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Me An '4 Biff xrw I ii i PRICE FIVE CENTS Number 65. AUSTIN, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934. Volume 21. 2 Killed, Hitler Seizes Full German Control As President Dies As Relief Cannery Floor Collapses 8000 Pounds of Canned Beef Fall On Workers in Building Here as Joists Beneath Heavy Second Story Load Give Way Under Weight Two men were killed and at least three were injured painfully Cabinet, Obedient to His Call, to Put Question of Making Him Permanent Ruler of Nation to People Aug. 19 For Vote; His Move Unchallenged.

(Copyright, 1934, by United Pre) BERLIN, Aug. 2. Adolf Hitler, the former Austrian housepainter, seized unchallenged control of Germany Thursday on the death of President Paul Von Hindenburg and Aug. 19 will ask the people to make him ruler of the reich for life. when a second story floor in the cannery of the Travis County relief administration building at Sixth and Red River streets collapsed beneath a cargo of 3000 pounds of canned meat and fell on the vie? tints.

Death of the rugged old field marshal at Neudeck, East 'Prussia, catapulted the dynamic little apostle of the Nazi brand of fascism to a new peak in the turbulent career that was launched in a Munich beer cellar. Hitler, as chancellor, abolished Those killed in the accident were: E. D. Daugherty, 34, of Glenn Oaks addition. Oscar R.

Stamnit, 30, of 1907 Chicon street. Tho-e injured were: W7alter Willman, 1209 West 42nd street, bruised right shoulder. Walter Martin Baker, 44, 1905 Whittier, fractured left shoulder. Mrs. Lola Pevehouse, 290b West Avenue, supervisor of the canning plant, neck injury.

Another who received minor injuries was Clyde Woods, who suffered cuts from can and flying sheet ceiling, but who was able to the machinery of his dictatorial Nazi administration to cloak the action with a semblance of legality. The obedient cabinet approved a Der Feuhrer as Von Hindenburtr's of the reich. Hitler, moving with characteristic vigor, announced his move a 4 Hurt a return to the plant few hours return to the after the accident. Fear that Baker was perhaps fatally injured were allayed sev eral hours after the accident, when physicians at Brackenridge hospital reported his injury consisted only of a fractured shoulder. Mrs.

Pevehouse, employed by th Texas relief administration In th canning program, was given emergency treatment in thes cannery of fice just outside the cannery and then was taken to Bracken ridg hospital. Baker and Willman also wer (Continued on page 3, col. 1) Dillinger's Brain Was Removed Doctor Says CHICAGO. Aug. Th secret of what happened to John Dillinger's brain was uncovered Thursday, it was removed from his body and subsequently ed in the course of microscopifl examination, Dr.

Jerry Kearns of the Cook county coroner's staff dls The solution to the mystery cams after John Dillinger, the bandit's father, announced at Indian poll's he bad decided not to dis-ln ter the body to check np on thd missing pari. He said he realized the removal was nut for malicious purposes and that it was made in the hope its study "might add to scientific knowledge and thereby be an aid to mankind." Doctors drew no conclusions as to the bandit's mentality other than to note there was ro evidence of mentil ailment. Giesecke Calls Relief Commission to Meet FORT WORTH, Aug. 2. (UP) B.

E. Gie-sfcke, a member of the Texas relief commission, Thursday called a meetjnsr of the commission for Aujr. IS to draw up and appeal for further aid from the federal government. Th meeting will be in Austin, The proposed appeal will ask that the federal government supply all of Texas' reliof needs for September, estimated at $3,000,000. Giesecke called the meeting after Gov.

Miriam A. Ferguson announced that the legislature would meet In special sepninn Aug. 27 to authorize the sale of additional relief bonds. Gif-ck said he was calling the meti -g because "even if bords were now It would toke 45 iay3 to make the nivney available." Belton CCC Boy Killed TEMPLE. Aug.

2. J. Tekel. 20, a member of the Belton CCC camp, was killed at Thursday when a Santa Fe freight train crashed Into a truck he was driving. A companion narrowly escaped death.

Hambone's Meditations kUNt BOB 5AY WMMEN5 'b LAK bl VOTE MO' BfTTUH F'N blY COULD Ei-CHCL HIT HUH SO WOULD my 'Everybody Just Eyewitness Says of Cave-in First Warning Was Just 'Crackling Sound Like Skyrockets' Portion Near Door Most Dangerous, Woman Says No Shouted Warning, Just Ran From Instinct To Exits "Everybody just behaved like human beings," was Mrs. T. J. Grimm's laconic description if the disaster at the relief cannery Thursday atternoon that caused the deaths of two and the injury of several others. Mrs.

Grimm, who was one of the three women in the cannery when the ceiling caved in, declared that there was no scream ing, or pushing or jamming, "ev erybody jui.t ran for the nearest door." According to Mrs. Grimm, the first warning that the approxi inately 75 workers had of danger was a great crackling sound, "like skyrockets bursting in the when Ihe rafters that supported the second floor began to give way. Ail of the workers' starting running lor doors, she said, but many were trapped by the avalanche of tin cans which fell through the ceiling Irom the second floor. Buried by Cant -Many more would have gotten said Mrs. Grimm, "but for these tin cans which completely ounea seme.

ine must dangerous point, cording to this Cannery wortcer was near the southwest door of th cannery, which is the first floor of the east wing of the relief head Quarters. Apparently, from Mrs. Urimm's description, most of the tin cans were stored Immediately abov this position. Mrs. Griinm, who was working in the northwest corner of the room made a sate exit through a door opening on the alley west of the building.

Heard Cracking In spite of the noise of the steam boiiera and the din of the people working in the cannery, Mrs. Grimm declared that the crackling of the uoor as oegan to give way wa neard almost immediately. There was no shouted warnings or or tiers, but instinctively, almost, ev eryone scurried for an exit. She said that she did not see anyone hit by falling boards or beams, "but was conscious ot a downpouring of cans. Airs, tinmm, who lives at 6U r.ast loth street, waa covered with dust from falling debris, but, ex cept for a slight scratch on her arm, was apparently unharmed.

She declared that she could not remem oer wnai nit ner arm, but that "in all probability it was a smal board." It was just before closing din and there was a comparatively short shift working, according to the eye witness to the disaster. Be. side herself, there were only two other women in the room, and they were both supervisors. Mrs. Grimm si-emed unshakt-n by her narrow escape from injury and remained near the scene until the wreckage was almost cleared away and all.

the bodies recovered. Jap Officers Arrest Soviet Rail Officials MOSCOW, Aug. 2. (HP) from Khabarovsk, In Far Eastern Siberia, Thursday nisrht (aid Japanese gendarmes had arretted 0 Soviet i.n the railroad near Pofframrhata, north of Manchuria. The move was interpreted in Moscow as an ffi.rt by Japan to the railroad administration In the hore the Russian PTOvernnifnt will accent a lowfr piice.

Manehukin is trying to buy the Chinese eastern ralhvjy from Moscow. OGERS Says: Editor Th Autf; AmfrxtrsH, HONOLULU, Aug. 2. Enck into a real cltv of Honolulu after a wonderful few days, "too few," on th Wg cattle ranches of the islands. Thee islands look little on thd map, but they rure do things big.

Nowhere on the mainland, that's what they call the joint where we live, nowhere is there men ulgns of doing well as there is here. You don't have to be warlike- to get a real kick out of our greatest army post. Sent field hdrracks, and ihe at Pearl Harbor. If war uas declared with some Pacific nation we would lose the Philippines before lunch, but if we lost thrse it would be our own faUlt. Yours, Dismiss Troopers, Court Tells Huey; He Galls Out More General Martial Law To Stop Judge Believed -In Prospect City Officials Gather In Alarm at New Move Soldiers Remain at Posts Despite Injunction On Kingfish By the United Prefts NEW ORLEANS, Aug.

2. Sen. Huey P. Long Thursday night answered a civil court ruling ordering cessation of "partial martial law' by, mustering 300 national guardsmen for duty. It was believed that he planned declaration of general martial law, which would suspend court Long was serve! late Thursday with the civil court order, si-cured by city attorneys.

It ordered national guardsmen withdrawn from the office of the Orleans parish registrar of voters, which has been held In seige by the militia since Monday night. The order was in the form of a temporary injunction granted by Judge Nat J. Bond. Although it ordered guardsmen removed from the beleaguered registrar's office Immediately, they were still there Saturday night and apparently intended to stay through the night. Alarmed by the activity the barracks, city officials met in a haatily called session.

iong, Thursday. had grabbed the city's strings, determined to Impoverish into submission the municipal government that dared defy his state political The city lost the rifrht to tax its citizens. City assessors were fired and scratched off the s'ate payroll. Stare assessors, loyal to Long, were set to work milking new assessments on all city property. It was inevitable that they would slash aspessrnents and curtail city rev- Disclosures Promised la Prison Break Probe Simmon Remains Silent Fending YVaid's Return HCNT8VILLE, Aug.

2. As Jim Patterson, Texas prison guard charged with complicity in the unprecedented dflth house break here 11 days ago, was returned Thursday to Huntsville after an overnight sojourn In the county jail at Houston, penitentiary officials promised disclosures Boon in their investigation of the escape plot. Meanwhile. reports circulated bout the prison concerning the details of the escape plan lacked official confirmation. Lee Simmons, prison system manager, maintained his silence pending the return to Huntsville of Warden W.

W. Wald. Lutherans Delay Action On Division of Texas VERNON. Aug. 2.

(UP) Members of the Lutheran church Thursday deferred a decision on whether to divide Texas into two divisions or leave it as one district. The question will b-s brought up again Monday. aibs. i s'is, earner Partly cloudy, Friday and Sat urday Privilege to Live In Austin They're Looking For a Desirable Place to Live What do YOU have to offer? Two furnished rooms? A neat little unfurnished apartment? A cozy little house? Whatever it' may be SOME O.NM wants to rent it! Tell them, about it NOW through, the- classified columns of The American-Statesman, The cost is nominal t-t Words, a f'apns, Dhs 14 Words, 2 ipi'is, 3 Day $1.00 Dial 4331 Miss Ad Taker at "Want Ad Headquarters" ii i- It's Hunter Campaign Force Girds For Run-off Battle Workers' Caucus at Marlin On Drive for Their Candidate Regional Managers To Take State by Districts Jack Reed, Lately of Relief Commission, Joins Tom in Race Fy RAYMOND BROOKS The Avittn American Staff MARLIN, Aug. 2.

Tom Hunter his campaicn leaders and recruit cohorts, the aroma of an Aug. 23 victory tantilizing their nostrils, swung enthusiastically Thursday into a council of campaign stra tegy. Out of the day's caucus of 100- odd Hunter workers and those who discovered Hunter since last Saturday, all Texas was divided into 15 parts, with a faithful worker to be put In supreme command of eaoh division. Hunter's decen tralization policy was carried into the run-off campaign. There will be no state campaign manager, but the regional managers will have full charge in their sections.

Reed Joins Campaign It was announced that Jack F. Reed, Speaker Stevenson's ap pointee who recently resigned from the state relief commission, will be office manager of the Hunter state headquarters at Wichita Falls. A liberal sprinkling of tradl tional Ferguson followers, who didn't wait for Jim to get off the fense and conspicuous ex-Fergu son followers were in the Hunter cnucus here. There were Frank Denison and Sam F. Roddy of Temple, county chairman; Roy J.

Daniel of Wich ita Falls; Edgar W. Cala, W. A. Klec-kt, T. H.

Minor and Vernie Marshall of Eell county; Eugene McN'amara, Tommy Cook and Pa Garrett of Waco among the throm hcr, Harold Knop, Waco attor ney recently appointed attorney of tne stare Panning department, was anotCfhr true-blue Ferguson man in the caucus. Shelby Cox, former klan leader in Dallas; Jack Reed Austin; the redoubtable Cyclone Davis end the famous former polit. ioal leader. Col. N.

Jones of Ty ler, were here. Maddox and Churfej Present John Maddox and F. W. Chu-dej, long-time associates of Ferguson, but who broke with him during the present administration were here. W.

R. Smith, and Hunter's Travis county chairman, Judge June C. Mrs. Margaret tit-arc the Hunter Austin cam paign office manager, and others were here from the capital. A particular appeal to the Czech voters of was seen in the presence of Chudej of Austin and W.

A. KJecka, the Hunter Central iexas Czech campaign leader. Hunter got here after many of his campaign lieutenants already had marked out their districts on me campaign blackboard and agreed upon their txsks. He tackled the job of blue-pencil diplomacy, but expected, when the final result was complete in the late Thursday night hours, to have few changes and have all the enthusiastic workers satisfied. Italy to Expand Navy And Aviation Forces ROME, Aug.

2. Official decrees published tonight revealed new plans for air force and naval expansion by Italy. An appropriation pf 1,200,000,000 lire about $100,000,000 i 11 be poured Into the military air force during the next two or three years. Another decree authorized appropriation of 354,000,000 lire for construction." FIRE DESTROYS BRIDGE LOGANSPORT. Aug.

2. W-j Fire destroyed the traffic bridge spanning the Sabine river between Texas and Louisiana state lines Thursday. By th United Pre being a post-war debutante which mstkeg one at least 40 years' old now. 2. American gals are becoming Inclined to believe that cigareta do something to the complexion.

For 20 year the anti-clgaret people have been trying to acare the daylights out of the lassies by telling them that cigarets shortened life, Increased the tuberculosis rate, made the eyes weak and bloodshot and led to the imbibing Of strong drink. The ladies lit ut another one and laughed; it got so that girls starting out on a date said "Gotta match?" avea before Song Rings True Word? of a song written by Nacio Herb Brown came true winsome film actress, in Tijuana, Mex. VYou Were Meant for Me" was the melody, sung by Miss Page in a recent production. The newlyweds are shown here after their return to Hollywood. Striking Drivers Ready to Parley With Employers Strikers Cool Down After Day of Guerilla Warfare By th Unit KPress MINNEAPOLIS, Aug.

truck drivers union advised Gov. Foyd B. Olson Thursday night that it is ready to meet employers face to face to discuss proposals for settlement of the 17-day, old strike. "We understand through a third party that the employers desire such a conference and we are ready to meet and thresh this thing out across a conference table," Vincent Dunne, a union leader, said. If the conference is arranged, it will be the first time that employers have met directly with employes to discuss the strike that has crippled Minneapolis commerce and resulted in 'drastic enforcement of martial law.

Observers hailed the union announcement as the possible forerunner of a settlement of the strike and withdrawal of troops. Earlier Thursday the employers advanced a peace plan, the first such proposal they have made for ending the strike. Activity of strikers was reduced after a day of guerilla warfare in which marauding bands attacked more than 100 trucks, damaged motors, dumped merchandise and beat drivers. Guardsmen spent a hectic day chasing phantom tetrirorists. Twenty new arrests brought to 90 the number of union officials and pickets arrested in the last two days.

AH were imprisoned in a barb-wire stockade. Later about 25 were released. Airmen to Try Bombing Rain From Texas Sky Explosives To Pe Set Off Over Waxahachie Farm WAXAHACHIE, Aug. 2. VP) Exploding bombs will lie used by two men in an airplane Friday in an effort to produce rain if the weather is cloudy.

Jame? A. Time, director of the test, said the exact time of the "bombardment" would "depend largely upon just when would be the best opportunity at a lam bast of the clouds if there are any." Six hundred powerful bombs will be exploded over a farm three miles north of Waxahachie, according to the plan of Bota end Wilfred Bot-tenfield. his pilot. They will be lowered and set off from an eight-pnssenger plane. they said "I'm hungry." Tt was not until the anti-clgaret folks revised their strategy that they began to get results.

Mis Gladys Van Antwtrp went at it from this angle: "Nicotine, in time, tans the skin of the face as It does the fingers. The woman cigaret smoker, at tlw ase of 40 or 50, if not before, is almost certain to have a dry, sal-Icw skin. Her features become sharpened, and her voice becomes coarre. The old saving that a woman Is as old as she Icoks, might well be changed to 'a woman is as old aj she the office of president, utilizing decree automatically designating successor and sole commander tfew hours after word was flashed from Neudeck that the old warrior under whom he served as corporal in the World War, had died. Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels made the announcement He said a law was passed by the cabinet Wednesday night authoriz ing Hitler to take over the duties of the presidency.

The prerogatives of the reich president and chancel lor are combined in an office similar to that of the President of the United States. Schacht Elevated by Hitler One of Hitler's first moves in his new office was to announce the appointment of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, relchsbank president, as acting minister of economy for (Continued on page 3, col. 1) Hamilton and Cohorts Identified as Robbers Ray, Palmer and Thompson Believed To Be Bank Looter ROBELIN'E. Aug.

2. (UP) Three unmasked bandits. tenta tively identified as Raymond Ham IKon. Joe Palmer and Blackie Thompson, fugitive convicts from the death house at. the Texas pen itentiary, held up the bank Robeline Thursday.

Only a small amount of money was taken. George English, bank president, end Miss Pauline Johnson, cashier, were alone in the bank when two of the bandits entered, the third remained In an automobile parked at the curb. The two robbers commanded Miss Johnson to give them the money in the teller's cage. Then they ran out of the bank, jumped in the car, and sped away toward ishereveport. Earlier in the day the same ban dlts were reported to have held up a traveling salesman near Sabine parish, tied their victim to a tree, and escaped in his automobile.

The car was the same model as the one used in the bank robbery. Back From Fishing Trip, Roosevelt Borrows Gear And Tries His Luck Again ASTORIA, Aug. 2. (UP) President Roosevelt, ever the fisherman, had been in the Columbia river hardly an hour Thursday when he borrowed gear and set out to catch salmon. Capt.

E. Craig of the pilot schooner" which brought the U. S. 8. Houston to Etrchor inside the bar, said the president borrowed fishing gear from the schooner.

The presidential launch was swung into the famous salmon stream and the president boarded it with Capt. Fritz Hirsch, the bar pilot. The launch proceeded upstream with the president trolling. Michigan Storm Claims 3 DETROiT, AUff. 2.

MP) At least three persons were killed, crowded excursion steamer was driven artier and property damage unofficially estimated at more than 11,000,000 was done by a heavy wind and rain storm which swept over East Michigan late Thursday. Relief Clients lo Get Pay Here On Per Week Basis Plan to Increase Relief Efficiency Getting Try-out A new plan for work relief clients on the rolls of the Texas relief commission in Travis and Harris coupties was announced Thursday by Thomas Devine, special consultant to the commission. Beginning next week clients will be paid on the weekly basis. Ai soon as they have been assigned to a project, clients will receive their first check and they will continue to receive weekly payments as long as they are assigned to the project. It was pointed out by Devine that work on the project will be carried on continuously, that Jt may be completed during the first ten days of the month or during the last ten days, but payments to the workers will be spread evenly over the month.

This plan, Devine said, will permit continuous work programs and make for greater efficiency in carrying on projects and at the same time assure a budgeted income that will provide money for necessities each week. The plan is being given a S'J-day trial in Travis and Harris counties before being offered to other Texas counties. Vote Bribing Charged In Hidalgo County Primary 'eDINBURO, Aug. I. (UP) Two men wore chprged with bribing voters and were issued for the arrest of two others Thursday in connection with Hidalso counts 's election scandal.

Alfredo Gunman and Joso Lon-goria were released under 1000 bonds on ohaiges of bribing voters in the democratic primal lst Saturday. Shortly before Guzman was arrested a warrant was issued lot the arrest of his brother. Santiaga Guzman, former deputy county clerk. Pnn'iago Guzman, a former special Texas ranser who lt his commission after a pro-election brawl with a candidate, was charged with viclatir.g election laws. Offircrs said Thursday night they had boon unable to find him.

Al Smith Quits City Charter Commission NEW YORK, Aug. 2.W Al fred E. Smith announced Thursday nipht that he had resigned as chairman of the New Yoik city charter commission and that his would forwarded to the seef'tary of at Albany. Piiiith mid that he fine to his deciiinn to only lifter he was convicted that it would be to prepare a proposed chfirter HO days before the date of the floc-tton as required by law. A few minutes after Former Oov.

Pmith announce .1 resignation, Samuel Scabury that he too had resigned. Oil Field Workers Strike IvJ i A (VP) Tun hundred ixiiiv i il f'li1 workers in the Btn-khurm It field went on strike Thursday, I charging that Oi'rlr employer were violating the collwtlve bargaining provisions of the petroleum British Anxiety Toward Germany Takes Rise Now Von Hindenburg's Death Final Blow to Series Of Incidents By th Associated Pr LONDON, Aug. 2Great Britain's apprehension over Germany's future, now that Von Hindenburg is dead and Adolf Hitler has become the sole arbiter of that nation's affairs, is sharpened by a noticeable "cooling off" in Anglo-German relations the last few months. A series of incidents, including the German debts controversy and the Austrian situation, has caused differences to increase at the moment the one man regarded th greatest stabilising influence in Germany passed on. Sources close to the British gov.

eminent pointed out Thursday that ffreirn powers ra.nnot posslhly repose confidence in Hitler to the degree they did in von Hindenburg. Roosevelt Cables His Sympathies WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (UP) President Roosevelt late Thursday cabled Adolf Hitler a message of sympathy in the death of Pres. Paul von Hindenburg.

The message read: "I learn with sincere sorrow of the death of Pres. von Benecken-dorff und von Hindenburg. whose long life devoted to his country won for him the love of his fellow citizens and the respect of the entire world. I extend to the government and the people of Germany my sin-cerest sympathy in their great lops. "I bear of you to convey to Col.

Oscar von Beneckendorf un von (Continued on pas 2 col. Roosevelt Returns From Trip to Hawaii Houston Enters U. 5. Territory In River Below Portland, Oregon ASTORIA, Aug. 2.

(UP) President Franklin D. Roosevelt returned to the United States Thursday night from Hawaii when the cruiser Houston entered the Columbia river at 1:30 p. m. and anchored three miles before Astoria. v.

The cruiser New Orleans, which accompanied the Houston on the presidential cruise to the Hawaiian inlands, anchored alongside the Roosevelt craft. Newspapermen and secret service agents were to be transferred to the Houston. It was understood that the Houston would lay at anchor until dawn Friday, when it will proceed up the river to Portland. Marie Dressier Leaves Huge Sums to Negroes LOS ANGELES, Aug. The actual value of the estate of Marie Dressier, actress, filed for probate Thursday was not given but was estimated to be at least S3OO.000.

Mnmie Cox, negro maid who was In Miss Dressings service for a quarter of a century, was bequeathed $35,000 and the wearing apparel. Jerry Cox, the maid's husband and chauffeur and house man for the screen i tar, was left $15,000 and her auto. 1 mobiles. The Girls Are Going to Quit Smoking It's Old Fashioned and Bad for Complexion Wit jfjr WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.

The antl-ciga-ret alliance gazed Into itg crystal ball Thursday and an- nounced that the tide had turned that American women were about ready to quit smoking, Two reasons were given for this revolutionary step, to wit: 1. The horsey et which rides to hounds in dean old Devonshire where women first began to flaunt cigarets have given up rmoklng because It is so definitely dates one, you know, as.