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Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 14

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Abilene, Texas
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14
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Tune in on KRBC THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Tuesday Morning October 1C 194 PAGE FOURTEEN ABILENE DEMOCRATIC RALLY TO OPEN DRIVE FOR VOTES THROUGHOUT TEXAS NEXT TME til TAKE CARE OF MY CAR Chaplain Jackson Returns to Slates Capt Clyde Jackson Army chaplain has arrived safely In the South Pacific his daughter Mrs Holliday 618 Sycamore has learned Former pastor cf Temple Baptist church here Captain Jackson entered service in March 1943 He attended the chaplain school at Harvard university and has been stationed at Topeka Kana and Spokane Wash Mrs Holliday has learned also that her husband First Lieutenant Holliday has arrived In Belgium with a medical unit A son of the chaplain Lavawn la in San Marcos Military academy and a daughter Peggy Jean Is In Hamlin His wife Is making her home in Santa Monica Calif The Texas Democratic speaking campaign will be Inaugurated with a bang in Abilene Tuesday Oct 17 when party leaden from all West Texas and state leaders will rally Brooks executive committeeman of the 24th senatorial district announced yesterday Leaden and delegations from every county will be invited to come early and stay late and to swell THE OLD RELIABLE If you Deed food laxative or cathartic to relieve headache bilioumese or that laxy tired feeling when due to temporary constipation ask far and be sure you get HERBXNE McLEMORE-BASS DRUG CO committee to enlist business and professional men in the Roosevelt-Truman campaign extended the Invitation to Stevenson HOME FROM Pfc Leonard A Greer son of Mr and Mrs A Greer 510 Locust is back home for the first time in four years and four months He was with the Second Marine corps division for 27 months in the Pacific and wears the unit Presidential citation with two stars denoting recognition of the division A member of the combat engineers Private Greer served on Guadalcanal Tarawa Saipan and in the Tinian battle He is under orders not to discuss action in which he has participated the crowd which will hear Speaker Sam Rayburn of the national House of Representatives in his address at 8 pm in the auditorium of the Abilene high school Speaker Rayburn who holds the third highest office in the nation through virtue of his speakership was invited la come to Abilene he said he was happy to accept because have a lot of thing I want ta say to Texas about the atate of the nation'1 Mr Brooks said rally here will be one of the biggest and most important in the history" Speaker Rayburn and state leaders will arrive in Abilene at noon In the party will be: Harry Seay Dallas state Democratic chairman Kittrell Dallas state secretary Col Myron Blalock Marshall national committeeman Tom Tyson Corsicana chairman of the state bureau Judge Emmett McMahan Dallas formerly of Shackleford county a dost friend of Speaker Rayburn and Phil Fox Dallas state publicity chairman Following lunch the leaders will confer with party leaden of the various counties and at 6 pm will be hosts at a dinner in the Hilton hotel for about 150 leaden from the various West Texas counties All will attend the high school rally and will spend the night In Abilene going on Oct 18 to Wichita Falls for a rally planned there by Col McKnlght at which Gov Robert Kerr of Oklahoma will speak Speaker Rayburn's address will be broadeast over the Tex-ae Quality network KRBC KRLD at Dallas and possibly stations In Lubbock Big Spring and San Angelo The state committee plans later rallies in Dallas Houston and Austin we are Interested In primarily" Mr Brooks said "la that leaders of the various counties spend the day In Abilene so they may confer with Speaker Rayburn Mr! Seay and the others relative to the Each day 6700 motorists are put oa the "spot" because their cars wear out Help save your car by having it Sinclair-ized for Winter now This special service protects your motor chassis battery tires gears and other vital parts against cold weather as your car manufacturer recommends See your nearby Sinclair H-C Gasoline Dealer today sur WAM SONDI stcMMnr fo OPSEt Bi tenth with upmt itomach add to the upset with overdoses of -antacidi or harsh physics Soothing PEPTO-nsmol is not laxative not antacid It help calm and soothe upset stomach Pleasant to tha taste like it Aik pour druggiit for rsrro-BiSMOL when your atom ach is upset A NORWICH PRODUCT 24th district Is planning special entertainments for women delegates it was ssid Coke Won't Attend Wichita Falls Meet AUSTIN Oct Gov Coke Stevenson said here today he will not be able to Introduce Gov Robert 8 Kerr of Oklahoma at a regional Democratic rally In Wichita Falls Oct 19 CoL Knight of Wichita Falla chairman of the statewide Sinclair's Post-War Program: Better Products Better Service coo canfiffi G8SX5X What ever I am able to give today may be the means of saving one of our fighting men or helping a needy mother helpless children who are Innocent victims of a cruel war or starving refugees in Europe Yes there are so many reasons why everyone should give to this most worthy cause SINC-L'AIRTTze Rex A Smith? JjEVELER KENWOOD FAMOUS 100 WOOL Luxurious covtrs that will look beautiful for years! Fluffy deep nap In 100 wools lovely solid colors with matching wide satin bindings 72x84 size $j495 In just 10 minutes need your help I AMERICAN WOOLEN MILLS $1090 A quality blanket light weight all wool rich colors satin bindings size 72x84 reasonably priced! li'1 NASHUA PURREY Popular in price but long on warmth ond comfort! 88 Purrey rayon 12 wool soft pastel colors size 72x84 95 5 days of waiting Books Games Athletic equipment Make-up kits for amateur theatricals Musical instruments It takes money to buy these things More and more money as mere and more of our men wind up in prison camps The only way War Aid can get that money is through your contribution to your local community drive Your gift is also shared by war refugees the USO Merchant Seamen1 and war sufferers all over the world Give once for all of these NASHUA DREEMOOR-PART WOOL gack home the headlines 60 UI Planes Lo- The full news account may mention that 600 airmen were shot down with them But nowhere wilt you find mention about how many of those men landed alive and ate now in enemy prison camps There is no way of know ing i Actually about 60 per cent of all American airmen shot down over enemy territory as prisoners of war a Some prison camps are devoted exclusively to airmen But these campsare little different from the others In all the men behind the barbed wire live the same empty life There is nothing to do but and try to hold on to your sanity while you wait why War Prisoners' Aid was formed It provides the wherewithal to buy for prisoners of war the things that lull help them hold on to their sanity during those empty Fine plaid double blanket with warm wool content Sateen bindings size 72x84 379 $019 COTTON PLAID DOUBLE Warm washable cheaper than sheets! Big pastel plaids 70x80 double size Give generously to your Community War Fund Representing the National War Fund BUY ANY BLANKET ON OUR LAY AWAY PLAN Lintz Dept Store LINTZ DEPARTMENT STORE formerly CAMPBELLS DEPARTMENT STORE Formerly CAMPBELLS DEPT STORE.

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