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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1939
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BOUI
OUSTS CITY
NAGER LEW
25 YEARS AGO TODAY ...
Fort Worth Too Busy With Heat Wave, NewPaddock Viaduct,
Lake Como and Double-Header to Hear Fa tai Shot at Sarajevo.
By WILLARD BARR
THE clop-clop of the Milkmen’s horses still sounded through
1 Fort Worth’s sleepy streets on that Sunday morning—25
years ago today—when Archduke Ferdinand of Austro-Hungary
fell mortally wounded in Sarajevo, the victim of an assassin.
It was 4:30 a. m. in Fort Worth, 11:30 a. m. in Sara-
jevo as the tragedy of Death overtook the Austrian
crown prince and his morganatic wife, on their 14th
wedding anniversary.
In Sarajevo, Province-of Bosnia, that morning
cheering crowds packed the sidewalks. At Cumuria
Bridge stood Nedjelkco Chabrinovitch, a bomb in his
pocket. Four blocks uay, at Franz Josef St., Ivas a stu-
dent, Gavrilo Princip, with pistol concealed. Four cars,
neared the bridge, the second bearing Archduke Ferdi-
nand, mustached, hair cropped, short, eyes angry. Beside
him was his wife, s , ..
The blast wrecked the car behind. At a reception, the.
The blast ‘Wrecked the car behind. At a reception, thechauffeur stopped and backed, the student Prineip drew
archduke angrily interrupted the mayor: "Enough of his gun and fired. His target was almost motionless, his
that! 1 pay you a visit and you receive me with bombs!" aim was perfect. Ferdinand and his wife lay dying.
Gy •••. «..
Fort Worth women read that day that a toeless shoe, for
afternoon and evening wear with or without stockings, was the
latest novelty in .London.
The Big Excitement in Fort Worth concerned the impending
visit of 250 delegates of Rotary International, touring the nation,
who were due to arrive Monday at 7 a. m. In celebration, the Fort
The spark was struck which set off the World War, sending ____%_____________...
8,000,000 men and women to their deaths in the next 50 months, Worth Record staff reported early Sunday afternoon to get out "the
and irretrievably altering the lives of countless millions—Fort
Worthers no less than others.
But the great shadow on history’s pages was not yet apparent.
The sun rose bright and fair over Fort Worth that day, as it
had in Sarajevo.
• It was the hottest day of the year to date, 101 degrees—so
hot, indeed, that the ladies of First Presbyterian Church and
Magnolia Christian Church voted to allow the men to remove
their coats at services.
At First Presbyterian the pastdr. Rev. William Caldwell, ad-
monished the ladies that "many an unthinking woman has driven her
husband to drink or crime . . . with her extravagances.” His seven
rules for wives: "Keep house, keep neat, keep sweet, keep silent, be
intelligent, be a mother, cultivate the inner life.”
biggest Monday morning paper ever issued in Texas”—40 pages.
Jake F. Zurn, Rotary president, and Adams B. Vera, secretary,
marshaled the reception committees. A special event was planned,
a parade of traffic for the first time over Paddock St. Viaduct,
which was not to be opened for general traffic until July 3.
TN and interview, Judge Marvin H. Brown of 67th District Court
1 revealed that the grand jury would investigate and seek to regulate
reckless auto driving. As result of an accident, a 16-year-old-boy,
Robert Dyson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dyson, 1014 Fifth Ave.,
had lain unconscious for 48 hours.
The Texas Business Men’s Assn. answered an injunction' suit by
the Attorney General, who alleged that it was dealing in politics con-
trary to Its state charter, and trying to effect repeal of insurance, |
bond and stock, and corporate tax laws. The association called a |
meeting July 2 in Fort Worth, W. 'G. Burton and ‘Ben O. Smith
were vice presidents, Ben B Cain of Dallas president.
The day had few cares for some Fort Worthers. Dan Gould Jr.,
manager of the Tivoli Theater today, still wore a triangular garb.
He was three months old. Marvin Brown Jr., a lad of eight, graduate
of first grade at Eighth Ward School, played in knee-pants. So
also did Charles McCollum Jr., who was eight.
Otto W. Monnlg, 21, rested from a week’s work in his father's
trunk factory at Summit and W. Seventh.
Curb sitters and town dandies had their diversion in the after-
noon, at Seventh and Main. The auto of A. Marks, Dallas, was in
collision with a west-bound Summit street car. Its fender and “mud
guard”, were bent, and the auto was wedged under the car. Zealous
OUT at the Fort Worth ball park, UM tons flocked into the stands “77
U despite a “hitch in the street car transportation” just before the 1
doubleheader “bargain matinee” began.
The Fort Worth Panthers, fifth in league standing, dropped
their first game to San Antonio 5-S, but rallied to win their second
4-2. Jake Atz, the Panthers’ veteran star, thrilled the rests* with
two stirring one-hand catches, and hit four times out of seven
at bat.
Biggest excitement was a row between Manager Dried Cavender
and Umpire Baumgardner, from which the manager emerged smiling, *
Baumgardner grouchy.
*.* *
That day in Sarajevo the howling- mobs formed
quickly. Chabrionovitch almost was lynched. Police res-
cued him and the assassin Prineip and held them for
trial. Citizens lamented the archduke’s death.
• ••
At the Sarajevo bridge, Chabrinovitch hurled his
bomb at the second car. Ferdinand saw it, threw up his
arm 'and knocked it away as his chauffeur sped ahead.
____________.-_______________The heat sent hundreds of citizens out to Laho Como, in the eve.
onlookers, pulling it loose, rolled it over, the curb and into a fire ning, necessitating two or three-street cars to every sifiduled trip. :
plug. Undaunted, Mr. Marks mounted-and drove away. That resort’s facilities for swimming, fishing, and skating beckoned.
, * * *.There was a free concert, but no dancing such as was man every
Leaving the reception, the royal car turned into week-night A free movie was another attraction.
na crow Franz Jose f St The goprn l or Rorr in 0 el Perspiring woler the heat. Police “I Commissioner Davis an-
amino ireose ,ee governor of Bosnia shouted, nouneed that unless cool weather arrived, sleeping by men in the
J hat s the wrong way' Drive straight ahead. As the. (Turn to Page 1, Second Seet.) - "
ritain, France
Pokey . . . He Lived Up to His Name
_ , Pup Jams Head Through
(pect Early Auto Wheel and Gets Stuck
Danzig Coup -
Reports Say Germans |
Are Forming Secret
Group For Uprising
By U NITED PRESS > .
Reports were circulated in Paris
today that a showdown was likely
soon on return of Danzig to Ger-
many. -
Premier Edouard Daladier call-i
ed a parliamentary group into
secret consultation this morning11
and told them flatly that the gen-
eral staff had received “confirma- 1
tion" of German infiltration into 1
Danzig and foresaw the possibility 1
of action during the coming week- 1
end. Daladier repeated that the
situation was more dangerous now 1
than at any time in 20 years.
‘Germans Entering Danzig’
The Information received in
both Paris and London appeared
to have been responsible for ex-
tensive precautions taken by both
the French and British govern-
ments to be ready for any possible
emergency in July or August,
(In London, an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Warsaw re-
ported that in the last 24 hours
about 4000 German officers and
men had entered Danzig from
East Prussia in connection with
formation of a "Free Corps" for
which 1000 horses were requisition-
ed. The corps drilled today at
Seidnitz with light machine guns,
the dispatch said).
Report Coup Plans Laid
It was believed In some quarters
that indications of a coming ahow-
** down might speed up Britain’s
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iT--ccnoettstcecsltexestoxxcccle.sescccnntionlicocniriissnoranicianiiniinities.”
Pokey . . , was glad to get it off his neck. .
All Night Long C. J. Martin’s German Police Dog
Wears New-Fangled Collar, But Not of Choice
Pokey picked himself a new-fangled collar.
It wasn’t exactly his choice he put it on in a bad moment.
O’Daniel Is Due
To Veto ‘Void’
Fair Trade Act
Atty. Gen, Mann Says
Bill Violates State’s
-Anti-Trust Laws
By DICK VAUGHAN -
Press Austin Bureau
AUSTIN, June 28.—Atty. Gen.
Gerald Mann’s opinion holding the
"fair trade” act invalid was a
blow to price-fixing legislation
which may destroy serious consid-
eration of such bills at future ses-
sions. of the Legislature.
The attorney general held the
hilt was clearly in violation of
Texas' strong anti-trust laws.
Since the act provided that if
it were held in violation of the
anti-trust laws, it would be in-
valid, Mann ruled that it is void.
Governor O'Daniel is expect-
ed to veto the hill on the
strength of the opinion. O’Dan-
iel, at Temple, for hospital
treatment, may not act on the
bill until he returns to' Austin
Monday. He vetoed a barbers’
price bill after Mann had held
it Invalid.
The "fair trade" act and other
price fixing legislation has taken
up much of the Legislature's time
for many years. Two years ago it
passed the House by an over-
whelming majority, to die in the
Senate when sponsors were un-
able to bring it to a vote. This I
year it passed the House easily
and caused a filibuster of more
than a month in the Senate, It
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"Mr. Mayor, 1 Move.. .”
8 T0 1 BALLOT
VACATES CITY
EXECUTIVE JOB
George Kemble Named to Take Over
Municipal Reins Temporarily; Plea
: For Hearing On Charges Granted .
’ 9 . . • A City Council fired City Manager Dudley L, ILewi is from his
haf - $10,000-a-year job today, in a dramatic session marked by Coun-
A cil’s refusal to gif reasons for discharging the veteran municipal
Councilman Woods: “I move the services of the city manager official,
be discontinued effective now, with a two-week paid vacation.”
“I Want To Be Heard”
Acting swiftly and with clock-like precision, nine members
voted to remove him from office immediately, then granted his
request for a public hearing on "charges" against him. o
----——-------* Councilman Orville E. Tunsuli
MM Hanans cast the only dissenting vote. He
Mrs. Hanger Heads told fellow members they were
%* 5" JUS80 making a mistake and that “an
I Truseeann is being done in not giv-
LIDIarv rustePS ing out the cause for the dis-
J HotUO missal.
Clipper Set-Fur
Passenger Hop
By United Prees.muqaat
PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y.,
June 28. One of aviation’s earli-
est dreams comes true today when
the Dixie Clipper, 41 - ton flying
boat of Pan-American Airways,
roars away from its base at 1
p.m., weather permitting, on the
first regularly scheduled passen-
ger flight across the Atlantic.
The four-engined Clipper, car-
rying 16 men and six women pas-
sengers and a crew of 11, will
fly to Marseilles, France, by way
of Horta, the Azores, and Lisbon,
Portugal. It is scheduled to com-
plete the trip in, 48 hours.
The new service links Ameri-
can European .and Asiatic air-
plane routes and makes it pos-
sible for air travelers to circle
the glove on scheduled planes in
19 or fewer days.
you see. .
It fitted so well that Pokey was glad to leave it behind today
after one night's wear. •.... -...........-.......—
The spindle-legged German po- . . ....
lice pup owned by C. J. Martin. , The owner tried unsuccessfully
2600 Avenue G, was shut up in to free the animal, th*n carried
the family garage last night.’
Mr. Martin leaned an old auto
wheel against the double doors to
keep them shut.
Thegarage was close-quarters
for a six-months-old pooch with
roving habits. He sniffed an alley
cat outside, inviting chase.
Pokey—living up to his name-
nosed between the doors and push-
ed head-long for freedom. His
head jammed straight through the
hub opening in the center of the
wheel. It stuck.
Pokey tried to back up. He tried
to shake. No luck!
Parade To Open
Big Show Boom
Fort Worth will get a Greater
Summer Show Season under way
July 6, and it will tell all the
Southwest that here is the place
to have fun-spreading the mex-'
sage through a big downtown pa-
him (wheel attached) to a pet hos-
pital. Or. W. R. McCuistion final-
ly eased it off and Pokey stayed
at the hospital for a general
checkup.
City Manager Lewin, right, to Mayor Harrell: “I want an op-
portunity to be heard." The mayor told him to speak after the vote
was taken.
“I Do Not Know Why .. .”
Dr. L R. Elliott Picked
To Finish Term of 1
I. H. Burhey, Resigned
Mrs. W. A. Hanger was elected
president of the fort Worth
Library Board at noon today to
succeed I. H. Burney, whose resig-
nation was accepted at the open-
ing of the meeting.
Other officers elected were:
Webb Maddox, first vice president;
Mrs W R Thompson, second vice
president. George W. Steere was
chosen to continue as secretary-
treasurer until he is either re-
elected by the board or succeeded.
His term expires this year.
The board postponed a meeting
for election of two new trustees.
City Council recently rejected Dr.
Edwin A. Elliott and Mrs. f. E.
Horowitz..
Council named George Kemble,
assistant city attorney, to act as
City Manager until Mr. Lewis’"
successor is chosen Thesession •
Sky’s Blue—Rain Due *
It takes more than a blue sky
clear as a whistle at mid-morn-
ing—to bluff Weatherman Paul
Cook.
He forecasts showers for
night and tomorrow, with
mum temperature near
grees.
Dividend Declared rade, billboards, placards and
D D ’IJ’ A thousands of stickers.
By Building Assn. Nearly 200 business and profes-
Directors of the Mutual Build- sional men, meeting st the Show,
ing and Loan Assn. today declared Boat last night, indorsed the cam-
a semi-annual dividend of $10,- paign.
000, to be paid on July 1. Big Parade Planned
The July dividend will be 36 They were told-
per cent greater than the last That Casa Manana, the Show
semi-annual dividend, paid on Jan Boat, Casino Park and the thea-
1 Lacy Boggess, executive vice ters would co-operate ln the pa-
president, said rade, to be held at 11 a. m. July 6.
The increase, according to Mr Tbat. 500 large six-sheet posters,
Boggess, was made possible by a calling attention to Fort Worth’s
-• ’ unrivaled summer amusements,
Nearly 200 business and profes-
Dr. L R. Eliott, fbrarian at
Southwestern Baptist Thelogical
Seminary, was Appointed at this
morning’s meeting to serve out the
unexpired term of Mr. Burney on
the board.
A resolution was adopted to
accept Mr. Burney’s resignation
Ex-Manager Lewis
rone
The Detroit collar fitted so
tight that he couldn’t even yelp
for help. ’•
Mr.Martin, a cigaret company .........— _____. ...
representative, found a sad pooch six-months gain of 170 per cent unrivaieu summer i--------------,
when he went out to feed the ani- in insured savings and investment would be plastered over a 200-
mal this morning. t 1----.
There lay Pokey, his car-wheel in home’ loans compared
collar atop him, same period in 1938,
"wit h regret" and to present him was recessed, subject to call of the
with a silver-headed walking cane, mayor who will set the date for
Board members asked the new the hearing
president to appoint a committee Mr. Lewis dismissal followed a
to revise by-laws of the associa- private conference at which Coun-
tion. . . (Turn to Page 5) .
..It. was also voted to pay $2,000 -----------------------------------------------------
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• THE WEATHER
accounts, and a 29 per cent jump mile radius,
. to the
same period in 1938.
20th Birthday of Treaty
That Failed Is Ignored
By United Press.
Trailers In Movie Houses
That 1000 placards carrying the
same message will be displayed in
bus stations, railroad stations, air-
ports and other public gathering
places in Fort Worth’s trade ter-
ritory.
That Interstate Circuit has
agreed to—run—trailers booming
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Ol‘ Doc Storkt " Cloudy
; Hitches Ride, 7
Ambulance t
A G. F. Gist. North Side business
man, pill in a rush order forparnly etoud A
cigars-today. ----night 404 This-Mar
I A physician summoned a Shane day, local thunder, L
non ambulance to the Gist home *′" *
at 2215 NW 25th at 3 a. m Panhandle
J M Floyd and Bill Hale, at- COMPARATIVE TEMTERAYO
tendants, opened sirens and sped Ted7
Mrs. Gist, 30 toward st Joseph’s 4 * 7 £
Hospital Near the Twelfth Bi ll 1 a m -7 79
intersection on Jacksboro High- 44 "
way the attendants turned obstet-
Just plain Mr. Lewis, to Council: “I don’t want to be ugly . . .
but I think I am entitled to have charges filed in writing and to
have a public hearing. I tell you frankly I do not know this morning
why you have token this action." -
Today is the 20th anniversary or Forest Zoo Lioness
, -............be no cheers for peace in the L PT 400 Lioness
P historic halt of mirrors in the palace of Bourbon kings. Mother of 4 Cubs
firedI muholly the hone that brought peace to the world again and Ginger, Nubian lioness mother
wanatat benlemored at Versailles • - -......- — demands for # recount and Rot
instead there will he the whine out a rapidly rearming Europe. . -
of warplanes over the French *
VERSAILLES, France, June 28 m
to- the Treaty of Versailles but there will
, Yesterday's heat reached 94 as
showers fell over scattered West
Texas areas. Abilene had .19 inch,
Wichita Pals .02, Ballinger so. countryside and the hurried num two decant TARO in the crowded
Worths rain fell #t Fort of 1factory wheels turning out mu-hall of mirrors as a symbol of
Worths airpor nitions—sounds re-echoed through-( (Turn to Page. 5)
..it. Zookeepers found four new-
The bright new document signed horn cubs in her cage, instead of
three. The fourth was horn last
of mirrors as a symbol of night, 12 hours after his three
“ ' - “ brothers and sisters arrived.
HOT OIL BILL GOES TO ROOSEVELT
| By United Pi ess. , extending for three years prohibi-
| WASHINGTON. June 28. The tions against interstate shipment
Senate today sent to the White of oil produced in excess of quotas
, House the Connally "hot oil" bill fixed by oil compact states
ricians and presented Mrs. Gist
with a baby girl.
At the hospital mother and haby
were reported "doing nicely”
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