The Daily Sun (Goose Creek, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 246, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 31, 1937 Page: 1 of 6
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winterhaven nTl
SO.
ting by hi* Philad*lph»» i
during training
Jimmy Wilson today
vie* and reading
••No more movies,M h« y
the only thing they «, „
the paper* i* the comic*,*
go to Lakeland totef
the Detroit Tiger*. '
ST. PETERSBURG, pu i
.30. ttUP)—The two mb [
pennant favorite* eiaafe
when the Cardinals corne l*,
the first of a two-game \
against the New York Yi
The Yank* have justified tip
rating by winning 11 out d
but the Cards are near i
tom of the grapefruit I
nine Joues against.....L^.
They dropped another, 4 ti j
the Boston Bees yesterdiy 1
CLEARWATER, FI*,
130. (IIP) —The Brooklyn I
who stumbled, 5 to 3, be:
Newark Bears yesterday, <
the Cincinnati Reds today hi
I fourth meeting of the spring.]
Reds have won two of stbe]
I vious three.
SARASOTA, FIs., March]
I <110 —The Washington &
victors in nine of their i
grapefruit games, and the I
cinnati Reds meet for the]
I time today.
I SAhf BERNARDINO,
March 30— <UJ?) -The
I Cubs appeared today to hsni
| batting eyes, at last. Then
lthe Pittsburgh Pirates 23-Hf
I exhibition yesterday. TV i
I smacked Lucas, Brandt, Hd)
I man and Muchel for It
I Flowers and Higbe permitti
| Pirates 23 hits but they
Ibacked by flawless fielding. |
,N ANTONIO, March 1
-The St. Louis Brown* I
rnt of their training I
s with the San AntonioJ
in Laredo, Texas,
this morning, to
ing at Tech field,
er, rookie catcher
s, in the hospital from i
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GOOSE CREEK, PELLY, BAYTOWN, LA PORTS AND 8URROUNPINC AREA,
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TEXAN
LAST DAY! HorrjJ
black Iff
'Plus! Popeye the Wl
New® •
Wednesday • Thursdkfj
Laugh with him H&*jL
role that will Bve » 1*1
heart forever!... I
WILL ROGERS
“DR. BUT1
DRIVE TO L
HVE WAGE
«SOPENED
0f Nation-Wide
pe Is Drafted To
itore Provisions of
Regulation
IaSHINOTON, March 31—0)
| officials today launched
1,-edgwl drive to restore
| minimum wage features of
i through a sweeing program
legislation and prepara-
| rf » new bill with a nation-
! scope.
nt Roosevelt emphasized
| state laws are inadequate to
| with the” problem of paying
salaries despite the
by the supreme court of
precedent in upholding
[ton state minimum wage
rwomeir. ------------
Way is Opened
’ of Labor Frances Per-
declared that in the light
t’s decision “state legis-
are free to pass statutes
piling the necessity for sub-
! wages.” * '
| was learned that plans for
1 substitute laws are now be-
rilitated by two groups, both
*' ' —* with the
| indirect contact
i House.
Bill Drafted
George L. Berry’* Indus-
| Progress Council is complet-
es of a fair trade practices
jalso would include pro-
for federal supervision of
wages and maximum
i Perkins and labor depart-
attorneys virtually have
eted a tentative measure
would create a maximum
t week of 40 hours and stab-
neries of "industry councils”
tup minimum wage scales,
aployment Tax
March 31.—Contribu-
ftfefte Texas Unsniptoy-
f compensation act are being
f by 1766 employers in Harris
Chairman-Director Orville
Bter announced today,
when from these employ*
I set up-unemployment ben-
|t«wmts for 115,025 workers
rris County,
commission’s activities in
I County are under the di-
' of District Fieldmen Sam
fliers and I. H. Kidd, who
^headquarters in the Houston
of Commerce.
Candidates In Goose Creek Trustee Race
EAST HARRIS
HIT BY FROST
ANOMEEZE
Rower* And Garden*
Damaged Slightly
By Ice; *Warmer’ Is
Thursday Forecast
LOWMAN STATES
COLLEGE FUTURE
DEPENDS ON TAX
Superintendent Sets
Probable Combined
Levy At $1
Future of Lee Junior college will
be assured if the people vote the
apecial maintenance fax in Satur-
day’s election, Dr, Harmon Low-
man, superintendent of the local
public school system, told an In-
terested audience in Anson Jones
auditorium last night.
The speaker expressed the be-
lief that the combined tax levy
for schools and the college next
year will not exceed the $1 which
is levied now for the schools if
there is no important change in
conditions.
The proposal upon which: patrons
. .. . . wlll vote is whether the trustees
Al t 0 In Ham* [ shall be authorized to levy and col-
lect a tax of 20 cents on the $100
valuation for seperate maintenance
of'tfae-college-■
Why Separate Tax
“One of, the questions most fre-
quently asked,” declared Superin-
tendent Lowroan, “deals with the
need of divorcing the junior cotlege
support from the public school
fund.” Answering that question,
the speaker gave four reasons why
the school board bad submitted the
junior college tax,
1, The purpose of the present
jl tax is to support a public school
system. When the people voted
thi* tax they did not expect any
stocks stronger , Part 01 be used t0 s^pport a
' YORK, March 31—law
1 strengthened in early ac- , ^*”7 a, gtate of
“"“T op the .tock exchange Under Uwa of “* *toU
CITY BALLOT IS
DRAWN BY MEEK
llto-giwto- maty along- with
most of tkl *t*W, today emerg
ed from a heavy blanket of frost,
some tee and blustery we*thei
into bright sunshine that brought
rising temperature*.
A low of 31 degrees was regist
ered here at 2:30 a»m. today, the
thermometer remaining at freez
ing sufficiently long to reauit in
a thin coating of Ice to a few ex-
posed shallow pools.
The forecaste far tonight i»
"partly cloudy, Thursday mostly
hloudy, not so odd”.
Heavy Coating
Roofs, automobiles and street*
sere covered with a heavy coat
of fro*t, one of the heaviest of
the year, but the tun that shone
brightly ail day, won dissipated
the remains of what might be the
last freeze of the season.
Other section* of the county
reported 32 degree*, although the
weather station in Houston re-
The formalities of
requirements in Eastjttarrts coun-
ty were ended today and candi-
These four men and one woman are candidates from which patrons
of Goose Gfeek independent school district will elect two member*
of the board of, trustees Saturday. Upper left is R. H. Dial sad
- upper right is L. A. Lovering, incumbents whose ‘«m» expire.
Center above is Mrs. W. N. Peddycord. Below is P. W. Hebei, left,
and J. P. Bauer. - :
Pdre* generally strength-
>und Town
h Cocking and Mrs. Cock-
1, he among those pre-..
coronation of King..
n in London in May
C h Uortinberryg
" the same idea in
Grace Robson has
to work for a CbnaoBSafc<l Oil ..
£**> hig house, on the
*of Sterling’s home,
‘5* hay, this side,
find out f^whom
our *Pecial
j
Wgirg
i*frrne, an<i other* at the
J* P»«y ... Mr*. A.
* complaint
^»h>4wPbtrg gazinK out
Pop Thomas »ey*
L"**y ^ the sea-
■“ **r hr the color of
printed
2. A special law was passed
(Continued on Page 2)
Stocks Close
Courtesy Citizens State Bank
and Trust Company
Anaconda Copper -—....... 66 1-8
CHUag flervice .........*—■■ a
Commercial Solvent 3^ 3-o
Consolidated CM*,—..——— ,,*® 6-®
Curtis Wright
•al Motors .......
Gulf ----------------------
Humbiq_ ^--------i.......
Kirby —......—.......
Lambert —..........
Lorillard --------------
National Dairy .—
KliiDmol Pi I ■
l\4|uonai rowci
telling about a uleas- T ™ ------------ 22 1*2]
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Phillips ——------------
21 1-4
Reed Roller ..—------—.......- d®
Skelly %....................-.......» “**
Socony Vacuum ....----------**
Standard, N. J. ----• JjJSl
gmt ______________________T*
Tidewater
JUr
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L Steal
tf 1-4
11 1-2
6 1-8
CHRYSLER STRIKE
PARLEOELAYED
Auto Firm Head And
Lewis Are Called
To New York
SALT DOME Wi,
DRILLNEW WELL
Location Announced
For Lawrence D-l
In Cotton Lake
LANSING, Mich. March 31. ®J9 U>c^on for the flrat of what
.4-- re* la tfrnPftfPfl tn hA tL .rpHau nf now
Attempts to settle the 24-day
strike in the nine Detroit plants of
the Chrysler Corporation were
stalemated temporarily today.
Walter P, Chrysler, head of the
concern, was in New York, having
been called there by “urgent busi-
ness.” In the same city was John
L. Lewis, C. 10 head, who was
to be a series of new
South Cotton Lake oil
is expected
wells in the
field was announced today by the
Salt Dome Oil Corporation.
The Lawrence D-l, a^2-foot ex-
tension to the west of the Law-
rence C*l, fDialed iMt week, will
be drilled as soon as the equipment
can be moved, drillers said.
wwenee
with soft coal operators on a new
contract for miners in the Appal-
achian districts.
The governor had the assurance
of both'men that they wouldreturn
here not later than Saturday,
holdings by the Sait Dome Cor-
poration, is ttie first to be com-
pleted as a commercial producer.
The A-l and 8-1 wells hit pay
sands, but silt water and high gas
pressure placed them In the das*
Meantime reliable sources said of being commercially unprofitable.
^hsTddef stumbling block to Owner, of the land leased by the
settlement was the "board of
this groupTlt was said, which re-
peatedly "turned thumbs down” on
Salt Dome and other companies
having leases In the Cotton Lake
areas ira ^waiting drflllngby oth-
er concerns, hut to date, ths enly
other company to drill, the Kirby
pesveoqr ——7 .. Petroleum found s drv hole ta
gaining rights In all Chrysler
PlMmibers of the strategy board
nointed out that the sit-down
strikers evacuated tne plants last
(Continued on Page 2)
Reward Offered For
Attempt Upon Mayor
in municipal and school dia*
trict elections were sitting back
ready for the balloting next Satur-
day and Tuesday.
Candidates for Goose Creek mu-
nicipal office and for the La Porte
school district elections, last night
drew for position* oi| the ballots.
Others Determined
Those in the Pelly municipal
und Cedar Bayou school district
elections drew last week.
Mayor J. H. Meek, of Goose
Greek, who is asking re-election,
will head the. -municipal- ballot
here. He drew top position in
t^drawingsatthecitybriilast
J. W. Neiman, merchant, is in
second position in the mayoralty,
race, and John D. “Shorty” Jones,'
former city commissioner, is third.
J. L. Wilder, commissioner ask-
ing re-election, drew the top posi-
tion over H. G. Bailey, his only
opponent.
R. C. Goodman, former member
of the commission opposing Willis
Cobb for; re-eiection, heads that
position,
Shireman at top
In the La Porte school district
drawing, the candidates will ap*
(Continued On Page 2)
Rebellion Co
Is Seen As
Continue Adv
. MADRID, March *l-—CHID—A terg* portion of
Franco*# southern army faced annihilation in the Stem
mountain passes north of Ordoh# today whan four loyalist
wars seeking to encircle them, array dispatches reported.
The insurgent army, defatted at Akaruesjos despite its
German and Italian reinforcements, in what the loyalist high
mend said had been "another battle of the Karas," fled
Shireman Will Header*
List In La Porte
School Vote
Rear Trapped
Harassed by loyalist srtilisr
and aviation, the rear guard 0
the retrantteg army was report#
trapped on the Cordoba Klgfawu
white ita advance elements nears
the strategic Puerto Catravene in
the mountains, eights miles south
| of Alcaracsjoa
Loyalist army report, said the
fleeing Italian and German troop*
snowed increasing signs of
gnil ration. Loyalists airj
Inrrsmntly
Two loyalist reeiumns, which
drove the lnsuiffcU out of Aica-
racejos and viUenueve Dai Duque,
j causing the collapse of
{drive to capture tea rich Aimadan
mercury mines, *0 miles south of
Madrid, were In hot pursuit.
Attack Ou All Ridas
Two other loyalist columns,
starting from Posohtenco and Villa-
nueva, raced for VUiaharta and
Ovejo, respectively, to Intercept Uw
SENATE UNLIKELY
TO ACT TODAY ON
REPEALOFRACING
Measure 1* Last On
House Bill Ust
On Calendar
AUSTIN, March 31. <ti»—Race
repeal appeared on the Texas sen-
ate calendar of business for today
but apparently will not be constd-
sred, —.........
U wsa last on n list of 63
house bill, ready for senate action.
It was also subject to dstey by a
pending resolution for conetitu-
tionai amendment*. Sen. Hough-
ton Brownlee, Austin, hailed up
bis resolution to change the const!- ..........
itution tosxsnmt csrteteUWPHtrtif frFr’f Tm3ru ”*.,7*
gauge at the Houston airport
showed a low of 32 degrees.
Damage To Plants
Frost damage to flowers and
pre-election jjipring gardens will be felt, hut
not te great extent, florists sskL
Growth will be retarded but sever-
al days among the hsrdier ptenU.
Others were wiited to ths ground.
The fact there were several
days of cold weather preceding
the freeze prevented more dam-
age to crops, it was said.
Dan Clinton, Harris county ag-
ricultural agent, said in Houston
that growing crops generally will
be retarded but a short while,
(Continued on Page 2)
Model Youth Admit*
THREE UNHURT IN
AUTO CRASH HERE
City Official*, Drug
Store Owner Get
Minor Injury
Two Goose Creek city official*
and a Gooae Creek business man
escaped critical injuries in an au-
tomobile accident near1 the city
hall today.
City Manager John W. Harkins
and City Marshall Ed -Dickens
were the. official* and J. D. Roy-
der, druggist, the other.
The .accident occurred when the
car driven by Royder clashed In- .
te the parked car in which Hat* 11 1J T Xr 17 G
kins and Dickens war* seated, JJ JV JL Mil Jt CR
when, he swervsd te svoiii hitting
BUFFALO, March 81. «IJD— A Warn#
“model youth” who quit school to Creeck s
care for his widowed mother, who
never drank nor smoked and who
preferred to stay at borne rather
than go out with girls, was ebarg
from taxation.
Would Restore OM Uw
Whether G. H. Nelson, Lubbock,
sponsor in the senate tor the race
repeal bill, already passed by the
house, would seek to get It heard
sfter the Brownlee resolution was
uncertain
The bill would reinstate the 1906
law prohibiting betting at race
tracks,
Gil taxation has been put off un-
til April 13, senate committee on
state affairs yesterday afternoon.
Rep. Jasper N. Reed, Texarkana,
the author was heard and quisled.
Brief opposition to the bill was pre-
rented by Ray Leeman, San An-
tonio, vice president and general
manager of the South Texas Cham-
ber at Commerce,
, Delayed Two Weeks
Hearing for oil producers was
tpostponed-Aw two weeks-•
Reed estimated tee MB would
produce $6,006,000 annual revenue;
he thought the state needed that
additional Income though senate fi-
nance chairman John Redditt dis-
agreed.
Reed thought tee oil producers
ought swt to tort imposed upon by
a ste cento tax on a barret of oil
worth a dollar or more when gaso-
line users pay five cents tax on 10
Mata worth of gasoline! Ben. Joe
HUi; Hendereon, suggested that the
people pay *1.26 tax on the amount
of gasoline produced from a bar-
rrtof rtL
Mgfcway before It could pare those
points, thus subjecting It to at-
tack* on *11 side*. ; " ’
Success of tee maneuver would
trap tee unwieldly nationalist force
to tee narrow mountain passes
around Puerto Cstraveno, loyalist
officers said, forcing it to surrsn-
dtf of f}§ annihilated^ . 4 ,$£j3
Loyalist aviation boenbed the
Cordoba highway between Puerto
Cstraveno and Esplel, four mil is
south of the mountain pea*. Gov.
(Continued on Page 2)
NEW CLUES FOUND
IN TRIPLE MURDER
Finger, Palm Print*
Found At Scene
Of Killings
™y naig were in*
h her mother and
NEW YORK, March
Bloody finger and palm print* and
a strand of gray hair were the
clues with which .
solve the murder
Veronica Gedeon, her
a male boarder to their
Hills apartment, ,( ja
The fingerprints wwe found on
a glass panel to to bathroom of
toe artists model’s borne and the
palm prints were on a corset strip,
ped from her mother, Mary 64,
and on the bedspread that covered
the roomer, Frank Byrnes, 86, a
bartender. -v
Earlier, dectlve# had son toe
gray hair under the ■■
■Jb.....B
Wirne, cremery manager.
tote backing off Goose
street into Gulf, to turn
and Royder, coming from Pelly,
Swerved to the left.
Dickens’ automoWle was knock-
ed today with staying 18-year-oid toytef* wams to*** step on'
Mary Ellen Babcock, v- .the sidewalk in front of the city
Police said Thomas Smith. 18, hall. Both cars were damaged,
signed a confession that he stabbed At th* LUUe-Duke hospital,
and beaTtosTgirt to dsath becauat wbwa Harkhu and Dickens were
of an "uncontrollable impulse that, examined, it
come* am m ctoce in a whfle/i juries were
Be denied that he criminatly aa-1 three of to .
■' , rV1* --'A ' * ' ^
■re*. j»
—HMh-Cel and Mrs. Charle*
A Lindbergh landed at Ta-
trt airdrome from the island
of Rhodes today. They art
flying back to their borne in
England after an acrid tour
of tsencar Sad and India.
KIOTMON” “—1 •«
The bloody prats found in th# :,
apartment were checked against
criminal YQehi bare and to* records
the Butceu 0ji *
tion to Washington,
Police claimed hey bad one man
“under constant surveillance"
(UH)—The msagled
IweiMsi
though they had released all i
pecU In the case.
Advocates And Foes Of Court Reform
Grow Bitter As Clashes Are Renewed
WASHINGTON, March 31. -law school, opposing the bill be-
<UB—Advocates and opponents of tore the senate judiciary commit*
judiciary reorganization . dabbed
with renewed intensity today over
■sSS—issmss
automo-
cutive at the expense of congress
and the supreme court. «
Leader Joeeph
T. Robins MB
gravely
chance to survive.
Both leg* “A’1 Borah,
were .battered when the Justice
McReynotd®]n
of his car,
ttftom
he attempted 1
ir ns he atw
his garage
JfMHLramre noapp^wd
tee, warned that congress must
be “cautious and vigilant” because
the "executive has grown so pow-
erfut. ...
! “The eupreme court is the only . _
factor for stability we . have in record to 1980 to assort that
this country," Pochard saidW Bofsh and CHas* in opposing
He soggretod teat congress
tution to n
Glass tedted the court plan
Monday night in a speech that
Robinson said was "destroyed’* by
it* bitterness. c*;
-The majority leader, veteran of
countless congressional battles un-
der the New Deal, turned back
toe pages of to# congressional
am*
firmation of Chief Justice Hughe#
had sought a supreme court
had been dead since midnight
to • wrecked auto were found
today under a culvert a mile
.;«Mt ft ppt aa lb* Howto*
highway. One vietha was
identified tentatively hy a
driver* license a* B. R. Ess-
rick ef Houston. ^
[ ' j ■ agStetuareiute-
BAYONNE, France, March
—The French cargo
•learner Cap Fakoa, bringing
2.000 tons oif cereals and wine
from Algeria, was fired on
Fttten. 36, n former appraiser for
,tta Home Owner* Loan Corpora-.....
torn Detectives said that Miss
Gedeon and her mother bed been
{Continued On Peg* 2)
Missing Boy Scout
Executive Shows
EL PASO, March
wXX^yTre*
Boy ,Scout
Miller,
un-1 IS miles off Santander, her
captain reported on arriving t
here today._
KILGORE; March 31-®»
-An American Legion com-
mlttee today ptoced tke num- wh«
wf of ociv inr tfe mwt 1 aw
and halted by rebels yeeterdsy
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