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THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, APRIL 22. 1938.
'IRATE ACT!V!T!ES
ST!R FRENCH TARS
TO DEMAND ACTION
Dtttroy Them or We Strike !t
Threit of Sa!!or*; Urge
War Tactic*.
Paris.—French sailors and mari-
time workers, who have complained
constantly during the last six
(Months about piracy on the seas
and lack of security for themselves,
!have petitioned the government once
<more for elective defense against
^attacks such as that which blew the
British Jean Weems out of the wa-
ter off Catalonia.
Seamen became skeptical about
'the Nyon agreement system of pro-
tection when double attacks sank one
French freighter, the Oued Mellah
'and an air French dispatch boa!
[stationed at Minorca, within the
iapace of ten hours. Whereas be-
fore French seamen were content
'to ask the government to provide
radio control and to be firm with
the aggressors, now they call for
preparations similar to those pro-
vided during the World war.
Urge Destroying Plane Bases.
In the seamen's paper, Journal de
Ha Marine Marchande, one writer
stated immediately after the at-
tacks:
"The Nyon accord was a step in
the right direction but it is too tim-
id. It admits the right only to at-
'tack the individual airplane or sub-
marine which has carried out the at-
tack. It does nothing about the or-
ganization which ordered the attack
"I ask that aerial patrols chase
pirate planes, shoot them down if
possible, but if not follow them to
'their base. Once such bases are
identified they should be destroyed
to the last shred, to the last man.
"It doesn't suffice in attempting
to halt Mediterranean piracy to kill
the aviator who is under orders. It
is necessary to strike the organiza-
tion at its heart. To those who
say this would mean war, I ask what
country, Spanish or foreign, would
thus admit its complicity before the
entire world?"
Would Arm Merchantmen.
The National Federation of Mari-
time Trade Unions suggests that the
merchant marine be armed at once
*'so that they could effectively de-
fend themselves as they did during
the World war." It informed the
government in a special com-
munique that must answer at once
before the French seamen if it se-
riously intended to protect them
ir2ip attack. ——
The Rote terminated: "We say
squarely that our comrades have
had enough, exposed every day to
the barbaric acts of pirates known
or unknown, and will manifest our
feeling shortly by refusing to take
any ships to sea, unless some ac-
tion is taken to protect ships sailing
in the danger zones. This is the
last warning we will give. The next
time we will take action ourselves."
Seamen have formerly protested
against the fact, which they say
.they can prove, that orders have
been given to all anti-aircraft bat-
teries and all shfps to fire only warn-
ing blanks on pirate craft which is
believed to be on an attacking mis-
sion. They insist that the pirates
must know this fact and have there-
fore beconiR daring again in the
Mediterranean!^
y Seamen openly affirm that they
expect an increase in attacks short-
ly, following the proclamation by
nationalists of a blockade on Medi-
terranean Spanish cities.
Legend a* to Ghost!y
Herd of Buffalo !s Upset
Austin, Texas.—Research work-
ers for the Texas game, fish and
oyster commission have discovered
a record of "ghost buffalo herd"
that 40 years ago created a wide in-
terest among central Texas
sportsmen.
Wild buffalo had disappeared
from Texas several years earlier
because of the depredations of pro-
fessional killers. Then in 1894 a
sports magazine reported that "40
or 50" buffalo still roamed the wild
area of Val Verde county along the
Rio Grande. As the story circu-
lated, the herd grew figuratively
larger.
An expedition to hunt the "last
herd" was found at San Antonio.
Then came word that the herd had
crossed the Rio Grande into Mexi-
co. The buffalo hunters grew suspi-
cious and finally disbanded.
H. P. Attwater, well-known nat-
uralist of tha day, checked on the
legendary herd. He concluded that
the buffalo were a myth.
Kansas Dogs Are Sissies;
Hunters Cannot Explain
Dodge City, Kan.—Something had
happened to Dodge City, once the
home of the best hunting dogs on
the prtirie and the scene of two or
three national coursing meets.
Either the dogs are victims of
easy living or a coyote isn't a thrill
any more.
More than 500 men and women
were on a coyote roundup the other
day. They were accompanied by
enough dogs, from coursing dogs to
the ordinary run, to round up all the
cyotes in the county.
When a coyote was flushed, the
dogs gave a few feeble steps, may-
be yelped once or twice, then
dropped back. The dog experts of
the community can't explain it.
One coyote was captured.
!N MEMORY OF
MRS FERRY BOUNDS
The death angel visited a happy
home in Tyler April 13th, and carried
from it a wonderful mother and wife.
Mrs. Perry Bounds, one who was
loved by all who knew her. Her life
was truly a bright and shining light,
because Christ lived in her life. She
had for a greater part of her life been
a Christian and worker for the Mas-
ter, always so wiiiing and anxious to
go and minister in her kina way to
those who were suffering or in sor-
row.
She will be greatly missed by her
relatives and friends, and to her grief
stricken husband and two daughters,
we can only repeat the words of the
Master, "Come Unto Me All Ye That us look to Him for rest and comfort,
Are Heavily Burdened. And 1 Will ! h"°"ing that if we keep our trus' in
Give You Rest " We know where to
Christ we shall meet her in that
A Friend.
great beyond.
find Doris; she lives on in that home j
that Jesus has prepared for His own, ;
and will be waiting for those dear i
loved ones she left in this world, j
We remember too, that Jesus said.
"He that believeth in Me though he Cakes next Saturday,
were dead, yet shall he live. So le^ ^j[) .,ppreciate your trade.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, April 22, 1938, newspaper, April 22, 1938; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214892/m1/2/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.