Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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Volume XXI
Mount Pleasant, Texas, Friday Evening, June 2, 1939
Number 69
Proudest Middie
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Grand Prize Team
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Paluxy Refinery Is
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Preparing To Build
New Plant At Talco
Let 917 German
Jews Leave Ship'
the past few days visiting friends
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Cubs To Go Into Big
Series Tonight With
Death to Smuggle Townsend Old-Age
Money to Germans Pension Measure
Britains Delay
Trans-Atlantic Air
To Play on Saturday
Night and Sunday
Afternoon
Select Candidate To
Spend Night In
Cemetery
Excellent In Deport-
ment, Average 90
Or Better
Plans Being Consid-
ered For Quick
Action
Maximum
Minimum
Temp. 6.30
Wind from
Sky
Barometer
BABY IS BURIED THURSDAY
AFTERNOON
the
had
PITTSBURG MERCHANT
IS BURIED AT TYLER
ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON
flying
the
Ludie Driggers visited Mr. and
Mrs. Otis Daughtry in Dallas
Wednesday.
NEGROES TO GIVE BUS
SERVICE FOR REVIVAL
garet Smith, Dorothy Mae Spann,
Nell Strother, Margaret Thomas,
Otto Jean Thrasher, Tommie Jo-
Vinson, Louise Wallace, Wynelle
Weimer, Sara Williams.
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Mothers of Boy
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MUSICAL RECITAL AT MT.
GILMORE COLORED CHURCH
NAME IS OMITTED FROM
WEST WARD HONOR ROLL
YOUNG WITNESS PROVES
HE’LL TELL THE TRUTH
Phillip Dolinski, merchant at
Pittsburg for over fifty years,
was buried at Tyler Friday after-
noon. Mr. Dolinski died Wednes-
da night, following a stroke the
previous Saturday. He was 70
years of age.
It is believed that the cost for j going to find work.”
the British sender will be ten
pence (twenty cents) per half-
ounce.
were
at
T-ampposts in Washington are be-
ing decorated with a shield and
British flags along with the U. S.
flag for the forthcoming visit of
King George and Queen Elizabeth
of Britain.
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In the list of pupils on the
Honor Roll for the west ward
school, published in Thursday’s
Times, the name of Robert Lee
T.amh vac nmitterl from the third
grade list, according to A. Win-
ton, principal, who failed to in-
clude it in the copy furnished us.
ATTEND DAINGERFIELD TEA
The following persons attend-
ed a tea at Daingerfield Thurs-
day afternoon, given at the home
of Mrs. A. T. Hooten in honor
of Mrs. Hooten's daughter. Miss
Vashti, who will be married soon
to roster Irving. al*u of Dai
gerfield:
Mrs. S. D. Nelson, Mrs. Jim
Witt, Mrs. W. W. Mason and Mrs.
R. L. Delafield
PITTSBURGH — Inability to
find work, which resulted in three
youths usjng guns instead of |
tools, today was blamed as the
primary factor in a shortlived
crime career which came to a
sudden close in the robbery-death
of a confectionery store propriet-
or.
The youths, James Barnett, 21; I
Howard Boyle, 19, and Richard j
Groter, 19, admitted the slaying
of Martin Kink, 44, in a holdup
attempt last November 21, and
were sentenced to life imprison-
ment in Western Penitentiary by
Judge W. Walter Braham.
The mothers of two of the boys,
Mrs. James Barnett ar.d Mrs.
Bernard Boyle, fainted when sen-
tence was pronounced.
"Death is not so hard in the
face of this. I would rather bury
my boy,” one said.
If the boys had only been able
to get jobs, both mothers sobbed, '
they would never have attempted
the two weeks holdup career
which ended in life imprison-
ment. Mrs. Barnett added:
“I guess the only salvation for
I biys is a job, and where are they '
The following named pupils of
the Mt. Pleasant High School
made excellent in deportment, an
average of 90 per cent or better
on four subjects and are on the
honor roll:
Pat Clower, Leon Daughtry,
Alvis Hensley, Charles Johnson,
Gordon Moore, Irwin Morris,
Dewey Morton, Herman Old, Gil-
bert Pool, John Paul Porter,
Thomas Renfroe, Wayne Rolf',
Harry Sivess, Jimmie Sivcss,
Jack Strother, Clifford Taylor,
Bobby Thompson. Charles Allen
Tucker, Jack Vinson, James Witt.
Alline Ard. Lorene Ard, Wan-
da Bankston. Edith Beasley, Mary
Blackard, Margaret Bankston,
i Joan Prnnrh June Brown Julia
Ann Burton, Mary Nell Cass,
Janis Coley, Winona Conkle,
Christine Craig, Bobby Ruth Del-
afield, Marjorie Ann Delafield,
Patsy Denman. Mary Dickson,
Evelyn Driggers, Ruth Evans,
Dorothy Gafford, Mary Ann Gil-
pin, Dorothy Grissom, Billie Ma-
rie Harris, Orris Hays, Mary Lou
Lane, Geraldine Lide, Lorraine
Litton, Betty McKinnon, Mary
Rae Mauzy, Theda Melton, Pa-
tricia O’Tyson, Dorothy Phillips,
Frances Raney, Billie Burx Red-
fearn, Juanita Redfearn, Fay-
nelle Reese, Anita Rinehart,
i Louise Sanders, Ruth Slone, Mar-
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Working for the Interests of Mt. Pleasant, the center of the Milk Industry of Northeast Texas, with its Progressive Soil Conservation and I>7versified Farming Pro„rain
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Sadly she explained how her
boy had practically “gone beg-
ging for a chance to do some-
thing—anything,” only to be met
with the same reply:
“We’re not hiring anybody.”
The boys had just two other
robberies on their records when
they entered Fink’s store and
shot him down when he offered
resistance to their holdup de-
mands. Fink is survived by a
wife and several children.
Said Mrs. Boyle:
“If only they had been caught
after the first holdup. Then they ;
would have been punished and ,
no lives would have been lost. ,
But we didn’t know what they
were doing.
“My boy never stayed out late
and never drank until shortly be-
fore this happened.”
The young Boyle had frequent-
ly been termed “the most man-
* nerly boy in the neighborhood,”
his mother said.
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon, at 4:00
o’clock, at Damascus cemetery
for Bobby Gene Furr, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Furr. The
child was born Wednesday night
and died at 7:45 o’clock Thurs-
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Petty and!day morning.
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HAVANA. Cuba, June 2—A
tragic shipload of 917 German
Jewish refugees Thursday faced
return to the land from which
they fled. President Frederico
Laredo Bru coupled an order for
their' ship to leave with a threat
to use gunboats if necessary to
tow it from Cuban waters.
The presidential decree came
during a day of uncertainty in
which the captain of the German
liner St. Louis, expressing fear
of a collective suicide pact among
his refugee passengers, sought in
vain to have the government res-
cind its order against landing
them.
Although the President direct-
ed the St. Louis to leave within
the day, and marines were held
ready to carry out his order, it
was understood the liner was
granted a delay until it could re-
fuel and take on provisions for
the return voyage to Germany.
The Mt. Pleasant Cubs will start
tonight on a four-game series
with the Grand Prize team of
Houston, which includes games
at 8:15 o'clock tonight and to-
morrow night and a double-
header beginning at 2:30 o’clock
Sunday afternoon. All of the
games will be played at Fair
Park.
The Grand Prize team, runners-
up in last year's State Tourna-
ment at Waco, are credited with
being the best team in Texas this
year. The Cubs, now with a new
infield set-up, aren't slouches,
themselves, and the games are
expected to be “those of the bet-
ter kind” from start to finish.
Local fans really can expect
to see some good baseball dur-
ing the weekend. Both teams
are now getting into excellent
shape and errors, of course, may
come but are not expected to be
features of the games as has been
the case once in a whole in the
past.
Another thing that might be
of interest to the local fans is
this: If there aren’t some good
crowds at these games there is
a very strong probability that
night baseball will be discon-
tinued ... a poor thing for the
town after the efforts of Mr.
Hoffmann and 5 fetv~^vide-awake
citizens toward making night
games possible.
The games don’t cost must.
Only 25c on Friday and Saturday
nights and 40c for the double-
header. Go out and give the boys
your help. They need it ... .
J^adly.
Adding a modernistic note, the
Cottrell's Chapel C. M. E. Church
will give free bus transportation.
for its revival services, which
begin Sunday morning, and con-
tinue for two weeks. A colored
woman revivalist, Zenobia M.
Mrs. Chas. Driggers and Mrs. Turner of Chicago, will conduct
* I the services, doing the preaching
[ and leading the singing. The
j pastor is Rev. D. L. Gardner.
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Mrs. Jim Jolly and daughters,
, Theresa and Geneva, and son,
Col. Roscoe Turner and Wilbur Shaw
Victorious in the 500-mile Indianapolis automobile race, Wilbur
Shaw of Indianapolis, may earn as much as $50,000 for the feat, the
second time Shaw has won the event. Shown with Col. Roscoe
Turner, airplane speed pilot, Shaw won $20,000 first prize in edging
Jimmy Snyder of Chicago, who finished second. Death of Floyd
Roberts of Van Nuys, Cal., winner of the 1938 race, marred ths
annual classic witnessed by 145,000 persons.
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One of the most unusual
grams in a long time was pre-
sented on the stage of the Mar-
tin Theatre Thursday night, in
addition of the regular
feature.
Several announcements have
; been made recently in which re-
i quests were made for someone
I who would spend Friday night
! in a local cemetery and then re-
late his experiences from the
Martin stage at 11:00 o’clock Sat-
urday night, during a special
ghost show that Will be put on
at that time by Zandu, national-
ly famous magician. Sixteen per-
sons made application for the
job but only ten showed up
Thursday night. Out of the ten
Al Chapman, local baseball play-
er. was chosen by applause from
the audience.
In addition to the above fea-
ture the regular Thursday night
amateur show was put on, with
only colored groups used at that
time. All of the performers were
unusually good but two acts in
particular went over in a big
i way. A colored “jutterbug” dance
team and a one-man sing and
dance act were the hits of the
evening.
gees have even been offered by
German agents in England a safe
return to Germany and the re-
turn of their possessions if they
would give the desired informa-
tion.
But the identity of the men has
never been betrayed. Almost daily
they slip into Germany to carry
out their work.
Each man of the group has a
good social position with a pas-
sion for adventure.
The trips to Germany are done
for the thrill of outwitting the
German government.
The Gestapo has followed up
many clues and has laid many
traps, but always the information
has been false or the quarry too
clever.
Now the German government
has declared that German sub-
We have been requested to an- j jects who smuggle out refugee
nounce a musical recital at the hoards will be accused of high
Baptist, treason, which carries with it the
The death penalty.
LONDON—Although Britain
advised the United States in a
note last February that she
would be ready to start trans-
Atlantic air mail service in June,
indications today were that Eng-
land will be unable to adhere
to her promise.
Preparations for the opening
of regular flights have been de-
layed, and it appears that it will
be well into July before Imperial
Airways will be ready to inaug-
urate the service.
Cabot, the first of the
boats especially built for
gruelling ocean flights, recently
ended its Air-Ministry trials at
Felixstowe and returned to Ro-
chester where it was built.
It is understood the Cabot wi
return for further trials. Three
other new flying boats of the
same class are waiting similar
tests.
Until dates for starting are def-
initely set, no steps will be tak-
en on this side of the Atlantic
to establish postal rates although
unofficial conversations on the ]
subject have taken place.
SAN JUAN, P. R„ June 2—
Eight-year-old Juan Rivera,
youngest witness ever to appear
in Federal District Court here,
easily qualified Tuesday.
Judge Robert Cooper asked the
Ben Jarvis and Frances Moses
Proudest middle on the field during graduation exercises at the
United States Naval academy at Annapolis, Md„ Ben Jarvis, com-
mander of the winning company, is shown with Frances Moses, color
girl and his escort. Miss Moses is a co-ed at Sweet Briar college,
Sweet Briar, Va.
WASHINGTON, June 2-»-The
House booted the Townsend old-
age pension |>ill out of the win-
dow Thursday by a 302 to 97
vote while its parent, Dr. Fran-
ces E. Townsend, fidgeted in his
gallery seat.
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__* k„ ___ b°y when he took the stand:
“What will happen to you if
you tell a lie?”
Shyly and almost in a whisper,
i Juan replied:
“I’ll get warts!”
Eugene Constantine, one of the
owners of the Paluxy Refinery,
which was destroyed Wednes-
day night as a result of an ex-
plosion, which caused it to be
burned, was here late Thursday,
and announced that plans are
being worked out for the erec-
tion of another pl&nt on the same
site.
This refinery was enjoying a
good business, and is reported
to have a number of contracts
for its products, with excellent
prospects for future business, and
as soon as proper arrangements
can be maae will erect another
plant for the manufacture of
gasoline and asphalt, assuring a
large number of people in Talco
future employment. Of course,
it will take some time for the
plans to materialize, but it is
gratifying to Titus County peo-
ple to know that another factory-
is to be constructed.
The writer of the article con-
cerning the destruction of the
property Wednesday night er-
red in saying that the Paluxy had
been in the hands of a receiver
| at any time. He was confused
I with another smaller refinery
| that once operated at Talco.
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little son. Jerry, left Friday to j Surviving the infant arc
spent a few days in Hot Springs. | parents and one sister.
LONDON—-Thirteen men, with
their headquarters in London, are
risking severe jail sentences and
even death to smuggle refugee
money and valuables out of Ger-
many.
Six months ago, hearing of the
plight of Jews and other refugees
I who had fled penniless from
their homes in Germany, this
modern'band of “Scarlet Pimper-
nels’’ was formed-
Since then, they have made
many trips to Germany, each
I time eluding the frontier guards
| and bringing back money and
jewelry.
I In an attempt to track down
! this band of men, the German
government is said to have spent
many thousands of dollars.
But the band’s methods as well
as their names are kept a tight
secret, for the disclosure of eith-
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hands of the dreaded Gestapo. 1 To the totals for the two prin-
In an effort to get a clue, refu-; ci pal parties were added the
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bers for the bill and one against.
The measure, described in de-
bate as both a recovery program
and a monstrosity, would have
provided pensions up to $200 a
month for persons 60 years old
and over. These pensions would
have been financed by a tax on
business transactions ranging
from 0.5 to 2 per cent.
The bill also would have re-
quired the pensioners to spend
their money immediately, and,
as far as possible, on American
goods and services.
The leadership’s view that a
vote on the pension plan would
embarrass more Republicans than
Democrats was based on conten-
tions that more members of the
minority had flirted with
Townsend proposals than
Democrats.
The Democrats also wished to j
be in a position to say to Town-
send plan advocates that they
had given the bill a chance and
it had failed.
ceded to be an effort by the
Democratic leadership to put Re-
publicans on the spot, placed
fifty-five members of the mi-
nority party on record for the j
bi!l Republicans against the bill j —k h;7qualified-- Judge
tota e Cooper ruled with a . smile.
The Democratic majority split I__
forty for and 194 against. Repre- -- -• - - - -
sentative Pat Boland of Pennsyl-
vania, the Democratic whip, had jimnqy. and Warren Beil spent
established before the roll call
that not more than fifty mem- and relatives in Fort Worth. Mrs.
bers of his party would vote for Frank Fulps returned with them
the measure. IL — 2------
that not more than seventy-five
would throw them into the Republicans would favor it.
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•Mt. Gilmore Colored I”
Church at 8:30 tonight. The
program will be devoted to songs
by Lillian Nenman and is under
the sponsorship of the Women’s
Missionary Society.
, Special arrangements have
•been made for whites who wish
to attend.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 69, Ed. 1 Friday, June 2, 1939, newspaper, June 2, 1939; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1366175/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.