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THE BRUNSWICK NEWS
VOLUME XXX. No. 199.
MERGING STATE'S
TAX DEPARTMENTS
IENDEI
Consolidation Under Single
Agency is Advocated By Secre*
tary of State George Carswell
LEGISLATIVE GROUP
CONSIDERING PLAN
Comptroller General Points Out
Plan Would Do Away With
His Office and Save State
Large Sum.
Atlanta, April 29. (/P)—Consolida¬
tion of the state tax departments un¬
der a single agency was recommended
to the legislative investigating com¬
mittee on governmental reorganiza¬
tion today by Secretary of State
George A. Carswell and Comptroller
General William B. Harrison.
The two officials told the committee
they considered a consolidated tax
department said such an department advisable move. should Both be;
a
appointees of f he governor.
Carswell’s idea was that the depart-'
ment should include three members
vvhose terms would run concurrently j
1 with that of the governor. Harrison 1
was for a single head for t'le depart-;
ment whose appointment would un-j be!
for six years and who would have
der him competent inspectors and bu¬
reau heads to collect specific taxes.
The comptroller general pointed out ;
that such a move would do away with j
the office of comptroller general as it
now stands and said it would save the I
state 25 percent of the cost of col- j
lec’ing taxes 1
the !
Hugh Peterson chairman of yen-!
committee asked the comntroller
era! what he though' of placin'* ~ all i
state house . employes , civil . serv-' ;
on a
ice basis. Harrison replied he thought
such a plan would he a good one. It
would, he said, tend to eliminate a
great deal of politics from the propo¬
sition.
The secretary told the committee
if this were done the position would
become merely a job ‘‘for a retired,
dignified old gentleman with nothing
eJsSfis to do.” Under such a plan, he said, I
issue charters to banks and railroads;
siCT!
He said under the constitution a
salary * of $2,000 was provided for the I
secretary of state. . * rr,, This • was changed , 1 I
in 1927 when the legislature was giv- sal-j
en power to fix the secretary’s
ary, the salary of the treasurer and
that of the comptroller general. The
legislature failed in 1927 to fix the
secretary’s salary and failed again to
do so in 1929.
At present, Secretary of State Cars¬
well said, the position’s salary comes
from the appropriation bill and other
sources. A $2,000 salary is provided
in the appropriation bill and the secr¬
etary gets $150 a month from the mo¬
tor vehicle department and $100 from
corporation commission.
He said he at present keeps some
records and others are kept by the
state department of archives and rec¬
ords. He said all could he kept in
the secretary’s office but asked to be
excused from comment on a question
as to whether the state department ef
archives and records could be abolish¬
ed. He said -he felt that the secretary
of state should not collect any reve¬
nues. He said he did not believe a
salary of less than $5,000 should bn
paid the secretary as a smaller sal¬
ary would cheapen the office. His
term of office expires this year.
Present also at the meeting today
were William B. Harrison, comptroller
general; R. C. Norman, state tax com¬
missioner and R. E. Matheson, com¬
missioner of revenues.
ATTORNEY THINKS
QUEEN ISABELLE’S
INVESTMENT POOR
North Hollywood, Calif., April 29.
tyP)—C. J. Starkey, attorney, who has
a flair for statistics and history, fig¬
ures Queen Isabella of Spain made a
poor investment when she financed
Christopher Columbus in his discov¬
ery of America.
“Nobody knows the exact value of
the jewels the queen gave Columbus,”
saidfjtarkey, “but the best antiquar¬
ians agree of $6,000.
“If she had invested this money at
5 per cent interest to be compounded
semi-annually, it today would have
reached a total of more than 4,500,
000.000,000 (eleven ciphers). This is
)1 1-2 times the value of the United
States and all its possessions.
“She ought to have consuiceo . oei
banker.”
FOUR INSURGENTS KILLED
Washington, April 29. (/P; Four
of the Marine Corps.
TAYLOR HEADS MASONS
Macon, Ga., April 29. (/P?—C. Percy
Taylor, Atlanta, was elected grand
high priest of the Georgia Grand
Chapter Royal Arch Masons in 109th
Beautiful Co-Ed
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Associated Press Photo
Bet tie Baomie. a junior, selected as.
the most beautiful girl at Northwest
era University. Evanston, 111.
BOY HERO GUEST j
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AT WHITE | i
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Rrunn eryan Untiedt untieai, Who vvno Cauod S>avea Wic MIS
School Chums From Almost
Certain Death in Blizzard, Re
warded . , r- For r- Bravery.
Washington, was'i.ngton. April April 29. 59. (/P)—Bryan (/n--iiryan
IT Untiedi, hero of the ( olorado blizzard,
arrived at the White House shortly
after 9 °' cloc k today to spend a day
aml a as guest of President and
\|i«« HnnVPI’ •
The boy wore a blue suit and in his
hand was a small kodak. As he walk
ed up the front portico ol of the the execti- execu¬
tive • * • mansion, ...... ....... he was ” received ■ v •- v.. v v. with ,
lull, formality accorded all White |
House visitors. The great front door
was swung wide by a uniformed but
aml Ll '.- vaa have,
braak ,n th e dmmg room. I
Bo ' h M; - 9'i'lMi's . Hoover al-eacly,
-
' vr “ arrived ear. or in toe morning :
months.
Tint lent wa< escorted by a secret
service man who naci accompanied
h, ... home Denver. ,
«’ n ’orn ms near |
In «>-<lev to avoid publicity along 1
way tile r ^ n j
Kept secret until late yesterday. . u,
one in his home town knew that he 1
had departed. The White House an- j
nouneed his impending arrival lute ,
yesterday.
Secrecy was maintained to keep
crowds from bothering-the lad while j
he was crossing the country.
Untieat was the hero 01 a school,
bus tragedy in which five children j
would perished have and los'. in thnir which lives more had probably he not, j
exerted heroic efforts to keep them
active and warm. \
Bryan was left in charge of (he 1
bus by Carl Miller, the driver, when
it became snow-bound. Miller froze
t-/ death in an attempt to obtain nearly; help.;
When airplanes found the bus
two davs later young Un' iedt had re-(
moved his outer clothing to cover the 1
younger children.
After being greeted by Mrs. Hoov¬
er, the boy was shown to the blue bed¬
room which in years hast has housed
many distinguished guests.
A few minutes later Mrs. Stark
Millan, another White House guest
and long-time friend of the Hoovers,
brought the lad to the White House
executive offices to see president. attention
Entirely unabashed by the
being shown him, Untiedt sat in a big
arm chair and talked with the
dent about his trip from Colorado.
The king and queen of Siam were
due at the White House for an
cial c-all at 10:15, so the president had
only a few minutes to talk before the
ceremonious reception of one of
three absolute monarch* left in the
world was to ‘ake place in the
SIXTY-ONE BURN
Trt 1 Vj nCATU LIL.A l ri IM ilx rrVPT Lb I rl
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Cairo, Egypt, April 29. MPi—Sixty
one persons, including ten
were burned to death and forty-one
others were injured today when the
Cairo-Alexandria Express caught fire,
Only one European the passenger mortalities. was
known to be among
Several of the injured are expected to
jdie. Many of the dead, particularly
1 children, were unrecognizable froyn
! the woj-k _____ of the flames. .._________
[the The fire apparently originated in
crowded third class coaches from
a hot box. Unaware of the flames,
[man the engineer pulled on until a signal
at Benha halted the train. Many
of the deaths, were oaused by passen
gers leaping from windows in a wild
scramble to escape.
DROWNS IN ( REEK
Cedartown, Ga., April 29. >!P )—J.
1 W'idson Carroll, 43, was drowned here
yesterday when his automobile plung
[ed into Cedar creek just outside the
i city limits. He had recently returned
from Atlanta where he was a patient
BRUNSWICK. CA.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 29, 1931.
me GETS
SIAMESE RULER
AT WHITE HOUSE
First Time Absolute Monarch
Has Ever Passed Threshold of
Presidential Residence in U. S.
CROWDS GATHER TO
W ATCH CEREMONIES
President and Mrs.
Formally Welcome King and
Queen to United States in
Unusual Reception.
Washington. April 29. i/Pr- For the
first time in history, an absolute mon¬
arch crossed the threshold of the
White House today to receive a
friendly handclasp of welcome by the
president ol the t nited States,
Accompanied by aides and his
King Prajadhipok of Siam
called formally on President Hoover
to receive the president’s welcome to
the United Statees. Mrs. Hoover
the queen,
The call was a highly formal
and was immediately returned by the
president and Mrs. Hoover at the
royal residence of the eastern ruling
on Massachusetts avenue."
A considerable crowd gathered
the l.arz Anderson home, loan
ed for their residence during the
cial stay in .Washington, to watch
the coming and going of the cabinet,
supreme court members and
corps to whom the kina
granted audience.
the president and Mrs. Hoover re
the me call can of ol the the royal royal couple couple im- lm
mediately, remaining about ten nun
utes. The president’s military aides,
dress uniform, accompanied t hem,
Captain Russel Train, the naval aide,
Wfloi'imv wearing flt«i the cocked L»«14 hat ii'kw.k which km. lias
the emblem of naval rank since
the War of 1812.
Supreme court justices and other
officials who - were " 1 • ’ to be 1 v r i -w t v.-d fiu by
the king after the president’s call
were arriving before the president left,
among them Chief Justice and Mrs.
Hughes. Justice and Mrs. Stone and
Justice and Mrs. Sutherland.
A little later came Vice
h, “‘r
tetwar.t r,. Gann. *
•srg?
Hero Sees Ceremony
Washington vv a.snmgton, April April 20 un—A (A>i—A large laige
crowd gathered at the White . House ,
entrance to greet the lung and queen
( /; E>uim when they called on Presid. rue
iIi.-ov. r today but no one got as much
thrill out ol it as a small boy
stood at a second floor window of the
White. House to watch the ceremony,
The boy I... was Bryan ui-jmi Untiedt, IJ'IUI'UI, Iran
of the Coiiii-ado school bus frage.ly,
a guest
Untiedt had just come from the ex
ecutive offices with Ihe president and
went immediately to the upstairs win
dov to see what was going oh.
rn 10 nn SELECT rnT SPEAKER
WILL PI T CANDIDATE IN FIELD
TO SUCCEED LONG WORTH AS
PRESIDING OFFICER
Washington, April 29. (/P) —
Republicans will sponsor
candidate in the house speaker
ship election next December
less of whom party regulars nomi
nate.
This was the prediction today of
Schneider. Wisconsin
Republican, as the capitol discussed
prospects of two of the outstanding
candidates, Republican Leader Tilson
Chairman Snell of the rules
mittee.
Schenider emphasized t hat progres
are more interested in a liberal
legislative program than in details
house organization.
third man in the race,” he said. " I
believe the progressives will exact
understanding for liberalization of the
rules and for a program of
sive legislation.
j Progressive support of a third can
could block, indefinitely the
j [of election Texas, of Democratic his regular Leader Republican
or
[opponent, because a majority vote
( required to elect a speaker.
Meanwhile, the visit to
- of Tilson and the temporary
of Snell focused attention on the
, nectieut leader’s chances. Tilson
finitely entered the race with
[statement ■■•tut-iirntu : “I “I <gV\nnIrl should naturally r\ u t n vti 111* <ivru.pt
.that 1 should be considered.”
He added, however, that he
not make an active campaign for
chair occupied for six years by
late Nicholas Longworth.
Friends of Snell are actively
ing his candidacy, although the
Yorker has refused to make a
announcement.
PHYSICIAN DROWNS
Lenoir, N. C., April 29. t/Pi—
L. Sovter, oh. Bristol, \ a.
; physician, drowned early today in
[Johns river after his automobile
dod crashed through the railing of
[bridge and fell iz-to the water.
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Associated Photo 1 !
- * Charles \\ ^ hitener, 6, ol Morgan-j
1 town, N. (’.. wrecked a train injuring
The judge “sentenced" him
have have Ids Ids adenoids adenoids and and tonsils tonsils remov-j remov
jed apparently an obstacle in the way
his being a good little boy,
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Slaying t Merchant
And Clears Four
!
Macon, Ga., April 29. </P) Bibb
(county j police records today contained
the latest purported confession of F,|. 19
; , year-old j| v (>*t I’-om Delois ueioi.< Clements, Fit’iiifnis, son son or of ~ , 1 .
| Clements represon * at ive-elee! from
( Telfair countv, that he killed his lath
eU- best friend l uther .1 Clegg near '
McRae. Ga., in un attempted robbery,
, Th , statement absolved two white
Uv „ „ eKro( ... alT este<l since
Macon charged v
(s-,,? was, , killed , on the , ,
dements’ admission yesterday ’ y that '
' fc “ I ' I-n V‘ I ru V’l’*’ . \ ,, r
: hours after r- he had made another; .
. ...... -.................
j L. statement, that implicated of Telfair A. I). coun-1 Ash- .
v> 20-yeai-old son a Ashley’s ar-1
i , v farmer, which caused
,. est< Alvin Johnson, 24, father of 1
I 11 .m<ithe-less children had been
j arres*c<l on a previous stm v negroes.' told hv
Clemen's, as well as the two
I.uther J. Stevens, Bibb county lie
|Hltj . sai( | Johason, Ashley and r he
j ‘tViority' was‘"receive;i -,u.d .released " from Telfair
! ,
county authorities. Clement’s' 1
i Voting said -the merchant want-!
vvas ] ; ji],. ( | accidentally. “All I
1 ed to do was to rob him,” he said. t
Stevens said Clements told him
| j getting Clegg had approached whiskey. him They relative went to¬ to
some
k,r ffether to get the liquor on the night
“Mr. (Jegg 1 “• toi had . ......... started . ofi .. .......... ahead \
Of me and I lofted up.’' my gun and told i
him to ‘Stick ’em Just as I did
gun w ,. n , ofr . , ha(l n „ intention
of killing him,” Clements said. I
Husband Is Slain ;
1 With Hat Pin, Body
Hacked To Pieces
j '
Decatur,’ Tenn., April 29. t/Pj A >
j story of how a mountain woman and
her lover killed her husband by 1
| piercing his haert with a hatpin and
hacked his body to pieces wa;
; under investigation here today.
j Ktank The Thornton, alleged slaying, 16-year-old according moun- to
.
tain hoy who recited the gruesome
; tale to a squire's court, took place last
C..1I K.W U.. a..U fnl.l if annnnr for
j fear of cousin, the accused Hudii- principals, Hickman, 25, his sec- and i
j Mrs. William Bunch, 25. '
Thornton testified he went lo the
t Bunch home, 12 ... miles from here,
ear
j ly one morning and found Mrs. Bunch ;
,and Hickman cutting up a body. The
! pair, he said, drew guns on him and
did not allow- him to leave until he
(sobbed on oath that he would never
(tell what he had seen.
Mrs. Bunch, said by court officials,
- to he an expectant monther, denied
j the youth’s allegations and said her
husband disappeared several months
ago ... ____i and she ,i..i did not know 1 nf of his U 1 .
• whereabouts. iulw,i-«.'i Ii/ml v She was muiiv IioiinH bound over <»V(*e to tfi
[the criminal court under bond of $5,
; 000 which she was unable to raise.
(his Hickman’s hearing was delayed on
plea that he wished to await the
arrival of his father la-fore facing the
Thornton’s story was first told to
neighbors, who testified it differed in
-some details from his version to the
court, yesterday. He had told t.ho
neighbors, they -aid, that Hickman
and Mrs. Bunch forced him to aid in
dismembet i::g the body. He told the
(court the slaying with a hatpin took
place while Bunch slept, but did not
[explain how he obtained that infer
Imation.
EXPLORER
IS WITHOUT
ST III OUTPOST
Augustine Courtauld, British
Scientist, Radios is ‘Absolutely
Without Provisions’ in Iceland
PLANE IS DISPATCHED
TO SCENE WITH FOOD
Was Left By Expedition at Cen¬
tral Station to Spend Winter
Alone and Was Due for Re¬
lief. >
Copenhagen, Denmark, April 29. t/Pl
A wireless message received at
Reykjavik, Iceland, today purporting
to he from Augustine Courtauld, Brit¬
ish scientist who is lost in northern
Greenland, stated: “Absolutely with¬
out provisions.”
An airplane leaving Iceland today
with the Iceland inspection ship Odin.
ily 1 roni the edge of the ice har
to Tasioak and to Aiigmagsulik.
for Courtauld. If the plane
can find him it w ill drop provision
<>n the ice for his use.
lie is believed to be somewhere in,
t,ll ‘ vicinity of the station at which
lie was left to spend the winter and
obtain meteorological data for use of
the British Arctic air route expedi
The site of this station lias not
been located thus I'ar by rescue mis
siotis which have gone to Uourtauld’s
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Augustine ... (.ourtauld of 15
was one
young scientists and explorers who
sailed from London on duly (i. 1950,
-
'? Rhackelton _ lainmu
tlagship Quest lo delermme the teas
i ulitj ol an air route across the Are
tu ‘ ,nni England to Canada. I
' vas , " ul1 : 1 : «U?l”‘’**s of
[ i ..a'p,, it* u. '(■' (■- wvi-hi u aiKins, '"i -i-\i "1. at -old
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K ,
X . (M ':.......,
di '''""f • . . ,. . . . > , to
'
’. - , , tllj!!' lt .
V Angnmgsalik. a'Z im’ .1 u uantl, ""' on
,'mnt ,[ t ' e ,a tm' s rm.d k Fh rd V, 11 es
.’"V!' . m , 1- °'.' a a snrill S ‘” aU miri paU> v scaled al< d
,
miles inland, 111
ri1 .^"B'-ntly, to -spend the < winter ourtauld alone volunteer at
central station and was due to he re-
1( . ived this mont |,. Watkins led a smal!
...... s fnl . oh )nl( w ,. s
[ nilt)U , tlu , , Hl( „„
()f ,} u , ( .hanirinic terrain and was lore
j , u back to the main camp
,, , , , • ,, .. ... , , . ,
nSSft r "tV . I'l ‘ n™, !,. . i,V . tbLt" "!■ ,' (’ / (
m II,,' D
., 1.,,r Cambridge and nur
.j in Uvu other (ireenland cx
....... , s engaged mi..
M „ 1H( . Montgomerv, k of London.
ATTACKS OK WALKER
CITY \ FI-'A IRS COMM IT'I’FK LOS 1-1
FKIST ATTKMI’T TO OUST MAY
Oil; WILL NOT STOP KJTOJM'S
New York, April 29, (A') The <• ity
affairs committee, defeated in its first
attempt to force the removal of May
Walker, will continue its
"until every one of its charges has
been thoroughly investigated."
The decision was announced in a
formal statement after dismissal ol
the charges by Governor Roosevelt.
committee had accused the mayor
0 f condoning ineompoteiu-o and en
couraging corruption in the city gov
ernm'ovL "T)7
i- governor’s failure to act upon
charges of the city affairs
m it tee against. Mayor Walker bring.
l() an end tin- first, skirmish in the
l, a ttU* between civic decency and the
machine,’ the eommiDee s
......'• -Ol ■•’I'L.. ,.!*« affairs
committee will not rest, until every one
„ f j, s charges ha . been thoroughly in
ve.sligated and the mayor i-ompellml to
account under oath for the miseon
( | U ct charged.” the accusal ion:
The governor said
were so general in character that he
Wils no t justified in proceeding fur
,|ier.
political writers for newspapers
found significance in one pa.vage r,f
statement, particularly in Vl, be ’ w
, lf t|„. f a ,-t that the governor is
j„ e discussed as a candidate for presi
p *aid:
"The governor’s ..... failure to tal........
,j,, i........I n0 e and determine . I.. i i n <. the I Ko t truthfulness u 111111 11 ll if
,q- (| u . charge: is a responsibility
he alone will have to bear hc
tp.e American people.”
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WAREHOUSE BURNS _
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Win ton-Salcm, N. G., April 29. I/Pi
Eire of unknown origin early
• defrayed the huge warehouse of
winston-Sal'-m Leaf A Storage r otn
p 3t) y, approximately 4,000,000
,,(• Tobacco and 12 small negro
, nearby. The damage wa..
timated in exc< of $400,000.
fl, m « threatened a re-drying
operated by the company adjoining
C Arouses Butler : J
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Vsite i jt t ml Vn-ra Photo
Minister Dantes Itellegarde of llai
ti (above) aroused the ire of Major
Smedlev Butler with remarks about
Ford Riviere, Haiti, '
KELLEY RELEASED
T ( i j
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Family of Kidnaped Physician
^ Declares , ,, No Money ... Was Paid _ . ,
and No Promises Made For
His Freedom.
St. Louis, April 29. t/l-’l The ....... family
„f Dr. Isaac .J. Kelley who was re
leased by kidnapers yesterday, au
j thorized the statement today that no
ransom or reward was paid or pro
m ise«l In relatives.
Rner, attorney employed by
the lamily to act as hut ter between the |
physician ................ on one '............ hand and ............... detectives j
and newspapeiuien on the other, j.
smsl the following .............
No ransom or reward was paid lor
! f:,m ’T ! ly l,y ... ...... , ,
: the r lamd. and promised.
none was
ef ’nst”* .......... captii ily. nervous lie strain experts id 111 seven I'd uni days III
and .
pTacttee as an' eye. ear. nosh
, lhvoat specialist within a few days, j
The assttrauee that no ransom wai
p. li( | his release was almost in
credible to Dr. Kelley. It was re
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‘Weil what do you think of that” I
Dr. Kelley .lid "I d certainly like j
’"’ ■ l ‘ < ’ ^ U ' S( ‘ l,, ""' vs Ghe kulnapei s) !
!'" ,l,y „ V y° u,d " !. i 1 Em al1
....."" ’ „„..... ", ,V"" 1 1
' 5;,,iS h , - S'* itv............. ^ , with' „ them: ;
Ami <lon t. think they i.on . wo.-a o«ro
U, then- oceupal ioii. kid laping a :
j 24-hour-a-day job. I hose lellow- had
as haul a time as li.ul. j
1
NI'.GltO I.U.( I RO* ., I 1 l-.D
Milleilgeville. Ga., A)> i 1 2‘-t. cP)
Mai viu Berry. Id-year-- «ld Blakely m-
1 gro, wa- i-1 *• i• I’oeul eil al 10:15 a. m.
a* the stale prison farm today for the
: laying of William Harper, 90, negro, j
in November, 1929, I he murder grew ,
out of a miarrel over Berry i--milling
lapsed Harper’s and granddaughter. earried to Du- Berry chair. <;ol
was
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K _ mftlirn L[j|JIW|LJJ D/till/IAT | | jMu|[ I
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MAN WHO SENT MEDICOS
SEARCHING RECORDS RE
, VEALEI) IN TRUE LIGHT
j 1 Cleveland, April 29. _ (/I 1 The “ Rev-■ ;
|t},|,',|, )
||. Thm-her, who sent
authiu ities of the- country j
[ |, M ,kiiig |,is case when be malignant.! claimed |
,. x to die from a
(,, i.„ital disease, today stood revealed
py ;) <, ex-convii-t with a iotig -
,' j )0 |j ( , ( , ,,j_ |
Thiirber claimed he had recently re
>turn<-<< from 10 years’ missionary ’
, W o,-k in the Straits settlements- anil
1
Korea, hut police said during part of
'that time he wa serving sentence:
ml | KU | che-k charges in Ohio
f; a ijf orn i a penitentiaries. I
officials at Lockport, N. Y., said
Mrs. Susan Thui-ber had a son Ralph :
'Canadian w p (1 waH ,o,<.|l shocked while with the
forces overseas during the
: World war and irn-i then had been
, u hjeet to hallucinal ions. Mrs. Thin
waH believed on her way here.
Physicians al the City hospital,
however, said Thurber may be ill from
i . a disease common ......... .. ;ft,,. in the
|... u . jg aJ(t j a|t ran . j n this country, as
he claims, The disease usually is
contracted from eating poorly cooked
fish and parasites attack the hotly.
Thurber attracted the interest of
several national authorities .................. on tropical ._____
f |j slas ,. K when he told hospital authori
j ^ wa; . HU ffering from distomiasis i
nnf ,. nj( | was r ,. s j Kn ,.fl to death
w jthin a month. The rareness of the
( jj H( . aS0 j n y,j K country and the conse
j ac ^ 0 f familiarity with it puz-.
physicians. He told many stories
niissionary work in the Orient, hut
all investigation was started when
n , 0 ther could not he located at the
‘Philadelphia address he gave.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SINCLAIR GUSHER
IS DEFIANT AFTER
TAKING ITS TOLL
Workmen Unable Check Flaming
Well at (iladeoater, l ex.. Which
Blasted Seven Men to Death
COMMUNISTIC PLOT
IS BEING PROBED
Texas Rangers Find That Reds
Have Advanced Plan to Blow
Up Oil Properties Throughout
West.
Tyler, Texas. April 29. 1/1*1- Sin
clair Oil Company officials here said
today that Tcxur Rangers investigat¬
ing an alleged (’ommunisl plot to
blow up oil field properties were ox
peeled to inquire into the oil well ex
ldosion that killed seven men near
Ghulewater, Texas, last night.
Glenn llarroun, production super¬
intendent for the company, said the
first which ignited the Well as it was
Mowing wild wit known U> have start¬
beneath I he derrick floor, here, he
said, there were no frictional parts
th.it might have caused a spark,
lie referred to letters sent out re¬
by Ranger Captain Frank
Hamer, warning oil companies of the
alleged Communist’ plot in connection
wit tv thefts of quantities of nitro gly
,,|Tin 111 lrNa ai|| l Oklahoma.
Uari-ounU hrother. Bill, lost his life
p, (| 1( . explosion and lire at the well,
wa- still tmniing fiercely today.
Gladevv ater, Texas, April 29. (/!’) -
Flaring heavenward in fiery defiance.
alter it hud blasted at least seven
men 'n death in liquid lire and in
juri-il i.hr e others, the Sinclair No. 1
Cole well, two miles southwest of
Gladewater, was unquenehed tmlav.
Taming of the wild gusher was
within a lew minutes id aecumplish
me ut tale \e -terday when friction in
the* i ■ u lowering i"' 1 ' "r, 11 ( a *• valve ' •> • > > igni'ed .m > mil- m«
lions of feet of ga- gushing from the
ing. Fire hot kyward and a ter
explosion followed, igniting the
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The crew ol ten temhed workmen
,an ran surcamin^ s, from tlu» sce.ic, the
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,jy otHciuls and worke 's were
s l,al U or 16 per
snl , j nt -1,,>1 i .1 •• spectators, were kill
, (| km , w „ ,|end:
Roy Blankenship, Seminole, Okla.
Ge rge Albright, Oklolioma City.
Virgil Woltz, Oklahoma City.
Dili llainnm, Oklahoma City.
Boh Murdock, Oklahoma City.
W. II. Met la pt, Jr., Winona, Okla.
W. II. AD ('la -Min, Sr., 511, Winona,
>gj.,
The injured were Tom Cole part
owner « 01 r me w.-n; wen; j„h« .101111 i\i\vo, <*ys, 59, of ».
OKR-To-ui ('il y. and Frank Kemek, t.‘ :. :!5,
x :: y:i
, vi) , w T( . XUj4< hosuitals ilangerous
|y j,, jui -,.,|. Phvsicitms said they
; | . obl| |’ )| vvoll |,| ( | i( .. The younger
Mi-Classin ilieil after being rescueil
f'-iim the flames.
Lee Hrumley ,foreman of the drill
ing crew for tin* Lofflin Drilling Com
|M|IV ,,| t,,| Ok| u „ said he did ni^t
|„,|j ( V( , )my ,q,hers lost their lives,
Rrumh-v .aid lie eseaped death by
a . (k 0 f j|„. binst which hurled him
|y V( .>ity yaiils away D-inn the ilerrick
ani | „f tin* path of the boiling,
fl ain j n g oil. Cole was burned about
jj a . whrn he seized one of the
crew who ran from the scene, his
i-lotiiing afire. Cole tripped the work
man and lore the flaming clothing
from hi body.
The roar of the flames could bo
liea d for more than a mile,
The gigantic geyser of lire erai-k-ed
and leaped unabated, gathering wo
iiientum ‘lirougb the night, lighting
tin- pin- forests far many miles.
[I appeared likely that several days
would he necessary for experts to
pla-e nitro glyi-ei-in to blow out the
(ire.
While t'n- oil fire snorted and pop
ped, buddies of Murdock and llarroun,
wlio-e bodies were cremated in tie
withi-rim- i-auldron, kept a sort of
wake over their ashes. Around camp
fire they talked of the agonizing
-s-elll men - died 11 ' in ‘ the L - «•••• fire and 1
related incidents of heroism,
There wu> the ease of Driller Mur*
dm l„ caught ort the floor of the rig,
who thought of his pal, Virgil Woltz,
eenml driller, and made a mad rush
exti-i.-nt<- him from the flumea.
|>af Ma -ey told of that incident,
||,. was standing on undermined" the runway when
thu liny spark of origin
SC ( tin- fun-.-ral pyre. Only a minuio
.Mtirdoek had handed him his
wa j,,.|. a „d aid: “Rat, hold this for
i don’t want to get oil on it.”
Murbe-h walked hack down the run
W av to the floor of the rig and never
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Woltz’ ■ charred, blackened body was
picked up five hours later far from the
QUAKE KILLS HUNDRED
Moscow, April 29. f/P)—At least
one hundred persons were reported
or injured today in an earth
quake whieh struck three districts of
the Soviet republic of Nakichevan in
Trans-Caucasia. Several villages
were reported to have been wiped oat
many of the houses in other set
tlemenC were dstroyed. The Trams*
Caucasian government moved immes
to organize relief,_____ _