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First National Bank Capital $200,000.00 "First In Lubbock" the Dayontne South Plains OCK MORNING ELEVENTH YEAR, NO. 222 10 PAGES J.UBBOCK, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBERS, 1933 MEANS "ASSOCIATED PRESS" Texas Hurricane Kills 32 And Injures Rio Grande Valley Devastated felue Eagle's Wings Spread Wide In City I Twenty Per Cent Increase In Employment And Addition Of $24,000 To Payrolls Shown In First Report Details Lacking Approximately 700 Firms Are Under NRA Rules; Total Of 350 Persons Back At Work As Result Of Drive 1 rpHE spread of the Blue Eagle's J. wings in Lubbock, although still not stretched full length, has al- brought an. increase of twen- ty psr cent employment and ap- proximately in payrolls of the city, a tentative report of the local NBA campaign revealed Tuesday. The report, although incomplete and lacking In details in several cases, showed clearly that President recovery program has already begun to take tangible 1 1 orm here.

350 Back at Three hundred and fifty persons have been put to work since local employers signed the President's Reemployment agreement three weeks ago. The report, secured by local NBA committeeinen in the downtown drive last week-end, showed 'a total of 1,972 people employed in more than 500. businesses as compared to 1,611 before NRA Sighing started here. Appr'oxfrnately 700 business firms of under, the'; Eagle while 50 or 60 more still unsigned are making all. possi- le arrangements to sign-as soon code difficulties are worked out.

Most of these firms are small. Only a few employers in the city have made no effort to sign the NRA code, the report showed. Incomplete reports were made on 110 firms out Ifcof this group more than half have already been signed under the NBA. All Classes Affected The firm reports, covering every sort of business in the city, showed that all classes or labor have been affected by the increased employment. From day laborers to white collar workers, the increased em- pfoyment and wages has been dis- largest number of persons reported employed by one firm under the NBA was eleven.

The greatest Individual payroll increase was reported above $700. Intelligence Is Aid For Lovers (By The Associated Press) AMES, Sept. 5. Intelligence seeks its own level In marriage contracts begun in college, reports Prof. M.

W. Frlti of the psychology department of Iowa State college. Either intentionally or unintentionally the college person in choosing-, a mate picks out one of very nearly his own mental caliber, Professor Fritz says he found after an experiment running through four years. Of 126 cases he found that 51 high-ranking men became engaged to high-ranking girls. jTwenty-six high-ranking men came engaged to low ranking 'girls.

Thirty-four low ranking men were accepted by high ranking girls, and 15 low-ranking men became engaged to girls in the same mentality class. Labbock Postal Receipts August Show Slight Decline i jvLubbock's postal receipts for Au- fell off 14 per cent from the month in 1932, ac- oordlnE to a report announced yes- by M. M. Brown, acting Receipts were: $7,986.53, compared Lwith $9,336.03 last year, a loss of $1,349.50. July receipts, however, were in Ixcess of the same month last year.

For the two months, the net ioss Sis $544.33. OPERATORS CALLED AUSTIN, Sept. 5. oil rators have been called to meet Austin on September 16 to dls- how this state's 975,200 bar- daily production of petroleum ated to it by the federal gov- ent sh all be prorated to the Injurious fields. Vermont Goes For Repeal In Tuesday Vote Rockboand Pro Stronghold Now Turns Favor To Wets By Big Majority; Becomes The 25th State To Ratify (Br Tho Associated Press) MONTPELTER, Sept.

5. Vermont, long a rockbound prohibition today made the 25th consecutive state 'to' record itself in opposition to retention of prohibition in the constitution. Regarded until the lost as the doubtful state yet to the green mountain voters recorded themselves by two to one for ratification of 'the 21st amendment by which the 18th would be repealed. Counties Dry At least two of the state's fourteen: counties recorded themselves in support of the 18th amendment. Montpelier, capital city, went for repeal by than two to one.

Fourteen delegates to a convention to be held later in the month were elected as a group although they represented each of the state's counties. The vote in cities was: Bennington, for repeal 1884, against 332; Brattleboro, for 1256, against 646; Montpelier, for 1358, against 535. Red Tape In Public Works Is Ordered Brushed Aside WASHINGTON, Sept: 5. afc the slow progress of the public works program, the administration today ordered red tape brushed aside to speed money from thi $3,300,000,000 construction fund into the pockets of the unemployed. Moving in the same direction, the bureau of public roads sought to hasten expenditure of the $400,000,000 allocation for roads by offering to advance money to states from.

a. revolving fund for payment of bills instead of waiting the customary six weeks for approval by Washington. Twenty-Three Are Killed As Trains Crash More Than 100 Other Persons Are Injured As Crack Erie Passenger Train Is Rammed By Milk Train Bodies Mangled Passengers Are Hysterical As They Search Among Ruins Of Coaches For Relatives And Friends Less Fortunate (By The Assoclnled Prenl INGHAMTON, N. Sept. At least twenty-three persons were killed and more than a' hundred injured tonight when the DWO rear coaches of a crack Erie passenger train were ploughed into by a milk train.

The coaches were reduced to a mass of bent and splintered wreckage and mangled bodies. A wooden coach just forward of the steel car on the end or the flisr was smashed like an eggshell by the impact. Many Hysterical Passengers in the diner up forward were hurled from their seats in a welter of broken dishes. Many of them became hysterical searching for relatives and friends whom they had left in the rear coaches while they ate. The wreck occurred just east of Binghamton as the flier, due in Jersey City at 12:45 a.

m. Wednesday (EST) from Chicago, was leaving the city-limits. The milk train, bound from Hor- to Hoboken with a load, swerved off a sidetrack onto the main line, brakes screaming but too late to be effective. Motorists Give Aid Motorists, attracted by the crash began piling the victims, some screaming, others unconscious into their cars, and driving for the nearest hospitals. AH available ambulances, physicians and nurses sped to the scene from Binghamton and nearby Pennsylvania towns.

The stretcher and ambulance corps of Binghamton national guard went into action. Hospitals, overtaxed by the sudden emergency, were unable to furnish a complete list of the dead and injured immediately. Some bodies were so severely mangled it See TRAIN CRASH 7 New Bar Leader Earl W. Evans, of Vl'ichlla, is the new head of the American Bar association. He was elected at the annual convention in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Cuban Leader Quits Office With Cabinet Revolutionary Junta In Power After Coup; Destroyers Are Ordered To Scene To Pro. tect American (Copyright. 1933; by The Associated Provisional President Carlos Manuel Cespedes and his entire office less than a today resigned to make way for a revo- which seiged the a coup which was gtyle Show And JBevue Coming! it Texas' finest style show the Heads Up i hit of the current enter- ent be ewn- here Thursday night, Sep- tMfcer 7, beginning at 8 o'clock at the Senior High school aodl- torium. Get your tickets today or tomorrow at the Avalanche-Journal, 1211-13 Texas Avenue, and the boxoffjce rash! The is 55 cents, including gov- nm tax, for any seat in the of a century ago well lv-. those of this fall and winter II be shown, in addition to floor show presided over by I.

Jlnunie Jefferies, rotund razxenr "-'Station WFAA. wo living will style displays and Smith, his orchestra and famous stars will enter- bon't miss it! Attorneys State Bailey And Bates Will Not Plead Guilty OKLAHOMA Sept. 5 Harvey Bailey and Albert Bates, two of the alleged ringleaders in the Charles F. Urschel kidnaping, "certainly 'will stand triaJ," their attorneys declared tonight as both prosecution and defense began intensive preparation for the trial Sept. 18.

Ben Laska, Denver, attorney for Bates, and James Mathers, ney for Bailey, scoffed at a report their clients would plead guilty. Roosevelt Takes Command Of Government Upon His Return WASHINGTON, Sept. 5. President Roosevelt took quick command of the government upon his return from sea today and within a few hours had canvassed thoroughly the Cuban situation and the progress of national recovery. He went into immediate conference with state department and naval officials on Cuba upon his arrival at the White House at 2 p.

m. He then discussed the whole scope of domestic affairs with the recovery council. forty-Eight Divorce Salts Filed In July And August Forty-eight divorce suits were tiled in 99th district court during July and August, records show, according to Charles B. Metcalfe, district court. Tuesday Judge Clark M.

Mulllcan granted divorces In 15 cases, it is expected additional divorces wili be granted during the term. Bradley Bond Set At $5,000 Levelland Man Is Indicted In Slaying Of Tom Lattimer On August 26; Trial Date Set For September 18 (Special To The Avalanche) LEVELLAND, Sept. 5. y. L.

Bradley, 53, a produce man, was Indicted by a grand jury in the 72nd district court late 'today in the slaying of Tom Lattimer, 45, a water well driller. Bond was set at $5.000 and up to early tonight the bond had not been made. Tentative date for the trial was set for Monday, September 18, District Attorney Dan Blair, said. Shooting August 20 Bradley was represented by j. E.

Vickers and Durwood H. Bradley of Lubbock and Carl v. Ratliff of Levelland. The shooting occurred in front of waa rovlclea nnafc the produce station operated by the iu state aid schools not ea 6 clock saturday to this lutionary junta power during bloodless. Leadership was turned over to a commission of five, representing army non-com missioned officers and radical students, as wild scenes were enacted in the capital.

Destroyers Arrive Two of the destroyers ordered to Cuba to protect American lives and property arrived, the Sturtevant at Santiago and the McFarland In the gulf here. Da Ccspcdes, who moved to the helm August 12 when the regime of Gorardo Machado was swept out, left the palace for his home after declaring that "now is the time for others to assume responsibility." Ilesijjn In Body The cabinet members resigned In a body following a conference in which the junta formally demanded I ho president's resignation. "We have assumed power and have constituted a government," said Jose Irizarri. a member of the commission. "All of thn commissioners will serve with equal powers except, the Guillermo Portela will be the nominal president; before the diplomatic corps.

"We are notifying the diplomatic corps, including United States Ambassador Siimncr Welles, of the change of govarnment and we expect prompt recognition." Requirements For Teachers In Texas Schools Announced AUSTIN. Sept. 5. state board ol education today adopted a requirement that teachers in state aid public schools be required to have a minimum of two years of college training or the equivalent Teachers also are required to holtf a Texas state teachers certificate of no lower standing than a six- year elementary or a four year high school grade. First Move Is Made By Ford To Best NRA Upward Revision In Wages In Plants Of Ford Company Made Known; Daily Pay Put Up To $4.80 Rumors Confirmed Adjustment Has Been Underway Several Weeks And Details Not Worked Out; Some Skilled Workers Get $10 Death List To Reach Hundreds Is Feared BY FRED DYE, TEXAS ASSOCIATED PRESS CHIEF 3epl 6 Wedne dead, 1,500 injured and damage, unofficially at millions of dollars was the known toll early "al hurricane which devastated the extreme southeastern coast of to the west.

Fear that the death Hst would be Texas and raked the lowcr Rio came known wcr restoration of crippled communication vi ded that teachers now may continue free last week on a $2,500 bond pending his appearance lege before the grand jury. standard state teachers col- universit each summer i until the standard is attained. fBj The Associated Press) ETROIT, Sept, upward revision in wages in the plants of the Ford Motor bringing the daily pay for some classes of em- ployes to S4.SO as against a previous $4 minimum became known today, apparently Henry Ford's first move in "going one better" the NRA automobile code from which he is a hold out. Rumors of the upward revision were confirmea mi the Ford offices today, although officials said they were not ready to make an announcement pending the completion of the wage adjustment, which has been under way for several weeks. Thousands Aided It was indicated, however, that already approximately 10,000 of the 40,000 Ford employes have bene- fitted by the increase in bnslc pay rates.

While it was stated that the basic minimum still is $4 a day, the increases for certain 'types of skilled labor, including workers on the assembly lines, to $4.80 and more, bring the Ford wage once more within striking distance of the famous $5 minimum wage with which Ford started the industrial world in 1914. Some workers at present are receiving as high as 310 a day. The company still continues on the five day week, with working eight hours a day. Revision Is Gradual Company officials said today that the wage revision, is a "gradual process." Whether this Is Ford's answer to the wish of the administration that he sign the automobile code, which i am became effective last night without any indication from the motor magnate of his future plans, could not be learned. Ford, still at his Huron mountain camp in Michigan's north woods, remained silent on his policy.

Bids Asked On Highway Work Eleven Miles Of Paving Will Be Included For Lubbock In State Projects; Other Work Scheduled On Plains (By Tho Asnccinlefl Prc.in) AUSTIN. Sept. $1,000,000 worth of highway construction, to be paid for from national recovery funds, will soon be authorized through the Texas highway commission, that group' announced today. Bids for the work were advertised for, to be opened and considered on September 18. On the list is approximately seventy miles of improvements for highway seven in Lynn, Mills, Farmer, Lamb, Hocklcy and Bailey counties.

Bids were a-sked for 13 miles ol grading and drainage structures on highway 70, In Tom Green bridges and approaches for highways 4 and 27 in Klmble county; eight miles of grading, drainage structures and pavement in Husk county; and 11 miles of pavement on highway 24 in Lubbock county. r- nariingen, 1O are expected to die. FEAR DEATH LIST MAY REACH INTO HUNDREDS Congressman Richard M. Kleberg of Texas, who flew over the lower valley in a plane, told Mayor C. K.

Quin of San Antonio that hundreds of persons probably had been killed, and there were other rumors of large loss of life which could not be ver. reported area and -u v- W0 1 TT AA4V.il n. nn edl atel y- A railroad engineer who made his way from Brownsvill tnat the bodies of three persons had been recovered from the hurricane said there undoubtedly are at least a hundred more." Brownsville, Harlingen and San Benito, In the heart of one of the richest agricul- sections in the country, bore the brunt of the storm, which raged in from the 'ast Monday at midnight and devastated the area for many hours; i vallc town suffered severe damage, and the citrus crop of that territory, valued at millions of dollars, was reported to be virtually a total loss. FIVE RELIEF TRAINS SENT INTO STRICKEN AREA Five relief trains were converging on the stricken area last night, carrying medical supplies and food. Two were dispatched from San Antonio, one from Laredo, from Kmgsville and one from Corpus Christi.

State authorities moved maintain order and take relief to the storm country. Harry Hopkins, one swiftly to federal relief di, tnc Texas Rehabilitation and Relief organization, to purchase groceries for the destitute. Army Surgeons And Nurses To Aid In Relief Governor Ferguson Asks And Obtains Emergency Relief From Army; Soldiers Are To Be Stationed In Area School Girl And Mother Are Injured By Vet; Beaten To Death By Brother 1 (By TJie Associated Prcssi lMMlTT, Sept. derangement was believed to have been responsible for Bob Baker, 38-year-old world war veteran, shooting and probably fatally wounding his niece, Beth Baker, and injuring her mother, Mrs. Carl Baker, today.

Bob Baker was beaten into insensibility by his brother, Carl Baker, and died thirty minutes later. The 13-year-old school girl and her mother were in a Tulia hospital tonight. Physicians said the wounded girl had little chance to recover. A 22 bre llet Penetrated her abdomen. An investigation was made by County Attorney Roy Cowserc oi Castro county.

Carl Bakvr said he and his wife were am havlr left Beth In the house, where she was combing her hair in preparation for school. Carl Baker and his wife heard a shot and ran to the house. As they reached the door, the Bin stumbled out. Mrs. Baker entered and found Bob Baker with a gun in his hands.

In the ensuing encounter she managed to disarm him. Bob Baker was heating her with a broom handle when Carl Baker entered. Carl Baker said he called: "Bob, don't do that." "He didn't, pay any attention to me so I jerked an improvised wooden leg from my knee and struck him with it," Carl Bnker -said. "I hit him four or five times, I guess, before he sank down unconscious." 'By The Arsoclntrrt A USTIN, Sept. Mir- A.

Ferguson today asked and obtained from the United States army emergency relief for the storm-torn area of the Rio Grande valley. The chief executive announced that arrangements had been completed with the commander of the Eighth Corps area at San Antonio to send army surgeons, nurses find medical and food on a special train into the stricken section. One hundred and fifty soldiers cf t.he rcRular army nlso will accompany the relief party. Loss Of Life Expected The governor said advices she had received in telephone conversations with Congressman Dick Klebcrg at Corpus Christ! and others convinced her that there must have "been considerable of life" in Brownsville, San Benito, Harltngcn, Mercedes and Raymondvllle. She said she had been told that at least sixty per cent of those towns were destroyed.

"I am nfrald we will find in the morning that there has been a frightful death toll," said James K. Ferguson, the governor's spokesman. He said that the governor waa prepared to take whatever additional steps it will be found necessary. Adjutant General Henry Hutchings was instructed to order every available ranger to the area to guard agalnn depredations. Train Is Contributed The special train will be contributed by i.i\p.

Missouri Pacific railway. Governor Ferguson said. The governor said the population of Cameroij, Hidalgo and Willacy counties Hin center of the storm's path, was 165.000 persons. There were 5,500 families on the federal relief rolls In those counties. Harry Hopkins, federal administrator of relief, told Governor Ferguson in a telephone conversation that the September allowances 1 From La Feria to about nine miles, all telephone wires were down and the valley highway was under from one to four feet of water.

Harlingen itself, whrc nt least 80 per cent of the buildings, both business nnd residential, v.ere damaged, was under water so deep that only a few automobiles could plough through. The hurricane hit Harllngcn between 2 and 3 o'clock Tuesday morning blowing from the west and northwest, and reversed itself and struck ngain from the east and southeast at 10 a. in. Not only flimsy southern structures broken to bits by Its tremendous force but, many heavily constructed brick and concrete buildings were wrenched apart by the angry elements. The scope of the storm ranged from Falfurriiis on the north to Brownsville nnd Port Isabel on the southeast, with its full force being felt ne far west ns McAllrn, beyond which only ranch country extends to the west.

Buildings Demolished From Falfurrlas lo Edlnburg, 85 miles, numerous flimsy structures were blown down, as were huge FRCD DYE Storm's Awful Toll Reported By News Hawk Brownsville Newspaperman Is One Of First Jo Fight Way Out Of Ruin; He Describes Disastrous Hurricane my The Associated Prcm cALUEN, Sept. story of ruin and disaster In one of the richest agricultural areas in the United States, stricken by a tremendous troplcnl hurricane, was brought here tonight by i newspaperman, one of the first to make his way out of the devastated territory- Two hundred injured, many dead and damage to buildings and crops which prooably will total millions was the Immediate result of the storm, according to Dan Fowler, member of the editorial staff of the Brownsville Herald, who battled his way in nn automobile from Brownsville over highways deep in water. "Impossible To Describe" "The ruin Is almost impossible of description," he said. "Small houses nave been w.i.-ished to kindling wood AU.MV REMEF. Page 7 TYPHOON TAKES TOLL TOKYO, Sept.

5. dead and 23 missing In western Japan and southern Korea comprised the known toll today of the typhoon that swept out of the Yellow sea. Yamaguchi and Yamagata prefectures in Japan reported three known dead and 10 missing. Rengo (Japanese) News agency reported from Seoul, capital of Korea, killed and 13 missing. Hundreds of houses in southern Korea were reported partially flooded, trees and poles carrying public the Lhrec clt hj ap arently tltllltifiiMl'nr- I utility wires.

In Edinburg one storage warehouse ami packing plant Additional Hurricane News On Page 7 were demolished, many roofs were torn off and f.mall structures were blown away. At Pharr, eight miles south of Edinburg, many large palms were down. East of Pharr the water was 18 inches deep on the highway, and telephone poles were blown across the road. At San Junn, two miles cast of Pharr, deep water covered the streets. The Snn Juan hotel damaged bndly and nearly all store porches were blown down.

Packing Sheds Wrecked Three miles cast of San Juan at Alamo three fruit packing sheds were damaged badly and a lumber yarci was wrecked. In the territory cast of Alamo See DEATH AND, Page 7 FLOIUDAXS'ARE HOMELESS JACKSONVILLE, Sept. 5. tonight sought means of caring for 1,000 families left homeless or without incomes by a tropical hurricane that raked part, of the east coast and struck through the south central interior Sunday night and Monday, leaving a of far above a million dollars in damage. Henry M.

Baker, assistant national disaster director of the Red Cross, who arrived in the state in advance o( the storm, tonight said a survey of the damaged sections between Lake Worth and Vero Beach and in the interior showed 1,800 persons homeless or without prospects of an Income as a result of the damage lo citrus crops. bore the brunt of the storm, Brownsville. Harlingen and San Benito. Fronts of brick buildings have been battered to pieces. Debris Is everywhere." The estimate of dead and injured was only tentative, he said, since crippled communications and the littered streets made an accurate check immediately impossible.

In hia partial sujvcy, however, he said he found only a few serlousiy injured, most persons having been struck by small particles of flying glass find wood. Water Power Lacking- The towns were without water and power was gone for the most part. Because of tremendous rain which fell tor many hours and the general destruction of business houses grocery stocks had been damaged, but it was impossible to ascertain whether a serious food crisis existed. "I entered one hospital in Mercedes on the way up from Brownsville," Fowler said. "A small boy was being operated on for a broken leg.

Treatment was being given a girl. The hospital authorities said they had treated a large number for minor injuries. "It is the general belief that most of the injured, and also the dead will be found in the Mexican districts of these towns, where the houses are of less substantial construction. It probably will be some time before we will know just how See FOWLER, Page 7 Weather Report West Texas: Partly cloudy, probably showers in southwest portion Wednesday; Thursday partly cloudy,.