Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 147, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 20, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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They All Read It — Therefore A First Class Advertising Medium
GRAHAM TEXAS. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20. 1040VOLUME 4.
NUMBER 143.
Graham Receives
Arrange Chicago Democratic Conclave
AUSTIN, Feb. 20—A hot cam
the early firing already taking pine
Young County
MANITOU SPRINGS. Colo., Feb,
said
Olney, con-
Fair
at 45 miles, ‘Nearer, My God, to
65 miles, ‘When the Roll is Called
being
the
house
cracked.
Beasley Infdrit
Into Circulation
this
afternoon at the Jermyn Baptist M Harbord of Bryson; and paternal j
Chuach for Mm. Andrew Ambum, -r.nrfiu.rent.. Mr and Mrs. J. A.CONNALLY IMPROVED
ATTEND GOLDEN GLOVESBANK NOTICE
that
ttrw was near
4,800 in 1924.
and Billy Heighten.HOSPITAL NOTES
BICYCLE CLUB
WEATHER
Mrs.
regular monthly meeting of
transplant-
brood fish
OKLAHOMA Mostly cloudy Taao-Camp Fire Girls had a member- enough fitk" to stock several other day: Wednesday generally fair. . Mt
EAST TEXAS: Ganeraly fair fa
failure it was because the lake in
Tuesday; Wednesday generally fair
?2 feet to stop on glare ice I
Average daily population in fefar
al prisons in the United States fa
1939 was nearly 18,000 compared to
cards
ing.
the entertainers may per-
ul> in ti.e crowd can see
Fair
the
pro-
all creditors of the
be the first year
district fair of the
all bills have be'n
cations Monday at the court
here.
environment and are now
much sport for Texans
rod and reel or an prdi-
pole.
Services were held this afternoon
at three o’clock at the Winn Hill
Chapel for J. D. Caddel, 78, who
died Monday after a short illness at
his home, 902 Carolina Street. Rev.
Carl’ Clark of Graham, assisted by
Rev. Sid Mattock of Antelope, con-
ducted the services, ,
Big plans for the Democratic national convention in Chicago are being
made by Oliver A. Quayle, center, treasurer of the Democratic nation :'
committee; Joseph Knight, left, secretary cf the Illinois Democratic cen-
tral committee, and Homer Matt Adams, president of the Young Demo-
crats of America. The trio met in Chicago to make necessary arrange-
last
held
Mis
Grajiam is one of forty cities
given a twenty-five per cent credit
in the fire record credit ratings of
92 additional Texas cities announced
by the State iFire Insurance Depart-
ment.
The twenty-five per cent rating is
tho^iighest given, which will m>’an
an estimated insurance saving of
>8.728 for the year for the city.
Ratings were announced'for twen-
ty per cent credit, fifteen per cent
credit, ten per cent credit, five per
cent credit, nout al, five per cent
penalty, Un per cent penalty and
fiftetu per cent penalty.Graham Lions will have their reg-
ular weekly meeting Wednesday eve-
ning at 6:30 instead of at noon.
Meeting will be in the form- of a
joint meeting with Fort Worth Lions
who will be in Graham Wednesday
on a “booster” trip for the South-
western Exposition and Fat Stoet
Show to be held in (Fort Worth fa. Cash farm income for 1939. ac- ful and in almost every instance of
cording to the U. S. department of
agriculture was >8.250.000,000.
WEST TEXAS: Fair snufaagn
portion, partly cloudy northern por-
tion Tuesday, with occasional snow
flurries in Panhandle Tuesday mrs
at its last session had been drafted
by ■‘Townsendites.’’
“The transaction tax was a first
cousin to Commum* m,’
He added he
Worth, will lecture each morning at
10 a. m. and evening at 7:30 o’clock.
that the “man who, local office, has been receiving ap 'ported eased decidedly,
is going to* have to i plications f’
The
the Bicycle Club vyill be held Sat-
urday morning ati 10 o’clock at the
Palace Theatre. All members who
not yet received membership
may secure them at the meet(J. S. Plans To
Put Gold Back
WASHINGTON, Feb, 20.—The
condition of Senator Tom Connally,
Democrat, from Texas, is' reported
improved by attending physicians
and he probably will l»e discharged
within a few days. Senator Con-
nally collapsed (Friday night during
a siege of sneeiing.In the
programs
Thursday
received the award, a check for >40.
Automobile drivers, your question
for today from the Oil Belt Safety
Council is this:
How much difference does ice on
the pavement make in the distance
needed to stop your ear at 20 miles
-an hour! ,
Well, that is a pretty tough one.
but a good driver should know the
answer. Driving, at 20 miles an hour
on dry pavement. It takes the aver-
age driver 41 feet to stop. But bn
glare ice the same driver eould ntrt
; huge lakes. Plantings in all but
Among those attending the Golden
Gloves Tournament in Fort Worth
Monday evening were the following:
R. C. Wood, Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
McCary, Jack Spangler, Rupert
Roach, Leon Mangum. Bill Greene
and son, Bob, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cor-
bett,
Lectures By
I Fort Worth Man
Start Here Feb. 21
76, who died of pneumonia at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. A. P-
Streetman in Markley. Rev. Charles
Myers of Fort Worth officiated, as-
sisted by Bro. C. M. Sampley of
Jermyn.
Mrs. Amburn was bom in Arkan-
sas October 22, 1863. She had lived
in Texas for 71 years, formerly re-
siding at Jermyn and later living
with her son at Vera. She had vi»-
ited at Markley for six weeks pre-
ceding her death.
She is survived by: three daugh-,
ters, Mrs. A. P. Streetman of Mark-
ley, Mrs. Lloyd Mayes of Throck-
morton snd Mrs. Lillian Gibbins of
Vera; two sons, Harold Amburn of
Vera, Gus Amburn of Lodi, Califor- ■
nig; 18 grandchildren and C
great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Winn Hill Cemetery ;
under direction of Maples Fmnsral ,
Home.
Pallbearers were Robert McMa-
hon, T. L. Shook, Tilman Mays, |
Henry Rater, H. B, Kirkland, Ted,
Snyder. d-f~ _ I
the poetoffiee department mMin- ,‘
tained 11,4*2 star routes in 1989.
requiring travel of 180,504,715 miles
Plans have been completed for the
series of Bible services to be held
at First Presbyterian church, start-
ing Wednesday night, Feb. 21, and
to rim through (February 29.
Dr. James F. Hardie, pastor oi
Hines Expecteed To
Announce Todav:
Sadler In Race
ship of a quarter-millicn in 1999.
Washington Birthday
Members of the Ligon-Daniel post
of the American Ixfcion and their
wives will attend a social to be
held in the Legion Hall Thursday
evening to celebrate George Wash-
ington’s birthday.
All veterans and their wives are
invited and asked to bring a cov-
ered dish of vegetables or salad. A
program of games and other enter-
,Top Fire Credit
Rating
and predicted
oeats O’Daniel
submit his tax plan to the people Under the present procedure appli- sj>pndence over" the" British ''attack
at the beginning of his campaign.” —’**----
He charged that O’Daniel is
No. 1
Texas.”
“Any
cabinet
The Graham National Bank and
The First National Bank wilt observe
Thursday, February 22, Washing
ton’s Birthday, as a holiday and no
business will be transacted on
By-
Arrangements have been com-
pleted for paying all debts of -the
1989 North Central District Fsir
•nd Rodeo, officials of the fair as-
sociation ■announced today. Check-
have been made out and will be
mailed today to
fair. This will
since making a
county fair that
made current.
An announcement sent out by th<
fair association to nli creditors said:
in P»rt: , , ...
“The North Central District fair
h a non-profit corporation, separate
from all other organisations. It ha
no stockholders. Its president, vice-
presidents, treasurer, manager and
directors serve without any compen-
sation.
have traveled from deep Bast Texas
as far west as Medina Lake.
However, the timid need have no
fear for the invaders are white bass, -
often
and
’ i rank
I most
being helped along in their invasion
by the Texas Game, Fish and Oys-
ter Commission, which has high
hopes of being able to stock every
suitable lake in the state with this
, fine. sport-food member of the finny
] tribe.
I Actually the spread of the white
bass has been amazing. Oddly
enough, it, many, many years ago
was a denizen of salt water, but
members of the clan transported to
fresh water adapted themselves to
their new
providing
who wield
nary cane
Until 1932 the only lake in Texas
in which white bass were known
was Caddo. That year J. A. Wilker-
son, then superintendent of the Dal-
las State Fish Hatchery brought
thirteen brood white bass to the
Dalia*- hatchery and then
cd them in Lake Dallas.
From these thirteen
' and a few more which have been
taken from Caddo Lakq has come• Here s What To
Sing While You
!Are DrivingLegion
To Observe
cations for old age assistance, WPA on tht, Nali ?hip A)nnark was
the and NYA are made on the same forms. ■ dictatcd at kindlier hands,
professional — politician of If approved here, they are held for' ■
1 the district supervisor’s acceptance, j »-j » g « . •* . «
man who would appoint «i W. H. Kennedy has been employ- JOSSS Multiplied
of the type he did
of the "Good WAT
on the lawn last
Louise Bloodworth
T-------
fun Program
Planned For
Trades Day
alive yearn.
He was preceded in death by his
I wife, Mrs. Eva Caddel, several years
•KO-
Surviving him are four sons, Mar-
vin, timer, arid L. C. of Lubbock
and Ozie of Archer City; throe
daughters', Mrs. Mattie Ambeem of
Lubbock. Mrs. Lonnie Holt of Ida
Lou, and Mrs. P. O. Miller of Gra-
ham; twenty-five grandchildren; and
twelve great-grandchildren. . 1
Pallbearers were Obie Clay, Jack first went into office is ceitainly->ers’ court and began taking
__ —. • os Mnniluv at t Im rnnrf
A. J. Martin underwent a
major operation at the Graham Hos-
thi*ee | P'1"' morning.
McCoy, Bearl Clay, Henry McCoy, not an amateur,’’ Sadler
- . —— —. , “He is a professional.”Safety Shorts
From
THE OIL BELT SAFETY COUNCIL
tainment has baen planned to begin] Service, were held at 2:30
oflnrnAAn
Funeral Services
Are Conducted For
J. D. Caddel
WITH THE PRHSIDINT IX
COSTA RICA.—The United States
cruiser 'Tuscaloosa was today in th»
waters off Costa Rica when Fraat-
dent Roosevelt called newspaperese
aboard the ship into his office for a
press conference and told them thia-
trip was for the purpose of inspect-
ing the U- S. improvements and
fortifications in the Canal Zone and
the Latin American possessions, lie
then asked the correspondents tn
join him in some deep sea • fishing.Intake on WPA was L ii <1 du'-
ing November, December and, Jan-
Sadler said, uary for lack of designation of a
himself was "strictly certifying agent, but the depart-
“H.
Hill
of j Rites Said For
I OSLO, Feb. 20.—Norway served I £--------- -------- —--
.„ -.....- ---- 85 "otiec Monda> nk'ht that "i*ht Pat’19.-Motori»ta sho'uld("ring ^fti/aZd
pplica'icns waiting for ",|^aln °n trial by taking the Alt
report [mar'< case to the League of Nations.
I Indications of Norway’s course in
the controversy arisir« from the res-
“The officers and directors are
Graham citizens who are drafted into
this eivic work, take off time from
their business to direct the manage-
ment of the Fair, knowing that their
only compensation will be the good
accruing to the entire community.
The Graham Chamber of Commerce,
for a like reason, furnishes office
facilities, clerical help and a man-
ager.
“Therefore, the responsibility ~for
the success or failure of the
rests squarely and equally on
shoulder of every business or
fessional man in Graham.
“At the close of, this year’s
P. W. Harrison, president, proposed
that some plan be worked out where-
by all bills owed by the Fair Asso-
ciation be made current. A commit-
tee composed of A. B. Eddleman, H. |
L. Thornton and R. C. Wood, was (
asked to work out the problem. These
men have worked as fast as they had
time to devote from their own busi-^
ness. They have assumed that none -n [/Rmar fol)nty. He has been
of the accounts held priority over g rt.s3dcnt of Young, Archer, ami
the others, even though several of J>ck COuntics for the past sixty
the UrK'r onea wtr* farried ovc'r.five years.
from the 1988 Fair.
“The Fair Association appreciates
the patience most of you have shown
and we are glad to report that only
one or two listed above felt' that
there accounts should be paid
gardlezu of the disposition of
remainder.”
Payments
Made By
District Fair
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 19.—Texas'
is being invaded again! Members of 1 March,
the onrushitfg horde are spreading
so rapidly that in a short time they ] r» • 1 , A 1
I president Asks
News Men To
called striped bass, rend bass, n* 1 II/’.l J J*
bar bass. These fish, which HlSh With 111111
with the carp as being the
prolific in fresh waters are
Glenn Burgess, manager of the
Chambei of Commerce, announces
..1***L Hl?—extension committee
lias prepared what promises to be
an unusual program for the first of
the series of new trade days, start-
ing Thursday afternoon. Feb. 22. It
I will be the beginning of "Apprecia-
tion Day” programs.
Special “fiddle music” is promised
i as a feature of the entertainment,
| which will be on the court house
law^. near the jail.
A Aew band stand has been built
j on which
form, so
them, i
Services were held this afternoon
at two o’clock at the Cotton Wood
Cemetery for the infant son pf Mr. ----
and Mrs. A. D. Beasley of Bryson-1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The U.
Surviving the child are his par- S. Treasury is considering plans for |
'ents, one sister, Audrey Lee; mater< putting gold back into circulition.
nal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. it was laamed today.
’ | The United States now has more
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. than S18.500J100.000 of gold in its
Beasley of Bryson. vaults arid bar. about sixty per cent
Arrangements for the funeral' of the world’s gold supply
were made by Morrison Funeral ,
• Home.
slightly more than for 19*8 »nd .iced stream emptying into it. White Freak to strong northerly wfafa am
slightly lew thaa for 1M7. i (Coatiaas* M page 21 [the coast Tuesday
next rummer is indicated _by,‘ —
0 the early firing already taking pine
Broadway Pre^yterian Chui ch. Fort in the Taxaf, Kubernatorial bnttk
----- ■ Preparations are being made for a \A/P A In
10 a. m. and evening at 7:30 oclock. djnner tonight at which Harry Hines. ’’I ** I rO|vClS 111
He is said to be an unusually member of RtaU> highway com.
interesting and forceful speaker.
H. L. Thornton will lead the
services.
seriously certain hymns while driv-
ing, Rev. L. C. Miller told his flock
at the Manitou Mennonite Church
, in a safety sermon.
„ . . 1 "Our highway traffic has become
Olney, con- the German ship Altnia:k was given go unsafet“ Hie pastor said, “that
road, land- Minister iHalvdan Koht £j,t. nloment a person drives upon the
High School at a special hearing of the storting public thoroughfare, if he has any
of Graham ] (parliament). [regard for his future abode, h»
other., sboujd sing softly and seriously as
mission, is expected to formally an-
aonK nounce his candidacy for governor.,
i r.- .. . . „ ... 1
WPA projects in Young county are |
now employing 277 men and I
women with a;
135 men and 11 women, a
from Jack C. Miller of the Young'
County Welfare office shows.
Projects include paving at Olney, eur 30<> British prisoners from |
a sanitary project at
struction on the Jean
scaping of the rGraham
campus, improvement
filter plant and waterworks, index-1 R's reference to “some < _
ing and filing record»-in the'county tribunal raisingx interertirig specu-;tbe speedometer climbs upward the
clerk’, office, work in the county la,i°n >n view of a suggestion in the following hymns:
*: circulating library and in school F- Oslo Shipping Times that President, 25 miles per hour, ‘I’m But a
braries, sidewn'k and paving co"- Roosevelt be asked to head an in- stranger Here, Heaven Is My Home’;
sti'uction in Graham and a few vestigating commission. •. at ^5 miles, ‘Nearer, My God, to
worker*1 on free lunch projects for [ In a l°nK review <>f the case, Koht Theb’; at 55 miles, ‘I'm Nearing-the
achoLi-. ‘he Altmark w.,- a st^te vessel p0lt and wm Swn (.>(. at
and aSmitterl she was armed wi'.h 65 miles .wlu.n lhl. K(1|| Callel
anti-aircraft guns but was perfectly (Up yonder I’ll Be There'; at 7fc
within her rights to , go through miles (Lord Pm Coming Home’."
Norwegian waters.
He added he himself was "strictly certifying agent, but the depart-1 ]n Bellin diplomatic tension be- 'y . YYT’11 W
■pposed to any kind of a sales tax,’ f ment of public welfare, through the|twwn Germany and Norway was re- [LlOnS Will Meet
.. . .. local office, has been receiving ap 'ported eSsed decidedly. There was 1
<ha‘ W ‘Wednesday Evening
I Firing a few remarks at Gov. W.
Lee O’Daniel, Jerry Sadler, member
of the railroad commission,
that the reports he would be a can-
didate zre “founded on fact.”
Friends stated that Sadler, elect-
led to the cdmihifrion 1938 despite
the endorsement O’Dani.1 had given
his opponent in the Democratic run-
off primary, had made up his mind
definitely to enter the race.
Representative Albert Derden of I
Marlin was the first to announce
for the office. Ernest O. Thompson,
member of the commission, also is
expected to be a candidate.
Sadler, in an oral statement, as-
■icwu serted the transaction tax bill sub-
Mr. CadtM was born March 21,■ mitted to the legislature by O’Danie!
362 Employed On ’Britain May Be
i Placed On Trial
! By League Nations
e district supervisor 9 acceptance, i » < . . .
W. H. Kennedy has been employ- | DclSS 1’lultTpl led
when he ed temporarily by the commission- ,
In Texas Lakes
Buck Clay, and Nat McCoy.
Interment was in the Winn
Qemetery under the, direction
Morrison Funeral Home. ff
Services Held For-
Mrs. Andrew
Amburn
BASKETBALL TONIGHT
Ingleside will eome to Graham
.onight for the tinal gams be,
tween the class A and class B
champions for the county title,
(aarh team having won on* game
of the two played in the three-
game series. Game will start at
8:00 at ths high school gym-
nasium.
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 147, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 20, 1940, newspaper, February 20, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1506091/m1/1/: accessed May 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.