Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 240, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1931 Page: 1 of 4
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Titus County—Center of the Best Dairy and Poultry Section of Texas
VOLUME TWELVE
MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21. 1931.
NUMBER -.10
Suspend Work On
Underpass Until
After Holidays
Work on the underpass in the south
part of town has been suspended for
the Christmas season, but will be re-
sumed soon.
j track are ready to be rolled in place
I at any time weather permits, and al-
i ter this is done the removal of dirt
! will begin.
| Melelon U ryes
| Steps To Aid
! Credit's Flow
i John Blevins and family and Royj
’levins have returned to their homes
1 in Dallas, after a short visit here I
i with relatives.
The heavy steel girders have al- ; - ■
ready been placed under the south1 A whirlwind comedy-exti av agan/.a j
track, and new ties and rails put in with Broadway’s premier comedian at j
place. Trains are now using this his rip-roaring merriest. Titus h li-
track. The girders for the north and Saturday.
We wish you Merry Christians,
Of happiness a load;
No sorrows through the New Year,
Just joy along the road!
AGAIN
TO-
DAY
PIPPIN’
GOOD
COMEDY
NANCY CARROL in
“A PERSONAL MAID”
CHRISTMAS DAY AND SATURDAY
(Friday and Saturday)
It Out-Whoops
Whoopee!
It looks like a million and cost what it
looks like! Exceeding by far your fond-
est dreams of the pinnacle in enter-
tainment! All the glamour of a great
spectacle. ... All the scenic wonder of
a world of beauty. . . . All the girlicst
girls of a $6.00 "Follies.” . . . All the
songs worth humming for a year. . . .
All the hysterics of laughing-gas! ALL
ROLLED INTO ONE GRAND AND
GLORIOUS EXTRAVAGANZA!
It’s a side-split-
ting riot of ro-
mance and ras-
cals. . . . Among
the snacks and
crullers in a
doughnut fac-
tory!
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Japanese Plan
Drive Against
“Undesirables”
I Washington, Dec. 23.—Secretary
- Mellon added his appeal for the Re-
j construction Finance Corporation
! Wednesday as congressional commit-
' tees speeded work to get the key
! measures of the national economic ro-
Ife program ready for consideration
after the recess. v
J Indorsing some changes made by
the Senate banking subcommittee in
President Hoovqv’s proposal for a
$500,000,000 credit, corporation, the
; Treasury Secretary wrote to Chair-
j man Nor beck of the committee:
i “The mere existence of such an
! instrumentality furnished with ade-
| quate resources and enabled to deal
! with any weakness that may develop
in our credit structure should have
! a reassuring effect on public confi-
j donee and be a stimulating influence
1 on the resumption of the normal flow
I of credit into the channels of busi-
ness and commerce.”
Pandits Seize
$5,000 In Loot
At Texas Bank
Tokio, Dec. 23.—Japanese army
headquarters in Mukden issued a
statement Wednesday night outlining i
its intention of eliminating “all unde-
sirable forces west of the Liao Riv-
er,” toward the Manchurian city of
Chinchow.
M»’-shal Chang Hsueh-Liang’s
her-deuarters in Peiping announced
that two Japanese and Chinese arm-
ored trains engaged in an all-day
duel near Yingkow, Manchuria, Wed-
nesday. The Japanese troops, num-
Lei ing sixty, opened fire on theii ad-
versaries and the latter replied in
kind. ^
A message received by Chinese au-
thorities in Tientsin confirmed news
of the encounter and said a Japanese
cavalry regiment came to their com-
patriots’ support with an attack on
the rear of the Chinese train.
Most of the Japanese troops in
Manchuria were reported in Tokio to
have suspended their operations
against bandits and withdrawn inside
the railway zone. But the. Cabinet
ordered two cruisers sent to Port
Arthur to stand by in case of need.
Kidnaped Farmer
Forced To Cash
Check; Released
Houston, Texas, Dec. 23.—Officers
of three counties late Wednesday were
searching for two unmasked bandits
who robbed the Tom Ball Guaranty
Bond Bank of $5,000, stole the cash-
ier’s car to escape in and threatened
to blow up his home if he identified
either of the two.
A. IT. Keefer, cashier and manager
of the institution, which i >cated
thirty-five miles northwest »? Hous-
ton, described the robbery. “The first
thing I knew I heard a man say,
‘Stick ’em up.’ 1 looked up and saw
a man was pointing a pistol at me.
I threw up my hands. Then the ban-
dits tied my hands and feet and put
a gag in my mouth. The other man
kept three other pepole in the bank
covered. One of the men went be-
hind the window’s and forced us to
hand over the money.
“One of the men told me he was a
member of an organized gang and
said if l identified him members of
bis gang would blow up my house. He
threatened to do the others the same
way.” ■ - ■ , , v
STORES TO REMAIN
OPEN SATURDAY
The stores of Mt. Pleasant will not
close Saturday, but will be open to
the public as usual for the benefit
customers. The past bad weather
has kept many people from coming to
town, and they will probably be in
need of manj' articles to be purchased
J. L. Montgomery's
Store Burglarized
Wednesday Might
Hays, Kan., Dec. 23.—Three young
men Wednesday kidnaped Alex Ker-
ens, 71), a wealthy farmer, and forced
him to cash a $600 check. They re-
leased him unharmed at night near
Colby. Berens notified his <ons here
y telephone of his safety.
The sons, Henry and Ulrich Ber-
ens, left immediately for Colby.
Henry disclosed the kidnaping after Saturday.
being found gagged and bound in the ---
home of his father at Walker. A note Bee Grissom, who is teaching at
was discovered in the home which Austin, came home Thursday to spend
promised th?* safe return of the cat- the holidays. He was accompanied
tleman Thursday. by his sister, Miss Christene, who is
Berens appeared Wednesday morn- attending the University.
ng with three young strangers at the ---
Borman State Bank, where he is a Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Badt left Thurs-
heavy depositor, and cashed the check day for Dallas to spend Christmas
without aruosing the suspicion of em-^with relatives.
ployes. He remarked casually that he ----
was closing for a cattle deal. j Mr. and Mrs. R. R. McCurdy and
------- ■ family of Waco are guests of Mr.
NO MORE PAPERS TO BE and Mrs. C. M. Bolster.
PRINTED THIS WEEK
The Weather
This is the last issue of The Daily
Times to be printed this week, as we ! -----
will remain closed Christmas Day and The weather for the past 21 hours
Saturday to allow our force to cele- according to readings made at 6:30:
brate the holidays. The Daily Times , Maximum .............................. 77
J. L. Montgomery’s store at Green ] will appeal again on Monday after-
Hill was burglarized Wednesday
night and a large quantity of mer-
chandise was taken. The loss in-
cludes a dozen work shirts, three doz-
en dress shirts, two dozen pairs over-
alls, seven pairs sho.es, six packages
coffee, a carton of razor blades, 150
pounds salt bacon, several union
suits, a quantity of cigarettes and
plug tobacco.
Entrance was gained into the store
ly boring holes with a brace and bit
in the floor so that it could he torn
up, and the merchandise was draggg-
ed through the hole and carried away.
• Officers are offering a reward for
the arrest and conviction of the bur-
glai'8.
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DAY OR NIGHT
Masters & Thomas
Funeral Directors—
Licensed Embalmers
noon of next week.
Business lagging? Advertise!
Minimum ........
Temperature 6:30
Wind from..............
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Another passing year brings us again
to the holidays. W eacknowledge your
hearty co-operation during this year
and for the coming year we promise you
our best efforts to serve and please you
—and now we and all our employees
wish you and yours
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A Cheery Christmas
and a
Prosperous Mew Year
SWINT BROTHERS
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 240, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1931, newspaper, December 24, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth784986/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.