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THE DAILY
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SUN-GOOSE
CREEK. TEXAS
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST'
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Rotary Ideals
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■y
Would End Wars,
Club Here Told
;t
>Vk*
Spain Ready To Louisiana Towns
Enter Conflict Hit By High Wind
And Rising Tides
•**"~*JH* ^
Malaria Control Is
Tested On Soldiers
; Lt
2&*k
(Continued irum Page 1
England ## the most direct vjola-
* • U)t oi our ueatiny; we can not.
If everybody in the world sub-, overlook how her armed forces * "“"i r»«m it
scribed to the principles of Ho- menace the integrity of our terrl- the Bllcxi, Miss., station nnd a
tarv there would ho 'io war. no tory and b> what means her eco- cutter searched nipng the coast
bloodshed blft universal pdfcCr and nomle hold hath: weakened and dl- near Oscar bayou for rt pnrsoius
-understanding. Justice of the vorced fraternal peoples from our believed staanded and a tanker
Pwiee JanVSt‘'in, jHpeti of halves- interests." ' belonging to thc Texas Oil com
ton. declared, 'at noon tddiy in a IV newspaper accused England pany,.
Kb- before Ooosi
club on '
CAMP BEAUREGARD, La., Aug.
7. T.P1 — National guardsmen In
*h" Third Armv maneuver area
today underwent experiments
vhu different types of malaria
proventatlvea to determine Ifiiq
most suitable “In case they are
schr to thtffroptcs."
(luardsmen from Louisiana,
Mississlpni and Florida nre dos-
ed. Quinine capsules are given to
e»Sh
Sale Of Destroyoj
is Opposed By Sol*
WASHINGTON. An, ,
Sen. Seott D. u£?J'P
today th*t he would
of Gen. ji
)NESDAY, >
—aSSS
■.‘rovers to Great M'*
>oa
he la convinced it woicc4"1
W.
aHrawr-i iSKSffas as r ■ s?* ss
.'••••ge Plpcri is a.member ofjhc. VS C*,l,drtn' Jvas N^ved *tran- of atallnc ^ each week tpjd: the
• Galvepton club ---------- thereby "by prolonging the resist- ded at an oyster camp. ------* * remaining third take nothin
ben
Lucas, a member of tK,
affairs Mmmlttce nnd ,UI
a each ew>- «ld
take* a shot ger" ' tVaf ■ Anu
I*. u0WW iqwnwu ■-* T ^ j
'A German sea raider prowling Sooth Atlantic waters escaped In a crippled condition after a running battle
with the 22,209-tOn armed merchant cruiser Alcantara (above), the British Admiralty announced. The
tattle is said to have taken flare 600 miles off the Brasilian coast, inside {the American neutrality zone.
Mife-vS* f
• The meeting was Wd in First
Baptist'eburih with vice Presi-
dent Bryan Stratton presiding.
A new system of Collecting do-
nations to the student loar
was inaugurated and
Wn fond
Dr. H H.
am-e of our enemies consummating
on our 'boll the Impoverishment
which the entire Spanish i>eople
hks suffered In Its flesh and blood.”
Tanker Aground ’
Delay Loons In
Building Park
Conscription Bill Food Stamp Sale
Passage Is Urged Here Increases
Duke, chairman of the loan <om-
i.Nnn
been
mittee,/Announced $10 Had
contributed. ,u ' »
R. D. Martin and Thad Felton
were added'to the committee plan-
ning a boat ride outing for Ro-
tary Anns.
Bayshore Ready
For High Winds
(Continued from I*a«e I)
to speak for the Humble Com-
pany, but informally he said he
did not think the company womv
have any serious objections to
granting an casement to allow
thc work to go on. Ho pointed
out that the company property
was located for thc most part in
(Continued from Page 1)
est Ludeen, Farmer-Labor, Minn-
esota, filed its report yesterday,
warning against "Hltlerlzed meth-
od of peacetime conscription.
The majority report, issued two
days lifter the committee approved
the bill 13 to 3, came as the sen-
the upper port of the island and. ate imposed a debate limitation on
would not be greatly involved '
the project.
Mar Change Name
the national guard mobilization
measure in an attempt to pass it
Mrs. R. S. Sterling, a repre-
sentative of many of the- garden .
clubs in this area*, corrected a
misapprehension about the name
of the Island.
“R has been called Hogg island
as if nailed for Governor Hogg,
but it to really plain Hog island
~ .SJ& akt. tz.. if .jrok,
posing a name change.
A suggestion that the name be
changed to Humble island was
applauded by the more than 50
persons present. Mrs. Sterling
and Mrs. B. F. Bonner, both of
La Porte, form a committee to
suggest a name change
Bird Sanctuary Proposed
A finance committee to raise
funds at a later date if they are
reeded will be composed Of C.
O. White, chairman. Dr. C. N.
Ammons and a representative of
the East Harris bounty Federa-
tion of Garden Clubs.
Mrs. A. C. Kat'er of La Porte,
a garden club official who has
been interested in beautifying
Highway 146 from thc Tri-Cities
to Texas City, told of progress
her group had made in getting
an easement from the port com-
mission and of the hopes of club
members to make the Island a
bird sanctuary.
Cooperation of other organiza-
tions In fiiiir area was promised by
representatives at the meeting.
today and begin consideration of
the draft legislation tomorrow.
Excess Profits
Tax Bid Drawn
(Continued from Page 1)
July's total figure was $513.50,
above the $7260 issued during
June...............* *________
There was a total of 271 relief
cases handled during July which
included 27 Cared for altogether
by the League, 41 with thc aid
of the county, two certifications
to the WPA, 115 cases applying
for re-employment by WPA, five
rejected for WPA, two NYA re-
applications, 34 sent to CCC
camps, nine new cases for CCC
registration. 31 re-registered for
CCC and five rejected.
(Continued from Page 1)
Point maritime station registered
'a 36-mile-an-hour wind at 1 p.m.
and reported the velocity was in-
creasing steadily.
Velocity Increasing
The Morgans Point ferry was
having difficulty in operating and
it was expected that it would be
—«- ■" t'—'W— " — iO»tot-fr T~****nr i-■> it A<V*
(Continued from Page 1)
plane and warship manufacturers
will be suspended.
A formal report recommending
that these three features — the
tax, the amortization provision and
the profit suspension — be writ-
ten into a bill was being drafted
Old Fiver Terrace
Garden Club To Meet
The speaker was introduced by
Robert Kerr.
"Never before in history has
there been a time wjien (jbe work
of Rotary wgg needed in the
world as it is today,’* kludge Pi-
peri said. He spent several
months in Europe last year and- nVghtV
was caught in Paris by thc de-
claratlon of war. ■' 1
"The people in Europe don't
know the meaning df {freedom of
the press and free speech," he
said. "1 visited nine countries and
tried to talk to people, high and
low, but all of them were 'Afraid
to express themselves.
"They have no thoughts; no
minds of their own. That explains
whv they can be led by dictators.
They simply obey commands of
y ai% right
The tanker, the Miami, report-
ed she was aground and needed
assistance Coast guard officials
said, however, it would be diffi-
cult to reach the tanker, especial-
ly in low tide.' The number aboard
was not revealed.
State police reported no dam-
age in the Lake Charles district
but saic. the storm apparently
had not reached Western Loui-
siana However, they reported
high winds and several wrecks on
hlghwnv* leading to the coast.
-Dirty one dtvfttOT, * the *****
36th, is organized and ready to
take the field for maneuvers In
the area from the Sabine boun-
dary of Louisiana and Texas to
Camp Shelby, Mis*. ”
, „ American
r should cvw „„
US Wg would hnv0 need of Z
rowboat and canoe vvt couUl
our hands on," Luraa
Benefit Par
foBe Given
(liar Socie
obey
about whether the;
their rulers without any thought
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The wind that was blowing
across East Harris county from
the north during the night and
this morning, shifted to the west
before noon.
Barometers here^were falling
steadily but pot rapidly, but none
had .dropped to the danger point
by 3 p.m.
Refinery Prepared
Thc Daily Sun office was being
sieged by telephone calls during
the day and the operator at the
Radiomarine Corporation station
at Baytown was smothered under
with caffs for reports.
60-Mile Wind Is
Predicted Here
“WILLK1E" SAILS IN
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.,
(lT.F>—At the first model sailboat
races of the season'here, “Wfflk-
ie” crossed the' finish line far
ahead of the field—while "Roose-
velt" still was in thc middle of
the lake.
TRY si \
CLASang|
— X~T i’t' 1
I Phene A45 for |
C. Estes Hargrave
representing
Great Southern Lift!
(Continued from Pag,. 1)
below the city, and those who had
left their homes in Sabine and Sa-
bine Pass, were returning late this
afternoon.
Considerable preparations had
beem made against the storm and
the short duration of- the maximum
wind velocity coupled with precau-
tions resulted in damngc being
confined.
The Old River Terrace Garden
club will meet at (I a. m. Thursday
in tin
e home of Mrs. J. W. Pierce.
C. B. Norton, Houston grain
dealer, will present a demonstra-
tion of Soil-testing, and he asks
......... , .. . ..... each member attending to bri
hearth V' ftep¥ereHtirti^ "'kre ^ B‘ & Smith
"Nobody knows .what Hitler, Officials at thc refinery were
Mussolini and Stalin, the 'mad- inclined to think this immediate
men of Europe, will do. That's section would not feel the full
why we must be prepared to de- Torce of the storm and were not
fend ourselves against any threat, immediately concerned, although
"We must awaken to wjiat we thc>' were °h the alert and prc.
havp in America—to a realize- Pared to take all precautions in
Highways Jammed
Puring the morning the high-
ways from Port Arthur to Beau-
mont were jammed with automo-
biles, and extra patrols of state
highway police were called out to
handle the traffic.
During the 90-mile-an-hour wind
shortly after noon, the barometer
at Sabine Pass had dropped to
|n« Altar Society/
1 a'i Catholic churcl
with 1* mcmbpJ
M, Mrs. R. G. F
*t, conducted the
which Mrs. Joh
that proceed
y'l last monthly
- amounted to $2:
I lira. L A Eer-eri
u chairman, led
l plans for the am
i. Flora nee spoke o
I uuction. and Mr*,
paper on the C
WHERE PARTICULAR PEOPLE
BUY THEIR USED CARS!
We are proud of the fact that the most discriminating |
careful Used Car Buyers Come Here Year After Year ior f
Used Cars if you are particular, and motorwise, you too,
find this the place to buy.
Guaranteed A» Long As You Have the Car
Jflogtesses for this -ex
card party, to tx
Aug. 26. at Bay
ijty house, will be
Feldon Herring, Grov
| FJoranec.
Iffeidames B. J. An
and Kubica, he
[meeting, served
( take and orangead
JACK SAUNDERS
512 West Texas A Ye. Phone 34
CHEVR0I
Goosetnil
;E, L. Annual Pic
I Held Tuesday
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR QUICK RESULT!
| The T.E.L. close c
church held
Tuesday at Syl
ng the Victory
ary members,
(‘4 basket luncheon
j 7:90 p m. to 44 me
FOR SALE—Misc.
USED AUTOS
Cooper, Democrat, Tenn.
After that report is presented,
probably tomorrow, Chairman Ro-
bert L Doughton, Democrat, N. C,
of"the full committee will open
public hearings at 10 a.m. Friday.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., will be the first
witness.
Doughton has invited members
of the senate finance committee,
which will handle the bill in the
upper chamber, to attend the
house hearings in order to save
time, and he said the committee
present a paper on chrysanthe-
mums culture and Care for best
blossoms.
HOSPITALS
our defense; we must ask God
for strength to dofend ourselves
and when the war is over Rotary
must he ready to heal {the Wounds
of the battles.
"It wijl be Rotary's job to sub-
Blowing At Anahuae
Morris McKay, Goose Creek at-
28.74, the lowest on record, but it month
immediately r «-***5sjrA v
wqpld sit all Friday and Saturday
and 'hu ’ * ” * - - * •
naybe hold, night sessions to
Mrs. J. E. Baugh and infant
daughter, Cynthia Ann, yester-
day were taken from the Bay-
town hospital to their home at
115 First Jones street, Pelly. The
transfer was made by a Tri-Cfties
Funeral Home ambulance.
sMrs. D. A- IJarmon
was moved frog! the
stitute love for
for distrust."
torney, returned at noon today
from a trip to Anahuae. Re said
the rain evidently had fallen hard-
er there than here during the
morning. IJe said the wind was
The wind-gauge at the Port Ar-
thur station of the weather bureau
was broken during the morning
but was repaired in time to mea-
sure the full velocity of the gale.
Windows Boarded Up
Windows * ’
FOR SALE Floor sweeping !93B -CHEVROi.F.T riciuxd
business and equipment, $25.00 sedan -Radio, completely 1
cash. Now earn $60.00 per
200 Maryland, Baytown.
—"" 3T*8tp
yesterday
lose Creek
hate; fellowship mornin8' H® said the wind was Windows of downtown stores
-- ■ blowing harder there when he left were boarded up, the streets clcar-
-_ than it was when he returned here, ed of automobiles and pedestrians
Boats Seek Refuge and other steps taken to prevent
ssss ’ST,,™’?' vans-
BERKELEY, gaj. <LP) — More lng W1th boats seeking refuge went out at 12:05 p.m. and had not
X? pr“.SL trts tz...... b“” *•
speed the bill through Congress hospital to her home at Caye by
----.u----u,,. .. -- - — ~------- ” e Imt
and still permit thc public to ex-
press its views.
a Tri-Cities Funeral Home
lance.
Goose Creek
' **■[ by
ibu-
speech, according to' Mrs. [Mary
California State
Roger Miller,
Normal Instructor in lip reading.
She blamed elementary school
teachers.
learned that John M. 2:30 p.m.
Kijgore had a shell dredge off Pori Beach settlements from
Arthdr, but It was thought to have
been taken inside before the wind
The last clothes
of summer!
■;< fr
This is the season when summer's la$t bar-
gains are "(eft blooming alone.1' . . . Clear-
ance safes of bathing wear and beach robes,
white bags and white suits, straw hats and
straw sandals.
Buy them now at big reductions, and tuck
them away for the winteri They'll be ^rand-
new next summer... and you'll have more fun
wittribe money you don't have to spend then!
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struck.
Most of the small craft used by
fishermen in this area had been
hauled out, and fishing camp oper-
ators had pulled most of their
boats out of the water and had
re-inforced their piers. Although
water had receded far from the
normal shore lilies, those in busi-
ness along the- bay were fearful
that the wind might change op
short notice and that the tide
might come roaring back.
Arthur to High Island and Bolivar
Point were evacuated by orders of
state highway patrolmen.
Shortly before noon, the Port
Arthur radio station announced an
appeal from Orange to Legion-
naires and other ex-service men
for help but no details of the
need for the appeal was. given.
(Jameron, La., reported that its
streets were two feet under water
at noon, and that high tides pre-
vailed all along the coast but the
farce of the wind was dying down.
FOR' SALE— 100 Leghorn and
Red Cross pullets 4 weeks old.
$20 Also fat fryers that nevrr
touch the ground. Ross Willi-
ams, 321 Second St., Wooster.
13-26tp
FOR SALE - General Electric
washer, a real buy for quick
. sale. $ft.50. M. Wllkenfeld.
* furniture-appliances. Phone 78.
38-3tc
hauled motor: beautiful blfl
ish.-Priced to sell -
1037 PLYMOUTH deluxe 1
All steel body; lifetime i...
Economy Motor Co. Phan
IALEI
iho suffer
I hr periods with
I Vtctttble Compou
I viu>u> to relieve
iHskDtm's Comp
1030 STUDEBAKER 4-door,
deluxe, overdrive, one
certified car J B. Hoi
Motor Co.
| Women who suffer palnf
I Hr periods with nervoi
i due to functloi
d find Lydia E. P
ble Compound tit
i to relieve such
sm's Compound
I opertally to help weak, t
I in to go smiling thru dill
I Over 1,000,000 women hav
benefits. WEU
WANTED
FOR SALE Repossessed Electro-
lux’, a real buy for quick sale,
$00.50. M. Wllkenfeld, furniture
appliances. Phone 78. , 38-3tc
FOR RENT
WANTED Caretaker job or j
eral farm work Man and 1
Consider anything Refer*
Apply Highway Grocery,;
way Rbad, Peliy
FOR RENT Front room. Twin
beds. Private entrance. Attic fan.
Garage. Connecting bath. Phone
872R. 126 Virginia. 37-3tp.
PROPER! l F03 SALE
.FOR SALE 1933 Chevrolet l
privately owned Motor,
paint, seat covers, good i
Italians Cross
Into Somaliland
Ship With Refugees
Is Reported Torpedoed
NEW YORK, Aug. 7. ((IE) _
Wholly unconfirmed reports cir-
culated in maritime circles today
that the British motorahip Accra
had been torpedoed with a heavy
loss of life off the Irish coast.
The reports
(Continued from Page 1)
railroads at Alexandria, the Brit-
ish naval and supply base, and
Marsa Matruh, in the frontier
area, were taken to tnean that tjj® reP®*5F s»id jfito 9i337-ton
Italian activity was increasing s“ P was carrying child refugees
generally in Africa. _ to New York and Canada.
Italian planes, evidently coop- , Accra was built in 1926
crating with the ground forces, by Harland and Wolfe, Ltd., at
bombed Berbera, chief town of Be^ast' for the Elder Dempster
British Sofnalfland, the comma- Ub®8; of • registry
nique disclosed, and it was as- was Eiverpodl.
serted that one British plane was ........—- '
Shot down. Italian .planes also
bombed Aden, the naval base,
across, the Gulf, it was said.
Plane Shot Down
Jn North Africa, the communi-
FQR RENT—Unfurnished four-
room duplex. 120 and 122 West
Main. Apply H. Aron, 303 East
Wrght. 33-6tc
tion. Phone 872-R 126 Virg
FOR RENT -Unfurnished duplex
apartment in Martin Addition.
r see Wilburn
Phone 193
FOR SALE 4 room house, i
ern, 'i acre lot, Sweeney
vision. M. M. Piobertson, 1
Ashbel street, Goose
Phone 36.
Bros.”
5-tfc
i flue said, British camps south of
Solium were bonded and one
British
Intangible Property
Valuations Reported
four-motored- plane was
j shot down. Jts crew of eight men
] were taken prisoner, the ctftnmu-
nique said.
It was said also that in their
| third raid on Haifa, Palestine,
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State
nt*.
AUSTIN, Aug. J. (U.R)
Comptr^Bgr George Sheppard to-
day announced intangible prop-
erty assessments for 1940 total-
ing $70,090,100. Intangible tax is
levied against railroads, pipe
lines and toll bridges and is com-
puted upon the estimated value re-
■F^r r jr-TVr—' *4*® to *U(lI mr-***-.-*yr ,-^r-v-r- W wyMMHkVii »«WWC *C"
. jm. m* bit military objectives t* produce their earnings,
in the port area. The 1940 assessment keeps the
Fleet Off Shore former value of toll bridges nn-
Itullan sources reported that changed at $200,000. Largest val-
FQR RENT — Furnished apart-
ment. Shower. Cool. Convenient.
Couple only. 417 W. Texas Ave,
28-tfc
FOR RENT—Modern brick apart-
ment, four rooms and bath, Ve-
netians, electric refrigerator, at-
tic ventilation. Clcae. Apply 110
South Gilliard. 35-6tp
FOR RENT- -Four-room unfur-
nished garage apartment. 400
FOR SAUC Good home,
ly reconditioned. West
1)8 N- Ashbel street, Pbol
Easy terms. M M. ”'1'”
FOR SALE—3-room und_
houses, Merchant street,
Heights. See Lutman
company in Goose Creek |
FOR SALE—Houses, lots, acl
Bargain buys in Stewart H*
G. M. Ammons. 507 E. Mat
FOR SALE New Jour-rfl
---------------—---------- house. Hard*.voo<l floors, ^
.....sr”k-r«“Sj
Phone 90W-----' 3«.tfc lumber Co.
Acreage, lotJ.i
homes. Jones ‘
f
FOR RENT—Unfnrnished modern
brick garage 4-room apartment.
SKmjr
FOR SALE
front and
Jones. Rhone 40.
1003 Mil
FOR RENT — Nicely furnished
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FOR
NOTie*.
INSPECT OUR new stock of
monuments and markers. Tri-
nity Monument Co., Baytown.
Ffrone 759-R.
SMALL
With All Conve
For Les* Than Cost of 1
and Wiring
Britain had
-fifth
'.I,:. •' "
Watch for "the last clothes ,of summer" jn
the advertising pages of this paper .., Sale
pictures and paragraphs.... Jne best
the best stores in town.
tohed its
mi*
bridge:
yptian-Liby-
I
«1 iw
news in
stock of the best stores
navy units were believe#
be patrolling the Egyptian
in the frontier region, rea-
sheff Italian troops who
to advance near the shore
WIHkie May Speak In
Trio Of Texas Cities
ORT WORTH, Ai
, r,Shoppir
where an<
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will save you hours
td both your wallet ai
r ' -"ri.'
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has Just
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JCreeft Grain Co., Phone 31.
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