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ALCATRAZ CONVICTS LOCKED IN
4451-Black
TO RESTORE RELIEF
0. S. CITIZENS
CELLS AFTER ESCAPE ATTEMPT
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Director James V. Bennett of the
President Says
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Flood Threat on
Trinity Subsides
Five Men Saw Way Out of Prison But Captured
In Thick Fog After Two Shot and
Wounded.
Amicable Solution Of
Individual Cases
To Be Sought.
the evening is
talker
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and William Martin, a negro. On
der sentence for 25 years for armed
nrdy. Miles farm couple. will pros-
ecuate Salazar at Sweetwater.
Answer* Note Sent
By U. S. Last Dec. 30
If Thia Fellow Gets
By Today, He Needn't
Worry About Future
MOSCOW. Jan 13Banan-
as wer sold on the streets of Mos-
cow today for the first time since
the World War.
Thousands of young people who
never had seen a banana before
lingered to marvel at the exotic
fruit.
Black Skunks A*
Bad As Black Cats
Motorists Decides
committee
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Murphy Opposes
Sit-down Strikes
Bananas Sold in
Moscow First Time
Since World War
JERSEY CLUB
V CLOSES TWODAY
Warden Johnston immediately
called for aid from the coast guard
and police
amination of 68 veniremen had pro-
duced only one juror, leaving only
51 members of the panel still to be
questioned
Judge Sutton and Judge Albert
s. Matizrv will exchange benches
for the trial, which Mauxey set for
call in the District Court room in
the court house at Sweetwater for
10 o'clock Monday morning. Jan
23
District Attorney O C Fisher,
who has announced he will demand
the death penalty for the confessed
slayer of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ken-
(F Daniel Has
Inaugural Speech
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Guam Plans
May Focus Fight
on Arms Funds
Change of Venue
in Salazar Trial
The Texas Jersey Cattle Club Fri-
day closed its annual two-day meet-
ing. which drew a registration at
125, including 93 from out of town
The convention was highlighted by
the attendance of L. W Morley «
New York, secretary of the Amer-
ican Jersey Cattle Club, who de-
livered three addresses
A banquet was held Thursday
night, which drew 88 persons. With
Rudy Copeland, retiring president,
as toastmaster, the invocation was
given by Rev C W Estes, musk
1 by T C and a
C. W students, a humorous talk
Was made by R E Jackson and
the principal address was by L. W.
FORT WORTH. Jan 13—445—W.
Lee O’Daniel, who becomes Gover-
nor of Texis Tuesday, has prewired
his inaugural address and hopes to
have his first message to the Lacto*
lature ready before the O'Daniels
leave for Austin Monday.
There are two others and he’s
already working on one of them.
They concern reduction* in fO*MB
mental expense and tndustrtaiixa-
tion of the state
His inaugural address will be a
15-minute
for Texas.
lean and French ambassadors of the
talks in which Chamberlain failed
to get any promises from Mussolini
and refrained from making any for
Britain.
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f of one year be-
NAOOGDOCHEB. Jan 13.-445-
Lynn L. Pleasant. 26-year-old farm-
er who accidentally made a funeral
pyre of his home yesterday, follow-
ed his seven-year-old daughter,
Lillian Ruth, in death today.
Pleasant tossed kerosene and
gasoline on an open fire to quick-
en flames yesterday An expiation
followed He tossed his year-old
son. Tommy Gene, on a bed and
blankets ignited
His wife rushed into the home to
aid Pleasant tn fighting the flames.
Mrs. Pleasant and Tommy Gene,
critically burned, were
I chances to recover today.
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SAN ANGELO. Jan 13—(45
Judge John F. Sutton of 51st Dis-
trict Court here this morning or-
dered the Frank Salazar murder
The sunnysidem were out in force i case transferred to Nolan County
WASHINGTON, Jan 13—445—
Ha rry L. Hopkins, contending he
had done the “best job I could" Cormack (D-Mass'
to kvrrp puiiaiea vui vx IVUV4. tvtvi ~__________
the Senate Commerce Committee ~7_._7„ ' 7 7._
today he thought Congress ought | ward ln connection with 1U bear-
* .... . . on relief. Raybum remarked
merely:
man the business he can get Nor
is it proper to question the right
of a man to spend his money where through both legs
- -y, | The other prisoners, finally
So long as they | thwarted in their daring attempt to
J . „.t. off the island, were Rufus Me-
in their transactions the Cain. serving 99 years for national
Wanted Protection Of
Jew Citizens
Of U. S.
Signs of progress! I,eepcr <V Bald-
win arc having built a filling sta-
tion on North Elm Street, next to
their lumber yard W R Hicks.
Gulf Agent, has leased it and
will operate it when completed.
Traffk Cop says.
Watch what you are doing when
you are c*tng it.
DEMOCRATIC LEADERS TO
MAKE NO CONCERTED FN
LIBERTY. Jan 13—(45—Fear* of
a serious flood along the Trinity
River eased today after rain which
brought 105 inches of preclptation
halted
United States Weather Observer
T. E. Lewia expressed th* opinion
the worst wax past.
The Trinity had risen to around
13 feet and while some home* were
surrounded by foot-deep water mc*t
residents remained. Much of the
livestock had been evacuated from
the lowlands.
CLEVELAND. Jan. 13-<*5—
Significant Indeed is this Fri-
day the 13th for Leonard Rock-
er, Cleveland orchestra leader
~ Rocker, whose fun name con-
tains 13 letters, was bom Jan.
13. 1913. hence observed his toth
(twice 13) birthday HU address
1* 10K (total 13) Orville Avenue
(again 13 letters.)
HU orchestra today marks
the Nth (another brace of 13b)
day of its engagement at Ho-
tel Tutwiler (13 letters) in Bir-
mingham. Ala. (Well, well—an-
other 13-letter combination).
WASHINGTON. Jan 13 —(45—
Naval plans for immediate forUfl-
cation of the island of Guam may
become the focal point for a furious
congressional debate ovex President
Roosevelt's 3552,000,000 defense pro-
gram
Well-informed legislators said to-
day the project pointed toward a
complete reorient*tiorf of Amer-
ican policies in the Far East
The Presidents defense message
to Congress yesterday endorsed the
suggestion of a naval board for
Immediate establishment of a ma-
jor air and submarine base on the
Island—only about 1500 miles from
Tokyo.
Buch a base, the board said, will:
1. Assure practical immunity of
the Phllllpines against a major at-
tack.
3. Reduce to iU simplest terms
the defense of Hawaii and the con-
tinental coast of the United States.
3 Assure the abktty of the Amer-
ican fleet to operate with greater
freedom in meeting emergency con-
ditions that might arise In the
Atlantic.
Tokyo already has eyed with an-
noyance the establishment of an
American trans-Paciflc commercial
airline which has way points at
Honolulu, Midway. Wake and
Guanv Japanese newspapers said
these islands could be used for
military as well as commercial air-
pHanm
Since 1935 army engineers have
begun harbor Improvements at Mid-
way and made preparations to un-
prove navigation facilities at Wake
Rep. Brewster <R-Me). Who has
fought much of the Administra-
tion's naval expansion program last
year, expressed conviction the Guam
project would touch.off a congres-
sional controversy "beside which last
year's naval debate will pale into
insignificance.”
Riiwaw Woods has returned from
Austin where he attended the open-
ing of Hie legislature He said. I
believe that most, of the legislators
arc going to work with Governor
O'Punirl on his pension plans I'll
be back down there for the inaugu-
ration, too. next week The people
of Austin arc making great plans
for the entertainment of what will
be the largest crowd ever to attend
an inuguration "
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Thursday afternoon the group
approved a program for the new
I year which would include concert-
. ed efforts to advertise milk and its
products, sponsoring 15 dairy day
. 25 county show* and 38
club shows; seek 100 new
club members and 50 new
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summary of his hopes
he said His tint mes- -4
sage to the Legislature—to be de-
11 y p Wc{i n y ~-* ■ v-
cem* old age pensions prtadrity.
There are other pointe but he dn
not reveal them. —17Z
Pat and Mike O’Daniel, hl* aon*. j ■;
will arrive from the Univenity j
Texas tonight and will accompnuy
the remainder of the family to Ane-
tin under escort of state highway
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And^when they were come unto
the house, they saw the young
child with Mary his mother, and
tell down, and worst upped him.
and when they had opened their
treasures, they presented unto him
gifts; gold, and frankincense, and
myrrh—Matthfw 3:11.
HENDAYE. France. (At The
Spanish Frontier), Jan. 13—<45—
Generalissimo Francisco Franco's
armies threatened early conquest of
all lower Catalonia today as their
steady advances intensified the
danger to the Spanish government
capital. Barcelona.
The insurgent drive Into Falset,
an Important town of 8,000 inhab-
itants in the heart of a road net-
work controlling all Southern Cata-
lonia. brought Franco’s troops with-
in ten miles of the Mediterranean
and 30 miles of the vital port of
Tarragona
A swift thrust through from Gal-
set to the sea would cut off the
government’s heavily fortified coast-
al regions south of the Ebro River.
Private reports from the govern-
ment capital said the situation ap-
peared even graver than last spring
during the insurgents' first cam-
paign through the sea south of the
Ebro, when many feared govern-
ment resistance would collapse
Government dispatches acknowl-
edged that after 30 months of civil
war that "the fatherland Is in dan-
ger” and made public yesterday’s
extensive new mobilisation orders
These decrees, applying to men
up to 50 yean of age. were report-
ed privately to have disrupted Cata-
lonia’s industries, which have been
carried on by older men while
young men were at the front.
he think* It will bring him the
most in ret urn f ' “ ,
meet the requirements of law and j gef
custom in their transaction* the Icjai... ........„ __
out-of-town firms have every ngh» ! bgnlt rop^j-y Bnd kidnaping, Henri
to do bustiie^s. with the people ! young. 30 years for robbing a bank
of Crane But before permitting I ---- -- "
these agencier, to ask for their I
busines* the people of Crane should „,bberv of a postofffee
Get Out at < a. m.
"Five prisoners were defeated in
here their attempt tn escape from Alca-
___ — ‘ t Island." Warden James
taxes They help build the streets * Johhston announced in a
recommended by the appropriations
committee, to the 3875,000,000 re-
quested by President Roosevelt
Ordinarily, the assistant whips
are used to line up support for the
administration's legislation
Wants Relief
Chairman Cochran (D-Moi
the expenditures committee, start-
ed off the day's debate by asserting
he favored economy, but tmat re-
lief was not the place for it.
Referring to sentiment for cur-
tailing WPA, Cochran shouted
“This U a fight upon the poor
people of this country, not upon
the president of the United States ”
Tn his maiden speech. Represen-
tative Vorys (R-Chio) urged mem-
bers to taka care of the needy and
at the same tune provide "protec-
tHto against capricious, self-perpe-
tuating bureaucracy " *
Rep Cannon (D-Mo) was leading
the administration flght to restore
the cut. But the relief bill had to
run through three more hours' de-
bate before amendments could be
bffered
There was h report that Demo-
cratic committee assignments were
being used as a bait for votes for
3875.000.000.
place It is the same with the fepd !
dealers, the grocers, the druggists,
the furniture dealer, the clothing j
merchants, the printer, the hard- j
ware outlets. In nearly every case [
the businessman who pays local
taxes and contributes his time and j ( Bay
his money toward the improvement
of local institutions lias at his heels |
a gypsy competitor who is inter-
ested in the town for only what
he can take from it ...
In a country that has been built . kidnaping, was drilled through the
upon the practice of free competl- )lea(i and leg anj critically wound-
tion it is not fitting to begrudge a’e<i
Dale Stamphill. also under life
sentence for kidnaping, was shot.
"We are going to pass a relief
bill today."
Privately, administration leaders
admitted there was little chance
of persuading the House to put
back the 3150500.000 but that ev-
ery attempt would be made to fore-
stall any additional reduction
Boland said the whips themselves
had "different views” on the relief-
issue and would "use their Indi-
vidual judgment" on supporting an
amendment to raise the fund for
Nina Wilcox Putnam says, "Be
sure you give what you arc being
paid for All business growth, be ft
In the selling of apples or in the
selling of ideas, is bunt on re-
AUSTIN. Jun 13 — (451-Texas
lawmakers lolled about the capitol
today, the Legislature having ad-
journed until next week after "offi-
cially" determining flour-merchant
W Lee O'Danlel and lawyer Coke
Stevenson had been elected gover-
nor and lieutenant governor, re-
spectively
Committees sped plans and inter-
est focussed on the mammoth in-
augural celebration next Tuesday
during which some 100 ooo visitors
will jam the state capitel. normally
the home oif 80.000
A huge stage was taking form
in the South end of the University
of Texas Memorial Stadium where
O’Daniel will take the oath of of-
fice. lead several thousand school |
children singing his own song.
"Beautiful Texas," listen to the
blare of half a hundred bands and
watch a pageant depicting the his-
tory of the state.
If it should rain, the program
will be shifted to the university
gymnasium which can accommodate '
only 10,000 as compared to the sta-
dium's 60.000 wtih the playing field
packed.
By an ancient constitutional re-
quirement. the legislators yesterday
tediously counted the votes In the
general election and found O'Dan-
iel received 473,526 as compared to
10.940 for his closest opponent.
Alexander Boynton of San Antonio,
the Republican candidate Steven-
son totaled 62597 against 1.023 for
Cecil Robinet, nominee of the com-
munist party.
In recess
Commerce committee questions
Secretary Hopkins about WPA ad-
ministration (9 *. m C8T)
Finance committee hears Secre-
tary Hull on Cuban sugar agree-
ment (9:30 *. B )
Attorney General Murphy testi-
fies on ait-down strike* before sub-
committee studying hi* nomination
(1 p. mA
an all-black
something extra on the fur
market
A few minutes later Fox’s car
crashed into a fence, and a
fence rail pierced the dash-
board and grazed the driver,
almost kn{
The car _
When Fox tried to remove the
fence rail the machine burst
into flames and was destroyed.
So was the skunk
Citizens in Germany would not be
aecordad differential treatment be-
cause of their race or religious
DNB said thaf Germany in the
Dec 30 communication declared her
willingness to discuss individual
qases and arrive at an amicable
solution.
The United States’ request for
such assurances. DNB asserted,
"was based on the claim that it was
a fundamental principle of Amer-
ican government to make no dis-
tinction between American citizens
because of race or religious faith
and that it had always denied to
other states the right on their part
to apply such distinctions to Amer-
ican citizens.”
The German government In its
note of Dec 30 recognized the right
of the United States to establish
certain political principles within
its own borders, said the agency.
"It is a different question, how-
ever. whether such principles pos-
sess binding force for other gov-
ernments concerning measures fall-
ing within their sovereignity.” the
German note continued.
Five Attempt Escape
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan 13—(45
—Five desperate prisoners attempt-
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Party’s Whip Announces Plan A* House Re- -
sumes Debate on Meaure From Which Com-
mittee Cut $150,000,000.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—(AP)—Rep. Boland (D-Pa.)
said today the House Democratic organization would “mak«
no concerted effort” to obtain restoration of the >160,000,- ~ |
000 pared from the administration’s relief bill by the House j
appropriations committee. —-—— -
Boland, the party's whip, made
the announcement just before the
House resumed debate on the con-
troverted measure.
He and his 16 assistant whip*
had met for more than an hour
with Speaker Bankhead, Democrat-
ic Leader Rayburn, and Rep Mx -
1 uurnuux <w-mmb). chairman of
to keep polMlea out of relief, told the Democratic caucus
the Senate Commerce Committee Asked about the meeting after-
WAYLAND, H. Y, Jan. IS.—
1 skunks and black
cats are all of a color to P. R.
Fox—bad luck.
----------n»tti aFTorwer a btoct
skunk yesterday and he stop-
ped to salvage the carcass, store
skunk is worth
Hou*
Continues debate on 3725.000.000
relief bill 410 a. m )
Yesterday:
Senate confirmed former Senator
Fop* (D-Idaho) a* TVA director.
Senate subcommittee recommend-
ed confirmation of Felix Frankfur-
ter as Supreme Court justice.
House appropriations
cut OUOOOMN from .
3*75,00050 Orslief request.
Friday morning, enjoying the beau- Ion a defense motion for a change
tlful (lay W H McNabb, one of of venue The court acted after ex-
the original members, was doing " — «« h-a
himself proud enjoying the sun in
his new blue trousers, and Dick
Wood whs busy telling the boys
on the corner about.' how it hap-
pened.
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WASHINGTON, Jan 13-(45—
President Roosevelt expressed the
belief today that sufficient plants
existed to build new planes for
the nation's defense Some plants,
he added, may have to work two
or three shifts
The president told a press con-
ference that the only lag or bottle
neck may lie in obtaining a suffi-
cient number of skilled plane fac-
tory workmen
Mr. Roosevelt estimated 15 per
cent of the labor needed for the
plane building job would have to be
skilled in the aircraft arts He said ;
the other 85 per cent could be de- given oy iwv
veloped rapidly by utilizing labor was furnished
from automobile and other Indus- ' ‘
tries
Some plant*, the president as-
serted. probably would have to be Morley,
expanded All the new planes, ex- [ I.y.
cept certain
would be constructed in private fac-
tories, he added
The chief executive said new guns
would be made in government plants a Tor* dance.”
as in the past and that he believed
sufficient capacity existed for build-
ing all guns required..
Naval plans for immediate forti-
fication of the island of Guam
loomed, meanwhile, as a possible fo- shows,
cal point for furious congression- calf
al debate over the president's 3552.- calf
members of the state club The Ito-,
portance of urging the Legislature
to include an appropriation for tire
control of the Bangs digtMe ••••
discussed In connection - with the
year's program
Reason for Registering
Morley, also the featured speak-
er on the afternoon and banquet
programs the opening day. talked
on "Why Registered Cattle?" Fri-
day morning in an address alined
chiefly at the club boys and F F.
A. boys.
Two reasons, pride of owner-
ship and profit from higher and
better quality production, stand as
the chief arguments for owner-
ship of blooded animals, he urged
He stressed that in the Jersey
field as for other animals, high pro-
ductive strains always mean higher
producing descendants than pro-
ducers of mixed breed and unknown
ancestry
Wendzell. final speaker on the
morning program, discussed "Fit-
ting Show Cattle"
Officers Elected
Joe Shelton of Brownwood was
elected president of the club Thurs-
day afternoon. succeeding Rudy
Copeland of Denton. C. N Shep-
ardson of Bryan was elected vice-
president, J W Ridgeway of San
Antonio treasurer, and D T. Simons
of.Fort Worth secretary
New directors named are Joe
Blondin of Beaumont. Dr F H
Shaw of Marlin, J. L. Hodgskln of
Fort Worth. R L Harris of Cor-
sicana. R E Hildebrand of San
Antonio. H BTOwnstein of Whar-
ton and Rudy Copeland of Denton
Greenville was selected as next
year's meeting place
Others Registered
Adult registration at the session
was 15 at noon Friday, with 93 of
these being out-of-town persons In
addition to this number there were
174 FFA and 4-H Club boys from
the city and over the county and
several faculty members and stu-
dent observers from both Teachers
College and 8. C. W
Forty persons from out of town
registered at the municipal build-
ing Thursday afternoon and Friday
morning the others having regis-
tered Thursday morning They in-
include: Mr and Mrs T. O Bow-
man. Argyle; A A. Hart. Frisco;
C. Hohn. Chas N. Shepardson. Col-
lege Station: Mr and Mrs R S.
Phillips. Aubrey; A D Murphy.
James H. Forgey, C. W Lehmberg.
Brownwood; Mr and Mrs Roy
Meagher. Beaumont; J A Bate-
eson Jr.. Cleburne; Kan Kiver, Ar-
lington; Tom White, Ray Wilson,
J. D McNeir. Walter Burton. Dal-
las; Mr and Mrs. W H Bogart,
Fort Worth; Roy Earles. J M.
Cole, Ponder; V. L. Alford. John
Otts. Wichita Falls; R S King.
Lawrence Hassenpflug. W G Han-
sen p fl ug, Bill Davis, Banger; J w
Cockerell. Roanoke; C R Burns. J.
L. Ladd. Sherman; R L. Gaia-
ford Justin; J L. Stephenson. Val-
ley Vefw; F. A. Stephenson Era;
Mr and Mrs A F. Scheid. Whites-
boro. Mr. and Mrs Clint Ruther-
ford. Loving; “N. Phillips, Mias Caro-
lyn Phillips. Krum.
Four Speakers Heard
Inspection of a local cheea*
plant and discussion* of dairy-
men’s problems by four authorities
were highlight* of the Friday morn-
ing program as members of the
Texas Jersey Cattle Club began the
r . Misses RUth Adele Koenig. Hel-
experimental craft. 1 en Ruth Moore and Louise Boeuchle
sang a* a trio. Mis* Ann Wiesent
' sang a solo and Mioses Ix^elle Wil-
liams and Helen McDaniel gave
grazed the driver,
ding him.
was towed home.
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To Build Planes
PARIS, Jan 13.—<45— Premier
Mussolini was reported authorita-
tively today to have refused to "re-
treat one inch" from Fascist colon-
ial demands on France in his talks
with British Prime Minister Cham-
berlain In Rome
Dispatches to the French foreign
office said II Ducc flatly had in-
formed both Chamberlain and the
British Foreign Secretary. Viscount
Halifax, he would press actively
Italian territorial demands on
France
This information, the Rome re-
port said, was conveyed to Cham-
berlain before the reported deliv-
ery of a message to Mussolini from
Reichsfuehrer Hitler nurgtng him
th pursue his aims peacefully for
one ye*!--
Hitler Reported
Urging Italy to x
Keep Peace Now
ROME, Jan. 13 -05—Adolf Hit-
ler *u rtlisbly reported today to
have stepped into Prime Minister —*
Chamberlain’* appeasement visit to
Rome by urging Premier Mussolini
to keep the peace for one year be-
fore demanding fulfillment of It- —
aly'a "natural aspirations’*
From Informed German i
came the report that MNh • mes-
sage vu delivered by the Genpan . 1
ambassador. Han*-Oeog Viktor von v.'j|
MacKensen. in the second of two
conferences he had ygglerday with/
k>i>—iixxiii—uv w imw wxw luxxu the Italian foreign minister. Count
WPA from 3735.000 000. the amount Gah-azzo Clano.
Disclosure of the Gerffian Fueb- 4
rer's part in. tMa Rome conversa-
tions earns os chamberlain turned
from his talk* with n Duca to pty
his respects to Pope Pius XI and
as results of the talks were being
communicated to the United State* .... ..-3
and French ambassadors to Rome. n.
Significantly Ambassadors Wfl- ~ JS
Ham Phillips and Andre Franco** - < i
Poncet were told of the Chamber-
lain-Muaeolinl talks of the past two
days by the British foreign ****•>
tary. Viscount Halifax.' tn separate
interviews this morning.
Another notable dwelt
the mocnlng was the Brit
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.—(AP)—More than 300 “hard
txiiled” convicts were locked in their cells on Alcatraz Island
today for careful inspection as a result of an attempted jaii-
' break by five prisoners,
j Director James V. Bennett of the
j Federal prison bureau said all nor-
' mal activities would be suspended
at Alcatraz pending a thorough
search of every Inmate
He said prison officials had "no
idea" where Arthur (Doc) Barker,
convicted in the Bremer kidnaping,
and his fellow convicts obtained
the saw blade with which they
early today escaped from their
cells and gained the water’s edge
Every prisoner's clothing, shoes,
bedding and cell will be subjected,
he said, to closest examination
First word of the break reached
Bennett at 4 a m (CST) when
Warden James A Johnston tele-
phoned from the prison. The men
found "about 30 or 40 min-
utes" later, Bennett said
to prohibit political activity on the
part of Federal employe*
The former WPA administrator,
testifying at a hearing on hia
nomination to be Secretary of Com-
merce. said: “I thought the Hatch
amendment should have passed and
I think something of that kind
should be passed "
The Hatch amendment, defeat-
ed in the Senate by a cloae vote
last year, would have prohibited
persona received Federal compen-
sation from engaging in political
activity.
The lanky official endorsed the
Hatch amendment after lengthy
questioning by Senator Johnson (D-
Callf) about charges of WPA po-
litical activity in Pennsylvania
The committee decided after a
round of questions, to vote next
Wedneaday at 9:30 a m, C8T. on
whether to recommend confirms-,
tlon of Hopkins for his new Job
Members predicted privately that
the committee would approve the
nomination by a large majority
Blames Txxid Politicians"
Conceding that in some cases
v employee had been coerced in
enunent in a note of Dec 14 asking vcAiog. Hopkins declared that "Io-
...., him that
"you as a responsible head of WFA
should have known" about condi-
tions in Pennsylvania and other
states during last fall's campaign,
Hopkina rep&ed:
"That’s a matter of opinion f
did the best job I could and I
personally have no feeling of a
sense of guilt
“In your own state of California,
I’ve been under pressure to fire
certain people -
"You mean the persons whose
election you advocated, did
like you?" asked Johnson
"t mean local politicians.” Hop-
ktu replied. "I don’t think any-
one has resisted politics in relief
more than I have.”
Johnson protested that Hopkins
was avoiding his questions about
Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
Franco Threatens
Ixirge Conquest
Father "When he propos
n't you ask him to see me""
Daughter
had seen you several times, but that ,
he loved me just, the same,"
The annual banquet of the Den-
ton Chamber of Commerce, an f»/»»»
event that is looked forward to with • • fl lift f HU UIUUII
interest by hundreds of Denton If‘II I • I .1
and Denton County people, will be iilll IU 11'1 Hl UCI’ll
held next week. Thursday nig^t.
January 19tli It's an affair that WASHINGTON. Jan 13 —445--
each member may wan! to bring chftlrman (D.Callf, Of the
n KUCAt or more and the Cham ci'House Interstate Commerce Com-
of Commerce ofneiftIs urge you mittec introduced a general trans-
do so Will Williams. Sr Prt-sid pqrtat.ion bill today Intended to aid
of the organization, said. I would 1 rRjlrnftd!, ftnd brln(( alI lnteratate
like to see many of the membe s frp)(;bt raf^s under jurisdiction of
Inivte out-of-town guests to th tb(i intergtet4> commerce Conimls-
banquet RS it is an occasion tliat glon
will be enJoye«i by 'bcm YRll!7 The legislation would reorganize
Cline. Wichita Falls, the speaker | tbp ICC broad(,n jurisdiction to
the evening is a most, engag 8 include such transportation agen-
cies as oil pipe lines and air travel,
would pennit different rates for re-
lated carriers and would authorize
the RFC to make equipment and
others loans which the ICC might
approve
It also would permit railroads
themselves, rather t-han the ICC.
to Initiate proposals for consolida-
tions. mergers or purchases of fa-
cilities
have the right to ask a contribu-
tion toward maintaining the facil-
ities the city must provide All firms
with stock mid equipment 1
pay their share of city and county 1 traz
taxes They help build the streets' Johhston announced in a brief
and to hire the police protection statement after the men were safe-
Thcy help to finance the fair, the , ]y m cells again
band concerts, the Parent-Teacher , "They got out of the cell bulld-
assoclatlon. the churches and the, tng about 4am and in the fog
work of the Community club With-, that, enveloped the Island attempted
out these things Crane would be no 1 to get to the water but were de-
fit place for any man to do bust- I feated in the attempt by guards,
npss ' “But they wore so desperate in
The least contribution that should I their efforts to get to the water
be exported from the merchant who that two of them Barker and
has no home here, who has no I stamphill, were shot, before they
regular place of business here, is halted"
a license fee that would help in j The 12-acrc rocky island i* more
part to pav for the streets that than a tnile from the mainland
he uses for his salesroom" (.Swift currents flow past the island
— and whether the convicts had a
,ed. did- boat waiting, or hoped to attempt
'the feat of swimming the strong
"Yes. and lie said he tide was not known
Jolinston
ent of
_______
ten* private audience with the holy *
father at the stately Vatican.
Chamberlain and Pope Plus, devet- - -
ed workers for peace, were together
for 30 minute*., , . ■ - l-fjjM.3
Von Maitffawn. It waa dtactaffi^
called on Clano for the second time
late yesterday after close of the
formal talks at the two premiers.
Net Yet Ready
Hitler's reported request was in-
terpreted as indicating th* fuehrer
was not yet ready to make payment ::
to Mussolini for his support at-tb*
Munich conference which parti-
tioned Czechoslovakia and marked
a milestone in European history.
Informed person* said, however. '
that Hitler probably would support
Italy if her claims, principally
against French colonial holdings,
were not met wtthln a year ant
would consider Italy justified in |O-
ing to any lengths then to
them.
The fuehrer had a full re
Lipp CH*mb€rlAin-kfuMioliA$ _____
nations last night, informants said.
He was believed to have advised
Il Duce to give the democracies one
year after learning through Vbn------
MacKensen of Ciano’s report that
the British had taker, a firm atti-
tude..
Lord Halifax informad ths tssar-
WASHINGTON. Jan 13. —(4>—
Attorney-General Frank Murphy
told a Senate committee today he
had warned union representatives
in Michigan that “the sit-down
strike was illegal and • • • would
alienate public opinion."
Murphy, testifying on his han-
dling. as governor, of sit-down
strikes in 1937. said that form of
strike "is an instrumentality that
would undermine and destroy the
vital right of ownership and pos-
session of property.”
The Judiciary sub-committee be-
fore which Murphy spoke already
has approved Murphy’s nomination
for attorney general, but he asked
permission to testify regarding his
activities during the sit-down
strike
"I have never condoned the sit-
down strike or countenanced the
disobedience of a court order,"
Murphy said. "I believe in vigorous
law enforcement.
Murphy testified, however, that
to have enforced the law "in a
manner calculated to cause further
breach thereof, further disorders,
and even riot and bloodshed, would
have been false to my own oath of
office and to the law "
night aari Maria?t
change ta teaspasatVh
J' ■.....
■
BERLIN, Jan. 13— (AP)—•
The German government dig-
clotted today it had declined
to assure the United States
that all American citizens in
Germany would be treated
alike regardless of race or re-
ligion but said it had offered
to seek amicable solution of
individual cases.
—Folo 10 pt Nazis decline ... 36 B
The issue was raised by Washing-
ton's request for assurances that
the Nazi anti-Jewish decrees of No-
vember would not affect Jew* hold-
ing American citizenship,
DNB. the official news agency,
declared that the United State*, re-
plying Jan. 11 to a German note of
Dec 30. held to It* viewpoint but
declared itself willing "to clarify
through consultation individual
cases at Issue ”
The agency said that the Nazi
government tn its Dec 30 note had
declined to grant in principle the
United States' request for "special
rights" for American citizens tn
Germany without regard to race
or crctx!.
Arow Over Jew Decree
The German note was part of an
interchange growing out of the
Nazi government's recent drastic
measure* against Jews in Germany
DNB. the official news agency, in
a communique said the discussion
was started by the American gov-
ermnenv in a rixive ui ixrs is using 1 ■-—”'..r.'T^5~T-------—Zu.,,
general assurances from the Ger- cal politicians, were responsible
man government "that American . „ When Johnson told him th
should have known'
The condition., tliat the Crane
Chronicle. Crane, Mo., points out
in an editorial lias not been brought
about inDenton to any Alarming de-
gree. but it could ‘happen here';
however, all pulling together, it will
never occur Here’s what Mr H
R Long has to say under the head-
ing, "There Should Be a Law"
"A year or so ago a visiting
speaker told a group of Crane bus«-
ness men that unless some step is
taken to divert the trend, many
a small town is due to degenerate
into a cross-roads stop for gasoline
and free air. For conclusive evidence
one needs only to travel over Mis- 1
sourl and observe the low estate of I
communities that once rated as
strong trading points—that once'
supported banks and high schools
and newspapers. For further evi-
dence. instead of leaving home, it
is only necessary to sit back in an
easy chair and call the roll of com-
mercial needs once supplied by
Crane industries that no longer ex-
ist as local operators. Crane once
had a bottling works Today no less
than seven firms operate their trucks
into our town for the purpose of
delivering bottled soft drinks to
our retail outlets Crane once had a
bakery. Today four trucks bring
from other localities the bakery
products consumed by pur resi-
dents
Crane has a cleaning and press-
ing establishment Bnt even so. at |
least four out-of-town firms are try- <
ing to offer pick up service to and
from their plants, one of which1 r
is located in another state Cranes to escape from fog-shrouded Al-
coa! dealer has competition from' catraz Island prison early today
salesmen who use the city streets' anp two were shot and wounded
as their office and their storage before guard/? captured the quintet.
The prisoners, all serving long
terms, got out of the cell building
in some mysterious manner at 4
a m.
The thickest fog in years obscur-
, cd the island prison in San Fran-
Making a mad dash for the wa-
I ter. tire convicts refused to halt
at command of guards, who open-
ed fire.
| Arthur Barker, .serving life for
upon the practice of free competl- head and leg and critically wound-
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