The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 145, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 24, 1936 Page: 1 of 6
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ie guarantors of the “Beat Mem-
Special train did not get to
run the locomotive, punch the tick-
et* throw the switches or sell soda-
pop and trinkets on the Friday ex-
Ksion. The frank truth is that
iweral of us considered ourselves
* fortunate in being permitted to ride
as passengers of that train. The Fort
.-worth & Denver punched our tick-
fS-’s twice, then took them all up and
! V -er fingerprinted a bunch of us
jBfcssengers. It seems the train mas-
ter, conductor, brakeman and Bed-
d Harrison who promoted the
to, couldn’t agree on whether
ly riding that special train
ad bought their tickets. They fi-
lly decided the Shamrock delega-
was okay, except for a very few
and decided to let us all stay
train.
immie Smith, Royce Lewis and
column helped oid Bedford and
train crew take up the tickets
see that no stowaways were on
" board. The train master just looked
old Jimmie and Royce and us over
*nd whispered to the conductor that
.Jjnless our appearance lied we
couldn't be smart enough to tangle
them up, and to just go ahead and
let us check the tickets if we want-
ed to.
NEA
NEWS
PICTURES
Texan
City
Edition
Irishmen Tame Cyclone
In Thrilling Conference
Fray On Memphis Field
VOL. 33
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1936
NO.
Death Sad Blow
to Helen Keller
WHEELER PONIES,
LEAD BRIO RACE
in r^TMs column got to a rush right
at the last minute Friday afternoon
and forgot to take a camera along
to take some pictures of the won-
derful scenery between here and
gem phis. And the Band Mothers
Who had the news butch concession
on the train clear forgot to stock
up on postcards before they left,
*eptag several of us from writing
hack to our friends to Shamrock
that we were well and happy, and
having a grand time. One thing
Ephich came near spoiling the trip
"lor a bunch of us was that Old Earl
comer began to get home-sick the
nute we got outside of Wheeler
county. Shorty Hallmark and Dr.
oel Zeigler kept talking to Earl
though about a train trip they took
one time as far as Amarillo, and
mapped right out of it. By the
we had reached Wellington
was enjoying himself as much
as us seasoned globe-trotters. He
later told us though that he sure
was glad when he saw the lights of
amrock through the train win-
lows Friday night. ,
f These railroads sure must pay
j high wages for guarding the bag-
pflage caw on special exclusion trains.
Cabot Brannon came out of the bag-
gage car once and told us he had
juuie $4.50 and a little later O. R.
•;|lcVean told us he made more than
*10. And neither one of them could
have worked for more than an hour
HUSKY WELLINGTON GRIDDERS
KNOCK PROPS FROM UNDER
McLEAN TEAM 24 TO 0
Another team dropped from among
the undefeated class Friday night in
the district 3 class B football race.
A team which has been rated the
cream of the crop this season, al-
though defeated once to conference
play proved Its metal to the nth de-
gree last night when the Wellington
Skyrockets all but murdered the
powerful McLean Tigers to the tune
of 24 to 0 In the form of kind of an
upset victory.
By defeating the Memphis Cyclone
and the Lakeview Eagles respective-
ly the Shamrock Irishmen and the
Wheeler Mustangs remain atop the
district standing for at least another
week with a standing of 1000 per
cent.
Coach Bob Clark's restive Mus-
tangs took a close shave last night
from Coach Bob Clark’s Eagles by
a score of 7 to G. The Mustangs were
the third conference foe whom the
Eagles have all but knocked out of
the district race. According to re-
ports received here this morning
two of Wheeler’s star performers
were Injured in the affray.
Coach Joe Coleman's Wellington
Skyrockets stole the whole show, al-
most, last night by taking the high-
ly rated McLean Tigers Into oamp in
a one-sided 24 to 0 victory. However,
BROWDER AGAIN WARS TERRE HAUTE ROOSEVELT [[JMS
NEW DEAL LOOSENED
DRIP OF MONOPOLY
PRIVATE ENTERPRISE HELPED,
PRESIDENT TELLS GROUPS
OF BUSINESS MEN
fContinued on Page 3)
1 j THE
IE TRIP AND GAME - Nell
had a sure-fire method of
ng sandwiches. If you wouldn’t
one she would turn Clayton
are loose singing until you did
one—George Dodgen was sure
paving from side to side as he
■iked down the aisles but insisted
f was the motion of the train which
him sway—And District At-
Lewls Goodrich was seen
liking to the end of the oar with
| bottle of pop, freshly opened, In
hand as if he meant business—
Bill Burden lost money on selling
ca-Cola on aocount of some of
band boys throwing several
of empty bottles out of the
udow, and that Is the truth —
„Band Mothers sold 500 sand-
i on the train.
to Nunn insisted it was the U-
?rop Inn steaks which Drake eats
lhat made him run like a scared
rabbit—O. W. Sullivan proved if he
lean get three Shamrock fans to
I smoking cigars at the same time
I and they will concentrate on a
touchdown at the same time that
the Irishmen will make a touchdown
at the same time—Asked how many
minutes were left in the game at
the time when Shamrock was lead-
ing Memphis only 18 to 13, Coach
Rush yelled. “Six minutes bpt It’s
going to seem like 29 years!”
SEVERED LEO OF
GIRL IS MYSTERY
OFFICERS HOLD TO MURDER
THEORY; YOUNG WOMAN
REPORTED MISSING
TRINIDAD, Colo., Oct. 24 — The
report of a missing girl and the
pending arrest of a man seen with
her deepened the mystery Friday
which' surrounds the discovery of
the left leg of a child or woman near
Trinidad.
The fact that a check of physi-
cians and hospitals revealed no am-
putations recently strengthened
Sheriff Ray Marty’s belief he may be
confronted with a murder.
Under his order more than 100
volunteers with picks and shovels
dug Into the rolling hills east of here
seeking a body. It was near there a
dog uncovered the leg, wrapped in
a Denver newspaper.
Violence for the second time prevented Earl Browder, Communist
candidate for president, from speaking before a mass meeting and
by radio in Terre Haute, Ind., the disorder being climaxed by an
egg and tomato shower directed by a mob at the candidate and his
companions. Browder went into court to ask legal protection and
here is shown, center, as he made his appeal. Behind him are
ranged several supporters. At the left is David J. Bentall, his Chi-
cago attorney, and at the right is Seymour Waldman, New York
Communist leader.
House Votes Down Age
Assistance Restriction
In Turbulent Session
WASHINGTON. Oct. 24—Arguing
that the administration had “loosen-
ed the grip of monopoly” and “drag-
ged private enterprise back out of
| the pit into whioh it had fallen in
1933,'" President Roosevelt asserted
last night that the New Deal was
resolved tot “keep politics out of
business.”
At the same time, lie said in a
| campaign address, "we ask that
business refrain from coercion to
politics.”
No administration in history, the
President contended, lias done more
for the system of private business,
property and profit. He added that
"an overwhelming majority” of In-
dependent individual business men
approve “what we did to save Amer-
ican business."
“I am equally sure,” he asserted,
“that a handful of monopolistic
business men hate what we did for
American business.”
Mr. Roosevelt spoke by radio from
his White House study to banquets
of business men to cities throughout
the nation, sponsored by the Good
Neighbor League, a pro-Roosevelt
organization. Other speakers on the
program included Secretary Mor-
genthau and Jesse H. Jones, RPC
chairman.
He told the diners that as profits
return and the values at securities
and investments oome back, “we
must hold constantly to the resolve
never again to become committed
to the philosophy of the boom era.
to let individualism run wild.”
Acted Quickly
Thafc philosophy, he contended,
holds that “government should be
REBEL WAR PLANES
STRAFE CAPITAL
INSURGENT FASCIST TROOPS
PUSH BACK GOVERNMENT
LINES OF DEFENSE
ON MADRID BATTLEFRONTS,
Oct. 24 — Fascist Insurgent war
planes — “blackbirds of death” —
strafed terrified Madrid Friday.
Three times within 12 hours six
planes, to formation, dived on the
city and splattered buildings and
The parents of Frances Vigil, 18, j streets with machine gun bullets.
disclosed, after they read of the
finding of the severed leg, that the
girl disappeared Sunday, apparent-
ly taken away by a man with whom
she had quarreled frequently. They
said they had not heard from her
since then.
FIVE LION CUBS GET
QUINTUPLETS’ NAMES
BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 24 —
Quintuplet females lion cubs born
at Snakeville, wild animal farm near
here, will be named Yvonne, Cecile,
Emily, Marie and Annette.
The populace, mainly women and
children, ran wildly through the
streets seeking shelter in basements.
All able-bodied men were at the
front, trying to keep the Insurgent
advance from driving closer to their
homes and families.
At Mostoles. west of Madrid, the
trained Insurgents were pressing the
government lines within ten miles
of the capital. .
No Bombing Effort
When the panic-stricken populace
emerged warily from their under-
ground retreats, they found the city
i littered with pamphlets dropped by
The school officials and citizens
of Memphis showed the mast won-
derful hospitality possible, going out
of their way to accommodate the
Shamrock visitors. They sent tick-
ets to the game ahead to Childress
and put them on the train so as not
tojielay the Irish fans when they
football field. And
train arrived, there was
Memphis people on
welcome us and to offer
1 d0 everything they could to make
" stay pleasant. During the game.
’ the O^tone fans were consid-
ate confining their remarks to
-natured razzing and kidding,
want the people of Memphis to
" that “
(Continued on Sage S)
Manual King, young lion trainer j the aviators calling upon them to
and owner of the cubs, said he be- surrender their city. Old men and
lieved it was the first such litter, boys not at the front attempted
on record. J vainly to fight off the planes with
The cubs were bom to “Tiger,” | anti-aircraft fire,
a five-year-old lioness born at the I No attempt was made by the at-
farm, and were sired by “Nubus,”
a black maned African lion given
to King by Emperor Halle Selassie.
tacking aviators to bomb the city.
(Continued on Page 31
Wild Bears, Human Pickers
Vie For Huckleberry Crop
TACOMA, Wash., Oct. 24—About
1,500 persons and an undetermined
number of bears were harvesting a
crop of comparatively rare huckle-
berries and keeping a sharp lookout
for each other to a 50-mile area near
here today.
The section Is the only known
place In the United States where
a certain small, tart variety of
huckleberry grows In profusion.
The berry Is especiall prized for
ple-maklng In preference to the
common “mountain" type. It also is
one of the favorite delicacies of
the bears, chief Inhabitants of the
unsettled section.
The bear gets his berries by the
simple process of eating them off
the bush. The professional pickers
get theirs by a system almost as
simple — they put a tub under the
bush and beat the branches with a
heavy stick.
The stick also Is very convenient
when a bear and a picker choose the
same bush at the same time.
The peninsula berries this year
are being purchased at 5 cents a
pound In 50 buying stations. A Ta-
coma dealer, who purchases berries
from buying stations, cleans them
with an air blower and sells to can-
neries and grocers, estimated each
station had an average of 30 per-
sons working far It.
AUSTIN, Oct. 24—The House of
Representatives kicked over the trac-
es Friday on the subject of delib-
eralization of the old age assistance
law, reversing itself, temporarily at
least, to oppose drastic restrictions.
By a vote of 75 to 42, amid up-
roarious scenes, it adopted a reso-
lution by Rep. Joe Caldwell of Ash-f
erton, informing a conference com-
mittee of the two legislative cham-
bers that It was the will of the
House that a deliberalization pro-
posal be discarded.
Members shouted for recognition,
ran the gamut of parliamentary pro-
cedure, adjourned for one minute
to start a new legislative day and
finally put on a “call of the House”
to keep representatives from break-
ing a quorum before the action was
taken.
Chaplain Absent
At one point proponents of delib-
erallzation seemed to have checked
the steamroller moving against
them, when It was discovered the
chaplain was not present to offer
prayer and start the new day, and
a resolution to suspend the rule re-
quiring preyer failed to obtain the
necessary two-thirds vote.
“If there ever was a time this
House needed prayer, it is now,”
shouted Representative Kenneth Mc-
Calla of Houston at the height of
the tumult.
A few minutes later, however, the
House voted by a two-thirds major-
ity to allow a member to offer prayer
and Rep. Jasper Reed of Texarkana
performed the function.
The committee, composed of five
senators and five representatives,
was nearing the end of efforts to re-
been fixed by the commissioners
court at a total of $13,652,067 for
1936, according to Information given
out by J. H. Templeton, county tax
ever ready to purr against the legs i assessor and collector. The tax rate
of high finance.” and “above all,” j is set at $1.62 per $100 of valuation,
that government had no right to j which 62 cents represents the
“Interfere with those who were us- state’s share and $1.00 the county’s,
tag the svstem of private profit to! This year’s valuation figures .show
_ | an increase of $1,725,625 over the
i valuation for 1935, which totaled
,$11,926, 422.
' The prospective yield in taxes
from this year’s assessments amounts
j to $77,215.27 for the state and $136,-
520.67, for the county, the tax col-
lector states. With all
poll taxes added. Wheeler county
I taxes are estimated to reach the im-
! pressive total of $296,625,66.
I Oil and gas development in the
county is credited for the appreci-
MEMPIIIS, Oct. 23—In one of I
the most thrill-packed district 3
football games of the current sea-
son, the Shamrock Irishmen de-
(>..,<■(! Memphis’ flashy Cyclone
24 to 13 in Cyclone stadium here
Friday night. From the first kick-
'd f both teams opened both bar-
rels and shot the works right up
to the finish,
The Memphis team showed a
running attack that far surpassed i
anything the Irishmen have met
to date along with filling the air
i with passes. The Irishmen stock ;
largely to their ground attack, at-
tempting only five passes during
the entire affray.
I This was not a game of individual
, stars although there were plenty of
sparkling plays by members of both
I teams during the course of the
! game. On the offense the Memphis
line was a mighty force but on the
i defense the Irish ripped through It
on numerous occasions for long
gains.
Irish Line Strong
Pounds, a boy that is good for two
; yards every time he is handed the
I ball, and Hall were stand-out per-
| formers in the ground-gaining de-
i part men t for the Cyclone, while
| Dennis Walker, one of the three cap-
! tains of the Memphis outfit, did
some pass receiving aided by Ma-
| lone, an end. Walker did the Cyclone
! kicking, which was little, and HaU
j did the pass tossing.
J The entire Irish forward wall per-
t formed like stalwarts on both the
offense and defense with every man
in it doing some fine defensive work.
The defensive department was
probably headed by Brothers and
Rook. Other thorns In the sides of
Memphis backs were Braxton, Cain,
and Shaddix. The play of Woolard
and King was also far above re-
proach.
*The backfield with Captain Rook
as the spark plug did a nifty job
of carrying the mail. They also did
a workmanlike job of breaking up
i the Hall to Walker passing combi-
j nation knocking down thirteen and
Property valuations of Wheeler intercepting three of the twenty-
County for taxation purposes have jrlve the Cyclone *rie“‘
First Stanza Scoreless
The 'first quarter went scoreless
with the Irish advancing to the Cy-
clone 14 only to lose the ball and
then again as the period ended,
Cantrell carried 28 for a first down
A career which, through its 50-
year devotion to Helen Keller,
blind and deaf mute, provided
Inspiration for many similarly
afflicted persons, ended with
the death of Mrs. Anne Sullivan
Macy, above, 70, at the Long
Island home she shared with
Miss Keller. Mrs. Macy, herself
almost blind in her later days,
taught Miss Keller how to enjoy
toe world she could not hear or
see.
TAX VALUATIONS
SHOW BIG GAIN
COMMISSIONERS COURT SETS
ASSESSMENTS FOR YEAR
AT $13,652,067
(Continued on Last Page)
pastoTwoTtele
OF GREAT REVIVAL
JAMESON BACK FROM ABILENE
WHERE HE HEARD FAMOUS
GYPSY SMITH
able increase in property values,
members of the commissioners court
declare.
Allocation of the county levies for
(Continued on Page 3)
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FILLMORE’S CAR IS
FOUND NEAR CLINTON
Clyde Fillmore’s automobile, which
was stolen from his home driveway
some time after 8 o’clock Thursday
night, was found by Custer county
officers on the highway about 6 mil-
es west of Clinton, Okla.. according
to a telephone message yesterday
afteraooa Deputy Sheriff W. W.
Davis reports.
The fuel supply In the car had
been exhausted and the machine left
at the side of the road, the officers
said. They reported an windows
were rolled up, toe door* dosed and
the Ignition key removed and placed
in the dash compartment. TOlmore
said he would go after the car to-
day. -
Rev. C. E. Jameson, Methodist
pastor, who has just returned from
Abilene, where he attended three
services of the great Gypsy Smith
revival, announces that he will touch
on some of the high spots as he saw
them in his Sunday morning ser-
mon.
“Gypsy Smith Is the world’s great-
est evangelist,” Rev. Jameson de-
clares. “He has held revivals on five
continents for sixty years and has
never had a building large enough
to care for all who came to hear
him.”
The pastor states there will be no
Sunday evening services at the underwent an operation at a Iqcal
Methodist church, other than the hospital, returned to her home yes-
regular meeting of the young peo- terday.
pie. | -o-
Sunday. November 1, will be the I Monroe Keys of Samnorwood un-
final service before the Methodist \ derwent an appendicitis operation at
this year and last, are as
follows:
Levy 1935-36
1936-37
Jury-----------------
.15
.11
Road-Bridge, reg. ...
.10
.15
Road-Bridge, spec, ..
.15
.15
General ............
25
.25
1 Special Bridge......
___
.05
Court House-Jail ...
.15
.05
Road-Bridge, Sinking
.20
.24
$1.00
$1.00
Mrs. P. T. Boston,
who
recently
on the enemy 9. Early to the second
stanza Drake passed to Rook for the
first Irish counter. A few plays lat-
er Drake got loose for a 69-yard
jaunt and the second Irish touch-
down. Before the half ended the
Cyclone had taken the ball on their
own thirty and marohed to their
first encounter leaving the scare 12
to 7. Then again before the whistle
. , , I sounded ending the half Rook took
school and a ^ bQm and
romped 65 yards to another score.
Taking the kick-off at the be-
ginning of the second half on their
own 36. the Cyclone marched to
their final counter with HaU fi-
nally going over. Late in the last
period the Irish took the ball on
their own 43 and in 6 plays drove
to their last counter of the contest.
Rook Snags Pass
Late In the first period the Irish
took possession of the pigskin on the
Memphis 43 on a kick from Walker.
On the first play Cantrell picked up
34 for a first down on the enemy 9
as the period ended, after Rook had
(Continued on Last Page)
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SELASSIE MAKES NEW
APPEAL TO LEAGUE
conference, which will be held in
Houston. Rev. Jameson expresses the
wish that there wiU be fuU attend-
a local hospital last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Daniels of Mc-
ance for the three services before I Lean were bt$slness visitors here !
conference. ; yesterday afternoon.
London Reads Of King And
Friend In U. S. Newspapers
LONDON, Oct. 24—From Mayfair
to the east end, London last night
read copious details in the American
press about the impending divorce of
Mrs. Ernest (Wally) Simpson, close
friend of King Edward,
American newspapers, which car-
ried banner line reports of the di-
vorce proceedings, scheduled at Suf-
folk Assizes In Ipswich Tuesday, and
pictures of the former Baltimore
beauty with the king, were read
eagerly. Their distribution, uncen-
sored, was permitted.
Not a Hue concerning the case
the trial. The English newspaper
men were expected to report the
details only for the private infor-
mation of their euitors.
On the eve of the opening of
Suffolk Assizes, Mrs. Simpson be-
came a woman of rumor. It was
generally believed she was In the
vicinity of Ipswidh, although no
one reported having seen her. Her
husband was In London. King Ed-
ward dined with Queen Mary at
Marlborough house.
Exclusive West End hotels sold
GENEVA. Switzerland, Oct, 24—
A new appeal for help for Western
Ethiopia from Emperor HaUe Selas-
sie has been received by the League
of Nations.
Transmitting an appeal he had re-
ceived from authorities representing
him In Ethiopia the communication
said his imperial government re-
mains sovereign through the west-
ern part of the country.
The government there, it is said,
is at present "discharging its duties
peacefully and with diligence, sup-
ported by strength inspired by its
complete confidence in the League
of Nations.”
REPUBLICANS SPEND
OVER THREE MILLIONS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24-The Re-
publican national committee Friday
submitted its report on campaign
expenditures between Sept. 1 and
Oct. 18, showing expenses totaling
$3,161,617 and receipts of $2,981,705
during the period.
Earlier the Republican senatorial
campaign oommlttee reported re-
ceipts of $77,250 and expenditures
of $78,768 for toe period from Sept.
10 to Oct. 23.
Individual contributions Included
.... R ---- ----------„ —W out their American newspapers ear-
appeared In British newspapers, al- ly, although last week's and this
though there were a number of J week's editions of toe Magazine lib- j William Randolph Heartf, Ban 3te»
English newspaper correspondents j erty were banned and confiscated eon, Oallf.. *10,800; J. A. Chapman,
among the small army of journal-1 because they contained “remarks of- Tulsa, Okla., $10,000; Kart P Halli-
tets that went to Ipswich to report tensive to King Edward.’* burton. Duncan. 013a. $8,000
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