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IS. AMELIA Earhsrt Put-
ROIN LOT
first woman to fiy alone
ihc Atlantic ocean, ia in
[« route horn* from England
[tspturlng the hearts of that
there *h« waa Invited to
g dubs which never be-
I entertained a woman. She
ned on every hand.
Uy the supreme thrill for
*inj a woman—was that the
of Wales danced with her
, consecutive times. She an-
nhe will not buy any
gowns. Evidently a “trade
advocate. ---------------
fries has been especially for-
in the matter of flying
dors. First Lindbergh and
Amelia Earbart, both true
datives of the American
TAKENFROH
TWO JAILED
80 Gallons Of. Alcohol
Confiscated as Cops
Are Successful With
Highway Trap
HOUSTON, June 6 (lI.Ri—Two
autos roared along the high-way
near Crosby Saturday morning and
as they drew abreast a federal
narcotie officer leaped ^Jrom the
runningeboard of one machine to
the.other and put two men under
arrest for carrying narcotics and
alcohol. '■* ,
The men in the ear were carry-
ing four ounces of herion and ijg
gallons of alcohol according *to
Narcotic Agent J. S.> Lanigan,
who leaped on the running board
of their car and stopped them, i
Customs Agent K. A. Gleason
was driving the officers car.
They had been lying in wait on
put into it to guard health of Hie highway for the narcotic run-
W. . ‘ . nufc urhn uioro on tiioin mnn fn.tm
the WATER you draw
[ the Goose' Creek water sys-
“bad” for the next day
do not lie alarmed. The
I will denote presence of chlo
HAUSNER
Stanley Hauiner, Linden, N.
J., aviator, was unreported late
Saturday aa poor flying weather
WU reported over the Atlantic.
He started out from New York
for Warsawt Poland.
FIRST —FIRST
TRI-CITIES
TRI-CITIES SUN
VOLUME 14—NO. 4
OF GOOSE CREEK, PELLY AND BAYTOWN
GOOSE CREEK7tEXAS, SUNDAY, JUNE MMI
to Daily Tribune
maSmmrm
BONUS ARMY IS SET
mil
I 1
tiiens against impurities
I by a state analysis.
| time the taste will not be
ble. During the first day
|ro there will likely be more
in the water than neces-
| while experiments are being
i to determine just the quan- j alongside
ners, who were on their way from I
New Orleans to Houston.
25-Mile Chase J
When the suspects’ car roared I
past the officers gave chase. They I
chased the other men for 20 or j
25 miles before overtaking them.
Then Gleason and Lanigan trav- j
i eling about 70 miles an hour, drew j
! the other machine and •
| needed. Also, your palate1 as Gleason crowded the other m:»-1
-row accustomed to the pre-J chine toward the ditch, Lanigan |
[of the chemical and you wiip iMped from^ the gunning board of j
lind it.
(little chlorine in your watci
better than an epidemic
disease.
(the meantime continue to boil
j supply of drinking water.
* * *
3PLE LIVING along the
route of the state high-
Ifrom Cleveland to Galveston
FILMSTAR SEEKS
FEDERAL AID IN
EXTORTION PL0TI=
ROOSEVELT
OPPONENTS
FADEAWAY
Newton Baker Rated
As Second Choice for
President Race as
Perley Nears
By RAYMOND CUPPER
(Copyright, 1932 by U. P.)
WASHINGTON, June 5 (U.R>—
The fight to block Gov. Franklin
D. Roosevelt appeared to Ire eb-
bing Saturday.
Chances he would be nominated
by the democratic national conven-
tion which meets in Chicago June
27 were regarded by insiders as
improving.
On First Ballot
Some of the more optimistic
Roosevelt supporters have again
swung back to the expectation he
.will go across on the first ballot.
I A few weeks ago when former
Governor Alfred E. 8mith waa
pounding at bim with sledge-ham-
mer blows, they were less opti-
mistic.
Newton D. Baker, of Ohio stands
as the man most favored in event
Roosevelt should be blocked. There
FooUft,M,mjcouNTY AID
iON HIGHWAY
League
The weekly problem of
supplying food for needy fam-
ines was considerably simpli-
fied Saturday for Mrs. E. W.
Bruce, secretary of the Trt-.
Cities Welfare League.
Available to go into the
weekly baskets were (56 six-
pound bags of flour, cans of
soup, beans and milk, dona-
tions of H W. Totland, local
Woolwortii m inager. The
gift included 34 cans of chick-
en soup, 10 cins of beans, 32
cans of vegetable soup and 16
cans of milk.
TO BE .ASKED
'Groupfrom Highlands,
Crosby and Huffman
to Seek Support of
Commissioners Court
HIGHLANDS, June 6 (8P)-At
! a meeting of the executive com-
mittee of the East Harris county
! Good Itoads association Friday
1 evening at the Highl nds school-
house a special committee was ap-
-Aid of fsdaaal authorities is some talk of Gwen** .Ritchie JiJ^Jon^hmTof th^TH^CItlSfi
- was asked Saturday as police of Maryland, but it is scattered. _ .....
Baker Rated High v
One well-informed anti-Roosevelt
his car to the other auto and cov
ered the suspects before they I
could reach for their own guns. I
Both of the men, the officers re- I
ported, were en.ying .38-caliber |
revolvers.. i - .
“Mr. Gleason has been working j Letters Received By
on the case for a long time," Lani- ‘ l iV . • »
gan said- "It’s an important j Marlene L/lCtriCh
catch.” Threaten Child
! The men under arrest, Itotli of * —.—
t Dayton, Mont Belvieu,'whom gavc flew Orleans addresses HOLLYWOOD, Cal., June 5
ies, Morgan’s Point, have no wjj[ |,e charged later in the day.i mp.)
to residents of Huffman, t other officers who were watch-'
iy and Highlands working#or j the hi?hway Saturday morn- , .
through their cities. - | in*g ln the t,ap wt for the suspects ‘he ^ «•**»
they do fee! that tHfey are were Ag.ents Al smith, William • **“•" to Marlene Democrat Duts it this way
' to prior consideration as KeUy( R. R, Harvin and W. H. star, threatening her little daugh- Democrat puts it this way
1 supporters arid pro- Crook, and Assistant United States ter unless she Paid theni *20,000.
of a state highway to (Continued on Page 6) ; Disclosure .the actress had re-
this territory. ' ____- I ceived five letters instead of two
decision as to whether the' ■ r/VPlAtlO An ' came when the missives were ob-
y Will be built rests with |,|ll,|,|l|, | jUfllfl Df | tained from Josef Von Sternberg,
her director and manager, after a
clash with aides of District At-
torney Buron Fitts.
- | Von Sternberg objected stre-
Unique Mark is Made nously to parting with Jet-
| ^ i HJofrirt I ters claiming police were “inter-
in Local L/isiru-i, j ferinR„ with the work of private
Records Show idetectives he had employed.
- j ' Meanwhile, Miss D i e trich’s
The Goose Creek Independent home, her daughter, Maria JSieber,
(Texas highway commission,
i of the towns on the origi-
ttte can only present their
secure the necessary
for rights-of-way and
f action of that body.
♦ * »
i good argument for the orig-
ute is that it could be con-
with a smaller outlay of
(first class highway already
es most of the distance and
widening of the rights-of-
ould make them acceptable,
ris ciunty has no money with
to build the Cleveland-
n-Crosby leg of th$ other
SCHOOL TAX GOOD
“It is about an even bet Roose-
(Continued on Page Six)
DITTMAN GIVEN
CHEVROLET UNE
Auto Agency to Have
New Location On
Texas Avenue
[ in UK. I HVHK « npvtial twmuiuvrc nnu
Mr. Totland recently donat- I pointed to seek co-operation of the
ed a large number of contain- j Harris and Montgomery counties
commissioners courts in securing
gate aid for the building or a high-
fray from Cleveland to Galveston.
The route of the proposed high-
way was mapped out at the meet-
ing as going from Cleveland to
Huffman , Crosby, Highlands and
then to Houston over the San Ja-
nV ( AP AI CJDMC einto bridge or to Galyeston either
DI LUvAL llllmKf) through Lynchburg or over the
_ (Tabbs Bay causeway.
D T A C V «. I' E. M. Dunks and O. A. Reid-
r.- I .A. Sponsors r irst; Un>| of Huffman and Crosby were
appointed to- a committee to se-
cure the right-of-way privileges
for the proposed roadl F; B.
Stratford, president of the associa-
tion, Mr.-Bunks and Mr. Reidland
were named on the committee to
appear before the commissioners
court and present plans of the
committee,
Upon the resignation of Thomas
Garth, vice president of High-
lands, Harold Brown was named
his successor.
It was disclosed by members of
(Continued on Page 6)
era to be used by the needy
for canning food. *
REFRIGERATION
SHOW PLANNED
Annual Exhibit in
Tri-Cities
Hp; * * •.
I WEEKS FROM today .can-
must "put up or shut up”
ents for candidates who
[their names on the primary
i will be fixed at a meeting
county Democratic execu-
nlttee. June 13 and the
' must be paid i« by June 18.
that date the Hst of can-
will be somewhat shorter,
of Harris county will
[just which ones really are
: ...a. . a S ' 1'
[ to church today. Tri-Cities
tions of many denondnn
1 ready to welcome you.
BRUCE CLUB ADDS
MANY MEMBERS
Around T<
Myers entering the
door of the Democrat.../
Flo McElhaney who is
her vacation in Con-
Zbtck in town for the day,
«H enthusiastic over the
and excitement of thq
M>il field....Dick McCauley
I Haderi waiting Oh * cus-
■ -Mrs. George Wright
in her car ....V. E.
r candidate fot* constable,
With friends....
• D. Williams walking along
street..Deputy Sheriff A.
Hamilton getting a shave..
Wilson Pursing a
jaw... .toothache, he
1 Wilkins crossing the
school district since it was organ- and herself remairied/tmdgr heavy
ized back in 1919 has established guard. J. V!, ■ 4*7/
unique record for collection of, The.letters obtained from Von
delinquent taxes, according to S. j (Continued on ?age ]Six) y.
A. Jordan, the tax collector.
Mr. Jordan has been collector of
the district since 1927. -
From 1927 up to 1931, 9(1 per j
cent of all taxes assessed have j
been collected, according to Mr. _____ . . J
Jordan’s records and in 1930 the, , _ . > j
collection mounted to 97.25 per i L/riVe ILXpCCtCu to LjlU
cent. r
j . Slight Decline
the depression has caused col-
lections of some school districts in
this slate to fall to 50 per cent or
below ami has caused many cities
to reach a state verging on bank-
ruptcy* Even in the Tri-Cities col-
lections of city taxes have been
slow, though not so bad as in oth-
er sections. * - .'
: But the Goose Creek Independ-
ent school district has shown a
comparatively small decline in the
(Continued on Page 6)
SSKav
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JTZrr a
onetime iDsislfttof and raiirO"
SSaS** "*■
Late in Week With
Thousands Signed
~ Work in securSig sigi)i»tures,of
East Harris county citiseris pledg-
ing themselves to support Ethan
W, Bruce, Goose Creek attorney,
for State representative, position
number 1, is -progressing rapidly
and it is expected that the mem-
bership drive will be completed
early this week, according to L.
P. Thibodaux, president of the
“Bruce for Representative club”,
Committees in the various com-
munities in this county and in the
city of Houston are circulating
the membership Wanks .and arp
enlisting many new members.,
The following pledge is being
circulated for signatures:
“We, whose “"iA
man of
the Baylor board
tees and as a member of t
ard of the Baptist
utlve board of the
convention of Texas
cept
tion as
of the exec-
generit
order to ac;
resigna-
Brooks, will become vice-president
under the new regime.
Fred Dittman officially announc-
ed today that he has secured the
Goose Creek Chevrolet automobile
agency, and that a carload of 1932
models are now on display at the
new home of the Fred Dittman
Chevrolet company at 324 Wt Tex-
as avenue.
Mr. Dittman stated that the
Fred Dittman OUdsmobile Buick
company has been moved to the
former location of the Pierce Chev-
rolet company at the corner of
Goose Creek and Main streets. This
location will serve as headquartera
for both the Buick and Oldamobile.
In announcing the purchase-- of
the Chevrolet franchise Mr. Ditt-
man said.it is to be a permanent
organisation/ -“Those who pur-
chase cair* from this compan? can
rest assured that we will be here
to give service, which is the big
feature of buying a car In your
bogle town," Mr. Dittman said.
For the past eight years Mr.
Dittman- has sold automobiles in
the Tri-Cities. He said the'first
Chevrolet agent in this area, sell-
ing hundreds of cars during the'
(Continued on Page Six)
POOL FOR BONDS.
RALLIES STOCKS
—
and commodity
will be held Tuesday and Wednes-
day at the Original Culpepper
Furniture company store on Tex-
as avenue In Goose Creek.
The show is sponsored by Par-
ent-Teacher Associations, and is
[being staged with five local deal-
ers participating in the showing.
To Register Nsmes
Each person who visits the show
—to be. held each afternoon from
2 to 4 and each evening from 8 to
10—is urged to register so that
one of the Parent-Teacher associa-
tions will receive credit. For each
person registered one of the Par-
ent-Teacher groups will receive
10 cents.
Economy of operation—it is
demonstrated that a refrigerator
pays for itself in a short time—is
stressed by Tri-Cities dealers, who
(Continued on Page Six)
Texans Barr
From Train
Memphis T
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 6 <UF)—LMdef« of Uw 1 <m
war veterans who took possession of the Pennsylvania rai
and stopped freight traffic for 14 hours in an attempt to got
tion, decided Saturday to move their army on foot toward
•n route to Washington, D. C.
Policy here asked to furnish an escort for tbs start.
The decision followed s hand-to-hand encounter in which police
pulsed a charge of about 76 veterans upon the railroad row
In the yards here.
The ex-soldiers gathered here Friday from Det^git and
and were augmented by approximately 400 Clevelanders. They
tained free rides on 10 freight ears furnished by the Now York l
tral on the trip from Toledo. . !
The “army of occupation” wee tattered and bWHpy, b*t mm
with military precision and discipline as it took over the railroad
wand roundhouse Friday
CADETS HELD IN
ATTACK ON GIRL
Doctors Substantiate
Story of Criminal
Assault
MEXICO CITY, June 6
Heavy loss of life
damage was feared I
earthquakes that sho
coast of Mexico.
active.
reports delayed j
casualties were reported from oth-
er western states.
mm
NEW BRAUNFELS, June 6
(UR)—'Testimony of three physi-
jcians has been offered to substan-
I tiate the story of Miss Clara Lee,
20, Toronto, Canada, that she was
NOT GUILTY PLEA5»#a5?b> l”
m/I UUiuii Charges against the cadets, Joe
“ • ” f n . . Mtyen, 26, of the ^52nd Aviation
Reduction of Bond Is Squadron School whose home is in
CURTIS ENTERS
STERLING STATES
ECONOMYWAYTO
BALANCE BUDGET
Governor Says Texas
In Better Shape
Than Others
By GORDON K. SBEAJ3ER
U. P. Staff Correspondent
AUSTIN, June 5 (019-Economy
is the only true way to “balance
the buget”, Governor Ross S.
Sterling said here Saturday.
Individuals, city, county and
state governments must reduce all
their expenditures to adjust them-
selves to changed conditions, he
declared.
Divide Labor
This and division of the avail-
able work among the total num-
ber of workers, is his outline of
the way to overcome the d
sion.
“Texas is in far better condition IN BONUS TRIP
than other parts of the country/’ -------1
said the governor. “The state re-
sources are so great that it can
take care of the situation. No one
will be allowed to remain hungry
in Texas.”
Dinner Inexpensive
As an example of how easy ; It
is to keep people fed in Taxes, the
governor cited a recent dinner at
(Continued Jri Page Six)
DISPOSAL PLANT
BASE IS POURED
Refused Creator of
Lindy Hoax
FLEMINGTON, N. J, June 5
(RE)—John Huiriws Curtiq, Nor*
folk.-jVfrr-bqatbullder and creator
of a gigantic ^ hoax in the Lind*
bergh Iddnaping ■ case, pleaded not
guilty when arraigned Saturday on
a charge of obstructing justice.
Hia attorney, C. Lloyd Fieher,
a local lawyer, asked for reduc-
tlSTcf his *10,000 bail, but Judge
Adam Q. Robbins refused, and
sent Curtis back to jail.
Curtis, leader in Norfolk social
activities, had confessed to police
4ti* “eOntects*’ with kidnapers of
(Continued on Pegs 4)
i
town Unit is
East Baytown Unit '
to Be Completed by *”J**0"* 1
Louisville, Ky„ and Raleigh Bak-
er, 24, Headquarters Squadron at
Randolph field, whose home ad-
dress is Big Stone Gap, Vs., were
filer here Friday.
Mlss Lee said the two young
men mistreated her after offering MMrrte torthe 1
to take her to Waco. She told of- n"f 1 ___
fleers she was on her way home:of the East Baytown new 48,000
to Toronto after a visit in t-h#-.’ disposal unit waa completed Sab-
End of June
/|r; J'
Rio Grande Valley and . Mexico
when the men asked her destina-
tion. She said they explained she
was on the wrong highway and
they would take her to Waco.
The young girl said the cadets
released her near town after mis-
treating her. The owlets
It waived
[ were held
ke bond.
preliminary hearing and
when they failed to
ATTEND
-!
S BALL
of persons late
of formation of a plOOJWO,-
000 pool to support the
ket.
Stocks rose 1 to 4 points,
soared 1 to 10 points; wheat ral-
lied to small gains after an early
decline; cotton firmed up sefpt
pom*,Uhk i*1* ralMtr
The bond pool will not be ready
state of Colima at 30. Additional to operate until next week, but so ant
great was the effect prices acted
as if it were now in operation.
B. S. Herring. 71, of Hull, fa-
ther of G. R. Herring, was in a
local hospital today and a Hull
resident was being held in Liber-
ty county jail as result of an ar-
of rent on
d by Mr.
The tenant attacked Mr. Herring
when he went to collect rent from
him, G, R. Herring said. The ten- of the ball.
struck Mr. Herring with a
stick, inflicting severe scalp
the anual ball of the Goose Creek
jjr '1"”“ “ Tri‘cl“”
; Firemen expected to entertain
almost 1,000 persons. Numerous
prises were being purchased to
award to persons who catch a
“golden’’ balloon in the
500 JOIN IN
DALLAS BODY
DALLAS, June I (UP),
wards of 600 world war
had registered Saturday
War Veterans' Relief
preparatory for a march to
ingtOB to demand bonus
A large contingent fr
Antonio was expected and
company from El Paso and
coast was expected before‘l
teran* start their
tiw nation’s capital.
He association ia fowling
housing the men. '
AUSTIN MSN - •
ON FREIGHT
AUSTIN, June 6 (UP),
100 war veterans loaded their i
cote, a goat and a donkey,
freight train and rode on to |
and Dallas early Saturday
ing en route to Washington to
mand bonus payment.
TEXANS HALTED
■ .a
MEMPHIS, TENN, Junk
(UPLAa-uarmy ef SOS >
veterans from Texas mad
homa matched wits
police and railway official, in
effort jto gain transpoi ‘ “ *
ward Washington.
The 400 bonus marehen i
Oklahoma was reinforced by
Texas army of 200 veterans.
Orders have gone out to 1
crews of the Southern Pacific j
way not to move a train
ward which had
veterans. The Ti
a special Missouri Pacific
ger train from
m
out of Memphis this morning 1
II (Continued on Page 6)
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DALLAS, June 6 <UI9-
Ferguson and Mrs. Miriam A. 1
former governors,
p,»rwiison1 s i
to Tyler
urday. Twelve Tri-Citians are
Ma>L1hm ••wAmm 1L. A, «aa4 i An a,/ 124
working under tne direction ox Jb.
B. Cocking, contractor, in building _
.
Excavation woric was completed f"
iFridsy with the digging of 12 feet JJJ
adjolmng the present sepUe tank.
The unit will be the same sise as
the original plant,‘and when com-
pleted wll givo the town double ita
present sewerage facilities.
According to Mr. Cocking di- . . lwj.
mensions of the new unit will be
11 feet deep, 37 feet long and 18 Jggrgg^
1MhooIs. making six p,
is oemg employe^ on tn® projev f tiitAiiti -«*«
which will be completed before the 1 ^
end of June. , only the equity in ml
Dallas Ferguson meetings.
Ferguson devoted i
address to exposition
of economy in state
Ferguson urged
highway commission,
the fee system, three-way <
OLD ALTAR STONE IN CRYPT!
ST LOUIS <IU9—An alter stone, I TRI-CITIBS
used as eirly as 1675 in France, island warm Sund
in the crypt of St. Francies EAST
ballroom j Xavier’s church here. The stone,[tonight
dance which was to be the feature brought to St. Louis by Father t showers w«
Marquette when he was tracing Jpor
Special taxicab service was ar- the co
. ranged for transportation fpr those ^ is
* who do not have cars. • Ar
Bpi
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 4, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 5, 1932, newspaper, June 5, 1932; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1019490/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.