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A WBSK FEATURING
LOCAL NEWS
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
UNITED PRESS Win Scrrk*
Devoted to Ik*
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VOL. 2M M . 214
BKECKENR1DGE. TEXAS
—SUNDAY, OUT. 3. 1 Ih
PUCK « CENTS KB COTV
wmZmS!^ Russ Attempt Bomb Finesse r
Hith Hurry f>ean KimiNtinK about over tkr frvtn :tr*«l Marvin
NYv*b rry plunging and bo*lutg Km way al nic arid kicking !ik#* a c« l-
player, th ' Brvclu-nrwiic** Rufluurv**# gctmii in every j* n«<«i Friday
fiijfht a.H they held the liraharrt Steer* to almost a s*t« r.d-till on the
ffroumt, but f< ur;«i then v« j* vuinerubt* t« pa.->*-.- in th - l:v t «juart r
for the game t«i t r.d 'J'J t 7.
The
Observer
KILL l.AMK NOTES
HK. HALM IT NOV. 2
NE* Kl SINIXS
1
seen ok heard
the crowd \i ihi: hm t-
ball Kamf, at fir-t th ught a.- rg.-
as that at the Abilcrit i*sm , pi-.-x-
*d t<> h«- fi\c i r -i* hundred .
according to Chart.'.- Ha-/ , r.
Sat ui-lay m^.rn i r er Char.* had
not rumplrtrd 'abulati ns on th
gam?, hut he .aid there were a-
bout pawl adn is,-ion and
fSO" receipt- wou.d h M«m'n
SI'•«• anal *!.''•<>. K\| • r; must
come '.at of Br> . k- r ridge'.- h; If.
TNRI KOWP I AN (HANK the
city and I-red Hi l! for the pn-k-
ling of the street mar the piay-
ni field prior t- th gai ' •
Ihiring tlw ether gar rgiently
on Bu< -karoo V i d th. d . t wa
mo*t annoying It'll i- the con-
tractor on th«- road job ju«t «• -' f
town and loaned his prinkler for
th.- job.
While thr Bucltaroos W.-r,' I i.
ing. Mineral W« 11 > b> it IKnt n.
7 to ft, an# Stephenvill.* strpp.d
out to win the fir*t conf' r.-nce
game whw Ci«<o v a - d f. • -d 1/
to ♦ . Cisco led at th'- half *> to".
Which n ak the -l *r .t tin ir
appear tough<*r a'! th'- wa-. ro'Ci.l.
SOME TIME A«. H K HINTED
that a new rnaaufa.t arint' <1- i>- rt*
m*nt miiftt h - itv vi-d t • i:rvrk r\-
ridre. It rtill i.t fn th. riakin*,
but our hand-« ft til ar- ti«-l < r.
puhliratm of d tail-.
Kvid^ti"- « f pn- fn "n tho
mattrr v*a. f«H*nd .it th - ' haritx r
of romn-'ir , today. «hn-h miifht
bw >urrrwd up a- follow-:
WANTED. offina ..f 'Tiaru-
facturinir con-pnny Imatirir in
Brfc-kPi.iidit*' - hrdr.om furni-h'-t
imMrnci' or U h- droo-r ap.artn.ent.
Clos« in. For <-oupl«-. M .-t have h>
Novrmber 1. f ill TO
WEI'AI >E or THE LAW A
in - -tinif tad t«> Iw li Id i".ituid.iy
by the rounty Ciurmi.-ion« i-> to rail
an e-lcition on a!!"<af"n and tl>
other on* M" "lay to rail an •lect-
ion on th«- airport bond i -up.
Tim * win* too -hort to puMi>h
official notification of th"- all"«-a
tin •-Mrtiori ca'l in thi-. i--u' of
thr ATtrcrcan. hut it w ill app- ar
a<M>n ami nhouM tw rt-ad.
| STATISTICS
Hrvck'-nridK' (iraham
r 11 First down* T
'• A'iif- <.ain.-d Kushinir .V
ITT Yds. <>ained Pacing 4!>
"f pa--* .s i-ompl' tmi T of 15
! '1 I'a -.-' ,i lnti rr. pt'* i b> 1
t j'<>r III PuntM T for 2.V>
! for • "> I'malti.-s .'1 for -•">
i- uo blr* K'-nrv.-r d by I
Th' jran < was playd be/on- a
i rrowd .i- larij'. ..r lar^'-r than th>-
'••P'-runst it.iiri' h.-rr with Abil.nr,
with a rolorful half t ri"d prr-
-•rt .ti'-n of thr hj^nd *wrrth -art.
M -- Jur.r Hood, who t:u r*cort-
• d .ft" a h. art form.-d by th«- band
h\ I rt • . M.: . r Jminv. Arid' r-on
an I pi nt. d with a hou«|u.-t by
I'rr i p.,1 J. W. *'u!w >11.
rh>- iM-orinir fir>workji openrd
ti ■ first tin •• th- Hurkaroo.s (f..t
th- bail when etartin^' «>n thrir
own thirty in nix j;r >'irid play.-',
if d w th on.- rompl t. d p..*.i t"
Robby Turn, r*, and a p naity of
fn yards th* Buckaroo* took th>-
ba'l to pay dirt. N -wh«*rry ram-
n ini. his way ov-r for th.- la t
fiv. yank
From th. r<- on thr fturkaroos
sr. r.d in rvrry period i'the iramr.
Th- vroind srorr of lv- first |H-r-
od oriirinated on tirmani's 2~>.
• lunl'M-k failed to find a rrreiver
and ran. nearly IT'-ttmst loos.- to
take the ball to thr I. He th.-ll
handed "ff a latteral to !>• an who
ran around his own riKht < nd.
Harry l>ran took over for the
rirxt two ncores.in th>- and
th:ril peri'nis. wh.n h- rxerutrd
two ..f th.- most thrilling dashes of
th eveninir.
In th> second period b" suddenly
P"l p< d throuKh the lint- into the
■ ar and ambled his way for 37
yard* to jroal. In thr th.rd h>- wrnt
off his own ri(fht tackle, bow I' d
Ins way throuifh the necondary
and popp-d out clear, to by-pasH
th. safety man and hence into
«ov. ted territory. During this
\ sb- rry had converted threw tim-
• . and missrd once, the s. cond tr>'.
Lste in th<- third the Buckaroos
scored arain, this time with a thril-
linif puss. With the hill on the
Hi* rkmridifr *i'!, I'hil Mtzer drop-
p.'l back and heaved the bull to
mi«lf:e:d t.-ritory where if was tak-
efi by Robbv Turn.-t, • complete
tl play of 77 yard*. Newberry
riiisned.
Th- last score was mad.- after
n srrv. s had brrn thrown in by the
handfull. The Buc karoo* ran ard
pass.-d th.-ir way to :he H. when
Arthur Simpson shot a nass to Jack
liuilock who ran th.- 'ast eight
yards. Jlurilock's kick was blocked.
(Continued on Pace <)
Tr.e comrr.utaticn cf her lif«
gentenre to four years has
prompted Senate investigators t.>
ask an explanation from Army
Secrttciry Kennc' i C. Hoyall ot
w hy Use Koch will g.i free. Fran
Koch, above, notorir is "Belle of
Buchenwald"ccncentiatinn c.ir,.p
in Germany, was convicted of
brutal treatment of prisoners.
AH HEN VOTERS GO To THE
polls on N- v. J they «iH t-a\- to
ke«-p their wit about them. Not
only will they be '<>tin( on a
la iv nuirt1*r of rar.didat' •- :«nd >r.
al so on two local matter- i-.nd 'n
eight pn p" -rd chary • - in thr
Te*;is con.-itution.
THE TWO I.IN \l, M ♦TTEBS
will be on aKoratim of coun'y
funds an.! t" authorize thr i-- i-
ance of worth of bonds
for mnHirt ;rnpr"V"r-..-fit-i.
Voters should W. rp tw. thinir
in mind on thi- Fir.-t, i nly pr'-p- r-
ty owners may vor . Sei-ond. if
th" *ot<* for the bond i: -u-- aif un -t
re-allocatii n, th" la-t vot.- will kill
the fir.-t In «nb r to have th> bond
i> u« re allocation nn st h.- \ot.d.
We will daily off'r l.-r* orof
the propos'-d cha.tr> s in t>-.- Tex i-
constitution. In tin .rd. r th< v wil'
appear >>n lh ' A>;ill>>t th-- fir-t i-;
County eiiployr-' workmen'
Compen-at ion In-urar-v. The
i.-lati.r>- w>>nlil b. nuthorir'd t>>
provid> a sjst.m of worknun's
compensation tr..umnco for etr.-
floyes of c.mrtM's. A nimi'ar a*
inendment adopted in !: .'• now
mglint «tich comp^nbat i >n infurancc
available t« Ute en«pi« }'
SEEN (HI HEARD: PARKING
meter regulations are >n fore and
fines will b> enforr -d M>" .lay,
Comissioner F. 1^ Ru.«II announ-
red Saturday Br kmridy
Clinic reported no n-w pntients
today .... Firemen Friday mirht
answered a call to ..^rv Miller
wh< re a house was " p«rt d on
fir" but on arm a' f .>ind it t" b«
contents of a waste liosket . . .
Arrhylou Kinchen is "'ivi-B- for
New York for a three weeks' va-
cation. Mr . J. H. Stok r wiji t; ke
tier pise in the ( hum her of f oni-
merce daring her leave ... Biliie
Sanders is spending the wr.-k-end
in Galveston with Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Steph. ns ... Paul St ne is
visiting herr from rort Worth--
He came to attend the wedding of
Miss Trcadway and M.\ Hood ....
(CMiMMd a* Page «)
Electoral Fk|Ht
Seen In Georgia
\TI.A\TA. lia.. rx t. -j iU.P) . A
free-for-all fight for Georgia's
rl'-ft'-ral vote iri th>- Nov.-mb.r
presidential race was -hapmg up
today as !>• mocrats. States itight-
• r.i. i:> publican- und Progressive
pri par.-d to .-ntrr slates of el.-ctors
urid. r a n> w state rlec'ion law.
For thr first time .inc.- recon-
struction days, it appear, d distinct-
j ly possible that the "regular" I>em
i"*-r.'tic candidate might not carry
! th ■ state.
The legislature adjourned a spec-
ial s. ssion y. sterday aft'T passing
la measure which open, the >eor-
gia general election ballot to all
pr. sidential aspirants.
• e>v. M. F. Thompson sign.-d
i th-■ pleasure into law t.Hbiy, hut
' protested that the assembly had
• d> t rd the people "assurance that
•th" electors would carry out the
I expressed will of the v iters.'
MwoisToMttf
Ther> will Is- a called m«-etirig of
!th> local Masonic LodT • Tues«ta>
j.-vening at 7:'W .
Work in the musters degree will
I* presented.
Gas Processing
Explained To
Lions By Gracey
Tube Gracey in a p.ioer Is fore
th<; Brrrk.-iiridif)- I.i>>ns t'iub Fri-
day gave a brief hisLo.-y of gaso-
. linr priMiuction and - t forth the
'carbon affinities, then, with ivf-
errnr. to Im-al production, said:
As natural gasoline l ".-iiii. rer-
ogniz>d as having > place in
blending processes, the r dustr\ h. -
gan to seek ways and m ans of in-
creasing pp/Kiction. of re-
search in th>- effort i hold the
lighter components gr>-v- th- ab-
sorption methods. Its 'irst appli-
cation b> injr in West Virrrii 1:1 a-
hout l'Jl.'l. Extraction >>f >_>■ -■ >1 in>-.
butane, and propane by absorption
is effected by brin^-inir the gas in-
to contact with o-rtii'n mediums
which have affinitir for th> ■
hydro-carbons. For instance, thr
absorbing ni'-dium us>-d at W.ir-
ren's Plant south-east of t> w n is
a In gravity oil know n is Min rat
^Sral Oil having an initial b-iilirjr
point of t>> 4'i!> .:>•>-. - K: hr-
rnheit and F. II. P. >>f "<"11 I" 1
degr>-. Fahrenheit.
Wh.-n thr g:. is brought into
contact with this oil most of thr
jlight.-r and unabsorb.-d hydro-car-
bons b< int' methane and ethar.e
plus a small per cent . ' piopane
ris,* off the top of contact
'tower and after passim.' tl igh a
dryer are th. 1 deliver d to |...ints
I of usage as fuel. In 'h- irstanee
;>>f the Warr Plant, t1 d> r. id.-d
gas ov.-r a>i«i above h- re«p;ire-
inent for plant ope rati >r>: to fir.
boilers, and fm-l -ng ii> . 1 dis-
tributed back to the field for fuel-
ing pumping engin< - >>n I. as. /. to
th" City Gate where C. I'. S. takrs
th ir re«juirement for th> «"ity of
1 (Continued on Tase 2)
Truman Back At
Capital Given
Big Reception
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 'U.P'—
I'r. sident Truman returned home
tislay from an intensive two-week
campaign tour and dec! ired firm-
ly "Ive just begun to f'ht "
T>> cheering thousands gathered
outside I'nion Station >\hen the
prr.-ub ntial train returned t" the
capital, the Presdient romis.-d n>i
let-up in his "give 'em 'Hell" fight
to remain in th.- White House.
"I don't intend to pull my punch-
es," he President said. "I've just
b. l'uh to fiirht."'
In a brief talk to the crowd
Mi-. Truman said he had travelled
* 'on niil'-s to the west roast and
ha- k. made Ho talks and speeches
and had seen from !,!Min,|WM> to
.'i.liiili.OOO people,
"I think the larger fijrurr is
more likely to be correct," th>"
President said.
< >n the t>>ur. he said he learned
that the people "are beginning to
w ike up t>> the fact that this is
a crusade."
"The people are against the spec-
ial interests.-' he said.
Dvtrict of Columhia P> mocrats
he'd a "welcome honi-> Hairy"—
< bration for th>- President when
his train arrived. Th" President
I. ft the capital on Fridav, S> pt. 17
a clear, crisp autumn day.
il" returned today on virtually
th- same kind of day. He appear-
ed fit and in good mettle. He plan-
ned to stay only a few days in
th capital.
A lot of work awaited him at his
White House desk, but he will be
>>ff again Oct. « for a foor-day spin
through the home state of his Re-
publican rival Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey and Pennsylvania, New
J.-rt"-y and Det.-ware.
The Pr. . ideiit was met at L'nion
Station by cabinet officers and
members of the White House staff
Then after making a short speech
to those at the station Mr. Tru-
man got in an open automobile
to drive to the White House.
Bands played and the crowd
cheered as the Presid >nt left the
station.
He saw banners waving which
said: "Give 'em Hell, Harry"; "Our
Mat.": and a larger one saying,
"The Voteless Voters of Washing-
ton, D. C.. cast their vote of con-
fid' rice in you".
The presidential car led a motor-
cad. procession of aho'it U'Hi auto-
mobile* from Union Station to the
Wilite House.
'A.-* &
W:
i
U.S. To Scrap Bombs
After Treaty Signed
BY K. H. SHACKFORD
UNITED PRESS STAFF CORRESPONDhNT
PARIS, 0«-t. - 'II.R' Russia offered today to drop her ud.:mant .l>--
mand of the last two years that the United States destroy ito stockpile
<>f atomic bombs at once.
Andrie Vishinskey proposed fer the Soviets instead that th - Unit>-d
States agree to s«-rap the bombs on the day that a treaty for inter-
national control of atomic energy is signed.
But Vishinsky's plan left the western powers cold. It was described
by U. S. Delegate Warren Austin as "another Orienti-.l ianeuv> r "
_ .j, tj,,. Soviet proposal
Eight Children
Hurt When Group
Of 21 Fired On
was made
m the political committee >>f the
United Nations assembly. It took
th.- w.-st by surprise. The Ru.-siau
retreat from the hitlu-rt 1 unwaver-
ing position on control of ; 'omic
energy came on the h> -ls of a hint
yesterday by Vishins'ty that th>-
Soviets themselves might now have
th. atom bomb.
Western officials sa.v no hop.-
that the Soviet move would pro-
duc-.> an agreement on ope ef th<-
thorniest problems to b. set th>-
UN. Th'-y .said it in 1,0 way nar-
rowed the vast ifap fctweeii the
DAYTON, O., Oct. i 'U*1—
Kight Middle town, O., Schmtl child-
I reri on a hayrid.- wer • wound«>d
w hen fir.-d upon by a mysterious j east and the west ov -r what con-
gunman near Farmersvtiie, 12 mil- | stitutes "nffectivt rmtrol."
• s west of here, last night. j Vishinsky's resoi-.,iJ:>n was in-
Nope was seriously injured. They [ troduc.-d aft>-r another long tirade
A DKW KA GREETING—Mr. J. P. Gwgory of Helena, Montana, holds
his 20-month-old daughter, Patricia, aloft to receive grr.-tintrs from
Governor Dewey, flop Presidential candidate, aft'-r the latter's train
stopp>d briefly in Helena. (NEA Telephoto)
Funds Re-Allocation
Election Is Called
The Stephens county Commissioners Court met Saturday morning
and iasued an election call for November 2 011 the matter of real I -cation
of county funds and will meet Monday to issue a call for • bond elec-
tion on Nov. 2.
Reason for the two meetings, Judge Johnny Lauderdale .-tat.-ds is
'that the first call is required thir-
ty days before and the -• n>nd w ith-
er another ,ong lirai
answering western sp.-.t! .-cs and a-
gain attacking th> Aiiu rican atom-
ic energy control plan.
Western d< li gat. - immediately
interpreted Vishinsky's proposal as
another Soviet propaganda move
designed to place ih-- Maine for
breaking off atomic negotiations
on the western powers.
Vishinsky's proposal «as mad>
after a timd.• against Fr -nch de-
fense minister Paul Kair. alier, who
had called upon Russia to support
th ■ American atomic energy con-
trol plan.
Ramadier reminded ;h" Russians
that "everybody else" has as much
(Uoslinued 011 Pa«e 2)
W0RlD
Zl: NT
Soviet Planes To
Harass Again
BERLIN, 0> t. 2 1 Russia
announced today that Sovi>>t w ir-
plan> will eti'.ag in :> -rial c- ni-
' at firing pnictice during th' day
near the We. tern air corridors t>>
B . in.
The aerial combat r.i.arv uvers
will ! «• held w—st of B-rlin, over
the Soviet zone cros- d by ;.it ift
planes ..n their run to the Germ.aii
• aptial, the Ru -ians ipforni«d the
I-our-Power air safety rent -r.
The Soviet announcement said
the firinr pr:u-ti<>- would ->>ntinu.*
throughout the day, ending at ♦>
p. m. It did m t spceificaltr -tate
that the Sove-t n'.ine-i would b«- us-
ing live ammunition, but it as
cl>-arly implied that bullet- would
he flying in th. air corridors.
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Oct 2
Private funeral services will be
held today for Mr.;. Edith Kermit
I'arow Ro. >se v - -11, 87,-year-old
widow of the 'ate Pre-ident Th.-o-
dor-> Roo-cvelt. Mrs. Roosevelt
di> u in h.-r .-l.ep Thursday morn-
ing.
111 thirty days ef election t:me.
Th.- bond election call w ill be to
vote on the profios-d issue of
jtiuiHMi worth of bonds for im*l
proving th>- local airport. But in or-
der to b<- in position to sell the
bond.- the re-allocation must be
mad'-.
The re-allocation elec.>on will be
to vote either "for n -all'sation of
T I'es". or "Against K--allocation
of Taxes." Only tax paying prop-
erty owners may vote and the vot-
ing will be in all th • fourteen
county boxes on general election
day.
Concerning the re - allocation e-
rh.
poses
BANKKO, ()<-t. 21 V.— Rclibable
rep >rts ,-aiil today that a number
of Army offit-. r* and two women
have Ix-cn arrested for allegedly
plotting to overthrow the Siamese
gov.-rn meat.
SANTIAGO, ruba >ct. 2 (U.P —
Charles Graham, 2 , Miami, Fla.,
was injured •erious'y yesterday
■vh.-n a plane he was piloting from
M iami t>> th ■ Dominican Republic
v/.-nt out of control and cha.-h >d
while landing here.
Cuba's Strong Ran Out Of Exile
DAYTON' BEACH, Fla. Oct. 2
ii.R> — Inn. Fulgencio Batista,
former Cuban t">ng man and
pr>-.ident and f«-r the test four
y. ars an exile, said today h" will
n'turn to Cuba No.v. 20 to lead a
"loyal opposition" to the new
gowmment.
Batista was electen Senator from
lx>s Villa- Province June ! and
was to have talu n his neat when
the Cuban Congres* convened Sept
20. He said he was remaining in
his home-in-exile her* until next
month to give new President Prio
Socarras "a rhance to get his
administration organized."
"I will not work with him,"
Batista said. "I will oppose him.
Rut I will he a Ic.yaT opponent.
Batista was forbidden to retrm
to Cuba alter the election four
year* age of President Ramon
Gr.iu San Mirtin who Batista
charged, engin-• r-d *he election of
his friend Socarras.
"The admini.-trat: .n h is n..t
charged. S>s-arr.a.- is tb« sar ■ a.s
Grau San M.artir. a d I don't a-
gn-e with the wjv he got into
pow.-r," Batista > a id.
"He w as elect, d lerallv but 'ie
repr>.-«pts only a minority Hr
will have my re.-p.-ct as president
of Cuba hut as a political !ead->r
I can say he w >n his post through
bad tricks. He oppressed his op-
ponents.
"But he is pi e. ident and I v ill
try to keep my friends at peace
with him."
He shrugged of ffue-tior.* re-
garding thr* possibility >>f "trouble"
in Cuba coineirtent with his nturn.
"Aou nr*-r ci.n fell what the
I people will do," he said.
MANKING, Oct. 2 'i r> —Tli.-
official c-ntral news agency re-
port d t>>da>- that the government'.;
total "take" "rom conversion o f
foreign eurency, g>>ld and -ilver
was over .*.">#si,ISNi.(NKi (M) between
Aug. 2.': and S> pt. 25.
'rentinned on Page D
Pool At Woodson
Gains Extensions
In Mississippi
Successful extension of Mississi-
ppian oil production >u Thn«-k-
morton county three -niles south-
w> st of W>Ni<lson appeared assured
Friday as operators prepared to
acidize th" Woodley Petrol'-um
Company No. I H. C. Welch, 7ln
f'--t from the north ari I ""h from
th • w.-st lines of TE4-I. . urvey !H 7.
The Well topped th • Mississip-
pian at 4.4** fi. t, 4m feet hifher
than the nearest well, toe same op-
erator's No. I Huich>-s <>ne location
to the north, and was drilled to
total depth >>f 4 $95. Casing was
cemented at 4.4:hi, and after plug
w:a drilled the well fliKw.-d stead-
ily for a while, then cti-d and bi
gan flowing bv head-. It is to he
treated with 7">< gallos >f arid.
Rig a bi-ing rnov--d from the
new producer to another offset ex-
trusion. th'- Woodley Pet r'ileum
Company No. 2 J. E. Hughes. :tWl
fe -t from the north and I from
the west line of TKivI, .-urvey !Hrj. i
Northwest of Woodson, <s-m-
pl.-tion of two m-w Strawn sand
producers and locution '.r a shal-
'>>A.-r pro.ll rtioli * I \ b;iv- been j
made by Fred M. Manning Inc.., Payment* t" those *lw ale d -
|of Fort Worth. 1 pendent up>m old age assistance,
The new location is for the No. 4,aid to the i.'idj blind, and aid t"
I Graham - Magnolia, thm miles .dependent children will U- ini reas-
northwest of Woodson, >oi fe« t «d an averag' of about >? 2 as of
from th.- .south and a.* lines of 'VWnr t, as a result of recent
TE/-L survey !tS.">. Permit is for (changes in the F«-d«-ral Social Se-
1 1,:mi'i f.rt with cable tools. 'curity Act, according to A.
Four miles northw> -t of W« >d- ; Boyd.
so ., completions were filed for the. In the dyintr day. of the regular
1 Manning No. .1 and Atkin- sr.. ion of tl," snth Congress, the
: son E. No. 5 gariK'-d 7''.a0 barrels | matching formula by w hich fed'-ral
were treated at a Middlrtown hos-
pital and released. Ten other child-
ren and the chaperon' wen- unin-
jured.
The children wen- in the vicinity
>>f a farm known as "The Bottle
Farm" when the unknown itssail-
an open.d fire with a shotgun.
Marilyn Witherspoon, 12. who
was shot in the face and 'egs. said
(a croup of the children got off a
[truck to "explore around."
"We went into an old, empty
house," she said. "We heard a shot
but just thought that one of the
ho/s had shot off a firecracker.
Then we heard another shot. It
hit a couple of us."
"Some of the childr'-n wen- in
th-- door arid some were outside.
W • started screaming and holler-
ing. We started out and a third
shopt hit six other "hildren. We
wa re hit all over, in our faces, I
legs, chests—all over.
"Someone tapped Barbara Hack-'
n--y on her back and said, "boo."!
Sh« turned and saw th • barrel of
a irun and threw herself down. She
didn't get hit by any shots."
Four persons were shot at "The
IVdtle Farm" a year ag->. Identity
of the assailant was nev -r learned.
! The "Bottle Farm" is owned by iu
Winter Zero Swartzel, who ha* dec- i waii m.ld, to ,h„ n<Jin<
Ortacd his house, fences and trees t„r nh„ t„W Sgt. Saivl v-.l to rush
with thousands of various-shaped hi< ujf(. to A||.S;iirit; In -nital.
cilr*'#r 1 .- • 1 .k e a The nemms ' .r/JIi-d
> he riffs deputies said they had hj„ wjfr „->d rush- d - ff but
been unable f find Swartzel for j r,.,| ,,ir.-it. that
Baby Born In Car
As Hospital Lost
FORT WORTH, T. x„ Oct. 2 <U.B>
A Car* we 11 Air For Fam ser-
geant knows now that vh«- stork
means business when !t radios for
landing instructions.
Mrs. i. J. Sand" val awakened
her husband early yrsi -day and
I told hin. it was time th-it she got
to a hospital. A hurrir I telephone
'luertioning. His brother, II. A.
Swartzel, who lives on another
farm a mile down the ''>ad, told a
reporter:
"If th'-rr was any shooting and
anyone got hurt they deserved to
ge. hint if they were trespassing.
I would have done the same thing
if they were trespassing on my
place."
Jester Proclaims
lection Judge Lauderdale S.atur-1
day made the following statement: Yflffi w/aa||
power to tax f..r -oiinty pur-
rests with the County Com-
missioners Court, and their power
to tax is limited by the State Con-
stitution riot to exceed • 'ifhty cents
in the following funds: General
2."> cents, Permanent Imnmv mrnt
lla cents, Ro.ad and Bridge 10 cents.
an I Jury IK cents.
The Stat'- legislature also gives
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AUSTIN, T. x„ Oct. 'I UR'—Gov.
Ber.uford Jester today issued a
proclamation designating the per-
iod from Oct. 25-30 a* "Yam Week
in Texas."
The official order was issued in ,
connection with the approaching
ll'.h annual East T'-xa* Yamboree,
a civic event schedule I for Oct.
2H at Gilmer.
Mare Aid Payments Explained
secure such raises. It is anticipated
that the old age assist .nee rolls
will show a net increase of 700
each month. He commented, the
additional funds will n - used in
these three ways: To avoid what
w.iiild have been a $2 to cut in
E. payments each month; to increase
payments approximately *2 and to
provide for payments *0 new per-
sons coming '-n the rolls.
The number of ch-cks to be
ffcinhf ||- ,tL|n
•n■«ilflC| mWTIR^
of 41 gravity oil in :'l hours on
pump from open hole in the Strawn
at 2,a4"i--"'2 feet, while ft gaug-
ed ♦ nI barrels of 41 gravity oil in
24 hours on
i f< > t.
pump from 2.547-52
money n allocated to thr statrs 'mailed in October to those eligible
was chang'd Th. new f.-deral for-II" leceiv them will not b - known
mill provide- abinit federal for a while, as the certifications
to State. He stated that there Irf new grants were not to be
is. of curse, no federal money al- rlosed until September .'Ml. In Sep
Plans are just about completed
for the meeting of th • Eastland
County Sipjripir Associa'ion to be
h. d in the High School auditorium
Saturday night, Oct. t, and Sun-
day. Oct. 10.
A committee is now working out
th ■ details of the arrangements.
Committees from ^he Ranger
Chamber of Commerre are assist-
in? Mr. Robinson, past president of
th - Association, who is taking the
lend.
Quartets from all .-.ver Texas
have been invited to participate and
m my have already stated that they
would be here and take part, and
a real musical treat ia in store for
th - lovers of song.
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Guard To Stage
Bivouac Oct. f
located rnv state exc>t on this
matching basis.
Had not additional 'rd--ral mon-
ey hem made nvailab!
have been necessary
t.-mber there were 207,14:1 old age
assistance checks mailed out with
th-- checks averaging 11.57. It is
it wauld anticipated that a slightly larger
to reduce number of checks will be mailed
each Old At'e Assistance check be- in October, which will average a-
tw -en >2 and during - arh month j bout 133.57. Average payments to
of the present fiscal y -ar. said th.- needy blind will average a-
The National Guard w ill not hold
Armory Drill M0nd.1v night as Mr. Bovd. It is now possible to
seneduled. but will depart Satur- .tv this c>i and ins'.-ad rais<
day, October 9, at 5:'Pi p. m. for,th. ch. eks #2 and to -id-.pt a max-
j) v eek-end bivouac and minor tac-|imum payment of 150 n the old .
tics along the river near Crystal age and blind programs; and $27 about $3 per child m-ire to the
Falls, it was announced today by | for the first child in a family and 41,873 children who received an
Capt. R. C. Brittain, Giard Com- <18 for each additional child in average of 115.08 for September,
mander.
bout I.'18 to about the same 5,741
persons who in September received
an average of $35.01. Payments
to dependent children will average
The men will sleep and eat in the
Field and will conduct training in
the use of all weapons and equip-
ment.
th • aid to dependent children pr..-! In Stephens County there are 445
gram. All adjustments have al- receiving aid for Old Age aaaiat-
ready been made, and it has' not ance, 3 for aid to the needy Mind,
be- n necessary for those receiving and IS for aid to dependent child-
aid, to visit the welfare office to rrn.
up
re-
didn't
know where the hospital was.
Howev. r. hr found a hospital,
and left his w fe in th" auto while
he hurried in to impure whether it
w is All-Saints. But it was St. Jo-
sephs.
Sgt. Sand'-val rush d back to
his car, but it was too 'ate. Mrs.
Sandoval had presented him with
a 4-pound, Li-oun^e <1 "i -.htrr, Iiorii
in the automobile.
The mother an.! child are doing
fine—at St. Josephs. Th- father is
re.--uperating at '..am".
Man Hurt In Fight
With Bus Driver
^DALLAS, T« x.. Oct. 2 <L'.P A
37-year-old Ihillas man was in
Parkland hospital today with a
possible skull fracture after a fisrht
with a bus driver.
Police said that the man tried
to stop a bus near fh-- outskirts
of the city. The bus driver failed
to stop, and the man pulled his
car in front of the bus. The bus
driver then drove aroun-I the man's
car.
The would-be bus stopper, po-
lic- reported, ehas'-d th ■ bus t" the
Interurban Bus Station on Cnm-
meice St. when- an argument was
start ed.
The bus driver hro!<" it up bv
hitting the man over th" head with
a hammer and the vict-m ran sev-
eral blocks before he collapsed.
Nearly I 'hi pctseensc s at the
station saw the figi.t.
Pope Warns Of
Morale Dangers
VATICAN CITY, Oct. 2 'HP-
Pope Pius warned lOO delerat".-!
to tho congres- of the Internation-
al Piblic Finance Institution today
against demagogic or potilical in-
fluence and fi.-cal policies v hich
could ruin the morale of the p<si-
ple.
He received the dolegrfes in a
special group audience and speak
in French about the world eco-
nomic crisis. He urged th> dele-
gates to abstain from financial
measures which would "ruin
morale from on high or hurt the
people's sense of justice."
"How could the church con-
template with indifferences this
crisis which in rralitv i« a crisis
nt the conscience.?" the pop?
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