Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 23, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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Graham Daily Reporter
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GRAHAM TEXAS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 13. 1148
Steers To Have Strong
^Tournament Competition
Tlere Friday And Saturday
'^Browder ^ Gets
Four Years In
Grandson s Sure That Grandpa's Cure For
Mad Dog Bite Won't Do A Mite Of
Good, Except As Museum Sight
That the Graham Steer* will have
strong competition if they
keep clean their undefeated record
for the season is evident from the
acceptances coming in to Coach Pat
Clifford from North Texas teams
invited to participate in the Graham
Invitation Basketball Tournament to
be held here Friday and Saturday,
under the sponsorship of the Gra-
ham Quarterback Club.
Coach Clifford this morning had
received definite acceptances from
Olney, Burkbornett, Jean, Spring
town, Knox City, Newcastle, and i«
expecting to hear from other teams
Which have evidence of a desire to
enter the tournament if their sched-
ules can he so arranged.
Trophies will be awarded to the
two finalists from the teams enter-
ing the play, that is, the winner
and the runner-up. Departing from
the usual custom of offering ^ con-
solation award to the team ranking
lowest in the games, the sponsors
will award the five best players in
the tournament, who will be named
on an all-tournament team. The out-
standing individual player of the
tournament will also be selected, on\
the basis of votes of opposing
coaches.
Tournament play will begin Fri- MuSIC EduCatOTS
day afternoon and trill continue
through Friday night, Saturday i si| • • A \g • 1
morning. Saturday aftsmoon, with Uinlc At Mineral
the final game being played Sat-
urday night.
Admission for the games will be
25 and 10 cents.
A complete schedule of play for
the tournament trill hr announced
Prison And Fine
N,EW YORK, Jan. 22.—Earl Rus
tell Browder, American Communist
Number One, was sentenced to four
years in prison and fined $2,000
on chargee of passport fraud in
federal count 'Monday. Sentence
was passed after only 45 minutes
deliberation by the Jury of 11 men
and a young woman.
Ignoring his own attorney, Brow?
der took the floor and plead for his
freedom for more than an hour. No
other defense was Offered. Browder
was the Communistic candidate for
president in 1936 and is now candi-
date for a seat in congress from
New York.
Browder was accused of using
of three other men and af-
fixing them to passport visas. He
previously served a sentence in
Leavenworth, Kansas, federal prison
for refusing to register for the
world war army.
NUMI
Central Texas Suffers
Under Sub-Zero Weather;
Ice In Rio Grande Valley
Pioneer Young
County Cattleman
Dies At Stamford
[ Graham and "ail Texas contismii
j to shiver this morning as deep snow
i and ice blanketed the state from
the northern boundary southward
into the usually warm Rio Grande
valley. __
Lowest temperature here for Moo
- I day night was 12 degrees above aero
J. E. Keen, 72, of Aspermont, and a bri*ht *un continued to raise
pioneer cattleman of Young and the therm0™eter this morning. Lake
Stonewall counties, died Sunday in Eddleman and other bodies of
a hospital at Stamford. Funeral water were P*rty covered with snow
services were scheduled for Tuesday iand
afternoon at 2 o'clock at the First Brownwood reported the lowest
Methodist Church at Aspermont. 1 temPcrature in the entire state with
Mr. Keen was born in Dallas a recor<i °f two degrees below zero,
county in 1867 and moved to Young tbe colde*t shown there since 1817.
county as a youth with his parents. ^*11** registered zero, but Fort
There they established the “T Cross ^ortb, only 32 miles distanct,
T” Terrapin ranch. While wagon
boss of the Terrapin ranch, Keen
married Miss Almeda Camp, daugh-
ter of an early day sheep rancher
on the West Fork of the Trinity
river. After the plow invaded this
section the young couple pushed
west and located at Old Raynor.
This range was eventually cut up
into pastures and Keen preempted
four sections of land adjoining the
lownsite of Aspermont.
At the time of his death Mr
prisingl.v registered 12 above.
Although snow and ice made
roads slick and automobiles difficult
to control, no damage has been re-
ported in Graham beyond the in-
evitable skidding and sliding and a
few crumpled fenders. However,
numerous deaths over the state were
attributed directly or indirectly to
the cold wave of the past five <Mys-
Damage to citrus fruits and vege-
tables in the Rio Grande valley sms
reported, although an official eatt-
DENTON, Texas.—Pasteur mayfcessfully in the cure of hydropho-
bia; his grandson, on the other hand.
have the credit for curing hydro-
phobia through 'his perfection of
the rabies serum, hut oldsters be-
lieved that a “mad stone" effected
the same cure.
Wells February 1 s-s . ........
- ed from the head of a deer and
MINERAL WELLS, Texas, Jan. ,us*d Alabama a hundred years
22.—H. E. Nutt, of the Vandercook ] °r m£fe, a«°;..has ^ J>™«nted to
by Coach Clifford as soon as all en-, School of Sfu.-ic in Chicago, will be
are received. *—•— -* ® *— •«— *“*
■ -A
Juries
* P^orts On
Cotton Industry
1 the State Historical Collection at
North Texas State Teachers
here on February 1 to S for the,*"' *',na ‘earners
clinic cf the Texas Music Educators | Co,,e«* by Alva Montgomery, jun
Association, according to Ward *“r a‘“*“‘ from Corsican*. Texas.
PrandsUlter, Palestine, president of Montgomery
'---.ARelation. NMfXi will r"-S|y ire
the- band clinic ' and will select 110
crack band students from over in?
is shown in the pic-
.ture above, applying the stone to
I an imaginary bite on the arm of
! Miss Juanita Miles of Coolidge,
tate for the band concert on
k unlay night.
j Texas, a senior at the college.
A report received here by R. L. vr“,}' 7*"*' , , The atone originally belonged to
Rehders from the Bureau of the brand,tate* tb,t aPPr»x»-1Montgomery’s grandfather, who
Census shows that for December, u 2 . ° L ,tude[,ts and mM,*£ maintains that it ha* been used suc-
S87.-9M - cotton spinning spindles
Vrerr 1n place in
222380 were active
scoffs at stories of “mad stone”
Keen was in active management of [mate °f <ianiage cannot yet be
his 12-section ranch near
mont. --
Asper- j forecast for tonight is dealer
and colder for most of Texas and
miracles and laughs at the
for applying the remedy.
recipe
Surviving beside the widow are a
son, Clyde E. Keen, Aspermont, and
a daughter, Mrs. Howard Wylie,
Before applying it to the open Lubbock, and grandson, Bobbie
dog bite, the oldsters submerged Wylie; two sisters, Mrs. Etty Davis
the stone in warm sweet milk for of Graham and Mrs. Annie Graham
a while, according to Montgomery, [of Olney; and two brothers, Charles
If the dog were mad, it was be- N. Keen, Olney, and C. L. Keen
lieved that the wound would adhere Sr., Fort Worth. Nephews connect-
to the stone, which would draw out ed with (he cattle business include resident of Graham, died at her
the poison. If the dog were not C. L. Keene Jr. and Alonzo Keen, residence in Hannibal, Texas, Thu re-
made, the wound would not adhere Fort Worth, and Earl Davis and <iay morning and was buried Friday
to the stone and the dog-bite vie- J. M. Graham of Graham, and Roy afternoon in the McAdams Ocme-
tim would be safe from rabies
fection.
possibly warmer in some portions.
Former Graham
Resident Dies
Mrs. G. W. Weldon, formerly a
in- J. Graham of Olney.
month. Active spindle hours for
teachers of the state will be hero
T'-sv. of'whiih which will include
ve during \he 'J*. h^w.?*
The “mad stone" is m reality not . ^ J s."
a stone. Montgomery point, out j Eduction Credit
the center being made up of hair, I ~ D 11 1
though the exterior appears rock- 1 Men Ljiect DullOCK
like. j
Other instructors to be here are
the state totaled 78,621,865, or an Virginia Page Nutt for the drum
a verm ire of 321 m0J°l Henry Sopkin for he
oreheriia clinic and Noble Cain foil
Preliminary ; figures show that the choral clinic. All are from
24.943362 cotton spinning spindle* Ch'cago.
were in place in the United States An outstanding feature of the con- j
on December 81, 1988, of which 22,- yrrtion will be a drum majors’ pa-'
777,986 were operated at some time rade on Saturday afternoon v.itn
during the month, compared with drum majors and baton twirlers in
22,774,170 for November, 22,658,994 varicolored uniforms from all over
Strong Tart-On
Stovall May Be
Good Producer
a"-’* -TOM>
the state vieing for honors. Ruv-eil
Shrader, Sweetwater bandmaster
and secretary of the aasociation.
lays that all plana for the program
me complete.
Oaks Including
for October, 22,331,976 for Septem-
ber, 22.012,186 for August, 21,939,-
404 for July, and 22,432,648 for
December 1938.
The aggregate number of active
spindle hours reported for the month
was 8039346,028. based on an ac-
tivity of 80 hours per week, the
cotton spindles in the United States
were operated during December 1989 I p 1
at 100.7 per cent capacity. This V-JnC vjrinJm
percentage compares, on the same
bania, with 1013 for November, 97.9
for October, 98.6 for September,
85.1 for August, 81.9 for July, and! —-
823 for December 1988. The aver- | The history of Texas, dating back
age number of active apindle hours more than 400 years to the appear-
per apindle in place for the month ance of the firat white man on the
Figure In History
Poll Toa Payments
For Young County
Are Lagging
tery at Pickwick. She and her ham-
band had lived in Graham far the
! past four years before moving to
j She is survived by her hudhaad; r
five sons, Bob Weldon of Graham;
Grant Weldon of Hannibal. Sheraton
Weldon of Orescent, Raymond W«l
don of Graham, George Weldon,
The sixth annual meeting of the of Crescent; three daughters, Mrs.
shareholders of the Wichita Falls y 0 Cramer of Hannibal, Mrs. Cari
Production Credit- Association- was_Warmhmnt Graham, and Mrs. J. W.
held in MTfiCn.; -WNhrei -Friday. Ribble -of Grebe-r^
i1
was 822.
Enraged Patient
Stabs Doctor
*
WICHITA FALLS, Jan. 22.—Dr.
A. D. Pattillo, physician at the
Wichita Falla State Hospital was
•rounded Monday in an attack made
upon him by an angered patient
with a large knife.. He was saved
from more serious injury by at-
tendants at the hospital, who inter-
vened end pulled the patient away.
Monday night Dr. Pattillo was
reported greatly improved although
his condition was still serious.
shores of Galveston island, could
well be written around its trees, ac-
cording to historian*. Scattered
throughout the state are gnarled 1 ^
'oaks, still thriving, though th^y j
had their beginning In the middle
ages and have been silent witnesses
to the developmet of thlr empire
from an unexplored wilderness. The
same leafy boughs that offered shel-
ter centuries ago to nomad Indian
tribes now provide shelter for 20th
century eitiiena. Texas forests fur-
nished both cradles and caskets for
Being watched with Interest by
oil men ia the A. T. Strong and
others Stovall No. 1, located five
miles west of Newcastle. The well
has been shut down for casing and
because of weather at a total depth
of 4138 feet. Top of Caddo lime
was struck at 4123 feet. Operators
plan to 'run casing and test as
soon as weather permits, and pos-
sibly go deeper. Lime came in high
and producer is expected.
Shaw and Strong are laying 30,0<>0 >9!,ued
feet of two-inch line from the recent
discoveries on the Stroud lease over
j the line in Stephens county to join
the line of the Texas Company near
South Bend, So that Texas Com-
pany may purchase oil.
Three wells have been completed
on the Stroud lease within the past
few months; The No. 1 good for
-kK) barrels; the No. 8 making 60
barrels and the No. 3 producing 350
barrels. All are producing from
2600 Kisinger sand.
Much Road
Improvement By
1939 W. P. A. Funds
Fire Does
Damage To
Davis Feed Store
January 19, at the Baker ;Hotel. The
association is a cooperative credit
I organization owned by farmers and
ranchmen comprising the counties
of Palo Pinto, Stephens, Young.
- , Throckmorton, Jack, Archer, Baylor,
A total of 2081 poll tax receipts Montague, Wilbarger, Clay, and
had been issued to voters of Young Wichita.
county at the closing of the office | There were 116 people present for,
Monday, Raymon Thompson, tax the meeting. Reports were given _
eollector-aaaessor, announced. for the year just closed, and it was j Port WORTH. Jan. 80.—Ito-
Only eight more' days remain for shown that the business bad in- provement to highways, roads, and
the paying of poll tax and the pres- creased more than 50% over the gtrecU were stressed by sponsors at
ent total is less than half that of preceding year. John Seale. Jr.. WPA projects in the Forth Worth
the 4546 polls paid during 1938, the secretory of the Production Credit arPa during the last six months at
last state and county election. Even Corporation of Houston, was the 19S9 according to a report iaaaad
in 1938 a total of 3318 receipts was principal speaker. J. N. Sherrill of to<iay by Karl E. Wallace, district
Wichita Flails presided at the meet director.
Unless payments start coming in ing. Accounting for more than half at
faster, the total number of voters The stockholder* elected two di- tb„ total amount of fund* expended
in this year’s elections will not num rectors to fill two vacancies of ex- on y/PA projects during the six
ber 3,000. Since Thursday morning pjrjng terms. J. W. Bullock of „,onth, period ending December 31,
only 343 have been paid, or an aver- Young county and George F. Decker the road fansprovement program us-
age of 86 per day for the four days, of Archer county were reelected cluded hundreds of miles of farm
Thursday. Friday. Saturday and for three-year terms. The hold-over to-msrket traffic routes and menhr-
directors were Bob Turpin of Gra ^ expenditures of $2,633,130 in this
ford, J. J. Keeter of Throckmorton, territory, Wallace stated,
and J. N. Sherrill of Wichita F^Ule. Next largest item of work listed
The board held its organisation by \VPA during the last half at
meeting on Saturday, January 20, in the year just closed was tha eroc-
Wichita Falls. J. N. Sherrill was tion and improvement of public
reelected president, and J. J. Keet- buildings, including numerous
er, was reelected vice-president. schools, accounting for expenditures
-- of $606378.
Mr. and Mr*. Cecil Larrimore of Women wage-earners, employed in
Monday.
Automotive Sales
Boosted One-Third
AUSTIN, Texas. -Texas's sixteen
most populous counties last year
boosted automotive sales a third
above 1938, to total 66.277 pasaen- 01n,y and Mr ,nd Mrs. A. B. L»r- - WP\ sewing"rooma to
ger cars and 12376 commercial cars, rimore nf N*wca„tle visitad m Gra-
ham Sunday.
the University of Texas Bureau
Business Research has reported.
December tales fell much below „„ s w Altm,n ,n<| M.ss Edith
the year’s average, commercial car AUm,n of cltco ^..ted S. W. Alt
early adventurers and trail blaxera. I sales gaining only tl.2 per cent over tbl. week end.
From the same source came lumber An early morning blase today did those for December, 1988, and pas- _________
for cottage* and cathedrals, steam- about $100 damage to stock and the meger ear sales only 16 per cent,
boat* and skiffs. Interior of Davis Feed Store, seuth- Low priced vehicles accounted for
The oak tree, said to live for more ! west corner of the square,
than 1,000 year*, has figured most j The fire originated under a re
prominently In the colorful history frigerator box near the office, but
of Texas. them were no electric wirej or fires
CAMERA CLUB It was under a spreading oak in that part of the building and the
that Santa Anna surrendered to gpus* it unknown.
The regular meeting of the Cam Oen. Sara Houston on the field *f | Much of the damage was done
era Chib will be held tonight at San Jnctto on April 21, 1U6. by water to seek* of feed, firemen
7:10 o'clock at the high school. A The first justice court of the re made a quick run aad extinguished
public of Texas was held at Cohim the blase before It spread to hay
On Pact Three) and other content* of the state.
ments and other articles fer the des-
titute. received $438,667 in the feem
of security wage check* during tha
six months period. Total expendi-
ture* on the sewing room program
in this section was $585379.
Building of porks, athletic fields,
and other recreatiostol facilities UtH
Ised $17731*- Airport improvements,
valued at $78,278, were completed
during the period. Also included on
the WPA work list was $69,611 **-
approximately four-fifths of the to-1
tal sales of passenger cars. Bracket _
I makes gained 25.6 per cent, to to- W.KBT TEXAS: High cloudii
tal 37388; bracket 1 <80.4 per oant Tneedny night and Wadnaadny. ______BUr
to total 19.520- bracket 3 116 per ®*at Tuxaa: Not quite so cold pendedfor extension of water
It ta Turoday night Wedntadny part* * ■ *
cloudy, colder in northweet portion. and
_ HQ OKLAHOMA: Partly cloudy, cold improvements
C. M. Catta and daughters, to north and rontrnl portion. Tue. Groupad node, the
and Bonnie, and Bill Nor- (daf Blgbt
man went to Pampo Sunday. j solder.
12.9 to total 1347.
other public
and lag of profees tonal and service
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 123, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 23, 1940, newspaper, January 23, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116962/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.