Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 50, Ed. 1 Monday, May 16, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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Tito* County—Center of tbo Boot Dairy and Poultry Section of Texas
VOLUME THIRTEEN
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1932.
NUMBER 50
Mt. Plesaant Has
Disastrous Fire
Saturday Night
This city was visited by its most
disastrous fire for several years Sat-
urday night, when three buildings on
the east side of the square sustained
damage.
Dock McKee Shot
Through Chest At
Home Near Winfield
Dock McKee was shot and serious-
ly wounded Saturday afternoon about I
one o’clock, at his home a mile and
a half east of Winfield.
He was shot through the left chest,
The blaze was discovered at 9:30 just over the heart, a bullet from a
o’clock by Charley Craddock, a young German Luger automatic pistol pass-
colored boy, who happened to glance ing entirely through his body. Soon
at the law office of Williams & Wil-' after the shooting, he was carried to
liams, upstairs over Perry Brothers Mt. Vernon and. placed in a sanitar-
store. He called the attention of ium, where he was reported to be
Sheriff Gaddis to a light in the office, ' getting along nicely Monday,
and Mr. Gaddis ran to the nearest! It was reported here that he was
telephone and turned in the alarm. j shot by his wife, and officers went
The fire boys were on the job to investigate, but Mr. Kee told them
promptly, and were getting the blaze he had shot himself. The investi-
under control, when the motor stop- gating officers said that Mrs. McKee
ped on the fire engine, which was had one of her fingers sho off at the
pumping water from the mains. Af- same time, and also that they found
ter making several efforts to get the two bullet holes in the home where
truck to run, a number of men push- (the shooting occurred.
ed it to the B. & L. Garage, where l _
George Clark and Harold Stevens;
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Premier of Japan
Is Assassinated
By Military Men
Tokio, May 16 (Monday).
Premier of Japan, Suyoshi Inukai,
fell mortally wounded at dusk Sun-
day before the pistol fire of military
terrorists.
Simultaneously five buildings in
Tokio were bombed. These included
the headquarters of the dominant
Seiyukai political party, of which
Premier Inukai was president.
At the scene of some of the bomb-
ings, the terrorists left handbills
signed, “The Young Army and Navy
N. B. Spearman returned Sunday Officers’ Association,” and expressing
night from a week’s stay in Abilene bitter dissatisfaction with the political
and San Angelo. (parties, and the way they had hand-
led internal and foreign affairs.
Within a few hours eighteen young
men, five of them naval sublieuten-
ants, and the others former military
cadets, surrendered in uniform to the
police.
Such was the political uneasiness
in the wake of these sudden terror-
istic activities, that transactions on
the stock exchanges at Tokio, Osaka,
Kobe and Nagoya were suspended.
Nine uniformed young men dashed
up to the official residence of the
Premier in an automobile late Sun-
day, and opened fire on four police-
men and a maidservant who tried to
halt their entrace. All five were
wounded.
Inside, the Premier was conversing
with a visitor identified only as Mr.
Tanaka. , Mr. Inukai’s daughter-in-
law, hearing the disturbance outside,
rushed in and warned him to flee.
The crashing of doors was plainly
audible.
The veteran leader refused.
When the assassins burst into the
drawing room pointing pistols, Mr.
Inukai arose and upbraided them in
strong terms.
“Shoot if you dare!” he said.
Their answer was a volley from
nine pistols. The Premier fell, blood
streaming from his face. The visitor
also was wounded.
Mrs. Walter Rolf
Buried at Green
Hill on Sunday
The funeral of Mrs. Walter Rolf of
this city occurred Sunday afternoon
at 3 o’clock at Green Hill, and was
largely attended. The services were
conducted by Rev. Geo. C. Moore, pas-
tor of the Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Rolf was stricken with apop-
lexy late Friday, and succumbed to
the stroke about ten o’clock Saturday
morning. Her death occurred at the
The |home of her daughter, Mrs. Roy Al-
len, at Green Hill, to whose home
she had gone Friday to spend the day.
Deceased was held in highest re-
gard by all who knew her, and her
many friends are grieved at her sud-
den and tragic death. She was 65
years of age.
Besides her husband, she is sur-
vived by two daughters and four sons,
and many other relatives. Her chil-
dren are Mrs. Roy Allen, Mrs. R. L.
Baxley, Jesse, Albert, Ricks and Bry-
ant Rolf, all of this county.
Alvis Gaddis, who is teaching at
Collinsville, is here this week on ac-
count of the illness of his sister, Mrs.
Chas. McDonald.
Mr. and Mrs. Zenie Hammer of
Longview were the week end guests
of the latter’s father, W. M. Hender-
son, and family.
O. Clement of Dallas was a visitor
here Monday.
MOVED!
We have moved to our new
location in the building recent-
ly vacated by Bradley’s grocery
store.
We have every facility to
give you the best of service, ♦£
and want you to call and see us. <jj!
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FAMILY REUNION
Honoring Mrs. Etta Roper and son,
Morris William of Austin, W. M. Hen-
derson and family entertained with a
dinner at Ellis-Kelley Club Lake Sun-
day. There were twenty-three pres-
ent. Those from out of town attend-
ing were. Mr. and Mrs. Zenie Ham-
mer, Longview; Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Latimer, Shreveport, La.; Mrs. Etta
Roper and son, of Austin.
First Ball Game
Played in New
Park Saturday
The new baseball park, in the en-
closure of the Titus County Fair
Park, has been completed to such an
extent that it was available for use
Saturday, when the first game was
played. Work is continuing, and by
the last of the week, the grandstand
will be covered and everything in good
condition.
The game Saturday was played be-
tween a team of local players and an
“All Indian” team from Holdenville,
Oklahoma. The playing field had
just been graded, and it was very
“slow,” but the game was an interest-
ing one, running for eleven innings,
resulting in a tie score of 4 and 4. A
second game was scheduled for Sun-
day afternoon, but rain prevented it
from being played. The rain, how-
ever, put the field in better shape.
As the local boys had not played
together to any appreciable extent,
holding the visitors to a tie with a
low score, is evidence that there is
plenty of good material here from
which to develop a fast club, and the
people of this section are going to be
able to see some good games during
the coming Summer.
E. C. Brice, W. M. Tabb, James
Williams and Miss Cornelia Varner
drove to Dallas Saturday to visit
relatives. They returned Sunday, ac-
companied by Mrs. Brice, who has
been visiting in Corsicana.
MARRIED SATURDAY NIGHT
J. E. Jonnson and son, Tilman, of
Mr. Lawrence F. Burke and Miss Norman, Okla., spent the week end
Lillian Russell were quietly married i with the former’s father, J. W. F.
Saturday night by Rev. J. D. Me-1 Johhnson, and family. They left
Clung, the ceremony being performed ; Monday for Galveston, accompanied
at the residence of the minister in
the presence of only a few friends.
The groom is a prominent attorney
of Longview, and the bride is a
daughter of Dr. Russell of Cason.
by Travis Johnson.
The Weather
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Latimer
Shreveport, La., were week end J
guests of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Dela-
field.
The weather for the past 24 hours
of according to readings mrde at 6:30:
Mrs. L. E. Watson of Dallas is the
guest of Mrs. W. M. Smith this week.
Maximum .....................
................ 87
Minimum .....................
................ 59
Temperature 6:30 .....
............... 60
Wind from .................
...............NE
Sky ...............................
Rainfall Sunday .........
........0.67 in.
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 50, Ed. 1 Monday, May 16, 1932, newspaper, May 16, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783405/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.