Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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raham Daily Reporter
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GRAHAM. TEXAS. FRIDAY. JANUARY M, 1*4*
Probe Of Asylum
Management Arouses
Much Interest At Austin
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AUSTIN, Jan. W.—Interest grew
her* today In the hearing conducted
in the State Capital building by the
State Board of Control, following
charges filed by the San Antonio
Ministerial Association that Super-
intendent W. J. Johnson of the State
Insane Asylum at San Antonio, was
morally unfit to hold the position.
Five young women, all former
employes of the institution, gave
sworn testimony before the boaru
that Johnson had made sexual ad-
vances toward them.
Mias Ruby Benton, an attractive
bruaet, testified to the three-man
board that she was forced to permit
Johnson to kiss her to get her job
and that, in the course of her em-
ployment, he had fondled and petted
her and that she resigned her posi-
tion because “I was 'tired of being
annoyed by him.”
On cross-examination, the witness
answered “no” to the question, “You
won’t deny you would like to do
the doctor all the damage you
could ?"
Carl Wright Johnson, attorney
for the superintendent, brought ad-
missions there were long periods of
the time when Dr. Johnson did not
approach her.
Mrs. Bertha Williams, testifying
the doctor had inquired of her
knowledge of sex when he inter-
viewed her on her application for a
job, declared she quit “after one or
two days because I saw I’d have to
put up with Dr. Johnson’s familiari-
ties if I remained there.”
She said he had touched her body
during the interview.
The audience Hi the spacious Sen-
ate chamber was electrified when
'laude Williams, assistant Secretary
6f State who is aiding the board Hi
its iavestigatoin, introduced a photo-
stat* copy of a state pay cheek
which Mrs. L. 8. Moore, another
witness, asserted bore her forged
signature.
“My last work at the hospital was
in Nov^mter, IMS,” Mrs. Moore
Radio Star Cheers
Texas Crippled Child
Auction Prices,
Demand Strong In
Spite Of Weather
Prices continued steady at the
Thursday sale of the Graham Live-
stock Auction here with a larger
volume and more bidders thsn was
expected during cold weather. De-
mand was strong for butcher hogs,
which sold well, and volume stocker
cattle also was heavy.
Fred Kennedy of Graham sold
one truck load of butcher yearlings,
one truck load of stocker cows with
calves and one load of stocker calves,
the cows with calves bringing $55.50.
Clifford Atchley of Graham sold
load of mixed cattle and H. J. John-
son and Tihnan McWhorter of El-
bert offered mixed load of hogs and
cattle. Load of baby calves was
sold by W. Kunkel of Olney. J. ,
A. Crum of Jacksboro offered load (
of stocker heifers and R. G. Burgess i
of South Bend sold load of stocker >
ealves.
H. C. Gibbs of Orth, Bill Simms
of Olney, L. N. Muagraves of New-
castle, and C. M. Ballard of Olney,
each sold a load of butcher hoga.
Cribbs Bros, sold load of choice
whiteface stocker calves.
Other consignors included R. C.
King of Bryson, Walter Bnrgess of
Bryson, J. W. I.ycock of Jacksboro,
Ira Wkitsitt of ^Jacksboro, L. S.
Simpson of Bryson, Ralph Bowron
of Graham, Dan Morgan of New-
casle, O. H. Phinney of Graham,
Saarl and Wayne Williamson of
Graham.
Largest buyer of the sale was
Texas Packing Company of Graham
which took one load of butcher hoga
and one load of choice batcher cat-
tle. Load lota were bought by Bill
Whitsitt of Jacksboro, stocker
calves; George Smith of Jermyn,
mixed cattle; H- E. Denman of
radio star, la
____ _ _mu“ far Daria
Pittman. 11, whoa she stags at the
President's Ball la Dallas aext
weak. The radio star aad the Texas
child are heU victims ef infantile
paralysis, aad Daria hapoa te fel-
low the example ef Misa Boswell
who has wsa fame and annsaa
dsapite her ceafiaeoMat te a wheat-
chair. Daria la shewn here with a
latter aad autographed photograph
seat her by the fearner aiagsr,
wiahiag her lock.
NUMBER 1M.
Opening Games Graham Invitation
Basketball Tournament To Be Tonight
District B. B.
And Volleyball
Schedule Made
Playing schedules for basketball
and volleyball tournaments of dis-
trict nine of the Texas Interschol-
astic League, composing the coun-
ties of Archer, Baylor, Clay, Jack,
Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger and
Young and the cities of Vernon snd
Wichita, have been announced for
Friday, February 23, and Friday,
March L at Hardin Junior College,
Wichita Falls.
In the first round of the basket-
bail tournament on February 23, the
following games will be played: Ver-
non vs. Jack county, Wichita county
vs. Young county, Montague county
vs. ClSy county, Wichita Pall* vs.
Archer county, winner of Vemon-
Jack fame vs. Wilbarger county,
Baylor county va. winner of Wichita-
Young game. Play will continue
February 24.
March 1 the following volley ball
games are aeheduied: Jack county
va. WBbarger county. Clay county
(Continued on page three)
said upon examination of the copy,1 Breckenridge, mixed cattle; Bill
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dated January Simms of Olney, jersey heifers.
Other buyers included George
Harrison of Breckenridge, Bill Phin-
ney of Graham, Francis Miller Jr.
of Graham, L. A. Riddle of Graham,
G. L. Miller of Graham, O. C. Elliott
of Loving, 8. M. Gann of South Bend
and Tad Daniels of Newcastle.
New Oil Production
Order May Moan Much
To Area Around Graham
South Bend Chorus
Asked To Appear
At Conference
The South Bend Rural School
Oil men In the North Texas
triet today made more
plans following the decision of the
State Railroad Commission announc-
ed in Austin on the February pro-
duction order which banished the
13 days shutdown order for north
Texas oil wells.
The order removes the production
holidays which have been enforced
for tiro years snd authorised an av-
erage daily flow of 16,236 barrels
above the bureau of minr:
mendation for February.
It ia calculated to be of great
value to business of various kinds
in the Graham area, since it per-
mits those wells that produce more
than the allowable to be stepped up
12 to 15 per cent.
‘‘It will mean a lot to this area,”
said E. R. Marchman, manager of
the Gratcx Refinery in Graham. “Oi
course many of the wells in this area
will not be affected by the increase
order. But it will be of some en-
couragement toward further produc-
tion activities in this section, espe-
cially when and if there is an in-
>xas dis-T• ’ ’• ■* wr
optimistic | Cunning In ¥ oung
County Decreases
ing December 1939, as compared to
665,627 bales for December 1938. On
hand December 31, 1939, were 18,-
441,306 bales in consuming estab-
lishments and in public storage and
compresses, a decrease from the 17,-
050,606 on hand December 31, 1938.
Chorus has been honored by Joseph creased demand.”
R. Griggs, deputy state supervisor,! Mr. Marchman feels that with this
with aa invitation to appear on the increase in allowable granted there
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“and this check is
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“Is that your name on the back?”
Williams asked.
“Yes, but it’s not my signature,”
she replied.
“You mean it was forged?”
“Yes."
The copy was introduced into evi-
dence without objection from Dr.
Johnson’s counsel.
Mrs. Moore previously declared
Dr. Johnson asked her whether “I
ever had sexual intercourse with
men. I said I didn’t. I’m ashamed
of those conversations I had with
the doctor.”
On cross-examination the witnesses
testified they had made statements
to Texas rangers. Representative
Fired Felty of San Antonio or Wil-
liams.
Other witnesses were Mrs. Adclia
Cooper and Miss Ras Stockton.
In a 3,000 word formal complaint,
which was read into the record, the
association declared that if evidence
it had received was true the elderly,
haif-bald superintendent was mor-
ally unfit to continue as head of
Texas’ largest institution of its kind.
A crowd of several hundred per-
sons, including many women,
thronged the chamber for the hear-
Ing.
Attorneys for Dr. Johnson unsuc-
cessfully attempted to broaden the
hearing and investigation to bring Schools, address by Dr. L. A. Woods,
in detailed testimony concerning Dr. state superintendent, and lunch at, On. of the most interesting contest* of its hind toon nor*
Johnson* car* of Claude Teer, chair college cafeteria; afternoon, music jM will ^ tfl basketball tournament start nm ■ ’ ■ -
man of the board of control when. ; by Wichita Fall, and South Bend ** ***** '*"*»*' "
last August, he ran into the side schools, demonstration of use of
of a passenger train and was in- ' radio and address by
stantly killed. „ 1 stream, demonstration
Board Member Tom Deberry de- (ucaticn and address t, n, «. , .
c la red he wanted “the bridle taken I son, address by L. A. Woods on . *ultl* lt Prom *** to he.
off and the sky made the limit,” but “Broader View of Public Education I ”* there! Boost your horns town
program of the Educational Confer-
ence for teachers of district four,
to be held at Hardin-Junior College
at Wichita Falls on February 28.
would be much new activity stimu-
lated here when a demand is in-
creased. He said that the European
demand has been decreased by the
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Interesting Facts
Shown In Farm
Talk At Rotary
At a well attended meeting of the
Rotary Club today noon an interest-
ing program was given, including
several vocal numbers by Mrs. FI S.
Graham, Mrs. Marvin Prim, with
Miss Jean Remington at the piano;
and calks by D. A. Adam and L. G.
Wiley.
The program was arranged by
Graham Stewart. On account of ill-
ness he could not be there and O. V.
Koen introduced those having part.
Chancey Penix, a guest of the
club, was invited to make announce-
ment about the basketball tourna-
ment urging attendance for the
meet which begins tonight with a
double header of games.
Glenn Burgess made an announce-
ment about plans for celebration of
the President’s birthday here and
the raising of funds for crippled
children hospitals.
Mr. Wiley talked briefly on his-
tory of land conservation and he
was followed by Mr. Adam who used
recently made soil maps of the coun-,
ty and data gathered in the land
First game of the Graham Invita-
tion Basketball Tournament wiB he
played at 7 o’clock this evening at
the High School Gymnasium bar*
when the Jean five meet the team
from Knox City. At 8 o’clock the
Graham Steers will tangle with the
Olney Cubs, reported to be among
the strongest teams in the tounm-
ment, in what is being anticipated
as the feature attraction of the tour-
nament for Sraham sports fans.
Burkburnett wil! play Bryson at
9:30 Saturday morning and at 10:J»
Newcastle and Loving quintets will
clash. Winners of these two games
will meet Saturday afternoon te de-
termine the finalist from that brack-
et. The final game will be piayed
at 8 o’clcok Saturday evening.
The first game tonight will begin
promptly at 7 o'clock. Admission
of ”5 and 10 cents will be good for
the two games.
The Graham Steers took tbeir
second conference game of the Yoemg
county Class A schedule here Thurs-
day night * when they ran up 45
points to the 17 scored by the Elms
ville quintet.
McClelland paced the Steers, roll-
ing up 20 marks to take high-point
honors for the evening. Cunning-
ham war high-point» man for the
visitors, scoring eight.
The next schedule game for Gro-
use program to show what is being jIj,*"1 'n the cou''ty
4__u. Tuesday mght, when the Newcastle
done along that line. He pointed
out that Young county has been
selected as. one of “48 guina pig
counties” to test the new plan of de-
te (hiring what is best in a well
balanced program for improvement
of agricultural conditions.
The county has already received
considerable recognition because of
what has been done here with the
land-use committee.
The maps showed there are fif-
teen different kinds of soil in the
county to be reckoned with in land
use planning and that only six ot
these are classed as farming type
areas. —— ----------
Among recommendations arrived
-, A total of 2892 bales of cotton was
ginned in Young ,county during 1939, at „ a’„su1t 0f the land use com-
a decrease • of 58T bales from the wo>k set Up last year were
3479 bale* ginned in the county that y.mng county be made a sep
during 1938, according to Robert! arate (Federal Security district, ask-
’Rehders, keeper of cotton statistics inK that 0 ^ Brown, present dis-
•- '*~a* county for the D*ps,”-'*nt triet supervisor for this. Jack and
of Commerce. iWise countj„| be stationed here in
The preliminary report from the charge of this one county district
Bureau of the Cen us received here Mked for Another recommendation
shows that the United States con- j,, that on m09t of thes* faring thp
turned 652,695 bales of cotton dur- allotted to production of
Bobcats come to Graham.
Wheeler Heard At
John L Lewis’
Union Meeting
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. SR—
United States Senator Burton K-
Wheeler of Ohio appeared today aa
the only invited presidential eanti-
date to speak before John L. Lewi*’
United Mine Worker* convention.
Wheeler said the outstanding mane
this year is the continued serious
ness of the unemployment situation
and' he proposed a conference of
agricultural and labor union leaden
to help solve this problem.
declared for -at- i
lute American neutrality and k*
praised John L. Lewis and his onion.
On day before yesterday hewn
said Roosevelt would be defeated if
he runs ‘for * third tei m. declaring
feed and crops be increased. A farm the New j*., h„, Wn a fai)are *
of 320 acres is considered the best
size, on an average,
tion, with 160 acres
In a letter to Mrs. Ruby Dennia. warn, because the Governments that
director of the chonie, Mr. Griggs have commandeered all automobiles,
asked her to present the club on the
program and to talk on “The Impor-
tance of Music in the School Curri-
culum,” stating “I do not think of
anyone in my district 1 would rath-
er have than yon.”
The tentative program for the
conference, which * number of Young |
county teachers will attend, will in-
clude: morning, oboervatton and vis-
itation in Wichita Fall* Fublic
are , not using as much gasoline and
(Costlnuad on page two)
RUBEN LOFT IN ATTENDS
UNCLE’S FUNERAL AT TOLAR
Mr. and Mr*. Ruben Loftin went
to Tolar. Hood county, today, to at-
tend the funeral of his uncle, R. M.
Blanton, age 69. Mr. Blanton, broth-
er of Mr. Loftin’s mother, died in a
Fort Worth hospital Thursday after
a long illness.
It was found that J320 farms in the
county need rehabilitation.
The survey found that a majority
of the farm houses and improve-
ments in the county are poor and
recommended that more farm build-
ing be provided for.
dealing with labor problems. He
for this sec- ai10 condemned Gamer and McNutt,
in crop land presidential possitntitiea.
Tucker Brothers
Enlarge Building
Roosevelt
Denies Ships
Fly To Europe
You'll Enjoy Basketball
Tournament Tonight—See It!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.
dent Roosevelt at a press
- . .... said that American-made —
Work of remodehng the bu.Umg( w not ^ nown ^
—- •£CUPM? hy TuCk*rs “***"’ °" of Newfoundland to help
West Fourth street, has been sart-
Malcolm Hudson of Wichita Falls ed by Guy Wignall, contractor,
is a business visitor in Graham, j The building is being extended
-7—- ,11 11- eight feet in length and other im-
(An Editorial)
, ths gymnasium of ths firm now high sc hoof.
vvrS; a zlttSSr Hr.
warring
nations in Europe.
He also took occasion to say that
Americans may enlist in military
forces of foreign countries and nut
provements are being made to pro- ^ ^ citizenship-providod they
vide more room and make the place ‘m ^ ukr ^ of alNttane,
more convenient and attractive, E. C. ^ anothar
Tucker, manager, said. I
( The itock carried by this prog res I
sive firm will be greatly enlarged R ’ ,,.1. (’"’Ink Tn
and an office will be built in the t>*CyclC LiluD lO
rear of the building.
This firm carries a large line of
automobile supplies and the Tucker
Brothers Service Station, a complete
one-stop station, carries the Pan-
handle gasoline and lubricants.
the present beard chairman, Harry
Knox Jr., hald that testimony for
the present would be confined to
the “morally unfit” allegations.
There It much interest in th* Teer
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in Texas,” snd school administra-
tor’s dinner.
m and holp to wol
canto tho visitors from othsr communities.
This tournament it sponsored hy the Graham Qaarier
hack Club- of which Chauncy Penix it tho president, a group
Graham P. Stewart is reported tol of citizens trying to arouse greater interest in and support tor
be confined to hi* home because of local athletict. Part of the proceeds from tho tournament wilt
illnees. 1 go tp help purchase awards for tho ff gh School athletes.
WEATHER
WEST TEXAS: Rising tempera
turr with increasing cloudiness, Fri-
day night and Saturday.
EAST TEXAS: Rain or anow Sat-
urday. Not *0 cold.
OKLAHOMA:.Pal- east *“<• -
trai portions Saturday. Slightly
In
Meet Saturday
Members of the Bicycle Club will
be presented their identifleattea
cards at a meeting of the club Sat-
urday morning at 10 o'clock in th*
National Theatre. Captain Berry
of the highway patrol at Wichita
Falla, will make th* presentntiua.
A free mavis will be shown for
sll members attending th*
and a program will be
by T. A. Wright, of the
Safety Council, and Patrolmen
nor and Grantham.
Pay Your Poll Tax!—Only 4 Days Left
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1940, newspaper, January 26, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116246/m1/1/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.