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DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1936
BIG CRIMINAL
ITALY TO SEEK
GANGS BROKEN
CUMMINGS SAYS
TOWNS IN TWO
STATES ISOLATED
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TAX LAW DUE
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MAIL ROBBERIES
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Taxi Driver Here
Young Dems to
Back Roosevelt’s
Administration
See Quick Vote
On Roosevelt’s
Relief Program
BANK PRESIDENT,
OTHERS HELD IN
Nine Joint Boards
Named by I. C. C.
SANCTIONS END,
RETURN TO FOLD
Try This
On Nour
Calculator
Work of Agents Gets
Praise of U. S.
Attorney.
Activity of Interstate
Bands About
At End.
Head of G. O. P?s
Professors
Final Liquidation of
Ethiopian Crisis
Desired.
Would Participate
In World Affairs
When Conquered
Annexed.
been
those
Submit yourselves to every ordi-
nance of man for the Lord’s sake.
1 Peter 2-13.
We are born subjects, and to obey
God is perfect liberty. He that does
this shall be free, safe, and happy.—•
Seneca.
Leaders Seized in
Two Federal Raids
O. P. Chairman Fletcher denies the
new group is a “brain trust.”
Ethiopia Still Independent
'■GENEVA, May 8—(ZP)—Stirred by
Italy’s
rc|am,
is no
San Angelo
shower.
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HEARINGS END,
HARRISON SAYS
ex-
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that
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next
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clear declaration from the German
government to remove any uncer-
tainty on this point.”
On April 22, 1836, following the
battle of San Jacinto, Santa Anna,
defeated Mexican general, was cap-
tured and brought before Gen. Sam
, Houston, commander of the victori-
j ous Texans. Santa Anna said, “Fate
A has permitted you to capture the
■ Napoleon of the West! May I re-
mind you that mercy is the mark
of the generous conqueror?” Gen.
Giant Zeppelin
Nearing America
Inch of Rain in County Brings
Relief From Long Drouth; More
Moisture Needed for Good Season
Britain Wants to
Know If Germany
To Make Pacts
British Cabinet
Faces Crisis In
Sanctions Row
WASHINGTON, May 8. — (ZP)—
The Senate today passed the record
peacetime $529,000,000 navy appro-
priation bill.
TAIYUAN FU, Shansi Province,
China, May 8.—(A3)—National army
fliers reported they killed approxi-
mately 1,000 Chinese Communists
with bombs this afternoon.
Police Get Stolen
Car, Arrest Trio
also visited Lake Dallas camps and
recovered two sets of fishing rods
pur-
were
from
which
a. m.,
An ice cream supper for the bene-
fit of the Christian Church will be
held at the Corinth school Satur-
day night, beginning at 7 o’clock.
Music will be provided and candi-
dates are especially invited.
/*
Dan Robinson and Chester Janu-
ary of Ponder while hoping for a
good rain are not particularly wor-
ried about the wheat crop, as both
say they will make a fair yield even
without any more rain. “The oats
are needing rain badly, as at pres-
ent they are not high enough to
bind,” they agreed. “A good rain
now will lengthen those oats and do
a world of good to cotton and corn.
Yeah, we want a sure enough rain.
Wheat has been growing nicely in
recent days, so it must be that the
moisture in the ground has been
rising.”
four engines at a speed of 60 knots.
The ship’s officers said they ■
pected to moor at Lakehurst
about 7 a. m. tomorrow.
Some who are statistically minded
'like to point to the 14-year flood
cycle that has been . followed with
more or less regularity in this part
of Texas, and predict that 1936 is
going to be another year of floods.
In 1908 one of the worst floods in
the history of the State struck
North Texas. The next major flood
occurred in 1922 when streams all
over North Texas were out of banks
and the rivers set crest records that
approached the 1908 level. Ad*d 14
years and the answer is 1936, al-
though it must be admitted that so
far not very much progress has been
made toward a genuine spring flood
condition.
In Denton County the first four
vionths of the year have elapsed
with the rainfall 6 1-2 inches below
normal for these months. It would
■ be just the luck for all of this de-
W-.. ficiency to arrive within a week or
two, send rivers out of banks and
wash up growing crops that have
sprouted in spite of the lack of
adequate rainfall.
TEN PAGES.
Trinidad Completely
Cut Off From
World.
9nd tackles that had been
Chasey by fishermen. They
identified as tackle missing
the Barron machine).
Full Associated Press Leased Wire
United Press Service
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
Amarillo Ready
for West Texas
C. of C. Meeting
AMARILL0, May 8.—(A3)—Final
preparations for the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce convention
here May 11-13 went into top speed
today.
D. A. Bandeen of Stamford, gen-
eral manager of the organization,
arrived today to assist the host city.
First of the large delegations is
due to arrive Sunday night from
Brownwood aboard a special train.
“Practically all of the special
trains will arrive Monday,” said J.
A. Rix, convention manager, who
estimated at least 20 bands will be
brought to the convention.
Registration starts Monday morn-
ing and the first business session
will be held Monday noon at a di-
rectors’ luncheon.
One of the highlights of the first
day will be a dinner honoring Gov.
James V. Allred and past presidents
of the West Texas Chamber of
Commerce.
WASHINGTON, May 8—(ZP)—The
Interstate Commerce Commission
today appointed nine joint boards
to aid in the administration of the
1935 motor carrier act.
The members of the board will
conduct hearings and consider oth-
er matters jointly affecting the
states from which they are named.
The boards:
C. W. Coleman, of Louisiana, and.
Ernest O. Thompson, of Texas.
Edward E. Wheeler of Colorado,
and Hugh Drake of Nebraska.
Warren K. Brown, of California,
H. R. Martin of Nevada, and Jo-
seph S. Snow of Utah.
Harry Holden of Idaho and M. J.
Foley of Wyoming.
Alex Grouchy of Louisiana and
Gillis Cato of Mississippi.
J. C. Pinnix of Arkansas, Porter
Dunlap of Tennessee and C. V. Ter-
rell of Texas.
Robert E. Valdez of New Mexico
and Ernest O. Thompson of Texas.
J. C. Pinnix of Arkansas and C,
W. Coleman of Louisiana.
Ernest E. Blincoe of Kansas and
John C. Highberger of Missouri.
was expected
', with tem-
perature above freezing.
Plane Overdue
LAS VEGAS, N. M„ May 8.—(ZP)
—The southbound Varney air liner,
single motored cabin job,
left Pueblo, Colo., at 10:35
heading over snow-isolated moun-
tain stretches, was twenty minutes
overdue here at 12:30 pn m.
LONDON, May 8.— (Palcor Agen-
cy)—Reliable sources said today
that the British government had
ordered transport airplanes filled
with British soldiers to fly froi
Cairo to Palestine to prevent fur-
ther rioting between Arabs and
Jews,
Reveals Worms
ST. PAUL—After this, if
anybody bites an apple and is
greeted by a wriggling worm it
won’t be the fault of R. B.
Harvey, plant physiologist at
the University of Minnesota
Plant School. He announced he
had invented a combined x-ray
machine and fluoroscope which
would enable housewives to
look inside of fruit and vege-
tables for defects.
RATON, N. M., May 8.—■
(AP)—Five passenger buss-
es were marooned on Raton
Pass north of here today,
rail traffic was delayed,
communication lines were
down and Northern New
Mexico and Southern Colo-
rado towns we're isolatfl! oy
a heavy spring snow that
blanketed the mountainous
region.
Efforts to reach the stranded par-
ties, including four trucks and sev-
eral passenger automobiles, had
failed at noon today and bus line
officials said rescuers probably
would not reach the pass until late
today.
The city of Trinidad, Colo., in the
heart of the coal region, was com-
pletely cut off from the outside
world after being able to communi-
cate to Albuquerque earlier in the
day.
The heavy snow, which started
falling late yesterday, left a blank-
et as deep as four feet on the pass,
breaking down telephone, telegraph
and power lines.
Little suffering
among the marooned,
outright annexation of Ethiopia,
League of Nations officials announ-
ced today Ethiopia continued to
he recognized as independent, a
sovereign state and a member of
the league..
Officials said Wolde Mariam, the
Ethiopian minister to Paris and
delegate to the league, Would have
undisputed right to sit at the
council table next week during any
Italo-Ethiopian discussion.
If Baron Pompeoi Alois!,
delegate, left the council
on the ground that “there
longer any Ethiopia,” officials said
new difficulties would develop for
the council.
The league plans called, for a
short session of the council, meet-
ing Monday, with adjournment
until mid-June when both) the,
Ethiopian and Locarno problems
could be discussed in detail.
The main reason for this course
of action was to permit time for
formation of a new French cabinet
after the Leftist parties, which
won a majority in the elections or
a Chamber of Deputies, take con-
trol early in June.
VOCATIONAL TEACHERS
HEAR MISS TUCKER
Miss Clara Tucker of the home
economics teacher-training staff at
S. C. W. will go to Waco Saturday
to speak on ‘‘Recent Developments
in the Home Economics Curricu-
lum/’ at a meeting of the North
a. Texas Vocational Teachers Asso-
elation.
NEW YORK, May 8.—(ZP)—The
German zeppelin Hindenburg, on
her maiden North Atlantic kight,
was nearing the shores of America
today with a speed which indicated
she might be over territorial waters
shortly after sunset.
With her goal Lakehurst, N. J.,
and a crossing time of 63 1-2 hours
a possibility, the Hindenburg was
reported at noon, Eastern Standard
Time, as only 680 miles east-north-
east of Nantucket lightship by
Western Union.
The air was calm and the big
ship was being propelled by her
ICE CREAM SUPPER AT COR-
INTH FRIDAY
receive the bulk of the money.
The leaders contended, however,
that the earmarking move was
definitely beaten. They predicted the
same fate for Republican efforts to
dismantle WPA’s system of direct
Federal spending and substitute
Federal grants to states, with local
committees disbursing the funds.
In Chairman Buchanan of. the
appropriations committee, Majori-
ty Leader Bankhead., of Alabama stricken
and Rep. Fo$u ui * *
in opposition to the
proposal.
Lone Figure Left
The hunt concentrated today on
a lone figure—last kidnaping “pub-
lic enemy” to remain at large! He
is Thomas H. Robinson Jr., the ex-
law clerk accused of kidnaping Mrs.
Berry V. Stoll in Louisville, Ky., a
year and ■ a half ago, for $50,000
ransom.
Hoover agreed with Cummings,
his chief, that kidnaping and bank
robbery are, at last, “under con-
trol.”
“Bank robbery and kidnaping
will always continue to some de-
gree, however,” Hoover added
quickly.
Cummings said the rapid-fire
capture of Karpis, Campbell and
Mahan was “the most gratifying
piece of information I’ve received
for some time,” and called the
cleanup “a splendid piece of work.”
DENVER, May 8.—(A3)—Thomas
Morrissey, Federal district attor-
ney, announced the, arrest today
of Oliver P. Arnold, Vice President
of the Denver National Bank, and
10 other persons charged with con-
spiracy to loot the United States
mail of $.200,000 and with con-
spiracy to dispose of the loot.
The robberies, Morrissey said,
occurred during the past few years
in a number of Midwestern cities.
Besides Arnold, Charles Roberts,
Denver attorney, - was. detained,
here with several other prisoners.
Morrissey said Jack Segar, ar-
rested at St. Paul, Minn., was one
of the leaders of the’ plto. Others
he named were Winston Walker,
30, arrested at Denison, la.; Har-
old Bailey, 29, of' Park Rapids,
Minn.;! John McBride, detained
here; Othello McClelland, 36, auto
salesman; Ralph Clifton, 48, ra-
dio salesman^ Harold Kennedy, 29;
Elmer Trcwer, 48, and John Ed-
wards, 25, brought here from
Paul.
LONDON, May 8.—(ZP)—A gath-
ering storm of British anti-sanc-
tions sentiment evoked predictions
in political circles today that Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin might
soon face a cabinet crisis.
Signs that many members of the
Conservative* government party were
swinging in favor of the American
policy of non-intervention in con-
tinental European affairs were not-
ed! in political quarters.
Opposition labor sources suggest-
ed Ramsay MacDonald’s influence
was doing much to build up an an-
ti-sanctionist group within the cab-
inet itself.
An excited meeting of 100 mem-
bers of the Conservative party’s
foreign affairs committee last night
was believed to have demonstrated
a sharp cleavage of opinion on this
subject also among the rank and
file of the organization.
If Anthony Eden still
sanctions against Italy, as was be-
lieved generally, political sources
said, Prime Minister Baldwin might
come under strong pressure from
his own supporters, demanding the
resignation of the foreign secretary.
Ray Harrison, taxicab driver
charged with negligent homicide in
connection with a street accident
here April 26 in which S. R. Lattner
was killed, was found guilty by the
County Court jury that heard his
trial Wednesday and Thursday and
assessed a fine of $50 and court
costs.
The case went to the jury at 5:15
o’clock Thursday afternoon and the
jury returned its verdict after de-
liberating slightly over two hours.
Harrison had pleaded not guilty.
Formal motion for a new trial was
filed, but his counsel was not avail-
able here Friday and yt could not
be learned if an appeal is planned
if the motion for a new trial is
overruled.
An automobile reported stolen
here from Steve Barron Wednes-
day afternoon was recovered, and
a man and two women in it jar-
re.sted by Dallas police Thursday
night, acting on a description of
the vehicle given t’
Officer Glen Lanflord.
The man was brought to Den-
ton later during the night by City
Marshal I. E. Jones and Officers
Leon Hannah and Roy Moore. The
two women, Lake Dallas residents,
the police said were not connected!
with the alleged theft and they
were released.
Acting on a statement made by
the prisoner after he was taken
into custody, the Denton police)
WASHINGTON, May 8—
(AP)—Attorney General
Cummings jubilantly survey-
ed the law’s clean-up of two
kidnap gangs and declared
today that “the activity of
interstate groups of criminals
has been practically broken
up.”
Federal agents wrote “finish” on
the records of the two mobs in a
pair of swift, bloodless raids hun-
dreds of miles apart yesterday.
William Mahan, who headed the
Justice Department’s list of want-
ed men, was seized as he sat in his
automobile in a San Francisco
parking lot at noon yesterday. He
was called “the remaining princi-
pal” in the $200,000 kidnaping of
9-year-old George Weyerhaeuser,
heir to a Tacoma, Wash,
fortune.
A few hours earlier, J.
Hoover led a squad of his agents
in a sunup raid on a Toledo apart-
ment where Harry Campbell, last
survivor of the Barker-Karpis mob,
was arrested.
i Alyin, Karpis, erstwjhilj)?, “Public
Enemy Number One,” and known
as the “brains” of old Kate “Ma”
Barker’s ring of bank robbers and
kidnapers, was captured by Hoover
and his men in New Orleans a week
ago.
the German
that by its
Rhineland, in violation of the Lo-
carno pact it has established a po-
sition for conclusion
treaties.
Other
British
“capable of
tation.”
The British, therefore, the. q
tionnaire said, “will welcome
IF
2U? .
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The new Republican research or-
which will match the
Democratic “brain trust” and will
analyze the New Deal for the pub-
lic, will be directed by Dr. Olin
Glenn Saxon, above, professor of
business administration at Yale. G.
Houston was wounded and suffering
and many of his fellow Texans had
been massacred by the Mexicans
after defeats in battle. If you had
asked that question under
circumstances what would
have been your answer? A $5000.00
Texas historical centennial contest
based on the above and similar dra-
matic events in Texas history is be-
ing conducted by General Foods
Corporation, manufacturers of Post
cereals. Complete details of the con-
test with a list of the prizes ap-
pears on page 7 of today’s Record-
Chronicle and a similar announce-
ment will appeal' each Friday.
1 sail tax bill as “folly.”.
House yesterday:
Opened debate on $2,364,000,000
deficiency appropriation. bill in-
cluding $1,425,000,000 relief item.
Appropriations!! committee reported
deficiency bill to the House.
MINSTREL AND STYIjE SHOW
AT CENTER POINT
The P.-T. A. of the Center Point
School, will present a minstrel,
“Bandanna Dames,” in the school
Monday at 7:30 p. m.—Girls of the
sewing classes will precede the min-
strel with a style show in which
they will model dresses made in
the classes. A small admission will
] be charged.
--Associated Press) ——
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Let some-
one else figure out the mathe-
matical chances of this happen-
ing 'ftgain:
Mrs. R. C. Light, one of a
bridge foursome, said she shuf-
fled. Mrs. Walter Atkinson cut.
Mrs. John L. Ellis dealt, exam-
ined her hand and bid a grand
slam in spades. Her partner,
Mrs. Light, held 13 diamonds.
Mrs. Atkinson held all the
hearts and’ Mrs. Harry Kirby
all the clubs. . . No one fainted.
Declaration Predicted Pipe Down
CHICAGO — Robert Herrick,
hotel organist suing his wife for
■divorce on a cruelty charge,
cited this as one instance of her
cruelty: Pulling out all the
stops of the organ one day while
he was playing.
MW
EAST TEXAS: Cloudy, thunder-
showers in east, cooler in north and
west portions tonight; Saturday
partly cloudy, thundershowers in
extreme east, cooler in northeast
portion. Moderate to fresh souther-
ly to westerly winds on the coast,
with squalls on east coast.
WEST TEXAS: Fair, cooler in
east portion tonight; Saturday fair,
warmer in northwest portion.
OKLAHOMA: Partly cloudy in
west, thundershowers in east and
central portions, cooler tonight;
Saturday partly cloudy, cooler in
southeast portion.
LONDON, May 8.—(J3)—A clear
declaration from Adolf Hitler as
to whether Germany now regards
itself in a position to conclude
“genuinie treaties” was requester
today in a British questionnaire,
arising from the Locarno crisis.
The questionnaire, presented to
the Berlin foreign office yesterday,
was made public in London 'today
in a white paper, or government
report.
“It is of course clear that ne-
gotiations for a treaty Would be
uesles if one of the parties here-
after felt free to deny its obli-
gations on the ground that that
party was not at that time in a
condition to conclude a’ binding
treaty,’* the quetsionnaire said.
Great Britain called attention,
to the German memorandum of
March 24, calling for negotiation of
new treaties, and suggested it was
government’s view
occupation of the
“We’ve not had enough rain to
■ start Denton Creek to rising, but
that is what it has been doing the
last few days,” said E. W. Olson, of
Roanoke. “It can’t come from rains
above here as the water is perfect-
ly elear. Guess that old water from
down below got tired of not having
any come down to meet it, so it
just naturally wanted to meet some
wetness and’ started coming up.”
Denton County was visited Fri-
day by the best rain in weeks, when
the precipitation had measured one
inch at the State Experiment Sta-
tion, four miles northwest of Den-
ton, at 1 o’clock Friday afternoon.
Falling slowly much of the morn-
ing, a downpour came at noon and
• <e>
A heavy downpour of rain <*•
& Friday afternoon .brought the ❖
■fr precipitation measurement at &
* the Experiment Station here -p
up to 3.92 inches for the day. &
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continued heavy for almost an
hour. Rain was still falling during
the afternoon, and with low-hang-
ing clouds prevailing, hope was held
that much more rain would fall.
Because of the very light rainfall
all of this spring and only about
half an inch during April, crops
and gardens were suffering serious
damage. Corn was at a standstill
and little cotton had been planted.
Covers Wide Area
Rains ranging from torrential
downpours to light showers soaked
a wide strip in Central Texas
northward from San Antonio and
Del Rio to the Oklahoma border
Thursday night and Friday.
The United States weather bu-
WASHINGTON, May 8.r-
Hearings. on the House tax bill)
were concluded by the Senate Fi-
nance Committee today with a
forecast by Chairman Harrison
(D-Miss) that a bill would be
passed raising the revenue asked
by President Roogevelt and adher-
ing to the philosophy of his rec-
ommendations.
The Mississippi Democrat con-
ceded there would be some modi-
fications in the proposal for tax-
ing undistributed corporate profits,
but said he did not “anticipate
much trouble” in getting the bill
out. i
Heavy Rain hi Oklahoma J
GUYMON, Ok., May 8.—(ZP)—
Heavy rains fell over the dust-swept
Panhandle and other drought-
.............. . counties of Oklahoma; to-
ic vivirtg hPpCb .-for » pai’C
' wheat crop in many sections.
A one-inch rain routed a dust
storm at Boice City, .86 of an inch |
soaked the parched cultivated lands i
around Guymon, and Beaver had I
.25.
WASHINGTON, May 8. — (B)—
Thwarting an attempt to swing the
huge Democratic majority behind a
plan to change President Roose-
velt’s relief program, House lead-
ers drove today toward) a quick vote
on the $1,425,000,000 fund.
Confidently, they predicted
a $2,364,229,712 deficiency bill
taining the relief money for
fiscal year would go through
changed next Monday.
Rep. Belter (D-NY) led his “PWA
bloc” into a Democratic caucus last
night, seeking to pledge the majori-
ty to earmark $700,000,000 of the re-
lief fund for Secretary Ickes’ Pub-
lic Works Administration, a move
opposed by President Roosevelt.
His move failed by what he said
was 70 to 35 vote. Charging that
leaders used “steam roller tactics,”
he indicated he would fight on the
floor today to have at least $350,-
000,000 set aside for PWA as dis-
tinct from Works Progress Admin-
reau reported a barometric reading istration, which has been slated to
at Amarillo of 29.66, the lowest in
the nation, but no precipitation.
Austin reported .01 and Del Rio
.02 of an inch rain during the 24
hour period ending at 7 a. m. Fri-
day.
Far heavier falls
from the north.
Bridgeport had a near cloudburst
of 2.10 inches.
Rains at Wichita Falls; were mea-
sured at .69 of an inch and skies
were overcast. Vernon reported .96,
.58 and Corsicana
ABILENE, May 8.—(/P)—Unity of
young Democrats of Texas in sup -
port of the national administra-
tion was expressed as their an-
nual convention got under way
here this morning in thunderous
fashion when personal greetings
of President Roosevelt were read
by James P. Stinston Of Abi-
lene, Taylor County Democratic
chairman.
Following the keynote address
by Joe Bailey Morris of Dallas,
the convention went into execu-
tive committee chairman.
Governor James V. Allred was
scheduled to arrive by plane this
afternoon to be honored at a re-
ception ana dinner follower by a
public address at Abilene High
School, j
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McLARNlN WILL HAVE WEIGHT
ADVANTAGE TONIGHT
NE WYORK, May 8.—(/P)—Jimmy
McLarnin, former world’s welter-
weight champion, will have a six
and one-half pounds weight ad-
vantage tonight over Lightweight
Champion Tony Canzoneri in their
ten-round bout at Madison Square
Garden. McLarnin weighed 143;
Canzoneri, 136 1-2.
Week’s Work Yjl reports ilW- Italy would pro''.aim
Monday, Harrison said, the com- ■ • -
mittee will go into executive ses-
sion to begin work on the bill.
He forecast it would take at least
all next week.
Discounting reports of a
volt” in his committee against the
undistributed profits tax, Harrison
said he was “not disturbed” over
the situation, but added that
“there will bci certain modifica-
tions, of course.”
The committee, he said, would
ask the treasury experts “many
questions” about some of the var-
ied points raised in the public
hearings.
Prophesying it would take the
eommittfie all next week, a;t least,
to work cut the bill, Harrison said
“we want to write everything con-
structive in the bill without (de-
stroying the philosophy of it.”
“In the end,” he added, ' “we
will work .out a very good bill.
Without question it .will raise the
revenue asked by thq president and
the philosopsy of the bill will go
through, though there may fbe
some changes.”
AIways Opposition
Commenting ' on the strong
business opposition expressed in
the hearings Harrison said “I nev-
er found any tax bill where; any-
body advocated it and in that re-
spect this bill is not much dif-
ferent from all the others.”
As the hearings closed, commit-
tee members were giving atten-
tion to proposals for superimpos-
ing a subrtax on undistributed
profits oveir the present corpora-
tion structure, instead of rebuild-
ing the corporation tax plan en-
tirely.
A spokesman for the New York
Society of Certified Public Ac-
countants recommended such a
plan, and -Senator Connally ask-
ed the treasury for estimates for
revenue a program of that kind
would realize.
ROME, May 8.---(AP) —
A bid by Premier Mussolini
for a lifting of sanctions, to
liquidate finally the Ethi-
opian crisis and permit Italy
to return to its old place in
the family of nations, was
predicted today in highly re-
liable quarters.
These sources said an avowal of
11 Duce’s intention t0 take a full
part again in international af-
faip—-after the League of Na-
tions sanctions campaign ended—
would be one of the results of
tomorrow’s Fascist grand council
and cabinet meetings.
This solemn declaration was ex-
pected to be issued in connection
with a proclamation of annexation
of Ethiopia by Italy. The conquer-
ed East African empire, informed
sources said, would be united with
Eritrea and Somaliland to become
“Italian East Africa.”
Fascists, foreseeing the
ment for peace with the League
after seven months of estrange-
ment with Geneva ovetr the Ethio-
pian conquest, were more vexed
ever the attitude of France toward
a reconciliation than the position
of Great Britain.
A careful perusal of Foreign Sec-
retary Anthony Eden’s acknowl-
edgment to the House of Com-
mons Wednesday ^that sanctions
had failed convinced Italian gov-
ernment sources that “there might
be some sportsmanship leftt in Eng
lish men after all.”
The North and Northeastern
States learned much about the
Texas Centennial Celebration as a
result of the trip of the Texas Press
Centennial train which returned to
Dallas Thursday morning. Stops
were made in Little Rock, Mem-
phis, Nashville, Louisville, Cincin-
nati, Charlottsville, Richmond,
Washington, Philadelphia, New
York, Albany , Buffalo, Cleveland,
Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and
Kansas City, and in each city thou-
sands upon thousands of people saw
the Texans, all in their ten-gallon
hats, parade and heard the speak-
ers of the Texas group.
Thase States visited are now cer-
tainly Centennial-conscious, as a
result of the trip and thousands of
them said that since Texas showed
sufficient interest to visit them
that they in turn were going to vis-
it Texas. Statisticians estimate the
attendance at the Centennial Ex-
position in Dallas at from twelve
to fifteen million and it also has
been estimated that some three mil-
lion tourists would pass through
Denton en route.
The Texans, headed by Governor
James V. Allred, were received most
cordially every where, and all on
the train were most proud of their
Governor. It can be said in all sin-
cerity that he made a mighty fine
impression for Texas and the Cen-
tennial. There may be some who be-
lieve he should have; stayed in Aus-
tin to .sit in the Governor’s chair,
but by making this trip he did a
fine thing for his State and it is
Roundabout’s belief that as a re-
sult of his being the central figure
on the Texas Press Centennial trip
many thousands of people, who
otherwise would not have come to
Texas, will visit the State during
the Centennial months and also
that many millions of dollars of
permanent investments will be
made in Texas by Easterners after
having talked with Governor All-
red, who did a most valuable serv-
ice to his State and the Texas Cen-
tennial in his many addresses and
contacts on the trip.
Mayor J. L. Wright represented
Denton on the trip and Roundabout
acted as second to the Mayor.
Would Identify Aides
ST. PAUL, May 8.—(A3)—An ef-
fort to learn the names of Karpis-
Barker gang aides—including poli-
ticians—was pressed by federal
agents today in questioning Harry
Campbell, last of the major mem-
bers of the mob.
Campbell, seized in Toledo today
and rushed here by plane, was in-
terrogated in the federal building
where his confederate, Alvin Kar-
pis, underwent a five day quiz.
Government officials declined to
comment but the Minneapolis Tri-
bune said it had learned Karpis
furnished the clue that led to his
lieutenant’s arrest. It was said Kar-
pis interrupted a discussion of his
association with Campbell to in-
quire :
“Who put the finger on me?”
“Your pal,” an agent was quoted
as replying.
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, who
participated in both arrests, as-
serted the capture of the gangsters
at Cleveland two years ago was
frustrated because “they were tip-
ped off by two Cleveland politi-
cians.” He added:
“We’re going to get all who aid-
ed that gang in Cleveland—th8 doc-
tors, lawyers and politicians.”
Karpis was in the county jail
awaiting arraignment on
counts based o nthe abductions of
William Hamm, Jr., brewer, and
Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul banker.
Campbell is charged with kid-
naping in the Bremer case and the
slaying of Earl Smith, Tulsa at-
torney.
Beaten Ruler
At Jerusalem
(By Associated Press)
Ethiopia’s beaten ruler reached
sombre self-exile in Jerusalem to-
day amid conflicting reports of the
fate of his second city, Harrar,
and tightening tension in Europe
over the status of his once-sover-
eign empire.
Haile Selassie, reached Jerusa-
lem by train from Haifa, where a
British warship disembarked the
whice-cald little emperor and his
retinue.
Reports both from Sir Sidney
Barton, the British minister in
Addis Ababa, and from Djibouti,
French Somaliland, said Harar
was on fire and that rioting raged
in the streets, with ,the advancing!
Italians believed ten miles away.
But a press dispatch from Mo-
gadiscio to Rome said the South-
ern troops of Rodolfo Graziani
already had captured the city, thus
completing Italy’s military objec-
tive in Ethiopia.
Busses Stranded, Rail
Traffic Delayed By
Colorado Snowstorm
passages, however, the
questionnaire said, wqre.
: a different interpre-
<By Associated Press)
Senate today:
Debates Naval supply bill. The
Finance Committee hears last wit-
~ ----- | nesses on revenue bill. Banking
them by City | committee considers farm mortgage
legislation.
House today:
Finishes debate on $2,364,000,000
deficiency appropriation bill and
considers amendments on meas-
ure.
Senate yesterday:
Sent war supply bill to White
House and discussed naval appro-
priation measure. Finance commit-
tee heard manufacturers group as-
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