The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 137, Ed. 1, Friday, April 12, 1929 Page: 1 of 6
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to Ailsona iint N.w .i
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An n. I Mi. r. mairidet .f Hi.
nth I'av.ii iiilemen1 I l i
I rtlllet I. (Million from I-.. it
l'li KI Iii would in. 'it
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The Kott Russell ilet hmnnf
prepared today In leave a - .n m
p -ible mill Ih. hilt Ilil. inn'in
' ' ex pest..t in k-i under uv h
' i if 'i noon Hi. niifrhi will
i iu- several dav
These troop thiir initriiinl hv
f .t tii. largest i .(ii-cl in th i'
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I.it.iter Maid but
Inn forre will be In A position to
it (rn to Its proper station or con-
nue into Artzonn In accordnnae
tli development of th iltuatlon"
Tractor Accident
Fatal To Fanner
IiltADY Ttwaa April IX IA
t fir..rj;e Caffelt 21 waa Injiirud ffiU
A itiv yexterilnv in the Pontotoc
J i Kll" rhooU .'') miles aoutlieast of
I r n when hi w h crushed be-
ti iM in overturn!. I timtor
( iff. It wriH transpoitliiK a well
lu ti in nuchlne with the tractor
"vif n h. stalled In a ditch In his
iC t- to force the tractor out It
i ill ip and fell back on him
Washington Hound
N tCTON10 April 12 P
i man Mr'i i I Mm' of
M i ' i -. In uim ii'luii i I to H looks
l Inn. It nUlit'fri.m the Mrx
in holder mIlmi ne lltmeived nr
i'ii - of An.' i in fiKhtlng plunes
k off t-i o ' i Wimhlngton
lu ill i hi .irmal here
' tr. th. t .t lei h. Mi illit rri'om
i r I it it im. i fiKhtin pi inrs be
ptT.h.it th. i.nder to rein
' i in i n . t tin n plane from
i i firid h. i in 12 attack
I n. Iron i oik.tt Oalves-
liujuiry Is On
l 'MH'8KA. Okla April 1.T
imiuitv into methods of l.airiK
( i?. 1'i.lian lands for nit and xm
u in loicresa here tinlay I! II
V kr ne tor as fned t
i k t'N t'i H I. ?ui e
' ttie interior sail the .
i.itu n w ti. '.Hiked
th.
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int.
t i unhl
U.n on 'hi . in ti of other
' h in OKi.ti inn iilso will be In
t tinted I i -K . toil t indudtntt
n l u. I ln ..I-.- on Quapaw
I iiin h ld hi uid i leases on
n It of 'hi I'mniM und five
. i. nl tubes
Fireman Killed
Idltr WORTH April 120 J
I- I lui'ton fireman for the Texas
I'll iln railroad was killed to-
!v win ii run over by a freight car
. iik "Wltibed at Ijnirimter
iMessentfer Held Up
s. VINtlTO.S. N J April !2tP
fL Five gunmen held up men
cnK. r of the Irvlnifton SmeltlnK
id irfinlnK Compan near the
nt t.Min und es.ap. I with Jlrt
i in K'll minion
Turn I'n PKi' and Itenil
Ajvini ciKi.. poor cim.l
Mnr) that f.iviiiiitlnu mid
3 iiver) i hnptcr full of thrills
; Don't mUs it hIiirIh op If jou
urn nt getting The American
I phone us at unco mid ask fnr
"f Jmcli coplo. on this stor of Ho-
liiance nnd Thrills.
I'houn 1
p A if A I n V M CM
WlVALKIMUn
CHARGE INTO
REBEL CAMP
Insurgents are Demoralized
When Plucky Riders
Give Battle
NACit Son.ua April 12 W Fed
eral malr to.lav curried buttle In-
to Genet iU J Gunsulo Escobar's
rebel utyp Nine!) cavalrymen
fi im the Fcdeiol garrison here
.longed int i it contingent of rebel i
troop on lh- nognles road west of
nn Jose tiiuuntain. demoralised
the revolutionaries and took ap-
pioximately 100 prlaonera
Tin- number of dead and wound-
eit in the battle had not been de-
t. unified drflnltely The Fedilal
'MMiliymen returned tn the Karri-
mm nhortly before II o'clock with
Mi or eight empty middle
ur.m.i. ii:adi:un iti:i.ni:
MV.N.O DI'CIIM.MVXII
N: AI.CS Hnnorn Apill I'J
'.iiieii.1 riuncliico K M inr com
III inder (if lebel ttlioim on the Went
('imft hflM been lelliMil of hl
(iimmnnd It wim announi ed by reb-
el authorities here today Oaneral i
Roberto True was named to suc-
ceed him The action was Wken last
night following a conference at Ca
nanea of the directing heads nf the
rebel movoment
Cross Over With
River Toll Office
DKNISON. April 12 W - The
btldge office for the collection of
tolls over tho Itml Hlvor lirldgu
Comptiny htldg betwpon here nnd
Duront Okln wna moved to the
Texas side of tho brldgo tmliiy
The action followed tho RrantlnR
of a temKrnry Injunction at Dti
rant yesterday by JuiIkp Porter
Newman restraining the collection
of tolls in that stall
A hearing was to be held at
Sherman. Texas tomorrow on a
slmllni application Jqr Injunction
by Texas officials It Kranted the
effect would be to make the bridge
free
Oklahomans To Co
To Paris Meet in fj
PAULS Apnl l.M4 C.om rnoi
J llollowa) or Oklahoma and a
laige delegation of legionnaires
from thu' state were xpteil to
attend a banquet here tonight lion
orlng Col Paul V McNutt of In
dlanapolls national commander of
the Ameilian Legion
Fanner Shot
aOUVniWAlTIC Texas. April
J2. trTsj rtmmet lloland. 10 farmer
of Ine Mullln cotmunlty waa shot
to death here yesterday A shot gun
w.is found by his side He had been
in Kir health
miivi; 'in itoitnicie
i'HKYKNNIE Wyo April 12'
I'mted Htateee Infantrymen num-
Iwring t ftOO were ready to leave
Fort T A Itussell today for ItU-
bee Arlf within a short dlstnnco
of Konora Mexico where a major
battle between Mexican Federals
and Hebels Is expected
DKCI.INICs ICKOUIOT
niCULIN April 2(A The Oar-
man cabinet after a brief meeting
officially unnounced tcday it had
declined he reiUest of lon Trotz-
hrJ
paaeport which would permit
to enter Germany
to I'K.ur To.Nir.iir.
BOSTON April 12 uVi Joe Dun
dee. welterweight t ham ilon to-
night wll fight Al Mello. Lowell
boxer who trounced him when they
met in tills city three month ago
No title i Involved
: Men Yot At Large
Speaking
And still the five prisoners who
made their escape from the Steph
ens County Jail early Wednesday
morning are roaming the country
at Itrge Sheriff It C Thornton
said this morning that none of the
men had been located
A tip received by Sheriff Thorn-
ton oterdu) afternoon to tho ef-
fect that one of the men had secur-
ed a Job with a road working gang
near Orahtm proved to he 'hot"
upon Investigation It wan learned
Lioiih Dnlicalr
l)n To I)(iIov(hI
L(aiiiLr.Mnnl)(ir
The regulur wi.viv l.ionr
Club pioiiram t iln ut wxtu
wus dedicated to a departing
member II A I-averton who
leaven Monday for Marfa win re
he will make hi futurp home
The program came a a com
plele Htirprlae to 'Hal" and be-
fore the tributes pn.q tn him
wrr completed it wan alnwmt
Impoaalble fin him to ieMind
because of the lentlmentx of
the occaHion.
John 'A Martin a erv active
l.ton and Mtat pienldent paid bin
tiibute
to I.lon I.eoverton Mix
wai "Hal I.ravcrtoti The
subject
I.lon" Mr Martin told of the
many worthy projecta xtatted and
finished by Lion I.esverton "Many
of ua t.lona have done little things
I.lon Lenverton In my opinion did
the Kreatest thing for Drvchenrldge
that has ever boen done by this
club Thnt Is the Lion piny park
It was Hal Leaverton who conceiv-
ed the Idea of such a park It was
Uon Leaverton who worked stead-
ily towaid establishing It and today
it MandK us a tribute to his un-
MelfiHh and xrnteful wuik a plme
wlieie the (hildlen o' Hrelkenililne
ion upe-id their hrniM at pluy Mr
Martin added
In conclusion. Lion Martin pans-
.a around lo lne fiOW i.lon R x
of small bottle filled with the
first dirt turnod at tho beginning
of the work on tho park Ho nakoil
that every mnucr mho a uoitio
of tho dirt and In io doing would
pledge to do something In tho fu-
ture toward expanding this project
started by Lion Leaverton
Lion Charles H. nrown a per-
sonal friend of Hal Leaverton since
his residence In Urrckcnrldgc
spoko on "Hal Leaverton The
Man" In hU tnlk Mr Hiown told
of Lion I.eaverton'it tintlrlug work
toward a bettor Brcckenrldgo nt
all tltnos "Hal Leaverton served
UicckvnrldKc as Mayor when it
was u wild boom town Hal Leav-
erton has always sacrificed hi per-
sonal guln to do something for hi
city Hal Leaverton has alua.s
worked toward the establishment
hero of a bettor school system II t
was tho high point man In secur-
ing fund for our Y M C A ai.d
no one tuts worked harder Toward
making athletics in our school of 1nr(v
the highest ami cleanest tP0 We" A n h fll. f(11
will ml. Lion Leaverton more thai. f complete M Centnei
we now realize a he has alwuys . . ' . . . ...
done more than his share '. ever w Vt" "nr " "tt"
nrolect " an predicted a K'"'l futuie
When Mr Leaverton was pro- for "'eckonrldge In tills line
sented with framed dorumunt ' Mr t"'r did not attempt to
containing the names of most pv Siade tho local field He will make
ery Hreckenrldgo Lion he told tho I hi reyort to the Commene Depart
club In a moat fooling manner howl ment nnd It will be graded from
ho had enjoyed hi work with the that field
Lions club nnd hi long residence i Plans are steailllv. going foiwatd
hum. "I vvlll bo satisfied and liav- towaid fmmally opening the Hreck-
py when I lonve lioro" ho said "If onildge field on $m J.uinto Day
I know that ovwy man In this
club and city thinks thnt I havo'
Iisoii a fair lawyer a man with n I
fighting honrt i man who has
dono his share In nil undertaking I
and a man with n religion "
Mr. Imvarton waa tho fourth
preslduul of the Lion Club and
was a charter member. It is with
much regret that Ilreckenrldge
should have tn lone such a citizen
ICntsrUilnment for the club was
furnished by Mrs U L Davidson
who sang two aumbors the First
Piosliyterlun church choir render-
ed two sacred number and nine
colorod entertainers from the
Humes Minstrel show
Uaests at the luncheon were
Mrs I I Davidson Mr T Cl
Abraham. Miss Maurlne Atlred nf
Wichita Falls sister of Lion O H
Allred. Chua. H Brown Jr and
Finla McCluney
New York Hound
WICHITA FALLS April 12 !?
Delegates from all part of Texas
attended the annual convention of
the Texas Conference of the Na-
tional Association of Credit men
and the Tenth Conference of the
j Wholesale Credit Mens Association
of Texas here today
Says Sheriff
of Stephens Fugitives!
however that one of the escaped
prisoners hat' passed through the
camp but he hud not attempted to
secure a Job
Four of the men are thought to
have started toward Oklahoma and
Sheriff Thornton Is still confident
thnt they will be soon captured
Tho sheriff nld Thursday Ihnt
he wished he could catch at least
one so as to bolster his spirits and
give him courage to renew the
search with more vigoi
SANTA CLAUS
BANDIT PLAYS
DURING DEATH
Negro Goes To Chair For
Crime Early
Friday
IUTNTMVII.I.E. Tex- Apul l
Wade Wellborn n. kio pnid
With his life In the dertih chaii
at the Htnte penltentliny hen enly
today for the slaving or hit. wife i
at Mount Plensnnt in Febiu-iry of'
lust yen i
Wellborn went to his death
without emotion As the time ap-
proached for him to make the few
stoa lo the execution room he fell
to his knees In Ills cell and prayed
Then he walked to the electlli
chair stated himself In It and
watched attendants adjust the plec- j
Just an the current was about to
be turned on Marsh ill Itutllff the
condemned Sun In i'Iiiux bandit
who Im to be cxccul.d foi his pint
In a bunk luhheiv at ( in turt-
ed his pot table phonogiaph ft nm
shi h the Htm I in of When The
Hull Is Called up Yonder" wen
plainly heurd In the execution
chamber
The man went to his death hold-
lug a red roso In his hand.
Air Expert
Visits. Local
Lan(lii.r Field
Wllllnm V ConttiPi airport ex-
pert from the United States De-
partment of Conitiieiee Inspected
the Dreckiiiiildgp field Thiiisday
afternoon. Mr Centner onp of the
four airport experts in the govern-
ment department wna shown about
the new Brock field by Hon J
Dean chairman of the loenl avia-
tion committee Othi r meinh n- of
the committee nlxo well In the
Flood Frifhtened
Victims In Hiding
HATRSVILLI2 Ark April 12P
Thirty poison who hail been
without foot or witter for more
than 18 hours weie dtvcoveicd hid-
ing In caverns near flulon today
by national gunidsmen searching
the regions foi bodies of those kill
ed In tlie tornado late Wednesday
Case Postponed
SHC5RMAN. April 12 P The
case of the State of Tcatis against
the Red River Bridge Company
set for hearing here today was
postponed until tomorrow on the
plea thnt J W Bnlley. attorney for
the company was In court tn Tul-
sa Ok la
The suit Involve effort of the
state to have rates on nil toll
bridge over tho Red River between
Durant Okln . and Denlson. Tex-
as reduced The bridge Is owned
by the Red River Bridge Cum puny
.4 Men iUissintf
I.ANSINO. Mich April 12 T
Believed to have been caught in
the collapse of a coffor dam at a
I viaduct hete today four men are
missing and two others are thought
to havo been drowned
I
Bigamist Jailed
BLIKAilISTH N J. April 12 P
Henry Colin Campbell. f!0-yenr-old
civil engineer nnd bigamist was In
Jail today as tho confessed slnyoi
of one of his wives whom he shot
and let afito
NorABi.ns COMING
CHICAGO. April 12W President
15 8 Barnard of tho American
League will be among thp notables
at tho rcatton's opening g.ime be-
tween Washington nnd Philadel-
phia nt Washington next Tuesday
l.S. CUVUmiliN MOUiTODtt
TOP LACK (A BORDKinilKRK
PKRSIIIN(; K.NTKRKI) .MKXICO
Border Troubles Give Need
Troops
)s To Protect
According To
AN ANTONIO April 12 iP
w ix in deled it noon toil n
llIlN
th. Culbeit.on Kiiinh near the Intern itlon il hoi.ler ..n.i .i n. ..i.
whi
Ht.l
Oen. til P. iHhlnx .nteie.i Mexin. in 1MB. It wis mnminee.l nt
t ps l i hi ldlll.ll le 4
WOMAN KILLS
HUSBAND AND
THEN HERSELF
Deranged Mentally Says
Doctor Who Examined
Reno Farm Won;;.n
FORT WORTH. April 12. P -Mr
M F Hendricks shot and kill-
od her husband and then killed
hersolf today at their farm nt Reno
three miles northwest of Azlo ac-
cording to an Inquost verdict by
Justice of the Peace I. A. Fain of
Sprlngtown.
Thoy woro about fiO yonra old
and had boen married for 3T years.
In a telophono conversation with
tho Star-Tulogwun Justloo Fnln
said Doctor S. .1 Sturgis Spring-
town tostifiad that Mrs. Hendricks
wis mentally deranged Dr Sturgl
testified ho examined Mr Hen-
drlck Thursday but her condition
did not Indicate she was dnugei-
Olltl
Justice Fain snld neighbors of
the Hend licks noticed the latter's
dog coming tn iheli houses IIiIk'
morning and acting sliungely
Doth bodies were found In the
yard of the Hendfii ks' home Thp
top of IlendiUks' head was blown
off anil Mm llendiicks was shot i
tlllotIKh tlie hi east A shotgun wi
about eight feet ftom hit body
Signs at the home Indicated
bieakfast was being ptepuieil and
Hondilcks was returning fioin the
moke house in the yard when he
wo shot
A Mr. Stamp living about 200
yaids from the Hendricks' house
told Justice Fain Its heard one shut
at about 5 a in today
The bodies wote found by Audy
Hall milk man of Reno.
Marian Tallei
Plans To Quit
KANSAS CI IT Apill 12Wi Do-1
clslon of Mliis Mai Ian Titlley
youtitful pinna donna of the Met-
ropolitan Opera Company to re-
tire this spiing surprised not on- j
ly f i lends hcie but her father '
"It was u complete surprise tn
me ' Charles M Tallpy the father
a telegruphei for the Missouri Pa-1
clfic Knilioad said today "I don't
know whit hei plans are except
that nhe has expected to spend nt
least part of the summer ut hei
home here "
Kansas City admlreis of Miss
Talloy who financed hot onily
training in Now Yoik and nbioad
were equally at loss to explain the
development
1 J11 Wl UCll OLIIill
t;-. . y-f TOKYO Apt II 12 P The be-
iaaUC( LraSIl trothal of Prlnre Takamstu hi nth
Ii ill V Qiv ill on 01 ol Kinpeioi Hlrohlto and Prin-
ivuirt tji.v tince Kukuko Tokuguwa was an-
LANSING Mich. Apill 12 P)
Six molt wile believed to hnvo boon
killed lu a collapse nt a viaduct
i hero today
ISIght men woie wot king about
30 feot undoi tho level of the ilvor
on footing of tho viaduct . With-
out warning thote wns n cinsh and
the woikei woio hurled under
clashing tlmbora and water
SHKK lIKONUTTi:.
DKNVKR April 12 (P An at-
tractive brunetto. who pollco ay
may hnvo boon n man dressed In
woman'h clothes wn sought today
as tho bandit who obtained $B00O
in a single hinded holdup nf the
Colorado State Pink heic by
threatening to blow up the teller's
cage with nlttoglycerine
To Action By United States
Interests Of Texas
Friday's Reports
One xiiiiiilinn nf Ih- Si vent h Civ
lo too.. .....I r...m n..ii.. v i
The squadron's mission Is to ou-
seive conditions in that vicinity and
to patiol the border ft out Hnchltu
to Douglas a dlstnnce of npproxi
mutely nlxty miles.
It was announced 'it Coips hend-
(tiartois earlier In the day that one
platoon ftont the First Cavalry
with two machine guns hud boon
oi-iieteil to pioceed from Camp Mnr
fu to St Helen i. Texas in the Dig
Mend cotintiy
The Twentieth Infantry ordered
to Hlsbee Arb from Foil D A
KiisspII w is expected to enlrnln
foi :hn boidei .it noon todnv under
instiucllon to leilfh theli destlni-
tion within IM hoi 1 1 1
Sinyinfj Barber's
Voice Is Stilled
WASHINGTON April 12 P)
The Capitol's singing barber.
Prince Robinson I doad
For 17 years tho aging negro
brought to Washington from
AInbama by tho lato Oscar Un-
derwood has wloldod koon
razor and soothed tho norves of
many a senator and representa-
tive with the crooning songs
ho learned in tho Old South
Ion? "go.
'awing Low Sweet Char-
lot . . ."
The words drifting out of the
house barber shop meant a
celebrated face was losing Its
stubble of beard and Its lines nf
care
An ardent Demon at. Piince
was taken to several national
conventions At Baltlmoie he
roused the delegates with the
' Houu' Dawg" song that Champ
Claik's campalgneiH liked so
well Sometimes when i run-
gtessman wus punning Into bin-
toiy on a March I nnd the
members weie giving vent to
theli emotions with old fash-
ioned oratory nnd singing.
Prince was mounted on a ta-
ble In the well of tho house
chamber and sang the spiritu-
als plantation melodies nnd
othei old songs
He was about 70 yours old
Two Bandits Hold
Up Lansing Bank
CHICAGO. April 12 P Two
bnndlts with sitwed-off Hhntguni
hold up employes nf the Lansing
State Bank today shielded them-
Helves from the guns of hank
guards by kidnapping the cashier
and escaped with two bags contain-
ing an estimated $10000 cash.
Fail To Agree
PARIS April 12P Tho lepnto-
tlons exports of the allied powois
fulled to loach a definite ngieo-
ment concerning flguies to bo sub-
mitted to Di HJalmni .Schacht Hip
Gorman delegate duilng this morn-
ing's session and It w necissaiy
to anil anothot meeting foi this
afternoon
I TVI1 .x" IIm4I...I
! nounced today with the sanotlnn of
I tho Ifimpcilor The wedding will
take place In the Hpiiug of 1030
Two Racketeers Die
cii nut 'iv
x.w UUl l
DETROIT April 12 P Two
! inckotoor stinted nut apparently
1 unarmed to "got" the man who hi
I Jacked theii blind pig nt I i tn
I today and were slain by tho hi-
Jnckoi
Tho men klllod wore ISntl Rem-
ington. 35 and Goidnn Totoi 30 i
Both hud pollco locord.s
Remington and Totoi found the
gunman whom thev ippnrently nc- Tho slnyoi returned to his polked
cused of hllacklng llielr bling pig tiutomohile wiped his pistol cttr-
of $100 un argument followed and fullv placed it In the neat r dde
one of the niPli suggested th( I him uid ninve slnwlv hwhv
MRS. PELPHREY AND' WORKERS
RECEIVE CONGRATULATIONS FOR
THEIR WORK AT STEPHENVILLE
1930 Convention Will Bring 1000 Women From All
Counties Of First District For 'The Period
Of The Conference To This City
STF.PHENVII.I.i: Tii Apnl 12 i4 It: ekptiiiilire will Ii.
the nuetlng place ol the I'Un ionention of the l'iil lustu.' Texts
Congress of MotheM and P u nt Te u hi is Asm i Uloii uroiillnt;
to Mrs (leotgp W 1 lend mm liidiiit Pnlient The I'lli'ltlecnth
Annual Convention of the hodv nilonineil h.'le ... ileld.iv
Invitations were pxtpndeil also lvt
Clebuine nnd Coleman
Mm I.. Pelphrey. vice-president
of the association and a nttmbet of
othei delegates from Brecketllldge
Caddo and other points In Mtt-ohi ns
county extended the Invitation and
conducted the campaign foi the
next annual session of the bod
Thev weie lelnforced after aiilval
in the convention olt with tele
giums finm M tvoi Cmnles II
Cl.uk Piesldent J D Sindefer Ji
of the Chumbel of Commeice. tne
Bieekeniidge I.lon ami Itot.uy
Clubs and other clvli service oig ni-
trations nudndlviduttls of this city
The convention will next April
bring to Ureokenrldge approxi-
mately 100 womon from the var-
ious associations of the First Dis-
trict. It will bo ono of the most
Important gatherings of the yoar
for this plnco and Mrs. Polphroy
nnd hor oo-workots nre being con-
gratulntod on ovory hand for their
good work at Stophonvlllo.
The olotng suasion was devoted
to awarding of certificate of mer-
it to wlnneis of the various con-
tost and to the teport of the re-
solution committee The custom-
ary resolutions of uppi eolation for
the hostcs city and nil organiz-
ations and Individual who took
port In the entertainment wue
passed by rising vote W F Nel-
son Gordon chairman of the tesol-
utlons committee piesented the le
I tioi t
Highway advertising posters
showing women i.molilng clgari t
'weie the subjei t of ondemeiuitoi v
ii solution
.Milk Imw I'livoreil.
Recommendation 'hat the state
oiganl.utlon ronsldi I the sponsoi-
Ing of the passuge of n state law
leguluting tho sale of milk foi the
sufoguaid of all section of the
State was made canylng out the
motion made Wodnesduy following
un uddiess by Dt Verne bcott i
John Tnrloton College. In wlilcli
attention wn called to tho lack
of a stute milk law
Other lesolutloii recommended
legislative law an iippi epilation to
solsuto law. tin appioprlntlon lo
take tho plnco of federnl aid giv-
en by tho Shepimnl-Tower net.
wthch I withdrawn after July 1.
Kiutli WIiih Cup
jrhe attondanee cup fot tho Itu-
gest peioentngo of loptoneiitatlon
at the convention went to lCuilli
County tho hostess county A
fentuie of the closing sen Ion wn
the piosentatlnn of the Aoroa
School' entire students body which
marched thiough the convention
hull This school also had a splen-
did entry In tho exhibits
Pilze foi the best publicity
sciap book went to the Arlington
Heights Par tne- Toucher Associa-
tion with houoiiible mention to
tho Valient County P -T A Coun-
cil The teport of tho A .v M Moth-
eis' Club of Fort Woith received
the certificate of meiit for the host
college association toport The pii-
tv foi tho best grade school lepoit
went to tho Do Zavnlu School P -T
A Fott Worth und dhe Child
Study Club No 2. Ranger recei-
ved tho merit cettlficnto foi tho
best pro-school organisation report
This Sime ginup received the ntet-
(CONT INU1SD ON PACK TWO )
When They
ir.iwi ms.wi p;
ig Thief
lllll IJI11IV1 1
settle It in hi "licet "
Residents of tho dlstilct liotid j
thteo shots fliod and saw the gun-
man bending ovi Toter' body on
the sldownlk He fired two more
shots Into tho body nnd then i
chased Romlngton who fled down j
an alloy Ono mnio shot wn filed
Remongton' body wn found on a j
i nearby street
Today and
omorrow
Rev Ross A Smith pistm of
Lames i vvlll pieaih at both hoi
vlies in xt Sunday at Mist B.ipli-t
Chun It Kveiy membei of th."
chinch is ulged to heal him Tlln-c
wlio h ive heard lilm sa that ho
is i gii it pienehei
The "Deestilck Skule" will lie
given at the High School niulltoi
lum tonight.
Clean-up Parade stnrta Monday
morning at 10 o'clock You nre
urged to get in It.
TODAY AND TOMORROW AT
TIIH V. M. C. A.
Tod.iy-rrld.t.v.
9:00 Mnrrlod Women.
2 15 Lions Club
t'SO .MnnV Hntidlmll Tournnmont
David v Athey Bennett vs. Plath
A 13 Business Men.
0 30 ICmployod Boys.
7 00 Watoi Co IJmployees l!.ui-
quel 7 .10 Young Mons Class
8.10 ChilHtlnii Chut ill Girl l
basketb ill Chilstlon Chun h hoa
basketball
i'liiiiin rim -S.it ii riluv
S on .latum I. mloix
8 00 Pieps
0 00 Junloi Boys uutui- at Tvvui
Lakes.
11 00 Intormoill'iii's
12 II) Meeting of Mim.'i
2 (KI Jtinlot Gills
3 00 Sell lot Gills
1 00 Boy baseball
7 30 Men's Baseball.
.. o I 7
UaChS ftlSlCr AMI
Turns On Himself
NI2W YORK. Apt II 12W-Dls
tractod by poverty and fnlllni;
health police were Informed Fred
eilck Rohtttanti 92 stiuck 111 61
yoni-old slater Mrs. ISmlly Lowe
on the head with an axe todnv uiut
than tried tn hack in- own )u id
off In their Rronklvu houu
A neighbor who hi ok' luvvn h
door t first thought Mi Liwe
(load hut It later divilopel '
was still living though in a 'ii'iril
' condition Brother and sister wii
taken to n hospital with 'r i M.cd
skulls.
cimilo Roar who hv in an
adjoining npaitmont told puller li
lienrd tho palt qiiairollng and when
Mrs Ii we bognn to scroam he
burst down tho dooi
Couple Found Shot
FORT WORTH April 12.P)
Frank Hondilcks and his wife were
found shot to death in the front
yard of their homo at Reno Park
or county nenr Alo today
Tho bodies weie found by Tim
Hall milk man of AzU
Hene field Arrested
CORSICANA Tox. April 12(7P
G R Bonefleld anested at Hnni .
yesteidny and lu ought licit- mii
bo returned to 'Ninth Carolina
Bonefleld wns Indicted on two pin-
hlbltion chatgos lieie and his bond
I wim un leiiuu seveiiti wenm a;ii
when his ttlal was called.
oil .Mi;itc.i:it RUMORS.
NEW YORK April 12 P-Rnm
or of more oil morgors continue In
Wall Stioot Tho latest lopnits
which lack confirmation mention
Slnclali Consnlldatod Oil corpoia-
tlon ns Involved In merger negn
tiatlnns. possibly with Union Oil Co
of California which also Is repoit-
ed us .tought for Inclusion 'u the
recently announced Mnrlund Oil Co
and Continental Oil Co consolldi-tinn
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Adair, A. Garland. The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 137, Ed. 1, Friday, April 12, 1929, newspaper, April 12, 1929; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth70112/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.