Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 53, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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BROWNWOOD BULLETIN
A Home-Owned N«WWS Serving the Heart of Tex a* Section with Today’s New Today, Every Pay Bice pt Sunday
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1831
Cuuou&4Jbf>
Best Dressed
In Senate
Heiress, 15, Fights for Truckman Mate
;
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the primary object to th*
for relief from burdena
tton by Naders in the t
movement, meeting here
e state organisation.
The cost of government must be
eut to fit the ability of the tax
payers to pay." J. R Minler of
Waco, secretary of the McLennan
County Taxpayers' -League, said.
Officers will be elected end a
campaign platform formulated.
’ John Btrauaa of Waco, president
,rxn evening from 135 subscribers as the
'ect I result of that hay's work, the total
'of subscriptions is now brought to
----- (3,000.
the committees observe that
amount , that must be raised \to
meet tbe'need* of the situation now
feeing BrowowTOd Is a good ways
off and that the people of the city
need to realise demands for aid for
unemployed and disabled people
this winter will require liberal con-
tributions. n
The two committees, the Budget "V W \ |
Control committer and the Penance | V f' ilplM
committee, were combined Into one
commit'ee at the meetine with two
men added to the n -mbervtop of Beatrice Barclay Pickerel!. 15. daughter of wealthy John C Barclay of
the combined committees Mr ■ Mont, lair. N. J.. appeared In court and helped her truckman-husband.
Coalaon VM one 0f added mem- Bovis T Pickers 11. raise bond for Idler appearance on an abduction
bers. charge preferred by her father. 8he slid down a sheet and escaped from
Other members of the combined home rrcenUy. The above photo was snapped as the couple were re-
committees now are: Dr. W. R united to court. ,
Suersssr,o« oas?
wusTSbuuw' *"*” turned ■haWS th*t the **?*
distribution ^ Qjj HmO! aalari«i are as a ruto
or the tax burdens. j subscribing much more liberally to
“If necessary, we should conscript comparison with their means than
candidates for county and state of- < v, tfrnt of more substantial means.
(torn and the state legislature., calls for aid at the Relief Bureau
guarding against, the election of' continue to Increase at the winter
capitalistic henchmen who eorrupt comes on. These calls are from a
the government." Btrauaa stated. ' variety of needy cases. The or-
Minler criticised proponents of the ganixaiion spent $16 last week far
proposed state highway bond Issue diphtheria serum.
Senator J. Hamilton Lewis at mi- >
noia, shown here leaving the White ^
House, is now considered the beet-
dressed man in the 8enate His
limiteteilatr spats, with gloves to
and his neatly-trimmed
m gov- - tog and. owe anxious to gte their, -fhe ttaw boa J ffil wlkVrtd
was *o grain to he ground. ‘; 1 should do less com&inkg and more
of com- L Work on the highways and at acting." be declared, producing fif-
Brown wood dam is being held up on fae claimed showed an increase
ichment,account of the rain. Little highway of 54 per cent to state tanas in the
I at the work can be done until the r ads peat ten years.
» south are (fry again, it to said. , Straus. Minler and S. 6. —tear
Df them Other towns to this section have of Dallas declared the tan reform
her re- Also had rains today, as shown by movement was gaining rapid head-
without the following report received from army in all parts of the state
1 the Southwestern States Telephone declared the drive would be vtctor-
Compnny _ tous if activities were concentrated
Abilene, none: Austin, heavy rata; on the prime objective*]
y . Ballinger, heavy mist; Blanket, good. Taxes on land and rtal property
* .ut>.5! r*in' Brady, good rata; Coleman, are from four to ten as high
°*mist; Ooldthwalte, heavy rata; as taxes on personal and Intangible
Comanche, good rato stoc* 5:3* property. Sen ter said, alleging that
O'clock this morning; Cisco, big uses were paid on only about two
rain: Dublin, heavy rato; DaUaij. per cent of the total value to the
autono- ught shower; Fort Worth, good personal and intangible asset* clas-
_ rata; Pry. shower; Umpaaas, big uncation.
CO, on account of aB these things.
0 we have decided not to embarrass
Santa Claus with a letter, although
it would be nice for him to bring
Tom Poeey a safety rmior and a
mirror, the latter to enable Tom to
mo how he looks with chin whiskers
tnd the former to remove them.
The sports editor of this newspaper
also needs e hat if Santa Claus has
any to spare. He once had a hat.
but wore it to a synthetic football
game and went home without it. He
claims to have lost it, bui we do not
know who won it. Mias Carrie
Reaves over at Relief headquarters
gave him a hat today, but it prob-
ably will be lost by Christmas.
• • • •
That ri reminds us that Miss
Carries fence over at the Relief
headquarters still needs pointing or
.•something, and maybe Santa Claus
con attend to that. And Jim
Timmins stopped in his mad rush
down the sidewalk this morning to
ask that same bright, fair weather
be provided for the remainder of
this calendar year. A lot of
merchants who had planned a
trades day program tor today were
wishing the same thing, but the best
Mid plans of mice and men aft gsnj
PUEBLO. CAlo . Dec. 15—cAPV—J. Texas, on the nortl
R. Wedetl landed here at 11:03 A. Texas, an the south.
M. Mountain standard time, today, Traffic over the *
and called off his trans-continental ways and air Ina m
flight record attempt because of the tog out of Asaarllle
slow time made to this point. TempcrtauMO at
He f he would leave this after- °wr ***** "e*ho ra
UVTSleans with hi. » ** *
brother. W. W. WedeU. who wos to *■* * u*hl north w
charge of refueling arrangemenu ^ ^ ~
n« <*—.».»s™*1 gjy™;*1***
begin immediately to prepare for Sms'll to j,
another attempt to break the record oAlahomaTu««iay
next spring. . 1 Ineaday 7
Wedrii arrived here from the T”:.
south He said he had encountered here VsTto minx to
strong winds that reduced his ^1,, Thor* ha,
speed to 00 miles per hour. He mid ttv>h 0f_rinit-l.n_ ,
he had lost his way for a time ! since Ism iw
Wedell said that flying over the nmtuiw was n tw
high Rockies was not as bad as wednesdav
over the swamps of the bouth. He g^^haa of sne
said he would follow the some ^tioarfyani^a^
route on a new attempt to l®***. Hooker in Oklahoma
the transcontinental flying reobrd. between Trx'ine aiv
which he will make next spring. =
WedeU deckled later to remain p,4r, _____..,
over tonight At Pueblo and will start territnrv iwi
for New Orleans Thursday. He -.. ,"**.* '
probably will try for a record be-
tween the two points on the flight. m “
He expecU to refuel tomorrow at * , a
Dallas and may stop st Amarillo, OKLAHOMA OIT
and disperi
turned to
casualties.
Select Leader for
Prohibition Fight
PAfiHINGTON, DOC. 15-<AV-
ty-foor House republicans today
Mr. Ingham's father. John R. Ing- would command the loyalty of the
ham. who disappeared from Brigh- country* 20,000.000 Chinese was a
ton. lows, on October 12. Mr. Ing- nuUt*r °f speculation. No matter
ham said to his letter he understood * works out, the Japanese ta-
thst a man answering his father’s
description had been In this section
of Texas. He asked Mr. Perklnson
to give publicity to the matter and
ask anyone knowing of the where-
Investigation Into
Pablic Utilities 1
Urged By Rayburn
tend to be the real governing power
it appeared.
There still was scattered fighting,
with Japanese troops to action'
against Chinese bandit* primarily to
protect millions of dollars inverted
in railways and farms.
Tokyo and Nanking, where gov-
ernments have changed to the past
few days, were negotiating compro-
mises. The new Japanese regime
...... Istathe minority to parliament but,
very broad at shoulder. He Is a the opposition does not want to
little stooped and is quite feeble, spend money for a general election
Hi has thin white hair and wears and it appeared unlikely any at-
a mustache. When he left home he tempt would be mode to overthrow
wore a Masonic emblem and car- the government now to power,
ried a home-made hickcry cone. He The Chteng fCai-Shek out to
Is of a friendly disposition, but Is China, a coalition government, with
quite deaf. the Cantonese faction having the
-- ---- upper hand for the time bring,
TOWN WITHOUT TELEPHONE , **mrd mortUkriy outcome.
SERVICE; CAR WRECKS PLANT
WASHINGTON. Dee. 15—(JP)—
A congressional Investigation into
all public utility holding companies
Is the first item on the program
outlined today by Chairman Ray-
burn of the House Interstate Com-
merce Committee.
The Texas democrat mid he would
push action on this bill to place all
railroad holding companies under
Interstate
so anxious to sell their heavy
stocks of Christmas goods At once is
Lhat~they don't want to have to pay
taxes on them the first of the-year.
At least, that is one of the reasons
and one good reason is sufficient.
An unusual case to which a man had
a reason for a rather unreasonable
request was.noted late yesterday.
A migratory gentleman of sixty or
more years approacn -d a Brown-
wood man on the street with a
request for a small aim with which
Jo buy his supper
Houston Mon Faces
Murder Charges for
/ Death of Companion
HOUSTON, texas! Dec. 1«—(JP>—
Irwin Colo. 34, today was charged
with slaying Pted Jordan. 22, and
with hitting city detective L. D. I WASHINGTON. Dec. 16—
Hooker to the head with a tire Formulation of ? the Democratic
pump when Hooker was taking him legislative program has been defer-
to the police station far questioning j ed until after the Christmas holi-
ln connection with Jordan's death.; days by the party policy committee
Jordan Med to death shortly after 0f the congress
midnight In Cole's truck enroute to Speaker Gamer mode the decision
a hospital. His Jugular vein was sev. public today, saying there was no
• _• time for action in the days lmme-
Statements were mode by Min Is- dlately ahead
•belle Hill. 22. and Miss Minnie The Joint committee of ten mem-
Streicher, 20. who were with Jordan bers of each branch will function
and Cole. They told of a fight be- throughout the session,
tween Jordan and Cole -We will meet the issues as they
---- ...- come," Qarner said |7 ~ ^
SENATE ADJOURNS WITHOUT The committee decided vest-mdav
SETTUNO MOSES QUESTION *0 curb government expenditures
the Jurisdiction at the
Commerce Commission-.
- Rayburn said he hoped action on
the public utility holding company
inquiry would come early in January.
The Texan laid reedmmandations
of th* commission for an Investiga-
tion • of all transportation systems.
Including motor transports and
waterways, would be brought to the
attention of his committee.
He added he also would can atten-
tion to other commission recommen-
dations.
Rayburn sold his committee ap-
proved a bin latt congress to regu-
late motor buses, but sold unless
support of a similar measure could
be had to the senate there was little
hope for action to the Bouse at
this congress.
He mid he would sponsor a bill to
revise the recapture clause of the
transportation act of 1920, which
permits the Interstate Commerce
Commission to take from railroads
all earnings exceeding • per mat
profit on thrtr investment
Discussing railroad consolidation.
Rayburn sold he thought the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, and
not congress, should handle (he
proposed consolidation of eastern
lines.' -
Tea Armed Bandits
Blow Safe Indiana
Bank, Get $4,500.00
Brown County Man
Gets Parole Today
* From Gov. Sterling
Austin. Texas. Dee. !*—<*>>—
The tapper was immediately
offered, to be delivered at a nearby
cafe, but the hungry man demurred.
On account of hi* rheumatism being
so bed. he deckled he wouldn’t
accept supper unless It were accom-
panied by a warm room and s bed
indoors. -This sleeping out is getting
terrible," he muttered, and walked
away. We hope Santa Claus will
take cane of him.
ROACHDALE, Ind., Dec. 16.—(Jf)
'—Ten men armed with machine
guns and sawed-off shotguns blew
open the safe of the Roechdale
State Bank early this morning and
mceped with 9000 to cash and
bowk The indite eevered tele-
graph and telephone cable* and the
town woe cut off from oommunloa-
tkm with other places for some
time. .
Before entering the bank, the men
t THE WEATHER
WEST TEXAS; Partly cloudy
tonight; Thursday generally fair,
slightly cooler to southeast portion
tonight.
EAST TEXAS: Roto tonight;
Thursday partly cloudy, unsettled to
east portion, cooler to northwest
portion tonight. Freeh northeast
to north and northwest winds on
the coast.
OKLAHOMA: Cloudy, rato or
snow to south and east portions to-
night; Thursday'partly cloudy.
ARKANSAS; Rain tonight;
Thursday cloudy, probably rain in
east portion; no deckled change to
tempers tars.
'arberry Case Are
Being Made Today
TUCUMCARI MAN DBS Of
POTTER COUNTY JAIL
AMARILLO. Texas, Dec. lA-UPi -
E. W. Herman, of Tucumcari. N. M-
serving a year's sentence to the
Patter oounty Jail for violation of
the federal prohibition Iowa, died
today following an appendicitis op-
eration. His widow and two sons
and two daughters, all mtdenU of
the south plains, survive^7:Burial
wlU be M AmhfOftt
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 53, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 16, 1931, newspaper, December 16, 1931; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1023994/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.