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THE TRIBUNE
“For God and Country: Recognizing rights ofjothers, we stand for our own!"
PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOLUME III.
llallettsviile, Texas, Friday, September 14, 1934
NUMBER 78.
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According to indications.,
more than a million tickets for
tax free cotton will be left un
sold in the hands of farmers
Therefore, the sooner you dis
pose of your tickets the bettei
for you. There will be too ma
ny left at the end.
Tickets for ten million bales
were issued by the government,
or 750 thousands more than the
total estimated cotton crop. Per
haps more than on half million
bales the tax will be paid.
Hence the surplus of tickets in
the hands of producers.
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Do not pay tax on any
cotton, if you can wait till
you can obtain tickets.
’ Your neighbor’s surplus cot
ton may be ginned and sold
under your tag without
waiting for the transfer,
, and /settlement made be-
tween you two. But this
must be done before the
cotton is ginned.
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Mexican State of Morelos
reached already those heights of
religious liberty where only one
priest or minister may be al-
lowed for every 75,000 inhabi-
tants, under the new law of this
State.
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Priests or ministers must re-
gister and be of Mexican birth
otherwise they are liable to a
fine of 500 pesos or to fifteen
days of ’imprisonment. And
any municipal authority convict-
ed of condoning a violation of
this law will be similarly penal-
ized.
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Federal jury will investigate
the fire of Morro Castle where
rriore than one hundred people
were smothered by smoke, bum
ed in fire, or perished in waves
or by sharks. This in the
ship considered almost fireproof
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There are questions to be
asked; Why was fire allow-
ed to spread so rapidly on
a., ship supposedly fire-
proof? Why apparently was
no alarm given at all?
Why was SOS sent out un-
til half an hour after the
start of fire? And why
did the majority of the
crew escape leaving the
passengers behind?
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We are learning by exper-
ience. Some of those condi-
tions which brought about the
destruction of the boat and so
many lives might have been
corrected, had there been a re-
gular and adequate federal in-
spection before, instead of in-
vestigation afterwards.
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The government will try to
restore the forests in the North
west, to build river dams and
artificj 1 lakes in order to pre-
vent or mitigate any future
drought. Evidently we can not
continue to destroy our great
forests and neglect our rivers
and v^-ter resources without
oaying for it.
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Our Texas rivers, too,
are dry most of the time in
s. te of t..e fact that we
have a sufficient rainfall to
insure plenty of water in
our rivers all year round
provided the water would
be preserved instead of be-
ing allowed to flow into the
pea as rapidly as possible.
f-wNE of the first pictures received
from Admiral Byrd’s present
expedition near, the South - Pole
chows Joe Hill, Jr., Cat extreme
left) of Canyon, Texas, taking a
"breather” after hard work in the
sub-xero temperature. Oa August
24, Hill, the youngest person in
Antarctica, celebrates his twentieth
birthday, his first away from home.
He is the son of President J. A. Hill,
of West Texas State Teachers Col-
lege, and waa preparing for aero-
nautical engineering at the Uni-
versity of Texas when chosen to
accompany Admiral Byrd to the
South Pole region^. Tractor experi-
ence in West Texas wheat fields
qualified Hill as a member of thei
expedition's winter party, tractor
division, whose activities are re-,
ported every Wednesday night at
8 o'clock Central Time over the
coast-to-coast .Columbia network.'
Choice of Cardinal Pacelli as Legate Token
of Pope’s Esteem for Latin America
—By Msgr. Enrico Pucci-
^ cities, one of the most eminent pre-
lates of the Homan Curia as much
VATICAN CITY, Sept. 5. — The for the post he occupies as for his
personal gifts of intelligence and
appointment by His Holiness Pope
Pius XI of His Eminence Eugenio
Cardinal Pacelli, Papal Secreary of
State, ag Legate a Latere to the
Thirty-second International Euchari-
stic Congress at Buenos Aires, Oc-
tober 10 to 14, constitutes remark-
able evidence of the importance
which the Holy Father places upon
the forthcoming demonstration.
The appointment has aroused wide
comment and some have expressed
wonder whether it might not be fol-
lowed by the retirement of Cardinal
Pacelli as Secretary of State. No
interpretation could be more erron-
eous.
Latin America represents a block
of Catholic nations such as is found
in no other part of the world. It is
an immense continent, or rather, two,
culture. The third prelate who ac-
companies the mission as Master of
Ceremonies is Monsignor Carlo Gra-
no, Master of Papal Ceremonies and
official of the Secretariat of State.
The Cardinal will be also accom-
panied by a private suite at the
head of which is his secretary, Mon-
signor Pio Rossignani, official of the
Sacred Congregation for the Orien-
tal Churches.
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Says Black, White
Races Will Mergre
(AP)—The belief that the black and
white races in America will merge
into one was expressed today by
Lord Raglan, chairman of the An-
for ‘Tt ‘extends''thru ’ all ‘of " Central | typological ^ society for the Ad-
America, in which all the states pro-
fess the Roman Catholic Apostolic
religion. To these states may be
added Mexico, which, notwithstand-
ing the present apostasy of its gov-
ernment, is always — thru the pro-
found faith of its people — a Ca-
tholic country.
Thus we have from Terra del Fue
go to the frontier of the United
States an immense part of the globe
inhabited by Catholic peoples who
number 70 millions, all bound by pro
found cultural, historical and ethni-
cal affinities of Latin American Ca-
tholicism.
The Cardinal's Suite
The choice of the prelates who
will accompany Cardinal Pacelli also
reveals the care given by the Pope
to bestow the utmost splendor on
this mission. Cardinal Pacelli is
accompanied by the prelate who is
nearer than any other to the Pope
and directs all that which concerns
his person in the high offices as
head of the Church. This prelate
is Monsignor Camillo Caccia-Domi-
nioni, Maestro di Camera of His
Holiness. In the same capacity he
accompanied the late Cardinal Bon-
zano on his mission as Cardinal Le-
gate to the Eucharistic Congress at
Chicago. On the occasion of the
Eucharistic Congress at Sydney he
was sent there on special mission,
at the same time as Cardinal Legate e(, seriouslyi but recovered. Guil-
Cerreti, to take to that Cathedral publications often were devot-
vancement of Science in convention
here.
"I believe,” he told the scientists,
“that before many centuries have
elapsed there will not be a single
person in America without a certain
portion of Negro blood.”
Lord Raglan said many people in
the United States who believe
themselveg to be white would “find
what they didn’t expect to find” if
they visited their ancestral homes in
Georgia.
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Crusader Is
Put on Spot
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept 7. — (AP)
— Howard Guilford, 40, former news
paper editor and leader of a fight
for freedom of the press, came in-
to the spotlight again today — slain.
He wus shot down by a gunman
last night in fashion typical of the
underworld his publications often
attacked.
Guilford was driving his auto-
.nobile home, when the killer and
his companion drove their car along-
side his, poked the muzzle of a
shotgun through an open window
nnd pulled the trigger.
The charge struck the former edi-
tor of the “Saturday Press” ami
the "Pink Sheet” in the head. His
death apparently was instantaneous.
Seven years ago Guilford was at-
tacked by gunmen. He was wound-
OFFICERS SURE
INCENDIARY
SET FIRE
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New York, Sept. 10. — (AP)—
Preparations for a federal grand
jury investigation of the Morro
Castle disastei were begun today
as three officers of the ill-fated
ship testified at a formal inquiry
that they believed incendiarism was
responsible for the catastrophe.
United States Attorney Martin
Conboy hurried from the federal
steamship inspection service inquiry
to his office and issued subpoenas
for the three witnesses who ap-
peared at the inquiry today to pre-
sent themselves before a federal
grand jury tomorrow.
New York, Sept. 10. — (AP) —
Testimony that the fire which swept
the liner Morro Castle, causing the
deaths of 133 persons, was appar-
ently of Incendiary origin was
given today by Acting Captain Wil-
liam F. Warms and Clarence
Hackney, second officer of the ship
Testifying before federal investi-
gators, Warms based his belief on
the fact that there had been a
fire, apparently incendiary, on the
Morro Castle during a previous voy-
age.
The flames which reduced the
luxurious vacation vessel early Sat-
urday morning to a charred hull
flared as if they were caused by
ignited gasoline, Warms declared.
Warms broke down twice during
his testimony, both times when he
spoke of Capt. Robert R. Willmott.,
master of the ship, who died sud-
denly the night before the fire.
The chief officer described frantic
scenes aboard the ship during the
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First Distillery
in Texas to Open
in Fort Worth
FORT WORTH, Sept. 7. — A dis-
tillery for the production of whis-
key, gin and grain alcohol, and be-
lieved to be the first legally open-
ed in Texas since prohibition, will
be put in operation here about Ja-
nuary 1.
The distillery will have a 50-bar-
rel capacity daily and will be o-
perated solely for the manufacture
of medicinal whiskey under gov-
ernment supervision.
J. Chanosky, who plans to set up
the distillery, said that none of his
product would be sold in Texas, but
added a hopeful note to the thir-
sty when he said that in event the
state dry amendment is repealed he
would have much “aged stuff” on
hand.
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a gold Chalice sent by the Pope as
a souvenir of the Congress.
Another prelate who accompanies
Cardinal Pacelli is Monsignor Ernest
Ruffini, secretary of the Sacred Con
gregntion of Seminaries and Univer-
ed to attacks on gambling and oth-
er forms of vice. He said he had
been threatened.
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Year 200 Still news In
Rome
The cotton law may be Of Rome, Sept. 6. — (API—Roman
great help to small farmers. It newspapers republished today stories
„ , ' . . , found on three stone slabs—second
all depends on their own inter- r?T|tury counterparta of the mo(lern
©st in this law. It certainly nowppnpor — unearthed at Ostia,
Is better to get more money for ancient Romnn seaport, by the ur-
less cotton, but evidently a Guido Calza.
'» only way it could 1* ac
comp'i?ihed. Left to themselv-
es. the email farmers certninly
win rot rec?mpliah anything. *
devoted columns to sports, church
notices and reports of deaths as well
as war correspondence and congres-
sional news.
Winter Relief
Plans Drafted
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Washington, Sept. 8. — (UP)—
The federal administration Friday
night mapped plans for the winter
feeding of nearly 16,000,000 needy,
while a drive was launched to erase
“chiselers" from federal relief rolls.
Federal Emergency Relief Adminis
trator Harry L. Hopkins said he
“was prepared to take whatever
steps were necessary to insure ade-
quate winter relief,” but he made it
plain that the government would not
compete with private business in the
program.
Simultaneously, he announced $56,-
094.P3K in new grants for September
relief to 26 states, Puerto Rico and
the Virgin Islands.
“Relief costs, because of increased
living prices, have jumped nearly 20
per cent during the past year,” Hop-
kins said. "The federal government
must guard its funds carefully in the
future.”
He said there were 3,830,000 fam-
ilies on relief rolls during July.
These drew $132,000,000 in public
funds from all sources, two thirds
coming from the federal government
From all sources, the estimated cost
of relief per family during June was
$23.
The administration asserted he had
given “m> consideration” '.vet to pros-
pects for reviving the civil works ad-
ministration to ulleviate winter un-
employment
At the same time, Hopkins assert-
ed that he felt cunneries contracting
with government to can beef and
veal for relief purpose from cattle
purchased in the drouth areaa were
entitled to a legitimate profit
Thousands Witness Opening Second Co.
Fair With Parade of Floats and Cars
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F a r m Exhibitions
Exceed Last Year’s
Free Fair Lasts Till
Saturday
o
With sirens blowing, the
bands playing, thousands wat-
ching and a fine summer sun
overhead the parade of floats
and decorated cars began its
march sharply at 11 A. M. sig-
naling the opening of the se-
cond county fair held in this
city.
A crowd estimated between
five and eight thousand witness-
ed this opening. There were
people here from communities
far and near, making this one
of the largest gatherings ever
seen in this city.
The first behind the Hags <v
the head of the parade march-
ed The Drum and Bugle Corps
from Yorktown giving a smart
exhibition in drilling and play-
ing. Behind them a decorated
car with Trades Day officers.
Breslau boys and girls appeared
just like last year dressed in
blue and white. It was very
fitting advertisement for that
progressive and wide awake
commmunity. Then Rotary
Club decorated car followed by
Fire Dep’t. trucks. A larger
Tribune and Novy DomoV float,
all in cotton, with a little far-
mer on top, with a sign declar-
ing “Justice For the Fam*er”
\ float with “Texas Pioneers"
of Sacred Heart School was
next. Then Coca-Cola truck,
a decorated car of Louis Matula. {inspection service,
Morro Castle Fire
“Spite Work“ of Crew
New York, Sept. 13. — (AP)—
Delay in sending the SOB and the
possibility of “spite work” by dis-
gruntled members of the crew were
written Wednesday into the depart-
ment of commerce inquiry in the
Morro Castle disaster.
Declaring there was an “awful
mess” aboard the once luxurious
Ward liner — now a hulk of smoul-
dering wreckage in the sands of the
Jersey shore — Chief Radio Opera-
tor George Rogers testified he had
to send to the bridges for orders and
that the SOS was net sent out un-
til after the flames were even sear-
ing through the radio room.
“Spite work” was given as a
possible cause of the flee by Wil-
liam Justis, chief eleetsWan.
To place the blame for the tragedy
with its 133 persons dead wad miss-
ing, to determine if negligence of
duty to the passengers Was a de-
termining factor, the fullest force
of the federal government was in
motion.
After Rogers said the freighter
Andrea F. Luckenback messaged to
inquire if there was fire — before
the Morro Castle’s call to “stand bjr”
had been sent out — the'government
impound the logs of two shore wire-
less stations to record any delay
in calling nearby liners to the res-
cue. .
At Hyde Park, President Roose-
velt at his weekly press conference
disclosed he expected the department
of justice to take any action re-
quired.
The power of indiettaertt rested
with the federal grand jury to whidh
United States Martin Conboy Is
presenting the stories of survivors.
Alagna arrested on a civil warrant
Tuesday as a material witness, was
taken handcuffed to the grand jury
Wednesday. He has not 'yet appebr
ed before the department' of commer
ce inquiry in charge of Dickerson
N. Hoover, head of the steamboat
advertising Pioneer Flour,
Champion Shoe Shop car very
nicely decorated, new Chevro-
let car, Ford V-8, Mobiloil fol-
lowed, and then very tastefully
decorated Bucek’s car all in red
and white, the colors of these
stores. Humble Oil truck de-
corated with several attractive
girls on, then Hallettsville Bott-
ling Works advertising its fa-
mous Orange Crush, a car of
PTA officers, a New Era Her-
ald and then a cavalcade of a-
bout 26 riders.
The famous Holstein “Flying
Bull” with the cow of the same
breed — both beautiful animals,
Shiner band playing snappily,
Grover’s Lumber Co. truck, a
“Back to Prosperity” car, Gold
Medal Flour truck and H. G.
Timm’s car formed the rear end
of the parade.
We must say that there
should and could have been
more floats than there were.
Most likely the almost 4 days
of rainy weather preceding this
discouraged some from more e-
laborate preparations. The mer-
chants have to do better next
year. The parade as the wit-
nessing thousands prove, is a
real attraction and feature of
the fair.
\Vith the parade ended, the
thousands moved into the Am-
erican Legion Park where the
Fair is staged.
The merchants’ exhibit is even
larger and better than the last
year’s. Near the entrance gate
are exhibiting — Leopold’s Service
station with Sinclair products; Ap-
pelt’s Service station showing a
nice display of Kelvinator refrigera
tors and Philco radios; Heye-Zaruba
displaying latest in Chevrolet cars
and trucks. Further on a dis-
play of Ford Motor products with a
factory movie demonstration. To’
Till of C'onfujtiMt
The testimony of Rogers was the
highlight of a day fiHed with stories
of confusion, of lifeboats lowered a-
way with but few passengers aboard,
of more declarations ' from passen-
gers that no fire alarm was heard
—although the bridge officers said
one was sounded.
Like Chief Engineer Ebeh Abbot,
the chief radio operator said he was
not roused out of his cabin when
fire was first discovered but waa
caller] by an assistant at 2:55 a. m.
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Men Are Killed In
Textile Strike
Washington; D. •'«&
(AP) — President RooseVettf*'textile
strike board tonight abandoned its
efforts to bring the strike issues to
arbitration.,
Salesville, R. I., Sept. 12. —(AP)
Immediately following the shoot-
ing of two civilians here today, one
of whom is believed tb be near
death, a crowd of 5000 rushed the
troops guarding the property lines
outside of the Sayles Finishing
company plant, and routed the
soldiers.
A third man was shot, and 20
others felled by gas shortly after
two others who were believed crit-
ically wounded. ’ •’ W
The second shooting resulted when
the crowd rushed the troops and
stoned them, driving the guardsmen
behind the barbed wire barricade
surrounding the Sayles plant pro-
perty.
Several guards equipped with
nausea ga8 guns covered the re-
treat of their companions into the
barricade, and were sucdessfUIl in
dispersing the mob temporarily.
It was the first time the state
militia has fired on a crowd in New
England during the current strike.
the right follows a line of the follow
ing booths: Kraft Cheese Co., dept,
of public schools, Henry G. Timm
with a fine display of general mer-
chandise; Anton Pavlu with Gulf pto
ducts; Chas. Hmcir with Humble
oils; J. C. Strauss with Ihxaeo pro-
ducts and Crossly electric
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Malec, Walter. The Tribune (Hallettsville, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 73, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1934, newspaper, September 14, 1934; Hallettsville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1037623/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friench Simpson Memorial Library.