Navasota Daily Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 286, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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NUMBER 286
Stress Memberships
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and Walter
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CHICKEN STEALING
SAVES MURDER TR^AL
Ufa convan-
> Bible, Tex
REPRESENTED
FRIDAY 1.TFH
Track Down
Sources
and ceased. Sensing
the wirless fan on
of the world began
Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted slayer of two women
friends In Arizona’s famed "trunk murder." is pictured as
she left the County Courthouse in Phoenix. Arizona, follow-
ing her recent plea before the Grand Jury to have her death
sentence commuted to life imprisonment.
(UP) — Emmett
offered the first
anounced
advisory
The J. ,Willie Leigh Post 152 of tha
American Legion will hold its regular
meeting tonight at • o’clock.
Backward traveler
Makes Lecture Tour
San Diego -
Doyle Arnold
Cleaners.
would have to choose betw
evils, picked the leaner and
ed that they stole chickens
/ This accounted for blood
jhhlrts which had resulted
harvest by Sheriff Albert Ha
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Marian county ginned prior to De-
cember 13, 1333, 4,425 bales of cotton.
Jefferson, Journal.
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Lowry G. Bunch and
purchased San Diego
believed the vessels might have col
lided.
RELIEF WORK
OVERCOUNTY
IS PRAISED
■;to' You."
■ppy chorus girls in
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hotels, beginning at 10 o’clock.
A request has been broadcast that
greetings be made "short and snappy”.
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AMERICAN LEGION
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as
city.
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Students
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CONTINUE TO
PROPOSE CUT
■ IN EXPENSES
f ■>? . ■
Near
y,
has
with
^-a French film for arms and munitions,
' San Antonio, Jan. 12 (INS) —
tchlcken stealing episode almost cost
,two Bexar county men the risk of, I
standing trial for murder. I
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President Names
New Advisory
Board
AT BRENHAM
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A. H. Viereck of thia city and Gus
Goller of California, a brother-in-law
of Mr. Viereck, have purchased the
Ideal Bakery at Brenham. Mr. Viereck
and Mr. Goller will move tto Brenham
to operate the bakery and Mrs. Viereck
and daughters will remain in Navaso-
ta until school is dismissed.
The Ideal Bakery waa purchased
from Jim Bournias of Brenham.
Mr. Viereck is experienced In the
iiakery business as he was at one time
partner in the ownership of the Sani-
tary Bakery of this city. Later he went
into the dry goods business Un Nava-
sota.
Mrs. Kennard is survived
husband and one daughter
Belle
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A. H. VIERECK
with mlrrows to enable him to eee
the road ahead, which waa behind
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Mrs. Gw W. Kennard
Passed Away Wed.
.Word was received in the city this
morning that Mrs. G. W. Kennard
passed away Wednesday afternoon at
'her home in Houston after a linger-
ing illness. Funeral services will be
held Friday afternoon at Houston.
Mrs. Kennard is the wife of Will
Kennard, formerly of Navasota, Mr.
Kennard being a brother of Mrs W.
H. Redford of this city He and his
wife are well-known in Navasota
they have often visited in the <
by
Frances
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Worn
The creditor at the same time has1
gained — providing he can collect,!
Money which he loaned in boom,
tttanes will now buy him much arnre
in goods and service*.
• Ttfas. *von*or* of the letiaiatio^!
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’is perhaps most clearly illustrated
iin the case of farmers.
* Suppose a wheat farmer contract-
ed a debt of $1,000 when wheat waa
selling at $1 a bushel That debt
represented 1,000 bushels of wheat.,
Today the farmer gets only about
___ - 25 cants a bushel f o r his whentJ
to his father, who communicated with | Th, a*bt whlch represented 1,0004
bushels has become a debt of 4JXXM
■he New Zealand operator was
ifttog—via dots and. dashes—with
rinna, who la "on location" at Tel-
when suddenly the latter’s sig-
• slackened
tething wrong,
j Other side
thing out
Aay Pacific coast amateur —
Me answer - emergency.”
lol. Foster, millionaire radio ama-
r, heard the appeal and to his a-
sement learned that the Teller a-
teur was his old friend. He swung
powerful set into action and soon
tacted another amateur operator at
tor. This amateur, informed of the
'new Zealand operator's anxiety,
med his furs and hurried across
m to Devinna's cabin
Be cameraman, who also is an ar-
il radio fan, was found unconsci-
i from carbon monoxide fumes from
haoMne hgater He was revived and
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isand Deer
In BewCo.
Greenville police and waa informed
no such prisoner was in the county
chain gahg. The elder Kraft then
telegraph** «** sheriff who replied
that fur $8 and the fare he would send
the boy home. Kraft Sent the money
- NUr. and tha boy was put on a bos.
of lang* bucks left by any in roeant
years, the warden saM
Wichita Falls, Jan. 12 (INS) —,Pil
ennie Wingo, native Texan, who walk-
ed around the world backwards, will
make a national lecture' tour in the in-
terest of the unemployed, he announ-
ced here. ’ >
Wingo left Fort Worth April 15, 1981
and ended his tour there October 24.
1932. He walked backwards from
Fort Worth to New York, thence to
Boston, and took a boat for Hamburg.
From Hamburg he walked backwards
Constantinople and returned by boat
to Now York. He travelled to Lo*
Angeles In an automobile, then walk-
ed backwards to Fort Worth, where
he ended his tramp
He covered 7,000 miles on his waik-
NAVABOTA, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933
Makes Plea for Mercy
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Real interest was shown in the re-
lief work being done in Navasota and
Grimes County at the weekly luncheon
of the Navasota and Grimes County
Chamber of Commerce at which time
C V. Merriam, chairman of the Re
construction Finance Corporation
Loan Committee, explained the work
that is being done throughout the
county.
Hast Texas — Partly Cloudy. Colder I
in southeast portion. Freezing in cen-
tral and northeast portions tonight.
Friday, partly cloudy, somewhat war-
mer in north portion.
West Texas — Generally fair to-
night and Friday. Somewhat warmer
in Panhandle tonight.
MANISHELD
IN ROBBERY
Navasota citizens to not give, aid but
send the needy to the committee and
they will deal fairly with' them.
H N. Sandall. explained that
wood is cut by those who ask for aid
After the wood is cut it is given to
families who need the wood for fire.
He also made special mention of the
I fact that J W. Brosig has given seven
cords of wood to aid the needy and
praised him for such an act.
City Manager R, J. Brule spoke of
the praise given by a traveling sales-
man on the work being done by the
relief committee, stating that this man
said Navasota is using the money for
a 1
fit
organization
such work is being carried on in Na-
vasota.
The matter of a peddlers ordinance
for Navasota was brought up at this
meeting of the Chamber and the ordi-
nance of Madisonville was read by
the secretary. It was voted that the
County Judge be asked to get an opin-
ioft on a peddlers ordinance from the
Attorney General before any other ac-
tion is taken
President J. T. Swanson
the following appointed
board. Ewing Norwood, R. J. Brule.
E A. Harris, R. A. Patou,t, Jno. D.
Rogers. W. I. Ross, O. L. Steele, T. B.
Terrell. L. N. Yeager, Hood Barry, J.
P. Terrell, Oscar Coe, W. N. Purcell,
P. Nemir and C. A. Fabian.
E. G. Youens, chairman of the agri-
culture committee, stated that the far-
mers over the county are showing
very little interest in tomato growing
tor the spring and added that he be-
lli* ved there would not be much toma-
to. acreage this year.
1 President Swanson brought up the
matter of obtaining new members in
the organisation stating that more
members throughout the county should
be on the membership list thus treat,
ing a more cooperative spirit with the
other communities over the county. J.
S. Harrison was made chairman of
the special membership committee
which includes the advisory board and
directors Mr. Harrison will appoint
committees from this group to make,
a canvass of the county in securing
now members.
Dr. 8. D. Coleman had as his guests
on this occasion, th* five Lieber bro-
thers of Anderson and R E. Thomp JUS
son bad M »is guest. Henry Wesson
who recently arrived in Navasota af-
ter a three years stay in Belgium and ,
France. Mr. Wesson gave some in-
OLD FASHIONED-1
BAIL PLANNED
FORGOVERNOR
iejrt For War
U. S. la Trying To
of arms, powder, and munitions in-
to’ greased 108 per cent. During the first
BtWree quarters of 1931 exports of war
j&' lnaterialH totalled $2,536,480; during
: the corresponding period for 1932, the
“total increased to $5,269,960, according
s', to official French export statistics.
™s'The statistics shwed a large increase
£ (pf war materials shipped to China, al
though the total was not alarming.
The 1932 value was $540,000, compared
i' yrith $124,040 in 1931. Exports of
tsnu nit ions to Japan were not listed,
Although $831,680 worth of material I
! was unaccounted for in checking the
total of war materials shipped to all
Bp.,,countries against the figures for ex-
Jprt to individual countries.
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Amateur Operator Of
Radio Directs Rescue
Cat. Jan. 12 (UP) — The
t'-’ ■toWY of how an amateur radio opera-
F tof ia N*w Zealand directed the res-
Ct$t Of a man from a gas filled cabin
iiuTeltor, Alaska, 10,000 miles away.
If <*s told here today.
Utol. Clhlre Foster of Carmel, who
/ anted as intermediary in the.dramatic
[L^Gicoe. afterwards 'learned that the
a aaacued man was an old friend, Clyde
fiavinna, noted motion picture earner-
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San Francisco, Jan. 12 (UP) Dis-i
tress calls from two ships, the tank
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General Pershing of the State’s line. I
were picked up by the coast guard j
radio station here today.
The positions given would place
both vessels near Japan. TJie distress
By WALLACE CARROLL
(UP Staff Correspondent)
E;( Paris, Jan. 12 (UP) — Japan
k placed a new $8,000,000 contract
r the Agenee Economique Et Financier
g, reported today, while other sources re
.'ported today, while other reported
r that the secret shipment of war mate-
ftrials from Europe to the far east had
i' reached quantities "sufficient for war
. on a large scale.
J-;-" It is no secret here that the Unit-
L'.ed States Government has been try.
I. tog to track down the sources of arms
r shipments and to determine the a-
r" mount of war supplies sent to the far
P dost. Shipments also have been made
tv. to South America.
Agenee Economique Et Financier
said the $8,000,000 Japanese contract
was secured by the Hotchkiss Arma-
f 'Went Works. The latest report of the
company to stockholders, the agency
; Mid, revealed imprtant war orders for
h delivery early last year and predicted
- new orders, especially for hea^y artil-
icry, in the near future.
Hu Paul Faure, member of the Cham-
| ber of Deputies, showed the chamber
B fihotostatic copies of orders for arms
and munitions which included “1,000
Ha kilograms of powder for Mauser rifle
cartridges, destination Mauser factory,
E; X<eipsig. Order Japan No. 6307.”
K ... Fauer hinted that the Skoda Arma-
g ment Works in Czechoslovakia served
L as the intermediary between the
■French Schneider Company and re-
ceivers of war materials.
The nationalist newspaper Petit
^R^jBleu said that Skoda shipped 1,700 cas-
fip’.es Of .munitions from Hamburg des-
tined for the far east. L'lnformation,
'financin! newspaper, pointed out that
Htench eXporls increased to Japan
during 1932 while they declined to
nearly all other countries.
■ "Japanese military events of 'last
k'spring explain this increase”, L’lnfor-
Kmatlon said.
While gross French exports dropped
B S3 per cent during the first nine
P months of 1982 compared with the
Hji. corresponding period for 1931, exports
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The Eastern Star is entertaining
with a delightful musical comedy Fri-
day evening at 8 o'clock at the school I
auditorium with Miss Mildred Archer
as director. This is a spicy three act
presentation entitled "Oh Doctor” and
will bring the house down with laugh-
ter. Old Man Depression wil laugh,
live and love with the DOctor.
The c.-^st Will ^ncllfde Aubrey1
Greenwotoi as the colored maid; Frank
Purvis as Gerrill, the refriied crook I signals did not state the cause. It was
of New^York; Clyde Prestwood as
Mortimer Eddens who has worked for
years trying to perfect his Nervo Med- !
icine; Ethel Doan, socially ambitious I
wife; Doryce Coe as Patricio, the love-
ly heroine; John Martin, the hero in |
love with Patricia; Frank Bolton as |
Fenton, the social lion from New |
Yofk; Margaret Johnson as Kitty,
small daughter of Eddens; Ruth Kidd
qs Penelope, the country cousin of
Patricia; Lacy Dxrby as iohnson Hew
litt, the hick admirer of Penelope;
Osborne Johnson as the "Old Cullud”,
father in-law of Nessa
Guess as the detective.
Hear John Martin and Doryce Coe
sing "Sweethearts Forever”, Lacy
Darby sing "Goofus” and Osborne
Johnso* and Aubrey Greenwood sing
"somebody’s Watch!
There will be pep
attractive costumes and two entertain-
ing between act featuree. Utile Jane
Lou Short and France* Fabian will
present the Military Dance and May
Mpore and Margaret Johnson will pre
sent tb* Spanish Dance.
Everyone i* urged to avoid the Jinx
on the Thirteenth and come to this
delightful show.
Austin, Jan. 12 (INS) -r- Mi old-
fashioned welcome is being arranged
here for such of the 500,000 Texans
who voted for Mrs. Miriam A. Fergu-
son as wish to attend her inaugural-
bail. ,
Fiddlers and "lioe downs” will mark
the opening of the festivities, which
will be held at the huge Gregory gym-
nasium at the University of Texas.
There wil be a maximum of fun and
a minimum of handshaking, accord-
ing to present plans.
Cowboy fiddlers from Bandera will
•play old-time tunes during the early
part of the ev6Aiug, and their music
will be wafted to all parts pf t. he
great" hall by loudspeakers.
From 7:30 to 8:30 will be staged an
old-time square dance with the dancers
especially imported from Bastrop
county, and, according to Dean T. U.
Taylor, chairman of the university di-
vision. "these dancers came from hog
eye and were danced in the days of
the republic in Bastrop county.”
The official reception for the gover-
nor and her party, during which every-
body who oan get into the line will
shake hands with t|ie governor elect
.and her major-domo, lyiaband Jijn
will last only one hour, other recep-
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14 Year Old Boy
Tells Experience
Newark. N. J., Jan. U (UP) - David
Kraft, 14 years sat up in bed today
and entertained his high school chum*
with his tales of six days in a chain
t' '
David ran away from home Christ-
mas day and hitch hiked to Green-
Yill*. 8. C„ where be wa* *"**•< Ifdebt *ltua*tion which the new legiZ'
on a charge of vagrancy. He Mid h* “ _ . .
was fined $10 and lit lieu of payment.
wa* sent to the chain gang for 80
day*.
Chain* were forged to hi* ankle*
and he wit* beaten by guard* when
he fainted from exhaustion while
working on th* road*, he said. After
ing trip He usee spectacle, equipped dfcyg h, had B trusty mail a letter
1Y AFTERNOON EXCEPT BUNDAY DI NAVASOTA, IN THE HEART OF THE BRAZOB VALLEY
Carmine, Texas, Jan. 12 (UP) —
Authorities at LaGrange prepared to-
day to file a charge of robbery with
firearms aga/hst a man who said he
Svaa E. Campbell, Atka, Okla., and
who was arrested outside the Carmine
State bank yesterday after an official
shot and killed an intruder who hs.dJ tlon*. having been arranged at local
taken $1,224.
The man arrested said the one slain
was “Snyder, from Oklahoma”, bul
that he did not know the man's Chris-
tian name or Oklahoma address.
W. A,. Fleuckahn, assistant cashier
of th* bank, seised th* robber's pistol
with on* hand and drew hl* own with
the other when the robber's attention
was distracted during the holdup.
Plueckahn then shot the man twice
in the back of the head. He will re-
ceive a $5,000 reward from the Texas
State Banker* Association. ’
More Books Read
During Depression
Wlchlt* Falls, Jan. 12 (INS) — Peo-
ple are reading more during the de- 1
prsaion than ever before, Thl* fact
wa* reflected in th* annual report '
of the Kamp Public Library here. .
The library reported an increase of ,
13 per cent in the number of book*
r**d- „ ’
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y Examiner
DEBT SITUATION
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project that will be of lasting bene
He made fine comment on the
and manner in which
Austin, Jan. 12
Morse of Houston,
house bill today, proposing legaliza-
tion of miniature pool tables, now |
banned in .some communities and per-1
mitted in others. Twenty<nine bills
were in the hopper as Speaker Steven,
son announced he was ready for busi-
ness. Among them were: proposal to
license automobile drivers; to ' let
counties keep the first fifty thousand
[dollar motor license fees and half a
| bove that, with the state; to examine
| and license motor and airplane mech-
I anics.
Senator Murphy, of Gainesvile. pro-
posed the abolishment of the depart-
ment of reclamation engineer. He de-
scribed the forty thousand spent an-
nually as a waste. This move was a
continuation of the economy steps
started yesterday when the senators'
salaries were cut.
The senate unanimously adopted
Woodul’s emergency measure for fill-
ing congressiona Ivacancies before the J
term begins.
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Pick Up Distress
Calls From Ships!
Frt Warth, <1NS) ~»Mor.
atudewts are studying religious *duca-
tidn and alliad subject* than ever be
for*, • .
Thl* fact was brought out at the
annual mid winter churfb 1
tion at Brite College of the
as Christian University.
Japan. China and Asiatic Russia
are rapfllly picking up western civili-
zation, Dr. Alexander Faul, Oriental
secretary of the United Christian Mis
sionary Society, Indianapolis, Ind.,
said.
Young people should ba glven great-
ter prominence to church work, speak-
er* at th* conference asserted.
HOUSTONWffiW AN
IS SPEAKER ON
D.A.R. PROGRAM
/ I
The Robert Raines Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revolution I
will meet Saturday afternoon at 3:00 •
o’clock at the home of Mrs. J. Wallace j
Broslg with Mrs. Brosig and Miss !
Alysse Sangster as hostesses. This is ;
the first meeting of the year and every
member is urged to attend.
A special program has been arrang-
ed for this occasion by Mrs. W. S.
Baker the subject being "D.A.R.
Schools." Mrs. Arinond Kalner of the
Alexander Love Chapter of Houston
and national "Vice-,chairman of Ameri-
canism, will be the speaker of the af-
ternoon. With Mrs. Kalner will be
two other Houston guests, Mrs. Lula
Connelly, regent of the Alexander
Love Chapter and Mrs. O. B. Darby.
The program for the afternoon will
be as follows: ’
Pledge to the Flag
America.
Vocal Solo — Mrs. Robert Foster
accompanied by Miss Katherine Sang-
ster. • ,
“D.A.R. Schools" by Mrs. Armond
Kainer who will be introduced by Mrs.
J. W. Terry, regent.
Tea will be served by the hostesses
following the program.
THE WEATHER
is being done ' throughout
Mr Merriam stated that fpr
j the four months, November. Decern
■ ber, January and February, the coun-
I ty has received a loan of $18,000. This
money is being divided among the
sub-commitfees in each community ov-
er the epunty and the committees
look after its distribution According *
to Mr. Merriam, work is being done
in cleaning up cemeteries, school yards"
and roads in the different communi-
ties and the workers are paid by the
hour. In Navasota the needy who
asked for help are given work on the
park project or at the woodpile Each
case is investigated before they are
aided. Mr. Merriam commented on the
Splendid work being done by the com
mittees and made special mention of
the fine work of Rev W. N Purcel!
and H N. Sandall, stating that these
men have been in close contact with
the needy cases and know what the
relief work really is and the good that
the R. F. C loan is doing
Rev \V N. Purcell urged that citi-
zens of' Navasota send the needy to
the Missouri Pacific depot where work •
will be given them. As he said there
are many who will not wot k but ac ,
I voiding to the Bible, man must earn
I his living by the sweat of the brow
Those who will’ not work .do not *Lu- ’
Manju of'the N. Y. K. line, and the 1 1"t ancl then'f<’1 •’ ht' *i’lr
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