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VOL. LIX, No. 117.
41 Drowned as
Rain and Wind
Lash California
LOS ANGELES. Sept 26.—
(AP)—A violent rain and wind
storm roaring out of the trop-
ics brought death and destruc-
tion to southern California to-1
day.
BOATS MISSING
At least 41 persons were believed 1
drowned in the Pacific ocean, and [
reports said scores of persons, aboard |
small fishing boats and pleasure j
craft were missing.
The storm ended however, a peri-
od of the hottest weather in south-
ern California's history. Approxi-
mately 90 deaths were blamed di-
rectly or indirectly on the heat which
registered 100 degrees or more for
an entire week. —
Rain, which started late yes-
terday. had brought 4.74 inches '
to Los Angeles in 14 hours. In |
terday, had brought 4.74 inches |
of rain were recorded in six |
hours.
At least 24 persons were reported
drowned when the sport fishing
boat Spray capsized late yesterday
off Point Magu, 40 miles northwest
of Los Angeles. The Ventura coun-
ty sheriff’s office gave up hope that
any of the 24 would be found alive.
A man and a woman, who swam
ashore, were the only ones saved.
John Hamilton and Darro Mc-
Gowan, both of Los Angeles, were
said by the coast guard cutter Aur-
ora to have been lost from the
schooner Success before it was taken
in tow in mid-Catalina channel by
the Aurora
Marion Tanner. E T Harrington
and John H Harrington, the latter
an 11-year-old boy, were reported |
missing from the yacht Nina O.
"WITHOUT, OR WITH OFFENSE TO FRIENDS OR FOES WE SKETCH YOUR WORLD EXACTLY AS IT GOES."-Bvron.
United Press (UP)
ABILENE, TEXAS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1938 -TEN PAGES 1 Associated Press ap) PRICE FIVE CENTS
MB ZEP WORKS
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French Shell
Poilus Attack
Nazi Positions
In Rugged Area
PARIS, Sept. 25— (AP) —
French troops struck at Ger-
man positions in the Haardt
mountains today under cover
of heavy fire by artillery which
French dispatches said was
bombarding main fortifications
of Germany’s Siegfried line.
NAZI WEAK SPOT?
The entire/ western front sprang
to life.
Military advices said shells
screamed across the Rhine for the
first time since the first two days
of the war The Siegfried and
The War in
A Nutshell
By The Associated Press
ROMANSHORN, Switzerland —
One of main German airplane |
factories reported put out of action 1
| by French or British air raid on
I Friedrichshafen (German high;
command denies raid occurred).
BERGEN. Norway — Norwegian
islanders believe naval engagement
underway in North Atlanticgwhere
sounds of cannonading heard.
PARIS — French troops attack
German positions in Haardt moun-
tains western front springs to life
STWd
Ship Encounter
Moves Toward
Norwegian Isle
BERGEN, Norway, Sept. 25.
1 —(AP)—Inhabitants of Algroi
island reported this afternoon
that unidentified ships had
been engaged in heavy can-
nonading off the coast of Nor-
way since 6 a. m. (11 p. m.
CST), leading them to express
with shelling across Rhine; French Tone “ , _
report artillery bombardment of I the belief a naval battle
main Seigfried fortifications.
BERLIN—Germany reports Brit-
ish destroyer sunk, eight ’French
planes downed. Communique says
"repeated raids" made successfully
on "military objects in Warsaw;
German high command prepares for
long war.
Maginot lines are separated only by
the river along the southern half
of the German-French frontier.
French troops were hitting at a
Haardt mountain road which winds
through some of the most rugged | many: Neva river closed to
terrain of the western front. A cons shipping closed foreign
tinuation of the Vosges range, the
MOSCOW—Soviet troops move
underway.
FIRING RESUMED
was
(Algroi island is six miles west
of Bergen) ‘.
The battle—if such it was—ap-
, parently was moving closer to the
[ coast, they said Concussion of large
, caliber guns shook houses on the
toward demarcation line splitting |
Poland between Russia and Ger- !
island
(Cannonading last week in the
Kattegatt, a strait between Den-
| mark and Sweden, later proved to
| be the target practice by Swedish
Sea Bat
10 U C
POLAND GONE FROM MAP; ARE BALTIC STATES NEXT?
NORWAY V SWEDEN
OstO, /
ANLAND
Air Raiders
STOCKHOLM
Score Direct
Hits on Plant
North
Sea
'CO PENHAC
JDENMAR
, TL
NETH.
BERLIN
BRUSSEL
BEL
GERMANY
EE PRUSSIA
WARSAW
GO
Haardts cover a 20-mile sector be-
tween the German town of Pirma-
sens and French Wissembourg.
Apparently the French be-
lieved they had found a weak
spot in Germany’s fortifications
where they had depended on
rugged country as a protection.
Military disatches from the west-
LONDON—By stepping up war
preparations Britain replies to Mus-
solini's suggestions for calling off
conflict; British freighter Hazel-
side sunk; information ministry
tells of British propaganda leaflet
raids over Germany.
batteries.)
Firing stopped temporarily at
about 1:45 p m (6:45 a m CST),
but resumed about half an hour
later, the island's inhabitants said.
Firing Heard
Along Coast
SWITZER-
LAND
.BUDAPEST
RUMANIA
when it was wrecked off Cabrillo'
beach • . ern
Raymond Bernhardt and Donald French artillery had begun a di-
Rupert. both of Los Angeles were I rect bombardment of the main fort- I
drowned when their yacht crashed | ifications of the German Siegfried |
Into the San Pedro breakwater. I line.
CORPUS YOUTH DROWNED Heavy French batteries, the dis-
OSLO. Norway, Sept. 25.—(AP)
front reported today
that
Edward Galvin, 22, of Corpus patches said, were dropping large
Christi, Texas, was drowned near' caliber shells on the westwall case-
Long Beach yesterday in a rip tide mates in an effort to blast Ger-
when he attempted to save two 12- | man defenders from their positions
in the heavily fortified zone.
year-old girls The girls were wash-
ed ashore, uninjured, and Galvin,
who was unable to swim, was swept
to sea His body has not been re-
covered
GERMAN GUNS REPLY
German guns replied to the bom-
bardment, it was said, but the
BUDAPEST— Warsaw radio says OSLO. Norway, Sept. 25.—-
new German bombardment costs Violent cannonading far out in the
more than 1.000 civilian lives: cap- 441 4- + *
Itais defenders still holding out
against encircling Germans
Atlantic was reported from sev-
eral points along the Norwegian
coast today, leading observers to
With Poland gone from Eu-
ropes map. Soviet speculation
centered on possible revision of
Baltic boundaries. Perched pre-
cariously along the Russian-
German dominated Baltic, the
6 HUNGARY
states of Lithuania, Latvia and
Estonia were cerved from Rus-
sia along with Finland during
the World war to cut the Sov-
iets off from the Baltic. Russia
is known to want a port on
MP
the Baltic and Estonia is strat-
egically located on the Gulf of
Finland from which Soviet
ships go out to the Baltic.
(Associated Press map.)
Abilene Guard
Units Enlarged
French declared the nazi artillery Increases in enlisted strength of
was failing to make direct hit* on Abilene’s two artillery batteries in
beiicve a naval battle was raging.
Reports from the coastal com-
munities said the bark of big guns
could be heard between 8 and 9:30
a m (1 and 2 30 a m CST).
Hazy weather made it impossible
to see any warships, but several
German trawlers were observed
steaming toward the coast as if
fleeing from a battle zone
The Aftenposten’s correspondent
at Bergen said the “battle” started
Gregory Rodriquez. 18. of Los An- - - _______.. .w. batteries mi,
geles, was drowned in a tide rip at advanced French positions.th. . , , last night and continued early to-
the same beach. . I Most of the artillery action was the Texas National guard were au- day
Mrs Dorothy N Sterling, 30 of reported centered south of the Ger- thorized in * general order from the Inhabitants of a small Island
Burbank Calif. was drowned when man town of Saarbruecken and adjutant general of Texas receivedsouth of Bergen said several ships
the yacht Jolly Tom was wrecked at along the Lauter river, where the today by Capt. J. Frank Hobbs and 1 of undetermined nationality were
Maginot and Siegfried lines are Capt. "Thomas E Williams steaning northward at full speed in committee, but added:
closest. t " ’! last night amid a constant exchange
Dispatches said Sunday night was * officers of the two units, of gunfire,
comparatively quiet along the en- Captain Williams" Battery E in---------------------------------
tire front as the Germans failed to the 131st field artillery drew an in-
renew assaults they have been crease of 15 men, boosting the bat-
launching during the past few daysi tery's strength to 80 men. The 1 rash 1 I WO
with small bodies ot troops between First battalion headquarters com- VI UJI 1 IXIIIj I WU
the Rhine and Moselle rivers, pany of Captain Hobbs, also in the
Earlier, the French, taking ad-131st field artillery, was boosted! SAN ANTONIO Sept 2!
vantage of the lull in German from 30 to 42 men.
thrusts. It was said, .assumed the
Newport harbor.
Among the missing boats were
two sport fishing craft, the In-
diana and Dispatch, each re-
ported carrying 35 persons. Moat
of the other craft unreported
since the storm started were
small fishing and pleasure craft.
Two of those aboard the flounder-
ed craft Spray were rescued They
were Abe Agins, Los Angeles, and
Miss Genevieve Force. Lynwood
"We had had good, luck fishing
and were heading ashore when the
squall stigck us." Agins related. “We
were on the after tick and man-
aged to jump clear when the ship
capsized Nearly everybody else was
in the pilot house, which was shat-
tered an. swept away.”
Drew Beams
Dies at Home
Drew Beams, 56, independent oil
operator, died of a heart attack at
6:20 a m today at his home, 2234
Idlewild Mr Beams had been in
excellent health and was up prepar-
ing to go to work when stricken
He died before a physician arrived
Funeral arrangements. in charge
of Laughter funeral home were in-
complete early this afternoon pend-
ing arrival of a daughter, Drewsilla
of Chicago, and a son, Bob, Uni-
, versity of Oklahoma student at Nor-
man
Mr Beams had been in Abilene
since 1932 operating as an Indepen-
dent In shallow fields of this area,
including Callahan county fields He
. also operated In Illinois several
months last year. He had been in
the oil game since he was 15 years
of age.
Abilene associates today termed
Mr Beams one of the squarest
shooters" in the oil game and an
optimist of the type that never quit
smiling even when the going was
the roughest.
Mr Beams was born September
14. 1993. in Barboursville, Ky He
married Lora Wilson March 22, 1916,
in Rangoon, Burma, India, where he
was engaged In the oil business.
After leaving India the couple mov-
ed to ormulgee, Okla, moving from
there to Abilene seven years Ngo.
Mr Beams was a member‘of the
St Paul Methodist church and was.
-(AP)—
initiative at several points to con-
solidate positions and thwart nazi
preparations for new attacks.
French dispatches said the action
Included in the general order
was a request that enlistment
of the new men be accomplished
by Oct. 1 if possible. The in-
structions were viewed as de-
signed to test how rapidly en-
listment could be effected here.
extended from the Warndt forest I
on the west to the Bienwald forest I The guard unit
in the east, and that fighting on- authorized first by
curred near the German cities of
A United States army air corps of-
l ficer and an officer of the Argen-
tine army werej killed when their
| training plane crashed and burned I
! eight miles northeast of Randolph |
| field this morning
The dead: Second Lieut Robert
Saarbruecken, Zweibruecken, Pir-
See FRENCH, Pg. 9. Col. 8
Federal Marshal's
G O'Connor, 22, of Northampton,
executive Mass.: Capt. Hugh Ferrari Jaure-
order of the president on Sept. 8.
which boosted the nations guard
strength from 190 000 to 235.000 It -carrying out
was based, in turn on the national
defense act of 1920, which fixed
increases were
the
qui, 34
The two men were engaged in
a regular training
flight, with Lieut O'Connor acting
peace time strength of the national
guard at 424 800 men
Both batteries still remain con-
Kidnaper Arrested
r siderably short of their full peace
HOUSTON, Sept 25—(P)—Jimmie time quotas—94 men for Battery E
I Stringer, 28, of Jasper, accused of and 82 men for the headquarters
I disarming a deputy United States battery '
No increases were ordered for the
Third battalion headquarters com-
marshal at Marlin Thursday and:
escaping in his automobile, was ar-
rested here today after a
station holdup.
filling pany of ^ 142d infantry and Troop
K of the 112th cavalry, also local
Patrolman George
Lingenfelter units of the guard
in selection of the 27 men to b
said Stringer admitted the escape . ,
which occurred while Deputy Mar- enlisted. Captain Hobbs and Captain
shal Henry Barton was taking him Wiltiame emphasized ...... differ-
to the Marlin jail. H. had been
charged with transporting a stolen
automobile from Beaumont to Okla-
homa City and another from Okla-
homa City to Waco
STOP and THINK
"Those who are guilty of
starting a war between human,
beings are traitors to all men."
—Dr. Walter B. Cannon, Har-
vard professor.
Hatred stirreth tip strifes:
but love covereth all sins.
—Proverbs 10:12.
Williams emphasized that a differ-
ent type man from th* regular army
recruit is sought
Said Captain Hobbs: "The na-
tional guard is after not the man
seeking a permanent job but a resi-
ident of Abilene who is interested in
military service only in the event of
a national*emergency
PREFERENCE FOR SERVICE
Preference will be given men
with, prior service and training in
the national guard. All applicants
must undergo rigid physical exam-
mations.
"They will be picked with the view
of giving promotions in the future
in event guard units are brought
to their full peace time strength,
said Captain Hobbs Emphasis will
be placed on individual qualifica-
See GUARDS, Pg. 9, Col. 7
Borah Wins Delay on
Neutrality Legislation
WASHINGTON Sept 25—(PP)—The senate foreign relations committee
delayed action until Thursday today on the administration’s, new neu-
trality legislation 4
The delay was agreed to at the request of Senator Borah (R-Ida),
ranking majority committeeman and opponent of President Roosevelt's
proposal to repeal the existing arms embargo
A draft of the administration measure, written over the weekend
by committee democrats, was submitted by Chairman Pittman (D-Nev)
when the group met this morning.
British Resume
Confetti Raids
LONDON, Sept. 25.——The
ministry of information announced
today the royal air force had carried
Borah said opposition forces had no disposition to lock the bill up _
"I have always had a prejudice against voting on a bill before I
have read it.”'
The new bill carries out President Roosevelt’s recommendation for
repeal of the arms embargo but provides powerful congressional checks
on executive discretion
Members said there was no objection to Borahs request for delay It
was expected that the legislation would be reported to the senate by the
end of this week.
Borah told reporters he thought the issue before the foreign relations
committee "boils down to two points—whether the arms embargo should
be repealed and how much discretion should be allowed the president in
administering the law
A group of committee democrats, meeting in closed session yesterday.
See NEUTRALITY, Pg 4, Col. 1
Y
out new reconaissance flights over
Germany yesterday.
Its said the planes had dropped
| ^ROMANSHORN, Switzer,
land, Sept. 25.—(AP)—One of
Germany’s main airplane mo-
tor factories was reported to-
day to have been put out of
| action by bombs from French
i or British planes staging a raid
on the Zeppelin works at
Friedrichshafen, Germany, last
night.
NAZIS DENY RAID
(The German high command, a
dispatch from Berlin said, flatly de-
nied that there had been any air
raid on Friedrichshafen.)
The first alarm in the Friedrich-
shafen area—five miles across Lake
Constance from here — started
searchlights sweeping the skies at
8:15 p m. (1:15 p m. CST) and a
number of anti-aircraft batteries on
the German side opened fire Explo-
sions of a few bombs could be heard
here
The main part of the raid ap-
parently came when a second
alarm was sounded at 11 p. m.
Military observers on the Swiss
side, judging by the dull roars
heard here, estimated at least
30 bombs were dropped by the w.
raiders despite heavy anti-air-
craft fire, which included trac-
er bullets.
Reports reaching here said
several direct hits on the fac-
tory were scored, but because
the border was closed these
could not be confirmed.
These reports said the attack ap-
parently was aimed, not only at
Friedrichshafen but also at the lit-
tle town of Manzell, about three
miles up the lake from Friedrich-
shafen The Zeppelin works, recent-
ly converted into a factory for air-
plane motors and other parts, open-
ed another plant at Manzell.
It was not known if any of the
raiders—whose number also was
more propaganda leaflets.
One flight was made in daylight
over western Germany, the commu-
nique said, and the second at night
| over western and northwestern Ger-
| many
"All planes returned safely," it
added "There was no serious oppo-
sition "
Resumption of Britain’s "confetti
raids" was announced as Britain in-
tensified her preparation for a fight
to the finish— that being her answer
to Premier Mussolini’s suggestion to
end the war on Germany’s military
conquest of Poland.
The scattering of pamphlets by
the R A. F. generally believed to
have been Prime Minister Cham-
berlains own idea, began in the
unknown—were hit by the anti-air-
craft fire or by fighter planes sent
1 up to meet them
SWISS WARN RAIDERS
Swiss frontier patrols along Lake
Constance fired sky rockets to warn
the bombers against invading Swiss
territory
(A ministry of information com-
munique in London announced new
"reconnaisance" flights by British
warplanes over western and north-
western Germany last night, but
said only propaganda leaflets were
dropped The communique did not
say specifically over what areas the
British planes flew )
Swiss shore watchers said they
saw the German anti-aircraft guns
fire tracer bullets into the sky like
powerful Roman candles and that
they heard terrific detonations as
though from bursting bombs.
Nolan Jinx' Wildcat
Hits Deep Sand Pay
West Central Texas gained its most westerly Straw*n sand production
first week of the war when millions
of leaflets were dropped over Ger-
many in an effort to tell the people
and Nolan county its first oil field Sunday 1 their leaders were taking them down . _
The plane crashed and burned | Long watched, the jinx' wildcat of Green & Owens of Abilene and | the road to ruin Swiss authorities opened an in-
- reports not contain the Metcalf & Hallinan of New York No. 1 S C Tipton struck the deep sand The air min istry, However, asked vestigation to determine whether
information whether the officers pay unexpectedly early Sunday morning and was heading oil three hours today that British newspapers make
later. * no reference to the previous raids
as instructor, airdrome officials
met death from the actual crash or
were burned to death.
Abilenian Seriously. .
Injured in. Wreck
Little hope was held this morn.
The Jinx—which has delayed completion for six months—held good
however. Owners were faced with the problem of bringing it to produc-
tion with 900 feet of open hole below cemented string of five-inch casing
Sherwood 2 Owens. Abilene drilling contractor in charge of the
ing for Lee Guy 809 Palm in- Ten • | ct :
lured in an automobile accident 0 Daniel shedding
"The man is dangerously in-
jured, his physician said "Both
legs are fractured The right leg
both below and above the knee and
the left leg below the knee in ad-
dition he is suffering from a bad
case of shock’ We have found no
internal injuries as yet
"I understand,” the doctor said
“that Guy was injured in an auto-
mobile wreck at either Ranger or
Eastland early this morning He
was brought to Abilene in an East-
land ambulance "
Jap Ship Launched
TOKYO Sept 25——The Jap-
anese government launched a new
cruiser the Dashima, today Her
specifications were not disclosed
’ Fair Trekkers Push to Brownwood
a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, four
children, Drewsilla and Bob, and
Lora Belle and Bill. Abilene high
school student* Several brothers
and sisters also survive.
By ED N. WISHCAMPER
Reporter-News Staff Writer
BROWNWOOD, Sept 25—Two
dozen Abilene Rotarians, armed
with sirens, music and the orating
of James P Stinson were spreading
the fame of the West Texas Fair
through the Central West Texas
area today.
no reference to the previous raids
Soviet Bars River
project, said the test struck the Strawn sand higher than had been expect-PL. rr.
ed and three feet of the saturation was drilled at. 5.135-38 feet It had Tin Faroian Chinc
------——1------:— t been carrying 1,400 feet of water FOICI9TT JIPS
Three hours later the well filled |
and headed It made six or eight MOSCOW Sept 25 — While Rus-
‘Crocodile Tears’
—Joe Hill
See RAID, Pg. 4 Col. 3
Germany Reports
Raid by French
BERLIN" Sept. 25.— -DNB,
German official news agency, to-,
night quoted the high command ax
stating French airplanes had been
sighted and fired upon over Lake
Constance in the vicinity of the
Friedrichshafen Zeppelin base.
This report said the planes had
failed to bomb any object in Ger-
many and that they had been
heads during the morning while a sian troops shoved deeper into Po-
mastergate was being installed, and land today, the soviet government
1 la ter it was killed by bridging above refused to permit foreign ships on
| the pay zone (the River Neva, which flows through
The wildcat is in the northeast the outskirts of Leningrad into the
corner of Nolan county, about three Gulf of Finland
The ban ordered yesterday, was, chased off over Swiss territory.
. The high command earlier, in
comment on foreign reports that
___I miles southwest of Trent and about
AUSTIN. Sept 25—Charging seven miles southwest of the old 1 . have included Finnish ships
Governor W Lee O Daniel with Jones county Noodle Creek field It 1949 herectneniebecfeen the teo
enatior 49 QTDL IA 133 AelCCINCU DCVACCI IWV
shedding "crocodile tears" over the veyocated in section 43-19-TAP sur
The No. 1 Tipton, drilled with
a small portable combination ro-
tary machine, first indicated
commercial production in the
Canyon series last April when it
drilled approximately 80 feet of
oil saturated sand and sandy-
old folks. Senator Joe Hill of Hen-
derson declared in a statement to-
day the executive would be forced
to call a special session of the legis- |
lature to provide new revenue for
old age pensions.
Hill was answering a radio talk
Sunday by O'Daniel in which te
governor charged "professional poli-
ticians" and “propagandized" news-
lime. Before that tone could
be tested, however, tools and
pipe were lost in the hole and
the lower part was junked.
countries gave Russia the right to
: close the strategic waterway to Fin-
Inish ships tn case of “war danger."
I -Red, trooper reported taking
many "Polish, prisoners and arms as
they pushed, to within about 85
miles of Warsaw, occupying much of
the territory formerly, held by the
withdrawing Germany army
The return of wounded soviet sol-
diers to Moscow however, indicated
the Poles still “t ife putting up a
warplanes raided Friedrichshafen
last night, had flatly denied there
had been any raid.
The Weather
Fete Cancelled
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 25 — (P) -
The customary birthday reception
’or Denmark's King Christian, who
will be 69 years old tomorrow, has
been cancelled because of his illness
They met gratifying, receptions at
Lawn, Goldsboro, Novice, Coleman,
Santa Anna and Bangs before pull-
ing up here at 11 o'clock for lunch
stop
Residents of Lawn had hardly
Iished breakfast when the Abilene
sirens blared forth there at •
o'clock. Among those on the street
acting as an informal welcoming
committee were Herman Griffin,
druggist. Walter Pettite, stockman,
George Yost, and O W Willis
* An especially cordial, organized
greeting was accorded the trippers
at Coleman Leading the glad-
handing were Sam Cooper, cham-
ber of commerce manager, Mayor E
P Scarborough, and Rob O’Hair,
attorney. Mayor Scarborough took
the microphone to introduce R I.
Bowen Jr, young druggist and pres-
ident o fth* chamber of commerce,
who extended an official welcome
“Coleman and its people will sup-
port your fair a* best we can.” Bow-
en assured.
The Abilene delegation then mov-
ed two block* further down Main
street and gave a second program
in front of the Coleman hotel
Seen in the large crowd that
gathered on Santa Anna streets to
greet the Abilenians were John T.
Payne, jeweler; 8 R Smith Bap-
tist pastor, and J J Gregg and R
A Jeffreys, newspapermen.
Taking turns at the microphone
today are Stinson, Don Morris, Ro-
tary club president and Abilene
Christian college executive; Dr.
jsee TRIPPERS, P.+ Col. 1
The lost tools were sidetracked fight
papers were responsible for failure with a whipstock at 2 710 feet and I Little time is being lost in at-
tempting to sovietize the newly ac-
quired area. The program, it is said.
Includes a campaign against land-
lord and capitalist classes
of the legislature in its regular ses-the wildcat again carried to the
sion to finance pensions adequate-same horizon. Several showings
(were obtained including a low-pres-
. sure horizon in the Pale Pinto. Ope-
In another statement. Rep Abe raters decided to carry it to the
Mays of Atlanta also criticized the Strawn Nearest Strawn producing
covernor area is the, Goldsboro field in
soyemner northwestern Coleman county
in his talk Governor O’Daniel de- Crude is light yellow, estimated
plored the necessity for the public 46 gravity, and pressure was esti-
welfare board’s action last week in mated as high as 2000 pounds, hot-
slashing the amount of pension tomhole
checks and disclaimed any respons- !
ibility. / ameter flush joint casing had been
We are going to force him to call ordered if it can be obtained, the
a special session," Hill said. “He well will be completed after that
sheds crocodile tears over the old string has been cemented
folks He had the votes in the last Excitement was high in the area
session to pass a tax measure 94 Sunday, but It was :oo early for
in the house and 31 in the senate lease or royalty trades to become
Those men voted for a sales tax.” more than rumors.
Owens said 4 1-3 inch outside di-
Excitement was high in the area
Sinos Claim Jap
Thursf Thwarted
SHANGHAI, Sept »—<*’>—Chl-
nese, reporting they have nearly
1,000,000 men in the field, declared
today they had balked Japanese ef-
forts to coordinate a new major of-
fensive in China's interior
The Japanese army reported its
i troops were withip 50 miles of
Changsha, in Hunan province, south
central China, after a thrust down
| the Canton-Hankow railway. /
ABILENE and vicinity Partly cloudy
tonight and Tuesday cooler Tuesday aft-
ernoon
West Texas (west of 100th meridian):
portion.
Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler in north
East Texas (east of 100th meridian):
Partly cloudy in interior; increasing cloud,
iness on coast tonight and Tuesday, show,
ers on coast Tuesday, cooler north portion
Tuesday afternoon
Highest temperature yesterday 96
Lowest temperature this morning 63
—TEMPERATURES
A 1/ Sun-sat Mon Bum
94 92 73 TO
*4 1 T1 TO
94 92 TO 89
95 94 10 68
95 95 67 67
94 94 65 63
90 90 63 62
84 83 64 62
79 T8 68 67 |
cLoudv unrise
unset a...
5:30 p.m 6:30 a m. 12.2
Dry thermometer 87 83
Wet thermometer 60 52
| Relative humidity 17 M
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The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 117, Ed. 1 Monday, September 25, 1939, newspaper, September 25, 1939; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1631277/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.