The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, June 6, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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SLANTS
STALKED is the Tri-
> Sunday, bringing grief
•I families and their rela-
otrtour persona ut
. m ferry late Sunday
I the major tragedy-one whir a
bt sorrow to the entire com-
f.
was the third car to roll
[ the same ferry within the past
ml months, One df these
ght death to a baby and occu-
t of the other car escaped,
isth of four persons is a ter-,
i price to pay for a lesson on
need of caution and it is to
loped it will be heeded.
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■obably the ferry should be an- j
d in the center of the stream
the operator leaves it at 6
ick each night or it should be
d on ono side of the atream
ich a manner that it can not
VOLUME 14-NO. 5
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Quake Levels Town in California
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ferries are none too safe when
he hands of competent opera-
They become death-traps
handled by amateurs. The
r Bayou ferry is more dan-
J than some on account of the
banks and the depth of the j
i.
new bascule bridge offers
means of crossing Cedar
i and can be reached by only
Jiort drive along either bank,
lorced use of the bridge at
would not work a serious
bship upon anyone.
HIGHLANDS
YOUTH DIES
IN ACCIDENT
Seven Others Injured
In Mishaps Along
Highway* In L o c a 1
Area Sunday
WIDOW MISSING
A nation-wide search was in-
stituted for Mrs. L M. Ramond
wealthy widow of Lincoln, Neb,,
following her disappearance
after brooding over the death of
her husband” '
One Highlands youth was killed
and seven other persons were in-
jured in four accidents along the
OOSE CREEK volunteer fire- Markot street road and in this
today are happy over the I v’c‘n’*y Sunday,
successful benefit dance in j Bennet Bouse, 20, of Highlands,
[history of the organization. Iwas killed accidentally while
ley feel that the approximately I walking along the Highlands road
I persons who attended receiv-L„ , • ,
In usual value in entertainment i ! “ h°me With another youth
[the money they spent and the when he was struck by 8 car driv-
>t was a financial success for!en by *'■ p> Warren of Coady. i --— --—— i
department, leaving more casin’ ,)ies En Route 1 TATTEDEfl DAlIfTC1
Warren, a refinery worker, pick- j 1AI I LAlU DUIiLm
ed up the injured youth and took ‘
him to the Baytown hospital where
it was found that he had died en
route to the clinic.
Melvin Shaw who was with
Bows at the time of the accident
* * • ' was uninjured.
VE DEALERS of the Tri-' funeral services for Bouse wii!
hate united In presenting be^ at 9:30 a. m. Tuesday at
first annual electrical refriger- tbe home of his sister, Mrs. M. C.
show. (Smith at Highlamls. Rev. J. H. . , ■
for two days and the show 1Burial be made at China un-! Bugle cal,s routed 2.600 mem-
s to the public. j der the direction of the Paul U. ! bers of the tattered "Bonus Exps-
Irent-Teacfner associations
than any ball given
i was no disturbance of any
o mar the pleasure*" of the
ay evening dance. It drew
•ecord crowd of the season to
beach.
ARMY CONVERGES
ONCMESSMEN
Ex-Service, Men Brave
Food Shortage To
Make Appeal
HouseCommitteeToForce
Vote On Gamer Relief Act
DespiteNewHooverAttack
WASHINGTON, June 6 (UP).—The house rules committee de-
cided today to force house action tomorrow on the Garner unemploy-
ment relief bill under the moat stringent rules ever adopted by the
committee.
Despite a renewed presidential assault on its proposed billion-
dollar bond issue for non-productive public works.
President Hoover returned to the white house at 9:30 a. m. rfter
week-end conferences at his Rapidan camp with executives of the Re-
construction Finance corporation. "At the conference the bond issue
Democratic plan wascondemned and agreement was reached that all
federal unemployment relief should be bandied through the corpora-
tion.
A white house statement summarizing the Capidun conference said
bond issue would “unbalance the*——-—---
budget and would render financing
SHOW RUSHED FOR
TUESDAY0PEN1NG
5 Local Dealers Join
to Display Latest
* vtiu puimc. [ —v* v.s® is**va,MutJ w uic ruui u. *
-TeacSter associations of jLee funeral home. Besides his sis- j dltionary Force” from their camps
will receive ten cents’for ter> be is survived by an aunt and j today for a “Wg push’’ 0n con-
““ who registers during! ubde ' 1 ‘ -
s. Several thousand
the operations of the recon-
struction corporation extremely
difficult if not impossible, and
would increase rather than de-
crease unemployment”
RISE IN POLITICS
SEEN LOOMING
WASHINGTON, June 0 <W9—
The politics of the tax fight, pret-
ty well submerged since Decem-
ber, \obobly will rise to the sur-
face in the next few weeks as re-
publicans and democrats prepare
for the presidential campaign.
Ia the senate today where the
tax bill conference report is up for
final approcal, thgse facts appear-'
ed: ~ ' ‘ ■
1. The administration got prac-
tically all it asked and more in
lew taxes.
2. It suffered its most direct de- j
’eat when the senate despite the
ONE WOMAN
KILLED AND
MANY HURT
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Shocks Arc Felt Over
Wide Are* But Wont
of Damage Centered
in Eureka Vicinity: ,
EUREKA, Cal., June 6 «U9-
A large aection of Eureka was
leveled by a violent earthquake
early today.
One woman was killed. Several
injuries were reported.
The quake spread over an area
250 miles in length. It waa felt as
far inland as Roseberg, Ore.
There were four distinct shocks,
which toppled the walls of houses
ami buildings, caused landslides,
and broke virtually every window
in this town. :■
Mrs. Harry McCutcheon, 85,
was killed when a chimney top-
Mr». Elvira Dolores Barney.
London society divorcee and
daughter of a British knight,
swooned and had to be carried
(Tom the court room when she
was charged with murder of
Michael Scott Stephen, who
waa slain in her apartment.
erson
[two days
will see the exhibits
Five Are Hurt
In an automobile collision on
the Market street road at the
DNDAY WAS, a big day for j Lynchburg intersection, five per-
McKinney, operator of the Tri-!sons were injured. Mrs. ,T. W.
beach resort. He was pro-,
i "old fashioned” barbe
inner for members of the
Creek Rotary club, their
and sweethearts, their
i and guests.
bi McKinney is in charge of
jigements and a “good time
[omised to all”.
[INITY BAY, always a popu-
esort for Tri-Cities people
oving a powerful drawing
summer.
[udreds of car* lined, the
miles of bay front Sunday
ate in the day glow of many
! fires-were reflected in the
(greafe-
With. a vote assured in the house
next Monday on the Patman bill
to pay $2,000,000,000 to war vet-
erans, nearly every one of tlie
_ ... — ..... 2^00 was ordepejllte converge on
Ca-uklin, of South Houston, receiv-1 the house office building and be-
(Continued on Page 8) (siege congressman with appeal
| for support. Tomorrow evening
| the “army” will qiajte a mass de-
j monstration, parading to the White
House and capil$!t?> i
A vote on the Patman measure
was assured when the necessary1
r\ i. . . f 145 representatives signed a peti-
Uxendine IS Charged j tion forcing the bill to the floor
' bu-t a presidential veto’ remains
certain. " ■ L "i
Despite the hopelessness of theii
cause and a shortage of food, the
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the manufacturers’ sales tax.
3. It now is responsible in
maintaining a balanced budget
next fiscal year, having asserted
that the $1,119,000,000 revenue
measure, with some $250,000,000
to $350,000,000 in federal econ-
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BAYTOWN MAN IS
JAILED IN THEFT,
With Receiving
Stolen Goods •'
. Developments
With the Tri-Cities’ first annual hTVl# wkh,c? *h®
eldrtrical refjrigerotion show J* "f ***"*?.*
scheduled to open at 2 p. m. Tues- brokeft le5 ^ flyin* d#bria-
day, a corps of workmen today
wci» busy under the direction of
J. T, Turbeville getting ready for
the display of electrical refrigera-
tors at the Original Culpepper
Furniture company location on
Texas avenue.
Five Dealers
cm wneii me senate aespne tne ----________. ,__, . ,
j One other woman waa known to
have been injured.
Crescent City, 99 miles north of
here, felt but one shock. Buildings
were damaged slightly but the
sheriff’s office reported no injuries
or deaths had occurred. Telephone
from Crescent City north into
Oregon were not damaged, al-
FOREIGN FIRMS IN
CHILEJAH) SAFE
Socialist Leader Avers
Increased Tax Only
- Move Planned
-zt.
FR0MFERR1
INTO WA'
Mrs. A.T. Tidmoi
In Hospital Aft<
is Rescued and F
ed by Using Puli
| Utne persong were
ed, m they returned
church services late Si
when the car in which .
were riding rolled off the:
yg at Cedar Bayou, a
fourth died after being :
ed by a pulmotor.
The dead are Mrs. O.
Hamilton, 80, and flvt year
•on, Jack, Mm A. T. Tidmon,
of Pally and Esther Gladys
8. ■ ■■' i * r-fgad
HUMBLE OIL WILL
PAYOFFBIGBQND
ISSUE ON JULY 15
severed.
Property damage in Eureka war
estimated in thousands of dollars.
The fact that the shocks came
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of the most popular points
[Camp Edwin, where Henry
' is completing an attrac
ummer cottage.
FARNUM TO WED
ANGELES, June 6 (UJR)
n Famum, 55, film actor,
Mrs. Isbelle Lunds Major
i Angeles, will wed In Santa
Wednesday, an applica-
’ a, marriage license reveal
ay.
-msh
(Copyright 1932, by United Pres*)
SANTIAGO, Chile, June 6 «LB)
L—The new socialist government of
’ Chile will not molest private pro-
perty of Chileans or foreigners,
Carlos G. Davila, outstanding
; leader in the coup that created the
| first socialist state in South
America, told the United Press,
William Oxendfne, of Baytown,
Was held by Lake Charles, La.,
authorities today in connection
with the robbery of box cars there
several weeks ago.
Two Lake Charles men who of-
ficers said confessed the robbery
And involved Oxedine, also were
being held. i
Oxendine is chained with receiv-
ing and concealing stolen goods. „„ „ , „
He was arrested here late Satur- at Dallat, .' i *8W>
day by Deputy Sheriffs A. T. I . * ; Davila, former Chilean ambax-
Hamilton and Roy Epperson at the j DALLAS, June 6 to—Gov. ■ “dor to Washington and a politi-
request of two Houston officers j Ross S. Streling will begin his. ^ fugitive until the overthrow of
who held a search warrant and a
warrant for his arrest, •
Mr. Hamilton said several pairs
STERLING TO OPEN
CAMPAIGN MAY II
Vote Drive* for Two! Ajn*rfc“’_t®lld the United P*w». '* R0M®» (UP)—a young
r\ L KM '1 j American and British investments Anarchist who carrie3on his chest
Opponents Mapped Jin Chile total over one billion dol-(. thin rubber pad filled with
at Dallas 1 ,l4rs g * ^ ** * . ^
the show, which is being given un
der the auspices of seven Parent-
Teacher associations.
Dealers co-operating with their
products are M. Harvey A Co.,
Majestic; Houston Lighting &
Power Company, Kelvinator and
Westinghouse; A. E. Drew and Co.,
Norge; Tri-Cities Electrical Appli-
ance Company, Mayflower and
Leonard, and R. B| Brown and Co,
Frigidaire. '
Admission Free
The Parent-Teacher Association
will receive 10 emits for each re-
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MUSSOLINI DEATH C0NR0E’ Jdne « ®*»~Oonroe
alive with excitement Monday
PI HTTFR R HFIDas citizens Iooked with ^
I WI Hdl U nlW one big producer and awaited com-
pletion of another within the next
CONROE WELL TO
BOOM^DRILLING
Strake No. 2 Reported
, Making Average of
2000 Barrels
One Escaped
The accident oocurnd aa U.
time and three other persona
returning from a church m
at the heme of Odell Fisher i
dar Bayou. Lights on the s
ed by Mr. Hamilton, went __ ,
as the group started to drive
the ferry, and Mr. Hamilton
repairing the lights when t
suddenly began rolling bad.
and plunfed into the water.
The four persons whoM
drowned and a fifth,
Giasutlo, a blble student af
the front mat of the car, .
.to the ferry aa It plunged
.HOUSTON, June • (OEU-Tbe boairi.
Humble Oil & Refining Company Dmm Blocked VicUm
will pay in cash $22,761,000 of 1U A large drum, used a
bonded jndcktedneis due JuIy lS.jchurch meeting, had been ,
‘ In the hack scat where Mrs,
I man, Mrs Hamilton and th
children were riding. Trappy
by the drum, the women wen
able to open the doors of the <
Mr. Hamilton was Ijdng on
running board of the car, ha
when it began rolling back—
He attempted to reach the em
gency brake, but failed and the,
fell into the water and quid
Remittance in Cash
of *22,761,000 is
Planned
R. L. Bluffer, vice president and
treasurer of the company, has sent
a statement to J. P. Morgan A Co.,
New York, to this effect.
This is part of a $25,000,000
bond issue made on July 15, 1922,
to run 10 years, bearing 5 1-2 In-
terest. ;
The bonds have been selling at
par and will be retired at par. ?
Payment of the bonds will leave
High Explosive Found
On Man Planning
Assassination
l ’ • wmmmmmm’ ‘i ^ w "M* awry%***WM (HMUtf -» UdllJT
, ‘ ROME, June 6 (UP)—A young average of 2000 h*"*1* 01 ^
; Anarchiat .he celeSL WI. .V..! ^ ^ R
in It was flowing betwen 3900 f||
day or two
The Strake Oil Corporation’s
No. 2 South Texas Development J 00
company well Mew in Sunday. The
well was reported making a daily
Around Town I
. Ed Dickens is on a visit
> and Da Hits ... Mrs.
Hawkins of Gossett's
demonstrations at Sum-
. . Mrs. J. H, Norris
down the street . . .
[ Frazer, with Mrs. Frazer
!~ with their daughter,
• • . and talking with
Dowell about t)^t famous
in Done Oak, t*eir home
'•« - Save Paine and T. T.
>*. next-door and rival gro-
*n the friendliest confsb
> Mreet r. . Charlie Mer-
1 “d Lonnie Smith riding
W ... Robert Strickland,
[rimng lawyer, and L. P.
campaign manager
Ethan W. Bruce, getting
' coffee. “Happy” Sanders
down the street . . .
of shoes, cigarettes and tobacco
Ascribed in the warrant were
found in Oxendine’s home. Offic-
ers also brought with them, a let-
ter purported to have been writ-
a by Oxendine to the two other
men involved, telling teem that he
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WICHITA BALLS
IS
'""*w.....* .
WICHITA FALLS, June fi «U9
—A 40-mile-an-hour wind struck
this town and did damage to many
small buildings last night, cut off
electric power for ten minutes and
telephone communications to points
north of here was interrupted.
Awpings were tom by tee foree
campaign for a second tem with j President Juan Mentero, said there
an address at Waco the night of!mi*:ht seme increase in taxes
June 11. This announcement waJ: on wealth, especially income taxes,
made here Sunday during a caucus! C“tr*s Bank may be tek-
, j «n over by tee government
enough nitroglycerin to blow n do-
zen men to pieces faced execution
today for a plot against the life
of Premier Benito Mussolini. foot,
The Anarchist alto carried a re-
volver and two flat shaped bombs
hung from his belt
Police leveled Aneglo Sbardel-
of Sterling supporter, while two I« bF the government. , ' Aneglo Sbardel- °^major
other groups who may oppose him! Forei*n business men, particu- Panned the assassination at * Comoration
conferred separately in nearby' lar,y American, were relieved by the ceremony on Janiculm hill Sat- Heep Oil Corporation officials
buildings. Davila’s statement. The heads 7f drdBJSf<Ijk was attended by Mus- announced Monday ttey would *•
P Davila’s statement .. __ .......I
The Waco appearance will be 25 American concerns met at the
- American embassy and decided
there was no cause for alarm, al-
------ , two weeks’ speak
ing tour that will carry the gov-
ernor into every precinct in the
ra aT/U.W ‘|tate accordin8 to Ernest Alexan-
BY STORM ider’campaign mana*er for ster*
’jftijr Sterling mapped Big I
plans, State Senator William K.
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!
- ««___
Before we could put « hand
the car was in the water
of ..ght,” Mr. MtoMiton
DiteiTii
Mr. Hamilton dirt
the car tad attempted to
FOR BAY OUTING1—“w
1987.
.The company has sufficent cash
on hand after paying July IS ma-
(Contlnued on page 8) ~
ROTARIANS READY
Expected to At-
tend Barbecue Dinner
at TrirCity Beach
««»)* A few seconds later
other diver brought her
ttetei;.
7800 barrels, but
choked doom.
Sunk 5080 Feet
lung motor before the
M % Tidmon
Rotarians today were prepared vived by the pulmotor
to be host to their wives, sweet-1 rushed to Dr. G,
hearts and a number of guests at j hospital where tee died
- . ,j^rt attack) brought s£ h
SL'S-.u xScSzo'rSstSr:
final stop toward opening of major ^ in thig number wi|| be.Walter from tee automobile, and
^ • (CoaMnusd on Jage «) / to save their lives were m
announced Monday they would be-
gin drilling In their No, 1 J. R. j
Freeman well. 1
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FINDS
IS PURE
Announeemtmt that the ____,
TWO bad been completed sent sev- j Two samples of water one tak-
(Continued on Page Eight) Z £
of the gale and many windows celved treatment in the Goose
were reported smashed. The wind- Creek hospital Sunday for a bad-
storm tested for 20 minutes sad ly lacerated hand.
;nded as suddenly as It began. ( His hand was cut when the
A heavy downpour of rain foi- , knife
. >. IB, June 6 (UP).
_-.v The engineer of the southwest Hm-
H,. V-.LiJ«,.L . ited of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Ur. Kuebler injure* ( Paul and Pacific railroad was kill-
Hand Pruning Tree* rd 8nd two n»*>i d«rks injured
-- early today when part of the train memoe„ „„
^ dfnt1^1*- ^ by * WMh°Ut near service at _tee rogular monthly
solini and members o| the royal
family. Oyeen Helene unveiled «
monument to Anita Garibaldi.
Police quoted Sbardelotto assay
ing he would have committed sui-( .
• ”,?? i Girl Killed and Five I contamination,
'"'"l _ j bljuredjn^ Accident Iport t"l‘f b’
Minieterial Alliance . I
Will M-e TuneJ.,,^ 16-year-old girl waa killed and
Will Meet luesaay five other persons Injured in a
W- '• head-on collision between two
Tri-Cities iMinisterial Alliance automobiles on tee highway near
members will discuss community here yesterday.
“*T . meeting of that body to be held
The locomotive, diner and one at 10 a. m. Tuesday in the offices
sleeper wept off the tracks. The „f Grace Methodist church,
diner and another sleeper remain- , Dr. L. L Lemon, pastor of First
----------------- to “riy Christian church, is president of
[other from the mains, showed no
according to a re-
.oday by
ager B. J. Smith from
chemist. 1\ '
Mayor C. R. Myers discounted
recent reports that the city water i
was contaminated in a statement I
Miss Betty Deberry,' 16, was
killed. H. C. Lucas, president of
the National Pecan Growers Asso-
ciation, was slightly injtaied. His
wtfe was more seriously hurt and
their 5-year-old daughter received
a head Injury.
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Pendergraft, W. L. The Tri-Cities Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 5, Ed. 1 Monday, June 6, 1932, newspaper, June 6, 1932; Goose Creek, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1021010/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.