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Sheffield Land
leal With Giles
Present Aired
f L<HBP,9CK- Tex • Stanley
n o oi!'n?: w^° Wednesday put
p. R. Sheffield and Bascom Gi|e*
in th^ same hotel room together in
**i?rn te*tifnony. to be re
called to stand today at Shef
i?'8 *et*«"ans land scandals trial.
District Attorney 1^8 Proctor is
attempting to prove that Sheffield,
a Brady land promoter, and Wile*,
former state land commissioner,
conspired to swindle the state out
ot millions of dollars. Giles is in ,
prison.
Sheffield is on trial on two I
counts of forgery. He is charged;
with forging the names of veter-
ans to land purchase applications
under the teterans land program. I
The charges explicitly deal with
10,000 acres of Kinneyy count
land.
Stribling testified that he met
Chiles and Sheffield in Austin Aug.
23, 195;), He said Sheffield wanted
him to tell Giles of a 2,500 acre
tract of land in Zavalla county.
The meeting wan in a hotel room.
SJSS An Acre
Sheffield asked him, he said,
what the land could be bought for,
and he told him $123 an acre.
Stribling, San Angeki Mortage
loan company owner, said Shef-
field then asked Gileg if the land
couldn't be gold to the state for
$200 to $250 an acre. Giles said
it could. Stribling said.
"Sheffield said that 'we ought
to make a quarter of a million
dollars on this deal.' He said it
*ooId be the 'only one we would
need this year 1933," Stribling
testified.
"He also wanted me to tell
Giles about a 10,ooo acre ranch in
south Texas which he told Giles
would cost $1« to $r7 an acre. He
asked Giles if the land couldn't be
"NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COMMUNITY DAILY NEWSPAPER"
BRECK'ENRfDCE. TEXAS—THURSDAY, AUG. 16, 1956 ~
NEA Newsphoto Service
Plane On Mercy
Mission Crashes
With One Killed
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE,!
Ha. tl'.pi A four-engine Air!
Force (ilobemaster carrying a 13-
i man crew with emergency sup-
plies crashed and exploded today
j 'Hi a mercy mission to hurricane-
battered San Salvador. One mem-
| ber of the crew was killed.
i Col. I). J. Mlnson, commanding
officer of Patrick Air Force Base
.it Cocoa, Fla., sa id the big C-124
PRICE DAILY 5 CENTS, SUNDAY 10 CENTS
ADLAI SURE OF VICTORY
AS NOMINATIONS OPEN
Stevenson Has
Made No Deals
In Order To Win
crashed while making its approach
to the runway at San Salvador.
The plane was carrying relief
supplies and emergency equip-
in-nt to San Salvador, which was I United Press Staff Correspondent
wept Monday night by the furious] CHICAGO fl'.fit—Adlai E. Ste-
venson's aides said todav he has
HARM GHEE IIN(. — Bi itUh Minister S.r Anthony Kiien has a smil-
ing, and warm, dieting I'm, l". S. Secretaiy of State John Foster
Dulles an he ai lives at No. In Downing Street in London. Dulles is
in London for the 22-nation Suez Canal conference which begins
Aug. lt>.
★ *★* ******
U.S. Proposes 4-Point
Suez Canal Solution
120-mile an hour winds of Hurri
cane Betsy. The missile center at
Patrick has an outpost located on
San Salvador.
Mui.son said the other 12 mem-
I heis of the crew were pulled from
I the flaming wreckage and suffer-
i ed only minor injuries. The name
| of the dead crewman and the in-
jured crewmen wer ewithheld pend-
i ing notification of next of kin.
The big Douglas Globe master,
which can transport 200 fully
| equipped troops, crashed about
7:35 a. in., authorities here said.
! It exploded after plowing into the
end of the runway and burst into
I flames.
Fire fighting trucks and crash
crews standing by at the airport
| rushed to the scene, however, in
j time to rescue 12 survivors of the
crash and extinguish the flames.
| Another pilot from Kelly Air
Force Base, Tex., where the Globe-
master was based, observed the
>f the
plan for internationalization
Suez Canal.
—. The plan, said to represnt the
sold under the veterans land pro- "coordinated views" of the United
gram for $40 an acre. i States. Britain and France, would
"Giles said $38 would be better," j free the canal from domination by-
power
I ers.
Karlier, British Prime Minister
, Sir Anthony Eden had warned the
morning session that the Suez
| crisis is the gravest since World
I crash and reported it was "amaz-
By JOSEPH W. GRIGG War II. Soviet Foreign Minister [ ing'' that there were any survivors
United Pre Staff Correspondent Dmitri Shepilov challenged the beiause of the immediate explo-
LONDON il'.Pi — Tlie United competence of the conference to' sion.
States today proposd ea four-point i settle the dispute. ; The plane took off from Patrick
Slribluw said under oath. | any one power or group of pow-
iluif said u
Land Was Bought
He said he, Sheffield, and
Frank Carpenter of Sour Lake
bought the land, which happened
to be ranrhland. But he said he
later sold his one thiid interest to
Sheffield because "I didn't want
anything to do with veterans'
land."
Three other witneses were!
heard Wednesday. They were Mis. '
Doris Sayles, 27, shapely, twice '
divorced notary public form Brady;
Lawrence S. Jackson, Austin, for- i
mer executive secretary of the Vet 1
erans Land Board, and H. Lee
Richey, former land board apprais-
er.
Bus-Car CrasMs j
Fatal To Negress
Sweden and Portugal at once an-
nounced their support for the Dul-
les plan.
Before Kden, as head of the host
government, opened the confer-
ence with a welcoming address, a
British Foreign Office spokesman
denied reports that Iraw has of-
fered to mediate in the Suez crisis.
The United States, Britain and
France went into th-- meeting
firmly united that Kgyptian Pres-
early this morning.
-o-
Midnight Show
To Benefit Bond
HOUSTON «.P>—A 24-year-old
Negro woman died Wednesday I next week.
night Hi a tragic nequel to a car- ! Former Gov. Thomas E. Dew
bus crash which hurried the biith ey, the party's 1!>44 ami 1!>48
standard bearer, was one of
The Buckaroo Theater will spon-
sor a midnight show on Friday,
August 17, beginning at 11:30 p. m.
for the benefit of the Breckenridge
High School statge hand. The pic-
ident Gamal Abdel Nasser must! tur* witl bt* 11 ho,ror film- D""*1-"
not be allowed to control the des- """J-
tiny of the international waterway; i? year,-the stage band gees
though willing to accept Fgvptian '° Gonzolus to play for the Warm
"ownership." i Springs Polio Foundation patients
Two major developments helped and to Kerrville where they ap
dispel the "crisis'^ atmosphere; pear at the Lion's Club Crippled
and give rise to a moderate op- t Children s ( amp. and the proceds
timism hy Britain and France who from the Friday night show will
have called the Suez issue a "mat- be used to heip defray the expens
ter of life or death" and a threat es of the group on this trip.
to the Western stake in the oil- i Members of the stage band will j that Stevenson made the grade on
B> WARREN DUFFEE I i ich Middle East: have tickets for sale on Friday, i his own, against the vigorous and
United^ Presw Staff Correspondent I. Soviet Foreign Minister Dmi- and tickets will also be on sale at | outspoken opposition of former
SAN FRANCISCO iC.P<—Repub- \ tri Shepilov, in his first appear-{the door. President Harry S. Truman.
lician bigwigs today began pouring lance at a major intei national con- r—
into this con^ntion-conscious city frence, promise,) after an 80- $||ck«r Bom EV«rV Minilt* PrOMKHW BOS«
wrhere top (,Op strategists hud 1 minute talk with Secretary of • ^
died over any remaining prob- i Slate John Foster Dulles to do
lems of their "unity" convention "everything^possible" to find a
Nixon Appears
Easy Choice Of
GOP Convention
sewed up the Democratic presi
dentiai nomination "the hard
way"—without making any deals.
They said Stevenson is particu-
larly pleased that the nomination,
which the Democratic Convention
is ready to bestow on him tonight,
will come this time "with no
strings attached."
Confident that he already has
enough support to win the nom-
ination on the first ballot, Steven-
son today turned his attention
from delegate - wooing to the
choice of a vice presidential run-
ning mate.
Aides said that in this, as in
other details of planning the Dem-
ocratic campaign, Stevenson is un-
encumbered by any advance com-
mitments and is free to make the
decision he considers best for the
party.
Supplied Backgrounds
It was learned that he got back-
ground data on at least a dozen
vice presidential possibilities more
than a week ago.
Leading possibilities at this
stage appeared to be Sens. Estes
Kefauver of Tennessee, Hubert j
Humphrey of Minnesota. John F. j
Kennedy of Massachusetts, and j
Albert Gore of Tennessee; New1
York Mayor Robert F. Wagner,
and New Jersey Gov. Robert B.
Meyner.
Roger Tubby, Stevenson's press
secretary, sharply denied hints by
supporters of New York Gov.
Averell Harriman that Stevenson
had already promised second spot
on the ticket to Kefauver in re-
turn for Kefauver's pre-convention
withdrawal from the presidential
race in Stevenson's favor.
V. P. Job Open
"It is stil wide open," Tubby
told reporters, "and I don't be-
lieve it will be decided until after
the presidential nomination."
One Stevenson aide said "the
real storv of this convention" was
ARRIVAL KISS- Wf-'le Mrs. Clement looks on, Tennessee Gov.
Frank Clement kisses Mrs. Pearl Mesta on forehead as the couple
arrive for Mrs. Mesta's party following evening session of the Demo-
cratic National Convention in Chicago.
of a baby girl.
Elsie Oaks, one of nine persons
injured when the father of the in
fant ran through several red lights cla\
while taking his wife to the hos- *
the
bigger names heading here by air
for the paity's nominating con
Close on his heels were Presi-
uital and smashed into a Dallas- dentiai Assistant Sherman Adams,
•iU"d buA ^Cam/ $!|Atty. Gen. Herbert Brownell Jr.,
'ear* traffic fatality of the amj Deputy Att. Gen. William P.
The baby, daughter of the car1 ^°Ker8-
driver. Willie Johnson and his 18-
year old wife, was born on the
back beat of the car minutes after
the wreck. Both mother and child
were reported "doing well" today.
Neither was seriously injured in
the accident.
SEEN or HEARD
By C. M. H.
Dewey was quoted as saying
after a meeting with President
Eisenhower that he thought Vice
President Richard M. Nixon
would be renominated.
Rogers A Dewey Man
Also observers noted signifi-
cantly that flying out with Adams
settlement. There had been fears
Russia would sabotage the meet
ing.
2. Egypt's more reasonable atti-
tude, which Anglo-French sources
attributed in part to their big
military buildup. Nasser has in-
dicated he would accept interna
tional "supervision" rf the canal
and he decided to send an ob-
server instead of boycotting the
London meeting.
Integration Asked
In Public Housing
HOUSTON 'V.P>— The National,
Association for the Advancement s
night.
KERR FLAYS ADMINISTRATION
IN FREE SWINGING ADDRESS
CHICAGO d'.Ri—Sen. Robert S.i "rendezvous with destiny," Kerr
Kerr Wednesday night accused the said, until Mr. Eisenhower came
Eisenhower administration of lead-' to power in 1952 and introduced
ing the nation to a "rendezvous
with deception" under the slogan,
"There's a sucker born every min-
ute."
The Oklahoman's free-swinging
! speech before the Democratic na-
I tional convention was the most
scorching attack on President Ei-
senhower and his administration
since Tennessee Gov. Frank Cle-
keynote speech Monday
j r i * 5 of Colored People may go to court n,PP' ... t .
and Brownell was Rogers, one of, a„k tota| racia| integration of ,Kprr' ,lkp cl™"nt- ' '"astpr
Registration at school to take
plMe August 20 through August
SI. Principal Jim Wilkerson said. .
loday.. Trash and building Tire nn the ticket
at 015 S. Stoker Wednesday after-1 m J°r convention opposition.
IMion extinguished with damage on- National chairman Leo-
> to outhouse, firemen said ... na"' * "a" Wednesday he
/T -rs, Clarks. Elliotts party back ; ^ *>?"' 'hat Stassen s ef
Canada, fishing fair, Pitaer; r°n'' l" ^ have had any im
. pression on the delegates.
| Says Nixon Preferred
A. H. Miller in receipt of warm I s,,n- Leverett Saltonstall R
Nixon's cfosest personal friends j puWic* ho^sing^units" ^Houston,
and associates and a long time, a housing officia, said today
vl'um "u"' u ... , i . ! Fred W. Lucas, chairman of the
\*hile Harold E. Staiuten s hark- .Houston Housing Authority, re-
ers moved ahead with plana to. p«>rt«sd he had a verbal request
2P*V ht.",llqU4irtf" hSr* Fr,da>' from Francis Will iams, attorney
for his dump Nixon movement, .,nd president of the Houston chap-
the party regulars continued to ter of the NAACP to admit Ne-
ooze public optimsm ....
year old Californian
that the 4:1-1 groes to city public housing units Pelicans haye broken their prom-
would be re- now used exclusively for white per- es wholesale and have set up a
without any sons. The city also has several b'?. . bu^n, ''' billion-dollar c.r-
Negro public housing develop-
ments.
Luca« said the verbal request
was "taken under advisement."
In his request, Williams said
there are some 4<K vacant units
at ^the San Felipe courts, a 1,000-
unit housing project occupied by
fac
A. n. miner in irvcipv m •■mi ., ., , i . .. " 1 -. . ~ r '
letter Huntsville Ala. Scout execu- MiUMt to"' * news conference I white persons, and that facilities
1 * *. /1 J il_ ■ 1 in t Ko Vaifen niv>!a«tu <>.n m
tive, extending appreciation for use
of Miller Park Chamber of
Commerce entering Breckenridge
in American Cities Award contest
in form of newspaper clippings..
. . .Jaycees to meet tonight at 7:-
30 in Junior ballroom of Burch.
(Continued On Page Six)
Every one invited to attend old
fashioned gospel singing at Grove
Baptist Church five miles north of
Caddo, Friday August 17 at 8 p.-
■i lr. S. Navy to exhibit model
cruiser at court house August 22
at II a. m„ public invit«l to in-
aptat Hospital reports no
change in condition of Judge L. D.
HaokTn*.
Charles and Mrs. Groseclose back
from vacation in New Orleans
Transient nsmed Meade taken to
veterans hospital in Satterwhite
ambulance.... A. J. Buchanan at
tending National Convention of
public Accoutants in Los Angeles
... /And, no more found today.
Thought For The Moments May
in the Negro projects were
"crowded."
Williams said he went to the
housing agenry "to see if the prob-
lem could be worked out satisfac-
torily by discussion without going
to court about it."
Herter Refuses
To Serve As V. P.
BOSTON ir.Pi Gov. Chris-
tian A. Herter of Massachusetts'
said today he will ask that his!
name be withdrawn if it is placed ] |*... . J. ■ m -*
in nomination for vice president • OfWWl rCQ IO
at the Republican national conven-
tion.
Herter, who had been boosted
by Harold Stassen as President
Eisenhower's running mate, said,
"The continued use of my name
as a candidate for vice president
is entirely unacceptable ..."
"As I have already stated, I am
happy to place in nomination the
name of Richard Nixon for that
office," Herter said.
"The vice president has made
a notable contribution to the serv-
ice of the American people and we
should be glad that he is willing
to serve for another term.
"I have already requested that
no one place mv name before the
a'Jrendeszvous with deception."
The Eisenhower administration
has broken its promises to small
business, consumers and house-
wives, Social Security pensioners,
veterans and farmers, Kerr said.
o
Dennett Watts
Showing Strong
CHILDRESS, Tex. (U.E — After
three days of workouts in swelter
ing Childress heat, the East team
has been established fts slight fa
vortite in the seventh Greenbelt
Bowl game to be played here Fri.-
day night in Fair Park Stadium.
Major basis for putting the East
on top has been its performance
on the practice field and a slight
weight advantage both in the line
and in the backfield. The East
team average is 188 pounds com
pared to 183 for the West.
Another factor in fovor of the
dying young man on the flying! East has been the standout per-
of old-fashioned oratory. He ac-
cused the Republicans and the
President of adding a fifth "free-
dom" to President Roosevelt's
"four fredoms"—the "freedom to
suffer."
Through "sly slogans and phony
propaganda," Kerr said, the Re-
cus" in Washington.
The stars of the GOP "circus,"
Kerr said, include:
Nixon and His Dog
"The White House pet midget.
Moby Dick Nixon and his whale
of a pup. Checkers.
Haplses Harold Stassen, the
live all the days of your life1 convention at a nominee tor vice-
Jwift.
president
Dog By Neighbor
May Bring Fine
FORT WORTH (t'.Pi—A Fort
worther, achused of fedeing a
neighbor's parakeet to his dog,
today faced a rarley used charge
of killing a domesticated bird.
Assistant District Attorney
Bill Atkins filed the complaint,
which could bring a fine of $10
to $200, again>t Daniel Martinez.
Atkins said a parakeet owned
by Mike Mendoza flew from his
home, with Mendoza's mother and
two sisters in pursuit. When the
little brid landed in Martinez'
yard. Atkins said, he grabbed it
and gave it to his dog.
wwwwwmwwwvyvw
pxpect
there
trapeze.
"Bulldog Charley Wilson and his
dog act . . . energetic bird dogs-
howling kennel dogs.
"Darn-devil John Foster Dulles
—wor'd famous cscape artist with
his breath-taking, death-defying
hrink-of-war act."
In a thrust at Mr. Eisenhower,
Kerr said GOP publicists "ex
the people to believe that
is nothing like a heart attack and
a major operation to put a fellow
in the very pink of political con-
dition."
FDR and Truman Hailed
Kerr, who delivered the Demo-
cratic keynote speech in 1944,
praised Democratic former Presi-
dents Roosevelt and Truman as
"the two greatest Presidents in a
hundred years."
Thye brought the nation to a
One To Hospital
Stephens Memorial Hospital re-
oorts one admission and one dis-
mi«snl for the oast 24 hours.
Jake R. Wells was admitted as
a medical patient.
Jerry Herrjngton wai dismissed.
formance of the squad's two quar-
terbacks, Brecken ridge's two-
time all-stater Bennett Watts and
Jim Tom Butler, 170 - pound Crane
flash. Thp field generals also have
outstanding halfbacks, such as
Leon Scott and Davis Speers of
Chillicothe and Mickie Barron of
Childreess.
Directing the West attack will
be Stanley Wilder of Phillips
ranked among the state's top
quarterbacks last season, and Gor
don Smith, Tahoka star.
BILL BLACK
INSURANCE
104 N. Court Phone 1200
PRESENTS
TOE WEATHER
Partly cloudy and warm
tonight and Friday. Scattered
showers in South Texas. Low
tonight 75, high tommorrow 102
Low last night 77, high yester-
day 109.
Candidates For
Governor Still
Seeking Votes
(By UNITED PRESS)
The national Democrat conven-
tion may hav£ taken some of the
edge off of the governor's race,
but the candidates still were in
there pitching today.
Ralph Yarborough, for example,
took time out to film some
speeches which will be shown
later on television. He did this in
Dallas. The films will be shown in
the nine days remaining before
election day.
Sen. Price Daniel campaigned
along the Gulf Coast and spoke at
Corpus Christi.
Yarborough planned to spend
today attending the Dallas en-
campment of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, of which he is a mem
ber, make a ID- minute telecast,
and then go on to Quitman for an
old settlers reunion tonight.
O'Daniel Speaks Tonight
W. Lee O'Daniel who ran third
in the July 28th primary, also
scheduled a television appearance
at 7::i0 p. m. from Fort Worth. He
hasn't thrown his support publicly
to either Daniel or Yarborough.
Speculation arose that O'Daniel
former governor and U. S. senator,
won't endorse any candidate for
governor, but will say that the
voters "will have another oppor-
tunity in November to make him
their servant." This would mean
O'Daniel planned to run for the
L:. S. Senate in November.
At Chicago Mrs. Kathleen Voigt,
San Antonio delegate to the na-
tional convention called a caucus
of the Texas delegation to the
Democratic national convention to
discuss the gubernatorial race.
Some of the delegates said they
wanted Yarborough and others
said they wanted Daniel. Nothing
was agreed on.
Daniel Hits At Debate
In Corpus Christi, Daniel de-
nounced challenges to public de-
hate as the stock in trade of a
losing political candidate, "espe
cially those who seek headlines
and engage in personal abuse and
Nullification."
Daniel has refused time and
again challenges to debate Yar-
borough including the latest by 22
newspaper editors.
Yarborough releas^*. a state
ment through his Austin head-
quarters in which he said an
"outraged Texas conscience, in-
dignant at the smear campaign
being waged against me, will
carry me to victory."
"The Texas man in the street
senses victory on Aug. 25, and
means to take back his state
government at the ballot box,"
the Austin attorney said.
o
Boy On Vocation
Shooting Victim
COVENTRY. England CF.E> —
Five-year-old Marshall Derek
Barron of Orangee, Tex., died in
a hospital here early today of gun-
shot wounds suffered while he was
vactaioning here.
The boy was injured Wednesday
vhen a shotgun was discharged
vhile he was playing with two oth-
•r youngsters near his grandpar-
nts' home. An inquest was ordre-
>d for today.
His mother, Mrs. Sheila Barron,
Sad planned to fly back to the
United States Friday with Mar
•hall and his two-yeaT-old siater,
3hea. Her husband, a former
American serviceman, is in the
Umtda Statea. .
Hottest Day Of
Year Recorded
At Water Plant
Temperature of 109 degrees was
recorded at the local water plant
at midafternoon Wednesday, the
hottest of the year recorded there.
This compared to 111 degrees re-
corded by the Community Public
Service Co. also a' standard therm
ometer, which nearly always re-
cords a degree or so above that
at the' water plant. >
Hottest day this year until yes-
ter day was Aug. 6 when 108 and
110 degrees were shown by the two
thermometers.
The weather bureau said it ex-
pects "little change" today or Fri-
day in the continuing Texas weath-
er pattern of scorching tempera
tures and isolated showers that do
little good.
Wednesday 19 of the 28 weather
bureau stations across the state
reported mercury reading of 100
degrees or better.
Only two reported rain—El.
Paso .07 inches and Junction .04.
Hot weather scorched the south
ern plains today with no relief in
sight from a heat wave.
Temperatures in the upper 90's
to the low 100's have been fairly
common throunghout the Southern
Plains during at least the past
two weeks.
Temperatures of 100 degrees or
better were forecast today for
parts of Kansas, Missouri. Ne
braska, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Southeast Kansas and Oklahoma
were expected to have maximum
readings ranging from 100 to 110
degrees.
Some of the high readings re-
ported Wednesday included Cha-
nute, Kan., 109; Wichita. 10:{;
Dallas, 105, and Fort Worth, 10f>.
Shower activity in the area dur-
ing the period has been Rlight and
offered little relief.
Truman To Fight
To Bitter End
For Harriman
By RAYMOND LAHR
Tailed Press Staff Correspond'-nt
CHICAGO —The Democrat-
ic national convention approved i
compromise civil rights plank early
today and began hearing presiden-
tial nominating speches this aft-
ernoon.
Former President Truman an-
nounced he would fijrht to the end
Adlai Nominated
By Sen. Kennedy
CHICAGO ir.pi—Sen. John F.
Kennedy of Massachusetts ask-
ed the Democratic national con-
vention today to nominate Adl ii
E. Stevenson for the presidency
so Stevenson can lead the na-
tion "out of this crisis of com-
placency." A noisy demonstra-
tion followed.
for New York Gov. Av?reII Har-
riman, although a check of deli -
vites showed Adlai E. Stevenson
virtually cretain to capture the
nomination.
Harriman said he conferred
with Mr. Truman today and that
he was determined to fight on for
the nomination.
Stevenson hims-lf figured noth-
ing could possibly happen to hi.n
now.
Steveiison Sure
So sure of success was Steven-
son that he issued a .statement
that couldn't help offending south-
ern supporters. He said he would
have Iik<'d it better if the civil
rights plank had given "specific
endorsement" to the Supreme
rourt's school integration oriff1!*.
But he said the plank as it stands
provides a "firm basis for moving
ahead."
"I pray we may leave Chicago
and return to our states," Steven-
son said, "without further abu.v.
without further bitterness, and
without further injury to one an-
other."
The roll call of states for nom-
inating candidates began a half-
hour after the afternoon session
convened, Alabama, first on th-'
list, passed.
Alaska yielded to the state of
Washington. Sen. Henry Jackson
of Washington went to the micro-
phone and placed the name of his
colleague—Sen. Warren Magnu-
son—in nomination.
Washington Is Proud
Jackson said "we are proud to
call this man our favorite son.. "
He said Magnuson's record in
Congress for the past 20 years
(Continued On Page Six)
Humble To Bestow
20 Fellowships
HOUSTON tT.P>-—Twenty md-
uate students at nine U. S. college-,
will receive fellowships sponsored
by Humble Oil and Refining Co.
during the l!>5fi-57 school year.
The grants, totaling $41,000, vi!l
enable selected students to do
graduate work in geolocy. ch"mi -
try, accounting, physics, law and
petroleum, chemical, civil and me-
chanical engineering.
wj"vwuwvrwwwvwvwwn Chosen schools are Rice in ti-
Why swelter when you are ill. Ride tute. University of Texas. Tex • :
to or from the hospital in Satter-! A&M College, University of Ok!
white Air - Conditioned, Oxygen j homa, Louisiana State Universit-
Equipped Ambulances. Phone 670 Georgia Institute of Technology'
°r *71. I University of California at I o:
\ Angeles. Alabama Polytechnic In-
stitute and Massachusetts Institute
Next to hji.esty, your beat policy— Technology.
Trammell-SwaiMoa Insurance Humble has presented similir
Agent? I scholarships for the past run--
years.
Rules For Junior Rodeo Slated
For Two Days Here Announced
Rules for the 1956 Stephens
County Junior Rodeo which will
explode into action at 7:30 p. m.
on the nights of August 24 and 25
have been approved by the Junior
Rodeo Committee. Alex Fambro
will be the arena director and will
make decisions on rule violations
during the action of the rodeo.
Any one having questions on the
rules should contact A. R. Knight,
chairman of the rodeo committee.
To be a contestant in the 1956
Junior Rodeo, a person must quali-
fy and adhere to the following
rules: Boys or girls who live in
Stephens County and who are at-
tending school or below school age
may enter. Children who have
graduated from or quit school are
not eligible to enter. If the ellgi
bility of any contestant is doubted,
one of the directoirs must verify
hia or her eligibility.
Entries Warning
Closing date for all 1956 entries
will be 5:00 p. m., Saturday, Au-
gust 18. If the entry is sent by
BwU| it muat be postmarked by
midnight, August IS The date thnt
entries are closed will be the d;>!"
that will regulate the age group
that a child will fall in Any child
who has not attended school by
closing date for entries will bo
placed in the pre-school group In
ribbon ropping, girls will get 2>
per cent of the points that the ro-
per ears, but no ribbons or med U
will be given for that event. The
cutting horse event will be in age
groups and girls will compete a
gainst boys. In the cutting horse
content 3 minutes will be allowed
for each entry (timing to start af-
ter the red flag dropped). One
horse cannot be ridden twice in th
same class in the cutting hor.-e
contest. Barrels in the barrel race
will be arranged in a straight lim\
Junior boys in the 3 man tiedown
will catch a calf that has been ti"d
to a stationary rope rather than
rope a calf that is running free:
Three minutes or 3 lcops will he al-
lowed on any contestant in 3-man
tiedown. In the bull riding e\ta«-
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Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 161, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 16, 1956, newspaper, August 16, 1956; Breckenridge, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth135372/m1/1/?rotate=270: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Breckenridge Public Library.