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than
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figures
governmental
Vernon Chosen
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member of the City Commission.
staled as to
e
commission was by unanimous vote ■
accordingly to
vice-chairman
opposition were beginning
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platform
The case of K E Stanton, farmer
Appointments of the mayor and
by
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Everyone will be per- I
charged with
City officials today
urged that
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In the upper reaches of the state
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Temperatures generally
be
McClelland.
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wld» project
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interstate oil compact com
by Ool Ernest O Tbompaa
as railroad commlealonsr ♦
Vernon was selected as the next
place of meeting for the Women*
Reciprocal Trade
Pacts Due to P
National Issue
To Seek New
Cole Bill Hearing
City Scholastics
Show Increase
INSTALLED FOR
ENSUING TERMS
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
Cranbury Man
Found by Police
Two Given Building
Permits This Week
Foreign Minister Takes Firm Stand; Await
Reaction to Allied Note of Position Sent
Norway and Sweden.
will “at once be at
free shipping in Nor-
■"t/wI
cemeteries
electrical I:
defend our independence and free-
dom ”
Reports on the school census for
1940 have bevn completed for the
In his 45-minute review of Nor-
way's foreign policy—to be the sub-
ject of parliamentary debate next
TWeJW Friht stressed that.Jtor-
“I have stated publicly that peo-
) exaggerate the importance of
Ctoody. rata to-
y ta central and
unday nwrntag;
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walker
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OKLAHOMA CITY. April 6—(XH
—Governor Leon C. Phillips of Ok-
lahoma. chairman of the interstate
oil compact commission, said to-
day he planned to seek a new con-
gremtonal hearing <m the Cole bill
proposing federal control of the oil
Area
area
on neutrality
the Norwegian
Evangelist Prays
for Rain; Board
Walks Needed Now
haag
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The eaase of the wreck was not hn-
mediatety dhtisoed.
By Presbyterian
Women for 1941
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presiding
mltted to ask questions
LONDON. April A—<A>-The t-
_1 rt earner Bjork-
was wrecked off the
The erew was reecued.
Associated Press Leased Wire
NORWAY THREATENS TO RO
TO WAR IF NECESSARY IN
DEFENSE OF NEUTRALITY
stud
Y<
Senator
Approved
year extarto ____
program and rant u to
House.
Houaa: in nom.
LONDON. April 6.—<35—-Geergea
Bonnet. French minister st ,MHb»
ode. and Ronald Cmx British mln
kier of oeenuasir warfare, today
concluded in -complete agreement"
a r-vtew of Allied efforts to ta-
creaxe the severity of the rrxnomic
war na Germany.
VMffictri report, nd that one
of the three offioera already had
reached Germany with papers of
the Graf 8pm. whieh was scuttled
off Montevideo teat Dm. 17 after
am had taken refuge in Uruguayan
waters foliowing a running fight -
with three British cruisers
Approximately ijOOO officers and
men from the battle-scarred Ger-
Three Speakers
from Mexico to
Be Heard Here
£ Eclipse to Be
Seen Tomorrow
Badly Needed Moisture
To Help Grain
And Corn.
FORT WORTH. April 6 — (4»J
-Rev Mordecai Ham. veteran
Itinerant evangelist, prayed for
rain Thursday night
A downpour followed.
But acres of mud cut folks
off from his revival tent, and
board walks had to be laid be-
fore services could continue.
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knows—« ho cares now.
getting the best rain |
County has seen tn l
_ waaamattaff-4
curb, gutter and sidewalks,
headquarters has ruled the work
can be done only when all proper-
ty owners in any block are signed
*w. ...» , — — w—■— a. v, w- |
pietes a block, the mayor told the'
Such work, like the city street
pavuig jobs, will be done only after
3
Bui the rains were the main fea-
The
Is due'to begin
other row crops ir
_Mr'';y rM>rr'Se<1 the hope that' to* EcotionUc' Problems.' Mexican
Games and Fiestas" will be describ-
ed by Senor Arellano at 4 30 p m
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DENTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 6, 1240
Appreciation for Pawhall
Expression of appreciation
his services was given Walter
at the close of its 38th annual con-
vention in th; First Presbyterian'
Church here Friday afternoon. Of
the 37 auxiliaries in the Dallas «
Presbyterial 26 were represented
and the total registration was 275
Dr E. B Tucker, president eg
Austin College. Sherman, spoke at
the closing session.' tailing of the
---_i of the school, and Mrs H.
Allen Scott of Dallas talked on the
Assembly Training School In Rich-
mond. Va Dr H. G Ooodykocnta
cf the local church spoke on reli-
gious work among the students In
the Denton colleges.
Another -Decisive Week-End"
BERLIN. April 8 —(4A—Another
“decisive week-end for Europe" has
come, in the opinion of authorised
German sources today, with the de-
livery of French and British note,
to the Scandinavian countries
On the answer to them notes or
the attitude taken by the Scandi-
navian powers with reference to
these note, may depend far-reach-
ing further developments, they mid
The German government, three
sources said, is not yet in posses-
sion of concrete Information con-
Three Graf Spec
Officers Escape
BUENOS AIRES. April 8.—(F>—
The government, disturbed leri the
flight of three Interned officers
from the scuttled German pocket
batUmhip Admiral Graf 8pm re-
flect on Argentine neutrality, was
reported today to have advised the
German embassador that it is tak-
ing strict measures to prevent fur-
ther escapee.
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Phillipa said he would communi-
cate wth Ithe governor, of other
oil producing states to gain their
support In the movement
The governor's statement follow-
ed a denunciation of the Ooie bill
made at ymtordayTi MMtlM °< Um
RECORD-CHRONICLE
_
Otis Hilliard, former Denton cit-
lien now debate coach of the Den-
Nson public schools, has gotten the
habit of having ids debaters and
deciaimers carry ofl the honors
Last year he went to- the State fi-
nals with his teams and this year
• he has already won the Grayson
County honors, and soon will go
into the district contests
three guests at a formal dinner in I when DU trie'
the T 8 C W tearoom at 6 30 p. I anl I"1.
m Concluding the Institute, these ‘
three speakers will conduct a sym-
al Justin, ram came.
it has repeated."
,, for thou
tMng«; thy
faithfulness
23-1. „
Virtue and
, ning
mon tlis
Two building permit, were issued
here during the week H D. Shep-
herd secured permit to erect a ene-
Morv. four-room residence on Ma-
rttoto Street at an estimated rust
of 83JN; G W. Davis secured per-
mit to erect a one-toory. three room
frame residence on Rose Street at
an estimated cost of tflM
Germany* Is Next
British Target
Democratic convention would ac-
cept the principle of
trade
, menta. The mayor's
which Include <*—
were:
tntendent.
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Snow, Rain and
1 Hail in Texas
Froien Food Lo.ker businrr^ U i
* compel .lively new one in Texas. I
Robbery Case on
Call in Court |
Copious! rains falling over
wide section of Texas had
I
eter which does his calculaUon
,yoi! see some tall slender toeing
man hot-fooling it down the street, j
gtang about as last as the Kldeoul |
twins, vou may know that is ,
Thomas IT
would take the
aiXHit 50 years to step
mile*
a
brought Denton County 2.33
inches of moisture to 7 o’clock
Saturday, and steady precipi-
tation followed during the
morning. This is the heaviest
rainfall here in months.
The dry ground, for many weeks
with little moisture and receiving
only half an Inch during all of
March, greedily soaked up the rain
as It fell, most of It slowly, and as
a consequence the soil has an ex-
1 cellent season for the time being
More rtfln was needed, however, to
help make up for the lack of a
LONDON. April A —(AA- Bx-
cbange Telegraph. British new*
ageaey. reported today that Finland
and Soviet Ruwda had agreed to
resume diptematic relations this
FIRST TOv*»»w "FUND"
FLIGHT COMYUTKD
♦ LANGLKY FIKUlA A»- ♦
♦ rtl «Qto-Tho flrat totally ♦
♦ blind ' flight in th. history of ♦
♦ aviAtton was rewnnteted tcri»» *
♦ by • United Stataa anny air ♦
♦ corp. 33 1-3 ton bomber as It ♦
♦ landad at Langley Heid flram ♦
♦ Mitchell Hold. N Y. ♦
tkOlkWOffA 6 686 6
Co, Commissioners
Will Meeet Monday
Ute Danton county G8—itiiinn-
era Court Will meet Monday tor Ra
April aaaaten. with checkltw of ac-
counta the chief item tn prospect
No special business is m far on
th. catendar for attention. County
Judge Georg. F. Elbert said Sat-
urday
CONGRESS
Senate and Howe in racma.
Houaa flood gontroi committee
projects tor next year.
Oil Arbitration
a Due to Be Rejected
Ask Cooperation
in City Clean-Up
nmvc iw oi concrete iniormauon
city of Denton and show a total of corning the Allied representations
" Official circle., however, were
said to view with considerable in-
terest that both the Swedish and
Norwegian pram were trying ta
minimise the importance of the
cocnmunicationa by speaking of
them merely as “information con-
taining no severe threat."
rains were "what we've been wait- bert Oranltx and George
Ing for for three years." The lire- >nd_5:h”tfr.
stock situation tn this wide area
had become serious because of the
droughty conditions. Hooks said it
would require considerable time for
ranges to show benefit from the
rains and two j’ears for them to
return to normal, tit* been dry
so long the top roots have been
grated down." he aald
& altered rain reports included
193 at Lubbock, where light snow
was mixed with th. water: Abilene
1.19; El Paso none.
Central Texas: Waco 1.29 Inches
early today and still raining hard.
Brazos River up five feet to 105
feet but no flood threatened Lak.
Waco rose two feet from heavy
loads poured In from the Bosque.
The rain was general over the re-
gton. benefittlng com and small
grains and pastures. No damage
from hail and wind was reported.
He's some walktr and it |
„ ...j average
ofl
„ ! PWA engineer, charged with rob-
Faculty members will honor the j bejy by assault is^on call Monday
three guests at a formal dinner in « —- -
TrafBc Cop says.
flkill is uselma without judg-
nwnt; keep your judgment on the
, job if you want to drive safely.
Jake P/ultt. the buttermilk man.
hat about decided to change to the
oil man*, since the geophysics peo-
ple are shooting all around his
property out on Scripture street
Jake has said for years that there's
tai in tham that hill, of mln.; he la
more than ever convinced now thst
th. oil-searchers want to shoot his
place
Mr and Mrs W H Lunday have
• returned from a trip to the Rio
Grande Valley. Kingsville, where
they were gueata of Mr. and Mrs
Rosa L. Ooa. former T-C students
••Th. lower valley Is certainly an
l. Interesting place," Lunday aaid,
' "and we tet)<>y«d tripe to Pharr,
■dinburg Harlingen. Brownsville.
Matamoras and Corpus Christi It
was my first vialt to that section
of Texas, but I hope to have more
lime there some day."
'What's th.
for tax adjustment on land recent-
ly purchased from Tad Jones was
rejected. .
Sidewalk contractor's bond oxi
Harry Curl and electrician a bond]
of R. C. Mooneyham were approv-
ed
« ciatlor. with F M Wimberly of ' ground around
Dallas president and T G Kelly <9
Carroilton secretary
dorado 3.75; Brady 288 Junction (Carter, charged
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miles from' Mertxon four inches;
Oaona 166. Sonora 2 95, McCamey
45; Rock Springs 250. and Lam-
pasas 150 Fredericksburg reported
its 270 Inches of rain beneficial to
oat and wheat crops; Coleman s |
downpour ran creeks to the banks,
filled tanks and saved crop* and
ranges Brownwood's rain equals lhe
total for the last three months.
Northeast — Central
contractor's bond
>By Associated Press!
The rains came to Texas Satur-
but now they' have formed an or- ! d».v. breaking droughts right and
ganiaation to be known as the Fro- . left as they swept from the Pan-
aen Food Locker Association, and I handle almost to the coast.
• at the first meeting in Dallas Fri- [
day. a Den'xn man, Ralph j
Smith i
Friday still falling, streams over-
flowing for the first time since last
June; Bridgeport 2 80; McKinney
1.65; Fort Worth 1.45; Carrollton
2 62; Paleatine 19 meh; heavy hall
at Emmett and Brushy Prairie
San Antonio-Austin area: Austin
238; San Antonio 2.16 and exteno-
ing westward to Del Rio with falls
up to 1.75 inches and northward to
San Angelo, covering much parch-
ed territory In Southwestern sec-
tions rains were lighter, with La-
redo reporting 06. Corpus Christi
and Brownsville none, and Alpine
.06. Lance G. Hooks of the Federal-
State Market News Bureau aaid the
Landlord:
[ 4* plaintt"
Tbn.nl 'Ths bathroom top
wont work. Would jrau mind h.v-
IM ttto hate in the roof shifted
orer the tub. "
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of Texas Brings Denton 2.
Air Traffic With
j • snow came with the April showers
was elected as one of the , The weather bureau at Dallas re-
threw vice-presidents of the asso-
wlth F M v
-Jasriter- . j
wtod. m
formal dinner At 7 p. m in the
cafeteria Senor Arellano will speak
In Spanish on "La Culture de Mex-
ico", and anyone may attend his
talk Dr Bach will discuss “The
Oil Problem In Mexico" at 8:15 p
m in the science auditorium
Tuesday at 8 :15 a. m Senor Arel-
lano will talk on 'Mexican Arts
and Crafts" in the fine arts audi-
torium and at 11:15 a m on Home ,
Life in Mexico" in the auditorium
AX 11:15 a m In the science audi-
I torlum Dr Bach will discuss "Mex-
WASHINGTON. April 4—(API —
Senate approval of the reciprocal
i made
____ administr&Uon
poiicy an issue of the presidential
campaign today and stirred fresh
speculation as to Secretary Hull s
chances of being the Democratic
standard bearer
. The Senate, following the leader-
ship of Pretadent Hooeevelt and
the secretary of state, voted 42 to
t37 late yesterday to continue the
(program three years from Its sched-
uled June 13 expiration date.
♦ The chamber sent the House-ap-
proved legislation to Mr Roosevelt
after a bowling over a dozen re-
strictive amendments which admin-
1 ire non leaders contended would I
cripple the system of bargaining
down tariffs reciprocally and im-
pair its value as an Instrument for
worid pmee
All uf the 30 Republicans present
toted against continuance of the
president's authority to enter Into
the trade agreements Their lead-
ers made it dean that the coun-
try would hear much more of their
opposition between now and the
November election.
On tl
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! MEXICO CITY. April 6. —0P>—
Official sources indicated .today
i that Mexico would reject a sugges-
tion by the United State, govem-
I mMt that the two-year-old contro-
OBLO-^Norway’wm fight tf necee-1 tton of American-owmd oH prop-
sary to prevent one-aided toterfer- , ertiee b. submitted to arbitration
anre with shipping in her watara* *“ ■" —- -
foreign minister says.
LONDON—Air traffic with Ger-
many believed next target of Rri-
tiah-French blockade.
ROM*—New decree law makes
Italy ready tor wartime dtocipUne at
a moment* notice
BIRUB-German news agency
denies British report five German
warships were bombed in air raid
on WUMmalmwn; another "ded-
al vv week end for Europe ' foreeren
over trade issue
WAHHDKnON—Army Day. 33rd
anniversary of United State, entry
into worid war. finds drierwes in
pnx-esa of reinforcement
BUENOS AIRRB — Argentina
tightens guard on interned Ow-
man. after escape of three Admiral
ant flpee ofncera.
2398 scholastics as compared with
2.104 of last it*r, accorriing to R
C Patterson, superintendent of
schools.
Census taking was completed by
April 1. and the reports are new
bring filed in the office of the coun-
ty superintendent to be checked
and sent to the state department
at Austin. ‘Between 30 and 40 in-
eligibles are usually found cn the
list each yesu\ but with this possi-
bility of irdtobtea. we still have a |
deckled nJKa.se over last year.'
Pattenon said.
portant place in the city's life
A Scotchman an-1 his wife walked i
from their farm to th" County " . . rt—
Falr. the wife laden down with a an<1 dryln<
heavy lunch basket Once arrived
at the Fair, he considerately turned
to his wife ano said. "You'd better
let me carry the basket now. Mary,
we might
crowd "
Details of i he air holes in tho
Lluckade and the strategy to .stop
litem were withheld. The problem
Ls admittedly difficult.
One British source reported that
transit dues on traffic to Germany
were averaging nearly 835.000 a
day at one unidentified interna-
tional air staiion.
In this connection, it was noted
that K L. M . the Royal Dutch
airlines, last Tuesday inaugurated
twice-weekly service between Am-
sterdam and Llsbun. connecting
‘ I with tiie Pan-American airways
’ service to the United States. The
Dutch planes, carrying no passen-
L
i
Making the campus conscious of
Pan-American Day April 14, three
sp-akers from Mexico will be fea-
I tured in the Pan-American Insti-
tute at Texas State College for Wo- — —
I men Monday and Tuesday These day tts the nexf urget of the Bril- trade agreements program
speakers are Dr Federico Bach, up.prench blockade ~rthAt fundamental admin!
| professor of economics at the Na- “
tiona) University of Mexico. Senor
Humberto Arellano, specialist on
Mexican arts and crafts, and Senor
Lois Perez-Abreu. Mexican consul
at Dallas All lecture are open to
townspeople
The institute was officially open-
ed March 21 with a talk sponsored
by the department of history, fea-
turing J Fred Rippy, ivrofessor of
history at. the University of Chica-
go Senor Arellano will open the
series next week with a lecture on
"Social Problems of Mexico" at 11:-
15 a. m in the science .uditorluin
At 6 p m. La Junta, the Spanish „v_vv,,
Club, will hon.r the guests with a I gcrg fly ovei. Wttter all the" Vay>
" " avoiding British and French soil.
Skipping of the Bermuda stop on
Pan-American's trans - Atlantic
flights has hailed British srixure
of mails at that point.
ITie German Lufthansa on
March 15 resumed daily mall ana
express service between Berlin and
Amsterdam.
LONDON, April 6---Air traffic
#ltii Germany, given sharp impe-
tus by the war. was designated te-
or paper sacks that when wet will
fall apart and scatter their con-
tents over street and sidewalk
"Stone the next week will
Teachers College homecoming and
anniversary celebration period, with
a great number of out-of-town vis-
itors expected here for the occasion,
we are anxious this trash haul clear
away all rubbish and make the
city as attractive as can be done ”
That a thorough clean-up now
will fight the mosquito nuisance
later in the spring has also been
rirmwd W Dk. F. E. Pnter. city
MeaJth officer
Sacks and boxes of rubbish
should be out at street curbs,
awaiting the trucks, early Tues-
day, the mayor reminded.
against allowing German ships to
use Scandinavian territorial waters
for carrying raw materials such as
Swedish ore to Germany British
r _ ___ notes reported to outline the Brit-
and Police Chief O. C. Pas* approv- position on neutrality were .
ed. and bond of City Attorney I handed to the Norwegian and • Auxiliary of the Dallas Presbytery
Bruce Davis approved. 1 Swedish ministers in London yes-
R L. Hopper, chairman of the I terday.)
_____“YY the Allied powers should ask
re-elected bv the council to that; u* to stop free shipping, which goes
post and J. J Roberson was named on accordingly to generally ac-
--*--*--- | knowledge international law and
j which they themselves have ac-
knowiedged." said Koht. "this
for would either be of great damage
M to themselves or. if such hindrance needs
. * 7 j should be one-aided
the commission, and welcome” was against one party, and therefore
selves to maintain. Norway will
then at once be at war.’*'
Kohl's reference to "great dam-
i age to themselves" tor the Allies
apparently was acknowledgment of
belief that Britain might insist on
ore deliveries herself while block-
reciprocal Police chief left unchanged the per- ing those to Germany.
sonnet of the municipal depart- “I have stated publicly that peo-
i---- .—.n appointments pie exaggerate the importance at
department heads the ore export.” the foreign mlnis-
»: W. N. Harris, utilities super- , tar declared.
Bailey Ooffey. street — — —*—-- ——- - -—
commissioner; M J. 81ms. pound
man; Dr. F. E Piner. gM|r heaNh
officer; A D Beck, janitor; W K. _
Smoot, fire marshal; Julian Land, way* neutral positkm was unalter-
sexton; ffiigene Oook.,ed, that thia neutrality has been
inspector; Dr. Jack Skiles, maintained Impartially and that
J. j—RMtee: Lsrey, -we cannot MMr ar w at»r war
Robert B Neale Jr, city secretary 'I g” irar to are forced to
LajmI Annexed
Following canvass at the elec-
tian returns the council by formal
------rain." | order annexed into the city four
Mayor Lae Preston reminded to- tracts of land approved by votes*
“Do not use cardboard boxes April 2 One annexation tn North-
east Denton was asked by R L.
Sauls, three in Southwest Denton
by Kenneth Hunt et al. Dewey Ball.
Dewey Ball and the Cumberland
Presbyterian Home.
A 10 year-old Granbury, Hood
County man fcr whom officers and
relatives had been seeking three
days after he vanished from Dallas,
where be had been receiving hos-
pital treatment, was located here
by city police and Friday night was
turned over to his wife and a Gran-
bury officer who came for him. City
Police Chief O C Pass said Sat-
urday. >
The man. injured in the oil fields,
had been sent to Dallas by hit em-
ployer to be treated With his au-
inoblle and 9150 ir. cash, he dia-
a PfMMNd.
When he failed to come to the
hospital for his third treatment
three days ago, officers began the
search for him
Xn Den too. he stumbled into a
Fort Worth highway filling station,
mumbling, and police were notified.
Paas aaid Hix connection with the
Dalles hqapioi traced from a
phene number in his pocket.
Officen believed the man had
suffered amnesia. He had no car.
only a few cents in change, and
could not tell of his past where-
abouts
OKLAHOMA:
night and peeeibh
warmer aoatoeaot
WRflTWlMt_______,
• loudy with rata worth sat east
porttoas^tewigM^ Rmutoy fair In
Ztth
rertiea; clearing flflMar where lea;
warmer to eeufli *M central ger-
(kNt* 9wtMr«
EAST TEXAS: Cloudy, rate to
north aafl eaulral pertlen*. eerier
on the tower eeaat MmigM: tutor
(fl*
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northeast aari eutreaw north per-
Ueua Fresh sari aoalhoMt
□vyKjRjr-*
were replenished.
Report By SecUons
By sections the reports were:
Panhandle: The drought was
the , broken In the vast west of Ama-
rillo. with light rains and heavy
snows ranging up to eight inches,
the rain extending north to Dal-
hart and to the Eastern Panhandle
Amarillo's minimum temperature
was 33
Lubbock — South Plains: Slow,
penetrating rainfall measuring 18
inches, finest on South Plains in
years. Temperature 34 degrees,
which allowed fruit withstand an-
other test and to be tn boot condition
in 7 or 8 years, since average froet-
free date here la April 10. Don L.
Jonas, head of an experiment sub-
station here, aaid proepects for big
fruit crops were increasing by the
minute, "if they can withstand next
four or five days.** He cited two-
fold benefit of rain: "It will prob-
ably allow starting planting season
a month and a half off with sub-
soil moisture, and latest rain was
slow and soaking—allowing alight
runoff, in other words, letting us
receive, rather than be exposed, to.
almost two inches "
Abilene section General rains
covering thia entire section, where
it baa been raining 24 hours in
some parte. Fall here was 133.
Hamlin one inch. Haskell 111.
Btamford 96. Munday 93. Cisco
four Inches. Anson one inch. Crow-
ell 17, Clyde (West Tbxaa* largest
apple growing center) 135 Inclies.
Baird 3.85, Putnam big rain and
thre to four-inch hall.
Central-West Texas: Generous
rains fell in the entire flan Angelo
area as fallows: Robert Lee 133
inches; Bronte 3.13; Big Lake 133;
Menard 250. Coleman 337; Carls-
bad 228 Sanderson 30; Men. 330;
Mertsoii three inches, Miles 336;
Rowena 236; Sterling Olty 330;
Brownwood 8 10; Spofford 3.50; flan
Angelo 3.10; Ballinger 330; Big
Spring 31 inch; Del Rte i.TB; Bl-
it as one of the moat important of
the quarterly hauls of the year.
"Be sure your containers far ta-
il estrumble rubbish are two-sacks,
wooden boxes or other things that
wifi not be affected by
F Boys and girh, men and women.
: don't forget that this b an elec-
tion day when I wo members of the
School Board are to be chosen The
voting is being done tn the City
Hall auditorium and the poll will
be open till seven o'clock this eve-
ning School Board elections, as u '
general rule, don't create any ex-
*vitement and some think it an un- I
important affair, wlien. in fact, j
Board men berg occupy a most im- :
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^ W^Rain Falling Over Wide Section
truth are one. Look
for the truth ta everything, and I
follow it, and you will then be;
living Justly before God —George
Meredith
It was deemed unlikely, however,
that a formal reply would be filed
until the proposal b examined fay
Preaident Laaaro Cardenas who re-
peatedly has asaartad that the gov-
ernment would not agree to arbi-
tration He Is now. touring the
South
Vernon 1 64 in two days; Gaines- i A.
Viiie two inches wiui a week's io- | K>
tai of <.13. heaviest April fall since! W
1928; Sherman 301. ‘ ‘
corned by fanners
North Texaa
Duitas-Fwt Worth
cans 3 30; Dallas 2 36 at the air-
K ScKn ^^\Courl Te»l Due
for Dies Tactics
PHILADELPHIA. April 6.-UH-
A federal court order for the arrest
of two Dies committee Investiga-
tors and a policeman on < barges of
conspiring to deprive a communist
of ius civil rights opened the way
today for a passible supreme court
test of the legality of the com-
mittee's acts.
Federal Judge George A Welsh
made it clear he wanted to create
j a test case when he directed iasu-
I ance of warrants yesterday for
Philadelphia Polk— Lieutenant Al-
Hurley
■ Howe, agents of the
congressional committee investigat-
ing un-American activities.
Carl Reeve, communist candi-
date for U 8 Senate, and other
communist party leaders charged
their constitutional rights were in-
fringed by a raid on their head-
quarters here Tuesday, when a
truckload of material was seised
Reeve contended he was denied the
right to summon a lawyer
Child9s Story of
Killing Accepted
LOfl ANGELES, April 6— <AF)—
Police investigation of the slay-
ing of a mother and her three
young children was officially ter-
minated today with an announce-
men that the story of 11-year-old
Chloe Daria, who declared aha wit-
nessed tne killings, has been accept-
ed as accurate
' We beitore Chloe Daria to tail-
ing the truth," said Captain Btoar
Edwards, of the police homicide
equsd
"Consequently we will turn all
the farts and our totalled report*
over to the juvenile court, ft re-
mains for the court to determine
what steps will be taken .**
sponsorship raying. Whenever I
start h revival service, rain comes
Last year when I started a revival
and again , .
this year it has repeated." He ! ('°rn were^ suffering for moisture,
started Thursday evening on a ten-
•Jay revival al Justin. And. loo.
there are several others »ho have
reason sucl. as the inoon-
NEW YORK. April 6.-4*>—A fl- . {
ery ring in the heavens, caused by
an annular eclipse of the sun. will
move across southern and sou th-
western states tomorroff, offering
this country it* first glimpse of
- - - ... .........
The full phase will be visible
along a Ito-mile belt from the Big , !
Bend section of Texas to Jackson- >1
ville. Fla., provided the weather is
clear. Forecasts indicate cioudl-
nma over most of the region.
Elsewhere in the United States
and North America, with the ex-
ception of Alaska, only a partial,
eclipse will be seen.
I-aw.mce Thoma-., s WPA work-
er who lives in 1
<.ff 6.780 miles in the last f..'., .
rnoallus. according tc hts speedoin- 1 urf °Y tl>* weather picture ----
I( 1 downpours ranged up to four Inches
in an area from the Pecos eastward
, to Sherman and southward to San
I Antonio and Del Rio The down-
pours had not reached the coastal
) cities although Port Arthur re-
' jxH-ted a trace and a storm appar-
I ently was kicking up a disturbance
j in the Gulf
Forecasts called for continued
cloudy, rainy weather in the north-
east and east- central portions of
the state, with clearer, warmer
weather predicted In the Panhan-
dle late Sunday.
Despite the torrent* of water no
flood threat was reported Both the
i Trinity and Colorado Rivers were
al low stages and able to accom-
i inodate much water Minor streams
were bankful at many places, how-
ever
The state agricultural depart -
j ment reported the rains would
make small grains and season the
ground for planting other crop*
ported two Inches of snow on the
Amarillo Hall in
the Tyler section last night dam-
aged roses, orchards and a few
' homes to an extent of about 9300.-
xna . a WPA work-; Temperatures generally over
Argyle has stepped I state were flown
titty) ” ‘
Court epens the
week of the spring
term Stanton is charged with
w robbing » drug store employe he
poslum'at 8:15 p nr in the science ' allegedly called b> telephone to
auditorium with Senor Perez Abreu make a delivery of medicine
I Also on call Monday is the case
I of Raph Ru'orecht.
! burglary and repetition oi offeoae.
and the cases of Hemer and Jack
aoo x.re; nraay jbb: Junction t Carter, charged with theft by _
urday afternoon was slated a non- “ —— -— -■ ■*-
jury trial, the tresspass to try UUe
suit of C C Cunningham vs Louis
Oliver et al.
Jury panel called for next week
is W J Frank. Haslet; R C. Mc-
) Cormlck. R Z Slams and Claud
Boyd. Frisco; A B Harmonson.
.Justin; J W Morris. W R. Spinks,
portion: | M L Helms. Alvin Thetford. Alex
Wichita Falls reported 175 Inches Coker I B Dixon. T. E. Mayberry
and 43 degrees, and still raining | and J C Cobb. Lewisville; Claud
Wheat crop saved and ground now . Jacobs. R L. Massey and Fred
well seasoned for planting cotton. | Gunstead. Pilot Point; W A. Kel-
but some city reservoirs still low; ly. Aubrey. T B Farris and J. W. I
Denton 2.33. heaviest in a month; j Ford. Roanoke; Ray Crawford. A. |
Vernon 1 64 in two days; Gaines- > A Erwin and Allen Madewell, Ar-
vllle two inches with a week's to- ) gyle; C. W Goteher, Lake Dallas;
‘ ■* ___“7- J Simmons, Tom Richardson,
muchly wel- J F McClelland, Arthur Wilkir-
son. G. C. Doraey. L. J. Calhoun.
Roy Stead. M T. Call Sr and J.
B Brooks. Denton *-------
Boy. o. boy. what a rain, already J
around three Inches, as the gauge '
at the Experiment Fann at 7 o'clock
showed two and one-third inches,
' and still raining We've talked
about million and two million dol-
lar rains, but It 11 take someone
more educated In the present day
governmental figures than this
* scribe to write down a sum that's
equal to this lain It came Just in
the nick of time to. crops and creek
» water Many cities over the Slate
iiad gotten to the worrying stage
about the water for their (yecjile
and maybe this will turn the trick
ladce Dallas had reached the low-
est waler line in its history as had
other reservoirs Creeks dial )
haven't run in months were getting i
ready to start thelt flows to the
gulf or reservoirs Dry Fork, al an
early hour Saturday morning, ac-
cording to Tip Hall of Springside ,
Faim was half bank full and run- '
for the first Ume in ten
West Faik of Hickory,
loo. was running and Clear Creek.
Big Elm and Denton Cretirs were
showing signs of die
It can't be exactly
which of the prophets brought IhLs
Jillion dollar rain Walker Jagoe
inuy claim Die honor, as he rays it
always floods when he gets started
on a highway project while Rev
Lyle Price has a just claim for the <
) deep season, due to the extremely
1 dry summer fall and winter
| Fall grain and recently planted
and the slow precipitation will be
of great benefit to these grains, ft
; also will put the ground in good
some reason, sucl. as tir? moon- •s*,aPe .J0*4 planting cotton, which
man, as he stated some tune back ;ls d,M> to Y>egin soon, as well as
atiuu we had about the wetlesl ,
moon that we've seen In many '
months, and Ed Lynch still thinks
that his chain foretold the wea'h-
tr. Who
that we're getting the be*t rain,—;---- „"?”"*• I
that Denton Comilv has seen in : raln- much moisture will be re-,
years Too. Denton County lias )
teen fortunate that Just a fine, j
slow rain visited this section, as in '
1*) some pails hail did considerable
damage
OSLO, April 6— (AP)—Norway
war" in defense of her neutrality if „
wegian waters is interfered tyith to the advantage of one of
the belligerent major powers, Foreign Minister Haldvan
Koht told the Norwegian storting (parliament) today,
lhe foreign minister made this
firm statement* of Norway’s neutral
position in discussing Norway*
City officials, re-elected by Tues- shipping problems in relation to
day* 2.631-vote-total genera) mu- foreign policy—in particular to iron
niclpol re-eteetton. and one new °re exports from Narvik
member of the City Commission (’n'e British-French Allies have
took their seats for ensuing two- protested to Norway and Sweden
year terms Friday night
At a called meeting of the com-
mission. official canvass of the
election was made, bonds and ap-
pointments of Mayor Lee Preston
Iroaw Speculallan
LONDON. April 7 —uPl—Official
firrnTv *“whM» ^Britain Ynd mru ,runl uw naxueracarrea xsar-
st.nrt m*n w*rshlP SOUght refUge
ic rws-ulatk^1 tortav hmJra 111 Buen<* Alres and we** interned
K speculation today on the future for tha war
course of neutrality in those two ror duration of the^war.
nervous Scandinavian countries.
Notes similar in tone were hand*
Rrourat of T B and Lloyd Davis to the mlnuters of the ^ro
countries last night by Britain*
I Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and
France* Premier Paul Reynaud.
°* | Authorised sources said they were
intended "to clarify the Allie*' at-
titude on different questions.'* but
gave no other hint of the contents.
Tn —,.7T7 Asked whrihac they could . bo
® e0M?*c.U00 **** dty: termed a “warning." one Informed
British source said that this might thephenomenm in 57 years,
be one interpretation, and other “ ‘ *
diplomatic sources aaid the Allied
attitude on German ore shipments
toe oeoUot frwn Sweden through territorial
.L-TTPl i defined.
council.
Such work, like the city street
patMtie 4.r»A« ■ ra-411 I
all property owners have paid their
pro rata assessments, the council
also voted
the slow rain would continue for
the rest of the week-end. to be fol- „ „
lowed by a dry period for planting m t“he acience auditorium'
cotton, and then another soaking
ruin n* ro • bx n-ill
qulred to make up for the lack from
the prolonged drought
WAR IN BRIEF
verxy growing out of the expropria-
knowledged."
Its
Paschall by Hopper, speaking for I of shipping
given Tom E Standefer. who takes in open conflict with the neutnd-
Democratlc side, western ' Paschall's place after the latter did ity which we have pledged oUr-
( senators who fought with the Re- i not run for re-election w™.., _,n
publican opposition were beginning Hopper appointed Roberson and
to wonder how their position would Leon D. Sparkman the council* i
stack up with the next Democratic ; finance committee, said other com-
platfonn mittees will'be named at the April
. It was predicted generally that the meeting next Friday night.
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