Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 167, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1947 Page: 3 of 4
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—FRIDAY. JPI.Y 2.-, 1*47-
THE BWRCKENRIDCE (Texas) AMERICAN
PAGE
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W'uritH
AUSTIN". Tex.- The IVxa.- Leg-
islature bwlufves that now is the
time tu spend. ttytttinif its session
l* ke J*iclw<l in Pokey
SPO K A N K. Wash.—A minor
crime w„',ve in the city jail was
halted wfeui juileis rvtrievvtl $8.H0
iii January with a surplus of ap- which a piv-kpoeket hail removed
proximately $.'15,000,1)00, the law-! from trusty Milton Scoles' trous-
tuuke s pulled all the stops amt.ei>.. The money was found an an-
spent all but $'.•.!( :! in the ensuimf other truest of the establishment,
months. ] Jfirunfc Fallon.
Saturday
Feature Values
86 X 112
BATES SPREADS
SEVERAL PATTERNS IN Kl.UK.
ROSE. ilHEHN, i«liEVt TAN.
$6
96
Kiddies White Knit
ROY ROGERS TEE SHIRT ,
it
picti ke <>k unv nor,ers
AND TRHltiKK S—.M—L-
98
Happy Home
COTTON DRESSES
PRINTS. POPLINS, CHAMBRAYS.
SANEOKIZEl>—SI/E 12 T()-jt>—:IS TO It
Anthony's Feature
LOVABLE BRAZIERS
$2
TliREE-t)l'AKTEK STITCHED I I P
KAVON MATtX- T-KOSK Ok' WHITE
39 INCH
WHITE NAINSOOK
A BEAUTIFUL SHEER WHITE
COTTON :V-> INCH WlftE ___
•Men's Army Cloth
KHAKI SUITS
$1
m
PANTS 2S-:.u—$2.'.ts
SHIRTS 14-IS—$2.19
PER
SUIT
$5
RANDOM KMIT
WORK SOCKS
3
REINFORCED I1EEI. AND TOE
!SlZES—to TO 12
PAIR
(5c
•lea's Blue and While
CARPENTERS OVERALLS
$5
4 POCKFT BIP—DOUBJLE KNEES
6 LOOPS—SIZES 32 TO 42
98
New Shipment
WOVEN MADRAS CHAMBRAY
SANFORIZED—( IK: ICE OF SEVERAL
I'Oi t .'hD STt'H \'i
98c
imEUKENKIIMiE
Oh, what fun's is store for you*
both... you and your date. From
4 to 12 p.m., dining and dancing
in a party atmosphere Drop >n
tonight and treat your date.
Good Music. Cold Beer, Delicious*?
Fcods. * -Jgg
BELVANIA • CLUB
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ANNOUNCING
MEADOR-REEB ELECTRIC
lift Smith Court
37
Sealeave Fust potted
COKL'R IVALKNK. Ida.—Sen-
tencing of U'Rov Gardner, It.-
year-old confessed auto thief, had
to be postponed because jailers
couldn't utet him to court. Other
prisoners had juimued the cell lock
and it tooJt a locksmith five Imurs
to open the
Sleeping cur service was first
used in the United States in 1S-IT
on the Pennsylvania Railroad's
Karrishurg-Chuml>er>bun> line.
SALT LAKE CITY. — R. K.
Dougherty. Stolen, lire., doesn't
trust anyone in Utah's capital city.
He left his suitcase in a bus depot
for a few minutes and it was
stolen. When he and the station
agent were watching a suspect,
someone picked his pocket of a
wallet containing $> .
INDIANAPOLIS. — Standing in
line to pay a utility bill, a woman
thought the tuan very gracious
when he offered to pay it for her.
She handed him S3 but, instead of
remaining in line, he pocketed it
and ran out the door.
Snub Returned
TULSA. OJlla.— Boston newspa-
pers ignored a visit by a group of
Okluhomau* to the home of the
baked bean. So—when the, Tulsa
fair opens this year, there will not
lie any Boston buked beans ur
Roston brown bread on display.
The baked beans and brown bread
will be there but not the word
" I ioston."
Noisy Prutekt Wins
FORT WORTH. Tex—Ten in
mates of the county Jail, all held
on felony charges, protested having
their shaving equipment taken
away by pounding on their cell
bars with shoes. Sheriff Sully
Montgomery, who said the dis-
turbance could be heard more than
a block away, returned the per-
sonal items.
Discontent Expressed
PLUM.MER, Iila.—Mrs. Edward
Floch's cow isn't exactly the con-
tented sort. The cow mowed her
down and trampled her. Mrs. Floch
was laid up with two broken ribs,
a broken collar bone, a broken arm
and assorted cuts and bruises.
OUT OUR W AY
By J. R. Williams
A nA"T , ' Vt~
BEAD OFF -TH-
SPECIFIC At (CMS
TO ME --
WELL, THERE
IT IS--RI0.HT
THERE.' THEY
DONT NEED
NO TEST
TUBES AN'
STUFF/
TO SAVE
TIME, HE
HAS TH
DOC COME
HERE TO
CHECK UP
AMP 56 E
WHAT TH'
TROUBLE
IS
jO RlOH~
AHEAB DOC -
THtS WON
IKCTERRUP" r
ANYTHINC '
1
THE MALADY
,, 7'2O J
Moyor of Chicago
An nvr In PkoIiiiw Pdllle
HORIZONTAL
1 Pictured may-
x or of Chicago,
Martin
9 Intersticed
10 Antler
13 Blushing
14 Consideration
18 Age
1 Forthright
21 Damage
22 Rough lava
23An (Scot.)
24 Artificial
■ language
26 Parent
ST Foid of skin
29 Narrow street
31 June bug
32 Born
33 Asterisks
35 He is noted as
a leader
38 Toward
39 Symbol for
neon
40From (prefix)
41 Accomplish
42 Compass point
44 British
counties
49 Altitude (ab.)
50 Allot
52 Mineral rocks
53 Roman date
54 Rued i
57 Shines
VERTICAL
1 Kansas (ab.)
2 Comparative
suffix
3 Roman
emperor
4 Midday
5 Otherwise
6 Places
7 Lieutenant'
Cab >
8 Still
10 Pile
11 Spoken
12 Sun god
15 Morning (ab.)
16 Arrived
1? Salver
19 Biers
20 Hypnotic
states
23 Oak fruit
IS
WENATCHE E, Wash.—The
world's largest electric locomotive,
developing 3,00*) horsepower at the
rail, has gone into service hauling
tireat Northern trains over the
Cascade Mountains between here
aad Skyomish. Wash.
OSLO.— Nazi Germany's pride,
the giant 45.000-ton battleship Tir-
pitss, is being used today as a place
of summer entertainment by the
people of Tromsoe in northern Nor-
way. One enterprising company
has even suggested installing a
cinema and summer restaurant
aboard.
Three-Story Fall Easy
SPOKAN*E. Wash.—Two-year-old
Marilyn Tenby toppled from a
three-story apartment house win-
dow. Doctors looked for broken
bones but etmMn't find anything
more than a few minor bruises.
PILES
Pain and Distress Go Fast
This Easy Way
Only the victim ot piles really
knows the atfony, soreness, pain ami
even mental distress that this a.Mic-
tion brings.
AU this can be quickly changed
to ease In movement—comfort and
reliet from pain—often within an
hour. Why suiter another day when
you can get a box of MOAV'A Sl'l'-
PUSITl> U tKS so easily. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded.
PILE
SUPPOSITORIES
It mi Seek* LeaJ-iuan
PULLMAN, Wash.—Applications
front trao for 15 students were
filed at Washington State College.
A return cable to Bagdad has au-
thorised nine in the following
departments: chemical engineer-
ing, mechanical, engineering. 3;
accounting, 2; and English special-
ists, 2.
"'■ii n ——w—.—
There stIU are 242 covered
wooden bridges in use in Pennsyl- 'ter County,
A f i'e.<gl v-s - fnmdafced pJastM-
protected cover that turns any
standard 10-nuart galvanized pail
unto an auxiliary refrigerator has
been produced.
Archeologists believe horses were
domesticated in Babylonia about
■'1500 B.C.
vania. The oldest, bujilt in 180T,
spans Brandywine Creek to Ches-
Kven In Wwcoania
OCONOMOWOC, Wis.—W. A•
ppler and his son, William E.,
the only irrigated orchard in
cousin. A well sunla mora than
feet pumps water down the la
rows of apple trees at the rate
1,000 gallons u minute.
Only they who fulfill th«ir du
in everyday matters will fu"
theai on great occasions.—Kir
ley.
NEON
SIGNS
FOR LAST 8 YEARS
Electra Neon
Sign Co.
NOW! TRADE
your old-fashioned washer
or a new, work-saving
BENDIX
25 Oily
28 Cretan
mountain
30 Bulgarian coin
33 Stalk
34 Sqund
36 Unemployed
37 Folding beds
43 Diminutive ■
suffix
45 Indian
46 Angers
4? Hire
48 Italian town
49 To (prefix) *
51 Work unit
53 Germ-plasm
units
55 Hebrew deity
56 Half an em
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UECKEN8IDGE AMERICAN
PUBLISHING COMPANY
114 E. Elm. BndnoiMgt. Tea,
WALTER MURRAY. PublUhw
MANLY BANKS. Mcraagir
CHARLIE HALL. Editor
G. W. CALLAWAY. Cir. M«r.
Entered at th* Pest Oin In Brack**,
ridg*. T*xcw. as s«cond class aiaMat
under th* Act oi CongnM. March X
1179.
Any uronaou. r*ll*cHon upon th*
character, standing or reputation at
any p*r*on. linn or corporation which
may apprar in tho column* *1 Th
Bnckonridgo American will bo alufl*
correct* upon it* h*ina brought tn
th* attention ai tho manag*m*nt,
BHECKENHIDGE AMERICAN
Published Daily
Why wxestle any longer with that old-
style washer when you can get a gener-
ous allowance for it on a new Beadix and
enjoy workless washdays?
The only washer with a 10-year record of
trouble-free service behind it, the Bendix
makes washing completely automatic
and carefree.
You simply put in clothes, add soap, set
a dial and the Bendix does the rest. It
washes ,. triple rinses .,. damp dries
... cleans itself -.. empties ttself and
shuts itself off. You don't even have to
be there.
So don't put up another week with your
old-fashioned washer. Phone us today for
details of our liberal trade-in allowance.
CJ
America's Lowest Priced Automatic
OK LUXE MODKL STANDARD ArtC3 EL
$249.50 $229.50
plus plumbing plus plumbing
One-third down—15 months to pay
See the Bendix Demonstrated In Our Office
COMMIMTY PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
ALLY OOP BY V.T. HAMIJN
LOWEST FINANCE RATES ON
NEW CARS
per cent of deferred balance plus regular insur-
ance—no pudding w extra "carrying charges."
FIGURE IT YOURSELF
We Also Finance and Loan Money on Used Cirs
ft. G. CAMP 8 CO-
Taylor Bldg.,—Phone •">">•>—(Established in 1922)
INSURANCE—REAL ESTATE—AUTO LOANS
VSEY- *X3\i DlGLET'5
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WE CARE IF TrfE
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CCsif^ACT re F:s -JF
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THE
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COW IW IV NtA SIBVICE INC T v HtG U ''AT
int>tiiMin>mwt«ininHwitw>Htio<HHWWiw n WHW
Polluted Waters May
Harbor Virus
A third precaution atnonc six
^ «imple health rules th:it should
b* observed during the polio
epidemic season is to avoid
swimminc in polluted waters,
the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis cautions,
through Us local chapter.
While proof of direct infec-
tion bar this means is lacking,
the National Foundation points
oat that research financed by
March of Dimes lands indi-
cates flat the virus causing
polio is often foond in sewage.
Consequently, wherever sewage amy lad its war Into waters
used for swimming, such waters shonid be avoOfcd. To be sure,
consult your local Health Department
and don't swim in waters hnown to be
mmniu'MtRE
T FILTHY
I'M 6ETTIN
HUD RYDER
fTH' S*L5 -sLBlN
US eo AiAINST
TMI5 CLSR£NT. BUT'
V,€ SOT TOO MUCH
U0AB.>€'ee TAKiN'
ON
BY FRED HARM AN
without
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neaeBED SHARKS
w£be aooo ~ce.
SUMPlN. BUT UNTIL
, xm NOW, I N£vee
KNEW VVHAT.'
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AND \>eu.
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FRECKLES AND BIS FRIENDS
BY MERRILL BLOSSER I
---SO AFTER. We
' SCARED every-
BOCY BY MAION6
LIKE A LION WITt4
Tue DRUM, Thte
POLICE IT
X MAVE fwe OBOM-
COM6" IN AND JOIN
WE OTMEK UNEM-,
PLOYED DRUMMERS/
ITS All
right
HEY.stow DOWN-WKE; YOU
wftglo
Them
IT WAS
yours,
MR. ,
u«htmeart!
WANT ID ROLL AROUND IN p'c
DITCH WITH THAT BX6 CATS
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Hall, Charlie. Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 167, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1947, newspaper, July 25, 1947; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth132907/m1/3/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.