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MORNING EDIT/UN
of The
PAMPA DAIL1 NlSWS
PAMPA MORNING POST
Serving Pampa and Northeastern Panhandle
THE NEW PAMPA
Fastest Growfnp ?ity in Texas;
I <\^ tandle Or . d Wheat
VOL. 1, No. 153.
(AP) Features and Comics
PAMPA, GRAY COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 30, 1931.
(Full AP Li'ast'ii Wire)
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SPARKS INDICTED ON DRY LAKp
EAST TEXANS REFUSE TO ASK FOR* SPECIAL'SESS10N
CERF "TELLS DETAILS OF KIDNAPING AT CORSICANA TRIAL
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CALLED IN CASE
AT CORSICANA
made m deposits
CAPTORS BORROW TWO
DOLLARS FROM HIM
DURING EVENT
TWic/o^&UPcnrY
HOOVER TO HONOR PATRIOTS OF VALLEY FORGE
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CORSICANA, May 29. (fl1)—Robert
C'erf, kidnaped last December and
released in Dallas on payment of a
$15,000 ransom, today told the story
of the kidnaping at the trial of
Currie Caldwell for assault in dis-
guise, one of numerous charges fil-
ed against five men tor the abduc-
tion. A. P. Mays, defense attorney,
gave him a clcse cross examination;
but young Cert made no material
change in his testimony.
Several ether witnesses were
heard at the afternoon session. E.
B. White, filling station operator,
told of lending a typewriter to
Charles Russell, also under indict-
ment for the kidnaping. F. K.
Weaver, Waco banker, testified re-
garding deposits made by Caldwell.
S. E. Aker of. Dallas said he sold
the defendant and Jack Newland
of Waco an airplane. County At-
torney Cleo O.,Miller took- the stand
to tell of a purported statement by
Caldwell after his arrest. It wan
later admitted as evidence.
Threatens Crowd
Judge Hawkins Scarborough once
threatened to clear the court room
to end disturbances.
Cerf said he lived at the home of
his father, I. N. Cerf, a bank presi-
dent, and was 25 years old. He said
he knew Caldwell, Jimmie Nash,
and Oliver Clapp but did not know
Hassell. He said he had known
See WAS CAPTURED, Page 6
Pi FAIL TO
PRELIMINARY HEARING
IN DOUBLE MURDER
ON SECOND DAY
LOS ANOELES, May 29. (tf) —
Two witnesses would not identify
David Clark, candidate for judge,
us the man closeted with the weal-
thy politician, Charles Crawford,
and Herbert Spencer, magazine edi-
tor Just before they were fatally
shot last week in Hollywood for
some reason not yet established.
Testifying at Clark's preliminary
hearing on charges of murder, two
of Crawford's office employes, Lu-
cille Fisher, stenographer, and Ray
Radke, secretary, said the youthful
former deputy state prosecutor re-
sembled the man "very closely" in
several particulars, but he would not
identify the defendant outright.
Another unexpected development
was the changed story of George
Crawford, brother and body guard
of the slain politician, who with
Spencer had opposed Clark's mu-
nicipal judgeship candidacy.
Recalled to the stand, Crawford
said a man who emerged from an
automobile driven by a well dressed
woman near his brother's office
went across the street instead of
into the office before the shooting,
as he had told detectives after the
killings. He gave no explanation
of the revised testimony. His re-
turn to the stand had been asked
by defense counsel.
At each recess, the accused man
and his wife conversed rapidly and
frequently his face broke into a
smile, but to all questioners he made
the same answer: "I have nothing
to say."
Miss Fisher occupied the witness
stand through most of the second
day of the hearing. She told of
seeing a man, whom she could not
Identify as Clark, enter Crawford's
office. Later, she said, Spencer ar-
rived and the three talked together
for some minutes. Then there was
a "muffled noise—it sounded like an
explosion," she said.
She and Ray Radke, rushed into
the private office.
Spencer was staggering toward a
door and Crawford was clumped
half out of his chair. "Tlie man"
was gone.
Nearly every motorist is guilty
of occ&litonal violations of city and
state traffic statutes. Speeding is
(he most common, but the least
serious. Speed alone is not C'an*
gerous unless it is coupled with
excess, strain on old vehicles, or
poor ability. There are some ad-
vantages to speted, such as ability
to make and execute quick de-
cisions.
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Jack-in-the-Box
Pampa's paved alleyb are much
abused. Recently the Pampan saw
a deivery car whip out of the alley
at the postoffice corner and turn
sharply to the left. Cars were thick
and it was with much difficulty
that a serious accident was avoid-
ed. Left turns against traffic are
rightly prohibited by statute . . .
Double parking should either be
permitted or not permitted. Half-
way enforcement would be an an-
noyance. Since the practice has been
permitted here, it should be stopped
by warnings rather than immediate
fines.
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Furthermore, courtesies to out-
of-town shoppers should always
be extended. Pampa aspires to be
a north plains shopping center,
and' the many readers of this col-
umn should feel assured that they
will be treated kindly by local of-
ficers. Any infringement of this
> courtesy, if ealled to M e Pampan's
attention, will be : investigated.
The writer bellcvesHhat officers
and cltlseiu alike are eager to
extend what Is known far and
wide as a "Painpa welcome." It
it not too much to expect, of
cour>V\ thai visitors shall en-
deavor to note obvious traffic reg-
uutioiis and to observe them.
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Rent Is Tumbling
Local rentals are coming down.
Comlpetltion gets results that can
never be obtained any other way.
A general reduction of $10 a month
or more Is being started and wise
landlords will fall in line. General
conditions over the country Include
unemployment and salary reduc-
tions, both of which make more
reasonable rentals highly desirable.
'Pampa rents have been too high
and still are, in many Instances. The
level is above that of other cities of
smaller size—a condition which does
not make for contentment among
the small-salaried families.
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Coining of the new Denver rail-
road will bring to realisation the
slogan started by The NEWS
Z1-2 years ago—"Annex Pampa to
Texas." Judge Barwlse echoed this
ideal when he said Thursday that
his line would make Dallas, Fort
Worth, and Gulf ports readily ac-
cessible. The present distance to
the key cities is nearly 500 miles.
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How to Spell It
We wish writers would get togeth-
er on the spelling of autog-l-r-o.
That's the way we put it on the
Associated Press wires when Johnny
Miller stopped here, but the Ari-
zona scribes made it autog-y-r-o,
and a number of newspapers have
been wavering back and forth be-
tween the two spellings. The manu-
facturer makes it "1" and we are
going to insist on our original ver-
sion. The word is a-u-t-o-g-i-r-o.
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The right adventuresome Mr.
Richard Byrd must have felt en-
vious of that balloon scientist.
There is another world! to expo re
—that directly above us—and we
trust Dlek will do something soon
to enable Uncle Sam to claim it.
See COLUMN, Page 6
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CRUDE OUTPUT
PRESENT ENFORCEMENT
OF PRORATION HAS
BROKEN DOWN
to test suite power
TWICE ALLOWED YIELD
IS PRODUCED NOW
IN EAST TEXAS
This striking' layout shows present-day scenes at historic Valley Forge, where General Washington and
his rawed patroits suffered during the f«vere winter of 1777-78, chosen by President Hoover for his
Memorial Hay address this year. At the right are s0ine of the cannon on the old battlerield, with the
vision of the past rising above them as General Washington confers with General l.alayette. At the
left is Mr. Hoover as he appears befcre the microphones, and tlie stately Valley Forge Memorial
Chupel. Valley Forge is near Philadelphia.
i'alley Forge
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MEMORIAL DAY TALK
AT VALLEY FORGE
THIS MORNING
PHILADELPHIA, May 29. (/P) —
The president and Mrs. Hoover ar-
rived in Philadelphia at 5 p. m. EST
today for an overnight stay in this
city.
The presidential party was driv-
en to the Bellevue Straford hotel.
Tonight Mr. Hoover will be enter-
tained at dinner by the Union
League club after which he will be
presented by the league with a
portrait of himself. Mrs. Hoover
will be the dinner guest of the wives
of the board of directors of the
league and will then join the presi-
dent for the portrait presentation.
Tomorrow morning the president
will visit Valley Forge to deliver a
memorial day address and will be
back in Washington late In the aft-
ernoon.
A group of men and women, some
cf whom said they were striking
hosiery workers attempted a dem-
onstration upon the president's ar-
rival but they were ordered away
from the hotel before the president,
arrived. They carried placads on
long sticks. One ead: "Mr. Hoover,
we are Belgians. Why don't you
long sticks. One read: "Mr. Hoover,
er, where is your full dinner pail?"
Soul Mates In
Suicide Pact
SUITS FILED
DALLAS, May 29. (A3)—Thomas E.<5>
Davis, 28, ol' Verona, N. J., shot
himself to death at a hotel here ear-
ly today and Mrs. Fannie Ander-
son, 24, of Graham, shot herself
near the heart. She was in a hos-
pital tonight and doctors said she
might recover.
"He shot himself and then I
shot myself," she said as she was
being taken to the hospital. "We
loved each other."
Notes signed by both were found
in the hotel room. One asked that
they be burled together, "even
though it be in a pauper's grave."
Mrs. Anderson left one note ad-
dressed to "Guas," her husband,
who, she said, lives at Graham. It
asked him not to claim her body
but to let her be buried with Davis.
In another note Davis asked that
word be sent to his father, Warmer
T. Davis of Parksley, Va„ and his
sister, Mrs. J. w. Wand, Verona.
When officers and physicians
reached the room they found Davis
lying on the bed. Apparently he
had been killed Instantly. Mrs. An-
derson was in the hallway, sitting
in front of the elevator, with a
blanket thrown around her. Bullet
holes in the mattress of the bed in-
dicated that they had shot them-
selves while lying on it. They had
used the same pistol.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT REFUSES ,
RESIDENCE TO TEXAS GUlNAN
NIGHT CLUB HOSTESS AND GANG SPEfflfD NI0H$ IN
STEAMER COMPANY'S BUNK HOUSE; NOt
DOING RIGHT BY OUR LITTLE TEX
HAVRE, France, May 29. MP) —
Texas Guinan, sometimes called the
"Queen of Night Club Hostesses,"
and her troup of 80 Broadway girls,
tonight were unwilling guests of a
hotel customarily used for third
class emigrants.
Yielding to the impassioned plea
of Miss Guinan and her friends, the
head of the intelligence service of
(he commissariat allowed the New
York entertainer and her "gang"
to come ashore to spend the night
in the "bunk house" which the
French Une maintains.
Even Miss Oulnan herself admit-
tde there was nothing "ritzy" about
her present quarters when she land-
ed from the liner Paris. However,
the hostelry is clean and whole-
some.
Earlier French authorities had
refused to allow the troupe to land!
on the ground their working con-
tracts were not in order. This
brought a strong protest from Miss
Ouinan, who declared:
"I am an American citizen and I
have never been convicted of a
crime. There is no scandal about
me and my passport is O. K."
She and her dancers went to bed
at the early hour of 9 p. m., worn
out by the day's controversy. J
"I don't think It's a bit fair," she!
See FRENCH, afe « I
Legion Men Have
Dance at Schneider
Stines American Legion orchestra
furnished music for the Forty and
Eight ball at the Schneider hotel
last night. The dance was si>on8or-
ed by members of locale voiture 953
and was attended by voiture mem-
bers nnd their friends.
A large crowd enjoyed dancing
until midnight.
Infant Daughter
Dies in Hospital
.Reta Janell Cummings, 14 month
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. R
Cummings, residing In the Talley
addition, died In a local hospital last
night at 8 o'clock. Funeral services
will be preached at 3 o'clock this
afternoon in the chapel of the
Stephenson mortuary with the Rev.
Tom W. Brabham, pastor of the
First Methodist church, officiating.
The child had been ill only a short
time.
PRORATION VIOLATIONS
ARE CHARGED BY
STATE BODY
Petitions alleging consistent vio-
lation of the Texas Railroad Com-
mission's proration orders and ask-
ing for a fine of $1,000 a day have
been filed here in the district court
by James V. Allred, atternoy gen-
eral, against the British American
Oil Producing company and the H.
F. Wilcox Oil and Gas company.
In the petition against the Brit-
ish American Oil Producing com-
pany the field rules for the Pan-
handle district are set forth, show-
ing the allowable production of oil
for Gray, CarSon, Hutchln^in,
Moore, Potter and Wheeler as pro-
rated by the order of the Texas
Railroad Commission. The petition
against the H. F. Wilcox Oil and
Oas company Is not available in
the district clerk's office.
The attorney general alleges in
the petition that the violations of
the British American company have
taken place on the Smith lease, lo-
cated in the cast one-half of the
southwest one-fourth of section 138,
block 3, I&GN survey, and on the
Phillip's lease, located on the west
one-half of the east one-half of sec-
tion 127, block 3, I&ON survey.
The slate alleges that on each
day since Dec. lb, 1930, that the pro-
ration order has been violated on
the 8mlth lease and on each day
since Nov. 18, 1930, on the Philips
lease.
SMALL CHILD VICTIM
OF PNEUMONIA ATTACK
Last rites for Jane Lue Aklns,
2 years and 11 months-old, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Aklns,
were read at 3 o'clock yesterday aft-
ernoon at Malone Funeral chapel.
Rev. c. E. Lancaster read the ser-
vice. Burial took place in the Painpa
cemetery.
Jane Lu? died as a result of penu-
monla yesterday morning at a local
hospital.
TYLER, May 29. (/P)—The East
Texas advLsory committee of 11 do-
cllned today by unanimous vote to
ask Governor Uoss sterling1 to call |
a special session of the legislature I
for enactment of a new oil proration |
law, recommended thut the reiUroail.
commission lift the East Texas nl- i
lowablo lroini lfiO.OOO barrels daily \
to a figure between and i
200,000, and passed a series of res- ]
olutlons addressed to Hie contutfo-1,
sion. Tire action t • >.'• it a atormv !
session 'isting tl • •. "'.o-.: tlu day.
The r 'ii(ii'S) .• .id: ,
"Resol ... ill we. the tXJ.it T. -,
as advisoty com., at I fee of it, in i;e -
sion at Tyler, Texas, Mpy 29, 1931.
I'ecommend the following to thf|
railroad commission of Texas; v'
"That the dally allowable ®-odljc-
tion in the East Texas fMds fee
raised from ''iO.OOO b*trreygdal! v
the present figiuv-'-ttt'ji 'JlftlQ from
i7&iOQ0\, to iOfyftbO "*Sa*r l.s 'ivily
withiir the discretion of com-
mission. Such increase ve rccom-
inent be distributed equally between
the Lathrop. Kilgore, and Joiner
pools.
"Resolved, Thut It Is the concen-
sus of opinion of this meeting ot
the committee that as presently en-
forced—and without any criticism of
the personnel of the commission or
umpires—proration in East Texas
has broken down.
"The committee concludes that
funds should be made available for
the enforcement of conservation
and common purchase phases of
the existing laws.
"Tlie committee also concludes
that the existing- situation may be
helped:
"(a. By an Immediate testing of
the present powers of the railroad
commission by pressing to speedy
conclusion pending litigation.
"(b) It is also concluded that the
present injunctive delays may be
prevented by additional legislation
which might also provide for more
drastic penalties against violators
during the pendency of such injunc-
tive litigation.
"We further recommend that the
chairman of this committee, secre-
tary, and George D. Sears be named
as a committee to present to the
railroad commission facts with rela-
tion to the present condition of the
East Texas oil fields as reported to
this meeting, said facts to be sub-
stantially based on tlvj following:
"The number of producing wells
Sec REQUEST, Page G
Old Tack
Provides Rain
For Panhandle
AMARILLO, May 29. (.4')—Last
Monday night the Tactless Tex-
an, Amarlllo News-Globe col-
umnist and self- s'.yled weather
prophet, was a guest at the an-
nual chamber of commerce ban-
quet at Panhandle. He made a
speech.
"I understand you need rain
to save the wheat," he said. "I'll
see that you get it within a
week. I've never failed yet."
At that time it was clear, and
the weatherman said no rain was
In sight.
This afternoon I. 8. Mullins,
president of the Panhandle
Chamber of Commerce, called
the News-Globe office.
"Is Tack there?" he demanded.
"The people here want him to
stop this rain, We've had over
two inches this afternoon al-
ready. nnr! it's still coming
down."
Tuesday night. Panhandle got
a tenth of an inch of rain, and
Thursday night it rained an
inch.
Two weeks ago the Tactless
Texan provided ;t«ta the
tte farmers within
three days after the chariber of
comtmerce banquet there.
FEDERAL JURY
EX-COUNTY ATTORNEY
OF POTTER MADE
DEFENDANT
DEATH COUNT
CONVICTED BY JURY
ON FIRST DEGREE
MURDER CHARGE
MINEOLA, N. Y., May 29. f/P)—
With a sneer 19-year-old Francis
Crowley today heard a Jury convict
him of murder In the first degree
for the slaying of a Long Island
policeman— a verdict which carries
the deuth penalty.
Then as he was about to be led
from the courtroom, the 103-pound
desperado, handcuffed by one wrist
to a deputy sheriff, made a sudden
lunge which police interpreted as
an attempt to obtain the officer's
pistol. The courtroom was thrown
Into turmoil.
A policeman's fist felled Crowley,
officers and court attendants rush-
ed forward, and women screamed.
Crowley, on his feet again in a
moment, soon was the center of a
whirling crowd of police. Screaming
with rage he battled the officers,
was knocked to the floor again, and
finally, battered and bruised, was
pinned down with several officers
upon him.
Dragged to hit feet and surround-
ed by policemen he was hustled to a
side room where he said he merely
had made a quick move to kiss his
foster-mother.
WAR VETERANS TO PAY
TRIBUTE TO DEAD
TOMORROW
Memorial day in Pampa will be
observed Sunday with Kerley-
Crossman post of the American Le-
gion taking the lead. Veterans of
Foreign Wars, World War veterans,
and citizens will Join In a scrvice
at the First Baptist church at 11
o'clock tomorrow morning. Rev. C.
E. Lancaster, pastor of the church
and chaplain of the local Legion
post, will preach the service.
Following services, Legionnaires
will march tcf Fairview cemetery
where flowers will be placed and
a salute fired over the graves of
veterans. J. W. Murphy, chef de
gare of the local voiture, 40 and 8,
will have charage ot the color bear-
ers und the firing squad.
Citizens of Pampa are asked to
honor the Hag as it passes by re-
moving their hats and standing at
attention.
The dead who will be honored to-
morrow and the branch of the serv-
ice they belonged to follow: Wil-
liam J. Reid, navy; Albert E. Cross-
man, army; Jess A. Cllft, navy; Al-
bert Hammett, quarter masters
corps; George /# Soward, army, and
Oscar Smith, army.
conspmis alleged
TWENTY-TWO MEN ARE
INDICTED FOR DRY
LAW VIOLATION
AMARILLO, May 89. I*WCon-
spiracy to violate ii><-. itiUowl
prohibition set was charged „
against William Leo Sparks, for-
mer l'otter county attorney, soft ,
22 other alleged members of ft
liquor ring, In a federal grand
Jury indictment.
The d«fcndoiVci were charged w{th
^onrtderatlng tfl enrage In Illicit
liquor traffic In Amarlll and Pot-
ter and Randall counties. i
Activities of the ring were alleged
to have been continuous from. Jan. (
1, 1928, to the time the lniUotSwnt
was filed.
Sparks was freed on $3,500 bond.
Similar bond was set for another
former Potter county official whtt
was being sought by officers.
Six other men had been arrestM
on the indictment tonight. They
were Lee Crawfoid, Clarence A.
WUmertvtg. _Frv.nl, W. Hayes, Weal
Cobb, Horace T. Whlttlngtorl, and
Beauchamp Pottinger.
The other 10 men had not been
arrested.
Three of the men indicted are
serving Jail sentences for recent
convictions on liquor charges. Cobb
and Whlttlngton are serving 18
months each in Leavenworth peni-
tentiary for liquor possession and
trarci} rtaticm. Pottinger, found
guilty two weeks ago of possession
and transportation of liquor, is
serving a 60-day jail sentence here.
All bonds, with the exception of
Sparks,' were set at $2,000. Craw-
ford, Willmering, and Hayes were
released after making bail.
Sparks served two terms as coun-
ty attorney, and wus an unsuccess-
ful candidate at the last election
for the office of district attorney.
Special agents of the bureali of
prohibition, department of Justice
came here from Kansas City to
conduct the probe.
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Eight Boy Scouts
Get Merit Badges
Eight Pampa Boy Scouts were
awarded 28 merit badges at a Court
of Honor in the Central Baptist
church. Tlie court was In charge
of Rev. A. A. Hyde, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, assisted
by C. A. Clarke of Panhandle, ex-
ecutive of the Adobe Walls counkil,
and troop committeemen.
Scouts gave laws and oaths and
sung Scout songs during the cere-
mony.
The boys honored and the merit
badges presented were as follows
Edward Scott, animal Industry,
first aid to animals, pathflnding,
firemanshlp, and personal health;
Wllks Chapman, camping, reptile
study, pathflnding, cooking, fire-
manshlp; Burton Doucette, camp-
ing, pathflnding. bird study, and
physical development; Otto Rice Jr..
animal industry, first aid to ani-
mals, pathflnding, firemanshlp
Leon Robinson, firemanshlp, per-
sonal health and public health;
Buck Mundy, pathflnding, fireman-
shlp, and personal health; Oeorge
Lane, pathflnding and firemanshlp
Alvln Denebeim, firemanshlp.
John Plank Franklin Baer, and
J. Q. McConnell were advanced to
second class scouts and Robert Tal
ley to first class scouts.
Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Gaylor and
Miss Mary Oaylor returned yester-
day from a vacation trip to Okla-
homa City, Tulsa, Bristow, and oth-
er points. Mr. Oaylor Is assistant
postmaster.
C. A. Clarke of Panhandle was
here yesterday.
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MOBEETIE WANTS ROAD
THROUGH THERE TO
WATONGA, OKLA.
More than 3,000 persons gathered
on the banks of the Canadian river
between Thomas and Watonga,
Okla., yesterday for a barbecue
dinner and discussion of a short
road between Tulsa, Okla., Pampa,
and points west. Among the gath-
ering were hundreds of Indians.
F. P. Reld, veteran road organ-
izer, and Otto Rice Sr., represented
Pampa at the gathering. Mr. Reld
also carried letters from Mobeetie
asking that the road be changed
to pass through Mobeetie.
Sam Hawks, chairman of the
Oklahoma Highway Commission,
was the chief speaker at the meet-
ing. He said that he was for the
road and believed that It would be
put through. He also stated that
every mile of the road built in east-
ern Oklahoma, the western portion
of the state should get the same
distance.
It was first proposed to route (he
road, Oklahoma highway 33, west
from Watonga to Canadian and
then into Pampa, but after study-
ing the route it was almost decided
that the road should be built from
Watonga to Cheyenne, Okla., and
thence through Mobeetie to Pampft
and follow highways west.
Because of terrific rains, Mr. Reld
and Mr. Rice did not arrive In
Pampa until late yesterday after-
noon.
™1 WEATHER
WEST TEXAB: Cloudy, thunder*
showers in north and east
Saturday; 8unday cloudy,
showers in southeast porttaa;'
er in north portion.
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