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J UWiLI rLHItFINAL RUESFOR COUNTY RIDGELooms As Popular Choice As New County Judgeid feni/ dOTK-X.'•.-*lt; dntxsxmRA fknrlc*. (AtFIGURESjly 4—(/P)—Dally average if the United States dele 3,460,205 barrels lor the July 1, the oil and gas today, irage » barrekge dropped in Oklahoma; 14,650 to alllornla; 400 in eastern 100, and 3,180 to 77,300 in fountain area, eased In east Texas 50 arrels dally; Texas m 2 to 1,312,141; Louisiana 140; Kansas, 1,075 to 169, j 11,629 to 244,065; and 13 to 68,591.its He Wasla., July 4—(JP)—Accused stop after his automobile b a parked car, the de municipal Judge Hameabelieve 1 had struck iht It was a ' boat,You must have beenur honor.SurrendersFuneral services for County Judge Justo S. Penn, 63, who died In San Antonio Sunday afternoon and whose body was brought back to bis • some here Sunday night, were held Monday Bfternoon at 5:36 ‘/clock -Several thousand people called at the home or viewed the stilled feature* of the very popular citizen and official during Monday, including those who went to the home and those who paid their last respects to the dead while the body ley in slate in the hallway fo the county courthouse from 11 to 12 o’clock noon Monday.During tire late afternoon large crowds gathered in the vicinity of the home at 1010 Farragut street to pay their last sad tribute to a departed friend and county official and throughout the afternoon a steady stream, of men, women and children entered the living room of the home where the body lay and gazed upon the stilled features. Hundreds of fioral tributes, including a number of largo wreathes were taken to the home, while a number of these overflowed from the room whcro the body lay to other rooms and the porch of the home, The silent tribute to the departed was an impressive one.When the time of the funeral arrived at 5:30 o’clock Monday afternoon a great crowd had assembled at the home, these representing nil ranks of county, city and precinct officer, ranchmen, farmers and others down to the most humble citizeen of Lare do. They came from the business houses, homes, various offices, ranches, farms and other places, American Legion members wearing their caps, from the countryside In general to pay rtibute to Judge Penn, whom all Laredo loved as o pioneer citizen, newspaperman, legislator, soldier and county official—a man whom they ol ways held In. the highest regard and in whom all placed implicit trust and had found him always faithful to the trust they had imposed.From the home at 5:30 o’clock the long cortege moved from the home, headed by the State Highway Patrol and Laredo police departmtnt. the ac live pallbearers being Matins de Lano, J, B. Morton, V. L, Puig,fSr., J, C, Martin, Robert Leo Bobbitt, Fred Longoria, P. P. Leyondeckor Jr, and Carlos Pulacios. The long line of automobiles provided one at the longest and most impressive funeral processions ever witnessed in Laredo. In (lie ears were folks of the rank and file of life, from tho most~nffluent to tho most humble-mcn, women and young folks—ail people whs knew and hold Judge Penn In tho highest re gard in life and were hors to pay him their last tribute in death,At the graveside threo eulogies were paid J udge Penn, The first was by Rev. Father Andres Ante, pastor of San Aguatirt, who had known the deceased but a few months, but had found him one of the finest gentle men and officials he had ever known he declared. Justice of Peace Manuel Cruz, in a few words in Spanish, paid high tribute to Judge Penn as a citizen and official whom all the people admired and held on tho high cst regard, The closing tribute was by Robert Lee Bobbitt, of the Texas Highway Commission and resident of Laredo, who spoke of tho sterl ling qualities of the dead as a native Texan,, citizen, newspapermen, legis lator, soldier and county judge, say Ins he held a warm place in the hearts of all who know him and he would be greatly missed by those who knew him and especially those to whom he had been a benefactor.23 'T exas DeathsM. J. RAYMOND, powerful and politically potent attorney and leader, was the choice of tho general public, according to talk on the streets, to succeed the late Justo S. Penn os county judge, ,Kicked out by the Independent Club three years ago, Raymond's popularity was such that the party has had to make overtures to him in an effort to get him back with his great following. Thus It is thought certain Raymond will be given the oppor tunity by Independent Club leaders to accept or reject the county judgshlp.B0R(TOX news Soviet Japane aerial outer Dorn carried golian west i The Japans enemy captur (Mai by tli golia I RussiaMaKnFoiLOUISIANAWAJfirewosigninPende:dote.Siml words on Ju from twiste ForNEW ORLEANS, July 4~-WV-Ncw attention was focused today on a statement by former governor Richard W. Leche that Dr. James Monroe Smith told him before Smith resigned as head of Louisiana State University he had done a very foolish thing and borrowed $269,600 without authorization of the (school) board,'1This, with a statement by a state supreme court justice that he was present when Smith resigned and heard him offer to make amends were among rapid developments last night as state authorities prepared to meet Smith ond his wife, being ra turned under guard from Canada.Governor Earl K. Long, successor to Leche’s unexpired term, w-nonunced he had promised federal agents they would be given first opportunity to question Dr. Smith when ho is brought to face the state's' charge he embezzled 3100,000 from tho university.'I was flabbergasted, the ex-governor said In a telephone statement to tho Associated Press, and added ha then did not realize the true meaning of Smith’s statement He ex plalnod he told Smith to “go home and rest up while he docked into tho matter.Ho declared he sent for Attorney General David M. Ellison and W, A. Cooper, then supervisor of public funds, and that supreme court justice John B. Fournet visited him at tho mansion in Baton Rouge at the same time.While these officials were with him, Leche asserted, Smith returned nad told him that in addition to mnklng unauthorized borrowings he had “opened B little trading account” on behalf of the university.was s chief 1; the ( solved pende up th Thom RicT had I depen to Ju Mea J effo most, ing i Hlsi intenc the d tify : the dsonsgraphJulySouhadtion,divlsieitheiHousing ProgramWASHINGTON, July 4 —(JP— Nathan Straus, administrator of the United States Housing Authority,seneo The stroni delogi horse for tl pulnr two £ let t! solut Pennware Ne\ not ' their Job congr only slgne bers Mo the ( Tinwas stren dows In 1 toll 1
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Laredo Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Tue, Jul 04, 1939
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