The Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 160, Ed. 1 Monday, April 22, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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Big Dairy Day Show and Parade To Be Held In Broumwood Wednesday, April 24
I Latest News First
A Home Owned Newspaper, Serving the Heart of Teu* With Today's News T oday, Every Day Except Sunday
SIX PAGES TODAY
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1940
PIONEERS HOLD RECORD REUNION
Tr^Pf/ » • dftuchtcr of the a contest for 3le most members of
»■ Adams who was tax as- a pioneer family present. Fifteen
of Brown county In the "UK members of the family were In at*
during the 80s, county tendance at the time.
■er for ten yean during the UlHu.| t-mtirr*. ____
g in 1*08 a candidate *°fi Murray’s string orchestra* four
t STfife* toL^torTaft numbers b* * quartet composed of
{,? ^iMr **»■ Neil Da** and two
* pAw «L*rirf of tidihork children, Don *nd Billy, of Owens,
inV\h7 m*mbers of the Welcome W Chan*
£,2- “-s- «u. mi- o«ia sprto-
omang s^^Ttoe topte “V“ aecom‘*ntet; ^nging led by
e Perils and Pleasures of Old ^ ZZ
Her Watson, now R5 yearw ~*L ‘JT ¥**. H_®V***
ok* without the aid of notes **■ - <*?urn
tie. quoting much Scripture lhe H*rtln “«*» choir
nsmory. His text was from *“° **n*'
bs 16:30 Rev. Watson dame A resoluU-ns committee compos-
rwn county in the 70sv first of Mrs Irene Adams Trapp, A.
g near Williams Ranch In B Reagan, K R. Ashcraft, George
te came to Brown wood and B 8a rage and A. R. Watson drew
1 Coggln Academy. Later, up ft resolution of respect in the
one of the founders and be- deaths of William Morgan Baugh
Che first student to enroll in *~d Brooke Smith, and a eommlt-
i Payne ooUege. He served Me composed of Mrs Trapp, B. D
Legislature from Mills coun- Sheffield, A. B Reagan and Mr.
me time and was chaplain of Ravage offered a resolution of sym-
ate prison under one admin- pa thy and wishes for speedy recov-
«• * * i ery of James C. White, secretary
the riua* of the dap* pro- and historian of ths association
the Welcome W. Chandler These and a general resolution ex-
, Brown county’s first white pressing thwnk« to those who had
s, were declared winners of j contributed to the -r^nn of the
pioneers. first settled on what to known aa
“Therefore, be it resolved, we the John Weecron place, west of
regret their going; they have all Lake Brown wood dam
lived long. Useful and honorable In attendance at the mectta«
lives and have been excellent, use- were people from all parts of
ful and honorable citizens and Brown county; from Abilene, Aua-
Ploneers of Brown county. tin, Concho county,
“We extend our slncerest syra- county, Mills, county. Comanche
pa thy to the families and friends ! county. Port Vrorts_ Dallas, San
of each of our departed pioneers. Antonio and eLrswbere. The first
"Be It further resolved that a floor °* the Memorial hall was
page of the minutes of this or- filled throughout the afternoon sas-
ganization bo set aside for this don, » crowd of about 800 at-
reeord in their honor and memory, tended the morning session.
(Signed) Iren# Adams Trapp. A. | ***»• Oeorgc B. Savage furn-
B Reagan, E R Ashcraft. Oeorge ‘*h«1 the reunion with two bou-
B. Savage, A. R. Watson." qurts, on* for Miss Mehssa Phand-
, A resolution was also adopted to J***® <*?i*<* Iir",nti,k®
provide for the printing of Rev. wBB*.
Watson* sermon in pamphlet Among thoM attending the
form. Jesse M. Perry and L. J. “®ettag from (tot of town were
Honea were named as a commit- Harvey Baugh of the Austin
tee to attend to this matter. Oourt of Civil Appeals. Mrs R.
Judge C. L. McCartney of Brown- O. Nipper of San Antonio; O. O.
wood, a resident jl this county Savage o; Abilene,
about » years, war another speak- --’ *»'
tzsasriS^r ~1 gun™^heard
W. T Savage, Dallas attorney. I GOTHENBURG. Sweden. April 22
former flotrial representative and — (UP>—Gunfire was heard
past gfand master of Texas I. O. today off the Oothenburg peninsula.
O. P.4 whose father came here in but a heavy fog prevented residents
1876. wss also on the progr&m for along the coast from determinix*
Allies Mots With Speed
To Cat Off Nazis
At Trondheim
By RALPH PORTE
United Press Staff Correspondent
STOCKHOLM Sweden April 22
— •UP)—Allied expeditionary troops
moved In font against the German-
occupied Norwegian port of Trond-
heim today and ft British com-
mander in the north warned that
In U. S to Fix
Nazis Trade Ties
Admiral Predicts
War With Japan
Sails for France
To Aid Civilians
Balloon Freed Here
Travels 250 Miles
- *
A fas-filled balloon released by 1
WASHINGTON, April El—CUP) i The Japanese program of world
- Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig, conquest, he said, was detailed in
former assistant chief of navaTop- a memorial from Premier Tana So
orations, told the Senate naval af- to the Emperor of Japan on July
fairs committee today that he be- 28. 1937. Taussig testified that he
lieved a war between Japan and believed it without reservation*, de-
the United States is inevitable spite Japanese Insistence that the
He said he thought Japan Is Purported program is fictitious,
fomenting a depend* Par Eastern • *T cannot see.” be said, “bow we
situation as a prelude to a program can ultimately prevent being drawn
of conquest by which it hopes to Into war on account of the Par East-
Impose Its philosophy on music of on situation.
the world.' * “We would be warranted in using
Taussig, now commandant of the economic and financial means and.
fifth naval district at Norfolk. Va^ if necessary force, to preserve the
said he believed that Japan intends integrity of China."
to try to conquer the Philippines. Major George Fielding EUot also
Prench-Indo China, ths Nether- was ready to testify before the corn-
lands Indies and other sections of mlttee considering the 1653,000,000
the Par East. naval tonnage bUL
Halted Press Staff Cwvsspswgsiii
LONDON. April 22—(UP)—Oreat
Britain prepared to throw between
tlOjOOO,000)000 and 613.000.000.000
into the scales against Germany
today as Its air force blasted Ger-
man air baser in Scandinavia and
Allied troops jotofed Norwegians In
a stiffened stand against German
land tones.
Sir John Sknon, Chancellor of
the Exchequer. In introducing In
the House of Commons tomorrow
the budget for the fiscal year which
started April 1, was expected to call
for between 3400460400 pounds
and 3,400400400 pounds - the
largest budget to British htotory
(The equivalent at the present
pound sterling rate are 810400400.-
000 and >11J00400400; at par $14,-
600400400 and $16.547400 cw
STOCKHOLM, April 23—(UP>—
Capt Robert M Loeey, U. 8. ah
atache was killed by a German
bomb splinter yesterday at Dwn-
baas. Norway—first American cas-
ualty of the war In Scandinavia
Loeey was killed by a bomb
splinter which struck him In the
heart as he stood outside a tunnel
at Dombaas watching an air at-
tack. OUmss In the group took
shelter in the tunnel and were not
Injured.
Dombaas la only 40 miles south-
east of Andahnes where the Brit-
ish have landed. It Is s Junction
point for the railroad, one branch
running north lo Troodheten which
the Germans control and one run-
ning south to TJiuhmmiw where
Norwegian defense forces are con-
centrated. ..TTT>
It Is along the Anrtalmee. Dom-
i-t LUlehammer railroad that a
Juncture of B ash and Norwegian
forces would be effected. It was
thought Loeey, reoantty transferred
from Finland, cams to this area to
observe the developing battle be-
tween Allied-Norwegian and Ger-
man f areas for control of this strate-
gy route. . ^ ' f
Loeey waa a captain in the U. 8.
air corps. He was barn in Iowa
on May 27. 1906. Be graduated
from the U. 8. military academy at
West Point In 1939 and entered
the air com after completing ad-
vanced air Valnlng courses in 1996,
Lossy was hit In the heart of
a bomb splinter while standing out-
ride a mountain tunnel at Dam-
baas The bomb exploded imme-
diately in front of the tunneL •
Other persons In the vicinity took
refuge In the tunnel and were not
injured. It was reported that the
Mrs. Henry A. Hutton, PTenth
Red Croe. volunteer nurse In the
last World War. pictured as she
sailed from New York for France
recently to head American vol-
unteer civilian refugee relief
center.
An unconfirmed ctspateh to the
newspaper Norbotten Karlen of
Luieaa. on the gulf of Bothnia
coast .reported that 600 German
soldiers had crossed the Swedish
frontier from Norway last night
and had been interned. It was be-
lieved. the dispatch said, that the
Germans belonged to the Narwlk
farce and It was added that soma
wounded, had been sent to hospi-
tals. ,
It was Indicated that the Oerman
drive already had been slowed and
that one Norwegian force was hold-
ng Raend.Si jord, only 25 miles north
~m Oslo.
Swedish press reports from the
frontier were that Norwegian and
British troops had taken Hamar, on
Lake Mioser. 43 miles northeast of
Raendrtjord.
Well Informed British quarters ex-
ireased doubt that these reports were
rue. But R seemed certain that a
British force had made its way down
he Gudbrandssl valley from An-
lalsnes. an the North Sea coast, by
he Mokle-Andelsnes-Linehaimner-
Iamar-Oak> railroad and stood to-
tay square In the Germans’ path.
The main British-Norwegian farce
vws reported to be in tbe Lllle-
lammer region. 30 miles north of
ismar in the Gudbrandssl valley. ~
Oerman airplane bombings of En-
lafcnes, on the coast; Dombas, mid-
ray down the railroad to Lille-
lauuner. and Llllehammer itself
BROWNWOOD HIGH TAKES SECOND,
In regional uterary events
POSSE CAPTURES
JAILBREAKER IN
WINCHELL SHACK
GOOD NEWS
} WASHINGTON. April 23—(UP)
-“Two government agencies issued
encouraging trade figures over the
week-end.
The Commerce Department re-
ported that Independent retail store
sales in 22 983 establishments tn
March Increased 23 per cent over
February and six and one-half per
cent over March, 1939 Sales total-
j ed 8233406432 last month com-
pared with 6206,122412 tn Pebru-
The Interior Department an-
nounced that commerce with ter-
ritories and Island possessions to-
taled 6233400400 In 1939. an tn-
. crease of 66400400 over 1936 Pur-
chases by Alaska. Hawaii. Puerto
’Rico and the Virgin Islands were
I exceeded in value only by the Unit-
ed Kingdom and Canada.
Jack* county ja5 Closure to feed ned a aeries of hearings on « was asse
the inmates taged Communist-Nazi plots to ttim
Participating tn the capture were control of the United States and.“f“ by ****** ta ***
Sheriff Tori, of Ja£ county. Mexico. , I m
Sheriff Jack Hallmark and Deputy Chairman Martin Dim said that)
Howard Becker of Brown county, hearings on a “Trojan Horse" plot
Constable Wayne Weems and Depu- in thfc country by Communists and
ty Dillard Myrick of Brown wood ]
bate, but lost to Abilene In the A ready writers,
finals The local boys team of E Fluwana won first in the one-
P. Smith ahd Billy Alktom lost act play contest Ooldthwaite rep-
to Abilene tn the first rounds of resented District 8 in the regional
the boys debate contests ! I meet.'
Strong But wstied
__________ _____________ As it was seen here, the German
Nazi organizations would begin this foro<* In Norway were strong but
week and that studies would be Oerman land foroes seek-
on the Colorado river last Thun- made two months hence of an al-| ^ to drive northward up the two
day with his wife and baby offi- Jl^ed similar conspiracy in Mexi- m*ln Norwegian valleys had not ef-
cers said. Officers hers did not co. - | fee ted contact with their men In
irxtnsr
when he escaped the Jacksboro ^ m/utratton of their members engaged in opera-
jail, it was stated. V -worw than it was in Norway "!Uon* wlth them
His arrest makes two of the throe Document., in the committee * pas- Not only British and French but
escaped men to be recaptured. One hp *hows detailed troops, men of the legion
is still at large. plans by the Oommunift-N&zi mem- ***** training in Prance
* bers to sabotage key points through f1”®* the Oerman victory in Po-
U,rJj_ r;j, out the nation and take full con- *”0 believed now to be flrm-
XTRFuUl vsirU \<U61161 4 trol “When ’the time is ripe." i Uf established in mid-Norway
Wins in State Copteit The Mexican plot hearings prob-| ^ ^ Allied hope that the
---. • ably will be held at some border maln Norwegian body now In ac-
. Tbe girls quartet of the R. P. point such as El Faso or Laredo, “°n, retreating up the tiro main
Hardin high school won first place Tex., Dies said. valleys, could slow the Oermans auf-
in the state negro interscholastic He charged that Oerman and ricientlv to nemn fun ■■■ -
league meet held at Prairie View Russian agents are working to set
State College Saturday iup a “puppet government” in Mexi-
Members of the quartet are Mary t co which would constitute a direct
L. Tyler. AUte Mae Kimble. Oer- threat to the peace and security
akUae Jones and Willie B Wil- ! of this country- A revolution leading
hftms Maris Bapsnler, music to- to establlxhmsnt of such a govern-
structor, and D V. Hall, priori- ment, he said. le eBhedulsd to take
Plans For Dairy
Day Are Complete
3 Agencies Probe
Big Train Disaster
The Brown County Dairy Im-
provement association is “ah net”
far the first official Dairy Day
show and Parmer Ooe* to Town
Parade" here Wednesday. It was
announced following a meeting of
the organization Saturday night
Fifty vehicles and 30 horseback
riders are lined up for parade en-
tries
Cattle will begin to arrive Tues-
day afternoon and evening and will
be taken directly to the Brown-
wood High school athletic stadium,
where the show will be held. A
man will be at the stadium Tues-
day night to take care of cattle
brought In.
Jo* Shelton, president, and A.
D. Murphy, cattle committee chair-
man, win leave today for Eastland
LITTLE PALLS. NY. April 22
—(UP i—Three agencies pushed
separate investigations today into
the wreck of the Lake Shore Lim-
ited in which 30 persons were kill-
DALLAS BUSINESS
MEN TAKE CITY
THE WORLD WAR
4 4 4 4 4 4
25 YEARS AGO
A president's special" bearing 64
Dallas business wsecu lives, a largo
group of high rated radio enter-
__ tainers and musicians. visited
Norwegian armies for a smashing Brownwcod during the noon hour
drive against all Oermans in Nor- today and took overHhe city tsm-
_ porarily, providing a free entor-
British official couroes deprecated tatament program on the street ed~
H16 *iTop<t opWmtetlc roptoto from Jacent to Hotel Brownwcod. j.
. mm, Boantonavia. such as Allied ramp- Jfr»e iktors Bote here m the JMR
Mexl. ture of such towns as Hamar Thev annual -eustoses Tour of thftflSfc
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ON PAOI THREE)
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Jones, Ernest. The Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 160, Ed. 1 Monday, April 22, 1940, newspaper, April 22, 1940; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1045730/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.