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Trade At Home
For Self Protection
Breckinridge Imerican
WEATHER
WYst 1 i'Attii. Increasing cloudi-
ness Sunday with showers over
uuui^w'. potion Sunday after-
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VOL. 20.—No. 311.
BRECKENKIDGL. Ih'XAS, SUNDAY, oC'lUBKl.
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Price Dally 3—Sunday 5c
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THE
OBSERVER
CITY PECAN TREES
CAME FINANCES
BAPTIST FIGURE
SEEN OR HEARO
LUNANCIAL rejiort fruin the
lootball game of Friday night
U'i«t vii the Huekaroos an«l Bull-
iKii; show;, total receipt* of
:• « of which Breckenridgc re-
kim i. $.*K1 75 Total paid admis-
sion, wen- l ..W>.
Mud moiv oi th t and the scoro.
wilt reval the take.
>111 i i can trees on the court
house lawn are demonstrating
a quality what ran be done by
way oi growin™ pecans on city
|i]ii| rt\ although a real quantity
j i ii ha- not been experienced by
tin- iices.
Claude I lands has gathered 50
|M>und'. oi |>e<:am. from twelve of
lh. >tilI small trees that sold for
-< cent a pound. Ordinary pe-
i .ins are bringing six cents a
j«ouiid, The trees are ten years
old.
T
IJROI'I'ED into Judge Castle-
mans office Saturday mom-
my There is a law that still born
children must I*.' registered with
IniiI-. a birth and death certificate"
Hi. judge said in a worried mari-
ne;.
"What's the matter judge?"
Then i one still born infant in
tin l it\ lor whom a death certifi-
cate has not been filed."'
"Who is that?"
"The Willkie Club".
mi IK Stephens county jail has
X establsihed ii record for the
life of the new court house. Only
* it prisoners wen. in the jail a-
Ikj. the building.
^Whether this is a 'credit to a
law abiding citizenship, or a re-
flection on law enforcement, was
a matter of banter Saturday morn
iii^ Never hies there been so (W
^Jk-Ioiv in the new court house.
*i*S,,w ne used to keep beer begs
and other storage in the old court
house It >v as often empty" some
one laughingly remarked. The
prisoners are two boys.
ARD Schools of Breckcnridge
Tuesday evening will all have
something doing, the public being
invited to each and all Chili sup-
Ih■, .it the North Ward; Turkey
dinner .it the I'.ast Ward: carnival
at the' South Ward. All benefit
affairs Take your choice and go
in flock.'..
rpili; county tax collector's office
1 reports ta> collections very
giMHl at this lime but Ifier* re-
main onlv a lew days until No-
viinber 1 to take advantage ot
th three l** v«nt discount in the
pay mcnt o ft axes It then becomes
two jier cent. Just by way ol re-
minder.
w
Religion Pointed
Out Bv Many As
Hop Of World
Minister Shows Lions
How Science, Church
Are Agreed ~ -
Reading testimony from great
scientists and instructors, physi-
cians. hanker and other Rev
Joe Kverheart. who is conducting
a revival here at the First Pres-
byterian church, pointed out lorc-
ibly tr member ol the Brccken-
ridge Lions elul Fridav noon that
in Christianity lies the salvation
oi tlx world today.
The ministei read clippings
from various publications, written
by as many persons, recognized
authorities in their fields to shu-v
how each was [Hunting to religion
as the ho'e of future progress
He hit at the general belief that
science and religion do not agree
by quoting a great scientist of
Columbia University to the effect
that he was certain of nothing
but God
He read from the great Math-
ematician Albert Einstein. former
German subject, that only the
Church stands across the path of
11 it lei today. The ministei pionted
out also that n number of religious
dubiously presented on stagi and
screen, have proved the greatest
box office attractions.
The program was in charge of
Rev. Victor Aubrey .entertainment
being furnished by Gloria Nix.
who plaved three numbers on the
stee' guitar
J. C. Burkett called attention to
the meeting to complete organiza-
tion oi the city choir to lie heldd
Joe Sell, elub president, presided
over the meeting. Visitors includ-
ed 1. C Bennett. A M Blackrnan,
Roliert C Hn.'vn and A K Witt-
man* the last three conducting the
building care classes at the high
school.
When Hitler Met Laval To Talk Peace
relic
I ail
tonous and the vanquish
i-ncli peace as Chancellor A.lull
reign .Minister Joachm von Ribbentrop
If.
C
at
at
M'lll. question of the hour seems
1 t., I* "Who's the little girl
win man lies wit lithe liand and
how came?" sn. s Helen .lover
Sehott writinu iier "Personality
l'arade at John Tarlctnn.
Sin thee proceed- to answer it
with "Well, chillun, she is Tom-
tnylo Muter^pnuch of Hreckcn-
ndg' and she marches with it by
virtui oi licinii band Sponsor"
Tommylu u-ed t< do good hits for
tin- p.q>ei. Next year she intenit*
to attend N
t.
ti
f. S
V. C. at Denton
eiintuitu her business adnums- i company
tior course High compliments
are paid her
<i> to.
in the article referr-
Kites For Accident
Victim Today
EASTLAND. Texas. Oct 16.
Funeral serv ices for Clyde
Yeager of San Antonio. L.
who died Thursday morning
Wichita Falls were to be held
the First Methodist Church here
at 3 p. m Saturday. Burial will
he at Eastland. Survivors in-
clude Ins wife; three sons. Page
VeargT of San Antonio. L. O.
Yeager, Albuquerque, N. M.. and
A. C. Yeager ot Kastland, and
three daughters, Mtn. If. Rey-
nold* and Mrs C. A Merrett,
Wichita Falls, and Mrs. T. 1'.
Murray. Colorado City.
Couple Returning
From Far East
Information has been received
here that Mr and Mr- J. F.
Campbell are en route to Breek-
enridKe from Burma and will ar-
rive on NovemN r 1 Ti, although it
was not known whether this
meant in San Francisco or here
at that time.
The two have lived in
giwn for nine years, Mr (
bell Ix'ing with the British
Mrs. Campliell is a
ghter of Mrs F. L. Russell
a sister of Mrs. J. L Rate.
Legion Auxiliary
Plans Bisr Meet
State President, Fifty
Expected Monday At
Special Session
Local members of th" Legion
Auxiliary were preparing lor fifty
guests at a meeting to lie held
Monday afternoon. when the
state president will be present,
and ladies front the south part of
district 1" have been invited te
attend.
The meeting will lie in the jtin-
ior hall room of the Burch hotel,
beginning at '! o'clock. State Pre-
sident Mrs K. H. Ehlert of Bren-
liani vvill bring a s|>ecial mes-
sage. Mrs. Kelly Harrar announc-
es. all local memWrs being urged
to Ik' present. Besides Mrs. Eh-
lert, Mrs. Bartz. Brenham. de-
partment membership chairman
and Mrs. Leon McPherson, Cisco
17th district committeevvoman
will lie present.
The auxiliary at present ha-
seventy-five meml>ers but a mem
hcrslnp campaign to make it 1 1
will lie discussed among other
matters. A program has been ptc-
paretl anil refreshmchts will tie
served.
Auxili.u'y members have l«eei:
invited from Albany, Stephe.i-
ville Cisco. Ranger. Eastland,
Mineral Wells, Comanche, Dublin,
and Dc Leon.
BUCKAROOSSTAGE BIG
HOMECOMING IN SCORE
iBY BURNS BKNNKTTi
After four suecssive weekends on the circuit
torv-hungrv Buckaroos staged a hilarious "old home week" celebra-
tion Friday night at the local stadium by bury ing Ranger's hapless
Bulldogs under a 58 to nothing landslide
Performance in this match can hardly
which to judge future play, inas-"
much as Ranger's line was weak- , • 11 1 1
than church-social punch and IS LjIKlOlSeU
tin back' had n* i <ire blocking
than last year's hat, but irulica-
tionr arc, that next season whi
Norman Carey. Wesley Cex. Bill
Warlord. Garner Slaughter et al,
Brcckenndge's v ic-
be a fair standard by
Lewis Endors
And Repudiated
Ran-
'amp-
Oil
dau-
and
\ re|mrt of gifts during the |«ist
' . twelve months totaling over
S", i* ,inKi (million dollars by
member* of Baptist churches m
'lex.v is ex|iecte«l to tic given t<
deelgates attending the Baptist
General convention In Houston.
November 11-1* by Dr R. C.
< ainpU'll executive mission sec-
retary over $1,000,000 of thr
total amount has been designate*!
to missions and benevwences. •
gam of nearly $100,000 over previ
oil . years. Th«' total numlxfr ol
baptisms to be reported al ih<
Houston parley I- expected to ex
cede 50.1)00 for the year. Baptis"
eh irch property u< Texas is valu
ed in excess of $."M.39S.O0O, an in
crease of nearly $1,000,000 over
tin- preceding year. There are
INti:' Batpist ministers serving
'J' churches There are 3.0W Sun
dav school vv ith an enrollment o'
551,ft IK nupils: 1.W-I training un
ions with 175.034 enrolled;
women's missionary unions will
lon.ltli; members.
SFFN or Heard: Fall leave'
turning making scenic drives
Mrs. Karl Green exclaiming
over smell of turnip green* cook-
ting ... Jack Spratt walking with
▼ cane .ankle Injured ... All asked
to meeting on Community Chest
Mondav nieht ... Floyd Holder
proud of Bill lieing on Cactus stair
at T. U. ... Francis Dunigan.
k Tom Sawyer, Harry DeLane and
r Claude Peeler playing over old
fool bat I games ....Many off to
Cisco-Stcphenville game ... Mrs.
Jess PiDkin warning reporter at
game .. Lot of Cisco scouts here
Friday ... Rain biggest thing
nct"Jtu iicu ^
Military Itoad To
Be Meet Topic
A tel"grain has I'C. II received
by the Bnikenridge Chamber of
Comnierec from Col. H. A. Hlicn
at San Anions.i setting Oct. -s
I Monday > at 10 o'clock for a meet
ing with local reiiresentatives on
the matter of military road
through here from Ft. Sill to^
Brovvnwood. j
Mayor Floyd Jones, r.ugenc
Thotripson. A. 11 Miller and lorn
Sawyer had signified their inten-
tions of it tending.
Dour Trial Brings
Fine Of $75
Guard Officers
Off To Meeting
("apt. Charles Groseelose Lis.
Bob Mehaffey. Ncvvtron Lantron,
and T, J. Davis were preparing
Saturday afternoon to go to i
Brovvnwood to attend a diniv -|
Saturday night and conference
there Sunday morninu' concerning
the mobilization of the Nationafi - , , .
Guard in the near futuie Col Nat deaths ot a large number of dog.
S. Perrine. Fort Worth, will con- in the south part ol the count,,
duct the conference. I a numlier by poisoning.
DRAFT BOARD NAMED
Trial of Dalton Childcrs on a
charge ot killing a dog ended m
justice court Friday vvith a fine
of S7."> assessed against Childcrs.
Notice ot appeal was given and
defendant n1 leas<id under Iwind of
S.T00. Childers" trial followed
Eleven more names have liecti
added to the last of registrants,
for Stephens county, representing
those who registered in other
places, bringing the total to 1,213
tor this county.
Robert E. Bowers and Judge
Bryan Atchison have completed
the appointment of associate mem-
bers of the advisory hoard for re-
gistrants which consists of J. A.
Bates, D. T. Bowles. Mrs. James
R. Brewster. E. E- Conlee, J. W.
Castlcman. Charles Deere, Bt>n
J. Dean, John E. Evans. Ross L.
Elliott, Carl Ferguson, Mrs. Kel-
ley Farrar, O. A. Fore. L. D.
Hawkins, J. G. Harrell. Allen Han.
Blake Johnson. Floyd Jones. Cain
Kirk. Bob Owens. C. J. O'Connor.
E. C. Ray, Frank S. Roberts, J.
M. Reiger. Mrs. ldalia Smith. E.
E. Solomon. A. E. Sweeney, B. 11.
Trammcll. Herbert L. Tuchin.
Paul F. Williams. L. H. Welch
and D. C. Hammock.
The new names added to the
;tgisu#U'jn lis. icu:w.
1'JX' Robert Amos Finchcr, R.
F. 1>. 1. Brcckenridge.
1253 X.emrie L wc Boo iter, Gen
IX'l , Caddo.
12.11 Van Oren Alexander,
1U>5 West Fourth St. Breeken-
n%3 Rulien M. Taylor, 306 N. also good and the Bucks wetv oft
Baylor, Brcckenridge.
J236 Hugh Ward Griffin,
S. Court. Breekenridgc.
reallv conn into their own. the
Bucks are going te. un/.ip|>er a
reign ot terror in District Nine.
Jack Ray. -'he l!*i pound trip-
hamme. win early this season
made a jump from the backfield
to the line and llien moved back
ti the old stand, jiersonally ae
counted ofr 28 o fthe green and
white scores.
Norman Carey, the slight red-
head who via? making his debute
is a Buckie starter, made it an
auspicious occasion by unveiling
hint-sell as the flashiest, breaka-
way ball-totei on the Buckie reg-
. te.'.
There was a sign on the Bucka-
roe lm< thai seemed t., reai.
'Stop, men at work", and Hie vis-
itors evidently-bclievcd in signs,
lor they .seldom penetrated farih-
[?r than scrimmage. Gus Gallagher 1
and Travis McMurray were in
nigh spirits and npparctitly ramp-
•it through the Bulldog team
AISl
A lifty eight yard Uwchdwn
excursion by Ray, villi some s\//.-
ling rib-rocking esct'r,. wat the
longest scoring trip oi the game.
Garner Slaughter wove a 3?
vard ID JMitern lor another si.\
,;omis and Jack Ridley grabbed a
danger pa s and rambled 2.
.arns for a six pom! bonus.
Coach Curtis used a host of subs
in an eifort to hold the score lew,
out there vv as blood on the moon
ind even the second and third
stringers surged the tally steadily
upwards.
Ranger threaled mildly very
mildly, in the second quarter.
HowcviU. CiiptMlti Itugh W'ragg
vhs' wa-. the vveeK eeieted presi-
dent ol the Senioi class, called the
elass to ordei, ilecided that the
Bulldog's weren't acting accord-
ing to parliamentary procedure
and tailed the whole thing oil a
long about the Buekaroo 3a.
1'or Ranger, 'torn l'i v n/cn ami
Mike Ready, Bulldog backs, with
some assistance could have been
threats, however, as it was most
o ft heir good work was to no a-
vail.
With the Buckaroos receiving
Cain took the opening kick and
jaunted from the 20 to the 13 and
then cut over left tackle for nine
more on the first running play.
Ray and Cain alternated at riddl-
ing the Bulldog and eight plays
the game was born. Jack Ray
slugged through tenter for the
first score. His try for i>oint wt.i
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21'.. 'U.R! -
CIO president John L. Lewis has
received "bushels' ol telegrams in
i restion.se lu iitradio address en-
dorsing the presidential candidacy
of Wendell L. Willkie, the union
leader's office said today,
"Practically all of the tele-
grams are favorable.' Katliryn
Lewis, daughter and secretary of
the CIO leader said.
From other sources came re-
pudiation today by many CIO af-
tUiates and their leaders.
The Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of . America, the Textile
Workers I'nion and the United
Retail and wholesale employes all
announced- in New York that ^they
were sending messages to Prest-
j dent Roosevelt pledging him thou
J support.
Negro Leaders
11 Given High Posts
| WASHINGTON. Hit. 2B T.1V
Three negro leaders today tool*,
over important deleire posts. All
viere appointed ycterday.
Fin-t, Pt'i'sideot Roo;ievelt pro-
moted Col. Benjamin O. Davis ti
become bngaciie: -general th<
first negro to hold that rank ir>
i the army's luMor.,-.
I Then. National Selective Service
Director Clarence A. Dykstra an-
i nounceil he had named Major
C'amplx-ll Johnson, negro educator
i and former professor of sociology
| at Howard univei'sity here, as ar.
1 executive assistant.
A few minutes before midnight.
1 the war department said that Mr
; Roosevelt had appointed Judge
; William 11. Ilastie. dean of tin
Hpwarfl university !:• v school, a-
i civilian aide to the .Secretary of
: Wat. Ilastie. a Harvard law school
graduate, will he "concerned wit 1;
| the development and administra
j tion ot policies looking to the fair
and effective utilization of negroes
in all branches ojj the military ser
Vice."
Sympathy Wired
To French Chiefs
LONDON. Oct. 26. 'U.R' - King
George sent encouragement and
sympathy to France in a mes-
sage to Premier Marshal Henri
Philip|>e Petain today. He told
Message Sent r
France Upholds
Monroe Doctrine
War Changes In Europe
May Bring Pact Into
Military Action
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2C 'U.R) —
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
said today that President Roose-
velt had conveyed to the French
government this nation's attitude
on tht status of French posses-
sions in the western hemisphere.
The state department said the
president's message was handed
to the French Ambassador here
on Thursday evening, the day af-,
I ter Hitler and Petain met.
I Although Hull did not specify
the nature ol the President's mes- !
sage, it vas indicated that Mr. \
Roosevelt had informed the
French leaders that tha, United
States and other American Repub-;
lies will not permit any change j
in the sovereignty of Furopean'
j possessions in the new world.
! Under the act of Havana, the
I American republics set up ma-
. chinerj to establish protectorates j
j uvei the western hemisphere pos-
| sessions oi Axis-conquered na- j
turns in the event there was any j
attempt to change their sovercgn-
ty.
Hull said that there, had been
several diplomatic exchanges lie-
I veen this government and the
r rench guverunient since the act 1
oi Havana was formulated.
i lie French Island ot Martin-1
que in the Carnhcan has been ,
ot particular concern to this)
country in v ie'v of the concentra-1
tion ol a French naval force there i
and the possibility of a clash be-
tween that fleet and British war-!
ships m nearby waters. i
Approximately 100 American-
made planes, bought by France
before its capitulation to Germany
also are stored on the island. Both
this government and Britain have
sougnt to negotiate for their pur-
chase, thus tar without success.
Ko Hold Revival
Evangelist Ossii. 15. Jones of
Corpus: Christi. who will be-
gin i'. revival at the Assembly
oi God church. N. Breeken-
ridgc Ave.. Tuesday October
29. Special singing andd tnus-
li by the Evangelist and his
wife will feature these ser-
vice '.
Officers Act On
Threat To FDR
261 r
here
Sept.'
CROCF.LTT, Calif. Oct.
-Federal agents planned today lo
take W illard M. whiting, 31-year-; urtv yoiti
nd sugar-refinery worker, before! 'in, inqiiirin,
nitcit States (,'ommissioncr E. L.'
• illianv m San Francisco to an-
•vver a charge of sending a letter
oiteiitefting death to President
Rooscvel
The Letter, mailed
.1, said in part: |
it you arc elected in Novern-:
ti. your lifer.ill not be worth a|
cut hccause Ibis time we will get
ou and not the man in front of.
on Remember?"
Secret service agents said Uic
reference was to the attempted
i sassmation of the president in
lianu. 1- la., in 11)32, lolloping his
•lection but before inauguration.
■ layer Anton Cermak of Chicago
• as killed.
Citv-Wide Choir
Is Favored Bv
Citizenship
Music Has Arrived For
Organization Meeting
Monday Night
An urgent call was issued today
for all in Breekenridgc, whether
or not they sing in choirs, to hi
present at. the organization of the
city-wide choir Monday evenine
at the Burch hotel at 7:30 o'clock
Mrs. Vernon Marshall said Sat-
urday the music has arrived and
those attending *v ill not be kepi
over an houi. Iheie will be no
dues and little, it any. expense to
thoM taking part, and all «vhc can
sing are asked !'c pfehent
iidpM to liave a i hair of one
Brief Report Is
That F ranee To
4id Germany
Axis Aerial Fleets Are
Blasting In England
With Renewed Fury
I By JOE ALEX MORRIS)
United Press Foreign News Editor
Great Britain battled on diplo-
matic and war fronts today to
block Adolf Hitler s campaign for
a vast, Nazi-directed totalitarian
bloc aimed at forcing a gen iai
peace settlement on German
terms.
King George in a message to
French Premier Marshal Henri
Philippe Petain, led the counter-
offensive to head off France from
a reported decision to undertake
pacific eolloboration vvith t;
Nazis new order in Europe, by
expressing confidence in Britain's
ability to win the war and bv i -
ncwing promises that France
would share the benefits.
The king's plea was disclos d
at a time when the Nazi dip.o-
matic offensive in which Wash-
ington was intensely interested -
was reported extending to Scan-
dinivia and to the Far East and
. which may present a huge "peace
' front" to the world.
| The war raged on the aeriai
and naval fronts as the diploma-
tic struggle gainer? intensity,
i The axis aerial fleets blasted
t at 1110 British Isle.-, vvith mounting
1 lury. causing great damage and
many casualties in London. 11 is
Midlands and other areas during
five air raid alarms sine.' daw n.
One plane, apparently lost, bomb-
ed the coast of Erie without doing
any damage. Northern Ireland
also saw German plane-.
British bombers started huge
fires at Boulogne and other
French "invasion" bases and were
reported to have ranged deeply
li is
htm*
the
Dallas Man Is
Victim Of Crash
.m —
was
ae-
GREENVILLE. Oct. 26 '
Jester L Bailey, 2.3, Dallas.
killed today in an automobile
eidcni near'here.
Bailey, employe of the Ford
Motor company nt Dallas, suffer-
ed a crushed skull when his car
left the highway three miles
>1 Greenville and overturned.
east
Return Old Battle Flag
MONTGOMERY, Al;r. (U.R) —
1'he battle-flag of the 33rd Ala-
bama Infantry, captured by Mas-
sachusetts troops ii ,'lic Civil war
has been returned to the state de-
partment of archives and history.
It i.vas presented to Alalmma by
the stale ol Massachusetts.
concert in
iftfi^'ih. vw otK.red:
Mrs. M. ixiket: .Splendid
rliint,- 1 am very niueh in lavoi ol
it. It is .something ae can be
proud c'. and every one should
j dc, their part to put it over."
Tom Sa.vver: "I ant lor it It is
a sniendid idea. Every one enjoys
good musii, not to* classical.''
W Ii * hrisliati: "It is a grain"
thing foi «*> town oi the size Which
i: blessed with sonic good singer,
and i am very much m lavor ol
i.."
L. t'. . Han kins: "l am slrietlj
in lavo. oi it. U is a great thing
L A. Cam; "I oicn.adcr 1( a tint
tiling lot tlv coiumunity."
J. F. Bailey: "I am \fry inter-
ested in that soil of thing, it
should Ik p pleasure foi those vho
sing, als< ; pleasure loi those
who litscn."
Mrs. jes.- Pipkin: "It is lovel;
thing lot all singer- and 1 leei
every om should bi glad to do
their piirl
National Crude
Oil Declines
HOUSTON. Oct.26 itl.R' Na-
iional crude oil production declin-
ed 13,300 barrels daily lo averagi
3.617/100 for the week ending to-
day .the oil weekly reported.
Daily production was tiCiK(H) ha
rels above the
Mines estimate
ket demand for
magazine said
Report France To
Give Nazis Aid
Unconfirmed reports this af
ernooe -cere to the effect that
France had capitula'ed to ( ,er-
nan demand:, tiirmntg ov--r
tse of her ports, jai't .■ the
leet and giving other military
ii. 1
S. Bureau of
for domestic mar-
October, the trade
120
, Box
Veil,
Townzen brought the Buekaroo'
Continued On Page Two
1237 Charles Otis Cahill
780. Brcckenridge.
1238 James Vernon
Brcckenridge.
1239 James Walter Wells,
Gen. Del., Brcckenridge.
1240 Ross Columbus Darnell,
Gen. Del.. Caddo.
1241 Oscar Wheeler Cox, 202
West Fourth, Brcckenridge.
1242-Henry Madlock, Duncan.'
1243- Harry Murphy, 417 S.
Miller. Brcckenridge. I
1244- W'iuburn Arthur N'utt 118
South Baylor Ave., Brcckenridge.
1245- Carl Henry Templeton,
Rcjtt j, b.uc..-_ri.kic._.
Former Resident
Claimed By Death
Funeral services ofr Mrs. T. S.
Darden. tormer Brcckenridge resi-
dent who died Friday at the
ham:' o. Iter son. Noble Green, in
j in Longview. were held Saturday
afternoon at o o'clock nt Bluff
Creek, west ol Abilene.
Mrs. Darden when a resident
here was connected with the old
Texas Louiisana Power Company
of e number of years ago. Her
home was in Lubbo-I.
luiii Britain was confident of
victory and France would share
in the benefits.
Two days after Petain ronfef-
r"d in a railway car with Adolf
Hitler the King followed up the
speech last Monday of Prime
Minister Winston Churchill, who,
addressing the French people,
said: "if you can't help us, don't
hinder us."
Injury Patient
Improved Today
Ralph File, who was injured
Friday, when a car fell «.1 him at
the File Bros.,,wrecking plant was
resting better Saturday at his
home after a painful Friday night
A knee and his back were pain-
lull" In, r
SHIFT OF WAR IS SEEN
ROME, Oct. 26. IU.P Startling
events within the next few days
involving the Italian anil probably
shifting the war's battle fields to
the Mediterranean
today by Birginio
authoritative newspaper Giornalc
D'ltalia.
As the Italian high command;
admitted the British warships;
Developments
seen in the last
Hitler-Franco
in axis policy
few rlays in the
and the
meeting
were forecast! conversations of the Fuehrer vvith
Gayda in the l,,p French government "shotr-
* ly will have new and important
developments," Gayda wrote.
"The present conflict is shifting
a great part of Its renter of gra-
nito Germany again on systema-
tic attacks on Nazi target . es-
pecially oil supppli'ss.
l'he British fleet in the Medi-
terranean shelled the Italia.-'
bases of Makitla. cast of Suit
Barrani. in an effort to break ua
prepar itions for an imminent r. -
nevval of the Fascist oficn. r .'
through Egypt toward the Suez
Canal but Rome claimed n-. daai-
magc was done. Both Italian ana
British planes bombed enemy
bases in Africa.
But developments of the great-
est immediate importance centei-
:xl around Hitler's negotiation?,
especially with defeated France.
At Vichy, where the cabinet vv i:;
summoned to a momeutoii meet-
ing. it was reported that Marshal
Petain and vice-premier Pierre
Laval had decided after confer-
ences with Hitler to join in pacific
eolloboration with the German ef-
forts to organizze Europe swiftly
ill an effort to convince Ameri-
cans that further aid to Brilam
would be futile and to force tins
British to agree to a general set-
tlement on Nazi terms.
A final decision expected by
the cabinet was believed likel;. to
emphasize that France would lake
no part in the war against Britain
>r give any aid of a military na-
ture to the Germans, although any
permanent |>caco seltlement pre-
sumably would give the axis pow-
ers or Spain, French colonial
, bases which would lie useful in
Uic war against Britain.
! German Planes
1 Sink Big Liner
BERLIN. Oct. 26 'i ' — Ger-
man airnlanes have sunk the liner
• Empress of Britain. Hie official
' news agency asserted today
The Empress, of Britain 42.3-IS
tons, is a Canadian-Pacific liner,
built, in 1931 and registered nut
of London. She was often used as
an around the world cruise ship.
list night shelled Italian forces on j vity toward the Mediterranean.
and the Italian navy has carefully
prepared plans drafted for future
action which cannot be rendered
public. Axis policy and action can
but prepare new and unpleasant
surprises for England and Its
few remaining Satellites and
friends in certain parts of Eu-
rope."
General headquarters said
that the British shelling of Hal-
i-.ua in Egypt c u ^.i no aufl.-"-.
the north coast of Egypt. Gayda
said that "forthcoming develop-
ments will hold unpleasant sur-
prises, not only for England but
also for England's friends and
minor Satellites in certain parts
of Europe."
General headquurters of Ital-
ian aimed forces said that the
British men o'war shelled the
Italians near Mflktlla, cast of Sidi
, Bu r.
3rownwood Camp
Begins To Rise
BROWNWOOD. Oct. 26 <U.Ri -
The n-id-Tcxas army encamp-
ment where more than 20.000 men
will train, is fast taking shape and
construction is running ahead of
schedule. Army engineers estimat-
ed today that the camp is nearly
30 per ei.nt JOmpl.e
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