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BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
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—Tt'KSDAY, Jl'NE SI, IMS
PUCI CENTS PIS COTf
Shivers Feel* Stat# * |«t
Expenses Can Be Cut
By Twenty Millions
Senators Open Fire On Sale Of
Influence In Federal Business
AUSTIN. T-*.
Acting lin\ A.'!*n
aconfnt. 11>
ex perdituri
th« l< if U'ut* c.
some l.fl.WHVKNI.
The comma nt
srrvwg as acting
ahecm r of h*.1.1 f
lowr.j announrerrr
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never will g" iV,
think wb«t that
It wilt «i- > MOHhin
ger* .«• that Wili n't
any more until next May
.o «.ettin«;
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w- lli>. Ami just
will <i<i f>>r > "it.
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a prac-
movement
far
THI* AFTERNOON
o'clock th.- Ar-"rtr;vr
sponanrrd team of t—n
will p!ay J*t *f -. nvi' .
ticr game. Tho fa a n«<ve
thai in flpM'tMi to becom.
reaching in hu~-hu:l her*-.
I nd-r th- L.ir r pi r of pi.i\
di-trict team- irr.'t f..r diat
titles, regional f..r reg < -
nal titles etc unt I :i xt.il>- chant
pern ia selected an th<n the -tatr
champions mrrt.
K. I., Elliott Jr., now ha- a ro
ter of IS boys ranging in age
from 14 t« t'i yrar* selected from
atumt fifty hoy-. Thr game with
Stephenvillr th - aftrnvior w, I'
br a practice g*r:• On.- practice
tamr aiready ha* l *n play-I
with Han* r Thr ta'r rhar- pi -n
chip Itarrn- will hr playr«< a* H y-
an nn Aucir«t * A roach for th<-
hoyi ha* h-«-n tijuct'i) to arm••
Di trirt play mu.t h i r '•>>
July 15. Elliott -ax! tn«lay Th«
jram*- thir nftr-rn-N.ri w;« t« h - on
th* ar>fthull f
%NNOl N« KMr.Nrs AKK HK
M| rrmtii Ihrwaik thf Mail
aaying that f*hanr - Voiurht \ r-
rraft of palla- ha- romplrtM ;t.<
mm.- from StratfoH, C>nn, to
Dalla*.
Thin r^ftn*«*nt- thr ifn-.tr-'
nwirrmrnt of an in«iii try in th«-
history of thr I'mtrd Stat*-- A
nrw plant rofytm«-tr l, millior-
r>f t«m.i "f marltinr-y iroiM, ar.«l
wHi.lr Croup- of fami ir
oe rut 2
mrnt.
H.wv.r, .<hivrr> -a <i that if
thr hi' - ■ Wrrv liohn| rvrtl
■ hni.ihki th- ttatr would 'til! farr
a p-> - h'r rfrfi. lt ,,f $7,.*W>n IMH) t«,
$ JfI OtMl.tNlO.
Krp Kirkputrick of Trrn-
t* • , r> port in g h.- Houm* on
r* of appropriations ron-
iti'l'ia'-'d t<>day that thr
■ • n w.'l trrti-h inti- July
■n ■ r a<ii*d on major
thr
f-rwr,.
SUt M-
a- u<ti
-p* :.*i n|f hi :ti*.
Thr rrport by
Hou . Appropriation.-
• "ha.rrran, WH r .ni.
•M- !: brr- of thr Jur.ior fhanih-
t .,f Coniiwrtr at thrir lunchron
mrrtmif Momiay hrard comnuttrr
r.ports and an announ«*rmrnt by
thr mayor on polio pr*vrntion.
Mayor Robt. Hrrrinif .-a.d th * •
I'l'T * .pply i- about >'ut a. thr j
-pray.nir 'l arhir.-- ha.- h.'rn K<>inr |
day and niirht, but add>'d thr city
■ •' nil to W* **p it Komif a- lonir
a- funds ran b«- srrui'rd with ;
which to oprrutr. |{ Co-t.- ab<>ut ,
it,i> prr day to run th * machinr
ar. i oritur,:2;a,or.> arr b-mif sjx ,<r|rarlixatioM ha,v rntrrrd j
... ..rip m fin.inciMr it. candidate in th# Prairie PrintHi
li adatition to thi- thrrr i nrrd
Six CnMes
h Cutest Fir
QoeeiOfRedeo
Kirkpatrii'lc.
• 'omn.ittrr
at thr r>-
am. h \ii. To >i mmik: ir
arrived today. • i hair you
r.-.uly <J ..v-rnd thi.- -r tl,"
it ir«t h.-r> day* .iK ' T
la>okrd up th w r<l in thr die
tionary and tt *;<,!<! th* s'. - n f
th yrar in . • > rrjfum in n;rh
thr un . h ut n .. t dirrit > thrrr.
S<>. wr e that makr* tt un:
iwr h. rr ;n r alitj a* *r:i a.- by
thr i.itrnd.ir.
Bj th> •-,! ■ fuiar t 'j> '
thMk-h S> pt- m.-wr S-. Hut tht-
y.*wr it *h"uid atart (rim,; f,„.rr
b) Srptrn brr IS. Or is that Just
a .'!**• t i' «! ?
tMi thr irra.« witl stop ifrowinit
on thr lawn t- |ri*r th,- poot ld
lawn mowing ir,a<hinr a r".it.
Who know*! Th. warm, r v at
rr may atart thr rrappo- bit inn
air tin in haul, - 1., li to i.
in. And rham-r- ;ir< wr will not
havr to u. mtu-h cover t>> slurp
c>mf,>rtably at night.
Oprninf tkr arennd MrMr-trr of
•••fthi.ll aa w.ll aa the mimmrr
araa<>n thrr ' will br a d'-ublr h-ad
rr ball (ami t'W. ght. iirady Slau
Ifhtrj an id a « mir ittrr w rkrd 1,11111
tiirir !a t ni*ht on th.- .,-h.-dulr to
hrinit it up to datr jw aa to end
thr aeuaon on Au* 12, "wh> n it
haa to end."
They ramr out with th«
meet |. X and Inn..in to
K. W. tomifht. a than*. ,
ule.
With a wrie- ,.f d> ubl<
Ihr nriKinai h.-dul- w
raucht up with and rat rxd
qih t of Krp Marahall H-'i
'of >an An^oni'i.
Th< Trenton legislator mid the
"Ut;, -it wa.< ""dxntat*" that cmife-
r .-j. would rnd thefr work in
t ■■ to permit action b> both
H- u-, i on thr four iwuurw b\
a prop,i.rd adjotimn • nt <latr of
June
X S. nat, ippmvn) rr.-.lutmB
• ailed for the Mat a# aion to <pjit
•••, tl.it latr Th- propo-al now .-
i, -1irr -,n a Hou-.- f ommittr,
Senator*. meantime, rapp.-d
thnmgh with final approval a rr-
■ ation au'heriitnir S<wr. tar>- «f
Statr l!.-n Ranwr to -t thr rler.
• ,,,r for a1 con't 'utional am.-nd-
n,« nt- or Nov 2.
I'rrvi,maty. 1 Itu' a-
rnendmrnt# had hem p.irvd by a
vrit, >m Srpt. 24. However, others
w. -r .-till awaiting legislative
action, to avoid the probability
of two rlertions th.- Srnatr vot-
r.l hold th.- hallot ng at a later
datr..
It.- f.. r< th. rrei^ur.' i-ar takr.
on-b. rs "f thr Hou«e mttat con
rur in thr Senate action.
• 'orrrrtivr action toward strai-
ghtrmng out an rrtor in a hill
inrrra ng rertain county audi-
tors' aaiar , s pn«-e«l thr upprr
rhamhiT on a final vote. The ori-
ginal m.a.-ure, sponw-red by R. p
Harv.y Shrll of Irrg,,ry. unin-
tentmnaJly la h. i salari.* of
crrtam b.g rountrv andtt.i to
a po-sihl, low if f". Too.
Th* n. v Si.! put thr *al.irie-s
ba< i« wh.-rr th. y h id !> •• n
In i
f.,r <\>ry onr to cirtri their own
pr mi— . a a polio safrguard.
th.- mayor a'W'ti. He aaid thr
I'hairVr of Ciwnmrm
making a -urvi > for a e!ean-up
day.
«* nteat to be Md during thr four- I
day Stephen* County Rodeo, and
each of these organizations predict
. . ■ that their princess will be crowned
has beni --^UM.n l;f th« Rodeo."
r n-un Rrpi^senting the Rotary Club.
winner in last year'a mdeo, will be
Jean Bungrr. Martha Cartwnght
has been chonen to represent the
Stephens County Junior Cnamber
of fommerp*. Jean Ann Thompson
will represent the Linns Club. The:
American legions' princes* is Mil-
lie Myers. Rosa Lee Cravey will
| represent the Elks Club, and Hari-
anr.ouncement.- R. L. lyn Roty-rson has been selected by
said that a number of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
t.. r. -.go hoys are interred in These Prairie Princesses will
th.- te s.ball pro gran sponsored ride in the grand entry each night
hv the A .••■an Legion and ad- of the rodeo and will be introduced
d«d a pim-'i.-r game wa.< sehrd- to thr spectators. From these can-
u'• • I « 'h Stephenv ill,- Tuesday didates the spectators will vote to
afternoon at :i:.'(ii o'clock. select their Queen of the Rodeo.
Hill 1'itrer cu led attention to Ticket* to tne rodeo this year will
th* golf tournament her.- this carry a stub to permit the ticket-
a ur
and from the floor it was
-a.l tha* teritativ,- date of June
2* ha- br'-n *. t for this work.
Th.- mayor -a. i report from
the State Health I h part men t is
aw;tited a- to effectiveness of
-pray ng by plane, but added that
if thi.- ;• 'aken up it will cost
about #4im per day.
In the
Flliott Jr
i
SAYS KLANSMAN H.O<iliKD H KR M rs. Irene Burton, a .'18-year-old widow of Ilora. Alabama, shows
a strap to her two daughters. Sally. I*i, left, and P llie Faye, 1*. right. Mrs. Iturton says this strap is
"just like the one the (Clansmen ys. il on me". A h"o Jed gang took Mrs. Burton, h.-r daughters,
three men out and flogged them on June third. INKA Telephoto)
wr.krnd, saying a number of fine
golfers will br here to take part.
A field of 11" to 125 is expected.
J. E. Baker reported ab«rtit SW
taking part in the summer youth
program now under way and
more expected.
Announcement wan made that
a colored ba eball game will be
played here on July 4, proceeds
to g,r toward getting sewer con-
nection- for the colored people of
the city.
Jack McClure. J. T. Burleson,
J T. Hammett ar.d J. B. Brooks
were announced new members.
The mri-t-i's was presided over
by L -strr Clark, president. Bill
Henry having charge of the pro-
gram. which was postponed be-
cause of the busine.-s di-cussion*.
holder to vote for his choice. Bal
lot boxes will be located near the:
entrance to the arena and votps i
may be cast when the spectator ]
enters. oVtin* each night will close '
at the beginning of the show to;
enable counting of the ballots. i
Winner of the Prairie Princess
contest will be announced at the i
Saturday show.
Winner of the l!*4* Prairie Prin-1
cess Contest was Pat Griffin, who i
represented the Rotary Club. The Approval
Contest was one of the moat popu- proP"ation
lar of the special events at the ' J,"r,.^ to construct th
rodeo and interest is already grow- j J' airport .or
ing in the present competitions. Breckenridge and .Stephens « oun
John W. Culwell is chairman of ^ l" expect.d by the end of this
the Prairie Princes* Committee Jesse R. >nuth
Airport Plan
Tile Approved
By Last Of Week
Princess* Texan Wed Twice: Bride
Anxious To Get Home To Anarillo
H\ JACK MKKH.W
L'niteii Press Staff 'orrespondent
>f th«- A. A. ap
and authorization
to
appointed by the Stephens County-
Rodeo Association.
Big Four Pact Only Truce In
Cold War Against Communists
Illka to
IT. et V.
• f scn< d
headers
i B\ UNITKf PRKSS i
W.ste rn diplomats wum'd today
that despite the big four agree-
ments "h l.frmanj and Austria tip- western powers to access
cold war goes on.
Th. foreign ministers, returning
home from Paris after .i four-
weeks conference, instructed t'nnr
deputies to conclude an Austrian
peace treaty by early fall. They
, gr -ed on how to live in peace in
Fast-west tiade*-
th
One of
• n ng ud
Malt Shop,
••wnrd ar,<| "p,- rated
"Short v" Ihiwell.
nrw hu-inesNes ,,p
in Br>ckenridge r- thr
at Til W Wa!k< r. to report
by James
at
a split (jertnany.
will he increased. Russia guaran-
teed in writTng the right of the
to Ber-
lin.
But western officials warned
that the old irritations are still
there—that this is but a truce in
the cold war. There can be no
ii.ll n th-- west's efforts to beat
back Communism, they added.
Most jubilant of the foreign
min,stei*a w is F rance s Robert
S« liuman. H said Russia had "rec-
,,gn /.ed" the reforms in western
♦Jermanv and would never impose
th*- blockade again.
I S. Secretary of State IVan
,\ch< <on flew hack to Washington
By Track
Driver LaaBuB
!.<*'at>-d in a little white build-
ing *he Malt Shop feature- fro-
Sen cu't.1 d milts, mjlk - hakes,
and other milk drinks, in all' fla-
vor.. Thr ni> two piere* of w]-
'i pm. nt in the drive in are a fr -
milk
drinks
thick
et.-r and a super
through which thr
are run. until they
and cold.
Shorty has been attending acn.e
l at North Texas *he^, hi- h.
majoring in HBA with a minor
m Industrial arts. About two su-
mmer* ago. Shorty tried a simi-
lar project here with a miniature
golf cour*e next to his house.
The golf course is gone, but
th.- house used in that venture
was mov.d and converted into
tlv< malt shop. I hi ring
h«t summer monthi. the
co!d freexer. ^ rstanding-"
to l'r-*ident Truman.
s,.i's Andrei Vishinsky said
east s<imething has been
acnieved. Not as much as we had
hoped for. but nomething."
British foreign secretary Frne*t
H. in s.iid on returning to London
that the agr -ement* reached in
Pars were a a real attempt at un-
Other foreign news included:
Canton. China Premier Yen
Hai-shan di*cl"*.'d that Onerali*-
aimo Chiang Kai-Shek will return
to pubUc 11f • to help the Nation-
alists li their final stand against
the Chinese Communist*.
Tokyo-—A *impie action by On.
flwugla* MacArtnur emphasized
that the American occupation is
now an "economic advisory body"
to Japan instead of a military oc-
cupation force. MacArthur order-
t h e ,-d the terms "military government
shop sections" and "military govern
DETROIT, June 21 T.P—A
sharp-eyed truck driver made a
"football catch" of a two-year-
old boy hurtling fire stores to
almost certain death yesterday.
Lake Frey of Detroit, driving
along a busy street, saw the tike
Michael Patrician, Jr., hanging
by his finger tips from a Fifth
floor hotel window.
Frey slammed on the brakes
and shot from his truck. The
boy's hold slipped as Frey got
within a few steps of being be-
neath him.
Thr tike came hurtling down.
F-ey strained forward and caught
the boy in a crouched position.
The boy bounced from his arms
like a football. Frey picked him
u and rushed him to the Art
Center Hospital. His condition
was listed a.t serious.
The modest Frey said "it was-
n't anything. It was just lucky
that I saw him in time. I'm sorry
I couldn't hold on to him."
The boys mother Mrs. Michael
Patrician, said she had left him
in a crib near the window to talk
tn friends down the hall. The
window was open and the screen
wai off because sills were being
painted.
will be op. n from 2 to ll:.'Wl p.m., mant teams" changed to "civil af-
Shortv -ays. with one of his wide fairs auctions" and "civil affairs
friendly grins. trams."
Consistory Bisselved In Bed Fight
Wriofct Burii
lif ■ ifa ■ I lIlBII
Service* for Amy Wrignt. >>
Breckenridge resident since IK*,
who died of a heart attack here
Sunday, has been aet for W'ednea
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at thr
First Baptist ckurch. Rev. Truman
Aldredge officiating.
fThe services were set after Wore
Jl* received here that Wright's
aen. Harold E. of IVarl Harbor,
would be unable to attend his fath-
er's funeral.
Survivors includr his wife, three
torn, and two step children in tne
mediate family. He u bom in
Ten Zandt county January 2. W>
ggtterwhite Fun-ral Home i* ban
dling arrangement*.
f'RAi HE. Czechia-krvakia.
21. i i'>—Archbishop J,.sef
an haa disao|v *l his consistory
in an attempt to prevent Czecho-
slovakia's Commur.i.t government
from using the churrh office to
influence Catholic Priest*, relia-
ble church -ourcea said today.
The Archbr-hop also was said
to have asked his bi*h<>p* and
priest, to assume administrative
autonomy and thus take over
most of the functions formerly
exercised by the consistory. It
was through ' the consistory that
Msgr Be ran normally issued his
letter before it could be read.
Info-mants said a government
official who had been stationed
in the Archbishop's palace since
Tolice occupied it a we .k ago used
Msgr. Beran's stationery to send
"ut an oi ler demanding thnt hi*
'■\test nuatoral letter be withheld
rom the pi-jlic.
The letter nevertheless was
June f read by a number of priests to
Ber- thnr congregations. Some have
hern ar-rst d as result, it was
undrratisd.
Catholic church sourcm -aid at
least two and probably more pri-
ests have be.-n taken into cus-
tody. They sa,d polices also en-
tered several churrhes early Sun-
day in an effort to confiscate the
letter befoe It could be ead.
The letter accused the govern-
ment of trying to un-lerminr Ca-
tholic ideology and to substitute
Marxism for religion. It denoun-
ced the government-sponsored
Catholic action movement aa an
attempt to split the church and
warned that there could be no
compromise on religious freedom.
Th. Vatican backed up Arch-
bishop Benin yesterday b> de-
creeing the automatic excomm-
unication of all who organised,
promote or join th* movement.
Three collisions were reported
by Police Chief J. D. Eaaon since
yesterday, with damage to cars,
but no personal injuries.
The first of the series of acci-
dents occurred on Ea.«t Fifth
near the Modern Home Laundry,
when rtielle Brown crashed into
a car belonging to William E.
Hamilton, with damage estimated
at 125 to Hamilton's car, none
to the Brown ear.
At *:•'!•> p.m. Monday night, be-
tween Breckenridge and Court
Ave., Lloyd Elmer Multins ran
into the car in front of him, when
it stopped suddenly at a red light
Damage was estimated at 9tS to
both cars.
The third accident waa not r*
ported since damage was tor
alight, but Chief Faaoft says that
;it, too, was a collision.
In City Court, one man was ft
ned <lo on a ale* of gailty ta ar
intoxication charge. Five or sir
overparhing tickets were broug*
in.
Two men paid fine* and coat e
•14 each in Jaatice Court Tue*
day en a charge of
inform d today.
Yeats and Allrn, Abilene engi-
neers, assigned to draw plans for
the Stephens County airport, told
Judge Smith by telephone today
that they had just concluded an-
other m -eting with representatives
of the Civil Aeronautics Admin is
tration office in Big Spring and
from the Fourth Regional C. A. A.
office in Fort Wortn.
"We feel certain that action will
be taken on approval of these plans
by the end of the w >ek." Allen
told Judge Smith. Thi* will per
mit an early starting (late on con-
struction of the three run way
Class II airport.
Possible delay might be occas-
ioned because of a pending litiga-
tion involving a type of airport
lighting system approved by the
C. A. A. At the present time there
is some controversy over patent
rights to the lighting system and
the C. A. A. is nesitant to author-
ise and approve airport plans call
ing for such a system until the
litigation is s-ttled.
Present plans, drafted by Yeats
and Allen, call for one north south
runway to be paved -')>"hi by Hs ;
two cross run-ways each to he
Paved 2 i*i by «<' feet. Ilrainag,
and terracing will be required.
Th-re will also be a system of
taxiways and handstands converg-
ing on a parking area to h. lo-
cated adjacent to an administration
building. Additional land was new!
ed for the expansion program and
this land has t^rn bought. Ad
ditional fencing will be ne.-dt-d.
When competed, Stephens Coun
ty will have a C. A. A. approved
Class II airport suitable for com
menial aircraft and will he in a
position to exploit its location at
the junction of I'. S. Skyway No.
1-North and L. S. Skvway X«>. l
Soutn.
HFCHINGEX. 'iermany, Jim,-
21. 11 f—A granddaughter of Ka
iser Wilhelm and an interior t|e
curator from Texas were married
twice today in 1,'KMi-vear-old Ho-
henzollern castle on a mountain
was top ove-tooking this uuiet village.
But Princes- Cecil ie of Prus-
sia. a refugee from the Sovie'
zone of (iermany. di't not promi.-,
to ohev Former U. S. Army Cr.pt.
Clyde Harris of Amarillo. Teg,,
in either ->f the civil or the pro-
te.-'ant religious ceremony.
"That word." she explained,
*i not fo - us."
Both ceremonies went off with-
out a hitch, although th«-y were
in Herman — a !ang'iag<- Harris
do.s not understand. An inter-
preter helped and Harris -aid his
"ja" in the appropriate places.
The religion* ceremonv wu.- it
doiibt.--ring affair. C ecilie gave
Harri- a ring which had been in
the Hohen/ollern family for tfen-
erations. He gave her a gold ban-l
but .aid it wa.- "not as go.nl a.-
her
Cecilie aid they would honv-
moon f"r about In days, after
which Harri: would return to
Amarillo to find a home for
them.
"I hope to get there soon," she
said wistfully. "Amarillo i.- such
a beautiful. name."
Ceiii-I,', ;i great grandilaughter
of Britain's Queen Victoi la. i i '
Harris during the war. After
they beeam«' friendly, Harri-
post. I "off limits" signs around
Five Percenters
Befluneiation To
Bring On Probes
(Bv UNITED PRESS)
WASHlNtiTON. June 21 <U.fc—
The Senate laid aside d'bate on the
> Taft-Hartley repealer for a while
today to hear a denunciation of
i "the five per centers" who deal
in Washington influence.
Sen. Charles W. Tobey, R-. N. H.
tisik out after the five per centers
on the Senate floor as Congress
and the military establishment
started separate investigations of
their allegedly rich traffic.
A senate investigating subcom-
mittee said it is trying to find out
whether anj* government officials
have been selling their services to
contract-seeking business men.
And defense secretary Louis
Johnson ordered an inquiry to de-
termine whether there nas been
any illegal "fiv« per centtng" in
connection with military contracts.
Still another investigation was
asked by federal works administra-
tor Jess Larson, who had been
mentioned as an alleged fri«*nd of
on.- of the five per centers. He
asked the war assets administra-
tion. which he used to head, to
; look into WAA deals. H<* denied
that any agent ever had any in-
fluence with him when he ran the
■ agency.
The House armed services com-
mittee may do some investigating,
The sudden interest in the in-
fluence traffic was touched off by
a copyrighted story published by
the New York Herald Tribune. It
gave a cas-- history of how James
V. Hunt, a former Army officer,
contracted—for a commission—sto
help an industrialist get govern-
ment business. Nothing illegal was
Then she w ore "something old. ' alleged. The story quoted one of
Continued on Page 2 Hunt's clients, Paul D (Irindle of
Farmingham. Mass., aa saying the
form -r officer braggui of havjnr
"influence" w itn sueh people as
Larson, secretary Johnson, and
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughn, pies-
id.-nt Trumanis military aide.
Tobey called tor a clause in ev-
ery government contract atating
that no money should go to any-
Washington's on • who helped to get the contract.
"We must stop this disgraceful
practice," Tobey told the Senate.
"The time is ripe and overripe
Continued an Page S
nd
the castle to keep other American
soldiers away.
Th.- wedding broke several tra-
ditions in the Hohenzollern fam-
ily. First Ccciele was given away
by her father. Crown Prince Wil-
helm.
"That ha.- never br-n done be-
fore in our family." she said.
■HH* Vessel
SHANGHAI, China, June 21
1 •"—Nationalist planes bomb-d
and itrafed a British Motor ves
sel in th* Whangp.Ni River near
Shanghai today a few hours af
ter the gove-nm^nt at Canton
announced a "total" blockade of
Communist-heM ports.
At leant four of the K8 British
and Chinese crew members were
injured in the attack on the
Ml-ton Blue Funnel line v -ssel
Anchises.
The ship, heavily-damaged, its
•ngine-room flooded, was driven
wound near the mouth of the
Whangpoo.
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Molina Tfidav
IVwWJ
Tin county igent and county
hom • demonotrntion agent of St,-
phens county an- attending a con-
ference and evaluation of their
work today in "Stepnenvill'-. Miss
Maureen II, am. -director and
state agent for wonv-n. and J. D.
Prewitt. vice-director and state
agent for men. will preside over
the n r-ting, in which all extension
service ag nts in the distiict will
i rated on a comparative basis
for their work.
W. R. Lace county agent, and
Mrs. l.eroy Rushing, county HI'
ig, nt. left ear!wthis morning to
itt> nd the conf. i, nee.
oman it mvoy
T* Luxembourg
WASHINGTON. June 21
Mrs. IVrle Me*ta
No. 1 hostess, was nominated to-
day by President Truman to be:
I*.* S. "minister to Luxembourg.
Mrs. Mesta has been a close
friend of the Truman family for
years. She was active in Mr. Tru-
man's presidential campaign 'ast
year.
If confirmed by th* Senate, Mrs.
M sta will be the third woman to
hold a minister's portfolio. Mrs.'
Ruth Bryan Owen Rhode served as
1'. S. minister to Denmark from
11W.1 to l'. o i. and Mrs. J. Borden
Harriman served as U. S. minis
ter to Norway from ItKtT to P.Ho.
There have been persistent re-
ports that Mrs. Eugeuie Ati<|rr-
son of Miiuirsota soon will h -
named ambassador to Denmark.
But her nan <• was not on thr nomi-
n.ition list tnat Mr. Truman sent
to th Senate t, day.
Mi -. Mesta's nomination came as
no surprise. She has been under
consideration for a diplomatic post
for some time. Some of her friends
had doubted she would accept it
because it would r"«|uire her to be
absent from Washington during the
coming winter social season.
M r*. M. •sta's nomination was !kn-
nounced by the White House with
out comment. Mr. Truman said
recently that several women wer >
undi
matic jobs abroad.
Mrs. Mesta has entertained re-
pe.iti-dly for the Truman family,
particularly for daughter Marga
ret.
H t nomination listed her as a
resident >>f Rhode Island. She has
a home at Newport. She comes or-
iginally from Oklahoma where she
was active last fall in Mr. Tru-
man's campaign.
Obmb
Tne five
rttunty 4-H club ramp
will be held Monday and Tuesday.
June 27 and 2H, at I-ike Cisco for
all 4 H club boys regularly en-
rolled in Pali* Pinto, Callahan.
Eastland. Shackelford and Steph-
ens counties, and their fathers, ,W.
R. Lace, county agent, report*.
The camp will begin at It o'clock
Monday morning and dismiss at
2 p. m. Tuesday.
Included in the activities will be
swimming, roller skating, pole
pillow fights, baseball, track, box-
ing. horse shoes, washers, and
other activities.
Thi- youngsters and their dads
will take ther noon meal Monday,
part of their provision, cutlery,
cup, bathing suit, and bed roll. The
camp fee is tt. This camp will
tak • the place of the annual coun-
ty encampment. The same cooks
have been employed for thi* years
camp, as cooked for the county
consideration for top diplo- camp last year. W. R. Lace reports.
Fathers of 4 H club members are
urged to attend.
Carriers For Bonk Planes Ordered
the
Essex
al-
W'ASHINGTON. June 21 U.*—"although work on
Defense secretary Louis Johnson ready nas begun.
disclosed today that h« has author |t «fj,s not made clear whether
iz.-d the Navy to refit two fleet refitted carriers would handle
- artier.s to hand! - atomic bombing f(mrengin,-d bombing planes the
planes. only typ<* now capable of carrying
Johnson said 'ne project will cost th/ \ bomb —or specially design-
.i.siMHMi.iixi ;,nd that the funds will ,.,j twin engin.-d craft.
com. out of money saved when Whj, th„ amp the Wasp
he cancelled construction of thi: win fly thr hlg bombers
It was a red iette- day for the
tork yesterday and today. Three
-abies were reported bom at the
ocal hoi.pital yeatrday afternoon
md today.
A girl was bom to Mr. and
Mrs. B. J. Ditto Monday after-
ion. Mr. and Mrs. John Belshe
-* pa-ent* of a babv bev bom
•esday morning, and Mr. and
••*. L. D. Rsgland have a new
iby bov born Mondav night.
. eeoir, it's hoys, two to oo*.
Navy's projected ton super plunR^ fnr tkr ^-rappod super car
carrier earli-sr this year. r H was pointed out that they
He did not say specifically that ^ t„ handl<, a, m,ny
tl; ' «'f the Planes as that vessel would
: utomir br.-mb^rs, b«t .<ai«i th *y . r
wewki b* t.o carry th '*h# avy" "
bt n:b p!:tn*j wriinnaUy envisaged Jonnson • d sclonur apparently
for tho supor carrier. ^ the Navy air arm some
The flattops to be modernized additional hold on the strategic
;m* the K*no*x and th * Wasp, both bombing riei«.
2T.iHio-ten fleet carriers. Johnson broke the news of the
He said the Navy asked permis- aircraft carrier program at grad
sion to strengthen the "flight d-cks tuition exercises at the National
of the two carriers for heavier War College, after delivering
operations i-nd thnt he okayed it, sharp rebuke to rertain unnsmet
■vith the upanival of President "Navy partisans." He accuset
Truman. them of waging a "campaign o
Johnson said plans for the pro- terror" against further unlflcatioi
ject ar* being sent to CongT-'SS, of the arm«-d forces.
Pleased WHb Trip
The four 4-U club boys and girls
who attended fhe A and M Round-
up last week* report a very good
time. Among the extra events tho
youngsters enjoyed was a trip to
the state c:i[£ol with W. R. Lace
county agent.*;
Tho two 4 11 club boy*, Geoige
Donnell, :in<UNohle Stouard, vis-
ited th- Iegi*Ktun>. Jack Coa, rep-
resentative _from Breckenridge,
took the bojss on a tour of the
house. They sat nn the house ses-
sion. and were fascinated by the
•lectric voting tabulator. Lace re-
ports.
Senator Pift Bullock of Colo-
rado City, took the boys on a tour
of the Senate'floor. The youngsters
also visited the Capitol dome, and
the museum?. There just waant
enough time to see everything,
Lace reports.
Maxine Vick, originally slated to
go with the other two 4-H club
girl*. Mary ^ee Sharpe a ad Nell
Wilks, was unable to go
of illness in the family.
Mrs. Elmer Killion are
he parents of a baby boy born
oindav, June IP. The babv w i-
thed * prnindS. ? ounces, and has
nam.-J Rodney Loe.
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