The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 149, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 24, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY
ASSOCIATED DRESS SERVICE
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1934
VOL. 31—NO. 149
FARMERS URGED TO INTER COTTON POOL
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NEW OPTION LOAN
ADDITIONAL LOAN TO MEAN
$24,932.20 IN WHEELER CO-
TARTER STATES
■ Only about 20 Der cent of Wheel-
fcr county fanners eligible to get the
two cents additional loan on the
pM)33 cotton option plan have vlslt-
I the county agent’s office to fill
| lout their papers by today, according
f I to County Agent Jake Tarter.
The additional two cents loan
available because of market Increas-
es, means 024,932.20 for Wheeler
county, Tarter states, as 921 farm-
signed up for the optlofi last
year. The loan is In adldtton to the
four cents formerly loaned.
Although no time limit has yet
been set on applying for the addi-
tional loan, farmers are urged to
fill out their forms as son as pos-
sible. The farmers near Shamrock
who live In north end of Collings-
worth county also are given notice
of this loan by O. J. Walker Col-
lingsworth county assistant farm ad-
' mlnlstrator who states:
“Producers who hold Participation
Trust certificates. Issued them In
the 1983 plow-up campaign, may
now surrender them to the county
agent's office, and sell them out-
right or draw the 2 cents the pool
manager is now making. All pro-'
ducers are notified to bring their |
Trust certificates to the office with j
them, as that Is the only way In
which the payments can be made
*In order to surrender the certificate
the producers will recall that they
received form No. C-5-D Cotton
Pool 1933, with their last payment
and to look up this form before
coming to the office.”
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STANDING ARMY OF
170,000 MEN INI). S.
ST. LOUIS TO BE 1935 HOST i
FOR NATIONAL MEETING j
AT DATE TO BE SET
Certificates Exceeds
Supply by 500,000
MIAMI, Oct. 24. (AV-Without
discussion or a dissenting vote, the
American Legion National conven-
tion today adopted a report of its
national defense committee rec-
ommending a standing army of
14,000 officers and 165.000 men.
St. Louis was formally selected
as the 1935 Legion convention city,
the national executive committee
to set the convention date.
Mrs. A. Carlson of Wlllmar,
Minn., and Mrs. Malrom Douglas
were nominated for the national
president of the legion Auxiliary
In today's session here.
Discussion of the bonus question
also has been up the past two
daya.
Cotton growers who have not listed their surplus tax-
exemption certificates in the federal pool are urged to do so
at once as latest advices from Washington indicate there is
now on hand a demand for certifuates for approximately
500,000 more bales than have been placed in the pool.
Under the pool plan farmers may place all certificates
for sale in excess of the number they will need for their
own crop, the government selling these to growers in locali-
ties where the cotton crop this year exceeds the quota al-
lowed under the Bankhead bill. Value of the certificates is
4 cents a pound or $20 per hale, less handling charges which
will he less than $1 per bale.
HAUPTMANN TRIAL
SLATED JANUARY 2
This Associated Press picture shows the finale in the career of Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd, notorious
southwestern desperado who finally was slain near East Liverpool. Ohio, after he had been the object of
a long search. The scene Is a morgue In East Liverpool. Grouped around Floyd's body as his fingerprints
were taken for the last time arc. left to right: Chief of Police Hugh J. McDermott, Patrolman Glenn C
Montgomery, Chester Smith, Herman Roth and E. G. Sturgis. The first four, members of the East Liver-
pool police department, aided federal men in tracking down Floyd. (Associated Press Photo I
MIAMI, Oct. 24 >Ar>—Immediate
caah payment by the government
of the soldiers bonus at face value
was recommended In a resolution
adopted today by the Legion leg-
islative committee. Only two dis-
senting votes were cast.
Ray Kelly, committee chairman,
said no minority report would be
submitted when the matter is for-
mally presented on the convention
floor, probably tomorrow.
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It is imperative that farmers see their county agents at
once and list certificates they wish to sell, as growers in
Eastern states where production exceeded the Bankhead
quota already have cotton to put on the market for which
they have no tax-exemption certificates and on which they
will pay the 50 per cent federal tax unless they can secure
certificates soon.
The settlement will be made immediately after closing
of the pool, according to information received by County
Agent Jake Tarter today from the district agent.
With the closing date on the tax-
OKLAHOMA SEXTET
ESCAPE FROM JAIL
FOUR MEN, TWO WOMEN SLUG
JAILER AND STEAL CARS
FOR GET-AWAY
$20 IS REALIZED
AT BENEFIT BRIDGE
ASK BANKERS ‘TO
LEND MORE MONEY”
BOTH FIRST AND
SECOND STRINGS
I TO PLAY FRIDAY
j WANT GOOD CROWD OUT HERE
1 FRIDAY NIGHT FOR LAST
CONFERENCE MATCH
-- j Two football matches slated 1 or
JONES SPEAKS TODAY BEFORE I Irish squads are up for Friday, ac-
NATIONAL CONVENTION j icrding to Coach J. C. Prejean, one
IN WASHINGTON
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SUSPECT ENTERS PERSONAL
PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
TO CHARGES
FJLEMINGTON. N. J., Oct. 24.
UP—I.runo Hauptmann entered a
personal plea of not guilty today
to a charge of murdering the kid-
naped Lindbergh baby.
Supreme Court Justice Thomas
Trenchard fixed January 3, 1935.
as the date for Hauptmann's trial.
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SET CANNING
SCHOOL DATE
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j*jty Clubs Asked to Send Women
o Event In Club Room At
Wheeler, November 2
^enr canning schol to be taught by
of OjiC- Henarling. representative of
MoC ttfGlass company, will be
Broi ^beginning at 2 o’clock Friday
Whi a*oon, November 2, In the coun-
waa tub rooms, according to Miss
prof ’ Jones, home demonstration
btfoent. after arrangements for the
at t ool were made by the county 1
T1 ncll Saturday.
4>g ach county club Is invited to
* ( 'i delegates to the school,
thef oe council discussed the meat
for next March and voted to
bedroom contest for new
.tors next year, in addl-
to business as reported In yes-
y’s story. The council meets
November II, At 2 o'clock.
HOLDENVILLE, Okla.. Oct. 24.
(IP—Four men slugged the Hughes
county Jailer, Jim Sickles, early
today, and escaped with two wo-
men In stolen automobiles, forc-
ing two residents to accompany
them In fhe getaway.
The fugitives, considered desper-
adoes. are Bill Johnson, Ambrose
Nix, alleged highway robbers: Ar-
thur Gooch, Henry Hurst, Maudlr
Lawson and Myrtle Klndlg.
The two men took an automo-
bile from T. C. Puckett, suburban
grooer, kidnaping Puckett and his
son, Jarald. The others stole a
coupe belonging to Dr. Gregory
Morgan.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 .{/PI -
President Roosevelt lit hopeful that
definite means of enforcing meas-
ures to prevent enormous oil sur-
pluses will be worked out by federal
agents now In the
field.
CROWD OF (10 WOMEN ATTEND
THURSDAY LITERARY CLUB
EVENT YESTERDAY
The benefit bridge sponsored by
the Thursday Literary club yester-
mid-conttnent I day afternoon realized more than
twenty dollars to be used by the
club for civic and federation pur-
CHRISTOBAL. Panama, Oct. 24 P05*68 awl ,or the Shamrock public
MV-'The United 8tates fleet Is rush- Illbrary accord,n” •» Mrs. Edwin
ing from the Atlantic to the Pacific ! ®rl^n' general chairman for the
today In a surprise maneuver. Offl- affalr' today.
cers hope to complete the transit of
88 ships In less than 40 hours.
CHANGES MEETINGS
NEXT GATHERING TO BE WITH
SOUTH WARD EVKNINO OF
NOVEMBER IS
l Jr. and Mrs. Jimmy Wharton of
ijte business visitors here
yesterday.
TODAY
TEXAS THEATRE - “Wild
Gold," on for tonight only for
the 10-cent showing, Is a story
of the old ghost towns of the
mining days and Is an unusual
to^tment of a love angle. Roy
iS-hoff, John Boles, Claire Tre-
vor and Harry Green all have
good roles, but Boles will attract
your attention with his portrayal
0f the poor drunken mining en-
gineer who finds romance.
THE WEATHER
TEXAS-East: Partly cloudy,
probably showers on west coast
tonight and Thursday. Cooler
in west and north tonight.
West: Fair and cooler In south-
east tonight; Thuraday fair.
Decision to change North Ward
Parent-Teacher association meet-
ings from every two weeks to once
a month formed an important part
of the business sessions of the group
yesterday afternoon. The new de-
cision will set the next meeting date
for November 13 at 3:15. and the
night of the same date, the North
Ward group will join with South
Ward 'Parent-Teacher association In
a gathering at the South Ward
building at 8 o’clock.
At yesterday’s meeting, the North
Ward membership committee re-
ported 51 active members and 9 as-
sociate members.
Several talks formed the program
of yesterday’s meeting, one Import-
ant one a discussion on the propos-
ed amendment No. 3 to the consti-
tution to cut the ad valorem taxes.
Mrs. R. o. James gave a talk on
fire prevention In schools and
homes, and Mrs. H. P. Mundy dis-
cussed the 25th birthday of the Par-
ent-Teacher association.
In the discussion on changing the
meeting dates, It was decided to have
the monthly meeting a Joint busi-
ness and social affair.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe iuttal of Wich-
ita Palls visited here today en route
to Oklahoma Olty.
.......... O'
Mias Margaret Mundy Is spending
a few days vtsiting friends to Ama-
rillo.
AUSTIN, Oct. 24. (/P—Final pas-
sage of a bill to remit certain state
taxes In the Brazos river conserva-
tion and reclamation district was
effected in the legislature today but
the failure of the bill to receive a
two-thirds vote In the House raised
questions of Its constitutionality.
MARYVILLE. Mo.. Oct. 24. i/'P)—
Three are dead, one missing, four
hurt critically and 12 more severely
hurt In a tornado which swept
through Maryville yeaterday, vent-
ing Its fury on a veteran’s OCC
camp.
Damage to buildings and other
property Is estimated at $300,000.
ESCAPED CONVICT
CAUGHT IN BADLANDS
CLARENDON. Oct. 24. Virgil Stal-
cup, escaped Texas convict who faces
254 years In the penitentiary and
who Is wanted In at least four Pan-
handle towns on hijacking charges
was captured yesterday by Donley
county officers after a 10-mlle foot
race through badlands south of here.
Sheriff Guy Pierce announced that
Stalcup surrendered without resist-
ance after the long foot chase, but
that he was armed with a .38 caliber *
revolver,
A .45 caliber automatic pistol and i
a rifle were found In the automo-
bile that Stalcup had abandoned as
the posse bore down upon him.
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Hallowe'en decorations of orange
and black, with pumpkins and other
autumn features were used to form
an attractive background at the Le-
gion Hut on East First street where
the tournament was held.
More than eighty women, includ-
ing the hostesses, were present for
the bridge tournament during the
four hours In the afternoon. Play-
ers were divided Into two sections,
one group from 2:30 to 4:30 and the
next from 4:30 to 8:30. There were
15 tables of bridge and 3 tables of
forty-two. In the first group, Mrs
Johnny Douglas won high score at
bridge and Mrs. Fred Moore and
Mrs. C. F. Balter tied for cuts at
forty-two, Mrs. Baker winning. In
the second group. Mrs. Watson
Bryan won high In bridge.
Although the women were asked
to bring twenty-five cents each, a
number brought more than that
amount. Mrs. Griffin states. As
chairman for the benefit, she ex-
presses her thanks to those who at-
tended and to business men and
others who helped In any way.
The library committee will meet
next Wednesday to decide on the
number and kind of books and other
Improvements for the library from
the funds taken In.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24. (Ah—The
nation's bonkers were asked by the
Roosevelt administration today to
lend more liberally—even to the ex-
tent of making "loans they would
not ordinarily wish to make” and
“loans that will need to be indulged."
Jesse Jones, chairman of the Re-
construction Finance corporation
made the plea before the American
Banker's association convention, say-
ing that the bankers are not mak-
ing loans as freely as they could.
Compromise and moderation are
given as the two expected results of
the convention between bankers and
the government.
Many Farmers
Here For Meet
HURT AS NIGHT
EXPRESS DERAILED
RICHETTI TO BE
GIVEN TO MISSOURI
WELLSVILLE, Ohio, Oct. 24. (A3)—
Adam Rlchetti, desperado pal of the
slain “Pretty Boy” Floyd, will be
turned over to Columbia, Mo., au-
thorities, County Prosecutor George
Lafferty said today, as soon as offi-
cials there produce the necessary
papers to hold the gangster on
charges of slaying two officer*.
Rlchetti was removed from the
Jail here to the county JaJl
Liaon.
near
FOWLER. Ind., Oct. 24. UP —
Thirty-two person* were Injured
but none seriously, early today
when eight oars of the Cincinnati
night express derailed a mile south
of Ear) Park.
The cause of the derailment was
undetermined.
MAGIC CITY SCHOOL
WILL BE DEDICATED
A program of dedication of the
new Magic Olty school building will
be held Monday night at the school
building, according to an announce-
ment from that, community today.
Everyone Is invited to attend. An
Interesting program tats been ar-
ranged
Several hundred farmers gathered
at 2 p. m. today for the meeting called
by Guy H1U, local secretary of the
chamber of commerce, to discuss
adopting a resolution asking the gov-
ernment to either buy or make loans
on excess Bankhead certificate* In
Wheeler county.
Hill gave the principal address be-
fore the group.
County Agent Jake Tarter was
present for the meeting, as well as
a number of community leaders
from all sections of the county.
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Bdb Schofield of Dallas was a bus-
iness visitor here today.
the conference game between the
(Shamrock first team and Mobeetie,
and the second a return match with
Kelton for the second string.
The game with Mobeetie will be
called at 7:30 Friday night. This Is
Shamrock's last conference game
and school officials urge that a large
crowd of fans come out. for if Sham-
rock defeats Mobeetie It means the
championship of this section of the
district, with only two of the other
section winners to play to get the
district title.
The Irish squad will be somewhat
crippled, as the captain will be out
and probably two of the others.
Chance, captain, will not be able to
play because* of an injured shoul-
| der, Taylor likely will be missing as
1 guard, and McIntyre also may be
I out. The rest of the line-up prob-
ably will be about the same for the
start as in former games.
Tickets are on sale at the local
drug stores for the game.
Mobeetie Is expected to put up a
good fight and make an interesting
tilt Friday night, as she held the
Wheeler team to a 6-0 score In her
last game, and has defeated Kelton
by 20-0. Kelton defeated Sham-
rock's second string 12-0 here last
week.
The second string's game at Kel-
ton will be called at 3 o'clock Friday
afternoon, and is expected to be a
good game as the Irish are out to
make up for their defeat In the first
match Kelton has tied Texola
once and defeated her once by 12-0
since the loss to Mobeetie.
exemption certificate pool sponsor-
ed by the government, set for Sat-
urday. November 10. producers of
Wheeler and Collingsworth counties
are urged by their respective county
agents to come to their offices and
get the proper information neces-
sary to enter their certificates In
the pool, if they wish to do so, In
order to prevent last minute confu-
sion.
2,223,000 Pounds
To date, Wheeler county has 2,-
223.000 pounds of cotton entered In
the pool by certificates, which means
almost 4.000 bales of cotton. This
means about 40 per cent of the num-
ber of certificates held by Wheeler
county farmers will be entered la
the pool, according to County Agent
Jake Tarter.
Collingsworth county has an es-
timated 3,000,000 pounds of cotton
entered or about 6,000 bales of cot-
ton and O. J. Walker, assistant la
the cotton adjustment program
there, states that probably there win
be this much more entered before
the closing date.
The closing date as announced
Monday by the manager of the pool
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CAR
DAMAGED
IN ACCIDENT
One Is Injured In Wreck
South Wall Street Late
Yesterday Afternoon
‘Whole Town’ Is Invited To
School Carnival Next Week
A full evening of entertainment
which has been arranged to appeal
to adults as well as to young peo-
ple will feature the annual Hallo-
we’en carnival of the high school
and Junior high, according to mem-
bers of the faculty today.
School students are entering Into
the carnival spirit already and much
enthusiasm Is being shown, espe-
cially In the contests on for the
carnival king and queen. At the
last check-up the senior favorites
Betty Anderson and Gall Young,
still were leading the race. How-
ever, the final count will be left until
a few minutes before time for the
coronation during the carnival so
that as many votes as possible may
be totaled.
Food sales, a rummage sale, bene-
fit bridges and the sale of show
tickets have filled the engagement
pads of many a student from all
classes the past week as each group
tries to raise the most money with
which to back their royalty.
The carnival starts next Wednes-
day evening at 6:30. In the Junior
High school building where many
booths and other entertainment fea-
tures will be erected. A somewhat
different part of the event this year
but one which will appeal to the
adults of the town, will be a pro-
gram sponsored by A. M. Htlburn,
speech arts teacher, and R. O. San-
dusky, music teacher, which will In-
clude a variety of talent. The pro-
gram will be held near the dose of
the carnival and will end with a
costume contest and the naming and
coronation of the carnival queen.
Prices of ten and twenty cents 1-ave
been announced for the program.
Students and faculty are work-
Ing together to make this year’s
carnival the best yet and Invite the
“whole town" to attend.
Mrs. Claude Braxton and her
brother-in-law, Jimmy Braxton, nar-
rowly escaped Injury yesterday when
the car they were driving collided
with a car driven by William Davts
of Dozier.
The accident occurred at about
5 o’clock yesterday afternoon on
South Wall street. Mrs. Braxton
was headed south and Davis was
coming west from a side street when
the wreck occurred, turning the
Braxton car, a new Ford V-8, com-
pletely over.
No one was Injured and the Da-
vis car was not damaged. Braxton'a
car had a badly smashed top and
much of the glass was broken.
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FUCCARDS LAND IN
TREE AFTER FLIGHT
CADIZ, Ohio, Oct. 24. (AV-The
stratosphere flight of the Jean Pic-
cards came to an end In a tree top
late yesterday. The bag of their
balloon was badly torn but the gon-
dola and valuable instruments were
undamaged and the Piccards them-
selves were unhurt
The Piccards, saying they believ-
ed the purpose of their flight had
been accomplished brought the huge
bag down after a night that started
from Detrol and carried them an
estimated ten miles into the air.
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SET HEARING ABOUT
TELEGRAPHIC MERGE
munteationa commission for Decem-
ber 3, Tlie hearing will embrace the
advisability of either
or merging all telegraph companies
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. (AV-A
hearing on the advisability of con-
solidating the Western Union and
the Postal Telegraph (
ordered today by the federal
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Cooper, Albert. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 149, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 24, 1934, newspaper, October 24, 1934; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth525758/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.