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Complete Wire Reports of UNITED PRESS, the Greatest World-Wide News Service
VOL. 10, NO. 164
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1981
RD
TWENTY PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS
RESIDENT AND
FIVE
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FACE PISTOLS
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By United Press
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OFFICIALS ARE JAILED
PLEADS INNOCENCE
BALLOTS ARE RESCUED
BEGINS AT 7 P.M.
Watchers said the men were an-
MARKETS AT A GLANCE
EES
FIVE BANK BANDITS GET $40,000 AT SHERMAN
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FLAM
CEN
JUDGE DOUBTS TALE
OF AUTO FAVORITISM
WALTON TRAILING BLINN
IN OKLAHOMA CITY VOTE
FAIR, WARMER DAY
IS DUE FOR TONIGHT
Election Board Swamped
With Calls for Police
To Quell Outbreaks
CLARENCE SAUNDERS
STORES AUCTIONED
COUNTY’S ‘LARGEST’
STILL IS RAIDED
ROCKNE WILL GIVES
ALL TO HIS FAMILY
419 MILE WATE RSYSTEM
Evidence of the building prog-
ress thruout the city since Jan.
1, 1926, was shown Tuesday
when City Manager 0. E. Carr
announced that 226 miles of pipe
lines for the Water Department
have been laid. The water lines
now total 419 miles. Carr said
40,924 meters are in service.
There were 107 additions in
March, he added.
HUPRAAI F-P Loss was estimated at $100,-
HENDERSON FETEe
$100,000 Fire Wrecks 10
Stores Occupying
_ Business Block.
$30,000 of Loot in Cash,
Remainder Made Up of
Liberty Bonds.
necessarily dangerous and may
be remedied comparatively quick-
ly if treated in the early stages.
It was pointed out, however,
that there was danger of the ill-
ness becoming acute and leading
to other complications unless the
genersl physical resistance was
normal.
RRESTS AND
FIGHTS MARK
CHICAGO VOTE
son would win.
Alcock replied that no-
body would get hurt and
asked if Thompson could
depend upon having the
CHEATED LAW
FOR GIRL, HE
TELLS POLICE
By UNITED PRESS.
Stocks break to new lows on move; Steel at 1931
minimum; trade more active. .
Bonds unsettled by sharp breaks in Australian and
South American issues.
Curb stocks react; utilities in supply.
Chicago stocks lower under lead of utilities.
Call money 2 per cent all day.
Foreign exchange mixed; sterling and marks firm.
Wheat lower on bearish news; corn and oats off
under professional pressure.
Cotton drops to new low for year.
First Widow Identifies Body of Publisher Who
“Disappeared,” Married Again.
Impeached Governor’s Friends Still Claim Victory
Despite Discouraging Reports.
TEXAS RECOVERING,
RED CROSS TO QUIT
First Youth Identified by
Five Victims of Bridge
Game Raid.
First outside arrests of the
day were made at Ogden and
Kedzie Avenues on the West
Side when police brought In
three 24th Ward workers for
Cermak. They were Sam Harris,
William Cohen and Lewis Dann.
DALLAS SENDS
SECOND GANI
SUSPECT HER
ASK DELAY IN NEW
RAIL COTTON RATES
One Critically Hurt as Auto
and Van Collide.
BLAME BELLAH SUICIDE
ON FEAR OF EXPOSURE
Thompson, Cermak Each
. Predict Victory; Record
Turnout at Polls
H. Alcock laughed heartily
today over a telephone con-
versation with a reporter for
the Dally Herald in London,
England,
The London paper called
to ask Alcock how many
people would be killed in the
mayoralty election and if be
LONDON PHONES FOR
ELECTION CASUALTIES
M. R. WHITSON RITES
WILL BE WEDNESDAY
Veteran Conductor Will Be Bur-
led in Indianapolis
Funeral services for M. R. Whit-
son, 77, veteran member of the
Railway Conductors' Union, will
be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at
the Robertson-Mueiler-H ar per
Funeral Temple.
Rev. D. F. McConnell of Broad-
way Presbyterian Church will of-
ficiate. Masonic Lodge No. 148, of
which Mr. Whitson was a long-
time member, will hold services
after the sermon.
Dave Tobin, a friend, will ac-
company the body to Indianapolis
for burial.
Mr. Whitson, who lived at 416
St. Louis; is survived by a sister,
Mrs. C. Messle, and a niece, Mrs.
0. C. Waterman of Chicago. He
lived here 40 years, and was in the
employ of the Texas and Pacific
Railway until 10 years ago.
The request is made that flow-
ers not be sent to the rites here.
British Ruler Progressing Satis-
factorily, Doctors Say
By United Press.
WINDSOR, Eng., April 7. —
King George Is suffering from
sub-acute bronchitis, an official
statement issued at Windsor
KING GEORGE ILL
FROM BRONCHITIS
DROUTH IS OVER,
HYDE ANNOUNCES
J. W. Riehardson Reports Further
Aid Unnecessary
By United Press. ,
ST. LOUIS, Mo., April T.—Red
Cross drouth relief staff in Texas,
operating under supervision of
Midwest area headquarters here,
will be withdrawn in a few days,
It was announced here today.
A remarkable recovery from
drouth distress In Texas, was re-
ported to headquarters by J. W.
Richardson, supervisor In Texas.
On April 1, only 17,088 families
were receiving aid, compared to
26,786 at the height of the disas-
ter.
Three pernons were hurt, one
of them critically, in a collision
between an auto and moving
truck in North Riverside Tuesday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mra. E. C. Massen-
gale, riding in the auto, were
taken to Baptist Hospital by a
Lucas ambulance.
Massengale, the most badly
hurt, was unconscious and In a
serious condition, it was said.
Dave Hawkins, 717 East
Stella, driver of the Binyon-
O'Keefe Company truck, was
treated by a Riverside physician.
He suffered cuts on the hands.
The accident occurred on the
new concrete highway between
Sylvania Avenue and Birdville.
Massengale was said to have
collided with the truck when he
drove Into the highway from an
intersecting dirt road.
He is a driver for the Crystal
Milk and Ice Cream Company.
Castle said today. ,
The statement said he is, how-
ever, progressing slowly but sat-
isfactorily.
Medical experts, commenting
unofficially on the King’s illness, noying voters. They were found
said sub-acute bronchitis is not
250-Gallon Cooker, 150 Gallons
of Liquor Are Seized
Tarrant County's largest still
was in the hands of county offi-
cials "again’’ Tuesday. *
This time it was caught by
County Detectives Stubbs, Pulliam
and Standfield, 10 miles south-
east of Fort Worth on the old
Mansfield Road.
It was of the continuous cooker
type, with a capacity of 2S0 gal-
lons a day. Besides the still there
were 25 copper-lined mash vats O.
1000 barrels each, 150 gallons ot
rye whisky, and a quantity of rye.
Sam Robinson and W. M. Mc-
Bride were arrested and charged
in Justice Walter Prichard’s court.
Their bonds were seat at $2,00
each.
A liquor charge also was f’
against Maud Mangum, following
a raid on her place in the 200
block West Rosedale, where a
quantity of liquor was found. This
raid was made by Deputies Gallo-
way, England and Martin.
Value of Estate Unknown Until
Inventory Is Taken
By United Press,
SOUTH BEND, Ind., April 7.—
The will of Knute K. Rockne,
leaving the former Notre Dame
coach's estate to his widow, Mrs.
Bonnie Rockne, and their four
children, was to be filed in pro-
bate court here today.
The value of the estate cannot
be determined, attorneys said, un-
til an inventory is taken. Reve-
nue from motion pictures and
Rockne's football articles has not
yet been computed. The will was
drawn up March 14, 1928.
SHERMAN, April 7. Five ban-
dits held up and robbed the Cen-
tral State Bank here of $30,000
in cash and $10,000 in liberty
bonds this afternoon.
The five robbers herded A. E.
Jameson and four other em-
ployes to the rear of the building
and then forced Jameson to give
them the cash and bonds from
the vault.
R. O. Roberts, president of the
4 bank, entered while the robbery
was in progress, and was
_ forced to lain the others In the
back room
' The bandits then sped away In
an auto which they had left
standing in front of the building.
Bank officials said their loss
“was covered by Insurance.
All of the bandits were armed
with pistols.
GINNERS IN SESSION
DALLAS, April 7.—Delegates
were arriving here today for the
three-day annual convention of the
Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association.
An attendance of 8000 is expected.
Gov. Ross Sterling la scheduled to
speak Friday.
Raiders Speed Away in Car
Left Parked in Front
of Building.
LATE NEWS
FLASHES
- By UNITED PRESS _
ARMY FLYER KILLED
SAN ANTONIO, April 7.-
Lieut. Roy H. Guertler, 25,
from Schuylkill Haven, Pa., was
injured fatally and Lieut. Har-
old Q. Hughlin, Fairfield, Iowa,
was injured seriously today
when a plane fell 300 feet at
Kelly Field here.
• • •
ASK DRY REFERENDUM
ALBANY, N. Y., April 7.—
The State Senate today voted
82 to 17, to petition Congress
for a referendum on all phases
of prohibition. I nder the terms
of the bill the referendum
would be conducted In the
states by Congressional man-
date,
• a s’
DIES OF ACCIDENTAL SHOT
KERRVILLE, April 7.—Al-
fred B. Henderson, 82, Houston
electrical engineer who acci-
dentally shot himself at target
practice near here two days
ago, died in a hospital here
today.
AUTO CRASH FATAL
SHERMAN, April 7.—Mary
Sweeney, Denison, 25, was in-
jured fatally today when an
auto in which she was riding
with Jotin Robertson, Sherman
patrolman, collided with a
gravel truck on the Denison-
Sherman highway. She died
In a hospital here. Her parents
and a sister live at Atchilee,
Okla.
The Fort WorthPress FINAL
WEATHER: TONIGHT FAIR AND WARMER; CLOUDINESS WEDNESDAY ---: —
By United Press. 1 ___
VUMA, Anz., April 7.—Mrs. Lillian Bellah of Altus,
X Okla., today positively identified the body of a man
known here as W. A. Lee as that of her husband, Hutton
Bellah, 35, Oklahoma publisher who disappeared 15
months ago. 1---------------:------------
She also confirmed a theory
that Bellah shot himself here
came in.
Conservative estimates indi- __________________-
cated Blinn was leading 2 to 1 Voting places were guarded.
with about half of the estimated
35,000 votes cast but not
counted.
Fort Worth Unit Purchased by
Paul H. Vernon.
By United Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 7.-
The Clarence Saunders Stores,
Inc., once owned by Clarence
Saunders, nationally prominent
chain store magnate, sold at
public auction here today for
$379,700. The stores, including
accounts receivable, were ap-
praised at $1,552,638.
The Memphis unit including
26 stores, a warehouse and inter-
ests in a Memphis bakery and
two stores in Arkansas City,
were sold to a Memphis man,
Paul H. Vernon, warehouseman,
and former grocery chain owner.
Vernon also bought units in Lit-
tle Rock end Hot Springs, Ark.,
Fort Worth, Texas and San An-
tonio,
Monday due to fear of being
exposed as a bigamist.
The man known here as
William A. Lee died by shoot-
ing himself thru the head with
a .38 caliber automatic pistol.
Notes indicated that he was
troubled in mind. One in-
tended for Mrs. Lee, formerly
Miss Edna Louise Schatz, a
Platteville, Wis., music teacher,
read:
"I can't-go on. I am sorry.
I am not all bad.".
Mrs. Lee, 26, was near col-
lapse today aitho she bore up
well late yesterday in relating
to a coroner's jury how the
man she met and married as
William A. Lee suddenly seized
a pistol Monday morning and
after hastily scribbling three
notes, ended his life.
"He went to the rear room
to get some papers from a
trunk," she said. "I heard a
shot and remembered shouting
‘Don’t.’ But, of course, it was
too late."
The couple came here last
October and Bellah bought
control of the Yuma Evening
Sentinel.
"He deemed to have some-
thing on his mind," one friend
who saw him Sunday at a
nearby resort just across the
international line, said. "He
told me he had been III but
that he felt better."
Bellah was editor and pub-
lisher of the Times-Democrat of
Altus, Okla., until he sold it
two years ago when he moved
to California. Shortly after-
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Parade Forms Half Hour
Before at Pennsylvania
Today is Henderson Street’s
day in Fort Worth history.
After years of dreams, months
of construction, weeks of plan-
ning and days of preparing for
the most elaborate out-of-door
festival of the year, Henderson
is dolled up in bunting, flags
and fine linen, ready for the
tread of thousands of feet, for
the music and laughter of the
whole city.
Starting at 7 p. m. Henderson
will begin her rule.
There will be a Henderson
parade, starting at its Intersec-
tion with Pennsylvania, travers-
ing north on Henderson to the
new $250,000 bridge over the
Clear Fork.
Parade Starts Fete.
The parade will officially tell
Fort Worth the celebration is on
and will invite everyone to the
big festival, sponsored by the
Lions Club, on the bridge at
8 p. m.
In the parade will be dozens
of floats, representative of the
gay spirit of business concerns in
the opening of the city's new
million dollar traffic artery,
Automobile row will be repre-
sented. by the various late mod-
els of cars.
The famous Fort Worth Police
Band—60 strong—will head the
marchers.
Then there will be 25 horses,
ridden by members of the Riv-
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000.
Two persons were burned, and
ballots cast in Precinct 32 in to-
day's election were narrowly
saved,
A. D. Stephenson, 29, and
Alfred Wurtz were burned when
they entered the blazing build-
ings to disconnect gas mains.
An explosion in the Oak Cliff
Transfer Company's shop is be-
lieved to have started the con-
flagration.
Clouds to Be Heavier Wednesday,
Weatherman Mays.
Fair and warmer weather
Tuesday night with Increasing
cloudiness Wednesday was the
forecast Tuesday of Weatherman
D. S. Landis.
A similar forecast for the en-
tire state was made.
Extreme temperatures during
the 24-hour period ending at 7
a. m. Tuesday were 72 and 51
degrees. Last year’s extremes
were 97 and 59.
Extremes, this date all years,
97, 1930; 34, 1899.
Barometer, 7 a. m. Tuesday,
30.16; humidity 68.
Wind, southwest, 11 miles an
hour.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES
comprising the staff of election
officials of the 16th precinct in
the 27th Ward were arrested and
replaced by Judge Jarecki's In-
vestigators for failing to file
suspect notices after the primary
of last month. .*.
Republicans Desert Thompson.
Republicans who deserted May-
or Thompson after he had been
nominated by his party for a
fourth term were reported to be
carrying a heavy vote over to
Cermak, the Democratic candi-
date.
Thompson’s supporters at the
same time announced that nu-
merous Democrats were flocking
to their standard and predicted
the mayor would be re-elected
by upward of 100,000 votes.
Cermak’s predictions of his own
majority were raised at the last
minute from *300,000 to a half
million.
Judge Jarecki said voters were
casting ballots at a rate which
would indicate a total vote of
1,274,000 by 4 p. m., when the
polls close. In 1927, when
Thompson defeated Mayor Wil-
liam E. Dever, 1,010,582 votes
were cast
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Bun risen 6:00 and
King George. I
If Cermak wins it is likely
that the City Council will Induct
him into office immediately his
election is certified. Thompson
announced that if the election
went against him—and one nev-
er has—he would sail off to the
South Seas in his new yacht.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
FAILS IN MICHIGAN
Voters Turn Down Proposal by
neeisive Margin
By United Press.
DETROIT, April 7,—Capital
punishment in Michigan today
had been turned down by the
people.
The only state-wide issue in
yesterday’s election, the bill
which would have provided elec-
trocution In cases of first de-
gree murder lost by a wide mar-
win. With more than two-thirds
of the state's precincts heard
from, the vote against the meas-
ure was ahead by more than 30,-
• 00.
The figures included virtually
the entire vote from Detroit and
Wayne County.
-Photo by Jernigan
... Harold Bomberger
By CASEY WILLIS,
Proas Staff Writer.
TTAROLD BOMBERGER, pa-
ll roled convict who two-
timed the law to go straight,
was passing out regrets in the
city jail here Tuesday. He is
held here as one of the "bridge
bandits.".
He blamed a girl."
“He filed notice of intention
to marry the girl here last
Saturday.
His regret was that he had
double-crossed his brother and
District Attorney William Me-
Craw of Dallas County, who
had obtained him a parole from"
- a 50-year sentence Christmas.
"I know I didn't, do right
by them but I wanted to get
married,” he said. ''I just
wanted to get enough to get
married and leave the state—
then go straight.
"We had planned to go to
California. I would have done
anything for her- used a pick
and shovel if I couldn't get
anything else to do."
Bomberger refused to di-
vulge the name of the girl for
whom he said he re-entered a
life of crime except that she
had waited for him while he
was in prison at Huntsville.
He said she lived in a “little
town near Dallas" but declined
to say where she now is.
"I was just a kid. I had
just graduated from high
school a month before," he ex-
plained about his robbery of a
Dallas drug store in July,
1927. "I sat in the ear out-
side while the other fellow
went inside and held It up. I
don't think I should have got-
ten 50 years the same as he
did, because I didn't have a
gun."
. After returning to Dallas
from Huntsville McCraw gave
him employment In the district
attorney's office, answering
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By United Press
OKLAHOMA CITY, April 7.-
J. C. "Jack" Walton, impeached
governor of Oklahoma, apparent-
ly was being swept down to de-
feat today in the Oklahoma City
mayoralty election.
Clarence J. Blinn, Walton’s
opponent, continued to increase
his substantial lead as additional
complete and unofficial reports
Walton’s supporters claimed
victory despite precinct reports
that showed their candidate with
only scattered votes Walton,
however, was in seclusion and
would not comment.
Late voting from the business
district today was expected to
boost Blinn’s lead.
The polls close at 7 p. m.
No disturbances were reported.
to be unarmed.
London Sends Writer.
Numerous examples of the In-
tense feeling stirred up by
Thompson’s personal attack on
"Tony" and the latter’s fight
against "Big Bill" came to the
notice of the election board.
F. C. Cockburn of the London
Times was sept out to report
the election for his paper. Read-
ers In England, he said, want to
know how Cermak stands on
ered part of their losses. The
man admitted entering the homes
of George A. Heaton, 4837 Har-
ley, and S. D. Hill, 2017 Wil-
shire, April 1.
At Heaton's home 8150 in
jewelry and a gun were stolen.
Clothing and jewelry were taken
from Hill's home. Hill was one
of the bridge party victims when
robbers entered the home of
Johnson, 2714 Greene, March
21. Hill was forced to hand
over $4 then.
3 ARE INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
By United Press.
CHICAGO, April 7.—Sporadic
flat fights and the arrest of an
entire election staff in one pre-
cinct accompanied heavy ballot-
ing today as forces behind the
mayoralty candidacies of William
Hale Thompson and Anton J.
Cermak settled their differences
at the polls.
Bitterness that marked the
campaigns of those two giants of
Chicago politics was reflected in
the voting which took place un-
der the surveillance of thousands
of guards and partisan watchers.
Judge Edmund K. Jarecki, head
of the election board, reported
before noon that his headquar- |
ters was swamped with calls for
officers to quiet minor disturb-
ances In the troublesome wards.
He foresaw no major outbreaks.
Three women and two men
Agriculture Secretary Reporta on
Trip Thru Stricken Area
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, April 7. —
Standing at President Hoover’s
desk,Secretary—ofAgriculture.
Hyde today gave the President
and the press a report of what
he found on his recent trip thru
the drouth area.
At Hoover’s request the sec-
retary took over the President’s
press conference and announced
the drouth is over and there is
every prospect of a fine crop.
Burglaries Are Admitted
But He Denies Part
In Robberies
With one man identified in a
bridge game holdup at the S., D.
Johnson home, two weeks ago,
police Tuesday were questioning
the brother of the girl he said
he intended to marry, as a sus-
pect in the robbery.
Five guests at—the—Johnson-
home, 2714 Greene, Tuesday
morning said Harold Bombarger,
paroled convict, was one of four
men who robbed them the night
of March 21.
Chief Henry Lee and Detectives
Ed Chapple and Wiley Henderson
brought the second man from
Dallas after noon. Bombarger
Saturday filed a notice of Inten-
tion to marry his sister.
Both men were arrested in
connection with Dallas bur-
glaries.
Bridge players robbed by a
gang who strived three stickups
I the night of March 21 were be-
ing called to police station to
view the second man.
Bombarger had paraded be-
fore them, his face half hidden
with a handkerchief and his In-
dex finger outstretched In pistol
fashion, he admitted a series of
burglaries here, but denied the
bridge robbery.
Victims Certain
The five bridge pfayers, how-
ever, were steadfast in their iden-
tification of the youthful burglar,
and he was being further ques-
tioned by city detectives in hopes
of getting a confession as to the
robberies, too. He was arrested
in Dallas Saturday.
S. D. Hill, who not only was
one of the robbery victims, but
whose home also was later burg-
larized by Bombarger, was one of
the most positive in his identifi-
cation.
Hill stod a few inches from the
man, and looked him squarely in
the eye.
"Just as sure as God made lit-
tle apples that’s the man," be de-
clared.
"I’d know those eyes and that
expression anywhere. 1 didn’t
look close at “him for nothing
when he was jabbing me in the
ribs."
Insists on Innocence
“I tell you 1 didn’t do it," the
man declared as he walked in
front of eight men and women
robbed. He was handcuffed and a
white bandkerchief bid the lower
part of his face.
Others who identified him were
Mr. .and Mrs. Dave Tandy, E. J.
Hosey and Roscoe Smith. Mrs.
Hill was uncertain about Bom-
barger’s identity.
Tandy also was quite positive
as to the man’s Identity.
"I looked up off the floor, and
got a good look at him. I’m cer-
tain he to the man," Tandy de-
clared.
Denies Bridge Holdup.
The man denied taking part in
the bridge party robberies.
"I didn't do this, I tell you,"
be Insisted.
The man has confessed to five
burglaries in Fort Worth, accord-
ing to police, and officers believe
that five or six other recent
burglaries may be cleared up
with further questioning of him.
He was brought here Monday
night from Dallas by Detective
A. A. Warren and F. O. Ober-
wetter, 2201 Wilshire, whose
howe.WeTy etraciar*
$250 stolen. Oberwetter accom-
panied Warren to Dallas to trace
part of the loot, located in Fort
Worth and Dallas pawn shops.
J Recover Some Loot. 1
i Two other victims have recov-
moral support of King
George.
The commissioner got his
biggest laugh, he said, when
he learned the call had cost
the newspaper $33,
Jurist Won't Believe Low Tags
Bring Police Consideration
By United Press.
DETROIT, April 7.—In Michi-
gan automobiles owned by friends
of former Governor Fred W.
Green, bear license tags numbered
from 1 to 1000. Special firends of
Governor Wilber M. Brucker have
license plates numbers from A-1
to A-1000. Rumor has It that au-
tomobiles so tagged receive special
police consideration.
However, Judge DeWitt H. Mer-
riam, of the circuit court here,
doesn't put much stock in the re-
port. His car, with tag No. 64, re-
cently was towed away by police
when left in a no parking gone.
QIL DELEGATES IN
‘HARMONY’ MEETING
Railroads Petition ICC for Addi-
tional Time
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, April 7. —
Postponement of the date on
which readjusted rates on cotton
movements would become effect-
ive was asked today of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission by
the railroads concerned,
The carriers said It was Im-
possible to get the preliminary
work done by May 28 and asked
delay until June 15. The re-
adjustment applies to rates on
cotton from all points in the
Southwest to other sections of
that territory, Gulf ports and
Mississippi Valley centers.
HEX OUTDOES BUNNY
A Rhode Island Red hen
wouldn’t let the Easter bunny
cop all the honors at the Lewis
E. Miller home, 2005 Otto, Poly-
technic. She laid a four-ounce
egg Easter Sunday. It is twice
the size of an ordinary egg, and
has a double yolk. Miller was
exhibiting it Tuesday.
By United Press • thought "Big Bill" Thomp-
(HICAGO, April 7.- Act-
U police commissioner John
Two Men Hurt When They
Enter Buildings to
__. Disconnect Gas.
By United Press--------------
DALLAS, April 7.—Ten stores
occupying half a block of the
business district in Oak Cliff
were practically destroyed by
flames which broke out this
afternoon.
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, April 7.==The
Oil States Advisory Committee
met In executive session today
in an effort to secure coopera-
tion between the petroleum states
before they present a program
. for the approval of the Federal
Oil Conservation Board.
It was understood not all of
the delegates were in harmony.
However, it was said the oil men
hoped to agree on a definite
Plan befor their Thursday con-
ference with the federal author-
ities.
I The plan under consideration
provides for proration of petro-
leum production among states ac-
|cording to national supply and
demand.
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Minteer, Edwin D. & Schulz, Herbert D. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 164, Ed. 2 Tuesday, April 7, 1931, newspaper, April 7, 1931; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1638986/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.