Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 83, Ed. 1, Thursday, April 7, 1938 Page: 1 of 6
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Breckenridge American
WEATHER
West Texas. Colder In cxtromo
southeast. Hard freeze in north
f i cozing in south portion tonight.
Slowly rising temperature Friday
ireck Merchant a
Plan Jubilee Day
y
OL 18-NO. 8"..
imu M SUIIm.I -It i III rot VI Y TEXAS Till ISMJU UMtll 7 1HK
PRICE DAILY THREE CENTS -SUNDAY FIVE CENTS
The
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RANGER WINS
P.-T. A MEETING
Brownwood And Breck
Lead In Winners Of
Awards For Posters
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KL. PASO Apt I 7 Id Sheriff
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HUNDREDS TO
GATHER HERE
FOR TWO DAYS
lnterscholastic Meeting To
Draw Contestanls 0 f
Nine Counties
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ii Sunlm High School Kuilil.n.
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Slnglm Htellmlnaiirii lln) uml
(ill Is Uoublps PrrllmlnutiiH
9 3t lipclamation Dnl.niii
t. m ..i 'its will lie lit UI in Ihii
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in --ii hi HlKh School Bll
ami i tlil i and Rural l)us nml
III In in the Writ 8tud llnli Sen
Ivi High .School BulMlnK
b Junloi. illRh JJchool JIok
and (lit In Rural Uoya iitul Oil It
and Ward Uoya and Oil Is In th
Senior High 80J100I Auditoiluin
f 30 Extemporaneous Speak
IriK Boys and GUIs Scntoi High
School Llbiary.
9 30 Iloady WrltM Contest
KiKim 16 Senior High School Build
iiir
II 00 - Thruo-H Contfat: Room
I Vi Senior Ulsli Solt'col rJulldlng.
Noun
The lllfh School Cafeteiln will
hi open throuRhout the day. Well
pieparrd food will be served at
populai prices.
I'rld.ij Atllriitiini
loo Choral SlnKlng Auditoiluin
Senior High School iltiildlnx
1 30 Oobnto (Continui'di.
1 30 Tennis tContmut il
'i 30 Declamation iCoiitiiiiinli
1 30 - rHxtcmpoiuneoud hjieik
lug (Continuod)
Mitiirdu) .Miiriiliitc
10 00 Volley Ball Tnuk .uid
Field Events - west of Bui km on
Stadium Coaches and spcctulnis
ate asked to stay back of the (Uld
fence and In the stands.
Prcllinliiiirlf.
8 3C!f Rural I'ontatlilon.
0 30 130 yatd high huidlcs-
inle vulut shot put.
Itrst) - 100 yaid dash bioad
jump.
10 30
Jump
11 00
- 270 yard hurdle high
dlaeus.
- 230 yard dash - Javelin.
I.ltcr.ir) ISti'iiN
Typing. Room 6 Sunlm
0 30
HiHh School Building. Theio un
foil) machines In the Senloi High
Stool C'ommeielal Depiirtment
but eontii'anl may bring theh
own mirhims if thiy sj deslrt.
1100 hiiithaiul Boom 5 Sen-
nit High i h i. Hml.liiiK
Texan s Still I'refere
Old Muzzle Loaders
HOUSTON UP Cap-i foi nnu-ln-loadlng
rifles and buggy whips
are easy to find heie
A spoil goods stole manage!
tevesled that he stock both those
Hems regularly "We get a call
now and thvi. for muiili- lo.nling
capa from the o'd-tlmers who still
piefer those guns" he said
Inle dtlven by the Klomes pro
vuled offlcets with lite only clun
1 which they Imlleved mlRht enahh
them to Identify the sler.
Hheilff Pox diMgroed wl'h the
theory of the husband and fiitliei
of the women that the alay.ius
t.ere 'iompicd li) a tolibetj mo-
"we Hr said their tnituie cntnim
ed him tlioy wero coininltti-il out ol
.evenge and hatred.
m:VAun is UAisun
AUSTIN. April 7. (U.P) Dover
nor Alhod today rccolvod two $100
fund rnlnlnir the to ut to $1 800
Louiilbiitluiis lo I lie Fioiiic icw.ird
Lmtalisls Vow "Xot Licked Vet"
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will '11 k" hoi U tiy Spun ftiitn I'l.itiii n ! f i-lil
i nt 1 n In tin ilt nth Tin plcttii'" win t iki-n if
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Stranger Is Killed
When Hit By Auto
lIoo cv Fearf ii
Of Uiclalorship
BAN FRANCISCO. Apill 7. tU.m
Former Piraldent Hcibert Hoover
uald today that the direction uf
the New Deal Is thi "same is
evety stuti in nutu)ie that hns loit
its democincy."
"Tht dunei In the Niw Dcnl
U In the direction of It." he snld.
"Europe's demociuelea were loit
an the icsult of economic mlioiy"
Hoot ei made his ilutcmcnt at 11
Piimh mnfrtence us he was on-
nniti to Palo Alto fioin his tecvnt
tilp to Ktiiopc
Pioneer Community
Plana Rabbit Hunt
.Sin Pmnei 1 will bo held Fil-
d.i Apul 15. what Is drclared
will be one of the largest rabbit
dm in of the season.
.Mrs. .Molly Biynon. i R. I'ox
and Cecil Freeman sponsor of
the dnve said a fish Uinnei has
been planned for noon of the day
at the On r.n Baptist church.
The Hunters will meet at 8:80
a m on the highway at the rail-
toad cr using between Pioneer
and Cross Plains. Plnns arc being
made foi the furnishing u( am-
munition. The public has been Invited to
puttklmlo.
Pharos In Dark On
Cause Of Dismissal
Al .J11N Apul 7. lUR) L O
Pharu lelletnl by the Stat
Mtfit) ciiiiimixsinii 110m command
of thi rut it in im' 1 ui t which he
founded ditluiitl tudny hi Is not
a cs man.'
I am stil! completely In Iho
daik' Phiiics mi Id 'why such n
ftfp mas tiiki'ii mid hope that In
ilwc lime the h-ople it Texas as
v. rll an my. ti-If may leitin the eul
lemion foi this act no on the jwut
ol the cnmmiBi'iiin '
"Incoiiiputibtllty Him lack of co
pcmtioii wete gtten as th)
cause in the not! e that Pharcs
had been dismissed
Suitcase And Auto
Are Slaijinfj Clues
EI. PASO Apill 7 1IJP1 A suit
case thrown fiom an cast bound
j pasenger truin nar Sandersim
lexaa and an abimloned nutomo
bile at Mnrfa weie InvestlKHtcd to-
day for possible tela! Ions to thi
sla)ing of Mis Wiston Fiomo nnd
hei daulitei Nnnc
Tin hi lontaimng men nnd wo-
mens rlotnlni: had Inside n .Mexico
City addicna. The. Fromca visited
there Inst stimmer. Rongcis wcro
mint Lo Mm f 11 whnrp .1 mnn nnl
I n vtomhn left an autnmoblle Ij
be wiiHlii-tl thr da of the slnylntr
tin it did tint rclini
Peace offlceis of Blrckeuriilgc
Thtnsday mot nmi; weie .iccklnj'
Identity of a man killed about a
o'clock Inst niKht on West Walkur
stieet when hit by n car driven
by Jack Harchns uf Breckenridge.
The man polfcc think was a
trunslunt. Ho wore two suit of
clothlne was about 6 ft. I Inches
tall nnd apparently fifly-odtl years
old.
An 111 my Idonttflcutlon tag In hi
possonslon hoto the name I.oytl
Bindley hut u receipt In his
pocket tinned nt Waco foi so mo
coppci wlro bore the name 12d
Marshall.
Hnrchns vtho lives at the Sagei
Hotel wns driving west in th
hlh wind Wndnrsday night and
tlld not see the man who win 1 toss-
ing the stieet wistwuid nun tin
Alamo filling station.
Tito light fcndei of tin cm
stiuek him. Haichns saul unnthi 1
car passed between him and the
mini nftei tho man had been
struck but he did not know whcthei
thut car struck him or not. Occu-
pants of tho second car weie un-
known to tho sheriff's department
The man wan said to have been
(load when ho 1 cached the hospital
auffutud a fiuctuicd skull and oth-
oi injuries Hnrclms told police ha
was driving slow at the time.
The body was taken to tho Alex-nndiii-HIII
funeral home
Home Town Recalls
Seabrook A dvenlures
TI'USA. Okla tl I'. William
tSeubrnok author leclurei and
globe-tiottei slutted his adtentui
uir business back in Abilene Kaa
when he whs S. He win accom-
panied by aeveial friends cut 1 led a
knife and a gun und led a goat.
Tho Idea was to go west to Salt
Lake City on to San Kmncisc
across to Asia and then to Samar-
kand. Seulnoolt was fin cod to postpone
his adventuring foi stvetal yean
howevei. because in luo next towti
the entei piblng youths met their
parents They ptomptly were
brought home spanked nnd forcrd
!o sell the goat.
Since then Scntuook hus gone
udvnn tilling all ovci the win Id but
he thinks Ameilcu Is the best
country he has found in his travels
and ho Intends to stay foi the next
few )nis.
Comedians Offer
Special 1 1 Ton if hi
Tho Brunks Comedians will pre-
sent thnlr special merchant show
tonlRlit oprnliiK he doors ut 7 30
p. m. nnd stalling the show al 8
p. m.
The Wnlklkl Novelty Boys tunln
atttuctlon of the show will ooi
duct n musical vaudovlllc )t oscul-
ation picLmlliiR tho play.
Tlioic will I10 a miuuII ndmibNion
chaigc with the nicichnnth ticlutj
It MJj olid
WALKER NITRO
CASE GOES TO
HANDS OF JURY
itnesses Tell Of Thefts
Concealing Properties At
Graham
I
ase of 1'ia'ik
1 1 -ttniimit In the
ilkii oil rield -vol kit of On
1 mi chaiifi n intlletnunt with
'1 1 living ano mm alinit lolen
I nperty ended in the Pflth dn-
'int couit Wed n -May nftniiiMit
1 I th' tnse was expected to go li
jinx Thtnsday iiftetnoon
In iirtimony Intidueed by lhi
.' (.miriiiil Smith now of K11-
11 funnel I) of Hrcckcni Iduc
ifltd that he stole nltioRl)ct'tln
MAI.KKIt litfll.TV
I he Juiy Thuisday afternoon
Kite Wttlkci five )euts suspended
sent' 1 1
both Ininid nnl solidified from the
Indi iii hut ToiihiIo company
man 1. im m 11 Bieekenridgo Inst
hi pti intit'i .
Smltl mini he '"'ik the cxplos-
ltes tu Uiiihniii unit tinloniloil the
fimt load the chicken house of
John .Mi-.Mui tiy. formerly of
BteckenridKc That when he wont
with tho itfcoitd loud Mc.Mtlitiv
told him to move it all out of the
chicken homo. That he took th.
nltioglvceiln to a woods a xhoit
distance away but left the dyna-
mite In the chicken house.
Testimony was fuither lutiodiie-
ed tu show that Mc.Muitiy then
cni)loted Cuitis T. Itogeis who
got Wulkei to remove the ev
ploslve from the itc.Mtiitry pre'n-
Iscs to th Jeff ties ( state. That II
was moved nt night and placed In
n ravine and covied with gunny
sacks and limbs rind loaves to pro-
tect It.
Fuither testimony tended to
show that the state sent Chnilci
Wolf highwny ttinlman to Oin-
hnm In Octobct whee he eontrnctod
Walke. and Boners and wont with
them to inspect the explosives nnd
etui nnl to Oinhnni.
It was tivtlfied that when Wolf
lountlng out 5-200 In monry
Kiten him hv R O Millet of the
toipuli company Deputy Hhetlff
hedwtiie of Younir county TiMipy
Fieiland and Cnpt Ham then of
the 'ilghwii) imtrnl mude the ur-
ll'Ht
A eonfcKMlou of the defendant
was Intioducid In which It was
stated thut defendant know the
piopeity was atolen.
Def.-nse of Walker was that ho
was employed by Curtis nnd did
not ki.ow Uiu pyiporly wna stolon.
Attorneys foi defonso are Floyd
Jones -nil Lindsay 13 Hnwklna.
Jurois selected to try the cuso
nre Qui land Coody ll. W. Blid
JW. Post a. J. Ollt. C. K. Illnln'
Dudley Grounds R. C Brlttnin. A.
u. Wells W. W. Woods. "Ishor
.Miller John Black nit n ana 'it. V.
Meadoi .
Traffic Paralyzed
ill Street Car Strike
DETROIT Apul 7 U Sti Ik-
ing stitt't ihi opei.itniii today chal-
lenged tin- city to 1 111 1 y out lis
thi eat to discharge them If they
failed to nnd theii walkout which
lins puial)ed Detioil tail ttun-
apuit system
(
Thompson Offers
I rUHl a Reaulation
Al'STIN Apul ;. tUP .Utility
uitc legulatinn J ml it pledge
bgaitiMl new taxe. wue ticscd In
plat foinn Issiftd today by (.'ol. IS
O. Thompson in hi. imu for go
1 not .
HOUSE SAVES POWER MEASURE
WASHINGTON Apill 7 U.R
'I he house undei full piesauto
from Piesldent RMisovell's load-
ets. today dntotttod a motion to
kill the executive department's --
oiganlmtlon hill voting 101 to HI0
1 to continue Its emit lilonit Ion.
Piesident Roosevelt tnranwhllo
callod his tellef anvlsoiu to tho
"White Houso to dlxouss an Immed-
iate $1500000000 IniHlnesii tovltull-
xnllnii piogrnni thiough a Joint
PWA and WPA dilvo.
Quickly forming udmlnlstiatlon
linos Bhnttorcd uftci 22 hours of
debate In five days udirilnlbtrntloii
icadcin foiccd' the looigauizatloii
hill into readme if umci dm n
Cold Wave Damage
To Crops Is Feared
Into The Millions
( H United Pieasi
lliilinns nf 1lnll.u1 1 1 111 ik may ii-inlt from the seveic euld snap
in 1'csis fiimi'i ft n - 1 llniisdti)
As tenipentuifs fell t Jn dt urees at I.ubboeW en.n nnrrlt fit 1
the ltHK)ono acies ol wheal on the
... anA . ... ... . .
.- --...' iiin 111? n iuiiii iox.
The fur hint unit nop throughout north Texas and pi nimbly
Inn ilaniogi'd tiuk 11 ops in Kast Texas
In West Texas tin- 1 111 wnte wax ushered In 1y strong winds Ihi'
"klekcil up dust storms furlhei
Mercury Drops
To .12 Durina
Winter Encore
A hiKh wind bioiinht Into
Bieekemldge a dust htmm Weil-
ncsdny nftemoon which ehnng.
ed from hull to sleet to enow
dutltig K10 night dilvtug tho
thermometei down to 32 deRiec
at 7 o'clock tin moi nlng.
A diop fiom Hx to 18 degrees
wna experienced fiom 5 to 6 p
m. Wednesday Whnl damnRc It
will do to ciops could not he
estimated depending upon wcn-
thci condltlotiM to follow.
JAPAN WARNS
U. S. AND RUSS
Displaying Armed Strength
In Asia Resented Says
Rear Admiral
(B) United Pu is
Japan warned the United States
and Russia today against display-
ing aimed sttength within the
bomidniliM of hei m If Imposed
guardianship ovei Asia
Otl SI 11 UI nllllt llllla H..1....I I.. 1l.. .
Ad. .:::. v" :"'."?.." r.
.':. . " """' ""
pan legaided heiself as a "peaceful
defender of un Asiatic aieu which
he did not define
Increased Amerlcun nival build
lug I'Meiulon of thr U S naval
flontler tow aid Asia and ineieasu
nnvnl activities In the Western Pac-
ific uie lesuuted b) Japan ho said.
Tim same applies to Uui.hIii
ISuiojiean purtneia of tho dlct.i-
toilnl bloc continued acttvo with
lobet aunles pi casing loyalists foic-
is In SiMiln.
Loyalist Hoops which rallied for
11 final stand befoio Uurcolonu weie
under tort If Ic pi assure. Refugee
ffled Into Finnce. One lost loiflou
of moie thnn 1000 troops was
utidggllng thiough the Piynucs to-
wind Fiance
"Tho loyalist got eminent A
nevei capitulate una will tight .n
the end" the miiiistei of foieign
uffails said ut Buuelona
Softball MeetiiKj
Is Called Tonifht
Thcie will be a meeting or the
Brockemldgo Softball Association
tonight at the Y M C A ut 7 30
The pin pose of this meeting Is tu
agiee upon legulutlons that will
be needed to govern the amateur
city leagues.
Any pei son inleiested In play-
ing 01 managing a team is uiged to
be pi client. Auungements 111 e be-
ing made to open lue paik 1)10 lat-
er part of this month. Piny In the
city leagues will be limited to
um&tcuis
hopofal fin iulck netlon nflei
their tilumph In the flist cloni cut
test of sttength. Tho bill would
nuthiuUc the prodlilunt within hto
yor.m to tinimfn abolish 01 con-
solldato agencies nnd but onus and
gtnnt wldo tcotgnnlatlou poworn.
Adtnlnlstintlon lottdcrs ngicod 10
Unco nniondments:
1. To exempt tho voteians bu-
icau fiom lenrganUatlon.
2.- To ictaln tho present Inde-
pendent but can of cducutlon.
3. To provide that pi evidential
oideis may bo 1 evoked by 11 con-
giesstonul majoilty
The White Iloiiv unl that the
(luru To I nge. Four)
noith plnlns hnd been badl) dam
i
dnmiigltiK fields. Hli-h winds swept
the Uoiger area nil Wedncsda)
night nnd reduced visibility to thue
blocks Wednesday as the nir wm
filled with mixed dust nnd snow
Kauchcis snld the cold weather
and Anow storms probably would
cnttso heavy losses nmoni; lambs
nnd fleshly shoaied 'sheep nnd
goats
The wlntery winds were felt lo
the Ktilf whcic storm wnrnlni;i
wete Issued nloni; tho const.
Al Ft. Woith Wednesday after-
noon the thermometer rcKlstuiud
3ft. By Thursday morning It wna
down to 3G. The cold wun ticcom-
jmniod by hull nnd n IiIkIi wind
and .02 of mi Inch of rain.
Tho wind ronched 53 miles nil
hour and tore down power lines ut
Snn Antonio whole hail and 0. one-
inch rain fell.
At Austin tho thcimoinolei diop-
ped fiom gi) drj-ruoa to 3U.
The weather but can ptedlctcd
the tempornttu In the Paulmndln
nilitht go down to 20 befoto Thuis-
day night-
A foui-lnch snow at Sweetwater
caused cnnoelliUlon of 11 Pltlaburgli-
Chicago exhibition basuliall game.
The tomporaturo diopped lo 2S.
lowest mark on iccord. aftur u
I imixiiiium 83 Wcdmsduv.
Waco roportcd 2.5 lnche of rain
and a temperature of 30. A light
snow wis falling Thuisday .it
Brownwood. Midland also had u.
light snow following a siind ntorin
The tcmpei attire was 21 dogreijs
Additional snow a wnio piedlciod
foi mltlweatfrn states an cltlrs and
ow"" f" -Moutm to
the Atlantic const dilK out of a mid-
spung hllian'.
The stoim still raged in parta of
the nildwestein states and snow
continued to fall along the eastern
senboaid and the Rocky .Moun-
tains legion.
W or kern Aroused To
Protect Blum mil
PARIS Apill 7. (UP rilngit.g
tho communistic Intcinntioiiulo
liuniltcils of wnrkeiK pouted Into
the honit of I'm la tonight in .1
drmonsirailoit agiitnst the deft it
of Pieinlur I.eon Blum's popular
ft out goveiiimont.
They convoignd on the senato
whie the finance commlnslon
taillei hnd 1 ejected BIiiui'm fi-
nance hill on which the life of 'he
cabinet was based. An estimated
0 000 soldlots and police gum (led
the nioa.
Killer of Children
Is Taken To Prison
CKNTKR April 7. U.R) Mm.
I.llllo Mao Cuttls 38-yenr-old widow
who killed six of hoi nine chlldion
when "her povoity became unboni-
nblo" was. removed today to n
state pilsnn to begin seivlng a to-
tnl of 500 ycnis given ln In a
disttlot court.
Unemployment Held
iff her Over Nation
WASHINGTON April 7. If Pi
Tho A. F. of I. estimated today a
total of 11000.000 wcro unemployed
in February and said ropoits show-
ed "unemployment still increasing
allghtly."
Barcelona Electric
Lines Are Captured
SARAOOSSA. Spain. Apill 7. d'H)
Capture of the Rio Flamlscll vnl-
Icy in the great hydro-elcctrlo 10.
glon which supplies Barcelona with
power wna announced tonight by;
nationalist hcadquatcrs.
")
Suspects Executed
HI2NDAYB. April 7. (Ul'i - ft
fugecs said toduy that wholcbiilti
executions of nationalist suspect!!
lud b.tn revlcd in Bdiccloua.
' N.
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