Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 68, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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Bank Bandit Gets
Death Sentence In
Talco And Sulphur
Bluff Fields To
Be Affected
Rev. L. E. Lamb Is
Speaker For The
Occasion
An announcement was made
here Thursday morning by F. H.
Pearson,
the
office, to the effect that the of-
fice at Austin has issued an or-
der declaring Saturday and Sun-
day shutdowns of oil fields in
force again for four weeks dur-
ing the month of June, affecting
both the Talco and Sulphur Bluff
pools.
Not only are the Talco and
Sulphur Bluff fields to be af-
fected but every other field in
the state, Pearson said. The or-
der will reduce the allowable
from each field to an appreciable
degree.
Whether or not the shutdowns
will be carried further than the
month of June was not announc-
ed. Pearson further said.
Dapper-looking Fritz Kuhn, fuehrer of the German-American Bund,
leaves Tombs prison, in New York, after spending six hours behind bars.
He was freed in $5,000 bail. Accused of stealing Bund funds Kuhn
pleaded “not guilty,”
Saturday - Sunday Memorial Service
Shutdowns In Force Rendered At Local
During This Month Kiwanis Meeting
secured a
speaker at its regular weekly
meeting at noon Thursday to
commemorate that occasion.
The club’s speaker was Rev. L.
E. Lamb, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church, who read the poem
“In Flanders Field’’ by John Mc-
Crae and then built his talk
around its contents. His address
was filled with many good
thoughts and the club enjoyed
it from start to finish.
Following the regular program
a director's meeting was held.
In honor of Memorial Day, a
National holiday celebrated Tues-
, day, May 30th, the Mt. Pleas-
who is connected with ant Kiwanis Club
local Railroad Commission
Local Ward Schools
For Last Six Weeks
Waxahachie Trial
Here on Wednesday
SELMA, Ala.—While 18-year-
. old J. B. Bridges was pouring
Mrs.
Shipment Of Irish
Potatoes Is Begun
Excellent In Grades
And Deportment
For Term
Growers Receive ‘ $1
A Hundred For
Products
FATHER HURLS BURNING
SON IN WELL, SAVES HIM
Jane
Anna
Shipment of Irish potatoes from
the local fields began Wednes-
day, when W. D. Culver loaded
out two full carloads to eastern
markets.
According to Mr. Culver. Titus
County will produce about thir-
ty cars of spuds this season, al-
though there was not a heavy
acreage planted to the crop, but
growing conditions have been ex-
cellent, causing good yields.
Growers are receiving $1.00 per i
hundred pounds at the sheds for
their first shipments.
gasoline into a running tractor
the gasoline exploded, splashed
the youth with flames.
The youth's quick-thinking
father caught him up, hurled him
into a well. When neighbors
hauled him out, young Bridges
was very wet but only slightly
burned.
West Ward
Second grade—Gerry Brogoitti,
Peggy Rogers. Margaret Coker,
Veleta Landrum, Patsy Adams,
Jerry Banks, Roland Bridges,
John Williams, Lurene McAdoo,
Betty John Ward.
Third grade—Billy Joe King,
Eugene Lambert, Joe Dan Lee,
Billy Porter. Billy Dean Red-
fearn, Roy Trice, Lawrence
Vance, Sam Willson Jr., Gerald
Winton, Sara Delafield, Melba
Dumas, Sue Porter. Peggy Tem-
ples, Gloria Williams. Galen
Steeg.
Fourth grade—Janice Cargile,
Collette Ray, Maxine Justiss, Pat-
sy Jenkins, Taylor Beason, Ed-
ward Bishop, Betty Ann Harwell,
Tommie Jackson, Willis Brown-
ing, Jean Gober, Helen Garrett.
Fifth grade — Bradley Witt,
Mary Louise Rolf. Evelyn Hor-
ton, Bettie Marie Gerhard, Dan
Willson, Roy Miller, L. W. Owens,
Gordon Thomas.
Sixth grade—Jimmie Wallace,
Joyce Delafield, Jack Thrasher.
Billy Sue Reese, Dorothy Dell
Talley, Katherine Godsey, Mary
Joe Embrey, Charlyne Gerhard,
Imogene White.
Seventh grade—David Brogoit-
ti, Bobby Hollingsworth, Sue
Baker, Nelda Glass. Johnnie
Goolsby, Opal Godwin, Quince
Keeney, Louise Potts, Janice
Brown, Helen Ruth Hammonds,
A Donne Nel Baker, Maurine Web-
er, Mary Lou Bridges.
Mrs. E. T. McKinney, Sr., Mrs.
Tom Dingier and son, Bruce, of
Tyler and Mr. and Mrs. H. E. I
Miller of Donna spent part of
this week with Mrs. M. W.
Teague.
Below we list the names of
the pupils of the two ward
schools for the final period of
the year’s work, and who made
grades above 90, excellent in de-
portment and not absent or tardy
more than three times:
East Ward
Se'cond grade—Charles Henry
Meyer, Jimmy Austin, Marie
Lynn Player.
Third grade—Sue Gilpin, Jean-
ne Hart, Mary Louise Hays, Alice
Joyce Hosford, Nancy Kimber-
lin, Eugenia McMinn, Clyde Ma-
rie Payne, Bobbie Ruth Stark,
Billie Doris Vanatta, Mary Ann
Williams, Bobbie Jean Partridge,
Randolph Presley, Johnnie Mus-
grove, Joe Roy Johnson, Bobby
Gene Austin.
Fourth grade—Mary Jean Bow-
den, Arlene Clem, Sarah Wilkes,
Mary Ruth Haney, A. G. Wil-
liams, Wesley Wilson, Clavis
Marshall, George Watts.
Fifth grade—Evelyn Ann Al-
bright, Joan Gilpin, El wanda
Rolf, Virginia Grissom, Bobby
Nan McGuire, Rosa Aline Van-
atta, Lila Fay Shelby.
Sixth grade—Geraldine Mont-
gomery, Mickey Haggard, Rob-
ert Moulton, Kathryn Smith,
Clima Glyn Owens, Billy Edgar.
Shirley Jean Johnson, Betty Earl
Latson.
■ Seventh grade—Mary
Lide, Martha Hamilton,
Haney, Charles Lide, Jewell Stev-
ens, Christin Latson.
| WAXAHACHIE, June 1—A
jury in Fortieth District Court
late Wednesday found Burton
' Franks guilty of murder with
malice aforethought, and assess-
ed the death penalty.
The 22-year-old prisoner heard
the verdict read by District Clerk
Edmundson without any outward
show of emotion. Neither his sis-
ter nor mother was with him.
The jury deliberated two hours
and 55 minutes before returning
the verdict.
Franks was found guilty of
murder in the fatal shooting of
W. D. Wilemon during a holdup
of the Maypearl State Bank on
May 10.
At the request of defense coun-
sel the jury was polled and each
member stated the verdict as read
I was his. The defense announc-
ed a motion for a new trial would
I be filed.
Judge Stout ordered the audi-
I ence to remain seated while offi-
■ cers remove the prisoner. As
i Franks was led by the bench on
| the way out he gritted his teeth
! and glared at Judge Stout.
Clovis Kirk has returned from
Wyoming, where he received his
discharge from the Army.
Honor Rolls Listed
Bund Fuehrer Leaves Jail
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King Reviews Honor Guard
Schedule For Home
One Dead and Three
Agent’s Visits For
The Month Of June
at
County Is Due Soon Meeting On June 20
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Dickens Kin
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Drilling Contract! Program Hopewell
For South Part Of i District Auxiliary
Others Injured By
Explosion
Demonstrations For
Adult Clubs On
Fruit, Diet
Five Thousand Acre
Block Has Been
Assembled
Damage Is Valued At
Approximate!/
$500,000
Mrs. E. T. McKinnel and little
son of Tyler are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. M. W. Teague and family
this week.
O'DANIEL’S VETO IS
OVERRIDDEN AGAIN
Session Will Be Held
At Hickory Hill
Church
the
and
had
SINGSONG MEETS AT
UNION HILL SUNDAY
Monica Dickens is latest of the Dick-
ens family to appear on the literary
horizon. With publication of a first
novel, “One Pair of Hands,” in Lon-
don, the charming great-grand-
daughter of the famous author
launches her writing career. Her
father is a lawyer.
10:40.
ship.
10:50. “Christ’s Program for a
Christian World”—Harris Chapel,
i 11:00. Reading,
Through Life”—Mary Lou Brid-
ges.
11:05. "Missionary Giving” —
Mrs. Maddux, Palmer, Texas.
Offering for Foreign Missions.
Luncheon.
1:00 p. m. Song service—Choir.
1:10. Devotional—Argo.
1:20. “Our Responsibility”—
Talco.
1:30. “Ambassadors for Christ”
—Cason.
1:40. Reading—Maple Springs.
1:45. “Paul Sees All Nations
as One”—Lone Star.
“Needs of Our Church”—Open
discussion.
2:25. Business session.
3:00. Adjournment.
A cordial invitation is extend-
ed to all wishing to attend this
meeting.
The Women’s Auxiliary of the
“ t Association will
meet with the Hickory Hill
church on Tuesday, June 20. The
subject for the session will be
“Winning the World to Christi-
anity,” and the following pro-
gram will be rendered:
10:00 a. m. Song and prayer
service.
10.10. Devotional—Hickory Hill.
10:20. “Isaiah’s Vision of a;
10:30. “How Missions are Car-
Christian World”—Damascus,
rying Out God’s Program”—
Nevill’s Chapel.
Special music—Friend
An explosion, occurring at 8:30
o’clock, set fire to and destroyed
the plant of the Paluxy Asphalt
and Refining Company at Talco
Wednesday night. Four persons
were injured in the blast, one of
whom died later. Several other
blasts during the night followed
the first one.
Paul Beasley, refinery worker,
stated the explosion was the re-
sult of a minor flash occurring
in a cracking unit of the plant
Other stated it was caused, from
a spark developing in a transfer
pipe from the skimming plant to
a gasoline storage tank.
Most seriously injured was C.
W. Moore, refinery employee,
who was badly burned. He
was given emergency treatment
at Talco and later taken to a hos-
pital at Paris, where he died at
an early hour Thursday.
Others injured in the blast were
Cecil Streetman, Marion Harris
and Cotten Allen, who received
burns and scalds about the face
and body. They were also taken
to Paris, reports said.
When the first explosion oc-
curred it was followed by two
more in rapid succession and
flames quickly enveloped the en-
tire plant. Flashes due to the
blast could easily be seen as far
as Mt. Pleasant.
Fire-fighting apparatus• from
three towns, Talco, Mt. Pleasant
and Bogata, are said to have
fought the flames until after 5:00—
o’clock Thursday morning, and
Carl Huckeba, Mt. Pleasant fire
truck driver, said the plant was
still burning when he left.
Firemen fought the blaze from
separate angles and succeeded in
isolating the flames from one or
two crude oil storage tanks, but
between 8:30 o'clock and 11:00
flames reached three tanks des-
pite the efforts of those attempt-
ing to bring the fire under con-
trol. Each time a tank was reach-
ed by the blaze another explos-
ion occurred, endangering
lives of the fire-fighters
hundreds of persons who
gathered on the scene.
A final blast, coming
AUSTIN, June 1—The House
Wednesday followed previous
similar action by the Senate in
overriding by overwhelming ma-
jority the veto by Governor
O'Daniel of a bill altering certain
procedure in appeals from trial
court cases.
The House vote to override was
106 to 22, while that in the Sen-
ate was 17 to 8.
The bill would withdraw the
authority for a review of trial Sunday afternoon from 2:00 to
court cases in a civil appeals 4:00 o’clock. All singers are in-
court by means of a writ of error, vited to take part.
about
“Kindness 11:00 o’clock, an hour or so af-
ter one had occurred, brought
minor injuries to several bystan-
ders, some of whom were said
to be from Mt. Pleasant, when
the crowd stampeded away from
the hot, blazing oil hurled in
their direction. Many of the by-
standers were knocked to the
ground and some were trampled
in the rush to safety.
The refinery, owned by Eu-
gene and Charles Constantine,
was built several years ago. Dur-
ing low times of 1937 and 1933
the plant went into the hands of
receivers and was reorganized.
When the blast occured it was
said to have reached the stage
where the plant was beginning to
really make money for the first
time and its loss will strongly
effect the Talco community. More
than one hundred men were em-
ployed by the concern, which was
valued at about $500,000.
In an interview Wednesday
night with several persons at
Talco it was said that the ma-
jority of the night crew had tak-
en off for lunch and had left tho
refinery grounds in order that
they might be allowed to smoke.
This fact alone is thought to have
saved the lives of an untold num-
ber of workers.
The monthly singsong,
posed of the East New Hope,
Pleasant Grove, Center Point,
Cypress and Union Hill singing
classes, will hold its regular
meeting with the Union Hill class
A contract for drilling in the
south part of Titus County is \ Hopewell Baptist
expected to be arranged in a
short while, and will create an
additional interest in oil activi-
ties in this section.
A block of five thousand acres,
assembled by Union Smith, has
been transferred to the Superior
Oil Company, an Oklahoma con-
cern, which has agreed to drill
a test well sometime this sum-
i mer.
Much of the territory under
lease has been tested by seismo-
graph crews and the indications
are such that royalty is selling i
for $35 an acre and more in some |
places.
No location has as yet been ,
made for the test, and no time has
been set for drilling.
It has been reported that C. M.
“Dad” Joiner is preparing to
drill east of production in the
Talco area, as it is said that his
leases are due to expire some-
time this year.
A well will be drilled within
the next two or three weeks on
the Maple Springs Baptist Church
property, ratification being giv- •
en by the trustees at a meeting
Wednesday night. The well is
to be drilled by Grady Farrier. 1
King George In Calgary *
This latest picture of King George VI of Great Britain shows him
reviewing an honor guard of Scottish Highlanders In Calgary, Al-
berta. The British king and queen will visit the United States on
their return trip to the east.
Miss Susie Brabham, County
Home Demonstration Agent, an-
nounces her schedule of« work for
the month of June. The demon-
strations for the adult clubs will
be on “Fruit in the Diet,” and
her dates for visits and other
work as as follows:
June 2—Argo.
June 7—Concord.
June 8—Nevill’s Chapel.
June 13—Oak Grove.
June 14—East Side.
June 15—Ripley.
June 23—Lone Star.
June 27—Monticello.
June 28—Talco.
June 29—County Line.
Other work for the month will
be as follows:
June 2—Demonstrator visits.
June 3—Office.
June 5—Demonstrator visits.
June 6—District meeting, CCC
camp, Mt. Pleasant.
June 7—Demonstration on bud-
ding at Green Hill.
June 8—Office.
June 9—KPLT, Paris radio
broadcast at 11:30 a. m. In the
afternoon 4-H Encampment
Omaha. >
June 10—4-H Encampment at
Omaha.
June 12—Office.
June 13—Demonstrator visits.
June 14—Demonstration On
budding at Midway in morning.
June 15—Demonstrator and
home visits.
June 16—Land Use Planning.
June 17—Reporters’ Associa-
tion meeting.
June 19—Office.
June 20—En route Home Eco-
nomics Association to be held in
San Antonio.
June 21—San Antonio.
June 22—San Antonio.
June 23 En route.
June 24—Office.
June 26—Office.
June 27—Plans for 4-H girls to
attend annual short course.
June 28—Demonstrator visits.
June 29—Demonstrator visits.
June 30—Office.
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