The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 239, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 8, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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39—NO. 239.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 8. 1939.
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
ITLER WAITS RESULTS OF PEA
APPEAL
CARLOADS CATTLE
SOLD AT MARFA
SULPHUR SPRINGS
CITIZEN RELATIVE
DECEASED SENATOR
larfa, Oct. 7.—'Forty-six car-
ol feeder .steer calves, hcifci
s and yearling .steers included
liie annual Highland Hereford
J?ders Association sale went thru
■auction ring Friday afternoon in
1 hour and 33 minutes. The fits!
load of steer calves, which was
the grand champion load of the
tv and hied by Smith Brother*,
Ufa, told for 14 cents a pound to
lto an Iowa feeder. The reserve
Inpion load of George Jones steer
|cs brmight 13 1-4 cents a pound
went to a Pennsylvania buyer,
first prize load of steer year-
s also bred by Jones, brought
-4 centH a pound. The first prize
of heifer calves bred by <M. E.
Sett, sold for 10 3-4 cents per
Sid to an Ohio buyer,
the 46 loads of cattle consisted
lo loads of steer calves, o:m load
Uixcd heifer and steer calves
15 loads of yearling steers and
)|ouds of heifer calves.
Fhese prices included the freight
and were select lot* of calve*
some of the best herds in the
Bend area. The cattle were
Ighed as sobn as they left the
{tion ring and were loaded on the
and moved by sp'-cial train.
Kembers of the Highland Hereford
Xeders Association were hosts at
iakfast to the visitors here at
|ding the sale. George Jones.
aident, presided. Visitors were
(induced by groups. States repre-
Ittd were Indiana. Illinois, Iowa,,
L, Kentucky. Missouri, Kama*. I
(nnsylvania, California, Georgia,
wouri and New Mexico.
Smith Brothers, Marfa, who had
grand champion load of feeder
jttlc at this year’s show, were
Rtrded the sdver trophy, having
bwn the grand champion load two
evioua years. Jon-s was awarded
^up to be kept one year for having
i champion load of yearlings and
E. Gillett a cap f»r having the
•st piize load of heifer calves.
Auctioneer Earl Gartin was th-
incipal speaker. He told his lislen-
thut during the past 22 years he
i sold through the auction ring
ore than 300,0f»0 Highland llerc-
ird cattle. Before the auction was
arted at Marfa a number of anc-
ons were held each year in differ-
it sections of the corn belt.
Cattlemen here from the North
report big supplies of corn and
ay at home and a general disposi-
on the part of the growers to
it for livestock feeding.
Officials of the Highland Herc-
jrd Breeders Association arc Jones,
resident; Hayes Mitchell, vice pres-
ent; Dr, A. J. Hoffman, secretary-
easurer. .-Directors, David Combs,
erry Cartwright, C. K. Smith, W.
i. Reynold*, Espy Miller, Clay
litcheil, D. C. Medley, Otis Kim-
ay, Raymond Bell Jr., and Lee
'iseher. Honorary vice presidents;
. W. Merrill, w'. B. Mitchell, W. W.
logcl and T-* C. Mitchell.
REDS ACTIVE
IN WASHINGTON,
DIES CLAIMS
TWG MORE WOMEN'S
CLUBS FOR GIRLS'
RESIDENCE CENTER
Senator Marvel .Mill* Logan -at'
Washington, I*. whi r funeral
was last Thur-day afternoon at
Bowling Green, Kentucky, was a de-
erndnnt of Colonel Ben Logan and
Captain John Webster (Libert, of
Revolutionary fame. Mrs. Sulim Gil-
bert Cox was a great-great-;;rand-
daughter of Captain John Webster
Gilbert, and her brother, Senator (■
„ . ,, , G. Gilbert, and nephew, Ralph Gil
Washington. — < ha.noan Martin | who (|i(,, itl „rn,.(, ri.CCntly,
Dies (llem.) of Texas announced; also senators for a number'o’.
Friday night that a document f,.()m sh(,lbyvillo, Kentucky,
closing Communist act.vitl*. in the ■ ^ ^ w;ls ,h(, motlu.r ,f
Washington Navy Yard, the Govtin-
Tv.o more women's clubs have vot-
ed co-sponsorship of the proposed
Gills' Residence Center here. The
Standard and the Senior Wavi-rly
Clubs met Friday and took action
which pledged these clubs to nipport
ai d co-sonn orship of the center, ol-
l'i,;j;i!s of the clubs announce
MORE ABOUT THE
SPECIAL TRAIN TO
DALLAS FAIR
Attention is turned this week to
tin Special train and Hopkins Coun-
ty 'Day at the State Fair in Dallas
--Friday, October 13th. The train
will leave the Cotton Belt depot at
S m,. and reach Dallas about DLlth
a. m. A program will be givin by
Sulphur Springs talent and will !>.-
CONFIDENT ALLIES
WILL ACCEPT PLAN
Hines of Sul
pliur Springs, Mrs. Rash of Dallas,
Mrs. Hanson of Omaha, N't bra-k.i,
Mrs. Ayres of Ft. Worth, Mrs.
Crabtree and Mrs. (Tampion of
Sulphur Sprint's and I’ricc Cox of
Indianapolis, Indiana
m^nt Printing Office and other f*| Uin Shelby Cox Mr
oral departments hero hud been ' 11 "r ' lllL ' ‘
seized by the Iloue committee on
un-American activities.
Hits described the document ns a
report made to a higher-up by Mar-
lin Chancey, secretary of the ( om-
imniist party in the District of Col-
umbia. The committee questioned
Chancey for several hours behind
closed doors.
“This seven, or eight-page report,
which Chancey identified as genu-
ine.” Dies said, “tells of the activi-
ties of the Communist party in the
Navy Yard, the GPO and other de-
partment.-.''
The Texan declined to elaborate
on the description other than to say
ii contained a name which is very
important in linking various front
organizations in Washington will
Communists.
He said the committee hoped to be
able to make the report public Sat-
urday.
Earlier, a former German-Ameri-J
can Bund member told the Dies com- j
mittee that The bund at Los Angeles
had plan* for paralyzing the Pacific
Coast by sabotage in event of a con-
tlut between 'this country and Ger-
many.
Neil Howard Ness, the witness,
said the plans called for the destruc-
tion of docks, waterworks, power!
plants and aircraft fucloi ies by bund
numbers scattered through the
coast’s key industries.
Other clubs are expected to report i'-ndcust over the Fair grounds A
favoia -lv room As soon as clubs visit will be made to the Hopkins
make reports of c.-sponsorship a ‘ "'-'ty Agricultural fcxhil.it - and
meeting of the Council funned by i Friday evening those who go from
two numbers of each club will be here will have an apportun.ty to so-
called and definite plans will be,the Highland Park and Sulphur
made to further finance and estab-■ Spongs football game.
H-h the center. I The {al*' x.und-trip on the «pe-
R,-presenting the Standard Club!™! V“in’ is $1-30-
on the* Council arc Mrs. B. C. Cain
JUDGE W.M, PIERSON
WRITES OPEN LETTER
TO PROF. SAM J. RING
and Mrs. Byrd Longino. Members
of the committee from the Wqvcrly
Club are Mrs. R. L. Seat Is and Mrs.
W. M. Woodward.'
SENATE TAKES REST
OVER THE WEEK END
A large delegation is expected to
make the trip. Schools will declare
a holiday. Four-11 Club boys and
girls will also make a special day of
it and hundreds of townsmen and
fanners are expected to swell the
train.
Tickets will go on sale at the
Chamber of Commerce, the high
school and drug stores early Mon-
day morning. Citizens are urged to
buy tickets by Wednesday evening,
i 5:00 p. m.
CONSCIENCE CLEAR,
READY TO DIE,
SAYS PASTOR
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Uct. me Senate
declared a “truce for rest’’ in the
battle over the neutrality revision
bill today. Administration force
claimed additional votes for repeal
of the arm* embargo and both sidis
prepared for first test of strength!
CHINESE CLAIM
SMASHING WIN
OVER JAPANESE
Ion
U.S. 10 EXPAND
ARMY TO THE FULL
PEACE TIME LIMIT
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Uct. 7. -The War
Department today announced its in-
tention to expand the army to full
peace-time limit of 282,UUO men
and at the same time ordered mass
training thi- winter of seven new
“streamlined" divSixons. Five divis-
ions and additional units comprising
over 65,000 troops w^ll be conn ti-
trated first at scattered southern
points, then at Fort Benning. Geor-
gia, for large scale training as an
army corps.
Two cavalry divi ions will be con-
centrated at Fort Bliss, El Paso.
R, CUSHING,
NOTED DOCTOR,
PASSES ON
(By Associated Press)
New Haven, Conn., Oct. 7.—Dr.
larvey William Cushing, 70, whoui
ioneerjrig in modern brain surgery
ron him world-wide renown, died
ere today from a heart ailment.
The surgeon, author of the 1926
‘ulitxer prixe-winning biography,
'The Life of Sir William Osier,”
ras the father-in-law of James
looscvelt, son of the President.
(By Associated Press
Los Ang«?le», Oct. 7.—Admiral
Claude C. Bloch, commander-in-chief j
of the United Stutes fleet, declined
today to comment on rumors of sab-
otage aboard the battleship Arizona.
The Arizona is now in Los- Angelos
Harbor after u weeks battle practice
at sea.
Reports raid the supposed sabo-
tage affected the ship’s machinery
and water tanks, and that there was
a casualty aboard as a result.
. Camden, N. J.—The Rev. Dwor-
icki, asserting "I'm nut afraid to
die,” bade his family a tearful good-
by Friday as he left with officers
for the. state prison at Trenton to
await execution for the murder of
his daughter, Is.
As though preaching a sermon, the
145-year-old Polish Baptist minister,
convicted of first degree murder
with a mandatory sentence of
death, advised his two children to be
good American eitw.dlis.
"I'm not afraid to die because my
conscience is clear," he said. ‘I n
just sorry for my children because
They will i "t be able to go to col-
| lege now.
j “Study hard in school, live right
land make good citizens. Do not
smoke and drink, and tiust in God.
The c hildren, both sold ing, prom-
ised.
“I am not guilty." the clergyman
concluded. "I was just trapped by
the police."
The state accused the pastor of
having the girl strangled so he could
get her $2,500 life insurance. The
week of Nov. 12 was set for the ex-
ecution.
Star witness against Dworccki
was Shewchuk, 21, n former carni-
val roustabout who once boarded at
the minister'* home. He said Dwor-
ecki promised him $100 to take the
girl on a dale and kill her. The min-
ister had threatened to name him as
the girl's seducer, he testified.
Tuesday. j,
Administration 'supporters said
that with the anticipated arri.al
Tuesday of Governor A. B. I hand
|,-r of Kentucky to take the seat of
the late Senator Logan, they would
have 05 votes for the bill to lilt the
Shanghai. — Chinese dispatches—
uncontradicted by Japanese—report-
ed today a smashing victory in de-
fense of Changshaf Hunan Province
capital.
These advices said that Japanese
forces which had penetrated t >
points within fifteen miles of the
city had been routed. .The main
Dallas. Texas, Oct. n. 1939.
IT of. Sam J. King,
Sulphur Springs, Texas.
Dear old Teacher and Friend:
Editor J. S. Bagwell sent me a
copy of the Hopkins County Echo,
containing a fine write-up of your
eightieth birth anniversary, you
having, been eighty years young on
September 28th. I say ’eighty years
YOUNG” advisedly, for you are not
old, and will never be old, you have
just lived a long time, and youl
heart i- as young as the first Heav-
enly di w iii Eden’s bowers.
It i* a glorious thing to have the
love ftml affection of my dear teach-
er and friend, just as you have
mine.
You have walked through tiio
years, as an Evangel of Christian
Citizenship, and your life has ever i
been a consecration to thousands of
j-our hoy* and girls, leading them
onward and upward toward a target
Truth, a better Liberty, and a nobler
Life.
You have well anil nobly exempli-
fied in your life those inspirational
lines, "Never strike sail to a fear;
come into port nobly, or sail with
IPy Aetociatrd Prru'
Berlin, Oct. 7.—Colleagues^ of
Adolf Hitier represented the Fueh-
rer today as “serenely confident his
peace appeal will be heeded.
llis -speech before the Reichsta'f
yesterday was characterized author-
itatively as a “political offer de-
manding a clear-cut political reply.
Sources close to Hitler said he would
refuse to give further Elucidation of
his speech as a preliminary to nego-
tiations for an armistice.
Because Hitler’s offer was regard-
ed as u broad political gesture, not
as a “narrow” diplomatic document,
German officialdom saw no reason
why President Roosevelt or other
neutral need assure himself of ac-
ceptance before making offer ol
mediation.
(Py Auocuittd Prmt
Copenhagen, Oct. 7.—The Finnish
Foreign Office today acknowledged
that Russia had suggested to Fin-
land thi t s in sent a delegate to
Moscow to d- cu-s political and eco-
nomi- maiu r-. it said the Finnish
Government had not acted on the
invitation.
Unofficial sources at Helsinki,
Finnish capital, said they considered
it possible that Finland might be
willing to grant Russia rights on
one or two unstrategic islands in re-
turn for the "proper reward.”
arms embargo and establish “90-day i body of troops was reported in re-
credit and carry" system of hand- treat noithward over the Mi River,
ling exports to belligerents. forty miles from Changsha.
~ , Tin- Changsha drive had been Ja-
Washington. The Senate leader- ^ ^ offt,nsjvt, in near.
Ship decided Friday to take ail van- an,| the second big drive
tage of a Be.mbl. an parlianii ntary ^ objectjvo.
maneuver ami force a test vote next
Neutral observers icmamed un-
certain whether the Chinese reports
were true or whether the Japanese
(By Associated Press*
London, Oct. 7.—The Admiralty
announced that two British mine
week on the administration neutral-
ity bill.
After a series 'f cloakroom con-
Aiier a svi ivs v loom -— , *
forencos, admin,.-Datum lieutenants merely were delaying entry into the
said they hud agreed tentatively to
demand a vote Monday on a motion
by Senator Charles W . 1 obey (Rep-1
of New Hampshire to send the hill
back to the foreign relations com-
mittee. They are confidence they
can defeat the motion.
Tobey has suggested that the com-
mittee should split, the bill into two
parts — one carrying out President
Roosevelt’s recommendation for re-
peal of the pu-.-ent arms embargo
and the other embodying restrictions
(Continu-d on page eight)
or
Gq4 the seas!” j irwieRcrtT wfenf dRttlM”** OeOnan
I want, also, to pay my loving! In th„ North Sea today,
tribute to the priceless jewel God
gave you, who blessed your life with
holy consecration, and kept yon for-
ever facing the vast horizon- of the
future. And. as I think of your dear
helpmate, 1 am reminded of a trib-
ute 1 have often used to the women
of our land, and 1 dedicate it to her,
with those others throughout our
land, who sent their loved ones into
battle with the noble injunction:
“Serve your country us you would
your Cod, and if you must sacrifice
the jewel of Life's splendid man-
hood to tin- cause of Civil and Re-
ligious Liberty, fall with your face
provisional capital until Oct. 10,
prospictive date for announcement
of a unified, Japanese--ponsored gov-
ernment for occupied portion* of
China under Wang Ching-Wei, for-
mer Chinese premier.
The Japanese spokesman hinted
.hat the forces before Changsha no
longer were pressing against the
city directly, hut were attempting an
encircling movement.
(Continued on page four)
DR, BRADFIELD
ACCEPTS PLACE ON
LIQUOR BOARD
planes in the North Sea today.
Neither side suffered casualties,
the announcement said.
SUBMARINE IS
REPORTED OFF
FLORIDA COAST
(Pv A—oeiet»4 Prd")
Hyde Park, N. Y., Oct. 7.—The
temporary White House announced
today that a submarine, definitely
identified as foreign, was sightei
yesterday fifteen miles from Miami,
Florida.
The date palm is said to bear fruit
for one or two centuries.
W. A. ISHAM, 64, \
DIES ON FRIDAY *
AT ELBERTA HOME
HOWARD SMITH GETS
NEW TRANSPORTATION
RULING FOR PUPILS
MRS. POOR INSANE,
COURT JURY FINDS
22 BIRTHS, SIX
DEATHS REPORTED
IN SEPTEMBER
WEATHER
(By Afocitlted Prtu)
East Texas-—Partly cloudy Sat-
rday night and Sunday.
West TeXM— Partly cloudy Sat-
A ruling sponsored by Represent
ativo Howard S. Smith of Hopkins
County to secure free transportation
on school buses for student? between
the agqs of 18 and 21 has been pass-
ed by a joint legislative committee,
County Supl. J. Q. Wiler reported
Saturday.
Smith, Wiler said, deserves much
i credit for securing the passage of
♦hit ruling, which wus introduced by
Mrs. Poor, charged under a grand
in a slow, clear
, , , f: voice read the verdict. He then
jury indictment wdh the tiurdei <>* the jury and dismissed the
her husband, was insane at the time I
Judge Berry,
[ voice, read
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The long-legged stork gained a big the Hopkins County representative,
—. — « t a 4 .. 1 . .. .. Vvn 1* #\f t ll/l 1 AlVl f
jump on the Grim Reaper in Sulphur
Springs and Precinct No. 1 of Hop
kins County in September, accord
who is also a member of the joint
committee.-...........
The new ruling becomes effective
ing to a vital statistic- report filed immediately, and will permit many
Saturday by Justice of Peace E. T.
(Doc) Gafford.
Twelyg, boys and ten girD were
rday night and Sunday. Cooler in j bom in the center precinct of
he Panhandle Saturday and in the kins County during the month, while ” -Ttl Brintllul
nrth nortion Sunday. 1 only six deaths were reported. Phone 481 for your next job printing
rural students in the new ago group
to attend school who might have
otherwise been prevented, Wiler
said.
lorth portion Sunday.
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1 only six deaths were reported.
rCi
of the alleged crime and is now in-
sane, a 12-man jury in Judge Ghas.
D. Berry's Eighth Judicial District
Court reported at 9:40 o’clock Sat-
urday morning. The jurors were giv-
en the case shortly after 4 o clock
Friday afternoon and deliberated
during the afternoon. They wore
ready to report their verdict as soon
us Judge Berry reached Sulphur
Springs on Saturday.
The courtroom, in contrast to the
five previous days of the sanity
hearing, was only partially filled as
the jurors filed Into the room and
lined up before Judge Berry. J. L.
Bullock stepped forward and hand
ed Judge Berry the verdict.
The Judge, before the jury had
been brought into .the courtroom,
admonished the crowd against any
demonstrations.
men for the week.
The verdict, Judge Berry explain
ed, means that he will certify the
court record* and pass the papers
on to County Judge J. A. Wyatt,
who will apply for admittance pa
pers for Mm. Poor in some state in-
saqe asylum. She will be held in the
asylum until her sanity is restored,
Judfee Berry said. Mrs. Poor was
placed in the care of Sheriff Ed
Banister, and will remain in his care
until she is sent to the asylum. (
The spectators hearing the ver-
dict were quiet and orderly. They
trailed out of the courtroom In an
orderly manner after Judge Berry
adjourned court.
Later in the day Saturday Judge
Berry signed the minutes for the
August- term of court and adjourn-
ed the judicial body until the Janu-
ary session.
Dallas, Oct. 7.—Dr. W. D. Brad-
field, professor emeritus of Chris-
tine doctrine at Southern Methodist j
University, lias decided to accept
the chairmanship of the Texas Li-
quor Control Board, Governor W.
Lee O’Daniel said here Friday night.
“Dr. Brad field told me he appreci-
ated Da- opportunity to serve his
state." said th,; Governor. "He also
I said that tnany friends in Dallas and.
I over the state had urged him to ac-
j ,-i pi the appointment.”
The liquor hoard place was of-
fend to Dr." Bradfield by the Gov-
ernor a few days ago, but the 73-
year-old educator and church leader
asked time to consider. He will suc-
i-eed W. J. Williams of Port Arthur,
whose term expires Oct. 15.
Dr. Bradfield is an ardent dry,
whil • the other two members arc
considered wet.
ROOSEVELT HAS
NOTHING TO SAY
ABOUT HITLER
(P, SHKfalii Prtu)
Hyde Park, N. Y., Oct. 7.—Presi-
dent Roosevelt sent reporters word
today that there was' nothing to say
about the Berlin dispatches announc-
ing Hitler would accept an armistice
in the Bjuropean war if President
Roosevelt proposed it.
W. A. Isham, 64, died at the
home of his son, Elmer Isham, care-
taker at Elberta Lake, at 6 o’clock
F’riday afternoon. Mr. Isham is sur-
vived by many relatives and friens.
Funeral services were conducted
at 4 o’clock at Brigham’s cemetery,
north of Campbell.
HOME RUN SPREE '
GIVES YANKEES
THIRD VICTORY
Cincinnati, Oct. 7.—The explosive
bats of the New York Yankees blast-
ed out four home runs here Satur-
day to score a 7 to 3 victory over,
the fighting Cincinnati Reds. The
victory was the third straight for
the Yanks, who hope to conclude the
scries Sunday with their fourth win
in a row. ,
The Yanks pounded out only five
hits, but four of them were home
run*. Chur:-* Keller s«u»cked out
two and BUI Dielry and Joe Di
Maggio clouted one each. The Reds,
who early in the game held a 3 to 2
lead, garnered a total Of 10 hits off
Lefty Gome* and Bump Hadley.
Junior Thompson, Griffon and Whit-
ey Moore hurled for the Red*. Moore
pitched the last three innings, fac-
ing all Yankees, and did not give up
a hit In a nice piece Of relief hurl-
ing.
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Bagwell, J. S. The Daily News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 239, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 8, 1939, newspaper, October 8, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth825687/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.