The Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 110, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1940 Page: 3 of 14
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SoutBWi
ed B Is Dre:
those extra pennies yon save can
CAMAY, LUX, PALMOLIVE, UF
patronage of our
CAB
FIRM (GREE
you i* blended from the
"top of the efOp." It'*
the coffee with the
fre*H-From-the-oven fie*
vor. Try it today end
TASTI THE DIFFER-
%*TOP
DRIED YAMS, 4 Iks.
m
My RALPH FORTE
Ifaited Prm Staff Correspondent
HELSINKI. Finland. Feb 23—
(UP)—Russian shock trpbpM at- j
tacking through snow, sleet and
fog behind massed tanks and a
terrific artillery barrage, fought
stubborn Finnish troops in the
Manner helm line before VUjMrl.to- 1
day in the mo6t furious battle of
the war.
So heavy was the snow that •
many tanks were' bogged down. I
Fighting was most fierce in the !
ad man's land in the Koivtsto
on the coast Finnish bat-
on the Koivlsto Island group
6 town of Koivlsto raked the
’’ Russian lines with shells of all
calibers. ___ ' f
The Russians were making a
desperate effort to capture Viipuri
to^aa the 22nd anniversary of the
fotafcatioc of the Red army and j
- Is Finnish Veronn
The Finnish second'defense line,
south of the city, held fast at noon
after the repulse of repeated Rus-
sian attacks since dawn.—
Tirajussij. endlessly, fresh waves
of Russian troops were hurled
l against the city. j
All civilians in what had been
. Finland's second city, a prosper- !
ous.part with 75.000 population, had |
been evacuated. Vtlpurl had be- t
come a Finnish Verdun.
Every ounce of Finnish strength'
had been put into the Manner-
heim line in an attempt to stop !
the Russians, now only a few I
miles away
John Garfield and Ann Sheridan are starred in "Cattle on the Hud-
son” at the Lyric today and Saturday, ihe Louis-Oodoy fight is in-
cluded on this program. . * 1 .
Death Claims Many Lyric Will Show
Texas Old-Timers Lonis-Godoy Fight **?£*£BeUnSfc. mark and Har
* ® I a TMiMton Ham nrrnflr Anllano
By RONALD G. VAN
United Press Staff
WASHINGTON. Feb.
Senate elder statesmen
Congress today against pr
retaliatory action agalnsi
Dr. H. C. Ear fie "has opened an I
’office at 203 Fisk avenue, oppo- ...
„t site the Brownwood Hotel. He expected to
will be engaged in general office wintry week-end •
The U S weather bureau
•'y-n-cu*
lutlanrtl _
ittate, mail at Bermuaa inasmuch as this
Great government already is an record In
Britain for repeatea seizure |>r Amer-j a note to Britain recognising Its
mf|ji ^ 4 right to examine malls and cargoes; would spread
destined for Germany
However, reports tnat srltish ma-1 Uce ls ••gtupjd
rines. with bayonets fixed to their 4 indication____________
rifles, had supervised the removal partment Is trying to prevent
The junior clsop of Howafrd The
Payne will present tlH
Cold weather.1 rain and snow is ‘‘Mama's Baby Boy," tonight In the them—has become"
five Texas anotbet college auditor an. memory and Christmas is
Proceeds of this play will go to- gone . * - “
ward paying the expenses of en- The poultry ^cooperative has
Dallas predicted that temperatures tertalmhents usually given by the ^miMl^but "Ticaciy1* str-ronT^ tur^
would begin skidding In Northwest ; Juniors In honor of the senior ^ ^ cotelng into their plant
Texas tonight and that the cold ;cl4M Most of the turkeys are of good
over much of the!. The cast of the play includes quality, many °rP^.
j James Davis, Shephard McLean. tom» whlfh **d }*** hg.Id ***.
official forecast Elizabeth Cranford. Prances 8tin- ‘^e^roopermttVi Will dress the
Secretarw of State Cordell ^ said, It Will be warmer tonight in 8on- Elisabeth Pitta, Blacklc birds now cm hand either late this
Hull Is opposed to airmail censor- the northeastern comer ' of the Sherrod, Gladys Corbell. Dorothy afternoon or tomorrow afternoon,
..... the temDerature dto i McIntosh. Lillie B. Landua. Clifton officials said today
British ambassador that th« prac-| _---slated to begin falling TennlsOn, Dorothy Wells and Wll- tcjIs* Turkeys
were sold In a special sale itt many
___ . ... of ships which voluntarily put Into ....
Chairman Key Pittman, of the ErltUh ^ ^ ^ state tomorrow^
stop at Bermuda voluntarily. How-' peculiarly, me
r^syss-rrsr a dlP
snow was ^
4. Indications that the State lie- In the Panhandle tonight and con-1
ruws, nau partment is trying to prevent in-ttoue tomorrow; Rf
525,to * for Southwest and
da. aroused Senators to demand mal] wl2,jre mcidenta until ' after
that clippers be prohibited from undersecretary of State
tending at British ports "until the Wellea returM from his trip to Its-1 Jhe forecast said “much cold- tet.
British have learned to behave f,' has ’’been’ reoorted' tiat In the north-central counties
themselves" . * '• one of the major purposes of hi# tomorrow
The Bermuda incident, the last of, trlp ^ ^ an adjustment of! Small craft warnings were hoist-
several Involving the British mail in- differences with Britain over edn- ed on the Texas coast at 8:45 a.
bpection system, precipitated tire tiaband control and tp#*i inspect on tn as the U. S. weather bureau
following action and revelaUons with systems —. j predicted fresh to strong southeast
respect to the Anglo-American mail.__j. Denial by British authorities winds during the afternoon and to-
controversy: ^ * {at Hamilton. Bermuda, that foVce night The disturbance will be
1. Pittman. Norris and Sen. Wai- jmd h^en used to carry out 1 he caused by a deep low pressure area
ter P. George, D., Qa., opposed | censor's orders in the clipper In* centered about Pueblo. Colo
hasty action over the Bermuda to- 1 cident and assertions bv state Oc-
cident and expressed more concern parlmciii 0lUc*U ^ their re-
over the British compelling Ameri- oj incident mentioned
Rato was forecast
muen of East
Texas tomorrow.
Clifton Term Ison Is director of
the play. Between-the-acts spec-
ialty numbers will be by the Cam-
purest*, with Ella Lane as vocal-
Safeway stores.
According to an old superstition,
hair grows faster in the light at
the moon..
iwither
the use of force nor re-
lay the clipper’s captain.
By UNITED FRESS
Death took a heavy toll from the lon on the decision of the Louis-
inland anu a grey flannel ranks of Texas- old-timers Thurs- c.odoy champion.*htp fight the the-
fog on the southeastern coast fav- day. At least eight persons 70 or atre here vfilf distribute scoring
cred the Finns, but the Russians , more years old succumbed. cardr, to its patrons when the plc-
kept an while their big guns pour- I ~~~ _ . IIP 1 ture is screened beginning today
^hTaecand 21L Manner Lou* Alexander-SS. pioneer ^ totheiartthat one of the
fl«ht ***" short- S^today rm*nl W“ ^{thur Donovan's annowwment that
er and stronger than the first line. _ . Louis won. the Interstate Theatres
and mogg thickly wooded Hence. HOUSTON Tex Feb 23— cUP>'— wanted to get a pell of their pat- (
the Finns were in better position Thursday took District Judge rons after they see the picture. 5
“thTRi^i^iJtidLd^tSuk Ashe. 74. Wh!?held h£ ^ have-eteeady said that
0fflc* 36 >ears without political their scoring from the radio an-
shells kept crash- opposUion ^,0^. he retlred to 1936 nouncements gave Oodoy the yer-
Viipurt. He was a grandson of Anson Jones. *hct. . _
Hope x* Snow , ^ . the Republic of Texas' last presi-
can ships to stay to contraband-
control ports for long periods.
"There’s nothing to* get excited
2. Sens. Bennett C. Clark and Har-1 Cold figures by a highway re-
_ i ry 8. Truman, Democratic colleag- search board show that automo-
Because of the difference of opln-! ties of Missouri, led the group di- ^*driVers between 19 and 21
mandtog action to prevent American y**fs or
from being searched. .
state department has not
protested the seizure of
years
nually.
age kill 220 persons an-
per each 100,000 drivers;
Early today temperature mIni-
mums stayed above the freezing
mark. Lubbock reporting a low of
33 degrees and Amarillo 36., A
trace of rain was falling at Dallas
and Brownsville at morning ob-
servation, *
Other minimums: AbUene 47. El
Paso 60. Dallas- and Pates tine 45.
Houston 42, Port Arthur 40, Gal-
veston 46, Austin 48, Sam Antonio
yet this group makes the best rcc-153. Del Rio 54. Corpus Chrteti 57 1
ords to driving tests. and Brownsville 60.
sgarsas®
tie*
it
evert
Funeral was today.
The Louis-Godooy r<«nt pictures
' will be shewn to conjunction with
the, regular screen feature 'fcastle
nn 't Kb UuHcaiv **
ns put much hope to the ; dent.
Normally the late February
lasts for as long as three SHERMAN, Tex.. 23—(UP>—John on the Hudson
. Then there is a period of ' Bradford Bridge. 77-year-old rettr---■» -. —
weather before the thaw, ed cotton buyer and ShennarTresi-.>.......* * "***?
calculated to lm- dent for bah a century, died at a f LIVESTOCK . y
transport, And it Sherman hospital Thursday after a r' ^rt \VORTH.' Tex Feb ’ 23r -
make continuance .of the brief illness. He was a native jf
Mannerheim line offensive impos- Jefferson.
FT | Saturday.
Finns have heavy ploughs
adttt which they hope to keep their
Mm roads open, but they doubt-
ed that the Russians w5tfld be able
to maintain transport lrfes
Aw |Jf «»M that
Funeral was set for
(UP »-m USDA > — Uvestock:
the towns of T—Kajaanl and ; Scotland. Crawford once was a mem
Rovantemi were Jxxnbed yesterday.
Fron seven to nine persons were
kfllsri at Rovanieml, the commun-
kjus said, and several nouses were *
at KaJmhII’
Ckttle 1.100. calves 606. fully
_ steady; steers 7 00-9 25: yearlings
J2B2&& S Sv£
ssra««3sss: SSsJS
Hogs 2.000: steady to strong: fat
lambs 8 25-3 75. •
ber of Queen Victoria's special pal-
ace guard. _
SAN ANTONIO. Tex . Feb
Carlton A. Case. 70. retired lnsur- ' ^ood
ance man. died Thursday at his k ' g- M
home. He luid been in ill health butchers 5 30 packing .o»s 4 V)
i - - <town.
j Cattle 100; calves 100: steady;
UP) — yearlings 6 00-8 50: cutters 3 25-
Viast ua in our T*1* Elrst Presbyterian church last 4 25; calves 5 50-9 50
one of ijte most devoted mrmbersj. Sheep 250: about steady: no
We are producing the best for sotnf toe-
chirks we have ever offer- sherman. Tex.. Feb, 23
Rt 302 East Thursday—Charlie . William:, 79- lambs sold
'“''■••--‘sstr.rr
and oi ly col-
Hatrkerv R C „ ^ , hdspiUl after a short illness Funer-
natenery. iv. He had been the institution i jam- al ^jj ^ lomorrow
tor’ for 43 yean. Church
were to be pallbearers at the
this afternoon.
PILOT POINT. Tex . FeFb
(UP 1— Funeral services wi
SALE—1939 CheVTO-1 ductod today for Mrs. J M
Deluxe Town Sedan— 5£ f» ‘ hxrdew^mgch^i. sr,c cf Commerce
and rexerre your ticket, for
- m Idled at her home Thursday.
for new. You was 73
no chance, in buying weatherpord Tex.. Feb23— Banquet on Feb. 29UL-.A
one. Low down pay- ‘UP*-The body of Mrs. Kittf Barry limited number are availa-
___i____■- - ' I Gill, for 6b year?, a Weatherford
ana easy terms. resident, was returned todsA from
•Langford Cnev. Co. Dallas where -she succumbed at
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Rato ls injurious to the date
palm These twj prefer to get thglr
23^_ moisture through underground
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who fa&UuRy repcoducos
i« dost or plaster *
llsEig or an ideal is
m sxpart in on#
Molt oldest arts.
Tkara
ally is
bio
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difference in dotfabf.
It will take just ona cup-
ful of ADMIRATION
Coffe* to prove to you
[that ADMIRATION is
tha coffee to buy for
lasting satisfaction. It's
the coffeb that COF-
FE€ EXPERTS will tall
Admir utioiii vi ^t»
Old Man High Price can’t pct.likt Old MajaYVlnte^ in the Carden of Your Dbllara when you shop with us! June or January, March or May
gro^r up to be full blooming dollam! Piggly Wiggly will protect ycu!
CARNATION
TEHY KOY KK FOM—8 !
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ember, ever)- purchase mosf pleare.
feme in todiy and care.
lb. can
(2 lb. can 48c)
cans
No. 2
cans .
Giant
Cakes
8Xmi_..._—_ Sr. 19s
TOSATOES.____________i
CRACKERS.........._____
PEANUT BUTTER, qntrl 24c
ADMIRATION COFFEE, lb................ 25c
Dozen
IMR SALRQI, ItiHtus
145
S0UY, cake .Sc
25e
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SAMI SORB TOILET, TISSUE, 7 roll#.. ........... 25c
PLYIOUTN MUST All, mrt--~
BEWLEY’S BEST FLOUR, 24 lbs.
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“A MEAL WITHOUT MEAT IS A MEAL INCOMPLETE’
mi P«l SACSAflE, mi..... ... 7e
Armour’s Star
Sliced Bacons lb.
23c
PICNIC HAttS, Ik... 12c
EXTRA FANCY
ROUND OR LOIN
CUTS*
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enderlzed HAMS, j tf.
[*lf or whole, lb.... Iff
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Thanks for all those dew-fresh, tender, delicious fruftc and
Vegetables you make} it possible for us to haVc for our cu~-
ou, too, Mrs. Customer, for your kind
uce Department!
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Jones, Ernest. The Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 90, No. 110, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1940, newspaper, February 23, 1940; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1094020/m1/3/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.