The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 46, Ed. 1 Monday, June 25, 1934 Page: 1 of 4
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50CIATED PRESS SERVICE
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1934
BIMB8M IS 94 OIK SWflll BOY IS MIT
JHEELER CO. GETS
*ET OF DRILLING
PANHANDLE WELLS
HELL’S NO. 1 BUSH MAKES
515 BARRELS IN TEST
OF 12 HOURS
The Shell Co. No. 1 Bush made
he best well of the Panhandle area.
This Is In section 48, block 24, a west
offset to tl. Watchorn No. 1 John-
son and south offset to the Skelly
No. 1 Derrick. Without shooting It
abbed 515 barrels in 12 hours
im 2,405 to 2,436 and from 2,490
> 2,493.
Plans are on to shoot both the
efenbaugh and the Tindall wells
;hls week. The Defenbaugh will be
lugged bcCk up two feet to one of
the good shows of oil before hitting
water at 2,200. and shot. This is
east, section 26, block 13. The King
Royalty Co. No. 1 Tindall, section
19, block A-8, will be shot also. It
was given a small shot last week
but did not respond. It made five
barrels a day before being shot.
Drilling Notes
Bell Oil & Gas company No. 3
D'Spaln in section 52, block 24, H&
ON survey will deepen. Shot with
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TWELVE COLE CREEK PLAYERS
MADE TRIP YESTERDAY:
WON 6 OUT OF 5
Shamrock Cole Creek golfers de-
bated Clarendon by only one match
in the Clarendon course yesterday
The eighteen holes were played on
he Hillcroft Golf club course there.
Shamrock men who lost their
natches were, R. H. Dennis, Br„ de-
eated by Boss Palmer by 6-5; Flake
Jeorge who lost to Tom Connelly
ly 1 up on 19 holes; Claude Shelton
ho lost to Bennett Kerbow, 1 up;
ames Hollis Douglas who lost to
rge Carter by 3-2 and Jimmie
Imith who was defeated by Ira
erchant 2-1.
Winners for the local club were;
. P. Holmes who won over A. N.
oods, 2 up; O.T. Nicholson who de-
ated U. J. Boston 6-5; Noel Wood-
y who defeated M. P. Gentry 3-2;
abot Brannon who defeated Hank
,gley 1 up; Cliff Hofmann who
'on over Joe Jackson 5-4, and Billie
tolmes who defeated Dud Gentry
up.
There was one tie between Wal-
Pendleton, 8r„ of Shamrock and
imer Parsons who were even at
eighteenth hole.
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Sentence Three
Over Bank Case
I HOUSTON, June 25 (/P)—Gus Rus-
tic of Schuleburg, chairman of the
Senate banking committee,
&y was fined five thousand dol-
e's and sentenced to four months
a New Orleans workhouse, and
a suspended sentence of
years for misapplication of
from the First National bank
his city.
ek and two former officers
the bank, Charles A. and Otto G
pleaded guilty to conspiracy
violate national banking laws.
I Judge Kennerly assessed the
brothers each five hundred
1 fines and suspended sentences
13 months.
TODAY
Texas Theatre—Though a crook
this picture. “Jimmy the Gent”
right into your heart with
twists of character brought
it so smoothly by James Cag-
iy in the title role. "Heir Hunt-
ist a strange business, and
a tough one when Jimmy
,nd bis rival get to work. But
n they vie lor the affections
,f a girl, that !s worse yet. See
ho win* and how, at “Jimmy,
Oent.n on tonight for the last
owing.
TEXAS—East Partly cloudy,
on west coast
_ West'. ferenereHy fair tonight
Ight aiud T
rest: Clem
Tuesday
EAGER FOR STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT
BUILDING PACKED
FOR VAWTER PARTY
EVENING SERVICES
WELLINGTON, CLARENDON AND
ERICK. OKLA., HAVE BIG
DELEGATIONS HERE
Sunday was one of the big days
In the history of the local First
Christian church, with the revival
building, next to the Shamrock <
Steam laundry being packed to teh
doors for the concert and evening
service. Large delegations were pres-1
ent from Wellington, Clarendon and
Erick, Okla. The Vawter party has
held revival meetings at all of these j
places.
Sermon On "Communion"
The sermon at the morning hour 1
was" on “Communion.” Dr. C. R. L.
Vawter. the evangelist, spoke of the
wisdom of Christ in choosing bread
and grape Juice for the Lord's sup- J
oer. “Christ chose Bread, the only
universal food to represent the body
if the universal Christ. Bread is
found in every countrylof the globe.
No matter whether you dine In the
oalace of a king or In the humblest
home, you will find bread on the ta-
Heiress Threatened
Lead of 247 Given in
Shamrock Responsible
For County Going Wet
Reports circulated in Shamrock today that the results
of Saturday’s county-wide beer election would be contested,
were not confirmed. Several persons who figured prominent-
ly in the fight against beer said they knew nothing of the
i reported move to file a contest.
The county voted wet by a margin of 94 votes in the
20 of the county’s 21 boxes that were reported at 2 o’clock
this afternoon. Porter, the only unreported box, gave a mar-
gin of six votes for beer, unofficial reports said, which
would give a majority of 100 votes for beer in the county,
if the report is true.
There is no doubt that the beer measure will carry, as
the drys could muster only 78 votes at Porter if every per-
son entitled to vote went against beer. Less than half the
number of persons entitled to vote went to the polls in
Saturday’s election, a total of 2,120 votes being polled in
20 boxes.
In preparation tor thei projected flight Into the stratosphere, Major
William E. Kepner (left), who will pilot the Huge balloon, and Capt. A.
Stevens (right), scientific observer, visited the site of the takeoff
In the Black Hills near Rapid City. 8. D„ with Gov. Tom Berry (center)
of South Dakota. The two army men plan to take off soon after June
30. (Associated Press Photo) i
Work May Start Soon
On Local Postoffice
With Funds Promised
While most of the Panhandle Is
disappointed at news of federal al-
lotments of funds as announced yes-
terday, Shamrock Is among the three
towns which received cheerful news,
when It was announced that work
which had been held up on the local
postoffice building now will be
started.
Two other smaller Panhandle
projects, the Childress postoffice,
$50,200 and the Dalhart building,
$48,100 also are assured through the
new allotments. Shamrock’s build-
ing gets an allotment of $50,700. It
will be erected at the corner of Mad-
den and Third, where the lot al-
ready has been surveyed so that
plans may be drawn.
Borger Funds
The only new Panhandle project
announced was a $53,900 post office
at Borger.
The news of the' federal allot-
ments for the most part meant dis-
appointment to the Panhandle, the
second In the week. The first was
the cutting of the cotton acreage
more than any other part of the
state, the second receiving only a
small part of the $11,261,900 public
building program appropriations an-
nounced by Postmaster General Far-
ley and Secretary of the Treasury
Morganthau yesterday.
According to reports from Wash-
ington, the Panhandle projects which
had expected allocation and were,
disappointed were: Amarillo postof-
ficice, $635,000; Lamesa, $78,000;
Quanah, $88,000; Clarendon, $88,000.
FAMOUS PILOT IS
KILLED IN CRASH
WEDELL MEETS DEATH WHEN
GIVING INSTRUCTIONS
TO STUDENT
MEN IN AMARILLO
FOR SMALL RALLY
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RAID REVEALS NO
MISSING OUTLAWS
Two extortion letters written te
Hazel Forbes, heiress seeking a ca-
reer In Hollywood, were investi-
gated by police. Mis* Forbe* told
police letteri demanding $5,000
kept her living in fright for two
weeke. (Associated Press Photo)
LOSE TRAIL OF 4
LUBBOCK MEN NEAR
BIG SPRING TDDAY
DILLINGER AND FLOYD SAID
TO HAVE BEEN HIDING
IN OZARK HILLS
NEWS
FLASHES!
BRANSON, Mo., June 25 (JP) —
Sixty state and federal officers, ma-
chine guns ready for action, raided
the Ozark Hills ranch of Clyde Higgs
today In a fruitless search for John
Dllllnger, escaped Indiana despera-
do, and Charles (Pretty Boy) Floyd,
Southwestern outlaw.
The peace officers acted upon In-
formation that two men, Identified
by the Informant as Dllllnger and
Floyd, had arrived In an ambulance
at the ranch Friday night. One of
the men was reported seriously
wounded.
The Lake Taneycomo district two
miles south of here—only a few
miles from the Arkansas border —
virtually was taken over by the raid-
ers. The district, together with the
fastnesses of the Cookson hills in
Oklahoma, has been used before as
a desperadoes’ hideout. Jake Fleagle,
member of the Kansas bank robbing
family, was shot fatally In Branson
three years ago.
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Argentine Not
To Curb Wheat
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR TO
TALK PROMPTLY AT 8:30
THIS EVENING
PATTERSON, La., June 25 (JP)—
James R. Wedell, the famous Lou-
isiana speed pilot and holder of
many records for land planes, was
killed yesterday In an airplane crash
near here where he builds airplanes.
Wedell met death while giving In-
structions to a student. Prank Bnear-
ing of Mobile. The student was be-
lieved critically Injured and was
taken to a hospital at Patterson. An
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KILLS SELF, WIFE AND
DAUGHTER ARE DYING
FORDYCE, Ark., June 25 OP)
—Lee Grimmett, 47, manager of
a service station here, was found
shot to death today, and hla
wife Olga and daughter Nancy
Louise, 9, were found with their
■tails crushed, dying.
Neighbors who heard shots
early today, found Grimmett’*
body with a rifle beside It, on
the floor. The woman and girl
lay on the bed, beaten Into tm-
seionsnets.
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8. B. Morse Is here from Des
Moines, N. M„ visiting Mrs. Monte
and other relatives.
A. 3. Laycock underwent an oper-
ation at • local hospital this after-
A smaller group than at first ex-
pected, ten or twelve Shamrock bus-
iness men left this morning for Am-
arillo to attend the Clint Small for
governor rally, a Panhandle event.
OtKer small groups were expected to
attend from over Wheeler county.
Although Shamrock was Invited
to have one of the official bands of
the day, local band members did not
make the trip, as not enough were
able to go to have a well organized
group.
Among the events of the day will
be the Derby day program, the clos-
ing races In the Tri-State fair races
there, several balls tonight and
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SAYS MUST WORK OR
OFF RELIEF ROLLS
Work or go hungry Is a new direct
relief decision passed In Wheeler
county, since It has become neces-
sary for the relief board to reduce
the quota because of a shortage ot
FERA funds for June.
All farmers or any others on re-
lief rolls are asked to apply at re-
lief offloes In Shamrock or Wheeler,
W. Veale, county relief administra-
tor, and they will be sent to the har-
vest field or given other work. Any-
one refusing to work, he states, will
be Immediately dropped front the re-
lief rolls.
LONDON, June 25 (JP)—Argen-
tina’s refusal to curb wheat exports
or accept any scheme to decrease
production today forced an Indef-
inite postponement of the regular
session of the International wheat
commission, scheduled to open here
Wednesday.
Members said the life of the com-
mission, organized here last August
with the hope of boosting wheat
prices throughout the world, Is
threatened. Argentina’s defense was
that the agreement was drawn up
before it was known that Argentina
would have a bumper crop and the
pressure of private traders forced
the government’s hands.
VIENNA, June 25 (JP—Five spec-
tators were killed today when an
airplane crashed into a crowd
watching the Yugoslav aviation meet
at Bemise, on the Hungarian bor-
der. Three others injured in the
accident are reported dying.
BOSTON, June 25 (/P) — Positive
identification of photographs of
Miss Agnes Tufverson, missing at-
torney whose disappearance created
an International sensation, as those
cleaned in a Boston shop this month,
was made today by an employe ol
the shop.
Mrs. Ruth Pall said the woman
of the pictures visited the estab-
lishment May 15 and again between
June 1 and 10.
GREENVILLE, June 25 (JP)—Mrs.
Lucy Terry and son, Bert, of Dal-
las were seriously injured late Sat-
urday when a truck sldeswlped their
automobile and threw It Into the
path of another car, five miles west
of Commerce. Two others were In
Jured.
MAIL BOXES FOR USE
OF U. S. MAIL ONLY
Regardless of former warnings,
a number of cases have been re-
ported recently of circulars found
In mall boxes on the rural routes,
according to Mrs. Maggie Exum,
postmistress. These boxes are not
to be used for anything but U. S.
mall, Mrs. Exum states, and a pen-
alty of a fine of not more than $300
Is listed for the Improper use of
mall boxes.
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Charley Conner made a business
trip to Childress and Wellington Fri-
day.
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Miss Blanche Adams visited In
town today from Wheeler.
8. P. W. Picnic Draws More
Than 50 Friends, Relatives
HUNT TURNS TO NEW MEXICO
LINE; TWO HOSTAGES
ARE RELEASED
BIO SPRING, June 25 ()P>—The
trail of the four armed men who
escaped the Lubbock Jail yesterday
apparently vanished In this sec-
tion today after they released the
two men they were holding as hos-
tages near Big Spring, late last
night.
Officers scoured the northeast
part of Howard county during the
night, but failed to find any clues.
The desperadoes released their cap-
tives from Lubbock eight miles
northeast of Big Spring, then fled
east. Sheriff Jess Slaughter receiv-
ed a call from the Lubbock sheriff
today indicating that the search Is
along the New Mexico state line
now.
Walter S. Posey, vice president of
the First National bank of Lubbock,
of the hostages, said that E<J
one
Stanton, convicted slayer, prevented
the release of him and Campbell
Elkins, Lubbock officer, In sparsely
settled Borden county. “We ain’t
going to do you that way,” Posey
quoted Stanton as saying.
LUBBOCK, June 24 (JP)—Four des-
peradoes who slugged their way out
of the Lubbock county jail at 8 a.
m. yesterday and kidnaped a bank
vice president and a Justice of the
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MAY SEND 11
BOYS TO CAMP
Applications May Be Entered
Office In Wheeler From
July 2nd On
Shamrock Business and Profes-
sional club women, with guests from
Shamrock, Wheeler, Pampa and
Amarillo, formed a group of more
than fifty who picnicked In Palo
Duro park yesterday.
The group left early yesterday
morning, visited the various points
of interest In the park and ate their
picnic lunch there. Later, they vis-
ited the Panhandle-Plains historical
museum In Canyon before return-
ing home.
Club members, their families and
their friend* formed the putty
from Shamrock as follow*: A, M,
Holmes, Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Burk-
halter, 7. 1L. TJokey. John Smith,
Mary Smith, Marjorie Taylor, Al-
lie Williams, Catherine Clement,
Nell Adams. Dessic Catherine Lewis,
Re, Cora and Janie Lummus.
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Draper and
daughter, .Joan, Mrs. R. T. Hill. Ed-
ward Burkhalter, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Harris, and Jo Anna Harris,
Mrs. Henry Hlse and son, Billy, Mrs
Helen Stevens and daughter, Ber-
nice, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Lewis, Mr,
and Mrs. E. L. Braudt and Billy
Charley Lummus, Mrs. Maud Greer
and Walter Stewart.
Hiss Blanche Adams and Clara
Finsterwald of Wheeler, Joined the
Shamrock gttmp, as well as Fran-
kie Gober, Alma Richeraon, Oeor
gla Ferbet and Mr. and Mrs. T. L
Wheeler county has been allotted
eleven more boys for CCC camps,
and boys may start filing applica-
tions by July 2, according to W.
Veale, county relief administrator,
today. Applications must be filed
at Veale’s office In Wheeler.
Boys who will be selected for the
camps must be from homes now on
relief rolls or from families not re-
ceiving relief, but actually In need
of the boys’ aid to avoid public re-
lief. No two boys will be accepted
from the same family, and no man
who has formerly been discharged
from a camp, either honorably or
dishonorably, may be accepted. The
ages are from 18 to 25 years.
Wheeler county now has eleven
boys In the CCC camps from for-
mer allotments.
GET LIFE SENTENCES
It was the large majority given
beer in the two Shamrock boxes
that won the election for the wets,
this city piling up a majority of 247
votes for beer. The South Sham-
rock box gave a majority of more
than three to one, polling 269 for
beer and 85 against. The other
Shamrock box voted 236 for beer
and 173 against.
Seven of the 20 boxes reported
went wet and It was unofficially re-
ported that Porter went wet which
would make eight. Besides the two
Shamrock boxes, those going wet
were Allison, Graey, Carpenter, Pa-
kan and Lela.
Wheeler voted dry by 30 votes,
one of the boxes there, Stanley, be-
ing tied with 82 for and against
while Wheeler proper went 120
against beer and 90 for. Mobeette
voted dry by 26 votes. Lela went
wet by one vote while Twltty and
Center went dry by the same close
margin of one vote.
Heald and Kelton polled the heav-
iest majorities against beer, Heald
going 8 for and 41 against, while
Kelton voted 3 for and 37 against.
The county commissioners court
will hold a called meeting tomor-
row for the purpose of making an
official canvass of the election re-
turns. Applications for county li-
cense will be received after the elec-
tion outcome has been officially de-
termined. It will probably be two
weeks before licenses will be granteu.
A special meeting of the city
council of Shamrock is expected to
be called by Mayor J. H. Jackson
Immediately after the commission-
ers court has made official announ-
cement of the election returns. The
fixing of license fees will be made
at this session.
Following Is the beer vote by pre-
cincts:
Voting box— For
Mobeetle ..............J16
Briscoe ................15 30
Wheeler ______ 90 120
Allison ................ 36 23
Stanley................ 82 82
McBee ...............- 28 48
Porter .................Unreported
Oracy ........ 3 1
Heald ................. 8 41
Lela ...................61 80
Center ....... 17 18
Shamrock (12) ........236 173
Benonlne _____________12 16
Ramsdell ....__________ 3 5
Locust Grove.......... 7 17
Kelton ................ 3 37
Twltty ________________ 23 24
Carpenter _____________ 57 31
Com Valley ___________10 35
Pakan ________________31 27
Shamrock (21) ________269 85
Against
142
Eugene Worley, C&rl^Llnkey, Misses Gordon of Amarillo.
FOR DEATH OF YOUTH
LINCOLN, Neb., June 25 OP) -
Walter Dean and Sam Rivette, Tex-
as ex-convicts, today were sentenced
to life Imprisonment In the Nebras-
ka penitentiary for the death of
Luoeen Marshall, 12, shot and kill-
ed April 30, when the Texans and
police engaged In a gun fight an
Lincoln’s main street
Both the men wire conriefd re-
No. 1 cream
No. 2 cream
Heavy hens
Llgh hens ..
eently of first degree murder. Their Cocks . ..
companion, Aubrey Ray, who had
escaped « Texas prieem, was kflled
TOTALS___________i-1,107
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1,013
CORRECTION
In the account of the death of
W. H. Groves of Dozier in Friday’s
Issue of The Texan, it was erron-
iously stated that Groves was buried
by' the side of his wife. Mrs.
Groves survives her husband. They
were early settlers In tills territory
coming here In 1890.
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Miss Mary Smith visited In Ama-
rillo Saturday.
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