The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 249, Ed. 1, Monday, August 20, 1928 Page: 1 of 6
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30000 People
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liamtei iN-aclies
( looltfil Heals
Neu Tiling's
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i when (I.. I.ti' i .l.n. i m i-
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lod laiRe tiiilitlllr if Kaftolllie
I. nr b. n tn. moiled from AHillniii
i. .I.. ri. I. m iim the tax H
l it- of Mils lav ev anion liae brn
I I. .U III I . Ilfht tllloUgh the State
i oinptrotlrr s 4 epurtmeht n viinl
uiij tu ui. o i 1 1 1 1 n ( tmetit by S II
lerrell
'PhXAi piodiued Kaaolui. I
. liain e to rSi Hpe tin- !
I lollrited at Mi I'iUi
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il-.'tt fnrnt i bided ' ' ' '
11 ftlisll'l-
KN Whitehuuw vii. iti ii l m
' rlrullur'illsl fur KaMlti.l inin
t rstlniites that tli mi i miii. I
lirl.t uf till' 'lee WJl il. . n ur-ed it
least two liu-ilulx by ft nit taken
..tf l.y tititoro whi Win' in tin
firm tu see the lira wit I . nlnl
branches
IV'ITHOI 1 ii. utit n." i'ii iii. '
'' tln thn fretith annual Ut
l.xas Fair. .. . tK.-l in A '
1. 1 .luring tl uk f : ptrnibei
. t t 29 will l" mure diversified
than any ever offered lv a replon
r1 exposition in thn southwest The
iffh-lals of the organiaatw.n havr
been actuated by desire to please
even body In West Texas wtth tht
amusement offerlnjs and Mm the
men who are directing the affair
have served on the Mir botrd for
several years they are able to de-
termine the features that will ap-
peal to the most people When will
the blp men of Brock nee the need
f r a Htephena "o Talr
. " .1 mi
T?VHHY lay nri-ninaatU by
1 ' tli utorlea of til wuya In
whl. U Hor paople hnv- Un bun
t..eil mil of tlwlf U by rrtHiknl
rU i ullfil Invent tni-nt r .n. i-rii
Wl.iU' It I I rui ' ay Mlm H
Mmwn flint lavn .mi.i..nlv
kii.'wn H Mlii. SUv law Iiim- I.i-imi
nduptfHl in jll.iimt frt -.1 ! '!
-I"lii-1 f. pintett tl.. iinwliT
K"i' fi in I'll' 1.1 Hll Hi" i n "
loi fneili .1 . f lfl.-r n li lii
Net bee.. .!rvi. .1 lu n K- i- i'r
h. r.eil. i M.i.1 will i -fi i ""
iurlesa i ii."i i-ri-r. i u- f i
frui.i thi-.i ii l ii
Jl"'T r. . ire K1 tLnmfh
the ni't i i if i ' iii-'ii
n.t ..rlJ i. "" -i"'1' r'"- '"
vt Is epi.Unil. Tfir p.-nt f r .tt
JaiiKi ' tt.al I" "in rt b t '
tl. I. wil In nl .irk ni4. v ..t tin
vtli.i ari rs rlnkiiiK n mi ill in
pet'iikMtK'ii iiinjr flntl li-ii tbi-
reit uf flu- pr"Mnt '"
stdiil tlint they have lnl tbrlr
itttlf furuinii Mrb nfiiilv In
vi-ntitl siiilJ I m vi' aefuivil llifin
UKalimt w.ii t "
A iii-vv trheran la bln ton-
Htnictwl fur th Hrub Knob
n bool tlUtrlrt In tin- nwlghbor
iuiinly of Throckmorton The pii-
troim of the ncbool are doln th
work 'IVxutm urr Join;; iimn- mul
inuri- for thiilr rurul bcIiooI Why
Mhouliln'l thoy ' Their pruilui-ta
will ruin tint nUiti-
rplli: HuynnliU tutt! i'otnmn
' recently ahlprl -1-! n ' ot
tie from the X lluiii'li m Thrm-k
niortuii rotinty The mw uiilrund
-ervlllg tllllt itn Hull. Wbi. Il plHHe
thruujjh bore has lt a.lMint.iiC ' '
is un uillliuul slKht for the peuple
of Hint cuuntry to o tt.i u ito k
l...tdvd out in mttle iiir-
I r is the duty of Texain " M'U'
' Next Satut !j l tilntloii iluy
for Ieinocrata If you un .l-mo
i rat remember the duti
ITIS1
1 ldu
ISTOItV U being nia.b '
y An UCJtoel uiu aunimiiiiiK
r totiiy that haa nevwr oeen
done before 11 ulrpurt foi Wreck
i the tiling
I nil ION tin"" oil "vr 're are
A booatlnf! Hon J t'n for Htnte
T'ommmi'ler The people of Hrock
enrldjn' are lionorod when n clll
jen l honored Here'a to a targe
attendance ut Texurkana
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that's what you Kef vhen
you send your iob printing
to The Daily American
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P-U-o-n-f No. I .;
DALLAS YOUTH
PACES CHARGE
FOR MURDER
Says Hi: Shot Man When He
Abused And Threatened
His Mother
DA I.I.AM Auf W ""
Hall l wi' f iTrinlly rhhfK.
inurJi-r lo.lnv iii.M tli. .1.
Prank illi-ui.- t ' l.
wi unul hy j i.i i. i nliot
I t
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niKlit uf Aupu-t lu ii Mi. I. on f
Mr- Willi- l Hull mother ot
i .- ! yolill Hill ui ikhijll vi .
ti.iK. with HHhnilt tu nun. . i
.n.l I. . I biin at IiImiU un.liM J.'"
holnl
Alti i Hie NliiHitlng liall t. ' I ..
tliuiltii-14 he uliot Williams ul.. i Ii..
Iiitti-i ubuaeil lila tiioih. i nr. i
Ihieatflinl tu kill him If ln In'ir
f . i rl
llaldanc Honored
I MNIMIN Ailk' .'" PV The il.i.'l.
f l rnllllt (III till of C."in Ii ii
M.i in Miltiiln Hit" 'i .uriilNK fnt
n in m who lb.. iuIi ti.-.iti.l with
M . Iiaie I IMii ititii I. I 111-. ..ml
tl. in ex pn lull I I.I iil lii-.'iv
put I iie. rlbole 1 I reroKtn?' '
as bavin been odi of the rui' t
war ministers Urltaln ever pr.
i itured
Lord Kaldane. In his tteventv
lecond year died of a heart at
tek at his home In Clo&n yester
day
Lord HAldane entered the Drlt-
lih cahlnct In 1P05 as secretary of
atate for war which portfolio he
1 retained until ha wna named Lord
High Chancellor of Knglnml In
Uilf Wille hand of the war office
iiercelvlng Um ventunllly uf Brit
uln betrui Involved In a wni with
liermany he biouKlit hImhii u le
vlnluli of the ItrttUb xeneral Mtllff
mil the el eat Ion of ii new
rmy c.f
terrltorlHbt ' I'hla n oiicanUatlon
permitted HrlUlu tu end n 'ItruiiK
sS.
i upedltlunnr furi e In Krnli
in 11 few tilts h ifter the (rent
liegan
..Mi:ilirK NI.MN.
WAHHINUIMN Aur iP The
liuiir of llriirv C M.hmlitt mi
Aiiirriran mumi eiinlnicer by two
prrioi.-i ui linvador mine I rlul
tad luinK" wi lepurtad tu Ilia
-I id .lepaitiiieiit today by Allien-
. hi i on. ul Imkaun at Tureiun
M. xi u
i'i.i ul I . kson teleKiaphe.l that
.. in i ul Km utiii In . liiriii' of the
hiili'ny UIhIiiiI bud proniliied to
i imj . . te In an attempt to uppte
bnul the alayera Jat'kaon left Im
1 1 led i it. Iv to obtain th body mid
take it to Torrwon Uenerul ICaco-
bur -"ul colunvl und It) auldtora
to a. omany him
i.m:cutio.v rosTi'o.vuii.
Al'STIN. Aub 20 UP Itxerutlon
date fur Cloiiiimle Rmlrliiuint mid
ICwiulel Hitrvlna. Shu Antonio Muxl-
can who worn to huvu linen olec-
trocuteii oarly Ttunulny on convic-
tion of crlmlnnlly naaiilttiiK n Snn
Antonio UIkIi Kcliool clrt whh poat-
poned by Onveruor Moody today
until Heptember 7 nftor luturvon-
tion of Mexican ainlMiHaoilor Ttillua
at W-'mliiitKton
lt.s Olt TO HriVlt
m:u vokk. auk
imiiK'Cnv
201P) John
J ltaakoii chatrinnn of tho demo-
i'i4tlc natloiinl cuimnltteo en route
to Hut Spilng Ark fur tho ac
i epliince upeecli of Senator Itobln-
hoii on Auunt 3U will atop ut St
l-oulu for a tw i day conferonco
with democratic leader of the mid-
went boglnnliiK Aug 2S
t itov scoirr 'iiosi:n
NKW VOIIK Aug 20VPv-I'auI
A Si pie tu of ICrle l'u . today win
nelected uu the I Joy Scout to serve
an rpoclal ajwlatant and orderly to
Commander Illchard 15 HyrJ on
h! untarrtlc uxpedltlun tho an-
nouncement wan maili) by .tiiiut'M 12
Wont thief acout oxiicutlvo.
nits isi:n(u:ks iuju.n.
ItEU WINO. Auc 20IA1 Throe
or four iiemoiiB wt'ie ruported burn
ed to death ami alx or more liijurod
when n luuiHonnur hue bound from
ChletiKO to the Twin Cltluri collld
el with u truck iiumi HihI Whifc to-
day hops o.v rntST 1.1:0.
FAYKTTBVILLB N. C Aug. 20.
Lteutonant . rank Hchllt. Marino
aviator flying u trl motored Trami-
poit nlrplano to Nloamguu fur u.sn
ur tho Matliioa thuro hopped orr
from Popo fluid hero at 12 o'clock
noon for Mluml Hu landed hero
for refueling
Wed On Train
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9fifDQilLv&"TiVthBBHaXi
Saaav t"ir faairt W
aaaw ' 3rwCii fH? "
TmU
Bein? a movie director and pro- i'w or no was chosen by Mr.
dueor an ordinary wedding did not J Coolldge as his Instructor as ad-
appeal to William DeMllle below mlttodly the most expert angler In
He hastened therefore from Los I "" region. Ha now takas the
Anp.ilo to Albuquerque. N. JI ob-1 president on tho stream every day
tnltieu u
marriage Ucenie and a
preui'lier
I'llmbud aboard n west
bound trnin rrnin Ohlcngo BnterU
tint UhwIi.k room of hla fUnncnc
Claru niiiiiKfi Hiie ii. unurlu
I writer en i nit. fri in N kv Vorli.
i aiul luurrlid b.-i befoii the tiulli
rft triB .!.(
WOMAN SHOOTS
MAN AND SELF
Quarrel Of Sunday Follow-
ed By Tragedy Monday
DAI I.fl Aug 201PV-Mi'a R
M WIlMon. 31. allot and l.lllod
Ueorge Hltnerty 32. hero today and
then placnd tho plHtul anlnat her
breast and took her own life.
Tho tragedy occiinod at the
home of Mra. Wilton I lor dough
ter. Itomthy Walker 10 waa aluop
Iiir In tho no.xt room 8hu awak-
ened at tlie aliot that kllleil Hlmer-
ly and wna at tho toluphono sum-
muntng doctor whoit hnr mother
fliodttfie fntal ahot Into her breaat
p "Call a doctor " Dorothy snld hor
mother told her aa aim ran into
tho loom and auw tilmorly lying on
tho flndr. A moment after ah left
tho room ahe heard the aecotul
allot and returned to find her
mother lyln bealtle Hlmerly Both
tu uuau vviien iHiiite arrivim ah
automatic plafot waa found beelde
the In l I o.
ICniployeea of a Rtir where Mia
Wilson worked teatlfted the couple I
quaircled yesterday
(JUILSTIO.V CI.UII I'ATUONS.
NICW YOIIK. Aub 20 lP Quce-
tlonlnK of 125 Now Yorkorn many
of tliem aoclally prominent aa to
tholr iwtronago of night club waa
abruptly halted today -iy Imltotl
Statea Attorney Charlea H Tut tie
The subpoenas were Iwued while
ho waa nut ut town Mr Tut tie
said adding that ho now propound
to sparo Uioho night club imtronn
further "unnoceMary publicity "
The Inquiry will be continued but
along other lined ho aald
tSAS OFF A Ci:.ST.
HOUSTON. Aug 20 (rV-Kffoct-Ivc
Soptomber I gaNullne price to
consumorH throughout the Statu
will bo redueod 1 cunt a gallon by
the Toxhs Company Guy Carroll
asidittnnt to the president announc-
ed today
On that datu the Statu gauolino
tax U to drop from throe to two
cents on each gallon.
The pronont tetall prlco In Horn-
I ton la 21 cnntH a iptllon.
!.... 11 n.l.. -
.....b-.iU.m i-eiiviuum vomimiiv in -
flclals also aald retail purchasers
of Magnolia would get the benefit
of tho ons ont tax decrease
MPLETES FIRST WEST
Rock Island Makes
Contract With 6000
Freight Men-Clerks
all Aiid Aug -t1 nock Ii
Inn. I offiruilH today iinnuiitirptl
oiiiplt'tlon of it Miyi' hjjii i riient
liiiriMf of Jt'iiMHui aiiliiuillv which
lH relroa.'tlvi- to June I I'lJii th.
ililiouii. eiiirfiit vvtii mule ifli i lo
I mtlih llejiotlutlotiri bi'tueeli off I
v'uilj of the rullruud and hciida of
i
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wm iwiHenuii
II ACIIKIt
nur.ft imji'Ii.
CAL LISAKN'JNC.
KOIl KOV SUSPICIOUS
Sl'f'EKIOH. Wle . Aug 20 P
i:n.'i to tn.'ikf the moat of the re
tnii littler of lita vnciitlim to boconu-
I Uii Hcoomplbihicl a diy fly flaher
iiii'n ui iKJttrtihle I'lenulent CoullilKe
h.i i tuki n un Initiurtor e-ipeol illy
tu ti'iirh him tli.- art Wluit prog
ii'-ei tli re hni been so fur hni
I n imri it the effort i uf Hob
liuv I'rei Uleht CooliilKeM pet white
'.III. who i.bj. i-t.'tl milltuiitl) to
tbo ippitient famlllnrlty of the
t' H. I.i r In tutiching the chief exec-
utive to show him the cornict poal-
fi"f. and movement of the arms
CiorR.f Babb who was born on
tlf Brule river and who has bean
.asttnj dry flics for thu last 50
anu demonstrates what hair a cen-
tury of experience has taught him
nult " tnstee of i trout
Hob Hoy who In Mr CooIIiIkd'h
ranni roinpnnluil on all fishing
tripH and who hud been taught -nut
without dlfflrulty -to stay qulot
in the Ii ittom of tho craft and not
ntlr or baric ur otherwise niaUo a
milKuiice of lilmii'lf forgot hla good
b-luiMui when Uabb wait toUin
ululiK foi his fliat leHBou What he
tlun iinw ! too innch for him
In the i uui-ie of Inn leosun Babb
knelt behind the chili lu which Mr
Coolldge at In the buw ot the
canoe and encircled hla pupil with
hla arms to pUi e it lose of the chief
exucutlve In the right position
From were Itob Hoy was crunching
tlus lootiBd like veiy suspicious
butiliies nd the Cottle ileternnned
nut to Ulie any chance atole soft-
ly up to the unsuspecting Babb and
Diiupped at lilt i liven The canue
inlarud beiiK up-let by u miracle
iMunlor Apprals
Piled In An si in
AUSTIN. Aug 20i7P-Aipana of
two null der caao convlcla woro filed
today In tho court of criminal iii-
peaU. Mnntii.il Hatllff. sentouced to tho
ductile chair In Tuylor county for
tho killing of C. K. Bedford. Cisco
pollcu chief. In tho First National
Bank robbciy them last Documbor
23 la one of tho appollanta.
The othor la Hetuy Duvls. Mitch-
ell county convicted of killing Em-
eat Hardin but April and lentenced
to 00 yearn
Tho Hatllff csmo Went to Abilene
on a change of venue
I lit; UN IN lll'S
ItlCP WINO Minn Aug 20 (7P
Four Hraona were burned to death
and four wurv Injured today when
u pasMengor line bound fioiu Clil-
ciiko to the Twin C'lliea collided
wtth a tiuck at a highway curve
five mile north of Hod Vln
Swerving from the road the bin
went Into a ditch ut tho i-oudeide
and bjur.it Into fluuiua utmost Im
mediately
Stive ru I peraone wen- broiiitht to
a Bud Wing hosoltul for trontmont
uf their tnjurlea w title doctoia
about the countryside wen called
to the aceno of tho accident
TIIIKVIZS AT .SOCONA
NOCONA. Aub 20. (7FV -Three
thlovoe who looted thn J. B. March
liardwaio atom hero taut night un-
called uftor having boon fired on
by Joo Ituynoldfl night watchman
who aurprised tho Intruder while
ouu vus attempting to break Into
tho safe
iti.vt; UIIIIH.KS.MA.V.
CLINTON. Ind. Aub 201Pv-Kil-wurd
J Shanunu. of ImllmmpollH
was klllwl horu yeeturduy when
tt.iVfirill tinin Miu.il una! bin. In mi
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uutomobllo and riddled hi body
Wlt muuhlno j'un bull.'tn It was
believed tho Hhnotintr wuo the re
Uult of u llimoi ring
(lip HrotluM hooil .if Ilnllwuy Cleik-!
and Kretht IIiiikIIimi with T K
HUhv-rs of the i ..IIpiI Mf'ileH bunt
uf tin .lltutioh
I he tittiei'iinnl i.Im.'' I. lUi mi
tin le.rie uf $7 u month $5 a iiiuiith
to mlici'llmieoiiM elds' i'. and two t
two mid .1 half .mil an hum tji
ilu wo.)i. i
'EAR IS FELT
FOR AVIATORS
Many Hours Pass Since
Hassell Heard From
t'HK'AfK) Au 2MPv Ci
anxiety waa full today for tli.
tV of Bell II. .11 .!( I
( i nnier woo. I will fh i
Bo. kfonl III t Mo. Mi .m
den after more lb i hi
elapsed since last rad'i
from the aviators v- -- '
The plane was last heatd frnm
Sunday morning at t n rt fhlca-
KO dayllcht time when a Madison
Wis. radio operator Intercepted
signals sent from the piano thsn
tlyln from Cochrane Ontario to
Mt. Evani Greenland. These sig-
nals Indicated the flyers at that
time were 75 miles off Cape Chid-
ley flying over Davis Straits and
hail completed about three quar-
ters of the 1 GOO mile trip from
Bockford to Mt. IJvnna
As houri continued to pasa with-
out any word troni the aviators
tho meet optimistic ventured the
opinion Hint tho Bockford filers
had reached Oreenlaud and made a
forced landing in whh h event duvi
mlQht olapuo Lefoie they made
their way to Home point to com-
municate with the uutHlde world
The filers In their big mono
plane. "iJreater Bockford " left
Bockford Thursday maklnK the
hop to Cochrane without Incident
and started the second lee Satur
day nooi after which there were
lnfreqno.it signals from the plane
until Sunday mornln?
MANV IIOUBS PASS WITH
BF.UV IIASSRI.!. U.KNT.
PHU'AtiO Aug. 20 P Arctic
seas that pound against (Jreen
land's Icy sliocea today coucoaled
the fate of Bert Hauftell'a nttenui'
to fly from Cochrane. Ont (o Mt
fSvana. (lioenluiid In the mono-
plan. Oreator Bockfnnl
Not since 3 a. m Central Stand-
ard tlmo Sunday him nny word
"omo fiom llsasoll and hla com-
pnnion I'arlcer Cnunnr who loft
Cochrane at noon Satuiilav on tho
socond lap of a good will flight
from Bockford Tit to Stockholm
Swodoit
That Inst moseago. picked ftom
tho air hv wlrelosa opuratora at
Madison. Wla wna only tho letter
"R" lepeated aevoral Union and
then tho plane's call lettora IC II A
II The "H". howovoi. Indicated In
the pro-urrungod code that tho
Ore.it or Bockford waa 7.1 miles off
Capo Chldloy. flying over Davis
StialtH It meant tho piano hud
completed approximately thioo-
quartera of Ita KiOO intlu Journey
toward Mt. ISvana.
Don Mix Madison Wis uporator
who had kept vigil at hla wireless
set through Saturiluy night and
Sundav waa in communication
with tho station at Mt ID van last
nlKlit Tho operator thero told him
there had been no sign nor word
of tho piano Mix then naked for
tho weather cotidilloim confronting
the flyers in tho Oieenliuul men
und the Mt Hvnna operator t;ot
tho official weathoi forucastoi out
of bed to piovldo the Inforiuutlnii.
Tho ropoit aa wiroloaeed to Mix
was "Tamperatiiro (15; Muxlmuui
tW puitly cloudy all day (Sunday):
surface wind east of 20 miles hu
lumotor 28 Ifl fair woathoi "
Mix who four jouia ago wua In
tho Oreonland territory uu radio
man on tho Donald MucMHInn ex-
pedition aald the Greater Bock-
foid might liave reached Oreon-
land bus mlsned Mt Evuih belnt;
forced to pick a lundlng place
flomawhero ulong tho rocks count
Hue. In uuali event Mix said It
would bo day.s boforo Haasull and
Cramer could get vord of thelt
safe de.-.cent tu the outside world
(CONTINUED ON PACH FIVE)
UKOAIH'AKT PHOTO
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wafiliil?? strf sv 2
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Aturnptlrg to broadcast by radio from an alrplano th9 photograph ftt hlj wat:h.
of Col Charles A Lindbergh these men John 0 Loitsch faderal radio 'Eighteen hours and 83 mlnutai"
Inspector and Georgo W Humpfar radio englnocr shown holding tho ne exclaimed
record flew over Philadelphia Pa. in a test conducted with radio station I TnQ record' for transcontinental
WFI at Philadelphia Complete reception of the picture was prevented fllgnti made ln the opposite dlreo-
by a faulty generator on the plane though at inteivals Lindbergh's fea- tjon w(la 2ij hours 50 minutes -18
Hires appeared on a shpet ur papi at the receiving point The trana aerond3 SJt by Lieut John ' A
mtsiion was made from the phonograph record on which Ltndbarjh'a jra(.Bady and Oakley Kelly in
features were "Impresied ' and rndiatd to a rnv toto wtilch transforms jno
sounds Into a photograph neKutivo by controlling the speed of a ievol i0i.. .tumbled from the stiff-
ln8 cylliule a Impi-esstng on a paper on the cylinder x aeries of dots a (iUht. H.
Further tests are to b. made I re -t-.d hlmaalf quickly howey
r ... . I er and said he was not tired "More
GOV. AL WONT STAND "PJJSU ACT"
WILL IHSCUSH PIIUIbUIUU WBHNEOIiAV- NOT III t our
By I). Harold Ollvor
Aasoclated Press Staff Writer
ALBANY N Y Aug 20 P
Governor Smith declined today to
be Jiawn out further un hla pio
hlbltlon stand In advance uf hit
speech of acceptance to be deliver-
ed Wednesday night but made tt
clenr he would deal with that iU-'i
tlou then and probably later on In
tho campaign in unmlMaliable
language
Seated in hla office at the State
capltol the Democratic preaidenlial
nominee hold hla first conference
them with newspapermen In mora
than u week.
Aaltiid If hu had any coininant lo
muko on it story In tho morning
papois minting nn attack on Her-
bert Hoover's attitude toward pro-
hibition hy Niuholaa Mutiny But-
ler tho Governor leplled that he
had nut road It and added:
7 SLATO.V PlMCIIKS
FILL I GALLON .l.U
SUVrON Aug 20-Seven luigo
puachoH which fill u ono-galluu
glaaa Jar to capacity wore jjrown
hoio this Mtason by T O Petty und
uro now on uxhlblt at tho local
Chamber of C'omiuoico office Una
peach meaauroa ten and ono-alx-toouth
luchos ono way and ton und
five-eighths Inches In citcumfeiouce
tho othor way on the five tteei
in Potty's orchard moat of tho
fruit lo of uniform aUe The trees
were growi: from seed of Elbeit.i
peuchc'i
YOUTH IMHAI'I'KVKS.
CLKBUBNR. Aug 20 iV Mor-
ris Hopkins 17. sou of Mr and
Mrs John Hopkins thiee ini'ei
west of Cleburne vanished lu the
night and a xoaich bud fulle.t to
solve tho m teiy of his illtuippcat
n nee ub to noon Monday Members
ot tho Boy Scout Tioopa of Cle-
buriio combed the couuliyuido and
drugged the water of Hi" Nolan
i Iver.
Hopklna wan mlsaed early Mon
doy morning
CAB KILLS WOMAN.
DALLAS. Aug 20. P Mrs. Guy
C. Victory 21. of Fort Worth who
waa Injured In an automobile ac
cident here Satuiday died at u(
hospltul here todu Mia Vlctoiy
was onroute tu WhlfeWiitfht Texas .
to liit her parent i wb'-ii the u.
cldent occurred
a
FftOAl AiUPLANK
"I will by and by but
reading of that -buslines
before
be f iiru
pleasure "
' You ought to find It pleasant '
a lepuilei 6Ugatd
"I hnow pretty much the D-
t.r' vict " ttu Oovuriiui i.alJ
Than recalling to tilx Interview
eis that Uiey had had a copy of
hu uiveptatiCa epeitch for four .u
five days lie cuiitluued "I will deal
wtth that question lu my apeecli of
acceptance In clear unmistakable
language and then when tho cam
palgu comes along if It la to lie
delNltod Wo will ilebato It "
Tho nuinlnao anld li had made
no doflnlto plan" for a awing
around the country
"Wo nro wnltlug to got Hie no-
tification ovur with mul then we'll
got tho caniiialgn plana under way;
nothlin; ilono yet."
Abilene Paints
Name for Fliers
ABILENE Aub 20 l'Alr trav-
elers will have no truublo lu the
fimiiw lu Idoiitlfylng Abllouo or lu
lountlug Kiusolvlug Field tho city'
ulrpott.
Thu name of the city hoi been
painted uu the loof of four build
luga lu various parts of tho city
In lottora 12 feet high. One of tho
signs la on thu roof of the ton
story Hilton Hotel; othets are on
Smith Hall at Simmons University
the automobile building at the
West Texas Fair Park and u large
warel uuse on the "Broadway of
America" Highway
I'lltST OF NFAV COTTON
GINNKI) AT WINTKBS
WINTISBS Aug 20 The flrat
bul" of tho 102il cotton crop to bo
Klnnud hero was dumped trom tho
prose Tliuiwlay Tho cotton waa
produced by Jnok Carton who lives
eight inllt'H tiouthoast of Winters.
The cotton sold lor 20 cents and u
piemlum given by tho business
mon of Winters advanced recolntH
I for the tiole to above 30 centf per
. pound A premium le also offered
' r... ti... i.. ...i.i l.ut.i
COL 1IABVKY DIKS.
DUBLIN. N II. Aug 20 (7P)
Colonel George B Harvey former
umbaJj.uloi to Great Biltaln died
suddenly it his Home heie thli af
tertioou of it hoait attaik lie had
beta in ill livultll fur noma tlmo
NEW RECORD
SET BY FLIER
FROM PACIFIC
Monopluiic In Historical
Tt ip of Less Than 19
Hours In The Air
CUBTI3 FIELD II Y Aug 20
(p.Tha first transcontinental non-
stop airplane flight from W3t ts
East was completed hero today by
Ait Uucbel and Harrv Tucker
.h nossed the country from Loj
Angel s in a Lockheed Vega mono
i line in IS hours and 58 minute i.
Theti plane the Yankee Doodle
I undid at 11 01 u in. Eastern
dJvllKht time boating by Hevui
horn- and 12 minutes the record
madi by Lluut. John A. Macltead
and Oakley Kelly who made th
tast to went transcontinental hot
in l'Ut
Leavim; Lou Angelea at 12 0i
...I.. iK tonal time yeaterduy after
ii""i. iSoebi'l jilloted the Yankee
tioudli in ro New Mexico awunf
i mm Withlta ICoa crossed colurn
I i' iihio at dawn today.
iioibil wli.. won tho Dole rju j
t Kiiv.iil wan at the control i
iin. .hi ut Hie Journey TucV'.er
-uta Monica sportsman who
i i a. 1 ili fltpht rode as d p3
C"C''f
Ooebel's first act as he stepped
from the plane tho flrjt to maki
the tranuor.tlnontal non-stop flight
from wilt ta nidi. V.'ll to clancj
hunsiv Ouui anything elie" ho
said
'la watched the Yankee Doodle
until It was aflv lodged In a
hai -ar unpotted bv oil or grlm
itespirp the distant it had covera l
th. ' tuu.'d i " tho sunil
ki iup vb.) had ..Mlc-fed at Vhj
fi' i ' itv t hi" nrti -ol
' Hu. uei f iir.fi Monica
(lu on .nt ... a.ii Lr.aksr Z
. Unci i . ire fit. til "H ha hiJ
I ttiu i ir ne i ntj tt ab".i
miti's Fun at u m ci'itarn
.! iih-i.t un.- 1 i monoplp'.
in. te t f circt. i . tho field l.
f. i. in. an 4 at 11 '
i.o. b. I jld II b.J flown at al
lltotle- 1 frciu 8U00 to 10000 f.il
lull tin way. with faorlnl; wlndi
lb. plane passed over Albuque?
quo N M Wichita Kai Bt Iiuii
and Colutiibuo Ohio soaring abuv
the latter city at dawn today.
"Oood morning Frank" said
Oonbol smiling to Frank B Tlche
nor editor of Aero Dlgeit who
hui i led to tho aide of tho plane as
It taxlod to rert.
The Yankee Doodlo had HO gal
lone of t'lmolluo left of the 150 gal
luna aimed lu the tanks when itn
left Minos Field. She had averaged
150 miles an hour
Ono of Cioobul's flrnt acta was. tj
who his mother Mis Htmiih Goe
bol of Lou Angoleu now-l of l.l-i
Hufo urtlval.
Tho fustost pievlous time for a
truiiH-coiittfioiitttl flight was "1
houra and -13 minutes mado by
Lieut. Busxell I.. Maugham In 1921
that however was not a non-stop
flight Maugham's louta was from
New York to San Francisco and
five stops wete made en route for
rofuollng
.In pan Perplexed
TOKYO Aug 20 (VP) Japan"
military tlrcles believe the Mongo
llan upilalui; ugalnst Chinese au
thoilty in tho dlstttct of Kulunor
was Instlguted by Soviet nourcei
They Intimate that Japan may be
compollml to give Herloun attention
to tho situation If tho movement ln
Sovlot control being extended from
outor Mongolia to In Inner Mon-
golia Rodriguez .Failed
LABI2DO Tex Aug 20 (Pi
Wllllo Kodriauo7 who escaped from
tho Blue Bldge stato prison farm
August 13 wus captured here lait
night by Laredo officers. He was
Idontifled by flngor prints.
Bodrlquea. who waa sentenced
from Wilson county on a murder
I ilmrifi) In 1020 told officers he o-
I capod from the camp on a hnrne
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