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The Fort Worth I
The Forecast: Sleet or Snow Tonight; Partly Cloudy Tomorrow
ress
EDITION
PRICE TWO CENTS
VOL. 12, NO. 110
8
SLICK STREETS
BRING GRIEF TO
Bookies, Slot Machines, Dice, Policy
TRAFFIC HERE
Sleet or Snow to Accompany
28 to 34 Temperature
Here Tomorrow
VIADUCT IS BLOCKED
Dozen Pedestrians Hurt
In Series of Minor
Mishaps.
Fort Worth skidded to work on
glazed streets, autos spun dizzily
on the ice, fenders lost paint and
a dozen pedestrians were hurt in |
* falls today as Fort Worth’s cold
wave entered Its fourth day.
Sleet or snow will add to the
city's discomfort tonight and lit-
tle change In temperature is due
for tomorrow, Weatherman Paul
- MAIL CARRIERS SPIKED
% The mail must go thru!
So, as ice coated Fort
Worth streets today and pe- |
destrians went Into spins, ’
Postmaster W. N. Moore or- |
dered spikes for the shoes of |
107 mail carriers.
G. G. Kellner, 553 Conner,
assistant superintendent of
mails, played "smithy."
, S. Cook said. The mercury in the
morning is expected to range be-
tween 28 and 34.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1933 1- ---------------------------
SENATE BILL SEEKS
N.T.A.C. ABOLITION
TEAC
Games-They Net $500,000 a Year SHE KID
There are those in Fort Worth
—In case you want to make a
little wager—who will give you
odds that the Ministerial Alliance
will lose its fight against the
Duvall Bill to legalize pari-
mutuel betting at the state’s race
tracks . . . and there are thoee
who will give you odds the other
For Fort Worth is a gambling
town. You can get a bet on
anything—the temperature, the
last three figures of the Treas-
ury balance, the price of wheat,
the turn of a card, and the speed
of a horse.
It Is a city of slot machines,
racing banks, gambling halls,
marble machines, roulette and
dice cups; and you can find
cover for any amount from a
penny to $1000,
The annual "take” must reach
PASTORS MEET
ON GAMBLING
Hold Secret Session After
Letter to - Duvall For
‘Bookie’ Address
The committee of the Fort
Worth Ministerial Alliance was
meeting today in secret session to
discuss gambling in Fort Worth.
Meanwhile, information came
from Austin thst Rep. J. C. Du-
vall. author of the pending pari-
mutuel bill to legalise betting at
race tracks, had received a letter
from Rev C. E. Matthews, Fort
It was 27 at 7 a m today and
the temperature stayed near that
figure all morning
A drizzle started during the
night and Fort Worth awoke thla
morning . to find shrubbery,
walks, streets end trees glazed
with ice. Many pedestrians fell
as they walked to car and bus
lines.
stupendous totals — probably
$500,000 at a conservative esti-
mate.
Not Unique Here
Can this be news? Quite the
contrary—for the machinations
of illegal gambling are, generally
known, and winked at, in Fort
Worth. But with an attempt
under way to legalize gambling
as it refers to race tracks a
storm of protest has been aroused
—not against illegitimate gambl-
ing already with us, but against
the plan which would legalize a
part of it.
Thus the public Is interested
in the situation, a state of affairs
that pertains not only to Fort
Worth, but to every sizeable city
thruout the United States.
While the Duvall pari-mutuel
bill, reported favorably In com-
mittee, was awaiting today its
turn on the House calendar at
Austin, a survey by The Press
revealed Fort Worth as one of
the favored dwelling places for
the Goddess, of Chance.
And it showed that there's
really no necessity for the Fort
Worther to Journey to Monte
Carlo or Mexico City to lay his
dollars on the red and black
squares of the roulette table, or
to shake a cup over the green
baize table of the crap game.
Accommodation can be found
in at least id places here in
the old home-town with the limit
as low as a quarter and as high
as $1,000,
And you can choose your own
society-wear overalls or soup
and fish, tor just as some casi-
nos take all corners regardless
of dress, there are one or two
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WIFE OF DEA
Woman Admits Plot to Get
Money on Which To
Be Married
AIDE ALSO TALKED
Ex-Convict and Sweetheart
Jailed in Extortion
Attempt
Frosh Head Gone
T.C.U. Freshman Chief
Missing- Maybe the
Sophs Could Tell
COMMISSIONERS
MUTINY ENDED ABOARD CRUISER
Eight Schools Of
State Included
In Measure
PLAN OPPOSED
“Where is Johnny Knowles?"
That’s what the Frishmen of
| T. C. V. are asking everyone
around the campus these days-
for two reasons, the Freshman
banquet is to be held tomorrow
night, and Johnny is the fish
president.
Last night, Johnny disappeared.
When last seen he was sleeping
peacefully in Clark Hall ... Hut
of course the sophomores couldn't
have had any thing to do with
It!
Worth, asking for the location of
Fort Worth’s “bookie shop."
Dr. Matthews, pastor of the
Travis Avenue Baptist Church
and member of the committee
fighting the Duvall bill, also ask-
ed the legislator if he had re-
When the roll is called in the
crystal ballroom of the Texas
Hotel tomorrow night at the
Freshmen’s big event of the year,
will Johnny answer, “present"?
That’s one question all the fish
would like to know. , , But of
course the sophs , , ,
Five Are Hurt.
The ice was like glass st Ar-
lington and five persons were in-
jured in falls or accidents.
N. L. Davis, attorney, broke his
right thigh and was brought to
Baptist Hospital in a Moore am-
bulance, after falling near his
office.
Dr. W H. Davis, 71. Pioneer
physician, was injured when he
slipped on the porch of his home.
He was treated by a physician.
Others hurt were Miss Kate
Patterson, who fell on her porch;
and J. A. Robinson, who broke his
right arm when he fell down at
his home.
J. M. Hubbard, 70 was brought 1
to All Saints Hospital with a!
broken knee cap after being 1
struck by a truck at Handley.
Miss Evelyn O'Brien, long dis- 1
tance telephone operator. Lucerne
Apartments, fell and broke her
left ankle as she started to work.
She was taken to Methodist Hos-
pital.
C. W Johnson Jr., federal dis-
trict attorney, injured his right
ankle when he lost his footing in
front of the Blackstone Hotel
where he lives.
J. D. Perry, 62. 2114 Tierney,
was brought to City-County Hos-
pital, where it was believed his
feet were frozen.
Two women were released from
City-County Hospital after receiv-
ing emergency treatment, this
morning for broken bones.
Mrs. Lola Gafford. 48, 708 Por-
ter Street, slipped and fell on the
ice at her home, breaking her
left wrist.
Mrs. Nettle Addington, 38, fell
as she was crossing the street in
the front of her home, 2109
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ported his information to the
county grand jury, and if he
thought it his duty to do so.
"If Representative Duvall re-
plies,” said Dr. Matthews, "the
information will be turned over
I to the police and to the distrjet
i attorney's office and an invest!
gation asked.''
i Chief Deputy Sheriff Grover
Leigh was quoted Wednesday as
saying he knew nothing about a
booking agency here, and District ,
Attorney Martin said It was none
of his business.
Altho Dr. Matthews revealed
that the ministers' committee wss
meeting today at lunch to discuss
local gambling, he refused to dis-
close the place of the meeting.
FRENCH FLYERS SEEK
NEW NON STOP MARK
DICTATOR PLAN
BRINGS REVOLT
CO TO CAPITAL
Three to Fight Purchasing
Agent Bill. Possibly
„Slash in Salaries
Three county commissioners to-
day risked their limbs on icy
roads, as they drove to Austin
to fight the purchasing agent bill
and possibly protest a $1200° A
year reduction in salary.
Both the purchasing agent bill
and the road bill, which reduces
the salary, had been held up, the
former until Commissioners Karl
Mitchell, J. I, Short and C, V,
rot arrived, and the other by Ex-
Governor Janies K. Ferguson
The commissioners denied be-
fore leaving that they would
oppose the salary reduction, aitho
Commissioner. Mitchell had de-
clared that Rap Franke Patter-
son had put it into the road hill
because he, Mitchell, refused to
propose the appointment of Da-
mon Davis as county engineer.
Mr. Patterson denied the state-
ment, as did all other members
of the delegation, and today he
, , was mailing copies of House and
Garner Proposal to Give New Senate journals to show the
amendment was made in the Sen-
They arrived at 1 p. m.
Mr. Mitchell said upon his ar-
rival that the group wallld tell
the Governor the bill gave the
engineer too much power
President Wide Power is
Seriously Threatened
By United Press
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. — A county ....... _ .....puw.
rising tide of bitter opposition but would not ask veto nt the
threatened today completely • to | - 444 1
overwhelm Speaker Garner’s pro-
posal to give President-elect
Roosevelt virtually dictatorial
WHAT’S THE BIG
NEWS TODAY?
If you ask Boots, it’s all
about the a mysterious
stranger who flew into
town the other day.
Two Press readers, sign-
ing themselves "Detectives
J. R. Blankenship and D.
C. Estes,” wrote in today
laying the Pandemonia safe
robbing in Wash Tubbs'
comic to the mysterious
stranger, but it seems they
are wrong.
For she knows his name
now!- If you want to know
—if you want to be In on
one of the most farscinating
adventures our charming
friend ever got into—
Follow Boots! She’s on
he Comic Page, in the
FORT WORTH
PRESS
Prize of $40,000 Awaits
Pair If They Succeed
By United Press
MARSEILLES, France, Feb.
10.—Two veteran French airmen.
Lucien Boussoutrot and Maurice
Rossi, left here at 7:49 a. m.
on a projected non-stop flight
of 6200 miles to Buenos Aires
which, if successful, will win the
world's long distance flight rec-
ord.
The record the Frenchmen
sought to break was won only
two days ago 'by Great Britain
from the United States when
Squadron Leader Gayford and
Flight Lieutenant Nicholetts flew
5340 miles from England toward
Cape Town. '
The French air ministry re-
established a prize of $40,000 for
flyers winning the distance rec-
ord for France.
Capt. Mollison Resumes
Flight to United States
—NATAL,--Brasil 1 Fsb. 10.
Capt. James A. Mollison, young
Scottish flyer continued his
flight toward Rio de Janeiro this
morning. He flew over the South
Atlantic making the crossing
from Dakar, Senegal. in 17%
hours. -1
BURNS PROVE FATAL
TO 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Maxine McMurray Dim In Local
Hospital Today
Burns received three weeks ago
today proved fatal to Maxine Mc-
Murray, 3-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray McMurray,
2207 North Houston Street. She
died at 1:20 a. m. In a hospital.
The child fell backward into a
tub of boiling water and scalded
the back of her body from the
neck to her knees. Complications
set In later, according to attend-
ing physicians. She had been in
the hospital a week.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 a. m. tomorrow at Shan-
non's North Side Chapel. Rev. J.
Frank Norris will officiate, with
burial In Greenwood Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Dr. D. M.
Rumph, G. L. Wren, Max Reeves,
Jack Kimmons, Melvin Faulk and
Price Roberts.
powers when he assumes office,
The House ended s tumultous
protest against the plan by send-
ing the treasure-postoffice ap-
propriations bill to conference, a
preliminary step to final passage.
Hut the wild rebellion that swept
the House floor indicated that
Congress was not yet willing to
abrogate its control over fiscal
matters.
Briefly the plan proposed by
Speaker Garner would give Mr,
Roosevet! "unlimited" authority
to reduce appropriations, Includ-
ing veterans expenditures, and an
unchecked authority completely to
reorganize the federal govern-
ment.
The Senate adopted a milder
grant of authority and it was
Garner’s plsn to write In his more
drastic proposals during the Sen-
ate and House conferences on the
bill.
Minority Leader Snell provoked
today’s rebellion. He brought
word from the White House
earlier in the day that President
Hoover opposed the plan. When
the matter was brought up In the
House Chairman Cochran of the
expenditures committee and
Chairman Rankin of the veterans
committee, Influential Democrats,
bolted the Garner leadership and
supported Rep. Snell’s opposition
to the "dictatorship" idea.
- FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL
DALLAS, Feb. 10.—A young
man, registered as Alex Utley
Bransford, Houston, was found
fatally shot through the heart in
a hotel room here today, A pistol
lay nearby,
bill. $
Senator Frank Rawlings said
today in Austin he offered sn
amendment to the bill, believing
it would increase salaries $100 a
month, rather than reduce them,
and that he knew nothing about
any threat to cut salaries if Davis
were not appointed,
Senator Rawlings said he would
explain the amendment to the
delegation when It arrived and j
that he also had ordered the pur-
chasing agent bill, now in the
Senate, held up until a hearing
could be held,
‘ Commissioners oppose appoint-
ment of a purchasing agent by
district judges, claiming they
should have the right of appoint-
By United.Press.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10—Mys-
tery surrounding the abduction of
Mrs. Mary B Skeele was lifted
early today, according to police,
with the confession of a young
woman music teacher and her ex-
convict companion.
Exhausted from s gruelling ex-
amination that lasted thru two
nights and a day, Louella Pearl
Hammer finally yielded in the
fare of growing evidence, detec-
tives claimed, and admitted she
was a member of the kidnaping
gang whirl! lured the OK-year-old
woman from her home last Bun-
day night, held her captive 24
hours, and then released her with-
out collecting $10,000 ransom ds-
insnds
Questioned separately, W. P.
Howard, ex-convict from San
Quentin prison, also confessed,
officers said.
Both were booked on suspicion
of kidnaping, pending action of
the county grand jury.
' Hour after hour, detectives had
battered away at the alienee of
the 28-year-old music teacher,
who once studied under Dean
Walter F. Skeele of the University
of Southern California College of
Muste, the husband of the kidnap
victim.
Detectives said she finally
"broke" when confronted by evi-
dence found in a Pasadena house
she formerly owned, and which
officers are convinced was the
prison where Mrs. Skeele wss
held captive. The evidence Includ-
ed a typewriter, said to have been
the one on which the ransom note
was written.
Howard was paroled from San
Quentin in 1931 after serving
time for forgery,
Miss Hammer and Howard also
confessed, police said, they had
plotted the kidnaping of Miss Ma-
hel Smith, daughter of Dr. Merle
Smith, Pasadena minister. An at-
tempt to- lure Miss Smith into a
car failed, however.
Miss Hammer and Howard said
they were engaged and wanted
money to be married.
WIRE-TAPPING FUNDS
OUTLAWED IN SENATE
ment
Salaries Reduced,
The hill, as it passed the House
early this week, provided s salary
of $3,600 for the agent and $1,800
for his assistant.
The Tarrant delegation, meet-
ing during a House session yester-
day, voted that these salaries
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BILL TALK DELAYED
Ten Pct. Cut in Enforcement
Budget Is Refused
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.—The
Senate appropriation committee
today refused to trim another
10 per cent from prohibition en-
forcement funds but after sharp
dispute outlawed wire tapping as
a means of detecting liquor vio-
lators, The enforcement fund
was restored to the $8,440,000
approved by the House,
The committee deleted the so-
called anti-snooping provision
adopted by ths House which for-
bade purchase of evidence with
government funds,
County Democrats Postponed Dis-
cussion of Home Rule
A discussion on the merits of a
home rule bill, scheduled last
night before the Tarrant County
Democratic Society by Stewart
Hellman, attorney, was postponed
until a later meeting, Secretary
J. W. Shelton said today
Last night's meeting at the =-----------—- - .---
Court House, was spent in dis- fighting in Manchuria, and In-
cussing problems of the national creasing troubles at home, all
party, Discussion of the home Japan will join tomorrow in the
rule bill was postponed due to the celebration of Kigensetsu, 2893rd
attendance, reduced by the cold anniversary of the ascension of
weather, the Emperor Jimmu, first ruler
JAPS TO CELEBRATE
TOKIO, Feb. 10.—Despite the
strained situation at Geneva,
Freshmen of Texas House Begin Battle
To Bridle Lobbying Evil of State Capital
MELA
BORNEO
INDIAN
OCEAN
J A
TAVIA S
A mutiny aboard the Dutch
cruizer De Zezen Provincien,
shown above, was brought un-
der control today when a bomb
was dropped on the ship from a
Dutch, plane, killing 18 and
4 % e
wounding 25. The map shows
Kiita Raga (A), where the ves-
sel was seized last Sunday, and'
Melaboe (B), a short distance
from which It is believed the
mutiny ended.
18 ARE KILLED THREE CHARGED
ON REBEL SHIP IN LINDY PLOT
Bomb Dropped From Plane Federal Warrants Issued For
Brings Surrender From
Mutinous Crew
Two Men and Woman
In Virginia
Teachers College At
Denton Also Bill
Target
MILK WAR FATAL
SIOUX CITY, 1a., Feb. 10.-
Ruel D. Markwell, wounded in a
recurrence of milk distribution
disputes last Friday, died here
yesterday.
By ROSCON FLEMING
Press Staff Correspondent.
AUSTIN, Feb. 10,—Two fresh-
man members’ of the Texas
House are out to bridle the lob-
bying evil.
Their initial step was to In-
troduce a bill which would forbid
members of the Legislature It-
self to keep corporation jobs or
accept pay from corporations,
during their terms of office.
It won’t pass. Neither will
the companion measure of Sen-
ator Joe Moors of Greenville,
which would compel all lobbyists
to register. But measures of this
nature may cause some commo-
tion before the session is, over.
The House members are:
George Winningham, 43, loan,
sun-tanned farmer of Mexia,
Nall Colson, 28, / real estate
man of Iola, / /
Mays Mr. Winningham:
‘Why did I introduce that bill?
Son, you remember that the
$ "
Bible says: ‘No man can serve
two masters'..
"Without reference to any
specific member of House or
Senate, our bill would correct a
condition around here that needs
correcting. That Bible -quotation
is always true, but never more
true than In the Legislature of
Texas this year.
"From my personal observa-
tion there's st least five times
as many people hanging around
here working for or against
some measure as there are mem-
bers of the Legislature,
’Naturally most of them have
their own selfish interest to
serve, and this is a showdown
year. The Legislature has got
to take a stand for the selfish
interests or for the people of
Texas. And I believe it’s got
to stand with the people.
"t don't suppose our bill, or
that of Senator Moore, has much
chance, but that sort of a bill
is going to pass some day, Con-
trol of these lobbies is going to
become the big issue of a Legis-
lative campaign some of these
days, when the people wake up
to the situation.
"The people of Texas have got
to pick men who will work for
their interests only, and when
they do they’ve got to pay 'em
right,
"I've been abused and assailed
back in my district because 1
voted for $10 a day. The peo-
ple don't realise a man don’t
break even at that, when he has
to be on the job in his district
for two years in addition to liv-
ing In this city during the leo-
siun.
"Ho when the people decide, as
they will some day, to demand
by law that the Legislators must
cut loose from all corporate con-
nections while in Austin, they
ought to raise the Legislators'
pay to a living level -say $20
to $26 a day during the session.”
By United Press.
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 10. —A
death-scattering bomb weighing
100 pounds dropped today from a
Dutch naval seaplane to the deck
of the cruiser De Zeven Provin-
cien, controlled by a mutinous
native Sumatran crew, and the
mutineers surrendered in the face
of a vastly superior naval force.
The bomb exploded with ter-
rific force, killing 18 men and
wounding 25. Three of the dead
were European enlisted men. The
bomb started an fire aboard the
ship.
All the wounded men were na-
tives, the ministry of defense told
the United Press. All officers
taken prisoner when the muti-
neers put out to sea Sunday were
well.
The cruiser is en route to the
naval base at Tandjongpriok, Ba-
tavia, with a loyal crew
charge.
tn
STATE’S BUSINESS
‘PULSE’ JS BETTER
Bureau Reports Failures Less For
January.
By United Press.
AUSTIN, Feb. 10.—Feeling the
commercial pulse of Texas, the
Bureau ofBusinessResearch—of
the University of Texas reports
improvements in the patient.
“Business failures were less
than half those for January a
year ago," says the bureau re-
port, "In the past 14 years, eight
Januaries have had more failures
than January, 1933. Average lia-
bilities of the failing firms were
$17,768 for January this year
compared with $22,389 in Janu-
ary, 1932,
By United Press.
ROANOKE, Va., Feb. 10. —
Three federal warrants were Is-
sued today for the arrest of Nor-
man Harvey, 28; Joe Bryant, 19,
and Mrs. Norman Harvey,
charging them with sending
threatening communications thru
the mails in an effort to extort
$50,000 from Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh on threat of kitinaping
his second son. ,
The warrants were issued by
Assistant U. S. District Attorney
P. X. Parsons. Bonds of $25,000
each were required for the two
men, and 85,000 for Mrs. Harvey.
The arrests may prove that the
new federal kidnaping law. enact-
ed after the kidnaping and death
of Colonel Lindbergh's infant son.
Charles Jr., has been violated, it
was stated. . ,
The three stoutly maintained
their innocence. Bryant said he
had just happened to pass by a
tree stump in a Roanoke suburb
and noticed a check for $17,00.0
hidden in it. Harvey and his
wife said that as a favor, they
had driven Bryant to a bank,
where his attempt to cash the
check brought about the arrests.
The check was placed in the
stump by Detective Robert C.
Johnson after lengthy negotia-
tions- with the extortionists,—who
reduced their demands from $50,-
000 to $17,000.
Bryant walked unsuspectingly
into the trap. At the bank, he re-
ceived a wad of papers the size
of bills, wrapped in brown paper
and tied Into a money sack. De-
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CHECK FINGERPRINTS
The Texas Senate today had be- 1
fore It a bill to abolish........North
Texas Agricultural College at Ar- ■
lington, along with seven other ■
state schools, according to United 1
Press reports. 1
It was introduced by Senator ■
W. R. Poage of Waco, who said ■
the schools are not necessary to i
the state's educational system
and that their abolition would 1
save $2,000,000 a year. 1
Other schools at which the bill ■
is aimed are John Tarleton Co!- ■
lege, Stephenville; State Teachers' ■
College, Denton; School of Mines, ■
El Paso; Texas College of Arts ■
and Industries, Kingsville; and ■
teachers' colleges at San Marcos, ■
Alpine and Nacogdoches. ■
Fear Not Aroused. 1
The bill was Introduced after ■
a legislative committee on econ- ■
omy and organization had recom- ■
mended either localization of N. ■
T. A. C. or its abandonment, 1
However, the committee report ■
faile to arouse any fears of Dean ■
E. E. Davis of N. T. A. C., here 1
to appear before the grand jury. 1
“The people of North Texas will ■
not permit abandonment of N. T. 1
A. C.,” he said steadfastly. 1
Since N. T. A. C. serves “mainly ■
Fort Worth and Dallas and is dis- 1
tinctly local in character," statu 1
support should be withdrawn, the 1
report stated. It recommended 1
that Tarrant and Dallas counties ' 1
be united into one district and the
land and buildings be deeded to 1
it and the law changed to permit 1
the counties to operate the school. 1
Abandonment Hinted ]
“If the people of these counties 1
are unwilling to support the insti- SI
tutfon then it should be abandon- 3
ed by the state and the property ill
should. If possible, be sold,” it
concluded. M
“Sponsors of this plan to Io- 1
calize the college have presented 1
no specific plan for Its upkeep," . 1
Dean Davis said. 1
"To operate this as a local In- J
stitution would force the college 1
to Increase tuition to such sn ex- ■
tent as to force 90 per cent of ■
the students out of college." I
He said most of the students !
were from families supported by 1
middle class or low wages and 1
that If It were not for the state
institution they would be unable J
to go to school. I
Present tuition for the year Is |
shout $44, Dean Davis continued, |
while ft would be raised to $100
or more if localized. About 600
are now attending the school.
"This would be a mistake to
take state aid from N. T. A. C.,”
said County Judge Emmett Moore,
"The counties and cities al ready 1
have as much as they can carry, th.
If we were to lose N. T. A. C.. J
we would be deprived of one of -
the best things the state maintains 1
in this section of the country."
At Texas A. & M. College, a |
staff reorganization is needed, the
committee reported. Many Instruc- |
tional, clerical and other positions 1
should be eliminated and too
many auxiliary employes are used,
it said.
The athletic department also
was criticized, maintaining "tax-
payers of Texas” are supporting -
an "expensive athletic program."
— The committee proposed to
make the John Tarleton Agricul-
tural College, Stephenville, a
junior college branch of A. & M.
College.
HE LIKES TO WALK
Records Lost
Texan Who Fled State
Seven Years Ago May
Be Set Free
i r United Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10.—
Edward R. Edwards, former Tex-
as justice of the peace who sur-
rendered here after spending
seven years fleeing justice, is free
so far as court records are con-
cerned, he was informed today.
A wire from his daughter,
Viola, said the sheriff of Corpus
Christi disclosed records of the
case were lost while Edwards was
wandering about the West. The
daughter urged him to wire for
money and return home.
Police, however, said Edwards
would remain In custody here
until Texas authorities agree to
his freedom or order his return.
The justice fled from Fort
Isabel, Texas, while awaiting an
appeal of a murder conviction.
Men Linked In Two Texas
Slayings
By United Press.
DALLAS, Feb 10.—Dallas au-
thorities investigating the kill-
ings of two Texan peace officers
had asked today for fingerprints
of two men held at Shreveport,
La., In connection with robbery
recently of the bank at Plain
Dealing, La.
Chief suspicion here was
aroused by reports a rifle one
carried was thought to be that
taken from Sheriff J. R. Mosely
after the officer was slain at
Tulla. The same men are sus-
pected in the slaying of Deputy
Joe Brown at Rhome.
NEGRO GETS DEATH
LIVINGSTON, Feb. 10.—Lis-
ter Thompson, negro, was sen-
tenced to death in the electric
chair by a jury here today which
found him guilty of murder of
Marion Blackerby, white farmer,
Blackerby was slain near here
last summer. 1
Temple Autoist Refuses to Ride
in Ambulance After Wreck "IT
A Temple autoist walked back %
from an auto ride early today— 1
and police were wondering where 9
he walked. They had his wrecked
auto.
A Shannon ambulance started Ai
to a hospital with him after his r
auto had skidded Into a pole at
Central and North Main at 1
a. m. He insisted so loudly he be
let out, the ambulance stopped at
Eighth and Main and let him go.
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Sheldon, Seward R. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 110, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1933, newspaper, February 10, 1933; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1664391/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.