The Amarillo Globe-Times from Amarillo, Texas • Page 1

THUGS SHOOT OFFICER THE AMARILLO GLOBE TUNE IN KGNC The Globe-Newt Radio Sutioo (ff) Indicates Aueciated Preu OJ.R). The United AMARILLO. TEXAS. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 3.

1937. 20 PAGES FOURTEENTH YEAR. NO. 205. MARINES DEFY JAPANESE farm-Tenant Body Meets The four-state committee on fai for the Amarillo area i meeting today in the offices' of Hauler, regional director of th Security Administration, In discussion of the recommendattOL (to be made in compliance with th Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act The committee will name th three Texas coimites.

and one coun ty each in Kansas, Colorado an Oklahojaa, to receive the benefi of tne farm tenant act. The counties I will not be announced until they ar (approved by Secretary of Agrlcul Iture Henry A. Wallace. Commltteemen In attendance morning session included: Job E. Hill, Amarillo, chairman; Ed Morrison, Goodwell, Joh Hiatt, Meade, George Drum Sharon Springs, Marsha Dean, Las Anlmas, and B.

Crump, Wheeler. C. L. Thomas, Pampa, and H. Day, Plalnview, were schedule to arrive early this afternoon.

Attending the meeting In an ad capacity are H. H. William ison, director, Texas Extension Serv College station; K. J. Edwards 'district agent, Texas Extension 'Service, College A.

Hanser Lamar, H. C. Hyer, Oklahoma Extension Service, Stlllwater; Er E. Scholl, Oklahoma Extension Service, Stillwater; L. H.

Hauler and Balph E. Will, assistant regional director of the Farm Security Administration, Amarillo. The morning was devotee lo the discussion and explanation of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act. The early afternoon session was used In discussing the needs and recommendations for this region. Seized Liquor Brought Here District offices here of the Texas Liquor Control Board contributed indirectly today to the old age pension fund.

The contribution Is 172 pints of wine and beer, seized yesterday in Ochiltree County and which will be sold by the state. Garretfc Hawkins, deputy supervisor here for the board, said the liquor had been confiscated in a dry area--between Highway No. 117 and the Santa Fe tracks near Waka, a small station. "The case was disposed of in Perryton and the liquor was brought here this morning," Supervisor Hawkins said. In the confiscated assignment were 57 pints of whiskey, 122 half pints of whiskey, 38 pints of wine and 27 pints of beer.

Yuletide Rush Accompanied By Thefts Rush for Christmas presents is a "seventh heaven" for shop-lifters and car prowlers, who are beginning to operate In Amarillo. Police today announced the arrest of two shop-lifters. One of the two, a woman, was transferred to the custody of county authorities for "lifting" a coat. The other, a man, 69 years old, still was held in the city jail for allegedly taking a pint of whiskey from the counter of a downtown store. Christmas shoppers were warned by police to lock their parked cars, especially if purchases are left in the- automobile.

"Most of the complaints about car prowling at this time of year come from out-of-towners," said Leo Uselding, detective captain. "Shoppers get loaded down with Christmas bundles, leave them In unlocked cars and go back to do more shopping. Don't forget to lock your car." Santa Glaus Hears Amarillo In Plane For Huge Party Santa Glaus is coming to town! In fact he is en route now from his home in the nort to Amanllo to be honor guest at the Christmas part which.opens here in the morning. Old Santa is coming by airplane, and he will arriv tomorrow in time to take part in a parade through th business area of the city at 10 o'clock in the morning The Sam Houston School band will lead the parad down Polk and Taylor Streets in the city, followed Santa and his truck loads of candy. The parade will start at Third Avenue and Pol Street and will end at the courthouse square, Fifth Ave nue and Taylor Street.

From the courthouse square, Santa Glaus will dis tribute free turkeys and pigs to'the crowd. The pigs anc turkeys will not be turned loose in the throng, but Santa Glaus will give them away in person. Everything ia in readiness for the big party. The aowntown district looks like a gigantic Christmas tree as numerous lights and Christmas decorations have been strung about in a striking manner. Retail merchants who are'putting on the Christm'a.

festival will give away 150 gifts--dresses, hats, liflgerii and numerous other articles of merchandise. Bring the children early, and plan to stay until nigh see the beautiful Christmas lights and attractive stor displays. Passenger Fare Boost Authorized a Com merce Commission today authorized a passenger, fare in crease for Western and Southwestern railroads which it vas estimated will amount to $2,500,600 annually. The increases were: 1. One-way tourist Bleeping car fares from I to 1-4 cents per life with a corresponding bureau in the round-trip fare.

2. The round-trip 30-dar limit coach fare from basis of 180 per cent of the one-way fare of 1 cents per mile lo a basin of IM per cent. 3. All-year excursion fares 10 per cent over the present rate. 4.

Round-trip first class fare with a six-months limit on the basis of 1 2-3 of the one-way fare of 3 cents per mile a basis of 1 5-6. 5. A one-way transcontinental pecial coach fare of 1.S cents per mile to be Increased 14.5 per oent and the round-trip transcontinental six-months limit exmrsioi MEASLES IN SHANGHAI SHANGHAI. Dec. 3 epl- I tiemic of contributed new distress today to war-ridden Shang- Medical authorities said there had been 154 deaths to date and i appealed for help In caring for I 000 children in refugee camps who 1 wrrc threatened by the disease.

ares to be Increased approximately 13.34 per cent The increase was authorized as nation's railroads were fighting $517,000,000 per year freight te increase, as Eastern carriers ught an Increase of one-half cent mile In passenger fares, and the Pullman Company Vas ask- a 10 per cent Increase in sleep- 5 and parlor car rates. Shippers' interests today were ghting the freight rate increase- separate case--with cross-exam- ation of railroad presidents. The carriers, In their freight case, fused this morning to agree to uspension of tariffs aggregating 5,000,000 per year, filed under au- orlty of an ICC order issued in October granting a freight rate In- iase. Major railroads affected by the passenger fare order today were the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Sioux Line; Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul; Northwestern, The Rock Island; Missouri-Kansas-Texas: the Missouri Pacific; The Southern Pacific, and St.

Louis-San Francisco. Youth Is Hurt In Collision Leon Poster, 19 years Street, was Injured early this afternoon when a Yellow.taxi- cab crashed into a Phillips 66 truck at Seventh Avenue and Georgia. Young.Foster, a deliveryman -for Frank's Barter and Beauty West Seventh Avenue, was a passenger in the taxicab. Firemen on duty at the San Ja- clnto station iaid the taxicab was being driven south on Georgia Street and hit the curb as it was turned east on Seventh Avenue, careened across the street and 'crashed Into he truck, which was being driven lowly west on Seventh Avenue. Neither driver was injured, firemen said.

From the surgery room of Northwest Texas Hospital attendants reported Leon Foster had suffered a gash on the head. "He -won't be able to work this but his condition Is not believed to be serious." attendants eported to the patient's employers. Labor Union Peace Outlook Bright WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (U.PJ--Dan- iel Tobin, Teamsters Union president and member of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, said today the council had discussed for two hours a proposal for peace with the Committee for Industrial Organization. He was hopeful that a settlement might be arranged.

Tobln said he did not see any prospect of Immediate arrangement of a permanent peace treaty but that he thought a truce could be arranged. CHOPPING. DAYS DLL, i Hugh I. Umphres, Injured I In Fill, Doing Satitfadtrily Hugh L. Dmphres.

Amarillo attor- 1 ney and fo-mer district judge here, today was reported as "getting along Exchange Trader! Arrested For Shooting Dice on Floor MANILA, Dec. 3 een policemen raided Manila's International stock today and seven traders on harges of gambling. Police said the fold share market was inactive so young traders -turned to shooting dice on the floor of the exchange. U.S. Defense Area Invaded SHANGHAI, Dec.

nese troops selling control of a large area of the International Settlement ran Into the determined opposition of United States Marines today and immediately began contracting their lines. The Japanese troops were within the American defense tone when' the Marine commander took action. Local Units Take Lion's Share Of Taxes; 175,000 Districts Bid Before you get into that next ar- I country, gumciit about taxes, It Is a good 000000 Idea to fortify yourself with a few facts. That will put you one up in practically any tax argument. A lot of basic, fundamental things ibout taxes which everybody ought which get all the In that tax bill Counties, cities, townships, school districts, sanitary districts, and down to mosquito-abatement districts.

To these taxing units, many of which you probably didn't know to know, but scarcely anybody does, I exist, goes a share of United States are summed up In the December 1 FORTUNE. And if you think you almost manded by the iedcral government Itself. earns goes to one tax collector or another. Let's say you pay no income tax. You may be aware of buying an automobile license for your car, and you may have noticed that little revenue stamp on your package of cigarets.

But it may never have occurred to you that If you know about taxes, try yourself out on these tax slants from FOB- TUNE'S article: The annual tax bill of the United But per pcr'son, lower! States Is now about $12,000,000,000.1 than the British and only a little I all. pay rent, you pay taxes. You don't? Well, where did you suppose the It Is a tremendous tax burden, the landlord got the money to nay biggest the world, taken In i them? rery time yon buy anything at you pay (axes. Indirectly, of HANKOW, China, Dec. (U.PJ-- Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and Dr.

Oscar Trautmann, German ambassador lo China, are discussing possible terms for end ing the Chinese-Japanese war sources doae to the German embassy asserted today. They had seized an area that In eluded the foreign Y. M. O. th Park Hotel, and an apartment nous beyond the Park Road.

The strong stand apparently turn ed the tide. As night began th topanese had contracted their lint the adjoining sector of the whit Russian volunteers. The situation had grown pro gressively more dangerous during the wild afternoon, and a clash seemed unavoidable. Four United States Marines--tw of them dispatch riders on motor cycles--were threatened with dra' ilstols by Japanese officers. Tw ruck-loads of British soldiers wer similarly treated.

An American anc Briton were beaten. One of the Marine dispatch rider gnored the Japanese officer's corn mand to turn back and sped his don. -The officer had his plsto trained, but 'did: hot Some foreigners feared that th rapanese would sein upon the. in Idents to assume stringent powers ver all of Shanghai, Including thi settlement. It had been charged in ome quarters that today's parade 6,000 heavily armed troops through ie settlement where there are ttiou- ands of Chinese refugees--a parade lat was 'opposed by all foreign au- lorities--had been for: the purpose creating a sizeable incident preliminary to seizing power.

A foreign consular official told le United Press: "We expected something such as his and have warned the Japanese ver'since the Chinese were driven ff. We have tried through Toykp Washington, London and Paris to convince the Japanese of the reek- ess of such a parade. They nally said they were going to hold anyway, that they wanted to the rising sun and.show the eacefulness of thefr army." BI Saves Taxpayers Millions NEW YORK, Dec. 3 OT-J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Fed- TarBureau'ot'Investlgatlon, to- ly announced "dividends" to taxpayers of $7 for every dollar pent on the bureau.

He said that during the last four cars the cost of operating the B. I. amounted to a little more than (18,000,000, while It was able return "In savings, in fines, and recoveries stolen 1 goods a of more than $135,000,000, more than $116.000,000 above it costs to operate the bu- cau." Winter Oils that Flow. lOc up per bbl. 1900 W.

3rd. PER CAPITA INCOME OF 8 COUNTRIES; EACH BAG REPRESENTS 15 DOLLARS Thi, Jot, not Chirt rrom Kortuna with flgures-by Dr. Pau 'in ita per penon. Note that while more taxes are paid in the United States than in any other country except England or France, the national income Is also higher, so Mr. Average Man has more left afler he has paid the taxes.

Note also that In the United State? more money goes for state and local taxes than in any other country. That is getting on toward $100 a year for every man, woman and child in the nation; nearly MOO for the head of every family. Of that tax bill, only or much less than half, goes to Washington HI taxes for the federal government. That surprises you a little, eh? Who get the rest, then? The states? No, they get only. XX).

It Is the small local government taxing units, 175,000 of them In the higher than the French or German bill. Became the average American income Is much higher than that of any of those countries, the tax burden of Mr. Average American takes a lower per cent of his Income than Is the ease in molt countries. He feels the burden heavily. In fact, FORTUNE believes, the average American has no Idea that 30 out of course, but you pay them.

Careful studies have Indicated, FORTUNE avers, that even people making so little as $500 a year may pay almost $100 In taxes. Everybody, wants lower taxes. Where can they be cut? The chance of'materially and permanently cutting the cost of the federal government, FORTUNE'S survey Indicates, is Just about a rimless Hero. Rightly or the federal Bee TAXES.Fage.U One Robber Is Believed Hit In Gun Battle GRAND SALINE, Dee. --Constable C.

D. (Cotton) Jtfcn- son, 35, was shot and' wovndecl seriously In a pin fight with men suspected of robb'ing a Grant Stline store, whom be attempted to xrrat early today. One of the men, was believed wounded by Johnson as the office emptied his pistol at their automobile as it sped away toward Dallas. Johnson said he recognised of the pair as Roy' Lassenger, of Arp, for whom he had en arrtrt warrant charging Lassenger with robbery with firearms for a- 1300 holdup of a grocery store here on Nov. 23.

The constable said the two men attracted his attention shortly after midnight when they drove through town in an automobile with a flat tin and failed to stop at any.fllito* station to have It repaired. He overtook the limping machine, ordered the men out had snapped the eomtoMe'i handcuffs on hittuett when Uw other darted, behind the blle, Ktaed a and find at the officer, wounding him in Mk legs. Johnson returned the fire wounded ihe other man, but one with the shotgun put his wounded companion into tie car and drove off. The machine was found at daylight, abandoned near.Fruitvale, ifx miles west of Grand Saline. Officers here Identified the ear as the same one used by three rob- ben In the grocery store holdup Nor.

33. Physicians feared the; might ban, to. amputate one of Johnson's lets. But Freemoht McCbUum, 40-year- old bank robber who led a break at nine prisoners from the Corpus Christl jail, fled before officers who patroled the Southwest with orders to shoot him on.sight. OfficeTM at BrowmvUle reported that they captured tin stith fmfl- life as he stood nude In Uw'Bfe Grande Attempting cnis Mexico.

He was Edurdo rotmd Mexlean, who to 'Utter five-year Krltence for murder. Ramirez' bulk almost foiled the jall'-break when his bmtybecame wedged in a small hole dug through the rear wall oh the sixth the courthouse, fellow eccapcrs Mid. He finally squeezed through- TALK OF AMARILLO'S DESTINY 'Hot'Checks Cashed Here Amarillo merchants were Tamed officers today that hot check Iran tl forgers are at work In the Ity. The sheriff's department Is on the rail of three forgers and reports of orthless checks have reached officers. County Attorney Howard aid all business hien should make tak- lorough investigations before ng during the oliday rush.

"Unless the.merchants cooperate," j. Anderson said, "the officers will ave great difficulty In catching the rgers and worthless check artists, cfore any merchant takes, a check should determine positively the entity of the person giving the leek. The merchant should ask for ireet addresses and telephone num- ers and then check to determine hether the person lives at the place hag a telephone. When one mer- jant started to call to determine lether a man lived afc the address ven, the man rushed from the ore. His scheme didn't work." House Committee May Move To Tax Wages O' At Present Exempt WASHINGTON, Dec.

3 House Ways and Means tax subcommittee today discussed the advisability of taxing $50,522,000,000 of tax exempt securities and levying on tax exempt salaries. No decisions were reached. eve Trigg Still in rilital Condition' "Critical" was the way attendants St. Anthony's Hospital today de- ribed the condition of Eteve Trlgg, cw Mexico cattleman, who was In- red Wednesday In a fall at Logan. Mr.

Trigg is suffering from a skull racture. President William Green of toe American Federation of Labor announced after a 'meeting with his executive council that the Federation would submit a new wages and hours bill for congressional consideration "probably tomorrow." Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace declared that he would take to bring, farmers within the scope of the new housing'program proposed by President Roosevelt. Wallace was requested-to draft an amendment to the pending Senate Housing Bill, which docs not include farm housing, after he told the Senate banking and currency committee that farmers would spend more than 1546,000,000 annually for renovation purposes alone. Sen.

William E. Borah, Republican, Idaho, attacked the administration crop control bill In the Senate on grounds that It would "punish" non-partlclpatlng farmers and put participating farmers "In a price strait-jacket." The Idaho Senator questioned constitutionality nf the bill's provisions for restricting production. America's Perry Started Jap Guns Which Today Are Belching Death In China Says Arthur J. Allen By LEWIS NORDYKE Four American gunboata and 500 men commanded by Admiral Perry In 1853 started the Sfno-Japanese guns that are belching death in China today. That Is the opinion of Prof.

Arthur J. Allen, teacher In a missions school at Wuchang, who will talk on "What Is Happening In China" thU evening at 7i30 o'clock In St. Andrew's Episcopal Church. Listing (he chain of Incidents that led to the current trouble In China. Professor Allen said In an Interview that Japan has been aggressive since Admiral Ferry forced a treaty In 1853 and 1854.

At the time of Admiral Perry's first vLtft Japan's doors had been vcstlgate the killing of American. Japan look Manchuria the first .1 i- ui-ci, nuic-vrtji mien at St. Anthony's Hos- closed lo Internationa! relations since i treaty madi pilal. Judse Cmphres slipped on a JMI. Thf gunboats threw a sWrtw: drvclopin.

i sidewalk on Third Avenue, south of the Rule and struck hfs head on the concrete. srare into Japan, said Profrwsor Al- Irn. In 1854 Admlrsl Perry returned with 10 gunboats and 2,000 men to in- sallors In Japan. On that trip he forced a treaty of friendship. In 1858 Japan signed a commercial treaty and her ports were opened.

ProftMOr Allen said that since that time Japan had been fighting for expansion. "What Japan wantu," said (he vhitpr who has lived in China since 1918. "Is to develop markets and sources of raw materials. Japan isn't paitieularly interested in a place to colonize. She likely would like to have colonies In the United or In Russia, hut mainly Japan wants a place where (here is plenty of rice.

The Japanese have tn have rice." ir Allen said that after the In 1858 Japan an army. "By 1895," hr fiairi. "shr had her army to the point whfrr she wanted to try it out. It was then that time. France.

Germany and Russia decided Japan should not have the territory. Japan had to take Formosa Instead. "Then In 1900 came the Boxer uprising. Then Russia occupied Manchuria. Japan didn't like that but didn't do anything about It until the Russieas started moving Into dagger-shaped Korea.

That started 'Squadrons of Liberty' To Fight Communism in 1). S. DALLAS, Dec. 3 (U.PJ--Organiza- tion of the "Squadrons of Liberty," dedicated to fighting the spread of Communism and other foreign-born doctrines In the United States, was started today by a group of Dallas el er Forecast for Amarillo and victor ity: Fair and colder tonight and Saturday; lowest temperature tonight about 34. West Texas: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; slightly colder extreme north portion tonlgnt and north portion Saturday.

New Mexico: Pair tonight and Saturday; little change in temperature. Temperature extremes poSt 24 hours: 43 and 61. Moisture: Trace. Armed Robbers Get $24,800 in Bank LOCKPORT, 3 (U.fi)-- five robbers carrying machine guns held up a postal clerk and his police escort today and escaped with $24,800. The clerk and a policeman were wounded slightly by bullets from the robbers' guns.

Open Forum on City Tonight What is Amarillo's moct Immediate and urgent need? Answer to that and many otbn equally Interesting will be sought tonight at an-open forum', Junior Chamber of Commerce and The The meeting, which will christen the Blueroom at the Amarillo Hotel, scheduled to start at o'clock with a musical. program arranged by Paul Eltys of AmnriHo.College. Station KGNC will broad'cut the program.for an hour, beginning at 8.30 o'clock. Joe Jenkins, city commissioner, will be one at the principal speakers the absence of Mayor Ros D. Hogers.

Other, speakers will Dr. Thomsen, Herman Wright and Lenora Jean Taylor. Those present will be invited by John Mccarty, chairman of the meeting, to express their views or give suggestions, for. promoting the future welfare and development Amarillo. "If you can attend this important meeting be sure to tune in KGNO at 8:30 o'clock urged the chairman.

The open forum, which the Jaycees hope to organize permanently, Is an outgrowth of the "Whither Amarlllo-And Why?" contests In which hundreds and hundreds at persons participated. The clerk, John West, guarded by Police Chief Fred Llntner, was placing the money In his automobile )lor to transporting it to'the First business men and attorneys. National Bank of Lockport when a The buslncjs leaders and attorneys nt delivery truck drew up to the were secretive about the movcnwnt I rc offlcH. but one of them said the orgnniza- i tlon would "make every man a FRENCH FIND GRENADES The organization was re-i PARIS. Dec.

3 snrded ta part of nn active fight I about 2,500 haml grenades near by business men agalnr.t labor dls- Paris today gave new Impetus to turbnnces that have been frequent! the police Investigation of a thwart- Bomb Rodu Huge Building Downtown Kansas City KANSAS CITY. Dec. 3 (U.R) --A bomb, thrown from the street, ockcd the nine-story Business Assurance Building to 1U oundatlon early today and broke ut every window on all floors. No one was injured. The building caches to within a few feet of nain postofflcc.

Postal employes ran nto the street but the federal iiilldlng was not damaged. i The building trades union of the A cc 3 Dlsc ovcry I American Federation of Labor has In Dallas months. during the la.it ccl revolutionary conspiracy. been picketing the B. M.

A. Building, where union carpenters were called out on strike from a remodeling Job. TREASIIBV POSITION WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 position of the treasury Dec, 1: the Japanese-Russian war In 1004. Receipts, cxpf'nrtl- Japan won and again took a lures, balance.

churia "But President Theodore ROIMF- velt didn't like that setup and Intervened. As result, Japan received railroad rights In Southern rhnrla and Rnisla rrreltrd similar Hehlj In the noulhern part. "In Japan look Shunning ((row debt, i from Oemuny. Thai was (luring the 102.093.51, Increase of World War. Thp Washington Con- 20 aove the previous day; cnld ns- rflf.

112.774,102.698.19, Including Kee ALLEN Page I 242,536,718.19 of Inactive gold. i 008,687,017.84: customs receipts fnr ithi! mo.ith, $1,1117,447.97. Receipts for the fiscal year 'since I July 1). expenditures, (Including of emergency expen- excess of expenditures, Watch Auto Traffic When Shopping TrafHr hazards In Amarillo will be Increased by Die Chrbfmu shopping rush, Capt. Sid Harper warned today, "From now until Chrlslmu there will be Increase In the numl.rr of both pedestrians and molorfsls In the dMrict and rvtrrnne should exercise every said the head of the police traffic squad.

null jayvalkinf and both pedestrians and mnlnrljli should tralrh (hr he ariitrd. Traffic officers say double parking continues to be tha mott frt- quttil violation..