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FORTY SECOND YEAR—No. 248 BROWNSVILLE. TEXAS, SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1934 TWENTY PAGES TODAY 6c A COPY.
I IN OUR '
[VALLEY
WELL. THE MANAGER OF THE
Brownsville Chamber of Commerce
and “In Our Valley" spent Friday
in Raymondville—
Attending the annual Onion
Fiesta.
And we feel qualified to remark
that—
“A good time was had by all.”
Saw so many Brownsville folk
on the streets It seemed almost like
home—
What with A B Cole, Judge Sea
bury, Junie Cobolini. S«m Bell,
Henry Bell. Ed Rendall. Judge Bill
West, and goodness knows how
many more we missed—
Thronging the streets.
Brownsville was represented in
the parade by Miss Sonia Kowalski
and Misses Dorothy Rotan and Mar
cille Strein—
And many the bursts of applause
the young ladies received.
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DISAPPOINTED IN ONLY ONE
respect were we. that of all the
daily newspapers in the Valley. The
Brownsville Herald should be the
only one represented during the
day's festivities.
Surely if this newspaper could
spare two from its editorial depart
ment to cover this important cele
bration. our triends the enemv could
have turned at least one cub re
porter loose for the day to bring to
their readers the reports of Willacy
county’s prosperity celebration.
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YOU NEVER SAW AS BUSY A
main street in all your life—
As was the “drag" In Raymond
«iUe immediately preceding and
^ mediately following—
The big parade.
That man Bushnell. chief ramrod
of the festival—
Drove that delivery truck of his
around the city in a manner that
would bring chills to the average
New York taxi driver
Howard Craig, boots and six
shooter and everything—
Lent Just the proper spice of the
old West to the occasion.
While Lamar Gill must have gone
home with a sprained hand—
So many friends' hands did he
grasp during the course of a busy
day.
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ONIONS OF COURSE WERE
everywhere in sight. And .>peaking
of these said onions, while their
quality may be a little under par
this year, it appears that those of
other sections are under par and
then some. n
Good friend E W Archer of Ly
ford phones as that a letter from a
shipper friend in the Laredo section
gives him the following informa
tion:
First three cars of onions which
moved from Laredo on Wednesday
were Yellows, very ordinary quality,
and brought $110:
Some very good quality onions
will be moving fgrom Laredo during
this week, and most of the grow
ers are asking $150 lor Yellows
and $2 00 for Wax.
• The crop around thte Laredo sec
tion looks very good.
'•TlK* section around Costal City,
Asherton and Carriao Springs Is very
poor, being lousy with thno and
the Corpus Christi onions of the
late crop, which will start in May,
seem to be in excellent condition."
Muller & Slaughter, seed men who
•re well known in the Lyford-Ray
mondviUe section, were the source
of the mfomiation furnish'd us by
Mr. Archer.
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F. E BULLOCK THAI INDE
fatiguable somebody who keeps the
circulation of The Brownsville Her
aid more than 50 per cent higher
than that of the claimed ci-culation
oi any other Valley daily—
Tells us this—
. That on Januaiy 1. 1934. the total
PAID circulation m Hidalgo County
to ThP Brownsville Herald was 2.139
And -
That on March 30. 1934. the total
PAID Hidalgo county circulation of
The Brownsville Herald was—
2,641.
This gain of over 23 per cent In
circulation in Hidalgo county en
titles Mr. Bullock to some kind of
a medal—
And entitles the Hidalgo county
readers of The Herald to the best
possible newspaper—
Just the kind *c are going to
gpminue to give them.
\For—
The Brownsville Herald is THE
VALLEY newspaper.
And a circulation of 50 per cent
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Valley Pilot Held When Crash Injures 5
FLYING WHILE
INTOXICATED
COUNT FILED
.—
Four in Plane and Boy
Spectator Hurt At
Raymond ville
RAYMONDVILLE April 7—F H
(Slats) Rogers, well-known Valley
pilot, was held In jail here Satur
day night on a charge of operating
an airplane while intoxicated as a
result of an accident here Satur
day afternoon In which Rogers, his
three passengers and a 12-year-old
spectator. Richard Morris, were in
jured.
One Hurt Seriously
Rogers passengers, Claude Moran.
John Butter and Sam Emerson, all
received cuts and bruises and Butler
was the only injured person whose
injuries were believed serious Sev
eral dislocated ribs caused him to
experience great, difficulty in bieath
ing Rogers received a deep gash
over his left eye and young Morris
received cuts and bruises.
Spectators said Rogers barely
missed a large crowd that was
watching commercial airplanes carry
passengers. He landed close to a
barbed wire fence and attempted to
give his plane the “Run" to clear
the obstacle but the left wing caught
and swung the plane around and
into an automobile parked just be
yond the fence.
Young Morris, son of Mrs. W C.
Clark, was standing near the auto
and. observers said, the wing struck
him and knocked him into ifce
fence.
Cheek On License
Charges of operating an airplauu
while intoxicated were tiled before
Justice ot the Peace P D Uw>
by Constable James Goolsby. Au
thorities announced they had asaeu
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$125,000 IS
DUE FOR FED
Relief Commission to Furnish
Grain For Work Stock
BARROW SHOOTS THEM DOWN WITHOUT SPORTING
CHANCE TO WRITE SOUTH’S BLOODIEST HISTORY
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DALLAS. April 7. —A*)—Smokr
belching from spitting machine
guns manned by Clyde Barrow —
one of the nation's “hottest" out
law*—is writing the bloodiest
criminal history of the southwest.
Ruthless slayings continue un
abated. Peace officers and an in
furiated citixenry alike are ke>ed
to a frothing frenxy against the
iiu.iageous escapades of the slight.
24-year-old gunman.
He shoots them down without
a sporting chance. And then, eel
like. slips through the lightest
dragnets to elude pursuers. A
thousand trigger fingers “itch”
for a shot at the youthful killer.
But Clyde Barrow and his two
consorts in crime. Raymond Ham
ilton and Bonnie Parker, remain
untouched.
They cockily assert they are
“too smart to be c aught."
Barrow's very existence binges
on two thing*—a “beat to the
draw" and death-defying auto
mobile driving. He laughs at
victims. It seemingly ia just a big
death, both for himself and his
“picnic” for him.
Friday morning two empty
handed officers approached his
automobile mired in an Oklahoma
mudhole. Machine gun bullets
whixzed. One officer fell dead.
The other wiped blood from head
wounds. He was shoved into the
car for a wild ride that terminal
.ed 14 hoars later in his release.
Barrow was "sorry" he killed
the officer. But he Jokingly re
ferred to the merciless slaying
throughout the afternoon.
It was a repetition of another
typical Barrow massacre that oc
curred only a few days before on
a Texaa side-road. Two state
highway patrolmen approached
the Barrow car on motorcycles.
They did not draw their guns.
They toppled off their machines
under rattling machine gun tire
Just a few feet from the killer's
car.
Hamilton, lieutenant of the
I small Barrow "army.” is a chance
taking driver. He once mused to
jail officer* that he “would just
aa soon get killed in an automo
bile wreck aa any other way." Hit
control at the wheel is said to be
! perfect.
Since Barrow started his splurge
! of crime aa a petty junk-yard
thief some nine years ago, his
career has been blood-stained
with the killings of nine officers.
Authorities ‘‘hang’1 that many on
him.
His crimes stretch over Texas.
Oklahoma. Arkansas. Louisiana
Missouri. Kansas. Iowa and other
states. This dark blond, blue
eyed. 130-pound youth, who stands
only five feet seven inches tall, is
1
said to have been born In Dallas
in 1910.
They say he attended the West
Dallas funeral of his brother,
Ivan or “Buck'*, killed in an Iowa
gun-fight with officer*, disguised
as an aged, gray-haired woman,
wearing a sun bonnet—and got
away with it.
His mother and father stoutly
maintain “Clyde is a good boy
being persecuted by officer* and
la not guilty of all these crimes.”
The part Bonnie Parker plays
in the fugitive life of thr gang is
not clearly known, Shr supposedly
is always ‘in” on the acta. She
merely denies she is a cigar
smoker—«a advertised.
SCHOOL HEADS
ARE NAMED AT
VALLEYPOLLS
Keen Interest Shown
By Voting In
Hidalgo
Dr. O. V. Lawrence and Drew
Patteson. unopposed incumbents,
were returned to the board of the
Brownsville Independent School
District in an election held here
Saturday at the Washington Park
school.
Each obtained 207 votes, the to
tal number of votes cast in the elec
tion.
Dr Lawrence has been long a
member of the school board while
Patteson was recently named to
take the position caused by the
resignation of I. A. Dudley. Both
are to serve three-year terms.
M'ALLEN ELECTS
THREE TRUSTEES
McALLEN. April 7.—The follow
ing vote was cast at the school board
election here Saturday. ih» three
highest being elected;
Dean. 511; Glendenmng. 501,
Guerra. 315; McCrill (incumbent)
235; Mannmg. 212.
A total of 638 votes was cast.
EDINBURG CASTS
SMALL VOTE
EDINBURG. April 7.—Pollcwmg
are the votes cast in the school
district election here Saturday, the
first three being elected:
Haven. 614; Perez 533; Cavazos
464; LeFevre 374.
The total vote was 766
OLD GUARD WINS
AT DONNA
DONNA. April 7.—Candidates
(Continued on Page Pourutn)
Auto Workers
Vote Strike
MILWAUKEE. Wis., April 7. <*»*—
Employes of the Seaman Body cor
poration late Saturday joined em
ployes of the Nash Motor Co., in a
vote to continue strikes at the
three plant* of the companies.
In Kenosha Nash workers voted
by acclamation to reject compro
mise proposals advanced by the Na
tional Automotive Labor tribunal.
Several hours later Seaman work
ers here voted 740 to 85 to carry on
the fight for higher wages and oth
er concessions.
Liquor Seized
EDINBURG. April 7.—Charged
with smuggling, three men were
being held in jail here Saturday
night following a preliminary hear
ing before U. S. Comair. H. V.
Watts, after bail had been set at
$500 and not been made.
The three. Antonio Sanchez. Eu
temio Hernandez, and Anastacio
Hernandez, were arrested near
Pharr Saturday afternoon anc 75
bottles of liquor confiscated.
Arresting officers were Customs
Insp. Paul White and Paul Sheri
dan and U. S Dep Marshall <3co.
Dillard.
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Mistaken
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SWAMPSCOTT. Mass. April 7.
t/P>—Now how was a lonesome
Texas coyote supposed iO know
that the folks In this New Eng
land seacoast town couldn't lell
a coyote Iran a wolf?
Because two policemen couldn’t,
or at least, didn't. Arthur C. Uek
man’s pet coyote was dead Satur
day-shot when he set up a
prairie howl under a street ight
Friday night. Liekman is from
San Juan Tex., and was visiting
here.
CITRUS GROUP
MEETS MONDAY
Further Step* to Be Taken
In Plan* for National
Aivertising Drive
(Special to The Herald*
WESLACO. April 7. — Further
action toward final adoption of
shipper contracts to collect and
turn in a tax of two cents a box on
citrus fruit handled during the
1934-35 season to finance an ex
tensive advertising campaign for
Valley fruit is expected at a meet
I ing of the citrus committee here
Monday afternoon
The meeting will be held at the
Cortez hotel, with Jack Keete, pres
ident of the Texas Citrus ShiDpers
Association, in charge.
Tentative approval has been
given a plan to raise approximately
$80,000 through a tax to finance an
advertising campaign during the
coming season.
Keefe said that a general meeting
i of the citrus association will be
held later in the week.
In order to further inform Valley
people on the matter leading citrus
men are to make radio talks dur
ing the coming week. Frank Hall
cf Mercedes will speak at 7 p. m.
Monday over station KRGV of
Weslaco, and C. D. Kirk of San
i Benito will be heard at the same
hour Wednesday evening.
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Scorching Letters
Sent in Vet Veto
WASHINGTON. April 7. -P—
Whether he voted for or against
overriding Pres. Roosevelt’s veto of
the veterans liberalizations, virtual
ly every member of congress is re
ceiving scorching letters from his
constituents.
With the coming congressional
elections the members m doubly
worried. Everything hasn’t worked
out as they had plamvd Demo
crats who voted to override »he veto
are being criticized by the folks back
hare lor not supporting the presi
dent. Those who voted to sustain
the president are being as jailer, by
veterans for not voting to override
the veto.
Five Rescued From
Drifting Ice Floe
MOSCOW. April 7. op—Russian
aviators Saturday rescued five mem
bers of a group of 88 who have been
adrift since Feb. 15 on the Aictic
ice-pack off Siberia.
The fliers Kamanin and Molo
koff hopped to the floating ice camp
of the castaways from Cape Van
Karem. Siberia, and returned to
the latter place with those believed
the weakest of the party.
CHISELERS TO
FEEL STING OF
COURTACTION
Legal Enforcement
Uncertainty Is
Ended
WASHINGTON. April 7. —(A>»—
A general onslaught of court action
against NR A code •chiselers" was
ordered Saturday by Hugh S John
son.
"The time has come." said NRA's
administrator in letters to all
code authorities and field repre
sentatives. "when uncertainty as to
enforcement by legal proceedings
must end.
Action in Ten Days
We must now proceed on the
basis that one who is violating his
code and who is not ready and
anxious to comply and make resti
tution when informed of his non
compliance. must be brought swiftly
: and surely before the enforcement
agencies of government.”
To suit action to the word. John
j son ordered that:
Ten days hence, state compli
i ance directors will begin handing
(Continued on Page Fourteen*
FIESTA RODEO
AWARDS MADE
Wars Over
.
(Special to The Heiald'
SAN BENITO, April 7.—When a
wars over the job is finished and
there is nothing to do extent go
home.
At least that is what Ben Smol
ling thought when the Spanish -
American war ended. He and some
of his companions did not wait
to be mustered out but went
straight home.
When Smolllng. for several years
a resident of Sar. Benito, was sub
ject of govrenxr.ent injuries re
cently he had visions of trouble
Instead he was taken to Houston
given an honorable discharge and
$1,850. He may receive other bene
fits later.
MUSIC PUPILS
RANKED HIGH
—
Valley Student* Take Many
Places at Kingsville
District Meet
(Special to The Herald*
KINGSVILLE April 7—8tudents
of Valley high schools rank among
the best In South Texas. It was.
shown here Saturday in the district
j music meet.
Weslaco won third place in total
points In the class A meet and Rio
Hondo placed third in total points !
in Class B events.
Corpus Christ! placed first in
Class A events and Kingsville
placed second: and Smton placed
first and Robstown second in class
j B events.
In individual events. Weslaco
placed first in class A concert
bands, trombone solo, clarinet solo
and tuba solo; second in piano solo
and saxophone solo: and third in
clarinet solo and flute solo
Mission placed first in the fol
lowing events: contralto solo and
comet solo: and placed second in
concert B bands
Pharr-San Juan-Alamo placed
first in comet solo: second in piano
solo, trombone solo and clarinet I
solo; and third in violin solo, male
quartet, girls' sextette, boys' glee i
club and saxophone solo.
San Benito placed second in first- j
year bands.
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Negro Held
In Slaying
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CROCKETT. Apnl 7. (AV-Frank
Frisby. 37. negro, was lodged in .tail
here Saturday night on a murder
charge after the shooting Saturday
of Jim Ellis. 40. white man and fill
ing station owner of Crockett.
A crowd of curious persons mill
ed about the jail for a time but fi
nally dispersed and officers said
they did not look for any further
demonstration.
Police Here Help
In Barrow Reward
Brownsville officers are contrib
uting toward the reward being of
fered for the capture of Clyde Bar
row The donations are in line with
a state-wide movement among
peace officers.
CHLOROFORM
POURED OVER
THREEASLEEP
Man, Wife, Baby At
McAllen Victim*
Of Attack
• Special to The Herald)
McALLEN. April 7—A mysterious
assailant who poured chloroform
over the sleeping forms of a McAl
len man, his wife and 28-day-old
baby here early Saturday morning
was sought Saturday by Hidalgo
officers.
The victims were Mr. and Mrs.
C. N. Hale and baby
The intruder was frightened away
when Mrs Hale partially regained
consciousness from an over-appli
cation of chloroform and called
her husband She aroused her hus
band with dilfieulty as he was in a
semi-stupor from effects of the
anaesthetic, which was poured over
the bed clothes.
Baby Finally Revived
The frantic parents worked over
five hours over their baby before it
revived.
As they turned on the house
lights, a car was driven rapidly
away from a parked position in
• Continued on Page Fourteen)
Home
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Approximately $125,000 la expect
ed to be allotted by the Texas Relief
commisisori to furnish feed for work
stock in the Valley during the next
90 days, it was learned Saturday by
The Brownsville Herald.
R. C. Craft, field supervisor of the
commlsison now is in the Valley
making a survey ot the needs ol
farir.«r^ of this section to care tor
their work stock until another crop
of feed is harvested, but -elused
to make any statement for publica
tion.
It was learned, however, that ap
proximately $60,000 is being consid
ered at the proper sun; co allocate
for this purpose to farmers ot Cam
eron county, with Hidalgo county
drawing approximately $50 000. and
Willacy and Starr counti?s aiound
$15,000 between them.
Estimates are that m the neigh
borhood of 7.250 work animal* will
be cared lor under the allotment be
ing considered, and that *17.;j£» will
be considered a sufficient sum to
furnish feed lor the next 90 days
at current prices.
Bullet Fired
At City Head
KANSAS CITY April 7. ./Pi
City Manager H F. Me Elroy, target
for much criticism during the re
cent city election campaign, re
ported that a bullet was fired
through the from window ol his
residence Saturday night as he sat
m the room with his daughter,
Mary. No one was hit.
The bullet, identified as that of
a rifle, passed through the window
pane and shade and across the Ly
ing room to the dining room where it
struck a table and fell to the floor.
Removal of Sign
Blamed For Wreck
HOUSTON. April 7. P-Unau
thorized removal of a warning sign
from the "L” turn on West 19th Ave.
near White Oak Bayou was blamed
Saturday by County Commissioner
Ben Remicke lor the automobile ac
cident in which New-ton Bcvil of
Galveston. 22-year-old University of
Texas student, was killed Friday
night.
Bevil was en route to Galveston
from Austin with Boo roor. bs, 24.
of Galveston, fellow student when
I the car. driven by Toombs, plu lged
I down a four loot embankment.
Bronc-Busters Gather From
Over Texas to Ride ’Em
At Raymondville
(Special to The Heraldi
RAYMONDVILLE, April 7.—Ex
! perienced riders of wall-eyed bron
chos. hardened veterans of iedown
roping contests, steer bulldozers
and even sadder but wiser milkers
like Gene Smith had a new one
pulled on them at the rodeos here
during the onion fiesta.
It was a belling contest.
Rodeo authorities understand that
belling calves has been added to tht
list of events at a big rodeo to be
staged in England and sincj some
of the boys may go over and per
form before 'cr royal majesty, the
Queen of England, as well as before
(Continued on Page Fourteen*
Celaya Will Drop
Watch From Plane
Rep. Augustine Celaya will drop
a Gothic Jarproof watch from an
airplane flying at a heigh of l OuO
I feet at the Pan-American airport
at 3:30 Sunday afternoon.
The stunt is being staged by
Dorfman’s Jewelry store to prose
that these watches can stand ex
traordinary rough treatment. Com
petent judges will inspect the watch
before and after it is dropped by the
state solon.
Les Mauldin, who will fly the
plane from which the watch is
dropped, will give an exhibition of
stunt flying.
• Special to The Herald >
MERCEDES. April 7.—Work of
the Valley branch of the Home Own
ers’ Loan corporation is proceeding
and loans are being handled as
rapidly as possible. G. C. Breeding,
manager, stated Saturday.
All files on Valley cases have not
been received from the San Antotlo
office, but are expected here by
Monday or Tuesday Breeding stat
ed.
Arrival of this additional data on
Valley loan applications will *nable
the Valley branch to give attention
to the rapid closing of loans on
which committments have already
been made.
Candidates to Meet
HOUSTON. April 7. —All can
didates for governor have been in
vited to make brief address at the
state-wide Jefferson Day dinner tc
be held here next Friday, it was an
nounced Saturday by J. T. Scott fr.,
chairman of the program commitee
J. E Joey, publisher of the Hous
ton Post and chairman of the ad
visory committee for the dinner,
invited all Texas democrats to at
tend.
Killer Convicted
DENTON. April 7. 4»—Pet? Sands
was convicted and sentenced to 23
years’ imprisonment by a district
court jury Saturday for the slaying
of 3teve Sparks here last Decem
ber. He claimed self defense.
Sparks a few weeks iarlier haa
been held for the shooting of R O
Sands. Pete Sands’ brother, but th*
grand jury no-billed him.
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NATIONAL WHIRLIGIG-NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
Washington by George Durno — New York by Tames McMullin
WASHINGTON
By George Durao
BEFOGGED — A lot of politicians
are waiting to see how the president
reacts to that slapping-down con
gress gave him on the veterans'*
; federal pay veto.
Those three-line daily radio bul
letins from the ’Nourmahal” didn’t
give much more than nautical posi
tion and fishing luck on the pres
idential cruise There isn’t much
nourishment in 'em for the lads in
congress facing re-election this fall.
At the moment their chests are out
| at the expense of their stomachs.
Mr. Roosevelt was already at sea
when the senate voted 63 to 27 to
override his objection to the bill
restoring a large portion of veterans’
allowances and 10 per cent of fed
eral pay. In this respect he was
lucky. He couldn't be reached for a
statement on his defeat.
But he still was in Washington
when the house paved the wray with
plenty of votes to spare and his
lieutenants warned him most ac-1
curately what was coming in the
senate.
' Those who know him best say he |
left on his much-needed vacation
• •
kind o’ sore. Some are convinced the
president shoved off for Florida
waters feeling he should have kept
his fingers on the trigger here a few
days longer.
• • •
PROFIT—If these friends correctly
captured Mr.Roosevelt’s last words
as he left, there are quite apt to
be some fireworks when he returns.
Everyone knows the veterans
wanted that veto overridden and
all politicians know it’s easier to
count veterans votes than the In
tangible opposition. But Mr. Roose
velt might embarrass some of his
i
congressional opponents in this i
fight by pointing out what it meant I
financially to each man who voted
against the White House.
Members of congress get $10,000.
Less the 15 per cent pay cut, they
have been earning $8,500 for turn
ing out our legislation. Now that 15
per cent is restored as of Feb. 1,
and another 5 per cent on July 1,
each national legislator will draw
$708.33 1-3 more pay this year.
In addition to their devotion to
the veterans and the clerks, they
j had some slight interest in the
bill themselves.
WINNER? — There's no doubt the
heat was turned on to get all this
extra money into general circula
tion. The day of * the senate vote,
lor instance, the two telegraph
companies had their biggest busi
ness day locally since the World
War. All the additional telegram*
demanded Justice for the veterans
and the hard-pressed government
employes.
Something of a squabble Is on at
the moment to take major credit
for the administration defeat. The
Veterans of Foreign Wars are say
tContinued On Page Pour)
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AUTO DRIVERS
GET WARNING
FROM PHARES
Stop If Ordered Or
May Be Shot
By Cops
fOl.l MBl S, Km. April 7.
(AFi —Two Colirnbu* policemen
reported to Sheriff Dave Hutrii
plaugh Saturday night that a wo
man whom they positively iden
tified" from photograph* a* Bon
nie Parker companion of Clyde
Barron, and another nvtn had
been *een In a rale here about 9
o'clock. The officers Ralpn Mar
tin and John Cornell, could not
identify the companion.
EPRT SCOTT, Kas . April 7 '**»
One of the moot determined man
hunts in the southwest's history—
with federal and state authorities
cooperating—was pushed 3a*urday
night for Clyde Barrow, ruth lea*
Texas killer, who eluded capture
Friday after another slaying and
kidnaping.
Oklahoma On Lookout
The search for Barrow, his jun
woman sweetheart, Bonnie Park
er. and a lieutenant bellev«1 to be
either Raymond Hamilton or Henry
Methvin. escaped Texaa convicts,
turned southward into Oklahoma
Saturday afternoon.
Police broadcast a report that a
trio resembling the Barrow gang
was seen headed toward Guthrie
from Stillwater. Okla.. in a blue se
dan. Heavily armed state and fed
eral officers rushed to the Guthrie
area.
j Early Saturday Barrow and his
companions released Police Chief
Percy Boyd of Commerce. Okla,,
' near here, after holding him as a
hostage since Friday morning when
he was slightly wounded and kid
naped in an encounter In which Cal
: Campbell. Miami. Okla., ,-on.stabk,
was slain by machine gun fire.
Officers Dodged
Riding at break-neck speed over
side roads In the Oklahoma-Kan
sas-Missouri border section, the
outlaws successfully dodged cores
of officers and national guardsmen
after th eshootmg near Commerce.
Okla.
"Barrow and his companlors have
no fear of being captured,” Boyd
said. "They think they are too
smart to be caught."
But authorities were determined
to hunt down the 24-year-old gun
man. whose desperate career ha*
been blood-splotched with the kill
tr of nine officers.
Department of justice agents vere
acting upon orders from Atty. Gen.
Cummings "to utilize every re
source" to capture the outlaw and
his companions.
i After returning to Commerce,
j Okla.. Police Chief Boyd said Sat
' urday he was unable to identify
t Barrows male companion ns Ray
mond Hamilton, but believed he tal
I lied more with the description of
Henry Methvin. who was freed with
Hamilton from a Texas sta»e pris
on farm by Barrow recently.
May Return to Texas
L. G. Phare*, chief of the Texaa
highway patrol, expressed the opin
| ion that the fugitives would attempt
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Bean Price Pegged
At $1.75 to Grower
With the quality of Valley beam
rapidly improving, a price of SI TS
on beans grading 85 per cent or
better U. S. No. Is was «et at a
Joint meeting of growers' .ind shlp
i pens' stabilization committees here
Saturday afternoon.
With a considerable amount of
beans grading fro m70 to 85 per cent,
remaining unpicked, it was agreed
that beans of this class would be
handled at a price of $1 53 to the
grower.
These prices become effective at
once and will remain stationary
during the week, it was anr.ouncad.
With the quality of the crop lm
proging rapidly. It is expected thst
prices will advance within mother
week. The remaining crop t» report,
ed exceptionally light.
...
Disarmament Hopes
Renewed by France
LONDON. April 7. *P>-BritL h
disarmament hopes were buoyed
Saturday by the receipt of a French
note which is understood to lmpiy
that France now is willing to "talk
turkey" about an agreement envis
aging the controlled rearmament
of Germany.
While the French communication
. was not made public. It was learn
. ed that France recognizes the dis
armament ground is shifting and **
prepared to carry on discussion*
based on this new concept.
i Resignation of Aid
Board is Requested
t AUSTIN. April 7. -Resignation
of all members of the Travis county
1! relief board "in the interest of th*
i service.” was requested Saturday by
• Adam R Johnson, state relief ad
■ j mmistrator. The board member* re
I fused to resign. 1
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