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PHIL earner, general insurance
The Mexia
VOL. XXXIX, NO. 27
HeraM
MEXIA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 0, 1937
1.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
FELONS ESCAPE AT EASTHAM
1
Air Search Resumed
for Earhart, Noonan
Early on Thursday
HONOLULU, T. H., July 8. (UP)—A preliminary air
search of an area as large as Indiana was resumed off the
northern Phoenix Islands today for Amelia Earhart and
Fred Noonan, lost round-the-world flyers.
Three speedy Scout planes were catapulted at dawn
from the U. S. Colorado, off Winslow Bank in the northern
Phoenix group. They took up their hunt which darkness
forced them to discontinue yesterday.
This preliminary scouting wasfc ~
scheduled to develop into a mam-J y «ii j • i
moth air search by Monday with JA.11ISQ VjlflS,
Then Prayed
GUARDS AROUND Crop Conditions Are Still Above [SENATE HEARS
PLANT AS TWO; Normal, but Rain Is Needed Badly pj)R PLAN IN
I^IEf IM riPUT Crop conditions over Limestone, dition but some pastures are in I IMF HI TJlF"||/^TjlC
UlL 111 f lUll I I Freestone and Leon counties, as need of rain. Acorn prospects ap- LlllL 1 LElAlLO
addition of 68 land planes, sea-
planes and flying boats being sped
to the scene by the aircraft carrier
Lexington.
The Lexington, which left San
Diego under forced draft last Sun-
day, was being refueled at Lahaina |
Roads, Hawaii, today by the Tank- 1
er Ramapoe. -It will proceed im-
mediately to the Phoenix and How-1
land areas.
Cover Vast Area
Pearl Harbor Naval officials sui I
the big aircraft carrier and her
brood could cover 36,000 square
miles, or an area as big as Indiana,
in six hours if all the places were
used simultaneously.
Amateur radio operators con-
tinued to send in reports of what
they believed were signals picked"
up from the lost plane—lost last
Friday when it missed Howland Is-
land on a flight from Lae, New
Guinea.
Coast guardsmen said an "inter-
esting" report was made by Ray
Havens, amateur of Conrad, Mont.,
who said he heard a man voice at
9:40 p. m. last night saying
"173 West Longitude, 5 South
Latitude. OK but help needed
KHAQQ.
KHAQQ is the call of Miss Eat.
hart's plane.
Officials said this location was
about where the present search
was being conducted.
They doubted, however, that the
message had come from the plane.
Bybee Not Man
Killed Dallas
Man Says Waid
DALLAS, July 8 (U.W—Warden
W. W. Waid of the Texas peni-
tentiary said today he was con-
fident that W. Hilton Bybee, 30,
fugitive convict, was not the kill-
er of S. L. Neilson, 51, Dallas
filling station operator killed yes-
terday in an attempted robbery.
However, Waid warned Dallas
officers that Bybee and his com-
panion might attempt a campaign
of crime similar to that of the
late Clyde Barrow and Bonnie
Parker, slain by officers in Louis-
iana, and of Raymond Hamilton,
later executed.
"If he's killed anybody," Waid
warned, "you'd better watch him.
He won't be taken alive. If he's
only trying to escape and hasn't
taken anyone, he's yellow and will
drop his guns."
He prayed for each of the threo
little girls after he garrotted
them, Albert Dyer, 32, above,
WPA worker, related as he con-
fessed to attacking and murder-
ing the trio of Inglewood, Calif.,
children. And then he lined
their shoes neatly beside their
bodies and went home, he said,
oyer offered to plead guilty for
a life term, was refused.
String Band Is
Decided Hit at
Rotary Meeting
Youthful Musicians of
Old Union Enter-
tain, Get Big Hand
A swing, string band from Old
Union kept Rotarians applauding
loudly for 30 minutes Thursday
noon with jigtime, hillbilly and
waltz tunes done up in real string
band style.
Featuring a violin, mandolin and
two guitars with a piano accom-
panist the versatile group of youth-
ful musicians gave the Rotarians
entertainment and plenty of it. The
orchestra was composed of Weldon
Henderson, Mervin Clay, \Valter
Wilkerson and Milford Clay, with
Miss Margaret Ingram as piano ac-
companist.
The program was presented by
A. H'. Berry.
John Reed, of Hillsboro, was a
visiting Rotarian.
J. B. Davis, Waco and H. C. Clay,
Old Union, were guests.
Machine Gun, Infan-
try Companies Or-
dered to Scene of
Battle
PROTECT RIGHTS
Martial Law Will Not
Be Declared Official
Says Thursday
ALCOA, Tenn.. July 8 <U.R)— Na-
tional Guardsmen surrounded the
Aluminum Company of America's
plant today to prevent further vio-
lence on strikers' picket lines. Two
men died last night and early to-
day and 20 were in hospitals after
a gun fight between strikers and
police.
Adjutant General R. O. Smith
was in command of machine gun
and infantry companies ordered
here after a conference between
Smith and David Manker, secretary
to Governor Gordon Browning.
"We are not going to declare
martial law here because we are
getting too good cooperation from
the union and from Alumninum
Company officials," Smith announc
ed after a tour of the strike area.
"We are here merely to protect
lights and see that no trouble oc-
curs."
Rioting broke out when some of
the 3,000 strikers, advised that the
plant would be reopened following
the collapse of peace negotiations
in Pittsburgh, Pa., started a back-
to-work movement. The strike was
called on May 18 by the Aluminum
Workers of America, an affiliate of
the American Federation of Labor,
to press demands for adjustment
of wage differences.
Crop conditions over Limestone,
Freestone and Leon counties, as
reported by officers and members
of the Mexia Production Credit
Association, are above normal for
this season of the year, however,
unless much needed rain falls
within a week a sharp decline is
expected in all feed crops, parti-
cularly in Freestone and Leon
counties where it is estimated
that a loss of 50 per cent of the
feed crop may be expected if dry
weather continues. Cotton in all
sections shows improvement due
to good growth of young cotton
and decrease of insect damage.
Cattle and hogs are in good con-
dition but some pastures ara in
need of rain. Acorn prospects ap-
pear somewhat brighter than pre*
viously expected.
One of the most interesting de-
velopments of the week is the in-
creasing prospects for an acorn
crop in Leon county. Acorns puo- ■
vide one of the most important j
hog feeds in the county and are ]
depended upon to produce one \
of the major income sources for]
farmers and stockmen in that
Contention Made Plan
in Line Pledges of
Party on Platform
during Campaign
WAS SUBMITTED
8 Felons Escape
by Seizing Guns
Hidden in Field
HUNTSVILLE, July 8. (UP)—Eight convicts, aided by
outside confederates, escaped from Eastham Btate prison
farm today by brandishing two rifles which had been hid-
den in a field where they had gone to work for the day.
D. W. Stakes, assistant war-.
den of the penitentiary here, said {•
area!" It ^""reportedby operators | SayS People Presented jthat confederate, of the felons ' Flight Photos
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the guns
produces more hogs than any] "V"Y — j in advance ox tne DreaK. Nine men |
other in the State of Texas, and! during iy<50 . j fled but one was recaptured im-
LZ"°S! P'al? in„ Campaign
ranks among the top in the pro-
duction in the United States.
Negro Furloughed to Song Collector
Ordered Back Prison for Burglaries
AUSTIN, July 8 <U.R) — James
(Ironhead) Baker, habitual burgu-
lar furloughed to Dr. John Lomax,
folk-song collector, was ordered
back to Texas prison today for life-
Gov. James V. Allred revoked
the clemency given to the singing
negro after his arrest here in con-
nection with burglaries including
entry of the home of W. M. Thorn-
ton, Dallas News correspondent.
Ironhead disliked his new free-
dom. He complained that he would
get into places where he knew he
was not wanted and did not feel at
ease. He wanted to return to Texas
and be a "cornfield negro. Dr. Lo-
max paid Ironhead's fare back to
Texas. His furlough was extended
and a Travis county farmer gave
him work. He reported regularly to
a local parole board which recently
recommended that he be given ?' ■-
other year's freedom.
At 53, he h'ad had five prison
terms. His last sentence for life as
an habitual was in Harris county,
Sept. 18, 1927.
Vote Favorably \Think English
on Wages, Hours j Flyers May Be
Revised Draft Alive Revived
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Would Wheel and Section of
JT our own are best!
Artificial dentures can be surprisingly comfort-
able and efficient, but your own teeth, if kept
sound and free from infection, are the best.
Timely visits to your dehtist permit him to fight
the ever present menace of decay, and to suc-
cessfully preserve your teeth in healthy condition.
Neglect and delay make his task more difficult
and add greatly to final expense. It is sound econ-
omy to see your dentist frequently.
mexia
Phone «5
TEXAS*
Present Bi
Set Minimum Wage
up to 40 Cents
WASHINGTON, July 8, (UP)
Henson Click, a striker, died in _ ■—The senate education and labor
' committee today voted a favorable
report on a drastically revised
draft of the Black-Connery wage
and hour bill.
The bill approved by the com-
mittee would empower the pro-
posed labor standards board to
set minimum wages of any
amount up to 40 cents an hour,
according to the needs of individ-
ual communities or industries.
The board would be empowered
to set the maximum work week
at a point not less than 40 hours
a week with the upper limit de-
termined by individual industrial
conditions.
The committee's approval was
reported to be unanimous, but it
was noted than Sen. Willam E.
Borah, R., Ida., was not present
The bill specifically exempts
all workers engaged in agricul-
tural industries, including dairy-
ing, horticulture and other related
pursuits. Those engaged in the
fishing industry are also ex-
empted.
The draft approved by the com-
mittee contains no exemption for
small employers. The original
draft would have exempted per-
sons employing fewer than a
specified number of workers.
Landing Gear
Plane Found
of
Received from
Missing Airmen
Receipt Pictures
Carson hospital at Maryville last
night and Policeman William M.
Hunt, of Alcoa, died there shortly
after midnight.
Fighting occurred outside the
gates of the company's sheet mill.
Strikers and police charged each
other with responsibility for the
initial gun shot. A company offic-
ial estimated that 500 shots were
fired before the riot was halted.
Ship Radios New
Volcano Destroys
New Britain Town
Eruption Follows 28
Hours Earthquakes,
Tidal Wave
SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 <U.R)—
The Pan Pacific Press Bureau an-
nounced today that it received a
radio report from the Matson
freighter Golden Bear that a catac-
lysmic eruption caused by the birth
of a new volcano destroyed the
town of Rabaul, New Britain, on
May 28 (PST) "killing an estima-
ted 500 people."
The eruption, the report said,
followed 28 hours of earthquake
and a tidal wave.
Rabaul is on the northernmost
tip of New Britain, in the British
territory of New Guiena. It is due
northeast of Lae, from where Ame-
lia Earhart and Fred Noonan took
off last week on their flight to
Howland Island.
Hal Sevier 111 in
Corpus Christi Hotel
LAREDO, July 8 <U.R) — Hal Se-
vier of Corpus Christi, former Uni-
ted States minister to Chile and
husband of Mrs. Clara Driscoll Se-
vier, Democratic national commit-
teewoman from Texas, was report-
ed today to be seriously ill in his
hotel room here.
Sevier had been in seclusion for
the last four weeks, it was learned,
not leaving the hotel room during
that time.
Attendants. said Sevier was "a
very sick man.'* His nurse and
chauffeur were with him.
BURBANK, Calif., July 8. <U.R)
—Hope that Sir Charles Kings-
ford-Smith and Tom Pethybridge
who disappeared while on a
flight from London to Australia
20 months ago are still alive
were revived today after a rubber
tire wheel and section of land-
ing gear found in the Andaman
sea were identified as parts of
his plane.
The pieces were found off the
coast of Burma by a resident of
Moulmein in the Gulf of Mar-
taban near Rangoon.
Photographs were made of the
wheel and gear and sent to the
Goodyear Rubber Company of
Akron, Ohio, and later to the
Lockheed plant here for exam-
ination. j 1
They were identified as belong- WASHINGTON, July 8 (U.R)—
ing to the Kingsford-Smith plane The Department of Agriculture
which Lockheed built. today estimated 1937 cotton plant-
Carl B. Squier, vice president, i ing in the United States at 34,-
said inspection indicated the plane j 192,000 acres, an increase of ap-
had landed on some reef or is- proximately 3,300,000 acres over
land, at any rate on land. last year.
"If it had been a forced des-i The estimate was the largi«)
cent at sea," explained, "the] in three years and was 110.4 per
wheels would have been folded in- j cent of last year's* planting, when
to the wing, the normal flight j 12,398,822 bales were ginned,
position in our old type planes." [ If the yield this year on acre-
Sir Charles and his co-pilot age planted equals the 197.9
disappeared in the "Lady South-1 pounds per acre of last year, a
OAKLAND, Cal., July 8 (U.PJ
■Mrs. Mary Noonan, wife of
; Frederick J. Noonan, navigator
The break occurred today ] with Amelia Earhart Putnam,
shortly after guards took the j was reported near collapse to-
work squad to the fields. Stakes' day.
said that details of the escape)
were lacking because Ellingson, j She V^day when she
and other officials were on the j
manhunt.
*—
; mediately.
WASHINGTON, July 8, (U.R) — | General prisons Manager O. J. I
Democratic leaders of the fight for j S. Ellingson went to the Houston •
President Rooseevlt's substitute j county prison farm immediately NOOn&n Is Near
judiciary bill told the Senate today j and joined in the search, the sec-j T71 11 rincr
that the measure was in keeping ond big manhunt at Eastham in j V^0113,pS6 r OllOWlng
with pledges made by the party in ! less than three weeks.
its 1936 platform. i Nineteen felons escaped from J
Sen. M. N. Logan, D., Ky., and ! Eastham, a farm for incorrigible j
Sen. Hugo L. Black, D., Ala., joined I prisoners, on June 22. All except j
the contention that the judiciary ' four have been recaptured.
program represented a platform
pledge as the Senate began its
third day of debate on the bill.
Just prior to start of debate,
Sen. John H. Bankhead, D., Ala.,
announced he would vote against
the new administration measure.
The statements of Black and Lo-
gan came after a question by Sen.
Edward R. Burke, D., Neb.
"Apparently the senator from
Nebraska never has read the 1936
platform," Logan said. "The charge
that the issue never was submitted
to the people is another red her-
ring."
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D.,
Mont., asked if Logan meant that
the question of increasing the su-
preme court had been submitted to
the people.
The Democratic leadership gave
vigorous notice that it would en-
force the Senate rules to the limit
—including restriction on the num-
ber of speeches each member may
make—in an effort to smash that
threat of a filibuster.
The vital strategic maneuver
was disclosed by Majority Leader
Joseph T. Robinson, D., Ark., and
Sen. Key Pittman, D., Nev., presi-
dent pro tem of the Sante.
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Cotton Planted
in U. S. Totals
More than 1936
Estimate of 34 Mil-
lion Acres Largest
in Three Years
Dyer's Wife in
Admission She
Suspected Him
Says Was Afraid to
Tell Officers of
Her Suspicions
LOS ANGELES, July 8 <U.R) —
Mrs. Albert Dyer, held in, county
jail here as material witness, ad-
mitted today she had suspected her
husband of being the murderer of
three small Inglewood girls eight
days before he confessed the kill- ,
ings. j
The thin, hollow-cheeked woman j (
became hysterical after three days j k
in jail and summoned Chief Matron |
Vada Sullivan to her cell. She told
how she washed apparent blood- !
stains from her husband's dunga-
ree trousers the day he admittedly !
killed Jeanette Stephens, 9, and
Madline and Melba Everett. Their
bodies were found two days later.
Pure Oil Cores
Below 6022 Feet
Still in Hard Sand
and Shale Company
Officials Say
"I believed he was guilty as ear-
ly as Monday before they found the
Pure Oil company officials saic
Thursday that the Kendrick No
16, deep test located three milei
West of Mexia was coring below
6022 feet in hard sand and shall
with no showing.
"There is no change," the of-
bodies," she sobbed. "But I didn't ficials said," and we will continui
dare ask him or tell anyone be-
cause I was afraid he would beat
me.
Dyer was scheduled to plead at
his arraignment today but Judge
Thomas L. Ambrose continued the
case until next Monday, at request
of defense counsel.
em Cross" on Nov. 8 ,1935. His
wife, a recent visitor here, be-
lieves he is still alive somewhere
in the jungle.
Clemency Isn't
Granted Negro
McCarty Must Pay
for Attack on Fort
Worth Woman
AUSTIN, July 8 (U.R) — The
Board of Paroles today refused to
recommend further clemency for
Ernest McCarty, negro sentenced
to die in the electric chair at
Huntsville Friday for criminally
assaulting a middle-aged
woman March 10, 1936. """T*" «' '■-"> i Wp11« Tnirm Staff
lieved recovering from injuries re-j 15 Per cent, Mississippi ana Ark- fw eilS dlllKtS old 11
Board action was ceiV{d early tod>y ,vk,n his aut0JansM 12 „rr Mnt and North C.r
Cameron Solon
Hurt in Wreck
Found Unconscious in
Wrecked Automo-
bile near Cameron
CAMERON, Texas, July 8 (U.R)—
Fort State Representative Jesse James,
atlhough painfully hurt, was be-
crop of approximately 13,500,000
bales will be produced this year
While estimated plantings were
the largest since 1934, they were
17.5 per cent less than the aver-
age for the five-year period 1928-
32.
Increases were shown in all
states, with the smallest increase
in Oklahoma and Texas, where
increases of 3 per cent and 7 per
cent respectively were indicated.
Increases in the South Atlantic
and South Central states ranged
from 10 per cent in Louisiana and
Overalled Jewel
Thieves Caught
A.dmit Theft Several
Thousand Dollars
Worth of Gems
BALTIMORE, July 8 (U.R)—Ar-
rested 25 minutes after they
reached Baltimore, two young
men whose dusty overalls yield-
ed jewelry valued at several
thousand dollmi* were held by
police today after police said they
admitted robbing a house in St
Louis 10 days ago.
Patrolman Richard Slater cap-
to core on down."
Many of the oil fraternity ex-
pected the 6,000 foot depth to yielc
interesting information, but corei
failed to indicate a showing of oil
It is the plan of the Pure t«
carry the test to the Pennsylvanis
sand, testing each format!#* as it
is encountered.
Drag River for
Bodies of Boys
Youths Fail to Come
Home and Parents
Ask Police Hunt
SAN ANTONIO, July 8 (U.PJ —
Firemen dragged the shallow San
Antonio river today for the bodies
of Earl Helmers, 17, and Joe Loper,
Jr., 14, missing since they went
fishing in the river yesterday.
Parents became alarmed whet
the youths failed to return hom«
overnight and today asked the ait
tured the men as they sought to
... . i.v, °* P°hce and fire departments i*
pawn a platinum bar pin set with , . r
.. , .p. ■ i . locating them. It was feared thej
31 diamonds. They identified , . 3
., . n . • i !llai' drowned in the stream,
., , . themselves ns Patrick O Flynn . ^
Alabama to 16 per cent ,n South ^ of An),ril, TexaSi and Robert!
Carolina and 28 per cent in Flori-I 2>, of B|.ooklyn, N. y.
da.
Georgia showed an increase of i
Police at noon had found a bi-
cycle, which the youths used to gc
to the river, chained to a railroad
trestle over the river.
last chance for celmency.
MARION TEST PRODUCER
JEFFERSON, Texas, July 8 (U.R)
—Marion county's second oil well
mobile crashed from the highway 1 °'ina II Per cent,
two miles cast of here.
Extent of the 32-year-old Milam ]
county representative's injuries ;
COTTON FUTURES
NEW YORK. July 8 (U.R) ■
-Cot-
was producing today at a rate of 1 had not been determined definitely i ton futures colsed steady.
30 barrels an hour, afetr the Hun- but attending physicians said they Month-
ter Oil Co. No. 2 Fonda, scene of | believed they were confined to cuts Mar
an explosion Monday which killed 1 and bruises. j May
three men, blew in last night. James was found unconscious in | July
The well was producing through his overturned automobile shortly ; Oct.
a 7-16 inch choke from a depth of after 4 a. m. He did not discuss the 1 Doc
open high low close
1207 1236 1207 1232-T
1206 1238 1206 1238-T
1200 1225 1200 1225-N
1208 1236 1208 1236-36
1201 1230 1200 1229-30
6,076-95 feet. It is located eight accident upon regaining conscious- ] Spots steady, middling 1285, no
miles northeast of Jefferson.
Nat'l Labor Board ReP?^ ,6f. Soviets
Killed for Sabotage
FORT WORTH, July 8 (U.R)— —
Dr. Edwin A. Elliott, regional MOSCOW, July 8 <U.R) — Japan-
divcctor of the National Labor ro sources said today -that wove
Relations Board, announced to-, had been received from Khaboro-
day that L. N. D. Wells, Jr., «>f j vsk, Siberia, quoting the Pacific
Dallas had joined his staff as a ^ Ocean star as saying 64 additional
junior field examiner. j persons had been executed on charg
Wells, a graduate of Texas os of Trotsky; ;n, terrorism, and
Christian university and Colunv abotage on the far eastern rail-
bia, Is the son of Dr. L. N. D -vay.
Wells, pastor of the East Dallas | 'i ne now executions would bring
Christian church., {the total to 217.
received a package of picture*
taken during early stages of the
flight. Noonan had mailed them
from the far East.
"This is the next best thing to
hearing that they have been res-
cued," Mrs. Noonan, a bride oi
one month, said when she receiv.
ed the package and an accom-
panying letter.
The letter read in part:
"Amelia is a grand person foi
such a trip. She is the only wo-
man flier I would care to maki
such a trip with because, in ad
dition to being a fine companion
she can take hardship as well as t
man and work like one."
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