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: TOWNSEND MAY FACE COURT TRIAL
youngsters to open
FAR ON BACKYARDS IN
CLEANUP DRIVE
—
*n can rights" on city
a jump today
nent that J. R.
ot the Texas
)»ld give a matinee
ay morning, charg-
on of 15 tin cans,
the citywide “Clean-
, and Beautify” cam-
sponsored jointly by
council, the chamber of
i and local business men.
parents agree to
he children a bill of sale on
tin pans on the place on
jbt children will clean
thoroughly, placing
i a sack and cutting all
Fifteen cans, securely
i string or wire, will ad-
bhild to see the matinee
by morning, starting at
PbIH Walker has officially
Cleanup, Paintup and
week to start Thursday,
y 28 and continue through Wed-
lay, pine 3. The city council
furnish trucks Thursday and
t|j’ gathering all trash that has
aced in sacks in city alleys,
tling lit to the dump grounds
cost.
trucks will drive over all al-
_ the south of the Rock Is-
jjfWlraad tracks on Thursday
the north side of the city
They will make only one
McPherson, city fire mar-
rges city business men to
nmediate steps to rid their
of trash and Inflammable
gs Ift says the present con-
sol alleys constitutes a fire
r which must be removed,
ird Harrison, secretary-man-
the chamber <>f commerce,
j directing the cleanup cam-
nvltes the active support and
jtlon of all citizens and or-
ations in making it a suc-
points out that thousands
sts will visit the city on
al exposition trips and that
appearance will make a
pression on the visitors,
hamber of ‘commerce will
ything in readiness for the
open Thursday of next
rison said.
IN SCHOOL
|R YOUNGSTERS
CHURCH TO HOLD
4G CLASSES DAILY
THREE WEEKS
uctlve vacation project
„„n between the ages of
l Will be sponsored by the
tian church June 1 to 19,
j Rev. M. A. Meeker, pas-
f project will take the
a Vacation Bible School
will meet each morning ex-
urday from 8:30 until 11
for three weeks.
training, story telling,
supervised play will be
^in the curriculum.
I who wish constructive en-
nt for their children dur-
Jacation months are lnvit-
d them to the school. En-
yill be held at 8:30 o'clock
| morning, June 1, at the
Istian church. There will
irollment fee.
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j m. Wright and Mrs. J. E.
Dallas are here visiting
ds, Mrs. J. D. Williams
| L. R. Clay.
c3hiiSHAMROCK
nr Texan
City
Edition
VOL. 33 SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1936
NO. 12
CillMU HIIKS 3 PRISONERS
SENATE COMMITTEE
WILL RE CONSIDER
CORPORATION TAX
PLAN ADOPTED PLACES TAX
ON MONEY USED TO PAY
TAX ON SURPLUSES
WASHINGTON, May 22 UP)—
The senate finance committee
agreed today to reconsider the day
old compromise plan for taxing
corporations. Decision to re-open
the entire matter came when
committeemen found they ap-
proved a proposition under which
money used to pay taxes, since it
is not to be distributed, would it-
self be subject to a seven per cent
tax.
Committee sources said a cor-
rection of the situation would re-
duce the revenue yield, estimated
at about $500,000, by millions and
necessitate creating other devices
for raising money.
Chairman Harrison said he hop-
ed the bill’s ultimate form would
bring the revenue President Roose-
velt wanted, indicating some chang-
es would be made to thaA end. “We
hope we can keep from increasing
the normal income tax rate,” the
chairman said.
rorbeFIarge
AWAITS TRAXLER
OKLAHOMA BANDIT, ARRESTED
AT CANADIAN, ALSO FACES
MURDER CHARGE LATER
PENSION LEADER WITH ATTORNEY
Dr. Francis E. Townsend (left), whose peneion plan organization was
under fire of Investigation by a special congressional committee,
shown as he conferred with his attorney, Thomas Hardwick, during
the hearing. (Associated Press Photo)
Drastic Reduction In
Mail Subscription Rate
Is Announced By Texan
PAULS VALLEY, Okla., May 22
(A5)—Clarence Bowie, Garvin county
attorney, said Thursday Pete Trax-
ler, notorious Oklahoma outlaw,
who threatened a jailer with death
And, escaped from the county jail
here, will be tried on that charge
with the state demanding death.
Bowie said Traxler will face a
In celebration of its thirty-third anniversary, The
Shamrock Texan today announces a special bargain rate on
mail subscriptions in Wheeler and adjoining counties that
is unprecedented among daily newspapers of the Texas
Panhandle.
, On top of a yearly subscription price of $2.00 per year,
which is a reduction Of $1.00, the newspaper announces it
charge of robbery with a dangerous will pay a 50c commission to local men, women, churches,
schools and other organizations, for each 1-year mail sub-
scription sold during the next two weeks. Individual sub-
scribers may deduct this 50c commission on their own sub-
scription, provided they fill out the coupon appearing in a
2-page advertisement in today’s edition, fill it out properly
and bring or mail it to The Texan office not later than
Saturday, May 30.
TODAY
THEMfPRB—“It Had
lem’' and George Raft
blind Russell put over
nooth bit of drama in
of politicians and po-
hachlnes. Raft rises to
by his boot straps and
J love with the wife of a
|nt trust company pres-
Ke helps the gentleman,
pehart, out of a ticklish
Dlnehart leaves for
aving his wife to fall in
i Raft. Which she does.
Jen) on Raftfs enlemies
I things against him and
olved with bribery. It
however, and is a
Also cartoon, news
short.
WEATHER
TEXAS—Mostly cloudy.
Local Ihowors in fhe southwest
tonight and Satn. y.
weapon, and will not be tried first
on a murder charge for the slaying
of George Loper, Pauls Valley offi-
cer, May 25, 1935.
The county attorney will confer
within the next few days with Dis-
trict Judge W. G. Long of Sulphur
and will set a trial date, probably
for early June.
Traxler will be brought here from
McAlester penitentiary, where he
now Is recovering from gunshot
wounds received when he was cap-
tured recently at Canadian, Texas.
The new charge grew out of Trax-
ler's escape from the Pauls Valley
jail September 22, 1935.
Bowie said the state will charge
that Traxler, armed with a razor,
threatened Jess Kemp, deputy sher-
iff and acting jailer, with death,
seized his keys and escaped.
Recaptured at Nashville, Ark.,
Traxler escaped on October 30,1935,
releasing himself from his oeU with
a key fashioned from a spoon and
lowering himself to the ground on
a rope made from blankets.
At Oklahoma City, Clint Mlers,
assistant state crime bureau super-
intendent, recommended to Gov.
E. W. Marland that a $250 state re-
ward be paid to Sheriff Walter
Jones and Deputy Sheriff Harry
Rathjen of Canadian, credited by
Mlers with Traxler's capture.
Mier said Rathjen was the offi-
cers who shot down Traxler when
the fugitive attempted to shoot his
way from an officer's trap near
Canadian.
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FURTHER TERRORISM
JERUSALEM WATCHED
JERUSALEM, May 22 (/PV—Scot-
; tlsh soldiers, armed1 with rifles and
| bayonets, replaced the police here
| to guard against further terrorism.
| A Jewish telegraph agency said
j military planes circled Jaffa and
j police in Tel Aviv are equipped with
I machine guns.
-o-
j Volney Day made a trip to Mc-
Lean this sunning on business.
GREAT BRITAIN TO
MOBILIZE IN CASE
PLANS SPEEDED SO INDUSTRY
CAN FACILITATE MAKING
AIRPLANES, MUNITIONS
LONDON, May 22 (IP) — Great
Britain speeded plans for mobili-
zation of industries in the event
of war after a house of commons
debate emphasized the difficulty
of holding the Mediterranean in
case of a conflict with Italy.
Italian - Ethiopian and Pales-
tine-Egypt affairs are apparently
Involved.
The program includes facilitat-
ing munition production, airplane
building and providing food sup-
plies.
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ARREST 6 TRUCKERS
FOR OVER LOADING
Charged with overloading, six
truck ‘drivers were arrested here
Thursday night by state highway
patrolmen and were fined $14 and
costs each in court of Justice of the
Peace B. B. Walker.
Members of the highway patrol
have been making a drive on truck
operators In the Panhandle for the
past few weeks, several arrests hav-
ing been made In Wheeler county.
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Mr. and Mrs. Porter of Allison
were visitors In town yesterday.
Mr .and Mrs. Tom Meadow of
Erick, Okla., were visitor* here last
night.
The special subscription offer will
expire on Saturday, June 6, and all
subscriptions which are delinquent
will be stopped promptly. No sub-
scription will be taken for a period
of more than five years on the an-
niversary bargain rate. No reduc-
tion is being made in the price of
the paper when delivered by car-
rier, as the cost of the delivery
service Is prohibitive.
Trade Us Your Fryers
Farmers have the opportunity of
bringing fryers in place of money,
The Texan accepting 2-pound fry-
ers at 50c each.
The Texan calls attention of the
public that reduced subscription
prices announced today are lower
than were formerly charged for a
weekly. The Texan is now publish-
ed each atfernoon, except Sunday,
bringing you dally Associated Press
wire news, hot pictures of the
world’s news, three comic strips in-
cluding the world-popular Pop-
Eye, cartoons and special features.
All this in addition to timely local,
territorial and state news which
were formerly carried by the weekly
Texan.
Free Want Ad Service
As a special service to Its farm
readers, The Texan recently an-
nounced free want, ad service to ev-
ery person residing on a farm who
earns his living on a farm. Most
farmers at some time during the
year want to buy, sell or trade live-
stock. cottonseed, grain, farm Im-
plements, household goods or some-
thing, They may advertise these In
The Texan at any time they desire
and run as many as they want to
during the year, at absolutely no
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DEATH PENALTY IS
ASSESSED TWO WHO
KIDNAPED WARDEN
BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER
FAILS TO SAVE LIFE OF
ALEXANDER MACKAY
SAN QUENTIN PRISON, May
22 i/P)—California exacted the
death of three prisoners today for
murder and kidnaping.
Alexander Mackay, British su-
ject, and Joseph Kristy were
hanged today at San Quentin,
and Early Kimball was hanged at
Folsom.
The British government failed
to save Mackay, Governor Merri-
man refusing to heed a last-min-
ute appeal of Anthony Eden,
British foreign minister.
Mackay and Kristy were con-
victed of kidnaping James Holo-
han, San Quentin warden, and
members of the prison board in
an attempted escape. Kimball
killed James Kennett, Chicago
contractor.
LYNCHllEGRO’S
PARENTS WIN SUIT
AGAINST SHERIFF
$2,500 DAMAGES ARE GIVEft BY
WHITE JURY, CHARGING
OFFICER’S NEGLIGENCE
NEW ORLEANS, May 22-The
parents of a 16-year-old negro boy
lynched near Albadieville, La., in)
1933 were awarded $2,500 damages
from Sheriff Lezin H. Hlmel of As-
sumption parish Thursday by a jury
of white men in federal court.
It probably was the first time In
the history of the South that ne-
groes won personal damages for a
lynching.
Deputies Involved
Prosecution witnesses said two
deptuies delivered the boy to the
mob and that one deputy abetted
the lynchers. The boy, Fred Moore,
was suspected of murdering Miss
Annie Maa. Larose, who was found
In a cane field, with her throat out.
Later, the girl’s stepfather was said
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tiireeIilItates
SLASH PRODUCTION
POSSIBLE COLLAPSE IS SEEN
UNLESS INDUSTRY UNITES
IN BROAD REDUCTION
‘Rather Go To Jail Than
Submit Further Inquiry,’
He Tells House Probers
WASHINGTON, May 22 (/P)—Possibility of a court
trial for Dr. F. E. Townsend for his defiance of House in-
vestigators was projected by Speaker Byrns. Terming the
pension leader’s walkout a “plain case of contempt,” the
speaker said: “I expect the house to take whatever action
the committee recommends.”
Speaker Byrns expressed the belief the committee would
bring the matter before the House next week, adding the
committee would likely offer a resolution referring the case
to the federal attorney’s office. This step would be with
view of a possible indictment, charging Townsend with con-
tempt of the House.
Every member of the Townsend personnel, taking office
furnishings, went to Chicago where new national head-
quarters will be established.
Says Pop-Eye!
BALTIMORE, May 22 (JP)~
Doetor Townsend asserted today
he would “rather go to jail” than
submit to further congressional
inquiry of his pension plan.
“If they want to cite me far
contempt I will go over there and
tell them just how much contempt
I have for the whole proceed-
ings,” he said. Townpenkt said
there will be no amalgamation of
the Townsend movement with
share-the-wealth or other plans.
Pop-Eye and Wimpy and the
Jeep) What a trio. Wimpy has
the Jeep's secret and (to literally
mopping up at the races. Pop-Eye
contents himself with knocking the
boys cockeyed, right and left, in the
role of bodyguard for the uncanny
animal what tdls Wimpy how to
win money. Well, if the spinach
holds out Popeye may finally learn
the secret too. Who knows? Fol-
low the exploits of this hilariously
thrilling bunch of folksies in The
Shamrock Texan daily.
ROOSEVELT PLANS
VISIT CENTENNIAL
TWO DAYS IN JUNE
ARKANSAS AND INDIANA ARE
INCLUDED IN ITINERARY,
STARTING JUNE 9TH
OKLAHOMA CITY, May 22 (IP)—
Three principal oil-producing states
acted Thursday to slash production
and prevent a possible collapse In
the oil Industry.
Following closely upon a decision
by the Oklahoma allocations com-
mittee to recommend a reduction of
the June allowable 13,425 barrels
daily below the May production fig-
ure, Kansas and Texas swung Into
action.
The Texas railroad commission
cut production approximately 60,000
barrels dally for the last 10 days of
May and for the month of June, to
hold the dally flow to market de-
mand.
The order, as of yesterday .reduc-
ed Texas field production from 1,-
192,530 barrels on May 13 to 1,143.-
995 barrels dally, exclusive of an
earlier cut of 5,600 barrels In the
Southeast Texas area.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Tate made a
trip to Amarillo Wednesday.
T. C. Davis Jr„ Is visiting his
lahoma City this week.
Alic<
Harry
ws of Pa
Kendall and Mrs.
pa visited in the
s yesterday.
WASHINGTON, May 22 (/P)—
President Rosevelt said today he
probably would leave June 8 on
an Arkansas-Texas-Indiana trip
hnt would be unable to go to Can-
ada on the same tour.
The president said his depar-
ture depended on rongpnas ad-
journment, adding if it decided to
take a three-day recess over the
week-end of June 8 he probably
would go to Texas at that time.
The president plans to visit the
Arkansas Centennial on June 10
and the Texas Centennial the
next two days, leaving June 13
for Indiana after spending a night
with his son, Elliott, at Fort
Worth.
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THOMAS RESIGNS AS
COLONIAL SECRETARY
‘LONDON, May 22 (/P)—Authentic
reports said J. H. Thomas resigned
as colonial secretary and the king
accepted his resignation. The re-
ported resignation, the result of the
British budget scandal, was the cul-
mination of a long judicial Inquiry
in which Thomas and his son, Les-
lie, employe of an Insurance brok-
erage house, were prominently men-
tioned.
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CORRECTION ON AD
The Texan wishes,to apologize
for a mistake appearing In Piggly
Wiggly’s advertisement In Thurs-
day’s paper. Del Monte peaches,
finest quality, selected fruit, No 2%
can, were listed at 12c and: should
have been 15c. The Texan was re-
sponsible for this error and prom-
ises Piggly Wiggly It will not occur
again.
———o-
WASHINGTON, May 22 UP) —
Drawing down upon himself the
threat of congressional contempt
citation, Dr. F. E. Townsend threw
into pandemonium the special house
committee Investigating his old age
pension movement by stalking from
the room and refusing further tes-
timony.
Appearing mare than an hour
after he was supposed to resume the
witness stand at the afternoon ses-
! sion, Townsend promptly complaln-
i ed of an "unfair and unfriendjjr
! attitude” on the pari of the com-
mittee.
His Voice Shakes
Bluntly he asserted that he would
testify no more “unless under ar-
rest.” Cries of “stop him)” aril
"close the door" followed the re-
tired physician as he strode out.
The hearing room was cleared
quickly of the startled audience and
the committee went into an execu-
tive session. It was decided to draft
a resolution for submission to the
house, recommending that Town-
send be cited for contempt.
Dr. Townsend was not called to
the witness stand until about four
o’clock. His voice shaking, he asked
and was denied permission to read
a prepared statement to the com-
mittee.
Still standing, the elederly, lean,
greyhaired man. started talking and
the committee listened.
“Thank You—Good By!”
"In view of the apparent un-
friendly attitude of this oommittee
and the unfair attitude it has shown
to me and the members of my or-
ganization, I deem it my duty to say
that I shall no longer attend these
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25 menTIdedto
COUNTYWPA WORK
16 ADDITIONAL MEN TO BE
USED AT MAGIC CITY;
10 AT WHEELER
Mrs. T, M. Dickey and daughter,
Estelle, returned this week from a
visit in Lubbock where her mother
aunt, Mrs. Velma Morton, at Ok- has been seriously ill.
Dorothy and
visiting Shirley
onjwn, daughter
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brown, who i
side near Texola, this week.
More than 25 men will be added
to WPA road projects In Wheeler
county, according to T. K. Brannon,
county WPA project supervisor, who
said that Clifford Davis, Amarillo,
supervisor of employment of WPA,
district 16, was here yesterday and
gave the authorization.
Sixteen men will be added to the
Magic Clty-Kellervllle road and 10
or 15 to the Wheeler road east to
Clinton, Okla. One woman has al-
so been added to the sewing room
personnel.
The Magic Clty-Kellervllle road
is almost haiway completed, Bran-
non said, and with additional men
work should progress rapidly if
weather permits.
Eight miles of the 19 mile stretch
are entirely finished and the whole
project should be completed within
the next few months.
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RELATIVE OF EWING
DIES, COURT RECESSES
District court at Wheeler recessed
yesterday to re-convene Monday,
when Judge W. R. Eing received
word of the death of his brother-
in-law, Frank Cox, of Ws,tonga.
Okla., following a heart attack,
Judge and Mrs. Ewing left im-
mediately for Watonga. Mr, and
Mrs. Robert Ewing of this city toft
tost night to attend the funeral
services which were to be held &t
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