The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 195, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 5, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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[st HARRIS- P»rtiy cloudy,
’T* Tf^XAS^-Partly doudy.ton-
^ild temperatures tonight.
VOUUME 19—NO. lDSy
THE DAILY
GOOSE CREEK, PELLY, BAYTOWN, LA PORTE AND SURROUNDING AREA, f-
>C out of f,m
Sfilte.ttwfMfia
n batting. jj
»ur club couy j.
' average 20 p*,
*s could easily
first division. |
o, Fletcher and #2
K""" **3
fi mind, when 1?
will stay j,, the (£
it year’s reputatj*-
, to 'WOfll*
who doesn't hti»k,
1 ‘‘self-satisfied^"
i, Hoston fi«d jJ
8 not only the fin,
fre A mpricaii
St I ever saw. -
th>. New York Y»
| contract difficnl
PWST I haven’t
latter with anget'j
gel, Boston Been; •
Jch a tough btthdi i
■with as some of th
|ue managers,
I" convince you i.
I •275 last, year itl
"tion. Why.JokJ
tell it you’d Bijl
[erican league 4]
[ethnic, Cia
inch Rickey saidthl
best nitchings^a
league, did Wj
|ng to do put w#J
have a htnchi
they’re d«
|ut what about till
and outfield. &{
thing about
have a tough j
up to the first i
$. DEMANDS JAP ANSWER ON
Cl AW MANAGER I J-Ij+]/?*• Oh'U/y/yeyno nnflTCCTC AT I 1
HE SLAVE
EVE IMPS
Here 1* Jack Dahmer, new
manager of the Port theater
Iff CHARGED
fern., Officers
fame Used By Ring
Ensnare Girls
ID, Feb. 5 (URI--I
gp X
Jsfflce today that • man.us-
|hu name and posing aus a
agent was luring girls
its Office and forcing them
rip nude in the presence of
, 0f men. on the’ pretext of at La Forte. ' Dahmer cornea
itung them to movie tests. .toTEa Porte from Oladewater.
George Contreras ofthe -
Ifs office, who was making
atipn,. sald be believed
[imposter might be trying to
E girls for a white slavery
| ia Uie east. ———:—
Mother* Complain
_____who operates a theatrt-
10 addition to manag- . -
1 the financial affairs of his Directors
the movie crooner, said ’
„j had received many com-
i from mothers of the girls,
were subjected to indignl-
I by the men.
■ supplied the sheriff's of-
| with the name of the man he
of the venture. Sher-
J Hitler Squeezes Out
Full Control in
Alignment of Nazism
ening of Nazi control in the eco-
nomic field may follow the drgsUc
shake-up In the a«ny, air force,
foreign office and diplomatic serv-
ice, it was predicted in some quar.
ter* today.
Strong hints.'that the
’Jazf party" had not been com-
pleted, and that there would be
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mm
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PROTESTS AT
PL#
ARE BREWING
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1,
girls were said to have
hired to a luxurious suite
where they were told
WELFARE league
COUNCIL Ti
ANNUAL MEETING
Trustees
And Office**-"*
Be Selected
runner
by Nasi party Newspapers.
It was Indicated that a dec-
laration on foreign arid pplltical
matters which Fuehrer Adolf Hit-
ler is to make to the Reichstag
February 20 might mark the end
of a reorganization period.
General* to Retire
It was announced officially to.
day that seven army and six air
force' generals would retire Feb-
ruary 28. It waa admitted semi-
were based on "differences
opinion.”__
With himself in full control of
the entire fighting forces as chief
of national defense, with the war
minister and the army command-
er' In chief eliminated, with
switch In foreign ministers and
the recall of three key ambassa-
dors, Hitler had effected what
some foreign dlplomaUc quarters
called “a bloodless--June 30.”
"Rut Nazis, while admitting that
thp—shakeup— cleared- an atmos-
\KZZS
OFFICER AND TWO
BANDITS KILLED
DURING BATHE
FEBRUARY
ty Work
:'SSTUD10
Creek Street |
Fire Statiaa I
The annual meeting of the coun-
cil of members of the Tri-Cities
Welfare League will be held Feb-
...... . ruary 14, Henry Cathriner, chalr-
: trying to locate many annouBcpd today.
Five new members of the board phere of political tension, denied
of directors and all nine of the J stoutly that there' was anything
board of trustees will be elected, j at all to suggest in It a blood.
.... h-tnT, r .» a in addition to a new chairman” ‘ ~ *
5to work. Sey were in- *nd secretary for the councll. X
” to .trip u toSiap mik- ■Ana*mm- •exeett0*e aecreUry
icanty" underclothing and
dancing exhibitions. The
agent occasionally would
off the remaining clothes
| submit, the girls to further
ties, the mothers complain-
*by. ;Y
„ r .. understanding exists beri
Gun r lght roll O W 8 Great Britain and this country
La Follette Looms As
Leader of Move, to
___ it Funds for Fleet
xpansions
-1 .,_
WASHINGTON, Feb 6.-CP-
en. Robert M. La Foil______
Vis., usually a supporter of tike
New Deal, charged today that war
scare tactics were being used to
persuade congress to approve
*like a pfjrin a poke” a new and
costly foreign policy.
The administration’s proposed
*800,000,000 naval, building pro-
gram in reality involves a change
in foreign policy but one which
has not been disclosed to congress,
La Follette said.
Galling for a clarification
Mlrts that the Ui
British foreign policy ha* been co-
ordinated, the Wisconsin progres-
sive strongly condemned any plan
that would turn the nation’s ener-
gies and money from the unfinish-
ed task of national economic re-
habilitation.
The question whether any naval
i§!
AT?
rmm
BRITAIN AND
:. - 'da
FRANCE
■ IN REQUESTS
VL
Specific Replies On
Whether Super-Ships
Under Construction
Asked Immediately
By UNITED
ilted States Great'BrttaSP”'
la the leeth ot a raging kale and with mounUnkm wares imped-
ing (heir progress, survivors of the 8,8, Newsome are shown here
approaching a rescue ship. The Newsome ran aground on a reef ,, „ , ,
------------ Caribbean sea. AILZl crew members were sated. the,tert
and France today aaked Jspea
whether ahr is building battlwihtpo
of more than 3S.000 tona.
The alternative to a satisfactory |
reply Is that the three nations
must free themselvea from the re-
strictions of their 193d London 3?
treaty and build auper-ahlpa la
self^-protection.
The British and American note*
were identical In text and It was
understood that the French not*
waa . in. .similar If not identical 'IS
terms. The British foreign r*“-
of Its note
afternoon for publication atmul-
Bakeries at Houston
* Price Slash
Five Houston bakeries yesterday expressed regret that the 10
Raid On Rooming - .
between
■ was
week-end ad-
A. Anderson, executive secreUry
of the League, will give his an-
nual report.
At City Hall
The meeting will be held at 7 :<!0
p.m. at the Goose Creek city hall
Following organization of tbe
new board, the directors will se-
lect a manager for the annual
campaign for raising funds to con-
| White 'operaffbUSis ‘ dr the League,
of the home, of gtrls whose ^ dj torg whoge terra(r e*.
were known to Crosby to(pire JY w H G. B. Mas-
Begin CanvtM
Ts deputies began a can-
less version of the drastic purge
of June 30, 1934.
Dominance Stronger
It waa generally felt .thgt. at
least for the present Nazi domi-
nance In army and foreign pol-
icy had been vastly strengthened,
(Continued on page two)
---whether any of them
rSkfcte8198
sey, W. A. Miller, W. L. Pender-
^raft--and-Porter--Hawson.
,. „ , They are three-year members, and
k. 19-yegr-old Jeanne y,etr will hold office
Montana farm glrl,1for ^
Nine Trustees
The nine trustees, who are
Monday »t
the Baytort
the club • j
MANN,
President
slavery.
.week, ^
girl,
to police in San Fran-
> reporting that a white slav-
had - held her 'prisoner
awdy houses In several Call-
cities for six months be-
•be escaped. Mias’ Walters
en route from Montana- to
■ hoping for a movie
i when she fell in with com-
i in San Francisco who lur-
(Contlnueo on page 2)
ier-In-Law Asked
lo Aid Wright Cate
A- Wright's reother-lh-law
be called next week to rebut
[testimony that he had himself
J™**d to safeguard the health
|b» wife, whom he slew along
1 John B. Kimmel on Nov. 9.
Fright said he surprised his
f hid Kimmel In an unnatural
; *£*• and shot them. One of
kfen«e assertions waa that
( *•* emotionally unstable be-
°I the sterilization
elected for one year are A. C.
Kraft, chairman, W. W. Sloan,
Vlee chairman; Mrs. T. S. Pruett,
secretary; W. E. Duplantis, Mrs.
Roy Elms, John M. Kilgore,, John
Hill McKinney, R. D. Martin and
Robert Oliver,
Holdover members of tbe board
oper
ry Edith McBride, mother of
LT1' Tk-year-old Mrs. Wright,
l^e »t tfr°m Detrolt 10 te*ufy
round Town
L Trt-CItlee: Milton Law-
naming into marine trouble
i **pcdltlon out to the new
7* ' • • Mrs. B. P. Hop.
“to* Pleasantly surprised
Jr husband’s photographic
• . . Johnnie Busch
that bruised eye by
That be took the punch-
, 7*/h* wrong way—he for-
I i walkln* by
L EortintxTrv and mr«d
ccy and Fred Un
rimvfrsatlontng at the
‘‘"'•ri, window a. they
for the teller to com-
_nclr business . , . Walter
•eying that Jim Meek
.ich *n toe fiah and that
. Whlskera" Gault
but one he hid to
for undersize ... ----
Norrl* sashaying .round
with joke* hs told
ident, Steele —
president, M. L. Doss, second vice
president, T. Vlf Moore, secretary,
J. C. Campbell, Henry Llccloni,
Nat Pace; W. H. Reber, Mose
Sumner pd Johnnie Wooster.
Mrs. Bains, as council secre-
tary, pointed out that the direc-
tors whose terms expire are elig-
ible for re-election, and that ev-
ery person who last year contrib-
uted as much as a’dollar to the
WelfardfeLeague is entitled to* at*
tend the meeting and Is eligible
to vote on all officers.
The' new boards will meet lm
mediately and elect their own new
officers, Anderson said.
RECESS TAKEN IN
LAND OFFICE QUIZ
Probers Are Balked
By Inability- to
Get Witnesses
AUSTIN, Feb. 5.—OI.RI-Steno-
grapher’s note books that will be
transcribed Into- more -than-IflOft
pages of transcript, represented
today the results of a state land
office investigation begun by a
Texas senate committee on Jan.
26 and recessed indefinitely.
The committee did not get all
the information it sought. Several
witnesses conld not be located,
of directors are F. N. Read, pres- o,^ out of the state and
Ident, Steele McDonald, first vice f^om summons, declined to appear.
Another, also outside state reach,
SIMONE BETTER
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5 (IIP) —
Simone 8imon, French film star,
in the hospital with bronchial
pneumonia, continued to show im-
provement today-
said he had Important business
that will take him east- 8ervice
was lacking on six out of 40 per-
sons.
When the committee will reas-
semble for further inquiry was
left to Chairman T. J. Holbrook
to decide. He expected that It
would not reconvene for ten days
or more.
::: The inveatlgation delYed primar-
ily into complaints of Gov. James
(Continued on page 2)
House-
t. —*—
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 5 <U.R>—
Detective Robert Cline, 42, died
of a bullet wound today, the third
victim of a fierce gun battle bd- _______
tween police and bank bandita at is absolutely secret and vital to
a rooming house here. the Interests and defense of this
arms program . hearing ; of the
house naval affairs committee. Ad-
miral William D. Leahy, chief of
naval operation*, refused to an-
swer such a question in a public
hearing on the groanda that “It
chamber of commerce.
Officials of Texas Bread Co„ Schott's Bakery, Young’s Bakery,
National Bread Go* and Main Baking Co., called Martin said/--------
A bandit known to- his nccom- country.’’
pUcea only as "Mack,” and an-
other bandit Identified as Vin-
ctmt Orinkowttcz, 28, of Cleve
land, were killed by police In the
brief gun fight "which followed
Yesterday, telegrams condemning, the bread war waa sent to all
Houston bakeries. •
The price of bread here remained at 10 cents today with the ex-
ception of bread made by Seeger’s Bakery, local concern, which has
announced they cannot meet the#
Remains Free.
Throe-days ago, however. Chair-
man Key Pittman, I)., Nev., of the
senate’s foreign relations commit*
the *3,500 holdup oCa branch of tee, said that he was certain the
price reduction and remain in bus-
iness.
"It’s a temporary affair, these
fellow# told me.” Mr. Martin said
"They all expressed great regret
that they had been forced to sell
the Ohio National bank by five
hours. • ,
Two other detectives, one ban-
dit and ~ a woman were wounded.
Detective William J. Danner,
43, was in .critical, coijdition wlth
a bullet wound In his stomach.
Detective Leo Phillips. 30. was
treats for a slight wound on the
forehead. Only Detective Robert
Cooke, 40, escaped the deadly gun
fire:
to consult with Great Britain in
international affairs.
Sen. William E. Borah, R„ Ida.,
(Continued on Page 2)
Althottgh the 10-cent loaf in
Houston and also in the Tri-Cit-
ies was haded In some quarters
as permanent, a representative of
■**>•:•**» JetMOtad thauit wasal - Ten Class B Harrir eoanty high
HARRIS FOOTBALL
DISTRICT ASKED
Plea to State for
New Setup
Carl Boettcher, 24, Cleveland
Was the wounded bandit. His con-
dition was reported as serious.
Steve Figull, 20, Cleveland, the
fourth bandit was captured, but
not wounded,
Mrs. Violet Wotring, 38, who
lived tn the rooming house, was
seriously In thc crore flre Tndepemfent
after the detectives had gone1 J
there on a Up that the bank rob-
bers were hiding there.
BRIEFS
KIDNAPED BY BANDIT
HOUSTON, Feb. 5 (UR)- Ruddy
Flores whb reported he was kid.
naped In San Antonio and rob
bed of *5 en route to Houston,
waited today for police to find
the robber and bla auto. He said
tbe man left him last night with
only 20 cants..
STOCKS CLOSE TODAY
Courtesy
CITIZENS STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
Amer. Rad. .............
Anaconda Cop, ...—
Cit. Service .............
Com. Solv.....-—
Con. Aircraft ...........
Cons, Edison
Cons. OU .......-......—■■
Cur-Wgi....................-
Elec. Bond A Share
Elec. Power A Ught
El Paso NaU.
Erie By. .......
able -------
Kroger Oro.
La. Laud
Lambert —
Lortllard .......
h KeL
(ten ............ IT-jUS Sunray Oil
Texas —.....
Tidewater
T X L -------
T P C O ......
V. Aircraft
U. Corp. .—
U. Gas -------
U. 8. Steel
Wilson Co.
Nat. Power
Ohio OU .......
Packard .......
PhUlips .........
Pure Oil —
Skelly ..........
Soc. Vac.
Stan. N. J. .
Sun ................
Salt Dome ...
SAN JUAN, P. R., Feb. 5
<UJ!> — Hie Puerto Rican
Chamber of Comnawee waa.
warned by a local merchant
today teat only enough pro-
visions to feed the population
for seven days remained on
the Island apd that Immediate
Milutlon of the nxtended dock
strike was necremary to pre-
vent hardships.
CONNELIXVILLE, P a.,
Feb. B dJ.fii—A slx.year.oid
Illegitimate girt who cannot
walk or talk today was tee
center of an lnventlgation Into
charges that she waa confined
In one room for most of her
life hucause she waa the “sec-
ond sin" of her mother.
TORONTO, Oat, Feb. S
<LK>—Justice W. E. Middleton
of the Ontario supreme court
prepared today to hear claims
of 19 mothers on Feb. 12
that they should share In the
*600,000 left by Charts* V.
Millar to Toronto’s most pro-
lific mother.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (UJb
—Movtet Russia Informed tee
United State* today that a
representative of the Ameri-
can embassy
Bit
U il MtepUa Itithma
mystery woman hdd tn a so.
vlet prison.
TRAIN KILLS
HOUSTON, F,b.
1 to
BAYOU EXTENDS
TAX DEADLINE!:
permanent enough to reach Crew- *choo!s today had petitioned the
•V. 20 nilts from hero, yet. *tate interechalaatic leagiia to tot
tane<>u*ly with the American note.
. Mht Conference
The decision for coincident ac-
tion wts reached at a series of
conferences in London in which
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
French Ambassador Andre, Char-
les Corbin, Herechet V. Johnson,
the American and French
attache* took part.
It was asserted here that ■ ;
their notes th« three government#
were showing good faith in invit-
ing Japan to diacuss future ton- '
nage and gun aiWbre UmtU, and 1
that they disprove any suspicion
that they wanted to take the
initiative in a building race.
Anxiety Reflected
The fixing of a tune limit by
which Japan was asked to reply
reflected anxiety, It was under,
stood, that no'time should he lost
[in consultation* regarding plans
for new ships -that Is, if Japan
did not reply specifically that sh*
[was building no superwteips.
The Am*rie*n note waa dls.
“(Continued on page two)
Bread was selling there at
cents a loaf today.
i had not reached othai,
towns In the Houston trade tetri-
tory. A representative of a Hous-
No Penalty On 1937
Payments Until
March I
rLm fTT^ *
dependent Scfioof district today ----------
ton wholesale house, that oper-
.ates grocery, stores in about 12
towns nearby to Houston, said
bread was' still being sold at the
old prices In these towns, and In
up a football district containing
only Harris county schools.
The- movement has gained the
support of every school in the
county, arid the petition is in the
district todiy
announced that the deadline for
payment of 1987 school taxes hsd
been set back to Feb. 28 because
they learned that the notices had
been sent out late this year,
The deadline had been reached
on January 31, but when Presi-
dent Sam Sjolander told the board
of the situation, and the extension
w.-n v„tod. ■
"We must have these taxes paid
immediately to insure the efficient
operation of our schools/’ Sjolan-
der said, "and we felt that the pro-
perty owner* were entitled to a
little longer period this year due
to the fact they did not get their
notices at the usual time."
Superintendent G. L. Bennett al-
so announced that the school had
been invited to pot on a 15-min-
ute radio program at 4:45 p m.
next Saturday over station KXYZ
in Houston. Tentative plans call
for numbers by the glee club, a
short skit by the dramatic club
and a short talk by some student.
The complete program of the
broadcast will lie announced as
soon as it is completed, Bennett
said.
Ed Seeger, manager of Seeger’s
Bakery, said he manufactured
more bread today than any day
since he had been tn business here.
Sever*! grocers were forced to
re’^ernfenBHiir
Trapped Whale
Hunted From
Ferryboat
AFL Peacemaker Is
Called From Parley
MIAMI. Fit., Feb. 5 C.P)
Peacemaker* on the executive
council of the American Federa
tion Of Labor w*r* left leader
lea* today by the departure of
George M, Harrison on the eve
of possible action agginet the
Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation.
Harrison, who acted as chair
man erf the special peace commit
Uft which tinmicceiMfully aoujrht a
away from
HAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8 AIR)
Lookouts rode the ferryboats
and the cry: "Thar she blow*!"|
resounded across San Francisco
bay today while a 60 foot whale
■plashed .about the offshore shoals
a hazard to trana-bay navigation.
The whale, described by marin-
ers as very old but not so wise,
was trapped in the. bay because
It had lost the sense of direction
accredited to its breed, and could
not find Its way back to the Gol-
den Gate, the only outlet to the
open sea.
•'She's covered with barnacles
and crazy a* a loon,” mid Capt.
Louis L. Lane, an old-time whaler
and now pilot aboard a Norwegian
liner. "She'd stave in a ferry
or a tug that happened to foul
her. Theyll sometime* ram
fhlp when they're lost or trapped
like that"
OIL UNCHANGED
. HOUSTON, Feb. 8 (UP) -Crude
oil production ' in the United
State* remain
changed tbi* week, averaging 8.-
‘ ‘ - tea Oil
JAPAN WATCHFUL
ON NAVY BUILDING
Marine Chief Says
Nation Ready to
1 ake Measures
. TOKYO, Feb. fl «.’.Ri — Vies
Admiral Mttsumaea Yonai, minis,
ter of marine, told parliament to-
day that Japan intends to pursue
watchful waiting policy toward
British-Amcrican naval expansion
measures If other power* develop
"aggressive" navies
Admiral Yonai said that tee
Japanese navy believed that the
[American and British program*
Were designed to sound out Ja-
achools will form a logical dJrtrict. [P«>, *nd that hence tea navy
would await developments "within
Certain limits."
He commented that Japan did
not intend to increase the num.
her of It* naval landing force*
ita smaller ships.
Askjd whether the air force
wds* sufficiently etrong, he re-
plied that normal expansion waa
satisfactory.
Then a member asked Admiral
Yonai whether capital ships (
tleshlps) or airplanes were the
principal navy weapons. He re-
plied that th« Japanese navy con-
tinued to
mall. Superintendent G. L. Ben
nett of Cedar Bayou said today.
"We signed the petition Friday
and our school was the last one to
which the petition was sent,” Ben*
Ardi# Hopper, coach at Humble
has been one of the leader# in the
movement and aided in the circu-
lation of the petition-
The petition seta out that there
already t* a highly competitive"
rivalry worked up among the
schools of the county due to the
year* of competition tn basket-
ball and track and field and litet^
ary events-
It also points out that the 10
319.176 barrel# dally, I
~ZLS£.
The members of the new pro-
posed district are Cedar Bayou,
Crosby, Humble, Ia Porte, Galena
Park, Pasadena, Webster, Atdine,
Addlrks and Tomball.
-J__
New Wage And Hour
Bill Hopes Raised
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 TF —
Members of the bouse labor com-
mittee were confident today that
they could report a new wage and
hours bill next monte- They pre-
dicted passage In the house de-
spite uncertainty over the Mil’s
tails.
It eras almost a foregone
elusion, however, teat, if brt
to tee floor of the bouse, a new
MU would resemble tee Black-
Connery measure more than the
on* rejected by tee house teat
Deepen be
Car Tag. Will Be
Here Next Friday
........
Tax assessment .beets for
and
at the
M. IK ,T, .
collector here, said today. - 1
Pelly
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