Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 238, Ed. 1 Monday, June 1, 1936 Page: 1 of 6
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SHERMAN’S BEAUTIFUL NEW COURTHOUSE
NAN SLUGGED
AND RELIEVED
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the statute. He won his freedom
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eight months’ arduous grappling
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WM. B. CULLEN, 60 VIRTUAL CIVIL
DIES SUDDENLY
WAR EIXSTS IN
IN HIS 0 F FIC E MANAGUA TODAY
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vot-
Lindsly's murderous escape
last 104 majority against the sale,
Mr. Cullen was a veteran em-
known
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in their
positions.
He is
survived by his wife, Mrs.
for these hand grenades.”
Margaret Cullen, and a number of
Mrs. John Dyatt, died of shock
children
and. grandchildren.
were ripping through the brush
took
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they secured the hacksaw with
so
atre of hostilities moved to safer
shout that hand grenades were
shortly after their incarceration.
Sheriff Luther
He was made a trusty home
Long
the
a two-vote margin against
later.
moment
sale of malt and
Dr. Weiss was the son-in-law of
udge whose position was
a state
threatened by a pending redistrict-
ing bill
but friends of the young
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The Weather
ment on
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Big
boat house and thudded into a narrow
Bloomfield
drifted over Ben Ficklin dam near vacant lot on the south side.
here late Sunday- Roy Stallings
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Haynes, in pioneer
days’ attire, । Si veils Bend will be parade mar-
will be in charge of the store.
shals.
Orange will officially
Efforts are being made to ob-
Hanna, Jr., confessed he shot down
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and killed his mother in the door-
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late last night. The son left his
jury made permanent J.
Th
evening at 6:90 o’clock
curios will be sold
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ran
Swift Progress On Centennial
Exhibit As Opening Draws Near
statehouse corridor and Dr. Carl
Weiss, young Baton Rouge phy-
sician was killed by bodyguards a
Wednesday from a prison farm.
A bullet into his heart from his,
ploye of
having
Swift progress was being made
Monday on Gainesville’s "Ye Pio-
neer Days” Centennial exhibit in
TRAGIC AIR CRASH
NARROWLY AVER!
CONVICT KILLS
SELF AS POSSE
PURSUES HIM
Hemming .
Burns City
nated to be 2,000,000.000
l and to constitute a i nk
reptile and mammal life.
McCollum said
struck several
Representative Ben R. Simpson of
Caddo pi irish. He declined to com-
the
Air
the
stop
company here for 20 years. He Was
prominent in fraternal circles, hav-
ing served as North Texas district
PITTSBURGH, June 1 (AP).—
County Detective Frank Ritz an-
are 1
year
betv
Thes
i their
Sunday
j
were
dis-
Flu-
(AP).—1
Springs.
them involving the new deal. To-
morrow the court starts a four-
months vacation.
Other decisions expected today
: LAWSUIT LASTS 14 YEARS
MARIETTA, Ga., (AP).—A 14-
year old legal battle was climaxed
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zales, those lost were:
Mrs. Gonzales.
PROMINENT LODGE MAN AND
VETERAN SANTA FE MAN
SUCUMBS TODAY
ported to The Register office, and
there was little doubt as to the
outcome of the balloting from that
moment on.
When the office was closed at
doctor sa id this did not seem to be
preying on his mind.
The proposal for an investiga-
tion was contained in a concur-
the injured man.
Money and articles said to have
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addition to the scores of homes
they said were struck.
Jack O'Neil, owner of the ranch
Moderate southerly winds on the
coast.
West Texas—Fair tonight and
ing between government defenders
and guardsmen forces.
night.
East Texas— Fair tonight; Tues-
New York State Law Fixing Minimum Salaries For
Women and Children Declared Unconstitutional;
Court To Conclude Eight Months’ Term Today
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Officers Seeking Tommie
Nowell and Alvin Davis,
. Charged With Crime
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from lower tribunals.
The New York law was chal-
lenged by Joseph Tipaldo, Brook-
lyn laundry manager indicted on
a charge of forgery in an alleged
KJEENMARY Wage Fixing LawIs ZIONCHECKIS
COMPLETES Invalidated By 5.4CHARGEDWITH
HER VOYAGE Vote In High Court BEING NSANE
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after several hours of questioning.
The boy lived with his parents
on a chicken farm 15 miles west
of Pittsburgh.
The mother, Mrs. Tresse Hanna,
daughter. e
Don Gates, 27, Denver, drowned
near Stratton, Colo J
To Dock Late This
Afternoon; Welcomed in
Behalf of Mayor
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Cooke County Refuses
To Legalize Beer And
Wine By 377 Majority
- Cooke county voters who went
to the polls in a special election
Saturday, had rolled up a majority
of 377 votes against the legalized
sale of vinous and malt liquors,
containing nit more than 14 per
cent alcohol, on the face of unof-
ficial returns Monday. These re-
Second Ward .
Third Ward .
Fourth Ward .
Fifth Ward ..
Dexter .......
Coesfield......
LATHER
and Vicinity — To-
spent looking for Mrs. Z’oHcheck.
She left the apartment Saturday.
Mrs. Young in Hospital
Taken By Officers To a
Hospital For Mental
Status Observation
AUSTIN FETE OPENS
AT UNIVERSITY
169
148
347
246
57
25
85
37
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father sleeping in the house, and
hitch-hiked to Pittsburgh to tell
his brother about the shooting.
Garnett sent him on his way
after a few questions and Zion-
check went to the police court
nearby and asked to see him im-
mediately. .
Quiet prevailed in, the Zioncheck
apartment after a weekend of-en-
counters with police.
His bride of 30 days is still
away, however, with no one mak-
ing public her exact whereabouts.
Lucius C. O. Lamar, Zioncheck’s
15 YEAR OLD BOY
ADMITS SLAYING
collided with another contain-
ithree members of the United
tes customs patrol, who were
irhing to El Paso after win-
g trophies at the Texas state
i matches at Laredo.
ack Moore, driver. suffered a
proceeded up Ambrose chan-
to quarantine. She was not
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his action.
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Grayson’s new county building at Sherman, dedicated in a two-day program May 29 and 90, is shown
here as It is floodlighted as a part of the city's street lighting system. Erected, equipped and furnished
at a total cost of $307,000, the Texas limestone building has 50,000 square feet of space. Three court roo8
have oak paneled walls and corridors are of Italian marble, from floor to ceiling. The structure repace
a stucco courthouse erected after fire in 1930 destroyed a building more than a half century old.
Hunts Missing Bride
District Attorney Leslie, Gar-
nett said ZiOncheck asked him to
indict some public officials who
when a
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> rare collection of fossil reptiles
heldeen sent to the University of
Ca tomia from the Karoo forma-
Uou in South Africa. The remains
GAINESVILLE
"Main Entrance”
TO
CENTENNIAL
EXPOSITION
1936
to dock until late this aft-
eroon. ~ r
• MacMillan, British i
PUBLISHER, IS DEAD
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Pet ।
2 Today noon, 88; low last night,
61; high, yesterday, 89; for year,
high, M; low', 8.
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WASHINGTON, June 1 (AP). । included a ruling on a water diver-
The supreme court, which has 1 sion dispute between Wyoming and
ward Agaarantdederot emomtmumcolorado and announcemnent as to
wages in the NRA and the Guffey whether the court will review more
coal act. invalidated a New York
state law for minimum wages to
women and children today on the
grounds it violated individual free-
dom of contract.
The decision split the court 5 to
4 with Chief Justice Hughes in
the minority.
policemen, who put Zioncheck intol The three-year old
the rear of the police car. denehta-
“Look out,” yelled Zioncheck,
Highly excited, the congress-
man grabbed a railing on the back
of the automobile seat. He clinched
| community circus was also being
erected Monday, and will be used
for rehearsals each night prior to
the opening of the engagement
Thursday.
GititteshiWe
14 Per Cent Liquors Are
Turned Down In Satur-
day Referendum
- with other planes circling about as
“ the Queen Mary slowed down to
take on the pilot at the entrance
SERIES OF FIVE VIOLENT,
DEATHS MARKED AGAINST
WILFRED LINDSLY, LIFER
Berlin Clea— Up For Olympics j materials at the Gregory gymna-
BERLIN (AP).—A “face wash- sium, which was converted into an
ing” of all municipal buildings in exhibition hall for the celebration.
Berlin has been ordered so the Other ceremonies, to broadcast,
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Karen Morley
hat, except when
to, ca the screen.
Louie • Craig, 34, of
drowned when a
FOSSIL SENT TO 1 . $.
KELEY, Calif. I APA
than 70 controversies appealed
same day Tom Fluitt and another
and Miss Billie
rescued.
Brownfield, Tex., business men
took their own census and found |
been completed late in
ernoon.
was well
and a number wounded in the
presidential mansion, several died
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surged through the nearby Gon-
zales bunkhouse and carried it
three miles downstream, stewing
the bodies along the way.
Other Persons Lost
REVOLUTIONARY ARMY IS
BESIEGING PALACE OF
PRESIDENT JUAN SACASA
The next day trusty guards
hunting for Lindsly killed Willy
, Wade. 18, when the deaf farm boy
failed to heed their commands to
: halt as he ran across a road. The
his teeth and pulled away at the
railing. As the three officers pried
his hands loose with considerable
Residents living near the the- difficulty, Zioncheck continued to
• 3,555 residents, compared with 1,- Tuesday; cooler in the panhandle
Mrs.. Benjamin S. Young—who 907 counted in the federal census । tonight and in north portion Tues-
'Continued On Page Six) of 1930. 1 day.
The sitting marked an end to on a writ of habeas corpus and
hr’ “ Ms the New York court of appeals
held the act unconstitutional.
Antonio Torres, chief of the force,
believes the films . will identify
leaders of mobs and lawless or-
ganizations. ’ ■
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deputy of the Knights of Colum-
bus lodge, and .— ----- ue pazce, put tne oppos
throughout the state in lodge af-1 remained eneamped today
fairs. positions.
the Santa Fe railroad,
been connected with the
the car. • i 205 ar- "a-P "
The only objects on the car’s just a year after the 1934 Me-
floor were a police lantern and a!morial day floods that took more
first aid kit.
turns were from the 35
ing precincts in the county.
GAINESVIIIe, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 1, 1936
LONDON, June 1 (AP)—Sir
Frederick MacMillan British pub-
lis. er, died today. He was 84 years
old’
Sir Frederick was chairman of
Ma Milian and Co.. Ltd, of Lon-
dch and a former president of
thi Publishers' Association of
Grrat Britain and Ireland.
Ii 1874 he married Georgiana
Warrin, of Newtown, L. I.. N. y,
. He was knighted in 1909.
while precinct No. 1 in which
Gainesville, Lindsay and Dye are
. located, gave a majority in favor
own gun was the youth’s “escape” of the legalized sale.
In addition to Garzie and Gon- yesterday from a posse that; First Returns
IS CLAIM
might know where his missing
bride could be found.
with intricate cases, several of
The 15 persons on board
Transcontinental and Western
Lines plane, nosing through
.night at the end of a non
morning and an investigation is
being made to determine where
diplomatic representatives to ap-
peal to both sides to cease the fir-
Lindsly was cornered in a ra-
some artillery going into action.
The . ficat-jlong-range i
failed. Unconfirmed reports said
four or five persons were killed
Under it, the minimum wage for
women laundry workers had been
fixed at |12.40 a week after an
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GRANADA, Colo,:June 1 (AP).
“Dust Bowl” residents began to-
day digging out of mud and deb-
ris deposited there by floods which
claimed seven lives and did wide-
spread damage to property)
With indications pointing to the
end of high water ? conditions in
sectiors of Colorado, Kansas and
Nebraska, crews continued their
search for the last body believed
buried in the sludge! -
Still missing was John Garzie,
65, a farm-hand, who lost his life
with three members of the Simon
Gonzales family near Springfield,
Colo.
’The fodrwere caught when high
waters of Butte creek suddenly
The shooting died down later
yesterday after the military failed
to dislodge the government from
the palace, but the opposing sides
escape after 3 o'clock
Davis and Nowell made
June 1
Detroit,
of the
Corpora-
attempt to conceal violation of
damage in Colorado, Kansas and Mrs. Himel to death as she bathed
Nebraska. , I in her home, and then killed Himel
They indicated the total loss with the captain’s own gun.
would be far less than a year ago,
but were kept busy checking re-
ports of damage to livestock, high-
ways, railroads and bridges, in
day partly cloudy, cooler in north-
west and north-central portions Valley View . —
j been found on the two men ar-
j rested at the Brownlow A
I Flowers filling station, was identi-
| fled by Magers as his personal
property. Charges of robbery by
j assault were later filed against
Davis and Nowell. both of whom
have been convicted in district
court here in the past, on felony
indictments.
ANGOLA, La., June 1 (AP).—
A series of five violent deaths, in-
cluding the climatic suicide of A
23-year-old life-termer, Wilfred
Lindsly, was marked up today to
m—-
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injurie; Paul Arpin. minor in-
juries, and J. B Deanda, San An-
tonio slight injuries.
(The car in which they were rid-
which they gained freedom
. ----- prison camp employe
on which Gonzales and Garzie wounded by the accidental
worked, reported he lost 700 sheep. ( charge of possemen's gun.
Four miles of (Santa Fe) rail- itt died yesterday,
road track were undermined and 1
150 men were busy restoring the I
bed.
to the channel. ,
Many small craft let go with
horns and whistles as an echo to
the Queen Mary's call for the pilot
—three blasts from its deep horn
The passengers aboard lined the
decks to wave greetings to the
welcoming craft, although they
, bad some hours before lost hope
of a new record.
DETROIT MAN IS
KILLED IN CRASH
right hand. He was
to San Antenio for treat-
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A concerted movement was re-
ported among Ufited States,
Mexican and Central American
„~form Hill Campbell of
Gainsville ahd Joe Dillard of
• . ..R - --------। servant to Prison Captain N. J.
than 100 lives and did $13,000,000 , Himel. Last Wednesday he slashed
Ehar es - Camp of the University
-uv-. tion.” 1
assaulti E+ With detectives on either side oF
him, Zioncheck was marched out
tof the government hospital and
headed toward the detectives’
automobile. - - ’ .
“I’m going in my car,” shouted
they will drive in the parade, are
A prairie schooner of the 1830's asked to notify Bill Blanton at
has been constructed for the ox, East Side Os mere, or A. Ray-
team to draw and is located on the mond Porter at his store on North
grounds. An Indian tepee has also Commerce street.
ben ereeted on the.square, to be [ The big top of the Gainesville
occupied by the tribe of Indians, - - - -
who arrived Monday and estab-
lished their homes in the living
quarters to the rear of the Fair
The vote: For legazed sale
2,165; against legal.zed sale, 2,542
The city of Gainesville voted a
while attempting to escape the close to him when • Lindsly
flood near Goodland, Kans. one last shot at his pursuers and
A. G. Baumgartner, drowned j then turned the gun on himself. .1
nearPritchett, Cold. . . । Lindsly had been sentenced for .
I; Officials delayed announcing es- murdering Stanley Couvinon in 19 P.m., 25 of the 35 precincts had
initimates of the damage created by Baton Rouge in 1931 because of a reported and the majority at that
■ the rampant waters, which struck quarrel over a girl । hour w4s 381 against legalized
4 -------—I A -en- H 6 ' 'sale.
Hundreds of persons viewed Joe Magers was _____
posting of returns, while hundreds times over the head with a soda
of others obtained results by tele- pop bottle and there was a large
phone from The Register office ( pool of blood on the ground at the
It was the second referendum scene of the attack. Magers re-
on beer and light wines this year, gained consciousness some time
in February, the county voted by after midnight and made his way,
-n t the In a dazed condition, to a filling
vinous liquors station on West California street
containing not more than four per , After his wounds had been washed,
cent alcohol. I he recalled having been robbed.
The returns by prtcincts: j Officers were notified and they
First ............. A<2658tisummoned.a physician to treat
which will also be on display.
. The pioneer days’ courthouse ,---- ---
42, was shot through the head square is nearing completion. One ■ park auditorium.
of the log buildings has been con-i Plans for the parade to be given
verted into an Indian Trading Post Thursda------ i" — *
where Indian and pioneer days’tare tale
---- - Mrs. E.
ficially opening the display of
Texas civic history.
Regent H. J. Lutcher Stark of
_ ‘ ‘ open the
display of Texas natural history
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, June 1
(AP)— A national guard attack on
Nicaragua's presidential palace
precipitated virtual civil war to-
day between revolutionary mili-
tary elements and the civilian gov-
ernment of President Juan B.
Sacasa.
Hostilities between armed forces
on Tiscapa Hill, site of the presi-
dent’s palace, and Campo de
Marte, guardsmen’s stronghold at
the foot of the hill, started yes-
terday with machine gun, rifle and
.‛s injunction restraining
the city from molesting trees to
front of his home.
In the Campo de Marte and a few
civilians Were killed by stray bul-
lets in the capital.
Manila Police Take Movies
MANILA (AP).—In additin to
clubs and guns, Manila police
Srmheduitmtee
SEVEN LIVES
IN DUST BOWL
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CREWS HUNT LAST BODY OF
VICTIMS as high Water
CONDITIONS IMPROVE
Zioncheck, breaking away from
one of the officers.
Grabbing the congressman more
firmly by his arms, the two detec-
tives were joined, by uniformed
First returns were received Sat-
urday night from the North and
South Myra boxes, followed closely
by the third ward in Gainesville.
Fifteen minutes after the election
was over, 10 precincts had re-
William B. Cullen, 60, yard clerk
for the anta Fe railroad, died
suddenly of a heart attack at his
desk in the yard office Monday
afternoon about 2:30 o’clock.
Mr. Cullen had been in ill
health for the past three years and
Mrs Cullen said he had com-
plained of not feeling well for sev-
eral days, but he had reported for
duty as usual Monday and • was
working at the time he was
stricken, dying within five min-
utes.
LOUISIANA SOLONS
MAY PROBEDEATH
BATON ROUGE, La.. June 1
Louisiana's legislature, once
bossed by Huey Long, considered
a resolution today for an investi-
gation of his violent death last
September 8.
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never wears al
she is required
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was fatally shot in a
EAGLE PASS Tex.,
(AP-)-Sam Fells, 43.
general sales manager
herbr ook Distributing
Johnston were
. Callisburg ...
Oklahoma Generally fair to-. N. Woodbine .
night and Tuesday; cooler Tues- S. Woodbine .
Finishing touches are being L-L ______ ___ • --
placed on other buildings, and the' tain a number of automobiles prior
exhibit of curios and relics of | to 1920 models for the parade,
early days will be moved in by (These who have such cart which
the opening day.
AUSTIN, June 1 (AP). — A
I salute to - six nations of which
Texas has been a part today will
: open the University of Texas* six
months celebration of the state’s
centennial of independence.
Spain,1 France. Mexico, The Re-
public of Texas, the Confederate
States and the United States will
be saluted, successively. Soon aft-
erward, Regent H H. Weinert of
Seguin will turn a large key in an
ancient lock to the library, of-
flight from New York, escaped
death and serious injury. All were
bruised and shaken. Six remained
in a hospital
The 12 passengers praised the
maneuvering of Pilot W. L. Smith
of Cranford, N. J., and the efforts
I of Stewardess Grace Davidson of
I Pittsburgh, who assisted some of
her stunned charges from the
cabin despite a painful cut on
the head and a wrenched neck.
sought him for the kilUng of aj
prison captain and the officer’s
Gonzales wife. -
way of. their garage because she
refused to permit him to use the
one of the exhibits has been placed ;
in a large pen in the northwest
corner of the grounds and work-
men were busy Monday making
pens for the tonghorn cattle and
the modem Hereford beef cattle
vine.
Bullets from possemen’s guns
attorney, said she was stay-ng
with friends.
Asked if the Congressman knew
Mrs. Zioncheck’s whereabouts, La-
mar said he was not sure that he
did.
The Washington representative
returned to his apartment last
night after what he said was a day
Dounced today 15-year-old John S. the Cooke county fair grounds on
Hanna Jr confessed he chnt doun West California street as the open-
ing day— Thursday—draws near.
The herd of bison which will be
NEW YORK, June 1 (AP). —
Completing her first voyage
ai row the Atiantic, the British
liner Queen Mary put into New
T irk harbor today—but she failed
to surpass the record crossing es-
yo2-bed by the Normandie last
The Queen Marv passed Am-
brse lightship at 6:55 a. m. (CSTt
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will be held later.
A feature of the opening will be
a noon luncheon at which Presi- .
dent H. Y. Benedict will be host
to representatives of official
boards connected with the exposi-
tion and the Texas Memorial Mu-
seum. 124 <
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Approximately 2,000,000 acres -
land in southeastern North Caro-
tinnamna"romegezepha.srowead
ailu Register
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tdi.
man Zioncheck to Garringer hos-
pital is requested for observation
of his mental status. The charge
is sworn to by E. T. Stump, sani-
tary officer of the District of Col-
umbia.'’
There was a notation on the
back: “This man has been driving
his automobile in a reckless man-
ner over the streets of District of.
Columbia, nd annoying citizens
and is believed to be of unsound
mind.”
Drives Down Sidewalk
His arrest climaxed a day of ex-
citement during which Zioncheck
drove down a busy sidewalk and
visited police court at 60 miles an
hour.
Naval hospital officials said
Zioncheck had reported voluntar-
ily to the institution a few minutes
before police arrived to arrest him.
Telling Naval hospital doctort
that they had orders to lodge the
representative in the Garringer
hospital, two burly detectives took
him by each arm.
“All I want," Zioncheck said, "is
to be given a thorough examinag
family car.
The alleged confession came
tion, was killed instantly last
night in an automobile collision
, 10 miles east of Eagle Pass on
the Carrizo Springs highway.
His wife suffered a fractured leg
f a an scalp wounds; Fran Arpin,
Da las, fractured leg and minor
-
The body was prepared for
anauharArFarFagefanizHLAaon
the aft-
were discovered
CHICAGO, June 1 (AP). — A
pilot's skill was credited today
with averting a tragic crash iwhen
a huge airliner, gliding down to
a forced landing, plunged into a
WASHINGTON, June 1 (AF)-
Representative Marion A. Zion-
check of Washington state, was
charged today in an order commit-
ting him to Garringer hospital,
with being of unsound mind. . ?
The charge was sworn to by E. I
T. Stump, sanitary officer of the
District of Columbia.
The commitment was presented
when Zioncheck was taken to the
Garringer hospital from the Navl
hospital.
During the morning, Zioncheck
had called twice at the White
House executive office to see the
president.
The commitment paper read:
“The commitment of Congress-
capital i may present a shining
countenance to Olympic games
visitors. The city hall, built of
dark red bricks, was the first to
be scrubbed.
MAN IS DROWNED
SAN ANGELO, Tex., June 1
resolution introduced by
An egg shaped like a gourd was
laid by a hen owned by Mrs. W.
H. Truitt of Whitney, Tex. ■
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Deceased Pioneers
Leave Great Line of
Relatives, In-Laws
Some days ago there was a
reunion in the family of the
late Mr. and Mrs. A. G. W.
Cox, at, which tine it was
developed these sturdy pio-
neers who located in the Bur-
ton community at Cooke
county in 1872, are survived
by 272 persons, including
their own children, grandchil-
dren. and in-laws who have
married into the family.
Dozens of persons were
present at the latest family
reunion, Lt being a delightful
occasion.
Abe Cox and wife were
widely known in Cooke coun-
ty. They died a number at
years ago. Mr. Cox was a
staunch Democrat and his
eons have followed in his foot-
steps politically.
places. The populace feared sack-
ing and looting, usual accompani-
ments to civil strife, but officials
said loyal guardsmen had well-dis-
ciplined control of the rest of the
capital.
The revolutionary movement
spread into the country, and re-
ports were received here that re-
bellious national guardsmen seized
control of Leon, western home
town of Sacasa.
Military elements attributed thi
uprising to popular dissatisfaction
with government plans for pro-
posed elections.
The liner arrived at quarantine
at 8:10 a. m (CBT), where the of-
ficial welcoming party in behalf
of Mayor Fiorello La Guardia
reached the vessel. The committee
Wes headed by Dr. Nicholas Mur-
ray Butler and Samuel Seabury.
• The British consul general, Sir
Gerald Campbell, also went down
the bay to the special cutter with
the welcomers to board the Queen
Mary.
| • Delay In Docking
The delay in docking was due
not only to the welcoming cere-
monies, but to the heavy load of
mail carried by the lner.
An official comparison of the
times of the Queen Mary and the
Normandie was not immediately
available
The comparison was further
complicated by the fact that the
Queen Mary's crossing was meas-
ured from Cherbough breakwater
to Ambrose, while the crossing of
th Normandie was measured from
Bishop's Rock light, at the en-
trance of the English channel, to
Ambrose, 193 nautical miles
- shorter.
At the office at the Cunard line,
it was • stated the Queen Mary
after leaving Cher bourg break-
waterjat 6:35 p m. (CBT), last
Wednesday, passed Bishop’s Rock
lght at 12:17 a. m. (CST) Thurs-
dy
On this basis. It took the Queen
Mary four days. 6 hours and 38
minutes from Bishop’s Rock to
Ambrose
The Normandie's record for the
same distance was four days, 3
hours, 13 minutes and 38 seconds.
First Welcome
The welcoming of the new liner
began as soon as she passed the
lightship. Three U S. army planes
in formation flew over the ship.
Rosston ..........
Freemound ......
Hood L...........
S. Muenster ......
N. Muenster .....
N. Myra ..........
S. Myra ........
Marysville .......
Tyler Bluff ......
Bulcher ..........
Sivells Bend .....
Warrens Bend . ...
Dye ..........
N- Lindsay .......
Mt. Springs ......
Olena j...........
South Lindsay, .t.
Hays J...........
/• i.
j Joe Magers, who operates a
| mercantile store, in the northeast
I part of Cooke county, was slugged
j and robbed of more than $30 in
I cash, and other articles, near the
big dam at Leonard Park, late
Saturday night. Loocal officers are
looking for Alvin Davis and
Tommie Noweli, Gainesville men.
against whom charges of robbery
by assault have been filed in dis-
i trict court, and who escaped from
the city jail early Sunday morn-
i ing after sawing a lock from a
i cell door, a bar from a window
and sliding to the ground on a
rope improvised from a blanket
Davis and Nowell and three
women companions. Mabel Idell,
22; Letha - Zimmerman, 18, and
Louvain Mauldin. 26, were taken
j into custody by City Policemen
Bailey and Fletcher, shortly after
midnight Sunday morning, after . 1
the officers were called to the
filling station of Brownlow &
Flowers, corner Grand Avenue and
East Broadway.
This filling station has been bur-
glarized on several occasions,
prompting the proprietors to an-
ticipate another burglary might
be attempted Saturday night. Two
men. armed with pistols, remained
in the station after it was closed
for the night, and a third kept
watch from a residence nearby. An
automobile containing two men
and three women drove to the sta-
tion. One man, later identified as
Davis, is alleged to have used a
steel "jimmy” to force the lock
from a soda water container and
। was removing soda water from
same when the men inside the fill-
ing station suddenly turned on all . 1
the lights and stepped outside
with guns leveled. The men were
ordered to raise their hands and 1 e
remain standing, but Davis lunged - e-
as if the grapple with the man 1
nearest him, then suddenly
changed his mind, as a third per- - j
son armed with a pistol appeared "5
on the scene.
Women Keham^ • p.o -j
Policeman Bailey and Fletcher
answered a summons to the fill-
ing-station. Davis and Nowell were
placed in the city jail, while the
three women were taken to the
county jail, pending an investiga-
tion. The women were released * 1
Monday, after making statements
to County Attorney William Culp. •
The flagstaff near the Red
River bridge, a sixty foot iron
shaft, has been cc:
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