Pampa Morning Post (Pampa, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 125, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 25, 1931 Page: 3 of 8
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 25, 1931.
PAMPA MORNING POST
PAGE THRE9
Morning Edition of tiie ijampa Daily News
THE PAMPA MORNING POST
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Eu5i, mornings except Sunday and Monday by the Nunn-Wamn
Publishing company, 322 West Poster, pampa, Texas
PHILIP R. POND Manager
OL1N E. HINKLE Editor
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OUR FATE IN HANDS OF TEGISLATURE
The action of the state legislature on the proposed three-
eights of a cent tax per thousand cubic feet of gas may
help or hurt the business condition in the Panhandle area.
The status of the oil industry in this area has already been
enough worry without the legislature coming along to pile
more grief on our shoulders.
A tax at the rate proposed is in some instances equal to
the price paid for the residue gas. Carbon black plants
have been either closed down or running on a short sched-
ule for about a year. These plants pay about the same
price per thousand feet as is proposed in the tax bill.
Many of the little men in the industry have a market
outlet at the present time and will lose it if the tax bill is
put into effect by the legislature. Every man that can be
kept going in business at this time should be given a boost
instead of a kick. The many small 'operators in the gas in-
dustry help keep business at a fair status.
Citizens and producers from the Panhandle area arc
down at Austin now and are putting up a stiff fight
against the tax levy. The united effort of the local delega-
tion with the remainder of the Panhandle delegates will
go a long way in preventing'this unfair tax.
The Panhandle area is the "new empire" of the West.
It has not had its chance to get a sufficient footing to in-
sure a steady increased growth in the future. The poten-
tiality of the oil and gas industry in the Panhandle has
not been reached by a long way. The large ranches are be-
ing cut into small farms and the population is increasing
every year. Development of this area is rolling along with
few things to worry about.
Do we want to stand by and see a rock thrown in our
path? Do we want our industries that have pushed us to
where we are today withdrawn because of an objectionable
tax levy? The tax proposal should be killed at this time.
STATEWIDF HIGH
BOND ISSUE TA9LEI)
AUSTIN. Mar. 24. (>F>—Coming
off second best in their firs; brus-h
with opponents of tha $200,000,000
state wide highway bond issue, pro-
ponents today stated an effort w^uld
be made to take the resolution lY-iin
the table tomorrow.
The senate voted 14 to 12 to run-
port a motion by Senator Small
of Wellington, to table the resolu-
tion subject to call. The fiist en-
counter was sharp, but short, and
was featured by a t:lt be'weui
Senators Wocdul and Smuli.
"I hope so." Senator Woodul ol
Houston, author of tiie resolution
proposing an amendment to the
conetltutlon to permit voting of
state highway bonds, said when
asked if the resolution would bo
brought up during tomorrow's ses-
sion.
Senator Small said it appeared
the proponents of the bond issue
were trying to ram it down the
throats of the people. He stated
the amendment had remained on
the table for a long time, and that
it should not be taken up without
first being set as special order.
Three Charged in
Robbery of Express
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 24.
WV-Three men charged with hav-
ing part in the $5,000 robbery of .in
express messenger on a Louisville
& Nashville train near here March
14, were in jail here tonight and
Jefferson county officials were en-
route to Chicago to return a fourth
held in connection with the holdup.
S. J. Brock, trainmaster for the
railroad here with a record of 31
years service, was arrested, in Mont-
gomery and returned here late to-
day. 1
The others, J. II. Brown, 33. rail-
road employe, and Hiram P. Wil-
liams, 27, were taken into custody
earlier in the day. ;
Five Charged in
Death of Infant
I HARRISON VILLE. M')„ March
24 (/Pi—First degree murder charges
were 011 file hue tonight against
five perrons in connection with tiv?
| death of Winfred York, 21-month-
] old son of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer York,
! last Saturday.
York, a tenant farmer, and his
wife, an expectant mother, went ar-
rested Sunday less than an hour
after burial of the child, in whose
body a quantity of poison wa.s re-
ported found. Warrants were issued
today tor Alexander. Martha, and
William Kennedy, neighbors of the
Yorks and owners of the land upon
which they lived.
REVELATIONS HINTED
IN OKLAHOMA PROBE
OKLAHOMA CITY. Mar. :T .
—J. L. Davis, eapitcl cafeteria
manager, said today he would make
"startling, revelations" when called
before the house investigating com-
mittee appointed to probe the cafe-
teria at the request ol Governor
Murray.
Ihe committee, headed by H. M.
Cornutt, Osage county, is scheduled
to meet tomorrow to begin its
probe into the governor's allega-
tions regarding the existence of a
"liquor ring" at the canitol.
Davis asserted that the unnamed
women mentioned by the governor
actually Idrcpped the trfttle of
liquor Murray spoke of, within 20
feet cl the executive offices.
sees four husbands
DENVER. March 24. (/P> — Con-
fronted by four husbands in the
court room, all prepared to testily
to their marriages to her, Elsie
Thompson, 32, pleaded guilty today
to a charge of bigamy. Judge
Samuel W. Johnston of the Jeffer-
son county district court, imme-
diately sentenced her to one to two
ears in the slate penitentiary.
HIDE THE BUS—SAVE TIME AND MONEY
FARES REDUCED!!!
LOW ROUND-TRIP EXCURSIONS!
One-Way Round-Trip
Araarlllo $"1.75
Borger 1.75
Perry ton 4.75
Liberal 5.00
Kansas City 14.00
St. Louis ; 18.00
Los .Angeles 26.50
Pt. Worth 11.00
11.75
Henderson 16 75
Oklahoma City 7.00
rulsa £ 9.50
For Additional Information
CALL 87 0
SAFETY FIRST BUS CO., Inc.
UNION BUS STATION
(Safely First Cabs at Depot)
$ 2.25
2.25
6.50
7.50
25.20
32.40
47.00
19.80
20.70
30.15
12.60
16.20
Suicide Is Verdict
In Echols Slaying
I BIG SPRING. March 24. i.-T— A
coroner's verdict of suicide wax re-
turned today in the death of s. 1
Echols. 09. pioneer 'ettler of the
Coahoma community near here, who
thot hims.'lt through the heart witli
a high calibre rifle last night, alt?r
kissing his wife and telling her 'it-
was "prepared to go."
Survivors were his widow and
eight children.
He hud been a resident of this
section since 1880. Relatives said he
; had been in ill health for the last
nine years after an automobile ac- j
eident and that his condition be->
came worse Saturday and Sunday.
i Diuima muiE
to Sap brother
DUNCAN, Okla., Mar. 24.
IIcw a nine-year-old g:rl bal'ted mi
appaii at attempt to abduct h>
little brother, was told by jfiicei-
clfirers here today.'
Th ■ girl. Geraldine Groom
daughter of Torn Grooms, (rjc'i K
made wealthy in the Taturrs oil
fields. alarmed a mo,Ten picture
audience here Sunday as she dash-
id tlown the aisle after a man who
had seized Tom, Jr., 7 her Droti.er.
The little girl's tries of "'""cn't
let thai man take by brother!" at-
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tu.ct.V other mcvie patron.- and
apparently caused the boy's cp. ■> .
1 1 lose his nerve, amhoritle.i he-
: H 'ved.
Sam Houston Net
Men Win Match
HI N1 3VILLE, March 24
Sam Houston tennis players d 1 s 5-
• cl a <('i:>d from L011 Morris colic.;
jt'\1ay without the los> of a set.
Sinn les result—Bunting defeated
Ward, 6-3. 11-9. Fissher deieated
1-'- 1 la . 6-1, 6-2. Reiu'ro defeat .i
DtlBuK-. 6-4. 6-4. D?Fee defeat d
I l.uker 6-3, 6-2.
y~ iiles -- Bunting and Mitchell
: beat nrbclv and Douglas, 6-3, 6-1.
U'.'fee and Niekeison defeated Lu-
I 1 and Adams. 6-0. 0-0.
hyde denies blame
fdr wheat collapse
WASHINGTON March 24. .
Setret.iry Hyde said today any rn-
piestion that the bottom had ii-ip-
red cut of wheat prices as hp ie-
Milt of the farm board's decision
not tt- buy 1931 stocks wa-c en-- n-
ecus.
The agriculture secretary said
"theiv also is an impression i.iat
in.1 buying power 011 ine market is
declining". He added that "in
future on the New York crop, c en
commitments today increased near-
ly 3.000.0UD busheds to a total cl
4ii 089,000, a high percentage of in- Roy Campbell, deouty fire cKc?
crease". 1 from Dallas, with four assistants,
* was aiding in the search.for Bass'
! Hunt for Drowned bcdv
Man Is Continued satterwhite has bill
OREENVILLi:. March 21.
Searchers pontin'ied their et'orts
late today to recover the bod- ol
Guy Bass, 25. transportation com-
pany. who with Charles Landlord,
29, young Greenville latindrymeiv,
was drowned last night in a Urocr.-
ville city reservoir when their bout
capsized while they were tlshing.
They were petting out a trct-Jme
alter nightfall when members of
their party on shore heard their
cries. Langfoid's body was not :oun i
until this afternoon,
AUSTIN, March 24. i/P) — The
house tomorrow was scheduled was
to take up a? pending business a
bill by Rep. Satterwhite of Cdessa
to appropriate $500,000 to reimburse
West Texas farmer for looses sus-
tained as a result of the pink boll
worm quarantine in 1929 and 1930.
The bill was to have come up today
for floor action but was shunted
aside to permit action on a bill :o
levy a tax on natural gas.
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THE moment you open the new Camel Humidor
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new, scientific antl sanitary method of wrapping
Camel cigarettes.
At once you are greeted with the delightful aroma
that comes from choicest Turkish and mellowest
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Your sense of touch also dctccts the freshness of
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are pliable to ihe fingers.
But the real difference comes when you light a
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The simplest way lo insure ibis is to open the
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