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to THE NEW PAMPA Fastest Growing City in Texas -Panhandle Oil And Wheat Center Serving Pampa Pampa (vOL, 29. NO. 95) (Full (AP) Leased Wire) PAMPA, GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS, and Northeastern Panhandle Daily Weather WEST TEXAS: Partly cloudy, local showers In southeast portion tonight and Friday. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1935 LEAGUE SUMMONS NATIONS TO Surprise Witness Saw Patton Carrying 'Box' Gay Mexican State Governor Faces Slaying Charge Thousand Armed Peasants Still Surround. Matamoras, Border City.

MEXICO CITY, July 26. (AP) General Saturnino Osornio, Governor of Querelaro, was formally charged today with homicide white another governor, Dr. Rafacl Villarreal of Tamaulipas, was fightIng for his political life. In Tabasco, Gen. Aureo C.

Calles was given a thunderous welcome by the public as assumed the governorship, replacing Manuel Lastra who was ousted early this week. Charges against Ogornio were brought before the permanent commission of congress by Judge Pastrana Jaines of the first district court, who asked that the governor be removed from office and brought to trial for his alleged participation in killing of Enrique Rio, Spanish business man. Rio was found banging in 8 cell in the Queretaro jall on July 22 and although local authorities attempted to prove he had committed sulcide federal investigators said he was beaten to death before his body was taken to the jail. Witnesses testified that Rio had had difficulties with relatives of Osornio and with the governor himself over payments of 8 fine imposed on the state lottery, of which the Spaniard WAS concessionaire. The charges against Osornio also assert that he failed to respect a federal injunction that Rio had obtained to guarantee his personal 1 safety.

Under law the permanent commission has an indefnite time to decide the case. In Tabasco, Tomas Garrido Canabal, whose political dictatorship in the state was broken by the overthrow of Governor Manuel Lastra, was guarded from possible violence by. federnl troops. Garrido remained in his home yesterday while for the first time In fifteen years the public of the capital, Villa Hermosa, demonstrated in the streets. "Death to Garrido," and "death to the Red shirts" were shouted by thousands of men and women who greeted the new governor, General Calles, on his arrival by plane from Mexico.

Red Shirts were in evidence. MATAMOROS, Mexico, July 26. (P)A deadlock between forces contending for EL change in the city administration continued today with federal soldiers and customs authorities keeping close watch over a situation which ex-. perlenced border observers held was fraught with possibilities of serlous disorders. While the tensity of two days growing out of demands of several thousand peasants for the resignation of Mayor Rafael Munguia 0.

had noticeably lessened. Garbell R. Cervera, commander of See MEXICIANS, Page 8 NEW DEAL IS FRANKENSTEIN SAYS HURLEY HOOVER AIDES WALLOP PRESIDENT IN SPEECHES LOS ANGELES, July 26 (P)-Two of former President Hoover's Palo Alto conferees- -both possible presidential candidates in 1936-vied today in loosing hot shafts of criticism at President Roosevelt and the new deal. Col. Frank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Dally News, speaking with "a full sense of the meaning of my words." accused President velt of promoting enactment of laws "for the deliberate purpose of undermining the power and prestige of the supreme court." Col.

Knox addressed a rally of Los Angeles county republicans while en route to visit the former president this week- end. At Oklahoma City, Hoover's secretary of war, Patrick J. Hurley, predicted for President Roosevelt the same bitter defeat in 1936 that his own chief suffered in 1932. at the hands of a "Frankenstein monster" the "democrats have created." Hurley went to Oklahoma City on personal business directly from Palo Alto, where several other republican leaders have visited Hoover recently. "With a full sense of the meaning of my words," Col.

Knox declared, "I ask, are such acts in accord with the sacred oath taken not only to defend an dto protect, but to preserve the constitution? Upon what does this, our Caesar, feed? What madness has seized upon him? Does he not see how dangerously close this comes to conspiracy to down our constitution of government? "I charge the president and his advisers with deliberately promoting the enactment of A group of laws which they have every reason to expect will be declared unconstitutional as soon as they reach the supreme court," he continued, "and with SO doing for the deliberate purpose of undermining the power and prestige of the supreme court," "A few months ago Hoover received the blame for everything. Now, with lines still forming for relief, Roosevelt gets the blame," said Hurley. "Through continued promise of aid," Hurley said, "the democrats have created a Frankensteln ster that will cause their destruction. "People seem to belleve in the doctrine of vicarious atonement, They like to pick out an individual to blame when things go wrong, often through their own shortcomings." MIs, Charles C. Bradshaw, who has been visiting the past two weeks with her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. E. c. Barrett, left this morning for Dallas, accompanied by her sister, Miss Bernice Barrett. USE BAYONETS TO BREAK UP LUMBER RIOT 500 SYMPATHIZERS IN STRIKE STONE SOLDIERS HOQUIAM, July 26 (AP) -Squads of steel-helmeted national guardsmen patrolled stratoday after a riot in which 500 legle centers 011 Grays Harbor lumber sympathizers stoned 1 company of soldiers, The crowd 1'A5 dispersed with fixed bayonets.

The disturbance last night was one of a series which has marked the strike of mill workers of Grays Harbor since the arrival of national guardsmen about a month ago. It occurred only a few hours nicer troops in Tacoma broke up aL disturbance of strike pickets. The company of guardmen WAS being pushed in trucks to the aid of 10 troopers whom the crowd had beseiged. when they ran into the barrage of rocks, Major W. C.

Hand immediately ordered the troops to charge with fixed bayenets and the rioters ed with the guardsmen in pursuit. Ore guardsman was injured, not seriously, by a hurled rock, The 10 beleaguered troopers had been stationed in a house from which shots were fired earlier in the Week by non-union men at 3 crowd of strike sympathizers. Five persons were slightly wounded by the shots. Two men are held in Montesano as. a result of the shooting.

Mills in Tacoma and the Grays Harbor cities of Aberdeen, Montesano and Hoquiam were reopened under the proteciton of tional guardsmen about a month ago. other cities which have felt the effect of the protracted and paralyzing lumber strike which at I one time affected 35,000 men, opened under union agreements or under police protection. V. F. W.

Picnio The annual Veterans of Foreign Wars picnic will held Sunday afternoon at the 'Bruce Bull ranch southeast LeFors, Members and their families will gather at the American Legion hut on West Foster avenue at 1:30 o'clock. Italy Makes Bold Faces At England In Demonstrations Is 'Ready for a War Against Blonds If Necessary' BY A. E. STUNTZ Associated Press Foreign Staff ROME, July 26 (AP)--Italy persisted today in the hope that its gesture in consenting to revive the Italo-Ethiopian conciliation commission would make unnecessary action by the League of Nations council in the east African dispute. Government sources, asserting they have received no official confirmation of reports that the leaguLe council would be convokerl July 31, said Italy would not welcome council meeting because of danger of a rupture between Italy and the league.

Informed quarters explained that A former Follies star once hailed by Florenz Zicgfeld as the "highest paid chorine," Jessie Reed, 38, shown in Chicago, who numbers millionaires among her four ex-husbands, is broke. Sho admitted she might have to apply to Chicago relief bodies for assistance as she faced eviction from a hotel room. Broke Hallmark Sister Takes Stand in Thompson Trial PEORIA, July (P)-Miss Hallmark, today took the stand as the first witness to help the state's attempt to send Gerald Thompson, 26, to the electric chair for the slaying and ravishing of her sister, pretty 19-year-old Mildred' Hallmark, The witness, two years than the auburn-haired girl whose body was found 11 a cemetery ditch, answered questions of State's Attorney Edwin V. Champion in a low, firm voice, Ruby told of Mildred's preparation for work on Sunday, June The girl's body was found the next day. "Did you any marks on her throat on Sunday?" asked Champion.

did not," Ruby replied. "When did you next see her?" "On Tuesday, June 18, at the morgue -she was dead." The victim's father, John Hallmark, who works at the same plant where Thompson was a machinist, was dead in girl court were as the exhibited clothes before of the jury. The dead girl's underwear, slashed by have carried in his car, was exhibshears Thompson Is alleged to ited. The defense attorney did not cross-examine the witness, and John McGinnis. "boy friend the slain girl," was called.

He testified as to his acquaintance with the dead girl and their work together in Bishop's cafeteria, he as a bus boy, she as a hostess. BODY RECOVERED STAMFORD, July 26. of Frank Adams of Tuxedo, near here, was recovered from the water's of California at sunrise day within 50 yards of the place where he was swimming when he drowned early Thursday afternoon. Favorable report was given today on the condition of Fred McCright of Anson, who was bitten by a snake while he was diving for Adam's body last Young will be buried Saturday, on his 17th birthday, Visiting In Olton Mrs. J.

L. Lester and daughter, Hester Ella, are visiting in the home 'of Mrs. Nettie Bruton in Olton. Accompanying them was J. J.

Choate of Nacogdoches, father of Mrs. Lester and Mrs. Bruton who has been visiting here. Mr. and Mrs.

B. M. Daniels of Amarillo have been guests of his mother, Mrs. Annie Daniels, this week. the Italian Mussolini's people, under Premier Benito leadership, have their minds set on an occupation of Ethiopia- as demonstrated by the wave of monster fascist demonstrations sweeping the nation, answer to Great Britain's action in forbidding export of arms to Italy and Ethiopla, the fascist press asserted the step, as affecting Ethiopia was based entirely on material reason.

"There is no license for the exportation of arms England," La Tribuna said, "evidently for the reason that British arms manyfacturers asked for cash whereas Selassie has none." "Abyssinia for us," was the common cry in demonstrations last night by crowds of cheering blackshirts jamming every downtown plaza of Rome, One hundred thousand fascists shouted approval of I Duce's east African program in one of the greatest demonstrations in the capital's history, which also evoked roars of disapproval of Ethiopia, Japan and Great Britain. Orazio Orazi, fascist secretary for Rome, assured the crowds that Italy would "be ready for war against blacks and yellows, and, if necessary, blondes." A police guard, 1,000 strong, discouraged any would-be extremists at the Ethiopian legation, while a squadron of about 200 Carabinieri rendered A like service at the Japanese embassy and about two dozen guarded the British embassy. The extraordinary guard was with. drawn later from all three, The blackshirt. demonstrators bore many placards proclaiming: We want to go into Ethiopia," "We bave old accounts to settle," "Italy has no master," and "the rights of the people cannot be proscribed." NYE CENTRAL BANK PLAN REJECTED ED WASHINGTON, July 26 (P) The senate today overwhelmingly rejected the Nye proposal for a government-owned central bank, offered as' substitute for the main section of the banking bill placing control of the nation's credit in seven reserve poard members and five News (Twelve Pages Today) WAR Troops Sail for Africa Held aloft on a comrade's shoulders, Naples for Ethiopia to the cheers the young bugler sounds a stirring of thousands jamming the plers.

call as Italian troops sail from Land Priced Too High By Owners, Says Committee New Figures Sought; Nine Bids Are Submitted Nine tracts of land adjoining: or near the city limits were offered for sale to the. land committee of the Board City Development, but all wel'e "out of line" in price, it was announced this morning. The committee was authorized last week to acquire not less than 100 acres of land not more than two and one-ball miles from the city limits to be used as grounds for staging the 1936 Centennial, Pioneers Roundup and Panhandle Oil Show and other future celebrations of a civic nature. Owners of the land submitted their proposals through bids which were written and sealed. N.

Duncan is chairman of the committee. It was announced this morning that the committee will not pay an "unreasonable" price for the land; that it is spending public money, and that it intends to spend it conservatively and reasonably. aside. All the bids were temporarily laid It is known that other land owners will submit bids Immediately. The committee urged the land owners in the announcement to price their land at the lowest possible price, and stated that the prices named in the bids were too high.

If those who have submitted bids wish to revise them, they may do so. Among the "land experts" on the committee are Mr. Duncan, J. S. Wynne, B.

Lovett, Jim Williams, C. P. Buckler, all of whom have lived here A long time and know practically every piece of land in the county. Other members of the committee are John Roby, Dick Hughes, H. L.

Polley, H. C. Wilson. The committee hopes to purchase the land in a few days. Plans for its improvement will be immediately drawn up.

The PWA would finance the project, under present plans. Cyrier Funeral To Be in Kansa's The body of Mrs. Emma Oyrler, 47, who died Wednesday at the home of a sister, Mrs. G. A.

Perry, 414 East Foster avenue, was sent to Clyde, early this noon by Pampa Mortuary. Burial will be in Clyde tomorrow afternoon. Mrs. Cyrier is survived by a daughter, Geraldine Oyrier of Clyde, three sisters, Mrs. Perry, Mrs.

Marian Henion, and Mrs. R. W. Bockman of Pocatello, Idaho, and three brothers, Frank and Jack Veroda of Cuba, and Melk Veroda, of Alameda, Kan. ACCEPTS PROPOSAL WASHINGTON, July 26 (AP) Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, said today that the union had accepted President Roosevelt's proposal to extend present wage and hour contracts in the soft coal industry through September 16 to avert a strike.

HOME NEWSPAPER Established April 6, 1907 Official Publication, City of Pampa (PRICE FIVE CENTS) PARLEY TO CONSIDER DIDN'T SEEM TO BE CIGAR BOX HE SAYS 'BOUGHT BOND TODAY AND IT ISN'T PAY-DAY' BY NATHAN ROBERTSON, Asnolated Press Staff Writer. WASHINGTON, July 26. (AP)Members of the senate lobby committee expressed surprise today at testimony by Representative Patton (D-Tex) had bought $3.000 worth of bonds during a period this spring when his salary was only $3100 This followed testimony by a surprise witness that he had seen Patton carry 8 small box from the hotel room of John W. Carpenter, president of the Texas Power and Light company the day before Patton voted against the provision in the utility bill for abolitions of "unnecessary" holding companies. The witness, V.

Sellers, an NRA employee, expressed doubt that the package was cigars and quoted Patton's nephew, who was with them, as saying later: "Hell, that wasn't cigars." There had been previous testimony that he took a box of cigars from Carpenter's room. "I have never been so shaken and chagrined in all my Patton testifled when recalled to the stand. "My bank account is open and the cancelled checks are July '26 (P)- A surprise witness told the senate lobby committee today that Rep. Patton Texas) chrried a small box away from a power company official's hotel room the Sunday before the house vote on the holding company bill. E.

V. Sellers, an NRA employe, told the lobby committee he had seen Patton carry a small box from the hotel room of John W. Carpenter, president of the Texas Power Light company, A couple. of days later, Sellers said, Patton showed him a bond he said he had just bought. Before Sellers took the stand, Patton had voluntarily appeared to any wrong-doing.

Quotes Nephew. The committee questioned him about his investments and he testifield he had bought four government bonds of $1,000 face value each since he came to Washington in January. Sellers, a grav-haired man. testlfied in a low voice that the box carried out of the hotel by Patton did not seem to be a cigar box, which the representative sald it was, but "It may have been." He told of conversations later with Patton's nephew, who accompanied them to the hotel, in which he said the nephew. Norris Shook, expressed doubt that the package was a box of cigars.

Sellers said the nephew asked him Tuesday if he thought cigars were in the box. "I told him I didn't know," Sellers said replied. "He said he didn't think so and remarked 'Uncle bought a bond today and it isn't Black obtained statements several times from Sellers that he went with Patton to Carpenter's hotel and the representative left 30 ol' 40 minutes later with "a light "The box wasn't as large as that one, Sellers said, pointing to the box Patton had brought into the committee room, Patton Denies. Explanation differing somewhat from previous versions -of the newspaper wrapped package that was taken out of a power company official's hotel room was related to the committee by Patton, Patton told the" committee that See POWER PROBE, Page 8 I Heard W. F.

Hartson, who has just returned from Corpus Christi he spent the past seven months, enthusiastically. telling about the game shuffle board which has swept that section of the state. Mr. Hartson is all for building several courts in Pampa. Just before returning, My.

Hartson visited the place where poison gas broke through the "floor" of the gulf, killing millions of fish. He has several pictures showing the shore lined. with the dead fish. Pampa's female playground ball team will meet the Skellytown team at :6 o'clock tomorrow afternoon on the Magnolia diamond. No admission will be charged.

The batteries will be; Skellytown-Jacobs or Luedders and Belghle, Pampa-Weatherford and Gee, ITALY'S MOVE FOR ETHIOPIA SESSION TO BEGIN ON JULY 31 OR AUG. 1 GENEVA, July 26. (P) The League of Nations today summoned its members to an extraordinary council session to consider the dispute between Italy and Ethiopia, asking them whether they preferred to meet July 31 or Aug. 1. J.

A. C. Avenol, secretary-general of the league, asked the nations represented to reply before noon tomortow to his invitation. The league today made publio Ethiopian communications, which pointed out that on July 9 the African empire asked Avenol to call to the council's attention the urgent necessity of intervention following the disagreement of the concilation commission, The note continued: "In a recent conversation, the representatives of Ethiopia were informed by your excellency (Avenol) that the council vould meet July 25, which date Was originally fixed May 25 In case of disagreement, "While expressing a preference for an enrlier date, the Ethiopian government has not insisted, In order not to interfere with negotiations taking place between certain powers with a view to the peaceful. settlement of the dispute.

"The Ethiopian government, any case, only has knowledge these negotiations through the press. "On the eve of July 25, Ethiopia begs you to renew to the council a request for an immediate meeting." In connection with the proposed special council session it was. recalled that Italy was the nation which sponsored energetically African empire's admission to the league, Ethiopia was admitted to the league at the fourth session of the assembly, 1923, only after an exhaustive study of its qualifications. Official records show that the Italian delegate, Count Boniniongare, said that Ethiopia's application constituted a tribute to the League of Nations. France supported Italy in recommending the ndmission of Ethiopia.

M. Dem Jourenel, the French delegate, referring to a remark of the Australian representative that difficulties might be caused by admitting a country of backward civilization said it might be dangerous for the league to make classifications, LATE EWS WASHINGTON, July 26 (AP) The senate today: approved without a record vote the heart of the compromise bank bill--placing control cf the nation's credit in the hands of federal reserve board of seven members and five representatives of the 12 regional reserve banks. CHICAGO, July 26 (AP) The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, Detroit "radio priest" won a court order today commanding park board officials to let him use Soldier Field Stadium for a mass-meeting, SHREVEPORT, July 26 (P)- Sec.

Lieut. Frank L. Shroyer, a was killed this afternoon in a crash while the twentieth pursuit group was engaged in bombing and ground gunnery training at Barksdalo field. WASHINGTON, July 26 President Roosevelt asked Appalachian soft coal operators and the United Mine Workers of America today to extend present wage and hour contracts through September 16 to avert a strike. Germany Bars Jews From '36 Olympic Games BERLIN, July 28 (P)-The probability that no Jews will participate for Germany in the 1936 Olympic games WAS seen today in a disclosure by the official German Olympic committee office that there are no Jews among the athletes already chosen to compete for the German Olymplo team.

disclosure came close on the heels of a nazi administration decree dissolving the entire steel met (the German war veterans' organization) in East Prussia and the assignment of a supervisor of non. Aryan art with the specific duty of ellininating Jewish influences from German art. At the Olympic office it was learned that eight or ten German athletes already have been chosen from each Olympic sport for the tryouts from which the German Olympic teams finally will be chosen. The fact that there are no Jews among these candidates was called discrimination by the Jews and was called due to the incompetence of Jewish athletes by nazi sports leaders, BLESSED EVENT NEW YORK, July 26 (AP) Mrs. Walter Winchell wife of the Broad.

way columnist, gave birth to a boy at a New York hospital today, The Winchells are also the parenta of a daughter, Walde, B. Light Firm to Build Addition To Power Plant The Southwestern Public Service company will build an addition to power plant, increasing its capacity to 2,700 horsepower, This announcement was made today by James M. Collins, manager of the company. According to Mr. Collins, company has arranged for the installation of an oil engine unit of 90D horsepower together with the necessary auxiliary equipment, Two engines of similar size are already in service in the Pampa plant.

Construction work on the engine foundation and the rearrangement of the plant interior, to receive the new power unit, is scheduled to begin within the next ten days. Mr. Collins stated that the new installation should be completed within approximately 90 days, Edward M. House Is 77 Years Old MANCHESTER, July 20 (P) -Col. E.

M. House, adviser of former President Woodrow Wilson, observed today his seventy-seventh birthday anniversary in good health, The Texan planned a quiet observance, motoring to Wenham for dinner with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Tucker, AS has been his custom during the last few years. He has been spending his sum mers on Massachusetts' north shore for 35 years.

His permanent home is Austin, Texas, where he goes "as often as possible." I. Saw representatives of the regional reserve banks. Proposed by Senator Nye N. after consultation with Rev. Chares E.

Coughlin, Detroit priest. the substitute would have set up 8 "bank of the United States of America" with full powers over 45- suance of money and regulation of its value as an agency of congress. Its rejection represented the second victory of supporters of the' compromise bank bill which demo. cratic leaders hoped to put through before nightfall without a major change after only two full days of debate. The vote against the central bank substitute was 59 to 10.

Those yoting for it were Gore, Caraway, Holt, Neeley, Thomas and Wheeler, democrats: Frazier; Nye, Schall, republicans: and Shipstead, farmer- labor, Mrs. Olyde Fatheree: teaching her youngest son how to aim Ely Fonylle, the proudest, man In Pempe today, the father. of daughter born last night Fig fold certain friends that ha wouldn't trade his daughter trine.