Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 217, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 13, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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Graham Daily Reporter
They All Read It — Therefore A First Class Advertising Medium
VOLUME L
GRAHAM. TEXAS SATURDAY. MAY II. 1119.
NIMMRR Ml
frCC CONVENTION
TO OPEN MONDAY
4 IN ABILENE
S. H. 8. BAND TO
ENTER CONTEST IN
ABILENE TUESDAY
WTCC Speaker
ABILENE, May 12.—Abilene 1* j Arrangement* were completed this
ready to entertain the 21st annual morning for sending the Graham
West Texas Chamber of Commerce High School band to Abilene next
convention Monday* Tuesday and j Tuesday to participate in the band
Wedneaday. J contest at the West Texas Chamber
Details of every convention pro 1 of Commerce convention. I. T. di-
gram have been completed and offi- mer has arranged for two school
cials said all indications point toward busses to take the band members to
otie' of the best sessions in the his- j Abilene, and all expenses will be
lory of the organisation. I paid by the Graham Chamber of
Bn tries by member-towns in con-' Commerce. The C. of C. publicity
ventkm activities have broken ail J committee, of which M. W. Larmoyr.
records for recent years. Advance is chairman, will provide cars to |
registrations have been pouring in take the children who ordinarily uae Harry L. Brown, (above)___
for several days and thousands of the two busses to their homes Tues- ant secretary of the U. 8. Depart-'1® 0,0 national park
Iment of Agriculture, will be a prin-1 Approved by the federal officials,
rin»l nurkr-r ». the the P^ject contemplates setting
Big Bend Park
Enabling Act is
Signed by O'Daniel
AUSTIN, Texas, May 12—The
law making it possible to create
Texas portion of the great interna-
tional park in the Big Bend coun-
try was signed Friday by Governor
W. Lee O’Daniel using four pens,
each of which was more than three
feet long.
Harry
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West Texans are expected to attend, day afternoon.
Tlte well-balanced program will The band will leave here about
include discussion of vital West' noon Tuesday and will get to Abi-
Texaa subjects, Important business lens in time for the parade at 5
sessions, contests and plenty of en- o’clock. Graham has an excellent
tertainment for everybody. bond and it is expected to make a
Principal topics to be studied are good showing in the contest,
transportation and soil and water A number of Graham citisena are
conservation. Dr. W. M. W. Splawn,' expected to attend various sessions
The new law, far from mal^lfg
the park a reality, provides machin-
ery by which approximately 800,000
acres of public and private lands
adjacent to the Rio Grande may be
acquired by the state parks board
with publicly subscribed funds after
which the area can be transferred
service.
cipal speaker at the 21st annual
West Texas Chamber of Commerce a"ide 4fi0'000 acrM Meiic° the
other side of the boundary stream.
' The territory has been described
convention in Abilene, May 15-17.
He will speak at the agricultural
and consmat en group conference a* endowed with a wealth of natur-
Tuesday afternoon, May 16. Brown,al and unsurpassed in---
is the cotton expert authority for |
the department. His address at
recre-
ational and scientific possibilities.
The measure was signed in the
Olney Nan found
Guilty In Death
Of Graham Woman
Two Young County
Boys in Senior
Class at A. & M.
COLLEGE STATION, May 12-
Candidates for degrees at Texas A.
and M. College, to be conferred Fri-
day night, June 2, total 623, making
up the largest graduating class in
the history of the college. Of these
two are from Graham.
A total of 23 students are candi-
dates for advanced degrees ss mas-
ter of science.
Candidates for baccalaureate de-
grees include 523 for Bachelor of
Science; 27 Bachelor of Arts; five
Bachelor of Architecture and 45
conservation, ur. w. ss. w. »!»■«, w . , governor’s office with the huire Dens Doctor °f Veterinary Medicine. Four
chairman of the Interstate Com-;of the convention, and it is hoped the convention will be particularly Kovornors off.ee with the huge pens e-odhtate. for certifi-
rzi EarsLs *
ture; and Cta. E. O. Thompson, ham”; Doyle Bishop as Graham’s will speak at the conference. .association executive committee, tne
member of the Texaa Railroad Com- ! “My Home Town” speaker; and the -.-•-
mission, head the lilt of speakers, band. It is especially desirable to
ton marketing and classing.
le from
285
To Many Part*
Of North Texas
third to museum at the park, and 1# other states and the District of
the fourth will be retained by the I Columbia, and 7 cities in Mexico,
governor.
The ceremony was attended by j
Lieut. Gov. Coke Stevenson, Senator Shepard, B. S. in agricultural edu-
H. L. Winfield of Fort Stockton,1 cation; and A. D. Wheat, B. S. in
Representatives Albert R. Cauthom agricultural education.
Puerto Rico and India.
Graham candidates include: W. B.
ARCHER CITY, May 13—A Jury
in Thirtieth District Court here Fri-
day declared W. D. Robinson guilty
of arson-murder of Mrs. W. G. Tul-
lis in a roadhouse fire near Olney
in July of last year. The jury as-
sessed Robinson’s penalty at five
years in the state penitentiary in
thirtieth district court after delib-
erating an hour.
Mrs. Tullis, victim of the fire that
destroyed the place operated by her
husband and herself, lived in Gra-
ham until a few weeks before the
tragedy.
Trial of the 20-year-old defendant
began here Monday. The hearings
were highlighted by testimony of
mistreatment of prisoners by Texaa
Rangerc and by heated argument
between lawyers.
The jury had been qualified on
the death penalty. ,
Prosecuting the case were Z. D.
Allen, district attorney; Ruben
Loftin. assistant, and Tom Miller,
Graham attorney. Counsels for the
defense were Sam Spence and Earls
Kuntx, Wichita Falls.
The defense filed a formal motion
for a new trial after the verdict
was returned.
Herbert Maier of Santa1
annual Soil and i ent upon the number of persons j day night and brought a decided Midland; ntrum maier w spending the
Fe, N. M., representing the national]
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. T. Spears are
week-end in Navasota.
A convention highlight will be the have a large representation Monday RmflS Bring Relief
“West Texas March of Conservation1 night, when the selection of ’’Miss
and Industrial Development” feature West Texas” is to be made. Since
on Tuesday afternoon. More than 60 the selection of the girl for this'
rr 22.TZJ-. X rrrr1
tour milsa long. The March will trance, the result ia largely depend -| North ‘Central Texas Friday snd Fri- ] and „Ja™e‘ “ GoodJnain of
climax the first------ - . ,
Water Utilisation contest. * j attending from the home towns of] drop in temperature.
The convention will open with reg- the various sponsors. | A heavy rain drenched Wichita________
istration at 8 a. m. Monday, but! ■ ---- [Falls and that area Friday night.,’ “ Tom L. Beauchamp, former parks
many visitors are expected to ar- Commerce presidents and secretar- It ended six weeks of drouth that! some sections. | board member, and Everett Town-
s; xstr -- - •; —te £
committee, J. 8. Bridwell, Wichita An open forum, “Let’s Talk West The best rain in sis months fell in more r.oisture n bodly reeded. of the Big Bend park._____ | Tatum. Texas, which closed an May
Falls, chairman; the elections com- Texas,” will be held. rur cm ITU I A kin ZAP TAUnDDnU/ C A VC CrnCDADUV | 2, 1939.
I The bank held total deposits of
approximately $24,000 at the time
park service; Secretary of State
Depositors of
Tatum Bank to
Be Paid by FDIC
Within a short time the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation ia
An
Texas,” will be held,
mittee, J. M. Willson, FToydada, The group conference on agricul-
chairmnn; and the WTCC finance ture and conservation will be held
board with M. M. Meek, Abilene, Tuesday afternoon with Clifford B.
WTCC treasurer, as chairman, will Jones, Lubbock, chairman of the
be held Monday morning. The work WTCC agricultural board, presiding,
committee also will meet Monday Speakers in addition to Assistant
night and Tuesday lpomlng. J Secretary of Agriculture Brown
WTCC directors representing the wfll be H. H. Williamson, director
191 cities and towns affiliated with -of the Texas Extension Service; Vic-
the regional organisation will meet, tor H. Schoffelmayer, agricultural
at luncheons Monday and Tuesday J editor of the Dallas News; Walter
and at breakfast Wednesday. The s. pope, Abilene, and A. H. Demke,
board will hear and act on reports I Stephenville.
by various committees. R. H. Nich- Winners in the WTCC soil -and
ols, Vernon, will speak at the two Water contest will be announced,
luncheons on “Directors’ Opportuni- The three counties with bsst records
ties.” I in conservation work for 1938 will
The transportation conference will ] receive $1,000 in cash prises given
be held Monday afternoon with Col.) by the West Texas Utilities com-
Thompson as speaker. B. Reagan, pany.
Big Spring, chairman of the WTCC
traffic board, will preside. Organi-
sation of the WTCC-sponsored t
Freight Rate Equality Federation
will be perfected after reports by
C. A. Studer, Canadian, and A. F.
Ashford. San Angelo. .
affiliated with the Federation tbr« bands hav. notify conv.n-
heen invited to attend the confer-1 headquarters they
*nce.
An
THE SOUTH—LAND OF TOMORROW, SAYS GEOGRAPHY
TOUR DIRECTOR OF COTTON’S CRUMBLING EMPIRE
The conference will be followed
j at 6 p. m. by the “March of Con-
servation.”
Bands attending the convention
will participate in the March and
will be judged at that time for
an official WTCC
three bands havs notified conven-
MMR9| he on
| hand
Preliminaries in the My Home
Town contest will be held Monday
afternoon, Tuesday morning and
Tuesday afternoon. Finals will be
held at the closing general conven-
tion assembly Wednesday at 10 a.
m. Judge C. M. Caldwell, Abilene,
ia chairman of the contest. Seven-
outdoor talent show, “West
Texa? Round-up,” Monday after-
noon, “Hospitality Hour” radio pro-
grams Monday and Tuesday after-
noons, two dances each night and
ten band concerts during the two
days will furnish entertainment.
The oolorfal WTCC ty.w#n town, ^ enUrod .peak-
hght Tra.l,’’ with Mr.Hn.We.th- * ^ ^
en, • entertainment director. In ■
charge, will be printed tb. first awmrd, wi„ b. pre.
r ,ni‘hta * ■— •* *. ™omn,,
ty-nln, pretty W«t Tmma taM n#r>] New WTCC off!
been selected as sponsors by their, . . . . ^ .. - - a.^.
home towns to
vues and compete
of suspension and practically the
entire amount ia estimated as being
insured. The bank had about 268
depositors at the time of its sua-
, pension.
i This was the fifteenth closing of
an insured bank in the state of
! Texas since the beginning of de-
] posit insurance on January 1, 1984.
t-s' ’.V
Trailer Traveler*
Create Summer
Traffic Hazards
AUSTIN, May 12—Added highway
hazards created by the spring rush
of trailer Vacationers today became
the target of state traffic police.
Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr., state
police director, said the annual
Spring migrations of tourists, camp-
ers, boaters and fishermen with
heavily-loaded trailers are a greater
problem this season than in previous
years, and warned that trailers
should be properly lighted at night
and be towed in such a manner as
not to endanger other traffic by
weaving from side to side.
He urged drivers of trailer cars
“ to lower their speeds enough to
I have control over their mobile equip-
ment. *
“We don’t want trailer travelers
to spend their vacations in hospit-
als,” he said.
AT CiPKtrc? oeonevs*
MMrsrurn 9+*t
DENTON,
Texas.—Cotton is no* with
sharecropper
take part In the re- 1 tm' alactod bjr ***• diractor* at thelr longer King. Yet the
Wednesday breakfast meeting, will fBm|iy .hown in the center picture
be installed. Winner in the race to aboTe doBB not know it Caught in
entertain the 1940 convention will th<l gy,tem Df perpetual indebted-
for the “Misk
West Texaa” title.
“Miss West Texas” will be select-
ed Hy poputof ballot m Hmf
night show snd her coronation will
be held the second night. The revue
program» will be made up of some
that a
, _, . _ _ , J__, . —______- J WTCC Resource and Museum I
•* r^^rritnt. rh^ .u0 m.y inspect *
acta Music will h. te*nM by ^ ^ waUr
the Norte Tex- State Teach.™ convmtlo
College Stage Band of Denton. 1
/’ Fifit general assembly of the
/ convention will be held Tuesday at
10 a. m. with WTCC President H.
8. Hilbum, Plainview, presi.i.ng and
with Dr. 8 pis wo ae principal speak-
er. Nominations for 1940 conven-
tion city will be mode. Mineral
Wells and Big 8prlng are the prin-
cipal bidders at this time.
Annual luncheon for West
aewepa
Convention visitors will have op- _<.0tton—they are unaware
portunity to inspect the WTCC’e gouth u being bom.
new headquarters building and the \
That South is a land which must
learn to solve Its problems in re-
lation to its own geographical p»-
culiaritiee, says Miss Mray Jo Cowl-
ing, instructor in geography at the
North Texas 8tata Teachers Cot-
lege 8r- Miss Cowling has organ-
ised a f.OOO mile totar of America’e
• “forgotten land," the South, which
will teveal tee country below the
■aeon and Dixon line as an area
te of immense potential richness al
W ready building for tomorrow. The
nCltour will Inst six weeks, from June]
• tm July IT.
Hare is one that ought to fii
near the top In the “oldeet
competition: A white man, seel
baseball game in progress
two teams of Uttle negro*
an outfielder the score. “It’s 9
0," he answered. ‘They’re
you pretty bad,” the man com
“Naw, suh,” the darkey rel
ef “We ain't been to bat yet."
warm palm-fringed beaches;
crystal lakes where fishermen find
rich refuge and pleasure-seekers
rival each other In breath-taking
water sports . . .
Rich in bsauty, the New South
should realise fully that its pleas-
ure resorts can be Increased, bear
the section one of its biggest cash
crops, says Miss Cowling—tourist
trade.
A new South marching toward
tomorrow, attacking such problems
as erosion control, conserving its
natural wealth as in the Tennessee
farm shown above, where check
dams, straw, and brush are saving
the toil. A new Booth which,
through chemurgy, ia bringing
science to its aid in utilisation of
agricultural crops In building a new
industry.
I The North Texas geography tour,
studded I which may be taken by students
1
tor collegt credit and by pleasure-
seekers for pleasure, will therefore
attempt to present a complete pano-
rama of nine Southern states. Among
the many places to be visited on
4he-beur-esu-«ease wf-Ohs meet beau-
tiful gardens in the world, Florida
beach resorts, the famous Herty
laboratories; Lake Murray, where ia
being built the greatest power pre-
-
Mrs. Kenneth Heggie of Corpus
Christi is here for a few days visit
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. Williamson.
jaet in the South; cotton
LONDON. — England's European
security front is now composed of
six nations with the formal an-
nouncement of Turkey joining the
pact against Hitler sad MnmML.
Friday
WASHINGTON.—All attempt* to
economise were dafaatsd as the sen
ant.
kta passed Friday the reeord
other industrial areas; pictureaqus j •*» $1,218,666,572 farm
Jugtown, North Carolina handcraft jvotr of 81 *° 14’
cantor; Tennessee alley Authority
centers; tee Martha Berry School
for Georgia mountaineers, snd the
beautiful Natehes, Mbs., antebellum
break-
er •
1 NEW YORK -The coal
puta is
> agreement to give John L. U
_ .* (.0. miners a “union shop.”
*****■' \ | strike effecting coal operation:
’To so.vc tee public problems andj.jg ^
shape the policies of the South 1>t the agreemn
tomorrow, Southerners must become ] m;Mrs (or ti
aware of the beauty, wealth, and1
potential richness of
tend." says Mb
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 217, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 13, 1939, newspaper, May 13, 1939; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1064215/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.