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ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEB. 21. 1934
FOUR PAN
TODAY.
VOL. XL NO. 345
Governor Ferguson
Sees Grave Relief
Situation in Texas
Autin, Texas, Feb. 21.—Gov. Mir-
iam A. Ferguson today again
brought to the attentoin cf the
legislature what she termed the
“seriousness and gravity” of the
situation with reference to unem-
ployment relief in Texas.
She communicated to the legisla-
ture a copy of a telegram she sent
to Harry L. Hopkins, federal di-
rector a week ago, in which she
requested an advance of funds to
continue relief in this state until
Texas could obtain proceeds from
the sale of bonds. Hopkins had in-
dicated additional help would not
be given Texas until the state
spent some more of its own money
for relief of the destitute.
"Aid Austria!"
Facts About Tex.
State Flower -
Song Motto j
| The following facts about the
state flower, the state song and
other revelations about Texas may
be of interest to many Ennis citi-
zens who have been questioned the,
past fews days along this line.
State Flower.
The state flower of Texas is the
bluebonnet, scientifically called;
lupinus texensis (Hook). It is also
generally known among the country j
people who reside in the regions
where it grows as buffalo clover.
It was adopted by the state legis-
lature at the request cf the Society
of Colonial Dames of America at
a session of the 27th legislature in
1901.
Italians on Austrian Border
C. of C. Banquet
weloHold Hearing
1 Thursday Night -
Drive Friday Receive Criticism of
With plans all completed the an- -
187 |
nual Chamber of Commerce ban-
quet will be held Thursday even-
ing at 7:30 at the First Chris-
Church with the ladies of the
church serving the menu.
The program will include the ad-
dress by Hon. John A. Erhard, at-
torney of Dallas .musical selec-
tions and a review of the activities
of the organization.
Tickets have been placed on sale
1 at all the drug stores for benefit
Constructive Nature
Facing Life Term
Bonus Advocates
Get Signatures
To Insure Vote
Washington, Feb. 21.—In the face
of a definite White House warning
that now was not the time for
payment of the bonus, House mem-
bers Tuesday mustered enough
signers to a petition to force a
vote on the issue on March 12.
Within an hour after Speaker
Rainey formally announced Presi-
dent Roosevelt would not approve
the legislation, the Lundeen peti-
tion on the Patman bill to pay
$2,400,000,000 in greenbacks to the
veterans was signed by the nec-
essary one-third of the house mem-
bership.
Just as the house convened Rep-
resentative Patman, democrat, Tex-
as, author of the bill, put the 128th
signature to the document.
Speaker Rainey had retuned
from a conference with President
Roosevelt barely in time to open
the session. As soon as he could
relinquish his gavel he summoned
reporters to his office to an-
nounce:
“I am authored by the president
to say that this is not the time
to pay the bonus and he can not
approve any legislation to that ef-
fect.”
Get Enough Signers.
In the meantime the number of
signers had increased to 131. Im-
mediately after word of Rainey’s
statement had circulated among
house members, bonus advocates
rounded up the additional fourteen
they needed. Ayres, democrat, Mon-
tana, was the last to sign. Loizer,
democrat, Missouri, had affixed his
signature a moment before.
Ninety-six democrats, fourty-four
! State Song.
The state song of Texas is j
". “Texas, Our Texe s," the music of 8
t which was written by -William J. 1
. Marsh of Fort Worth, Texas, and i
the words by Mr. Marsh and Gladys §
Yoakum Wright, also cf Fort "
Worth. It was adopted as a result #
Wof an award offered by the legis-
hemlature in 1929.
A State Motto.
l The state motto of Texas is
"Friendship." The word Texas or
a Tejas being the Spanish name of
a one of the Caddo Indian tribes
1 w # $
Believed to be a result of the
1021.2113. among whom the Mission San
=================================== Francisco de Los Tejas was estab-
lished, is generally accepted as
That "France, Italy and England meaning “Friends.” This was
must protect Austria, without loss adopted at the Forty-First session
of a minute, by force of interna-of the legislature in 1930.
tionai arms if need be" is the | State Tree.
opinion of Henry Berenger, chair- The stately fruit bearing pecan
man of the foreign relations com- tree is the State of Texas tree,
mittee of the French senate, who
urges placing of an international
army at disposal of Chancellor
Dollfuss of Austria.
Judge C A Pippen
Joins Defense
Of Noah Roark
Dallas, Texas, Feb. 21.Charles
A. Pippen, former judge of criminal
district court, Tuesday joined Jack
Keller in the defense appeal of
Noah Roark, Dallas attorney, under
forty year sentence for murder,
when the two attorneys filed bills
of exceptions with Judge Grover
Adams for Roark’s appeal.
“I think we have a real chance
to reverse the jury verdict against
my friend, Noah Roark," Judge
Pippen said.
Keller was of the same opinion.
The former member of the legis-
lature has stuck by Roark
through his two trials for the
fatal shooting of Justin Stein, Fi-
delity building manager, who was
shot to death Feb. 10, 1933.
At his first trial a hung jury re-
republicans and the five Farmer- 1 2
,sulted. Roark pleaded insanity at
Labontes were recorded on the "
petition.
The vote, which comes automatic-
ally March 12, under house rules,
will be on whether the ways and
means committee shall be discharg-
ed from considering the Patman
bill. It requires a majority to ex-
tract the bill from the commit-
tee.
both trials.
Both Judge Pippen and Keller
will appear before the Court of
trouble in Austria, Italian troop
| of those who have not already
| I purchased them, at 40c per plate,
i Membership Campaign.
| The membership campaign to be
; ’launched Friday morning will be-
gin with a breakfast to be served at
J .7:15 at the Serve-UCafe. M. S.
1 Vanderslice, chairman of the mem-
■ bership committee, asks that the
J following committees attend the
| breakfast and make the canvas for I
! new members: I
Pep talks will be made by J. E.»,
| Keever, Dr. Fred L. Story, J. R.
: McMurray and Rev. J. D. Grey, il
j East Side—North of Avenue: 1
I Bert McKee, chairman; A. Gur- !
ecky, T. A. Barrington, Joe Haw- |
Jkins, W. F. Roberson. |
East Side—South of Avenue: j
tervention in Austria become nec-1 John Sparks, chairman; Al E. 1
essary. Here are two views of Ramsey. Ellis Moore, I. G. Moore. [
Italian troops maneuvering in the Hesser Block: |
border indicates that Italy is pre- Alps near Austrian frontier. I W. A. Lyons, chairman; Bob
—International Illustrated News Hesser, Buddy Reed, Felix Atwood,
- Clyde Hawkins, E. F. Nesuda, Car- !
concentration
on the
Austrian
pared to take a hand should in-!
30 Days Reprieve
Makes Execution Form Automobile
Come On Sunday Agency In Ennis
1 • • 1 los Fitzgerald.
Leininger-Drown Mosshart Bicek:
■ Sam Davis, chairman; Pat Cos-
It has long been the most popular
of Texas trees, but the sentiment:
that led to its official adoption
probably grew out cf the request
of Gov. James Stephen Hogg that
a pecan tree be planted at his
grave. This was adopted at a ses-
sion of the Thirty-Sixth legislature
in 1919. Paul Mitchell cf Lubbock would nership to be known as the Ennis T. P. & L. Block:
State Bird, be electrocuted early Sunday unless | Motor Company, and will open for
The mocking bird is the official-; Governor Miriam A. Ferguson in- business
ly recognized state bird of Texas,
’grove, Jerry Zazvorka, H. A. Parma, I
Selma Rains, Frank Kucera/ Seth Robert S. Soles, wealthy McKees-
■ Williams. port. Pa., man and former U. S.
Castellaw Block: farmy captain, as he arrived at
Henry Duke, chairman; M. E.Pittsburgh Court for opening of
Lathan, G. G. Dunkerley, D. M. his trial. Soles is charged with
Huntsville, Texas, Feb. 21.—W.; R. S. Leininger and Clayton J Greenstreet, Chester Nowlin. T. E. murder of his wife, whose death
W. Waid, warden of the state pen-Brown, two well known Ennis Hay, Dr. John M. Chapman. Chas, last spring was written down
itentiary, announced Tuesday that business men, have formed a part- Hogge.
suicide. An investigation
a s
ay Mrs.
Soles’ father, Harry B. Lynch. re-
B. J. Stork, chairman; Frankie sulted to arrest of the widower.
adopted by the legislature in 1927
tervened.
Mitchell was sentenced to death
J S Expenditures
Have Passed
Criminal Appeals to argue their
contentions that Roark is entitled
to a reversal of the forty-year sen-
tence and a new trial.
Meantime, Roark is in the county
jail without bond. He is one of the
most popular prisoners ,always on
the alert to help his fellow prison-
ers. His wife, Mrs. Lillian Roark,
visits him daily and lias stood by
him in his trouble throughout.
Four Billion Convict Shot
Washington, Feb. 21.—Govern-
ment expenditures for the fiscal |
year passed four million dollars
Tuesday, leaving seven million to
be spent by the end of June to ful-
fill President Roosevelt's budget
estimates.
Despite the huge expenditures,
the large profit reaped on gold
dollar devaluation left the treasury
with a surplus of $601,705,000.
Eliminating the gold profit of
$2,807,543,035 would leave a $2,206,-
000,000 deficit.
Mr. Roosevelt estimated the de-
ficit at the fiscal year end on July
1 would be $7,309,000,000. This
would bring the public debt from
$25,218,000,000 to $29,847,000,000.
Trying to Escape
Waxahachie Boy
Burned-Dynamite
Cap Exploded
Waxahachie, Texas, Feb. 21.—A
dynamite cap exploded in a trash
fire here Tuesday, injuring Paul
Layne, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Layne. The boy suffered burns and
Washington, Feb. 21.—An appeal
for criticism of NRA, by letter or
in personal appearance, was made
to the country Tuesday night by
Hugh S. Johnson in a speech pref-
acing general hearings beginning
next week in which operation of
codes to be studied as a basis for
remaking administration policy.
The recovery administrator at-
tached just one condition: NRA
will not, he said, receive unsupport-
ed personal assaults and it will
take academic conjectures not back
ed by facts only for what they
are worth. \
“We want your help," he said,
“Whether you are on tiie industrial,
labor cr consur’ei side of the
argument. Tell t eb. 27, where
the codes are no? king right.
where they bear un
where they could be
on you,
roved.
Come to Washington to niedin
the discussion if you can. Than
jus giving us facts and
I! you can’t.”
j Many Important Messages,
j Johnson termed his message
| most important one from
I since last summer’s blue eagle cam-
paign appeal. He spoke over a
combined network of the National
I end Columbia radio chains.
! Mistakes and flaws in codes
were admitted freely by the admin-
istrator, who pointed out how has-
tily his organization was thrown
together, started on an uncharted
path and had, since July, placed
300 industries under codes and
nearly completed codes for 300
more. Of course many things were
wrong, he said, but:
Tie important thing is that
3,000, s people have been put to
work, that $3,000,000.0009
ladde—toheir oured
and that if we had sat around like
buddhist lamas contemplating a
lily bud to attain perfection by
conjecture before action, none of
these results would have been
achieved. The ultimate aim is to
have the industrial control organi-
ation spread out like the keyboard
of a piano whereupon by concert
of action economic harmony can
at last be had.”
Johnson said his plan for a first
economic conference of NRA a
succession of a week's hearings
open to public critics from Feb. 27
on, and another week of meetings
cf code authorities to act, upon .the
accumulated reactions and inde-
pendent studies of NRA—was un-
precedented in that never before
had a large government adminis-
tration voluntarily exposed itself to
public review and never before had
it been possible, anywhere in the
world, to assemble a representation
of business as controlling units of
almost all the country’s commerce
acting in partnership with and un-
der the ultimate control of, govern-
ment itself.
Wants Facts and Figures.
I He combined his demand for all
the, facts and figures that could
be mustered with a sledgehammer
attack on muckrakers - and the
"highly perfumed conjecture of •
some pundit who never did any-
thing in his life but read some
books and write others," likening
the latter to the mail, order and
correspondence school plowboy.
this week on West Knox Davis, F. L. Roorbach, Lorin Tilley. ------------------
Street in the building beingacaie —— *--_----—
25 Lives
ed by the Earl D. Shaw Motor Jolesch Shoe Block:
at the request of the Texas Feder- for the slaying of Robert Tharp Company, i J. B. Harper, chairman. Hubert
Rogers, Felix Parker, J. C. Mc-
Crary, Jodie Swindle, Louis Bobak.
ation of Women’s Clubs.
Longhorn Recognized.
Although there has never been
official adoption of any animal,
the longhorn steer is popularly
during a grocery store robbery at
Lubbock more
His
execution date was
The new firm has been made
than a year ago. 'dealers in the Ennis section for the
set for / Hudson and Terraplane automo-
Jan. 25, but the governor granted biles.
given recognition as emblematic
of Texas, while the Mustang pany
and the horned frog are also given
a certain amount of unofficial rec-
ognition.
No Bid Received
For Second Offer
Of Relief Bonds
a 30-day reprieve.
Exiled Chief
Issues Threat
At Austrians
Munich, Germany, Feb. 21.—Aus-
trian Nazis, through their exiled
leader, Theodore Habicht, issued
an utlimatium to Chancellor Doll-
fuss on Monday giving him eight
The building is being remodeled
and equipped with nice display
rooms. The first car, a Terraplane,)
is being demonstrated here this
week and they expect other model’s
to arrive here soon. ,
Mr. Leininger was until recently
connected with the Progressive Oil.
Company. Prior to that time he
Ford Motor Company and City
Hall Block:
O. A. Grant, chairman; W. C.
Burford, John Cain, Chester Lewis,
Randle Willis.
Railroad Committee:
J. T. Connor, chairman; J. R.
McMurray, P. T. Comiskey, Ed
O'Leary.
Suburban Stores:
Lost In
Blizzard
Mack Huff,
chairman;
| was employed in the S. P. offices Schoeps, Clair White,
here. Mr. Brown is a well known
automobile dealer in Ennis, and
is one of the pioneers in that in-
Carthy, Frank Moseley.
H. M.
Cold that knifed to the marrow
staggered the east today as it
strove to shake off paralysis caused
by the "worst blizzard since ‘88."
At least twenty-five persons lay
days to make a choice between
Special Committee:
E. Keever, chairman;
dustry in this city. He was former- Howell, Jr., Frank Sikes,
ly dealer for the Overland and Horn.
Brady Me- idead, struck down by the storm.
Many towns were practically is-
olated, transportation systems
Z. L. crawled at a snail’s pace in num-
Dave erous spots, and whistling winds
Willys-Knight, and until recently
Austin. Texts, Feb. 21,—The Tex- taking the Nazis into the govern- was salesman for the Barrington
as Bond Commission did not re- ment cr facing another fight. Chevrolet Company.
ceive a bid for the sale of any
Habicht announced an eight-day
Chevrolet Company.
part of $2,750,000 of relief bonds | truce in which his followers are 1
advertised for sale on Friday. It
recessed subject to call.
The bonds offered were a part
of a $5,500,000 issue authorized by
the first called session of the leg-
, islature. The commission has sold
$2,750,000 of the issue.
forbidden to attack the Austrian
government on penalty of expul-
sion from the party. His speech
was broadcast.
In offering co-operation. Habicht
declared.
“I ask the Austrian government
Failure to receive bids was not to view the terrible sacrifice of the I
surprising in view of the pending recent catastrophe and view the I
legislation to authorize bonds, ten- terrible possibilities for the future, !
tatively fixed at $4,500,000, as buy- whether it means to adhere to its |
Rev. C. E. Crowe
Addressed Lions!
Joint Meeting;
I imperiled shipping. The mercury
I plunged toward zero, and the cold
'glazed the land with ice, harden-
ing snowdrifts that impeded traf-
fic.
No immediate relief was in sight.
[The frigid wave extended as far
Kills Wife and
Self-Daughter
o r 1 south as Florida.
Dees tragedy;
Chickasha, Ok., Feb. 21.—Charles Prince
prominent farmer of 2 * C A.CAUSCS
To Give Up Girl
Is Disowned
Fisher, 39,
the Dutton community, killed his
36-year old wife and committed
"Service is the essence cf the suicide Monday night while their -
Lions Club organization,” was the j. aughter, Juanita, 14, clad only in
keynote of the message delivered her night clothes, ran a quarter of.
by Rev. C. E. Crowe, paster of the a mile for aid.
new issues are made more attrac- ready, in order to save the German First Methodist church of Waxaha- ’ A coroner’s jury reported that
tive. . people in Austria, to co-operate i chie, who was the principal speak-the wife died of shotgun wounds
As amended by a senate commit- with the Nazi movement; that is,‘er at the joint meeting E the inflicted by her husband and that I
tee, the house bill permits the re-mith the --------- —0 1 6 meeting of the
issuance of the $2,750,000 of bonds
under the new bill with its newly
adopted terms, making all unsold
bonds stand on the same basis.
ers are waiting to see whether the present course or whether it is
At Alpine, Texas
Alpine, Texas, Feb. 21.—Ray Bak- Gets Judgement
er, escaped Arkansas convict, was CCSt SECS: DAL
with the people, in seeking a way
to better the German future.” I
Habicht warned that if, at the
expiration of the truce, Feb. 28,
at Ancon, Austria did not give a
satisfactory reply, he would order
a resumption of the fight.
shot down twice by officers here
Tuesday and seriously wounded
as he made two successive breaks
for liberty.
Baker was brought down with a
bullet in the right thigh, officers
reported, when he tried to get in
an automobile and flee at the ap-
proach of a sheriff’s posse.
Sheriff Newt Gourly, Dr. J. E.
For $2,902 On
Poker Check
He Said he expected the Aus-
trian government to respect the
rights of Aus rian Nazis to solicit
j memberships of erstwhile Social-
Sai
lists, as well as to defend them -
selves from bodily assaults.
The Nazi leader reproached
---Chancellor Dollfuss for breaking
Oklahoma City, Feb. 21.—C. E off negotiations with the Nazis
Huffman lost $2,902 in a poker several months ago.
Wright and Deputy
game and now he has to make
good the check he gave because
Turner put it reached the hands of an inno-
the wounded man in their car and cent third person.
started toward the jail.
1 The State Supreme Court affirm-
“If an understanding has been
reached between Dollfuss and my-
self,” he maintained, “this terrible
sacrifice would not have occurred.”
Though seriously wounded, Bak-Jed the Oklahoma County District State Treaciiar
er leaped from the moving auto-i Court’s decision that Alpha v.I DILC treasurer
mobile, it was reported, and made Kahn, hotel manager, could collect
a second break for freedom. He‘on the check from Huffman. j Austin, Texas, Feb. 21. A call
Calls Warrants
dropped with a second bullet in
Following a poker game, Huffman for payment of general revenue
the right side following another‘gave J. L. Jones the check, then warrants up to No. 54511. amount-
fusillade from the officers gun, sought to stop payment on ii. the
Several houses were burglarized court said. But Jones paid his
here recently, it was said, and hotel bill with the check and left
abrasions on the left side of his finger prints found on a window for Los Angeles after receiving the
body, but his condition was not sill were identified as
believed to be critical.
Baker,
those of change. Kahn sued to collect from
Huffman
ing to $406,769 was made Tuesday
by Sate Treasurer Charley Lock-
hart. The call embraces warrants
ot the old series issued prior to
September, 1933, and those of the
new series to No. 54511.
Berlin, Feb. 2.1.—Prince Sigvard,
Duke of Uppland, second son of
Ennis and Waxahachie Lions Club Eelheridied of a selr-inrficted gun-now CaoToVIE AIreCToR V Can and
bald today noon at the Methodist The asugnter told investigators owned Tuesday night by the royal
ounsaloW. that her mother sent her for Tail house of Sweden for refusing to
ders, Mrs. Dorothy McGee Stubbs 1 .Cn apparently jammed. The
Mrs. Larry Adamson, with girl ran to the home 01 C. R.
Mrs. Richard Chapman as accom- | Campbell, a neighbor, without
panist, who entertained with a dressing.
group of popular selections. “Love 1. A second child, Carl. 5. was asleep
Comes Calling” and “Indian Dawn” in mother room when the officers statement:
and enighbors entered the home i arement
I The Swedish News Agency has
been authorized to state that Prince
Sigvard, second sen of the Crown
Prince, arrived at London recently
"My Galveston Gal.” This group of
artists are popular entertainers
lor the Waxahachie club and have
been adopted officially by that club
as the Lioness Trio.
The meeting opened with John
Arden of Waxahachie leading the
singing, and Mrs. Richard Chap-
man, also of Waxahachie, as ac-
comp anist. The invocation
given by Newton W. McCann.
and found the bodies.
Snow Delays
Execution of
Three at Boston
actress in the studio of the UFA Boston, Mass.. Feb. 21.—The exe-
Motion Picture Company here. cu ion of three young men sched-
Swedish news agencies were in- uled for midnight Tuesday as nc
structed by the royal house in state prison were postponed until
Stockholm to release the following Wednesday night by Warden James
L. Hogsett because Robert Ellictt,
the executioner, was snowbound
somewhere between New York and
Boston. 1
Robbers Raid
Armory of
National Guard ality. The Prince took this step’
Ranger, Texas, Feb. 21.—Robbers against the expressed will of the |MrS. M. E. Huffhines.
and there made preparation to
marry a woman of German nation- 1
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kidwell of
Dallas were guests Sunday in the
home cf Mrs. E. C. Meredith and
stole four machine guns, twelve King and the Crown Prince.
was army pistols and ammunition from Prince Sigvard was born in 1907."
the Headquarters company I. Na-
Each Lion has received an invi- tional Guard armory here during
tation to attend ladies night pro- the night. A patrolman discovered
The 27-year-old prince has been
working as a director for the UFA
film company for several
gram to be given by the Hillsboro the loss while making his rounds under an assumed name.
Lions Club on Feb. 27. at 4 a. m.
Efforts
years
Fhe Weather
O reach the prince and
Rev. Crowe’s talk on "Lion ism” I Texas rangers sent from Austin his bride-to-be were unavailing. It
was a revelation of the high ideals and Fort Worth aided Ranger of-is reported here that the young
(Turn to Page Four.) ficers in starting a search for the couple intend to proceed to London
- robbers. where the marriage will take place
Cloudy, Rain, Colder.
East Texas. Cloudy, rain in the
north portion Wednesday; Thurs-
day cloudy, rain in south portion,
colder. Temperature Wednesday
morning 49.
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