The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 171, Ed. 1 Monday, January 15, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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HARRIS-Fair. freezing or
ling tonight; Tuesday fair,
| rising temperatures.
THED
eatherman Recalls
. at. " ' -
(Spite From Gold;
feeze Is Forecast
weather bureau today postponed for 24 hours a scheduled
[ion „f Texas’ week-end cold snap. , J
Itimied freezing or near freezing weather was forecast for ’
ill the state. - ... ... j
t Harris county can expect freezing or near-freezing tempera^
night on the basis of the.'................ —
NEW JAP PREMIER i
fruisiay fair, slowly rising
■tures,” "Rs the prediction,
liiemiry dipped to 35 de-
War Fear Sweeps Europe As
Neutrals Rush Defense Plan
KING LEOPOLD
Solons Are
For Assassinai
Bomb Plans
here last night, not cold
fto freeze, but a heavy man-
frost covered roof tops and
fcposed places;
day mght when the porth-
> in following a balmy day
heeded by a light rainfall,
Id at. the marine station at
L Point registered a 49-
g-hinil' blow. .- V : _X_
flexas was predicted to
lowly, rising temperatures
ACTSTOMEET
NEWTNREATS
men aboard the Atlantic
|ne company barge No. 102,
land had progressed to a
lin the channel when the
lorther struck! They feared
blown out in the gulf.and
, "When they didn’t show
Cedar ‘ Bayou-at the sched-
Cold Wave Page 2)
MR BURIAL
(VICETS1E!
Are Held Today
)ayton For Aged
felly Resident
eb Bridler, 95, died at
i.m. yesterday at the home
V S. V. Bridler, 304 Yu-
peet, Pelly.
ral services were held at
cemetery at Dayton at 3
day with Rev. A. D, Lind-
stor of the Dayton Pente-
lehurch, officiating. , Inter-
“■•as under direction pf the
Lee Funeral Home.
Sridler, who came to Pelly
ws ago from Dayton, had
for the past 'three weeks.
SEEKING CABINET
Kariy Resumption Ofj % £
I rade Negotiations J Supreme Command
Is Expected j Brussels,'Belgium, Jan. ii
TOKYO, Jan. 15. <U.R>—Premier | O)—King Leopold assumed su-{
Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai moved [prime command of «tj the armed,
"rcabtnet,™n*» tCaa>V ** ms lather, King
Albert, had done in the Worjd
The army staff took over the
BACK FROM HELGOLAND RAID
y to compl
that .will strive for more friendly
.relations With the United States
and Great Britain
lie company varge.i'iu. ivp, "" ...
ff the tug, Stannie of Gal-
spent Saturday night* anch-
t}ie Houston Ship Channel
from being blown Out in
, ' (few hours after Empetpr Hirohito ition. ".......
left Texas tXty Saturday or(jered him to assume the pre- Civihaha
nriershfp and form a government.
First Apointmenis
. H!s first appointments included:
Foreign Minister—Hachira, Ari-
ta, former foreign minister and ‘a’
veteran diplomat. Arita was ex-
pected to ask United States Am-
bassador Joseph C. Grew for an
early resumption of negotiations
I direction of all military, operations
The' amiable, 60-year-old navy | and formed a general headquar-
ter* “ rin
th,ee cabinet precedmg h.s own, jhad brought the country to «stage
had named ten cabinet olf.cers a | Dy preceding general mobiliza-
.... Uvzeua'texl
Seiected auxiliary military serv-
ices were removed from the 'for-
tified Liege region and hundreds
of civilians evacuated the Eupen,
Malmedy and St. Vith areas east
and southeast of Liege on the Ger-
man frontier..
Some relaxation of the tension
which developed over the week-end.
— ———— ”
commercial treaty of 1911 which
expires January 26.
War minister—Gen. Shunroku
Hata, who held the same position
under' Previer Gen. Nohuyuki ’
Abe, who resigned with his cab-
■fctet Sunday. ■.*
Choice Is Surprise
The foreign office, spokesman
saidjthat the new government was,
not expected to affect Japanese-
, American trade negotiations. He
said Japan’s proposed draft of a -
temporary agreement had been
presetted to the government In
Washington and that a reply was
expected before January 26. Japan,
he said, is agreeable to concluding
such a treaty through an ex-
change of notes. '
The selection of Yonai as pre-
mystified by. the. sudden military
(See Leopold Acts Page 2)
are a daughter, Mrs. mier, following the resignation of
ry; of Liberty; two foe Abe cabinet because of public
JcCary,
Leo RriHiai. ptfton; Jp-the. position and continue tbe
Tandchildren and two great
hildren.
mud Town
he Tri-Cities: C. M. ‘Potts’
dge asserting himself and *
uthority by wearing his
la>l out. .. J. D. Giddings
: in the ends of his muf-
hd turning up his coat Col-
• August Wehring looking
ivays at a street intersec-
“ liefore driving through
ugh Martin among those
up to a downtown stove
P- Thibodaux waiting his
* attend to s jot of busi-
ick home after a week- flay it Is recslved.
i the Mg town . . . Mrs,---
irebekmann on-a grocery-
ng tour . , . Jack Heard
ket contents . . . Jack
! being out when paged via
ne-----City Marshal Ed
i and- Webb Greer among
I "till homing because of a
i paper to read along with
' • • Fred Lintelman
1 about that 21-jewel
his boys won, for him.
. Baytown firemen, for
i for the
(See New Jap Page 2)
$5 More Is Added To
Finnish Relief Fiffid
Contributions to Finnish relief
through The Daily Sun today
reached 530.25 with an additional
contribution, of $5 from employes
of the S02 plant- in the refin-
ery, brought to the office by Paul
^ % - ... (
S02 employs Previously had
contributed $5.25. v -
Although the first phase of the
collection closed today. The Sun
will be glad to receive additional
to the fund. All
SAFETY COUNCIL
TO MAP PROGRAM
General Meeting Will
Be Held J^n. 25 To
Publish Plans
"Final details, of a safety pro-
gram designed to protect the peo-
ple of this community at home, at
work, at school and on the high-
ways will be completed when Tri-
City Area Safety Counciy meets
in Pelly city hall at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday.
The program then will he pre-
sented to the public ,in a general
SOLDIERS ON
LEAVECALLED
BACKTOARMY
Coughlin but which
i^udiated. He indicated
members were in strong sympst
with the German Nasis, declsri
(that the men addressed their 1-
Rmsian
Sweden and Norway
’ Over Aid To Finns
- Gets Cold Shoulder
NEW YORK, dsn. M CB—
Sixteen memlieni of the pro-
faseist Christian front, ehnrged
with conspiracy to overthrow 1
the United States government, ”
pleaded not guilty in federal
‘•ourL ilrooMyn, today and wero « ^ • Fuehrer’’ and that at
Void for hearing i h. m ...
$.10,000 ball MU*. • .
Two of those arjested were
not arraigned. Federal authori-
ties said they would be brought
before Federal Judge tlrovor M.
The’crews o’f British biimlicrs that took part in one of the recent
down twelve Messerschmidt plane*. v ■
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Louisiana To Name
rovernor Tomorrow SaSws**
OSLO, Norway, dan. 15 (UR)
—Norway was disclosed today to
have sent a note to Soviet Hum-
tait the
ment would permit transport of
arms across Norwegian terri-
tory to Finland.
LONDON, Jan. 15 (6J!i-Sud-
den, unexplained emergency mili-
tary precautions by Great Brit-
ain, Belgium and the Nether-
lands, and an angry Russian pro-
test against Swedish and. Nor-
wegian aid to Finland, sent a
thrill of apprehenion through
Europe today.-.
Leave# were suspended for an
indefinite period in the British
expeditionary force in France,
Reject Rod Protest
Belgium recalled aU troops
up new men
NEW YORK, 4m. 16, Cft -
Eighteen clerks, ualeamen, and
manual workers today - faced
charge* that they plotted to ov*r-
throw the United State* govern-
ment by force.
fhey were held incommunicado
:n the federal prison; hence their
j TS-
one had been a
German-American bund,
eroment they planned to tot (
place of the present one ws»
have been Ma dictatorship
to Hitler'*,'' Hoover aald.
X'T.....Bx-SerVftiltth.
Twelve of the men were ineRr l
bens of the New York national
guard — one was a captain—or
had served in either the army or
navy. Hoover alleged that •*
' hml *toi*n 12 army i
fleK from national guard
j-rlus their i
Inltkm. - ■
They called themselvee
“Sport* Club” of the
DETROIT, dan, 15 (Udtt-»la-
ther Charles E. Coughlin said
today that he had no connection
and no sympathy with the
Christian Front organization.
He has condemned It MxpMnt-
ly , he snHL
“They Rave held peace meet-
ings, using my name entirely
without authorization la an at-
-tempt to ^propagandize " their
movement," he said.
reau of Investigation, had altegod
that they plotted to bomb two
newspapers,, a ..theatre, the custom r _ . _
house and to toiwrt»'”-Je)»i^fiotornment'* Is - In much
mmpA.ifUd tMKsns fontu 1ft hnaesss KLo lliaan N
Narrowsburg, N. Y., where ,
had a rifle and pistol range
also prs'-tked bomb msking
throwing. Federal jsgenta, he said,
had taken long range motion pic-
tm^ tbrnn engaged in their
wsi^saaaw-iaEi
man ordered an investigation of
any connection of national guard
personnel s with tbe Christian
Front. Mayor F. H. LaGuardia
laughed when informed of the ar-
rests. , ■
u\ don’t think the United l
over to the general- staff.
The Netherlands canceled aU
army leaves.
In Formal Plots
These objectives, Jt was said,’
were, set forth in formal plots.
The newspapers the men
ted to bomb. Hoover said
citizens will be invited,
KiUgore, council president,
W. J.
said
KS.M. rowc
h«i been completed and, several twti0n emtdidates proini^d to
communiUes are being formed, clean up the'state - a promise
Long made when he succeeded for-
mer Governor Richard W. Leche
at the outbreak of the scandals.
So far, only Dr, James Monroe
Smith, former president of Louis-
iana. State university, had drawn
communities are being formed.
Some of these are complete and
only a few members of others
have been named. No committee
appointments are made until the
(See safety Council, Cage 2)
TRESTLE IS FIRED
BROWNWOOD, Jan. 15 (UE>-
Railroad officials sought to de-
termine today the cause of the
fire that burned eight spans of a
quarter-mile trestle Sunday short-
ly before a Santa Fe paaftnger
tf&in waa to go over it. The
SIOCKS OLOSE TODAY
Courtesy
CITIZENS STATE BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
_—--
Allied Stores .
Harry Blum want- American Radiator *.......... ® 1-4
! That will go for commercial” Solvent
,party! . . . Robert
all excited and you
*hy? Itf a boy . . .
Stratton back from that
to Florida and Cuba.
O'Hagen paying off an
1 wbt • .. Howard Thomp-
abrot a
that
Anaconda Copper ......—— 28 1-4
Bamsdall ......—............12 1-4
Barnsdall ........ W1?
Bethlehem Steel ..lit,— 73 3-4
Burroughs —.......... U 7-8
Chrysler ----------—82*l*d
1-8 [tambei
Lorttlard ......
Murray Corporation ..
Nash Kelvinator
National Dairy .........:
North Amer. Aviation
Ohio Oil :.i......r.
. 414
..... 13 3-4
Consolidated Aircraft — 25 7-8
Ccmsolidated OU .....-......* 7 1*8
Curtiss-Wright ..............J H
Curtiss Wright A. ............ 28 3-4
Elec. Bond * Share ........ 7 3-8
Elec. Power k Light 7 -
Paw Natural Gas ...... 88 1-4
Sulphur ........
Electric .............38 1-8
Motors 51 7-8
Paint 17 1-8
r-.....-—..ii
; ....................361-4
OU -.....—.....- 61 1-3
“ a
Packard Motors ...
’•Phillips Petroleum
Pure OU
^ 15 7-8
_ S* 8*4
16 3-8
23 1-4
6 3-4
Reed Roller
Reo Motors
Skelly -----
Standard OU Indiana ..... 25 7-8
Standard OU. New Jersey 43 3-4
Oil —.........***^.«“. 6T^B
Texas Corporation ---------- 43 7-8
Texas Gulf Sulphur ........ 32 3-8
ssa?*-sr~ ■ 1
United
United
United
Western.
White
the final pleas of five gubernatorial can$sJates on the eve of tomorrow’s
Democratic primary. • %-• .
Among other things, Assistant United States Attorney General
0, John Rogge, directing a series
of trials against political leaders
under federal indictment, asked
that information concerning ballot-
bolt stuffing,, vote stealing or other
types of election law violation, be
reported to him. ‘ :
For months, the candidates have
roamed the state, promising new
roads .free lunches for school chil-
dren, and relief from taxes. Four
of them bent most of their efforts
against the state machine, found-
ed by the late Senator Huey P.
Long, and ijow headed by his
brother, Governor Earl Kemp Long
one of the candidates.
Statewide scandals, which havr
brought federal (pid state prison
sentences to many administration
POLL TAX DRIVE IN
FULL SWING HERE
13 Stations Opened To
Issue Receipts In
: East Harris
East Harris county’s annual
poll tax crusade had begun today
after aU deputy collectors bad
posted beads with Harris county
and had been given their oaths
pf oWice irnder the direction of
County Tax, Collector Jim Gias*
The following persons had qua!-'
Finland, and that in reply Swe-
den had rejected the protest
sharply and Norway had declin-
ed firmly in stop sending sup-
plies. Russia announced that the
replies were unMisfactory.
■ ' Suddenly Acute
Rome reported that the Italian
government and public alike
(See Fear* of General, Page 2)
a state prison term. He pleaded
guilty to embezzlement.
The hopes of many administra-
tion enemies were pinned off Sam
Janes, Lake Charles attorney, who
promised to “clean out the thieves
and xcoundrete _foom *toR. to bot-
tom,” to consolidate the 179 dif-
ferent state departments into not
(See Louisiana WiR ?age 2)
BlfmFS
STOCKHOLM, dga. 15 <U.R>—
Messages from Vllpuri, Fin-
land's second largest city* said
that 20 Soviet plant* flew over
the city HR* afternoon and
dropped five bombs. /
WASHINGTON, dan. 16 <UJ»
—President Roosevelt decided
today to send eoagtem a mes-
sage dealing with proposal* to
* ^ to Fin -
AUSTIN, date 15 (KP...jasw
going oat from Austin
Mailing toe checks will
HELSINKI AGAIN
IS BOMB TARGET
Soviet Planes Sweep
Over Towns In
Southern Zone-
HELSINKI, Finland, Jan. 16.
this section:
Mrs. Beatrice Massey and Miss
Lucille Carter in the county tax
office in the Tuck Insurance
agency on South Ashbel street
beside the entrance to the CUl-
<See Poll Tax. Page 2)
motto pictures made in Stevie!
Russia.
Inner Circle
Hoover Identified as leaders of
the “nner circle”, John F. Cast
dy, 28, plaee of birth unknown,
clerk employed by the
Edison Co., who was
the leader of the Christian Front
in Brooklyn, ami William Bisb(
39. native of Vienna, deport
three times from Beljpum
once from Great Britain,
speaks five languages. C«—
Hoover said, was proud to be call-
ed “Fuehrer” and delighted in the
Geerman Nazi stiff-arm salute.
. ----'
RUSSIANS LANDED
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Jan.
-Jljifois,- It pwtlymade bomba mnl
Tidende reported today that Rus-
Semitic organization Jto lfordi» IaUmpr«i^
bad blown up several bridges.
W
WJIV ’WWW *w» *vyvw.
of foe arms embargo “to teach
them a lesson," seizing power
nlans, docks, railroad terminals,
the telegraph and telephone facil-
ities, all the federal-resrve banks
to get control of the gold supply*
and the New Y’ork general port
office.
The men numbered smalt
number to face New York City’s
18,000 policemen and the regiments
of army regulars stationed here.
But Hoover said that their first
objective had been to recruit more
men.
Arsenal Displayed
- He displayed the arsenal seized
when the men were arrested Sat-
urday nigjjt—17 rifles, 3,500 rounds
of rifle ammunition, a number of
pt*tots, trpartty madc burnt*
explosives for more bombs,.
The men, Hoover said, all be-
American Legion Has
Big Membership Gain
Tri-Cities Post of the Ameri-
can Legion, engaged in a district
membership drive has enrolled 70
members for the,year and made ____
> **“ mor« fo®*1 80 Per cent,- shortly, after mJdni^L
Louis Van Meldert, post com- ---*—
mander, Announced today. ,
The contest will close Jan. Si
campaign to demoralize the poj»u* claimed allegiance to Charles E.
Two air raid alarms sounded in
Helsinki during the morning, and
explosions were heard from the
north after three Soviet planes had
been sighted, po planes came over
the capital, however, and it was
not bombed. Business was tied up
for hours. The weather had sud-
denly turned bitterly cold after
several wanner days.
Urge numbers of planes were
reported over the south coast
Communism Peddlers Heli
In Houston Jail For F
HOUSTON. Jan. 15 (OB-Throa «ir their own earlier orders,
men and a woman, arrested white 71. 8. government is (ad
distributing Communist literature
in the Magnolia Park section
Sunday, were In the city jail
today as police planned to Ceport every reason for peaceful
and* silver-cup will he.present-
est percentage of gain. The pre-
sentation will be made in a meet-
ing at Houston.
Coonander Van Meldert said a
considerabte number of . addttfewsl
members wUl be enrolled before
the close of the drive. •
grees below zero," regarded as fav-
oraM* for bombing.
Many Helsinki residents left
their homes at 8 a.m., which was
still before rtwm, as soon as shops
opened to do their buying before
.ehe expected arrival of Russian
'planes Over the eapitai.
Executioner of Hauptmann
Pens Tale (ff Last Hours
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UP)—
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, kid-
nap-killer of Charles A. Lind-
Wtmatff is it. The 21-year-old man
and tha. woman are married. ■.
Charges of distributing hand-
WUs wlll be filed against the
four, CaptiJjLtjK^Binipson said
today, so that they can be held
while he sends Ihelr fingerprints
to Washington.
. WM to Be Notified
The FBI also will be notified
so agents can investigate if the
case is in their jurisdiction, he
Mid, .
Eight or ten phone caUs- thet
bergh, Jr., was physically
to make a last-minute con
even if he had desired to
immediately before Ms exe
who presided at 387
Ainert k.
or that he ever gave
Hoffman any secret information
■Red literature is being distrib-,
uted out here," caused Lfeut, C.
W. Haney to send Detectives J.
Hauptmann’s last c- Harper and Charles
words, as had been ■rumored.
Speaking of Hauptmann's last
the book says:
8 o’clock (the time set
*> 1
lengthened into half an
to Magnolia Park yesterday.
They said ail four
uniat literature . ~~
mg its military needs to those i
General IftaMfeslm of He’
■Between the people of J
cs and the Soviet masses there I
tnkL ,*We denounce the
rjf rrssr
manlty. Let the people
warning and raise their
in alarm and
against sets rushing
States down
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