The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 12, No. 154, Ed. 1, Monday, May 30, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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TONEY" PHILLIPS CASE CONTINUED
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SPANISH IS !
FAVORED BY
PUBLISHERS
Texas Newspaper Men To
Seek Friendship Of
Sister Nation
I 'A H May . flJ.R. Piibltnh
er. i r then fifty Texan w-w-
P 'city were on record a fn
- i; h compulsory teaching 'f!
n ki Texas irllonli. begin
t i third grade.
' r Hurt. Han Angelo rr
i rr dent of the Vt Texs-.
.i ..' .f Commerce made Mi-'
.. 'ion -it ft Texas Dally Pre-.
.'(j- directors meet Inn here s
of Increasing frlendnhip
i -rude with Mexico
' Mir Hawk manager of the
- i'IHo Nrwe-Olnhe whirh lat
ronducted it rallr' ml enit
i to Mexico predicted tompte
tlf of the Iviredo-MfXiC" ity
higtiua) will Mtrart m ll:on f
"jrii ih. will dne thiixitfh
TsXM
lis pi- led ihit within
y $v. nnn.nrwi w.h ..f idd 'i.n
i (tt Ti'incy tl -jrnt in
i'i- ana 'wo mi hire I iii thi'
n mint In Maxi
- W Mrt. tfi.ient ni th"
'n'ir wtN x to Mexitu ') '"
"ud the tourlat pMtMIMien
?! THREE INCHES
OF RAIN FALLS
Nearly Two Inches Regis-
tered Here Saturday Nite
i
ILlIn in t tit lertion Hie pt
week totaled three tnthe nicord
ICS to the guugr of the Texaa-
LtuUUna Power Company loca'ed
hen he returned at the nrcckenrlJuc pump aUtlon
Lad been doubled. A heavy rain fell here Saturday
iHh'j lyd known afternoon and hi inieivm nittui-
left hJ grown ta'day night . A high wind toiicwed
k'n wotflllpcd h'm Accortling io uie r.uisc. uie rain
It nllr he cinio Sa'urday afterroon totaled .11 01
an inch while loo fell Saturduy
nl?ht
HOOVER SECRETARY
ACKNOWLEDGES NOTE
John Z. ilirtln. aecretay nf the
Chamber of Commerce haa re
eelTrd a letter from I.-wrence
Blehey. Keretary to Prealdent
l(ver. In whleh acknowledge
ment la mude ef appreciation ex
preed by Martin for lied Ctomi
flour aent here
The lefrr will be referred to
Prealdent Hoover Immediately the
aectttary declared.
MAN TO BE SENT
TO INSTITUTION
A wan who a few da - i told
Ju'ke of the Jeaee J W 1 aalle
mm he thought he wa "gcing
crazy" wai declared of unsound
mind today by a jury in ccuaty
courU
The man. U 1. Pulbnghl will
be taken to the aate inaUtutlon
at Ulohk'i Fall immediately
court official aald
-'FUNERAL FOR CURRY
POOL FARMER TODAY
Jesje Albert Payne t3. Curry
Pool farmer was burled thla after-
noon la the Katilde cemetery
Funeral services were held at the
idence on the Child's farm near
.ry rool at 2 30 o'clock
.ne's death Sunday morning at
k ended seven years of li!
Funeral Home was
jrrasfecicnu.
Jje DrechettrUrge American
NATION PUSKS TO PY HONOR
TO MEMORY OF DIvVI) SOLDIERS
UASHINtJTON. May 'Mk (I P)- The nntion paud to-
il;i to (.'ommcmoi'Hto anew the valor tf it soldier deari.
Here in the cupital ih elevhere the Civil Wai voterntiA
had the pl.i- c-. ni ) n ) m p:it 1 1 t i'- pHmde and memo-
rial exeieiM--. tt.i tie p.u.idi the turned across
the P.itoin.ti Kier .ti.d went to Arlington Cemetery
where low npM row of cm-os entwined the Virginia
hillxide.s in th whit.- marlile ampitheatre. There Form-
er henalor .lames -. Keed f Missouri was t speak ht
rites .sponsored h the jrrand army of the republic.
For the liist time in many ears the president did not
m. ike i Meinotial Ia ;nldii'.s-.
Shaw Sets
Speedway
I
IM)I N P()l.s. Intl.. Ma in. (IP) Wilbur Shaw lit .
dtuuapnliN fnijjed into the lead at .lull milt"- in the .")00 mite i
auto i ace aM'i.iKiiiK 1 " t.'H miles an houi. a new record.
Mlei less than J" miles as the leader ha Hall dronncd
back to Mth place at 'too miles. Fred Frame Los Angeles
held second place (lis HeiKcre las Angeles thud
place. Fiiiie Tnplelt. ho n;cles fourth place and Howdj
W ilro. Iudianapolis fifth.
RAY Pins YOUNGEST GRADUATE OF 1924 CLASS OF
BRECK HIGH SCHOOL FINISHES FOUR YEAR COURSE
AT UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY; JOINS FLEET
NEWTON FLEES
FROM COUNTY
JAIL CELL
TODAY
Erie Nowtoei. the ycuth who
told Dtatrict Attorney Ben J. Dean
he wasted to Intake u clean bronat
of everything aorve my tlmo and
get a Job" waa miaalng todiy from
the Htephena Coun'y all after hav-
ing made a auccoaaful cacupe onrly
thu morning.
Newton wua recenUy IndictMl by
the MaysJuno term grand Jury for
cur theft and brought licie by
Deputy Shwiff V. L. Frecland
from Wichita I'alla.
I A faulty lock on Uie main cell
dear n bml welding Jch. and
amuggled aawa were blnmexl by 'ho
aherlff'a department today for the
eacape.
According to ierlff J. V Mci-
row the door length plunger on the
rruJn ceil door failed to work a!
though the leer and combination
were In place when the Jail wa
licked foi the night . Newton i
alleged to have puahod the outei
plunger and opened the main door
After gaining entrance lo the
run-around he oneily filed through
two bare walked a atone ledge
from the wean .idt of the Jail to ..tiZ' "LT." " '1 11 HOPEWELL N J May 30. 'IT.
.... . . ... .meeting scheduled for ton ght at
the eouth atde. dropped from Uielg5 &eUKk Qr tfc- )l(SUte police and he Lndbergh.
lettgt to the fire escape by uatng
a one efcoet ladder and fled.
Newton MUy brcke out two
bar after aawlnc thacn At the bot-
om Tht bura were racently aawtd by
L R Had Qtlos. under sentence
totaling eleven year who flataod
a few da ye freedom but was
caught at Lubbock They were
welded bv a local concern the day
following the eacape.
The ecunty conunualosers were
inspecting the bars today. They
declared the upper portion were
badly welded and could easily have
been broken off by hand. New.'an
sawed the two bars Just above the
bottom weld.
The escape was discovered by
Sheriff Morrow this morning after
city policemen noticed the ahect
dangling from Uie window and no-
tified tiltn- Two other prisoners
were in he cell at the time of
the escape. They wer Dick Yar-
- brcugh. under Indictment for al
legedly aiding Giles to escape and 'wrenched back and two fractures
InlClInt WlllUrru .under a two year! to one of her arms In a fall ac
jeater.ee 1st burglary
BKKl KLMimOE STEPHENS COUNTY
Record In
Auto Race
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Hay M Pitt ..n of Mrs. J. W
Waih. 1010 Noith Breckenrldge.
will complete fout year of work
nt the United Stutea Naval Acade-
my Annupolla Juno 2 and will
Join the United State fleet.
Pitta la a graduate of the Hrcck-
eniidge high aohool having flnUh-
est hla work here In 1021 At that
time ho had the distinction of be
ing the youngcet high echaol grad-
uate In Texa. He was only four-
teen year of nge at the time.
After leaving high school the
youth entered Tcxaa Tech at Uib-
bock working hla way through
while a etudent there. He later
Joined acveral leading dance or-
choatraa and toured tixt United
State.
Later he Joined the navy and
followed thla by entering the Acad-
emy. Although he hue spent four
year there he will be graduated
from the Institution at the age of
twenty-two.
According to Mr. Vah he will
come home soon after the com
mencement exercUea. which will beipline was refitted with a new-
held June 2 He ha u monlh'i
leave of abaencc before reporting
to the V a. s Pennylmla. the
flag ahip cf the fleet at San Di-
ego. MINERAL WELLS MASS
MEETING TO PROTEST
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Bailey V Hardy. tate represen '
Utive. will be one of the princirul'
Bhili mt a at a VllnrMal lt.rAlt ..11....
votelng further protest aguiiut the.
proposed Wealherford - Ranger
Mountain cutoff
Hardy attended u similar meet-
ing at Straw n Saturday night and
addreeeed the assembly
Ourtt Hancock secretary of the
Northwoat Texas Highway Aocla-
tton. uaw will attend the meeting
as wtll John '!.. MarUn. secreUo
of tie Chamber of Commerce and
others.
A large crowd of Breckenrldge
realdenU was urged to attend the
meeting by Mineral Well rcpre-
sentutlved. Mother of Mrs.
Hicks Injured
Mrs. Frank Hick and children
left Sunday for Dallas after re-
ceiving word that her mother. Wr
A. A. Hensley had been Injured.
Mrs. Hensley received a badly
cording to the message.
TEXAS MONDAY MAY
BROMLEY HOPS'
IN RACE TO
WIN HUGE
PRIZE
FLOYD BENNETT FIKL.P U
I.. May 30. U.ft-A. Harold Brom-
ley. Canadian war pilot hopped off
today for I Angelc In what l
believed to be a rtce with time to
reach Toklo and a $25000 prlre be-
fore Wedneeday.
Bromley flew the I5ckheed rM-
el motored plane In which he
mudc a teat flight from Dallas t'
NfW York eu-rlvlngr here Sa'urdiy
to pick up Inatnimentd he will
neei on a Pacific hop.
The takeoff was timed at I oi
k ni. BST.
The filer choee the jouthein
route for hla non atoj trnn-.onti
nenui nigh. He uis tc pva ovrr
Philadelphia. Pittsburgh. ot n
Ohio. at. Uula. Annriil. Ma:
atatf. Aria. and Wnd At niit-i
. .
Airport at Burbank Jut rut-.it.
Loe Angeles.
He expected to arrive In U A
gclea within twonty hour an 1
a reccrd.for a Delael engine fiu'i1
both for time afld dlatanre
I'LtVNK SKhN
BKTTI8 FIELD. McKee pf t
Pa . May 30. 0JU A nion piaic
fl Inu high faat and headed d i-
weal believed to be that of Har id
Bron.ley. paaaed over here .it s 4..
a m. (EDTt toduy.
.MATTKItN. OHirFIN SKT
FOHT WOBTH. May 30. UP
Jimmy MaMern and Bennett Cuf-
fln may take off from Chlcngo In-
stead of Floj-d Bennett Field. New-
York In their uttempt to fly
around the world In six dayu. Mat-
tern said toduy.
The change In flight plana will
be considered In foncerence with
'heir backers at Oklahoma. City to-
night. Griffin left here .for OkU-
honU City last night to confer on
final plana.
Mattern will give the red. white
and blue Lockhced-Vcg.i mono-
plane function properly will fly to
Oklahoma City tonight pick up
Griffin and eorl'lnue either to Chi-
cago or New York for the take-
off. HltOtVNK DKLAYEO
SEATTLE. May 30. U.R-Nat
Browne's second takeoff on an at-
tempted flight to Toklo w.u de-
laved toUy while a refueling
and heavier hose
On the first ascent of the re-
fueling plane the fifty foot hoae
waa not sufficiently weighted and
flew around like the tall of u
kite. WelghU were attached and
at 3.30 a. m. the start vaa about
to be made ugnln.
LINDBERGHS POLICE
LEAYE HOPEWELL AS
PROBE IS CONTINUED
fcM. ..u..-h .i .h.
1 ( nJj nivn-viui uiu
police will not return
Headquarters for the Investiga-
tion of the kidnaping and murder
pf Charle A. Lindbergh Jr. was
transferred to the state police
training school at Wllllburpha. five
miles from Trenton.
Colonel Lindbergh and Anne
Morrow Lindbergh were In Engle-
wood visiting her mother. Mrs.
Dwight Morrow but tervanU and
a guard remained here. The Lind
berghs will divide their time be-
tween Englewood and here. It was
indicated.
Valla8 Stevenson
Back From Laredo
Tom Valla and Matt Steveruon
members of the local B. P. O. E
Chapter returned la.it night from
4e state convention held at Laredo-
Vaiias Is a past Exalted Ruler.
ad Stevenson is a past secretary
aad present chaplain of the ledge
30 1932
I Introducing' Mr. "X"
Introducing
1 V'." ?S v
. liMieMeWMall i
Ih 1 1 i-r iffirult t gk. aie o to ..p. ik du k .oup' to the versa-
tile Mr ' i'ii man f a thousand Hade who will bo In Breckon-
ridge f'ir foin d iy jr-nrllng Thuirday. to do any tank asked of him
by the reach r tf the American provided it lo within the law and
doea not eiiduugci life or limb Fill out the coupon his service aro
FKKfc"
41X Man of a
To Aid American Readers In Any
Difficult Task Free Of Charge
I Mr. X of the Breckenrldge American:
The undersigned hereby applies for your services
The Job I have for yuu Is
ami should require hours.
Thla jorvioo b to be performed FREE.
Signed r.
Addrea
I Kill out and mall to Mr. "X'.
Looking for a real handy nun?'
Do you need advice on how to
make last year's skimpy skirt into
this year alrcutotWutxlel? Po
your auto need fixing? I there
something you want done around
the house star eor office? If you
do. end for Mr. X of the Brecken-
rldge American. He oan do any
thlng - yes. anything from nursing
the baby to sleep to taking stain
out of your tabic linen.
The American is bringing M
versatile rutin to Breckenrldge and
will put him at the services of Its
readers without charge.
Mr. X who declares he can do
anything and everything will uUri
doing tasks for American readeia
next Thursday He w.ll remain here
for four duys.
This versatile visiter is a scholar
and a singer a linguist and a me-
chanic He was with the expedition-
ary forced In France during the
World War. He is a traveler a cit-
izen of the world a gentleman who
will be plaesd at yo:r service for
the asking.
Takes Orders Now.
Although Mr. X will not start
jwork until Thursday he will begin
I taking orders immediately. A cou
pon in the form of a requisition for
his services is printed In this lb-
sue Just t01 it out asking this 'po'pu-
Ur
Man of a thousand trades to
1 do anything for you and he II see
that It's done. Competition Is his
motto.
.Many persons can do many
(Continued c Page Four)
UK Mesas United Free
Mr. "X"
Thousand Trades
I
Phone No I
cure of the Bicckcnrldge American
DEAN DELEGATE
TO LEGION
PARLEY
Ban J Dean district attorney
was sleeted a delegate te the Na-
tional American Convention at
Uie Sovik.itoenth District conven
tion held heie Saturday and Sun-1
day at Mineral Wells.
Dean was ncmlnated by Pink
Norrell. adjutant of the lecal psl
and was elected to represent the
17th dls'rlct. The convention will
be held at Portland. Ore.
Among th04c attending the con-
vention were Mr. and Mrs. Dean.
Mr. and Mr. I. E. Klrklind C. J.
O'Connor and Pink Norrell.
Stamford wj selected the
next meeting place Norrell de-
clared here today.
GARGILE FILES IN
RACE FOR CONGRESS
'PALLAS May 30 (t'P Applica-
tion of C I Cargile 13. Insurance
man of Houston for a place On the
democratic ballot as cand'date for
congressman-at-large Place three
has been received by Albert Sidney
Johnson secretary of the state
democratic cosunittee.
FARMING"
"OUR SALVATION"
PRICE FIVE C'.i3
SEPTEMBER 12
NEW DATE FOR
MURDER TRIAL
Four Material Witnesses
Absent Defense Motion
Alleges
Dletilrt Judge C. O Hamlm "i -ifti'rnoon
sustained an appllciti
of defense attorneys for a rontui
nance of the trial of Whitni"
Stonewsll (Stoney) Phillips. .!'"
one-armed Fort Worth filling 1 1
lion operator chaiged by gr in I
Jury lnd) Unent with the murdci ' '
K. U Ch rchlll. oil well drilling
conttacf '
Judgi Hamlin reset the case r"
Septem " i 12 and ordere I all w '
nesen r 'he rase to report at tint
time
Phillip In alleged t- hive fin
ly hoi thurrhill In the I bby of
fort Worth hotel in Mar.-h 11i
iii.e wan ent here on a hunge .!
venue from Tarrant County in 1
Ihillip was release I under $1"
"1" I nd nftei a haticii rmp
U 'iinu befo.. .TiiiIkc llJinlln
An ntray of legal ' ilent x i
present thli nioinmg nhtn the i'i
wa called for tr il
The utitc ws represented 1 y
IUtuo Attrrney Jpf K M
tin. and hi assistant II C Wad
of Fort Worth. DUtrict Attotnr-
Ben J. Denn of Brerkenrldge. .md
Wni. Pannllt. Fort Worth f'l.n i
chief Justice of the Eleventh Con
of Civil Appeal. Eastland a p
clsl prosecutor employod by fr.en'i
and relatives of the slain man
Phillips was represented in tii
courtroom today by .Marvin Simp
on Loo Brewster and Gnilanl
Flowors of Fort Worth and Brm
Atchison of Breckenrldge.
The State unnounccd ready f"i
trial uftor Martin had read th.
names of fifty-five w.tnesses The
defenbe asked for time to prcprr
the motion for a continuance an i
Judge Hamlin reloaded the specii
venire and petit Jury until 11 i
o'clock. At that time the npplir i
tlon was presented and Judge
Hamlin again released the June
this time until 1:30 o'clock. M-
sustained the motion at 2 p ni th .
afternoon.
I The defense attorneys allege i
.three material witnesses were ai
jnent because of Illness and th i-
one was missing. -Miss Sally Moo
chief defense witness and wltne
in
the habeas corpus hearing Jar
Jackson and Jack Tendall. .til f
Fort Worth were 111. and R. J St
gall also of Fort Worth had il -
reported the application alleged
Phillips' father a reUred rjti
ro'id mall clerk who "ran twenty
year between Fort Woitti and Am
arlllo" was present In court ijJj
and sat with his son.
Bub Turtle Hud Two Head.
UXBRIDGB Mast.. UBV-A bni
turtle with two heads was found
here by Fred Durdal. a schoe'b
The freak alive and otherwise
normal was put en exhibition at
the Wheelecksvllle school.
Man Injured
12 Years Afo
Asks Payment
Injured hi rive jears ugo (
M. Bro n (f Chanute Kansai
luw filed suit In district court
agulmt Uio Tcxss Employers
Iiiiiirunce Association seeking
compensautiun.
In tho original petition flld
tilth morning Broun alleges ho
lias Injured December 18 1020
while In the employ of Mali!-
stedt and Moult OH Company.
Ho alleges the Industrial Accl
dent Board made an awmd of
$3762 of which $1500 was paid
before payment! iiero allegedly
slopped.
In Uie ult fild here hu
Reeks lump sum pajment of
$2262 together with six per
oent Interest per annum twelve
per cent penalty and $750 at-
torney fees.
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