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VOL 20—NO. 269
BRECKENRIDGE, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY,-OCT. 4, 1944
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SHOULD
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GIVE THEIR NAMES
! WAR CAMPS FOR
! OLD AGE HOMES
VWWN,
OYS coming back from service
probably have thought much
about yrhut the old home town
looks like when they get back, and
how glad they will be to see again
the many people they know there.
But there is one thing t.iese
boys fotget. Maybe we saw him
often but mostly In uniform or at
Work sonu-where. By we, we mean
the popple in general. Maybe
•Inee t|K?n he has Been to college
one or two more years, then a
year. «r maybe two >cars. in
lervic;?.
Those jmj and the uniform
"lake a i*lg change in him.
he comei^ back home
he recognizi-s because
they are older nad have changed
less, because tbey are on the same
Job in the same place, do not
recognUe him.
Ran into outstanding examples
today. Saw a service man sitting
in the. Club Cafe. Knew we ought
to knoty him. Something familiar
about him. Could not recall the
name.
Sotne one said there in James
Thomas. Immediately recollection
Of hi# mother's tragic death, the
marriage of his sister, his days
as a groat basketball player un-
folded (n our memory. Had a fine
talk with him.
Went up to the bank. In .the
line ttyre was lieutenant. A fine
looking fellow. There came that
same feeling that "I know that
young man. knew him, as a boy
somewhe,-?." As we passed close
he said "hello'
and called our
name. We sparred around. Asked
htm where he was from. He said
GatesyUle. We couldn't place him
--and we were ashamed to ask
that boy his name.
Elevated by Pope
..v<i**.
r
would like to know that
boy's name. We would Ilk?
to write about him as we enjoyed
writing about Thomas.
Boys, vvfccn you> come home and
you s«|p your older former friends,
stop them say. "hello" and then
add oulek'y "I am so and so". See
if the warmth of the reception and
the friendliness does no' chang.-.
Yon do n«t realize the change;
that have taken place in you. W<-
remember .vou and want to wel-
come you home. Parents write
your boys this advice.
•1'
BISHOP RICHARD ). CUSHING,
auxiliary of the Catholic diocese
of Boston since 1039, has been
appointed by "Pop? P u3 XII as
archbishop of Boston, succeeding
William Cardinal O'Connell, wht>
died in April. (International
First Of W.T.C.C.'s
Meetings Held
NINE-PLANK PROGRAM
FOR REGIONAL QUESTION8
ARE DISCUSSED
ODESSA, Oct. 4 -The first of
a series! of eight district referen-
dum conventions planned by the
West Texas Chamber of Com-,
itorce was hold here yesterday.
Discussions were heard On the
regional committee's nine-plank
recommendations on policies and
activities.
Directors and secretaries of 20
Wos Texas- towns met With M.
C. Ulmer of Midland, president of
the organization, D. A. Bsndeen,
district manager and Max Bentley
activities manager.
John D. Mitchell, Odessa bank-
er and h°Rt. director, presided in
Former Athlete
Home From 26
Months Of War
SGT. JAMES THOMAS HAS
MANY MEDALS BUT
NOT A SCRATCH
James Thomas, whom many
remember here as a high school
ithlete, has returned home from
'he war, a quite spoken young
man. w'.to says he didn't get a
icratch in 26 months of service
•>vei$eas in service ink practically
all the warring countries.
While Thomas is quite spoken
his decorations shout. Pinned on
'lis chest were the distinguished
Flying Cross, the Air Medal, with
I wo Oak Leaf Clusters, and rib-
bons for nearly all the campaigns.
James is a sergeant, and engin-
eer. in transport service, and
w here ever there was hauling to
V done sooner or later he and his
"ew showed up it seems.
He came home from Italy, vh
boat, and his leave is until Octo-
ber 26. Asked if coming home on
hoard ship was like walking home
nUer riding out he said he enjoy-
:d the voyage after flying so
much.
Set. Thomas got the D.F.C.
while serving In Italy, th* Air Me-
■lal for the Invasion of Sicily.
He went Into service In Junrt
of 1941 and after training, most-
ly at Chanute Field, went over
<ieas to England In August of 1942.
There he started his foreign ser-
vice by hauling freight.
But he has dropped supplies In
many places where tfoops were
moving, often paratroopers, the
•ast troops being in Southern
.Franco. '
He said that his closest call was
hi a routine take-off at Algiers.
The plane crashed bending the
props, then took the air again, cir-
cling but they landed it with the
props in shap that "the book said
It could not be done."
He spoke of Willis Levlep of
Breckenridge. at one time being
at the same field where he was
stationed and that he saw ack
Eoyce In Rome. Also he saw
Clarence potter who Is now a cap-
lain on a B-24.
DUTCH GIVE HER HAIR TREATMENT
rm
REMEMBERING THOSE WHO COLLABORATED with the enemy during
the occupation is a very pertinent factor with the loyal people in
liberated cities. In the above photo, a couple of Dutchmen, after
recognizing a woman collaborationist, drag her down a street in Eind*
toven, Holland, by her hair. The scene followed. Uie entrance o{
British forces In the Dutch city, Ja; (International Soundphoto), j
Six Leave For j WACs Will Give
Naval Officer Is
Home On Leave
A. L. Simpson, chief petty offi
cit in the United States Navy .Sea
the absence of Dudley Yand of - bees,' stationed at Camp Endicott,
|*ILD Age Assistance, a football
\J of Texas legislative sessions
since Former Gov. James V. Al
lred proposed it, is due for some
high and fancy disputing before
the section to open next January,
say* (Jordan Shearcrof The L'nit-
If tty! war I* ended by thon In
Europe, there may be serious con
Iteration of plans; to utilize pre*
sent army structures as homes
for aged persons. '
A legislative committee that held
meetings since the last session of
the legislature will report « lam-
cntablp situation existing at many
of the rest homes where old per-
son* without relative* obtain care
in exchange for their old age pen-
sions.
rftHE committee decided to re
commend some sort of legislation
to set up flandatds'lor such hom-
es and methods to Inspect them
from time to time.
A third proposal may be adop-
tion on a statewide basis of a plan
sai£ Ip have proven successful in
Harris County. There a home for
the aged l* mrJntalnetl, the coun-
ty supplementing state psnstyn
payments with enough to keep the
home running. It Is not corppul-
sory on pensioners to five there,
but the opportunity to do so Is af-
forded. * ®|
[AT the state, will seek to
h«ve the federal government
turn over nt least some of the war
properties to the state for public
uses is a foregone conclusion.
f A question may arise If comp
Irttes tor Which the needed area
was obtained In pary by condem.i
at inn could be diverted to new pur
fT *
Pecos; director of district 1. Mit-
chell was assisted by B. Regan of
K.i'j district 6 director.
After discussion of the nine-
phutk program dealing with reg-
ional and national questions pro-
posed for the organization's cam-
paign before the next legislature,
for given copies of the bal-
lots which will be takcti to their
home district* for further dls-
)(|j|^|ifbnyertti6ti||
eight which will reach the 160 all
filiates of the West Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce.
The referendum season will be
climaxed with a general meeting
In Abilene November 8.
Cities represented were Al-
nine, Andrews. Balmorhea, Big
Spring. Crane. Fort Stockton, Ker
m|t, Lamessa, Marfa. Midland
Monahans, Oddesa, Pecos, Ros-
well. N. M., Sanderson and Sem-
inole.
Davlsville, R. I. Is here on a 15-
day embarkation leave, visit inp
liis wife and son. Arthur at 810
West Walker street. Chief Simp-
son is to leave soon for France
where he will serve with a nav.il
construction regiment.
For the past two years ho has
served as a director in the mili-
tary training: programs . at 1 Camp
Endicott*,. I
-Year-Old fou
.1,000-Mile 'IMP
CHICAGO *tti M Three thou
sand miles isn't too great a d's'
tance in this age ofs fast transpor-
tation, but when you take the trip
on a bicycle — that's a different
story.
George Wllklns, 15. of Oak Park
111., recently returned from a trip
by bike that took him to New
York, Washington, D. C., Boston
and Quebec, Canada. The journey
which he completed in one month
cost Wllklns $95.
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PLAN CUB
A colored sound moving picture
the work that Cubs and their par-
ents do in the home was presented
to a representative group of boys
and adults Tuesday night at the
High School auditorium. Guy
Smith, Scout executive from
Brownwood, was in charge of the,
meeting which was held for the
purpose of reorganizing and ex-
tending the Cub program in Brack
enridge.
A recent survey held in the
schools revealed that 107 ;j boys
had sighed up desiring to join
CUbblng. About one half of these
boys were present at the meeting.
It was decided at the meeting
that at least four Cub Packs were
needed to take care of the boys.
This matter will be presented to
various :'CMirel®lllmembers of
which will be requested to take
action through , their governing
boards to sponsor Packs and ap-
ply for charters. Oiganzlations
which apply for charters will hold
meetings of boys.and parents in
the noar future to get their Packs
started.
Cubbing is a Scouting program
for boys nine to eleven years of
age and built around the home.
The First Methodist Church has
sponsored Cub Pack No. 1 for se-
veral years but the pack has
grown too large for one group.
Doyle Graves, former Cubmaster
Homer Tudor, district commlssio
ncr, and Rev. Victor K. Aubrey,
district chairman, and other par-
ents present at the meeting a
slon program.
For Service
Six more boys from Brocket,
ridge and Stephens county were
to leave this afternoon for' pre-!
induction physical' examination for
military service.
One of the six, Fred B. Cook,
is a volunteer to Immediate ser
vice. This means that when he
has passed the physical examina-
tion h? will be sent directly into
service instead of returning for,
the customary furlough.
The other five of the group are
Jesse Paul Kirkland, leader. Wil-
liam Blanton Faris, Moody Fran-
kiln Brown and Jackie Ray Alex-
ander.
The group will go to Dallas by
bus for the examinations. They
follow five or six others examin-
ed for scrvlce last month.
Alaska Servicemen to
Hold Golden Gloves
HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT 'U.R>—Tho Army
today announced plans for the
Alaskan Golden Gloves champion-
ships, with eliminations at var
Sous posts to get underway in Oct-
ober ant{ the finals to be held
iround Dec. 1.
Navy, coast Guard, Marines and
Air Transport Command fighters,
:it stations jointly occupied with
the Army, will join v with Army
GIs in vieing for the crowns.
. Simultaneous semi-final event*}
111 start No. 15 at Fort Richard-
son. Anchorge, to decide, the
mainland winners and at an ad-
vance ba.se westward to detertnlnc
Aleut ian.: tJ tIe^oldcr*^^'jv^|j!||^|fii|||^
In addition^ to medals and tro-
phies, the contestant will battle
> rj r; •
will get an expense paid week's
furlough at Mount McKlnley Park
the Army's swanky vacation spot.
Children Receive
Royal Thank-Yon
DENTON, Tex. <U.K) —Excited
third-graders have a letter bear-
ing the royal seal of England a
thank-you note from Her Royal
Highness Princess Elizabeth. '
They had discovered that their
State of Texas and the princess
had the same birthday, April 21,
and had sent the Princess Eliza'
fceth a birthday card and
sonal note on that date.
Brighter Future
In Living Shown
Rotary Club
PLASTIC ELECTRONICS ETC.
TO ELEVATE LIVING
STANDARDS
With t|ie view that fifteen mil-
lion men will; be needing jobs,
industry ilnough research has a-
bout completed a postwar prog-
ram, that in some phases permits
the imagination to run riot, Ed
"ap Cain told members of the
Bieckepridge Rotary Club Tues-
day noon. t
The research work has been
done by th:> government commit-
tee for economic development and
scientists from the Industries, Mr.
Tain wild, and several months af-
ter the war is over it findings
will begin to change our standards
of living In many respects.
This will .-b™ to raise ljving to
a higher level, comparable with
'ho advent of the automobile to
the horse and buggy in both cost
nnd comfort. Among th«>- changes
he mentioned' home cooling and
heatinc. television, synthetic rub-
ber. glasseyes with picture of tho
other eye on them, the plastics,
and electronics.
In the plastics, uses of which
there seems to be no end. the im-
agination mav find swav. From
dishes that will not break to lieh
tor automobiles and houses that
may ordered delivered and erect-
ed on a lot in one da v. In elec-
tronics It may run wild, much a-
bout which has already appeared
In the magazines.
Immediately after the war, how-
ever, he added there will be such
i shortage of materials and sn
•treat the demand that th- re wiP
be a rush to get goods on the mar
ket much .if which will be shoddy.
But when that period has Passed
CARAVAN COMING WITH
band Music, speaker
AND PRfeTTY GIRLS |
Tiro WAC caravan from the base I
at Abilene will arivc here this
evening for a program on the
court house lawn beginning at" t>
o'clock, the program to include
music by a crack army band and
experiences related by a veteran
of Guadalcanal.
A telephone call from Abilene
this morning said the caravan jJL,.., JHi
will be escorted into Breckenridge n brighter future may be looked
by highway patrolmen. It will be
welcomed by Mayor Jimmy Brew-
ster. who will confer the title of
honorary , mayor on S-Sgt. Helen
S. Slchby who will arrive with
the party. The address on Guadal •
"anal service will be made by T-
Sgt. Roy R. Smith.
The concert will betby the 590-
th Air Force Band, stationed at
Abilene. The. public, >9 cordially In-
vited to hear It In the belief It
will enjoy the good music.
Sgt. Lee Schincup will be mas-
ter of ceremonies and a number
of WAC's from Abilene will be in
the caravan. Sgt. Smith and Sgt.
Sichley will remain here to in-
terview prospective WACs. Head
quarters will be at the Burch Ho-
tel;,
r.ir
Detroit Strike Is
Crippling Output
DETROIA, Oct. 4 MB — A
Strike of maintenance workers has
spread to 20 Detroit area war
plants, halting or crippling pro-
duction in at least 11 of them.
More than 35.000 other employes
have been affected by the walk-
out.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 <U.R> -
The Allied Nations are going to
furnish supplies for the rebuilding
of war-torn Italy. President Roo-
- vHIl
Ip^
greed to support the Cub expan-Jbe sent to Italy to help speed the
defeat of Germany.
Like It, Taste
Like it, But Can't Be
LONDON <UJS-It looks like ice
cream. >lt tastes l|ke ice cream. It
has the same swell effect as ice
cream when it slides down your
throat at mess after you've been
ililil in the sun at a treeless
1: who ire so fond of the
but the Air Service com
would swear it was W
cream. But they know it Can't
•'e. Regulations say so.
The men who "keep 'em flying"
in this theater have Colonel D. L.
Knoll, their quartermaster chief,
to thank for this phenomenon that
occasionally graces their tin mess
kits.
A theater directive forbids "the
use of English civilian labor or
machinery in the making of Ice
cream." A tongue-in-the-check
supplement says, "There is no
objection to the preparation of
ration items in such a way that
a substance resembling ice cream
may result."
With the blessing of Colonel
Knoll, ingenious air force cooks
worked out a combination of
kitchen staples that would pro j
forward to.
TVTr-n. O, R Whitnev s>nd Mr*.
W. H. Dakin appeared before the
dub asking volunteers for blood
donations, warning that the time
is short and 900 are needed.
President Charlie Deere, Doyle
Graves and Counts Rnv in ch«Ks'>
of the pro?r m. Dr. Vernon Mar-
Shall entertained with a solo,
Pheasants Protect
Greenhouse Plants
CIRCLEVILLE. O. <U.R>-Youn?
pheasants are being used success-
fully in an experiment in insect
control in the Brehmcr &reen
houses here.
The pheasants are doing a Kood
job In controlling insects and
weeds without bothering the
greenhouse roses, chrysanthemums
and aster;?.
Wreck Passengers
Send Purse to
GRAND FORKS, N. D. <r. r.-
Two Grand ■ Forks women, Mr<$.
Charles Setterland uncf Mrs. Ross
Moofcj ■ Who lost • their • husbands
heartedness is still a current vir-
tUC. . , 1
They have each received $87.50
from a collection taken up by pas-
sengers on the, train, mailed to
them from Great Falls, Mont., by
Mrs, L. W. Wilhelm, Chicago, and
W. A. Everson and W. W. Judd' of
Portland, Ore.
Setterland was the engineer and
Moore the fireman , on a Great
Northern pKkengor train which
crashed into a truck at Towner,
N. D. ,
Given.
Battle
ye seized con-
; have entered
ek Peninsula.
i«al phase of
iQgun, and its
Sherman tanks have charged into the to witllin
infantry fanning out in the open country bef;rSoviet forct,
A dispatch from the First Army Head^^.^ tI'.om
tanks craslied through the Siegfried Lino in i
north of Aachen, and on a three and 1 2 mill
(rated about two miles into the Gciman de
American doughboys also arc getting supj
Dive-bombers have turned out in force to hel;
for the gi
ssian
new
ania.
Bags 500 Nazis
out !
rom the
*s in Lon
r report
Bor—th?
defeal-
letra.
ve An
Howew
the way. TS
one countel
United Prcs
are bombard
are horn bare
ach itself.
On the
fore Metz-
r,eized a foot!"
Metz outpost^
Earlier, a
man said Geri
had captured
later front di|
the Yanks hold, of c.er-
the Fort and trim the
is going on. W sptw-
A shower of -wn of
IN A STRANGE TAtE of the war,
;Lt. David Stanley Crockett of In-
.dianapolis (Davey Crockett to hlf(
pats), accepted the surrender of
BOO Germans after he had been
taken prisoner by them after bail-
,ing out of his Navy carrier-based
Grumman Hellcat in southern'
France. Crockett, with 23 otherj
prisoners of war, underwent an;
Allied bombing at the Toulon>
arsenal and then, after it was'
over, the Nazi commander of the;
arsepal summoned him to his
quarters, unstrapped his gun and
sdid that he was rurrentlering and
ordering his mn to do so, too.
Crockett accosted the surrender
nnd French rr rces of the Interior
later marCisU the 500 Germans
away. (international)
7.98 In 2 Weeks
BENEFICIAL FALL RF.CORDEL
OVER MUCH OF WEST
TEXAS TERRITORY
Total rainfall here as measured
at the Airways Communication
Station nine miles south Of town
was 3.22 from 6 o'clock Tuesday
morning until the same time this
f,' This added to 4.26 that fell the
latter .part of September gives a
total of 7.9# inches in the last two
weeks. Measurement here In town
was a little less—the exact fig-
ures not immediately available —
lor one hard shower measured
considerably more at the airways
station than it did the Community
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Reds Near Belgrade
LONDON, Oct. 4 Cf! —The Ger-
man radio reports that Russian
forces have reached Novoselos 18
miles north of Belgrade.
WAR CHEST WORKERS NAMED
hciist
* en-
miles
fS
V5
cs
CO
55
ineasy. re'
Inst this j1'
ment. tf'
of 1946 T
D. T. Bowles chairnian of tho
Stephens County War Chest drive
™„ -«H-S ... wv-H. pro iS!0!1 r!f &fu iu0Ct°wr 9, and
duce Ice cream. GI wash tubs, I" r ™n
barrels—anything that would hold
the mix, Were pressed Into service.
A look of contentment on the
faces of Gl's some of whom have
been in Ice cream-less England for
over two years, was the 1
FOR ASKS END OF BAN
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 <tr.i!i —
President Roosevelt has called ,up
on James C. Petrlllo, head of the
American Federation of Musicians
to lift his ban on making record-
ings. He demands that Petrlllo ac-
cept WLB directives in what the
President calls "the interested or
. orderly government.
chest call for- funds and Stephens
county community chest, In which
$21,000 will be sought, has naked
committee workers as follows.
Big Gifts Committee--Carey K.
West, Chairman, J. D, Sandefe*
Jr., Eugene Thompson.
Bank Block—B. II. Trammell,
Claude Peeler,
North Of Walker Street—E. R.
McCathern, Ollle Jackson.
Woolworth Block— A. E. Swee-
ney. R. D. Smith.
Boweri Block- -BlnkJ Johnson,
Counts Ray.
Court House—Joe Beaty, J.
W. Morrow.
Industrial District—Chas Som-
r.iers. A". Reck,
Safeway BloCk—Glenn. Luttrell
Gilbert Ridings.
hole! Block—W. W, Ro-
R. Maxwell.
West Walker and South Rose
Avenue—
Daniel Motor Co. BJgck—Cortex
tulips. ;
Theatre Block—Garland Carey,
McNeill. | '
Schools - John F. Bailey.
Oil Cbmpnnics—
Texas State Guard Members-
H. W. Smart, Ml L. Belknap, R.
A. Pit/er, H. E. Chandler, P. D.
Buck, Rev. Amos W.
Dunigtin Tool & Su
Doffelmyer, /
ital
pursuing Nazi troopi
ter approaches to tK
Doughboys who cnP1"
hole in the Sicgfrle'a'V
rt |>oited Hitler's nt '
"Westwall" as milit/"10'
eel as the Kaiser's ,nt^'
World War L . , |
The average infant "
more than an uneasy. for"
lumped off against
vertised battlement
pie recollection
''a. when the Siegfried, .'
pictured as an imppeg^
t ier of stone and ste<
in depth, studded
Uers bristling wittvpo'
Many doughboi's also
those widely-circulated .
r.i this same ''Westwall"!
"ation being manned" by h>
strong, blonde Naziio ..«
But when they smashed
it yesterday they fourSl th'
Mis fortified line less of a
lem than the impromptu
•ic*" line" in farm and, wor
which the Germans held for
between Caen and Peiric
Normandy.
i Instead of thousands of hi
i rained young Nazis supct
the advancing Americans cuf
M scores of wornout nnd wc
<ri' veterans of Germany's
sian campaigns: elderly hi
guard rerrults; human wret
from divisions destroyed in Ft
cc, and even one middle-aged
dler with a glass eye.
War Mobilization,
Chief Quits Post
WASHINGTON, Oct
War Mobilization
announced today 1
Of William S. Clayl
war property admlnlstri
resignation will bo effi
a majority of the new
perty board takes of)
Churchill Pi
-l War Criiri
LONDON, Oct./
Ministeiv Churcra
Goorintfr' Goebt^cls
dcfinlteiy are on Br^-O/r-
■var criminals; He tol
'rowever', that a trial
lecesrary to punish t'
'tiveh
LONDON. Ocl. 4
'or ntirl" T-IdllfllZ bn
Royal Air Fotce i".
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