Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 174, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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Except Sunday,
Serving the Heart of Texas Section with Today’s NewsToday, Every D;
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS, FRIDA;
* 1932
XXXIL NO. 174
Bill Is Reported Adversely
m m * * * * * * * * t | j—!'
onus
ATE TAX BILL IS COMPLETED
First Pictures on East Texas Oil Theft!
SERIOUSLY
WOUNDED
| WASHINGTON. Mar C—(UP) f
•—Senator Cntriaa, democrat,
of Colorado, luHwtd in the
ornate today a iSN.Mt.MI fed-
eral unemployment relief pro-
gram deoirned alio to roonter-
act demands for additional war
vr ter ana appropriations. Co«ti-
gnn proponed a bond Hone to
raise Use money.
BT LYt* C. WILSON.
I nilcd Prrao Staff ( orrc^p .ndent
WASHINGTON. Ma)r 3—'UP>-
Thc vnate finance committee today
deDartment
approved a treasury
compromise tax bill to raise 31,-
004 ooo 000 of revenue
T|be fnmiwmr adjoa.nec at 1:55
P, tn until Monday. j V
Chairman Smoot said ifv- !ax bill
would be reported to the senate
not later than Tuesdaj.
The action was a severe blow
bonus advocates and left seriously
doubt the possibility of Congr
taking action. on ssuch iMW
during this session.
Re prom ut alive Patman. Democ
of Texas, said the House parluuru
tartan nad informed him an eff
to got a vote in the House Ip pi
tion could not possibly succeed ui
June 13th.
Rep Lewis, democrat. Marylai
later presented to the committee-
a substitute far (he Patman bill I
The compromise program exclud-
ing a variety of sales: taxes, in-
creasing the automobile, truck and
accessories taxes, and adding rub-
ber to the tanfr. was voted after
Secretary of Treasury Mills appeal-
Paul Doumer, president of the
French republic was shot and criti-
cally -wounded in Pans tod»y bf a
, razee Ru'sian who fired three
shots at the president from close
range Two bullets hit M. Doumer.
one striking him In the head and
the other in the right shornd«r.
would be assassin was rescued from
a mob by i> lice Phvsinaru give M
Doumer only a slight chance to re-
elf tn pan the story of the alleged theft
by underground hypam. secret drainage
have been indicted in Oregg county, and
t ahows Rangers Frank Hamer. L. B Hlghtby
r.nout how they aided in capturing some bf tlw
e j. T. Harris No 1 well at CHadewater.-from
.pass d ig up: right Blows the bypass dug up <
ifficers and Rangers. ' ; '
an *etfcnatc<v million barrels of ad tn the East
storage tanka and hauling away of oil in truck:
f in Rusk county, all charged with thrft of the
3ft and Tonti Hickman, left to right, reading
nr jv d men lower left .slmw< the sheetiron
which oil was running when a raiding party
i the Harris-DrMos* lease by a d* tall of Na-
The 3600.00g.000 would be turned T
over to the states for distribution T
through state and local \agenc.*»s F
The intention of advocates of the c
bonus, however, is immediately, to jj
seek the names of 145 members of g
the Bouse for a petition. Represm- 0
tative Crisp, Democrat of Georgia. ^
acting chairman of the commipeeLfp
said he believed under the mieBT«
some quicker action might be pd*sl- X
ble. I , ft
To File Report Saturday
Representative Rainey. Democrat! I
of Illinois, majority floor leader, will V:
file the committee s report probably
temorrpw. _ ’ JLjfl
WACO Ter . May 6 -<UP>—An
»Isborste ceremonv dedicating the
new 31.500 000 United States veter-
an* hosoiiul here featured the pro-
gram today of the 46th annual con-
vmticn of the Texas Medical As-
sociation. i ' j .
Go< Hess Sterling and Got.
Oeorve E I Jams Washington, head-
ed the list Of sneakers The local
national guard units fired a 17-gun
salute in honor of Governor Ster-
ling H' the paradr beginning tlie
cm*monies started. j • : j
Col I Jams, spoke as the repre-
The entire committee voted .or
question of reporting on the
Representative Collier. Democri
(CONTINUCO ON MAOg TMA
LONOVIEW, Tex.* May 3.—<UP>
—Oregg county grand Jurors- inves-
tigating theft of oil in the East
Texas field ‘recessed today at noon
until next Tuesday District Attor-
ney John E Taylor asked for tin
recess to allow U* assembling of
additional evidence
James T. Casey, special counsel
head of the veteram' bureau As- Busier Ortpisley. IT, when the youth
stetanl administrator of veterans at- •^Wgpted to flee from a goU cpu***
ffiTth. BlJl^nghal? piSnaf’rep? 'ortmsleylms aft ^shortly before
rfsentatlve of General Frank T. noon but physicians gave him ftttte
limes,.head of the veterans bureaR. chance to recover from (hr bullet
Other Roubles ptv
Lawrence Melton. Dali
nfander of the dl*sbl
spa: adjutant general
ftng, Austin; L. C C
Antonio head of the
erahy admintetratlo
Chart** 8 Taylor. Da
habilittficn officer of
Gamer forces Will j
Not Consider Being
Second To Roosevelt'
PALLAH. Texss. Mayfl—
The suggtstlon from support'-es of
Gov. Franklin Roosevelt -that ti
Speaker John Garner aqfept the i
vice presidential nomination 3a 3 '
running mate, for Roosevelt was i
hailed at C|imer Heudqualtert i
here today as an admittance of
Garner strength and Rocgevelt i
weakness:
. “This suyim-sttcn is too ridiculous
to be even considered." said W. A- i
Thomas. North Texas manager of
"VTJBr wnm. May 3— (UP > —
mey B(a( kkhedFa confession
it h©\ kl0|d Oeorge and Vera
mberry at Arp tl> rob them of _______ ____ _p______
was introduced at the murder'for the state, presented a mass of
it of the Dallas mm nere vodiy widende to the jury Just before it
)efense attorneys made strenu- sdJpumed Official* predicted sen-
i object KM* against introduction eatNnal developments when the Jury
ienl but the court al- returns.
-videnob. District At- A J. Chester, general »uperm-
it ooens K-Mifi.-d-the indent, and H. MS. Earl, general
id been made to him. o{ ^
-riff Luk«v Turner de- Railroad, were here today invest!-
lvcatigmtlcn after the Bating the indictments against two
g and told of finding of th* railroad's station agents,
ittered flat Iren. wrench BoW>Ir ManMel of O lade water, ln-
with which Blackshear dependent oil operator, today mid
»d he had posted a 31.000 reward for
s confession described the first man to show him a by-pass
v he entiled Brimberry from the ”^ »T ”r
»m. killed him with the wrench ***•“**,
'’and th#n killed the Wife with I on ^ Pwrt ^ m<)of coiqhAf,
“ I Colonel L. 8. Dav idson, comman-
Amr nf M.tUn.l n.i.prftmar. tn
WA8HINOTON. May\§.—iUPi—
The UnlijNl States grand h|rv heard
from M3». SValyn WsUh MjLean
today the story of how tihe charges
Oastoki i|. Means defrauded her of
SlOO.'Kd oMj rcprmrntatIon he could
ubtala Mw- rctUm of the mlaalnk
Llndnrrgh baby.
Thd jury deferred action on an
Indictment until Tuesday.
WASHINGTON. May*.—<UP>—
The utory of how Oaxton B. Means
allegedly obtained 1100.000 from
Mrs. K'lward B. McLean as rxn.iom
for the Lindbcruh oabv »ns jrdered
laid before the grand jury today.
Len Rovkr, Pnlted SUtes attorney
for the District of -Columbia, ar-
ranged -a convene the grand Jurv
at 10130 a. m. to hear the case. \
Far veter- threatened to proeecute Wllkerson
t W 8ter- MM said hr would await bufeopM
pman Ban son's condition befo/e Blink
glonal yet- chatgva. [ /
office1 “I cannot see that my boy com-
, state rev wit ted a crime.- the father said
I'dTa V Hr *m not I robber, fhckmt up
H golf balls on the i«ourse always has
rmerlv of w™ • MBltom and the shooting was
cyiife^lon
? jPeputy I
rbrib'd hi
ulfport, MUs
ospltal which
is I capacity i
The medical
blood
Harlingen Bank Is
Reorganized And
Open For Basin
fOTON,
(CONTI N U ID
Would Save Travis
Tax Papers Little
Dollar Per Pupil
H4RI.rNGRN. Te9
UP»—W, H. HaB,
limner todav becafi
he reorgenfred Fin!
: fe snld citizens hat
< *)0 and received th
* a the owners and tl
ton is solvent.
Withdrawals wiUV
E Butts and A. vA
pre'ldrnts under the
and E. M Embry \
The Valiev Rute 1
ed last October foil
run.
<||fe t s
a sausage.
**us*ge at
a drink (
To Be Paid Schools
On Thursday, May 12 £
eapitalict
Public Defender Of;
San Francisco Is
FATALLY;SCALDED
Found In Hospital
tnstitu
'. MAy 3—(UP)—An sp-
ot |1 per pupil, amounf-
►roximately 11 500 000. will
public schools In Texas
State Superintendent
. Shaver sakl today.
nsulUng the state comp-
ad treasury officials,
dlcated a payment jof $2
would be made tn July
SAN FRANCISCO. M
—Frank J. Egan. San
public defender who has
Jng for several day*. <
today in a San Franciac
according to the San
Daily Nears. *
limited
year,
leu got
i 311-30;
ISO; road and school
>unty $13 95 and state
was paid on an aver-
f SM60.
portion. Confederate
sd 31.03; schools and
; salaries 33.41. and
id Cincinnati published.
United StateRhommlssioner Need
Too Early
motor Ni
Support i
If Dels
(CONTINUID ON FAQg THAU)
, May 3—(UP) —
ward O. Beubert of the
1 Company of Indiana
Kiev that the 3143 ooof-
ividing for sale of the
perries of the Parv-
troleum and Transport
the Standard Oil Com-
Jersey was “practically
—One rural precinct democratic
chairman of Tarrant county got
so enthusiastic over the John N.
Garner movement that he held
his pn-cmct convi-nttcn a. week
ahead Of time.!1
Late yesterday the chairman
entered the office of Hugh L.
Small, county chairman, to make
returns from his caucus held last
Saturday. He appeared surpris-
ed when Small told him he must
hold the convention again to-
morrow. the correct date, lo com-
ply with the Buy. * /
• “Maybe I was a bit flustered.”
he told Small “Anyway, well
get the merits.”
The Babbling
Bard
ay 6.—<UP«-
Norris of Ne
le western in
win bolt th,
WlM! republican!
party again and m
Franklin D Rooagt
if Rooaevelt la nc
dcmocrafM.'
The Nebraskan’*
vested in Atlanta h
democrat. I«ulsl*n(
ed by Norris hewT
l^utclana probably
PON. Mur, •-(UP'-
vw will he nominated
Hoover this afternoon,
term of six years as
FCI.INE8 GOOD JOB „
nt>N T«TMay l.-(UP)-
E. Oberholtser. superintend-
jubli whooli here, announr-
y be had declined an offer
Today we gather tome of the t
soma ae here we stand.
And take them with us as<we
Tomorrow let us this, our debt
I psy
By planting other flowers along
OGHT PAGES TODAY
CuuouauL^
IT BBQINa to look as if all the 1
* Democrats of Texas wno are not;
trying to be elected congreasmen-at-
large are preparkig to enter the \
Governor’s race if Mr. Sterling:
good Judgment and stays
of it. Even Dan Moody says he
be willing to make the
| and become governor!
•gain. If It should be necessary in
order to keep the Fergusons out; [
and Walter Woodward, Clint Bmall. |
Edgar Witt and a doaen-others are
like wise ready to sacrifice their I
personal affairs and be Governor
for a couple or four yearn in order
to prevent an interruption of Ma s
household duties. 1 '
• • •*
We are a Democrat, so far, and
unselfish and sacrificial in spirit,
but wish to clarify the situation by
stating positively that we will not
fag a candidate mr Governor. We
couldn t afford It, even if it should
be necessary as a means of stopping
the Fergusons. Mr. Sterling was a
rich newspaper man, like us. when j
he was elected Governor., and now
look at him. He hasn’t any
newspaper and hasn’t any money,
and the beet friends he has are those
who are advising him to
politics ao they can get his job
3&S
are not willing to
wealth and social
sacrifice
position and
political influence Just t6 be Gover-
nor, even though such an attitude
marks us as an unique Democrat of
'rare species
H°Lr,,-.-o rx>4.0- j^SSSSa 22uIr,OT*-
people, any way. Consider the bonus bill and all other bills
Republicans, for Instance. They , wiLh cash payment of veteran*
b*v* held moat of tbs offices for the Ju«ted service certificates were
test twelve year*, ami now hardly iCTed adversely reported bv
anybody has a good word to aay in House ways and means commit
their behalf #nd ninety per cent of j The vote was announced as 15 to
the people are eagerly waiting for iq.
was like to eat common
food Fact Is, I was
little high hat.
“I like the depression,
time to visit my friends,
new ones,
went to a
stayed at the hotel. Now I go home
with my friends, stay all night and
enjoy homecooking I have even
spent the week-end with
the boys who have been kind
enough to Invite me.
“It s gipat to drop Into a store
and feet that you can spend an hour
or two or three or a half day Just
visiting and not feel that you are
wasting valuable time. 1 like.the
depression I am getting acquainted
with my neighbor*. Tn the last! six __
months I have become acquainted ! Gov. Franklin Rooaevelt
with folks who have been living
next door to me for three years. I
mm following the Biblical admoni-
tion. Love your neighbors.' One of
my neighbors has one of the br- ;
looking wives I have ever seen
Is a dandy. I am getting acquj
with my,neighbors and
l^^ove them.
I^P “Three years 'ago. I ordered
clothes from a merchant tailor—two, the oarner organization
and three suit* a; a time. All my | *0^ ^ that It would be
clothes were, good ones. I was fUtlng for Rocsevelt to
always dressed up. But now, £
haven’t bought a suit in two years.
I am mighty proud of my Sunday-
go-to-meeting clothes. When I dress make
up. I am dressed up and I don t cation
' 3—(UP)—President
ras Biot and critically
by a erased RuriMn at an
afternoon charity fete today.
He wm considered by his ptay-
ricMw!itonighf to nava a “fighting
chanoe* to recovar. although the
outcome was in doubt After two
blocd transfusions. _<
At 3:41 p. m. 03.-31 SDD the
following official bulletin was te-
iued at the BeauJon Hospital. 1
The President reoelred two balls,
one at the "base at the cranium and
the other under the right shoulder
There were ho hemorrhages, but
sertetu shock. Already there hare
been two Mood tranriBMore
condition is still most grave
mean maybe I like the depression
“I am Reeling . better since the1
depression I take more exercise
walk to town and a lot of folks
used to drive Cadillacs are walking
with me.’ I like the depression. M;
digestion is better. I haven’t been u >
see a doctor in a. year. I can ea.
anything I want to. I am gettinc
real, honest-so-good ness food Three
year* ago, we had filet mlgnon one >
a week, now we have round steal!
and fldur gravy. Then, we had roatit
breast of guinea hen. now we ade
glad, to get sow-bosom with Bar
buttons on It.
~I Me the depression.. My salary
has been cut to where I isn’t afford
to buy lettuea and sptoaaM and
parsley sod we cafft afford to have
sandwiches and froaen desserts and
that damfoollahnesa which has
more good men, than the
War.
“I like the
years ago. I never had
to church. I -played golf all day
diimUy ind besides I was ao darned
smart that there wa-sn't a preacher
Ml West Texas who could tell me
anything. Now I am going to
church regularly, never miss a
Sunday. And If this depression
keeps on. I will be going to prayer
before long. I like the
TRAFFIC DEATH TOLL
DALLAB. Tax., May 3 —<UP»—
Dallas' traffic death toll reached 31
1* a doctor who had
hlmastf in Parte. Police
beltevr he had gone temporarily la-
The shooting was the biggest
criminal act *f Its kind tn Pranat
in rtaoadg. It paraOated the at-
i aaaaaainaf the lata
Ctemeneaau. who was
ndad twice Maos the war, and
dramatic aareaHnatlon of the
Jean Jaures. on
eve^of the outbreak of the wart
of the apparent lack of
motives la Doumer"s vhoct -
inr. It woa ait “Xprcted to tnfhi-
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 174, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1932, newspaper, May 6, 1932; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1045456/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.