The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 19

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93RD 43. GALVESTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1934. TEXAB' OLDEST NElVSrAPEB ESTABLISHED 1842 CLYDE BARROW AND BONNIE PARKER SLAIN BY OFFICERS Tank Crashes Through Seven'Story Building Killing Three Workers CHICAGO, May men were known dead aiid firemen sighted what they believed were the bodies of two others in the debris after a 40,000 gallon Water tank plunged from the roof of a.seven story building down to the second floor late today. moorings loosened presumably by last-Bight's high winds, tho wooden laim burBL through Ihc roof of the eeven-floor Oakloy building WeBt AuBtJn avenue and North La Sails street, one mile north of the loop, mod forced" Its way down to the second floor. iJealh List.

The dead: George Fischer, commercial artist In the building on a business visit Fred Schlehle, 35, and Kennth Henly, employed of an engraving firm. Police nearched I he debris for other posalble casualties "while eight were treated lor severe Injuries. As the huge tank descended It burst, caDcadlnp water through the trembling building, 10 women dressmakers on the lop floor, luckily (Sec CRASH DEATHS, Page 10) NEAR PASSAGE AFTER DEBATE CLARK THOMPSON TO APPEAR BEFORE COMMITTEE NEXT TUESDAY. Special to The Newi. Washington.

May house military affairs committee will" open hearings next Tuesday on the Thompson hill Increasing Ihe personnel of the 50,000. While Limp, does not permit legislative enactment this SMfiinn, the commit- 1 tea plans to complete hearings anrt placn Iha measure on Iha house 'calendar- (or consideration next January, bill Increases the army to IBS.OOO^enllflLed.men and 14,063 officers 'compared with present slrenglh of 118,000 men and 12,000 officers Representative Clark W. Thompson of the Galventon dfatrlcl, who Introduced Iha bill, nald Secretary, of War Dcrn Indoreed II. Dcrn'per- sonally, Iho chief of slaff, and Gen. Penhlne are for It, 0 eald.

Below- Danger Point. "Everyono qualified na on expert on national defense agrees that the army strength la hclow the danger point," flald ThompHon. "II an emergency nhould arlfio wo would not have enough men. "Moodv'a Stadium at Galveston neata 8000. If you emptied It refilled 1L Hevcn limes, all the com- halint forcos'oMhc army could be In.lL.

Thn Yankee Stadium (New York City) could seat our (flea THOMPSON) BILL, Page SIX CONVENTIONS TO BE HELD HERE IN COMING MONTH 'June will bo a month of eonvcn- llona In Onlvcslon, according to K. Leslie Body, gcncpfli manager of (he nalvcnton Chnmhcr of Commerce, who announced tho following alx nicfiUngH yesterday: Rico Mlllorn' 7-H, at flolnl GnlvM wllh probable attendance of 400. Taxas AHooclnllon Life AH- iioclnHon, Juno 14-Ifi, Buccaneer Hotel, pnnnlhlo 200. TflXflH Cottonnficrl Crushcrp' AHHO- rlallnn, Juno 18-10, Hotel ponilhle atlcmlantn 400. Tlellnnrn Llfn Insuranrr AHnonlB- lion, PIllnlmiKh, inRlViiinl meflling 10-21.

Hnlnl (inlvcz, pnmilhlG Jones Makes Pleas for Direct Grant Feature as Final Approval Is Seen "Washington, May lo help iniinicipali- lies clisLribtilp publicly produced power wns decisively shunted aside today by the house, hut other amendments to Ihc $440,000,000 industry loan bill vcrc so numerous a final vote WHS delayed untiHo- morrow, Al the Game time, Chairman Jesse the RFC put In a. last plea for- the provision In the bill which let the RFC make 5300,000.000 In direct five-year loans to needy Industries. He sent lo Chairman Ala) of the house banking committee and Representative Hancock N. letter spying: 1 "We have authorized about fiOO.OOO In loans to Industry through community mortgage companies, but the procedure is cumbersome and unsatisfactory, for which, reason we have asked the power to lend direct to Industry, but the amount that we bo permitted to lend to a. single Industry should not, In our opinion, be limited to less than Jl.OOO.OOO." Since the before the house limited Individual loans to $100,000, It.

was Immediately forecast that a proposal would he made tomorrow to Increase It to 51,000,000, the figure In the measure when It passed tho senate. Banking eommltlco members, (3co LOAN BILL, Page 2) POLICE HOLD MAN CONFESSING NAVAL OFFICER'S MURDER Murlotln, May Love County officers late today believed they were close to a solution of the mynlcrloun disappearance of LI. Com. Trowbrldge, U. S.

who loft San Dlcgo, last week by (uiIomobile to visit his dying fnlhnr In Hnyward, Win. Hmlglna, tho sheriff er.Ic, con- ho killed Iho officer with a hnmmcr nt dunk last Sattir- dny evening, after nn argumont over "hlttlne btinipi. In the road," 15 mllca noiih of araenaburg, Knn, The Knuans'lnwii'ln liDouVQO (See TKOWBRIDOE, 11 Clyde Barrow and His Gun Moll, Bonnie Parker TEXASTOGET TEN MILLION INPWAGRANT Fort Worth, May Seventy more PWA projects, Involving construction to cost about will be approved for Texas as EOOH as congress makes additional funds available, the slate headquarters'of the PWA here was informed today. The list of, projects referred to Is In addition to the 152 Involving construction to cost $41,000,000 which have already been approved and on which-work he Blfl'rted as sodn as loan agr'ccmcnta are executed and REPUBLICAN TO ASK AGENCY BE ABOLISHED IF MO- NOPOLY PROVED. Washington, May renewed declaration that NRA wflfa entrenching monopolies and trusts wflf coupled today with demand for (a thorough-going Inquiry Into thd-Jrccovory agency.

Senator Nyo N. who pro- pofejd tho orlginn) Inquiry by the Darrow review board, said the" cov- nrnnicnl was fostering monopolies. Rcpfescnlntlvc Britten III.) sought the Investigation. Ifnrrlnuin View. Meanwhile there cnmo from the president of the Chamber of Com- mtrw'BF the United Statea, Henry T.

Harrlrnan, a-alalomcnt that busl- ncB.i men felt tho Industrial rqcov- cry Had done much good, but that there a "widespread fear that an act, based on tho rcgulallon, of buelncsa with government approval of such regulations, might become an aulocrntTc net for llu regimentation of business by thr government." Tho Britten resolution called-for spcclnl commllloo of five houso momborp lo Investigate "every plmac of the basin nf tho report (tho Barrow report) Just mado public which oxpoaoa a condition that 16 In complete conflict with tha-da- tSee KJU PROBE, Paao ill RESOLUTION TO BE BROUGHT UP UNDER PRESSURE WOULD GIVEPRES- IDENT POWER. Washington, May ff 1 House leaders tonight planned quick adoption of the resolution, by which President Roosevelt hopes Lo choice Ihn In men of war In the South American Interior by cutting off their fuel and ammunition. a Under procedure rarely Invoked In connection with an Important measure, the resolution, empowering the president Lo prohibit sales of munitions In this country Lo of Bolivia and Paraguay will be brought up for acllon tomorrow. Chairman McReynolds of the foreign affairs committee, wblcb today unanimously Indorsed the measure, will be recognized it the start of the cession to consideration and adoption by unanimous consent. One objection will, be to block action, but house leaders know of no opposition.

Hull Approves. Secretary Hull urged approval In a letter to the committee In which he said conversations with other nations looking to concerted action to end hostilities were proceeding satisfactorily but were noL yet suffl- advanced to warrant a conclusive report. He also called.attention to a telegram received from a league of nations committee asking If the United States waa "prepared lo participate (See ARMS BAN, Page 2) RAILROADS SHOW GAIN INJNCOME Aualln, railroads showod' an Incrcaao of 141.37 per.cent In. net operating In- cpmn for Ihc threo months ended March 31 laitf, comriarod wllh the snmn period 4n 1033, a report lo Ihe railroad comraleelon revealed. With Galveston steamship meii Issuing a denial that the seamen's strike was having any great effect on their schedules or" the operation of their vessels and seamen declaring that the strike-was spreading rapidly on shipping board vessels, the shipping situation here wan topsy-turvy yesterday.

Unloading of the Norwegian banana carrier Cadmus proceeded at Pier. with a short force, followjn a strike of about 100 unorganlzcu banana dock workers yesterday. With about 160 men on the job Instead of usual 2-50 employed In the handling or banana cargoes, work went forward steadily all night. Clark general manager of the Southern Banana Corporation hero, said Lhat he expected to have the Cadmus unloaded by 2 o'clock this morning and that she would sail Immediately In ballast for Alvaro Obregon, Mexico. The ve's- sel arrived Monday with 12,815 bunches of Mr.

Hines said that the Southern Banana Corporation paid 35c an hour for carriers and 40c for men working In the holds of the banana ships. The men are said lo be demanding 5Cc an hour straight time and additional pay for overtime. Deny Strike Kfirctlve. In a statement issued yesterday afternoon officials of Lykes Broth- crs-Rlplcy Steamship Company, (See DOCK STRIKE, Page 12) SEN ATE AGAIN REJECTS PLEA ON VOTE PLAN Washington, May For the second'lime In as many days, the icnate today rejccled tho Nor- rla constitutional amendment to abolish tho clccloval college, but the vote was 30 close that two changes could havo put It through. Tho volo.

showed B2 senators for the amendment, but 20 regular republicans and, democrats combined to block Ihe.twfrthlrdfl inajorjty re- qulrrd Tor amendments. i NOTORIOUS PAIR bates, May They slaying of Clyde BarrbW and Bonnie Parker was 'confirmed in a telephone call today from Ted Hinton, deputy sheriff, to R. A. Sohmid, Dallas County sheriff, from Gibsland, La. Clyde and Bonnie were killed by Deputy Hinton and Deputy Bob Alcorn who, with two former Texas rangers, had been keeping- watch on the gangsters' supposed rendezvous near Gibsland.

The report received here said that the couple drove up to the hideout at 9:15 and-when they Eaw the officers, they drew their guns but before they could shoot, the deputies and the 1 former rangers felled them with a burst of gunfire. Frank Hamer, former cap- lain, of Texas rangers, and a party of six officers who waited on the roadside near. Sales, are reported to have slain Barrow and the Parker woman. Hamer has been on the trail of the-Barrow gang for several months. He had worked out his route and secured the aid of deputies from Sheriff Henderson Jordan, of Bienville Parish.

Six officers, armed with shotguns and buckshot, waited on the road for the car to come along, and killed Barrow and the.woman without the outlaws firing a shot, it was reported from the sheriff's office at Arcadia, and Sheriff Hughes, here. Firing Shot Shreveport, May 1 Barrow, the Southwest's "No. 1 outlaw," and his gunwoman companion, Bonnie Parker, were shot and killed today by a squad Texas officers at Black Lake, about 90 miles south of Shreveport. JUNE SET AS DATE FOH STATK AID BONDS Austin, May The Texas bond commission loday act Juno 2 for receiving bide on $3,750,000 relief bonds. This amount would absorb all the 510,000.000 authorized by the legislature, proceeds of which go to feed and clothe dependent families.

CLASH EXPECTED IN CHACO BATTLE Austin, May L. G. Phares, chief of the state highway announced today that he was informed, by Frank Hamer, in a telephone conversation, that Clyde Barrow, notorious; Southwest desperado, and Bonnie Parker, his companion, were killed today near Shreveport, Hamer, former Texas M. highway man, and Ted Hinton and Bob Alcorn, Dallas County sheriffs, encountered Barrow and the Parker woman at Black 90 miles south of Shreveport, Phares was "The job is done," Hamer told Phares over the telephone. "We killed Clyde and Bonnie this morning.

They were at Black Lake, a hideout we had been watching for weeks. Qlyde.and Bonnie did not get to fire a shot. Their car waa full of guns and ammunition, but they did not get a chance to use them." Fhares said Hamer stated they were en route to Arcadia, La. The deputy said the scene of the killings "was the home of a relative of the Barrows. The officers had been hiding near the place six weeks, taking up their post soon after being commissioned to track down thu desperado pair, dead or alive.

Sheriff Schmid left at once for Shreveport to join Lee Simmons, superintendent of the Texas prison system at Huntsville. Schmid telephoned Simmons to tell him of the The two former rangers aiding the deputies were Frank Hamer, former captain, and M. T. Qoss. Simmons employed six weeks ago and instructed them to devote their full time to the hunt.

Phares' men bad been hunting the desperado since Easter Sunday when two highway patrolmen were shot dead from their motorcycles near Grapevine by a man and woman who were parked on a side road. The double murder was laid to Barrow and-his woman companion in crime. Floyd Hamilton and Mrs. Billie Mace, a sister to Bonnie, also were Accused.of the patrolmen's murder and were indicted this week by a Tarrant County grand jury. Hamer is one of the state's best known peace officers.

He retired as captain of the Texas rangers' headquarters company when the Ferguson administration was inducted uearly two years ago. He was succeeded by his brother, D. E. Hnmer of Dallas. Frank Hamer had participated in the solution of many crimes in this state.

Phares revealed that Hamer had been commissioned a patrolman to help hunt down the Southwest's most feared criminals. By Press. Sharp engagements occurred Tuesday In the Charo war zone, where Bolivia and Paraguay are concentrating forces for what'may prov'e tho dcdalve battle of tho conflict. The command that will throw ihs two armies Into combat for possession of Fort Balllvlan, Bolivia's major stronghold, waa expected any moment. Both sldcg were launching nt- tacka on other sections of tho front to draw their enemy's Neither was nblo to score material advance.

had 10,000 men on the Bnlllvlnn sector and Bollviii till' succeeded In hrlnRlnc Up an unre- vcalcd mimbor of reinforcements for her 15,000 defending Iroops. An order liy Ilin PnraRiniynn cnnv mnndcr. Cell. Jose EstlRftrrlbln. his trnop.i lo tnlin tho wns awnllcd a.s Ihc first move IK the buttle..