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5, 1939
SCRIPPS - HOWARD
VOL. 19, NO. 39
J. S. Releases
Al Capone To
Hs
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ily
Fallen Gang Leader
Due To Be Treated
For Paresis Disease
By United Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov.: 16. —
Scarface Al Capone, • once the
overlord of Chicago's prohibition
gangs, was whisked across the
country in secret and released to-
day from'the Government's new
model prison at Lewisburg, Pa.
Capone, who used to pay large
sums for loud silk 'underwear, was
dressed today in a cheap suit
which the Government gave to
him.
Broken in health, and tortured
by mental aberrations produced
e by paresis, Capone was turned
over to relatives and accompanied
by three federal officials when he
left federal custody after serving
seven years, six months and 15
days on an 11-year sentence for
income tax evasion.
Officials would not discuss Ca-
pone's mental condition. They said
that the public interest required
thst this information, and other
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Season On Ducks
Opens With Bang
Hunters' Guns Fell
Many at Lake Worth
As Ban Is Lifted
Dozens of ducks dropped dead
today.
Fort Worth hunters were hav-
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Local Forecast: Considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1939
Je a Good Dog, Cocaud
Germans Vow
To Destroy
British Power
Declaration Hints
Again of Fierce
Nazi Drive In West
By United Press
BERLIN, Nov. 16. Germany
will carry on the war "until Brit-
ish supremacy has been destroy-
ed.” authorized German sources
declared today. ,
The declaration coincided with
broad hints'in the controlled Nazi
Press HOME
L 1 0DO EDITION
PRICE THREE CENTS
PIERCE BUTLER, JUSTICE
OF SUPREME COURT, DIES
‘A Horse of a Different Color
Joins Stampede for Empty Seat
Press Writer Casts -
press that despite approaching
winter. Germany would intensify
hostilities because Britain and
France had made "new declara-
tions of war” in rejecting Belgian-
Netherlands mediation offers.
"We did not want this war," the
authorized German sources said.
“It was forced upon us by Britain
and France, We will be ready to
talk peace conditions when the
war has ended victoriously for
us.’’
The' Allied maneuvers to
strangle the Nazi military ma-
chine economically Instead of at-
tempting to destroy it by direct
attack continued to hold the ini-
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McNutt Campaign
Straddles Fence
Seeks Both New Deal
And Anti-Roosevelt
Support For 1940
By United Press.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.- Fed-
Hat In Ring As
Field Nears 50
With a full deck of cam-
paign cards out for the special ,
election of a flotorial representa-
tive, the game became "joker "
wild" today.
The “joker" is C. L. Douglas. "
Press feature writer, who tossed "
his hat on top of those of the 52
candidates already in the pack. "
The election on Nov. 28 will name
a successor to Bill Corry, who a
resigned his House seat to take -
a state job which later folded up. h
He is also a candidate to get his 3
old job back.
* Although a little late in enter-"
ing, Mr. Douglas said he is not
a dark horse but a “horse of a
different color.”
He will undertake all the joys a
and sorrows of campaigning, ex—-
cept speech making. He doesn’t I
like to make speeches. -1
Commodore Is Manager *
He did, however, offer to kiss •
all the babies in Denton and Tar- B
rant counties between the ages of F
17 and 32.
He announced that his cam- 1
paign manager will be Commodore ■
B. M. Hatfield, the Old Man of the 1
Trinity, who lately has been su-A
per vising the castor bean 9
eral Security Administrator Paul Entwi be 1 7
s "You’ll have to wait, old fellow,” Fort Worth’s distinguished feather in his Presidential cam-Jack Gordon, amusements editor 9
ing happy hunting at Lake Worth visitor, Alexander Woollcott, told his valued dog, Cocaud, this paign hat today as he and his of The Press. I
and Eagle Mountain Lake Re- morning as the pet put forepaws on the Woollcott waistcoat just manager hid for the support of "It is my purpose not to get 1 Y
ports were not in from those who before the writer's lecture before the Lecture Foundation at River both pro and anti-Roosevelt wings elected," said Mr. Douglas. "I g -
went farther afield. Crest. Cocaud, a French poodle, wagged disappointment and waited, of the Democratic party.WIRE probably wouldn't serve a day if=
Scores of hunters were out after.elected, the governor isn’t :
=====M - =111 mo
.... , . N.A ministr neck the race. It was the hunch of “Just an old country boy" is what every good candidate claims
Celebrated Raconteur's Humor Well Received Ins I Dirrerent Roles an old trail driver who thought it to he, so C. L. Douglas adopted the formula when he entered the
he, aen in there would be a good idea. Mr. Doug- race for “floater" representative. He also claims to have been born
Vesta dPRtt and in Chiceer las said that, if he didn’t run much in * log cabin during an Indian attack. He was on the fence as
McHale in the letter citv met with risk of having to sit In the Legis- he whittled out his platform, which makes him an ideal mugwump.
McHale in the latter city met wien (Turn to Page t) (In politics, a mugwump is a fellow who sits on the fence with his
* * • mug on one side and his wiimp on the other.)
To John Whiting apparently
went the honor of bagging the
first ducks at Lake Worth after
a five-year ban on duck hunting' By Enthusiastic Audience at River Crest Club
there was lifted. 1
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RANCHER IS FIRST
HUNTING CASUALTY
By United Press.
SAN MARCOS, Nov 16.-
Max Scrutchin. 40. was shot
through the thigh today on
his ranch near San Marcos in
the first reported accident of
the deer hunting season.
Another hunter mistook
Scrutchin for a deer.
His wound was not believed
serious. He was brought to
Memorial Hospital here.
Gene Scrutchin, brother of
the wounded man, was shot
in, the eye recently while
hunting doves. He has just
returned from Chicago where
By JACK GORDON 10 Tor, „ 1
Alexander Woollcott, chubby cherub of letters, regaled more than anti-New Deal Gov: Leon :
500 fashionably-dressed men and women here today with an hour and lips of Oklahoma for the avowed
a half of typical Woollcott banter. . purpose of discussing McNutts
The tubby raconteur arrived from Dallas in his own green eight- Presidential aspirations. Here, s
cylinder auto, accompanied by J. P. Hennessey, a friend of 20 years, few hours earlier. McNutt appear-.
===== jed before a luncheon meeting of
the National Lawyers' Guild with
an address based on the funda-
mentally New Deal doctrine that
professional medical and legal -
services should be easily available
and “Cocaud,” the writer's black %
French poodle. He spoke before
the Fort Worth Lecture Founda- I
tion at River Crest Country Club.
He declined cocktails at a near-
by mansion, sacing he had to
hurry back to Dallas “to catch
up with some work.”
he underwent an operation to
save the eye.
FDR Will Name
His Fifth Man To
U. S. High Tribunal
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16SU-
preme Court Justice Pierce Butler
— one of the two remaining con-
servative members of the nation ■
highest court-—died early today
after a long illness. He was 73.
President Roosevelt expressed
personal regret at Mr. Butlers
death in a statement and in a per-
sonal letter to Mrs. Butler.
"I had known Justice Butler for
a great many years and I always
regarded him as a personal
friend,” Mr, Roosevelt said in his
statement.
Honesty Is Commended
“His undoubted great ability,
his complete frankness in the ex-
pression of his philosophy and his
honest convictions commanded my
respect and, in common with his
many friends I sincerely regret
his untimely passing."
Mr. Butler died in Garfield Hoss
pital at 5:14 a. m. (Fort Worth
time). He had been a patient there
since Sept. 22 for treatment of a
bladder ailment.
His condition turned suddenly
worse early this morning. Neither
his doctor nor any member of his
family was present.
His illness began in the spring
of 1938, but he continued his work
on the bench through June, 1939.
After the court recessed for the
summer his doctor ordered him to
the hospital for observation. He
responded well to treatment and
in three weeks was allowed to re-
turn home.
Returned to Hospital
However, hia strength declined
in a few weeks and in September
he returned to the hospital. He
had shown no improvement since
then.
In a eulogy delivered from the
bench. Chief Justice Hughes an-
nounced that last rites would be
held tomorrow at 11 a. m. at St.
Matthew’s Cathedral here.
Mr. Butler is survived by his
wife, four sons and two daughters.
Mrs. Butler and three of Mr.
Butler’s children were with him
much of the time during his ill-
ness. They were his two daugh-
ters. Miss Margaret Butler, who
lived with Justice and Mrs. Butler
here, and Mrs. Edward K. Dunn.
Baltimore. One of his sons, Leo,
is a Washington contractor. The
three other sons, Pierce Butler
Jr., William and Francis, live in
St. Paul, Minn.
Funeral Will Be In St. Paul
Friends of the Butler family
said that the justice's funeral
would be in St Paul, where he
still maintained his early home.
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Repeal Five Manager
Laws a Day
Commodore an
Bookie Business
| Bogs Down Here
Players Don't Like
K To Wait a Day For
• Bad News to Come
Playing the ponies today was
M like waiting for Santa Claus.
You whisper which horse you
B like best, turn in your two bucks
then forget about it.
B In the morning the racing forms
a will tell you if you won or lost.
■ Such, in fact, seemed the plan
F of Fort Worth s horse betting es-
0 tablishments following the fed-
b eral curtailment of nation-wide
B wire services.
There were some who might try
some long-distance telephoning,
but the Government is sure to
at discourage that.
* I The “time" betting system as
seems inevitable for local bettors
* I is anything but satisfactory for a
number of reasons. It may Work
A ‘its greatest havoc by discouraging
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He Wishes
It Hadn't
Gone Away
to the masses. The guild is
friendly to the New Deal. Commodore B. M. Hatfield, ac-
McNutt’s campaign is proceed- cepting the post as manager of
ing methodically, quietly and ef- C. L. Douglas' campaign for
ficiently. When he appeared be- flotorial representative, wrote the
1 ’ Introduced by Mrs. I. H. Bur- This is about the grocery bag fore the liberal group of lawyers following letter touching on the
ney, Woollcott said he would that wasn’t there it wasn't there yesterday he was just returned
talk about himself, but made no again today from a jaunt into Florida, where
, today: (Turn to Page 9)
apology. J. J. Niece, insurance dealer. (*" s
“But if you could bring me one
up here. .
." Woollcott smiled.
political aspects of the race:
Dear Doug:
------------------------------ "I like to hear people talk 2505 Waits, stood waiting for a
Hearing that City Council at about themselves . . a thing bus at 10th and Main’last night. 0.4., nsslAL 0
noon yesterday had lifted the they know something about.” holding his brief case, a loaf of UITICIAIS
ben. Mr Whiting drove to his He then, to much chuckling bread, can of beans and jar of *
Lake Worth home, ate lunch and from the audience, told of how he honey. D 1
, started out. He had two ducks in made up his mind to be s news- A friend came along. Mr. Niece BTAUNTAIS PAI
30 minutes, five In two hours. paperman at the age of 5, when put down his case and bag on the NIUNS PI* ifivva
Mrs. Guy R. Gettings, at Get- he saw his first show in Kansas running board of a parked car, In-1
tings' Camp, Lake Worth reported (Turn to Page 9)
an abundance of ducks — "and------------
I put my brand on you for
Flotorial Representative with
much gusto and pleasure, and will
be seeing you in Austin in 1940.
I'd be glad to serve as one of
dulged in a friendly chat.
The bus arrived. He turned to
ther’re not even scary." , nrr
Out Early-Gets 4 20 Rnvprnnrc Offer
Roy Brown, a neighbor, bagged UU UUVGHHIUS UlTDl
four this morning "before break- '
fast. J. M Townes Jr., 1011 W Duch | shor Doano
Shaw, got four in two hours late IU 1 Uoll LdUUl 1 udUU
yesterday.
Chester E. Priest, 3109 Rogers,
brought in two this morning, and
E. H. (Red) Raines, deputy coun-
ty clerk, one.
J. R. Foster, Lake Worth mer-
chant, was on s deer hunt, but
pick up his things.
The auto had driven away, un-
noticed.
Police still hadn't located Mr.
Niece's supper today nor his
brief case.
A delegation headed by City
Manager Rothwell and Council-
man I. N. McCrary was in New
Braunfels today for the annual
By United Press. sjg
WASHINGTON Nov 16. The Probe Demanded Of
American Federation of Labor - ,
store attendants reported “many
ducks on the lake," ,:
Luck at Eagle Mountain
Some luck was reported also at ganized labor.
The offer to assist in promoting
labor peace was made in the
and the Congress of Industrial Warchine’ Dofonte
Organizations received today the WdlsIPS UUILULS
offer of representatives of 39 By United Press
state governors to give "every as- WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Sen.
sistance possible" in reuniting or-
Eagle Mountain Lake.
William Richey, . Le onard’s
form of a resolution by the Sixth
sporting goods clerk, bagged four 1
there yesterday afternoon. At the National Conference
same time, two fellow clerks ac-
counted for five at Lake Worth
Doc St. Clair killed three, Lloyd
Wakefield two.
Arthur Tuck, Lake Worth, was
reported to have bagged "several."
Four Deaths Seen As
Triple Murder, Suicide
By United Press.
DUNSTON, Me , Nov. 15. Four
bodies we're found today in a
burned house, revealing whatpo-
lice believed to be a triple murder
and a suicide.
The victims were .identified as:
William A. Rowe, about 55; Mrs.
Ethel V. Rowe, about 55: Arthur
Rowe, 13, and Clare Rowe, 12.
Police believed that all were
killed by bullets from a revolver.
on Labor
Legislation last night. The con-
ference was called by Secretary
of Labor Perkins.
It was the second move within
Burton K. Wheeler, Democrat of
Montana, demanded a congres-
sional investigation today of con-
struction faults in the Navy’s new
destroyers.
Herl said that Congress should
refuse to vote further money for
naval construction until respon-
sibility for the defects is fixed.
Meanwhile, Naval officials as-
serted that the trouble experienced
in the Navy’s new est destroyers
was being exaggerated. Acting
Secretary of the Navy Charles Ed-
ison said that charges of top-
a week, under Administration aus-
pices, to reconcile the warring
factions of organized labor. Last
week Mr. Roosevelt conferred
separately with AFL President .........T — ............,
William Green and CIO President heaviness in the new ships were
Lewis and asked them to resume being overplayed <that under nor-
soon the peace negotiations which mal operating conditions they were
were suspended April 5. stable.
He Ran a Red Light
But Nobody Gave Offender a Ticket
For Speeding Out of the Courtroom
found near the bodies. | Motorist Joe Glum had a sad
ALASKAN GOVERNOR NAMED and embarrassing experience to-
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. —day.
President Roosevelt today formal-
He walked into City Hall with
summons for a traffic offense.
ly nominated Dr. Ernest Gruening
of the Interior Department to be He met a stranger.
territorial governor of Alaska. "Where’s the city court ?"
Gruening will succeed retiring quizzed Mr. Glum glumly
—Governor—John W. Troy, who is__“Follow me I'm going there
1 vacating th - because of ill-now," replied the black-haired
i ness. stranger, a tall slender man.
Mr. Glum fell in step, asking:
“Have any idea how a guy
might cut down his fine? Is the
'old judge tough?"
"Oh, I don't know," the stran-
ger replied. "You might try."
But Mr. Glum paid off without
a peep______________________
The stranger, was W. H. Gil.
martin, corporation court judge.
convention of the League of
Texas Municipalities.
Mr. Bothwell was to address the
session on taxation. City Attorney
Rouer, slated to be elevated to
the presidency of the league: City
Engineer Jones; City Auditor
Michael and Projects Director
J. J Hurley also are attending.
Messrs. Bothwell, Jones, Rouer
and Hurley planned to spend time
in San Antonio, conferring on a
projected W'PA street improve-
ment program here.
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Your Social Security
Questions Answered
Tn aid readers in determining
their benefits under the newly
amended Social Security Act, in
help business men solve the tax-
ation and record-keeping prob-
lems posed by the new amend-
ments. In inform those who are
eligible under thr new Federal
Act, thr Fort Worth Press’
prepared to answer YOUR ques-
tion about how the Art affects
YOU, and what YOUR rights
are.
Your question on the amount
of monthly benefit you will re-
eelve should include all essential
information about your employ-
ment, such as the periods yen
have worked since January I,
1937, average monthly wage, your
ate type of employment, mar-
ried or single, number of ehil-
dren, ete,
Some workers who were ex-
eluded from the original Art are
now covered and eligible to old
a ge monthly benefits. Persons 65
oe over on January 1, 1940, and
i otherwise eligible, an retire and
draw benefits. Widews and ehil-
dren of covered workers are now
included in the monthly benefit
provisions. ..
Address your questions to The
Fort M orlh Press Social Security
Editor. Washington Service Hu
ream. 1013 Thirteenth *t . Wash-
ington, D. C., and enclose a post-
age stamp for reply
First Questions on -
Page T, Second Section
your campaign managers.
1 understand that this election
(in which you undoubtedly will be
the) leading candidate, and that
without the use of mountain-billy
bands) will cost the taxpayers of
Tarrant and Denton counties
about $3700 and with the possi-
bility the winner may never serve
a day. I quite agree with you
that there should be, if possible,
some change made in the election
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India Would Air
Row With Britain
By United Press.
LONDON, Nov. 16. The News
Commodore Ball Mom Hat-YY HCTC 1o
field. Admiral- of the Trinity, _
Master of the Marshes, First Tn#
Lord of the Swamps — AND— I.
Campaign Manager for the Peo- a
ple’s Candidate! The hewhis- PMIAT7
.. kered adviser won fame in 1933- DCT ITCCCC e
Chronicle today received a letter 34 by making boat trip from
from Mohandas K. Gandhi, Indian Fort Worth to Chicago and re- So you want, to winter In Ber-
political leader, saying that the turn. Later he wan adviser for muda, where temperatures are the
Indian Congress had raised the the boat expedition his candi- same night and day?
. < j1 . date made by river from Fort
question of independence so the Worth to the Gulf.
people can "decide how to behave
in the present world crisis."
He said the Congress was not
trying to take advantage of the
war to gain independence.
"If there is going to he a fight
between Britain and the Congress
Murphy Seen
As Successor
Ry United Press.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-
Nomination of Atty. Gen. Frank
Murphy to be an associate justice
of the Supreme Court and promo-
tion of Solicitor Gen. Robert H.
Jackson to cabinet rank appeared
likely today to follow the death
of Justice Pierce Butler.
Butler died two hours before
dawn today in a hospital room and
his passing marked the quiet end
of a political contest that wracked
the nation. He was 73. —-
With confirmation of his suc-
cessor, Mr. Roosevelt will have
put five New Deal justices on the
high bench, an absolute majority
of the court which he sought to
influence in 1937 with a plan to
expand Its membership to 15. But-
ler was one of the extreme con-
servative group which helped
Ijunk NRA, AAA and other New
There’s no need to travel --
you're getting- Bermuda weather
here at home.
| Variation of only six degrees in
harTOC Fort Worth thermometers today
UH01500 ngUIIIJl gave the city a nine-month rec.
... n ord for even temperatures around
Kuhn the clock.
nuiiii uuliuluu At 10 a m., the mercury had
the world should know clearly | By United Press ranged for 40 consecutive hours
• . 1 ATT ia he in the 50‛s and Weatherman Paul
what it's to be for," the letter NEW YORK, Nov 16. The Cook’s forecast promised more of
read. state’s case against Fuehrer Fritz the same.
"No wonder Hitler challenged Kuhn of the German-American
the British Government to prove bund, charged with grand larceny,
her sincerity by recognizing India danated today nerrly
as a free nation. Whatever may WAS derated today by nearly
have been his intention in Issuing
the challenge. It cannot be denied
that it is pertinent." ,,
Deal structures in 1935.
Butler was a Democrat, a Cath-
olic and a Mid-Westerner. Murphy
fits that prescription precisely.
And not only would his nomina-
tion to the court complete the en-
trenchment of New Deal philoso-
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THE WEATHER
$4000, but general sessions Judge
James G. Wallace denied a de-
fense motion for a mistrial.
। The daily range, from a maxi-
mum of 57 degrees yesterday to a
minimum of 51 this morning, was
the city's smallest temperature
variation since Feb. 17.
icy
FORT WORTH
A ND VICINITY:
Considerable
cloudiness and not
much change In
temperature to-
night and Friday:
minimum t o night
50 to 55 degrees.
’ WEST TEXAS:
Partly cloudy to- 1
night- and Friday:
not much change in
temperature.
At the start of today's session
Asst Dist. Atty, Herman J. Mc-
Carthy said the bund leader was
now accused of stealing only
Drury Glen Hill, 21, of White $674.73 from the bund's treasury.
Settlement Rd., today faced a
two-year penitentiary sentence for
burglarizing the Davis-Lysaght
Upholstering Co, where he was
formerly employed. He pleaded
guilty to taking five checks to-
taling $108. He previously had
been given a suspended sentence
for burglary in 1937.
Faces Burglary Term
the money having allegedly been
used to pay medical bills and mov-
ing coats for two women friends
Mr. Cook's prediction calls for
cloudy skies with not much
change in temperature. The mer-
cury's low tonight will be between
50 and 55 degrees.
NAMED ON COMMITTEE
Barometric Pressure .........MM
Comparative Temperatures
Time-- Y’r Ago Y’st’day T’day
12 Midnight .....65 54 Si
2 a. m..........MM 51
4 a. m..........68 52
County Judge Dave silica was
a m.
a. m.
Noon
p. m.
named today to membership on a
of Kuhn committee of the Texas ‘County
When the trial began authori-Judges and Commissioners Assn.,
ties had estimated the alleged which will call on ■ Governor
thefts at something like $5890 and O’Daniel In Austin Saturday to
subsequently had pared the figure urge a special legislative session
down to $4424.22. to meet social security needs. T sun rises tomorrow 7:01, nets Bin
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