The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 11, No. 226, Ed. 1, Sunday, August 23, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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BRECKENRIUGE STEPHENS COUNTY TEXAS. SUNDAY AUGUST 23 1931
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Governor Pleased With
QUOTATIONS
HIGHER FOR
MOST OF TEX.
VlaBnolia Posts bo Lent
Price For East
Texas Field
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Iwtth the flute tix board
and Irj;-
f Ulitlvr finance comntlttsca tlil
' if'.;nnnn to read a honf of din-
iM'.h- rhronlcllnpf Inertniea In
thi (Kiriteil price for emtio oil In
thr MhI fnntintnt anu I2h1 Texni
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I'i ul Wakefield the Governor'
pi i vaio xecrrtary who took the
lMntPh Into Dterllnc's office.
Mnrtei the nxacutlve rend them
with tremendotta Intereat" pnrtl-
i ularlv one rhronlcllnR nn incronae
"f rtime than II) cent per barrel
in Knt Texa crude price.
Mr returned to hla taaki of let-
'in the 1032 atnte tax rate
without comment but promUed
ik-lit'lil he wutild make (in ob-
i . itnm later
I'AI.l.A.-. Aub 22. uR The
Min'ti'in Petroleum toilay nn-
i n in. .1 it pi u'e of iS cents an
ni' ie f t.i cent for Ent
I s i . rude ill
M inoim alio announced in-
i - fi mi 10 crn'n to 28 cents
ir iHinei in I'i Oklahoma field
m I in Nmth. North Out ml. C'cn-
i i! .ma West TexAH and In the
Panhandle of Texna.
Hul'STON Aug 32. UJR Tho
Humble Oil and defining cum-
iin today advanced Texna crutlo
nil pi ice with Incroadea ranging
i- hinli aa 30 cent a barrel.
Similar advance wero posted
hndny by the Tc.xm Co.
I'nce udviineir ranging from 11
t t cents were pktcoil on Itangor.
Nmth Tc.xa. Mornn. Mexta. Pow-
ii Ucggy Crsok. Itlchmond
VNuitham and Currlo erudoa.
I A x neral advance of IS cents
i luiiei was placed on (iillf Co.mt
i l ude t.
luPKKA. Kan.. Aug. 72. U.P
An unlet waa laued late today by
tin Kun.su i Public Service Coinnil."
ion closing the Ititi Canton oil
r i ll pending an Invesllgatl
Ahnii will held September
. . .'.!. ni; tu Thurman Hill of
'in 'inii.ii.-nin cliuiing thl field
'H h i- in MrI1ieion county will
ii' '. ubi.ui -iiLOOti barrels per
it i t ' i ..Lin tiun.
-'.ii' 'in the Ititi Canton field
.11 wid it pievtou order pre
i una" icopemng of the IUyniund
i. . i in Hire county Thl pool
iii bun closed for nearly a year.
KU.C.UKE. Aug. 22. UP Slmt-
' n down th largest streiim of
1 1 in the wrrld may prove to be
ii . jy task for Ilrig. Gen.
in ii F Woi.er.s. in charge of
tin 1 JOO militiamen enforcing a
i.ut.lown of the ISaat Texas oil
t i.i m rnnipHriin to shutting off
th I low of wod In criticism of
'Ik llUt down.
Ii. A. Commission
Hears Pet Hi on
For Film Service
i'I.U.I Auk- 23. UJ! A pet'.
ii .if It brt P. Krnmpton to
-' ii' a motion picture f.lin und
ipi'.y trucking acrvlc Ueiwacn
liii.u. and Hw'Mtwaler was the ap-
.i. .it on heard today by Mark Mur--'ii
i director of'motoi transor-
'.i.umi for thr iitate Itallroad Com
11 nelun
Th service wri Id travel by way
r". -i W. t. Weatherford. Mln-
.' Well. Kn.tland. Ii'rd and
a i ! tu ercord'ng to th (HiUtton.
I' v. .mil letuia through Albany
rr . kenrtilge. Mineral Well.
V". . liierfoid and Port Wottn.
Ttie petition aesued before Dl-
rei tin M) shall was oppo ed by
i hint rcprosomatlvaii of some
' the points on the Una who de-
' rd thy themselves were able to
Recesses Meeting
Htate
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iv'. -'. ..-v - .-.-
K three h n eet ing
return
aiily wlihotit setting the State ad
..BFrsasi.l aStfuliist In fl l s I -& l as I u
Ijje ''il-pr
jlc-Tiivck
rum tax rate lor iu.i-'. wnariey
- pAiBkhivt. Slate Treasurer. ana
George II. Sheppaid. atate Com-
trollcr. member referred question.
kha--t State Treasurer. and
to Oov.
Ross Sterling chairman.
One-Third Of Flooded Chinese
District Expected To Perish
HANKOW Chlnn Auir. -ii.
(I IM One-lhlrd of the rutin
population nt the flood ili'.jst-
iilnl Wu-lliiii ami Imn been
killed become hopelessly ill-
senHl nr 1 certnln to tlrr"
nn official ilatrnient snl( to.
iln)
Wu-llun Iniluilit. three nUter
cltlet of Itankiiw Wii ('hiine
and llniin vparnled hj rl-
rr. uhlch join to make the
main cours of thr Yangtze.
The population of the cities
alone In upproximutrl) n mil-
lion and a half .llh millions
of others In surrounding agri-
culture district).
KING HASTENS
HOME TO MEET
WITH CABINET
Hopes to Down Crisis which
Threatens to Overthrow I
Labor Govt. I
LONDON Auk 2 UP' The
King upe.l buck from Scotland 'o- and of Oov U. S. Sterling In
night prepared to be on hand placing a mnrtlal law blanket over
during the fierce political and ""r East Texna counties was held
financial crisis which threatcne to unassailable and Inviolate today
overthrow the Labor Government. ' groups of Protestants cast
The fall of Prime Minister J 'about for places to hold maw
Itamscy MacDonald und hla cub- meetings.
Inrt was widely predicted but the .' ('e- J"" F". Woltcra
government after todlou hours u"o W cavalrymen arc rid-
of conference lued a statement lnB anwng the derricks barred a
late in the day indicating it had Ri-P "f refiners from holding a
hopes of finding a aolution. The ' protest mass meeting at Tyler on
statement mild.
"The cabinet has been putting kwn-
tho flnlihlng touches to a nchemo " will not permit it.1' said the
which It is believed will meet the ' rotund generalissimo of the oil
tdtmttlon nnd they will meet to ' " " pilvalc life Is general
hear the results tomorrow." counill for the Texas Co. "Such
The prohlem which con front ed i " ntocHng would be nn affront to
the government was that of flnd-ithc governor's orders."
ing JiWI.OOO.ono to balance next Gcn- Wolter Issued his edict In
year's budget. It had proposed to!" " distance conversation with
do it bv flft. nei cont In econo-1 Eugene Constantly Jr.. Dallas re-
nilen nnd fifty per cent In new
taxation but proposal wore un-
acceptable to the latter and In-
dependent clement of labor with-
out whose support the govern-
ment could not exlut.
iN0RTH LOOP
KUbUUlUZililJj
Federal Designation Mark-
ers Placed Along Hiway
Federal highway marker
deslg -
nated the north loop of the Hank-
head highway as IT. S-SO-North
were ticked up on highway post
In Hrerkenridge and throughout
Stephen county ''.it unlay.
W h thi f.njl action ends a
long fight by Hreckenridge nnd
Albany Chumbirs of Commerce to
cbtaln eiiiial ranking of the north
loop of the Il.inkhcad with the
Hoiith loop through Hunger CUo
and Knstlnnd.
New maps coming off tho pre
e snow that thr north loop is
getting n much publicity as the
south loop which will now h
known us I S.-fi0-t5outh. Herein-
fore the south highway was tho
only one having absolute federal
designation and was known as V.
S 80. while thr north loop had
to be content with secondary rank-
ing of IT S. eO-A.
Hiy Flyinfl Boat
Arrives In Fia.
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cl at the Pan-American Airway
seaplane boe here today ufter It-
cling the city for more than an!
hour.
The plane ariivrd from Antillu
Cuba enrcute from South Amcr-
lea to New York
.miami. I'la.. Aug. . iu.h nm.The Department of Justice today
Do-X. German filing bo.it alight- rtvonlcd nlun to lnvetlctile two
New York Aroused Determined To
NKW YORK. Aug. 22. U.Hi
Wholesale deatlu and Injury along
a 15-mile gangster t-all between
Manhattan and the llronx today
uroused every off.ct.il and unofflc
in agency tor tne protection ot so-
clety to an indignant bitter deter-
mlnation to wipe out New York's
brazen underworld.
With the bodies of two police
men wh0 went.down fighting under
the crash of dum-dum bullets be
Ing prepared for elaborate funeral
and the pathetic figure of Gloria
Lopez baby victim of the murder-
ous fulliude still in the hospital.
Kescue ship pl.luc the rl-
er Im'Hm-i'h llankow and other
ports are taking relief to
tliou.jinils but tin task of re
lief Is hopelessly beyond pres-
ent resource..
The flood rntaged urea nras
In Hie grip of an epidemic of
Uphold and dysentery mnlarti
anil cholera uerr spirndlnr;
rapidly.
The. extent of Iho disaster
mis difficult In imagine. The
flood deaths were expected to
total "hundrrds of thousands"
reports said. Thousands of
("idles were reported floating
In the rising rlcr nt Hankow
where the flood Is worse.
MEETINGS TO
PROTEST LAW
ARE BARRED
Action Of Sterling's In East
Texas Cla.Wd
Unassailable
KIUJORE. Aug 22 it.P.)
Tla
the Smith county court house.
finer chairmnn of the group seek
Ing to meet nt Tyler.
The Oeneral then drafted nnd
issued general order No. 6 which
sustained him in barring mass
meeting within the military dis-
trict of Husk. Gregg Smith and
Upshur counties without special
I authority by the commanding
I General.
I
Freighl If RaU
(iocs Any Hiflier
DAM-AS Aug 22 d ! Move-
ment of fre'ght will be deflected
from the inllroad to trucks if the
1 application of a 15 per cent increase
In rail rates U granted railroads
were warned today by witnesses
who appeared before Interstate
Commerce Cimmlss oner. Joseph
Kant man pre Iding at a regional
hearing here.
The witnesses also painted pic-
ture of "deplorable conditions" !n
their Industries nnd declared they
would not be able to hear an In-
crease In the fro ght bill.
A. II. Priest traffic manager of
five major organizations of live
stock raisers; J. It. Johnson Ok
lahema Cty rspre enting the Ok'
lahomn Seed C ushers Association
and K. H. Mayer executive mn -
mittre number nf the Sheep and
Goat ItaUers j"i'c atlon of Texas
were umong those who testified'
their industries could not stand an
met rased freight rate
WiU Investigate
Two Oil Mergers
WASHINGTON Auc. 5 It'PI
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greet oil mci ger now being negola-
ted
One merger wo ild con'Olidatc
Stitnd.ud of New Jersey and Stand -
. aid of California The other would'
bring four companies Into the Sin
rlalr Consolidated Oil Corp
where she died all Now York be- ment the 18500 policemen now on
gart. mobilizing IU fjrees for ven- duty.
gennce. I Plan4 for a m4.s meeting of out-
All steis wero taken to Increase raged citizen to be advl.ied by cx-
tho uniform police force to meet perU in crime prevention next
the previous warning of Commis -
j ulonc- ICdwurd p. Mulrooney that
i more men are needed to combdt
I underworld terrorism.
I Citlrens urged the Immediate ore -
lotion of armoured patrolea guided
from a central radio station.
Loader of the American Legion prdlnary heroism of taxlcub drlv-
propoaed to muster 30000 men who 1 ers a city fireman and plain oltl-
have been under fire In France zen' who joined forces with police
with rifle und revolvers to aug-woj being cxtalled.
New Oil Prices
OPTIMISM IN
OIL CIRCLES I
IS EVIDENT!
Local Operators Slow To
Get Over-Excited But
Are Hopeful
Local oil men were slowly but
nurely warming up to the realiza-
tion Saturday that perhaps the
oil business after all has not en
tirely Rone to the 'how-wows a a
the majority of them have thought
for the nat six month or n. vo:ir.
Crude oil price advances an-
nounced Friday by the Texas Corp.i
and followed Saturday by the '
Magnolia and Humble companies
has cnuscd optimism to creep back
I Into the conversations of the oil
i men business men here and oil
field workers who gathered about
In large groups on the street cor-
ners Saturday nnd discussed the
possibility that some work might
open up for them before the win-
ter sets in.
Having seen the oil business go
down to possibly Its lowest ebb
In the history of tho Industry
the operators and others connected
with the Industry are slow to
show any signs of enthusiasm.
Many fear tho sudden change m
mo price list may uc iou snuri iu
get excited over. Havcvcr. there
Is talk on every turn that renewed
netlvltv here na well .is in tilt
more reccntlv discovered nooU Is !
to be expected before long If the
Industry continues to improve or
uhnu.'a nnv sli-w nt Mtltl'lnt jL'1lfri
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It to Friday und Saturday.
With oil prices ranging from 5t
to 70 cents a barrel for crude oil
of this section operators ate of the
opinion that small wells which
were shut In when the price drop-
ped to around 20 cents a barrel
will be put on the pump again
oon. Operators say they can 'do
better than barely break even"
-LPnrPnroJ2e " frm th
if oP"p?lces should work back
to il a barrel and
staying there for
time it Is generally
oil circles here that one or moro
deep testi would he sunk In the """' 'j'"
Oil Dclt rcclon i ""'' ticrched the Injuries aro nut
S? L.H.. J.U mlilil .tntntnn CXpCCtCd tO JirOVC StrlOll.
In ?hS area o Klt of So 'th r"t " w" rok-
U"5"1 "?p. " ' "' en und hla left shoulder dislocated.
tldng" tC0rUsec 5 mT.t'SS." '"e w'? lft" ""V
a "shallow" smile on their faces ""'. . . ver "f rt'
Sntnr.lnv following the announce.'" "' " "c "" rK
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mrnt of the new nrlce limitations.
OWSLEY WILL
MAKE SPEECH
Defies State To Stop His
Address
AUSTIN. Aug. 22. (U.R Col. Al-
vln -M. Owsley is going to speak
In Tyler next week regardless of
the order of Hrlg. Gcn. Jacob F.
Wolter that fouMd n citizens as-
sembly In the martial law wine.
Julian Caper Jr. nnnnunced to-
day on behalf of Owsley nnd oth-
er Independent oil men.
"It will be only a Colonel
against a general1 Caper sold.
Mill fnl nuralav hn neon 11 little
!..i.' ii k uno. .ninini-
about the mw. We don t believe
Gen. Woltors hiui nny right to
Interfere with freo speech and
peaceful asuembly of citizens nt
Tylor or anywhere else."
Father of Eight
Children Ends Life
WACO. Aug. 22. itTPi I- II.
FVtibln. 3S father of eight children
and a redcnt of Waco for 10 year
was found rfhot to dn.th in his
grocery dorc and cafo In South
1 Waco today.
A coronei ruled that Faubtn .liotlbj Mr. F P. Heall
- 1 himself accidentally while clean -
ling u. gun.
Wipe Out Gang
Monday went forward rapidly
Meanwhile reconstructing the
i spectacular .running battle which
carried two bandits their driver
ami a host of pursuing policemen
and citizens through a maze of
i traffic congested streets tho extra
OFFICERS 0 N
MORE RAIDS. 3
MEN ARRESTED
Small Quantity Of Beer Is
Found; 24 Gallons
Poured Out
Sheriff J. V. Morrow wrote an-
other chapter Saturday in bin rec-
ord book dedicated to Urccken-
rldiic beer raldn. Five raids wore
conducted by Sheriff Morrow and
bis deputies. Tuiic Frccland and
Kay Mekcy.
T" "' ""'-' Saturday by the
"horlffa department brought tho
total for the month to more than
Mil.
Out of the five raids Satuiday.
the officers made three nrrcstn.
poured out 21 gallons of beer mnsti
nnd confiscated a small number of
bottles of beer. '
A small quantity of bottlei' brer
was found at the home of Clint '
Williams according to Sheriff
Mcrro-. Twelve gallons of beer
was poured out at euch of the .
homes of Tom Ownsby and it man I
by tho namo of Noa). I
Nothing was found at the oth- j
cr two homes raided. "Water
holcM." Sheriff Morrow said.
Williams Ownsby nnd Noal were
placed In the county jail Saturday
afternoon lute. They have not
been charged with uny offense
'c' Morrow said
GRAVELTRUCK :
INJURES BOY
'Dumps Load Unexpectedly
I Throwing Youth Out
I T-' "nexpectou unloading of a
! fravel-haullng truck at work en
mid work linrlf """""h ..uv... .. ..w. -
show shrns of i hlBhny construction Job south
anv lemrth ofiof "rcckenrldge resulted in pnln-
Taylor farm youth Saturday aft-
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"l ' .-"euicni Aria niwpnm wnere
. rt lrt.llMii ArM knuHln ...
he was taken Immediately ifter
tho accident.
According to hospital attendants
tho boy was injured when a large
gnivel truck dumped it loud un
rrHaGIN HERE TO
expectedly. throw!
the htrnvy loud
gainst the I oar of the truck.
it not working on the rood
but win merely enjoying a rld
wltli one of the gravel haulers.
Tho name of Ihe gravel hauler
win not known.
Terrorists Throw
Bombs In Havana
--
Havana. Aug. 22. HW? A series
of bomb explosions In Havana dur-
Ing the night spread alarm
through the eopltol. uneasy after
n fortnight of rebellion.
The bombings were bcllevod pent
of n terrorist campaign planned
hy sympathizers with tho rovolt
agnlnst the regime of Pres. tier-
urdo Maohado.
Utile diinuige was repotted. One
bomb exploded In Ihe windows of
a five nnd ten cent store shat-
tering the glusd and show enso.
Mnsical Program
'O)' Bible CSV'ierly In the week.
leal program has been
the Morning Tower
A rare miii'li
an nnirixl for Ihe Mnrnlnt?
Hlble (Mass meeting (it the Nt- '' lllrM' I"'"' J""" ' 7 HFIll IM a . mo tu . .
tlonal Theatre building thl inoin- ""'T. - ni"n. ed. Ml"?' "1-i-f
m i ii will take the place of the usual es" areompi hments In the radio
ing at J II I . . 111 .lll l n .llnl... I .....-
The program will be furnished
.
I. uolinUt. John
1 'A Mtrtln. aoli-lut and Charles Iv'it
'cr pi.mk t.
Rule fn 1 City
Editorial in New York uewspu
por called attention to this weld-
ing of pit vat n and public foiues for
extermination of bandltiy n proof
of it new fighting spirit to wh'eh
tho entire population cf the city
has boon aroused.
NEW YORK. Aug. 22. iL I The
worms second largest city monii:x-
ed against ciime after un outlaw price below that whun the o-tlei
In urrcctlon whioh loft a toll ofu-ht k since the tax betjin- if
six dead one a little girl and olov-. fectlve.
on wounded along a crimson. 12-1 When the buyer opemd the t-ar-
mile battle frorU that began at the . ton. however he find Mat roils
scene of a payroll holdup. of paekage filled with aawduit.
More Ways Than
One Of Making
A Livelihood!
'ormer llreekelirldge .Men III
Mountains Of New M -xico
Liaklng For (Inld
When the oil bu..lni'Ms h. -came
so bud th.it only the
major companies enuld ki ep
busy the great m-ijority of In-
dependent oporatois rig build
ers and contractus tlld one of
two thlngfl . . . they either
stirred around and got into
iuiiio other line of huslnrm if
they could or elected to ""It
and wult" until the IndiiMtty
got back on its feet ptonllng
they wero financially uble to
do so.
Some went Into the eveiyd.iv
business of operating nmnll
stores for themselves some
"went on tho road." a few
might have gone back to the
farm others picked up any
kind of n Job they could get
. . but two foimer Urccken-
tlilgo men who were well
known In loenl oil circles went
to look for gold.
Of course that's what every-
one Is doing but Ed Groves
and Herman "Pat" Patterson
actually went proapoctlng in
the motintnlns of New Moxlc
nnd Iwve apparently found
what they went seeking-
That Is what W H Cook of
this city said Saturday and
Mr. Cook has Just returned
from a visit with hlx two eld
friends at their ennip in the
mountains of New Mcx'ro h -twuen
Hot Spring ami Hin
Antonio 10 mile fi'.m the
nearest town. Their wivex ate
with them. Mr (' ik Mild "and
they am having u greut time'
Tho two men have elected
small cablnu and ate piepured
to stny In the mount'ttns dm
Ing the winter no nnt'n I. .w
much it snow
According to Mr dok
Grove and Pulternon uie
working a gold claim fm .t
third interest in the mine
They have dug a tunnel bjtk
into tho mountain loo feet nnd
a shaft 23 feel deep. A KOld
vein has been located that will
pay between $0 and $27 u ton.
Mr. Cook mild. And according
to authorities that Is fairly
good gold ore. It Is reported
that a mine can bit ptofltably
worked thnt pays low s.s
J3X0 a ton. The two I ical men
have also staked out numerous
claims for themselves nearby.
Ilelng nn ox-rig builder and
a truck conlractoi here Pat-
terson and Groves have much
machinery Hint make.s their
nilno Jobs eusiei. Patterson
was well known hfi- as a rig-
bullder while Grove wan us
equally knewn u u tiucking
contractor.
There are l"t . of was of
making a living'
BE OPERATED
n n ih:ii off u:i. D-:-
O.ti. VV 111 Dim nili Mite;
For First Bale
Stephen c mnty fainui.
will not
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other county to be ginned. It wit
definitely announc.d htrt Hutur-
day.
The Hrerkenriilge n will be op-
erated this season by II. I. John-
son. local grain d.'ulei. Mr. John-
son completed negotiations w.th
owners of the gin at Wichita Fall
Saturday. He immidiati-ly m-
nounceil that iieie.-niy iiuptow
menu will be in id.- .t on. . In
order tint tne gin win i.e rea.iy (c niunlng of Un)0 because legli.-
for operation by th.- unit the .. ih.a .ro ln .
I first fnrmris in th" . ..uniy picks
I " 'i
One farmer wits npniii-d Satui
day to he picking hi first bale
nml ritill lirt airiil. 1 Itrliiif II (in .
I lie t-iiHiuoer oi niinnr' unci
' w' purchns the firt bale ginned
: ' "" ew'y an'' '" W 0bU'
The Chamber of (' mimic- heiei
'-' "' ' "- " u. i .
ui'nrii xMf t tn Inn firmer It
" '".;- " ".-
ill; ill hip ll it a if " i''iiiii 4i
Martin said
Sawdust Smokes
IS Latest JacICCt
DALIJVH. Aug 22 'UP Stlinji
sawdllkt for cgaiette. w.i -i in w
nieket In Dallas uAj the new
cigarette lax of three rent nn each
parkage boeame effect ve
Police rcce!vel mnnl trii t
that cigarette Irtwbci would up
proach then victim on the sticet
anu oner carton oi -nuikts at a
STATES ASKED
TO RESTRICT
COTTON CROP
Governor Sterling Seeks
Expression Of People
Before Acting
AUSTIN. Aug. 22. (U.R) -A spe-
cial session of the Texas legisla-
ture to put a state-wide ban on
cotton planting In 1032 or to re-
strict ncrcugc by one-half or ono-
thiid nppeured Imminent tonight
as the first fruit of Gov. Hucy
P Long's state conference at
New Orlenns Friday.
It. S. Sterling Governor of Tex-
as the State producing more than
a third of the nation's cotton-
asked members of the legislature
nnl cotton growers to send him
at onco frank .statements of their
views of the need for such a ses-
sion; He asked them to comment
on three types of legislation: to-
tal prohibition of planting tc-
strlctlon by one-third or restriction
by one half.
i Earlier in the day he had said
i he would call no special hcs-
slon unless the growers themselves;
want It. The tenor of his atnte-
I ment Indicated he might feel per-
I sonally thnt some legal reduction
would bo Justified.
Rep. Itailcy W. Hardy of Brcclt-
enrldge had not been advised to-
night by Gov. Uoss Sterling that
another special session of the State
l.igl lature would be called In the
near future to consider proposals
' to ban cotton planting In Texas In
I 11:12. Hep. ' Hardy said Saturday
nluht.
' ' I am naturally Interested In nny-
tlung that will help our farmers"
R.'P Hatdy s.ild when nsked what
t he thought of such a plan "but
-euously doubt If the legislature
I hm the authority to tell a mun
'what he con and cannot false on
hi own Innd. And too I don't bc-
1 eve the farmers of my dlitrict.
would ippiovc of .such ti plan."
NEW OHLEANS. Aug. 22. U.PJ- -Cotton
holiday machinery set In
motion a' the Hucy Long confer-
ence rumbled through thr South
today as organized delegations de-
manded extraordinary of 1 1 state
legislatures.
The gea! I uniform lawn pro-
hibiting the growing of cotton In
1032. F.very one of tho II cotton
producing states waa represented
at thu meeting Friday and the
holiday plan originated by Gov.
Iiong of Louisiana received vir-
tually unanimous support.
Sponsors termed their proposal
the "salvation of the South." Aa
I success depends upon uniform
( law in each state nil "outlaw-
I Ing" cotton for one year tho
I burden today routed upon delo-
i gallon who must stir their legis-
latures to special session to udopt
the law.
I OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 22. iUR
Gov. W. II. Murray todoy refus
ed to call a special session of the
legislature to consider a cotton
hoiuia.iy
hollilu.iy for next year.
That's Gov. Huey Long's own
business about banning cotton
planting next year nnd it means
. milling to inc.' Murray said.
iiiiii An nt irn ...
Tom Connally today asked thr
Vtm u0unl "In the name of all
pj0ljB0H ne t0 lhe eBrmcr
by Congress" to announce Immedl-
t wl not miirket
coUon holnff unU July D32 or
lu33
'iany plans rcga-dlng the cot-
Uoil ftre being proposed."
. ronnnlly. "Most require legts-
... .... ... hv '. r
But( BOVernment. All such will re
' At.rHr. p-wuctIon plans will rc-
oulro another vear.
what is needed
MCon."
is immediate
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The tone-film Industry will havo
a place nj the newest branch of
ihe Industries and tho West de-
i vciojHnents In television also will
Following this the Seventh Inter-
national ISurruu Exhibition will run
IA mil Antn
from Hept. -I .to 0. showing office
furniture and fixtures.
Believe Fliers On
Trip Over Ocean
UEKLIN Aug. 22. (U.n Win n..
oy anil two companion were be
iiuved on their way to New York
today on a projected non ston
' flight to the United States Thev
loft Tomplehof airdrome' outside
I Berlin at 7:03 a. m. for an unan
nounced destination
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