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Second Death in
Abilene Explosion
Occurs Wednesday
Senator Demands
Rask’ob’s Removal
MacDonald Given
Leading Post in
British Cabinet
Denton Persons
Awarded Degrees
Heavy Loss in
Electra Blaze
Rice Bankers
Found Guilty
in [J, S. Court
Twenty Students
at Mt. Vesuvius
Trapped by Lava
Aged Man Dies
While Sitting
at Wife's Grave
Dallas Golfer
Is Leading in
State Tourney
Judiciary Appropriation of $5,016,375 Passed
By House; Anti-Evolution Bill Introduced
By Representative Harper.
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legislature
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authorizing the stabilization corpor-
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DALLAS, June 5.— Rain early to-
day threatened to throw the Brook
Hollow course into a mire, but skies
later cleared and the course soon
became almost as snappy as yester-
day for the annual Texas amateur
golf championship tournament.
Ralph Oouldahl. Cedar Crest.
Dallas, turned In a 36 today on his
third round of play, giving him a
total of 107..
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lifu
'are
3 W e d dingdess
Days This June
Luder New Laic
to be ready for the Legislature in I AGREEMENT ON
LL.D. Degree Is
Given to Hubbard
BRINGS QUICK
REACTION
Southern Hero
Her Grandfather
Workers to Help
Erect Tent for
Revival Sought
One Dead, Two
Lost in Flood
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New cla:*cs for the first, second. , teach evolution.
third and fourth grades will be or- |
ganized by the Teachers
Demonstration School
morning at the West Ward School.
according to Dr. L. A Sharp, who
said the classes were txing organ-
DAI I.A8. June 5.—There will
be three weddlng-less days in
Texas this month- traditionally
the "month of brides."
Between June 14 and 18
weddings will lake place In
new
law
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College
Thursday j
I the the conservatives.
I Stanley Baldwin, the tory premier,
I called on the king yesterday and re-
signed. The labor leader was receiv-
ed today, the king being able to sit
in a chair while he talked with him.
Shortly after Macdonald left, it was
officially announced that he had ac-
cepted the government.
WINDSOR. England. June 5 -J.
Ramsay Macdonald, leader of the
victorious labor party in last Thurs-
day’s general election, was asked by
the king today to form a govern-
ment.
' He accepted.
♦ impeachment resolution in it# ♦.
♦ place. +
♦ of the House Representative +
♦ Grady Woodruff withdrew his ♦
.» resolution asking the resigna- ♦
♦ tlon of State Land Commission- ♦
♦ er J T Robison una offered an ♦
V W. Shepard made a hurried trip
to Norman. Oklahoma. Tuesday He
left here at 3 o'clock Tuesday after-
noon and returned at 3 o'clock Wed-
neiday morning—an even 13 hour
trip Harwell Shepard, his son. en-
tered the University of Oklahoma at
Norman
duced a new prison bill in line with ‘
the governor’s suggested prison com-
promise ft provides that the state
prison board shall prepare a report
BAST BJUWTItBB Mm.
5—Three deaths resulted from an
explosion and fire at the river plant
of the Cities Service
Company early today.
i Damage was estimated at >500,-
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Three Die as
Blast Wrecks
LtC
95 per cent
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5.—Quick
Eovernor Dan
Fess to the state
esterday after-
noon ha« been experienced.
Senator T. J. Holbrook iias intro- j
It s not always fair weather 'when gou<i flyers get together. For here you see tlie pilots of two projected hops ; them back to him
I The House also
Rain seems to have been general
over the county Tuesday and early
Wednesday morning Bert Gibbs
Justin, aaid "We liad a big rain this
morning." and C. 8 Hudgins, "Beth-
el Community had a big rain Tues-
day afternoon and again Wednes-
day morning."
PRISON
WITH
jESTIONS, is
hiCED.
NAPLES. Italy, June 5—Twenty
students were trapped by a flow of
lava today while they were endeav-
oring to witness the latest eruption
of Mt. Vesuvius at close hand Sev-
eral were injured by the bursting of
the lava as they tried to flee
An official communique said the
eruption had increased in violence,
with the flames attaining a height
of 1.500 feet, at 4 a m The erup-
tion was considered probably the
most spectacular since 79 a. d., when
Pompeii and Herculaneum were de-
stroyed.
f measure ? n-
■vo farm bi..., passed
the 8cnat arid House,
.,?s'd by the
: nd imrr.edi- j
the House for
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Changes which go to make Den-
-- ton more city-tike are taking place
» now This Spring and summer sever-
al of the business houses have hid
the street-awnIngs removed. For
years. Denton like many other of the
smaller dues, has had permanent
awnings in front of their buildings,
but in recent times such awnings
have not been used to such a Urge
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r^fame ' Yellow Bird” which is to fly to Paris; Capt. I<ewls A Yancey, center, '
ijof th* American "Green Flash.' who;* destination is Rome; and Rene
Work to Resign
as Repu b 1 i c a n
Committee Head
and creditors alike. The financial
giants of the world tolled untiringly
during these mon tits and t heir tons
were crowned with success.
PARIS, June 5.---After ten years
of intermittent negotiations to fix
the amount which the German gov-
ernment is able without endanger-
ing her financial stability to pay
to the allied creditor powers in liqui-
dation of her obligations arising!
from the world war. the reich now |
pas a specific burden which it will
have to carry for the next 58 years.
It took the second Dawes commit-
tee four months of painstaking labor
to reach an agreement which was
supercede the present
admission on high school
Appointment of the state
superintendent was anoaher edu-
cational change he advocated
Law suiu cost the state more
than it does the litigants. Governor
Moody said, endorsing a proposed j
artitratton brtt He urged UUUI U14‘fc w* WH liopefc
course te^Mpt Open at all times and I nU«hl ** llielr meeting.
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ABILENE, June 5—An explosion
in an unoccupied half of a duplex
dwelling here last night claimed a (
second life today with the death off
Gene Lawler. 26-ycar-old cotton
man. Lawler's one-year-old daugh-
ter, Doris, died last night an hour
after the explosion and las wife. ■
Mrs. Vera Lawler, is in a hospital
critically Injured
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ABOUT;
TOWN
flt at the Danton Cta
Clute fleturde.y night M
secretary of the Club, ex preened" the
hope that a fuH membership would
attend the meeting.
Bank of Rice, and B. F Bartlett, a
director, gull tv of charges of misap-
plication of funds of the bank and
not guiltv on chaff es of
false entries.
The maximum penalty for viola-
tion of the national banking laws
u charged In the indictment is five
years in prison Sentence probably
will be passed Saturday.
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Demonstration I
Lee R. Mercer, above, of Norfolk,
Va., hopes to talk his way to vic-
tory In the national oratorical con-
test for college, students at Loe
Angeles. Calif., in June. Mercer,
a sophomore in chemical engineer-
ing at North Carolina State Col.
lego-at Raleigh, won the cham-
pionship of southern states at the
recent regional contest in Ashe-
ville, N. a-
Denton has been known for many
yean, tor os pretty roses as can be
grown unywliere. other shrubs and
flowers do well in Denton, but Uta
year, it is believed, the zinnias hJH
lluaruiied even more Uuuj in lu^K
years Mrs J N Rayzor
great pride in her zmmas^^B
they're beautiful. Roundabout mH
much pleased to take home tans' of
them which Mrs. Rayzor furnished.
The hope, tho great, was not
father to the thought when it was
announced some few weeks ago that
Htate Highway Engineers would start
survey of the Dmton-Decatur Road.
The weather has been against such
work and, too. there seems to have
been some other places which re-
quired attention of live surveyors No
more 'prophecies' are going to be
made, but it is hoped that tl»e an-
nouncement can be made in truth
soon
Educational Changes
A fourth of the pupd;, who enter
the higher schools of the state fail
in thsir freshman year. Governor
Moody told the legislature. sug-
gesting that entrance examinations
system of
credits
school
A/tyoll
ij: y :Ti lyTtauttlkmhl
TemRntae
Maximum yaataday ..
Minlihum today
Ftgnk Holland. Uencral Manager
of HoUaud’s Magasing and Form
. Zand Maneb, and T. C. Riehantoon.
MM Editor of the Farm and
at the Demonstration School build- , cause of an error in Its caption,
ing on the college campus.
These classes will be organized i
provided as many as 10 children for
each grade report at the
The House committee on educa-
I tlon reported favorably a measure
passed during the- last session ere
I acting a 9-member Stwte board o>
j education and abolishing the
j State text book commission. Gov-
| doctor’s degn>, majoring in Latin
i American history. Miss Pauline
Joluuon, daughter, of Mr. gnd Mrs.
Jack Johnson, received a B A. de-
gree. and Walter B, McClurkan. aqn
of Mrs. W B McClurkan. received
a degree In busineaa bdmjjusi
Mrs. Alice Furnish rvcelWl
ter's degree, majoring in Spanish,
and J. E. Jackson received a master's
tiearee majoring-* th government.
ELECTRA June5 Fire loss, es-
timated today at >9 000 resulted
from a disastrous fire when the
home of A. T Mitchell was destroy-
ed by flames here yesterday.
Nine persons narrowly escaped
death or serious injury In the fire,
when they fled in their night-
clothea, having lost all their ef
■ rx1 wh—1.D
A * rrsnddsnrghter r of • Gedsrsl
’Stouewall" Jackaon, Miss Anua
Jackson Preston, abovv, is on tbe
sponsorlai board of the Sons; of
Confedeiata Veteran*-tor the ?>tli
annual Confederate reunion In
Charlotte, N C.- Mi*s Preston la
th* daughter of |fr. and Mrs. E.
„ w . R. ■» Preston of ChaAotte. her
Uww last two being eonfetAd in ab- mother being a daughter cf the
famed Cohf*dvr>t* leader.'
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KANSAS CI-I x. Jun# 5-An
old man sat in Forest Hill Cem-
etery and peered with age dim-
med eyes at an inscription on a
tomb stone beside him which
read
"Susan Carter. 1855-19?/." and
' C. C Carter. 1855 ”
A bunch of flowers lie had
placed on the grave were with-
ered.
As the old man mumbled
' prayers his lips faltered and
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uMail Order”
Bride G i ven ,
Life Sentence
SGNORA. Calif.. Judw K-lftK
Rain last night probably will de- j
. lay cutting of grain in many parts J
of the county for another two days
altho binders in some fields will be
able to operate should the sun shine
ail day Wednesday
Hardware dealers said Wednesday
that rain had prevented the sale of
as much binder twine as had been
expected. They said, however, that
n • with fair weather they thought sales
degree was conferred upon Louts H |
Hubbard, president of the College of
Industrial Arts at Denlon. at the
18th annual commencement of Aus-
tin College TYirtsday Thirty-eight
bachelor degrees, four master and
four other honorary doctor degrees
were conferred
Resolutions were passed by the
ex-students' association asking the
location of the consolidated Presby-
terian College in Sherman under the
name of Austin College.
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151 DEGREES
ABILENE, June 5.—Degrees were
-------.d upon 151 graduates of
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pastor of the Lithuanian Roman
Catholic Church of Our Lady of
Sorrows, shot a 22-year-old girl here
last night and committed suicide,
apparently because she laughed at
his request fdr a kiss.
The girl. Helen Halltaies of Kear-
ney. is in a critical condition, with I
two wounds In the chest.
The shooting occurred at the I
home of John Silketis. where Miss
Halitaies and Meizvinis were din-
ner guests Mrs Silketis said she
overheard some of the conversation
between Miezvfnis and Miss Halitaies
while she was preparing dinner and i
heard the priest ask:
"Tell me. Helen, do you like me?"
"Don't be silly, Father." Mrs Silk-
etis said the girl replied. "You are
a priest and I am only a young girl."
During the meal. Mrs Silketis
said. Miezvinls asked Miss Halitaies
to kiss him, but the girl only laugh-
ed
After dinner Miezvinis and the
girl returned to the parlor while the
Silketis' washed the dishes in the
kitchen Soon they heard three shots j
and found Miss Halltales wounded j
and the priest, grasping a revolver,
dying
Volunteer workers to help erect
a tent in which Rev John R Rice
will conduct a revival for the Cal-
vary Baptist Church are asked to
report at 213 East McKinney
Street Thursday rfomlnT at 9
o'clock by Rev B. F Sizemore, pas-
tor of the Calvary Church.
EXPORT DEBE N T U R F.
PLAN ELIMINATED;
MEASURE TO BE SUB-
MITTED AT ONCE.
no
. con-
formity with the new state
marriage license law which
goes into effect June 15 This
law. designed for the purpose of
preventing hasty marriages,
specifies that three days notice
of Intention to wed must be filed
with the county clerks of the
different counties.
During the three days
June 15. 16 and 17 the county
clerks can only receive “notjee*
of Intention to marry.” No li-
censes can be issued until the
morning of June 18
"The rain hit our orchard just
„right,” said M. O Hennen. "Not that
wr needed the rain, but if it had
come Just a day earlier it would have
caught us with lot* of fruit on the
trees which would have suffered.
Tuesday we gathered practically all
of the ripe fruit "
Dr. J. L. Hooper was in McKinney
i Tuesday and Wednesday attending a
| meeting of the North Texas Medical
| Society. "It's a fine meeting and a
jood many doctors of North Texas
rhave been there.'
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i.j -we could use some of the rain
Itat's falk’n in Denton.” said J. A.
McCrary of San Angelo who is here
j he guest of relatives "We've had
Leveral pretty nice rains, but noth-
ing like what has fallen in North
fexas and we could use more now ”
McCrary, who formerly lived in Den-
. on. is now in San Angelo where he
s in the Refil Estate and Loan bus-
ness.
Here's a little problem try it on
your slate as it will prove interest-
ing "A tree 100 feet lilgh was brok-
en; the top of the tree fell exactly
80 feet from the base of the tree;
how long was the broken part, fall-
Ing to the ground. ' Two lengths are'
given; the height of the tree and the
distance from the base to the tip of
the tree, after falling Draw a ver-
tical line. A-B. which is 100 feet; a
horizontal line, B-C. which is 8C
feet, the line from D (the pant at
’ break • to C D-C Is the distance to
be computed
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• new currency winch Will be in use
| j niter July 10th. The new bank notes
much smaller than the ones
I which have been in use for many
| years and the reduction in the
’ amount of paper used brings a sav-
1 ing of millions annually to the gov-
l<Tnment The size of the new cur-
• rency is « I -8 inches long by 2 5-8
inches wide The banks here have
'only four denominations. >1. >2. >5
land >10 bills, however .the currency
will be made in all denominations, as
high az >10.000. which size will not
be found In general daily use One
,of them would make an attractive
little souvenir
1 Killed in Explosion
NEW ORLEANS, June 5 —An ex-
plosion wrecked the plant of the
Gulf A Valley Cotton Oil Company
plant here today. One man
killed and more than a score
workers were injured
I Fire swept thru the plant imme-
' diately after the blast and a check-
ot the employe* list was impossible
in the confusion of moving the in-
jured.
The flames halted the search of
the ruins
wn.» l>f the two •tumbling blocks when
touched Ulrhtly The’ governor said
he did not consider Texas a hydro-
power state. He urged tliat irnga- . atiotis to engage in marketing oper-
tlon be encouraged in any meas- aliens as well as surplus control op-
ure fixing water rights. Adequate ' eratiohs Only the debenture decis-
ion remains
Any |>os.sib;lity tiie debenture ad-
in
I front of a dance hall at tire little
town of Standard. She said she
could not bring herself to carry’ out
I her jxirt of the pact on account of
i the music in the dance hall.
told the United Press he would con- j
i-ider such a move entirely unpreoe- j
dented He said such an issue would i
be threshed out in the Senate. I
The debenture group is to fill- i
buster the agreement if it chooses to;
continue its fight for debenture in '
the pact of an Apparently hopeless 1
, situation caused by strong opposition [
from the House leaders and from !
the white house A filibuster would
threaten Die
program.
night tlie eonferees swept aside m’the lutmTlw h- <'«An‘ct»w testify of Uw wuffk
which preceded the fatal sliootjng of
Mrs. Grace Morrison May 13 al-
ready In the record the courtroom
was filled with gossip hungry lis-
tener* today
Mrt. Levi P Stallworth is charg-
ed With shooting Mrs Morrison to
death because of what she termed
as friendly relations between her and
her husband
The state rested unexpectedly soon
after the opening of court and the
defense immediately started intro-
duction of its testimony
WASHINGTON, June .
'ailing of a Democratic patty
(iCT here next Iweek for Jouett
idiouae, newly appointed lieutenant
f Chairman Raakob oX the national
I ommittee has brought to the sur-
face party difference* and resulted
oday in a demand by Senator Slm-
i ]QM of North Carolina for the "un-
tatang" of Raakob “in tlie interest
P^uinony."
A large group of Denton residents
have returned from Austin where
they were awarded degrees in the
commencement exercises of the Un-
ivrsity of Texas. Among these were
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Blackbum. she
having received the M A degree,
majoring In history and English.
; Blackburn accompanied her to do
| work in research work in the li-
brary and in the capital.
| Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Harris return-
' ed Tuesday, Harris having received
[ Ids doc tor’s degree, majoring in zool-
| ogy. Miss Anna Uowell received her
WASHINGTON, June 5. >
A Farm relief bill wi.h lhe
( xport debenture plan eliini- proach’ng
pated was agreed upon to-
day by Senat' nd Houhc
; oi.ferern r- cor
nicihuie.
Tlie revise;'
po-ed frc,n.
. i pcHViel ■ t
will be ,e .rally en
committee ‘rmo-’ j*’
ately <ubi:i. ;ed
ccnsidc ration
to isuvope. neia up by adverse wing* and storms over the Atlantic, studying a weather map at Old Orchard., The House also considered a
Me . while they wait for a favorable change Right to left are Jean Assolaut and Arnuno Lotti , Jr , pilot and i measure by Representative Harper
i »|s»uboi resperttvrly of the French giiane "Yellow Bird " which is to fly to Pans; Capt lewis A Yancey, center.
; and Roger Q Williams, rear, pilotsJof the American "Green Flash, who;* destination is Home; mid Rene I*- J*********••**♦*♦♦**♦*'♦♦♦
fevre, co-pilot of the Yeltow Bird. | I v AUSTIN. June 5. At the op- ♦
l+ enlng of tlie afternoon session +
- 4, of the House "
New Demonstration |?
School Classes to
Be Organized Here Uh»Whh»hh»h4
______ j making it unalwful for an instruc-
tor in State supported schools to
Great Britain will have a labor
government for the second time iq
history. The first time was in 1924,
wnen Macdonald headed a govern-
ment which was short-lived going
down to defeat when Lloyd George,
leader of the liberals, withdrew ms
support. As in 1924. Lloyd George
again has the balance of power in
tlie house ot commons and probably
___ will be able to defeat the government
Ized because of crowded conditions ernor Moody resubmitted the bill be- at desires to align with
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The House passed the Wallace |
measure appropriating >5,018-
| 375 for support of the judiciary
----- ----- ... ‘the next biennium
Ward School building at 9 o'clock I —---
lllh , Adams Pleads
classes will be given preference ov- I
er applicants for enrollment in the ' XI •! r
Teachers Collt I e Demonstration I l.lll|f\r rvr
School next fall. Sharp said ) vaviiiij vji
Dallas Slaying
At a meeting of the city
commission Tuesday
committees >rere named
fer with the board of education and -
officials of the County Livestock
Association relative to the needs of
these two groups in the land that
is to be purchased for an athletic
ground and a fair ground.
Several phases of the city plan
work were discussed, and the be-
lief was expressed that the body
probably would be ready to under-
take the purchase of some of the
land needed within a short time.
E. Noyes of Dallas. consulting
engineer who is making the
plan, attended the meeting
TRINITY U. GRANTS DEGREES
TO A8 TUESDAY
WAXAHACHIE. June 5—Sixty-
six bachelor and two honorary doc-
I tor of law degrees were conferred at
j the 60th commencement of Trinity
1 University Tuesday. 8. H. Whitley.
I president of the East Texas State
Teachers College, and H. W More-
lock. president of the Sul Roea State
Teachers College, were awarded LL
D. degrees
DALLAS. June 5.—United States
District court jury last night found
5—The w A Stockard, former president- I
tty din- rr*™ of the First National 1
acceptable to all concerned, debtors, parently swept to death with his
out.. i father and younger brother in the
| swollen waters of a creek near here,
the body of Presco Cole, 14, was re-
covered -today from the stream
Search continued for the bodies of
the father, Bill Cole, and Kto
Cole. 11
I
Will Confer on
City Plan Tracts
rules
Isrlgatan Encoaraged
Proposed water legislation
Income Tax Bill
Rep. T. N Mauritz of Ganado ex-
pressed great satisfaction at th"
governor's endorsement of an in-
come tax bill Mauritz has offered
such a bill
This method of increasing state
revenue, a four cents a gallon tex
on gasoline, and more adequate
taxing of the mineral resources, a':
were urged by the governor Mood;
with the suggestion thut the present
direct tax on property mignt then
be reduced
"That would be a practical step *
toward farm rohef" said governor I
Moody 'The comparative ret uni on <
agriculture and other things, showi ,
more
statutes to permit the state to com-
bat citrus fruit pests such as the
Mediterranean fruit fly Were ad-
vocated
Urging economy. Governor Moody
cited comparative biennial approp-
riations since 1909 Then with the
>57,000.000 expenditure pro)x>sed in
the senate appropriation bills.
These figures showed appropria-
tions going up at much higher rate
than population
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WASHINGTON, June A new
chairman will guidz the Republican
national committee thru the ap-
• u, ,^5^; .ho
the (hairmunship last June to con-
duct the Hoover campaign, will cal)
a meeting of the committee early
n the fall to submit his resignation
and d'.scuss plans for the new cam-
paign which he believes should be
pul into effect next winter.
The former secretary of interior'
agreed last June to undertake the
. task with the understanding that
' he be permitted to resign soon after
. the election.
four months. This report will advise
th- kind of prison (industrial or
farm) that should be operated and 1
where it should be located
If the bill passes tt will mean n
special session of Um* legislature
by late fall or winter to receive it
W/VsHINi iTON. June 5. With
one eye on the rising Chicago gram I
market and the other on the deben-'
ture people who are threatening to!
revolt. House and Senate farm con- 1
ferees resumed today their delibera-l
tton* ou Uhs farm biH hopeful rtj
Unsettled weather wRh scattered
!' showers are predicted in Denton for
h tonight and Thursday. Only 15 of
L tin Inch of rain fell in Denton Tues-
day afternoon, but a much heavier
< rain, amounting to 64 of an inch.
I accompanied by high wind fell Wed-
[i nesday morning between 3 and 4
! o'clock. Temperature ranged from a
11 High of 77 to a low of 64 Tuesday
Si. r.rg. -- .lie'
STRUCK BY TRICK. DALLAS
2^ BOY 18 DEAD
DALLAS. June 5.- William Ed-
ward Ross, son of Mr. and Mrs. W
B. Rsaa. died in a hospital Tuesday
afternoon from Injuries received
taMw the day when he was
strylttar a truck Four’persons were
hdlTTR traffic accidents during th*
—.4-,-y-• At.- >• ..dm
ROBISON OUSTER CONSIDERED
BY HOUSE; EDUCATION BOARD
BILL IS REPORTED FAVORABLY
BILL,
MOODY’S
IN-
Man Dies of Bums
RAYMONDVILLE. June
! James Parker. 29, who was burned
yesterday when a gasoline engine he
was cleaning exploded died In a
hospital early today
; Wednesday
E4>. June il.-Mrrth
Priest Shoots
Girl. Suicides SIMMONS university grants
HARRISON. N J . June 5 - The ! conferred
Rev. Raul Miezvinls. former acting | Simmon* University at" the 38th an-
nual commencement Tuesday. Tlie
commencement address was given
by Charles E Friiey. dean of A &
M. College and a son of the first
president of Simmons, and the hon-
orary degree of doctor of laws Was
conferred upon him
1
Barometer Raaffteg '
7 a. m todar7jr.....nye. 3MI
7 *. m. today
u;. -4.- 4^,.- **. . v* * - '*•
NEW YORK. June 5—The rising
movement tn progress all this week
continued in the early dealings to-
day onthe stock market.
whole congressional I Leading issues were fractionally
| higher, while pool activity In a few
----- 1 stocks sent them sharply higher
j Tlie feature of the opening was a
| I sale of 30.000 Simms Petroleum at
tz I 37. up a point at a new high. Other
] A 1 ID D * oil shares were steady. Superior was
ueiavea dv ixain another active issue opening 10,000
* i at 8 3-4 up 1-4 point.
CORSICANA. Juna 5—Ray
IwaSr jtaOMi
With the murder of Orville Matt-
hews Dallas bank employe. last
September, pleaded not guilty at
the opening of his trial here this
morning Matthews was shot
death supposedly alter a dispute ov-
er a senatorial election bet.
. Av J.X
DENTON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 5, 1929
I STORMS AHEAD; PROCEED AT YOVR (BEN RISK
*4
L?*-
plea of guilty to the slaying of her
deaf husband. Carroll Rablen.
Mrs Rablen told Judge Wlarne
that she put poison in a cup of cof-
fee and gave it to her husband as
part of a suicide pact concluded Ap-
1 ril 26 She said she gave him the
| coffee as he sat in an automobile
locates would be willing to aban-
don the provision under agreement
without letting the House vote upon
it was dispelled however when Sen-
ator George W Norris, of Nebraska,
Stocks Continue
*
Rising Movement
fl|
duh "
AUSTIN, June 5.—The spectre of impeachment hov-
ered over J. T. Robison, commissioner of the general land
office, today as the House plunged into a debate to deter-
mine whether the veteran official should be asked to re-
, sign his office or face the Senate sitting as a court.
Representative Woodruff asked
Robinson to resign because lie had
asked certain land owners to in-
dorse revaluation checks and send
11 s not tuways iair waamar waen good flyers get together. For here you see tlie pilots of two projected hops |
Eurojie. held up by adverse Winds and storms over the Atlantic, studying a weather map at Old Orchard.!
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