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HomeMy WebLinkAbouteagle-5EA1GLE THE B Y N AILY t t .NST •' <. F' VOLUME 62 BRYAN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1939• (By Associated Press) NUMBER 301 02 'eople' C o I u m n 'U.S.OVERSPENDS BY $3, 850, 000,000 IM 9qRT �I Last duly 8,720 Americans lost their lives through accidents, 800,- 000 suffergd more or less serious Injury and the economic and prap- erty loss was estimated at $800,- 000,000. For the past five years July's accident tolls have been 27 per cent higher than those of the average {nonth. Two of the important rea- sons have been the Fourth of July celebration and the heat. One-fifth of all drownings occur in July, and most of these hap- pened in isolated lakes and rivers where there was no supervision. Traffic accidents of the month cost 2,720 lives, and a large per- centage of these occurred during the period of the annual Indepen- dence Day celebration. Most of these accidents were due to lack of care. People drove too carelessly or too rapidly- went in water without knowing of bottom conditions or without sufficient protection in the event they could not swim; flailed to use proper precautions in the use of fireworks. Many residents of this eommun- Family Split By Immigration LawsITALKTO DOWN RLA RUMS METARYBILL ECHO THROUGH :.r ELMO` P E TODAY, H 5� TOR AYS Officials Deny German3 y, , President Says People Troops Present ( Not Favorable To r ��a She Got the Job / , q • ESTIMATES OE DEEICIT WERE.......... UP $50070007NO Income$5,300,000,000 j I Arid $9,150,000,000 Lt i In City >,. Filibuster VV as Spent DANZIC ADDS Pfll Follows Firm Stand By Great Britain And France ity will celebrate the nation's natal (By Associated Press) day. The hope is that all will be Europe was a jumble today of alive the Fifth. If all take sen- sible precautions during their tele- tumor and alarm after grave Brit - oration, they should be. ish and French declarations that BRYAN BOOSTER "further aggression" would be met priation bill which would make by force. $1,755,600,000 available for relief game of power politics. , The Free City of Danzig, where Both Germans and Poles were and make numerous changes in the: blaming each other for "stirring up next German coup is rumored, war psychosis" by circulating re - Aboudrhe yan went ahead with the strengthening German -imported Danzig "f r e e sign before midnight, stop gap leg- +corps," of the city's police free. j Officials said this was neces- Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mitchell sary as a precautionary measure and their daughter, Susie Mae because "hysteria was prevailing Mitchell, are leaving early tomor- row morning in their car for Ell- in Poland. It'was officially de - wood, Okla., where they will spend nied that German troops had en - the Fourth of July holidays with tered Danzig and there was no Mr. Mitchell's uncle and family, sign of military activity. Mr, and Mrs. Ross Mitchell. French Premier Daladier called __0_a special session of the cabinet Mrs. Jesse Jack.:on and little � for tomorrow, to deal with the daughter, Sandra Jan, of Quit- i nternational situation, man, Gia., arrived last night in I Tension developed after the British foreign secretary, Lord Bryan for a visit in the home of ( Halifax, in a speech described as Mrs. Jackson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Elliott. I the gravest warning by a foreign _ minister since the World War, ad- Mrs. L Storing Houston M m lou vised Germany that further ag- returned to her home today after "whole would met the a visit with her mother, Mrs. R. S. whole of our �trepgth in fulilil• a fu mei'rol our pledges." Webb Jr, She left the little laugh- Official Germans shrugged theii ter, Sallie Stornis, in Bryan with shoulders. the grandmother. -�By Mrs. L. F. Miller has returned' Associated Press from Marlin where she enjoyed a Great Britain served pointed no. visit with Mrs. June Thornton and!. tice on Germany Thursday that the first sign of aggression she other relatives and friends. Mrs,'at Miller is now in the home of her I would carry out her pledges tc daughter, Mr, and b1rs, Ormond smaller European nations 'as re. ports circulated that Nazi force: Simpson, at CollegePark. I were moving into Danzig secretly HOUSE PASSES for possible week -end coup. Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax declaring the "threat of militar3 RELIEF B I L L; force nouri holding the world at ran. som and our immediate task is tc UP TO SENATL � � resist aggression," made d-hittn': Mand clear in a hard-hitting speech. VOTES TO MAKE $1,75:1,600,0001 FREE CITY OF DANZIG, June AVAILABLE IN NEXT 130.—(R)—This picturesque old Free 14 MONTHS City slept placidly in the Baltic breeze Thursday night—guarded WASHINGTON, June 30.—(R)— by what is called an "augmented Racing against the clock, the house police force" but showing on the aliproved the compromise appr•o- I surface no indication it again had priation bill which would make become a war drum in Europe's $1,755,600,000 available for relief game of power politics. , during the year starting tomorrow, Both Germans and Poles were and make numerous changes in the: blaming each other for "stirring up Works Progress Administration. i war psychosis" by circulating re - Unless the senate completes ac - ports of the formation of a vast, tion in time for the president to German -imported Danzig "f r e e sign before midnight, stop gap leg- +corps," smuggling of munitions islation will be necessary to pre- I from East Prussia and other war vent cessation of relief activities, measures. The compromise would abolish While much of Europe watched federal theater projects, the Free city apprehensively, Dan- ANNUAL BAkBFTUE GIVEN zig itself presented a picture of serenity. TODAY BY EBBIE ALLEN There was no sign of extraor- dinary military activity and Dan- Ebbie Allen, well known resident zig's Nazi authorities said there of the Peach Creek section, staged was no military activity whatever. his annual barbecue and picnic for _ friends today and a number of Bry- an Business and professional men men WORKING WIFE and their wives attended. The usual appetizing menu, in- ®� BAY STATE cluding squirrel stew, fried fish. barbecued nerals, salads, cakes and pies, was served and done justice (� O L O i �i S TOLD J to by those present. a DEBATE, CLAS CtO,Pt !YEAR S RECEIPTS U £� ' If Passage Late, FDR'' I Expect New Year Will { X Will Proceed ToSend Deficit �X . Capitol � .. <� i Higher ~:►. + at<,:' , WASHINGTON, June 30.—(91)— WASHINGTON, June 30. s r 1 ! The senate republican leadership The Discal year, which ends at N I said today the administration's midnight, produced Federal ex- rr monetary bill would be talked to I For five weeks Joy Wiseman penditures of approximately $9,- z c sat in the governor's office at 150,000,000, or $3,850,000,000 death. Vis' &' s Nashville, Tenn. She said she more than the government's in -3- Senator Austin. of Vermont, had been promised a job and come, t' i C shortly after the president had was there to see that the prom- The deficit, however, is near- n was made good. The sixth n - w said the country would not be ly $50n,000,000 less than e!ryecteit week brought results, the gov- because of smaller expenditures if United States immigration laws split the fool) of John McNe 39, ordered deported from Los sympathetic with a filibuster, said ernor ave her a ob. p y 4, p of course he would call it a g and higher receipts than estimat Angeles to Canada with his wife and two of their seven children, because of illegal entry. Four other ed six months ago, g y. filibuster. Any one in his position to The expenditures are the high - children, born in the United States, must remain, barred from Canada because McNeil cannot guaran- would, ,'But it wi-: be legitimate Rain �� Welcome est since the World War, but the tee their support. The seventh child is married and will remain with her husband. Shown, left to right, debate. s �! C f d, d deficit figure, which is the ninth in this tearful scene, are: Mrs. Dorothy Lofton; the married daughter; Colleen; Shirley; Mrs. Ann Mc- The president said pi would be n ready to go to the Capitol tonight j� {. � consecutive annual shortage, is w Ncil, the mother; Marjorie, and Jack. Jack and another child not skown, will go to Canada. P g In Rural Areas only the third highest. if it became necessary, because of Tomorrow starts a new year, y the eleventh hour passage of the which i expected to send spend- t Improvement In Agriculture, Due Mind These Rules; monetary or relief bill. 1.5 Inches Here ea }ng and deficit figures even high- er. - s • WASHINGTON, June 30.—(�- To Rains And Upped Distribution Chances Good To Rain that was county -wide, at The house, in an upset of almanac- ELECTRICAL DISTLRBANCES, a ' Be Alive the 5th tration plans, voted tentatively least, according to reports Friday HEAVY RAIN, AT TABOR 4 iThursday night to include a "com- morning, fell last night. In Bryan Of ]Merchandise Noted n Texas!' CHICAGO, June 30. — In the promise" arms embargo in the ad- the precipitation was measured at Considerable inconvenience w face of a mounting tide of pre- ministration's neutrality bill. caused residents of the Tabor... 1.5 inches. The rain was generally holiday accidents througiaout the The teller vote on the embargo neighborhood early today, when welcomed as pastures nvarious — e sore i s stood at 104.7 . uesa d DALLAS, June 30.—(R') Im- j m nt t sae country, the National Safety amendment was announced as lb9 pelectrical disturbances put a num- sued in agricultural and live -I per cent of the 1923-1925 aver- field and garden crops had begun P R P Council today issued six sugges- to 157. bei of REA lines out of commis - stock industries due to heavy rain, age in May as compared with tions for holding down the Fourth' The embargo provision is con- to suffer from lack of moisture, cion. Repair men were hurried to and increase- from April to May 103.6 per cent in April and 102.5 though the rain interfered with „ of duly toll. They are: , trary to the wishes of President the scene and the lines put hack 4 in A?StrlhtM*n of merchandise at per cent in May, 1938. Roosevelt and the state depart- Private and public building and in commission without much de - wholesale use fireworks. construction o wholesale and retail are noted in Total sales during the first five ment who want the chief executive operations. la the Monthly Business Review of months of 1939 were 1.2 per cent I Take it easy on the road. Give I Y• r yourself plenty of time. Don't to have a free hand in handling C. L. Beason, county agent, re- "Frenchy" Landry, in charge of 1 the Federal Reserve Bank of Dal- larger than in the corresponding ceived telephone messages from g P R speed or take chances in passing international situations. maintenance, reported heavy rains; las, released toda period of 1938, and the highest over Brazos county this morning, y —especially on curves or hills. � in that section and the roads not Consumer demand for merchan- for any similar period since 1929. assuring hirci that the rain that fell, in good shape dise at department stores in the In the first two weeks of June Dont overdo in exercise, ex- g_as a result. sure to sun, or eaten Heavy Gain Made � at an early hour today was coon-! Eleventh District reflected a con- I sales were at about the same level g' ty-wide. Mr. Beason had messages r — t siderable expansion in May, the as in that period last year. Don't drive if you drink. from Reliance, Kurten, Prospect,, FIGURE OLSON ' Review says. Although buying was Distribution of m e r• c handise It's always train time at a rail- In This Year In Steel Hollow, King's Highway, and stimulated to some extent b clear- through wholesale channels in road crossing, Look both ways. I other points y If you swim: Don't go in alone Mr. Beason sa this rain will I KIDNAPPER OF ante sales, there was a heavy de- the Eleventh District showed com- or when overheated; wait an hour Automotive Fees mane} for seasonal merchandise. bined sales of 82 reporting firms insure the crop of late corn, plans- 1 after eating; know the depth of I ed early in June, and will also iMATSON BOY; Sales were 9.4 per cent larger in nine lines of trade were six. I the water; don't show off or in- make for better astures, rden than in April and exceeded those per cent greater than in the pre- An increase of $9,877.92 in motor P dulge in horseplay. � etc. Brazos count farmers are in the corresponding month last I ceding month and exceeded those vehicle licenses revenues as of; Y ` happy over the outlook for the F.B.I.OPERATIVES C H E C K year by 7.4 per cent, the latter in the corresponding month of June 1, over that of the same date i increase being the highest record- 1938 by 11 per cent. in 1938, is shown from the records harvest times this year. IDENTIFYING MARKS t ed for a year-to-year comparison As a result of heavy rain in Holiday Cue For in the office of Frank Worsham, ON BODY since January, 1938. May the outlook for crops and I county clerk. at the court house. INSURED BUSINESS LOANS The decline from January livestock ranges in central -west, The records show that on June 1, OPPOSED BY JONES HAYWARD, Wis., June 30.—(A') vertime aborS 1938 there were 3879 passenger The Federal Bureau of Investiga- through April was less marked this south, and southwest Texas are cars in the count which brought WASHINGTON June 30.—(R')— tion today was checking the possi- year than in 1938 and the im- � greatly improved, but in a con -Y. ' provement in May accordingly siderable portion of those areas On Part Of Death'in $40,000.41; commercial trucks, Jesse Jones, top-ranking govern- bility that Ray Olson, slayer of two ,was not as pronounced as a year additional moisture would he ben- ( 338, $9,720.23; farm trucks, 308, I ment lender, bluntly told senators I deputies who was killed yesterday earlier. As a result the Reserve eficial. There are some areas in$2,508.86; motorcycles, 20, $100; Tuesday that government insurance I by a posse of woodsmen, was the AUSTIN, June 30.—A holiday trailers, 49, $505.80; total number of bank loans to business would not kidnap -slayer of Charles Mattson, Banks adjusted index of depart- Northwest Texas where moisture' is death's cue to work overtime,) of vehicles, 4594; total tax, $52, prime the pumps of business and ten, of Tacoma, Wash. conditions are unsatisfactory. state police warned today as hun- g35.30. industry. County officials announced FBI The Review quoted the June IIdreds of thousands of Texans re -I Shaw report of the Department of Agri-' P The June 1, 1939, record shows At the same time, the silver- agents had arrived to view Oison's Shaw Will Speak culture that the indicated yield passenger for a gay fourth of July. ,passenger cars, 4557, tax $47,- haired chairman of the Reconstruc- body, check fingerprints, Bertillon per acre for the 1939 wheat crop,ff Studying accident figures of a 633.77; commercial trucks, 407, tion Finance corporation and newly measurements and other marks of }s higher than for 1938 for Tex. that ago, state police pointed out $11,527.15• farm trucks 336, $2; appointed director of federal lend- identification. On Conservation g that 21 persons will be killed and 771.02; motorcycles, 30, $149.58; }ng said "we will administer the Young Mattson was kidnapped as and New Mexico, The estimat- more than 200 injured in traffic ed production for Texas was plat- trailers, 59, $631.70. Total number law to the best of our ability" if Dec. 27, 1936. His body was found at 30,860,000 bushels a crashes if death duplicates its har- of vehicles 5389; total tax $62- congress decided on a program of two weeks later. Saturday At A-1 eed d against g vest of the July fourth week -end -713.22. insured loans for small and me- e � a harvest of 35,046,000 in 1938. last ,year, -- --_"- ---- I The crop deteriorated somewhat Since Jul fourth fell on a Mon -I The report shows an increase of drum -sized businesses. ions Bryan m the earl art of 1130 in y 678 passenger cars; 69 commercial Jones testified before the senate y P Y por- day last year, holida ers had a' y trucks; 28 farm trucks 10 motor- banking committee on the bill by a Ays tions of the Panhandle, but rain lou week -end in which to travel Hear G ll1 an Talk R cycles, and 10 trailers. Total in- Senator Mead (D., N. Y.), which later in the month was beneficial far, play late and return home' y ' to the crop in some areas. The tired—all factors contributing to ' crease of motor vehicles for the would authorize the RFC to insure j June 1 condition was consider- year, 795, with total increase in 90 per cent of bank loans to buss- A# Madisonvillethe 138 reported crashes that I ably lower than a year ago. week -end. taxes of $9,877.92. ness. Cotton made fairly good growth As the fun got under way on the past six weeks. The I `"Photo is no such thing as e ` \ p peach Saturday, July 2, three persons t „ (Continued on Page 2) were killed, 68 were hurt and the!Dean Brooks Re-elected Secretary life sentence, Gus T. Jones, of the 0 lives of others were endangered in San Antonio office of the Federal 40 accidents. The next day—Sun- • Bureau Investigation, the 1MethE District Neetin day—the death toll jumped to 12 By School Administrators; Close g i odist church annex in Madisonville • while ?3 were injured and 40 • ' for the inst111ation services of nes \� On Conservation wrecks occurred. Annual Session Thursday Niqrht of, of the Madisonville Lioil By the time of July fourth it- .r club, attended by four Bryan Lion j self, things had quieted down a as well as many from other clubs. Draws From Here little, Only two were killed that COLLEGE STATION, June ' ATTENDS BAR MEET I day and only 52 were injured. The G-11an Jones was speaking of SUPREME COURT DECIDES The Texas School Administrators the operations of his bureau, lis Judge Davis has returned from RESTRICTION IS -- accident total was 32. who have been in conference at Austin, where he attended the Members of the Brazos county But as people hurried home, fa-! cussing in particular the gardo NOT VALID Agricultural Conservation Associa- Texas A. & M. College since Tues- . + and parole system in use over mo; meeting of the Texas Bar Associa- tigued by travel and their nerves) titin and appeared on the program, tion and AAA and Extension Serv- on edge, four mare died, 34 more; day closed their annual meeting (Continued on Pale 3) BOSTON, June 30.—(R')—The ice officials from Collo a Station Thursday night by electing a new _ speaking on the 'Delays of the g were had, 26 more crashes oc-I \ 11�{• Massachusetts supreme court, in FREDDiE M. SHAW attended the two-day district con- curred. - !chairman, members of the execu- �\ lComplications /n Law." an advisory opinion to the state servation meetin in Houston « (� j live committee and re-electing school legislature, held today as uncon• g There was nothing unprevent- COLLEGE STATION, June 30. which closed Thursday• afternoon, able" about that July fourth toll; T. D. Brooks, dean of the school C®anally H® 011 stitutional the prohibition or re -:The course in national resources Accordingto C. L. Beason count of arts and sciences and the grad- Dempsey Case, I y there is no reason wh it has to striction of employment of married' Y uate school at the college, as sec- \�S y and their conservation now being agent, the meeting was of high be repeated, officers declared. women in public service. held at -Texas A. & M. College will constructive value and man points P ! retary of the conference. No formal \\y Rill Continued R YP At the same time, state police Doctors Re,�oi The rulive gave the foes of i take up the problem of soil and of importance in connection with pointed to heavy tolls taken by resolutions were gassed this year. ;\ ` \\ working wives a setback, who for I water conservation at the Saturday the adroinistration of the 1939 other accidents in July, many , of H. D. Fillers, Wichita Falls, was �\ ,z two years had been trying to enact I morning session of the class. farm program made lain. I named chairman for the 1939-40 For Three Years g P R P them over the holiday week -end. \ the legislation, term. Members of the executive NEW YORK, June 30.—(R'). F odd• M Sh 'tat '1 Amo th tt di from �\ WASHINGTON, June 30.—(A') The president today signed legis- lation extending the Connally hot oil law three years. The legislation prohibits inter- state shipments of crude oil and product-, produced .in excess of state iallowables. r to aw, assts n sol ng ose a en ng Drownings claimed 40 persons dur-Jack Dempsey, former work THE WEATHEI conservationist, U. S. Soil Con- here and College Station were Ing the month, firearms took 25, committee elected included: P. E. 4 R servation Service, Tyler Area, Mad- Frank Seale, Columbus Seale, Elmo Wallace, Mt. Pleasant, past chair- heavyweight champion, who t burns fatally injured 21 and foodI !poisonings claimed four. man- G, B, College Sta- derwent ah emergency appen rsonville, will be the speaker for Weedon, A. J. Peters, C. L. Beason, � -•:� Fast Texas—Partly cloudy to- the opening day and will discuss George Slaughter, chairman of the tion; W. E. Wilcox,Lowery, Orange; E. K. cit}s operation last night, had a night and Saturday, Local thunder- agronomic practices in soil and State AAA committee E. N. Holm- REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS I Barden, Sugarland; F. L. Moffett, rious gangrenous and peritoni showers near upper coast. water conservation, green, B. F. Vance, Lester Young, M. F. Thurmond et al to H. P. Center; J. L, Stanbaugh, Pharr; H. complication, his physicians' West Texas—Generally fair to -I Classes are held in the civil en- T. E. Whitley, Jack .Hall, T. B. Pittman, half Lot 7, Lot 8, and W. Stillwell Texarkana; J. W. today. night and Saturday, Warmer in gineering lecture room at 10:10I Wood, R. S. Miller, George E. half Lot 9 Meadowbrook. Consid- O'Banion, Austin; Porter Garner, He had a "fair night, and v Panhandle. daily except Monday, Adams, C. Hohn and Paul Walser. eration $450, (Continued on Page 2) DEAN T. D. BROOKS resting comfortably."