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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1933
PRICETWO CENTS
ROOSEVELT PLEA
SPURNED AS WORLD
PARLEY NEARS END
Latest Message, Asking Continuance Of
. All Work Except Stabilization,.
Stirs Gold Standard Nations
BRITISH DOMINIONS AID U. S.
But French and Belgian Delegates Hold
Out Little Hope of Averting
Adjournment '
By HARRY FLORY
United Press Staff Correspondent
LONDON, July 5.—President, Roosevelt's suggestions
REAPPOINTED
SEEK COUNTY
BEER BALLOT
ON AUGUST 26
Wants a Robot
1 Hitch-Hiking Pilots Land
Auto Owner in
Jail
A 24-year-old Park Hill man is
looking for one of those robot
pilots the aviators are using.
Returning from Dallas last
Sam Sayers Announces That night and realizing his liquor was
beginning to "hit," the man
Wet Group Favors Same stopped at Grand Prairie and of.
- - - - fered to pay two hitchhikers to
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RAIN PREDICTED HERE
TOMORROW; HURRICANE
NEARING GULF COAST
W. K. Yancy
YANCY KEEPS
........................................AUDITOR-POST
.onthowstlec sane. Economic Conference might-continue its
work were regarded as decidedly unsatisfactory today by District Judges Rename Him
Date As State Vote drive him home. The hitchhikers .
got in the car. If A
——— With one at the wheel, all went x WFATAFA
Aou Mineoen EADI well until the car reached Ninth US 90 n 1 IBLIl
LUN OIUENED EANLIEN and Houston Streets. There the aassun aup
_____auto of Miss Mary Frances Greer U||DL All J9CD
of Arlington suddenly loomed up
But Separate Election Now and glass showered the street.__
” . Here’s what "an ounce of pre-______
Opposed Because Of Soon” did for the Dark Hiller Office Opened Here 45 Years
and his newfriends: *
Added Cost He made a $10 drunk bond. Ago Is Victim Of
_ 2* The driver was in the city jail" "9° 1 " UI
A county election on beer will today: charged with careless So‘ Economy Ax —
be asked for August 26, the same - Police booked the other hiteh-.....’ —
date the state votes on legaliza- -
tion, chairman - nasi savesseor # forinveeuAAtien.-----_. WILL END JULY 31
the county’s beer and repeaftorces * . WILL. EBL JPET 01
announced today. MAV LIVE NITV - .
Downpour Forecast to Break Drouth That
Har Gripped Town For Month and A
_ Half; Would Halt Heat Wave’
TEMPERATURE ALREADY IS OFF
Not Expected to Reach 100 Today; New 4th
Of July Record Set; One Man
Collapses During Game
Should both the state and coun- M LIT p war .p. ....
ty vote beer, it would throw most-win I INE ULI Reports Will Be ReceivedRAIN!----------- 4
of Tarrant County open for sale till TF A A ATTA Here From Dallas - That is the forecast of Weatherman Paul S. Cook to
of legal brew Sept 15 H ower er, WATER RATES ® From Dallas, drouth -stricken and s welt ering Fort Worth.
wixenTEde-xehtiinston-NTH WIAIER AAIEOOfficial Saya 1 , Mr. Cook said the skies were to grow increasingly cloudy
other communities would have to6= , . . and unsettled tonight, with rain tomorrow.
hold precinct elections also, ac. MonnIg ravors Kaise IT The government’s retrenchment: M the city gets a downpour tomorrow, it will be the
cording to a ruling of the attorney j City’s Losing T00 *— ’ "- *:
Much, He Says
work were regarded as decidedly unsatisfactory today by
members of the steering committee of the conference.' ]
The President’s suggestions, before being made public,'
were conveyed to members of the conference individually and |
informally. ‘
They later advised Secretary of State Cordell Hull that
unless the President had something more to offer they felt
- the best solution was adjournment of the conference, with
the exception of a few economic sub-committees.
The conference thus was again in danger of adjourn-
ment, despite the strenuous efforts of the United States,
backed by the British dominions, to prevent it, :
have conveyed to President Roose L ......
velt the adverse reactions of the ll nnnr 1 1
steering committee members, and U11
was reported even to have urged *
', * President to make some con- nr nnrarsirrn
cessions to the gold standard na PEENS
tio s if he desired to prevent ad- DL I NILOLN I LU
journment. _ *_:
velopmentalt .oxsthenmeorINOs Warm Fight Expected. With
United States delegation officially
still opposes ad journment, the "‘YA‘"‘Y VHS "AIl.’rR The session started open to ,
majority individually feel there is Of 10 Days • newspapermen and Judge Young establishing headquarters here.
not touch point In continuing. . asked if the judges wanted to =______
Bitterness against Mr. Roose- pres, wiihiniton euerraterntihent - make the appointment today, or
velt among delegates of other na 1 "R. to ask more applications and set NICIA W/AT II AUIET
tions has increased instead of resentatives or the American pe. a date in the future for a vote. NEW W..LU. UMItl
,. ^UITX^^ -r-aur dotiueccoter ineituptea: second, Iowa Clergywoman Succeeds ^1-ZFXS’C'W
crating in strong terms President 10 day# or two weeks after ind "I suggest that we discuss the ' Mrs. Ella Boole' attar .which the rata dropped to
Roosevelt’s view that currency code is received, so as to notify matter among ourselves, without " 14 215 cents.per 1000.
, stabhization - is not -essential to all interests that they have a newspapermen present." . :-------
conference success. 1 . right to be heard Judge Young asked if h* would By United Press , I report on whether the city could ; and organized to give information I tended by shifting gales over core
: was reported that new in- “The protest F one group of In-1 make-a motion to that effect and | MILWAUKEE, July 5.—A cru- reduce th* rate to the Recreation | of value only to airplane pilots, alderable area and by winds of
structions from the: President -dependents At Indianapolis and Judge Culver declined. sading Iowa clergywoman, Mrs. Department on water used in The only forecasts it handles are hurricane force near_eenter. In-
were even firmer than his tele; the promise of Rep. E. W. Mar- "Hampered" by Newsmen Ida B. Wise Smith of Des Moines, swimming pools. ----------144-451--------------- -
zram of Monday which brought land of Oklahoma that some regu- Judge Hosey said the presence will lead the Women’s Christian. This would make it possible routes:
theconference on the verge of lation of pipe lines must be in- of newspapermen "hampered the -1for the pools to be refilled often-
coll tnttreted cluded, indicates a right will be discussion. Judge Morris said he Temperance, 1 nion In a vigorous er and would be a “public serv-
Delegation members indicated waged over the proposed code. j felt the same way and newspaper- fight against repeal of the 18th ice.” Mr. Monnig declared.
the statement today would reiter: General Johnson, it has been men were asked to leave the of- amendment. When Mrs. Ella A An ordinance requiring A 126
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• I. . hT an T.oula %........ourg or", orda on-inoutanacaware: SRLSmiem: who has been .....monemly IMhecilenof equipment I
the conference to get down toA J Street, accountant, now with president during the eight-year ad- LEXid me. Tedten MAN week
work on economic questions. CONTINENTAL uivco the State Insurance Commission; ministration of Mrs. Boole, was __+ LX
.Two Requirements UUIVTINIENTTAL IK L U Jess Norman, accountant, former-elected president yesterday For
As Georges Bonnet, French ly with T. P. Coal and Oil Co; 201 years president of the Iowa
......oreign minister, emerged from a npiinr TO OE OF UTO W' B Becker, accountant, and H. W. C. T. U., Mrs. Smith at the
. nferen ce he said UNUUE U 03 UEN O C. M ichael, city auditor. age • of 6 1 becomes head of the
"We are awaiting a message - 10 PENLP The applications of Mr. Swink, leading dry organization at its
-......most critical period.
The new president will be ready
to assume the Carrie Nation type
of leadership If the situation de-
minds It, she said after her elec.
To Position He’s Held
16 Years
1Tarrant County’s district judges
today reappointed County Auditor
W, E. Yancy for another two-
The government’s retrenchment. . .... ..., ..... „ ......... ......... .. ... ve .ne
program struck Fort Worth an- first in 4 month and a half. The last trace of moisture, too
weather Pureau, according to a small to measure, was recorded by the Weather Bureau on *
telegram from Washington. - j . ' ———————+June 13.
Orders to close the bureau July ATARI! ■ Al fl BIA Th® forecast contained nothing
If a check-up shews the city 31 along with others in the Unitedabout a break in the' heat wave,
water department is losing as States, were issued today by the OIUANI IUVINU but unofficial observers say *
much as $10,000 a month, due to Agricultural Department, : good rain is sure 10 give some re-
UN According to United Press re-
s MW Y a ports, a tropical hurricane in the
general,
, Mr. Sayers said he hadconald-
ered asking an’earlier election for
year term, the county, but had decided that
The auditor has been in the it would "cost lots of money" and
n office 16 years, coming to ft from be a .“foolish" move.
the tax collector’s office. He saw sentiment In the coun-muen as $10,000 a month, QueoM AI
The appointment was made in ty for beer appeared to be crystal- lower summer rates. Councilman T ' 5 ., U *
an executive session in the office ized and that the Texas Hotel, William Monnig will favor r*- Ret Nweate reports from
.. ofJudge Bruce Young of 48th several breweries and others were turning to the old rate, he said 1
District Court, prepared to start sale- Sept. 15, , today. Mr. Monnig sponsored the he* 0
- Judge Young, who announced the earliest possible date. reduction, needI retained orrent
It afterward, said that "Mr. Yan- Mr. Sayers, who is 28th district | At the same time, City Council erred most of dns
cy was the only applicant nomi-chairman of the Liberal Legion, | asked City Water Superintendent1 r 1
nated. However, he declined to will confer* this afternoon with L. A. Quigley to give it a report
give the vote on the appointment, former Mayor W. D. Davis, dele- at its meeting next Wednesday
Open Meet at First 1 gate of the repeal forces to be on the effect of the cut on water
Attending the meeting were voted on Aug. 26. %—revenue. -
Judges Young, George E. Hosey, He said Mr. Davis' campaign Mr. Quigley recently announced
..... Marvin Brown Sr. Walter Morris had been placed in his hands and that the reduction, was costing and necessary reductions in KOY w- a. m . 1
Hearing Due Within Week and Frank P. Culver.Jr.......that they would plan a county the department more in reduced ernmentexpenses in the Weather Muehinto
Th.............ad A— * ampaign for repeal and discuss revenue than It could stand, H* . Bureau." The announcement said proa would PAss
said the summer reduction hadthat the stations were being inland between Corpus, Christi
failed to increase consumption closed because they were among and Brownsville, Texas, tomorrow
‘[ sufficiently to offset losses from the smaller offices and "least es-imorning.„
the slaah sential” in observational work. i Northeast storm warnings were
1 Weatherman Paul 6; Cook con- ordered up at noon from Browns-
firmed the report and said he had ville to Port OConor,
The advisory Was as follows:
“Tropical disturbance central
-----west.
Economy Move
According to the telegram, the
order to close the office in Port
Worth and more than a score of |
others was issued to mheet urgent
- . | Gulf of Mexico was 250 miles
May Pass Inland Between from the mouth of the Mississip-
pi and 426 miles from Galveston
Corpus and. Brownsville
Early Tomorrow. .
By United Press.
today and sweeping toward the
coast.*
\ Rain Near Here.
■ The atmospheric disturbance al- •
ready had brought rain to New
HOUSTON July 5.—An advis- Orleans and Louisiana and Missis-
ory from the weather bureau at sippi cities.
Fort Worth was cobled last
PLEDGES REAL FIGHT
The summer schedule increased |
the maximum consumption from
2000 to 2500 gallons for 75 cents.
Additional consumption charges
. continued at 24 cents per 1000,
I until the consumer used the same
no information as to what would
be done with himself and Aivie
McGrew, junior observer, who has about 25 30 north 91.30.
been in the office five years. Har about 350 mil** almost due east
old Smith, employe for three of Brownsville, Texas, moving
years, also may lose out, Mr. Cook - slightly north of west about 12
said. • e.e. miles an hour
, .on per ...., . The airways weather office will "Disturbance has increased both
Mr. Monnig also a»k»d for a remain open but it Is equipped in extent and intensity, now at-
about conditions along airplane | dications are center will pass in-
"A4*4") i land over South Texas coast be-
Cotton Service Also tween Corpus Christi and Browns-
When the downtown office ville Thursday forenoon. Caution
...................- closes the last of the month, it advised vessels in and near path,
amendment when Mrs. Ella . A An ordinance requiring a $25 will end 45 years of service to
Boole retires as president Nov. 1, Hcense fee for taxicabs, physical shippers, business men and elti-
4-------and | zens in this section of the country.
,-...| In addition to mailing out cards
was I daily with general weather In-
formation from all over the Unit-
I ed States, and serving the public
ITALIAN FLYERS ON'
THIRD LEG OF FLIGHT
night by a rain and windstorm
south,and east of the' city.
A small tornado damaged 30
homes, two churches and a school-
house at Fate, north of Dallas. It
injured five persons. Rain fol-
lowed. Dallas also got .10 of an
Inch and a shower fell between
here and Mansfield. — __
The temperature here, which
had hovered around the 100 mark
since noon, dropped 10 degrees
within an hour. -It stayed, a few
degrees lower thru the night
than It has been on previous
nights. Yesterday's maximum,
101,equaled the record for July
4, set in 1911.
Checker Player Collapses.
The intense heat was blamed
for the collapse of L. E. Etter,
65, 308 Terry Street, during a
checker game in the Odd Fellows
Hall at First and Throckmorton
Streets at 9 p.- in. Mr. Utter-is
caretaker at the hall. He was
revived at St. Joseph’s Hospital.
It was the third heat prostration
in two weeks. -
The temperature at 10 a, m> ..
today was 88, seven degrees lower
from Mr. Roosevelt, which it | . Mr. Norman and Mr. Michael were
„ inereaca p orbit conditional. They applied, provid-
increase Masses Optimistic ed the Judges did not re-appoint
Prediction of Leaders Mr. * -
DAVIDSON ASKS FOR
TEXAS WORKS JOB
seems will change everything."
"The situation is very bad,
said Paul Hymans, Belgian for-
eign minister, another gold stand-
ard man
It was these committee chiefs By United Press.
PONCA CITY, Okla., July 5.2
tion.
PREDICT INCREASE
IN FREIGHT LOADINGS
thru newspaper reports, th* office
also gets out a special report from
the cotton growing region.
Th* weather-office here
established in 1898, while
WAS
the
Traffic in Territory to Gain
Three Percent
whoresterday voted to recom- PONCA CITY, Okla., July 3.-
mend adjournment, and it was Continental Oil Company today
only by heroic work that Mr. Hull announced an advance in price „ . ।
persuaded the steering committee for crude oil in the Mid-Continent Former entenant Governor In
to postpone until tomorrow a area to a top of 85 cents a bar- 44 *
meeting at which they were to rel. , m Y
draft an adjournment resolution - The advance is effective 7 a. m.
for the full economic conference, tomorrow.
The increase, which surpassed
the most -optimistic predictions of
oil leaders, affects Oklahoma,
Kansas and North Texas crude.
Washington.
WASHINGTON. July 5.—-T. W.
Davidson of Houston, former lieu-
HURRIED REUNION IS
STAGED BY FLYERS
freight car loadings in the
Southwestern territory, which In-
clude* Texas, will mount approxi±
Dallas, office was mot started un-
til 1212.
William Weber, chief clerk of
the Washington headquarters of
the weather service, said the gov.
ernment would save $8,000 a year
by closing th* office here and
that Dallas was near enough to
serve the public here with regu-
lar forecasts and full Information,
than at the same hour yesterday.
Mr. Cook said if the clouds in-
Twenty-Four Planes Headed creased, it probably would stay
• For Reykjavik, Iceland : elow 100 today:
By United Press. *
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, July 5.
—-The Italian flying squadron was
reported late today to have passed
the Faroe Islands safely, ep route,
from Londonderry to Reykjavik
on its flight to Chicago.
Balbo’s plane took off from th*
waters of Lough Neath at 12:40
p. m. (7:40 a. m., EDT), and the
other phiies followed group by
group. The last plane took the air
Four Nations Agree
On Wheat “In Principle”
By United Press.
LONDON, July 5 —Delegates
representing the United States,
Canada, Australia and- Argentina
today reached agreement in prin-
ciple of a “policy of temporary
adjustment" to raise wheat prices,
but agreed that co-operation of
European consuming nations was
necessary to any final solution of
the problem, it was announced ot-
ficially.
It was indicated that wheat ex-
porting nations, perhaps with the
inclusion of Russia, must get im-
—porting agreements with nations
such as France that have been
imposing high tariffs on foreign
wheat in order to stimulate their
own production.
There must then be final ap-
proval by the governments con-
cerned.
It was rumored that the, agree-
ment reached in principle today
provided for 15 per cent reduc-
tion for two years. But.lt was
said officially that .lt was not
necessary at this time to fix defi-
nitely a percentage, and that it
was preferable to await the mid-
July world crop survey.
ARM BROKEN IN CRASH
tenant- governor of Texas, is in
Washington seeking the position
of public works administrator for
Texas. (
He has asked Secretary of the
Interior Ickes, chairman of the
special board advising on the pub-
lic works program, for the job.
Davidson’s name is not on the
The new schedule, which re-
places the 25-cent advance posted
more than a month ago, provides
a price of 61 cents a barrel for
crude of 29 degrees gravity and list submitted to Ickes by Senator
below with a two-cent-a-barrel
per degree of gravity differential
up to 85 cents for 40 degree grav-
ity and above.
GIRL TO FLY PART
OF TIME WITH POST
Conhally,
FALL PROVES FATAL i
AUSTIN, July 5.—D. F. Bob-
bitt, 41, law professor at the Uni-
versity of Texas, died early today
from injuries received more than
Fay Gillis, 23, Will Be Passenger
■----In Flight Over Siberia-------"
By United Press.
NEW YORK, July.....S.—Wiley
Post, who hopes to start next .
week on his projected flight
alone around the world, will
have Miss Fay Gillis, 23, Minne-
a week ago when he fell from a
porch at his home here. Professor
Bobbitt had been a member of the
University faculty since.1918.
Bowen Employes Flew Here Yes. mately 3.3 per cent during the CHARTER COMMITTEE-
terday; Leave on Planes Today third quarter of 1332 6ver the WRN
A hundred employes of Bowen same quarter of 1932, the Amerf- WANTS SUGGESTIONS
Air Lines in Texas and Oklahoma can Railway. Association predicts. ----.
National loadings will mount 10. Ask That They Be Made in Writ- gerous stretch of their 7,100-mile
Nations, maninga " m unt ing to Dr. Thompson A.....- -......•......he
got together here in a hurry yes-
terday for their annual barbecue
and picnic.. __.
They flew to Fort' Worth for on the basis of reports made by
the company's annual outing and its 13 regional advisory traffic
today boarded Bowen plan*s and boards.
returned to their posts. It was Only fh one area is a decrease
all "on the house."
per cent, the association believes
City Council’s committee study-
ing changes for the
to be voted on this fall, today
at 1 p. m. (8 a. m. EDT)
Held here since Sunday by bad
weather, the planes faced a dan-
Orbetello - Chicago flight on the
cruise to Iceland.
eity charter BATHING BEAUTIES
TO OPEN NEW POOL
urged persons or organizations
| predicted-— of 8.6 per cent In the having suggestions to submit *
at the.-. u-------u......--in* them in writing to Dr. w. R. Itiverside: Swimming
The picnic was held ... .....
White Settlement Road firm of Trans = Missouri - Kansas region.
Bill Fuller, manager of Meacham This is due to the short grain
Field. Temple Bowen, president crop. The same factor will hold
of the company, was master of the Southwestern increase in load-
ceremonies, ings below the national level. The
The “gang” assembled from Great Lakes and Northwestern
Fort Worth, Austin, Houston, regions report the largest an-
Dallas, San Antonio, Oklahoma ticipated increases 29.8 and 34.7
City—and-Tilsa.-------------------respectively.-----,---*
Coast Guards and Sea Planes Hunt .
»n-
Place to
Thompson, chairman,.
"We will welcome any ideas
Draw Hood County Entries
Driver Loses Control of Auto,
Runs Into Curb
Losing control of his auto. Scott
Allen, 22, 1100 block Harris
Street, crashed Into the curb at
Alston and Magnolia Avenues last
night. His right arm was broken
in two places.
W. C. Roper, 35, 2 9 3 3 Mecca
Street, broke his left leg when he
fell off i ladder. He is at St. Jo-
seph’s F ospftal.
apoIls, as ■ his passenger from
Novo-Sibirsk to Khabarovsk, -Si-
beria.
Miss Gillis has left Moscow for
Novo-Sibirsk and will have gaso-
line and oil ready for Post when
he arrives. She will arrange food
and sleeping accommodations.
Post believes Miss Gillis' fluency
in Russian will save him time on
the Russian stages of the flight.
Post hopes to take off in two
weeks.
WILL OBSERVE RUSSIA
Swedish Minister Instructed to
Study Situation
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 5.
President Roosevelt has Instruct-
ed Lawrence Steinhardt, new min-
ister to Sweden, to study the
Russian situation from the close
observation point of Stockholm, it
was learned today.
70 Persons Adrift on Barges at Sea
that might be advanced for Im
proving the charter, and will con-
sider them thoroly before recom-
mending that they be voted up-
on,” Dr. Thompson said, follows
ing a meeting of the committee.
The group also includes Van
Zandt Jarvis and Sam J. Calla-
way. The committee was named
last week-by Mayor William Bryce
after several recommendations Must
had been made for changing char-Tand
ter provisions.
H*at sufferers here yesterday
can take comfort in the fact that
it was 112 yesterday At Haskell
and 110 at Greenville, the former
mark being, the highest recorded
this year in any Texas town.
Several Texas towns reported .
showers yesterday. , Among them
was Austin, .1.8 of an Inch, Mule-
shoe, .16; Corsicana, .24; Lufkin,
.46 and Nacogdoches, .7.0.
HOURLY TEMPERATURES.
12 Midmisbt 86. 6 a. m. ______78
TWO BURGLARS FORGET
And Now They’re In Jail After
Manager Calls Cops
By United Press
CHICAGO, July 5. — Sigmund
Slowinsky, 26, El Paso, - Texas,
and Jack Kartesz, 27, Chicago.
Hood County bathing beauties
will h* "onL-parade st 8 p. m. Fri- -------— .............o- - —
day night, celebrating the open-art of burglary that caused their
Ing of the Riverside swimming arrest while meddling with a Lig-
pool on the farm of Henry Zwei- gett drug store safe th the Bis-
fel, on- mile west of Granbury, marck Hotel Building here today--
„ The beauties are backed by 30. The most essential thing that.....
Hood County business firms. Cash the pair forgot was to place a
prizes will be awarded to winners guard over Armin Gaetke, store
of first, second and third places, manager, when they left him and
according to A. R. Crawford, com-his wife bound "and gagged in
mander of the Elmer Joiner Post, their home in Maywood, a suburb.
American Legion, st Granbury, Gaetke managed to free him-
hacker of one of the beau- self and called police.
overlooked several things in the
arrest while meddling with a Lig-
Gaetke managed to free him-
ties.
By United Press
NEW YORK, July 5. — Seven
Coast Guard boats and a seaplane
searched windswept seas from
Cape May, N. J., to Lewes, Del.,
today in a frantic search for 70
or more persons adrift on barges
disabled by an unseasonable storm
that wrecked half a dozen other
vessels and sent at least five men
to death.
No trace of any of the missing
barges had been discovered by the
Coast Guard fleet which since
dawn has patrolled the waters
still lashed by the gale, which
created havoc off the Delaware
Capes Monday and Tuesday. The
only story of what happened was
contained in meagre wireless re-
ports and in the tale of the crew
of a rescue ship, the collier A. L.
Kent. 4
The Kent figured in perhaps the
most remarkable incident of the
storm. Plowing thru heavy seas
off Fenwicke Shoals Mondsy, the
9000-ton collier sighted the tug
Brooks Scanion towing three lum-
ber barges, and obviously in
trouble. The tug refused to ac-
cept aid, and the A. L. Kent
steamed on. Soon the tug called
the collier back by wireless. The
tow-line wss afoul her propeller
and the seas were pounding the
barges toward the shoals.
The hardest hit of the barges
was the 8, G. Wilder. The five
members of her crew launched a
dory. Captain Edward Leveau
maneuvered his ship to take the
men aboard, but they refused.
The dory struggled thru the waves
but could not make the tug, and
when last seen was drifting rap-
idly away. One of the five men
waved goodbye.
Capt. Leveau turned his atten.
tion to the barge 11 Turner,
breaking up with four men and
a woman aboard, The five got
Into a dory and got alongside the
collier. After they were pulled
aboard the woman and two men
went below to get dry clothes.
The captain and his mate Initiated
on going back to the tug. Since
no boat could be launched, they
jumped overboard.
By a whim of the sea, both
men were swept alongside the tug
and taken aboard. The Brooks
Scanion then cleared her propeller
and made safety inside the Dela-
ware breakwater with the third
of her barges.
Warm Mama
May Be Heat, May He
Temperament; She
Wants Rancher
The pool, unused for the past
four years, was being recondition-
ed today. It la one of the largest
concrete pools in this section of
the state. The pool measures
too feet in width, and It Is 200
feet long. A 100 foot ramp is
being built over the water for the
beauties to promenade upon.
Judges from out-of-town will se-
lect the winners.
Hurried Back.
Gas Station Customers
Turn Bandits at
Invitation
1 The Carlsbad, N. M., rancher
who asked Mayor William Bryce TAX HEARINGS START
to find him a wife had. a reply AA
from a “warm mama” Hiday.
• That was the way one of 10
eligibles described herself In let-
ters received today by the mayor,
Mr. Bryce forwarded the letters
to the lonely New Mexican,
‘ The mayor has received more
than a dozen other letters from
interested ladies since he turned
the rancher's letter over to re-
porters two weeks ago.
Nearly 60 property owners ap-
peared today before the opening
session of the Board of Equalize-
tion's hearing, at the City Hall,
protesting assessments made on
their property for city and school
tax purposes this year.
The hearing continues until
about August 19, according /o
City Tax Assessor W. T. Macy.
C. T. Reeves, attendant at the
‘Marathon filling station, 3601
West Seventh Street, pumped six .
gallons of gas into a flashy red
touring car late yesterday,
- "Hurry back," he said.
An hour later, the two occu-
pants of the car accepted the "in-
vitation,” This time they polled
pistole and took $36.01 from the
attendant, Mr, Reeves told police.
Burglars who broke Into the
Nu-Tex Oil and Rubber Company,
601 North Main Street, took two
40-gallon drums of oil.
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