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EMBER 2R 1-S Six Leased Wires Serve The Star-Telegram Exclusively With the Days News of the World-Associated Press (Four) International News Service Consolidated Press 1GA1N ASKS into Fort Worth Star Telegram SUNDAY Largest Circulation in Texas OVER 175000 DAILY Home Edition A FORT WORTH OWNED NEWSPAPER de Quickly to Nazi ner of Austrian delations Strained FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR NO 300 FORT WORTH TEXAS Where the West Begins SUNDAY NOVEMBER 27 1938 64 PAGES PRICE tO CFNTS JTON Nov 25 UP)K which the United States to have insisted that 5 responsible for Aus went forward to Berlin quick reply to a com-in which the reich to have taken the posi- had no legal obligation JACK COUNTY FARMER CAPTURES PRISON BREAKER 1 i le aeDts tunication was sent from without even awaitiii of Ambassador Hugh is coming back from Horned Frog Followers by Thousands 'Capture Dallas for Entire Day a comprehensive report tion in Germany HORACE POSEY OBJECT OF WILSON GETS ASSIGNMENT AT CAPITAL ti called renewed atten-of the points of differ-en the two governments ons have suffered such a in that both have called sadors home proved by Hull American note was ap-Secretary of State Hull his last official acts be- for New York en route American Conference at It answers a German 17 relative to Ameri-nce that Germany as- WIDE POLICE HUNT TAKEN IN HOME OE POSSE MEMBER trian indebtedness out this country when Aus-eared into the German March 1 American communica-ot made public immedi informed persons consid-llikely that the United receded from its position any's disclaimer of re-was unsound rlier communication the Government insisted that S-German Relations Are Strained Further Debt Complaint Is Renewed Four Increasingly Pointed Notes Sent Since Austria Became Portion of Reich Hunger Drives Convict From Hiding Place Fugitive Wounded in Struggle Horace Posey 21-year-old fugitive from the Harlem Prison Farm who escaped Fort Worth officers during two running gun battles early last week was captured Saturday night by a Jack County farmer after the convict had been driven from his shelter in woods and creek bottoms by absorption of a State the sovereignty assumes tS hunger WASHINGTON Nov 26 OP) takes the burdens with vanced for Food it includes $2405570822 Austria to feed war vie 20 about $20000000 bor-the Austrian government 30 and certain municipal bonds held privately here development with some German-American rela-red Friday when Presi-fvell formally proclaimed treaties with Great Brit-mada The President as died attention to the fact any is on the American tlist I find as a fact that the Signs of strained relations with Germany multiplied Saturday when the State Department assigned its ambassador to Berlin to an indefinite tour of duty in Washington and published new protests against Nazi treatment of American creditors Sumner Welles acting Secretary of State announced that Ambassador Hugh Wilson who returned here Saturday from Berlin on his way to confer with President Roosevelt at Warm Springs Ga had been assigned to the Department as an advisor on relations between the two countries Other officials said later that the assignment while for an indefinite period was a temporary one Thereafter the Department diseased that the United States embassy in Berlin had complained to the German government Friday against "acts or policies of foreign governments which discriminate against American creditors and give foreign creditors more favorable treatment than Americans" This referred to the fact that Germany has not continued service on Austrian debts outstanding in this country when Austria became a part of the reich An exchange of notes published by the Department said Germany already was making payments on Austrian obligations to creditors in Great Britain France The farmer Robertson about 50 was one of the members of the posse who searched the woods and fields in the area for the fugitive after Posey's companion Hugh Nix 24 surrendered in a cornfield near Vineyard last Tuesday Posey was captured within a quarter of a mile of the same place Robertson and Mrs Robertson returned to their farm home just after dark When they opened the door and walked into the front room Posey stepped out and leveled a shotgun at them Robertson grabbed the barrel of the gun and wrestled with the desperate Posey As they struggled in the front room the shotgun was discharged into the floor Then Robertson managed to grab his own pistol and shot the convict in the left leg That ended the battle Officers Are Notified Posey surrendered and lay quietly on the floor while Mrs Robertson ran to a service station to notify Jack and Tarrant County officers The farmer stood over Posey until help came Mrs Robertson had been in the room during the entire fight Posey said in City-County Hospital here where he was taken by Sheriff Carter and other officers before being placed in county jail with his pal Nix The shotgun with which Posey was armed was the one stolen by the two escaped convicts from The predicted onslaught of Winter began arriving in Fort Worth Sat urday night to send the temperature down to 31 degrees at midnight Arrival of the new cold snap here joined Fort Worth with a wide section of West Texas which early Saturday suffered such temperatures as 14 degrees at Lubbock and Amarillo The United States Weather Bureau forecast that Fort Worth would be visited with low temperatures of 20 to 25 degrees Readings at th Municipal Airport from 4:40 to 11:40 Saturday showed a if American commerce by is discriminatory I direct proclaimed duties (con-he new treaties) shall not to products of Germany" said in a letter to Secre-mthau who is responsible collections nations will share in the the new treaties under nal "most favored nation" steady drop They were: 4:40 45 5:40 41 6:40 37 8:40 35 9:40 31 10:40 32 11:40 31 IBS Demand from your club or hotel a nice fat Juicy 7:40 35 ve them at dinners partiet The cold weather was approach or me sick ana convaieiwni rand some other nations ipuut i 1 1 1 1 1 miu ime Grocery 1913 Bishop Cobb 34 of La Verde Tourist Courts on the Northwest Highway here Tuesday They had forced Cobb to part with the keys to his automobile and two shotguns This followed their first brush with the law when they had abandoned their The German government in a note of Nov 17 said that while it had been possible to recognize and pay certain Austrian obligations in those countries because of Germany's favorable trade balance with them it had been impossible to make any American arrangement because of unfavorable trade relations The reich is on the United States' economic "blacklist" being deprived of tariff concessions granted other countries because she allegedly discriminates against American goods Ambassador Wilson who confer- (TURN TO PAGE 4 COLUMN 1) ing Fort Worth from a north northwesterly direction At 10:30 the airport weather service showed readings of 28 at Oklahoma City 24 at Tulsa 21 at Amarillo 27 at Abilene 28 at Little Rock 30 at Tex-arkana 32 at Big Spring and 36 at El Paso Maximum temperature Saturday here was 46 degrees at 3:40 The minimum Saturday morning was 31 degrees Farmers in Tarrant County Saturday watched the increasing cold with anxious eyes County Agent Count said that if the temperature should drop to 20 degrees crops here may suffer extensively NGEE Star-Tslegram Photo I Mustangs the field LdssBaWMasMBM SAWTA 0 i Tliree ormerT fjMV Mft flQf QPRflllSlIP rfghtfare stirred to SIBii jfj llMNH II Ul 11 lHU I 11 by a Frog gain at the opposite mbIc 'f'MMimzz Horned Frog followers by the thousands flocked to Dallas Saturday to give noisy support to the team as it cleared its last hurdle to win the Southwestern Conference football crown At upper left the Horned Frog band swings down a street of the Dallas business section with part of the Fort Worth delegation in a pre-game parade Spectators crowded the musicians as the band massed in the lobby of the Adolphus Hotel (lower right) to give a few samples of its famous swing Family of Four Killed in Wreck 2-9201 ast Lb 30C oulders Lb 25c men to Spread Lb eet Rasher con Lb ir Own Pork 2Cf usage Lb 33' Shipment Jones Dairy Farm Sausage esh Shipment Weisel's anks Liver Sausage automobile after gunfire from pursuing officers had struck the machine This was on the North Side late Monday night as they were speeding here from robbing a filling station in Decatur Escape On Mules The two convicts had escaped from the prison farm on two stolen mules Nov 17 "I could have shot Robertson easy if Td wanted to" bragged Posey at the hospital where doctors probed for the bullet that temporarily at least has ended his criminal maraudings "I came out of the woods and gulleys to get some food" he said "I hadn't eaten in four days I got water out of the creek bottoms" To questions as to a lack of beard on his face he replied "I ain't got no beard yet" The robbery of Cobb occurred here at 9:30 a Tuesday City Detectives Cobb and Smith notified of the robbery took up the end of the field Below Miss BmBmMBBttM Wm' Wynona Keller of Fort Worth pauses to glance at a program BSBPjSBg Pope Has Slight Chill During Day VATICAN CITY Nov 26 UP) Vatican sources said Saturday night that Pope Pius XI was seized with slight chill about 5 after he had left his sick bed to carry on his official duties The chill lasted only few minutes The pope had been helped from bed and had sat up part of the day despite the heart attack from which he collapsed Friday morning He had been warned that his weakened Frogs Defeat Mustangs Capture Southwest Title Texas Christian University's football team overpowered the Mustangs of Southern Methodist 20-7 at Ownby Stadium Dallas Saturday before a capacity crowd of 23000 The conquest gave its third Campbells SOUP Mushroom mtj SAN DIEGO Cal Nov 26 A family of four was killed Saturday when their car failed to make a turn near Laguna Junction on the San Diego-El Centro Highway and plunged over an embankment The man killed was named Henry Schultz Names of his wife and daughter were not immediately available Notes found on the body of the man gave a Chicago address at 5281 North Dorchester Avenue and a West Los Angeles address Skidding off the highway the heavy sedan ran over a 25-foot embankment snapped the trunks off two trees landed on its top hen righted itself- 141 RANCH-IS SOLD DALLAS Nov 26 UP) Col Harry Stewart Dallas has sold his 141 Ranch in Kimble County to A Showers Houston oil man it wai announced Saturday The 900-acre tract sold for $35000 "eart might not survive another such Attack 25C Cans Tomato Southwest Conference championship and rounded out an undefeat Monday or later when the Pacific Coast Conference names the host eleven Southern California is slated for the honor The supreme head of the Catholic church 81 years old last May 31 gave proof of his extraordinary for-'irude by holding a one-hour conference with Eugenio Cardinal Pa-ClH papal secretary of state Most of the day the pope matched his will against that of his chief Physician Dr Aminta Milani hean of the Vatican state's sanitary igan set ER Bewley's Best FLOUR 12 Lbs 41c on Goodf ellows Need Help To Fill Those Stockings (For complete details turn to the sports pages second section) LOS ANGELES Nov 26 UP) Fresh winds from the Pacific spread a brush fire Saturday night over the ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains across a highway to endanger Encino where many film notables live In two or three places the flames were within a mile of the homes of Al Jolson and Joel McCrea actors Edgar Rice Burroughs creator of Tarzan and Phil Harris orchestra leader Ralph Scott Los Angeles fire chief threw 1700 reserve firemen into the fight along the mountain ridge and County Fire Warden Spence Turner brought several tractors to clear new fire breaks Elsewhere in Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties where damage possibly reaching $5000000 has been done the brufh and forest fires were held weU in check and may be brought completely under control Sunday Jones Predicts Continued Gains DALLAS Nov 26 UP) RFC Chairman Jesse Jones visiting friends in Dallas Saturday expressed the belief that the current trend toward recovery will continue "reasonably" He said private employment would be a deciding factor in the progress of recovery Reserving the right to decline comment on questions with a political tinge Jones said he planned to arrive in Washington Monday He will not attend a Democratic conference called by Postmaster Farley in Chicago FRENCH NOVELIST DIES PARIS Nov 26 Albert Emile Sorel 62 author of more than 20 novel? and histories including "Charlotte Corday" and "Louis de died Saturday at his Paris home The Weather Meyer Promises 'Em Trip to Rose Bowl if Invited CRISCO OR SPRY 3 Lb 49 (TURN TO PAGE 4 COLUMN 4) Woman Survives Ten-Story Plunge PORTLAND Ore Nov 26 04) Despondent over her own illness and her husband's inability to find work Mrs Howard Weaver 47 Saturday jumped from the tenth floor waiting room of her physician and survived Detective Shaffer who investigated said the woman pinned a suicide note to her coat and stepped out of the window into the court of the building Her fall was broken by a first floor skylight She landed on a staircase and was conscious when remored to a hospital Attending physicians said she had more than an even chance to pull through Shaffer said she told him ill health and adversity provoked the jump RETURN OF 'LIBERTY' TO FRANCE IS URGED CHICAGO Nov 26 UP) The Socialist National Executive Committee protesting against the labor policies of the Daladier government proposed Saturday that the Statue of Liberty be reterned to France "France in this hour of internal crisis needs the Statue of Liberty more than do we" said Roy Burt national secretary of the party GO OO DF EL LOW CONTRIBUTIONS Here are the latest contributions received for The Star-Teje-gram Goodfellow Fund: Bert Tolbert Machinery Co $500 A Friend 100 A Friend 100 Total $700 (Contributions to the Goodfellow Fund should be mailed to The Goodfellows care of The Star-Telegram or brought to the cashier on the first floor of The Star-Telegram Building) tt ed untied season The Horned Frogs their famed passing game curbed by a strong wind and U's well-planned defense relied on their running game scored twice in the first quarter first on a power drive and again on an O'Brien-to-Hall pass and once in the third quarter on running plays The Mustangs' score resulted from a blocked kick early in the fourth period U's other conference tities were won in 1929 and 1932 Duke strengthened its position as a rival to the Frogs for Bowl bids Saturday by outlasting Pitt's Panthers 7-0 It gave the Blue Devils an undefeated untied and unscored-upon season Tennessee another Bowl contender will play Mississippi Dec 3 Texas Tech also remained unbeaten by trouncing Marquette 21-2 The day's biggest crowd (102000) jammed the Philadelphia Municipal Stadium where Army capitalized on a fumble to defeat Navy 14-7 So with out of the way Fort Worth grid fans will wait attentively for announcement of Bowl invitations The Rose Bowl selection will not be made known until Tea Garden Brandied Peaches or Apricots $-19 1 Qt- IS They looked in wonderment at the gay trappings and colored lights which have transformed the downtown streets of Fort Worth into carnival avenues Their eyes grew big and two pallid little faces brightened as they passed the brightly-lighted shop windows filled with Christmas toys and fine foods to eat and clothes to wear They trudged on past the bright lights and toward a shack in the river bottoms that they call home a chilling gust of wind penetrating threadbare misfit coats to bring them abruptly out of that wonder world they had just visited Two boys they Fort Worth boys one 12 the other 8 just a tagalong little brother Perhaps they hadn't noticed the others but they were not unlike the two boys they passed back there snugly tucked away in the back seat of a large sedan while their father brought Sun rises here Sunday at 7:11 o'clock sets at 5:23 Maximum temperature this date 82 in 1905 minimum 31 in 1903 maximum precipitation this date 74 of an inch in 1918 Fort Worth and Vicinity Sunday fair not quite so cold West Fair and slightly warmer Sunday Monday fair warmer in southeast portion East Texas Fair and slightly warmer Sunday and Monday The weather outlook for week beginning Monday: Southern Plains and West Gulf States Generally fair except rain over north and east portions Tuesday or Wednesday Moderately cold at beginning of week warmer Tuesday and Wednesday colder Thursday or Friday DALLAS Nov 26 What doe a football coach tell his boys after the game? This is what Dutch Meyer said to his Texas Christian Horned Frogs after they wen tHe Southwest Conference title by trimming Southern Methodist 20 to 7: "Boys you've given me what I wanted for 20 years This is the happiest moment of my life I want to thank you one and all for the orand game that you played for Texas Christian today I know you all want to go to the Rose Bowl and if we get the bid you can bet I will take you to California That's all boys" IHELIEU nn Peaches SOC ed Cherries 7SC ichoke Hearts 75c til Gr Beafts BSC Hey pop! There are only bulging sacks of groceries from a store Startled a littte were the two shabby little fellows when stopped but reassured when a dime was pressed into the hand of each Their (TURN TO PAGE 4 COLUMN 1) 24 MORE SHOPPING DAYS Pr" 'H Christmas so how about letting after my presents?".