Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 271, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1938 Page: 1 of 4
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. VICTORIA, Feb. 17—Victoria’s
Victoria county’s first highway
traffic fatality of the new year
TEXAN KILLED Hi CAR
WRECK NEAR BASTROP
ROES PIPING
DOWN THE YEARS
CAR DEMOLISHED IN
CRASH THURSDAY NIGHI
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: two miles
out* on the YoakfcuiAkjfro high-
way.
The bus was proceeding toward
BARRON
public
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tobacco.
Birthday presents today in-
most ^eluded a
111 new pennies.
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served two terms, establish-
a record of accomplishments
ami also a record in consecutive
years of service.— (S. A. Express
Photo).
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for ing
BUCK JUNES AT RITZ
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
CRASHING HOLLYWOOD
FAST COMEDY DRAMA
STARRING LEE TRACY
An oil sand was found at 6,-
050 feet, after two previous nt-
wheel chair containing tempts to complete the well had
resulted in gas flows.
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ra richer,
BASTROP, Feb. 17.—B. W.
Marshall of New Gulf was report-
ed still in a serious condition at
'HE more than 600 who a local hospital today from in-
f f
The chamber of commerce, anx-
ious to help, offered $5 to the
first person who induces an at-
SHERMAN RUN HIM tractive male pelican to move to
OUT OF GEORGIA Nebraska. Transportation will be
COLORADO, Texas, (AP) — furnished free.
Col. C. M. Adams, pioneer Colo-
rado business man and banker
•who was born in a covered wag-
—on . as
one of the lakes at Hastings, the winner being determined at erty in
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OLD AGE CASES WORRY
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
LOS ANGELES, (AP).—Old-
age pensions have created a fis-
i for Tats Angeles
Today, at (he Ritz. theater,
Buck Jones presents another stir-
ring story of life in the West,
when “Boss of Lonely Valley,’’
begins a two day engagement.
Smithville meets Garwood and This Universal release einplia-
at 8:30 Wallis meets La Grange sizes the fact that human nature
to determine the semi-finalists is the same in any setting. It
CHRISTI, (AP). — for Saturday afternoon at 3:30. relates how a band of cow coun-
■ a Joncly spin- The winners of this afternoon try forgers set out to get pos-
prop-
means
wills
troit, who have a
speeches / an<
showing of our hi;
band whi% renderec
ccllent mcl
evening. In fact the entire
run driver, about seven miles out
on the Refugio highway.
Hayes’ body was discovered
point where along the pavement at 7:30 this
there is little chance for it morning by Alvin Lee Croom and
to do much damage, although Hugh Pickering, two Victoria
it brought the mercury down youths. They immediately report-
to 52 by this morning, and ed their find to Sheriff-R. A
threatens to go close to freez- Rogan
ing tonight. The printer’s head was badly
-----~ crushed and his brains scattered
A S we had oeen predicting long the concrete pavement.
4* for several weeks, the Papers on Hayes’ person dis-
annual banquet of the C. of closed he had written a letter to
C. last night turned out, cap- his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Hayes,
ped the climax in the matter at Hinton, W Va, but had not
of attendance with a regis- mailed it
tration of well over 600 com- The body is being held by a
posed largely of people inter- local undertaking parlor awaiting
ested in the welfare of this word from relatives
community. A number of
the neighboring towns were
represented by officials, mem-
bers of their C. of C. and by
business men who like to
come to these annual meet-
Bk f nigs because of. the inspira-
tion that they get here.
WINE KEG BEACHED
WECOMA BEACH, Ore. (AP).
effective cooperation on the isn’t leap-year and go southward, Mr- nnd Mrs- Roy Kelsey of De- ca] prob]eni
the pioneer Spirit. Superintend)
Having lived through the dis- said th® <
aatroug drought of 1886 to 1887. gratifying?**
Jack Raybould, a
and manager of the Fiesta to the manager of a motor com- Shiner, and should these two sur- crete’ly arrange
J O. BARNETT
8UPT. GEO. P BARRON is the retiring president of the
of the Yoakum public schools, Chandler of Commerce after hav-
was elected president of the Yoa-
kum Chamber of Commerce
the insuing fiscal year
lines the inside on a real crime
as a suggestion for a picture.
“Crashing Hollywood”
ed on a stage play by Paul Dick-
ey and Mann Page. Paul Lawitz
and Gladys Atwater made the
screen adaptation which Lew
Landers directed.
'T’HE weatherman served us
A admirably by holding off
this norther until after our
big annual Chamber of Com- occurred during the night when
merce meet and banquet and Charles M. Hayes, 60, “tourist”
after it had bucked that printer, was killed by a hit-and-
strong south wind for three
or four days it had mellowed
down to the point where
DALLAS, Feb. 17.—Pipe smok- FRIENDSWOOD FIELD
ing Mrs. Sadie Cornett celebrat- EXTENDED MILE N.W.
ed her 111th birthday today. FRIENDSWOOD, Texas, (AP).
Mrs. Cornett won a pipe-amok- The Friendswood field has been
f- To ing contest at the Texas Ccnten- extended a mile northwest by com-
job®, nial exposition two years ago. pletion of the Humble Oil No. 1,
lipala She spent the $25 prize money for Pierce, well.
amplify in my own life the on <
spirit Of good will and under- Neb., has become a
standing,” and “I will do more involves the two motor companies Inore the records of these teams and TO Us.’
are considered the harder it Buck Jones, as
comes to pick the winner, but if son,” courageous young
------> are any outstanding clubs determines to exterminate this
I in order to do
s to have a
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gathered around the fes- J0™®9 received in an automobile^^bAcIi runs at the Grand theater,
board were more than eolliaion which proved faJcffr to ^aturday, >9 an exciting crook
GilliUa*' of SanAn- comedy drama, with P ": - J
tonlo.'”^’----- motion pictures serving
h school Cars driven by the two men
SUCh ex- craahed on slippery paving be-
ic throughout the tween here and Smithville yes-
terday. Gilliland died before he oramas^Getting most of his ideas shortly after !>
program was highly enjoyed reached the hospital here.
and the whole thing was over
before 10 o’clock and this was
another thing that was ap-
preciated by those in attend-
ance.
community. Incidentally he The Hastings motor < :
extended a cordial invitation manager explained that he was in
to our people to come to San Corpus Christi in January and
Antonio and enjoy the Fiesta saw all kinds of pelicans. “So
Celebration with them i n with all those birds in Corpus
April. He was accompanied on Christi, couldn't you,” he said in
the trip by “Tex” J. M. Wil- effect, “provide us with just one
son and Howell Jones who in male pelican which would keep
his boyhood days was a Yoa- our lonely little bird content
kumite and who is now man- the lakes at Nebraska?
ager of the San Antonio, C.
of C.
SWAP JOB
BERKELEY, Cat (AP).
his mother fled before get a new slant on theii
Gen. Sherman’s devastating march nine Berkeley school
through Georgia, still espouses traded schools for several daf*
idea} Virgil Dickaoi
experiment was “
DALLAS, Feb. 17.—F. C. Ha-
ber, ice dock attendant, “thawed
ikjEXT week will be “Broth- out” todfty after being locked
JL_w erhood Week” during ^or two hours in the freezing
which time we hope that most vault of an *ce company by two
of our people will check up bandits who robbed him of $32.
on their attitude toward hu- A customer heard his cries last mpTmnT nroi/FTnai i
inanity in general. Se if they ni&ht and released Harber, near- Llld Inlbl DAdXtlnALL
TOURNAMENT 730 TONITE
Lee Tracy’s latest starring ve- Dr. Walter Shn.pshire.-AVas in
hide, , C •iors’iiing Houyw<rt»<l, jtrrcA ’•YoiaT"Voiipe almost
, completely demolished Thursday
exciting crook night when it wafe involved in a
E. Claud GiUilair of Sar/'An- drama> with Hollywood car bus crash, a^iout
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background for the story.
Tracy is cast as a scenario
writer who writes detective melo- Cuero at the time of the accident
I a. m. Thursday
from Paul Guilfoyle, a former and Dr. Shropshire was on his
convict, Tracy gets into difficul- way to Yoakum, according to in-
ties when his collaborator out- formation. Dr. Shropshire was
a real crime brought to his home by Yoakum
passing motorists, while the bus
is has- proceeded to Cuero.
will
Their find was an old barna- as?<>
cle-encrusted cask of wine. The
keg was still intact, however, and Par®d 'r,4:7!'9
on opening it they found
contents excellent.
San Jacinto Association <
San Antonio, was one of the tomobile concern here, asking for bring about
interested guests at the ban- help in solving the problem. The the final game Saturday,
quet last night and he was city of Hastings, alarmed that
very much pleased with the if its pelican should have, no
entertainment and it was a heart-interest soon to keep it in
revelation to him to see the Nebraska, it might forget this
part of the people Of this appealed to Corpus, for help. troit, who have a summer home county.
Incidentally he The Hastings motor company here, like to look for articles on Rex Thomson, county superin
the beach and now they have <Plldent charities, sa\s there
been rewarded will be a total of 62,306 old
pensioners on the rolls in
the county by next June 30, com-
• on November
30, 1937, and 35,481 in July, 1936.
During the current fiscal year,
Thomson reports, $20,901,531 will
be sjx'iit in Los Angeles county
on such cases. Of this sum, $7,-
119,583, or .31.1 jst cent must
come from county taxes.
are not obsessed with click, frozen, from the vault.
political, religious, race or ————
some other of the scores of PELICAN SOUGHT AT
prejudices that tend to dis- CORPUS TO BE
rupt the harmony of many SENT TO NEBRASKA
communities. Two good reso- * to determine ttie semi-finalists is ttu* same in
lutions that it has been sug- CORPUS CHRISTI, (AP). — for Saturday afternoon at 3:30. relates how a band of
gested that most of us could The heartaches of a lonely spin- The wjnncrs of this ftfternoon trv forgers set out t.
well take on are: “I will ex- Ster pelican which makesJts home wij] ,neet at 2;30 Saturday with session of all tin' valualde
„ .... ... their xicinity by
problem that 8 o'clock Saturday night. The of fake promissory notes,
than live and let live; I will and the Corpus Christi chamber
live and help live.” of commerce.
The lady pelican has become there
Secretary the toast of Hastings, according probably they ape, La Grange and gmig, and in order to do so se-
x A n ‘ . ...„ .... ..... o u. s.
of pany there, who wrote to an au- vive the first two rounds it would investigator sent to Ardmore, dis-
| an ideal setting for guised as a tramp.
NEW PRESIDENT
RETIRING PRESIDENT
BUILD YOAKUM TOURIST PRIN11R IS
By a. D. MEISTER KILLED AT VICTORIA
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
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Mr.
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STATE LiGUOR LAWS
NOW BEING ENFORCED
most
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new
JULIAN MONTGOMERY
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
on
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the 60
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The
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kec-
Largest Crowd In History
Attends Annual Banquet
Io was 32.
Sat urday.
by Mt. Montgomery
1 ns was in
a-k-d t.
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alter plain the “Child Training'
served. While
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CO-EDS FIND NEW USE
FOR AN ALARM CLOCK
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
University
use. alarm
pm’s lor 8 o
something else, too.
Several of the girls
dates were dancing at n recrea-
tion spot near the campus.
mr. J. W. Neill,
Hiehler of Cuero, and
F. I\ Bueek, Representative
Boethcl, Bruno Cohn, Eli
Ruben, M iss Estaeia Morgan, Mr.
communities to do ami Mrs. G. C. King and Judge
Paul Fertsch of Hallettsville, and
■ Gibbs, Benno DeMenil, Au-
Kutne, Frank Quinn and
persons, ae
attended this
a delicious
niemhers
I Parent-Teach-
reeord time,
declared the
ladies
numerous
down” campaign was to some
extent responsible for the change
and tho board's efforts “most
certainly'' wotdd have stalled at
the outset but lor eoo|M‘ration o
the regional enforcement agenci'
“The able handling oi o
cases by the district attorneys
officers,” he said, “was the
encouraging asjx’ct of the
paign. ’ ’
Yoakum Municipal the pas* year
operation and and praised the retiring president
the for his fine work and cooperati
building for Mr.
was
dicated b\
received.
Following a deligl.it d number lowing officers
hy the high choo! baud. Mr. Wel-
opened his
an expression
<ieorge
c o.
I Mr.
b sen
n for
of her the fine cooperation received from
McCarty members of the Chamber of <’(,
presented merce during the past two
issued thanks for
C. C.
aided as
etision
come t
appreciation tor the
ation the Yoakum
Commerce had
the past year.
The banquet hour was opened Grungc
]ms with the invocation by Rev. Pat I
)>a ■ of the Ilol\
l.ml,.
now in
aid in
school
Amid thunderous applause, Su-
perintendent Geo. P. Barron was
elected I’roideiit of the Yoakum
Chamber oi Comim rri' al the An-
nual Banquet held at the old ,,jV(i t|lf, greatest
high school auditorium Thursday
Seekamp to
rell,
road commission. Mr. Terrell
briefly spike on the work of the
Railroad commission and what it
means to Texans.
Joe Gibbs of Seguin was next
introduced and Mr. Gibbs issued
an invitation to all present to
visit Seguin this year and help
this little city celebrate the 100th
Birthday Anniversary of this city.
Among the dates on which special
celebration will be held are May
5, 6 and 7, the Lutheran College
Music Meet. May 14, the dedi-
new Seguin M&x
and July 4, when
nie brat mu will be
Texas are parallel," Mr. Mont
gomcry stated, “and the develop-
ment of our highway
have just started.
He predicted a new
Meet.
I cation of the
cooper- Starke Park,
"Ft ' • ■»11 d 11 ’s
and that
services were free to the
He urg-ed farmers to .
visit him with their problems in
order that he might be able to
sen iee.
Wdhausen called upon H.
introduce C V. Ter-
tiii niber of the Texas Rail-
Mr.
Banquet held at the
school auditorium Thursday
night which was attended by the
largest number in the history oi
this annual event.
A crowd of 60ti
cording to count,
event and were served
turkey banquet by the
ot the IIigli Sch'><i
association, in
banquet was
e\ er scried and the
f the P.T.A. received
compliments.
\Vi lhau-i'ii very capably
toastmaster for the oe-
aml i-sued a hearty Wel-
> all x i-itors and expri
fine
Chamber of ;i
received during jlt ;,j
Senator L. J. SulaY. of
was also introduced and
say a few words. Mrs.
Marek was asked to ex-
cour-
ses being held here at this time
“inbling and by -Mrs. Sharborough. She invited
the high all parents to attend the lectures
the direction which will continue through Feb
no longer Bechtcr,
Cross
I’axtons aid success of the “sit which the cat
the uuesfs
'luring the
school baud,
of .1. M
f the iii.c audience with several
beautiful
t oast master
Al STIN, Feb. 17. (AP).—C.
A Paxton, chief enforcement of-
ficer of the state liquor control
board, says Fort Worth and Dal-
ia- definitely are out of the “sore
spot” class as far as the law is
concernCTh*
“Law observdnce in the cities”
Paxton said, “which was notor-
iously lax some time
improved to where we
consider conditions serious.
SHORT AND INTERESTING
PROGRAM ATTENDED B Y
MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE.
of the
... church,
w. i e
W I II'
banquet,
ii'.der
Biandstetter, delighted ruary 25th.
The retiring presidi
selections. Barnett, was introduce!
■\\ elhauseti opened Barnett in a few wei
the program by introdiicting Miss words expressed apprecia
Lucille Kuenstler ami tw
pupils. Misses Charlene .ocv any memners oi i ne < narnoer oi '’om-
ami Elaine Ixlecka, who presented merce during the past two A ears
a Military Tap dance. ami issued thanks for aiWwho
The principal speaker, lion, have assisted in making the \-ears
.Julian Montgomery, Texas State successful in many ways. '
(AP).— Highway Engineer, was introduc- M. W. Carlton, C. of C.
of Tennessee co-eds ed by Mr. Welhau-en as a friend ret ary, was introduced and
clocks as getter-up- 1" Yoakum and as one of the called attention to the print'd
'clock classes and for lllost capable engineers of the na- re|x>rt.s which had heen distribut
tion. Reference was made to the ed. He also thanked those wb >-
any way to mak.
a successful one
roads and J. F. Bolton of Smithville;
speed of at least 100 W R. Fitzhenry of Hope; Gun
hour, and many of Seim of Shiner; E. A. Boel of
♦ hem built above the ground for Schulcnberg; Wm. Zappe, C. B.
long distances without cross- Welhausen, and W. C. Schmidt
roads and intersections. of Shiner.
The address by Mt. Montgomery Durell Miller, chairman of the
highb appH 1 as was in nominating committee, made the
h . r v applause report of that committee and the
report was accepted and the fol-
and director*
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hausen fntinduced Dr. A. L. Har-
n-on, plant pathologist, who has
been scut to the Yoakum tomato
In It to studx tomato diseas and
work out a solution to these
problems. Dr. Harrison briefly
stated that he was here to as-
any way pos.-.ilde the bet-
tor growing of tomatoes
his services wore
grower. Ho urged
Reference was made to the ed.
and their f>»e work Mr. Mongomery did in had aided in
pbwining the
'j |H. Utilities r ■
orchestra was in the middle ol a 1 ’> ' his ant m securing ttie lor ins tine work and cooperation,
sweet tune when the jangle of an n,'w school building for Mr. Carlton introduced Eddie
alarm clock startled the dancers Yoakum. Ginn, reporter for the Future
and sent the co-eds racing out the Mr, Montgomery opened his Fanners club of the high school
door. fine address with an expression vocational agriculture class, who
“We had to be hack at the 'd' praise lor Snpt. George P. made a fine report
dormitory at 10.30,” one of them Barron for his untiring efforts in projects being carried
explaine.L “So we set the alarm "orking out the plans tor the members of this class.
to be sure we wouldn’t be lock- 11VW building and tor his finecotn- Among the out-of-town visitors
ed out.
11ON. JULIAN MONTGOMERY
1 exas Stale Highway Ixngineer,
and principal speaker at the an-
nual t han b, i ut' Commerce Ban-
quet hel'i hcic Ihnrsday night —
(Photo hx I mlerwood & Under-
wood i
working out the plans
new building and tor lus finecotn
inunity and schoolwork* He al-o introduced by Secretary Carlton
praised the officials of the Cham were fhe following: Harry Put-
ber of Commerce for their work man. Representative John Bell,
during the past year ami for the Judge Tommy Graves, Joy W.
many accomplishments. Arnold, J. A. Oswalt and wife,
EAST TEXAS—Colder tonight The principal part of Mr. Miss Mary Gaston, N. L. Lad-
with temperature pissibly as Montgomery’s address was about tier. J. \V. Neill, and Ernest
was 32. Warmer and clouds Texas ami Texas highway sy-ti m.
He stated that the eyes of indus-
try nnd commt ree is on Texas at Paul
this time -and urged Yoakum as
well as other
everything possible to take ad
xantage of this fact. “The de Joi
velopincnt of Texas' highways and gust
are parallel," Mr. Mont Cap Schaller of Seguin; and
Senator L J. Sulak of La
systems Grange; Howell Jones, Jack Ray-
bould and Wm. Archer of San
and super Antonio; L. E. Denmark of Shi-
high way development in the very ner; A. G. Buescher, W. E. Beal
near future with the new
affording a
miles per
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FEW BUSINESS
HOUSES ID ODSERVE
FEBRUARY 22
Only a few of the business
houses of Yoakum will observe
the anniversary of George
Washington’s birthday, Febru-
ary 22, according to a survey
made this morning.
The banks, the post office,
the Herald office and possihlx
a few other places of business
will be closed, but other stores
will lx* open for business.
Supt. Barron has announced
that it he schools will also be
closed on this holiday.
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YOAKUM, TEXAS, AFTERNOON OF FRIDAY, FEB. 18, 1938. -,c THE COPY NO 271
GEO. P. BARRON ELECTED C. OF C. PRESIDENT
Yoakum—The Home of the Tom-Tom The Hub of South Central Texas
ADVOCATING A “LJVE-AT-HOME” PROGRAM THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION ON THE FARM AND IN BUSINESS INTERESTS IN THIS SECTION
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