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16, 1937
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NUMBER 66
8 PAGES
ABILENE, TEXAS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 17. 1937
United Press (UP)
VOL. LVII.
Associated Press <AP>
Grave Crisis In North China Approaching Climax
DESPERADOES LEAVE TRAIL OF GUNFIRE AND ROBBERIES
ACCUSED MINISTER AND VICTIM
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Robinson’s Body
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En Route Home
refuge in Canada from* pursuit
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Unmasked Bandit
Tax Valuations Of
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SAM ANTONIO. July 17. (P—An that Nanking had been warned that
democratic caucus next Wed
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Spain.
WIMBLEDON, Eng., July 17. (PP)
g
those
the United States an even break in Harris in the southeast
the opening singles match
Mattern Ready
from the edge of Madrid was the and cut the wires of
phones.
aim of the offensive.
another
For Test Hop
A
support to the
body wuul Ite In •ura tn the Ark-
elded
lion of passersby who released him
I
Powell To Rest
North China.
HOLLYWOOD Calif July IT—
today
and I
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taMt a rest tor a tew daya.
Blast Kills Nine
Well, I'll
THE WEATHER
Abilene
BRIEF SOCIAL WHIRLS
Reform School Girls Enjoyed Their Date’’ Night
It was after 9 p m before it got
under
See SPAIN
another oppor-
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Taylor Officers’ Deficit Goes
In Red $12,233 For Half Year
Cold Trail In
Oklahoma
Budge, Von Cramm
Win As Expected
tunity to mingle with society
She couldn’t find words to expr
New Oil Pools
Are Credited
With Increase
Henkel, Grant
Are Detected
Senators Map
Pending Fight
For Successor
Injured When
Train Derails
Leaving a trail of gunfire, rob-
bery and kidnaping*. these three
Texas convicts are being sought
in two states and possibly more
Trio Unreported
Since Freeing
Clipper Takes Off
For Home Base
$808 477 to reach a total of $226 -
000.000
Bexar county with its San An-
tonio reported a $2,730,000 increase
the congressional delegation in Lit-
tle Boek He will return with It to
1 of deputles and temporary help and
$241 for miscellanecus (telephone
cause I think til know how to ap-
preciate them*
(m—winiam Powell, suffering from
an uiness that followed the shock
at Jean Harlcw a death, was under
orders of his physician today to
sated under the old fee system
Compared with figures for 1936.
decreases in income for the first six
months of 1937 are noted in all of-
flees with the exception of that of
Howard County
Youth Killed
A dormitory ad joining the living
room was stripped at its beds and
rangements for another party in I
August " .
ely vote. even
f corridor or
k readily can
f a race with
rincipals.
Thompson, it
ing campaign
Allred added,
ganized sport
| in compari-
. while everybody was having such
1 a good time "
1 ☆☆☆
| gyaam
on furniture
ing were sent
yesterday by
a hodge-podge of arms
Only the regular army air force
brought modern equipment to it in
the early days after the insurrection
started over night in Spanish Mor
stamps stationary etc »
HEAVIEST LOSSES
Heaviest losses were shown in th*
offices of the county judge sheriff
and district clerk
I
I
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tents.
Branco holds the western half ex-
Kentuckian has been more active
in its behalf
The funeral party will reach LAt-
tie Rock Sunday. There Robtnson’s
$12,397,950. The total was $43,055,-
150
StPERINTENDENT PLEASED
t am very happy and satisfied
with the outcome. Mrs Burnham t
\
Gets $450 Cash
in San Antonio
Makes Escape
In Car Driven
By Confederate
All But Hopeless
Earhart Search
Is Near Close
Two Ships Are
Ordered Home,
Four Remain
4
Tell You
By BOB BURNS
age
House.
2 Senator Byrnes of South Caro-
lina withdrew from the race and
all i counting the company funds on a
counter with two other employes, w
Washington in time for resumption
1 of the court debate Tuesday
,»‘a
street, half-uniformed, dug trench- -e.
es. built barricades and fought with ZO I Killed, 250
in the Sino-Japanese crlals.
The government did not disclose
---------- - _________ China yesterday asked signatories
gent army and forcing its retreat a pair of snippers from his pocket to th, nine-power treaty to consid-
• . — " . • the situation, holding that Ja-
By REX M. CHANEY
United Press Staff ( orrespondent
nesday to settle the issue as soon
as possible.
Both the candidates far Robin-
son s old post were on the train.
Besides the senate delegation there
ACQUAINTED" GAME
y was a "get -acquainted"
NANKING WORRIED
The Japanese embassy announced
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Declaration Of
War Is Feared
Troops Of China's National Government
At Nanking Have Reached Hopeh Province
In North China; Japanese Already There
ed Japan had decided "to accelerate
negotiations’* in the crisis, but did
I
J
joined the little groups that were
scattered about the living room or
were on the dance Hloor waiting for
In now. but it
lad opinion of I
the race. who
[ great Texas
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NEW7S[NDIR
her feeling She was so happy a prehensive but now all of my
tear or two trickled down her doubts have sbeen dispelled We will
Pacific, probably would be ended by draws in salat the equivalent to}
Sunday. 1 his earnings on a commission basil
last year under the salary system
was only 444 90 greater than in
98808
1
When a person is around these
i modern contraptions day after day.
he begins to get used to em and
1 finally gets so he don't appreciate
'em any more Thats the reason
The prisoners many of ’hem 2anl-
ed as communtsts, were said to have
was reported backing Harrison.
Young Hostoge
SAPULPA Okla., July 17. (P—
Three heavily-armed fugitives from
a Texas prison farm who swore they
would never be returned alive ap- ,
parently had left a cold trail in Ok-
lahoma today.
A widespread hunt in two sec-
tions of the state was relaxed after
a fruitless night, although north-
east Oklahoma officers continued to
of the counties took nearly all honors for
foreign offices were in conference
to determine • unified policy
was determined i
would never miss
Sheriff Garland Marrs said here AUSTIN, July 17.— (UF) — Gii,
it was possible the trio might have creating new pools of wealth, sent (
escaped into Arkansas. 1 1937 tax assessment valuations.
__-____________i soaring in a dozen counties and
Fugitives Leave
measure, but the
at the battle
in the stage
ignificaht for
loUbox tussle
hat is being %
up the ticket,
[of which the
ike a limited
Ito be in the
I whose plat-
the campaign ,
cided in the
he campaign.
ns of Individ -
hey will "get
Japan pressed 50 000 prisoners
into service as munitions-makers
to supply possible war needs in
if they carry through their an-
nounced intention of seeking
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the Texas total to more than $76,-
000.000 over last year.
| The state comptroller’s depart-
ment today received a few more of
| the delinquent county valuations.
By the close of business yester-
day, 18 counties had still not ren- i
dered their property, but their 1938
figures were used to estimate this
Spain, three-fourths the size of
Texas, is fairly evenly divided be-
17.—। UP)—Oli tween the forces of the Madrid-
- - — — - 1 Valencia government and those of
' General Francisco Franco's insur-
in August Will
Attempt Flight
To Moscow
LOS ANGELES July 17——
-Jimmy Mattern today was readying
his plane, ”The Texan," in which
he expects to fly non-stop from
California to Russia for fuel con-
sump* ion test* between here and
Kansas City
The noted pilot will attempt,
early in August, to fly from San
Diego to Moscow ‘ purely for scien-
tific . purpose*.” He said that he
hopes to lower the record of the
second trio of Russian fliers, who
flew from Moscow to California in
62 hour*, by at least 20 hours
| " The Texan’ is equipped with
■ every device known to aviation.
Mattern said "In co-operation with
। army signal corps we are making
to right, the escaped Texas
felons, are Pete Traxler, mur-
derer, Fred Tindel, gunman and
burglar, and Charlie Chapman,
bank robber.
’nan an hour after the scheduled
time u> begin.
The girls posed for pictures then
drew their boy friends aside and
it, as he twice promised to do "in chine during the robbery
ten days," Franco predict* he will Miss Ruth Lewis. bookkeeper was
1935 when officers were compen-
HONOLULU, July 17—(P--Tap-
ering off the seemingly hopeless
South Seas hunt for Amelia Ear-
hart. the first two vessels in the
told the ministry of justice
"if we cannot serve our country
with arms in the field, we will
serve it with labor in prison ’
1
howeyet."hatnmeeangsa"setaconn at his Uvalde, Tex. home willjotn
ofriclals of the war, navy and
more than most of them da a<
three tele-
---- ment valuation of them all. Harris
| reported 4245 000.000. an increase of
$9,073 285 over last year.
All thit week. planes from the
carrier have swept over the vast
area 1.500 miles south of here in
which the aviatrix disappeared in
her land plane
The navy’s greatest search had
covered nearly 240 000 square miles,
despite the hardship* of sickening
heat tropica rain squalls and lAck
of definite in format ion where the
aviatrix landed het fuelless plane
SEARCH ENDS SUNpAY
WASHINGTON July 17.—-—
Navy department offieials said to-
lav that unless there are new de-
velopmghts, the navy search for
By The Associated Press
The crisis in North China drew today toward the climax
that may determine whether there will be formally declared
war between Japan and China.
Troops of China’s National Government at Nanking, crack
divisions of the fighting machine built by Premier-Generalis-
simo Chiang Kai Shek, were ~
' service and burial.
Vice-President Garner, who has
been vacationing for several weeks
machine while the man in the
in Texas and Oklahoma. Left
Baird Markham Jr., son of a well-
known New York oil executive, near
here.
Markham, kidnaped near Ada
begin-' immediately to make ar-tconverted into a dance hall.
—Sorrel-topped Don Budge
provinces from China proper as
Manchoukuo was detached in 1931-
-----
sweep eastward and conquer
radio tests and for the navy we
will determine what happens to
magnetic instrument*, such As the
compass and ’he gyroscope, in the
Polar regions-
Mattern will take off from San
Diego with his 1,130-gallon gasoline
tanks only partially filled Over
Fairbanks Alaska he says he will
refuel in the air, taking on nearly
900 gallons of gas—enough he esti-
mates. to carry him safely to Mos-
cow.
but overlooked
cheeks as she thought about the
two and a half hour dance held for
38 honor students last night at the
Oklahoma industrial school for girls
"Gee, i was swell” she said "It
was the । best tme Tvs ever had
in my , Ute /
One of these da vs l m going to
The Rev. C. E. Newton, 51,
above. Is reported to have con-
fessed the murder of his close
friend and confidante. Mrs.
Der.nis Kelly. 45. left. Mrs Kel-
ly mother of two sons and a
worker in the Baptist church at
Paris. Mo . was found slain re-
cently, her body being recovered
from the Mississippi river, near
Louisiana, Mo Newton, a former
pastor of the Paris church, ad-
mitted. after lengthy question-
ing. bashing Mrs Kelly's head
with a hammer, later throwing
her body in the river. The ac-
erset minister is said to have
agreed to enter a guilty plea
when indicted.
search started homeward
leaving an aircraft carrier
Amelia Earhart, flier lost in the
paw sure was impressed.
He went back home and on his
first day in court it seemed like
the visitors were noisier than usual
Finally grandpaw jumped up and
rapped with his gavel and he says
"That settles it The court is ad-
today that
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Photographers and
•nd Gene Mako against Von Cramm of Texas into New Mexico, brought
•nd Henkel wealth to Winkler county and the
On Tuesday. Grant will play Hen- tax assessor there reported that val-
kel and Budge will meet Von uations rose $8,390,730 to • new high
Cramm in the final two singles of $17,000,000
matches WE \i i if if - I ( Ol NT?
B Bumham. _ and the
The Japanese premier Prince
Fumimaro KOnoye, conferred with
cabinet leaders to devise a mean*
that of the county clerk. where $5.-
522 20 in fees and refunds were paid
to the county and 45 452 41 in salar-
ies and expenses were received in
return Expenses of the office in-
clude for the six-month period.
12 124 98 for County Clerk Vivian
Fryars salary; $3,085.95 for salaries
newsreel cameramen kept the girls
and school officials busy for more
Che Abilene Reporter ~22ews
"WITH OR WITHOUT OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES, WE SKLI CH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES’-Byion
____girls school officials and the
date' young men who attended as the
she girls guests for the evening
why I like to have my folks vutt
i me from the Ozatks.
| I had almost forgotten how won-
During 1038 thete were 1. otficersjdrrfuinthssemyybioramapa
drawing salaries precinct officers fsnelson visited me out here H><
now on fees beinF included then J th one that s the judge back
Only office showing K profit" *25 home t took him over to the
. FEXAS
. 7011 R...
In Spain la accepted By all as part:
ly • foreign war with much ald
_ ..__. x . . ... journed until we get one of them
The county judge, office neces- , publie address systema in here
sitated spending of 82,04998 in sal- He iv, had to convict the
arles for the former Judge John iast tve men without hear tn .
Camp, and the present judge. Lee word of testimbnyr"
R York; 1720 for a clerk, and>
1157 01 miscellaheous Fees turned M,‘ "
MIDLAND July 17
calculations. Von Cramm had %t-
tie more trouble with the tiny "
occo July IS, 1938
Few expected unfortified Madrid
to resist for long Volunteers
TEUMSEH, Okla, July 17 —
to both sides coming in and inter- *UP An st tractor 17-year-oid
national issues ■’ stake girl who never knew what It was to
Spain to mi itary expert. U • have parents or a home and who
proving ground for modern warare
before last night never had a
J
in by the office totalled 1497 40
Thursday night, said the convicts Toy-c 7 ( MA‘‘Anc
told him they would never be taken IAC- • • • 1V11>
alive He said they told him they nyA
were bound for Canada, with Kan- I var Ydrr rn
sas an immediate destination HeVVT •Vu.•
game to begin the festivities Than
the Oklahoma City firemens band
swung into The Waltz You Saved
For me" The Door was crowded
almot from the ftrst note
After each number the dancers
gee GIRLS, Fg. 7, Cai. 4
reported reliably to have reach-
ed Hopeh Province in North
China.
Japanese troops from Manchou-
kuo and those regularly garrisoned
!n north China already were in the
field. Others were en route from
the Japanese mainland.
The meeting of the two armies,
foreign observers believed, might
create a situation so disastrous that
war would result.
Fighting thus far in the area
around Peiping has been between
Japanese troops and local north
i China soldiers.
| Japan wants to settle the dispute
locally and has been conducting ne-
gotiations with military leaders and
officials of Hopeh province.
Nanking avows the national gov-
ernment will recognize no local
agreement contending the issue is
national Chinese believe Japan
seeks to detach Hopeh and Chahar
"2."t
sides of the court bill controversy
also were in the party.
SILENCE MAnNTAnNED
Out of respect for their dead
leader, most senators were reluct-
•nt to comment publicly on either
the court or leadership fighta. Pn-
vately they conceded that the bot-
tle nnes on both auction* were tw-
ine drawn tightly.
Mom democratic foes of the
court bill were inclined to support
Hartison for the lendership. Both
he and Barkley have pledged their
were more than a score of house
members. Postmaster General Far-
ley and other admantstration Tead-
The dominant fgures on both
three destroyers to comb the tor- '
rid areas where she and her navi-.
gator vanished two week. .«o
The coast guard cutter Itasca and
the mine .weeper Swan were or- l
dered to return here from equator-
lat waters After completing ■ vain 1
weareh of the Gilbert Islands, 600
miles west of bleak Howland Is-
land
Two weeks ago yesterdav: MIN
Earhart .nd Prederick J Noonan
disappeared on a 2,570-mile flight.
from Lae New Guinea to Howland,
where the Ttasca was .rationed to
aid the flier, on a worid-girdling |
journey which Miss Earhart said I
was "just for fun"
The ftasca, her fuel running low. [
started bark by way of Howland. I
•nd the mine ..weeper headed dP
Mid At first t was a little ap- 1 the musie to begin
last day for
ir bids. Ob-
it sold, will
nccording to
Articles of
city. Corpus Christi is the scene of .
Grant than Budge did with the solid an 011 boom, led all, othersin.the
„ . , value of the rendition increase—
Henkel. ------
The series will be resumed Mon-
day with the doubles, pitting Budge
ABOARD ROBINSON FUNERAL
TRAIN, En Rout, To Little Rock.
Ark. July 17—(P— Thirty-eight
senators escorting the body of Sen-
ator Joseph T Robinson te his
home state took note today ot three
developments in the close contest
for senate democratic leader:
Dallas county, including the city
of Dallas increased valuations
etondy. probAbly
neaet pFtion to-
unmasked bandit walked calmly Into "Japan will not tolerate the entry
the office of the Dr Pepper Botti- of military or aviation units into
ing company this morfhg. held up Hopeh province." J Harrison and Barkley agreed
three employes and escaped with [ such action, Japan beld, would
cept a strip 35 by 50 miles from 3450 in cash and $440 in checks violate the Ho-Umezu agreement of “
Oviedo to Santander on the north- The robber was driven away from' 1935 by which Japan claims China
west roast the office in • coupe by a confed- undertook to keep central Chinese
Madrid is the prise if he takes crate who had remained in the ma- government troops out of Hopeh.
“ • 4 "In “ ' The government in Tokyo declar-
reetly for. Peari harbon. The swan ' Taylor county «>**’ l
entered the. hunt from andpostion and expenses during the first half
hallway between here .nd How- w. exceeded feencome of those
There was no announcement here offices by $12,233 56, books of Auadi-
concerning how long the aircraft tort R Thompson sho. ...
carrier Exington and three des- .The .defiett is $1,582.68 S'”’?!
trovers rould remain in the search., than that. Incurred for the 13
which naval authorities previously । months of 1936, when the salary (
Indicated would end today fund went in the red $10,650 87.
However, the cost of the county
1 President Roosevelt indicated
his neutrality by conferring with
Senator Harrison of Mississippi,
one o( the candidates The other,
Senator Barkley of Kentucky. pte-
viously had been at the White
rs
far; Ernest
cCraw will be
s of Allred or
..01 .0 wiotan. 43 opan. . । -ue --U uueez empuyyes, w not elaborate the statement.
ye2r5tata1 state valuations at 13. The government army today eut B. Walker, and A. H Hughes when Japan contends her nationals and
“Min the wuth Titus in the at tpe rear gunr ” Madrid's in- the robber, walked in behind them property in north Chin, are threat-
gave nFuecest inwhkisruinetmetusestana/suraent besiegers. Detachments and said: • X.the result of fighting which
ga northwest. "nKer in tne west and ; drove forward in two sectors, one , "Take it easy this is a holdup!" troops on midnight maneuvers
11 miles west .nd one 35 miles He forced them st gun point to clashed with Chinese at Marco Polo
south of the capital. hand him the funds , bridge. 10 miles west of Peiping.
Surrounding a part of the insur- Before leaving, the gunman took ' -----—
Her description of the party as
imply grand" coincided with
ose of the superintendent, Mr»
—bA
• (
County Attorney Eero Walter, a
check of the books showed At the |
same time increases in expenditure
on the 1937 budget have been made
chiefly in deputy salaries t
At present there are only seven
salaried officers in the cqunty One
of these Treasurer Fy Filler
-------- — pan is violating that pact, by which
Government sources said an in- which was used by the employes to I the powers. Including Japan prom-
surgent radio station broadcast that notify police. ises o respect China s territorial in-
„ J. ...________ from 15000 to 35,000 Italian volun- teerity
Nueces «. .« mnaesgmntn"ent an# pcninasdsstmnmedtatmnaPzertop
orMadrd.ready to proceed “ the robbed or nemriy-sSoanddthenocs position to any intervention.
CmntenewedidightingontheAra- conenarmerbnattorastrnknvas Action Demanded
The Wink oil field, that runs out sonatnent Mid to have re- enoFterszepodastmanstsdercr“0dlo; TOKYO July n-me sap-
pulsed a government attack near was taking piace. i anese government today announced y -u we m us m--
Hueses . Brooks pounded on the heavy the situation in North China does ansas capitol until mid-afternoon.
NEW WARM At HINE sides of the truck for several mln- net permit further procrastination when the senators and represents-
The government, starting with a utes before he attracted the at ten- and declared that Japannadne. [ tives will accompany it to a church
citizen army, ha* built a new war tion of passersby who released him cided "to accelerate negotiatien5 service and burial.
night and Sunday
Hizhest temperature vesterdav 96
Lowest temperature thia morning ?B
BOTWOOD. Newfoundland, July
17. (Canadian Press)-- Two trans-
atlantic flight* successfully com-
; for staving off war, though the
1 government was convinced that
, settlement must be based not on
the recent incidents but on the Us-
sues outstanding between the two
nanon*
Japan believes that the lives and
proper, of 74 000 Japanese in
China are menaced by successive
see SINO-JAP, Fg 7, CM 1
It wil be scheduled soon, as the
second step in her scheme of ysocial !
rejuvenation for the approximately
225 girls in the institution ]
Mrs Burnham halted the party
at 11:30pm half an hour earlier |
than had en planned because she
thought it Was better to end it
from the United States Russia and
France and anti-fascist exiles from
Italy formed an international bri-
zrade that more than once saved
the day.
Two weeks after the war started
France proposed neutrality by all
Great Britain took the lead and
formed the 27-nation non-interven-
tion committee which has struggled-
and quarreled over how to make a
"hands-off" policy effective
Russia openly favors the Madrid
government, strongly socialist with
communist* and syndicalists taking
a hand France under then Pre-
mier Leon Blum, appeared divided
but with a dangerously armed Ger-
many across the Rhine. France
chose to be neutral.
Italy and Germany early recog
nlaM the Franco government and
their men and munitions have aided
the insurgents
NATIONS NOT NEI TRAL
Not even the non-intervention
committee pretends the outside na-
tions have been neutral. The war
pleted the Pan-American Clipper III to 3133.466.995 .00 n
7 . „ "n . ... | El Paso county with $63 900.000 tn
took off at 7.01 a m. today fori
Shediac, N B , en route to her home See TAXES. Pg. 7, Col. 5
base at Port Washington. N Y
The United States ship, pioneer-
ing a commercial air route across
the ocean in cooperation with the
। Imperial Airways 18-ton flying boa’
’ Caledonia, arrived at Botwood yes-
terday after a flight from Foynes,
Ireland The Caledonia flew from
Botwood to the other side at the
i same time.
PATNA, India. July 17 (P—An
estimated 281 persons died and 250
were injured today when the Cal-
cutta Express was derailed 15 miles
from Patna
Earlier advices placed the dead
at 100 but the Exchange Telegraph
British! news agency listed the
death toll at 281
Authorities suspected sabotage
Up-turned rails indicated probable
tampering with the tracks
LONDON July 17 (P— Nine per-
sons, mostly women, who were
standing in a breadline at Villanue-
va de Cordoba, Spain, were idled in
a powder magazine expiosion. the
Spanish press agency reported today
from Valencia Excesstve heat was
beileved to have caused the blast
| yesterday
Hoppet. about 20 of the Fairview
commuuity near Big Spring was
killed and Rav Prather about 22 of
Coahoma, was injured last night
when the motorcycie they were rid-
ing struck the fear of an automo-
bile one mile west of here.
Davi* cup interzone final* with ■ valuation increases
Germany today, trouncing Heinrich I Little Titus county more than
Henkel 6,2, 9-1, 8-3 after Bryan M doubled its valuations during the
< Bitsy) Grant of Atlanta, had year to gain the distinction of hav- ,
bowed to Baron Gottfried Von ing the greatest percentage in-
Cramm 6-3 6-4, 6-2. crease From 42 594 878 in 1936 it
! The top-ranking aces of the rival rose to 46 294.880 in .1937., is the ’
teams thus fully lived up to advance site of the Talco oil field.
The survivor of the series will face Texas largest city, Houston.
Great Britain in the challenge brought wealth to Harris county,
round here July 24-26-27 which had the largest tax assess-
l was not harmed.
। In south central Oklahoma, feder- |
al agent* and county officers drop- i
ped a search started yesterday aft- I
ernoon on a tip that Mrs Traxler
left her home at Verden, Okla.
War Is Draw
But Decision
May Come Soon
By JOHN EVANS
(Associated Press Foreign Editor)
Spain rounds out a full year of
civil war today with an explosive
world warding off sparks.
The war is a draw so far but the
decision may come soon.
=' "h " Spain Rounds Out One Full Year Of Civil War
No trace of the convicts—Roy I
s With An Explosive World Warding Off Sparks
usion correct
Lw and Rail- •
pom peon will
ernor regard-
Is to a white-
overnor’s of-
I of (Boii All-
ins. His ideas
lade an offi- •
ission by his
11. the sec re-
Imai declara-
land for All-
lias taken on
Ian the de-
second races.
lai stump in
tt isn t beiug
If them this
I will be an
lidate. Texas
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 66, Ed. 2 Saturday, July 17, 1937, newspaper, July 17, 1937; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1589871/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.