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PHIL KARNER. GENERAL INSURANCE
The Mexia Weekly Herald
VOL. XXXIX, NO. 32
MEXIA, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST, 13, 1937
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Flood Waters Take Toll of 19 Lives Metropolitan N. Y.
POLICE DEVE
19 BODIES OUT
N. Y. WRECKAGE!
j Wounded Woman Sis-
Four Others Killed ter of Mrs. D. D.
Withrow, of Mexia
Hoodlum Murders-
Austin Man and
Shoots Wife, Son
as Torrential Rain
Area New York
She's His Heroine
AUSTIN, Aug. 12, (U.R)—Po-
' lice and Sheriff's deputies sear-
TRAPPED BY WATER | ehed a wide area east of Austin
| today for an armed hogdlum who
Patrolman Dies Hero shot and killed B- N> Payton'61,
when Trying Rescue
Two Children
seriously wounded Mrs. Payton
and one of their sons, Norman,
kidnaped the other son, Leon,
stole the family automobile and
escaped.
Mrs. Payton is a sister of Mrs.
NEW YORK, Aug. 12, (U.R)—
Police searches today delved 19
bodies out of the wreckage of a j I). D. Withrow, of Mexia. The
six family dwelling house in j wounded was not expected to
State Island which collapsed dur- i live attending physicians said,
lng last night's torrential rain. > Both Mr. and Mrs. Withrow left
During the height of the storm; early Thursday morning for Aus-
two died by lightening and two ] tin.
by drowning. j Funerni services had not been
25 CHILDREN
TEXAS ASYLUM
SAID BE SANE
Head of Committee
Probing Institu-
tion Makes Charge
after Tour
j Young Mellons
Divorce Bound
The dwelling' which collapsed |
arranged Thursday afternoon.
was a 60-year-old two-story tene-1 Th(j paytong Hye a( Gova„ei „
small community three miles from
Austin. The hunted man was be-
lieved to be the same one who
earlier in the morning escaped
officers ambushed in a house
here. They were barricaded in a
house expecting robbers suspected
of being those who recently held
up the public service company
of San Antonio and escaped with
91700.
Two hours after the thief es-
caped the Payton automobile was
found wrecked at a bridge on the
highway. In the automobile found
$321 in change.
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Shape Plans for
Meet of Hunters
ment built in three sections upon
high brick foundations with a
frame structure.
The victims were tenants and
visitors trapped in the crumbling
edifice by flood waters which
sped down the block long street
and rose several feet deep in
front and behind.
Storm Sewers Clog
The water backed up from a
clogged storm sewer, undermined
the foundation and dumped the
building into its huge cellar near-
ly 20 feet deep.
Felix Szewoczk, 30, a resident
of the neighborhood which is one
of the most impoverished in New
York, heard scrcams of fright and
saw women and children huddled
at the front of the building. He
called police and three emergency
squads responded. When he re-
turned he told United Tress "The
house was gone."
Patrolman Joseph McEbreen;
82, died a hero attempting to save
two children. Police had erected
a ladder to the front porch and
he had climbed into the building.
A moment later the structure
fell. His body was found with two
dead children in his arms.
All the victims were crushed.
Mayor F. H. La Guardia promised
an investigation to determine the
cause of the collapse.
If Marjorie Muray of Woodmere, L. I., and Arnold McCloat go
through with their marriage plans, she will start with one advant-
age few brides have—her husband owes his life to her. The boat
in which they sought relief from the heat in a midnight sail was
overturned by heavy sea,s, so she kicked off her clothes and swum
nude for a milo through heavy seas to summon aid. Goaet guards
rescued McCloat and their two companions.
Flirtation between Princesses and a
Scottish Boy Stopped by King George
STARS TO MARRY
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 7, <U.R)—
Ann Shirley, 19-year-old RKO-Ra-
' dio actress and John Howard Pay-
ne, film Juvenile, have applied for
a marriage license in Santa Bar-
bara, the studio said today.
Miss Shirley, who was born in
New York City, entered the appli-
cation under her real name, Dawn
Paris.
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Both "pimento" and "pimiento"
•re names derived from the Span-
ish word for pepper.
GROESBKCK, Aug. 12. (Sp)—
Plans are rapidly taking shape for
the annual meeting of the Lime-
stone County Fox Hunters Associa-
tion to be held here at the City
Park Labor Day, Sept. 6. The Groes
beck Chamber of Commerce met
Wednesday and promised to do
their part in making this meeting
a success. A committee appointed
to raise funds for the event consist-
ed of O. L. Smith, B. W. Lee and
Jack Jenkins, president of the as-
sociation.
Invitations will be sent to James
Ferguson, former governor, Elliott
Roosevelt, and other dignitaries to
speak on this occasion.
The climax of the celebration will
come Monday night when a bench
show of dogs form all over the
state will be held under the lights
of the Groesbeck football field.
This meeting, which has been
held annually for the past seven
years always attracts state wide
notice and is attended by fox hunt-
ers from all over the country. Of-
ficials predict an even larger crowd
this year than ever before.
LONDON, Aug. 12, (U.R)—The
Magazine News reported today
that King George VI had squel-
ched a handkerchief-waving "flir-
tation" between a Scottish boy
and the Princesses Elizabeth and
Margaret Rose during their stay
at Balmoral castle.
The boy, out bicycle riding,
stopped and sat down on a stone
wall opposite the castle to cool
off, the Magazine said. Hearing
the skirl of Bagpipes, the lad ven-
tured closer to the castle.
"At a window," the Magazine
continued, "he saw the princess-
es Elizabeth and Margaret, pulled
out a handkerchief and waved to
them. They waved back. Once
more the boy signaled.
"A few seconds later the prin-
cesses come back to the window
and replied with their handker-
chiefs. For some time the ex-
changes went on until a man came
over the bridge with a 'message.'
The boy sprang up and saluted.
Later he confessed:
" 'The man said his Majesty
hoped I Wouldn't mind but he'd
rather I didn't stay any longer
staring at the castle. ... He was
sure I would understand how es-
sential it was his Majesty should
have privacy on his holiday anclj of a demented woman
after all it wasn't very nice spy-
ing oil the movements of the roy-
al family.' "
War Preparations
Increase in City
as Demand Made
SHANGHAI, Aug. 12. (UP)—Warlike preparations in.
! creased in this great international city today as Japanese
consular officials made their second demand in 24 hours
Resolution of
Blacky Bilbo Is
Given Approval
Calls for Attention
Farm Program First
When Reconvenes
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OUR AUGUST
With 10,000 other Rexall Druggists we are interested
in the factories manufacturing most of these Rexall
Products. We call tliis our Kactory-to-You Sale.)
because, in effect, that's really what it is.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, (U.R)
—The Senate Agriculture com-
mittee today voted approval of the
black-bilbo resolution, expressing
the "opinion of congress that a
permanent agriculture program
should be the first legislation to
engage the attention of congress"
v*hen it reconvenes.
The committee's action came
after Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace, testifying be-
fore an executive session, had
pointed out that the Smith bill
providing for manditory commod-
ity credit corporation crop loans
might cost the government as
much as $1,200,000,000.
FDR Nominaets
Black to Fill
Court Vacancy
Will Aecept Modified
Reorganization as
Voted by Congress
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, (U.R)
President Roosevelt today sent to
the Senate nomination of Senator
Hugo L. Black, D., Alabama, to
fill the Supreme court vacancy
created by the retirement of Asso-
ciate Justice Willis Van Devan-
ter.
TREATED CRUELLY
On>e Child Has Leg j
Broken by Guardj
He Declares
FORT WORTH, Aug. 12, (U.R)!
—State representative Lonflie
Smith, of Fort Worth, vice chair- i
man of a legislative committee j
investigating eleemosynary insti- j
tutions charged today that about
25 sane children are kept in a
state home for feeble minded in
Austin and almost as many de-
mented children are at the State
orphanage at Corsicana.
"We have demanded that the
two institutions exchage tnese
children." Smith said, "and au-
thorities of both homes have ag-
reed to affect the changes by
September 24.
At one institution in Austin we
found a boy whose leg was brok-
en by a stick wielded by a guard.
Yesterday at Corsicana we gath-
ered evidence that a young girl
had received so many licks from
a paddle that the nurse had to [
apply rubbing alcohol. Some stu-
dent said she received 100 blows,
but the matron said she struck j
the girl only 8 times. Under oath, _ , . ,. , ,
* , , , , ,. . Seeking a divorce from her
she admitted that the whipping , , , ,, ,,
... band, William Larimer Mellon,
took forty-five minutes. T . „ ...
J j Jr., scion of the wealthy Pitts-
"I-t Is a matter of record now," | burgh family, the former Ethel
he said, "that one woman inmate j Grace Rowley, above, is at her
of the asulym had a child by one home in Sewickley, Pa., while
of the attendants. They discharged! Mellon below, is reported at a
the man, which was all they j ranch near Rimrock Ariz. They
could do because the testimony were married in 1920. Mellon is
is not to J the grand-nephew of Andrew W.
be admitted in court." j Mellon, former secretary of the
At a state institution in San [ treasury.
Antonio, Smith said, 100 of 2,700 j "
inmates sleep on the floor be-
cause of shortage of beds.
Most Beautiful
at Indian Fete
hus-
• hat Chinese armed forces withdraw 12 miles from Shang-
i jjai. *>_
Thirty-three Japanese warships j
wore in the harbor here and Chi- j
nese peace preservation soldiers j
were erecting sandbag barricades |
near the north station, center of j
j the bitter 1932 fighting.
Meanwhile, Japanese drove an-1
other wedge into North China, and 1
were reported ready to enter Nan-1
kow after a hot one-day engage-;
ment in which the Chinese sought |
to prevent he Japanese form win-
ning this gateway to the rich nor- j
I thern provinces of Suiyuan and ;
Chahar.
Today's developments in China:
Shanghai—Chinese regulars en-
ter city for first time since 19#2
and entrenched to fight Japanese; |
Japanese fleet lands bluepackets j
for battle; American and British >
residents ordered to safety of In-
ternational Settlement. i
Japanese army field headquart- I
ers southeast of Nankow—Japan- i
ese guns blast Chinese from Nan- '
kow in first big battle of war; j
tanks line up ready to enter city. |
Peiping—Japanese sources report j
capture of Nankow railroad station |
after brisk fight. |
Shanghai—Central executive com
mittee called to meet September !
: 15.
China and Japan drifting toward
| grave events while Chinese leaders
split on issue of peace or war Jap- !
| anese ambassador asserts.
! Tokio — Four cabinet ministers '
discussed Shanghai development
i and called emergency cabinet meet-
| ing tomorrow because of critical
situation at Shanghai.
Respondent in the silver jewelry
and gay colors characteristic of
the Navajo, Gertrude Silver,
22, of Manuelito, N. M., is
shown above, her blanket
around her shoulders, immedi-1
etely, after her election as queeil,!
of the All-Indian celebration at"
Flagstaff, Ariz. The ' youngl
beauty is _a princess of .ber ttibe.'
AUSTIN, Aug. 12, (U.R)—Chair-
man Claude Tcer of the State
Board of control, which super-
vises state institutions said today
the board will make a thorough j
investigation into all complaints
of institutions when the legisla-
tive investgatng committee sub-
mits its report.
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Fustiliers to
Defend British
Told Stand by and
Await Entrance of
British
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Body of Youth
Found by Posse
3oy Had Shot Him-
self Accidentally
While Hunting
DENISON, Aug 12, (U.R)—The
jcdy of J. W. Russell, Jr., 14
was found Inst midnight by a
searching party in an Oklahoma
field across Red River from Den-
ison. The youth who lived here,
shot himself accidentally while i
hunting on his grandfather's |
farm. Evidence showed he had
dragged himuelf some distance in
n effoit to obtain laiin*
WASHINGTON, Agu. 12, (U.R)
President Roosevelt will accept for
the time being the modified jud-
iciary reorganization voted by
congress and there were indica-
tions today he will shortly sub-
mit a nomination to the Supreme
court vacancy created by retire-
ment of Justice Willis Van De-
vanter.
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Sentence Boy, 17
Life in Prison
Convicted Criminal
Attack on Nine Yr.
Old Child
CHICAGO, Aug. 12, (U.R)—John
Ardelean, 17, strapping high
school Junior, was sentenced to
life imprisonment for a criminal
act upon 9-year-old Loraine Hun-
Ireiser.
Judge John Prystalski pronoun-
HONGKONG Aug. 12 (U.R)—'The
Royal Fustiliers were ordered to
stand by today and await instruc-
tions to sail for Shanghai to de-
fend British entrance there.
The regiment is part of a regular
military garrison of this British
crown colony. Officers expected
the troops might be ordered to am-'
bark "at any moment".
Ceeile to Be K«pt
Inside 'til Monday
CALLANDER, Aug. 12, (U. —
Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe said today
that "Cecile will not be outside
until Monday, according to her
present condition." She is the only
one who is still running a tem-
perature," he said.
7 Felons Hunted
after Jail Break
Dangerous Men Es-'
cape from Maryland!
Jail Sawing Locks
ELKTON, Md., Aug. 12. (U.R)
—Posses of citiztns, deputy sher-
iffs and police of two states sear-
ched the countryside today for
seven "dangerous and ruthless" j
prisoners who escaped from the j
county pail here by sawing their
way through locks.
The fugitives are: Hampton
Hall, of Virignia, and Bradford
Mayberry, of Conowingo, Md., ac-1
cused of attempted robbery.
Adolphus Campbell, Virginia, |
accused of larceny and attempted j
murder.
Sigmon Yarmust and Edward
Rider, of Norristown, Pa., accus-
ed of attempted robbery.
Blaine Burchett, Aberdeen, Md.,
alleged larceny.
Gilbert Faulkner, of Baltimore,
Md., alleged breaking and enter-
ing.
The seven men were segre-
gated in a wing of the county
jail to keep them from other in-
mates facing less serious charg-
es. They sawed two steel locks
from a jail door, made an im-
provised rope of blankets and
scaled a 30-foot wall.
Animal Torturer
Object of Hunt
New Commercial Alabama Police
Department for Fear Sadistic Nature
Westminster C May Cause Him to
UtumiTlSier t. Attack children
increasing Demand of
Students Business
World Cause Move
Open Arguments in
Trial Vince Boss
LOCKHART, Aug. 12, (U.R)—
Defense and prosecution lawyers
began their arguments here to-
ced sentence immediately after day in the murder trial of Vince
a criminal court jury, which del- Boss, 20 year-old Houstonlan,
ibcrated only one hour, returned chirged with the death of R. W.
a guilty verdict, j Albert, Brenhain cheese salesman.
NEW YORK. Aug. 12, (UP)—
The passenger liner Duchess of
Atholl after colliding with the Dan-
ish frwghter Mains in dense fog
176 miles southeast of Boston re-
moved the main crew and aban-
doned the Main i« a sinking condi-
tion she reported today by radio.
DALLAS, AugT 127 (U.R)—Dan
Fisher, 60, retired publicity di-
rector of the. Texas Electric Rail-
way company, died early Thurs-
day in Baylor hospital Irom af-
fects of a heat aU-oke suffered
Monday.
Due to the increasing demands
U:d"nts entering the business
worlJ, the board of regents if
VvGatntiu. -tr C ...Ivoted to in-
corporate in the curriculum of the
college a department in Business
Administration.
It has long been felt that the
average business college does not
meet the demands of modern com-
petitive businesses but that the
standard liberal arts course was
also inadequate.
Therefore, the trend is toward a
new course of instruction that has
become known as business admirvis.
tration. The student receives the
broadening cultural values of the
liberal arts work while at the same
time getting standard specialised
courses in the business fieki in
which he is interested.
Graduates from standard schools
such as Westminster College, are
better prepared to meet the stren-
ous competition of the business
world by taking work of this nature.
Also, he may continue his educa-
tion in the senior colleges of the
state if he so desires.
Miss Sherwood Minshew of Tea-
gue, who was elected head of this
new department, completed a secre-
tarial course in Draughon's Busi-
ness College, Houston, Texas in
February, and took a B. A. degree
from Baylor University in May.
While a student in Draughon's Miss
Minshew took over several classes
of shorthand and taught for some
three months. She holds a perman-
ent special commercial teachers'
cerliiicate issued by the State De-
partment of Education.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 12,
(U.R)—Police today entered the
I hunt for the "animal torturer of
Fairfield," fearful that sadistic
j traits leading him to multilate
animals may cause him to attack
children.
Residents of suburban Fairfield
I locked their pets indoors and star-
ted a district-wide hunt for tha
man who cuts off the legs of an-
imate "to see them suffer."
Mrs. Charles Whelan, secretary
of the Birmingham Humane So-
ciety, broadcast an appeal for
residents to be on the lookout for
the "fiend of Fairfield", and war-
ned that: "this monster is the
same type of person who would
torture and murder little child-
ren."
The torturer's second vie trial
j (Wed in the Humane Society Hos-
pital today—a month old kittea.
Its left front paw had been bru-
tally swwed off.
Circumstances of its mutilila-
Won coincided almost exactly with
tile torturing of a fox-terrier pup-
py fwmd yestepday with his hind
legs sawed off.
"This is no case of accidental
amputation," a veterinarian said.
"This is a deliberate and eru«l
act of some fiend in human form
torturing animals for the pleas-
ure of seeing them suffer."
The fox terrier pup will sur-
vive the torture, Mrs. Whelan
said.
A cobbler, who preferred to re-
main anonymous, is making him a
pair of leather boots. The boots
will be slipped over the stul < of
his hind legs when his woui
heal, enabling him to navwate
like a normal,
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