Pampa Daily News (Newspaper) - December 24, 1929, Pampa, Texas S GROWING PAMPA Building Permits Year to November ALL THE NEWS Associated Press full leased NBA and AP Feature local and oil field news Newspaper of the New County Seat and Panhandle Oil Center 224 PAMPA GRAY TEXAS TUESDAY DECEMBER 1929 12 Pages Toda PRICE FIVE CENTS POOR SERVICE TO BE CHARGE OF BIG ACTION Pressure During Cold li Cited DRAWS PETITION Complaints of Many Cause of Decision Break Franchise of Gas O i Suit cancel the franchise of the Light company toged failure to give good service Will be filed in district court here about t Thursday it was said today by Charles city city after a lengthy 5iaK authorized to suit at It will be that the gas company failed to the service outlined in the long time thereby forfeiting the right business It wai pointed out that many com plaints had made by persons liv ing the outlying portions of the pressure recently became so Stoves could not be Pres the addition and the tost side was particularly un according to reports made to the The citys suit will be returnable to the next term of district The petition will go into detail concerning the in which the city claims the contract has been The gas company expanded and im proved its facilities during the the city provide fpr such emergencies as arose during the recent cold BETHLEHEM IS GLAD DISORDERS H A CEASED Church fathers today solemnly made prepara tions for the of Christmas thankful that disorders which a few weeks ago left a bloody stain over the holy land had The Latin accompanied by hs and escorted by mounted police came to The trip was made by great change from the olden days when the arch preceded his prelates on a In medieval days the pa retinue was an imposing af fair with pilgrims and ous and lay Tonight the patriarch with his suite and congregation will proceed to the Franciscan north of the of the for the night pontifical The Anglicans wijl Intone their Christmas hymns just opposite in the Greek convent adjoining the on the southern tj THE WEATHER VANE t TEXAS tonight and little in tempera i NEW WELL MAY TURN OUT AS GUSHER The fifth well to be completed in the pool in the past two section block came in Monday with an initial production of 402 rels pf oil in the first 24 hours with 30 million feet of The new producer is increasing its flow hourly and shows promise of de into a The well was drilled only about one foot in the pay at It is on the ner It is understood the Prairie company has already made a connection to the Two Employes of Oil Companies Are Injured Monday Two oil company employes who were seriously injured yesterday are im proving in McKean Connor hospi employe of Mie Vogel Raddatz corporation was ed about the nnd arms when a gas well on the section 114 early yes Caust of the cx was not employe of Oil and Gas in a collision with a car was thrown through me wind shield of the truck in which he was riding to and suffered severe injuries about the jaw was fractured and several teeth were knocked out while the and teeth of a lower jaw were Harmon was not driving the it was said at the connor hospital where he is still in a Driver of the other car not injured and his name is not HOOVERS SON mil BE HOUE President Plans Quiet Day With His Family FIRST LADY IS SPREADING CHEER Second Story to Be Given New Chevrolet Plant A change in the architects plans for the building on auto row will result in the erection of a second floor 50 feet long and 35 feet The original plans called for the building of a The floor which extends half the length of the building from the front will be devoted to office The News Will Not Be Issued On Christmas the There will be no issue of Pampa Daily News Employes of The News observe two holidays each year Christmas and the Fourth of Todays paper is being given free to the boys who sell The News on the and the receipts will constitute clear profits to the The next edition of The News will le that of Thursday Washington Gay With Spirit Typical of Season The flad spirit which comes each year with holly sprigs of ever green and but cheerful today pervaded the tional capital as its residents entered heartily into their observance of The vast machinery of the ment was at In the White House nnd in thousands of homes where humbler folk the day was given over to preparations for the happy celebration of the With a son home for the President Hoover cancelled practically all including the regular cabinet meeting and conference with Washington in order that he might be free to as much of the day as possible with Hoov er and the At his departments of the government were closed and thousands of federal workers were given an op to complete their shopping and otherwise make ready for Christ mas Merchants prepared for the seasons largest throng of customers and the police remember ing a traffic jam that tied up the downtown section for more than an hour last Christmas assumed the almost impossible task of keeping hun dreds of automobiles moving in the congested shopping Huge wreaths of holly were hung in every window of the White fes toned with the crimson of while dozens of added to the gay color There were two Christmas a monster spruce in the east and In the presidents apartment Around the the three mem bers of the Hoover family who are in the and Hoover and their son gather tomorrow together with a few close friends and exchange Christmas and Herbert and their two small children were unable Ho come to Washington for the holiday and will spend it at their home in his Christmas President Hoover is well provided with his fa wild His secre went hunting in Virginia over the weekend and re turned with two fine weighing 20 and 18 lie presented to the chief Just as Hoover help ed dispense Christmas to the citys needy today arrange ments ware marie for the first lady to assist in ihe distribution oi huge bas kets of each containing enough for six This was under the auspices of the Salvation President Hoover will in a community Christmas celebration in Sherman a distance White 1 QUARREL ENDS IK TRAGEDY AT PAMPA HOME Marvin Shoots His Former Mate at 11 oclock And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the keeping watch over their flock i And the angel of the Lord came upon and the glory of the Lord shone round about them and they were sore And the angel said unto Fear not tor I bring you good tidings ot great which shall be to all people For unto you is born this day in the city oi David a which is Christ the Six Injured in Crash Most of Nation Will Have White Is Recurring A white Christmas was in prospect throughout most of the country from Maine to Texas A northeast storm brought snow and sleet to England and the Atlantic coast while the hardly recovered from blizzards of last experienced another heavy Un precedented snow which y visited the South as as Louisiana was but in Texas and other sections prom ised to linger over the Fatal disrupted mail delayed trains and difficult highway travel attended the A heavy snow storm in Maine hampered the work of repairing dam age done by last wesks sleet Piling drifts in Vermont tied up rail service and halted motor In New state snow ranged in depth from 6 Buffalo to more than n foot in the central part of the In New York City a slight rise in temperature a light fall to sleet which froze on and sidewalks and impeded traffic Sev eral motor accident were Warned on slippery The sheet call ed out men to the tested a snow removal by Professor Horace Barnes of spraying 10 blocks of Fifth avenue with the Three injuries and highways were ihe result of heavy snows in Residents of were ip out of ft of 26 inches of the tver re corded I Six of are now in the were injured in a headon collision of two automobiles about oclock yesterday afternoon near the Machine John Parker recovered conscious ness this morning at 3 oclock iu Mc Kean and Connor She suf a fractured body bruises and cuts on the face and Her small is also in the same Her face head were badly Miss Winston of Miami is in McKean and Connor hospital with a fractured arm and She also sustained severe cuts about the face and Miss Florence Dorris suffered a broken rib and a lacerated besides body bruises and minor She is in Pampa Monroe and were bruised and cut about the They were given treatment at McKean and Connor hospital and were taken to their home at 418 North Parker lives at 212 North The call was an swered by Stephenson funeral homes ft Ford coupe were WAS DIVORCED BY HER RECENTLY Two Small Boys Are Orphaned by Shooting live without nis divorced wife and unable to live with Marvin Shot licr to death in her small room house in the Talley addition at 11 oclock then pressed the gun against his forehead and killed Marvin died His wife died at 1 oclock in Pampa hospital where had been removed by Stephenson Funeral Homes Marvin used a gauge shot gun on both himself and on his whom he shot in the left Last Marvin swore put a complaint for the arrest of a man who is now being held in the on a complaint of Marvin named his wife as partner to the of This morning Who has been working for a team contractor in the came his wifes A few hours neighbors heard them A lived next door heard Marvin his Im going to kill the two shots followed in quick Marvin told police Monday when she questioned on the adul tery charge that she was divorced from her husband about three months Marvin has lived here at three different When she secured the divorce from her she told officers of the sher he followed her to Gray He has assumed a very jealous attitude toward her in last three it was When Sheriff Graves deputies arrived at the Marvin both were lying on the floor of the kitchen and their two children were sitting between them weeping frantic Both children are two and five years The house where tragedy occurred is owned by Christy and is located two blocks due north of the Ward meat Questioned by the sheriff last Mon Marvin said she had no ers to prove that she had been ed a divorce from her An inquest is being held at the Stephenson funeral home this Judge Gary is Sheriff Graves took a summons to appear at a divorce hearing in Kansas from the pocket of the dead It is believed that he had been carrying the paper for the three months it was badly That the double was meditated by Marvin is indicated by i the following note which was found in DOUBLE page daughter and Monroe and Miss Dorris and Miss ston were riding in the other None of the injured is in a hospital attendants
