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BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 4,1936
VOL. XXXVI NO. 199
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IBP . | tojtowed us with
*u**lcient self control to quit the
•Ulj game before It accomplished
our ruin. It may be, as a matter of
**ct and In order to be charitable,
that *°U to responsible for the
Psychology of Harry
He is so accustomed to
nberaium In the matter of counting
b* a*d adding his scores
ttoat he thinks a conservative editor
JJf* wtd*»y known, author Is
^toneheekuh." Calling us that
**»»•. Incidentally, is almost the
final straw on '«iis poor camel's
tHIC^ • / * -[ *.
i ••••»; !,
“to wadlly be seen,- the
Rockefeller of Brady journalism
allege*, "that the remote control of
the Brown wood editor over the
•toaents and the general welfare of
the dttaenshlp has been extended
** the vanishing point," The
Paatoe is erroneous, and naturally
This rain
_ columnist claims no
«ntrol. remote or otherwise, over
”» elements and certainly Is not
aeponslble for any original sin
lurking within the Promised Land.
An he does Is to use his Influence,
*hieh usually is effective.
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Food Supply Of Paris Threatened
NOMINATION lOF GOV. LANDON <|T|
ON ENNLY BALLOT INMCATEN
AS REPOBLICANS ASSEMBLE
Organized Effort To Stop Landon Is Not
, Likely To Develop
Landon of Kansas for president on
the early: ballot in the republican!
K W GOVERNMENT BEING
FORMED AH STRIKE MEN.
AGE INCREASES
STATE BEGINS PRESENTATION
OF TESTHNONY DESIGNED TO]
SERB REV. ESKRIDGE TO CHAIR
J | ■ , ' 11 .1
State Witness Says Orange Preacher Threat-
ened Police Chief
Dies Suddenly t
r
UNANI.
MOUSLY TO
Escaped Convict
Shot And Captured
In Oklahoma Today
W:
T® PBOPLK of this whole terri-
tory wanted a rain, nvj we
P^wuofrd the biggest one on record,
they wanted sunshine, and
k after we announced
cur endorsement the gorgeous
•unshine returned to Mess the land.
**wybody except the golf players
•dmtt these facts, and that brings
■£«n>und to this school teacher,
*Jlrvle Boyd,
BRAGOS. Okla.. June 4— (DP)—
One man, believed to be an escaped
convict from the Oklahoma state
penitentiary at McAister. waa shot
and captured, and two others were
taken in custody. 18 miles south of
Tahlequah today.
A fourth member of the gang es-
caped .
The man who was shot was be-
lieved to be AsRxll Perkins, -36, es-
caped convict from Me Alette?. He
j was shot, 12 times and was not ex-
pec ted to live, attendants at the
^ “tortn- hospital at Tahlequah rtporu-d.
wmaent or one or the finest rural immediately after the capture o 1
3 *“ **“ T**1’ lncludln* the trio, the pome from Muskogee
McCulloch eminty. but plays the and Cherokee counties returned to
?*rry 8chw«nker can't Braggs where a bloodhound Mas se-
rver. dream about. cured to help them in the search for
__ ••• * the remaining fugitive. - f-
The other evening Mr. Boyd went
toktoRi Country Club, played the
flnt nine holm In five under par 1
•nd wound up the eighteen In par
figures. That has been done before, • - - j I *•
to be sure, but as an Illustration ol „ . ni . r
the golf player* Intellectual pro- Extortion Plot
«mmr' If any. R la raeordad that
towaadlately after playing hk par
gmme the diminutive school teacher
took a bag of practice bails and
towrned to the count to "straighten LOS ANOELE8 June 4.-j-tUP^-
out his game." If a golf player can Postal inspectors today investigated
nol be satisfied.with par, bow could an extorticn plot against Aimee
BY LYLE C WILSON,
t’nted Frees Staff
CLEVELAND. June 4 —<UP)— national convention here next week. 1 PARIS. June 4._(UP)—The bread
Political evidence pointed today to Sen. Tfllliam E. Borah's sup* »Upply of the capital was threatened
the nomination of Oov. Alf M porters w^r; backing away from an today when vorktrs in the flour
open battje with the Landon clan cf the j^pon joined the
J'cn the qu stion of inviting all or strikes which were spreading With
candidate! to address the convfn* increasing rapidity,
it Jon. They did not appear willing?" Despite assurances of the
to carry the fight to the ccnven-i mumst party that the bread, milk
t»cn floor. and general food supply would not
■Tanagdrs of Prank Knox' cam-, be cut off, ‘ a strike of truck drivers
pslgn^or the nomination took the made the! delivery of vegetables,!
lead in m "stop-Landon" movement meat, fish and other supplies from
but there? was no evidence that all raUrotfl stations to the central
the Kansan's other oppenents. who markets difficult. , 1
are mutgally hostile, will Join in Gas wedkers m the western sub-
any organised effort. urbs were out and the supply 1* the
Landon and his managers Insist tanks grew lower hourly
As the strike grew, the
HOU8TON.
• UP*—Frank |
state's witness in the
of Rev C. Edgar Eskridge, admitt-
ed in district c:urt herb today he
Texas. June 4.— started the report that the Baptist i
Carpenter, Orange, poacher was going to kill Police
murder trial Chlcf w J 0 R<
Eskrulgp. militant crimr-cruiader
is charged with murdering the offi-
cer at Orange on May 21. 1*38. be-
cause O'Reilly took his guns from
hi"' on the dav before'th- klllimr.
Carpenter, employed as a yard
man at me Ui<ua« coumy Cou..-
heuse testified he heard Eslmdz-
say the aTfair with O'Reilly was
“not over yet."
’ 'ft k
V MAOVDBR OF SESSION A
WASHINGTON, June 4,—(UP)—
William B. Bankhead of Alabama
was elected Speaker by the Kouee
to 4111 the poet left vacant by
Iden death of Joseph W.
NEW WEIL IS
REPORTED IN
GULLY FIELD
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I
Adjournment plana were pul
tide in the crisis caused by Byrne*
eath. .Congress is nose not
to quit until sometime In
following the Republican
convention opening at
Tuesday.
Bankhead's elevation to the
agreed upon at an
conference of House
He will serve as Speaker fbr
the remainder of this session, r i
Immediately after electing Bank-
Speakership was
emergency couf<
preacher
J. Collin
no trades on the
to advance their
ihey will make
vice presidency
tampin.
* Former Sen. George H. Moses of
N:w Hampshire who Is advising
Knox. sdUght to rally stop-Landoo
rentimpnt with a statement ridicul-
ing talk of a first ballet stampede
to the Kansas Oevemor.
“No candidate will be within
HlrHaw rftet enAe
he cabinet of
resigned and
The posse which made the capture
led by Grover Bishop, Cherokee
county sheriff, snd Jom Jordan,
sheriff at Muckogee.
Against Sister
Aimee Is Probed
We aek you.
ful rain
^HIS. haaten to point out. Is not
a column of comment upon sports
affairs. To the contrary, we
j approach philosophically such things
as golf and othtr so-called athletic
wctMUea. and our Interest Is purely
academic. Sometimes U Is possible
to discover hidden oomplexes that
explain all sorts of queer phenomena
on the other hand, what
In our fellow men can be
explained as evidences of a trace of
human nature In all of us. As our
favorite son often points out, "boys
«ui be boys."
• • • • ,
This, of course. Is merely an ex-
Semple McPherson after a man
identifying himself as Valentine
McAulifte told San Diego p^iet he
sent the evangelist a note dfmand-
tng 810000.
McAullffe, who said he was sn
ex-con vict, was quoted by offir-rs
ss confessing he threatened to dis-
tribute photographs of MW. Mc-
Pherson snd a friend “made in the
nude" unless he received the money
Pending federal \ action. Mc-
Aullffe. who hobbled, about on
crutqhes. was being held in San
Diego on a theft charge. Postal In-
spector C. D. Lowe reported he was
preparing a ermplaint Charging
Production of 150 barrels daily
was estimated today for the C. W.
Shearer-Rk hard Cunningham well "Yes'* Carpenter replied.
to „r~„, r cabtnM tut ««J. CoUtnJ^d „
Apparently cut of control of the maoe UV£e Pf*15 ®'er'U>« daerlck h(Mr-ri .
men who started them, the strSwai *'UhJ^15 “«“*■»• HMlmate of pro- oS^SSII-e^mina
Wnml__ p-n. ductlon was made this morning aflei the tr“1 toxtog. Op cross-exsmlna-
fast were becommg general. Pans tlon he asked s doaen questions to
»s.> without n-aspapers because had been made. -^k nni ,,,
striking distance of the nonslna- employes of all distributing agencies The well is 210 feet south of Ehlin-., _ _ .
tlon on die first ballot.” Moms said, struck. A. strike of gasolm- and ell No- l- ^ught In several weeks *** wmmm NMM j
"We will be lucky If a nomina- distributors halved the number at 10 open 'ip **** nrw Gully, Colims built up the defense pic-
t.,x.. 1 Oh on the streets. *" Bro*n county, b^'ween ture :*C -tlw minister. battlin'
Delivery truck men of the Need plone*'r “4 Cross Cut. Ehllngrr against lax law enforcement to the
railway jcined the strike also. Nc* 1 and 2 lr* producing from pomt to arousmg the enmity of
Mere than 400 000 workers In the Trmmrml “”<1 around 1.300 feet. Orange county officials and causing
mere than 360 factors were, Idle- A aho'rtn« of oU Was obtained the suggestion that he be charged
many of them in "siege" strikes in ln “1“ “«* *■ Uw Shearer-Cun- *uh lutoey. {
which they remained camped day ntn*hAm-b operators decided to go He brought out the story of the
and night mthe plants. j ion to the Crcns Cut sand. The preacher's activities in raiding the
They struck, unit by unit, as the KhJm*rr wfiu are the only ones Silver Slipper, a night club where
Chamber of'.Deputies met for the prodUcln* ftwn D»e Trammel sand gambling equipment and liquor
dkMgUtj maplm which will tnsur. 111 th? aTp*<
tonight fyanoe's flrat real left wing ' ' 1
New Commander Of
Fort Sam Houston
Announced Today
will be
Is reachM
d on the sixth.
High Calibre Delegates
"Delegates gathered ln Cleveland
sr? 'Ot too high a calibre to be
ri -hrd ®ff thrir feet as the demo-
crats wgre by the Roosevelt-Farley
machine ln 1932. AU attempts at
:tea*-ro!!»r tactics will fall b fore
theyvgejt fairly suited."
But political breaks continued
to pfle up advantages for Landon i
These pre-convention week develop-
ments boosted his'chances or indi-
cated Upprewve strength:
1. Indiana republicans' endorse-
ment of his candidacy.
2. J Henry Roraback's announce-
ir ent that Connecticut would vote
for Landon. v
3. Release of the Cleveland sta-
dium Which had been tentatively
r tained for OOP notification c?j-*-
ironlea one w;ek from Saturday.
4. Chairman Henry P. Fletcher s
dtdsion to invite former FTesldent
Hooveft to address the convention.
Ocngactlcut and Indiana added
from 36 to 47 delegates to the Lan-
don
ager John M. Hamilton predicts wire
IN ‘HOT SEAT’
JIT HUNTSVILLE
wm bn
present.'
Senate Fays Respects
The Senate paid Its respect by re-
cessing and delaying tax bill action
indefinitely- v- ;' « s
; Bankhead, House majority, leader
since the elevation of Byrns 4o tho
Speakership after the death of
Speaker Henry Rainey, waa elected
government, a coalition of Social
lata, rascal Socialists and Com-
munists undT Leon Blum, veteran
Socialist leader.
I abaters' Demands
They struck even though they
were causing grave anxiety to their
can leader^' In order to make It
plain that, With the trend toward
WASHINGTON. June 4~«UP»—
The War Department todsv orcii-red
Maj:r Oen. Herbert j. Bren>, now
commandant of the general staff
the left: wing shown In the recent whool at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
general election, they were deter- 10 command the second dniuion at
mined to wring from employer* at Port Houstrn. Tex He will rr-
any cost higher wages, a shorter Ueve Maj. Oen. Cbaries E KU-
worklng week snd a dosed shop. bourne, who?recently was assigned
. WcTkeri In the highly unionised lo r001:11 t-e Sixth Corps Area
civil aeriribe, which includes men in wllil headquarters st Chicago
.the government operated telegraph. Brwi be succeed** by Bru-
column which Campaign Man-L tclrpnone and railway industtiea, opn- Charles M. Bundel now in
John M. Hamilton predict* Wrre considering whether to Join comoiand °f the Third Field ArtU-
!* tory Brigade at Fort Lewis. Wash.
The Chamber met this morning j‘j! ' * 7”-f*
jvr re seised by Texas Rangers, his
crusade agauwt law violations and
his mvsstigaiUoa of the shootli^ ot
Wrklon Teal. Arange county youth
who was kEpd.ln March. 1888.
W. If. Brown former Orange
tounty sheriff, now facet a charge
U negllKent homicide tn connection
with the youth's dtath.
The d?rrnse contends that Brit-
rldgs's mind Was unbalanced tern- McAlister, a world war veteran
poran!) b<vasae he could not per- and cx-convict to whom murder
made officers to take action against means nothing was sentenced at
crime conditions.
after it mat in sad solemnity toesn-
sidervthe ieglslaUve crisis arising
■ - I- ->■ - i(from Byms' daech.
WHITE MAN AND NEGRO DOOM- It was the first thne In hiatory tha|
ED TO DIR IN ELECTRIC the House had been faced with the
CHAIR TONIGHT duty of alcctfc* a successor lo a
— ■■ ■ Speaker, who had died while Con-
HUNTSVILLE, Tex^ June 4.— gram waa tn asmloci.
• UP>—James D. McAlister, Jr., a Clark of the House South Trimbit
white man. and William Runard called the House to order abd an*
Da via negro, were dressed In death! nounced "It to my painful duty to
dethes here today at the Taxes state inform the House of tho death ot
prison. the Speaker.
Their hopes ol escaping the alec- Rules Committee Chairman John
trie chair for murder fled when J* O'Connor then offered a reaolu-
Oovernor James V. Allred said ha U°n {or the election of Bankhead to
would not interfere with plans for Byrns' post.
their executions which are scheduled Trimble .quickly put th# question,
for early tomorrow. A chorus"of ayes swelled forth. * ,
McAlister, a world war veteran — - ftMl
Trimble. J
The House was silent. * j
O'Connor and a group of leaders
Edinburg on April 28. 1928. to die for
and pcf-
• traveling salesman of
and not an excuse/. It D Investigation of the notes prior to
easy to confuse explanation, excuse McAullffe’s purported confession,
and reason. An explanation is what Last Tuesday she turned over to
one tells his wife when he comes the postal inspector a p at card
borne two hours later than promised, which had been enclosed ln an en
McAullffe With' sending five "ex- will ngmb'r upwards of 300 on the- them
tort ion letters" to the red-hemrriil flrst bgiiot next week. That would
*v*®*eU*t' - __ Jl ' be 201 short of a majority.' Rora-
McPhem>n §Urted^H^ **ck ^ first—and the only- <*„. lt Vas decided that « soon
eastern old guard leader to endor-4, lhe election was completed this alt-
I ando*. Charles Q. "Hilles of Nes ernocn, Premier Albert Sarraut
DavlJ A. Rerd of Penn- would hand the resignation cf ha
were to be heard from, cabinet to President Albert Lebruto
and tt Is an excuse If she believes it; relope and airmailed to beg here,
but the reason for the delay would) The note on the card said:
involve tbs whole truth. On the “Aimee:
other hand, the reason for his late “We arc ln need of $10 000. Ignore
arrival would be an explanation, but *** request If. you care to and we
probably would not serve as an ex- Wast your career and also the
cues. One must be careful of these tomple reelf. We have quite a few
lttle RdnlMlMn *■ photos cf a friend and yourself In
. . , * | Che nude. Send ln pareel poet. Jack
Del Mar. general ckllvofy. San
0 York and
d sylvanja f
■ Nelito* ®f
irritation .to
•U
m Constitution Is
Theme of Address
At Kiwams Club
H
the stadium and the As the Chamber met. strikes were
Mr. Hoover did not general through the metallurgical. Prof
directly Improve London's chances food. Chemical, building, clothing . Payne
but ihry combined to indicate the and printing induatries. - f today at the meeting of the Brown-
lnflue gee of his managers with t1** “-1—--
<CONTINU*o"~ON FACE SIX)
-4
r. Rogers Sklcngro,
(CONTUVUEO on PAOg *ix> M^ surtarr^
Socialist, who
* ._^
•JLR
College
today st the
wood KIWan
orgsm/ation
Having of Howard
ege was prlnclptl speaker
L“*
the correct
Calif.,
by return mall, or
r of writing about preach- eIfle ~
Ebally Feat, If she were a ’ v 1
reporter, would have 0 ~7 n T
trouble here. This great family Senate KeCeSSeS
Out Of Res
for a long Ume. and while
Speaker Of
WASHINGTON, June
ft has-been solved In theory there
MU are a few minor imperfections
Yn practice. Lang ago It was cus-
tomary lo refer to all ministers as The Senate recessed
"Brother." but th# Parsons militant spact to Speaker of the
. uiqimlflnn ihaliojul that convenient eph W. Byrns and ad.
ggptUmt. Now the newspaper Is Congress was defi
Expected to differentiate between probably until the week of
tbs Misters, the Reverends, the 1 The §enate met at 1* *
piirtnrs and the pisin brethren, and sn immediate recess
w a as difficult as trying to write a respect to the late
form, 4 died early today.
the administration tax
it svanw to be eff until Saturday at the
eonssk to write: Rev. John L. Jopaa. The Senate tomorrow
tbs Rev. Mr. Jonas, or Mr. Jones; memorial aervteee for
or. tf bo to th* proud possessor of a House, thus postponing
one may writ* the lion and a final vote
John L. Jonas. D. D. or Dr. ministration tax bill
RAM FOR SECOND ANNOAL
TTAATLAKEBROHNWOOO
JORE 20-21 RfANRONNCEO
is Club, addressing the
on the Constitution.
Busbv was guest
srioist on tfce program and was ac-
companied* at the piano by Mn.
W. D. McCulley. -
District Attorney A. O. Newman
end Mr, Wright of Abilene were
"They de-horned me." Justice ot
the FHsaor 8. M. Depwe said Esk- ins, 38.
ridge told him after O’Reilly took Houston,
away kM guns. "They've taken my Davis was sentenced to die fog
gun* off mr but they cant take slaying Will Faster, street car con-
■JT buckshot ductor, during a $2.40 robbery*
District Attorney Hollis Kinard Austin. Fred Hill, negro, the aetafl
of Orange. Who took charge of the "trigger man." was executed last
prosecution today, contends that January 10. K. C. Holmes, the third
Eskridge killed O'ReUly because he negro la serving a 45-year prison
was aagrred at being disarmed and term for his part.
' McAlister shot Calkins ln the bade
uid ^ h cUUncd hf after accepting a "hitch" ride and
_ _ . . ! dumped his abnoat nude body Into a
Justice Depwe said Eskridge had cactus thicket, north of----
been active in investigating crime kurrh 31 1935
and that he wished to cooperate '
with the preacherp He said it was
hearsay that the minister consider- McAlister and Richard Palmer
«iOlto^|a* th? beat officer In hangers-on at • carnival had been
L . given a ride in Calkins' car near
Depwe said Eskridge told him that Corpus Christ!. As they rode He-
"thl* bugaboo about his carrying a j /yuter said, he decided to kill
pistol resulted from his raid on the calkim and rob him.
to Repreeen-
r. Republican,
Edinburg.
A rancher hunting
for wild hogs found the corpse a few
hours later.
Silver SUpper night
'j guests
Lamkln
MUp of
the meeting and Charles
added to the member-
organisation
Program
oke Broi
Aquaplane races and
for the second annual boats.
Lake Brownwood Regatta. June 4:10 p. m
20-21, announced today, will Include stunts,
not only the five thrilling N. O. A. 9 p. ml: Dance. Hotel Brownwood
rase* previously announced, but also roof, With Louis Welk snd hto 14-
It isn't good form to write
rt. Jons*, or Dr. John L. Jones.
lag of dodoes have none ot the
dsy st the earliest.
Leaders admitted this
hopi that Congress
before the republican
vention at Cleveland next
i II
local boats, bait and fly
tournament. aquapimir
stunts, and a dance.
The program Is as follow*:
in a. m.: Bait and fly casting
tourgament, under auspices of
Walton League. Prise* offered
*30.
Jt30 p. m.: Aquaplane races ami
1 m.: Specialty races for local
sod ••ommereial Inboard and out-1
I boats.
* P m.: Novelty race for local
4-act floor show,
ir. Jans tl
1:30 p„! m.: Aqua plans features.
2 p. m : Drivers' meeting.
3 *6: Class A boat raoe.
2:10 Class B race.
3:t>0 Class O race.
4:H0 Class P raoe.
»:10t Claes C (free-for-all run*-
1
4
m.: Novelty race for
Class
IMS.
Priws of 180 for flrat. 820 for
> 820 for third and 810 for
fourth nr,, offered ln eachtof the
five ira/ The Sunday afternocn
racss arb sanctioned an | will be
d by the National Outboard' I
Trash Hauling
In Ward One
during
A part jM
tlflcatton
A total of 27 loads of trash
has been hauled from Ward on*
past three day* as
the Cenfnnla! Beau-
and Clean-Up .cara-
way in the city now.
extra wagon* were ro-
ut to work by the city
to haul away th* weds,
gras* | trash and other drbri-
durlng the clean-up
Th* wagons will oon-
tini« work In Ward one for
the i tinder of this week and
work Ward
four will
two
Asked to
in Advertising
; Lake and Park
He shot the
salesman with a revolver.
They slopped the car and removed
Calkins' clothes, took 87.10 ln money j
(CONTINUED ON WAOE SIX)"
n After
head into
Brownwood dttaens who plan to
out-of-town meetings or
or make vlstu In the
few weeks are asked by the
of Commerce to help ad-
rownwood. Pamphlets ad-
Lake Brownwood. tbs state
park and the city and county gen-
wtll be furnished at th* C.
office on request to anyone
who will do this bit of community
Allred’s Party To
Meet Roosevelt Is
Announced T<
a *.
jcumed
4*l<:
chambrr of Commerce officials
in »peaking of this kind ot adver-
tising this morning mentioned Dr
J. M. Horn whs has gone to 8t
I.ouiS to take s month » post gradu-
al* count in Washington Univer-
sity. Before leaving. Dr. Horn put
Brownwood" tags on his automo-
bile and took a Mg bundle of
Brownwood pamphlets to
*
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AUSTIN, June 4 —(DP)— Oov.
Jam-s V. Allreds party to meet
President Rooeeveit at Texarkgna
and accompany him while he la in
Texas was announced today.
. With th* governor will be Mrs.
I Paul Wakefield and Adj.
Nesbitt. Austin; Cal. wil-i
Repsse. and Col H R. 8af-
Houston.
Safford's private car had bssn
for Ih* governor's party
not be used as Allred Was
accomodation* have keen
provided for them on th* presidgnt's
trata. .
Governor Allred was invited to,
join tho train at Lulls Rock on
June 10. H* win not be able to do
so but wlU meet the praoldsnt afe the j
jiBlf Hlto
^ to*; >
e j
office tho Hou.se ad-
subject to the call of tho
T-f |f.
planned that Byrns' body
lie In state ln the well of the
for soveral hours before tho
mj;
After the Hbuss eerrmony, tho
will be removed to Nashville,
tor the family service**,
nkhrad, who has bssnlsuffefiag
heart trouble for several jrears.
tho floor Immediately -after the
session. He went to his office
he relaxed on a couch to re-
from the riyitenant of the
Leaders said that under
legislative bustns
la th* Mouse
Monday after tho
loo many
rr
....
"Then you're the man who start- Joseph W. Bvms. of Tennessee. hcad the House prepared to recess,
ed the report to the effect that the Speaker of the House of Represen-! ““H* • •ute funeral tor *7™* to
might kill O’ReUly?" J. tattves and one of the outstanding ** held in the House at noon to-
Colllns, chief defense attorney, leaders of the New Deal adminlstra- merrow. j t- J
queried. 1 !' Ti tion. died suddenly shortly after President Roosevelt will attmd
midnight Wednesday Official Wash- the House funeral. He will also got*
ington today mourned the death of Nashville. Tennessee, for the final
the popular Speaker. services at which pod of Byms’
and Joked with
formed his last official act—rscesd
of the House tn respect to
tative A. Piatt Andrew.
.---—a---—— —.a a. — mWj.
MlMICnUBKqit WOO CUM TUCSdftw *i
At, the vacant Speaker's chair,
O'Connor turned to the House:
"Ladles and gentlemen of tho
House." he said. *T present to you
your new Speaker. Hon. WUUaen B.
Bankhead. Hk will now be swori.*
Representative - Adolph 8abath,
veteran Illinois Democrat adminis-
tered the oath of office.
Bankhead then raised his feave!
and rapped for order.
was over and the
the prayer with which
Bankhead* choice as Speaker l?fk -
the pom of majority leader open.
Democratic leaders decided not to
attempt to OH the position during
the remainder of this session.: j
Thi* mean
will b* --------
it beoame posribl* that Ooo« "
might to forced to recoil to v' -
th* Deasecratlc oenvJttfiod^ f *
^CONTINUED ON PAOk
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 199, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1936, newspaper, June 4, 1936; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1026004/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.