Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.),, Vol. 1, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, May 8, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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ra MAN MOURNED
AS DEAD BACK
TO GET HOME
DEATH CLAIMS
COL M’KINNEY
BROOKS GROWS
RESTLESS NEAR
CLOSE OF WEEK
TRY TO HARNESS
WILD OIL WELL
Experience in War Is
Stranger Than
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DALLAS, May 8 (UP)—Police
Investigating reports of a “wild
party*’ in South Dallas early to-
day arrested a man and a woman
and seized 19 cubes of morphine
valued at >1,900.
town
of the company, stated that he is
SWtaTWATEB. May S
(<!’)—Bill Jowell, young ra-
dio salesman, was freed today
on >1,600 bond facing chargee
of arson. He was charged with
attempting to collect >800 C
•urance on clothes through
two fires which damaged tbs
house where hew as living.
ing requirements
service and safegt
5. A gas pipe
signed to protect 1
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fire.
AUSTIN, May 8 (UP)—
Gov. Boss Sterling Issued a
proclamation today setting
Sunday, May 10 aa Mothers
Day “to be especially devoted
to Mother ana It Is requested
that services in the churches
of Texas be devoted to Mother
on this day.”
SAN ANTONIO, May 8 (UP)—
A new trial was planned today for
Bob Lockett, “Cry Baby Bandit,"
charged with murdering Paul Kar-
dow, a* butcher, who resisted a
holdup of his store on the night
of March 21st.’ A jury at Lockett’s
first trial was dismissed late
Thursday when it was unable to
agree on a verdict after two days
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required of all plum
ing in the city.
T e City Coundl ha
Ing for several woe
codes, and due to the
tivity here the conn
declare an emergency
codes into effect at <
All persons buildii
of structure on tin
within the city limits
repairs to
etc., will be
building pe:
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BRYAN, Tex., May 8 (UP)
—Funeral services will be held
here today for Capt. W. C.
Boyett, 70, pioneer of Brazos
county and former member of"
the board of directors of Tex-
as A. &ZM. College, who died
yesterday. He was widely
known as a planter, ranch-
man and merchant. A wife,
six sons and three daughters
survive.
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LONGVIEW, Texas, May 8
(UP)—Increased oil activity in
ly deaf man
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DALLAS, May 8 (UP)—
Spring has made petters In
the Bluff View suburb so nu-
merous and boisterous that
housewives of the vicinity to-
day appealed to sheriff Hal
Hood for “relief.” The Bluff
women’s club adopted a reso-
lution on the matter and ap-
pointed a committee to warn
day-time spooners. Sheriff
Hood <s asked to take care of
the nocturnal variety.
DALLAS, May 8 (UP)—Police
today sought a negro who last
night fatally shot Daniel Smath-.
qrs, also negro, and then set fire
to Smather’a bed in his home.
Capt. Albin Ahrenberg, fampus
Swedish pilot, who made a bold
journey from Norway to Green-
land by plane to aid the rescue
work, added te his laurels in the
success of the expedition. Taking
considerable risk on the treach-
erous ice, Ahrenberg flew from
the base camp to a point about
140 miles away, where he located
the hut in which Courtauld had
spent the winter.
Encouraged by finding the lit-
tle station which the sledge par-
ties had been unable to locate,
Ahrenberg risked landing his plane,
only to find the hut was empty.
The Swedish flier began his re-
turn trip to the base camp, keep-
ing a sharp watch for Courtauld
or the Watkins party which had
been out more than two weeks.
He sighted the party and Court-
ould on the route to the base camp
and immediately broadcast the
news of Courtauld’s safety. .
Ahrenberg had provisions for
Courtauld which he had intended
to drop at the hut if Jie could
not land it was presumed that he
Circuit Unable to Make Noted Texas Pioneer
It Go, As People
Thinking Oil..
The Henderson Oilers—the most
promising tedm in the short lived
East Texas league—are scattering
to the four corners of the state,
southwest or nation, as the league
has formally and finally “blowed”
up.
Baseball leagues cannot operate
without money, and the league was
unable to attract cash customers.
There was nothing else to do, in
the opinion of Harry Wander-
ling, president, but for everybody
to take out and go home. He is
iu Fort Worth. Disappointed .play-
ers in four towns are either en
route home, or wondering where
to go. ,
There will be no paid baseball
players in Henderson this year.
The people in every town in the
circuit were too much interested
in oil and other personal Affairs
to find time to attend ball games.
aits late 1
jgitgatly.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo., May 8 (UP)
>-Mourned as dead, Arnold God-
bey was back at home today, tell-
ing as strange a tale of adventure
as is found in fiction.
Godbey heard and heeded the
eall of the battlefield. Now though
he lives, he is legally dead, depriv-
ed even of his estate.
At the age~x>f 16 he enlisted in
the U. 8. Marine Corps, -won the
Croix de Guerre, was gassed sev-
eral times and became a Lieuten-
ant during the World War. Mus-
tered out in 1919, i he re-enlisted,
b . there was no fighting, and.be
deserted.
The French Foreign Legion
promised more adventure, and
Go<jbey enlisted. In 1926 his bat-
talion engaged the Riffs in French
Sudan. Two bayonets were thrust
through his body, the Camels
stampeded, and he was left on the
field for deadl
Twc ye<rs in a French Military
Hospital, and he was discharged.
Lome- on a Spanish freighter, he.
■went to Brooklyn and surrendered
to Marine authorities. His rec-
ords for bravery won him lenien-
cy, a dishonorable discharge to be-
come honorable at the end of six
months good behavior,
Godbey failed to find his mother
in St. Louis, and applied for his
compensation certificate in the
World War to learn he was legal-
ly dead, and his mother had mov-
ed to St Joseph. •
So he came here, and today was
endeavoring, with his mother’s
support, to re-establish his true
status and claim his estate, which
was about to be divided in
bate court.
If there is an income tax, he ar-
gued, it should be the same r«-
gardless of the amount of income.
A graduated tax, he said, is being
urged by those who hope to es-
cape the tax.
The popular vote on the Con-
stitutional Amendment is propos-
ed for Nov. 1982.
Three other resolutions for con
stitutional amendments were laid
on the table subject to call by their
authors. These proposed teacher
pensions, a revised court system
and a system of taxing interest
bearing securities as intangible as-
sets. *
Claim Made Texas
Adjutant General Is
No Longer in Service
Henderson
with a brand:
—all written
purpose of p
more safety
town in the
wiring, plum—_---
buildings with gas.
One ordinance, relsl
Ings, will regulate ox
tection on sidewalke-
of antiquated structui
more or leas or may b
bumping traps.
Up-to-Date Ct
Inspector la
J. L. Horner, i
the waterwoihs,
temporary inspei
all of these codes i
all permits, requl
tained at his office.
The complete to
nances, or cpdes, i
today’s * issue of
Daily News. Sevex
phlets will be pi
city for the con
persons who will
the new laws.
A special plum
deal with all pro1
of deliberation.
DALLAS, May 9 (UP)—Re-
duction of rediscount rate
from 8 per cent to three per
cent of the Dallas Federal Re-
serve Bank
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that the reduction was due
similar cheapening of rates
the east and was made as an
aid to agricultural, business
and industrial recovery in the
southwest.
5 City Codes Go Into Effect
House Engrosses Proposed Amendment for State Income J
HUNTING SOME
WAY TO RAISE
MORE REVENUE
mission of a constitutional amend-
ment to permit a graduated state
income tax was favored by the
Texas House of Representatives
today. A resolution for the sub-
mission was engrossed, 95 to 27. t
Only five more votes are needed
to secure final passage by the
House. .________.
The state now may levy an in-
come tax but it would have to
be one With a flat rate applying
alike to all size and type incomes.
The proposed amendment would
permit a levy similar to that of
the Federal Income tax.
Rep. Julian Harrison of El Paso
secured a change in the draft by
which the maximum income tax
is made ten per cent The pro-
posal says that any year in which
a state Income tax Is levied there
shall be no state ad valorem tax.
Harrison failed in an effort to
ink waa effective here change this to retain an advaterem
0,^1- t tax of ten cents as >I00c .
; Rep. Harold KMyton of 8an An-
tonio made an attack on the pro-
Probably the most prominent at-
torney now practising tn Reno is
George A. Bartlett (above), for-
mer District Court Judge of Was-
hoe County, Nev. He has rendered
decisions on divorces for twelve
; years and recently expressed his
views on divorce in a book en-
titled “Men, Women and Conflict.”
Now he acts as an attorney.
Daily and Rusk County
News Telephones—
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But Expects to Sign All
Diplomas Before
Nightfall
WACO, Texas, May 8 (UP)—
“Carry On” was the message Dr.
Samuel Palmer Brooks, dying pres-
ident of Baylor University, sent
out today to his faculty.
Brooks spent a rertless night
and ate only a little toast and ba-
con at breakfast. He hoped tp
finish the diplomas by tonight.
■ The sickroom was guarded 'close-
ly today. Scores of telegrams asking
photographs pf the president sign-
ing the diplorhas were dropped in-
to a waste basket. Flowers co»-
ttnued,to be carried into the room
but none of the messages received
by mail or telegraph reached the
educator.
“Men are mortal and pass away,
but ideals around which Baylor
University is built will never die,”
read the message from the sick-
room of “Proxy” Brook*-»-pofr-
sibly the last word the 67-y«ir pld
educator, who has only a ftw days
of life left, will give to the school
he doves knd has served foA29
years. > ». ’ .
Dean W. S. Allen, who is acting
as president of the school while
Dr. Brooks’ life ebbs slowly under
an attack of cancer^ received the
message early today and promised
DALLAS, May 8 (UP)—
The executive committee of
the executive board of the
Baptist general convention of
Texas has authorized the refi-
nancing of >35,000 of bonded
Indebtedness of Baylor Col-
lege for women at Belton. The
money la to be paid back from -
funds raised by an endowment
campaign.
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John D. Rockefeller thanking Officer Lester Smith for the watchful
efforts of the police who guard the oil Croesus during his sojourn at
his estate at Lakewood, N. J. By a clever arrangement the police now
keep the curiqus crowds from annoying Mr. Rockefeller by throwing
a guard around one church while he is attending services in another.
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was evident today as a result of
the three mile extension to the
north revealed by the sand en-
countered by Mudge Oil Com-
pany’s No. 1 Richardson in .the
David Ferguson survey of Upshur
county.
The three-mile extension to the
north makes the East Texas fiek
a producing strip 38 miles long.
Two miles were added recently at
the southern end of the area.
A dozen new tests were planned
in the three-mile extension and
scores more are expected when the
Mudge well is completed.
The Woodbine sand was topped
at 8,705 feet and the well has
been drilled to 8.782^ feet.
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posal for a graduated income tax. bro ihore producers Thursday af-
t* -_ __ . temooh estimated to a dally
average potential of 12,000 bar-
rels each on their C. C. Giles
81 acre lease, in the Turner-
of the Joiner
Roy . I. Carter, president
VA M.M.V MW .J
well ] leased with his two new com-
pletions- and that they are among
the best in that part of the field.
No. 8 is 464 feet north and 885
feet east of the southwest corner
of the lease and No. 8, the second
of the two new wells, is 787 feet
north and 482 feet east of the
same comer.
Along with the big producers
and the extensions being made in
the county, an occasional failure
is recorded. Ramsey Petroleum
Co. No. .1 M. Kangerg. & Bro., '
eleven miles southwest of Hen- , - ~ ’
derson and near the Jacksonville '
highway, encountered salt water
and has been plugged at a total
depth of 8888 feet This test is ,
located in the R. A. Allen,survey ,
and is 150 feet south and east of (
southwest comer of the Walker (
Pettet survey.
BRENHAM, May 8 (UP)—Caro-
lessneM in approacMng a railroad
crossing was blamed for the death
of John Jarvis, 42, Bun Oil Com-
was struck by a west bound South-
Am Pa &
after holding up a guard and a
MERCED, Cal., May 8 (UP)—
The toll of dead and injured in a
collision between a loccmoHve and
a stage filled with 44 children
continued to mount today with
five fatalities, six probably fatal-
ly hurt and 16 others in a seri-
ous condition. /
The San Joaquin Valley was ap-
palled by the accident, the worst
grade crossing mishap in its his-
tory. A slow moving Santa Fe
railroad engine struck the loaded
btis at ths G Street crossing here,
shunted the machine and its occu-
pants 60 foot down the tracks
and then tossed them to one side.
The children killed were Roy NEW YO1
and Dolores Epson, 8-year-old -
•Wins Of Mr. and Mn. Randolph
Epson; J<
ert FuU«,d10, son of Mr. and Mm. M*y
Francis Falter, and Marshall Pir- W
tie, 7.
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GLADEWATER, Texas, May 8
(UP)—Using a special collar-like
device prepared at Kilgore and
expensive ndn-sparking’ tools sent
by airplane from Milwaukee, fore-
man John Clevenger and his crew
today continued their efforts to
shut in Sinclair No. 1 Cole, the
•wild well which last week took a
toll of nine lives when it caught
fire.
A crew of workers from Okla-
homa City has replaced the men
who lost their lives and work went
forward rapidly this morning. Ev-
ery precaution was taken to pre-
vent another outbreak of fire.
The Tom Cole family is doing
its cooking elsewhere and all rigs
working in the vicinity have been
halted until the Sinclair well can
be tamed.
Myron and Floyd Kinley, the
twp famed fire fighters who con-
ducted the blasting which extin-
guished the fire with 200 pounds
of nitroglycerine late Wednesday,
today were due at Tulsa, Okla.,
their home.
Myron, 35 and the elder, plans
to remain 1 bed several days. A
bone in his left leg was fractured
in moving machinery preparatory
to shooting the well and be was
on crutches durfng the remainder
of the fight. His wife and three
children, Jack, 15, Dan, 14, and
Joyce, 2, were waiting for him at
Tulsa. ,
Though he has assisted in the
extinguishing of more than 50
the northern East Texas Oil area burning oil and gas wells, it was
the first time he had been injured.
No attempt to cap finally the
well is expected to be made before
5 p. m. today. The new derrick
was ready to be skidded over the
hole. Glen Harroufl, Sinclair su-
perintendent, said that It may be
moved before night.
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Two Prisoner* Break JoiL
BRIDGEPORT, Conn., May 8
(UP)—Two prisoners, one of
them L'euteiumt William H. Har-
kins, of Memphis, T:nn., escaped
from Fairfield Coipty Jail today
DALLAS, May 8 (UP)—A
youth believed to be Norman Mor-
rison, 15, was probably fatally
wounded when run down by a
truck here today. His head Was
crushed and his right leg almost
severed from his body.
COLEMAN, May 8 (UP)—
Charged with murder, C. W. Law-
rence, 24, was on trial in district
court here today in connection
with the killing of Henry Under-
wood, 22, on Feb 11. Lawrence
has retained Oscar Calloway, .for-
mer Texas congressman to de'fend
him.
Hcnbcrson Dailij Jfews
COMPLETE U. P. NEWS SERVICE, LATEST PICTURE NEWS, POPULAR FICTION SERIALS, LOCAL AND OIL FIELD NEWS
AUSTIN, May 8 (UP)—Texas has
no adjutant general, Representa-
tive W. E. Pope of Corpus Christi
declared today. When Adjutant
General “1^111” Sterling was dep-
utized by Joe White, Sergeant-
at-arms of the Texas House of
Representatives, he automatically
ceased to be Adjutant General and
Head of the State Rangers, Pope
said... •
Pope’s contention is that the
same man can't legally occupy two
offices. Sterling was deputized by
the House Sergeant-at-Arms, to-
• gather with Ranger J. B. Wheat-
ley when they assisted White in
forcing the return of Rep. Bob
Long of Wichita Falls to the
House for a vote on a state road,
bond issue Wednesday.
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Governor Approve* Bills.
AUSTIN, Maj 8 (UP)—Gov-
ernor Ross Sterling today filed with
his approval bills passed by the
present session of the Toxas Leg-
islature authorizing suits against
foreign owned utilities after ser-
vice on the local agent in com-
munities served by the utility, and
permitting the State Board of Con-
trol to make contracts with es-
tates of minors for care .of the
children in state institutions at
amounts not exceeding actual cost
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tSTON, Toxas, May r
'or the second time sinc<
I began, W. S. (Shite:
dtlvely as one of the two mei
io held Bp a Texas City ban!
1927 and escaped With >5,000
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(UP)—Formfir classmates, stud-
ents and fellow legislators today
mourned the death of Colonel An-
drew Todd McKinney, 93, former*
Texas lawmaker and oldest living
graduate of Princeton University,
who died late Thursday at the
home of his son, Sam1 McKinney,
here.
Distinguished as a member of
the Texas bar and for his educa-
tional interests, Colonel McKin-
ney was an authority on land titles
and spent much time in the study
of Texas* special problems in that
field created by the former occu-
pation of the state by Spaniards.
He entered Princeton in 18&6,
enrolling in the Junior class, af-
ter he transferred from Austin
College, then located here, of
which his father, Rev. Samuel Mc-
Kinley, was president. He re-
sided in hirtoric Nassau as a mem-
ber of Whig Hall, while at Prince-
ton.
Colonel McKinney served in the
Confederate Army in the Civil
War and wa_ disabled for field
‘service in 1863. He was a regent
of the University of Texas from
1871 to 1881, served as District
Attorney for k’ie Twentieth and
Fourth Districts of Texas and be-
gan 16 years of state legislative
service in 1883, being a member
at intervals until 1911.
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OIL HELDS INCREASED
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Junior High Will
Present Its Annual
Play Here Tonight
The Junlot High School will
present its annual commencement
play tonight at the Junior High
auditoriuifi. It will be a comedy,
“Fun in a Chinese Laundry,” and
will begin promptly at 8 o’clock.
The cast hae carefully prepared
the piece and is ready d!or the pres-
entation tonight. A large attend-
ance is fixpected.
Rich Explorer, Alone on Icecap
of Greenland, Facing Starvation,
Is Found; Now Trekking Way Home
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COPENHAGEN, May 8 (UP)—
Augustine Courtauld, rich young
Briton who had been facing star-
vation in the wilderness of the
Greenland icecap, was safe today
* and trudging slowly toward the
nearest outpost of civilization,
Angmagsalik.
A sledge party led by H. G.
Watkins and made more determin-
ed by repeated failures to locate
Courtauld, finally found the young
explorer on the inland ice. Wat-
kins is chief of the British Arctic
Aerial Route Expedition which left
Courtauld in »’ little- meteorologi-
cal station on the icecap last sum-
mer to spend the winter alone,
awaiting relief which failed to
reach him last month when his
supplies were exhausted.
Wireless messages received by
the fishtog ministry said the res-
cue expeditions by land, sea and
air had been successful and Court-
auld, in the company of the Wat-
kins party, was treking toward
eastern coast of -Greenland. They
were expected to arrive in a few
dayz. ' •
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