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MAItfiEP ai'pv HOME NEWSPAPM Established April 1907. Official Publication "City of PampdJ VOL. 26. NO. 133.

Full A. Leased Wire. MA Serving Pampa and Northeastern Panhandle a Daily PAMPA. GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 7. 1.9327 THE NEW PAMPA Fastest Growing City in Texafl; Panhandle Oil and Wheat Center (IT) Means "Associated Press" Pages PRICE 5 CENTS EKS SUPRE If you.

arc planning an cvient Involving very many individuals, let The NEWS announce it soon as the plans arc made. Herfc why: There are so many organizations fanning nnd announcing meetings and outings that trie events are over-lapping. It jiyfll be for the benefit of all to nounce these events as far in vancc as possible. Very often The is asked (o consult calendar arid stale whether a tain dale Is free of meetings. The NEWS keeps a calendar has entries much as a year Phone us your dates.

Tuxes are not very high by nn average for the last but they are high when contrasted with ability to pny. How. dp taxes- On public When Pampa paving was placed; a few persons suggested? jtfie economy of building storm sevyejs at the. same time. The when the total cost of' paying contemplated When (he rain was falling the other, day, we Heard a score of demands the city construct'storm sewers.

The cost such construction would be more than $75,000. That would njipim'- taxesc Obviously, the way to present this tax is to wear rubbers But the example arises. impressed, with the juvenile spirit; of male teacjjr C.ITS. 'ByHhis we mean their happj' outlook, their optimism, theijr torenjoy life. We arc'jiftl arc so unjj- tnrmly hippy.

Is it because tWy 'liave yfleeper -problems, or do jjat in as many sports atill flntsldc activities, or hold their better? The spirit of you'lji spirit of play. We all iir.od some ot it. Only once in the period 1885 has rainfall in the Sweetwnter area cxce.ede'd 40 inches for a year. was in 1914. But now we on the'word of our friend Judge R.

p. Crane that Sweetwate.r has. a'j- ready received 49.86 inches this The Average rainfall in that region Is 25 Inches a year. When 'Fnnipan was at Sweetwatcr a pw years ago It seemed that the rain would fall in Lake the city reservoir. It is possible the precipitation will be so heavy as to be damaging to cotton other crops.

That sounds ridiculous for a dry section about which Dor- othy'Scarborough wrote in jlin Wind," the hovel which incensed West Texans. King Cotton may be enthroned this year. With the farm board holding Us supp'y off the market, the price'is ranging a littlr the''coat of production, which "surnpih" for this Hoovercra. Tfte cotton -belt from Sweetwatcr; Abilene, through WiclTitii Falls and Childress has the best In years. That is good news also t'o the North Plains, which needs the belt as its The- upper.

plains knows no such depression as that belt has with drouglits adding to low price? as a source of disaster. Speaking "of school teachers again; we call attention to the fact tljnt they are long-suffering and ishingly patient in the face of latons. An instance is repoytpd from! Beckham county, Oklahoma. Tp enable students to get credit from the state department qf.eduqa"- tloii, the teachers voluntarily ga.ye a couple of weeks free teaching to hold up the standard. That's real service, and real sacrifice.

(i Note to you Rotarlans: dye mean challenging UK Lions again before meeting (hose KJ- vvnnfaJis? Are you afraid of them? And "are you trying to courage up in the belief that yo" can tame the Lions just beeaus.c' the Ktwaniam did? You're be aft agley. (i Bargain hunting, that corn- men American custom, has'become a major sport In recent months. With falling prices carrying prices necessities ever lower, the merchants and customers havo had a merry time watching prices rather than quality. But the public has not received "something for noth-r Ing." Palling prices went hand' 'in with unemployment, Bargain hunting IK legitimate; bargain ftrer. ing is an economic offense.

Is for this reason that rising pvlcen should be welcomed by the public in general. We have boasted pur hitrh standard of living in America. This high standard cannot be based upon deflated prices. Look for barvt dains, read the ads for the buys, but do not trv to talk yVsiir mercha.nts into cutting prices stjH more than the tags offer. Point the arrow M.

J. i Delaney and yon, HE. H. Delpn.ey of Dallas, are Pampn itors todny, Harlow Attempts Window WAR FLARES ffl- OFFICERS ATTEMPT TO ESCORT LIVESTOCK TRUCkS LEGION POST WILL CARRY ITS MEETINGS TO COMMUNITIES OF THIS AREA-BAND WILL PLAY Will Assist NEWS in Operating Big Score Board Kerlcy-Cft'ossmah post of Legion will tenrry iits meetings to the veternris in the neighboring communities instead of asking them to come to Pampa each time. This decision, made.last night, hT- cludpd, the proposition the American-Legion band would nlso make the.trips in a.bus now available to the post.

The Legion launched, at the same time; a membership headed by Frank annual duos was reduced from $5 a year to $3.50, and-it was announced that no further. reduction would be made. The post voted to cpoperate with the Pampa Daily in operating a -world series score-board. The beard will be" electrically' operated according to thr instant report of Associated Press' at Tho NEWS i building-. J.

M. Turner was appointed jutarit, Johnson was made" publicity officer, and E. O. Smith was named color bearer, p. W.

Thurman was appointed STONES HURLED AFTER SHERIFF AND HIS 100 ASSISTANTS SIOUX CITY, Sept. 7. 100 Plymouth county deputy sheriffs, armid.witli shotguns, pistols we're tiirn- ert back by a 500 farm holiday strikers today, when the officers madX.an attempt to escort 22 trnckloads of livestock through the picket lines at -Jaincs, Iowa, near here. cattle truckers, from northwestern Iowa, assembled at the Le-mars ball park morning nnd nsked Sheriff Ralph to iirovlde an escort the picket lines. Blppey assembled all ayailr abcl mpn, swore.them ni as deputies.

them with firearms, pool piles'and and started Ings will be featured by addresses Jnmes. of such notables as Josh Lee and TWnwiiA PMPW NEW AMERICAN GIRL SLAIN IN ALPS STAR TO TESTIFY AT INQUEST HEARING TOMORROW WILL Mil and service officer. Frank Thomas will be chairman of thcjiouse committee, It is expected numbcr of Jaysees last night l7is return from McLean why they backed Sherman White for county the first time and why supported him for re-election. It was this was ftiad at. Pampn for moving the court- liouse.

They voted for his re-election so they wouldn't have him on jtheir hnnds agnlni deputies, in four trucks, preceded the carnvan of 22 livestock' they reached James, they were halted the group of angry who hnS placed heavy timbers on the The farmers, members of the National Fnrmers' Holiday association, seek higher produce prices by trying to keep produce from markets, Rippey alighted from the first truck and ordered his men to remove the barrier, at the sainc time to shoot, any one 'who interfered. The strikers then turned the trucks around ordered the officers to return to Lemars. There '(See STRIKERS, rape 2) 1 Marvin Jones. Father Indicted At Dallas for Kidnaping Son DALLAS, Sept. 7 old Hugh Bradford Jenkins, grandson of the millionaire Mayor.

T. L. Bradford, who died two weeks ago was missing today and lils father was under indictment for kidnaping him. The boy's mother is dead, siw was killed in an automobile accident a few years ago, after she had divorced his father' and married again. The father, Hubert Johnson Jenkins, electrical engineer of Walker telling a ville, came here last week and was allowed to see the boy several times.

A court order in 1927 had made the grandfnther the boy's legal guardian and prohibited Jenkins from molesting him or taking him out of Dallas county. Monday inorn- Jenkins lefy the Bradford home here with the boy, saying they would return early In the aftcr- That Bill Ragsdale started back to school this morning after declaring he was through, finished, etc. E. M. Conley say.

that the only time to catch fish in New Mexico was during the dark of the at least that is what he wns told and, he believed the informant be- noon. They did not return. Yesterday the family attorney took the matter before the grand jury, which indicted Jenkins for kidnaping-. During the dny the boy's grandmother received telegram from Louisville, saying Jenkins and his son were there. Louisvile police said they were not in the city.

Dallas police asked Memphis and Nashville au- pause his catch wns almost nil. ithorities to watch for them. LIONS WILL PRESENT ANOTHER MINSTREL AND MUSICAL REVUE Another Lions club musical revue and minstrel will be offered the public during the early winter, it has been decided by the board of directors, The proceeds, Inst yenr, will be given to the committee, on, crippled children. The second.annunl revue be more elaborate, than the first, which proved very popular. The-off leers of MIQ club nre: President, John Sturgeon; C.

H. Walker, ivice-president, resigned; A. M. Teed, secretary-treasurer; W. T.

Priiser, lion tamer; and R. A. Thompson, tnil twister. The directors are Sturgeon, Thompson, C. If.

Schulkey, Fraser, R. G. Allen, Walked, Qlin B. Hinkle, and 6.. Gillhum.

The committees'are following: H. Hicks, chairman, Bert, Curry, Mack Gra- liam, H. L. Policy, Fra.nk Culberfcon, J3, Duncnn, chnir- mnn, R. G.

Wilson, B. Rose, D. J5. Cecil, W. A.

Bratton, Crippled R. A. Webb, H. ET Wilder, J. M.

Kelley, Roger MoConnell, H. Otto Studer, Liens B. Fisher, chairman, John B. Hessey, Clyde A. Long, George Briggs, Cnrson Loftus.

Major Patheree, chairman, Chas. Duenkel, Ben Wil- linms, Charlie Thut, Aaron Meek, Clnrence Barrett, Kennedy, chairman, Dr. C. P. Cnllison.Siler Faiflkner, Roy Boiirlnnd, R.

R. Watson. Constitution and White, chnirman, Roy McMillen, L. L. Sone, P.

E. Leech, Howard Neath. Limerick, chairman, Roy Wight, Clnrence Barrett, Walter Sill, E. D. Zimmerman.

Special arrangements W. A. Brntton, chairman, R. J. Hagan, GCorgc Limerick, Clnrence Ken- H.

Polley. Boys A. Meek, chairman, C. A. Long, Rnlph Thomas, John Heesey, P.

S. Brown, E. E. Reynolds, Clyde Stuckey. H.

Stluder, chairman, Chas. Duenkel, p. L. etnllings, Mack Graham, Silev Faulkner, Backed ny a large majority In both of Ithe Mexican Congress, Rodriguez, abcye, secretary of war, has ing 1 (he resignation" of tiz Rribiov Or- B. CD.

FIXES ENTRANTS Achievement Exhibits To Be Displayed In City Hall Women entrants in the Achievement Day event here September and 15 will be luncheon guests of the Board of City Development on the first day. There will be a short program in connection with the luncheon. Prob- nbly not' less than 75 Gray county club women will be present, according to Miss Ruby Adams, homo demonstrator. A program, for the entire day will be' announced soon. Exhibits will be placed in the ijasement of the city hall, where shelves will be placed.

The public will be invited to see the cnnned goods and clothing made by women of the clubs. The women will wear badges. Citizens will be urged to extend them a special welcome. Boys' 'clubs of the county also arc expected to have some exhibits, although most of the members will PHYSICIAN WIRES HE KNOWS CAUSE OF SUICIDE LOS ANGKLES, Sept. 7.

Definite announcement was mule police today that Joan Ilar- Jow', screen actress, will he subpoenaed as a witness for the in- auest tomorrow into the apparent of her husband. Paul Brcn, movie producer, who married her two months agol Inspector David Davidson said ho W'Uld subpoena 11 other witnesses, Henry Bern, a brother of cxpccetd to arrlve tonight from the cast. Meanwhile, physicians and friends c-f actress were understood to tie keeping close: watch over, her to avert anything- else like her rush toward a. balcony in her mother's home yesterday. No one seemed to knew definitely whether Miss Har- J'cw actually intended to leap from Ihc ten-foot balcony or merely happened toward it in one or several outbursts of hysteria over her husband's death.

Questioned for a long time by detectives la.te yesterday, the actress declared herself unable to any definite reason that Bern would klil himself. Since police have decided thorp was no doubt of suicide, the questioning of Miss Harlow yesterday the Inquc.sl. tomorrow are more (See- WOMAN, Page MANDAMUS ASKS FOR REGULAR CANVASS AT CONVENTION ONE WHO GETS MOST VOTES IS ELECTED, JIM SAYS Arrests Made in Beer Raids by County Officers Charges of possessing intoxicating, liquor were filed against W. H. Tocthmnn and Grace Adair yesterday following two beer raids by Constable Frank Jordan, and Hugh Mumford, his assistant.

defendants made bonds of $500. Other records in justice courts include- two vngrnncy charges, one for'disturbing the peace, one for as- sa'ult, and one for attempted assault. A charge of carrying pistol wns be too busy in school to attend. by County Attorney Sherman The best of the exhibits Here will White agains Olivia Jackson, be tnkc-n to the Tri-State fair. Grny county will have no booth in the contests for agricultural exhibits.

It wns believed that preparation of such a booth, which often takes two or three months of an agent's time to win a-high place, wns not. worth as much as work within the comity. J. C. Mack of Los Angeles is here on business this week.

Paul Tabor of Amarillo Pampa visitor yesterday. West Texas: Partly cloudy, possibly showers in portion tonight and Thursday; warmer in the Pnnhandle tonight and in cas'. and north portions Thursday. A SMILE TORONTO, hns dim-, med Adolf's eyes nnd made hit vclce raucous, but he's still a prim winning toulouse goose. Adolf, whose master is M.

Sliantz of Ayr, hns been winning 1 medals at the Canadian national exhibition a quarter century. This year he had to be content a second prize, while a couple'of his great, great grandchildren honked their way Int. places, negro. Sheriff's activities include a raid in which 50 bottles of beer were seized and 14 gallons of brewing beverage destroyed. A warrant was held for a suspect.

The sheriff was Investigating the theft of chickens, household goods, and radio batteries from house on the Skelly-Schafcr lease northwest here. The occupant wns on vacation when the loss wns discovered by a farm boss, who entered the residence to use a telephone. The building had been and contents scattered floors. ransacked over the Thr bctl.v of Jcranc Ibcrschoff, above, 21-year-old Smith Cnlleire Student, of Cleveland, has been found near a ronrt in the Swiss Alps. Police been attacked and murdered.

Miss Ibcrschoff was on a sdidcnt tour of Europe, and was milking a bicycle trip through the mountains. Agency Has Enough Money to Stay Open Month The Fampa Welfare Board enough money in the bank to opnr- ar.ot.lirr month, niiri additional funds are not. available by OcL. 15, the Hoard will close its agency in Ihc basement of the city hall on Mint Alex Schneider, chairman, announced yesterday. A total of $1.500 in pledges lint been paid.

If this amount were collected the Bonrd could fcvernl months longer. "If thesn pledges are not paid by Oct. 15, or if other plans are not made we will be compelled to clcso down," Mr. Schneider said. "A Welfare Board cannot operate without funds.

AUSTIN, Sept. 7 Miriam A. Ferguson, apparent democratic nominee for governor of TCX-TK, today sought help of tho supreme court in an effort to havo the vote of the August primary ra.nva.sfied and the result dcclar- according ito 'state election laws. She filed an application for mandamus to compel W. O.

Hugginsy chairman, nnd the members of the state democratic executive committee to tabulate the returns nccord- ing to reports made to them and recc-nlmend the candidate receiving Jthe greatest number of votes I state party convention ns the nom! ince. The court ordered the petition for application set down for hearing next Friday. The executive committee meets at Lufcbock next Monday ami tho crnvcntion will assemble on Tuesday. James E. Ferguson, husband ot tho gubernatorial candidate, who, scml- I official returns showed, had obtaln- ed a majority of the-votes cast between her'' ling for the nomination, said' the proceeding was to insure functioning cf the party executive committee according to law.

"This action was taken in view tho pu.blic statement of the governor that he would be nomin'nted at Lnbbock and that 'he would be elected' governor," Ferguson said. (Sec WRIT, Pag-e 2) DALLAS, Kept. that Hie controversy over the don- i ccra.Uc gubernatorial nomination be thrown into the courts within a fjew days i'or a recount of ballots cast in that race in the nin- primary was made today by former state senator, Thomas B. i Gray county officials arc Watch- Love, supporter of Gov. R.

S. Stcr- in with more thnn ordinary inter- est the action cf the legislnture attempting ot relieve counties of the Save Gray County $600,000 AUSTIN, Scut. 7. The Texas sriialc state affairs committee voted tddny, to lo postpone indefinitely a reSRlulion railing a senate ler that date our next movs must committee investigation of the re- be decided by the citizens of Pain pa." Although the situation is not as acute as it was a year ngo, there are still several hundred persons who are dependent upon the for ford, clothing, and medical attention. Practically all of tho clothing distributed by the Board is given by residents of the city.

It is v.ell known, Mr. Schneider cent democratic primary. Tax Levy Action Started by City burden of helping to build state Preliminary work in starting of levying on personal property to isfy tux claims was being done lo- highways. As passed in the house by an overwhelming majority, the bill. would not affect the cost of right- of-way and part cf the engineering I expense.

Nevertheless, the plan would likely mean a saving of about $600,000 to taxpayers were it carried out consistently until bonds taken over were retired. County Auditor R. C. Wilson'hns several wnys in mind to recommend JO 1, r.JJIJ VVll, IVJ.J An JU, I A -r rr- i 11 that, providing food for the destitute f(oy by A Teed "ty. attorney.

is only work. and serving as a liaison between the needy and the; citizens small part the Board's Personal attention, morale in handling county bond matters if the Sterling- highway plan is finally adopted. He has for several years a bond retirement plan which As scon as Blythe, tax as- graduates the requirement according sessor, is free of assisting the board, of equalization, he and Mr. Teed will start making the levies. of the town, Including physicians Suits to collect tax claims against and other welfare organizations, are duties oC the welfare worker.

The Board has not made any plans at present for continuing tho nqencv after Oct. 15. Members feel real estate also will be filed in district court. The city commission delayed its Tuesday session to today. Get a free ticket to see Constance that tho next, step in providing Bennett in "Two Against the World" funds for relief work should be Sunday.

'(Monday and Tuesday made by Pamoa "They the LaNora or "Symphony cf Six have supplied thn money thus far. Million" at the Rex the same threo nnd thev decide whether they will continue to supply it." Mr.i. Lee Russell of White Deer shopped hero yesterday. days, with a 50c classified ad placed in The NEWS Sunday. B.

Smith of Los Anrjcles i vis-iting in Pnmpa for a few days. Advertising Committee Will Bistance of the Pnmpa Business I association office Thursday at Mell association, will form a se- Reject or Approve Schemes Presented Merchants. Pnmpa will igive another luncheon club soon when the Junior chamber of commerce, starts the series of luncheon meetings voted last night in a dinner meeting at the Scheider hotel. The organization will affiliate with the national organization and launch a progl-am of work which will involve every member, it wns announced by President J. M.

Collins. The body also, with the as- cret advertising committee to pass on schemes presented to tho merchants. This committee will either approve or reject the advertising plans. The purpose Is to eliminate this fly-by-night advertising who prey on merchants and other citizens, not giving value and often not keeping promises. A committee to work out plans for this project is composed of Clarence Kennedy, L.

Polley, W. T. Prn- ser, George Limerick, John Osborne, Harry Walker, and C. Huhbard. It will meet at the Business Men's The entertainment program, which wns In charge cf Harry E.

Hoare, consisted of vocal solos by Jimmie King, Miss Dorothy Doucette, and little Miss Alma Pay Oliver. Miss Jackie Jones played the piano accompaniment for Miss Doucette, while the others played their own banjo accompaniments. Sid Merton, instructor in popular music, played piano solos. Mrs. P.

Morton galve a number of readings. C. president of the sen- to the estimated future valuations. The same idea would be applied to bonds not taken over by the state, arid would lighten the burden upon taxpayers. North Highway Advocates Meet Here Sept 14 Representatives of towns wishing a bridge across the Canadian river north of hero will meet in Pnmpa September 14 to discuss plans.

The session, called by the Pniupii Beard of 'City Development, will likely include a luncheon. Under the new slntc highway policy, it is hoped that the statn highway department will be interested enough to hard-surface' the read and construct the bridge. counties Involved might have -to furnish the right-of-way and possibly preliminary engineering, costs. The attitude of the state commission may depend upon the shortness of time before a clinngc In state administrations. It is doubted in Austin circles that the present, commission, antagonistic to thn Fergusons, will continue to gprvn under the new administration: Thn personnel nnd attitude of the new commission would be problematical, but the keen desire for an outlet for the upper plains is very deflhtlE.

ior chamber, made a short talk on H. J. Basham of Wichita Palls the work of chambers of commerce, was in the city yesterday..