The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 65, Ed. 2 Wednesday, August 2, 1939 Page: 7 of 12
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ugust 2, 1939
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Wednesday Evening, August 2, 1939
Tune In On KRBO
THS ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
PAGE SEVEN
1 for the new
pens September
members of the
Tuesday supper
Young Women’s
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re: Mrs Hyman
Oma Lee Alla-
, Lillian Hughes,
mmalyn Moore,
n Morrison, Eu-
Preslar, Mattle
Sartor, Mattle
towden, Shirley
arper.
CHARGING GENERAL ANH-FOREIGN AGITATION-
U. S. Protests New Jap Assaults on Americans in China
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Missionaries,
Naval Officer
Manhandled
TOKYO. Aug 3—(PP)—The Unit-
ed States was reported today to
have protested to the Japanese
foreign office that the anti-British
movement In China evidently had
broadened Into general anti-foreign
agitation.
Eugene H. Dooman. U. 8 charge
d affaires, was said by reliable
, sources to have submitted a pro-
test on seven recent assaults on
Americans by Japanese in China
• and to have told Seijlro Mcayoshia-
wa that from "reasonable assump-
tion" anti-British activities had
been converted into general anti-
foreignism."
The seven assaults were said to
have involved six missionaries and
a naval warrant officer, R. A. Bak-
er, who was manhandled at Hankos
on July 3. '
British Ambassador Sir Robert
Leslie Craigie, meanwhile, was said
to have been threatened to break
up the British-Japanese conference
on Tientsin unless Japanese placed
the anti-British movement under
control.
The foreign office denied the re-
' port and the British embassy re-
' fused to comment beyond stating
Sir Roebrt had talked with Soto-
matsu Kato. Japanese ambassador
• at large in China who is here for
the conference on Tientsin.
Bombay Imposes
Curfew to Curb
Pro- Law Strife
BOMBAY: India, Aug. 2—-
The Bombay government today had
imposed a 10 p. m curfew for 14
days in an effort to curb further vi-
olence following Tuesday s riots in
which 55 persons were injured in
fighting over the new prohibition
law.
. Moslems on a holiday parade
stoned Hindu onlookers who. as fol-
lowers of Mahatma Gandhi, have
ALLEY OOP
HE DISSOLVED QUITE SO GENTLEMEN ADDED TO WHAT YOU
RIGHT IN /MARKABLE 1 BRONSON IS NOW HAVE SEEN. TLL RELY
FRONT OF (REYUNCANNY! ) MILLIONS OF AND NOW ON HIS TESTIMONY
OUR EVES (MARVELOUS , YEARS BACKS TIME TO TO SUBSTANTIATE
! A ANA- / ) IN THE PAST RETURN HIM MY CLAIMS FOR THE
RATE MACHINE
Johnson Further
Expresses Self
On Fair Problem
"I, as mayor, and with the ap-
proval of the commission, was
more or less to blame for the city’s
buying the old fair properties," C.
L. Johnson, cafe owner and former
mayor, said today in further ex-
planation of his stand in a contro-
versy over construction of a Fair
park grandstand.
He issued a statement of "why
I am interested in keeping the city
out of the fair business." %
Johnson said the city purchased
the property of the then defunct
fair “with one thing in mind, and
that was to do away with a bunch
of dilapidated old buildings that
were a disgrace to the grounds
where they were located, and they
had about 818,000 against them.
“The fair organization was broke
and couldn’t function. We gave
salvage prices for them and offer-
ed to let a new fair organization
have them at the price that we
paid. When they refused, we start-
ed to remove the old and danger-
ous buildings and sold the grand-
stand An organized minority be-
gan to work on the commissioners
and they bought the grandstand
back before it was removed.
“That put Abilene in the fair bus-
iness. the only city that I know of
to keep up1 and offer to build more
buildings for a fair
“I will admit that I have voted
for all the bond elections and char-
ter amendments and I can pay my
part of a fair in tax money if it
is endorsed by the voters of Abi-
lene in fact, I have offered to pay
supported the dry law, first to be
imposed for any large community
since the United States repealed
prohibition
The Moslems, although abstainers ............. ......... .... .. .....
by religion, were led by parsees, who to them calling it at once. Even
control most of the city’s liquor
one-fourth of the expense of a
referendum election and to agree
By V. T. Hamlin
School Head at
Haskell Quits
HASKELL, Aug. 3 — (Spl.) —
George V. Wimblish, principal of
the Haskell high school for ten
years, has tendered his resigna-
tion with the announcement that
he is retiring from the teaching
profession He plans to continue
his residence in Haskell and Mrs.
Wimbish will continue to teach.
The school board has elected C.
B Ramsey to the high school prin-
cipalship as successor to Wimbish.
Ramsey has been teaching in Has-
kell county for several years, and
last, year came into the Haskell
schools with a contract from the
Midway school and taught mathe-
matics and biology in high school.
The newly-elected principal is a
graduate of Decatur Baptist col-
lege and North Texas State Teach-a
ers college where he earned his
bachelor of arts degree. He has
since done work toward a master
of arts degree.
WATCH THE DIAL- WHEN
THIS POINTER REACHES (
ZERO, BRONSON WILL )
BE BACK, HERE WITH 4
a US AGAIN! rot
ICC Orders
Rates Probe
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1—(P)—The
Interstate Commerce commission
had announced today it would at-
tempt to bring the nation’s com-
plicated freight rate structure up
to date.
It ordered a general investiga-
tion of rail and water class rates,
except in mountain Pacific terri-
tory and on transcontinental traf-
fic, and also an investigation of
freight classifications by rail and
water. One official indicated that
he thought the investigation might
require several years.
The commission said the investi-
gation would be made “with a view
to prescribing such rates and class-
ifications as may be found to be
justified."
The investigation will cover the
intra- and inter-territorial class
rate structures in northern, south-
ern, southwestern and western
trunk-line territories.,
Class rates apply to all shipments
which do not move under commod-
ity rates. They apply to traffic
generally called merchandise, while
commodity rates apply generally to
heavy, low-rated commodities such
as coal.
One commission official estimat-
ed that about 50 percent of the
tonnage in northern territory mov-
ed on class rates, but that the per-
centage was considerably smaller in
other territories
The present class rate structure
frequently has been criticized. The
South especially has objected to
the class rates applying to ship-
ments into the North. These inter-
territorial rates are considerably
higher than the rates within the
North. The South contends it
should have the same rates on
its shipments into the North, mile-
age considered, as apply on ship-
ments entirely within the North.
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'Human Bomb’ Bandit
Assessed 35 Years
of the First National bunk at Cha-
nute. Kas., March 37.
He pleaded guilty yesterday and
said he spent the $4,800 loot on fast
living, fast cars and women in the
East and South and had violated
the Mann act by taking girls across
state lines
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rerir: 20c
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Aug. 2,
(PP)—Thirty-five years in prison‘is
the price John Thornburg, 26, must
pay for his “human bomb" holdup
MODERN
CLEANERS_
1353-41 Ambler, rartt a s
1. Does not rot dresses — does
not irritate skin.
2. No waiting to dry. Can be used
right after shaving.
3. Instantly stops perspiration for
1 to 3 days. Removes odor
from perspiration.
4. A pure white, greaseless, stain-
less vanishing cream.
5. Arrid has been awarded the
Approval Seal of the American
Institute of Laundering, for
being harmless to fabrics.
15 MILLION jars of Arrid
have been sold. Try a jar today!
ARRID
At all stores selling toilet goo
J9Fajar (also in 10e and 59e jars)
^
Davin
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ess Lengths
trade and fear that loss of city rev-
nues will lead to higher taxes.
The police stepped in with their
batons, but when those proved inef-
fective before the mob they drew
pistols and fired Six persons were
wounded by bullets; others nursed
• cuts and bruises from sticks and
stones
if it were not legal, I would abide
INDEPENDENT STORE
SALES UP 8 PCT.
WASHINGTON, Aug’ 1—() —
The commerce department report-
. ed that dollar sales of independent
retail stores in Texas were 8 per-
cent higher in June this year than
. during the same month in 1938
Increases were noted in all of the
city-size groupings, those of 5,000
to 10,000 population leading with
a gain of 13.5 percent. Retail sales
in cities in the 100,000 and over
group were 7.1 percent
Greatest gain of any city was re-
corded by Harlingen. In the 10.000
and 25,000 group Its increase was
58 percent.
Those leading in each of the other
population groups, and the -percent-
age increases, were: cities of 100.000
or over. R1 Paso. 19 9 50,000 to 100,-
000 group. Waco, 22: and in the
25.000 to 50,000 group. Amarillo, 17.
July Romances in
Haskell Decline
• HASKELL, Aug ’ 2— (Spl)— Nine
couples applied for marriage li-
censes in Haskell county during the
month of July, and records in the
county clerks’ office indicate that
this was the smallest total for a
single month in many years
Save With Pure
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IN
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— DIAL 4311
MANUFACTURING
STATIONERS
sr
I by the result of it.
I "Some of the directors are free
to admit that it wouldn’t carry.
I do not believe in taxing a per-
son without representation. There
was a lot said about how we vio-
lated the law in taking care of
the city’s part of the relief—but
feeding hungry people is no com-
parison to going into the fair busi-
ness I also offered to help build
up the fair by donation of $1 every
time the whole citizenship put up
$200, that being double the ratio
that I would pay by taxation.
“I think we have in Abilene as
good and loyal citizens as there
are anywhere. Perhaps our real
leaders are disgusted a bit in the
management of the things of this
kind in the past.
’I hope we can have a fair if
the good derived from same is
greater than the evil or expense
Personally. It is no good to me
and my* business, but I am willing
to cooperate in building or destroy-1
Ing the prospects of a fair this
year
“Is it wanted by the merchants
and the citizenship?"
(Signed) .
C. L. JOHNSON.
U. S. Sets Second
World Air Mark
DAYTON, O., Aug. 2.—(P)—The
U S. army air corps announced to-
day its second world record in three
days. A "flying fortress" Tuesday
carried 5.000 Kilograms (11,023 |
pounds) a distance of 1,000 Kilome- 1
ters (625 miles) at a speed of 259 398
miles an hour. It streaked from
Wright field to St. Jacobs, Ill., and
back at 20,000-foot altitude.
An Italian plane held the previous 1
mark of 251.878 miles per hour Capt j
C S. Irvine and Capt. Pearl Robey |
piloted the American plane and
Capt. C. J. Crane and Lieut P. O
Miller were navigators.
The air corps sent its largest “fly- |
Ing fortress”—a four-engined bom-
ber—cross-country in 9 hours, 14 |
minutes and 30 seconds, or close to -
250 miles an hour.
Only a few hours before, the army |
announced shattering of the world s |
record for load-flight after flvine A
15 1-2 ton cargo of sand and water
to 8.200 feet aboard another ship of
similar type. *
Final!
CLEANUP SUMMER
MERCHANDISE
DRESSES
One Rack Reg. $2.00
Crisp new dimities, batistes and
swisses in sizes 12 to 52 You’ll
want several at this price.
One Group Reg. $1.00
Final close out of this rack of a )
dresses. Prints and batistes . . .%
all fast colors, only .......e “
Reg. $2.95 and $3.95
Here are a few choice styles
patterns for your selection,
silks and batistes, now
$169
Cleanup — Overall Slacks
Buy them for wear now and
later Sold regularly for $1 00V
and $1 95, close out ............-
WEEK-END
SPECIAL!
7
A NEW SHIPMENT! REFRESHING PRINTS! BEAU.
TIFUL COLORS! RICH TEXTURES! FINE QUALITY!
3 1-2 TO 4 1-2 YD. LENGTHS, VALUES TO $31
Reg. 49c Wash Frocks
BUY FOR
SCHOOL!
SAVE 20%! GATHERED AND SWING SKIRTS FULL
OUT, TUBFAST PRINTS, FOR 1 TO 14ERS
Men's Shirts & Shorts
“Bienvenidos
Amigos”
REMNANTS..
Practically every length In many different mate- 1 ,
rials. Use them for quilt scraps, various bits of A Price
sewing.............. 2
15c TO 19c
School Problem Not
Confined to Class
BIG SPRING. Aug 3— iSpli-
Schoolmen puzzled over the status
of Soash common school district to-
day.
Saturday voters of the district
voted to consolidate with Ackerly,
but at the same time the proposal to
assume pro rata share of the joint
Indebtedness of the two districts was
flatly rejected by voters. L C. Pyle,
superintendent of Ackerly schools,
said that "we’ll just have to wait”
on developments.
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99<
Boys’ Dress Slacks
Slacks your boy can wear
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now ....................:.
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MEN’S SPORT SHIRTS
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BOYS’ SPORT SHIRTS
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Thornton’s Now Completely
Air Conditioned “*:
THORNTON’S
-A City Within Itself
4th and Oak
Abilene _.
DOZENS OF SNAPPY COLORFAST PATTERNS ON
COTTON BROADCLOTH. FINE QUALITY SWISS RIB
SHIRTS — ALL SIZES---
Clothes Pins
Spring Type—Rustproof
Galvanized Steel Springs
Stock up now! Hurry!
This sale only — Three
days. .....................
2c
f DOZ
5 Doz. — Limit To Customer
Motor Oil!
• 25c A Quart Quality —
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good lubrication st lowest
cost. .....................
BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINER
ON SALE 3 DAYS ONLY
JT.
4-Pc. Mixing Bowl Set
Clear Crystal Glass —
Large Size
49c Value!
Heavy Rolled Edges-
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Pinnacle Prints
36” Wide — Lowest Price
In Our History
15e yd. quality, wide as- a .
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colors. ...................YARD
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