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STORM HEADS TOWARD SOUTH
tPE, with its gold countries
has begged, implored !
j^tsd that the United States)
the. dollar” and keep that
tt-wit from dropping any]
/ They were surprised to i
^president,B9SMy?!l.,thSt.
to theldollar hasn’t dropped! ,
Mgh.
president, according to the
Press and other reports,
to worry'about the dollar.
70 ON BOARD
LOST BARGES
ARE HUNTED
Negotiating
John (Jake the barber) Fac-
tor is rtegotkting «ith his kid-
napers for his freedom, accord-
ing to his son Jerome, himself
t Victim «f ridhaper# * few
weeks ago. Mfs. FactorT is i!j
because of worry over her hus-
band, Below is Factor. ” —'
Europe Rejects New
Rooseveh Proposed
government issues good
It will buy anything for
the United States. If for-
vernments and individuals
that money, they need
it
eountry "stabilizes the dol-
putting the name of the
Stites on it, thus making it
money in the world.
:iers here and abroad
sted in stabilization,
comparisons between the
ond toreign monies, let
-nd to the stabilization
is not the United States’
Coast Guard and Plane
Searching Seas for
Missing Craft After
Storm, Cripples Tugs
NEW YORK, July 5 <U.P)_
Seven coast guard boats and a
seaplane searched wind-swept
seas from Cape May, N. J., to
JLewes, Del., today in a frantic
search for 70 or more persons
adrift on barges disabled by an
unseasonable storm that wrecked
half a dozen other vessels and sent
at least five men to death.
No trace of any of the miss ng
barges had been discovered.
The only story of wnat happened),
was contained (p n^pger wireless
leports and in the tale oi the crew
of a rescued ship, the collier A. L.
Kent.
Plowing through heavy seas ofi
Fenwicke shoals Monday, the
tug j
(widow of Jack "Legs” Dia-
murdered by gunmen,
recently that she was
|of protecting underworld
That was a dangerous 19,000-ton collier sighted the
<nt. The police found Brooks Scanlon towing three lum-
\ t bullet in her right tern-1 ber barges. Soon the tug called
underworld character ihe collier back by wireless. The
[to be sure that she would tow line was afoul her prope.ier
'again. land the seas were pounding the
ilice believe that Mrs. Dia-J b-’-ges toward the shoals
WINSTEAD MAKES
«........ ~ ~ ....... B(BiD(^ $ J000 IN
who killed her SnSaifr WM** of the barges was T BUlQ/Ifl An tnPAII
raftterefr to mafcr nm*‘tne o. ^-wvttaer.- ~ 'i ne-Trc* wimf-- • tHAllUL 1/1* AnM/II
: bers of her crew launched a dory. |
an I n d i cted
In Burning Of
SonV Home
nrafttered' to
not tell.
rjll become of jll these ' Captain Edward Leveau maneuv-ri_ . *f.
|wken repeal of prohibition ered his sl.ip to take the men relly M
■y their bootleg profit? aboard, but they relused.
: for ransom will prob-1 The dory struggled through the
«se as bootleg financing1 waves but could not make the tug,
t*li*$er, Saturday in Chi- and when last seen was drifting
Jake the Barber” Factor, rapidly away.
I by police as * moat my ‘ Capt.Levau turned his atten-
er, in various direc- j (Continued on Page Six)
i kidnaped while his wife,
son and lawyer were
m. The kidnapers, busi-
GIVEN COURT JOB
and save him from be-, |
L* His 19-year-old son I
fitly kidnaped, and ran
Ifor $100,000.
Bond in the sum of $1000 had
been furnished today by William
Winstead, 65, of Pelly, on a charge
of arson in connection with the
burning the night of June 7 of
the house owned by his son, Guy
Winstead.
The elder Winstead was indict-
I - ed last week by the Harris coun-
-lO.C. Krueger Named Si
NORRIS WILL
TALK ON DRY
ISSUE HERE
Confirmation Phoned
From Fort Worth On
Speaking Scheduled
at Elms Field Sunday
J. Frank Norris, Fort Worth
fundamentalist and fiery prohibi-
tion orator, will deliver an address
at Elms Field here beginning at
8 p. m. Sunday nighty Rev. Wm.
Dean White, pastor^ of Grace
Methodist church, announced today.
Rev. White had confirmation of
the engagement in a long distance
telephone call from the offices of
'Norris early today. The speaker
will fly from Fort Worth Sunday
'afternoon, landing at the Houston
, airport about 6 p. m, He will be
irogt fhm,A te )«*i wa Ja jw .*»:!
tomobiTe arid will Be brought di-
vwrtriaainTwr^ ..........- -
All churches of the area haye
agreed to cancel their Sunday
evening services and join in mak-
ing the meeting a Tri-Cities wide
affair. “No one has turned us
down,” Rev. White said. *•
A large choir, composed of sing-
ers from all the churches, .will be
(Continues ,j Page Six)
Half T.
on of Fish
Hooked in Half-Day
Jaunt at Freeport
Over half a ton of fish and
k! *
fins.
___T That was the catch made off
the banks of Freeport yester-
day by a party of fishermen
including Dr, H. H. Duke, of
Goose Creek.
The party cast off hboflt
S i. m. and remained op the
banks until 2 p. m. The 119
fish caught totalled over
1000 pounds, and consisted
mainly of kingfish and mack-
erel, The largest, a king,
was nearly five feet in length
and weighed approximately 80
pounds.
Dr, Duke was “plumb wore
out” today. *
REPEAL TEST Dl
SOUTH K WAITED
REFUSAL TO
ACCEPT MAY!
END PARLEY
Instructions Firmer
Than Previous Note
Outlining A 11 ityde
of United States
LONDON, July 6 (I'.Ri—Presi-
dent Roosevelt’s suggestions on
how the world economic confer-
ence might continue its work were
regarded as decidedly unsatisfac-
tory today by members of the
steering Committee of the confer-
ence.
The president’s suggestions, be-
fore being made public, were con-
nniinnoio veyed to members of the confer-
BY WET C0H0p“~^ -
‘ Igtate Cordell Hull that unless the
Lindy’» Aide
Though his role in the propos-
ed flight of CoL «nd Ur*.
Charles A Lindbergh through
the north wilt be a minor one, ^
19-yearofd Henry Tywberffff
of East Orange, N, 1. I*
proud of it. He i*’cabin boy on
the 8. 8. Jelling, mother ship.
HURRICANE
WILL MISS:
It® ■ \<
Arkansas - A 1 a bama-****&«& haA^9ssBtti^-.^ssst,^k
- V6tf E~ted to-
_*• ^ Decide r ate ^ . with the exception of a few econ-
-— [omic subcommittees.
WASHINGTON, July 5 dl.P)— j it was reported the new instruc-
Political observers today believ- tions from the president were even
•ed the forthcoming prohibition DIrmer t*lan Bis telegram of Mon-
day which brought the conference
the verge of collapse.
BELLVILLE MAN IS
Aid Criminal
Appeals
RNOR MOORE of New,
By, will demand a liw - r’
sleeping truck drivers' AUSTIN, July 6 (U.PI—C.
i motorists, as regards Krueger, Bellville, today was
nt, in rise of accident. pounced by Gov. Miriam A. Fer-
j’aeeiHents on New Jera?y’s gUg0n as her appointee for the
re been caused by truck commission to assist the state
Dtinued on Page Six)
V. C. Porter, of Pellyrand Assist-
ant District Attorney Barron Phil-
lips, eoupty arson investigator.
Porter-made the arrest.
Another indictment in the case
jis expected Porter said today, a-
this investigation disclosed there
were two men involved in the
burning of the home. Both were
WEAR BECOMES
NEW ROTARY HEAD
McKinney Retires as
Term Ends; Thanks
Club Members
polls in Alabama and -Arkansas
will dgtermine whether there is to
be a fight or a runaway victory
for the repealists. These states will
provide the first real test in the
south. mm
Sixteen states in succession have
voted to supplant the 18th amend-
ment with the 21st, which in ef-
fect is a, repealer. Alabama and
Arkansas vote July 18. Practical
politicians believe repeal victories
in both states would mean almost
a shutout defeat for drys.
Dr. C. W. Spear, becoming pre- Tim repeal forces now are dar-
sident of the Goose Creek Rotary in* even challen*e th« dry sen
Delegation members Indicated
the statement today would reiter-
(Continued on Page Six)
lOUNDTOWN
H in a Liberty restau-
I Tri-Citian heard a re-
ut a radio program
ponded so good that the
■ remarked “ita from
I. . . LaVeme Hester
Mil for bowling in a big
I What a Fourth It was
•■*ith no arrests, HU M*
nothing to write
, . . Frank Har-
Roy Epperson tailing
| the fight* at Tri-GItly
i • • O. Hasty hurrying
‘ t truck . . . Mrs. Bi S.
irom Humble is visit-
»°n. Garrett ... and
Herring, back from
d'« (sir, reports a big
got on the air
in » national radio
on Harmonica Hank’s
*«• the mike
Pj*"t calling to taU about
••"-Humble dance July
Wm. Dean White is
“P on J. D. Fuller
«ad did Doc Duke
«med while eetching
. . . J. j. ^
Frank Harbuck con-
s' Mbs. H. M. Tot land
to t magazine subscrip-
**< . . Jade FYanda
lb P"1 f'rtnk Poh „„ ,he
C0Jmige "Kro"^^ wm' succeed |aeen t0 ent<*r the Win!,tead house’
Judge George Calhoun, Austin. ‘bucketltopSd in the^aJd'ofU^
No announcement was made re- home afl they ^ from ^ bun.
garding a state banking comm,s- ^ conUined |(ne
aioner. The res.gnatmn of James, Severa| persong saw ^ me
Shaw, present commissioner whojand jt wag gtatemfntl, uken from
is to be a federal home loan bank ^ witnMWB that M to the e]d.
director, has not been received yet, Wjnstetd.„ Tndictmw)tf
it was announced. |
Krueger wa| a candidate for
state representative last year but
was defeated by Rep. Fritz Engle-
hard of Eagle Lake.
It ia expected here that Judge
Calhoun will bl named official re-
TURNER WINNER
IN AIR EVENTS
los Angeles, July
Col. Roacoe Turner, tods
6 (UP)—
y held a
porter for the court of criminal' major share of the glory and
appegla, a post made vacant sev- riches of the 1988 national air
club today, named committees for
the year and inaugurated two in-
novations calculated to increase
fellowship of the organisation.
Dr. Spear succeeds Carl McKin-
ney, who has been president for
the past year. President McKin-
ney expressed his appreciation to
members of the club for their co-
operation with him during his
term and asked them to continue
the same support for the new chief
officer. “Not a man failed me
during the year,” he said.
Dr. Spear asked the members to
support him ip the- work during
the year. “I can succeed only as
you help me ta succeed,” he said.
(Continued on Page Six)
real months ago by the death
Judge W. C. Wear.
It, «ra that wasn’t
I'rank was fishing . ..
W- Kilpatrick, out for
^ ■ 1* Porte’, fireworks
U torn her* leet
_fc>bby Carter rep^-
Driscoll Declines to
Take Bank Head Pott
AUSTIN, July 5 UUb-M. C.
Driscoll, Houston insurance man,
today declined the offered appoint- counw
ment as etate banking commiilioh-
er in a message to Gov. Miriam A..
- Driscoll, former Yoakum banker
end a past president of the Texas
bankers association, had been rec-
ommended for appointment as
ita|s commissioner by former Gov-
ernor James E. Ferguson.
The Houston man wired today
his business was such he could not
accept the appointment, ........r-;
HUOHES-NORRI8 DEBATE
CORSICANA, July H «»-
Maury Hughes, Dallas, chairman
of the Texas Democratic executive
committee, end J. Frank Norrie.
Fort Worth.
races.
He climaxed his brilliant per-
formances of the meet by driving
his golden Wedell-WilUems plane
to victory in the Thompson trophy
event at.the close of the races
yesterday.
Fifty thousand spectator! saw
Turner zoom around a 100 mile
shortly before the
holiday dusk to win the Thompson
trophy with an average speed of
241.061, • -
Goose Creek Audit
Started By Davies
R. Glenn Davies, Houston audi-
timent of Oklahoma, which with
Kansas long has been bracketed
as uncompromisingly for the 18th
amendment.
While repealists are prepared to
elaim final victory if they can win
Alahama and Arkansas, they also
are looking with much Interest to
Virginia, where Governor Pollard
is blooking a vote. The state has
been an anti-saloon league citadel.
A recapitulation of repeal pros-
pects in 4he 32 states still to vote
shows that pending the Alabama-
Arkansas poll, five states general
ly are regarded ** dry—Colorado,
Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, and Ok
S. P IS PREPARED
TO OPEN GILLIARD
Further Delav si Seen
By School District
And Pelly
ITALIAN PLANES
LEAVE IRELAND ON
WAY TO ICELAND!
With the co-operation of the
Southern Pacifii^rallroad promis-
ed, the city of Goose Creek today
i» awaiting satisfactory arrange-
ments of the city of Pelly and the
Goose Creek Independent school | lay northward along the Hebrides
district, before' taking further islands and northweetward across
Bad Weather Lifts to
Permit Armada to
Resume Flight
LONDENDERRY. Ireland, July
5 (UP).—General Italo Balbo to-
day led his fleet of 24 Italian
royal air force "856X” flying boats
on the third stage of their trip to
the Chicago exposition—a 980 mile
flight to Reykjavikwn, Iceland.
Balbo’s plane took off from the
waters of Lough Neath at 12:40
p.m. (7:40 a.m., E.D.T.) and the
other planes followed group by
group. The last plane took the air
at 1 p.m. (8 a.m., EJS.T.)
, Held here since Sunday by bad
weather, the planes faced
dangerous stretch of their 7.100-
mile Gfbetello-Chicago flight on
the cruise to Iceland. Their course
fer
't'JIIRH
Blow Of Increasing
Intensity Expected
To Strike .Thursday
Near Corpus Christi
HOUSTON, To* July 6
An advisory from the weather bu-
reau at Washington today said a
tidpioal htrrfcaae prebably would
past inland between Corpus Chris-
| ti and Brownsville, Texas., tomor-
row moreiag.
Northeast storm warnings were
ordered up at noon from Browns-
ville to Pert 0*C—lift ’ 1JBM
-The advisory was as follower
"Tropical disturbance central
about 26.30 north 91.80, west,
about 860 miles almost due east of
Brownsville, Texas, moving slight-
ly north of west about 12 miles
an hour. '
“Disturbance has Increased both
In extent and intensity, now at-
tended by shifting gales over con-
siderable area and by winds of
hurricane force near center. Indi-
cations are center will pass inland
over south Texas coast between
Corpus Christi and Brownsville
ed .vessels, in. and near path,*!.
POSTAL
HERE
TESTS
NOT SET
Murderer Ends Hunt Of
Texas Woman For Work
SAN ANTONIO, July 6 m»-
Tli* trail of a job today had led said she toft hoipe Sunday after a town, both said they have heard for the moat
' ' * “ ---- '-------- Nothing,
to dosth for Mrs. Alma Dell Cab-
bie, whose body, bearing evidence
of a lethal blow from a milk bot-
tle, wa* found In a
apartment house here.
Police Investigating the slaying
found the woman had gone to the
Although an examination has
been called for a permanent poat-
____________(master at Highlands, no informa-
tor, today began the annual audit tlon •»«» received relative to
the situations in the Tri-Citiee.
Postmasters at all three offices
here said today they have not been
pdviaed of any plans for holding
examination* for replacement of
the temporary officials now in
|itr|e. 'V„
Mrs. Ervin Flowers, acting post-
master at Goose Creek, said it is
unlikely an examination will be
held for this office before Sep-
tember, as the lest test was held
September last year. j
Civil service rules require that
j but one examination be held each
year. Mrs. Maud Collier, at
Her sister, Mrs. A. B. Georges, p«ny, *nd C. C. Burgess, at Bsy-
of the city’s books and records.
He was awarded the contract list
week at.a price of $126.
Davies made jthe audit in Febru,
ary wt the time B. J. Smith was
dismissed as city manager. City
Secretary Henry Whiddon said he
did not know how long the city
would require.
steps toward opening of South
Gilliard street across the railroad
right of way.
CHy Attorney Vemon Co* has
received « communication from H.
M. Lull, executive vice president
pf the Southern Pacific for Texaa,
which stated the ruilroiul will
grant the right of way for Gilliard
street, but for ho other streets, at
present.
The city has requester opening
at Gilliard, Jack, James end
Pearce avenues^ ;.
City Secretary Henry Whiddon
said today that because of fin-
ancial difficulties, Pelly will be un-
able to purchase street right-of-
propoeed route else Use on pro-
(Continued on Page Six)
tbe Atlantic, up above the southern
extreme of the'drift ice area to
Reykjavik, off the great Faxa
Fiord on the. west coast of Iceland,
t The armada wirelessed at 8:86
p.m. that it had passed the first
patrol trawler
land and was
r on the reate to. toe-
proceeding normSny,
+
CITY AVOIDS
BAROMETER HOLD - —
STEADY FOB AREA
fW that .there would be a rept-
tion in the Tri-Cities of the storm
of August 18 last year, weip al-
layed today, at least temporarily,
with the report then have liew
no barometric fluctuations here.
At the Humble Oil and Refla-
(Continued on Pag* Six])
PROBE OPENED IN
DEATH OF
Post Mortem Reveals
Body Stuffed With
Excelsior
IRONTON, O., July 6 <U.R>—The
a midnight morbidities of Edgar
Allen Poe were recalled here today
by authorities ado analysed cir-
cumetances of Re death of Dr. J.
W. Lowery, abase body was mys-
teriously stuflbd with excelsior
before burial
The phyrftian was found dead
in a bed st his home five weeks
ago. Penitent reports of fsul play
led to a post mortem. -
Surgeons found the body prev-
iously was opened, ell vital organs
remsred and exceleior substituted
in Ibe abdominal and chest enrl-
w r*
Authorities found only about $8,-
FALLINJURIES FATAL
AUSTIN, July 6 (1L19-D. F.
Bobbitt, 41, tow professor #t the
University el Texas, died early
today from injuries received more
than s week ago when he fell from
a porrh at his home here.
DEBT DEFAULT «oo m cash ^
onds in the doctor's safety deposit
box here. If there was a will, it
could not be found.
Dr. Lowery lived alone. Ftjend*
found his body when he failed to
attend a scheduled conference. A»*
towel covered the face. Dr. R. G.
Hunter wae called. He believed
death occurred 12 hours earlier.
bruise bw
With >666 paid on overdue ms>
turity warrants, on both princissl
and interest totaling $6666,
city hue bean given addition*] «me
So store off default on that
amount, City Secretary H,nl7
Whiddon reported today.
“It make* tittle differ*** whe-
ther they push us fpr psflwsnt, or
mot,” Whiddon said, t%amm it
wouldn’t do them mudLfood. How-
ever, the on
Involved have indkrted they will
let u* take our *>« to paying
It out.”
man telepfioneo concerning the
want *4- Mrs. Elenita Heye, in
whose apartment the body w
found, had been in Corpus Christi,
for the past week. -
Mrs. Cabbie’s bclfr was found
by a maid, lying fally clothed be-
Water Taxi Saves Boatload
Of Picnickers Adrift On Bay
The life of a water-taxi driver,, with
Ex-Governor Haskell
Of Oklahoma Is
»f Oklahoma, died here I
:80 a. m.
He had been In III
first day on which Phil
1 |*r and {Xifton ■
their launch, ■
service between
I and Hogg Island,
for them.
It was a 1
y-there were nine
In the boat.
looked to be m
There was evidence of
hind the left eer.
.1 2M
Grocer Is Drowned
In Fort Worth
FORT WORTH. July 6
P*ul Nolan, *4-year-old
store worker, was drowned I
last night In Uka Worth
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