Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 2

PAGE TWO THE ABILENE MORNING REPORTER-NEWS Sunday 13, 1930 One Of Four Outstanding Soldiers To Head Marine Corps Generals Russell and Fuller Others Considered to Take Post of Neville (By the Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July outstanding soldiers of the sea, one of them among the youngest major generals in marine corps history, were under consideration today to succeed Major General Wendell C. Neville, as commandant of the corps. How They Rank The four officers, in the order of their rank, were: Major Generals Srnedley D. Butler and Logan Feland and Brigadier Generals Ben Hebard Fuller and John Henry Russell The highest ranking officer, General Butler, also was the youngest. He will be 49 at the end of this month.

All four have had service in the turbulent Caribbean, and all have enviable war records and numerous decorations and citations General Puller is now acting commandant. His experience and rank, and his familiarity with the duties of the post, since be was assistant to General Neville, who died Tuesday, were considered strong reasons his selection. At one time Gen- Fuller was secretary of state, police, war, interior and navy for Santo Domingo. General Butler gained nationwide when, as director of public safety of Philadelphia, he set out to "clean up" the city. He now commands the marine barracks at Quantico, Virginia.

General Peland is in command of the marines in the Pacific. He is a 'veteran of service in Cuba, Porto Santo Domingo and Nicaragua. He, like General Fuller, would 'be retired in 1933. General Russell has been higfc commissioner in Haiti eince 1922. Besides his Haitian he has had duty in China and 'Santo Domingo.

Curfew Taken for Fire Alarm UnJfcd INGERSOLL, Ont, July the children who were supposed to run home when the town fire bell rang out the curfew came scurrying to the fire engine house a few nights ago to find out where was the fire. The town council had neglected to announce the date when a new curfew law was to take ef- lect. Volunteer firemen who knew nothing about the unannounced curfew shared the children's disappointment when they learned the bell signaled nothing more exciting than a yarning- to all children less than 14 years old to 30 home. Here Frank Hawks, famous pilot and hte new high powered Mystery TraveUIr speed plane in which he cracked up Friday in Wichita, Kansas. The plane is capable of a speed of 250 miles an hour.

E. E. White Conference Member of Christian Education Group Spanish Teacher Bound across Sea in Tiny Schooner (By Associated Pres-s) SALEM, July for his homeland. 3.000 miles away, in a 37 foot schooner, Professor Henry Blanco and his family set sail for Santander, Spain, on a planned five week trip. Professor Blanco, teacher of Spanish at Iowa State university, was accompanied by Iris wife and seven year old Evalua.

He went to sea at the age of 17. sen-ing for three years. He is 38 years old and has a year's leave of absence. The Rev. E.

E. White, presiding elder of the Abilene district, Methodist church, has returned from Lake Junaluska. North Carolina, where for the past week he has attended the initial session of the board of Christian education of the denomination. The Rev. Mr.

White will speak at the Trent Methodist church at 11 a. m. today. Organization of the board, at the last general conference created to include the Sunday school, Epworth League, and education boards, was completed at the Lake Junaluska meeting. All assets of the old units will be taken over by the new division about September the Rev.

Mr. White said. He represents the Northwest Texas conference on the board. The meeting last week was held in connection with the annual Methodist encampment at Lake Junaluska. Dean 3oyd M.

McKeown of McMurry college is there attending a session of the board of lay activities. He made the trip by car. accompanied by hfe family. ii: sional representative from this district. Mr.

Thomason spoke to a large crowd here following a cotton co-op rally. Among other planks in his! platform, he stressed adoption of laws restricting immigration, and stricter law enforcement. spoke in Colorado tonight at 8:30. Dr. P.

C. Cole man presided at the meeting and introduced'him. I GOES TO MARKET i W. of the Caplin Berger store left Saturday for New York i City to buy fall merchandise. VIOLATION OF FOOD, DRUGS ACT CHARGED Complaint Questions Protein Content'of "Cotton Oil Products Suit violation of the national Food and Drugs act under seven counts has been filed by United States attorneys, in the federal district court here against John Guitar, trading as trie Continental Oil Cotton company.

The complaint, filed by Norman A. Dodge, United States attorney for the northern district of Texas charges that the Continental's Co'lo- rado plant shipped consignments oi cotton eed meal and cak containing less than 43 per cent crude protein, with accompanying labels stating that under "guaranteed analysis" the products contained not less than 43 per cent crude protein." The shipments cited in the complaint were mad3 during the months of November and December, 1928, to the following concerns: F. C. Ayers, Milling and Grain Denver; Ady and Crowe Mercantile Denver; Interstate Feed Lamar, CoJo; Southwest Feed Minatore. Interstate Feed Mead.

Interstate Honored by O.E.S. Minnie Jllffglnbothum of Abilene shown below, was recently appointed deputy fraud matron from section 6, dUtricl No. 2 of the jrand chapter of Order of Eastern Star. ADILENIAN IS DEPUTY GRAND MATRON O.E.S. Miss Minnie Higginbotham Is Assigned to Area of 5 West Texas Counties Peed La Junta, Pawnee County Cooperative association, Larned, Kas.

Some of the of cotton seed meal allegedly less protein content than advertised; ethers were cf cotton seed cake. The Larned shipment contained both, the complaint staled. Eugenia Bankhead Hoyt Butt Lee Much Married Daughter of Solon from Alabama, Quits Texas Hubby Miss Minnie Higglnbotham, past worthy matron of Abilene chapter, No. 30. Order of Eastern Star, has received notice of her appointment as deputy grand matron from section 6, district No.

2 of the grand-, chapter cf Texas, O. E. giving her jurisdiction over five counties, including 16 chapters. Miss Higginbotham served as worthy matron of the local chapter during the 1928-1929 term, while her father, J. G.

Higginbotham was worthy patron of the chapter. She was also grand representative of the of Illinois last year. Another grand representative from the local chapter of O. E. S.

is Frank E. Smith, a member of the jurisprudence committee. Mr. Smith is county attorney of Taylor county. Miss Mlttie Higginbotham, sister of Miss Minnie, and W.

E. Clayton are now serving as worthy matron and worthy patron of the local chapter, having been installed June 9. The fiscal year opened May 31. LOS ANGELES. July 12--The Examiner says today Mrs.

Eugenia, Bankbead Hoyt Bali Le, morh married ua.agb.ter of United States Representative William B. Bankhead of will institute annulment proceedings soon against Howard Dallas aviator, whom she married at Reno, Nev, July 1. Terming: her last marital career short and ywett, Mrs. Let declared her had failed to live up to her ideals. She ana Lee arc "no longer living together," she said.

Lee is quoted as saying, Lee's stories of untold wealth, a famous southern family and aviation prestige, 'tad "I loved him," she Is quoted. "I stUI do. But I can't respect him, so I lefL I don't where he is Lee was Ws wife's third matrimonial companion, although the trip to the altar Tras the fourth for the briue. In 1920 she married Morton Hoyl, solicitor sreneral under the Taft administration. They M-ere divorced twice and remarried once.

Lawson Bait, former University of Nevada football star, was next, but Mrs. Lee said she discovered there tras another Mrs. Butt and no final uecree of divorce. An annulment ended that union after six months. (By Th- AsFodated LOB ANGELES, July through a legal loophole, Otto Sanhuber, attic lover, was free day.

although convicted of slaying Fred Oesterreich, wealthy MUwau- kee manufacturer, in his home eight years ago. A jury found Sanrmber guilty of manslaughter instead of murder, arm thereby gave him his liberty. Yesterday the court ruled that the verdict must be set asid-3 on the -ground the statute of limitations for manslaughter is three years. For more than ten years, San- huben had lived in Email attics in Oesterreich homes here and in Milwaukee, as the clandestine sweetheart of Mrs. Walburga Oesterreich.

One evening. Sanhuber told the grand jury which indicted him, Oesterreich quarreled with his wife. Sanhuber testified he crept from the attic and shot Oesterreich as he feared Mrs. Oesterreich was being Injured, This confession he repudiated during his trial for murder. The case was revived when Herman Shapiro, former attorney for Mrs.

Oesterreich revealed the existence of the attic lever. The woman still faces trial. Sanhuber left the Ossterreicn home five years ago and was married two ago under the name of Klein. EDUCATION PROGRAM MAPPED BY DISTRICT CO-OP WORKERS Business Men Meet, Appoint Committee to Direct Membership Drive; Trent, Merke! to Organize The Texas Cotton Cooperative association's program of information was scheduled to gain headway in the eastern part of district 7 this i be taken under advisement before work committees were appointed, Carswell will speak on the Co-op week, with workers visiting towns i befor the Lions club at Merkei to meet business men and cotton Tuesday noon, and after the lunch- prcducers and explain the cooper-j eon will confer with bankers and i ative marketing agreement. i merchants there.

Tuesday Particular attention is being paid he and Clyde Daniels, field man of to by local organizers development o' the organization "closer home" and a series of meetings have been the TCCA, will attend a mass ing at Trent, called by business men there for the purpose mapping held in South Taylor county. En- i membership campaign plans for response to the Co-op was given yesterday by a group of about 25 farmers and business meeting at Bradshaw. and a committee was appointed by Ocie Hunt, cashier of the Bank of Bradshaw and chairman of the session, to supervise organization and member- i ship work in th-e Southwest Taylor Group Members of this committee are H. O. Harris, chairman; J.

H. Herrington. Dee Jones, J. Wallace, C. M.

Hunt. T. N. Carswell, secretary of the Abilene chamber of commerce, was the principal speaker at the Brad- shaw meeting. He also addressed a i conference at Ovalo, where busl- that area.

trier Meetings Mr. Daniels will be in Goree and Munday tomorrow, lining up the Co-op's educational program in the Stamford branch office Similar work win take him to lin and Lueders Wednesday. Thursday the Abilene Co-op leaders will go to Ballinger, where a mass meeting has been called to consider organization there of i branch office. C. O.

Moser, vice president of the American Cooper- ative association, will speak. Loraine Favor for Co-op Plan ness men said the proposition would VOTE FOR WHO-YOU PLEASE For Governor--But If It's INSURANCE "LEAVE IT TO COX" 412 Mims Dial 7127 fiMXAS, FALLS. 100 20 ORK for RnduRtfe ti-jrtng 1929 than o-jr Tm- couW mke a good itwtSng oosi- Tioai surt fcr you when OU the atior.iUly-kaoira Training In ot Iftese lour Key-CJty" schools--girJnji you chences to ONE for the position 0 Ut Uie Wc SB business by milling the coupon to LORAINE, July of this community today professed ac- tive interest in the marketing sys: tern offered by the Texas Cotton Cooperative association, and pros-' i pects for a large membership a.p- peared strong, following a. mass meeting held this afternoon. More than 200 attended the rally, which was not fcr advancing membership work, but an educational meeting, J.

H. Green, secretary of the Colorado chamber of commerce was the principal speaker. He outlined the advantage? offered by the op. Others who made short talks urging support of the organization were J. C.

Kail, Loralne banker; George B. Slaton, banker of Colorado, and U. D. Wulijen, Colorado banker, farmer and ginner who Is that branch office's representative on the regional steering Loralne Co-op members will be served by the Colorado office. Utt -TMRpUM YduP MALga 1 Congressional Candidate Backs Farm Board Plan LORAINE, July 12.1-Support the federal farm's board machinery for aiding agricultural conditions-the cooperative marketing associations--was pledged this afternoon in an address by R.

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