Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 141, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1936 Page: 1 of 8
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WOOD
THE WEATHER
TOD AY98 NEW8 TODAY
of Texas With Today’s Newt Today,
A Home Owned
Day Except Sunday
BROWNWOOP, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1936
VOL. XXXVI NO
THE PARSON’S
COLUMN
Gloomy Despite
New Spring Suit
McCullough Dies
of Self-Inflicted
Wounds
o. 1 Star Flees
From Hollywood
BLONDS LOVKB OF SLAIN GER-
MAN IMPORTER TO RESUME
TESTIMONY MONDAY
NRW YORK. MWCh 28. — < UP1 — A
WMk-end court recess von • Deeded
rmplte for Verm BtreU today from
the ordeal of describing the "brutal
*nd unnatural" practice* which the
has aaid forced her to kin wealthy
Dr. Frits Oehhardt.
GOT. HOFFMAN WILL USB IN-
FLUENCY IN HAUPT-
MANN*S BEHALF
BY FREDERICK C. OECH8NER I * » r «»Sr from
(Popyrtfht. 1936. by Untted*?^* “
BERLIN. March 28._<UP>_-o*r- ‘"f. and^ W ]■
many's "tell the world" Reichstar »i**ned rL» throat AH
*JL re«*£ ltT!nLx^Srii
a craahlnc ereecmda of propaganda _nav _ul,oufh
urM>r equaled before.
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snsm ULNUlHiULUlli
srs^rjrsjsr unTCn rniTflR
SS^-SS?“«3S i nu ILU tuiipn
totee;* “Ocrmanvs garrisons are ——.
gerrtaons of peace* PRETTY POOR STUFF BEING
j Fuehrer Adolf Hitler will end the TURNED OUT. SATS WILLIAM
campaign tonight In a speech at ALLEN WHITE
Cologne, in the Rhineland, appealing --
to aU Ocrmane tc to to the polls EMPORIA Kan.. March 28 —
nrid. by their votes, show the world <UP>—Young men and women are
that Germany D united In the de- looking upon college as a "training
termination to hold its place In the aehoot for success." and as la re-
cun with other great nations. silt some "pretty poor stuff Is be-
Ostensibly the election tomorrow mg turned cut.'* according to Vfllllam
is for a new Reichstag. There are Allen White, the editor,
l 035 names on the official election i White d-nlored the
Of these about 990 men will atudenu ^
hare seats; names of the others are ts learn the truth and ■
put on the list as an honor to them. (trtmitr of vision which
_ Te* u***** nmer M _ Mner joy and
BY ROBERT MUSEL.
I nied Press Staff Csrraspsodeat
TRENTON. N. J.,- March 39—
(UP)—A faint signal of dawn creep,
inr through the skylight of New
JMNf Rale prison s death house
oday found six of the doomed psd.
ding about their mils on felt-slip-
pered feet—and one sleeping sound-
The six who moved restlessly as
they waited for breikfast know
that soon they trill be led a few
rteps through a dark door to die In
which shs came to love him "very,
my dealy." the* fatherly Judge
Cornelius F. Collins' adjourned her
trial until Monday in fear that she
might eoRapes If recalled today.
•Judge Collins several times held low-
voiced private conversations with
her, while she looked , up at hgh j;
tears dropping from her bias eyes
down her cheeks. Once he ordered
a 10-minute recess to allow her to
regain her composure. Be addressed
her as Vera.
Her attorney. Samuel LeibowiU,
devoted all of her first day on the
witness stand to persuading a jury
of 12 middle aged and elderly men
that she became Gebhardt s mistress ji
because of a deep love. Miss Streu.
a New York University graduate and ,
widely traveled, was the perfect aide
in his strategy. Seated in the strong
light of a tall window at her side,
she was alternately a beautiful girl
wracked by sorrow, a woman flash- |
ingly proud of a powerful lpve and
always a woman depending upon the I
men around her for tolerance of a?
the electric chair.
The seventh man Is Bruno Rich-
ard Hauptmann and he sleeps
hravfly and untroubled.
Hauptmann sleeps through break-
fast even as the scheduled dite of
hie death draws near. He has slept
late Simon every day since he was
put In "one-way row" some 14
months ago: slept as though he did
net know of the nearby small room
which he must—under sentence of
a trial court—enter and from which
he will not emerge alive.
The Imminence of death never
[cvtwjsrdly intrudes on the peace-
ful Slumbers pf the German car-
:'enter. None of the guards main-
taining perpetual vigil over the
:-?hted cell has ever delected anv
sign of a nightmare.' And nights
w hen Hauptmann is restless are
so rare as to be noteworthy.
The guards who poo* the line
of death house cells have been
forced to a grudging admiration of
.it'd add'
temlty. or sorority and to g»t iocta
♦ prwtice, to learn how to ffear Riel
■clothes, trim their hair and rale
their voices in the stadium.
"I am not sure that the. educa
Streu might have thought Geb-
harttt Intended to marry her.
Miss Strets testified (hat the gun
with which she killed Gebhordt.
while hers, had been in hie posses-
sion for five; months. It had been
assumed previously that, since she
carried It away from the apartment
Narcotics Convicts
Are Sentenced By
Judge At Houston
Dr. William Edgar Brown of
Blanket prominent resident of that
community for a number of yean,
died Friday night at 9:99 In a local
hospital. Funeral undoes were to be<
held this afternoon at 2:M In the
Blanket Methodist Church with Rev.
Chester WUkenon In charge, and In-
terment was,to follow in the Blanket
Cemetery >
Dr. Brown moved to Blanket tan
years ago and previous to that time
he ha< lived for It years in Cole-
man. He had alv> practiced in Mir-
ks!. Eastland. Zephyr and Mullln.
During the World War he was a cap-
tain in the hospital corps, stationed
at Kelly Field. He was a graduate
of Tutame University at New Orleans
Dr. Brown was bom fkb. 28. 1S6S in
i Nacogdoches. Texas. His first wile
died In mi. and October 86. 1922. he
was married to Miss Mettle Edwards
who survives hla*. other relatives
Include one son. Clayton M. Brow n
of Ennis, three grandchildren; One!
brother. J. B. Brown of Ban An-
gelo; and his mother, Mrs. E. M.
Brown of San Angelo.
Pall borers included Macon Rich-
mond. Leonard F. Byrd. Huber
Moore, George Easterling. Bud Hob-
son. Luke Reeves. 8. S. Lacy and
Virgil Parson. White and London
made burial arrangements.
CHICAGO March 28. - (UP) -jj there, reports from
Detectives thumbed through records correspondents said. H
Dr. siltx-r C. Peacock prominent oerman* favor-the striking
child specialist, fog. U* EM they the repressive chains of the
niched from his pockets. j \rrtaille* treaty
Emil Reck. 19, roil ip.vd after ad* — - - — ■-
Nc*r° Confesses
baffling of the year. IiOHgVieW Kll
The three others, held In jail, are ——-
Jj Durlar.d Nash and Robert ,Coeth* LONGVIEW. Texas. March
both 19 and Michael Living,tone*, (UP‘ Sheriff Will Hayes as
17. i t * day he had obtained a stal
Police described the Peacock from K. C. Owens, 23.
murder. Jsn. 2. m “just an Incl- describing the killing of •
dent" In the robbery career ‘which Wright. 60 nurseryman, wh
the youths found was a "thriving beaten to death and robbed
business." The technique they used 1** Monday night i
to lure Dr. Peacock from his fash- Owens was charged with n
icnabie north side apartment was In a complaint filed before a J
NEW YORK. March 28 - UP
The "new suspect" rumor in the
Lindbergh kidnaping ease gathered
momentum and additional i details
today In the face of denials from
New Jersey officialdom.
Fbr more than a peek unconfirm-
ed reports that a New Jersey official
had a suspect under surveillance or
in custody have been reaching New
York newspaper offices. Fvrsons
who claim to know that the *u5pc< t
has oanfamed have approached sev-
In Auto Wreck Near
Gt anbury on Friday
Oscar Sumner of the Early High AUSTIN. March 29-<UF>— The
Community la in Central Texas birthday of the nation s youngest
Hospital receiving treatment for a totemor, James V. Allr-d of Tex-
fractured hip and numerous cut* as. will go without observation to-
and bruises received in an automo- morrow. Recent death of the Oov-
bUe accident naar Ormbury Friday, ernord* sister in an automobile
Mg. Muj Mrs. Sumner were enroute accident has resulted In cancelling
to Denton for their daughters.'aJ! birthday cel br .uon plana. All-
Katherine ,n<1 Aliene Sumner who red will Be 37 tomorrow. He wag
are students at Texas State College elected when he was 35 taking of-
fer Women and who were coming flee shortly before he became 36
home for the spring holidays, whenOov. Phillip LsPoiietto of Wls-
the accident occurred , consln Is next governor In youth.
The wheel of a car driven by Al- He Is 3$.
bert Jones of Piatt Worth ran off __ __ * 1
causing the Jones car to run head- Homer Flanagan
“!S^uLsrr^r rDB£; Acquitted Today!
ATLANTA. Oa. Mu* --.UP,
by and they carried Mr. and Mrs., ~Hom*r **• Houston,
Sumner into Oran bury for medical 7**“* *** acquitted this afternoon
treatment. Mrs. Sumner received by a federal W of a Charge of.
_ f^mr. and a
•ral New York editors offering to sell»^ ^ #
the atory. j They were found guilty by a fed-
Today's additions to the rumors eral jury of aslUng 7.887 grains of
under the guise of a kidnaping, that 38. The jury deliberated only forty
Kid*1?1 fInsiT mJnulr‘s It was the pair's second
he broke down and admitted his| jufy deadlock,
full'- * i . j >n passing amtence Judge Ken-
A twice-benvd attorney and nerly said the narootics Involved
former convict, the suspect tg said to was enough, at the regular one-
have riven a confeaaion 2S pager long eighth grain physician's prescrip-
in which he says he carried Charles j lion!, to affect 94A00 persons.
A. Lindbergh. Jr, out of the Lind- "It is a case in magnitude quite
►lane Pilots
ust Remain At *
Posts In Future
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nsiders
(CONTINUED ON PACE FOUR)
wn Bill Agahist
Capital Lobbyists
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DALLAS Texts, Marsh 29—(UP) a With between 1400 and l^oo stu-
—Sterling P. Strong. 73, former dents of Brown wood and Brown
congressman-at-large from Dallas county participating, the annual
and active participant in Texas po- Interscholastic League meet was
lltlcs for more than 38 years, died drawing to a dose today. Every
today in hospital here. , | school In the county Is Represented
{strong was superintendent of the in the meet.
Texas Anti Beioon League from}, All-around championships wtU be
19H to 1911 and was a leader of decided according to number of
or chibition force* in the state for points won in (he contests, by the
many yoara. He was defeated in League executive committee at a
1901 by Ed (jar E. W1U of Waco meeting St County Superintendent
in the race for the lieutenant gov- F. D. Pierce's office Monday aft-
<inorsiilp, • ernoon. according !o Suprrmtenfl-
Htrong was a native pi Jefferson ent Arthur Maherry of Bangs, Dl-
City, Mo„ and waa roared in Mon- rsetor Oeneral of the League.
The Jury deliberated 24, hour^ ► to aU transport pOoU to remain st
Flanagan was returned to the pent- their controls while In flight and
tenltlary to continue serving a sen- bar passengers from the pilot cabin,
tence fer an automobile theft fol- The stringent regulation was
lowing his acquittal op the murder issued! as a direct result of the m-
charge. s j f jj | vestlgatlon of thg fatal crash of
n —r ? I the American Airlines crack liner.
Kequisition For “The Southerner^ the department
Campbell Honored iTfeLited from a belief ta*
...________— ■ 1 ArkamA.s crash might have result-
AUSTIN. Tex.. March 28.— <UP> — «d from a passenger on the plane
£sr
charged with conspiracy to defraud of the ptant
that state of gasoline tax. ^ae hoti-j 6trtct orders were Issued by
Governor! Miff. *•,,**»« L. Vidal, director of the
Bureau of Air Commerce, to go
The action camr as a Surprise. It rt-ttne* to order first end second
had formerly been announced that pQotg -to remain at their controli
an extradition hearing would be de- j masks in flight "
*?*•* *° *nabl<‘ vma, snnduneed "that, the
sons to attend from Houston. Texas, mtflke of permitting nasmmitrs
^ 22SJLT* -d jrSTpUot's ^mpartSsTSTT
Flood Relief
a Blake, chairman <
Proposed Wildlife >
Conservation Plans
Outlined At Austin
WASHINOTON. Match 39.—(|JP)
—Legislation designed to curb lob-
byists through giving publicity to
their activities moved today toward
enactment at this union of Con-
gram. Bills approved by the Seoale
and House, and differing only
slightly, were sent to oonferenoe.
The Halt** measure Introduced
by Rep. Howard Smith. D, Va, was
considerably milder than the com-
panion bill by Sen. Hugo Black,
D, Ala., approved last year by the
The Black bill would force lobby-
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White, James C. Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 141, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 28, 1936, newspaper, March 28, 1936; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1026134/m1/1/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Brownwood Public Library.