Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 262, Ed. 1 Monday, August 18, 1930 Page: 1 of 8
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Ballinger to San Angelo Rail Extension Denied
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(1C.DENIES
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IT.
WASHINGTON. Au« 1*- UP) —
Thfe AbUene ft Southern Railway, a
■ftetdtary of the hOaeouri Pacific
■etsui was denied permission to-
day by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to build a thirty-nine
Hie AbUene extension was oppos-
ed by the Santo Ft system, which,
through its recent pureboee of the
Kernes City. Mexico ft Orient baa
aecured entrance to the San Angelo
territory.
’While the Missouri Pacific stress-
ed the possible introduction of rail-
rOed competition Into Whet Them
which would reeult from the Abilene
construction, the comtnisson held
the Santa Pe was rendering ade-
quate rerrice. It added the Santo
Wo purchase of the Orient had pre-
served the existence of a struggling
railroad. •
ST. LDUIS. Aug. 16 —,A>)—Dale
Jsdcson and Pteeet OBnne were
back to earth today after com-
pleting the loosest sustained flight
in history. Conflicting versions of
what brought the sturdy monoplane,
Chester 8t. Louis, back to ground
were given by the fliers sand their
Hie pilots said they landed ksi
cause of a break In the crankcase
of the motor.
William Pickens, manager of
Jackson and O’Brine. said
landed because of lack of
return*.
The Greater St. Louis
ground at Lambert-St Louis field
at 6:30:30 s. m. (C8T) yesterday
after haring spent 647 hours, 26
minutes and 30 scoots
; over the field. They lacked
11-2 minute* of having been--
27 days. Their new record, exceeds
faircin
VER AND GOVERNORS MAP DROUGHT RELIEF
>317 PERSONS
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cruising I
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Chairman McManamy ^ ^ ^ Ivcmjrm nuntrr
d ! ** mZoZ? 314m£S"ndbS
r—! Mcoods of the fliers* goal of 1.-
for the
or the
traffic <
that town
are
Moetana;
Myer'a
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here Is
fUWVUI i-l W'. 11 H.
'if opposition
■ants Fe as m
"It is a (bet
of the flight, the only
* they tad.
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here in company with governor*,
relief to the parched areas throng
points to the relief program Left to
Arthur J. Weaver. Nebraska; Governor Marry G.
neat D. Sampson; Gere rase IlenryC, Caulfield.
Iowa ;
STEJIMER SINKS
WELLINGTON. New Zealand.
Aug. 1*.—(JP>—Passengers and crew
of the British steamer Tahiti, to-
talling 317 persons, abandoned ship
before dawn today, and were taken
safely aboard the American steamer
Ventura which rushed from many
miles away to answer the Tahiti’s
distress signal.
The Tahiti, filling rapidly with
water from a leak where one of the
propellers was torn away, did not
remain afloat long,
aboard the vessel upon 1<
from Wellington numbered 17ft
crew and officers 141
Passengers were disembarked from
the vessel first, five boats being
launched safely with them despite a
heavy swell and an approaching
storm and the crew and officers
were taken off later. The Fnybryn,
Norwegian freighter bound for
Auckland from Cuba, stood by to be
r repte —tolling ef the 13 states hardest Mi by the nation's big1 drouth as they
of ape Hal federal, state and county agencies Loons and reduced railroad rate* | o{ “V possible aid in the disembark -
are: Oov cnaor WUttam C. Conley. West Vtrgtofe; Governor John E. Erickson, ir«- The Tahiti was bound from
representing
| Parnell; Governor jClyde X. Bead. Kansas; Governor John
W. j. Fit to, representing Governor Morton, Tennessee;
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ana; President Hoover;
It IUrrrry T,
Governor Myers T. Cooper, Ohio;
Senator J. M
oven be
ground hi a
, craft j loocnea
perfect three-point
Governor John G PeOard. Virginia, and Governor
*«» MOODY SPEECH
of Kentacky,
Governor Harvey
State Commissioner of Agriculture
i L.
property as a gift
Mon to continue operation. Tsnsc-
Jmm
1 Only about 300 perrons witnessed
HSisHSi sSS&a
in behalf of the Orient of strong heroes through streets toed vrith
connecting toes combined to keep cbeeriag admirers Yesterday there
ifirssr 2sstz'&~ srss? *sr_
measures, operation of the Orient J«refeNftft toldJTpor
have been abandoned years AN™ Mnded because “they had 1
vriSr catomities tothe people been sap. not to. J—son and
ned - 0*81106 did not owe 8t. Louis any-
While discovery of West Texas oil thing. Three wds nothing to gain jKnM
revived ‘ hope for the property." by continued tytng. Why spend jj
Commissioner Myer continued, “in money keeping aloft?" j AB ROaayfl as
taking over the Orient the Bants Pe • Not Finances , COLEMAN. Tfxas, (Aug. 16.— «8p>
—------*—•—**-*—*- ■*1- ’—All is set fo» a Central West
Texas rally to be he!d in Coleman
Loci l ra, , „
nounce that a big Stirling rally will
be hrld at Coleman tomorrow.
Tuesday, night At 6 o’clock, with
Judge W. R. Eh of AbUene and
Cheater Harrison of Brownwood as
the principal sp4jaker$. and that a
large number of Brownwood people
are expected to Attend.
The meeting it expected to draw
an attendance from ■ all parts of
Coleman county andi from many
towns and communities outside of
that county, it is said, and the local
Sterling workers hope and expect
that Brownwood win jbe well repre-
ted.
TRACTOR
GRADERTALL
THRI BRIDGE
Jim Sumpter, an siwfatare of UAH’
etty. was to lured thie morning at
about • o’clock when a tractor and • ln
performed a public service which
must have brought a sense of relief
“Finances had nothing to do with
it." both fliers said. “We would
to all concerned. In view of the have paid. tor supplies to continue . Tuesday night on the court house
hazards assumed by the Santa Pe the flight ourselves had the motor lawn at 8 o’ciock.
In taking over the Orient.” he con. continued to function." I W. R. Ely of Abilene, west Texas
chided, "the commission's decision Coit of the flight, exclusive of In- ‘member of the state highway com-
woula give that system “an oppor- vestment In planes and equipment, mission, will make the principal ad-
tunity to work out its destiny in about A1A00 a week. The fill rs dress.
this territory on a more permanent earned 88.500 and have contrail*! Brown, McOiiloch. Runnels T»v-
baais before authorizing another to appear at state fairs which * ill lor and Callahan will have large
strong system to divide with it such net them 830.500. a total'of delegations here end; short addresf-
839.000 to be divided between thAm «V will be made by prominent
with a percentage for Pickens. speakers from each of the coun-
In addition, they have prospetts; tire. \
for getting more contracts. A loud speaker will be .in&talh d
, __ land will enable an to hear distlvrt-
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 18—(UP) ly what each speaker has to *av.
—An orange monoplane, with bril- This district Is thoroughly or-
Uant yellow wings, soared In circles gani/xd and aroused, to the import-
over Rankin airport here today in **ee of going jfo ^he polls, and
an attempt to establish 'jp new re- ^
fueling endurance flight record.
The plane, On-To-Ortgon. con-
and head. He also received two frac-
tured ribs on the right side, but
traffic as there may be.
In rejecting the proposal of the
Missouri Pacific subsidiary for ex-
tension to San Angelo, the commla-
ftn pointed out the Gulf and West
Texa^ Railway -holds permission
for. building into the territory.
“This development reasonably can
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Grain Prices in
Slump During the
Monday Trading
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 16—</P>—
Corn prices slumped 2 3-6 to 4 6-6
cents on the Kansas City market
today because of rains over the corn
belt. Wheat lost 2 1-6 to 2 3-4 cents.
Ora In men said the rains probably
would not increase the corn yields,
but would Improve the general feed
ftatiioE .f
Additmm l weakening factors for
wheat were expectations of e big
tnerrase ln the visible supply, to be
report rd later today, and a slack ex-
port demand.
September corn here told down to
•1 1-8 cents and September wheat
dea n to 80 7-6.
many expect to go .from here to
Brownwood Wednesday to hear
Governor Dan
(CONTINUED ON PAGE SEVEN)
Ixjmeta Bank Is
Closed; Audit Is
Now Being Made
TODAY'S BASEBALL
I BOSTON. A eg 18—UP)—Cleve-
land at Bottom postponed, rain.
grader opr rated by thi city plung-
ed through, the slough bridge on
Belle Plain avenue. The tractor was
enroute to the fair grounds to
scrape the track and bw&eball dia-
mond there when tha bridge gave
way under the weight: of the com-
bined machines.
The span, which U approximate-
ly 50 feet across. iwAyed into the
bottom of the slough taking the
two machines with it. Tommie
Bullard, operator of the tractor was
not injured.
Sumpter who was Tiding on th*
grader was thrown across the rail,
of the bridge into <ihe ditch. He i
badly bruised about the letn;
rocah
e ng;
X-rsy pictures'showed no other In-
ternal injuries. t
Traffic Detoured
City Manager H V Hennen said
at the time of the accident that a
detour would be cilt around the
broken bridge so that traffic to and
from the fair would: not be Inter-
rupted. He said that the accident
would hinder the traffic along that
street but that he believed a de-
tour would greatly relieve the con-
gestion on the Baker Street cause-
way.
All traffic today is being routed
over the Baker Street route while
workmen are cutting the new de-
tour. Work was started immediate-
ly following the wreck to dear the
way and remove the machinery,
Tearing a army of * fence and thw
cutting of a large tree were also
started to rush the work m muen
a* possible.
needay morning. August 20. and
will speak ln the interest of the
candidacy of Roes Sterling of Hous-
ton for governor at the court house
at 10:30 a. m o’clock. Fred 8. Abney,
chairman of Ross Sterling for Gov-
ernor clubs of this district, an-
nounced today. Mr. Abney said this
morning that Oovemor Moody's ad-
dress on Ferguson ism would be
(CONTINUtD ON WAGE SEVEN)
Sydney and Wellington for 8an
Franscisco. The Ventura is pro-
ceeding to Pago where the Tahiti’s
l land passengers and crew will be
di-rmbarked. The Ventura then
will proceed to 8an Francisco where
American and European pasarngen
will be landed. : .,
No letter mails were kat with
the Tahiti, with the exception of six
bags during transfer to the Ventura.
About 50 other bags were badly
soaked at the same time but were
saved.
All newspaper malls and parcels
were tat, ■* J * ,d
IHe Tahiti tat its starboard pro*
pellet and mrong a- leak about 411
miles aaat of Rdrotopga, Oook Is-
lands. and drifted tfrout 80 miles
with a strong current before being
reached by raecue vessel*.
8AN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18—-UP)
Mi •r»a. th* wmDw nnr*au an- i —The Matron Navigation Company
areas, the W (Ether Buierei todaY received word the Uner Tahiti
ncunoed today after completing a | ^JITT™ ZTZmZZ TtiTro
national rainfall survey. ,
States of the corn belt, all have
been roaked by heavy rains within | AUCKLAND. N. Z., Aug. 18.—
I the last four days. It was said. It 8. 8. Ventura Indicated
ln radio messages today that she.
would land some of the
and members of the crew
; SET IT 1131 f THE NATION
Ocvrrnor Dan Moody win arrive CHICAGO Aug. 18.—(UP>— The
Brownwood about 8 o’clock Wed- -- - L '■ -- ■ —
three-quarter billion drought of
1930 has been effectually broken ln
all but a few small, widely scatter -
! sank at 4:40 a. m., ships time (12:40
a. m. Pacific standard time.)
DALLAM, Texas, - Aug- _ *6-—UP)—
Injured late Satinday atanoon at
Orand Saline, Teiai, when he- .
heroically sought to prerenf hto
airplane, alighting, from crashing
with one just taking the abr, Roy B-
Kutensan, 31. Dallas Oyer, died In
a hospital here today*
Two pareengere were with KMi
SSL's? Phl*1‘1*.”' ^.°yaa
Saline, died m a hoeptiat there
soon after the crash. Peft Dkker-
•on, is. also of Orand tiaftne, tan
in a critical condition In a hoepMal
there today. . ’*
Kuteman pulled hie three place,
plane 300 feet straight up fe avert
the'threatened crash end Mi engine
stalled.
.
SAN ANTONIO. Aug. 16.—<jP)—
Two students of the advanced flying
school, Kelly Field, lost theft lives in
an aretal during attack
maneuvers at a 200 toot altitude,
near Von Ormy, today.
They were Donald Dewitt Camp- *
tell. 23 eon of Mr. and Mrs flee.
C Campbell of Anadarfco. Oklahoma
and Cadet Roben Lee Meott, 3ft eon
of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Scott at
Bethany. Illinois.
Each of thb fliers was piloting an r
A -3 attack ship in a nine ship ter-
mat ion.
’ According to other
the flight, the fleet
a difficult maneuver known to air-
men m the
one filer, in attempting t
position with his “element*
formation, tat l
into the lend
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n.^ I «| 111 l ilM
UM iniUDtqr.
mambent of
ras executing
ground
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Oil WeU in
1
Oklahoma Shut
In Today Finally
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 18—UP)
—The C. C Julian number 2 Houser
guslier in the routh Oklahoma City
field was shut in today with cement
alter running wild for 21 hou. v and
endHAserlng homes and b^sluejs
houses.
The flow was shut off from the
bottom when cement was pumped
into the hole under high presiurr.
The otang wtfl be cem-ntra again
to prevent a second blowout when
the well finally Is completed.
Blowing out between the six and |
pip* inch casiitos. the Houser went
it was
was estimated these rains would
revive crops sufficiently to reduce
materially the amount of damage
done during the dry period.
The value of a M Inch rain
around Peoria, HL, Sunday, adfled
to 22 Inch which had fallen since
Thursday, was estimated at approx-
imately a quarter million doDars.
For the last four days the
: bureau reported representative rates
| as follows: Springfield
Terre Haute. Ind
la.. 140; Valentine
Springfield. I1L. 1.15;
1 80; and Omaha. J4.
While the rains were general over
the midwest, they did not affect
the stage of the Mississippi river,
which was one and six-tenths feet
above low water mark at Quincy
Sunday. Both the Mississippi and
Illinois rivers were lower than
they had been for a number of
years.
of the
abandoned steamer Tahiti at
Raratooga and carry others to San
Francisco. The Penybim was pro-
ceeding to Auckland.
Governor General Bledirola radi-
oed a message of sympathy to the
passengers, who replied that the
“magnificent devotion” of the mas-
ters and crews of the ships had as-
sured their safety..
SMALL FIRE TODAY
Fire department was called to 3710
First Street this afternoon about
Thomas B. Slick
Be Buried Today
At Clarion, Pa.
TULSA, Okla., Aug. 18.-UP)-
Out of reaped to the memory of
Thomas B. Slick. “King of Wildcat-
ter,” to be buried today at Clarion,
Pa. his boyhood home, the Okla-
homa Union Railway Company and
the Union Transportation Company
of Tulsa, announced they
!>=• •<***»put out, lb, in tb, - .SET'S SSI
wUd throu,h thr CUM- jwteo.) ^ bJ uln Wtom. Hot | durtn* Um fonmd hour. Ur. suck
mornmg i much damage was done to the i owned interests In both companies.
building as the department got the Many oil men left yesterday for
fire under control before It gained 1 Clarion to attend the funeral are-
headway. T ill vices. Several traveled by air lines.
THE WEATHER
J
LOUISIANA Partly cloudy to-
night; Tuesday cloudy, local Unm-
dershowers ln southeast portion,
l ight to moderate shifting winds on
th* coast.
ARKANSAS: Partly , Cloudy,
thundershowers in north portion to-
"^OKLJ^OMA^Partiy cloudy, scat-
east and
and Tues-
tered thundershowers
central portions
tonight
The First National Bank of Lo*
meto was closed Saturday morn-
lng by order of Hs board of direc-
tors and an audit Is t ow bring
mads by the State Bsnklne Depart-
ment. according to information re-
ceived from Lometa todfe. Rrp-c-
sentatlves of the State Banking De-
partment arrived Sunday to take
charge and make the audit.
Until the audit la com Dieted M
was stated, or at least until further
progress ha* been made with It, no
statement will be made concerning
the affair* of the bank. The bank__
was voluntarily closed by the direc- Democratic
tors. While there were rumors of tlon.
a shortage In the bank’s funds, no j West Texas, which went almost
authentic statement would be made solidly for Senator Clint Small in
by the directors or department con- tha first primary, j was their battle-
ceming this, nor comments made ground last week; as Sterling and
on the rumor. j [ ■[ (Ferguson, the latter speaking for the
W. W. Tipton, president of the candidacy of his frtfe, Mrs. Miriam
bank, who has been in active charge A. Ferguson, strove to enlist the
of it* affairs for the last six years, votes which observers practically
has teen away from Locneta since agreed would decide the
last Monday, it was stated today. And both ~ ‘
and so far as could be learned Horn were leaving lieu ten ants in the Weal
Texas field this week to continue the
Both Sides Active
AsS
Enters Final
A.VkOds
m tnd
i aiues Act]
tate Campai,
fs Final We
By The
Denunciation
peal* flared forth
forces aligned
Houston and Ji
prepared to do
week of cam
day’s ran off
gubei
ited Press,
campaign ap-
Uxlay as the
Ron Sterling of
E. 'ffcrgunon
title in- the final
before Batur-
to decide the
Dotnina-
aro not known.
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and into many rural
OKLAHOMA CITY. Aug. 18—<**»
—Defeating effort* of workmen to
halt the heavy flow of hissing gas
and spouting oil, the C. C. Julian
lOll and Royalty Company Numb*
12 Houser which broke loose ln a
rcMdrr.ttsi section of the rtty yes-
terday, continued to flow unabated
i today.
A break developed below the
oellar when the well was shut in
after flowing Its Initial 34 hours,
menacing a doesn nearby oil well*
and a score of residences and small
business houses.
A score of families nearby left
their homes as the fumes settled
ubout them. Fires of nearby drill-
ing wells were exttngufhed quick-
ly. Although a fire son# hod not
bern r«tablt»lv'd. streets about the
well were blocked and traffic de-
toured over seldom used streets in
the vicinity. A
A corps of city firemen
DALLAS. Ttotts, Aug. 1ft —(A5)—
One man was dead and eight per-
sons, tn hospitals today as the re-
sult of automobile accidents In and
near Dallas yesterday.
A. C. Donaldson, 34. Dallas, dtod,
today from Internal injuries re-
ceived in a crash near here yester-
day. Mias Beatrice Brown, 37.
Wichita Falls, woe cut on the fore-
head and right leg In the Occident
which cost DonaMOon’i life.
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West Te
gfegggto
P-Tguron turned from West Texas
yesterday after an address Saturday
night at Brecfeenridtrc and planned
to speak tonight at Port Arthur,
journeying northward
’P'"h *'!*ho^r.”^Ut‘ WUt* U» f •««
Bis lino of offensive moved fe an °u ^.?5k!hJ?Tr!?d
opposite course northward to that of hundred feet about the boll.
Sterling, who expected to speak to- Workmen from eemaJ majorw
day at Oaineovllle and Porta, mowing ’companies were ordered to the scene
southward during the week and eta- to aid in stopping the
jutmaiftor ■Q'Wti ,<^odfJ^d
teg Friday
Sterling rest
Worth.
pardon record of
Oahreston
at Fort
Cement poured into the wefl late
last night to blown skyward by the
tremendous gas preamro. 041 com-
imn* tamed to otter
and tho os a
fejt early today
tote
as for
, J _ Ll,
tCONTiNVU
Fair to Be Officially
Opened by Gov. Moody
Wednesday Afternoon
Oovemor Dan Moody will official-
ly open the Brawn County Fair Wsd-
neoday afternoon at 3 o’clock, it
was annouhoed by Secretory Hilton
Burks today.
Officials are rushing about tod.iy
making last minute plans for thr
fair and closing deals with people
who pra wishing coocssslons on tho
fair grounds. Tbs preparation* at
the fair grounds hove been prac-
tically an completed and emry thing
will be In readiness before the
opening Wednesday.
To Decorate E
The decoration of tho booths and
the of the exhibits Will
start tomorrow Mi will te
pitted Wednesday morning
program for the four day*
tatnment boo oil boon
The carnival company ta to ar-
rive to Brownwood today
they tare
the store fronts has. all been prac-
tically completed as has the decora-
ting of th* fair grounds where
James Haynle, representative of th*
OU Bolt Flag and Decorating corn-
pony has agreed to decorate the ex-
hibit halls. ’. ,
Hilton Burks, secretory of the
fair, said today that the coocesrioni
had all been sold or that he had
bids far each of them and tha con-
tracts would te ctaed during the
day. He stated that fix prospects
for a great fair wore good and that
aeeordtag to the showing wtoehl
tad teen made at other ptoses B
of lift
wfB
TO—ay concerning pro-
» —MtosJor s—i of —
BALTIMORE. Aug. IS—CUP)—
Two passengers were burned to
death last night when a commercial
airplane fell 300 feet and burst into
flames before the gaas of eeveral
hundered motorists on the Balti-
more- Annapotts highway. ..
Pilot Marshall Tsrbert, 31, waa
dragged from the ptaae ta a semi-
conscious condition by John Oetaler.
a passing motorist. Tartert was only
slightly Injured. _ -
Dorsey 8—to?*!—, and Jhmes T.
Ruppert. Jeasup. 1AL were boned
to death before Oetaler and other
motorists could reach ttanL
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PORT ARTHUR. Aug. 16—CUP)—
Elton R. Greer. 1ft waa fatally to.
jured Sunday when the tiro on the
automobile be was driving blew out.
overturning the machine and hurl-
ing Greer to the pavement. Hie
skull was fractured. Oraer was the
son of E F. Oreer of Pear R—ft
near here. 1. Tj ,
HOUSTON, TWx, Aug. 16—(UP)
—A tan dark man. about 46 years
old. tentatively Identified as Thomas
McPaddta, paring worker, feed to
a hospital here today tram. Injuries
to hb bead.
Hs was found
•gatast tho wa&
the downtown section,
working on twp Uwortaft an# that
tbs man, feu against the waft tho
otter Ufet hi was slug— S
robbed.
oMsrs
•ottcu. Officers —
LUFKIN, Texas. A—ta
IBM _ __ a motor oar i
by Bennie Warner, r *
that driven by Kbert i
eanytng the
Bor car driven
run over
PORT ARTHUR. Tft., A«g. lft-
.^-Richard Vogel, mlnirj «—.
Sr'l/* *5? ^ F^oductlou Ok of
Houston, died tara Sunday as the
he and hit wife ware riding over-
turned on the Beach highway aw
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