Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 81, Ed. 1, Tuesday, April 5, 1938 Page: 1 of 4
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Breckenridge American
WEATHER
West Tcxns: Partly cloudy to-
night and Wednesday.
liver it One Should
Vole Today
L. 18 NO. 81.
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PKICE DAILY THREE CENTS SUNDAY FIVE CENTS
The
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Aa we remembtr the nmmi .-
100 and liUMtt jF hi r uiinK-.'.
n 130 up. "i.v'S'i" it ynn .
jy llcu "' Klvl'ni; Until ttilMni" I
Inatrnrtion. having f..unil out Mi
Jf they wero n mined Hl'h Mi
norms m thr) oihei m-linoU 'in
did little oi nothliiK but mark tmi
while the norma ubaorbed ectmb
knOMlCdKr 1o CW'rb ii. with tin "
tirlKht nnea Then nun tin n. ..li'
up It didn't Uiko Ihr iilulr -vrr
loii(( to abi.itb tin- m'xt t i I
uf imitMictloi a niul il'i d i i
to wait ngnln
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wp would nut f' i the
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hnvr any tinr lb. nb-a we i
nit I'T progress lim il'.nu wub
It all let not forget thai i.adln
and wrltUik n.d ntbtn. tie aiill
me powirful ini.nilniit thliign
And especially wt'b i.ferenee
t
tendiri; mid wilting we would em
phnsue spelling The ipelling
of
the nviiniie high school graduate
thrsr ilnys .an Rle Mr Webstei
car Is and xnles for variety.
Howard Payne Gym
Destroyed 11 y Eire
uuowNWOon. Apni . u.R
Klre toilny deslioyod the sym-
nnslunt nt Hiwnl Payne college.
The ft nni building was eiecteil
dm In? the world war a ft dormi-
tory for student soldiers. Il was
made into a gymnasium In 1021
Cause of the fiie wn unknown.
Damage wa estimated at $6000.
fnwntown Houston
Eire Loss $10000
HOUSTON. Aprif 3. (U-R1 A
I dt.ntov
9 olr. st
downtown fire tho nccond mnjor
vlthln two weuks caused
damage today to three
in street clolhlnz itotix. T'vo
flromen were ovucomo by smoke.
FROMES THOUGHT
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ONE HUNDRED
TO MEETING
Program Opened Al Church
Consists 0 f Greetings
Music. Business
following meetiiiK-of official
and committeemen Monday alter-
imiin. the 27th annual confrience of
thr flml dU'rlct of Pftienta and
T. i. lu-rs wan formally opened
Ti riiliiv morning by Mr a. F. IS
J..nb. lunger ptealdent. calling
u.in lv Philip Mcfahe for
M . inviii ution
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I Hollon. .ii-tin ' in'.' piesiU. nt.
..n.l ii'purt " tl.. ' ii diintl lis com
num.. Mil II 1 1 Uiihnp district
i ii pndr -i i ti t ii
A hinh p 11 ' ' ib. fuienoon
iiii-.'ii i n tl. i.IiIiphs of Htate
ipi lint iident I- A oo.ln cai-
i. lit wh.-ii' on this v' Music
i- ' n ii tin' 1 Iho-.. piesent by
Mi I. Wind Toy Symphony
ii .I. i tli dun tion of Mrs Has-
mil K. v in I hi- foienmiii and the
-. iMi Wind i 'hoi il "li.t in the
. '.i n. Mm An.it hi i .'iiii'itainni. ni
njovnl was the motion plclun
nkllhy Mis H II Tiunimrll ami
music b the Jimlm High lib'''
I'lub Mia Ktanrea llrndeiaon. dl-
IPt'tOt
In the kissiun Moinla af . inmin
Piesident JhioIk inf.u iiii'i thn
present that thin au- .Mt.' mem-
ITotii To Push I'niir)
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S. S. TAX REPOR'l'S EXPLAINED
roinmissioner of Intel nnl He
venue CJuy T. Iletverlni has an
nounced that Collectois of Internal
Itsvenue have completed he ad-
dressing and mailing of bUnk ie-
turn Kurins 88-la to mote than 1.-
hOO.OOO employers throughout the
United States for use In fling tax
and Information returns rerpnred
under Title VIII of thv Social S.
curlty Art for the quaiter year
ending March 31 103a These re-
turns Involve morn thnu 30000.000
employees whose wages are cerdlt-
ed to their Indlvldaul aeeoimts on
the rucoids of the Soi-ml Senility
Hoard.
This is tho fust tax period tin-
Hcr tho new prooodurc whoreby So-
l e'al Security (ax retmns are filed
SCHOOL CHIEF
PLEADS LIFE
OF DEMOCRACY
Woods Urges Teaching
How To Live And To
Make A Living
M'H'h uf ImIi ' ' '
mulniain m lepn-
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kIii ii itiil ciiiiiiiitii ua m.w
Mil Mill innfiDiit III the full
ii nl Mi Wood- c imiM '
nil tuilen'a hr. t llr hn.i
mil.' .i In mi; .um h"W to aup o
tin n pn "enmiivi 'I ni.iciar..
tin i lilltltl
n bin mini li "'ii i '
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Im. ii.inii.n oik i tin. ; 'I. 'i '
I ui In-fine publir -ili.n.1- . ffi u
I ..t t'u- pieaenl nam. U th. 1ml.
'i.ii Htrn in ... hmil- Tu.iny
ii.nit Teaua aehoola hM oiily icv-
i i ii Kidr while no leaa than 'i
1 ntateM In the unlo.i lme ndoptud
i In- twelve year.
While there will piobably nevoi
Ii.' n law compelling all Texan
M'h.MiU to have twelve yeara. the
ttettd la definitely In that dlirctlon
.inu It la only a question of Um.'.
In my onlnlon. until nil kcIiooU In
this state ink tip the twolve-year
tyatem." tatd .Mr. Woh1s.
The superintendent said he
thought the new systoin would bo
similar to that now used In Drcctc-
enrldge schoola. Ilrecltoni-ldBo
started tho twolvo-yenr tnothotl
two yea is ago. putting in the extt.i
rar In the grade arhool HiHtcud of
I'ddlug It en In high school.
IJrunks Show Is
Well Received
The Hi link' Comedians who
have si t up foi a week' atand
undei the aunpicet of the Ami'li-
rnn legion opened laat night to
a n almost eaiaelty croAVd. From
nil appeal nncss the shows enter-
tainment both nitutlcal and dtu-
matic was well received.
The company claims to have a
i.'iMMtoite of outstanding dramatic
bills iuiiio of thom ortr.er Now
YoiU sf.cceases. The nlav for to-
night is "The Pnmlly Upatnlre" a
play that hud long run on
'Hio.idway."
The show will ojien with a Uilrty
minute prestntntlon of muslo
sliiK"n. dancing and comedy skits
conduited by "The Waiklkl Novel-
ty Bo" the feature attraction of
the show. Doois open at 7.'1S p.
m. i'lisenutlon at :00 p. ni.
Man Wanted Here
Held In Coleman
Ted Iuvis w Killed here on a
lorgeiy I'bniKP. has been appre-
hended at lit own wood Shot Iff
Tmipy Kiiekiiiil si.ni Tin s.lay. It
was added howep he ill no is
wanted it Coleman .mil may be
'uken theie flist foi tiial
once every three months instead of
monthly as heretofore The new
returns combine Into one form the
tax and Information letutns pie-
viously field on three stipulate le-
turns. ' Employers should hnve less
difficulty In prepnilng new quar-
terly returns than was encountered
under the old protein n;" Com-
tulselonar Melveilng snld.
"Tho new irttirn Is donlgnod to
Insure absolute conformity between
tnxablo wages reported on the tax
portion of tho return as tho bnsl
of tho taxes lue and tho tnxablo
wages reporteil on the Informa-
tion portion of tho icturn as the
basis of ci edits to tho accounts
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toiy i .ii k in 17" will Tiki n tmii of the Noithweat Teiiitinj itntrii
afti'i .on In 'um .ti. ii . . Ii l. ii'in s III M'tllittl.
Dam Contract Low
Bid Is $3287303)
AtK'i ycuis of pi emulation and political muucuvcu cuntiact has
neen let fm tbi I'limum Kingdom dnm.
A uleettng of the bianl of illi.'Cliiis of which Milton Danlol of
ureiKeniulge is a membci met at Temple Monday and Monday nigh:
awarded the conn ict to two concerns- bidding $32S7.30;.
The successful anil low bldi!or.i""
woio C. P. Lytle Co. of Sioux Cl'y
Iowa and Al Johnson Construction
Compati) of St Paul. Minn. Moss-
miiii Oniitrui'tion Company of Bal-
tiiimie wni siioiiil low' bidder with j
an of fn of sn.3:n 17'.
1 Th.. illrrrtn. a fiuiilfli.il cnnll-ltpt
foi lL'.Oisinoo pounds of steel for
the il.im hut refused all bids on
330 non bail els of cement as too
high uffiriiil said the district
woiil.i ii .idveitisc for cement bids.
The tot.il value of contracts
awauled for steel was $153005.75.
Ainuim the laigcat of 'M nwarded
weie the Texai Steel Company of
Port Worth. $51710 fo'l straight
te-lnforcing ateel Southern State
Steel Company of Dallas reinforc-
ing bant steel $189398: Omaha
Steel Wot ks Omaha Neb. 4crst
gates $70875
Other Texas concerns awarded
contracts Included: W'yatt Motnl
and Boiler Works Houston $32-
100 for pen stocks. Dallas branch
of the Pittaburgh-Des Moines
fitcel Company $17810 for steel
foi the powerhouse superstructure
and Ciane Company Dallas. 6220
for miscellaneous pip0 fittings and
alves.
The lowest cement b.d iccelved
was $2 05 u bairel with a 10 per
cent discount which ini.de th.-
prire $1 U5.
The W'oiks Pj.iKieis Adminis-
tration has allotted $1500000 for
cotisttuction of the dam but con-
tiat'ts oviiall wiic expected to
itppioximnte $44001100.
I'nder Its coiitunt signed with
MoiKun and C. J. O Connor lead-
district tod''y the district agreed
to install generating equipment at
Ihe dam ci'tainlcd to tost $750-
IX s) It agieed also to piovlde all
lands In the teservioi men at its
own exptnie.
Knginccis smd construction could
start in auout twenty days aftci
the fedeial power nulhoilty final-
ly accepts the contracts.
Voters Are Thanked
Uy Three Trustees
A communication addiessed to
tho voters of tho Iircckenrldgc
Indepondent School district hurt
been Issued by Cain Kltk II. C.
Morgan and C. J. O'Connor rend?
Ing as follows:
"Wo wish lo thank each nnd all
of you for your vole nnd Interest
manifested In Inst Satiuday's elec-
tion. In return wo will put fotth
overy effort that wo think will
benefit the school and community.
SLATER THEIR FRIEND
Courts Explained
Al Rolarv Meet
MembeiK of the Hi.ckeni idte
Itotaiy club today liemd Judge
Clyde Oilssom of Ilia couit of civil
nppcalj ICustlan.l. discuss tiie
couit system of th nation.
Judge Citssom said theie is
probabiy moic ignorance of courts
tn Texas than any other niattei.
He ndded that 'hi- smullei the
county the more known about tho
cout ts.
lie explained the jurisdiction of
the various couiU and of them
all held the district court the moat
Itnimt-uint nmt the Judge of that
court holding a responsible poet-
lion. Rntortalnntont in the form or
music was furnished by Mrs. John
W'nrtl .Miaa PranccB Henderson
and Mra. C. W. Wulfjcn Jr. who
sang. Newt Lantroii was lutiodtic
od ns a new membci.
Visitors to the meetin;; Included
L.. A. Woods Austin J. P. Ha I ley
and It. T. Woody Washington.
Eatal New Orleans
Maze Is Subdued
NEW ORLISAN'8 April 5 U.R -Six
fire companies early today sub-
dued a blaze in the 7-stoiy public
grain elevator Hint broke out nine
houis aftoi a seiles of explosions
that killed five and injuied 17
workets. The explosions were at
tributed to accumulated giuln
dust.
Truck Car License
Plates Show Drop
A comparison of truck and auto-
mobile license plates sold up to
April 1 of this year and last year
showed 112 leas cm license plates
purchased and 52 less lot tiucks.
This is based on 2555 car license
plates sold and 115. These hnve.
born added to since April recotds
of E. N. Howell reveal.
Mrs. Nairn ey Breaks
Kifjht Arm In Fall
Mrs. N. J. Nnnnry suffoisd n
broken bone In her right aim as
the result of fall In her ynrd whllo
attending to some young chlcK
ens. She tripped over a small chick-
en fence-
CITY BALLOT
IS EXPECTED
TO TOTAL 850
Voting At Noon Approach-
etl JuU lllark Un lllayOr 11 wa Ik1I thii Mis. Womn Kinmo and her ilnughter Nnncy won
j rri p I slain b ii whiini tli l.ilirwd tn be their frlpnd.
And iWO LOmmiSSIOnerS I Cli.. li" I m H.. -.m.l hnr their bodies wrie found lnili.nl I
it . ii :hi .its 1 1 . tion t.'tl iy
i.pioirhit.K tiii- :u mink by i
.mil based upon es.pei lenci'
.ii
. . 'i in tho totnl
. il. ulutcd to Ih;
i l ii n k
. In )il!ft who havx
in I i.rhei elections
mi nintf It lm lirrn
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1 .ml tiinie Uinuli.im me
I'l.n. ' . 1. etion ut in. iiii and
.. . i mi - iiiini. ii'i(cUvi'ly Uthi'i'
eaii.lnl.it. -. air lCuntiiL' I .McCuity
and U. M M. is. 'ley for mayor; and
11. II. Mehnffey X. J. Nnuney C.
ii. (Boas) HooU ullil II. W.
i Pi cut hei Guess fot coininlsalon-
Senate Al Work
To Aid Business
WASHINGTON April 3. U.R
The senate finance committee to-
day lecommundt'd to the ncnato a
e vised tax bill which they said
would tcadily Increase employment
by llbetul ticutmant of business.
With this nattiie dovelopmunt
came a serin of congrcssUmnl nc-
tlwtk'j on Important mcasuies
many designed to halt the deptes.
slot:. The senate finance commit-
tee in it-porting its finance tax
bill ".nt Iclpa ttil gi enter luvenue
fiom 'axes of an Impending up-
turn in I usinesM. Jesse Jouuh chuli-
man ol the KKC discussed the
pliuht ol railroads with Piesident
Roosevelt who is planning n nu-
sago on the subject.
Jonef said tho rnlltouils nc.nl
ficight business muio than they
need loans anil thnl he boliovod
business would Improve sufficient-
ly soon to give them the necessary
business.
Vice President John Gainer and
Speaker William Unnkhond ap-
pointee six democrats nnd four
rcipunlicuus to the joint commit-
too aulhorlxcd to Investigate the
TVA. Two promptly declined.
While opposition members or-
ganised lot a now drive against
the reoiganiantion bill Spenket
Hnnkhcari unnouneetl ho hoped to
put the bill to a vote this week He
wus confident of admmlsttnttou
victoi y.
Pnmlly Reunion Attracts 5im
CANBERRA. UJ.fl' - The laigot
family icunion ever to tulto laco
In AustinltH occuneil heie when
500 descendants and relatives of
Thomus Southwell assembled to
celebrate the 100th annlveisary of
his nnlval In Austiallu. Many of
them had nevei met bcfoie.
FARM LABORATORY IS ASKED
West Texas chimbor of com-
meice conferees yosteiday drafted
n ietuest that the. government
establish a laboiatoty for agrlcul-
luial lescaich in Texas.
The proposed laboiatoty Is one
of four audi units authorized by
the Agricultural Adjustment act of
103S.
To petition foimally that tho to-
seaich bo placed In Texas a letter
was piopnied to Secretary of Agtl-
cultuie Henry A. Wallace It will
bo mailed nftcr appioval of lead-
ers In the movemont.
Wallaeo will ho ndvlscd that tho
icrinnat Is mado by tho WTCC bh
icprosentntlvo of tho 130 countloi
within Its boundaries.
Basis for tho proposal the sec-
Itctniy of agriculture will bo c-
Tracks Tell Story
Of Murder; Check
Made Over Nation
VAN HflllX An.il . il.P lu.i.in.
he i.ii.l tbr will .1' l.i. kul without
l-'nuii ii stii.lv of footpilnts it"
was bi lievetl tile two women got!
out of theli
and then we
Tracks showed that at least one
man walked with the victims In
Nancy's hand when hei body w is
found was n package of match s
fioin the El Paso hotel wheie h
.Hid In 1 ntothei stnvfil.
She may have bei n unawnie slu-
was it dangei and wn about 'o
light a clKnrct when she u-i-'
stunk down Jackson s.nd
IIouomm unexpected was the at-
tack Nancy fought despot ntcly
when she loallzcd her dnnge:.
Katllei totlay tluce witnesses told
Jackson Ihey snw two women who
appni'iitly were not .Mis. Prome
11111I her daughter dilving tlw
Pi otiic automobile Inst Wednesday.
The stiange women got posses-
1 ion of the car Jackson believed
aftei Mis Piumc and hei dnuuhter
I vcio killed.
E. M. Wells division highway
englneei ftom Pccoi Texas said
he saw two men tn a large dark
coupe following tho Frame Pack-
ard towatd llnliuuthca. wheie It
Inter was tucovoied. Two aoldlcis
nlao saw woinon In the Pi onto car
ami thuy likewise anlil Alio occu-
pants did not descriptions of the
mother and daughter.
Private funeinl services wilt bo
hold for thu K1011101 In Richmoiul
Cnl Thutsday.
RinVARI) lilidU'S
AUSTIN April 5. (U.PJ - Tom
Patten of Dallas today telegraphed
Gov. Allied offering $500 for a gon-
etnl toward fund for conviction of
the slayers of Mrs. Weston Fiome
ami her dniightcr. Gov Allied yus-
tctdny offojod Sl.OOti lewaid.
ex-convict ciii:ciii:i)
KANSAS CITY Apt 11 6. U'l'i -
Two minder suspects told pollc-
that an cx-convlct eonfi-deiale ami
Ills girl were In the EI Push uic.i
nnd police tmmedintel wired Tex-
an authoiities on Ihe Risibility th'
luili might be Implicated In the
slaying of Miv Weston Ftoiue
and her duughter.
trains si:aiu;iii:i)
DENTON. A pill 5 (U.R) A 27-yoar-uld
man who attempted to
floo from officers when they
souichcd fieight tialns hero last
night was held today for Investi-
gation. The sheriff ordcied freight
trains senichod believing some
1 1 nnslunt might have Information
on tile Fiome slaying
Three. Sleyhenville
Iiuildinys rn ed
STEPHENVII.I.E. Apt It 5. d'l'i
Throe downtown business buildings
today were destroyed by file be-
llovod cntised by faulty wiring.
Dnmnge wus estimated ut $10000.
A thentci cafe and novelty store
wcie dostioyed and an automobile
agency was dumaged.
New Inn linker School Proposed
CLEVELAND d'lu-School boa id
member Alfred A. Henesch asso-
ciate of tho lote Newton D. linker
has proposed that a Cleveland
high school be named after tho
win time secietury of war.
mlndod Is that "Texas fai excel
any olhor stnto In the niimbti of
farms. In farm acres. In production
of cotton wool mohair nd In value
of fotm crops; Is ihe major form
pioduclng aiea of tho United
Statos nnd under tonus of tho net
eminently iiiallflod x x x."
The West Texas chaniboi of
commeico nUo of furs to submit a
brief summailzlng ouallflcatlons of
Toxas for tho laboratory under
terms of tho act.
A decision to petition Wnllaco
and the department of agtlculture
was 1 cached ny D- A. Bnnileon
WTCC mannger In conference
with R C. Hopping of Lubbock
S. A. Wells of San Angolo A- B.
Davis of Lubbock George A. Sim-
mons and M. E. Unrd.
All n... ti. i . ......
win nine of IntlK mlim ibintTnr
:r-iFRANC0 READY
FOR LAST BLOW
ON BARCELONA
Japanese - Russian Crisis
Is Seen; French Cabinet
In Fight
(My Unltud Pious)
General 1-iniiclsco Franco's vic-
toi ions Insurgent at my Itiilned
nitillery on loyalist Spain's life lino
highway between llnicolonn nnd
nlencla today and ictpoitcd pie-
paicd to offer tho government 1
chance to surrender before the
death blow.
Tho triumphant nationalist plan-
ned an uttimntum demanding tin -condltlunnl
siirtuudcr of a inns
attack 011 Iinicoloim by eveiy
muthod ot modern war.
Panic was tuportcd nt Catalonia
Political oxtrnmlsts ropottcdly
threatonetl to dcstioy the city to
Weep It out of Franco's' hands.
Hntcelonn was pauilyed for
more than nit hour Titosday by 1111
eleett Ic power failure as Fianoo'a
troops moved Into districts com-
manding tho K'ont hydraulic plant
of not thorn Spain
A drustlo cabinet shakeup had
made Piomlcr Juan Ncgrln vu-
tunl dictator.
Evunts elsowhore Included
Paris- All exchange of Insult 1
nnd a near tint fight fot ted Hil-
apension of tho chambet of depm
les session as It considered dinntlfl
finance bills on which hang tho
fate of the pdpular ftont govern
incut.
Washington Admiral Wllliim
I.iiiliy. chief of V. S. naval opn-
ntions. told the senate naval ar
talis tommlttee that llilttsh f.-.u
of 11 combination or otnei t'.uin
penn poweis was an Importnm
factor 111 starting the miMil on
strueliou nice. I.ealiy nssuie.l th'
committee the combination dn
not affect tho U. S.
Vienna It was lepoited lb 1
Cardinal Inniir'ci- was summoned
to Vatican City as a u-siilt 01
declaration by Attstrlnn Catholn-
lendeis mglng tho people to vote
for union with Goimany.
Tokyo Theio w"ie Inilu-ntmi i
of an Ininpnillnc- rilsla in Jnimm m-
lelallons with Ilussla.
Japan lefused to accept th -Russian
icply and lenewed bio.'d
chin that Mo.tcow had sent mili-
tary supplies to China. Piobably
even more menacing was a Japa-
nese news lepoit fiom Sulyu.ni
thnl a "holy wnr" hud biokcn mr
in ninth western China ngain-l
Soviet Influence nnd that Moham-
medans weie fighting Chine-
Soviet officials.
Founder Of Patrol
Regrets Its Merger
AUSTIN. April 5. U.fl W. A.
Williamson of San Antonio fouiulri
of the Toxas highway pattol to-
day assuited It should not havo
merged Into the depaitmcnl of
public safety. Wflllamson as a
legislator sponsored tho bill under
which the pattol was set up. Hi
declined to discuss tho action of
tho safety commission In takln:
away tho command of L O
Pha toa.
Baugh Released By
Cardinal Manager.
ST. PETERSBURG Fla. April
5. lU!i Branch Rickey general
mannger of tho St. Louis Cntdlnalu
announced today that Sam my
Baugh hnd been released t.. nl-
umbus of the Amcilcan As.ioi.lui
tion. Bnugh who played sctiil
games at third bases for trie ur.iiu-
nla will bo trained as a short-oiop
at Columbus according to Hunk
Frlich Caidlnal mandgcr Lj j
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