Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 109, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME TWELVE
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Clean Clothes
Are Kooler—
So Sanitary
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PHONE 86
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MOUNT PLEASANT DAILY TIMES
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MT. PLEASANT. TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 24, 1930.
NUMBER 109
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Glenn Curtis
______ _ Dies in Hospital
PROVES FAILURE AfterOperatlon
NO FULL CARS SHIPPED FROM Buffalo, N. Y.—Glenn H. Curtiss
MT. PLEASANT DURING widely known aviation pioneer, died
SEASON 1 Wednesday morning in the general
_____ * i hospital here.
The 1830 crop of Elbcrta peaches Curtiss was brought to the hospital
proved practically a failure, fewer se™‘al h,s “*
peaches having been gathered this Hammondsport, N. Y , to undergo an
year than at any time for many years, opetatmn o! app. n< ici is. ■
rpt i , | , .... , r eration was said to have been success-
Th<= local sheds were utilized for ' , , , , ,
v . , „ , . ful and he was reported recovering
about a week for packing purposes, . I
but no full cars were shipped out rapi y' ,. . ... .
... , , . ,, , ,. Mrs. Curtis came here with her
this year, what few that were brought , , , , , , „„„
. , . . husband and has been almost con-
to town being carried by truck to
Tj-u r i , . , stantlv at his bedside. As his condi-
Pittsourg where they were combined , , , „ . , „„
... . ,, , , tion began to improve, she spent hei
with small lots from other towns and . “ s . , . . ,
, , , . , ... , , . nights at a downtown hotel, she was
loaded into refrigerator cars at that b , ,, . .
hastily summoned when the aviator
become unconscious Wednesday morn-
BIG ATTENDANCE
Detroit Radio
\ Speaker Killed
After Election ON CROP TOUR
place.
Loral buyers withdrew, from the
market Thursday night, the year’s
crop having been gathered by that
time.
ALLRED TO SPEAK
HERE AT !> O’CLOCK
Stark Terrors
Stride in Wake
Of Earthquake
Detroit, July 23.—The underworld ABOUT SEVENTY - FIVE MEN
Wednesday answered a radio an-; MAKE INSPECTION OF COUN-
nouncer’s denunciations with bullets, j TY’S PROJECTS
Its victim was Gerald E. (Jerry) j
Buckley, political commentator of Ra-) Thursday morning a large crowd
dio Station WMBC, avowed enemy of | of farmers and business men left Mt.
gangsters and outspoken critic of the i Pleasant 0n a tour of inspection of
ol Mayor Charles j some 0f the demonstration projects
! on various farms of Titus County.
Buckley was shot from behind by I Something like seventy-five men
thiee unidentified gunmen as he sat j macje the trip, leaving town at 8:3(1
in the lobby of the La Salle hotel at o’clock, to be gone practically all day.
1:50 a. m. His assailants pumped. Similar tours have been held in Tit-
11 bullets into his body and he died ;
shortly after being admitted to
ceiving hospital.
administi’ation
Bowles.
ing, but arrived after his death.
Hospital authorities stated death
was due to pulmonary embolus, caus-
' ed by a blood clot on one of the main
arteries leading out of the heart.
CAFE IS REMODELED
Jas. V. Allred, candidate for At- --
torney General, will make an address The Wide Awake Cafe has been
to the voters of Titus County this completely overhauled and redecorat-
afternoon at 5 o’clock at the court ed, and is now one of the most at-
house, and everybody is invited to tractive places in the entire city,
attend. Mr. Allred spoke here dur- Many changes and improvements
ing his campaign four years ago, and have been made which add greatly
has many friends who wish to hear to the appearance and convenience of
him again. the restaurant.
UiS County tor the past several years.
re" I and lhey have been a means of edu-
| eating the people of one section of
i lie slaying came five hours after I the county in better agricultural
j Detroit citizens by a majority of 30,- j methods, as they come in contact with
i COO had voted to recall Mayor Bowles | the way that the farmers in other
Naples, July 22.—A darkened band | °n the basis of charges that he had 1 sections of the county are conducting
twenty to forty miles wide Wednes- i tolerated lawlessness. It climaxed a j their business.
day night reached across the boot of I series of 10 gangster killings in De- j Several prominent visitors from
Italy at the ankle. This city was j troit sti’eets during the past three other parts of the State were here
the northwestern corner of the zone I weeks. The effect was to arouse the : and accompanied the Titus County
across this belt. An hour after last! entire state.
midnight a terrific undulating earth- f ------
quake broke forth dealing death to! PLANS FOR UNDERPASS
hundreds of sleeping persons, bux’ying i WILL SOON BE COMPLETE
them in the ruins of scores of cities ! ----
| people.
TODAY
AND
FRIDAY
THRILLING
ROMANTIC
DRAMA
Unreels With the
Speed of a Big-Time
Newspaper Story.
and hamlets and blotting out all the
electric power in that territory.
Tuesday night where there lay a
happy countryside embracing this
classic city, the fragrance of ripening
vineyards was in the air. In the
stx’eets the populace strolled careless-
ly. Wednesday night a portion of
that countryside had been churned in
fox'ty-five seconds into a veritable No
Man’s Land by the most disastrous
earthquake this light-hearted country
has experienced in a generation.
Punch-Packed Romance.......
Feverishly Burning Lip the Wed-
dirg Ma.rch to the Altar!
LLOYD HUGHES
MARY ASTOfk
• with PAUL HURST and a HEAD-
LINE CAST in the All-Talking
Dramatic Smash.
UNAWAY
■BRIDE
Races from Penhouse
to Kitchen in Riotous
Search for Thrill
Romane! c
COMEDY
“THE CONSTABLE9
-with--
HARRY GRIBBON
ANDY CLYDE
Rome, July 23.—Official reports
from Px’ovincial Prefects to the Gov-
ernment Wednesday night accounted
i for 679 dead in the earthquake disas-
ter. The reports included Accadia,
70, and Anzano, 30, among other
newly reported towns. The injured
counted were 1,500.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Lamb left Thurs-
i day for the Ozarks where Mrs. Lamb
will spend sevex’al weeks. Mr. Lamb
will return Monday.
BLANKS RECEIVED FOR
HOSPITAL TREATMENT
---- j FOR WAR VETERANS
County Judge Lazarus is in receipt' --
of a letter from A. J. Goode, resi-! Thv local post of the American Le-
rfont engineer of the Highway De- j gion has received a full supply of
I artment at Paris to the effect that blanks to be used in making appli-
) Ians, estimates ami specifications cation for disability allowance or for
for the underpass at the Cotton Belt j hospital -treatment for World War
crossing in the south part of town ; Veterans. Under the r.ew law, vet-
v. ill soon be completed and sent to 1 eram are entitled to immediate atten-
Austin for checking and approval, j tion in hospitals, regax-dless of pre-
Mr. Goode said that he did not think vious disability, or of action by the
it will be necessary to get Federal | Veterans’ Bureau. D. E. Porter, post
approval on the project.
adjutant, has the blanks, and he has
i ,’lready made several applications Cdr
! Titus County ex-service men.
The Weather
The weather lor the past 24 hours
according to readings made at 6:30:
Maximum ...................................102
Minimum .................................. 74
Temperature 6:30 .................... 78
Wind from ................................SE
Sky ..........................................Clear
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O. K. Used Cars
1928 Chevrolet Cabriolet
1928 Chevx’olet Coach
1928 Chevrolet oxxpe
1928 Pontiac Coupe
1928 Pontiac Coupe
1928 Chevrolet Coupe
1928 Chevrolet Coach
1928 Ford Cabriolet
1928 Chevrolet Sedan
1928 Ford Delivery
1929 Chevrolet Truck
1928 Chevrolet Sedan
1929 Chevrolet Coach
1928 Ford Tudor Coach
1929 Chevrolet Coach
lrvin-Robertson
Inc.
SEASON'S BIGGEST
BALL GAME FRIDAY j ---
- j METHODISTS TO HAVE
The baseball game that is attract- j SING-SONG SUNDAY NIGHT
ing the most interest of any this j —1-
year is to be played in Mt. Pleasant j We have been requested to an-
Friday afternoon, when the Linden i nounce that there will be no preach-
toam will come here for a contest. ■ ing at the Methodist Church Sunday
These two teams are tied in the per- j night, hut that thex’e will be a sing-
centage column and are about of | song at the regular church houx\ and
equal strength. The winner of this all singers are invited to attend,
game will have a decided advantage Prof. Emmett S. Dean, president of
in the league race, and the Mt. Pleas-, Trio Music Company of Waco, will
ant boys promise to win it. If a big j be present and assist in the music,
crowd of boostei’s is present, they can j —-----
expect an exciting baseball game.
To utilize their by-products 10
French coal mining companies have
stax-ted the px-oduction of synthetic
ammonia.
Center Grove meeting was a great
success. Twelve conversions and
much sti’ength given to the church.
Oak Grove- meeting started last night
and would be glad to have you at-
tend this meeting.—J. C. Foster.
Times Review and x.'aTTas News both Mrs. C. C. Moon of Weatherford
one year for only $1.75 ! arrived Thursday to visit relatives.
THE GOOD OLD SUMMER DAYS ARE
HERE
You can make them much cooler and more
pleasant by being- a regular visitor to our
Soda Fountain.
Our Fresh Fruit Drinks, Milk Chocolates
and Ice Cream Sodas have an enviable rep-
utation. You will enjoy drinking in our
cool drug store.
SWINT
DRUGS and JEWELRY
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Cross, G. W. Mount Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 109, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 24, 1930, newspaper, July 24, 1930; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783706/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.