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ABILENE MORNING FER-NEWS ABILENE, TEXAS," SUNDAY. MORNING, JANUARY 5, 1936-- THIRTY PAGES IN THREE SECTIONS NUMBER 19 SOLONS TURN TO TWO HEADLINE ISSUES Recovery In Abilene Nearly Attains Normal Level Handles Budget Rep. James P. Buchanan (D- Tex) as chairman of the house appropriations committee has the duties of handling: the national budget matters in, the session of congress now starting. (Associated Press Photo.) gilding, Banking, Auto a Merchandise Market, Activity in Oil Revived Becovery in Abilene has very nearly attained the Business normal level.

This does not mean the depression is over--some lines of enterprise are still curtailed. In the aggregate, however, "business volume comes close to the average of fair times. 1933 Facts Looking back over 1935, highlights of the city's year were: 1. Revival of building, stimulated by federal projects. 2.

Sound banking as reflected In increased debits, clearings and deposits. 3. Comeback of the local automobile market. 4. General uptrend of wholesale and retail traded 5.

Development of the oil industry In the Abilene area. Abilene's building permiits for the year reached $668,825, giving the city eighth place among Texas cities for new construction. Cities Cranking above Abilene in building, are Dal- 3, San Antonio, Worth, Galveston and Tyler. building trade not only took aarp trend upward but surpassed the combjned, total for permits Issued "the'past stacking- up even better than in See BUSINESS, Pg. 11, CoL 'resident's Message on Subject Will '-Be Given Monday European Whirligig A discussion of events and personalities in the news, world and national, by a group of fearless and informed newspaper men.

will be published as a feature. Opinions expreDMd are those of the contributing to column, and nhonld not be Interpreted reflecting the editorial policy at this newspaper. GERMAN PEASANTS REBEL Return of Rationing- Cards Expected BY W. STEPHEN BUSH The Nazi regime, which has triumphed over the republic and parliament, relegated monarchy into the background and subjected the church, has been forced to pause before a new obstacle--the dogged resistance of the German farmer to excessive control and regimentation. What Hitler himself has described as the.

great "granite block" in the of German fascism has turned into a stone of offence. It is too early to venture a prediction in a country like the Germany of today, where the men in power possess and freely use every means of repression to impose an outTy-ard appearance of conformity and obedience. The supervision of the foreigner, slightly relaxed at the height of the tourist season, swings back into rigid enforcement of even- bit of red tape when the season is over. It begins at the border and thereafter pursues one with relentless and often unconcealed vigilance. The passive rebellion of the farmers has been at the bottom of the reoent food riots, the empty markets and the battles among enraged See WHIRLIGIG, Pg.

11, Col. 4 WASHINGTON, Jan. With interest in an already stormy issue heightened 'by President Roosevelt's assertion -that the administration te approaching a balanced budget, the capital waited impatiently tonight for tlie publication of his exact estimates. On Monday, the annual budget message will go to congress to be read to the two houses separately by their clerks, contrasting sharply with the fanfare that accompanied the president's personal delivery last night of his message "on the state of the union." Second Messajft The second of the two regular communications to congress will bring up to date the official estimates for the current fiscal year, which still has six months to run, and project a schedule of revenues and expenditures for the fiscal year which will end on June 30. 1037.

The message itself was given to newsmen today, to be held until Monday, and President Roosevelt held a special press conference to explain details. The isue of balancing the budget, inextricably linked as it is with the broad issue of huge governmental expenditures, has become so battle- beset that Mr. Roosevelt's brief reference to it last night brought cnthuiastic cheering from his demo- The Weather WEST TEXAS: Partly wiurmrt In aonthenst portion Sunday; Monday clondy, colder. KAST TEXAS: Cloudy, In raxt n.nrt eonf.Ii portion- Snndny: Monday clondy and unirftlrd, roldrr In north 'portion. Frexh southerlr on the coast, possibly becoming Mronc Monday.

OKLAHOMA: Clondy, nUn nnd wanner In cm! portion Sunday; Mondny clondy, roldrr. MEXICO: Pnndny nnd Monday. UIUIJTC of fcmpcrnttiro yesterday: A. M. Horre r.

40 1 4 S3 ri 10 11 MidnlRht Frirtny Noon Sfcfnrd Uisli a.nl tow Tl S2: year ntn RO 1 1 n.nd snnsct todar 5:40. Afi S3 SI Sec BUDGET, Pg. 14, Col. 1 RELIED ONTO FIT Munitions Committeemen To Begin Inquiry Into World War Financing By Bankers B.v The Associated Jan. Senate munitions committee members relied tonight upon their forthcoming investigation of J.

P. Morgan and company to draw increased support for drastic neutrality legislation. Senator Clark Mo.) predicted; that disclosures in the inquiry beginning Tuesday "will have the effect of bringing support for more mandatory control" of loans and credits to belligerents. As administration leaders mapped a quick pace for of neutrality proposals already before congress, Clark and Chairman Nye N. of the munitions group prepared to introduce their own bill Monday.

Two Witnesses On the next day, they will begin questioning J. P. Morgan and Thomas W. Lament, a Morgan partner, on the effect of world war financing in swinging the United States into RE ACTIONS TO MESSAGE Moose' Sentiment In G.O.P. Ranks By Thp Associated WASHINGTON, Jan deal plans to court "bull moose" sentiment in the republican party increasingly were seen tonight in political events of the week, culminating in the stormy, aftermath, of President Roosevelt's message to See POLITICS, Pg.

14, CoL 5 the conflict in While Clark said he expected "nothing especially sensational to come out of the questioning on Margan and company activities as wartime fiscal agent in America for Great he added "Evidence will be brought out which vifl doubt" oTftie' effect loans "and extended to the allies had on influencing American-entry into the war," Senator Pittman Nev.) and Representative McEeynolds chairman of the house and senate foreign affairs committee, who introduced almost identical bills yesterday evidently under administration sponsorship, expected their committees -to report the measures See NEUTKALITV, Pg. 14, Col. 1 Temple Senator, Leader For Ferguson, to Oppose Ailred Chairman for Jackson Day Dinner Asks Reservations By AwwwiatwJ. AUSTIN, Jan. State Senator Roy Sanderford, business man of Belton, today announced his candidacy for governor on a platform favoring a substantial reduction in governmental expense and a retail 'sales tax.

Regarded as the senate spokesman of former Governor James E. Ferguson, Sanderford, 41, will endeavor to defeat Governor James V. Allred, serving his first term, for re-election, Although he has not announced formally, Allred has indicated. he would seek the traditional second Sanderford was a'ger for-C. G.

McDonald of 'Wichita Falls, -Ferguson -supported candidate for governor defeated two years ago. His first term in the senate expires at the end of this year. Promises "When I am elected I shall respect the constitutional rights of the people to have a governor who will stay on the Job, cooperate vlth the legislature and will neither squander the people's time nor abuse the opportunity for service by continually engaging in social, poli- Editorial Comment on President Roosevelt's Message to Congress, Compiled By The Associated Press, included the following: By The Associated of hatred among Americans his Editorial comment on President. open Roosevelt's message to congress: New York Herald-Tribune (re-, His de nse of Wn "administrapublican: The unconscious irony of.tion was, as had been indicated in the message lay in the sharp con- advance, a challenge to his politi- trast between its devotion to peace cal enemies and a rallying summons to his supporters, But the New York Times (democratic): abroad and its incitement to.hatrdd at In this message he for the first time made the foment- See COMMENTS, Pg. 14, CoL 2 Effect on Oil Sanction Occupies Thought of Foreign Lands By The Associated Prt.su Capitals of the world after eagerly studying President Roosevelt's message congress agreed Saturday it might have a profound effect upon the critical European- African crisis--but there was a sharp divergence of opinion as to See FOREIGN, Pg.

14, Col. 5 ONE BONUS BILL ELIMINATED: PREDICT DEBATE WITHIN WEEK Patman Plan Out of Picture; Senate Advocates Instruct Envoy to Consult President Roosevelt By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. house factions made peace over the bonus today as senate democrats, also talking of compromise, instructed their leader to take up the issue with President Roosevelt. The list of bonus measures at the center of the annual congressional battle narrowed to two when the Patman bill to provide payment through $2,000,000,000 of currency expansion, was, in effect, taken out of the conflict.

Its backers agreed to consolidate behind legislation sponsored by the Legion, Veterans of For- 'eign Wars and Disabled American Veterans. Only approval by the full Patman steering committee, which is regarded as certain, was yet to be obtained. Bonus leaders predicted passage in the house within a week or ten days. Meeting for the first time, senate democrats a i Majority Leader Kobinson Akr.) to talk with Mr. Roosevelt before the bonus campaign reaches the floor.

Robinson, who has forecast "execu- BONUS, Pg. 14. Col. 4 Holiday Business Best In Years, Federal Agency Finds Ry Vfce' WASHINGTON, Jan. Com- tical and pleasurable he i erce department reports showed said.

"I will not use the powers of the office to place my relatives on government payrolls." uOday that Texas business swept through the last week of December on the crest of one of the biggest "I favor, first, a substantial re- buying waves, in recent years, duction of government expenses, and May handled by the Fort Worth where conditions will justify. I shall, jjostollice was the heaviest since if necessary, use the veto to -29 and receipts at Houston for reduce appropriations 25 per cent," Sanderferd said. "Second. A three per cent retail sales tax for the purpose of paying the old age pension and to take the place of the present real estate taxes December established an all-time record. The department said reporting retail stores in the Dallas area gained on the average 49.7 per cent over $he previous week, December employment was 3.5 per cent better OIL PLAY NEAR CLYDE1GROWS Three Tests Start for New Callahan Pay CLYDE, Jan.

new Callahan county tests were started this week testing for the new pay found nortji of Clyde in the Ear- clay ct al No. 1 Woods which topped sand at 1.560 feet. W. C. Turubow and Roy Guffey No.

1 Mrs. P. L. Sherrill was drilling past 550 feet on a test two locations west of the Lockhart No. 1 Sherrill which is shut down by litigation at 1,100 feet.

The Hurnbow- Gutfcy test is 220 feet from the south snd west lines of the southeast quarter of 69, BBBC survey. One mile west oi Clyde, the Watson and Urban No. 1 John Crowley was readv to spud, after slosh pit was dug during the week, reportedly 57 M. today See CLYDE, Pg. 14, Col.

4 Meningitis Not Found in County Meningi is, several cases of which have been in neighboring counties recently, has not been re- ported in Taylor county in a year or morr. said Dr. Scott Hollis, city and county health officer. No cases of diphtheria or scarlet fever appeared within the last few days. Arrangements had been completed Saturday for the Jackson Day dinner at the Hilton in Abilene Wednesday night-- but it will be a lonely feast for the committee and speakers unless loyal democrats get loyal in a hurry.

R. W. Haynie, 17th congressional district chairman for Jackson Day exercises, said only one advance dinner reservation had been made here. "It's unthinkable!" Haynie protested. "The warning sounded by President Franklin D.

Roosevelt in his address to congress Friday night is very real. The republicans will move everything movable to throw the democratic party out of power this year, and unless we democrats hold that line we are in danger of defeat. "Taylor county has more than 8,000 registered voters, most of them democrats. The Jackson Day dinner Wednesday night will be a failure. almost a rebuke to the president, if we don'i have at least 250 DINNER, Col.

4 for general revenue, schools and Confederate pensions. han in the same 1934 period and Opposes Income Tax le state's building permit total was "Third. I am opposed to any the highest since 1931. state income tax, as the federal gov- Houston's department stores re- ernment has already preempted the I ported 6 to 11 per cent gains corn- income tax field. It would be a wise 'pared with the full year, 1934.

Men's state policy to prohibit enactment 'c othing averaged 17 per cent bet- of such a tax by constitutional and women's 6 per cent. Most i retail lines reported gains for the Sec SANDERFORD, Pg. 14, Col. 3 year from 5 to 30 per cent, with it'ie greatest increases in electrical equipment and furniture sales. Houston's wholesale trade showed wide variations, the department said with effects of recent floods noticeable.

These sales ranged from 4 percent loss to 20 per cent gains. 7hc year's building permit total of George R. Derden Expires 900 000 was 35 pe cent abovc Unnamed Chiropractor Sought in Death of Physician By The CHICAGO, Jan. 4. An intensive 3 Hours After Crash Injured shortly after 6 o'clock in an automobile crash on highway 1, nine miles west of Abilene, George R.

Derden of Dsnton died at 9:05 Saturday night in the West Texas Baptist sanitarium. He received a. Bruno Will Not See Son in Jail skull fracture and the accident ar.d consciousness. chest injury in never regained It was Taylor county's first traffic fatalitv of 1S36. hunt, for an unnamed chiropractor was pressed tonight by police seeking solution of the savage killing of Dr.

Silber C. Peacock, 40, brilliant young child specialist. First Assistant State's Attorney Wilbert Crowley said his investigators had a lead" on a man who threatened the pediatrician three months ago and that his apprehension was expected soon. Summerdale district police said they had been told the chiropractor stormed into Peacock's office and accused him. to Peacock's amazement, of performing an illegal operation.

The desire of authorities to shield their moves to overtake the slayer resulted in only a perfunctory hearing before an inquest which was adjourned until Jan. 21 at the prompting of the prosecutor's office. SummercJalc police, however, received the formal report of coroner's physicans which emphasized the enraged brutality of the doctor's slayer. It asserted that the killer who lured Peacock from his I home Thursday night on the pretext he was wanted to treat a sick child did not rest when he had shot him $57 677.81 fatally through the forehead, but evidently had attempted to scalp the victim, also. Nine knife wounds completely encircling the head were 3,000 Bombs Dropped On North Front; Ship Is Shot Down By The AnsocUtled Press Italian bombs screamed messages in Ethiopia Saturday while statesmen of the world read President Roosevelt's words on and neutrali ty.

An "American hospital, the Ethiopian government announced, was among the targets of the fascist bombs. It was at Daggah Bur, on trje southern front. A message to a Red Cross official in Addis Ababa indicated there were no fatalities. But in another sector, the north- the gpyernment announced ten wounded wlrieh the" Italians "3,000 A Swedish Red Cross worker In the unit wlrich was bombed at JDpla last Sunday died the. next day, it was disclosed.

A survivor. Dr. Fred Hylander, who was brought to Addis Ababa because of his wounds, said the raid s-as unjustified and that the Italians intentionally at tacked the Red Cross camp. An official Rome communique said a fascist plane was brought down in flames Friday and that- its four occupants killed. Ethiopia appealed formally to the league of to send a commission to the wait area to investigate and fix the responsibility for war atrocities, alleging Italy was preparing to violate all rules of international warfare.

Wets Win Travis Precinct Voting By Associated AUSTIN. Jan. 4. Justice precinct 4 of Travis county voted 200 to 63 today to permit the sale of liquor. The precinct had been dry since 19.17.

Austin previously had voted wet. Justice precinct 5, half its area wet and half dry, cast a 40 to 40 tie vote last week. Commissioners court ruled its status would remain unchanged. The law prohibits another election there within a year. Cash Payment of Bonus And Neutrality Top Issues Scheduled to Be Decided (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Jan.

new republican criticism of President Roosevelt's annual message, a matter apparently destined to reverberate for months, congressional leaders today smoothed the way for quick action on two of their headline issues. Early Debate Actual opening of. floor debate, on both neutrality and legislation within little iriore than a week appeared as a district possibility. Some leaders, in fact, predicted senate or. house passage "of one, or both might be possible within that time.

The day passed, riowever, without any leading member of congress moving to accept the dare flunff by the president last night a dare to try openly for ''repeal" of a long Met of new deal enactments. Senator Hastings of Delaware, chairman of the republican senatorial campaign committee, who led criticism of the executive's message, took some notice of the defy. Hastings "It Is true that the way Is open." Hastings said, "but unfortunately the president's control over congress makes this suggestion an Impracticable one." He added that to him the executive's address- "sounded like -the words of a clever politician who had 1 the'-wallX 1 Outside; of Prank Chicago publisher who JjtTieirjg- cussed, as a possibility for the publican presidential nomination, asserted an alternative program Was "not difficult" to compose. He suggested a seven-point program, including drastic cuts in federal a balanced budget every year, a sound currency opposition to farm production restrictions, and strict enforcement of Use See CONGRESS, Pg. 14, CoL CTfll All Employable Not oft WPA Being Sent to Local Forces By The Associated Press AUSTIN, Jan.

relief. officials reiterated today that- aid for. employables not on works progress rolls was a responibility of localities. Adam R. Johnson, state director, said there could be no deviation, from the state's program initiated FARMERS GET PARITY CASH 2,830 in County RV The PTM found, Police Capt.

Martin McCor- TRENTON, N. Jan. mack said. Richard Hauptmann resolved today never to see his son. Manfred, in the death house at state prison.

Only nine days before the week of Delivery of cotton parity payment checks to 2,830 farmers of Taylor county--a total of $57,677.81, Jan. 1 of applying final relief funds toward feeding unemployables during the remainder of the winter. Johnson said appeals to the staU commission by cities or countier wsr; a waste of time for "we hav told tlitm just as plain as could" that the final program, woul be limited to State relief officials; likewise ca; of no assistance, he said, in get I ting persons certified from relic rolls on works progress administration jobs, explaining "we can not change WPA regulations." Reports from Texas cities -indi- a serious situation faced Serum Flown to Fairbanks, Alaska was started Saturday at the office thousands of employables who -were of Knox Parr, county agent, and drODDec i rom state relief Jan. 1 but January 13--the wiek set for him to die--Huptmann showed no signs of FAIRBANKS, Alaska. Jan.

By The AModate-d Allred Will Speak FOP Tennesseeans By The Associated AUSTIN, Jan. James V. Allred today accepted, an invitation of Young Democrats of Tennessee to be the principal speaker at a Jackson day dinner in Nashville Wednesday. George Clarkes, the governor's secretary, said Governor Allred would leave Texas on a Tuesday evening plane and planned to return immediately after the dinner. Another feature of the trip, Clarke said, would be a reunion of the governor's classmates in Cumberland university at Lebanon.

The governor, now en route to Texas from the Rose Bowl football game in California, will make an address In San Antonio night, Notified of her husband's injury, breaking or of nervousness, and told Pilot Joe Crosson. in a transport A A 4n A Vi-i 1 V-i i -nri-Tn A Vi i A Vt A i CTT'AWf 1 4 Vl tf-t 1 SV I will be completed early this week. Checks are to be delivered Mon- Monday Tuesday morning in Tuscola and Ovola. and Tuesday afternoon in Bradshaw, the day morning at Trent; afternoon in Merkel; Derticn was en route to Abi- i his wife, Anna, and his guards he plane, swept into Fairbanks tonight i farm agent announced. lenc last night and had not received of his death.

Mr. Derden was about 60 years of age and See ACCIDENT. Pg. 14, Col. 3 i felt certain he would not.

go to the with scarlet fever serum ho brought 'chair. from Juneau in a 1.600 mile round He told Mrs. Hauptmann also he trip flight in the elapsed time of The checks received Saturday morning represent the completion Eastland Throws Beer Out in Vote Ry EASTLAND, Jan. returns today in yesterday's local option election showed Eastland county had votod against sale of beer and wine. The vote was 1,235 agamst and 1,038 for the sale.

Ranger. Cisco and Eastland all voted wet, but the rural areas overcame their lead. The election called after thr state supreme court ruled a wet, Monday area could not exu-t legally in a county- dry under local option. would not take advantage of a pris- i on regulation permitting a demned man to see his children once during the last week. "I don't belong in here," he told her.

"I won't see my child in here." RECALL PERSIAN ENVOY WASHINGTON. Jan. little more than a month after a diplomatic incident caused by his arrest for speeding at Elkton, Ghaffar Djallal, the Iranian (Persian) minister to Washington, has been recalled by his government. This fact was announced nine hours and 24 minutes. Crosson, flying a Pacific Airways (Electra) plane made the trip south in four hours, 25 minutes and the return in four hours, nine minutes, traversing mountain wilderness and at times sending the ship up to 18,000 feet to pass over clouds.

See CHECKS, Pg. 10, Col. 8 i Pope Would Probe U. of T. Doctrines By The AUSTIN, Jan.

investiga- Kc stopped only 50 minutes at Ju-; t-ion of political economy doctrines neau. LINDBERGHS IN WALES By The LLANDAFF. Wales. Jan. Charles A.

Lindberghs arrived in todav i this secluded Welsh community to- at the envoy's imposing legation on fashionable Massachusetts avenue, buf, tile official reason was withheld tHire and Djalial denied himself to inquire. night to end a dramatic journey from America in search of sanctuary. A heavy police guard was immediately thrown about their haven. taught by the University of Texas was proposed today by Rep. W.

E. Pope of Corptis Chris ti. Pope said he had been told "certain faculty members in the University of Texas are teaching rank Asserting "it is too serious to delay." Pope said "the corning session of the legislating should lose no time in making: an investigation ol the matter." who had been placed on WPA jobs. There also was a large number dropped who were not eligible for certification to the WPA. Johnson said localities should appreciate the commission's policy by which surplus was accumulated to carry unemployables through the winter.

Otherwise he. said, that See RELIEF. Pg. 14. Col.

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