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American
WEATHER
West Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Wednesday with prob-
able showers In extreme west por-
tion tonight. Cooler southeast por-
tion. Evry Furehw Mad Out of
Brtekmrtdga.
VOL. 18 NO. 3.
BRECKENRIDGE STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS TUESDAY JANUARY 1 1938.
PRICE DAILY THREE CENTS-SUNDAY FTVENTS
CONGRATULATIONS FLOOD FR ON SPEECH
TRADE AT HOME
Ten PtMeM ar TutiiuJ l.
Breckenridge
The
Observer
MKSSAUK COMMKNTS
COYOTKH HORN
OOVKIt.NOH'.S juci;
.SOU. VAI.Ul-JT"
f
-atT icj
pietidcnt Frnnkln D Roosevelt
delivered a powerful address
to congress ytstrrdny. li wns nbout
m straight to his joints ns prcut-
dents speak. He said vrry frank-
ly what h thought of dictators.
That they threatened the penec of
the wotld. Democrats of the na-
tion applauded. Democracies of
Europe applnuded And uvorhonrd
from n few republican In Uicck-
cnridco -Wasn t that a political speech
for you'
Viewpoint Is powerful thing Th-
Rrcckenrldge American ran a pic
turo of two young ladles wndltu
la surf yesterday while playing
with a do The cmnerii was neui
the doj; with the Indies In the
background. The dog appeared
larger than the ladles.
A
wuman recently widowed.
passed through Sweetwater
li
I his week with all her household
goods and children In on old car
She stopped for gas at n filling sta-
tion. Owsn Owens was on duty.
'Yho d'ovc out of the station
Owens called to her and asked If
she had lost anything Hlio went
Into hysterics. She hod lost her
purse containing J500. All she had
In tho world Owens handed hoi
the purse which he had picked up
where she had been standing Tho
widow "nil but fell on my neck."
said Owens. Moiol -- when start-
Ins out to travol with that much
money send all but expenses on
nil-ltd or carry It In non negoti-
able paper- Owens was honest but
sometimes such a temptation prov-
es too much oven for people who
have alwuji been honest up to
that point.
1cmlnds us of an editor apply-
ing to a publisher of many
newspapers some years ago lot n
Job Tho publisher prided himself
on his own psychology.
He shocked the applicant almost
out of his shoes by firing the blunt
question "young man. what is
your price"
The applicant thought a moment
and answered --$100000. Why do
you say $100000?" the publisher
asked himself taken aback a bit.
"Because I never could get ano-
ther Job and it would take that
much In government bonds at I
per cent for me to live on-"
Tho publisher was silent n mom
I. cut
Ay Well no one will cvor
CMiat much so I believe I
't" ...... .1... I. .1.- ....Ml.it....
offer you
will give
you the Job" the publisher answer
ed
D'
1CK CLARK who went quail
hunting this week-end got
moro Interested In coyotes he
found In a spot Shackelford
county than In quail. He said they
were thick. Ono bit of Interesting i
Information was that n tcsldent
friend of his In Shackelford coun-
ty cults wolves with a horn. He
said It was a short cow horn. Tho
hunter hides behind a rock and
blows the horn which sounds like
n Jack rabbit's dying squeal. Soon
Mr Coyote makes his appearance.
IT NOW appears from twelve to
fifteen will be In tho rnee for
governor Karl Crowley of Fort
Worth has opened his campaign
with McCraw and Thompson singl-
ed out to fire at That Is one sure
way for a candidate to advertise
the opponents he fears may boat
him Into tho run-off one of whom
he must bent to get Ip there
Wc venture the prediction here
that those two will be In tho run-
o'f Hut If moic Stephens coun
ty people do not pay tholr tl
taxes tho voting hire wit) not be
very heavy.
president Itoosevelt said yes ter-
A day that the gravity of soil and
natural resources losses Is not giv-
en serious enough consideration by
the people In general.
China above every other nation
and France and other European
and Oriental nations know tho
dear price paid for toss of top soil.
In China and parts of France tho
j price has become so dear that
V scavenger rights In cities arc sold
tor large sums and so much hu-
man excreta In used for fertilizer
that It Is dangerous for poople to
cat lettuce strawberries or other
plants that grow dose to the
ground becnuse of the hazard of
dysentery.
Dutch To Remain
At Increase. In
Salary
FT WOKTII. Jan Uf!
Possibility tlmt Leo (Dutch)
Muycr. football conch at T. C
U would Isave declined nlmost
to the vanishing point today
when Dan Rogers chairman of
the athletic board said ho would
be offered a long tsun contract
at an adequate saint y tnciease
Previously Meyor admitted he
was "very much Interested" m
an offer bty tho University of
Mississippi. '
AUTO DEATHS
ROTARY TOPIC
Secret ComtoiUee For City
Suggested T o Check
Crash Fatalities
Membi'is of the Ruckcnrldgo
Itotaiy club Tuesday nt luncheon
heatd from A. M. Jamuson of the
Itipckinridgc hlsjli school of traf-
fic accidents In Texas. tie quoted
the state figures released for No-
ember showing a large Incioasc.
and declined there arc no traffic
accldcnts-that they ntc mistaken
that can Ik? avoided.
He said there woie nine fatnl
accidents In this country up to
May 1937. and suggested that
lirvckonrldgc follow tho example
sot by Dallas. There n secret com-
mittee of 100 rspoits traffic vio-
lations the first of feuso hilnglng
only a letter from the committee.
The second offunso draws n pen-
alty. Hill Rusell of the First National
Unnk was Intioduccd as a new
member.
Tom Moore assistant county
agent. Mob Howors and Al Jen-
nings wore visitors at the meetln;;.
Threo sons by the Stamps quartet
received prolonged appluuse.
Doctors Prevented
From Aiding Wjfe
WICHITA. Kansas Jan i. U.PJ
A husband who objected to the use
of medicine at the bit th of his
fifth child today allegedly threat-
oucd physicians with a knife Inter-
rupt ol tho delivery of the baby
and removed his wife from the
county hospital-
Hon Cauch 33. called for a pri-
vate physician to meet him at
homo and took his wife away in a
cab. Hospital attendants said they
wcro unable to check on whethtr
the baby was born.
Rliome Postmaster
Is Crash Victim
IT. WOItTH. Jan. 1. U.P.i -Trn-pd
In his overturned auto In a
ditch Charles Morris 17 postnuis-
ter at Ithomo wns extricated by
passing motorists and brought to
a honpltal hole today.
Morris suffered principally from
exposure
Blast At Longvicw
Damages Refinery
LONGVIEW. Jnn I U.PJ - An
explosion razed the boiler huuso .it
the Bust Texas Refining company
plant today causing luss estimated
nt $150000.
JONES OIL POOL EXTENDED
A quarter mile scuthcasi exten-
sion for the I-cwis pool In cast
central Jones county wns assured
Monday when tha Dole Smith and
Reit Fields No. 1 Caitcr et al top-
ped an upper pay streak of the
Rluff Creek snnd high to fill H5
feet in 43 minutes.
It was luter rated at about 10
bailers per hour operators! recov-
ering that much fluid on a two-
hour run without lowering content
of the hole-standing nt about 250
feet.
Top of tho and was logged at
1.875 fret corrected fiom 1880 the.
well running 17 feet structurally
higher on baso of the Saddlo
Creek than pool producers. Ten
feet of the pure sasds was drilled
showing very little gas and about
OF FORD CHIEF
FOUND BRIDE1
i
Daughter Of Wealthy Man
Elopes With Amateur i
Tap Dancer
YPSI1.ANTI. Jan. I I P '
Grrtiudc Henncnt. 17 car old
daughter of Harry Ucumtt of thr I
Ford Motor Company was nutu.c 1 I
lust night to HumoII Hughes nt
Aiihuiu. Indlnnn it was announce J
today at the Henuctt home I
The mnrilago wns performed by
a Justice of the pence shuitly after
the couple who had eloped from
hcie curlier In tho evening had
obtained n license ucroidlng to J
stat' police Captain Don Leonard
Ionnrd said that liennett wns
bioken up by tho news. Hcnnett
had believed thnt Gertrude miss-
ing nearly twenty hours when word
of the marriage arrived would not
clopc or would cnll if she Intend-
ed marrying.
Ucnnett had discounted theories
thnt his daughter had oloped with
Hughes an amateur tap dancer and
drummer and a class mate nt Mich-
igan State College.
Obviously worn with wnitlng-
while 1.000 federal state and local
police searched for his daughter
Ucnnett had been convinced she
was In danger.
Jobless Hike Is
"Shown At Capital
WASHINGTON. Jan. I. U.R
The senntc unemployment com-
mittee spread on Its record de-
tails of the shortest winter dcolluc
In employment In recent yenrs. and
a prediction by nsslstnnt WPA di-
rector. Coirington Gill thnt WPA
rolls would jump to l.POO.000 In
February.
Gilt estimated what Is to come by
telling the committee thnt there
were 1.C77.000 on WPA rolls Jan-
uaty 1 That the figures wcip ex-
pected to Increase to I.SOO.OOO this
month and hit o peak of 1.000000
In Februnry
"In recent months the recession
In business activities hns compl'te-
ly reversed tho recovery move-
ment." Gill said. Unemployment
has Increased abruptly seriously
chnnglng the outlook for rcllof
needs during tho winter.
Workmen Injured
In Oil Well Fire
PAL.ACIOS Jan. I (U.R) A
wildcat oil well a mile and n half
north of Palaclous blew out and
cuught fire today severely Injur-
ing itt least ono worker
Thico men were under the dor-
rick -floor when the well went out
of control and began blazing.
John Uezcok 31 wos treated by
a physician here and ient to Hous-
ton to it hotpltul.
Hudson Motor To
Give Cheaper Car
DBTROIT Jan. I. (U.R. Hudson
Motor Car company announced to-
dny that U will redouble Its pres-
ent woiking forco and spend $11.-
Ooo.OOO In the next few weeks in
the production of u new low pile
rd automobile.
five feet of shalo logged to a pres-
ent totnl depth of 1890 feet.
It is thought to be about eight
or ten feet above top of the sec-
ond pn streak which Is tho reg-
ular producing horizon of the field.
Only the King Oil company No. 1
Carter has reported a showing log-
ged In tho upper sand.
Smith estimated tho well to bo
good for not less than 50 barrels
per day from that pay. He said
It would bo cleaned out today plpi
lifted and the sand given a 20-
iiart shot of nltro by the end of
the week.
Present plans ara to complete
the well from this pay and drill
a twin to seek the lower horizon.
Location of the test Is 220 feet
(Turn To Tago Pour)
Awaits Reaction
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FRANKLIN D
While Ucmiii-t.il li- nations of E irope
gicss cstcrda. President Roosevelt todny united a response from
American tmsiii-ss men Then ncMon will determine what he will
have to nay in his J n kaon Day nddress.
City Schools Show
Increase In Rolls
Main topic of tlHiiHKicn nt the Bonid of Education minting Monday
night in Di. N. S. Holland's office was the pioposcd Intcischolastlc
League football distilct change.
The change would put Hickcuiidge In a new section composed of
the eastern half of the Oil Uelt. Foim.ttlon of tbn now district In
West Tcxns would necessitate. .
merging of two dlstticts In East r -
Texas. The loard Instructed Mr.
Holland to attend tho mooting at
Austin to look nftui' local interests.
Principals of tho flvo schools In
the system gnvo tho following re-
ports: J. F. ItAlley principal of Senior
High School ropoitcd tin cc new
students and no withdrawals; G.
I Keahey ropoitcd six new stu-
donts and two losses In Junior
High; L. It. Tatum of North Ward
showed fourteen now students and
four losses with a totnl umolt-
ment of fiO. He .tddod thnt cur-
tains mo needed for tho auditor-
ium in older to show slides.
R. H. Rowland icporlcd a total
of 300 in East Ward with three
now students six tc-enttlcs one
tinnsfor from South Wmd and
flvo withdrawn!; C. W. Waller of
South Ward gave an cniollmont
of 3M with seven now studentn
four ttausfcrs from other Wards
and four losses. Ho mentioned tho
ciowded condition of tho building
toveu of tho nine rooms of the
school being full at all periods.
Worker Is Burned
In Fumes Explosion
A II. Adams received treatment
tor second degree burns todny It
was said Mr. Adams was walking
past a gnsolluo pump nt tho Hait-
ian Rooster Stalum when a clgurct
ho was smoking ignited tho fumes
and caused an explosion.
Desperadoes Taken
In Carolina Hunt
CHARLOTTE N. C Jan. I. U.R
- Tho greatest manhunt In Noith
Cniollnu Irtitory endnd today with
tho captuio of Rill Payno and
Wash Tumor described by tho
fodcral bureau of Investigation ns
tho two worst desperados In tho
south-
New Shoe Shop To
Be Opened Friday
Moore's Modern Electric shoe
shop will bo opened in Rrcckcn-
ridge Friday It was announced. It
will be opened on Wnlker street
one door cast of Johnnie's cafe and
owned by A. E. Moore who comes
here from Abilene.
Martin eau III
The condition of E. J. Martin-
can who formerly lived here was
reported grave Monday. Mr Mar-
tlncau Is In tho hospital In 'Gra-
ham. He was employed at tho
Burch durs storo hero.
To His Message
ROOSEN -L.T j
applauded his nus-asc to con
industry survey
To Be Made Here
E J. Price executive sccictary
of the Texas Industrial Association
will be In Rreckonrldge. nt an
early date to survey the situation
here with tcfeionce to tho campa-
ign to interest Industries in Toxas
a letter to the Urcckonrldgu Cham-
ber of Comorco today disclosed
Mr. Prlco formerly wan connect-
ed with the Toxas Stato Manuf
acturers Association. Tho Toxas
Industrial Association n non-
pioflt organization has bcn or-
gnnzed to follow up tho loads ob
tained through tho Texas Cen-
tennial. In his lottur lie said tho
work of the oiguulit!on this your
would bo centered moro or loss
on West Texas.
Tho object Is to bring cnpltnl
to Texas. It was felt hero that
during the visit or M Prlco It
could be dctormiucd what Ricck-
enrldgo host suited to offer pio.v
pectlvo iuvestuis.
I CllOkilig DCUlll Oil
Escalator Escaped
LONDON ilMb At iv W. II. Pics-
ton of Choshiio was almost
crashed to douth In a strange acci-
dent that may never occur again.
Sho was walking down ho oson-
lalor of a tube station when u
rush of air from a Missiiig train
blow her coot Into tho innclwn-
ism. Tho next second aho hud
niched tho bottom and the ooat
was pulled light. Ah the stalls
moved on Mrs. Preston wus
dragged to hut' knee nciouming in
tenor.
Then Iho coat pullsd tlghtor still
nr.d began to strangle hor. Just ns
sho was losing ronsclousnetM tho
nock of tho coal partod. Her
daughtpr and another frlond
sprang to hor aid ami gripped tho
dragging coat In n dosperato tug-of-wur.
Another man rushed' to the
safety swltrh and stopped the ma-
chinery as sho fainted.
C-C Committee At
Work On Committees
At the meeting of tho executive
commiteeo of tho Brcckcurldgo
Chamber of Commerco Mondny
afternoon tho entire time wns
spent in tho selection of tho var-
ious committees and Tucsdny
morning it was reported that
work still is to bo completed-
Allred
ACT OF LAND
. CHIEF IS NOT
TO BE SIGNED
Governor Retains Lawyer
I To Advise On Patents
I Before Signing
IAlstlN. Jan. I. U.P. -Governor
James V Allied today refused to
sign u land patent appiovcd by
state land commissioner William
McDonald and announced he has
employed his own attorney to pass
on nil patents befor- signing them.
The lawyer Is Major John Hawkins
former chief clerk of the Innd of-
fice whom McDonald defeated In
the last state election. Allied's
icfusal to sign as stated lit u let
ter to McDonald was thut the pat
ent wns Issued at $1 nn ncic on
land which had been valued at 93
in n school survey. He snld also
the valuation flguic had been nil-
eicd to $1.
McDonnld said the patent wns
Issued In compliance with tho law
for vacancies in scjool surveys.
Tho pntent wns to Marlln Anderson
of Hcndeison Tcxns for 18 acres
in Rusk county. McDonnld snld It
wns not productive and thnt tho
statu retained mlncinl rights.
Thirteen Highway
Projects Pushed
AUSTIN Jnn. !. U.R Thlitccn
federal nld highway projects wcro
listed by the state department to-
day foi submission to the bureau
of public roads to be Included In
bids taken January 25.
Total estimated cost Is $1500-
000. Rids aru to bo opened tomor-
row on projects cstimnted to cost
$1160000. These Include concrete
baso and cutb and brick paving
on Highway No. 1 nt -Mineral
WoJIs and Weather ford and flex-
ible baso for highway No. 22 In
Johnson county.
Jap Armies Drive
Across Shangtung
SHANGHAI China Jan. 1. (U.R)--Japanese
armies drove across rich
Shangtung province today In n
swift campaign against Suchow
n railroad Junction.
Mcanwhilo Jupaneso authorities
demnndod controlling position In
the Shanghai municipal council
settlement bcrnuso of repeated
untl-Jupnneso teiorrism.
Battle For Teruel
At Stalemate Today
HENDAYE Spain Jan. t. (U.PJ-
Thu grim battle between Spanish
Nationalist and Loyalist for the
town of TcrucI today reached n
stalemate.
Jack Kearby Very
III At Hospital
lf
The condition of Jack Kearby
who Is seriously ill al the West-
side hojpltal suffering from Pneu-
monia wns reported grave this af-
ternoon. BUCKS MEET
Ciipplcd when four regulars
fouled out In the fourtn period tho
Rreckenildge Ruckaroos met de-
feat for the first time this senson
at Graham last night when Pat
Knlcff's Steers singed a iast-mln-utc
rally to win 2i-22-
Tho gnmo was wild and wooly
throughout 40 fouls being called
on tho two teams. Twenty-six of
these came In tho first half and
yet each team scored only seven
points during the first two quar-
ters. Neither quintet had any suc-
cess from the free throw line but
tho Buckaroos had less than tho
Steers and therein lies tho story
of tho wholo ball game. Graham
sank 10 out of 20 free tosses and
Refuses
Bowers Is Chief
Of Education
Board
AUSTIN Jan. . U.R) It. S.
Rowers Caldwell former stato
senntor today elected chairman
of tho state board of education
succeeding Ghent Snndcford of
Bclton.
TWO INDICTED
IN FOUR CASES
Forgery And Theft Charges
Returned; Jurors Meet
Again Jan. 31
Four Indictments against two
men were brought by the Stephens
county grand Jury Monday thut
body completing Its work for tho
time being and adjourning.
Three Indictments were brought
against Howard Atchison each
charging forgery In connection
with the passing of checks.
T. R. Jrvln was indicted for
theft in connection with ui tides
missed from the car of Dr. P. C.
Wray and rccoveicd from his
room in a local hotel. Medicine
cases and n shotgun wcic recover-
Ml.
Consplcluous by nbsence nt this
meeting of the grand July wus any
Indictment for driving while drunk.
Tho Jury will meet again on Jan-
uary 31.
Settings had not been posted
Tucsdny morning. Tills week Is non
Jury week In the 00th district court
and next week criminal cases will
be tried.
Power Projects
Ordered Ahead
FT WORTH. Jan. I. tU.PJ-Kour
municipal power projects in which
the PWA Is sharing the cost In
Texas wero authorised today to
go ahead under n V. S. Supremo'
Couit ruling Monday.
George Hull state WPA director
snld that nearly $7005000 to ba
ixpcnded on piojccts at Elcctra
Vernon and Liberty and Leonard.
An election was held in Austin
today to permit tho city to lenso
an old Austin dam to the Colorado
river authority tho authority would
repair tho dam and furnish Austin
low cost power.
A. J. Wlrtz. attorney for tha
authority expected dismissal of
Injunction suits ngalust the Colo-
rado and Rrazos rivor piojccts.
Assistant Farming
Agent Is On Job
Tom Mooio of Mineral Wells
has arrived In Rrcckcmidgo to
nssumo his duties as assistant
county agent. Ho comes to Breck-
enridge in nn exchungo of posh;
with Way no Slglcr formerly as-
sistant county ngent here.
W. R. Lace now county agent
here wus In Snyder Tuesday as-
sisting Luke Ballard in starting
off his now work there.'
FIRST DEFEAT
tho Bucks made only G good out-of
22 tries.
G. W. Goodson Graham's center
who hns been tho Bucks' nemesis
throughout tho fcur-game serhs
supplied tho winning margin In
the last 20 second of play whon ho
dropped in a crp shot with tho
score tied nt 22-all. The Buckles
had been In tho lead by 22-17 with
threo minutes to go and appeared
on thTir wny lo their fifth consecu-
tlvo victory. Then with Ralph
Hamll James Thomas Slcopy Har-
ris and Bill Ramsey out of tho
gama on personal fouls tho Bucks'
defense became wobbly. Free toss-
es by Eugene Jones Graham's high
(Turn To Tate Four)
Patent
BUSINESSMEN
ARE EXPECTED
TO JOIN FIGHT
Next Message Probably To
Be Requested For Nayy
Building Funds
WASHINGTON Jan. 1. I. P
Close friends of President Roor
vclt snld today that tho chief ex
cutlvo hoped for n cooperative ro
sponso from business to his m
sage as an aid in fighting busin i
recession.
Tho source declared that the r
action to tho congressional mis-
sago may go a long way toward de-
termining what tho President wlU
say at the Jackson Day celebra-
tion Saturday night.
Mr. Roosevelt was said to fuI
thnt the door was open to business
co-operation with tho administra-
tion. The rcsciiptlon of White Houso
news wns preventcu us congress
contemplated possibly n major In-
kuiry into busness conditions pait-
tlculutly those affecting anti-
trust problems.
White House aids reported hun-
dreds of messages and telephone
ca'ls had been received on tho con-
gressional messago and they wuto
almost entirely favorablo.
Tomorrow Congress will recolvo
the President's annual budget uuil
messngc. Tho" next communication
to congress probably will bo nit
appeal for a largo navy and Intnr
Mr Roosevelt plans to proposu
anti-trust legislation.
Friends described the president
as feeling he Is leading n fight for
an overwhelming majority of busi-
ness men. This majority was plo-
turcd as being squeezed from tho
top by less than one hundred liugo
corporations which produco 6T
per cent of the nations consumnblu
goods-
Following the budget message
the house and senate will get to
work on a program which speaker1
Itaukhcad hoped would bo com-
pleted In April
First 'Item on senate will bo de-
bate on antl-lynching bill.
Scnnto Minority Leader Chuilri
McNury of Oregon bclicvcf tho
President's messagi implied' de-
sire to amend the Wagner Labor
net and place greater responsibil-
ity on labor unions.
Students Exhibit
Woodwork Of Class
Tho woodwork clnsa of Bracken-
llfhrn 14llh finhnnl linu .. l.i.lft!if""-.J
display of tholr work at TlulnmV
son's Hurdwaro Company.
Some of'thc objects cxhibitc
two smoking stunds a book
and a largo cedar chest.
The tools tho class uses an I
nished by Thompson Hurdwai i
Company
Marine Corps To
Enlist More Men
During the month of January an
unlimited number of applications
will bo considered for ciilistmeii-
In tho United Stato Marine Corps
it was announced todny.
Information on tho correct m (h-
od of applying for cv '.Istmcnt in
this branch of tho service muy ho
obtained from the postmaster
Claude Thompson
Miss Irene Kinchen
Operation Patient
Miss Ircno Kinchen deputy
county clerk underwent an oper-
ation at the Westslde hospital yes-
terday. At the county dork's of-
fice she was reported Bcrlously Hi
Tuesday morning.
Workman Killed
.AUSTIN Jan. 4. URl-Mnyo Ber-
ry 23 workman on a dam on tho
Colorado river was killed instantly
late yesterday when ar empty
cpnicnt conveyor fell
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