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, 1935-08-02
MYSTERY OIL
DEAL PROBED
Faxed Telegram Caused
Movement OF 1921
Barrels Of Crude

AUSTIN, Aug. 2.-CP-An ex-
haustive investigation was launched
Friday by the railroad commission
into a faxed telegram on which a
tender was issued for the movement
OF 1921 barrels of crude petroleum.
The fictitious telegram was pro-
6uced at a hearing of the legiSa-
tive committee investigating hot oil
curing questioning Of Ernest o.
Thompson, railroad commission
chairman. On the basis Of the tele-
gram the commissions east Texas
chief OF staff approved the tender,
testimony showed.
Thompson said every resource Of
the commission would be used to
trace the oil and the proceeds and
determine the author of the spurious
message.
The telegram purport9dly was
signed By Thompson and commits
sioner Lon A. Smith and authorized
issuance OF a tender TO the fuel oil
purchasing company.
Thompson vas visibly aStoniShed
when shown a copy Of the telegram
Ct Representative Sidney Latham Of
Lnngview. Latham asked Thompson
to read It. Thompson declined 10 do
50, asserting emphatically that it
was fraudulent, that he had never
signed or authorized a telegram OF
that nature and demanded time to
investigate.
Thompson checked the local tele-
graph office and found no record
Of the telegram having been sent
from Austin. Thompson later brought
Up the subject of the telegram be-
torC the committee and members
admitted they knew 1t was spurious.
Latham said the committee had
checked records at Austin, Dallas
and Kilgore and found no evidence
Of the telegram.
Committeeman said the telegram
wa offered to show ~inefficiency IN
the bookkeeping department Of the
commission and denied any inten-
tor 70 diScredit Thompson through
the manner In which Il was pre-
sented.
Thompson testified that he had
A-ShCA A4Cd4l Va Tile LAOfC44ACAAS VI IIC
III on the authority Of the telegram
ana that as far as he knew the dis
crepancy had not been detected in
The Austin office. He said this phase
also would be checked.
Thompson expressed surprise that
Harry Miles, east Texas chief Of
staff. had cleared the oil On the
basis OF the telegram.
Il think Miles Is a good man and
/ am surprised this happened"
Thompson said. Il think he should
have called on the telephone TO
the authenticity Of the tele-
gram. However. we viii trace that
oil and find IT,"
Thompson said the commissions
was TO depend entirely on its
tender board in the approval OF
tenders and that the only instances
III which the commission issued the
orders direct was when commanded
to do so by a court order. The
board. he said, has never
been over-ruled.
, 1935-08-02

meant ASSOCIATION Win wi ana cor
rupt practices, had become rampant,
and there was little regard for q
religion Of holiness and purity.
Joshua began his reforms very sen
slbly. He did not seek to effect a
change simply by passing laws or by
exercising his own arbitrary author
ity.
He called the leaders Of Judah to-
gether, priests, prophets and peo-
pie. both small and great" and
here in their company he read to
them the words Of the Book Of the
Covenant - that is, a portion OF the
Bible. our Book Of Deuteronomy, that
had been discovered after years OF
neglect in the temple.
II must have been an impressive
scene as the king, now a young man
Of rs, stood by the pillar reading the
Book and making a covenant with
Jehovah TO keep his commandments.
testimonies and statutes, and with
all heart and soul 70 live according
10 the words Of the covenant writ
ten in the Book.
The covenant, also, was not some
thing imposed upon the people; It
was. first Of all, something the king
took 70 himself: and all the people
stood in recognition Of their assent.
Every great reform has two as
poets. Il seeks to build the new
upon better foundations, and at the
same time it sweeps away the old
and corrupt things that have
brought disaster and trouble. So one
, 1935-08-02

ferees on the measure as the result
CT the house action Thursday.
After a debate broken by shouts,
leers and applause that chamber
again voted down compulsory aboli-
ton, 2l0 to 155 and than proceeded
10 aim another blow in the admin
istration's direction.
BY a vote Of 1873 to l72. It instruc-
TED It's confereeS TO insist, If they
deem IL desirable, on the exclusion
OF all outsiders from the conferences
intended TO iron out differences in
the utility bill as passed some time
ego by senate and house.
The members had in mind Ben
Cohen, a Roosevelt administration
aide whom the senatorial ~conferees
have insisted on bringing to the
conferences. Most Of the senate
conferees are in favor Of mandatory
abolition, a provision which the
senate passed only TO have 1t struck
ont by the house.
Three Of the five house c~onferees
have refused TO attend conferences
!. Cohen was present and they are
now confirmed in that stand.
Rep. Rayburn D-Tex), a leader IN
ihc struggle for the Roosevelt bill,
expressed the opinion that the con-
ferees would get together on "a bill"
Previously. during the bitter house
fight, he had said that II the house
again turned down compulsory
abolition we may not" get action
this session.
Meanwhile the senate lobby CON-
mittee. after producing a string OF
disclosures which the Roosevelt
forces vainly counted upon to swing
the house to its side. has adjourned
until next week unless something
unexpected develops.
The latest OF its disclosures was
an admission bv z. p. Cramer, Plain
field. n. j.. ADVERTISING man. that
re wrote a letter to c. Z. Groesbeck.
chairman OF the board Of Electric
Bind a. Share. a holding COMPANY.
suggesting a "whisoering camoaiVn'
tha. President Roosevelt was in
sane.
GroeSbeck issued a statement saw
ing he had never heard Of Gamer
or the letter. Neither he nor his
associates would tolerate" such a
thing. he said. adding that he corId
not be responsible for letters writ
ten TO me-"
, 1935-08-02
BUSINESS IS
BETTER Than
JULY OF 1884
l. eading Industries
Far I'm Advance Of
Usual Period For
Expansion

NEW YORK. Aug. 2. P-A gen.
eral expansion OF business to a
higher level this week than during
the similar period OF last year was
found In a survey issued Friday BY
Dun a. BradStreet.
Accelerated by the unexpected
upturn In the pace OF operations OF
some Of the leading industries, far
III advance Of the usual period for
expansion. more trends reached
toward q higher level than was
recorded at this time a year ago"
1t was stated In the review.
Continuous high temperatures
and new heat waves I'm some parts
OF the country gave retailers an
opportunity to clear the remaining
stocks OF summer merchandise.
making substantial sums OF cash
available for investment In fall in
ventories.
Buying at wholesale was adj
vanced by the rising current of
consumer demand and the greater
price stability"
Although retail trade continued
nc an excellent pace. 1t was de-
clared. the estimated gain IN sales
Tor the country was held to a
range OF 10 TO 80 per cent over 1884
because Of the rising trend OF a
year ago.
While the gains reported by
some OF the markets were small.
general volume OF wholesale or
Gers continued 10 rise by a larger
percentage over the comparative
showing Of last year." the review
found.
Price uncertainties during July
led 70 the postponement Of so much
buying that most wholesalers are
making preparations for an abrupt
gain during August. """
The further advance OF indus
trial operations has lifted the e
age from Is TO rs per cent higher
, 1935-08-02
Better Homes Film
Shows In Valley
Especial to The Herald)

special 10 Inc HtIaAuJ
MERCEDES, Aug. "A better
housing" film shown in conjunction
with the regular releases OF Pathe
News, will be shown at the motion
picture theatres in WeSlaco, Mer-
cedes and McAllen within the next
seven days. A. Fl. Miles. special RED
resentative CT the FLA for the VAL
ley announced Thursday morning.
The film will be shown Thursday
night. Aug. /, al the Ritz theatre IN
Weslaco, and at the Palace theatre,
McAllen, on August 8. The Mer-
cedes showing will be at the Capitol
theatre here on the nights Of August
z and 8.
A special appeal to members Of the
building trades 10 see the film was
made BY Miles who stated that many
questions which are being asked OF
his office daily are answered by the
film.
, 1935-08-02
BY the Rev. Alvin <. Bell
And Alfred J. Bueseher

Of the first evidences Of this reform
was destruction Of the vessels and
symbols Of idolartous worship and
suppression Of the idalotrous priests.
1t was a new day In judah. The
great religious experiences OF the
past were restored to their true
meaning.
The permanent lessons OF sR,h a
story are not difficult to emphasize
All great reform begins in true char
acter and purpose, and in the accep-
lance, explicitly or implicitly, OF a
covenant to do right.
A true ruler will covenant with
God and his people, and the people
in turn will covenant to observe
faithfully the laws and principles
that make for maintenance Of order
and welfare OF society. No real re-
form can be built upon the false
and decaying things that have
brought destruction upon society.
These lessons are profoundly need
ed In these days in America, when
We are talking so much OF recovery
and rebuilding. Have we shown suf-
ticient intelligence in renouncing
the things that have brought about
economic depression and moral and
social evil?
Are we not in large measure try
ing TO build the new society without
sufficient regard for the new spirit
and the new materials?
, 1935-08-02
Utilities Hold On
House Unbroken By
Deals Aired In Quiz

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.AP-
Studying the effects OF the second
defeat which the house administer
Ell TO the Roosevelt administration
On the utility holding company issue,
some legislators predicted Friday
that the utility bill may now die in
conference.
On the other hand. some saw a
possibility Of a compromise to set
re the angry quarrel about COM
pulSory dissolution OF holding
companies called unnecessary"
A chaSm wider than ever sep
arateS the senate and house con-
, 1935-08-02
Pleasure Boat To
Operate In Channel

Brownsville people and others
viii have an opportunity to make
be- trips down the Brownsville
ship channel and to the jetties be-
ginning Friday when the 4O-foot
motor boat Katherine is put In SER
vice In the channel.
The boat is operated by Capt. N.
O.. Perez, who Is the owner. and
who has for years been a vel
Knob boat operator at Port Isa-
bel.
The Katherine will operate from
the landing pier about a half mile
, 1935-08-02
Brownsville Group
Invited to Saltillo

Directors and officials OF the
Brownsville Chamber Of Commerce
have been invited by the Saltillo
Chamber OF Commerce TO attend
the celebration TO be held there
soon uoon completion OF The Mon
terrey-Saltillo highway.
Exact date for the celebration has
not been set.
Any local residents contemplating
making the trip are asked 10 get
in touch with the chamber OF COM
merce.
, 1935-08-02

than it was for the corresponding
1884 week.
Employment held gene r ally
steady. with slight gains at Isolated
centers, although the increase vas
not In keeping with the advancing
rate OF activity"
, 1935-08-02

even a youthful king Is likely 70
turn sooner or later against the
good counsel Of his advisers, unless
there be a good spirit in himself.
Josiah's course as a reformer Is all
the more remarkable because his
father had not set him any example
OF goodness. Fortunately the young
king had a coed mother.
Conditions had become very bad
In the kingdom. Idolatry, which
, 1935-08-02
Customs Inspectors
Appointments Urged
Especial TO The Heraldl

BAN ANTONIO, Aug. Harry
p. Hornby, customs collector for
thir district, Thursday wrote Sena-
,or Sheppard and Representative
Milton West Of Brownsville asking
them TO urge the appointment OF
so new customs inspectors.
Horribly pointed out that with II
vacancies the Border Patrol now has
but IL active men and that In one
sector only six men are available to
patrol $50 miles.
, 1935-08-02
BY VIM. E. GILROY, ID. ID.
Editor of Advance

Josiah is the type CT religious re-
former IS he IS the type o. good king.
He was only 8 years old when ne
came to the throne OF Judah, and.
therefore, he must have depended to
some extent upon good advisers. But
, 1935-08-02

See the new solid walnut finish
Apiece bedroom suites. $3.50 up. No
added carrying charges. Borderland
Furniture Co.-Adv.
, 1935-08-02

Large assortment OF table. bridge,
reflector and floor lamps. Also ex-
ira lamp shades. Borderland Furni-
ture Co.-Adv.
, 1935-08-02
T FROM AUSTIN

MERCEDES, Aug. q Superin-
teLdent OF Schools z. II. Poteet. Mrs.
Poteet and daughter. June. return
e6 this week from Austin. where
vi Poteet has been taking special
work at the state university. Acai
companying them home we're Mo
Poteet's sister. Mrs. Bruce Ans
worth and son. Bruce OF Waco.
, 1935-08-02

beck OF the Orleans. and win leave
the pier every afternoon at $50 on
a trip TO the jetties
, 1935-08-02

Il has been found that mosquito
eggs NAV hatch out four or five
years after they have been laid.
, 1935-08-02

The international Uniform Sun
day School Lesson Cor August 4th.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
SHIP MEN YIELD
T0B0YC0TTS

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 Q.N.SO.
Boycotts to force % steamship
lines to recognize the Interna
tional Longshoremen's Associa
ton have been successful, Joseph
F. Ryan, head of the union, an,
nounced today.
He declared that some time to
day agreements would be signed
by the union with individual ship.
ping firms at Galveston, Tex.
The longshoremen's leader said
ha expected the situation in the
Gulf ports, where the men have
been on strike for several weeks,
tn be cleared up by tomorrow.
The southern walkout, Mr.
Ryan declared, had nothing to do
with wage agreements, but was
staged simply to force recognition
Of the union.
Nationwide boycotts, in which
longshoremen refused to handle
the freight Of companies that had
not recognized the union, went
into effect Monday night.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
HOSPITAL FUND
OVER TOP

ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE,
Va, Dec. Harrington county's
drive to raise $4,000 toward
erection of a county hospital
went over the top by more than
$4,000 it was revealed here in
the report of the Hospital
Auxiliary.
Submitted by Mrs. Mae E.
Jacobs, superintendent of the
county welfare board, the report
showed that the drive has netted
an incomplete return of $18,348.
Special gifts made to the fund
include the following: DR.. j. Ed
Payne, $1,000; Julius Marcy,
$1,000; DR.. S. T. holland, $1,000;
DR.. w. C. Welburn, $1,000;
Thomas J. Crack, $500; Arlington
County Business and Professional
Woman'S Club, $500, and the
Arlington County Monarch Club,
$1,000. DR.. John Gilligan pledged
to equipt the operating room.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
FIRM
AT 'HATCHET'

Deadlocked over editorial
policy, Ethel Nelson and six
other members of the George
Washington University "Hatchet, /"
official student publication, to-
day commenced their third day
Of self-imposed exile from
columns of the paper.
The walk-out took place when
the "Hatchet's" managing edi.
tor killed" a story in which the
seven reporters and copy readers
wre interested.
Although all seven have sub
mitted designations, it is rumored
on the campus that the move is
in reality a strike which will
eventually lead to the capitula-
tion of the managing editor and
the recall of the strikers"
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
Tennessee Hunts Trio
After Daring Escape

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 4
G.N.SD A Statewide search
was continued today for three
armed convicts serving robbery
sentences. who escaped from the
State penitentiary at West Nash
vile yesterday afternoon in a
deputy Warden's automobile.
The trio, Gus McCoig, serving
IS to 20 years, George Moss,
serving S years, and Pete Dean,
serving 5 years, engineered their
bold getaway with swift precision,
as Deputy Warden Ed Connor
drove his car through the prison
gates the three convicts, two
armed with dirks, the third with
a gun, leaped into the machine.
"Stick up your hands and keep
quiet. We're going out" they
warned.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
PENNSYLVANIA
BATTLE SEEN
BY MINERS
Ask Pay Increase, Cut
InHours, Complete
Check-off
international News Service

A battle royal between PennSyl.
Vania anthracite operators and
miners over wages and shorter
working hours was predicted today
by Phillip Murray. vice president
of the United Mine Workers Of
America.
Murray told 400 delegates, rep
resenting 100000 miners in the
three anthracite districts of Penn
slvvania, in convention here to
formulate a new wage contract to
replace the one expiring April /,
next, that the operators have de-
liberately planned to reduce wages
and are disseminating propaganda
to degrade the miners in the eyes
of the American people.
"They are painting a picture OF
the deplorable conditions existing
in the anthracite industry, con-
ditions which they say call for
reduced wages" he said. ITO
combat this we must have absolute
unity and cooperation in our
ranks"
Officers Are Elected
Resolutions to be considered
during the four-day convention in
clude demand for an increase in
wages, shorter work day and
shorter work week, a complete
check-off and double time for
work on Sundays and holidays.
The following officers of the
convention were elected unani-
mouSly: Temporary chairman,
Mart Brennan, president of Dis
trict No. g; permanent chairman,
John L. Lewis, president of the
U. M. W.; permanent secretary,
John YouriShin.
The credentials committee is ex.
pected to make its report at the
afternoon session. Few contests
are expected.
Ask Is Per Cent Pay Raise
The wage increase resolution,
presented by Local Union No 807
of Shenandoah, Pa. demanded a
IS per cent increase in weekly
pay for all mine workers. 1t de-
clared that the cost of living
since the signing of the present
agreement has gone up to new
levels, due to monetary initiation
and destruction of crops and cat
tie, making the mine workers
wages insufficient for a decen:
American standard of living"
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
FIVE C0NV|CTS
WOUNDED
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life sentence for the kidnapping Of
August Luer, Alton, H., banker.
Convict Wounded
The fifth fugitive is Danny
Garrett, awaiting trial on a Mann
act charge.
A sixth Jail breaker, Ed Black.
oLrn was fatally wounded by
Muskogee officers in their at
tempt to halt the break. In the
exchange of bullets Chief of De-
t. ctives Ben Bolton was shot in
the head He is in a critical con-
dition
Heady was wounded, but was
picked up by his fleeing COM
rades
Heady's wife visited him in the
Muskogee Jail shortly before noon
yesterday. She kissed him good-oy
and left. A few moments later
he flashed gun.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
It's All ins the NAME!

THE Stormtester solves the hard wear problem in
winter overcoat Its light, feecy fabrics are
deep, luxurious and warm; soft as rose petals yet
specially woven to withstand hard usage and to re-
tain its soft, rich surface ..............$ $40
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
FATE
WITH JURY

LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y,
Dec. A Queens court jury to-
day deliberated the fate of a po-
lice sergeant charged with second
degree murder who pleaded he
shot and killed his estranged wife
in order to save his three-year-old
daughter and himself from death
at her hands.
The defendant, Sergt Frank ].
Donnelly, charged that after an
argument over alimony payments,
his wife, Marion, became enraged
and leveled a revolver at him and
his daughter, Joan, aged three. A
shot from his service gun felled
the woman. Sergeant Donnelly ad.
mitted.
The trial comes as a bizarre
climax to an unusual police de-
partment romance. When a broth.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
-ORING GIRL AFRAID WHILE AT WORK. PROBERS TOLD
Kitten Braves
Fiery Death
For Warmth

Eager for warmth, stray kit
ten got more than it bargained
for at the Second Precinct Station
yesterday. But for the sharp ears
of policeman it might have de-
parted life barbecue style.
Purrs and meows issuing from a
heat register were traced to the
steam boiler in the basement of
the station. There on ledge be-
tween the glowing Goals and the
outer wall of the furnace was the
kitten. Apparently it had crept in
through a fresh-air vent leading
from the alley.
A plate was removed and the
kitten leaped gratefully for safety.
Appropriately, the officers adopted
it as official mascot of the station.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
FIRE VICTIMS )
NEED HELP

A plea for shoes and clothing
was made today by the Salvation
Army Social Service Department
for a destitute family forced on
the streets when their home was
destroyed by fire a few days ago
The husband and father
whose name is being withheld
was severely burned and is in a
local hospital.
Those with clothing to spare
are requested to call District 1923
and the army will call for the
garments.
Shoes needing new soles are &C.
ceptable. it was said, because
transients at the army head
quarters can do the repair work
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
Post Meets Friday
In New Quarters

Post No. 36, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, will hold
its first meeting Friday, at 8
o'clock in the new quarters, room
$500 in the south building, accord,
ing to J. L. Koehl, commander.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04

er officer lay dying after a gun
battle in which Donnelly also was
shot, the sergeant promised to
take care of the dying mans wife.
Donnelly married the widow in
1892.
The Washington times., 1935-12-04
Named to School

Eugene j. Alexander was ap,
pointed by the District Commits,
sioners today as assistant super,
intendent of the District Train.
ing School to succeed Melvin B.
Davis, resigned.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-02-07
Sunny South Side

Mrs. Lambert Orth was a caller
at Mrs. Nick Orth's Saturday after
noon.
AL Meyers was a business caller
Wednesday forenoon at Anton Till
mans.
Miss Agnes Neussendorfer spent
Sunday afternoon with her sister.
Hildegarde. 4a,
Miss Viola Kulzer, of Greenwald,
spent Thursday night at Nick
Bromenshenkels.
Anton Tillman was a business
caller at Freeport Friday forenoon
Miss Beatrice and Casper Lind
eman spent Sunday afternoon at
the Leo Doege home.
Leonard Orth was a morning Wis
itor at Anton T'',rnan's Thursday.
John Petermeier and family Wis.
tied with Anton Tfllman's Wednes-
day afternoon.
Emil Polipnick spent Monday in
st. Cloud.
Misses Estelle and Eleanore Win.
ters spent Sunday afternoon with
Miss Hildegarde Householder.
Alma Lindeman returned home
Sunday afternoon.
Cecilia Winters was a morning
caller at the Anton Tillman home
Friday.
John Kulzer and family spent
Sunday afternoon and were supper
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-02-07
SAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.

guests at the Anton Tillmalan home.
Oswald Winters took the lie normal
class out for sleighing p party on
Tuesday night.
Paul Gritzmacher was at Pete
Orth's for few days last week.
Anton Tillman visited hihis sister,
Rose, at GreenwaId, Fridaiay after
noon.
The children of Pete Ortrth spent
Sunday afternoon with Merle
Pangburn.
Mrs. Anton Tillman was on the
sick list this last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Otte. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ferdinand EvesIage, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Nietfield, Mr.. anand Mrs.
Henry Schultz, Of Greenwavald, Mr..
and Mrs. George p. Minetette, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Miller, and Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Polipnick spent It Sunday
night at Frank Minette's.
John Petermeier and faminily spent
Sunday with the parents Of Mrs.
John Petemeier, Joe Ebensnsteiner's
at Metre Grove.
Dolores, Esther, and Emimil Polip-
nick spent Sunday afternooDon at the
George H. Minette home.
Mrs. Loretta Polfpnick, of of Breck-
enbridge, spent a few daysys at the
home of Emil Polipnick.
Miss Eleanore Winters az and Miss
Hildegarde Neussendorfer attended
the All club meeting Mondaday night.