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MORNING EDITION
of The
PAMPA DAIH NEWS
PAMPA MORNING POST
Serving Pampa and Northeastern Panhandle
V THB NEW PAMPA V
Fattest Growing City in Tow;
Panhandle Oil and Wheat
Center.
1, No. 136.
(AP) Features and Comics
PAMPA, GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 9. 1931.
(Full AP Leased Wire)
PRICE FIVE CENTS
PASS RESOLUTION TO ABOLISH TAX
SENATE VOTES TO* SUBMIT $*200,600,66*0 ROAD* BOND ISSUE
STATE PREPARES TO FIGHT CURB INJUNCTION
1 HUNDRED MILLION TO
:sm BE VOTED ON NEW
CONSTRUCTION
TOPICS Q^U^CITY
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Ancient Treasure
Ship Cargo Found
PERTH, Western Australia, (/pt
—Quantities of ancient coins, ingots
of gold and silver, and human
bones, grim relics of the 111*fated
Dutch treasure ship Der Vergulde
Draek (The C|old Drake), which
was wrecked near here In the middle
of tlie seventeenth century, have
been recovered.
Hundreds of perrons have been
sifting the sands in search of the
ancient treasure at the mouth of
the Moore river on the north coast
of Western Australia.
The ship's cargo of treasure was
lost and most of the crew perished
or were killed by natives. A small
party of survivors reached Batavia.
HOUSE HITS PROPOSAL
| ENGROSSES BILL FOR
ASSUMING DEBTS
BY GAS TAX
AUSTIN, April 8. (/TV-The sen-
ate today voted 22 to 8, to submit
the $212,000,000 state highway bond
Issue. This was one more than the
i necessary number of favorable votes
i and Senator Greer of Kemp, who
had voted for the propoeal on en-
grossment, was absent.
The proposed constitutional
amendment, favored by Governor
Sterling, must receive a two thirds
majority in the house In order to
be submitted to the people.
Repay Counties
The resolution would permit the
electorate to vote on two proposed
amendments, one to authorize the
issuance of $112,000,000 in bonds
for repaying the counties the money
they hude spent cn state roads,
and the other a $100,000,000 bond is-
sue for new construction.
The house yesterday took what
many considered a slap at the bond
issue by engrossing a bill to use
current state gasoline tax revenues
in assuming tho road Indebtedness
of counties. Proponents of the
bond issue planned to confer to-
morrow night on plans for a cam-
paign tor submission by the house.
Solotts Chance
Senator^ who had voted against
the resolution engrossment but who
voted for it today were DeBerry of
Bogota, Parrlsh of Lubbock, and
Hardin of Stephenville. Others who
voted "aye" were Beok of JDeKalb,
Berkeley of Alpine, Cousins of Beau-
mont, Gainer of Bryan, Holbrook
of Galveston, Loy of Sherman,
Moore of Greenville, Neal of Car-
thage, Oneal of Wichita Falls, Parr
of Benavides, Pntton of Crockett,
Pollard of .Tyler, Purl of Dallas,
Russek of Schulenberg, Stevenson
of Victoria, Thomason of Nacog-
doches, Williamson of San Antonio,
Woodul of Houston and Woodward
of Coleman. Senator Woodul steer-
ed the resolution to final passage.
Those who voted no were: Cun-
ningham of Abilene, Hopkins of
Gonzales, Hornsby of Austin, Mar-
tin of Hilisboro, Poage of Waco,
Rawllngs of Port Worth, Small of
Wellington, and Woodruff of De-
catur.
The election would be held in
November 1931. The state might
use the gasoline or motorfuel tax
and its present share .of the auto-
mobile license fees in retiring the
bonds.
Approve Bills
The senate this afternoon unani-
mously approved the second of the
general appropriations bills, the bill
to appropriate $11,505,660 for the
support of the 19 eleemosynary In-
stitutions during the next biennlum.
The house engrossed a bfll to
permit defendants in delinquent tax
suits to plead the statute of limi-
tations. Tiie limitation was set at
nx years.
A bill to establish a combined
cancer, lwllagra and psychopathic
hospital at Dallas, when the state
has the funds available, was passed.
The house passed a bill by Sena-
tor Woodul of Houston to validate
the Jury wheel system in counties
having a pe culation,of 88,000 and
containing a city of 20,000 or more
population, recently ruled unconsti-
tutional by the court of criminal
appeals. Representative Petsch of
Frederlcksbiug said the bill was
necessary to prevent numerous re-
versals in cases where special
venires were drawn to try persons
on murder charges.
Pampa residents, it seemi to
The POST, have no sympathy for
Big Bill Thompson of Chicago and
Burin' Jack Walton of Oklahoma
City. At any rate, the telephone
calls which poured into the news-
paper Tuesday night showed al-
most .unanimous satisfaction with
the defeat of both men,
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News of the two elections and of
the Pampa track meet furnished in-
spiration for scores of telephone
calls. One man set by a phone all
evening and was busy the whole
time. This shows tiie way local folk
depend upon The Post to keep them
informed. The night Associated
Press wire is liiglily desirable and
that is another reason why The
NEWS-POST is "FIRST IN PAM-
PA."
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Corruption and radicalism in
j city government find no approval
in the average American commun-
ity. These elements are foreign to
good government and democratic
procedure. . . Victory lot the dem-
ocratic candidate in Chicago on
a moral issue platform shows that
the party succeeds best when it i
aligns itself with good govern-
ment as opposed to ;liquor-racke-
tccring-graft combinations. There
' is little reason to believe that
American government is dvstined
to fail.
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Advertisements of new "pajama
frocks" handed to the Pampan
prove a point in favor of tiie fash-
ion Uhich this column has been :>]>-
posing as an invasion of the male
realm. The ad called to our atten-
tion says: "The legs of these pa-
Jamas measure' 90 inches around
each bottom, so they are really more
like two hklrts than pajama legs.
They look like a skirt, with all the
freedom of movement given to pa-
jamas. You will see them. every-
where tills summer. Made or diu-a-
ble cotton broadcloth."
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Since two of the niottos of this
department are "EAT MORE
BEEF" and "WEAR MORE COT-
TON," the | Pampan is glad to
yield' a point and approve the
above-described pajamas. But un-
derstand this: The style we rec-
ommends looks like two skirts
sewed together at the top, and
hence uses more cotton than the
modern abbreviated dress, Tl|e
writer will print a photograph of
the first two young ladies who
enter this office wearing Pampan-
approwd pajamas.
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Despite the common sense in the
cotton vogue, the Pampan is un-
able to believe that It will last long.
Moreover, there will be all sorts of
absurdities, like flowing pajama legs
that drag the ground coupled with
sun-backs and other low-cut de-
signs. nils column believes in fresh
air, however, and does not advocate
street-sweeping by other means
than the vehicle the city provides
for the purpose.
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J. C. Rothwell, "The Wasp" col-
PARADE OF WINNERS
WILL BE HELD
TODAY
WILL AUCTION CHILE
MANY DELEGATIONS AT
PANHANDLE-PLAINS
DAIRY EXHIBIT
(See COLUMN, Page 0)
INJURIES OF SEVEN MAY
PROVE FATAL IN
BERKELEY
BERKLEY. Cal., April 8. WPV—
Twelve workmen were Injured, seven
probably fatally, today when the
third floor of the new mechanic's
building of tlie University of Cali-
fornia, under construction, collapsed
and burled them.
One man was reported missing.
He was Joreph Cabral and was be-
lieved to have been killed under
the hug4 mass of wet concrete
that crashed to the basement of
tlie three-story building with a
terrific roar.
The seven men rtiiorted at hos-
pitals to be dying were: Harry Sykes
29, Hayward; Tony Oomez, 28,
Oakland; Adolph Peterson, 34, Oak-
land; Frank AVftrtllno, Oakland;
Navlrl Wells, 40, negro, Berkley; J.
RUey, age and address unknown,
and an unldentiriM man.
,The building, 300 by 100 feet, was
being constructed by Barrett and
Klip, 8an Francisco contractors.
PLAINV1EW, April 8, W>)—P. C.
Bennett of Amarilio, Potter coun-
ty agent, was elected president of
the Texas (Panhandle Plains dairy
show at the annual banquet and
business session of the associa-
tion held tonight, lie succeeds S.
J. Payne, Swisher county dairy
farmer. J. E. Rigler of Plainvlew
was named vice president, and
Grady Shipp, secretary of the
Plainview Chamber of Commerce,
was re-elected secretary.
Four new directors were elect-
ed for one-year Itern^i: W. C.
Hale, Dinuniti; George W. Briggs.
Pampa: B. Sherrod, Lubbock; and
W. B. Lee, Spur. Six one-year di-
rectors were re-elected: E. W.
Thomas, Memphis: S. J. Under-
wood, Hale Center; Joe W.
Vaughn, Tulla; E. R. Duke, Chan-
ning; George P. Grout, Panhan-
dle; and W. W. Hester, Lamesa.
O. B. Norman, Lubbock, will re-
place W. W. Evans, Tahoku, on
the two-year director iist; ,and
Henry Ansley, Amarilio, will re-
place President Bennett.
PLAINVIEW, April 8. </P)—Final
events of the fourth annual Texas
Panhandle-Plains dairy show were
In prospect tonight as Judges com-
pleted awards in all divisions and
superintendents were busy distribut-
ing, ribbons and premiums.
Beginning at 9 am. tomorrow, all
winners of the show will be parad-
ed through tlie business district.
The annual auction of registered
cattle will be held In the show ring
tomorrow afternoon, us a conclud-
ing feature of the exliibition.
Many Attend
Threatening rain clouds today
failed to cut attendance and large
delegations came in motorcades
Shamrock, Tulia, Canyon, Amarilio,
Lubbock and many smaller towns of
the section. Shamrock's municipal
band and high school bonds from
Tulip, Lubbock and Plainvlew com-
peted during the afternoon, while
thousands thronged the streets to
watch the rivalry.
Winning over the strongest com-
petition ever offered In any class
In the Plainvlew show, R. C. But-
tercup's Raleigh, a bull owned by
E. W. Hester of Lamesa, wus award-
ed the senior and grand champion-
ships of the Jersey division.
The Junior championship went to
a calf less than a year old, Allen's
Premier Lad, owned by O. L. Stan-
sell of Floydada. He won over a
field of more than 75.
Much Competition
The Holsteln, Freisian division re-
sulted in strong competition be-
tween H. B. Hales, Randall county
rtilryman of near AmarfJo, kind
Texas Technological college, Lub-
bock. Hales an d members of his
family exhibited the senior and
grand champion bull, Mt. Riga
Fobes, and th</ Junfor champion
helfeK, (Hales' IDate Seas HlarBog
taking four firsts, three seconds,
one fourth grade herd, calf herd,
get of sire and produce of dam.
His exhibits took the county! herd
prize to Randall county.
■ Texas Technological college ex-
hibited Floverdale Fayne Alcartara
grand and senior, champion cow,
and took three firsts, two seconds
an<f on| third. Hales' Dale, Sr.,
Jchanna Hartog, owned by Joe Oray
of Amarilio, was Junior champion
bull of the Holstelns.
Union Labor Men
•.. Will Meet Tonight
A call to all union men of Pampa
to meet In the Central Labor tem-
ple In the basement of the Brunow
building at the corner of Cuyler and
Foster tonight at 7:30 o'clock was
Issued yesterday by Joe Bishop, sec-
retary. Mr. Bishop will make the
address of the evening.
Officers for the, coming year will
be elected at the meeting, Mr. Bish-
op said.
Mrs. Glen McDonald, 416 North
Starkweather, is 111 with Influenza.
SEES AGAIN
Easter time is truly a season of hope
and happiness for Roberta Emiev.
above, 17-year-old Kansas City girl.
Deprived of sight, speech and tlie
ability to walk by a brain tumor,
Miss Emley underwent an operation
several weeks ago. Easter day foOixl
her able to see, walk, talk and vse
her arms andtlegs.
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SDLVEJUTAIR
BELLAH SUICIDES TO
RELIEVE SELF OF
TROUBLES
YUMA(, Arizona, April 8. MPV—
Friends and relatives of Hutton
Bellah were endeavoring today to
solve the problems of liis, life,
which he abandoned In a tragic
tangle when, apparently realizing
his masquerade as "William A. Lee"
was about to elid, he committed
.suicide Monday.
The affairs of the 38-ycar eld
former publisher of the Altus (Okla.)
Times-Democrat, who left his wife
and family and disappeared from
Los Angeles 15 months ago, were
in the hands of Harrington Wim-
berly, now editor of Bellah's old
paper.
Bellah appeared in Yuma last
October, with another wife, the
former Edna Louise Schatz of Plate-
ville, Wis., and became editor and
publisher of the Yuma .Sentinel. '
Both women, neither of whom
lUitll Monday suspected the exist-
ence of the other,- are here, but
they havje .tlot met. Mrs. Bellah
came from Los Angeles to Identify
her husband's body.
Mrs. Lee, who met the publisher
for the first time after he !>ad
dropped from sight in Los Angeles,
and who married him in Rockford,
111., July 17, 1930, lias recognized
Mrs. Bellah's claim. She lias ex-
pressed a desire to meet Mrs. L.
H. Bellah, mother of her supposed
husband, en route from Hollls,
Okla.
"After that," she said, "perhaps
I can meet his wife. I can't do
it now.
Mrs. Bellah, tlie widow who
sought to console Mrs. Lee, said
she was willing to wait until Mrs.
Lee. has recovered.
Mimberly, who arrived early to-
day from Altus, confirmed reports
"Lee's" real identity had been known
to liim and other friends for some
time. He and Lew H. Wentz, multi-
millionaire Oklahoma oil mun, had
planned to aid "Bill Lee" in extri-
cating himself from financial dlffl.
cultleil In Yums,, Wlmberly said,
but the mfin"was dead before they
could act. NAther of them knew
Bellah liad married again.
Pampans Will Leave
For Mexico Trip
Dr. and Mrs* W. F. Nicholas and
Mrs. E. J. Montgomery J accom-
panied by Sidney M. Tolle, who will
act as guide and Interpreter, will
leave today for Old Mexico to be
gone more than a month.' Places
to tx< visited during the trip will
Include Monterey, Tampteo, Mexico
City and Vera Cruz. The trip will
be for business and pleasure.
Mr. Tolle Uved in Mexico for
more than 19 years and for many
years was a U. S. government in-
terpreter. He Is familiar with all
parts of .the country. It will be his
first visit to his old home since
coming to Pampa.
During the absence of Dr. Nicholas
his practice will be In charge of
Or, Cleo Haston.
HUSH CONTEST Cermak Plans
To Drive Out
Chi Hoodlums
BEFORE COURT
ALLRED ASSIGNS CASE
TO ASSISTANT FOR
CURB RIGHT
TRIAL OATHS NOT SET
ADVISORY OIL GROU P
MEETS WITH BOARD
IN WASHINGTON
AUSTIN, April 8. (A')—Two state
agencies, the railroad commission
and the attorney general's depart-
ment, today moved toward the court
battle witli East Texu.-; oil Interests
over proration.
Carl Estes, Tyler newspaperman
and oil lease and royalty owner,
obtained a temporary, injunction
last night from J. D. Moore, district
judge here, restraining the railroad
commission l'rom enforcing its pro-
ration order against the new East'
Texas oil field.
Assign Case
C. V. Terrell, chairman of the
commission, today requested James
V. Allred, attorney general, to take
up the fight Immediately. Allred
assigned to the case Fred Upcliurch,
tlie assistant attorney general, who
represented the state in the Dan-
clger case.
The commission's right, to pro-
rate was sustained by C. A. Wheeler,
the other district) Judge here, in the
Danclger case. Tlie case is on ap-
peal.
Begins Study
Upchurch said he would try to
have the case decided as sooit as
pcstlble. He already luid started
studying the lengthy Injunction pe-
tition filed by Dan Moody, former
Governor, as attorney for Estes.
Upchurch stated lie luul not de-
cided what procedure he would fol-
low. He might appeal the tempo-
rary injunction, he might seek to
dissolve it, or he might let the case
go to trial on its merits. In any
event, a long battle tlirough the
courts was anticipated.
No Date Set
Judge Mooif had not set a date
for the hearing on making the tem-
porary Injunction permanent. Moody
stated he would ask for a Jury trial
and the next Jury in Moore's court
Was not due to be called until May
In his petition Estes alleged that
proration was a price fixing scheme
and therefore was violative of the
anti-trust laws.
The first proration order for East
Texas had been, due to become ef-
fective Friday.
Meetings scheduled for Hender-
son and Longview today to make
plans for enforcement of proration
were called off after the injunction
had been granted. The railroad
commission had allotted East Texas
90,000 barrels daily at the start, In-
creasing to 130,000 barrels Jime 15.
WASHINGTON, April 8. (/P)—
All was In readiness .tonight for the
session-of the federal oil conserva-
tion board tomorrow at which the
oil states advisory committee will
seek government approval for the
program by which it hopes to put
the petroleum .industry of this
(See RUSH CONTEST, Page 6)
FREAKS ELOPE
,®
CHICAGO, April 8. (/P)—A speedy
reorganization of the Chicago mu-
nicipal government was promised
tcnight by Mayor-elect Anton J.
Cermak. who expected to be in-
ducted into office tomorrow.
The man who beat William Hale
Thompson by 191,910 votes In
Tuesday's election spent njost of
tlie day selecting men lor the more
important Jobs out of the 12,000
appointive positions he must fill. He
gave but. little oi his time to tho
reading oi congratulatory messages.
"I promised to clean out the city
hall," he wild, "and I'm going to
lose no time doing it. The bums
und hoodlums who hang around in
the corridors and make the dtj*
hall look like a (heap lodging
house on Saturday night are going
to be swept right out."
deberry gets
"With completion of the official!
canvas late thLs afternoon in record
time, Cermak planned to take of-
lice tomorrow. A call for a special
meeting of the city council to ap-
prove his bond was Issued immedi-
ately after completion of the canvas
in accordance with the law that
24 hours notice must be given for
such a meeting."
SUBSTITUTE MEASURE
ENGROSSED RY
SENATE .
SIX SENATORS OPPOSED
PROPOSES TO REDUCE
AD VALOREM TAX
GRADUALLY
AUSTIN, April 8. (JPh-Marshaling
four votes to supplement the origi-
nal 17 which voted for eng ossment.
Senator DeBerry of Bogota pushed
his state ad! valorem tax abolition
resolution to a 22 to 6 victory lit
the senate this afternoon.
It was a substitute to the origi-
nal DeBerry resolution wtfch the
senate passed this afternoon. Under
the substitute plan the stete ad
valorem tax would be retl^d over
<4 period of seven years, at the rate
l of a one-seventh cut each year,
under 1939 when it would be en-
, tlrely abolished.
Original Facts
The original resolution propooM
to abolish the state ad valorem tax
outright on January 1, 1983. The
substitute, as the original, does not
disturb or change the levying of
local and county ad valorem taxes.
The substitute was adopted on a
vote of 33 to 6.
Those voting for state ad valorem
tax abolition were: Senators
Formal induction of the Demo- of DeKalb, Cunningham
DeBerry of Bogota, Oalner
an, Hardin of Stephenville,
by,,of AuatUu. Loy,oT 81m
Martin off HUUtoro, Miss N<
1 Carthage, Parr of Benavldes,
lators Beck
, of AbUene,
He was a South African "wild inan."
She was a circus freak, with lips
distended as large as saurers. That
didn't prevent them from eloping,
as love, you know, laughs at bar-
riers. But what did matter Is that
they ttook #500 belonging to tlie
woman's husband', according to
grand theft complaiitts issued at
Los Angeles against Jennie Lambert,
shown above, and Caucasus Bird,
the "wild man." South Sea Island
Joe, the woman's husband, made tlie
complaint—-when Jhe missed the $500
ciatic leader to the office held for
twelve years by tlie Republican
veteran, Thompson, was thus tenta-!
lively set for Thursday.'
The new mayor will have a work-; A
lug majority in the City council,1 ILish °' Lubbock, Pntton of"
considerably enhanced by victories £oa?e ^aco,
which accompanied his own success {."ri of Dallas, RawHngs of
Tuesday. Thirty of the city's fifty Stevenson of Victoria,
aldermen are Democrats. Nino of. °* Nacogdoches, Wood*
the twenty Republicans were class- J" o> Decatur, Woodul of Hous-
ed as allies of Mayor Thompson. I Woodward of Coleman, and
Cermak refused to comment on I Neal of Wichita Falls.
mm ill
PHYSICIANS SAY HE
MAY NOT LIVE
THRU NIGHT
AIKEN, S. C„ April 8. (/ •>—Fear
that. Nicholas Longworth, speaker of
the house, might not survive the
night wus expressed by Dr. R. H.
Wilds, one of his attending phy-
sicians, late tonight.
Dr. Wilds expressed his appre-
hension after isuance of a formul
bulletin signed by all three of the
physicians attending tl|e speaker,
who was stricken with pneumonia
Monday night.
"Mr. Longworth has grown rap-
Idly worse during the day, und the
outlook is extremely unfavorable."
T
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his selections for department heads.
Colonel A. A. Sprague was promi-
nently mentioned as the likely
candidate for commissioner of pub-
lic works, a position he held under
the late Mayor William Dever.
More than 3,000 congratulatory
messages poured Into Cermak's of-
fice in the county building today,
several of them from ills native
Czecho-Slovakla.
Those opposing It were: Senators
Berkeley of Alpine, Colislns,. Hop-
kins of Gonzales, Moore of Oreen-
vllle, Small of Wellington and Wil-
liamson of San Antonio.
Three Absent
Senators Holbrook of Galveston.
Russek of Schulenberg and Greer
of Athens were absent when the
vote was taken. Both Greer and
Russek voted for the resolution on
ill llU'OlUVUnlu, I , ,
The telegrams could wait for later' J8^1 week whUe
Inspection, fctrt >tlio mayor elect1 l,roo't opposed it.
finally succumbed to six insistent
long distance telephone calls from
London newspapers.
"What are you going to do about
A1 Ca|>one?" was one question near-
ly ail of the English reporters ask-
ed.
"I understand he Is out of town
I As amended the proposed amend*
! ment will go before the electorate
during the general election In No-
vember, 1932.
Three of those who voted for the
resolution on final passage, although
they voted against Its engrossment,
were bond issue proponents.
replied Cermak, "and my advice to1 ^°,ldoppon-
hlm is to stay out for the next four
years. He is under sentence here,
you know, and I suggest that he
stay In Florida. Tliat's where he
lives now."
"What about gangsters in gen-
eral?" he was asked.
"The people's vote and my police
(See CERMAK, Page G)
EXPECfSifE
ent, cast his vote for the resolution
on final passage.
Senator DeBerry, author of the
resolution, stated there had been
no "swapping out" done in older
to bring about final passage of tiWi
resolution.
Considerable arguments came
from a proposal made by Senator
Martin of Hilisboro to have the id
valorem amendment and the high-
way bont| propositions carried to
the people upon the same
Bend proponents strenuously ob-
jected to Martin's amendment. They
stated the bond issue would be
Jeopardized if the senate accepted
Martin's amendment.
LOCATION OF FEDERAL
BUILDING WILL BE
ANNOUNCED
Action of the Hutchinson county
commissioners in selecting the Pan-
handle Bank of Panhandle a*1 the
county depository for Hutchitulin
ccunty. funds because its officials
offered to pay the nighest *ate of
interest was sustained by the Court
of Civil Appeals, Amarilio, yester-
day.
lite court dissolved an injunction
granted by Judge Clifford Braley
several weeks ago, restraining the
commissioners from placing the
funds in the Panhandle bank, and
reversed tlie case. It was the sec-
ond time in the last week that the
appelate court upheld the actions
of county commissioners In the
Panhandle.
Last Thursday, the court revers-
ed and remanded an Injunction
•ranted J. L. Noel by Judge Braly,
restraining Mabel Davis, county]
treasurer, from paying Tom Jack-
son a gravel bill in the amount of
$3,840.
Tlie petition for the injunction
from Hutchinson county was filed
by A. P. Borger, president of the
Borger State bank, and others. He
contended that the commissioners
were prevented from selecting a de-
pository outside tho county until
they had rejected all ;>ids, from
county banks and had advertised
for bids from banks outside the
county. Tlie Borger bank submitted
a bid of 2.75 per cent Interest for
the county funds. Bid of the Pan-
(handle bank, which is the oldest
In the Panhandle, was three per
cent. Frank Paul is president of
the Panhandle institution.
Location of Pampa's new federol
building Is exiiectcd to be announc-
ed soon, ax bids will bo opened In
Washington tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock. According to Postmaster
William Crawford, It will not be
long after the bids are opened and
examined, before an announcement
will be made.
Mr. Crawford does not know how
many sites were mailed ito Washing-
ton, but he Is sure there were sev-
eral donations among the number.
If the government should choosc
one of the free sites, all of the
1180,000 voted for the building and
location would go into the building
and a much larger and more mag-
nificent edifice would be given
Pampa.
Postal officials visited here sev-
eral months ago and approved u
number of sites. Not any vacant lot
will do for a postal building. Cer-
tain features must be available, such
as wide streets on two sides, wide
paved alley at rear, near center Of
city, and many other specifications.
Work on the building Is expected
to start wlthlp three months after
the site has Men located.
Body of Man Is .
Sent to McAlester
The body of A. C. Nlcewamer.
30 years old, was taken to Jeilcho
by tlie Stephenson Mortuary last
"jKhtund sent by Rock Island to
McAllister for burial today If*
Nlcewarner, employe of the Humble
OH and Refining company for the
last year, died Tuesday afternoon
in a local hospital. Death waa
caused by pneumonia.
He is survived/ by his wife, five
children, mother, one brother,
one ^^-sister, and flM
half-brothers.
Mrs. j o. Gillham Is lb in the
Worley hospital 1
™ WEATHER
WEST TEXAS: -Partly rfwiot
colder Thursday; Friday
EAST TEXAS: Cloudy
thundershowers, tolder In north
west portions Thursday* ~
partly cloudy, colder in east
Fresh to strong southerly to
ly winds on the coast.
OKLAHOMA: Cloudy,
thundepshowers, colder
Friday generally fair.
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Hinkle, Olin E. Pampa Morning Post (Pampa, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 136, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 1931, newspaper, April 9, 1931; Pampa, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth292950/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.