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€ 27, 1939
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VOL. 18, NO. 310
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939
REDS SWING CLUB
HOME
EDITION
PRICE THREE CENTS
/ER BALTICS
Arms Embargo Fort Worthers Smile As Industries Start Upward Trend
Bill Sent To
Senate Floor
Debate Expected to
Open Monday Over
Cash-Carry Clause
* By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28. The
Senate foreign relations commit-
tee today reported the administra-
tion neutrality bill to the Senate,
where debate is expected to open
at noon Monday
The committee reported the bill
after an extensive discussion of
the effects of President Roosevelt’s
proposed title-and-carry provision
up the U. S. Merchant Marine.
Vote 16 to 7
Announcement of the commit-
tee’s action was made by Sen.
Claude Pepper. Democrat of Flor-
ida. who emerged at 1:20 p. m.,
from the room in which the com-
mittee had been in session since
10:30 a. m.
The vote to report the bill was
16 to 7. .
Meanwhile, some senators start-
ESTHONIA MAY
GIVE IN UNDER
SOVIET MENACE
Question Is: Can Berlin, Moscow
Work Together? Russia Tells
Of Another Sub Attack on Ships
By JOE ALEX MORRIS
United Press Foreign News Editor
Soviet Russia’s next move—possibly direct action in the
Baltic states—anxiously was awaited today as a hint whether
Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler can get together on plans for
Eastern Europe's future.
The little state of Esthonia (18,353 square miles and 1,126,000
population) appeared to be the immediate Soviet goal and was
reported accepting Stalin's demands for naval and economic co-
ed a drive to examine the na-
tional defense program to deter-
mine if the Army or Navy lacked
equipment. When the controver- |
sial neutrality issue is disposed
of, they said, Congress ought to
be willing to remain in Washing-
ton to patch any holes that might
be found in the defense structure.
Prepare, Says Connally
Sen. Tom Connally (Democrat, :
Texas), a member of the foreign
relations committee who helped
draft the neutrality, bill, told re- '
porters:
"In the world today the law |
of force—the big fist—has over-
ruled all other laws, and we may
as well be prepared to meet force
with force. A billion dollars in
4 providing the greatest navy in
the world and in providing in-
creased military preparedness may
save us billions of dollars in
treasure and many thousands of
American lives."
Connally said that if the occa-
sion arose, he would renew his
suggestion that the 250,000 mem-
bers of the Civilian Conservation
Corps be given military training.
This would provide an adequate,
well-trained reserve army, he
said.
Other senators believed that
the present defense program was
proceeding as rapidly as possible,
end thst Congress would be Im-
posing a heavy burden on an in-
dustry already overburdened if it
increased armaments now.
9 Arrested at Game,
Schools Urge 'Order'
Hit
Late News
From Europe
By UNITED PRESS
-eoperation — a significant develop-
ment in the European war.
The Red fleet was mobilized in
the Baltic Sea after the reported
sinking of a Soviet freighter off
the Esthonia coast by an unidenti-
fied submarine.
BERLIN: High command an-
nounces German air squadron
successfully attacked heavy
British cruiser near Isle of May,
also says Poles surrendered
Modlin, fortress north of War-
saw; sudden and increasing
Russian Interest in Europe from
Baltic to Dardanelles causes
concern In some quarters.
VATICAN CITY: Authorita-
tive sources aay Pope Pius XII
has sent messages to belliger-
ent and neutral nations recom-
mending a general European
peace conference.
RUSSIA REPORTS
ANOTHER ATTACK
Then, making matters still more -
serious, Moscow reported today
that a second submarine attack
on a Soviet vessel was made at 2
a. m. when the steamer Pioneer
was wrecked near the Esthonian
coast. .
Russian warships rescued her
crew. It was said that the cap-
tain of the Pioneer beached the
| vessel in Narva Bay in an effort
to escape the1 submarine.
Fort Worth industries are feeling the business impetus created by the war
market and by seasonal fall trading. The upturn has increased employment and
put new smiles on the faces of employe and employer alike. On the left, above,
A. T. Stegall goes back to work on the saw bench in Swift & Co.'s beef cutting
room. The electric band saw cuts the beef quarter in two. Upper right, an un-
usual scene in local railroad yards where increased freight carloadings have di-
minished the number of empties. Railroad officials report a scarcity of freight
cars. Lower left, a busy scene at the labeling machine, in the Waples-Platter
canning plant. Henry Moore, left, and Billie McDuff, right, are filling the cases
as the belt carries labeled foodstuffs from the machine. Lower right, a daily
scene at Bewley Mills where flour and other grain products are loaded on freight
cars. Roy Glasco is shown operating the electric loading truck.
The Nazi,air fleet again claim-
ed a victory over Britain’s Navy,
reporting a successful attack on
a British heavy cruiser off Scot-
MoSCOW: Ribbentrop con- land, following yesterday’s claims
(denied by Britain) that German
planes had destroyed a British
Payrolls and Carloadings
Reflect Business Pickup
By ALLAN CARNEY
Bigger payrolls and increased railroad carloadings stood out to-
day as sure signs of a definite pickup in Fort Worth's business and
industrial activity.
The quickened tempo, which began -with the war In Europe, has
been maintained and given impetus by the first surge of fall trad-
ing, particularly in the whole-► -------------------------------------
sale field.
School officials today appealed
for public cooperation in keeping
order at Farrington Field, new
school football stadium, and
linked their plea with a warning
of arrests for violators, as police
records showed that nine youths
of school age were taken in cus- ____
tody at the stadium during a col- of the
lege game last night.
Four of the boys were accused
of throwing cushions, and made
appearance bonds on charges of
malicious mischief. Three were
held temporarily for "investiga-
tion'' of disturbances, two for
fighting.
The school officials' plea came
on the eve of four high school
----------games scheduled at Farrington
Field in the next three days.
"We don't want fans at the
« games to feel under any special
restraint," said the appeal. “But
if necessary we will call on the
police to help prevent fighting,
throwing of cushions and missies,
* and drinking in the stands."
The appeal followed several re-
cent "unfortunate incidents," offi-
cials said.
THE WEATHER
■ Fair
■ LOCAL - Partly
"cloudy tonight and
Friday: minimum
item per a ture
■ tonight 70 to 75
: degrees.
A WEST TEXAS
P Fair tonight and
e Friday: not quite
J so warm in the
- Panhandle Friday.
Barometric Pressure: 29.14,
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES
YearAgo Yes’day Today
75 71
Time—
12 Midnight
75
Larger firms are putting men
back to work as fall orders re-
Sailors Say Bremen
In Russian Port
By United Press.
MALMOE, Sweden, Sept. 28.-
quire increased output. Railroad
freight agents report that car-
loadings are picking up daily.
Especially has the movement
of foodstuffs to jobbing centers
been accelerated, according to C.
S. Edwards, general freight agent The crew of the Esthonian steam-
R 1 I Fort Worth & Denver er Kuressar, which arrived at
Heavy shipments of flour mill Lindhamm, Sweden, from Mur-
products from Fort Worth and mansk, Russia, said today that
other North Texas milling centers they had seen the German super-
has brought a shortage in freight liner Bremen in Murmansk bar
cars, the Frisco reports. Wner Bremen in Murmansk har-
All branches of the food dis- bor.
tributing business are optimistic. Captain Koskemaekin, master
- Galen H. McKinney, vice presi- of the Kuressar, declined to make
dent and general manager of the ′ 9
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any statement.
ICC Investigator Hey! Save Curlee a Place
In That County Tax Line
Probes Wreck
Texas-Pacific Heads
Close-Lipped As
Search Is Pressed
City Tax Collector Curlee admitted today that he had overlooked
payment of state and county personal taxes on his automobile, said he
intended to visit the courthouse at an early date and went about his
job of collecting auto and other city taxes from Fort Worthers.
The man who recently launched a drive to collect city and school
auto taxes added that thousands 4,---:_______
tinues discussions with Russians
amid possibility that Soviets
may present Germany with fait
accompli in Esthonia; secrecy
surrounds Russians’ talks with LEDUANV Lure
Ribbentrop, Esthonians and CERMANT PIN IS
Turkish delegation. Ark ROYAL SUNK
LONDON: Reports say Rus- The German wireless broadcast
sia expresses willingness to a hint that the British aircraft
open trade conversations with carrier Ark Royal was the war-
Britain: government urged un-
officially to send high ranking
special envoy to Moscow to con- . ______
duct negotiations; envoys of British warship had been
neutral countries trading with
aircraft carrier and damaged a
battleship.
ship hit.
The broadcast, referring to the
British Admiralty denial that any
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Officials of the Texas * Pacific
Railroad were close-lipped today1
as the Interstate Commerce Com- |
mission investigated possible
cause of Tuesday night's wreck of
the T. C. U. special train which
took the lives of two Fort Worth
train crew members.
On the scene of the pile-up, 11
miles west of Weatherford, were
or other citizens are in thr same 000 printed cards which will be
boat, hut he believes most of mailed to auto owners against
on whom no other form of taxes are
assessed. These will be mailed
the blame should be placed
the tax collecting agencies
not on the taxpayers.
He'd Be ‘Ashamed’
and
“If I should be the only one up begins Monday.
out, along with other tax state-
ments, after the new fiscal year
1 dam-
aged, asked: .
"Where is the Ark Royal?
"English people; Ask your Ad-
miralty."
The Ark Royal is an aircraft
carrier of 22,006 tons with a nor-
mal complement of 1600 officers
WASHINGTON: Early action and men. She is 800 feet long
on President Roosevelt’s neu- over all, with a beam of 94 feet
trality revision program expect- and a draught of 23 feet
ed; Senate foreign relations ONE OE NEWEST
committee, sends legislation to ONE OF NEWEST
Senate floor . . BRITISH CARRIERS
both Germany and Britain ar-
rive to discuss blockade prob-
lems; French and British claim
continued successes in economic
warfare against Germany,
Hearing Is Delayed
A habeas corpus hearing for Os-
car Tillery, former Fort Worth
grain man accused of swindling
$2400 in Tucumcari, N. M., was
postponed today until a certified
copy of the complaint can be ob-
tained. He was released on $1000
bond.
Sheriff Claude Morcus of Tu-
cumcari said the copy probably
would arrive tomorrow.
Mystery has surrounded
the
whereabouts of the Bremen since it
sailed from New York on the
night of Aug. 30 after having
been detained for two days for a
customs search.
Reports of the Bremen’s fate
have ranged from accounts of its
capture by British warships to al-
legations that it had become an
Italian vessel, had found refuge in
Iceland or had eluded pursuit and
was in a neutral port.
THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN!
there who hasn't paid, I'd cer- A*
tainly be ashamed of it," Mr D
Curlee asserted, has et-Uenton Road
Since the city began its drive
Improvement Ordered
The Texas Highway Commission
-------— P"“"" POyca MAUUIU JUL DE olAmed IOT P
dent in charge of T. * P. opera- allowing his .... taxes to become today in Austin authorized instal-
tions, told The Press that the MHLAr taxes to become lation of a
railroad probably would complete * ——---
its investigation tomorrow or Sat-
urday.— —thimmum.....,.,.._---------------------------
J. J. Pendergrass, T. A P. mechan-
ical superintendent, and James 1 .
Vance, the ICC investigator who to collect personal taxes on autos, |
will report his findings direct to he pointed out, he has stated pub-
Washington, D. C. I licly several times that the tax-
A J. Chester, Dallas vice presi- payer should not be blamed for
delinquent in the past, since no a railroad crossing signal
concerted effort had been made near the 11 s Narcotic Farm here,
to collect them. --------and ordered $28,000 spent on im- .
PANAMA CITY:
to emergency Pan
neutrality conference
numerous neutrality resolutions.
PARIS: Agence Radio reports
Russians mobilize entire Baltic
fleet; authoritative French
sources say only seven of 27
German U-boats sent to prey
on Allied shipping have return-
ed to bases; war office reports
quiet night on Western Front
Delegates She carries 60, airplanes nor
American mally and is one of the newest
consider British aircraft carriers. She it
mounted with 16 guns of 4 1-2-
’inch caliber, four three-pounders;
six multiple pompons and eight
multiple machine guns. Pompons
" (Turn to Page 6)
The fireman on ill-fated special.
J B Hammer, 913 Taylor, was
reported improved today at St.
Joseph's Hospital, where he was
brought late yesterday from a
Weatherford Hospital. He suf-
fered severe chest bruises and
right arm burns.
A hearing to clear up cause of
the wreck will await recovery of
the fireman and E. A. Pistole, di-
vision T. A P superintendent, who
remained in a Weatherford hospi-
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Now It’s Different
proving a five mile stretch of road
with Germans repulsed west of
Saarbruecken: French and Brit-
ish airplanes claim to have shot
down several German chasers
But now the city intends to from Haslett to Denton, just north
collect the auto taxes. Mr. Curlee of the Tarrant County line. yesterday; French announce re-
added. and unless payment be- The flashing light simnals will
comes general, the tax should be be a , \ m signals will
abolished and the rolls cleared of be erected at the Texas and New
such taxes. Orleans Railway crossing near the
Scores of auto owners are pay- narcotic farm.
Ing their past-due auto taxes The Denton County project a
daily, city tax office records major step in improvement of the
show. Yesterday’s personal tax , Haslett-Denton feeder road will
collections totaled $1100. most of include an overpass at the inter-
which was on autos, section with Highway
Mr. Curlee today ordered 15,- Rhome to Dallas. %
sumption of commercial sea
navigation under protection of
convoys and naval and aerial
patrols.
HELSINGFORS: Reliable
quarters report Esthonia ac-
cepts Russian demands against
advice of Esthonian military
leaders but nature of demands
is not disclosed. .
Gordon Gets a Jump On the Rest of Us and Looks Over ‘Biggest Show’ at Ahilene
is • There He Talks With a Fort Worth
Performer; Sees Scars On Lion Tamer
By JACK GORDON
Come on In. Don't be nervous. It’s all right. ,
Don't we hold a special pass from Gardner Wilson saying we
can go through the back door of the circus?
Mr..Gardner, famed press agent •---------------------
of the Ringling Brothers and Bar-| folks, It’s the "back lot."
Watch your step. Didn't you
hear Mr. Wilson say the circus
has 53 elephants this year—the
largest herd on record?
There's the fellow Wilson
'num & Bailey Circus, issued the
pass for Abilene yesterday. He
seemed glad to have someone run
out there for a preview of the
Biggest Show. It’s on our own
South Main show ground today,
you know. ‘
And mo, with the special pass, ____. ...
let's go on back behind the breeches
recommends as guide the dis-
tinguished looking little guy in
the red coat and white riding
1. He is Fred Bradna,
uncle of Olympe Bradna, the
— The ambition of every kid realized—a free
scenes of the “Greatest Show on . ________
Earth.” In a theater, this would movie actress, and equestrian
be backstage.. But with circus f (Turn to Page 3)
Some of the 53 pachyderms—elephants to you.
Four Midshipmen
Killed on Highway
By United Press.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 28.—
Four U. S. Naval Academy mid-
shipmen en route to Annapolis
were killed today in an auto col-
lision 35 miles east of here, near
Braden, Tenn.
The dead: Britton Cole, Bryan,
Tex.; Philip Seawald, Amarillo,
Tex.; Max E. McConnell, Clovis,
N. M.; T. B. Orr Jr., Ardmore,
Okla.
Two other midshipmen, Frank
Thomas, College Station, Tex., and
“ Charles Levritt, Amarillo, were
injured and are in a hospital here. i
Furniture Week
Is Proclaimed
By Governor
Governor O'Daniel today
by proclamation designated
Sept. 30-Oct. 7 as National
1 Furniture Week in Texas.
Today The Fort Worth
Press observes the opening
j of National Furniture Week
with a special section de-
voted to home furnishings.
, Stories, illustrations and
advertisements show new
trends in furniture and
furnishings offered by Fort
- —Worth stores.-------------
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Weaver, Don E. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 310, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1939, newspaper, September 28, 1939; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1685310/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.