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temperature.
VOL. M NO. 236
BKECKENMDGE, TEXAS
—THURSDAY, OCT. 28, 1! 4H
PftlCI I CENTS PES COPY
The
Observer
KAIN, KAIN. RAIN
GIRL St'OI T W EEK
CHEST IS LAGGING
SEEN OR HEARD
Club Rally And Pig
Show To Draw Crowd
KAIN, WONDER! I I. RAIN! It
had ju>t started good as this was
written, and th. amount it would
measure wa.^ n«'t a-k-d. Fr si Ward
►aid this morning that if it rain <i
"be sure and jfiv . the Chamber <>f
Con menu credit" for it-. comirg.
THE COMMUNITY CHEST
drivi in lagging. Wh"n return* at
this period are compared with re-
turn* at the name p. riod of the
driven of the past y arn it ap-
pears that fur the first time in tile
history of HrcckenridK'' there is
a m rious threat <>f not reaching
th.- goal of 115.260.
Now that th. drive is off t
a slow start it is up to th. cam-
pugner* to woilc a little hard* r,
bu alno.it is up to ;h ■ people of
Hreek. n ridge to st. p in ami h<-lp
ou?. Too many ha\> a.-k.d foi re-
turn cull*, Hubert Toll..- said yes-
terday.
h stead "f asking th"1 workers
to "rail again' let* turn action
around and s«-rid in >ur corithhu
tions to th> h. adquai ** rs in th<
First State Bank ituild'ng -when-
P. M Faulkner office*.
AT LAST CONTRACTS HAVE
been let for work of improving two
Stephens county reads. Mr. Bran-
non of the State Highway depart-
ment explained today tha* the con- i
tracts 1. t to A. I.. Bucy of Brown-
wood f. r II'mI.TiiK ar for about
four and one half miles on the
Crystal Kalis road and four and
on-- tenth miles on '.he Eliasvilli-
road.,
When this is comp'eted then '
will remain only fi\. miles Ulipav-
ed to Klmnville. A threat help, hut
thu road should be paved all th>
way at the earliest opportunity.
Mr. Brannon also .aid that the
woik of paving the highway west
of town will be ompl-tcd in about
a week. Following th i the re will
he jwTme cleaninif up to be done,1
but the bi«r job is n aring cm- ,
pletion.
NEXT WEEK G1RI. "HOITS
of Hn-rkeiiridge will join < • i r I
Scouts of the nation :n celebrating
their birthday.
B. cause of one womin, millions
of American girls at-.d woniifi art-
happier more resourceful people,
more intelligent, effective citizens.
Juliette Gordon Low brought the
idefi of Girl Scut inn to twelve
girls in Savannah, (ieorgiu only
J«> years ago.
An educator wlt'n the facilities
of a great M-hool syst. mi l hind
him may n-ach thousands of stu-
d« nts with his teaching. A great
administrator, backed by th. full
resources of his government, may-
affect the lives of millions. Mrs.
Low thought of herself is neither
educator nor administrator al-
though she was, in reality, bot'n.
To herself sh. was m r !y a friend
to the girls. Without my organiz-
ed backing, with limH-sd p. rs n-
al funds, no longer young and with
th handicap of d> afn.-s. Mrs. I-ow
phoned her friend Nina Pape. "I've
got something for the girls of Sa-
vannah and of Amerie-i and of
th • whole world and we're going
to start it tonight."
She starti-d it, and it is growing
bigger and more impoitant as the
years go by. The Scouts >f llreck.-n-
ridre n.-.-d w..m<-n to volunteer two
'or thre. hours a w--k a.- tr.x.p
leaders. If you can serve let Mrs.
J. W. Thornton know (bout it.
County 4-11 Clubs recognition
da." rally and sw ine judiring at City
I'ark Saturday is expected to draw
about 850 club members and rural
visitors, weather permitting, W.
It. I.;fte said today, and there will
Is- fifty- or more exhibits by the
club girls besides the boys pigs
to In judged in the Sears Roe-
buck & Co. contest.
All exhibits of the 4-H Club
girls will be placed that morning
ami judged. These will consist of
canr.ed fruit and vegetables, dres-
ses, aprons, blouses, -skirts, hand-
work and dickeys. The girls will
model their dresses <-t-
sta't. at 11 :M0 o'clock.
Awards will be made
ner«, with Maxine V'ick,
of J C. Vick, route I t
be intriMiuced as th
Club Girl of the year.
, this to
the win-I
dauKht. r
ddo, will
tlold Star
Muxine won
Stalin Charges'England, U.S.
With Seeking Aggression War
Locations Hade
For Three Oil
Tesb In County
{.'•cation for two new Caddo pro-
duction tries, in Stephens County
ha\ e ts-en fil« d by Kr.-d M. Man-
ninir Inc., of Fort Worth.
Ten miles southwest of Hn>cken-
ridKe, Manning i.- t > drill the No.
t A. W. Mueller et al. an offset to
pnsiurtion 1,163 feet from the east
and ^.-''4h from th - north line of
TK&L 225M.
Th ■ other location is for the No.
2 J. W. Clanton. -2 miles .->outh-
w. -t of Bn'ckenridge, 467 f« # t from
the north and, <>•' <i from the west
lino >.f the southwest quarter of [
section block 7 T4I1 survey. It
t.. . is on peimit for t.iMMi feet with
rotary.
I<ocation for a southwest outpost
w.-i| t,, the Double D. Ellenburgcr
fl. Id along the Shackelford . Ste-
phens County line u.-st of Hn-ck-
enridiro has been filed by McKI-
roy Kanch Co., of Fort Worth.
The project, on permit for 4..MMI
f> et with rotary, will be the No. 1
Geo. T. DeLafosse, *01 f ft fn m
the west and 1..VKI from the north
I in*, of TK&L survey 1,561, on the
Shackelford side of the field.
Opening of ii new Caddo pn>duc-
ti«>n i.n-a for Thn-ckmorton County
eiirht miles southwest of Thn ck-
(Continued on Page 5)
th: -s recognition in gurticning and
home work.
Club boys and Kirls and their
pan nts and special guests w ill be
precent for the occasion. At noon
barbecue will be served and sev-
eral speakers heard.
Mi. Lace will presid - and pres-
ent the following: J. W. I'otts,
state 4-H Club agent .who will
address the boys. John F. Bailey,
superintendent of schools, It. G.
Burwell, district extension aifent,
M •ss Bess Kdwards, district home
demonstration agent, and Cal T.
Johnson, in cliurge of Sears K
bu.-k and Company Foundation, un-
der which the boys .swine contest
is beini; conducted.
For this the 4-11 'l-m boys will
be in charge of parkin ?. serving
the barbecue ami like s- rvices. The
Barbecue is beinc served by the
Bnt-kenridge Chamber of Com-
merce and Pete Parsons, local
Stars Roebuck manager.
In the afternoon the eiirht gilts
of Stehpens county boys will he
judi-ed by A. M. Retrgenbreeht.
president of the Texas Swine
Breeders Association.
The pig show will have exhibits
from Stehpens, Jack, Young and
Throckmorton counties. I'ig.s in th>
other three counties arc to be
judged prior to bringing them
hen-.
Then winning pigs o' the four
counties will l* - judge ) and boars
of the four counties judged for
prii.es totalling $1'mi for the two
classes.
o
III SMin
Causes Outburst
Girl Scouts To
Observe Birthday
All Next Week
Next week, beginning Octol* r
.'II and extending through Nov. ni-
ber 6. will b«- Girl Scout Week. The
<>irl Scout Birthday will b- cele-
brated by more than u million
girls in the IT. S. A.
i Breck.-nridge C.irl Scouts will ob-
serve Girl Scout Week, beginning
Sunday Evening, October :t 1 with
a Scout's own ceremonv at 7:H0
p. in. at the First Hapti.-t Church.
All Brecketiridge Scouts from
Brownies through Senior Scouts
will participate in a program of
songs, directed by Mr. M'irtin. Rev.
Truman Aldre.ige, past >r of the
Church, will give an addr-ss to the
Sorts, parents and friends.
(Jirl Scout Week will be observed
each day b\* the troops of the
Ward schools with Tag -eremonii'S
and other programs. There will be
a window display of t!irl Scout
Activities with live Scouts making
the.. displays from 4-. p. m. Mon-
day through Friday. A C.irl Scout
Trailer will be shown at the Ruck-
ar-.o theatre Thursday and Friday.
Tho climax of this busy week
of Girl Scouting w ill be the annual
Julnttc Low Tea to be held in the
basement of the First Christian
Church Saturday November 6 at
8: 'a> p. m.
It is requested that all Scouts
Is- in uniform for the Sunday night
services to be held it the First
Baptist Church, October 81 at 7:80
p. m.
II
Russian Premier
Blames But ftar
Is Not Foreseen
By H F.N BY SHU'I I"
I'ji'ted I'ivs.4 Staff
MOSCOW. Oct.
Teh phone to ' ■«.
Josi-f Stalin t'xlay .
l imed Stages and lire.'
of s. .-king a n.-w war '<
"pol'.-y of aggression."
Replying to a (jiu stio'm;
the Russian official n
Pravda, the Commiriis; •.
th • British and Amei-u.-n .
ed "null and void" an a
reached in tne Krem1' i i
ences Aug. 30 which v.-a'd
settled the Bel.in ci
He charged th;-' v>
powers put on n
gn-ssion" in I'nit
itv council deb;
*' -l nd. !!
I I!
,• . d t'
iir. from
I'wspaper
iid< i said
s «!• chr-
hunt
llfer-
hv.fi
• in
lilav
KINti AND yl'KKN ATTKNI) OI'KNING OF PARI.IAMKNT-
and Queen Klizabtith lid. in the royal coach, escorted by the i
monious o|M-ning of l'arlianient. Glittering pageant rivaled seen.
Watch-d by
ilorful Hous.
i of pre-war
I.
p. inng.-
Kintr George
Iry, to tho cere—
(NKA Teh-photo)
Ul
.s'at!"ri*i .
on the ii
again at
igr> v-r lent
!i ve r>
iet hl"t
■cur-
i rliu
that
Willi
su't-
Texos-To-Gotham
Line Is Planned
Plea To Help Repair
County Church Made
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 <UR —
A Congressman who recently tour-
ed W estern Furop<- today attrib-
ute-! Josef Stalin's war mong.-ring
charge to worry over success «f WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 <UJt> -
th-- r,urop -an recovery program. \ natural gas pifieline fnun Texas
Rep. Omar Burleson, Deiii.K-rot, to N,.w Ynrk jg p|annH| hy tho
Tex., said the Russian Premier Tran continental Gas I'ip.- Line
Corp.. Dallas, the Securities & Ex-
1 change Commission has been noti-
i fied
The line, to b<- completed early
"sees his ho|M- of Kuropt an doni
ination glimmering."
Tho Cryxtal Falls Church built i Lodge
in the year of lhH2 is now being | using
repaired and re mod--Id. This Lodg
church was built by th" Masonic
Lo^ge and t'no people of Stephens
County, and surrounding counties
for a church and a l dge Hall, the
Two Meetings Called Chest Drive Is
On Bonds For Airport HliS*
TIIOI GIIT FOR THK MOMENT:
This world ran never be niade
right by force, nor b/ fear, ru>r
by |Miwer. In the long run nothing
conijui rs but id. as, nothing gov-
erns but the Spirit.—!> acock.
SFEN OR IIKARI): V. F. W.
meeting tonight in home at 7:80
o'cl<H-k Flow.-rs grown by
"Dema Roark" on displa v in Cham-
b<-r of Commerce .... Welcome to
th-- Spartan T<> 1 Servic • company
whiih has o|s ned i|uart.-r« h.-n- on i
Bn-cekenridge Avenue their big
cementing trucks seen rolling a- j
bout t«day .... Johnny Miller yes-
terday remarked fishini: at Possum
Kingdom Like not so hot .... J. j
F. Christie wondering if there
would be rainfall at ball game
tim" tomorrow night, and Coach
Cooper Bobbins fear'ng there
would b<- .... C. K. West battling
a patch of nut grass in hit yani
with a spading fork and wondering
if then- be an easier w-iy to get I
rid of it Mrs. Iiale Hitchcock. I CLEVELAND, Oct. 2* f.P
now taking painting l.-s ons, say Alvanlcy Johnson, (irand
First Concert
Here Monday
The Breekenridge Concert As-
mk-i at ion will o|*-n it's season Mon-
day i veiling at 8 15 at the High
School Auditorium when it pre-
sents Farle Spicer, New York bar-
itone, in concert, Charles Kiker
announced today.
Mi Spicer appears to in- a splen-
did choice of artists to open the
season, not only becaure of his
excellent voice, but at.o becaus*-
of his personality and unusual prn-
gri.m. It is a recital of ballads,
b.-th English and' Anieriecan.
These traditional b-dlads are
stories in song some of which
dat. back long before she alpha-
bet and are considen-d to be the
foundation of both muiic and Eng-
lish literature. Their brevity, sim-
plicity. directness and humor are
known for their gn-it influence
on present day creative writing.
This pn.gram should b«- inter-
esting for the nan. since it is
sung entirely in English, and is
easily understood. Mr. Spicer ex-
plains each number durng the pro-
gram.
1 he concert is for th.me holding
m. -'ibcrships in the association.
I ersons w ho have nmvid to Itrec-
k.-nridge since May r.uiy secure
meirbersnips by contacting Char-
les Kiker. Students memberships
an- also available.
owning the building, and
the up|sr story for the
Hall, Mrs. J. A. Ward
writes today.
Continuing Mrs. Ward said:
Some years back the Lodge
merged with the Br-ckenridge
Lodge, at which time they gave
this building to he a community
Chi.rch, and has been used as
such since, but time came when
it, like all other buildings, had to
be repaired.
in lU.'il will cost ¥l<M .ootM>Oo.
The company offered yesterday
for registration 265,000 shares of
cumulative preferred and 265,000
sh ares of common stock. The un-
derwriters of the offering will be
White, Weld ft Co. and Stone ft
Webster Securities Corp., both of
New York. The stock will be of-
fend in. units of on" share on
preferred and one share of com-.
mon. |, , .
In addition. Transcontinental' maa
A series of moves to give infor-1
mation concerning ih • airport |
bond issue of Stephens county ru-
ral areas will open thhi evening
West Dies After
Long Service As
Tex. Congressman
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 'US-
Be,,. Milton H. W< •st, former Tex-
as Ranger and Democratic Cong-
resnjnan since 1988, died today in
Walter Reed Hospital :iftcr a long
illness. He was 60.
W -t had been hospitalized at
Walter Reed since Inst May, suf-
fering from glandular disturbanc-
es.
I The Congressman held the seat
I vacated by John Nance Garner
i win n he became vice pn-sident.
was born at Gonzales, Tex.
w it Ii
Cadde
Me.
Returns Reveal
meetings at Necessity and
, ... t .... I A report from Community Chest
tings of this nature will be | headquarters this morning reveals
clunaxt-d by a meeting on the court the drive is lagging with only
hmise law n Satunlay' evening it $4,(mio turned in to date toward the
ocliK-k, Ci. K. Whitney, chi.ir-, „f $i",,250. Chairman Hubert
man of th. movement inaugurated j x„||,. stat.d that some teams have
at u moeting in tne court house i m nj, no report us yet and urged
some weeks ago. sjiid today. i that all workers turn in their com-
Judge L. H. Welch will speak p|etwj Cil„i8 at headquarters. He
at the meeting to be held at Ne- J express.-.! confidence in the citi-
cesFity and Bill Black will ^P^ak , 7,..IS „f (he community to put their
at the meeting to be tield at Cad- drivi over the top and asked that
... . A. .everyone continue to cooperate in
Meanwhile n list of questions ^.tting the job done as luickly as
iind answers that hav • been gath- j possible.
I The drive was scheduled for one
w -ek and it was hoped to complete
end by the committc • an- being
mailed out. All this to bring about
a favorable vote on the !«>nd issue
ani for re-allocation in the elec-
tion Nov. 2.
How the airport will help the
farmer and rancher has been ad-
vanced as follows:
<1> Directly, the farmer is help-
ed by having an airpo t in Steph-
ens County through the increase
the contacting of the residents of
th • community by noon Friday, i
However, workers are fifKHng it
harder to contact folks due to the j
many activities going on in Brec-1
kei.ridge and it may be necessary
to continue the drive through next
we-1; before all calls are completed.
A lot of time and effort will b.
Tex..
will offer to present holders 2,-.
250.000 shares of common stock1
w.jll J to Congress in 19.U
when
years
his home at Brownsville. I in property ownership which the ! ^uv,^j jf those missed will drop by
l - — — ' -""airport will cause. It will build the fommunitly Chest Headquarters in
The small group of people of
Crystal Falls community met and
decided to repari and renndel it.
A committee v.as elected to raise
funos; they started to work. The
people of Stephens countv and old
tim« rs have be<-n generous in giv-1
in« of their time, labor .and mon-
ey, which is all greatly appreciat-
ed.
Up to now the upper story has
been taken off, a new roof put
on, making a on.- storv building.
Tbe stairway wh.-n taken out,
made the room about six or eight
fee', larger. New windows and
at 110 each. Presaent holders
be allowed to purchase three new
shares for each one share now-
held.
Further, the corporation will of-
fer # 148,000,000 of 8 r:-H per cent
two-year first mortgage pipeline
he practiced la a for
prior to his election
H-- also serv-
Texas I.egis-
botids next June
ii investors.
15, to institution-
Freak Accident
Cause ef Death
., Oct. 'U.Ri—A
on a valley high
(Continued on Page 4)
Jury Trials In
Housing Charges
DALLAS, Oct. 2S d pi — De-
fendants in veterans housing
fraud capes now pending i n
F. deml District Court have boon
advised to ask for jury trials.
Federal Judge T. Whit.-fi.-hl
Davidson announced in court yes-
terday th-it "I am askin" all de-
fendants in the n st of these cases
to take juries. The court would
rather not pass on them."
He said then' is a wrong impres-
sion in the minds of some about
these eases.
ALICE. T.-x
fr.-«ik accident
way yesterday caused the death
of one woman and landed another
in hospital.
Mrs. Clco Shipl.-y of McAllen
was being n-turn.d home in an
aiiibulance from San Antonio w here
sh.- had undergone a delicate brain
op- n-tion. The nurse, who was at-
tending her—Mrs. Herman Lynch
of {'an Benito and Harlingen—fell
fro'n the ambulance and sustained
a s. vcre skull fracture.
The ambulance rushed back to-
ward Alice to get the injured wo-
man to a doctor and collided head-
on with a truck.
Mrs. Lynch was hurt Internally
in the collision and Mrs. Shipley
suffered a relapse.
Mrs. Lynch died today and Mrs.
Shipley has been returned to the |
San Antonio hospital.
Rayburn Urges
Truman Support
COLL Mill A, S. C., Oct. 2M din
Rep. Sam Rayburn, Democrat.
ing she likes painting better than
working downtown .... Sam l<et-
win "supporting" a bi,' black cig-
ar .... Bob Smith sav:ng initia-
tions by Elks postponed until com-
ing of District Deputy C. L. Bar-
nhart—bus load to com* from Ft.
Worth for that meeting .... Mr.
nnl Mrs. Sidnoy Hugh-* Jr. the
pan-nts of a baby girl, named Julia
Alicia Dr. Frank Payne say-
ing if S. M. U. will win 7 to « he
will be aatisfied .... Rev. Jim
(Continuod on Pago I)
' real estate men were Indict.-d in
I the home fniuti cases. All hut 17
were disposed of at a firevious
|docket call by Judge Davidson,
— with fines ranging from *1 to $200.
CJijrf | with no jail terms. Two cases were
Engineer of the Brotherhood of:disposed of ycstrrd&y and 15 re-
Railway Engineers, today threw main to be heard.
In all, 27 Dallas build r- and Tex., invaded the capital of the
Dewey
his support behind Gov. Tomas E.
; Dewey for president.
He indicated, however, that his
i personal endorsement of Dewey
"sol. s not commit the membership
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Engineers.
The Brotherhood 'eader confer-
red with the GOP candidate at i
.- n« ie*i Mine b. tore tn. *«>
mnr delivered his address h. re
l«M ll.glu.
Bishop Advanced
CHICAGO. Oct. 2* «t*R> —Bishop
Paul E. Martin. Little Rock, Ark.,
has been named president of tha
•ditorial division of the Methodist
Church general hoard of education.
He alar war named r vice-presi-
dent of the g 'n-rnl board, .wont-
ing to an aiiiiouricenient nindi Dy
'the church yniriUii).
States Rights party last night and
urged the South to remain loyal to
President Truman.
Speaking in State's Rights candi-
date J. Strom Thurmond's home
capital, Rayburn said he himself
did not endorse the Civil Rights
. plank of the Democratic platform.
But. he said, he refused to let
one plank in the ptatforn) drive
him out of the Democratic party.
He quoted Thurmond as saying
the states Right* rs want to throw
th.- presidential elertmi into tbe
Mouse of Representatives. Such
an eventuality, he said would
mean sure election of Remihlican
Thomas K. IH*wey, since "5W of th •
states delegates ale looilolau By
Republicans.
ed two terms in th.
lature.
Vest was a graduate of West
Texas Military Academy, San An-
tonio. He became a member of the
bar after studying law in the
office of Judge James Wells.
He served as a member of the
important tax-writing House ways
an.l means committee fine.- 1089.
Vest was one of the few mem-
bers of the House and Senate w ho
gave no details of his life in the
Congressional Directory.
At his bedside when he died
was his widow. He is survived al-
so by a son.
The hospital reported that cause
of death was lymphomia, a glan-
dular trouble.
The hospital said W st died at
8:25 a. m. EST.
Light Showors
Fall In Tarns
(By UNITED PRESS)
Light showers niovei into the
Texas Panhandle durin c the night
an I early today were spreading
southward down over the South
Plains.
Amarillo's .86 inch of rain was
th • heaviest reported to the LT. S.
weather bureau in til- 24 hours
cnd'tig at 6:80 a. m.
Oth.-r measurable amounts i n-
clutled .12 inch at Big Spiing, .11
at Lubbock, .06 at Clarendon and
.ol at Midland and Salt Flat
The day dawned cloudy for most
of the r.tate and the forecast call-
ed (or showers in parts ot both
Fas' and West Texas during the
day.
Temperatures t h i « morning
ranged from 46 at Guaduloupe
Pass to 67 at Galveston. The highs
y-i st. rday aft.-rn.H.n ranged frem
down to 68 at
que> tion, and o: c
time rejected an
Russia which would
ed in lifting th.
of Berlin.
Today's ra|ily to it-,- T'lav.l.i
questions was Staii;. - first im-
portant statement of Russian pol-
icy since May 17.
At that time, he end rs.-«i a pro-
gram outlined by Third Party pres-
idential candidate H.;nry A. Wal-
lace as a "good and fruitful ha .s"'
for discussion and settlem.-n: of
differences between III'' I llited
States and the' Soviet I'm n.
Stalin often takes 'idv.-tntaw- of
questionnaires submitte.l Sy pn ss
agencies and nevspap. to make
major policy pronounc-.-m. nts. TIs;
la t such was on Oct. 28, I'.'16,
when he replied to ';i questions
submitted by Hugh H -.il'io, pres-
ident of the United Pr .-.
Stalin's replies to liailli. dis-
closed that Russia •hen ha<; 60
divisions in western Kurcpe, she
did not have the seer, t of the
atomic bomb, she still was interes-
ted in a loan from the 1'inted
States and she did not b- lieve the
veto had been overworked in the
United Nations.
Stalin charged that the western
powers fear "most of ail" to
reach any agreement with the So-
viet Union.
"Tho thing is." he told Pravda,
"that those who inspire the ag-
gressive policy in the I'liUed Stat-
es and Great Britain 'I ■ not con-
sider themselves intevst.si in a-
'Continued ou ''age . )
community and will create more
wealth... .This wealth will thro-
ugh the payment of taxes, reduce
th ■ load now carried by the farm-
erf. In time, by increasing the val-
uations in the county, the air-
port will attract enough new wealth
to aid in the reduction
uai taxes.
(2) The airpi.rt wi'l aid in
building the populati. n of the
county. This will produce a more
stable economy for local farmers.
(8) Oil companies are turning
more and more to aviation for co-
on! nation of their business. The
prespect of an adequate airport
the Texas State Bank Building
or call 1416 to make a pledge.
Chairman Tolle stressed the im-
portance of all worker! making
a supreme effort to complete the
drive this week and i^ks that all
cams completed he 'urned in as
Radio Biology
Lab Is Opened
>f individ-1 quickly as possible. Follow
'crews will continue to cull
5)
(Continued on I'ag
Work Starts On
Houston Dock
HOUSTON, Tex., Oct. 28 U.R —
Work on Houston's new dock
num'jer nine was formally started
today at greundbreaking cere non-
ies for the #l,784.ooo structure.
Port director W. F. Ilcavry was
master of ceremonies at the rites,
while port commission chairman
Wilson G. Savii;- manipulat.d the
controls that let a 75-ton dragline
break the first dirt.
HOUSTON, I'.x,, Oct.
The nation's fir.-t radio biology-
laboratory, partially finan.-i .1 by
r up"1" Atomic Energy Commission,
backopened at Rice Institute t day.
<>n those missed in order that ev-i Director Dr. Roy V. Talniagc,
eryono may have a sh-ir.- in mak- said the new coursa wouM b.i
iri^T the Community '"he.-st | ossi- limit.^i at first to II student.., in-
bl • for the continued of^-ration oficluditig eight post-gradu.-.t-s and
th • ten agencies of th" chest in one holding a fellowship from vli*
Stephens County. {Atomic Energy Commission.
Dr. Talmage .-aid h. • and his co-
worker, Dr. H. O. Nichola.-, would
attampt to spread nor, i.,for-
Reward Offered In
TwitcheN Slaying
AUSTIN. Oct. 28 -l) P> — A *500
reward was offend t<«'ay in con-
nection with the slaying of Mrs.
Eloise Twitchell of Beaumont.
Gov. Beauford Jestor ported the
i reward yesterday. The body of Mrs.
Twitchell was found near Silsber
| in Hardin County on Sept. 28. Her
; automobile was recovered in Hous-
ton.
The reward, offered for th* ar-
' rest ami conviction, or information
I. ading to the arrest and convict-
ion, of Mrs. Twitchell's slayer will
; be in eff-act for 90 days.
mation about isotopes, ti. the
medical clinical value of at'-mic
energy, and train graduate stu-
dents in the u <■ .f radio biology
in n-search work.
Thurmo<iii ronghl
In Home Stale
Breck In Throes Of
Big Gridiron Games
85 at Brownsville
Msrfa.
A spasm of football, which o|iei.-
ed last night with the 0-0 tie be-
twien Graham and Breck.-nridge
Juniors will he continual t.uiiyht
| when two ward schools meet on
Buck.-.nMi field, and th- B team
goes to Brewnwotd, all th!s to be
War Assets Solo
At Houston Nov. 3
HOUSTON. Tex.. Oct. 28
Some $I5o,00rt worth of war surplus
goods will be disposed of in u final
sale by the Houston War Asncst
Administration office, it was an-
nounctf today.
1 tie sale will start Nov. 8, and
will niaik ihe closing of the Hous-
ton WfAA waiviiousc.
climaxed by the Buckaro.i-
Wcatherford game Friday night.
Tonight on Ruckareo- Field tbe
South Ward Heel Flies will meet
th.- East Ward Y.-lloW Jackets at
7:80 o'clok. A small admission
charge will b * made for this game,
which will ottei an ouliei l .
rivalry between these two f.atas.
The Ruckareos yesterday aftei-
noon in preparation for t&e„thei-
ford worked on defense against
Weatherford plays, and the vordict
of Coach Cooper Robhins was that I
they did nut "look so hot". The
day before the Buckaroog worked
on offense.
Then- are no serious injuries in
the Buckar.M> line-up, which prob-
ably wil be the same as started
i against Stephenville, Conch Rob-
■ I"
I;
■« 2S 'USi
1 T ruaian
formed a
)a'-t\ imd
Gi.v. .1.
!hcr.. who
:;hUi han-
« OLUMBIA. S. ('
—Supporters of l ie-
in South Carotin . tod
new state Democraii.
made plans to ". xi
Strom Thurmond • i:.i
bolted to the Stat, s'
tier.
The n aw group, hio't around
Truman-Rarklcy 1 • ■ - s-ihl it
expi-cted "almo t immrsliata" re-
cognition f-v>m e nit'.ir,al Dem-
ocratic party i Washington.
Thurmond, informed of tlie
movement in Shrevepor. l.a., said
it sounded lik-- the "tyj ical, arro-
gant" work . f the national Dem-
ocratic organization.
Eagle It Bagaed
WHh 22 Rifle
fains said, but Johnny Rogers will
still be out a charlie horse, a bad
one. There are minor sprains and
bruises which will slow down the
play somewhat, however.
Local fans in most instances are
not wagering on the game for the |
reason that too many points are >
being asked, although there haw I
been one oi tw'o small ones with
pon.ts rouging tne high to mention
loi the good of the mder.
""ontlnaed on Pa|e S)
UVALDE, Oct. 28 (T.Ri — A
ure-shot marksman yesterday bag-
ged an eagle on the Gus Benkc
Ranch.
Either llenwe nor Clay llattox.
who winged the eagle with a intrl.
shot from a .22 cnl'her rifl had
ever seen a free eagle before. Old-
timers said it was tho first in tho
area in many years
Renke and Hattox fir-t spotted
the eagle from n distance and "it
was so big we thought at first it
war man'
The eagle's wlngspread wa
reven fcot, two Inches.
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