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NEW NORTHER
WILL STRIKE
HERE TONIGHT
Another Cold Wave Moving
Out of Northwest On
Southwest Region
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1935 —
Texas Is One of Nation’s
Most Fertile Fields For
Waterways, Says Engineer
Dr. Carl J. Baer, Trinity’
Canal Consultant. To
Spend Week Here
WThen Dr. Carl J. Baer was a
boy at Gallipolis, Ohio, he built
many boats models of those he
saw plying the big river; and
since that time boats and Inland
PRICE TWO CENTS
ROOSEVELT TO
RUN NEW WORK
RELIEF ‘SHOW
President Plans To Create
Jobs for 3% Million At
$50 Monthly Average
waterways have been his greatest
ICY WINDS FORECAST interest in life [
1 Today Dr. Baer, now one of
• the leading engineers and in-
Woathor Predicted ventors of the nation, came to
4610 Weatner rieuibltu Fort Worth from St. Louis to,
E Northern OLlhoma: work with Brig -Geri. Charles
For Northern kianomai the Trin-
1 Pt Worth Negro Dies ity River Canal Assn on the pro
■ i FT. WOrin Negro DCS posed waterway, linking Fort
1 . Worth with the Gulf Coast
■.....- Another cold w ava is mo U n g... Dr. .Baer says that the
■ great fight of waterways r men N
J out of the Northwest and will a with that business monstros- 1
i bring Fort Worth colder weather —ity. the railroads of the nation.'
________________________________.----but that if sufficient waterways .
- Cons pre- which he calls natural trans- Dr € art J. Baer.
tern j portation are developed In this
die ted .1 ininimi • nem ■ rat ■ lo state Texas can become an em- of other, means of transportation,
1 . pire within itself without injury but throughout the world water-
The new blizzard, on the heel- toother methods of transporta- borne freight the cheapest of all
,th dropped tion freight movement—has been di-
O * Texas Is one of the most fer- rect means for the development |
the mercury to eight degrees here tile fields in America for the of the'hitlerland in. co-operation
t ris week - bring Uro weath: uas of water transportation," with land
er to northern oklahema, but only he said, e it, i open ciox 1.......- ___________________
the .... .,■ w a etween Colo. Dr. Baer is an energetic man. regularly employed workers. • 1
tado And Arkansas and down th Im'addition to his interest in Data on the 'projected wages
---r-------———4----the coastalrezion— -------:--water--a-y-——manAgesa2h and number of persons to whom-
The mere - TON aTIYe ■•er The state has an outstanding acre farm in Garza County, a it is hoped to give jobs was con-
ing here I day for the first times position in the econon , en in the fam tained in the formal report of the
since Bunday. Pipe many of of the nation, not only as the ily for 8 years. He holds, too House appropriations committee
them cracked thawed, swamping bread.....et of its own territorial several patents on river boat pad. on the bill. The report was based
with calls.____________area but because it plays an im dietwheel probilson.--.----—on testimony by. Rear Admiral.
—*At 0 t was 27 degrees portant D irt in furnishing raw The St Louis man will be here Christian J. Peoples, treasury of-
I ' - f the for at le eat a week, conferring ficial who surveyed the huge pub-.
— - Below zero points were Willis- world. . with General Kutz and directors
tor , Morehead 0: Duluth. “Waterways are not destroyers of the Trinity Cabal Association
x; ear 1 Green Bay
’ RESTRICT LAKE SENATE PASSES
zero Chicago two above and Kan- ...
' .. " WORTH FISHING HOUSING BILLS
- life here last night Jim Thor has . '
Sera, AT vdenene the Commercial Fishermen Are Allred's New Deal Program
. Cook Memorial Hospital which
_ the negro hadaltempted to. heat
DEBATE IS STARTED
House Takes Up Program;
Executive Asks That His
Hands Be Left Untied
By United Press . ...
WASHINGTON., Jan 23.--
President Roosevelt plans to cre-
ate jobs for 3,500,000 men at an '
average wage of $50 a month, the
House was informed today as it
started debate on the disputed
new $4,880,000,000 work relief
program.
President Roosevelt
will run
the show himself.
transportation agen-t The proposed "security wage"
i ahis far below prevailing wages for
Banned By Ordinance Launched With Only One
Passed By Council
Dissentor, Holbrook
NAZIS SEIZED HER
CITYPREPARES LADDER IS TRACED
TU FIGHT FUR TO DRIINO. END OR
enc DATE PUT IU DIUNU, END OF
GAS TAIL LUI STATE CASE NEARS
Monnig Says Move to Cut
Schedule May Start
Here Next Week
REPORT IS CITED
Councilman Holds Not More
Than 32 Cents Should Be
Paid By Consumer
. A fight toreduce costs of
natural gas’ will be launched
probably at next week's City
Council meeting, Councilman Wil-
liamMonnig informed the group
at today’s session.
Mr. Monnig said he would
1 offer a motion to cut the rates
from 2 to 20 per cent on the
basis of the recent report of Al
B. Vickery, city utilities expert,
who informed Council the city
was entitled to that much de-
lie works project for the Presi-
dent.
As placed before the House, the
bill acceded to the President’s de-
mand that his hands "not be tied"
in putting the program in effect
Board Removed From Home of Hauptmann
Fits Perfectly With Piece of Ladder.
Expert Tells the Jury
DEFENSE MAY OPEN IN 24 HOURS
How Authority on Wood Traced Timber
From Atlantic to Pacific in Year and a
Half Inquiry Is Revealed
=--------By SIDNEY: WHIPPLE ~---------—-
United Press Correspondent .
FLEMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 23.—Saving some of its most
spectacular evidence for, a final blow at Bruno Richard
Ilauptmann, the state .today traced to his handicraft, by
circumstantial evidence, the ladder by which the Lindbergh
crime was committed.
The state’s case against the Bronx carpenter neared
completion. Attorney General David T. Wilentz expected
to rest late today,-unless long cross-examinations frustrated
his plans. ~ _-------------
is recon ’i- ded by the Tex . It is possible that within another 21 hours Bruno Haupt-
__________ate Railway Commission but mann, the first witness in his own defense, may tell his vey-
. . ... - , enjoined by Federal Court injune- sion of how he acquired the ransom money through which
i :sa SittellLis pictured there, tion *T he was trapped 5
onHing—her pleasure—atbeing-Councilman—JoromeC.Martin------=---------------------——•— ----------:---------
told Council that the city should- Ine three-section ladder was found on the Lindbergh,
eliminate the gate rate contro- estate shortly after the kidnaping. Police officers today
newer sector Tower MANies ton "the matched wooden pieces from it, in their evidence, against ’
distribution end. a board that had been removed from the attic floor of
His recommendation that Mr. Bruno Hauptmann’s home in the Bronx—and declared the
Vickery appear before Council -----------------------+ pjeces fitted “perfect!V.”
next Wednesday and give Council n . 1 Thus, the last piece of the jig.
further information on his find- RAATITO ULAGV ’ ’ - P 01 315
ings that the gas company’s valu- DMNUIO
ration did not justify the present “
| TDiiOE Charles A- Lildbergh Jr . was set
Ui Dr INUUA in place.
When the noon recess was Or-
ernase from the Lone Star Gas
Co.
I The councilman said that he
believed the Fort—Worthgaterrate
: shouldn't be more than 32 cents.
in the United States again. The
Brooklyn girl went to Europe lo
vote in the Saar plebiscite: In-
stead she spent 10 days in a
German prison for , allegedly
making remarks that “insult-
ed’’ Chancellor Hitler, Sh
and allocating funds' to projects.
The Democratic majority, after .
sharp discussion, backed a com-T
promise rule which will prevent
amendment of these sections.
didn’t care to discuss, her expe-
rience.
saw puzzle the state is trying to
Amendments Scheduled
Other amendments will be per-
Playful Forest
put together as a portrait of the
. mitted, including several designed
to prevent Secretary of—Interior—f
Harold L. Ickes from being placed |
Park Zoo Gang
man it
accuses of
I rate, was adopted. ., ' .
Council also passed his resolu-
tion that tossed a high compli-
ment to Mr. Vickery for his work.
_0n thesuggestion of Council-
man T. J. Harrell a compliment
was passed on the-city legal de-
tiered, Arthur Koehler, the state's
expert on woods, was on the
stand* being cross-examined as to
I partment for its fight to estab-1 -------------------his qualifications as an expert by
Tobe, Dude and Mickey - nonsinet «U : of and: • Kidnap Driver Erederick A. Pope, of detense
dilution gas ordinance now await- .′′ ′ . : ,
ing an opinion from Judge Jamps Mr Pope fought to keep Mr.
C. Wilson. U. S District i Court By United Press. Noehler a evidence from the jury,
j! The hearing was concluded Sat-. FALL RIVER Mass., Jan. 23. on the grounds that "there is no
Machine gun bandits today hi- such animal known to mankind
as an expert on woods."
Woodcraft His Hobby.
Mr. Koehler's hobby and voca-
Goes Visiting
with a bucket of charcoal
Justice Marvin Beatty returned
* verdict of death from gas vote By United Press , ' I
oning caused-by fumes from the Commercial fishermen are AUSTIN. Jan 23 Texas sef-
charcoal banied from Lake Worth and its ators today finally passed eight
Lake Officer Walter Haile re- tributaries In an ordinance passed emergency bills to permit the
by City Council today, state to participate fully in the
Fishermen have boasted that federal housing program.
they will catch every fish In It was the Girst step in Govern-
Lake Worth within a year ’ Park or James V. Allred's recovery pro- „ - . A ■
.eySupt.Harry J. Adams and Park gram for Texas ties due to living costs, inspired a Denver Avenue elementary school
winds were in prompect- for the Commissioner H D. Vinnedge Nine bills were offered to newdrive by , Chairman William today
Middle West and southwest again asked Council for the ordinance, amend laws restricing the opera- P Connery of the House labor
today a« another high pressure for an ordinance prohibiting all tions of banks, insurance compa-
> moved slowly southeastward commercial fishing on the lake nies, and building ar
from Canada ousting the tow and its tributaries ciations in 1 was to permit them
pressure area that brought a brief Tire officers displayed drag nets to invest in home loans and ac-
res; Ite yesterday from the intense with long lines of hooks, which cept securities offered under the
cold of the winter’s worst storm, they say mangle thousands of fist federal housing plan.
Weather observers said the sect every year.. One bill, affecting building and
ond hl*h pressure area, niw den , The proposal was framed at loan associations, was held up to
tered In the Dakotas, probably the Park Board’s meeting yes. permit Senate examination of r
would be nec ompanied by the low- terday, after Mr. Adams, and Ed substitute bill offered by. Senator
est.ter of the winter ■' Maxon assistant superintendent John S. Redditt of-Lufkin. .
date , u ... described the "snag lines" em Holbrook is I......Dissenter
• mercury was falling fast ployed to share the catfish tri Roll call after roll call on the
large quantities eight bills finally passed showed
Mr Maxon said the Mishermen’s one dissenting vote. ft was that of
boast was no fish story, and Senator T- J Holbrook, longtime
estimated that 2000 pounds of
in charge of the program.
With general limited debate *
permitted and several amend-
ments to be voted on, leaders con-
Machine Gunners Escape
With $129,000 And
Kidnap Driver
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By: United Pros
KANSAS CITY, No Jan 23
′ Sih-tero—tempfratures—and
ceded the-bill could not be passed
until tomorrow.
Mr. Peoples’ revelation of the
$50a month average wage, which
will be higher in some communi-
committee to attemp
write
early today in Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma and Nebraska and in
.sAttered northern portions of
Extends Into Texas
At midnight the high pressure
Entertain 650 Tots AI
Denver Ave. School
urday and Judge Wilson an-
. nounced he would rule on „the
lew • aire out at the question last Monday. No ruling,
circus 92however, has been handed down.
The Harrell gesture instructed
the legal department "to proceed
and carry on."
"I think we should pat__Mr.
Vickery and the legal department
on the back." Councilman Harrell
There was no holiday.
■ bill an amendment fore-
ing payment of prevailing wages to the school
4 There w .
But- for once nobody cared.
This time, the "circus' cam-
Martha, a four-
Tobe, a cinna-
to all given work relief.
"Otherwise these men will be month-old cub.
- nothing but scabs,” Mr. Connery mon bear.
said, caw Mickey, the spider monkey
Dude, the noisy ma-.
Mr Peoples’ testimony at the and Parrott Bill.
appropriations committee hearing Zookeepers. Hamilton Hittson
# on the bill showed that plans were and Harry Rand loaded .the
being made for utilizing persons troupe on a truck at Forest Part
on relief rolls for administrative Zoo this morning. A half-hour
work under the program, he said later, they backed up to
the
Jacked a U., S. mail, truck, kidnap
ed the driver and escaped with an
estimated $129 000 in currency.
Part of the loot was consigned tion is probing the secrets that lie
in the heart of trees. Forty-nine
commented, ."and give them more an automobile
'encouragement, but I think the
council has its hands full riding!
two horses at the same time.”
Suspecting that the remark had
reference to the anti-dilution fight
critic of President Roosevelt’s
fish caught at the Take were being New Deal . . .
sold to local market, and stored , All his barbed criticisms of the
federal program, voiced recurrent-
•- area represented a circle from its
center in the Dakotas to Chey-the snag Hne fishermen who
enne on the west and Big Spring have recently moved on Lake
Texas on the south. The low pres- Worth from Arkansas,
sure area was Deing forced south- their fishing methods
eastward banned by state law
Over-most of the Missouri Val- He showed the board a snag
ley the mercury had dropped sey- line, which resembles a trot line
eral degrees since last night with drop hooks placed six and Russia .. . . the wildest step
Typical temperatures at 3 a m inches apart and said that one
man yesterday caught nine fish
15 weighing 400 pounds on such a
above; Columbia, 15 above; line
Kirksville, 16 above Florence, 17
above; St. Louis, 18 above,
Nebraska Shivers
ly during thodcaclons of+he-legis
lature, he combined today in a
philippic against the nine en-
were abling acts. - .
. The federal housing program,
he believed, is a dangerous scheme
where
eral degrees since last night
imported from England, Germany
today:
Missouri
Kansas City.
Mr Maxon explained that
bait is used, but the line
toward Socialism . . . Mr. Roose-
velt. is good and great, but sur-
rounded by dangerous men . . .
Progress is ended.
to the B. M. C. Durfee Trust Co.
from the federal reserve bank of
Ronton for payrolls in Pall River
mills.
Five men, all masked, drove
up to the mail
truck, driven by Herbert Reid.
They leaped on Mr. Retd, tied
years old, a native of Manitowoc,
Wis., ^ graduate of—Lawrence
| College and' the Universities .of
Wisconsin and Michigan, the tech-
nologist has been employed by
the forestry service for 20 years.
Baffled by the lack of clews to
the identity of the kidnaper, the
New Jersey State Police turned
the ladder over to Mr. Koehler as
a last resort. It had revealed no
fingerprints. . was built of yel-
him up and took him and the
trick to a spot near the Provi-
dence highway, where both ma-
chines were later found. The
and the rate fight, Councilman
Monnig asked:
"Why shouldn't we ride them?
They are both going in the same
would give work to white collar- school cafeteria, door.
ed" jobless. '' ! The reception committee
The Program Plans a happy throng of youngsters who
Statistics submitted by Mr Peo- jammed the cafeteria . . . 650 |
ples regarding projects which of them. AUINEOE DEDCI
would give the most work relief The bravest patted little Mar- LFINT APPPi
showed that out of each dollar tha, the playful - panther cub. UDINE UE Vital W
following amounts Some took Mickey in theirsarms.
Toby snoozed through the 1
was
direction"
bandits apparently fled in a third
car.
Had Advance Information.
The bandits apparently had ad-
vance information as to the. value
of the mail cargo.
low pine, perhaps Pise commonest, -
cheapest wood in the country. It
was a needle in a thousand hay-
stacks.
Handled As If It Was Diamond.
spent, the__1----------------
would, go for w ages; , Toby
National highways, 40 per cent whole performance, for now is
AP ADVANCE
Mr. Reid Is a veteran driver Mr. Koehler took the ladder to .
a laboratory in Washington. He
sawed a notch In a rung and ■
for s local trucking concern un-
Mr. Hol-
brook concluded dismally.
Senator W K Hopkins of Gon-
strung across a "fish run" a few zales and K. J. Blackert of Victo- f
1 above, feet above the lakes bottom rla quickly arose to assert that
no
is
Nebraska — Lincoln, 1 above, feet above the lake’s
, York, 1 below; Omaha. 2 below: where fish, passing to and fro. Senator Holbrook’s oration
North Platte, 3 below; Grand snag themselves in all parts of
Island. 3 below. their bodies P
Oklahoma Tulsa. 22 above: He pointed out that only 10
Wewoka, 25 above; Oklahoma per cent of the lake fishermen
City: 29 aba 25 above . sold their catches and the larger KILLER. SAYS ALLRED
Texas Dallas 25 above: Ama group who fished for their own
" The cold wave. Across Dixie Wre/wON ROE be affected by the
brought intense suffering. One PLOT d ordinance,
.man frozeto death in New Or EurARPE A. AQINe t
leans Two negroes died of expos- ENTUNUE CLOSING LAW
ure In Galveston and charitable
organizations saved thousands of District
others with emergency orders of |
kerosene, coal and clothing
THE WEATHER
JANUARY
1935
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NO CLEMENCY FOR
Laroy Lane Must Die at Hunts-
ville Tonight
By United Press.
AUSTIN, Jan. 23. Gov.” James
Attorney Will Accept
Complaints
District Attorney Will Parker
| will accept Sunday opening com-
plaints against grocery stores
only where evidence is submitted
to support the charge he today tentiary,
told President A J Lee of the
Fort Worth Retail Grocers-Assn.
“Evidence is
FORT WORTH AND VICINJTY Fair
and colder tonight: minimum tempera-
ture trim 18 to 26 degrees Thursday,
partly clou id y. slowly rising temperatures
WEST TEXAS—Partly cloudy tonight:
warmer In west portion. Thursday, partly
cloudy, warmer _ A
EAST TEXAS Fair tonight, colder in
north portion: not to cold on west coast:
frost southeast portion, except on west
coast: Thursday, partly cloudy, slowly ru-
ins temperatures
TEMPERATURES.
YearAgo Yesterday Today
31
Time-
13 Midnight
3 ». m ........
4 a. m.
6 a. m
7 a. m.
Noon
p. m
m.
m.
: so
64
67
69
Maximum .. .......71
Minimum ....43
Ann rises tomoryey 7296
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14
13
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sets 5:53,
V. Allred today announced that
in view of a unanimous adverse
report from the state pardon
board he will not commute the
labor; slum clearance 28: rural the time for all good little bears,
housing, 40; grade crossings, 30; to be asleep... ... n 1 1-
Tirrat electrification, 30; reforest ■ Mr. Rand lectured on the 700 Nipponese Begin Move Into
tation, 35; special federal proj- visitors and less sociable inmates
ects, 62: community sanitation, left behind.
90: non-federal
33; rivers and
PWA projects. Third grade of the school.
stream pollution: It).
harbors.
38; which has its, own “zoo" of ducks
and chicks, arranged the visit.
<
It Still Comes in Cans, Tho
Despite a Spinach Shortage in the Valley, Children,
You'll Probably Still Get It
Fort Worth's kiddies might get
a break when called for dinner
within the next few days.
| The reason: There's a definite
shortage of sy nach and other
vegetables, according to. B. E
Surry, assistant market news re-
porter with the U. S.’ Bureau of
Agriculture.
Chahar Province. Which
Both Nations Claim
By United Press -
PEIPING, China, Jan. 23.
der contract by theogal post-*r----===-t-=
office , the sawdusttatdropped
He was forced to the curb as a sheet. The process was repeated
het brought the man from the with an upright. The little chips
Fall River station
“While a confederate remained!
! at the wheel of their small sedan.
I four bandits, armed with machine
guns and revolvers, leaped from
the car. ,
Thrown in Tonneau of Car.
Mr. Reid was overpowered.
; of wood were handled as carefully
as diamond dust . ~I was weighed,
its specific gravity measured- ind
finally it was bathed in different
acids, stained with various dyes
and then burned so the ash could
i be studied.
I Outside the laboratory walls the
Lindbergh case had almost been
Within its cloistered
precincts the bushy-browed Koeh-
- bound with tape-and th.rown into forgotten
Chinese troops, fighting valiantly, the tonneau of the bandit ma-
have repelled an initial JapaneseThe mail truck was driven to lert kept on with this- research,
drive In what appears to be a
move by Japan Into.Chahar Prov-
Ince.
I Approximately 1000
' troops were aided on the
• front by 1000 so-called Manchu-
ported. No quotations were re-
ceived at all on turnips, broccoli
and cauliflow er, while cabbage
Few men in the world know as
an isolated spot in woods across much about wood as he does. ■
the river from the city on the He studied the ladder, took it
Japanese Providence highway. There the apart piece by piece and reckoned
battle truck was ransacked, only reg- its tensile strength, its density,
istered mail being taken. Other X-rays and
, kuan soldiers. Pct
| They met the Chinese at Thsih- TUSK.
kou. Tungchat and Kuyuan.
Chinese government officials
rjumpedfrom one cent to 2 and confirmed the facts that-fighting
2 1-4 cents per pound* | had started A strict censorship
That cabbage which remains on was established.
That cabbage which remains on
Mr. Surry places the blame for ___________
scheduled to be electrocuted aft- ,hp shortage on the recent cold cold spell.
-1-L...........spell that froze many gardens, not
only around Fort Worth, but In
death- sentence of Laroy Lane.
er midnight at Huntsville Peni-
Lane’s application for a corn-
.............owu. mutation of the sentence was the
required before first death case to come before |
we file other complaints. We can- Governor Allred. Lane was con-
not act on hearsay," Mr. Parker
said.
'the fertile Rio,Grande Valley and
other South Texas localities.
mail was scattered around
RENNE ALLRED ILL
the were utilized.
cameras
So, too, were ma-
A,
the wholesale markets at one cent
per pound, Mr. Surry said," has
The warfare is in an interior
Governor Informed Brother’s Con-
edition Is Critical
been frozen during the
recent
South Texas strawberries also
A state law says grocers can sell
only milk, iee and ice cream after
9 a. m. on Sunday,
victed in Dallas of killing Police-
man Cecil Chapman,
Wholesale prices quoted on
spinach, jumped from 50 cents a
will make their last appearance
on the Fort Worth market today,
he said, with the final shipment
en route north.
As far as locally grown vege-
bushel to $1.25 a bushel within tables are concerned, none at all
the last few hours, Mr. Surry re-are available, Mr. Surry reported, ary lines.
chines that have no names, many
of them perfected by the chief
wood technologist himself In the
tortrXlnboratrE 1--Madlaon-
Worked Year and a Half.
He learned finally that a cer- ■
tain high-speed planing mill had
trimmed the lumber, finishing the
area of Northern China, near the By United Press
Manchukuo frontier, and center- AUSTIN, Jan. 23. — Governor surfaces witha grain peculiarly
ing at the town of Tushihkou, .1 , Lies ."
which is a gateway through the Allred was notified today that
Great Wall Tushihkou was at his brother, former District Judge
tacked by Japanese and Manchu
kuoan forces, the dispatches said
The area recently has been un-
der dispute, both China and Man-
chukuo'claiming different bound
Renne Allred. Is critically ill at |
Tyler.
Members of the family were
called there.
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Admit One!
7 DAYS Left to
( Pay Your
1 Poll Tax
This is not an "off year"
for voters Election of a
new City Council and three
members of the School
Board, the Public Library
bond election, submission of
repeal of the state, prohibi-
tion amendment, and other
important amendments to
the State Constitution are
some of the reasons why
every voter should protect
hie right to vote by paying
his or her poll tax.
West Texan Sells Icicles For Fence Posts---Sez He!
** * * * , st a.. ** *
His Company Protests to Weatherman About Lack of Moisture to Carry On Business
The West Texas, New Mexico, "Tell Mr. Cook he gave us a
BARBER SHOPS
ARE IN DEMAND
Ask- Mr. C. H. Harris up at
the Courthouse,
ymt they are.
Here's the reason:
He'll tell
The West T.xas, New Mexico
and Arizona Ictele Fence Post Co. blizzard but no moisture, to shoot
protests. 1
With the Government .cutting
down on acreage and the weather-get dry powder milk now. People
again. We need rain or snow. We for fence posts.
West Texas blizzards and sells
them to farmers and ranchmen !
And sometimes.
Man Seeking Pass to See
Jail Prisoner Given
One to Cell
Milton Haggart, 20.
1
0
today
sought a pass to see Ollie D. Price,
man sending no moisture to West
Texas for two years, business has
been very bad indeed.
Ross Stuard of Lubbock, presi-
dent and general manager, today
sent his protest to Weatherman
Paul S. Cook.
His note war In a letter to C.
W. Griffin, supervisor of grain in-
spection, and said:
are milking cows in paper sacks."
Mr. Stuard is a licensed grain
inspector of Lubbock and organ-
ized the company several, years
ago.
Mr. Stuard
| writes, they last as long as two
years. In a letter last fall, he
| asked the weatherman for a wet
I norther and still. Insists that his
as far west as Lubbock.
Until the section does get mois-
ture, 'it will have the kind of dust-
storms which prompted another
letter from" Mr. Stuard several
months ago.
In it, he described a drive, home
confined In the Tarrant County
----------,--------------jail for alleged violation of the
row FAST PNi2 Erath, counts cteines federal liquor tax statutes.
Office 2-6152 Instead, he received a pass to
! the U. S. marshal's holdover cell.
One day's publication was all .Haggart approached Deputy
that was necessary to lease Marshal E. T. Jenkins. Giving
the'shop and, of course, the the Inquirer the "once over," the
—cost was: small being only deputy recognized Haggart as the
4 5 cents. Iman for whom he had a warrant,
issued last August.
company is due one,
Mr. Cook told Mr. Griffin to In-
According to reports relayed to
the weatherman, and Mr. Stuard form the West Texan that since
has an enviable reputation for ve-
rarity, the company collects the
buge icicles' which form during
the weather'office personnel had
| been cut down to one man, he
I doubted if he could send any rain
through a heavy dust storm in
which he noticed that his motor
was overheating. Getting out, he
found his bumper against that of
another motorist's auto. They had
been that way 15 minutes; the
auto wheels spinning in the sand.
A Press Want Ad will do
most any job you want! y
Try one! Phone 2-5151
and ask for one of those
helpful ad-takers.
The warrant Implicated Hag-
gart as operating a still near Kel-
ler. Jenkins called Jack Wilkin-
son, liquor, tax Investigator, and
,. Haggart was haled before U. S.
PRESS WANT ADS BRING Commissioner Lois Newam for a
BUYERS
hearing.
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Sheldon, Seward R. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 97, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 23, 1935, newspaper, January 23, 1935; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1688682/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.