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«—RBECKEMUDGE AMBJUC'AN —TUESDAY, NOV. 25, 1M1
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PakJUkad Dotty
WASHINGTON, p. C.—(NEA>—A man going by the istn Street
side entrance of the Treasury building the other evening about
du.sk, was surprised to see a police patrol pull up. Out of the Treasury
dour came several uniformed Treasury guards, with, a young coup la
between them. The couple was hustled into Use
paddy wagon and away it went.
Curious, the passer-by sidled up to on* oi the
guards and asked what went on.
"Oh, we make a check-up of the building every
night about this time," said the guard. "It's just
to make sure everybody's gone home and there's
no one left who shouldn't be here. In one of the.
rooms we found this pair making hot love, so we
pinched 'em."
"What will happen to them now?" the guard
was asked.
"I suppose they'll fire 'em," the guard said, "it
they find out they were Communisms." . ....
Edson
BARKS
BY HAL COCHBAN
'T'ME majority of us still aren't.
. driving'around worrying about
wracking a new car.
* * *
A spray used in some orchards
keeps apples from falling. Why
not try it on the price?
...
The average man wears a seven-
and-one-quarter-size hat — before
making a good golf score.
• * •
The first and t>est reply to
those who want to argue about
politics i , "Did you register?"
• • •
Have you noticed
bricks are back—or
AuOding a new home?
that gold
aren't you
POLICY MAKERS PLOTTED
POULTRYLESS DAYS. AND
CHICKEN PEOPLE FUSSED
By Frederick Othman
United Pies* Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, "v — The
pink-eared ones are my subject, to-
day and I don't mean rabbits. I'm
talking about tbe embarrassed gen-
tlemen who consider this week the
eating of chicken a patriotic duty.
Last week these same stalwarts
classified anybody who ate chicken,
particularly on Thursday, a traitor
to his country. The i|uestion is
how come?
I pocked myself a lunch of chick-
en soup in a vacuum boitle, chicken
sandwiches and a couple of drum-
sticks on the side anil took a tour
of the marble hall? for the answer.
Who was the foot-in-mouth genius
in charge of thinking up poultry-
less Thursdays? The White House
wasn't responsible; President Tru-
inan just took the recommendations
of bis citizens food committee.
rhorlie I.uckman, who is Bob
Hope's boss and is recognized as
one of the world's ^reat soap sales-
men, is chairman of same. War it
his idea? Good heavens, no.
That Acme newspicture of Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine smilingly
inspecting the telephotos of the Howard Hughes eight-er.gined dying
boat gave the millionaire a big laugh. But when Brewster was asked
to autograph a copy of the photo for Hughes, the senator refused.
His explanation was, "Homer won't let me."
The "Homer" he referred to was Sen. Homer Ferguson of Michigan.
"Homer bawled me out for posing with that picture," said Brewster.
"That's why I didn't attend any of the later hearings. I wouldn't
dare autograph it now."
A FTER reporters had cleaned up all the heavy business at Defense
Secretary James V. Forrestal's press conference on the progress
of armed service unification, one of the newsmen wanted to know if
the secretary would answer a personal question.
"It depends on how personal it is," said ForrestaL "Go ahead and
ask" it and I'll see." *
"There's been a lot of talk arbund here about the possibility of
your becoming the Democratic vice presidential candidate to run with
President Truman in 1948," the reporter began. Then came the per-
sonal question: "Are you a candidate and if the nomination were
offered you, would you accept it?"
Secretary Forrestal flushed a little and ducked the punch. Then
he smiled and shot back with: "I suppose you want an answer as
definite as Sherman's." He referred to Sherman's famous line that
he would not run if nominated and would not serve if elected. The
reporter indicated that was what he wanted.
"Well," said Forrestal, "next time we meet, I'll try to have a
historic answer for you."-
"W7IT at the recent Democratic National Committee meeting here in
" Washington set an all-time record for something or other. One
story, from the Hon. Marion Rushton of Alabama, was typical:
There was a young southern soldier who went overseas in the war
and got wounded. They put him in a hospital, and there was a fine
flower of womanhood in the hospital as a Red Cross nurse. She
happened to be from up nawth, but she was a good Democrat just
the same. She saved the southern boy's life and nursed him back
to health, and out of gratitude and because she was such a good
Democrat, even if she did come from up nawth, the young southern
boy thought he ought to marry her.
But he was bothered by one thing. So he decided to talk it over
with his buddy, who was also a good southerner and a Democrat.
"My father and mother are both in the poorhoiise -now," tho boy
said. "My brother shot a man and he's in tile penitentiary at Atlanta.
Both of my sisters was born deaf and dumb. I got two other brothers
who are in the insane asylum. One of my uncles has fits and the
other one is a moonshiner who .has delirium tremens.
"I've told my nurse all that. But I just wonder if I ought to tell
her that I got two cousins who are Republicans."
member, said at a press confer-
ence in Chicago that meutless
Tuesdays and cbickenless Thursday
were mere symbols, like going to
phureh on Sundays. Later he an-
nounced that he really didn't mean
this. Still later he said that of
course he realized a dead chicken
consumed less grain than a live
one. Obviously he could not he
blamed.
By Boh Weildle
United Press Stall CorresDond.nl
This human race!
A would-be burglar had a tough
time of it when he tried to crack a
safe at a Fort Worth lumber com-
pany, but he didn't lose his sense
of humor.
First he knocked the knob off
the safe, but that failed to open
the door.
Then he backed a company lum-
ber truik up to a window, which
he had broken to gain entrance
tied a rope around the safe and
tried to pull it out with the truck.
That didn't work irither, ,
, , , ........ .i When employes arrived at the
Then I bribed film with one of my mous establishment, with umpteen | yar,| n(,xl the truck motor
sandwiches and he told me what thousand employees, who can't all I wa? S(j|| running. Scrawled on a
cooked in the chicken stew. There's be expected to know what the fel- teleghauh blank left by the safe
wasta note: "Kilroy has gone."
* —
Visitor Sent Fee
Abilene police, in the midst of a
campaign to collect delinquent
narking meter tickets, were heort-
ened by a letter from a former
Abilent visitor.
The letter, from Charles M.
Max'ey of Birmingham, Ala., con-
tained 111 cents, with this explann-
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MINISTERS
WEETlNCl
MliteteFi
I U.SF.D SADDLE like new. Mode at
i LKDDIES, Ft. Worth. See Charles
i Clarke at Breckenridge American.
i FOB SALE—Baby chicks eveiy
j Tuesday. Also bouk chicks for far
I lure delivery- Mosley's Hutc.'.ery
8i)2 W. liuilum. Breckenridge, Tex
: Hlmne 903.
Electric sewing machines factory
rebuilt new motors. Buttonhole at-j
tachmeuts. He,pairs a specialty.!
One white Electric desk model in- j
dividualy owned. New. In Breck-1
enrdise every week. Drop us a
card. Buy—Seil—Trade. R. M.!
Bennett. 2726 South 3rd. 1
FOR SALE—Several nice 4 room,
5 room, 8 room homes. All well
located. Reasonable priced. Terms.
BLAKE JOHNSON INSURANCE
AGENCY. PHONtK 777.••
Will be in Breckenridge Wednes-
day before Thanksgiving with
Mums priced right. Watch.
Fambros
SPECIAL
A good buy in a met* five roam
home i n East Breckenridge.
Price S3.250.—'Terms.
BLAKE JOHNSON INSURAN-
CE AGENCY. PHONE 777.
FOR SALE—3 room Stucco house,
modern. 1012 West 2nd. Street.
Price reduced for quick sale.
Ifi46 Chev. Dump Truck—1946
Ciev. Panel $1,375—1946 Chev.
four door—1941 Cadillac. Jones
Music Co.
FOR SALE—Living room suite,
extra wing chair. Bad condition.
Call 647-R.
Notice
i LOCAL and t.uiNii DISTANCE j
j MOVING, fire proof storage, erat-
rng, .packing and rtellvery. We buy
I and sell ussd furniture. H. V.
| Curfcy, Residence Ph. 134, jffice
I Pit. 194.
For Rent
FOR RENT—Eureka Vacuum
Cleaners. By day or bv week. City
Plumbing & Electric Co. Form-
erly Wyatt Auto Store.
Small Apt. Modern,
bath. 510 W. 2nd.
Adjoining
FOR RENT—3 room unfurnished
apartment. Partners Dairy. Phone
475-J-2.
Large front bedroom' close
Phone 49M-VV.
in.
Lost
EYES of TEXAS
OUT OUR WAY
By J. R. WiHiaim
no way of confirming his tale, but low next door is doing.
I have every reason to believe it's Even as the policy makers were
accurate and if anybody wants to plotting poid try less Thursdays, the
deny it I'll lie delighted/ to inter- chicken experts downstairs ware
experts
working out an eat-more-poultry
campaign. When the left hand rlis-
view him and even give him my
remaining sandwich.
That leftfthe I . S. department Luekman and pals in th^ adver-j covered what the right hand will
c.t Agriculture, Clinton P. Ander- Rising agencies, in nnyNevent, were- i doing, and vice-versa, the chicken
fon, secretary. Clint, you may re- H 't eve thinking about chickens —— " *—
when they hove into Washington
with their plans to save grain for
Europe. Their ideas included meat-
less Tuesdays and wheatless
Thursdays. They even had sample
posters prepared.
too
had
pot boiled over. But it was
late. The president already
signed the orders.
So all the chicken people howled, i tion:
some of the bureaucrats issued j "We (to not have parking meters
statements which sounded like here. I forgot to *niy my fee twice
Maury Maverick's gohbledegook to j while in Abilene."
They presented this scheme to me, and then last week the boys
the president's cabinet committee, reversed Their ruling. Some of'em
which had some doubts whether aren't speaking to each other, I
the wheatless deal would work, hear tell, while Luckmun and Co.
, They kicked the idea around and currently are trying to get the peo-
It looked like nobody in Wash-, then somebody at the Agriculture pie to eat more chicken every day
ington had anything whatever to' Department — not Anderson—said j in the week, Thursdays included,
do with this chicken fricassee. It! why not make it chickenless Thurs- They're even trying to eat it, them-
snuck up on the town like a feath- day? That, he said, ought to save . selves, but somehow they don't
ery ghost and nobody knew from trruin. i have much appetite for drumsticks,
nothing. But wait! I met a fellow The Department of Agriculture,j Bring on too many unhappy
who locked the door of his office, it must lie pointed out, is an enor- memories.
Boy Friend's Name Unknown
A Fort Worth Negro woman
walked into the city deteetice office
and declared: ✓
"I wants to see my boy friend
you all got locked up here in jail."
"What's his name?" she was
asked.
"I don't know," she admitted,
"Use just been goin' with him two
months!"
A HALF
MINUTE >ET/
/ that? oh. soeav?
trvin' to quit
smolcin' an'
he's got curly
holpin' th' pack,
an' only allowin'
him one CICjARET
every two
"OURS,^
V. - .
I'D AS SOON
HELD THE
ALAMO ALONE
AS HOLD
ANYTHING
FOR A
TAPEK-i_>FI
•NOTICE
I have a full line of Fuller Brush-
es and Mops. Call 967.
LOST f)A STRAYED—Reward for
return of large yellow brindle cat
Blind right eve. Mrs. Mellie Wyalt,
809 West Williams Street or Phone
111 or 121.
k,
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NOTICE—Available now! The Air-
Way Vacuum Cleaner. For dem-
onstration call 967. F. S. Hender-
son 201 East 7th Street.
Helo Wanted
BOYS with bicycles to carry paper
routes. TIIE BRECKttfM RIDGE
AMERICAN. '
j Experienced dope hand-- Pipeline
I Construction. If interested in Ne-
braska job call 415 or ll North
| Breckenridge Ave.
Wanted to Bnv
, A nice five or six room home, near
High School prefer on pave-
; men I. Cash—$4,000 to $6,000.
I Write "Buyer ", Breckenridge
American.
WANTED TO BUY -Milking short
Horn. Must be fresh now. Beaty
Sisters, Woodson, Texas.
Wanted
WANTED—Service station man at
j Cralto'n Service Station.
' WW. W * W rff
the dylno cowboy
r ii-i?
J.^VVlA-UI
This Is 1947
fl 1 L L S B O R O, Wis.—Annual.
smorgasbord dinners sponsored by!
the First Congregational Church
from I! :10 through 1U4I! were ad-;
vert is ed "all you can eat for 40'
cents." The 1947 sign read "all
you can eat for $.1."
GIFTS
KKD KYDUK
...BY FRED HARM A*
Afis/i. THE SHEHiFF INVESTIGATES
1HE MilUDSR. OF VUS1ER. STOKtt -
bill camt be
csdllfy,
IP 011L WAITED t3 (SET
l?ip Of PU5TgR- HE
WOULDN'T HAMS POlMfTfiO
SuSPiOOxS AT
HUA5E!
YOU REALLY
1Hl«K ©ILL'S
CSutt-TY
HE HAD A lAOTiVE
ALL RlGHT.'IOONY
set how amteoof
C0UL9 T5QU6T
KILLED
dustgfc.'
under.
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By V. T. Hamlir
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Bloodhounds
DESSERT,
HONEY
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HEM COMES
freckles;
So fbeck'S Twhy, homey , AH've
HERE! SO / GOT A LATE DATE"
WHAT?
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Palace Jewelry
WATCHES i
RINGS
PEARLS
BILLFOLDS
WATCH REPAIRS
8-DAY SERVICE
O.C.WARD
lift E. WALKER
SPECIAL
PRICE
No * on seat covers. Radios,
Heaters, Floor Mats and,
Tires and Tabes for mosi
all make ears an.I Trucks.
Also Complete line parts
and accessories
Mcdowell
chevrolet co.
Phone 505—Breckenridge, Tex
ALEX RAWLINS A SONS
MONUMENTS
Over 63 Years Service
Weatherford, Jexaa
/IMB
USED TIRES.
& TUBES
Check our stock of good
used tires & tubes.
650 x 15 & 706 x 15
Sizes—Like New!
BARGAIN PRICED!
Tire. O Supply
211 W. Walker—Phone 36
—NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS—
REPLACEMENT PARTS—ACCESSORIES—EQUIPMENT
For All Cars and Trucks
Nationally Advertised Lines Include: Piston Rings, Pistons,
Pins, Motor Bearings and Rods, Water Pumps and Parts, Front
Find Parts |nd Shackles, Brake Lining, Hydraulic Brake Cylin-
ders, Parts and Fluid, Ignition Parts, Automotive Paints and
Supplies.
AUTOMOTIVE PARTS SUPPLY CO.
230 RAST WALKER ST. TELEPHONE 394
Alteration And
Press-Up Shop
Alteration on Men's and
Women's clothes
Located In
PATE BROS. STORE
123 West Walker
Phone 175
MINNIE PRICE
Mm MBSi
THC KKKOffl
BRING YOUR FORD
"BACK HOME" FOR
SERVICE THIS FAUI
® Complete ts|iN 1
• Tharaugli chassis lufcricatiw,
• Omk mi refill battery.
• Inspect and ad|«st Brakes.
FOR ONLY S / ilo
PARTS EXTRA O
"THERE'S NO PLACE UKE
HOME FOR FORD SERVICE"
DANIAL MOTOR
CO. INC.
301 E.-WALKER PHONE 1«5
NOTICE
THE MODERN WASHATEMA
918 North Brcckenridge Avenue is quoting their new price on
help your sell work at 45c per hour. 5c per Lb. lor wet wash.
Open ft A. M. to 5 P. M. except Thursday 6 A. M. to 7 P. M.
We have all kinds ol Laundry Supplies.
WET WASH OlIR SPECIALTY ,
mnILLIANT FIRE, DEARBORN, HUMPHREY
I
IN NATURAL AND BUTANE GAS FROM
SIMS UP
N(e Selection For Any Sin Rial.
WATER HEATERS FOR NATURAL AND BUTANE GAS
AS LOW AS SIMM
i -SEE THEM ON OUR FLOOR"
..v
(nil in ,
. .pHONE 838
NOTICE f
l HAVE MOVED MY MAGNETO, GENERATOR AND START-
ER SHOP TO MY NEW BUILDING AT 219 N- BRECKEN-
HIBCrE AVE, HERE I WHOLESALE COSDEN GASOLINE
AND OILS, AND GIVE TAX EXEMPTIONS ON NON HIGH-
WAV MOTOR FUEL. I WILL BE HERE IN PERSON TO
SERVE YOtf. MV PRICES ARE RIGHT, AND I WILL
APPRECIATE YOUR PATRONAGE.
Some good vacant lots, Residence, Farms ft Ranches, Also «ll
kinds of Insurance L Hospitalisation, Have Drive in Cafe 4
Texaco Station in good town at a bargain,
If you have anything to sell or rent will thank yon for your
Listings— - - -> V"—-
INSURANCE ft REALTOR AGENCY
Office Zm floor Old Texas Stale Bart Bhfg.
RES. PHONE 752 OFFICE PHONE 485
"SEE ME BOORE YOU BMP*
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