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Just Among
Us Boys!
is with a feeling of deep regret
that we all learn that Miss Viola
Jones, our beloved and efficient
^county home demonstration agent,
Will leave on February 15 to accept
A similar position in Jefferson coun-
ty, with headquarters in Beaumont.
Her professional services to Wheeler
county during the past 10 years have
paeant untold thousands of dollars
from a financial standpoint, and
her personal charm and inspiration
have brightened and lightened the
..heart*: of literally hundreds of farm
...girls and women.
Jones loves this county and
ile deeply, and it was not her
to depart from it, but the
,ity for promotion in her
ton could not be ignored. It
larting wish that the same
id generous co-operation
as been her’s for the past
s, be given her successor
^_u|tyet to be named.
Miss Jones leaves here with the
.best wishes and friendship of every
county pfficiai with whom she has
ever worked, as well as the many
hundreds of present and past club
members. It has been JAUB’s privi-
lege to have known Miss Jones dur-
ing the entire 10 years she has been
here, and to have had an opportuni-
ty of observing her work more close-
ly than another occupation would
have permitted. We can truthfully
say we have never heard one word
•of criticism directed at her during
that time. And that, ladies and
entlemen, is a record for persons
" public service that will stand for
in this or any other county.
mm.—jaub—
• A bunch of smart-alecs have been
“ -toying to tell JAUB It hasn't been
colder this January that it was a
year ago. Well, it has, and you can
call the, tone Star Gas company
and verify. The coldest it got dur-
ing January of last year was 14 de-
%ees And it has been down to zero
.two or three times this year. Fur-
thermore, it has been down to the
“, f point, or lower, every single
of this whole blamed njonth.
that off, some of you tough-
, rascals.
I .-JAUB-
Flake George, the postmaster and
Social! Security big-shot, has been
tearing so many complaints from
s like Horace Belew, mana-,
ger of the oil null, to the effect that
r employees can't remember their
Security Numbers, that Flake
-'wired Postmaster General Jim
if it will be all right to brand
employees on the left hip,
tg their government serial num-
NEA
NEWS
PICTURES
Flood Death Toll Climbs
As Receding Waters Leave
Thousands 111 And Hungry
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VOL. 33
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1937
NO. 205
Only One of a Thousand Rescues
ilk
Wi ' - fF 1
LABOR SECRETARY
ASKS EMERGENCY
POWER IN STRIKE
SLOAN ISSUES DENIAL GMC
CAUSE OF BREAKDOWN
OF NEGOTIATIONS
Food Goes Up
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SB'S
Variations of this scene were being enacted minute by minute in the
Louisville, Ky., area, as rescuers in boats and high-wheeled trucks
followed radio directions to relieve those marooned by flood waters.
Here wateraooked rescuers carry T. B. Koegen, railroad conductor,
from the central station in Loulsvill"’*
•he way JAUB sees it with this
.employment Insurance being
cd out, they are going to have
f drag this Birth Control question
t in the open and take some kind
of action if the government hopes to
make much headway, as the present
• set-up just don’t make sense to us.
--JAUB-
P fjome farmer who knows his
slaughtering, can sell a batch of
chittlings out at the last little brick
hottfe on the east side of South
kain street. It might be advisable
to see the cook out there before
ging them in, as she don’t want
big an order and very, very few
te people ever eat them. These
wanted for the cook, by the way,
her personal use. She likes them
Viola Jones Resigns Her
Position As Home Agent
To Accept Beaumont Post
TRAMMELL, PRUITT
DEATHS AFFIRMED
DECISIONS IN TWO MURDER
CASES REVERSED BY
APPEALS COURT
AUSTIN, Jan. 28 — Four death
penalty cases were decided by the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Wednesday, with two men winning a
new trial.
The court affirmed the convic-
tions of Luke Trammell, Brazoria
County, and Aimer Pruitt, Hender-
son County. New trials were order-
ed for Vince Boss, Dewitt County,
and Clarence (Puny) Abston, Has-
kell County.
Trammell was one of a number
of convicts who made a break from
, ia prison farm, killing Guard Felix
Smith in the attempt. Tire court
found the evidence adequate to sus-
tain the conviction of guilt, since it
showed Trammell had disarmed an-
other guard and taken his gun.
Pruitt was convicted of the mur-
ttd JAUB will personally guarantee
ayment for them.
-JAUB-
The Shamrock Chamber of Com-
merce is thinking about putting
Vayne Fox and Floyd Stevenson,
|mployees of the Sullivan Motor
ompany, on its payroll to sell pros-
ectlve residents on the advantages
pf residing in the “Dust Bowl.”
hose two boys can see more beauty
a West Texas sandstorm than
ohn McCarty 6V6f dreamed when
|e penned his ode, tribute, sollloqy,
what ever it was up at Dalhart
ring the world-breaking duster a
ew years ago,
j Fox and Stevenson have Just re-
ned from Evansville where they
re marooned for several days. The
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Miss Viola Jones, county home
demonstration agent of Wheeler
county for the past 10 years, has
tendered her resignation, effec-
tive February 15, to accept a simi-
lar position in Jefferson county.
Announcement of Miss Jones’
resignation was made by Miss
Ruby Mashbmh. district agent,
who stated the new position is a
distinct promotion for the Wheeler
county agent who has won state-
wide recognition in the agricultur-
al extension service by her out-
standing work in fhis county.
Beaumont is the county seat of
Jefferson county and it is in that
city that Miss Jones will maintain
her office.
Coming to Wheeler county in June
of 1927, from West Texas State
Teachers College, where she was
awarded her degree that summer,
Miss Jones laid the groundwork for
a home demonstration and 4-H girls
club program which in recent years
has been pointed to as a pattern for
other counties to follow. Miss Jones
was engaged in the teaching pro-
fession before entering the state ex-
tension service.
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Public Ownership Utilities
By Cities, Counties, States
Preferred By TV A Heads
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 — Secre-
tary of Labor Frances Perkins an-
nounced Wednesday she was asking
Congress for emergency powers to
deal with the critical General Mot-
ors strike situation.
Miss Perkins, after a day of con-
j ferences with John L. Lewis and
| his auto union strike leaders, said
: she wished Congress to pass as
emergency legislation immediately
; an act giving the Labor Department
| power to subpoena parties involved
in labor disputes.
The request came immediately
after General Motors officials had
declined an invitation by Miss Per-
kins to attend a conference on the
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FOUR liiLED
AT LOCKNEY WHEN
CAR HITS FREIGHT
ANOTHER PERSON SERIOUSLY
HURT AS AUTO SMASHES
INTO STOPPED TRAIN
LOCKNEY, Jan. 2g — Lives of
four persons were snuffed out
when an automobile crashed into
the side of a freight train here
early last night.
A fifth person is ir a critical
condition in a local iMApital.
The dead:
A. J. Weatherly, about 60, of
Parnell, Hall County.
Earland Weatherly, 35, his sou.
Betty Weatherly, 7, daughter of
Earland Weatherly.
J. M. Parsons, about 40, Parnell.
The fifth victim of the crash,
Mrs. Earland Weatherly, 27, is suf-
fering from severe Internal injuries
and fractures of both legs and one
arm. She has been unconscious
most of the time since the accident
and talks incoherently.
Automobile Demolished
The car, a light sedan, was driven
by Parsons when it crashed into
the side of a Fort Worth Sc Denver
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humbleIncreases
CRUDEPRICE Iflc
SIMILAR HIKE BY OTHERS
WOULD MEAN 5 MILLION
TO TEXAS IN YEAB
HOUSTON, Jan. 28—The Humble
Oil and Refining company, largest
producing and oil purchasing com-
pany in Texas, announced last night
an advance in its postings of an av-
erage of 10 1-4 cents a barrel, ef-
fective 7 a. m. Thursday.
The basic price of East Texas
crude, upon which other fields and
grades of oil are based, was raised
to $1.27 a barrel.
The increase, if it is followed by
the other large purchasing com-
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 - A high
administration official predicted
lys were not used to seeing more ( last night a national power policy
Ilian a bathtub full of water at a
lime and so you can imagine the
Ihrills and chills they got looking
But over five or six miles of it at a
time. Tire boys ducked out as soon
fas possible, bringing back a convoy
f of Plymouth cars, And in the words
f of Old Tack, they are “never, never
i again going to leave the Panhandle.”
We are asked to remind property
: owners that the penalty and tater-
| est will be Invoked on both city and
j school taxes unless you either pay
I them or make arrangements to pay
them not later than Saturday. City
and school officials have both ex-
pressed a willingness to omit both
the penalty and interest if you will
giving preference to states, counties
and municipalities who wish to set
up their own electric distribution
systems.
Privately he expressed belief con-
gress would extend to all federal
projects a policy it has laid down
in the Tennessee valley authority
act. That act gives states, their
subdivisions and non-profit co-oper-
atives the first chance at TV A
power.
Tire government power expert
predicted also that President Roose-
velt’s power policy committee ulti-
mately would recommend irse of the
competitive bidding principle in the
sale of government-generated power
after needs of publicly operated dis-
tribution systems have been satis-
fied and at least partial government
control of rates charged the ultimate
consumers of federal power.
The foreeast followed President
Rooseveit’s termination yesterday
of negotiations for the pooling of
federal and private power facili-
ties in the Tennessee valley.
Mr. Roosevelt’s action brought
praise today from Senator Norris,
Independent, Nebraska, congres-
sional father of TVA.
“It means we are going to be fair
but are not going to have our hands
tied behind our backs," he comment-
ed after a lunoheon with the presi-
dent.
Earlier on the senate floor, the
76-year-old Nebraskan accused pow-
er companies of "traveling around”
from one court to another, until
they found a favorable one, in ef-
TEXAS ANTI-WASTE
GAS STATUTE GOES
BEFORE U. S. COURT
ATTORNEY GENERAL McCRAW
HAS PERFECT RECORD ON
APPEALS TO DATE
AUSTIN, Jan. 28 — Seeking to
maintain his 1,000 batting average in
conservation cases before the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
Attorney General William McCraw
will appear before that court on the
case involving the Texas Anti-Waste
The United States Army Wednes-
day warned 500,700 inhabitants of
Mississippi River lowlands to pre-
pare for flight if the need arises
from an unprecedented flood which
already has driven 1,000,000 persons
from their homes and taken at least
117 lives.
Looting broke out in several places
as the Ohio river crest neared the
turning point in Cairo, 111. War De-
partment officials concentrated
transportation equipment along the
Mississippi to prepare for possible
evacuation of residents of danger
areas in the 1,500-mile strip along
the river between Cairo and New
Orleans.
Fear that the billion-dollar levee
system along the river’s course
Statute Feb. 2, he announced today, isoul*1 of Cairo might not be equal
The validity of every Texas con-1to holding back the flood prompted
servation law has been upheld by, a™y officials to prepare for any
the high court, McCraw said, leav-1 contingency in a region of 150,000
ing only the law giving Texas power square miles extending 50 miles
Groceries coming up! Sufferers
at Portsmouth, O., found food
scarce. When it did arrive by
boat it generally had to be lifted
to second-story refuge spots by
rope, as shown here.
TINY BONES LINKED
WITH MISSING BOY
FATHER IDENTIFIES PAIR OF
SHOES AS THOSE WORN
BY SMALL SON
BOSTON, Jan. 26 — A father in
anguish last night connected the
disappear’! nse cf his twin son, three
months ago, with discovery today
of a skull and bones of a youngster
who, investigators said “was un-
doubtedly slain and dismembered.”
A pair of tiny, weather-(beaten
shoes furnished the link between
the discovery and the disappear-
ance October 30 of golden-haired
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; to harass the
ivelooment.
overnment pow-
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GARBO INCOME TOPS
BIG SALARY LIST
WASHINGTON, JUh SA-A *332,-
600 income received by GrtiU Garbo,
Swedish screen siren, from Metro-
Goiflwjrn-Mayer headed a supple-
mental list of big salaries filed with
Congress Wednesday by the Treas-
ury Department.
Other stars and officials of the
same film company accounted for
many of the additional big-salary
listings reported by corporations on
compensation paid out in 1935 or in
fiscal years running into 1936.
Among the largest Incomes were
*278,749 to Wallace Beery, *241,403
to Joan Crawford, *238,750 to Wil-
liam Powell and $184,000 to David O.
Selznlck, a director.
BAND PARENTS MEET
All members of the Band Parents
organization are requested to at-
tend the meeting Friday after-
noon at 3:30 at the Band House.
Several Important matters will be
discussed and it is urgent every-
January Much
Colder Than
One Year Ago
The low temperature has been be-
low freezing in Shamrock every day
this month and the average daily
temperature has been much lower
this January than last year, accord-
ing to records at the Lone Star Gas
company’s plant, north of the city.
Low for January, last year, was
14 degrees and that was reached on j INVESTIGATORS FOR
only four days, the records show, as AGE PENSIONS HERE
compared with a low of zero for --
this month. On nine days of the | Due to the large number of ap-
present month the mercury has sunk , plicants for the Old Age pension,
below the level of last January's; John B. Hessy of Pampa and F. S.
coldest weather, and on two other | Davis of Amarillo, Old Age Assist-
days the 1936 low of 14 degrees was, anoe investigators, will remain in
to regulate the burning of sweet nat-
ural gas for carbon black production
and the companion gas waste to be
tested.
Informed that the case will be
heard Feb. 2, McCraw announced he
will assist his gas assistant, William
Madden Hill, before the high court.
He thought today that the court
may be awaiting argument in this
case to decide also the gas waste
case, which has been filed to await
hearing. ®
In the carbon black case, the Hen-
derson company charged that the
Federal and State Constitutions
were violated when the State at-
tempted to prevent the company
from selling sweet gas to carbon
black plants. The State’s position is
that sour gas, unfit for domestic
consumption because of hydrogen
suphlde content, is eually suitable
for carbon black production, and it
seeks, through its police position to
prohibit the use of sweet gas for
black-making. This position was up-
held by a three-judge federal court.
The sweet gas case was lost by the
State in the lower courts. It was
argued Nov. 19, Hill reported that
the point of argument involved the
provisions requiring ratable taking
of sweet gas.
recur™ for
PANHANDLE FIELD
PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND
GAS BRING LARGEST SUM
IN AREA’S HISTORY
AMARILLO, Jan. 28 (UP) —
Matching the oil industry of the
nation, which broke production rec-
ords throughout 1936, the Panhan-
dle oil field in Texas experienced
the biggest year in dollars and cents
in its history.
Products of the oil and gas in-
dustries in the Panhandle last year
brought $81,574,732, 12 1-2 per cent
more than the field's best previous
year, 1935.
The increase centered around the
back on each side of the river.
Federal soldiers marched into
Louisville and were assigned to po-
lice duties with orders to “shoot to
kill” looters. (National guardsmen,
were rushed to Ironton, O., where
8.000 refugees were fed at soup
kitchens, when reports were sent
out that looting was widespread.
Evansville, Lawrenceburg, Jefferson-
ville and New Albany, hard hit In-
diana cities, reported looting. Extra
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JAP SUPERVlSiON
OF RUSSIAN RAIL
WRECKS CHARGED
FORMER HIGH OFFICIAL OF
SOVIET LAND TRANSPORT
ON WITNESS STAND
MOSCOW, Jan. 28 — Ivan A.
Kniazev, 44, former high official of
the Land Transport Commissariat,
alleged Wednesday in the trial in
which he and 16 others are charged
with treason that he organized 18
railroad wrecks on instructions froir.
ehe Japanese inMug^ke Bars}*? ,
A spokesman for the J*pamfce
Foreign office characterized charges
of Japanese intelligence activity in
Russia as ridiculous, and said that
the government might “take steps'*
in protest against allegations in the
Moscow trial after the verdict was
reached.
Kniazev said that he provided in-
formation regarding the Russian
railroad system to Japanese intel-
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DOY SCOUTS PLAN
VISIT TO CANYON
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-o-
tied.
Coldest weather of this year was
on January 7 and 8, when the mer-
cury dropped to zero. The thermo-
meter stood at 26 yesterday and 27
today which were the two warmest
days of the month with exception
of January 13 when the low was 30
degrees.
Shamrock until Friday night to con-
clude the work of interviewing those
applying for aid.
Anyone who wishes to confer with I . . _.
these men and apply for assistance, I “™rf1 °f h^^ksofmaglcTlds
or who have already applied and not I wlU last untU lunch time'
- w lunch the group will go to Canyon
GROUP OF BOYS FROM THREE
COMMUNITIES WILL BE
IN CARE OF CLARK
A group of Boy Scouts from
Wheeler, Shamrock and Kelton boys
will leave Shamrock Saturday morn-
ing for a two-day stay in Palo Duro
canyon. The group will be under the
direction of Bob Clark, who la
Wheeler scoutmaster and also dis-
trict scout commissioner.
The group will leave here at 7:30
Saturday morning in a truck. Upon
arriving in Amarillo the group will
be guests of the Paramount Thea-
tre where Bob Clark will perform
received their money may see Hessy
and Davis at their office in the Rey-
nolds Hotel.
2 Shamrock Men Marooned
At Evansville Are Plenty
Glad Return To Dust Bowl
“There Was plenty of water all
right, but "there wasn’t any to
drink, so we left Evansville with
everyone telling us we couldn't
make it!” so said Wayne Fox and
Floyd Stevenson, employees of the
Sullivan Motor company, who arriv-
ed home at noon today, from the
flooded Indiana city with a convoy
of cars from the Plymouth automo-
bile plant.
“The whole town was under mar-
tial law so we had to sort of sneak
out, otherwise we’d have been there
yet," the two boys stated.
Leaving Shamrock Jan. 26, Fox
and Stevenson hit the flooded areas
20 miles this side of Evansville.
"The Wabash river was from 5
to 6 miles wide,” Fox stated, “and
you could hardly see the tops of
farm homes in some parts. In Ev-
ansville some of the largest homes
had collapsed, and many* of the
buisness buildings were being un-
dermined by the water.
“On Tuesday the water plant
went bad and the food supply was
getting so low, we decided to take a
chance on getting out.”
By going 40 miles north of Evans-
ville they escaped the flooded areas
and had little trouble in driving on
through.
"There were hundreds of people
walking along the highways carry-
ing everything they could save try-
ing to reach high ground. The water
was still rising when we left and
reports were that the crest would
be reached today.
“Seaplanes were bringing in medi-
cal supplies to tight the epidemics
of scarlet fever and typhoid and
believe me we’re plenty dad to get
home!"
where swimming in an Indoor pool
will be enjoyed.
The party is scheduled to arrive
at Palo Duro canyon at 2 o’clock,
where {fay (till set up camp in cab-
ins furnished by the park, Sunday
morning the boys will make a 14-
mlle hike, They will return home
■ 4 * tn » j,. %
about 5 o’clock Sunaay afternoon.
Shamrock boys who plan to make
the trip are: Lee Wallace, Jr., Royoe
Lewis, Jr., G6he Oaperton, Bennett
Clark, Lyman Benson and Jack
George. Max Britt of Kelton and
approximately 40 boys from Wheeler
will comprise the rest of the party.
MEN CHARGED
PATROLMAN’S
IN
DEATH
SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 28 — Mur-
der charges were filed Wednesday
against two San Antonio men in
connection with the slaying, Jan. 18,
of A. A. Edwards, motorcyole pa-
trolman.
The men, John Vaughan, 28, and
Donald Baker, 31, were arrested yes-
terday.
Three other men, two from Hous-
ton and one from San Antonio, who
were arrested in connection with
the case yesterday were released
on bond. Owen W. Kllday, chief of
police, refused to make any com-
ment regarding them.
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