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BRENHAM, TEXAS FRIDAY. AUGUST 23U940
NO. 201
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Enter Two Brenham Stores Through Front Doo
FINAL PHASE-
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OF BATTLE IS
'U. S. Needs an Army of Mechanics'
GREEK CRISIS
After Blitzkrieg—tfte Bread I
CASH REGISTER
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HOUSES SCARCE
SENATOR-ELECT HERE
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GREAT WELCOME
Joe Lukas, Fayetteville
man
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Here In 78 Days
FAYETTEVILLE
ACCORDS BAND
ROBJWAILCAR NAMED HEAD QF
ON WRONG DAY BUR TON COFC
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Drive
Is Started By
Directors •
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And Locks Prized
On Doors
Great Britain
Slay By Guarantee
Up To Hilt
British and Italian
Naval Forces
Maneuver
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ii -b hiM‘ of
Rom • ha uh
Calais Is Bombarded
()n French Side
Of Channel
Bomber Explodes and
Crashes To Earth
In Colorado
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FINAL APPEALS
BV CANDIDATES
ARE MADE HERE
. Light Vote Expected
Saturday In
Run Oft
The . . .
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ELEC TION PARTY
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BY GORDON K. SHEARER
United Press Staff Correspondent
AUSTIN. Aug. 23 TIP Dtwrov
I ery of a new deep oil field in Camp
«’/di n ♦ 1/ n/iti'iy ei .. t llillcLtivrTU i
W \l I HI I i <.t l.i Its
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J. Alton York, senator-elect
from the 14th senatorial district
visited in Brenham Thursday.
“I want you folks jn Washing-
ton county to (nil on nie when-
ever you think LcaA be of ser-
Entrance to the Grand Leader
was effected in the same way,
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I tu.'li I
tion about the possibjlity of deep
oil in East Texas.
If deep oil is widespread experts I
once more on the oil reserves in |
the state. These estimates have
reach Brenham at about t 00 this i
afternoon over the Southern Paci-1
fic, according to information
ceived at the union station,
reports were that the train
. ... due at 1 ;OO this afternoon,
pared with total receipts of $28.- later it was stated that, it would
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tom big
i week,
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salootT, amir
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to Um.le
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it til'' g. ■ I I
s City. Mo.
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it the
The twin motored plane was de-
molished and the bodies of the men
were blown to bits, the official
-! army report said. The wreckage
First was strewn over a wide area
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East Texas - Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday, not much
change in temperature.
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ers were th6 same that had enter-
ed the Hohlt store. About $18,
change that had been left in two
cash registers, was taken, and one
cash register had been smashed
HEAT CREATES H E THEFT
COVMBIA, S. C. <l’Pi - Another
•'meanest thief” has appeared. As
the temperature went up to the
102-degree mark, someone -slipped
in Amy Sims' house and stole all
the Ice from the iufrigerat-T,
v VOLUME 75
RSSiLI
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Brenham folks, whose volun-
tary contributions made pur-
chase of the iron lung possible,
were only too glad that the ap-
paratus was on hand and avail- 1
able for the Fayetteville man
when he needed, it.j If the ma-
chine is never Used again, this
one case has already justified
its pureha#uv
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Full Year Of I raining
l .i it r< >n
III. U'll'.e
fill III.
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Despite a large amount of new
home construction in the
year, Brenham Ls.again
people. Hardly a da.V passes but
that some newjeomer arrives to
look for an apartment or house,
and the supply is limited. There
is usually a good demand for
rental property at the opening
of school, but this year the de-
mand came earlier. Numerous
persons connected with the oil
industry- are here, as well as
REA construction crews and
others. Many of them have
arrived since the taking of the |
and a half We advise you to
come early and gnjoy the whole
show. The returns will be an-
nounced by the Grand Prize
sound truck, and also will be
posted on blackboards.
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Wood Paneling Split
A IT 1 T~* * 1
voting will begin immediately, --------
since the ballot is so short and
the judges are contesting with
each other to see who will be
the first to report County Chair-
man Will J. Embrey prides him-
self on getting complete unoffi-
cial returns from the county at
the earliest possible moment,
and he believes reports fwrni all
boxes.will bg in within an hour
cash having, been placed
It produces at a i.-, ,
to 9.100 feet It is not the state's i r‘,Port',‘ K,,e Ch"'' E
deepest oil field. Old Ocean Field
in Brazoria county operates' as
LOOTING YIELDS
SMALLAMOUNT
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No Merchand i s e I s
Found Missing At
Either Store flF
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W,4|i< i
.He the pa I I id I
H I I nt 1V
Sil. I .,
I. m. Siu
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frrllo*
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that sales. Hantho Nelson. Lost Mule, widow and four daughters, sevenj
the 69 ncy fields are distributed McCrory. Sal Mar. Schattel, Sch- sons, and 21 grandchildren,
over all parts of the slate, except "
the Panhaadk. ^ost of them w>re
among the new fields has been the !
N< i th Thompson Field in Fort j
county, known as the Pittsburgh I Be nd county It «as discovered in
Field, has created much specula-I April of 1939 -aad by the end of
.: .u_ u.n... _» .----’that year had ptoduecd 255.821
; barrels.
Deepest new L< Id uf 19.19 was I '
the—M-a-rthu Fw-W-tn-Li-beOy .-.♦ho—*-•
Once more on the oil reserves in I ty It was discovered duly I. 19.39 I
' the state. These estimates have *■■— ■■• - ‘
I been rising steadily.
Last year 69 new fields were
discovered in Texas. At the begin-
ning of this year the reserve sup-
ply of oil under Texas surfggc land
w/s estimated at 10.974,055.000 | that quite a 'number of oil fields tn
barrels. , ! Texas haye. ceased to produce com-
. The "
Fail To Get Payroll Membership
Of .$100,00 From
Fast Train
irrWnel Batts, Werner, Fort Mer-
rill.. Hicks. Mineral. Wrser. Wttt*
discovered in southwest Texas Stx ington. Worthington. -Nash Whep- Lutheran
' , (Continued on page three)
\ui
I* \ t <.71 I i it
census, and were the count made
today, we believe it would be
substantially larger. Brenham
is an up a’nd coming town, and
services -
He cnpei
pic* ot BrcBham for' loaning th'
iron lung to a Fayetteville man t hC i'
reserves believed to exist in the j produced only 12.470 barrels be-1 Word has been received heir <>f week, thereby saving tus Ide .ilii u,
entire United States. It is not far’ fore becoming depleted. The Chit- ! the death in Ocec, Texas, of Henry •><' "a* ab'it to miiiniiib to m
W H. Tapp'', owner of Tappe n L
(store on the Washington Highway I
is a patient at I he Sarah It Miiiov i
Memorial Hospital, where In- wan
. _ « rxastr i taken Thursday afternoon follow-|
AS HUGE ARMY : :
land a broken lame m the J<> 3 i
I Physicians state that bis < (aid)- I
I tion i.s no| sei ions.
The m i idimt ocelli led
Tappe lost control ot lu.s
which overtuined on a countiv
road near Tappe s slm' Heniyi
| Fuelberg, the other isi upant ol th<
I car, escaped without rnjui y. I
. - j (unsigned to
111 -
AZIS SAY BRITISH DEATH BLOW NEAR
Ma -
a< *udent o< ( i
lost control
overtuined on
Tappe s si a>
All cash registers in the Hohlt |
stores had been examined by the j
burglars and a cash drawer was I
I broken open, but there was ri'oth-
| mg in it. No attempt had been
L made to open the safe, and no iner-
; ehandise was found missing after
the trend is toward rapid growth | a hasty examination of stocks.
i. Entrance to the Grand Leader
Brenham Postal
Receipts Increase
Shown For Year
| a large crow d tin n<•<I
Hem
Many Hi i iiliamItcs ,<< i omp ini<'>I.
I'thc, band to I lie neighboring • 11V
atld were guests ol the l-’.iV' He . ill'
I Chamber of •'ortimctec loi .saml-
I w iches and other i i-f;' i.hmeiits at
I conclusion ot Hu piogmm
The visitors ueic welci.nied by
President Gnssci f tin < liambc
of Commerce who ponded out ttn
friendly I'latiyii.s that li<r.i al-
ways existed between haycttevillc
. and Br< Ilham H< said that hay
cttevillc riiei' hunts if '■ p <■ -i u e u
. -Largely. -U4Mau_JXjuuharu. ua_____
1 houses for then mci i itamli a ‘ tb it
x ks fail t<> 'supply
th' people < ini' to
do Ibis extra shop-
<■ for
■ ‘Mil
'’■’Wl
(bum.in long TfiTIge guns are
I b.'gmnmg to img down tjwi ciirt*tH~*l
I on th. final scene of the British
tiagi jy Ihc death blow is near.”
The "tinml Ger ni a n news
.igcm, V .'.iilu r h id admitted that
Hiili-jh b ng i.mg, guns hud bomb-
iidi ,I the m ighbothood of-Calais
on the Frvm'li side of the English
, < 'tiannel last night.
i i In
i said I
For the fuqit time in 78 days
( the fire alarm sounded in Brenham I
at about 1 00 this afternoon arid ,
the Fire. Department made a fast ,
| run to the residence <>l cpniad|
Menke, w here an ml "Stove had ex-(
plod cd.
The blaze was quickly extmgm
depth from 8 100j*hed and '>*Wiage was very small ! h<>1| Ht,
I the demsiid
■ Btenham I • ....r, ...... -
Hitizoria county operates' as | ping, and that they come her.
deep as 10,670 feet. ' ' I hospitalization and pi of' s.slomil '
The commission report nhows (JallHS FathfT Berv1'p" ' -■■>-
“1 . ' “‘f fn!, - •■••■a ,,f ,”’P"i4 ’l>.v thanked
“ .Of Local R<‘Sl(l<‘ntS pic* ot P,i<^ham for' loanmg
That' is more than half of the i mercially. The Batesville Field j
the produced only 12,470 barrels be-1
ATHENS. Greece. Aug 2.: <1 I’’
The Gieek crisis apparently ap-
proached a bead today with re-
ports current here that British
mid 'Italian naval fleets w eic man-
euvering oft the strategic island
of Ci etc, seemingly m prepai itioit
tion if Italy m ves against I
ing President Roosevelt to mobilize the National Guard and
the organized reserves. j ~”~'~
The bill authorizes Mr Roose-’A A D17 IZ" 11 I {7TY
velt to mobilize .395.000 National lalWlJ 11-11411II
Guardsmen and reservists for one I
year of. training and duly if the |
clearly indicating that the intrud-1 occasion arises, in the western
hemisphere, or in U. S. possessions.
At his press conference MrJ
Ror.sevelt said that the nation's!
defenses require passage of the |
conscription bill at once, net defer- |
ring it until the January session.
Burglars entered the H. F. Hohlt
Company store and the Grand
Leader through the front doors
j Thursday night, rifled cash regis-
I ters, and departed with a loot of
I about $18 from the Grand Leader,
j NcikTiTgAvas tHke-n frnm ~Hntrtt<r as -
i thf cash registers were empty, all
in the
I safe after the store was closed
Thursday evening. No mervhan-
j disc was missed at either store.
When Gus Vogler, one of the
I Hohlt employees, arrived at the !
, store at 7 00 Friday morning to
! sweep and get the place in readi- I
( ness to open, he found the large I
double front doors at the entrance
, to the dry goods department part-
I ly open. The wood paneling had
| been split and the door prized open
I though the lock was hot broken!
Vogler reported the burglary
immediately to Rudolph Windt,
who summoned Edwin Hohlt and
.an investigation was quickly start-
ed. Officers were called and are
searching for a clue to the burg- [
lars.
All cash registers in the Hohlt |
stocks were not disturbed. Part of
the wood paneling on the front j
door- was split and the door open- i „ . .
.--------------------- Cavalry Expected
To Arrive Over SP
At 4:00 p.m. Today
It, Im K< .1
BERLIN Aug 2.3 d pi Ger-
many s us.' of long range artillery
to their the British coast mark!
the Mt.nt , f the final phase of the
battle of Hi itam, authorized; Ger-
man quartets said today —z .,,
|{efeiiitig t<> yesterdays long
lange ai fillet y bombardment of
lit it i th < 'harim-i^h+pping and the
1 >i i •'< ilea authorized quarter*
sal'I ,
•ed
-l.ellff'" l ice ■
< id < • aotma-
i ' i i H »'t son, ,
a ‘ i > . < »pp<Mk
ia I'te . lit- ok.< itinner -up.
I'.itti . i i.mi .ti - h id eoimd tt'icks
Bi.mh'un I- i Ida V im>1 lung 'Irak- 3.
i I nd appeal t'" t'ders ,
Ihc thud ■ m'.te-t Is iH'twccn '■
I n, . si’’ Vice i der if Waco and
I Hal S Lall’.mote ot Fort Worth ;,
t di, ,.f * '"i < hu t justice of the state
iieuveis I'irnii. - omt. Both are <u Deeded to
i nd I'mLil - brilliant jurists, and this race.
! lo<> is likely to prove close. *
The [rolls < |*iv al 8 a m. and
........ . “ o>. in., and immeUMtely
whether they would t>e al thereafter the Kaiuicr-Presa will
to Uk Ih'-i iaiiuhc- •toi i»i' ■' vul h-Lugg u tiny -uc i->
| ctlfud. ’ ' --
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bill I hu ■•* i < •
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DENVER. Colo., Aug 23 UT>
An army bomber loaded with fif-
teen’ bombs headed into a thunder
head, crashed and exploded near
the Lowry Field bombing range
The special train on w hich Bren-1 j.lHt night. The two officeis and
ham s Cavalry troop will return j seven enlisted men aboard were
! from the scene of i ecent maneuv-j
who was placed in an it n lung | current year show an increase over | ers m Louisiana w as scheduled to j
from Brenham early this week. *~
has improved so much that he
has been taken out of th<^ ap-
paratus. Dr. Gus Levin, his phy-
sician. told us at Fayetteville I from January 1 to August
last night Luka,s was stricken ■ 1940, amounted to $28,537.50, com-
with infantile paralysis and was
believed heal m TH Monday:
"When his face began to turn
blue, I knew something had to-
be done quickly." the doctor
said. "I thought. If 1 only had
an iron lung,' and then it flashed
through n:y mind that you had
one in Brenham. Although I had-—
nev<r seen one, I telephoned for
.it and -the BicnhauL firemen
rushed it over to us. VV<\had no
trouble operating it 1 toll you,
I felt- mighty good when J saw
the color coming back into the
patient's face, qnd 1 knew ‘he
was’getting better. He is the
most giatafMTOTTasi I ever saw.
and when he is fully recovered.
■ I hope to WTftg ntm v> Brermarn 1 witt have tn rrvw ttwrvstrmates
• where he can express his appre-
ciation in person.”
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' A Ml' I IE A ' BI.GAltl'
A u,' 2 t 'I I I hunt I v ' "!■ i
<mi|.| I,"I 't-it-c 7* Ii!'"rl*
111'»f i. (I ♦
W * ill* 5'1
1 .3^/11- i
man,
Umilile to < any pcaviili y
tliT' ugh tin last four days
Gcu Herb'll J. Brers Eighth
Coups aic.i cQinniamlrr stated
plaitdv ^hr guardsmen ' ould uc
" 1 <Htl in Srptrndwr f”t r
jswr"- trauiui. but that ally ancca ! thw p»tu
’and badly damaged. Merchandise
vice to you," he said. "Washing-
ton county is an important part
of my district, and I am anxious
to do all I can lor its benefit.
Although I defeated a local man,
I hope you will not hesitate to I
call upon me. Af-ter al), I used j
to live in Brenham, and I still I
have high regard for the people |
here."
night '.'I'li
st,('.I I I Ik',
!,m th I' I .1
nt mg out 'll u
hIkhiI I' t.< il.l' f'> .ilk
day, »f.(|. i Gi I. . v. ,(|t.j
. I'.m u.i- I.'I -it the
t tie [wo
! third ii my s 21 -lay I
I t hat .1 - 1'1'1' ' I 2" O'I < g'1 la i t > <--< -f ■
,.I "iiis < a ‘ w »iIh 11 all
Even tli'. h-H si's i<uit*'l 'an a
Wirae of I fantile liataJ.ysis ■ I'''" "I'wt"'1 I'V ’ Gen AII--I
,f K W 8. ZsehMon. ! .a 1 Bfr'ldink- * »'L« on,,.| guai'H ...
Texas. ring distillate. Cooksey Field is ! ington, and Mrs’ yulda Goemdcr of j the Brenham chamts r of < om-1 "'«'* 'b" 'b' bn rd they had la^rr
The annual report of the state! depleted. Devine. Frio Town, Gon- Washington He is survived by his nierce, res | winded to the welcome u iai> c t«> -any r<av,i ty
rkilroad commission shows that sales, Hantho Nelson. Lost Mule, | widow and four daughters, seven! and said if will tie the endeavor ot
grandchildren. ! his organization to keep alive this
He died Tuesday night at 8 spirit of neighborliness a^t help
o'clock, and burial was from the I fulness
rhurch McGregor, The concert f'ututed. jtiRubciMj • dFd
Ihui^ilay alUrusotg 1 tUuuUuusd Un l ag*, oia) ;
Li ndon* military quarters
that ttu- British had shelled
i the i aliilH mea but did not say
I whether hind oi rraval guns had “
; Ih'uii UMud i
Th*' nt filial iicum agency annert* j
I cd hIho that British long range
I guns had bombarded the neighlior- i
' ii . <1 of Calais on the Ereitch aide
, of I he'English Channel last night.
W. DALLMEYER
LONDON si III RBS III.ANTED
IN GERM f N NIGHT RAID
1.1 i.\D< i.N \ug 23 .d'l'i Ger-
mail time tiiuulA, dropped in fhc
win h tiint night raid on London
Hub.li I.s, expb ded tiMpiy m |>eace-
■ till I e.Nid<*r 11 la I anai on the out-
j Hkiita - I the gnat metropolis.
I hi' ,|< laved ai tion missiles were
dn.pped m .pi itta. k that . enter*
• I "a iliir. I."i, l"n Kiihui bs" The
ia.i i. nd. is, a ;(pa !<■ it, v pick-
i hoi.- in lb.' mistv
that, h i m,« I, |, 11 Hi; t a m f
an >11.., It * |"i nearly
I liomt.H 'li.it
a " I. fir-alt.
. S' I'.'! ,| | p, K| *' s
A short tirm. ago lie w.c. a typical WI’A pi< k-.md- ho.
now he's learning a. tiade that will be of duvet value
Sam’s national deli nse pro'Rrann With U. S in gie it
trained mechanics, lie's studying automobile engim
ment-sponsored industrial training center at Kan- a
Everybody i n Washington
county is invited to be present
tomorrow night when the Ham-
ner-Press will give out returns
from the ruq-off primary. The
polls close at 7 o'clock, and it is
expected that reparts from the
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h.w m-stim'
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exh aostlo-
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I . H | ■ n » t " I V I’ll'
oil th-1 i"
ai II di ',<.1 * l< i
Ndjut nit k' II' ikIh in
M Vl I al Htall'M io tile
I .in details t"i
i while many ol tl> guards
,s. appaiebtly -atiwfied they ;
Even the part of France not .occupied by- Gei many is o cling the
pinch from war-emptied larders. Above are some of the inhab-
itants of Clermont-Ferrand writing out applications (or bread cards
at an outdoor rations station.
'
a . t k.
izatlon
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would ata ri lie called to duty, wan jikaw al 7 p
dered
a ' low Cd
I William
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"f < . iA).
NEW Vi IRK. Aug 2 1' d pi
bandits lu l'l u|i a piiHHengt i
aiid i iibbe.I its mail < al m
York <'ll v .ally today They hand
iuffi-'l two mud clerks t.. steil
supports mid took a bag < f mail
Yonkei h
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I Postmaster T. A. Low, Jr.
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Robertson, Ruby. Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 201, Ed. 1 Friday, August 23, 1940, newspaper, August 23, 1940; Brenham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1334266/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library.