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Just Among
Us Boys!
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One of the Texan carried boys has
sure made a hit, with the author of
this column. The carrier stopped
right in the middle of the street in
front of the D. E. Banks shoe shop
the other evening and was absorbed
in reading this column and almost
got run over by a motorist, who may
or may not have known what the
boy was reading. Anyway, JAUB was
passing along and saw the boy read-
ing this column and it sure tickled
our vanity to know that, after all,
we did have a customer.
Of course the carrier is on our
pay roll and it may have been he
say us coming and thought it
wouldn’t hurt him any if he acted
like he was absorbed in what we
had written. But we much prefer
thinking the boy never knew we
in a thousand miles of him and
thtR the only reason he was read-
ing the column was that he really
liked It. And the first time there is
a big position open at The Texan
office, we are going to employ that
boy who read our column that day.
A youngster who goes for high class
reading has the making of a big
man. * V*
III
NEA
NEWS
PICTURES
A group of farmers who are lead-
p ers in their various communities are
now engaged in raising funds to
send the four state champion
Wheeler county club boys to the
National Livestock Judging Contest
at Chicago. It will cost about $200
to send four boys and their coach,
E. Goule, who Is the assistant coun-
ty farm agent. And if you want to
help a good cause you can do It by
giving a dollar or two toward send-
ing these boys to the national con-
test.
Old Honest Tack of the Amarillo
Daily News, by the way, contributed
$4.50 to the fund and doesn’t know
it yet. Several weeks ago T. J. Lyle
framed up on Old Tack and made
Tack send him a check for $4.50 for
a box of cigars Jewell said Tack
owed him. Tack sent him the check
and old Jewell kept it. Well, when
Harlan Reeves came around Sat-
Jfelay collecting money to send the
B^s’ judging team to Chicago, Jew-
ell endorsed over the check to Har-
lan. Jewell has written Old Tack,
thanking him for his generosity.
The American Legion and the Le-
gion Auxiliary are going to hold a
big bridge tournament at The Hut
Wednesday night which should be
a lot of fun for everybody. They are
going to have tables for contract
and auction bridge, dominoes and
forty-two, and monopoly, with priz-
es for the best players. And a bunch
of the merchants are contributing
merchandise worth up to $1 which
will be sold at about twenty cents
each.
Get those football guesses in be-
fore Friday noon. There are only
two games to call this week: Mc-
Lean at Shamrock and Lakeview at
Lefors. It’s two dollars to the win-
ner.
Over at Tulsa where they origi-,
nated the Crow luncheon idea, they
are now starting a fad of eating
blackbirds, fried or in pies, and
they say it is sure swell eating. They
resemble duck in taste, and are
called “Rockford Blackbirds."
Here are two highly recommended
recipes which JAUB wishes some of
his hunting friends would try out
and report to us at once:
flfcoNE—Flour breasts, season with
rsiut and pepper and fry in fat until
j brown and crisp.
TWO—Place birds in baking dish,
smother with parboiled onion rings;
add one-half cup boiling water to
24 birds and bake in a 300-degree
oven for one hour.
Yout guests should be friends who
eat carp, catfish and crow.
To the business man who told one
of our employees he thought we
were giving him the rush act in
trying to collect a bill from him, we
want to extend our apologies as we
certainly never meant anything of
the kind. It was no reflection on his
credit because one of our collectors
happened to call on him three times
during the past two. weeks. It takes
all the money we can rake and
scrape to pay our emplovees oU
each week and wo have to try and
--"-■jt promptly. But we certainly
want to leave the impression
anyone that we think you are
mest or won’t pay your bills,
we hope this man will forgive
we left that impression with
TEXAN
City
Edition
VOL. 33
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1936
NO. 164
First ‘Trailer Town to Be Doomed by Court Ruling
GRID SEASON TO
CLOSE FRIDAY AS
2 GAMES PLAYED
SHAMROCK AND McLEAN TO
BATTLE FOR 3RD PLACE
IN DISTRICT 3-B
National interest was drawn to this trailer colony in Orchard Lake, Mich., when it became the first
in the country to be doomed by court decision. Justice of the Peace Arthur R. Greed held that the
trailer at the left violated an ordinance prohibiting construction of dwellings with less than 500 cubic
feet of space per occupant. The owner, Hildred Gumarsol, factory worker, is pictured before his
trailer, from which he had removed wheels whi,e building an addition. Six other families facing
similar suits will be allowed to move without being brought to trial In Orchard Lake this new
mode of living thus was banned completely, since another ordinance levies a prohibitive license
fee of $100 an acre on persons renting property for use as trailer camps.
Science And Not Pistols
Most Effective Weapon In
Solving Crime, Says Hoover
STRIKE MEDIATOR
GIVES EMPLOYERS’
ANGLE TO UNION
EIGHTH DISTRICT
WELL REPRESENTED
AT P.-T. A. SESSION
PRESIDENT AND SEVERAL OF
OFFICERS ARE PRESENT
AT STATE MEETING
When the twenty-eighth annual
convention of the Texas Congress of
Parents and Teachers convened in
Fort Worth Monday morning, the
Eighth District will be well repre-
sented.
Meetings with the State Board of
Managers as members will be: Mrs.
C. T. Hunkapillar of Psjmpa, presi-
dent of the district, Mrs. J. E.
Griggs of Amarillo, who was dis-
trict president for four years, and
who is now state and district re-
cording secretary; Mrs. J. M. Crain
of Amarillo also a past president
of the district for four years, and
formerly state publioity director, a
past fourth v-president of the state
and who now serves as state and
district chairman of education; and
Mrs. W. B. LaMaster of Perryton,
who was first vice-president of the
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ONE COMPLETION
IN THIS COUNTY
THREE OIL WELLS AND ONE
GASSER IN GRAY COUNTY
DURING PAST WEEK
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16—A sug-
gestion that fingerprint and micro-
scope sets supplement the tommy-
gun toy arsenal of young America
this Christmas came Sunday from
the head man of the federal bureau
of investigation.
J. Edgar Hoover, taking time out
from directing the criminal-catch-
ing activities of his bureau, mused
over a Christmas shopping list.
“Last year,” he said, “I saw on
sale for the first time so-called G-
man guns, games and miniature au-
tomobiles. That is good psychology
because it places emphasis In the
child’s mind on law enforcement
rather than on crime.”
In years past, he observed, small
boys usually wore masks and “pack-
ed rods.” The shift in interest is an
Indication, he said, of a changing
public attitude.
“Recent moving pictures showing
the efficiency of law enforcement
officers has done a great deal ba-
sically,” he said, “to make law en-
forcement popular, though I per-
sonally have always felt there was
too much ‘bang bang.’ Actually, less
than one or two per cent of the bu-
reau’s work Involves captures like
those seen on the screen.
“Every boy has to have a hero,
either good or bad.
“If the boys are going to have he-
roes anyway it is better to idolize
not only G-men but all law enforce-
ment officers."
That is what lies behind the psy-
chology of G-man toys’ popularity,
he suggested.
There was little oil activity in
Wheeler county last week with only
one completion and no new loca-
tions. The completion was the C. A.
Lupton No. 2 Stewart in section 73,
block 13, H&GN survey, which was
bottomed at 2,145; oil pay at 2,120
to 2,145. The well was completed
for 105 barrels on commission test.
Completions in Gray county were
as follows:
Cambrian Oil Co., No. 3 Cole in
section 105 block 3, LtoGN smvey
was bottomed at 3,279; shot in the
pay with 370 quarts from 3,200 to
bottom and completed for 465 bar-
rels.
Empire O&R Co., No. 10 Cunning-
ham in section 128, block 3, I&GN
ll
f
The first basketball game to be
jlayed in the beautiful new gym-
nasium at Semnorwood 1s ached-
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LELA SCHOOL PLANS
CARNIVAL THURSDAY
A school carnival will be held at
the Lela school, starting at 7:30
a’clock Thursday night for the pur-
pose of raising money for the ath-
letic and activity fund, according
to Gordon Gatewood, superintend-
ent.
There will be a boxing card, bingo,
fortune tellers, clowns, and the us-
ual side shows and the school will
also sell popcorn, hamburgers, candy
and drinks.
FORECAST HEAVY
HOLIDAY BUYING
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WILL BE
HEAVIEST SINCE YEAR 1929
MERCHANTS BELIEVE
NEW YORK, Nov. 16-One of the
greatest Christmas shopping sea-
sons in history — exceeding the
boom days of 1928 and 1929 in some
cities — was forecast today by mer-
chant chiefs In various cities.
The tremendous flow of funds
voted for workers and shareholders
— a sum that has run into the
hundreds of millions of dollars in
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$65 IS RAISED AT
ALLISON BOX SUPPER
Proceeds of the Allison box sup-
per Saturday night will purchase
basket ball sweaters for both boys
and girls’ teams, Gene Abernathy,
secretary of the Allison chamber of
commerce, announced. More than
$65 was cleared at the entertain-
ment.
The Shamrock band and several
members of the local chamber of
commerce attended. A concert was
presented by the band group, after
which Glenn A. Truax, director, en-
tertained with fiddling numbers.
Bedford Harrison auctioned the
boxes.
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
LABOR SUBMITS FORMULA
END MARITIME STRIKE
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 16—An-
other effort to produce a formula
for peace negotiations In the mari-
time strike got under way Sunday
when Assistant Secretary of Labor
Edward F. McGrady met union rep-
resentatives to redraft proposals
“along” lines suggested by employ-
ers.”
At the same time Mayor Angelo
J. Rossi left by airplane for Wash-
ington presumably to discuss the
critical strike situation with Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Rossi did not say what he would
ask of the President but unofficial
sources said they expected him to
request some forms of Government
action.
McGrady, who in the two weeks
of the strike has fostered many
With only two games scheduled
and the district championship al-
ready settled, the district 3-B foot-
ball race comes to a close this week
end. The two games scheduled are
between McLean and Shamrock at
Shamrock, and Lakeview and Le-
fore at Lefors.
With five of the nine teams al-
i ready through their schedule, the
' Wheeler Mustangs came out on top
with eight games won for a per-
centage of 1000. The Wellington Sky-
rockets, the team to watch next
season, came out in second place
with only one defeat in eight
starts. Third place ranking in the
district will be at stake Friday night
when the Irishmen and Tigers clash
—with each team having defeats
at the hands of Wellington and
Wheeler marked up against them.
Memphis and Clarendon with
their schedules completed can only
claim fifth and sixth places respec-
tively, while Lakeview and Lefors,
who meet on Friday, are tied for
seventh place, with the winner of
this game taking the lead with two
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RUSSELL SLAYING
TO BE RE-ENACTED
CALIFORNIA OFFICERS WILL
TRY TO ESTABLISH HOW
BULLET WAS FIRED
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16—A gra-
phic tableau which authorities hope
will throw light on the mysterious
shooting of Reid Russell will be
enacted today at the beach home of
Governeur Morris, the novelist.
Decision to re-enact the death
scene was announced by Capt.
Clyde Plummer of the district at-
torney’s office after Morris, his wife
Ruth and Lila Lee, film actress
appeared voluntarily yesterday to
tell what they knew of the death of
the young man, with whom they
were friendly.
Russell, 28, and unemployed, was
found dead, a bullet wound in his
head, in a lawn swing at the home
of Morris at Redondo Beach last
September 25.
On his lap lay a pistol. Investiga-
tors never found the bullet which
killed him, nor the ejected shell.
Police tomorrow will shoot the
death weapon into an object of the
approximate solidity of the human
head, then trace the bullet.
If it Is easily found, said Plum-
mer, it will Indicate that Russell
did not die in the lawn swing —
that he was killed elsewhere and his
body carried there.
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WARTIME FLYER HELD
ON BURGLARY CHARGE
AUBURN, Calif., Nov. 16—Joseph
R. Rogers, 53, identified by a former
royal flying corps officer as a war-
time ace aviator with six enemy
planes to his credit was held Sun-
day on charges of burglarizing a
business establishment.
Police Chief J. L. Shannon said
Rogers had admitted taking four
watches and other articles of Jew-
elry. He had been employed In a
FWA project here.
3 EXTORTIONISTS
ARE SHOT DOWN BY
KANSAS CITY COPS
MANUFACTURER THREATENED
WITH DEATH UNLESS HE
GAVE THEM $2,000.90
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Nov. 16 -
Three young extortionists were shot
down by police Sunday when they
walked into a trap set in a battery
company office here. fThe leader
of the trio, Henry Calia, 26, died of
his wounds last night.
Detectives Jack Clifford, Jr., and
John Flavin brought down the
youths after a command to sur-
render was ignored. The shooting
occurred in the manager's office
of the National Battery company
where the youths had made de-
mands upon Andrew Brown, the
manager.
All three youths received bullet
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YOUNG BROKER IS
KILLED IN PLUNGE
FALL FROM 14TH STORY OF
PARK AVENUE APARTMENT
IS CALLED ACCIDENTAL
26 Fascist Planes Bomb
Madrid, Stringing Death
And Destruction In Path
General Accused
of Killing Widow
NEW YORK, Nov. 16 — David
Brooks, nephew of Nancy, Lady As-
tor, and son-in-law of James A.
Moffett, vice president of the Stan-
dard Oil Company of California,
plunged to his death early Sunday
from a 14th floor Park Avenue
apartment.
Brooks lost his balance, police
said, while opening a window in
his bedroom. His bride of only four
months, the former Adelaide Mof-
fett, heard her husband scream
while she was in their living room.
She ran into the bedroom and col-
lapsed. After telling an incoherent
story to Detective Charles Watkins,
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INSURANCE AGENTS
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
Several fire and casualty Insur-
ance agents from the Shamrock ter-
ritory plan to attend a Panhandle
regional meeting to be held at Ama-
rillo Wednesday, according to T. J.
Lyle, regional vice president. Among
the speakers will be: Raymond S.
Mauk, fire commissioner of the
state board of insurance agents;
Mr. Waters, casualty insurance
member of the state board; D. G.
Foreman, secretary of the state as-
sociation of local agents, and R. B.
Cousins of the checking bureau.
The meeting will be held at the
Amarillo Hotel and will open at
10 o’clock Wednesday morning.
A murei-i uiu,^ it uteu Dy i
Brig.-Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, ;
above, former lieutenant gover-
nor of Kentucky, whose arrest
halted the inquest into the
death of Mrs. Verna Garr Tay-
lor, 40, comely La Grange, Ky.,
widow. Denhardt was freed on
$25,000 bond in New Castle, Ky,,
court, after refusing to testify
in the case. Friends said he
and the widow, found shot
through the heart, were to have
been married soon.
MADRID, Nov. 16- "he largest
fleet of Fascist warplane, vet to
bomb beleaguered Madrid sv ept ov-
er the city Sunday, killing an un-
determined number ot pern us tutu
demolishing tenement be lings.
Scurrying residents counted 28
planes in the fleet.
Twelve bombers escorted by 14
pursuit planes appeared from the
west at 9:10 a. m. (4:10 a. m. E. S.
T.) flying low over the city.
Defying a barrage of anti aircraft
fire, the attackers headed directly
for government troop concentrations
in University City in t! rthwest
section of Madrid.
The bombers spread their cargo
over the whole northwestern sec-
tion, including Arguelles and Valle-
hermose districts.
Six bomber •> in the af-
ternoon a”' ured
many in of Cuatro
Cam in o; -aouro. Most of the pro-
jectiles fell in the Axenida de Pablol
Igles' u> near the evacuated British-
American nursing home.
Seven were killed and 100 in-
'ured in the morning raid. The
number of dead in the latter attack
was not determined immediately.
Two of the attacking planes In
the second visit were reported dowu-
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BE ARGUED BEFORE
HIGHEST U, S. COURT
SENATOR CUNT SMALL WILL
ASSIST IN PRESENTING
STATE’S CASE
AUSTIN, Nov. 16—Arguments ki
the appeal of the railroad commis-
sion to the United States Supreme
Court on the right of the state to
prorate production of natural gas in
the Panhandle field will be present •
ed Nov. 18.
Assistant Attorney General W’il-
iiam Madden Hill and STATE SEN-
ATOR CLINT SMALL OF AMA-
RILLO will deliver the state's ar-
gument In the combined cases of
Consolidated Gas Utilities Company
and Texoma Natural Gas Company,
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DENHARDT CLAIMS
CAN NAME KILLER
SISTER OF ACCUSED MAN IS
CONFIDENT LOUISVILLE
WOMAN SUICIDE
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 16—Brig.
Gen. Henry H. Denhardt, charged
with the murder of his fiance, Mrs.
Verna Garr Taylor, “knows why she
killed herself,” his sister, Bertha
Denhardt. told friends Sunday.
Investigators in the sensational
case recalled that Denhardt, whose
counsel advised him not to testify
at the inquest, had said: "If they’d
let me testify, I’d have told them
quick who killed her.”
"Henry will tell why she killed
herself,” Miss Denhardt told ac-
quaintances. “It has something to
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R. O. SMITHS OBSERVE
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
Celebrating their 50th wedding
anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. R. O.
Smith were hosts to their relatives
and friends with a dinner at their
home on North Texas Sunday aft-
ernoon. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have
been residents of Shamrock for 21
years, coming here from Oklahoma.
All of their children but one son,
H. G. Smith of Seminole, were
present.
The six children and families at-
tending were Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Smith of Canadian, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Smith and son, and Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Martin of San Jon, N, M„
Mr. and Mrs. Dee Oalbreath and
son, Wendell, Mr, and Mrs. Cecil
Rook and children and Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Staggs and children of Sham-
rock.
Other friends present were Mrs.
G. W. Staggs and son, Harvey, Mrs.
Mattie North, Mrs. R. E. Daley and
daughter, Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs.
Francis, Rev. Jolly, Miss Pauline
Martin, and E. F. Uptergrove of Oa-
nadian.
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL WILL START
AT NOON TUESDAY
CITY QUOTA IS ONLY $85.08
WITH SOUTH COUNTY
ASSIGNED $112,00
Starting at 1 o’clock Tuesday aft-
ernoon, the Red Cross Roll Call
committee will commence Its five-
day drive, according to Mrs. Henry
Hise, chairman of the committees.
The following ladies will
charge of the Shamrock drive?
C: T. Palmer, Mrs: Frank
Mrs. J. H. Caperton, Mrs. O. P.
Purcell. Mrs. S. Q. Scott, Mrs. Frank
DuBose, Mrs. M. Reynolds, Mrs.
Marjory Fleener. firs. Seliie How-
ard, Mrs. Robert Roach, Miss Lillian
Rook, Miss Betty Hanson, Mrs. S. L.
Draper. Miss Blanche Adams and
Miss Nell Adams.
The fire whistle will blow at noon,
announcing the opening of the
drive. A quota of $85 has been set
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MRS, W. L. TEAKELL
SUCCUMBS SUNDAY
BELOVED WOMAN EXPIRES AT
MINERAL WELLS AFTER
LONG ILLNESS
Mrs. W. L. Teakell, 59, beloved
resident of the Center community,
died at Mineral Wells Sunday even-
ing, according to word received here
last night. She had been 111 for
several months and was taken to
Mineral Wells two weeks ago in
hope that the change would improve
her health.
Mrs. Teakell was born In Mon-
tague county, November 19, 1877,
and after her marriage in 1896,
moved to Oklahoma. In 1914 the
family moved to their present home
where they have since resided.
She was a member of the First
Christian Church of Twltty, and
had hosts of friends throughout this
part of the Panhandle. Funeral rites
will be held at the Twitty Church
of Christ, at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon, with Rev. Shelby Sand-
ers, pastor, and Rev. S. A. Rlbblc In
charge.
Surviving are her husband, five
children, Ernest Teakell of Albu-
querque, Ruby Rives, Alta Lee Mer-
rick and Mrs. Bert Beatenbough, all
of Center, and Mrs. Dona Hender-
son of Shamrock; five grandchil-
dren, E. M. Rives, Thurman lee
Rives, Clydene Merrick, Frances Jo
Henderson and Doris Nell Beaten-
bough; and one brother, Jim Rice
of Houston.
REPORT MRS. SIMPSON
WAS SEEN WITH KING
LONDON. Nov. 16—-King Edward
and a party that may have included
Mrs. Wallis Simpson motored from
Fort Belvedere Sunday and were
gone two hours.
It was the only Incident in an
otherwise quiet Sunday for the
monarch and his guests.
There were several persona in the
king’s big black automobile but the
motor trip was taken at dusk and
it was difficult to identi
panions in the
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