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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
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VOL. XXXV
NO. 278
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DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 3, 1936
EIGHT PAGES
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REACHES VICTORIA AS SOUTH
FRANCE AT LEAGUE SESSION
DROUTH SECTION
TEXAS DEATH TOIL MOUNTS TO 25
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Charlie Gray,
crop
aid
conservative association
was Madge
WIRE BRIEFS
will
eyes, proposed
employment
June 30 Called
the
N. E. A. Wants
Academic Freedom
And Federal Aid
Woman in Spy
Case to Be Heard
Many to Take
Holiday; Business
Open on July 4tb
State Continues
Snake Death Story
Farmer Holiday
Group Secedes
Highway Group
Near Mexico City
T rade. A dvance
Is Unusual in
Some Divisions
REINFORCED SYSTEM OF
REGIONAL PACTS URGED BY
Rowland Loses
Plea to Keep
Off Speer Name
RAIN, FEDERAL
AID ENCOURAGES
ABOUT
TOWN
Swift Armed Punishment for Aggressors
Proposed; France Plans New Treaties and
Strengthening of Existing Pacts.
Government Buys
Starving Cattle
Blessed is the man that endureth
temptation; for which he hath been
approved, he shall receive the crown
of life, which the Lord promised to
them, that loved Him.—James 1-12.
“No, I haven’t gotten into any
shorts yet,” said Jim Baker. “They
seem to have too much flare while
I like the form-fitting kind. No, and
I haven’t come out in a straw hat
nor low-quarter shoes. I still believe
in the old-time ideas of government
and personal adornment.”
HOLLISTER, Calif., July 3.—(TP)
—Allen Rising, 23, was burned to
death today when his plane crash-
ed into a tree and burst into flames.
Rising came to California five years
ago from Camas, Ida.
Full Associated Press Leased Wire
United Press Service
Partly cloudy,
’-------> near
ARDMORE, Ok., July 3—(to)—
Twell Threlkeld, 25, Ardmore, died
in an Ardmore hospital today of in-
juries received in an automobile ac-
cident 12 miles east of here Tuesday
morning in which Mozelle Shaw, 15,
Gainesville, was killed instantly.
WASHINGTON, July 3.—(to)—The
Comptroller of the Currency is-
sued a call today for the condi-
tion of all National banks at the
close of business Tuesday, June 30.
FORT WORTH, . July 3.—(to)—
The steering gear locked while Glen
W. Hudson, 47, a Texas & Pacific
■enginer, was trying to avoid an-
other vehicle at Northwest High-
way and West Twelfth Street to-
day.
His coupe plunged into a retain-
ing wall, telescoped and Mrs. Tud-
son, 34, was killed instantly.
Hei’ death was the 27th traffic
fatality for Tarrant County this
year.
County Council
to Meet Monday
The Denton County Home Dem-
onstration Council will meet Mon-
day aftemoo nat 1:30 o’clock in the
office of Mrs. Edna W. Trigg, county
home demonstration agent.
At that time, a training school
for delegates to the A. & M. College
short course, July 19-25, will also
be held, according to Mrs. Trigg.
Radio-Equipping
City Utility Trucks
Work is almost complete on the
radio-equipping of city water and
light trucks and the' city engineer’s
car, according to Bill Duncan, ra-
dio technician of the city police de-
partment.
The radio equipment in the utility
cars will make it possible for the
trucks to be dispatched immediately
to water and light emergencies in
the city, Duncan said.
school
Wash.,
Showers Fall in Some
Parts of Large
Parched Area.
Officers Capture
Trammell, Gibson
1,000,000 Head to Be
Processed in North
Central States.
Woman Killed in
Ft. Worth Accident
Word comes from Ponder that
Jim Seaborn is looking forward to
more rest and slumber, as one of his
neighbors reports that Jim has pur-
chased a new tractor with which
to have the work done. This friend
said, “Of course, I am not fully ad-
vised about the matter, but I have
heard it rumored that Jim’s rest
and slumber were disturbed by the
boys yelling at the mules.”
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imme-
in
VICTORIA, July 3.-—(AP)—The greatest flood since
the record 1913 overflow surged around Victoria today as
the death toll in South Texas mounted to 25. Swollen by
torrential rains above, the Guadalupe River stood at 30.5
feet at noon and was still rising.
Two more bodies—those Of Gre-
goria Martenez and his son, Basti-
ano, 15, were found washed against
the pc-wer dam near Gonzales this
morning. Tney had bem missing
since early Wednesday.
In the Cuero area, a coast guard
plane manned by Harry W. Lo-
gan and carrying Radioman J. A.
Dinan, cruised over the flooded
lowlands looking for R. L. Mur-
pree, prominent farmer of Thom-
aston.
Murphree has been missing 48
hours, ever since he went into
his flooded fields to try and ci'ing
out a tractor.
While the baling test in the At-
kins well was not entirely pleasing,
some of the drillers and operators
are still optimistic as to ultimate re-
sults. The well will be swabbed this
Friday and if oil is not brought
forth, is understood that the hole
will be shot. Other locations are be-
ing made in widely separated areas
of the county, oil men advise. It
is understood that a location will
be made on the Mustain tract,
South of the Aubrey slab; another
Northeast of Krum, and still an-
other East of Denton. Oil men are
firmly convinced a discovery well
will be brought in this year.
Louis Hoover on
T. C. Art Faculty Bank Condition
Ponder, was lost
and didn’t know just where to go—
in a way—as he said, “I lost my
spectacles here Thursday afternoon
somewhere, and I can’t see very
well without ’em. If you find a pair
of spectacles the Record-Chronicle
will take care of them until I get
back over in Denton.”
Wins Bout
With Big
Tarpon
-----■ (By Associated Press) -----
TAMPLA, Fla.—A 21-pound
tarpon hooked by Mil ton Luff-
burrow leaped high out of the
water and struck him squarely
on the back, knocking him par-
tially off his feet.
The fish fell back into the
bay but the line held. Lufbur-
row rose without taking a
count and hauled in his prize
after a few minutes of brisk
battling.
GROVETON, July 3.—(to)—Jack
Tullos waived examining trial here
today after a murder charge was
filed against him in the fatal shoot-
ing yesterday of his cousin, Steve
Tullos Jr., 27, at Apple Springs.
WPA Money in
Texas To Aid
Flood Sufferers
Dad and Bill Bingham, Clear-
creekers in town Friday morning;
advised that the recent tains have
not caused the creek to get out of
banks. “No, the Guadalupe overflow
has not backed up to overflow our
creek,” they said.
EAST TEXAS: 1
probably scattered showers
the coast tonight and Saturday.
Light to moderate variable winds
on the coast.
OKLAHOMA AND WEST TEX-
AS: Generally fair tonight and
Saturday.
Thomas Hudson McKee, Vernon,
is making the rounds in Denton
County, having spoken in Roanoke
and Sanger Thursday, and this
coming Saturday will address the
voters of Aubrey at 2 o’clock, Pilot
Point, 3:30, Sanger, 5 o’clock and
Lewisville Saturday night at 8. Sat-
urday week, July 11th., he will speak
in Denton in the afternoon in the
interest of his candidacy for Con-
gress.
Punctual Prisoners
SELMA, Ala.—Honesty is the
coolest policy.
Twenty trusty prisoners in
the Selma jail are allowed to
go home each night to escape
the stifling heat inside the
cells.
So far not one has failed to
report back on time each morn-
ing.
British Defense to
Leave Deficit
LONDON, July 3.—(A5)—A “prac-
tically certain” deficit in the Brit-
ish budget because of defense ex-
penditures was forecast today in
the House of Commons.
At the same time the empire’s
participation in the European arm-
ament race was defended by Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin.
Neville Chamberlain, chancellor
of the Exchequer, pronounced the
deficit warning as commons passed
the finance bill embodying budget
proposals.
Baldwin, speaking before a con-
servative association dinner upon
his return to London from the
country, declared Great Britain
joined the rearmament program of
other European nations because ad-
herence to future League of Nations
obligations “will very probably bring
war in its train.”
Prime Minister Baldwin’s firm
statement—PI will retire when I
think fit”—meanwhile failed to halt
parliamentary rumors he will re-
sign next month.
Baldwin continued his aggressive
defense of the government’s poli-
cies, started yesterday on his re-
turn to London from the country
before a
dinner.
Great Britain, he said, joined
the rearmament race with other
European nations because adherence
to future League of Nations obli-
gations “will very porbably bring
war in its train.”
He acknowledged large expends
tures for national defense “if pro-
tracted too long may ruin us all”
but expressed hope “sooner or
later it may be possible to once
again discuss reduction in arma-
ment.” f
The Interstate Commerce Com-
mission reports that not one pas-
senger was killed in 1935 by derail-
ment or collision of a railway train
in the United States. “They used
to say bed was the only safe place
in the world,” commented H. G.
Taylor, Chairman of the Western
Association of Railway Executive, as
he examined the report. “It’s not
so any longer,” he remarked, “y‘8u
are safer on a train than in your
own home.”
The railroads carried 445,995,000
revenue passengers last year. Con-
stant efforts to foresee and forestall
- accidents culminated in a perfect
record for 1935, a year when acci-
dents in the factory, the office,
home, highway and beach costing
the shocking total of 100,000 Amer-
ican lives. Eleven persons were killed
ever hour of 1935 accidents, but
railroad passengers were not among
them.
With the marvelous record for
safety of railroad travel, it is no
wonder the railroads have earned
a “Railroad Week”, which will be
observed over the United States,
July 13 to 18th. inclusive, when all
railroad workers would be glad for
the people to “talk” railroad with
them, asking for information or
making suggestions for improved
service.
Mlayor J. L. Wright, who attend-
ed a district meeting of the League
of Municipal ties in Arlington Thurs-
day, ascertained that Denton’s can-
neries were not to be discontinued
on July 6th. as had been intimated.
“In a talk with Mr. Dickey, I was
advised that under the new set-up
governing the canneries in Denton
that there was plenty of money
available for a continuance of the
work,” Mayor Wright said. “The
canneries here, it seems, will be op-
erated as long as there is any need
for them. This, of course, was fine
news to me and I know it will be to
others interested.”
WASHINGTON, July 3.—(to)—The
office of Senator Tom Connally of
Texas said today the relief admin-
istration had advised that Harry
P. Drought, Texas WPA director,
had full authority to extend aid to
flood sufferers in Central Texas.
The WPA said Drought had
“plenty of money” to meet imme-
diate needs and explained he could
make allocations without authoriza-
tion from Washington. Government
agencies were being kept advised of
the Texas situation by W. K. Hop-
kins, former state senator from
Gonzales, and now an assistant to
Attorney General Cummings here.
There’s Difference
TULSA, Ok.—Mrs. H. T. Hay-
ward, secretary, of the S. P.
C. A., complained that dog
catcher Emory Johnson refus-
ed to pick up stray cats. “I pre-
sented him with a special cat
box but he won’t use it,” she
said.
“I can catch cats,? return-'
ed Johnson, “But I‘m paid to
catch dogs. I. wont chase cats.
They scratch.”
DULUTH, Minn., July 3.
— (AP)—Relief in the form
of rain and a three-fold pro-
gram of government aid
cheered residents of drought
ravaged agricultural sections
of the nation today. Showers
fell in Southern states and in
the grain, belt and in many
cases they meant the differ-
ence between a fair crop and
none at all.
Precipitation was forecast for the
parched Upper Mississippi Valley.
But there was no moisture to soften
the hardpan prairies of Minneso-
ta and the Dakotas—focal points
in a widespread $250,000,000 drouth.
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
authorized Federal purchase and
processing of up to 1,000,000 head
Of distressed cattle in North Cen-
tral States. Even as he took the
action here yesterday, livestock was
being shipped from sun seared
pastures in the Northwest by the
trainload. The movement at some
centers equalled that Of disastrous
1934.
At- Washington, officials said $5,-
000,000 would be used in removing
cattle from burned out ranges in
a joint undertaking by the AAA
and the Federal Surplus Commodi-
ties Corporation. The meat prod-
ucts will be donated to state relief
agencies for distribution. It was
indicated extensive buyiug would
not be necessary if drenching rains
occur in the next fortnight.
Heavy Southern Loss
Southern crop damage was cal-?
culated at $150,000,000. althouih
general rains in Tennessee, Arkan-
sas and the Middle and West Gulf
States provided a respite yester-
day. Chicago statisticians figured
$100,000,000 losses in the Midwest.
They asserted Canadas bill possi-
bly might reach $7&,000,000.
Agriculutral observers in the Da-
kotas and Montana, termed the
visitation the worst in the history
Cf their states.
Officials of the Black Hills area
of South Dakota decided to aban-
don their wasted fileds to grass-
hoppers.
Mrs. R. J.Turrentine, delegate to
the Democratic National Convention
from this Congressional District,
returned home Thursday night. She
has been nominated as president
of the Texas Federated Clubs, which
election will be held this Fall, and
from indications it seems that she
will be chosen to head the clubs. Af-
ter the Convention, she went to
Washington and Atlantic City for
a few days, and in Atlantic City
was invited to make a radio broad-
cast. “It was simply a wonderful
Convention, every one enthusiastic
over the Fall election,” she said.
AUSTIN, July 3.—(A3)—The Su-
preme Court today refused permis-
sion to Charles T. Rowland to file
a mandamus petition seeking to dis-
qualify Judge John Speer as a can-
didate for the Civil Appeals Court
in the Fort Worth district or to re-
quire him to give his residence as
Denton County.
Rowland, a candidate against
Justice Speer, contended that his
listing on the ballot as being from
Tarrant County was deceptive be-
cause he was a legal, voting resi-
dent of Denton County.
Speer was appointed to the court
this spring to succeed the late Jus-
tice P. A. Martin. Rowland alleged
that Judge Speer did not move to
Tarrant County until April 8 and
therefore had not fulfilled the six
months residence requirement to
become a voter in that county.
The Fort Worth district com-
prises Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton,
Hood, Jack, Montague, Parker, Wi-
chita, Wise, Young and Tarrant
Counties.
The court overruled Rowland’s
motion without a written opinion.
LOS ANGELES, July 3.—(to)—The
woman in the naval spy case—a
pretty Japanese waitress—awaited
her turn to testify today in the trial
of Harry Thompson.
She is Janet Ono, who has de-
scribed herself as simply a friend
of Thompson when the former yeo-
man in <he U. fe. navy was down and
out.
She did not know Toshio Miya-
zaki, lieutenant-commandei' in the
Japanese navy who was indicted
with Thompson on charges they
conspired to violate the espionage
act, Miss ono has declared.
act, Miss Ono has declared.
Angeles restaurant Thompson ■ used
to patronize.
Clyde Thomas, assistant federal
attorney, said the government ex-
pected to complete its case by night-
fall.
The last witness called before
court adjourned yesterday was S.
Hirario, assistant manager of the
Yokohama Specie Bank of San
Francisco. The government placed,
him on the stand in its efforts t/»
show that Thompson, obtaining
confidential information concerning
the U. S. Navy, was paid for that
information by Miyazaki.
Hirano identified a check purchas-
ed by Miyazaki and endorsed by the
defendant.
CHICAGO, July 3. —(to)— An
agreement to dismiss the $100,000
alienations of affections suit brought
against Actress Helen Hayes, second
wife of Playwright Charles MacAr-
thur, by his first wife, Drama Critic
Carol Frink, was reported today
iTiring a noon recess of County
.Court.
Argument was completed in Dis-
trict Court Friday morning on the
case of A. A. Shearer vs. Deming
Investment Company et al, a suit
to try title and damages, which
went to trial before Judge Ben W.
Boyd after the defendant’s general-
demurrer and special exception were
overruled. The principals waived a
jury trial.
No decision had be/m rendered in
the case by Judge Boyd, early Fri-
day afternoon.
WASHINGTON, July 3.—(to)—In/
formed sources expressed the opin-
ion today that bitter conflict with-
in the American Federation Of La-
bor may be ended and the rift weld-
ed in the heat of a campaign, now
getting under way, to unionize the
vast steel and iron industry.
These sources would not be sur-
prised if some sort of compromise
bargain were struck between John
L. Lewis, head of the unionization
drive and ardent advocate of indus-
trial unionization, and the domin-
ant A. F. of L. faction which leans
toward craft unions.
Sentiment within the A. F. of L.
unions to cease internal quarrels
and present a united front against
the embattled steel employers was
said to be impelling the rival fac-
tions in the direction of a settle-
ment of differences.
LABOR GROUPS
MAY HEAL RIFT
ANGLETON, , July 3.—(Az-
County Attorney R. J. Higgins
announced today the Brazoria
County grand jury had returned
murder indictments against
Luke Trammell and Forrest
Gibson, retrieve prison farm
convicts who were captured near
Groesbeck last night.
The American Lumberman puts
it this ^ay: If a man commits a
robbery with a gun, it’s a crime; if
a nation does it, it’s a glorious vic-
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HANFORD, Calif., July 3.—(to)—
Sheriff Luther P. Loftis today an-
nounced Ralph Noll, 30, Corcoran
farm Worker, has confessed he beat
his 11-year-old.. stepson to death
with a belt buckle at Delta, Colo.,
four years ago.
NEW YORK, July 3.—(to)—Some
divisions of business made the best
showing in more than a month
this week, according to the week-
ly review of Dun & Bradstreet,
which reported the general trend
was upward in all lines.
“Despite the smaller gains in
the drought districts,” the review
stated, “retail distribution was ad-
vanced by the cashing of bonus
bonds and the stronger demand
for apparel and vacation goods.
“Wholesale markets were more
active, as reorders increased and
fall buying gained momentum. Most
merchants prepared for the larg-
est trade since 1900. While sched-
ules were set higher in some in-
dustries, there were indications of
seasonal slackening in others.”
The estimated volume of retail
sales for the country as a< whole
was 12 to 18 per cent over a year
ago, the agency said, adding that
in New England, where resort
bookings were the largest since
1929, an especially good showing
was made. Distribution in the Mid-
dle West, severely affected by high
temperatures and crop devastation
was 10 to 15 per cent ahead of
a year ago; in the northwest sales
averaged 8 to 12 per cent higher,
and in the South they exceeded
last year’s by 15 to 20 per cent.
On the Pacific coast there was
a rise of 14 to 18 per ..cent
French Farmers
Join Strikers
Fergu§on to Speak
For Roy Sander ford
AUSTIN, July 3.—(A3)—Headquar-
ters fo Senator Roy Sanderford of
Belton, candidate for governor, to-
day announced former Governor
James E. Ferguson would make
four speeches between July 4-11
in behalf of the Senator’s campaign.
Ferguson will open at Brady to-
morrow. Other dates are Lampasas
July 9; Brownwood, July 10, and
San Angelo, July 11. All engage-,
ments were at night.
Absentee Voting
to Begin Monday
Absentee voting for the July 25
primary will begin Monday.
The first ballots may be cast 20
days before the date of the elec-
tion.
VILLA JUAREZ, Mexico, July 3.
—(A3)—The United States delegation
to inaugural ceremonies of Mexico’s
new 760-mile road speeded today to-
ward Zimapan, Hidalgo.
The visitors expected to arrive in
the “Land of the Sky” high in the
Sierra Maestra before nightfall.
Before they arrive in Mexico City
Saturday, the three United States
senators and Ambassador Josephus
Daniels will have climbed 8,035 feet
into the mountains.
Senators McAdoo of California,
Connally of Texas and Chavez of
New Mexico, with Ambassador Dan-
iels, were entertained yesterday by
Governor Canseco of Tamaulipas.
The Mexican host of the caravan
of 0 automobiles is Foreign Secre-
tary Eduardo Hay.
Tonight’s softball games: The
Double Dippers will meet the boys
of Mother’s Food Stores at 7 o’clock
and the Rotarians and the Lions
will cross bats at 8:30 following. In
Thursday night’s game the North-
side Firemen defeated the Mother’s
Food Store boys, and the Odd Fel-
lows were victorious over the CCC
ten.
Independence Day will mean a
full holiday Saturday for city and
county employes, students in the
public schools ana the two col-
leges, and for employes of the
postoffice and hanks. Because the
holiday falls on a Saturday, few
business houses of Denton plan
to close, however.
No rural or city mail deliveries
will be made during the day, ac-
cording to Ray Bishop, assistant
postmaster. The usual public pro-
gram observing the Fourth of July
will not be given by the Chamber
of Commerce this year, because of
the fact that the holiday falls on
Saturday.
Many students will leave the city
during the three-day holiday pe-
riod with classes due to be resum-
ed next Tuesday morning.
Louis Hoover, graduate of the
Teachers College who has been
teaching art in a New York school
for the past year and has done one
term’s work toward a Ph. D. de-
gree in art at Columbia University,
will replace Ronnie Williams on the
Teachers College art faculty in July
and August and through the fall, it
has been announced.
Williams will conduct a tour to
Mexico from the college leaving July
13, and following his return will .go
to Chicago where he will work next
fall on a doctorate in art.
PORTLAND, Ore, July 3.—(to)—
The gospel of academic freedom
and Federal aid for schools was
carried nationwide today as thous-
ands of teachers started homeward
at the conclusion of the 74th an-
nual convention of the National
Education Association.
Delegates chose Orville C. Pratt,
superindent of Spokane,
to represent the 200.000
members as president. He won in a
close race with William H. Holmes,
Mount Vernon, N. Y„ Pratt suc-
ceeds Miss Agnes Samuelson, super-
intendent of public instruction in
Iowa, who becomes first vice pres-
ident.
The new board of directors will
choose the 1937 convention city.
A political debate at which Paul
V. McNutt, Democrat, Governor of
Indiana; Burton French, Republi-
can, Miami University and Norman
Thomas, Socialist, New York. City,
assailed rival belief concluded
the general sessions last night.
Adoption of principal portions of
the resolutions committe report
comprised the ' final action at
convention business meetings.
The report, as approved, made
no mention of “war propaganda”
in schools—a phrase in the docu-
ment. originally recommended. It
also deleted reference to the “ten-
dency to militarize schools and
colleges, though the increasing sup-
port and expansion of the reserve
officers’ training corps.”
State Call
AUSTIN, July 3.—(to)—Z. Gos-
sett, State Banking Commissioner,
today issued a state Bank call
for conditions as of June. 30. It
coincided with a national bank
call, Ul- . .
LOS ANGELES, July 3—(to)—
The state continued its. efforts to
depict Robert S. James, seven times
wed, as a bluebeard who made
love to women when he should
have been in mourning.
Ready to testify
Reed of Los Angeles.
Miss Reed, prosecutors said,
tell the Superior Court jury that
James, of the inscrutable green
to her just one
week after the death of his sev •
enth wife, Mary.
The marrying barber, the state
charges, killed Mary last August
by drownuig her in a bathtub af?
ST. PAUL, July 3.—(to)—With
Congressman Usher Burdick of
North Dakota, manager of Con-
gressman William Lemke’s union
party presidential campaign, as its
head a “rump” organization of the
National Farmers Holiday Associa-
tion today proceeded with plans for
its own “national convention” to be
held “within 60 days.”
The group headed by Burdick
yesterday seceded from the organi-
zation that had just elevated John
Bosch of Minnesota as president,
claiming the holiday association
was under Communistic control and
that “the purpose of the assemblage
(the national convention here
Tuesday and Wednesday) did not
appear to be representative of the
national body.”
The national convention tabled a
resolution endorsing Lemke after a
heated debate during which five
state unit presidents walked out.
Overflow at Wharton
WHARTON, July 3-(to)~The
flood-swollen Colorado River broke
from its banks here today and
began moving over lowlands. The
river had ben fed by heavy rains
on the watershed.
Caney Creek, which juns thru
the center of the town, had not
shown any rise. It is this creek,
when fed by overflow from the
Colorado, that usually floods Whar-
ton.
GROESBECK, July 3.—(to)—The
dangerous freedom to which they
murderously shot their way ex-
actly two weeks ago was ended
for Luke Trammell and Forrest
Gibson today. '
Their desperate flight over Tex-
as and Oklahoma came to blood-
less halt last night when the es-
caped convicts were roused from
their sleep in a stalled car to face
the muzzles Of a submachine gun
and rifles near Thornton.
The desperadoes had no oppor-
tunity to resist, though each held
a pistol in his hand.
Night Warden T. T. Easley, a
prison guard and a trusty took
Trammell and Gibson from the
Limestone County jail here at 1:10
a. m. today, bound for the state
penitentiary at Huntsville.
O. s. J. Ellingson, prison sys-
tem manager, said the pair would
be held at the prison pending offi-
cial decision on possible charges of
murder against them. They had
escaped from Retrieve Farm.
Last night a boy whose name was
withheld passed along a country
lane near Thornton and saw a
car bogged in the mud. Under the
steering wheel on the front seat
slept a man clenching a pearl-
handled pistol. Another man slept
on the rear seat. The lad told
Sheriff Will Adams, who imme-
diately organized a posse of six
men. "
The men were still sleeping when
the sheriff’s party arrived. Adams
poked the muzzle of his subma-
chine gun into the ribs of
of the men. They were im
diately identified as Gibson,
front, and Trammell.
Guadalupe River Still Rising as Waters Pour
In; Crop and Live Stock Losses Impossible to
Estimate. 6
ter thrusting bei bared leg into
a box containing a rattlesua <e. He
d'd it to collect $20,000 insurance
on her life, the prosecu'j. m al-
leges.
The prinirj a! witness jes>u-
day in the state’s portrayal ci fue
defendant as cne to wnu>n mar-
riage was but a means to murder
and subsequent insurance ri'/.es
was pretty Grace Yarnell.
Evidence Heard
in Title Case
Seek Co-ordinated Action
GONZALES, July 3.—(to—Mayo?
S. M. Ainsworth today asked mayors
of Seguin, Luang, Cuero, Victoria
and other flood stricken cities to
meet immediately to seek co-ordi-
nated action on securing Federal
relief.
“We will ask the earmarking of
Federal funds for projects to give
to thousands made
made homeless and destitute by
the floods,” he said.
Chlorine cont' nt of the city
water supply was increased 33 per
cent as a precaution against epi-
demics.
Heavy Losses
CUERO, July 3.—(A3)—Treach-
erous Guadalupe flood waters over-
flowed the costal plains toward
Victoria today as the rainglutted
river torrent continued to pile up
inestimable crop and livestock
losses.
From the little rural hamlet of
Thomaston, 12 miles southeast of
Cuero, came a plea for coast guard
in locating Bob Murphree,
farmer missing since dark last
night.
It was believed he was maroon-
ed on the Meyersville-Thomaston
River bridge.
A coast guard plane piloted by
Harry W. Logan and carrying Ra-
dioman J. A. Dinan took off from
San Antonio at 9:30 to help locate
Murphree. The ship had two-way
radio communication with its base.
The angry river, spreading two
miles wide as it rushed through
the inundated Cuero farming coun-
try, had dropped 10 inches since
its peak of 42 feet, linch above
normal at midnight last night.
Earlier in the night the crest had
been reported at 43 feet, 3 inches.
River Falling
The murky sea of water was
gradually falling opposite Cuero
and families, driven from their
homes by water backing up into
the eastern part of town last night,
moved back to rehabilitate their
silt-muddied dwellings.
Thirty negro families spent the
night in the negro school and
about five white families were
forced to seek quarters on higher
ground.
The list of known dead since
South Texas rivers ana creeks,
deluged with torrential rains, went
on rampages, still stood at 23,
most of the victims losing their
lives in the area between Austin
ana San Marcos.'
At flood peak, water filled the
streets in the lower part of Cuero
to a depth of five feet and today,
four feet still remained. The pow-
er house two miles inortjh of town
was filled to a depth of nine
feet, damaging machinery and put-
ting it out of service. An emergen-
cy lighting system was employed.
No Other Deaths likely
Unless isolated farmers in the
lowlands should be trapped by the
water waters, additional human
casualties were not erpected ias
warnings, dropped from planes, had
been spread to practically ever re-
mote settlement in the danger
area along the river to San An-
tonio Bay, where it dumps into the
gulf.
Rain in Southwest
ATLANTA, July 3. —(to)— Heavy
rainfall that bathed drought with-
ered southern crops during the past
24 hours gave promise today of
continuing into the week-end.
Tennessee, Arkansas and North-
ern Louisiana received the heaviest
precipitation. The showers were
general along a sweeping arc from
the Texas coast to the Carolinas
and Virginia.
Among the forecasts, that of Ar-
kansas alone predicted fair weather.
Lack of rain still was reported
from the east gulf coast, South
Georgia, North Florida and Ken-
tucky.
PARIS, July 3. —(to)— Striking,
fighting farmers who refused to
milk cows and feed horses brought
gendarmes to the rural vineyard
district near Laon today.
Officials halted clashes between
farm hands and their employers
after one person was injured.
A new strike in the dressmaking
industry in Paris broke out in the
Lanvin Atelier where 200 seam-
stresses occupied the establishment.
A similar strike of wrapping
clerks, elevator operators and other
employes at the Molyneux dress
house was quickly settled.
Fresh walkouts among miners at
Strassbourg and textile workers at
Lille increased the ranks of work-
ers continuing the “folded arms”
strike.
GENEVA, July 3.— (AP)—France called today for a
reinforced System of regional pacts, supervised by the
League of Nations, to guarantee world peace by military
force.
Yvon Delbos, French foreign min-
ister, urged before the assembly of
the league a speedy reformation of
the international peace body by
which aggressors would suffer swift
armed punishment.
He addressed a group of states-
men whose nerves were on edge af-
ter the firing of two shots in the
assembly hall. A Czech newspaper-
man, seated in a gallery adjoining
the delegates’ benches, had shot
himself. The wounded man was re-
moved to a hospital before the ses-
sion continued.
New Treaties Due
Delbos announced France planned
to establish new treaties and to
strengthen existing pacts.
He advocated elimination from
the league covenant of the require-
ment in Article XI that a unanim-
ous vote of the council is necessary
on measures to safeguard peace.
However, he said, the fundamentals
of the covenant should not be
changed.
War sanctions have lost their
meaning and the “last crusade is
finished,” Jayme Fonseca Monteiro
of Portugal told the assembly.
Spanish Foreign Minister Augusto
Barcia vigorously opposed reform of
the league covenant. He argued to
the delegates:
' “The law is good. What is bad is
the way it has been enforced.”
AVIATRIX LANDS PLANE AFIRE
AND ESCAPES
INDIANAPOLIS, July 3.—(to)
4* —Miss Jacqueline Cochran of 4>
4' Los Angeles landed an airplane 41
4» in flames at a 100-mile an 4»
4* hour speed at the municipal 4»
4> airport here today and jumped 4>
4« from the ship uninjured. 4*
♦ *
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