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Heat Wave Sweeps Middle West lack water
NEGROUBTTO
DEATH IN FUSS
OVER 50 CENTS
FREAK STORMS
FAIL TO BRING
AREAS RELIEF
LOCAL CHEMICAL TRUCK IS
SENT ON CALL FOR AID
Worker Sent to Hospital After
Being Bitten by Tarantula—
Kilgore Fire Mudded in
Poison-filled capsules placed in
the meat of sandwiches at a fam-
ily reunion are blamed for the
death of Virginia Simmons, .14,
and her sister, Alice Jean, 10,
daughters of John Simmons, a
wealthy farmer, at Lebanon, Ind.
TO MAKE STRONG
EFFORT TO SAVE
EAST TEXAS OIL
Committees Going to Dallas Sat-
urday Determined to Work
Ont Workable Plan
TROPICAL STORM NOW
IS BREWING IN GULF LINDY
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Southwestern Adding Gm
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LOVING COUNTY WILL
HAVE FIRST ELECTION
—Charles A. Lindbergh
the Federal Radio,Conn
day for an •hrcraft stati
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HEROIC EFFORT
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ed killer of the aviator, had been
lodged in the county jail after a
gountry-wlde hunt
Beloit hag made
tnent of the killin
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lie, it implicated four other per-
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FOUND AFTER BOYS ATTEMPT TO HIJACK STILL
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Governor Hoey Long’s choice for
his successor as governor of
Louisiana is Oscar K. Allen,
above, chairman of the state
highway commission. Long re-
tires at the end of his term to go
to the senate and he believes Al-
len to be the logical candidate to
carry on the 976,000,000 highway
program inaugurated by the gov-
ernor himself.
much bigger charge at the well
be
con-
ference between the operators and
B. F. (Blacky) DaLong, crack fi<
fighter of the Atlas G1 ycerin Cd.,
FORT WORTH", June 26.
(UP).—The buckshot riddled
body of Claud Prater, 17, was
found by a searching ptrty of
deputy sheriffs on the Winfield
Scott ranch 20 miles west of
here this morning.
. Prater was killed Tuesday
night when he and tigee com-
panions attempted to hijack a
still on tho weatherford road,
west of tho efty. Ray Cone,
IB, companion of Prater, also
was wounded in tho arm and
chest.
After the killing Prater’s
body was taken In an auto to
the Scott ranch whore it was
thrown off a cliff.
Prater’s body had
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method proposed t
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do not accomplish
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responding to the P
and must, therefor
jeet of further diset
(All Central Standard Times)
By United Press.
Tuesday, June 23:
2:56 A. M.—Left Roosevelt
Field, N. Y.
1:27 P. M.—Left Harbor
Grace, N. F., 1,150 miles.
Wednesday, June 24:
6:00 A. M.—Landed Ches-
ter, Eng., 2,200 miles.
11:40 A. M.—Landed Han-
nover, Germany, 600 miles.
1:30 P. M.—Landed Berlin,
160 miles.
Thursday, Juno 25:
12:38 A. M.—Left Berlin
for Moscow, 1,000 miles.
8:48 A. M.—Landed Mos-
cow.
8:00 P. M.—Left Moscow
for Irkutsk, Siberia, via No-
vosibirsk, 2,600 miles.
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Old Fiddlers in Contest.
STAMFORD, Texas, June 26
(UP)-West Texas pioneers stamp-
ed high-hseled boots in time to
venerable jigs and "hoe downs”
as a score of entrants scraped their
bpws in an qfd-time fiddlers con-
test, today’s main event in the sec-
ond a'nnual Texas Cowboys Re-
union, here. .
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Ing to the statements they had
gone some distance thfbugh the
brush when someone began
shooting at them.
Cone said ho and Prater ran
on after Prater had fired his
shotgun into tho air. Then,
aa ho struck tho dry bod of a
creek, a man with a shotgun
■topped him. He did not oee
Prater after that, ho said.
Cone said hs_wa* taken to a
houee five miles south of <6o
Weatherford road and a mile
and a half from tho stilt There
ho was tied and tbroato
and the man who had broi
Mm disappeared. Floyd
W garage proprietor,
-happened hr fn ha* an h
took Cone to Ute
DALLAS, June 26 (UP)—Throe
committees of oil man will meet
hero Saturday to ponder once more
tho vexing problem of how to pro-
duce oil in East Texas and at tho
same time keep the petroleum in-
dustry out of the economic cellar.
The Cranfill plan arbitration
Committee of seven will moot in a
joint aeMlon with the East Texas
advisory committee to hoar re-j
ports on the effectiveness of the
Cranfill plan after its trial of om
—
W. L. Todd of Dallas
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HbUSTON,'
New charges t_____,_________
filed in the year-old W. L. Ed-
wards murder case here.
Houston’s first "ride” murder
wag reopened yesterday with the
discovery that John Belois, accus-
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lodged in the county jail after
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tnent of the killing, to officers, it
was learned, and although the
statement has not been made pub-
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■ons in the sensational killing. '
Dalles Official Named.
DALLAS, June 26 (UP)—J. A.
Wright, veteran Dallas account-
ant, will succeed Hugh E. Moore
as secretary and collector of the
Dallas Water . Department, City
Manager John N. Edy announced
tdday. This leaves only the post
of Director of Public Works still
vacant. •
The Simmons family had driven
65 miles from their farm near
Greenfield to attend the reunion.
Capsules were later found in a
dozen sandwiches in the Simmons
basket. Simmons and two other
men were stlcken.
the work of
rning well, it
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ALL CONFIDENT:
HOOVER’S PLAN
TO BEADOPTED
With Mellon m Fuit to U«M
PoHdM Sm. SttaaMi Girto
(MNm of CoteSow
WASHINGTON, Jane 16
—Secretary of State Stimso
today that accomp”
full measure of r
i President Hoover’s _
program would require mo<
tion of the French suggeraoi
making it effective.
. Stimson’s statement wag
public by tho state
accompanied by a twnslati
the French reply to Mr. Ho
proposal. The natureof the I
answer had been JWacoanti
Washington in advMice an<
not considered fundamenta
have altered the general airi
timism among informed <on
NegetUtione NmMMH
Stimson explained
gotiation would
that Secretary of
WASHINGTON, Juno 2«
(UP)—The weather bureau
today reported a tropi-
cal disturbance of moderate
intensity apparently central in
the South Central Gulf of
Mexico at 10 a. m., and -dvh- »
ed caution to all vessels in
that vicinity. The disturbance
was believed to bo moving
northwestward.
Says Hover Will
Have to Issue Call
BO
Handicaps
Fighters
attack will be more effective. Af-
rangementh are being made to
pump mud Into the well and thus
cut off the flow of oil and gas
that is feeding the enormous
blaze.
Success is crowning the efforts
DALLAS, June 26 (UP)—Be-
cause he tried to "help mama,”
Jack Wofford, 18-months-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl- Wofford,
was (not expected to live here to-
day. i >
Unnoticed by his mother or
young' uncle, with whom he was
playing, the baby tried to take a
pot off his mother’s cootfstove as
she prepared the evening meal
yesterday. The pot toppled over,
drenching him with boiling wfter
and potatoes.
At Parkland Hospital, to which
he was taken, physicians said more
than half his body surface was
badly burned.
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FOLKS GET MEAN, NASTY
" AS WEATHER GROWS HOT
ABILENE, Tex, June 26 (UP)
—Congressman Thomas L. Blan-
ton believes President Hoover will
face the necessity of calling a spe-
cial session of Congress in order
to complete his plan of suspend- ,
ing for one year all intergovern- 1
mental debts.
"Hoover, up until now,” Blan-
ton said, "has avoided tho special
session of Congress, which always
calls for a heavy public expendi-
ture. But now, in order to put
his debt suspension plan Into at- '
feet, he evidently will have to
call a. special session, probably
within four months,” / „
Th# president acted without au-
thority in advancing his proposal,
according to Blanton. , r'
"The president says tho debt ;
holiday proposal is contingent
on action by Congress,” the T<
representative said, "yet
vaneod the proposal ’ 277 ___
authority from Congress. He con-
ferred with 19’senators and IS
congressmen, while 77 senators
and 417 congressmen were not
approached.
“These “ __ ~___
members of both houses, oven
•vim the Democratic
leader in tho Hovoe.”
Dancer Plunge* 15
Storiee to Death
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CENTER GASSER
RUNNING WILD
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Another Extreme Hazard Offer-
ed as Gladewater Perils Are
Bronglit Under Control
While workers struggled today
in an attempt to extinguish the
burning Tulsa OU Company's No-
1 Robert Quinn well near Overton,
further hacar was added to the
East Texas oil fields as a new
*■ gusher near center raged but of
control, spreading gas and oil ov-
er the nearby countryside.
At Center a 15 million cubic foot
gasser was running wild, almost 24
hours after it came in while the
drilling crew was at lunch. OU
men said fire was eminent unless
the greatest precautions were tak-
The huge gasser has defied every
ttempt of workmen to cap the
weU, and was blowing with such
force it was feared the derrick
would crumble.
The weU had been drilled to a
depth of 4,000 feet, with only a
12-fnch surface casing set in the
top 800 feet. The pressure caused
, a crater to be formed around the
top of the well.
A gusher which caused concern
near Gladewater, when it came in
out of control and sprpyed the
countryside with gas and oil for
alnaoat 44 hours, was under con-
trol today. It was capped tote
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PJaaee Pas« ia Review.
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, June 26
(UP)—Ninety-eight Kelly Field
Advanced Army Flying School stu-
dents, including three from f6r«
eign countries, today piloted their
planes in review and received di-
m*. AianlMMhif \
■o was arrested by Sher-
lay and immediately
MENTONE, Texas, June 26
(UP) — Oil—which has played
such a part in the development of
Texas—has caused Loving coun-
ty, which has only one town, Men-
tone, to lose its chief claim to
distinction.
Loving county is about to have
an election—and pass from the
rank of being the onlv unorganiz-
ed community out of Texas’ 254
counties.
In 1928 onlv eight voters paid
poll taxes in tne county.
' Today it was estimated 250 per-
sons would vote in the first elec-
tion her# next Tuesday when the
first county officers will be chosen
and the county seat named.
As Mentone is the only town—
it doubtless will win the distinc-
tion.
There were 24 candidates for
the various offices today. Inter-
est is centering in the Sheriff’s
race for which there are four as-
pirants.
Loving county has an area of
753 square miles, all of which is
level sandy prairie. It has been
attached to Reeves county for ad-
ministrative purposes during the
last 80 years. \
A 1600 gallon oil refinery is in
operation here, and the county’s
chief business enterprise. Low
price of crude oil has not affected
activity and 10 strings of tools are
in operation.
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' LOG OF WINNIE MAE
ON WORLD FLIGHT
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after the battle at Mary's
Creek on the Weatherford
road. He told police Prater
had been shot down with buck-
shot. , t
A 200-gallon still was discov-
ered near the scene of tho
■hooting. Two other boys, Al-
bert SWltser, IB, and Delmas
Carpenetr, IB, said they had
gone to tho Mtill with Prater
and Cone. They ran back to
their car when tho shooting be-
gan, they said, and escaped.
Statements of Swtiser. Carpen-
ter and Cone all dgve-talled ex-
cept that Carpenter denied he
was armed.
They borrowed a ear from
Carpenetris prothgr and drove
Into tho i bruMh nnor tho otilL
Street Car Rails in Indiana City
Warped Foot Oat of Line by
High Temperature
1, CLEVELAND, O., June 26
(UP)—A "water spout” accom-
panied by wind of cyclonic veloc-
ity-struck Cleveland shortly after
noon today.
Early reports said heavy damage
had been inflicted in the residen-
tial section. Hundreds of cars
were stalled as traffic became par-
alyzed by the torrent which weath-
er bureau officials said was be-
lieved unprecedented.
CHICAGO, June 26 (UP)—A
shimmering heat wave which killed
upwards of a score of persons and
seared growing crops held the
couritry m its grip today and little
relief was promised soon.
The heat wave centered in the
middlewest and was creeping east-
v.ird. Extreme heat prevailed alio
on the West coast, where there
were numerous and freakish*
storms.
Chicago and other cities around
the Great Lakes, where tempera-
tures yesterday ranged between 95
and 100, were^assur^j^r^Bf
slowly southward, easing the tem-
peratures down gradually as they
moved along.
With the exception, of along the
Eastern seabord and in parts of
the Rocky Mountain areas, tem-
peratures yesterday were above
90,. New heat records for June
' were set in Illinois and Iowa,
where the mercury in many cities
climbed above 100.
Accompanying the heat wave
in California were freakish storms.
Lightning injured four boys and
fired several buildings. Temper-
atures in some sections of the state
went above 90.
At least seven deaths were re-
ported in Chicago as due directly
or indirectly to the heat wave,
several were reported in St. Louis,
where the official temperature was
100 even, and others scattered
Fire breaking out at 2 o’clock
in Turnertown this afternoon
had destroyed five stores on the
north side of the highway and
when the whole town was ap-
parently doomed a rush call was
made on Henderson for aid and
the chemical truck left at 2:19
o’clock.
At that hour it was said other
stores were catching fire, that
the blaze was expected to jump
across the street and apparently
the whote city would be doom-
ed.
Mayor Rogers was at the fire
station when the call came in
and Driver Gibbons left immedi-_____r_____
ately with the chemical wagon, th* remaining debris might
The mayor was afraid that j
with lack of water facilities the 1
department would be unable to '
- - render much effective service. <
- flto e»H fam T.o.rtm
said the people there were
greatly excited, many being
heart-broken and panic stricken
as they watched their establish-
ments go up in smoke, or right
in the path of the fire.
The fire started in
Restaurant and spread to Morris
Grocery and three other stores
on the north side of the street,
when it jumped across to the
south side at 2:35.
Walter Harris, telephoning
back at that hour, said the town
was apparently doomed.
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ANOTHER NEW WELL IN
RUSK COUNTY FLOWING
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Rusk cot J** ’» proven production
area today tad been extended a
mile and a half to the north and
west when It was reported that E.
L. Chapman et al’s No. 1 Orren
Russell had flowed 250 barrels in
10 minutes open flow. The well
is In the J. English survey, about
a mile and a half north of South-
ern Crude Oil Purchasing Com-
pany’s No. 1 Smith in the William
Killen survey.
United States Willing to Compromise
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DALLAS, June 26 (UP)—Dal-
las folks get "mean and nasty”
when the weather gets hot—so
said Ben Fly, justice of the peace
here today.
And when folks get "mean and
nasty” their neighbors become
frightened, Fly added.
> Fly noted the increase in mean-
ness” with the first hot days here
when there was a large increase
of the number of.peace bonds is-
sued. • . „
“We have issued as high as eight
a day to scared neighbors,” Fly
said, “and are issuing many times
as many as we do in cold weath-
er.”
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DATJLAS, June 26 (UP)—Inde-
pendent operators will resort to
concerted action here tomorrow
when three committees of oil men
will meet In joint session in an at-
tempt to solvp the East Texas ov-
er production problem.
Chairman of the three bodies
conferred today to throw aside
their differences, bringing together
the executive committee of the
Texas OU Emergency committee,
the advisory board or the indepen-
dent Petroleum Association and
the arbitration committee of the
Cranfill plan group.
They hope to construct a new
plan to satisfy all operators and
meet with approval of the attor-
ney general’s department and the
state railroad commission. Through
results of the meeting, the oil men
expect to present a solid front
when they appear before the rail-
road commission at a hearing in
Austin Monday.
W. L. Todd is chairman of the
emergency committee, Capt. J. F.
Lucey of the arbitration commit-
tee and Sam Gladney, Jr.( of the
advisory board.
R. D. Parker, oil and gak su-
pervisor for the railroad commis-
sion, will attend tho mooting.
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Hilliard Pegues Is Heid After
Shying of trib Robinson b
Monroe Community
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Trib Robinson, negro, was shot
to death Saturday afternoon, 11
miles north of Henderson in .the
Monroe community, by Hilliard
Pegues, another negro.
Pegues' is in the Rusk county
jail to await action of the grand
A small negro boy, whose name
was not learned here, was shot in
the breast accidentally while play-
ing the role of* innocent bystand-
er—one missile from two dis-
charges from a shotgun striking
him in the breast. His condition
Is not serious.
The trouble is said to have ori-
ginated over differences about a
00-cent account owed Pegues by
Robinson.
Deputy sheriffs Wellborn and
Jackson made the arrest after in-
vestigating th* Shooting.
Robinson died here after being
fusapfl to town for treatment, the
ena coming *. few hours after he
w*s shot tw|Ce in the side.
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Head and Killed by
New Willard Negro
NEW WILLARD, Texas, June
26 (UP)—One man was dead to-
day and his negro slayer was be-
ing guarded carefully against pos-
sible mob viblence as a result of a
slugging here yesterday;
J; E. Gibson, 46, lumber yard
foreman, came upon a gang .o/
negroes working and attempted to
show Marshall Harrell, 35, one
of the gang, how to stack lumber.
As Gibson bent over to pick up
a plank the negro grabbed a heavy
piece of timber and struck him on
the head, crushing his skull.
The negrt
iff Holfidi.
spirited away.-
Baby Is Scalded 9
In Pulling Pot of
Water Off Stove
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with 19’eenatora and IS
and 417 congressmen were not
approached.
’’These included all the Texas
John Gardner.
■ By E. S. HARRIS.
A twenty-quart gelatin torpedo
fired at the Bell & Graddy, Inc.,
No. 1 Wesley Daniels about nine
o’clock Thursday night failed to
blow away the christmas tree at
the blazing oil well near Kilgore.
Instead, a valve leading to the
storage tanks that had been closed
was, destroyed and the fire spread
out to about twice its former size.
Preparations were made to fire
a much bigger charge at the well
Friday morning with the hope that
the remaining debris might
cleared away, but after a
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