The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, June 3, 1938 Page: 1 of 4
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The Mexia Weekly Herald
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VOL. *XXX, NO
MEXIA, TEXA8, FRIDAY, June 3, 1938
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Farm Lending-Spending Plan Calls for Billion Outlay
SIX MILLION
FARMERS TO
RECEIVE^ AID
Grange to Total
About 1 Billion
in 12 Months
Direct Aid to
f
MAP ACREAGE
Cotton Growers
Plan to Plant
27,000,000 Acres
WASHINGTON, June 2. <U.R)—
Department of Agriculture offi-
cials prepared today for a gigan-
tic fairm aid program to bolster
the purchasing power of 6,000,000
farmers.
Tentatfve plans call for a lend-
Ing-spending farm program in-
volving $1,200,000,000 to $1,400,-
000,000 in the next 12 months.
Direct aid to farmers in soil
conservation payments, rural re-
lief, purchase of surpluses, subsi-
dy and parity payments, to be ei-
ther obligated or paid in the next
year will total approximately $1,-
000,000,000.
In addition, government agen-
cies expect to lend farmers up to
$350,000,000 for storage of sur-
plus cotton corn and wheat. The
farm security administration plans
to loan farmers approximately
$100,000,000 to make crops and
buy farms.
Cotton growers plan to plant ap-
proximately 27,000,000 acres which
with an average yield would pro-
duce 12,000,000 bales to be added
to a carry over of 11,000,000 bales
from last year's all-time record of
nearly 19,000,000 bales.
FATHER AWAITS WORD FROM SON'S KIDNAPERS
Florida Home From Which,B oy Disappeared Feared Slain hy Abductors
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This is the combination filling st ation and home at Princeton, Fla., where the family of kidnaped
James B. "Skeegie" Cash waits an d hopes for the safe return of th e 5-year-old lad. Having fulfilled
every demand of the abductors b ut one—that he not notify police —the father had asked a posse to
disband in order that he might have more time to attempt negotiations with the kidnapers. The
searchers—national guardsmen, c ounty and state police and farme rs—were confident that they could
find the criminals and their priso ner within a few hours, They beli eved that residents of the city had
taken the boy and collected $10,0 00 ransom from the father.
Texas Will Not
Sue to Remove
Austins Body
Allred Chooses
Not to Disturb
State Harmony
Hoover Arrives To Direct
Search For Missing Youth
Roosevelt Sleeps
Peacefully While
Navy Guards Watch
AUSTIN, June 2, (U.R)—Texas
will not sue for the right to re-
move the body of Mosas Austin
from Potosi, Missouri to Texas,
Governor James V. Allred V. All-
red announced today.
He said the resting place of
the pioneer of Texas colonization
should not be permitted to dis-
turb harmony between the states.
He though a formal request from
Texas for such a reburial might
have avoided a misunderstanding.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 2. <U.R>
'•—President Roosevelt once fell
sound asleep in full view of a
group of admirals and the digni-
fied graduating class of the U. S.
Naval Academy.
He told the 1938 Academy gra-
duates of the incident today when
he delivered their graduation ad-
dress. He said:
"The only time I disgraced my-
self was, I think, during the World
War. Because of the strenuous
work in the navy department I
was a bit in arrears on sleep. The
preparatory in this hall was in the
neighborhood of 100. There I was
sitting on the right of the Super-
intendent of the Naval Academy.
(He was then assistant secretary
of navy).
"The speaker of the occasion be-
gan his address. My eyes slowly
but firmly closed. I think my
mouth fell open. I slept ungrace-
fully but soundly directly in front
of the eyes of the entire graduat-
ing class. Could anything be more
unmilitary, more humiliating —
but more satisfactory?"
Allred Flays
Candidates Who
Confuse Voters
Blake Forrest
to Sail Abroad
AUSTIN, June 2, (U.R)—Cover
nor James V. Allred today joined | the U. S^Nava
the protests against the name of
Vernest O. Thompson of Dallas
going on the state's Democratic
primary election ballot.
"It's a lowbrow, wardheel trick
to put names like that on the
ballot," Allred said.
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MEXIA
Phone
TEXA!
Blake Forrest, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. N. B. Forrest, 207 East
Milam, who is a midshipman at
Acodemy, An-
napolis, Md., will sail from New
York June 3, on the U. S. Flag-
ship, "New York," for Germany,
France, Great Britain, and Swe-
den, it was learned Thursday.
Forrest will return to the Unit-
ed States on August 25, and will
visit his parents in Mexia on Aug-
ust 28.
Beating Rain Is
Handicap to Over
3,500 Searchers
PRINCETON, Fla., June 2.
<U,R)—Director J. Edgar Hoover
of the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation arrived in Florida today
to take personal command of the
hunt for the kidnapers of 5-year
old Jimmy Cash.
Hoover arrived by plane as
hundreds of men, organized into
armed posses, searched the ever-
glades, the keys and the farm
lands of southeastern Florida in a j
beating rain for the boy who was |
kidnaped last Saturday night.
With Hoover here, the drive to
capture the kidnapers, who col-
lected $10,000 ransom and then
failed to return the child, as-
sumed new intensity.
Although the numerical
strength of the posse had risen
to 3,500 before the rain set in,
more than half of that number
abandoned the hunt because of
the storm. With Hoover's arrival
volunteers again began to oin in.
The posse included farmers,
fishermen, everglades, trappers,
Seminoles and other volunteers.
The ground was becoming a huge
marsh. The rain slowed the work
and perhaps obliterated some of
the clues the G-men had hoped
possemen would uncover.
WACOAN VISITS MEXIA
Frank Wilson, Waco attorney,
visited friends in Mexia yesterday
in behalf of the candidacy of his
law partner, Sam Darden, for
state senator, thirteenth district.
Fear for the safety of B-year-old .Tames B. Cash, Jr., above, held
an army of angry farmers, natio nal guardsmen and police in check
as the lad's father watied at his home in Princeton, Fla., in the
hope that the boy's kidnapers wou Id advise him where he could
find his baby—as they had prom ised to do after Cash paid $10,000
ransom. The posse organized to search for the boy dispersed
temporarily in deference to the f ahter's request that he be allowed
more time to establish a contact with the abductors. Authorities
recalled the Lindbergh kidnaping, however, and feared that the
boy had already been killed.
Crafty Owl,
In Previous
Winner
Tiffs,
To Face Gunmen
Thornton Negro
Will Walk Last
Mile On June 3
AUSTIN, June 2. (UP)—The State Board of Pardons
and Paroles today refused to recommend clemency for Ton-
nie Moore, 28-year-old Negro convicted in Limestone county
of the murder of Frank Bradfute, Thornton merchant on
May 10, 1937. Moore is sentenced to bt electrocuted June 3.
"The killing occurred in Lime-3>-
stone county and was an atrocious rr< /-v ry •
murder," a board statement said. / Q
"Tonnie Moore procured a double- O
barreled shotgun, carefully broke
into the home of Frank Bradfute,
entered a room where Bradfute
and his wife were sleeping, shot
Bradfute's head Nearly off while
he slept and then discharged the
other ban-el of the gun at Brad-
fute's wife, seriously wounding
her. He was motivated to commit
this crime for the purpose of rob-
bery. Mrs. Bradfute sci-earned and
the neighbors were awakened and
the attacker ran away. Later he
was apprehended and confessed to
the crime. Every material state-
ment in his confession was amply
collaborated.
"There are no facts or circum-
stances warranting: clemency."
Unions Oppose
Allred Speech
to CIO Member
Governor Slated
to Speak to Oil
Convention Tues.
Each afternoon at dusk when
Mrs. Sid J. Suart, Tehuacaha,
goes out to close the doors of her
chicken house for the night, she
bus been met. by a, huge barn owl,
flapping wide, strong wings and
displaying a menacing pair of
claws.
The bird flings himself full at
her face, but each day until Wed-
nesday ha* managed to ei-
ther duck in time or fight him
away, Wednesday afternoon, how-
ever, he slashed a deep gash in
one side of her face.
Following Wednesday's opisodj
•he has resolved that the owl
his powerful wings and sharp tal.
ons. Thursday at dusk when he
flits from his hiding place in the
cluster of trees surrounding the
Stuart home, he will be met by
a barrage of gunshots. Mr. Stu-
art and Bert oHllister, local
business man, will be manning the
firearms, and they have sworn
vengeance on the wise bird.
And the Mexia News will be
there. This newspaper reguards
the news interest of the story so j
highly that a reporter is being
dispatched to the scene of the]
battle. Friday's paper will carry
HOUSTON, June 2. (U.R)—Gov
eraor James V. Allred will ad
dress the annual convention of
the Oil Worker's International, a
CIO affiliate, here ,next. Tuesday
despite opposition of union loc-
als, President Harvey C. Frem-
ming said today.
Unions comprising district 4,
which includes most of Texas,
have instructed their counsel to
protest against the occurrance of
Governor Allred, who made a
statement in April 1937 condemn-
ing sit-down strikes.
"I myself have condemned Gov-
ernor Allred," said Fremming. "I
hops he. will have something to
say about that Tuesday. I think
it is unfair to discuss Allred's
labor record. He will be merely
a guest of the convention.
DOSS HARDIN
of Limestone County
j a blow-by-blow description of the
will have no more chanct>s to use i bout, it is hoped.
SENATE RACE PROMISES TO BE POLITICAL PLUM
There formidable candidates,
Doss Hardin of Prairie Hill and
Sam Darden and John Dollins,
both of Waco, have formally an-
nounced for the state senate from
District 13 (McLennan, Falls,
Limestone, and Milam counties),
it was announced Thursday.
The race, occasioned by the sud-
den death of Dr. W. R. Newton of
Cameron, is being forecast by vet-
eran political followers as one of
the outstanding political scram-
bles in the state.
Governor James V. Allred has
announced he would call a special
election to fill the Newton vacan-
cy at the time which by law would
make it fall on the Democratic pri-
mary dote, July 23. High man will
win the special election, the law
providing that there shall be no
run-off in such cases.
Hardin is former assistant at-
torney general. Two years ago he
made the race for the 13th district
mate post and polled 11,000 vota*
in only three weeks of campaign-
In his four-point, streamlined
platform Hardin urged that the
state auditor be compelled to re-
port to the legislature instead of
to the governor. This move, Hardin
pointed out, would allow the peo-
ple's representatives to control the
state's budget.
By abolishing unnecessary bu-
reaus and commissions and leav-
ing school appropriations as they
stand, Hardin said that the gener-
al appropriations bill could be
slashed $15,000,000.
By abolishing the present pen-
sion set-up and placing the distri-
bution' of pension money in the
hands of county judges and com-
missioner's courts the pension
fund could be raised materially,
Hardin asserted. He will speak ov-
er Station WACO Thursday night
at 8 p. m.
Darden, Waco attorney and for-
mer assistant district attorney of
McLennan county and city attor-
ney for the city of Waco, is 36
years old, is married and has on<?
child
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Baylor Graduate
Upon his graduation from Bay-
lor university in 1928 he entered
the practice of law in Waco. In
the 10 years intervening ho has
served in various public offices,
and during his service as a public
officer it was frequently his duty
to draft laws.
In announcing his candidacy
Darden said:
"The office of state senator is
one of the most important within
the gift of the people. There are
only 31 senators, and thny, togeth-
er with the members of tha house
of representatives, have the sol-
emn responsibility of passing on
legislation and enacting laws vi-
tally affecting the people of Tex-
as. For 15 yeai'B I have studied
the subject of government.
"If I am elected I will, to the
limit of my ability, ondettake 10
represent all the people. From
time to time I will discuss public-
ly the important questions con-
fronting the people of this dbtrlct
and the state tfc large.
"Your vote and the weight of
yow personal endorsement to
your friends is earnestly and res-
pectfully requested."
Dollins' Platform
Dollins, McLennan county's rep-
resentative in the state legisla-
ture, announced the following
platform:
"I -am for adequate old age pen-
sions and do not believe that the
present gcale of $14 a month per
pensioner is adequate. I am for
prompt payment of a pension to
all needy cases.
"I am against a sales tax of my
kind.
"I believe in teachers' retire-
ment, and in giving the regents
of our state educational institu-
tions, including the University of
Texas, a lump sum appropriation
to use as they see fit
"I want the situation in our
school for the deaf cleared up
quickly.
"I am for the New Deal and
Kostelanetz,
Lily Pons Are
Reported Wed
NORWALK, Conn., June 2,
(U.R)—Lily Pons, opera and radio
star and Andre Kostelanetz, or-
chestra leader, obtained a license
to<*:.y and were reported to have
been married.
The license was obtained early
this afteiTioon and shortly there-
after the couple persuaded pro-
bate Judge Louis Goldschmidt to
waive the usual five-day ruling
which would made, the ceremony
next Tuesday.
President Outlines
Utilities Plans
WASHINGTON, June 2, (U.fi)—
Senate majority leader Alben W.
Barkley told the senate today
that President Pvposevelt. does not
plan to authorize public works
construction of public utility
plants in competition with private
utilities except where private
firms reject reasonable offers for
municipal purchase.
faemattu* Texan."
Sill
CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I.
(U.R)—Prince Edward Island, Can-
ada's largest island province, is
said to have the world's only
divorce court that never granted
a divorce. In the court's century
of operation, it has had before it
want a New Deal in Texas for the one application for divorce and
it was dropped.
Doss Hardm of Prairie Hill,
Limestone County, will open his
campaign for State Senator of Dis-
trict 13, including Limestone, Mil-
am, Falls and McLennan Counties
at Waco, Saturday, June 11, at
8:00 o'clock p. m. on the court
house lawn.
Mr. Hardin, who will resign his
position as an assistant attorney
general of Texas to make this race
is out for the place recently vacat-
ed because of the death of Sena-
tor W. R. Newton of Cameron.
The place will be filed by a spe-
cial election to be held July 23,
concurrent with the Democratic
Primary.
Mexia Band
The Mexia Band, winner of
many state contests and recently
proclaimed Nation School Cham-
pions, will journey to Waco, fol-
lowed by hundreds of Mexia and
Linnytone County ritizene, e.'ho
are tacking Hardin almost solidly
in his race. Prairie Hill and ad*
joining voting boxes, Hardin's
home boxes, will turn out enmasse
for the big rally.
Twin to Introduce
Ross Hardin, Representative of
Limestone County, who is the twi«
brother of the Senate candidate,
will introduce his brother. Rep.
Hardin is prominently mentioned
as a leading candidate as next
Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Reports coming to Hardin's
Limestone headquarters are to the
effect that his candidacy is being
received enthusiastically in Falls,
Milam and McLennan counties, aa
well as the unanimous support of
the people of his home county.
Hardin will be remembered aa
having made a close race for this
office in 1936, although entering
the race on the last filing day.
Many are predicting overwhelm- <
ing victory for him in this special
election.
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Jury Picked to
Try Murder Case
PALESTINE, June 2, (U.R)—A
jury was completed today to try
Mrs. Angie Lambright, 27, on
charges of killing her husband,
Walker Lambright, a sawmill
worker, last April 24.
Mrs. Lambright is mother
five children.
JULYCOTTON
New York July cotton
yesterday at 7.89 and
7.84.
New Orleans July cotton
yesterday at 8.03 and
7. SV
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