The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 227, Ed. 1 Friday, February 23, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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r three-cornered ,
rin the quest of ■
in thd"deeper
, Creek „i!
was made
|ons for the
■ell.
lulf Production ^
s down 3940 i
•P well, the
Ion and RefioW?
down assess
wy read!
“I as that of ths ]
it in several
which is
|000 barrels,
well is that to bt i
L. Lanier, indenj
ibo last rdulia
Mayor K. A. Cuhl
bed in order to i
lbter for use lad
It was necessary |
the lease in ^
interests, Lanier i
is located a |
of Sam HoosteJ
Ihool, at the edf«<
|limits, and if it (
iucer, will exk
field as the
sme outer edge r
distance north j
inducing.
Ireviously had
|l a shut dis
'"Apr Jin pr
oH.
lava bear
Ore. TO
of the bear
•ics, was
Walter Gore sad
ill grown, it
nd8V.r. %
eb$. of Fan
it 4 W#
Vest of St. L
l Only 28 yrf.1
| lbs. until taU
Cruschen Salts]
t now weigh 18
re energy and f
ter had a ha
Busy Year Ending.
Press StUI Waves.
If ears Predicted.
By Arthur Brisbane
are tosa than two weeks
»-tte end of Franklin D.
fs fttst year •• president
l United States. - Did you, in'
' Ufa, ever know such a
ggir.
KINO of Belgium who
mountains because
in these days have little of
kingly executive excite-
left, took hold of * rock
| by the frost and rain, far
and was killed. His sons
walk behind their
i'coffin, his widow' mur-
jpver and ovtr, tout eat fini
j a finished”. The older son
■ his place and all ia finished.
THE
ht(1
r'* '
may be true as Mussolini,
■ and Kemal all agree, that
beings, in their republics
| democracies have shown in-
f to govern themselves. But
nt bykings “has failed
Whether a king lives or
■pH little difference except
I sometimes the change from
to another may excite
and other “reds”
unpleasant demonstra-
uice, needing Belgium « a
jr state, so useful ia delaying
Jjpioins in the big war, wor-
II little about Belgian com-
Otherwise the death of
natured, friendly Bel-
l king mean* nething.
VOLUME 15~Nal27
LEOPOLDin
HADE KING
OF BELGIUM
Cannons and Cheers of
Hqndreds Hail New
Monarch; Mother Is
Unable to Attend
OF GOOSE CREEK, PELLY, BA
fOOSE CREEK. TEXAS,
Slugged And
Robbed Lays Blame
On Texas Lassies
president telling
i what he wants done about
and days of work and
says liberty of the press
t go right ahead, but dees net
; there is any more reason to
that question than there
have been to ask whether
t commandments would con
i under NRA.
little editors, struggling
alive, might suggest that
; them what they must do in
pitots, with their own
and money, might
i the beginning of inter-
latir. the liberty of the
government* newspaper
ton will mot affect little edi
seriously. In nine cities,
750,000 population or more,
ts with 75,000 circulation
will be expected t0 work
en only five days a week
| Mt more than 40 hours in the
■R. That can’t always be
BPjosd- re parting ia revised,
[ mny “assignments” require
than eight hours, some as
> is 24 hours.
BRUSSELS, Feb. 23 TO-Leo-
pold III was proclaimed king of
the Belgians today, by clamoring
bells, cannons and the wild cheers
of hundreds of thousands -cf his
subjecih. . ’•
Princess Astrid, of Sweden,
Leopold’s consort, became queen
o£ the. Belgians. Queen Elisabeth,
widow of King Albert who was
buried yesterday, became the
queen mother. ___________..
Leopold at .11 a. m. in the sen-
ate chamber,; before the. twa
houses of parliament and an audi-
ence of notables, took his simple
oath: (
“I swear tp observe the con-
stitution and the law of the peo-
ple of Belgium and to maintain
the national independence and ter-
ritorial integrity.”
A great cheer broke from those
newspa- jn the chamber and the guns be-
gan booming out at brief inter-4
(Continued on Page Eight)
RENO, Nev. Feb. U (UP)—A
trio of husky young girls from
Sherman, Texas, were held
here today on a charge of
holding up Troy Bruton, of
San Josej California,'on the
highway near Altahiont Paw
fbeating him and stealing his
automobile.
The girls, dressed in men’s
clothing, said they were wait-
resses on a hitch-hiking tour.
They gave their names as
Jane Furlong, 21, Catheline
Underwood and Catherine
Hudson, 20.
Bruton said the “Amaxon”
bandits halted him with a pis-
tol,-struck him with a crank,
robbed him and drove .away
laughing uproariiusly.' His
automobile wa3 recovered here.
LOCAL voura IS
DBA ON CHARGE
Of AUTO THEFT
BAPTISTS OF
SOUTHTEXAS
END SESSION
New Attendance Mark
^For District is Set
lii Annual Parley of
Church Workers
The fourth district Baptist
Training Service and Sunday
School convention closed its two-
day annual session at Goose Creek 1 election.
First Baptist church at noon t:-
More than 1000 visitors from
such widely separated points as
El Paso, Port Arthur, Dallas,
Cisco and Gialveston attended the
Goose Creek meeting which Bap-
tist leaders said was the largest
attended diafgjct convention on re-
cord.
Huntsville wp picked for the
1935 meeting which will be held
February 19-20. Sunday school
} officials for the coming year ir»
Citisens of the Geeae Creek independent school district tamer-
| row mast wake a dedilMl as to whether they desire to create a
Junior college iNotriftC • 4 ’ '*'> •
The decision will be regiatered In the bnliot boxes and the
Outcome will have as important and lasting influence upon the
future of thia section. For that reason the decision reached
should represent the majority opinion amt It can do thia only if
ail, or at leant nearly all of those qualified to vate east their
ballots. 4W , *>'; '• v
It is imperative that the citisem ge to the pails. Any per-
son who has paid his pall tax aad who has any proporty, personal
or real estate, which ia sabject to taxatifin, is qualified.
The election tomorrow is not a tat elation. It merely is to
decide whether a district shall be created. No tax can be levied
until that qoestlon has been submitted to the people in a later
Outcome of the election tomorrow will determine whether a
number of local children are to have the advantage of a college
education. It will decide whether the Tri-Cities are to have the
advantages which such an institution will bring. - '
Go to the polls and vote for the college.
q air' i. i (Walter Jackson, of Houston, pieti- be laid off at the end of thia weak and with the .Harris county fT _
cEj^b£j= iajSRHrSSS* ‘ ,?,'I “ ~|.r=. ~ ir-
In Houston °* ****m&L of lnmtorB t08b80rb •*•*« wife? bonds boeause of lowU pnwlt .tVMi 1b
new regulations would in-
; Benjamin Franklin who was
newspaper business, land
Pulitzer and Dana, also
i Bogart, aqd "Boss” Clark of
•toent days. Their idea was
[(Continued on Page Four)
ILD IS. INJURED
Jean Wilson, 8 year old
*r of Mr. and Mrs., Charlie
» of La Porte, was injured
, when her left arm
Htet in the wringer of
Png machine. She was given
iiWkyalo
local physician.
around town ,
'• ‘be Tri-Cities: Frank N.
'basing down an exagger- 1
* run*r of a Baytown shoot-
i'&KSXS,
the fight game with renew-
nf the sport in these parts
-Jack Gray almost about t:
^ that fender wasn’t even
’“ all,...Lee Sloan silenc-
[with laryngitis....E. T. Ar
Biums, etc. Bryant Causey
farming implements
■North GalUiard closed for
•bs of filter clay ami shell
■workmen putting the water
b*«k together Eigain.
MRS. KING. WILL BE
of Houston.
Smith was arrested by Deputy!
Funeral to Be Held at Sl*eriff H- C- Spence as he lay
asleep, in the car owned by W. M.
Bond, of Gtooso Proto, and which
*at 3-P. M. * ’ ’ stolen about midnight lust
night from where it was parked
in front of the City Club.
The charges against Smith al-
leges that he stole the car, drove
to the Eddie Cox filling station
at Baytown, had 10 gallons of gas-
oline placed in the car and drove
off without paying for the fuel.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Funtral, services will be held at
3 p. « tomorrow at the family
residence, 131 Ash street, Pelly,
for Mrs. C. D. King, 30, who died
at a Houston hospital at noon yes-
terday, following a 20-hour battle
to save her life with a respira-
tor.
ILLNESS i FATAL
laid off are expected to appeal to
the local station of the Harris
county welfare board, or the Tri
1 Cities Welfare League.
In addition to depletion of relief
Funeral for Resident funds, the canning plant being
of Pelly to Be ' operated here as a CWA project is
Tomorrow
seoretsrg* -- ... .____---........ _____,u„
_ - . ; B. T. S. officials for the next year interest rates has exhausted relief funds in Texas, and the agencies
William Smith. Jr., 19, of Goose! ^ President, W D. WyaM financed by the government will be..,
. of Columbus; vice-president, «jna|)ie to lend a helping hand to ,
Creek, today is in jail here under Henry Smith( of Huntsville; and thnSB wi„ hp rf,.nnnwl frnm thp
.charges of automobile theft and secretary, Miss Florence Coop«f| — - dropped
! failure to pay for gasoline as the' of Shpridan. ^ P6’ un,e8» the “ are sold-.
| climax of a thrilling chase at mid-1 Hai Buckner, co-director of the In the Tri-Cities, the situation
l • . 'night last night that began in Buckner Orphans Home*of D*lta», Is expected to become acute as
BURIED TOMORROWBaytown and ended °n the edge paid high tribute to younB 811 °f those who wil! **
firisis In Relief Problem
Looms At CWA Lay-Off
With indications that 400 CWA empioybs”in East Harris county;
ribio Touhya of the
side,” and two of his
Gus Schaefer «nd
were found guilty
in criminal court o!
John Factor, wealthy
The jury fixed upon a
term in the state
»M Si1"*"' *” '
by proponenta of the plan to an- The Jury’s verdict
list as many voters as possible courtroom crowded v
in the election to be held totnor-
row on (ho crtw»«vn •*» «* ^ jo.
coliegc district to co-inclde with flftpt
tho Goose Creek independent dis-
trict. ,
Circulars were to be distributed
over the area asking the qualified
the creation of a junior ^nU 8,1 P18'88-
sin
Burly police blocked every
lest a rescue attempt occur.
The verdict
- ■ -»■........
voters in the district to cast b*‘ J.®
lota in favor of the college in ord- ^ 8iewui leanH KraM
er that a substantial majority be
i polled.
I The polls at the two boxes will
open at 7 a. m. and will close at
GOOSE CREEK OIL
FIELD LEASE SOLD
tie to save her life was waged.
Rev. P, R. White, pastor of
Peily Methodist church, Pelly, will
officiate, with burial in Cedarcrest
cemetery under direction of the
Morrison Funeral home.
Mrs. King is‘survived by her
husband, C. D. King; four child-
ren, F. A. King, Joyce Adell King,
Mary M. King, and Charline Rose
King; her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. N. Rose of Wiilis, Texas, five
slstlpnh 'Mrs. N. Cbdpef, Hender-
son, Mrs. N. B. Walker, Conroe,
Mrs. H. V. H«won. Jdiag Owl j by JFmtfce
Rose and Miss Rffby ^we, all of (Flowers.
Willis, <uid four brothers, K. 6.| ■ s —
without materials to can.
C. I Block, canning plant pro-
« « „ ject supervisor, today appealed to
Jack Francis Evans, 67, of Pelly, f>rmWg gnd othwg who have beef
Jim Church, employe of the sta- retired, died at a Houston hospi- onpork that can be canned, to
She suffered a cerebral hemor- tion, gave chase in another car, |^ ji.35 p. m> yesterday, after; furnish it to the cannery on shares,
rhage Wednesday and was taken end finally ran the driver of the |gn mneg8 of m[a| dayg PulnK)n. 1 The capning plant tekes payment
to Houston, where the futile bat- stolen car in the ditch near the j . _iven as the for canning, in the prepared pro-
Missouri Pacific interurban station ( .... / ducts, aii of which is placed oh the
on tho .Beamnont-Houston high-.«»se of death, ■
way at Houston. I Funeral services will be held at
Church left the car in the ditch | the Paul U. Lee funeral home at
and the driver in It, and returned j10 g m; tomorroWi with Rev,
sr* ? “i 2-?*
Baptist church, Pelly, officiating.
Burial will be in Wigging ceme-
tery, near Bobert. E. Lee high
school on the Goose Creek-Bay-
with a wrecker, and found Smith
in the car. Church identified him
as the purchaser of the gasoline.
Spence brought Smith back to
jail here and charges were filed town highway, under ihe direction
against him by Bond and Cox. j of Paul U. Lee. • i t
Bond of $309 in each case was set j Mr. Evans, who came to Pelly
of the Peace Frvin from Galveston thre# years age,
formerly was a resident of San
Two New Deep Wells
to Be Drilled Near
North Edge
New activity in the Goose Creek
oil field Wto udder'toy with the
announcement that two new loca-
tions for deep strata drilling will
be staked out within a few days,
in testa that will seek to extend
the pressure production of the
field to the city limits of Peily
on the north aide of the field.
The Mirim Oil company of
Houston, through Ross S. Sterling,
yesterday closed leqises oft
Hughes seven and a half acres,
the Wright five acres and the
Wright "one-acre tract for a total
of thirteen and a half acres. The
” at , ltllr „n 8 8 lhe (Avey and Mrs. R. R. Bains, clerks, school district, at the election
lease calb for drilling to start by) If the cieation of the district I be held Saturday, April 7, 1
f0r March 10. jig approved, a second election on'made todsa.
-
Rose, Palestine, John H. Rose, L. Qf Street
C. Rose, J. E. Rose, all of Willis.
Pallbearers will be W. H. Bar-
'by, Albert Touch, 0. F. Ingram,
Walter Trip, T. E. Rankin and J,
B. Beaughj
Railway U Robbed
Antonio for many years.
Survivors are his [ wife, 'Mrs.
Elma Evans, of Pelly, two step-
daughters, Mrs. A. WT Hutchings,
■ • • of Peily; and Mrs. Jess Gibbons,
McKINNEY, Feb. 23 (UP) of Galveston; a step-son, Jess
Sheriff G, F. S. Walker and his Gibbons, of Pelly; g grandson,
deputies today searched for two char]M D yotmg> ani ^
masked bandits who robbed R. E. grandaon, ebaries D. toung; Jr.
Burns,' cashier of the Texas Elec- ......■.....■»......
SANDINO DEATH
LAID' TO FEAR trie railway station of mdre than
HELD IN SLAVING
shelves of the food commissary at
WBjr, *
C. H. Miller, WRS supervisor
this section, today had received de-
finite instructions to cancel alt con-
tracts for truck hire to transport
CWA workers to their jobs. From
now until complete demobilization
of the CWA on May 1, the work-
men toll be forced to provide their
own transportation to work.
No information had been receiv- . . . .... j, u
tit Tjlipt prrtnininr to layoffs whsn ®r,d n’ust start drilling by March.
8, The leasee were obtained from
on Pruett street in Peily, and at
the Mexican community house in
Baytown,
W. R, Smith, gui»erintendent of
schools, today pointed out that the
junior coHego primarily, will prove
an economy the first year of oper-
ation through savings to parents
who desire to give their children
at least two years of college edu-
catton. ' .
All persons owning taxable
property, even so little as a watch
or other jewelry, and who have
paid their psfi 'tftjf at
vided with exemptions, may* vote”
provided they' reside in the dis-
trict. It is not necessary that toe
property tax be paid, the posses-
sion of it making the owner quali-
fied to vote.
Officials to serve at toe Horace
Mann box will be J. H. Norris,
presiding judge; G. M. Ammons,
judge; Mrs. AJlie Blackwell and
Mrs. J. W, Riggs, dorks.
Serving at the Baytown poll wilt
bf W. B. Dumas, presiding judge;
Josh Wetls, judge; and Mrs. W. H,
Touhy
repeated it for him.
to his feet.
Then the man who r
lordship of shooting,
hi-jacking, end extortion i
in 20 suburbs and the nor
em part of the city, sobbed
ran for the bullpen dragging
guard with him.
In the bullpen he cried for • i
minutes and then was ted
cell. Schaefer and Kator
tained the composure which
ed the conduct of all three di
ants during the trial.
Except for the defendants,
era in the courtroom expected
guilty finding. Oqly the punish. '
ment was in doubt after 10
(Continued oh Page Eight)
■.....................;.....
DIAL SEEKS POSl
ON SCHOOL
Goose Creek Resid,
Announced For
April Vote
rm
| The first sumouncemerth ef
candidate for one of toe two posi
tions on the board of trustees fo
firn mm '''Creto ^KlciHmden
the timekeepers went to their jobs.
The orders will come directly to
the timekeepers from the Houston
CWA office. The cards of those
laid off will be returned to Mil
!er*s office here.
.Those to be laid off first are
those whose families are less in
need. Approximately 350 who
tore transferred from the CWA
rOjl* jrhen the project weie first
initiated will not be affected im
TYLER, Feb. 23 P, Miller said he was In-
Wsflasr at: Wright tity, today
fumed by C..E.Shaw,. chairman vaU j,, ikat ^tor.
- sassinated by political
who feared his great ambifion and
his appar«^;kwnfag toward com-
munism , it was indicated today-
Though President Juan B. Sa-
x. at casa denoi
explaining loas ratios, i took Sandino’s father Gregorio,
n______ 1 .. _ ______.l.i ,
tied over their faces, threatened nection with the fata! stabbing of
telephone.... Reverends
White and A. B. Buch-
pleasantries....
Porte: Mrs. Ivan Shore
.outriding... Mar-
* Conway making new ac-
accepting an invitation
’Wwiw.Bftir back at work
^ * short illness . . . Louise j
record in ards of
bums with guns as he prepared to j D. V. Kelly, rig builder of Over-
close the office. They forced him ton, who^ died here yesterday
to open the safe. The money, the (from wounds inflicted to an aiter-
day’s;receipts, and a number of cation at Wright City three weeks
j__
took Sandino’s father Gregorio, asl ,V| 7 ^ f v ’ ^
his gueat at the presidential pal- • - « -
ace, the mu»der aroused few rep-
ercussions and many thought it
met popular approval. Five other
men were*assassinated
dino. A child was murdered by ae»
vugfiMier agHin.. • » s ainO. A cniiu was inunicieu vy av
r.....
Cabinet and congress appear to
state* of^siege Vy the proofatefcj^ disagreement today over the
and censorship was imposed.
NOT GUILTY
Johnny Roberts of Morgan’s
. . . Mrs. W. W. j Point wa* pronounced not guilty in
’ • * disturbance case which took
place at a local cafe Feb. 17, in
which Clan DeW«*e and E. Rich
Crosby were involved.
acted as defense et-
Hearing was held before
r the Peace A. Muldoon at
Dispute Between Congress
'%nd Cabinetmeen On Tariff
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 <U»— controversial issues submitted to
FORMER CITIZEN
.OF BAYOU
——-Si-
Last rites were held at the Ce-
dar Bayou cemetery Friday after-
noon for Wiilis R, Settle, 51, for
many years an' East Harris coun-
jty resident, who died Thursday
- morning at hi< home, 9316 avenue
K, Houston. I
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Loo Settle, three sons, Oliver,
o™ * b. «*<«,«izstzsz:
Th, Hurt., tract la .IngiU. |S^SS™U^t .“tax'tl'tOraBto on
the causeway road, a short dig-1the -
tance beyond the Sam Houston
school ' *
L. H. Puckett, Houston indepen-
dent operator, has obtained tho
Scott two and a half acre tract,
Hail and Lowery. ■
Meanwhile preparations were
being made by the D'Armond
drilling company to stake out a
new well on the Chapman-Bryan
$100 valuation will
ample for toe college.
prove
AUTO FEE CUT
HOPE FADING
AUSTIN, Prt. 23 tCB-Rcp.
Ptwton Anitmon, &U1 ,-lntont-,
rear Uttle hope today for reduced
automobile registration fees in
1935.
He said there is no practical
tract on the comer of the land on j way to get another senate vote at
the far side cf Goose Creek stream this season on his bill for that
where it empties into Tabb* Bay. t purpose. It passed fte house by
It was reported today Hut « vote vt 117 to l\. The senate
D’Armand has purehased the billed it yesterday, 16. to It.
terest to the well drilled hy Far-
rell and Airhart further up the
m PWiffmoml also fa drilling A
- "p- ^l.L I
L. L. Lanier today was sched-
uled, to push opeaations on the
well a short distance back of the
and Refining company, has
ft resident of Goose Creek
more than 10 years.
His announcement to part
lows:
As a citizen, patron and
payer of and to the Goose
Independent school district, 11
vital interest to the weitore
our school*. . - ....
your vote you sokiet t
The extension-of-time bill, pass- to this position, I Vill give, cai
ed earlier in this session, provides fuJ( conscientious consideration
Ctte’-flMion of the legislate
will opca next January. It eorid
made tods;).
R. F. (Bob) Dial of 210
Fierce, Goose Creek,
his candidacy! - ‘ s
The two members of the
whose terms expire are B. T.
Kinney, and W. C. Swain,
tary of the bawd.
Dial, who to employed in tlw
pipefitting department of the Bay-
next administration tariff move.
President Roosevelt has been de-
laying a tariff message for almost
a year. The certainty of protong-
ed debate persuaded the presi-
dent to withhold his message al-
together from the special session
of congress which sat last spring.
Congressional advice to the pree- a bundle
ident now ia ‘
during the spi
wants to get
congress must be strictly limited.
Republican eatimate that a hit mother, Mrs. Amanda Settle,
of Cedar Bayou; three sisters,
month would be required for con-
gressional discussion of toe ad-
ministration's plan to, assign
Mr. Rooosevelt authority to nego-
tiate reciprocal trade agreements.
The congressional situation has
Just been further
submission of a
stock
all questions which heme
the school board, and tor
by the dictates of reason and j
ness—and this always with the
terosts of the students of the i
tern uppermost.”
CWARollReductionAdds
M
57%,000 To Job
creksed by approximately 572^00
Dayle, and Cecil, all of Houston, perrons today as mas* demobiliza-
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 'I'P'- jWOre receiving benefits under _
Ranks of toe unemployed were in- program. The number was iower-
tion of toe civil works army waa suited
started by order of civil works
Mrs. Nora Kipp of Houston; Mrs. Administrator Hopkins.
Carrie I* Henry, of Seabrook, and Tomorrow there workers who
Mrs. T. L Parish of Waco; four have had government pay clacks
brothers, L. W. Settle, of Spurn, [for several months will be poten-
’rexas; Olen Settle of ArkansasiJ tial johhuntoest —-
number
ed by reductions In state quotas,
by climatic conditions which re-(
ed in cessation of some civil
works projects, and by an execu-
tive order which last week reduc-
ed workers on federal CWA p
jeets by 50 per cent.
Large industrial centers
M. Settle of Levelland, Texas;
of Spurn, for several ttMpteWP ft* PGtem- IWdurg* industrial centers will not
Arkansas;] tial Jotohuntoaa. Next week, an-! be affected by toe CWA demobili-
and John Settle, of Conroe. jrill^b* in a similar position, tod ( according to
were bold at the
home to 9 a. m, Friday. The body civil works will be
waa then carried overland to Ce-
workers : xatioiftftkin until the <
DROWNS
23-
Funeral arrangements w
ing here today for W
Campbell, 43, former com
the Texas &
drowned while
Kirby near here
lifi
it will
■f'l
to until
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