Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 59, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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Titus County—Center of the Best Dairy and Poultry Section of Texas
4 VOLUME THIRTEEN
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1932.
NUMBER 59
Plan Paving In
Connection With
Highway Topping
Cashier Abducted
By Bank Bandits
I Portland, Ark., May 25.—F. P.
Harvey, cashier of the Bank of Port-
land; his wife, their 18-year-old son
and a woman guest, were kidnaped
T 7” . (Wednesday by bandits who made him
n connec ion with the highway open tbe bank vault, which was rob-
work which is being done in the south bed of about $12>000.
part of the county, on Highway 65, J Traveling in an automobile, the
there is an opportunity for property robbers fled the town with their cap-
owners on South Jefferson Avenue to tives and nothing has been seen of
get two blocks of paving at a very them since j
low cost, as the Highway Department | The bandits made their escape in
will have charge of improvements up two automobiles, office,s said) one
to the southeast corner of the public containing the loot and the other the
squaie in Mt. Pleasant. !abducted parties. The former was be-!
The highway is to be topped with lieyed headed toward Little Rock) !
a double bituminous coating on a where police vvere asked to be on the 1
roadway of about twenty-four feet. lookout< and. th(? latter toward the I
By ananging for the same material Louisiana state line. One of the auto-;
on the balance of the forty feet which mobiles beionged to Harvey. Portland
Yes, Our
De Luxe
Service Is
Maintained
Cash and Carry
50c
Phone 86
Bank at Winona
Robbed Wednesday
Tyler, Texas, May 25.—The Wi-
nona State bank was robbed of $873
Wednesday by two masked men who
forced President J. F. McClung to
unlock the vault.
After obtaining the money, the
robbers locked McClung in the vault,
Machinery Is
Installed For
Another Oil Test
Machinery was put on the ground
for a new oil test in Morris County,
walked to a car parked in front of i£ was reP°rted here Wednesday aft-
the bank and drove away. McClung
was alone when the holdup took place,
i He said the men came to the bank
; Wednesday and asked about having
some money placed in escrow. He
ernoon. This test will be on land
owned by Mrs. Cason, and is about
five miles south of the town of Cason,
and about two miles southeast of the
Walcott well, which was drilled two
comprises the width of South Jef- js joea^ed jn Southeast Arkansas, near
ferson, and the building of curb and the Louisiana bordor.
gutter, the cost will be relatively
small.
Officers were unable to say how
many bandits were in the gang, but
A meeting of interested parties from wbat meager information they
for Thursday afternoon, t.oldd couect, learned that the bandits
drove up to the Harvey home this
morning, forced Harvey and the oth-
ers to accompany them to the bank.
A negro witnessed the abduction from
the home. .
When they arrived at the bank,
to open the
was called
to see what arrangements could be
made. j
On Highway 49, southeast of town,
the roadbed has been scarified, in
readiness for a coating of gravel,
all cash
AGAIN TODAY
“MIRACLE MAN”
CHESTER MORRIS
SYLVIA SIDNEY
Friday - Saturday
-fE'S'HERE!
they forced the cashier
(vault and after scooping up
1 in sight drove off in two automo-
biles.
A search was immediately organ-
ized when the alarm of the robbery
was given out, but up to late this aft-
ernoon no trace of the cars had been
reported.
Neff Resigns From
Post on State Board
1 Austin, May 26.—Pat M. Neff
Wednesday submitted his resignation
as a member of the Texas railroad
commission to Governor Ross Ster-
ling. It will become effective at
noon June 4.
Governor Sterling immediately an-
nounced the appointment of Ernest
O. Thompson of Amarillo to succeed
Neff. Thompson will take office at
noon the date Neff’s resignation be-
comes effective.
Neff resigned to take over the
presidency of Baylor University, to
which he was elected several weeks*
ago.
Neff’s resignation stated: “Effec-
tive noon, June 4, 1932, my resigna-
tion as a member of the l’ai'lroad
commission is hereby tendered to
you.
“This resignation is handed to you
and made public at this time in order
that those who desire to become can-
didates may have ample timp to place
their names on the democratic tick-
et.”
Candidates for the office in the
first primary must file their names
with the state executive commit-
tee by June 6.
! Insurance statistics have shown
that the average Ameyrican wife has
six chances in ten off being left a
widow while her hufsband has four
chances in ten of becoming a widow-
DHTRY
RIDE*
AGAIN
His First Talking Picture!
From the novel by Mix Brand.
With Claudia Dell, Zasu Pitts.
which will put that/ road in good con-
dition from Hart’^ Creek bottoms to
town.
The city has practically completed
the installation of a six-inch water
main through l^he'underpass to the
south part of itown to take care of
the future ne^ds of that part of the
city. Service j connections have been
placed at regular intervals so that
it wil Inot lbe necessary to excavate
under the pavement, to make connec-
tions.
Titus County Is
Represented In
Big Convention
Houston, Texas, May 26.—Delegates
named late Tuesday night from the
first congressional district to attend
the national democratic convention at
Chicago are C. C. McKinney, Delta;
J. A. R. Moseley Jr., Bowie; Mrs. R.
F. Lindsay, Titus; Henry Humphrey,
Bowie; T. D. Wilson, Red River; W.
J. Pollard, Lamar; Grover Sellers,
Hopkins; C. A. Rose, Red River; al-
ternate delegates, Vessel Lemmon,
Marion; Hugh Carney, Cass; J. G.
Holloway, Bowie; Eugene Williams,
Hopkins; R. H. Good, Cooper; E. F.
Harrell, Lamar; C. A. Sweeton, Hop-
kins; Charles Duncan, Titus.
At large delegates who reside in
said he became suspicious of them|*vears ag0' derrick for this test
and noted the license number of their bas been UP £or some time, awaiting
car the drilling machinery.
Officers checked the records and I ^a's £dso 1 eP°rted that opeia-
found that the car had been stolen |tions ^ere resumed on the Sibley test,
two weeks ago from a Longview oil j *our mdes northwest of Daingerfield,
company [after the crew had spent several days
However, when the robbers came j Ashing tor a drill which had fallen
back Wednesday they were using an- in the hole’ This wel1 was in the
other car. They entered the bank neighborhood of three thousand feet
about 9:30 a. m., and covered Me- when drillinS was turned.
Clung with pistols. They at first Operations of the Staggers test,
tried to open the safe themselves.!located two miles north of Cason’
Failing, they ordered McClung to Iand which created such widespread
open it or be shot. In all, they were ! interest in this section, are at a stand-
in the bank not more than five min-1sti11’ no work havinS bee" done sinca
utes, McClung said. They took about |tha fifteenth of the month. The
$14 in small change from cash draw- drillers have ^iven out n0 definite m“
formation as to when they will start
work again.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Announcement was made Wednes-
day of the marriage on Sunday, May j
22, of Mr. Leonard Tanton and Miss j
Rosabell Rushing. The wedding
BEALL BROTHERS FORCE
HAS PICNIC VI GILMER
Local employes of the local store
of Beall Brothers went to Gilmer
t7ok place aTthe "home" of Rev.~Stew~-1 Wednesday evening to attend a picnic
art, pastor of the Methodist Church !for the employees of all of the stores
the first “district" are F L Ashcroft of Texarkana, Ark. The bride is a!of this £irm/ Jhe P'cnic was held at
the first district aie E. L, Ashcroft, . . ^ ^ ^ ^ sk] Rush. a lake south of town, and there were
j about a hundred people present. This
is an annual affair for this firm.
Hopkins; J. T. Dickson. Lamar; al-
ternates at large are Walter Worth-
am, Lamar; J. I. Wheeler, Bowie.
Presidential elector first district,
R. T. Wilkinson .Tr., Franklin.
Members of , the convention com-
mittees for fii;st district: R. H. Good,
Cooper, credentials; Mrs. R. F. Lind-
say, Titus,, resolutions; J. T. Dick-
son, Lamar, permanent organization;
J. K. Brim, Hopkins, selection of
delegates.
daughter
ing of Old Union, and the groom is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Tanton of
this city. Both have many friends
to wish them every happiness.
RECITAL TUESDAY, MAY 31
N. B. Spearman returned Wednes-
day night from Mineral Wells, where
he attended the Republican State
I convention.
COTTON BELT ENGINES
TO MAKE LONG RUNS
Beginning Thursday morning, the
Cotton Belt has adopted the plan of
running its passenger engines for
longer distances than heretofore. The'
engines now operate from Pine Bluff
to Fort Worth, a distance of 394
miles.
EASTERN STAR
The Eastern Star will hold its reg-
ular meeting at the Masonic Hall to-
night, and all members are urged to
attend, this being the occasion of the
election of new officers for the en-
suing year.—Mrs. Eldora Holcomb,
W. M.
Mrs. Oscar Hays and Miss Doris
Hays will present their expression
and piano pupils in joint recital Tues-
day evening May 81st, eight o’clock,
at West Ward auditorium. An in-
teresting program of piano selections, ;
readings and plays will be presented, j
The public is cordially invited. j
Phonographs have been installed in
a Berlin museum to describe exhibits
to visitors. I
The Weather
The weather for the past 24 hours
according to readings mrde at 6:30:
Maximum ........................... 89
Minimum .................................... 70
Temperature 6:30 .................... 73
Wind from ................................ S
Sky ........................................Cloudy
BOURJOIS
Mrs. Leta Harrell and grand-daugh-
ter, Susie Hess, of Idabel, Okla., are
visiting relatives here.
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Prices Lowered at~
HENDERSON
CLEANERS & HATTERS
for Cash and Carry. |
Suits cleaned and |
pressed ........... 50c |
Plain dresses clean- |
ed, pressed________50c i
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NEW COMBINATION OFFER OF
FIANCEE
FACE POWDER AND PERFUME
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Two exquisite Bourjois creations for the price
of the powder alone—a lovely new Paris-de-
signed box of Fiancee face powder and a smart
purse flacon of imported Fiar.coo perfume.
$1.00
Both I—' «jj|
The price of the powder alone ' >
SWINT BROTHERS
Drugs and Jewelry
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 59, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 26, 1932, newspaper, May 26, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783304/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.