Ballinger Daily Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 188, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 19, 1929 Page: 1 of 6
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BALLINGER, TEX AS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1929
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PR
dition of Jones
Is Declared Serious
(By Associated Press)
ASTLAND, Nov. 19.—The con-
on of T. A. Jones, county peace
Mr. shot three times last night
Marshall Ratliff, whose use of
in Claus costume as a dis-
le in a Cisco bank robber two
Nation Mourns Loss
Of Secretary Good
Special Venire is
| Called in Slaying
(By Associated Press)
LLANO. Nov 19 A special ven-
ire of 110 has been summoned
for the trial here tomorrow of D
K Ellison and his son, B F.
evem
Stars in River Death Case
Kinsolving President of
South Texas C. of C.
charged with murder in the slay-
ing of L C Callaway here Sept j
17
After the killing the Ellisons
__were pursued for three days and
ago made it one of the most held el INO TAINon X boNwcd M Mems terore they were arrested
spectacular in Texas history, was sorrow, today at the death of one After an examining rial they
1
turned on the officer in an ef tribute to the fallen cabinet I , .
“tctegcape from the Eastland officer, passing him as an able fore he was sit
Ratliff was brought public servant, mouring his loss as I
the Huntsville penit- a loyal, much loved friend
where he was awaitingGood’s death came last night at!
tor his connection the end of a week’s struggle
some the Caco robberanduafter against blood poisoning which set
in after an operation for appen-
(By Associated Press)
a sanity plea had been filed by
his mother.
Lindy’s Shoulder
Reset Tuesday
IES Perfected
For Union Service
There will be no church service
held in Ballinger on Thanksgiving
Day according to an announce-
ment by the City Pastors' Asso-
dicitis.
A state funeral will be held
tomorrow in the east room of the
White House, attended by Presi-
dent Hoover and his Cabinet and
other high public officials. Flags
i on the Government buildings are
to be at half-mast and Washing-
1 ton Government ffices will be
closed until one o’clock tomorrow ,
afternoon
(ssaja paamspossy Kg)
ENGLEWOOD. N J Nov 19.-
Hospital authorities today said
that X-ray photographs revealed
that the dislocation of the should-
er received by Col Charles A
Lindberg in Mexico last winter
had “snapped out again." His
shoulder was reset yi sterday and
the famous filer suffered no ill
effects
Texas Forger is
On Way to Temple
(By Associated Press)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand.
Nov 19 A B Crouch, against
who an extradiction order was
recently granted on Inc plea of
a T' mple, Texas bank, which
charged him with forgery of bills
of ladings, sailed for America to-
day in charge of Sheriff Bigham
Crouch's family also sailed with
him
Mayor McCarver
Goes to Washington
(By Associated Press)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Nov 19.-
W Grady Kingsolving, publisher
of the Corpus Christi Times and
Caller, was today installed as new
president of the South Texas
Chamber of Commerce after his
selection last night at an execut-
ive session of the executive com-
mittee He has been recognized
as the aggressive type of young
business man needed to head the
three-year-old South Texas cham-
ber Resolutions read into the con-
vention today after their adopt-
ion last night included the sup-
port of the proposed State High-
way bond issue of $200,000,000.
They sternly expressed opposition
to the State income tax and sup-
port of modernization and centr-
alization of the state prison sys-
tem
clation. The regular union
Thanksgiving service will be held
the night before the holiday at
the Baptist Church, with Rev. O
T. Reaves, pastor of the First
Christian Church, delivering the
sermon.
.So many attractions away from
Ballinger on Thanksgiving Day________
would make it difficult to secure — . 1 n ,
e @owd on the holiday so the Trial of Brady
date of the union service was 4** VA 4 0
Bank Robber
Brady Charged With
Murder by Grand Jury
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN, Nov 19 The Travis
set for Wednesday evening. This
plan was tried last year and
proved so successful that it was
adopted by the pastors’ associa-:
%! all.these services in the
county grand jury today returned
a murder indictment against John
Brady, former judge of court of'
lone Orde, held in connection with the death of Jack Kraft,
has mystified all who have interviewed her at the jail in Pointe
a la Hache. La. Also held in the case is John McGouldrick (low-
er left), ship’s officer.
By Ralph W. Wheatley
(Associated Press Correspondent)
Mayor W C McCarver left Bal-
linger Tuesday morning for Wash
ington, where he will attend the
session of the Interstate Com-
merce Commission and give testi-
mony at the hearing of the
application of the Texas & Pacific
Railroad to build an extension
from Ballinger to San Angelo Mr
May Form New
Wool Pool at Meet
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Nov 19 The
formation of an additional wool
McC arver went to Abilene earl and mohair marketing corpora-
Tuesday mornins taking the tion may be approved finally at
sun shine Special for the capital the 65th annual convention of the
National Wool Growers
Mr McC arve wa called M • tion at San Angelo, Nov
associa-
20 and
day afterno . to come to Wash 21 This project, and others may
inston and made preparation si make the meeting the most im-
to depart as soon as possible He portant in the organization’s his-
is the fourth local man to betory
called from here for the healing A committee of 15 appointed at
the Chicago meeting of wool and
mohair men and members of the
J J Beck, Fred Kiechle and C
Baker already having gone
Washington and are ready
testify
I. |
to
to federal farm board Oct 5 will
death
This black-haired green-eyed
Is Up Jan. 20 ant-apro the Tru.Mr alXbibiNE Dr POINTE a La nachE La Nov win has batted experts ""J™-
a . . 19 A mvsterv novel in herself inine psychology, shrewd detec-
_____: Lehlia Highsmith, a capital steno- * mystery novel in nerst r •
— 1. tives and even her own mother
(By Associated Press) grapher November 9 The indict- that’s Ione Orde She I: iced here October 11 ,
BRADY, Nov 19.—When R C ment was returned after more of women who lately have .on. , . u .
bin=..nmangedulby REWhit Turner. 2 i-year-old alleged bank i than four days of deliberation risen from obscurny to pique the milf was' Mat ‘ th Hturtain
J 1 r ™ • opera done robber, goes to trial here Jan. 20. Defense attorneys are expected to public curiosity, none has kept slowly lifted on her
other choir, directors ^ will b" a ‘changed man' his institute a habea corpus hear- herself within a shroud ’ secret enigma ., pened
social Selections for W friends assert ins in an effort to procure Brady’s with more success than this ultra she has Clune to spoken lines
pecl elect . the Turner is charged with robbing release on bond District Attorney modern product, central figure in
occasion. Singe are no: n the Farmers and Merchants Bank Brooks announced after the in the investigation of Jack Kraft
will be notified this week and a at Brady at noon on March 21 dietment Was returned that The
rehearsal will be called at the and is alleged to have obtained would oppose granting of bail of
Baptist Church Monday night at four comipan any .mount
7:S0 at which time anthems will $2,000 1 ‘ . four sirs Scompun
be learned and the complete lions waited in a parked automo-
musical program prepared There bile just outside the bank LEGION PLANTERS TO
m 6, P T ! Soon after his re elease on $8,000 NORTON THURSDAY
are seats for forty choiristers at
the Bapus Church, and Mr. County aeloorr idaefter Malarinals The American Leeton play For
been working at various jobs on Cryin’ Out Loud." will be present-
the farm near Brady since then ed at thr Norton high school
Approximately 75 witnesses have, Thursday night under the auspi- CLARK A THORE MOVE
, been subpoenaed to testify dur-ices of the school board For sev COTTON
ing the invocation, scripture les-ing the robbery with
son, prayer and benediction. - trial.
The local charity board
The music for the program is
White desires to have every chair
taken by singers.
Pastors of the city will be in-
eluded on the program, present-
firearms’eral years the Ballinger Legion
shows have been taken to Norton
willAfter Turner’s trial, the case of
make a brief report of its active Miss Lucille Awalt, 24, charged
itles far the past year, including with being one of Turner’s ac-
the total of monies collected and complices in the daring daylight
expended. One member of the holdup, will be called
board will hold over, and two new No indictments have been re-
members will be elected for the turned against the three other
ensuing year A nominating com- girls
mittee-will be named by the Coy Nigh, 16, another alleged
chairman at the beginning of the accomplice in the holdup, was
business session who will report tried before County Judge w N
the two persons recommended for Ellis in the Brady Juvenile court
selection. The personnel of the several days after the robbery and
present board is Harry
Willie Stephens, and Mrs
inued €
County Council Meet
And Elect Officers
The Runnels Cour y Council
me ■ Saturday afterr < ■ at 2
ck with Mrs Lira Hollings
Ballinger Chamber of Commerce
present plans for the corporation
James C Stone, vice chairman
of the federal farm board, and C.
B Denman one of the members,
expect to attend the convention as
does C G Randell, livestock mark-
eting expert of the division of co-
operative marketing They will
work with a committee of 15
Roy Daver port of Uvalde, pres-
ident of the American Mohair
Producers co-operative corpora-
tion, and R ers Gillis of Del Rio,
demonstrate
VICE president
and Gont R.
Two Men are Shot While
Looting Mercantile Store
1 the Te as Sheep
ociation, are
esentatives on the
ladif <■• rstate represent-
Utah Ohio, Oregon New
mmittee ippointed t k to rk Wyoming Montana Minne-
-'1 M H., worth ir New Mex Arizona South
1 making of the pr 1ms for Dakota and Kentucky
mother year Plans were also __________________
ARDMORE Okla Nov
Two
disc ssed for financing the year • •
books fo. the clubs •
The new club officers present *
OFFICES men were shot and killed today elected the new council officers
when they were surprised in the for 1930, as follows
act of looting a general me rchan
WEATHER FORECAST
* * * *.....** * *
(By Associated Press)
West Texas Fair tonight and
Widnesday
East Texas Increasing cloudi-
ness tonight and Wednesday be-
coming unsettled in the north
Mrs J M Thomas president
Mrs H F White vice -president .
Mrs B M Butts secretary
and each year they are greeted The offices of Sarkew Thorp, dise
with a full house cotton buyers have been moved from here
On Monday night, November 25. from the second floor of the Three other men one of whom
to Wingate un- Zappe building to new head- L: believed to be wounded escaped
of the Parent- quarters over the Ballinger State One of the dead men wa
The company is occupying ired Walter Ginn 2: n of of English in the Ballinger school
the W C 1 former deputy sheriff The ther was III Tuesday morning and un-
next night to Winters where they Penn Company emains inideasined ble to meet her classes
will play under the auspices of This move wa made dur z the Stores of th owner who he _
store at Poolville thirty miles
the show will go
Mrs 1 K Farr reporter
I der tiie auspices (
Teacher Association and Dramatic Bank
Club of that town and on the ‘he former • office - (
the Little Theatre and the P-T past week and ill arrangemer
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have been completed and the firm
The post will continue to book has settled in it new head
out-of-town engagement, until quarters
V d h id been robbe d six times 1!
the past year He surprised the
Miss Gladys Timmons teacher
portion with possibly rain in the
west portion
The quickest way to keep abreast
with the times is to read the ads
Lynn, has been sent to the Reformat they make enough money to com- -
Troy ory at Gatesville | pletepaying its indebtedness if ,
| The six young persons were ap-possible Receipts at Ballinger net-
prehended by McCulloch county |ted around $300 clear, but the post
_____ . .‘still owes slightly more than $200
sene-TERS BAG FOUR officers a few hours after the. L
BUNTERS A i which it is hoped to make, before
BIG DEEN MONDAY ,2000 was found hidden in the show is closed for the season.
Simpson.
J. H. Hodge, manager of the
Hodge Theatres in Winters and
Homer Hodge of Abilene, passed
through Ballinger Tuesday morn-
ing enroute to their homes after
a deer hunt in Kimble county. As
evidence of their hunt, they had
four large bucks on their car.
a dump of tin cans on the out-
skirts of town, while the remain-
ing $212 was found several days
later in one of the bank's books,
where assistant cashier Harold
Johanson had evidently placed it
in his excitement during the rob-
bery.
Drury Hathaway went to Ab-
ilene Tuesday morning to attend
to business for a short time
Be wise and advertise.
in
n after entering
build
THIS WEEK’S
FRIDAY NIGHT
AM ERICAN I LEGION AUDIT RIL M
The Winters Little Theatre Group
Presents
USED CAR
BARGAINS
1928 Chrysler 52 Coupe in
good condition and ready
to sell reconditioned and
good tires
1926 Ford Truck oak bed
almost new, good tires,
motor in good condition,
starter and generator.
Frank Kre Delbert Davenport, PRODUCE COMPANY ENDS
Albert Hofman and Rudolph TURKEY RUSH MONDAY
neighman returned Monday from Charlie Williams, manager of
sairiles below Eagle Pass where the Ballinger Poultry and Egg
they-had been on a deer hunt Samnany. said Tuesday that he
The munuem" sets stressful . was more than pleased with use
bassing three deer. Two of the quantity of turkeys his company
bucks were large twelve pointers handled during the rush last
and one four point. Mr. Kre stat- week Mr. Williams said his firm
ed that his dear dressed out 150 packed approximately 100,000
pounds and was one of the largest pounds of dressed birds, the ship-
iM ever saw, menu being consigned to the
___eastern markets.
UHEmATION WINE" ON RHINE He stated that most of the
K AIBERLAUTERN, Germany, turkeys had been brought here
Ig.—4M—"Liberation Wine" already, but expected a fair run
has been picked as the name of for the Christmas market.
the 1930 vintage hereabouts to -----------------
recall fa later years the rejoicings Mrs A 8. Love left Sunday
ation over the evac- afternoon for Beaumont to at-
Rhine territory by tend the Baptist State Convent-
ion in session there this week.
troops.
now for your Place you order NOW lor EMI
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ling Company.
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1928 Willys Knight 4-Door
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Auspices of Local American Legion.
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This is an exchange of shows. The Little
Theatre group will be here Friday night and
the Legion Players at Winters Tuesday
night. Help the Legion to fill the house on
this night. The play is a fine bill and one
that will please all. The Winters group is an
old organization with real talent
Reserve Seats On Sale at Weeks
Children 25e Adults 35e Reserve Seats 50€
| 1926 Buick 4-door Sedan
well taken care of, good
tires
| 1927 Whippet Touring,
| good top, good paint, fair
1 tires, motor good shape
Everyone says we have the cheapest used
cars in Runnels County Why don't you
find out for yourself?
RUDD MOTOR CO.
BUICK-MARQUETTE
Ballinger, Texas
When Better Automobiles are Bulls—Buleh wins Hana a
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