The Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex), Vol. 11, No. 176, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 25, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Mexican Slayer on
Trial in Oklahoma
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in Jewels
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PIONEER OF
COUNTY DIES
HERE TODAY
Ed Stoker 62 Came To
Stephens County Over
50 Years Ago
Rd Htokfr 02. a member of one
of Stephen county's oldest faml-
lie died stiddonly here at 10:13 a.
ni today at the WcaLsldc hospital
Woin wit. ...I t. ( it rJ and .apparently the vlatlni of a heart
tonR....t.r. . i..i..'ru-lnr u tUftck. Mr Sl0ktr huj ccn Rnl.
CT1'"1 '"' ' " on h w"y ly 111 since Sunday morning at the
fcf'jm leai th.n two weeks. !iopltal but his condition was con-
' . . siuereo. great y improved mis
'pilEUK hi- ..r.n no threat -and Bnorb(fore he .
riinemi services lor .Mr
Stoker
i ip tn-it tne ieniiH-
t.mpt to ccnvtn n- Wi ho conducted at the local Bap-
1 rail from ItW ROVer . -hutch nt I n. m. Frldnv hv the
llev A. J. Morsnn Ilurlal will he
at the Clark cemetery five miles
north of Crystal Falls Immediately
after the 'rrvlccs here. The Thomp-
wtil bt
ure would
self w thout
nor. but the memiMrshp alrtady
Vn retard nici :il ng to CSov. Stei-
l.nR'a own Intui niattcn Is pract -nlly
fflc ent legall) It ciK.voke
en nsaembly That mt)r tty -
nearly sufflclen' to put w ih the
imerKcncy flauae 'ioh ntfiuuro j
.1 may ufjrco uprn
State Ends
Oise Against
Former Deputy
AHDMOrtE June 25. (U.R The
State of Oklahoma' case wai con-
cluded today np.ilniit former Dcpti
ty Sheriff W. P. Oueas. charRcd
with murder In the slaying of Km-
lllo Cortes Itltblo a nephew of
Pre. Ortiz Ilublo of Mexico
With testimony of three wltntss-
ei on records that they saw the
deputies remove a pistol from the
youth's pocket after he had been
stain the etatc rested.
Defense council J. H. Champ.on
called Cecil Crosby as the first de-
fence witness. After a brief recess.
Crosby was the deputy sheriff with
Ouess when Rublo and his coIIcrc
companion Manuel Gomez were
jlaln. He also faces tit.nl on a
charge of murder.
"I Rot out of the car anil reman-
st. ii ted with Salvador Cortes Ilu-
blo a companion or the slain
youths who wiu standlnR In front
of the car performing an Indecent
act" said Crosby.
I "I told Rublo I was a deputy and
Mr. Htoker. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Green Stoker aged pioneers In thli
I eAllnlv mIMI llvtntr nrsr rrvaMI
DIKI'tCfl.rV -f a Kpri;.l Fali hnd bpPn u rpldenl stc.
v alon now W that mjny people phtna county for more than 50
want ol leRHIation but f-f are i years. He w.n .tearcd In the Crys
tal Pall community.
Kes.des Ills Immediate family he
on-Klkcr Funeral Home has teppel back to the car and asked
snmiiie iuiiciui irmiiRciiini i ue other boy-i who thev were."
Crosby said. Salvador had to tlficd
nt-ri-eil on what bill i!l rn olfei
ed or what ip.mrtcd W"i gone
nlni' ; franti rema.ked '!auti
V Id. ice-i- r f i Iml-p"nite'it
Petroleum f "ton tr)lns; t'
find out what :i the-!.- r." to
of'' u r in V be uble to
iRree- w ti t'H hi ' Texan people If
hey pnsen '. but we don't
km w until ' rf it
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0 SliUfn: hi
l.e
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to d
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fif oil
eniinu th- II
open the vibjr--
nn ft- n an e 3 1
Kdaz. n r.mi i f fn "
rle thnwri ireo 'he pot
ulhtsc w II be 1 rculuii
iiy oi and Ri imneivi
imd
wtth pre-
When he
nerv i-
ef on. half a
mt bills v. nl
pot Hume "i
jiivu ppulnl-
fZim Oi and B' ion"etvtlon Doara.
m ot'nnii wa ' ' " --
ilevn: with ' i" il rwurco. S
The Howsloy b n ' limit oil pro-
ilnet nn tn 'pi in' reasollBDl
mntUf demand I Hill to speed
ca n prooedtn and iherk i
tnnct.n mterfcun w th ratio
coinm ralon crdei " H.ll a'temp
iig ti pioteo m.ti pendea' produ-' i
a b revrtlns th rnteable tak.n i
phas of 'he i.iv. I'll iHirrH-rtins '
ti rrotet-t idi pi nl-oi p'o'Hieei(
and ni. . "In " h toqiiirtn i
sip! ate. i-rrut'd nipanli pr I
ilut ng plf. K ' i'M n a:i I
tvrhiln re' I ni; '.' id I . p-"
il.nt- 7 O her Il. nme de gnid
to fui'her ih ' i confine m
to Hoik re ' i n n o". produ-tion
Is survived by a number of other
rcl-'lvci In this county and count-
less numbei i of pioneer friends aro
still living who recall Mr. Stoker as
being one of the first set'lers In
tht section.
Mi Stoker Is survived by ha pa-
rr.: two daughters one MOn. four
'lr-tlhera and one Inter. Not all
member of h's family have arrived
h'ro yet tn attend thf funcnl ser-
vicoa. Lite lli. Mrs. Matty Millar and
Frank Stoker are the surviving
children all living at Mission.
Si' vlving brother are: John
Haskell Sam Uob. Toff all living
nesr Woodson. Mrs. George Dar-
nell surviving sliter uleo lives at
11 Hell
Crosby did not Identify himself ns
an officer.
On cross examination Crosby ad-
mitted neither youths slnln made
any move threatening him.
"Oomez got out of the enr when
I .seized a gun that was In Kublo's
lap. The shooting followed Imme-
diately after I stepped b ick with
the gun" the fc mer deputy testified
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Second Plane Spans Atlantic
LEGION WILL
SPONSOR JULY
CELEBRATION
.Rodeo And Barbecue Din-
ners To Be Featured At
Stoker Ranch
1931 "JEAN VALJEAN
The Anirrlcan Legion of Itieck-
enrldge Is eponsnrlng n Fourth of
July celebration for Saturday and
Sunday. July I nntl ft. which Is ex-
pvi-icii in (iiiivs uumirciis oi peo
ple from sin rounding communi-
ties On each of these datca they will
serve a free barbecue dinner to
. everyono attending the big rodeo
at the J P. Stoker ranch three
! miles West of Urccltcnrldgo on the
Albany - Abilene highway. The
ranch Is onc-linlf mile xottth of thu
the highway. The price of admis-
sion to the rodeo will be fifty
'cents and the barbecue dinner will
be Included free. Dinner will be
served et t2 and last until 1:3U
p. m. and the rodeo will commence
nromntlv at 3 n. m. both (lavs nc-
Mrn. S. Stnnwood Menl'cn. socil- cording to C. J. O'Connor local
ly prominent wife of n wealthy . Legion communder.
New York lawyer never before 1 According to Mr. Htoker this will
I has npeared so completely an- he t;io best and biggest toden that
i adorned by Jewelry as you eo her ' has been sttigcd ut his ranch. The
(here. She Is shown as she entered exhibition will Include gout mp-
pollce headquarters tr aid the In- ing. calf roping bronc tiding iteer
vesllgn-m or the theft if 5200- riding nnd bulldogglng Wild
stecra will be titcd and
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Neighbor .ind other fnen 13
are fighting to nve Jesse S
Ftrftwdcrmnii 32. light of
Voungtown. O. fiom being
sent back to the lUcltrr md
Vn. penitentiary fiom wli'p'i
ho osccped 12 yenra ago and
beciiuio an honest responsible
citizen husband and father
The 1031 "Jean Valjcan" wa
oonteneod to a year In prison
fat bronklng Into n box ear
with other yruth. The family which
fiom which Vltglnla nuthotltles seek
abt.e Mii. Sut'li Strnwdenmnn. 72.
he has been
to separate
his mrllier
sttppmting nnd
him Is siiown
Is hnldlng her
HOIRIIS AND
HILLIG LAND
IN GERMANY
Miss Copenhagen Mark and
Fly 32 Hours First
Believed Lost
KllKFKLD. Ger. June 2.r. iU.m
Otto llllllg nnd Holgnr Hnlrlio. tn
route from New York to t pn
luigen In their Llbcily Plant 1 1 v'
cd here today at 5:30 p. m ift r
having been Inst to thr wot Id
since their departure front lliibn
Grace N. F. nl 3:30 p. ni. yr iut-
day. Aftct u hault of an hotu dtir
Ing which time the pluno vi ic
fueled the plane lock off u?aln
at 0 30 p. m. fot Copenlt'igfti.
wncre gloom wp.s tut tied to will
joy when the news arrived lh.it
the fliers wcic safe and on their
v..iy to their destination. Friend
cf Copenhagen had about jwi
i them up for lost.
When the flluro landed her-'
they had been In tho ati JJ
luitits since leaving Harbor M.ncc
ihey explained they had lie n
000
of the theft f
worth of her gems tertorized Hrnhma
her household
home
and rani"iPkrd h"t
I- ranee.
IMClcllI
! of Herlln.
U 301 miles avi'li .ejt
?! ILLNESS OF
ROY SOLVED
G
''OV Sterling
nppo ntlve h d
' ees tn ' h.
that it haa a '
tton or not i a
umip'.f or.g naltv
iip .nsetval.on
.w II. at II be.
.ei he considers
i .lance of aUop-
iii i . i! tt a.on . He
Believed Suffering From A
Snake Bite
recently has affltmeil bi convic-
tion that It i js ..ipot'.ant to many
to connrve wt t and jII rranur-
cet n to " re " I and s
riU' dlatrict e"P "at Gov Mur-
' ray of Oklah m ha mide In
cu'ing natural ga rate $1000000
a year in hU aon state plua the
howtng that In nm year the Tex-
hi nnturtil cua rat fT Uomealtc
rMpoei. deaplt the atlatnmcn of
ni:e nuanltty nasi i'tohiciiihi.
'' - ...... ... . Ih
ilng anil u'sii:uu". "'
ri. an awrag f more inan
IJljper cent may atlniulale a de-
ifflnd for ulllUy regulat.jn In Tax-
as Other rates are subject to
c uciaro from time to time by vu-
r.otu groups. Texa..' exporta-
l.on of billions of f-et of naturit
gas u year on which actually lower
ae arc glvn In "i ti.t tlwn
In the state fum's.i. n I v rt tally
tax frei-. l n stibjai t i f .oncem to
those v. ho talk 'f inrv:n a
... .-. Vlinv
Texas naiurai rww. - --. th fhrv r. on th riht traek ftl
have come to the beiur uuu even u
you have to tax the small quantity I ""
of gas used in Texas in wjw ' UOi.k nKXIKS UKNEIIAI.
reach tho hugv qa V exported. . OKANT FOIIf51IT ON UQUOIl
tha' regulation Of M' t prowt r.llAMTON. N. Y . June 23.
' K ve tho (UR) " T1e ofl reIeatel Btory hl4t
... .. . -. UL-neriii u n u-uni iuukiii ins
etnto at least a ui oxu . w .. av war n . .. k coaed Ht
exhaustion and deplttmn of one of b s it Fnli who werVed as
the most vahmb'e of he state a .huglcr MCort or hm.
resource!. "Absolutely a fake." Flint eald.
I I wrm rlcht bv his side for 13
rlL MEN Ro to the rulmvl com- m(nUw a( ousht to know.
jaw mUsion of Tex ard unit t.il it ; Fllnt W1U oniy l5 whcn he en
frankly they hive been viotatms "'atei In 1E02 at Albuny
orders nnd propjse a more nroept- . .
able order They argue for the newtonv joins "KXI'KKIKNCKS."
oftfcr on the ground that "imbVo iONOON. June 24. IU.Ri - An
VnliDtent n oen nu u. hwi epitaph quoteu oy tne wuiai aier-
HAIUUSHUHO. Pa.. June 25 tU.PJ
Doctors of the lit' rlsburg Hojpttal
believed today they had correctly
dlrtirnoted tho mysterloai ailment
which has confined Marl: Bnders
16. Halifax. Pa. to the hospital for
two months.
Endcr was admitted last April
when he whs found unconscious
while flghtlr.g a forest fire He wai
treated for smoke suffocation.
He showed no signs of Improve-
ment and .teemed to be u victim of
hemolysis. In which the red cor-
pucles of the blood dissolve.
Other physlclank diagnosed his
ailment m "purpura hemo rhaglca"
and treated him accordingly. He
was dollrloui at times. Hemorrhag
t broke out at several points and
his skin ut times flushed red and
i oozed blood
Wood transfusions were given
I and for several days thereafter the
I boy rallied. loiter he sank back In-
I to a enil-comatoe utute.
Other diagnoses wo-e made and
other treatment' applied.
One day a veteran physician
reached the conclusion 'that Endcra
had been bitten by a snake or a
noxious Insect.
So a form of treatment to arrest
such u condition la now being ap
plied und the physicians believe
RURNS PROVE
FATAL TO
AGED WOMAN
Mrs. Sarah Norvell Buried
This P. M. At Eolian
Cemetery
Burn j received u week ago todny
proved (dial to Mrs. Sarah Norvell
72 who luccunibrd to their effects
yesterday afternoon about thtce
o'clock at a local hospital.
Mrs. Norvell was burned at her
home In Eollun when the can of
keroseno which she was applying
to a fire exploded In her hands
catching her clothing on fire.
KIDNAPPERS
RELEASE MAN
INCHICAG0.S3
3!indfo!ded For 100 Hours;
Says No Ransom Money
Paid To Holders
CHICAGO. June 'Ji U.P) Pnln
juted but temporal lly d.ued by be-
ing blindfolded 100 noun Samuel1
Levin former vice president of the '
Consumers Gas and Oil Co. was '
relesaed today by kidnappers who
had held him prisoner since last'
Saturday night j
Levin nnd his attorney William
i
teal stock snow enivce. ami ior
i the bronc. riding komo mean horrn I
.that havo appeared In exhlbllon '
( shows In some of t'io biggest
j rodeos In tho country.
j An ugg-cgntlon of real cowboys
will be on hand to m.iko the rf-
Ifalt Interesting.
j Thcte will be no nocd for the
people of Hieckcnrldge tn leuvo
town for amusement and excite
during the "1th of July" hull '
Saturday nnd Sundey. fot t
not likely to be uny uive--i
Hlon offered In other towns which
will equal In Interest Knla rodeo j
which the Amcileiin Legion has
secured for Hrcckcnrlc'gc (
1.nnir.n. W.lhom. 2. Mrs. Uose St.awderman hi- wife is holdingi - ' lh' 'r" -.ur-Iter
oldest daug'iler. Kalhetlnc. 0. In the cento la Jesse May. .. nU hm own ovpp H n ftnd
DIST CLERK fTHREEE.TEX.
HERE MAKES j GUSHERS OUT
BACK REPORT: OF CONTROLS
State Requires Witness Fee j Two On Fire And Third
Reports As Far Back ; Shooting Oil And Gas
As 1925
i
HOOVER PLAN
INTRUSTED TO
SECY. MELLON
The ntics' of fot titer district
Irlcrk by the State Dcpt. in other
section of Texa for the alleged
fraud In cashing hogtia stnto wit-
iirss fee cortltlcntos has resulted In
miirh .iddlt ionnl work for oKicr
dlfti-pt eletka throughout the state
Including Miss Mabel Wood 00th
dlsttiL't court clerk.
MIsh Wood Is now busy copying
I receipts for whitens fees paid out
till Bi lit' iiiinin no iiii ii.ii.i ua u.'.
Over Gladewater
OVEKTON. June 2ft. f.l' ' - Oil
men In three ureas In Ear I Texn'
worked today to rtcm tluee Kirh-
era two of them flaming torchen
-mil the th'td a gasscr which sent
gas nnd oil over tho town of Glade
w.itcr.
.Many Gladcwntor residents nto a
'cold bicakfat o gtcat were the
ptccntitions being taken to pre-
vent a ropclUlon of tho llntrou
oil well f.co thcto two months Ago
which claimed thu Ilvcii of nlno
I MOSCOW. June 2.'.. (U.P Tho
' monoplane. Winnie lutie. cl pp it
j otf ano-her 1000 miles on Its l.i.ixw
mile flight over land und wutcr
around iho world when It la.id-
nt 3:10 p. m. (rum ISorl it
ng nnc-tn.rd of tU jour
ney In Ii's.t than three days.
i i'he Atnetlcjn Wiley Post and
the Australian Harold Catty.
speeding on with a ilctcrnitnt-
tion to set ii iccoid by circum-
navigating the globe In 188 ihin
tin uiiya had IcU Berlin nt 7:33 a.
m . Ih' tin time.
i'he fllct! tentatively et ono n.
m. tl p. m. West Tcxtm time I
for their dcmrture frmi Mot-
cow. 'lne fllglit fiom Ilctlln wui
made In elcht hems and two
minutes.
!SAN ANTONIO
HONOR SAINT
Funeral service were conducted' J- Hoblnson. denied any tansom
at the residence In Eolian by Itcv.
H. D. Ululr of Cisco an old time
friend followed by burial at the
Eolian cemetery.
The Norvells are old time resi-
dents of the county und are wide-
ly known. The deceased wa.i the
mother of E. G. Norvell of thli
city one daughter Mli Ila. o(
Eolian and seven step children al-
so survive. The step children arc:
Mrs Emma Garrett of Cleburne;
Mm. II. W. Stringer of Memphis;
I. B. Norvell of Cisco; Mrs. Ltnnlc
Walker of Eolian: Mrs. Allle Glenn
of Hoarlng Springs Mrs. lluth Car
per of Goodnight and W. D. Nor-.
veil of Abilene. J Kfltl flllfl Wl'tt
All f the rbll.lren were extieeted I MJUHl U.IIU " till
here for the funeral. One brother.
P. S. Pulllg and family of Gorman
attended Xhe funeral.
had been paid although they ad
mltted $3000 hud been demanded i
Steps wete taken Immediately
after the release to obtain release
of Max GliiMJer whom police were ;
Vtntrllnrv In nnnnnollnn vtrlth thA I
uuiuiiih vuumvHwii '"t" uv . r i.i a tfn.. t !.... r..an.l lltn
kidnapping Gl.isi.er. Levin said "rnmcui n.. iu.. .......
had been an unwilling go-between Me ot his momentous war debt
for tho kldnuppers. holiday plan on tho bhouldets of
Unon belnc informed his friend Andrew W. Mellon secretary of the
had been teleascd and he too would Trcast y.
(nriinnf Mnmhnr llrr PrPf l!'o '"'' 0l- The btatc u or
UUUUIlll lltVIIIWWl ViMVlv :. .Italrli-I itlnrlfil in .111 Ibid.
'w"h mi MO...W w.v...w w .. -- II1UU.
In older to uncover other possible t At Kllgoro nnd Overton
Irtegttlarltlus In dlsttlct clerk's wells were roaring futnaces.
offices Miss Wood said. Iweto ignited late Tuesday
To France To Attempt
Settlement
WASHINGTON. June
(0.r.)
be frrcd Glasser pleaded tn be ill
lowed to rcmuln In n cell explain
Ing tho kidnappera had thretcned
to 1:111 him If he did not sec that u
ransom was paid.
Mellon was ordered from London
to Par'n to negotiate with Fiunco
In an effort to persuade her to ic-
lcnt from a Htubborn desire to coni-
jpel Germnny to continue pattlal
reparation payment during tho
'year Ih which Hoove- prnpaios all
pnyments be suspended.
' At the same lime the United
States Federal Reserve P.oatd
Mlwi Wood tins been copying thr J
witness fee receipts for n week
and will be busy for two moio
week doing tho siiiuc thing.
POSTED OIL
PRICE 20CTS
two I
Theyj
after
Pay Homage July 13th To
Namesake
thev were broui'ht 'n. i
Floyd Klnley famed oil well flic
fighter said It was not likely he
would bo ablo to conquer tho Ov-
erton blaze until Frldny. Moto
than a score of men labored to to-
move deb-is from around tho well
so he could explode u chaigu of
nlttnglyccrlno In tho well so as to
xnuff out the firo.
The Kllgoro well will probably
not bo extinguished for several
days.
AUSTIN.
consumers along w...n
may arri inere.
Elected Bank Head
Man Suddenly Dies
TEXAIUCANA. June 25. (IT -W.
E. Carter. 72 dropped dead to
day when It was announced ho
had been elected vlce-preildcnt of
the reorganized Miller County Bunk
and Trust Company at a directors
meeting here.
Carter fell to the floor when the
vote was unnounced. Death was at-
tributed to a heart attack-
Tcxans Lau Claim
'I'n ilmnn JPfyji-1 Joined wun tne iiaim oi ingnm...
O UCCan t liei nank of Franco and the Hank of
I International Settlement nt Basic i
DALLAS. Juno 23. (U.Ev- East nnd Switzerland. In extending u cicdltj
Companies Fix Flat Ratej'w1
5-Cent Price Reported
DALLAS. Juno 25. U.P.) Twenty
Stores Will Close
On July Fourth
i West Texas todny laid claim to
Wllle Post globe circling aviator.
Immediately after news of Post
and Gatty's safe arrival In Europe
had reached the U. S.. proud rela-
tives began bobbing up in Dallas
Mcxln Denton and Sweotwa'cr
No less than seven appeared in
Dallas.
Across the Oklahoma border at
Mayesvllle W. F. Post the avia-
tor's father said hU son became
a filer through loss of an eye. Wl
lle was damaged in an accident '
while wotklng for an oil company
and he purchased a plane with the
$2000 he was paid for the Injury
according to his father
of $100000000000 to the strilned
German Rclchsbank. Tho credit
will bo effective tomorrow.
Of the major creditor powers on-
volvcd In the Ho'over moratorium
plan only Franco remained to lie
brought into line.
Society Lists Causes
Of Juvenile Crime
cent a barrel today was the post-j f company offtctults.
cd nr.ee for Eist Texas oil while ' '
Ihoro was ..cports of crude being
sold at tho well for a low as five
cent! n barrel.
Dallas offices of tho Sun Oil Co.
announced abandonment of Us
gravity aealo of prices and posted
a flat 20 cent price. At Houston
'tho Gulf Plpo Line conipiny did
likewise ns Sinclair hulnlng Co
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iil t sentiment w 11 cause it to be
iivyjii better man an unii'
tiJr
QU'y reads "in memory oi our
fother gone to Join his appendix
his tonsils his kidneys his ear
drum and a leu prematurely re-
yy go to the governor and ak . moved by u nospltal surgeon who
um to inco.iraKV ijsiroiia crae experience.
r . . .i i- i
comvilsslon to enter a nriieuir
Practically all of the downtown
tore.i will be closed July 4th UC0liple SUCCIWW
xmftxa BMnAiiHnA.I kit Tmi 1 it ii 1 1 fa I .
naao ttkllluuill-CU -vy ) Un I
Young at the Hetalt Merchants As-1
soclatlon this morning.
Many of the merchants plan to
run their Saturday specials on F I-
day und stay open late that night
Mrs. Young said since the 4th falls
on Saturday this yeair.
order and tell him that they don t
want any more legislation but do
wunt an order wr.tten along tJto
line cf public sentiment. "We thin
we can get this one obeyed." they
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SHOP ONE-SIXTH OK LIFE.
IXJNDON. June 21. (U.PJ The
average woman upends one - sixth
of her life shopping. A. H. Wil-
liams director of a large depart
ment Htori' told meichnr.illxo bity-.Klrbymopr'le
era here Iprltniosea.
TAILLESS KITTEN UOIl.N.
MEMPHIS June 25. U.P. G G.
Gregory's Maltese cat has given
birth to a kitten having no tall.
In th same litter thete were three
other kittens which were normal In
all respects.
UHKEN PKIMHOSES C.HOWN.
LONDON. June 25. UU! A Yd k-
ahlro gardener A. Hammond of
una grown r.rru
To Arrows of Cupid
UHOOKVILLE Pa.. June 25. iU.Pi
-Cupid holds no respect for old
age.
Hiram Irvln. aged 86 and Emm.i
C Husch. 63 have obtained a mar-
ilage llecense here.
Irvln had been mairled twice
before Mrs. Bush la a widow.
The couple is ono of tho oldest
ever to apply here for a
to wed.
NEW HUS LINE. '
AUSTIN. June 25. U.l!J. C. Du- j
vail of Cli-burno was authoilzed to-1
day by the State Kulliodd Commis-
sion to operate one hus each way'
daily between Clibinie and Foil
Worth.
WASHINGTON. June 25.U.P-
An analysis of the cause of Juv-
enile crime listing six fnctots lui
been made heic by the Prisoners'
P.ellef Society a philanthropic re-
ferm association.
Tho society listed Imptnper
homo tialnlng as the first reauon
for youthful crime and said r.i
great relief can be expected in
that sector until tho public ceases
criticism of old-time corrective
methods and Its amateur attempts
at child psychology. Juvenile
courts nnd refoim schools were
listed as the second factor in
ycuthful crime The zociety cited
Juvenile uie of automobiles news-
papci detail of crime reports
modern methods of charity nd-
permit i mlnUttntlon both public and pri
vate and Idleness.
While the Hcform Soclcly mods
. . . . . rr..i.. . u i niahlln hv rcmulninir a month In an
nail who L'ri:ur m man nu nil-- - --- .
thn Magnolia Petroleum Co. d'd aW nu'.omcbllo perched on n polo
last week.
35 feet above tho ground
Joo tar'.cd his rather different
o - .-:.i: . IS. . icnduianco contest on June 2 at an
blanaaraization Has ftUfonKbno gmvoynrd outside of
&avea 6)W '"''"""tf'Bamo day In July an automobile -
not the one In which ho a'.ts -In his
SAN ANTONIO June 21. lU.I'i
Thin city will pay homage July 13
to Its namesake and patron saint -St.
Anthony.
Solemn ccrcmoiilc3 recalling tho
18th Century with high church dig
nltnrloi offloiatlng will mark tho
seventh centenary celebration tt
tho death of St. Anthony hero nrd
wherever Catholics gather 'through-
. Z ...n. .. 'oul tn5 rcit of tho world.
June 2j. U.P.) KaKcr j Su Anthony was described by
I. (Lone Wolf) Gon-pnna i ir ... ...ho -1.. nf .Mr
Unngor Boh Oosw. will whoi0 Woihl. Elchlecnth Cur- 11 v
.Catholics knew him iih the worder
wotker of their church.
When the Frnnclscan frlnra r
! rlvcd hero with tho Spanish so'
Idlers more than 200 yearn ngo they
I dedicated tho Alamo to fc't. Atitho
I ny's memory. From St. An!ion
namo as a boy Fernando iii de-
rived tho name of the San Kn
nando cathedral here whore th"
services vlll he held.
Born In Lltbon Portugal In 11''.
St. Anthony at flvo mnde n vow of
chastity In honor of thn lmiiuu-11
late purity of the Blessed V'rg n
consecrating himself t0 ccltbncv
At 15 ho Joined the Canons of
arrlvo today at Overton to takn
chargo of tho forces policing tho
aroa around tho Tulsa Oil Compa-
ani flamlnt- wild well. They wero
dlsputchcd last night on the :r
Endurance Sitter
Roosts In Auto
POTTSVILLE Pa J' no 25. dpi
Joseph Lipka Schuylkill Cour.ty'a
only endurance sitter this stimmor.
Is out to earn a second-hand auto-
WASHINGTON. Juno 25 (U.RV-
A total of $250000000 has aecn
saved American Industry through
simplification and standardization
of vailoua ptodurts mane possioio
by agreement or nianufacturcta In
cooperation with the Commerce
Department It was nnnounccd
toduy.
More than 100.00O different av
sociatlons and firms have ac-
cepted the simplified practice
recommendations of the depart-
ment which wero first proposed
by Piosldont Hoover as Secretary
of Commeice.
The most temaikable thing
Aigustine In LUbon i-cmnirung
'hero two years. Later ho wunt n
the parent houso or tho order a
woSmbrn. whore he spent eight
yean in the study of phllos ij p
and theology 'he (acred scriptur 1
and the fathers of tho church.
ntempt to place a greater 1 about this steady rise In number
no
blamo on uny one factor tlnn on
the others It suggested construc-
tive reforms to alleviate existing
conditions. Including reforms In
juvenile nurU nnd corrective
ehoo.i.
during the past ten yeats Is tho
Increasing Intel est In simplified
j practices us shown by consumers
of the commodities simplified"
Edwin W Ely cnlef of the Rm-
jillfud I-nttico Dllslon said.
One Dead After
Ft. Worth Parly
nccord'ng to his contract.
Tho auto-peiched ittcr follows
all the ules and habits of tho mini-1
erous tree-sitters of tho summer of
1030. and llko them Is exposed to
what olnne.nts there may be tn tho
variable weathor for tho attomo- FORT WOTITH. Juno 25. UT
bile home he occupies has no top. horn David 32 Tlmpson. Texa-
' oil well driver today waj denrt fil
Murderer Hunted own br i;a'tv hc 'V0 w
y. !terday that endd In n knife an 1
One Year Foundwiucu jack battle.
HOUSTON. June 23. IU.P.) Tho'
Houston Pres said tcday In nHOllaild UlUlerfJOeS
copj' Igr.ted story tnai tno year 010
hunt for Johnny BeloU accused
killer of W. I Edwards Houston
av'ator. has been brought to an
end.
The Press Bald Belo's under an
other nnme Is lodxed in the rounty reported to bo dolmj nicely Imme
Jail here. Idtiuuy after the opemtiott
Tonsil Operation
N. S. Holland underwent n ton-
11 opeintlon this morning In tho
office of Dr. W. S. Parks. Ho waa
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