The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 109, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1935 Page: 4 of 4
four pages : ill. ; page 22 x 15 in. Scanned from physical pages.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
The Lampasas Daily Leader
J. H. ABNEY & SON
Herbert J. Abney, Publisher
Entered at the postoffice at Lampasas
March 7, 1904, as second-class mail.
THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
(Payable in Advance)
One month ....................................$ .40
Three months
One year.....
.$1.00
.$4.00
KIDNAPED LAD CAN’T IDEN-
TIFY WIFE OF WALEY
TACOMA, Wash., JuTy 11.—The
government’s case against Margaret
Waley ended in anticlimax instead of
a smashing denouncement Thursday
when George Hunt Weyerhaeuser, 9,
victim of a $200,000 kidnaping, fail-
ed to identify her as one of his ab-
ductors.
Shortly after his testimony the
government rested and the defense
immediately demanded a directed ver-
dict of acquittal.
Mrs. Waley then went on the stand
when the judge denied the defense
motion.
The shy, brown-haired boy was led
painstakingly through the story of
his abduction by J. Charles Dennis,
United States attorney, until the lad
electrified the courtroom by telling
the jury of ten men and two women
he had never seen Mrs. Waley before.
“Did you ever see this lady be-
fore?” Dennis asked him.
“No,” said George firmly, after
glancing swiftly at the 19 year old
Utah girl.
Mrs. Waley did not look at George.
Her head was lowered and she star-
ed stolidly at the floor.
The heir to vast Weyerhaeuser tim-
ber holding and sawmills had just
identified pictures of Harmon Metz
Waley and William Mahan as his
captors. Referring to the Spokane
residence where George was impris-
oned for a time, Dennis asked: “Was
anyone else in the house?”
“Not that I know of,” said George.
Waley, 24, small town bad boy who
failed dismally in his first major
crime, was waiting in the Marshal’s
office for a call to testify for his
wife. He was taken from McNeil
Island prison where he is serving a
forty-five year term on his plea of
guilty to the same Lindbergh act
charges on which Mrs. Waley is be-
ing tried.
Defense Counsel John F. Dore did
not cross-examine George. He pre-
sented a motion to Federal Judge E.
E. Cushman asking that fourteen in-
structions be given the jury. The
motion was argued during the late
afternoon.
The defense made a determined ef-
fort to obtain dismissal of count one
of the indictments, charging kidnap-
ing under the Lindbergh statute
which necessitates proof that she
transported the victim across a State
line.
Dore argued that evidence was in-
sufficient to connect the defendant
with transporting the boy into Idaho.
The jury was taken from the court-
room during the arguments.
Mrs. Waley glanced at George
once when the lad entered the court-
room, then averted her gaze. The
boy stole quick glances at her. He
spoke softly and many of his an-
swers were inaudible at the rear of
the courtroom into which only seven-
ty-five spectators were jammed. The
lad appeared overwhelmed by the
dignity of courtroom procedure, but
gained confidence as Dennis steered
him carefully through preliminary
questions.
He identified a picture of Mahan,
alias Dainard, who escaped police at
Butte, Montana.
“Yes, I saw him in front of Annie
Wright Seminary,” said George. “He
is the man who put me in the car.”
The lad was seized at the noon
hour May 24 as he waited in front
! of the seminary for his sister, Ann.
He said he could not identify Waley
as one of the men who seized him,
but definitely named him as one of
his captors and guards. He saw only
Mahan and Waley in the eight days
of his imprisonment.
KINDNESS TO DRIVERS URGED
24 KILLED AS QUAKE
ROCKS 2 JAP CITIES
TOKIO, July 11.—Twenty-four per-
sons were killed and 58 injured to-
day by a severe earthquake in the
rich Shizuoka district of Japan from
which America annually buys millions
of dollars worth of tea.
A police survey showed that the
casualties and the more serious dam-
age, were confined to Shizuoka City,
100 miles southwest of here with a
population of 136,000, and Shimizu,
with a population of 56,000.
A total of 47 buildings were re-#
ported destroyed with many score
more seriously damaged.
Fires broke out but were subdued
before they spread seriously.
Electric power plants were put out
of commission and the cities were in
darkness at 8 p. m., but authorities
said they hoped to restore the ser-
vice during the night.
The earthquake was felt here.
Warehouses collapsed at Shimizu
Port, near Shizuoka, and it was fear-
ed there might be casualties there.
Hamamatsu reported experiencing a
heavy shock, but only slight damage.
Fragmentary reports said many
houses collapsed at Shizuoka City,
the south central coast of the main
island, and fires started.
Shizuoka, capital of the perfecture
of the same name and of the pro-
vince of Sunruga, is a clean and airy
city, noted for its manufactures of
cheap lacquer ware, delicate basket
work and the fine bamboo plaiting.
The heights throughout the district
and on to Fujieda are covered with
low, thick tea bush.
Spurs of hills .form the backbone
of the country, but from Shizuoka
to Nagoya, 115 miles away, and back
from the sea lies flat country bear-
ing rice fields.
College Station, July 11.—Capt.
Roy Rogers of the Houston police
department put himself in solid with
every automobile driver in Texas to-
day.
His speech before peace officers
attending their second annual short
course dealt largely with methods of
handling traffic violators.
“Kill them with kindness,” he urg-
ed fellow officers.
“The average motorist trys to draw
the officer into an argument the first
thing,” said Rogers. “The officer who
uses a kind word has the advantage
and if he does get into an argument
he is licked.”
Arrests for traffic violations are
generally unnecessary, he said. Run-
ning “through a red light” or boule-
vard stop sign is generally done with-
out intent on the part of the motor-
ist and “smart cracks” on the part
of the officer are insults and should
be avoided, Rogers asserted.
“We wonder why the public is not
more friendly. The reason is the
public has been mishandled so long
they have lost faith in the officer
and work themselves out of traffic
muddles. The first word, and it
should be a friendly one, on the part
of the officer, is the word that
counts.”
V. A. Leonard, superintendent of
the bureau of identification of Fort
Woi'th, was another speaker.
never known to laugh—and seldom
smiled.”
Anderson, chairman of the Mark
Twain Centennial committee, describ-
ed the writer’s parents in an address,
one of a series in commemoration of
the one hundredth anniversary of his
birth.
“Mark Twain’s mother,” Anderson
said, “was the Aunt Polly of Tom
Sawyer. She lived next door to my
grandmother. She read evei’ything
she could get her hands on. This was
perhaps why her husband helped to
found the library that in time came
to be the first free library in Mis-
souri.
“From his mother Sam Clemens
got his drawl and his humor; for
though John Clemens was the father
of the world’s greatest humorist, he
was never known to laugh and sel-
dom smiled.”
Anderson, a former mayor of Han-
nibal, told of Mark Twain’s birth in
Florida, Mo., Nov. 30, 1835, shortly
after arrival of his family from
Jamestown, Tenn.
Brooker Maxey of Lometa under-
went a major operation Thursday at
the local hospital. He is getting
along nicely.
Mrs. Amos Gaddy . Jr. underwent an
appendectomy Friday in the local hos-
pital.
i WHILE YOU WAIT I!
? ?!
X We have a cool, comfortable *** !
place to wait while your shoes
? are being repaired. Come in A
| today. ?
Ladies’ half soles—6!}C ?
X Ladies’ small heel taps—20c X
Y »!♦
Y Men’s half soles A
T f
X 75c, $1.00 & $1.25 X
| ALL WORK GUARANTEED |
| PEAK’S SHOE STORE |
X The Little Store of Big Values *t*
A A
PARENTS AFRAID TO SPANK
TOT WHO SWALLOWED BULLET
Miss Elizabeth Taylor of Bay City
is a guest here in the home of her
uncle, Dr. and Mrs. N. B. Taylor.
Elkay’s white Shoe Cleaner and
Polish for any kind white shoes 25c
at Mackey’s and Lion Drug Store, (d)
Midco Freeze, assorted flavors, makes
delicious Ice Cream in either automatic
or hand freezers. Try this extra qual-
ity product today.
15c or 2 cans for—25c
GELATINE—White Swan, delicious,
quick setting, package .........................
5c
Red Heart Cat & Dog Food.
Diet A—Cereals & Vegetables,
Beef added.
Diet B—Meat, Cereal, Cured Fish
and Cod, Liver Oil.
Diet C—Meat, Cereal & Vegetables
Cheese added.
The ideal Food for your pet—feed them
in variety, 1-lb can—10c
WATERMELONS—Fresh from Hoover’s Valley
Don’t forget to call or come in Satur-
day. You will find quality merchan-
dise, prompt, courteous service along
with popular prices.
W. H. Moses Cash Grocery
PHONE 400
“Dependable Groceries at Dependable Prices”
n t m hiiiiimii mi.......
MOTHER OF MARK TWAIN
IS GIVEN CREDIT FOR
HIS HUMOR
Tulsa, Okla., July 12.—Harry
Stege, 13 months old, need have no
fear of getting spanked these days.
Wednesday, Harry, whose father is
-a police sergeant, swallowed a .32
caliber cartridge.
“We’re being very careful with
Harry,” Mrs. Stege said Thursday.
“We don’t want him to get jarred
until the cartridge has been extract-
ed.”
Columbia, Mo., July 11.—The world
has Mark Twain’s mother to thank
for his humor, as well as for his
drawl, one who knew the famous
humorist said tonight.
The author’s father, said Morris
Anderson of Hannibal, Mo., where
Mark Twain spent his childhood, “was
Bath Sprays 49c and 79c at Mack-
ey’s and Lion Drug Store. (d)
Copy furnished to the printer
should be written only on one side of
the paper, otherwise a part of it is
likely to be overlooked. PLEASE re-
member this.
•AY v
X . .
Warm Weather Foods
Phone us your orders for warm weather foods
and supplies for picnics and lunches. Our. stocks
are fresh and complete in those lines.
The fresh fruit and vegetable market is not as
good since the continued warm w.eather, but we
have everything that the market affords.
DRESSED POULTRY
Millican Produce Co.
E. B. MILLICAN, Owner
“The Friendly Store”
Come To Our Store
FOR QUALITY AND PRICES
SUGAR
10 pounds
Limit, for
52c
Fresh Country
25c
BANANAS
Butter, tb ..............
Large Size,
Fresh Eggs,
tested, doz.............
22c
Dozen
Coffee, Maxwell
House or Admira-
tion, 3-tb can ........
79c
lOc
FLOUR—48 pound sack
Canadian Seal ..........................
1.45
Sliced Bacon,
Dexter, 1-lb ..........
33c
Iced Melons,
30 to 40-lbs .........
35c
Corn Flakes,
3 boxes ..................
25c
Potatoes,
10-lbs for ...........
1Sc
WE ARE OPEN UNTIL EIGHT O’CLOCK
Our Prices are not Taxed with Credit Losses
TOM i JOHN
WHERE QUALITY REIGNS WITH PRICE
SPECIALS
5Sc
69c
39c
39c
N
9c
Wilson Drug Co.
The Drug Store of
Personal Service
100 Bayer Aspirin
Tablets for ..............
75c O. J’s. Beauty
Lotion for ................
50c Jergens
Lotion ......................
Verminox Fly Kill,
full pint for ............
AT OUR FOUNTAIN
Big Banana
Split for ..............
Air-Conditioned
Tourist Pullman
Pullman Lounge
and Chair Car
5 Los Angeles
July 21
*40
Round
Trip
Los Angeles or San Diego
$50 to San Francisco
On Sale July 20-21, Limited 21 Days.
Visit Pacific International Exposition San Diego.
Lv. Lampasas 4:57 A. M. July 21
Ar. Los Angeles 9:35 P. M., July 22
For details and reservations
Ask Your Santa Fe Agent
Only a Few Left!
of this Model F-5
GENERAL ® ELECTRIC
Flat Top All-Steel Refrigerator
at the Extra Special Price
./ #137—
Only
or Slightly More on Terms of $4.9 5 a Month
Here’s what you get in this F-5 Refrigerator:
• Full Family Size-
• Stainless Steel Freezer
• Surplus Power for Fast
Freezing
• Very Low Current Con-
sumption
• All-steel Cabinet—Long
Life
-11 sq. ft. shelf area
• Automatic Interior Light-
ing
• Foot Pedal Door Opener
• Automatic Temperature
Control
• Ultra Modern Styling
Trade-in Allowance for your old refrigerator
They won’t last long at this low price.
See them today at our store.
Texas Power H Light Co.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 109, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1935, newspaper, July 12, 1935; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897116/m1/4/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.