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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy today and Tuesday.
Scattered showers I
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A FAST GROWING PAPER I
Representative United Press and International News Service.
DENISON, TEXAS, MONDAY, JULY 19th, 1937
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4Sellout9 Claims
China Nationals
If Any Armistice With Japanese (is Made, It's
Unknown NSays Nationalists; Refuse (To
Concede > Any Points to Invading Group
' TIENTSIN — Chlnesa official
refused to capitulate to the de-
mands made by Japan, it was de-
clared early Monday.
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCE MURRAY
• •
•July il9, 1878 , 1
On last Friday night, while the
young people of that city were
enroute to Sherman, the carriage
containing Messis. Atcheson,
Simpson and Lockhard and Misses
Rue, Simpson and Shepherd, was
overturned and ' the occupants
spilled out. It appears that the
team had started In the rear, or
nearly so, of the procession and
had passed all others except the
one driven by Gus Arey. Encour-
aged by their succesa in slipping
by other teams, Mr. Atcheson
pulled out to pass Gus. But Gus
was not so easily disposde of, for
he gave him a bit of a race
Atcheson, having the better
whip, or the better team, came
out of the race ahead. In bring-
ing his team down to the track
and to a steady gait, Mr. Atcheson
dropped one of the teins, and
while reaching over the dashboard
to recover it, the" forward spring
of the carriage broke, which
pitched Mr. Atcheson out of the
vehicle. He still clung to the
line and—well, they don't any of
them seem to just understand how
It was done, but they were all on
the ground with the carriage on
top of them, in no time.
The horses, instead of becoming
frightened, displayed uncommon
good sense by standing quietljf
until the wreck was removed.
It was feared, at one time,
that Miss Rue was seriously in-
jured. but she was soon in a con-
dition to be around and with the
other ladies appeared as bright
and sprightly as ever at the party.
Mr. Atcheson had a section of his
scalp removed, but was kicking
around as usual on Saturday*.
The accident occurei1 about 3
miles this side of Sherman, where
the party remained until a con-
veyance came from the above
place for them.
Uuly 19, 1887
One of the most shocking and
coldblooded murders in our local
history was perpetrated at Gaines-
ville on the morning of July 13th.
Mi*fi Mamie, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Bostick. living on
Franklin street in that city, re-
tired to bed about 12 o'clock, ac-
companied by a friend, Miss
Genie Watkins, of Dallas, who
was stopping with her overnight.
About 2 o'clock in the morning,
Mrs. Bostick heard scren-ns issuing
front the young ladies' apartment
and rushing to the room, she saw
a man in the art of leaping
through the window. Lying upon
separate beds, on either side of
tho room, were the two girls, lit-
erally covered with blood and
bleeding from numerous freshly
inflicted wounds. •
The neighborhood was aroused
and surgical aid rendered the two
sufferers. Tho wounds of Miss
Watkins consisted of r. deep cut
on the forehead, inflicted by a1
hatchet, the right eye being driv-
en out of it sockei* by the blow, j
Miss Bostick was hit under the
eve and on the forehead by the
corner of the hatchet and a third
blow with the edge of the weapon j
in the mouth, knocking out two
teet. From the effects of her!
wounds, Miss Watkins died at S
o'clock Friday morning. Miss Bos-
tick. still unconscictu. is still
alive. The bloody print of a large [
hand on the window and a large j
foot print and a bloody towel
warn the clues left by the mur-:
derer.
Jul* 19. 1902
It is with regret that we an
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Chinese Nationalists declare if
there has been <uny armistice sign-
ed or agreement mude with Japan
by Peiping leaders, it was a sell-
out. They will not concede any
such step, they, declare.
Sung is the man declared to
have sold out if any such agree-
ment has been made, it ii stated.
Meantime, forces of the nation-
alists are massing for fighting
and are pushing forward toward
the line of (attack.
Japanese fliers raked advancing
trains with Chinese soldiers
aboard as they moved toward the
defense of Peiping and killed sev-
eral. This action was protested
by China.
VOL. 4—NO. 23
Claim Scare
Of War Kites
Prices in U.S.
8,000 Dead
In Latest
Air Attack
Prices Rising'Because Possi-' In Most Severe Air Raid
ble Warfare Uncalled for,'. Since Spanish Civil War
Says -Statement Issued At' Started, Bodies Strewn ov-
"" *" "" " ' er Wido Area, Reported
Mrs. Nona Brown
Dies At Home
Sunday At 6:30
Following an'illness of one
year, Mrs. Nona Brown, 53, res-
iding at 915 S. Chandler avenue,
died Sunday at 6:30 p. m. at the
family home. She had made that
her home for the past six years,
at which time she moved wi'h
her family. Her husband, Rich-
ard, died July, 2, 1937.
Funeral services will be conduc-
ted at 4 p. m. Monday from the
Full Gospel church, with Rev. U.
S. Grant officiating. Interment
will be at Oakwood with Short-
Murray directing.
Mrs. Brown was born Maich
23, 1884 a.t Jonesboro, Ark. She
was married in 1899 at Nettleton
Ark. She was a resident of Par-
is before moving to Denison.
Surviving are sons, Cunis o
Wliiteboro; O. W. arm Ceitis or
Denison and Dois of Ft. Si 1, Ok.
A daughter, Mrs. May Gregg, liv-
es at Odessa, Texas. A brother,
James Crumwell, lives at Mem-
phis, Tenn.
Empire State
Building Rocked
NEW YORK — The Empire
State building was rocked last
night and occupants given a
scare when a quake shook several
blocks in the vicinity of th« tall
structure.
At first police thought that
some one had dropped a bomb.
Dr. L. Don Lea stated that the
seismograph indicated the shock
lasted from three three niinut?a
:>nd that it came shortly after 10
p. m.
Bungalows were given a severe
shaking. Hundreds of telephone
calls came in from persons wip-
ing to know the cause of the
shaking up.
INFANT J. C. FLOYD
BURIED HERE SUNDAY
White House, Monday
Hindrance To
Recover, Said
Unemployment in United
States Also Gets Setback,
Belief of High Officials
WASHINGTON — Commercial
recovery is being given a set back
because of undue kiting in prices
brought about by uncalled for
talk of war, it was declared at
the White House today.
Not only is it a hindrance to
normal economic adjustment at
recovery, it is declared, but also
the unemployment situation is
b_i..g aggravated.
Rising prices under present
condi'ion, as registered in rents,
erchnndse and other tems, consti-
tutes a positive hindrance to
constructive recovery, it is em-
phasized.
Delbridge And
Clark Tie For
Eighteen Rebel
Planes Destroyed
Tanks of Rebels are ^Repuls-
ed in Attempt to Crash
Through Lines |ut Madrid
MADRID—In the most severe
aircraft ^battle since the civil war
started in Spain, in which from
5,000 to 8,000 bodies were left
on the field of battle, the loyalists
repulsed rebels in a ten-hour cam-
paign.
Eighteen of the plane* of the
rebel forces were rhot down by
the anti-aircnaft guns of the loy-
alists. A total of 160 planes
were in the air.
Although the tanks of the reb-
els made desperate effort to crash
through the lines, the guns of the
government troops were sufficient
to drive the tanks back.
It was the bloodiest battle of
all since the fighting started one
year ago last Saturday.
Second Victim in Two Weeks Is
Drowned at Lake Loy Sunday
Piccard Barely
Misses Death
Ida Sue Floyd, five months old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Floyd, wl.o died Saturday after-
noon at 2:25 was buried Sunday
afternoon at Oakwood following
services at tho Sunnysido Baptist
church with Rev. J. F. Murrell and
Rev. James Crutch field. Funer-
al services were directed by Short
-Murray.
Surviving arc t'.ie parents, who
live at 710 Baker street. Also a
brother, Jajjjes T. and a siRter,
Lei a M. both of this city. Grand-
pnrnets are Mr. and Mt*. T. D.
Schindler, Prosper and Mrs. Delia
Floyd, Denison.
GRABS $28, THEN
i DROPS $20 ON FLOOR
OKLAHOMA CITY—A short-
slightly built man forced Mrs.
Julia Erickson to hand over five
five dollar bills from her purse.
The holdup was staged in-a res-
taurant. On the way out, the
man, in his harte, dropped four
of the. bills on the floor.
Later on the same man is be-
lieved to have forced a woman at
the point of a pistol to drive him
ten blocks.
Golf Laurels i Continue Fight
LANSING, Iowa—Although his
scientific data was destroyed
when his gondola was burned in
a fire following immediately when
Dr. Jean Piccard, stratosphere
explorer landed in the trees near
here, he declared that it has been
definitely demonstrated that a
multiplicity of balloons to give'
him buoyancy would be a valuable'
addition to his further explora-i
tions.
Cubs, Giants
Battling For
National Lead
Joe DiMaggio Beats Bob
Feller With Ninth Inningi
and Bases Are Loaded
Everyday
DENISON
0—— *
R. L. Doss, formerly of the
Whitewright Sun and Sherman
Democrat, has accepted a position
as sports editor of the other locul
daily paper. Doss, a pretty nice
bellow, should do all right with
his new job.
j Unless something i I appens,
j which doesn't seem probable at
The scientist took off with hisj the present setting, the National
new expermeht from ~~Soldiers'| loop race has settled down bo-
Field, Minn., at 12:08 a. m. He tween Chicago and New York,
landed'at 6 a. m. at a sparcelyj with odds on the Giants, even if
settled community, his gondola they are in second place now.
anil balloons landing in the top of
a clump of trees. Fire in some
manner broke out and melted his
gondola, destroying the records he
had secured.
The intrepid explorer of the
upper air, who has made previous
trips, declared, after resting some
hours, that the flight had demon-
Sunday the Cubs managed to
stay first by, a few percentage
points, defeating Brooklyn twice
7 to 6 and 9 to 4. The Jints
were taking a pair from St. Louis
6 to 5 and 11 to 0 beind Car]
Huhbell nd Hal Schumaker.
With Ray Davis am. Lee Gris-
som turning in fine performances
From sublime to tragedy: there
was another casualty, in the water
I at Loy lake last night, the second
in less than two wekes. The Press
and other newspapers have re-
peatedly urged the county com-
missioners and others who have
the authority, to have correct su-
pervision at the body of water,
to prevent these unnecessary
drownings. With life guards and
a limited area in which bathers
should swim, the lake would be
partially safe at least. As it is
one takes his life in his own
hands every time he steps into
the water. If the proper author-
strated the practicability of using, or. the mound, Cincinnati knocked
a multiplicity of balloons.
F. D. Clark and J. B D lbridge
tied for the W. H. Hal! loving cup j KANSAS CITY—Although it is I
1st flight award at a l i.irnament i two weeks yet before the wheat,
held Saturday and Sunday on the' area is to be harvested and which j
Katy golf links, announcement re
veals. The two will play next
Sunday, to determine the winner
of the cup award.
The cup was to he awarded to
the player carding the lowest
medal score for eighteen holes of
play. The tournament was play-
ed in four flights. The same
rules will apply to the game to
be played between Clark and Del-
bridge, it is announced.
Winners of the second flight
consisted of O. V. Win?ren, first
wi h W. II, Young and P. R. Wil-
son tielng for second.
In the third flight, 11 Lamp-
man was declare:! winner of first
place with Mrs. Paul Wilson win-
ning second.
Ray Young was first in the
fourth flight with L. T. latum
placing second.
Suitable prizes were award'd
each flight winner.
will mean employment for thous-
thousands, the government is
spending thousands of dollars in
its fights against the grasshopper
pest which is threatening the
fields of a large part of Colorado
and Kansas.
Held On Suspicion
SHANGHAI —An American
woman has been arrested on a
charge of transporting narcotics,
end is being held for further ..in-
vestigation. She emphatically de-
neis any knowledge of about
$10,000 worth of drugs hidden in
her luggage.
over Bo.iton in a twin bill 4 to 1
and 1 to 0. Philadelphia defeated
Pittsburgh 5 to 2 then let the
Bucs win the afterpiece 6 to 5
in 11 innings. Passeau limited
the Pirates to six hits in the op-
ener.|
In the Amercan league New
York beat out Cleveland and Bob
OKMULGEE—Mrs. Joe Hack-j Felle^ 5 to l' when Joe DiMag-
ard, who lives several miles fromi^10 'llt' a h°mer >n 'he ninth with
t:> officers t^le ^ases loaded. Feller allowed
On Grasshoppers Believe Texas
Desperado Seen
Near Okmulgee
Boat Turns
Over in Mid
Lake, Report
Pelly Sledge, Former Motor-
cycle Officer of Sherman,
Sinks in Eight Feet Water
When Boat is .Overturned
300 Persons At
Lake At Time
Number of Men Recover,the
Body But Artificial Res-
piration Fails, Restore life
Lake Loy claimed its second
drowning victim in two weeks,
early Sunday evening with the
death of Pelly Sledge, 34, former
Sherman motorcycle officer, when
ities are going to sit back on their| the boat in which he was pleasure
haunches while these drowning
continue, the matter should be
taken over their heads. If this
cannot be done, let the lake be
leased to some private individual
or company with the stipulation
that they may charge for admis-
sion provided they place a suf-
ficient number of life guards on
duty and limit the swimmer's pad-
dling radius.
Lake Loy
riding, turned over.
The firpt victim of the y,ear,
Pat McAnany, 24, drowned Mon-
day, July 5th, when he attempted
to swim across the lake.
According to Erwin Stapleton,
Denison man, who ,with some
two hundred others, was an eye-
witness to the tragedy, said the
boat carrying four persons, two
of them women, was overloaded
in his belief. He Said the boat,
outboard carrier, bobbed
picnics and outings, but the water] about in the water like a cork be-
a car answer-1 sevGn hits* three of them by Di"
' Maggio. Detroit could noiy gath-
er two hits off Washington, but
Okmulgee, reported
that three men in
ing the one known to ba driven
by the three escaped convicts
from Texas, headed by Pete Trax- won 3
ler, stopped at her house last' h°mer.
night and asked the wny to Beggs,
Okla.
She declared that the men ap-
peared in a nervous condition.
She reported the fact to the
to 1. A1 Simmons hit a
Chicago slashed out two wins
off Boston by one run margins, 6
to 5 in ten innings and 1 to 0.
In the night cap Stratton elbowed
'em over for three hits. St. Louis
sheriff and officers ~'«re sent to!eoPlu>^ u to '• decision from
I Philedalphia, then dropped tho
I second game 7 to 6.
cover every road over the county.
Drive SAFEtY—Not Recklessly
Cop Finds Kid
Trying To Steal
Machine, It's His
NEWARK, N. J.—Police Sar-
geant Edward Tucker saw a boy
trying to start a car parked at
the curbing. He walked up to the
car and asked the boy what was
tho trouble.
"It won't start," the boy said.
"Why don't you put the key in
the car?" asked the officer.
"I don't have the key," replied
the lad.
"I have, it is my car, you see,'
and he took the boy on to the
jail.
DIES IN CRASH
ANADARKO, Ok Charles Eld-
ridge is dead and Mrs. Effio Lo-
gan is In a critical condition fol-
lownig a car crash Sunday after-
noon.
SEARCH FOR AMELIA
IS DISCONTINUED
Texas league fans witnessed
Dallas win a pair off Beaumont
3 to 7 and 9 to 7; Oklahoma City
downed Houston 8 to 0 and 4 to
1; Fort Worth lost two to Gal-
veston 10 to 4 and 5 to 1.
HONOLULU—Amelia Earhart
and her navigator escort, Fred-
erick J. Noonan, have been given
up Us dead by the United States
navy after the greatest organized
search ever conducted for lost
fliers.
Following a search which enlist-
ed :i,000 men, ten big ships :>nd
more than three score planes, ov-
er a period of fifteen days, the
couple is declared to be lost to
the world.
All ships under the direction of
the U. S. have been ordered to
proceed directly to San Diego.
At the close of the day Sunday,
fortyrtwo planes which had been
catapulted from
Body Of Late
Demo Leader
Laid To Rest
Lies in State More Than 3:
Hours As Thousands take
Last View of Statesman
LITTLE ROCK — In a down-
pour of rain, the body of the late
Senator Joseph Robinson was laid
to rest in the family lot following
funeral services conducted in the
hope of "finding his lost wife'First Methodist church. The body
fore the back end took water and
turned up on end.
The four occupants, whose
names were not learned, were
thrown into the water, about eight
feet deep and three of them grab-
bed the side of the boat to save
One of the best comedy pro- themselves. Sledge was about
grams on the air is Charley Mc-j thirty feet or more from the boat
Carthy and Edgar Bergen, com-J when he drowned. Stapleton said
bined with the wit and ability of Sledge went down only one time.
in the lake is becoming filthy, in
fact so much so, particular swim-
mers won't go in. It should
be taken care of so that the pos-
sibilities of disease spread might
be cut down.
W. C. Fields. Bergen, as you
should know, wa:- working on
coffee and doughnut salaries be
Two motor boats on the lake
fa led to offer rescue , it was
•claimed, because the occupants
their position on the carrier.
The vessel left with the de-
stroyers at once for the Cali-
fornia coast via Pearl Harbor.
fore he was given a radio appear-' thought the overturned boater9
ance by Rudy Vallee. Now hej were merely on a lark. After
draws down better than $10,000 | :t was learned definitely the oc-
a week. W. C. last night caused! cupants were in danger, the other
a riot when he said to Charlie: boat- rushed to the scene and
"One more crack like that and| picked up the survivors.
I'll carve my initials in your' A group of bathers, including
spine." j Stapleton, were carried out to the
_____ | spot where sledge was last seen
According to Hollywood reports and recovered the body. Lloyd
the film moguls have utter dis-J Moore, of the Short-Murray un-
dain for the smaller producers! dertaking establishment of Deni-
attempting to eke out a subsi.-t- ■-on, called to the tragical scone,
ence. Unless one of them absorbs, used artifical respiration, but to
the Republic corporation headed (no avail.
by Nat Levine, they may find!
LOS ANGELES—Grief strick-
en, the husband of Amelia Ear-
hart, Geo. Putnam, received word
that the U. S. navy had given up
somewhere in the waters off
Howland Island, in the Pacific.
He with others who were fa-
miliar with the physical equip-
ment carried on the lost plane,
had insisted that the couple could
live for two months and that they
the deck of the: believed them alive. They believe
Lexington and flown by men with them to be on some reef or thnt( large
greased faces to prote t them the plane was floating by means ( Congressman, together with Vice
lay in state for three and one-
half hours and was viewed by
thousands from every part of the
home st^te.
Favorite hymns of the Semator
were sung and a short service was
conducted by Rev. Bascom Watts.
Shortly after the services, the
number of Senators and
themselves with more competition
than they can han
from now. Another case of not
underestimating your competitor.
All the world love* a lover—and
a fighter who keeps plugging at
seemingly unsurmountable odds.
A report that a larger motor
boat created waves overturning
a few years! the Sledge boat, was discreditde
by eyewitnesses.
Sledge, employed by the Hard*
wicke-Etter company, of Sl^pr-
man. is survived by a wife and
two children.
From the Atlantic Log: They
say that every baby born in 15 37
already owes the government
$420. No wonder they yell!
Bill Death Is *
Seen, Passing
Sen. Robinson
from the blazing sun, wore order-
of huge gas tanks which
ed to coase flights and return to give sufficient buoyancy.
would, President John N. Garner, left for
Washington.
Strange Malady, Sleeping Sickness,
Is Discovered Here, Little Danger
One of the strangest maladies
of medical sciencj, sleeping sick-
ness, was reported in Denison 'to-
day when A. II. Thomas, 27, 725
W. Texas street, was di scovered
suffering from the disease.
Dr. William Freeman, attending
physician, there was little could
be done as the cause of the mala-
dy is unknown to the profession.
He indicated there was little dan-
ger of spread, any more than
there has been in tho past. How-
ever, being exposed to the disease
is dangerous, he said.
The symptoms wore first notic-
ed by Mrs. Thomas as she and her
husband were driving from Whit-
esboro Friday night when he ran
off the highway several times. On
arrival in Denison the couple
thought it was just a little trouble
with Mr. Thomas' eyes.
Saturday morning Mrs. Thomas,
worried over her husband's lapsing be eye trouble causing the sleep-
into sleep unleae he was shaken iness and lack of coordination in
or talked to, brougt him to Dr.
Freeman for examination. The
physician diagnosed it as sleeping
sickness and ordered Mr. Thomas
to remain at home, where he is
the hands and body, called in Dr.
Blassingame, local eye specialist,
who said the victim had perfect
eyesght.
Dr. Freeman said the sickness
continually falling asleep. Whe- germ wa, carried through the
ther he will eventualy recuperate ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
or go into a compete coma, only ......
time will tell, Dr. Freeman said. fRr
Mrs. Thomas, believing It might not
WASHINGTON — Leaders of
One negro youth here doesn'tj
let the hot. weather cause him'
feet worry. From a pair of scis-!
sors and a plain pair of black I opposition to the reorganisation
shoes, a masterpiece of air cool-lplan for the Supreme Court de-
ness was created. The only flare-1 clai ed Monday morning that the
back on the pedal adornments was chances for the measure are now
that they look like something one
can buy in a woman's shoppo.
The frog and human being have
a lot in common. The frog makes
a lot of noise, just like a human,
to let the others know he is
around. However, when a frog
croaks, they don't 'bury him.
the medical profession
discovered the carrier.
has
ELEVEN D5AD OVER
WEEK END IN OKLA.
OKLAHOMA CITY— Eleven
persons are dead as a result of
accidents over the weekend in
this state. All of them were au-
tomobiles casualties with the ex-
ception of one who was electrocu-
ted when he leaned, against a hot
wire and one who committed sui-
cide. Scores were Injured and
are In hospitals, some of whom
will die.
at the vanishing point for this ie
sion following the death of Sen-
ator Robinson, who was the chief
leader of the bill.
Doff Collars, Ties
WASHINGTON—If men woul'd
discard their collars and ties ann
give their neck freedom during
hot weather, they would permit
♦he heat of their body to evapor-
ate under their chin end keep
themselves cooler, is the position
of a doctor who urged the step.
NOTICK
If yen do not pet you papei
delivered to you by B p. m. eacJ
lay, please phone S^0 and on.
' will be sent yon.
THE DENISON PRESS
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