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BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
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A Home Owned Newspaper, Serving the Heart of Texas With Today's News Today, Every Day Except Sunday
Latest News First
Wfr« United
I—-Stott
Territory,
EIGHT PA<
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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1937
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VOL. XXXVII NO. 273
SOVIET THREAT IN SIMP WAR 00 INCREASE
I
T*1* PSTCHOLOOI8T8 have lust
<U8C0*»d and announced to a
hre*thle*a world that the quality of
imagination was the only difference
between MO men who throughout
the depraesioo received $6,000 per
<*■ more and 100 others whose
earnings anted downward from $36
P" week. The test question was.
What should he dons if you knew
•|Wt extensive oil fields were shout
‘4» be dteeorered In Dtanark?" Thu
explains a great many things, such
' *6 why thare are so matey com para-
ttrtly poor people and ti many very
>1ch ones. ‘■to poor anas never
#teerd of
*» amaginaiion ssmTi^
$$.$$$ far year, however, w
two delightful little dborub*
+ *y wh$ will never hate to
one ro
we know
out our
ask for
state pensions. They esn imprison
a grasshopper tn a glass bottle, im-
agine he la a giraffe, and have a
swell circus. They can place a
string of Chaim of assorted aiAes
together and imagine they are rldliv
In an air-conditioned train. With
a pair of nickel-store pistols as
weapons, they can imagine they are
lone scouts slaughtering millions of
'THE PRIZE bit of imagination.
however, and the only phase of It
that is really troublesome st time*,
is when both imagine their Daddy
is as rich as the sinfullest of Re-
publicans. and is morally obligated
to give them whatever they want.
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British Warships Hunt Pirate Submarine
TI
▼
May Enter Race j
LATEST ATTACK
French Complaint of Aid
By Italy in Spain 1$
Sent to England
LONDON Sept. 1—(UP) -British
wsrshtps bunted In tfre Mediter-
ranean today for a “pirate- sub-
marine which attacked the British
destroyer Havoek test night off
Cape Antonio. Spain, about 60
miles south of Valencia. \
The Hardy and nyperton. British
destroyers, joined the Havoek tn
forming a circle around the area
where the submarine made Its at-
tack. There were strong Intimations
here and in Parte that the underseas
boat was suspected of being Italian.
Ten British warship*. eight de-
stroyers and two , cruisers, were
available for the search. Hasty ©r-
den were- fteahed by tht admiralty
I to the Mediterranean naval com-
mand for teem to jotn In It.
Torprdo Is Fired
The submarine fired a torpedo at
the Havoek but did not hit it. the
n. t. (hw rfu. 1 admlraity
**• tb^r 1!! The attack occurred in an area
** ***** tomBWhrtU- where mystery submarine#.—the
Spanish Nationalist navy is credit-
BTdtel ¥Wl having only ona^-have been
Lrf-'S.
A 40-year acquaintance with poli-
tics apparently ended for Mrs.
Joseph T. Robinson, shown here
in 4 new photo, with the death of
her husband, senator from Arkan-
sas. Then came $ chance to return
to campaigning aa friends urged
her to enter the special election as
a candidate to succeed her husband.
Arkansas now lias one "woman
senator. Mrs. Hettle Caraway, who
succeeded her husband in 1$31.
temporarily
cause our household is conducted
on Democratic principles. At any
rat*, the IpaSttnarr dtecow
fh Denmark calls to attention some
facts disclosed by The Oil Week'y.
* relating to the average depth of
Rproducing oil wells.
attacking Loyalist and foreign mer-
chantmen.
Meanwhile. Prance, angered at
Italian intervention on the Na-
ICONTINUIO ON WAOB IIOHT)
GAS PLAN
DEFEATED
.<i - . i r 4
Voting During Afternoon
1$ Hampered by Rain;
628 Vote. Cast
Brownwood voters went to the
polls In a special city election Tues-
day and defeated by $$ votes a
pr:ponal to issue $30,000 In munici-
pal gas system revenue bonds. The
vote was: For the bonds. 363
votes; against the boadk, 34$ votes.
The Utai vote mas 638.}
Balloting during the afternoon 1
was hampered by a heavy rain and ■
the total vote was lighter than ex-
pected.
The vote by wards waa:
For Against
Bends Bonds
Ward 1 ........... 10 68
Ward 3 .......... 76 it;
Ward 3 .....71 13*
Ward 4 .......... 55 64
The bonds were proposed by city
officials to finance extensions and
repairs of the present city gas sys-
tem.
Mayor W. H. Thompson in a
statement today said he was disap-
pointed at result of the election.
His statement is:
“Of course I am disappointed I
don't know hew the members of
the Council who favored a munici-
pal gas system feel, but there are
no ‘sore spctsr cn me. X am 6 good
laser tnd know when I am licked.
*1 honestly thought and still
United States Marines Bound for Shanghai Front
F*
Off to the Shanghai war ton
8 6. Chaumont, transport, for the
helo guard the American section
battles now rage between Chin
Diplomats Cat Reports of
“Loan* of Russian -
Military Flyers
SHANGHAI. Sept. 1.— (UPV—The
possibility of Hessian Bovin direct
Intervention in the Chinese-Jap-
anese war te increasing dallj. a sur-
vey of diplomatic opinion indicated
tonight.
Diplomats bused thstr predictions
on several developments:
\i. Persistent report* that 30 or
more Soviet military flyers hate
been “lent” to China by Russia and
are in combat with the Chinese air
farm. ' . '
3. Extension of the Japanese drive
northwest of T ping into Sulyuen
province. This directly menaces
Ri am-eon trolled areas 1c Outer
Mongolia Sod Bmkuanf • Rustia has
to reinfojee American troops there. 1200 U. S. marines boarded the U. announced th$t she will fight at
long voyage-from 8 an Diego. Calif. The leathernecks will be thrown in to f:CC(. n Outer paxticuiar-
of the kitemsaonal Settlement in the great Chinese port where fierce iT » end n<TPP~( ms It now te
and Japanese troops. ’ i 1. SpSTthat Soviet Dictator
lljosepf Stalin is completing ira
“blood purge- of the Russian Com-
munist party and gfoonsohdatlng
his supreme power over the entire
Soviet military and political ma-
chine. s . -
AMPLE EXCUSES
NEGRO IS CONVICTED AFTER
REPUDIATING CONTTS^ION
AT LIVINGSTON think that a municipal ga* plant
_ would have been good for the city
Wreckage of Missing Army
Plane Is Believed Sighted
Some of the greafst producing
areas tn the country contain com-
paratively shallow oil wells, such as
%base tn West Texas, but for the
first ktxi- months of this year the
average all well has been 3.225 fe*t
deep, and the trend te steadily so- j
ward deeper production. The Texas
Otkf coast ranks second in de?p _
-Wl?h -V* «f*F*.0** PLANS MADE »T REBELS TO
*dU*'te.T Dftnx DEPENDINO LOTAL- |
S3. £* S.*?S»l£S »*•
Bayou field from 10J73 feet. 8otne-
Umea the wells that go down tiro
mites are dry at the bottom, too.
• • • • » . V
thi NEXT chapter about the
* Davis Mountain country contain*
the tragic sags of poor Dolom. a
beauteous Mexican girl of the eariy
days It la Mid—or. once upon a
time—Dolores was a little fUrl. and
there was a neighbor boy named
jet The children grew up togeth-
er. and Mter reaching maturity de-
eded to ask the priest to make
‘ them men and wife. Dot ore i waa
- a beautiful young woman, with the
v jithe grace of the outdoors: and
* Jnw was an industrious youth, fired
with an ambition to establish his
own home, gain possession of a few
goats, sad make his name respected
a among hi* people.
g • • • •
’ just before the time fixed for their
wedding. Jose found it necessary to
go bade Into the mountains to se
•bout some livestock. Intending to
return on the third day. Dolores
fondly kissed him goodbye, and
then began counting the hours until
hir return. But on the third day
jet did not come; and on the
fourth, and fifth, and sixth day he
<bd not saturn Then came the news
that Joes had been caught by the
jn-Ufi* and slain, and after being
oealped hi* body waa left for the
wild animal* to tear apart.
• •• •
vwrHEN this information came to
” Dolnre*. her mind suddenly Ion
tt* moorings She wandered about
M jf lari, recognizing none of her
or friends, but searching
always lor her absent lover. At
yrtfht she went to the top of one
of the nSMby mountain* and lighted
a fire. *o Jo^ could see the flaous
and o—• to her. This procedure
ws* continued year after year, for
thirty-tar years. The people tar-
cot the tragedy that had marred
her life, and spoke of her only as
“Old craay Dolores “
LIVINGSTON* Tex.. Sept. L--
(UP)—Bob White, 2»-yvar-o»d ne-
gro was repudiated a confcsson that
he criminally attacked Mrs. W. 8.
i '-ochrmn. was convicted todd> by a
district court Jury which recom-
mended the death penalty.
Mrs. Cochran, mother of two
small boys and wife of a prominent
. Folk county farmer and ranchman,
testified at White’s trial that the ne-
gio assaulted her.
Spectators were barred
courtroom during her teethnony.
White deniea the charge and
claimed that Texas rangrrs had
bound him to a tree, beat him and
forced him to eonfeas the crime. Hi*
written confession waa read at the
trial.
The Jury deliberated leer than
two hours, having received the case
shortly after midnight
Mrs. Cochran was attacked tn her
home. 12 mile* west of here, on the
night of Aug. 10 while her husband
waa visiting tn Houston on business
The courthouse was guarded
heavily by Sheriff R. D. Holliday.
100 deputies and Texas rerrem as
several hundred persons gathered
during the trial which luted two
days.
lte$
HENDAYZ. FRANCO-SPANISH
FRONTIER Sept 1—<"UP>—A huge
nationalist army has been massed
on the Aragon front to drive de-
fending loyalist forces -to the sea."
Insurgent dispatches said today.
Rebel communique* asserted that
crack foreign pilots in fast fighting
planes and bomber* had broken the
governments large Kale offensive
17S mile* northeast of Madrid and
that Gen Franctaco Franco la ready
to open a counter offensive to cut
the loyalist “life line*' between Val-
encia and Barcelona.!
Twenty thousand fresh troop*,
including moor*, foreign legion-
naire* and Italian black arrow*."
have been rushed to the Aragon
front, where the government ha* _____
exerted heavy pressure on Francos Half Holiday
eastern Salient. WASHINGTON. Sept. 1—(UP)—
The loyalist offensive, described- The White House announced today
as the largest of the elvil war. was a half holiday for federal employe*
said by the nationalist* to have been on Friday. 8ept. IT, the 150th an-
and our people and would have kept
the price of gas down, but I bow
cheerfully to the will cf the ma-
jority Now that the g*s business
te out of the way let us forget th~
thing* which are behind and reach
forth unto the thing* which are be-
fore.'
“The people and the Council can
now give attention to the water
system. *treet*. etc. The gas rate
will, in my opinion, be 75 cents
In six months."
fu>m the f Official canvass of the* electi:n
returns will be made by City Coun-
cil later this week.
Barksdale Flyer Reports
Seeing Charred Remains
Near Weches, Texas
MIN TOTALS
2.08 INCHES
REPORTS SHOW PREfTPTTATION
TUESDAY WAS NOT OENERAL
OVER BROWN COUNTY
• halted with the exception of fight-
ing in the area around Belch It*.
nlver*ary of the signing of the eon-
StltUtiOQ.
SALARIES UP AS NEW YEAR IN
STATE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHER
• • • •
Or* evening ft gu
*w ft tmr Are on
top
lover is dom ing
st at a ranch
the mountain
It was. “Only
thinks her
her." someone
But next night
^Ti«WBB OR BARB $«¥««
Appropriations Bill From
Last Session Becomes
1 Effective Today
AUSTIN. Sept J—(UP)—The
state government began a new fis-
cal year today with most state em- ■
ployes receiving Increased pay.
The appropriation bills of the
last session of the legislature be-
came effective carrying a total of
more than $70.000400 for two years, i whether he is held to be an official
an estimated increase of $$3400,000 or an employe. Employes with tees
for salaries and other purposes. than five yean service draw 30 per
John A. Norris, engineer-director oent under appropriated aalariss.
of the Braaos river project la high- CM Taken In Drprtann.
est peid state employe at $15400 a; Chief clerks of most departments
year His pay la fixed by the Braaos1 ’"ere raked, substantially. Low sal-
River Obnaenratkm District Board, arted employe# were slightly ln-
but paid out of state taxs* remitted creased. A former $105 a month
to the district. j J clerk is now paid $111 Other In-
creases are generally at that rate.
It Is s asoond rates restoring. In
Rain drenched a small area
around Brownwood Tuesday after-
noon. but did not cover the entire
county. The rain totaled 3.0$ inches
tn Brownwood within a two-hour
period, and waa the heaviest preci-
pitation received here since early
June.
In Brown county, good rains were
reported at Bangs and Zephyr ard
light rains were reported at B.anker
and Fry. Indian Creek reported no
rain was received there.
Rain reports from other points1
received w Southwestern State*
Telephone Company were: Abilene
none; Austin, none; Ballinger, none;
Brady, none; Coleman, light rain,
Comanche, light rain: Cisco shower;
j Dublin, shower: MulUn. light rain;
Ooldthwalte. none; I am pass*, heavy
i rain; San Angelo, light rain; Santa
Anna, heavy rain, and Waco. none.
Ranchers said the rain waa of
great benefit to them. Ranges were
getting dry and water supply for
' livestock was getting low. Farmer*
SAN ANTONIO. 8rpt 1.—(UP)—.
Army suthortUes at Randolph Field
announced this afternoon that an
army pilot searching for Cadet Guy
Edgerton had sighted what might
be “plan; wreckage" rr*r Weches.
Tex.
Edgerton. wheae home H !n Her.
ly. N. C.. has been raiaing since
late Monday when he last was seen
flying low over Orapeland Tex.,
near Weches. In a thunderstorm.
Previously, a report from Crock-
ett. Tex., stated that an army flyer
had drwpprd a map indicating plane
wreckage had been sighted by him
rear Weches
At 'Randolph Field the army
spokesman Mid:
“A flyer from Barksdale Field nt
Shfevepert engaged In the search
' for Cadet Edgerton te reported to
have sighted what look'd like an
airplane wheel and the charred re-
mains of an object reeemoltng a
plane. However, we aifc awaiting
confirmation of the dtecov ry from
the Barksdule commandant.**
The spokesman said that the flyer
’ had furnished forest rangers with
a chart of the location of the "ob-
>ctV to aid them and more than
300 men in the ground crew search-
ing party.
CLIMBS TO SIX
EL RENO Ok’.a. Sept. 1— 'UP)
-l-The toll Of an automobile and
School Seniors Are
Asked to Classify
Odell
- . pgrsot
truck canton near Mlnco. Okl*..
lajtt night reached six today when
Thomas. 23. died here. Four
Irsony two men and two women,
were dead when removed from the
wreckage. [
A third soman. Bern ire Branum.
33. of Mrneo, died en rout* to the
hospital. Tbe others dead were Ru*-
**ll a. H'lbbn rd Jr, 35. John V
Hawkins. 25. both of whom with'
Thoma.* members of the 18th
Field Artillery at Fort Bill: Fern
Brpwti. 30.- of Mlnco and an un-
identified woman who was burned
beyond recognition
Toil
Russia, it was pointed out. has
ample excuses for sending troops in-
to China where her consulate gen-
eral In Tientsin was wrecked and its
e: chives confiscated by alleged Jap-
anese military agents.
"If the war lasts six months, and
China continues to offer htr pres-
ent vigorous resistance, the betting
te better than ewen that Moscow will -
be in." one diplomatic expert said,
pointing out that Soviet rule in
Pastern Siberia will be based on
| Japanese toleration alone once the
Japanese army has consolidated its
position In north China.
B-nain Seen as Factor
Britain, too. was seep as a factor
:n the situation and it was believed
that Moscow would receive at least
indirect British support If Stalin
; should decide to take a handdln tha
ci-m^"-Japanese affray.
There te no confirmation of re-
ports t'at tbe Rumo-Chinese non-
"" * • aggression pact announced this wi tk
111 J T lKalum ; in Nanking aRd Moscow is reinforced
I!. .. . ! by secret annexes which provide
KlOtmg increases that China shall recognise Russia’a
Brownwood High School seniors
were being classified at the Senior
High School building today. School
officials requested all seniors who
did not clawdfy today to report at
the school office tomorrow.
Students who are transferring to
Brownwood frohn other schools are
asked to present tfielr credits .at the
high School office this week. Stu-
dents who wish to enroll In the di-
versified occupations classes are re-
quested to see W. C. Hooper In the
high school library tomorrow.
Brownwood city school will open
for the' 1637-38 term Monday.
1 Cut in Old Age Aid
Rolls Is Discussed
HHirriNO IS HALTED BY JERUSALEM. Sept. 1—.UP) —
INTER-UNION DI8FUTE Two Arabs were shot to death at
----- I - Karkur t*day, raising the toll in
j 8AN FRANCISCO Sept. 1—(UP) 73 hours of sporadic rioting to
—Teamstel* declared an embargo seven .Arabs and three Jew*,
today. bLhkbig all cargo** on the A Jewish woman employed In a
San Franci^o dock* because of an laundry here waa Injured serioua-
mter-unl ti di put^e. _ ly when a bomb, placed in a work-
Unlon workmen were ordered not shop, exploded because of the heat
to pick up or deliver goods. Steve- British military authorities
do res were to continue unloading threatened to establish martial law
ships, letting the cargoes accurau- throughout Palestine if the rioting'
late cn the dock*. . did net cease. The Arab press
Perishable! were endangered, but warned that such outbursts would,
shippers said the main effect would react against the Arab cause at'
be gradual and cumulative. Geneva.
ICOMTiMUtD ON WAOK IIOHT)
- a ..'4-- 4' 1 - -■"»«
4*
Well,
rU Tell You
BOB BURNS
find It necessary to pay that much
when they select a permanent suc-
cessor to the late Dr. H. Y. Benedict.
srs Sffusr&'iSS: *-«-»’-rusnsst
state highway engineer will be paid ^ f0^
at the rate of $7,750 a year for a\®n Prot>abl>’ ml11 **' •lightly help^i
month when he leaves to became j by_H*ewinol*taT*' _ ;
dean of engineering at A. Sc U. Col- _ ^ ***** raln Brownwood put
te$e. Whether his Julian hundreds of telephonte out of order
Montgomery will receive $7,750 a afternoon and last night
year or 30 per cent teas depends on
A higher salary, $17,500 a year Is
authorised for the president of tbe
Uoteantty of Texas S the mfaate
part, the horizontal 3$ per oent cut
AU8TTN, Sept. 1—(UPJ—TVxaa
old age assistance recipients w~o
now outnumber those of any other
state in proportion to total popula-
tion can be reduced from 114 400 to
85.000 by two lawa acting director
W. A. Utile of the Old Age As-
sistance Administration has Inform-
ed the Senate economy committee.
One law would give the state a
lien on property of recipients; the
other would require able children
to support their dependent parents.
Texas alone lacks Mich laws among
the states he Las consulted, Little
said.
The committee asked him for a
FRIENDSHIP FOR LOYALISTS
IS REITEMTED DY CARDENAS
Mexico President Gives
Address at Opening
Of 37th Congress
MEXICO. D. F„ 8ept. 1—(UP)—
. /"^
more interested In
> than they are In
; dren.
X know a
I don't want'- M
ta keep harpin
on It all the
1
time, but dog-
gone It, X do
know that faml-
lies in small
towns are closer
than those In
the city. In the
city, |t seems
the men are
their business
j
their own chil-
t
friend of mine who’s %
big business man and hardly ever
see* hi* children. He rends 'em
away to military school In the wln-
me and out
.CONTinuio OR PASS THRU)
General Lsusaro QardensLS tMay ful-
filled hte constitutional duties as
president of the United Mexican
States by personally dsllvering hte
message on the state of the na-
record of how many recipients are tion at the opening of the 37th
hems owners Little said there was Congress.
no break-down at headquarters glv- Flanked by an array of generate
lng that Information but that It can t who oommand the various military
be shown from case records A re- sons# of Mexico, President Cardenas
inc rat The babv died as cord requested •**> the num- m hte dry. monotonous voice read
hte motherimd grandmother reach- *** Jtruck fro« poll» who no <*• lon* message, going into detail
ed the horolUl a 1 Property, because some relative te
_ ____ __ {contributing to their support. !________ , _
_ Delayed Little told the committee yester- era ting Mexico's friendship to the
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 1—(UP)— day afternoon that 134 people get Loyalist party in Rpaln.
tbe maximum of $30 a month. Tbe
average te $1. 78 a month and 7$0
get the minimum of |$. $1$ a month
|OR $0 11,000.
more fund* to carry out his far- ,
reaching program of Improving the j
lot of the under privileged clasres.
Indications are that the national • ter Um< out ^ ^ recreation
budget, which has m recent years c^mp ju the summer spd he never
fluctuated around 400.000.000 peso* letl chtidren come down to hte
0111,111.111) will soon be In the ^ b<tslne*s because he dont
neighborhood of 500.000,000 pesos want km bot nf ring him.
Back home I've got an uncle who*8
a barber and hte boy not only hangs
around Tve barber shop all tbe
Rat Mm
BEAUMONT, Texas.
(UP)—Howard P
Aged If months, cf Village Mills
died at a hospital today after eat-
, Kept
hasih
Milwaukee's city
fearful of an Infantile paralysis
epidemic, today pootponod the open-
inf of school from Sept. $ lo Sept. -JO.
(SI38.888.880■. as added Impetus has
been given recently to the agragrian
and public works.
The budget, which runs on a cal- I time but he takes an Interest tn hte
endar year baste, will be approved father's work. Til never forget tha
Just before congress adjourn# at tlme the boy saw a stranger com-
the end of the year. 8easlons In ^ into the shop and he sayx "Pa-
Mexico run from Sept. 1 to the end pa, here comes a stranger—let me
of the year, unless these te a special practice sharin' him" and my unde
*4—^ ; says. "All f^it, son. you go ahead
into the activities of every depart- FtiMlinl Statee Dee. h M$$ and praeRce an him but be cere-
ment of the government, and red- Twtof tt was the third time that ful—don't gut youraelf- -
Cardenas delivered a message at
the opening of the regular swrinn,
He became president on Dec. 1.
1534. Hte maasage of Sept. L 153$,
constituted moatly an
for
Oeneral Cardenas
new note bp referring
aity far economy, tn order to have
lntrtetaoed
to the rveoc
(CONTINUgO ON PAOR $iOHT)
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