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Russia Widens Its Offensive Against Finland
ENISON PRESS
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
35 cents
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SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1940
WEEKLY FOUNDED ,1930-DAILY 1934
VOL 6-NO. 195
Sadler After
O’Baniel’s Job
FILM DIRECTOR — John Cabot Lodge, son of late Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge, arrives in New York from England where
he directed 14 pictures. He is greeted by his wife, who pre-
ceded him from England by two weeks.
SOUTHERNERS TALK
ANTILYNCHING BILL
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Six-
teen senators from southern status
met t.juay at the call of Tom Con-
nally of Texas to discuss strategy
in dealing with the anti-lynching
bill, now before a senate commit-
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EVERYDAY
DENISON
By
I .nUIS ANDERSON
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A writer, describing llliana, ex-
wife of comedian Stan Laurel,
says she “likes her vodka straight,
and without too much delay,” in
recounting how the dancer was
jugged for being drunk again in
California. The gal was given
until Feb. 23 to scram from the
state where the weather jokes
originated . . . Sheliah Graham
cracks that with all the film stars
down with flu, she recalls the
time when it was just called a
cold . . . lAlso she believes that
the recent Gable-Lombard “scare”
was about the worst piece of pub-
licity getting she ever heard of,
although Clark and Carole didn’t
know they were supposed to Ke
lost until they road the papers
. . . According to the usage of
“I" Hitler is the most egotistical
of all important leaders. Musso-
lini is second and President Roose-
velt third. FDR uses the personal
pronoun once in every 100 words.
Neville Chamberlain uses it only
one time in 249, hut he is looked
on as a guy who lias no backbone.
tee after passage by the house.
Invitations wore extended to the
wenty-two senators from the
eleven states of the south, but
several were not able to attend
because of illness, although they
sent assurances that they gladly
would co-operate in whatever pro-
gram might he adopted to prevent
favorable action on the bill.
The group agreed that they
would oppose the hill to the last
ditch if it is forced out of com-
mittee and to the floor of the sen-
ate. It has been defeated twice
before in the senate through ex-
tended filibuster and the same
tactics may be necessary again.
The southern senators said they
would follow the same course if
forced to that extremity.
The hill now is being consider-
ed by a subcommittee of the sen-
ate judiciary committee, of which
Frederick Van Nuys (D.-Ind.) is
chairman. Connally is a member
of the subcommittee, the only
member who has expressed opposi-
tion to the bill.
An effort will he made to let
the bill die in committee, hut such
disposition of it appears doubtful,
as an unofficial poll of the judic-
iary committee indicates that a
majority will favor reporting it
to the floor of the senate. While
many senators from slates having
a large negro vote may he per-
sonally opposed to the bill, they
are loath to express opposition op-
enlv in election year.
AUSTIN, Tex., Feb. 10—“One
of the biggest obligations 1 have to
the people of Texas is to get Lee
O'Daniel out of the govern it's
office,” -aid Railroad Commis-
sioner Jerry Sadler today.
Sadler declared his intention to
vVarm Weather
Forecast For
Denison Today
Old Man Winter resumed his
cold-natured ways in Denison for
a short 36-hour period, then left
for oth'-r parts today while citi-
zens here wondered if maybe win-
ter and Mr. Groundhog hadn’t
missed fire on their signals some-
where down the line.
Temperatures here fell to 22
degrees early today after a high
of only 27 degrees Friday after-
noon. Warmer weather with cleat-
skies has been forecast for today
and Sunday in this area.
Many sections of the state yes-
terday reported another flurry of
snow that melted as fast as it
struck the ground. Nearest snow-
fall area to Denison was in Bon-
ham and Honey Grove, while prac-
tically all of the state reported
subfreezing temperatures through-
out the night.
O'Daniel Grants
Extradition For
Sherman Driver
TiP: Your worry over who will
he the assistant Denison coach is
soon to end. The grapevine has
it Pat Pattison has his lines out
today and will make an announce-
ment in two to three days. Per-
haps tomorrow when he’s due in
town.
If you so much as run a ham-
burger stand you II have to fill
out a questionnaire a mile long
for the government in its census
taking . . • Speaking of the cen-
sus, the work will not be done
April 1 because too many people
will think the taker is trying to
pull an April Fool’s joke on them
. . . Hot dog: Minneapolis may
change an ordinance so that young-
swains can park an hour on all
city streets between 2 and fi a m
Police think that should he time
enough for the young man to say
goodnight to his girl . . . Plenty
lost their shirts on the Louis-Go-
doy fight last night, mostly on
bets that the bout would not last
15 rounds. Could it lie a buildup
for another fight that might gross
a million or thereabouts?. . .Big-
gest ovation of the night at the
fight was given at, the introduc-
tion of Paavo Nurmi, great Fin-
nish athlete, here to do his part
.in getting help for his native land.
Joseph Seigcl used to be an or-
derly at a New York hospital. He
served faithfully for five years.
Yesterday he hailed a taxi and
(Continued on pnge four)
Army Sent To
Manuevers In
Eastern Texas
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10—Sec-
retary of War Harry Woodring
said today that orders were being
issued by the war department
sending several regular army or-
ganizations to southern maneuver
grounds in eastern Texas to par-
ticipate in the corps and army
maneuvers late in the spring.
These organizations are in addi-
tion to the divisions now in train-
ing at Fort Penning, Gn., and in
other sections of the south.
One group of regular army un-
its will go to the maneuver area
in the vicinity of Angelina and
Sabine counties in Texas, in the
Kisatehie National Forest region
in central Louisiana and eastern
Texas for a month’s training, and
the other group will go to the vi-
cinity of Fort Benning for a
month’s training, and then to the
Louisiana-Texas maneuver area
for an additional month.
The total number of troops in
this movement to the south is 10,-
450, which will bring the aggre-
gate number in truining southern
maneuver areas ud to 67,000. This
is the greatest concentration of
regular army troops in the peace-
time history of the United States
and constitutes a partial mobili-
zation of the field forces. The
movement now being ordered will
be by rail, with the exception of
the motorized elements, which will
go hy highway.
DURANT, Feb. 10—Governor
W. Lee O’Daniel of Texas today!
had granted a request of County |
Attorney Bill Steger of ‘Bryan I
county for extradition of Leon j
Hensley, Sherman, Texas, charged
with murder here in connection j
with the automobile crash death
of Malcolm Ray May last Sept. \
30th.
Extradition of Hensley was
granted by Governor O'Daniel fob I
lowing a hearing at Austin in
which Steger was represented by
Alan McPheron, assistant county
attorney. The hearing lasted
about five minutes, McPheron
said here today. Hensley, who is
free on bond at Sherman, wa«
represented hy counsel at the
hearing.
May, driver of a pickup truck,
was fatally injured when an auto-
mobile alleged to have been driven
hy Hensley struck the truck on
U. S. highway 69 near Red River
Inn, south of here, Sept. 30, last
year, local officers said. Several
other persons were riding in the
truck, but none except May, who
died next day in a local hospital,
was injured.
run if the candidates did not in-
clude some strong man who, he
believes, can defeat ’O'Daniel.
Sadler made it evident that be
has no intention of running if
O’lJuniel remains out of Hie race,
hut if the governor seeks a second
term the railroa 1 commissioner
will run personally or with a can-
didate he believes can win.
Sadler was elected railroad
commissioner two years ago for a
six-year term and will have four
years from next Jan. 1 to serve,
therefore he would not lose his
seat on the commission in opposing
O’Daniel for re-election.
In the 1938 runoff, O’Daniel |
urged the election of C. V. Ter- ;
roll, who polled 287,987 votes, but ,
Sadler defeated him with 469,794
votes, a majority of 181,807. Sad-
ler was angry then and he still is.
Sadler proved himself a political
strategist and effective campaign-
er when he defeated Terrell for.
public office in spite of his en-'
dorsement by O’Daniel who had J
won 'n the first primary.
O'Daniel endorsed Walter F.
Woodul for attorney general and
Gerald C. Mann beat him hy 129,-
511 votes, hut O'Daniel Thursday
upbraided a newspaper correspon-
dent for saying that Mann too is
not his friend. Mann has made no
statement in the open denounc-
ing OfDaniel.
O’Daniel’s praise of Mann and
profession of friendship for him
came the day after Mann said he
would not oppose O’Daniel for
re-election. Political circles were
wondering if 'O’Daniel will make
the same profession of friendship
for Sadler, now that the latter
j threatens to oppose him.
When OIDaniel was urging the
election of Woodul over Mann he
paid the latter no compliments, re-
serving them all for the Houston-
ian. Thursday, after Mann said
he would not oppose the governor,
OIDaniel made his tribute to Mann
as a great attorney general, but
Mann has not replied in kijid.
EUROPE DOUBTS
WELLES’ PROGRAM
Cartwright To
Flave Opponents
In Okla. Race
AK*i>M!ORE, Feb. 1(H—The con-
gressional race in the third district
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb.
id—Russia widened its offensive
again.'t the Finnish Mannerheim
mie today and .struck tour blows
at vital points in the defense line
out all were repulsed, an official
communique from Helsinki said.
Northeast of Lake Ladoga, 800
Russians were killed in heavy
is receiving more or less attention '’ighting, while in the Summa
NO SISSY STUFF — Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, right, of
New York visited annual meeting of government's tea tasters
and smellers. He tasted some offered by Robert A. Lewis of
Boston, left, and called it "sissy stuff."
TENTATIVE RURAL
AID BILL COMPLETE
AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 10 -The
legislative advisory committee or-
lered by its creators to write a
permanent rural aid or education-
al equalization law completed a
tentative plan today which will be
submitted to three agencies for
criticism, suggestions and recom-
mendations. All suggestions are
, expected not later than April 1
! and the committee will meet in
1 April, atjthe call of its .chairman,
Senator 'Olan R. N an Zandt
Appeal Made
Help Needy By
City Mission
Christian Church
Year’s Budget
To Membership
The budget for the year 1949
has been sent members o'f the
First Christian church by the fi-
nancial commiteee of the congre-
gation, showing a total amount of
$4,200. This is a slight gam
over the budget of the year justj
closing. I
Items covered in the budget
consist of salaries, mission, educa-
tion, evangelism, and the
incidental expenses, of the
The year just closed shows the |
church practically out of debt, |
Many Denison families are dire-
ly in need of bedclothing, food,
clothing and other articles, Mrs.
J. W. Batson at the City Mission
said today in an appeal to citizens
for assistance.
“We need a great deal of food
and clothing for the needy people
here who are suffering badly from
want,” Mrs. Batson said, asking
that donations he made to her im-
mediately. She said she would be
clad to call for the donations if
phoned at 810\v.
The City Mission is located at
1271/3 W. Main and is open day
and night.
Tioga, to write a permanent law.
The tentative proposition will go
to the state teachers association,
the state department o
and the governor’s educational
committee for study and recom-
mendations.
Under the plan submitted, there
will he a complete change in the
basis of rural aid. At present it is
predicted on teacher cost and the
new hill would make it scholastic
°f j per capita cost.
— I It was found by the qommittee
I that the present average cost in
| state aid schools is $43 per schol-
astic, exclusive of rural high
school tuition and transportation,
and that with these excluded the
new plan will call for approxi-
mately the present expense. With
that figure before it, the commit-
tee fixed its measure of state aid
or -date guarantee to schools
which qualify for aid.
Coincidentally with ibis agree-
, recently, said Harold Lewi of Du-
i rant. From information that Mr.
I Lewis has there will be at least !
I lour candidates in the field. Wil- |
j burn Cartwright will, of course,1
\ be in the race to succeed himself, j
He will he opposed by Jim Babb,
I’oteau; Odes Harwood, Grant and
Judge J. 1. Goins, Marietta. Then
may he others in the race before
the filing period ends. Babb rep-
resents LeFlore county in the
state senate. He is a speaker of
force and has the reputation of
being a good citizens and wi
make a worthy opponentt o Cart-
wright.
Harwood is a young fellow. He
is superintendent of the schools at
Grant, a Choctaw county town lo-
cated south of Hugo. He served
for a time as Wi A administrator
in southeastern Oklahoma and is
well known in a large section of
the third ditrict.
Judge Goins is a polished speak-
er, he is now on the district
bench, he is a fine citizen and
i likes politics and he will he an
1 education j , .
aloe candidate and
sec-
tor the warfare was heaviest, and
Red troops were repulsed with
heavy losseg of men and equip-
ment I he Summa attacks seemed
to he aimed at reaching Viborg,
important Finnish city.
Finnish leaders asserted that
the Reds were obviously trying to
crack the Mannerheim line at
“any cost,” but had failed so
far, while Moscow claimed that a
number of strategical points had
been capiured and many Finns
killed attempting- to retake them.
There is no shortage of muni-
tions, a Finnish army head assert-
ed, nor are reports that the Finns
had repulsed the Soviets in hand
to hand fighting with bayonets
and knives true.
Finnish government heads made
another appeal to citizens to aid
them in capturing Red spies drop-
lied from planes by parachutes be-
hind the Mannerheim line, a num-
ber of which are known to still be
at large.
ROME, Feb. 10>—Pope Pius to-
a formidable ; day appealed to Japan, celebrating
| its 2.600th anniversary of found-
ing, to end its war with China.
The message was sent Japanese
Emperor Hirohito.
opponent.
While Cartwright has been op-
posed rather h tterly in every el-
ection since lie entered congress,
he has won i -'ch time and it is
believed he is stronger entrenched
at this time than he was at any
other contest he has been in. It
will not be long now until the
campaign will open up and the
race for congress wi” appointed by
interesting contests
(Continued on pape four)
Presbyterian
Youths Meeting
j SHERMAN, Tex., Feb. 10 Five
I outstanding speakers are address-1
j ing the second annual conference !
| of the Presbyterian Student asso-
j c-iation of Texas, which opened its
| three-day session at Austin college
Friday.
Scheduled Satuiday morning
are talks by Dr. E. M. Munroe, of
ALBERT ZACHARY DIES
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Albert N. Zachary, 56, residing j Bpuumont and Dr. T.
j at -128 \Y. Day street for the oust co< Hoth pastors of
j 30 years, died at a local hospital i fhurches in their
| shortly after noon Saturday fob Thomas W Currie, president
i lowing an illness of two weeks. - .\uslj„ Presbyterian Theological ; pal and Rerlirt were hope
! Funeral services will be conducted Seminary; the Rev. G. W. Crofoo, - L,aij, toward peace might
Hensley, who received minor in- i vdth a local deficit of $102.10. It 1
juries in tin* collision, was arrest-
ed a few days later on a warrant
issued by Steger and was released
on fugitive bond pending hearing
of the request by Bryan county
officers for extradition.
recent bad
attendance j
Theatres Will
Join In Move
To Aid Finns
is explained that Hie
weather cut. down
and consequently the offerings
and a special effort is being made
to clear up matters and get the
church free from debt, at an early
date.
Plans for Faster observance
are going on and a special series
of pre-Easter services will be
conducted, the pastor. Rev. Ben
F. Hearn, announces.
chur’h'| Tornado Hits
Georgia Town,
£ix Are Killed
ALBANY, Ga„ Fell. 10 At
least six persons were killed when
a tornado struck this city of 16,-
000 early today, virtually demol-
ishing the town in the worst ca-
tastrophe in its history.
Relief agencies, were rushing
Sunday at 4. p. m., from Short-
1 Murray chapel, Rev. L. K Lamb
officiating with Rev Don Harwell.
Interment will he at Fa.rview,
i Short-Murray directing.
Air. Zachary was hoi a March 28,
| 1883, son of Mr. anti Mrs. Wm
Zachary in Fannin county . His
schooling was received at Ector
! where he also married Miss Viola
! Perrin He was a member of the
j T inily Methodist church.
, Surviving are three sons, Leon
of Baltimore and Alton and John-
' nie of 'Denison; daughters are
Mills of Richmond, Va.
LONDON, TV-3. 10 — Britain,
France, Germany and Italy today
unofficially opened their arms to
the forthcoming visit of Under-
secretary of State Sumner Welles,
President Roosevelt
te represent the United States, sur
vey the European situation and
see what possible chance there is
of peace, out gestured with doubt-
ful hope
Welles will personally visit
Prime Minister Neville Chamber-
lain, Premier Edouard Daladier,
Premier Benito Mussolini and
Chancellor Adolf Hitler, hut will
not have portfolio to make com-
mitments involving the United
States.
London said it would welcome
Welles, but that Britain was def-
initely not interested in any new
B. Hay. Wa- j peae,.' moVe from the U. S. or any
Presbyterian otj,er country, unless the result
cities. IDr. Would he objectives for which the
pf | allies are now fighting Germany.
and Berlin were hopeful
he
given survivors.
Manager R. D. Leatherman of
the Rialto theatre announced to-
day that his theatre and the Star,
members of the Interstate Cii-euit, *
will join in the program of pro-
moting Finnish relief which dates
are set for Feb'. 17 and 18. On
those dates special preparations
will he made ami the theatre front
will feature the movement.
According to plans here, girls
will he placed in the lobbies of
each theatre taking subscriptions
for the fund, and special boxes
provided from New York city will
be sent in which the subscriptions
will be placed.
The step is only one of several
such movements in the interest of
humanitarian cau»rs which enlists
the active cooperation of Karl
Hoblitzelle and R. J. O’Donnell,
chief owners of the 125 theatres
in the circuit. Several months ago
‘he theatres turned over thousands
of dollars received at their doors,
raised in interest of suffering
Jews driven from Germany.
Councilmen Decide Definitely To
Do Away With Traffic Signal Bells
ington; brothers are Sam of Ector
and a sister, Mrs Mattie Lee, lives
at Ector. His first wife died in
1924 and he later married Miss
Zula Nelson in 1931.
Kingsville; Prof. Walter Lazenby, ] maip, |U t|u
Austin College; the Rev. Malcolm ' ly doubtful.
Purcell, Port Arthur; Dr. Conway
Wharton, Austin and Rev. Har-
ry Goodykontz of Denton.
Saturday night in the municipal
autditorium Rollin M. Rolfe with
present a revised version of Via
Dolorosa, a stage show presented
last Easter, and written and di-
rected by Mr. Rolfe. ‘Dr. Curtis
will close the conference with an
address.
Social hours will be conducted
by Sherman students at the con- j
elusion of each evening’s program. 1 ALLRED, Tex.. Feb. 10— ai
Executive council of the assoeia- Timmons. 2, and his 13-mont -o
tion includes Moseley, president.; 'brother, Huge, Jr. were burne to
Miss Dorothy Cooper. Denton | death Friday when
Woman’s college,
visit, hut were open-
Rome unofficial cir-
cles could see no peace, thorugh
Welle- or any other foreign emis-
i sary.
PARIS, Feb. 10 —Heavy artll-
(Continued on page four)
Children Are
Burned To Death
To hell or not to bell, was the
question before the city commis-
sion Friday afternoon when coun-
cilmen discussed the pros and cons
of having ringing hells on the new-
est traffic signal light setup, to
be augmented by the addition of
six at busy intersections within
the next few weeks.
Councilmen said they have been
contacted many times in the past
week by citizens who believe the
bells should be kept up inasmuch
ns drivers are accustomed to them
and a change now would throw
them off balance.
The council decided to drop the
hell ringing on lights, except
when a fire alarm is being answer-
ed, after Assistant Chief of Po-
lice Paul Borum said that a care-
ful study of lights in other cities
has' proved that those without
hells are much safer because it
cause the driver to he on the alert,
whereas here he depends solely on
on some other subject than the
light.
Mr. Borum said that naturally
there would be
from some citizens, but he be-
lieved all would become accustom- i
cd to the new plan within a month |
or two and that they would like
PAINTER-BURNED AS
HE WORKS ON HOME
W. L. Teat a painter, working ,
on the inside c i a home under I
construction at 209 W. Murray ! McD. Kennedy, Jr,
"'uni."1) | street, was sligatlv burned about , Methodist university,
few complaints | h,9 arm an<1 |eK ghn:th, befow ________..----
I noon today when the on- i - lit UNIVERSITY GEOLOGIST
was using caught fire when spd- TO GET LUCAS
led near a sma’I heater. The j AUSTIN, Tex., Fob. 10-
home was being constructed by ] ,le Golycr, University
F. E. Hopper.
FIREMEN APPEAR AT
fire destroyed
............. vice-president: I the living quarters above a night
Miss Mary Louise McDonald, Tex club owned by their father, Hugh
as Tech, secretary-treasurer. Timmons.
Councilmen include Evans Mur 1 The father was taken to a os-
roe of the University of Texas, pital for treatment of severe burns
Harold Ramsden of Texas A & ' suffered while tr\ ing to rescue
M., George Dodd of the University his two sons. Officers believe
of Texas medical school and L. a window curtain caught fire
of Southern when it blew against a stove and
then ignited the children’s bed.
it better than the hell system.
Also the lights will be made so j
that caution (amber) will follow
from green to red. but not from
red to green, allowing the inter-
section to become cleared of traf-
fice before the red signal flashes j were given before parents and po-
orer to green. j Irons of the Terrell negro high
New lights to bo ordered ini- school Friday by fire department
mediately, will he placed at the men headed by Chief Pat Lowe
intersections of Woodard at Rusk, ami Marshal R. M. Gta>.
Austin and Burnett; Chestnut at, The firemen gave demonstrn-
Burnett and Rusk and Main at tions of how dust and other fires
Armstrong. [ start, and prevention against them
MEDAL
E. L.
of Texas
geologist, left by plane today for
j New York, where he will become
i the third to receive the Anthony
TERRELL HIGH SCHOOL p I.ucas gold medal, presented
Fire prevention demonstrations ] by the American Institute of Min-
ing and Metallurgical Engineers.
De Golyer was a Dallas consult-
ing oil geologist when he was add
ed to the university staff this year
as distinguished professor geology.
The award was made in recogni-
tion of geophysical method in oil
prospecting.
StoweH Home Robbed
Burglars entered the home of
Sam Stowers, 1190 West Morton
street, between 7 and 10 p. m.
Friday while the family was away
from home and stole a pair of
hoys pants from the front room
and a portable phonograph and
records from an upstairs room.
Entrance was made hy breaking
the glass in the kitchen door and
opening the latch from the inside.
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