Morning Avalanche (Newspaper) - February 2, 1933, Lubbock, Texas A Dr F Swart Optometrist Phone 1760 Myrick Starts tile Day OCK ELEVENTH YEAR NO 68 8 PAGES LUBBOCK TEXAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 1933 MEANS ASSOCIATED Rancher Dead Of Old Doc Groundhog Will Probably Scurry Back To Hole Today As Clear Weather Is Forecast In Plains Area T r L L trash Victim Senate Approves 60Day Tax Extension Divergence Of Opinion Crops Out On Limit Senate Strikes Out Big Sums On Money But Road Ahead Is Uncertain The famous shadow act of Doc Groundhog veteran forecaster of spring Is an annual event booked for February 2 If he casts a shadow he will reenter his hole In the ground as an evidence that spring Is yet six weeks off No shadow means that winters is near Is end Clear Day With Shadows Means Six Weeks More Of Winter Clouds Bring Spring GET OUT your heavies and your top coats the weatherman has pro that today will be fair That means that old Doc Groundhog will see his shadow today willdash for his den and the South Plains will have winter weather six more weeks Although no one really takes Mr Groundhog seriously Americans today will be watching and wishing for cloudy skies Today Groundhog Any falls on Candlemas the Purifica tion There are many rhymes of Candlemas day Many of them ex press the idea of starting of the new year exactly at midwinter as day be fair If Candlemas clear It doeth portend a plenteous Candlemas day be snow or rain Scarce will bs all sorts of grain The origin of groundhog day is credited tfl rural communities In some sections It Is called wood chuck day Hundreds of calls come to weather bureaus all over the United States on groundhog day In New York many of the calls come from work ers in dark basements who can not look out for hours to see for themselves Some come from wom en In offices Behind the womens questions weather bureau officials occasionally detect plans for so which may depend on tho state of tho weather Bets jokes are behind many of these groundhog questions A frequent variation of the question is whether the sun shone In the forenoon at midday or in the afternoon Tho weatherman has forecast that the weather will be slightly colder today Continued fair skies are booked School Probe Will Be Held Additional Economies To Be Sought In Lubbock ent School District Named On Committee Five Two Lives Are Claimed As Irish Rail Strike Spreads BELFAST Northern Ireland Feb 1 Incident to the Irish railway strike claimed two lives and caused injuries to four persons to day when rails were torn up and a passenger train wrecked about 600 yards from the station near Dundalk Others narrowly escaped Injury when another passenger train from Londonderry to Belfast ran a gaunt let of snipers near station At least shots were fired at tho and fireman but neither was Injured How The New Deal Would Aid The Farmer timely stories present JL ing the cnse for the Demo crats Allotment by Us author Rop r esc n Marvin Jones of chairman of the commit tee on the U B house of e n t a will be presented In this Friday morn ing Jones Irom this district Is well known in Lubbock and the South Plains and is thor acquainted with tural problems Be watch for the first of articles starting Friday In THI MORNING AVALANCHE A thorough investigation of the expenses of Lubbock independent school district to determine if addi tional economies can be made will be begun soon by a committee named by Dr J T Hutchinson president of the board Members of the committee are B Maple Wilson and R F Bayless board members and George Dupree and J O Jones Follows Reduction Action of the board taken at tho January meeting Tuesday night fol lowed a reduction of in ex penses for the current year ns com pared with the 193132 session It was said last night The committee although not re quested to return a report at a specified tune Is expected to an its findings within two months If not by the next board meeting February 28 Objects Explained The objects of the investigators It was said are to determine In what ways expenses may be reduced and without detri ment to the school system Recom If approved by the board will be placed Into effect prior to the beginning of the next school year Two persons who urc not members of the board were named to aid in the investigation because persons not closely con with the system might sug See SCHOOL Page 8 Unofficial Observer Will Be Left By Herbert Hoover WASHINGTON Feb 1 bert Hoover has a plan for retiring from the public eye for a nino month period after March 1 but he will leave an unofficial observer be hind him in the national capital The president has told some of his friends he Intends to withhold decisions ns to his future until around the dawn of 1934 and that during months no statements upon the course of public affairs nnd grant no interviews Both Houses Of Legislature Pass Bills Extending Time Limit For Payment Of 1933 Auto License Fees Governor Approves Differences May Be Left To A Conference Committee Mrs Ferguson Of Opinion Delay Of 90 Days Not Too Much By The Associated Press AUSTIN Feb Both branches of the Texas legislature today voted for bills extending the time limit on payment of 1933 motor ve hicle fees and Governor Miriam A Ferguson had expressed approval o the plan as a relief measure How ever the legislation still had to be perfected There was a divergence between the legislative branches as to how long the extension should be thirty or sixty days Governor Ferguson expressed the opinion a ninety day extension would not be too long Difference Of One Month The house with but three dissent ing votes would fix the at March 1 and the senate also with only three opposition votes went on record to move it up to April 1 The differences between the two houses unless one concurs in the others extension date would be left to ji conference committee It was like ly a will be agreed to and sent to the governor for her disposal on tomorrow Under the existing law persons who own motor vehicles are obliged to pay the registration fees by Feb ruary 1 or incur penalties and be denied the privilege of operating their conveyances with obsolete reg plates Situation Uncertain The situation in view of the pend ing legislation designed to give ad days of grace as a relief measure during a period of financial stringency was uncertain tonight Under the law those operating auto mobiles and trucks without 1933 li censes after 12 oclock tonight are subject to penalties By The Feb 1 TT ehout for action to free con gress from a chaotic condition slowly strangling legislation for which the country is clamoring stirred the senate today to strike huge sums out of appropriation bills but the road ahead tonight remained uncertain The entire propos ed in the ap propriation for ance of the air mail service was thrown overboard on one vote 39 to 35 This was followed im mediately by a proposal the heads of the two departments cut a flat five per cent off whatever congress appropriates for them but the was defeated by the chair ruling it out of order The house clipped away at the billion dollar appropriation for independent of it for veterans without prospect any big cuts would get across While they worked and debat ed the members sponsoring the big farm relief program the bankruptcy reform and other projects of like import ance virtually were abandoning getting anywhere Al most everything wes being thrown over to the special ses sion The gloomy prospect stirred Senator Ia Follette to an impassioned appeal for day and night work beginning next Tuesday with a systematic calling for action from eleven to five on appropriation bills and from five to ten on a selected list of Unemploy ment relief prohibition repeal beer legalization RL L Lowe Is Badly Injured In Auto Crash Littlefield Mechanic Thought To Be Near Death At Local Sanitarium Struck By Car Late Wednesday Here Three Cars Figure In Wreck Near Roundup Returning To Home After Bringing Mother Here For Treatment Baker Faces Second Trial In Bank Robbery Jodie Edwards Gets 25Year Term In Prison May Replace Ely Guy Goes To Trial Today In Case LONG BEACH Feb 1 The states attempt to pin the senr of Captain Wal ter 39 globe trotting adventurer upon one of his erst while is to start in su court here tomorrow A smiling debonair Welshman William James Curley Guy 23 is due to face a charge he slew the soldier of fortune aboard the latters yacht Carma at Ha ocean dock here the night of last Dec 5 L G Phares chief of the highway motor patrol enforcement agency said he did not want to discuss what the attitude of his men would be pending disposition of the time lim See AUTO TAXES Fage 3 Paving Project To Start Today Pouring of concrete for curbs on the Reconstruction Finance corpora tion employment paving project at high school will begin this morning it was said yesterday Laborers are being paid with work relief funds obtained for Lubbock county with the city furnishing ma terials The curb adjacent to pub lic property will be poured on a block on Eighteenth street and on Avenue T between Eighteenth and street Owners of property on the other side of the streets are being signed to play for the cost of curbing service lines of iron have been replaced with copper pipes on Avenue T preparatory to the pav ing Speedy Relief Being Sought Warning Of Grave Situation In Texas Unless Action Is Taken Sounded Proclama tion Asked Of Governor Cleaning of the old dump ground nt tho north edge of the city is to be completed today and construc tion of a road a long to the new southeast of the city will begin today MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WASHINGTON Feb 1 ators and Shoppard of Texas announced today they had recommended to PresidentElect Roosevelt the appointment of W A Thomas as internal revenue collec tor at Dallas and Judge Alex S Walker as collector at Austin By Associated Press AUSTIN Feb 1 Texas legisla tors and the governor were urged to day to take action to bring about some kind of an arrangement whereby farm mortgage foreclosures could be postponed pending a re turn to financial normalcy The house of the legislature adopted a resolution requesting the governor to issue a proclamation be holders ot farm mortgages to desist from closing out the debt ors until some kind of relief legis lation could be designed Warning Is Sounded Representative Joe Greathouse of Fort Worth told members of the house he believed they had the power to postpone farm foreclosures in spite of a constitutional provision contracts could net be interfered with Unless some relief is provided there will come on a situation Uke they have in Iowa where theyll al most lynch a man who tries to fore on a Greathouse Japs Consider Break With League As Inevitable Final Ultimatum Given By Ths Associated GENEVA Feb efforts of the League of Nations to deal with the conflict appeared to be ap proaching an acute crisis tonight with receipt by the Japanese delegation of what clw ns final Instructions from Tokyo Hows reports Iho Japanese cabinet prepared for a showdown with he as sembly were supported in Cla by the grave view all par ties concerned wore taking of the situation While officially withholding comment the Japanese inform ally let It be known they consid ered a break with the League to be almost Inevitable It was understood in Inform ed the final tions from Tokyo called for re of Japans position that the of Is and tho justice of Japans policy in Man must not bo questioned Two Witnesses Are Heard At Night Session Testimony Of Former Sheriff Barred From Terry Jury BY J SAM LEWIS Avalanche Staff Writer Feb one man convicted of robbing the Seagraves First State bank last May prosecution of James W Baker former Seagraves high school prin cipal also charged with complicity in the armed robbery was begun in 106th district court today This marks Bakers second trial The first resulted in mistrial at Semi nole Jodie Edwards was convicted as the gunman in the hijacking He was sentenced to 25 years in the state penitentiary by a jury which reported at oclock this morn ing Former Pupil Is Witness Miss Lora Brown a former pupil of Baker in the Seagraves school was first state witness after testi mony begun at anight session She declared that Baker was in the bank about p or shortly before the Brown is assist ant cashier J M Telford former Terry coun ty sheriff was the second witness His testimony in which it was said Baker led officers to two caches of money purportedly from the bank was barred from the jury tonight District Judge Gordon B McGuIre wiil decide whether testi mony is to be given to the jury later Nelson Has Last Chance Well that is the last time Nel son will have a chance against Edwards declared as he left the courtroom after his conviction G H Nelson district attorney prosecuted the case Vickers and Campbell Lubbock attorneys rep resented Edwards and also are de fending Baker The Baker jury was completed late today after 12 members of a special venire of 108 Terry men had been examined Jurors are Harry Longbrake Edd Lanier Noah See BAKER TRIAL Page 8 R L LOWE 30 victim of an au accident was believed to be near death in Lubbock sani at midnight His mother Mrs M E Lowe of Littlefield was gravely ill in West Texas hospital unaware of her sons condition Lowe a Littlefield mechanic wa hit by an automobile driven by B E Wilson 29 of Littlefield in an accident a mile west of Roundup Texas early last night With T W Rosser also of Littlefield Lowe was returning to that city after having brought his mother here for treat ment Three Cars In Wreck The roadster which Lowe owned struck a small bridge A truck driv en by Bob Nichols 25 of Bula stopped to aid Lowe and Rosier Wilsons car struck Lowe and hit both the truck and the automobile it was said Lowe unconscious was said to have suffered a severe skull frac ture and an injury to his right leg He was suffering brain hemorrhages Officers Investigating E C White state highway patrol man and Bedford Carpenter deputy sheriff were investigating the acci Rodent Poison Is Blamed For Death Of Man Emory M Butler 70 Dies At A Local Sanitarium After Becoming Violently 111 On Wednesday Afternoon Pioneer Of Area Funeral Services For Aged Man Not Arranged Came To This Section 40 Years Ago And Was WellKnown F L DENIS ON Sec Story Below K Asks That Denison See AUTO CRASH Page 8 Funeral Rites Set For Today Mrs WB Atkins Prominent Club Worker Dies In City School Are To Dismiss i Of Four Men As Major Departmental Heads Asked Committee Will Take Up Request Today fBy The Associated Press AUSTIN Feb Texas sen ile today was asked by Gover nor Miriam A Ferguson to confirm four of her appointees as major departmental heads They were F L Denison of Tem ple to be chairman of the state highway commission R L Daniel of Victoria state life insurance commissioner Jack Flynn of Hous ton state labor commissioner and Henry P Edwards of Dallas state M BUTLER a pioneer JCj Lubbock county ranchman died of arsenic poisoning at a sanitarium here at 9 oclock last night V After Mr Butler who was about 70 years old became violently sick yesterday afternoon he told hiswife that he had taken a box of rodent poison noon A physician was called and at last night Mr Butler was removed to the sani Funeral Not Set The retired rancher last March 2 attempted to inhale chloroform from a handkerchief in his home two miles south of Lubbock on state highway No 9 He was found be fore he lost snid The aged man was reported to have told his wife what he in tended to do and she ran across iha highway to a neighbor Funeral aged man who came to this section about 40 years ago had not been arranged last night Sanders funeral home said Survivors are the widow mer Mrs Ella Baber whom Mr Butler married about 15 years ago one sister Mrs S W Jarvis of Lub bock county and one brother Charles Butler of Muscatine Iowa Mr Butler a member of the Methodist church was wellknown in this section At one time he was considered moderately wealthy and at his death owned Lubbock county property The rodent poison which Mr But stated If we do not do something to prevent the taking of deficiency Judgments we will see a bigger war in Toxas than the Iowa farm war mid the world another said Lubbock Officers En Route Here With Slaying Suspect Lubbock county officers were en route here last night from with Paul Mitchell alias Paul Masters charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting October 15 of Robert Tharp The Associated Press reported that Sheriff Tom Abel Deputy Sheriff Cap Moore and J C Keller high way officer left there yesterday for Lubbock Mitchell was arrested Sun day Three Bandits Are Killed By Mexican Federal Troops JUAREZ Feb 1 bandits were killed In a battle with federal troops of the eighth regi ment In South Chihuahua officials Informed today Troops pursued the bandits after a series of robberies nud raids in the Zaragoza valley between and Durango Oil Refinery Is Stormed By Employes Interior Wrecked BUCHAREST Rumania Feb 1 thousand employes fied with wage scales tonight storm ed the Oil companys refinery near Ploesti and before troops could arrive de the interior of the admin building Soldiers arrested 250 of the rioters New disorders started when they re turned to Ploesti with the prisoners After holding the mob at bay by firing Into the air while a request for reinforcements to Bucharest tho soldiers released the men and the rioters dispersed peace fully Man Held At Stephenville For Slaying Former Officer STEPHENVILLE Feb 1 tf Roscoe Cupp was held county Jail on a charge of murder today in connection with the fatal shooting of W James Gamble former Dallas policeman here yesterday County Attorney Richards said the charge was filed but no bond will bo made Cupp will remain In jail until the next meeting ot tho grand Jury Funeral services for Mrs W B Atkins Lubbock resident since 191 will be conducted at 10 oclock this morning at the First Baptist church of which she was a member by the Rev R C Campbell the pastor Burial in Lubbock cemetery will be directed by Rix funeral home Mrs Atkins who had been ill two died in Lubbock sanitarium at oclock Wednesday morning Her death removed one of the most prominent club workers of the city She was active in the Lubbock Gar den club and the Park association and was chairman of the civic com of the City Federation of Womens clubs She was identified with many other organizations of the city In which she took an active part Schools To Dismiss Besides her husband a lumber man and member of the board of trustees of the Lubbock ent school district Mrs Atkins is survived by daughter Mrs Lawrence C Bacon of this city two sisters Mrs M F Brashears of and Mrs R E Durrett of Fort Worth and two brothers Judge J E Mercer and W E Mercer of Fort Worth An uncle Tom Shaw of Leonard also sur vives Mrs Atkins death was duo to complications of Brights disease Lubbock public schools will be dismissed Thursday morning be cause funeral services for Mrs Atkins Active pallbearers will be Dude tax commissioner Consider Requests It was likely the senate commit tee on governors nominations would consider Mrs Fergusons request to morrow Denison would replace as chair man of the highway commission W R Ely of Abilene who served in that capacity during the admin of former Governor R S Sterling However Elys term as commissioner does not expire un til 1935 Denison would take the place of Cone Johnson of Tyler whose membership will terminate on February 15 D K Martin of ler told his wife had been swallowed contained arsenic it was said An entire box was said to have been taken See APPOINTMENTS Page 8 Administration Broom Takes Jobs Of 260 Men And Women FORT WORTH Feb 1 administration broom of Governor Miriam A Ferguson swept through the office of the state livestock san commission here today leaving jobless 260 men and women many of whom had been at their posts from 10 to 15 years and had ed a previous Ferguson administra tion Not even boy was over looked In the sweeping A new of fice boy came in on the arm of his father the new chief Inspector of tick eradication The chief will be Olin Graves of Fort Worth the of fice boy Olin Graves jr Former Actress Said Recovering SAN FRANCISCO Feb 1 F Corliss Palmer former screen ac tress was recovering here tonight from effects of alcoholism brought on by drinking in an effort to forget what she termed a love affair with an unhappy ending Taken to an emergency hospital last night and subdued by the use of leather handcuffs Miss Palmer estranged wife of Eugene V Brews ter formerly wealthy magazine pub lisher talked and called repeatedly for She regained her equilibrium for a time today and said AT was Al bert Cohen screen writer who sev eral months ago was sued for di vorce by Mrs Estelle A Cohen The suit named Miss Palmer as core PLAN DISAPPROVED See ATKINS FUNERAL Page 8 Freak Accident Claims The Life Of Small Waco Child WACO Feb 1 6TVA freak acci dent today claimed the life of Helen Louise Smith 6 daugh ter of Mr and Mrs W W Smith The child fall off a bed and her head caught between the bed and a window sill leaving her body hang ing She strangled while her mother was out of the hovise for a few min utes AUSTIN Feb 1 jf Governor Miriam A Ferguson today disap proved of a plan submitted by di rectors of a movement to give Texas representation at the Chicago world fair that she sanction a request the University of Texas contribute 000 from its funds for the project Charges Of Bootlegging Cigarets In Lubbock Are Filed BY State Officers A a week of investiga tion two representatives of the state comptrollers deport ment yesterday began filing of charges in connection with the alleged bootlegging of in Lubbock A Lubbock woman was re leased late yesterday on bond in connection with three charges of selling cigarets with out the tax stamps required by law A local who pleaded guilty of tho law lined wad coaU ot by Judge E L Pitts Wed County Attorney Vaughn E Ten other charges have been prepared for filing in connection with alleged violations Boyd Rhea and C E Meador have made the investigation in Lubbock They said they prob ably remain hero several days linger Penalty tor selling without tho tax stamps Is a line ranging from to SM BOOTLEGGERS Pate February 2 1933 6r or not see of colder Thursday Friday Uir
