The Matagorda County Tribune (Bay City, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 29, 1937 Page: 3 of 8
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THE MATAGORDA COUNTY TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937
PAGE 3
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mistaking the voices of regular: Mrs. Ella Peters
subscribers. Subscriber Ali Yusseif
received the shock of his life when
he was recognized as Subscriber
Mukhta Ben.
It was several days after the of- yesterday afternoon at 2 45. She
ficial party s departure before the had been a resident of West Co-
Tirana exchange resumed its tra- lumbia for a good many years,
ditional efficiency. The operators. She is survived by two daugh-
were days behind on their sub-ters, Mrs. Johnnie Wilkerson of
seribers’ personal affairs and had West Columbia, Mrs. Dr. Russell
to get caught up. This, the com- of Pelly, and one son, H. B. Peters
merce department explained, is a of San Antonio, Texas.
vital feature of the service. I Funeral services will be held
For example, operators must be from the Methodist Church at West
able to inform a caller that a cer- Columbia this afternoon at 4:00
tain subscriber had left the city to p. m with Rev. C. Pugsley offi-
visit a country cousin, or that an-
Mrs. Ella Peters, age 76 years.
4 months and 21 days, passed away
at her home in West Columbia
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other couldn't answer the phone
because he was busy milking
ventilation in each of the other I Daisy.
rooms, and plans provide a large ---------------
closet for each of them, in ad- FY ] TL
dition to a linen closet opening Record Ihrong
off the hall. The bathroom, een- . *
mealiest For Aquaplane
usual fixture .. D
The extel house, here Race Forecast
1 hown in a combination of brick
and clapboards, might be finish-
ed with shingles or clapboards or
built of solid brick or brick com-
lined with stucco. Where stone
CALIFORNIA BEACH EVENT
MAY BE WATCHED BY
175,000.
is available it might be used in ny TACKGEENTHER
combination with other material United Press Staff Correspondent.
effectively. The slight overhang Hermosa Beach, Cal., July 27.-
second floor a feature ". The largest crowd to witness a
many of the oldest New England , .: :
, 5 one-day sporting event in America
houses add interest to the front this season will assemble Aug. 1
elevation, and should be retain-for spectacle which was begun
led in constructing a house of this
! type.
ciating. Funeral
under the direction
Matchett Funeral Home.
arrangements
of Walker-
Card Of Thanks
To everyone who was so solici-
tous and kind to us in our recent
great bereavement, we extend our
most grateful thanks. Our friends
have endeared themselves to us
a thousandfold by all they did to
comfort us. The beautiful floral
offerings, the services of the min-
ister, the pallbearers and all else
will never be forgotten by us.
Douglas Harding Broussard’s
Mother, brothers and sisters.
Masonic Meeting
The Master Masons of the 32nd
district are invited to attend a
"HOT OIL” LAW
SHOWS PROFIT
3
1 1
LIVING ROOM
1 Ioseo"
92.90
First Floor
M orking plans and specifications for this house can be obtained through you A loc al
lumber dealer from the National Plan Hervice, 1315 W. Congress St., Chicago, III.
Other designs are also available.
special meeting of the Edna
just three years ago as a stunt, Lodge at Edna, Texas, on Satur-
The interior would be particu-for a neighborhood picnic. I day night. August 7. at 8:00 p. m.
. larly attractive finished in random, The event is the third annual | The principal address will be
width pine paneling, but many Catalina - Manhattan - Hermosa delivered by Judge M' A Chil-
other finishes are equally authen- Beach aquaplane race, and if the
tie Plain plaster wall: finished attendance increases in conform-
■ with molding panels, rough plas-ity with previous advances, 175,-
ter walls, or wallpape i and paint- 000 spectators will line the long
(Reprinted from The Capitol Daily,
Washington, D. C. June 24, 1937.)
The Connally "Hot Oil" Act,
Public Law No. 145, which was
extended for two more years when
President Roosevelt signed it on
June 14. is one of the few New
Deal statutes to yield a profit over
administration costs .
The expense of administering
the act is covered by excise taxes
industry, now the second largest
in the country, within the pow-
ers and control of the Federal'
Government. In fact, legislation
presented went so far as to ex-
tend such control to the actual
dictation of the Federal Govern-
ment of almost every phase of the
industry's activities."
Some persons even recommend-
ed that the industry be classified
as a public utility in order to ex-
Substantial, center hall homes
of the colonial type have proved
their worth in all sections of the
I'd woodwork would be appro- triangular course.
priate.
Last season 155,000 were pres-
This house has been planned to ent, jamming the long stretches of
utilize stock millwork and cabi-beachfront for a glimpse of the 21
country They are comparative-inet work, which accounts lor a men, boys and girls who competed
ly inexpensive to construct, offer aving in construction cost, since n the race — one of the most
the maximum .mount of usable factory production of these unit gruelling tests of skill and endur-
space, and assure i sy olutions a sures bette i construction at ance in sports. This year the pro-
to the problems of heatir g and . low cost De gns reprodu ed. pelling speedboats are faster, more
upkeep 1 om authentic colonial models contenders are entered and com-
When a house of this type is are available at most building ma-petition is considered classier.
as attractively handled as this ex-terial dealers,
ample it becomes a credit to any I
neighborhood . and careful in All’ T
terior planning makes it a con- Alls I ranguil
slant source of satisfaction to the In Tirana Now
family owning it
First Race in 1935.
The race was originated bv a
The colonial entrance opens di- 1
rectly into the central hall, with,
cased openings to the living room;
and dining room at either side. |
and a door to the rear hall at |
Washington, July 27. The com-
merce department has brought re-
assuring word of the temporarily '
local newspaper editor in 1935
when aquaplaning still was a re-
stricted sport. It is the longest in
the world—44 miles—and the only
one held over a three-point course.
Time for the long jaunt is usually
around 1 hour, 15 minutes, but
the back.
critical telephone situation in Ti-
A convenient closet forrana, capital of Albania.
coats or cleaning apparatus is 1 Tirana’s phone system, 300 paid-which materially reduce speed,
cated here, and an extra lavatary up subscribers has weathered the
opens off of the real Pill Thelfi tmajor crisis in its history, the An aquaplane really is no plane
basement stairs open oft this h 1 depa .ment divulged, and has re-at all, but merely a flat-topped
also, making it possible for guests turned to its status as the most round-bottomed slab of wood,
to go directly to the basement effic ent telephone exchange for usually about 9 feet long and 212
game room or den without pass- it size in the world, feet wide. Holes are drilled in the
ing through the kitchen. Tirana not only has the small-front corners and through the
ders. Past Grand Master, of San
Antonio, Texas.
This should be one of the best a _ .
, , levied on oil production and re-
and most inspiring meetings of
the year and every Master Mason
should try to be present.
Refreshments will be served by
the ladies of the Eastern Star at
a nominal charge.
This meeting will be open to
the Masons and their families, so
try to be there. A pleasant ev-
ening is assured for all.
Gordon Cook, D.D.G.M.,
32nd Masonic Dist.
W. V.BATCHELDER
Funeral services for W. V.
Batchelder were held here Satur-
day morning in the Presbyterian
Church, conducted by Rev. M. A.
Travis of Alamo, Texas, Inter-
ment was made in the Palacios
this is dependant largely on the Cemetery with the impressive Ma-
wind and condition of the course, sonic service, conducted by the
Wind raises choppy little waves I odge ° is city. r n
W. V. Batchelder, son of W. H.
The living room is planned for est telephone exchange in Europe, openings is passed a length of rope
convenient furniture arrangement, but a unique one. Its subscribers for steering. Foot rests are at-
and contains an open fireplace have no directories because they tached to the back corners and
and attractive built-in bookcases have " telephone numbers. And the apparatus then is hitched to
A deep bay window at the front so it follows, wrong numbers are a motorboat.
al The three operators know.
Speed Up to 60 Miles.
the subscribers all 300 of them—
and members of their households
of the house balances French doors
leading to a terrace at the rear
Across the hall, the dining room and members of their households The faster the boat, the more
provides adequate space for nece - I > their voice And they know exciting and difficult is the lot of
sary furniture. This room s light-them all by name. the racer. He must maintain near
ed from two sides, by a window For years, the commerce depart- | perfect balance while skidding
in the side wall and a bay at ment indicated, this system oper-along open stretches between 40
the front. A built-in china cab- ated without hitch. Not even a and 60 miles an hour. If balance
met adds an authentic colonial single case of mistaken identity is lost a spill follows, and spills
note to the room, and is so lo- was reported until —the Italian
cated that it is convenient tn the foreign minister, accompanied by
kitchen, a group of foreign journalists, vis-
The kitchen contains built-in ited Tirana.
cases, a well-lighted sink, and M ith them came the big crisis in
space for range and refrigerator, the life of the Tirana exchange.
are risky—there is a chance of
hanging a head on the board—
and costly, in the matter of time.
Aquaplaning without competi-
tion is a tricky business, but when
upward of 20 boards and boats
On the second floor, a master The operators couldn’t recognize are jockeying for position, matters
bedroom, guest room and nursery the void of the visitors. The are complicated. Relaxation, es-
provide for the average family switchboard bogged down under sential on so long a run, is diffi-
The master bedroom, almost as an unprecedentedly heavy load of cult to obtain when a weather
Wage as the living room below it, international calls. Under the eye must be kept on nearby op-
lighted by windows on three strain and stress of this new situ-ponents.
.tides, and contains two
clothes closets. There is
large ation. the operators committed the
. This year both previous win-
cross gravest of infractions. They began ners. Jack Burrud and Bob Dunt-
ALUABLE BOOK
ly will be entered again, but most
of the interest is focused on two
young women, both drivers in-
tend of riders. They are Loretta
Turnbull and Dorothy Munson,
perhaps the two greatest feminine
'motorboat pilots in the world.
| Miss Turnbull is coming out of
I retirement to tow Miss Bunny
Seawright. Miss Munson also has
a feminine partner, Lou Sawtelle.
Batchelder of Palacios, was born
in Sheridan County, Kansas, Jan-
uary 24. 1887 and died in the
hospital at Bay City, Thursday,
July 14. 1937. He resided in Kan-
sas until coming to Texas, in Oc-
tober 1909.
In 1914 he was united in mar-
riage with Miss Grace Shuey in
Houston, Texas, where he was in
service in the shipyards during the
World War. The death angel
claimed his wife and infant son
in 1921.
For a number of years he re-
sided at Collegeport, where he
was engaged in the mercantile
business and was one of the towns
most highly respected and belov-
ed citizens.
In July 1934 he married Miss
Vera Williams, a member of the
Collegeport school faculty who
with the aged father, step mother
and a number of brothers and sis-
ters survive.
He was wondrously converted
in his boyhood and united with
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
He remained an active and con-
sistent worker wherever he lived
throughout his life and at the time
of his passing was aligned with
the Presbyterian Church at Col-
legeport.
Mr. Batchelder was one of the
few of whom it can truly be said
—"Enemies he had none." He
fining. For the fiscal year 1936,
these taxes amounted to $1,237,-
000. Enforcement, on the other
hand, cost the government only
about $300,000 during that same
period.
' The Supreme Court first rapped
New Deal knuckles by declaring
unconstitutional the "hot oil" pro-
visions of the NIRA. In less than
two months alter the Court’s de-
cision. Congress replaced the in-
valid NIRA section with the Con-
nally Act. Whereas section 9(c)
of the NIRA gave the President
Your Hollywood
Correspondent
Reports —
Over one hundred guests gath-
ered at the Frank Lloyd home in
Bel Air Sunday to congratulate
the Paramount producer-director
and his wife on their twenty-
tend the area of control.
Under the Connally law, Con-
gress made no attempt to con-'
trol production directly. The oil-
producing states were simply fur-
nshed “a Federal
assist in the enforcement of their
fourth wedding anniversary. Ce-
lebrities attending included Bob
Burns, Fred MacMurray, Joel Mc-
Crea and Frances Dee, Claudette
Colbert and Doctor JoJel Press-
man, Antonio Moreno, Mrs. Er-
policeman" to nest Torrance and the Winfield
•I Sheehans.
j proration laws. A state sets such
limits as it chooses on the amount
of oil which can be produced
without waste from the fields and
wells within its own territory.
The Federal law simply prohibits
the interstate transportation of
any oil produced or withdrawn
from storage in excess of the
amounts fixed by the State.
Only five states—Kansas, Lou-
isiana. New Mexico, Oklahoma
authority to prohibit the trans- and Texas—now have proration
portation of hot oil in inter- laws, but the oil production in
state commerce, the Connally Act, these states represents 75 per cent
first approved February 22, 1935,of the national output,
contained a prohibition by Con-1
Despite the apparently success-
gres son the transportation of such
petroleum.
Carole Lombard is having a
life-size portrait done in oil. Gail
Patrick prizes a letter she receiv-
ed from Amelia Earhart's pilot.
Fred Noonan, dated June 5th and
sent from Brazil before he left
there to continue his plans to cir-
cumnavigate the Globe. Bob
Bob Burns has invested in a dic-
taphone machine to make records
of his radio programs and news-
paper columns. Bing Crosby is
recovering from a sprained ankle
he suffered when playing tennis
at his ranch near Rancho Santa
Fe. When Frances Farmer com-
pletes her role in "Ebb Tide," she
will leave for New York, where
I ing ballet dancing from her sis-
ter, Marjorie, who is a profes-
sional.
Betty Grable is having a little
. theater to accomodate 16 people
installed in her home in Brent-
wood. The first picture she will
run will be a print of her current
"This Way Please.”
Olympe Bradna has a parrot
| that talks with a French accent,
j Olympe, who is French herself,
is concentrating on losing her ac-
cent but the parrot learned to
talk that way and continues to
do so. Virginia Weidler is learn-
ing to knit. Cluadette Colbert al-
ways manicures her own finger-
nails. Martha Raye and Buddy
Westmore, her husband, have talk-
ed via long distance 'phone every
evening for the past two weeks
while Martha has been in the
East on a personal appearance
tour. They’ll move to San Fer-
nando Valley when she returns.
Fred MacMurray has a complete
workshop in his new house. He’s
also practicing pistol shooting and
has a special permit.
ful operation of the Connally Act she will go in stock for the re-
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porch steps—and 48 pages of
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Plans, diagrams, photographs
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Furniture, Lawn Rollers, Lily
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F. R. Signs Farm
Tenancy Measure
By United Press.
Washington, D. C., July 23
President Roosevelt today signed
the compromise farm tenancy bill
was loved and respected by all.
Friends from all over the county,
as well as adjoining counties, were
here for the last sad rites of this
man who was a friend to all, a
kind neighbor, and a faithful ser-
vant called to his Eternal Home.
Among the out-of-town rela-
tives and members of the family
here for the funeral services Sat-
urday were Misses Thelma and
Irene Batchelder, who are attend-
ing A. and 1. College at Kings-
ville; Rev. and Mrs. Elroy Wei-
kel of Happy, Texas; and Mr. and
| Mrs. D. R. Batchelder of Blanks,
| La.—Palacios Beacon.
"This section 9(c)" the Supreme
C urt had said, in holding the
NIRA provisions unconstitutional
as an unwarranted surrender of
Congressional powers, "gives the
President an unlimited authority
to determine the policy and lay
down the prohibition, or not to
lay it down as he may see fit.”
Emergency Measure.
Under the Connally Act, tlj
President has no such authority.
Congress, after defining the term,
declared that "contraband oil"
may not be shipped in interstate
commerce. The President was
given authority merely to carry
out and enforce the Congression-
al prohibition. The President's
powers arc exercised through the
Petroleum Conservation Division
in the Interior Department and
through the Department of Jus-
tice.
Like other New Deal legislation,
the Connally Act was enacted up-
on an emergency basis and, by
its terms, was due to expire June
16 of this year. The problem bo-
fere Congress was whether the
control under that Act should be
made permanent or continued up-
on a temporary basis. The Sen-
ate without debate on March 29
approved a bill (S. 790) to put
the Act upon a permanent basis.
But the House Interstate Com-
merce Committee recommended
continuance only until June 30.
1939.
Even before the depression, the
oil producing states had made an
attempt to limit and, prorate pro-
duction in order to conserve the
natural resources and prevent
w aste Ther efforts were not par-
ticularly effective because of the
legal difficulties of enforcing the
proration orders, and prohibiting
shipments in interstate commerce.
The depression served to further
emphasize the limitations of state
action.
Mild Control.
The Connally Act, passed in or-
der to deal with this situation, is
however, the law was extended
only until June 30, 1939. One
reason given is that the price-fix-
mainder of the summer months.
NEW PICTURES
Paramount and Producer Harry
Sherman today acquired rights to
two additional stories by Clarence
E. Mulford. They are "The Man
From Bar 20" and "Tex,” both of
them concerning Mulford's famous
Hopalong Cassidy character.
Gail Patrick and Sylvia Sidney ---------------
are both busy entertaining their A A
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lore the law is made permanent lywood for the summer months MALARIA
Lynne Overman and Roscoe Karns h in $ days
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Another reason is that the Texas
statute which the Federal Act
helps to enforce, is temporary and
expires on September 1, 1939. This!
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