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BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
WEATHER !
Generally Fair And Nat Quite
So Cold
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UECONKIDGE, TEXAS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1948—
PUCE ft CENTS PEE COl
the
POLL TAXES
MABATMA GANDHI
PISHING PI BE
SEEN OS BEARD
TUB EXPECTED CROWD
was at the tax collector's office
Saturday morning and clerks were
hnjr aa the proverbial bee, writing
ant receipt*.
A call at 11 o'clock disclosed
thai the number of receipts issued
*
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i
V
had reached 3,276. Bob Hood was
so lauy he could not stop to com-
this figure with other election
but It is known to be high,
more were to be written out
doling the day.
U this reaches any who have
not paid this tax, before it is too
lat*—you guess what we will ask
ye# to do. —
A NOTICE RECEIVED SAT-
My from Fred Thompson an-
1 that the Rough Neck Bible
of February 5 at the Y.
tr will be held on the
H C. A. Lots to eat and lots
of .ton, it said. Tell every Rough
Neck you sec!
The honor rail for the month
of January, meaaing that those
•n it were there every Sunday in
the month was announced as Fel-
tom Key, Braly, Dinius, Satter-
whfte, Ingram, J. R. Coody, Lut-
trel. Holmes, Rev. Morgan, Sande-
fer, Thompson, E. E. Potoff, Ward
E«ftn% James Evana, King, Tur-
ner, Bannister aad Taylor. Quite
a pat considering the weather at
llAHATMA GANDHI, THE
great sooted one, is gone. And
with the passing of the shriveled,
ami man, a non-meat eater, it
iSm appears that Mood will flow
fat aO veritable stream in India.
Em death removes what has
been a restraining influence and
then may follow a slaughter like
■etflfelR MUl
Mahondas Gandhi in many re-
spdjp* woo a nbode man. He
had Bo organisation, to speak of,
aoAi, always praying, his
eapoo o fast. An aasaaain
him Friday and he died
signaling forgiveness of the man
<*& killed htm.
' ANY MAN WHO GAINS A
following of millions of people
without the use of force has
plenty do the ML What Gandhi
hod is something for the psycho-
logy professors. But he waa not
am irgnorant peasant as some at
iliiftts have seemed to think.
♦ At 19 he went to London from
native India and studied low
O time at University college,
ros colled to the bor by the
•Mm Tfrnpte aad practiced in the
*B^aiboy High Court until called
iioUT) to South Africa on profes-
" isiness. He was to spend
in Sooth Africa, fighting
the injustices that dogged
Indian settlers there. Even-
tually he won partial victory, and
{returned to India to take up a
■fMirr dedicated to the achieve-
ment of home-rale.
5 To Gandhi more than to any
, 'other individual belonrs the du-
• ,'Muw credit of freeing India from
&
He
-the
British raj-dubious because
as the Dominions of India
Pakistan were born, there
1 riots that claimed
of thousands of Kvee.
< THE BRECKENBIDGE CHAM
her of Commerce directors at their
meeting Friday night discussed
plans for more busines from Pos-
India Riots As It Mourns Gandlt
Sea Scouts To
Offer Public
Lake Rides
Sea Scouts of Breckcnridge,
badly in need of tfjuipment at j
Possum Kingdom Lake.^but with
regulations forbidding their ask-
ing donations, have devised a way
to get a cabin cruiser and other
esuipment and serve the public
tor the money.
Arthur Simpson, skipper of the
local ship Texan, received the ap-
proval of the Lion Club at their |
meeting Friday to purchase a j
ship and sell tickets for a ride
on it. j
This ride, it was explained, will
be to Hell's Gate and buck, with |
the best places tc fish pointed out.!
for a fee of 91. Tickets purchased :
now will be good after the boat .
arrives. Simpson ventured the
assertion that not ten per cent J
of the people in Breckenridge have
-been to Hell's Gate, nor seen it j
scenic beatuy.
Approval of the undertaking
was unanimously voted after Har-
old Warford had presented several
of the Sea Socuts on the progann.
The Sea Soucts and their subject
were.
Cooper Robibns Jr.—that the
program for safetv to be estab-
lished in connection with this will
be for protection of the publir.
Arthur Simpson Jr.,—that few
have seen Hell's Gate and the
14-mile course to be sailed will
be well worth while.
Harry Dean—that the program
it is hoped, wilt lead to more state
and federal aid for and increase
the munber of visitors to the park
and lake.
Jamie Billhartz—that it af-
ford another feature of advertis-
ing for Breckenridge.
Bill Bowles—that it win ac-
quaint the man on the street with
the lake.
JirrnryJacobw—that the project
wiH present another program of
usefulness to the people.
George Webber—that it will af-
ford an oportunity by whieh 100
boys in Breckenridge can become
Sea Scouts.
Tommy Maimess—that it will
create a greater use for Scout Is-
land, the $15,000 expended there
already cheap for the benefits^.
Skipper Simpson explained that
the ship will bo a cabin cruiser
that will carry 25 persons, but
only twenty to be earned, and
safety assured these because of
the boat being manned by trained
seaman and skipper. The riding
season will be between June 1 to
September 30.
Present with the scouts was the
organisation sweetheart, Edith
Butler.
The meeting was presided over
by President R. M. Wilson, Chiti
Wi
IRAQ PREMIER FLEES—Ex-Premier Sayed Saleh Jabr, right, fled
in dismiiw by air from Transjordan, escaping possible reprisals from
countryman who were angered by an alliance he signed with the
British vhicu failed to realize "the national isims of Iraq." The
worst rioting in the nation's history has claimed 14 lives, with 65
persor.< injured. This photo was taken after the British-Iraq treaty
wis sijrned in Portsmouth, England. British Foreign Minister Ernest
Bevan, left, aad Sayed Jabr, then Premier, admire the mace of the
Royal Nary, just after the signing in January of 1948.
(NEA Telephoto)
Chamber Of Commerce Directors
Further lap Work Of The Year
The Board of Directors of the Breckenridge Chamber of Commerce
in a meeting Friday night to farther organize for the year's work dis-
cussed at length committee appointments, the meeting to be held Feb.
4, Possum Kingdom Lake, and a membership campaign—among other
matters.
♦ In all twenty two committees
Bucks Lose To
Stephenvflle By
r alter
presenting
■o-
the program.
We hod said once before and we
again, thot one of the best
that cor Id be done for the
I people of Breck-
be to butM a fish-
„ tor the public in State
One that would rive shade
be crappie will bite, aa is
fat the boot house. A fair
fee would pay for such
a pier, which it is believed could
be erected tor from 81,50® to fZOOO
1' SEEN OE HEARD: FIREMEN
Friday snou«nd o can to 1108
West WOTams "here they^oujid a
stove too hot hod caused the alarm
ti Jimmy Ferrel left tor Gotves-
I! too to be gone several days, to do
| work a* committeemen and pro-
*een leaving for
morning over being
to o seven aad one-
Rslf pound girt born at Hobbs ....
for permit for
of Bgul '
U.S. And Holy To
Sign Pact Monday
ROME, Jan. 31. <t!E> — Italy
and the United States will sign
a treaty of friendship, trade and
navigation next Monthly, the For-
eign Office reported today.
The treaty witl be the first sign-
ed by the United States with any
European country since the war,
and the first signed by Italy since
Fascrsm.
It will be permanent, the foreign
office reported, in the sense that
no expiration date will be speci-
fied.
LTIIL n_T I.
mivic vraay n
To Riwwi
Sassy To
named, additions to those of last
year being the Railroad Advisory
committee, U. P. Hhighway 180,
and Conventions.
Chairmen were named and the
committeemen, subject to approval
of those named, the chairman to
Friday mght dropped another^^ next Xwe8day evening.
close conference game when Ste- _ * •
phenville took them by a count committee on memDersmp
of 33 to 31. , 7 ' r^^nn rLTrL^ ^ H
_ - , . .Inompson, chairman, J- n. Jrer-
It was almost a repetition < rel, J. R. Brewster, Grady Slaught-
the last meeting of the two only)er( r. d. Smith ^ g. H. Tram-
the other way round, the Buck- men, members. The membership
now numbers a little over 460- and
it jp expected to raise this number.
aroos winning the first encounter
by a count of 33 to 32.
It was a game which the Buck- The campaign is expected to start
aroos might have taken the lead next week.
or won at any point, but which | jj,e budget tentatively approv-
found fthe \ eflow^Jackets holding^ was farther discussed last night
~ and some additions made, which
ROME, /on. SI. 0U9L_The Ital-
ian government told Russia today'
that Italy is a Sovereign state and
is the one to raise objections, ifj
any are voiced, against the pres- i
ence of American warships in j
Italian waters. i
a small margin all the way. The
half ended 18 to 17 in favor of
the visitors.
There were four leading scorers
sharing share and share alike,
three representing the Buckarooe
and one for StephenviTTe. An
scored nine points. Pat Thomp-
son, Jack Jones, and Jack Gunloek,
were the Buckaroos, with Lowery,
the Yellew Jackets.
This victory of the A team fol-
lowed an even worse defeat of
Breckenridge at the hands of the
b team. This was by a count of
40 to 27.
The game left the Buckarona
with three games won and three
tost. They will play Woodson
here on Feb. 7, but they have only
three more conference games, here
the next being on Feb. 17.
Starters for the Buckaroos
were Arkansas Allen, and Harry
Dean, forwards; Pot Thompson,
center; Jack Jones and Jack Gon-
lock, guards. Rex Martin sow
much service.
Starters for Stephenvflle were
Lowery and Moody forwards;
Yaney, center; and Lackey and
Graves, guards.
Question Of Neqro EdacoKoo May Bo
Coming To A Howl to Tons, Report
AUSTIN, Tex, Jan. 31 0J.R>—The
question of negro education in
Texas appears wen on its way
toward coming to a head
The number of attacts on the
state's segregation law has been
stepped op in recent years, but
Terns apparently has come closer
to satisfying demand for negro,
education than other southern
states.
Got. Beanford H. Jester, who
announced he will attend
a special meeting of the Southern
Governor's Conferense at TaHahas-
Fla., Feb. 7-8 when the issue
of regional schools will be brought
op, is proud of Texas' standing.
"It mokes ss feel pretty good
that Texas is oat in front on these
he
votvfng the
segregation law
h lb likely to go to
the supreme court—is one by a
Houston negro letter carrier set
of arguments before the third
court of civiT appeals hi a special
sitting Jan. 29.
That is the fight of Herman
Marion Sweatt, who seeks a writ
of mandamus forcing University of
Texas regents to admit him to
the taw school of the state uni-
versity.
The state, as HI has in Tower courts
where Swentt's motion has been
denied, is set to contend before the
court that Texas has put aside
equal and seperate facilities for
ntgi'uciv
owru appeaiets uic tittm court
from lath district court hi Austin,
where District Judge Roy Archer
the negro's contentions tor
m Dp S)
made it appear that as III
proved it will reach |12£00.
budget last year was approximate-
ly $10,500.
The discussion of Poasum King-
dom Lake was with the idea of
increasing business from that sour-
ce during the approaching heavy
tishing season, and some suggest-
ed changes in general publicity on
it as has been handled from Miner-
al WeRs.
The matter of improved high-
ways will rank high on the ob-
jectives for the year, and aviation
is to be. an important step. The
aviation committee now is await-
ing approval of plans submitted to
the CAA engineers at Big Spring.
The convention committee was
restored as it was not on the list
last year.
The meeting Tuesday night at
the High School will be for the en-
tire membership, former governor
Coke Stevenson, to be speaker of
the evening.
At that meeting further develop-
ed plans for the work of the
will be presented. Counts
president, presided Fridrjr night.
o
GOP Chiefs Now
wnvmg non
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. «tt —
A group of Republican Senators
set out today to rewrite the Eu-
ropean Recovery Program, giving
Congress rather than the State
Department a major voice fin its
administration.
Sen. Joseph Ban, Republican,
Minn, spokesman for the "revi-
sionists,'' said they would
for an 'entirely different
to the problem of foreign
Ban said the group, abbot 24
utronjr, is fat general agreement
that the Recovery Program should
be handled by an independent
administrator who would report
periodically to a special "watch-
dog" committee of Congress, The
State Itepartment wi
negotiate agreements with recipi-
ent nations "under the ditcctisn
of the administrator,"
the "revisionists" iiiiimisiil
cne IOT
oafd fight
Worst OoM Of
Year Sheaths
East lake
(By United Press)
The worst cold wave of the sea-
son hit the northeastern states
today and extended its icy fingers
down into the southland where the
third sleet storm of the winter
raged across Tennessee, southern
Kentucky and eastward into the
Carolinas.
The stinging cold wave spread-
ing down from Hudson Bay sent
temperatures far below zero in
the eastern Great Lakes and New
England territories.
However, in Texas, the outlook
was for fair and not quite so cold
as temperatures climbed over the
state.
The sleet falling along the Ma-
son and Dixon Line made highways
slippery and coated trees and roof-
tops under a thin sheath of ice.
Rain feU south of the sleet areas
far as the Gulf, but did not ex-
tend into Florida.
A light snowstorm swirled
across eastern Kansas through
Missouri and into southern Illinois.
It was headed northeasterly to-
ward the sub-zero temperature
zone.
The weather bureau said no re-
lief was in sight for the coldatrick-
en states.
In the face of the severe cold.
Gov. Robert Bradford of Mass-
achusetts declared a state of emer-
gency and seized the Everett plant
of the Eastern Gas and Fuel As-
sociates to prevent a strike that
would have cot off service to near-
ly 1,500,000 residents of greater
Boston.
At 5 a. m. CST temperatures
were more than 20 degrees below
zero at many- points in north At-
lantic coast states. Utica, N. Y-,
was the coldest city in the county
with 29 below . It wa* 25 below
at Albany and 23 behnr at Bing-
hamton, N. Y. Portland, Me.r had
17 below and Burlington, Vt, IS
below. New York City had zero,
the coldest for the winter.
Glbert Rites To
Bo Said Sunday
ALBANY, Jan. 31—J. Scott Gil-
bert, 69, prominent Throckmorton
county resident, dud Friday after-
noon in his home at Woodson. He
had been in failing health for sev-
eral years, bdtt death Was unexpec-
ted. '
Mr. Gilbert was reared at Cross
Plains, but had lived m the Wood-
son community about 45 years. He
had once been engaged in the mer-
cantile business, ana later became
a loan agent. However he was re-
tired from business at the time of
his death.
Survivors are the widow, THIie
Gilbert, of Woodson; three daugh-
ters, Mrs. James Conlan of Bir-
mingham, Abu, Mrs. Roy Derrick
of Breckenridge, and Mrs. Harold
Castle be rxy of Albany; and four
grandchildren. A brother, Victor
Gilbert, is a former Callahan coun-
'uneral services win be conduct-
ed in Woodson at 3 p. m. Sunday.
Burial will be in the Woodson
cemetery under direction of the
Castleberry Funeral Home of Al-
bany.
Texas Couple In
Horok Rescue
HOUSTON, Jan. 31. <r.Ei — plr.
aad Mrsv Joseph Pfeflett of Hous-
ton suffered serious burns in a
fire at their home today which
took the life of their 10-year-o
two of their other children by
son bat they saved the lives of
dropping them from • second
into the arms of
story win
neighbors
The sur
surviving children are Andy,
three, and Meto Jo, one.
The family was asleep in an
upstairs bedroom when the fire
broke out about S a. SI* The baby-
was only braised but Andy of-
fered minor burns.
The tooatfe parents refused to
they fought the flames
a futile effort to save their son,
Gaiton, who was asleep fat a sep-
arate bedroom,
Early
CONCORD, N. H. 40£ - At 39,
the RL Rev, Charles Francis Han,
newly consecrated bishop-codju-
tor of New. Hampshire, is the sec-
ond youngest Episcopal bishop fat
America,
ij# in, ti, ■
nvpni 9HHV
fereot vosed^H
WASHINGTON. Jan. SI, <U*~
The threat of a nationwide tele-
graph strike this spring was
erased todky with announcement
-fthot a wag* ispoto brtwec* West-
«n Union TMegtuafc Ok and three
AFL unions hod Wen settled tor
Four Pfcilienls To
Hospital
new
patients were ad-
mitted to the hospital Saturday.
Admitted were R. E. McMeen,
Mrs. L. J. Harrell, J. B. Evans and
Homer Lee, all medical.
2 Breck Boxers
Win Fights In
Abiene Meet
Two of Breckenridge'.* iovices in
the Golden Gloves bouts at Abilene
Friday night won their fights, it
was reported here Saturday, the
arrangement being changed, BUI
Burket said, so that only one Brec-
kenridge man will enter the open.
This is Robert Crudgington who is
matched for Tuesday night.
Those winning their fights were
George Smith and Elmer Killion-
Saturday night Smith was matched
with Joe Williams of Hardin-Sim-
mons and Killian with J. T. Offield
of Breckenridge.
Accounts of the two fights won
follow:
George Smith, strong Brecken-
ridge welterweight, -wonja, sfogfest
from Abfldttij! High scnbqBH Boy
Hayes, sending' Hayes down for a
four count in the first then with-
standing a late assault by the Eag-
le biffer to walk off with a close
decision. This one also was disput-
ed by a big group of first nighters,
especially the Abilene High crowd.
Two strong, eager aggressive
middleweights tangled in a thirller
an the way before Elmer Killion,
tall Breckenridge 160-pounder, pul-
led away in the third to win on
points over Cisco's Flournoy Cleve-
fantf.
Both battled toe to toe through
the first two rounds, bringing the
crowd to the edge of the seats. Kil-
lion managed a slight lead going
into third, but not until the last
minute of the third when he land-
ed lefts and rights repeatedly to
the face of the tiring Cisco lad
did he clinch the nod.
Pictured above are Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Donnell of Eliasville and i
their two children with calves they have been feeding as they left
for the Fat Stock Show Wednesday.
Peggy i? landing between her two calves and George beside his i
They have been feeding the calves since last May.
Youag Folk Leave For Stook |
Show Visit: lore May
Twenty-two Future Farmers, accompanied by Jim Wilkerson, and
their FFA sweetheart, Betty Young, left Breckenridge early Saturday !
morning for the annual visit of this group to the Fat Stock Show.
Members going were Glenn Compton, Bobby Rector, Ely McDon- '
aid, Vernon Farris, James Glenn, Clarence Green, Howard WaDIer,
Clarence Green, Billy Harris, John#
Walker, Carlton Templeton, John
Creagh, J. R. Johnson, Dan Power,
Bill Baber, Don Compton, Bart
Reed, Sam Walker, Harold Lir.d-
ley, Monroe Bufkin, Ira Rodgers
and Jerry Wright.
These followed some 4-H Club
members who Wednesday took
their calves to be shown, and in
turn the FFA group will be fol-
lowed by other Stephens County
4-H Club members who win visit
the show Monday.
Taking calves to be shown were
George and " Peggy DotmeH of
Eliasville, and Jacquline Donnell,
dauyhter of Mr .and Mrs. Tom
Donell of Eliasville, Jo Ann Mill-
er, dahghter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
Miller of Eliasville, who has three
calves that will be shown Monday
in the open class as win those of
Peggy Donell . George's calf was
to: be .shown Saturday in the 4-H
rbb show.; ' ' .
'The *-H Cfub group eaQMete .to
Leitore- Monday morning ■, dt <8:80
o*aock bjrbus, visit the sfhbw'ar.d
returning leave the show grounds
at 5 o'clock.
Those who expected to go are:
East Ward Club: Barton Cunn-
ingham, Curtis Dawson, Jessie
Gray, Joe Bob Jackson, Bobby
Lovmgood, James D. Jones.
North Ward Club: Clyde Harris,
Frank Heatley, James Mercer,
Freddy Meredith, Harold Offield,
Henry McLaughlin, Charles Ellis.
South Ward Ctuh: Bennie Alex-
ander, Jack Lee Brown, Jerry l>.
Brown, Calvin Chaney, Jimmy
Dye, Bobby Drake, Marion Keith,
W. L. Peavy, Thomas Scott Pow-
ers, Clarence Reynolds, E. L.
Sikes.
Junior High—7th Grade Club:
Johnnie Dye, Lester Harris, Gar-
land Greenlee, Talmadge Hodges,
Bobby D. Keith, Joe Latham, Roy
ce Morton, Neat Noah, Dale Of-
field, Lory Stewart, C. H. Parker,
Wayne Greenlee, George Peacock,
Robert Stanley Smith, Ben Spen-
cer.
Junior High—8th. Grade Club-
Fred Allen, Don Baber, Max
Bryant, Don Gray, Joe High, Al-
fred Keith, Don Pendleton, Noble
Stouard, Sam Thompson.
o-
Body Of Aged
Leader Given
To Flames
NEW DELHI, Jan. 31 (OR--The
body of sainted Mohandas Gandhi
today was committed to the Pane
of the burning Ghct as viuk'.Gv:
touched off by assassination, flui
ed anew in Bombay.
~ The ancient Hindu ceremonial
was carried out on the bani:s ox
the Sacred River Jumna, one of the
five sacred rivers of India, in a
massive demonstration of natiuna.
grief.
But even as Oevadas Gahdhi, el-
dest son of the slain leader, was
touching fire to the pyre to con
sume the earthly remains of India's
great soul, Bombay was again torn
by savage riots.
* Gandhi's supporters today drs
cended o nthe headquarters and
offices of the Hindu extremist or-
ganization, Mahasabha, and wrec-
ked them. Strongly reinforced po-
lice opened fire on the angry
throngs.
Already the depth toll fat
stood at six dead and 48
and wounded.
Spread of rioting and.
throughout India i
lice pushed their
Narayan V. Gadse, the
Hindu editor from
struck down Gandhi.
Police, investigating the
nation, today arrested 15 persona
in Bombay and charged that the
murder was part of a conspiracy
which has "spread its tentacles a-
round New Delhi." Gadse was for-
mally charged with murder and re-
molded into custody.
There were indications that Gad-
se was linked with a widespread
band of Hndu extremists and ter-
rorists who long have advocated
a blood bath to purge India of an
Moslems and return the land to
the reactionary orthodox Hinduism
of medieval times.
For the moment, however, In-
dia's capital was unified by grief
over Gandhi's death.
Search Stfll On
For Lost Plane
HAMILTON, BERMUDA, Jan. 31.
5—Thirty-seven planes and three
ships were thrown into a renewed
search today for a British airliner
with at least 29 persons aboard,
believed to have crashed into the
sea 400 miles northeast of Ber-
muda before down yesterday.
Clearing weather spurred hopes
of frantic searchers that the mim-
ing airliner might be. found to-
day, Among the passengers is
a top British war hero. Air Mar-
shal Sir Arthur Coningham, re-
tired veteran of the North Afri-
can desert campaign.
Joint Concert. Once Postponed WHI
It Inird nt Hiirfi Vhnnl Twnilriy
VP 191 W P P^^PWMPv P^Bl^nHHpP
The joint concert featuring Miss open
Jeroi
Timiko Kanasawa, American-Jap-
anese soprano and Gabor Carets,
Hungarian tenor, origrnaJIy sche-
duled here tor last Inesdhy night
will be presented at 8:15 p^ m.
Monday, it was announced Satur-
day by Charles Kilter, president
of tl^ Breckenridge Concert As-
sociation, sponsors of the event.
Due to tk weather the artists
wore unable to get to Breckenridge
last Tuesday but Mr. Kifcer said
that the concert would definitely
be held Monday.
Miss Kanasawa and Mr. OsrelK
win deviate front the conventional
recital presentation and wfll sing
two scenes from the famous oper-
as, "Madame Butterfly" and "La
Travioto." Also on the program
will bo duets frtiu WeL-kao**
irettas by Sigmand Romberg,
me Kern and Victor Herbert.
The Ameircon born wife of Leo
Mueller, conductor aS the Metro-
politan Opera Company, Miss Kan-
asawa has been the recipient at
rave rpviews and audience ovations
ever since her debut in San Fran-
cisco, Mr. Caretli has jot return-
ed from a triumphant tour of the
capitals of Europe, In the first
return to his home town, Budapest,
since before the war, Carelti en-
joyed one of the moving experi-
ences of his career when he ap-
peared there to sing, the tenor had
fat the opera "Tosca.'
~ _ t by the soprano will fat-
"The Rosary"
. by Speaks,
to V.I Vodl and "Let, My
nil Ton flM^ly
Seattle Gals Its
by JCevto,
"OaveHtos"
HHcb-HBier HaM
On Theft Charge
Complaint of theft under 950 has
been filed here against a man giv-
ing the name of H. M. Lush of
Midland after W. E. Smithy Abilene
reported to city police that a navy
pea coat, a pair of trousers ana
some tools were missing from his
car.)
Smith gave police a description
of a man he picked up near Ft.
Worth to give a ride to going
west. When he stopped here he left
the hitch-hiker in the car While
he was gone for a while- When he
returned the man was gone and the
articles were missing.
H. M. Ramsey, Austin Cozsxt
and Tom Offield, joining the police
in the search, late yesterday picked
up Smith on the eastern eon of
town. They * id he was seeking a
ride east. A.i the missing article
were recovered.
French Piano h
Beleived Lost
MARSEILLE, Jan. 8L (OB —
A French search piano la mfssfag
and believed to hove I isshsif fa
the Alps, making a possible triple
tragedy among the snow-covared
peaks which already have claimed
two planes and 21 fives this week,
authorities announced today.
Ground rescue teams cffanMng
the mountains negtr Digne, north-
east of here, reached the crash
scene of an American C-47 trans-
port and flying fortress search
plane today and confirmed that 21
persons were killed in the double
disaster.
All 12 persons aboard the trans-
port, including three American
army wives and their five chil-
dren, and nine oft he 10-man crew
in the flying fortress were dead.
New Ol Test Near
Woodson To DHH
In Throckmorton County, six
and a half miles northwest at
Woodson, Fred M. Manning he,
is to driQ the No. 11 Jack Me-
Knight, a 4,500 foot Caddo test
located 1263 feet from the north
and 4,423 from the T*3St line at
F. A. Richardson survey abstract
848.
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SEATTLE (USX—Weather bureau
records which go bach only IS
years reveal thot January is the
heaviest snow month for Snttk.
The record snowfaB here anw
in late January and early February
of 1889, when the maw hi "
town Seattle measu
half feat.
The 85 wmir m— ,wm wm J
11* inches at saw a wtotar. Ks
the
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