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Breckenridge Weekly Democrat
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INTEUKK1IN'; f.rfutr in tt--1
Ent Texmi oil flrld an -U'n
by the Oil an. I i.ui Jotirn' A
n.r.linK to ih publlrntki.. Ih
field now promiitea to inxluce
1 lMlItfOOOO lurrfli ThU. .tc-
ci rdlng to Kaymond Brunk of
Austin. a one third "th amount
CXJicrtji preliitfil under nHth !
forr the rullriil inmn.Uiliui he
lant miinmrr I. (i K. I: ik-II.
tK;liirum enKin'"" drctan-i thf
wind will not urru(f moif th n
twenty foet. nm nmiparr l u.tiij
201) to 100 fret uarly ei'ini'.-
Tho foreeiuit wa baned ..n thii
nnd tllickneiw n Jxinmlty f Iwi-n I
ty pr cent iml .i per iii " i
ralum with 16 iri i-ent i r
fn in tne ''- Vi pi.diutlvf ii- i '
Hut that ii 'III ! f ml
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iJOW cotii' - thf imuiiI l"h: ii.. n
aenon MurnlnH
1 hhop ritl iIkI itvul'l the
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3 Wrap .iukiiKfn tlhilv nd
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It of Ihr thifi- In W.Jrlh
rrmafsh. unrf The metchanU
will apprsri.iii" your shopping eat-
ly and nisiiinK t'. Hut the pos-
tal auUiorltle) much prefer to
liamlle the CtTiaUns paokanes
ami cards as sn as poaslble. It
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of "avotdlng the
tu.ili" with those boys.
NevadansSli.il
Carry Guns
HKNO. Kev. Dec. 2 "Uib -M-wy
Nf. utans atlll ratUn .it Icamt one
ti.ihtt m 1 Hi nutiiik to thr okl
tit gun tiHin
The custom if fn tying a x-
sb . ter in :n rui pit Ivilnter or In
the hip oki t ii Fnt..il t aui
(iriHlng ilovrrf i::nniK the aativr
Nrvadana. Thi 1 1 (irohibiUng thi
c.iiry1-g nf 1. 11 m lei I wrapon 1."
'retly nf ni iiuilruil the Idlei
and th strung' r hut the bona flilv
reifulerx ae.ihu . t ikm to la-ik
t r tottn a Kun
He la nltrn irnn- to uae it in j it
or Kimettnie n en-rnaat win r. hi
j uriffry It. IV Ijylngnlnnf Km
pras of thr l-irnyiird." fin"i- f
hrr nljjtU clvOii in New York a.nil
Par. was (in.tr Mi.pr'aid oru ni'ht
nt her rewiet when 4 skunk m i.kfl
Into the dining room ami men
tilted pucn.'iiivK le.i-t nt U
An oil rwii.iinjj wh.ih hmu-' in
he lair of hrr luh in Keno xh.b
Ms a number of hulle' holet made
by aome of hi r pNyful ruatom-na
Police Juirge liryaon recer ly fi-
ea th ufii of S10 as tn peinl
for ruch shot f .red at a h ni 111 he
log in anger. '
I'OI.ICK I.IQttOlt IIA.M.MKHS
tVHHCK HATTKUKM I'ltMl
ItOSTON. Dc 2. U. 1!. n.l.i 1.
of the I lost on police liquor -j . u'
whom- slrttge hammer hi ret of ore 1
hnve been roserved for aprakeinyj
doora iiavsit them on an .iln-nly
twttered paino in one .if thf p !ue
Mtailortd here. The nolu ern"n ilf
cided the plsivo hail hcpti ih In t
year and tlt i' m 1 ! mni.
which emanated fn-rn t M-ri nioie
than their eais could jtnn.1. Thei
liquor sqicul wna dmallrd to demol-
1 h i .md now the offleein hnve a j
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rIAHHUAL GRID
BANOUET SET
FOR JANUARY
Committee lo Arrange For
Football Session Is
Appointed
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hi. in. in f the cinvn'im mi'
i ff ivh -h ir.ll hiimlV the i-Iim'
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f Hip IkhIimI Iniifbtpiine-tH i oni-
ii 'tfi irvl front th rhulr'n-m f
iv- 'oiiiniitti i- hnndllriK the rmit''t
' ih- n imlng of ni alrp'.ino rati
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in utvfil mfmhprH of tne or
it .n o rhrck thr.r hillotM lit I
i-i'l rmll tn the chamber of '
Twt-n'y-fivr director will bo'
1.
Comm ission Gives
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Lontracl 1 o Kale;
Lone Star Values
rommi-i f uZvuTrZ..
rVmiMMton to HawWy.FMe &
X le nil ot Fort Worth to mike a
aluation of tha propertlea of tha
I -one Mtar Ga Company.
These iluttona are to t uaed
in the commlarton'4 dattrmkvation j
' 'i fair gai rotes for numerous
t1'rxat clttaa.
German Youth
Falls ISefnrc
t irillfj Ora
I' AKX. Peland. Dec. 2. (U.R) -'i
in. Kiilmkr 23 a Polish s'4dier
f Or i nun natlonalMy was convict-
ed by court maitial and executed
here tixliy on chirge " eaplonave
on behi'f if OcrsssMiy.
Kulmke u Mimlfoflded before
he was hot. He fuctd the flrtns;
jquad rilmly.
Fordham Cnllcfja
Planer Is Dead
NEW YORK. Dee. X U.P -Cor-mIum
Murphy one of the three
Fordham Oollece foothasl rdavara
InJ-rW in the mm with IkjckneU
rovemofir 31 rrwo in foraimm in-
intry today. Cams of hi death
wua not made known hnrnedlatdy.
Ida death cam as a surprise as it
hail been understood that he wa
net severely Injured and was recov-
ering. Texan Believed
Killed In Train
MOKRIM. Nob.. Dec 2. H'l'i -Frozen
to death or killed by gaa
fuiiii 1 the body of a man believed
to be Joe Erwln of Greenville Tex-
.i wiu found in a refrigerator rail-
roui r.r nere (ouay
AurlMirittes belieel the man had
been dcid two or three day Rel -
it.ve in Greenville and Joe Krwln
left there last week for Colorado.
LATEST STOCK
"'JY UNITKI) ritlSS
Aineru.m Can HJ 7-8
Am P Jk I. 1 t
Am .Hnielt 21 II
Am T A T 12ft a-
Anieon'la 12 7-8
Auburn Auto 107 7-8
Aviation Corp Del 2 7-8
Beth HteeC 21 3-4
flyers A U II 1-1
CnuU Dry 17
Cue J I M 1-8
itiryilrr 13 7-8
I'liHim Wrlghl I 1 2
hHei t Au I- 32
r s" Bit 3.i
F. er Wheel II
e. r.'im I
wen t;ii 26 !-
Gen MM 22 1-2
(ail'ftte H R 13 1 I
G kle.r 18 1-1
Hi u.i n Oil 21 ."K
Int Cement 21 II
Ir t Ihirveiter 27 I 8
Johns M.inviile 19 fV
Kroger G & IJ 17 1 h
Ii'q Curb 20 M
M. ntg Ward :U8
Nit Wiy 20 3-8
Horn To Staffc
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U.'niKhl' f a finiu.i Se:inlm i-
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SAN ANTONIO
BANDIT HELD
Automobile Dealer Captur-
eu m Koouery Attempt
SAN ANTONIO Dee. 2. (U.R)
rtuu-lw II. Reatrn Cotulla auto-
motele deiler was dijarmeil nnd
I rtlajveil with kliMimliil iOvuinf
uiiK flrrairana a.Mer m itartnv t. '
tionul B in her. today.
AlrjMh nrrtrm MML. -L. n
7 . ..' J'7'J'r
Kau nntvnj un dum ana nratnt
it a not dMnondinc on. hundred
linn mi. mi ih. mo .s
jm mil
Inataad of hamlin. over tha mon-
ey Oroo.. grappled with the Intrtid-1
er and Constatola E. H. Roberts. w ""V "P1"' nal nenner a re-
who wm mik.lr a drnnNut. diurm. I ' (tmn Heaty net from Cover
ed tha man i nor sorHnT woiikl In airy wny lend
A pistol was taken from Reagan.'0. withdrawal of his anti-trust
The note rd "You would not help I MU
me when I askrd like a gentkunan
Aiy slgnul will mean death for
both."
District Meet
Sel For Friday
Tha dbtrlct committee of the
Oil Belt dlMtrict will meet Friday
night at Abilene. It was announced
her today by N 8. Holland sup-
erintendent of schools.
The meet 'n if was called by the
chairman. R. E. Dudley Abilene
"for a number of reasons" Hol-
land declared.
The session will be held Imme-
diately after the Abllene-Sweetwa-tor
same.
illoulc AUenTo
Start Hop Soon
UW ANOBLEM Dec. X tU.R -Don
Moyle and Cec'l A. APen who
croajed the Pnwtfic Ocean by air
In a atria. n.t .hri !. 11 ..n.
... H..Ii-7VT. .11. .i .
:: rwszirm'jrz?? xzr.
hum otu)i sw wtn "
around the world.
A pin oariying 14(10 giulona of
gasoline would be used Movie said.
CHAKTKIt IS.SIKI)
State charter was Issued tinlay
to the McMurtry-Kntght Mi.Kr
I Company
of llreokenrldge IJuick
I agents
I Tl.i inc irporntora were P J.
1 Knight. J. U. McMurtry ami P. K.
Deata Capital stock was placed
..t $10000.
QUOTATIONS I
Pari Publix 0
Ph KipM P 1 H
Prairie O A O 0 3-1
Pure Oil 5 6-S
Iurtty Bak II 1-8
Radio S 3-1
Hear Roebuck So 7-8
Shalt Union OH 1
Soueham Pftoif lc S3 1-8
atmn Oil K J St 7-4
Soeony U S-S
Stwlabaker 13 1-2
Tcxia Corp 16 3-1
Tex i.i Gulf Bui 25 t 8
Tex i i Pu (!AO!H
I nd KU.ott 21
I H Oyp-i m 27
I.' S Ind Aie 38 6 8
V S Steel 62
Vanadium IS I I
Westing Woe 31 5-8
W: "nlngtrn 23 3-8
f'urb Stock:
C'tte-t Service fi .V8
F rd M Ltd r. 1 i
Gulf fOll Pa -is : s
Humble OH 80 1-2
Ntag Hud Pwr 7 3-8
Stin Oil Ind 18 '.-8
Depression Miiht Have Been Softened
If Check On Inflation During "Balmy"
Days Had Been Kept Banker Tells Body
WASHINGTON. Hit. . t ! The lilnu nf irirrfliin mliclit limr
Im'mi Milli'iiril If InlltilhiM llii'l I mi' n I'lii'cknl ilurliie tin Imom (htIimI
f Imrlci C. Mitchell tliiilrniitii nf the Nntlmial Ci: Itiitik of New
rk miIiI IimIiii.
Mitehfll tritiflrd lie fore Hie M'imie iMiiiinilllee linr-.tli;ntliiB prnint-
iIh fur I'l'iiimiiilr ilniiiilnc.
I lie present eeiiiintiile hUiiuIIimi ciiiiM not lime Ii en riillrely uvolil-
il. the litmKer siilil.
Mllrlirl wild Hie IhiiiUh mih the ili'irrsslnti eoiiilni; "hut Hie pnlil e
li.-iU Hie hltn In IN Ih mill mil uroiinil the Imnki altliiiuli iin-
i'iiliiMll the m III nf tile luniks hih ihi 1 1 lie nil."
President Of Howard-Payne
College Speaks Tonight At
Banquet Given For "Bosses")
API OFFICIAL
CONFERS WITH
GOV. STERLING
Ainos L Bealy "Had Not
Thought About" Talking
With James Allred.VtfSTIN. Dec. 2. U.P Amoa L.
He ity of Nw York preaklent of
the Americ-in Petroleum lantitute
conferred hero tod.iy with Governor
Rotm S ertlng and tho atato railroad
conimiaakon but not with the attor-
ney genenil. Jvnm V. Allred.
When aked If he would call atao
on the attorney genera!. Who ro-
eently filed antl-triat attlta nRnlrut
"H COnWHW Incitlditlf; UlO AmeriOHn
"J 7?' '"" woiisiu
.out It."
Beatv d anted that tha jyovnrnor
- "
" 2 '" " Psta? mian
" levtatetura to repoal .tha an-
ti-trut law under whMi the nt-
"""T l" " nroint
Allred nW following Benty's visit
Survey Shows
Women See Ads
COUrMBtrS. Ohio Dec. 2. (UJS--The
bureau of buxlness n search at
Ohio Ht ite t'nivrri.iy trarned fcj-
lcwlnt( a recent mirvey tsavt. irre-
spertive of aocial status a majhrlty
of Columbus women habitually po-
r.asjd neMpapr advcrttasmient of
spaetsJ sales m retail stores.
The bureau taking cognisance of
a long-standing eoatrovemy among
raUUw relatrve to the desarahUtty
of such ndrerttscinente. and bollov-
Ing that aeWu wmeiualota eotrld
not be reached In any other man-
ner. assUd "tha only paiwon who
knewT- tha utttonsjU conanmer.
A group lad by Prof. R. a Akt-
paugh. ot the bureau afimtt. niica-
tolnad 1833 women. The survey re-
' ff VAVfavl frit I mnt lh UI .tA.. ....at!
" TT. "'- " ..
lcr ' watehad the ad-
'
T'rofesaor Alspaugh found that all
classes of coruumers from the
wealthiest to the poorest were in-
terested In special salai snnounce-
merrtn. In th well-to-do sections of
the e'ty 81 per cent of those Inter-
viewed reported an interest in spe-
cial mlcu. I.i the meiMum income
sections It was said. 82 per cent
reported similarly.
Memphis Blast
fit illVPit Slrnvn
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Dec. 2. (U.R) -Explosion
of a iwlut mngnzlne
at the FUher Lumber Corporation
today injured thirteen workmen.
Th injured were taken to hoa-
p.tila suffering ficm cuts bruises
and burns.
The explosion blew out windows
in neaiby plants. Cause of the ox-
plosJon a not deterinlnod.
.MASONIC DINERS l-XT
A MII.i: OF SAUSAGE
READING Pa.. Dec. 2. il'Pv A
I mile of muaage was sten by dln-
I era at M&xnn'c feHivHles here re-
icently. Rich binqueter consumed
on the avertgf. about 12 InchOS of
aumge it was estimated. The
aausags was maiiufantured in Leb-
anon especially for tho occasion.
PLANES SOW THE
SALEM On . Dec
SEEI1S.
(U.R)- Tho
airpUne U r."w in agricultural lm -
piemer.- .iney re uaoti to plan'
tree.! Se. l.ng of lMi?e areas of
toggeil off gra;ilrir '.ami from the air
ki croilng Into rather general prac -
tic In eert-iin nictlonn of Oregin
l Wi'hingt n and Idihi
T AH 1 4 fn t-Ant tin tmm fi- ! .m
- lilMllli.m !' me Wll
niet tonight at which Hreckn-
rldKe buainean elrls untcrtaln the r
employer thoae In chirse .mid !
thU niornlne. Althouch th llm '
in a new one hero It hna been
very aucceaaful by many Huaineaa
ami Profeaelorml Women"" Cluba
according to official. Thn affair
la planned to further the underly-
ing nbjectlvo of the club -that of
Klvlng mora efficient aervlce to
employera -nnd to glva omplayor
and employee an oportunlty to
meet for n aocial occasion.
The club feela fortunate In ic-
curlnR Dr. Tlio. II. Taylor presi-
dent of Howard-Payne College
Hrownwood a the principal speak-
er. Thoae who have heard Dr.
Taylor say that ho U a moat en-
tertaining kpeaker.
More than seventy five tlcketn
had been sold this morning and
the hundred mark was expected to
be reached before tonight. The
affair will begin at 7.30 In the
basement of the Ktrst Christian
Church. A turkey dinner will be
served by the women of the
church.
.Mia Jewel Furr will be tcast-
mlitroaa. Two of the features of
the program will be a- rending by
Mis Hope Irvln and n violin solo
by Ml Helen Hurrl. Toasts to
"Our Bosses" and to "Our Girls"
will bo given by Mrs. A. C. An-
drows and Ualley W. Hardy.
Tho Invocation will be gtvon by
the Rev. Host) A. Smith pastor
of tho First linptlst Church. Miss
Irene Klnehen president of the
LJtialneaa nnd Professional Wom-
en's Club will give the wolcemo
ndil roti and zv. H. ilolliinil will
respond.
Ticket sales tor the annual Re-
tall Merchants Association banquet
which will be given Thursday ova-
nlng nt tho Y. M. C. A. hnvo been
good and one of the boat banquets
ever given Is predicted by Mia
Idnlla Young local R. M. A. secre
tary
W. H. (Joo) Bailey president of
the Associated Retail Credit Men
of Texas will bo the main speaker
nnd an Interesting program of en
tertainment has been arranged.
Tho yearly -wreettn of officers
for the Rreckenrldge association
will bo held at the banquet. Miss
Young said.
F
rencli Plan
Invention Bill
PARIS. Dee. 2. 'U.R) A now law
to ptoteot French Inventors ami In-
vention has Just beet? proposed ;i
the aun.to by M. Frey undersec-
retary of state for commerce.
If 'the bill proposed by the
Frenchman becomes a law the du-
ration of patent rights will be in-
creased to from 18 to 30 ysara and
henceforth a patent can be taken
(Hit only by the inventor and those
upon wham these rtghu devolve
foRowing his dentil
The cotK of a patent to be paid
by the Inventor will be reduced if
the new bill goes through. At pres-
ent these expenses constat of a tax
.of til and annual payment of $12
for five years $16 for another five
y" and lastly of $20 for the re-
any one of these annuities entails
the loss of the patent right.
According to the teneti of the
Frey trill this system would be en-
tirely abolished and a total pay-
ment of $10 would be required and
would be made easy by a simple
payment at the lime the (latent was
doltvored and Its security would
therefore) be assured.
ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE
UPSET OVER CATS
GRAND RAPIDS Mich. Doe. 2.
(U.RI From Capo Cod to tho Cats-
kills a eat catastropho la sweeping
th enst nccordlng to Robert E.
Seller managing director of the
Anlnml Raseuo Loague Uoaton
Moss.
Before n session of the Ameri-
can H'jJitono Association here for
its 6.1th annua) moeting Cellar de-
clired the cat menace In the oast
"amounta to n catastrophe." H
!1 clty-aiwollcra are leaving their
;pets when they re urn from vnca
lions .n the;r summer sottagas.
"Cats." SeMor said "turn wild and
kill our songster nnd game btrde
When they are 'illowed to tun free
Thty become n fli'ice an catn-
Imounta."
T 17 A mil? HD A II D
i LOOKING FOR
; WAREND
Members Await Replies To
! Resolution From China
I And Japan
i
I I'AH.8. 1ec. 2 'UP) The I.iine
.of Nations' c nncil believe I t I v
I thnt its eompromkie rewlutlon foi
I 4etlement of th Mnnchiiriun ill-
j pue would bo aerrpted by C'hin-i
and Jatmn.
KnjoyinK the r flrnt respite fwiii
tntrruc ncK-'.ationi nf the lin-t
mo- h. eriinril membera oiitlmlntl-
cally aw-nltfd rcpHe of Nanking
nr'l Tokyo.
fVmlrted copies of the rrsaiti-
Uon calling for evacuat on rvf Mnn-
rla and creation of a neutral
contmUaiion of Inquire were for-
warded to Nanking am' Tokyo last
night. Heplies were expeotad to
night.
1'lfJHTINO CO.VTINUIW.
MUICDBN Dec. 2. if ft Flgl.i.nz
lias been In progress at Tnlil nenr
the NonnI River in Nortnern Man
churin since Monday reports re-
ceiveil today snkl.
The engagement was brtwern
Japanese troops and 1000 cavalry-
men belonging tn Oeneral Ma Chin-
Shan who was driven out of Ts!t-
V.har by the Japanese.
TROOPS MOVING.
TOKIO. Dec. 2. U.- ReporU thit
General Ma Chan-Shan. Chlncee
miKtiriat. driven from Tsluihar
vtoi ecncrnttatlng 20.000 troops In
on aiini!i 10 reuiKe ine c.iy were
teceivod here trday frcm Taifaihar.
Melhodisl Men
To Hear Weeks
Tuesday Night
The lat meeting of the vear of:
the Methodist Men'a Fellowship
Chrn will ho hold tho night of De-
cember 8 It was announced to.l.iy
by Illako Johnson. The meeting will
bo held In the haacrnont of the
First Metbpdtat Church.
Women of tho Methodist Church
will serve tho banquet. Money de-
rived will be used tn Chriatnuut
work of the women It was de-
clared. Dr. A. J. Weeks editor of the
Texas Chr.irt.lnri Advocitc a Meth-
dlt ptibMeaUon. will be tho prlnci-
P' speaker or the b-inqurt. Dr.
' wcena will give Ills Travel Talk
iM inh.. h nrmii an i .ihiirw
sophlcal address).
'Ph. r.miln.Ur rf lh nrrirnm
win be announced later according ' Br- f('fc' dwth ln '" clec-
"efU niuU ruiat. riH ii
to the committee.
Baby Undergoes
Operation Here
IJttlo Rex Richardson two-year-old
son of Roy If. Richardson un-
derwent an operation this after-
noon nt the Westslilo Hospital fer
the removal of a foreign body
which had become lodged In his
thront.
When the ehlld's breathing be-
came hard Montlay nfternuon It
was at first thought that ha had
diphtheria But later an x-ray pic -
ture showed some object deep In
hi throat. Tlie operation was
necessary fer it removal.
Demo Majority
Given Increase
ELIZABETH!. N. J.. Dec. 2. HT'
Tlie dsmoaratkc majority In the
house of representatives hi.i been
i Increased to five b ' he election of
I'ercy H. Stswjrt wet dsmoorit tn
the seat formerly held by the late
Ernest R. Ackernxin dry republi-
can. The democratic victory left the
house line up:
Democrat 210; republicans 211
farmer-labor 1: vicancy I.
CORN GREW IN AUTO OIL
PAN OF INDIANA MAN
BEDFORD Iwd nee. 2. U.ftt- -A
grain of corn which fell Into the oil
pan on Charles Conner's auto here A oarpentor preferred charge
germinated nmi grew to a height I against a building Clrm and the
of five inches before it was dUcov-'court held that the Indeflnltenekw of
ored Conner sold. A small radiator the "our. en t wage" provision ren-
leak provided water for the sprout. ' dered tho law Invalki.
Only Sixty Per Cent of Initial
Installment of City Taxes Paid
Major Charles if Clark un-
noiiiiced today that only about
sixty per cent of tho first half
of luxe due December I had
been pnliL
According to Mayor Cl.irk
tills Ih approximately ten per
cent lower til tia was paid for
tho ciirrespnnillng period last
jenr.
"A number nf property own
Floor Leader?
ICJHUH
Hepreaentntlvc Henry T. Halney
ADove oi Illinois nppears virtu-
nlly assured of the Democratic
floor leadership of the Homo In
the forthcoming seailon of Con
gross. no In said to have the ma-
jority 'support In both the north-
ern and southern statet.
PROBE OF NAVY
DIRIGIBLE IS
SENATE AIM
Imperfections In Akron Tc
Be Investigated Group
Announces
WASHINGTON Dec. 2. U.R A
congressional Investigation of rum-
ored tmfierfecUoos in the new rmv
dirigible Akron was assured t-dny
Reprewntat ve Dixon democnu
Georgln prospective chairman of
the house naval affairs committee
ami Rcoresentative Britten ranub-
Jlloan Illinois present chairman
approved the Inquiry asked by Rep.
McCllnit c democrat. Oklahoma.
rn Investigation will begin soon
ter organisation of the house next
Monday McCMnt.'c sold. Among re-
pents which will receive attention
are rtimors that the aluhlp Is un
uble to lift her full load and that
the frame work I too light to bear
up under extensive full rpecd test!
Governor Not
To Interfere
In Execution
I SPRINGFIELD. Ill . Dei' 2. U.
uovernor ijuia i tMiimeraon re
I fu"wl executive clemency tulny to
rtUSUa McW MlanUI. 17-ytar-old
trie chair on Friday Dec. 11
Despite the pleas of Cli-ence
Dnrrow famous criminal attoinoy
and other notables Governor Km-
morson oocttpted the rtate pardon
board rooommonilat on opposing
commutation of the sentence
Bandit Loots
Kansas Bunk
PRETTY PRAIRIE Kani.. Doc.
2. lU.fC The Htate Bank nf Prettv
PPralrle was robbed nf anprrxi-
. mately $l.S00 In cash by n single
1 bandit today.
Entering the bank shortly after
It opened the bandit d leaned In
hunting clothe forced Roland
Notestlne assistant cashier to
hand over the money fttmt the
cash drawer and vault and then
fled in a small coupe
W. C. Schmidt who was a cus-
tomer at the time of tho holdup
was struck In the buck by the
bandit whn he was slow In rais-
ing hi h.indn.
ARIZONA HITS SNAG
IN STATE WAGE LAW
rilOEN'IX. ArU. Dec. 10. IUR)
Maintaining a high standard of
wage thmugh legislative action
la a difficul t'wk Arlmna has
learned by experience.
Th last legielature adopted a bill
requiting all eorrtr Mrtom on public
works Ui pay the current wage but
the law wan declared unoonstltu-
tional the first time it was tested
ers" ho illcl.ircil "prefer t)
wait until January to pay nil
of their tuxes rather than pay
In two liistallniHiiU When till
l dene the penalty and Inter-
est will lint he niMrd for de-
linquency. - lliiwcter tho first
half uf the taxes were due
December I anil are now delinquent."
DRIFTS CATCH
MANY TOURING
IN SOUTHWEST
Temperature Here Drops to
Two Degrees Above The
Freezing Point
DALLAS. Dec 2. IU.RI-A white
ilunket of snow hiTn.ei i'f
n HotltmNfitt Tex ik ind i in I r .
il fear to be expto-it.l r
sti hunters and nwh .y . t
he range.
A snowstorm that wh ; 1 r
SouUrwest Texas with unu i u t rv
overed the ground t6 a ie lepp
ind biting wind plied fhr n. ii
leights of aoverul feet in Mi.- i f
Reueue parties went out fr ti
Pecan. Alpine Marfa Hm Spun?
ind ohor points to aid hioru.di
Ahose ai.trniiolilk had utalti d in
he drifts. It was feared that deJr
-untlng parties in the DnvU moun-
tain region had suffered from the
itorni.
Rnln was reported to the weath-
r bureau here Unlay by all i:n-
tlon excupt AmariNo. It whs snow-
ng at El Paso where the tempera-
ure stood at 30 degreees
RAIN SI.UKT linilli
For the fourth straight itey
Breckanridge rcsldcnU shivered
as moisture laden clouds obscured
the sun ami cold wind swopt In
from the north.
The temperature hero lodov var-
ied but four degrees frrtn 8 n m.
until 2 p. m. At eight o'clock this
morning the mercury stood nt 31
legreej two degree above freez-
ing. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the
inmpcMUire stood at 23 degrecon.
The minimum for Tin-ailny was
hlity-two dogroos. with the mnx-
mtfli at 10 dogrcoe roaohetl at 3
p. m.
Rain and sleet .fell here this
morning.
Wlial No Plates?
No Receipts Here To Enable
Collector To Issue
License Tugs
It's lime to obtain the IIIX!
iiiitimiiihllc llccnv plates hut
just try nnd do It In Stephens
County
lloiwycr this enmity Is lint
bj Itself. Nluety-seyeii oilier
Texas munllcs cannot issue li-
cense digs for n few days nc-
coidlng lo IV. It Ely chairman
of the state higlmuy commis-
sion. The required printed registra-
tion receipts have not been fur-
nished the highway department
by printers and hum jet to bo
dlsti United to the ninr-ty-clglit
counties.
Registration will be delayed
until the printed forms can be
placed In the bunds of county
tax iiillectiirs.
The law authorizes registra-
tion uf cars during DcccmhiT
and January and allous motor-
ists until January 11 to have
the 103'.! number plates on cars.
It was expected that registra-
tion can start In the remaining
counties u It liln a few days. Thn
highway commission was press-
lug contract printers for quick
deliver of ihe recrlpt forms.
Among Ihe counties whoso
receipt blanks are uiidcllicred
nre: Travis Comal Colorado
I.ce Waller Washington Wil-
liamson Potter lliitchlns'iii
Carson Collingsworth Hale
Hartley IjiiiiIi Hemphill Par-
mer Moore Wheeler Riitulall
Schleicher Shackelford Tom
Green Reagan Stephens Toy-
lor Ward Winkler Webb Ui
Salle Hidalgo Eastland nnd
Denton.
Alloyed Rum
Ship Burned
WOODS HOLE. Mans. Die .
I.l'i- Explosion and fire .ink the
$10000 alleged rum boot Star off
Port Nook Bench tod iy aftei ci i
guards pumped machine gun bulle
at her during a mile chase
The seven member of the Stir
crew two of whom Hiiffered burr
woro rescued by the crew of the
coast guard patrol boat an 1
brought hore.
WASHINGTON FARMERS GIVE
POTATOES FOR THE .1 O B LESS
SEATTLE Dee. 2. (U.R) Fuv
tons of potatoes will be dl-str billed
through the Unemployed Cltlzrn '
Long' e of Eastern Washing! in
due to efforts of 30 volunteer wi k
er who crowed Snoqualme Po
in borrciwed trucks and dug tho
j potato mi that were donated by
I fiiraern nrnr Thorpe W i ill.
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Campbell, Robert C. Breckenridge Weekly Democrat (Breckenridge, Tex.), Ed. 1, Thursday, December 3, 1931, newspaper, December 3, 1931; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth70464/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.