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THE WEATHER Now Mexico—Portly cloudy to- night and Saturday, with widely sen Herod Ihundershowprs; IIMIe change In tempornl.ure. NEW MEXICO'S GREATEST NEWSPAPER THE WEATHER WfSt. Texas—Partly cloudy to* night nnd Saturday, probably scat- tered showers In the Rio Cfrantlt) valley. ** VOL. 11—NO. IDS CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939 PRICE FIVE 0 BRITAIN Parliament Hears ^Chamberlain in Hew Attitude LONDON, Aug. 4 </PI Parlia- ment adjcutrncd tuilny for u two- muni li viu-rilioii ndcr hearing Pi imp Minuter Chanih(?rlnin warn Japan Ihntl Grout Britain might find II nocpssfiry "in certain cir- cumstances" to send n floel to the far past. Tho prinic minislff, in one of the blunleSt declarations h<? has 3.51 Falls in An B •Hish-JnpnneSe dlffU'Ul- ma lie on lies, said h? hoped no one would think "it (ib.iuliitfly out of the question fiir stu'h circumstances to ah.w." Not a Threat "I do nutUay thin && u threat," hf adiifid, "f»ut only JIN a wurninj 1 ! " Chsinbei Iain's speech was made Si^iiiliKl tbe b.'.icKgU)UIiil of Ibe tews from Hijiy thut Japan's i low i ildhereuce (u the Koint'- Berllii axis waa under discussion by the Japanese ambassadors to the axis powers. The HouSe of Lords nnd tho House of (Commons jarljourned nnd will reconvene Oct. 3 unless un emergency should cui short the vacatlojn. '|Chamb(.»Afe»ln Indicated Britain earlier might have taken such ncftion HS he now said might b<> neWssary if It had not b^en for th<| critical situation in Europe which held the fleet at home. i Mutrt Conserve Forces ' Let us not forget thnt we hflvf grflvpr and nearer problems to Consider in the course of the next, few months," he declared. "nn<i wn must conserve our forces to meet any emergency that may ^Tif-m'T-""-;.—•wvw-Vf-S'f:-'! »J «9 f\ L J*BI* 119Mi!ln To Crops r OCCUPANTS ESCAPED when this mr lie I'rirn'e sin-cl. rullowinif l;is| nijL'lit's M.;")! --infli T!ii' underpays I'arried mure wntcr hist ni<jhl I'oHov.'i wns Iniilt se\-er;il years nu<>. llenvicr ffuii.s have f;il l-i-r tliroiis.'h tin 1 city ilum lust night's (tclu^r 1 . ryr'd in I'll which ennvcrled nu any previous I en in I i i lies past ' railroad underpass mi city streets into rivers, ruin sinci- the struct tin- but none sent nif»rc v.-.i- Fund Restored to Appropriations WASHINGTON, AUK. •» ( A J > A farm fund wns restored session's lust upnrupriution M sennte .subcommittee today m wed drive to ml join n <-on- i;i •••!•» iiimorrow ni^lil "III" iietion came tilnmsl slniul- liirieonsls with endorsement by President 1'iooseveli nf Xeriel'iry W.'ilL-ue's insistence Dial the 011111- e>. fm till' Commodity <.'ivilit Cor - position, be restored | ( , Hie third ..-> bill, I'ruin \vbii h it wa:i by the house. Confirmed Actfuri dittlHv (he full .i[,[,ro|.ria- mimllee \\ ;ix c;il|..,l tu i u/i- < VUlifOllilllll Ifi- ciitlltl be I lisbe.l I f<ii clelKtte H,i> •)i- Adams ' U-i'i.li a[>pi iiprlal ions chulrm;tu, to "go into detnil 1 Clovls wan drying out today following a thr«M> and a half inch "fln.sh" flood losf nlpm which converted Hfreets ami Nid<vwnlliH Into swirling rivers, stalled auto- mobiles and jimiiucd traffic, with "tliliil" waves Nwcepinff Into a few business concerns. The delude, which officially ini'ii.surctl 8.51 incheK' on the P. S. Weather IJureau Rnii'te n« Hurry Hardware; fell within un hour. Old-timer* ivere uimni- mniiN In declaring the cloudburst to he Ihe heaviest to fall here in such a short period of time In years. If It'll Witter Kern i-.1 Minis vv>;,- uf the opinion the U:I|.T b;ii| nei.-r banked su hijjh on duvvnl.A', n wheels. Water in First street ',s:i.». ,|,-,-|, en.jii^b lor ('duck ur;:m. nl ibe ( 'lir. i: Poiilti\ & :icl ion Su ,, I he Nell- i'.llenioull, >. acting declined regarding ' l K'.tr, i i<m(':ilM . In curbing alter lish|) ln-r ut ivsi.i.-nlial fi-Jl fl uln the r:,.!;- in ;i nurn- .Minis were Mother and Two Sma9l Sons Die e From Chicago Hotel *& Speaking in foreign affairs de- bate in the House of Commons, Chamberlain sold: "Sometimes I hoar members say. 'Why jdon't you do the same HJS United States does.' It is hardly necessary for me to point to the fundamental difference " between th« United Slates and Its isolation from Surope and this country. , Sees I.lrniUilioim •'Evert in the presence of those Insults and injuries which have been Inflicted upon British people Hi China by the Japanese we must remember there are limits to what we can do at this time to help uur people there. "At the present moment we have not got in the far east n fleet superior to I fiat of I IK- Japanese We have such a fleet hero. In certain circumstance's WP might find it necessary to send a fleet out there." (Britain normally maintains In far eastern svaters only her China squadron, which Includes no capi- tal ships nnd would be no match for the Japanese, the world's third strongest. Great Naval Bus« (Britain has, however, built a great naval base at Singapore, two or three days' H teaming from the China coast, capable of basing an 1 * repairing the largest battle- ships.) Would Cut Interests Rates of HOLC WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (/1V John H. %hey, chairman of the Federal flSrhe Loan J3an,k board, announced todayyTi y^ptlon in home owwwil^an eorjppraUon in- terest rates, frtijff 5 to <)fe per cent. Fahey said 'the cut was esti- mated to save borrowers from the coi-poratioii up to $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 ft. year. .A. The reduc,tjpn wlU.rfpply to nil borrowers , ! wHti moat?'their obliga- tions In nc'C'ord with their con- tracts, h.e sajd. --' ; It is to, ijecqme effective us soon us the necessa'ry detailed nrrange* rnents cnn/'be completed through- oufr: the Country. The^ut followed a reduction last Moj^y ojtg^evuilf of one per cant o(Kmort'gages Insiired 1$ the Foci- ernl Hoi|?iinff Afjfri'nistratlon on umall homes. The FUA cut, ct* fectlvo Mst Tuesday, scaled the r«tP down to 4H pet' cont. Colorado Guards Patrol Strike Dropped I 3 Stories to Death in Street in Windy City CHICAGO, Aug. -1 (/Pi-A mid- die-aged mother and her two >oung sons—members of n wealthy Chechoslovakian family whose for- tune disappeared in the Na/ti ab- GKEEN MOUNTAIN" DAM. Colo.. jsprpUon of their homeland — Aug. 4 f/lt -National Gnat-tinman i plunged ,to death last night from patrolled the Green Mountain Dam ] the l.'itli floor of the Congress site today while federal and state hotel. officials investigated strike violence The three bodies struck almost that union spokesmen blamed on j simultaneously on the sidewalk of Michigan avenue. They landed near several stragglers from the evening hours. All Three Di«wl A taxi driver shouted in horror and a park policeman, William Gonoude, standing some 300 feet away, came running. The woman was dead when he arrived. He thought the little boys might still tie uhve and rushed their broken bodies, clad In sun suits, to a hospital but they, too, were dead. The spectacular leap occurred about 6 hours after the woman had registered at the hotel as Mrs. Delia Frank of New York City. Pictures found In a zipper bag In her room and other evi- dencf enabled police Investigators to establish her real identity. Czech oslo vaklaas She was Mrs. Karl Langor, 43, j and the boys were her sons, Karl .could "see for myself what the sit- j Tommy, 6, and Jan Michael, <{. The husband and father, "unauthorized vigilantes." AdJ Ck-ti. Harold H. Richardson of (he Colorado National Guard, i lute Abo oreupled Ihe dnm site yester- ! day on orders to put down a "state of insuri'fi.-tion" uflt'i seven men we IT woundwl. pMlcndi'd the rnili- laiy occupation lost night to Die town of Krernmlinjj Colo. The small : ranching community is IH miles , Murih 01 tne $-l,(K)0,000 darn and I tunnel project on the ~ue river. Thomas .1 Morrissvy. United States district attorney, announced , m Denver the Department of Jus- tice requested him to obtain full information on the strike caller}' July 12 by five American Federa- ] tion of Labor unions tit the recla- ', mation bureau project. They sought recognition as collective bargaining agents. William J. Mephari, district nt- inrney for Summit county, said he changes made in the bill 'ny the subcommittee. Several other alterations been sought by federal among them an increase OOO.OOi j to $2,000,000 in Hie proved by the house for up the field enforcement staff of the wage-hour administration. Raised The Fund llestornlion of the commodity credit item alone raised the funds in the bill to more than $173,000,- 000, the house total having been only $54,000,000. or about 5162,110,- 000 less than recommended by the white house budget bureau. At his press conference the pres- ident said the secretary of agri- culture was right. In emphasizing the need for $119,000,000 for the federal loan agency. Fund Essential TIENTSIN, Aug. -t <-f>- -Anti- i Wallace urged that the senate British violence broke out anew to- J write the sum into the third dp- day when a mob of Chinese oi- ! ficiency bill from which it was tacked offices of the British Inter- | eliminated by the house. The mon- had officials, : the new from SI,-; corridor • sum ap- building Violence Renewed In Tientsin MAN OF AUB, 1 w<»u HUn Uio wK«j.c!ilUnif contest ttt th« Hlchmoiul county picnic— liut wttlt'll ho gt^t» home. iho prl«® for )ii« call flQVKRNQW SANTA FE, N. M« Aug. 4 w~- Governor Miles was sent to bed yesterday with a seyere head cold, c&Hraeted last weekend on a visit to the Wncoln county region., where he dedicated the Lincoln state mon- IN OMTH OP > OWHUAHUA PITY, M<?x,, Aug. % Wr^KscKfrjaeioii pspinoza. drlv- ef of a truck which willed seven boys 'i, irilles southwest of here Tuesday, today was formally chQVgid as ''rpspoftsibio for the accident." The ctofga was Idea to the nation is" before deciding on any action in the gunfightlng between "bark to work" forces deputised by Sheriff John H. Lee and workers and syrnpathl/ers. The "back to work" forces broke through ft union picket line Tues- day night. Six men were shot and one cut in ensuing flashes Wednes- day, and Gov. Ralph L. Carr de- clared a "state of insurrection" ex- isted. The seven injured are re- covering. Juntos A. Urawnlaw, Colorado State -'Federation of Labor secre- tary, sent telegrams to President Roosevelt nnd others protesting that an "armed mob of unauthor- ized vigilnntes from an adjoining county have at the point of arms taken over the federal Green Moun- tain project of the Department of the Interior where a peaceful sirlko against a private contractor Is In progress." a former textile manufacturer In Prague, Czechoslovakia, was found in his home on the WET PAVEMENT TAKES SECOND, GRANTS GRANTS, N. M., Aug. 4 (/?»-- Wet pavements in the Grants area today had claimed their second vic- tim sinco Sunday. Pr Harrison M. Hawkins, 51, of Toft, Callt, was killed four miles e«st of hove on Highway 66 when his automobile skidded on wet pavement yesterday and overturned twice. His son. Fletcher, J7, and dough-? tor, Rhodaima, 13, were not In* jured. The group w»s en route to a vacation In Mexico. Tho accident occurred three miles from the spot Mrs, Charles Haslet of Arlington, Vs., suffered fatal injuries in a pain starm Sundjiy night. She died yesterday, HONEYMOONf" union ! basement apartment west side. No one in the hotel saw plunge and the police said it difficult to determine whether Mrs. Lunger flung tho youngsters out the window and jumped after them, or gathered them In her arms and leaped. Her left wrist was slashed and u blood-stained razor blade was found In Ihe hotel room. Divergent Opinions Witnesses on the street had divergent opinions about the order In which the bodies fell, although Policeman Gonoucle said it ap- peared to him the woman's body landed first, followed in an In- stant by the hoys'. The children were clad only In sun suits. The police theorized they had been sleeping and prob^ ably never knew of their doom. No outcries were heard. When Mrs Longer registered at tho hotel she asked for "a nice airy room," The boys were seen In the lobby about 6 p.m. Later their mother took them out, all three returning about 10 p.m. On the way to their room she told tho elevator operator: ''The boys are tired; they are going to see theie daddy in Uw morning." Stmined by Tfftgwly Stunned hy tho tragedy, his with the English. about aWn'tfcwitJew % rtjyorce, »a,(4 U> wlfw attleml Win aui »f IIW to m national Export -Corporation, j smashed furniture and other equip- j rnent, and threw it into the Hal river. Britons said the attack was : Instigated by Japanese. British and Chinese employes of! the corporation took refuge on the i adjoining properly of an American : concern, the Texas Oil Company. After destroying typewriters, i.al- ; culalors and all other movable ; equipment In the British company's office, the demonstrators climbed into trucks and drove away through Japanese-controlled territory. Th» attack occurred in tne for- '. rner Russian concession, across the river from the British concession ! which has been under Japanese blockade since June 14. Soon after the outbreak, Britons residing within the blockaded con- cession received threatening letters signed by "The Chinese Patriotic Youth Association." They were warned to quit Tient- sin altogether since "the anti-Brit- ish movement may develop into di- rect action which the Chinese gov- ernment will not. be able to con- trol." Accusing Britons of Interfering with Japan's conquest of China, the letters "advised" recipients to fol- low the example of Britons who t ne j have left Kaifeng, Tsiaanlu, Pao- was i ''"S-f u nru ' Other Interior cities. ' Previous warnings have been ey, Wallace said, was essential to! continuance of the farm loan pro- gram, and he declared that prices, of major farm crops would fail and the entire farm program be threat- ened, if it was not granted. The secretary appeared before the senate appropriations commit- tee yesterday as that group worked at top speed to get the deficiency hill ready for senate action in order- to permit, adjournment of congress Saturday night. Lono Threat. The controversy over the farm fund was the lone threat to ad- journment at that time. Senate Majority Leader Barkley said tho leadership still hoped the plan to quit then would go through. He declared, however, there was ; a possibility that if controversy! developed between the senate and; house over final form of the do- ficiency bill, congress might remain In session through Monday. Barkley said he planned a night i session tonight to speed work on; the deficiency measure. The senate worked today with nearly one-fourth of its member- Into Basements '' There was four feet of water in, the boiler room In the basement of the old courthouse this morning 1 ' and six inches in Ihe basement of; courthouse. The entire in the ga.sement of the latter wns under three inches of water, and was pumped out early this morning. Officials said water' bad never seeped into the base- i ments to that depth before. i Water trickled into a few of- fices but no damage resulted. j Underpass Flooded i The underpass southeast of the j city was a miniature river in itself : when the pumps went out of com-; mission. In some places water was! four to five feet deep. The viaduct j wns impassable for several hours last night and traffic had to be ' detoured to other routes. j While attempting to go through! the underpass a man stalled hisi car and the machine was all but submerged at. the conclusion of the) downpour, Some Dabrta Employes were sweeping mud and debris off sidewalks in front of downtown stores early this morning after the waters had lap- pod to the doors and in some in- slances swept into the buildings. No water damage, however, was re- ported. i A bolt, of lightning struck the! transmitter lower of Radio Station! KICA and blew out. many feet of 1 line which was repaired a few hours later. Electrical service on SEE NO. II—PAGE 8 Las Vegas Revives j Old Cowboys' Reunion LAS VEGAS, N. M., Aug. 4 (ft". \ — One hundred top-hands were prepared to compete this afternoon in the first annual Leonard Hos- kins Post American Legion Cow- MANY WERE MAROONED last night, when 3.5.1 inches*of; rain fell in OIIP hour, sending torrents through citj" streets, Thomas L. Painter, ol-i Ross, took refuge on a fire hydrant, OTl Main street. " •• l more scheduled to go during the clay. Many Absent Since 17 of the absent senators were democrats, the administra- , ,.,, , , f i 'ion's majority was sharplv re- largcly to Chinese employes "flHucedand '' British concerns and ' "-" ' ship absent. Attaches said that 22 '< bo - vs ' Reunion, u three-day cele- senators had left Washington, with j brati °n reviving the old cowboys' to language ad. ding to his flnguish, eentraij offU throat as the aid friends. Mmger was taken police station by cers, He sMched his he gave $ s^terrtent of an Interpreter The police gold they (his story ol his recent tunes: }ie had owned » pany in Prague, the peles Co., worth at least and employing more persons, After the misfor- textile eon> Mar- $1,000,000 than 200 Invaded the country h.e was forced fo sur- render the hyslness to, the govern- ment- Out of all HIS wealth he sal- NO, liME^Qi 4 concerns ons residing outside the British con- cession. Employes of the International Export Company recently had re- ceived anonymous threatening let- ters demanding that they quit British employment. The mob was barred from tho company's factory because (ho tac- tory gates 'had been locked to pro- tect a large amount of valuable machinery. „-„., o.,., !-— " leaders sought to avoid 4,11n«n ,.«•„" i ""^deration of controversial mea- 1IIMMI (Oil- . What Congress Is Doing (By The Assoplati'tl Press) Today Senate expected to consider de- ficiency appropriation Wll (H a.m., EST). House debates bill to authorize housing census (noon). Senate labor committee hears CIO witnesses oppose Wagner act revision (10 a, m.K Yesterday House refused-to debate $800,000,- QQQ housing bill. Hpuse leaders decided to shelve vvage»h9Mr amendments. Senate passed bill for third set of locks for Panama Canal; oj> proved miscellaneous measures. HOUUS ATTORNEY today SANTA FE, N. M., Aug. 4 The state supreme court disbarred Albert Morgan, attorney, The court affirmed the findings of tho state board of bar com- missioners, which found the at- torney guilty of unprofessional conduct in failing to perform serv^ ices for which he was paid by Adjournment tomorrow apeared to depend on whether the senate should Insert In the bill an admin- Istration request for $119,000,000 to continue commodity credit loans. A powerful farm bloc was work- ing feverishly In behalf of this fund. In the event of senate ap- proval, however, a fight was in prospect with the house which might prolong the session into next week, even though many members already were leaving for home. Not to Bo Considered The house lenders eliminated an- other controversial issue with an announcement by Representative Rayburn (D-Tex) that amend- ments to the wage-hour law would not be considered in this session. Both chambers approved a minor bi l exempting operators of small telephone exchanges from the act. forbidden in a reunion which was terminated in 1930. A parade more than a mile lori# which wended its way over Las Vegas streets this morning offi- cially opened the celebration. Vir- tually every business house in Las Vegas was represented by a colorfully decorated float. Other units In the pamde Included Company F 120th Engineers New Mexico National Guard, armored cars of the regular army here for the lllth Cavalry, New Mexico National Guard encampment which opens Sunday; mounted contest- ants, state sanitary board Inspec- tors; bands; orchestras, and an etlmated 300 cowboys and cow- girls. THOHNBURG SENTENCED TO fl5 YEARS IN PRISON John Thornburg, 26, known in both Clovis and Portales ns a rather queer "Intellectual," who is charged with being the ' auman bomb" hi-jacker of the Firt Na- tional Bank at Chanute, Kansas, March 37, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, He pleaded guilty on arraignment Federal Juag Tuesday before HOME. Au«. -i '.€'> -The Japa- nese nmba.'fsadors to Home and Ber- lin in a conference at Lake- Conio today laid groundwork for exten- sive military, political and econom- ic discussions to be opened shortly by Jnpan with Italy and Germany. The official Italian news agency, Sli.'fani, said the Japanese diplo- mats - Toshio Shiratori from Rome and Lieut." Gen. Hlroshi Oshima from Berlin were talking of JHJ>- anese ad'hen-nce to the Halinn-Gi'r- mtm military alliance which plwljies each to come to the other's aid in war time. The possibility of increased ,ia|>- unfsc collaboration with the axi.s partners is lo be exploited with Fascist and Nazi leaders by a Jap- anese delegation which is due to arrive in Naples Aug. 26. Heading the delegation are Gen- eral Countu Juifhi Tcrauchl nnc! Admiral Baron Mineo Osumi. who art' to uttond tlu> Nn/.i Nuernberg congress Sept. 2-11 and the Fascist anniversary of the "March on Rome" in October. Foreign diplomats thought eC.r- many and Italy would press hard to get Japan Into a military al- liance, Japanese military circles favor such a lineup, but, the diplo- mats believed other Tokyo leaders might resist on the basis that eGr- many and Italy could give Japan little assistance in the Far East in event of war. Stefani said the ambassadors had "declared the subject of their meeting was the question of the Tokyo government's adherence to the llallun-German alliance at steel" "Alliance of steel" Is the term used In the Italian and German press to designate the military agreement signed last May, Some foreign observers, hosvever, expressed belief that the meeting was a diplomatic feint. , cemetery. His loot in the robbery was $4,860, JUNK JUNKS JUNKKT OMAHA, Neb. UP) -His Chinese junk bud to be junked in the mid- die of the Red Sea, miles and miles front nowhere, but Rex Purcell, 30, of Omaha, lived to tell of It, England Sets Up Food Ministry By (Associated Press Foreign Affairs Writer) NEAV YORK, Aug. 4 UP-Bri- tain s parliament has taken the panny precaution of creating a war- time food ministry and providing funds for storage of food-stuffs be» fore recessing for the summer hol- idays, The JegUJators are running no chances that while t'hey are absent tne Panzlg crisis may erupt sud- denly and find them unprepared. So they hav« moved to protect England's most valuable spot in war time—Ityjr food supplies. For powerful Britain, paradoxical though, u seems, still remains a tiny doll-garden island which is depend? ent on the outside world for 75 per cent of her food supplies, Should an enemy be able to cut her lines of communication, England would starve, The government started moving move than a year ago to store sup- plies for an emergency. Naturally njuch of this operation is not made public. We do know that a year ago England bought PT.QP&OOO worth of svheat, wha|e o}l »n4 ..su- gar for storage, f^mi^um aj*» was purphased; • - ' ; . England grows lovely rogy- cheeked $r4* and beau.MM raps. but 1* a |&>4 deal of a, flop agri- culturally, it cftuid raise more foodstuffs 'If it woiUd, despite l\s pocket-handker^ief ^l?e, but c«o- nomle conditions are against the farmer, and ^hei» there are vast private estates whjph s t}u preserved for the pleasure of , grpat, though tf\ese are betSTg link en up gradually, '• .<™ Apropos the sseroHy of gpod for ffttpilng,, it was estimated, ing ' 000 gawtens and Convict .Iho Do.ve From Train is Recaptured SANTA BARBARA. Calif,, Aug 4 UP)—James O'Connell, 33-year- old convict who dove to freedom from a moving passenger tr last night, was recaptured to within a few blocks of the rai road tracks, sitting In a tree. , had been at liberty five hours.* Police Chief Fred Holsher, Wl marie the arrest with three of -•( rs. ordered O'Connell to a hoa/ ,,, for treatment of cuts r " •oived when he crashed throU£ a train window. ,»« O'Connell was being returned to Oakland, Calif., from El PasoJ Tex., where he was captured six weeks after escaping from, a San Qui-ntin prison road camp. He is charged with three counts 'ojj robbi ry and a kidnaping growing at of activities after his escape. Terms for Ending? Strike Reached DETROIT, Aug. 4 (/P)—Terms for ending the month-old walkout of General Motors skilled workers were agreed upon early t;oda^ sub* ject to ratification by vjnjon, $tfi» cinis and the strikers Uvifturelvovi If the proposals—wmeh, were not announced officially—-ax'e uppVOye'd, it, was, considered likely that work on 1940 automobiles, wh4cn, t *h^8 been delayed by the strikfli' cbuW begin soon, * -* fcw* At the conclusion'Qf 'tt 'Ip-hoti session shortly after I", r james F. Dewoy, fed clliator, announced had been reached. Dewey said the j ecutlve board of which called the strike would, conveno* tod^X' the terms. If ac they will toe strikers at t'he' 13 tomorrpw, Union ap, pewey added; formal signing 7*"** Toda Clovis News Journal, Clovis, New Mexico, US Aug 4, 1939, Page 1 https://newspaperarchive.com/clovis-news-journal-aug-04-1939-p-1/
Transcript of BRITAIN - The Eastern New Mexico News€¦ · The HouSe of Lords nnd tho House of (Commons...
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VOL. 11—NO. IDS CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939 PRICE FIVE 0
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session's lu s t u p n r u p r i u t i o nM sennte . subcommit tee todaym wed dr ive to ml jo in n < - o n -
i ; i •••!•» i i imor row n i ^ l i l" I I I " i i e t i o n came t i l n m s l s l n i u l -
l i i r i e o n s l s w i t h endorsement byP r e s i d e n t 1'iooseveli nf X e r i e l ' i r yW. ' i lL-ue ' s ins i s tence D ia l the 011111-e > . fm t i l l ' Commodi ty < . ' i v i l i t Cor -pos i t ion , be restored | ( , Hie t h i r d
..-> b i l l , I ' ru in \ v b i i h i t wa:iby t he house.Confirmed Act fur i
ditt lHv (he ful l .i[,[,ro|.ria-mimllee \\ ;ix c;il|..,l tu i u/ i -
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c i i t l l t l be I l i sbe . lI f < i i c l e l K t t e H , i >• ) i - Adams ' U - i ' i . l i
a [ > p i i i p r l a l ions c h u l r m ; t u ,to "go i n t o d e t n i l 1
Clovls wan drying out todayfollowing a thr«M> and a half inch"fln.sh" flood losf nlpm whichconverted Hfreets ami Nid<vwnlliHIn to swirl ing rivers, stalled auto-mobiles and jimiiucd traffic, with"tliliil" waves Nwcepinff Into afew business concerns.
The delude, which officiallyini'ii.surctl 8.51 incheK' on theP. S. Weather IJureau R n i i ' t e n«Hurry Hardware; fel l w i th in unhour . Old-timer* ivere uimni-mniiN In declaring the cloudburstto he Ihe heaviest to fall here insuch a short period of t ime Inyears.
If I t ' l l W i t t e r Kern i-.1M i n i s v v > ; , - uf t h e op in ion t h e
U: I | .T b ; i i | nei . - r b a n k e d su h i j j h onduvvn l .A ' , n w h e e l s . W a t e r in Firsts t ree t ',s:i.». ,|,-,-|, en . j i i^b lor ( ' d u c k
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regarding'
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f i - J l f l u ln ther:,.!;- i n ;i n u r n -
.Minis were
Mother and Two Sma9l Sons Diee From Chicago Hotel*&
Speaking in foreign a f f a i r s de-bate in the House of Commons,Chamberlain sold:
"Sometimes I hoar members say.'Why jdon't you do the same HJSUnited States does.' It is hardlynecessary for me to point to thefundamental difference " betweenth« United Slates and Its isolationfrom Surope and this country.
, Sees I.lrniUilioim•'Evert in the presence of those
Insu l t s and injur ies which havebeen Inflicted upon Bri t ish peopleHi China by the Japanese we mustremember there are limits towha t we can do at this t ime tohelp uur people there.
"At the present moment wehave not got in the far east nfleet superior to I fiat of I IK-Japanese We have such a fleethero. In certain circumstance's WPmight find it necessary to send afleet out there."
(Britain normally maintains Infar eastern svaters only her Chinasquadron, which Includes no capi-tal ships nnd would be no matchfor the Japanese, the world's t h i r dstrongest.
Great Naval Bus«(Br i ta in has, however, bui l t a
great naval base at Singapore,two or three days' H teaming fromthe China coast, capable of basingan1* repairing the largest b a t t l e -ships.)
Would Cut InterestsRates of HOLC
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (/1VJohn H. %hey, chairman of theFederal flSrhe Loan J3an,k board,announced todayyTi y^ptlon inhome owwwil^an eorjppraUon in-terest rates, frtijff 5 to <)fe per cent.
Fahey said 'the cut was esti-mated to save borrowers from thecoi-poratioii up to $5,000,000 or$6,000,000 ft. year. .A.
The reduc,tjpn wlU.rfpply to nilborrowers ,!wHti moat? 'their obliga-tions In nc'C'ord with their con-tracts, h.e sajd. - - '; It is to, ijecqme effective us soon
us the necessa'ry detailed nrrange*rnents cnn/'be completed through-oufr: the Country.
The^ut followed a reduction lastMoj^y ojtg^evuilf of one per canto(Kmort'gages Insiired 1$ the Foci-ernl Hoi|?iinff Afjfri'nistratlon onumall homes. The FUA cut, ct*fectlvo Mst Tuesday, scaled ther«tP down to 4H pet' cont.
Colorado GuardsPatrol Strike
Dropped I 3 Stories toDeath in Street inWindy City
CHICAGO, Aug. -1 (/Pi-A mid-die-aged mother and her two>oung sons—members of n wealthyChechoslovakian family whose for-t une disappeared in the Na/ti ab-
GKEEN MOUNTAIN" DAM. Colo.. jsprpUon of their homeland —Aug. 4 f/lt -Nat ional Gnat-tinman i plunged ,to death last night frompatrolled the Green Moun ta in Dam ] the l.'itli floor of the Congresssite today while federal and state hotel.officials investigated strike violence The three bodies struck almostt h a t union spokesmen blamed on j simultaneously on the sidewalk
of Michigan avenue. They landednear several stragglers from the
evening hours.All Three Di«wl
A t ax i driver shouted in horrorand a park policeman, Will iamGonoude, standing some 300 feetaway, came running. The womanwas dead when he arrived. Het h o u g h t the l i t t l e boys might s t i l ltie uhve and rushed the i r brokenbodies, clad In sun suits, to ahospi ta l but they, too, were dead.
The spectacular leap occurredabout 6 hours after the womanhad registered at the hotel asMrs. Delia Frank of New YorkCity. Pictures found In a zipperbag In her room and other evi-dencf enabled police Investigatorsto establish her real identi ty.
Czech oslo vaklaasShe was Mrs. Karl Langor, 43,
j and the boys were her sons, Karl.could "see for myself what the sit- j Tommy, 6, and Jan Michael, <{.
The husband and father,
"unauthorized vigilantes."AdJ Ck-ti. Harold H. Richardson
of (he Colorado Nat ional G u a r d , i luteAbo oreupled Ihe dnm site yes ter - !day on orders to put down a "stateof insuri 'f i .-t ion" u f l t ' i seven menwe IT woundwl. pMlcnd i ' d the r n i l i -l a i y occupation lost n i g h t to Diet o w n of K r e r n m l i n j j Colo. The small :ranching communi ty is I H miles ,M u r i h 01 tne $-l,(K)0,000 darn and It u n n e l project on the ~ue river.
Thomas .1 Morrissvy. UnitedStates district attorney, announced ,m Denver the Department of Jus-tice requested him to obtain f u l li n f o r m a t i o n on the s t r ike cal ler} 'Ju ly 12 by five American Federa- ]t ion of Labor unions tit the recla- ',mat ion bureau project. Theysought recognition as collectivebargaining agents.
W i l l i a m J . Mephari , d i s t r i c t n t -inrney for Summit county , said he
changes made in the b i l l 'ny thesubcommit tee .
Several o ther a l t e r a t i o n sbeen sought by federalamong them an increaseOOO.OOi j to $2,000,000 in Hieproved by the house forup the f ie ld enforcement s t a f f ofthe wage-hour a d m i n i s t r a t i o n .
Raised The Fundllestornlion of the commodity
credit item alone raised the f u n d sin the bil l to more than $173,000,-000, the house t o t a l h a v i n g beenonly $54,000,000. or about 5162,110,-000 less than recommended by t hew h i t e house budget bureau.
At his press conference the pres-ident said the secretary of agri-cu l tu re was right. In emphasizingthe need for $119,000,000 for thefederal loan agency.
Fund EssentialTIENTSIN, Aug. -t <-f>- - A n t i - i Wallace urged that the senate
British violence broke out anew to- J write the sum into the third dp-day when a mob of Chinese oi- ! ficiency bill from which it wastacked offices of the British Inter- | eliminated by the house. The mon-
hadof f ic ia l s , : t h e new
from SI , - ; corridor• sum ap-
b u i l d i n g
Violence RenewedIn Tientsin
MAN OFAUB, 1
w<»u HUn Uio wK«j.c!ilUnif contestttt th« Hlchmoiul county picnic—liut wttlt'll ho gt^t» home.
iho prl«® for )ii« call
flQVKRNQWSANTA FE, N. M« Aug. 4 w~-Governor Miles was sent to bedyesterday with a seyere head cold,c&Hraeted last weekend on a visitto the Wncoln county region., wherehe dedicated the Lincoln state mon-
IN OMTH OP> OWHUAHUA PITY, M<?x,, Aug.% Wr^KscKfrjaeioii pspinoza. drlv-ef of a truck which willed sevenboys 'i, irilles southwest of hereTuesday, today was formallychQVgid as ''rpspoftsibio for theaccident." The ctofga was Ideato the
nat ion is" before deciding on anyact ion in the gunf ight lng between"bark to work" forces deputisedby She r i f f John H. Lee andworkers and syrnpathl/ers.
The "back to work" forces brokethrough ft union picket line Tues-day n i g h t . Six men were shot andone cut in ensuing flashes Wednes-day, and Gov. Ralph L. Carr de-clared a "state of insurrection" ex-isted. The seven injured are re-covering.
Juntos A. Urawnlaw, ColoradoState -'Federation of Labor secre-tary, sent telegrams to PresidentRoosevelt nnd others protestingthat an "armed mob of unauthor-ized vigilnntes from an adjoiningcounty have at the point of armstaken over the federal Green Moun-tain project of the Department ofthe Interior where a peacefuls i r lko against a private contractorIs In progress."
a formertextile manufacturer In Prague,Czechoslovakia, was found in his
home on the
WET PAVEMENT TAKESSECOND, GRANTS
GRANTS, N. M., Aug. 4 (/?»--Wet pavements in the Grants areatoday had claimed their second vic-tim sinco Sunday.
Pr Harrison M. Hawkins, 51, ofToft, Callt, was killed four milese«st of hove on Highway 66 whenhis automobile skidded on wetpavement yesterday and overturnedtwice.
His son. Fletcher, J7, and dough-?tor, Rhodaima, 13, were not In*jured. The group w»s en route toa vacation In Mexico.
Tho accident occurredthree miles from the spotMrs, Charles Haslet of Arlington,Vs., suffered fatal injuries in apain starm Sundjiy night. She diedyesterday,
HONEYMOONf"
union ! basement apar tmentwest side.
No one in the hotel sawplunge and the police said itd i f f i c u l t to determine whetherMrs. Lunger f lung tho youngstersout the window and jumped af te rthem, or gathered them In herarms and leaped. Her left wristwas slashed and u blood-stainedrazor blade was found In Ihe hotelroom.
Divergent OpinionsWitnesses on the street had
divergent opinions about the orderIn which the bodies fell, althoughPoliceman Gonoucle said it ap-peared to him the woman's bodylanded first, followed in an In-stant by the hoys'.
The children were clad only Insun suits. The police theorizedthey had been sleeping and prob^ably never knew of their doom.No outcries were heard.
When Mrs Longer registered attho hotel she asked for "a niceairy room," The boys were seenIn the lobby about 6 p.m. Latertheir mother took them out, allthree returning about 10 p.m.
On the way to their room shetold tho elevator operator: ''Theboys are tired; they are going tosee theie daddy in Uw morning."
Stmined by TfftgwlyStunned hy tho tragedy, his
with the English.
about
aWn't fcwit Jew% rtjyorce, »a,(4
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to m
national Export -Corporation, jsmashed furn i ture and other equip- jrnent , and threw it into the Halriver. Britons said the a t t a c k was :
Instigated by Japanese.Bri t ish and Chinese employes o f !
the corporation took refuge on the iadjoining properly of an American :concern, the Texas Oil Company.
A f t e r destroying typewriters, i.al- ;culalors and all other movable ;equ ipmen t In the Br i t i sh company'so f f i c e , the demonstrators climbedin to trucks and drove away throughJapanese-controlled terri tory.
Th» a t tack occurred in tne for- '.rner Russian concession, across theriver from the British concession !which has been under Japaneseblockade since June 14.
Soon af te r the ou tbreak , Britonsresiding w i t h i n the blockaded con-cession received th rea ten ing letterssigned by "The Chinese Patriot icYouth Association."
They were warned to q u i t Tient-sin altogether since "the an t i -Br i t -ish movement may develop i n t o di-rect action which the Chinese gov-ernment w i l l not. be able to con-trol."
Accusing Britons of In te r fe r ingw i t h Japan's conquest of China, theletters "advised" recipients to fol-low the example of Britons who
tne j have left Kaifeng, Tsiaanlu, Pao-was i ''"S-fu nru' Other Inter ior cities.
' Previous warnings have been
ey, Wallace said, was essential to!continuance of the farm loan pro-gram, and he declared tha t prices,of major farm crops would fail andthe ent i re farm program be threat-ened, if it was not granted.
The secretary appeared beforethe senate appropriations commit-tee yesterday as that group workedat top speed to get the deficiencyhi l l ready for senate act ion in order-to permit, adjournment of congressSaturday night.
Lono Threat.The controversy over the farm
fund was the lone threat to ad-journment at that time. SenateMajority Leader Barkley said tholeadership s t i l l hoped the plan toqu i t then would go through.
He declared, however, there was ;a possibility that if controversy!developed between the senate a n d ;house over f ina l form of the do-ficiency bil l , congress might remainIn session through Monday.
Barkley said he planned a night isession tonight to speed work on ;the deficiency measure.
The senate worked today wi thnearly one-fourth of its member-
Into Basements ''There was four feet of water i n ,
the boiler room In the basement oft h e old courthouse t h i s morning1 'and six inches in Ihe basement of;
courthouse. The en t i rein the ga.sement of t he
la t te r wns under three inches ofwater, and was pumped out earlyt h i s morning. Off ic ia l s said water 'bad never seeped in to the base- iments to that dep th before. i
Water tr ickled i n t o a few of-fices but no damage resulted. j
Underpass Flooded iThe underpass southeast of the j
city was a minia ture river in itself :when the pumps went out of com-;mission. In some places water was!four to five feet deep. The viaduct jwns impassable for several hourslast night and t r a f f i c had to be 'detoured to other routes. j
While attempting to go t h r o u g h !the underpass a man stalled h i s icar and the machine was all butsubmerged at. the conclusion of t h e )downpour,
Some DabrtaEmployes were sweeping mud
and debris off sidewalks in frontof downtown stores early thismorning a f t e r the waters had lap-pod to the doors and in some in-slances swept in to the buildings. Nowater damage, however, was re-ported. i
A bolt, of l ightn ing struck t h e !t r ansmi t t e r lower of Radio Sta t ion!KICA and blew out. many feet o f 1
l ine which was repaired a fewhours later. Electrical service on
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Las Vegas Revives jOld Cowboys'Reunion
LAS VEGAS, N. M., Aug. 4 (ft". \— One hundred top-hands wereprepared to compete this afternoonin the first annua l Leonard Hos-kins Post American Legion Cow-
MANY WERE MAROONED last night , when 3.5.1 inches*of;r a i n f e l l in O I I P hour , s end ing torrents through citj" streets,Thomas L. P a i n t e r , ol-i Ross, took refuge on a fire hydrant, OTlM a i n s t ree t . " • • l
more scheduled to go dur ing theclay.
Many AbsentSince 17 of the absent senators
were democrats, the administra-, ,.,, , , f i 'ion's majority was sharplv re-
largcly to Chinese employes " f l H u c e d a n d ' 'British concerns and ' "-" '
ship absent. Attaches said that 22 '< bo-vs' Reunion , u three-day cele-senators had left Washington, with j brati°n reviving the old cowboys'
to
language ad. ding to his flnguish,eentraij
offUthroat as
the aidfriends.
Mmger was takenpolice station bycers, He sMched hishe gave $ s^terrtentof an Interpreter
The police gold they(his story ol his recenttunes:
}ie had owned »pany in Prague, thepeles Co., worth at leastand employing morepersons, After the
misfor-
textile eon>Mar-
$1,000,000than 200
Invadedthe country h.e was forced fo sur-render the hyslness to, the govern-ment-
Out of all HIS wealth he sal-NO, liME^Qi 4
concernsons residing outside the British con-cession.
Employes of the In t e rna t i ona lExport Company recently had re-ceived anonymous threatening let-ters demanding that they qui tBritish employment.
The mob was barred from thocompany's factory because (ho tac-tory gates 'had been locked to pro-tect a large amount of valuablemachinery.
„-„., o.,., !-— " leaders sought to avoid4,11n«n ,.«•„" i ""^deration of controversial mea-1IIMMI (Oil- .
What CongressIs Doing
(By The Assoplati'tl Press)Today
Senate expected to consider de-ficiency appropriation Wll (H a.m.,EST).
House debates bill to authorizehousing census (noon).
Senate labor committee hearsCIO witnesses oppose Wagner actrevision (10 a, m.K
YesterdayHouse refused-to debate $800,000,-
QQQ housing bill.Hpuse leaders decided to shelve
vvage»h9Mr amendments.Senate passed bill for third set
of locks for Panama Canal; oj>proved miscellaneous measures.
HOUUS ATTORNEY
todaySANTA FE, N. M., Aug. 4
The state supreme courtdisbarred Albert Morgan,attorney,
The court affirmed the findingsof tho state board of bar com-missioners, which found the at-torney guilty of unprofessionalconduct in failing to perform serv^ices for which he was paid by
Adjournment tomorrow apearedto depend on whether the senateshould Insert In the bill an admin-Istration request for $119,000,000 tocontinue commodity credit loans.
A powerful farm bloc was work-ing feverishly In behalf of thisfund. In the event of senate ap-proval, however, a fight was inprospect with the house whichmight prolong the session into nextweek, even though many membersalready were leaving for home.
Not to Bo ConsideredThe house lenders eliminated an-
other controversial issue with anannouncement by RepresentativeRayburn (D-Tex) that amend-ments to the wage-hour law wouldnot be considered in this session.Both chambers approved a minorbi l exempting operators of smalltelephone exchanges from the act.
forbidden in a
reunion which was terminated in1930.
A parade more than a mile lori#which wended its way over LasVegas streets this morning o f f i -cially opened the celebration. Vir-tua l l y every business house inLas Vegas was represented by acolorfully decorated float. Otherunits In the pamde IncludedCompany F 120th Engineers NewMexico National Guard, armoredcars of the regular army here forthe l l l t h Cavalry, New MexicoNational Guard encampment whichopens Sunday; mounted contest-ants, state sanitary board Inspec-tors; bands; orchestras, and anetlmated 300 cowboys and cow-girls.
THOHNBURG SENTENCED TOfl5 YEARS IN PRISON
John Thornburg, 26, known inboth Clovis and Portales ns arather queer "Intellectual," whois charged with being the ' aumanbomb" hi-jacker of the Firt Na-tional Bank at Chanute, Kansas,March 37, was sentenced to 35years in prison, He pleaded guiltyon arraignmentFederal Juag
Tuesday before
HOME. Au«. -i '.€'> -The Japa-nese nmba.'fsadors to Home and Ber-lin in a conference at Lake- Coniotoday la id g r o u n d w o r k for exten-sive m i l i t a r y , po l i t i ca l and econom-ic discussions to be opened short lyby Jnpan w i t h I ta ly and Germany.
The o f f i c i a l I t a l i a n news agency,Sli . ' fani , said the Japanese diplo-m a t s - Toshio Shiratori from Romeand L ieu t . " Gen. Hlroshi Oshimafrom Berlin were t a lk ing of J H J > -anese ad'hen-nce to the Halinn-Gi ' r -mtm m i l i t a r y a l l iance which plwljieseach to come to the other 's aidin war t ime.
The possibi l i ty of increased ,ia|>-unfsc col labora t ion w i t h t h e axi.spartners is lo be exploi ted w i t hFascist and Nazi leaders by a Jap-anese delegation which is due t oarr ive in Naples Aug. 26.
Heading the delegat ion are Gen-eral Countu J u i f h i Tcrauchl nnc!A d m i r a l Baron Mineo Osumi. whoart' to u t t o n d tlu> Nn/.i Nuernbergcongress Sept. 2-11 and the Fascistanniversary of the "March onRome" in October.
Foreign diplomats thought eC.r-many and Italy would press hardto get Japan I n t o a mi l i t a ry al-liance, Japanese military circlesfavor such a l ineup , but, the diplo-mats believed other Tokyo leadersmight resist on the basis that eGr-many and Italy could give Japanl i t t l e assistance in the Far Eastin event of war.
Stefani said the ambassadors had"declared the subject of theirmeeting was the question of theTokyo government's adherence tothe llallun-German alliance atsteel"
"Alliance of steel" Is the termused In the Italian and Germanpress to designate the militaryagreement signed last May,
Some foreign observers, hosvever,expressed belief that the meetingwas a diplomatic feint.
,cemetery. His loot in the robbery was $4,860,
JUNKJUNKS JUNKKT
OMAHA, Neb. UP) -His Chinesejunk bud to be junked in the mid-die of the Red Sea, miles and milesfront nowhere, but Rex Purcell, 30,of Omaha, lived to tell of It,
England Sets Up Food MinistryBy
(Associated Press Foreign AffairsWriter)
NEAV YORK, Aug. 4 UP-Bri-tain s parliament has taken thepanny precaution of creating a war-time food ministry and providingfunds for storage of food-stuffs be»fore recessing for the summer hol-idays,
The JegUJators are running nochances that while t'hey are absenttne Panzlg crisis may erupt sud-denly and find them unprepared.
So they hav« moved to protectEngland's most valuable spot inwar time—Ityjr food supplies.
For powerful Britain, paradoxicalthough, u seems, still remains a tiny
doll-garden island which is depend?ent on the outside world for 75 percent of her food supplies, Shouldan enemy be able to cut her linesof communication, England wouldstarve,
The government started movingmove than a year ago to store sup-plies for an emergency. Naturallynjuch of this operation is not madepublic. We do know that a yearago England bought PT.QP&OOOworth of svheat, wha|e o}l »n4 ..su-gar for storage, f^mi^um aj*»was purphased; • - ' ;.
England grows lovely rogy-cheeked $r4* and beau.MM raps.but 1* a |&>4 deal of a, flop agri-
culturally, it cftuid raise morefoodstuffs 'If it woiUd, despite l\spocket-handker^ief ^l?e, but c«o-nomle conditions are against thefarmer, and ^hei» there arevast private estates whjph st}upreserved for the pleasure of ,grpat, though tf\ese are betSTg linken up gradually, '• .< ™
Apropos the sseroHy of gpodfor ffttpilng,, it was estimated,ing '000gawtens and
Convict .Iho Do.veFrom Train isRecaptured
SANTA BARBARA. Calif,, Aug4 UP)—James O'Connell, 33-year-old convict who dove to freedomfrom a moving passenger trlast n ight , was recaptured towi th in a few blocks of the rairoad tracks, sitting In a tree. ,had been at liberty five hours.*
Police Chief Fred Holsher, Wlmarie the arrest with three of- • ( rs. ordered O'Connell to a hoa/ ,,,
for treatment of cuts r "•oived when he crashed throU£
a t r a in window. , » «O'Connell was being returned
to Oakland, Calif., from El PasoJTex., where he was captured sixweeks after escaping from, a SanQui -n t in prison road camp. Heis charged with three counts 'ojjrobbi ry and a kidnaping growing
at of activities after his escape.
Terms for Ending?Strike Reached
DETROIT, Aug. 4 (/P)—Termsfor ending the month-old walkoutof General Motors skilled workerswere agreed upon early t;oda^ sub*ject to ratification by vjnjon, $tfi»cinis and the strikers Uvifturelvovi
If the proposals—wmeh, were notannounced officially—-ax'e uppVOye'd,it, was, considered likely that workon 1940 automobiles, wh4cn,t*h^8been delayed by the strikfli' cbuWbegin soon, * -* fcw*
At the conclusion'Qf 'tt 'Ip-hotisession shortly after I", rjames F. Dewoy, fedclliator, announcedhad been reached.
Dewey said the jecutlve board ofwhich called the strikewould, conveno* tod^X'the terms. If acthey will toestrikers at t'he' 13tomorrpw,
Union ap,pewey added;formal signing
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