Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. [85], No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 3, 1950 Page: 2 of 12
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If you don't see what you want
advertise for it. For better results
call The Brenham Banner.Press.
OF COUNTY
(Continued from page one)
ning of July 1949 the combined
assets of the same banks were
110,733,839.06. This is an increase
of $7,1*>,160.22 in 10 years, or
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LAUGHING GUEHK BOUTS
DRUG STORE BANDIT
ST. LOUIS CC.P>—Henry Grady,
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________ It pointed a
pistol at him and said, “This is
a holdup."
"No it isn’t,” Grady said. “Why
that gun isn’t even loaded.”
Grady, still laughing, turned
and walked away. The bandit,
obviously confused, hesitated a
moment, then fled.
Above all, maybe you’ve heard of
exciting news on price...
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Good News far
Piles Suffer
FREE BOOK—Toils of Ca
Effects and Treatment
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TEXAN PARADE-
(Continued front page one)
Bryan’s Br
Irenham Cub
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light in Brya
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So maybe you've already seen some
1950 Buicks on the highway.
Maybe you've noticed the extra *‘git up
and travel" they have—glimpsed the wide,
curving windshields (one piece in most
models)—noted, approvingly, that the
typical Buick taper is now found in all
Buick fenders.
M aybe you’ve even heard some things...
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W he had prayed that he might be
■ allowed to return to his beloved
S natives. Seventeen years was a
aw long time to pray for a thing
Y without any indication of an an-'
J swer, but Father Hidalgo was a
I man of patience as well as great
___ faith. He was also a man of ac-
~. tion—scheming action—who, like
I Benjamin Franklin, possibly de-'
| CWed that “God helps them that
(i velopments lt would appear that "
J mlMtonafy saw several plays
ahead or the game. The mixing
Batored
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ham. Texas, under
part at Mar*» im
IKTO, we just couldn’t hold back the
<LN whole big Buick line for 1950.
They’re too good-looking—too much fun
to drive—too jam-packed with stepped-up,
higher-compression, ready-to-ramble
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FRANK JOE MIKESKA
CORNERPARK ST. AND ALAMO
With Cornelius Supply House
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«e avMt tnariraok teden —doll lor 1950. Thh te Hie ROadmaSTCT, end
have te Hie SUM yeroton of Mi awcb-srented 4-door, 6 pateo—er Sedan.
That there are more than a dozen-and-a-
half models to choose from. That there
are three power plants in the Buick line
—all of higher compression, all stepped
up in power. t
That all models are big and roomy inside
—some rear seats are better than afoot
wider than before 1 —yet in every instance,
shorter over-all, so easier to handle, park
and garage.
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air port, and many c
The writer, no 'd
looked many J
have been m
rural sections
Brenham. Hou
was made inti
Thay^re greater in powtr—higher m compreiimn-fl
rtanchnat In^ttyHng—drnams to drm-wnd now thm'i
a Buick beauty for 1950 to fit praeticfdfy any budget
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PHONE 2681 ‘for appoint
Iowa is covered by patches of
heavy snow, cald air, sleet, rain,
and high winds- Highway con-
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1 jiie whole state, but
motor and Tnr tfimit -
n^vtflfg.-
Temperatures sank tv the low-
est level of the winter so far in
Kansas today, five below at
drop stilllpwer. North winds
will Irring the mercury down to
10 to 15 below in Northwest
Kansas tonight. And forecasters
say minimums will range some-
where around 10 above in the
southern part of the state.
Localized -bluaard conditions
are predicted for other parts of
the great plains.
That in the full line—Special, Super and
Roadmaster series—there is a Buick to I
fit practically every budget above the verj
lowest / z ,®l
Pictured above is the 1950 Super 4-door
Sudan, one of the new Buick body typ®*
for 1950. At your Buick dealer’s are mofi
autual models, the whole story on othert.
Hadn’t you better see him—right now* I
and see if you, too, don't find Buick “top
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That Dynaflow Drive, for instance —
standard on RoadmXVter model*, op-
tional cm all other*-now costs
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WASHINGTON—(NEA)—Harry S. Truman should not run for
outstanding opinions expressed n/a V. R"
and
dit Slain
obbing Co
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daring negro bandit was kllle
In St. Louis today after he roll
' a uniforme<l policeman 1
W'Tt S20- The Patro,mab said tN
robber stepped from the shndou
early- this morning and stutid
gun in his back as the off J
was walking his beat. The faJ
dit fled after the robbery gJ
was stopped for questioning!
—n—™. 1 a gun bJ
tie with five more officers caW
to the scene in a squad car. 1
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Half Dozen Probes
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. ®R>—
A round half-dozen congression-
al investigations are on tap so
far for this session, with the
liklihood-of more to crop up as
the year holis along toward No-
vember elections.
"The house un-American activi-
ties committee takes up where
it left off last month, investi-
gating shipments of atomic
materials to Russia during the
war. The man. who started the
case. George, Racy Jordan, will - .
be.* key witness. Henry Wallaee, that the Frenchmen cam
whose name figured in Jordan’s
ed to testify,
Other committees will take up
such matters as .iobbys, steel
nrJccSv'ederal loan agencies, and
tne live p^reprftewi. u ’
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prayer: Hidalgo’s letter brou,
(he French >*"***.
traders brought the
army, and the Spanish army
brought the missionaries—and
Father Hidalgo. "Father Hidalgo
must have truly believed that:
"God moves in a mysterious way
his wonders to perform.’’
In July 1716 this ENTRADA,
commanded by Domingo Ramon
and guided by St. Denis, began
the re-establishment of missions
in the East Texas region. Father
Hidalgo was befittingly appoint-
ed minister df the first one.
Nuestra Padre San Francisco de
los Tejas, on the Neches River.
This is the strange story be-
hind the permanent settlement
of Texas by the Spaniards, the
story of a priest who mixed chi-
chlnejy with prayer, risked a i
province to minister to the In- powar-to bo kept under cover,
dians, and won.
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tfBesldes thF aty
tion^d banks, Wasnington
county has two more banks, the
Burton State Bank an<| the
Chapel Hill State Bank. Each of
{these banks also shows an in-
crease in assets.
Some noticeable improvements
have been made in Washington
county in the past^en years. The
new courthouse, no doubt, ranks
Improvements. Then may T>e
mentioned tfte construction of
many farm ponds, miles of ter-
races ^nd farm to market jpads.
--------- >%f commercial Xe/TimoKt
fertilizer an^ Ync ptonting df
>nd other leguminous
crops on many farms .have
brought Up the yield per acre to
an amazing degree. No industry
has spread more rapidly in the - -
county than the dairy business.- Goodland—and are^scheduled^to
- Soil conservation service plays
an important rble in solving
problems for the farmer and
rancher. The rural schools have
been re vamped. Few one teach-
er schools are left and the ma-
jority of the school children ride
in buses to school. The expan-
sion of rural electrification has
brought electricity to many a
farm home. In many farm homes
butane is used in lieu of wood
for heating purposes. Modern
__ farm homes are in evidence in-
many rural sections. This is
just a brief summary of some
changes that have taken place
in the country. Many others
cnuiri >^>^enymqiab?d
The city of Brenham also'
comes in for its share of im-
provements. Among them may
be mentioned, miles of paved
streets, better water and sewer
systems, new fire truck, some
new business places, many new
homes, radio station, dial tele-
phone system, extension of city •
Take Off Ugly f«t With
This Home Recipe
Here U »n ieexoeaehre home raeipe for
'taking off unxeinly weight and heliiing to
brine bark dluring eurvee and gmeefvl
■lenderneM. Juat get tram »our druggist,
Todr ooWbee ut i.*uK -A-“
enough grapefruit juice to make a pint.
Then just take two lebloepooneful twice a
day. Wonderful reeulte mar be obtained
ooiekly. Now you may ilini down your fig-
ure aad k>M pounda of ugly fat without
back breaking exercise or starvation diet.
It’s easy to make and easy to take. Con-
tapis nothing harmful If the very first
bottle doesn't show you the ajaanlv. easy
war to lose bulky weight and help regain
elender, more graceful curves, return the .
empty bottle and get your money back.
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out performer of the season, here Is still
higher compression and still greater power
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oil sire. You'll g.t
B ,w* new engine on
! all SUPER models,
in 124 hp with Syn-
Bs' chre-Mesh Irons- 1 ItwlaFy
f • mijpon, 128 hp with Jrjey
L’. Dynaflow Drive.*
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•ress association
of a little scheming with prayer
may not have been artreasonous
as it appeared. If Hidalgo did not —
see tritbUKh thio pk-drug atoro- cte’*'
chess game he was about as when a negro bandit ]
lucky a man as ever mixed re-
ligion and the affairs of state in
the destiny of Texas. This is the
way the problem unraveled it-
self. {First: The governor and
stockholders of the commercial
colgmy of Louisiana sent an ex-
pedition into Texas without de-
lay to ’find Father Hidalgo and
assist him in re-establishing his
mission." Actually, the Louisiana
colony was on the point of per-
ishing for lack of trade. The fact
r*_____::7?tedabgs
of merchandise instead of Bibles
;'^ri Hr- -o-Tyd rosaries iotp Texas (s beside
■ ' ' " llhe poiht intitrs cojmreiirvrfr
'Move number two: The Frfehch
ENTftADA, led by Louis Jucher-
eau de St. Denis, sdared the
- ~.tt y>r i Ke i r. com-
placent slurhber? They, in Turn,
immediately proclaimed a re-
newed concern for the lost souls
in East Texas.
Move number tnree: The Span-
ish sent a counter expedition to
East Texas to save both the souls
of the Indians and their coveted
province.
And most amazing of all, the
man sent by the governor of
Louisiana to lead the French ex-
pedition into Texas was selected
by the Spanish viceroy to guide
the Spaniards back to the east-
ern frontier! And Father Hidalgo
was in the procession — and
marching under the banner pf
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ST "■£. U^n. A-i -to
wereao distributed that they give a-balanced cross-section of opinion
from every region. Arbitrarily dividing the country into six geo-
graphical «*as, the replies are accounted for in this manner:
12 rtates, New England and Mid-AtUntic Coast area., 49 papers .
10 states, South -asst of Mississippi River. ...........58 papers
S states, Midwest—east of Mississippi River........73 papers
8 states, MkdwesL-w«t of Mississippi River........ 50 papers
9 states, South-west of Mississippi River..........57 papers
• states, West—Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountains.. 49 papers
The returns were surprisingly even on most questions from area
to ggea. -Editors were 7>per cent opposed to another term for Presi-
dent Truman in both the Northeast and the South, 58 per cent against
him throughout the Midwest, «2 per rent opposed in the West,
"MEWSPAPER editorial opinion has, of course, been heavily antl-
™ Democratic ever aince Roosevelt’s Second term.' The carry-over
— man today may be regarded by Democratic
_____ F jfHPM ofrt ■ i.y-»^Sraitotetery .
tions. But k. close study of returns from this newspaper poll shows
the editors are opposed to Truman’s policies—not to the man him-
self Most of the editors said honestly that they thought Mr. Tru-
man would seek another term in the White House, even though they
wished he wouldn’t.
Ab to who the Democratic candidate should be in 1952, if not Mr.
Truman, the editors were sharply divided. Fifty-three per cent would
make no prediction whatever, saying it was too early.
Fourteen per cent proposed James F. Byrnes of South Carolina.
Only a fifth of the Southern editors were for Byrnes, however, and he
got as many votes in North and Midwest as in the South.
Next to Byrnes was Sen. Harry Flood Byrd ** » ~»-
cent of the editors’ votes. Byrd showed mon
than Byrnes, but got less support in other n|
Third tom Sen, Paul H. Douglas of Illu^p-,--------------
of the votes While this showing is small and concentrated in the
Midwest. h& is tjie only new name on the Hst.
» theJwsljJMUl^he Beouo-
k .W iiCans could run agninst Trumart? . -rf pei-wnt tn -
answered. •‘Kisenhorfer,’’ 28 per cent said "Taft,” 13 per cent said
"Staxtam," ! pet cent Said “Warren.” Severf per cent vtere undecided
» The rest of the vote was scattered among 11 other names: Mar-
------- . -*rai*«ee^r Paui^fito*"-“' -Dewey, qf New
York, Driscoll 6T New Jersey andxodhftrani VI ‘YttlBlIWBeta)
Vandenberg. Sa)ton?tall, Bricker and Ives; General MacArthur.
• Byrd and Byrnes, though Democrats, got one Republican vote
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NEXT: What the editors think of 1959 election prospects, and
of Truman * “Fair Deal.” . ”
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the midwwt.
A^aiaaljg, Jtprnado struck two
before noon CST The twigj^ . _ ..-w* .
caused considerable property caped. He fell later in
damage, but there are no re-
ports of casualties. * •
The storm first hit the little
community of Spanish Lake. Mis-
souri, then jumped over the Mis-
sissippi river to strike Hartford
and Roxane, Illinois.
Meanwhile, winter Is giving
The MeCleary Clinic and lloxflti
putting out an up-to-the-minute,
page illuatratt-d book on Pile*. Fla
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