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GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 29, 1950
NUMBER 182
60TH YEAR
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Texoma Report
101 Animals Entered in Dairy
Classification Show Thursday
Texans Subscribe $300
For Damage Suit Loser
Rangers Ordered to Duty
In Laredo for Election
Fifty-six county dairymen will
enter 101 dairy animals in the
second annual Cooke County
Dairy Classification Day show
HAVE A
LAUGH
Gainesville Produce
Prices paid by Gainesville
wholesalers to farmers and other
producers:
Butterfat: No. 1, 55 cents.
Hens: Light, 17 cents; heavy, 20
cents; roosters, 10 cents.
Eggs: Current receipts, 27 cents.
Green Hides: 14 cents.
“I remember picking up the
man’s gun, and I must have beat
him with the gun,” Rogers said.
Johnson is survived by his wife,
who was visiting friends in Ta-
hoka, and a daughter by a previ-
ous marriage.
Johnson had lived in Tahoka
since the early 1930s, and had
served as a deputy at Tahoka and
O’Donnell. He had been on the
Lamesa force since last Septem-
ber.
Nearly every town has one citi-
zen like ’Squire Jones of whom it
was said, “If he had been on hand
at the end of the sixth day of
creation when the Lord rested
from His labors and said, It is
good, the ’Squire would have
brought in a minority report.”
Seventh Annual
CIRCUS ROUNDUP
AND HOMECOMING
Gainesville
April 19-20-21
Seventh Annual
CIRCUS ROUNDUP
AND HOMECOMING
Gainesville
April 19-20-21
Subpoena Officials
To Obtain Loyalty
Records of Employes
WASHINGTON, March 29 (A)—Senate officers today served the
first of three subpoenas demanding from top government officials
the loyalty records which President Truman has declined to turn
JUST AS IMPORTANT as get-
ting new industries is backing
those we have to make sure that
they remain in our midst.
Only by contacting manufac-
turers frequently is it possible to
know whether they are satisfied
with their locations and getting
the kind of cooperation they ex-
pect and deserve.
Nothing is gained by getting a
new industry and losing one long
established in the community.
over the state were sending in
contributions.
Hagedorn lost the original trial
in the case because he did not
appear in court. Testimony in the
court records showed that Hage-
dorn had gone to the courthouse
the day the trial first was sched-
uled, but it had been postponed.
He asked the district clerk to tell
him when he was supposed to
come back. But Hagedorn said no-
body ever told him about the
second date for the trial, and he
lost by failing to appear. He said
that the mule belonged to his son,
who lived on a farm next to him.
District Judge J. R. Fuchs at
Lockhart reversed his ruling and
denied damages when Hagedorn
proved to him he did not own the
mule. The Court of Civil Appeals
upheld Hagedorn. But a majority
of the Supreme Court ruled that
the first order must stand and
damages be paid.
Lake level, 613.60 feet; temper-
ature of the water, 55; barometric
pressure, 30.38 and rising. Winds
north 15-20 mph this afternoon,
north 10 mph tonight, northwest
15 mph Thursday. Fair weather.
High today, 65; low tonight, 40;
high Thursday, 72.
A man in Mexico City wanted
tickets for his wife and himself to
the bull fight but he spoke no
Spanish so he handed a crude
drawing of a bull and two oblongs
to represent tickets to the bellhop.
The latter studied the drawings
a moment, then his face bright-
ened as he said, “Si, si”—and he
came back with—two glasses of
milk!
BY
BOYCE HOUSE
over to a senate committee.
Joseph Duke, sergeant-at-arms,
served hi first subpoena on
Harry Mitchell, chairman of the
Civil Service commission, at the
capitol. Mitchell had come to the
capitol on business.
Duke had other subpoenas for
Secretary of State Acheson and
Attorney General McGrath.
The subpoenas demand—under
“penalty”—that the officials pro-
duce loyalty records by next
Tuesday and give them to the
Senate Foreign Relations sub-
committee investigating charges
of Communist infiltration of the
State department.
The penalty is possible citation
for contempt of the senate if the
officials fail to heed the sub-
poenas.
All of them are under instruc-
tions from President Truman that
such records are not to be given
to congressional committees. Mr.
Truman issued a general order
to that effect in 1946. He took the
position then that there are long
standing precedents for the ex-
ecutive branch of the government
refusing to give documents to
congress if it would be against
the public interest.
Second Annual
Cooke County Dairy Classification Day
Fair Park Rodeo arena, Thursday, March 30
PROGRAM
10 a. m.—Livestock judging contest. Divisions for men,
women and 4-H, FFA and FHA boys and girls. Prizes total $100.
11:30 a. m.—Lunch. Sandwiches and drinks may be pur-
chased at the arena.
12:30 p. mi.—Discussion of “Outlook in Dairying” by D. T.
Simon, Fort Worth, secretary of the Texas Dairy Cattle club.
1 p. m.—Discussion and demonstration of preparation of
dairy food products, Louise Mason, nutrition specialist, Texas
A&M college extension service.
1:30 to 4 p. m.—Classification of more than 100 dairy ani-
mals. Ribbons and $300 in prizes to be awarded.
THE PLAN CALLS for busi-
ness men to have industrialists as
their guests. And it is estimated
by BOB MURDOCH, manager of
the Chamber of Commerce, that
invitations will go out to some 65
prospective guestss.
When we talk about getting in-
dustries for the town, we often
overlook some very important in-
dustries we already have, that
might be expanded with the same
type of effort that is put into get-
ting new industries for the town.
Gainesville has a great number
of small manufactories that make
important products used by a
great many people over a wide
area.
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Negro Captured in
Manhunt, Accused of
Beating White Women
By RED THOMAS
LANETT, Ala., March 29 (AP) — A barefoot Negro, sought by of-
ficers after two white women were battered into helplessness with
an electric iron, was captured here early today after a dramatic 10-
AUSTIN, March 29 (A5)—Com-
pany D of the Texas Rangers will
be sent to Laredo Friday, Public
Safety Director Homer Garrison,
Jr., announced today.
The Ranger company is headed
by Capt. Alfred Allee of Carrizo
Springs.
The Rangers were requested by
both sides in a political ferment
in the border city Garrison said.
He said the Rangers would re-
main in the city until it appeared
they were no longer needed.
State aid had been asked in
keeping order in the April 4 city
election.
Garrison announced assignment
of Company D after a conference
today with Capt. Allee, who spent
yesterday in Laredo. The number
of Rangers assigned was not re-
vealed.
Rangers Requested
LAREDO, March 29 (A)— The
aid of Texas Rangers in keeping
order before and after Laredo’s
city election next week has been
asked by county officials.
WE REALIZED something
about this on a trip to Tennessee
a year ago, when we found
Bomber Bait company products
displayed in the show window of
a small Tennessee town, and dis-
...covered that the cheese served by
Pur host in Nashville, was in a
container labeled Muenster, Tex-
as.
Furthermore, one finds MRS.
HUGH HAMILTON’S kitchen
products in many states of the
union.
Makek
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH, March 29 (P) —
Cattle 1,350; calves 450; slow but
about steady; good and choice
steers and yearlings $24 to $27;
common and medium $18 to
$23.50; beef cows $16 to $18.50;
canners and cutters $11 to $16;
bulls $16 to $21; good and choice
fat calves $24 to $26; common to
medium calves $17.50 to $22.50;
stocker steer calves $20 to $27;
stocker heifer calves $26 down;
stocker yearlings $18 to $25;
stocker cows $16 to $18.
Hogs 1,600; butcher hogs 300
lb. and less 50c lower; sows and
heavier butchers unchanged;
feeder pigs steady to $1 lower;
good and choice 185-275 lb. hogs
$16 to $16.25; 280-375 lb. $14.75
to $15.75; 150-180 lb. $14 to $15.75;
sows $13 to $14; pigs $9 to $12.
Sheep 7,500' fairly active with
all classes steady; good and choice
spring lambs $27 to $28.50; com-
mon and medium kinds $20 to
$26.50; medium and good shorn
slaughter lambs $23.50 to $24;
medium and good shorn slaughter
yearlings and two-year-old weth-
ers $20; common to good shorn
slaughter ewes $10 to $13.50; me-
dium and good shorn feeder lambs
$20 to $23.
and Weldon Blanton, co-chair-
men; Robert Myers, John Voth,
Johnie Wilson, Roy Stamps, Rudy
Helman.
Cattle committee—V. S. Payne,
chairman; John D. Cunningham,
Richard Frasher, Clyde Bohls,
B. A. Jones.
Judging contest committee —
Hugh Barnhart, chairman; Floyd
Carson, Leon Cason, Ralph Mag-
laughlin, Leon Brazil.
Grounds committe e—David
Smith, chairman; Toney Nehib,
Peter Prescher, T. C. (Dutch)
Schneider, Jimmie McCrorey.
Finance committee — Clyde
Bohls, chairman; Myers, William
Pulte, Stamps, Helman.
Purpose of the classification day
is to promote dairying in the
county, says Haws. Some 80 ani-
mals were entered in the show
last year.
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Col. Homer Garrison, head of
the Department of Public Safety,
said at' Austin he would decide
today after a conference with
Ranger Captain Alfred Allee,
whose district includes Laredo,
whether Rangers would be sent
here.
The request was made by Dis-
trict Attorney E. James Kazen
and Sheriff J. C. Martin.
Kazen said, • “We do not want
bloodshed, a repetition of 1934.”
Two persons were killed in an
election that year.
For the first time since 1934 the
Independent club here has opposi-
tion in the city election. The Pop-
ular Political party has put a
ticket in the race. E. J. Dryden is
candidate for mayor of the Pop-
ular ticket. Hugh Cluck seeks re-
election on the Independent club
slate.
Dryden and son, E. J. Dryden,
Jr., who is running for city sec-
retary, have charged poll tax vio-
lations and that citizens of Mexico
and minors hold poll tax receipts.
COOKE COUNTY FRE LIBRARY
GAINESVILLE, TEXAS
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Woman Town Manager
Bans Use of Police
Cars as Cops’ Taxis
DANVERS, Mass., March 29
(A)—The only woman town
manager in New England has
put her foot down on police
cruisers providing taxi service
for patrolmen.
Jeanette S. Whittier informed
members of the 15-man depart-
ment last night that they must
walk to and from work or find
their own means of transporta-
tion.
ously with attempted burglary at
Seminole and Lamesa. His case
had been dismissed in the Sem-
inole instance.
In his testimony at the arraign-
ment, Rogers related that he had
a companion and that both were
drunk. He did not fully identify
the man he said was with him.
Rogers testified that his com-
panion and the patrolman were
fighting and he went to his com-
panion’s aid.
HIGH WATER STALLS CAR—Three persons were rescued
from this car by police after they drove their newly-purchased
auto into the flooded area along Grand River highway near Grand
Rapids, Michigan. George Apostle, owner of the car, is being
helped out of car ip foreground. Terry Vlahos was the driver.
Marian Sytsna, a passenger, is seated in the stern of the boat.
(AP Wirephoto)
cooler this afternoon and tonight.
Thursday fair and warmer. Mod-
erate northerly winds on the
coast.
Oklahoma—Fair today, tonight
and Wednesday, colder east and
south today, slightly warmer on
Thursday. Highs today 50-55,
lows tonight 30 northwest, 40
Southeast.
DALLAS, March 29 (A3)—Three
hundred dollars already have
been subscribed for William
Hagedorn, Lockhart farmer,
whose bank account was taken to
settle a damage suit, the Dallas
News said today.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Alexander
of Austin got judgment against
the 77-year-old farmer who can
not read or write English because
of damages they suffered when
they had to swerve them car off
the highway and into a ditch one
night to avoid a mule.
Hagedon proved it was not his
mule, the News said, but the su-
preme court ruled he must pay
because he didn’t use due dili-
Thursday in the Fair park rodeo
arena.
Sponsoring the all-day event is
the Gainesville Chamber of Com-
merce. The public is invited to
attend.
Cash prizes totaling $400 are to
be awarded. For dairy animals
judged best in the show, $300 in
prizes is to be granted. Ribbons
also will be given. Cattle will be
judged on a point basis by E. R.
Eudaly of Universal Mills, Fort
Worth, and Sam E. Von Rosen-
berg, assistant dairy husbandman
of Texas A&M college extension
service. Judging will begin at
1:30 p. m.
First feature of the day, begin-
ning at 10 a. m., will be livestock
judging contests, with divisions
for men, women and 4-H, FFA
and FHA boys and girls. Prizes in
each division will be $7, $5, $3.50,
$2.50 and $2.
In another contest, everyone
will be allowed to guess the but-
terfat production average of a
cow to be exhibited by the
County Dairy Herd Improvement
association. Prizes will be $5, $3
and $2.
Final plans for the day’s activ-
ities were made when the fol-
lowing five chamber of commerce
committees on dairy day arrange-
ments met early this week:
General committee—B. T. Haws
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Lattimore En Route
KARACHI, Pakistan, March 29
(A3)—Owen Lattimore left by
plane tonight for London en
route to Washington to dispute
charges by Senator McCarthy
(R-Wis) that he is the top Rus-
sion spy in the United States.
He told reporters before leav-
ing he had never met Senator Mc-
Carthy and wondered how his
accuser could make serious
charges against him without
knowing him.
“Obviously Senator McCarthy
never read my books,” Lattimore
said.
He arrived late last night from
Kabul, Afghanistan, where he was
studying how best United Nations
technical assistance can help that
country. He was accompanied by
the other three members of the
U. N. commission.
The author who has been de-
scribed as an expert on Far East-
ern affairs said he resented the
description.
“I am an expert more on Cen-
tral Asia than on any other
sphere,” he declared.
after noon, to-
night and Thurs-
d a y. Moderate
north to north-
east winds on
the coast.
West Texas —
Fair this after-
noon, tonight
and Thursday.
Warmer Thurs-
day.
Louisiana —
Fair and a little
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A BUSINESS PROPOSITION
(An Editorial)
There is no reason to consider the granting of a
franchise to the Texas Power & Light company a politi-
cal issue. It is merely a business proposition being en-
tered into between the citizens of Gainesville and the
company, to insure this city a dependable and unlimited
supply of electric power for homes, business establish-
ments and industries.
Actually, the franchise was granted some months
ago by the city council, just as similar franchises have
been granted to power companies by thousands of city
councils throughout the United States.
But a minority group saw fit to petition the city
council to call an election on the matter, and this was
done in accordance with state law.
The franchise is nothing more or less than a permit
to do business in Gainesville, assuring the company that
it may operate in-this city for the period designated in
the franchise.
It grants no special privileges to the Texas Power
& Light company, and it is not exclusive in any sense of
the word. Similar franchises might be granted to any
number of competing companies, and the granting of a
franchise would not prohibit or prevent the operation of
a municipal light plant in the city.
The company seeks a franchise merely to be assured
that it has a permit to do business here over a period of
30 years. With such a permit, the company can pro-
ceed with an expansion program that would guarantee
uninterrupted service in case of ice storms and other
weather phenomena and mechanical breakdowns, by pro-
viding a standby plant capable of supplying enough
electrical energy to serve the entire city at a cost of more
than one million dollars.
If the high tension line breaks, this standby plant
goes into action, just as the small standby plant the
company now owns here, went into action during the
most recent ice storm and provided emergency service
to a limited number of business establishments, hospi-
tals and other customers.
Without a franchise, the company would be foolish
to make such an investment in Gainesville. For a preju-
diced city council might see fit to terminate its services
in Gainesville at any time.
Opponents to the proposed franchise have little
ground to stand on. They claim the Texas Power &
Light company would advance rates if a franchise is
granted. This is not consistent with the policies of the
company in the hundreds of cities and towns where it
has a franchise. If any change is made, it would be
more likely there would be a reduction in rates as the
company’s customers increase. A rate change can be
made only with the approval of the city council, govern-
ing body of the municipality.
They claim a municipal light plant is a money maker
for a town, and this sounds good to tax-burdened citizens.
But a representative of a company which manufactures
generating systems for municipalities, warned the
Gainesville city council some months ago, that the big
weakness of a municipal light plant system is the failure
of city administrative officers to lay aside proceeds from
operations to take care of replacements and repairs. It
has been proven over and over again that a municipal
light plant cannot furnish electric power at a cost as
low or lower than can a private company except by fail-
ing to set aside funds for expansion and repairs, necessi-
tating the burdening of the taxpayers with large bond
issues to make such repairs or extensions.
Knowing the frailties of municipal light plants, in-
dustrialists are always'hesitant to come into a commu-
nity and set up a new industry, when it is served only by
a municipal plant.
A vote for the Texas Power & Light company fran-
chise is a stroke of good business. It is a guarantee of
continued good service and unlimited power, and it is a
step in the direction of obtaining more payrolls and more
industries for Gainesville.
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hour manhunt.
Protesting his innocence, 26-
year-old Jack Tucker was rushed
to Kilby prison at Montgomery
for safekeeping after state high-
way patrolmen and sheriff’s dep-
uties persuaded an angry band
of armed citizens to refrain from
violence.
Tucker, who insisted “I ain’t
done nothing—you got the wrong
man,” was hurried at 90 miles an
hour first to Opelika, Ala., then
to Kilby prison.
The two white women, Mrs.
Ella Barrow, and her daughter,
Sara, 35, were reported in criti-
cal condition meanwhile at a hos-
pital in West Point, Ga.
Lanett and West Point are ad-
joining textile mill towns on the
Alabama-Georgia border. The
highway patrolmen said the Ne-
gro was taken into custody after
dogs from Kilby prison traced
him to a N e gr o community in
Lanett.
No Charge Filed
No charge was filed against
Tucker immediately.
Deputy Sheriff . H. Millford,
one of the officers taking part in
the capture, said a group of about
100 armed men, swarmed around
the Negro as he was hustled into
a highway patrol car. A posse es-
timated by Sheriff Abney to
number at least 800 men had tak-
en part in the search.
“We had to talk and beg hard,”
Milford related, “but we got them
to let us take him without any
trouble.”
Racing out of Lanett while
other officers blocked roads to
keep crowds from following, a
motorcade of six highway patrol
cars speeded Tucker to the patrol
station at Opelika 20 miles away.
Questioned there, the Negro
was taken later in the morning to
Kilby.
At least three incidents involv-
ing opposite races have taken
place in Chambers county in re-
cent weeks, and Sheriff Abney
said, “we’re tired of it.”
Policemen Acquitted
Two Lafayette policemen were
acquitted last .Wednesday on
charges that they beat a Negro
prisoner to death in the city jail.
And two days before that, a
Negro was convicted and given a
life term for the killing of a
white constable at Lanett.
Tucker became the object of
an intense search soon after the
attack on the white women be-
came known. The sheriff de-
scribed the crowd as “hot as
hell.”
The victims are members of a
wealthy and prominent family.
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— TOPICS
--By A. MORTON SMITH--
rHE WEEK OF April 1-8 has
I been designated as Industrial
week in Texas by GOVERNOR
ALLAN SHIVERS, and in many
cities and towns throughout the
state, special recognition will be
given to industries with displays,
shows and banquets ' honoring
manufacturers.
For the first time this year,
Gainesville is taking seriously the
observance of this week, having
become industry conscious since
the war.
Conflicting events have made it
impractical to have the observ-
ance during the designated days,
but a banquet honoring the in-
dustrial plant owners and opera-
tors of the city and county has
been set for April 13.
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Feted Here
A Texas Industrial "Week ban-
quet honoring heads of manufac-
turing and processing businesses
in Cooke county will be given by
the Gainesville Chamber of Com-
merce April 13.
Because of conflicting activities
during Industrial Week, April 1
to 8, proclaimed by Gov. Allan
Shivers, the observance banquet
here has been scheduled for the
following week. The dinner will
be at 7 p. m. in the roof garden
of the Turner hotel.
As many as 65 manufacturing
concern leaders may be guests of
non-manufacturing members of
the local chamber of commerce,
estimates Chamber Manager Bob
Murdoch.
Industrial Census
Begun Wednesday was a coun-
ty industrial census by members
of the chamber who met Tuesday
afternoon with L. L. Allbritton,
Jr., chairman of the chamber’s
Industrial Week committee. In-
formation gained in the census
will be used in introduction of
manufacturer-guests at the April
13 banquet and in future pub-
licity releases by the chamber.
Some 20 chamber members at-
tended the Tuesday meeting and
were assigned various industrial
categories in which to take the
census.
Non-manufacturing members of
the chamber will be hosts for the
county manufacturers. East host,
introducing his respective guest,
will give a brief review of the
latter’s business history and oper-
ations. Chamber President Car-
roll F. Sullivant will make brief
welcoming remarks.
There will be no “main” speak-
er, says Murdoch. Some entertain-
ment feature is planned.
Co-chairman of a chamber com-
mittee to “line up” hosts for the
dinner are Ken Blanton and Leo
Kuehn. In charge of ticket sales
are Dave Tupman and F. H.
Greenwood. C. B. Stringer heads
a committee on dinner arrange-
ments.-
Tentatively planned by the In-
dustrial Week committee are
Turner hotel roof garden displays
of county-manufactured products
for inspection by local civic club
members who meet there during
the week.
Temperatures — Today noon
55, low last night 39, high yester-
day 76, high for year 86, low for
year 13, barometric pressure
30.42.
East Texas (including Gaines-
ville)—Fair this
Elephant Put to
Death at Sarasota
SARASOTA, Fla., March 29 (A)
Dolly, the circus elephant, was
executed at dawn today.
The animal was put to death
with cyanide for killing five-
year-old Edward Schooly who
was feeding her peanuts last
Sunday.
Why the old weary-looking
animal suddenly grabbed the
child with her trunk and stepped
on his head was a mystery.
The decision was made at the
last minute, John Ringling North,
circus vice president, had said a
few hours earlier a “deluge” of
protests by telephone, telegram
and letter had been received at
winter quarters here and left of-
ficials still undecided about
carrying out the execution orig-
inally scheduled for 10 a. m.
LAMESA, Tex., March 29 (AP)—
City Patrolman Claude W. John-
son, 44, was brutally beaten to
death with his own pistol on La-
mesa’s business square early to-
day after he had surprised a
burglar entering a store.
A 28-year-old Latin-American
who gave his name as Victor F.
Rogers, was arrested two hours
later and admitted slaying the
veteran South Plains officer.
Johnson was discovered bare-
ly alive on the sidewalk in front
of Dewey’s department store on
the east side of the square about
2:30 a. m. He was found by Dee
Blackstock, another policeman
on the night shift.
Blackstock went to the city
hall and called an ambulance.
Johnson died in Lamesa General
hospital a short time later.
Dr. Hugh H. Zee said he had
never seen a person beaten so
brutally in his 15 years as a phy-
sician.
Autopsy Performed
An autopsy performed at the
request of Police Chief A. N.
Randall showed severe brain con-
cussion and numerous cuts and
gashes.
Rogers was arrested at the
home of his father, Santos Rod-
riguez, two hours later by a dele-
gation consisting of Sheriff Roy
King, Deputy Sheriff Sam Floyd,
and Lawrence West, and High-
way Patrolman W. C. Welch. The
officers reported they found
bloodstained pants, shirt and
jacket buried in the back yard of
the home.
An examining trial was held
this morning and Rogers in the
presence of law enforcement of-
ficers, Justice of the Peace E. M.
Campbell and a Lubbock Eve-
ning Journal correspondent, ad-
mitted the slaying.
Following the trial and charge
of murder, at which King and
Blackstock testified, Rogers was
taken to Lubbock by Deputy
Floyd and Texas Ranger J. L.
Rogers for safekeeping.
Broke Lock on Door
According to testimony given
at his arraignment this morning,
Rogers had used a tire tool to
break a padlock on the front
door of the department store and
was attempting to pry open the
door lock when surprised by
Johnson.
A violent struggle then took
place as indicated by the blood
spattering the sidewalk in a 100-
foot radius. After the patrolman
was felled, Rogers placed the
pistol and tire tool on the floor-
board of his car, where they were
found by arresting officers.
Also found in the car were
some shirts and underwear taken
last night in a burglary of the
Man’s Shop, and identified by the
owner, W. G. Boyd.
The lock on that store had been
broken in a similar manner to
that at the department store.
Faced Previous Charge^
Rogers had been charged previ-
Gossett Requests
Place on County
Primary Ballot
Congressman Ed Gossett Tues-
day filed a request with G. D.
Bell, chairman of the Cooke
County Democratic Executive
committee, asking that his name
be placed on the forthcoming
county Democratic primary bal-
lot as a candidate for re-election
as representative of the 13th con-
gressional district.
The congressman’s filing
brought to 10 the number of can-
didates who have filed for places
on the county ballot. Others are:
For state representative, Austin
E. Westbrook; for county school
superintendent, Hubert H. Moss;
for county commissioners, E. L.
Mozingo (precinct one), Ewing
W. Aston (precinct two) and Joe
Wyatt (precinct four); for sher-
iff, Albert Biffle; for county
clerk, Charles D. Gandillon; for
constable, precinct one, C. D.
Robinson and T. F. Ross.
Six vacancies on the 33-member
county executive committee were
filled by 11 members who met
Saturday afternoon in the 16th
district courtroom. New members
(and new precinct chairmen) are
E. E. Walker, Burton; T. R. Set-
tle, Freemound; C. H. Milburn,
Bulcher; Charles Steadman, Val-
ley View; C. L. Lewis, Leo; and
B. W. Davis, Callisburg.
Committeemen Saturday also
discussed ways and means of
financing the two Democratic pri-
mary elections this summer, re-
ported Chairman Bell.
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There are about 180 species of
holly of which about a dozen
grow in the United States.
........... —y
Who Will Be Queen
Of Circus Roundup?
Wednesday noon vote count:
Kay Briscoe____________31,527
Paula Collins___________ 25,677
Marilyn Rison__________ 23,727
Marion Berend_________19,640
Anna Jo Lester_________10,117
Helen Parten___________ 7,469
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gence in protecting his legal
rights.
At Lockhart, Hagedorn’s bank
account of $2,632.20 was paid out
yesterday in settlement of the
damages.
The Dallas News said after it
g ran a series of articles Texans all
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