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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Tune In on KKBC Monday Evening, Junt HI, by Rad Scenes GD6 Hosts Weiner Roast and Slumber Party At Homes of Pat Yonge and Patsy Petty D. B. elub enter, taincd m-ith welner at the home of Pat Yonge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.

R. Yonge. with dancing following the serving of Club members then went to the home of Patsy Petty for a slumber party. Attending the supper were the following members and guests: Patsy Petty, Robert Lee, Elizabeth Johnson, Oner, Shirley Gaskill, Raymond Munden, Pat Yonge, Don Brooks, Dot Hillman, Victor Womack Jr. Dorothy Moore, Wade Parmelly, Shirley Bass, Grady Weir Stubby Hambrick, Billy Brooks, Louise Daniel, Robert Grisham, Dorothy Watson, Jimmy Cooper, Against a background soldiers (right) guard two of war-smashed buildings Russian prisoners.

(Photo in a Russian illage via radio from Berlin This striking picture, taken from a German bomber, shows bombs in flight as they fall toward Russian highway below. Craters indicate spots where other bombs have just fallen. 15 craters visible indicate that as yet none of the Nazi bombs have made hits on the two German hi hwa below NEA Radio-Telephoto). to New York). In Abilene loday A visitor hi Abilene today fc John C.

Wilson, assistant regional manager of the American Red Cross with headquarters at St. Louis. Wilson has been in Texas and New Mexico working on flood and other disaster relief projects. He plans to visit Albany sometime today, and to leave here tomorrow morning. O'Doniel Foils Again To Corry Home Box FORT WORTH.

June 30--(UP)-Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel maintained his "three-for-three" record by failing to carry his own box in the senatorial elections Saturday. He ran fourth in his box located in a modest residential district here. The governor has not carried his precinct since his victorious campaign for governor four years ago.

Tarrant county went for Rep. Lyndon Johnson. Vet Ttompion, Richard Wanda Fain, Charles Martin, McKinzie, Mike Ramsey and Jam Lovelace from Atlanta. Frisco Strikers Working Again By the Prm Machinists who had been en strike since May 10 headed back te work today on 1500.000,000 of defense production in 11 ahipyardf and drydocks of the San Traneiuo bay area. An earlier decision to return to their jobs was reaffirmed yesterday by 600 CIO members.

A few days before, 1,100 AFL had decided to end their walkout. AH will work under a master contract, covering all shipyards, which provides payment of $1.12 an hour and pay and a half for overtime. The strikers had asked for $1.15 and double overtime pay. While working they will continue negotiations on their demands. A breakdown of negotiations for a new contract led to a strike call yesterday by AFL's United Automobile Workers in the wire division, of the Electric Auto Light corporation, Port Huron, which has orders from the navy for electrical supplies.

CIO's United automobile workers at the White Motor company, Cleveland, decided yesterday to take a strike vote Wednesday. Field Marshal Goering and Nazi board of air strategy confer on further plans for Ger- A German i according to i cation of this 'is on the Eastern front and captures a Russian (crawling) who, man air attacks on Russia. From left to right are: Goering Air General Jeschenney, tendered to the infantrymen standing behind the tank. Lo- General Von Waldau, and Lieut. Gen.

Kastner. Picture by radio from Berlin. Ra- not given. (AP photo by radio from Berlin). dio-Telephoto).

Lotchstring's Out For Ex-Prisoner For one prisoner recently released from the eounty jail there is ft committee waiting. A welcome committee, you might say, waiting for Ms return. 1 The committeemen are remarkably anxious to renew acquaintance with the former inmate, because just before he left he collected $10 from them to buy them tobacco and sundries. A caJl has been issued for his rearrest on swindling charges. New York state led In total collections in 1940 for motor vehicle licenses with 150,960,000.

CAA Classes Begin At Hardin-Simmons Both primary and advanced civil aeronautics courses were under way today at Hardin-Simmons univer- sity, J. E. Burnam, ground school instructor there, said. The primary class of 10 holds its first instruction session at HSU tonight. The advanced class of 10, beginning theory instruction last week, took its first flying-in; struction Saturday at the pal airport.

Members of the primary class are Fred Doyle Bedford, Winters; Mc- Buell Gibbs, Carl F. Greenway, Hamlin; Buford Humphries, Little- Held; William T. Lanham; Carroll H. Reese, Connell Taylor, Winston Tucker, Seymour; George Potti Hudson. Anson, and Powell William Shytles, Snyder.

In the advanced class are Karl Bonneaux, Trent; Don Bowyer. Sherman Golem an, Sweetwater; Clint C. Cooke, James H. Day Clifford Haines, Alton McCully, Spur; Lewis A. Patteson.

Norman Shafer, and Charlef Weathered. GHtCAAO CSJCAGO. 91. 35, 91, i5H; 34U; 54; V). Eegs, rrcevaw graded.

eitra -ns. local firsts loca cars 27 receipts 25: 25 '-i; checks 25; storage packed extra. firsts 27 Poultry live. -40 trucks; "and white rock broilers easier. others steady; tens over 5 IS: 5 and down 21; Tephorn broiler' 2-- aid dowr; colored IS.

plytcouui roci 19. Tr'aite rock I springs, -t I up. colored "0. pljmouta rock 22. wfcite rock 22.

ur.der -4 ibs, colored Plymouth rock 19. rock 19; baresack ciiick- 15-17; roosters 14. 13'-: ducks, 4Vi Ibs up. colored 11. white 12.

small coiorsd 10. white 11: geese 10: turkeys, toou, old 14. youne 14. 'zrzs 17. FORT WORTH FOP.T WOP.TH.

June 30. Produce: Poultry-- Fryers 15-15: ber.i turkeys S-I5. ESJS No. 1 candled case- sirtterfat 36-37. KANSAS CITY KANSAS CITT.

June firsts 5 25. Poultry, her-i 14H-19; broilerr 15-17; sprinzs 15 old roojien 1 and stags 11-12: S-10; toni 12-15: hen turkeys 14-16. Sauerfat No. 34; creajnery butter POTATOfc-S CHICAGO. Jur.e 3D.

S. Dept. arrivals 195: en track 3-4: total US shipments Saturday Sur.cay 35: supplies moderate: MARKETS AT A GLANCE Ntw York STOCKS--Irregular; LetSers drift narrowiy. BONDS Mixed; issues rise. FOREIGN A -Quiet: Argentine peso improves.

COTTON--Unsettled; liquidation; trade buying and covering. SUGAR--Lower; hedging and inactivity in raws. METALS--Steady; steel ep- erstions WOOL TOPS--I house buying. Chicago WHEAT--higher; mill buying. CORN--Firm with wheat.

HOGS--Slow; 25-35 lower; top S10.75. CATTLE--Slow; yearlings and lieht steers stead v. No. 3. 9S 1 No.

2 har No. 2 9S --i-00- close. lose white 551. 5 5 Corrii 3 i-U hisher; No. 2 75-79U; No.

i yellow r.om 56-57U No. 2 nom 55-67'-. Close July 6 Sept. -Qii. Qzir: -o receipts: VI-1 No.

3S --3SV. ar.rf Mi sour: ar.d Kansas cobblers 1 siieritl" stror.cer. Missouri unwashed cobbler? tramplis all steady; California whites US No. 1. 2.1030: triumphs No.

1. 2.20: Arkansas triumph? US No. -1. 1.502.1o: Biiss tnurr.rvhs US No I. 2.35-4": Missouri ar.d Karjas crfcblers ir-od quality Bernard market steady; Ir.aho --W.

3-rbarits US No. 1. Ship Carrying Marines Sunk WASHINGTON, June navy confirmed, today that a oreign flag steamer carrying Amer- marines to London had prpedoed. but for the present gave Dtit no figures on loss of life. The navy's statement did not name the ship, but a previous report frosi an authoritative official said was Dutch vessel, the now in British service.

The same source said a marine was lost. In addition to marines, Stunner Welles, acting secretary of state, American Red Cross nurses aboard. Neither Welles nor the Red Cross could say how many or they safe. Without saying how many marines were aboard--the earlier source said 10--the navy saicVeijiu had been rescued. Burglars Enter Four Stations WORLD CHAMPION Cotton Grain 5.

CHICAGO CHICAGO. Jur? 1 hinJ Corr 1 veiio-s- 7 i No. 75; No. 3. No.

4. 73 --7ij; No sa-- irrade veiiow No i S6. Oats No x.xed 3t- 2 heavr 35- 1 r.o'i 40; No. N-. -5 wftite 37.

COTTONSEED PROnrCTS TQP.T WORTH. June iUP-- We5t- em 5-ppl? compar.y'5 rottor.seed quotstionj at: I Is i lor. 7.X)-?.00. Prinr.e cracked, tcrter.ed seal ar.d cake. 1Z per cer.t protein, per tor, off with small lots srood to choice 5055 Ibs 11.50: holding better kinds up to 11.7.1; yearling and fat sheep 75 Ib medium two year old 7.25; most fat r.ative ewes 4.50 down; note: effective Jur.i 3o lambs bora in the spring of classified as yearlings.

Salable cattle 12.600. calvei 700; siow, hot weather market on steers and yearlir.es: trade prices In lir.e with late last week; yearlings and lizht 5teers fully steady; little more interest shown on i kinds, but demand still narrow for fed scaling over 1200 Ibs; larcely S.5"-ij.oo trade; choice bul- SOC'K? 11.75: several 11.00-11.25; 1410 and at I0.no and 10.50 respectively: lieh; stocken 11.50 down-, fed heifers steady: liehts'offered at 11.75; bulk jl.00; COWF 10.15 lower; bulls steady to weak; vealers steady at 12.50 down. KANSAS CITV KANSAS CITT. June S. Kation here last night or early today were oeing investigated by police this momirtg.

Heaviest loot wax at the C. A R. Service station, 824 Pine, the intruder found tfae hiding place of the cash box and with about $75 in money and checks. In addition, a cabinet safe was broken open. Glass of tht Jront door was smashed lor entry.

At Texaco No. 2. 773 Butternut, between t3 and $4 in money, and two cartons of cigarets were taken. However, the. station safe was battered, apparently unopened.

About $50 in money and $100 in checks had been placed in it last night, and until the safe is opened it will noc be known for sure that those funds are safe, an employe stated. The Texaco station was entered through a window to the wash room. Glass to the office then was broken. A truck park-sd on the wash rack was broken ooen and a case of cigarets was taken. Tne office of the Roy Moore station.

12th and Butternut, was ransacked after a back window was opened. However, nothing was missing. The burglar failed to find the cash box. Merchandise was being checked at the Onyx warehouse station. South First and Mocking Bird lane.

Apparently nothing had been taken, it was stated. Police found the door lop 10.50 sparingly; bulk good to 10.25-15: 270-H20 Ibs N. O. NEW ORLEANS. June tor, steady, unchar.red to 3 net Hizh Jiy 34.5- Oct 14.7J l-OW K.54 Close U.47B 14.75-7" da choice l70-25'i 10.00-25: a few 140-150 sows mostly 9.25-75; a i 10.00 down.

Cattle: Salable 7.500. total 7.700; calves: salable total 1.450: fed in liberal quota: most early bids i tower; other klllin? classes in i iieht to moderate supply, steady; jtocker 'ee'ier cotnp'nsine around Ibs 9.75-10.15: few stock piss 40 ficers discovered the Texaco burglary about 40 minutes later. TABLK Jar i May S-- Bid. it.7! I4.79B CHICAGO. rtieat Ov?" N.

o. spur ORLEANS. Juris per tent of steady: choice Colo- rsrto 11.5*1: buiV fed steers ell- to sell some held upward 31.25: of sood Oklahoma cows -r. choice x-ealers 10.00-11.50: coci TO rhr.tce Ti2? Ib stock jteer calves 13.50; fleshy 10.75: medium to cood stocke'r? several loada i feeders S.75-9.5O. Sherp: 5.500; total 5.ROO; slow; limited trade native lambs 1 around 2o some later olf sheep steady; eariy sales zood to native spring iamb? aorund 11.00: oid lots slaughter ewes 4.50 down.

Joke's on Him First Lieut. Ger rdo Gamboa Garcia. 45th division officer from Las Graces. N. guesses that the joke is on him.

The division public relations office sent him a routine form to fill out for its -biographical file on oi ficers. Ke was asked to note "some humorous angle of your life." Wryly the lieutenant wrote: "Twelve years as a first lieutenant." Oat 5 Jly New old New Dec 37-37-, Livestock FORT WORTH WORTH. Wool CHICAGO, -0 A with short -rriT)rc a-d tiocs rally wheat as Buch sr l- cfnis lodav bat by In tion with increased raent of and lard. Reports oi German prcir-ss into Rus- and of the siakir.c oC a ship ir. the AtUnUc with a of S.

ma- on bxwirf sensed to. unsettle the hizher jl.OSV- July 73 S- steady: fa; cowj. fi ryi i I.f'V.' mixed crsde? ar.d vearlir.es 7. to 1.25: S.OO; BOSTON BOSTON. Jr.ne 30-- i A P.

A wrol market In Boston was very today. No action had been reported on taker, on territory ii-f awards bids Government contracts were opened last week. Camp Wolters Pays Total of $422,000 MINERAL WELLS. June --The ghost walks today! Camp Wolters. America's largest infantry replacement center, pays lo-2f.

rop rtr vl bids were opened lasa week. ti99 fWVl Tnlicf 50- Comhir.c and one quarter personnel 5422.000 tnllSl- 9 5-io 3S- packir.e bk.od bneht -wools were moetly ed men receive S225.000: Officers active. quotations on bright H4 000: civilian workers. S55.000. Sheep il.S 1 siow v.

25 10.00 a i i 7.50-S.OO. Wheat 1-lv. wn Jaty J1.04'»«-- 4 wnchanjretl to CHICAGO. June A U. S.

Dept. A Paiab Jl.OftO. s'ow, 2.1 to 35 lower a average: p.icXir.e sows full drchne; iO.75: cood and Choice 150-270 Ib? 10.50-7"): nv.st 270-WO KANSAS CHT X.51T airs, l-i CTTV i A i 2 lUrit bird SOWS 9.40-S5; Tew rhu to 9.75; of srades were unchanged at 4S-45 cents, in the Members of the trade expressed the belief that buyers were waiting for the actual award 7f government contracts before making extensive in raw wool eliher government or civilian for labs sfteep rr jp early and aoh ft 1 A new device, incorporating an automatic regulator to control variations in air density, has been perfected, and production will be- The new Curtiss Wright XSB2C- 1 carries twice the number of heavy bombs, internar.y. that any other scout-bomber does. It has better than twice the range to protect our shores, stays in the air 4 1-2 hours longer than a plane of this type could before, and is 100 miles an hour faster than its predecessor.

MISS MARGARET HAMMA, operating an IBM Electromatic Typewriter, established a new professional world's record of 149 words per minute for one hour. The first half-hour of this performance won for her the amateur championship. These records were made in competition with 8 other professional contestants and 44 other amateur 'contestants from various parts of the United States and Canada. The competition was held under the auspices of the Ninth Annual International Commercial Schools Contest in Chicago, on June 19 and 20, 1941. I A I A I A I A I.

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