The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 115, Ed. 1 Friday, September 14, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1934
VOL. 31—NO. 115
BOTHER LOCAL MAN VICTIM IN KIDNAPING
D. Snell of Cordell,
Okla., Thrown from Car
At San Antonio Today
[WO TEAMS TO BE
EQUALLY MATCHED
IN ELK CITY GAME
INJURED STRIKER LED FROM RIOT
| IENDERSON TYPE OF PLAY TO
BE FOLLOWED, REPORTS
FROM ELK STATE
All ready for the opening of the
934 football season. Shamrock
Irishmen are expected to meet about
m equally matched team tonight
n the game with Elk City, under
the lights of the eElk City high
school field.
I laving played a scoreless tie last
it, both sides are eager for vlc-
ry, and fans are promised a hard-
>ught opening game.
riProm Elk City reports on her
Jnm, opinion Is that the two will
.je about evenly matched. The Elk
City line will average 160 pounds
and the backfield 150 pounds, Coach
Tom Grisham of Elk states, while
Shamrock averages about 150
pounds for the line and about 165
for backfield
Shamrock fans, between 150 and
200 strong, leave this afternoon late
for Elk City, accompanied by the
Shamrock band.
The Elk City report states In
part:
“The Elks will be playing the de-
ceptive Henderson style of play,
brought to the Southwestern con-
ference for the first time this year
by Coach Grisham, who took his
football training under Coach
“Gloomy Gus” Henderson at Tulsa
university.
"The Henedrson style of play
points every play toward a touch-
down. It Is a scoring system and
fans here wlU get their first real
Insight Into the new system Friday
night.
“This means a clashing style fea-
tured by end runs, hard smashes
off tackle and an aerial attack
which has been aided by the lib-
eralization of rules.”
Man Is Shot
In Argument
GAFFNEY, S. C, Sept. 14 «V-
George McCraw, night watchman
,ot the Limestone and Hamrock
mills here, was shot to death In a
Limestone company store today by
Dock J. Parris, dance hall opera-
tor, daring a qnarrel purportedly
arising from 111 feeling over the
textile strike.
A personal quarrel resulted from
a remark McCraw Is reported to
have made recently about Parris
and activities of a “flying squad-
ron” In connection with the strike.
SHINN ERY HOST FOR
SINGING CONVENTION
The Collingsworth County Sing-
ing convention will meet at Shln-
nery, Sunday, September 23, for an
important gathering, aocordlng to
reports received by local singers to-
day. Shlnnery is 12 miles east of
Wellington.
The convention opens at 10:30
Sunday morning fot an all-day ses-
sion. Several quartets and other
special singers will be present.
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Sam Daniels of Amarillo was a
business visitor here yesterday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Joe Dickenson of
Wichita Falls were visitors here yes-
terday.
TODAY
TEXAS THEATRE—Love Is
love wherever you find It, and
a woman may be at the worship-
ful stage Just the same In her
thirties as In her teens. Such is
the theme of “Side Streets," a
..pat show of a business woman
who falls In love with a man
younger than herself. Aline Mac-
Mahon becomes a star In her
own right with "Side Streets.”
Paul Kelly, Ann Dvorak, Doro-
thy Tree and Helen Lowell also
In the cast. Last times tonight.
THE WEATHER
TEXAS—East: Local thunder-
showers, cooler in west and north
tonight and Saturday. Partly
cloudy In north with local thun-
dershowers; cooler In south.
West: Partly cloudy and cold-
er tonight. Saturday partly
cloudy and colder In south.
73 FARES ASSURE
SPECIAL CAR FOR
TRIP TO AMARILLO
New Citizen
TRAIN WILL LEAVE HERE AT
4:23 MONDAY MORNING
WITH LARGE GROUP
Shamrock's special car to the Trl-
State fair In Amarillo is assured.
With the signing up of enough
more local people for tickets this
morning to bring the total to 73
whole and one-half fares, the trip
will go over, according to J. W. For-
bls, chairman of the chamber of
commerce fair committee, since
only 75 fares were necessary to get
the cut rate, and several others
have announced their Intention of
signing.
Leave At 4:23
The round trip ticket is $1.93, the
train leaving Shamrock at 4:23
Monday morning and arriving In
Amarillo at 7:25. Upon reaching
Amarillo. Shamrock visitors will go
to the Amarillo hotel where trans-
portation will be provided them to
the fair grounds. On the return
trip, the train leaves Amarillo at 10
o'clock and arrives here at 12:19.
For children from 5 to 12, the trip
may be made for half fare; under
5 no fare.
Chamber of commerce officials
and the Shamrock Municipal band,
which Is sending 25 members on the
trip to officially open the Tri-State
fair Monday morning by radio, urge
all Shamrock visitors to register at
the fair grounds as the town which
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One of the many striking textile workere Injured In rioting at
Sayleiville, R. I., la shown being led from the ecene of fighting by a
policeman. Some of the worst violence of the current strike occurred
In and around Sayleiville. (Associated Preie Photo)
Osborne Well Strikes
First Pay Yesterday
With 1,000 Feet Oil
First pay was struck at the Osborne well on the Man-
kins east of town, last night. Over 1,000 feet of oil was in
the hole this morning. The well, located in section 54,
block 13, was drilling at a depth of 2,216 feet when oil was
struck unexpectedly.
This will be the fifth producing well in the east field,
and the third for the Remo Royalty company, according to
R. R. Osborne, president. The Piney well on the Mankins,
section 54, block 13; Anderson and Kerr on the Hunter, sec-
tion 48, block 13; and two Remo wells on the Sloss-Admire,
section 47, block 13, are the producing wells.
Interest is also centered on the Vaughan well, Sims
property, section 60, block 17, drilling at a depth of 2,123
feet with more than a million feet of gas in the hole.
PAMPA TERRITORY
DAMAGED OY WINDS
J. W. Smith, store manager of the
new Shamrock store, Standard
Food markets, ai rived recently with
Mrs. Smith to make his home in
Shamrock. Smith Is loud in his
praise of his new home, stating that
he believes the store's future here
will be bright.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept 14 (^—Kidnaped for a $10,000
ransome, H.D. Snell, Cordell, Okla., merchant-farmer, was
knocked in the head and thrown out of an automobile on
an unpaved road north of San Antonio by his two abductors
early today.
Snell stumbled into Alamo Heights near San Antonio
wnere he told police he was kidnaped Thursday at Cordell
by two masked men. The kidnapers commandeered Snell’s
automobile and drove to near Wichita Falls where they met
two confederates in another car.
Snell said the four men tortured him by chocking,
stepping on his neck and jabbing pistols in his side to force
him to give them the $10,000.
The kidnaping victim is a brother of Ernest Snell, man-
ager of Snell’s Food store, of this city. The local man talked
to his brother this morning just after his release, and left
this afternoon for Cordell to meet him as he arrived at his
home. No further details of the affair were learned by Snell.
BANKHEAD BILL IS STOREKEEPER SAYS
RAPPED IN HOUSE OEFICERS AT FAULT
AUSTIN MAN WANTS PASSING BODIES THREE MORE VICTIMS
OF RESOLUTION ASKING WASHED ASHORE TODAY;
INVALIDATE ACT
AUSTIN, Sept. 14 (/P)—Imme-
diate initiation of proceedings by
the United States attorney gen-
eral to Invalidate the Bankhead
cotton production control bill was
demanded In a resolution offered
in the Texas House of Represen-
tatives today by Rep. T. H. Mc-
Gregor of Austin.
The resolution strongly con-
demned the provisions of the law
and termed It “oppressive, unjust,
undemocratic and un-American,”
that it is unconstitutional and
“discriminatory” against the ten-
ant fanner and small farm owner
In favor of large land owners.
Debate on the resolution lx set
for Monday.
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ATTEMPT TO DROWN
MAN AFTER ROBBERY
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 14 (/P>—Two
robbers abducted R J. Townsend,
night manager of a cafe here early
today, after robbing the cafe of $30
and attempted to drown him in the
San Antonio river.
The robber* threw Townsend Into
the river, bound and gagged, but he
managed to free himself and reach-
ed the shore alive.
NOW 132 ON LIST
NE WYORK, Sept. 14 (JPh-Wil-
liam O’Sullivan, deck storekeeper of
the Morro Castle, today charged
that officers failed to give the nec-
essary orders to the crew when
flames swept the liner and that
highly Inflamable cleaning polish
was used in care of the vessel.
O’Sullivan claimed that there was
a deficiency In the officers, not In
the crew.
A New York fireman, John Kempf
declared that as early as 12:45 a.
m. Saturday he smelled smoke on
the liner. Previous witnesses had
placed the discovery of the fire at
shortly before three o’clock.
The bodies of three more victims
of the fire were washed up on the
beach at Mount Pleasant, N. J„ to-
day. The list of dead and missing
has been swelled to 132 now.
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Miss Ruth Rolater transacted bus-
iness In Pampa last night.
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Mr. and Mrs. Alvle Riter of Pam-
pa were visitors In town yesterday
afternoon.
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Glenn Clem, who Is attending col-
lege In Stillwater, Okla., returned
this week-end to visit hi* parent*.
RAIN AND HAIL DESTROYS
COTTON AND FEED AT
ESTELLINE
PAMPA, Sept. 14 (/P)—Four small
wind twisters between Pampa and
Canadian, in the upper Texas Pan-
handle, late yesterday caused much
comment, some fear and little dam-
age.
Fences were torn down and, be-
cause the wind dropped barbed wire
over telephone lines, Miami was iso-
lated for a short time.
A grain elevator at Canadian
southeast of Pampa, was reported
damaged and a few cattle were
killed. The region is one of vast
cattle ranches and grain fields
sparsely populated.
Many persons at Miami sought
safety In storm cellars when the
tornado cloud appeared but the
storm struck five miles southwest
of the town and lost Its force with-
out traveling far The wind was
accompanied by a light rain.
A tornado struck about 15 miles
west of Miami shortly after 4
o’clock ruining several buildings on
the old O’Loughlin place near Hoo-
ver switch.
The ranch buildings had been
abandoned and no one has lived in
the house for some time.
Considerable moisture fell over a
small area after the storm.
Miami had received one-eighth
inch of precipitation Wednesday
night.
ESTELLINE. Sept 14—Wind and
hail accompanied by one and one-
half inches of rain destroyed cot-
ton and feed crops near here yes-
terday afternoon. A strip three
miles wide and approximately eight
miles long was swept clean of cot-
ton in the Sandy Valley near Es-
telllne. Cotton fields were barren
following the hall. Car tops were
damaged, chickens killed and many
business houses and residence win-
dows broken.
NEGRO SHOT DURING
FIGHT LAST NIGHT
No arrests have been made In con-
nection with the shooting affray
which took place at the flats last
night in which a negro man was
shot In both legs.
No motive was given for the affray
according to local officers today.
The man will recover It Is said. The
shooting occurred at 11 p. a.
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Dr. D. B. Beach and son, Ben,
left this morning for their home
In Hamilton after.* visit with rela-
tive* here.
City Welcomes
New Manager
Shamrock has a new citizen, J
W. Smith, who comes to us with
the opening of the new Standard
Food market.
In an interview with a Texan re-
porter, Smith stated that he Is cer-
tainly glad of the opportunity to
make Shamrock his home, for he
sees a great commercial future and
growth for Shamrock.
"1 want to grow right up with
Shamrock," said Smith. “From now
on I hope Shamrock wlU be our
permanent home."
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are lovely
people and Shamrock is glad to
welcome them Into Its midst.
NEWS
FLASHES!
USE TEAR GAS AND
BAYONETS AT MILL
RHODE ISLAND QUIET, MEET
TOMORROW TO DECIDE IF
PRESIDENT GOES
By The Aieoelatet Pfm
North Carolina guardsmen used
tear gas and bayonets today to
disperse plrkets at the Holt Weav-
ing mills and keep the mills oper-
ating. Several persons were cut
by the bayonets, it was reported.
Rhode Island was quiet today
and Governor Green stated there
Is no occasion for asking the fed-
eral government for troops.
President Roosevelt will confer
tomorrow with Secretary of War
Dem and General Fox Connor,
commander of the 1st corps area
On the outcome of the conference
will depend whether the Pres-
ident will board a destroyer for
Providence to lake direct com-
mand of the Rhode Island situa-
tion.
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RITES TODAY FOR
AL RYAN INFANT
Funeral services for the infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Al Ryan, who died
last night, were conducted this aft-
ernon at the cemetery with Carnet
Funeral home In charge. Buriel
was at 3 o’clock
The baby died shortly after birth
yesterday at a local hospital.
WOODWARD, Okla., Sept 14 (/P)
—Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind-
bergh made the best of a forced
landing on a Northwestern Okla-
homa ranch yesterday, enjoying a
chicken dinner and arranging to
stay at the ranch house until their
plane can be repaired.
Motor trouble lorced the flying
couple down on the Homer Atkins
ranch, 17 miles northeast o’.' here,
yesterday morning. Neither was
PLAN CELEBRATION
85TH ANNIVERSARY
ODD FELLOWS INVITED FOR
OPENING MEETING NEXT
THURSDAY, SEPT. 20
In celebration of the 85th ann
versary of the organization of the
Rebekah lodge, members of the
Shamrock chapter are inviting Odd
Fellows to attend a social meeting
at the hall on West 2nd street next
Thursday evening, September 20.
The anniversary celebration Is an
annual event of the local Kebekahs
taT thoughdam:fe°n^l*e( most interestlng
aged slightly.
E. J. Hostetter, about ' 65 years
old, prominent Foss, Okla., pioneer
was struck by lightning and crit-
ically burned early yesterday dur-
ing a sharp thunderstorm .
Hostetter had gone to his barn
to feed his stock when the bolt
struck. He was discovered a short
time later and a physician called
although It was believed he was
dead. Resuscitation efforts were
successful and although he suffer-
ed burns over his body, there was
a chance he would survive, accord-
ing to reports from Foss.
Japs Attack
Two Filipinos
MANILA. Sept. 14 ((P)—Two Unit-
ed States revenue cutters today pur-
sued the Japanese fishing boat,
Hayun Marue, after the boat’s crew
is reported to have attacked and
wounded three Philippine peace of-
ficers.
Two Philippine constabularymen
and a police sergeant, who boarded
the Hayun Marue to inspect her
traps, were beaten, cut, robbed and
thrown overboard by the Japanese
crew, Governor Higlnino Mandoz of
the Palawan province telegraphed.
The Japanese boat 1* believed flee-
ing to its home port at Takao, For-
mosa. Cutters Banahaw and Ara-
yat are pursuing It.
Miss Lucy Wright of Erick, Okie.,
visited friends here yesterday and
today.' -v. jJ
‘Mother Perry,’ 71, Native of
Of Sweden, Dies at Mangum
Mrs .Hilda Perry, 71, known as
"Mother Perry" to scores of Sham-
rock residents, died Wednesday at
the home of relatives In Mangum,
Okla., and burial will be at that
city tomorrow, according to word
received by friends here today. Fu-
neral services will be held at 10:30
in the morning at the Church of
Christ with a Mangum pastor In
charge.
Mrs. Perry was one of the pioneers
of Greer county, Okla., settling there
38 years ago. She was born In Swe-
den In 1861, and came to America
In 1885. She moved to Shamrock
In 1827, and opened a hotel, “Mo-
ther Perry’s” on West Second street,
which she operated until some
months ago when ill health pre-
vented her active management. She
had made a host of friends and ac-
quaintances during her residence
In Shamrock.
She had been a member of the
Church of Christ for the past 50
years. \
Mrs. Perry is survived by three
sisters and two brothers of her im-
mediate family. Two adopted
daughters also su price, Mrs. Ruth
Powell of Shamrock, and Mrs. J. W.
Stephens of Kansas City, Mo. She
also has numerous friends and ac-
quaintance* In Mangum and other
Oreer county points.
Interment will he jta ttte Mangum
cemstery-
m
meeting dates of the year.
A program consisting of talks,
readings, songs and other musical
numbers is being prepared for the
open meeting. Following the pro-
gram a "miscellaneous’’ supper will
be served to the group
Rebckahs have been concerned
the past weeks with Initiation of
new members, one newcomer, Mrs.
I. M. Self, Initiated Into the chap-
ter at the regular meeting last night.
Two others Initiated last week were
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Walker. A num-
ber of others have been added to the
rolls of the Rebekahs and will be
Initiated at coming meetings during
the next few weeks.
BAPTIST CIRCLES
OPEN YEAR’S WORK
OFFICERS ELECTED, FURTHER
ORGANIZATION MADE AT
RECENT MEETINGS
Officers were elected and circle
groups organized for the W. M. U.
of the Baptist church at business
meetings held the first of the week.
Circle 1 met at the home of Mrs.
B. F. Rtslnger and elected Mrs. R.
L. Mitchell as chairman and Mrs.
Grady Starky, secretary. Members
of this group are Mesdames J. F.
Short, J. R. Brown, J. L. Black-
burn, E. B. Gierhart, C. F. Bater,
J. E. Wood, J. P. Hall. Frank Exum,
R. L. Mitchell, B. F. Rlsftiger, and
Grady Starkey.
Mrs. J. J. Lummus entertained
Circle 2 with Mrs. Charles Caden-
head elected chairman and Mrs.
Austin Morgan secretary. Members
are Mesdames Howard Leake, W. E.
Moss, Charles Sanders, W. P. Mel-
ton. Alta Darling, Clarence Howell,
Tom Fox, W. H. Bulce, Emma V.
Wilson, Charles Lummus, L. C. Bled-
soe, T. D. Bland, Ida Henderson, J.
J. Lummus, Austin Morgan and
Charles Cadenhesd.
Mrs. C. R. Green was elected
chairman of Circle 3 which met at
the home of Mrs. E. K. Bechtol.
Mrs. Clell Gierhart was elected sec-
retary of this group which Include*
Mesdames Oscar Nix, W. W. Davis,
Glen Idle, B, F. Kersh, Alice Kereh,
C. R. Green, E. K. Bechtel and Clell
Gierhart.
The W. M. V. will meet at the
church Monday afternoon at I
o'clock for a Royal Service program.
Circle 1 will he in charge.
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Mr. and Mra. Jack Foster of San-
ta Fe, N. M., were visitor* with rel-
atives and friends here this week
en route to Chicago
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