The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1934 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. XXXVI, NO. 14
MKXIa TEXAS FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1MI.
11.60 PER TEAR IN ADV/
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BANDITS ROUTED IN GUN BATTLE
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Barrow Suspected of Being in Fort Worth's Southside
BULLET HOLES ,n the fashion march in new York's faster parade
Rn CAR START
POLICE SEARCH
Statewide Search
on with Barrow
Everywhere
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FORT WORTH (U.R) —Heavily
armed police were rushed to the
Southside here today after an arm-
ad couple in a Ford V-8 sedan, the
kind driven by Clyde Barrow and
Bonnie Parker, had threatened * n
apartment porter and driven away
The automobile had bullet holes
In the rear and bore a Louisiana
license, police were told,
The couple stopped in front of
the Mistletoe apartments, a negro
porter, working in the yard, was
called to the car. The porter, L. C.
Smith, said the man asked direc-
tions to the Lindbergh apartment:).
"Tell me the truth and don't ie-1
anyone you caw us. If you do we
will come back and shoot your
head off, the porter quoted th
driver as saying.
Smith waited until the ear was
!ut of the neiglibornood and noti-
:ied police. A check at the Lind-
bergh apartment showed the cou-
ple had not been there.
The negro's description of the
woman might fit Bonnie Parker,
Barrow's gun-carrying companion
but his description would not check
with that of Barrow unless Barrow
had died his hair, police said.
Smith said the man hhd dark hair.
Barrow's hair is blond, almost red-
dish.
Smith at first said tiie car was
a large make but in his description
of it police determined it was a
Ford V-8, It had a (tuck painted oti
the tire carrier.
L. G. Phares, chief of the State
Highway patrol, arrived in Dallas
from Austin and conferred im-
mediately with Frank J. Blake,
chief of the Department of Jus-
tice agents in this section of the
state.
What plans were formulated
then were not revealed by Phares.
"I merely have t.old patrolmen
throughout the state to leave no
stone unturned until we have
captured these two desperadoes,'''
he said.
^ Meanwhile, scores of highway
patrolmen and officers of Kauf
man, Ellis, Dallas, TaiTant ,«nd
Henderson counties were under
orders to "shoot to kill" if they
encounter the fugitives.
Travis and Harris county of-
ficers spent the night searching
side roads and known haunts of
the bandit couple alter Barrow
and Raymond Hamilton were re-
ported en route from \ustin to
Houston. Officers today believed
Barrow effected a reunion with
hi* companion-since-boyhood in
crime.
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FIST FIGHT THREATENED
ROB BANK AT I
HUEY LONG IS
READY SMACK
JAW OF WITNESS
louisiana and wall st. get
principal congress attention
while labor bill is attacked
; Lie Is Passed When
I Louisiana Factions
Meet in Hearing-
Lottery Plans Are
Given Backing
in House
WASHINGTON (U.P) — Senator |
Huey Long continued Ids pugna-
cious antics today while congros- |
sional committees labored on int- j
portant items in the administration I
j -r j. tt • r- urogram including the securities ]
1 Pat Harrison Keeps j ;jiUi tlu. Wa(fner iftbor wu and tax..1
Order in Battle of I e,.
CONTEST ON
Louisiana
WASHINGTON- (U.fi) -- Senator
Huey P. Long, D., La., offered to-
day to ''step outside" the Sena'e
Finance Committee room and
"smack" the jaw of Edward I'ight-
or, attorney for D. D. Moore,
whose appointment as internal rjv-
The Louisiana Kingfish became
incensed when an attorney for I).
D. Moore, whose appointment as
internal revenue collector Long is
opposing referred to the New Or-
I leans race track as "your track."
Long invited the attorney to step
| outside "so I can smack your jaw."
No juws were smacked.
enue collector Long is opposing. |
' Long threatened Rightor just be- While Speaker of the House I
i fore Col K. 11. Bradley, famous Ken | Rainey Predicted puss.ige -iL tne j
' tucky sportsman, testified he con- | stock market bill and a speed., j
| Lributed $5,000 to Long's campaign ' cleanup of work so the House coul l
j for governor of Louisiana in 1!'2K. j adjourn May 15, Samuel Unternij - |
The "Kingfish" became incensed militant advocate of Wad
WEDS ANOTHER
IN GIFT DRESS
FORT WORTH, (U.R)—J. C.
Harden came to court today,
a disillusioned man, after his
fiancee wed another man in
"the very dress I gave her for
Faster."
Harden filed suit in dis-
trict court for a $65 diamond
ring, small automobile and t'-ij
percolator, other gifts he
claimed he gave to Mrs. Sybil
Chamberlin Ohristenson before
she added the "Christenson" to
her name on March 30.
Judge Marvin Brown issued
and injunction restraining Mrs.
Chriotenson from disposing oi
any of the gifts.
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COUNTRY CLUB'S
DIRECTORS TELL
OF THEIR VIEWS
MARBLE FALLS
DURING NOON
Bishop Robbery
Foiled by Gun*
of Cashier
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give chase
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Machine Gunners Are
Beaten to Draw in
Nueces Co.
Street reform, opposed the Fletch-
er-Kayburn stock
bill before
Committee.
the Senate
Cutting the
Conspicuous in New York's most colorful Easter parade in three years
and Mrs. Cornelius V'anderbilt (left) and Miss Marjorie Lee (rigiit).
Avenue after leaving church services.
were Brigadier General
They are shown on Fifth
,
kidnap victim
tells rotarians
about bandits
Interesting1 Talk Made
on Bandit Pair by
Mrs. Gunter
Mrs. Opal Gunter told the Ro-
tary club today at its regular
Thursday meeting all about her
recent experience with the noted
desperado, Raymond Hamilton and
his woman companion, whose iden-
tity is not known. Mrs. Gunter
gave interesting revelations about
the two, discussing in detail the
conversation of the bandit pair,
where she was taken after being
kidnaped and her reactions to
the entire procedure.
Mrs. Gunter was introduced by
Dr. H. R. Martin, program chair-
man.
Dr. Martin next introduced Rob-
ert Magruder in several whistling
numbers. This gentleman really
makes a mocking bird ashamed of
itself.
Immediately following the close
of the program, President Val
Horn and five other Rotarians left
for Marlin, where a Crippled Chil
dren's Clinic is being held.
Cliff Wortham, connected with
the Wortham Motor Freight Line,
was introduced as a new member
BODIES OF THREE | GINNERS CHEERED
FOUND IN CREEK \ o PJ?n<?prrTc JM
MENARD, (U.R) — Bodies of1 riVv.'kJrE.V* 10 111
three persons were recovered to-
day from flood waters of Big
Saline creek, 20 miles southeast
of here in Kimble county, by
Sheriff Cecil Walston.
They were identified as Mr.
and Mrs. S. P. Carroll, ranchers,
and Joe Welch, Jr., a young ranch
hand.
MRS. R. S. VAUGHN
DIES OF INJURIES
Sister of Mrs. Hoover
of Mexia Succumbs
in Waco
COMING
Next Week
... Four Days Only ...
Wednesday . . . Thursday . .. Friday
and Saturday
REXALL'S ONE-CENT SALE
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NYAL'S TWO FOR THE PRICE OF
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KendrickjyJ
Mrs. R. S. Vaughn, of Waco, in-
jured in «n accident near Tempie
last Saturday, died early Thursday
at a hospital in Waco, and will hi;
buried at Waco Friday after ser-
vices at the home at 10 a. m. Mrs.
Vaughn was a sister of Mrs. Emma
Hoover of Mexia.
Surviving are her husband also
injured in the accident, a daughter
Mrs. Schribner Dunn of Waco, m l
two brothers, R. P. Foreman w>
Livingston and J. B. Foreman, of
Bishop, Calif.
JOHN GRIFFITH
FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services were held Thuri
day morning at the residence on
Main street for John Griffith, aged
Mexia resident, who died about 3
p. m. Wednesday after illness of
seven years. The Rev. W. W.
Ward, Methodist pastor, conduct-
ed the funeral services, with inter-
ment in the city cemetery.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mittie Griffith and two brothers
Tom and Henry Griffith, both <<f
Mexia. Mr. Griffith retired from
business many years ago, and was
one of Mexia's oldest citizens, I'h"
John R. Corley company was
charge of the funeral.
| when Rightor referred to a Xfw
| Orleans race track as "your track."
| "That's an infamous falsehood,"
i Long shouted angrily, jumping to
i his feet. "1 have never been inside | an(' Toll swindle as a No.
a race track in my life."
Rightor, a smaller man than the
I senator, bristled with anger and
rose to say:
,'Your statement that that was
f 'an infamous falsehood' is ridicu-
I lous and wou wouldn't say it if
there weren't half a do /.en police-
I men around here."
| Long moved a step nearer the
j attorney and shook his fist, declac-
| ing: "We'll just step outside and
CODE AUTHORITY j111 rack Jou;'iaw".
Leaning- forward across the
~ I witness table, Rightor replied;
K F C Loans Will Be j "You wouldn't do a tiling to me,
Made to Replace ,)ld man'"
| Chairman Hat Harrison, 1).,
I Miss., succeeded in maintaining or-
dler before any blows were strucs.
It was the second day of a hear-
ing 011 the fitness of Moore for the
internal revenue post.
market control j Deny
Machinery
ENGINEER FOUND
CALI, Columbia, (U.R)—Indians
reported today the finding in the
jungles of Newton C. Marshal',
American mining engineer, -<oie
ani>tf{waw a nnn<iamma« mum«
weeks ago
DALLAS, (UP)— More than j
1,000 delegates to the Texas Cot- i
ton (Sinners' Association assemb-
led here today, confident that I
the south-wide marketing agree-
ment for ginners would be made j
effective,
They were cheered by word |
from Washington thai extensive j
RFC loans would he available foi j
machinery replacements if the
marketing agreement is approved i
by the Texas convention.
It was pointed out that with j
the Texas industry aggregating j
approximately $100,000,000 and !
representing three-fourths of Jie !
nation's volume, endorsement by j
the Texas group would be stlfl'i- !
t'ient to make the agreement ope
rative.
With the Bankhead bill, alone, '
Expected to reduce the volume of ;
ginned cotton in Tf« s by 25;
per cent annually, the ginneis
predicted for themselves a sorry1
plight if RFC loans are not re |
ceived.
C. A. Cobb, chief of the cotton ■
section of the AAA, will explain ;
the agreement in a speech hera;
Friday, the final day of the con-
vention.
George llagn, president, and J. j
C. Thompson, executive secretary,!
both of Dallas, declared they were j
more optimistic about business |
conditions now than at any time
since 1930.
The Dallas meeting has a'-
traded ginners from all cotton
producing areas. Included anton1;
the early arrivals were F. V.
Kahle, secretary of the Oklahoma
organization; F. N. Watson, 'pre-
sident of the Tennessee associa- j
^1 I tion; W. C. Bradshear of the Mis J
souri,-Arkansas group; %hri G. M.
Lester, Jackson, Miss., chairman
of the National Ginners' Commit-
tee which drew up the marketing
agreement.
Questioning Bradley, Long de-
veloped (hat tne Kentucky rate
horse owner had an interestd in the
New Orleans tracks and aided in
supervising hiring of stewards and
accountants.
"Do you call that ethical gamb-
ling?" Long asked.
"It's the straightest in the
world," the white-naired turfman
replied. "1 never saw a crooked
race in my life."
In cross examination, Bradley
said he had never met Moore 'on-
fore going to the hearing.
"Are you acquainted with Sena-
tor Long?" Rightor asked.
"I met him once."
"Why, 1 never saw Bradley until
he walked into this room," Long
interrupted.
Bradley said he met Sullivan,
vho Long charged is a "gambling
partner" of Bradley and who s
jacking Moore's candidacy, in New
Orleans in 192H, just after Long
was elected Governor.
Banking |
Krueger i
1 in- J
stance of financial abuse, (inter- j
myer said that tiie statutory mar- i
gin requirement in the bill would 1
not accomplish necessary reforms,
Rainey said the only vital bills |
other than the stock market meu- j
sure necessary to pass were two t
supply bills and "probably" the
Wagner-Lwwis unemployment in- 1
surance bill.
The steel industry united in a I
mass attack on the Wagner labor I
bill with Ernest T. Weir, whose
Weirton Steel Company constantly |
clashes with National Labor Board
branded the bill as "vicious, pn-
American and unfair to capital and
labor alike."
for
Responsibility
$2 Dues of
Members
Other Developments:
HUME LOAN BANK.
The House Banking Committee
sidetracked Sen. George W. Nor-
ris' proposal to ban politics in ali
appointments in the Home Loan
Bank system.
LOTTERY
Rep. Thomas H. Cuilell, leader
of the Tammany delegation in the
House, lent his support to the Ken-
nedy National lottery bill, hearings
on which will start April 11. Tho
bill was proposed to give the gov- j double these due i, but at the same
eminent revenue from the "garab- time called a meeting of the
ling instinct" of the People. I Stockholder for a date as soon
UTILITIES J after the dues were duo as pos
Tiie Federal Trade Commission | sible so as to permit the Stock-
announced that additional dec
A call to stockholders of the
Mexia Country Club to be present
at a stockholders meeting, to
protest doubling of dues, was re-
sented by directors of the insti-
tution, who have signed a letter
to The News. The letter refers
to an item carried Monday. The
News prints the letter herewith,
with a footnote at the end:
Mexia, Texas,
April 3, 1934.
"Your article published April
2nd relative to the Mexia Coun-
try Club was so unjust and so
far from the facts that we deem
it necessary that you bo apprais-
ed of the facts so that in auy j
further articles written by the j
paper relative to the matter, that |
the public will receive the truth '
as shown by the books of the i
Country Club.
"The first matter that we wish ,
to call your attention to is that
statements for dues for the Coun-
try Club are mailed out quarterly j
and the second quarter begins on j
the 1st day of April, and tne
Board of Directors, under the au-
thority granted them, saw fit to j
auras in the New York power situ - j
1 ation would be made at another
iicaring Wednesday. The Federal J
i'ower Commission prepared to be-
gin a nationwide inquiry into el"C- j
trie rates charged by public and i
private interests.
NEW HIGH
The Department of Commerce j
reproted that February factory |
payrolls and employment hit a new j
holders to act on the matter be- |
ause if dues had not been raised
prior to April 1st, it would have [
been impossible to raise them for
another three months, and it
would have been equally impos-
sible to operate the Club for a
period of three months without
increased dues, yet the way the
matter has been handled the
Stockholders have not been de-
prived of any right whatsoever
| BISHOP, Nueces County. (U.R)
I Two machine gun bandit® w«r
) routed in a gun battle at th*
I First State Bank here today If
J Cashier William A. Harlan Mkl
his assistant, Leon Hagaa.
No one was injured.
The bandits held the trigger
down on their machine gun wlilia
the two bankers emptied thai".'
two automatics.
The machine gunner.-: eavayM
in a new Studebaker sedan whieb
was stolen last night at t orpid
Christi.
Citizens who heard the shott-
ing ran from their stores aiM
houses, emptying their - shotgui1«
and pistols at the fleeing ban
dits.
One citizen, who * wame w . <
l:ut learned immediate^ nu(' '
shirt collar shot from his iiec<;
but lie was not injured
A third man rode with the ("*'■
machine gunners.
Harlan said he saw the c\:\
speeding down the main s.iiet
and stop suddenly in fivtit of
the bank. He told Hnrgan to
"scoot behind the cat:- 'nt! g-"
his gun ready."
"We were ready for the two
men when they c -i"' into the
bank," Harlan said.
At the bandit's command to
"stick em up" the bankers open-
ed fire the cashier said.
One or two shots from the gun
and the bandits began retreating
to their car.
Ten guns and a quantity of am-
munition were stolen last night
at Corpus Christi from a hard-
ware store, presumably by the
same men.
MARBLE FALLS. iU.PJ — Th#
Home State Bank of Marble Fall*
was robbed here today of $2000.
The bank had been closed thru
the noon hour. The loss was dis-
covered by Assistant Cashier Er-
nest Tyler when he returned
from lunch. Finding the bank
door open, he investigated and
missed the money.
high for the recovery period. Pa .- j but have been given the right to
"Sullivan told me 'we've elected ! roll gain, 12 per cent over Janu-
a very good man for governor'"
Bradley said. "He said, 'I'd like to
help him clean out his debts. I'd
like to contribute $5,000 to his
campaign fund.'
"I said I'd give hnu the money.
The next morning I met Long in
tho Roosevelt hotel and Long said,
'I'd like to thank you for the do-
nation.'
ary, a new all time high for any
month; predicted further improve
inent.
TAXES
Democratic leaders planned to
pass the $330,000,000 revenue oill,
which may carry increased income
taxes on middle and upper brack-
ets and send it to conference with
the House.
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ON DISPLAY
At the |
WALLACE WELCH
Inc.
NEW YORK (U.R) — Mrs. Elbert
Gary, widow of the late chairman
of the United State* Steel Corpor
ation, died today at her home on
I Fifth Avenue*
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G. M. C. Trucks
BU1CKS ... PONTIACS
Oliver Motor Co.
—Dealer—
Mexia Texas
act directly on the matter before
this quarters dues become delin-
quent, as they are not delinquent
until the 15th of April.
"Another matter that we wonid
like to set you right on. was the
statement made that the Board
of Directors had made an inten-
sive drive for the sale of stock
and had promised the purchasers
that their dues would be $2.00
The present Board of Directors
have been in office lacking, ap-
proximately, thirty days of one
\car, and duiing that time no
drive has been made fo>- the sale
of stook and as shown by th«
Country Club Books, tiie Country
Club has sold only one share of
stock and the party to whom it
was sold has moved away from
the City of Mexia and has drop
ped his share of stock and in
fairness to the Directors, we be-
COTTON
NEW YORK (U.P.) — Cotton fu-
tures dosed barely steady.
Month open high low close
Jan 1244 1245 1240 1240-T
May 1206 1206 1198 1198 -T
Oct. 1230 1288 1223 1224-26
Spots steady, middling 1220, no
sales.
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1934, newspaper, April 6, 1934; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299347/m1/1/?q=hamilton+county: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.