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SWEETWATER, TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1, 1932.
NUMBER 311
M. S. PROPERTY IN CHINA SHE
No Clues in Sweetwater Postoffice Robbery WARSHIPS ORDERED lO
Six Boxes Rifled Here Fri-
day Night; Letters Found
In Creek Near Abilene
No arrests had been made here
Monday in connection vviili the
rilling of six Sweetwater post .of-
fice boxes Friday night. The rob-
bery was discovered about noon
Saturday, when a bundle of open
leiters was found under and near
u culvert in a creek bed about five
miles west of Abilene.
Letlers found were addressed In
A. G. Winn Produce Co., Western
Windmill Co., J. II. Tubb Whole
sale Co., McDonald Brothers Cot-
ton Co., Sweetwater Cotton Oil
Co., and Tixas Electric Her
vice Co. Several letters addressed
to RoRcoe firms were also found,
indicating that boxes had been
rifled there.
Checks Aic Found
Soveral checks were torrid .in
the letters. They showed evidence
that (he thieves had attempted to
remove names of payees with ink
eradicate"-. Apparently all checks
that could not be era; ted were dis-
carded, according to Joe Usman,
postal inspector.
Ouo check, which had been writ-
ten with an ordinary lead pencil,
■was evidently discarded through
mistake. The name of the payee
had been erased and the name “T.
W. Stillman" had been substituted.
Authorities said the name probably
was ficticious, hut that other
checks may b presented with the
name.
Description of missing checks
has not yel been established, and
it is not known how many are
gone. Authorities ov< r Texas have
be. a notified of the theft. A stand-
ing reward is offered by the post
office department for mail thieves.
The opened letters wer returned
here Saturday by Pos1 master Dan
Shields and John Embry.
Center of Action in
Sino-Japanese Crisis
DIRECTORS OF
B.C.D TO MEET
Further Action on Highway*
Designation liefore Hotly
Tonight
Directors of I lie Beard of City
Dovelopmi nt are to meet in the
board rooms in the Municipal
Building at 7:"!t tonight, if lias
been announced by Will li. Scott,
manager.
Further plans in connection with
Hie hoard's recent res dution
against designation «l the Butler-
fii Id Trail are to be disc ssed, is
are routine matters which are to
come before the board for action.
PAVEMENT
Tatter
Poll lax paying time is over
. . . and when the votes start
rolling in we’ll be able to (ell how
many folks paid up in time . . .
Selig Reich was running around
this morning trying lo get on jury
duty . . . didn’t know lie was so
Interested In the case . . . but
JOHN PERRY and HENRY PAS-
SEUR helped him get the job . ..
we promised MRS. MANROE not
to say anything about the cookies
she gave us this morning . . . so
don’t ask . . . tomorrow is
Groundhog Day . . . we've been
trying to find where the ground-
hog stays . . . i o we could get a
look at him . . . we’ve never
seen one . . . therefore we don't
believe there is any such animal
. . . babies we'll take SUNSHINE
on, that the groundhog don't see
ills shadow tomorrow . . . veil
the Chinks are hollering for help
. . . and getting their army to-
gether . . . and when the Japs
found out that the pigtail army
was gathering . . . they started
hollering for help . . . and new
it's up to John Bull and Uncle
Sam lo figure out who really
needs help . . . and then leave
them both alone . . . the Japs
are about In the posit ion of the
feller who got the wildcat by tlie
tail . . . and then hollered lor
help to turn It looie . . . our sug-
gestion lo settle this argument is
to have an international crap
shooting tournament . . . when
that was over the U. S. would
have ABB the geld, silver and
paper money In the world . . .
and no one could afford to fight
. . . ANGEL DAVIS Is one of the
staunch supporters of the latter
method ... of settling interna-
tional misunderstandings . . .
hut In tlie meantime If Japan
wants' to buy some more cotton
... we know where there’s sev-
eral bales she can buy Rt a bar-
gain . . . meauwhilt the Butter-
milk Trail deal seems lo he stir-
ring up gome of our neighbors
considerable . . . and It's closer
lo home than China . . . and
therefore more Interesting . . .
now get set for more business.
Rioling in Bronx
NEW YORK. <U R)— Rioting broke
out in tlie eastern Motion of tho
hronx when City Marshal Bonis
Novick, supported by 100 police-
men, attempted to evict three fam-
ilies from on apartment.
Moving men were driven back
when they sought to enter the
building, a block from another ap-
artment where a week ago ten-
ants hatth-d police under similar
circumstances. The tenants refus-
ed to pay r nt withon' a reduction.
Nearly 500 men and women engag-
ed in the battle. Three men and a
Woman were a it'si d.
U, S. Asiatic
Fleet Chief
This Ruling of District |
Judge is Appealed to
Higher Texas Court
“NULL AND VOID”
A Harmful Defect to Free
People, Judge Declares
In His Decision
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Admiral Montgc mcry M. Taylor,
above, is tiie commander of the-
Asiatic squadron of flu P.ulli
Reel with luadiiiiiirtcr at Mali-
iht. His flagship, the Ho ist in, may
lie ordered to Shanghai.
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Cloudy. Warmer
West Texas: Cioudy, local
rain, warmer north and east
portion tonight, Tuesday part-
ly cloudy. Colder west portion.
Heads LL S, Force
In Shanghai
FRANKLIN, Tex., (U.R)—Dis-
trict Judge W. Davis today rul-
ed |he new Texa cotton ac-
reage law uncon. tutional in
the test injunction su t brought
by C. L. Tyson against Fred L.
Smith, Robertson county far-
mer, and refused the injunc-
tion sought.
Tho ruling will he appealed im-
iii diately lo tho loth court of civil
appeals at Waco.
Bill No. 7 passed by the legisla-
ture known as the acreage law, is
"unconstitutional, null and void,"
Judge Davis ruled.
"The demurer and exception of
Hie defendant should be sustained
and injunction prayed for si cueM
in all tilings b.: denied and it is so
order: d."
Tlie enforcement of this law will
not have file beneficial action but
o.i the contrary it would have the
j most harmlul and destructive "t-
i feet ever known lo a free people,
i he said.
, lis enforcement would bo the
; i ssi nee of purity and destructive
cl the fundamental principlals of
I tree governtiH nt and would violate
I secret guarantees of our coiistltul-
i ion and would make Hie bill of
| right a nullity and a farce, h ■ coil,
j tinned.
I Coi i'iiy Attorney Tyson asked tin
court for an Injune ion against
I Smith on the ground that he pian-
I ned to plant more than liO per cent
! cf his 19111 acreage In cotton.
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Ilotary Club Has
Weekly Meeting
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j Leon Scholl was I on s Innate r o'
jibe lint ary Club's weekly noonday
luncheon on the roof of tho Blue
I Bonnet Holed at noon i iday.
James Black offered two vocal
i iiiinii io ".Mighty I ak a Rose,"
land "Eve.ybody Calls me Honey,"
v. i li Miss Jean Eit her at tin piano.
E.l Ncinast, principal of Newman
High School, gave a classification
talk, bringing out the problems
■ noli ft person lias to face, as well
a iinmm rating qualification.- i
person should have for I he posi-
tion.
I’resklent ('. W. Bryant nnno'in-
cod the following resigns'Ions from
the eluli: 1). A. Clark, George
Green, W. It. Griffin, II.. 11. Bilker
it. K. 51. Adam:. ltoy Thompson,
and lien Slumps.
A ei.inmiti'e was named to work
cut a definite objective program
lor ilie Hub, to be presented to In*
number ship for approval at I lie
Feb. 15 in eting. Members of tlie
commltteu include Henry Rogers,
chairman, J. II. Doaclier, Ren Rob-
erts, A. Williamson and Millard
Cope.
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A Prison Romance
Pair Escape:, From Pen to Take
Wedding Trip
BANKING. Kan., (U.R) Believed
! honeymooning in a bl ight yellow
truck emblazon'd with tho black
I letters "K. F. B." a man and a
I woman who fled from 111 ' s ale
prison wer,. sought here today.
The principals in the elopement
j were A. J. Williams, Sip and li ibhy
i Phillips, 22. Both the man the the
.woman wen sentenced for motor
| theft.
I Williams was a prison I runty—
| given the duty oi driving each
} night in tlie yellow truck bailed
j with fund siipplbs from the prison
propel lo the Industrial farm a,
! mil,, away where Hie ivomen are
i kept.
1 Bobby Phillips was u kitchen
\ \vi rkoi (here. She and Willinms
talk, d frequently and became good
friends.
Last night William: went ns
usmil the limn, lie and Hobby
talked as usual. When lie walked
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A-American guards
B-British guards
G-Main business center; chamber of
commerce, banks, custom house
D-Schools, hospitals
E-Britisli prison
F-Wareliouses, shipping
Setinsky Named
To Lead Forces
Jerry Setinsky, member of the
Oscar McDonald Pos*, American
I.eglon, has he n named as chair-
man of the Legion’s unemploy-
ment committee for 111" Fifth Div
ision, which embraces al! of West
Texas.
Mr. H Husky lias resigned a-
membership chairman of the Oscar
McDonald Post in order lo devote
his time to the Legion iTiemploy
ment problem. Elsa Roland has
be n named to take li is place in
Hie Sweetwater posi committee.
Texas Corporation Building* are Shelled by Japanese;
Said to Be in Return of Fire W hieli Proved
To B- Chinese Firecrmekt r-e at Fete
AMERICAN VESSELS
NO MANILA
Japanese Open Bombardment at Nanking, With Deaf-
ening Roar of Gunfire; Texas Colton l sed in
Munitions; Ships Leaving L. S. Coast
U. S. Consul
Flays Japs
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The city of Shanghai, now a cos-
mopolitan armed camp, is shown
in Ibis map of the international
I settlement and adjoining native
| quarters. We-iern. northern, cen-
j tral and eastern districts, as well
the Whangpoo river, where th"
docks are located, are more than
two dozen Japanese war vessels.
From Shanghai tlie river flows i
eastward to the ea, and at its!
mouth is the Woosuug fort, where’
as the French quarter, comprise; Chinese batteries were silenced
the international section. With 1 by Japanese gunboats. Minor
tho outbreak of Japanese and Chinese fortifications also extend
Chinese fighting in the native dis-; along the west bank of tho
trlet of Chapel, American marines Whangpoo in the vicinity of the
are guarding the boundary mark- native city. Just above the Donn-
ed "A.55 British troops are pro- dary of the northern district is
tecting the western district. Tho North Station, where Chinese
old native city, center, is walled troop and armored trains were ro-
und lias been further fortified 1 ported nriving to defense of the
against a Japanese invasion. In Chapel distict.
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HANGHAI.—A .Japanese destroyer anchored at the
mouth of the Yangtze river opened fire on buildings be-
longing to the Texas Corporation today.
The destroyer sprayed the American property with ma-
chine gun fire.
The buildings were part of th '.’ex. poration’s instal-
lation plant on an island abo 1 v m ' - Shanghai.
The commanding officer on the desiroyei said he had
been fired on from th< shore.
An inquiry revealed that the “rifle fire" (.ported by the
Japanese destroyer was merely a g, tup ol villagers nearby
Shooting lire crackers i; a celebration.
Entire nerican Fleet to Shanghai
.p;fine Islands. (UP)—The entire American
a’ the Chevte Navy Yard cleared for Shang-
1. today.
U. S. Envoy
To China
Issues War Call
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t ing to living 1 bout Peace
WASl (UP)—The American government was
straining y resource today to protect its nationals and
preserve peace in the Orient, but in the midst of this effort
came the disturbing news that Japanese ships were shelling
the city of Nanking.
Lieutenant Commander ’V Rutledge, aboard the U. S.
S. Simpson at Nanking, informed the Navy Department
that the attri. had been started without warning. He had
Edwin s. Ci ■ inigham, above, j been forced to mo’-e his destroyer out of line of fire.
(hinesc, American consul ai shanghai.! [n Washington there were these developments:
■ iiiin. expressed indignation ny, r j Secretary of b ate Stints sued formal statement ex-
chy.'1 He s a id' he * ha s" b* m-u g'iv'i' j plaining the movement of Amt .1 warships and troops to
m-durance, "however, that the in-1 Shanghai was solely tor the purpose of protecting “Ameri-
nnitionai setiicmcni tiu-re would can lives and property and fo. ,ulfilling our responsibilities
to American citizens.’’
The state department instructed American Consul Cun-
{rj Danger .'Zone ningham at Shanghai to c'-operate with the League of Na-
tions in investigation of the Shanghai situation.
Rear Admiral Montgomery Taylor reported formally to
the department his departure from Manila for Shanghai
with seven destroyers, the cruiser Houston and. a force of
marines. The .“Isl In; nitre regiment wi'l leave tomorrow
for Shanghai.
I no*, bu li armed.
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ntries, principally Ja-
otton for making war
I Officials ol the Soul hern M'tho.
j (list: Church cxpri ssod fear for In-
I safety of Bishop Paul B. Kern,
. ubovi. and his family, who arc now
Mu Shanghai, after ilio rcparlcd
lioiiil.ng of iho Young Allen in .
Lion there.
Texas Cotton Go< s to
HOUSTON. (UP)—Far caste
pan and China, took 688,751 bale.-.
, munitions from Port Houston through Jan. “1 of the present
I cotton season, figures compiled he-e today show.
This is 392,487 bales more than they took for the same
I period last year and promise, to send Houston cotton ex-
! ports to a new all time high record.
V. S. Hattie Fled Leaves California
SAX PEDRO. Calif. (UP)—The U. S. battle fleet sailed
! out of Uh‘ harbor today with J S. S. New York, U. S. S.
Oklahoma and U. S. S. Nevada leading.
The fleet of 40 vessels will be joined by other men of war
which left Sau Francisco and San Diego today near the
Hawaiian Islands here annua! fleet exercises will be held.
■>ng Nanking
r in the Yangtze bc-
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Nelson T. Johnson, above. United | h
State,; minister to China, is one
of Hio principal figures In the del-
icute : ituation arising out of Ja-
pan's decision to invade ShmiR-1 Marshal Clilaug Kai-shek, above,
hai. where many Americans re- president id' the Nanking
8 '■ /Nelson is a veteran of Z., government in China, has a-i-ept-
.vears In the diplomatic service. Uu. aii (.hi,,r tho m ,v
,Ser^,', " Man,'luili“ “s military c(mu. ll there and ha nr.
ie as in hiiin proper, lie can dered his troops to tight to tho
j olivet go with Chinese m their death against Japanese nggres-
langtiag : on Chinese-history. : fl|0n at Shunghal. The idol of
---— China. Kai-shek was forced by
Leninn Al motion /u l’“bll= opinion to diango hi for-
kpj/h/k iriwilny Iff uier attitude of "peace at any
price." He issued u manifesto
tantamount to a declaration of
war.
t'wniiel Richard S. Hooker, above.
commands ifte lino u. S. Marines ..................... ......
In ihe lntevnHliniiitl Petlleinpiu ntlnwny thn mill roll missed the kit*.
BhniiRlml. lie Inis been a marine j elien wroker. They wi re seen Intur
officer for 32 years,
|driving toward Kansas City,
Set for This Eve
Members of the Oscar McDonald
Pori, American Legion, are lo m o;
111 Hie Lrglor Rooms of the Muni-
cipal Buliding nt 7:30 this evening.
Finns are to he worked mil for
tho district-wide me qing which
the post tin s called for Sworn ven-
ter this Wednesday nigh in con-
nection wllli the unit'd West
Byrdman in West Texas
MIDLAND.—Superior Oil Co. of,
dog man for the Byrd South Pole!
expedition. Is now in charge of
field work for the Plains Prodne-J
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Japanese ( raiser
NANKING. (UP)—A Jap.u,'
gan shelling Nanking tonight.
Chinese artillery ashore replied to the fire of the Japan-
ese. The entire city was darkened.
The city was terrified by the battle which was continuing
at midnight.
Heavy artillery, naval gunnery and machine gun firing
j made a deafening uproar.
The city, enveloped in darkness, heard the long weird
! sound of hostilities from Sanatwn which is the section be-
tween the longest city wall in Chin" and the Yangtze river
where seven Japanese warship b • <* two cruisers,
were anchored.
Unit of J a paw se Army to Shanghai
TOKIO. (UP)—The cabinet decided to send a unit of thu
Japanese army to Shanghai. Only marines have been in ac-
tion there.
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Mis. Edwin S. Cunningham, wif
lion Co., I'pernlh.g In West Toxnajof Hi - Aincih u . ■ s;
and Eastern New Mexico. Cap- hai. who. Ik her hin-hniul. eiilHIl:
tain Taylor reside- 111 Pecos. But I spwil many yi ai s in the Fur l-Vift. at 21 i
Texas effort or. Congress to pay I Is in Midland each Wednesday for ' ; shown here in a late piotnv been drift k Pack
iiu> tulance of iht; conipeDHaiiou ,he Permian basin .-rout cheek1 tale a wl:H "I" vudiine in
certificates, | meeting, |Lor Angeles, |
Japanese' Win Savage battle Near Harbin
T '' A a'.age engagement resulting in heavy cas*
ght near Harbin Manchuria, Sunday between
and Chinese soldiers attached to Gen. Ting
of the CnitP'se Eastern Rttilway guards,
itches said 400 Chinese were killed in a
oral hours and listed the Japanese losso
>ul -"8 wounded. The Chinese were said io have
ualt;-
Jap in
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The Chinese retaliated with a fierce bayonet attack at
Shuang Chen, south of Harbin, ^ -
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Sweetwater Daily Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 311, Ed. 1 Monday, February 1, 1932, newspaper, February 1, 1932; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth559889/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.