The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 11, No. 220, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 16, 1931 Page: 4 of 10
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FOUR
THE BRECKENRIDGE AMGIUCW nRECKENRIDGE. TEXAS. SUNDAY AUGUST 1G 1031
CUBAN REVOLT
NEAR AN END
Rebel Leader Former Head'
of Govt. Captured
HAVANA. Cubn Aug 15 'U P
'ibn week of revolt was bellev-
J in ar an end todiiy with k-yil
m.. vie' .rin-i- in mni of ih-
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hi first workout prrparaton
tiotlls Those wlu gave the
wrestlers. Louie Miller left a
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j PEIPINO. Aug IB. (UP) - An
I appeal to Oeneral Chiang Knl-
ilieli has been made by the Relief
Association of Honan province
against the ptactlee of con.ictlpt-
.ng coolies for work with urmlns.
This practice hna bean universal
hi Curia In recent yenr. and has
I worked great hardship on the
i coolies clans who are removed
I forcibly from their homes and sent
tn dlKtant provinces.
Th psUtlen to Gennnil Chlonir
I ajn thnt offletalg at Chengcliow
Hanta. wert ordered to tend 2.000
laborer to I'lanRal to aaaUt In
tht warfare analnat Communlita
and rha 1 000 wera Kited In the
itrietn and ehlpptl off
The iiHKocin'lun declnrew that
th ciMtllfH were shipped to iian
mw m nosed iron IWM car to
prevent thei' 'icnp. and that
many died of the ht. "Nl evo
dumb an ml hnu'd be treatad
in ii'-li t 'nannr aavs th ft-
tit t' n
Chinese Sliopkeeper
r . i.. j m J(tils ciaun To Sapes
null imi Jaek afMr ' -
! it t i I iiititiin '
11 i t k'.llt WTH
Home Demonstration Clubs Plan I
To Hold County Fair In Sepl.j
Dynamo
(Continued from Vage 1.)
spite the so-called depression
1JUT theae bargain price mean
JJ nothing to till writer who
nittat ait over hia old typewriter
and bans out rtama of nt-w copy
while others hie thentaelvea c-tt on
Tuontlon trlpa. Oh the wlckHl
and the toor gat no real.
"I I M i ii .ma
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' thrt 20 ibel
luMIe rieM
' with federal.
i .1 brinic the Known caaual-
'ikIAiiir baicnn Hunday to
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Paris Styles
P. MAItY KNKillT
' Puss Staff t'orrenpondent
"M:l- Aug lft tUlM You
in haard of I'lua-I'oura"
nifr i . . n vmr eara back
' n. i . i ure going to
' K' I'D .it'.Mit them from
..n' ii- ntiiflv new idea
me .i . r i going to
' if i i ii i in. I the popularity
i- i iM'in "in virtue of
' 'ii with i .inv ..f their vteon.
1' i- ' . 'men ar nindn
' mi tin . I h' ar not
' i ii i ' n . .iif not a fd
. Ii . . to stay wlh
'i ii ii. Minsr thing atny
in " i i i. m il and de-
ii it. '1 ii. i.ii i of the Plu-
i ii f i 'ii 'h. MnUon Alan
!.. i I'ii uid it a podtlve
i i -tiu worlds
n ' in id field of
iew Machine Will
Make Ditch Obsolete
"ANTON O Auk 16 UPi An
enlnro-inK firm hre b- per
fected a bonng machine wi . h n
dilll paagewnys und intull .i
ing umlerground without n )
dlt h being dug first
The machlmi I funlamentdlly a
horlxunlal rotary drlli. which uaes
the plp or casing to b latOallotl
ns the medium for carrying k ro-
tittlng cutter head. Por operation
the apparatus I placed in a ditch
runninc at rlaht anvtaa in -it. . I
banitment
War's Youiifesl
Soldier In Detroit
nrip.oir Aug ta 'Pr
. M ' 'hillsinl of fultlUU"
. I Hit who i I iiMen I the Amei
I. in I.iKiici munition heie Sept
il Jl will hr (Jul . Pjlmer. "who
ins -he if.- -.1 o' being the young-
cut Atri'Ttcan -iildiei In the wav
PaJrnsr n I u' 2". is a Detroit
autonarMle aaltMnan
When war was declired Palmer
was living at Hunfield . Mich. He
was 12. but large for his uge. He
iw bis brotlMr aad cental n leave
to be drilled throuaki.
The nowcr unit U mi a.n n. 5.-1""" "" "r"r mu cnuain leaire
drill
The syst
is linlrtwil a k. H.Mlki. ...I
can be adjusted to all operating '".rBniP MArthur for training
.... K h ftn ifnlni.' ovcrsons w h th
The practical u.e of th. borln J''K '"'"' .ll" ' w ! ISSUCS Book Oil W Ork
machine ha. been demonatratfd. I ""'c J."1 ' r". l.'!"!. "!
El". . .TtL lZT -nllrted Iter he ws transferred
MHANOHA1 Vug IS l'P A
small shopkeeper here who elaims
i i ! n lelnrarnatlon of five
f imi'tis Chinesf srges in nttraat-
ing wide a'tentlon
hln'se scholan have stuilled his
nse and declare that although he
ran hnrdly lead and write he Is
iihlc w.ien in a trance to compose
portly in the flnent classical man-
ner they declare
Sun.e neighbor came to ink his
Advice rbout how to repair an
ancient temple dec'icated to u
fnmous scholar The shopkeeper
wer Into a trjnce and wn henred
perking a dialect which ha dooa
not know.
When he awoke ho said the
sage himself dead fo- five cen-
turies had spoken throufili him
and said "I understand now that
burning lncenso before my Imago
In useless so I advise my worship-
pers to let the tempie fall to
pli.ee. '
Furniture Institute
IT has been noted here its olse-
1 where that iu yet airplanes nre
not giving railroads and busos
much competition but this will
not bo th ce always. The fly-
ing nmchtnta ar being perferted
In every way awry day and be-
fore long much tuvellng will take
placi' in the air nt a grea'er di-
giee of nfe;y mil for i surprU-
.agiy ow cost. I' ic predtctud by
well rtnuwn engi.t"M that before
many years that airplane travel
will ct.it no more than a dollar
an hour you can see the chcap-
neaa of this kind of traveling when
you realize how much ground nn
airplane can cover In ai hour es-
pecially when they are now try-
ing to perfect planes which will
traver from 260 to 400 miles an
hour Thnt will bo cheap travel-
ing anil (tilck.
Night Tennis Tourney Planned
PETOSKI2Y Mich. Aug 10. (U.RJ
A night time outdoor tennis
tournament will be dtaged here
Aug. 17-22 under the auspices of
the chamber of commerce. It Is
hoped to make tho tournament
nn annual affair. It In open to
nil amateurs Games will be play-
ed on concrete courts under giant
floodlights.
officials of the engineering
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firm
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. ni arm inh about
. mipiinyim; shon
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I M. hi a -Aith 'wo buttons cloa-
i n ' i 'A -uk shirt blouse
.v nt ...Mar is the final
"f f in in. n that will be the
t. for ai v ( of sports golfing.
boating climbing tennis and
i .lancing
London's Lord Mayor
Forced To Use Auto
INIKN. Aug n -I P Failure
' hf mayor's horsea afid nil
i iht'- swb to move ti.e gild-
ii ii h ii i i h.- i ides lectnlly
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ii i I '. Ii idg.t It
1 Ni iMi i ' ifhman. who
-ft . . i k I -vo. sur-
i -i i' .s with ctiU-
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M i m . ii.- i.x. which
n't i . . appear to
-r ii .i whed. I
ti) ' . rh vli: nt
Uir M. in tintainod hi
nm urmeet'or enlled for
' H-nobile and c unpteted tne
. -. by motor.
Hrifham You tiffs Kin
Recalls M or man Dajts
i.n t'tih Aug IS (lfl
h .ting tnd histonoally valu-
i - irmlnlscences of
I nephew of
leader of the
3 Larcesl Pencil
Plants Form Combine
WASHINGTON. Au 13 t pi I
Formation of an fntr nation pen ?
ell cartel by three of the wo.ld'.
' given nn honorable discharge
und Hin hiinic Subsequent efforts
fo eul.ifi in the navy were not suc-
cessful '
No HI i em Mich ifan
Picked For Beauty
HOME. Aug IS (UP)- The Na-
tional Export Institute whlcti is
responsible for uhe growing value
. of Italy's foreign sales has Just
J Issued a beautiful volume printed
1 In many Inngurges describing
I Italy's furniture Induttry.
The United Stutes England.
France and Argentine .no heavy
. . " I purchasers of Italian furniture.
KKPURMi' Mlch.Auu Id (UP) both moilorn and antlltue. It Is
kirirest nnnnll mr.no r..t..rt.. .. -rraing me nios oenui.rui poi tlmated thnt ono-tenth of all
t. n. '. .. :. A ". "'.' " " for ner
" .r.iinii ni.o u..r i zreno 'IO
vnklan
Commn.c. n - U " w. "... ".'" " "-"" i'ii uuu e on ' f I tre sales Ids yenr totaled more
of reports
nmrr nnu isninn I aDf r unbr camp Into a wooded won-
Gormnn manufactuterj. and L C.rand with her log cabin Its cen-
lUrdtmuth. of Ctecho -?iovakK. are tet ijurrounsled by forests nnd with
firms Involved Hi the agi men'. wild l"e abounding at her very
which provides for a holding cwm- back' door Mr. Cosgrovo says
pnny In Hwitcrland vilth a eopttaf she has atulned fulfillment of her
of 26000.000 francs Total produc greatest desire
tion capacity of the three flrnu n Born In Ireland and famlllnr
estimated at about if.OCOOO jjross wi'h tlhe beauty spot of Contln-
of all sort of prncl' ental Rurotw. Mrs. Corovc mms-
Kulilier ll.-iiid Illlnds Youth
MEMPHIS. Aug. 10. (UP)-Edward
Toombs five-year-old kinder-
garten student hax lost the sight
of one eye because he wns playing
with u rubber band. The youth
was "shooting" files with the
band when it slipped snappeJ
back nnd stiuck his rye The
force of the blow split the eyeball
Meeting hete Saturday in the of-'
flee of Miss Francis Cheathum
County Home Demonstration agent
presidents and secretaries of the In
adult women home demonstration
clubs In thU county who compose'
the County Home Demonstration
Council dlscaised plans for then
elub -vork for the coming year how
to strengthen their clubs with old
and new members and the county
olub fair the women will spon or
here sometime In September No
date for the fair was selected
The fair will seek to show the
public what the adult home demon
titration clubs accomplish during
their year's work. Each club in the
county will sponsor a booth nt the
fair showing the outitandlng ae
contollsllmcnts of thut partlcuii.
club.
Committee were named at the'
meeting Saturday to take are of
gathering exhibits to be shown tn
the fair. Three members of each
club In the county aro named as
committeemen to perform this '
duty. Miss Cheatham said th' tiny
member of uny club who cjjIJ not
serve was delegated to select siu
one to serve In her place
The committees are-
Parki Club Meadamcs Dun
Clark Jessie I.yles nnd J. ( i'an-
trell.
Pecan Club: Mendame4 ' '
Stewart Tay Goodwin an 1 Miss I
Dollle Pendleton.
Post Ouk Club: Mednm II K
King Ernest Curry und I. I. 5nf
flth. !
Veale Club: Mesdames E. It Ad-1
ams Herman Scogglr.s and T J
McClcskey.
Waylanil Club: MosdnmtHi Ilea.
Hickman C. T. Smoot and Alex
Fambro. !
Eollnn Club' Menlinics A Hatch
et. Lee Trout and MUs Iln Norvell '
Harpersvllle Club: Mesdames
Paul Roberts J. A. .anderdale and (
W. Rogers.
Hubbard Center Club Medamc
H. It. Fambro W rf. Sunn's nnd
Sam HarrUon.
Necessity Club: Mesdame U
Taylor Arche SaUert.hlU and U
R Williams. '
Oak Grove Club Mesdimes P.te
Eehol. Lynn MarPn und t'hoilts
EchoU.
German and one rrch ii..' ' J? "- WOrW for hr honw' iIr-'thp furniture manufactured In
hrbeenanT.irVeTbvTre K"2"""'" ''"Wve ha found w.in . exported. Foreign furnl-
e.ceDepirtmt or h J-ts ' " " ' ?VV .h" l'JIBIU '"I lure sole. I.t year totaled more
orts reco Iv" fw-S niImT i'ITk' W"rh Uk.'' ""!: hT . ' hnn 30 m""on llrc
m J . T? "tiiin. :ih ha conv'rtel nn abejidoned
Expert Radiator Repairing And
Cleaning
Satisfaction Guaranteed. Reasonable Prices
Bob's Battery & Electric Service
IMione SGS 120 E. Elm St.
Excavation Reveals
Old Jin-Saw Puzzle
LONDON Aug. 15 Ur" nu
Mans beneath the new httlldm; .
the Royal Hank of Canada in I.-'h-bury
E. C. have resulted It 'h
discovery of an I.OO r.i o'. '.
law puzale in Roman tvemrn'
Many piece of the Id pox t
misatng but there has rnt'tn i i
picture of the substantial -. i . of
some Roman citizen.
Arrheolo.! arv now s'u.l in
the Jig-saw puxsle and otiie- -
tlons of tessellated paving rum l n
the area.
1 rd them alt by for tho little spot
here nn tho upper Michigan pen I
i insula She lived In Minneapolis '
i ml fhirwRo before eoming hero.
WASHING - GREASING
I'"lr(-.toni' Tln-s and llatlcrti'5
Accessorlch
(.(MILE'S GULF
SERVICE STATION
Corner t Mm and Itrcckcnrldge
Ai. I'liuim 111
FROG DltOW.NS KOIUN
IN VIRGINIA PARK POND
LYNCHBURG. Vo Aug. 16. U.P'
Pink Policeman Wesley Gilliam
r i'v a robin dart into a pond and
-' rt flying away with a large bull-
fiorf The f hj wai too heavy and
the robin litoppcl It into the pond
-ii to return and try again. Sev
t il times it was obliged to drop
I i. k until f'natly the bullfrog man
k. I t i pull it down and keep th
lord mder the water until It n
l'i 'i il
Tune Up Your Car for
That Summer Trip
Duco Paint
Top & Body Work
Hrincr your car in for a
perfect grease job.
McMurtry-Moody
Motor Co.
127 N. ItreclienridKe Ave.
1'Iione :J3S
Name Trustees For ':
Crystal Falls Dial. '.
A special meeting of the ('ountv
School Hoard will be held Tuei.l .
afternoon for the purpoeo of eli i
ing new trusteed for Crystal I- i
sehool district. C J O'Cmi
county SrhtAi Hoard rhalrmui .
nounced Saturday afternoon
Old numberi of the Tryst . I
school board have moved ."f
that dUtrict und new ones hi' '
to be named by the County i
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l . Ie it and he has
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1 .. n of how the
it... churoh is otii
ttif Latter Day Saints of the
..f Jeu Christ ciung io
p u il m r inKc beliefs i
. .i Voiini;
1'jM.i'r than rprnte from his
f ir wi." Young gaineren ni
Ii . fa ii. is together in 1800 and
tl'r rth fwi Mexico
Have Your Old Car
Made New!
Anil pay u In monthly In-
stollmentfl. l"rctono Tires and Rutterlea
Door Gluss
Vulcanizing
Complete Repjlr Shop
Hall Tire Co.
' PHONE 570
Used Car Values
2J Whippet Coach dJIQA
pel feet Miape tP 1 717
'27 Chevrolet l-doar St-tlan
Etra
shape
Etra goon
$165
$125
2.s Dodge Stand- CJO9C
aid n Coupe $uua
27 Mudel "T" Kurd Coupe
A teal (tCC
buy J)UJ
'2(5 I'ontiac Couch good
tires good (fl OC
hhape i)10j
'27 Old.smobile Coupe go. id
tires perfect
shape
'2li Iiuick Standard Ii I-
Sedan 5)145
'28 Willys-Kiiight (t17C
Sport Hoad.ster P 1 D
Ford Truck tr
1 new tires )U D
Many other bargains In tn t
at the "Uargaln House of
Hrcokenrldge ' Come and see
for yourself
Wn Curri Our Own Paper
.Money Loaned 011 Automobiles
Vallas Motor Co.
118 K. Walker St. Phone .116
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Your clothes
looking clean and
Fresh.
Iloyjil Cleaners can
restore the original
to your Suits
wses.
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Royal Cleaners
;! None Hotter
i Phone 116
AND DYERS
Where Quality Rules
32a W. Walker St.
Listen to Tim Nash
Paradb of Progress
and Max Tkndix Offcitl
Bjndmjttcr of the Chicatfi
10) 3 World's Fair and hit
Band. Coatto-CoJitTuei-day
Evenings ortr NBC
Network p;oo Eastern
Daylight Saying Timt
NEW NASH
JUST ANNOUNCED
The new Nash has all the worthwlu.c
advancements uny other car has and
some notuhle features exclusive to Nash.
It is the ONE sound-proofed ear. It has
the Synehro Safety Shift Transmission
with a Silent Second speed. It has Twin-
Ignition motored models -with Twin
Manifolding and Twin Carhuretion.
Vnd for Use extremely low extra cost of
20 to $35 you may have a hrand new
kind of FREE WHEELING as perfected
hy Nash engineering Synchro -Shift
Safety Free Wheeling. See your Nash
dealer and take u SOUND-PROOFED ride
From $795 to $2025 . . . f. o. b. factory
SOUTHERN GARAGE
o
'ow is your
stock of
Uiiice
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-Letter Paper
"Second Sheets
-(ldinr Machine Rolls
-MiineoH;raph Paper
-Manuscript Covers
-Index Cards
-Pencil and Typewriter
Carbon
We are making: "hard-times"
prices on the above items and
you can make very' gratifying
savings by buying now. The
price of paper is sure to ad-
vance by September.
Phone No.
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Prompt attention given out-of-town
orders. If you are .
not a rerular customer of ours '
drop us a card and we will
send you samples and prices '
Breckenridge :
American
Job Printing Dept.
"PRINTING and SERVICE You
Will Like"
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