The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. [47], No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1935 Page: 2 of 6
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The Lampasas Leader
Published Every Friday
J. H. ABNEY & SON
Herbert J. Abney, Publisher
Entered at the postoffice at Lampasas,
Texas, as second class mail matter.
GOVERNOR SETS ASIDE
NOV. 4 AS ROGERS DAY
© 1935, Liggstt 3c Myms Tobacco COj
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(Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
In a proclamation issued by Gover-
nor Allred, Nov. 4 is designated as
Will Rogers day. The proclamation
also urges all Texans on that day to
reflect upon the fine, clean manhood
of Will Rogers, the life of service
he lived and the good he did.
The proclamation suggests that all
school and civic organizations con-
duct suitable exercises in memory of
Will Rogers and urges contributions
to be made to the memorial fund.
The proclamation follows:
* • PROCLAMATION
By the
• GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
TEXAS
To All to Whom These Presents
Shall Come:
On Friday, Aug. 16, 1935,) Will
Rogers died. Idol of America, be-
loved by all who knew him, his un-
timely passing brought a greater
sense of individual loss and sorrow
to every American citizen than any
man who has ever commanded the at-
tention or affection of the people.
In the words of Rev. J. Whitcomb
^rougher Sr., who officiated at the
Will Rogers memorial services in
Glendale, Cal.:
“There are many hills, but only here
and there a great towering Mt.
Shasta;
There are many streams, but only
here and there a great Mississippi;
There are many trees, but only here
and there a great Sequoia giganta;
There are many echoes, but only now
and then an original voice;
There are mapy musicians, but only
now and then a Mendelssohn or a
Mozart;
There are many politicians, but only
now and then a great statesman;
There are many people, but only now
and then an outstanding individual.”
The Nation still is stunned and
sorrowful. It is impossible to realize
that Will Rogers is really gone from
us.
Will Rogers needs no monument.
He built his own monument, he wrote
his own epitaph in the hearts and af-
fections of people from every walk
of life. He was the greatest apostle
of sunshine, of joyous humor, of fel-
lowship, the world has ever known.
He still lives because his work lives.
“To live in mankind is far, far more
than to live in a name.”
To perpetuate his memory, to fit-
tingly attest a Nation’s love for the
ideals Will Rogers represented, a na-
tionwide movement is under way. It
is headed by outstanding citizens ev-
erywhere who have agreed to give
unselfishly of their time and means,
in order that a proper foundation for
service to human-kind may be per-
manently established. Every man,
woman and child, from the highest to
the lowest walks of life, will be giv-
en an opportunity to participate.
1 As but a small part of the pro-
gram, on Monday, Nov. 4, every bank
in the Nation will open special “Will
Rogers Memorial” accounts. Every
man, woman or child who has ever
chuckled at the homely philosophy
of Will Rogers, whose life has been
made happier, who has been inspir-
ed by the cleanliness of his example,
who has hungrily searched for his
daily news contribution, who has seen
him on the screen, who has pressed
forward in surging crowds for a per-
sonal glimpse of him, will be given
an opportunity to make a deposit,
quietly, without publicity of any kind,
from a single dime to the limit of
their means.
I think Will Rogers, if he knew
that all who loved him are determ-
ined to establish a permanent founda-
tion to his memory, would prefer
contributions of 25 cents from 15,-
000,000 people to a few larger sized
donations.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES V.
ALLRED, Governor of the State of
Texas, do hereby set aside and
dedicate
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4th
■ as
WILL ROGERS DAY.
I urge all Texans on this day to
reflect the fine, clean manhood of Will
Rogers, the life of service he lived,
the good he did. I suggest that all
of our schools and civic clubs conduct
suitable programs and exercises in
paemory of our great philosopher hu-
morist.
I especially urge that all of us con-
tribute of our bit to the Will Rogers
Memorial Fund.
(Seal) WITNESS MY HAND under
the Great Seal of the State of Texas,
this the 28th day of October, A. D.,
1935.
JAMES V. ALLRED,
Governor of Texas.
schoolmates about how 23 years ago
their dad, on the Southern Pacific
railroad between Dryden and Eld-
ridge performed the feat that won
him national recognition.
A technicality has stood between
Trousdale an<d ,hxs government re-
ward all these years.
GRIM SOUVENIR OF
REVOLUTION OF 1914
COSTS THREE LIVES
Eagle Pass, Oct. 29.—A grim sou-
venir of Mexico’s revolutionary days
exploded violently yesterday, wiping
out a harmless family.
It was back in 1914, when Pancho
Villa and Carranza roamed northern
Mexico with their armies, that Jose
Perez found the deadly bomb on a
hillside battlefield. He carried it
home and placed it in his yard.
For a time the bomb was an ob-
ject of curiosity in the little town of
Guerrero, 30 miles down the Rio
Grande from Piedras Negras, Mex-
ico. Twenty-one years passed and
the instrument of war still remain-
ed in the yard, almost forgotten.
No one could say what caused it
to explode yesterday. The blast de-
stroyed the Perez home, shattered
neighboring windows and jarred the
entire town. Perez, his wife and their
daughter died in the wreckage of
their home.
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MIDGET KILLER CHEATS
PRISON BY GULPING
POISON IN HIS CELL
Chicago, 111., Oct: 29.—Henry J.
(Midget) Fernekes, 39, killer and
fugitive from Joliet prison, made his
last escape Tuesday, a suicide from
a lethal dose of poison.
His career of viciousness, which in-
cluded the imputed slaying of three
men, numerous bank robberies and a
series of brushes with and escapes
from authorities, ended in a gasping
death as a patrol wagon took him
over bumpy streets to a hospital.
Only Monday the Midget, whose
crimes brought him police descrip-
tion of the Dillinger of an earlier
day, was recaptured after twelve
weeks French leave from J diet pris-
on. His sensational getaway still
has State authorities mystified as to
how it was engineered.
His death, evidently planned with
characteristic cunning to cheat' a re-
turn to his cell on a ten-year to life
sentence for bdnk robbery, left an-
other mystery.
How, officers asked, did he manage
to secrete the vial half filled with
greenish white crystals, which was
found in his trouser pocket after his
death?
The outlaw had been thoroughly
searched twice Monday. A meticul-
ous hunt, even to the seams of his
garments, followed at the detective
bureau. But the vial was not then
discovered. A county physician con-
firmed the poison exit for Midget,
however, by saying he noted the sig-
nificant odor of a poweifful venom
when he examined the body.
Bureau officers found Fernekes on
the floor of his cell about 9 a. m.
He lapsed quickly into a stupor and
roused from it only to mutter during
his uncompleted ride to the hospital:
“There will be no show up for me.
This is my last day.”
$1,000 CHECK SHOWS
BOYS DAD WAS HERO
San Antonio, Oct. 27.—To David
Trousdale, veteran Railway Express
Agency messenger, killing two train
robbers and frustrating a $66,000 rob-
-bery was all in the day’s work and
in the line of duty, but to his two
sons, Billy, 7, and D. A. Jr., 14, born
years after the killing, their dad was
an official hero Saturday when he re-
ceived a reward check for $1000.
To Billy and David Jr. the check,
which was placed in the bank, means
more than money. For it provides
once-and-for-all facts on which they
have been basing their stories to
HEALTH HINTS
(From State Health Dept.)
The State Health Officer, Dr. John
W. Brown, urges all parents of chil-
dren from 6 months to 10 years of
age who have not been immunized
against diphtheria, to take them to
the family physician and have this
done at once. Last month there were
265 cases of diphtheria in Texas re-
ported to the State Department of
Health. This is an increase over the
month of August and shows the
need of stressing immunization of the
children in this age group.
It was not so long ago that par-
ents dreaded diphtheria because of the
inability to prevent or cure this
scourge. Now that we not only know
the cause but also the remedy there
is no reason why this disease, can-
not be completely eliminated.
As diphtheria is most dangerous to
very young children, it is of the high-
est importance that immunization be
given early. What is more, in young
children there is practically no re-
action to the injection. Immuniza-
tion has been proven to give abso-
lute protection. It is in the power of
the parents of this State, cooperating
with their physicians and the health
department, to eliminate the disease.
Most children can be protected
against diphtheria by a single treat-
ment—with what is known as Toxoid.
However, in about six months the
child should be given a Schick test
to determine if a second treatment is
necessary. Early immunization is a
routine procedure adopted by modern
and up-to-date physicians. Cooper-
ate with your family physician and
your community and make early im-
munization a regular practice in this
State.
day said they believed they had un-
covered a nationwide ring of jewel
thieves.
Chief of Detectives Frank S. W.
Burke pictured the ring as operating
in every large American city. The
headquarters are believed to be in
New York.
Police said the girl under arrest
gave her name as Lulu Mae Bennett,
former night club dancer. Burke said
they were looking for the girl’s hus-
band, James L. Bennett.
Mrs. Bennett, police said, was ar-
rested last week as she was about
to board a train for New York. Po-
lice said she came from Memphis,
Tenn., but declined to disclose any
details about her family.
then provide cash to buy other
control equipment.
The parking-meter idea was b
here from Oklahoma City, wh
nickel machines were tried o
cently.
Ordinances legalizing the
and authorizing penalties for
ists who park without droppin
nickel, are being drawn up
city council.
WHITE HOUSE AIDE’S
DAUGHTER MA
Washington, Oct. 26.—Miss
McIntyre, daughter of Marvi
Intyre, secretary to the presiden
married Saturday to Frederick
Warren, II, of Phoenix, Ariz.,
Francis Asbury Methodist C
South, on fashionable Sixteenth
The president’s wife, Mrs. Fr
D. Roosevelt, was present. /
the bridesmaids was Miss Louis
ert of Atlanta, Ga., daughter
assistant secretary of the treas
Warren, son of Mrs. Charles
Less of Montclair, N. J., is a
ate of West Point, and studie
gineering at Cornell and Prince
Mr. and Mrs. Warren will '
their home in Phoenix, Arizo
Mr. and Mrs. Ed McCrea and
dren, Buddy and Miss Betty, ret
to San Angelo Wednesday af
short visit here with relatives.
CHINA CLIPPER NOW AT MIAMI
Miami, Fla., Oct. 27.—Pan-Ameri-
can Airways’ giant China Clipper,
destined for transpacific service, ar-
rived to undergo final tests here to-
day—the eve of the eighth birthday
of Uncle Sam’s international air
transport system.
Piloting the 25-ton flying boat on
its seven-hour, 1200-mile hop from
Baltimore was Capt. Edwin C. Mu-
siicjk, who> flew the figst Regularly
scheduled plane from Key West to
Havana, Cuba, Oct. 28, 1927.
While thousands who gathered at
the international airport here ex-
claimed at its size, the huge ship ap-
peared over the Miami skyline, two
smaller ships buzzing around it like
sparrows after an eagle, and settled
lightly onto the waters off Winner
Key.
The landing here was at 3:01 p. m.
(EST), the takeoff from Baltimore un-
officially timed at 7:17 a. m.
$30,000 IN JEWELS ARE SEIZED
WITH ARREST OF DANCER
Washington, Oct. 28.—With the ar-
rest of a 23-year-old girl and seizure
of $30,000 worth of gems, police to-
PARKING METERS IN
DALLAS ON MONDAY
Dallas, Oct. 28.—After next Mon-
day it will cost Dallas motorists a
nickel to park at 1,000 choice spots
in downtown business section.
The police traffic department, rush-
ing the installation of posts for park-
ing meters, announced the nickel col-
lectors would be set up over the
week end and ready to do business
bright and early Monday.
Police have hope the meters will
relieve congestion and double park-
ing downtown. They also expect the
meters—costing $30 apiece—to pay
for themselves in a few months and
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