Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 266, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1949 Page: 1 of 3
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PA YETTEYILLE. Ark.. Dec. IK
U-^-. Oti* Ifc.uglaj., il&-yeai -old
trainer fur th. Philadelphia Lag-
le* ami head c.iach at Dr xrl Tech.
t><«i«i was n.iIne.i h< ad football
•<>arh at thr t'mversity of Arlun
so* at a Iti^m-prr-jmr salaiy
and gn,-r n thr™-yp«r ct.ntr.wt.
Ibiuglas vrill succeed John (tarn
buil, wh<> «tlj become full time
athletic director after f..ur year*
a hrji| narntor <>f th. BaiortMrk*
Ahnituncrii.rnt of lluufUi' ap
pointwwtt. a " urt thin* runmr"
f r se- rai deys. was made at a
preso conf< relic- tasiay a burr 12
Oour* afti i 1'niversit) FmiA-nt
Ls-wts W. Jones announced t<> th.
student hody that Bamhill was
being relieved of hi* caching du
tir*.
In add.ton to disclosing th. •
trims ..f fk.oglas* contract. Dr.
Jones Bant that tie one-time Wil-
liam .turf Mary player would b
given • #|e hand in wl«iri
and in
ting his |
coaching th.
aMKbtlta
tram.
Thr president said that the new
co.tr h * a* named upon thr re-1
pHnm. ivd.1t'on of Barohiil.
Eartirr, llougl** had admitte d,
having bren in nMKt with Ark-|
ansas offiriaN and said that if
hr took t)i - pnat he planned no •
radiral d> fa-tun- from th' roach-
ing liao-e laid down by itarnhill.
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Travelers Checks Rin;
Broken By 20 Indictment
Pranfeit Rips
Report He Feels
lekfi^idate
Mv Be VfillVfllv
i
Mrs. Betty I unningham.
H - said hr would continue usi
thr T foimatlon w>
inaugurated list fall
tt. ports that Itarnhill would step
down. or up. in a reorganization j WANTS TO ADOPT ABANDONKD BABY ... . ... „
of thr athletic department havr j n«n„,t,,n. Trxas'. "N b..dy'* Baby" who wa* abund n-d in a park.d ca/"
been prevalent *inc. the Kalor- ,, , M ,
hark* fim*lwd th, *. uh.h with a Houston twrnty year* ago, fondle* littlr "Slis* ( hristnia- , who wast
imposing left in a Bus Station package locker last wnk. Mr*, ('unriinjrham
hop* ^ to adopt the infant nincr h. ha.- no children of her own.
INKA Trlepi otii>
1.1 ENUSN iXPUUKI TO
• ■ rrrmd ft -r an
ta"t.
Barnhill anoounrrd m-veral Hay*
-15-• that fc<- planned a rroijraniia-
timi bat *u..n'l wrr I h>«i ju*t
what *te|>. wo«id b - taki n It wa*
uiwb r-toxd h frit hr n>uld do no
rifn f««r the whool a* filll-
t'nie .itMrtiC director.
Ill- ^ee«e«i contract, rail n* for
an •txnaled a y nr. has
•i« nmrr yewi-n to i un
I ^Mlfiu ha* *rro| on the
• oirhtwff -t.iff at Akron and
Vk lllaai aid Mary *lnee Bi.atuat-
nc frwni the latter «rh<M l in 19Ctt.
\ftrr thre« year* in th«- nary,
hr joined the eaglr* am.' ha* be^n
with tfcrw miu-e. mum tjinie* a* a
mia'd #r turkli . mine tlwo a* a*-
•i*tiint roarh and trainer.
Hr brra«a< ri.arh at I la*t
vrar «h>n th> >iki had a |o inK
«trt ak f l' ninm Ihflel broke
thr *treak thi* year bjr winning
•t« fin* fknx- and ended the aea-
.oii \et*h threr Will*. thre«- Insite*
and a to
ffc>uffta * mm in Lo* An* lr* to-
diy with thr haffl. * for that
rl>ih*' national football lraffur
rha-'^..nahip vain* Sunday aff-
,tin*t the Vm Anirel>-a ram*.
Mis* \A>H>«i>v«rd.
"Aren't you itoinjj to p:iy wine?"
hi* wife demanded.
"N'o," bellowed kohl*. "I cer-
tainly am not."
kohl* and M'h* Woodward walk-
etl out while Mm. kohls wa* 1-4
off to jail.
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WASHfNtlTON. flee. 1«
The Weatem Tn on Tele*rapn Co.. ;rampa,*
announced today new mtr* on in- _ _
ter*latr ttlrfnm will take effect CP PER DARBY.
LONIK>N, Ih-.-. n. i • -The
Nrw* ihromrl. imported today
that a Briti*h p>rforiner had
-wwwed" rlub* m America. Thr
n-poit rairn-d the f.itlowinff f<mt-
notc: "Www" a toni*h. flaMfter-
KtWBCKY. Vt.. Dir. IK lUft—i
With tiro ton High School leading IlKi^iKAOK. YuKoslavia. flee.:
in th« final ipuirtrr of a basket |t> —A llulRai u n warn- hern
ball jaw againat Newbury Hi|th *aid tmiay that the t'hief public
School Coach Bob Pratt decided to PrnarcMtmr of Bulzana committed]
co«.<t with hi* reserve*. I mjicidr lather than carry out <*•-
Into the naine for tirotoa went:'i|er to convict Traicho .Kostov
Senior c. titer Kalpli Hatch.* formei deputy pr> nm-r.
Kr *hnan forward flule Hatch.] Ko tov wa* found guilty of,
hi* brotlw-r i treason and *pyn>K. a rut wa* sen-
Preshman forward Flnnald Hatch tenred to il -ath.
thrir uncle.
Frrshman KUaid t'liff Hatch.' liOMK. Ih-c. 1H II"'—Italian
oiusin of Kalph and Ih |e and nc- Foreign Minister Count Carlo
phew of Ihmald. Sforxa rhuig>d today that more
Kighth-Rrade Kua.il Lorriy Hat-• than 70 Italian* had been killed m
rh. l>onaW's bmther and uncle of Kritiea duriitit the past year
the other three. i while the colony ha* bn-n und -r
Thry scored points in the ( British military rule.
last minutes of the game, winning He said the victims were slain
V' t«i £\ as the band played: "I'm' in attack* by the local population.
Sforga told a pre** conference
Attack Fatal ft
Brother sf Irak
m a ! MSalf
mi rayiRg vmi
Funeral serricrs for Arthur W-
Smith of Kastlund. «♦. brother of
IC. I.. Smith of Breckenridgc, ha*e
b*-**n set for o'clock Satar-
day afternoon at the Hamncr
.-ra! Chapel in F.astland with E w.
Bailey, pa.-t<>r of the First Metll-
• dist rhurch. officiating. Smith
di d at the Breckenridge Clinical
Hospital Tnumday within 15 mlll-
utes i.fter suffering a respiratory
attack at ":AS p. m.
H>- hail not bairn ill. although kis
itmeral health was only fair. H« I By MKKKIMAN SMITH
and a brother. Harold, also of United l*Tess White House
Kastl. nd were visiting their bro- Reporter
ther. K. L.. who work# for tkr. KFY WEST. Fla„ Dec. 1« <t*
Itreck-nridg>- radio station. ^—President Truman said through
Arthur wa* wounded during | his press sccrrtary today that he
flighting in Belgium in World War|and Gen. Dwight W. Eisenhower
II. and hail spent a great deal af j wi re "good friend* and always had
keen."
Press secretary Cnarles li. Boss
esprersed conccrn on behalf of
thr President about KisenhowerV
feelings as is-ported from Fort
Worth Tex., last night. <
"The general apparently wa* em- 1
karrasscd,** Rom said in reference 1
to earlier dispatches from Key
West to the general effect that
Eisenhower was regank-d by the
Truman administration as a IStftt
presidential candidate.
"Thoor stories were souped up.*"
Ross said. "A* far as I know ro '
presidential intimates have discus-
sod Eisenhower with anybody." 1
tBy UNITED PRESS* EUenWwer. former Army cnirf
The "winter's first cold snap was. of staff, is now president of Col-
nhout over t.xtiy but the Dallas1 umbia University in New York j
wathrr bureau warned it wo«U CHy. He ha* made "cent speech-
torn chilly again tomorrow night. e« critical of what he called "the . j| ^ oF THK SOI TH ' -Thi.- v.as the title givi n to Karnest kuith,'
The_forevast; for both east ^ illusionsof -wwrtty." Lufkin. T-xas. bus.... son; -. f'ur.i.g the celebration for the noted
west Texas called for "cokh-r" t - These speeches were ngarded in •* , ' ,. .. . u . -w . . ,u
morrow but the wealhrr h rea« administration «|uarters as critical! Texan at Lufkin. Mr. Kiith li ft. discuMed his cnntt.bution to the
said it was too early to predict of the Truman program and fol-! pnper industry * ith Mr. Natl.an Ailams. of Dallas. Texas, right,
whether il would be neyerr. \lmmw4 the ^sittrm of other critical tStlA Te!rpln>U>
TrmftrniliMM Ia t mgkt wen fitftifflMVto by Jam** F. PgrroesJ „ ... ^
*«rs>ral than thr fl>rmt.r secretary of state. I ' mm mmm m ^ TT™"*
I ghiaaeo iHarfr ReW VatST Ma
li. degrees at SaltI Hat Some oth-. mm wbich 4^4 Mr. Truman's ' •■lllWV fllUM -WWW UWUI
. ' Oi■ di—lea—re about reports which!
and Amarillo. :« at Dallas and "^HT wanU to sa, that
time ir veteran's hospitals.
He wa* born Aug. IS, in Eaat-
land and graduated from high
Mtnool there.
Sur\ ivor* are the parents, tit-
and Mr*. R. E. Smith of Eastlaad:
two si*ters. Betty Smith. 13. aad
Mrs. Carl Franklin, both of East-
land. and the two brothers.
The body was takrn hy Kiker
Funeral Home to the Hamntr Fan-
i-ral Home in Kastland.
t
at Brownsville. ,. nr ^ ''"I
Yesterday's temperatures rang-
ed from a high of .VJ at Laredo "■«« aI* y hav"
i lliri
7* at
ami Co.pus «*hristi to l". at San
Antonio. Only piece j i tat ion re-
ported in the state in the past
'it hours was .HI at (ialveston.
High cloudiness prevailed ore
Ross mU.
"Does be object to Eisenhower
running in I9&!?" a reported ask-
ed.
Meaaavlt Aad 6 Outside City Are
ManesRamaged RewhEffeet
y "The President,has no objection,
most of the state today, the wen- to anybody running for anything.'*!
he* i'ii pi led.
OrigBi Of Rra At
| Eisenhower said ia
1 last night that he
Dec
Feb. I hut *11 not. thr company IC Ml. and Mrs. Wallace Kohls | sin and Italy,
said. pr>*tuce 'any material change' a,,H Kdith W.ssl* ard. ."r*-y. ai old
in revenues. • wattless, were haled into court for
Th. new rate structure roast it ut- < creating a disturbance.
es a top-to-bottom revision design- Mrs. Kohl* charged that *h>-
•■d to eliminate geographical in-• Had to break into her own home
equalities in rusting charges, Wea yesterday and found Miss Wood
that Britain was responsible for
1 • strained relations between Brit-
be increased;
tern Union said. |
Some rates will
some lowered.
The proposed changes were sub-
mitted to th.- Federal Coinmumca
tions Commission which originally
made the suggestion that Western
Union revise its rate structure.
TV lowest charge for a straight
telegram, including proas tele-
gram . Will be ."IS cents.
I'ndrr tba present rate vst>- n
tfce mtnimtMB charge for a straight
|t word teterrain is 'M rents.
F.xcept for
' ard "in my bedroom." Kohls and
the waitress explained she was
MANILA. P. I.. Dec. I« -U* —
Two Philippine. Constabulary offi-
ce.* and I'Z enlisted men have
been ambushed and *lain by fier-
ce Morn outlaws on Jolir Island
on the Sulu Archip-legao, 'on-|
stuhulary hrad>|Ua. (t-rs said to-
HO\i; KONO. Dee. l i 'UP- —
Disg;untied former Chinese tin
ployes attackeii Maj. I« n. < 'a re
Chennault, head of the Chinese
.!■- —-it—1 1 Xutionalists' t ivil Air Transport,
bun an said. , he. replied. . ^ sabotaged *. vera! of hi* plan
wa* mrf n ;lirP"rt
. iChennsiilt, president •>( CAT.
. n pollt ial anj executive vice-pr- sid>-nt.
„. , . , . ... Whiting WillatM-r, later fie v to
Does th - I resident regard 1-"- Tails h and Tainnn on Formesa
enhower as a candidate. Boss wi|h 'ti CAT plain s. a Taipeh ilis
ROTAN, Tex^ Dec. I* (was asked. patch reported. Chninault told
A three-man coroner's jury has dr- "I don't know what is in his j m.,Vsm. 11 on Formosa that six "th
flinch t > fix thp origin of a Masf* iniiMl* Wt t^c Phwi^fiit i® iwt taik-[ er piatt**** h;i«l lin n .-ahouiif d af
that swept a farm shark near here I ing about it along thsoe line*." h" . Hong Kong, but probnbly wotttd
early yesterday, killing elerwi said. 1 be repuiivd in time to i"ly 10 l-'or-
members of a transient farm fa*-' "la this an attempt to kill ;IB . mo*a later today or tomoiow.I
ily. Eiseahower b «>iw?" More than W" police from
County Judge U. S. Branscum1 "I'm not trying to kill or start Hong Kong's rrwt *>|iiaii raced t..
said the" jury's verdict was "aeei-'any boom. I'm just telling the, Chrnnauli's rescue, restoinl .. .t.-r
ilehtal death by fire, origin of. facts i s I know- them." and ejected the former employes
which was unknown." i Root also announced that Mr. I from the airfield. Several ere
Farlier. Judge Branscum bad Truman will have a special cab - arrested.
said he believed the fire spread'net meeting at l« a. m. on Dec. "22 Kooert, l.ou.«*4- i«t. ' li ■ I • \ i pi
from an open tub. in which th« in Washington to bring his depur*- 'of, nabbed one saboteur
family, of Mexican desrent, luadlment heads up to date on the bo#1-. act or cutting cables on
been burning wood for warmth in I get and tne state of the Union port
Jli-di gree weather. message.
■illiea Roller
Conspiracy
By FBI Aetioo
WASHINGTON, Dec. IK
Twenty persons were indicted bjr
' federal grand jury in New To I
i tislay on charges of perpetrating [
1 >t,.HMi.lMMi conspiiary to countel
feit amd cash Aim rican exprtl
travelers checks, the justice d|
partinent annouri-ed.
Attorney (o-neral J. Howard MJ
tirath said the indictment all
i accuses the -J of carrying 11
phon< y check* into other states. I
All were charged with 10 court j
in the indictment which res«"
| from an FBI inve*tigation urmj
I in the case began in August.
| The ring rushed about *14
I worth of counterfeit checks out
; their Sl.wsi^nw *t«ek. according ;
' Met• rath.
Named in the indictment wer
1 (ieorge Iiillette, «!♦, Brooklyn, |
■ Y.. urrested at his home Muni]
. night in thi- midst <«f a
! party. Gillette is free in tTS,0
| hail and nas long criminal
ord. McOrath said.
Alfred Turiano. 45, Richmo-j
Hilt, N. Y.. a t^ueen* contract'
now held in a federal detent! [
cell in default of frin.ooo bail.
Nicholas Frasca and Phil!
Schwartz, named as makers of t^
plate* and printers of the
feit* at the nn«'s plant. 19 W«J
ren Street, New York.
Frank Bordu. -'!• . PhiladclphJ
who was arrest 1 d in Los Ange,
in August.
I ieorge Fuucella. i'J. New Yi
City, a self-descrilad b«M kie w
posted hail after his arr ]
Oct. 25.
Thonias Polo, arrested Dec. 13 a
his Ik ma at Astoria. N. Y.
free in $2RWNI bail has three ci i
.... .... viction.i aflkast him. one for cot I
A t ity Ordinance increasing t, j
the 'A ater rates to domestic user* .., . T .lj: , v_w V..1
side the ettv limits went into
effect her. yiste,da\.. The ordi ^--dj «ndcr indictment m Me
p-.ss.-d by the Citv Trn"" ?* * '" ***_
Council here November :u>. ii. an "r the counterf
effort to help the city water de- "55"; .. , „ ^ . - i
funtmeiit to reach the 1.75 per Twf '"di<t«j were n
.f the operating and b.^,d crihe.1 simgiy as "Ji^tl Does. Ti
retirement costs necessary to r..— allegedly pnssed counterfeit clwa
>a.-e -risi.iM.o of h..nd iaaue with- in Baltimore. Iltiladelphta, Detn
li*■ !d intil lii-< goal is reached. Cleveland. Chicago. Los
I,-s .nits d« the city limits who • and Buffalo. N. Y.
Ten fieim-ri;. paying city rati* Metirath said that r.ag
til' now puj *'I..M>, the minimttii reported that Lurigan was a ma.
fi u.ishi gallons, which is the b< r of thr> original counterfeit ri
,ci"i. as befor.. A 7". cent rate is but then double-crossed bis alleff
no-- bring charged for the n<*:tt partners. Met>rath said Lart-
'X.ii 11 Mors. 1M1 n-n's for the "stole from them a bunch of ches-
AngeC
jmBT FOB RHH*
only n.i'ibtng her hair. Magistrate <iay.
too don Heir oidoi.-d all three to k>-ports from Jolo said J". con
pu> tin prace homi* and ♦K.! i> , stabulary troop* were missing anil
costs each. feared dead because the M ros
Kohls paid for himself and never take prisoners.
ISaaSa
BaHaM
ROMK. Die. D 't'f Two Ital-
ian strikes ended today and a
threatened walkout was cancelled,
but the nation's impoverished
„ _ _ . p. asarts stepped up their land
runeral serv ices for Everett I . I cn,h raiepatgn.
Ming. JV . residrnt of Stephens ] % one-day en I service strike to
thr nrw minimum county for many year*, who died enforce u wage increase demand
charge of SS cents for all straight yeaterday morning at Harlingen. i ended on schedule «• H a.m. Imid-
trlrgrams. thr rates for press tele- will b. held Saturday afternoon at night. ESTl. Pewer than half the
gram* will continue to be one thud 2 o'clock at Necessity Schi*>l house. 1 nation's i.imnunhi state workers
of day letter rates and one-sixth Re*. W V. Ban. will officiate had
of mgkt letter rates. followed by burial in Necessity
Increases between major point* Cemetery.
will range from ..nr cent to la Pall brarers will he R. S. Taylor.
rents in straight tr leg rams and de- Orne Taylor. Carl liriggs. Kgrnrst
areas*-* will range from three cent* Kirhlnad. K. A. Jeter, Jr., and
to 19 cents. larh
PITTSBt RliH. Dec. ik t r*_ It was «rtuin the
U. s. St.-el Corp. boosted steel; steely industry would
prices an average of $4 a ton |o- strc|V~
day to touch off a new wave of in-
flation jitters.
The move drew immediate cong-
ressional fire and thr threat of
an investigation. However, finan-
cial circles said thr
rest of th--
follow "bi t
price" lead before the en I
of the year. However, other in-
dustrialists were cautious in pre-
dicting thr price trend.
The u. S. Steel incnase was no.
a flat across the board boost. I:
varied v-idrly by items and to
II. the
trans-
plune in ihich Chennault
wa* *ch.-du'ed to f'y to Form. ; .
' An accomplice slugged R >u selot.
whose h-mi-' is at No.-|, M->.. and
the saboteur escaped.
I The melee b' ik.' out af'.-r s v
ral huudred <'AT Chine.-.- •• m-
pai.l off yest.-iila> as.-emb-
air in.it and •!. l anded
inoiitlls' feie. ali.-e pay. Chen-
n luit re jected the d •naiid.
• ne un.up at'i.i ked 1 hi nnifilt
and .itheis b«-gaii puncturing tires
and cutting cabir* on « AT plan.-.'
lit.- d up for a Right to Formosa.
A genera! mele- rustad anil tl*
pnlire riot s.|iia«i was summoned.
ployes paiii
led at the
to the strike call.
SISMMRaitkMnfM
After Baa Aad Beeae Arrested
Ho|.LYWih>D. f -c. ik
Bandleader Dm Sylvio raahed her
into marriage *0 h. could share
in hee daughter's income, the nw>-
hrr of Child Artreso Margaret
♦ Tlri«-n charged in a deposition
••n file here today.
Th. deposition, filed in Mrs.
OlaMea O'Brien Syivio's divorce
suit. acras>-d th. If-year-oid muni -
I cian of demanding the marriage
PKBRYTO.N. Te*., Dec. IK <l*
—A farmer private detective aad
his swvrthoart were held today
after they led oflcera to wlrffa
they hid I5«M *> in atolcn jewelry,
most of it in a deserted hog pen.
Thr man was Lloyd Edwin Rob-
erts, 2A. formerly of Perryton and
now a resident of Dallas. His girl
friend was not identified. Charge*
will be preferred agaiaat them to-
**ti e jewelry, consist lag <>f rings,
watches, necklaces ^nd other trin-
kets. were stolen from a
store here Dec. 7. Two jewelry
salesmen had left them ia the store
for saOrkMftng.
Robrini came under suspicion
'after Claries Smith, Perryton Im
Company ample ye. found
shirt and several empty
Ui ahop this
a dtotf
Officers traced the shirt to Rob-
erts wb« worked here antil recent-1
ly ia a bakery and at one time was
eutployid us a collection agency
investigator.
Roberts was seized at I fellas. His
girl friend was arrested here aad
held in the (krhiltree county jail
after he implicated her.
Ilallas county Sheriff Bill IVck
er said Roberts admitted that he
broke into the store, entering it
through an air conditioning duct.
He said he found the jewelry aear
the store's luck kox.
aight. Roberts led Decker
other officers to where he
he bad niddrn IMMim worth
of the loot near Dallas.
When told af Roberta' admis-
siona .the girl led Ochiltree county
drpwty sheriffs to a deserted farm
six mile* snath of here aad show-
ed them where another I1MMM
worth of gems was buried hi an
empty hog wallow.
featiauad fhi Page t
Itrach FFA Boys
The freshman and M-n.or FFA J
teams of Throckmorton will enter;
the area farm skills contest to be'
held at Seyniotar Saturday. The 1
freshman I'-am, comopeed of Tom«|
my B yd. Tandv Bee.e* and Fred
Jackson, won first place in the
farms skill* contest held at Oiney
Inst Saturdav. They demonstrated
three methods of caponising chic-
ken*. using the mechanical, elec-
trical and hormone sets.
The senior team, composed of
Ira Harringtna, Bo
Rill Lindaey placed si cnad in the
senior divieton. Bath qualified to
enter the area contest ia "
ipnsed
Key 1
id in
dified
urea contest in 8eimam.
having vocational agri-
partmenta in the dfa-
cuhure department*
trict include Otney
(•rabaoi, Jack'boro
rin aad Throckmorton,
the effert of the indi* iduul consu-
mer.
Some motor car manufacturer* ,
predicted the industry would ab-!
sorb the steel price increase with- j
out raising price*. They agreed.}
ho«- eeer. that it Morkrd any prie*
cut* at the present time.
While the ultimate impact or
the economy still wa* a matter af
tudy, industry observers said the
new rates probably will bring an
inrreane of approximately M in
th.- rost of steel for an auto mo-
bile, KM cents for an office
4.; for a trartor, to crnts for a
refrigerator, 27 cents for a kit*
chen cabinet and four rents for a
garbage can.
In announcing the price ia-
erease. U. S. Steel President Bctv-
jan-in F. Fairlrss said the pricc ad-
justments were necessary to off-
wet increa*>d coats and cover the
pension and insurance benefita
granted the f|f> United Steal-
workers.
Chairman Joseph C. O'Mahoney.
f , Wyoming, said hia joint ec-
onomic committee will call "Big
Steel" official to explain the beast
at bearings sometime after
Christmas.
He charged the increase waa
"completely unjaatified,"
the iadaatry
ear
He _
Is "iajwre the whole fna
-• an -
1'.h""" ,^7t. j'".1^rmi^IHii^d i raaes there were even reduc-
es* than expected and min.miied | # W;M .^duo-d $3.:#
a ton while electrical steel t. >k
thi- biggest riae, 'J .50 a ton.
Lwiiipriri/ MHJ—WI irwt wmwmmmm
le iadaatry ape rating "ea an
atraordinariiy high pram lareL"
le declared L. B. Steel waa aaiag
Another member of the
Sea. John J. Si ~
war ard that the
Waaadla Haai
MriToWM
McBroy Ahaadoat
Its Tipton Wa«
Lw;-.tion for the McKlroy Ranch
Co. No. t John Sylvanus. et ;il.
ha* H.-en made I5M feet from the
north slid east line* of Section I,'
Block x TAP Survey.
The well i* 15 miles northwest;
of Breckenridge in Stephens Coun-
.• '..i.on f^alloii.s, .'.2'; cent* fr
h 11 t! iMMMII gallon*, mid '5
. for ui1 o-ei- .HH..1SM1 gallop...
II: t. s f .i water us.-i* insiak'
th c tj l:i' ifs will .en in in h"
f "i of ]..*,ii for the minimum.
,11 r ■ 1 . i^o the lie.-lt 1H IS SI.
■t ' . til. Ilext "Jl.tHMI. cell!*
fo, foe in-\t and :s rents
fer a'l ove>- ".isi.ihSi.
The 'ates vi.-te pu'. ieto effc *t
to h--!n th cilv n. • p!ete it* wat> r,
ar 1. Mivor Bobe;*. Bay II""-
-1 I'a'es. The city sold SWSI.ISW
■ f a b*,. 1 'I issue to build Lake D;. *-
ir| d c * va*' rit.i th - city, hot
wer* reini. "'d limkr tlx- term* f
*h«- deed of titifit to ho'd la:.!;
tlno.nisi f .oi , ale until 1.75 per
if nt of the one rating and h«irid n
tileiile'l' cost* ciHl'd he met b' ti •
Wi'er fiwiwv. Wtih 'he re'e: • •
the .<iisi,issi, the city h.>v- t->
r.- fn 1 t<> transport watirl
fro n Lake 111*0 the rity. So
far th- water <«r-pany ha* onlv
- eh- 'l n<-. rent the gov*
Tie- inc ,o-• <■ ill h.-'o r."icb the
1.75 ie.|U! r- u-nt. it i* hoped.
and wmt off on his own. " He s..
' that I. rigan passed rherka ia '
' cities.
The others, Mctirath said, st«
ord pa*-ing the phony checks
ter Bordu was arresti d in I
Angeles.
Larigan. at the time he was
r -stec. *till hud in rtvck* I
him, according to Mcfirath.
R. Worffli Strnt
■ n|i P -a
L«rTgi roaeQ
l«
o-M-n Crawford, -".'i, focu -r
•.iih-nt of B -eck-nridm-. died
last night in Ft. Worth sho- .
"• he.r ~ hit by :n nutoinol"
while crossing the stn-ct.
Mr. Crawford lia- b.-.-n in
veterans h.wgitul at Dallas
a Sou' t*vo and a half y.rars :
had keen on u visit here. His •-
sight was being tn-ati-d at
horpital.
< call to B'-'-rkeiu-idge Inst ni
-.i d that he had been hit and
fe-ed both legs broken and "t
TYLER, Te.-:.. Dec. l« ur It' atyertl:- afterwards
M . a rrfenrtff ftt'ein.
•v "" ^ «i in World War 2.
cubbed just before Christma* • .,Ul.,u.r y„lnt ,vu, ajr
■ > , 4. ",u •-«.. .fc k I • *"• ,k k* Lnr ^kjhen- fo- Stuik'rfcuki*r car* i|
tjr. IVrmtt d^-pth I* !.. >• f . t with b«.y sh<*pfMviir with hi# m« th'*r what a carutr*'. Ht* #urv
rotary. hi* name wa*. . j v brother. Hurn of Palest
Thr name operator has plugged The answer was "Chart. ". and' ;l„d thr e <i* -i s. Th. body •
and abandoned the No. I Kugene Santa tinu.-d "what do you forwarded to Pali tin..
•vildcat IK miles northwest want for Christmiui. Charles?"
What," snortrd Charles. "You
YowRfc Admili Hb
KANSAS CITY, *0.. Dec
<U^—Mrs Patricia Roberts. tK
formerly San Francisco, died at,^™,.""
the general hospital lure today of 1>f Breckenridge. tVt feet fr.mi the
• kallet wound in the head west nd :t'!0 feet from the south didn't get my letter?"
Shr was found critically injured | irr*-a* of Section I IK, TKAL Survey. With this he stuck ni* snu-U
In brr dowatown Kansas City Ho-; T(fUl ^pth wajt 4,7*1 feet with nose in the air and stalked disdain- ft B^ldkAM
flVrar^7,r" T?? "• reported. fully away. ■ Mpil HUUUil
tel
her death. Robert Kelly, of the;
police homicide bureau, said they, ^__ -
ftre KtMfnf thr womin'a kvliflSf' BLmb^RRIIB
% 1 •answas NMraueas frgea
noting bat he expeessed the
. -1
Hef tnat the death was a suicide.
Ry Gardea Club Aad t. Of t
LAUSANNE, Switzerland. Dae.
1 Rita f
the aewi
IK (U*—Actress Rita Haywarth
a that aha
ire nr- I the b st business windo'V. making summoned when the proprietor
x more: a tola! of four prixes to la- given ceiven complaints about a drun'
DALLAS. Tex. Dec. IK 'W
Police said today a 'ii-year
Missouri ex-convict admitted
was the "Dallas stop light band
Thi youth was identified as P
Nelson. Jr„ of Springfield, I
lie and an IS-ycar-old girl c«
pun ion were vrrested last night
a tourist court, where police
! Breilunridge residents ar
' ntindrd today that only sis . ..
days remain to fntrr the Christ away for decorations around tha brawl.
mas decoration contest, sponsored city. At police headquarter*. Sgt.
bf the Gardi n dubs and the | Th.sie wishing to enter lJ e con- JJ- Wisaeman notid ^
(iuuaber of Commerce for the beat t^t asked to call the Cham- N''""" ^awlgtiag tallied u
•utside decoratioa ber o.' Commerce, and submit their t~,t famished by aevrn motori
-J *—" — 1 who were 1 ukbaa hH-yad-
Each year the (otrdea Club has ^
the sponsor of home decora*
far Christmaa, whiek gtvea |"|u||r| |U
to the Yalet.de sea. ^ ^ ^nd -*e~ed *h> i
"* v-r«ei p-wl te"'- ofTeeeg
\fhi'e si- dhv - r—main to
hua taken I _
may kave ta aa<i>g surgery Bar- or gear ral effect and best *co ,.Blry
ing the bMk ti her ckild. capactad | rated hminesa winatow in the city. t
this weehaad. Bar friends said to- j A prile .if |I0 eac'n for the brut
day. window, door and outside decora-
While h*f. Rudolph Kocbat's tion will be given, or perhaps for1
ultra faaMaaahle Montchoial Cliaic the best cimbined window pnd
'made last iahwte preparations to door, form in t: the most pi asing
receive its
iu warned that the steal booat receive its faamd patient this waak- decoration, or an outside amnrp v'"i" m" ' r"ma,n r<* , -aWo. _
might he "the stirm ns for anoth- end. Rita waa report, d plaaaiag m ot ty.r.g tfie wh.^e pct-r- te- the- cm pet Waa il ia aahed^that the th- «abl was _l. lL
• of prire and wage ht- he, n tarn te Hollywood ta reaama gether citrirns st rt m<rr •• w*•
h"r fUai
A *?• fr;l>- s il' V" awarded f" Ci i-ttnai w«
oa a
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Hall, C. M. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 266, Ed. 1 Friday, December 16, 1949, newspaper, December 16, 1949; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth133627/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.