Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 64, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 6, 1929 Page: 1 of 4
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FORECAST FOR TODAY
WB8T TEXAS: Cloudy, colder In
'MMft portion with temperature 12
to It tofiitht; Tliurf-day, partly
<;l6u *y.
ftAiW TEXAS: Cloudy, somewhat
colder In e*tlem east portion, freez-
ing ia north portion tonight; Thurs-
day mostly cloudy.
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OFFICIAL PPBIJOATION CITY OK BOROKR, HUTCHINSON COUNTY, TEXAB
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VOL. 3—NO. 64
ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY LEASED WIRE
BORGER. TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1929
FULL NEA SERVICE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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Senate Passes Cruiser Bill By Overwhelming Vote Of 68 To 12
Broke Art Goebel's
Flight Record
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BILL GOES TO
WHITE HOUSE:
FATE IN DOUBT
Upper House Refused Presi-
dent's Request of Free Hand
In Construction
HE MAY SIGN
Included Amendments Favor-
ing Negotiation of Treaties
With Belligerents
WASHINGTON. F eb. 6 (AP)—-The
Mil luthorlzing 1 new cruisers ;u.1
an .'ii'plane c«rner for America's na-
vy \ as ilnv st rrady for considera-
tion liy President Coolldge today, the
senate passing the measure yesterday
by a vote of SS to 12, in almost the
same, form it was approved a year
ago by the house.
It was returned, however, to tile
liou-e for consideration of a few
senate amendments. Early approval
oT f.hene by tl'e house was predicted
and tho bill lliei noes to the White
House with ils t'a'e still In doubt.
Like the house, the senate disre-
garded completely the request of
President Coolidte that the chief
executive be given a free hand in
constructing the ships. Against his
wish lanruuKC was retained in the
till stipulating ti nt the sixteen war-
ships he started hf fore July 1, 1931,
and ipec.lfylng the program where-
by tliay would be laid down in three.
Miicosslve years, beginning imme-
diately. ;
Tho only material change made in ; Captain Frank M. Hawks, veteran
jl}e MH -by the (i-inate was the addi-, Texas pilot, landed safely yesterday
• Moi fo an amendment by Senators at Roosevelt Field, L. I., and accom-
Bora'i, republican, Idaho, and Reed,j plished the f. at of breaking Art. Goe-
democrat, Miasouri, declaring con- i,el's trans-continental flight record, i danger
gre&V in favor of the negotiation of Hawks landed alter being in the air I Weather
trailer, fixing the rights of belliger-1 m hours, 21 minutes and 55> seconds,
ants and neutrals at sea in time of j beat ins Goebel's record by 36 min-
war. i utes and 1 second.
There is no doubt of the displea-' 'm
SPAIN'S WAR
OUEEN DEAD
AT PALACE
Rule Was Marked With Dis-
aster For Her Country; Col- '
onial Possessions Lost
MADRID. Feb. fi (AP)—Maria
Christina, queen mother of Spain,
under whose rule as regent Spain
fought, its disastrous war with the j
United S'ates, 'lieil at the royal pal-j
aco today.
Her sou, Alfonso XIII, king of I
Sain, and members of the royal fam-i
ily were at her bedside when the ]
end came after a sudden illness.
Maria Christim ruled Spain as
regent from I88!y until 1902, when
her son. Alfonso, who was born six
months after the death of his father,
Alfonso XII, in 1SS5, became old
enough to assume the throne.
The period of her rule was one of
tho irost critical in Spanish history,
and in it the country was bereft of
Whipping Post for Bootleggers?
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j Spector-Morgan Has
New Used Car Head
W. Ridner, formerly with the Mc-
carty Motor company, Studebaker
dealt it in Amarillo, arrived in Bor-
ger coday to take cl irge of the used
car departijient of • ae Speptor and
Morgan Motor com/ ,ny, local Stude-
baker dealers, according to D. M.
Spector, president :u.d general man-
ager of the Uorger concern.
Rtjuer has been in the used car
depa tment of the Amarillo company
for some time, and is an experienced
Studebaker man.
CAR AGENCY TO
10CATE IN NEW
BUILDING HERE
SHOT FOREMAN
TURNED GUH
ON HIMSELF
Died As He Had Lived; With
Gun In His Hand and
Defiant
RANGERS NOTIFIED
Said They Knew of His
Whereabout And Were
Planning to Return Him
DANGER SIGNAL
IS GIVEN HERE
Warning as to the slippery con-
dition of the hill south of Electric
city on the Stinnett highway was
issued today by county officers,
and patrolmen were stationed nearj
the hill to caution motorists of the
A demand for a whipping post for persons convicted of bootlegging,
made by Representative John C. Putnam, has more or less upset the
Missouri legislature. Putnam, who has introduced a bill providing for
public whippings in the state prison for second offenders, is shown here
with the lash he would have used. Mrs. Nellie C' Burger (inset) presi-
dent of the Missouri W. C. T. U. opposes the whipping post on the
ground that fines and prison terms are sufficient.
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Milk Ordinance
Published Today
JUSTICE GROUP
ORGANIZED TO
AID STEWART
On another page of this issue of
The Herald will be found city or- J
dinance No. 627, classed as the
"Milk Ordinance, governing tin j Chicago Capitalist and Philan-
productlon and distribution of milk; thropist Throws fnfluence
in the city of Borger. j To His Aid
The ordinance was passed by the
Board of City Commissioners, and NKW YORK. Feb. fi (AP) - A'
becomes effective following Its Pub-jK1.oll| of mj,y standard Oil com-!
licatlon in four issues of I he Her"ipany (Jf Indiana stockholders have j
aid. • j organized under : uc name of the .lus-
The purpose of tho ordinance is: (j(10 «50cjgjy( jn, vote for Col.
to prohibit the sale of adulterated ; \v. Stev irt's re-election as
and misbranded milk and milk pro-1 chairman of tho Standard of Indiana
ducts, requiring permits for the sale i allfj ,a|e,. i,j.. removal and the entire
of milk and milk products, regulat-, jJoa, rj <t[ (n,
(ctors through court ac-
ing the inspection of dairy farms |li(/n K (; vVilliams. a retired en-
tile testing, 8''ad-1 Kjneel. an,| u,e society's leader, au-
conditions similar to
those now existing resulted in 17
accidents on the hill two weeks ago,
it was said, and efforts will be
made to prevent similar accidents
jthis week.
The winding, paved road coming
! down the side of the hill, is cov-
i ered by a sheet of ice, and it is
j impossible for brakes to hold the
I car, and when motorists reach the
| bottom, it is not possible to slow
! down sufficiently to make the turn.
The traffic cops have been station-
! ed to warn drivers of the danger.
Lindy On Last Lap Of
Flight To Panama
Carrying Air Mail
and milk plants,
lng labeling, placarding, pasteuriza-
tion, regrading, distribution, sale
and denaturing of milk.
nounced today.
His society is not joining forces
with John D. Rockefeller., jr.,
SUB-COMMITTEE
WILL SUBMIT
SUITABLE BILL
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Draft of Measure As Now Pro-1
posed Is Unsuitable to
"Dry" Agencies
AUSTIN, Feb. fi. (/p)—Draft of!
a measure to replace the search and j
to | seizure laws, found obnoxious by j
! "dry" agencies and peace officers,
SAN JOSF, Coast Rica, Feb. 6
(AP)—Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
en route to Pane ma on the last lap
of his inaugural air mail flight from
Miami, landed at Punta Arenas at
8:10 a. . (9:10-E S. T.) and an hour
and iwenty minutes later hopped oft
again for Panama.
MANAGUA. Nicaragua, Feb. G
(AP)—Coi. Charles A. Lindbergh,
starting the last lap of his inaugural
| air mail fligtit from Miami to Pana-
i ma, topped off f.om the Marine Air
| field at 6:40 a. m. (7:25 a. m., E. S.
T.)
M \NAGUA, Nicaragua, F e b. 6
(AP)—For the la.it lap of the first
commercial airmail trip between the
United States and Panama Colonel
Charles A. Lindbergh today had a
variety of terrain.
The routi was over low tropic
coar.s, high Isthmian mountains, and
along the Panama canal to Cristobal,
at the Atlantic entrance to the canal.
Meeting of Medical
Society Postponed
Because of the absence of Dr. L. |
P. IJodd and conflicting practice of |
several other physicians, the regular j
meeting of t.ne Hutchinson County)
Medical association was not held j
last 'light, according to Dr. L. C. !
Hansen, seci etary.
A special program, under the di-l
rection of Doctor Dodd, had been j
planned for ihe occasion, Dr. Han-
sen said.
FORT WCRTH. Tex., Feb. 6 (AP)
T;ie spectaculai career of Tom
Ross, west Texas cattleman, who at
the age of 53 was sentenced to 55
yearn for the murder of H. L. Rob-
ersou and \\. D. Allison, cattle in-
! spec ors, only to make a sensational
Spector, & Morgan, Studebak- j escape from the state penitentiary in
er Dealers, To Occupy New ! i n 25, apparently has ended with his
O'Kelly Building j reputed deatn in Montana.
! According Jo meager reports from
Contract lor th< construction ot ■< 1 (j|a(.jer county, Montana, Ross died
new building at the corner of Fourth j ag h„ ha(, lh>.d a pistoi jn his hand
and Main streets to he occupied byjand defiant. He shot R. C. Hayward,
the Spector i.ud Morgan Motoi com - i w|j0 j)afj succeeded him as foreman
pany, was let today by C. K. O Kelly J 0{ ^ ranch, held .-cveral witnesses at
to Robertson, locfl contractor. |)ay for an hour, then went into an
The contract calls for the begin- adjoining room and took his own
ning of construction work as soon jife
as the weather will permit, and com-, , , , . . , .
* . ... I Ross had not been heard of since
p et on within 30 days. Material has , ,. . , , .
' 1 he and Milt Good, convicted also for
I the slaying ot the cattle inspectors,
• escaped from stal" prison. Good was
'captured in 19 20 near Antlers, Okla.,
,, . .and returned. The two cattlemen had
show room tor the motor com- j . , ,
been in prison only a tew months
panv and to increase the floor space | '
, , .,, , i . -r whe : they escaped. Good attacked a
of the repair shop, will be about 75 i , ' , .
. .. . , „ guard with u stick of wood, knock-
bv M't leet. A space 37 by 40 feel .„i,
... . ... ' , I,. , ; lng him unconscious, after whlcli
w be cut <.tf ,f.r the display ofi n„,i i„ .
w , M i they scaled tiif v.all and lieu jn a
new cars and the remainder will be automo5iIe.
added to he ' ep.iu siop. , jjotiK jjaci i)eel, living in Montaua
The entire istructure «r UI1der the name ,f Charles Cannon.
brick, am tit 100 . telegram hist ntght from Great
Pla'e glass windows will be placed on [
the side of the dif piay room facing j " 1
tho street.
been purchased, and it is believed
that work on the new structure will
be rushed to completion.
Tee building, which will be used j
as a
Mont., offi"ers to Ranger Cap-
tain Tom Hickman at Austin identi-
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FIDDLERS FROM LEGION DRIVE
ALL PANHANDLE NETS RESULTS
INVITED HERE IN FIRST DAY
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VISITING SON HKItK
! today was in the hands of Senators j
Wirtz, Parr and Hornsby.
They were named a sub-commit- '
I tee of the senate committee oa !
Mrs. F. M. Medlin of Wichita ('riminal jurisprudence after aj
Falls is visiting In Borger and at- tormy hearing last night which
the bedside of her son, | in at !east a temporary com-1
tending
Otto Medlin, who is confined at the I Pr°mise
Head hospital with appendicitis. I Senators Wirtz and Love, who |
engaged in debate throughout most
Mrs. Medlin was accompanied here
by her son-in-law, Mr C. C.
I Thompson, and her daugnter-ln-la w,
| Mrs. Lucile Medlin, also of Wichita
Falls.
of the hearing, agreed to have the
provisions of the fourth amend-
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STATE fiSKED TO
MAINTAIN ROAD
IN THISJOUNTY
Petition A k# Commissioners
To Assume Maintenance Of
Highway 117
A petition asking the slate high-
way commission to take over High-
way No. 117 across Hutchinson
county for state maintenance was j
mailed this morning to the commls-1
ulon at Austin, according to O. (1. |
Granville, secretary of the Borger j
chamber of commerce. The petition ,
was signed by the county judge and
four county commissioners.
The document, addressed to the i
the "state Purchasing Member Claims Saved State Thous-
take over the maintenance of the ands of Dollars By Uying
ars j f™* p*™ com™ny
thence north and east to the Huns-
HOUSE INVESTIGATION GROUP
DELVING INTO AFFAIRS OF
STATE BOARD OF CONTROL
ford county Une.
Attention of the hlRhway com-
mission was called to the fact that
AUSTIN, Fob. fi, (/p)- The com-
mittee Investigating the highway
department and board of control
planned to resume its Inquiry to-
Hutchlmon county has paid into tha j dav a{u,r )]av|np „Rtent(1 to feg.
state treasury $550,000 In taxes., tlmony of Rov , Tennant. purchas-
and received nothing in return oi , jnf member of the Board of Con-
highway maintenance. No criticism trol
of the commission for this condition Tennant was asked yesterday by
wan contained in the petition, how- j RCpresentative Gerron, author of
ever. ! the investigation, concerning tran-
of the board was j ions Involved In seven of tho
control had saved the slate between
23 charges he brought against the
highway commission.
Tennant said that in refusing to
concur in the highway department's
recommendation that contract for
gasoline and oil for the year be-
ginning last March 15 be awarded
the Texas company, the board of
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STIMSON MAY
GET CABINET
APPOINTMENT
MANILA, Feb. 6 (AP)—Governor
Gent:'a Henry L Stimson today is-
sued a staiemen1 in which he said:
"It is true that at the request of
the president-elcet of the United
States I am about to leave the Phil-
ippines in order to take up another
duty.
"What the nature of that duty is,
I prefer to If a v.; to Mr. Hoover to
announce,' the statement, added. "1
expect to sail in about two weeks."
Snmson. wno accepted the govern-
or-generaliship of the Philippines
after the dentil of the late General
Leonard Wood, has been mentioned
as the possible secretary of state in
the new president's cabinet.
BIILLETINS
MIAMI, Via., Feb. n. (AP) —
Officials of Pan-American Air-
ways, Inc., expressed the opinion
at I o'clock tills afternoon Hint
Col. Lindbergh may be flying di-
rectly from Puontn Arenas to
Cristobal, since no message bail
been received becc from liim
since he left the Costa Ricun
city. The radio operator aboard
the amphibian hail been Instruct-
ed to report all arrivals and de-
partures, they said.
PENITENTIARY
HEAD BEFORE
LEGISLATURE
Tells of Pardoning Record of
Governor Johnston, Sus-
pended, of Oklahoma
Old Time Fiddlers' Contest To
Be Sponsored By Legion
On Saturday Night
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 0 (AP) —
Tales of a second pardon said to
| liavi been granted to a fugitive from
'jus*ice by Henrj S. Johnston, sus-
pended governor, are attracting at-
tention of members of the house of
r<*pre>:entatives ii vestigating commit-
tee. who heard tb .■ story through the. i
With -the report of bO new mem-
bers for the American Legion dur-
| ing the first day bv one of the three
I committees which are sponsoring the
—• I membership drlv& in Borger, it was
| Old-time fiddlers of the Pan-j expected that the goal of 500 would
I handle are invited to bring their j tu reached during the campaign. Two
j fiddles and participate in a. big fid-; other committers were yet to be
i dlors' contest to be held in the! hear,1 from.
| American Legion home in Borger | The committee head d by Mayor
Saturday night, sponsors of the,Glei >i Pace, and composed of Major
event. ! Morton, L C Crumrine, John Farm-
The contest will be under the aus- er, I "lil Tro< k, Ji.nmie Newkirk, and
pices of the Legion, and proceeds ,I V1 Bent ley. secured its fiftieth
will be used for logion fund. A member late yesterday afternoon,
barn dance will be held in connect- Tne two ether groups led by Mike-
ion with the contest, It was said i Birmingham and Bill Hcskew, were
Cash prizes amounting to $20 j busy promoting the drive, but the
will be given away to the fiddlers two chairmen could not be reached
acclaimed best by the applause ot I lor information as to their success,
the audience. First prize will con-j The drive was started at 10 o'clock
slst of $10 in gold, second prize v. stc. day mornin;,, and workers were
50 and third prize $2.50.! sparing no etforU; to secure an ap-
win he free. ! plica.ion from every ex-service man
t should j 'n ti\e county for membership in the
will be $1
All entries
All entries for the conh
testimony of Dr. John Q. Newell. I be ^jied to W. R. White,
warden of the slate penitentiary. | commander of the American I'
DC. Newell spent the greater part | Tickets will lie placed on sale al
of yesterday on the witness stand.
post.
gion
the
local post.
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CAPTAIN FRANK HAWKS TELLS
OF EXPERIENCES IN AIR MIRING
HIS TRANS-CONTINENTAL FLIGHT
Wind, Clouds, Sleet and Snow Great Handicap
After Passing Roswell,
New Mexico
NEW YORK, Feb. fi (<P) Cap-
tain Frank Hawks and his mechanic,
Oscar E. Grtihh. who overcame fog.
wind and sleet to establish a lion-
stop flight record from Los Ange-
les to New York were invited to the
city hall at noon to receive the of-
ficial welcome of the city.
Soaring high to avoid bad weather
and fig more than half the distance
(lying blind, Captain Hawks pilot-
ed his Lockheed Vega plane air cv
press, across the continent in 1^
hours, 21 minutes and 59 seconds
He bettered by Hfi minutes and one
second the record for west to cast
flight established last A igust by
Arthur Goebel and the late Harry
Tucker.
Hawks and Grubb left Los Ange-
les at 5:37:30 p. m., Pacific time
Monday and landed at Roosevelt,
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Castleberry, H. E. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 64, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 6, 1929, newspaper, February 6, 1929; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth209667/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.