Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 304, Ed. 1 Monday, August 23, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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FARMERS CHEERED BY GENERAL RAIN
Fair Directors Elect
D. F. Ford As President;
Big Plans Are Outlined
D. F. Ford, vise president of the
Graham National Bank was elected
President of the North Central Tex-
a, District Fair Association, at a
well attended meeting of the Board
of Directors this morning.
Mr. Ford has been first vice
president of the f air and by vote of
the directors was installed as Presi-
dent to succeed the late G. O.
Cdsart.
A. B. Bddleman was made first
vice president and Gene Msrchmao;
second vise president.
The Board entered enthusiastically
Into plans foe the fair and heard
re porta of entertainment and plans
for mteMta «nd of cooperation ^ Uyes '.nd forty-tsrb
promised from the nine other coon- ^ U|Jarwl while fighting
STATE AND
NATIONAL
NEWS
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At a Glance
CODY, Wys.—Eight men lost
others
’Under Fire In Shanghai Warfare
H
the Absaroka Mountain range Sun-
ties to participate this yaar that
mmi. an encouraging outlook for ^ ^ vlctim# Were enroll...
the fair, which Will be held us O0' Qj> civilian conservation corps camps.
Tha State Extension Department
is sensing outstanding represents
tives ham and is to help make the
fair oae of the outstanding events
aJla
oral count Ms.
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WASHINGTON. — According to
an announcement from Japanese
Emba-sy, an investigation has re-
1 vealed that it was a Chinese shell
of the kindI in tha Stata. D.. A. ^ Wt ^ Uniud flagteip
Adam and Mite Norm Elian' Ell ott j Augusta Friday, causing the death
gave assurance of splendid cooper- ^ ^ t.n„
from dub and _
___.. tha aov- WASHINGTON. - The statement
m «... ... '-hat the United States Government
eihttdL ‘"TterT^hhte cU^’m? m*y b°rrOW ,p’>rt>itin“teIy 9i’K0’-
exhibits of very Ugh class, ^, ooOJIOO in September was made Snn-
Adam declared in making his report. d#y b fisC4, officUU.
The*, will be U educational exh.bit, _
thU year. Fifty calm, are already! SHANGHAI. One of th, largest
assured in the Uve stock division, j,Ul ^ th„ w OIM.ned her,
twenty-two of 'which will be from t0 rel„M 1>000
countie*, lltvrai l» fanning narcotic addicts, and other convicts
high among tha county agents, ^ in the conflict with Japan.
Adam reported and they plan to __
bring large exhibit. and large del.-1 MOSCOW.-Hope for the safety
gations fro it their reepertive ceun- 0f (jx r04,1ib f|ier, who have been
**•*• ' ‘ i mlsrldg nine days was revived to-
One of the plan, being worked out day when faint radio signal, wer.
for advertising the Fair is for rep- |,jc|ced up
resents thru of oifferent civic clubs t • h ^ ■
to visit take organisationa lit Mwi___________
fair territory and personally invite Uli| I [|U|]PD ABDt’QT
them to attend the fair here. Mem- In/Ul UlHlLlI /muLOl
berr of each profusion and trade
will also extend direct -invitations
to others of their line of work in
the other counties.
J. C. Wstson, Secretary of 'the
Fail', reported that a major enter-
ttkOOMBt ftftll-t will bt UM
Fair Carnival, a rail so ad show «. ffelo Friday is believed by local offi-
uuusual refutation for outstanding ccr, to be implicated in recent burg-
enlertalnnuuit. , lariu here. He is uid to be wanted
A resolution was adopted unani- in Wichita Falls in connection with
mously by the boted expressing ap- the burglary of the E-Z store on
•precis lion for the splendid services June IS, when about 13,200 wa
that had been rendered by the law taken.
SHANGHAI.
to tha Japaneu Consulate and Immediately to tha north o« Soochow
CreakT wtKh la being evacuated after Chinn '
Hotel In Btaanghat. adjacent
i te tha north ol Soochow
ns-Ispsiysss bombings and
here* ho* fake eye doctors
SWfNBLE AND G0NB«CT HUGE
RACKET FOR ENORMOUS PROFITS
growth on one of the eyes. Finally
^ the victim, is led to believe that this
ihen |s a . great doctor and expert in
« tb. fft. Ey. StoblW “« .--tob... to.to. .1
borne months ago Postmaster Gen-
eral James A iFhrley made public
a statement which contained
VOTING ON
AMENDMENTS
UGHTHERE
AM IliaM
FOR ORILLIMt IN
MINI stems
Ra:r. that appeared to be general
over this section came in sufficient
_____ quantity Saturday and Sunday to
The vote Aieing cast in Young **d.the drouth *nd »r»*-
K ly help all farm erbps and range
county todajf on the Six proposed
amendments to the State Constitu->
lion is one of the lightest recorded I j_
in this section, according to infor-
The total precipitation recorded
Graham Saturday and Sunday
mation available at 1 o’clock todav. 'TIL »ccord'nIT to M‘“ ****
Up to that time *6bth boxes in U‘ *
Graham had polled a total or only! ***■
seventy-five dotes. The East Gr. ""“'t* "" “d **
ham box had recorded 4U wh.le Ihe Cl .e""" thoroughly ,o^wt Gram
We,t box had received 26. T*”*??* * T*"* ^
jb. ,to,ow, to, CtS 5? ££.£*£2
bcxe« in the county was reported ^. .. £ ~7 ,
^ Wously and cottonLcrop will be made
to be unusually liwht. * ... . , ,
.. . larger, it is declared.
i “ T 7* “ “° °thr ,n ‘he several oil field, aro»d
..sue before the voters except the Gr»h>m the„ h>g ^ „Ur
propo.-edaLx amendments vided for further driUin, oper*£T
Information as to how the several ^ tion> ^ ^
tot™ y10* Tt! y tinue,, b*CAUS* of ^k ot
voters, wa, not imlibh tooler weather as . reeult of tha
The pohs cloie n 7 o clock tonight. rain h,, put more ,wp ^
body and has greatly aided haaiaaoa.
U. S. WARSHIP m
CONSULATE UNDER
FIRE AT SHANGHAI
SHANGHAI. China.—A fresh at-
by Chinese troops against
SPECIAL SESSHU
OF CONGRESS IN
OCTOBER PREOKTQ
. The alleged expert produces, a Xmtod Slates Consulate Gener-'cj|ll „„ion about tbe ,.^1.
* _ ! — 11 I fto _ to „ a I tUn A mweiean — a L. 1 „ O _
«r
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operators had filohed
lie, particularly aged
several million ilotlkgs. ^ » j mull vial containing an ordinary •!, the American warship Sacra-
, Since the publication of this ex- eye wash, but alleged to be radium mento, aand United States Marines,
posure, the Post Office Department water, and this liquid is placed in More than 200,000 Chiiiere soldiers,
has been naked many time, tha the victim’s eye, a few drops at most of them ve'eran German-
question: “How did the 'victims fall • time, the alleged expert examin- trained divisions, carried the war
prey to these racketeers t" An an- mg the vial after each application into the Anglo-American area of
surer to this question is found in and announcing the value of the the International Settlement and
the official filte of tKb Department radium used. 'One of these alleged into the French concession.
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October. 'J
In the interim its members looked
for a' renewal of the guerrila wap.
fare within the Democratic party
which began with the PenseeaM
court bill and persisted te tha ad
of the session Saturday night.
It was regarded as inevitable that
the' principals in that controversy
used after each
In the first place, these swindlers wh w,g to .Keruin what
shrapnel, rattled, off the .‘steel sides | *»>f. will seek to array public toatt-
of the Sacramento which was moor- “ent behind them by speeches and
1 aJ la ik. WVaa ■ ,mi ■ III a i <
BELIEVED INVOLVED
. IN BURGLARY HERE
Fw-Ww.t, G. O. WTIM™
, pressing in memory of him the de-
terminatton more than ever to carry
A on in behalf of the great fair that
seek out elderly people who live ,ue .nnij ,_v
alone and M remote places. They -h*d in the Whangpoo River watet-j -“xtsments before Coongrem
' know that elderly people have de- In cases where the swindlers be- front of tbe heretofore sacroeant 4gain. '
facts in their sight; that many of Imre additional funds can be ob- French concession. j The next session may develop m-
them have great fear of going blind; tabled two additional member, of .Shell, fell on the French Bund.to » showdown between the Presideat
and that they will do everything racket are jent ttf call on the *nd wrecked the maritime customs and thp conservative forces of the
possible to retain their vision, victim, and these in turn pay those cruiser Fu-Shing. I Party, which by combining with tha
Then their scheme is cleverly de- who preceded them twenty-five per They narrowly missed the Sacra- ( Republicans, blocked a substantial
vised, and the parts played by each cont of what they get. These make memo, the big French cruiser La- P*rt of th1, administration’! legisl*.
practiced uritil perfection f» at- victim believe that the great matte-Picquet and the British patrol, l*‘'i program. The large part «d
A man arrasted near San An-. ..Thty.. Ad Ad. tdCPt AT. the ^octor whi parformed tha operation sloop Falmouth. , the administration program not: W-
game that they actually compel **d b«®n HISS »nd before bis death K was The second time Trench ■c,pd fuim.-livd » sntwtaatW-^Hlr
asked that they call and find but territory had been shelled and th*j,°'- the general belief a special sea-
if the operation wa, a success, and F'rench made vigorous represents-; *'on will be called,
if n^t to refund the money which tion, to the Japanese. | ^®r- Roosevelt was known to have
had been paid. One of the^e is' The shells were'coming from .lap- 'l discussed this with his lenders te
alleged to be*a lawyer, Judge—-, anese warships trying to beat off i'ooiri'ess and they were said te -
claimed to be the administrator of Chinese aerial attacks. Bullets hit t'*TU advised some colloagnae te
Poet Office Inspector Juvenal and
Highway Patrolmen Myers of Ahi-
Icne captured the man at a tourist
cabin near San Angelo bn informa-
he would want it lo be. A unani- Uon furnished them by Charles Wil-
nious pledge was also given by a! •*», Wichita Falls patrolman. The
standing vote, to the new president, I men wa, spatted near Woodson,
pledging him uipport. | wa, thought to have paeed through
Mr. lord, the new president is her* Thursday night, and was trailed
prominently known throughout this to San Angelo. Cnpt. John Diaper,
section Sh4 has been active in bo- highway chief at Wichita Falls,
halt of the fair aad other similar
undertakings here for a number of
years.
notified of the arrest and went to
Son Angelo Saturday tq investigate
the case.
Officers stated that the man is
wanted on both federal and state
charges. In addition to Graham
and Wichita Fxjts ha if wanted at
Childress, Amber City, Knox City.
and, Monahans for burglaries. It
was Stated that federal- authorities
in connection with post
confidence.
First there are eye glass peddlers,
who go about the country posing
as optometrists, pretending to ex-
amine the eyes free of charge, and
selling glasse, of a cheap type and
selling giesse, oi a cueap type sou ------- ~ — ---- —.............. — -.................— —----- --1
often of no benefit to the purchaser. ‘I*® «*<**• of the great doctor who the United States Consulate General. 'n*ltp th*ir vacation plan, with that
They am u'uaBy without license'to iwrformod the operation, and the It was announced officially that IV hether Congress meets in special
qperate, and are not competent to ®‘ber a doctor from tome renowned bbu-ieen more Chinese civilians were ln tnind.
examine the eyes or fit glasses, ‘tetitutioo and a'cldte friend of the Wounded in the Anglo-American de- s*“lon' or not until J®nu*ry, thara
Their main profit comes from fur- fim doctor. These cause the fense sector »«uth of Soochow Creek.,
nUhing the names And addresses v*rtim to believe that the operation Machine gun tullets narrowly missed w jl D'' resumed where they
ol their victim, to others more ad- w®» no* » *occeas, and obtain de- United States marines crouched be- <,roPt*‘d -‘'•turdny.
vanced in the racket, who pay them P0®11® *“ Urge sums from the vie- hind sandbags. *' 1 f
twenty-fice per cent of any addi- tim tor »» alleged radium belt which, The Chinese drove a new salient
tional funds filched from them “ ’* reprtoented, will cure the into the hard-presaed Japanese lines
Thoae eve elaas salesmen are i condition of the blood by giving off and were advancing to the Garden
followed by^two^others. One of th. «««» ™ya — I bridge ^ros, Soochow Creek, m-
1 Since the inspectors started the tr»nce *o ‘he Anglo-American de-
Utter enters the victim', premises . ■. .ML... ....
first and reprai«nts himself to be investigation of the “Fake Eye Spe-
connected with some optical oom- ^ ciaiUt Racket” there have been
pany, informing the victim that he forty arre-ts and thirty-five con-
had recently purchased glasses from vtctions. Sentences imposed total
on« of their agents; that the glasses on# hundred and seventy-seven years
fen e area from the Japanese sec-
tor ot the settlement.
Cniaeee employees of the Munici-
pal Council of the settlement ,aid
that more than 700 panic-stricken
were guaranteed; and that , he had aad nine months, and finae te.#7S.,'',®P®ne?* sailors had flsd across the
Hs-ksll, Abilene, Mundny, Dundee, come to check up on them free of One, on eye gUes peddler, commit-! Gsrden bridge Into the Anglo-Amer-
... .... . . ........ . «•. .. Ito. tl.to tok.to sk.„----Jinaima.
charge. • ted suicide in jail, hanging himself ll*®«® whers they were dimmi-
Thls man pretends te examine the with his belt One of the most. l** foreign police,
victim* eyes and fUssas, and teles- oefive of the fake ey* speciaslmte Settlement officials did not coa-
ly claims that there .it a conditio attempted suicide in tbs jgM.kf «rm this report and the Chineee
of tim Victim's eyas which he does leaping from the third fUteFtelklr ®»* “»®y "" oppressing th# new,
not understand. Ha teUs the victim landing. He wao severely injured, *® ,ToW complications with Japan
that ha has with him Ik hi. oar it having been naeaaeary to
Congress will be asked first ot
all to enact the wage-hour bill, ap-
proved by ths Senate over tbe vigor-
ous protest, of the South, oaly te
be trapped in the Rules Committee
of the House by a combination of
Republicans and Southern Democrote,
Farm UgisUtion will be requested
by the President, frankly disturbed
by the -possibility of the aqpuiaate.
tion of price-depressing surpluses te
cotton. Another bumper crop, added
to thi, year’s big yield, he has said,
might produce a crisis lo ths South.
tlemsnt.
The Japanese military euthorittaA
however, forcibly stopped this pros
red ure almost as sfcea as it had bo-
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 304, Ed. 1 Monday, August 23, 1937, newspaper, August 23, 1937; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116513/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.