought to keep the blaze from
sperading through the block.
Firemen played water on near
by buildings to keep them from
catching afire, but were unahle to
prevent the blaze from spreading
to the adjacent Butler - CJrimes
store, which was destroyed.
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Next to hjbesty, your best policy -
Trammell-Swaitsoa Insurance
Ageircj
Effective next Monday the cost
of barber worse takes a rise.
Haircuts vviil go to $1.25 and
shaves to 75 cents, which will mean
an increase of 25 cents for a hair
cut. and ten cents for a shave.
Shampoos which have been a-
round 75 cents, will advance to $1,
the exfft amount depending upon
the kinn. A spokesman for the bar-
b« is said cause for the advance is
the increased cost of living.
Jaycees Advocate Physical Tests
Each Year For Drivers Licenses
Why swelter wheu you are ill. Riar
to or from the hospital in Satter-
white Air - Conditioned, Oxygen
Equipped Ambulances. Phone 670
or 671. - ,
MMAJVAaAAjyjuyi^uyy^yyyyi) XA9 Jayceei gTQ M IftVOr 01 en-
Four members of the Brecken-
ridge Junior Chamber of Com-
merce attended the Summer Tri-
Regional meeting in Fort Worth
Sunday when approximately 240
Jaycees and their wives from this
area met at the Hilton Hotel.
Those fiom Breckenridge who at-
tended were Oarland White, John
Williams, Joe Latham and Pete
Paine.
Several resolutions were passed
in the order of business. It was
resolved that the Jaycees will sup-
port an annual session for state
legislators and an annual salary
for the legislature. This will mean
an increase in pay for this body
who are the lowest paid in the
country and will give Texas better
s'ate Sfovernment, Pet" Paine ?aid
in reportii g the convention.
acting more stringent driving ex-
aminations, particularly eye tests.
It is possible for a blind man to
get a driver's license renewed hi
Texas, it was stated, and in the
interest of safety, the Jaycees are
advocating certain physical tests
be given every year.
Another campaign of the Jay-
eee group is to repeal the law
which requires a trial by jury to
commit a person to a mental insti-
tution. All of the other states have
repealed this law which places the
mentally ill in the same status as
a criminal, the convention delegates
were told.
Mineral Wells was chosen as
host for the Winter Tri-Regional
meeting in February. State Presi-
dent, Ked HigMo«er of San An-
g. lo, repotted on suite and n&Uonal
Jaycee affair* n
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