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MORNING EDITION
of The
PAMPA DAIL1 NEWS
PAMPA MORNING POST
Serving Pampa and Northeastern Panhandle
THE NEW PAMPA
Fastest Growing City in Tex**;
Panhandle Oil and Wheat
Center.
VOL. 1, No. 127.
<AP) Features and Comics
PAMPA, GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1931.
(Full AP Leased Wire)
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GREGG COUNTY AGREES TO CUT
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SIX ATTEMPTS FAIL TO AMEND STATE HIGHWAY ISSUE
LATE BUZZARD STRIKES PANHANDLE BRINGING' HEAVY SNOW
4
NOTORIOUS GANGSTER CAUGHT
WHILE ASLEEP IN FARMHOUSE
BURKE WANTED FOIt ST. VALENTINE MASSACRE
OF GANGSTERS IN CHICAGO GARAGE; SEIZE
HIM BEFORE GUN COULD BE REACHED
NORTHER HITS STATES
EAST OF MOUNTAIN
AREA THURSDAY
TRAFFIC irPHLYZEO
THIRTY ARE MAROONED
IN DANCE HALL
FOR NIGHT
Temperature at 12:30 o'clock tills
morning had dropped to 9 degrees
above zero and was still on thu
downward path. At 7 o'clock lust
night the temperature registered 18
degrees. TIvj t herm sinister at 4
o'clock in the afternoon stood ;it
38 degrees according to readings at
tho Santa Fc depot.
A cold north wind whipped enow
over this territory making driving
dangerous. Cattle were reported
drifting and it may be that several
herds will be in danger of ireezing.
Cars were fiozen wlillc parked for
a short time On the streets wlu'.c
others could not be started.
AMARILLO, Mar. 26. (/Pi—A bliz-
zard fitruck hero at 10:45 o'clock
tonight bringing a new menace to
livestock after fruit tlossoms rvl-
ready were ddomed. The mercury
dropped to 11 degrees above wro
at It p.m., and threatened to fall
below the latest weather forecast
of 10 degrees before morning. Tcx-
llnc at 10 o'clock had 7 degrees and
cxpected zero before morning.
By The Associated Press
Snow and ley winds arrived In
the Texas Panhandle last night -js
the winter's latest cold wave moved
gradually Into Texas.
The norther struck first at Pam-
pa, .bringing a heavy snow at nlcnt
fall. By 11 p.m. it had reached
Amarlllo, tlie temperature dropping
to 11 degrees, with indications of
falling still lower by morning. At
that time thermometers were down
to 7 a t Texline. which expected zero
temperatures within a few hours.
Ranchmen feared loss to livestock
from the severe cold. A light suow
wa* failing at Lubbock early In the
night.
Conditions In other sections in-
cluded:
Dallas, thundershowers, 50 de-
grees", Fort Worth, oloudy, warm;
Waco, clear, wtarm: Austin, "hot
and eunshiny day"; Han Antonio,
warm: Corsicana, sunshine aftjr
showers; Kilgore, % • inch rain:
Tcn-lplc, clear after light rains:
Texarkana, rain, turning cola or,
Parts. U;;lit iialUttorm with little
damage, rain of .45 inch.
Itigh Winds
In the far southwest, El Pa'.o re-
ported high winds with drizzling
rain, and lowering temperature.
Slightly above-freezing weather was
expected in the upiwr Rio Grande
Valley.
Qaiveatcn, on the coast, reporter!
a light southeast breeze after high
winds and rain yesterday morning.
Beaumont liad showers, tempera-
ture 64.
A freeze was expected over much
of the northern and western po-
tions of the state before the "north-
er" blows itself out.
KANSAS CITY, Mar. 20. (A'i—
Winter. whose reign during January
and February had been disputed by
.•print*, retaliated furiously In states
tflot of the Rocky mountains tod.r;.
Wires Are Down
Roaring winds, rising to 72 miles
an hour, played havoc with com-
munications facilities in Eastern
Wyoming, Eastern Colorado, West-
cm Kansas, Western Oklahoma,
and Western Nebraska. They drovr
a barrage of snow across railroads
an,d highway^ paralyzing traffic.
Their icy breath sent tho tomucrn-
ture down to low records for the
year which threatened to be pass-
ed by new lows tonight.
It was the most severe storm of
the year In the ranch and range
country of the West but no lives
had been reported lost early 'his
afternoon and it was believed ad-
vance warning of the storm had
averted otherwise enormous live-
f'.Jck damage.
Traffic Stopped
Planes were grounded. Jlotor
lourMs were halted In tlielr tracks.
Schools were closed in rural sec-
tions.
Tnirty persons spent last night
Sec HARD FREEZE, Page 6
ST. JOSEPH. Mo., Mar. 26. '.T;—
Frcci Burke, known as the nd t
dangerous criminal in America be-
cause of his alleged wholesale mur-
ders and robberies, was captured
without a struggle today at a fa'm-
lv.niso near Milan, Mo. FV>ur St.
Joseph policemen, a sheriff .Mid a
nnnl constable surprised the killer
in Iv'd. Ho surrendered without a
shot being fired.
Word of his arrest sent Chicago
detectives racing to St. Joseph by
automobile, in the hope of being
first to claim the prisoner. Thc.v
tarried warrants winch charge
Purler with being the assassin who
lined up seven Moran gangsters in
a Chicago garage St. VJalentinc's
day, 1929, and riddled their bodies
with machine gun fire.
Meanwhile, Prosecutor W. N. Cun-
ningham and Sheriff Fred Cutler
left Benton Harbor, Mich., in an
effort to return him to stand trial
fcr the slaying of a policeman !n
St. Joseph, Mich.
Burke is charged with a dozen
or more murders, and robberies
totaling at leart a million dollars.
'Hie capture which ended a na-
tionv*ide search the man so
badly wanted that $90,000 in re-
wards have been offered for his ap-
prehension, was the result of a
dinner's observation, E. M. Mathews,
chief of the St. Joseph police Mid
today.
: Noticing tlia t Burke displayed
bills of large denomination and
: never left his automobile when
I visiting neighboring towns, the
farmer reported his .suspicions to
I the department cf Justice which re-
quested St. Joseph ofl leers to in-
j vestig&te.
! Officers armed with machine Ri.'ns
rushed into Burke's room at dawn
this morning, seized him before he
could reach for Ills gun on a near-
j 'jy chair, after three months of
I watching the gunman. Besides his
1 gun, o'.fleers found $765 in Burke's
| clot hey.
Burke apparently believed he w«s
to be meted gang vengeance. He
! expressed relief when he found his
captor:, were officers Instead of
gangsters.
Burke talked from the St. Jtorveph
J city jail by telephone with .John
! Norton, Chicago chict of detectives.
Officers reported that he told Nor-
; ton, "I am not a damn bit afraid
| to ccrne back to Chicago".
The gangster, said to be posset: cd
of mania for murder, graduated
from the Eagan Rats school cf
IS flULEO OUT
SENATOR SMALL HITS
PROPONENTS OF
BOND ISSUE
STATUS ISJNCHU
200 MILLION DOLLAR
PROGRAM PLANNED
FOR STATE
Four Identify
Lingle Slayer
(See Notorious, Page 6)
Sunshine, fog.
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Clouds, mist, rain.
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Snow, sleet, hall.
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Lots of weather, say you? Yes,
quite enough for a whole month in
the average, country. But. this isn't
"average." Down at Lubbock Wed-
nesday all of the above types of
weather phenomena were reported.
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Yesterday while it rained, driz-
zled, misted, fogged up, lcea.rcd,
clouded, and otherwise obscured
the sky, the Pimpan opened a
picture service and found a pic-
ture of a battling girl labeled
"Spring." The picture is for u e
when spring really arrives. Yes,
WHEN spring REALLY arrives.
But in the Panhandle, when
spring arrives winter will be. along
soon.
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The Associated Press, with leased
wires into every corner of this great
state, yesterday nsloed for ten-word
weather reports from all member
pa pel's. In less than an hour these
reports were compiled, Minunartzed,
and written Into a story. Ten words
will Just about allow mention of oil
kinds of weather in a blustering
north plains day.
• * *
'Nothing is the matter with
Famp , 1 Nothing is ithe ! matter
with the United States. Recurring
fluctuation* In the business charts
becume,depressions when the peo-
ple get seared. City Manager F.
M. Gwin told the Lions club yes-
terday. There Is rratly little dif-
ference in the conditions which
produced both periods of depres-
sion and prosperity, he pointed
cut—the deciding factor is in the
minds of the people.
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Oil that if produced now would
sell at a small margin of profit will
be taken from subterraneun stores
and sold for more later. Agriculture
can be developed to support Pampa
just as Plainvicw. with no oil, is
maintained as a city of this size.
O * St
Business In general has gained
H per cent since December 15, last.
It stands at 82.I per cent of nor-
mal now. As Mr. Owin showed,
82.4 rents will now buy a dollor--
look at the opportunity for wise
Investments. Never in the history
of the nation have more bargainj
been available.
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* The Fort Worth & Denver rail-
road In building 110 mile* of cobtly
railroad to Pampa is certainly show-
ing great faith In this community.
Pain pans can aCforri to show no
less.
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As In all elections, the paving
bonds can fail to narry if friends
of tlw proposition neglect to vote.
The wanton's votes are important
and could very easily swing the
(See Column, Page 6)
SUSPECT PLEADS NOT
GUILTY TO SLAYING
STUDENT NURSE
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Mar. 26.
'—The extensive two-day search for
Elliott R. Hathaway. 28. alleged
strangler of Verna Rvssell. 20. at-
tractive Fall River student nurse,
ended today with his surrender 10
Attorney General Benjamin M.
McLyman.
Several hours after Hathaway had
given himself up at a. North Attic-
boro, Mars., hotel, he was arraign-
ed In Newport district court on a
charge of murder in the. iflrst de-
gree. Ho pleaded not guilty and
was held without bail.
McLyman said that "fror.i the
evidence at hand it looks to me
as If the girl.was stiangled In an
efort. to criminally assault he'-".
Mi.w Russell's bruised body was
found In a Tiverton lane Tuesday
morning, ten hours Liter she loft
the True.sdalc hospital '.n Fall River,
where she was a student, to go
automobile riding with Hathaway,
an intimate friend. It was to have
been a. reconciliation meeting, the
aftermath of a recent quancl.
Hathaway i;i the eon of State
Representative Louis F. Hathaway
o| Fall River.
Tho attorney general said Hatha-
way retracted a story lie told Vern-
on C. Galvin. a Fall River irlend
of a hold up by two men in which
Mlsg Russell was struck land he
told to "beat it". Oalvin is under
$5,000 ball as a material witness ir.
the ease.
Dale Is Acquitted
Of Theft Charge
An instructed verdict or not
guilty freed ocorge Dale, charged
with receiving and concealing a
saddle, stolen from Jim SauivScvu
seme time ago. In 31st district court
yesterday afternoon. After hearinc
Dale's plea of not guilty, Wakeman
Jones, sentenced to two years list
week, testlfted that he atolj the
saddle and that the trunk In which
It was found belonged to him.
Following the verdict, District At-
torney Raymond AUrcd asked that
three similar charge# against Dole
be dismissed. Dale and Jones
were arrested,after the rlndin; of
a saddle, check protector and sev-
eral tool kits in the room occupied
by Jones in tho Dale home near
LcFors.
Dale was represented by the law
firm of Cook. Smith, Tccd, Wado
and Spurgcon.
Earthquakes shook the northern
and the southern regions of the
Philippine Islands, injuring several
persons and causing considerable
damage.
Tom Rose is ill with influenza
at his home here.
AUSTIN. Mar. 26. ^/Pv-Sax at-
tempts were made today to amend
the $200,000,000 state wide highway
bond issue resolution, but Its status
was unchanged tonight when the
.senate recessed until tomorrow. The
resolution was pending business for
tomorrow.
Senator purl of Dallas proposed
to amend the amount by Increas-
ing its total to $212,000,000 eo that
state would be enabled to retire
bonded indebtedness of counties in-
curred beween 1898 and 1917. Sen-
ator Woodniff e.f Deeator propos-
ed in an amendment to cut the
Binount of the bond issue to $100.-
000,000. Both amendment were ri.l-
ed out of order by the chair. Tt
was held that an amendment by
Senator Woodul of Houston vcpos
lng to fix the date from which the
ftate would take up tlve bonded
indebtedness of countlcs, was be-
fore the senate.
Kill Amendment
The senate voted down an amend-
ment by Senator Parrlah of Lub-
bock which proposed to retire ail
bonded Indebtedness, irrespective of
the year In which the bonds were
issued. A futile attempt? was made
to have the senate reconsider tho
vote on the Parrish amendment.
Charges were made today that
the people were not advised that
the Mate would reimburse counties
for bonds issued before 1917. Sen-
ator Debcrry of Bogata said, there
had never been an Intimation that
the dato was to be set at July i,
1917, until today.
Publicity Wrong
Senator Posgo of Waco said there
had been misleading pjbltci'y re-
garding tho resolution.
Senator Small said he prepared to
fix the day at January 1, 1935, be-
cause it was then the highway de-
partment took over highway main-
tenance. Small raid he wanted to
see something left to iv spent on
highways. He stated he believed
a "good many millions" of nwiwy
had been wasted and used In ex-
perimenting.
Small charged the proponents of
tho bond Issue load "coated it up"
with their refund proposal and
that they wanted to litre tlve peo-
ple to vote for it.
Small later withdrew his pvoposed
amendment.
File Court Suits
To Recover Fees
KANSAS CITY, "Mar. 26. (/ft—
Ex-Senator James A. Reed and
Charles W. German today filed
suits In Federal court to recover
fees In excess of $1,000,000 each
which they claim is duo them for
their legal work In the Dubbs oil
patent litigation recently settled in
favor of the Universal Oil Product!
company.
Following a 14-year legal fight
against the Standard Oil oompTj
of Indiana and other oompaniec.
in which the two Kansas City at-
torneys wcro working lor Universal,
the Universal was awarded a $?3,-
000,000 settlement!
The ixititlons filed today contend
Income in royalties from tho patent
added another $30,000,000 to tho
benefits derived by Universal from
the process, and mention possible
other profits unknown to the plain-
tiffs.
Following the suit settlement In
Chicago, It was reported Reed and
Oerman rach received $7150,000 as
fees. Today's cult Indioatca such
a fee was not paid, or was rejected
aa insufficient.
MRS. DUNCAN ILL
Tli? condition of Mrs. Caroline
Duncan, br.tter known In this sec-
tion of tho Panhandle as "Grand-
ma" Duncan, was reported as criti-
cal last night. Mrs. Duncan has
been bedfast for several months.
Mr. J. N. Duncan, Mrs. Duncan's
eon, h 111 at his home with Intiu*
ena.
Oil Tank
Fired By
Lightning
PLAQUEMINE, La.. Ma/. 26
(/Pi—A burning 55,000 barrel
tank of crude oil, struck by light-
nuig during a rainstorm, tonight
illuminated the town of Plaque-
mine with flames thrown high
into the air.
A violent explosion occurred
when the lightning struck the
tank, but no onb was Injured.
Firemen imable to check the
blaze, confined their effort.-; to
attempting to drain off as much
of the oil as possible, and tc
holding back the large crowds
of curious that quickly gathered
from a wide countryslde area.
The tank waft Iccnted on the
outskirts of Plaqucmine, end
was owned by the Westwego
Barpre Line company.
The loss was estimated ut $40,-
000. Authorities said there was
no danger cf the fire spread-
lng.
IN ROM) ISSUE
WILL VOTE SATURDAY
ON COUNTY - WIDE
BOND ISSUE
Increased Interest in the county
wide road bond issue to be voted
on Saturday is manifest In Pampa.
Citizens on the streets and Ui stoics
are talking about the Issue which
would take Gray county "out of
the mud" for all times.
They declare that tho pia&lnt; of
the insue would mean an end to
<^ld man depression, as most of the
money would be spent within the
next two years and that the largest
part would remain In Gray bounty.
Work on the proposed roods would
be done by county labor and would
help the unemployed situation.
Of the $2,225,000 to be voted It
Is estimated that approximately two
nillion dolars would be in circu-
lation in Oray county. Eveiy town
and city in the county would be
connected by all-weather roads and
two trans-eontlnental highways
would not lmvc to "pull mud" thru
Oray county.
There will be three voting boxes
in Tampa, Residents of noithenst
Pampa, north of the Santa Fe
tracks and east of North Cryler
street and the Miami road will vote
at the rear of the First National
bank. Voters living In the north-
west part of the city and county
which Is north of the Saiu-.< Fe
tr&cks, west of Cuyler stree-, and
the Miami road to near Kinssmill
and north to the Roberts county
line. w1l vote In the court, house.
The third box, located in the
first, block on South Cuyler street,
will take care of voters In South
Pampa and the oilfield touth to 'he
precinct line. Tills is the largest
box in the county.
Dallas Business
Man Succumbs
DALLAS, March 26—(A'i—R. W.
Higginbotham, 72, prominent in
Dallas business and civic affairs,
died late today at his home here
of a heart attack. He was president,
of the HiggUibotham, Bailey, Logan
company, the Higginbotham Bart-
Ictt Lumber company, the Higgin-
botham Millinery company, Higgin-
botham Brothers and company, and
tho De Leon Peanut company,
chairman of tits directors of the
Higginbotham Pearlstone hardware
company, and a director o fthe First
National bank.
Surviving aro five daughters,
three sons, four sisters, a brother,
and 10 grand children. Funeral ar-
rangements were incomplete.
j CRIMINAL COURTS BUIL1TNG,
Chicago, Mar. 26. i/l'i—Four slate
witnesses in Judge Joseph1 Sab.ith's
> court today identified Leo Brothers
as the "blonde man" on the y.ione
! when Alfred (Jake) Lingle was kill-
I ed in a pedestrian tunnel last June.
1 Chief among them was Clnik
Applegate, a Kentucky race horse
trainer, who raid he was not more
than eight feet behind Lingle whon
the reporter was shot down. Apple-
gate identified Brothers as the man
who dro|)cpd the death weapon b.,t
did not say he saw the shot fired.
Other witnesses, all of whom r.aid
they saw Brothers runnliiR awry
from the pedestrian tunnel where
Lingle was killed, were Otto Svvo-
boda, whore cross-examination was
completed this morning. Patrick
i Campbell, a young truck dri'rr ,ind
I plumber, and Daniel Mills, a ta>;i-
1 driver.
| Applegate was the flirt state wit-
ness to testify to seeing the p'stol
' dropi>ed by the defendant. Although
; h$ did not know ltj imtl) later,
Applegate and his wife were from
six to eight feet behind the re-
porter, lie said.
"A inan rushed by me uud my
wife. There was a shot. A man
fell. My wife cried 'my God, thej-
'vc killed a man!'
"I saw a man throw down a gun
and run up the stairs to the street.
I followed him to the sidewalk,
saw a policeman run after him and
then went back to my wlli." He
asked his wifo if the man was
dead, Applefale said, and 3he re-
plied that he was. They went on
to the races, not knowing that tha
body was that of their friend
Lingle.
Applegate Mid he hud known
Linglo for a long time and tliat
they were good friends, cx':li"ng-
ing tips on the races and borrow-
ing money from each other.
Nisbct Case Will
Be Tried Again
Paul Nisbet, charged in connec-
tion with ithe slaying of C. H.
Taylor near LcFors, *111 be tried
$ second time during this term of
court, District Attorney Raymond
AUrcd said yesterday. A jury fa:l-
ed to agree yesterday and war, dis-
missed.
Fred 1'ariter. an important witness
in the case was located yestcrdav
and will be here for the next trial
tho district attorney said. A. C.
Thurmond of LeFors connected
Parker with the case in his testi-
mony Wednesday.
A count, charging Nt.<:bet as nn
accessory, was dismissed dining t'ic
recent trial due to a technical point.
Mr. Allred said the accessory clianjc
would be used again.
Boy Giant
Center Of
Court Battle
LOS ANOELES. Mar. ?.G. (/P.
—Fourteen-year old Adolph' E.
Rooiuc Is willing to bee u a
giant.
He's outstripped most men
alrendy, being more than six lcet
tall and weighing 235 pounds.
Adolphe was tho largest per-
son in the court room and the
center of a legal battle between
his father and mdther over
whether he;should be subject-id
to gland injections to halt growth.
"You've seen big giants, have-
n't you?" queried Judge JjCfter
W. Roth.
"Yes," replied the lad.
"Are yoi| willing to take a
chance on becoming like thn.'"
"Yes,"
Tlie boy's father. Dr. At'olf.he
E. Roome. former police surgeon,
Is seeking legal permission to
Inject a scrum to stunt growth,
tho divorced wife, Mrs. Heieu
Roome, former trained nurse,
has custody of the boy and op-
pores such Injections.
Archeology, working near tihe
town of Presto have discovered sev-
eral ancient Greek houses and
small temples containing works of
art.
Down the grand canal of Venice
came Charlie Chaplin in a tri-
umphal procession rcminUco.it of
that of tho Pled Piper 'A Hamliu.
GAINESVILLE. Mar. 26. (/P.—
Mike Pressler, 27. of San ,Kra:iriscr\
is dead and his wife Is suffering
fruir. a head wound as the result of
tt shooting: late this afternoon .«t
tho farm home of Collins Orifiin,
'*■ miles northwest of Gainesville,
"ear the Bulclier oil fields
Little information could be learn-
ed or. tho shooting until the return
to Oalnesvllle of Sheriff B. B.
Browning.
It was learned however, mat, Mrs.
Premier and her two chlUlirr., t
and 6, had been at the Griffin home
tor about three weeks and that.
Prwsier readied there tills after-
noon.
HOLD PARLEY
DELEGATES AT ROME
BATTLE AGAINST
GRAIN BOYCOTT
ROME, Mar. 26. (fll—The "bread
baskets of the world" battled this
afternoon against a proposed Eu-
ropean boycott on Imported wheat.
Presenting a united front against
the proposal, made in an execu-
tive session yesterday, by delegatus
from European countries, declaring
In favor of a. system of preferential
tariffs which would limit European
trade in wheat to wheat which Is
grown hi Em-oiie, the delegates of
CaiiHda, South Africa, India and
Australia and two representative'!
of United Steals wheat growers,
Joined their causes today.
The meeting of the "big powers"
of the wheat industry followed the
general session of the world wheat
conference this afternoon. It last-
ed several hours and there was a
heated discussion, embodying tlw
views of tho great exporting na-
tion*., for special tariffs which
would militate against overseas ex-
porters.
Thd delegate*; agreed )to hold
over tho lieads oil the Balkan coun-
tries the threat., tliat, if they Join-
ed in tlie boycott, pressure would
be used to secure the abrogation of
existing most favored nation treat-
ies giving privileges to those coun-
tries.
Tlie Europeans expected to pre-
sent their views at tomorrow'meet-
ing. with Rumanian Minister of
Agriculture Madgcara leading the
fight.
DeVillc Trial Is
Scheduled Today
Trial of Joe DcVille. charged in
31st district court with driving a
car while In an intoxicated condi-
tion. Is scheduled to bo heard this
morning at 9 o'clock. DcVille was
indicted I act, Friday afternoon.
DcVille was arrested last week
after the car ho is alleged to haivc
been driving crashcd into the rear
of a car parked in front of the
Clauson Motor company on North
Somcrvlllc street.
Loans of $300,000 by the Bank of
United states to a young clerk who
received $33-a*week aro under in-
vetftigaitton by the attorney gen*
eral's oltfy.
Magnolia Well Is
Still Flowing Big
The Magnolia Petroleum com-
pany's No. 2 Latham in section 153,
block 3, which blew in a week ago
with a potential of 15,000 barrels
has been shut in and iu now pro-
ducing about 3.000 barrels a day, ac-
cording to A. G. Pott, Magnolia
superintendent. Tlie gusher was
brought under control shortly after
pay was struck.
Production was found 70 higher
than in any other well In the ter-
ritory directly southeast of Pampa.
The big well is an, offset to the
Skelly discovery well which came
In last fall for about 10,000 barrels
If allowed to flow, It Is believed
the well would produce nearly 20 -
000 barrels.
James Given Life
Term For Murder
SAN ANTONIO, March 26—<Av-
Alexander James, charged with
murder of Vester Coultrane, soldier,
during a ChriKtmas eve party was
assessed 90 ycrs In tlie penitentiary
here tonight.
Mrs. A. Burgots, mother of the de-
fendant, who sat beside her son
throughout tho trial, went Into hy-
sterics when the verdict was read,
screaming and tearing her hair.
James took the verdict as camly as
he had followed the trial and seem-
ed more concerned over his mother
than himself. The defendant's
young wife made no demonstration
until Mrs. Burges* was quited, and
then the younger woman began to
weep.
NOMINATION FOR THIS
AREA IS SCHEDULE
FOR 35,000
ESTES PROTESTS MOVE
FLAYS AGREEMENT OF
GREGG .COUNTY
OPERATORS
AUSTIN, Mar. 86. (/P)—The lall-
road commission apparently re-
lieved itself of part of the trouble-
some East Texas problem today
when the Lathrop area north of
the Sabine river in Gregg conn*
ty agreed to accept proration.
Attorneys said the Lathrop area
contained about one-fifth of the
proven territory of the new East
Texas district. The figure agreed cn
was 15,000 barrels daily (for the
first 30 days, 20,000 daily for the
second 30 days, and 25,000 dafty
for the third 30 days.
Tells Agreement
Lloyd Price of Fort Worth, form-
er state senator, announced tho
agreement. He stated he was speak-
ing on behalf of most of the major
operators in the field. He Is at-
torney for the Arkansas Fuel arid
Oil company. He mentioned tho
Yount-t«e company and the ABM*
tada company as other Ug opera-
tors in that field.
Price admitted he had not con-
sulted land owners and lease hold-
ers. Carl Estes of the East TcxAs
Land, Royalty and Lease Owners
association, protested, saying the
members of his association wore
not parties to "any such agree-
ment".
Must Be Approved
The agreement cannot Become
effectlvo until it is approved by the
railroad commission. It was ap-
proved by tlie central proration
committee.
Counsel for the East Texan* op-
posing proration said they would
continue their fight without regHTd
to the Lathrop agreement.
Today's session of the commit-
slon's proration hearing was merit-
ed by a four hour wrangle be-
ween Robert R. Penn, chairman of
the central proration committee, on
tho witness stand and Dan Moody,
former governor and leading at-
torney for the anti-proratlonists,
his crass-questioner.
Get Sarcastic
Proceedings frequently were en-
livened by pointed, sarcastic <jaes-
tioas or side bar remarks by the
former governor and equally sharp
answers by his former rchoolmate.
The cros.1 fire became heated M-
lorc the noon recess, but a leeUiig
of good humor prevailed the after-
noon session.1
Moody tried to get Penn to ndialt
one of the principal purposes • Of
proration and was to malntaih
price, but the witness repeated
tliat its purpose was to provent
physical waste and that a good prtbo
was only an "Incidental hopei".
Twlco Penn suggested to Mocdy
that he seek a grand Jury indict-
ment if he thought that Penn,' as
chairman of the central proration
committee, wax j imposing proration
to fix the price and therefore vio-
lating the anti-trust laws.
Penn suggested that Moody In-
troduce his '"associate Pat Molidy
of tlie Sinclair Oil rompany". Mot-
loy, whose homo Is Tulsa, had been
conferring with Moody as the
examination wore on.
Hopes Higher Price
Perm admitted he hoped prora-
tion would cause the price of oil
to go buck up. "I live off the oil
/(See Curb Hearing, Page 9)
™E WEATHER
WEST TEXAS: Mostly fair, cold
wavo In south portion with severe
freeze in north portion Friday;
Saturday fair, rising temperature in
north portion. Northerly gatfe
Friday.
EAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy pre-
ceded by rain In east and snow lb
northwest portion, oold wave with
severe freew in interior and free**
lng to coast Friday; Saturday In,
continued cold.
OKLAHOMA: Fair preoedsd fa*
snow flurries, severe cold wafc* In
east and south portions
Saturday lUir, rising temperaturis
strong northerly finds to gtiit
Friday.
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Hinkle, Olin E. Pampa Morning Post (Pampa, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 127, Ed. 1 Friday, March 27, 1931, newspaper, March 27, 1931; Pampa, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292941/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.