Yoakum Daily Herald (Yoakum, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 295, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 24, 1937 Page: 1 of 4
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YOAKUM DAILY HERALD
YOAKUM, TKXA8, AFTERNOON OF WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1937.
5c PER COPY—295
yoakum EASTER EGG HUNT I
J. MEISTER) _____________'
M. V. MEISTER)
EXHIBIT PLANNED
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PROCLAMATION
the base. As much as 15 per cent
mind and the comment
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ELECTRICAL display
the heavens last night
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idea of allowing employees
employer an opportunity to
tend the services.
meet Talbot in Harrisburg where
she is to make her next appear-
ance.
down and she is forced to put up
the
and
as
Presidents
YOAKUM KNIGHTS TEMPI AR
INVITED TO FLATtJNIA
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to
in
half-renters,
including
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Visiting Rotarians
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AUSTIN, March 24 (A>)_The
heard Post
blowing safes in
places. The losses had not been • that they would
‘ i thia to attend this 'service.
Transportation will bep h. p. Meister, Emm. Com..
ASSOC IS
ftETED FOR THIS YEAR)
EASTER MEMORIAL SERVICE
: RE HELD AT NEW LONDON
f collect- ! *
ENTIRE CRT ASKED ID
OBSERVE CHURCH HOLIDAY
REP DIES OF TEXAS
ASKS INVESTNNfflON OF
SIT-DOWN STRIKES
PRINCETON OFROAL
- ATTACKS COURT PLAN
t- next week when
dence (Mo.) Examiner, says: local committeemen will be avail-
Bi|a
dedicate the new Federal build-
ing. entering the city at head of
motor caravan of officials ac-
companying him from Austin. In
group were Governor Allred, Karl
Crowley, solicitor general post of-
fice department and visitor, Al-
fonso Gomez Morentin, Post Mas-
ter General of Mexico.
~ FARMERSVILLE4IANSACKED i
- j- BY BAND OF ROBBERS
was
F^LEY SAYS OPPONENTS
at the farm of Alice Brady while OF PRESIDENTS COURT
o__aa _ __a-x.__ai,rt
PLAN ARE AIDING ENEMY
t<» draw approximafel^^W^^BB
sand exhibitors and collectors, j
Plans for the entertainment or
visitors ai8 now being formulat-
ed by members of the local Stamp
1 Collectors club.
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SUPERVISOR HERE
Mr. Meyers illustrated his talk
worm control superintendent of
College Station, was in Yoakum
• to talk before the
agricultural class of the Yoakum
high school.
Mr. Meyers issustrated his talk
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Upon motion by Henry Paulu^^BBmB
decided to invite the Hal- ^■BBB
dub
The i
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last
i election of
President and
el, yiye-Ptesi
bfid II (* I-,-
JOkW
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Dodds followed Senator Wheel-
er, who maintaining there was no
need for change in couirt and
constitution, proposed that child
labor products be subject to laws
of state into which shipment will
be made. •
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J Yoakum - The Home of the Tom-Tom , The Hub of South Central Texas
Aj^ypCAlING' A "LIVE-AT-HOME” PROGRAM THROUGH DIVERSIFICATION ON THE FARM AND IN BUSIN ESS INTERESTS IN THIS SECTION
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dtievrs lor the ex
L. 1I rant,
ve-
with Warren William. Ran-i
Talbot and
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TWO IfflW EXPECTED iNO DAMAGE FROM
FED M STAMP MEET „A|L
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Spinach was introduced in Eu-
“Every business man and rope i------ —
every resident ought to sup-
port such an organization if
•• • it __ _____a.
not to be such an o rgamza- pays nothing,
tioa. If there is no use for a “May we e
Chamber of Commerce
ghoulc .
for a small percentage
Scott, a mechanic, fixes it. She is
furious at the delay but when
she sees the handsome mechanic '
she decides to remain.
She learns that Scott is work-1 legislature
ing on an invention for talking General Farley say today
pictures and she accepts his in- Democrats who were opposing the
vitation to inspect the invention method and not the spirit, of the
in his worshop. He fails to fall Presidents court plan were “leml
___ ‘ ________
Tongues begin to hable and Mar- j He said the November
be construed
°F action towards
great objective
private contentment in
WASHINGTON, March 24 (**)
—President Harold W. Dodds, of
Princeton, testified before the
Senate committee today, that
court bill was “first, long step
toward authoritarian government,
without popular or judicial rec
triiut.” He asserted Roosevelt,
; the
Mrs. Nick Moore on
ac-!
by
the
I Al STIN, March 24 (^P)— In-
vestigators of the New London
disaster speeded the report today
for Governor Allred, while plans
were laid for the supenivors to
finish school at New London. Fed-
eral experts continued to drill to
I determine about the gas seepage.
Preparations are underway to
Memorial Servires. ^^^B
MEMORIAL AND NEW
BUJGING PLANNED LONlj^H
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WASHINGTON, March 24 (**)
—'Representative Dies, of Texas,
said today that the rules com-
mittee. had arranged a hearing for
Wednesday on his resolution for
congressional investigation of sit-
down strikers. It was introduced
yesterday after he denounced the
strike method.
Senate majority leader Robin-
son suggested that congressional
leaders “confer” on “crisis”' if
it “does not clear up.”
(Grand Theatre Thursday and .
Friday to treat theatre goers to
one of the most hilarious and
clever comedies of recent years.
With Miss West cast as a high ’
strung and romantic movie actress
enjoined by her contract from ■
indulging in romance, and with [
Warren William as .thea* press'
agent who accompanies her to |
make sum she doesn’t violate- tliej.r
contract, “Go West
Man
were John
ilk, W- X,
was
>. lettsville Club to hold a
1 meeting with the Yoakum
J sometime in the near future. The
' date has not been set.
of FARLEY ID DEDICATE NEW
POST 5FFICE SAN ANTONIO
JFf wwdwva* llViil <1X1 viptzll Udi 111 d 11“U V v I o
Springs, Ga.» from Quantico, Va., to guard his cottage,
e marines, thought their drilling “fine.** (Associated Press
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out memberships and who do
not, and do not want t_
AT MOORE PLACE
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■ the most brilliant and The Lion8 cl,,b
lorate of this season and hu"1 Y*n bJ..b*w„at
■ rather ominous at times
I the long, rolling peals of
^der indicated heavy air jim Morrow,
Bsure which brought about
Birbances that culminated
Tiail in various parts of
i state, doing considerable
nage in parts of north
itral Texas. Little hail hit
akum but no damage has
m reported.
MCTORSHIP WINS FIGHT
AGAINST FIRE AT SEA A
SAN ANTONIO, March 24 (A*)
morning church services -“P°st Master General Farley ar-
thisdny ■ - ' - ' - --• ; riVed here shortly after noon to
THEREFORE, I, H. 8. FRADY
Chairman of the Board of City
her obvious play for him. . ing aid and comfort to the enemy.' (’onimissioners of the City of Yoa j
I the November results kuni,
mandate t|iat
1937, between the
periiiiinenl nll(|- ]-j oo a.
the I nited Stat
| WHEREAS, the President
I the United States has requested,
that each State and City of the
’nation observe
I WHEREAS,
Master the citizens of Yoakum wish to
that attend morning church services
on
Mrs. Moore has invited the
Lions Chib-to hold the hunt there
each year and her place is con-
sidered one of the most ideal
sites in this section.
All children 12 years of age
or under, have been invited to
this ta^e Part *n ^aster
hunt, and all children not going |
with their parents in the family j
car, have been urged to be at (
Handelman's corner on Pershing
m. and
eon-
t he site. The hunt
. m.
Jr., I Signing of Work Sheets will the court.’’
CONVENTION DATES AN
NOUNCED FOR JUNE 26 AND
27.
HONOLl LU, March 24 (2P>
i won a I
against fire and explosion
Pacific today after most of
had taken to life boats. A skele- W. \\ .
ton group quelled the flames Yoakum, Texas,
from a gasoline blast in the hold.
It was one of boats that stood
by the motorship Silverlarch in
a recent run against fire at sea.
Placed at near the Aurah Island,
in Marshall group, the ship wire !
leased that the “fire was under
control.” 4
high school supervisor sail
Austin t lujt he had directed
of temporary quarters, in-
stead of -.ending the ehildren <.u
ther east Texas schools.
ROTArTMITES -
a loving
II be awarded for |
garet Perry, Scott *s sweetheart, is must
brokenhearted at the turn
events.
William prevents a
meeting between Miss West and I
Scott by inviting the entire coun-
tyside to the farm to get
star’s autograph. Later,
the
when
Miss West comes to Scott’s room
to inspect his plans for the in-
vention, he breaks it up again.
U the meantime Talbot has ' Motorship F1Jian
been trying to locate Miss West.
He gets the impression that she
has been kidnapped and an alarm
is broadcast for her. Isabel Jewell
maid-of-all-work at the Brady
farm, hears the alarm. She gets
her boy friend to go for the po-
lice, believing Williams to be the
kidnapper. The police arrive and
in order to get even with Wil-
liam, Misa West tells them he
kidnapped her. With her three
awains around her, Mies West
c;t
i:d rates
be
11.11 k.
Prize-.
and ribbons
the best exhibits.
The 1936 ci>n\ < nl ion ’which drew •
hundreds of vi-Hoo, was held in
San Antonio. Interest in stamp j
collecting during the past eight,
monthsyhas more than triple^^U^L
Organization of the DeWitt
County Agricultural Conservation
Association was completed
Saturday with the
John H< Blank as
Herman E. Riedea
YOAKUM GIRL WINS
HONORS AT BAYLOR
WACO, Texas, March 24.—The
Dean’s list for the Winter Term
included Miss Ia>u Cretia Morris,
Frephman in the University from
Yoakum, Texas. In order for a
student to make the Dean’s List,
he must make an average of A
ur above. Miss Morris is also
prominent in student activities gwains u<»,
___ - been named makes her choiee. It wouldn’t be
have been selected to make A Freshman nominee for House fair to t«U wbo it was nor why,
survey of the community and Council besides being elected Per [rinee the solution is one of the
ask formemberships, you will aonnel Loader for the eoming^high spots in the delightful corn-
receive them comiall v and I year, an honor which is ususllyiedy.
, - - awarded to Seniors only. I Especially worthy of note
and
express the hope
isited by
. _ ______. —______ er 'who
for a small percentage of have been selected to make a
those who are benefited by i------
community enterprises to ask for membershi
bear the entire cost, while receive them —
everybody else gets the ad- respond with supp
lernor «/ uiuco v • x:
> ing Pat. Moreland
{minted to serve on
transgressors only were the (ffiNSERVAT
cnes to suffer the consequenc-
es it would not be so bad but—
too many times innocent peo ,
pie are the ones to get the
worst of it. Five lives were
1 snuffed out Tuesday night
by a driver transgressing this
rule. Two of these were in-
nocent victims and a third
k was at death’s door becaus^
President Watches His Marine Guard Drill
B '''d
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TOTILLIAM Southern,
.▼’C editor o£ the Indeipen- get under way
“At a church board meet- able t° assist farmers with their
ing not long ago the preacher Work Sheets.
stopped one of the officers' The program is designed
who had begun to read out benefit all persons engaged
the list-of subscribers and farming including LsL
the amount given by each, third and fourth renters, operat-
The preacher said, •*; do not ors and owners. Each can con-
know how much any member, tribute to the program by famil-
of this church contributes and arizing himself with the condit-
ions and by engaging in a soil
responsibility. building program on the farm
ed~that \7iry* member‘’will‘ply*'* with the PWft“
contribute a n appropriate ducer not only will build
amount according to ability.’’ ]an<l ,le works,
“This paper feels just that'’
way about the Chamber of
Commerce. We do not know
who among the business men
and the professional men and
the residents of the city take
uv> ---- ----- . o
to from cotton, up to 35 per cent oi
know. We have nobody in t------ - .
is o£ the feed base acreage can be
purely general. The idea we
have is that business men are
either producers carrying
their own part of the com
sites letting others carry the terraced. If the proper
load from which they
eeive the returns.
“The Chamber of Com- hut lf th<7
merce is an organization sup (
good;
______That!
the good of every resi-, ^beet
(Jmvi of Dallas, who is holding g/
series of meeting at the First
Methodist church, was a guest of
the club and addressed the elub
on the subject of the “Boy Pro*
, blem. ’’
j Tkuo. Durell Miller called the
[attention of the ciuo the^^
1 tVict Meeting of Rotafy^wnici^
I is to be held at Harlingen
24. April 18-19 and 20 and annoj^^|
the ed that the newly, elected j^B^|
public (lent, Geo. P. Barron and ^^^B
It HUfflOUN -WMEDY
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Mae West aiiK*^ cows and
chickens! Rom£nce *n « barnyard
and love am *n8 hayricks!
That’s “^° We8t Young >fan,
Miss >^e8t’8 latest starring
hieb
ALL ALONG Texas high
aw ways are signs warning Square, promptly at 4 p.
drivers not to pass cars on trucks will be provided_to
the hill or going up hill it vey them to I
seems that many people pay will start promptly at 4:30 p.
no heed to these signs and ------ ♦ '
<1 El<<>. March 21. Two thou-
sand visitors are expected in
* uero for the annual South 'lex
its Stamp Collectors meeting and
exhibit to die staged at the Muni-
cipal I’ar^ Club II "Use June 2bth
and 27th.
Collectors and exhibitors from
p tints as far north as Chicago
are i xpeeled to attend the con-
Volition whicli annually is a high-
light "I the activities o
ors in this state.
An exhibit valued at hundreds
td ihousunds of dollars will be one
id* the outstanding features of
this convention. Auctions, talks
by leading collectors, and stamp
-ales will be other features of
the two day program.
I Temporary
; Inhit are
< hairman,
11 easui er,
of
II. L. Grant, general hold East
S. (I. Tarkington Jr , ■
.Jake Bunn, chairman
advertising, A. W. Bourke,
Promotion chairman, Mrs. Shirley
Kempe of Yoakum, chairman of
the ladies committee.
i The city will extend to all wh
; register free Use of k,„
I ! p<m»1 lor two days. Hotels and 'h(' ^h**“> at a meetin.
fes have agreed to provide spec- <aV' " ' p^nib ' ivsident 8
lor \isitors and trailers .
accommodated at
Each farmer will be mailed
and letter giving him the date
then direct the strength of pl»«« to K° to 8ign a
community cooperation to- Sheet.
ward the accomplishment of
community good.
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or it can he left idle
are.
I on the diverted acres, no
class 2 payment will be earned,
“ r are plowed under,
both class 1 and class 2 payments
ported for the general good ;vill be made.
of the community. That! A farmer whq signa a or
means the good of every resi- [ Sheet m 1937 is under no o -
dent and taxpayer, not the ligation to go into the program,
good of those who are mem- but every farmer should sign
bers exclusively. The board Work Sheet for his own pro. ec -
of directors is composed of »‘»n ,n caae bai1’ 8*®nn or .
selected men, selected by a destroys his crops; he mig si
direct vote of the members. hav® ti,ne to Planj eon8erv"
and their duty is to consider ing crops and earn a gran on
all situations which ausc,
reach conclusions as to what1
can be done about it i
Following a request by Presi-
dent Roosevelt that all citizens
of the United States observe
Good Friday as a religious holi-
day, H. S. Frady, chairman of
the city commission of Yoakum,
has issued a proclamation calling
for the closing of all stores Fri-
day morning from 9 to 12 a. m.
All churches of Yoakum are
planning services Friday morning,
according to information, and the
prcclainatibn was issued with the
and
at-
• wil'h pictures of the screw worm
and explained details of control
and prevention.
Kl
President Roosevelt and hie son and secretary. James, watch from an open car maneuvers by
the detail of marines taken to Warm C
Roosevelt, who later lunched with the
Dining the thunder and ram
storm Tuesday night this section
was (HpiM'red with some hail but
m» material damage has been
rejxirteil.
A survey was made this morn-
ing ami most of the sections sur-
rounding Yoakum have reported
some hail but not enough to do
any damage to crop or to pro-
perty.
home of
the Yoakum-Hochheim road,
cording to an announcement
chairman of
Lions committee.
The original plan was to have
the hunt at the new municipal
park but the rain of last night
caused the committee to make
other plans when it was found
that the roads to the park are
in bad shape at this time. The
time has not been changed and
RAIN that accom- win be heW ,l 4:30 P- m- Thure-
^■Knied the electrical dis d‘L
Mrbance was timely for the
^wnato plants that have re-
cently gone from the cold
frames to the field and up
to this time the tomato pro
gram is working out in good
shape with every indication
of a successful' season t..l_
year.
« A
FARMERSVILLE, March
TEXAS WEATHER FORECAST
i FAST TEXAS—Fair colder to-
Gonzales Commander, Knights night, Thursday fair, colder east,
Templar wiH hold their Easter south. ■
services at Flatonia Sunday night WEST TEXAS Fair,
at 7:30 in honor of their mom- except southwest, freezing north
the work of Mias JewolL bera who reside in that town and tonight, Thursday partly eloo4y.
“Craig’s Wife.” starring Ros- they have extended an invitation
alind Russel and John Boles is to the members of Yoakum Com- provided for Knights who desire
the feature attraction for the las; mandery to participate in
time tonight. service.
Texas. d<i hereby proclaim
Good Friday, March 26th.,
hours of 9:00
in. be a city wide
holiday and earnestly request the
closing of all business houses in ,
order that all emploves mav at-!
t.,„l .-hnn h on this d»y. , SCREW WORM CONTROL
Given this 23rd day of March,
. 1). 1937, under my hand and
seal of the City of Yoakum, Tex-
, - as. i
fight H. S. FRADY, Chairman of the this morning
on the Board of City Commissioners of
crew the City of Yoakum. Texas.
HORA DAM, City Clerk
Good Friday, and
a large ma jority of I
about the fifteenth century.
It" is probably of Persian origin.
at all possible, o7there ought' vantage of their work
—a i- — am a. A _ ’ m.a «va
May
_ BL- . H that when you
f(f disband. It is unfair (those of the <
a small percentage c* ?
I shifted for payment if the feed
base is greater than home needs.
The diverted acres can be plant-
ed in sudan grass, cowpeas,
tad or they are para Nurghum, <
re- plated
Young p - U.. D. Cyjvlej^ of Hillsboro
aCt>rTre.’»8 fjnd 2°?’ iition of First Secretary to Gov-
James V. Allred, succeed-1 service company vault before day ' Secretary, Monroe Rinn will
the present the Yoakum club ■
four [ delegates. Others that annoiB
' 1 attend 1
j Cowley served several years in checked. Similar tactics were em- Herman Witte and Durell Mi
last Saturday
has been ap- light today, and ransacked
the Unemploy- town,
' inent Compensation Commission.
[the state Legislature where he ’ ployed in last Saturday night I
wuu !»....<» H»vO/was one of the gupporters of the robbertv at Rock Wall, twenty-[ it
to the tet-atete. She promises to A1Ired 1^ niil(ig frQm Farmersville,
DERO D. COWLEY
Se^y. to ^pomtr •
“Go West Young j ■ p , D. Cyjvle^of IhllsborO
deals with the curvaceous lasl week appointed to the IXlfa | (JP a‘robber ball d foroed
night watchman into the ]
and William’s efforts to frustrate
her.
After a personal appearance i.i
Washington, Miss West meets Tal-
bot, an old flame, and makes a
date with him. This is “crabbed”
by William who invites the press
; himself with the condit-
do not want to know. That 'on* a,1<1 hY engaging in
is their own responsibility. building program on the
and I am taking it for grant which he, himself farms. By
« . * * a __* _ __ A 4 la •» Y rX X)
ducer not only will build up the
1 assure
himself of some income from the
farm even though the cotton crop
is a failure as it was in 1936.
Payments will be made at the
rate of 5 cents per pound on the
adjusted lint yield of cotton for
the farm for the land shifted
f (he swimming
days. Hotels and
'o l
I the
the i‘-‘
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