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OUSTER SIGN
OF HITLERISM
Communist Candidate For
Governorship Expelled
From Port Arthur
SCORES ‘1936 ISSUE’
Claims 400 Students in the
State Are Active In His
Organization
By United Press.
His Own Life
Is Textbook
For Saunders
Youth Unable to Place His
Mother; Tells of Weird
Hunt For Clews
Dwight Saunders, back with his
parents here today after having
been missing more than two
DALLAS SHOW (TIRE OF 97 000 CPA WORKERS
WILL REOPEN D 1 UAL UT J / ,UvV DEA W UITAEIC
GATES IN ’37
Exposition Will Have New
Features to Offer, Says
President
weeks, was learning about his life
in the past as one would learn |
a history lesson. EARLIER CLOSING DATE 1
The 18-year-old University of EADHEn 0999 DALE
Texas- student smiled and looked ---
at his mother, Mrs. James E. Second Edition Will End
Saunders, 4620 Virginia Lane, occon CUIIIUII Will Eno
"I'm accepting her as my
mother, for they, say she is, but
1 don’t remember her as such. It
seems that I made her acquaint-
ance in Brackenridge Park in San
Antonio," he said.
Mrs. Saunders, grief stricken
October 31; Option To
Be Exercised
By United Press.
DALLAS, Oct. 30. Directors of
HOUSTON, Oct. 30. — Homer _______- .. c une Lexas centenmas Exposition
Brooks, Communist candidate for since her son-dropped out of sight announced today that the world’s
governor of Texas, who was oust- in Austin explained that the fair here will reopen in 1937.
•4 from Port Arthur by police Saunders family was in San An- Fred F. Florence, president of
—last night, -charged here today tonjo three- years aFO.. the exposition, notified the Dallas
that denial of public buildings for When Dwight and Mr. Saunders City Council that the exposition
Communist meetings “constitutes --------4------------1 City Council that the exposition
political censorship which smacks
of Hitlerism."
were on the train coming back
from Atlanta, Mr. Saunders show-
the Texas Centennial Exposition
PARALYZES PACIFIC SHIPPING
Here Are Some of the Aristocrats at Kennel Show
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BE:
500 Pickets Already -
At Piers Carrying
Warning Signs
NEWSBOY BEATEN
Walkout Spreads to
Warehouse Unions;
Police Called
“Developments during the course
of this campaign have convinced
us that, more than ever, the main
issue. In .1936 is Fascism against
- democracy,” the slender, blond
canddiate said.
H. E. Baker, Port Arthur chief
of police, arrested Brooks and his
companions, Sid Roland and Bill
Williams, .
"We took him and his two com-
panions and told them to get out
—of the-county,"ChiefBaker said.
“I expect they 9 went back to
Houston." .
Brooks Indignant
ed son a picture in a magazine
of a man we saw in the park in
San Antonio," she said. "That
made him think of me, and it's
his first recollection.”
Young Saunders was asked
what thing he last remembered
about Austin.
"You mean the first thing,” he
said. "You see, as far as I know,
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MOLLISON SETS
City Council that the exposition
will exercise its option on the
Fair Grounds and reopen next
June 12. to continue until Oct. 31.
It will close its 1936 season Nov.
29.
Florence explained that the re-
' opening was planned because of
1 "the general demand of Dallas
| business interests" and that the
| 1937 edition of the exposition will
i resemble "only in general layout"
the 1936 fair.
_ "There will be new shows, ex-
hibits, concessions and buildings,"
— he promised. “Large exhibitors
Brooks was indignant.
"I am .being deprived of my
democratic rights. I am fighting
Landon, Fascism, the
League and Hearst.
’ "I don’t expect to be elected
governor, but I will poll about
2500 votes—a good gesture.
"There are about 400 dues-pay-
ing members of the Communist
Party in the state, 20 of whom are
are anxious to reopen the fair in
1937, and success of the venture
R F A A A A | should be certain because there
I will be no other major exposition
rLIUllI nLUUnU in the country next year."
| More than 5,000,000 persons
e......sA All „ have visited the exposition since
Liberty Crosses Atlantic in Snow it opened June 6.
students of the University of Tex-
as. We have no members on the
University of Texas faculty."
Brooks said his party had ap-
proximately 20 members in Port
Arthur and that others were scat-
tered in "some of the other stu-
dent bodies of Texas colleges."
“I am never coming back here
again," Brooks asserted.
- The three were arrested yester-
day afternoon when they came to
address a political meeting. • The
arrest was the highlight in a day
of activity involving Communism
in Texas.
At Austin two state representa-
tives handed in a minority report
on the recent probe of Commu-
nism at the State University.
They said “red" doctrines were
taught by professors. The Legis-
lature had exonerated the univer-
sity.
Student Demands Answer
The representatives, Joe Cald-
well Jr. of Asherton and Tom P.
Cooper Jr. of Lindale, also were
named defendants in an action
brought by Otto Mullinax, law
• student, who demanded that they
tell how they obtained letters he
wrote and which figured in the
“red hunt.
At Dallas a committee of “the
legton of honor" was named to
determine if Communism Is being
taught in the public schools.
Dr. Norman R. Crozier, super-
intendent of Dallas schools, said
he’d welcome an investigation.
Wilbur Dickey, business agent
of the International Seamen’s Un-
ton, charged at Houston that Com-
munists were trying to gain con-
trol of waterfront unions through
terroristic practices.
Storm; Will Take Off
For Cape Town
By United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 30. —Capt. James
A. Mollison, British flying hero,
SECOND POISON
TEST GIVEN. UP
completed his third crossing of the
North Atlantic by airplane at 9:53 .. . ■
a. m. (3.53 a. m. Fort Worth time) Wright S Body Thoroughly
today, 13 hours and 13 minutes
after his take-off from Harbor
Grace, Newfoundland.
He brought his green - yellow
American - made Bellanca mono-
plane down at Croydon Airdrome
as 200 spectators watched.
Checked First Time,
Officers Learn
Investigators’ plans to ask for •
second examination of the body of
Mollison .planned to take off W. P. Wright were spiked today
within 24 hours for Cane Town | by a Terrell Laboratory report
wiinin nourn 1or cape Town that tests were made for several
poisons, including arsenic, shortly
after the first husband of Mrs.
South Africa.
“Soon after I started I ran into
a snow storm," he said. "When I
was 700 miles out I had to circle
over the ocean for an hour to rid
the wings of ice. The airplape be-
haved marvelously."
He left Harbor Grace without
getting his clearance papers from
the customs authorities, the first
time such a thing ever was done.
Captain Mollison has "flown
across the North Atlantic twice
from east to west, and once across
the South Atlantic. In December,
1932, Amy Johnson took the Lon-
don to Cape Town record from
him, just a few months after they
were married. Mollison said he
would attempt to get it back.
• Mrs. Mollison recently announc-
ed she and her husband had
"amicably decided" to go their own
ways.
Mollison’s time beat Amalia Ear-
hart's 14 hours, 54 minutes, in her
crossing in 1932. He now holds
more trans-Atlantic records than
any other airman.
The flier’s eyes 'were bloodshot
from fatigue and strain. He
spoke into a microphone, saying:
“I am darned tired and I'm go-
GOODYEAR BLIMP . _
ARRIVES IN CITY -
Fort Worthers gawked at a
great silver bag floating over Fort
Worth today.
It wasn’t the Hindenburg off her
course.
The Resolute. 142-foot blimp of
the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.,
dropped in on the city, tying up on
the Jacksboro Highway, about a
mile from the city limits.
F. A. Trotter, in charge of the
crew of five, said the ship prob-
ably would remain here a month,
hopping passengers. .
Due here last week, the Resolute
was delayed when a farmer fired
on the big bag as the airship
sailed over Oklahoma.
The crew was forced to return
to Rt. Louis for repairs on a he-
lium bag.
THE WEATHER
FORT WORTH AND VICINITY:
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday;
minimum temperature tonight near 50
degrees.
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES
Time- Tear ago Yes’day Today
12 midnight .... 71
2 a. ....... 71
4 a. .........70
I a. m.
8 a. m.
9 a. m.
0 a. m.
40
72
73
76
77
M)
41
5
50
53
11 s. m
12 noon
1 p. m.
UM.n #
4 p. m. ........82 69
6p. m. ........ 80 67
6 p. ...........77 64
Sunrises tomorrow at 6:46: seta st
5:40,
TEXAS RAINFALL REPORT
For 24 hours ending f a m. today).
Brownsville ... .04 Kerrville ...... .04
Del Rl-I ...... 10 Lampasas .... 03
Beeville ........02 Laredo .is.s.10
Bronson ... .01 Llano ..........04
Carrizo Sprgs... 30 Luling .........12
Cuero...........01 Mission ......13
Encinal ?....... .MiTernpls .....t. 02
Hondo •.....,.. 14Waco ..........«
ing to have a strong whisky and
soda."
DOWNTOWN BUILDING
IS SOLD TO LAWYER
Structure on Houston St.
Goes to I. H. Burney
Purchase of the two-story brick
building at. 502-504 Houston St.
by I. H. Burney, Fort Worth
lawyer and capitalist, was an-
nounced today by George T. Vick-
ers, real estate broker
Involving one of the largest
downtown real estate deala in re-
cent months, the building was
bought from the estate of John
B. Laneri for an unannounced sum.
• The structure, fronting 50 feet
on Houston St. between Fourth
and Fifth Sts., now is occupied
by Stewart's, a ladies' clothing
store owned by Gilbert Bros.
Mr. Burney bought the build-
ing for investment purposes, Mr.
Vickers said.
HOME FOUND FOR BOYS
Two homeless brothers, J. T.
Birdie Wilkins died in 1931.
The investigation into the old
case was renewed yesterday after
officers had taken a statement
from a woman who said she knew
the circumstances of Wright's
death.
Officers had planned to exhume
Wright's body if the records
showed the man’s viscera were
not tested for arsenic, traces of
which may be’found several years
after death.
Officers are Investigating Mrs.
Wilkins' expenditures after
Wright's death, including reported
purchase of a car.
Mrs. Wilkins Is in county jail,
charged with plotting the death of
her third husband. Arthur Lee
Wilkins, killed early Sunday when
a passenger train crashed into his
car at King’s Highway Crossing.
Mrs. Wilkins was questioned at
the time of Wright's death and
released after a Terrell Labora-
tory test failed to show he had
been poisoned.
Mrs. Wilkins said she was sepa-
rated from Wright "for some
time" before his death.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Wilkins' attor-
ney, Roy Scott, sought to gain
her freedom on a writ of habeas
corpus. Judge Willis McGregor
will hear arguments on the writ
tomorrow at 10 a. m.
EMMETT ALLEN DIES
Emmett O. Allen of 2605 Pros-
pect Ave., one of the few remain-
ing wholesale butchers here, .died
at 11:45 a. m. today at a local hos-
pital. He had been 111 a month.
He was 54.
, Survivors are his wife, two
daughters. Miss Ida Lee Allen and
Mrs. Ruth Kelly; two sons, Verne
and Emmett Jr., a brother, I. B.
Allen; mother, Mrs. Lee Allen:
three sisters, Mrs. J. E. Helm, all
of Fort Worth, and Mrs. Ruth
Ward and Mrs. S. A. Thomasson
of Duncan, Okla.
Short Cut?
Centennial Visitor Is
Bogged Down On
Top of Levee
A Colorado visitor stopped a
North Sider yesterday and asked
directions for a short cut to the
Frontier Centennial grounds.
The North Rider directed him
Miner, 12, and Roger Miller, 10,
found shivering over a bonfire
Wednesday night, have a tempo-
rary home at least with their aged
grandfather in Azle. - County ju-
venile officer took them there yea- 12th St , he continued on through
terday after they told of being
deserted by their father.
to Gould Ave. The visitor found
Gould and followed it, but he fol-
lowed It too far.
Instead of turning west on N
Here are three of the nation's best known dogs, which were
winners at the Fort Worth Kennel Club's show last night. With them
are two others which were runners-up. Lower left shows Dorian von
Marienhof of Mazelaine, a Boxer, owned by John P. Wagner, Mil-
waukee, Jack Dempsey and others, and incorporated st $4000. He
was named second best dog of all breeds. He previously had won 11
consecutive top honors. A black Scotty, Rakish of Rookes, owned
SHOW MOVES
OUTSIDE AGAIN
Three Performances of Casa
Manana Revue To Be
Given Tonight
Jack Frost has moved on and
the moon is back over Casa
by Mrs. J. V. Dees, won first place. Top left shows a Black Scotty.
Cyrus Kelley, owned by Mrs. Kork Kelly, Wichita Falls. Strutting
like a monarch In the top right corner in Boyd’s Bitsie, Boston Toy
Terrier owned by Mary E. Boyd, Dallas. Winner in all breeds of
sporting dogs was Ruxton’s Mollie, Irish setter, owned by Jack A.
Spear, Tipton, la. Defying all comers, and keeping a threatening
eye on the judges, was the rugged bull. Bonhomie Recovery, Inset,
winner of many shows, and owned by Ferdinand A. Dascher, Omaha.
King Gives ‘Private’ Party
For London’s Gay Divorcee
Drinks Are Plentiful; After Dinner Edward VIII Escorts
Mrs. Simpson to Her Residence
Manaua.
So three performances of the
Casa Manana Revue will be given
at the Frontier Centennial tonight,
Billy Rose announced.
Shows will begin at 7:30, 9.30
and 11:30 p. m , in the big open
By United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 30 Mrs. Wallis Simpson was King Edward's
guest at a dinner party in Buckingham Palace Wednesday night the
first time they had seen each other since her divorce the day before,
it was learned today.
It was described as a “very, very private” party, at which a few
close friends of the ‘king were
guests. It was understood there
were plenty of liquid refreshments.
So private was the dinner that
only the few servants who actual-
ly served the diners knew of it'
air care-theater ---—After-dinnerthe-king escorted ■
"Capacity Audience | Mrs. Simpson to her home at 16
With the cold wave broken, the Cumberland Terrace
revue moved from
Building back to
grounds" last night
the
its
Jumbo
“home
A rapacity
Gardening is the link that binds
i the friendship of the king and Mrs.
| Simpson, friends in court circles
said today.
As a result of the mutual liking
audience saw the show, as a full : AAA result or tne mutual KinE
. . for flowers, and for tending them,
moon rodeoverhead. . a. 114
Tonight, Big Spring High School
pupils will have th. r fling at the
show. They are due on a T. & P.
train,
the friends reported. King Ed-
ward, in a pair of old gray flannel
trousers and a turtle neck sweater,
may soon be seen in the gardens
of Buckingham Palace, making
them simpler and less formal.
Mrs. Rimpson is expected to be
Having decided to carry the
show on through Nov. 14, Mr. . - , -
Rose today announced Tuesday there the friends say, giving sug
will be Pioneer Costume Night
All persons in pioneer regalia will
be admitted through the gates free
between 6 and 7 p. m.
“Sweetheart Night”
i gestions.
Today Mrs. Simpson remained at
home, it was understood, and the
king was busy with a big program
at the palace.
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DRUNK DRIVING CHARGED
A 28-year-old motorist, R. Wil-
liam Thompson, 611 West Second
St., was jailed last night for drunk
driving after his auto leveled a
light standard at 12th and North
Main Sts. A justice court charge
was filed today.
Oakwood Cemetery "and encount-
ered the Trinity River levee.
Deciding the levee should take
him somewhere, he drove on top
of the embankment and started fol.
lowing the crest. After 400 yards,
his car stuck.
A wrecker was called and it
stuck. A second wrecker came
and nulled out both the visitor and
the first wrecker
Wednesday will be sweetheart
Night. Sweethearts “from 16 to .
80," where accompanied by their
"boy friends,” will be admitted
without charge.
Director Rose has signed the
Three Radio Rogues, noted mimics
of the air and movies, to succeed
Jack Powell, comedian drummer.
Runday and expected to select
new acts today to take the spots
of Sally Rand and Cardini, ma-
gician.
King’s Address
Studded With‘I’s’
. By United Press.
LONDON, Oct. 30. — King Ed-
ward, in his first formal address
to his Parliament — an address
studded thickly with "I’s" instead
of the traditional “we”+-issued a
clearly Implied invitation 'for Cen-
tral European nations to seek
By United Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 30.—A
maritime strike of 37,000 union
dock and sea workers tightened
its grip around the Pacific Coast’s,
shipping industry today. Mari-
time Federation headquarters here
ordered large-scale picketing of
piers.
In Ran Francisco, approximately
500 pickets moved out along the
Embareadero front. They were
stationed In groups of 12 in front
of each pier and displayed the
unions' warning that the 40 ships
tied up here must not sail.
Union headquarters said pickets
had been posted at the other af-
fected ports, principally Seattle,
Portland, Ban Pedro and Ian
Diego.
Police Heavily Armed.
One hundred and eighty special
patrolmen were ordered out for
waterfront duty. Seven patrol
cars, each manned by two offi-
eera equipped with shotguns and
tear gas bombs, cruised along
Embarcadero streets. Three hun-
dred. and ninety policemen were
dispatched to the San Pedro wa-
terfront. Police details were star
tioned at other Pacific ports.
Peace negotiations were at a--
standstill. The strike spread in-
land when between 500 and 800
workers in public, feed and ice
warehouses struck.
Fear that the city would be
gripped further by strike activities •
resulted from a threat by the
Warehousemen’s Union, affiliated
with theInternational Longshore-
. men’s Asan., to quit work in
wholesale grocery warehouses an-
less demands are met.
Newsboy Is Beaten.
First violence in San Francisco
was reported by James Lynch, 26,
a newsboy, who told police a deck
worker beat him and destroyed .
his papers.
Bailor* Quit Ships
A steady stream of sailors,
their gear packed in duffel ban
paraded down the gangplanks
from luxury ’ liners, freighters,
tankers, lumber schooners and mo-
torships.
Most of them went directly to
union headquarters to receive in- .
structions. Meetings were held
behind rinsed doors.
Longshoremen and other dock
workers joined the shipboard em-
ployes in meeting and announced
they were "through working."
Edward F. McGrady, assistant
secretary of labor and ace concil-
iator for the Federal Government,
HUNT SLAYER
, IN PANHANDLE
Fingerprints Left On Jar of
Jelly Are Checked In .
Torch Murder
peaceful revision of World War
treaties.
He covered the world and do-
mestic situations, on topics rang-
ing from the Spanish civil war to
the new Anglo-Egyptian treaty,
using plain “I," "me," and "my,"'
where his royal forbears used the
kingly "we," "us” and "our."
His speech was read in the
House of Lords to the assembled
lords and commons The king
was at Buckingham Palace when
the speech was read. He is to ap-
pear in person — and in his royal
robes — at the state opening of
Parliament Tuesday and speak
from the throne. London wonder-
ed whether Mrs. Wallis Simpson,
his American-born friend, would
be in the distinguished stringers'
gallery.
The king mentioned the recent
American-British-French financial
agreement on the occasion of the
devaluation of the French franc,
the first step in a hoped-for pro-
gram of economic disarmament.
"My ministers were glad to be
able, in conjunction with the Cove
ernment of the United States," he
said, "to lend their co-operation
to the scheme for readjustment of
the value of French currency."
Topics upon which he touched
included revision of the League of
Nations covenant, negotiations for
a new Locarno Treaty, national
defense, betterment In trade and
employment, housing and other
domestic matters
By United Press
A MARILLO, Tex., Oct. 30. —
Officers in the Panhandle kept a
close lookout today for J. W.
"Blackie" Braswell, sought for
questioning in ‘the death of G. L.
"Ace" Houston, Pampa gambler.
Houston's charred body was
found yesterday in the smoulder-
ing wreckage of an automobile
which had burned on an unfre-
quented road east of Amarillo.
Houston had been shot. ,
A woman, known to officers
only as "Mabel," also is wanted
for questioning.
Three hitch-hikers reported, hav-
ing witnessed the killing, which
they said followed a drunken quar-
rel between the two men. They
said they had been given a ride
announced the strike after ha re-
ceived a telephone call from the
joint negotiating committee of the
eeven unions.
Final Parleys Fall
“It is a strike against all com-
paniee,” he said.
The decision to call the walk- . J
out came after last hour parleys
with the shipowners’ committee
failed to bring the two warring
sides any closer to agreement.
| The strike was to have been called
24 hours earlier, but was post-
poned in, the hope a truce could
be reached. The union men have
been working since-Oct. 1, under
a temporary truce.
Hope that President Roosevelt
would intervene was the reason ′
the union committee waited until
the last minute to issue the strike
order. Randolph Merriweather, ex-
ecutive of the marine engineers,
said He added:
“We were expecting a wire from
President Roosevelt. It didn't
come. We received wires from
unions all over the country pledg-
ing us their support, however.”
■. "Sheer Madness”---em
“The United States Department
of Labor le staying on the job,"
McGrady said. "This stoppage of
work is sheer madness. Nobody
wins; everybody loses— industries,
workers and the general public."
A "sailors’ defense” committee
In New York already has given
notice it will seek a sympathy
strike in that area.
The issues that led to the
strike wera chiefly the workers’
demands for higher wages, cash
in the automobile just before the
shooting occurred They said . - _ -
"Ace" drew a gun and fired, but pay for overtime for work per-
'formed at sea, preferential union
hiring and continued union control
of hiring halls
the woman struck his arm and the
shot crashed through the wind-
shield. In the shooting which fol-
lowed, they said, Houston was
killed. The youths jumped out of
the car and fled, as the man and
woman drove off with Houston's
body
Officers learned that the man
described by the three hitch-hikers
NEW ORLEANS, La., Oct 30.
Maritime workers and seamen in
New Orleans awaited “official
word from the West Coast” today
before taking any action on a
sympathetic strike, T. J. Darcy,
president of the local chapter of
as Houston's slayer appeared at a president of the local CRAPer 9
farmhouse near Amarillo, got wothe International Longshoremens
drink of water, ate the contents Assn. said.
Assn., said.
of a can of tomatoes and of-a jar
of jelly, then departed in the direc-
tion of Amarillo. Fingerprints on
the jelly jar are being checked.
From the farmhouse, the man’s
route was traced across fields into
the railroad yards here, where the
trail was lost.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Oct. 30.-
Michael J. Dwyer, Gulf Coast pres-
ident of the International Long-
shoremen’s Association, said today
his organisation planned no "sym- |
pathy” action in- the maritime
strike on the West Coast.
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