The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 123, Ed. 2 Friday, October 17, 1941 Page: 12 of 18
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Tune In on KRBC
THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Friday Evening, October 17, 1941
Money Flows CAMP BARKELEY FOLK Son of Reaper
•This is one of a series of tlan college one year, 1938-36.
stories about men and women,
boys and girls employed at
Camp Barkeley Some are work-
tog directly for the government
AT BROADWAY
For Luxuries
In New York
By ROBERT MUSEL
Immediately before going to work
at the camp, Adams was with the
Inventor Dead
as employes of the constructing
quartermaster, others are on
payrolls of the various contrac-
ton now engaged in $6,000,000
worth of new construction.)
A&P grocery in Abilene. Prior to
that hr was a junior salesman for BEVERLY HILLS. Calif. Oct. 11
Doobs Hat company in the mid. —Harold Fowler McCormick,
west, and was with a finance com- capitalist, industrialist and patron
__, ′ of the arts, is dead at the age of
pony in Chicago for one year. 169 *
Secretary to the camp quarter- Principal clerk in the personnel The son of Cyrus Hall McCormick,
United Press Staff Correspondent master and his executive officer is department of the camp quarter-I inventor of the reaper, died yes-
NEW YORK, Oct. 17 — (UP)—Mrs Mildred D. Stovall, for five t master's office is Ernestine Cullen, terday of a cerebral hemorrhage af-
Folding money is back and New years an English teacher in Cen- ‘daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. E. ter five days’ illness.
tral ward school. I Cullen. 1149 Palm. At his deathbed were his third
Mrs. Stovall began her work at | She took her present job Feb. wife, the former Adah Wilson; his
the camp June 2, immediately after 17 and was the first to go to work son, Fowler McCormick, president of
for the camp quartermaster on a the International Harvester com-
civil service appointment. - *
Ernestine attended Abilene high
school, finishing with the Class of
33, and later attended Gail busi-
ness college She was with Com-
mercial Credit company here for
five months before taking a job at-
York is riding the flood tide of the
boom '•
While the nation spends billions
for defense important money is
changing hands in the big town —
for luxuries and for fun.
The little and the middle men are
having the fun. The shows are $6.60
top for a first night and the night
clubs are booming The imported
wines and liquors are fading as rap-
idly as the prices on them are ris-
ing
But the gold is in the luxury
market
A customer cupped the article in
question in the palm of his hand
and asked How much?"
“One million dollars. Harry Win- |
ston said. -------------------—
"We’ll talk about it some more.”
the customer said. "Don’t sell it
till you hear from me."
tral vard school
pany: a daughter, Mrs. Mathilde
Oser of Palos Verdes, Calif. and
a sister. Mrs. Emons Blain of Chi-
cago. He will be buried here and a
memorial service will be held later
in Chicago.
The former president, and chair-
man of the board of International
Harvester had been 111 with arthri-
tis and heart trouble for many
years, but his California physician.
Dr J. Duncan Frick, said be had
been in comparatively good health
prior to his fatal illness.
That was in an office high above MILDRED D. STOVALL
FifthAvenue. Within the radius
of a five-minute walk a woman ran close of the 1940-41 school year.
her fingers through a platina fox Prior to joining the Central school
pelt and ordered a fur coat for faculty, Mrs. Stovall taught at
$10,000; Dr. A. S. Wam Rosenbach Baird three years 1 1
thumbed through inquiries for a Pad ′ SEAS -
collection of naval documents worth Mrs. Stovall was graduated from
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Abilene, high school in 1927 and ERNESTINE CULLEN
a movie director bought the dia- from Abilene Christian college four
mond spray pin of Maria Antoin- years later. She took her job at the camp with the constructing quar-
ette... camp on a civil service appoint-termaster last Dee. 30. Prior to that
Clerks at Gimbel’s rushed the job ment Ernestine was with Radford groc-
of cataloguing a $5,000,000 collection She is a daughter of Mr. and ery for four and one-half years. I
of old masters and rare porcelains Mrs. J. E De Spain. 1173 Poplar, and was with the News Engraving
• • • She has a four-year-old daughter company three or four months
“There are 30.000 new collectors,” » occupy her time when not at As principal clerk in the person-
Dr Armand Hammer said, exam- work. nel department she supervises
• • • work of 14 girls. A sister, Margaret
John M Adams is file clerk in Helen, is cashier at the camp sales ,
Prisoners May Make
Mexican Auto Tags
ACSTIN. Oct 17__(——There is
no legal obstacle to prevent the
Texas prison system manufacturing
automobile license plates for the
Republic of Mexico. Atty. Gen. Ger-
ald C Mann said in an opinion to-
day.
The request for the opinion camel
from O. J. Ellingson, general man-
ager of the orison system.
Whether the penitentiary license
plant would seek a contract with
Mexico was not known here The re-
quest indicated that a private In-
dividual had inquired whether the
orison system legally could make
license tags for Mexico.
“If I Had My Way,” with
Bing Crosby and Gloria Jean,
is a rerun showing for Friday
and Saturday at the Broad-
way theater.
“There are 30.000 new collectors,”
ining the rare pieces and the swift-
ly diminishing items of the fabu- ----— ,---—-----—
lous Hearst collection which he is charge of army regulations in the commissary, opened recently,
selling office of the camp quartermaster at--
New York is beginning to stir Barkeley.
with the tide of the boom that has Adams took his present job March
gained more momentum elsewhere. 10 and prior to that was a ce-
Take the case of Harry Winston.
That pigeon-sized chunk of erys-
tallized carbon is the Jonkheer dia-
mond Winston bought it, had it
cut and shaped into one of the
great stones of world history, pric-
ed it at $1,000,000. That’s big mon-
office of the camp quartermaster at
ey anywhere, anytime. But recent-
h people have been asking about
it, looking at it wondering.
“It will be sold,” Winston predict-
ed
The Jonkheer diamond isn’t all
that Winston has been asked to
show lately Someome wanted a
price on ths Nassak diamond, a
brilliant blue-lighted stone of 44
karats and intense historical value.
Winston told him $250,000 and it
may be a deal soon
He has a pink diamond at $125,-
000 and so encouraging has his bus- *
iness been recently that he is rush-
tog the cutting of stones from the
President Vargas: one of the large
est diamonds ever found. It is be-
ing shaped into one 50-karat stone
and 23 diamonds of 10, 20 and 30
JOHN M. ADAMS
karats each .. ment finisher’s helper with Taylor
Dr Hammer also deals in jewels Byrne and Briggs, builders of the
—historical pieces. Gregory Ratoff, original Camp Barkeley
Him producer bought a pair of -----s
emerald earrings from the Russian 1629 North Sixth. He was graduat-
crown jewel collection. led from Amarillo high school in I
"Definitely an increase in this 1934 and attended Abilene Chris-,
type of custom Dr Hammer said.--—____________
“It may be for an investment or -
ment finisher’s helper with Taylor,
John is a son of Mrs. F E. Adams.,
*
against inflation or just because
there is more money around Any-
Public Records
way the market for important jew-
eiry is good." .—,-----------
Dr. Hammer is astounded at the . Marriage License
way the expensive pieces of the John" washer “2.4 "dunden ....
William Randolph Hearst have been garet Ellison. *
going He sold also the $5,000,000 * ~ --------- - -
Clarence Mackay collection, and
the brisk trade led him to close a
deal for the famous collection of
Warner 8 McCall of St. Louis
“I would say there is enough
money in the proper channels now
so that art objects — even Gains-
boroughs Van Dykes and Tintor-
ettos—can be disposed of at ex-
ceedingly good prices,” or Hammer
said “Not 1929 prices, of course,
for they were fantastically high
The buyers we get nowadays are
willing to spend, but the difference
is that they want assurance they
are getting good value "
Arthur Oliver and Ether a Clark.
Filed in 194th District Court
Owen, Thomas, Judge Presiding
Johnnie Mae Hughes vs Grady Hughes,
uft for divorce.
ABw "* Martha Brown, sunt
. W. F. Patterson vs New York Casual-
VC —M for workmen’s compensa-
Fu-4 to SM District C.un
M W. Long. Judge Presiding
Jack Sayles wI L. A Filloon et al.
suit, for title and possession of real and
ous et al
Me a
s vs Stewart Budd,”
for injunction.
eter Vehicles
J D Carmichar
H O. West st
Mercury coupe
Pontiac sedan
baker sedan
Our store does not open
for business on
"THE LORD’S DAY".
LESTER L. HIGGS
Grocery & Market
Ml Grope St.
Did you ever
coddle
an apple
the KARO way?
— H’s the-simplest-sort-of-dessert-to make—
— but so colorful, so flavorful! Come -
make a hit with your family tonight! Serve
apples "coddled" to melting tenderness,
and flavored to the Queen’s taste with
Karo Syrup and spices! Here’s the recipe:
★
KARO CODDLED APPLES
8 medium sized apples
t whole clones
1 piece stick cinnamon
Pi cups water
% cup Karo (red label)
Wash and core apples. Do not peel.
Place in a saucepan; add spices, water
and Karo. Cover, and cook very
slowly about 1 hour or until tender.
Makes 8 servings.
Remember—Karo Syrup adds food value
as well as delicious flavor to meals.
*mesunta
FOOD P
) DEFENSE
-—Against
. Fatigue ,
* )
Ex-Texas Newsman
Dies in Washington
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17-
Funeral services were held here
Wednesday for Herbert Henderson,
42, former Texas newspaperman,
who died Sunday of a stomach all-
mant. Burial was in Washington
National cemetery.
Henderson worked for several
years on newspapers in San An-
lonlo and Austin, and for a while
served as an aide to Rep. Lyndon
Johnson (D-Tex). He was with the
Office of Production Management
at the time of his death.
Lipstick on Collars
Gets Scientific Study
CLEVELAND, Oct. 17—) - No
instructions were given today for
gathering lipstick on collars, but the
American Institute of aundering, in
convention hers, told how to set it
out: 1
Rub with sleansing cream and dip
in soapy suda;
If stain turns brown, soak for
M minutes in a hot solution of,
ammonium fluoride rinse, and wasi.’
with soap and hot water;
If it does not turn brown, alter-
nately dip it in solutions of cold
potassium permanganate and warm
sodium hydrosulfite. —
Or—avoid lipstick smears.
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OLD ORIGINAL
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CALUMET BAKING POWDER
DOWN TO •
lot FOR % LB.
Lowest priCES EVER
on ALL SIZES!
WITH Y URPIGGLY WIGGLY SAVIN
Free Delivery on Purchases of 2.50 or More!
Pure Cone - Paper Bag
SUGAR 10-57°
Maxwell House I 2-Lb. Con—59c
COFFEE 1 & 30°
Bird Brand
Shortening
8-Lb. Cart.—$1.24
4 4. 64c
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School Size
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ORANGES
Texas - Nice Size
G’FRUIT
Good Size Jonothen
APPLES
Medium Size
BANANAS
East Texas
YAMS
p.. 15c
6 -25c
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Lb.
3c
U. S. No. 1
POTATOES 10.19c
RINSO
Extra Standard
Oysters
« 35c
Ocean Catfish
STEAKS
u 23c
Loin Steak
FLOUR
In Fancy Print Bag
24.82c.
Pure
LARD
Brooks Old Original
CATSUP
Malumet Baking
POWDER
Grapefruit
JUICE-
Campbells Tomato
JUICE
Campbells Tomato
SOUP
Phillips Pork end
BEANS
Phillips___________
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BUTTER
Bruces Orange or Grepefruit
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SHOULDER
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Mexican Food Products
Mexican Style
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BACON
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Reported
NEW YORK
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announcement
tary command
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