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for some of the bonds, one of
‘$50,000. Both were allotted $10,000
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Bodies Delayed
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In Reynolds Case
Officers Renamed
Ry R u s Owners
Sterling Hopes.
New Plan Will
Cure Oil Evils
the
far-
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ABOUT
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and
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State Goes on
Deficiency Basis
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Affirms Indian
Death Sentence
Fritz Lanham is
Kiwanis Speaker
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FORT WORTH, June 17.—(P—
Closing their 1931 convention late
yesterday. Texas Motor Bus Own*
ers re-elected officers and selected
EVANSTON, II: — A gang-
ster picture was shown in staid
EVANSTON PB MM8 g -
GANGSTER PICTURES
Tariff Measure
Proving Lusty
Political Issue
15 States Eliminate Speed Eaws
And Many Others Increase Limit
f» In
Dairy
against Jimmie and Doyle
and Oliver Clapp, another of
quintet indicted here.
who is satd-to have been with Miss
Faithfull In a taxicab the day she
disappeared.
case St
amyng
book full of greenbacks peeped from
another section of his wallet. Den-
ton real estate while not 'booming'
cont’mues to change hands and some
of the realtors look for increased ac-
tivity during the summer and fall
months as more inquiries are being
received right now than for some
time.
Capone dynasty.
Back of the government's victory
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ilence
year
hain
the reformed sentence. Lamar must
serve from two to five yeers:
The five year liquor sentence of
District Dentists
' To Meet in City
son, Kerrville, and M,
Dallas. (
W. A. Edwards, a retired farmer,
R. A CDick Gatnes, newspaper man.
and Frank Clark, druggist, all of
Rockwall were in Denton Monday
to investigate a ranch proposition.
Qaines said. "While there may noth-
ing come of our trip. w* are inter-
ested in the ranch and may decide
to bring some Rockwall County
money up here for investment."
Oakland was reported to be consid-
erable. A few building were damag-
ed by the wind
Two Self-made
Widows Hanged
Mrs. Earhart Refuels
at Gainesville Port
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35.200,000.000, or in other words, the
total subscriptions were seven t’nes
the amount of the issue.
During the War, days and weeks
92 YEARS’OLD, ATTENDS
COMMENCEMENT ,
NEW HAVEN — Ninety-two-
years old, Rev. Dr. Charles W.
— Datdwin of Baltimore, Method-
1st, founder of Goucher College
is here for eommepcement fes-
tivit’es of Yale Alumnt. He seen
no reason why he should not re-
turn next June. , \
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wnam ftaaman baa
all underworld pictun
TlrstUhree weeks ot the six weew
‘ summer session and czuminsi cas
the last three
No cases came before the-ceunt
Wednesday morning but several > I
were slated for Thursday.
One civil case was disposed of
m-eye
Charl
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SEVERE EARTH
SHOCK IN JAPAN
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bition law violations. officials were
willing to tak privately, however,
cf some of the details of the case
against him.
Much of the pratse went to Unit-
ed States District Attorney Georg?
E. Q Jchnson, whose office was
the local brain center of the care-
fully mapped campaign. One offi-
cial , attributed the success of the
government's case to a masterpiece
of fitting together apparently in-
significant details
Heavy Rainfall
Near Malakoff
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Woman Is Held
the New York area to concentrate
on the brains'behind the prohibi-
munities, fell in this section
night.
Damaxge to crops and fruit
anxious to get all the bonds they
can handle During the depression
cash in banks has been mounting
steadily and reduced credit has been
extended.
Two Denton men made applica-
and centrat prdomis tonicht
and Thursday. Light to moder-
funds was stopped yesterday and th?
State wept on A deflicdency basis ’
Treasury officials estimatec the
state would be back on a paying ba-
sis by the end of June but no pre
diction was made as to how long tbe
state would be able to stay ?v
the red. Charley Lockh
treasurer, yesterday estimnted thr
demon would total between $1,500.
000 and $4,000,000 by S< pu mber I.
and that the state would be on di
ficlency until the bulk of the tax
money started pouring in next Jan
uary.
Calls for warrants will he issued
whenever there is sufficient money
in the treasury, officials said.' Re-
ceipts from the cigaret tax and
sundry receipt* will be used to pay
off warrants drawn on the general
revenues.
BASKETS AS VACATION
BABY CARRIAGES
WASHINGTON—Market bas-
kets as vacation baby carriages
are advis’d by the children's
bureau. F.xedap properly, they
are regarded as more comfort-
able than a mother's arms. The
bureau doesn't say this, but It
is a fact that Paulina Long-
worth had lots of toting by such
means.
Another realtor heard from, say-
ing. "Don’toget it in mind that the
'other' realtor is the only one to pick
BALDHEADED FARMER
HEADS CORNELL CREW
POUGHKEEPSIE N Y—A
baldheaded farmer hopes to lead
Cornell to victory in the Inter-
collegiate regatta next year. P.
J McManus, 30, who tills land
along the Hudson when not at
college, has been elected captain
of the crew.
*150.000 in jewelry.
Scooping up the jewels, the rob-
bers ran into fashionable Fifty-sec-
ond street and escaped
The men bound up two maids be-
fore going to ths bedroom occupied.
by Mrs Menken.
from him. No prescription is neces-
sary in New Jersey. The Faithfulls
formerly lived in West Orange
police continued search today for
Bruce Winston and Jack Green-
DENTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 17, 1931
Working to Put Al Capone and Gang Rehind Rars
ha
Lightning Kills
Woman at Abilene
-TQKYO, June 17——— A severe
earthquake hit Tokyo at 9:10 o'clock
tonight, causing tens of-thousands
of persons to run into the streets
and gardens.
The quake shook down household
ornaments but so far as could be
learned immediately there was no
serious damage.
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ivest'gators already having obtained the evidence, this group of men
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CLAIMS SHOT POLICEMAN IN
SELF-DEFENSE
ORANGE, June it—(P-1N. F.
Perkins, on trial here for the sec-
ond time in connectln with the
slaying last year of Will White, a
policeman testified today that n* :
shot in self-defense Arguments
were to start this afternoon.
College-trained and
tare the equally difficult
- public enemy of Chicago, and
and Thursday.
EAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy
ical thundershowers to north
had questioned a men known as
W. L. Russell in Midland county.
Jan. 25, 1931. was reformed and
affirmed. The reformed sentence I
was from two to 35 years, the ap-1
peals court holding the trial court
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xor some 0 me bonds, one of that prevatleif in the Jus
iappiyins tor soocoes the other Tensery depirtmehts over
—I duties will prove too
gt08n upon which duties
- The total tax valuations in 1930
amounted to $7,763,145, and the
Equalisation Board of this year has
reduced that amount, excepting some
unrendered property, to $7,632,810. or
a direrenee of near *140,000. The
hearings have not started, and. it
may be that the totals for this year
may be yet reduced some extent. The
City tax rate, in spite of lowered val-
uations. has been reduced 35 cents
making the rate for this year *1.75
in place of the *3, which has been
the rate for a few years.
do—overthrow the
. am* June 17.
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timated at 200 persons including
some 40 children whom their moth-
ers tucked ias’de to protect them
from the weather.
push subscriptions for the treasury
bonds. Even treasury officials, who
thought the issue would be well-ov-
ersubscribed, were astounded at the
tremendous total
ST. NAZAIRE, France, June 17.
—(P— Renewed search for bodies
of the victims of the St. Philibert
disaster was blocked today by heavy
sea and rough weather.
Government tugs specially equip-
ments June 4, the day before her soclation, re-elected, was: A.
ate southerly winds sat the
coast.
WEST TEXAS: Partly etoady
local thundershowers in north
portion tonight and Thursday.
*
/
ing piece by piece the fabric of
HOUSTON, June 17 — (-Gov-
emor Ross 'Sterling today was
hopeful the 300-bartels-per-20
acres ptair proposed by some East _
Texas operators aa a cure for cuer-
as thatsandhas not produced in cago couldn't
this section. But we just wanted to
Beaumont as the 1033 convention
away. Edwards desires from them | city { r
information as to Starr's move- The official staff of the Texas as-
THOSE TAKINO EXAMS
NANKING-China—It will be
hard for men and women seek-
ing government positionato get'
any help in written examtna-
ttons. A new building for such
tests will have individual stalls
like the ancient Chinese had
-foEansweing.auestiona._n _
Richard Blue or Richard
Judge. was introduced as a
member
BUDAPEST. June 174— Two
self made widows were banged at
dawn today in the prison at Szol-
nok for the murdler of their hus-
bands. It was the first double exe-
cution of women in Hungary.
Frau Laudislaus Szabo went to
her death at fl a m and Frau
Balint Csordas followed 30 minutes
Iater. They were convicted of poi-
soning their husbands at Nagyrev.
AUSTIN, June 17.—(— The
court of criminal appeals today af-
firmed the death sentence of Chief
FEDERAL AGENTS TO
STRIKE IN EASTERN
CITY AFTER AL A-
county was reversed and remanded.
The case of O. B. Jones, sentenc- '
for decreased rates, 3 for increases ed to 35 years for the murder ot
and 5 to leave the congressional — - ’ ----- -
figures unchanged. Three proposal*
mendations from the commission
Evanston A number of boy*
cheered. And eo chief of police
felled to take into consideration
the indeterminate sentence act.
The appeal of Sam Rivette, sen-
tenced to 10 years in Galveston
county for the murder of Joe Mey-
er. Jan. 3, 1831, was dismissed at
the request of Rivette
The court reformed and affirm-
ed the sentence of Sherman Lamar.
John Hayes. Henrietta, former
Denton County man. and who ’ is
known as one of the best callers for
square dances, will be here for the
Big Fourth of July Celebration. He
wrote, enclosing entry fee for the
tetrapin derby, saying. "II be there
with my fiddle, dancing regalia and
my calling voice' is just as good
as ever, and I'm coming to have a
big time with my former neigh-
bors and friends." Hayes was here
last Fourth, bringing some of his
friends fromp Henrietta with him
"Tt is hard to understand why
it is that we buy beans all winter
when we can grow plenty of Pin-
to* on a small patch of ground to
supply all the beans we need," said
Perry Wilsoh. “Last year I planted
three quarters of an acre of beans
and used them green as much as
we could. Then we threshed out and
saved 800 pounds of beans for use
during the winter. A patch of Pin-
tos will pay fotthe trouble because
they are very little trouble and may
be threshed like peanuts. I have
three acres this year and expect to
have beans for sale. They may be
cheap but they surely will be'worth
more than having to buy beans
with six cent cotton.
NASH PLEADS GUILTY
IN CONNECTION WITH
CERF RANSOM AND IS
SENTENCED.
GAINESVILLE. Jurp 17.—IP-
Amelia Earhart Putnam left here
for Tulsa at 11:40 a. m. today to
continue her autogiro flight She
landed at 11:02 to replenish the
gasoline tank after flying from Dal-
las. She said she would fly by Ard-
more. Paul's Valley, Shawnee to
Tulsa, Okla.
After Man Siam
Furt Worth delivered an address at
the Kiwanis Club luncheon Tues-; cause
Does this sound like depression? A
few days ago the United States
Treasury announced that it was pre-
paring to issue 8800,000,000 in 18-year
3 1-8 per cent bonds. In order to ic-
finance the short-term obligations of
the treasury which have been in-
creastng at a rapid rate within re-
tateture toenec alw to strength- -
ea power of th* RaQroad Conmmis-
son to enforce existine proration
orders.
. On the other hand, port author-
Potion*. Report ities desired to salvage the St
___ Philibert because it is a menace to
LEW YORK June 17-—Evi-
del ce that Htarr Faitnt was a
distant ur; of sleep-uz potions
gave a new aspect today to the in-
vestigation of yer aeatn.
District Attorney Elvin N Ed-
wards and Stanley Faithfull. the
girl's stepfather, refused to aban-
don the murder theory.
William F. Lind, a druggist of
West Orange, N J„ said Starr of-
ten purchased sleeping draughts
MALAKOFF, June 17-(P— A
heavy-yain, amounting to a cloud-
burst in palce, accompanied by
strong wind and hail in some com-
The fourth district Dental Society
will hold it* quarterly meeting the
third week in September in Denton,
it was announced here Wednesday
morning
Drs. W. H. Hawley. Freemen
Rowell, W. N. Rowen and C. L.
Oliver attended the quarterly meet-
ing of this organization Tuesday in
Sherman.
day at noon. He took as a-subject
"Service". discussed th part ser-
vice plays in life and paid tribute
to service clubs.
Two violin solos were played by
Davld C Hansard of C. I. A. fac-
ulty with Miss Gladys Barns as
| accompanist
Abney Ivey was program chair-
man,
' T. B Davis, attorney and county
Congressman Fritz Lanham of
CORSICANA, June 17.—
Jimmie Nash, Corsic a.n a
youth, today was given a
seven-year penitentiary sen-
tence by a jury which con-
victed him of assault upon a
person while marked or in
disguise..
He was indicted with four other
men In connection with the abduc-
tion’ and $15,000 ransoming of Rob-
ot asserted improper remarks were caught in the cabins when
of the trial judge, ' the ship went down. These are.es-
Starr Faithf u 11
Used Sleeping
the man asking only for half that
amount He can't understand the
•why’ of his not getting proportion-
ately more, and the other says,
“Wen, the government invest’gated
and thought you were a ’piker’ and
didn’t have the cash anyhow." -
maids and then forced Mrs Men- L.
ken to open a vault containing N local thu
By Assoctated Fries
WORLD NEWS
THIS BLACK CAT
BRINGS BAD LUCK
LOS ANOELES Havtng kill-
ed a black cat that crossed his
path; Lozoya is in the
hoosegow. He swerved his auto
trying to avoid the omen. The
car struck cat and curb at the
same time and overturned. Cos-
me was arrested for stealins the
machine
X? Ana dnltanosolg n poket.....PONE SURRENDERS.
local thundersho
convicted of the murder of Lee , _ ---- , _ - - . - - .
Gaitor in Brazos county. Under ped for dragging were unable to
Big Jewelry Haul •
By Chicago Robber*
NEW YORK, June 17—Thr. a
robbers today shouldered their way
into the home of fl. Stanwood Men-
ken. former chairman of the Nat-
ional Security League, bound two
Confidence Game
Defendant Juror
i n Similar Trial
CHICAGO, June 17.—--
Judge Joseph Finnegan has no
conflderfSi" in John C. Breach*
ler.
In the first place, Braschler
fa led to show up yesterday.
"What kind of a man is this,”
asked Judge Finnegan,- "who ;
falls to answer charge* of op*
erating a confidence game?"
“Your hongr," said the de-
fense attorney, "it is not Mr.
Braschler's fault he is not be-
fore you. He is sitting, not
standing before Judge Joseph
McCarthy." —
“And what, may the court
ask, Is he doing there."
"He’s a juror in a criminal
case."
"What kind of a case."
"Operating a confidence"'
game." answered the defense
attorney. -
"My word," mused the judge.
were required to raised *5.000.000.000 already has directed his force in
In the nationwide liberty-loan drives,
but no special effort was made to
guity in Chicago yesterday would
transfer their activities to New
York.
Prohibition Director Woodcock
Red Wing, convicted in Cornel
county of the murder of two-year- TO BE HARD ON
Old Evangeline Cavazos.
The little girl was a daughter of
Enrique Cavazos of San Antonio,
who was running a tent show a'
New Braunfels at the time. Red
Wing, who was. claimed to be part.
Cherokee Indian, was alleged to
have made a criminal attack on the
girl before killing her with his
fist* and roeks-tnw-ermnq.=Re*
In Distgict Court Tueady Willard
C Howard, by next friend, vs. Texas
Employers Insurance Assoctatzon
ontinued on Page
Mr*. C. C. Yancey is anxious to
have as many as twelve markers
for graves of Confederate Veterans
ordered from the Federal Govern-
ment in the next order of the
Daughters of Confederate Veterans.
She said. "We have now seven ap-
plications. ready to be sent to.
Washington, but we will probably
not send these applications in for
a week or tan days. Any relative or
[friend of a deceased Veteran whose
Brave is not at present marked by
'a headstone can by applying to the
Federal Government get such a
stone. Our organization will be very-
glad to assist in getting necessary
information for the blanks The
headstones art the same as used
for Confederate soldiers In Arling-
ton Cemetery, and they come free
with the stipulation that they be
erected at the grave,".
WASHINGTON. June 17—(P-
Ite first birthday finds the Hawley-
Smoot tariff a lusty political issue ;
promising more robustness with the
approach of the 1933 president! tl
race. /
It was a year ago today that
President Hoover signed the bill ov-
er' which congress, had labored 18
months. TWo day* eartier he had
announced his approval with the
statement:
“Nasarin bill has ever been
enacted or ever will be enacted un-]
des me statem that will be
perfect. • • “ IL is bound to con-
tain someinequniittes andineqmm- ■
for lower rates he returned with-
out approval for new Investigation*.
The commission has about halt
completed work on 47 inquiries or-
dared by the senate covering 84
items.
Since the enactment of the Haw-
ley-Smoot law, many foreign coun-
tries have made tariff adjustments
mostly upward.
ig liquor and income tax fraud charges against Al Capone. No. 1
. . -------_ — -__ gang They are U. S. District Attorney George E. Johnson and Tour as-
a stants, shown left to right; Dyiebt Green, George Clawson, Johnson, William J. Froelich and Jacob Gross-
man. Froelich was sent from Washington for tha case.
ert Cert., son of a Corsicana bank
president. . .
Norris Lovett, defense -aWorney,
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
The Smith-Harvey well, goi-g
down on the Daley Farm in Den-
ton County, south of the Pitot
Point Jacobs field, was drilling at
575 feet Tuesday evening. J. I. Har-
vey. In Denton Wednesday, said,
“We believe we’ve gone thru the
hardest drilling andtttsour belief
now that wewil have completed
the well Within the next week r
so. The Trinity sands. Which we
tested out, proved non-producing,
but we were not surprised at that.
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prominent Mobile attorney and
sportsman. In his office last night
Mrs. Clausen, twice marrled, told
authorities Hale wrecked her life
"and he deserved what he got."
Police said today that Hale had
complained to them of Mrs. Clau-
sen's persistency in seeing him and
hsd asked them to aid in prevent-
ing her from coming to his office.
entered a pheg of’ guilty for young . -
Nash and the jury was selected
Im S
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e dai
PA
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ig er
prote
ase 1
weat
Mach Tedious Detail
CHICAGO, June 17—Ab—Little
groups of men, working methodi-
cally, quietly, poring over bank rec-
erds, following beer trucks and
clutching at straws. have accom-
limit outside of cities apd towns,
although in a number of them,
your traveling above a certain
speed and get into an accident,
you'll find yourselt charged with
reckiess driving.
Colorado and Oregon knocked off
their speed limits this year. They
were eliminated in Indiana, Con-
necticut. Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota
and Wisconsin in 1939.
Michigan and Missouri got rid of
their speed limits several rears ago,
and Tennessee, Montana!. Florida,
and—oddly enough—Verrfiont ap-
parently have never had any.
Speed regulations in cittes- and
towns, whether regulated by muni:
homztre-mmry-penel for the week
without argument by attorney*.
Cleo O Miller, criminal distrirt
attorney, then reed the indictment
to the jury, alter which Mbah was
asked to stand. When questioned by
District Judge Hawkins Scarbor-
ough he said his plea of guilty was
voluntary and of hsi own free will.
Vietim’s Fatter TreUBee
Isaac N. Cerf, president of - the
State National Bank of Corsicana
and father of Robert Cerf, the kid-
naping victim was called as a wit-
ness and related details of events
which occurred on the night of the
kidnaping.
The Jury deliberated less than
five minutes after the case was sub-
mitted and returned a verdict cf
seven years imprisonment Judge
Scarborough pronounced the sen-
tence.
District Attorney Miller read a
confession made by Nash and rec-
ommended to the jury that the
state and the Cerf iamtly would be
satisfied with the seven-year pen-
alty. -
Rehtives in Coart Room
Young Nash's wife and his par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. C. 8. Nash and
his brother Doyle Nash, the latter
indicted in connection with the
same case, were in the courtroom
encb,andune one asking tor 8100.000 « iometngaa cpeon
VOL XXX NO. 263
WAR Wie
MOVES h
NEWYOK
this morning. The indictments
against Doyle Nash were dismissed
upon recommendation of the coun-
ty attorney, prior to the trial of
Currie Caldwell, first of the five
men indicted to be tried. Caldwell
was convicted and given a 12-year
sentence.
Charges of robbery with firearms
still arc pending in Dallas county
Selecting Jury
In Escobar Trial
SAN ANTONI Jupe 17.—(P-
The murder trial of J. C. Escobar,
charged with the death of his teth-
er in law, Thomas Donovan, was
progressing slowly today with only
four Jurors selected out of 240
talesmen.
Escobar was charged with shoot-
ing Donovan to death June 30, 193J.
The defense will contend Escobar
shot in self defense when attacked
with a knife, it was stated.
ABILENE, June tt.—(P—Mrs.
Jack Shannon, 31, was killed by
lightning today aa she was open-
ing a wire gate at her husband’s
farm near here. Rain was not fall-
ing at th« time, and Shannon, who
was plowing about to yards away
was not aware of the tragedy un-
til. roundin; a turn, he saw his wife
crumpled beside the gate. Ram
followed.
Others in th* bank at the time
of the robbery were Miss Ruth Ooe.
bookkeeper and two- customers.
Thomas Finnell andP: L. Meagher
The robber apparekly started to
force them to enter the vault, the
president said, but became alarmed
begin operations.
Marine authorities hinted that
the excursion steamer might be
fused to be queted, it was not de-
cent months. This issue was paced ' nled that some of the scores of
on the market Wednesday and by | agents who spent months in
Wednesday night the entire issue
and St. "Louis will .come in for some
share of Federal attention, j .
Same petepretven
in the generl congratualtory air
Thirty-seven criminal /
cases were set for trlal in /
Judge Ben W. Boyd s Dis-fa
! irict Court when the cgiminal
docket was set Wedneseagi
! morning.
i One assault to murder chiatt 2
1 and eight charges of burgiary, ai i
' included in the docket. There e ■ .
t tS tiquor charges inchudted - ff, t------f
i -Disposalof criminalcases will 19
i begin Monday, Jnne 29, the art
, da j of th*, courts tourtit teek. Cwu *
| cases come betore the court t e -
WASHINGTON, June 17.
—(AP)—Federal officials,
spurred by a victory over
Alphone (Scarface Al). Ca-
pone, indicated definitely to-
day they looked toward New
York as the next major ob-
jective in their drive against
the higher-ups of gangster
crime.
From the Justice Department
came word that Federal agents, un-
der orders from Washington, al-
ready are engaged in quiet investi-
gation there.
Simultaneously indication was
given at the treasury that an aug-
mented force from the intelligence
division of the Internal Revenue
Bureau—armed with the power to
peer into bank accounts—will lend
its strength in this section
Agents to New York
Although officials steadfastly re-
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"Untouehahles"
One group of the men behind the
evidence has been dubbed the "un-
touchables." It consists of eight
young prohibiticn agents headed
by 28-year-cldEIfot Ness. They gain-
ed their name because beer money
could not buy them off. Their ac-
tivities have come in for high praise
since the prohibition conspiracy
indictment, the result of their work,
was returned Friday. Prohibition
Director Woodcock at .Washington
has promised an investigation and
report to commend them publicly.
-The other grotp, responsible for
the two income tax indictments, had
the less spectacular task of ferret-
ing out the sources of gangland in-
come. Agents of the intelligence unit
of the Internal Revenue Bureau did
this work, directed in Chicago by
A. P. Madden and in Washington by
Chief Elmer L. Irey.
disappearance. Her body was found { Barrett, Fort Worth, president; R.
In the water off Long Beach, Long|C. Bowen, Fort Worth, vice prest-
Island. June 8. [dent; Paul W. Tibbetts. Ban An-
The New York American said tonto, treasurer, and J. C. Carring-
ttuas ton. Austin, secretary-manager.
The directors re-elected were: A.
Bruce T. Barrett. R. C. Bowen. H. L. Burt,
Cuero, Sam H. Day, Waco, Gene
Freeman, Fort Worth, Hal Peter-
last two. years there has been * ______ ____
general raising of speed limits, chpal or state law*, are now fairly
Fifteen states now have no speed uniform • t--
Orlando, Okla.,
Rank Is Robbed
ORLANDO, Okla.. June 17.—(—
A robber today obtained between
$600 and 8800 from the Farmers
Bank here and escaped. The bank
president fired at him.
The man, alone tn a small motor
car, drove southward out of town.
J. E. Sehaffer, bank president, said
he pierced Ure motor car with one
Lga
held for trial June 38 at a Ae"2 Hafand.de
mary hearing today on a charge **? prove t
of .murdering Foster K Hale Jr., a
George Christian
.. Murder sentence Reversed
The 18-year murder sentence W
Annie Caldwt from Stephens
H. N. Reeves from Taylor county left at the bottom of the Bay of
was reversed and remanded be- Biscay as a tomb for those who
shipping. St. Nazaire being the
fourth largest port in France. Pho-
tographs taken by airplane* tailed
to reveal its location but it is be-
lieved to be about 10 fathoms down
off flt Gildas point.
against the Capones. sensational
despite the complete surrender of
the leader Alphone. Is a story of
the tedious attention to detail, the
colorless work of many months, the
story of the men who got the evi-
dence.'
"Scarfece Al" pleaded guilty yes-
terday rather than attempt to re-
fute that pile of evidence. In a
single word, repeated two times-
"guilty"—he paid eloquent tribute
to those evidence-getters Their
work resulted in charges that he
evaded taxes on a six-year income
of $1,038,645 a,nd that he and 88
others conspired against the pro-
hibition law at- least 5,000 times.
TWO SAFES BLOWN AT EM-
TOUSE
CORSICANA, June 17—4P—
Safes in the postofTice and in the
Burlington and Island railroad sta-
tion at Emtouse, nine_miles north
of Corsicana, were blown open last
night, the robbers obtaining an un-
determted amount of stamps and
money from the postoffice safe and
*15 from the railway station.
GIVEN 1 YEARS
Win* a tri-nnrted confession
He had been in Travis county Ja l
here-sinee his convietion.
The opinion was written by Judge
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CLEBURNE, June 17—(—Tlal
or Clarence Reynolds, charged With
murder in connection with the'death
of O. P. Cavehdar here last Mat.
continued in district court here to-
day. The Jury was completed yes-
terday after which the first winesses
were, heard. \ ■ -—V 1.
Dapationa Wear that evidenc
would deal mostly with the cause
of the fatal difficulty tn which Cav-
ender was stabbed.
Reynolds te pleading not guilty
tion law violations. He declared
also for co-operation between the
various government enforcement
branches. ‘
subscriptlons otdlonuthfhaths.Fakamcamotronns
is easily accounted for, as banks are . been given that gangster activities
in Detroit, Philadelphia, Cleveland
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- 4nal-ndyz a-the.wblen
The governor"s ill had not acted
on a petition of another group
seeking a special imlnn of the leg- "
- nE
DISTRICT COURT,
TAKE UP CRININ
CASES BEGINNIN
MONDAY, JUNE 29.
AUSTIN, Jun* 1T——@u-
standing warranto issued agamst
the general revenue fund today to-
taled *687,000. the treasury depart-
ment announced. Payment of war-
rants issued on general revenue
NEW YORK, Juns 17.—GF>—On
that vacation motor trfp this sum-
mer. you’ll be able. In most parts
of the United States. tq step right
along from 30 miles an hour up to
the limit of your car's speed. 2
If your route extends over mid-
dlewestern prairies, you won't have
to worry much about any speed
limit,outside of cities and town&.
Fairly prevalent in the south and
southwest you'll encounter a 45
mile limit, to'the middle east a 40
mile limit, and in New England a
38 mhe limit West of the Rocky
ountatns th* limit to 40 and 45.
Throughout the country in the
production there would work.
He said he felt th* move was "a
step" in th* right direction and will
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