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Christmas Day
The Citizens Saving
and Loan Assoclation
BURGLARS ROB
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High School will attend a ban-
quet at the school Friday night,
200 SEATS LEFT
FOR SALESMAN'S
FROLIC FRIDAY
—B r i 11 i a nt new
creations, sparkling
both in Vogue and
Value at—
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inwestigating <1
'HOOVER POLICY
OF COMMISSION
ACTION SCORED
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nounced the system.
Now, listen:
(Finn reads record of six ar-
rests in 1926 and two penitenti-
ary sentences.)
THE BOYS WILL HAVE JOKES
BUT FINN WON’T BELIEVE ’EM
Papers and personal effects in-
-indtcated the man was Bryce Bo-
POLY EX-STUDENTS
TO HOLD BANQUET
SCIENCE GROUP FIREMEN BUSY
IN CONVENTION ON CHRISTMAS
JOHN BOLES TO BE .
VISITOR HERE SOON
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Being the Tale of a
Newspaperman Who
‘Softened Up’ at
Christmas
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CLEBURNE AWARDS
DECORATION PRIZES
$30 damage to the
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Citizens’ Certificates
Not a Speculative Investment
Brain-Children of 1929 to
Be Discussed
occurred.
Home Is Damaged.
MEXICO HARM WAIREIA
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 26, — The
War. Department has ordered the
expulsion of Gen, Federico Bar-
rera, arrested for participation in
ahe, Escobar rebellion last spring:
Barrera had enjoyed provisional
I want my kid when he says
his prayers at night to thank
Start the New Year and grow a Diamond.
I Will allow full value in exchange on larger
diamond at any time.
Mlo lifts Htar to Be .Guest of
Marsline Moore
John Holes, co star with Bebe
Diniels in "Rio mita," will be
1 who read
readet litis
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STORAGE
BINYON QKEEFE
PHONE 3-3351
OrEN A CONVENIENT CHARGE
ACCOUNT
WEEKLY OR MONTHLY PAYMENTS
door was broken open.
Take Cah ilegiater.
SPIRIT AS WARM KILLS FAMILY
AS THE WEATHER OF 7 AND SELF
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€sty Deteetives Ed Weather-1
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the rohbery, said
blaze. the ex-students' _ __________
A bus on the Fort Worth-Den-1 announced the banquet program.
It is one of those things that
happens to human befogs.
And the faet that the newa.
paper buwinesw is filled with j
men and women intensely hu-
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remember (bringing more rec-
IHAIL=D8e7
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The “Dance is bn”—and you'll
see the best dancing feet adorn-
. ed with pumps or straps such
as these—many dyed to match
v the gown.
You Can Trust
SAM HILL
To Do It Right—
RG CLEANNNG TIME
Send Them to Us
PHONE 2-8090
the program.
Lonnie Carruth, president of
association, has
"white” Christmas may be
—Ml
Maybelle and Carrie Into
house.
A cryptic note which
Hole, has ben in Greenvilie tire caused
two miles north of Reanoke. The I the high school, will make the
five passengers rushed from the address of welcome. S. J. Calla-
on Demented Farmer Shoots,
Clubs Wife, 6 Children
AUSTIN; Dec. 26. — Governor
Moody left Austin today for Dallas
to attend a stage presentation
there tonight.
got some more time to do, as
you left the "big house” with-
Calyary iapttet Churh, was
yobbed. at tufMgM Caritmas! There are at least four mistakes in the above drawing.
% . ..... ' ’’ Tha may pertain to grammar, history, etiquette, drawing
h/"i* Two wht” men’ held or whatnot. See if you can find them. Then look at the
iam up end took 15.80. scrambled word helow— and unscramble it, by switching the
stnekinge and elothinz valee4 letters around. Grade yourself 20 for each of the mistakes
»t situ, *,0len when hur; fW, and 20 for the word if you unscramble it. To-
Co any 12125 V, morrow we’ll explain the mistakes and tell you TK&.. word.
Chrietmas night. Then you can see how near a hundred you bat.
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More than 2000 leaders in the
weores of selentifie fleldw will
listen to and have a part in tpe
sessions.
W. A. Meacham, principal of
Mar
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St. Louis police character, was
held in Jail at Edwardsville In
connection with the man’s death. .
PLAN BRIDGE TOURNAMENT
The San Jpse Missionary So-,
clety will sponsor a bridge tour- •
nament from 2:30 to 4:30 p. m.
(Monday, at the Blackstone Hotel.
Reservations are being taken
by Miss Katherine Baker, 503
May Street
You are mighty liable to
your jobs over It some
.lor they had been removed from
M he , remains of a burned road-
house near here.
bird this week that has
J, c.lvipgeten ad Jaek Wi verambed word I. HOLIDAY,
hmm of. Grapevine tort $117
rhe tleves enidently drove up to
the entaMisshment in • it'irk, 1
Tire prints shwed where • truek
had heen baeked up to a ide
window, whieh had heen left un- '
ioeked,
ciean elothing was taken from
the #enshtne Laendry, 1209 Bes
Me, %o money had been left at '
the place, Amonnt of the laun:
dry ‘taken was being eheeked
Thersday, City Deteetives YAmur
Moward and ioward GruM are
investigating,
Tev, J M, #kiles, pastor of the
La
liberty for several months until
recently, when he was arrested be-
cause of his opponItoln to the gov-
ernment of President Emilio Por-
t" OLL
Slim, brightening up: “By
George, you're right. I had
forgotten all about those
stretches.'■ • out the warden’s permission
Finn: Send him back and bring (Etc!, thruout the day.)
someone who
has prints like
mine. Sorry,
but you've got
the wrong bird
this time.
Finn: Are
you absolutely
sure you have
never been han-
dled here be-
man is the answer to why mis- i
takes are made,
MHII, mistakes serve a pur- i
< ■ gunat of Manager Marsline ible for fire at the one-story—
Moore of the Worth I heater for brick barber shop of T. J. Stev- linA excopvict and
a brtef visit here this week, ens, 527 South Henderson. The gangster. ,
■ * - ■ William O'Leary,
The blaze is believed to have! spend.
started from heating apparatus. | Impromptu speeches will be
The baggage was in the front made by a member of every class
cupants escaped without injury.
The family was enjoying a home
• movie show when the explosion
21. also a
overal days visiting his parents, building and 1200 to contents.
Ne wired Moore Phuraday he i - —— - ---------
would wtop over In F’ort Worth
Lake Tztum. 2128 Taet Pu-
taskt, a16» attended an espensive
Fireworks Blamed for Many
Holiday Alarms
Fireworks and exploding Christ-
mas toys kept firemen on the
jump hristmas Day. They an-
swereg-29 alarms.
The most disastrous fire was
start'd from explosion of a sml
moving picture machine, which
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Firman, 2408
Refugio, bad given their children
for Christmas,
Their seven-room house was
destroyed at a loss of $7,000. Oc-
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EXCHANGE YOUR
CHRISTMAS CHECK
FOR A
building, $350 to contents and
$500 to the auto.
Garage Ha» Blaze.
Fire of undetermined’ origin
damaged the two-story frame ga-
rage of W. T. Waltz, 1600 Bal-
linger, at 7 p. m. Wednesday.
Fireworks are believed to have
started a blaze at the home of
E. T. Toogood, 1403 West Dag-
gett. Loss,, was placed at $100
to the one-story frame dwelling.
A cigaret was declared respons-
he found thieves
and etolen a dress
yesterday. He had not suffered
violence, the coroner said
when they drove wp to a Wa’auga
filling sts Bon Christmnes Day,
‘The utnllnn was elosed, ■ Two
men were atealing the station eash l
rooster, and add-1 Hvingwton’s
and Williams’ mony to their haul, I
Follee were not informed of the
mount of money left in «ho
itMf.
One of the holdup mon was In- '
•Me taking th» reginter, and the ,
women s shoes, 15
A Haltom Blue-White Diamond; a reel
Investment—and the best security one can
Earlier, the home
EDITOR’S
Leonard Till
Ine a state
printed tn t
AKo, hat tr
ment tn var
which follow
tervlew to m
by Peter M
Texas Month
with Mr. M
find this let
everyone has elinched one
• of Texas history,
of the 36,000 or more
an she rend this paper,
907 » ted out the mis
eane there are
rw who did not
one point of
Minister Is Victim of Two
Holdup Men Near Home; .
Thieves Use Truck y
Wane the etty ptayed -and'
slept, berglare put in some of
thetr buslest hours Christmas, s
eheek Thureday showed. Looters I
teek more than $500 in eaeh. I
" A miniater, leaving his ehureh, I
was among che vietims of two,
hMMey hoMdups, and three bus
iness houses Md three homesf
were enterd by borglars.
An deetylene toreh was the
etd-fashiened method yezgs used
in opentug che sate of the White'
Truk Company, $25 West mio
Grande, Wednesday night. They
took $41 trmn the safe,
They Eeed Truek.
rHHE following playlet can be
I heard most any day in the
identification room at police
station:
“This UnBelleving Finn"
Cast: Shifty Slim, Mysterious
Mike, Shufflin' Sam, prisoners;
and Barney Finn, police super-
intendent of investigation.
Scene opens with Finn con-
fronting Shifty Slim. Finn has
.black fingerprint enlargement
on whiteseard, and a photo with
number beneath.
Slim: You must be wrong,
mister. I was never arrested
before or had my fingerprints
memeuammm taken. No, there
Hea "l"'1 t"' """
I mistake or may-
mtu be there is
themselves neeepting ss fact,
things which are proved untrue
after they have been ehallenged.
"Don't believe anyone but I” was
found in his pocket. The. cor-
oner said Lawson apparently was
suffering from a mental ailment.
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Place, was at which a roll rill of classes
‘fira, Fire since 1912 will b a feature of
fire twiee at
God that he has enough cloth-
ing to keep him warm on hta
way to school, enough qullts to
let him sleep warmly and that
he is certain of eating tomor-
row and the day after that.
In other words. I want my |
kid to have the Christmas-spirit
—Md if he gets more of a thrill
out of taking the other "Rus" to
a show sgp buying him a hot
dog afTFwards than he does '
out of going himself, I’ll know.,
he has it.
I took the money I was to 3
have received from the office
for auto rent and put it into a
gift for the family.
MITAKEkattet happen GALVKSTON, Dec 26, — Po-
Avi every now and then in Oe ,, , , »
newspaper businens, ,t"’ today seeking relatives
The brightest and most intet- of Carl A, nudwall, wha {was
iigent men sometimes find
in hla partner. This bird com-
ing in will say that he hasn't a
record and will deny hta prints
and photo.
Enter Mysterious Mike to
deny he ever has been arrested
in Fort Worth. Is confronted
with fihger-prints and records
of arrests.
Mike: Well, I say, can you
imagine this? This is where
your Bertillon system is
wrecked.
Finn (appearing triumph-
ant): I've been reading books
where they are trying to find
a duplicate print to wreck this
system, but it can't be found,
they say, and now It has been.
It looks like we are out of
a job. This fellow denies his
prints, too. I’ve been afraid of
this.
Mike swaggers around the
Bertillon room, and declares:
See, I told you that I had
never been arrested before. You
coppers ought to be careful
about picking up people like
good to look at but Fort Worth
enjoyed a better one Wednesday.
Sunsiine and balmy tempera-
tures crowded golf courses nod
highways and kept those homes
v here open house was held
thronged all day.
It was a day fon "going places
and seeing peopl."
All Have Turke;
Rich and poor had the!r tur-
hey and trimmings. The Union
Gospel Mission, Salvation Army
and Elks Club < ach served hun-
dreds.
Prifters representing 22 states
ate at the Union Gospel Mission
where plates were laid for 350
persons. A. I’. Barrett spoke and
Mrs. Ben M. Terrell conducted a
musical program. The mission
also distributed many Christmas
baskets to homes.
More than 400 needy men and
women had their Salvation Army
to thank for their turkey dinner,
served at 5 p. m.
Play Santa Claus
The Elks Club played Santa
Claus to 1600 boys and girls
Chirstmas morning. Distribution
of gifts by Santa was followed by
a feast.
The YMCA was host to 30
young men at a breakfast Christ-
mas morning. These were men
who were unable to go to out-of-
town homes for their Christmas
ct febration.
Thousands of poor families were
give n clothes, toys, baskets of food
by the Goodfellows and Santa
Ils.
Shufflin’ Sam is brought in
and looks at Mike.
Sam: Hello, Mike. When
did you get out.
Finn (surprised): You don’t
mean to tell me this man was
ever in the "stir.” He told me
he was never arrested before
and even denied his finger-
prints and photo.
Sam: Sure, twice that I know
of. Once at Huntsville and
two years in Oklahoma for
burglary.
Finn "to Mike: Say, you big
thump, quit foolin’. You’ve
clowned over these prints long
enough and in case you can’t
Democratic Leaders in
House to Voice
Objections
By KENNETI «. CRAWFORD
United Press Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-
Democratic leaders in the House
are preparing to make a stand
after the holiday recess of Con-
gress against what they call
“President Hoover’s commission
form of governments"
The president's numerous com-
missions, they believe, are usurp-
ing the function of both the
legislative and administrative -
branches of government and
bond. They uif eharged with
raleing the bill and passing it at
Childress,
Wecret serviee agents arrested
the two men.
pleas of gullty lo charges of
adultery.
Released, in time to spend
Christmas with thelr familles,
the men went straight home to
their wives, the ardor of trading
wives having hern cooled In Jail.
When the two men appeared
Mnrn the pardon board early
thin month,to prenent thelr plena,
their wives awaits doutnide. The
men told the pardon bnard ills
exchange of wives was, off and
if released they would live
qutetly with their familles. Mach
has two children.
should be checked. Their ob-
jection to commissions extend
alo to join Congressional com-
mittees.
The functions of both in most
cases, Democratic Leader Garner
said today, are to find facts
justifying something the Presi-
dent wants to do.
Hastens Operations.
Republicans and a considerable
number of Democrats, however,
believe the President, in setting
up commissions to help settle
controversial questions, has in-
atltuted the best possible system
of hastening government opera-
tions and accomplishing neces-
sary results.
So convinced they are that res-
olutions calling for creation of
three new joint Congressional
committees will be brought be-
fore the House shortly after it
convenes Jan. 6. Chairman Snell
of the rules committee plans to
report measures authorizing ap-
pointment of committees to study
the public lands problem, military
pay schedules and consolidation
of prohibition enforcement agen-
cies.
Garner Stays Action.
The prohibition resolution al-
ready has passed the Senate but
the other two originated in the
House. Garner's objection pre-
Rented action on the public lands
resolution last week but it is
scheduled for early consideration
after the recess. The military
pay, resolution was recommended
last week by the secretary of war
and introduced by Chairman
Jams of the military affairs
committee.
Garner opposed the resolution
passed by ‘the House before it
recessed last week to authorize
appointment by the President of
a commission to study conditions
in Haiti. The President already
knows everything a commission
could learn about the island re-
public, lie argued. ♦
A few Democrats and Inde-
pendent Republicans joined Gar-
ner in opposing the Haitian reso-
lution but not enough to pre-
vent its adoption? Republicans
are confident ids opposition to
thb three pending resolutions will
be equally ineffectual
ecout offirere, wpent Chrtetmat
Day in jail *routmen it E. H'fm
• •nd Ttumelt Younz stopped I liu
rt New Yek and Terrel, Ie run
•nA flrM twtew,. Meveral hours
tater, the offleers arrested him
the 1200 Moe's East Cannon.
Me is held on rhurgf of being
« ruspletoes eharac ter and carry-
ing a ptatol.
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LINCOLN, Neb., Der, 26 -
Otto Blade and Horace Head,
who each thought so much of
I the other's wife that they
swapped, were out of jall today
and were living with their own
wives,
j' .The Bennett, Neb., wife swap
pers were granteg paroles by the
Ntate pardon hoard, it was an-
pounced today, and'they were re-
leased from the Lancaster Coun-
ty Jail after: serving more than
eight months nt the 10 months’
senytnen given them on their
fore? I’m almost certain that
I remember your face and your
prints.
Slim, doubtfully: Well, yes.
Twenty years ago in the old
city jail I was arrested and
mugged. Just look it up for
curosity, will you?
(Twenty years ago the police
department had no finger-print
system.)
Finn: Well, boys, let’s tear
up the files. This is the fiftieth
P°Everyona in this ntti'u now Ardor of Exchange Cooled After Two Serve Eight
tin of Nan jsemto was fought Months of 10-Months Sentences
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Christmas Yard Contest Divided
Between Neighbors
Bpeclal to Th* Pres,
CLEBURNE, Dec. 26.—Awards
in the second annual Christmas
decoration contest sponsored by
the Cleburne Chamber of Com-
merce have been announced.
Meredith-Ford Clothing Company
on North Main was awarded first
place in the merchants’ division.
Honorable mention went to Chev-
rolet Motor Co., Texas Power &
Light Co., Zimmerman Sons &
Co., and Guarantee Clothing Co.
Gerald Sensbugh, 107 Belle-
vue, and J. D. Nemo, 105 Belle-
vue, rtied for first in the yard 1
decoration division. Honorable,
mention went to Mrs. U. A. An-
derson. 701 South Walnut; Bert
Ray, 411 West Wilson; J. Harry
Stanford, 1002 North Main; W.
A. Scott, 510 Prairie, and Henry
Meredith, 304 Prairie.
Electric Power It
Flexible - Economical
St. Louis
The pump in white
or black satin. The
strap in white bro-
cade. «)
Body Wtemoved From Burned
Roadhouse Believed Ex-Convict
By United Pgesn
GRANITE CITY, III., Dec. 26.
The charred remains of a man,
believed to have been shot,
awaited positive identification af-
-w 3,Meid«, ‘wewt Rin the leading nelentists of the
• it unAu, if„A womeone bresking iworld 19 spend a week,
inin Ms hnntui chrietpaw night, : their brain-ehildren nt 1929,
• nA went to snvestizat., H. saw ! Vrom psyeholozy to Agrieul-
man unA tiruA iee, tut fatlod turo: from astronomy to bacter;
,, >«tt *7 ou-Mla% Lsolozy the leading thinkers of
Pi man ran out Gm bnek Annr. 1 the nation xathered hereto dis-
tnavn, si i. nui Ind poT". euss these and dzens of other
x; ” xannh"thtltodin wvnet at Meannuatnsenpiqus
ay"" pomii; JXm'””' 0."vineernemn Argeitnon,
ws.,"B‘"a"W",5M.,. The eonvention —literatiy-
the eurrent accom-
A"n„Prlge, in every setentirie field
^A ^u uZ^ • wit bezin an eight-day ses-
",9 ’*“«• tnight when E, c, Lock-
• mana emat val004 at 175, "a“ hart of ihe departient of psy- Boles, 1221 Madeline
- leyology of Prake UBlveraHy dis-damaged $1,000 by fire. 1
euaes A Study nt Children’s ; Marshal Claud Ligon la ipvestigat-
Attitude T-ward Law," Aateumina nt "he
lurmAuA in the loot 209 . , comnv/IANK
pairs of women's hase worth । . - ,
inn Miue tlii two tD ne Ifle *houid "came down our chimney," no
dozen ir.flt'U fit; two dozen "emme," (2)The Mil that la on the front of the hoat should Im' on
wNit aMris >20, ut>A a pair of |ehe bark and the ",u‘ "n the haek should be on the front. («) The
t/Ufk target «hould be numhered with Ilie Iargest number in the center
and the emallet on the outer ring, (4) The laced section of the
«oniball uhnulA run ynruUfl with the seam, not across it. (5) The
Peppy Program Arranged
For Annual Meet
Of Travelers
On the eve of the flrat annual
salesmen’s banquet, 200 reserva-
tiona were still unsold.
Thia biggest event of the year
for salesmen traveling out of
Fort Worth is scheduled for 6:30
p. m. Friday in the Cryatal Ball-
room of The Texaa.
Reservatlons Thursday morn-
ing totaled 400, according to
John B. Collier Jr., chairman of
the trade extenston committee of
the Association of Commerce.
Look for Greatest.
“We expect this banquet to be
the greatest sales meeting ever
held in Fort Worth,” Chairman
Collier said.
A telephone campatgn-to bring
in last minute reservations was
being carried on at the associa-
tion" Thursday. Charges G. Cot-
ten, trade extension manager,
was in charge.
The high spot in the banquet
program will be the comedy skit
of Honey Boy and Sassafras, ne-
gro comedy team over Station
KSAT, written especially for the
banquet.
Radio fans of this team who
tune in on the program Friday
night as well as banquet attend-
ants will get a big kick out of
this skit.
“Salesmanship as taught by a
negro sales manager to an em-
ploye" will be the theme of the
skit.
To Broadcast Program.
The banquet program will be
broadcast over Station KSAT
with Arthur Stowe, manager, at
the microphone.
Henry Lange and his Texas
Hotel Orchestra will furnish mu-
sic for the program.
Nine salesmanship speakers
will appear on the program.
Amon G. Carter will preside.
Speakers are William Monnig,
"Getting Ahead in Business"; R.
E. Harding, president of the
Association of Commerce, "The
I Boes' Worries"; W. B. Brown,
"Luck in Business”; J. F.
O'Brian, attorney, "Power, In
Selling"; A. P. Barrett, president
of Southern Air Transport, "En-
thusiasm in Selling"; Porter
King. "Credit and Sales Rela-
tions"; Roy Beard, "The Sales-
man's Pitfall”; Dr. I. C. Chase,
“The Salesman's Health”;
Charles H. Thompson, “The Mas-
ter Salesman. ”
By United Press
WALNUT GROVE, S. C., Dec.
26.—C. D. Lawson, 43, well-to-
do farmer, chose Christmas Day
to blot out the lives.pt his en-
tire family-—his wife and sx
children—and then commit sui-
cide.
But before taking his own
life, Lawson carefully laid the
bodies of his wife and children
side by side on the floor. Then
he went to a nearby field and
fired a bullet into his head.
Dr. C. J. Helsabeck, coroner,
who returned a verdict of homi-
cide and suicide, said Lawson
used a shotgun to kill his wife,
his oldest daughter, Marie, 17,
and his youngest daughter, 5-
months-old Mary Lou.
Then he beat to death with the
barrel of his gun, his sons,
James, 7, and Raymond, 3.
Meanwhih.the other two girls,
Carrie, Til? and Maybelle, 10.
ran into the yard. Lawson fol-
lowed and killed Carrie with a
heavy charge of buckshot. Then
he took a rifle and shot the
other girl thru the back.
Lawson carued the bodies ot
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for num Hounton. ,
The man was in have
been 92 yeare nIA when he died
Th* ma handiing.the fUiry
thought that wan plunif nlA for
apybodythat a man 92 year
old might haye reealted the
Eandus,
11ut nnforintjuirly, that
wasn't quite old ennugh , not
(nr ktitu Ummiht),
Vnt the nt Man Jhrin-
te was fonght 93, years ago
just a year Moru this man in
Chieagn was hnrn,
it was ohvlousty Imposeitje
for this tnun in haia heen
there.
a, m. Thursday. An auto also' ,
was destroyed. ___________-SEEK IDENTIFICATION
LOSS was placed at $750.10 .' OF CHARRED BONES
Hollis to Be Toastmaster Al
School Dinner
Ex-students of Polytechnic
To the Edi
Knowing
Seripps-Hov
well as I
that you ha
coming the
of a four-c
permanent
un’err you
that the it
of Texas r
This bel
tain that
■'pace to cc
interview o
rou of Sei
Nertpps-Hov
Texas, whic
to make t
tax perman
The obj
son’s prop<
it would n
situation T
spite of the
order to m
a pt i mane
tax would
Just whe
nation Tex
what const
problem"?
It is sim
past 12 y
Highway (
ad, the
hides has
that today
times as i
1917. and
our main-t
come ten
great. Ou
"designated
the growth
weantime,
mileage fro
ten years
miles today
The cent
State and t
tn traffic v
in the fut
require a
this milea
miles of ou
one-third 1
i third is of
materials «
adequate t
passing oy
the remalr
first-elass
I hazare
. that mere
miles of t
today that
longer. exc
malntenanc
increase hi
has come ;
an euormo
roads bul.11
years has
cause they
bear a vol
. could not
This bel
li are been
enormous
malntenanc
roads and
past three
averaged n
h year. Bi
trouble wi
lion. The
times as g
pens* In o
motor trai
roads.
Op
This cos
t i mated at
cents per <
are 10,000
equate big
rated systi
age of mor
pass- over
there is no
means tha
expense bil
tenance bl
year more
in other
condition
are spendii
of four an
lerest on i
year. We
this bill a
struct a sy
ouate to st
fic.
Indeed,
ways more
been build
build the
will Incrca
fic and tin
system can
increase,
loin” Is t
and mean
quate milr
will stand
In as short
Now. we
ing adequi
recently w
Ing the rig
last year 1
matter of I
the history
what is it
were let d
nearly twi
concrete
lypes put
nileage of
350 miles,
to build a
ind cut do
tenance at
pense bill.
Mr. Till'
TO go alon
at present,
liscontinue
y aid."
ver to the
structing
highway sy
in the ham
EDITOR'S NOTE: Newspaper men M
are supponed (a ho cm« hardened t
against ordinary, everyday emotions #
but Just read below how Santa Fai H
Editor of The Press "fell for" his own I
storles. Ths names, of courae, have
been changed to prevent identification.
By SANTA PAL EDITOR
TN reading the hundred* of let-
- ters that came to me from
Fort Worth kids, asking that I
have someone play SANTA
PAL to them, there was one I
will never forget.
The average newspaper man,
sooner or later, geta knocked
out of him the sentiments of
the average person. But that
letter- knocked the sentiment
back into me and got under my
hide.
The letter was from a family
with the same name as mine.
And that wasn’t all. Every
name of the four kids was the
same as that of a member of
my own family.
Theoldest well call John,
which isn’t hla name, the same
name as my brother. The sec-
ond was "Russell," the same •
name as my own kid and only
a few months younger. The
next was "Joseph," the same
name as my grandfather. The
last was "Mary,” the same as
mother’s.
I decided to play SANTA PAL
myself to that family. But be-
fore I told them of- my interest
I wanted to see that it was ,
worthy. •! found out it was. 6
The father is a willing work- (
er when he can get anything to
do and the mother is in poor
health. I looked the family
over and sized them up before
telling them my name.
The father was almost the
same height and weight as my
own father. He looked enough
like an uncle of mine to have
doubled for him. He had the
same smile as my brother. We
checked upon our family his-
tories and altho both of us
were from Oklahoma there was
no kinship unless it was several
generations removed and back
in Ireland.
Naturally I was more inter-
ested in "Russell" than the
other chfldren. He was a lanky
youngster, the kind that will
make a good basketball center
in n few years. My “Rua” is a
stocky kid, built more for hard
usage as a football guard than
for speed.
I want my Ted to meet that
Ted. I know he’ll get as much
kick out of It as I did—per-
haps more. I want him to take
the other "Rus", “Jack" and
"Joe” to a picture show, as I \
doubt if they save seen one for
some time.
PAIR CHARGED WITH
RAISINGDOLLARBILL—, n---------- --------
of the hus and wA saved. One since J912. Chester Hollis, a
Men Iteteaned-o» Bond By Com- woman left her purse inside the j member of the first - graduating
miesioner Miynn । bus, but a man- passenger rush"! class, will be toastmaster.
Raising a $1 bill to $5' wasback,into the blazins auto and Music for the banquet will be
eharged in * compldint. filed got It. , 1 furnished by the Poly Hi Or-
" . ... A pIrti. Th* two-story frame garage and chestra, under direetion of Mrs.
an H ■(’.jX'tli. J W residence of c. L. Looper, 3701 Peggy Putman Wright.
I I9nsi /r^mnXne/' "El Campo, caught on 4 ----------——
Thy were rejeated on >2,000
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Sorrells, John H. & Schulz, Herbert D. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 73, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1929, newspaper, December 26, 1929; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1546375/m1/2/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.