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VOL. 38 NO 52
BRECKENRIDGE. TEXAS-FRIDAY. MARCH 14, 1958
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Macmillan Visit
Seen As Summit
Meeting Plan
By GORDON E. SMITH
(A. P. WRITER)
! British Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan is making a 3rd visit
to the United States tor what is
likely to be the start of prepara-
tions for a summit meeting with
Russia The White House announc-
ed yesterday that Macmillan wilk
1 visit President Eisenhower on June
1 'J and 10th.
i The official reason for the visit
[ is that Macmillan will deliver the
I commencement address at Depauw
| University before going to Wash-
ington. But th real reason. Wash-
ington officials say privately. J WACO ■#<— At least two persons
is that the trip will give the Prime burned to death at Waco in ceti-
Minister a chance to talk over two tral Texas this morning when fire
PRESIDENT AND CABINET
IN SESSION ON ECONOMY
Two Perish* One
Missing In Fire
In Waco Hotel
RELEASED —Njthjn Leopold, in glasses. is surrounded by newsmen as he leave* Statesville Prison, III.,
after serving 33 years of a "life plus W years" for his part in the "thrill*' kidnap-murder cf Bobby
Franks in 1924. The l!l>nois State Parole Board approved a parole to a SlO-a-month hospital job
•n Puerto Rico. Warden Joseph Ragen stands behind Lecpold.
* * *
Leopold Sickens
At Contact With
Outside World
CHICAGO f — Thrill killer
Nathan Leopold walked out <>f
Statevilie Penitentiary on parole
after a third oi a century Thurs-
day. but the shock of freedom
was so great he became violently
sick and took refuge in a friend s
apartment
Leopold 53. a diabetic who has
also suffered a number of heart
attacks, became nauseated as he
was driven the 3."> miles from the
penitentiary to Chicago
Ills condition grew worse during
the afternoon as he visited an old
.college friend, real estate man
Abel Brown It became apparent
Ia-opold could not tollow his plans
to leave immediately tor the Puer-
to Rico miss.or, hospital where he
ts to spend his five-year parule
SlMMtly after •4 p m Ihmn aad
Chicago book.->t her Kaiph New-
man emerged from the apartment
and said Uiey were going to con-
sult a doctor
"1 give you my word of honor
Ij-opoid will remain here over-
night. Biown told reporters
If Leopold ■> condition improves.
Biown said, he will leave Chicago
at 4 p m Friday lor the Church
of The Brethren Hospital at Cast-
ener Puerto Kico. where be hopes
to alone lor the 1924 murder of
14-year-old Bobby Franks by a
hie of good works
The illness was a bitter anti-
climax ti> Leopold s first sight of
freedom in 33 years, six months
and two days
The balding, paunchy parolee,
who has a genius intelligence iat-
ing and a mastery of 2u lan-
puages looked healthy and happy
v hen he emerged at 10 a m from
beneath the grim walls of State-
\ die
He found the strength to joke
with the waiting crowd of 100 re-
portei s and to read a tull-page
statement pleading for "a chance
- a fair chance—to start lite anew
Together with Newman and his
lawyer Klmer «ierti Leopold
Have practically all the reporter*
the slip as the> sped ^way in a
snow-white rented ear
Douglas Next To Propose
Cut In Excise Tax Alone
important questions with the Presi-
dent and Secretary of State Dulles.
Une question invilves plans for
a summit conference with Russia.
The other concerns British eco-
nomic difficulties, which are bad
swept a small hotel
One of the victims has been ten-
tatively identified as an Austin
man. Waco investigators found a
letter in his pocket addressed to
Robert D. Sparks of 501 Riley Road.
enough now but may become worse Austin. The letter was from the
because of the business slump in! Veterans Administration office in
WASHINGTON .T— The Senate
considers further tax-cutting pro-
posals after turning down twin
moves last night to slash income
taxes and the manufacturer's levy
on cars and trucks.
Democratic Senator Paul Doug-
las of Illinois said he would pro-
pose a cut in excise taxes and
told newsmen he felt there still was
a chance the Senate would accept
such a provision Last night a Doug-
Toi-Jess Monkey
Captured
Indonesia Says
Rebels Dropped
American Arms
i By ASSOCIATED PRESS>
Indonesia's Premier Djuanda has
asserted that American-made arms.
and ammunition were dropped to
the Central Sumatra rebels He
did not accuse the United States of
supplying the munitions, and noted
that the arms could have been
purchased from the U. S. by pri-
vate persons.
He said arms have been dropped
to the rebels on various occasions.
The Jakarta announcement says
one such occasion occurred in
Central Sumatra only a few hours
before central government troops
captured the oil center of Pakan-
baru
Meantime an attorney for the
American-owned Caltex Oil Comp-
any in Sumatra said he hopes the
central government will allow his
company to resume operations iri
the Pak*nharu area next week.
He said he had talked by telephone
with Caltex employes in Pakan-
baru and they reported all Ameri-
cans safe and the oil installations
undamaged
The Indonesian rebel radio has
re|>orted that fighting broke out
aiain today between government
troops and rebel forces near Pak-
anbaru, the oil center ui Central
Sumatra
h.i-
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bv
\ tail-less monkey named Nicky
is Cnallv surrendered to the L.
Nav> at Nortolk. Virginia Lured
,,. bananas, carrots i i>d other
delicacies in a trap, he came down
from the mast on the moored
Mipplv ship Antares. where he had
i limited y. st rday alter escaping
tioin his guardians Nicky is a giit
to the Memphis /oo trom the Brit-
ish Admiral in Command at Gibral-
tar. and the Antare* brought hi.n
from the lot tiess island
Seen Or Heerd
* by C« M. H.
- - —
Lewis And Young
In Business THt
NEW YORK T— 'Ihe nusoand of
Lnretta Young Tom Lewis, is suing
to dissolve his business partner-
ship with the actress and Robert
Shewalter The company. Lewis lor
Films, has had a part in producing
Miss Young's TV shows Lewis
charged his wife and Shewalter
with "dishonesty, mismanagement
and unfairness." In New York City.
Lewis said the Los Angeles suit is
a corporate matter and has no per-
sonal implication He and Miss
Young ha'e been married tor tl>ore
than 17 years.
las move to slash the nation's tax
bill, both personal and exercise
taxes, was defeated by a 71 to 14
vote.
The Senate public works commit-
tee is scheduled to approve a bill
today providing o:ie and one-half
billion dollars to speed up high-
way construction this year. Senator
Albert Gore. Tennessee Democrat,
says the proposal would provide
thousands of jobs to counter the
recession.
Only 13 senators voted with
Douglas to slash incomes, includ-
ing U Democrats and two Republi-
cans. Langer of North Dakota and
Potter of Michigan.
Sen Douglas < D-Ill > offered the
proposal and contended a tax slash
way the quickest and most effective
way tk deal with the "very serious
flMaimi now undU way in this
country."
But he ran into opposition from
senators who contended that his
proposal, offered as an amend-
ment to a House-passed life insur-
ance tax bill, could touch off a
new round of inflation.
Opponents also objected that the
tax cuts he urged had not been
considered by the House and Sen-
ate coovpittees handling tax legis-
lation.
Douglas, in opening debate cn
his proposal, said he was not op-
posed to public works programs
to combat the recession but said
they are "far too slow."
Douglas' proposal aroused vigor-
ous opposition from Sen. Williams
< R-Del.'. who said. "You can't
stop the erosion of the dollar by
when we're already in the red.
More Inflation
"If we're not careful we can
set off another round of inflation
[that could be disastrous."
1 Sen Martin tR-Pa>, also speak-
{ing in opposition tu the Douglas
proposal, said that the "way to
reduce taxes is to reduce govern-
ment expenses."
But Sen. Potter 'R-Micht said
that while he was reluctant to
support tax reduction as an
amendment to a technical situa-
tion."
He said the situation in Michi-
gan where more than 350.000 are
unemployed has been aggravated
by repeated word that tax cuts
are under "consideration."
the United Siates. London observ-
ers speculate that the timing of
Macmillan's journey may have been
determined by British fears that
a continued recession in the United
States would affect both the Brit-
ish and European economies in the
second half of the year.
The forthcoming conference will
be Macmillan's 3rd with President
Eisenhower since Macmillan suc-
ceeded Anthony Eden as Prime
Minister last year. Macmillan met
the President and Dulles in Ber-
muda in March of last year. This
meeting w'as called to patch up the
the split created by United States
opposition to the attacks on Egypt
by Britain. France and Israel.
Macmillan came to Washington
for the second time last October
after Russia had launched its first
Waco, and concerned a VA pension.
Tie small hotel, the New Waver-
ly Hotel, caught tire about 3 a. m.
it was in the top floor of a two-
story brick building which was re-
built after being destroyed in the
1953 Waco tornado disaster. Four
buisness lirms on the ground tloor
weren't burned, but were damag-
ed by water .
Tentative identification was made
later of the second man who lost
his life.
He was 66-year-old H. E. Peters
of Waco, a part-time employe of
the New Waverly Hotel. Peters was
identiiied by a wrist watch he was
wearing.
In addition, a 27-year-old Dud
Brock is missing. Waco firemen
are continuing to search the debris.
Authorities said there were 13
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f
in-
earth satellite. This conference re- permanent guests and eleven trail-
suited in what proved to be pre-1 sients in the 33-room hotel last
parations for the December meet- night.
ing of the chiefs of government Police Lieutenant Bennie Reed
in the North Atlantic treaty or-, said three other persons are hos-
ganization. | pitalized. One of the injured is a
At this 3rd meeting. Washing- man who jumped from a window.!
ton will be anxious to define the'The other two suffered burns.
United States and British positions 1 o
before a summit conference is held.; p
Macmillan appears willing to move ■vfTOGl MVcS BOy
to the summit more nearly on So- '
viet terms than does either Eisen- « _ ■ 1 ^ ■
bower ur Dulles. —v ; jCBOOl ■ UIIISIIIYieitT
EASTER ECC PLANT -Some l.noo K.i-ter "blossoms" turn
the tree that librarian Bertha C" Helk-r -limvs visiting school
children at the Decatur. Inti . Public l.ibrarv. The librarian,
inspire'! by the Pennsylvania Dutch custom ot decorating trees
vvi'ti color I ul Easter egus. t rst "planted the tiee -i\ years ago.
She is thinking of replacing the vvhite-painted sassafras because
it is too small to hold the eggs sent to her lroin all parts of the
country each year. *
Four Admitted To
Local Hospital
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
ports four admissions. Linda Finch.
Mrs. C. E. Edwards. Mrs. Savan-
ah Roberts, ail medical patients,
and Mrs. 11. L Brown, a surgical
patient
Dismissals were Mrs. Evelyn
Frazier and Mrs. D. H. Livingston.
! WHITSTABLEE, Eng. iji— Sev-
en-year-old Tony Braithwaite was
j late tor school, and got ordeis
I irom his teacher to write "I must
not be late for school" 50 times.
He brought in the 50 sentences, all
right, but his father had written
them. The father had also written
a note saying: "It was my fault
that Tony was late, so it is only
fair that 1 should write the tines."
The teacher calls the incident a
sample of good sportsmanship.
Texas Business
Revealed Upward
In Present Week
What To Do Next Big Problem
BATTLE AGAINST STAGNATION
JOINED: EUROPE IS WATCHING
Commies, Fascists
Stage Free-For- All
ROME Fascist and Commun-
ist deputies staged a free-for-all in
the Italian Chamber of Deputies
in Rome today. The riotous fist
fieht erupted over a bill to give
legal recognition to Italian parti-
sans who fought against Fascism
in World War II. Four deputies and
three chamber employes who tried
to break up the fight were treated
at the Parliament infirmary.
T«xjs weather can suddenly act
so innecent after brewing up a
storm *• n. Smith said this
morning * green light is expected
cn the tow rent housing project
contract about Monday or Tues-
day Methodist men of the
Cisco district to meet here for
dinner at Legion Hall Sunday nighL
•\ receivership case. Izora Brad-
lev et al vi A II. Bowers et al.
and child support case of Morales
vs. Morales slated for hearing to-
day in district court No lire
runs Returns from Lee Grabel
show of Lions Club today had
reached S507 and more reports to
be received.
Pip* wrench that dropped off a
■reen pickup this morning s in
American office fcr owner
Uncle Buck Robertson
reported some better, can us* his
right arm a little new Miss Jo
Claire Welch, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. V. Welch s one o II
students at Trinity University on
roll.
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The postage-stamp principality i ___
of Monaco has a new heir to the A search of the Ohio River near
throne The 101-gun salute boomed Wheeling. West Virginia is under
forth this morning when Princess way after a 33 vear old steel worker
Grace, the former movie queen told police he had thrown his two
Grace Kelly, gave birth to her young children into the frigid wat-
seconrf child, a son. The 8'i pound erv The officers said the man.
boy was named Albert and moves John Turner, could give no reason
ahead of his 13-month-oId sister for his action
as heir to the throne
An Eagle Pass man has been
The Shah of Iran has divorced named president of the Alamo
his queen because she failed to District of the Texas S'ate Teach-
give him a male heir. , ers Association. J. T. James was
elected head of the South Texas
The body of a man. identified. Teachers group succeeding Mrs.
by Japanese newspapers as an Edith Montgomery of San Antonio.
American Army Master Sergeant
engaged in intelligence work, has In Los Angeles. Genevieve Stan-
been found floating in Tokyo Bay. ' hope found a buyer for her car
1 and drove to a bank to pick up the
Secretary of State Dulles is mak- j ownership certificate. She parked
ing a brief stopover in Formosa.! in front of a building being demel-
on his way home from the South- ished. While she was in the bank,
east Asia treaty organization meet-1 a gust of wind blew a wall of the
ing in Manila. He opened a meeting; building onto her car. It's no longer
nf TT. s. ambassadors to far Bast-1 salable.
By LEO ANAVI
(A. P. WRITER
It may well be said that the bat-
tle against the current economic
stagnation has been joined. Not a
day passes by without consultations
on what to do next. President Ei-
senhower and his economic advis-
ers have talked again about remed-
ies but have decided to wait a
while before proposing a tax cut.
This is quite understandable in
view of the measures already tak-
en. The administration Would re-
duce taxes as a last resort, that is
if other moves to reactivate the ec-
onomy have not produced the re-
sults expected.
The belief is that lowering of the
discount rate and favoring depress-
ed areas in the matter of military
contracts will inevitably provide
a boost This is not counting pro-
posals to extend unemployment in-
surance beyond the time limit in
various states.
To top this, the Senate has pass-
ed an emergency housing bill de-
signed to create up to SOO.OOO jobs.
The sum involved in one billion.
850 million dollars.
In addition to making large new
funds available to buy montgages.
the bill lowers the down payments
on FHA mortgages. It also extends
for two years the G! home loan
prcgrams for World War II veter-
ans.
Included in the bill was an in-
crease in the interest rate on GI
loans and issue that was decided
only after Vice President Nixon
broke a tie vote, the first time this
has happened since 1356.
Quite a few Senators expressed
concern about the rate hike.
Senator Morse of Oregon said the
action dealt a death blow to the
cause of low interest rates in this
country. He expressed belief that it
will make political history.
But good or bad. the Senate-pass-
ed measure will encourage risk cap-
ital in the building industry. Con-
tractors will be less hesitant to em-
bark on building ventures The con-
struction business is a sure indi-
cator of how the economy is doing.
Whether these and other moves
will reverse the trend is something
remains to be seen. It will de-
pend on many factors, including
the mood and temper of the public.
We still do not know how much
public confidence has been affected
by the downturn.
In this general respect, our
friends abroad are following the sit-
uation with much more than acad-
emic interest. They say western Eu-
rope can avoid a depression if the
vast economy of the L'nited States
gets back into high gear this spring.
Economists agree that an improve-
ment in American conditions must
come soon. Otherwise, they say.
Britain and Western Europe will
feel the full blast of depressing
business influences.
Well Completed
Near Eliasville
Ryan Consolidated Petroleum:
Corp. of Dallas completed No. 7-A j
Mrs. OUie Smith as a well in the
Ryan Chappel Lime Field two miles i
southwest of Eliaswille. It is in Y.j
M. Edwards Survey. Abstract 1886.
Daily potential was 283.25 bar- j
rels of 41 gravity oil. flowing I
through an 8-64-lnch choke with |
1.550 pounds of casing pressure
and 550 on tubing. Flow was from
open hole at 4,308-4-317 feet. Pay
was topped at 4.307-feet.
G. W. Ewing of Breckenridge
No. 1. W. A. Gragg. wildcat eight
miles northeast of Ivan in Susan
Latham Survey. Abstract 98, has
been plugged at 3.282 feet.
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TH* WEATHER
Partly clcudy this afternoon, to-
night and Saturday. Not much
change in temperatures. Low
tonight in low 30,s high tomor-
row in mid 50s. Low last night
29, high yesterday 45. Winds
northerly IS to 20 miles per
hour becoming southeasterly
Saturday.
DALLAS The Federal Re-
serve Bank of Dallas reports that
department store sales in the;
Eleventh District reversed their I
downward trend last week and rose !
two per cent over the same period!
a year ago.
increases for the w eek included j
San Antonio up 8 per cent and(
Houston up 7 per cent. El Paso
sales were off 5 per cent. Dallas
2 and Fort Worth 1.
The decline for the four weeks
ending Saturday was 8 per cent,
and the decline was 5 per cent for
the year.
The bank also has lowered its
discount rate from 23i per cent,
to 2*4 per cent.
The discount rate is the rate of
interest which a Federal Reserve
Bank charges commercial banks
on money borrowed from it.
The acticn of the Dallas bank
follows similar moves taken by-
other Federal Reserve District
banks to lower the discount rate
in a general easing of money.
The discount rate rose to 3'a
per cent last year, highest in two
decades, as the Federal Reserve
Board sought to fight inflation by
tightening monev. In the latter part
of the year, however, the Federal
Reserve bettan reducing the dis-
count rate as it became apparent
that the economy had swung in the
opposite direction and easier money
was desirable to stimulate business.
Nearly 16 million dollars in mili-
tary and water projects were con-
tracted for construction work in
the southwest djiring last month
and this bv tht U. S. Army En-
gineers Corps.
The Southwestern Division En-
gineer. Brigadier General L. E.
Seeman. made the announcement
in Dallas, saying contracts to be
awarded will hit a peak in April!
and May.
Some of the larger new contracts
are for work at Sheppard Air Force
Base at Wichita Falls, at Fort
Sill. Oklahoma, and at Tinker Air
Force Base near Oklahoma City.
A dredging contract for Brazos
Island Harbor near Brownsville
totals nearly one million dollars.
Warmup To Start
In Texas; East
In Heavy Snows
A thrust of cold Canadian air
continued to chill Texas today but
, a warming up process is expected |
| to start today. Skies were clear i
j to partly cloudy over the state, the '
I clouds found in the Panhandle. No,
i precipitation w as reported over the j
| state in the past 24 hours. Yester-
' day's temperatures varied from J8,
| at Dalhart to 66 at Presidio.
Meanwhile, much ol the eastern
; part of the nation is blanketed with
' wet snow , which, in many places.
; is continuing to fall. New York
j City is expected to receive 4 to six
inches. Snow depth measurements
this morning included up to eleven
inches in Maryland; up to 7 in
West Virginia; 9 inches in Mary-
! land and two to 10 inches in New
S Jersey.
The snows crippled air transpor-
I tation at Louisville. Ky.. for a
! while and had the tournament-
bound University of Cincinnati
basketball team temporarily snow-
bound at the Cincinnati airport.
At New Albany. Ind.. a 7-inch
snow stopped all traffic and closed
most city and rural schools. School
buses fought their way through
the storm to deliver children to
their classes. Then the drivers
turned right around and brought
the children home again for fear
the youngsters would be marooned.
Southern Illinois schools also
closed down in the face of a
7-inch fall. School buses were un-
able to make the trip to some
schools in the Marion area be-
cause roads were blocked by stall-
ed autos.
Labor Chieftain
Again Warns Of
Jobless Trend
(By ASSOCIATED PRESS)
President Eisenhower and his
cabinet are meeting today to con-
sider the nation's economic situa-
tion. The AFL-CIO told him yes-
terday that the business and job
situation is getting worse. And two
government reports show both
business and consumers planning to
reduce 1358 spending.
Possibly on the credit side, how-
ever. is a report that department
store sales last week were 7 per
cent above their figure for the
corresponding week last year. On
the other hand, department stors
dollar volume is down 2 per cent
from last year, when you consider
all 1938 so far.
Another possibly hopeful sign is
in increase in applications for gov-
ernment-insured loans on new
homes
In another aspect of the econom-
ic situation. Democratic Senator
Paul Douglas of Illinois has sai-l
he will continue to push for ati
excise tax cut. despite a rebuff in
the Senate last night. The Senate
rejected a Douglas suggestion for
cuts in both personal income and
excise taxes.
The House, under the constitu-
tion. originates tax bills, but the
Senate may change them. Douglas
is making his propsals as suggested
amendments to a House-passed bill
on insurance taxes.
The AFL-CIO has told President
Eisenhower that available statis-
tics indicate mid-March unemploy-
ment was at least as high as in
February, instead of showing the?
usual seasonal improvement. Fed-
eration President George Mean.v
sent Eisenhower a memorandum
today to support labor's contention
that the economy is still declining.
■Vnd he again asked the President
for immediate action to counter the
economic trend.
Meany's report went to the White
House shortly before the Presiderf
met with his cabinet to review th >
economic situation. The labor
memo was based in part on anal-
ysis • of unemployment compensa-
tion claims.
The Senate Public Works com-
mittee has unanimously approved
a highway construction ,-peedut>
bill which sponsors said could
mean at least 88.000 more jobs this
year.
The measure would add l'i bil-
lion dollars to federal roads funds
available for this year.
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Pneumonia Fatal
To Colored Ian
Joel P. Oliver, colored, died of
pneumonia in a local hospital
Thursday at 2:30 p. m. Oliver, who
was 84 years old. was admitted
to the hospital on Wednesday.
He was born in Hill County in
1873 and was lor many years an
employee of the Elks Club in
Breckenridge. He was a member
and first deacon of the Mt. Olive
Baptist Church where funeral serv-
ices will be held, time pending.
Melton Funeral Home is in charge
of arrangements.
Survivors include the wife.
Estella: a son. Dr. Joel P. Oliver
Jr.. of Chicago. III.; and two
grandchildren.
Soviet Balks
MOSCOW i/F— The Soviet govern-
ment said today it will not take
part in the work of any UN disarm-
ament commission where the Com-
munist nations are outnumbered.
The foreign ministry in Moscow-
said this policy also applies to
the discussion of the disarmament
problem before the UN Security
Council.
Hental Patients Believed Harmless
Attack Abilene Woman With Knives
Venezuela To Cut
Of oa
DALLAS I#—A Dallas newspaper'
this morning quotes oil industry1
officials as saying the South Amer-
ican nation of Venezuela may place:
some form of limitation on its1
crude oil production. The Dallas j
News savs it understands the limi-i
tation would be set only if the
United States does not move to-
ward mandatory controls on im-
ported petroleum.
The newspaper says it got its in-
formation from two oilmen who
are keeping in direct touch with
the import situation in Washington.
It pointed out that the adminis-
trator of the federal government's!
voluntary crude oil imports limita-
tion prcgram, Matthew Carson, Jr., J
is In Venezuela at the present tinw.
ABILENE < Spl i — Two young
mental patients, who had not been
considered dangerous, today were
expected to be passed upon as
psychotic cases instead of mental-
ly retarded after attacking Mrs.
N'. E. Alcott Thursday, whose life
was saved by a girdle and a flex-
ible knife blade.
Armed with three kitchen knives
and a straight-edge razor, the two
patients terrorized her when they
hijacked the place where the Abi-
lene woman works. They got S4.10,
said Detective John Hulon Roberts,
who helped capture the pair.
Mrs. Alcott is the bookkeeper for
the M. T. Cornelius Music Co.. at
917 iV 13th St.. which handles
coin-operated music and vendor
machines. She was alone when the
two patients—aged 15 and 14—ap-
peared about 3:15 p. m.
When she resisted the robbery,
one boy plunged an 8-inch butcher
knife at her stomach, she related
shortly afterward. She was only
bruised, because:
The boy was standing too close.
The inexpensive blade was flexible
and bent, because she was wear-
ing a good girdlle. which the knife
didn't penetrate.
Mrs. Alcott stayed with the
company books for the rest of the
afternoon, but Thursday night she
had become extremely agitated.
"A girdle is a girl's best friend."
she agreed fervently after the rob-
bery.
One boy also held a knife at
her throat at one time.
When officers cornered the two
in a nearby building, the older boy
tried to use a knife on Detective
Roberts. The officer talked him into
giving up peaceably.
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1958, newspaper, March 14, 1958; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135777/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.