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legion Is Pointed
Toward Fight to
P*ve Democray
The American Legion and the people of the United States stand
face to face with thane who would make inroads into our government.
Mark McGee. principal speaker at the American Legion convention,
;'ld those- present Sunday morning and it is the Legion's duty to fight
■ Christianity and our way of life.
i The Ft. W orth attorney and
* | former state commander of the
Legion said that unless there is a
■feypt
Moved
Writer Telk Of
Observer
MMtlNS MUCK&
LKMN MEETING
Club Meetings
DISTRICT MEETING TO K
HELD IN SRECKENRtDGE
IN NOVEMBER
; change in the trend of the times! < By Mrs. Leta Atchison)
it will not only leud to commus-1 ^ gtett District Federation of
ism but has already reached it in! .
some respects. * ! *** Clubs- wWch *
There is something to fear in it. Breckenridge November 7th and,
HUNTING POEM
HEARD
There are tOO.OOO registered com-
munists in the United States and
already one man. a non-Amer-
ican citizen, has achieved such
and it was a One
SEEN
ridfer offered them. District Com-
mander J. R. Gleaton. presiding,
kept the program moving fast.
Sometimes a little ahead of sch-
edule. which is something for a
8th. is a part of the National Fed- j
eration of Music Clubs, which has j
a membership which is reported j
to exceed Gve hundred thousand, j
Breckenridge
American
£To.r &SSL" ** i w —* - -
They are honey combing the [ guwaation is composed largely of
I country in an Insiduous manner I women but its achievements re-
Lrgjonnaires have come, using every camouflage, even to j present far more th#n a purely
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spreading it in some cases through influence.
the schools and from the pulpit,
he said
It comes from Moscow and they
would destroy our way of life
and bring this country to a total-
itarian state.
He names the CIO as an agency
I
It has a far reaching cultural t
value to men— th$ many times
larger greup of husbands, bro-
thers, and sons of the members.
More than this, T. B. 5L (Tired
Business Manj, who measures the
worth of everything by what he
f^REDCF is due Mrs. Charles
t-i Groaeclose. local Auxiliary
President. Commander Mehaffey.
Mrs. H N. Lyle. Cisco, district
president, and the chairman D. T.
Bowles and Mrs. Robert Mehaf-
fey for much of the work:
Then there were Josh Turner.
Ot A. Fore. D. M. Boles, Adra which
and Sid Bowers, who
the barbecue. te whom
is due. as were the young
who worked in the regis
that by using plausible purposes others can ™«in> out of
would bring this country to star-
vation. although he is for the lab-
oring man insofar as needs are
concerned He commended part of
the labor organization for fight-
ing the CIO.
McGee opened his address with
a plea for the Legion constitution.
Ed Redell of Austin has
Marynell Hughes,
CkOu Weatherford. Roy Jean Rit-
ehey. Patsy Hogan. Loisette Kel-i for the convention here over
ley. Billle Evelyn Carlton. Marie
id Atma Jane Cbx. be-
committee and local ot-
ofjhe poet:
Iknpression of the convention
halt was that it was mostly grey
haired people, although the vete-
of World War 2 have been
the local post meeting*.
read to those present asking that
it be upheld an that the Legion
seek a harmonious way of life.
He was introduced by Mayor
J. R Brewster.
Approximately 300 Legionnaries
and Auriliary members registered
the
weekend, which opened with a
reception at the Burch hotel Sat-
urday evening and closed with
business sessions of the two bodies
Sunday afternoon.
At the close of the meeting
Stephenville was selected as the
next meeting place.
In the Sunday morning program
brief addresses were made by
Mrs, Ketley Farrar. and Mrs. W.
I*® G** planned to put in ^ lBili> Cole of Austin, state
meters here, but
erabie opposition to
I
president of the Auxiliary. Post?
rift considerable opposition to commander Robt. Mehaffey
sided at the opening of the Suit
' J. R. Brewster this morn- guy program. Mayor Brewster dt-
that the city's in-j tivertng the address of welcome,
is to pfoce- meters on a six i and a special music program by
months test. Amount of money to I the men's chorus was enjoyed,
be charged, whether a penny for a j ;vn impressive memorial service
or more for a cor- , conducted with the message
mger time, had not j delivered by Chaplain Rev. Flet-
beea determined cher Isbell of Commanche. Vocal
At the end of the six months, selection was by Bradford Cor-
period should the city agree to' rigan. accompanied by Miss Cor-
it.
might easily get out a battery of
comptometers and make an esti-
mate of what a commercial stimu-
lus the purely social activities of
these clubs mean to the business
men of the country. Women at-
tending the functions of these
various clubs are kept "on their
toes" in matters of modern fine
living; and merchants and manu-
facturers of all kinds, in all parts
of the country, benefit directly
and receive very large revenues,
which certainly would not come
if these thousands of clubs did not
exist to support higher ideals in
life, but this is only a material
by-product of the Federation of
Music Clubs.
The greatest value of these
clubs lies in the measureless, cul-
tural and educational inspiration
they bring to women who look
forward, from meeting to meeting,
to deriving from them a new vita-
lizing force: Without these means
of human contact in the art they
love, the lives of thousands of
women in alt corners of our great
| commonwealth might become very
drab and monotonous. Women's
music dubs were organized very
early. Among the oldest still ex-
isting are the St. Cecilia. Grand
1
UN Asked To Stop
Piressutre On
Small Nations
MOVE DISCREET USE OF
VETO POWER SOUGHT
RV U. S.
United Nations Hall. Flushing,
N. Y. Oct. 28 MM*— Egypt today
demanded that the big powers
withdraw troops stationed in small
countries and cease "related forms
of external pressure" on the little
nations.
Mohammed Husein Keikal Pasha,
Mohammed of Egypt, told the
United Nations general assembly
that his country considers tin-
presence of foreign troops on the
soil of any member state of the
UN" a grave infringement on
Sovereignty." ,
While Ostensibly aimed at Bri-
tain, the Egyptians denunciation
also was a slap at the presence
of American forces in such places
KANGAROOS SHOW GREAT- as China, Latin America and Ict:-
EST IMPROVEMENT OP ANY! land—an issue which Soviet Rus
OVER LAST YEAR
I
Buckies To Work
On Blocking For
Weatherford
Another football feast faces
Breckenridge bins. Junior High
will play Albany Wednesday af-
ternoon. there will be a ward
! school game here Friday after-
I noon, aid the Buckaroos will!
meet Weatherford Friday evening. I
Weatherford will come to Breck-1
1 sia has threatened to raise in the
assembly this session.
A Soviet requet for a discussion
of the presence of Allied troops
in countries other than the forme c
enemy states is on the assembly*
tentative agenda.
He attributed what he called
military pressure from the bn;
powers to the absence of the UNS
enridge with one of the greatest! P.oticf f«r<* *nd Emitted a, Pc"-
improved teams over last year of POSil1 thut th« ass^bly ask the
security council to fix a date by
which the military staff commit
tee must complete its recommenda
tions for establishing the world
organizations power to suppress
OWLS STOP LONGHORNS 18^13 The Rice Owls cTu it again,*; they blasted the Texas tonghcrn*
hope for an undefeated season as they stomped their way through to a 18-13 victory in Houston.
Virgil Eikenberg. 49. with ball, sets up the first Rice touchdown with a gallop to the Texas 3-yard
line. Harold Collins, 65, Texas guard makes the tackle with Richard Harris, 52. Texas center makes
the tackle secure. (NEA PHOTOi
buy the meters the sum received
would he applied on the payment,
otherwise a fifty-fifty split to be
The mayor said he understood a
Resolutions As
Voted By Legion
WAR SURPLUS GOODS SALE
TRACNG JOB CUTTING
ARE RAPPED
District IT convention delegation
in the meeting Sunday afternoon
adopted four sets of
Ladies Council
Elects Officers
For Home Work
Doctors Building
j New Hip Joint
For Child
The Stephens- county Home De-1 CKTCAnp iu.B—At an age when
monstretion Council met Saturday; youngsters are
October 26, 1946 in the district ., .. ..
' bout gaily, 15 month old
™"lKeUey Farrar, chairman of the T of two representatives from each. mary Flsii is confined to
Rapids, Michigan, Tuesday Club, Home Demonstration Club in the her tegs encased in casts
netia O'Connor and a reading by
Patricia Ann Trammel!. Scouts I
St. Paul. Minn.; Amateur mow
musicians) Club of Chicago, and
the Union Music Club. St. Louis
In January. 186& at the invita-
tion of the Amateur Music Club
of Chicago, a permanent National
Federation of Music Clubs was
organized; and the growth of these
opposing the installation
of the meters is being circulated.
Pop Adams and
Pop Poplin still fishing and
at
altitude has I
a bit bad but Adams
t going to stay with'
real:
On difference they
for in the films here is to show j
the strike. The other films show j
only the landing
unpaid wirkers for the spread of
Jame Bingham and Domud Rob-, rnusical cultlm; throughout our
1 JSfi ttU; rnt^ . ! great nation has been phenomenal.
A highlight of the day was bar- ^ ^ . „
; It is the inherent right of every
committee.
First was a resolution of thanks
to the City of Breckenridge and
tiv local post for the ^hospitality
extended them and meeting faci-
lities provided.
Another made the registration
fee 51.50 if the meeting is a two-
day meeting St if a one-day meet-
ing
The district hacked the action
of the national convention in its
becue at the Country Club. Mu-
sic for this was the High- School
quurtet. under direction of Alton
Roan, and clarinet quartet- The
first was composed of Marjorie
Pearson. Jolene Harris. Dorothy
the mare pleasurable, the
better are a nation's homes A
[ nation of such homes, with its
higher educational in aH branches
of learning, including music, is
if!
child to be given the chance to j resolution asiring removaf off the
leant to appreciate good music.
whether he has decided talent or
without music tack much
of what makes life pleasurable;
companied by Miss O'Connor. The
second was composed of Jimmy '
Anderson, Mary Fox, Alice HaL-
lauer. and Estreila Mehaffey.
JgOVCE
- a great to do and then
stilt
Elks WiU Stage
HoIbwVn Party
A letter from Secretary WU-
Uam D- Kelly to Elks members
tells of a hollo ween dance and
masituearade to be held in the
Elks lodge room Thursday even-
ing
At the same time members are
reminder that because of this been outstanding in the
always strong, peace-loving, rat-
irmal a veritable bulwark for the
betterment of the world
The Fine Arts Club was the first
music Federation club in Breck-
enridge. hawing been organised in
1924 and federated the same year.
The Anna Flrank Artists Club
was organize in I92& and federat-
ed in 1930k These two Clubs who
party there will be no lodge meet-
ing Wednesday night. The dance
will be Cor members only.
Prizes for the best man's and
woman's costumes were announc-
ed to for each S3 and S3.
Refreshments will be served.
years past for their achievements
in the promotion of good music,
art and drama, will be hosts to i
delegates coming from dubs of
the First District Federation of
Muse Clubs, on November 7th
8th.
ceiling price of on-the-job team-
ing
The fourth was to go on record
backing the national convention
in its complaint of the disposal of
surplus war properties That the
action be stepped up and much
of the red tape cut out.
About 250 persons attended the :
barbecue at the country club and!
so bountiful was the meat that
much remained after all had eat- j
en. This was sold to those wishing i
it in various sized pieces to take <
home with them.
Weldon Thornton of Brecken-
ridge was appointed by District
Cbmmander Gleaton as district
rehabiliation qhairman in the at
ternoon session.
Court Dedmes
Review Of Case
the district
resolution.' courtroom. The council is made up
" ** bed
___ from
County . [ knee to hip.
The annual election of officers; Rosemary walked once and.
was held at this meeting Those
elected were; chairman, Mrs A
H. Davis; vice-chairman, Mrs
Paul Roberts Secretary-treasurer
Mrs Oscar Allen.
Plans were made for a book
review and tea to be held at the
November meeting
Council members are Mrs O.
Alien, Sirs Vernon Black, A. K . . .
Davis Jl C. Cantrell, S. A. Cara- "* I**™" ***** ..
„ , „ . When she was about a year old.
wry toy Curry. J. M. ^arv'"-*R ry ^ ^
Lloyd Hill. J R. Jackson. Phon [ |^™n ste^ Her mother. Lar
1 Lai.e. E. B. Milam. Less Murphree. i . „. „ . ^ ^
Paul Roberts Ross Walker, and "V™' ^ no'ltwi the ^
ed but thought it was just the us-
any. Twenty men on the squad
were on there last year, ai;<x now
they have the addeifc.experience, j
Weatherford beat Stephenville 14
to 12. and Brckenridge beat Ste-
phenville 25 to 13, but com para- i a8Srest,ion- "
tiwe scores often prove deceptive. ! was V™ nited
The Kangaroos have a tackle. . f^tes dra^ a ,"t'
1S3 pounds, named Grissom who more dl8creet ust' of rhl' wt"
is an outstanding player. Then ! P°wer- b* Sovit-'1 R,ls"
ther« are the twins John and
James Martin who are deceptive
broken field runners, and a full
back, Tom Barnard, 184 pounds.
who is a good pLunger. Billy Beard
is a good end. Jerry Jackson is
the quarterback the remaining
back field matt being Benny Gro-
gan. weight 150.
sta.
Germans Jailed
Following Bombing
FRANKFURT, Oct. 2S •«' I: —>
German police jailed ten persons
today, including a former Lt. in
^ _ . . . i the Nazi storm troopers, tor
Chech Cooper Robbins was not; tio in the bombing of rh -
satisfied with the line Dluneing of 1 j" ' * ' " , '
, '! denazification court buildmg. at
the Buckaroos against Ranger and r en
work will operi on that with em- I Authonties ^ those arrested
phasis on blocking. were believed to have knowledge
Jack Jones and V^ibur Gray | of ^ persons wh(J crept at(rnf,
a shallow canal in Esslingon soon
after 8 p. m. Sunday and planted
still are on the injured list, bow
much improved they will be re-
maining to be seen. They got a
minute or two of play against
Ranger.
all goes well, she'll walk again—
in time.
For Rosemary, medical science!
is creating a brand new Mp joint For JokleSS
according to bone specialist Dr. - -
Sheppard Remington. By creating
what he calls a new "anatomieal
relationship" Dr. Remington
Veterans Falls Off
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 'U.f5—
rhe Veterans Administration re-
the bomb on a window sill af the
courthouse.
Explosives experts said the bom-
bers apparently were the ones
! who hurled three bombs at dena-
I zification courts and military po-
| lice headquarters in Stuttgart, and
I near Backnang a week ago.
hopes to have Rosemary walking 1 ported today that fewer ex-service Pf£$jjent Deities
Charges Of Arab
Misses. Effie Crudgington,
ene and Irene McClenny.
Maritime Strike
Settlement
Lor-
men applied for unemployment
compensation during the week
ending Oct 12 than at any time
in the last eight months
VA said t,122.000 former GIs
claimed unemployment allowan-
set last AprU.
Texas with 60,431
rabbit for
IteOriftaofHalm'ttCtlKfcraKiB
espied a gleam of
dter. or
town?
e ha
at the
fv or
Hallowe'en, or All Hallows Eve.
really began as a Sabbath day for
those, who belonged to witch cults,
according to the Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
Members of the cult believed
that a ged incarnate as a human
being or animal, appeared to his
. worshippers disguised in various
' animal forms or dressed inconspic-
uously m black.
The earliest form of the animal
disguise is the figure of a man
clothed in a .stag's skin with set-
ters on his head. Such a fiicure
the palaeolithic
in a cava in southern
The goat disguise was
in early Franca and (Ser-
in the British Isles the
forms were the bull* the dog
four days tiur1-
to worship this
Ptehrwtey
-eve or Rood*
U end Me>-
tek.
The worshipping was joyous
Cult members by the hundreds
from far and near, men. women
and children, gathered together.
The scene was like a great fair
with dancing and singing and
foasting/ The celebrations began
in the evening; Heated all night and
ended at dawn.
Today. Hallowe'en is chiefly
known as the eve of the Christian
festival. All Sainfs Day.
In the spirit of humor and ad-
venture. beliefs are recalled that
mark this night as the ana night
in the year during which
old dt stood In
costume, sally out for fun.
children
mtr witft
ye®Sf there
in the tetival—bat tins _
is jappesed to te revived
NEW YORK. Oct. 26
A settlement of the 26 day old
maratime strike was signed here
today, and it was believed that
the first of almost L200 ships
which have been tied up on the
East and Gulf coests would be,
moving within 48 hours.
ThtV agreement reached be-
tween representatives of 44 ship-
ping companies and the negotiat-
ing committee of the masters,
, mates and pilots union. AFL.
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 'UJ& | must be ratified by locals of the
| union, but a speedy affirmative
vote was regarded as % foregone
ual wobbly gait of a child learn-
ing to balance herself.
Friends began to remark about
the limp, however, and at length
Mrs. Fisli took the baby to a
doctor. There, she- learned that
J Rosemary had been born without, was third.
a left hip bone socket, something u
that happens about once in every I _ _ >
10,000 times according to Ram- I nimail 10 Kit
ington.
Little Rosemary underwent
"bloodless surgey" in which her
thigh bone was pushed down to
where the hip socket should have
been. Casts were put on
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 'Ufi;
President Truman in a mesui: ^' to
King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia to-
day rejected the Aral) rulers ri -
ces for that week. This was a i cent charge that this governrm ni-
drop of 68,000 from the previous' stand on Palestine contractu > i
week, and a decline of nearly | previous American policy.
700.000 front the record 1,800,000 j Despite Sauds objections. Hi"
The supreme court today declined
to review two cases challenging
the validity of Georgia* unit "ot- [ conclusion,
ing system. j
The court likewise refused to.
re-hear a suit challenging the
present division of the state of
Illinois into congressional dis-
tricts
In rejecting the Georgia cases
the court split in each instance by
a 6 to 3 division. Justices Frank
Murphy. Hugh Black and Wiley
Rutledge thought the cases should
have been reviewed
Ft Worth Livestock
Cattle 4800. calves 4600. Active.
Load good fed steers 23£D. new
high for toads tots common and
Medium slaughter steers and year
lings 12.00-18.50 . Medium and
good stacker steers yeadingS and
calves 14.00-16.00. Few choice to
tT.00. Good and choice fat calves
FWA Has Building
When Slump Comes
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 <U. —
The federal works agency re-
ported today that several billion
dollars worth of construction pro-
jects now in the planning stage
will help take up the slack when
the present great demand for
private construction hits a slump.
N WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 <CH> —
President Truman will leave here
Thursday for his home in Missouri
the White House announced to-
' President reaffirmed his belief
allowances1 that at least 100.000 Europt nn
I Jews should be admitted to PhIl-s-
[ tine immediately.
On Oct. 15 Saud express* d Ja
Mr. Truman a fear that the Ji-vi.,
might use force and violence in
aggressive schemes against neigh-
boring Arab countries.x
tegs to hold the thigh in _ _
Although Rosemary won't J3e Mr. Truman will be away from
able to join her more active pfoy- Washington for almost a week.
The principal reason for his trip! returns- from Bulganas par ;a
300. Stacker pig
to LOO higher. Top 2&50
mnt gp«d and choice W
ABILENE. Oct. 28 — Two
youths—About 2E years old -r-
abducted Blakely Wingo. 36, Yel-
low o>b driver, last night about
3:40. and forced him at pistol pdtttt
to drive them to the old city dump
ground road northeast of town,
where they put him out and es-
caped with the automobile.
Abilene police put a statewide
broadcast for the two boys over
NEW YORK. Oct. 28 <UJB—Cbt-| the Texas highway patrol radio
ton futures staggered tinder a from Austin and
weekend accumulation of
selling orders and nervous
tion today,
Communists Lead
In Bulgaria Vote
.. SOFIA, Oct. 28 —Incomplet.
mates for the next two years, her The principal reason for his trip! n
age gives her the greatest chanee ; to independence to vote ™ntary elections showed the com-
f^ a future. normTwe. Reming | on Nov. 3. " I mu™st P«rty teachng today «.tu
ton said the procedure probably Row said Mr. Truman has no " ctear majoritj ot oo per lch
would not be successful if she had plans at present for a speech be- j The government announced to-i
been +or 5 years old fore election day. i the vo^mS yesterday was order,y.
' | It said no violence w,-is -reported
anywhere in Bulgaria.
Wartime Housing
Report Is Denied
HIJACKERS SEARCH IS ON
Cotton
Pi
Drops
Limit
in the
ress for a trip from there "to
North 10th." The young'men. a-1
bout 21. got in the cab at the | WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 'lifiJ —
bowling alley, and after riding for I The national housing agency today
a short distance, one of them pul- j hit back at criticism by Sen. Owen
led a pistol on the driver. i Brewster, Republican, Me., saying
Bosley said that they forced there was no substantatiation of
Wingo o-ut of the car about 250 the charges made in what ho <ie-
to 300 yards from where they scribed as a "long suppressed"
turned off onto the dump ground [ report on wartime housing.
road: took his pocketbook and at
gun point forced him. to walk
across a posture. They then es-
caped with the toxical).
WEATHER
_ . . . , Party cloudy to cloudy. ScpMcr-
Investtgating officers found the, ed sfmwers tn west portlon rhi3
billfold at the scene, but the 9nA ovcr most o£ Eas;
money,
moved
amout Wv had been ra-
the stolen taxi
four-door
with Tfcos UM6
Tedas Tuesday.
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