The Lampasas Daily Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 281, Ed. 1 Monday, February 2, 1931 Page: 4 of 4
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The Lampasas Daily Leader
J. H. Abney Herbert Abney
J. H. ABNEY & SON
Owners and Publishers
GOLD STAR TRIP
BIG JOB FOR ARMY
GUARANTY FUND IS ORDERED
TO REPAY $523,000
Entered at the postoffice at Lampaaas
March 7, 1904, as second-class mail.
THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
(Payable in Advance)
One month _______________________? *40
Three months--------------------$1.00
One year_____________________________$4.00
COMPROMISE MEASURE TO
PAY VETERANS IS SOUGHT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.—A com-
promise proposal to provide war vet-
erans with approximately $800,000,-
000 on their adjusted compensation
certificates was under consideration to-
night in an effort to enact veterans
relief legislation this session.
This plan has been advanced to
bridge the chasm between the con-
flicting views of house members who
favor the payment of full face value
of the certificates and those who op-
pose any legislation at this time.
Secretary Mellon has led the opposi-
tion to the full payment plan.
He told the house ways and means
committee such action would upset
the nation’s financial structure and
would cost $3,400,000,000.
There were indications tonight the
compromise might be accepted by
house opponents of any legislation
provided those who favor cash re
demption would not press for addi-
tional payments.
The compromise plan would permit
additional plans on the bonus certifi
cates, allowing a maximum of 52 per
cent indebtedness instead of the 22
per cent.
Meanwhile, the ways and means
committee planned to resume hear-
ings on the legislation tomorrow with
such veterans’ champions as Repre-
sentatives Rankin of Mississippi, Ed-
ward of Georgia and Johnson of Tex-
as, democrats and Clancy, Michigan
republican, to be heard, in addition
to witnesses for the opposition.
Chairman Hawley said it would be
Wednesday night “at least” before
the group could meet in executive ses-
sion to determine on its recommenda-
tions.
Outstanding Achievement, An-
nual Report Says.
AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 1.—An order
was obtained Satui’day from the 98th
District Court of Travis County by
Attorney General James V. Allred for
immediate payment of $523,000 to
banks and depositors from the guar-
anty State bank fund, which has been
YOUNG FATHER BLIND FROM
DRINKING CHRISTMAS BOOZE
A young stalwart father blinded
by poison liquor and in all probability
incapacitated for further labor, and
as a result a frail young wife faced
with the responsibility of looking af-
ter their small family—this is the
situation that has resulted from the
illicit sale of liquor in DeWitt Coun-
ty, a situation that will lead to the
immediate launching of an; aggressive
campaign to stamp out the evil of
this county.
Officials are now investigating the
case that was first brought to their
attention when a young DeWitt Coun-
ty man was bi’ought to Cuero for
medical attention, blinded after drink-
ing Christmas bootleg. With him was
his young wife and two little child-
ren. The case is one of the most se-
rious and tragic that has been brought
to the attention of local authorities,
and District Attorney Green stated
that steps would be taken immediate-
ly to discover the source of the poison
liquor which constitutes a public
menace so long as the identity of the
distributor is undiscovered.
A thorough investigation of the case
will be made by the grand jury when
court convenes next week it was in-
dicated; and prosecution of all parties
found guilty of making and selling
bootleg liquor will follow the probe.—
Cuero Record.
Dr. and Mrs. Joe B. Townsen and
Mi\ and Mrs. T. B. Rodgers and
daughter, Mary Annette, spent Sun-
day in Goldthwaite in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Dow Hudson.
Mrs. R. E. Bristol is at home from
an extended visit in McKinney with
relatives.
ONE
SWALLOW
of Thoxine is guaran-
teed to relieve sora
i throat. Quicker, bet-
ter and pleasanter
1 than anything you
have ever used, or
your money back. 35c„
60c., $1. All druggists.
tKI*oaT
NThoxine
Lion Drug Store and all other
Good Drug Stores.
THE HARKEYS
CHIROPRACTIC
HEALTH SERVICE
Licensed Chiropractors — X-Ray
“You’ve Tried The Rest
. f—Now Try The Best”
Washington.—Conduct of thousands
of American Gold Star mothers and
widows to military cemeteries hi .
France, partial completion of the army ! held m the State Treasury for four
housing program, and the restoration I years by litigation,
of Robert E. Lee’s old home were men- j The order will allow payment of
tioned as outstanding accomplish- j depositors of nine banks that failed
ments ^ of the army quartermaster’s while operating under the guaranty
corps in its annual report. j func| ]aw> depositors will receive
The report was made by Maj. Gen.
J. L. Dewitt, quartermaster general,
who succeeded Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheat-
ham in that post last January.
The quartermaster’s corps was
charged by the secretary of war with
making all the arrangements for the
Gold Star mothers’ European pilgrim-
age and, Dewitt said, “the most care-
ful consideration was give to this
duty.”
All work under the 1927 army hous-
ing program, providing 660 new hos-
pital beds, housing accommodations
for 7,983 enlisted men, 92 noncommis-
sioned officers, and 18 officers’ fam-
ilies, has been carried out, Dewitt re-
ported. In addition the 1928 program
has been finished except for'commis-
sioned officers’ quarters at Selfridge
field, Michigan.
Thus far congress has appropriated
$40,000,000 for the army housing pro-
gram. When the 1930 work is done
quarters for 4,801 enlisted - men, 437
noncommissioned officers’ families, 873
officers’ families and 29 nurses will
have been finished.
There still will need to be provided,
Dewitt said, quarters for 14,600 em
listed men, 3,286 officers, and 2,463
noncommissioned officers, envisioned in
the permanent housing program.
Restoration of the Robert E. Lee
mansion at Arlington, Va., was com-
pleted during the last year, the quar-
termaster general said. Also, more
than a third of the furniture needed
to give the, interior its original ap-
pearance has been obtained. More
than 85,000 persons have visited the
place since last March, when it was
opened.
The present strength of the quarter-
master’s corps is 767 officers and 7,457
enlisted men, Dewitt reported.
a total of $256,000. A large number
of banks, once members of the guar-
anty fund group, will receive $267,000.
An injunction against the State
Banking Board, composed of the State
Commissioner of Banking, the Attor-
ney General and the State Treasurer,
has prevented distribution of the bal-
ance of the fund, ^mounting to more
than $2,000,000.
Depositors of the following banks
are to have their money restored:
Commercial Guaranty Bank of Long-
view, Commercial State Bank of Cis-
co, Altoga State Bank of Altoga,
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
of Mount Calm, Guaranty State Bank
I of Trinidad, Farmers State Bank of
^ Kemp, First State Bank of Belton,
j Guaranty State Bank of Gunter and
| Addison State Bank of Addison.
laws. If an alien, he has taken a double
oath, and if a citizen by birth has
strengthened the obligation to honor
and to obey our statutes.
Realizing this, it is far worse for a
public official than for an individual
to commit a crime. Not'merely as an
example, but because he is repudiat-
ing a sacred oath voluntarily made by
himself.
There is no valid reason for con-
tinuing this immunity—it is an an-
cient custom that will be more hon-
ored in the breach than in the ob-
servance. But so long as it exists, we
may be certain that officials who have
erred will take advantage of it to
protect themselves.—Schenectady Ga-
zette.
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WILL ROGERS’ TOUR
BRINGS $80,000.00
Skeleton of Giant Boy
Is Unearthed in Mexidb
Soyopa, Sonora, Mexico.—The skele-
ton of a “young boy” six feet eight
Inches tall was found 20 miles north
of this town by an expedition of sci-
entists seeking traces of a prehistoric
race of supermen. The skeletons of
four more children were unearthed
nearby, together with several jars con-
taining human ashes.
The excavation, located near the
place where three adult skeletons, all
more than eight feet tall, had been
found, definitely established the local-
ity as a prehistoric burial ground, ac-
cording to Dean Byron H. Cummings
of the University of Arizona, leader of
the expedition.
Highly developed examples' of pot-
tery were found in the graves of the
children. Doctor Cummings said these
works of ancient artisans .were at
least 2,000 years old.
Indian, Leg Broken, Cuts
Telegraph Wire as S O S
Wrangell, Alaska.—Between moose,
avalanches and Indians, linemen of
the Dominion Telegraph line, which
crosses Alaska here, have plenty of
woe. Some days ago, Thomas Hauter,
trouble shooter, was sent out to find a
break in the line.
About sixty miles inland he came
across an aged Indian, with broken
ley, lying near a chopped-off telegraph
tripod and twisted wire. The Indian
was nearly dead when found by
Hauter.
“Me purty seect, can no travel
trail. Cut down wire, know you come
along purty soon, get me,” explained
the injured native in acknowledging
the damage he did to the communica-
tion system.
Prisoner Admits Guilt
After Jury Disagrees
Boston.—A Suffolk county jury de-
liberated for 11 hours and then re-
ported a disagreement In the case of
Joseph Laskey, twenty-three, alleged
robber. As soon as the disagreement
had been announced the defendant
admitted his guilt and was given a
five-year jail sentence.
Eight-Cent Check Sends
Two Men to Prison
Minneapolis, Minn. — One 8-cent
check has brought two men to the
penitentiary. Harold Bassett plead-
ed guilty to raising the check to $88
and Joseph B. Runyan pleaded guilty
to stealing it from Bassett. Bassett
will have to serve four years, while
Runyan received a year and a day.
Largest Wind Tunnel
in America Finished
Akron, Ohio.—A wind tunnel,
said to be the largest and most
complete in the United States,
has been completed and added
to the equipment of the aeronau-
tic research department of the B.
F. Goodrich company.
The tunnel will be used for
procuring data regarding vari-
ous aeronautical appliances. En-
gineers say it is large enough
to test full-sized airplanes.
FORT WORTH, Feb. 1.—Wise-
cracking his way into the purses of
Texans to get more than $80,000 for
the Red Cross drouth relief fund in
a week’s time, Will Rogers had proof
today of his own remark that “the
folks closest to hurt usually are the
first ones to do something to help it.”
That 'Was 'the Oklahoma cowboy
humorist’s monetary “pull” for 13 ap-
pearances in Texas, since he flew
south a week ago, piloted by Captain
Frank Hawks, transcontinental flight
record holder.
Today, both Rogers and Hawks rest-
ed here, preparatory to taking to the
, , , . , air again for 'Oklahoma City to begin
The ltdssoni-sermon subject was .r ,. , „ ,, , . ,
„ . ,, , , . . . a relief tour of that state.
Love m all churches of Christ, _ , . , ....
~ , ,—, , j Beginning last Monday at Austin,
Scientists, Sunday, Feb. 1. , t
,, , . „ , . . he was welcomed by Governor Ross
The golden text was from Jeremiah , . . . ,
„ (Iml T . . .. ... ..Sterling and legislators. There the
31:3. “The Lord hath appeared of. old b b . _ . .,
,, T . . . Claremore sage remarked he would
unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved .... ^ ^ .. . „
like to start a relief for ex-governors
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCHES
thee with an everlasting love, there-
fore with loving kindness have I
drawn thee.”
Included in the service was the
following passage from the Bible (Ro-
mans 13:8): “Owe no man anything,
but to love one another; for he that
loveth another hath fulfilled the law.”
The lesson-sermon also included the
following citation from the Christian
Science textbook, “Science and Health •
with Key to the Scriptures,” by Mary
Baker Eddy: “The rich in spirit help'
the poor in one grand brotherhood, i
all having the same Principle, or Fa- j
ther; and blessed is that man who
seeth his brother’s need and supplieth
it, seeking his own in another’s good.”
(P. 518).
Church Reporter.
of Texas. He also recalled the rumor
that Governor Sterling had 21 bath-
rooms in his Bayshoi’e home at Hous-
ton.
“I guess he goes home every Satur-
day night for a bath,” surmised Rog-
ers, “and that’s a good idea. The gov-
ernor’s mansion here must have been
designed by a specialist, probably
Chic Sale’s grandfather.”
He told a Fort Worth audience
“Cowtown” was his favorite city in
Texas. In Wichita Falls, the humor-
ist sugested that part of the relief
j money be used to feed independent
oil operators.
Confronted by a smaller audience
in Dallas than had turned out to hear
him in much smaller towns,1 Rogers
grumbled. And what he said across
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No radical changes.
But some interesting refinements
added features.
and a few
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Miller, Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Darnall and Miss Opal
Darnall were visitors in Temple,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gamel of Bur-
net spent the week end here in the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Gamel.
Ther© hps been no noticeable
change in the condition of Mrs. Kate
Field, who has been very low at her
home here for the past few days.
Miss Helen Willerson, a student in
Baylor University, Waco, spent the
week end here in the home of her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Willerson.
Mrs. S. T. Cruiclcshank of Lake
Charles, La., arrived Sunday for a
visit with her daughter, Mrs. E. Babe
Smith Jr., in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. Babe Smith in this city.
Mrs. W. J. Jenkins of Rosebud and
Mrs. C. I. Aldrich of Temple are here
at the bedside of Mrs. Kate Field, who
is very seriously) ill.
The Woman’s Council of the Central
Christian Church will meet Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock in the church
Harry Feild of Bartlesville, Okla.,
arrived Sunday evening to be at the
bedside of his sister, Mrs. Kate Field,
who is critically ill at her home in
this city.
END THE IMMUNITY PRIVILEGE
For a long time there has been
growing opposition to the constitution-
al provision which gives a public offi-
cer immunity from prosecution should
he testify regarding his own acts.
It has been felt that this clothed those
guilty of crime with a defense which
often could not be overcome.
Now an endeavor is to be made to
end this special privilege by provid-
ing that acceptance of office automati-
cally waives this. In short, should the
proposal become part of our statutes,
an official could be forced to testify
even if it incriminated him.
Any man accepting a public post
takes upon himself certain obligations.
The private individual is supposed,
through birth in this country, to have
thus subscribed to our laws, and to re-
spect them and to aid in their enforce-
ment. The alien, in becoming a citi-
zen, subscribes to this.
But, 'most of all, the man elevated
by election or appointment to public
office takes upon himself a solemn ob-
ligation to observe and to enforce our
For one thing you may now have a paper bail
on your Corona, if you prefer the bail to paper
fingers.
You may also order your machine equipped with
1, 11/2, 2 line spacing. All typewriters will space
single or double between lines, but the II/2 space
is something new. It gives a very pleasing effect
to a letter and allows you to get more words on a
page.
There are other interesting things to learn
about the latest Corona. We will gladly explain
them fuly if you will drop in or phone, us.
Lampasas Leader
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age of what he remarked backstage
to anyone who would listen. Just to
get even, he turned serious for the
evening and gave the Dallasites a
genuine sermon on the need for con-
tributing the Red Cross quota.
Nearly 40,000 Texans turned out to
the footlights wasn’t a small percent- I hear him in Austin, San Angelo, Abi-
lene, Breckenridge, Dallas, Houston,
Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, Mineral
Wells, Waco, Beaumont, Port Arthur
and San Antonio.
And although he came to Texas to
enlist aid for drouth relief, the cow-
boy wit found himself wading through
rain, mud and slush most of the time.
No More
Horse-Laughs
REMEMBER what our school books taught us about the lives
of inventors who lived many years ago? How often we used
to read,* “He went on with his experiments in spite of the
laughter of his friends, and the ridicule of his neighbors.’
HoW different is the modern state of mind! This age is
remarkable for its keen awareness of progress ... the eager
willingness of most of us to accept new things, and better
ways. The skeptical person is the exception—expectancy is
the rule. Sf we read about an invention that will wash the
middle of our hacks, we say, “Fair enough; tomorrow there
will be an automatic way to keep our noses powdered.”
New things and better ways are announced regularly in
this paper ... in the advertisements. Every day you may be
expecting something that will make your life easier, pleas-
anter, more healthful. Possibly a new electrical contrivance,
or a car that’s easier to drive, or a new idea in breakfast
foods. Follow the advertising columns . . . and sooner or
later you’ll get the good news. People who make it a point
to know what’s going on read the advertisements every day.
IT PAYS TO READ THE ADVERTISEMENTS
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