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WEATHER
DRNISON AND VICINITY
Partly Cloudy
Cloudy Tuesday
i HE DENISON
7c PER WEtJC
A FAST GROWING PAPER
Representative United Press and International Newa Service.
DENISON, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 21st, 1937
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1934
VOL. 3—NO. 304
ussian Fliers
Set Ship Down |
Near Vancouver
Murky Haze
Forces Ship
To Landing
Had Enough ,Fuel and Ener-
gy Left to Continue on to
Destination Oakland Cali-
fornia, But Stopped Short
6,000 Miles
Are Covered
No Records Set but Anarctic
Route is DeKr.itely Set for
Future rlights from Russia
VANCOUVER—Short of their
intended objective in their plan-
ned- 6,000 mile non-stop flight,
but with enough gas, energy and
ability to complete the trip, the
three intrepid fliers from Moscow
were forced down because of
murky haze which spread its man-
tle in the area of their intended
landing place at Oakland and sat
them down here. They lacked
only 530 miles of reaching Oak-
land.
However, they did traverse
more than 100 miles of that, but
decided to turn back to Vancouver
where visibility for landing was
safe. i , • |
Immediately after staggering
from their plane, they made a
hasty inspection before leaving
for rest which they had not had
for more than 60 hours of con-
stant flight since taking off from
Moscow.
The pilot, Valeri Chekaloff, 33,
it was disclosed, did not leave the
steering device for more than two
minutes during the entire trip. No
trouble was expereinced in the
entire flight, they reported, and
steering over the area where mag-
netic trouble might arise, was
done by use of sun instruments.
Although the plane did not
ibreak a former distance record
made by the fliers, they are satis-
fied with the flight which blazed
a new anarctic route over the
untry in a suc-
Former Local
Grocer Dies,
Oklahoma City
Jesse Whitehurst -73-year-
Old Local Man, Dies Fol-
lowing Lengthy Illness
Jesse Whitehurtit, 73-year-old
former Denisonian, died at Okla-
homa City Saturday following a
six months illness. He had lived
in Oklahoma City the past three
months, moving there from Deni
son where he had made his honn
for a number of year*.
Born, reared and educated .n
Boonville, Mo., the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Whitehurst, Sept. 30, 186$,
Mr. Whitehurst came to Denisdn
shortly afterwards to reside uid
Local Group
In Austin On
I Highway 160
Representatives From Other
Cities In This Section Ex-
pected to Send Delegates
lo Hiway Hearing Today
Definite Step
May Be Taken
Hope to have Higihway Com-
mission Set Definite Date
For Project To Begin
Denison Chamber of Commerce
ighway committee members left
Sunday for Austin for an appear-
ance before the state highway
commission in connection with
liighway 160 between Denison
and Bells. They were scheduled
for a hearing shortly before noon
today.
Representatives from Bonham,
Bells, Whitewright and Greenville
enter the grocery business. He! are expected to also attend to
was one of the early city alder-
mans and commissioners.
Mr, Whitehurst was married to
Miss Harrie Oram here April
1889. His wife died Feb.
1937 at their home 631 V
Sears street. He was a mei
of the Masonic lodge.
He retired from active bus!
early this year when he bei
seriously ill, moving to his},
Oklahoma home afier his1
death.
Surviving are two sons,
of Oklahoma City and Fri< of
Cincinnati, Ohio; two daugjiers,
Mrs. Russell Hanna of E
and Mrs. Prank Suggs of Bj
ham, Ala., and three great!
children.
Funeral services will b|
today at 3 p. m. from thefhort-
Murray chapel, Rev. Ha® Lee
Virden officiating. Infement
will be at Fairview, Sh$-Mur-
ray directing, with the lJu Ma-
sonic temple in chars# at the
grave.
Pallbearers will be# Sydney
Smith, V. B. Hughes, J>hn Par
rish, Ralph AspJey, Hftigh Cor-
bett, C. W. Beaumoifl Fred W.
Wilson of Durant oi O. W.
Hayes.
Dads Have
Here Sinday
Father's Day in
most hazardous untry in a sue- ed a ded(led gucce
cpssful manner. | jjy special services
The snip Will be dismantled j here Thei.e was
here and returned to Russia, the'
fliers declare.
The men ate practically nothing
during the flight and had plenty of
gas to go more than 700 miles
further.
The other two men on the ship
were Navigator Alexander Belia-
koff and CO-Pilot Georgia Baibu
koff.
Revival To
Close Here
Announcement was made by
Rev. Ben F. Hearn, pastor of the
First Christian church, that the
revival meeting being conducted
on the east side at Gandy and
Fifth avfffiue will be continued
into this week, closing Wednesday
night.
Rev. Hearn is delivering ser-
mons of a practical nature of
help for Christians and the sing-
ing is including old time songs
that are being enjoyed by all
those attending.
Church members are especially
planning to take more active part
this w«ek in the meeting and the
posing days are expected to be
utter attended, it is declared.
The official copy fo the Texas
Unemployment Compensation Act,
as amended March 24, 1937, id
off the press and will be mailed
fin request to organizations or
individuals interested. Requests
for the booklet should be mailed
'to Chairman-Director Orville S.
Carpenter, Texas Unemployment
Compensation Commission, Aus-
tin, Texas.
json prov-
apped off
churches
'tile fuss in
comparison with M#er's Day.
The paternal sidJf the family
awoke in many hots to find
plead the highway cause, inasmuch
as those cities would derive bene-
fits from the project. However,
it was unknown how many would
be present.
The delegates hope to receive
some definite word from the high-
way commission in regard to the
road, to either be blacktopped
or paved. Several times before
the group was informed the work
would be done, but a definite con-
struction time was not given,
each time the members putting it
off until sufficient taxes are re-
ceived to justify it.
The local representatives are
expected to return to Denison
sometime Tuesday.
Denison Is
Given 1938
Convention
Local Delegaton Takes Ac-
tive Interest and is Only
City Considered Outside
Texarkana, Head Says.
Kilgore Man
Named Head
Legion Convention Should
Bring Twelve Hundred
To Denison, Coming Year
Federal Board Member Arbitrating
Strike Reveals Its Limited Power
Rail Road Retirement Before
The House for Consideration
Negroes Hold
Celebration
On Juneteenth
Negroes Give Police No
Trouble, But White Man
Arrested, Celebrating too
Juneteenth, Emancipation day,
passed with litttle or no trouble
with negroes, according to city
police. However a few white men
were picked up for drunkenness,
obviously helping the negro ele-
ment of the city celebrate by re-
mote control.
Ed Luck, negro finance com-
mittee head, said the day was
made highly successful through
the cooperation and help of Deni-
son merchants. The event was
held at Waterloo park, laid out
by the city several years ago for
negro celebrations.
gifts from the chilJbn ranging To cap off the day's activities,
from socks and tifjlo razors and i ;l niid-night show was held by R
Denison was chosen for the
1938 convention city by the
American Legion 1937 meeting
at Longview Saturday, according
to R. R. Johnson, local Legion
Post officer, who attended with
Jerome McKinney.
The convention choice came
after Denison spent several days
campaigning before convention
opened. While several cities plac-
ed bids for the 1933 meeting,
Denison and Texarkana were the
only two seriously, considered,
Mr. Johnson said. Denison won
by a large margin.
The 1938 meeting will convene
on the weekend nearest June 10,
Mr. Johnson 3aid approximately
twelve hundred persons are ex-
pected for the convention, believ-
ed to be the largest scheduled dur-
ing the year here.
A number of state and national
dignitaries, high In Legion work,
were present to witness one of
the largest convention ever held
in Longview. Neil Armstrong of
Kilgore was elected division com-
mander and Bill Hale of Tyler, na-
tional convention delegate.
Hope Huff attended with Mr.
Johnson and Mr. McKinney as an
official delegate from the Denison
Chamber of Commerce's nekvly
formed convention committee.
Body Found By
Boy Crawling
Under House
! . |
Denison Railroaders Await'|
Anxiously Action Taken'
on Retirement Insurance1
WASHINGTON — The lower!
house begins today a careful con-!
sideration of the measure provid-
ing retirement insurance for
railroad men, which involves 1,-
200,000 employes of railroads.
The action of the committee
from the house in recommending
the measure be passed, is tak-
en as being very likely that the
house will acquiesce At piea-
ent the railroad men are not in-
cluded in the old age pension act
and there is every reason to be-
lieve the retirement act will be
indorsd by the house and senate.
Railroad men are in favor of the
bill.
Denison railroad men are on
their toes in earnest hope that
the bill will be passed. It means
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCE MURRAY
j June 21, 1887
The News office received a call
from arshall McDowell, who said
tre hide house folks next door | the rest are hot as blazes . .
complainer that the paper from | riders took the show Sunday . .
Everyday
DENISON
Observations at the Pan-Amer-
ican exposition . . . not as large
as the Centennial, but just as in-
teresting if you haven't seen the
1936 show . , . two major build-
ings are all air conditioned sa far,
bike
the news office stooped up thei?
ditch in the rear of the building
and made a bad smell," or words
to that effect. Now, we have
been in the newspaper business
some time and never knew that it
were possible for paper to be-
come putrid and pestiforous, with-
out first passing through the Chi-
cago river, or which would be
still worse, the Chicago Inter-
Ocean office. It is barely possi-
more than 35,000 new positions' ** the hide houSe folk« and
will be thrown open for unemploy-
ed railroad men now on the extra
board or who have in their ap
plication for jobs. In Denison
alone it would mean that several
score men will be given work.
Many others will be placed on full
time. Those retiring would be
amply provided for in the re-
tirement act .
Dizzy Dean In
Tenth Win Off
Boston Sunday
Yanks Knock Over Chicago
Twice; Wes Ferell turns
in His Third Senator Win
the News corps each think it is
the other's "smell." This is the
first time we have ever stopped
alongside of a hide house and in
our innocent simplicity, we had
supposed^ the unusual sickening,
pestiferous odor, which fills the
air hereabouts, came from that.
Little did we dream that we had
been working among such naucous
smells a score of years. It is
barely possible—but not probable
—that the hide house folks have
gotten their first disagreeable
and the main streets . . . the ma-
jor attractions don't open until
7 p. m. . . . many of the exhibits
are yet incomplete and seem they
won't be for some time yet
the electric scooters still pull in
heavy trade, even among adults
. . . the federal exhibits are the
same and just as interesting as
last year . . . you can have- the
place.
Factory At
Youugstown
Shut Down
Visibility Over Ohio City Is
Clear for First Time in
Many Years When Plant
Closes Down Production
CIO Continues
To Hold Reins
Has No Power to Force Eith-
er CIO or Companies to
Sign any Agreements, Say
Returning from Dallas, we hap-
pened to glance into another car
as we passed and there was a
first class petting scene going on.
We didn't blush, inasmuch as we
have seen them a couple of times
before. A wave back at the driv-
er, who blared his horn in de-
rision.
billfolds.
Practically evrfy' chur*h in
Denison was well attended bj^ fa-
thers and theirjiffsprJngs vttaiie
pastors delivered specially prepsr
ed sermons.
Business men e^aim it was the
most enthusiastic Father's Day in
history.
D. Leatherman, Rialto and Star
manager.
Police said it was the quietest
and most orderly Emancipation
day in history here.
J)rir« SAFELY--rfot *«>!«••!
Hither And Ypn
WITH KEN
# |_f
' In the ctiy of "mosqu<| and
minaret" it would be implsible
to visit and adequately dlribe
all these beautiful st ructural One
outstanding .known as thejAla-
baster Mosque," built by thfVrab
Caliph Saladin, must be mentned,
because of its intense %uty,
constructed almost entiflr of
solid marble. From the fcial
chair of the Shiek where
interpreter of the Koran
ors are permitted to shout
vowel sounds and discov
the acoustics are perfect.
brotors set up from this H«on-
stj-ntion are almost overwhi
Even a whisper can be
audibly throughout the ni
not only in one certain spo
direct line with the speak
cannon ball is still seen 1
in the wall of one of the
rets, the result of the F
conquest in 1801. This ov
visit the ruins of the pala
Scouts Begin
Arriving For
Jamboree, D. C.
WASHINGTON—Between 20,-
000 and 25,000 Boy S'couts are
arriving here today, with that
many more expected the middle
of the week for the ffig Boy
Scout Jamboree here.
1 President Roosevelt will ad-
dress the boys personally, among
other notables who will appear
before the young men.
Police Begin Unraveling lat-
est California Murder My-
stery, Find Woman's Body
LOS ANGELES—Finding of the
body of a red-headed woman by
a boy who was playing ball, start-
ed police this morning unravel-
ing a mystery.
The boy, Malsom Allen, was
playing ball when the ball went
under a vacant house. The lad
crawled under tho house to bring
out the ball and came out scream-
ing out at what he hail found.
Under the house was a shallow
grave in which the woman was
buried. Part of the foot was
sticking from the grave.
The body was dressed in a silk
robe and had on one shoe. By a
strange inexplicable twist of
things', the right shoe was on the
left foot.
Dizzy Dean may have been
shelled from the mound last
Thursday by Philadelphia, but he
came back against Boston Sun-
day to win his tenth game of the', assessed
Ed Luck, finance chairma.t for
the negro celebration here Sat-
urday, drops a note thanking busi-
ness men and other local citizens
for their fine support given to
whiff since being a neighbor of make the day a complete success,
a newspaper ^and consequently' Special thanks went to R. D
thinks it is the paper which read-
ily decays this hot weather, in-
stead of green hides, wich are al-
ways rose-scented.
F. G. Graves and Tom Lyons,
from the Nation got to fighting
in front of Mulken's restaurant
Friday evening. Both men were
arrested by Yocum and Farmer
and taken before the mayor, who
the damages at $11.90
Leatherman for allowing a show
for them at midnight the same
day.
YOUNGSTOWN, O.—The spec-
ial federal board named to help
arbitrate the difference at the
steel plants will have no power
to either force the CIO to end
their strike nor to force the steel
companies to sign agreements
with the workers, it was declared
by the board today as the task of
trying to settle matters gets un-
der way. I : I
Sunday another man died from
injuries received in a Saturday
night clash, bringing the totnl
dead in the present" "trouble to
twelve. *-
For the first time in many
years the atmosphere over the
city of Youngstown is clear vis-
ibility possible, denoting that the
steel plants are nq longer belch-
ing off their steam and smoke. It
also denotes that there are no
more pay days for this city for a
while.
1 KRAFT
PHENIX
PLANT PARAGRAPHS
I «
Fred Moak, employed' in the ac-
counting department, has left for
a two week vacation at Saint
Louis.
Mrs. Harry Sawyer, of the ac-
counting department, is off due to
the serious illness of Mr. Sawyer.
f>
(Continued on Pa ft 41
A. C. Hollowell of the accoun-
ting department, has left for a
two week vacation in his home
state of Indiana.
Net Tourament
Schedule For
Thursday Here
A tennis tournament open to
any man or boy, residing in Deni-
son for the past ninety days or
longer, will begin at the Denison
club courts Thursday afternoon,
according to M. M. Marshall,
sponsor. Entrance must be made
by noon the same day. Play will
be held both morning and after-
noon with both singles and dou-
I bles matches scheduled.
i Winner of singles play will be
given the high school cup and the
runner up will be awarded the
Rockwell cup. The Lions club
will offer trophies to doubles win-
ners.
The Texas Unemployment
Compensation Act provides that
wilful refusal to pay contributions
to the unemployment trust fund,
or make reports to the Commis-
sion, can be punished by a fine of
as much as $200 or imprisonment
ftfr as much as 60 days, or both,
for each offense. This penalty
is in addition to the interest char-
ge,
season D to 1.
Lon Warneke turned in a four-
hitter in the fhst game of the
double header to win 6 to 2. Pitts-
burgh defeated Brooklyn 4 to 2 in
a twin bill's opener, then dropped
the afterpiece by the same score
when Van Mungo nipped an eighth
inning rally in the bud.
Chicago had its loop lead cut
down when Philadelphia copped 6
to 5. A four-run rally in the
eighth by the Cubs was not
enough. New York won another
from Cincinnati 4 to 3, combining
timely hitting with breaks.
New York of the American lea<
gue proved too much for Chicago,
taking both ends of a double head-
er 8 to 4 and 7 to 4, aided by
five home runs. Wes "ferrell won
his third game since joining
Washington, 5 to 3, from St.
Louis, giving eight hits, but tight-
ening in the pinches.
Boston defeated Cleveland 5 to
2 in the initial game of a bargain
bill, then dropped the second 8 to
7. Detroit's Auker and Bridges
had Philadelphia eating out of
their hands and the Tigers took
both ends of a double header 6
I each. Lyons pawned his team for
the money and Graves went to the
cooler.
June 21, 1887
A very large audience assem-
bled at the McDougal opera house
last Friday night to witness the
rendition of the Doctor of Alkan-
tara, presented by the Denison
amateurs. The night was rather
warm, but personal comfort was
forgotten when the curtain rose
on the first act of this sparkling
musical comedy. It is rich in
laugh-provoking dilemmas, ludi-
crous situations and bright and
sparkling music and was given in
better form than many a travel-
ing company.
The leading parts were taken
and superbly acted or sung by the
following ladies and gentlemen,
all under the leadership of Will A.
Everitt:
Mrs. J. A. Wilkinson, Miss Jean
Acheson, Miss Mattie Bell Cook,
Halloway Smith, B. B. Leecraft,
Guy Moseley, D. I. Brombaugh
and W. C. Rigsby. The chorus
was strong, prompt and steady the
costuming rich beyond anything
ever seen on a Denison stage and
the operat ran smoothly as if in
More and more articles are ap-
pearing concerning the possibili-
ties of the Braddock-Louis fight
at Chicago Tuesday night, with
the major number of writers still
picking the negro to win. We
still stick with the present cham-
pion, why, is more than we know.
However, we think Brad Jock is
the better fighter and gamest of
the two, but his two years out
of the ring in idleness and his
age, 32, may prove not enough
against a 23-vaar-old youngster
who is alleged to carry dynamite
in both fists. A recent poll of
sportswriters gave a 2 to 1 choice
for Louis to cop, but some of
those who pick Braddock, are the
best known in the nation. Grant-
land Rice, who has been writing
articles seemingly to favor
Braddock, does an about face to-
day and puts his chips on Louis.
Congratulations to R. R. John-
son, Jerome McKinney and Hope
Huff for their fine work in ob-
taining the 1938 American Legion
convention for Denison. Again
showing how one can obtain what
he might want, in many cases,
with work and determination The
meteing will draw more than a
thousand here for several days,
it has been estimated.
YOUNGSTOWN—Rev. Archie
Linn declared Sundy that he
would conduct a prayer service
for peace in the ranks of industry
in Youngstown. So far this is the
first time that a special announce-
ment of this kind has been made.
KATY
Railroad News
j #
A section crew under foreman-
ship of G. Bough have begun re-
ballasting the track in front of
the union station. Water collect-
ing around the tracks makes mud
which stops drainage, leaving un-
sightly mud and water standing
is the reason for the work.
L. B. Biggs has been called
from Dallas and reported Monday
morning for addition to the brake
man's extra board here. Mr.
Biggs has been cut off the board
for some time.
An extra Pullman will be added
to the Texas Special Tuesday con-
taining Boy Scout executives en-
route to the national jamboree at
Washington D. C. June 30 to July
9.
to 3 and 8 to 1.
In the Texas league Dallas split' the hands of professionals,
with Beaumont 9 to 3 and 2 to 6; The gross receipts of the
Oklahoma City defeated Galves-
ton twice 10 to 9 and 2 to 0; Fort
Worth knocked over San Antonio
en-
gagement were $230, expenses
$128.30, leaving a balance of
$101.70 which was turned over
TWO DIE FROM
MOTOR ACC1DEN1
In both ends of a double bill 3 to1 Saturday to the Episcopal church,
1 and 8 to 0; Houston dropped a| The doctors and druggists are
pair to Tulsa 7 to fi and 13 to 10.; „n complaining of the scarcity of
• sickness in the city. One druggist
said that he hadn't averaged two
presriptiong a day ior the past
week and if he depended on the
prescription business He would
have to close up.
tJune 21, 1902
Conductor C. W. Jones of the
Katy and Miss Jennie Hill were
married at the home of the bride's
BURNETT, Tex.—Two chil-
dren pedestrians along the high-
way were killed by a hit and run
driver Sunday afternoon, one of
them being killed instantly, the
other dying later from injuries.
The dead are Walter and Os- 331 Enst
car Bird, children of Oscar Bird. 1 huraday. The
The childrsn were on their to fortm
church and were walking alon<
the highway. *
Down at the police station the
other day we ran into a local man
whom we consider very handsome.
At the time one could hardly rec-
ognize him as the same fellow
because he had obviously been on
a couple of weeks drunk. If
few of the younger fellows who
smell the cork now and then
could see similar cases as we
have, they would stick more or
less to water or soft drinks, yesh
shir.
J
Drive Safcly-
A columnist in a nearby paper
takes time off to make a few de-
grading remarks at Walter Win-
chell, who we have little use for
ouraelf. However, while the writ-
er takes tho slants at the N. V.
Correspondent, he does break
dpwn and admit Winchell makes
ney doing what he
f the big
The Bluebonnet is scheduled to
leave Dallas Tuesday with two ex-
tar coaches containing Boy Scouts
delegates enroute to Washington.
Boy Scouts will commandeer a
special train of eight coaches from
Oklahoma City Thursday June 24
to Jamboree headquarters.
Ray Moore, transportation clerk
resumed his duties Monday after
a vacation of several week? with
his wife and family spent at Lds
Angeles, Salt Lake City, Pikes
Peak and many other interesting
points.
Phil Breaux. Dallas swit
is a patient at the Katy hospital.
Lawrence Harris, machinist o£
Waco, is a patient at the hospi-
tal.
If yea
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