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MW VOLUME 64 Members of Congress 30 Years 9 SOVIET MOBILIZES DIPLOMATS CONER SPECULATION IS RIE Trial of Joe KopejkjyjWell knwn cJunty togoOn'a 12 gnde system en 1 Bl 31 German Troops Near Greece Turkey a Senate Postpones totaling of last months me ween a double that of the previous week tonight pi tie delayed hi return when he wa unable to prove he was a citizen and awaited verif ication from Chicago immigration au thorities on hi legal entry into the Wolfstein aid he had filed his first citizenship papers Chas Cade owner of the Bryan Motor Company local ord Mer cury and Lincoln dealers 'an BRITISH PLAN TO SHUTDOWN ITY PLANTS tl I 'Henry Wolfstein 21 year old Germanwho was drafted in Chi ig ONE WORST WAR ANO LONDON SENDS AMBULANCES Alex Schulman Dies In New Orleans La SHANGHAI March' Chinese sources here who said their information came from Nanking government circles reported today that Japan is again extending peace Troops Along Rumanian Border Are Being Reinforced' a All Sub Committees Are "Expected To Make Reports Mr and Mrs Harry Schulman At uneral Today 202nd "coast artillery at ort Bliss El Paso went to Juarez Mexico on a sightseeing tour and stayed longer than he had The Brazos County Chapter of the Reserve Officers Association will have a regular meeting this evening at 7:30 in the Pe troleum Engineering lecture room Lt A Williams will give a talk on of Camouflage by Aerial Capt Howard Badgett Assistant Unit CARDI HIT BY IRE RAID ON MONDAY IND MAN SHOT DEAD SUICIDE VERDICT GIVEN SAN ANTONIO Mar man identified as James Shoe maker 34 of Houston was found shot to death Monday in his car parked three miles from the city on Highway 66 North Justice of the Peace Saye returned an inquest verdict of sui cide 3 Turks May Be Assured Against Attack or Peril Of War the biggest sale of thia kind that he has pulled off in the 25 years I he has been in the ord business He further states that the great popularity of the 1941 line of ord Mercury and Lincoln auto4 mobiles has caused his firm to be come overstocked with used cars of all makes and models that he is now offering at greatly reduced prices In addition he will pay the 1941 license on all used passenger cars sold during the sale Saturday the opening day of the sale Mr Cade says produced more used car sales than any day in months as many people realize that they will probably trade with in the next year and so are taking advantage of these greatly re duced prices together with the free license plate offer MINISTER IS GIVEN POWER TOIAKESItr 3 LONDON Mar The ad miralty announced today that Brit ish merchant shipping losses for the week ending eb 24 totaled 60868 tons This is the period in which Hitler said 215000 tons had been sunk The loss however was British Capture 2 Strongholds In Somaliland Area i 4 NAIROBI Kenya Colony Mar (TP) British forces captured two more Italian Somaliland strong points in a tirive toward the Ethio pian frontier it was announced to day Iscia Baidoa and Buloburti were the points captured The main column of the British troops so far has captured 10000 Italians and 1000 since March 1 uneral Service or Mrs Carr Is HeldHereToday WASHINGTON Mar (TP) The office of production manage ment placed magnesium under a mandatory priority system Mon day Officials said the step sub jected the metal to the same con itrol'imposed eb 2 1 on aluminum and machine tools British Shipping Losses Gain Less Than Nazi Claims CARDI Wales (TP) This important southwest port was raked for hours last night by a hail of incendiary bombs in what officials described as one of the greatest fire raids of the war Great fires raged at the height of the attack but all were under control this morning During the night the American Red Cross sent ambulance units from London 160 miles away Congratulations are being ex tended today to Mr and Mrs Young of Hearneon account of the birth at Wilkerson Memorial Clinic of a' baby Mr and Mrs Vernon Baker of Calvert are receiving congratula tions from friends today on account of the birth of a son The mother and babe are at St hos pital Believed To Be Carrying Special Message rom Hitler a ILio 1 A 1 COTTT nared to $82575 for the same pc 1 All members are urged to be pres ices by a general fund appropria riod in 1940 ent tion of $26820000 annually Return Delayed The Bryan chartar commission will meet at the City Hall tonight at the call of Chairman George Chance All sub committees nam ed to consider various articles of the present charter and either to recommend retention or revision are expected to report After sub committee reports are discusscd it is expected another sub enmniittee will be named for the purpose of correlating all rec ommendations and prepare a draft of the preposed new charter OLIN SANDERS NO BETTER The many friends of Olin San ders Jr and who has been criti cally ill at St hospital for the past ten days regret to know that according to a state ment from hospital authorities Mr condition shows no im provement Brazos Resident Celebrates 75th Birthday Sunday SECRETARY TIES IT TO OPPOSITION OR BRITISH AID Many friends of the late Mrs Mary Parker Carr gathered at her home at 802 West 26th street Tuesday morning to pay the last tribute to one of most be loved and honored women low ers in abundance sent by friends in Bryan and other cities were grouped around her casket and covered it over with a blanket of blossoms Rev A Wilson rector of St of which Mrs Carr had been a member since girlhood read the Episcopal funeral service closing with a prayer for divine cbmfort for the bereaved ones The funeral procession moved from the home to the City Cemetery where burial was shade in the family lot Mrs Mary Parker Carr was born in Bryan January 12 1873 and had lived here all her life She was the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Mit Parker Sr prominent pioneer family of Brazos and Bur leson counties whose names are linked with the early history prog ress and upbuilding of this section of Texas Reared in a home of culture and with the true' hospitality of the Old South beautiful traits of noble womanhood characterized the life of Mrs Carr and made her I the center of a wide circle of friends She was a Daughter of the Con federacy and a loyal member of Ross Chapter of which her mother had been a charter mem ber (Continued on Page 6) SOIA Mar British Minister George Rendel informed a United States Minister George' Earle today that Great Britain was breaking relations with Bulgaria tomorrow' Unconfirmed advices said Royal Air orce planes already had been 7 sighted flying high over Bulgaria SOIA A high neutral diplomatic source said he had been informed today by the British minister George Rendel that Rendel had decided to sever British relations with Bulgaria within the next 36 hours 'A Rendel reported he had receiv ea instructions tvuay aivui don granting hint full freedom of action Diplomatic Circles Hear Move WiD Be ln 36 Hours JAPANESE SET DEADLINE IN SIAM CASE rance Is Given Until Hour Of Noon On Wednesday A wire was received Monday telling Harry Schulman of the death of his brother Alex Schul man of New Orleans uneral serv ices were today and Mr and Mrs Harry Schulman went toNew Or leans for them The deceased also was a broth er in law of Mrs Morris Schulman who was in Miami at the time While the message did not give details it is thought that the death must have been very sudden The Bryan man saw his brother only recently and the latter apparently was in good health at that time LOCAL RESIDENTS ATTEND UNERAL OR RELATIVE Broach well known Braz os county citizen celebrated his 75th birthday Sunday at his farm home in the Tabor community He had with him all his children ex cept one daughter Mrs Rawls of Montgomery Ala who was unable to attend At the noon hour a delicious birthday dinner was served and nothing was left undone that could have added further pleasure to the day During the afternoon many indoor pictures of the home and of Mr and Mrs Broach and their children and grandchildren were taken Those sharing in the pleasures of the day with Mr and Mrs Broach were: Mr and Mrs Broach and Dickey and Charles Mr and Mrs Broach and son Kelley Mr and Mrs I Haire and daughter Jeannette Mrs Gilstrap Miss Lois Lewis Mr and Mrs Broach Miss Barbara ullerton George Broach Mr and Mrs A Syp tak and son Harold George Mrs Will Thompson Mr Jim Galloway and daughters Cather ine Ann and Tiny all of ranklin and Mr and Mrs Mack Tate and son Willie Mack Charter Commission Is To Meet Tonight odds are even that Hitler try his all out invasion of Dr Gammon head of the department of history Texas A and College told the members of the Lions Club Tues 1 day noon on a program arranged I 11 OSUIUWU spoke on Democracy ana au rres ent Dr Gammon pointed put that it was his belief the United States would not get into trouble at tempting to aid Britain unless efforts to deliver that aid to the point of use by Britain caused a conflict He recalled Ger submarine warfare in World War 1 Airplanes might be flown to England but other aid would need to be delivered by water and to be of much benefit to England would need to be tak en all the way to her The speaker thought it ise that as individuals each citizen con tact his senators urging applica tion of the senate cloture rule gov erning debate This rule put in the Senate Rule Book in 1917 would soon bring a close to the present debate in the Senate and prevent a filibuster The Lions club accepted the ap plication of Louis Thompson of the Agronomy Department A and College and also announced the return of former member Charles Edge Guests today were George Wilcox Louis Bolmanskie Calloway and Shotwell coach of the Longview Loboes of Longview High school In the International Conven tion contest conducted by the club the elines headed by Bry ant leads 4he Dandelions lead by ranks by a score of 2365 to 1835 O'Daniel Plan To inance Security "AUSTIN Mar 4 The senate today postponed until April Completion of 30 eonecutiTe year in congress brought congratulations from Vice President Wal lace (left) to the chairmen of the congressional finance committees They are Sen Pat Harrison (right) (D Miss) chairman of the senate finance committee and Rep Robert Doughton (center) C) chairman of the house ways and means committee Both took their oaths March 4 191 1 when Taft was president Mr and Mrs Hugh Looney daughter Miss Martha Ann Looney and Mr and Mrs Glenn Cloud have returned from Calvert where they attended the funeral service of rances Kay Knapp infant daugh ter of Mr and Mrs rederick Knapp of Brownsville Mrs Knapp the mother of the babe was the former Miss Edith Smith of Calvert a niece of Hugh Looney and Mr Knapp is a broth er of Mrs Glenn Cloud PRIORITY OR MAGNESIUM Reserve Officers To Meet Tonight Hear About Aerial Photography See ilms Recent warm days have brought redbud trees in Bryan to bud and they are beginning to show a trace of the beauty that will develop when they are in full bloom A number of residents have set this native flowering tree and "on East 26th street for example 4 the Dr Lawrence and Mike properties are an examplerof 'what might be done by many prop erty owners The planting of these trees serves a double purpose Not only are homes and the city gdn erally made more beautiful but this particular native species is protected against the encroach ments of civilization on the unde veloped areas on which it is i found There is more that might be done in the use of native shubs trees and flowers than has been and in the interest of civic beauty as well as protection of native flora there should be more of these plantings BRYAN BOOSTER ANKARA Mar Tur key's cabinet went into emergency session today to consider a mes sage from Hitler which diplomatic quarters in the Balkans described as a pressure move on Turkey to forsake the British alliance and join the axis alliance ISTANBUL Mar 4 A German missio narrived by air at Ankara today and immediately de livered to the Turkish president Ismet Inonu what was believed to bse a special message from Adolf Hitler Speculation about the message ranged from the belief it gave as surances that Germany does not intend to attack Turkey to the beliefe that it contained promises to keep Turkey out of the war ANKARA Mar The official Ankara radio Tuesday warned the Turkish people that they suddenly have been brought to after the reported arrival of Ger man mechanized troops at the Bul garian Turkish frontier less than 100 miles from the Dardanelles The German forces spearheaded by tanks and motorcycle units were Saia uy wavuvia nwu pied Bulgaria to have reached the Svilengrad area where they face strong positions of between 300 000 to 500000 Turkish troops trenched along the frontier WASHINGTON Mar (TP) Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said today he thought efforts to inject poison in to the defense set up were' now going on" and that prob ably ware related to opposition of the lease lend Meanwhile Senator yTagner democrat of New York appealed for enactment of the bill because he declared an axis triumph would imperil the western hemisphere and the United States' THE WEATHER German troopi wer in Melnik Trigrad and Sviiengrad (1) after a ewift move from Plovdiv Turkey cloed the Dardanelles and sent warships into the sea of Marmara from Istanbul Yugoslavia (2) was reported on the verge of joining the Axis Germany was reported bringing pressure on Greece for a quick peace in Albania (3) British oreign Secretary Eden was in Athens (4) RA planes nested at Crete (5) SOIA'' Mar (JP) Russln forces in Bessarabia across the Prut river from Rumania are ingi reinforced' dispatches from Bucharest said today i The 'reports followed publiea tion of Jthe Russian note to BuI garia declaring the entry of Cr 'i man troops into Bulgaria would serve for the extension of warL Rumania meanwhile pushed her mobilization reach 1000000 men by March 15 IGHT ON LOST IN SUPREME COURT riowam Daugeiti twibwnn wmu seiiHie iwuay puMpvuvu uiku Instructor will be up from Hous 1 1 consideration of a bill endorsed ton for the meeting tonight and by Gov Leo propos will show several training films 1 jng to finance social security serv mw a a i MARCH 4 1941 BRITAIN TO SEVER RELATIONS WITH BULGARIA 1 car owners and potential buyers INJECTPOiSON INTO DEENSE OPINES EARLY The people who think up those funny hats for women lost a fight against in" the Su preme Court Monday4 The court unanimously founds that the Millinery Creators Guild Inc a group of hat designers anj manufacturers and the ashion Originators Guild of America Inc an organisation of dress and fab? ric designers1 and manufacturers violated the anti trust laws in the steps they took to prevent piracy of their creations March Car Sale 4 Opened By Cade Proves Popular NAZI MISSION REPORTED AT ANKARATODAY If rance Replies Then Another Parley Will Be Arranged TOKYO Mar Domei Japanese news agency indicated today that Japan for the second time in: a week had set a time limit for a reply by rance to pro posals for a settlement of the In do China Thailand border dispute The deadline: for the reply was reported to be Wednesday noon (9:00 central standard time) If the rench answer is re ceived another conference will be held i rench Ambassador 'Charles Henry and Japanese Min ister Matsuoka conferred tooay on the settlement of the dispute but reached no agreement TWELVE GRADES ADOPTED IN CENTERVILLE SCHOOL CENTERVILLE Mar Cen terville school system according to Superintendent Robinson has adopted the twelfth grade plan ef fective immediately This is the first school the Trial Of Kopecky On Marder Charge Set or Wednesday East Texas: air colder and freezing in north and frost in the northeast tonight Wednesday fair and colder near coast and in the Rio Grande Valley lVnc cloudi ness tonight and Wednesday with feelers at Chungking in the hope cloudiness lowering1 in southeast of a settlement which would enable late Wednesday warmer in north Japan to concentrate her force on i i vka BAnrn CAl'aliaiuiA tllV vw 'Announcement of the appoint ment of the Halsell Donaho Com pany as authorized Buick motor car dealers for Bryan and Brazos county hak been made by the sales division of the General Motors Company' The new dealers are in position to demonstrate the 1941 Buick said to be by far the finest car ever turned out in this popular line and shortly plan to be situated to give complete Buick service The company is located just south of the on Highway No 6 and invites inspection of the new Buick which will be demonstrated upon request Kay Halsell IT Otis Donaho and George Halsell comprise th organization and all are familiar with the motor car industrv and have made many friends among nounces the start of his March car owners and potential buyers Used Car sale which he states is Robinson said that the school had been making preparation for quite a whilei i Gammon Doubts If Hitler Will Launch Invasion Building Permits or ebruary Are About UpTo 1940 Btyan building permits for eb ruary were approximately the same as for the same month in 1940 though the total for the two months of this year is consider ably below that for the same period last year permits issued in ebruary to taled $30535 including those for "11 one family homes totaling $21 960 and repairs to residential and non residcntial ounaings $8575 Permits for ebruary year totaled $30745 Permits for the first two SHIT 1000000 WORKERS AND ALL MATERIALS TO DEENSE WORK A' Sif LONDON Mar The British government decided today to shut down and consolidate fifty civilian industries employing 1 000000 workers and shift all available manpower and materials to arms manufacture Halsell Dondho TakeOver Agency or Buick Autos Kfazos couhty resident on a charge of murder in connection with the death of 11 year old William Law rence Burlin run down by Kopecky as the boy was riding his bicycle on Highway 21 east of Bryan on the evening of eb 10 is set for Wed nesday morning in district court Kopecky was indicted by the Braz os county grand jury immediately following the tragedy Johnny Carrabba" son of Mr and Mrs Sam Carrabba who was riding alongside young Burlin also was hit and carried on the bumper for about 700 yards according to county officers before Kopecky drew to a stop when the boy fell off and to the 'ground Areordintr to investigations of the accident the boys were riding by jj Burgess Dll UJC vuiivav hit Kopecky who had driven a friend to Kurten and was reluming to Bryan told officers of Sheriff Horace Reed's department that he had drunk a couple of bottles of beer before 'the crash lAWitBryM 1 I IM'MIM Little Marylin Moehlman baby daughter of Mr and Mrs Buddy Moehlman is a patient in WIlker son Memorial Clinic suffering with an attack of flu Mr and Mrs Anton Skiosky of Riverside are parents of a daugh ter bom to them March 3 at Wil kerson Memorial Clinic Mother and babe both doing nicely Chungking Hears 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