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NUMBER 29
VOL. XLIX
(EIGHT PAGES)
GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1939
EARTHQUAKE DEMOLISHES CITY OF 40.000
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WHALEY MILL ELECTS OFFICERS HERE
Salazar
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new critical phase.
States ambassador on April 6. a
the bill but believed the house com- few days after Germany’s absorp-
Workers and their erstwhile chief.
from Barcelona, as
Wilma, under cross-examination.
new
an
at Cerbere
nounced 60,000 men of the class of
batteries fired two warning rounds
year.
office
Miss Perkins said she wanted
nounced appointment of W.
Florida Canners
eign Minister Joseph Beck, a trip
slain parents were discovered some
Cattle Raisers Association.
Jackson
judge, O'Daniel said.
agreement,
The note made the following spe-
of ,the
Bv L. C. SLOAN
by
tration drive to increase the relief
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freight rates and juice yields.
On Right-of-Way
C. O'Mahoney of Wyoming a mes-
without
requiring . a
(AP).-—Trouble over a drink of
a previous
the senate to
trade agreements
Miss Addie Belle Long of Paris;
Cox. Sherman.
The resolution was submitted in Adams (D.-Colo.), floor manager
The Weather
prehension over possibility of ne-
and then pulled a pistol when ‘Jie
seat. Phillips and his fiance and
(Continued cm Page Eight)
Homer Martin
is Battling for
Union Control
Anti-New Deal
Senators Fight
Relief Iurease
Otters No
Defense
Death Penalties
Of Two Affirmed
O’Daniel’s Press
Conferences Sliced
Says Liquor Cause
Of 1932 Slaying
Tax Commission Choice
Declared to Be Resident
an-
c.
home of some of his relatives the
» day after the bodies were discOv-
Barcelona were gathered to board
the United States cruiser Omaha.
The cruiser’s anti-aircraft guns
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UP).—
The United States accused Ger-
many of "well-known discrimina-
tions’’ against American citizens
Smith, chairman of the State Board
of Insurance Commissioners, was
for a six-year term. It was one of
the major ones of the new admin-
istration.
ized Salazar by
told the jurors.
DALLAS, Jan. 25 (AP).— Henry
D. Mouzon, 62, insurance man, who
Polish cooperation in Adolf Hit-
(Continued on Page Eight)
Alleged Against
American Citizens
U. S. senate.
Senator Q’Mahoney messaged he
had introduced a resolution asking
Growers’ association here today.
Roger Gillis, Del Rio ranchman
and new deal critic, was to speak
on "Reciprocal Trade Agreements
as Viewed by a Wool Grower.”
Leaders of the association yes-
terday attacked reciprocal treaties
planes which circled over the bor-
der.
would be facilitated by extension
of the most-favored nation treat-
ment to American creditors.
tion of Austria.
The latest note said the United
States "cannot accept" Germany’s
legal interpretation that no obliga-
record as favoring ratification of
trade agreements, said the asso-
ciation’s secretary, F. R. Marshall
of Salt Lake City. This, if success-
ful, might lead to a favorable vote
on a bill by Senator Patrick A.
McCarran of Nevada which speci-
fies the senate must ratify all
trade treaties, Marshall said.
Marshall told the convention ap-
- location would be approved by a
'.margin of a half-dozen votes.
Figures Conflict
Spokesman for both sides used
sharply-conflicting figures in~an
effort to line up support. Senator
McKellar (D.-Tenn.), leading the
administration's fight, contended
WPA rolls would be cut from 3,-
000,000 persons at present to 1,-
the auto union.
Scoring the decision of the two
Lewis lieutenants, Martin asserted
36 hours after the tragedy.
Sister Recognizes Man
Ten-vear-old Imogene said she
recognized Salazar when he pulled
Wilma out of the door of their bed-
room. When they left’ she got in
bed with Faye, who was crying.
Salazar came back and tried to
stop Faye’s crying, Imogene testi-
fied.
"I asked to see my mother and
he told me to shut up and pushed
my head over. After that I don’t
remember anything.”
• the house for his hat, gun and her
clothes.
today, after which the body will
be taken to San Antonio for cre-
mation.
A day or two later, the ashes,
in accordance with his wishes, will
be strewn along the right-of-way
between Dallas and Galveston.
Girl Dragged to Garage
She testified Salazar dragged
Jackson of Fort Stockton as judge
of the 112th judicial district in
capital since October 28, 1937.
Insurgent dispatches reported
complete occupancy of Barcelona
was only a matter of hours.
The Italian government, which
1 Charges Against
Miss Perkins to
Be Investigated
President ’Pedro Aguirre Cerda
and several cabinet members de-
effort to get through to Talca.
The first temblor rocked Santi-
ago for one-half minute at 11:35
p. m. and sent screaming children
and women from heir homes into
the greets. No damage was done
here, however.
Shocks also were felt at Valpa-
raiso. A church spire there was
damaged and minor surface cracks
appeared in some buildings.
Valparaiso, 60 miles northwest
of Santiago, was the northernmost
point to report damage but the
shocks extended from there east-
ward 75 miles across the country
and into the Andean provinces of
Argentina, Sani Juan and Mendoza
ergetically today to reinforce their -o-: „ :2 . ,
• •. - cases in the manner indicated
lines against a powerful adminis- that decision.”
an attempt to place the senate on for the relief measure, reiterated
his prediction the $725,000,000 al-
contracted by the former Austrian
government, and declined the offer
e
A short time later, the senate
confirmed O’Daniel’s selection of
Labor Secretary to Be
Given Opportunity to
Reply to Her Critic*
I --i—
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (AP).
Impeachment charges against Sec-
senate floor. Hill
barged Haile was a resident of
ingman. Kansas, O’Daniel’s for-
the Valparaiso navy station elec-
tric power was off at Concepcion
and that fire was noticed.
Two brief amateur messages got
through from Talca. One said the
Miriam A. Ferguson. | tion exists for it to assume debts
The appointment; which makes
jutant general. The new governor
meanwhile, sent. up another ap-
pointment, that of Truitt Smith,
of Tahoka to be life insurance com-
missioner.
weekly group conference on Tues-
day morning, bu O’Daniel said in-
dividual correspondents might
have access to him for questions cn
any day.
The change was due, he said, "to
the fact news from this office is
falling off and I have so much
work to do.
Parker, former chief of police at
Coats, N. C., said he and Amey ex-
changed words after the latter had
demanded a drink of whisky. Par-
ker testified he tried to avoid
Amey by cnanging cars and driv-
ing through side streets.
He said Arney encountered him.
however, and fired at him where-
upon Parker returned the fire, hi
testified, in self-defense.
denunciation of the United States’
reciprocal trade policy at the con-
vention of the National Wool
(By The Associated Press)
Generalissimo Franco’s troops
Salary of position is $6,000 a between .debtor and creditors
rather than between the govern-
g:
cussion in the house.
The resolution by Rep. R. Lee
Brown of Nacogdoches, said “we
earnestly and strongly condemn
such practice as both contrary to
and in violation of both the letter
and spirit of the law.
O’Daniel’s general transactions
tax proposal which I had been with-
out a legislative sponsor for nearly
a week finally was introduced by
Rep. Albert Petsch of Fredericks-
burg. Petsch said he did not favor
• «T
. e A
I Attack on 0‛ Daniel
mittee should consider it along
with his 214 per cent sales tax.
Smith will succeed R. L. Daniel,
an appointee of former Governor
who swore last night in a dramatic
court room scene that it was en
accidental shot from his pistol that
killed Harry T. Phillips, 23, scion
of a prominent Galveston family.
County Attorney Charles H.
Theobold said the state will de-
mand in its argument that the
jury sentence Lera, son of Italian
immigrants, to the electric chair
for the killing. The state claims
Lera killed Phillips in a cafe on
Christmas morning because Phil-
lips sat down in Lera’s chair.
A gambling house employe since
he left the federal penitentiary
after completing a sentence on a
narcotics charge, Lera last night
testified:
“I had no intention to shoet Mr.
Phillips. Nobody can be sorrier
than I. I had no reason to shoot
him. I had never seen him before.”
State Testimony
State police yesterday testified
Lera struck Phillips in the mouth
came to Texas in 1
gaged in the cattle bi
ment pledged the same treatment about $7.50 per ton. The Texas in-
to all holders and made no distinc-1 dustry had agreed to raise its
a blood
you,’ and I recogni
his voice,” the girl
gotiating a trade agreement with 050,000 on June 30 if the $725,-
5 000,000 allocation was approved.
Senator Byrnes (D.-S. C.) said his
.t ’ -
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dent nurse. < whisky led to the slaying of Laurie
Lera contended his companion,) Amey in 1932, Lester Parker, ac-
Mike Calandra, struck Phillips, cused of the slaying, told a jury
Lera said he drew his pistol, which here yesterday.
has never been found by police, I — •
“to shoot in the air and break up
the scuffle.”
mas.” +t
He said he had been employed at
a gambling house but asserted that
he did not know whether Sam
nd Rosario Maceo owned the es-
tablishment. The Maceos formerly
operated exclusive night clubs in
Fhe defense rested immediately
te the state’s attorney com-
.pleted testimony;
told him “not' to bother me, a
were treaties
Fred Honea, second from right on the rear row in the picture abov e was elected president and general manager of the W haley Mill & Ele-
vator company of Gainesville, at the annual stockholders' meeting he) d in this city Tuesday. Other stockholders and officers in the picture
are, seated, left to right: E. G. Ralls, Fort Worth, reelected vice president; L. Goldman, Los Angeles, Caliti W. E. Murphy, attorney for the
company; W. T. Bonner, newly elected vice president; and Jack Underwood, Ardmore, Okla., director; top row, left to right, W-Blandress,
Dallas; William H. Rue. reelected secretary-treasurer; Mr. Honea, and Marvin Ralls, Fort Worth. (Register Staff Photo.)
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Death Penalty to Be Asked for Man
Charged With Galveston Slaying
W. Lee O’Daniel’s appoint- T- ~ - — A
ments broke out afresh in the 1 5d 4 a
senate today with Ulster M. “ • - 4 " • • •
Haile, tax commissioner- des-
mnate the target "of Senator
Joe Hill of Henderson.
is a
cific points:
1: "The government
ed
The 32-cent price amounts to
recently. " , -
He added a home in Kingman,
Kansas, owned by his father, dead
22 years, had since been used from
time to time by all members of
the family when there. Hill had
charged a broadcast in behalf of
O’Daniel’s candidacy last July had
originated from Kingman from the
home of Elster M. Haile.
Elaborating on his Texas life,
Haile said he went to Hereford in
(Continued on Page Eight)
retary Perkins headed today to-
ward1* a prompt investigation by
the house judiciary commitlee.
Members said there was scarce-
From the
Of Kingman, Kansas
AUSTIN, Jan. 25 (AP). — A oqyygar in
TInrnar ever certain of Gov. -A•“ U~UV 111
Oklahoma: Fair tonight and
, Thursday; colder Thursday.
East Texas; Considerable cloudi-
ness tonight and Thursday, prob-
ably light rain on the lower coast
and in southwest portion Thurs-
On the other hand, Senator
------ today carried the red-and-gold
DETROIT. Jan. 25 (AP).* —Ri- banner of the Spanish insurgents
vat unionism in the automobile in- into Barcelona, Spain's largest
— dustry or a voluntary oblivion for city, as the civil war which has
> her to the garage 200 yards from Homer Martin as a labor leader kept an Europe uneasy entered a
1 the house, where her wrists and loomed today as possible destinies ‘----- --in nhcea
ankles were bound. He returned to for the CIO-United Automobile
Galveston and Sam Maceo is
two exchanged words over a cafe j scheduled to face trial in New
sa.ge saying he was seeking a
declaration on such treaties by the
Tepor
3 2-0 b"bee
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to the German Minister of Foreign
Affairs in Berlin Jan. 20 by Charge
d'Affaires Prentiss B. Gilbert.
Note To Gilbert
Simultaneously, it was announced
that on January 3, Germany de-
livered a note to Gilbert proposing
to negotiate the Austrian debt sit-
uation with a view to scaling down
interest rates.
The first note regarding the
Austrian debt was delivered to the
—---- died last night of pneumonia, will
DALLAS, Jan. 25 (AP).—The be buried at McKinney tomorrow,
ashes of Frank G. Pettibone will He was branch manager of the
be sprinkled along the right-of- Texas Prudential Insurance com-
000.600m 8725,000,000 to 5875, Blood Test Not a
Members of both groups button- Mp+. ATA-ncg;+.
holed colleagues in the cloak-. -vIoI IUdI -\CCC>ll}
i rooms. The administration forces
| were aided by Joseph B. Keenan,;
computations showed there would
be 2,000,000 on the rolls at the end
of June.
Senator r Taft (R.-Ohio) who
worked out an independent esti-
(Continued on Page Eight) ,
French intervention in behalf of
Barcelona would give Italy “liberty
I of action.” .
apg ,, Es,.n ■ara^o oa Lewis neutenants, Martin asserted V illage Is Bombed
in the home when the bodies of the he cared no further for the CIO’s L On the northeast Spanish coast,
in the home u hen the bodies of the ;“gOod graces," with the result that insurgent warplanes bombed the
previous speculation was renewed village of Caldetas where more
whether the former minister would than 30 American refugees from i
- counsel rested its case with-
out use of a single witness to-
day as the Mexican farm
• hand's trial on charges of
slaying a Miles county farm
ouple, hurried toward jury-
. deliberation.
a member, for postponing action
, in the case. The committee re-
. ceived testimony that Bridges was
Members Both Groups
Buttonhole Colleagues
In the Cloak Room
Judge John Sutton prepared the
brief charge, instructing the jury
on questions or murder with mal-
ice, murder without malice and
• circumstantial evidence.
Arguments were expected to be
completed in the, case and in the
a, jury room before nightfall.
The farm hand, accused of kill-
ing Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kennedy,
bludgeoning two of their children
with an ax, and abdueting Wima,
” 16 year old daughter, in his flight
to Austin, sat motionless.
Salazar looked straight at 16-
year-old Wilma Kennedy yesterday
as she testified that she heard a
shot fired, then her mother’s' calls,:
after the family had retired on the!
night of the slaying. As she ran to!
her mother’s room..she was seized
by someone with a gun in his hand. j
“He said ‘shut up. or I’ll kill
. AUSTIN, Jan. 25 (UP).—COun-
. assistant to the attorney general, ty clerks may accept the certifi-
and received from Senator Joseph who often has been regarded as a cate -of a reputable and licensed
White House “contact man” on physician.
Capitol Hill. । blood test, as evidence of suita-
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, bility of men for marriage, Attor-
tl.e Democratic leader, said he was ney General Gerald, C. Mann ruled
"very hopeful” $875,000,000 would today,
be voted. Another administration The decision upsets
declare reciprocal senator said a poll showed a mar- department ruling that
gin of two votes for that sum, test was requisite to issuance of
which, under the constitution, can which President Roosevelt recom- a marriage license.
mended. I -------------------
SAN AUGUSTINE, Jan. 25
were stripped for action when the
attack can-e on the village which
has been the seat of American ad
other foreign embassies since In-;war
A resolution condemning the
board of control’s practice of con-
sidering financial standing of
relatives in determining whether a manv, was made public by the
person is eligible for old age as- state department. It was delivered
sistance, was adopted without dis- * —
Smith will assume the
Ferruary 10.
Governor O’Daniel also
day; slightly warmer in south por-
tion Thursday. Moderate variable
winds on the coast.
West Texas: Fair tonight and
Thursday; colder in the panhandle
Thursday. I L___, «
Frank Salazar’s
AUSTIN, Jan. 25 (AP). — The
state’s highest criminal court to-
day agreed with trial courts that
James C. Miles, Dallas negro, must
die for conviction of raping a white
woman and Jesus Herrera, Wilson
county, must face similar penalty
on charges of strangling an 11-
year-old Lavernia school girl.'
DENTIST PAYS
PITTSBURGH.—Dr. Frank Hood
is convinced there's a crook in the
county jail. The dentist treated
nine patients in the jail yesterday.
Later he discovered $4 was missing
from his pocket. His patients,
questioned, said they knew nothing
about it
a son, H. D. Mouzon. Jr., Fort be effective only when ratified by
Worth, and a daughter, Mrs. Geo. a two-thirds senate vote.
Germany’s foreign minister, Joa- an “immediate hearing” so that
chim von Ribbentrop, left Berlin she could give “the true facts"
for Warsaw to visit Polish For- j about the Bridges case.
eign Minister Joseph Beck, a trip! She has been criticized by the
on which he was expected to seek Dies committee on un-American
" — activities, of which Thomas was
Harry Knox of Brownwood as ad- tthdtysinttamerm V
try to lead his UAW adherents into ’
a separate union—independent or
under the American Federation of
Labor.
Martin kept his plans to him-
self, but made plain he intended
to fight the CIO heads, meanwhile
waiting to learn the "attitude" of
the whole CIO. If it is against him,
he said, he will “resign immediate-
ly."
CIO Vice Presidents Hillman
and Murray, presumably rep-
resenting the opinions of Lewis,
turned over the CIO’s “complete
tion on the basis of nationality. ItI price for the cannery’ grapefruit
is believed that the full weight of from $3.50 to $5.25 per ton to
(Continued on Page Eight) bring it more in line with the Flor-
■ ida price. The $2.25 difference was
allowed because of differentials in -
has backed Franco openly, an-
By Tremor
--
First Reports Indicate
"At Least 2,000 Killed A "
In the Stricken Area
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SANTIAGO, Chile, Jan. 25
(AP).—An army plane sur-
veying the scene of a disas-
trous Chilean earthquake to-
day flew over Chilian, 220
miles south of Santiago, and
reported finding the city of
40,000 inhabitants completely
destroyed. I *
Kennedy family part of the time him recognition as UAW president,
he was employed there. Her Martin stuck to his guns for
mother tore up a note she received open battle with John L. Lewis and
from Salazar on one occasion and co-leaders of the Congress of In-
f’ - t"e
A
. _____________ included the city of Talca with a
rieThenntgngnaothetwni tnnst5otpopulatiqnlot Hepoland coneep-
=“^2 rau'W? “mhe radi"operator .nSi^u.
erty of American citizens in Ger- a '.cose by Concepcion, advised-
HOUSTON, Jan. 25 (AP). —
Frank Nash Bullock, 82, retired
capitalist and oil man, died at his
home here early today.
Born in Greenville, Mass., he
By HOBART C.' MONTEE ________
United Press Staff Correspondent parted for the quake area on a
. — | special train with 40 physicians,
70 nurses and medical supplies.
Voluntary Oblivion
For Him or Rival
Unions in Prospect
way of the Gulf, Colorado A pany of Galveston.
- Santa Fe. the railroad he served Mouzon, a brother of the late
for 35 years. I Bishop E. D. Mouzon of the Meth-
The former vice president of the odist Episcopal church, South, is
road, who was 77. died Sunday, survived by his widow, the former
“ Funeral services will be held here
German government by the United Rafael, twelve miles north, in an
temblor was violent, that three
were killed and 20 seriously in-
jured. The second said several
were killed and that manv houses
collapsed.
. Seven were reported dead in the
area between Talca and Angol, to
the south. j - •
A special train started from San
AUSTIN. Jan. 25 (AP).—Gov.
W. Lee O’Daniel today discontin-
ued regular daily press conferences
with capital correspondents in a
group. ,
Hereafter there will be one
p G. W. Gambill. firearms identifi-
‛ cation expert, said a shell, alleged-
ly found in the Kennedy home, had ; support and recognition" to the
been fired from a shotgun which D. anti-Martin majority of the
F. Hicks, Miles' plumber, said he UAW’s executive board and to R.
Bombers Warned -
Just across the French frontier ID. Reilly, labor department solici-
French yanti-aircraft i tor, were guilty of “high crimes
JaLtezcdt...-----1.g_____13 and misdemeanors” in failing to
driving off four insurgent bombing dpor Harry Bridges, west coast
ment of the debtor country and the
government of the United States,”
the note said.
I The note also rejected Germany's
! contention that any arrangement
for payment on the old Austrian
succession to Judge Joe G. Mon-' bonds must be linked to an increase ------ ----------
Citrus Confab
for 41 rpeg—a. . - faith. Doth in the matter of its,
- --- - and Southwestern official declaration of having no .. T _
-------- 1 intention of discrimination against’ LAKELAND. F la • Jan. 25 (AP)
former county American creditors, and in the sin- Although Florida canners with-
-• cerity with which it has tried to drew from negotiations for a Flor-
Haile scoffed at Hill’s charge, reach a settlement. ’ ■ ida-Texas citrus agreement, the
asserting he had lived in Texas for, Five Specific Points
27 of the past 35 years, was an - - .
authorizsdelegate to the last
Democratic state convention in
Beaumont/and paid his poll tax in
Hereford but had not voted there
---- -------- ...s engagement
to Miss Winifred Woodier, a st-
________-- WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (AP).j As soon as the court acts, she
SAN ANGELO, Jan. 25 (AP). Anti-new deal senators worked en- 1 added, the labor department “will
Western ranchmen heard further leroetic,1,, aa, »n reinorc, their promptly proceed in all other
Australia or any other wool pro-
ducing country is an unsettling
factor in the business now.
President Roscoe Rich of Burley,
Idaho, termed reciprocal trade
agreements a divergent path from
the accepted avenue of American
principles.
Jury Expected to Get
Slaying Case Before
Nightfall Wednesday
SWEETWATER, Jan. 25
i Franco’s Insurgents
'Meet Resistance in
City ot Barcelona j
ner home city. Senator Clint
’mall of Amarillo countered with
arguments that Haile lives at
Hereford, Texas.
a new trial after being convicted ___
and sentenced to two years in r1 A., ’
prison. Lera said he shot his gun Hozston (ill Man
several times "to celebrate Christ- UVUSLUIi VII --d-
Dies at Age of 82
Reciprocal Trade
Policy Attacked
By New Deal Critic
-
O’Mahoney Declares He
Is Seeking Senate
Declaration on Pacts
an alien and a communist, and
contended he should be deported
because of “membership in an or-
ganization advocating the over-
throw of the United States gov-
ernment by force and violence.”
I Miss Perkins issued a statement
. yesterday that the Bridges case
and others similar to it had been
| held in abeyance pending a su-
preme court decision in the case of
Joseph Strecker. In the latter, she
said, the issue “is precisely wheth-
er an alien member of the com-
munist party is deportable."
state’s citrus commission moved
today for rigid enforcement of an
agreement reached by representa-
tives of the two states yesterday.
United States has not ceased to The commission pointed out that
protest against the principle im-1 any. effort to buy or sell grape-
plicitly proposed that the responsi- I fruit for less than 32 cents per box
bility of a debtor government for net to the grower would be deemed
its debts can be made by the j a violation of the law. The cOm-
debtor to depend on the balance mission, under a public welfare
of trade between the debtor coun- i measure, declared that all con-
try and the country of residence tracts which return less than 32
or citizenship of the bondholder, i cents to the growe were invalidat-
2. “The original loan obligation
contracted by the Austrian govern-
, By OLEN W. CLEMENTS another couple went over to the
GALVESTON, Jan. 25 (AP).— cafe to celebrate his ———
The prosecution today will ask the
death penalty for Leo Lera, 30,
to enter direct governmental nego-
tiations.
“(Indebtedness toward private cit-
I izens is a matter for negotiation
Tpn
p Appointees Breaks
0 Out Anew in Senate
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j rented to Salazar. J. H Arnett, j. Thomas, whom the board named
chemist from the State Depart- as acting president after suspend-
ment of Public Safety, said Imo-1 ing Mrtin.
gene's hair matched the hair taken j -----------------
from the butt of an ax at the Ken- 1 A A
nedy home.________ , Insurance Mail
To Sprinkle Ashes Dies in Dallas
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• “Mr. Phillips grabbed my arm
and the gun went off,” he said.
Lera said he went to the cafe
with Calandra and Miss Jen Ben-
nett in an automobile that he-
longed to Oscar “Dutch” Voigt,
who was tried in Houston for op-
erating a gambling house and won
Streams of refugees poured ly any doubt the committee would
did the look into the charges — perhaps
seeking this week—and give Miss Perkins
refuges in the shrinking gov- an opportunity to reply to them in
tent territory below the person.
Rep. Thomas (R.-N. J.) offered
an impeachment resolution yester-
day which contended the secre-
tary, Immigration Commissioner
James H. Houghteling, and Gerard
Unconiirmed Reports
First reports indicated at least
2,000 were dead in the area which
seemed hardest hit, 150 miles
South of the capital.
Soldiers sped to this area, which
_____ _ dustrial Organizations.
white girl, as I was not of his na- I A fight likely to make labor his-
tionality" tory, for which Martin accepted
Salazar also is accused of hav- what he interpreted as “a declara-
ingisiainMrs.Kennedviandbiudg- Men. aveoped withethe rungajest 1901 would be called to the colors
' eoning.Wima sitwo.sisters,.Imo terday by Vice Presidents Sidney for training and instruction, and
sneandFav. Wima said ! Hinman and Philip Murray infa-' repeated an old warning that any
dlICteC her and took her to Austin - .. .. ,-F. .. , •---ak :n+omuentiAn in heholf nf
where thev were found at the vor of the anti-Martin faction in
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surgent air raids made Barcelona
But even though swiftly advanc- unsafe 1
outlawed, in by.a crO gazesjngurgrnmenwmrsitzamngepe north _ -
------- — r-------------- verdict .holding him guilty oflup a dramatic last defense of the government’s ministries,
said Salazar had boarded with the flagrant misdeeds and refusing. vtal seaport and industrial city _____ -l-g — F— 2 ‘ '
*-------------- himnennomitinnssTAwn"eeident Which has been the government'emment territory below - „ -
* ---- 1 French frontier. Border reports
said the new government head-
quarters would be at Figueras, 15
miles below the frontier.
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Gainesville Weekly Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1939, newspaper, January 26, 1939; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1480982/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cooke County Library.