El Paso Herald-Post from El Paso, Texas • 3

EL PASO HERALD-POST Page El Pasoans Will Attend Dedication Of Las Cruces Courthouse Saturday Feb 12 1937 Order Saved Three In Navy Tragedy In Your Neighborhood 3700 and 3800 Blocks on Clifton Street Between Lamar Street and North Stevens Street HALF-HOLIDAY IN CITY FOR PROGRAM Governor Ting ley and Other Notables Will Speak At Valley Event CITY IS PAYING COMMISSION ON TAX COLLECTION Winchester Cooley Gets 15 Per Cent $62606 Old Debt Paid JUAREZ GUIDE ARRESTED IN ULD BURGLARY Drug Store Goods Recovered By Office After Long Search David Sanchez 40 Juarez guide was charged with burglary of Me- Kesson-Kelly Pollard Co that occurred June 30 1935 in a complaint filed with Peace Justice Wilchar today Several hundred packages of tooth paste aspirin tablets and laxatives were recovered by Sheriffs officers when they arrested Sanchez yesterday Drugs valued at more than $1300 were taken from the -warehouse of the company in the burglary Sanchez was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Escajeda at the Gateway Drug store Ralph Benefield manager said Sanchez attempted to Cljfton street gave up experiment- Mu some of toe drugs to htn- In a written statement to Escajeda Sanchez said he bought toe 1 drugs from a man in Mexico who formerly operated a pharmacy Because their commander Lt Carleton Hutchins ordered them to "ball out when the plane in which they were participating In Navy maneuvers off Southern California collided with another three men survived Eleven others went to their deaths in the Pacific 8 Carpenter left Hatfield upper right and McKay lower right dived through a bomb rack opening in the bottom of the ship and were picked up by naval craft ing with model airplanes to enlist in the Navy for a try at Annapolis He leaves for San Diego Cal next month -Then I want to he said His father Seheumaeker like the idea of his flying but Leonard thinks safe enough He made about 15 model Boeing Navy fighting planes and has studied aeronautical engineering will understand he said Your No 7 You Love Sparrows If You Love Your Garden 94 -ti 4 I- been known to discourage the little feathered friends Pull Off Worms Getting back to insect life Meyer says that next to the Aphides the red spiders are among the most numerous of plant destroyers When millions collect on a tree the tree appears to be full of dust Meyer recommends a spray of Destruxol Now is the time to pull off all bag worms from trees he said They feed especially on elms and locusts and will soon multiply Later you can use arsenate of lead The dealiest parasite praying on El Paso plants is the cottony cushion scale which has practically destroyed the Spanish broom and pitto-sporum tibora This is a tiny red insect which surrounds itself with a cottony mucous Meyer says the best way is to take a rag and hose and wash the plant as you would wash your car and then spray That's the only way you can get the scale For the grub worm which is mowing down hedges spread a sprinkling of arsenate of lead on the ground then water it and it will seep into the ground and mow down CHOOL children today are more than they were two decades ago is the belief of Mrs Jewel Lemley of 3711 Clifton street Alta Vista school teacher For 17 years Mrs Lemley has taught the second grade at Alta Vista Her attendance record is excellent During 16 of those years she has taught the second grade in the same room books and a better educational system has turned out a better is Mrs way of putting it know more Their study is more comprehensive The old-time three is Mrs -Lemley always gets a thrill when one of her old pupils who has made good returns to see her always remind them of the time they misspelled she said A Biggs of 3819 Clifton street is resoddlng his yard and planting new shrubbery Mrs A Stringer of 3739 Clifton street is planting new trees and evergreen plants In her front yard Thick vines brklglnr the front porch Sive a halo effect to the home of Mrs Austin of 371S Clifton street REVENGE THEORY IN DEATH QUIZ Continue to Try to Solve Mystery of Driver Killing Sheriffs officers today were investigating a report that Clarence Cox Main 94 taxi driver was beaten to death Dec 23 for revenge Cox was found unconscious from blows on the head in his taxi in the 3300 block on Douglas street late the night of Dec 23 He died two days later without regaining consciousness A recent check of Cox effects revealed that he had been corre i ponding with a young woman in Birmingham Ala The letters reveal that Cox had been urg lng her to come to El Paso and marry him Cox came to El Pkso a year ago from Birmingham where he worked as a taxi driver It has been definitely established that robbery was not the motive for slaying He had money in his pockets and a watch when he was found in the taxL High Winds Peril Polar Scientists Bp Science Service WASHINGTON Feb Furious gales of wind generated by a strong storm area that crossed toe United States and Canada a couple of days ago are adding new peril and discomfort to the position of toe four Russian scientists on their drifting ice floe off Greenland The storm also Is hampering toe rescue expeditions This declaration was made with all the confidence of an observer actually on toe spot by principal! meteorologist Mitchell of toe Weather Bureau hope they can get them off he added MAYOR MEMBER OF AIR ASSOCIATION Mayor Harlan today became a member of toe National Aeronau- tical Assn at toe invitation of McAdoo Doolittle Casey Jones Eddie Rickenbacker and other officials of toe organization The Invitation referred to the Mayor's in aviation The Mayor usually by plane and has min aviation one of his lobbies BEGIN SCHOOL JOB Bp Aesocimtei Brest SILVER CITY Feb Workmen for two Albuquerque contract- ng firms began construction here today of a $173000 high school and 154000 elementary school to inaugurate toe largest building program Silver City has had in years guns flamed death town should be made a national I monument It reeks with Southwest history used to buy wood from Salazar I the man who got the blacksmith to file toe chains off toe legs" Dr Laws reminiscenced I Bob Brady son of the Brady the Kid killed once called me to administer to a dying man on toe floor of toe old courthouse I pumped out his stomach by toe light of a kero- sene YOU ARE INVITED Luxable Fashions on Parade was planned with Tour problems In mind Every one of the smart costumes In the show can be made from standard patterns at low cost These patterns are so easy to follow that even a beginner can turn out a frock that wins and of admiration All fabrics are smart new and Luxable silks rayons linens and cottons both sturdy and sheer want to hear' too our hints about color show you how easy lt Is to choose colors that flatter you Luxable fashions will be on display all this week on our 3rd floor so forget the two style shows Wednesday and Thursday at 3 7th floor A group of El Pasoans will attend the dedication of the Las Cruces court house on Feb 22 Blood-worth assistant manager of the Chamber of Commerce said today Judge Numa Frenger of Las Cruces who is general chairman in zhurge of arrangements The corner stone will be laid at at 1 by the Aztec Lodge Masonic Order Sam Klein is Worthy Master Mr Klein is also chairman of the board of county commission ers under whose administration the court house has been built Half Holiday Mayor George Frenger of Las Cruces has declared a half holiday for the day and asked all Las Cruces merchants to close their places of business from noon unti five Immediately following the corner stone ceremony there will be dedicator program Speakers will include Governor Tingley Chief Justice Hudspeth of Santa Fe Mayor Frenger Mrs Katharine Stoes State Senator Harrelson Charles Madrid Holt Dr Ray Fife Judge Frenger and a representative of PWA not yet designated The New Mexico State College band will play Following the ceremony visitors will be conducted through the building Built Under PWA The courthouse which is of Santa Fe type architecture was designed by Percy McGee of El Paso and was built by Morgan and Sons contractors of El Paso It faces the southern approach to Las Cruces and fronts on a park which is being landscaped by the Business and Professional Club of Las Cruces It contains approximately 100 rooms closets end vaults and will house not only all the county of' ficials the public health officer the officials of the third district court the courtroom jury rooms and the county extension service The third floor houses the jail and includes separate departments for juvenile cases women insane a medical ward for the care of sick prisoners and regular cell space The court house has been built under the PWA CRANIUM CRACKERS HARBORD TRACY is having a series of conferences in an effort to get evidence that will free his son from a murder charge In these conferences Tracy meets with: Thomas Beilin a private detective he has hired Marian Wharton 21 his fiancee Scott Perkins a respected friend 3t the Tracy family Walter Beatty lawyer On this particular afternoon these four meet with Tracy in his home to map their campaign Tracy however had just discovered that one of the four was spying on his move ments that morning he had learned that his private telephone wire was being tapped He determined to catch the spy The four left house at 5 An hour later Tracy called Marian and asked her to come to his home at 8 Then he called each of the other three and made the same request telling each one as he had told Marian that he had something he wanted to discuss in private and adding that the other three would not know of the meeting Beatty arrived shortly after 8 A few minutes later Marian came in Beilin arrived five minutes behind the girl and two minutes before Perkins whom he chided for being so tardy After the four had assembled Tracy knew which one had tapped his wire HOW DID HE KNOW? 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per cent commission on taxes he collects on property on which he makes loans The contract was signed with Winchester Colley El Paso finance and real estate agent He is president of the City Mortgage Co but signed the contract as an individual City officials said Cooley promised them collection of $100000 in delinquent City taxes when he signed the contract Jan 13 Today he had collected $62606 of the amount In addition about $20000 in current taxes and nearly $40000 more In State and County taxes had been paid on the came property making Cooley's total collection about $120000 His 15 per cent commission is applied only to the $62606 delinquent taxes however The Cooley program covers real estate in scattered sections of El Paso Including property in South El Paso In the program all delinquent taxes of the Austin Terrace Realty Co about $12000 were paid off payments are handled through the office of Delinquent Tax Collector Gibb Fence Repair Asked to Aid Beauty Alderman Schuller today appealed to home-owners to repair and improve the appearance' of back fences spring approaches and El Pasoans become conscious of the appearance of their homes and yards it would be fitting if attention be paid to the condition of the back said Schuller several sections of the City emphasis should be placed on renovation of fences It would be appreciated by the Health Department if owners would aid tiie City in correcting the situ The Garbage Department will continue its program of cleaning streets alleys and vacant lots he added cleaning vacant lots the Sanitary Department will be working in co-operation with the Fire Department which now has enviable records in national fire prevention he said department will haul all weeds grass and trash if the rubbish Is left in containers or near the garbage BLISS MEN AMONG WEST POINT GROUP Three Ft Bliss men are Included among 100 West Point aspirants who will have examinations March 1 In this group represented holders of presidential appointments congressional appointments and enlisted men of the regular army and the vnktional guard Examinations for holders of congressional appointments are not competitive Congressional appointees are only required to pass the educational and physical examinations Presidential appointees and enlisted candidates are examined upon a competitive basis and appointments to vacancies in the Academy result from the order of their standing Twenty-one of the candidates are enlisted men of the regular army five are enlisted men of the national guard They together with four civilian aspirants are all that remain of a class of 103 who entered the West Point Preparatory School at Camp Bullis last September This preparatory school is conducted by regular army officers and closely follows the routine of the Military Academy in conducting- its classes Students at Camp Bullis include the following Ft Bliss men: Carl Stapleton and- Delbert Nunn cavalry Knight first signal troop INVESTIGATE PECAN STRIKE AUSTIN Feb An investigation of the pecan shelters strike in San Antonio is to begin next week under instruction' of Governor All-red Where Billy the he said was held upstairs attended many a in that old said Dr James Laws He and Mrs Laws lived in Lincoln from 1904 to 1915 By Lamp Light green valley was like toe Holy Land he recalled like toe -Wreck of toe Hesperus I was there Sunday They are reclaiming that old building in time The old Spanish fort has been reclaimed The whole i-r the grub worm ASK SMALLPOX VACCINATIONS Disease Is Reported In Areas Around El Paso No Cases Here Now Dr Walter acting director of the City-County Health Unit today urged all who are not immune to smallpox to be vaccinated as early as possible There are no cases in El Paso and none has been reported since 1934 but smallpox has been reported in surrounding areas and is on the increase are large groups in El Paso who have not been vaccinated and are susceptible to the he said everybody is immunized there is danger of an outbreak So far 139 cases have been reported in Texas this year as compared with 29 cases at this time last year way to prevent smallpox is by general vaccination in early infancy revaccination of children on entering school and of the entire population when the disease appears in severe he said GETS HOUSE PERMIT Clair Bradshaw obtained a permit for construction of a 5400 five-room rock house and garage at 806 Cincinnati street MEASLES INCREASING 'Measles in El Paso is increasing toe City-County Health Unit reported today At present 143 active cases are on hand Three deaths hav4 occurred front toe disease this year of LUX1 Goods Co Department Dore 1 tx i-4t (4 Ml Mt 1 Compliments APPROVE RANK OF LIEUTENANT Civil Service Commission Also Pushes Employe Classification The City Civil Service Commission today had approved creation of the rank of lieutenant in the Police Department Two officers had held the rank in recent years although it had never been formally created Head of the identification bureau held the rank for several years and Stanley Good now a captain was made lieutenant shortly after Tom Lackland became police chief No one was made lieutenant to succeed Good when he was promoted to captain recently Approve Firm Civil Service classification of City employes was a step nearer after the Commission agreed to recoin mend that the City Council hire Griffenhagen and Associates of Chicago to make the listing The firm has offered to make the classification for $1500 The City Council has agreed to hire an expert for the job the selection to be approved by City employes The Commission approved transfers in the police department as follows: Gilmore from defetUyg bureau to radio patrol Dave Haynes from switchboard operator to detec tive bureau Vlnfeon from fingerprint bureau to detective bureau and from detective bureau to fingerprint bureau Meet Monthly Certification of Davis police radio technician without examination was approved Provisional appointments for A Cardova fire department painter Fletcher fire department carpenter A Novak sewer department carpenter and Folk engineering department rodman were approved The Commission decided to hold monthly meetings instead of weekly sessions because of lack of business The meetings will be the second Thursday of each month- BOY TWISTS ALARM FIRE ENGINES RUN The Tire Department answered a false alarm at Upson avenue and Fewel street at 9:30 a today A small boy told Chief Sullivan that he saw a youth turn in the alarm and run He was unable to furnish an accurate description of the youth Firemen answered an alarm at 2125 Texas street at 10:25 when an upholstered chair at the El Paso Piano Co caught fire FALLS FROM ROOF Harry Hunter of 417 West Yandell boulevard was recovering in Calumet Hospital in Bisbee today from injuries to his back and head that he received when he fell 20 feet from the roof of a building he was inspecting prior to a repair job guarding the taunting Down those outside steps hobbled the Kid as Ollinger lay dead in toe dusty street That was in April 1881 He commanded the blacksmith across the street to file off his leg irons He leaped on his horse and escaped Three months later he was killed by Sheriff Pat Garrett Many a glad the old courthouse will be a national said Hulbert of 3601 Dyer street Hul-bert went to Lincoln in 1894 He was county clerk and county treasurer in Lincoln in days when memories of Billy the escapades and killings were green old Murphy store which figured in the opening of the Lincoln County War was in the Miss Overholt will present a regular sized package of LUX to every purchaser of Luxable fabrics who attends the fashion parade Limit one to a customer Are you a bird lover? Well have to take sparrows off your list if you also love your yard and garden Sparrows are one of the biggest pests that El Paso gardeners contend with "What is the use of planting they wail sparrows eat up the young plants and At Washington Park the dear little winged creatures have been the despair of gardeners who have resorted to some ingenious attempts at extermination The gardeners have tried to scare the sparrows away by rattling tin cans throwing firecrackers squirting water and making faces all to no avail Drive Next Door They laid out poisoned bird seed but the sparrows apparently knew heir pharmacopoeia and would lave no truck with it for the individual gardener Meyer las one or two suggestions But for sparrow nests in vines or in the eaves of the house Destroy the nest that says Meyer cheerfully sparrows can be driven to your next door On annuals and some other flow ers a spray of arsenate of lead has ORPHANS ATTEND SPECIAL PLAY Rotary Lions Altrusans Junior Club Send Guests More than 100 orphans attended the play of at the Children's Little Theater at 1118 East Yandell boulevard today at 2:30 Kiwanis Club sent 60 boys to the play Rotary Lions Junior Club and Altrusans sponsored guests at the play Children from Southwestern Children's Home St Margaret's and Sacred Heart Orphanages attended Mrs Frank A Hughes is theater director BARR WILL TEACH AT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL Rev Walter Barr Presiding Elder of the El Paso Methodist District will be a member of the faculty of the Southwestern University School at Georgetown June 6 to 17 The School is regarded as a vital part of the educational work of the Methodist Church Courses in the class for admission on trial as well as the four conference courses attract undergraduates The graduate courses appeal to minister and leaders in the missionary societies church school and the young departments of the church RESUME LAND OFFICE INVESTIGATION FEB 21 AUSTIN Feb 12 The Senate's committee investigating land policies of Land Commissioner McDonald will reconvene in Dallas Feb 21 it was learned today It was stated that Tom Clark a former law partner of the attorney general who is now an assistant United States Attorney General will be in Dallas for the hearing New Homes Bnilt and Financed under NEW HOUSING ACT Payments as low as 8598 per $1000 per month Peterson Lumber Ce WHEN You have trsable with tha finish nf yanr car ace a reliable painter ha knows MERTZ Is Years Painting of Antomobllra In Kl Paso Rear 4U5 Montana St M64IMJ Polishing Restriping and Eendrrs Straightened Kelly Springfield Tires Al Hardy Oil Co Texas at Campbell Main 1607 Featured in the show are beautiful new fabrics from Arthur Beir Co Edwin Berliner Co Dumarl Textile Co Everfast Fabrics Inc Henry Glass Co Marshall: Field Co Marvlo Mills McKay Co' Inc Mlngtoy Silk Mills St George Textile Corp Schwarzen-back Huber and Stein Doblln MISS THELMA OVERHOLT STYLIST: After the show the LUX stylist will gladly answer any questions you may have about becoming colors patterns fabrics or washabllity problems Court House Where 'The KidV Guns Flamed Death Will Be Preserved To Carry On Memories Of Old West Two-Story Adobe Building at Lincoln Once Housed 'BaileV Where El Paso Doctor Danced Dusty and ghostly it stands In the center of a ghost town Lincoln Mute today it once echoed with the shots from the most spectacular bad man Billy the Kid who killed 20 men before he was 20 The two-story adobe courthouse at Lincoln at last will have its day It is to be a national monu- ment by approval of President He was returning to toe job of Kid and him Roosevelt for an $8657 WPA allot-men Every day tourists tiptoe up the outside wooden stairway and peer in the locked windows at the bullet holes made by the shots fired by Billy the Kid Killing Spree It was in an upstairs room that the fair-haired ruthless bandit was kept prisoner There he grabbed the gun of his hated enemy Robert Ollinger from his friend and cap-tor Bell He killed Bell Then he killed Ollinger with the same shotgun He fired the gun from the top of the outside stairway Ollinger was crossing the street returning to the courthouse from a cup of coffee Popular Dry Ths SofttAwcifi Greatest.