The La Coste Ledger (La Coste, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1936 Page: 2 of 4
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THE LACOSTE LEDGER, LACOSTE. TEXAS.
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at a steak fry. Emery is at the left, Peggy Anne Landon between
are not
were sent to Alice.
time of the year and its no trou
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from 15 to 27, have signed state-
meat for'home consumption.
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Eberts Field, Lonoke, Arkansas
- NEWS IN BRIEF
Make Your Dollars Buy More
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the season just closed
During
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September.
outside of the state.
fields Into the roads, although
found.
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trains over the line and traffic on
through traffic between Victoria
and Sinton.
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Ladies 254.
Genta 404.
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coast through Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho on a barnstorming
not in the road building business
and assumes no responsibility for
keeping the roads passable so
long as the canals are in shape.
of agriculture completed a pur-
chase program of approximately
High Grade Dependable Merchandise
Available at Prices that mean a Saving.
neers
coming
of this
over
Clyde
reads like
giriler,
airman.
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nation four years ago is estimated
at 39,700,000. Perhaps the great-
est increase will be due to the
interest of young women in poli-
tical questions.
them, and Mrs. Landon is at the right, back to camera, talking to
Mrs. Emery.
48 lbs. Shawnee’s Best
24 lbs. Shawnee's Best
48 lbs. Quail
24 lbs. Quail ....
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tural resources of Texas ought to
contribute liberally to state reve-
nues, especially when a large per
cent of the products are consumed
Estes Park, Colo.—Gov. Alf M. Landon, Republican Presiden
tial nominee, is shown here having a good laugh at one of the stories
$168,000 in its
department, we
n a tax inquiry at Wharton that
the big sulphur company spent
tax on gas and oil. The more you
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11.75
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DOUBLE HEADER FOR
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
For Judge of the 73rd District
court qf Bexar county: *
FREDERICK STEVENS
(for re-election)
ALEETMASTASFSUEVEYOR
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duced-a pistol and demanded mon-
ey of Forbes. When they were told
he had no money one of the Mexi-
cane finod Lha fatal shot. ,
For County Surveyor of Bexar
county:
JAMES C. ADAMS
(for re-election)
ALBERT MARBACH
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old age pensions, but when that
amendment was tabled, another
. amendment was proposed taxing
sulphur $1.25 but it met a similar
fate. Although it is reported
that the sulphur company was
agreeable to a 15 cent tax on each
ton, the over enthusiastic solons
continued their tabling maneuvers
until the Proposed tax was fixed
— teere“wH“emprynaThaereme
ing the proposed increase in the
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CLYDE PANGBORN HAS
ENVIABLE AIR RECORD
Saturday Nite, July 18 - 9 till 1
Music by-—
Willie Moore and his Avalon Orchestra
world, Wiley Post and Kingford
Smith arc dead, victims of plane
accidents. Pangburn is credited '
with making the longest trans-
1 pceanic flight, in history, Japan to ’
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. ' in the public school of Washing-
an tee ton and Idaho and spent two
Braunfels,
of Years
and his advance nying at Love
Field, Dallas, Texas. Later he
served as an instructor at Elling-
ton Field, Houston, Texas. He
was dikchearged Trui th® fiying
service in 1919..
Back in civvies, Pangburn pur-
ble to get the calves fat in this
country, there will also be a2Fo Mexicans, ranging ^ age
need for more hogs: to - provide
7; WITH a fairly good corn crop
■ already matured this section of
the country is all set to reap a
harvest from the advancing price
of that commodity as well as to
Our buyers are striving to supply your every want in the
best merchandise money will buy and it is being marked up
for re-sale at such a close margin of profit that you can afford
to buy. Our low prices make friends for the BIG STORE
every day. See us when in need of
DuBose, manager of the water
district, the editor Nwas advised
that the water district canals are
in fair}y good shape with no
_I breaks- spilling water into the
roadway as might be inferred
from an editorial * in last week’s
issue of this paper, Mr. DuBose
also says the water district is
surprised that certain representa-
tives in-the Texas legislature in-
variably moved to table any and
all amendments to the house tax
- bill which sought to raise the tax
on sulphur. It was first sought
to impose a tax of $1.50 a ton on ।
a new so-passenger bus has
been purchased by the school
board at Uvalde and will be de-
s ... — ..... nin 1917,and attended the School •
meats admitting the murder of of Military Aeronautics at the G.z
negotiate because of. its brick
Trade At The San Antonio--- -
FARMER’S MARKET
--s . runways with macadan
the highway has been shutjiff fon is to be topped with a solid asp-
halt surface. The asphalt topping
A basement will be provided with
offices for both the postoffice in-
spector and the county farm agent
with storage room for surplus
supplies. A 40-foot flagpole will
beset in a heavy concrete base at
the northwest corner of the build-
ing.
25th Anniversary
And
ANNUAL PICNIC
Of
St. Mary’s Parish of LaCoste
in the shady
HCIITI1 PARK
on' the Medina near LaCoste
Sunday, July 19, 1936
Grounds open after the late Mana at St. Mary’s Church
Masses at 7:00 and 9:00 A. M
Grand Barbecue and Sausaze Dinner at 12 o’elock
Adulta 404 .Children 254
VARIOUS AMUSEMENT BOOTHS
Beer and other refreshmenta on grounds
Big time for old and young — Don’t fail to come
He Service company bus driver, on his primary aviation training at
May If. — Two of the Mexicans ‘ —-*
hoarded the bus and later pro-
One man was killed and six
4 Ebe La€oste lebger
Established August 1st, 1915
C. BIEDIGER, Editor
Br Subscription Rate $1.00 per year
in advance
pan. ‘
Today this unassuming, quiet
aviator is the last living member
of an all-star cast' of three pilots
who flew planes around the
years- in-the University of Cali-
foria.
He enlisted as a flying cadet
1850 and
it is announced from Washing-
ton that cotton loans, where the
government, had advanced 9 and
10 cents a pound on cotton, would
knot be renewed now that cotton
prices have advanced to around
13 cents a pound. If the loans are
not repaid the government will
sell the cotton and give the own-
er the balance after the loans are
repaid.
See Us For Anything You Nay Need
Usual and another is that the in- af Roe Emery, who entertained the Kansas governor and his Tamily
terest is more intense than ever I
vinced one becomes that the na-
To The Public
Any erroneous reflection upon
the character, standing or repu-
tation of any person, firm or cor-
poration, which may appear in the
columns of this newspaper will
be gladly corrected upn being
brought to the attention of the
publisher. ! ' .
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DANCE
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For Commissioner Preeinct 4,
Medina county:
J. H. SPIVEY
“--— A number of small boys play-
Vocational agriculture depart-ing on the bridge across the Nu-
ments have been added to botheces river near Calallen one day
the D’Hanis and Sabinal public I |as| week reported to Eddie Pri-
schools, with William A. Norvell, our, owner of the Priour dairies at
late of Falfurias, as teacher who -Calallen, that they had seen the
will divide time between the two body of a man floating face up
, teaching at D’Hanis in I under the bridge, but when work-
the morning and at Sabinal in the men, nearby, went to make in
afternoon. : vestigatiou the body . was not
and efficient and if elected will
render'the people of Bexar county
a real service.
sulphur when the legislature was -- -- . . . ..
considering tax measures to pro- bring in added revenue most any
vide revenue for the payment of
battle. The Cubs and the Oilers
are baseball foes of long standing
and its more than another ball
game when these clubs clash
Still smarting from defeat the
Cubs will start hammering at the
- IF forecasts come true the com-
ing presidential election will
bring out the heaviest vote ever
cast in the United States. The
estimate of the number of ballots
to be cast is placed at from 43,-
000,000 to 45,000,000 according to
William Tyler Page, former clerk
of the house. He cites two rea-
' sons for the heavy increase of
votes, one is that the voters will
be rounded up more closely than
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a pa Herndon, and figured as principal
। in a knsational spy trial in Ja-
will cover the brick and make the
road level. Also a new bridge
will be conatrueted across the
• Leon River.
In fact you will find our place a general supply store,
capable and willing to furnish your every need. Compare our
prices and you will find that trading here si more economical,
more satisfactory and where you get better service. We sell
.everything from a “rat skin to a ranch" and gurantee the
transaction.
the'Commodities purchase section- chased the ninth airplane to be
sold to a civilian and flew the
first civilian plane up the Pacific
R. J. W’anjura and Ed Wan-
jura were in San Antonio on bus-
iness last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Mechler and
Vincent Huegele. of Lytle were
at Castroville Tuesday for the
Marty-Brieden wedding.
consider the matter the more con: livered in time to be put in ser-
vice at the opening of school in of the United States department
not responsible for waste water
that drains from the irrigated schools,
provide ample feed for livestoeki When Henry C. Kyle was ap
in the area. Forage crops are , pointed as county, attorney- of
also assuming large proportions Hays county to succeed Tom G.
All other goods are sold on the same close margin. A
child can get just as good bargains as the adult. Mr New-
comer you should come in and get acquainted, we may be able
to serve you to an advantage. We sell better grade field seeda.
Three Mexican farm hands have
been arrested at Seguin in connect-
ion wih the probable fatal beating
of Willie Scheunemann, 55, a Cibo-
lo farmer near Seguin. He was
found Friday morning about 400
feet from the mail box where he
had gone for the mail some hours
before. He had been badly beaten,
bound and gagged and thrown into
the weeds. Statements signed by
the Mexicans declare that Scheune-
mann was beaten and bound in or-
der that his home might be search-
2 togdr-opnebsiavdinopramor
in a general round up of Mexi
He is a lieutenant in the United
States aviation reserve.
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Tho Cycling Four; a male quar-
tet, will leave soon on a peddling
tour.of the country to advertise
the Texas. Centennial, going by
round-about way to New York
where they will appear on Major
Bowen’ Amateur Hour program..
The singers are, George Hughes,
Texarkana, first tenor; Vernon
Hyles, Mabank, second tenor; W.
G. Leverett, Lockhart, baritone,
and Arnold Hyles, Dallas, basso.
Vernon Hyles is also guitar ac-
companist.
Ada
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effort is made to prevent such a
waste. He says the district is
POLITICAL
Announcements
Pangborn’s flying life
- a dime thriller. World
ocean spanner, army
totaled 35,791. During the past
week egg were retailing there at
Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Lumber, .
Feed, Machinery, Furnishings
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When you buy Shawnee's Best you buy satisfaction in
baking and our carlot shipments received while it is fresh en-
ahles ui to make better prices on this high grade product.
We pass the saving on to our friends.
the United States in 1931 and he
has flown both oceans.
■ -i > ■.. r Clyde Pangborn was born in
camp. reft o Washington estate and educated
before. It may be added that (
: women are evincing a greater in-
terest in the election than ever
before. The total vote of the
New Low Prices on Flour
SHAWNEE S BEST “The universally popular flour”
engineer for the city
parks of San Antonio and in that
a record of -which he
may feel proud. He is competent
United States and ■ working ’ in
2600 towns during which his
planes carried over 1,000,000 per-
sons. Pangborn flew with over
200,000 persons personally with-
out an accident. Never in his
flying career has he had a serious
crack-up.
In 1922 Pangborn became in
terested in ajr express work and
established the first overnight air
express from New York to Los
Angeles,
He flew in the London to' Mel-
bourne International Air derby in
October 1931, with Roscoe Turner,
finishing in thud place.
Pangborn • was awarded the
I Harmon Trophy in 1932, the
Japanese Imperial White Medal
of Merit for the Pacific Flight
'• u ces -ene
FRIDAY, JULY 17th, 1936
—‛Enc,ee
commecal flier he has been
thiough it all in his 19 years of
flying
Panghorn gained the world’s
him fight in 1931 when "he flew
around the world with Hugh
throughout the district and some Oliver, who has accepted •• :
of our farmers are now turning sition as assistant to District At
their attention to fall vegetable itorney Fred L. Blundell, Mayor
crops which always bring in a few Charles Ramsey named € N
SINCE it developed last week surplus dollars because the long. Brubaker as city attorney to suc-
idowing season permits two <nd Kyle.
crops a year. That is one reason ---—
at Later .he organized a flying
circus, barnstorming through the.
With 28 years experience M A
surveyor, Albert Marbach offer*
the voters of Bexar County a real
service if elected as county sur-
veyor. Besides his long experience
Mr. Marbach is a graduate of A.
A M. College of Texas and a man
who really knows the surveyor’s
business. He asks for your vote
with every assurance that it will
be appreciated and that he will
fill the office satisfactorily to all
concerned. The Marbachs are pio-
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ball thrown.
There is plenty of room at
Magnus park and you will be
heartily welcomed.
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Plans and ’specifications for
Brady’s new Federal building
have been received by Postmaster
A. B. Reagan. They call for a
■building with a frontage of 64
feet on Blackburn street, and a
depth of 72 feet along South Sec-
ond street, to be constructed of
buff or light colored brick, with
granite steps leading to the front
entrance.
Bids on the new building will be
opened and compiled on July 24.
lineup for the twin bill and is go- service made a
ing to give Mose Dixon a real
IN a conference With M. E.
and the Internationaf .Federation
between, Aeronautic gold medal in 1933.
instzuctor, barnstormer. Oilers pitcher with the very first
settling near New
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Rained out on July 4th, the
Magnus Cubs and Somerset Oilers
have scheduled a double bill for
Sunday afternoon at Magnus
park and fans from all parts of
the country will attend to see
these great rivals in two fast
games. The Oilers nosed out the
Cubs in the only contest for this
season a few weeks ago when a
Cub’s player dropped a ball that
let in the winning run, but on
Sunday afternoon the team will
be on its toes from the start of
the first game to the end of the
second. The first game starts at
2:30 o’clock.
Manager Trip will have con-
siderable reserve strength in his
DALLAS, TEXAS, July 15.—
Fifty times around the world-
| 1,250,000 miles in the air—that’s
I Clyde E. Pangborn’s record.
I Those flying miles, accumulated
I through 20,000 hours or more in
I the air, should stand as a chal-
I lenge to anyone anywhere.
I Now he’s ready to settle back
I into a cock-pit again and try for
I another record, a non-stop com-
I mercial airmail flight over the
I Atlantic to Paris with Monty G.
| Mason in the Texas Sky Ranger.
I The flight will be under the
I sponsorship of the Texas Centen-
nial Exposition. Pangborn and
Mason plan to leave Dallas July
18 for New York, stop several
days during which radio equip-
I ment will be installed and then
hop fm Paris. They will fly the
plane at an altitude of from 16,-
000 to 22,000 feet
A wild gas well on the Miss-1 . ———
ouri Pacific right-of-way in the The "experimental road" built
Greta field, between Victoria and a number of years ago between
Refugio, has causal the railroad Temple and Belton, cone which
company to build a detour track motorists have found difficult to
around the well in order to run
Maakmghu cuomdMassade
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An increase in the amount of
livestock owned by low-income
farmers for the year ending in
June has been reported by A. M.
Cooper, Kerr County rural reset-
tlement supervisor. Resettlement
borrowers had spent $3,551 for
livestock, which included sheep,
horses, mules, dairy cattle, hogs,
chickens and turkeys, with sheep
and chickens leading. Department
of commerce figures recently re-
received here showed the chicken
population above three months old
in Kerr County on Jan. 1, 1935,
public relations why southwest Texas is rapidly
greatly getting of the,relief rolls others painfully bruised and brok-
■ A ' <m shen a truck in which they
THERE 'is an abundance of were returning to the CCC camp
grass and forage in the great -it - at Mathis, Texas went over a 15-
figation district and some of the foot embankment into a ditch
farmers' are making the most of mhe men, al Mexicans, were meat
the opportunity by pi oeurmg. bers of the cce — -
livestock even on the small Acre- th injured were taken to hospi-
ages. A few fat earlines wit tats atisun Antonio iu..,
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■ A report comes from Kerrville 700 cars of onions from Texas
to the effect that the rank growth producers for about $250,000, ac- trip:
of grass,on some ranges, due to cording to J. E Roseborough
the heavy ram - in June and July. I College Station. The average
is causing stomach worms in price ranged from 45 to 55 cents
sheep. This trouble is rapidly] per bushel. The onions will be dis-
threatening the sheep of thattributed to relief agencies,
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Biediger, John C. The La Coste Ledger (La Coste, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1936, newspaper, July 17, 1936; La Coste, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1590195/m1/2/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Castroville Public Library.