Brenham Banner-Press (Brenham, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 52, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1935 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 52
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WEATHER
Texas—Partly cloudy
World Is Right Side Up Again
AI be t
pro-
and
votes
HOPKINS FORMS 307
WORK RELIEF AREAS
TO SPEED UP JOBS
just
have
gov
Her
ALLRED ASKS FOR
FEDERAL AID FOR
RURAL TEACHERS
The
colonial
clarified
One year ago today middling cot-
ton sold in Brenham for 11:50*
tonight
tonight
and
take
made to
about t
Fas deci'
Senate
RED CROSS SENDS
$75.00 TO ASSIST
IN TORNADO AREA
• >niMi
W.lll 3
to make
another
WM. FICK DIES
AT BLEIBLER VILLE
FUNERAL SUNDAY
while re-
yea ter day
DR. R. IL MOERS
DIES IN HOUSTON,
BE BURIED THERE
r roaring
arrival of
MUSSOLINI SAYS
USELESS BELIEVE
IN ARMS LIMITS
NAVAL SEAPLANES
ALIGHTED SAFELY
AT PEARL HARBOR
Today’s Price
Brenham middling, 12:35
Houston middling, 12:35
Galveston middling, 12.25
Cottonseed hulls, <14.00.
Cottonseed, street price, $36.00.
Cottonseed meal, retail $2.05,
Cottonsed meal, wholesale, $1.90.
FLOWERS ARE NEEDED
FOR DECORATION
London, May 25. (ZP)—Germany
has informed Great Britain that her
rights to
recognized
by the
return
Love conquered all for Juan Pombo, 21, Inset, of Madrid, Spain,
who successfully flew the Atlantic to Braxil, South America, where
he was to continue to Mexico City. His sweetheart, Fiona Corral,
above, awaited him there.
visit this P
hundred al
United Stat
Harbor f
SWISS COMPLAIN
GERMANS VIOLATE
THEIR FRONTIERS
sons, Richard
Houston, sur-
Germany Wants Recognition Of Her
Rights To Hold Colonies Before She
Will Return To League Of Nations
the stream
standstill. Those acquainted
the** river feel there will be
little in th, way of a further
In response to an appeal from Red
Cross headquarters in St. Louis for
aid for residents of tornado-stricken
communities in Freestone, Houston,
Leon, Robertson, Rusk ,and Shel-
by Counties, the Washington County
Red Cross Chapter haaKsent a check
for .$75 to assist in relief activities
in that section.
The Washington .County
of the Red Cross is always
aid those in distress and
ohe of many call for
met quick response.
Little Son Of Wealthy Lumberman
Is Believed Kidnaped By Gangsters;
Justice Department Starts Search
He was 49 years of age.
was a son of the late
Moers. He was bprn
but resided in Brenham
during the time that
served as pastor of the
The Texans male their Ptil'fuam
heir headquarters for the mr. t part
>ut during the da\ th gathered in
-rcups in and around > .dnwr.t nrn
hotel
representatives.
were tn the gal-
Connrttv rebuked
fR-Del) for i>:sin-
'j !»:tment of Agri-
■ been responsible
and one of them
wear this thing out,” he remarked
drily.
The navy's
six planes
on the waters of
today, completing a
of . 1.3<K) miles from
not been an
"You are just trying to get accus-
tomed to those seats -over there,”
Representative O. H. Cross of Waco
remarked at a delegation luncheon
(ZP)—Carv-
separate
L. Hop-
a “direct
be plac-
by a wide circle of
friends.
- His widow- and two
and George Moers! of
vive, and he also leaves the follow-
ing sisters and brothers. Mrs. Geo-
rge Neu and Mrs. A. L. Niebuhr
of Brenham, Mrs. H. Cr Haug of
Houston. W. O. Moers of Riesel, O.
A. Moers of Nashville, Tennessee;
Dr- E. A. Moers and R. J. Moers
of Houston.
The funeral will probably be held
Sunday in Houston, though definite
■Irms
rby*
*allon
he only derogatory remark catne
'*o*n ar rkv»W bov as 14 of t*<m
tried to crowd into a lO-man-caparjt^r
East
and Sunday; slightly warmer
except near the west coast.
About 20 of t
lery when Senator
Senator Hastings
anting that t'r^D
culture might hav
fo* th* "march’'
said later:
Mayor Reese B. Lctckett, disaster
1 chairman of the local chapter,
_?J>opded vcfy promptly to this
to A merica
for the past
home in the
ol wMeh-he
esteemed residents
ried April 27. IHH*>,
ka Chaloupke. who
• he grave jiy |93l
government interest-
the Lower
allocated
ntingent nporf approval
Roosevelt, Proponents
and Red river develop-
among others, wonder-
y whether they wnyld
quietly -di* u-’ing their oro-
and the nation's capital. Pies-
paused to observe the ten-
hats some (>f them wore but
Washington, May 25.
ing the nation into 2
work relief districts, Harry
kins Friday night announced
line" of responsibility would
ed on local, district an<l state works
progress officials in carrying out the
administration’s $4,000,000,600
The meeting
Roosevelt addre'.-.e
from all southern
Texans were free •
Rome, May 25.. (JP)—Premier Mus-
solnii 'told the chamber of deputies
today it was Useless to believe in
limitation of armaments or elimina*
tion of certain deadly weapons, such
as gas and heavy arms.
Accustomed to boiatarouyness
fanface, the’ capital stopped to
notice of a “convention" of
men whose conduct was above
proach and who went about their
business quietly and unostentatious-
of Texas farmers spread thi
of their state over W ashing
a new and unusual manner re-
cently and wtin the plaudits of thi*
metropolitan population.
seaplane’ presaged
the greatest array
of naval Craft ever to
cific stronghold. One
sixty-five craft of the
fleet moved on Pearl
an unprecedented test of facilities
the $35,000,000 naval base
hold colonies must be
in some tangible form
former allies before she will
to the league of nations.
German attitude
possessions and
in the interview
Sir Eric Phipps, British
dor, with Konstantin von
■ **O>Hy. I c-ould have-* ir Ted , right
•L x»V-btrt -they- wwrM l.-T^'-Shrnwn me
Honolulu, May 25. (ZP)
faiiimi/ \ 1’10 squadron
alighted safely
Pearl Harbor
non stop flight
Midway I-laud
BRAZOS RIVER ALMOST
AT STANDSTILL TODAY
The Brazos stood at 43.4 at noon
rnday, an ahrnrst imperceptible rite,
being prectically at a
with
WILLIAM LITHE
OF SAN FRANCISCO
WINS GOLF TITLE
DAY
Al] who have flowers they ^re will*
ing to contribute ’to help decorate
graves , of veterans at Prairie Lea
cemetery Sunday are asked to send)
the flower’ to St. Paul’s Evangelical
Lutheran church before 1 30 Sunday
afternoon. - Those who have no way
to deliver the ftbwer’"it' the chqjej^
may phone-Dr Wm. Schell or Mrs.
Herbert Scharff, who will have soma
one call for them. ’
arrangements have
nounced.
and Mrs. A.
George Neu
to attend the
’ \\ in. hick, Sr., aged 79 years, a
prominent retired larnjer of the
Bleiblyrville community, passed away
at his hoiivt- at 6 45 Friday evening.
The deceased was born in Ger-
many August H, 1855, but emigrated
mahy years ago and
47 years had made his
B le ib ter ville community,
was one of the highly-
Hje was mar-
to Miss Francis-
preceded him 4o
Aght-sjbe'ng!
praises of the
Mount Vernon
Agriculture and
their senators
First, it was C H. Day, a “lean,
bronzed, Tekan’ as new-papers termed
termed him, of Hale county. He
slipped info the city several weeks be-
fore the "march'' and began laying
his plans, The day of the huge mass
meeting in Constitution hall broad-
casts carried
and wide.
-lin-d fr> r
fo*- re-electi
• jn |;« ev- be tried
light of a prediction that
man would defeat him by 150 000
A taxicab driver tried to take ad
vantage uf live Texans but lost, lie
> hargetf them ^1 HO for a short haul
across the city which normally costs
20 cents and the. visitors hurried to
the office of Representative Wright
l>itiiau -of Texas, member of the
Ho^se district committee. In a short
time the driver was hailed into Pat-
mar.’- office and the overcharge was
refu nded
He is reserving a definite state-
ment, howover until the election djiv
draws riea n r and the opposing field
'• riearer, Rejre-entative Joe Eagle
rtf Houston, v ho has announced his
-friwrrmft.
Through a mixup in train schedules
the Lone Star stater- were not on
hand when the program began at
10 a. m. and the farmers' Spokesman
announced over a nation-wide hook-
up that Texans would arrive short
ly. They did and a leather-lunged
Georgian interrupted an address to
a»k everyone to “pav «orrfe attten-
tion to them Longhorns from Texas '
More than 300 Texans trooped info
the auditorium and, 300 more followed
an hour later.
A A A with them
the Department
to the offices
Austin, May 25. (ZP)—Governor
Allred today said he had asked the
federal relief administration for $1,-
500,000 to pay rural Texas teachers
whose salaries were in arrears.
A large number of teachers, rite
governor said, taught after thtir
school funds were exhausted, hoping
to eventually be paid.
Berne, May 25. (ZP)—Swiss cus-
toms authorities complained today
that squadrons of German airplanes
violated their frontier by making
flights over Swiss territory during
the last few day 4. , The Swiss
ernment expected, to protest to
1, President
he thousands
tes and the
to do a little.
announcement wa>
more could Be done
Tacoma, Wash , May 25. (JP)—A
note demanding $200,000 ransom for
the return of George Weyerhauser,
aged nin« years, scion of a billion-
dollar timber family, has been deliv-
ered to thi child’s parents, reliable
sources said today.
1 he ■ boy disappeared
turning home for lunch
noon from school.
I^'e note purportedly
ueath to the boy should police or
newspapers Ije notified.
Department-of justice .igints quick-
•h threw thei/lorces into the search
for the boy Four operatives ar-
rived here from ’Portland to assist
in the search. «.
Belief that eastern gangsters kid-
n«|wd young Weyerhauser. son of
a wealthy, lumberman, and demand-
cd~T!ie
pressed here today by United States
Mar chai A. J. Chitty, £s the Depart-
hien$’ of Justice, rushed ‘fifteen agents
here to search for the boy
Eggs, 19c.
Fryers, Rhode island Reds and
Plymouth Rocks, weighing not over
2 pounds, 15c to 19<t
Fryers, common stocks, 10c.
Common hens, 8c to 11c.
Old roosters, 4c ta 5c.
Beans, 2c lb.
New Potatoes, 2c lb.
Country Bacon, 10c.
* Country lard, 12c.
Butter, 20c to 25c.-
Sour cream butterfat, No. 1, 19c.
Sour cream butterfat, No. 2, 17c.
Sweet cream butterfat, 22c.
Sweet eftam butterfat, delivered at
plant, 26c. -
COTTON
. jknJi.'man^ of Brenham won a long
fight to get th
cd in development of
Coloraifo river and wa«
tDO Ptift fX)O, <-<
f President
f tb>- R-azos
Brazos Secretary Ickes
1 to approve a House and
a-kins- $50,000,000 Ini’
a-e going to work thru
tow of SKeppard, (krvernor
v A Bred' recently *tn*pect^d
“These guys must be trying to the Senate chamber. >< «
gram.
‘It v.il' make for economy
practical working effiriem v in
tv vks jrogress functions,'.' Hopkir’
said in a statement . settint; u.i dis-
tricts ii the 48 states fixing their
headquarters, seeking to equalize
number on relief in each, and charg-
ing officials with responsibility for
dstributing funds and settling wage
disputes and with receiving appli-
cations for .local 4 '■’tta.
'd ”* ■*’* ■
"Three chief considerations con-
Chapter
ready to
this is
aid that
BANK OF FRANCE
BOOSTS RATE TO
PROTECT GOLD
Paris, May 25. (iPj-The bank of
France boosted its discout rate from
three to four
tect France's
franc. This
in three days
if necessary,
towards
mandates
between
ambassa-
Neurath,
German foreign minister, in Berlin.
Great Britain, it was understood,
plans to proceed immediately with
w-ncicnssany^ xteoA Hitler.
Von Neurath, it was understood,
pstid that) Gifrmany’s demand /for
thirty-five per cent of the strength
• ftf. U'e British navy would not be
altered TF she were “granfe'd her
former colonies or mandates. Neu-
rath. made, it clear- that he does nof
want actual* possession
ies or- mandates at the present time.
district.' Hc^kin
“fl) the number of families on re-
1-ef' i..' a gi-.-nn area; (2) quick and
adequate transportation and commun-
ication, and (3) economy and effi-
ciency of central headquarters ”'-
Hopkins' decentralization of or-
ganization plan is to be put into ef-
fect as soon as dictrict organization
personnel is selected to carry out the
program to ttransfer 3,500,000 per-
sons from the dole to jobs.
In announAng ms “dl»triet”sV,
(CwttaMt m ftfg 4}
---r z— it- —u ---phxskianjxcd . HuuslQ.n
peal for the sfoffh sufTerfrS ’arrdrior-'4- ~ ----------
warded the contribution to headquar-
ters Shortly after* the appeal was
received.
L. .Niebuhr and
left this' after-
obsequies.
Thre* sons survive: William Fick.
Jr., Emil Fick, and Louise Fick, all
’ thirteen RrandrhiWren, -ami an aged*
sister, Mrs. Anna Henning, who re-
sides in Germany.
Mr Fick was a taithful metnber
d the church of the Bohemian Mor-
avian Hrcthern of Industry and was
an earnest Christian.’
Funeral services will be held at
two o'clock Sunday afternoon from
the family residence, with Rev. An-
ton Motycka and Rev Mansur of-
ficating, and will be continued at the,
hurch of which he was a member
Leon Simank, funeral director, is in
charge oMgarrangeuienllb ItilerjrtenL
will be in the cemetery in the church
zard, where he will be. laid *To rest
'>y tlie side of his wife.
Members of congress from Texas
were happy that their state was so
well remembered in the first re-
commendations of the work relief
allotment hoard but immediately be-
gan to worry about their own dis-
tricts.
By Donald Young
•c- Washington, May J5. (Z}’)-* Train
loads
presentative Marlin Dies of Orange
and Port Arthur, have been subject-
ed to’ good-natured jibes by their
colleagues for ’att-nding sessions of
•he Senate frequently.
St. Anne’s, England, May '^5. (ZP)
—Standing off the great closing
challenge by Dr. William Tweddell,
his British rival, William^T.awson
Little, Jr., of San Francisco, today
captured the ’British amateur golf
championship, one up, in' the 36-
hole final match. Little thus become
the first American and third man’
to win the tilte two consecutive years
Numerous Brenham friends will be
grieved to learn of the death <jf’ Dr.
R. H. Moers of Houston, who pass-
ed away Friday night, after being
a sufferer from heart trouble for
the past year. His condition become
serious recently and his death was not
unexpected.
Dr. Moers
Rev. W. A.
near Houston
when a boy
his father
Fourth Street church, and was a fre-
quent yisitof here during his en-
tire life. - Ava- metwber of the medi-
cal fraternity he had attained suc-
cess and prominence and was
considered one of the outstanding
He was also
prominent in Masonic circles of
Houston, and vtas among the lead-
ing citizens of that pUce. His un-_
timely death will be deeply niourned,
relatives and
per cent today to pro-
gold stores and the
was the second, rise
and it may go higher
tli« Increase Thursday
having failed
Gold.
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