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PAGE FOUR
MARKETS
THE ABILENE REPORTERNEWS
Tune In on KRBO
Wednesday Evening, March 27, 1940
Wednesday I
War Secretary
Is That Any Way for an Axis Partner to Act?
Y
Defends Policy
—1
In Abilene
Today
*
Nagged 35 Years, Minnesota Man
Kills Wife; Jury Says It's OK
Of Plane Sales
WASHINGTON, March 27—P—
Secretary Woodring testified today
the new policy or permitting export
sales of the newest American war
planes was designed to keep the air
corps constantly supplied with the *
most modern equipment "
Building permits today had been
issued to N Stokes, to alter a res-
idence at 1410 Mesquite street $90;
W S. Wilson, to erect a small
house at 1175 Elm street, $260; R
J. McNiece, to alter a business
building at 280 Highland, $250.
The Merkel high school band will
Appearing before the house mili-
tary committee, the war department
chief flatly declared that the re-
vised policy would not result in dis-
closure of miliary secrets nor in de-
lay of the air corps exp* nsion pro-
gram •
"When it is to the advantage of
the national defense the war de- i
partment will negotiate for defer- |
red deliveries on contract planes."
Woodring testified "If manufac-
turers take advantage of foreign or-
ders then prior to release for sale
abroad, manufacturers shall agree
to accept orders on existing war de-
partment contracts
"The government must be fully
protected and any authorized de-
lays must not interfere with the de-
lievry of equipment for units im-
mediately necessary for our defense
needs."
Woodring told the committee the
war department might find it neces-
sary, in order to carry put the new
policy to ask congress to extend the
Captain Lepaci (left), of the Italian freighter Amelia Lauro, and two British naval officers inspect
damage done to his ship after it was bombed and machine-gunned by a German plane. One man was
killed and three wounded.
Here's Why German Oil Inflow by Rail Is Impeded
time in which existing appropria- ,
tions for aircraft purchases are
available for expenditure Normal- J
ly, when a department fails to use I
funds appropriated for a specific 1
a fiscal year the money goes back to I |
the treasury
* SAN ANGELO March 27 ——
Theodore P Bell, lacking a few
months of being 92 years old, mayor
of San Angelo from 1914 to 1916 at
the time the charter was changed to
the present commission form of
government here, died of a heart
attack here this morning. He was
a brother of the late Nicholas Bell,
democratic leader of St Louis, and
like his kinsman was quite active
in politics
Another Sign
BOSTON, March 27—Spring
it seems is here
Police had to gather up and take
home 16 runaway youngsters
Among them were three-year-old
Jimmy Tarpey, found plodding
wearily down a street far from
home with one shoe off and one
shoe on and four-year-old Michael
Connolly who was directing traf-
fic at a busy intersection.
Rail importation of oil from Russia's Baku fields by Germany meets snag at Przemysl, Poland,
where shipments must be pumped from Russian to German tank cars as shown above. Russian cars,
designed for Soviets broad-gauge tracks, can’t run on Germany s standard-gauge system. Shifting
of cargoes at Przemysl, where railroads m set, considerably slows traffic into Reich.
Markets Today
PTA-
(Continued From Page One)
Carton
Produce
Livestock
present a 15-minute radio program
from the studios of station KRBC
at 10 45 a m. tomorrow, according
to Richard Young, director of the
band, who was here this morning. |
Sampie McGehee, baritone soloist, J
will be featured There are 70 mem-
bers in the band
The Townsend clubs of the Sev-
enteenth Congressional district will
meet at Ranger at 1 o’clock Sun-
day afternoon, according to word
received by A P Bird of Mineral
Wells, who is visiting a son here.
Mildred Bennett, South 4th street,
and Sybil Chapman. 441 Elm, were
admitted as patients this morning
at Hendrick Memorial hospital for
i tonsillectomies
MINNEAPOLIS, March 27.—(P)
—Frank Leschisin, 67-year-old ele-
vator operator, looked gloomily at
the jailer as he unbarred the cell,
then heard him say: "You can go
now; you're free.”
Even then, as he gathered up his
few things with the aid of his son,
John, he never uttered a word-just
walked wearily into the night from
the cell he entered a week ago af-
tr he shot and killed his wife,
Mary, 57, in their apartment and |
! voluntarily surrendered to police,
| saying:
"Yes. I shot her--I should have
done it 15 years ago" 4
He was free because a county
grand jury refused to indict him -
after hearing testimony from his
son, his wife’s sister, whom he call-
ed after the shooting March 20 and
instructed her to summon police,
and several neighbors. A county
prosecutor said they testified for
him and that 50 others wanted to
appear to urge his cause.
Leschisin’s only comment since
his arrest had been that his wife
nagged him constantly and they
No change was reported in the
condition of the Rev Henry Fran-
cis Nugent, who was taken uncon-
scfous to Hendrick Memorial hos-
pital yesterday as the result of a
stroke of paralysis suffered Mon-
day night. The Rev. Mr Francis is
the father of Bruce Francis, city
editor of the Reporter-News.
Mrs. Bates Thatcher will review
the book The Nazarene a: the
Wooten hotel Sunday afternoon at
4 The review is under direction of 1
the educational committee of the
Business & Professional Womens
club of which Mrs. Ethel Peerman
is chairman The meeting is for
members of the club and guests
With the registration of auto-
mobiles in Taylor county lagging.
C O (Pat) Patterson, tax asses-
sor-collector has announced that
his office will remain open Sat-
urday night as long as there are
any purchasers of car tags around.
At the present time, only 5 000 li-
censes for cars, commercial vehicles
and motorcycles have been sold.
Approximately 13,000 are to be is-
sued -
had quarreled most of their 35
years of married life.
Peter S. Neilson, assistant county
attorney, said the state presented
all its evidence and he thought
"the elements of murder was there
but it would have been a difficult
case to try in court and probably
we could not have obtained a con-
viction.
"His own boy was strongly for
him. His wifes own sister testified
for him. It really was the strangest
case I ever saw. Everyone was for
him. At least 50 persons wanted to
testify for him but of course that
could not be allowed because they
weren’t witnesses to the slaying
The first in a series of demon-
strations on poultry management
was to be held at’ the regular meet-
ing of the Rogers home demonstra-
tion club this afternoon with Hat-
tie Tacxer agent in charge Miss
Tacker will hold meetings a: Elm-
dale and Colony Kill, Thursday and
Friday, respectively
R. H. Nelson, fieldman for the
AAA will arrive in Abilene in the
morning for a four counts’ meeting
on wheat parity and acreage for
1940 and 1941 Administrative as-
sistants will attend the session to
gather latest information
The deadline for signing up
IS REELECTED
Shelter From Rain
Death Trap for Nine
SANTA ROSA, Calif, March 27
—(P-The bodies of nine homeless
persons, two of them women, were
placed in a morgue today after
being recovered from beneath a
warehouse that collapsed and
dropped 250 tons of stored prune*
on them.
Forty rescue workers tolled all
last night hunting more bodies.
The victims, eight of whom were
Indians of the Porno tribe, crawled
under the warehouse yesterday to
get out of a pelting rain They
were crushed to death when the
storm and the weight of the sack-
ed prunes caused the old building *
to slip from its stilt-like supports.
Barefoot’s Steady
Step Proves Spring
Sure sign of spring:
The small girl who walked, bare-
footed along North Second street ,
yesterday afternoon.
Her feet and legs were well tan-
ned. and she marched along with-
out hesitation as if they already
were well - conditioned — tough
enough on the bottom to bend the
sharpest thorns.
Federal
Valley E
• HARLINGEN
J E McDonald,
of agriculture. '
sured valley cott
hardship would
in regard to pla:
crop
McDonald told
ing Star in a
phone conversa’
agreed with fec
set a uniform pl
ton growers in tl
counties that ar
deadline of Apr
if necessary.
The question <
came to the fi
tremely dry wet
plantings in tl
tions. McDonald
tion in which 1
tension would I
. Court Ref
Ignore W
Broke Act
Higher Court
CRIMINAL APPEALS
AUSTIN, March 27.—(UP)L_The
fol-
LORAINE. March 27.—Ed
Williams shown, superintend-
ent of the Loraine school sys-
tem and former director of
athletics, has been reelected
for another year, board mem-
bers have announced. Williams,
a graduate of McMurry college,
has been a member of the •
Loraine faculty for 10 years.
Other teachers in the faculty
will not be named until after
trustee election, the first Satur-
day in April, it was announced
Rio Grande Roars
Toward Flood Crest
Mothersinger groups
Mrs Holland Holt of Abilene will
preside for the first general as-
sembly this evening at which Joe
Humphrey, assistant principal of
continue through the afternoon
Don Morris president-elect of Abi-
lene Christian college will speak
at the night assembly. The conven-
tion will be adjourned after an 8 30
o clock session Friday morning
Abilene high school will deliver
the main address His subjects is
Character Ed .cation in Our De
mocracy, closely following the con-
ference theme of Education in De-
mocracy.
The delegates will be greeted by
Mrs Clyde Daniel president of the
Abilene City PTA council L E
Dudley Abilene school superintend-
ent; Mrs Lee Kincaid of Abilene
county council president: and Ma-
or Will Hair. Responses are to be
made by Mrs C T Womack of San
Angelo and Mrs Wessendorff
NEW YORK
NEW YORK March 27 Cotton Natures
opened 2 higher to 1 lower
NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS March 21 Cotton
futures opened steady unchanged to 3
points net higher
LIVERFOOL POTS
LIVERPOOL March 27 Spot cotton
quiet prices : • 7 points higher guote
tions in pence American strict good mid
dling 8 19. good middling 1.19. strict N
dling 1 69. middling 7.59. strict low mid.
diing 7.49 • middling "21 E' d
ordinary 6.79 sond ordinary 5.44 Futures
• osed 10 to 11 points higher May i 54,
July 1.59 Oct 134 Jan 7.23
COTTONSEED PRODUCTS
FORT WORTH March 27 Western
Feeders Supp ■ ' mpa 9 cottonseed 409
tations i fob Texas mills)
Prime loose hulls per ton 10 00-11 90
Prime cold pressed seed per ton 29 50
30 Mi
Prime cracked screened meal and CAKP
43 percent protein, per t n 36 00-37 on
KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY March 2T -(AP) Pro
d ice eggs
14% Other
changed
firsts, 15, current receipts
produce and poultry un-
CHICAGO
620 977 firm
CHIC AGO
March 21 AP, Butter
90 score centralized car
its 28; other prices unchanged Eggs
1 005 steady; checks 13 4 "Iohet prices
unchanged
Poultry live 19 trucks, steady hens
% bs and under 15: other prices un
changed
Wool
— BOSTON
BOSTON March 27 LUSDA A few
s attered saies, most v of limited volume.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO, March 27 (USDA) Sal-
able hogs 12 000; total 18,500 good to
choice 180-230 lbs 5 00-20 top 5 35; 400-
in the range program is May 1,
according to Taylor county AAA of-
ficials. There were 166 contracts In
the program in 1939
650 lbs packing sows 4 00-40
Salable cattle 8.000; salable calves 800
good to choice long yearlings and light
steers 10 25 up to 11 50 and better good
and choice light heifers 10 00, common |
There are 477 wheat insurance
contracts in Taylor county this year
% ^ 1.00. vehier: nreetistexay nt the county.
10 50 down on choice weighty kinds
Salable sheep 5.000; total 5.800 na
early action on fed wooled range lambs I
and clippers bidding unevenly lower on
ambs now led at fully steady prices: |
load 103 lbs fed range ewes 5 50
DENVER
DENVER March 27-A P) U ■
Dept Agr • Cattle Salable 1 000 total
1,060 calves salable and total 150;
load fed light steers 9 00; fed heifers
8.00-75 bu is 5.00 6 20; top vealers 12 00
Financial
NEW YORK TO KN
NEW YORK March
Stock prices
slanted uptard in fairly act ve early dea
as compared with only two in 1939
There are 1 500 wheat allotments in
The number of loans under the
Emergency Crop loan has been
much larger this year than in the
past two, according to Murray
Nolle supervisor He is in Abilene
each Wednesday to take applica-
tions for loans
were closed on domestic wools today.
Prices realized on these transactions in 1
dicated about steady prices on apot—wooks
Twelve month Texas wools brought 85 to
87 cents, scoured basis A. little greasy
foreign Texas wool was sold at 66 to 68
cents scoured basis Graded quarter blood
combing bright fleece wool was sold at
36 to 38 rents, in the grease
few light stock steers 8 25-9 50
Hogs: salable 800. total 2.300: good
and choice 280-240 lb 5.00-10 sows 3.65
4.00
Sheep salable and total 10 700: med
ium to good trucked in fat lamba steady
to weak at 8 60-9 10
At the Height
Of Their Fame
lowing proceedings were h«d today in the
court of criminal appeals:
Affirmed—Dewey Snc w from Waller (2
cases): Bird C. Wilhite from San Patri-
cio; Weldon R. Pitman from Johnson: J.
W Kline (alias Jimmy Carroll) from
Dallas.
Appeal reinstated; juizment affirmed—
Buck Harreil from Stephens.
Reversed and remanded—Mrs. Lera
Reese from Brown.
Judgment reversed and prosecution or-
dered dismissed— Laura V. Herwig from
Hays
Appeal dismissed—Sadie Ricker from
Brown I B Burns, Jr., from Brown;
Bill Hodges from Brown; John Mason
from Brown: Other Mosley from San Ja-
cinto: Velma Boulding from Brown: I B.
Burns Sr from Brown; Roscoe McChris-
ty from Brown.
Appellant's motion for rehearing grant-
ed judgment reformed-Joan Carnea
from Kerr.
Appellant s motion for rehearing grant-
ed reversed and remanded—Eigar o’-
Mary from Montague.
Appellant’s motion for renearing over-
ruled Walter Gordon from Garsa, Shel
by Walker from Brown; Edgar Hammond 1
from Johnson: James A Vogel from Bex-
ar J H Faulkner from Brown, J. R
Kelley from Galveston
TEXAS SUPREME
AUSTIN, March 27.—(AP) Supreme |
court proceedings
Judgments reversed and cause remand- 1
ed
A J. Edmiston vs. T *N. R R Co. I
Tra vis.
Writ of prohibition granted taa per
opinion):
Lee Crouch et al VA Clarence E Mr-
Gaw, Dist. Judge (Panama Refining Co.
Applications for writs of error granted
The National Mut Casualty Co ve
Thomas J Lowery, Fisher, Federal Un-
derwriters Exchange vs. D. A. Thompson,
Hardin
Applications dismissed W. O. J.-cor-
rect judgment .
J H. Doss, receiver, et al vs Gladys C.
Coleman, intervener, Parker; H. l. Strong
vs. Walter Strack, Nueces: Texas Em-
plovers Ins. Ass’n vs Green B Hevalow,
Bowie: James Hodgkins et al vs. M san-
som. Jr. Tarrant: Gertrude C. Young Ye
Dallas Ry * Terminal Co., Dallas: Edith
X Alagood at al vs. Minnie Hockless at
al Jefferson: Marrs McLean VS P.
Bordares, substituted for Wright Mor-
row" receiver. Jefferson: c. P Bordages
(assignee of .Wright Morrow, receiver) ve
Marr McLean, Jefferson.
Applications dismissed for want of Ju:
rieii Wilson ve Panhandle * Santa
F. By Co Potter: s. J Horn_et al ”
D w Smith. Sabine
D MT ions for rehearing of cause over-
BROWNSVILLE. March 27.—(P)
—Fed by heavy rains during the
past week the Rio Grande roared
toward flood stage today, causing
concern on both sides of the bor-
der stream.
From five to eight inches of pre-
cipitation was recorded in the Rio
Grande vailey but rains in the Mex-
ican watershed and upper river
watershed were causing most of the
rise.
At midmorning the U 3 weather
bureau said the Rio Grande would
reach a stage of 18.5 feet here by
nightfall, which would be above
flood stage but six feet below the
top of levees.
The bureau said that if the levees
held there was no cause for alarm
Presbyterians to
Elect Officers at
Meeting Tonight
Annual congressional meeting ol
the Central Presbyterian church
will be held tonight, opening with
a play at 7 o'clock. This play will
be done by members of the Chris-
tian Endeavor society.
At 7:30 a covered dish supper will
be served Following supper, reports
of committees and officers for or-
ganizations in the church will be
made.
Conclusion of the meeting will be
the elections of officers for the
church and Sunday school.
All members and friends are ’in-
vited to attend
Announcements
The annual guest day program
for the Athenian Study club will
be hosted Thursday in the home of
Mrs. Larry Adamson, 1782 Univer-
sity. Mrs R T. Bynum, Mrs.
George Stinson, Mrs. Charles Logs-
den Jr. will be assistant hostesses.
Dr. Paul Witt will give bird calls
as feature of a program on birds
at a Friday meeting of—the Art
Unit of the Abilene Womans Fo-
rum. The session will be held at
the Womans club at 3:30, each
member privileged to have one
guest
Interest Slack Here
In Citizens’ Camps
In marked contrast to the situa-
j tion in the past several years there
is to this time virtually no desire |
' upon the part of Taylor county
youths to attend Citizens Military
| Training camps this summer.
Ben Davis, local attorney and
auditor, who several years ago sold
the county on CMTC training has
been informed by the 8th corps
area offices and those of the state
civilian aide that only two Taylor
county men have applied for ad-
mission io the camp this summer
The Taylor county quota is 12. In
the past few years the quota has
been filled and a number of ad-
ditional applications had to be re-
jected
Youths wishing to attend CMTC
camp this year should get applica-
tion blanks at Davis' offices in the
Mims building
Taylor county men will attend
camp at Camp Bullts (Fort Sam
Houston >, San Antonio,
The CMTC training period this
year is July 9 to Aug. 7
West Texas
Fiddlers Contest
Friday Night, April 12th
Fair Park Auditorium
Abeno
$20.00 1st Prize
$15.00 2nd Prize
$10.00 3rd Prize
Contest open to all fiddlers, ama-
ture and professional, but old-
time music will be judged.
Register now.
Write contest mgr. P. 0. Ber 313
TeXI S
Wednesday & Thursday
THE GAME OF FOOTBALL TAKES A TERRIFIC
KICKING AROUND But III All in Fun M
A —idea
Grain
< HIC AGO
Findings of the afternoon group lings today CHICAGO March 27.APIFaiur of
conferences will be reported by Mrs Gains or m. .r fractions to around ■- thpenoE punter SnenT "DeR Enunea
H E Hays and Mrs Leon Copeland 1 points were re - ted •■ the pening ■ •
A nominating committee report will t, Sr, *oiwo
be delivered by Mrs. C K McDow- U s R ober
ell of Del Rm Chief rente : h
Group conferences will be re-or common stock" Aided by 1 s ste-
sumed Thursday, and Mrs. Wessen-Corp 571. ,
dorff will speak at 10 The Taylor aetmmeneatnehem mipor IWOnc
county PTA council will be host to and factors produc noted ■ further
a noon luncheon in the veterans’decline moths ted EFT 12* 7m
clubhouse, and the conferences will I 124 4 ne previous week.
* fractional rally in wheat prices early
today _ .
Opening ‘s lower to % higher May
$1 05 % July $1 04-1 04%. wheat later
rose aboutcent Corn started un
changed to % lower. May 56%M. July
KANSAS CITY
KaNSaS CITY Harch 27 (USDA)
Hogs total and s Sable 2,500: top 5.00
I good to choice 110-250 lbs 4 80.95 sows
4 00 15
I Cattle total and salable, 2 500 calves,
total and salable 500; bulk fed steers of
quality to sell from 8 00-9 50 few loads
held upward to 10.00 and above a few
fat cows 5.50-6.75 good sausage bulls
around 6 50-65: vealer top 9 50
Sheep total and salable 8,000 no ear
ly sales best fed wooled lambs held
above 10 00.
FORT WORTH
FORT WORTH March 27 (USDA)
Cattle salable few sales common and me
dium beet steers and yearling* 530-8
two load* southern fed steers 7 good
grade stee held above 9.00; good and
II A. Thoiee yearlings 8.75-9.75 most beef cows
Ctorkholderc n Gin 230-4.0004 Food cows scarce: bulls 5.00-
STOIATIOCTS Ul Ulll 6.25 ndd held ah-v, 6.25 calves largely
Y 6.00.8.50 truck lot lightweight mixed
A 1 1 C * steer and heifer stick calves 10.50 x
on Hold laccion head steer calves to 10.75: and heifer
loop noia session -*."*. 1.100 total tor
5 To: bulk good and choice 180-270 ibs
The annual meeting of stockhold- | 100:5,10 ties .adu $.000; most
ers of the Cooperative Gin Service | spring lamba ■ M. few good spring lambs
and supply company and the Farm- « '• 1.29 * dm-reede mbaX20
er Cooperative Insurance company down: shorn feeder lambs $.00-5.50. shorn
of Houston was held in the city hall I aged wethers 4 50 down
ruled. P Robertson et al vs Connecticut
can Lie ins? Co. Bosque: Anderrone
--===:
"Motions tor rehearing of appiicationa
overruled .
Mrs Mary K Cunningham et *
L. Paschall. Wise; K o Goode et al vs.
w. c Davis * a wise: W J Coater et
al vs. J H Stewart et ux. Rusk Hulde
port. Inc. at al. Montgomery, Nath Liber-
ty ins Co of America ve the Herring
ry Ins Co of America vs the Herring
Natl Bank of Vernon Texas, Wilbarger
W, D Kinney ve Lucilious Johnson et al.
Gregg Commercial Standard Ins. Co. va
Robert G Davis, Mills.
Motion to advance submission of cause
overruled: ” ,
The Southern Underwriter *# I. O
Samanie, San Jacinto
Motion to issue mandate without pay
ment of costs granted
El Paso Electric Co. ve Clara Barker,
Joint motion to dismiss cause No. 1447
**“ McClure we. Estelle Miller. Mon-
tague
Causes submitted
John Ramires vs William Acker et al
Harris F Leroy Broadus ve Boyee
Potter Mrs Fannie Hancock vs.
W F Moore Lamar, Gen E Kadane et
al vs. C W Clack Wichita
Hit by Auto, Abilene
Man Has Broken Leg
H B Hamilton, district agent
for Continental Oil company, suf-
fered a broken leg and slight con-
cussion when he was struck by an
automobile while crossing a street
in Breckenridge last night
He was brought to the Hendrick
Memorial hospital this morning.
While his condition is not consid-
ered serious, Hamilton will be con-
fined to bed for several weeks, the
attending physician said
Hamilton was Isaid to have been
hit when a car failed to stop at a
signal light.
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Tl
GASOLINE
- DIESEL
here today. OKLAHOMA CITY
p W Poe, veteran ginner at Ne: OKLAHOMA CITY. March 27 (USDA)
Jones county was named Cattie ..tsbteineutotenahie: ***12
steers to s 15-9 25:
vealers to 9 00;
i inda JonCE vUwas, -=- ----1
' chairman of the group Claude “earunts 9 on me*
Terry manager of the Co-op Gin bulls mostly s 50-6 50. *
service & supply company, Hous- *-: 2m*, moot, 200: bulk
ton was in charge of the meeting, good and choice 170-250 ib butchers < 85
Principal speaker was Dr. V P * —
Lee president of the Production native spring lamps 9.75 10.00
Credit Corporation. Houston. Other fed lambs 850-9 25
speakers included R. B Davis, sec-
retary Houston Bank for Cooper-
ative* and C E Bowles, cooperative
marketing specialist Extension
Service, Texas A. & M . college.
There were representatives from
Mitchell, Jones, Fisher, Runnels,
Tailor and Coleman counties
Hogs salable 1 800 total 2 100: bulk
good and choice 170-250 ib butchers 4 86
native spring lambs 9.75 10.00
old crop
Damage Estimated
At $1,000 in Blaze
-T
Marjorie WEAVES
.JACK MATET
This (nupon and One Paid Admission
Will Admit a Persons to the
TEXAS WED. and THURS.
Paramount
TODAY - THURS.
Demonstration
BENDIX
HOME
LAUNDRY
AUTOMATICALLY
wa HES RINSES DAMP DRIES
SUN ELECTRIC CO.
450 Pine St — Dial 4224
Adjusters inspecting damage of
an apartment house fire at 1941
Cedar street estimated unofficially
this morning that $1,000 would cov-
er the loss
Sixteen occupants of the two-
story frame structure were routed
bv flames late last night
Origin of the blaze which appar-
ently originated in the roof, was
not determined The fire, fanned by
a stiff south wind, threatened the
Hendrick Memorial hospital nurses’
home before it was brought under
control
Mr and Mrs W A Roddy had
purchased the apartment within
the past month and had refinished
the interior.
This graceful pose, held by Holly-
wood skaters Gene Theslof and
Ann Taylor, shows why they
scored a hit in their first eastern
appearance at the recent Carni-
val of the Skating Club of New
York.
NEW YORK
Lillian Roth, b
stage actress, w
sweetheart’s Ji
merely as the
quarrel” today-
no.
By a 2-to-l
that Eugene J.
salesman, - must
for assault.
In pleading
actress" attorn
made this curl
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Sports Night Slated
At High School Gym
Sports night will be sponsored by:
the recreation department at the
Abilene high school gymnasium to-
night Charlie Pond, director, invit-
ing members of all civic clubs to
participate.
Badminton, volleyball paddle ten-
nis and basketball will be played
PI—3d * last Add: DELEGATES
In addition, Pond and his high
school tumblers will put on an ex-
hibition of tumbling.
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