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PHIL KARNER. GENERAL ENTSITRAN
The Mexia Weekly
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VOL. XXXX, NO. 27.
MEXIA, TEXAS,
FRIDAY, ffiCr 5, iM.
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River Adventurers
Bill MCCRAW
POKES FUN
AT BLALOCK
Calls Democratic
Leader Thompson's
"Brain Truster"
In Mumford Talk
CLAIMS VICTORY
Thompson Will Be
Poor Third Is
McCraw Contention
Dissension appeared in the
ranks of the Democratic party
organization in Texas today with
Attorney General William Mc-
Craw, candidate for governor, re-
ferring to Myron Blalock, state
Democratic chairman, as "the
leading brain-truster" for Ern-
est 0. Thompson, another candi-
date.
"It's really amusing to hear
Ernest's leading brain truster
worrying over how I am running
my campaign," McCraw said in
a speech at Mumford. "He ought
to worry because I am going to
■win."
"Myron had better get himself
another alibi for another politi-
cal defeat. He's a good boy and
runs a nice 'Campaign but he's
a little short on a candidate. It
looks like Ernest will be a poor
third."
Thompson said at Paris last
night that "my opponents really
ought to vote for me."
"They have Charlie McCarthyed
me all over Texas, using my
platform and my program as
their own," he said. "I suggest
that on election day they come
the rest of the way and cast
their ballots for Ernest Thomp-
son.
Marines Evict
Jap Gendarmes
From U. S. Area
SHANGHAI, July 7. (U.R)—
United States Marines evicted
Japanese gerdarmes and plain
clothes police from the American
defense sector of the Interna-
tional Settlement easly today.
The Japanese were forced to
leave the Settlement ip two lor-
ries in which they arrived and
attempted to search Chinese in
connection with terroristic activ-
ities on the first anniversary of
the Chinese-Japanese jyar.
MCCALL NOT
TO GET AID
OF MRS.CASH
Mother of Slain
Boy Denies the
Appeal of Doomed
Man's Mother
Lee 0'Daniel
Speaks Before
Local Audience
Hillbilly~Band
to Accompany
Flour Merchant
W. Lee O'Daniel, Fort Worth
flour merchant and candidate for
governor, will bring his colorful
campaign to Limestone county
Thursday night at 8 o'clock when
he speaks before local voters at
the Reunion grounds. He will he
accompanied by his Hillbilly band.
The largest crowd ever to at-
tend a political address in Lime-
stone county is expected to throng
the Reunion grounds to hear O'-
Daniel and his fiddle band.
O'Daniel, an unknown a month
ago, is now leading in pre-cam-
paign estimates, and is almost
conceded a place in the run-off.
Record-breaking crowds have
been present at his speakings
over the state since he launched
his campaign enrly in June in,
Waco.
Father Fears
Daughter Has
Been Killed
SAN ANTONIO, July 7. JU.R)—
The father of 14-year-old Grace
Hoffer expressed fear today that
the girl had been criminally at-
tacked and killed, after her cloth-
ing and the horse she had ridden
away from home were found near
the banks of the San Antonio
river.
The girl rode into the pasture
at her farm home 14 miles south
of here Wednseday afternoon to
herd cattle. She has not been
seen since.
Mrs. R. P. Addison and daugh-
ter, Marguerite, of Dallas, Mrs.
Robert Burns, Jr., and Mrs. C. C.
May of Huntsville were the
guests of Mrs. L. S. Patterson
(luring the week end.
FDR Will Go
on Air from
Texas Sunday
Broadcast Will
Not Be Political
Son Declares
FORT WORTH, July 7, (U.R)—
President Roosevelt will deliver
a 15 minute radio address to the
people of Texas next Sunday at
7:15 to 7:30 p. m. (CST), his son,
Elliott, announced today.
The speech will be broadcast
by 30 Texas stations, including
subscribers to the Texas quality
network. The talk will be carried
over KFJZ, owned by Mrs. Elliott
Roosevelt.
Although the president did not
advise the nature of his radio
talk, it seemed unlikely that it
would be of a political nature
since his son announced "no pol-
itical conferences" would be held
during the executive's week-end
stay here.
Statues to animals, insects, and
birds exist in all parts of the
world.
Pool Has Late
Callers—All in
Birthday Togs
Business Men Take
Plunge after Lights
Are Out at Night
E. L. Crow, manager of the Mex
ia swimming pool had closed for
the night and turned off the
lights. The moon, in the quarter
stage, was behind a big, low hang-
ing cloud.
Shortly after Crow had lock-
ed the door of his office and was
preparing to go home he heard a
big splash out in the pool. He lis-
tened for an instant, and then
heard another object hit the water
then another.
He hurried back to see what
was the cause of all of the coin-
motion. In the dark he stumbled
into the creeping figure of a man.
"What are you doing here?"
Crow asked.
"I am hunting for the lights,"
the intruder replied. "Don't say
anything. Just tell me where I
can find the light switch."
Crow complied, puzzled aa to
what the man's intentions were.
Tho stranger grasped the light
switch and pulled it down.
Much to Crow's surprise the in-
truder seeking the lights was a
very prominent Mexia business
man. When the brilliant shafts of
light from the pool's spot lights
illuminated the enclosure there
were about 30 men on the bank
and in the water. And aH were in
their birthday clothes.
The men, all prominent in Me*-
ia business and professional air-
cles, had decided to take a little
plunge after closing time of the
pool. Crow stoutly maintained he
could not identify any at his sai-
lers.
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Cop Tests His
Luck with Gun
but Is Loser
Tries Old Russian
Test of Luck but
Gun Chamber Fires
PEORIA, IN., July 7 <U.R) — Pa-
trolman Norman Lawler gambled
his life on his luck and a spinning
revolver chamber.
That was the way Russian offi-
cers under the czar tested their
luck, he told his mother and a
guest last night. He said they
placed one bullet in the chamber,
twirled it, placed the muzzle a-
gainst the temple—and pulled the
trigger.
"I guess I'll try my luck," he
said.
But when the cylinder stopped
spinning, the cartridge was square
beneath the firing pin.
Lawler fe ' dead at his mother's
feet.
Pierce McCall
Must Pay with
Life for Kidnap
TALLAHASSE, Fla., July 7,
(U.PJ—The Florida pardon board
today denied a petition that the
death sentence imposed on Frank-
lin Pierce McCall, 21, kidnap-kil-
ler of Jimmy Cash be commuted to
life imprisonment.
The board rejected the request
for commutation after Mrs. Jam-
es B. Cash, mother of the kid
naped and murdered child dram-
aticaly refused to intervene to
save the life of young McCall.
Mrs. Cash was asked to inter-
vene by Mrs. Linnie McCall, mo-
ther oft he kidnaper. With tears
streaming down her face, Mrs.
Cash refused.
Mob Slays
Negro Killer
of Employer
Gasoline Doused
on Body Then
Is Set Afire
ROLLING FORK, Miss., July
7. (U.R)—The charred body of Tom
Green, 48, a Negro blacksmith,
was taken from the eity dump to-
day where witnesses said it had
been burned by 300 members of a
po e.
The Negro was slain yesterday
alter a gun battle with members
of a posse that cornered him after
he had shot and killed his employ-
er, R. Pwdy Flanagan, a white
planter.
Witnetwe* sadd Green's body was
dragged to the scene of the Flan-
agan shooting, doused with gaso-
line and sot afire. Later, it was
said, the body was tied behind an
automobile and dragged several
miles into town where it was fir-
ed again at the city dump.
OCTOBER COTTON
New York October cotton closed
yesterday at 9.08 and today at
8.94.
New Orleans October cotton
closed yesterday at 9*16 and to-
day at 9.05.
~MR8? STUART
Mrs. Sid Stuart of Tehuacana
and sister, Mrs. Ceci'.e Nult'ng.
Scranton, Pa., departed for Scrun
ton Thursday. Mrs. Nutting has
been visiting Mrs. Suart for the
past several weeks. Mrs. Stuart
will be in Pennsylvania for a
couple of weeks
Need of More
School Funds
Is Reported
$37,829,161 Is
Needed Operate
6 Month Terms
AUSTIN, July 7. OJ.R)—Need
of $37,829,161 state funds to op
erate Texas schools for six month
terms was reported to the state
board of education today by a sub
committee. *To provide this fund
it was estimated a scholastic state
apportionment of $24.20 would be
needed to supplement local school
funds. It was estimated a state
school tax increase of from 22
to 25 cents on $100 valuation
would be needed to make so big
an apportionment.
Late Bulletin
Received From
Park Service
GRAND CANYON, Arizona, July 7. (UP)-—The Na-
tional Park Service reported today receiving a radio mes-
sage indicating that two women and four men floating down
the Colorado River are safe.<|<
LEE'S FERRY, Ariz., July 7.—
With their food supply believed exhausted, two women and four
men attempting a 650-mile scientific expedition down the swollen
Colorado river'were feared to be facing starvation. Three of the
members of the party, pictured above, are, left to right, Miss Lois
Jotter, Miss Elzada Clover and Eugene Atkinson. Route of the voy-
age was from Green River, Utah, to Lake Mead, near Boulder Dam
m Nevada.
<U.R) Air travelers abroad trans-
continental and Western airways
plane looked down upon the wind-
ing Colorado river bed today to
aid in the search for six scientific
adventurers missing since they
set out in three small boats at
Green River, Utah, 17 days ago.
The transport planes left their
regular courses and passengers
were asked to scan the canyons
for any evidence of the expedition,
which included two women botan-
ists and four men.
The party was due here July 4.
The boats, loaded with cameras
and other equipment were too
I small to accommodate large sup-
plies of provisions and it was be-
lieved that their food would be
about gone.
Peytons Not
to Seek Oil
West of City
McCraw Slaps
Two Opponents
in Mexia Talk
Discusses Stand
on Pensions and
Proposed Sales Tax
Chance for
Heat Relief
Is Predicted
By United Press
Sweltering Texans were told
today that there was a chance—
although a slight one—that a
cool wave in the northern part
of the United States might bring
some releif from the hot weather
in Texas by tomorrow.
That hope was held out as the
thermometer climbed to record
highs for the summer.
At Llano the temperature yes
terday was 110.
Attorney General Bill McCraw,
candidate for governor, took gen-
tle slaps at his two chief oppon-
ents, Ernest O. Thompson and W.
Lee O'Danile and discussed his
stand -on old age assistance when
he addressed Mexia citizens Wed-
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from the speaking stand corner
of Commerce and North Sherman
streets.
"Some one asked me the ofihe*
day if I favored giving the old
people $30 a month," McCraw
said. " 'Certainly,' I answered. 1
favor giving them $450 a month
if we can get that.' But I'm not
going to make any rash promises
and come back two years hence
making alibis when I'm seeking
re-election. We maet find a way
to get the pension money before
we talk about giving huge sums
to the old foHts. And we'll fmd a
way."
The attorney general, in dis-
cussing issues before hte people,
soundly rapped the sales tax pro-
posal. "The sales tax hits the
people wso are least able to af-
ford a tax," he said.
Concerning O'Daniel, McC*w
said he understood the flour mer
chant is assailing what he calls
the professional politicians. "That
means he would have scratched
old Sam Houston, immortal Tex-
an, who served as president of
the republic and governor of the
state several times," McCraw
said. "Then, too, he wouldn't vote
for President Roosevelt, who acted
in several politcial capacities in
New York state, including occu-
pying the governor's chair, before
he became president."
In parting, McCraw asked how
many of the people would call in
a piccolo player to doctor a pain-
ful carbuncle on their neck. "It
is the same proposition voting for
an entertainer for the governor-
ship."
McCraw flayed Thompson for
advocating that the state auditor
be appointed by the Supreme
Court. "That procedure runs con-
trary to the constitution," he re-
marked.
Wives of Two
Escapees Are
Held in Jail
—
Officers Seek to
Find who Smuggled
Saws to Prisoners
Trinity Boat
Party Gives
Up Voyaging
Log Jam in the
River Puts Halt
to River Trek
Senator Borah Told
Take Complete Rest
WASHINGTON, July 7, (U.R)-
Sen. William E. Borah R., Idaho
75-year old anti-trust fight lead-
er, was under the care of a doc-
tor and a nurse today with or-
ders to take a "complete rest."
The senator's secretary said he
was ''not dangerously ill."
GREENVILLE, July 7 (U.R) —
Two young women from Dallas
were held in county jail here to-
day while officers tried to learn
who smuggled saws to their hus-
bands and a third prisoner who es-
caped Wednesday.
Search also was redoubted in
this area for Floyd Hamilton and
Ted Walters, bank robbery sus-
peefcs, on the theory that they
might have had a hand m the jail-
break.
The men wfeo unmpad were Jltel-
rin hta-lty, 36, and his brother,
Wood^ow Maley, 22, and Volney C.
(CottKm) Wof-ford, a fot'mer com-
panion of Mawiilton and Walters.
The three were eou'wlcted cm bur-
glary charge*.
The women a*re*4*?d in
Dallas when officers t-h ere raided
the home of the Haley brothers
soon after they learned of the jail-
break. Mrs. Minnie Haley, 29, bru-
nette wife of Melvin, and a girl
friend were awested at the house.
The girl later was released.
A few minutes later Chief Dep-
uty Sheriff Bill Deoker of Dallas
county saw Woodrow Haley's
wife, Mozelle, on a Dallas street
and took her into custody. The
two Haley women were brought to
Greenville late Wednesday after-
noon and held for investigation.
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Movie Actor
Visits Mexia
Art Davis of Hollywood, Cal.,
who is under contract with the
Columbia Film corporation, was
a visitor in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Stockton, East Ber-
thelson lease, Mexia, Tuesday and
Wednesday. Mrs. Davis, the for-
mer Louis Young, who toured Ca-
nada and the United States last
year with the Ernie Young dance
revue, visited here with her hus-
band. They were recently mar-
ried in Hollywood, and are on their
wedding trip in Texas.
Davis has just finished a pic-
ture, "Go Chase Yourself," star-
ring Joe Penner. He was inter-
viewed Thursday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock over radio station
WRR, Dallns.
Mr. and Mrs. Stockton enter-
tained Mr., and Mrs. Davis and
other guests with a swimming
party Wednesday night at the lo-
cal swimming pool. Other guests
who attended were Mrs. M. E.
Holton, Mrs. C. V. Jones, Miss
Lillian La Force, and Mis Joyce
Sable, all of Dallas; and 4r. John
McGraw of Terrell.
DALLAS July 7, <U.R)—Eight
hardy voyagers, trying to prove
that the Trinity river was navi-
gable by making a trip from
Beaumont to Fort Worth gave up
the attempt today.
They got as far as Wilmer, a
few miles down stream from Dal-
las and then decided to forsake
their fleet of two boats and con-
tinue to Fort Worth by auto.
A log jam stopped them, and
hunger made them leave the riv-
er. Dean Tevis, Beaumont rtews-
paperman who led the expedition
said the boat had been trying to
force their way through the log
jam since Monday.
Studios Buy
Estelle Dobbs
Newest Novel
TEAGUE. July 7, fSpl)—Var-
iety, the daily news of the show
world in Hollywood, carried the
announcementon the front page of
the July issue that Republic Stu-
dios have bought Texas in the Se-
venties" by Estelle Dodds. an ori-
ginal story to be screen played for
a Gene Autry picture.
Miss Dodas lives in Teague and
this is not the first time she has
received recognition for her writ-
ings. Her articles and feature
stories have appeared in various
publications, including the Hous-
ton Post, Farm and Ranch, Mexia
Daily News, and Progressive Far-
mer.
The scenes of "Texas in the
Seventies" are laid in a part of
Texas which the author recently
visited—the brush country of the
Southwest about which J. Frank
Dobie has written. Brush country
cowboys are among the princi-
pal characters in the play, and
the early packeries along the
Texas coast furnish part of the
colorful locale.
During her recent tour through
this section of the state, Miss
Dodds had the opportunity of talk
ing with a modern brush country
cowbojr. The details of present
customs and conditions which he
related revealed that there is a
marked similarity between the
Southwest of today and the
Southwest of the "Seventies."
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BRODNAXS ARE PARENTS
A seven-pound baby boy was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brodnax
Wednesday morning at a local
hospital. Mother and son are re-
ported doing well.
As a birthday present, the child
received a pair of spurs that his
father Ukul when ho was a child.
Lack of Coopera-
tion of Royalty
Owners Is Reason
Peyton Brothers, eMxia Inde-
pendent oil operators, issued a
statement Thursday that they had
abandoned all idea of drilling a
deep test west of Mexia because
of the "lack or cooperation on the
part of land and royalty owners.
Work on assemblymg a block in
the old Mexia field where the,
Peytons drilled a trinity test sev-
eral years a go was started about
seven months ago.
All leases are being returned to
the owners the operators said.
There are 793 participating roy-
alty owners in the block the Pey-
tons were trying to assemble.
"We do not feel that we have
received the cooperation we should
have received in the assembling of
this block" the operators said. "It
was up to the people owning roy-
alty in this block whether a deep
test was put down. Obviously they
do not care to have a test drilled."
FDR Departs
for Coast to
Back Dealers
WASHINGTON, July 7, (U.R)— '
President Roosevelt departs to-
night for the west coast on the
long-heralded trek during which
he will translate into action his
fireside chat pledge to intervene
in state primaries in behalf of
Democrats who will supposfc "li-
beral" or New Deal social and ec-
onomic reforms.
His first stop will be in Mari-
etta, O , home state of Sen. Ro-
bert J. Bulkley, Now Dealer, who
is in a hot fight for renomination.
He is expected to praise Bulkley
and then journey into Kentucky
where he will leave no doubt in
the minds of Democrats that he
wants them to renominate his
senate majority leader, Alben W.
Barkley. Gov A. B. (Happy)
Chandler, in control of the state
machine, is Berkley's opponent. 1 1
On July 9, the president will
slop in Oklahoma to urge the
renomination of Sen. Elmer Thom
as, one of his monetary advisers
and a consistent New Dealer, who
is in a boiling struggle with Rep.
Gomer Smith, strong advocate
of the Townsend Old-Age pension
plan, and Gov. E. W. M'.rland.
The fact that these three ar-
dent New Dealers are in trouble
was contrasted by Sen. Edward
R. Burke, D., Neb., administra-
tion foe, with recent developments,
which he said pointed to collap- j
se of the proposed purge of Dem- '
ocratic conservatives in the sen-
ate. At one time, he said, the
nine Democrats who took part in
the senate fight against the pres-
ident's Supreme Court bill were i
marked for politcical oblivion by
the so-called "elimination" com-
mittee of New Dealers close to
the White House.
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Mercury Climbs to
."7 Mark Wednesday
The mercury climbed to 97 de-
grees again Wednesday for the
highest mark of the summer sea-
son. The thermometer also regis-
tered 97 Tuesday. j
Anohter scorcher was forecaj
for Thursday, and there
strong posibility that it w<
be the hottest day •/ the ye <r.
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