Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 36, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 15, 1935 Page: 1 of 4
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GRAHAM. TEXAS, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1935
NUMBER 3S
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Building Activity In Graham IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY MARKS
Continues At Break-Neck Speed; START OF EXCAVATION WORK
v> .Construction Costs Now $92,095, FOR $65,000 PWA POSTOFFICE
.
j New Basketball Rules Quicken
Pulse Of Fans Who Have Eyes
On Successful Steer Season
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TOTALS FOR 1933 - 34
FAR BEHIND
IN BOOM
u-i-!.
Th* building boon that has
caused Graham to become the
center of construction activities i
In North Texas this year Is con.
tliuilng unabated through the fall
jFitl promises to ma'ntatn the
break-neck speed well Into the
I winter months.
f A summary of building permits
issued to date th's year by J. P.
Tackett, city euglneer, shows that
a total of 992.095 has been Invest-
ed in Mir conarmrttim since .Ian.
1 of this year.,
Mr. Tarketit has not Included
the cost of the Griffin Brothers
Clln'c or_the several beautiful res.
Idrnces soon to be commenced.
STATE ond
NATIONAL
NEWS
At a Gl'in c
ill
Bridge Across
River At South
Bend Is Urged
iHORTER, SAFER ROUTE
TO ELIASVILLE
NEEDED
^rS^'SriCounty Agent
Program
Predicts Gain
In Wheat Form.*
Ljr
By comparison with construc-
tion costs for the same period
of 1934 the figure Is nearly three
hundred' per cent above the to-
A major battle between Ethio-
pian and Italian forces is be-
ing predicted In southern Eth-
iopia after Mussolini took pos-
session of Aksum without llrtng
ci shot. Tlie scene of tlie major
encounter Is expected to be id
Results Of Drive ichanges will speed
. c*, j UP GAME MATERIALLY
-Gratifying, Says this year
C. C. President —
‘ i •_ | Although discussion of basket —
Progress or the Chamber of hall is probably furthered froM
Commerce membership drivr is the minds of most Graham faM
Indeed gratifying, Irby Rhodes, this month, new rules on tta
president,. said this morning Ip forthcoming cage season- ■ ** afo
reviewing the work of fotanii’- notinced today by Coach KnMt
teemen Monday. fend to quicken file pulse of
mlnat*d this morning when mmb-1 ’ I Approximately one-i-.ulf of those •’ "1)0 love, a M
- J hors or the Chamber of Com- ' - REDUCTION .to be,contacted have been report- moving quintet.
Construction of a new bridge meref .postoffice committee 1 ___________________ _______________ # and >.,wlth exceptions ha\e •' u< " ° 1 * a 1 V*
Bceoes the--+U#—-f-nih fir«< ground for r.)i» jiti-j oim I’W A ^ fnd cations 'point to' the umn | hddLd Tbelr jinme- m V1 uns_- veteran gr
Benil hi being nought -by E. C. peejeeS. • —--------------L.LuL..of .whuat radnemm centrals | a hip rolls. Mr,
and several other prom- Preceded by bugle call, the being doubled | this year,^ County;
Thorn. Baptist pas- ! Aftent D A*; Adajl).,-, -predicted
the invocation after Monday in (iis< usslhg
Six years' work by Graham I
through its public officials. Chine 1 -
ber of Commerce and corgres- NEARLY HUNDRED EXPECTED
slonal representatives were cul-i TO ENTER 'PROGRAM 1
OF REDUCTION
ndra *
,, Lam's—Lick_of
offset with material
Couchaa
Til'1 <onmil-tecmen ltiqte to be
able to complete their work by
the
f Stovall
(rent men who. suggest that the Key. J. I). _______ ___..__ _ ___ . ..
I long needed structure be serur-, tor. offered the Invocation after Monday in d'tsi usslhg tbe new ^ tomorrow mailt
hi through the WPA If ^xiidtblg. whi. it Fred T. tfrgSTd, chairman. ’ ' prograg.
I Mr. Stovall's explanation of the 1 introduced Judge R. W. MjcFiir 'Applications ffflr the.....Pmnrkrta--
i npcossity for a new bridge fol- \ line, Congressman McParlane's are llow being typed^aud dates
I lows, the Hue of thought ad van- father, who reviewed the coop- i° r -the farmers to make sp-
eed by- many others in prqpos-! eratton that made early process nllcat on for wheat contracts for
kte costs were only $24.-
825 for the corresponding per-
iod of 1934 and only $33,160 for
the /entire year as against an
eslmated total of Well
IlgwOCO this year.
year's aggregate of all I
showed an -Increase, how-1
Ver, over the 1922 iKIsint*.,* -In
ate;tail wj^aa oaty
•pent for construction and only j said the court
$26,975 to Oct. 14 of that year constitutionality
southeast between lfin.DOO jBg (Jwl (h# gugpgmtott" hfidg* j poeafhle in" his plea for coeiln.' the years 193ti through 1939 will
to Oct. 14 of last year. The K1*1 °Piuns *e<* "**2 Kas Desta Oe- - j,e rpptacpj |,y more modern ued cooperation. -j4u- announced in the near future.
mtu. Halle Selassie's son-in-law. mor# substantial structure. | Judge McFarlane pointed to the | The extended program, it has
and a much smaller Italan army, ^alde fr0m the fact that con- value or cooperation to a pro- been explained, is more of con-
undor General Granzianl The atructlon of a boulevard from
Hthloplan^ are expected to make ,he rlver (0 th(| stova„ Hot
over 8n a,ta'«. on the flank of Well, planting of trees along the
- | lhe. *nYading army. J roa(| and construction of slde-
-= 4 ...--------- --------, walks hinges on sec u came. of a.
historic season 'of the Su- , new bridge. Mr. Stovall , points
Arrangements Are
Being Completed
For Haskell Trip
kmo . u district basketball, team,
the changes in the 193546 rules
are significant.
Most important, of the vart»
stons is the new tb ree-secon4
rule,i Crtach Knieff explains that
a pjay'er may not remain In hla
L
gressive community and urged than of reduction and sets MOTORCADE WILL LEAVE
that the power massed through 'be yield by the year as the J GRAHAM AT 1 O'CLOCK
such concerted action be always I'aw supply ar.d demand works THURSDAY
used Tor good.
I to reduce
Increase the wheat
Following the- applause that aurjilus.
greeted the congressman's fa-r ^be contract signers wifi haw
I preme Coofl was promised Mon--; to the elimination of river- cross- ther's addrgas Mr, Arnold pre- .' lhe, opportunity to withdraw at
wus day when Chief Justice' Hughes. Ing% to Eliasville when a new sented M. K. Grattaih, member 'be end of two years if they so
will act on the, bridge would open up a reported-(of the bullidng cammittee that desire, Mr. Adams said,
of the Agricul- ly shorter rou(te for heavier traf-, made the postoffice possible I Only 42 signers entered the
By comparison more buildingt tural Adjustment Admln'stratlon,. 71c.
was In progress during the last
quarter of 1933 than during the
Mme period of last year. The
,uarterly totals of both years will
be%xceeded by far this yaar. Mr.
Tackett predicts.
The average job this year to-
tals $1,212 as compared wfth
$660 in 1934 and $565 In 1933. Mr.
Tackett’s figures show.
I
“We are gathered together here
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wheat
reduction
Plans
For Armistice,
District Meet
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COMMITTEES A P POINTED
► -''MONDAY TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS
the Tennessee Valley Authority,
and the Bankhead cotton cor.-
•trot act; Mooney's plea for free-
dom was rejected ^Monday at tlie
outset of the Court7* actions (hla
term. .. 1
AvV
Senator Henry J,' Allen ot
Kansas Interviewed Mussolini |
Monday to report that H Duce
.-eemtngly does not hope for a-
T-he route on the other side ol | today to rejoice; to
the river also eliminates
dangerous grade crossings.
the
Mr.
Stovall jsdds.
Officials recognize the need
lew bridge at that point,
ova 11 said in urging that
action be taken in making appli-
cation for government aid. 1 '
Har from being mercenary In
the proposal Mr. Stovall has vol-
celebrate. I last Tear, but nearly a
are expected to take
program
hundred
the Te-
free- throw, area with or without
: : >r n-.-T. ' n.in three
secor.il* whtie tile l»aW-4*—>W
j play and in possession or com
I trol of l»4*— team. The ball is In
“control of a team when It In
I lieipg passed from player to plaB1
{er of that team, he added.
- ‘This Sieans, of course, thal
H, L Thornton, chairman of wher, afl offensive player enter*
the Haskell motorcade to leave his free throw -area *the threw-
the Memorial'—Aitditerlum at -tjfeecen^ ronnt begins, {( he—rw-
o’dock Thursday afternoon re- ceives the ball and dribtilw aP
ports that plans are rapidly be-i passes it. he must get out of tie#
Ing completed for-tbe inspection area before-the three seconds or
min in
of s v ne
Mr. Rtoi
voldence of w*r ►In Europe Ap- J nnteered to M'Mruct a mile and
parently he beliefs that EngMOd [ R ba{f boulevard. H°e U with
will bd among the first to' BHngf1™** “«"» mak(' «*« Improve-
on hostilities, the senator quot- mentB a» Personal appreciation of
ed Mussolini as saying.
the muoh needed 'bridge.
Others discussing the project
Twenty-six person, were put pra,M Mr eonat*"t lm'
to death In El Salvador Sunday I-^Pr°¥el"«nt» at the 3(0va"
morning on discovery of a reT., a»d h * .generosity in making the
. ... . a . i healthful water available to rich
olutionary plot against the Sal-1 , ,
vadoran government The „ whole-1 ^ eprojec ,
— [ sale execution was Reported by!’88 “ld' >merl,8l,*Ctt(,ai °° thHe
Plans for two outstanding Le- passengers arriving at Panama | 'ler®**"y ° 8 (8 ol>® *n
glon events were discussed Mon- City aboard the S. S. Santa El- UI" ermore *ou ^ * •* 1 “*
da, night when committee ap- ena. , r'buU Mt Stova"8 un8e,f'
i > ; ish record.
Long ago. the people were com-
manded to assemble In the fall ''uct'on Mep under the new set-
of the year, after “the harvests u9- be said.
his team will lose possession at
tile ball out-of-bounds If 1)* sbooSB
upon reception of the ball, thw
I
polntments were announced for
the annual AratMtice Day banquet Alvin Karpis and Harry Camp-
and dance and for the d'strlct1 hell, public enemies one and tjwd,’J. R .RaiHSCy Sells
**\7£Z ST Drugstore Monday
Jndge S. A. Penlx as guest: attempted kidnaping ot Henry
-irjf IBt TrE*r‘*r*'—■ -q—v- -f the ' Hoffigep »i schp-i Jg men sold
were In. for a seven day feast,
the first day to be on the sab-
bath and the last on the sab-
bath. For this week they were to
have a camp-meeting revival and*
were to worship God and thank
him for hla goodness. This >was
to be done each year forever,
Mr. Graham said.
. “We have our annual thanks-
giving day later with our thanks-
giving feast, so thu hr by way
of being an extra. We-begin the
annnal fall celebration now by
thanking God for this handsome
new postoffice—a blessing siever
enjoyed by us before.
“We can not only-thank-God
but we can glso thank Mr.
Roosevglt and a' Democratic Ad-
ministration which are building
so many public buildings and
works over the country to en-
able the unemployed to earn a
living for themselveva and famil-
ies.
“The Republicans are finding
so much fault with Mr. Roose-
Possession of the Ramsey Drug j volt's spending that I rlnnh. a
of the Haskell County Fair.
The delegation of Graham bus-
iness men and women will leave
early Thursday afternoon to be} three-second coqnt ends
met 10 miles this side of Has- j tils team no longer has contra!
, , _ , kelt by a welooming committee jiof the ball He may stay in IBB
cessity for farmers to appear i , . ~ ._
. of, Haskell officials. j area as long as he wishes sken
Mr. Thornton urges a* many | (ioing rebound work.”
families to go as can. The Has- Mr. Knieff points out that aw
kell fair this year has a varieity tali player can be spottedP
of entertainment including racing in the free throw lane and bn
1 meet with pari-mutuel, ha said | oipen to receive a pass becaanw
the application, dates within ,be/ ----•- * hU h*t*h, •“<* “
____ . .. 1 1 -ORT WORTH LIONS The new rule will also tend tn
--------yQ OtVE PROGRAM -mphaslse gr-aier footwork am-
Ft. Worth Lions will furnish ; the offense, the coach added,
the weekly luncheon program to- ! Another of tbe important ctaun
morrow noon for the Orabazn t ges this year Is the complatinK
L ons club. A. C. Whittle, pro- of the free throw circle thrmsab
Mr. Adam emphasized the ne-
to sign on up on the day to be
announced, otherwise they wll^
havsrj to appear at ' the county
office and have their application
sent in late.
^a>cAl committeemen will set;
next few (lays, the county agent
said.
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FORT -WORTH VISITORS
Mr. and
were host and hostess Sunday
to five couples from Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs.- - Raymond Dodd.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhottenburg,, Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin Hale, Mr and
Mra. Burk Richards gram chairman, advises Graham i the free throw lane for use
“ * club members, I fng
Mr. Whittle is very anxious I made must be cleared of
| fng jump balls. The circle
to have- -a large attendance for “era except the Jumpers until tbs
,the luncheon and urges all Lions1 ball Is tapped. More tosses wIB
tlo 'be on hand tomorrow to wel-; be brought to the free three*
Mrs. John Holman, Mr. and Mrs. ! (Some the visitors as enthusias- j area and a radical change l»
Burley Abbott vtxfted in their | tjlcally as the Mineral Wells pi;r>.; worlng tactics from the area *AU
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|,A »>
home
gram
f
was received
of “Sons of the Amer- they represented the boy’s fath-
Ican Legion" new Junior group to er but the suspicions of the
be formed on return of appll - teacher frustrated the kidnaping.
Store was given at 4 o’clock
cation forms distributed Monday
night for parents to sign.
Tbe new organisation, Post
Commander T. J. Edward*
bet of Rt. Worth and Mrs. Fred
Martin of tbinls, J. R. Ramsey
on completion of the
First she demanded a written. announced
not© from th© boy» parents and1
_ - saie.
when such not© was presented
i a *_ .aZ i store
ex went to telephone to check It©.. __
plains, will embrace all wins, source. The men fled when she M „ o.clock tomorrow mornlng
went to the telephone.
will cease to
IT*
stepsons and adopted sons of
og-earrlce mao.
, Banquet committee for the Nov.
U meeting will be Bob Rekders.
O. E. Dewey and Marges How-
_ ard. Arrangemente for the dancs
’Wm.
be made
nd T H|
rnrtmifln
by I, T. Lawrence
and Edwards
ng plans for the con-
IrtBtlbe s. 8. Bates. A. C. Whit-
tle and Lee Dockery' were nant-
Three Houston bus'neas men
wandered In the Trinity River
bottoms 48 hours over tbe week-
although possession was given
Monday afternoon. Mr. Ramsey
sold.
Mrs. Martin will move to Gra-
}*'
on and Jack Wahl became lost
while fishing ard pecan hunting
to Oaylor Lake, eighteen miles |
from Cleveland. Suffering from '
hunger and weariness they fin-
will cont'hue to live In Cre-
am. In completing the sale of
I ham
’I Hies
I store, the former owner explatn-
I ed.
Mr. Ramsey observed Ms- four-
teenth anniversary of the start
... ,. ®f the business on Sep*. 21 and
ed as banquet committee with ally reached (a house late Mon-
Mr. Lawrence, E. H. Lee and day and telephoned for help.
BlllD^b. joprePare «nter‘alnj “ I the! .for. Monday Mr. Ramsey
men. Bob Lyle, end Mr. How-, The death x* uro, w-m. A^^p^.e.rWippraotStlon fof th
to Mcur. housing, J. J. Ak- ...Icide of a Washington garage- patronaKP Qraham and
man, climaxed a emoltertng fam-
ily quarrel. James H. Pierce. 46.!
•hot and killed hla wife and ,hl that wpre forme„ dur1ns
stepdaughter, .erlou.ly wounded h,( owner.hlp ^ ,he „ore Mr
hi. daughter and ended the ,It0 expremed the wish
a.trou. sffolr by sending . bal et (||at 0raham „how ,h, ,amP
through hi. own brain. HI. 15- fln#
yoar-old daughter it not expect*
to live. | ownership of the store so pleas-
ant. "
ard
In Mr. Bdwards and Mr Reh
r 'ders to arrange registration and
and C. B. Coobran. Mr.
Bdwards and W. E. Forgte to
BObUclty. -
many irlend-
to Mr. Corbett
Martin that made his
we should have this occasion un-1
Republican regime I do i
not know what they would have;
done with and for the unemploy,
ed. The depression Came during
their administration and they had
.three years In which tC cure it:
but It only went from bad to
wort, until Mr. Roosevelt gave
relief by devaluing the dollar, j
Th«re was so much more froxen *'ac of
credit outstanding In the world
than ever before that almost
Corn-Hog Producers In County
WilL Go To Polls On Oct. 26
For Nation-Wide Referendum
i
result, he said.
Not least among the new roles
for the fast—approaching aeaomn
is that pointed out by Mr KnioM
to affect dribbling. —
The change states that a fizzw-
hle is no^ a dribble and that W
not started when mt
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CONTINUANCE OF AAA
REDUCTION PROGRAM
STAKE
Every
er In YCu
elUtil
>uni
Ike * 1
from .other player* wtio are
acreage down to a safe, terdlug for It.
desirable level and preventing an other minor changpa lnvolv.
excessive Increase In hog turn- J piaydr8 reporting and length
... . , herf Th* alternative la to re- mtermiaMons have UUle
ible corn-hog nfoduc- leasp control both on com acre-
county, as well aa aKP and hog production at the
the j 147 contract algners, risk that dnrlng tbe next three
’Ote In the na- ( years the Increase -In hog pt*6-
corn-hog referendum Sat- duction from the 193546 level
26, according to
ended In 4 years and that this
one would hare ended by now,;
anyway. Such statements mere-
ly prove their Ignorance.
■' "But we had unemployed dur-
ing the boom and we shall con-
Young county people hare given t’ntte fo have more a* Time paa-
every one must hare gone broke ur(,aY- Octofler 26, according to wm he greater than for any pre-
to have liquidated thefr debts i W L Hoffman, president of rious period In the fountry'a
In the old way of bankruptcies. | ,he Youn8 County (‘orn-Hog Con J history with consequent dlsas-
lttsolvencles and foreclosures. Let | tro* A88°ol*tlon 1 troua hog prices. •
ua not forget thl. when they I All farmers have a .hare In the
say that all other deprewlons j ^
hog adjustment program to foL
on the game
Combination of the three
Jor rulings will tend to jq
up the game this year, the t
concluded. >
set. So this Santa Claus pro-
gram cannot continue forever. Did
you every try to solve the un-
employment problem? I can
of only these' foar remedies;
’!. To share what work there
la amongst all the workers. This
has been tried 'out in a measure
and the objections to It are tbat
It tends to limit production; to
encouraga Inefficiency; a ad to la-
in the years before the AAA.
every corn-hog producer would
low the 1935 program which ex- haT* h*d to <««»> with this pros,
plres on November SO, 49367; P*ct ln h,s W Individual way.
Therefore It la Important fo get wUh n° means of guessing what
the Judgment of every eligible ,hl* Industry as a whole Irtend-
producer on the matter, he point- *° **0. and'wlth no'means
ed nut. —----- ; bringing about concerted nation.
All operators and owners, or *1 action to meet the problem
their official representatives, of Mow wtrh their production con-
farms which produced corn or tro' associations and their vol-
' “T] hogs in 1935 may vote whether *'"'*'? contract syatem. farmers
1 they signed corn-hog contract* *• * whole are In a position tc
the past year or not. Common- know what other farmers are go-1 Judging at Kansas State
Ity committeemen will determine ,n* 10 do and t<f cooperate to j tnral College. Manhattan.
Douglas Marshall
Leaves For K. C.
With Judging' Team
Douglas Marshall, senior aorfc-
cultnre student In Texas TMB-
noipgloal College, leave* ton'gW
with four fellow tegm
Or the American Royal
Rhow in Kansas CRy. Mo He
one of the five selected a
prelim rary judging and eltm
Mon contest held at th*
last week
The teem will also do
the eligibility ot voter* Each keep supplies and livestock num-
ellglble person la entitled only, k*™ '1* balance and thereby pre-
to on* vote regard lees of th# T*nl periodic unoontrclled up*
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