The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 66, Ed. 1, Sunday, February 16, 1930 Page: 1 of 12
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reckenriitae American
WEATHER FORECAST
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C. C. WORKING
GROUPS MEET
MONDAY TUES.
Committee Meetings To Be
Held To Discuss Band.
4' ' Agriculture
Two Important Chamber cf
Commerce committee meetlnpo uro
a in unni! for Monday cnd Tujj
iia i.irfiit of tlila wek accordftir
Hay II Liu oh. Chamber of
i ' itiinirrr set i tary
Thi committee appointed to din
r i-.. the pinbat.Hity f protnottni.
f rilclpal bind In Bteckenrldtfi
ii meet Mondiy niifht at ('
offlco nt 7 30 j) m The Ch nub t
i i utniiicrtu nitrlculture riuumlt
tec will nil et the lollowinv tug it
. the Hiiac Utile Blld pi ICi
i'liirlM It Hn wn Is tlialnuaii of
1. 1 ti lommltUe
In tailing the hand f. mmitt-e
tiiUiir whu li l made of lepte
it itivca f i hi u hcil clvl
. ib-. mil iiik""-1' "' " !' '" "f
her oigiimin .i i (strati tntini
i.il liun I ii hi lp i . 'in- hlfc'li
. IiimiI piom ' it i ilni ache il
ami 'r pi rh ipi h j m' hand v. II
' ilUruaiMd
The ORrUul ur ii itnittte will
nillne the Chumlm of I'mnmiTie
ii'iii tiHutuI program ' r the com
Ifii )0r Mini lirntin and
. I- arh inge member f thw two
tB .n.'tniteiri to Ik1 on hand fur the
in ting
Byrd Parly To
Start Home Soon
SOITII PAinillrtTII Mnat
I b 15. I P A' tin- fiinrlu-loa
i f u roiiM i vition 1 1 t tuiiht the
ruiu ojirrati ' thi Uyrd Ant
--tir xpi litlon Info! mud the
Marjai hinMtta Inmiti'ti' of WV
Uk irii-i"h station hr-i
t'uit It Wi.Kl ho th' ' '
vill tnlk t ou from I I't.
mertca."
nl.fc lAfml wIhIIi ti hnil t) I II in
. mnunlcatiiin with t'u' li r l :'
' fiir the huI m ith ixcl r inn
i --.aKfid tin atiout 10 minutu
cl h eentnr niht. tli m
i . . conveiatir.ii UatiHt m n
ln. .. half tinlir
he Sotith l'ole party w t
nfi. nrlni; 10-holow aero lart rvijiht
ili. rxjxHlUon'a operator r vented
Pi Worth Pastor
To Pruavh Here
i
'li J H Holinea. Uperinteiitlunt
.f the Slutf MUalonnij 8orte(y.
u th htadquarlr' In l'ort Worth
will occupy the pulptt t tho lo-al
! nt Chnttun ( 'mrrh today tn
uc Hbucnc . ' U' Uie (1
mvth p.iitor.
ltr bnth Ij undrriotne treftt-
....t tt. Dm Walter Hfid uovorit-
r.iuit hoepltnl In W&ahlngton Uo-
Vorta fiom llie noapiiui mhhib im
i bclnit trcntcd for aitni ununie
ndicnte that Jtcv Smyth Is dolnu
nicely
Carbon Paper
rcncil or Typewiuer
A-l QUALITY
Telephone No. 1
VE KLIKIl
JAK N PARK
FOR LIBERTY
SUCCESSFUL
Lone Convict Scales Walls
Of Prison In Daylight;
In Open View
rY- C'llY i' h b f
1 P it i tn iaiv ' f o
lu'iiiml of i.inMit' and
Ki' i I " Mi ' mj 't' ap 1
tli M in ln Culni-ai' i It n
in I j ii ilr the ii i h v il
' In ml il rop isponili- I
'nil! u hmik on to; if i.ii- n I
I ii inji wa-i dHcrvr i I p-i'uni
ii' K .iihm an h ur f.lit 'hi
ir luyl.Kht tcape. A chek
oi iiDnrii imi'l.il Mi-'.ont Hi
or in -uln i )lltrt He ut
kti a ti iu i u Miatp iwrac o
inil vi- xtisiH-i tf.l at one tlnif o'
hi u ii.nrmnl thi hlnody tnu-
tkm i' tl nnltrt nrv lit O-
t' I" i Hi - h.J).M (f
.ispti ii Inns ir b thi cc m
lllllfeK 11 Willi II I' M--I1JJ itlll thi !
suirfitu n fi.i liinrnoi Ai mi.
I 'if -it H'lli Mi I Ii 1
thi wall i' n t fai fi i i
ll I
I ll I
l
uitin in iv iii :i i .liun ir f i
n nt in I i 1 1 1 I m
Il II Kl.l II ' II t.I I T
tl. .
vV.l btldll Mil thi' IS. UJ. an m
""'..I . ii ii 1 w ii .int nut ort-
to all the roads lendi.iK fiom
' -"li. n ' in the h 'DC thut
?.' u.t nail could be pUkid
up
The aoarchera confronted fmm
Idable obstacles however because
or the rugged terrain of the coun-
try which provided many hiding
nlaoati. The world ftunona ininln
pot th Royal Gorge wiu not
Mr away and conceivably i4c-
Oei.ty could have Uken refuge
tin re aucceaafully oluding purau-
trs for a lonK Umo.
Mt.Genty was received at Uin
penitential)' May 7 1027 for a
t.ini of fiom is to US yearj tot
i il bi i) in 1'enver.
The lope up which he encaped
n in plain view uf hundre U f
lotiv.rta and their guards engaged
n li i on.-iU uctliiK nil hi'UHO nu ni-
hil foui whh h tho niutlneiii
wiecKi'd lot Octobci All ile.iieii
liavlng een Mttiinty in up. a'
ll oiikh 'ie ti'nc v.ui f ii J fal 1
def nit. i at .to i in wh i tlu
ri).ipii wile a w I. 1 i vv is
ii .ih u ' i in bat not .fli i
Umt.
PROHIBITION
LAWS UPHELD
Prohibitionists Told T o
Fight For Rights
WASHINGTON Feb 15 UP -I'toh.bltionlriti
are exhoitid to
atand their Kiound w thout c m-
prniiiln' iui i . tint inn il .!'. l.'i
e-ont). Ann nilmint and the Vol teul
law in a length) iipe ch be fine the
Itouae today by Hep C'urioll L
Bi i dv Kepn Me
lln.ly undertook to answir fie
ruent arguments of Hep Fort
Ilepn N J who upheld the light
I. i i u duals to maki and con
oiime iilejholic bovrngia in their
limiien and Rep llti.iv Hepn I'll
who advoeutid repeal of thv Vol
"leij law and non rnorcemint of
tht Eighteenth Amendment.
Both the gentleman from New
Jeisi) and the 1'entlttii.in fiom
l'ennsylv mil umimitted the mime
irroi" Use I) mil Both auceiimb
d to the hi Jin live a rye fur com
promise Uuch uttempted to ride
two horeeu truvelliig In oppotlte tll-
rection at the same lime Thin feat
has in .n is and ilways will he
Imp iible of ueceful accom
plishment '
lie. dy ontiudtd framers of the
Volsttad law never Intend il th H It
would b' inttrprited to ptrmlt
home manufacture of wine and
Iwrr lie cited auprein louit dd-
cisiona to prove the Eighteenth
Amendment must bo backed up by
enforcement laws
It is true that the people consti-
tute tho court of last resort" he
said "Hut to our mind that fact Is
no justification for the failure; of
Congress to rcognl7o the binding
force of nny mandate of the con-Ktltutinn
ACOSTA IN JAIL
MINUOLA I- I.. Fob. 10 (OPJ
Boit A-osto who won national
famo In 1027 n a companion of
Hi ii Admiral Richard E liyrd on
hu trana Atlit tic flight to Ver sur
i r F 'ic . v is sentenced to sl
mo.ithe in the county Jail today
for alleged abandonment of his two
chilli en
i
FonlSrr.-Clum-roi
ln Lil!
(Mi
ills nTl Hi .it v
lit. In
c. .. . 1
1 f. I'ii hk 'nt n n w
i V'Tii-i li lliim
I I' ll I 1.1 ' 111 M S
i i - if! iini Arm ili a
it 1 i ' i i -' t 1 " oriri r
' . lOfli i I nil
Hi i if h . wn'p
. i i i'ri t i i ii n
i j li 'in in i i i i.t
I ' n i t Pi in. li inn d
ihiii t . in t'ii 'IrKk mill
ket i-riish Irnrd h!leps iui
In "hi th'V would stop
' llklni; ihont prohihtta n Of
i hi i it c ti be enforced' he
' t
ll Vorris He Ihucn Truey
nltnl rrvm S. riirrespiiinletit
(Cnprl(rlll. I'i.IH. in nil iniiiit-
riea hi thi Unlleil 1'ri'sn).
1 OUT 8-1 VITUs n jr!. ifi.
ili c II nry VnrA res great
lutnes In propo- for tlin pen-
pie of the world In Rei mil nnil
of the Uiillml Htntes In inrtti li-
fer I'lrsl he Ii llies the "m reas
l of iiiiln n itlc nm.liiiu'r-
Inlui4l nl i in I iinenii u-
- ' ill. mil i .1 v tlie Ht iiut.it it
"i lulior
ae ond lie feela that liianj
Ieople lime liiirneil n erittt li"-
on In the em of htneK miirket
"Ihh ulrttlon He Ieliees it ere-
uleil flrlitluti. Milne tilil.t to
line t'eui erunihle ntIlllIer
huniiir.H i ontfui t will follow
DEATH RACE
MAY BE LOST
Woman Afflicted With Can-
cer to Undergo Treatment
SAN FRANCISCO Feb 15 Mi
Mra Irving Edwins a victim of
cancer today awaited the pilch of
n needle that may foil threatened
death.
Mrs IMwing and her husband
flew hero yejterdny from their
home at Chelan Wash no that she
could undergo a canct i li catmint
recentl) announced horo.
The woman i. ntloii'-ly ill and
the 1100 mile flight nu) have been
In vain ai the discnwier of th
triatment Di Willi" Cuff.) nnd
Ur John Mumbei an in l.rn An
Kik a and will nut letuin until tut
eilned.i)
i While Mrs Edwins I ly l-i St
il'ranclaco ltoapitil todi) hei llll-
' bund exprcmed hope that the treat-
1 ment announced by the p omlnent
California phyncians and sutgeens
would anslsc his wife
i Kdwliv mortgaKeu his uit farm
the result of 2l yara labor; so that
the airplane Journey could be made
and Mrs. Edwins anivo bore "bo-
fore It was too late "
Tilth; Would Send
"Sub" To Fight John
HOLLYWOOD. Feb 15 (UP)
Should John Gilbert accipt utiv of
the offers made by eantern proinot.
ii fo a re-match with Jim Tully
and no one expects him to do so
- he'll have to meet a substitute.
Tully knocltej the screen hero
down when the two dashed tn a
cafe here reci ntly
' If Gilbert accept I'll send a
substitute" the hobo author said.
1 'I don t want to fight him any-
i how I'm a witter not a fighter.
They want to offer me money nt
'this late hour but when I'm In a
fighting mood this opportunity nev-
j er comes "
j The movie actor has not talked
about the fight since mentioning
he might renew hostilities again
1 Tully xnid he woffkl defend himself
if attacked.
Third Political
Parly Organized
MoAUJSN Tex. Fob 15 (UPV-A
thlid political j.aity began oporat
lug In Hidalgo county today after
bolng formed lust night when -1000
Iiorsons gathered at tho High
School stadium forn mnss mcctlnx
of the good government league
The body Is known js tho Good
Goveinmont party.
Aired Mason Dies
-WACO Feb. 15 U It) -John Wat-
son 85 past grand mastor of tho
Masonic Grand Lodge pf Texas
and socrotaiy of that body for IS
years died at his homo hero today.
Watson came to Tea3 from Ken-
tucky 70 years ngo Ho was a Con-
federate soldier and scivcd In tho
Ti xn legislature from 187-1 to 1875
His wife two bons and three
daughters survive
'or Heltor
People Of World
Third he li cotillilciil that
nri.liiliitmit will In- lin n nilni;-
i etifiined mid iileohul will he--.
me nil nuliitriiil riniuiiiiilltj
niiI; eliminating what ho con-
sld 'M a curt" ti till people.
I'niirtli. In ees III the inl-
jiihtment of l.uriipenii mine
t.i'i I I i Anieiliau slandanU a
luiiieirn tit he Is plimeeriii
UiniiiRli 1 1 Ik fiiriilun i.k lories
mi .x.'iittml reailjiiHlmetit of
I orel en erliniii;e Millies mi an
i't tnul Insteeil of mi artlfiilal
IiuhIh anil lietter stiiiuluiils tint
w triil er.
lporil dl-riiHsed theKe anil iilh-
Pi tliliigH with the Liilteil 1'resH
corrosiKiiident as we mit In lilt
Uindest workshop and nfflie at
h'H winter home heie.
"What U all tins illscii'sliin
fill ml miloitiiitic in.it hlnerj nnil
who Is It throw hi); out of
wt.rlj?" For I ipierli l. "It is jtLst
Kinellitnr; to InlU nlioiit and
It is not throw Iiik people out of
w nk.
To Iiej;lti with not inert. thins
t-.ui lie done wjlh autiniiatie
tweliliiery. In our factor then-
are i'iiiu.i mail) processes lh.it
i .ii. in. t lie done that wii).
"then this Is whit happens.
When mi aiitom itlc iii.n hitie Is
planned It ri iplires men to ih-
r Itjfi It nnil mail) more to liulld
It It reiuin s others to hetp it
it'ot.tnuid on Iago 0)
rn
TWO ARRESTED
AFTERJRBCK
Officers Believe Liquor
Thrown Out
Roy Hlghtowcr and "Hum" Arn-
old youths about 19 years old
were ai rested nnd placed In
tne count) jail Friday night fol-
lowing a car accident In which they
wete important parties. The nrci
dt nt occurred directly In the teai
of the courthouse on West Ulm
tri et and sunt an unidentified wo-
rn in to the hospital for treatment
of i slight Injury
Officers making the arrest said
lliit ulti i the ad ldent the two
vouths threw out u'ld broke bottles
which they thought contained li-
iiioi However imtie of the nlleg
ed liquor was ronfmcsited
roth )ouths made a break fot
f.iedom after the wreck but one
was raptu.ed Immedintoly and the
other about three hours UUi No
charges htve been filed
Brownwood Man
To Preach In
Local Church
Leland Alton advei Using manag-
'l of the Brownwood Bulletin
Brownwood daily newspaper will
occupy tho Chuich of Christ pul-
p.t at both services at that chinch
tcday Ml Alton'nnd his sister-in-law
Mrs John Alton of Coleman
nie staying in Breckenrtdgo with
Bill Rhodes local drilling contrac-
tor and biother of Mrs John Al-
ton The local Church of CliriBt hns
been without a pastoi since before
the first of the year when Rev A.
H Clark went to Snn Antcnio to
fill a chinch vacancy there
Three Children
Burn To Death
RACINE. Wis. Feb 15 U'L'i .--Three
children were burned to
death today when n coal stovo ex-
ploded in the Olus Christonsen
home.
Chrlstensen seiioutly burned
fought his way through the bloze
nnd saved one child nnd his wife
Tho threo children who worn
trapped and burned to donth woio
Bonnie 5. Fhyllln 2 nnd Edna 1.
The Injured father carried Iiene
0 from tho blazing house.
Re-open Foundry
Supply Company
L W. Pclphrey J I Griffith
and C. O Louckx will resumo op-
eration of the Bicckcnrldgc Foun
dry and Supply company at onco
according to Mr. Louckx
This business which caters to
the oil field trade has been nt a
stand still for the past six
mtnths. Messrs. Pclphrey und
Loueks aro well known heie Mr
Griffith brother-in-law of Pol-
nhrey comes here from New Mexico.
TEXAS WOMAN" .
m
TO SPEAK AT
BANQUET HERE
First Y.W.C.A. Banquet Of
This Kind To Be Held
In Brcckenridffe
The fiist banquet evi t tit 1
held in Breekeniiilge in en iih-i
tlon with the nati in-wide bin
quet prom n in sponsored t ach )i n
by the national Y. W C A c uin
cil will be held fit the Y M. C A
here next Tue day neecidlng tn
Mlsa Lucy Wnkiland Oil Belt Y
W C A secretary The banquet
will strut nt 7 15 p m.
Uach )ear at this time Y W
C A oiRinlzatlons throughout the
world hold a banquet In evcty e t"
or county where the associations
piogiam Is carried on Th bin
quet la given for business and pio
fessional women of tho commiin
ity and tuids to piomote bettei
undet standing and liarmoin
among the women and gills of
this tank
Woimn mil gills fiom vniious
sent ion. if the Oil Belt will at-
U ul the if fair lric i linj
night Annngemetit i heing
made to attract i ne o' the Ing-
est gatherings of 1 111 tea.
nnd piofesslonal women evci at-
tained here
The main speaker obtained for
the Breckentldgc banquet w 11 be
Mrs L M. Hogsctt cf Tcit
Worth Texns teprcscntntive on i
Uie National Y. W. C. A. council.
VTm TTnivantf lin liepn In eloflft I
contact with business and pio-
fesalonal women for many years
and Is considered one of the out-
standing women ln Y. W. C. A.
work.
.Special music numbers will al-
so bo presonlcd to make the event
a pleasant one. Roseivatlons can
be made ns lato a- oni o'clock
Tuesday afternoon by calling tele-
phone niimbct 70
Those in chat go of the eoirmlt-
teo are Mliues Lucy Wakeland
Viola McKenlc Ucitiudu Mid-
foid and Coia Tyhon
MAN DUE TO
Henry Ford Says War Car-
ried on Before Navies Had
FORT MYERS. Fla . Feb 15 l l'
Heniy Ford would buy up all tin
naviej of tho world if tho thought
it would end war But he doesn't
beliovo It would.
"You can't stop war Just by tnk-
Ing uwny tho weapon that It. at
hand." ho told the United l'ress.
"Men fought beforo there worn bit-
tleships oi beforo thoie were gun
Tho only way to und war is to
teach tho fellows who profit by it
Hint they can profit moie somo
other way."
Nevertheless. Ford might consid-
er buying warships oidered scrap-
ped by tioatioj Ho would cut them
up nnd turn tholr steel Into nuto-
mobllus and ti actors At his River
Rougo plant near Detroit ho his
$800000 woith of equipment which
wns used In cutting up Shirking
Board vessels.
'That was a profitable venture"
he said ' I'd bo willing to do it with
naval vessels If It could be madi to
pay "
Prohibition Agents
Are Being Held
WASHINGTON Fob 15 (UP) -Prohibition
Commissioner Doran
today susponded Chailes Hlndloy
and Hoy Moon prohibition agents
at Knovillc Iowa without pay
pending an investigation Into the
rhootlng of Miss Nellie Church 25
I a nurso of Folrbury Nob.
Miss Church was wounded last
Saturday by shots behoved to have
boon fiicd from an automobllo In
which tho two agents wero riding
Piullminary repoits to Doran Indi-
cated tho shots wore fired nftor tho
car In which Miss Church was rid-
ing touched fonders with the
agents vehicle
RUSSIANS HIT HACK
MOSCOW Feb. 15. (UP)-Mcct-Ings
of factor)' workers have
been called heto and In other ci-
ties to protest ngainst tho grow-
ing campaign of western churches
against the Soviet tellgioiw policy
Russia views the foreign attitude
as one more Indication of Interna
tlonnl preparations for war
against her
Alma Rubens to
Bick to the ilagc ti stage a
Rubens motion plctine neties
r n Hollywood mil was gieeted by hei husband HI
f i do C-rtez the screen sta. She was leportod to have c mpl 'cl
i coveted ft mi tht ill -.ess which thieatcned to end hei cmeei mil
vhich hep hct fio-n the srieen fot man) month'
CHORGHWI L l"CAR THIEVES
PRESENT PLAY! STILL FREE
V. t ..t ....
'The Hoodoo' To Be Given
Bsbruary 27th
The Fiist Methoditt Chinch Dui-
matic Club will present the fiist of
a sciirs of plays planned foi this
yeai on Febiuary 27 accoiding to
the dliectoi .Win Margaret Jo
C iW3ei The date Ins been mov'ed
up fiom the otiginal one it has
been stati d
Reheat sals foi the play ' I he
Hojdoo ' have been held beveial
nights each week foi the past three
week's and the cast is fast tounding
into poifection
Pioceeds fiom tin play will bo
dlncted towaid ledeeotntlng thu
ii.tei ii i of the church
Ward School
Pupils PlanL
Thirty Titos
During nn intensive Tree Plant-
ing Program held at the South
Waid School approximately thitty
trees wero pluntcd on tuo campus
this last week.
A row of native hnckberry was
placed along tht front near the
street Boys c f the fourth and fifth
trrades aecor ipanied tho principal
ind assistant piinclpol to the
woods and brought In the treog two
weeks ago.
Throe special Tree Planting Pio-
grnma weie given Friday At eleven
o'clock Miss Sayles' loom held n
slcvei program with songs and
speeches mado by the pupils. At
one o clock Miss Ashby's loom held
tholt piogrtuu with oppropilato
song3 and songs '( d speeches At
one thlity o'clock tho fiiBt and
second gradoa gnve a full repoit of
their wotk They have planted sev-
eral trees and cv oi greens on tlin
school campus These weio bi ought
by tho patents cf tho pupils and
the pupils thcmsolvos of theso two
grados. Lust Thursday tho pupils
of theBo grades nvn a program
and dedicated font tioos to pioscnt
and tutui e Fiist anil Second ginilOB
of South Wind. Loon Grovos of
tho Second grade had chaigo of
the following program:
Talk Ttoe Appieclation by
Roy Rowland
Song Aiboi Day by First
Ginilo.
Talk - Cnio of Tieos by Mr.
N S. Holland.
Song Plant .1 Tico. by Second
Grade.
Talk Plnnting Tieos by Mr.
L. E Sweatmnn.
Army Man Dies
MT. CLEMENS Mich. Fob. 15.
I'l'i-Capt Clearton H. Reynolds
11 commanding offlcot of th 15th
Observation Squad at Sclfiidgo
Field died today from Injuiies re-
colved last night when his aatomo-
bllo crashed Into a concieto culvert
after he lost control of It His
wife u former Washington octicss
and Lieut Bert P Mcysn 31 whoso
homo Is In Omaha wero inju.cd
"Come Dack"
'come back via vaudi villi Alma
is shown above as -In ainvtu in
Three Men drive Marquette
Toward West Texas
The tin en men who nerd out or
BlcckeiiiHlgi. late Thuisdny even I
lug with an almost new Mniquette
eat belonging t the McMurtiy '
Moody Vctoi ''imiiiy aie still at
llboity and the stolon uu'omnbile
is yet uniouiid i.ccuidmg io loi al
pence offieci .
When last seen thiee men weie
(hiving the cm west out of Breck-
ontidge ot n teniflc late ol speed
the) took the car from ln fiont
of the heme of Mis Wultei R
Andrews while Mis J L McMur-
try wti3 inside the Andiew i home
The mi was the thlid one lost
in tills mannei by the McMuitiy
Moody Company in the past )oar
Calvin And i)r.s
Cool id ge In Texcn
HOUSTON Feb 15 in) Foimor
Pro-3ldont Calvin Coolldge nnd his
wife spent a half hour In Houston
this morning stopping over here on
tholr way from Florida to tho West
Const.
Ho still is "Silent Cal" ot almost
so.
"Nothing to sav on politic! The
business situation ' I ve been out of
touch with the cotintiy n a whole
since I left Washington."
Postmnstei Roy V Is'lchols step-
ped up was Intioduced nnd then
Coolldge naked
' How's business?"
"Wo'vo had n 1 1 per cent In-
i crease In the post office" Nichols
said
"Theie you aro" answered Cool-
ldge 'That shows how business Is
hoie."
To Investigate
Run On Bank
SAN ANTONIO Feb 15 (U P -DIstilct
Judge W W. McCioiy to-
dny called tho 04th district couit
grand Jin y into special so-lon
nnd ordered It to probe tumois
that resulted In tho City Central
Bank and Trust Company having
a iuii by depositors Tuesd iv and
Thursday that tompoiailly denioi-
allzed the batik's loutlnc
Judge McCiory roundly scoied
minor mongers and told tho
grand Juiy to go to tho bottom of
the nffalr and return Indictments
If the evldonco win rants. He said
ho had heard that women had
caused tho iuii through gossip
Youth Suicides
GOOSE CREEK Tex Fob 15
(UP)r-Virgil Wllburn 10 wns found
fatally wounded last night In tho
homo of Mr. nnd Mis. Robert
Henry near Barber's Hill Jus-
tice J N Gurley of Barbel's Hill
who conducted an Inquest upturn-
ed u sniclilo verdict
The youth had been shot over
tho hcait with a 32 calibre an
tomatlc p tol
CHARGED WITH
FIXING PRICE
OF GASOLINE
Seven Major Firms Twelve
Independents Are
Defendants
;A FRANCISCO. Cal
roll. 13. (UP) AHojrine n
illi .il ei inspiring to fix and
r iiintani luyli prices anti-
t list -.tuts against .seven ma
nu oil lompanius and twol
ii d pi nrlents woio biouirhl
lti fuKial distiiet court he
' d.iv
1 1 p actions were filed Ir
lenipe J. Hatfield United
Matis District Attornpj act-
um under instructions of
Willvm S. .Mitchell Attoincv
deiu'iiil.
llu complaint siputite the
concern-. Into . in maj i acl
12 liidepi mi nt oil eunci'in On
1. i so i I Ti I oni nl o is i de-
lendant 1 In companhs tie
Standaid Oil Compin) of Cali-
fornia. Richfield Oil Company
General Pott oleum Corpnratli n
of California.
Shell Oil Company of Califor-
nia. Union Oil of California
Tho Texas Company.
Associated Oil Company.
Mailno Refining Coipotatlnn.
Hancock Oil Company.
McMillan Petroleum Company.
Rio Grande Oil Company.
Sonslde Oil Company.
Chantey Gasoline Company.
Sunland Refining Compan)
United States Refining Com-
pany. Ellington-Wits' Refineiy Com-
pany Voi non Refining Company
Western Oil .t Ri fining C m
pany
It was ehaiged in the suit Ih i-
F R lxng acted a tl i Li Una
agent in Die alliged c tipli ty
thiough tli mi (hum of contiarts
with all "i petioli um flin
It i I tuned tin e.ntll t c iP
ed f. i I.i nt; to put r hi e ll a
plu f th nth pendent 1 '
iu i i.f it t" tin malr fi. in
t it. 1 j 1 1 vvi 1 1 ' i lf po i 1
i u ' f ' h t t n tn.'ii i .1
ti i i ijni i mpin c 1 ioiii
i tin -.mi t itf th v
11 i i l to I. Int
1 . in nt t a k that
tin i is ulv the n eited
i n d itijnin the orpoii
do i i i v from thi oi ai v
otlut ill g'll ngieemint n i
Htraint of tieo trade
Tht uit wits that rach rim
pin be ubpoenacd t3 n I
till llligltluIlS
llatiiell ild tin -uit waj fib d
on di-tiut ndcis fum Wihlng
ton It f Hows i ent fulcral
gi nil ji i inve-t j ltion into tie
action of the oil c nipanit ro
ducted last month and af'ei' tli s
invostigatlon decision wu- lench d
not to tako cilminnl actwn but
to ptocoed with a civil aul(.
Tho concerns named as dofen 1-
ants produce and dtstiibute vir
tually all of the gasoline on the
Pacific Coast
(inriAiin I-! rutrt
Will Observe
Historic Event
Washington Momoilat services
will bo obseived by local Masiis
nqxt Filday night nt tho Mason c
hall It has been unnounccd.
Masons and tholr families of th s
city and several Invited lodo
mombors from sin rounding citii a
will paitlclpato in tho coicmonlos
to bo dedicated to tho Un.ted
States' first president
An Inspiring piogrnm has bo n
ai ranged. Light iofieshmonts will
bo soivod at tho meotlng
' Judgo W. C. Voolo and tho Rev
A J. Morgan of this city will bo
tho principal speakers foi tho oc-
casion. A malo singing quartet
from Cuddo will contribute to tho
program according to UiO30 mak-
ing arrangements.
I'llOriCST ACTIONS.
ATHENS Greece Fob. 15 (UP)
The Synod of tho Greek church to-
day foi wauled to tho Loaguo of
Nations a piotest ugalnst alleged
religious persecutions by tho Sov-
iet government The Synod asks
the League to inlorvono in behalf
of nllgiou hbert)
s.
tTfl
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