Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • Page 23

Wednesday Evening, October 26, 1938 THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS Tune In On KRBC PAGE ELEVEN The Markets Today BEHIND STAGE AT FIRST REHEARSAL FOR P-TA MILK FUND BENEFIT SHOW Cotton NEW ORLEANS Produce Livestock trade t-wyisj; induced by cables hrougfct opsniss advances of 1 'o 5 points is the cotton raarkei here Deceabrr corsiracrs ai S-62. 3.50, March S-52 May S-39. July 8,24, S-01 aid Dec S.Oy bid. FORT FORT OCT. 2o iry--Fryers 11-17: htss 9-13; turkeys S-13.

ESs--No. i candled 6.0-J-6-?0 per 20- Butter cm' CITY. Kogs 1,000: top S-05; gooc to choice 170- 325 7.5-S.OO: to choke 140- i 150 is 7-50-75. sows 7-10-50. few 7-60- 4,500, calves l.OOu; choice ssec-- ua: weigh: n.00; gocxi to choice 10.25: good fed hewers 8.50-60; NEW VORK YOUK.

esel 3 higher tv 1 lower ol cables partly offset by CHICAGO CHICAGO. 25---Pr-jcuce: steadier: receipts srvss -XW cows 5.T5, veaier to? i 35: sbofs Texas 3 wethers 3-60- 5-i -25V steacy. Recvipts for the cay thus fs.r. sss roosters i2-'--13: broilers steady- heifers fuiSy steady: cows; December, which easec to S.45. 18-19: turkeys 14-18- stciay-str-jEg aad at S-iT at midday, when the market was CSeese: Trrtcs risies stetdv- red teers and vearl'-es set unchanged to five points 13-.

lor.ghorr.s -costly few loads held "to 11.50 above: good fed heifers largely S.OO- COTTOX PRODUCTS POTATOES St.Oi,'; load prime -weishis he-'ers FORT WORTH. Oct. 26--Wtrstera Fecc- CHICAGO, Oct. practical top vealers 20.00; v-. U-ii--ii; SO per US No.

i. i-30. cobblers "US (Sows; feeders LIVERPOOL SPOTS Oci- o.wO 1. 1-C'O-Oci: carlv Oiiios So to 90 per! including 1 100 Asisrtcac. Spot oiiist; cent US.Xo.

1. 1.05-15: Minnesota cobblers- prices 4 points higher. Quotations in per.ce: So per US N'o. 1. better American, strict good middling 5-93: soyd So to SO ITS No.

i. ailddlisg 5.oS; strict niiddlicg 5-3S-; i2id- 1-10-12 1 i 5-23- strict low middling 4-9S: iow i siiddlirs 4.5S; strict good ordinary 4-1S: KANSAS Cll'V i good ordinary 3.S3. Futures closed KANSAS CITY, Oct. 25, broil- higher. Jan -i-5: ilch -i-S-5: May 4-S3: ers other produce and pc-ultrv un- 4.SO.

changed. Financial Wool BAK NEW YORK. Ot-t. 25- Fair Fund Deficit Drive Bogs Down Meeting of volunteers to seek an additional SSOO so that complete deficit of the 1938 West Texas fan- could be erased was postponed this morning because of failure of either fair executives or businessmen to attend. B.

K. Jefferies, president. 01 the association, had called the BOSTOX Oct. 25-- (rsrA--A prices showing a. strengthening; tendency.

Good French combing lengths line territory wools, in bags. -were beginning -6 to 6S cents. scoured basis. CHICAGO CHICAGO. Oct.

000: top S.25: good acd choice 210-SO IDs S-00-20; 180-200 150-17 ibs I 7-6o-9; good 35-5000 Ibs packing so-srs 7.40- i 65- i Cattle 11,000: best year-i lings steers at 11.50: very large" pro- ffortjon steer and yearling crop of va'ue to sell at 10.00 to" 12-00; numerous loads I held at 13,00 above; cows steady to weak; trails and vealers steady to strong; i weighty sausage buiis up to i 10.00-11.50. Sheep l.OOy; today's trace slow- tinder- tone weak to 25 lower: talking S.75-S5 OE natives; best hew native ewes 3-25- 50 mostly. i "f4lf auy u.s. Bein Health Two Face Federal, State Prison Terms SHEVEPORT, Oct. Jett of Atlant, ana Frank Hill of Sureveport day faced both federal and state meeting following an open-to-tne- prison seni-ences.

public session yesterday afternoon i Jett and Hill pleaded in tne West Texas chamber of commerce building. At that meeting, donations knocked the 52,000 deficit down to S900. Eight-six new directors were als selected yesterday. 'hee? 3,500: slow; trucked-in S.OO; yearlings to 5.75: odd native ewes 3-35; trticied-in feeding Iambs 7.00-7.35. i FORT WORTH 1 i FORT WORTH.

Oct. 26---(USDA)--Cat- I tie 4-500; calves short fed and yearlings largely 7.00-S.OO: butcher 26-- i and bee cows 4.25-5-00; bulls 5-25 down. Sheep 3,000: faf laas uilty yes- terday 10 violation of the Mann! act. Federal Judge Ben C. Dawkins 6.00-7.00; ---ear- icrs 3.00; Boosters club members and entertainers asembled last night at Fair Park auditorium for zhe opening rehearsal of the club's P-TA milk fund show, to be presented Thursday night.

Jimmy Wroten, director of the show, enthusiastically praised the pre-performance and predicted that the show will be an outstanding highlight of the" Abilene entertainment season. Second and final rehearsal be held, tonight. --PHOTO BY THUBMAX Denying Drunkenness-PICKLE-FACED COMIC LAYS VING TO WIFE Czechs Split PRAGUE. Oct, A.split developed in the Czechoslovak cab- minorities dispute with Hungary. expiration of the Plato and medium grades J5.00-6.0o".

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. A municipal court jury today took the case of Stan (Frying the-Fire) Laurel, charged with I driving helter-skelter, drunk and half-naked down a boulevard. Laurel said it was not liquor but trouble that made him befuddled to two patrolmen arrested him at 55 miles an Laurel said in his defense day preparing- dinner for his Rus- house and threw sand in his face. sian-born wife, Illiana, on Septem- His wife, Laurel said, drove off ber 28, the day of his arrest. Charles Rogers, a- friend and 2.

He got madder and maeider peace-maker, and he was trailing arrive and Ms them when arrested. He forgot to put on more than shoes and trou- when she didn steaks burned. i Louisiana to Texas. woman from I if 15 in the Texas prison for criminal assault of the woman. Borah Declines to Help Jewish Cause WASHINGTON.

Oct. Senator Borah tR-Idaho) said to- premier of the province of Buthe- nia. followed delivers of a Czech note to Hungan- suggesting further direct negotiations on Budapest's demands for a large part of Slovakia and Ruthenia. but agreeing to arbitration by Germany and Italy if necessary. Louisiana Senator Will Defend AAA WACO.

Oct. Texas Agricultural association looked to' Ali a Louisiana today for a rigorous defense the federal AAA farm program- Ellencer. member of the senate i agricultural committee, was sched-; uled as the principal speaker. i Yesterday." several hundred farm-; ers attending the annual convention i of the association, heard President Edward A. O'Neal of the American i OD1m Io Retired Banker of Big Spring Dead 3.

When she finally arrived and sers after getting the sand out of he berated her, she went after him his clothing, he said. with a frying pan. Dr. A. W.

Swenson, sur- 4. He tried to take a telephone geon, testified for the defense that from her and cut his arm. on a the pickle-faced comedian was 50- window. I ber when he treated the arm in- 1. He slaved over a hot stove 5.

She called hint outside the jury. A faculty and student delegation fof 19 members departed from the COMPLETING CONQUEST- rennial southwide Baptist student i conference, in Memphis, Tenn. The convention, beginning Thursday, i Major Program is Outlined at Annual Meeting KANSAS CITY, Oct. (AP) Representatives of fed- eral, state and local govem- ments told the American Pnb- I lie Health association today i that the nation is about to bei gin the largest experiment in I health improvement in history. i In a sympcsiiun conducted as pan: of the association's annual meeting here group of speak- i ers ouilineci a prograrc including research anc rreaiment of disease irom common cold rc- caacer and the use tax funds where nece.ssarv correct the ail- menrs of persons too poor to afford I medical care, or the borderline In- I come cases who regard it as too I much of an expense.

Dr. Abel olman, ne'ff president I of the associaiiOn, declared rha: the purpose of the new health plan is to bring medical care not i only to the very poorest portion of the population but also 10 "that- i great mass of people are too inherently honest to call a doctor because they they cannot pay him." Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon general of the U. S. public health service, declared that the health drive now in prospect, which will be a permanent imdertaking, is "the first large scale effort shorten the lag between what medical and public health workers know and what we actually do" in the treatment of disease.

'If we applied today the medical; knowledge already available, not to mention the discoveries wnich constantly pouring out -of the research laboratories, it would be possible to add 10 years to the average life span of our citizens," Dr. Parjan added, BIG SPRING, Oct. Price. 63, long time resident of Big continues through Sunday. Dr.

E. B. Atwood, H-SU Bible de- I partment head, A. Si. Carpenter, i i facultj- sponsor, and S.

E. Spring and a banker Smith presicient at su his nome toaay after head delegation. fsillno- nfra1i-i i Others the party, motoring to succumbed a a long illness. for falling health Price had in! might involve Unued States in delicate and igerous situation." i s. letter to Habbi Stephen S.

-VM I A -1- mer Calmer oi she First Na- I Noeis cKinnev. Guv ere ne rerirea from Bauson. Doris Wayne Brien, Jew- nona the post coming to ago. Spring, he Before rT i ett-e Patton, Martha Rigney Dor- Great Britain what to do in Palestine. He declined an by his wife, a sister, Mrs.

i ity prices and parity income." O'Neal severely criticized price fixing and the domestic allotment plan. Texas Industry and Trades Show Gains Jas. Lockhart of Daflas, and a half imitation from i brother. Chants Dessi of Arling- I ReQaY TOT Winter T. Y(jrk ton Lampasgn Discussed i R.

L. Price resided in Abilene as i a child. His stepfather. Mr. Evans.

I an early-day building contrsc- tor who operated extensively in i Abilene and West Texas. climbed somewhat-above August but E. L. Clampitt, 1726 Clinton, en- remained substantially below Sep- tered the Hendrick Memorial hos- tember last year, the bureau of busi- AUSTIN. Oct.

25-- in- Four injured in dustry and trade in September i Compressor Blast pita! last night for medical treatment. Mrs. 3urt Kimes. S89 Walnut, was registered at the hospital last night for surgery. ness research the Texas reported today.

'c-rstiy oi DALLAS, persons wcr; Oct. treatec lodav for seri- Enthusiasm for a "Ready For nt-er" campaign was shown last a meeting of local building materials and building trades representatives and R. w- mortgage tive. federal housing administration. Sikes discussed property improve- nese ment credit plan of the administra- tion and outlined procedure for the campaign.

The local campaign is part Warships Steam Up Yangtze River Off Fallen Capital SHANGHAI, Oct. 26--(AP) --Japanese and foreign dispatches tonight reported that the Japanese army and navy had completed occupation of Hankow and its sister Wuhan Pierson's Escape Termed Perfect AUSTIN', Oct. COP)-- Howard Merit Pierson, has made the "perfect officers here were ready to admit. Travis county deputy sheriffs quickly broke down the story the college youth told Aprfi 24, 1935, to explain the double slaying, of his motiier and nis father, i I i I i JttSiace William Pierson of the siaie Selves to Crossbar Hotel Winter Ease April 15, this year, has failed to find a trace of him since. Local and state police lack a clue.

Rewards for his capture total i 000. Adjudged insane after he sill- ed his parents on a country road, reporting they were shot in a rob- he was' placed in the AustiE I state hospital. He remained there Japs Occupy Hankow nfantry Takes Vagrants Take Judge's Advice, Sentence ous injuries they received" when an a state and nation wide movement Dr. P. A.

Buechel. assistant direc- air compressor exploded at the Me- sponsored by the building industry yang. i Twenty-six Japanese warships nn fo i steamed up the broad Yangtze riv- conference representa- i to a position off Hankow's Japa- i dispatches i i said, and army units totalling sev- eral thousand men marched into I the former provisional capital from NEW YORK. Oct. 26--(UP)--What with cold weather coining on, five men arrested as vagrants decided today that goine to jail has its points.

Magistrate Mark Rudich told them about the winter comforts of jail in the Bay Ridge court of Brooklyn yesterday and concluded: "I leave it up to you." Eric Erickson, 45 and Frank Baly. 52, sentenced themselves to 60 days. John Lockwood, 49. took 15, and Peter Finnegan, 50. took 10.

but James Gillespie, 35, his sentence five days. Britain Warned By Lloyd George War-Time Premier Adjudges Munich Pact almost three years after the doubls homicide and was a model patient, Suddenly he disappeared. He new is 23 years old. SHIP FIR! (Continued from Page One; Thursday and was due ia i A i DOO Peace, and POd Peace, None at All LONDON, Oct. Two persons underwent tonsil- iectomies this morning at Kenarick a OU IC oe more Memorial hospital.

They were: Ger- or north aid Anderson. Hunt Hall, McMurry college, and Sonny Jones, five- year-old son of Mr; and Mrs. R. W. Jones.

533 Meander. tor. said the upward phase of the 1onal body and fender service. with the cooperation of "the FHA business cycle in the state appeared Richard Hull. 22.

and employe of a is designed for the purpose to be getting under way and prob- -e firm, suffered s. badly mangled improving business conditions and i into as i tnan 'rtheast just decline in Texas vvas "far ei n- continued Yangtze wawrfront an The composit-e index for Septem- leg. Lloyd Carter. 20. ploye, had a broken foot.

E. E. -or building craftsmen and others Butler. 42. a bystander, caught bun- i during the winter months.

dreds steel particles in his legs, i ---T. L. Holland. 62, received back gency is of 21.046 and is similar to three other ships built by the i Hamburg: American for the trans- Atlantic service--the Hansa, the and I ani speaking now one who New York and the Hamburg. A southeasterly gale and rain sweeping Xewfonndland banks increased the DentscJi- a i i hoxra 'or Great Britain.

wartime premier Three building permits issued yesterday totaled $1,950. Tom Willis, city building inspector, announced today. Largest permit was to M. N. Guest for erection of a $1.000 garage apartment to be used in business on South First.

Other i permits were: to John $475 erection of a warehouse on uuts. i ber rose nearly three points from injuries when the explosion blew' I -i- TOrr the northeast. 0 George broke his silence on has taken a great part in the affairs Shortly thereafter a Japanese in- the peace of Munich today to warn of this country at the most critical force of about 2.000 moved Prime Minister Chamberlain that moment in the whole of its history: I the international area er Sn villlout shall have forfeited honor: thp hnlfl TrtT fiTOo TaSfillg 131 me H01Q- TT shall have lost the respect of Vessels which proceeded to stand over control from foreign Delivered his erira prediction while! the world, and what is still by in. case of further need were i ties who had organized an emer- rhe present prime minister arid his we shall have lost our own self-! American Traveler, the S. S.

i Chinese i cabinet met for two and one-half! respect. And in the end there will! Oollamer and the Norwegian, ship 93 IO 96 74 compared with nim from his easy chair in an for 1937. apartment over the plant. To Charge Third in Counterfeit Plot our DALLAS. Oct.

service agents prepared today to South Eleventh: to Lucian Webb char se a person. Jack Elrod. for S475 alterations On a the resui: of breakup of a on Beech. counterfeit ring they said operated in Texas and six other states. An 18-year-old youth was fined Jasper Hayden Cunningham, 36.: SIO in corporation court this rnnrn- and his wife.

Mrs. Etta Cunning- i ing by Judge S. M. Overshiner for ham. 16, were a and speeding.

Eleven dollars were col- charged yesterday. Officers raided lected besides the speeding their house, where they siso seized Ten traffic tickets were issuf-U yes- counterfeited coira and a plant for; terday. Four excuses were accept- i manufacturing them. Erod was ar- i Manners ed. Tom Brownlee, chairman of the advisory board, said this morning the first report of the Salvation: Army drive for funds, probably will; be made late this afternoon.

Voiun- i teer workers will report to their captains, who in turn will report i to Brownlee. rested later in the day. Holt Farm Riot BAKERSFIELD. CaL. Oct.

I --Kern county officers patrolled the I backroacls today to prevent further battles between cotton pickers and Prof. H. R. Arrant, of the Hardin- i striking members of the Cannery Simmons university chemistrj- de- and Agricultural Workers Industrial partment, was the principal speaker U1 at a Sunday School banquet, at the Eighty-two men, members of the First Baptist church, in Sweet- i i affiliated with the Committee water, Tuesday nisht. i for Ind Organization, were in jail on charges of intent- to iiicite a An Abilene drugjist paid a $14; riot, and conspiracy to break and fine in justice of the peace court of enter with intent- to incite a riot J.

D. Perry today for failure to I after a clash near Arvin. The con- provide a chauffeur's license for his motorcycle delivery boy. The court also fined a speeder $14. Representative Bryan Bradbury of Abilene left this morning for Port Arthur where he is to appear on the program of the annual convention spiracy charge violation is a felony.

Strike Called CHICAGO. Oct. (UP) -Prank B. Powers, international president of the Commercial Telegraphers union, ordered a strike of the League of Texas Municipali- against Postal Telegraph company ties which opsnecL today. The con- today unless the company agree "to vention will continue through Fri- i abide by the law providing 43 hours ay- ffl i pay for -14 hours 1 i Test your knowledge of correct social usage by answering the following questions, then checking against- the authoritative answers below: 1.

Is it good conversational manners to quibble sr a detail such as the exact date when some event occurred? 2. Should you challenge the word of someone at a social affair? 3. Is it correct to answer telephone with just 4. Should a host-ess be careful to dress so as nor to overshadow her guests? 5. I it good taste for an older woman to try to appear youthful by dressing and acting like a girl? What would you do if-You are with a person who has a physical handicap? a' Kelp him at every opportunity? Ignore his handicap un- he is having difficulty? Assist him only when he asks vou? ANSWERS 1.

NO. 2. No, leave challenges to an open public forum or debate. 3. Yes.

4. Yes. 5. No. Best "What You Do" solution--(b) to save his pride.

(Copyright, 1938, NBA Service, Inc. 1 i H. S. Hiiburn of Plsinview. pres- ic'ent of the West Texas chamber i of commerce, and D.

A. Bandeen, manager, left at noon today for a i I meeting of the Trinity Improve- ment association at Fort Worth to- i night. Plans for improving the Trinity river for transportation means win be discussed. Presidents of the i West Texas East Texas and South Texas chambers of commerce were invited to attend. Hilbum was in Abilene this rnom- i ing before leavinc for the meet- lag.

regime following abandonment of the city. Details of the occupation of TVuchangr, separated from Han- kow by the mile-wide Yangtze, were not immediately available. Earlier reports said Japanese infantry columns driving in. along- the south bank of the Yangtze had met stiff resistance in the flaming: city and were engaged in mopping up operations. hours to review vital matters rang- be no peace.

There will be war, and I Europe. ing from defense of home shores to i war without Besides the transatlantic ships, the colonial cost of really satisfying Lloyd George declared that in those going to the rescue included Adolf Hitler- The cabinet announced making the Munich accord "we ET- S. coast guard vessels from Bos- no decisions. In his first speech since the Munich pact saved Europe's peace at the price of Czechoslovakia's dismemberment, Lloyd George declared the peace "was a bad peace, and a bad peace is no peace at handed over little democratic state ton and New London, Conn. in Central Europe, wrapped ia the ----Union Jack and the tricolor, to s' ruthless dictator who will deny free- i dom to both Czechs and Germans! i-LI alike." Answering questions after the speech, he said he believed "the (Continued from Page one) Civil Suit Trial Under Way Today Winters Contractor Dies in lampasas Samuel Lawton Briley.

38 widely known in Abilene, died unexpectedly of an heart attack yesterday at Lampasas. Briley was a partner in the Briley Jury trial in a civil suit styled Brothers contracting firm, Winters. F. P. Hamm O.

M. Mason and He a graduate of Howarc i others for foreclosure on note was Payne college and participated in underway this morning in 42d dis- football and basketball there. trie: court. i in December, 1925 he married -Trial of G. B.

Butler and S. viola Williams, daughter of Mr. and Simpson, indirted in a recent pok- Mrs. Lawson Williams of Winters er game holdup here, is scheduled; A the time of his death Briley to open in the arne court tomor-1 was working at Lampasas on a row morning. highway project He has worked on highways and dams in Missouri.

'Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona. Texas and Colorado. Funeral services will be heid at. the Baptist church In Winters at 10 m. Tn-orsday.

Burial will be Then he pronounced this judg-1 totalitarian nations would have I i ment: been crushed 'like an eggshell'," "I will you what we shall find, had there been war. Higher Courts DIES' REPLY- from Page rangement. Secretary Perkins and Secretary Jekes repeated this crude anc silly fabrication. thus hoping to lend the color of truth and respecUtbil- itv. "Even the president was induced to refer to the Shirley Temple fabrication in one of his press conferences." admit thJs testimony" Dies took pains to ask them whether their evidence was weii substantiated by affidavits and couid be proved by witnesses.

In discussing communist ac- -I tj-rity in west coast labor unions, Knowles asserted the American Newspaper guild and the Na- donal Lawyers gniM com- posed in part of members of the communist party. The witness presented the names of a number of members of the Northern California chapter of th National Lawyers guild whom he characterized as members of the communist party or some -of its i affiliates. i Knowles asserted that while com- CRIMINAL A A Oct. proceedings were had in the court of criminal appeals: Affirmed--Jobie Kins from Harrison (2 cases); Dub Hancock frona Erath (2 cases); Golden Irvln from Harrison; Roy Kelly from Uvalde: Jesus Flores from Xu- Paul W. Movers from Harris; W.

Z. Staner from Harris; W. N. Eprosoa from Hood; PJi.rr.eli Daniels from Dallas. Reversed snd remanded--J.

C- (Blackle) Morris from Baylor; Emmltt Rice from Efcstla-nd: Kwgesie King from Harrison. Appelant's motion for rehearing granted; rex-crsed and remanded--Wiley Rice from if Jg? in a Winters cemeterj-. In the Shirley Temple incident, a witness her as mong motion picture stars who unwittingly had been used as "stooges" for radical inove- meTlt i munists concentrated their labor After Dies had read his statement, activities viftitii the ranks of the he let Harper Knowles anc Ray aere were nVeruheless a Nimmo. representing radica; Mlarge number communists in I research committee the California American Federation of Labor un- i American Legion, present a bnei Mrs, V. Strauss, New York City.

"Lucky Greensboro, N. C. Spritzels Mazel, Bronx. New York City. Elwan D.

Home. Cincinnati, Ohio. "Aggie." Los Angeles, Calif. Fred S. Williams.

Shoemakersville, Pa. Holders of tickets on Dubonnet: "Never Win," Sea Bright, N. J. Marv Hourican, New York City. Mary Racisz, Buffalo, N.

Y. M. A. Carter, ft. F- Spurlach, Chicago.

Florence Crider. Horton, Kans. "Drurn County Ducky," Los Angeles, Holders of tickets on Fet: "Two Black Cats," Le Minister, Mass. "Al-EV New York City. J.

A. Dean, Akx-m, Jiiio. Rose Masterbone, Bristol, Conn. Survivors are the wife and four i wnich charged communists i uve ana A children, Lawton Allen, Annieta and Moneita. the pexents, MX.

and I unlon on the oast Mrs. Sain Briley of Winters; two TWO GUILDS ATTACKED brothers. Charles of Winters and i But before letting them submit Jess J. Briley of Apline; and a sis- another brief, dealing with charges ter. Mrs.

John Jackson of Winters, that some California candidates for Mrs. Webb Cttsey of Abilene is a I office were communists, chair- sister of Mrs. Briley. She and her man said he wanted first to "go husband plan to Attend the fun- i into the factual situation very care- fully before deciding whether Election Challenged SANTIAGO. Chile, Oct.

(TJP)--A serious political dispute developed today when leaders of the right wing coalition challenged the vtetory of Pedro Aguirre Cerda, popular front candidate, in the Abilene. Kiker-Knight has charge Funeral for Wilson Baby at 3 o'Clock Funersi was to be heid at 3 clock W. D. Wilson, 1134 Pecan street, at the family residence with the Rev. C.

Ashfor" officiating. Burial was to be in Babyland cemetery. Robert died Tuesday afternoon at Hendrick Memorial hospital of pneumonia. Survivors are the ents, two brothers, W. D.

4 and Donald, 9- Parental grandparents rt Mr. and T. M. Wilson of presidential election. 1 of.