Ballinger Daily Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 240, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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BALLINGER DAILY LEDGER
BALLINGER, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930.
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Governor's Message is on
Centralized Prison System
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN, Jan. 21.—Reminding
the legislature that the respon-
sibility of correcting the main
evils which now beset the Texas
penitentiary system rests with it, |
Ge vernor Moody today delivered
a message, advocating prison cen-
Naval Powers Open Paradise for Birds Built
Meeting at London
On Henry Ford Incentive
Two Jurors Acce
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan 21 -Sounding a
In Bra
irder
r---------------~* call in words heard around the
Davrell 1 world, the five great naval
I CyIVE RVDCI powers consecrated themselves
gee on V anew to peace today at the open-
Given 99 Y ears ing session of their long-awaited
conference on the further limita-
(By Associated Press)
GALVESTON, Jan 21 Con-
victed of a $5,400 dry dock pay-
roll robbery here last May, Daniel
tralization and relocation and
suggesting abolition of the fee , .
• . . , J Dennhy was sentenced to
system to the special session of! .
, ninety-nine years in the state
the forty-first legislature , .
„ , I penitentiary in a verdict returned
The governor said prison im-’ . '
, . , by a jury in the district court
provement is not a political ques- here today The jury had been
tion but an important economic
problem, and he expected the
support of the majority report of
, tions of armaments on sea
The first meeting was formally
opened with impressive dignity by
King George who bespoke its suc-
cess in ending the competition of
building ships of war
1 The conference attended by
representatives of the United
States, Great Britain, France,
Probe is Started
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN. Jan. 21.—The
■ A: A i was becoming smoother today far
In Air Liner Crash the selection of a jury in the
John W Brady murder trial, two
the centralization commission,
favoring a new location within
twenty miles of Austin
Of the fee system the execu-
tive said "While it may stimulate
the activity of officers, Its evils
tar outweigh the advantage
locked up all night, returning its
decision tins morning
The defense counsel immedi-
ately filed notice of intention to
appeal the case
Dennhy was charged with the
hold-up of Hugh Pike dry dock
official
Italy and Japan adjourned until
Thursday morning
"Aunt Lucia" Tonite
Promptly 8 O’clock
.Jurymen having been accepted
. (By Associated Pres) from the twenty-two examined
LOS ANGELES Jan 21 The during the first two hours of the
first of a series of formal investi- session
gations into the crash near w L. Wright, 27, a furniture
Oceanside, California, Sunday, of repair man, was chosen first, and
the TAT-Maddux air liner in a short time later J. R. Keltner,
which sixteen persons died, was 58, a merchant, was accepted,
launched here today by company Both jurors qualified on the
officials i 1 . , death penalty issue, each saying
Colonel Charles A Lindbergh, if the evidence is strong enough
an official of the line attended he conscientiously could vote to
le inquiry assess that penalty
New Air Program
Of Interest Here
Preparations were being rushed
by the National Guard company
and the directors of Aunt Lu-
Ballinger Youth
Gets Leg Broken
gained by this added activity A
provision of the constitution now
makes it impossible to abolish
the fee system and any act to UI IITeSt Here the American Legion hall to-
amend this provision would be night and Wednesday night The
opposed bitterly by every officer . . , .. cold wave tha struck Tuesday
who is now compensated through * number of Ballinger citizens morning cau ed additional heat-
the fee system" will be interested in a new broad- ing units to be pla ed in the
Pcasting program winch takes the building in order to have tie
The governor cited the three- * Pudding in order O naw the
air on February 4th This prO- house warm for e 1 crowd
year tax rate, averaging sixty-six.1 noust WArt .. DIS CTOWO
of gram is sponsored by the Amer- Tuesday night Blankets were be
of ican School of the Air and will ing placed over the windows
be heard over the network of the Tuesday noon to help hold in the
Columbia Broadcasting System warmth Those working al the vak
reaching all sections of the auditorium stated that the house HI ry For .
United States was very comfortable and that lied the inc
| The American School of the every detail for the staging of a rici Lumpe
Air will broadcast every Tuesday successful how was complete ornitholod
Jan 21 Be-and Thursday at 1 30 p m cen- Dress rehearsal was held Mon / adise]
politicians are tral standard time These broad- day night with more than 100 1 ......hoslovak
He told the
he happened
cia."
the
which will be presented at
VP.
and one-third cents, as one
the lowest in the history
Te xas.
1 V i of the bird par idise al Aussig on Elbe, a < zec ho
slovakian sterf center, established by Dr. Heinrich Luppe (inset
Elvin Muncy age 11 son of
Mrs W R Brown was severely
hurt late Monday afternoon when
tie was struck by a car on Broad-
way near the small ice station
on Sharp Avenue The car was
driven by R I. Stokes of Win
ters and those who viewed the
AUSTIN. Jan 21 —Judge J D
Moore, presiding, ordered the new
venire to appear tomorrow af-
ternoon as the original venire
dwindled with little prospects of
completing the jury from it.
Ballinger Delegates
To Progress Week
(B
AUSSIG
Associated Press)
lustrate famous
accident stated that
did everything in his
avoid hitting the boy
J D Motley and C W Lehm-
the driver berg left Tuesday morning for
power to San Angelo to attend the open-
ing program
i of "West Texas
Week being con-
N-ELBE Czchoslo- There is an Enchanted Castle in
i R ading bout th grounds, a grottc fitt the Tuesda : morning Elvin and an- (fueled by the San Angelo Board
V for birds up- German Ruebezahl .1. and other lad were playing along a of City Development The first
ive for Dr it ther similar place Dt 1 impe trip of the concrete highway program will be held Tuesday and
hardware dealer and believes that by connecting fairy and Mi Stokes approached he others will continue
According to details gathered Progressive
NO QUESTIONS ASKED
OF BEXAR CANDIDATES
(By Associated Press nu wins vivaucaB every Iucsuay successful now was complete ornitholod est wish • urd ■ with bird i,f, he i . made sounded his nor. The boy taking uh
SAN ANTONIO. Jan 21. Be-and Thursday at 1 30 p. m., cen-Dress rehearsal was held Mon-tp tt bu days taking up every
i por-retrli oy ons-N-o or c-ndune e tho ac ana 1 TTAULN Eat ChKa™ timen de
Bolters at one time or another, casts will last for half an hour cal people present and letter per- H told t! in explair : how ffort t void hitt
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C M.I of education of Columbia Univer- regardless of the cold weather fo d in winter i they wish to and humming birds pulled the boy down and as a The big feature will take pirong
sity, will serve as dean of the air , In addition to a fine plot with stay and in payment keep the would like to result the right leg was broken in the evening with the
school The programs are strictly lots of comedy situations, there region free from caterpulars andNow the doctor would i.k
of educational value and at pres- is a great deal of music dances, other insect enemies ot punt and have the great forest between
ent are more or less in the ex-and glimpses of college life that tree Carlsbad arid Marienbad
perimental stages but have been will be worth braving the cold Dr Lumpe whose contributions I verted into a bird reserve
tested sufficiently to insure their and paying the admission price to (: nithology won him an hon That would be an object lesson
success. : to see Local boys and girls have or: ry degree from Vienna Univer- j
Ballinger school authorities are been carefully drilled in the rules sity observed that with the ex-
I in the new of this delightful comedy for the tension of industry and the surely benefit if people realized
as past two works progressive thinning of forests,
well as others to tune in on CBS The National Guard unit will
the last election, Mayor
Chambers says.
Many Bexar Democrats left the
party lines to support President
Hoover in 1928 Mr Chambers
said.
'I am in favor of letting every-
one run," he said. "When the race
gets under way there will be
plenty of time to decide on the greatly interested
* programs and urge students
VISUAL EDUCATION FOR
POTTER COUNTY SCHOOL
(By Associated Press)
AMARILLO. Jan 21.—The first
step toward visual education in
Fotter county was taken when
the Bushland rural school in-
stalled a projector and several
series of slides to be used in
teaching geography, history and
English. Miss Laura V Hamner,
county school superintendent,
hopes to install them in every
rural school in the county
Be wise and advertise.
to the whole
world he
Agriculture and forestry
CON
said
would
what it means for the bird to
many species of birds were disap destroy insects
Hut the greatest advantage of
chain stations on Tuesday and soon move to its new armory on pearing from this country So in
Thursday of each week They Seventh Street and will use the 1908 he took some of the profits such a park is that it teaches
feel that a great amount of good money derived from the play in of his hardware business and children kindness to animals
will be derived by those who equipping club room facilities bought 12 acres including a beau- Moreover people who are kind to
listen to all the programs and there The Guard will apprec tiful ravine, on a slope of the birds and beasts learn also to be
late the patronage of Ballinger Marienberg, just outside of Aussig1 kind to each othe 1
people and its smoking mill stacks which this old world
The curtain will rise fifteen This tract has been laid out to |needs."
minutes earlier than has prev-
iously been advertised Miss Beard ,
stated that on account of the Church Staoas
cold night she would have every- CATCH CAL 03406 0
thing ready and start the show
promptly at 8 o'clock
apply them to their own use
Jazz Popular in Germany
BERLIN, Jan 1.—(P) -American
Jazz music has achieved such
nation-wide popularity in Ger-
many that the largest German
broadcasting station here for the
first time recently put an all-
American orchestra on the air for
an hour
ENGLAND MAY REQUIRE
COWCATCHERS ON AUTOS
between the ankle and knee
An ambulance was called and
the child taken to the sani-
tarium Mr Stokes accompanied
the Lid to the hospital and then
went to the boy’s home for the
mother and remained until after
for five
phase of ,
in West
1 uesday has been designated ,
' board banquet at the St And
, Hotel, to which all news
men and other visitors will
invited
Tiie Ballinger representath
stated that if the weather moog
erated they would remain over
for the banquet but if it con-
to Ballinger early Tuesday morn tinued inclement they would re-
little fellow turn here in the afternoon.
the break was set He returned
ing to see how the
was faring and rendered
every
The board of directors of the
West Texas Exposition and thirty-
five members of the West Texas
possible assistance to the lad and
his family
Both bones were broken in the advisory board met at 12:15 p. m.
I boy s right leg but apparently to discuss matters pertaining to
they w’n even breaks and will the next exposition to be staged
6knit back in a very short time in San Angelo These representa-
i physicians stated, and lie will be
—----------able to be about again soon
fives were guests of the
Hotel at
noon
a luncheon
Hilton
Tuesday
i Firemen to Inspect - dent ocurtea the road" only
. z n n m I eighteen feet wide and when the the program Tuesday will be an
R ollowghin k east (her T ire 1 TUCKS boy became alarmed and began
PCHWSHLP redbt UCIei 1 dodging there was little room for census supervisor, who will ex-
---I the car to pass him plain ways that chambers of com-
Another interesting feature of
address by P C Beard, district
About fifty members of the
E Shepperd city commission
Coldest Wave of Century
Hits Texas Tuesday Morn
(By Associated Press)
LONDON, Jan 21 A
man
(By Associated Press)
and sleet rode, sent the mercury
DALLAS. Jan 21 After a re-around the zero mark in Claren-
catcher attached to the front of
all motor vehicles is the latest
device being tested by the min-
istry of transport in an effort to
reduce the growing toll of fatal
street accidents in Great Britain
Deaths average 15 a day
That new lifeguard is fited t<
The boy was reported to be merce can help in preparing an
First Christian church which in- er J D Posey and M C Atkins resting well Tuesday morning and accurate census this year,
eluded practically every Sunday firemen left Sunday afternoon not suffering from any complica-1 Progress Week has been given
school officer and teacher and for Dallas and Corsicana where tions
the officers of the church and a they will inspect fire trucks
few other leaders in the church These men were invited to Dal
work met in the banquet room las by one of the leading manu
of the church Monday evening facturers
and enjoyed a feast that
been prepared by Mr A
had inspect
the
B the display
this equipment
various models
floor there and
to
on
to
Ml hi NTS HAVE
wide publicity by San Angelo
agencies and many visitors are
expected there to attend the pro-
1 BIG OPPORTI NITY grams
Stobaugh’s class, and then laid at 1 nd some demonstrations
that
(By Associated Press) e
LUBBOCK Jan 21 Graduates .
plans for the Sunday school and will be arranged for their bent
cover the front wheels of cars
spite of less than two days, the don. Childress Quanah. Welling- much like the cow -catcher on a
most severe blizzard of a century ton and Shamrock These places train, and is designed to carry
in Texas struck today, with snow, showed a temperature of from the cars victim along the
church work leading up to Pen
tiee st which comes on June 8th Corsicana when
of Texas
have a
fit They will gO from Dallas to exploitation
modern
TiTe
Technological College
( ater opportunity for
for wealth in the im
eee000000000000
WEATHER FORECAST
*****
eeeeee
(By Associated Press)
West Texas Fair tonight and
The program was pened by a department will demonstrate th
sing song led by Mrs
Alex M.
a France truck
mediate vic nity f their college Wednesday: colder tonight. Tem-
than any other institution in the peratures from four to ten de-
road ...........- - - United State according to Prof grees below zero in the Pan-
ice, and bitter winds its weapons one above to four above From Each crossbar of the guard is 1 res I The invoca 1o1 was given A number of representatives of Ben F Condray, Ji head of the handle tonight
to Mason and fitted with a sponge-like material ’ Alfred Crager All enjoyed the fire fighting machinery recently department of business economics East Texas Fair in the in-
was and at the bottom 1 rubber fen repast which consisted : turkey visited Ballinger and spending Scarcity of population in this tenor cloudy on the Gulf coast
der prevents legs or arms from and all necessary trimmings to several days figuring with
Abilene registered 12 above zero getting under the wheels make it a eas , i pastor but city commission and local
at 7 a m with a heavy snow fall. Tests by the Ministry of Trans- ' ” work for the next ten men All representatives
San Angelo and surrounding ter-port included long hours with a months and appointed commit working for the sale of certain anri are yet untouched and the Be wise and advertise.
The latest storm sent sub-zero Quanah, south
weather to the Panhandle for the Junction the
second time within a week, and 4 above to 15 above
temperature
the area needed
promised zero readings or lower
as far south as Dallas
The cold wave is expecter to
move in a southeasterdly direct-
ion possibly reaching the gulf
Amarillo today reported one de-
gree below zero
fire
to develop resources
for trained people tonight and Wednesday. Colder
which have tonight
were the capacity of being developed
ritory was blanketed in a heavy dummy figure that was thrown
snow, with the mercury around into the path of a fast moving
15 and Mason. Menard and Junct- one-ton truck from all conceiv-
tees that will work to increase trucks that are well known and continual
demand for
young
attendance at all services The in use in this section of the blood offer an abundance of op-
pastor and committees hope to state Following the conference portuniey tor Tech graduates he
ion were covered with sleet with able angles The dummy was not
a temperature around 15 degrees
once run over
have every member present on here the trip to Dallas was ar
Easter and on Pentiecost A num ranged by dealers so that local
declared
The extent of wealth to be
44
KANSAS CITY Jan 21 Severe Snow and ice on the highways
cold weather continued today in throughout West Texas made
the Rocky Mountain area and automobile travel hazardous Live
the Southwest as the general dis- stock was reported suffering from
turbance which brought heavy the cold weather in many sect-
snowfall at many points swept lions.
toward the east and south
The cold remained unbroken
EXPORTS TO MEXICO SHOW
GAIN AT BROWNSVILLE
(By Associated Press)
BROWNSVILLE, Jan 21
Ex-
The government thermometer
portation of American-made
goods through Brownsville to
Mexico in 1929 were almost three
ber of good talks were made by officials could see for themselves gleaned from the South Plains is,
officers and teachers The closing the trucks and pumpers in act- of course, up to the student.
talk was given by Horace Mur ion
phy who suggested that while it
I was alright to try to reach peo-
ple through the head and heart,
yet lie believed that the use of
turkey and cranberry sauce oc-
cassionally would help much
Condray Says
The city commission has been -------
contemplating the purchase of HAS COLLECTED MUCH
new fire fighting equipment for
some time to replace the obsolete
pumper now in use here The
FOR I NIVERSITY OF TEXAS
(By Associated Press)
To Relieve Colds
$1.50 Electric Vaporizer, The |
Jar Turpo, a $2.25 value fa* i
Ne
Plug in light socket, w
heat in a few minutes, th
fumes will fill the room |
can be left on all nisi
wonderful for children
colds
commission will probably buy a
AUSTIN. Jan 21 In the thirty
Mrs A R Stobaugh, in behalf
along the Great Divide as that in Ballinger registered its lowest____________, ...____.......
area entered its sixteenth day of of the day at it o’clock Tuesday ing to Consul L Lopez Montero 91 her class, presented Rev and old 500-gallon pumper as an Texas, as land attorney, R E L.
frigid temperatures. ■ morning At 3 o'clock in the Principal exportations last year Mrs Reaves with a lovely basket auxuliary unit With the two ma- Saner of Dallas collected for the
-----afternoon the mercury had were agricultural implements, of flowers as a token of apprec- chines a substantial cut can be university $4,918,429 in grazing
passed the 19-degree mark and lard, wire, calcium arsenate, lum- iation of their work
was slowly rising. Snow stopped ber, pipe, scrap iron and steam
falling here shortly before noon shovels
times as heavy as in 1928, accord
750-gallon pumper and keep the years he served the University of
frigid temperatures.
ABILENE. Jan. 31 Sleet, snow
and tee again today covered the
ground in all of the 45 counties
served by the West Texas Utilities
Company and near zero weather
was registered in approximately
100 cities, towns and communi-
ties in West Texas, according to
Th meeiwa -this MITIN
German Radio Listeners Increase
and as soon a# the clouds became ______
thin enough for the sun’s rays Women’s Track Meet at Berlin
to penetrate a rising temperature
was noticeable. imen’s track and field contest be- rapidity. In Berlin alone, for in-
Weather ranging from 8 to 10 tween Berlin and Paris to likely stance, there are today over 500,-
degrees above was predicted for to be held here. Negotiations are Mb members of “the invisible
Tuesday night and Weds
BERLIN, Jan 21.—() — The
___number of radio fans in Germany
BERLIN, Jan. 21.—(A)—A wo- is increasing with American-like
MIRV AN care M ten the and
" according to Reich
I officials.
obtained in insurance rates and rentals, interest and gravel sales
the city will be given one of the at a cost of $63,905, according to
best equipped fire departments in a statement submitted by
when he resigned Jan. 1.
this section of the state
As soon as the local represent-
him
Saner administered more htan
atives return they will make a re-2,000,000 acres belonging to the
port of their findings to the city University's permanent fund.
commission and the fire depart-During the first 14 years Saner’s
ment.
Ce wise and advertise.
retainer **■ $1,500 • year, raised
to $1,800 annually during the
past 16 years.
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