The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 261, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 4, 1933 Page: 1 of 8
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[ Indiana with too mcoy wivca,
,t one cent a pound, man-
trees that conquer the salt
ikeletona dug from mounds
(night moths of gay colors,
learned men from the Uni-
y of Miami, and other things
erest Americana, and for a
never a suggestion about
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THE TRI-CITIES SUN
VOLUME 14-NO. 261
OF GOOSE CREEK, PELLY AND BAYTOWN
GOOSE CREEK, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1933 Suecmnor To Daily Tribune
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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[ are traveling through the
of Ssmhtole Indians,
. very few. They uae white
I they have to bootleggers,
[they do not like white men.
miles back in the Ever-
K tn roads almost impassible,
[find their real villages, with
property left beside the
"Sale?" yotr as*.“Yes,
safe. White men don’t
in here. Indians do not
’ They est .bHah “pretend”
along the high road, to
l money from whites, but do
■lintthere. ^ ;'/
hat sort of people are they?
■Gifford tells you part of their
1 mixture in which Indian
MAYOR VOTE REPORTED CLOSE
IR*rA
Among*
*r
Cubley Leading
^owery In Race
or Felly Mayor
MOB THREAT
IN SLAYING
IS lELLED
Bused on early and incomplete returns, K. A. Cubley, R
employe of the Humble Oil and Refining’ company at Bay-i*'ang£r®
town, was holding a slight lead over George Lowery, machine
shop operator and rainier member of the board of aider-
men, in the race for mayor at Pelly. ,i L i'M
At 1:30 p. m., wifh 83 votes cast out of a possible 230,
Cubley had palled 42 and Lowery 32. -------
In the race for alderman, of which five will be elected
from a field of seven candidates, W. C. Williams, with 68;
A. H. Carter, with 63; R. C. Stephenson, with 61; Guy C.
Hooks with 61; and B. C. Littlefield, with 46, were leading.
In sixth position, close behind Littlefield, was E. E. Seale,
tolth- 45. ■ — rv. •.. . -■ Wsi |||
Are
Called
-v..
Seminoles were lighten, cver
there5 wsre enough of ;
^ fight Chief Billy B:w-
I fought the United States sel-
ls so hard that Uncle. Sam,
Y, decided t« buy him off and
Fighting in swampy
was no white man’s
l in those diys there were
ilanes to bomb the miserable
with housfes raised on
we the stagnant wateri
Bowlegs accepted 1100,090
[y irom .Uncle 8am, and I t
be moved to Oklahoma,
I snly two wives and 70 negro
Texas Crude
Joura Out of State
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WA, Ok., April 4 (C.E)—
petroleum poured from the
East Texas reservoir last
(rJn flood proportions, the Oil
^Journal reported today, n*
8*aA was toe output the
1 announced it Had abandon-
' practice «f Hating reported
a, substituting instead es-
1 ef the output, both illicit
[permitted.
tOUNDTOWN
Pittman, who once dos- ;
• R. Myeifa print shop for
to ’pay rent, displaying
Vote for Myers” sign on his 1 Michigan became the first state to Germany Saturday, will not be re-
bile. .. .Lee Sloan “tacki-
n' B. Warne....Glenn
•till in town....J. S.
Jr., on his way home
writ.,..Dr. L. A. Hank-
ing and looking back
*ve David now in the
department at Paine’s
• Gas Anchick viewing
'pects from toe Pelly
steps....Henry Whid-
gotiating for a place to
^ business institute....
Ann
from West Indian is-j v- c- p°rt«r, city marshal, s»ek-
Also there is much negro re-election, was far in the lead
the ,Semtaolig**ed to hav -----------------------------------------
. slaves. There is Spanish
i»nd even some Scotch; Tr.e
er of Chief Osgeola was
sn. He Iptroduced broad
tnd plaids now worn by
s that once preferred buck-
WABNING TO VOTERS
Polls in the Pelly city elec-
tion will dose at 6 p. m. to-
day instead of 7 p. m. The
one hour earlier dosing time
was fixed by order of the
board of aldfpen.
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to Point Blank” As
Five Are Jailed In
Ambush of Farmer
Ofr?.*** i u* '^HgF1 1 1 c".
POINT BLANK, Texas, April 4
HIE)—Two Texas rangers win
here today investigating threat-
ened violence brewing among citi-
zens after "five men hiui been
charged with the assassination of
A won Copeland, 4&, a tarorer;'
The rangers were dispatched
I from Houston last night after re-
OF ILLEGAL OIL ^
SENT TO HOUSTON
I ing. He fcad 70 Rnot^un and rifle
1 wounds Jn hjg body. -t
‘.ast Texas‘Crude Is Word of toe slaying, however,
Who Will Be—
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OFFICIALS
T
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HOLD COUNT
Mayor K. My
Results of Race Will
Npt Be Made Known
Until After Closing
of Polls at 7 p. m.
Although no definite information
waa available, reporta at S p. m.
today were that R. L Carter and
Slayor C.R. liyera were running a
neck and neo» race ;a the rnumci-
bal election hero. ___
Carter was reported to have a
Next Mayor?
SCHROCKflfflPF
CRY TO POSTPONE
LIGHT RATE FIGHT
Being Sold Under
Posted Prices
'HOUSTON, Tex., April 4 0>-
did
not reach the rangers until’ Committee to
efj CBfa Springs'-afftl
Confer
ttipre than 48 hour* because of
h\(k of communication systems in
this area.
John Browder, county attorney, .
*,he ,,vt ~ w^,r;:zrr •"
With Manager Is
Proposed
TC:X 1017l rir":"‘Tl Ll,” ■*ih- h”“i“ ^
The pails at Pelly opened at 8
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BUSINESS COURSE
f LOCATION PICKED
... »t
^ flRi^Lectiii^at
f Bap,i^£hurch
lW to
Practically all plans for the
business institution to be held her.
Thursday and Friday lor T.i-
Cities merchants ware announced
today by1 Henry Whiddon, manager
here today and being offered on
the open market at 20 cents a bar-
rel, plus freight charges, the Un-
ited Press learned from a reliable
source. -
The freight charge of 12 1-2
| cents a barrel made the price 32
1-2 cents, or 17 1-2 cents under
the posted. East Texas .price of
60 cents.
Much of the “distress” oil is be-
ing bought by brokers acting for
refineries on the Atlantic seaboard
it was learned. Storage facilities
were reported filled and a great
deal of the 0)1 was forced to «<*
main in the cars, with consequent
losses from demurrage.
Informed oil men said the oil
L giving up slavery. Chief
L Tail killed himself rather
leave Florida, which he
-. Real estate agents Tsv#
ed that selling point
' ‘ ~ Ej-
^ - *•* ,m” ngfesSS ZUfc V h
be held at 7:30 p. m. each day,
will be in the basement of the First
Baptist church, They will be con-
ducted by Henry W. Stanley, na-
tionally known authority on eco-
partly because it is toe nearest
large oil center and partly because
plans cal! for reshipment to the
eastern refineries by tankship.
A belief that an embargo will
be placed on railroad tank car
shipments of oil, but not on tarik-
nomics and business administru- er shipments, also was held by home of her father, Rs'P. Baker,
tion, who Is being sent hire by the
without charge.
The Retail Merchants associa- Un
tion and the Tri-Cities Sun are
sponsoring the institute.
“Those who attended the ses-
(Continued on Page Eight)
MICHIGAN FIRST
school campus to the farm of J.l™* Power com^Y to dlKUS!
(Continued on Page Eight) ' rates, W. R. Schrock, one of the
--- j leaders in the demand for lower
light rates, last night asked the
BURIAL RITES FOR
MSS BAKER TODAY
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Services to
Be Held
At Tabernacle For
Young Woman
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Funeral services were to be held
at 4 p. m. today for Miss Bessie
Clifford Baker, 33, who died at
9:30 a. m. yesterday at her home
at 212 West Wright, Goose Creek.
Goose Creek city commission to
not tike action on a resolution set-
ting an arbitrary schedule of rates
here.
The Commission took no action
on the request, and no comment
waa made. >
Schrock proposed that C. D.
Massey, county commissioner, be given to taxpayers in Goose Creek
H Pearson .pastor, officiating, as-
sisted by Rev. William Dean White
pastor of Grace Methodist church.
Burial was to be in Cedarcrest
cemetery under direction of the
Paul U. Lee funeral home.
Miss Baker, who resided at the
appear before H. 0. Clark, vfee
president and general manager of
toe lighting and power company,
GET THE BUN - H
BUSCTSOff BHtA
The Ban will publish a*
'a|setf|i3M|r| if*i, gffe§ ttor
result* of the Goose JCmfc
and Pelly municipal election*
are available tonight. TW»
extra will carry the unoffici-
al, figure*. It should he on
the street about f p. at.
i
SJOLANDER NEW
BOARD HEAD FOR
BAYOU SCHOOLS
lead of ataet two to box
to 4w
matniy tha sama ratio.
City Attorney Vernon Coe this
TAX PENALTY DAY
IS DELAYED AGAIN
Purchase of Shell U
Ordered to Repair
City Streets
T
John Kilgore Deposec
After 25 Years As
At to# meeting of the board he'd
If st night, John M. Kilgore, who
I an been chairman of the board
for a quarter of a century, wa*
deponed. Sam Y. Sjolander, who
for a number of years has been
a member of the board, was named
to succeed Kilgore in presiding
ov?r board meetings.
The vote was three" to two, with
R. E, Smith, new member of the
board elected Saturday, joining
H with Amos Jennischo and Joe
Another 30 days grace has been Syer in voting for Sjolander.
aimhip U. S.
dead or
The
parently a vi
Fleet ’■
A few hour. .
planes circled slowly
dense fog from Barnegat 1
Atlantic City, search
survivors.
They found four nv
through the eollapse of t
l rune work and envelops
craft in which Rear
Uam A Moffett had
tinguished passenger on a J
jected New England cruise.
One Maa Die*
One of the four picked up
the first vessel to flash word
the disaster—toe German
Hioebus—was chief radio man
brrt W. Copeland, who had
vived the crash of the U. i
Shenandoah in 1926. He died on
the Phoebus.
— «TlSfriiri
Moody Erwin, also were (
ed up by the Phoebus and pti.
aboard the Destroyer Tucker. i l
’The rescue fleet, feeling I
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' $£|i
; J
asked to head the delegation fo in which to start paying on the
“ *ESSPJSSriS
authorities to be partly respon- had been in ill health for more
companies have been disregarding
proration restrictions and allowing
their East Texas wells to fldw
reely during the past 10 days.
TO VOTE REPEAL
DETROIT, Mich., April 4 ®.B>
BOYCOTT AT AN END
BERLIN, April 4 «!J!>-The
Anti-Semitic boycott that closed
Jewish business houses throughout
ratify repeal of the 18to amend
ment today „when returns of the
state 1,801 precincts gave wets
an overwhelming l***1 of nearly
4 to 1.
j Wets were assured of mpre than
70 of the 100 delegates who on
April 10, will go through toe
| formality of voting as instructed.
A bare majority of 61 i* *»f«-
C? The^poiwlw vote from lJKH pre-
e"?rrcprai413^5. «'
^LoSS returns indicated the
district.
CB!tucoJS^i
concentration in
Houston. 111 for th*pMt ^
Unconfirmed reports among oil (Continued on Page Eight)
men were to the effect that many
sumed tomorrow, a government
statement said today.
than three years, an* had been
Jimmie and Betty
File Intent to Wed
CANNES, France, April 4 (UP.)
—Official banns for the marriage
of James J. Walker and Betty____ .n Tr,..11l rirr
Compton, actress, was published at jjef there should be two represent-
Town Hall today. Under French
law banns (intention to marry) Highlands and Cedar Bayou,
must be published ten days before
| the ceremony.
Barometer Falling Rapidly
But Storm Warning Absent
A steadily and rapidly falling ing threatened to develop into
barometer, coupled by a heavy
wind that roared Wh above the
earth, this afternoon brought
threats of a storm to the Tri-
Cities and the Gulf Coast
At the Baytown plant of the
Humble Oil and Refining com-
pany, the barometer had* fallen
from 29.80 at noon to 29.70 an
hour and a half later, and was
strong*wind»
general showers.
However, despite local condi-
tions, no word had been received
at the Baytown station of the Ra-
dio Marine Corporation of any ap-
proaching storm.
The operator there reported
that Btatic has been bad all day
and that reception of communica-
tion. has been most dU
There was nothing in
issued by the
tricity users in the Tri-Cities.
The petitions threaten removal
of meters unless flat charges are
eliminated.
The resolution, which was tabled
by the commission two weeks ago,
lays the groundwork for court ac-
tion by which the city would at-
tempt to force the light company
to put into effect the rates it out-
Km . .. ■* •'
An ordinance, adopting the rates
scheduled in the resolution must be
adopted, but hot until 20 or more
days after the resolution is passed.
Schrock pointed out that Clark
has said repeatedly that if a de-
legation would appear before him,
he would discuss the rate etntc
tore*. Schrock expressed the be-
atlves from each of the Tri-Cities,
I Commissioner J. D. Jones said
he thought it would not be fair to
action from the company
when the commission had agreed
to waft untl April 18 for an an-
swer to requests for action.
Jones was informed by Mayor C.
R. Myers and Schrock that the
Houston Lighting and Power com-
pany was not included in the time
pany alone had bene given the ^ 40(1 * lon* •’*
extra time, *ba“ *»
■ -5
■
first half of toe current
amt*' 1
The Goose Creek city comrais-
SSI
of the first half, until May 1. It
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TEXAS BOXING
BILLJAVORED
AUSTIN, Tex., April 4 «IB-
The bill to legaliw boxing matches
for prizes had the unanimous ap-
proval of the Texas house of rep-
resentatives committee of state af-
fairs today. It was reported by
the committee last night.
The original measure was chang-
ed to put supervision under the
state labor commissioner instead
of a boxing commission and to re-
duce the tax on admission from
' ten to five per rent. An annual
license fee is proposed for each
establishment where matches are
staged.
Sol Donnelly and AHen Wright
voted against Sjolander.
Sjolander’s name for the chair-
manship was submitted by Smith.
Neither Kilgore nor 8jolander
voted,
i*
the board over A. W. Fayle, who
slso had been a member for sev
oral years.
Jennisch? last night was elected orchestra under the
secretary to replace Fayle.
There was m <ii?cus«ion or ar-
gument over the election of
chairman. :
The board transacted but little
business last night, canvassing of
the votes of Saturday’s election
and brief discussion of the tax ing R. W.
situation being the only other
subjects to be brought up.
The offeial vote canvass gave
Donnelly 01 votes; Smith 40, and
Fayle, 26.
Concerning taxes, it was pointed
out by Superintendent W. A War-
ren that if th* Cedar Bayou
schools are to remain open for the
full nine-month period, approxi-
mately |2600 more in taxes will
The bill would also regulate have to be collected between now
wrestling in a similar fashion. end the time for closing in May.
ROTARIANS TO BE
GUESTSOF
Lee Orchestra
For Luncheon
Club Today
Member* of the Rotary
to be invited to next
meeting of the lions
guests of the latter
decided at today’* meet
Lions dub at ;Grace
church.
The Lions were furaii
tidnment by the Robert
W. L. Want
Guests of th# club
V. Spence, deputy sheriff,
S. Frazier.
A report on the
contest between
showed J. D.
1640-1210 score,
goon, with the lo«
uled to honor the
banquet at Henry
home on the bay.
The member, of th. •
v&o played included f '
w . J
Wesley
Bily i
Daredevil Weaver Is Glad
100-Hour Drive Near
DuaMI Weaver, veering Ihelttat event Be »1U
end of his 100-hour sleepless en-
bed prepared
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 261, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 4, 1933, newspaper, April 4, 1933; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1019525/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.