The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1933 Page: 3 of 8
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branches of their chosen profession.
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NOW DON'T TRY TO
WISE CRACK OUT OF IT
WHAT } MEAN IS THAT
YOU’RE ALWAYS SAYING
SNOOTY THIN6S ABOUT
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p, dime
IN TH' HAT
TONY.
STATE FIXES PRICE
OF MILK IN EFFORT TO
HELP PRODUCERS
SCOTLAND YARD ALMOST MEETS WITH THE
PERFECT CRIME
London, England.—Whoever killed Walter Spatchett, young rent collector,
in the office occupied by Samuel Furnace, a jobbing builder, in North London
recently, came within an ace of carrying out a perfect murder. At the in-
quest it was revealed that after having shot his victim the murderer had
poured a tin of paint over the body as it sat in an office chair and had then
set the office afire. The paint was of the non-inflammable variety, however,
and some running down the victim’s neck protected the laundry mark on the
inside of the collarband from destruction although the body was unrecogniz-
able. If it had not been for the paint the search would have been for
Spachett, who never would have been found, because he would have been
lying in Furnace’s grave. When Spatchett failed to return home it was
thought he had absconded with the afternoon’s rent collections. When the
firemen found the body in the blazing office it was promptly identified as
that of Furnace’s until the collar mark turned up. The police are looking
for Furnace who is still missing. The scene of the murder showing the
chair in which the body of Spatchett was propped up in and burned after
he was shot is shown above.
ATTEMPTED ROBBERY
OF CAFE FAILS AS COOK
SHOOTS BANDIT
FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 30.—
Quick on the trigger, and used to
working with his pistol lying handy
on a table, a 63-year-old Fort Worth
cafe cook went into action when
bandits attempted to rob the cafe
Monday morning and sent a lead slug
through one of the would-be robbers
who later was reported in a critical
condition in a local hospital.
J. C. Kerr, the cook, and John Ab-
bott, owner of the cafe on East
Broadway, had been discussing what
they would do in case the restaurant
was held up.
“I knew something was going to
happen when one of the holdups went
back into Kerr’s kitchen,” declared
Abbott.
The proprietor was standing in
front of his establishment when a
car containing five men stopped at
the curb. Three men got out and
went into the cafe, followed by Ab-!
called.
At the hospital the man, who was
shot through the left side above the
heart, gave his name as Bert Garry.
He was later identified by Abbott as
the man who had exchanged shots
with the militant cook.
From his fingerprints, it was learn-
ed that the wounded man was given
a five-year suspended sentence in
Fort Worth, October, 1930, for forg-
ery, and served thirty days in the
jail in March, 1931, for violation of
the prohibition laws.
STOLEN FURS AND
CAR RECOVERED
The furs stolen from Red’s Fur Co.,
and the car stolen from the Lam-
pasas school were recovered Thurs-
day afternoon, Jan. 26, and the dri-
ver of the car was returned to Lam-
HOUSTON, Texas, Jan. 26.—The
Texas department of agriculture has
decided to set the prices of milk over
the state, J. E. McDonald, commis-
sioner of agriculture, told a group of
Houston distributors and retailers at
a meeting in the chamber of com-
merce here Thursday afternoon.
The determination to set a price
is just the beginning of the depart-
ment’s plan for other agricultural di-
visions, he declared.
“Too long has industry been pro-
tected and agriculture neglected,” he
told the meeting.
McDonald said that at present the
distributors are to pay $1.60 per 100
pounds, or 13.8c per gallon, to the
producers for Grade A milk; they are
to charge 8c per quart delivered to
the consumer, and the retail stores
may sell it at 7c a quart.
This price is just the beginning,
said McDonald. “We will increase it
gradually until the producer is get-
ting $1.80 per 100 pounds, or 15.4c
per gallon.”
McDonald said the farmers and
dairymen are the backbone of the
country, they are in dire distress be-
causes of low prices paid for their
products and unless they get relief
there will be no more prosperity for
the entire nation.
McDonald said the emergency
clause of the state cooperative laws
gives the department of agriculture
the authority to fix prices.
“An emergency exists right now,”
he declared, “and the department is
ordering those prices in effect. Any-
one caught discounting or rebating
on those prices will be prosecuted to
the full extent of the law.”
Will pay cash for used cars, Fords
or Chevrolets.—Harry Porter, Lam-
pasas Motor Company. (w)
PROMPTER AT DANCE
SHOOTS TWO GUESTS
FOLLOWING REBUKE
UPPER MARLBORO, Md., Jan. 30.
—An old-fashioned square dance end-
ed here Sunday with one man dead
and another critically shot after Ben-
jamin Jackson, 26-year-old prompter,
objected to criticism of the way he
called figures.
Jackson was arrested later at his
home and charged with the shooting.
Heavy boots were stomping merri-
ly, and Jackson was calling the sets
with increasing zeal when one of the
fiddlers rebuked him for going too
pasas and placed in jail. The furs
were offered for sale in Johnson City fast, police were told,
and the buyer was suspicious and the | Jackson was described as jumping
wciil, xu.xwwcu kj was arrested there by the sher- j Up with a pistol in his hand and
botL ^e^rdemanlfed^the 2ot • ! sbouting that he would shoot anyone
machine against the wall.
“There it is, help yourself,” an-
swered Abbott.
Two of the men went to take the
machine and the third, seeing the
cook through the partition door into
the kitchen, went back toward the
cook, who saw him coming.
“Come on out in front,” ordered
the robber, his hand in his coat pocket.
Instead the cook grabbed his gun
and fired. The robber stumbled and
fired two shots in return, then all
three left the cafe and drove away,
leaving the slot machine behind.
A short time later, an automobile
stopped near the Crystal Laundry on
Vaughn boulevard, and a man stumb-
led out while his companions drove
away. Going into the laundry office
the man asked that an ambulance be
Mature Thought of
Everything
Nature thought of everything when
the human body was made. When the
tody is about to become ill. nature
planned danger signals to warn us.
Thus, if our children grind their teeth
when they sleep, or lack appetite, or
Buffer from abdominal pains, or itch
about the nose and fingers, we should
know that they may have contracted
worms. Then, if we are wise, we buy a
bottle of White’s Cream Vermifuge and
eafely and surely expel the worms. Thus
we avoid the danger of very serious
trouble. White’s Cream Vermifuge costs
only 35cabottle, andcanbeboughtfroia
Wilson, Drug Co., Lampasas, Texas
E. L. Trussell, Kempner, Texas
here and he and J. M. Long went j who tried to stop him.
after the man and his car and furs, j John Colton, 46, and William Cha-
The man who was arrested and j ney, 49, neighboring farmers, step-
brought here gives his name as Earl j ped toward the enraged man and he
Wilson and says he is from Brady. He j shot. Colton fell dead, shot through
states that he went to the penitentiary I the heart, and Chaney was struck in
in 1930 and escaped in 1931 and has i the stomach and face,
been in California until recently, j Police said, Jackson was under the
About $45.00 worth of the furs had ! influence of liquor.
been sold in Austin but they were j —— __
recovered by Mr. Haby, the owner. |
The man arrested says he had a
party with him and he took the
money for the furs sold in Austin
and they separated. The name of the
man is not known but Wilson says
he only knew him as “Blackie.”
Wilson also admits to the officers
here that he and another man, known
to him as “Curly” went into the ware-
house of Carl Cloud here in Decem-
ber and took some furs at that time.
He states that the furs were sold at
various places over the state.
* Ever Stop To Think? *
* # * # ___ & & & X
(By Edson R. Waite, Shawnee, Okla.l
Newspaper advertisements are
mighty hunters. They go into every
hgme and hunt out the thrifty buy-
ers and deliver their messages to
them.
In Italy the government allots a
yearly credit for the assistance of
hotels that cater to tourists. I com-
mend this to Florida and California
hotel men. The tourist business is a
recognized industry which brings big
money to every community that in-
vites it and treats the tourist well.
The different states should pay some
attention to the hotels who bring so
much business to their states.
Every city has many pessimists—
little men with little minds who
watch with envy the progressive men
of their city.
I have heard that a little worry is
an excellent tonic. Most of us are
getting an overdose of that kind of
tonic.
To those who do not know a city,
it does not exist. So it’s up to all
cities who wish to parade in the
March of Progress to advertise their
opportunities not once in a while but
all the while so the world cannot for-
get them.
Some self-appointed Economy lead-
ers lead only themselves. Nobody
else pays any attention to them.
Your city should be a self-start-
er. Leave no chance for it to become
a self-stopper.
Many products are being produced
today at a loss and, as a vast ma-
jority of the world’s workers are en-
gaged in producing them, it seems
obvious that there cannot be a re-
turn of prosperity for any country
until there is a general rise in the
value of their products.
ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL
LETTERS ADVERTISE
HOOVER AND CURTIS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—Rear Ad-
miral Cary T. Grayson was embar-
rassed Thursday to find that after
weeks of preparation for the Roose-
velt-Garner inaugural March 4, he
has been advertising the Hoover-
Curtis inaugural of 1929 to the far
corners of the nation.
It was all a result of zeal for econ-
omy. To save money the inaugural
committee obtained a die used by the
1929 group for printing its letter-
heads.
The committee was unaware that
the names of the president and vice
president now in office formed a
shadowy background for the letter-
head.
After letters began going out of
inaugural headquarters a stream be-
gan coming in from democrats who
wanted to know just what March 4
was going to be—a republican or a
democratic inaugural.
—Photos from Wide World Photos
MILADY OF 1933 WILL GET BATH-
ING SUIT DARNED IN GARAGE
Hollywood, Calif.—According to
petite Maureen O’Sullivan, pretty
Irish motion picture star, the bathing
beauty of 1933 will get her suit darn-
ed in the garage. Maureen is start-
I ing the brand new fad of wearing
NEPOTISM PROBE IS rubber bathing suits, and if all the
"VOTED BY HOUSE girls look as well as Maureen in them,
—I- we’re for it! The actress explains
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 30.—The Tex- that they are quite practical and
as house of representatives today comfortable, and light as a feather
adopted a resolution directing its ap- in comparison to the old wool suits.
Photo shows Maureen O’Sullivan
getting her rubber bathing suit patch-
help of a garage me-
ed with the
chanic.
SOLONS HIT AT “FOREIGNERS’
ON UNIVERSITY STAFF
ENFORCING OF CONSER-
VATION LAWS PROBED
JUDGE ED R. KONE
OF AUSTIN SUCCUMBS
SNEEZING WOMAN
PASSES
72ND HOUR
PRINCETON, Ky., Jan. 27.—Mrs.
Lonnie Dickson, 48, passed the sev-
enty-second hour Thursday and still
was sneezing almost incessantly, but
her physicians said her (condition was
improving and the rate of sneezing
had diminished to 16 times a minute.
When she began sneezing at 5 a. m.
Monday it was at the rate of about
25 times a minute.
AUSTIN, Jan. 30.—Judge Ed R.
Kone, since 1926 corporate judge for
the city of Austin, died Monday morn-
ing at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Louis Davis. He wqs 83 years old.
A native of Hays County, Judge
Kone entered Texas politics as sher-
iff of his home county, and subse-
quently was county judge for about
30 years.
Governor Campbell appointed him
state commissioner of agriculture in
1908 and he was elected to that post
three times.
AUSTIN, Jan. 26.—The Texas
house of representatives today au-
thorized an investigation of the state
railroad commission’s administration
of oil and gas conservation rules in
the east Texas petroleum field.
The oil, gas and mining committee
of the houses was empowered to sub-
poena witnesses and records and giv-
en the right to invoke rules of a dis-
trict court in adducing testimony.
The inquiry resolution was approv-
ed by a vote of 76 to 56, after days
of intermittent consideration.
Representative R. J. Long of Wich-
ita Falls, principal champion of the
investigation and chairman of the
committee, said it was likely the in-
vestigation would get under way here
week after next.
Long charged that the commission
had proved itself incompetent to ad-
minister conservation in east Texas.
A bill was introduced in the house
recently, said to be sanctioned by
Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson, to estab-
lish a separate natural resource com-
mission of three members to admin-
ister the oil and gas laws.
propriations committee to make an
investigation of alleged evasions of
the state’s anti-nepotism law. The
vote on the resolution was unanimous.
The resolution was introduced by
Representative Cecil Loeief of Cross
Plains.
Speaking for the resolution, Rep-
resentative J. R. McDougald of Beau- ' _
mont charged that heads of some , KITTLE ROCK, Ark., Jan. 28.—
state departments got around the lav/ Charges that President John C. Fut-
prev encing them from hiring their; ral1 had “stacked” the University of
own relatives by swapping appoint- j Arkansas faculty with “foreigners”
ments with other department heads. and big-headed Northerners, who
“They have followed the policy of think we Southern people have no
you feed my horse and I’ll feed your sense at were contained in a
cow,” he said. “If you hire a dozen resolution introduced Friday in the
of my kinfolks, then I’ll hire a dozen ,Arkansas h°use of representatives,
of yours is the way it is worked.” . resolution proposed an inves-
McDonald said the appropriation aimed to oust the university
bill should specifically prohibit the bead"
payment of any salary to a person j kouse voted to refer it to the
who was a relatives of the head of, educa^i°n committee, which will hold
any state department. a kearin£ Monday night.
President Futrall declined to com-
ment, but from Fayetteville, seat of
the university, Dean Virgil Jones of
the college of arts and sciences said
only five out of a faculty of 150 are
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD HERO
SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
MONESSEN, Pa., Jan. 30.—John f°,r®lgn, b°rn and 0ne of these ls nat"
G. Parke, 67, the Paul Revere of thejUl^Ze . . , .
disastrous Johnstown good of 1889,1 . Th? ^solution also charged an in-
died Sunday night after a long ill-; * *»
ness.
Parke, then an engineer, and a little
band of workmen worked frantical-
taught theories “such as tend to help
destroy our governmental interests.”
I Faculty salaries amount to more
ly against hopeless odds to strength- j5than “"■"““s'. resolution
en a weakening dam in the Cone- Sald’ and ™ pay ‘hcn“ 80 “uch
maugh Valley near Johnstown on that f°"fy that *hey (the ,f»reign-born
ATTORNEY’S THREE GIRLS
WILL STUDY LAW
CALL FOR 250 MEN FOR JOBS
ANSWERED, BY 125 IN CLEBURNE
CLEBURNE, Jan. 26.—The labor
situation here must not be so bad af-
ter all. Two hundred and fifty men
were called to work yesterday but
only 125 reported. J. S. Moffman,
Wednesday night! mayor, said those who failed to re-
Mrs. Dickson was able to sleep about port would not be given work until
an hour and a half, but resumed sneez- j their regular turn. Government aid
ing when she awakened.
fateful day—May 31, 1889.
Then, as they saw their efforts fail
and the dam crumbled bit by bit un-
CHICAGO, Jan. 29.—The shingle
outside the office some day will read
Brenner, Brenner and Brenner.
The three daughters of Capt. S. L.
Brenner, a practicing attorney here,
today planned to follow the footsteps
of their father. Already the eldest,
Florence, 22, has completed her pre-
legal training. The others, Norma,
18, and Josephine, 19, finish theirs at
Northwestern University in Febru-
ary and the legal trio then will start
thumbing books on torts and whatnot
in earnest.
“I had no sons to take up my pro-
fession,” explained Captain Brenner,
“and my daughters just wanted to
follow the business, so why not?
There is no reason why a family law
firm can’t be successful.”
The family firm, when it all is ad-
mitted to the bar, will be ready to
handle varied types of cases. The
girls have different interests in the
faculty members) go to foreign coun-
tries to spend their summer vaca-
tions, while we, who pay the bills,
der the pressure of the raging waters, ,^ake our w*ves ou^ the
they hurried down the valley spread- 1 C enS-
ing a warning against the disaster
that was at hand.
A few hours later the dam was FORMER GOVERNOR QUITS
swept away and a gigantic wall of | AS HOSPITAL PRESIDENT
water poured down the valley. More ; -■
than 2,000 people perished in one of! HOUSTON.—Former Governor R.
the world’s greatest catastrophes and S. Sterling has resigned as president
i of the Hermann Hospital estate board
| here, but will remain a member of
'the board.
j Mr. Sterling had requested to be
relieved of his duties as chairman,
because of demands upon his time in
~ ~ . j connection with attempts to rebuild
( a as i ews) : his fortune, most of which he lost
A woman may be glad to marry a while servi as governor. Gus A.
self-made man, but she wouldn’t want Brandt was named the new ident.
to ride m a car he built himself.
And sometimes a man who says he
runs his own home means that he
runs the carpet sweeper and the
washing machine.
the
fertile valley
was laid waste.
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DON’T WED, LIVE LONGER
To live long, don’t marry. This:
Putting children in public school is the advice of Donna Rosa Hunecho
at 6 years of age it a big help to the Tobar, the oldest woman in South
morning bridge game. j America, who has reached the age of
We are glad the girls have taken 129. At her home in Santiago, Chile,
to horseback riding. It tends to put she said, as she smiled through her
the horse on its feet again. j wrinkles: “I should never have lived
Mr. Garner’s campaign opponents so long if I had had a husband.” Her
referred to him as sheepherded, but birth is inscribed in the register of
nobody has called him a muttonhead. the old Spanish Colonial Church. She
If the truth must be told, the still takes in washing,,- the work she
teachers seem more anxious for a began as a girl when the Chileans
nine-month school term that the chil- were fighting the Spaniards for in-
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The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, February 3, 1933, newspaper, February 3, 1933; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth891431/m1/3/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.