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stile And Woman
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Sun To Escapers
LVESTON, Dec. 5- H'.iP—
t Newsom, 35, a convicted
(Jr, and his: woma^ friend,
, Salami, 38, of Houston, fac-
L»rges today of aiding three
inere to escape from the Gal-
o county jail. /
.land C. Tyler, '28,. Edward
ds Sutton, 30, and Peter John
adra, 27, used/a smuggled
J to kill assistant keeper Br-
it E, Goode, 42, and escape last
Into 'Mi
Woman Arrested
iriff Frank L. Giaggne, who
pited the case, filed the
i against Newsom, a prison-
MR. AND MRS. McLANAHAN, NOW
woman,
ortantd, and
whom he arresed in
(XXI < HE Eh
and Tyler were sentenc-
Ito life imprisonment and Cal-
ls to SO years in prison for
i murder of Goode. Eyewitness-
iteetified at the trials that Ty-
burn the actual killer.
[ Perjury Charged
nreom declared at Tyler’s
i that the defendant’s mother
p. the death weapop to
r in a bundle of clothing, but
■ said that .Lola Roland
lit it to Newsom more than
before the break,
' Biaggne asserted that
(See Newsom, Page J) -
CREW HERE
Pictured aoove are Mr. and Mm. George Xavier McUnanan, ioiiow-
ing their brilliant society wedding at Emmanuel church, Boston,
Mass. McLanahan, 26,‘is a wealthy New York socialite.- The bride
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NOT TO BE CUT
To Eight Months
jpre Work Remain
For Men
-
Ktiona in Works Progress
titration forces will have
'» or no effect on the crews
ting here, it was said today.
*. B. William*, engineer for the
[As appeal to help members
ftte WPA crew stay oa the
Vis cold weather by getting
elstock to keep them
i_wss made today by B.
- Wffliaaw, city engineer for
J> dooae Creek curb and gat-
*»eoject.
Wiliams said that every cold
P results' In several of the
> becoming 111 from working
1 shirt sleeves because they
> »o coats. He asked that
with old and discarded
, notify him and he
Upl pick them' up aad dis.
' them to the men.
ANTI-TRUST QUIZ
INTO AUTO PATENT
MONOPOLY OPENS
New Phase In Probe
Into Economics
Is Begun
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 {OEI-
Assistant Attorney General Thur-
man Arnold opened an inquiry
into automobile patents by the
national economic committee to-
day, asserting that antf-trast- en-
S?rr^^flANS FOR PAPER
duetlon.
"Anti-truat. enforcement,-’ he
ssild, “must be linked to the sue
cesaful operation of our economic
system. It should not be used
blindly i to disturb the efficiency
of mass production. Neither should
it be used to upset orderly raar-
,, 11 HH ketlng conditions which increase
‘the efficiency of distribution.”
Arnold is in charge of the jus-
tice department’s anti-trust divis-
ion. His statement ushered the
committee Into a new phase of its
work, specific tavesigation of vari-
ous industries in a two-year s^udy
of monopoly, concentration of (he
economic power, and government
policies.
He said the automobile industry
had been selected as a storting
point, together with the glass in-
dustry, qa which hearings Will fol-
low, "not with an intent to single
out those Industries, but because
they illustrate typical situations
which are common - throughout
the industrial field.”
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King'Asks Caution
In Burning Of Grass
A plea of precaution to persons
jr,£-s«rm5v?
King after four buildings were set
afire today vby burning..erass.
Chief King said that if the
grass is cut from two to, four feet
away from the buildings before
the fire is started, there will be
little danger of setting fire to the
structure. ,
Two houses, a garage and an
outbuilding were set afire today,
Chief King said. K -
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THIRD TERM
BREAK SE
IN CONGRESS
Pennsylvania Boom
For Roosevelt Is
Expected To Cause
Democratic Rift
to renominate President Roose*
velt in 1946 threatened today to
involve the new congress in a thipd
term debate which would jar the
Democratic party from top to bot-
tom.
Mr. Roosevelt was put forward
to beat the •‘camouflaged fasciim”
of the Republican party by Sen. |
Guffey, D., Pa., a member of the
Democratic national committee and
now undisputed Democratic leader
of his state. He fired the first
big gun in the 1940 campaign With
this statement:
Momcntoiis Campaign V
“Pennsylvania was, is and
be for President Roosevelt
Pennsylvania’s 72 votes at
next Democratic conention will be ,
cast to. make him, our standard
bearer in 1940.
“The 1940 campaign will be the
most momentous in the history pf
OBSERVES HER 87TH BIRTHDAY
Roosevelt versus ......
fascism of'powerful financial ift
industrial interests masqueradim
under the colors of the Republican
party.”
O’DANIEL MEETS
WITH ADVISORS
Governor-Elect Anc
Council Gather For
First Time
Demand Is Made For
CessationOf Clamor
For African Colonies
By- United Pres* ..if
France and England today combined in blunt warnings to Italy
‘that growing demands of the fascist state for colonial expansion at-
the expense of France, would seriously endanger European peace.
From London went a warning that the recent friendship agreement'
between Britain and Italy is likely to be disrupted if the demonstra--
j tions against France continue.
An aroused France served notice on Mussolini that she will fight,
and soon if necessary, to protect her colonial possessions.
M--------I---— PARIS, Dec. 5. (U.P) — Premier
Edouard Daladier replied to Ital-
ian agitation for possession of
French Tunis m Northern Africa
anti the island of Corsica with
a statement today declaring that
France will defend the integrity
of ail her possessions,
Daladier said in a communique
that he had received thousands of
telegrams of loyalty from Corsica
and Tunis. Yesterday’s demonstra.
tions agauist Italy in Corsica and
NEW OUTBREAK OF
LABOR TROUBLE IN
FRANCE IS FEARED
? of Goose Creek on the cur-
f curt> and gutter project, said
t the 60 men now employed
Iwve from six to eight
more work at‘Die prog-
made at the present
{?* reduction ordered in the
work on the Harris
r drainage and flood control
“» will not affect the WPA
? ta Goose Creek and Pelly,
Adoue avenue section of
' *«d gutter was being corn-
'd today and the men will
*10 Lobit avenue. -
— .
>und Town
JILL COMPLETED
SEC Approval Only
Step Needed For
Lufkin Plant
LUFKIN, Dec. 5 (U.D-Approval
of the financial setup of, the
Southland Paper Mills, Inc. by the
ed on a $5,000,000 newsprint pa- ^ broadcast that the critlc8
of belonged to a "Can’t-do-it-club”
that had selfish motives. Two new
advisors announced Sunday were
Taylor Is Elected
Labor Council Head
Percy Taylor, delegate from the
painters local, Wednesday night
will take over the presidency of
the Tri-Cities Central ' Labor
Council. ........-
Taylor succeeds George L. Con.
way, who resigned, Conway, in
his resignation effective tomor-
row, said that he did not have
the time the position demands.
tal has been subscribed by pn- «*«>• ~~ ---------
vate investors. Kurth said that sloners toat no solicitors should
per mill'here.
. E. L. Kurth, president
Southland Paper Mills, InC., said
that action .by the commission
was expected within the next
three weeks.
Kurth announced today that fi-
nancing of the project, which will
mean the development of an en-
tirely new industry for toe south,
had been completed.
The Reconstruction Finance
Corporation has agreed to, lend
$3,425,000 for the work, Kurth
said.
The rest of the necessary capi-
tal has been subscribed by pri
$1,815,000 worth of stock already
bad been token, including $429,
Ushers who have been active in
promoting the project.
The new industry, it* sponsors
assert, also will furnish a new
cash income for southern land-
owners, having large holdings of
timberland.
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STOCKS CLOSE TODAY
..-■f"' i Courtesy
CITIZENS STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
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Wright A. -.....
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A Light ..
Allied Stores ............
Amer. Rad. .....................
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SAPtflC0 Pn^W ,
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11 7* | Lorillard ......................
16 1-2 Murray Corp.
Aircraft
Nash Kelvinator ........... 8 7-8
j 3^4 I Natl. Dairy ........................ 12 5-8
Natl. Power & Light 7 1-2
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Electric
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Governor-elect W. Lee O’Dantfel
and his 36-inember volunteer ad-
visory council met here today for
the first time.
The unofficial council, which
will serve without pay, has been
criticized in many quarters. The
complaints allege that the hoard
is not responsible to the voters
contribute to it fluid to insure here.
that their claims were kept in
force. O’Dahiel wanted the pen
%;^embers of the Texas Tax
000 suhacribed by neWspsmer pub- Asseasw - Collectm-s Association left tied to a tree. The abandon-
UW suosenoeu ay newspaper pure. ________. _ »« -awloeeftHnn «r /.nntainari a lottor orfrtroas.
, Vac,
e ....
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... 57 1-2
to 7-8
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proposed that a $1 registration
fee for voters be substituted for
toe preent $1.75 poll tax. O’Dan-
iel, who did not pay hia own, cam-
paigned vigorously against toe
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Nationalist Planes t
Routed By Loyalists
BARCELONA, Dec. -
ve nationalist airplanes bomb-
_J the port zone today without
causing casuatlies- It was report-
ed that-the bombers were driven
off by, loyalist pursuit planes.
Five nationalist planes which tried
to bomb the city yesterday were
kept away by loyalist planes. Ten
loyalist planes kept a raiding
fleet of 26 Italian and German
bombers from raiding Valencia
Mil ............
The war fronts were reported
quiet.
Mrs. Anna Wright, pioneer citizen of this community, was 87
ssa SSSSpS
all day quietly at home. _____
Bandit Trio Who Flee
In Gun Fight Nabbed
Von Ribbentrop Visit
To Sign Pact May
Bring Outbreak HI _
PAMS, oecSto-A
p. P. Butler of Beaumont and es, who sawed their way out of the
Maston Nixon of Corpus Christi. — ' »-••• — -•
Two other developments fea-
tured toe governor-elect’s week-
FQRT WORTH, Dec. S. tPTI—Three amed ,mrn, suspected tif, holds- ipL.Wetoteacby.
in .fjYC~iaar~nttfbrr~\vere arrested in a hotel 100,000 l
here today by five Fort Worth detectives.
Alt three said they Had been taxi drivers in Austin.
One man reached for his gun when the officers surprised him, but
he was knocked down by Detective '
Ed Weatherford. The trio had
eluded police twice in wild auto-
mobile rides through, toe city, but
were caught after they had aban-
doned a car that was stolen in
Austin. ,
Fingerprint records indicated
that the suspects were not mem-
bers of a group of five,'four of1
whom were under felony sentenc-
IHoward county jail at Sig Spring
early Sunday.
The sedan in which the fugi-
tives rode later was abandoned in
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1. State Representative Robert west Fort Worth. The suspects
H. Wood of Marshall notified him left behind a loaded pistol and
that agents in Bast Texas were flashlight. A taxi driver told po-
representing fraudulently that old *’--i v- u-1
age assistance recipients should
lice that he had taken three then,
similar to those sought, to-a hotel
The sheriff at Austin, Travis
county, said that toe automobile
was Stolen about midnight last
night from a Peeos man who was
visiting there. The owner was
DRAINAGE VOTED
IN NEW DISTRICT
4000-Acre Unit Near
Highlands Formed
In 50-0 Ballot
By a vote of 50 to 0, Harris
county drainage district No. 14
was created in an election hall
Saturday at Highlands and Is-
suance of $21,000 bonds was au-
thorized.
The district embraces a 4000-
acre tract near Highlands and the
drainage project will cost $55,000
of which the government will sup-
ply $34,000 in WPA labor funds.
Harry K. Johnson, one of toe
three commissioners named in toe,
same ballot, skid work probably
(See Drainage Voted, Page 2)
break of strikes was threatened
today as the government prepared
; to welcome Joachim Von Ribben-
due here tomorrow to sign
French-German peace declaration.
4 Efforts of Premier Edouard
Daladier and his cabinet collea-
gues failed to end a maritime
strike which immobilized 33 ships,
including, the crack liners Nor-
mandie, lie De France and Paris,
al Le Havre and Boulogne.
To Open Factories
Dock workers threatened today
to start a sympathetic strike to
support the seamen who struck in
protest against the dismissal of
some of their fellows, and then
were dismissed themselves.
The government dispatched la-
bor inspectors to Industrial cities
all over toe country to order em-
ployers to reopen factories which
were closed .as the result of toe
abortive orie-day general strike
ian manifestations and proved toe
French are ready to hold their
possessions wherever the tricolor 1
floats, the communique said.
morouM Demand ——
The demonstrations • were evok-
ed by a clamorous demand by
members of the Italian chamber
of. deputies last Wednesday for
cession to Italy of Tunis, Corsi-
sa, Savoy and Nice,
Daladier, saying that the Ital-
ian government had virtually dis-
avowed the demonstration by the
deputies, asked the Corsicans and
Tunisians to refrain from further
manifestations.
Jeer at Mussolini
Not only in Corsica itself hut
in Tunisia and in French cities.
Corsicans led yesterday's demon-
strations. At Ajaccio, the chief
town of Corsica, 30,000 persons led
by the mayor'and members' of (he
municipal council marched through
the city singffig the French nat-
11
ed car contained a letter address-
1 to a woman in Pecos.
Police here also learned that
three men had beaten and robbed
a: man at Georgetowm nortb of
Austin.
NEWSMEN STRIKE
CHICAGO, Dec; 5 (tli>)—Ameri-
can Newspaper Guild employes of
the Chicago American and thi
Chicago Herald and Examiner,
Hearst evening, and morning pa-
pers, struck today in protest
against alleged “m
firings,”
Locked Out
Many plants were expected to
reopen during the day, but there
was still tension in some cities.
Fifty-one textile mills, employing
80 per cent -of textile workers in
the Lille area, wefe yet closed.
Nearly all metallurgical plants in
the region remained shut. One
hundred thousand workers were
locked out in the Marseilles area.
Many arrests were reported in
the Valeneiennes region..
Labor union leaders complained
that as a sequel to the general
strike employers were trying to
rid themselves of union leaders in
industry, blaming them for al-
leged violations Of collective bar-
gaining contracts. Because of
these complaints; Premier Dala-
dier warned employers that though
individual contracts might have
been broken, the government in-
tended to stand by the contracts.
Cabinet Meets
Premier Daladier yesterday or-
dered the cabinet to meet today,
as a council of ministers under
President Albert Lebrun, to con-
sider the new B'rench-Italian dis-
pute, caused by a demonstration
in the Italian chamber of depu-
ties last week for Italian acquisi-
tion of French Tunisia,- Corsica,
“ Savoy and Nice.
As a. result of the new threat
Of labor troubles, however, Dala-
dier deferred toe meeting until
tomorrow.
ional anthem, the Marseillaise, and
shouting: “Long live France! Long
live Corsica! To the firing post
with Mussolini.”
Before the war memorial, they
voted a resolution demanding
cessation of “Italy’s insulting pre-
tensions against this country,
which never was and never will
be Italian.’1
Break Police Lines
Members of the procession broke
police cordons.four times, and then .
were permitted to parade past .
the Italian consulate where Ital-
ian subjects had sought refuge.
In Tunis, chief city of Tunisia,
demonstrators attacked Italian
shops and about 20 of them were
arrested ' when they persisted in
trying to break through police _ "
lines to parade to the Italian con-'
sulate. There were a number of
fist fights as demonstrators clash- -
efwito Italians whom they met in
the streets.
BRITAIN SEES COLLAPSE
OF FRIENDSHIP TREATY '
LONDON, Dec. 5 <l'Ri -Britain
has warned Italy that recent col-
onial demonstrations against J.
France are likely to disrupt toe
new efforts at friendship between
Britain and Italy, Prime Minister
(See Britain, France, Page 2) ;
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BRIEFS
Goodfellows Multiply But
There’s Need For Addition
Previously Re|>orted .-..$10.09
....... 2.60
.»... 5.00
2 3-8
43 3-4
..... 12 1-2
..... 8 1-8
9 5-8
.......38 1-
................ 8
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p.
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American Gunboat
Sail* Up Yangtze
SHANGHAI .Dec. 5. CP)-A
Japanese spokesman
that the An -
son and the
Admftal <
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S V-Si
7-8 and a Ji
A. E. Sheffers .........
Mary and John Echols
Foamite Xmas
Savings Club ......I.......
Marths Constance
and Chas. Kraft
Rainbow Girls .......
Charlotte Grenader ............. 2.00
TOTAL TODAY........$41.00
By CHIEF GOODFELLOW
The Goodfellow’s fund took a
nice climb over toe week-end, but
there's room for hundreds of new
Goodfellows.
Let us go over this Goodfellows’
organization with you again, and
you give a thought to it!
The Goodfellows are Santa’s
helpers—seeing that evert’ needy
child in the Tri-Cities area re-
ft visit at Christmas-time.
Bags are packed with toys,
candy, nuts and fruits, and de-
livered to each home. Each
it the name of toe
age and sex of each, child.
That’s the Goodfellows’ sole rea-
son for existence—and we Good-'
fellows think it a swell one.
. Now, Here’S'how you can be-
come a Goodfellow — givq some-
thing. Drop a dime or a quarter or
a dollar bill in any milk bottle
around town, or deliver it to the
Sun office. Give what you can.
Every penny - is appreciated. ,
Newest Goodfellows today that
swelled Jhe fund to $41 are Mr.
and Mrst A. E. SheffervMary and
John C. Echols, members of the
Foamite Christmas Savings Club,
Martha Constance and Charles
Kraft, the Rainbow Girls, ana
Charlotte Grenader. Thanks a. lot, I
each and everyone of you!
Now, will you be a Goodfellow!
Chip in something! Talk it over
with your friends who have waft-
ed as Goodfellows in packing bags,
delivering bag*. If you do,
i’ll bet you a buck you'll give a
' to help make these needy
happy .- on Christmas!
Ford Official Rap*
Coughlin Accusation
DETROIT; pec, * (LB—Harry
Bennett, personnel manager of
the Ford Motor company, today
defended toe Henry Ford state-
ment on Nazi persecution which
Father Charles E, Coughlin as-
sailed in his radio- address yes-
terday.
Bennett said that the state-
ment, which was published as
“authorised by Ford after a dis-
cussion by Dr. Franklin, was “ab.
soiptely correct.” ‘
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BROWNSVILLE, Dec. 5. <E»
—Cliyd P„ Clevenger, New York
flier; pleaded guilty today to
federal charges of smuggling
two American airplanes into
Mexico on Sept. 19. 1987, for use
in the abortive rebellion led by
Gen. Satumino ..Cedilte iq. San 7
Luis I’otosi state. V_.... . __
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. (U.RL-
The federal communications
commission announced today it
would take n<^ punitive action
against the Columbia Broadcast-
ing System and member sta- .
tions which carried the Orson .
Welles program "Hie War of
the Worlds ” Oct. 30.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. <E»—
The supreme court today ruled
that the national labor rela-
tions board employed faulty
procedure in seeking to invati-
■ date a contract between tor- ~
Consolidated E&e* Co^ and an
American Federation of Labor !
Uaton.
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Deb.
5(U.f>>—Two youths today shot
and wounded Colonel Critescu,
! president of the military tribufl- ,
al at Ceraauti, in what waa be*
i lieTed to be the first counter-
blow against the shooting of
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Iron
Guard leader, and 16 of his pria-
{ cipal follower*.
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 142, Ed. 1 Monday, December 5, 1938, newspaper, December 5, 1938; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1095652/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.