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2—BJRECKEVRimiE AMERICAN —WEDNESDAY, AUG. 27. IW
BRECKENRIDGE AMERICAN
Published Daily
«■ —-
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Texas. WALTER MURRAY, Publisher.
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250 illicit Stllb
Seized
Wet Mississippi
Stays In Dry Fold
By UNITED PKKS.S
In ;i Ktate-wide liquor i 'feren-
iii ) Mississippi voters also over-
• iietininKiy favored keeping their
var olii prohibition law, hand-
1 if their legislature a mandate to
(jhi some teeth in its enforcement.
Another >tat '-wide primary race
jfave Sen. John C. Stennis a wide
ut.'trgiii for the renominatton over
ln-i opponent, undertaker William
I' I Hi vis.
lt«-p John B< 11 Williams, in the
only ra«e p<Kir><i on Democratic
ii< rmnet- Adlai Stev -nsoti's sti-enjfth
in Mis.stswippi, wiui by drastic mar-
sriit.* over three opponents in the
1 • « (mirth district, created by the
.distribution act.
H-spiie the various primary
j voting was liitht over most
• t the .state, especially in Gulf and
,\l i-si-sippi liver ports where state-
t;. IwwttleKifinit has thri\e<i ! •-
. pile dry laws.
Seamen Jump Ship
lo Be Cowboys
SAN ANTONIO, AUK. 27 OUT—
Two young German seamen who
jumped ship at New Orleans to be-
■ 1 me Texa t cowboy* were being
lield at San Antonio Wednesday
for a routine investigation by mi-
tt.-«r ration luthorities.
'Hie sailors were iu .itified as
> . him Erirk Kres.'fier, 19, of An-
•v.-iU-r, Germany, and Erdmann Al-
h rt Kohn, 18, of Hamburg.
XiiTh« ritie said the youths told
'l.-tn they jumped the" tanker Bar-
hat 1 Ann. of f'ana nanian regis-
'rv, last Friday because they didn't
like their gooey jobs. They also
•' ■uiirht thev might like to become
Texas cowboy i.
I lie giMiey iobs involving clean-
.,! ^very nook and crany of the
I'.rbara Ann with mop* tnd hand-
ings so the tanker, which norm-
ally carries oil. eouid take on a
cargo of molasses.
Then Kressner and Koha *iid
thev were ord> red to clean out the
Ii.olasses so the ship could 1^'ld oil
.-.gain. That did it. They jumped
-Mi..
Neither OMOian speaks English,
but the- caught the train from
New Orii-ms to H> uston and took
a bus to Sin Antonio, with San
A igelo in West Texa., and a life of
riding the range their intended
destination.
Reds Charge UN
With POW Cruelty
I'ANMI NJOM. Aug. 27 <rtl i —
Truer negot ations we>-e recessed
Wednesday for the fifth consecu-
tive week after the Communists
demanded that th-> United Nations
: top "persecuting" and "slaughter
itf" prisoner* of war.
Tile Ked.s opened a .Tl-minute
truce session by handing the UN
statement demanding a "respon-
se accounting for the numerous
.laughters of prisoners in the
past."
As North Korean (len. Nam II
" a.s handing over the statement,
the I'N disclo-e i that five Com mu-
st pnjtuuenr W¥if killed jind ;>1
•Anunded in a lash of prison camp
. .cidents between Aug. 11 and 24.
The I'N claimed the incidents
■•. re aimed at embarrassing the
United Nations. Maj. (on. llaydon j
L. Boatrer. pr son camp com man-1
der, said the: • •* "t:o doubt the |
prironers have ortl' : to creat"• in-
cidents in prison camps."
Nam's figures «-n prisoner cas- j
unities differed from those of the)
UN. He claimed one prisoner kill- j
ed and .*>2 injured.
Texarkana Drivers
StiN Out on Strike
TEXAKKANA. Tex.. Auif. J"
iU.R)—Striking Texark.fta bus driv- .
er* threw up five pickets late
Tuesday aftw defying tin
any's ultimatum ti> return
t>r b«* fired, and nuina#em
ga-.i hiring non-union <ii v,
N. J. Smith, secretary
union local. i d two k'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 «Ufc—
Federal revenue agents seized 10,-
27i illicit stills, 5.7 million gallons
of fermenting mash ;.nd 9,850 alco-
hol tax law violate. last year,
ihe Bureau of Internal Revenue
reported Wednesday.
In a report on fiscal 1952, which
ended 111 June 30, Tax Commis-
sioner John B. Dunlap fiid viola-
tions of last November's <!.5H-per-
gillon increase iti the liquor ta.v
.letted another 40,750 gallons of li-
quor worth $940,000. The violators
were wholesalers a.id retailers
who made "fnudul" it" declara-
tions as to how much liquor they
had on h-ind when'the. tax was in-
creased from $9 to $10.50.
Ihmlap said 8,25t> person* were
rvcomtnended for prosecution dur-
ing fiscal 1952 for violations of li-
quor tax laws, with rt,100 indict-
ments i-.rtur.nd and .">.122 convic-
tion-.
Seizure of 111,270 stills last year
compares with 10,lS4i in fiical
1951. atid last year's Itaul of mash
ci m pa res with 1951's 5,545,000.
Dewey Meets With
Ike In New York
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York and a group o£ New York
state legislators cortferred with
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Republican
presidential nominee, at Eisenhow-
er's headquarters in the Commo-
dore hotel here Wednesday.
FVwee wai not c-.i Eisenhower's*
calling list and his arrival with the
New York delegation was unex-
pected.
The New York governor. Repub-
lican presidential nominee in 1944
and 1948, greeted Eist nhower when
the former five-star general arriv-
ed here Su.idav night from Den-
ver. But this was the first formal
call Dewey had paid on Eisenhower
since the Republican candidate
came here.
Eisenhower made an mgements
Wednesday to put his campaign on
the road next week with the idea
of hitting every "nook and cranny"*
in the country before election day.
where."
Unanimous Vote
The vote to cross-file every state
Democratic candidate onto the GO
P ballot was a unanimous voice
vote. A chorus of "ayes" rolled
across the City auditorium, and not
a single "no" was sounded.
Then the Republican delegates
stood and cheered, some enthusi-
astically letting go with a "yippee-
hi-yi."
earlier, convention Keynoter and
convention chairman Malcom Mac-
Quordale of Houston had urged the
GOP not to miss their "great
chance" to get Shivers and Dani *1
to "join us."
Orville Bullington, resigned state
GOP chairman, also wad.d in on
President Truman for "stealing"
the oil-rich tidelands from Texas.
"And Adlai Stevenson is just us
bf.u," Bullington shouted. "In Tex-j
•as, you're as guilty if you receive
stolen goods as if you steal."
Shivers
Rotartans
Bv REX CHANEY
NEW YORK. Aug. 27
'LP
(Continued from Page I)
the union. Republicans also were
recognizing the traditional reluc-
tance of most Texans to split a
ticket. This way they can vote for
Eisenhower, the Republicans hope,
and s' ll "vote'er straight" for fa-
vor.'d state Democratic candidates.
Republican peacesetters. in their
convention nominating committee,
also called Shivers "a better Re-
publican than you can find any-
(Continued from I'age 1)
Breckenridge. he :;ai<i lie expected
it will be completed in a short
time. The actual paving, he said,
will be finished probably by Satur-
day, but the road will uoi be openr
ed until curbing is put in.
Also to be completed about De-
cembei, or perhaps not till spring,
is the straightening of "dead man's
curve", several mites south o f
here.
Brannan ended by saying that he
hoped people in thi s area will co-
operate with the officials of th*
town in obtaining a better system
of roads.
The speaker was introduced by
program chairman, Rube Blain.
OBSERVER
(Continued from Page 1)
A telephone from Glendon Black-
erby received Tuesdav night stated
his b,-other. Captain Gorman Black-
erby, lone survivor of a Barksdale
B-29 plane crash, still is in serious
condition from burns. Glendon ac-
companied his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. F. Blackerby, to th • bed-
side of the injured man. Captain*
Blackerby is under an oxygen tent
and the family was permitted to
see him only a moment.
THOUGHT FOR THE MOMENT:
IF A MAN IS WORTH KNOW-
ing at all, he' is worth knowtng
well.—Alexander Smith.
SEEN OR HEARD:TEMPERA-
tures past 24 hours 107 high and
7t! low .' . . Those wishing Little
League pictures taken in Ft. Worth
July ao may now get them at the
Chamt r of Commerce, price $1.50
. . .-Mr- -llul Mrs. Bob Thompson,
Pampa. visiting Mr. Thompson bro-
thers here, Eugene and Claude
Thompson . . . Vacationists report-
ed due return today are Les-.er
Clark and Bill Pitzer from Colo-
rad Mrs. Rob Walker, Mr.
Walker formerly of Breckenridge,
is reported polio patxmt in Abilene
. . . Owen Fauntleroy, former res-
ident.fast recovering after opera-
tion at his home in Artesia, N. M.
. . . Doug Anderson and Rough-
necks to play fourth game in ser-
ies for this year's Junior League
p niiaiit at ei|{ht o'clock tonight at
the recreation park; Roughnecks
T.
-vir^u.v
picke
placed in front of tn
Bus < 'o.'s downtown off
the shop and a covin;:
downtown streets.
The utility, which op. sat s in.
both the Texas and Arkansas pot -
tioas of Texarkana. hind four non- <
union drivers Tuesday and I'r. s:
dent Ed Mitchell said Wednesday)
he would resume operation as ;oon 1
as he secures eight moi
The Texarkana bus drivers hav
been on strike since Aug. lo in
wage dispute dating h.ck :>> Ju!
31.
Bomber's Average
LONDON. Aug. 27 UP Brit-
ain's twin-entfif-d t anb.-rra j- t
bomber awraged i;o." :,j miles-per-
hour on the trins-Atlantic flight
frr.m Gander, Newfoirtidland to Al-
dergrove. Northern Irehinti. the
Royal Aero Club announced offic-
ially Wednesday.
The Royal Aero Club was the of-
ficial timer for the bomber's round-
trip trans-Atlantic flight Tuesday
in which it set a round-trip and
west-**ast time record.
Physicians have found that
dexedrine spansules are effectiv
in the relief of nausea due to pi eg
nancv.
'$ t/oua ywae 7&.
AUTHORIZED
■service!
l a vv
oue game ahead of Andersons . ,
Mrs. Jeff Of fie Id reports she has
found some children's glasses, with
pink plastic rims; owner can hav s
by contacting her . . . Mrs. H. L.
Bunkley received long dtstamv
phone call last night from son,
Lt. Thomas H. Bunkley, now visit -
ing a sister, Mrs. A. S. Myers in
Roseburk, Ore., with wife and sou
after three years in Japan; will be
in BreckJhridge within the next
couple of weeks, and from here to
be stationed at Fort Bliss, El Pas..
. . . Albany Eaglesudefeated make-
up Little League Team here last
night, 8-3; report of good gun,
and fine prospects for next yeai
here . . . Joe KerbeL new Buckaioo
head mentor, busy these days hold-
ing classes with his staff of coach-
es each afternoon . . . Mr. and Mrs.
John Arthur Dean arc the parents
of a son, born at one o'clock this
morning in Memorial Hospital;
weight, 8 lbs., 4 oz. . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Johnny Spencer are the pat-
ents of a daughter, born in Mem-
orial Hospital at 10:.'J0 last niglil;
weight, 8 lbs., 8 oz. . . Biocken-
ridge Clinic admitted a medical
patient, Mrs. D. T. Simms- . . .
Memorial Hospital admitted I) an
Reiumund, surgical patient, and
chance we have had for good rain
dismissed Jack Lynch . . -
Department reports no Up
past 24 hours . . . Firfl^K*n 1
me nt aided in extingu w
grass fire at 1:45 yesterday al
noon; began on Black and R\.|
ranch near Eliasville.
And, hurricane developing lies
in some time.
rain in sometime.
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^/P/ YOU CMAMttK lUSli
MtSTO!
Gillette
R'SPUD
OMB-PIIC C
RAZOR
YOUNG MAN'S MENAGERIE —On their way to the Minnesota State Fair, pets of four-year-old
JqIiii Iverson stop to say goodby. The rabbits, including the champion white Flemish Giant, are
sure to attend. Still undecided are the toy fox terrier, skunk, rooster and guinea pig. John
may choose to keep them home in Minneapolis.
WITH 10-ilABI
GILLITTI BISNMSM
(•'HECKLES AJND HIS KKIKNUS
RRIill lllllill
ESTIMATES FREE
USE OUR BUDGET PLAN
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Prompt Service—Right Prices
RMIEL MOTOR CO.
Coke goes
with good times
When von're off for an online,
remember that Coke adds life
an«f sparkle to the oerasikm.
Take enough along.
By
Blackerby-Weatherford
"Whrtii v. K« tfi# tonij"
Perhaps yea cant ted one ear
froM another—but WE can. We
-know bow to service your car
properly. For expert lubrication
or service . . . check with m.
SERVICE STATION
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HE WAS NICCl.
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by NEA
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he 5ay5 he's
never even
heard of
south
georgia.
..with 150,000 air defense
sky watchers in th:rty
states,weu. be getting
reports on them every
ten minutes/
WHAT'S THE
MATTER
WITH HIM?
mow
about
know where
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tLEKHY DRAKE
TKAT'S THE WHOLE STORY.
TENNESSEE ' WHEN I WOKE
UP MV 5IGHT WA5 BACK
SANDY AND I HAVE
CELEBRATING'
r-M GO.M6 "TO GIVE A PAH-TY
FOR VOU' TOMORROW night.
I LL WAVE LOADS OF PEOPLE VOU
KNOW.'.. GEEGSE AND ALGV WEP-
MORE. .CHAMPAGNE.. OUEEMIE
CAREWE.. SKIPALCIMG
HOTSPURS.
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PAN MY
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THEN
AND VOU CAME
TO SEE MV NEW
PLAV' VOU
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AVIATIN' feller!
■OTmn undm authority or r t coca-cola company by
Texas Cora-Cola Bottling Co., Abiiene, Tex.
mCthf k a ntkturul hoJa mmt.
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THE ONE SHE CALfi
BUD','HAfir4lBA
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