Morning Avalanche (Newspaper) - April 24, 1937, Lubbock, Texas YOU WILL FIND EVERYTHING A MAN WEARS AT CLOTHIERS 1002 Broadway Day on the LUBB OCR MORNING FIFTEENTH YEAR NO 10 PAGES LUBBOCK TEXAS SATURDAY APRIL 24 1937 MEANS ASSOCIATED PRUT House Heeds Plea For Economy Plainview Man Elected Panhandle Plains Dairy Leader Agriculture Annual Show Is To Close Today With Parade J M Heavin Named President In Election last Night Final Winners Picked tiBy Thr April 23 J W Heavin Plainview was elected president of the dairy show nt the annual meeting of directors and officers here to Heavin succeeded R M Smith Cockney S B Tulia was elected Frank Ford Claude a director succeeding T L deceased Other Winners Announced Judging of dairy cattle in which Blanca farms of Canyon Gibson of Bushland Jean farms of Panhandle and Joe r and H B Hales of won rand champion awards ended to ity in the tenth annual shorn The new officers were elected at the annual banquet of the associa tion The show will close tomorrow morning with a parade of prize animals Blinci Bull Wins Senior and grand champion honors in the Jersey bull class wen to Dreaming Sam o Tierra Blanca farms Signal Sammy owned Chester Tulia was junior cham Tierra Blanca also won junior and grand champion cow wards Cithn Cup Brown and Youll Do Blanches Gipsy I Milking shorthorn championship honors went to Bates Musical Snow shown by Frank Well Hale Junior champion bull was itish Musical Bates exhibited b Dennis Hereford Flower l won junior and grand cham n female awards for Earl Gib is rn to Pare 5 Column i Please s Decline In Quality States Money Crop Viewed With Alarm By Cotton Men Face Loss Export By Tht Press April 23 Texas cotton men viewed with alarm today the loss of export markets and the decline in quality of the states greatest money crop All agreed that Texts cotton needed improvement in quality and a guaranteed price for the product The growers and handlers met here under the auspices of the Texas Cotton association Bunis C Jackson Hillsboro put the blame squarely on the farmers who refused to join efforts to improve cotton He called them leeches loafers and hitchhikers on the sore backs of their Jackson also condemned cot ton men he said were sacking up plain seed and sell ing it as pedigreed He termed them cottonseed boot leggers and J P Maxwell chairman of the agricultural committee of the Paris and Lamar County Chamber of Commerce himself a farmer jumped to the de fense of the cotton raisers We farmers distrust this group We have been exploited too much and heard ourselves called fools too otten It isnt the farmer who is to blame The farmer says if we must take our wives and children out of homes and schools to pro duce cotton in compe tition with coolie labor abroad we are going to tell you to go to hell with your export trade George Sealey Galveston president of the Galveston Wharf company which handles more cotton than any other firm in the world responded with a warning Nine out of every ten bales of cotton produced by the Texas he said must go abroad If we lose these exports the farmer will lose not only his home for his family but his farm fifty Injured In i Rioting By The STOCKTON April 23 ear gas swinging clubs and shot un fire injured at least 50 persons today in noting around a strikebound cannery and brought quick moves designed to avert fur ther bloodshed Even as the wounded some cally hurt and one partially blinded were receiving treatment represen of strikers banners and peace authorities announced a truce proposal Declines To Send Troops Thirty miles away in Sacramento Governor Frank F Merriam was to send troops here but he declined Tho state assembly enter ed the picture with plans for a strike investigation Thr assembly committee of five lelt for the scene soon o a resolution creat ing it Doctors expressed fear John Drake 22 would die from head wounds received when state officers and sheriffs deputies poured gas shot nto advancing pickets during an attempt to open the can nery Meeting Is Called The truce proposal followed one flt the cannery which halted the rioting earlier and representatives called another meeting to make the ending of hostilities permanent Long prepared for the expected battle special and regular deputies Turn to Page 5 Column 8 Please ELECT SANTONE WOMAN SAN ANTONIO April 23 Mrs Lula Villanueva of San An tonio was elected president of the Texas department of the womans relief corps auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic at the annual department convention here Houston was selected for next years convention AMMONS VETOES DENVER April 23 Teller vetoed today a legalizing betting on horse and dog raring Englishwoman Convicted Of Misuse Of U S Mails In Claim Against Gable By Associated Pressi LOS ANGELES April Violet Wells Norton was convicted by a federal court jury tonight on a charge of misuse of the mails in her claims that Clark Cable film star is the father of her illegitimate daughter The jury after an hour and 55 minutes deliberation found the de fendant a plump Englishwoman not guilty of a charge of conspiracy Mrs Norton who has persisted in her declaration that Cable is the same man as frank Billings with s ft whom she asserted she had a ro mantic affair in England in 1922 and 1923 received the jurys verdict with no show of emotion Shp at the counsel table as her attorney Maurice Lavine patted her consolingly on her arm Daughter Gable Not Present Her daughter Gwen doline was not in court when the verdict was returned Gable who testified during the trial that he never had been in England and was working as a lumberjack and ftt other occupations in Oregon during 1322 and 1923 did not attend todays session of the trial Judge George Cosgrave set May 3 the date for sentence Attor ney Lavine said he would apply for probation to permit Mrs Norton to leave the United States and if this was refused he would appeal the case Protests Her Innocence Mrs Norton meanwhile had changed from her previous calm demeanor and appeared greatly ex cited at her conviction uttering protests of her innocence The maximum sentence under the federal statutes for the crime of which Mrs Norton stands con is five years n or a fine or both All of the evidence in this rase R wilful attempt to blacken he name of Clark John Powell federal prosecutor told the jury Millions Look To Decision I have no doubt but thai mil lions of people In the United States and throughout the world arc look ing to your decision as to whether or not Clark Gable is the father of Mrs Powell said It is a very important duty that Turn to Page 5 Column 7 Please VIOLET WELLS NORTON Hunger Strike Fatal To Youth In Prison MCALESTER April 23 services for Jack Scott hunger striker who died oday in the penitentiary have been tentatively ar ranged for Sunday Cassville Mo Mr and Mrs Walter Scott of St Louis parents of the youth said they would take the body to St Louis tonight Scott died of paralyses Dr T H McCarley prison physician said was induced by the hunger strike started 16 days ago in the county at Ada where ic was awaiting trial on a charge of murder in the slaying of Alvis Jones Pontotoc deputy sheriff Dr McCarley said iack of food weakened Scott and caused recur rence of noninfectious meningitis an old ailment wo Hundred Thousand Witness Colorful San Antonio Parade SAN ANTONIO April 23 From vantage points high low along a fourmile route fes ive spirited Texans celebrating the victory of the Battle of Sun Jacinto 101 years ago witnessed the most colorful Battle of Flowers pa rade in the 46 years history of the custom The spectacular parade was the event of a week of festiv ties here The parade was led by Governor James V Allred Mayor C K Quin uid other city and county International Spy Named In Lindbergh Kidnaping Plot FLEMINGTON N Apm 23 spy was ac tonight of an important role in a plot to kidnap and murder the Lindbergh baby and a warrant for his arrest was delivered to Coun ty Prosecutor Anthony M Hauck The warrant was issued by Jus tice of the Peace E R Hummer in nearby on an informa tion and belief complaint made by n Jersey City private detective John J McNally who claims to have spent several years the crime for which Bruno Richard Haupt mann was executed McNallys theory of the Lind bergh crime is that it resulted from nn international plot hatchet by foreigners whose enmity Col Charles A Lindbergh had incurred The spy named in the complaint was said to be either in New York Chi cago or Cleveland nothing to comment made on the McNally theory by C Lloyd Fisher for Hauptmann meanwhile served a tele graphed demand on McNally lie produce before him at any in formation he might have your complaint made before E R Appropriations Advertising Of State Studied Bv Thr Associated AUSTIN April senate worked on the departmental ap propriation today while the house further considered a state ad program With a committee assigned to prepare a program the senate in taking up the appropriation tackled one ot the largest jobs Passed To Final Reading After Governor James V Allred indicated he would Hke to see sub mission of a constitutional amend ment authorizing a program to ad vertise Texas thr house reconsider ed the vote by which it refused thai action yesterday passing the amend ment to final reading 67 to 66 For submission already approved bj the senate 100 votes would be necessary In the meantime both legislative branches adjourned in order to at tend the of Flowers at San Antonio thr until Monday and the house until tomorrow Senate Refuses To Concur The senate refused to concur in house amendments to the rais inp salaries of the higher judiciary making H conference committee necessary to adjust differences The house figures were lower than the senate wanted The senate putted a house appropriating to pay sal aries and transportation expense of bringing the total ap propriation for such purpose at this session to Pass Flnod Control The house passed a creating the Harris county flood control dis but minus the tax remission feature which caused a veto by Governor Allred several days ago The vetoed another re mission that remitting certain ad valorem taxes to Wilbar r Cottle and Hardeman counties i Turn to Page 5 Column 7 Please Senator Bachman Of Tennessee Dies WAHINGTON April 23 Senator Nathan L Bachman of Tennessee died suddenly tonight said they understood a heart attack caused his death Bachman 58 years old the senate in 1933 appointed to Corrtell Hull who nam ed secretary of state He is survived by his widow and n Mrs Thomas A Mr Coy nt Asheville N C IAV IS INCREASED DALLAS April 23 d i he American Liberty Oil com pany announced a 15 per em pay increase for its field em Suppression Book On Baldwin Is Demanded iBy Thr T April sion of a hook that charged in one that Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin by muddling furi dling and meddling in his re lations with the her Edward was demanded today by the Duke of Windsors at torney The book is Coronation Com Chapters recounting he reign and abdication ot Edward drew from his A G Allen thf assertion ills action will certainly follow unless the publication Js with drawn Coronation Commentary rr to reports that Baldwin iad grievances against the king in addition to the kings love for Wallis Warfield The book said they included Things said and done in his mutilation his overs his shrill kings rase Against those who denied her to him things left undone in his infatuation duty neglected papers heir up cun Turn to 5 Column 7 Hospital Groups Attend Banquet Dance Friday Sessions Of Three Affiliated Associations To Be Closed Today Hunt To Take Post A BANQUET and dance attended by approximately 175 persons last night in the ballroom of Lub bock hotel concluded the program of three state associations composed of hospital staff members The meetings which will be con cluded today have attracted the largest of ever to assemble here The groups convening are the Texas State Hos pital association State association of Nurse Anesthetists and Record Librarians of Texas Jolly Speaker Last Robert Jolly of Memorial hospital Houston who is noted in medical circles spoke at last nights ban quet discussing principally the duties of hospital trustees Georgs Dupree Lubbock attorney addressed the group Mrs Martha superin tendent of the Medical and Surgical Memorial hospital of San Antonio ana president of the hospital asso presided Takes Office Today Mrs Roberson will be succeeded as president of the association to day by C E Hunt superintendent of Lubbock sanitarium who was elected at last years session The hospital association will meet at oclock this the of hotel The rill meet at 9 oclock in Hilton hotel and the at oclock in Lubbock hotel junior ballroom For Today The hospital association program follows The Care of Crippled Children in 7 J Brown director of vocational rehabilitation and crippled childrens division in the state The State Psychopathic Giles Day Turn to Page 5 Column 8 Please Dust Didnt Get Quite That Bad Here Aluminum Trust Faces Trouble By Thf PrM WASHINGTON April 23 A mighty legal struggle appeared cer tain tonight after the department of justice filed suit to dissolve the powerful Aluminum Company of America on charges that it had vio lated the antitrust laws The company immediately began its fight against the charges a statement denying the allegation and complaining that it was the most investigated concern in Ameri Defendant The justice department named Andrew W Mellon Pittsburgh mil and former secretary of the treasury a defendant along with 36 others described as officers tors or stockholders Twentyfive subsidiary and affiliated companies also were named Attorney General en tered the suit in federal dis court in New York City with a petition that the company be dis solved and its properties ed under several separate corpora tions to break its monopolistic con Action of the company on March 1 1937 in advancing the carlot price of virgin ingot a pound was Turn to Page 5 Column 6 Please IT tot pretty dusty in Lubbock Friday hut not dusty thai peo ple had to to the practice of wearing masks as the Okla homa City couple is shown above in a recent dust storm tsere A haze of dust is shown in the background Northern Half Of Is Obscured By Dust Storm Friday Heavy In City DALLAS April dust storm swept into Texas tonight obscuring the north half of the the state The greatest density was from Dallas west to Big Spring anci north of that area The weather bureau here report ed visibility from one quarter to four miles the lowest being report STRIKES ARKANSAS April werr ind mure than injured In v thn north nt L B While that mann In and Ihr in fant child of kill ed the liomft Finns Buffered and other nf Ihr fam ily injured White cr at Santo west 01 Fort Worth and Olney Gainesville and Amarillo showed a hall mile Forming At The bureau predicted the storm would spread to the south reaching the Gull by early morn ing it began tonning about noon to day but did not strike Dallas with full force until shortly before dark reported the storm striking late in lio afternoon but was high up with recent pre venting the movement of soil The dust storm struck San An gelo about dark with visibility ing reduced to a mile Wichita Foils reported the densest dust storm in history early in the evening bin ihc air was clearing later the temperature began to Turn to 5 Column 4 Please Mobilization Of CCC Proposed armer Is Congratulated By Both Graduates April 23 he age of 60 L A Kins a farmer a high school diploma to day and the congratulations of his grandson also a 1937 high school graduate Unable to finish high school in his youth King recently completed what is known as a high school equivalency Affidavit Is Taken After Four Perfect Bridge Hands Dealt BATAVIA N April 23 A foursome Mr and Mrs S W Smith Mrs Frank A Crehan and A C Capron all received perfect one deal last mcht They railed m an attorney who took thr hands were fairly anci WORTHY OF NOTE LOS ANGELES April 23 Apparently considering the ion worthy of note the proprietor of a oneman garase in Los An geles hoisted a lante sign in hts vindow It read No strike working as Agonized Cry Of Customer Is Heard Over Long Distance And Recovered BALTIMORE April 23 Over the long distance telephone Ben a dry cleaning shop proprietor heard the agonized cry of a customer Did you find in pants Goldin told the customer Banja min Pressler Baltimore art dealer that he had not noticed the money but would call the wholesale firm to which the suit had been sent was in Philadelphia In a few minutes he called back Goldin told him the money had been found wadded in A Pressler hung up the phone in Philadelphia anci hopped the plane home to reclaim hi bankroll iBy Tho OKLAHOMA CITY April Col A Noble Ladd Britton said today he would offer a resolution at the annual convention of Oklahoma Reserve officers which opened here today urging mobiliza tion of all Civilian Conservation corps camps in five states in the dust Ladd offered his proposal as a substitute for plea drafted yesterday at Guymon asking President Roosevelt to declare martini law in the Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Colorado and Kansas dust area to enforce uniform soil practices against wind erosion President Has No Authority White House and war department officials said that the dent has no authority to declare martial law unless requested to do so by the legislature of each state if it in session or by the governor I it is not Ladd said Every CCC camp in the five could be moved within 10 days Theyve got the trucks the equipment the of personnel and it would be much cheaper for the government than moving an He martial law may arouse but that farmers would cooperate with CCC workers Thirty business men of Okla Turn to Page 5 Column 4 Please Held Down To Budget Limits Republican Proposal To Go Farther Along Defeated Sales Tax Threatens By The Associated Pres WASHINGTON April 23 The house heeded President Roose velts plea to keep a multimillion agriculture appropriation within budget estimates today but it de a Republican proposal to go much farther along the economy trail Without a record vote the cham ber voted to run the ag department in the fiscal year beginning July 1 Down Other Proposals It beat down all but one effort to increase the fund recommended by DUST BOWL AID INCLUDED WASHINGTON Hf Thl appropriation liy the today included pfft thit hf for la the bowl Tht fund Is IB the llon and domestic net the house agriculture committee but just as determinedly rejected a pro posal for a sweeping reduction When Rep Taber RNY urged a flat 10 per cent cut Rep Cannon accused him to trying to take economy of the hide of the Tibers proposed slash loet by a vote of 219 to 32 Sales Tax Threatens Before the big measure brought the economy issue to tht house floor congressional both major parties issued warnings that a federal sales tax threatens unless President appeal for economy is taken to heart Senator Borah and Chair man Dough ton of the house ways and means committee agreed that uncontrolled spending would lead to a sales levy or a broader in come tax Have Reached Crisis That we have reached a in taxes and expenditures must ba conceded on all Borah de clared The culture appropriation which the house approved was larcer the appropriation for the current fiscal year but below the budget bureau es The only above commit tee recommendations was to provide a total of for wool marketing studies Rep South iD proposed the increase Hep Cannon asserted in the de bate that only about of the total is primarily for agriculture He pointed out the measure includ iTurn to Page 5 Column 4 Marvin Jones Introduces To Govern Civil Service Jobs WASHINGTON April ill iVP Bilis introduced today included the follow ing by representatives Jones provide that civil service appointees outside the DIM net of Columbia must be resi dents of the regions in which their jobs are located for one year prior to FORD PLANT CLOSED RICHMOND April The Ford Motor assem bly plant here was closed today by a strike snd officials of the United Automobile Workers of America paid workers were involved Shirley Temple Showered With Birthday Telegrams iB HOLLYWOOD April 23 Shirley Temple eight years old today but she secluded her self at home and there was no one to say whether she received thai traditional birthday ac a spanking But her father F Temple left his business place at noon wuh what of his asso termed a glint in his and presents show ered in on the Temples Beverley Hill residence The dimpled uttle firl who for two consecutive years has been proclaimed the screens No 1 box office attraction seem ed unconcerned by it all This afternoon she went to a laree Los Angeles hospital and save her birthday party for invalid children To morrow she will entertain 175 youngsters at her studio Twen tieth No one will admit what her present salary is but it is re to be well in excess of yearly Yet the iTurn to a t J Roberta Is Awarded In Damages LOS ANGELES April 23 Semple was awarded damages today in her suit against An attorney for her estranged mother Semple McPherson and counsel for Temple Superior Clarence L Kin caid made the award after Mrs McPherson broke down and was lecl from the courtroom sobbing con He ruled that Roberta should re on her first that Andrews made a statement ac cusing her of threatening intim coercing and blackmailing her mother An additional was awarded on allegation that Andrews repeated the statement to other newspapermen omitting the word Andrews was also directed to pay attorneys fees for Roberta Wea WEST TEXAS Fair cooler in southeast portion Saturday Sun day fair and warmer NEW MEXICO Pair Saturday and Sunday rising temperature Bv Airport R mp s 42 north 10 mph 3
