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PUBLISHED BEE OATS
% WEEK FEATURING
LOCAL NEWS
WEATHER
Clear to partly cloudy. Slightly
warmer. Low tonight 57.
UNITED PRESS Win
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VOL. 32 NO. 213
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FOOTBALL NOTES
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HIGHWAY SITUATION
SEEN OR HEARD
■RBCKENRIDGE HIES OFF
to Sm Angelo tomorrow night for
th« mating w ith the Bobcat*, but
a||HP hilf fanf here will be treat-
game at Buckaroo stadium,
be betw.-en memhers of
t AM squad, divided for the con-
tdfc. It will start at 7:3<> o'clock.
Sale of tirketg for the San An-
gelo game indicates that about 20<)
or 250 fans from hen- will make
the trip. This com pa u s to over a
1,000 that went to Wichita Falls.
Following the game Friday mirht
the Buckaroos will take "a two-
weelu rest and then take on tou-
*h Abilene. After that comes Aus-
tin High of El Paso. Rrownwood
plays Austin H igh F riday night
and the two games may give an in-
dication of the comparative stren-
gth of Breckenridg • and Brow n
Dispatch Says Adlai
Had $100,000 Fund
wood, slated as
foes.
the big district
NEW YORK. Sept. 25 <Uf—The
Scripps-Howard newspapers said
Thursday in a di-patch from Chi-
cago that a former Illinois state
official had told about a politicl
tund of "$100,000 or more" ob-
tained by Gov. Adlai Stevenson.
The dispatch said this was in ad-
dition to the political fund which
Stevenson says was used to sup-
plement the salaries of appointed
state employe'.
The source of the disoatch was
given as William J. McKinney,
jwhn headed the Illinois State De-
partment of Purchase* and Sun-
piles in 194D-5U. The dispatch said
McK irmev told Scripps-Howard re-
porters James Daniel - nd Irving
Liebowitz that contributions were
solicited from individuals and com-
panies doing $H5 million worth of
hu.iness a year with the state of
Illinois.
The dispatch continued:
"He I McKinney) s-iid the funds
were used to defray the governor's
THE IMPORTANCE OF EVEN
a personal in a newspaper has of-
ten been demonstrated, but today
w* have the case of a small perso-
nal item in the Breckenridge Am-
erican of 19XJ clearing up a rather
dark cloud for the coaches of the
Odessa football team. An item
very valuable to Odessa.
One of the coaches, John M«lais>
Polio Coses Lost
Week Are 4.190
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 <UJT—
The Public Health Sen-ice Thurs-
day reported 4,190 new cases of
polio last week, an increase of 158
cases over the 4,032 of the previous
week.
Health Service officials said
charitable contributions, some of
his entertainment expenses and to
assist candidates for the state leg-
islature who were favorable to the
Steven3on administration.
"Governor Stevenson has ac-
knowledged he had a small per-
sonal fund to supplement salaries
of low-paid state employes. He has
not mentioned any other political
fund at his disposal, such as the
one Mr. McKinney described.
McKimtey explained that a mas-
ter list of 'at least' 1,000 prospects
were compiled for Governor Ste-
venson's office. The list named
firms that had sold (roods to the
state government during the pre-
vious year, together with the a-
mount they sold. He said the source
of the information was monthly
reports his office prepared for
state tax authorities so they could
be sure suppliers paid the Illinois
retail sales tax.
"McKinney said he wis 'posi-
tive' Governor Stevenson knew per-
sonally about the fund raising be-
cause the governor frequently
warned that he did not want 'pres-
sure' applied to make reluctant
business men contribute."
"Some business men on th I i it
later said they gave a.iywhere be-
tween $100 and $5,000, McKinney
said."
Ernest H. Hereford
Dr. Ernest H. Hereford, governor
of Rotary District 186 will make
his annual visit to the Brecken-
ridge Rotary Club Tuesday, Sep-
tember 30. He will confer with
President Bernard Blair and other
Rochester club officers on Rotary
administration and service activi-
ties.
Dr. Hereford, who is president at
Arlington State College, is one of
207 district governors who are
supervising the -activities of 7,606
Rotary Clubs in 83 countries
throughout the world. Total Ro-
| tary membership is now estimated
it 360.000.
came to Breckenridge today and hopefully the 1952 epidemic "might
said eligibility of one of their
players, John Thomas Gray, was
in question. We have had eligibil-
ity trouble twice, and a third time
might be fatal to membership in
the Int -rscholastic League, Maloise
remarked. He started searching the
files of the American and in a pa-
per dated Oct. 26, 1933, found the
following:
"Mrs. J. T. Gray and baby were
dismissed from Westside hospital
and taken home today." This evi-
dence shows the player eligible
and Maloise went away quite hap-
py after having a photostat copy
made.
be on the wane" despite the three
: per cent increase for the week.
They rtoted that last week's in-
crease w is confined almost entire-
ly to five states—Ohio, Illinois.
Michigan, Wisconsin aswl Pennsyl-
vania.
In the 43 other states, the
week's total was 2,834 cases, a
seven per cent declinc from the
previous- week.
o
Tried Of Commies
To Be Speeded Up
Bucks Ready To Play
Bobcats; Green Out
THREE MEN IN STOLEN AUTO
STICK UP GAS STATION MAN
NOW THAT WIDENED BREt
W jw>dge avenue is
«•
btIN asked a time r
sjPfTd that mueh money for what
on first thought is so small a chan-
ge-
Re auson given to u* is that h- d
the route south not he -n "*r igh
... WASHINGTON. Sept. 25 <UJ>_
. ... lh*' h'Kh* >' The Justice Department intended
from here, this corner has Thll sday t„ push f„r 8pe^j- trial?!
of IS second and third-string Com-
munist parts leaders indicted on
charges of conspiring to teach and
•r'tvocnte violent overthrow of the
United States government.
The 18 were arrested in seven
tened the State Highway Depart- ,-,'tes on Sept? 17 hv swift-stiklng
ssed the j.. p|
atrents continuing the three-
by-pass
foi
ment would have
city. Claim was the former entry
into the city from the south was
f-ir tno narrow to meet latter day
specifications.
Tkj same applies to cause f-ji
widened Walker street to the otv
limits and on east into the county
toward Kipers corner. Plans for s~ittl - Wash
this are being worked out by the
highway department. Meanwhile,
there are a few rights-of-way to
he secured bv the county before
this end will be ready for woik.
vt-u r-old roundup of alleged sub-
versives.
Indictments followed swiftly.
First, said Red partv leaders were
""'-ted :• Detroit. Then Thursday
indictments wet - returned against
12 others at St. Louis, Mo., and
AT THE CORNER OF WILL
iams street and Breckenridge ave-
nue the city has placed two l*rc >
stop signs, and has signified in
tef ion of puttin* up a sigwi' li"ht.
The signal light is needed. Too
often the stop signs, although lar-
ge are disregtrded, and the throu-
gh traffic is daligeiotiH.
Since the openinir the h - h-■•••>
a collision of i pirk-un track with
a t'liek loaded with butane, that
had the bu>ane blown up the Burch
ho'"l would no' be standing today.
The tiuck hit the butane far up
f">nt - -*«• he>~ ■ m K' > ■ —but
what if there had been one!
A PUBLICATION OF THE
First Nation:*! Mank of Bo it on re-
cently published an article whi<-h
vividly illustrates the tidal drift
toward big, centralized govern-
ment.
In 19-9, Federal spending a-
mountrd to less than tne totai io-
Coaviction would mean a maxi-
mum penalty of 10 years in prisoh,
and lln.iHMI fine, or bo'h.
The 1H newly-indicted joined 32
• •'hers awaiting action. The crack-
down started in 1949 with the con-
viction of II of the party's top of-
ficials in New York. Last month
14 "# -cond stringers" were convic-
ted in California. Six others prev-
iously had been convicted in Mary*
land.
The Breckenridge Buckaroos
closed workouts for the game Fri-
day night w-ith all members of the
te-am in good condition, according
to Coach Joe Kerbel, except that
Houston Gr en will be given fur-
ther " rest before playing again.
Probably two weeks. Green was in-
jured in the Wichita Falls game.
Green, himself, not knowing how or
when it happened.
Wayne Thiebaud will start at
tackle in place of Green. Otherwise
the starting line-up will be the
same as used in the two previous
Cadet Identified
BRYAN, Sent. 25 ltU!>_An it-
tat-on cadet killed in the crash of
i a T-33 jet trainer ne.--r Hearne,
Wednesday was identified Thurs-
j +iv :> Howard Frumin, 23, Brook-
' lyn. N. Y.
! Fruinin •• as a member of Class
52-G at Bryan Air Force Base
■old was whedoled fo complete jet
training here <><-♦. 25.
The Bryan AFB public informa-
I ti n office said the aviation cadet
was alone in his plane on a rou-
tine training mission when it
crashed three miles south of Hear-
ne at 2:15 p. m. Wednesday. Air
comes received by the residt .its of Fo -> r'lthorities were investigat-
(Continued On Page Two) ing to determine cause.
VE PERSONS PLEDGE BLOOD
'f ,NllEF OF SOLDERS IN KOREA
£ lonal persons have pledged to give a pint of blood to
umr a i. .a forces:
Mrs. 8. F. Bowers Mrs. R H. Marsee
(i. a f 'aitrr George Cummingt
Ted Lindley Ko ■ Hamilton
Jot 1 F. Hogen Ed Rogeri
J. O. Allen • R. L. Huse
Mrs. Blake J> hnson. Jr. Charles Price
What happened to that pint of blood YOU were goine to give?
Fill oat the p'-dge slip tw-low and mail it to the Chamber of Commerce.
The Buckaroos will leuve Friday
morning at 8 o'clock and return
th.s.t night. Headquarters will be at
the San Angelus Hotel. They are
rated to win by several touch-
downs.
Next important game i n the
district is the meeting of the
Brown wood Lion, with Austin
High of El Paso in El F'aso. The
Lions are highly favored to win.
In the state as a whole, two
games matching top-flight Fort
Worth-Dallas teams kick off this
week's high school football sched-
ule Thursday night but the games
which fans throughout the state
will be watching unreel Friday
night.
The Sun.J"t Bisons of Dallas plav
Arlington Heights of Fort Worth
•it Farrington Field in Fort Worth
Thursday night and North Side of
Fart Worfh travels to Dallas to
itteet North Dallas. North Dallas is
the only unbeaten team of the four.
Frti-iy nirht's games match the
nowers of the state by all early
game indications against teams
that are e pected to give the favor-
ites a real workout. Some of the
mixes match team i of one class
with those of another but it should
not effect the quality of the stew.
At Lubbock, last year's defr.id-
Ing Clu-s AAAA state champion
the Lubbock Westerners, host
Ml*hl nd P rk of DalVis. The ^eot-
ties gave Dalla < Adamson and Fort
Worth Paschal a kick down the
'-tdder in earlier games while Lub-
bock worked over Plainview in its
on'v contest.
Temple of 5-AAAA and Waco of
5-AAAA. hook up at Waco in !•
game where the odds-nvikers take
to cover when the opening whistle
blows. Both are undefeated and
Brief Illness Is
Fatal Wednesday
To Mrs* Thurman
BLOODMOBILE PLEDGE CARD
You can count on me to give a pint of blood what
the Bloodmobite is here. I have checkod the time and
day I would like to come.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 30 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1
8-6 P. M 10 A. M.-l P. M.
6-9 P. M. 1-4 P. M.
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
Mrs. J. II. Thurman, 77, 131#
West Elliott passed away G;:$0
i. m. in > Breckenridge hospital
after a brief illness.
Furteral services will be held
Friday in the Kiker Funeral Chap-
•I j> ?•• !> o'rlock with the Rev.
H. H. McBride officiating. Burial
*lll follow in the Breckenridge Ce-
metery.
Mrs. Thurman was born Nov. 1,
1875 in Lamarr County and moved
o Eastland Cottnty when n ch>'d.
She moved to Albany with her fa-
mily in 1928 and has been a resi-
dent of Breckenridge since 1KKI.
Survivors ar? her husband, one
laughter, Mr*. W. R. Cole. East-
land* a son, Hollis, of Breckenrid-
ge. and three stepsons, Dewey
Thurmon of San Antonio, Alfred
H. Thurman of Seminole, and Cly-
le Thurman of Ballinger; one step-
-tmghter, Mrs. Lillian Munn of
Rising Star; two grandsons, a sis-
ter, Mrs. C. B. Sears of Breck->n-
-*dr and two brothers. Bentor
Hooker, Gorman and Lee Hooker of
Albany.
both are classed with the better
teams of their respective divisions.
The Austin-Tyler mixup at Ty-
ler, although not a grudge battle
like the Waco-Temple game, prom-
ises to give the fans just as much
action.
Tyler owns wins over Palestine,
28 to 7, and Dallas Forest, 21 to 7,
while the Maroons beat Kerrville.
8 to T. and Arlington Heights, 9j
to 0. *
At Baytown, the powerful Gan-
ders. last ye-ir's runners-up to Uv>-
bock, tackle San Antcnio Thomas
Jefferson. Baytown. with victories
over Texarkana and Houston La-
mar, ni-iy be a state champion in
the making and Jefferson looked
strong this year in rolling over
San Antonio Burbank, 112 to 0.
Port Arthur, which took a big
18-to-7 decision over Odessa in its
opening game and then trounced
Port Neches, 2" to 7, plays at San
Antonio Brack-iiridge of 6-AAAA,
loser by ID to 7 to HarLmdale in
its opener. -a <
The sixth mammoth struggle
comes off at Corpus Christi where
Corpus Christi Ray. bol stered by
most of last year's team -ind then
some, takes on Reagan of Houston.
Three conference games are
scheduled in 7-AAA this weekend.
Seguin plays at San Antonio Lan-
ier Thursday -night. Hurt an dale
tries Kerrville Friday night and
Victoria plays at Burbank Satur-
day
Tulsa To Close
On Eloetiofl Bay;
Plan Copy Asked
TULSA, Sept. 25. Tulsa
civic and business leaders made
plans Thursday to close down prac-
tically every store, office school
and factory on election day to
make Tulsa the most vote-consc-
ious city in the nation.
At a meeting of 300 leading em-
ployers Wednesday night, John
Dunkin, owner of the city's largest
department store, said the get-out-
the-vote effort will be labeled "the
Tulsa plan" and will not be con-
sidered a day of leisure.
"This is to be a work day," he
said. "We should ptan to knock on
every door to get every available
Tulsan to the polls."
Close Factories, Stores
The group voted to establish a
steering committee, to be named
by Dunkin, to prevail on school au-
thorities and employes to "close
'er dowu" on Nov. 4.
Dozens of business men agioed
with Dunkin to close their factor-
ies and stores and urge their em-
ployes to make the door-to-door
campaign.
They agreed they should ask
Mayor C. W. Warren to declaic
the day a legal holiday.
When the meeting was called by
Dunkin, he did not reveal its pur-
pose. But after he explained why
it was called, he received an en-
thusiastic response.
Challenge Other Cities
"Let's close Tulsa down election
day with a challenge to every city
in America to' do likewise," he
said.
He said that regardless of what
other stores do, the Brown-Dunkin
department store, which he owns,
will-be locked on Nov. 4.
Junior Chamber of Commerce of-
ficials. who are sponsoring their
own "ballot battalion" movement
to create interest in the" election,
agreed to support the Dunkin
plan 100 per cent.
Other organizations, such as the
League of Women Voters, also a-
greed to go along.
Tulsa is predominantly a Repub-
lican city in national election,s, al-
though in local races the GOP and
the Democrats battle about evenly.
New Grid Stadium
. Denton, Sept. 25 <U-R>—North
Texas State College -will dedicate
its new 20,000-seat football stad-
ium Saturday night and open its
home season against the Univer-
sity of North. Dakota.
It will be the first meeting be-
tween the two schools. The Eagles
of North Texas beat Texas West-
ern last week, 27 to 14. while
North Dakota won from Bemidji
State, 31 to 0. *
m
REPORTS TO THE NATION—Republican Vice Presidential nominee
Sen. Richard Nixon and his wife I'at (above) as he made his financial
report to the voters on a nation-wide radio and TV program..Julie and
Tricia N'ixo-a (below) children of Sen. and Mi's. Nixon shown in the
Nixon Washington, D. C. home with their cocker .spaniel "Checkers,"
mentioned by their father hi his specch as a gift from a Texas adntirer.
(NEA Telephoto)
HUNT SOLMEKS Mil IBS;
OK TEARS IFF UTS MM
cars for much of the tour. Clark
is accompanied by Vice Adm. Rob-
ert P. Briscoe, Far JSast Navy
commander, and Gen. James A.
Van Fleet, Eighth Army command-
er.
B-29s attacked enemy railroad
yards at Sinmak, 35 miles north-
west ot Kaesong, dropping 128 tons
of explosive? along the 300-foot-
long target.
Bid weather hampered flying.
Night bombers of the Fifth Air
Force claimed <-nly seven trucks
knocked' out Wednesday night. The
average for the past several
weeks has been about 100 a night.
0
loctors To Aid
h Blood Work
All of the local doctors have of-
fered their services during the
Bloodmobile visit to Breckc-n ridge
on September 30 and October 1.
Each of the doctors will work a
two hour shift, checking the pros-
pective blood donors and passing
on the individual's health hiitory.
Dr. H. H. Cartw right, spokesman
for the group, said, "We all feel
that this is a very worthwhile
thing. We know how important
blood is to the recovery of any
nerson who is wounded. A pint of
Wood can stive a life. We are all
glad to worti at the Bloodmobile."
Those doctors participating are
Drs. C" rtwright. Funk P"t~.
Grover Wood, R. L. Holmes, W. B.
Gr'*>n nd T. Cm-oil Ford.
The Bloodmobile will be at the
Legion Hall from 3 to 9 p. m. on
Tuesday. September 30 and 10 n.m.
. , , to 4 p. m. on Wednesday, October
Meanwhile, rain and low clowb 1. Many more pledges are needed
r-" m rn"Jr - to make the 300 pint quota. Pled-
ges may be made by phoning the
Ohamf-er of Commerce at 70 or
Mrs. Harry Baker at 478 or Jan
McCoy at 166.
By ROBERT UDICK
SEOUL. Korea, Sept. 25 <U. —
Chinese troops knocked Puerto Ri-
can soldier* off another height
near Kelly hill on the western front
Thursday a n d repelled a UN
crunter-attack in a heavy ra: i.
The Red attack on "Big Nori"
consolidated Communist conquest
of Kelly hill, which the Puerto
Rican ; failed to win trick in a val-
iant 7-hour assault Wednesday.
Puerte Ricans of the 68th Infan-
try regiment fighti-.ig in the Kelly
hill area, west of Chorwon, re-
ported th- appearance for the first
time of "iriant" soldiers, apparent-
ly from Outer Mongolia.
Since the night cf Sept. 18. when
the Reds seized Kelly hill, the
Puerto Ri'-ans have reported huge
soldiers. They said the newcomers
were feet 4 inches tall, and ap-
peared to weigh 200 pounds, at
least.
'Like Big Bears'
| "They were like big, brown
bears," officer told United
Press correspondent. Warren Fran-
klin.
The new troops .-ipoarentl" were
involved in one of the fights a-
rourid Kelly hill. Puerto Rican of-
ficers told Fr.aklin that one in-
jured I'iierto Ric >n soldier, brought
back from the fight on Sept. 18.
claimed his arm was "wrenched
off" by one of the out-sixed enemy
s< 'diers.
The Communists also stabbed
lightly at "Tissie hill"' near Kelly
but fell back under I*uerto Rican
fire.
The central front w is quiet, but
the Reds took the iniative i.i the
east, jabbing five times at UN po-
sitions northeast of the Punchbowl.
They got nowhere.
Rain Hamt{ers Air War
curtailed Gen. Mark W. Clark'*
tour of Korea Thursday. Instead
of traveling by the uiual light
plane convoys, the official party
was forced to use trails and staff
Loeal Preachers
Wire Protest Of
Closing Churches
A telegram signed by eight min-
isters of Breckenridge has been
forwarded from Breckenridge to
senators, congressmen and the
state department, requesting that
government officials use their in-
fluence to persuade the Italian
government to grant freedom of
worshin and assembly to nca-Qith-
olic Churches in Italy recently-
banned.
This telegram was forwarded
Monday, Hugh Boydston, minister
of the Church of Chri-^t on Walker
street, reports. In addition many
members of churches here arc
writing protests against the clos-
i-asr of the churches, Boydston ad-
ded.
Text of the joint telegram and
ministers signing follows:
We, as American Citizens and
preachers for various churches, re-
spectfully request your coopera-
tion as our representative in the
government. We understand that
the Italiir.t Government has closed
some of the congregations of the
Baptist Church and the Church of
Christ and otherwise interfered
with their freedom of worship.
These closures of congregations
are according to our understanding
in direct violation of the peace
treaty between the United States
a-nd Italy, also the later friendship
treaty, and of the Italian consti-
tution. We feel that our govern-
ment should take all necessary ac-
tion to have t'-^se churches'reopen-
ed and to prevent any further op-
pressive action by the Government
of Italy.
We understand that religious
workers from Italy are admitted
to our Country on a nonquota
basis and can see no consistent
reason why our people, American
citizens, should not have as much
freedom in Italy.
Will you please advise each of
us what action you take t-a this
nratter.
(Signed)
W. E. Shipp, Methodist Church
(Ccntmned On Page 2)
Boys Choir For
City Assured As
To Needed Funds
Mrs. Bon J. Dean, Jr., conductor
of the choir groups announced to-
day that no new boys would bo
admitted to th- Boys Chc;r for the
fall term after October 1. In the
future there will he three entrance
times each vear, September, Jan-
uarv. and June.
At this time then; ar- sixty-two
bovs particin iting. Thirtv-eight
will be in the vested choir and
twenty-four in the "Prep Choir"
■•rid sDecial groups. The number
participating was lartrer than ex-
pected >nd frop' the interest heim*
«h"vn th" frrouo mav be enlarged
uitli t*"1 Januarv and June enroll-
ment. The hoys being on •"•'led be-
fore the October I deadline art-
preparing music for the Christmas
season. _
A committee of :ntere-fed citi-
•"■ns corn Dosed rf R. I. M'-Arron.
R. A. Pitzer. and Eugene Thomp-
son. is calii-.ig on nub,:'- sririt-d
business men to help finance the
progntm for the first ve.-r. The
cost, of vestments, a musie library.
:<nd scholorships for deserving
boys wn the main items of ex-
Service Station
Loses $136. Car
Found Abandoned
Peace officers of both the sher-
iff's department and,city today had
spread a wide net in hope of appre-
hending three men, who last night
held up Ted Tipton and robbed
Harvey O'Neal's Service Station on
West Walker street of $136.
The three men in a stolen ear
drove up to filling station to get
some gasoline. One remained in the
car and two got out and went into
the filling station after they had
been served. Sheriff Tom Offield
.said. One, a young man, putted a
pistol and stuck up Tipton. The
other rifled the cash register. The
robbery took place about I o'clock.
Tipton got the number of the car
and notified peace officers. First
job was to trace number of the
car. Officers finally found it regis-
tered in Wichita Falls, the proper-
ty of the Hughes Tool Company.
A telephone call to Wichita Falls
revealed that a company represen-
tative C. C. Winn, had the car and
was in Breckenridge. Winn was
found registered at the Burch Ho-
tel. He was awakened and told his
car had been stolen. He had park-
ed it ia the lot back of the hotel.
Offield said that about 5 or 0
o'clock this morning the car was
found abandoned' near the inter-
section of South Miller and Dallas
streets. Police Chief Ollie Jackson
called Winn away from the break-
fast table to identify his car.
One of the robbers was described
as about 20 years old and the other
two about 24.
Offield and night policemen
worked on the case the remainder
of the night after the robbery, and
all were out early this morning.
Policemen working on the case last
night wpre L. E. Dill, Bob Whitley .
and Frank Hamilton.
Offield said about mid morning a
number of leads were being follow-
ed in attempts to apprehend the
robbers.
Thievery In High
Places Ike's Theme
ABOARD EISENHOWER SPE-
CIAL, Sept. 25 H'.Hi—Dwight D. Ei-
senhower resumed his assaults on
administration "thievery" Thurs-
day after the dramatic meeting
Wednesday night in which he "ex-
onerated" Sen. Richard M. Nixon
of wrongdoing.
As the Republican presidential
nominee resumed his whistle-stop
trail, elated GOP leaders said the
Eisenhower-Nixon ticket had emer-
ged "stronger than ever" from tli
furor over the California senator^ %
privately endowed political expen-
se fund.
Eisenhower said he will talk in
Baltimoie Thursday night about
the necessity of arraying "superior
force" against the Communists and
of using this force "intelligently
and economically."
The general's first stop en route
to Baltimore was at Keyeser. W.
Va., wheie he was met in the clear,
cool fall morning by about 1,800
persons.
Pitzer Appointed
Oil Week Chmn.
Sees Color TV
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25 <UJS
—Television manufacturer Dr. Al-
len B. DuMont predicted Thursday
that color TV is still at least five
years away because the cost of
pn>ducing special color tubes is
prohibitive.
DuMont. who also owns a com-
mercial TV network, said that un-
til the tri-colored cathode ray
fnbe has been perfected, there is
little chance of having color TV.
He said the tube now coats sev-
< - ! hundred dollars to m ke and
still does not give a sufficiently
clear picture.
P. W. Pitzer, Jr., Breckenridge
independent oil operator, has been
, appointed Stenhens Courtkv chair-
pense. The response has been gr it- man for the Oil Industrv Informa-
ifying and even though a few ad-
ditional donors are still needed
the cost of the nrogram is pretty
well assured. Congratulations to
those making this worthy commun-
ity project a reality.
tion Committee, according to an
announcement by W. C. Barnes,
Abilene, area chairman.
Pitzer will have charge of the
observance of Oil Progress, Week,
Oct. 12-18 in Stephens County..
Boy With Eyes Shot Out Feels Like A
Heel For Rot Protecting Buddies
Bv- RICHARD APPLFGATE
SOMEWHERE IN KOREA,
Sept. 25 (U.K—The boy was bleed-
ing from the eyes—both eyeballs
had been shot out—and he was cry-
ing when I found him seme 200
feet from the nearest dressing sta-
tion.
He w:i< -not crying because his
eyes had been shot out, or because
he had a gaping wound high on
his left shoulder. Apparently he
was crying thrapgh sheer exasper-
ation.
While I was talking to him two
medics climbed laboriously up
through the rocks trying to get
him back to the aid station.
I had been trying to comfort the
lad. who had been in the Army
only five months, and tell him he
was all right.
"I'm not all right", he said,
wiping at his bleeding face with
a grimy shirtsleeve.
Saw Ambush Develop
"I was supposed to bock up the
platoon with my BAB (Browning
automatic rifle) and I had picked
out a swell place where I could
see almost every inch of the path
the platoon was taking. It was
early in the morning, but after the
fog had lifted I could see every-
thing.
"I saw the lieutenant take the
patrol over a little knoll and I
knew that if they were going into
an ambush, that was where it
would be.
"Then I saw the ambush, I saw
about six or eight Chinese rise up
from the rim rock with their
machineguns—they were American
Machineguns, I remember—and
started to fire on U3.
"That was what I was there for.
a-.id I had a perfect shot at them.
I knew my first rounds would warn
the patrol and maybe they could
take care of themselves and get
back.
"But almost the second I started
firing something hit me in the
chest like a train. It didn't hart
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