Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 108, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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Graham Daily Reporter
They All Read It — Therefore A Fir»t Class Advertising Medium
VOLUM^ *.
GRAHAM, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1*40.
NUMBER 1M.
Four National Guard
Units To Camp Here
During The Week-End
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WASHINGTON. — Preaidaat
"Roosevelt apparently did aome very
close figuring with hi» red pencil a*
he trimmed budget estimate* sub-
mitted by the varioua department*,
bureaus, division*, administration*,
agencies and what not* to hold the
national debt within the forty-five
billion-dollar statutory limit in pre-
senting hit annual budget message
to Congress Thursday. The Presi-
dent placed the 11M1 fiscal year ex
penditures at *8,424,191,670 (bil-
lione) with estimated revenue dur-
ing the year of $5,547,960,000 (bil-
lions). These two estimated total*,
taken at their face, would produce
a deficit of $2,876,231,570 (billions)
foe the year—* sum which, without
additional financing, ^would be addod
as an increase in the national debt.
It would constitute the second small-
est deficit of hi* administration.
WASHINGTON.—Rounding out a
new deal-appointed majority which
may dominate the Supreme Court J
for year* to come, President Root* j
vert nominated Atty. Gen. Prank j
Murphy Thursday to fill .the vacan-
cy created by the death of Asso-1
ciatc Jurtice Pierce Butler lait Nov.
16. Although a few Republican*
protested that Murphy w*t. too new) (
dealish or that hi* handling of the
sit-down strike situation in Michi-
gan when he was Governor disquali-
fied Mm for the high post, leaders
pi both major parties predicted the
Senate would quickly confirm the
appointment.
Four units of the 131st Field
Artillery, Texas National Guard,
will encamp here this week end for
artillery practice. Three units were
expected to arrive this afternoon and
one Saturday momnig, according to
a communication received this morn-
ing by Glenn Burgess, manager of
the Graham Chamber of Commerce.
The four units will include 190 en-
listed men and 18 officers.
Camp will be pitched between the
Fair grounds and the water plant.
Schedules call for firing practice
Saturday evening ana Sunday morn-
ing at a selected location which is
about five or fix miles nor'.hwc it
of Graham, on the cld Belknap road.
The companies of the guard meet-
ing in Graham for. this practice are
from Wichita Falls, Abilene, Jacks-
boro and Decatur.
At the Rotary Club luncheon to-
day a plan waa proposed to give a
dinner Saturday night for officer*
of the four companies of National
Guard. Head* of four Or five com-
munity organisation* including the
American Legion post are making
plana for the officers and about
fifty men are expected to attend.
The dinner will probably be held
in the Legion Hall.
Steers Win First
Round In Loving
Cage Tournament
The Graham Steers defeated the
Lovig quintet Thursday night by
a score of 20 to 12 in the first
round of the Loving Invitation Tour-
nament being held this week. Mc-
Clelland and Ratcliff were high
point men for the Steers, with six
points each.
The Steers play the True five at
Loving this afternoon in the second
round of the tournament, and, if
successful in this contest, will play
the winner of the Bryson-Ingleaide
game Saturday afternoon.
Conference play will start next
week among the teams in the “A”
division of Young county, which in-
clude Graham, Olney, Newcastle and
Eliaaville. A schedule will be re-
leased within a few day*.
Non-conference games with Breck-
enridge, Mineral Wells and other
teams have also been scheduled.
Mr. and Mr*. Howard Hamer of
Rising Star visited relatives here
Thursday.
Lions To Give
Party For Ladies
Saturday Evening
Graham Lions will be hosts to
their ladies at a party to be held
at the Memorial Auditorium Satur-
day night at 8 o’clock. A program
of entertainment is being arranged
by a committee headed by A. C.
Whittle. AU Lions and their ladies
are invited j*to attend.
Youth Center
Plans Discussed
Thursday Night
Representatives of the Rotary
dub and the Lions Club met with
Mayor P. M. Nicolett at the Cham-
ber of Commerce office Thursday
evening for a discussion of tents
tive plans 'for building an NY A
center here.
(Mayor Nicolett outlined the de-
tailed plans, which call for the ex-
penditure of $14,000 in labor and
material, with approximately $3,000
to be furnished by the city. Several
weeks ago the city council voted to
appropriate $1,000 for the purpose
of building a youth center. When
more definite plans for the project
were received it was found that
about $2,000 more would be needed
fer the local share, so the Rotary
! and Lions Clubs were asked to ap-
point committees to investigate the
possibilities of such a center and
ways and means for financing it.
It was recommended that the
Chamber of Commerce assume the
responsibility of raising the addi-
tional $2,000. and President James
G. Staples will call
Grand Jury Recessed
After Reporting 12
Bills Of Indictment
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Livestock Sale
Here Thursday
Unusually Light
Prices continued strong, although
volume was lighter than before the
holidays, at the sale of the Graham
Livestock Auction here Thursday
afternoon.
Among largest consignors were
Fred Kennedy of Graham, offering
18 head of good white face calvesj
Milton Timmons, eighteen head of
mixed cattle; Z. Q. Peterson of Ran-
ger, load of mixed cattle.
Blackie Shahan of Graham, Wil-
bert Kunkel of OIn«*y, hogs and
cattle. Bill Simms of Olney, I. F.
Mercer of Olney, load of mixed
stock, D. W. Cooper of Brecken-
meeting of ! ri<jge, Clifford Ashley of Graham,
the Chamber of Commerce directors Ed Lisle of Graham, Frank Loftin
as soon as possible to discuss the °f Winthorp, R. J. Ray of New-
matter. This meeting will be at-! castle, load of white face steers and
tended by representatives of the .heifers, John Schlittler of Graham,
Lions arid Rotary dubs. J- T- Morton, S. E. Kinder of Jacks-
ThoBe attending the meeting ! boro, load of mixed cattle, T. E.
Thursday night were: Mayor P. M. Favers of Olney and other sellers
Nicolett, E. R. Marchman, S. B.
Harbison, I. T. Gilmer, R. L. Mor-
rison, F. E. Douglas, M. W. Lar-
mour, and Glenn Burgess.
Building Permits In Graham During
The Past Year Totaled $180,416.00
BERLIN.—Field Marshal Her
B. B. Tournaments
For Rural Schools
Planned For Feb.
Two basketball tournaments will
be held on separate week ends in
February for students of rural
decided at a meet-
of rural school* of
mann Goering has assumed supreme schools, it was
responsibility for the conduct of °f coaches . .
Germany'* economy jn wartime. He Young county in the office of the
has become for the duration of the county superintendent recently.
The first tournament will be held
on Friday and Saturday, February
9 and 10, in which junior boys and
war what he was to peacetime when
Adolf Hitler decided to concentrate
the nation’* eiitire economic peace
activities in a four-year plan for
girl* will participate. The second
aelf-aufficiency. .Henceforth the tournament will be for senior boy*
field marshal will be the "supreme f‘rla, on Friday and Saturday,
war-economic authority.” | February 16 and 17.
These tournaments will be held ,ut
WITH FINNISH FORCES ON I Newcastle, provided the gymnasium
The Lake Kiant Front.—Finniah ski » available on the above dates,
-force, were reported reliably today otherwise they will be held at Jean,
to have penetrated deep into Rus-! On Monday night, February 6,
alan territory and to
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have cut the they will meet in the County Super-
Three) 1 intendent’a office and draw for
____ __ place* in both tournaments. It was
. _ .decided to "charge 10c and 15c for
Rotarians Sponsor [admission fee, and 15c and 25c for
the final games. Only coaches and
playera will be admitted free.
Series of Lectures
On World Affairs
New building and construction in
Graham during 1939 totaled $180,-
416, or an increase of $40,000 over
1938, according to a report of build-
ing permits prepared by J. P. Tack-
ett, city engineer. *
Building during November and
December totaled $5,125, which, add-
ed to the amount previously report-
ed, raised the total for > the year to
$180,416. The itemized list for No-
vember and December follow*:
Clyde Dennis, residence, $1560;
J. W. Wagner, residence, $600; W'.
J. Samson, garage, $300; A. L. Ger-
ack, residence, $2,000; Grace Chev-
rolet Company, office, $200; W. F.
Caldwell,1 business, $300; Sam Dow-
dle, garage, $175.
Total this year: repairs, $6406;
improvements, $114,011; total, $180,-
416.
The year’s construction list in-
the handsome new high
school building (the cost of which
was not included in the building
permits total for the year), and the
attractive new Coca Cola building
on East Fourth street. Not with*,
the city limits, but of great signifi-
cance to Graham was the construc-
tion of the Cosden Refinery east of
town.
Several handsome new homes were
addod to the residential districts
Homed Frogs
Announce 1940
Grid Schedule
The TCU football season for 1940
will open September 23 when the
Frogs meet Centernary at Fort
Worth, according to a schedule re-
leased today. Other games of the
season will be;
Oct. 5—Arkansas at Fort Worth, i
Oct. 12—North Carolina at Chap-
el Hill, N. C.
Oct. 19—Texas A. and M. at
College Station.
Oct. 26—Open date.
Nov. 2—Baylor at Fort Worth.
Nob. 9—Tulsa at Tulsa.
Nov. 16—Texas at Fort Worth.
Nov. fl—Rice at Houston.
Nov. 30—SMU at Dallas.
1939 Southwest Conference Standing!
from Young and nearby counties. (
Largest buyers at Thursday’s sale
was J. T. Martin of - Seymour, tak-
ing nearly 40 head of choice cattle.
Other active buyers included Texas
Packing Company of Graham, H. N.
Jones, H. J. Johnson, T- McWhorter
of Throckmorton, S. M. Gann, 8.
Harrison, John Pender.
In addition to the regular sale
of cattle and Hogs next Thursday,
the Graham Livestock Auction will
stage a special horse and mule sale
on Saturday, January 13, at which
buyers and shippers of horses and
mules will be present.
State NY A Offices
To Recruit For
Youth, Orchestra
The grand jury impaneled Tues-
day for the January term of tb
30th District Court, recessed Thurs-
day afternoon until March 18, aftoi
making a partial report to Judge
Allan D. Montgomery. Twelve bath
of indictment were reported by tte
jury.
Members of the grand jury in:
W. EL Braddock of Graham, fore-
man; J. M. Barnett of Loving, Dt
Witt McClatchey of Olney, H. T.
Glidewell of Graham, R. L. Watson
of Markley, A. D. McMillan of Ol-
ney, J. T. Langston of Loving, II.
L. Kibble, Sr. of Graham, G. &.
Caskey of Graham, Sam Ligon af
Loving, Adam Furr of Newcastle,
and Joe W. Taylor of Eliasville.
The following report was mode
to the court:
“The State of Texas, County of
Young. In the District Court of
Young County, Texas.
‘To the Honorable Judge Allan
D. Montgomery;
' We, your Grand Jury, empanaUad
for the January Term, A. D. 1940,
wish to make the following partial
report to the Court: *
“We have been in session three
days and have had before us 78 wit-
nesses and have returned Li bills of
indictment.
“We have diligently inquired into
and investigated every report of taw
violation called to our attention end
have investigateff'evwey phase ot ~Ow
violation in the county.
“We find the condition of lew
enforcement generally to be good in
Young county. We are happ*
report to the Court that our ir
gationa lead us to believ
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A. J, Wirtz Is ^
Appointed To
FederalPost
AUSTIN, January 4.-.A J. Wirt*,
whose appointment as Under 8ecre- •
j tal-y of the Interior has been an- .
NYA Administrator Aubrey ;Wil- nounced by President RooseveK at
iliaihs has announced that the 109 Washington, is eminently qualified
I young musicians who are to make through his
i up Leopold Stokowski’s all-Ameri-
can youth orchestra, to be organized
this winter for a good-will tour ot
South and Central America, will be
recruited through the State offiegp
of the National Youth Administra-
tion.
The arrangement was announced
following a conference between Mr.
Williams and the noted orchestra
conductor.
The tour is being planned with
The Rotary Club today voted
unanimously to sponsor a series of
lectures on international affairs, aft-
er the plan wp* submitted by I. T.
Gilmer, as a proposal from Rotary
International. I _____________
The lectures are to be given in , a . «
(Mobrusry, on four succeeding Fri-, Magazine ArtlCIC
day evening* and speaker*, sent out
by Rotary International are men
C. E. Lively, Kelly Jones, and M. . „ . ,
„ , . . . u Idunng the year. Including those of
N. Phillips were appointed by Mr.,„ * ,
Cantrell to obtain officials for the
tournaments.
It waa voted to secure trophies
for both
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fultz, Mr. and
Mrs. Perry Maxwell, Mr. and Mrs.
O. C. Niawonger, Mr. and Mrs. W.
^raaments. Individual B. Dougias.M, and Mrs. B.L Kiri- “
Baylor .......... 4 2 0 .667 76 55
S. M. U........4 2 0 .068 60 33
Texas ................3—3 ft ,50ft 05 94
Arkansas .......2 3 1 .417 60 85
T. C. U. _______1 5 0 .107 66 100
Rice ..................0 5 l .083 37 101
1939 Southwest All-Season Standings
Team—
A. & M.
Baylor ...
S. M. U.
Team— W L T Pet Pta Ops, .
A. A M. 6 0 0 1.000 112 sftf : °L^_
past experience for the
federal post, friends here- pointed
out
Wirt*, who for the past eeveral
years has been general counsel for
the Lower Colorado River Authority,
was active in creation Of the Au-
thority for the construction of four
targe power, water conservation
and flood control dams on the Colo-
rado River of Tfcxas above Austin.
«His efforts as general counsel
have been, instrumental in Currying
the Authority through early diffi-
culties and realising its successful
culmination. - ,
A lifetime of experience with the
depredation* of the Colorado and
Guadalupe rivers in Central and
Union and Mr. Stokowski has said
that a special ship may be chartered
for Ihe trip.
I Preliminary auditions will be ar-
ranged by Mr. Stokowski and the
NYA in six or eight central cities,! South Central Texas and efforts to
trophies and .liver boaket ball, will ^
be awarded.
i
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u-
C. Matkin, Mr.
Shield, the Methodist
Parsonage and others. Among reai-
|dences now nearing completion is
I the two-story brick colonial home
, being built for Mr. and Mrs. Stan-
ley H. Peavy.
Says Many Prize
Fights Are Fixed Deputy Sheriff
of national and international repu
tation as lecturers of unusual worth.
Tickets will be sold for the four
lectures, probably at only 25c per
lecture, to defray expenses of bring-
ing the lecturers here, and the gen-
eral public will be urged to partlci- . t_ _
ygte and attend. Large delegations magazine this week. Occasionally
are expected from Rotary clubs at I a fighter or manager riak* oatra-
Breckenridge, Olney, Mineral Walls' eism and possible bodily harm by
and other town* fltf thi* territory.: telling all, as Harry Thomas recent-
The lecturers will Include men who ’ ly did.
have done extensive travel and study
NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Too many
prise fights are fixed, declared I*»ok
Goes After Man
In Minnesota
Arkansas
T. C. U.
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Criminal Docket
To Be Taken Up
On January 15
The criminal docket will be taken
I up In the 30th District Court on
.January 16.
| Fourteen cases have been set for
if enough satisfactory applications
i are received. Mr. Stokowski plans
to arrange transportation to New
York or some other central point
for those who are recommended fol-
lowing the regional auditions.
The 61 State offices of the NYA
are being directed to receive and
pass on preliminary applications of
accomplished young musicians. Both
NYA workers and non-NYA young
people under 26 will be eligible, Mr.
Williams said. Experience and some
indication of high ability will be
primary requirements. The tryouts
will be open to all young people, ir-
respective of sex, color or race. Ap-
plications will be received up to
February 1. ’
“This is a worthy and patriotic
enterprise,* 'Mr. Williams said in
making the announcement. ”1 am
:
control their devastating floods, his
experience at an attorney with rip-
arian rights and with water prob-
lem*, and his legal service with oil
companies and other cases pertain-
ing to interior resources have given
Wirtx a comprehensive background -
for service in the Interior deport-
ment post.
Wirtz leggpl and public contacts,
reaching to slatewide proportions,
also have given him a broad school-
ing in the business and general prob-
lems throughout the state.
H* was active years before the
advent of the New Deal and its pro-
gram of conservation of resources
in organisation of corporatleaa far
hydro-electric development on the
Guadalupe river in Guadalupe and
GonsZles counties.
This development, led by Wirt*
hopeful that selecting these youth j after several unsuccessful efforts by
company or
Fourteen case* have been *rt
Deputy Sheriff Bert Bunnell, ac-1 trial during the week, including two through our State offices all over I local interests, is owl
compsnled by Lionel Cornish, left burglary case*, one assault with the country wiil extend this wonder jentiy of any holding
“Then,” says the article, “the ua-1 Thursday afternoon to go to Flair-1 intent to kill charge, nine caaes in j ful opportunity equally to all of power system,
in foreign dountries, particularly ually credulous fight fan gets mi* , bolt, Minn., to get a prisoner want- which the charge 1* driving while «"ur talented young musicians, and, Always active in public aad
Ft)rope and the Far Eaat, and will picious and aaka: ’How many fight* here on a charge of theft. The intoxicated, one forgery and pass develop a musical group that will,affair* in the communitie# in
give first hand information on con- are fixed T’ The only answer to that prisoner being hold there la Gerald ing case, and one theft ease. lepreaaai the very best of its kind he has lived, Wirt*
drtions there calculated to bring is: Too many’.” IKhlhnan, who was indicted by the ..........that can he assembled.” |years as State Senator from
about better
tarnational
It wa. reported that
cent
the Tony Galento va. grand jury this weak on a charge
match, the Look »rti 1 „f theft over $60.
Henry C.
a trail re-
in his barn
the Harr:
i four)
received
ing that
William*. Jr,
telegram Thursday stet-
iHoffman would waive ex-
to return to
C. C. Morris sf South Bend vis-
ited ia Graham Thursday.
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 108, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1940, newspaper, January 5, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116455/m1/1/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.