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Breckenbidge American
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Most Sensible Step
VOL. NO. 232
BRECKCNRIDGK, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, IMS
Prica Daily 5c — Sunday Sc
THE
OBSERVER
SPRING WHITSHt
riNo
COMMITTEEMEN
MAMRICK REJECTION
WHAT this country need* is a
W good soaking rain, especially
If *f art- to iffi these fall gar*
(fens going Buck Robertson his
moved to thf country and w > dt>
not see him often enough to k«-eo
accurate!) informed on when to
•apect the next ram.
READ from a fellow the other
day that he wished people
would let spring come without
telling him about it Ga\e tor ex-
Wnple that If th4 bark of tree is
beginning to bluah a mbin red
with rising sap for writer* just
to keep It to themselves.
His idea seemed to be that
lambs gamboling on the green
may he interesting to some peo-
ple, hut he prefers a lamb ehi p
On the plate
T'iw If both of our reader*
should Insist that we not open
with the weather or something
•bout the season of the year we
probably never would get a col-
umn started It eems to sort of
Cet our fingers into action to
orient our think tank *s far a-
It
NAZIS PUSH NEARER AMERICAN BASE
IN fact then- are hist three
^ prime subjects the weather.
Bw seasons and people the lat-
ter with their multiple reaction*
l*l and hopes of hereafter Fact
It prople are the most Interesting
Ci on earth Fvervthing except
weather and the seasons
i around what they do
MORE political than beverage
interest was attached to th*
Texas visit of James A Farley,
former postmaster general, and
former democratic national chair-
man. now in the soft drink Ihw-
Texan* began at once to look
forward to the ltM4 campaign
The Texas delefation to the
democratic national convention
will be rhoner in May of 1944
and at the same time the Texas
Democrat* will sele«i their na-
ttonal committeeman ,
L. Col Myron Rlalock o f Mar-
shall now is national ommittee.
man from Texas but he has bee a
absent from the state on military
duty for some time
Speculation was heard in Aus-
tin after Fat ley's visit that eith-
er Gov. Poke R, Stevenson o •
Speaker Price Daniel of Texas
house of representatives mig^t
national committeeman
Grow a Garden
Urged Rotarians
At Luncheon
Pood Shortage la Faced
Vocational Ag Teacher
Tefls Club
Members of the Breckenridge
Rotary Club Tuesday noon weie
urged by Jim Wilkeraon, voca-
tional agriculture teacher, to
grow' a garden this year, not only
for the vitamin* it will furnish
their table, hut in order to let
vegetable* they would otherwise
buy be used elsewhere
Then* may l>e a scarcity of
vegetables this summer he addisl,
because of frost in the Rio Gran,
de Valley and b *cause of trans-
portation shortage* While this is
not primarily a vegetable grow-
ing area stlil enough can b
grown to supply the home table,
he said.
He presented a chart "showing
vegetable* to I* eaten and a 'ist
of vegetables suggested for plant,
ing here He declared many here
are not aware of the shortage of
food* they may face this sum-
mer
Reasons given for this are that
the service men eat twice *s
much in the army as at home and
that foods are being shipped to
our allies Dehydration pr>ces*e>
have made possible the shipping
of many foods, one ship now car-
rying dried w hat it took ten shins
to carry fresh.
He suggested remedies for va-
rious pests found in gardens an1
in irrigating he warned to M
the water run on the ground and
flood In avoid blistering
The program was in charge of
Charlie Deere. President Doyle
Graves presiding George Luke
wa* Introduced as tumor Rota".
Ian, selected for one month
Visitors at the meting Includ-
ed 1 I Gilmer, C P. Gregory and
R V Tidwell, Graham: and W
F. Noxon. Wichita Fall*.
Friendly Snow Hides Russians in Caucasus
$
Warmly clad Russi in snipe in the wintry Cau usua mountains burrow into the snow as they aim
their rule*, equipped with telescopic sights, at the retreating enemy.
j| delegation of* club iw>>men
headed by Mr*. Jud Collier
of Mumford. took the lead n a k-
tng the Texas legislature tn pas
a law retiring c*rian vltam r-
be put in afl flour and olen-mar.
garine sold In the state.
Before the delegation arrived at
the committee meeting mernners
had voted a favorable report on
two bUla.
Mrs (Stiller, however, was met
Wtth remarks of regret to the el
feet that the committee already
had studied the bills and kill*"!
Two Texas Bills
Asked Opposed
Wont Toxntt Chamber Calls
On Moatlflni To Act on
H. a 125 and 126
Victory Concert"
Will Be Staged
Thursday Night
The West Testis Cham 1st il
Commerce m a news letter sign.
ed by PteMdont M. C. Ulmer and
Manager D. A. Hundcen, is a ic-
ing town affiliates to form a unit-
ed front in opposition to tw.i
measures (lending before the 48tll
Texas l-egislature.
Thine are house bills No*. 125
and by Rep. Gilmer of Rock
Springs The first provides that
no lease of oil or gas on srhool
lands previously sold or to be
sold shall be valid until apprnv*: sweetheart
ed by the State I .and Commis-
sioner. while the companion hill
vests the commissioner with final
authority in pooling of public
with privately owned lands for
I oil and '-'as development.
Of house bill No. 125. t!te
WTCC said "At the pre ent t'me
under the old Relinquishment Act
and in conformity with Suprem"
fourt decision, the land owner re
reives one-half of the bonus an.'
one-half of the royalty for ex"-
cnting oil and gas lea*es Th -
owner's title to the land is large-
ly based upor hi* acting as an
Thursday. Feb. 18. at 2:30
o'clock in accordance to the state,
wide movement, a Victory Con.
cert will lie given at the high
school auditorium under the di-
rection of J. C. Burkett.
The Buckaroo Band. Glee Club.
Sextet, and soloists will give th?
program.
The special numbers' will be
j;iven by Mary Nell Davis. Mon*.
Moore. Virginia Baker. Wytm
Blackburn and Henry Fulbrighi.
Billle Faye William*, barvl
will direct the first
Meeting Thursday
C J j school o
For All Sellers
Now Price Ceilings Data
And Points Rationing
To Be Explained
Undismayed, she suggested thn>
they reconsider the action. Th-
■he waa toM the bill* bad hurdl«t
the first obstacle and would g
to the senate floor'fhr debate.
Little project for passage of
the measure was held out t- tht
d«b sun and nutrition expert
iST' the legislator* One senator
,mM they might he willing to re-
labeling of flour sacks to
vltanens haft
but doubted the ttro-
prStty of the legislature *avin-
be marketed with
of the vltamlrs iwa*
but as a %*nator remat -
H Bond but W"
I 0 law to make every-
90 much exercise ev ery -
H. 0. Hamrick of
I* HHifiblr to h
of the Indti'.
board startled Am*
hi*t'H"a' debit"
bv fi v. Coke
has been *-rv4n«
Nov. t« '•«?
« questioned
to
Four Sons Now
In Armetl Service
What is believed by friends re.
oorting it to be a record fr.r
Rreckenridge for son* In the serv-
ice are the four sons of Mr and
Mrs J C Harris. 908 Fast Hul-
'um Street
They have three *ons in lit1
army and one in the navy. J. D.
Harris, the oldest i« at Paris. Tex-
is in the medical corps R >y Dale
lso is at Paris in army servtor j agent of the state in these leas'"
' matter* Should hi* right now b*
g'ven to the I-and Commission. ■
as prescribed in H. R. 125, th"
manner in which v"u handle yot"
farm, home or ranch if in th •
onst or future acmtlred fro"'
school lands, is suhieet to the an
j->mval of .nme man elected e*
erv two year* and the title t
voiir pmnertv i* undoubtedly con-
fused anrf clouded "
Th,. reolonal Oiamhe- had th:
to sav about TT R 1*f: "Th'
meant* hn* In ft "the same t't'e
c'ordW ot 'ectfo"« a« Contslnr '
In Tf R Tt ha* the forth#,
effect of maHne -trt-acre snad - -
a «tatutnrv law while !t now I-
meretv a rti'ine hv the
it"r< Ion TVinrd Tt furthermore
<vf1| result In no tef stirnnloi
to vet1<Vsttln« a d nr-<do'>t|o ' in-
asmuch as l-<ed oM-ners er-cr-
Everyone who s >lls anvthing Is
urged by Jake Ronton of the lo.
cal rations board to attend the
meeting called for Thursday eve-
ning at 8 o'clock at the' district
court room.
Particularly will every grocer. « . n
wholesale and resale, be rxp^ttd | Wllk OVCF
to attend this meeting for with j Breck BllckarOOS
point rationing to be started.
Registration For
Food Will Be At
Special Hours
Fil Out Blank Form la
American Today And
Follow Schedule
In order to systematic rations
registration here next week-enJ
John K. Bailey has announced th"
order in which housewives Will
register.
| Those whose last names begii
I with "A" will register Wedne*-
( day afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock.
Those whose list names begin
with "B" will register Thursday
morning, and those whose names
hegin with "C* and "D" will rog.
ister Thursday afternoon. Those
beginning, with "E" to "P" will
register Friday and 'Q" to "Z'
will register Saturday.
Elsewhere in today's Brecken-
ridge American appears a decla-
ration form which those to reg-
ister are asked to fill out and
present in order to save time.
Housewives will register at the
same schools they did for sugar.
The elementary schools will be
dismissed Thursday and Friday.
"5 and 26. and the high
on Friday.
Hours for the registration will
be Wednesday 4 to 6: Thursday
8 to 8: Friday 8 to 8: and Satur-
day 8 to 6.
It wa< asked that all who are
to register observe the alphabet.
Ira! order which has been ar-
ranged. In ca*e* where it i* lm.
possible to meet this arrangement
special service will he rendered,
but Supt. J. F. Bailey said other-
wise it is Imperative that the
hours and alphabetical order be
followed.
Forces Jockey For
Position On Plains
Of Central Tunisia
LONDON, Feb. 17 't'-Ki- American and German armored forces
Jockeyed lor position on the plains of central Tunisia toctuy alu-r
Marshal Erwin Ruipmel had thrust u spearhead 35 miles west w.oil
from FaiU Pass lo the outskirts of the United States base ol SLicit a.
The full import of American and Nazi intention# still was oij_
scure, but Rommel's aggressive moves Indicated he wa* flailuig ub'.ut
in hopes of getting a major push underway.
While the German column from t'aid Pass battled Ameri-
troops before Sbeitla, the Na/U
who had occupied Gafsa to Uie
Americans Bomb
jap Bases; Japs
Plan For Attack
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17
American airmen have struck
again, but only lightly, at two Ja.
panese bases in the northern Sol*
omon Islands where the enemy
Is believed to be organizing hi*
forces in anticipation of major
U. S. attacks.
The Navy disclosed in a com-
munique that aircraft homhod en-
emy positions at Kahili airdrome
on the southeast coast of Bou-
gainville Island and in the Shor*.
land Island area. Both places ane
about 300 miles northwest of
Guadalcanal. Two U. S. plants
failed to return.
The Shorthand foray was car-
ried out by three craft, of which
one failed tn return. One plane
"dropped ho "hs on enemy posi-
tions on Ballale Island." one of
the Short'and grotin.
The Jar>s "'"re believed to he
ortranirirg th-main feet to
meet anv po««'hle attacks on their
homeland or their maior base*.
many matters of importance to!
•them will be discussed.
I The Abilene Eagles evenod the
greatly simplified, will be
ex-
ind Bill is in army service at Bos-
ton.
Travis is In navy school a*
Grand Prairie. He Is the vouneest
17 J D is the oldest .18
Their brother, Marion died from
the result of burns received in an
oil well fire here s >me time ago.
Mr and Mr*. Harris have been
resident* of Breckenridge for
about 20 year*.
Chamber Board To
Meet Toniirht
President E. D. McDowell has
tiled a meeting of the board of
'Irector* of the Breckenridge
"hamher of Commerce for 7:30
clock tonlfcht.
Notices sent out by E R. Max-
vell said the meeting was called
it this time because It will inter-
'ere with fewer work program*, i
j vhere now nter Into pooling S"
raneements,"
PRICE TO HIKE PEANUT CROP
DALLAS. Feb 17 iSpl.) The port price will be increased pro-
new one-price system for peanu's | I'or'ionately
practically will a*sun- the Tex-is
number on the prugHpff. The fol-
lowing students will' direct one
number each: Blake Johnson. Jr..
Eugene Ray. C. L. Fisher, and \ plained.
Clint Taylor. Most Valuable Mn-i Special representatives from
sician. | district headquarters have an-
All students from Junior high. nounced they will be present to
and high school that buy a 251 explain to grocers the new order
cent War Stamn pr more will hr I of food rationing.
allowed to come to the concert. ' Point rationing begins March 1
score with the Buckaroos Tuea
The "new'^price celling, which ' ?"y S"* whe" the Buck*
Mr. Benton says he consider* ^ ,?e.'r ™ c0urt'
The score was 34 to 24.
Lefflngwell, Deere and Fam-
bro tied for high point honors,
each with seven. George Luke
occounting for the other 3,
The Buckaroos will go to Ran-
ger Friday for the district tour-
nament. Thev will meet Cisct.
The program w-ill be a wideband the freeze on all cannel a' ^ o'clock that afternoon and
ariety of late popular number*.
Marches, and concert numbers.
nas Adjustments
\jarent at Eastland
For the convenience of com-
lercial tmtor vehicle operatots
ho seek adjustments on their
'ortlficates of War Necessity.
Ir. W. A. Newton, field examin-
goods will go info effect Feb 201 if 'bey .win that game will plav
At that time five cans of eight I aKftin In the finals at 8 o'clock,
ounce* or more content will be
allowed per person and those
with more on hand must declare
them, it wa*- added.
Point ration ine is to c>«*er f.ll
fruits and vegetables and nroces-
K°d foods also. It was added m<1
It is exnected that meat ration-
ing will follow about April 1.
Coffee and sii"ar have their
from the Waco ODT district I rationing svstem ot un hut
ffVe, will be in Eastland on
Wednesday. Feb 24. H. J. Tan-
"er. manager of the Eastland
"hamher of Commerce announc-
ed.
Mr. Newton will he available
t the Eastland Chamber of Com-
•lerce to operators who wish an
nterview on their problems,
lequest* for adlustments -shoti'd
lie made oromntlv bv those op-
< rators who find their mileare
nd gasoline allotments ln«uffi-
It has been announced that the
coffee ration Is cut from on^
pound for five weeks to on.-
Pound for six week* This is ef
fective on stamr> No. which
became \nlld on Feb. 8.
Movies To Relieve
Nights In Alaska
I a nan Offensives
Council Subject
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 'UP.)
The Pacific War Council di—
cussed with President Roosevelt
today the "when and where" ot
the forthcoming United Nations
offensives against Japhn.
After the council met Pt th-
White House, New Zealand Min-
ister Walter Nash said the Jap-
anese "might be hit in a way
they had nevsr dreamed of."
WEATHER
Warmer tonight except little
change In temperature In extreme
northwest portion.
m
SOLDIER WRITES FROM AFRICA
goal *4 1..">00,000 acres of th'*
crop, B F. Vancv. chairman of
the State Farm War Board, told
ting of count) Agricultural
Adjustment Administration offi-
cials. chairman af county war
boards and AAA clerks from 17
North Texas counties here.
"Under the one-price system all
peanuts, whether grown H* edl.
bin or for oil. will be supported
at the same price, tt per cent oT
parity." Vance saMI. "At pr—en*.
Itht ivtragr ortce runs about IUt
a ton for No. 1 Spantsti type, tt
the parity price la wcrwod be.
MMn mow and July 15, Mm <ip
Payments run from S30 in
acre for peanuts and SIS for soy.
beans to W on grain sorghums.
! ut are applicable only on th
acreage more than 90 per cent
and up to 110 per cent of fli
farm goal." Vance said "Goals
will he established for individual
farms. The purpose of the tnccn.
tive Payments is to get higher pro-
duction of the farm cr>ps tlwt
cost more to produce, to insure
goals being attained.
George Slaughter of Wharton,
chairman of the Texas AAA com-
mittee,. urged concentrated use of
community naimWttce* m assUt
tat
HLADyUARTERS, ALASKA
DEFENSE COMMAND 'U.IS Tc.
' lent, Mr Newton said. Opera- diunt of the barren wind-swept
'or* are urced to estimate care-, Alaskan army post* where wln-
rullv their need* a"d «k (or nclter night last 17 hours, will b
""ore than I* absolutely neces relieved with the latest' reels of
"'Ef-, , | Hollywood's curvaciou* dunisels. ! The follo.ving lett< r has been
Failure of romm'Trial v**hlrV Nearly lH-mm. projcvtois' ro<-pived by hi* fatlipr from J. V.
rocratnr* to "et their tire* In- j will nightly unwind the movie col-, Yell, somewhere in N"rih Africa:
sheeted im^ed'atelv n av re*"h,ony's grist free to United Stahs "I am sitting In the ideleted!
n an ewensfve detav when the | troops, „ Waj) annoucx-U by Ma(. listening to the radio. I lust heatd
r minute nish starts to met Gen Simon B. Buckner. Jr., com- "Beautiful Texas" played and It
" deadline. It wa* i munding general of the Alaskan really sounded good thn* It was
Defense (Command. j written by O'Daniel. Kinda made
. 'me homesick. I think I am goirg
"The men have had a taste of, to ^ j D jf j ,,v,,r R,,t
moviM through traveling Red j hlw.k eolnR ,ak„ Mnothpr
Cross units and rental film pr,*; wsr or more to get me out of
Jectors, General Buckner said, i Texas if and when I get back.
Now, they are ready for thej i hnp,, yotJ hltrt n ^
main course. i \ew Yea> and I hope next war
A ftprcial segntNf nction of tSe
Alaska umlcv
Volec Aid
1*#* Voo/iv
AUSTIN Foh 17 nrm An an-
prrrri*'ttnn of ?70 000 to nrevert
a redtictlon In benefit chocks f >r
fi,S27 t*"-'ons on tlie State rolls
of need\- Mind neopte ws voted
bv the Texas «enat-> today, but
fh« House proposal to set a<id'>
*700 000 a \eni- for the next tiwo
vears fo * a'd was *tr!cl'en from
the bill The "resent l.w makes
the Annual payment $400,000.
Farmer Students
Visit at School
Four ex-students of Rrecken-
ridge High School visited th'
school Monday.
Harris Veale of Sheppard FieH
told Students to get all the math-
ematics and physical education
thev could before getting into the
army.
Other visitor* were Jack Rid-
ley, James Payne and Boa I Dean.
Averaqe Speed Now 37
southwest, struck northwests . • d
toward Feriana, but North Afri-
can reports failed to Indicate their
progress.
Meantime. Malta's re-infon-d
aerial garrison joined the Medi-
terranean fray, bombing a n d
strafing railway objectives in
southern Italy and Sicily and
{jouncing on an Axis convoy in
the Sicilian narrows.
Torpedo-carriers from Mai-a
left one tanker in the supply con-
voy aflame and were believed to
have scored hits on other vessels,
though the intense anti-aitcivft
fire prevented close observation
of results.
On the Russian front the Red
army swept westward from p->
tured Kharkov toward 'be Dnie-
per River, the next natural bar-
rier w-hich could give the routed
Germans a chance to try a firm
stand.
A great tank battle was re|Kill-
ed raging west of Kharkov as the
Na7Js struggled to repair the
breach in the defenses catted hv
the falf of the city, with 43 Ger-
man tanks already knocked out.
Ruas Storm Kharkov
Russian troop* In furious bat-
tle captured the skyscraper city
of Kharkov Tue-dnv. t >n |in.' th
most powerful N>zi base in i'l
southern Russia, and imperii
all German forces in the wh do
battle area east of the Dni"j'«r
River, a special Soviet communi-
que declared Tue*Hay night 4
The fall of the important indus-
trial ■ •enter and former enpit 1 >f
the rich Ukraine marked a .'17".
mile advance west from Stalin-
"rad since the Russian winter of-
fensive bo fan in November, tnd
the most signifU-ent victory for
Soviet arms outside the triumph
at Stalingrad Itself.
Red army units occupied i!~e
eftv after a "violent attack " hi h
passed into fierce stree* ficht-
Ing." *'aid the communion".
In the final assault Red n-mv
men routed some of <\r*-- tf tt.j _
ler's best Elite Guard Corn-- !n_
eluding two the Ade'r Tliti"*
and Rev-h Tank r>ivlsion that
the Russians say had ho-o p,*hed
Up from France since tan. .11
Claim U. I. Lone* Heavy
The Tunisian front hlaz< d ^ith
heavy fighting on a 50-mlle front
Tuesdav nirht as American forces
WASHINGTON <U.* The pub- 7, as AmPr rnn ",n' 's
lie rojuls administration reports ! ^'^"v defended «lx mile, of
r Tmund regained we*t of Fa id >ft.
er the initial Nasi onslnuch' '• d
them their southern ot>t|>est
Gafsa.
that since the < tablishment of M
national 3S-milo.jin.hour speed
limit the average sp.-od of passen-
ger cars is 37 miles an hour, nine
per cent reduction from pre-wa--
averages. This figure arrived af
as the result of speed studies in
IS states.
-■olnted out.
Mevjp To
Srhool Students
'Target for Tonlrht
sbowTi to the h!"h school student*
TueMay when a'l the cluhs met
together The PA*" was shown In
wa*
command staif.
action in the full length wwmd j• * Joton T. Carlton,
mode. Their preparatory action*.! Atlanta. Tenn., ad Capt. Har-
as well a* the completion of their
missions were *nnw* taking then-
nn«ittops and hilfHling their as-
old W. Rhode, of Missoula, Mont.,
wtl| he In charge of the Alaska
finds all of vour four wanderin
hovs at home . . .
"We have tt nretty nice e*p"
elallv compared to whnf some of
the boys are golne th rough, t
haw never heard frtm you a"
film exchange section The movie If you can e*t It you might send
"Target for Tmmpn ' waa w
Industry donates the film. Initial
maintenance can ot tiw pro-
to lilt
tanners In obtaining maxi-1 of a serie* of Kctirres hatng medljecton I* tile only
i pcudu-taon* * *b> (he State Departm-A. I Army,
me a cartar^o* ilwwtpg gun. Ywi
cannot buy
'It'* bean
me,
if
cnrtl here,
always thought
Sr a
Africa would he hot. This Is one
place I should save money al-
though if I should save it all it
would not be much T will make
an allotment to buy bonds with
all I can spap .
"I have sure caught up on my
sleep. Go to bed about se\m ind
get up about six.thtrty. ^>esn't
get daylight until almost eight.
Dad, i* there much activity in the
fields? Sun* would enfoy making
a day on some worn out rig.
Haven't really had a chance to
put my heart In cursing something
since I left . . .
"Tell the kids hello when you
write. They shouldn't have to
"nme over now with me on the
Vlantv> side. J. D. on the Pacific
•'de, the Yell'* *hou!d have th"
•nation weB In hand In short
'.v
t am wrif.- Jbat • little hom-*-
♦eh, but that'* happening to a tout!
ul to. I
'A German DNB Agenev broad-
cast heard In Tendon asserted the
American* had lost more than
3,000 men killed and snffofert to-
tal casualties of between 9(t00
and 10.000 In the 4i0*y Tun'-'an
flehting The German* sa'd tVv
knocked out 97 American tam-.s
Monday. imf 1m ntied ft Ar"K-
cans had regpined Sldi Bou 7.W.
Hist southwest of Paid Pa-'s i«
well as an Important road lm*.
flop I ^ j
Marshal Erwin Rommel's Jf-
rika Koros was reported atjaefc-
ln" the Americans wttti Hslne |n.
tensity in a supreme h'd for ma-
neuver 'Pace as the British 9'It
\rmv tSO miles to the soothe-' t,
sweet nast Ben Gn >*dn ne -md
isi*i""t Hi. miiwwv -ear "uard to-
ward the Mareth Line.
Ovppw« aU
Information has oeen rvetv^i!
here by his pa rent* ttmi
Walter F Crucketi wtm ti..
htvn sat lotted IP Ca'ifoi ..i«. h
arrived safely mrmit,
Crreke't |« the son ot Mr. u...
Mrs. J. W UoCkc.t . h.vckn.
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Hall, C. M. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 232, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 17, 1943, newspaper, February 17, 1943; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth131808/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.