The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 293, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 23 x 18 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
3£ The Ennis Daily News
■
®y*
MEMBER, ASSOCIATED FREfSS.
ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 22, 193S
four pages today.
VOL. XL NO. 293
Texas Gets No More
Relief Until Bonds
Are Put Into Cash
Austin, Texas, Dec. 22.—Law-
rence Westbrook, director of the
Texas Relief Commission, Thurs-
day telegraphed county adminis-
trators that no additional direct
federal relief would bp available
when present funds and supplies
have been exhausted.. Westbrook
estimated that these would carry
through for three or four days.
He said Harry L. Hopkins, fed-
eral emergency relief administra-
tor, had flatly refused to allot
additional money to Texas for di-
rect relief until the. state has
spent approximately $3,000,000,
Westbrook said the situation had
grave possibilities in view of the
failure of the Texas Bond Com-
mission charged with the sale of
the state relief bonds, to receive
bids on the full quota of $2,750,-
000 in relief bonds offered for sale
Thursday.
“Federal funds for direct relief
purposes in Texas are practically
exhausted,” Westbrook said. “Final
allotments of federal funds grant-
ed to . the state for relief were
disbursed Thursday. When the
counties have exhausted this mon-
Up Naval Ladder
/■
i
IB
Dallas-Ellis to
Cooperate In
Connecting Road
Dallas, Texas, Dec. 22.—Co-op-
eration of Dallas County, Ellis
County and property owners along
the route of Beckley road in a new
campaign to result ultimately in
construction of a first-class air-
line state highway from Dallas to
connect with Highway No. 6 In
Ellis county was assured Thursday
with the appearance in Commis-
sioners’ court of ...a delegation
from the Oak-Cliff Dallas Com-
mercial Association and others.
B. A. Parrish, Roy Christian, S.
M. Dooley and former Senator Tom
Love presented the court a lengthy
petition signed by property own-
ers agreeing to donate all right
of way needed to widen the road
from GO to 100 feet.
The court promised to further
the work by using CWA laborers,
under the blanket program, to set
jback fences and widen the road.
! Information was tendered the
court that Ellis county had already
i secured all the necessary right of
way in that county and was
awaiting action by Dallas county,
i Designation of the route as a
! state highway was made by the
state highway commission some
time ago, County Judge Robert
.Ogden said, subject to the coun-
fty’s securing all the right of way.
| About 80 per cent of the right
Death Cheated By Chute
wm
illl-
M
A
m
■I
i -
v?:.
UyO
atm
11114
m
■ ,
j
m
Take a look at this wreck and
imagine what Karl Day, air mail
pilot, would have been if he had
| not become a caterpillar. Day,
j shown in the insert with ’chute
that saved his life, bailed out of
his ship near Dearborn, Mich.,
after his motor conked out. The
plane, which crashed in a nearby
field, was a total loss.
ev thev will receive nio more feder- , GaPtain Ncu m,an ld- ci J of way needed has been obtained 1
prcximately
spent.
$3,000,000 have been
four years public works officer of
the First Naval District and Bos-
“Federal funds for direct relief to“ KaVy Wh0 1,as be9n
. Fedeifd funds for dnect leliel -j designated chief of the naval bu-
“ have lnount- reau of yards and docks. The posi-
«d to $3,000,000. This money was Y carries m rank * real ^
advanced to the stat e m accord- j m-rai
ance with an agreement between 1
the Texas relief commission and
the federal emergency relief ad-
ministration that all federal funds
advanced for relief after Oct. 20
would be matched on a 50-50
basis by the state.”
Bids Are $1,017,500.
The bond commission Thursday
tabulated bids totaling $1,017,500
on an ofered issue >of $2,750,000.
Industry May
Secure RFC
Loans Direct
remainder is now being seemed
by a committee.
“This is the most deserving and
meritorious road project in Dallas
county,” Love declared, and ask-
ed that the comity officials do
| everything in their power to ex-
pedite the progress of the project.
| Commissioner Ed Vandervcrt
| said he would send some of the
| CWA, crews working in his ais-
! trict to the road Friday to start
| setting back of fences. I
| Attempts to turn Beckley road ’
(into a state highway has been
I made for years and officials do- I
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—Con-|clared Thursday tliat Uie ultimate
gress will authorize direct loans to ,g0£d was closer to realization now
It was expected by Westbrook that , industry toy the Reconstruction Fi- |than at W other time.
when the duplication in bids on a nance Corporation, Rep. Joseph! --
Byrns of Tennessee, Democratic
maturity basis has been eliminated
the amount of the bonds that will leader of the house, predicted. Wed- j J Am Rl9n{'AII
be sold will be approximately nesdav. S * DIGlIlUil
be sold will be approximately
$750,000.
Westbrook told county adminis-
trators to carry on through Christ-
mas with the usual relief allot-
nesday,
A fund of perhaps $1,000,000,000 J
for direct loans may be provided ’
when congress is called to extend,
the loaning power of the huge gov-
ments and to curtail issues after eminent agency, now nearing the
Monday. i end of its present resources.
In Houston it was estimated! by
Charles E. Shaw, county relief
chairman, that supplies in the
commissary would be depleted
Makes Reply
To Charges
Abilene, Texas, Dec. 22.—'Repre-
sentative Thomas L. Blanton said
rect loans are favored by a major- ' *lere today that a $2,500 claim
by Saturday Westbrook said J C lty °* the <U«ctoW of the R. F. C. : which had been filed against the
Capt, Dallas' county relief idmin- !“d other powerful administration! Postal department through Post-
isirator, made similar representa-
! While Byrns did not announce
the proposal as a settled adminis-
tration policy, it is known that di
figures. J master J. E. Meroney of Ranger,
Loans would be made to finance Texas, “embraced no charge in-
| payrolls, to finance the production
j of goods for which orders already
I have been received and to aid
: small industries unable to finance
the increased cost of the NBA pro-
| gram.
| Sentiment for this action was dis
j closed among returning members
j of congress.
) are unable to borrow from banks
i even though they have orders for
j goods.
Grand j Thousands of independent manu-
(Turn to Page Four.)
£. Q* Vestal In
Jail On Shortage
Of I00F Funds
Dallas, Texas, Dee. 22.
jury action is expected before noon
Friday on an investigation of E.
Q. Vestal, former grand secretary
of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fel-
lows of Texas, who was in jail
Thursday after his appearance be-
fore the grand jury.
An alleged shortage of $33,000
In the funds of the Texas lodge
was investigated after members of
the lodge appeared before the
grand jury, and Vestal then was
summoned.
In jail Thursday night Vestal
declined to discuss the case. An
attorney conferred with him .in
jail Thursday afternoon.
Vestal denied having appropriat- ing policy, and tire plan was re
ed to his own use any of the j vived last year.. j
lodge funds. He admitted there j Rep. Clyde Kelly (Rep.), of Penn
was a shortage in the accounts, j sylvania, announced he is prepar-
but declared all the money was \ ing a bill for direct loans.
volving moral turpitude, but merely
involved a question of administra-
tive authority.”
Last Call To
Help Empty
Stocking Fund
You will have only one more
day to contribute to the Empty
Stocking Fund sponsored by
the Ennis Chamber of Com-
merce.
No contributions have been
received since Thursday’s list
was reported. A total of $13.50,.
has been- sent in which sum
will be used only for the pur-
chase of food for .the needy.
It you wish to have a part
in purchasing Christmas cheer
for these unfortunates, send in
tour contribution today. Con-
tributions may be left at either
of the banks or at the office
of the Chamber of Commerce,
15 Injured
1 Fatally
In Crash
Christmas Cheer
Business and
School Holidays
Christmas cheer will be- dispensed
by many organizations, clubs and
churches over the city and busi-
ness will be virtually at a stand-
still from late Saturday night un-
til Tuesday morning.
Practically every business estab-
lishment in Ennis will remain
closed throughout the day Mon-
day in celebration of Christmas
day. In accordance with us an-
nual custom the Ennis Daily
News will not be published on that
Idate, in order that all employees
may join the holiday..
The Ennis Chamber of Com-
merce is sponsoring an Empty
Stocking Fund for the purchase
of food for the unfortunate -and
the Junior Red Cross is assembling
a. quantity of toys to distribute
to the children.
Under the direction of Miss
Willie May Rowe a massed choir
composed of the various church
choirs in Ennis will ride over the
city Friday night and sing Christ-
mas carols to the shut-ins. All who
wish to hear these carols are asked
to leave a candle burning in their
window.
The Ennis public schools closed
this afternoon for the holiday
season and will resume their
studies again on January 2. All
the out of town teachers left to-
Ennis Gets $150,000
For 7 New Projects
With Federal Funds
In Police Net
day for their homes to spend! the j raided the Chicago flat in which
yuletide holidays. jshe was living, in search of mem-
| Already the college girls and bers of the Dillinger gang of es-
| bpys are arriving home for the | caped Indiana convicts, Helen
holidays and the calendar is fill- J Burke, 24 and comely, is held for
ed with entertainment and fun . questioning. It is said she offered
galore during the next week. an officer a. bride of $1,000 to re-
Nor several weeks the business | lease her.
section has appeared in holiday j______________
__ j attire and the streets have been
Amarillo, Texas, Dec. 22,-Fir- I f ade colorful with their array of
teen persons were injured, one of ; festoons of colored lights. The
them probably fatally, today when usmess houses are practically all (
a. truck taking? cwa wnrkprs tn decoiated for the yule.Me season j
and stores are packed with a con-!
stant stream of last minute shop-
pers.
Karl Crowley of the sued
Solicitor
postoffice department announced
in Washington yesterday he had
asked full details from Blanton of
what Crowley characterized as an
I at!empt to settle a claim without
knowledge of the .postoffice de-
partment.
Blanton said the claim was filed
on behalf of a constituent, Mrs.
Fry Frost Oldham, administratrix
of the estate of Mi’s. M. A. E.
Frost, for postal funds paid out
when Mrs. Frost was of unsound
mind.
Mrs. Frost was adjudged of un-
sound mind in a county court at
Eastland in October, 1931, and
again on appeal to the district
court the following December,
Blanton pointed out.
In January of 1932, he said, a
Former Bank
Head Ss Held
In Mail Robbery
San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 22.—Z.
D. Bonner, former president of
the Commercial National Bank
, k®re, was arrested Thursday by.
I federal officers on a warrant is-
a truck taking CWA workers to
their jobs collided with a car at a
roadside intersection near the city
limits.
E. A. Hare, of Amarillo, one of j
the dozen CWA workers injured,
sustained a crushed shoulder and
neck and was in a critical condi-
tion. Steve Hidalgo, another work-
er, was injured internally. Others
suffered broken limbs, bruises and
lacerations. ’ 5
The truck overturned' as the I
light touring car rammed it just-
bank of the cab. The driver and
b, worker riding in the cab with
him, escaped injury.
The driver of the car, who gave
his name as “Bull” Hughes, Min-
eral Wells, Texas, and his two
companions were slightly injured.
Their car was demolished.
used for ledge work.
The former secretary was quoted
as having said he would not con-
test any charges borught against
Mr. Vestal is a son of W. D.
Vestal of Palmer, where he was
reared1.
facturers and other small concerns
are especially hard hit by the
banking situation, members of con-
gress report.
The credit plan of the Federal
Reserve Bank and the present
method used by the R. F. C. to aid
industry—-by loaning to mortgage
companies created for this purpose
—has not been sufficient to meet
present needs, By ms said.
GARNER S IDEA
The proposal for loans to private
industry was-first advanced by Vice'wall was purportedly executed, leav
President John K. Garner when.j her rt t0 D. c E
, “If- 'TrS her Mother, and a Mrs. Oldham,
former President Hoover was ready L.vo., ’ _. n ,
. , , ... , - „ granddaughter. The document pro-
to approve a modified direct loan- ■„
'vid'ed that if the will was con-
tested Mrs. Oldham would receive
nothing.
Two weeks later Bruce tack Me-
roney to his sister’s home, where
Mrs. Frost on two occasions sign-
ed, over postal certificates total-
ing $2,500, Blanton said.
I"'™ Chicago. Bonner was in-
dicted there in connection with
FIRST METHODIST 14
the $500,0)00 mail robbery in the
loop 011 Dec. 6, 1932.
Bonner and John H. Cunning-
ham, prominent San Antonio at-
torney, are under indictments in
state courts charging the receiving
tand concealing of government
bonds alleged to have been stolen.
Bride 56
Injured By
Explosion
P. H. Smith, manager of the
Ennis Chamber of Commerce, May-
!'cr Zebbie Howell and Judge W. D.
I Colvin of Waxahachie returned
j from Austin Thursday night bring-
I ing with them approvals on seven-
I teen projects for Ellis county, in
the federal relief program.
Seven of these projects approv-
ed were for the Ennis territory,
and were estimated at a sum of
$150,000 to be expended for im-
provements including work on the
highways leading to- and from En-
nis.
One of the biggest programs of
improvements ever yet to be ap-
proved at one time are included
in these projects.
R. A. McCulloch, Ennis admin-
istrator for the RFC in the CWA
federal relief plan, states that
plans are being rushed through to
begin this work as soon as pos-
sible.
Owing to the delay in disposing
oi Bends, Lawrence Westbrook,
director of Texas relief commis-
sion Thursday wired county ad-
minis rators that no additional re-
lief would be available when pres-
ent funds and supplies have been
exhausted. Mr. McCulloch, when
asked how this would affect the
territory he is serving at this time
stated that it would have no, effect
on the CWA for about two weeks.
He then stated that probably ar-
rangements would be made in that
length of time, and that work
would not be held up then.
I wo hundred and eighty men
are working today on the rural
f loads and storm sewers to complete
1 HM f* I jtlle Pr°Jl£cfcs already approved.
In Mail rra!id-Ci8ailing of the tw° city of
mu M&UM a 1AUU all vegetation has been completed.
Information was received that
federal funds fox’ direct relief were
practically exhausted, as financial
allotments were sent out Thurs-
day. When present funds are ex-
pended there will be no further
Seized when a hundred police
Note Tennessean
Got Year and Day
Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 22.—A
former member of the Tennessee
| legislature and one time assistant
United) States Attorney for the
western district of that state,
Thomas J. Walsh, widely known j money received until state funds
Memphis lawyer, received a year j of this amount are spent,
and a day sentence on his plea of
guilty to mail fraud charges
| Thursday in federal court here.
His co-defendant, Robert E. Xn-
, Dallas, Texas, Dec. 22.—Mrs. galls, was assessed a fifteen
Fannie Sherrard, 56, bi'ide of little month sentence and a. $500 fine.
more than a week of J. H. Slier
rard, 5406 Garland street, was se-
verely burned on the face, head,
neck and arms early Friday morn-
ing in a gas explosion which wreck
ed her new home.
Mrs. Sherrard was taken to Park
Silver Placed On
Coinage Basis By
Executive Order
Old Keimon Home
Sold to Magnolia
For Filling Station
W. E. Bradley reported the sale
oi his house and lot, located cor-
ner of Kaufman and East Avenue,
io the Magnolia Company. This is
the former J. M. Kennon home.
Mi\ Bradley states that the Mag-
nolia Company will build a filling Mrs- Sherrard. struck a match to
station on the lot. This will make jlocats a tight switch in the dining
the third station operated by this Iroom after siie was wakened by
company in Ennis. ’ ° I escaping gas fumes.
- —— -——— | She was blown fx’om a small
{hallway back into the bedroom.
Walsh’s son, Bailey Walsh, also
of Memphis and for two years as-
sistant United States .attorney for
West Tennessee, also made a plea
to the court for his father.. He
said he could not believe that his
fa.her had changed overnight
into a criminal, and that the elder
Walsh had no intention of defraud *
at the scene of jing investors. He said his father
‘ was paying back some of the
land hospital aftei” first aid treat-
ment administered by Emergency
hospital doctors
the accident.
J. H. Sherrard, 62, contracting j money which had been invested
painter and paperhanger, escaped ■ in the propose ion. Judge William
injury and prevented his wife from ; H. Atwell said he would allow
being more seriously burned by j Walsh to serve his term at El
jerking her blazing night garments ] Reno. Ok.
off and stamping out the fire. Walsh served in the Tennessee
Hillsboro Given
Christmas Gift in
Water Rate Cut
The explosion occurred when
Saturday
Dftji
“The original public works title
of the recovery act passed last year
contained a direct loan provision
when taken to the White House by
Senator Wagner’s group, tout it
was stricken out there,” said Kelly, j
“I will propose loans on chattel
mortgages on machinery, equip-
ment, materials and unfilled ord-
ers. At least a billion dollars will
toe needed.”
Reluctance lias been shown in
PATSY BENTON MEETS
WASHINGTON SOCIETY
Washington, Dec. 22.—Miss Patsy
Benton, daughter of Mrs. George
Marx, nee Miss Louise Kennedy of
Abilene, was .presented, to society
the past by the R. F. C, to. the pro- (in Washington at a reception and
posal on the ground that it is em- | tea dance given by her mother
barking the government into the 'Thursday night at the Mayflower
banking business. It would in-j Hotel.
V0lVa setting up of regional or- j Approximately 300 membei’s of
sanitations to function as banks, -’the local society group including
members of the diplomatic corps,
You’ll find that Ilaity Hews want
ds get quick results.
the official group and residential
society attended.
Washington, Dec.
22.—The United the act of
States, by proclamation of Presi- (mints to
congress, opens our
dent. Rocsevett went Into tie Uver IZs TTTT
maiket Thursday, agreeing to pur- (after produced in thp
chase annually 24,000,000 ounces of I States or its rwwKpCO- mted
the white metal for coinage and I to the 8ubject
»umo„ at a price * $4 ,-2e an I ™
ounce.
surrendering to
one-half of it as signiorage and
This latest step in the nation’s Ltd cover all usual - agS,
monetary policy was looked upon jpenses. The dollars coined^from
a movement to stabilise the half of such nmv d i m
silver market in line with the — • * new* nuned siivei*
proposal of Western democratic
senators. At the same time it was
a formal ratification of the Lon-
don conference agreement with
regard to silver.
John Schwartz of
Palmer In Hospital
From Auto Wreck
John Schwartz, pioneer black-
smith and land owner of Palmer,
is in .the Waxahachie sanitarium
with serious injuries sustained in
an automobile accident near Fer-
ris Thursday about 6 .p. m. No de-
tails of how the accident occurred
could be learned as he was found
unconscious in his wrecked auto-
mobile and was rushed to the hos-
pital. It was thought that he had
suffered an attack of
probably while enroute to his
Hillsboro, Texas, Dec. 22._The
people of Hillsboro were given a
nice Christmas present this week
with the announcement that the
ci y council had cut the water
rates approximately 20 per cent,
effective at once. While the mini-
mum rate will remain the same,
a substantial cut has been made
in the rate after 10,000 gallons of
water is used, in addition to the
usual ten per cent discount for
■prompt payment. The reduction in
the rates has been considered by
the council for some time. It is
a first assistant federal attorney | Sa.i(i. that Hillsbor,0, has the lowest
house of representatives about 1905
or 1907, and in the state senate
there about 1911 or 1913. He was
under President Wilson.
Bailey Walsh was for two years
an assistant federal attorney un-
der President Hoover. The son
said his mother and two brothers
now in a university, did not know
of his father’s case.
Chicago' Police
Kill 3 Gangsters
In Gun Battle
minimum water rate of any city
in Texas where water is
from wells.
pumped
Mrs. Selma Rains
Died In Temple
Funeral Sunday
Chicago, 111., Dec. 22.—-Three
suspected members of the John
Dillinger gang of Indiana despera-
does were shot and killed Thurs-
apoplexv !day nigilt hy Police CaPt- John
iri u-t J Stege and members of his squad.
home in Palmer from Dallas.
Norris Lipscomb, III, wi1D jias
been seriously ill with pneumonia,
will be returned to the depositor. ^ ncw wel1 on ,the road to recov-
The half surrendered to the gov- erj? and! the attending nurse was
Stege and twenty expert marks-
be retained by the
Legal Price Split,
Ihe government split the present
legal price of $1.29 an ounce for
silver in half in reaching a pur-
chase figure which is 19c an ounce
ovei the present open market.
This proclamation,” the presi-
dent wrote, “in. accordance with
ernment will
treasury;
Will Absorb Production.
Mr. Roosevelt, in ratifying the
agreement, pointed out that such
action already had been taken by
the government of India and
that, other nations concerned were
ready also to act.
The decision by the government
(Turn to Page Four.)
dismissed Thursday.
The Weather
Generally Fair.
East Texas: Generally fair to
partly cloudy Friday and Satur-
day , Continued mild temperature.
Temperature Friday morning 44,
high Thursday 71 at 4 p. m°
j Friends in Ennis were grieved to
| learn of the death of Mrs. Selma
] Rains, age 38 years, who died at
j Scott-White hospital in Temple
this morning at 4:45 where she
had been since Nov. 18, She had
an operation on November 19 and
a second operation on December
13,
Surviving are her husband and
.two sons, Leslie and Lindle. Also
men irom the defective bureau \ her mother, Mrs. T. M. Millirons
surrounded an apartment .on Par- and a brother. Tom Millirons
well avenue m the Rogers Park San Antonio
district, where the men were bar-
ricaded.
In the ensuing gun battle, which
lasted thirty minutes, the police
blasted through the doors and win-
dows. When fire from within was
silenced, the officers crashed into'
the place. Three men were found
dead on the floor, their bodies
punctured with numerous bullets.
Twenty bullet-proof vests, three
machine guns, half a dozen shot-
guns, many pistols and a store of
J. E. Keever brought the body
to Ennis and earned it to the
home, 310 North McKinney st.,
where it will remain until time
i’or funeral services Sunday^
Funeral services will be held
Sunday t afternoon at 2 o’clock'at
the Church of Christ with Rev. C1.
E. Wooldridge conducting ,the
services.
The body will be carried over-
land to Salem Cemetery, near Ma-
lone
... . in Hill comity, where inter-
—txon was found in the, ment will be made with J. E>
i Keever in charge of arrangements.
I
)
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 293, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1933, newspaper, December 22, 1933; Ennis, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth804995/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ennis Public Library.