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re-. the on- K-ae 1002 Gotten Bdwy EVERYTHING THE MAN WEARS 'Starts the Day on the SouthPlainsf LUBBOCK MORNING AVALANCHE THIRTEENTH YEAR, NO. 198 SPACES LUBBOCK, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3,1935 MEANS "ASSOCIATED PRESS" Hard Winds And Rains Sweep Plains Approval Of Administration Farm Program Seen By FDR Price Boosts For Products One Argument fj: Rooserelt Declares Farmers Are String More Money And Paying More Debts Than At Any Time Since 1929 Rumors Are Heard Talk Of Compromise Bringing Threat From Republican To Carry Fight Back To Floor Of The Senate (By The AMOclawd Pttut ASHINGTON, Aug. of the government's farm program was seen by President Roosevelt today in reports that tome farmers planned to launch court against the tariff. The executive said at a press conference that the contemplated action reflected the natural worry of farmers over the possibility that the AAA would be thrown out by the courts.

Prices Have Rtaen He argued that the price of cotton hoc risen from four and one- half cents pound to 12 cents, while wheat now brings 85 or ctnu bushel compared with 36 cents. The fanners, Mr. Roosevelt said, are saving more money and paying more debts than at any time -toce 1829. He added that they had experienced eight lean years before that. Spokesmen for a group of Texas farmers recently announced that it processing uxec were invalidated, they wouM court action challenging the constitutionality of the protective tariff system.

Argument Cited Citing the argument of AAA opponents that the processing taxes are unjugt because only the fanners benefit, the Tcxans contended that the protective tariff but. one class and places a burden on the farmer. On Capitol Hill, meanwhile, talk of a conference compromise on the senate amendment to AAA legislation to permit processing tax recovery suits brought a quick threat from Senator Johnson fR-Cali to "carry the fight back on the floor." DUcusalon of a compromise emeiTjed conflicting reports from one quarter that the senate amendments had been accepted entirely and Irom another that they had not. Afraid To Breathe One conferee on the hotly disputed farm measure said "we are afraid to breathe" pending the rc- See FARM PROGRAM. Pajre 7 Bitter Battle On Tariffs Promised Open Warfare Launched By Texas Leaders In Appointment Of Group To Get Funds (By The Associated Press) RYAN, Aug.

2 Representatives of Texas farming interests, led by the Texas Agricultural association, met here today and laid the foundation for a bitter fight against collection of protective tariffs, as a counter attack against processing tax opponents. The first step to take their resentment from the quiescent stage Into open warfare was appointment of a committee to raise funds to finance the battle. A portion of the funds raised would be used to retain attorneys to map out legal methods to be employed. Opponents of processing taxes have resorted to the to obtain injunctions against collection of- the levies, and it was indicated today that the same type of attack would be used in the tariff fight. Meeting today were directors ol the agricultural association, members of slate production control committees of commodities affected by the processing tax and represen- tatives of other farming interests.

H. G. Lucas, Brownwood. president of the association, presided. Members of the finance committee appointed were C.

H. Day. Plainview, leader of the recent trip of southern farmers to the national capital to thank the administration for farming benefits; C. H. Matthews, Eagle Lake; V.

C. Marshal. Heidenheimer, Bell county; George Slaughter, Wharton; C. W. E.

Bergner, Texhoma; J. R. McCreary, Cai- vert, and Lucas. The finance committee went into executive session immediately following its appointment, but President Lucas saJd he did not expect that any action taken would be made public "at this time Employment of counsel, he said, was not likely now, pending results of the fund drive. E.

Corbir, of Dallas, secretary of the association, said the first thought of the group was to limit See TARIFF BATTLE, Page 7 Three-Point Agreement As To Methods Of Settling Dispute Reached By League Conferees Patients Die In City On Friday Two ruptured appendix died In a sanitarium here Fridav. Miss Viola iTlny) of Lcvelland and formerly of Lubbock. where she was night supervisor of a sanitarium, died at 3:40 p. m. She underwent surgery 10 days ago and her condition steadily became more serious.

Roy Weatherford of Bledsoe, 29. died Friday morning at 8:55. His appendix had been ruptured several days. Miss Robison. nurse of Doctor Phillips at Lcvelland for the past two years, had lived at Lubbock for about 10 years before.

Rlx Funeral home placed the body on a train Friday night. Burial will be held this afternoon at Bartlett. She Is survived by her father, B. R. Robison and a sister.

Miss Roberta Robison, of Davilla, Texas; and by t.hree brothers, Joe and W. H. of Wharton. and A. G.

of Bay City. Funeral rites lor Mr. Weatherford were conducted at Levclland Friday afternoon, said Rix Funeral home, bunal made there. Mr. Weath- is survived by his widow.

He Asked For It And Got Plenty RICHMOND. Va, Aur Z. "nUfhwmy Highway robbery!" shoated Jmrph T. HIH. 40, negro preacher.

In police roari hxlajr when Juxtfre f-bfn Folkrs fined him S2.SO and SI.60 routs. "Contempt of M.M thf frdcr. "The war I'm being treated. I wouldn't doubt that you'd fine me complained Hill. "You idkrd for It." replied the Jndrr.

Tm fining yon There was a new outburst from thr ptrarhrr. and lm him oat of the courtroom. He paid the S20. Rumors Of Another Romance Ride With Prince To Death GERONA, Spain, Aug. 2.

Rumors of another romance involving him rode with prince Alexis Mdivani, one of international society's colorful figures, into death today. The 31-year-old Georgian prince, erMwhile husband of Barbara Hut- ion and Louise Astor Van Alen, was killed la.st niglu when the roadster lie was driving a', high speed off the road and over t-'ife near this village. A womiin with him, the. 28-ycar- Barones-, Maud Von Thyssen, was injured. today was still unconscious, her life In the balance.

Big Spy Ring Being Sought Four Alleged German Members Arrested By French Police; Believed Spying On Forti And Big Naval Base IBr Tht Associated Prewi NICE, Prance. Aiig. 2. A huge German spy ring was being sough' along the Rlvlern tonight after arrest of four alleged members accused of prying into the secrets France's Mediterranean fortifications. The band, police said.

Is suspected of spying on forts and the big nava base at Toulon, using Monte Carlo as the base for their operations. Authorities would divulge the Identity of only one of the four arrested. He was Eugene Hahn, sale to be of German nationality, who described himself as a retired capitalist. Living With Mother Hahn had been living with his mother at Monte Curio since 1931 the police said, presumably fefllng safe from French police because Monaco officially is foreign territory. He also had a furnished room at Beausoleil just outside of Monaco, the authorities Hahn's visitors and his frequent voyages put the French intelligence service on his trail.

They occu- See SPY RING. 7 Man Killed And Four Hart At Oil Tank Collapses PECOS. Aug. a. E.

Burke, 35. was killed and four other workmen injured this afternoon when a huge oil storage tank, located just cast of Monahans. collapsed as they dismantled It. The men fell 35 feet to the bottom of the empty wood and concrete underground tank as tho roof caved in with them The injured were Murray Bradford. Louis DU Bois, Joe L.

Hutch- I ins and Woodrow Urquharfc Details Of Plans Not Given But Public Session Will Staged Today; Arbitration To Be Resumed (Br Thf Auoeiitttl Aug. A three-poin agreement among Italy, Franc and Britain as to methods for settling the Italo-Ethioplan dispute without war was announced tonlcht by Captain Anthony Eden of Great Britain. The three points are: Three Points Given 1. Arbitration will be resumed by setting in motion peace machinery provided in the 1928 Halo-Ethiopian treaty of friendship. A fifth, neutral member will be added to the existing Italo-Ethioptan conciliation commission.

2. England. Prance and Italy will hold a conference somewhere In Trance as soon a.s possible for Ket- tclment of the Italo-Ethlopian dispute. 3. A meeting of the League of Nations council to consider the whole subject will be held Septem- jcr 4.

At the council meeting next month, Eden explained. Italy will refrain from voting and from taking part in the dlscussons. Public Session Planned A public session of the council probably will be held tomorrow night, the young British secretary See AGREEMENT, Pajr 1 Death Of Worker Who Fell Is Now Proving A Mystery KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2. 1.4*.—The death of a bedding factory worker who screamed and fell while at work became a baffling mystery to police tonight with the finding of a bullet In his brain.

Fellow workers In the basement of the Kanter Bedding company, noting a head wound, believed It had been caused by the fall when they went to the aid of Arthur Me- Dermott, 32, Tuesday. No one reported hearing a But today. 24 hours after McDermott died apparently from the fall. a bullet was discovered during a routine autopsy. PLAN CONFERENCE WASHINGTON.

Aug. 2. President Roosevelt is planning a conference Monday with Secretary Ickes and legislative leaders interested in an oil regulation bill. Final Action On Tax Plans Thought Near Series Of Amendments Swiftly Rejected And Route Is All But Agreed On Section To Boost Income Tax Rates Stepped Up Final Decision On Matter Is Expected Today; Estimated $45.000,000 Per Year Will Be Raised By Bill (By The Associated Prcsn VI7ASHINGTON. Aug.

2. TT rejecting a. series of amendments, some of them radical, the house today all but agreed upon that section of the $270,000.000 tax bill that would boost rates on individual incomes over $50,000 a year. A final decision on that point in the wealth tax measure was postponed until tomorrow. But after the of debate on the bill, the rapidity with which amendments were voted down today indicated little possibility of an upset which would change the measure as reported by the ways and means committee.

Tax To Be Raiaed In brief, the bill would raise from 30 to 31 per cent the tax on that portion of an individual's Income between S50.000 and S58.000. It then would step up rates all along the line until a maximum of 7s per pent, against the wss reached on that part of Income over $5.000.000. This section of the bill Is officially estimated to raise an additional $45,000.000 a year. The house ended its day's work after a seven and a half hour session. Adjournment was taken only after Democratic leaders were able io gain an agreement to meet at 10 a.

m. tomorrow, two hours earlier than usual. Consider The understanding, however, was; that only amendments would be considered tomorrow and a fina roll call vote postponed until Monday. In hearing final approval of the new Individual income surtaxes, the house rejected 11 amendments. They ranged all the way from a proposal to put a levy of 99 1-2 per cent on all income over $50.000 to one which would have made the TAX BILL.

Page 7 Suspect Identified As Man To Leave Scene Of Slaying Victim DR. WALTER J. BAUER Lubbock Man Is Drowned Friday COLEMAN, Aug. 2. body of J.

W. Gleason, 53, of Lubbock, who was drowned In the Colorado 1ver near Leaday, Coleman county, ate today whlie swimming with members of a party of four men on i fishing trip, was brought here late onight. His companions told officers wife, daughter and son-in-law lad gone to Fort Smith, three lays ago and had planned to return Lubbock Monday. They said he had two brothers who reside in 'ones county. Details of the drowning were not earned here.

Antonio Gunsmith Gets Five Years By Jury Verdict SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 2. ears in state prison was given H. 3. Lehman, San Antonio gunsmith.

when he was found guilty today on an indictment charging him with possession of a machine gun April 1934. Lebir.an, 36, and one of the firs: be prosecuted under Texas' new aw against possession of machine guns, was visibly agitated when the ury brought in a verdict of five ears and Judge W. W. McCrory mended the jury's verdict to read five years in the state pen i ten mry." Soviet Fliers Off On Lonely Hop Over Pole Levanefftky Ii Expecting To Reach San Francisco Goal Within Three Days If All COM Well With Ship (Bv Thf Associatrd PrfsM MOSCOW, AUR. 3.

Sigmund Levaneffsky and his two companions took off here today on projected non-stop flight to San Francisco, across the north pole at six a. m. 'about 11 p. m. est Fridayi.

the Tass (Soviet) news agency announced. The fliers got away in their low- winged monoplane after intermittent rain which had threatened to delay the hop, from an unannounced air field. Co-pilot of the plane was reported to be George Baldukoff. Goal In Three Days Before taking off on the 6.000- mile flight, said if all went well they expected to be in San Francisco within three days. They will cross the sparsely inhabited Kola peninsula, heading out over Barents sea approximately 150 miles east of Murmansk.

The plane will fly slightly west of the fortieth meridian. The take-off of the polar ship was witnessed by high Soviet officials, the Tass agency reported, including Commissar of Home Affairs Yagoda, and Assistant Commissar of Heavy Industry Pyatakov. Commissar of War and Navy Voroshiloff also witnessed the takeoff. Father Pleads With Him To Tell All; Enters Denial (By The Associated Prrssi HICAGO, Aug. 2 Mandeville Zenge, towering young Missourian, was identified by four witnesses today as the man who fled from the scene of the fatal emasculation of Dr.

Walter J. Bauer. Captain Daniel Gilbert announced that Charles Mantel, night watchman at a parking lot near the alley where the professor was brutally mutilated with a pen knife early Wednesday, and Herman Eichner. a newsboy who was bowled by the fugitive, were positive in pointing out Zenge. Denies Implication He also reported that Harold and Harry Anderson, filling station attendants, had stated Zenge resembled the man who rolled a car bearing Dr.

Bauer into their driveway and then vanished in the night. But the dour youth steadfastly denied knowledge of the death ot the doctor who had wooed and won the girl the prisoner had courted for seven years. An anonymous tip led to his arrest on a far west side street early today. He gave a fictitious name. His father, J.

Andy Zenge, a farmer from Canton. was brought to the state's attorney's office for a dramatic meeting. A sob in his voice, the elder Zenge cried: Mandeville." Father Enters Plea "Tell the police everything," the parent pleaded. "If you are innocent of this awful thing, talk, we believe In you." But the moody suspect declined to admit his identity until shown a photograph of Mrs. Louise Bauer brunette nurse who jilted Zengc on July 14 to marry Dr.

See SUSPECT HELD, Page 7 Killer? MANDEVILLE ZENGE H. Bidwell Is Chosen To Legion Office Other New Officers Selected At Meeting Held Last Night At Hall; Installation Two Weeks Later Set Former Texas Residents And Visitors Will Stage Picnic LOS ANGELES. Aug. 2. Texas residents now living in California and Texas visitors will hold their summer picnic tomorrow in Blxby park.

Long Beach, and a supreme effort to outdo the Iowa state society in attendance will be made. Speakers will include Chief Justice C. M. Cureton of the Texas supreme court at Austin. Press Ruling Is Set Today Dr.

H. H. Bidwell was chosen commander of Allen post, American Legion, at an annual election staged last night. Approximately 100 legionnaires attended the gathering, held at the Legion hall on Texas avenue. Formal installation of all now officers will be conducted two weeks from the meeting last night.

George present post, commander, Production Of Safe Planes For Average Man Said Near WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. production of safe, easily operated and inexpensive airplanes within a few years was predicted today by Eugene L. Vidal, chief aviation activities in the.

commerce department. "The plane is very near at hand." Vidnl said. "Its cheapness depends on the amount of production, and. of course, tests are going to be much more exhaustive before we say the pLine is ready for the average man." RELEASED ON BOND SAN ANGELO. Aug.

2. Opal Lillian Stewart, 33, charged In with the fatal shooting ol Ed Smith, a Rankin bank clerk, here on July 7. had been re- today on $5.000 bond. Lawyers Describe Case As One Dealing With Freedom Of Press; Say Public Entitled To Know Facts Greatest Mass Flight In History With At Least 50 Big Bombing Planes Taking Part Is Being Planned By Italy iBv The As.toct«"<! "DOME, Aug. for the greatest mass flight in history at least 50 bombing planes flying to Africa were disclosed tonight by aeronautical circles, shortly after authoritative assertions had been heard that Italy would not lr' t'-" League of Nations compromise her program In the region Ethiopia.

The flight of the bombing fleet to Africa would exceed both in distance and number of planes the longest hop made by Balbo's squadron in its mass flight of 25 planes to the United States in 1933. The longest, hop on that night was 1.500 miles, from Iceland to Labrador. The planes, it understood, would take off from southern Italy early In September and fly without armaments. thereby averting any question of a political issue with any neu- trtl countries over which the armada might pass. The planes were described as being of the latest in-motor design.

Armament for the planes, it was said, has been shipped to East Africa. Although informed quarters said Italy was determined follow her definite policy in the Ethiopian affair without interference from Geneva, other expressed optimism See MASS FLIGHT, fate 7 iBr Prtsr i ANGLETON. AUK. 2. After two days of testimony and argument.

District M. S. Munson announced this afternoon he -A-ould rule tomorrow at. 9 a. m.

in the cases of six Houston newspapermen cited for contempt of court. The three mnnaeing editors and three correspondents were cited for contempt, when they refused to obey the judge's order not to print testimony in the murder trial of Clyde Thompson, a Retrieve prison farm convict accused of Everet Melvin. a fellow prisoner. Thompson was convicted and given life imprisonment la.st week. Those Faeins; Charue The six charged are Max Jacobs, manaeing editor, and Frank White, correspondent, for the Houston Post; Georpe Cottingham.

managing editor, and Ed Rider, correspondent, for the Hcms'ton Chronicle, and Ed Pooley, managing ery.tor and Harry McCormick. correspondent, for the Houston Press. Munson contended, when he ordered them not to print, the Berry, said. Brief Program Held A feed and brief program was held In connection with the session. Other officials chosen include: First vice commander.

F. cnil- dress; second vice commander, W. H. Wain; third vice commander, John Halsey; adjutant. W.

H. Wright; finance officer, F. R. Land; service officer. J.

B. Jones; chaplain, C. C. Griffith; historian. Robert J.

Allen; mess officer. Bill Doss, and sergeant- at-arms, J. F. Leach. Catholic Priest Finds Man He Once Believed Was Dying BROOKFIELD.

Aug. 2. i.4'~ Father F. P. Coupal.

a Calholic priest who is lecturing here, stepped up to a postoffice window yesterday and recognizer! Postmaster Arnold Breen as a World war soldier to whom he hM given the Ian sacrament in an emergency hospital in France. Moisture Said To Be Spotted In Wide Area Cooling Tower At Tuco Plant Near Abernathy Is Damaged By Strong Blow; Service Is Not Disrupted Fall Light Here Amariilo Has Most Moisture Since 1933; Relief Looms For Southwest As Cooling Breezes Are Promised A UGUST introduced itself Friday with rains, showers, blowing sand and tempestuous air currents that created damage in some places of the South Plains. Damage brought by a. windstorm, believed to have reached a velocity of 50 miles an hour in some places, smashed three window at the federal building here and blew down three sections of a large cooling tower of the Texas Utilities company, at the Tuco station about two miles north of Abernathy. Sen-ice Not Disrupted The wind struck the tower, the largest of its type in the world, when erected five years ago.

at 3:05 p. and toppled 450 feet of it, said Hubert L. Allen, general manager. Sen-ice was not disrupted, but from 45 to 60 days will be required for repairing damages, he said. Numerous housewives here were caught unaware when the swirling gusts swooped down on the city bearing much sand.

It was short- lived however, having spent its force within the time required to pull down all windows. Only .03 inch moisture had fallen at the state experiment farm at 6 p. but a brisk, though brief, shower fell at 10:10 p. m. Reports Are Given Dispatchers of the Santa Fe lines reported: Tulia, one and one-hall inches; Idalou, one inch; Plainview, .65 inch; Sudan, one-half; Canyon, Hale Center and Abernathy, one-quarter; Shallowater, one-eighth.

The Fort Worth and Denver City railroad reported a hard rain at Plainview Irom 2:50 to 3:20 and a slow shower afterward. It was accompanied by a high wind and electrical disturbances. There was no rain at Lockney or to the south and none toward LitMefield, it was reported. That moisture was spotted was evident from telephone reports re- See MOISTURE, Page 7 Federal Charges To Face Youths OLTON. Aug.

2. Investigator A. B. Cole of Albuquerque, N. said today two Oklahoma youths who escaped from the Lit- tlcfield.

Texas, jail May 24 told him they took $219 in federal crop loans from a rural mail box near Clovis, N. May 25. He said the youths, Keith Jones, 19. of Hooker, and Warren Aycock, See PRESS RVL1NG. Pajrf 7 Wiley Post Is Refusing To Reveal His Plans For Trip SEATTLE.

August. 2. Hands in his and a srowl on his face. Wiley Post today supervised installation of pontoons in place ol landing whorls on the scarlet monoplane in which he and Mrs Post plan a vacation trip to Siberia and Moscow. Post, already perturbed because he said the pontoons were not, exactly what, hr wanted, refused to divulRe when he plans leave t.he Rfnton airport, south of Seattle, or what route he will take.

Ti dort 01 nt hr hos lold 21, of Ada. signed a statement regarding the crop loan checks which me you could not live anot.hrr hour and he had already a.v-'itrneri your bed to soldier." Father Coupa! tola Breen. "Well. I lived and I am very much nlivo." replied thr postmaster as he shook hands with the priest. Legislation To Repeal Old Volstead Law Now Proposed WASHINGTON.

Aug. 2. to repeal formally the olc Volstead prohibition eniorromeni act. MTU on the books, wa.x on a of menMire.x proposed to President Roosevelt tndny by Chairman Stunners of the house judiciary com- Representative also ad- vooated a measure to protest, drv -states wirier the repeal amendment. Other measures tilled included one liheraHziiin the railroad capit.a.l structure reorganization law and another dealing wiTh bankruptcy proreedincv allegedly were taken from J.

D. Dougherty's mail box. Officers said the pair would be taken to Lubbock and jailed on chicken theft charges. They were rearrested three weeks after they escaped at Littlefield with two other prisoners. Officers said they were wanted at Big Spring on felony theft enarpas.

One Woman Is Killed While Two Others Hurt In Mishap CARNEGIE. AUR. 2. The condition of Mrs. Walter Daniels.

P4. of Athens. Ala who was injured today in an automobile accident which took the life of Miss Crow. 54, of Deratur. remained rn'jral tmiight.

Mrs. Daniels suffered a broken neck and orher in.iunes. Mrs. W. T.

Woodruff of cloud Chief, whom the women were visiting, received minor injuries. Fort Worth Woman Fatally Injured As Husband Watches FORT WORTH. Aug. 2. Mrs.

Alice Mays. 62, wa.s fatally injured tonight by an automobile while her husband looked on from the front porrh their home. She died in a hospital a few minutes later. Mrs. HHV.S had been to visit a neighbor, and was returning to her home when she was struek by a car driven by Robert Randol.

Weather Report WEST TEXAS: Partly cloudy, probably showers in west portion Saturday and Sunday. NEW'MEXICO: Unsettled Saturday, probably thunders north-central and east portions; Sunday fair; little change in temperature. LOCAL Maximum minimum 71; 77 rieRrrer, at. 6 p. PRECIPITATION: At 6 m.

.03 inch..