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PAGE TWO
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THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
Lawgivers Hint
Probe to Unfold
Political Spying
WASHINGTON March 16.—) investigation ana the alcohol tax
—A projected congressional inves- unit in obtaining leads on crim-
ligation of wire tapping interested inal casesk
senators hinted todays, may unfold Some members said the recent
a sensational story of political es- enial by Edge that
pionage reaching into a half dozen the G-men ever had used wise tap-
or more states , ping in violation of existing laws
Proponents predicted that the would not deter the committee
senate audit and control commit- from looking into the instances
tee would ove next We nes- where The FBI . as em-
day a resolution by Sena - Green ., ed this method to obtain
D-RI to provide $25 000 for an leads -
inquiry by the interstate commerce:--=---------------------
committee : They said speedy sen- n
ate action *■ would be irged 97th Rirthday
o/in DiNDOdy
-plans have been made to summon .
numerous state- and federal offi- Colohration Delayed
cials, as well a> officers and emploes CCICOCHON UCIdyCO
of some private detecti e agencies.
They would be questioned about Ry (on’c llnocc
what some senators described as an DY JUI 3 IIIII53S
apparent "net work" of political*
espionage in several state capitols
States mentioned by commit-
tee members as likely to figure
in the inquiry included Rhode
Island, New York Colorado.
Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
and California.
District Attorney
Asking Reelection
Easter Service
To Be Indoors
Because Easter falls early
J R Bob, Black announces for
reelection as district attorney 42d
district of Texas composed of Tay-
lor Callahan and Shackelford
42d Court Judge
Seeks Reelection
this
year, the interdenominational sun-
rise Easier service conducted an-
rally by Abilene commander No.
27, Knights Templar, will be held"
indoors
Heretofore it has been held in
the Abilene high school football
stadium unless inclement weather
prevented Next Sunday, the service
will be in the Paramount theater,
it was announced yesterday
| Since days are shorter this early
in the year, the service will begin
29 minutes earlier than it did in
1939 It is called for 6:37 a m time
of the sunrise."
The sermon this year will be de-
livered by the Rev. C. A Powell,
pastor of the University Baptist
church Music will be presented by
the choir of the First Baptist!
church, conducted by J DRiddle.
Others to be included on the pro- To the people of the 42d judicial
gram are the Revs Tony Dyess E district of Texas composed of Cal-
B Surface and F M Warren i lahan. Shackelford and Taylor
P E Shaheen is commander ofcounties?
Darden Candidate District Clerk Asks
For County Clerk
C L Darden yesterday announced
that he is asking the voters of Tay-
lor county to elect him to represent
them as county clerk
Although he has never held pub-
lic office he is well-known to the
voters. He has resided in the coun-
ty the past 36 years, all of that pe-
riod in Abilene except two years
during which he was engaged in
business at Tuscola.
for Second Term
Sunday Morning, March 17, 1940
clerks office very pleasant.
t earnestly solicit your vote and -
Sunday Morning,
influence in the July primary. . _ _ _
ROY SKAGGSAT
Moro Community WW CI
To Chase Bunnies T
Citizens of the Moro community * ■ O C T1
have announced plans for a rabbit * Vo V *=. -
drive Thursday March 21
Hunters will meet at the Moro *
church Dinner will be in Bruce -
Webb’s pasture at a spring, two and —
a half miles north of the church.
The general public is invited to
attend, especially all candidates.
From
counties
In announcing for reelection to |
STAMFORD March 16— Sp. '— the office of district attorney of
A sons iness in the hospital here Taylor, Callahan and Shackelford
postponed plans for a family party counties my first thought is to ex-
to celebrate the 87th birthday o. the press my sincere thanks to the peo-
Rev J David Crockett, superannu- ple of this district for your kind- Band Clinic Held
are Methodist minister ness. support and cooperation in the
a birthday cake felicitations of past. You have been unusually kind At Brownwood
relatives and friends made the to me — not only during elecion and to discharge the duties of the
birindate. March 14 a happy, o years but also while I was serving D W Cram and six members of office according to law Upon my
casion for the Rev Mr Crockett, *nd working for you I want you his Abilene Christian college band record and with a promise to carry
whois dis tan tingelated to the *am* to know that 1 deeply appreciate conducted a clinic Saturday at on the work to the best of my abil-
ed Davey Crockett . this and that I will ever be grateful Brownwood for the local high ity I announce as a candidate for |
The Stamford clergyman was to you . school band and for members of reelection as district judge of this
I have done my best to render organizations from surrounding district, subject to the action of the
satisfying service and to do the type towns democratic primary; in July and re-
of prosecuting that I think the ma-1 Special attention was given to spectfully solicit your vote and in-
jority of you want, at least it has interpretation of the high school B fluence. €
been my desire to do this I will class contest numbers along with MILBURN S LONG
the Knights Templar lodge Grady | Whatever success I have attain-
French, generalissimo: L. S Perry, ed as your district judge has been
captain general: O L Page, senior | due largely to the splendid cooper-
warden, .and J Ray Roe, junioration you have given me I ap-
warden.
The committee has received re-
ports, it was learned, of the sur-
reptitious hanging of a microphot re
in a governor’s office the tapping
of the telephone hr.es of a state
attorney general and the use of
cecoremiatiodi or public Poeneemi the born in Bedford county Tennessee
If 1is given the -co ahead- sg- in 1853 and came to Texas as a
nal the committee also is expected small lad with his parents They
u 1t0 the use of listening settled in Chatfield Navarro coun-
devices oy government agencies ty where the elder Crockett is
particular the federal bureau of buried To obtain his education appreciate the opportunity of serv- 1 suggestions and instruction to the
--— -—- _ , .—young Crockett farmed and attend- ing you another two years and as-
Free Book Explains chleMtoma e^^^o Moon ' e 10 lgeyour interest, wan ne
All Ahnut Pilot He % as," licensed to preach at mine And na E will give you the
All ADOUl Illes 26 and joined the conference in best that 93 R Bob, BLACK
A new edition of an illustrated November 1880. His first pastorate _---
book ha . ■ been published by was at Salado where he served for g.. <LAL
the Thornton & Minor Clinic-the a few years after his mar riage to Offer sotery JR0W
wrorld s olde St inst itution specialize S Belle Hunton, Nov 9. 1881 Walnut Monday
ing in the treatment of piles and The Rev Mr Crockett preached On ‘Yalnut mongay
other rectal afflictions. This book at Temple Breckenridge. Groes- Co resterdat: an-
explains why rectal disorders fre- beck Troy, Oglesby and other D&W Tire Co. vesterans an,
quently cause, such common ail- places He came to West Texas in
ments as headaches nervousness, November 1907 to Hamlin in a
stomach and liver troubles It points supernumerary relation as he felt p m. on Walnut street between
out the danger of neglecting even this section would better his wife s. *
a minor case of piles shows health West Texas towns in which Third and Fourth
how malignant and incurable condi- he served included Rob Tuxedo. ‘ The snow, sponsored by the B F
tions may result The mild treat- Woodson Stamford Mission: Swen- Goodrich company, tire manufac-
ment at Thornton & Minor Clinic son Peacock. Rochester and others
by which more than 50.000 men and The Rev crockett has five daugh-
women have been relieved during ters, all but one of whom live here
preciate more than I can measure
y our friendship and support Dur-
ing the time I have served you it
has been my purpose to give every-
one fair and impartial treatment
Mr Darden made the following
statement:
I ran a close second in a field of
five in this race in 1936 and many
of my life-long friends, prominent
in rural areas, business and profes-
sional circles nave encouraged me
to run for office this year I was
not a candidate in 1938
"I will personally see that every
citizen in Taylor county who deals
with the clerk’s office receives court- 1
eous. prompt and efficient service, if,
elected I will be obligated to no
one Therefore. I will be free to
choose the necessary assistants to
conduct the affairs of your office
entirely on the basis of efficiency."
Easter Program at
First Methodist
The Easter part of Handel s Mes-
siah will be presented by the First
Methodist choir Sunday night under
the direction of E Edwin Young,
organist and member of the Hardin-
Simmons university music faculty.
Parts to be presented include: Be-
hold the Lamb of God; Surely He
Hath Borne Our Griefs; And With
--Show
us the girl
To the voters of Taylor county: !
I sincerely appreciate your sup-
port and as an expression of my
gratitude. I am trying to make you
a good district clerk.
Your splendid cooperation has
made the past year in the district |
His Stripes We Are Healed; All We,
Like Sheep. Have Gone Astray; I
Since by Man Cam- Death, by Man
Also Came the Resurrection of the
Dead for as in Adam All Die, Even,
so in Christ Shall All Be Made
Alive: Word Is the Lamb; The
Hallelujah Chorus
different sections of the band : her right lung collapsed. It remain- Aeid Sinmach Ulcer
Charles Dick. Nelson Slater, and ed in that condition until her sec- ACT cromaon Uice
Owen Holly worked with the bras-
ses: Roland Howell and Clyde Ha- ond attack of pneumonia. Then
den with the reeds: Clint Cooke the strain was so great the left lung
with the French horns: and James gave way.
Dabney with the percussion instru- "It look like the end had conic." A distressing after-effect of acid
ments Rust was quoted as saying, "but by stomach ulcer pains is the penalty
This event was arranged by F N’ some miracle the right lung tilled they exact on the digestive nerves.
Pains Bad for
the Nerves
Thompson, director of the Brown- out again and began pumping. Neglect of this condition may affect
wood band It is the second clinic A year ago doctors said Mrs. Rust the nervous system. Udga Tablets
nounced it would sponsor a safety the ACC band members and its di- did not have an even chance to re- have been praised by thousands,
enonstration.show Monday at 4. rector have held recently, cover She was to undergo anoth- Try a 25c box of Udga for relief,
er operation—for 'removal of two of ulcer and stomach pains, indi-
more ribs-after the “rib’autograph-gestion, gas pains, heartburn, burn-
turers, was said by the D&W man-
Easter Parade of
Dodge Cars Slated
An “Easter parade’ during
week of Dodge automobiles was an- resume her housework
ing' operation After that, her doc- ing sensation, bloat and other con-
tors expected her to regain her ditions caused by excess acid Udga
strength after three months of rest Tablets are safe to use and must
next and to be able to return home and help or your money refunded At
good drug stores everywhere. (Adv.)
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the past 62 years, and which re- and three sons Mrs Crockett died during the 1939 New York worlds
quires no hospitalization or the use in Stamford in 1925 Children are
of radical surgery is fully explained: Mrs. C. G Pierce. Portland, Oregon:
agement to be the same offered nounced yesterday by Fred Hughes,
dealer Third and Walnut Streets
If you are afflicted, send for a copy Mrs R M Kinard. Mrs Swenson
of this frank andinformative book Davis, Mrs Tillman Caldwell Miss
,_Special shipments of 1940 Dodge
and scheduled to, be presented automobiles are being received in
during the 1940 exposition opening special spring colors as the Easter
which will be sent you in plain Margaret Crockett
T D Crockett
wrapper absolutely free
Thornton & Minor Clinic Suite 887
Address Jr of Rule. O W .Crockett
Beau-
mont O H crocket: who is ill at
•26 McGee St., Kansas City, Mis- Stamford sanitarium with pneu-
May 11. season arrives.
The right and wrong wavs of The 1940 Dodge colors include
driving an automobile; the correct postal blue admiral blue, main-
hand signals and the proper and liner gray, spar beige, gun metal
improper methods of stopping an arbor green, lakeland green, air-
A DEFINITE TRADITION
souri.—Adv.)
monia
automobile will be shown.
cruise red, royal maroon and black
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TO DEBATE HERE—These two young men (left to right) are
Carl Burgess and Bill Roskam, the number-one debate team from
the University of Redlands, Redlands, Calif., which will meet
debaters from Abilene C hristian college on Monday night and
debaters from Hardin-Simmons university on Tuesday morning.
ACC’s representatives in this contest will be Nick Craig and
EEugene Smith. The debate on U. S. isolation policies will be
staged in Sewell auditorium starting at 7:3C pm. Fred Barton,
ACC debate coach announced Wallace Heitman and Bill Tip-
pon of Hardin-Simmons will debate this visiting men s team and
also a women’s team from the same university at R a.m. Tues-
day before the international relations class at HSU. The wom-
ens team is made up of Marv K. Browne and Nancy Rankin.
I hr visiting coach is B R Nichols.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OF HAWLEY PEOPLE
SENDS EXTRA RIB' IO HER HUSBAND
The wife of a former Abilenian ference in man’s and woman's ribs
and son of Hawley residents recent- iresulted when Adams lost one dur-
ly crated national attention when ing the creation of Eve Mrs Rust
she gave back that rib that Eve decided to do something about even-
took in the beginning from Adam
She is Mrs. John F Rust
Charleston. W Va
of
ing things up
The method she took cast a light-
Her husband at- er side upon her own uncannily
Abilene courageous fights to regain her
tended public schools of
and Hardin-Simmon, university be- health alter she had been given a
foie leaving here in 1928 He is an half hour to live because of tuber
accountant His parents, Mr and culosis
Mrs J M Rust o. Hawley, former- Physicians told Mrs Rust her only
■ ly resided here chance to recover was to have eight
The rib incident happened like of her ribs removed She had al-
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■ in the University of Virginia hos-
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ond of the series of operations Mrs.
Rust asked her doctor to save one
of the ribs for her She told him:
Woman took man’s tub in the
beginning, so I want to send my
borrowed rib back to my husband."
The doctor obliged and soon after
the operation Rust received his
wife’s rib. It was autographed by
herself, the surgeon the hospital su-
perintendent and nurses.
Because other serious condition
only local anaesthetic could be used
in the operation In spite of the
pain Mrs Rust left the operating
room singing < Akn Johnny, Oh
Johnra."
In January 1939 Mrs Rust under-
went an appendectomy A short
time later bronchial pneumonia de-
veloped ano several days afterward
she developed tubercular pneumonia.
Her husband explained that more
than three years prior to that she
underwent a phroenic operation and
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Associated Press 1
With the end of tl
land, the veil of cens
reveals circumstances
gle that cannot tail t
strategy and tactics
Germany military le
1 - While the Russo
failed, as did Gi
crushing of Polis
• to supply any ar
riddle of sea vers
it did re-emphasize
still are holding
Allies conflict mai
of economics.
."Now-it-can-be-tol
accounts by neutral:
pened in Finland i
cumstances of prime
lotion to their effec
est war.
Russian complete
air from the start v
ing, .not a direct
crumbling of the 1
heim line Weeks of
ing attack behind t
cations snarled tra
teries, gnawed at
routes, wrecked ha
Oil Belt S
Student S
Rules and instruc
Belt Safety council’s
safety poster contes
out to all area schoc
chambers of comme
next week it was al
day
The contest is to
council's annual ct
held in Brownwood
Students will bi
schools in the cou
wall, Haskell. Jones
elford. Throckmor to
Palo Pinto Step
Taylor. Callahan,
Coleman, Brown.
Erath. -
The contest will
three divisions: (1)
first, second and th
a $5 prize for first
dents in fourth.
seventh grade wit
(3) all high school
$10 prize
J C Watson ex
of the council, said
interested judges
and the exhibit of p
raneed and in p
Friday morning Mi
of Hotel Brounwo
main on .display
session
Rules and instr
contest are
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