The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 129, Ed. 2 Wednesday, February 25, 1931 Page: 2 of 16
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1981
THE FORT WORTH PRESS
BURGLARS GET SHOES,
By George Clark
Side Glances
SHOE-MARKET
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be published in the existing Tele-
gram plant, its two auxiliary up-
town plants, and in the press
plants of the New York Times and
the Evening Graphic.
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HOUSE DEFEATS
RACE BET BILL
Authors Abandon Efforts for
Passage
By United Press
AUSTIN, Feb 25.—The bill to
phia, son of the founder of the At-
water Kent Radio Corporation,
was en route to El Paso Wednes
day after visiting Fort Worth
I Tuesday on a tour of the state
seek approval of the sale by sur-
rogate’s court.
In presenting the application of
approval of sale, attorneys asked
also specific approval of the con-
tract of sale to the''New York
Telegram. The hearing opened
with a presentation of a financial
accounting by the trustees.
The Pulitzers personally were
represented by John G. Jackson
and Steven P. Nash of the firm of
Jackson Fuller, Nash & Brophy.
The Pulitzers as trustees were
represented by Rogers Bacon. In-
terests of the grandchildren of
the late Joseph Pulitzer were rep-
resented by Vincent Leibell and
Thomas P. Sheridan, special guar-
dians appointed by the court.
The Morning, Sunday and the
Evening World will be combined
Into one newspaper with the New
York Telegram, under the title,
The World-Telegram. All of the
important features of the four
papers will be combined into the
presses turn.
I Pulitzer's Will.
the will of the late Joseph
zer, his three sons Ralph,
eeseph and Herbert were made
I irte beneficiaries of a trust com-
posed of the New York World
papers. The sons were named
trustees, and the will expressed a
wish that the sons and their de-
scendants continue publication of
the World paper as a public in-
stitution.
This wish, according to repre-
sentations to the court by attor-
neys for the Pulitzers, was ful-
filled until economic conditions,
precipitated a crisis in the affairs
of the concern. Prevented under
the terms of the trust from pub-
- He financing, attorneys asserted,
the trustees were forced to choose
between discontinuing publication
or selling the papers to a news-
paper institution financially able
to carry on and friendly in policy
to the Ideals of editorial policies
i the World.
Because the will gave no power
»f sale to the trustees, because----— —- -
Tree sons were trustees, and be- Foley did not involve sale of the
^ The children of the trustees historic World Building
ad the children of the sisters of newspaper equipment in it, which
the trusices had a residuary in- would be separately disposed of
terest the trustees were forced to by the Pulitzer estate.
excess profits made by privately
owned plants go to the owners,
j Hayden said. McGregor pointed
law, Douglas Robinson, mentioned out
incidentally in the stories,
Inspired by personal hatred
to 58.
A previous effort to have the
ANTIKNOCK
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erroneously voted on the direct
motion instead of the motion to - -
table, the corrected vote was 65 the committee had acted upon the
CONTROL ORGED TRACY SAYS
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the consumer and the tax-
be different
R. E. Rouer, city attorney of
Fort Worth, was introduced as
“the person most familiar with the
bill." He charged "utility lobby-
ists" had injected confusion into
its consideration.
Large Bills Protested.
High gas bills were mentioned
by many speakers for the utility
bill. Earl Earp, secretary of the
Sweetwater Board of Develop-
ment, said that with spring flow-
ers blooming, his community ex-
perienced the highest gas bills in
years.
Mayors said that for lack of
facilities to determine what are
fair rates, they are unable to act'
on complaints of citizens regard-
ing rates. Rouer said that cities
are now powerless to control
"gate rates.” Gate rates were ex-
plained to be the rate charged by
producing companies to the deliv-
ering company. Inability of cities
to. regulate long distance telephone
rates was also cited in favor of
a state commission.
A' burglar who broke into the
home of C. W. Wiley at 2911
Ryan Avenue, took a Boy Scout
flashlight and pair of Boy Scout
shoes, Wiley reported to police.
Two dozen three-pound cans of
coffee valued at $18 were stolen
from the Temple Harris Ware-
house Company building in the
T&P yards.
Zella Mae Helm, 2105 Lincoln,
reported the loss of a $50 brace-
let at the North Side High
School, Tuesday,
in the Indictment.
The entire affair did much to
add to the World’s prestige in
Washington and elsewhere in this
country.
aleveral times Pulitzer "retired"
come out again for such a
When he died, he, like E.
Scripps, was rich and left be-
BT him a name known where
the World.
Indictments Dismissed
The elder Pulitzer envisioned
the possible "cowboy tactics” he
might expect, and went so far as
to check on the condition of some
Jails he might occupy. Then he
went to sea again, fearful of ar-
rest, got the whooping cough, and
when a ne r secretary came aboard
at Lisbon, the latter deyeloped
small pox to add to the Pulitzer
worries.
The Indictments finally were
dismissed on the grounds the
court had no jurisdiction, the act
under which indictments were is-
sued did not apply, and if con-
strued to apply, was unconstitu-
tional, the offense was wholly
within the jurisdiction of New
York State and punishable there-
Brand the defendant, being a
corporation, was Incapable of com-
mitting the offense charged with-
permit betting on horse races at
licensed fairs was defeated in the
House of Representatives this
morning when the House failed to
order it printed in face of an ad-
verse committee report, Rep.
Mathis of Houston and Dyer of
San Antonio, authors, said no ef-
fort to reconsider the vote will be
made.
The vote on the bill came on a
motion to table a motion to print |
on minority report. Indicators on | H<) is accompanied by J. C. Pan
the house electric voting machine cost, Philadelphia, sales factor,
showed a vote of 62 eyes and 60_____________________------------------
noes. After verification and state-
ment of members that they had bill recommitted was. defeated,
receiving 57 ayes and 66 noes
Rep. F. C. Weinert declared that
Petsch Bill Hearing to Be
Resumed Wednesday
(Starts on Page 1).
night, and still had speakers
waiting when a recess was taken
at 10 p. m.
Abilene Mayor Speaks.
Mayor, T. E. Hayden of Abi-
lene, whofsaid he spoke for 35
West Texas communities which
held a conference at Abilene and
indorsed the Petsch bill, was
asked by committee members to
ascertain from those cities if
they will support the bill with
an amendment to include munici-
pal utilities. Mayor Hayden said
Abilene would not object and
agreed to consult the others.
Hayden was subjected to a
cross fire, of questions by com-
mittee members that nearly pre-
cipitated a clash in the commit-
tee. Rep. Alfred Petsch, author
of the bill, protested that citi-
zens who appeared before the
committee should be treated
"courteously." Rep. T. H. Mc-
Gregor of Austin, with Rep. O.
S. McCombs of Dallas, who had
been questioning Hayden, took
offense at Petsch’s statement.
■ Difference Explained,
Answering questions, Hayden
said there-is a difference between
municipal utilities and those pri-
vately or corporately owned. Any
profits made by a municipal plant
go toward support of municipal
government and so return indi-
rectly to the consumer, while
Scripps-Howard Publishers
Offer $5,000,000 for
Name, Good Will
(Starts On Page One).
depicted a decline in revenue of
"the World as readers in the so-
called middle class field swung
over to the tabloids.
Roy W. Howard, who once
worked on the late Joseph Pulit-
ser’s St. Louis Post Dispatch, told
the court he was prepared for the
organization to deposit at once
$500,000 in cash, with another
$500,000 within 90 days toward
■the final purchase price. It was
-understood the deal would even-
itually yield the Pulitzer estate
$5,000,000.
Attorney Max Steuer, represent-
ing Paul Block, publisher, sought
to delay the hearing, claiming his
client, who had made previous of-
fers for the Morning and Sunday
World, was prepared to offer
$500,000 above the Scripps-How-
ard contract figure. Herbert Pu-
litzer had previously advised the
court of a $10,000,000 offer by
Block which the latter subse-
quently revised downward byetwo
millions. Pulitzer said he was con-
vinced from his negotiations that
Block had withdrawn as a pros-
pective purchaser.
Name and Good Will
The contract of sale provided
for assumption of the name and
good will of The World but not I
for purchase of its building or
-equipment.
The hearing had been necessary
because stipulations in the will of
Pulitzer were such that a sale
could not be made without such
authority. -
The World, founded, in 4860 by
Alexander Cummins and bought
later by Pulitzer from Jay Gould,
railroad man, for ’ $346,000,
achieved fame as a fearlessly in-
dependent campaigner against
what it held to be political
wrongs.
- In 1887 he established the Eve-
ning World and three years later
he built the World Building,
which with its 14 stories and tow-
er was a "skyscraper" in the Gay
Nineties.
Defied Roosevelt
Roosevelt’s libel suit against
Pulitzer and the World establish-
ed that newspaper more firmly
than ever. The suit was the result
of stories and editorials published
while Pulitzer was at sea which
attempted to reveal the deal which
gave the United States its Pan-
ama rights. I
These stories were to the effect
that William Nelson Cromwell
and his associates, New York fi-
nancial interests, purchased Pan-
ama securities that could have
been bought in the open market
for $4,000,000, and resold the
property involved to the United
States for $10,000,000. They also
charged this same syndicate had
organized the Panama Republic,
financed it, and in all collected
more than $40,000,000 from the
United States. Roosevelt was all
but called a "liar,” in retorts to
his explanations.
"Who got the money?” the
World asked. And it demanded
Congress investigate, a demand
Try it out—put it to the test
AT THE SIGN OF THE ORANGE DISC
acre off just a small farm,
but he tells me he plowed It
up 14 times last year.
“I understand you have
some big dams near here.
Looks like If it keeps on
you’ll have to have dams to
keep out the oil, as well as
"the water." “
It was in speaking before
the Round Table i Club that
Tracy remarked as to the edu-!
Automotive engineers and motor car builders
have greatly improved motor car efficiency
by increasing compression. The car owner—
the motorist—should maintain this efficiency
by the use of proper anti-knock motor fueL
. . . eliminates even the faintest click or
ping. This assures a lightning getaway in
traffic with a smooth fast pick up—makes
traffic a pleasure. It’s a great victory—a
great service to the motorist.
Another desirable feature of No-Nox Ethyl
is its extremely low end point which
gives it an instant vaporizing quality for
quick easy starting on coldest days and adds
an exhilarating power.
cation of “young men and
women to take jobs.” 6
He will talk along the same
line at the Texas Christian
University chapel Friday morn-
ing.
He will be a speaker at the
Technical Club at the Univer-
sity Club Thursday noon.
** *
TRACY Is not an ordinary
1 looking man. His almost
blind eyes are deep set. He
clenches a black pipe between
his few remaining teeth, and
turnsthis head slightly as he
smiles.
Tracy’s eyes are only about
one-tenth normal, he having
been born blind and his sight
partially restored by an oper-
ation. He wears heavy glasses.
He wears a dark grey suit,
and a grey hat, with broad-
toed black shoes. His dress,
demeanor and attitude are
about alike, plain and simple.
* * *
TTIS first answer to ques-
tions is slow and delib-
erate, and then it is complete.
Tracy says-
He likes Texas’ best of all.
(Houston is his old home,
where he used to write edito-
rials on the Houston Chron-
icle and the Houston Press for
years).
"I like to get back to Tex-
as. It seems so much differ-
ent after you cross the Mason
and Dixon line.
"The trend of the country
is south, toward Texas. There
is so much in Texas. You can
find most anything you want.
"Just think, in Texas, there
is 112,000,000 acres of agri-
cultural land, about a third
of the total now being farmed
in the United States.
"We could farm one-tenth
as much intensively, however,
and do a better job of It.
"I was amazed, driving
across West Texas the other
day. There Is such an ex-
panse of such wonderful land.
"We passed thousands of
autos and trucks. In places
the trucks were hauling more
than the railroads. Some of
the trucks are tearing up the
roads, which means we must
build highways that will with-
stand trucks.”
Tracy is accompanied on
his trip by Mrs. Tracy and
their son, Henry, 14. Mrs.
Tracy and Henry have been
doing the driving.
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Minteer, Edwin D. & Schulz, Herbert D. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 129, Ed. 2 Wednesday, February 25, 1931, newspaper, February 25, 1931; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1638908/m1/2/?q=REDWATER: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.