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Tuesday Evening, May 24, 1938
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THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
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Use It For Tour Health’s Sake
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MBS. PEARL EZELL
SWEETS VI ER May 24- (Spl)-
PLEASANTON, Kans , May 24 —
Funeral services for L. B Helms, 31. (UP)--Only the diving ability and
dent of the fifth division auxiliary.
afternoon at 4 determination of Lester Dedo, WPA
from drowning when her automo-
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for a 15 per cent general increase.
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a Texas oil company launch
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To Greet State
QUALITY
CLEANING
BIGGER AND BETTER
Milk Shakes ...
Upholds Tax On
Insurance Firms
U. S. Protests Jap
Boarding of Tanker
Talpa To Celebrate
Completion of Lake
L. B. Nelms, 31,
Nolan County, Dies
Retired Restaurant
Magnate Succumbs
phones, precision manufactured for the entire Bell
System, are the same all over the country. You might
say they’re “tuned” to each other, somewhat like
radios to a broadcasting station.
LOW PRICES or
QUALITY DRUGS
It allowed
some agri
GIVES
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and retirement fund act is consti- l
The safest and moat convenient way to carry your money.
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
amendment was voted to authorize
a teacher's retirement fund but no
and Mrs. C A Clifton. Roscoe: and
an uncle. E J. Martin. Maryneal.
of two per cent or. gross premtums
of fire insurance concerns was* held
bile overturned in 15 feet of water.
Eight times Dedo dived into the
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New and additional arrangements are now being made for conven-
ience and speed Consign to our stock yards to obtain best prices
si|a quick cash settlements Sale every Thursday and Friday
NOGALES. Ariz, May A—(—
The Mexican peso fell to 22 cents
in border transactions today, the
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learned his real identity.
It was disclosed in the trial here
of six persons on charges of con-
spiracy growing out of the massa-
Program for the occasion is be-
ing prepared under the direction
of benorahOook -with the help of
J. V Glover, high school principal,
and Robert Moore. Two scenes are
to be enacted, one a schoolroom of .
50 years ago and the other one of ’
today. A number of songs will be
sung
Names of the honor students and
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No. 57, American Legion, is to be
host to Mrs Pearl REen, state presi-
dent who lives in Beaumont, Fri-
day afternoon from 3 to 5 o’clock.
Invitation has been extended’- to
all patriotic organisations to attend
the meeting and hear Mrs. Ezell s
address, Mrs Larry Daniel, presi-
Vogue Cleaners
Corner 8. 2nd A Butternut
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On commercial rates the highest
saving is available after a customer
used 2,500 kilowatt hours when a
one and a half cent rate is charged
at the Abilene Country chib to-
night.
Regular examinations for other
high school students started today,
and will be completed Thursday.
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amount to 5500 000 for 1937.
Judge Moores ruling also decid- 1
Fifteen minutes
of song and har-
mony. Five times
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said today.
Mrs. Ezell is to speak on auxili-
ary work and things auxiliarles can
do tn the interest of Texas
Mrs Dallas Scarborough will give
the welcoming address, and the re-
sponse will come from Mrs Lance
Thompson of Sweetwater, past dis-
Dial
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For Superioe
Ice Service
Thursday by a Japanese navy par-
ty.
Fourteen Chinese crewmen were
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kilowatt hours as compared to the
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LARGEST IN WEST TEXAS
PHONE 4336
Night Wrecker Phone 71*1
Day a Night Wrecker Service
HUGHES MOTOR co.
Fourth a Walnut
helm, 19. of Gould, went in after his
companion but both drowned.
A third member of the camp
Dewey Smith, swam out after an
unsuccessful attempt to reach the
two struggling youths.
was authorized to afford railroads
1 additional revenues to meet rising
operating costs brought about prin-
’ cipally by wage increases unem-
ployment insurance taxes and high-
er prices on commodities which the
companies must purchase
school will hold their graduation
exercises Thursday evening.
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arzest that two Kansas Qty patrol-
men, the McAlister, Okla. police
chief, a special agent of the Fed-
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Whether you’re talking across the street or
to San Francisco, it doesn’t “just happen” that
If telephones and equipment weren’t uniform,
voices might not be clear. It would be vastly more
difficult for us to give you the good service at low
cost that you have come to expect.
Nash had been living in Hot
Springs under ar. alias when Akers
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Once Dipsereo WESTERN
HORsE OPERAG,
Society Meets
Seventeen members of the Me- 1
Murry Community Missionary so-
ciety attended a Monday meeting at
the home of Mrs E A. Hooper
Mrs. Frank Kendricks gave a devo-
ticnal; Mrs. Woodward said a pray-
er and mission study was directed
by Mrs Harvey L. Pinner.
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Sweetwater hospital at 2:20 a m
in Hot Springs Ark . on a charge
of conspiring to harbor -member t
I aS per cent increase on
icultural products and on
cool shade at San Luis Potosi.
Mexico. before abandoning their
homes and taking to the hills
year* ago when other stockholders
oeposed him from the head of a
836.000.000 restaurant chain.
to do their part in the fight
against government troops.
Fastest Grewing Lvestock Apiction Commission in West Texas
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tied up at a wharf on the Whang-i
poo river here.
ABILENE, TEXAS
Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Their horses packed these
loyal followers of the rebel Gen
Saturnino Cedillo rest in the
One hundred and one seventh-
graders of Colorado junnor high
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HesDAnTEDPOGTRAITSOf
of those eelected for American Leg-
ion awards will be announced dur-
ing the evening
injured by__the . Japanese
searched the launch while it
' Diver Saves Woman
Trapped In Auto
McCraw to
were named as the principals in
the attempt to free Nash. Miller
AUSTIN. May 24 (UP)- A tax
state constitutional
BERNARDSVILLE N. J., May
34—<VP>—Death Sunday of wi-
llam Child*, n. recalled an amaz-
I---the tip thir led to- he
former chief of detectives
valid by District Judge
Announcement has been made
here of the marriage May 14 of
Fannye Bess Stewman, -daughter of
Mr and Mrs. G W. Stewman of
Abilene, and V. S. Thigpen. The ,
marriage took place at Okmulgee
Okla, with the Rev. J. C. Curry ,
pastor of the Okmulgee South
Methodist church, reading the serv- i
ice. Mr and Mrs. Charles Davis
and Arthur McVay were attend-
ants.
Mrs Thigpen was graduated from
the Abllene high school in 1936,
and had been a member of the
nursing staff at the Quanah Mem-
orial hospital.
Mr Thigpen is a son of Dr. J. B
Thigpen of Bay Springs. Miss He
constitutional change had been .
made.regarding.sthentiremensfund were held Monday
The fire insurance companies . . . .r _, ,
forced contribution to the fund is o'clock from the Church of Christ emPoeukePt. Mrs.cara Harness
to be supplemented by local funds.
8. L. Williams, minister of the
Roscoe church officiated and bu-
rial was made in Roscoe cemetery
with Johnston funeral home direct-
: ing.
celebrate the completion gf Lake
Tatpa on Friday according to an
announcement made by W. D Tts-
worth of Talpa chairman of the
program committee
A free barbecue, a fiddler’s con-
I test, candidate speaking and a
baseball game will be features of
the all-day program Th* speaking
i will begin at 9 o’clock m the morn-
; ing and will continue until time
I for the free barbecue The fiddlers
, will go into action shortly after
। noon and the baseball game wil be
Monday. water in search of Mrs. Harness.
He was a native of Nolan county. Each time he came up without
having lived near Sweetwater most finding her On his ninth dive, the
of his life His home was at 1103 39-year-old WPA timekeeper found
AESTIN, May 24—P—-The ral
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Sugar creek and Marais de Cygne
river after colliding with another
machine Miss Gillen, semi-con-
scious. came to the surface. Dedo.
who witnessed the collision stopped
his car and immediately began his
rescue attempt.
hear CLEARLY...
i received his education at Miasias-
i ' ippi college at Jackeon, Miss. The
1 i couple will live at 1105 West Eighth
street, Okmulgee Okla, where Mr
Thigpen is employed by th« Stan-
dard Coffee company.
sequently slain in the Kansas City consumers.
Union station massacre, it was 1--
learned today
OKLAHOMA crrY. Ma} A—
—Murky floodwaters had claimed
three Hves to Oklahoma today and
a fourth person owed pus life to
his ability to ride a rushing mass
of driftwood Jive miles downstream j
A. C. Smith, 30. Fairland section
hand was drowned when debris I
which had piled against the piers I
of a Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf
railroad bridge near Miami collapsed
and hurled him into the churning
current of the Neosho river.
Bill Huddleston. SO also of Fair-
land rode driftwood and alogun-
tit a farmer in a rowboat rescued
him five miles downstream.
At Altus, two members of a OCC
camp were drowned in the Red riv-
ers north fork. one of them in an
'heroic effort to rescue his compan-
ion
Calvin Martin 19 of Altus. was
school another session .
Majority of the seniors conpleted
l their examinationis last wok, but
will not know their grade* until
! this afternoon A party. sponsored
I by the Parent Teacher. association
lowest rate on record here. The
rate was fixed by a committee of
business men reflecting current
financial conditions in Mexico. Af-
ter expropriation of oil compan-
ies in Mexico in March, the peso
was quoted at about 27 cents here.
Boost Granted In
savings to a _ r . . _
^tending u> i« Texas Freight Rates
h e- tec} • sal -A » -. _
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Smiling his confidence in himself and his government, Brazil's
President Getulio Vargas sauntered down one of Rio De Janeiro’s
main streets just a few hours after he had defended himselt and his
family against Fascist rebels who tried to kill him in his palace and
seize power. Three of Brazil's female population look on at their
victorious ruler and smile, too. ____
Mrs Leslie Grimes will sing ‘My
Buddie" and "The Rose of No Man’s
Land," Lena Mane 'Dick' Antilley
of McMurry college mil give read- •
Ings for additional entertainment. I
After the program the group will.
attend the high school graduation
exercise* at the Eagle stadium. I
COLEMAN May 34— Spl —Re- I for high school seniors will be held
sidenta in the Talpa area plan to • -----—----- - -
The first normal school in the
U. 8 was opened at Concord. Vt
to 1823. i i
| SHANGHAI May 24
in Roscoe. Mr. Helms died in a
ere that someone had been paid. thereafter
8500 for information leading » tnerearter.
Nashs arrest Identity of the in-
formant was not revealed to the
trial.
Leader Friday
Auxiliary of the Parramore post
---new rate which allows 40 kflowatt -MANFAMOUS SCREEN PEOPLE
of the Barker -Karpis gang, is the hours for 8250 -T — - — -
man who sold to federal officers 82
■ iremt st__One dollar la minimum charge.
1 for both residential and commercial
; piayed at 3 o’clock The Talpa
: Concho Basin team will play a '
| league game
I The public u given a cordial in- 1
vitation to attend
Chuds had been in partial retire-________ _
mss
■ a-m where he was born | The commiasion sald the anczease Pardue. Rotan: Mis. H P. Rayburn.
Report cards are to be distributed
Friday at 1 p. m.
The first catalogue of the stars
was published by Tycho Brahe
ebout 1590.
and Floyd subsequently were slain
and Richetti is under a death sen-
tence for his part in the massacre
From all indications next Thursday will be a banner sale as the
reports are coming in from the consignors rapidly. Please make
your deliveries Thursday morning to avoid the rush
Former Student
Here Is Bride Of
small cafe, and
peral Bureau of Investigation and
", Nash were slain in an attempt to
free the convict as he was being
erauprdoto the Leavenworth fed- today refusing an injunction against
Verne Miner, Charles Crett- the tax. It is estimated by Attor-
Boy. Floyd and Adap. Richetti
road commission today made public ! He is survived by hl* wife and and pulled Mrs. Harness to the
four children. Melvin, Doyle. Wilma sumface.
Jane and Joyce Nell, all of Sweet- The car in which Mrs Harness
rater; four sisters Mrs J A and Margaret Gillen, 29 both of
Williams. Big Spring: Mrs Joe Olathe, Kans. were ncng. plunged
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Nash Tipster Held
In Gang Cleanup
KANSAS CITY. Mo. May 34 —
< UP— Herbert (Dutch' Akers, held
EASTLAND. May 24- (Spl—Re-
duction in rate* has been announc-
ed by the Texas Electric Service
company. The new rates become
effective with readings June 1 and
; thereafter.
j The company illustrated the sav-
ings to commercial and residential
consumers by pointing out that the
War On 'Hoppers
AMARILLO. May 34 —«-A
central panhandle committee today
was planning control methods for
the grasshopper menace in thia
area
Ted Houghton, Hartley county
randier, was named chairman of
the committee yesterday. Serving
with him arc C. E Weymouth and
Jay Taylor, Amarillo ranchmen
Norton of Wichita Falls West Tex-
serscamgt°noP“cotregrtorFort AHS Senior Grades
WeradisnunrtpaeccnaampsonPojack To Be Known Today *
i Munger of Dallas, farmer southern _ ; , ...
1 tiUtot. Don Schumacher of Dallas To hundred .nd nfty-six.hish
trans-Mlasissipp , champlom. andl 21.8eni2 wwiexpo"stoday
David Goldman of Dallas, 193? na- । whether they Wil receive diploma*
tional amateur finalist. Friday night or wil hive to attend
* manufacturing ond ‘
Western" th. MW ST*** \
DALLAS May 34—:—Fourteen HUNTSVILL.. May 34 —IP —
ranking Texas amateur golfers to- Raul Sanchez. 3L of San Antonio
day were named to the Texas cup' under * nive-yer sentence for
team for the annual match with I zoDbery by assault from Bexar
the states outstandng profession- I county, was the only one of eight
. ais over the Tler course on June i Blue Ridge prison farm convicts
19 | who escaped yesterday who had not-
United states consulate general to- invitations were mailed to the । been re-captured
day nad prozested to the Japanese of gentumont ^P^weTr^ap^S
champion Iverson Martin of Fort I immediately. Three others, Benito
last Worth, runner-up to Riegel: Rev. Rosales, 24. of Matagorda county;
Holds Smith of Dallas Walker cup Jose Garcia Bai t leiites, 33, of H1-
star who may get back from Eng- daleo county, and Sotero Sanchez
land in time for the matches; of Bexar county, were taken after
Walter Emery of Houston, 1935 na- bloodhounds trailed them almost
' tional amateur finalist: Mortis to the city limits of Houston.
western Electric'telephone
"e mode to work together
Colorado Graduation
Exercises Thursday
COLORADO, May 2—(Spl)-
Mrs. C. L. Prichard
Fair Park Study
Club Speaker
Mrs C. L. Prichard, a guest, dis-
cussed the topic "What School
Should Mean to a Child*' as high- |
light of the Monday program for
Fair Part Mother a study club. Held
at the school, the meeting was di- ,
reded by Mn E W Ledbetter
Pearl Brown talked on art in the
home; Mrs. W C. Smith read a
poem "I Will' by Angelo Patri, and
the PT A Mother Singers gave
‘Trees and Singing Along.’’
Others registering Mmes J. W
Babb Ray McGlothlin. A. T. Echols,
G. A. Bowdoin. H B Fullerton.
Clyde Daniel. W P Cook E C
Botkin. Oran Elmore C C Brack-
en. George 8 Harris Carl Scudder. 1
N L Loving, John C. Skillern, R
G. Brantley, G. A. Campbell. Hol- ;
land Holt, W. B Cogdell. J H Har- ,
vey. J. C King. Victor Womack.
-lemon at the time et his death an opening into the automobile
WASHINGTON, May 24 —(P—
Justice Benjamin Nathan Cardozo,
who has been absent from the su-
preme court because of illness since
December 10, became 68 today.
His birthday anniversary was
spent quietly at Port Cheater, N, Y.
where he is recuperating from
heart disease.
Manners
Test your knowledge of cor-
reel soclal usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against th* authorita-
tive answers below.
1. Should you ever ask any-
one but someone you know well,
to "fill in' at a dinner?
3. Where are the napkina
' placed when a tabla 1* set for
a formal dinner?
3 How many seit cellars and
pepper pots should be used on
a dinner table?
4 When are olives and cel-
ery passed?
5. Is it correct to serve sherry
as well ss cocktails at a cock-
tall party?
What would you do if-
A servant does something
wrong when there are guests--
(a) Reprimand her before
before the guests, so that they
mil know you realise what has
happened?
<b> Walt until after the
guests have gone to speak to
her about the matter?
(c> Ask your guests in excuse
you—and follow her to the kit-
chen to talk to her?
ANSWERS
1. NO.
3. On the service plate
3. A pair at every other place.
4 During the soup course.
5. Yes.
Best "What Would You Do"
solution—<b>.
(Copyright. 1938, NEA Service, Inc.)
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in March, 1939
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