are NRA WE DO OUR PART VOL. 66 NO. 63 JESSE H. JONES ABSOLVED BY INQUIRY WASHINGTON, Dec. (AP) -The senate banking sub- committee investigating reconstruction finance corporation loans today exonerated Jesse H.
Jones-RFC chairman -of charges he was personally interested in loans by the government corporation to three Texas mortgage companies. The committee, made up of the same senators who are investigating stock market practices, concludea that the loans to the Bankers Mortgage company, the Midland Mortgage company, and the Southwestern Investment company, all in Jones' home state of Texas, were justified, adequately secured and Jones "had no personal interest in any of them." Loans Justified Chmn. Fletcher made public the conclusions informally in a talk with newspaper men, after a brief executive session of the subcommittee. Formal complaints had been made that many mortgage company loans were going to firms in which Jones had direct or indiinterest. rect, Fletcher said there were two suits being tried in Texas involving some of the loans but added: "The thing we are concerned about was something else and we found that Jones didn't use the RFC to serve his personal individual interests.
We found the loans justified, amply secured and Jones has no interest in them personally." The will proceed with investigation into loans to mortgage companies organized since the RFC act was amended to permit such loans. Securities Checked The amendment was put through congress primarily to permit banks which were reluctant to borrow from the government on account of the publicity involved, to organize mortgage companies and obtain loans indirectly. Fletcher said the committee wanted to find out the securities back of such loans and the purposes of some of them. A report from the RFC was understood that mortgage company loans now aggregate about 000,000. Of this amount New York has received slightly less than 25 per cent, or $86,000,000, while Texas has obtained around $30,000,000.
Illinois, Colorado and Maryland also were said to have received large sums. DEADLOCKED JURORS DISMISSED BY JUDGE TYLER Dec. 1-(AP)-Failure of furors to agree resulted today in mistrial in the case of Mrs. Alma Baker, charged with murder in connection with the shooting of J. W.
Thompson at her home near Lindale last May 19. The jury, which was dicharged last night after having the case under consideration for 25 hours, was reported to have been deadlocked, six for acquittal and six for conviction. Mrs. Baker had testified that she shot when Thompson tried to attack her. She claimed to have been temporarily insane at the time.
REPEAL VOTE SENT A document, dressed in seals and ribbons, went forward today to Washington from the secretary of state, an official notification that this state voted to strike national prohibition from the federal constitution. The state's formal vote was cast here on Nov. 24 by delegates who had been chosen in a special election on Aug. 26. SANTA SAYS: "It's easy shopping in Austin becauseyou've got the Christmas Gift Guide in The American-Statesman to help you!" Classified Page 15 Today.
Second Oldest Daily Texas of 5 Tun Storiesamant, exal 'AUSTIN, TEXAS, DECEMBER 1, 1933. VOTING ON PRESIDENT PAYDAY COMING REGULARLY NOW Payday is coming regularly these than 100.000 Texans who had been some of them for several months, more than a year, Last Saturday 104,959 received days to more Photograph unemployed, administrator some for county, handing works employe. pay for work other counties on civil works projects. $1,298,192 was met. WALKER PICK MISS MAYES CHIEF OF DEANS Miss.
Ruth Mayes of Nacogdoches was nuned president of the Deans of Women association of Texas to succeed Miss Ivy Cheatham of Waxahachie as deans opened their annual one -day session here Friday morning in conjunction with the State Teachers' convention. Miss Mary C. Brogdon of San Marcos was named secretary-treasurer: Miss Byrd Creekmore of Houston, first vice president, and Mrs. Mattie Lloyd Wooten of Denton, second vice president. Through a change made Friday in the constitution, the president and secretary will serve two-year terms, the vice presidents for one year, and subsequently all officers will serve for two years in alternating fashion.
This will keep two old members and two new members on the state board, It was pointed out. How high school deans have cooperated with in solving problems caused by the depression was pointed out by Miss Genevieve Johnson, long dean of girls at San Jacinto high school in Houston and a veteran member of the state organization. The initial deans' session was held at her home years ago, it was brought out Friday morning. She had the indorsem*nt of Miss Edith Clark of the teachers' college at Denton in urging that construetive work of deans be made known' to the public, "Some people have an idea that we have an office and that is all." declared Miss Clark. have thanked us for the assistance we have been able to give in keeping many depressionhit students in school.
When there was talk of doing away with our offices as an economic measure, of Houston protested heartily," Miss Johnson said. A resolutions committee was to be named before adjournment 10 draft indorsem*nt of publicity 011 constructive work done by deans' offices and staffs. The business session followed an 8:30 breakfast in the new student union building, university campus, and Miss Cheatham presided. Approximately 30 attended the breakfast and close to 50, including deans and visitors, reported for the business meeting. Miss Jessie Newell of Huntsville reported on the national deans meeting of the past year, and Miss Ruby Terrill of the University of Texas discussed advantages of membership in the national association: Nominations were offered by a committee headed by Miss Laura Kuykendall of Southwestern university, Georgetown.
"The Dean--Her Role in National Adjustment" brought a clear -cut message from Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse of the state college for women at Greensboro, North Carelina. COUNCIL VOTES TO CANCEL ITS DAM CONTRACT Formal action whereby the Lake Austin dam came council, in special session, celing the franchise of the The ordinance directed mand immediate surrender of the franchise and to take possession of the dam and its appurtenances. Today's action was the result of failure of the dam franchise holder to start rehabilitation of the dam as agreed upon in an ordinance passed today because the company had "wholly failed to commence" work on the structure by Nov. 30, 1933, as stipulated in the 1931 agreement, and had "expressed to the city council its inability to do Today's action climaxed a series of conferences between city councilmen and representatives of the Austin Dam, Inc.
Twice the council refused to grant extensions of time on a start of the dam rehabilitation work. First the company asked for a two year extension, then Tuesday presented a formal request for 90-day extension in order to attempt to obtain capital with which to carry on the rehabilitation work. Friday the council also granted the Texas Public Service company permission to lay gas mains in Academy Drive; and passed resolution authorizing the Southwestern Bell Telephone company to place pole lines in 13th street and in BANKER MELLON TAKEN BY DEATH PITTSBURGH, Dec. B. Mellon, president of the MelIon National bank and brother of Andrew Mellon, died today at the age of 75.
The multi-millionaire banker and philanthropist had been in failing health for a month and last Wednesday his condition took a. turn for the worse. Death occurred at his home at 5:19 a. m. At his bedside the wife, Mrs.
Jennie King Mellon; a son, Richard K. Mellon, and a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Cordelia Scaife. Richard Beatty Mellon, younger brother of former secretary of the treasury, helped to build the vast Mellon business empire cen. tered around Pittsburgh and though always quiet and unassuming was prominent in philanthropic circles.
His last appearance in the public notice was just three weeks ago, when he asked the federal government to re-examine his income tax for 1930. A payment of $18,951 was in dispute. The petition disclosed that banker had an income of $3,598,931 for the year in question. In addition to the huge Mellon bank, the banker also was president or director of more than a score of enterprises. He assumed many of the business responsibilities of his older brother after Andrew was named to the treasury post by the late Pres.
Harding, and under his direction the vast interests of the brothers continued to expand. Though his pet interest was his bank, Mellon also was greatly interested in the new East Liberty Presbyterian church now under an edifice which was his gift to the congregation with which he worshiped. The site of the church is the birthplace of Sarah Jane Negley, his mother, and where in 1819 his grandmother, Mrs. Barbara Negley. erected the first East Liberty Presbyterian a small wooden structure.
Funeral services will be held at the banker's home, 6500 Fifth avenue, Pittsburgh, at 3 p. m. Sunday. The burial will be private. Bond Forfeitures Asked in 2 Cases Petitions were on file Friday in district court here for forfeiture of the bail bond of Major Faupel, young San Antonio man, in connection with the robbery here last Feb, 21 of Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmie Reid. Faupel several months ago received a 12 year setence on one of the robbery indictments against him, and had been at liberty under appeal bond. Also he is wanted in Bexar county for the recent holdup of a bank at Somerset. Dist.
Atty. James Hart said the petition for forfeiture of bond on another indictment pending here against Faupel was filed in order that an alias capias might be issued and sheriff's officers here have a claim on Faupel. Also filed was a petition for forfeiture of the ball bond of J. E. Williams, indicted for forgery and passing, in connection with the purchase of cigarets in wholesale lots here last July 3 from the Ponca Mercantile company and Nelson Davis and Son.
Williams recently failed to appear in court to answer to the indictments against him, WEATHER FORECAST For Austin and vicinity: Cloudy tonight, probably showers: Saturday, partly cloudy and colder. For East Texas: Cloudy, local showers tonight: colder in extreme west portion; Saturday, partly cloudy: local showers in east portion: colder in the interior. PRICE FIVE CENTS CHARGES ASKED ROAD DEATH OF WOMAN the city will assume control of Friday morning when the city passed finally an ordinance canAustin Dam, Inc. City Mgr. Guiton Morgan to de- U.T.
COACH OFFER WHOLLY DENIED Vehement denial that he or, 30 far as he knew, any member of the University of Texas athletic council had offered the Longhorn football coaching job to any person was made this morning by W. E. Metzenthin, chairman of the council. After reading in morning papers the statement of Harry Mehre, Georgia mentor, that he had been offered the U. T.
position, Metzenthin phoned from Bryan to reiterate his former announcement--that no official action had or would be taken on the Texas coaching situalion before the regular meeting of the athletic council next Tuesday night. "No member of the athletic council has been authorized to communicate with any individual regarding the football coaching Job," Metzenthin stated. Meanwhile at Austin Dean V. I. Moore, member of the council, substantiated Metzenthin's statement by declaring that the first official move either to keep or replace Clyde Littlefield, present head coach, will be made at the Tuesday meeting.
Mehre's statement, made in Tucson, where the Georgia gridders stopped en route to play Southern California Saturday, came as a surprise since he was one of the few coaches of the nation who had not been prominently mentioned as Littlefield's possible successor. Mother and Son Free Under Bail A complaint charging murder had been filed in Peace Justice J. M. Griffith's court Friday against Grace Johnson, 35, and her son, Melvin Ardel Johnson, 16, as a result of the fatal shootinng last Sunday of Eugene Leifeste, 50-year-old Austin plasterer, in a house on East Sixth street, The complaint against the pair was filed after a two-day inquiry in Judge Griffith's court at which officers attempted to sift details of the shooting. Mrs.
Johnson and her son were free, each under $2500 bond, to await grand jury action in the case, Leifeste was struck by a charge from a stotgun Sunday afternoon as the culmination of a game of chance in the house officers said. Although authorities questioned him Monday afternoon, he told them he did not know who shot him.9 He died early Tuesday. A charge of assault with intent to murder was filed against Mrs. Johnson Monday after officers said she told them in a verbal statement that the shooting was done accidentally as she prepared to go hunting. Testimony of a third witness im-1 plicated Melvin Johnson, and the court of inquiry was continued when re refused to answer questions at the first hearing.
PETTY THEFTS TRACED Petty thefts being traced by police Friday included clothing, automobile equipment and a bicycle. J. T. Glass, Austin Route 1, told officers a coat was stolen from his car here. Tires were stolen from cars belonging to William Hedden, 2616 Salado street, Tyree Martin, 902- East 13th street; and Arthur Lewis, Washington avenue.
Karl R. Schmidt, 607 West 10th street, reported the loss of a radiretor cap. A bicycle was stolen from Elbert Scales, 1105 Angelina, street. EL PASO, Dec. Assist.
Dist. Atty. John Penn announced that a charge of murder will be filed today against Arthur C. Wilson, 48, Cleveland, 0., in connection with the slaying of Mrs. Irene Dieholt, 28, atractive Cleveland widow.
The widow's body was found near Van Horn, Texas, east of El Paso on Nov. 7. She had been beaten over the head, a cord tied tightly around her neck and all her clothing except silk stockings removed. Identification was established yesterday by Cleveland police who showed pictures of the slain woman to Mrs. Frank Cheska of Cleveland, Mrs.
Diebolt's sister. Sheriff Chris P. Fox said he has been informed that Mrs. Diebolt left Cleveland with Wilson in September for California in an automobile bought by Mrs. Diebolt with part of $4000 she received from incurance following, the death of her husband.
Man's Moves Recalled The sheriff said that a federal plant inspection station crew on the boundary between Arizona and California gave him a license number of a car that passed through there east on Nov. 2 that was found to have been issued in Cleveland to Wilson. Inspectors at the station said the driver had a "companion." A Pecos, Texas, tourist camp operator supplied the clue that led to the identification of the woman. He turned over to officers several days ago a storage receipt issued by the Fuller Cleaning Dying Works of Cleveland, to Arthur C. Wilson for an overcoat placed in storage.
The receipt was found in a cabin that a man occupied in the Pecos tourist camp for two hours on the night of Nov. 5, the day that undertakers say the woman was slain. Camp attendants said that the man arrived at the camp at midnight wearing bedraggled pants and a clean white shirt. He refused to let anyone help him unload his automobile, but attendants reported the next morning that the man kept water running in his room for two hours and that he departed at 2 m. Scraps of paper were found in the washbowl with Cleveland addresses on them.
More Clues On the floor of the cabin was a freshly washed electric iron evidently forgotten by the man when he made a hurried departure. This iron was tested in an El Paso laboratory and found to contain human blood in a crack that had not been cleaned out by the washing, Sheriff Fox said. The sheriff asked Cleveland police to take: up the trail. They have been working on the case for more than a week and reported yesterday that the dead woman had been identified as Mrs. Irene Diebolt.
Police in several cities have been asked to search for Wilson. He has been reported in Washington and New York, Added to the chain of clues was the finding of a man's partly burned shirt beside the road near Kent, Texas, which is on the road from Van Horn to Pecos, two days after the slaying. The woman's partly burned clothing was found hidden under a culvert near Barstow several days later. 3 SUSPECTS HELD Two men were in city jail Friday as burglary suspects as a result of their arrest about 3:45 a. m.
shortly after Special Officer Nick Fields chased them from a freight car in the railroad yards here. City detectives reported that they arrested the men after Fields reported the finding of a satchel of tools, including skeleton keys, in the boxcar, One of the men told officers his home is in San Antonio, the other said he lives in Denver. MAIL ROBBERY SUSPECT CAUGHT IN FORT WORTH FORT WORTH, Dec. Martin, 35, one of 13 indicted in Amarillo last Sept, 18 in connection with the $71,000 Texas and Pacific mail robbery here Feb. 21 of this year, was arrested here today, A 38-year-old man, arrested at the same place was held on police Martin told U.S.
Dist. Atty. Clyde charges of harboring a fugitive. 0. Eastus that he had been hiding since the indictment was returned.
He said he returned to Fort Worth only a few days ago. Eastus announced that a man alleged to have been driving the robbery car either in the actual robbery or in the previous holdup attempt was under arrest. KIDNAP SUSPECT HANGS HIMSELF ST. PAUL, Dec. Sharkey, alleged Chicago gangster, hanged himself with his necktie in a cell in the Ramsey county jail here early today.
Ed Davis, the jailer, said he found the body suspended from the uppermost bars his cell. One end of the prisoner's necktie was fastened to the bars, the other around his neck. Touhys Nearby Sharkey with three other members of the Touhy gang, Including Roger Touhy, the leader, was recently acquitted in federal district court of the $100,000 kidnaping of William Hamm, millionaire brewer, Sheriff George H. Moeller said Sharkey had hanged himself between 5 a. m.
and 6 a. m. He added Sharkey had complained of a headache to a guard about 1 a. 111.. and had asked for aspirin tablets.
Roger Touhy and two of his alleged aids. Eddie "Father" McFadden and Gustav "Gloomy Gus" Shafer, were confined in other parts of the jail. Held in Factor Case After the acquittal of the four Tuesday they were held on an indictment returned against them in a court in Chicago for the abduction last July of John Factor, international speculator, and a removal hearing for returning them to Illinois was set for tomorrow. Sharkey and Shafer also were wanted on mail robbery charges in Minneapolis, It was recalled that during the Hamm trial observers said Sharkey appeared dazed and that William Scott Stewart, chief defense counI cil, had said he beileved Sharkey was unsound mentally, Ways To Combat Sex Pictures Explained QUITABLE movies for children and curtailment of sex pictures presents a problem which American mothers can combat only through organization, Mrs. A.
F. Wood of Athens, recently re-elected state president of the Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers, told the P. section of' the State Teachers' convention Friday morning. Movie censorship and how it can be accomplished was brought up by Mrs. William Trenckmann, shows Solon Walker, civil works and disbursing officer for Travis the first pay check to a civil Similar scenes were enacted in of the state when a payroll of LAND ON CWA PAYROLL WASHINGTON, Dec.
1-(AP)The civil works administration announced today, that "approximately 1,250.000" put the civil works payroll during the first week of operation. Reports to Harry L. Hopkins from 44 states and the District of Columbla were that 1,193,267 were employed as of Nov. 25. New Mexico, North Dakota, Minnesota and Massachusetts have not reported Hopkins said their reand ports probably will bring the total to 1,250,000.
Oklahoma during, the first week completed its quota under a the program designed to give jobs to 4,000,000 persons throughout the country. That state put 101,000 persons on civil works jobs, and Hopkins said today there are no more jobs for Oklahoma. The states reporting and the numher of men placed on jobs include Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, 5121; Oklahoma, Texas, 133,689. Relief rolls in October increased 2 per cent over September. liminary figures showed that 804 families on relief rolls at the end of October as compared with 2,794,640 at the end of the previous month.
The railroads have agreed to haul merchandise designed for relief distribution at reduced rates beginning today. The eastern roads are granting a reduction on of 25 per cent from the regular commercial rates on all merchandise except coal and co*ke. On coal and co*ke the reduction is 20 per cent, However, a minimum charge of $15 per car to pay for road haul service is to be made. The western and southeastern railroads already were subject to reduction of from 35 to 40 per cent on federal government shipments under the federal land grant and bond aid clause and because of this no further reductions are being asked. Latest available figures showed Texas had put 133,689 of its quota of $143,000 to work said the figure of and Hopkins employed undoubtedly was higher than reflected in that tabulation, since it was made Nov.
29. At his press conference Hopkins said reports that the Texas civil works administrator. Lawrence Westbrook. had put into effect 8 rule permitting not more than 10 per cent of the cost of projects to go for materials were erroneous, and that no set figure had been determined. "What they doing down there is this; they are declining to put more than 10 per cent of civil works money Into materials and thus requiring localities to pay about 20 per cent.
bringing the total to around 30 per cent for materials," said. "We think 30 per cent he generally is a good figure for the national economy, and a fair figure." MARIHUANA COMPLAINT Two persons Friday faced complaints in Peace Justice Tom E. Johnson's court charging possession of marihuana. One of the complaints named Joe Franklin as defendant. It was filed by City Det.
F. L. Estepp. The other complaint was filed by Det. W.
F. Flow against E. S. Barron. MORGAN BACK IN OFFICE City Mgr.
Guiton Morgan, who recently underwent an operation for appendicitis, was able Friday to appear nt his office during the special city council session. WOMEN DEMAND THEIR LEADER BE SELECTED PRESIDENT Counting the votes for president of the Texas State Teachers' association will start tonight, while backers of both Mrs. Roy C. Owens, assistant superintendent, and Tyler J. 0.
Loftin, San Antonio principal, were claiming victory. Race was limited to these candidates when nominations were made and the ballot closed last night. The voting will continue all day. Teacher politics were put in storm stage by Mrs. Owens' campaign leaders declaration that the women teachers were in revolt from years of lack of sharing the highest association office.
Women speakers told the convention the women constitute 80 per cent of the membership, and that they are demanding election of a woman president now and every alternate year hereafter, Will Know Saturday It appeared probable, when the first Friday general session convened at 2 p. that the teachers will not know before Saturday mid-morning, or possibly Saturday noon, outcome of the race. An unprecedented-long ballot was created in four nominations for first vice president, and many contested places among the 21 selections for executive committee. The Friday afternoon session opened with presentation of the cantata. "Childhood of by Austin elementary schools.
Mrs. Owens' candidacy was pitched to the theme of "who's afraid of the big, bad wolf," and on challenge by speakers in her hehalf that wome, claimed to form 80 per cent of the Texas State Teachers association, were demanding the presidency for a woman this year and every second year hereafter. If there was a wolf in the politics, the teachers have been seeing whole packs of wolves at education's door in the dominant depression-and-danger theme of the convention. Seek Permanent Financing This is the fact that financing which this year kept school funds up near normal in Texas is only temporary, such as diversion of the state cigaret tax levy to the fund. and that an intensive and aggressive fight is ahead to make it permanent.
Today's general session at 2 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. will bring before the teachers a group of state leaders in education, Dean J.
B. Joanston of the University of Minnesota, and Dr. Earl Bedell, assistant director of vocational education, of Detroit. Afternoon speakers will be Pres. Nat M.
Washer, state board of education: L. A. Wood, state superintendent; N. S. Holland, Breckenridge superintendent; Supt.
E. E. Oberholzer, Houston schools, and Kaufman County Supt. Bryan Dickson. Benedict To Speak Pres.
H. Y. Benedict, and Dean T. H. Shelby of the vision of extension of the University of Texas, night program, The delegates last night were welcomed by Pres.
Benedict, Mayor Tom Miller, Supt. A. N. McCallum, A. J.
Zilker, chairman of the county school board, and E. Murchison, chairman of the city school board. Along with the nominations of Mrs. Owens and Mr. Loftin for president, nominating speeches were made Thursday night putting Supt.
C. Wedgeworth, Snyder; D. R. Howard, Seagoville; W. Z.
Bates, Lockhart, and B. L. Griffith, Victoria, in the race for first vice president. R. B.
Fisher, Pampa, was elected second vice president, and Floyd G. Betts, Wharton, third vice prestdent, both unopposed. Ballots distributed this morning carried the names of the candidates for president and first vice prestdent, and about 30 names for the 21 places as state executive committeemen. A slate of 21 nominees for the committee was announced by a committee, but delegates were not satisfied to leave these to he Continued on Page Fourteen Austin Today chairman of the Austin Council of Presidents, in an informal round table discussion. She cited some recent films shown here as representative of the good as well as the bad influences of movies.
"We were given a re-showing of the "Three Little Pigs" largely to make up for the showing of a nudist film recently," she pointed out. "We want to send our children to see features like the Walt Disney cartoon, but We want to make sure that they will appear on the same program with a suitable full-length "THE picture ATTITUDE Industry of is the that motion a8 first explained state advantages vice of the president, home long as we parents patronize risque study course offered through state. pictures, the movies will continue headquarters. Mrs. Wood, disto produce them," Mrs.
Wood de- cussing the state and national proclared. Parents who supervise gram, cited the legislative, social their children's movie entertain- and educational powers wielded by ment will place the children at a the P. organization in addition suitable show "and then themselves to supervision of leisure time and walk across the street to see some- factors for character- building, thing livelier," she added. Greetings were extended from Through nation -wide organiza- the national organization by Mrs. tion, mothers are now working for S.
M. N. Marrs, and services of adequate censorship, she told the the state office described by Mrs. section group. Stephen Chamness, executive secMrs.
E. H. Marek of Yoakum, I retary, River Stages at 7 a.m. Flood stage, 21 feet: height of river, .3 foot: no change in last 24 hours. stage expected Saturday, 2 foot.
Dec. 2: Sunrise, 7:11 a.m.: p.m.; moonrise. 5:63 p.m.; moonset. 7:52 a.m, SPOT COTTON Austin middling 9.50 BANK CLEARINGS Friday $151,202.70.
