Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 74, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1929 Page: 1 of 14
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JEFFERSON. WIs.. Nov. 8—Au-
thorities today had nothing more
fled to poison alcohol had
due to overindulgence in
$15.ee9.oeo Bslre Format
WASHINGTON. Nov. 8—A cot-
ton crop ot 15.008,000 bales this year
The thermometer stood at 28 de-
grms. the lowerf mark nt the sea-
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HANDLE, WITH
AND FREEZ1M
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mum of a commodity loan. tc
ate Credit BtenX at St. Paul.
V By Associated Fraas
WORLD NEWS
,. ,MKW TOOT, Nev w, a hand
of 70 mothers of thta year’s crop
of debutantes in tent on a 3 a.
m. surfew,...........£4..
Five Workmen
Biown to Bits
in Shaft Blast
Loomis to Tell
Grand Jury of
“Booze Parly?
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mnliMle day W»en It w han to«f wy .™
sama at tto wwk ea WuhrteyP Tte . r
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OL. XX1X NO. 74 __
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hour and the five men were on
their way toward the entrance
carrying 80. pounds of dynamite in
one of the small cars used for that
purpose. In some manner the dy-
namite was exploded. The men
were blown to pieces.
1 ? The victims were: •
Joseph Edgloomo, 35; J. Piotti,
with mow for the fimt time this if* at tUe hme of Mrs. Beth.
Ort thf* ’kp ‘hd^^bfte ■ ■■-8 — takrn aa»^i—1 to*
__ around the freezing point. At Barger
ss® festfissr* “ • *■
The norttw* extended L_l_.. 1_
South Plains around Lubbock where
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Ir.und alair Uuvlm, bs«n a
Canada's far north, using 1
tt»v they had fcocn found 4
Lfr. f.-^sn wastes for
,m1.. -i Kiwi,. I,. 1,
DEATH PENAffi^H*
1st’. <Vaj
’.va
til
Distridti
legionaires at noon at the American
_ Xegion HaU. At 2 30 tAthraftemoon
one of the best football game* sched-
uled for the Denton Teaehere
wm bo played at Harris 1
tween the Denton Teachsrs College
Lions Aim at 3:30 the Deni- A light rain fell. Thia etmdiMn also
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Officer, Bandit
Suspect Killed in
Attempted Arrest
declared cotton growers, who had 1
hdd their crop ofl the market aa- l]
the result of an announcement by 1
the board some .time ago that it
would loan up to 1635 cents per
pound F. O. B. Galveston, were fac-
ing Mg losses because of inability ‘
Mr. and Ma B. H. OUW TMVr ’
Ntetad wwd that their daughter.
K, Mra B. t. Bedford N Midway, Ky,
has been elected a member of the
Bounty boardWeducation of Frarik-
Un County. Ky. mnkfort, the cap-
ital ctKrntodty, Is also th; county
t seat of Franltita Q * 7
ftrd te also tbb treasurer of the soy-
b--rfn«h district VST. A. of h«r coun-
■hr, and is chairman of the “Better
movemoit there.
tAVMUAu L4AVVUUVU
Moved Up to Feb. 8
- . - - AUSTIN, Nov. t.—Governor Dad£tl *
to borrow money through the Texas Moody today set Feb. « ■» th, - —
Farm Bureau, the agency desIgnat- execution date ef F. w Hov
ed to handle the loana ---- —
COTTON PRICE S'
4RTH FORECAST^
BALES AND W
Cotton Growers
LWM loaiwt tV
jenl advanced re-
lercW banks. Of
board advanced
iber I
loan ct OtMn
Total Indicated Yield About as Buyers E
ed But Ginnings Considerably Unde
vafe Estimates*
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Hl Coldbrook today. - ________;
Cause of the explosion could not
be immedately determined. Fellow
workmen told Investigators a dy-
namite explosion had been set off
• ...
Cotton prices were strengthened slightly by the g
emment’s forecast and ginning report issued Friday, wh
was considered bullish on the exchanges. The indical
advance sES te d* pMAs aa -aa--- -^
tive positions. AKhotvtf the Indi- -
cated yieM of 15S0WM bales das ‘
nboutfteneapestvd the ginnings to-
tal of 10,88*314 bales was much
smaUer than private estimates. . ’
^Immediately after fading waa *
resumed foitowtjtf tt*<-cuMtenary
suspension tor rwiptton Mteer^ <
port. December contracts sold at
1732, or 11 pointe above the
ruling Jbst before trading was ero-^
pended. January and March ebow-
■ itetojM «to 1# potato n “
ly. Trading wu very active.
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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 1MB
AIR EXPLORERS WERE FOUND S
room and the posse surrounded the
shack, here in the Greater Semi-
jjple oil field
As Klersey shoved in the door
he. was confronted by Edwards, who
emptied two automatics at the offl-
cer. Klersey returned the fire as
he fell, wounded Edwards. whO also
was shot by ottyr members of the
Mme. crowding into the room after
The offlatr died
wards died tn an aii__
I. him te<a. 8eminol; HaspttaL
- had'
arrested Edwards on previous occa-
sions. Last summer. Whin he was
acting chief of police of Durant.
and
b-' '<*? •
BiW
lieved to have been the ckuse for
the shooting which occurred at
Phillips, near here.
The story of the shooting-was told
by Mrs. J. A. Swinnea, Mrs. Farth-
ing's mother, who was in a room
next to that in which the shooting
occurred. Farthing came to the
Swinnea home yesterday she said to
beg his wife to come home. She ap-
parently refused; for Mrs. Swinnea
heard him say he would 30 away
and not bother her any more.
. Then, the woman continued, kiss-
Farthing
ran cut the back door, raised the
«»«. P**4®1 to forehead and pulled
basebiu coach *** tlW' "°n >
thletes at Aua- *»P ««•
_ •• *uw- Both. famllles here from
Zandt County. ’ T /ZJ
Goodyear Tire Seto
JR» Production Record
team, taotball or baseball, was not) AgWOW. Nw. 8.-flomething of
“ “the remarkable progress made by
the automotive industry and Its si-
lted rubber Industry in. the past
few yean, can be gained from the c*^. thv obtained 88.400 ir
announcement that the Goodyear <38 000 to negotiable Liberty
“Industry. T
.Goodyear reached the 100300,000
merit to April of 1W7. Twenty-four
. years were required to establish
Oounty. Mrs. Bed- that record in comparison to the
—---- malfc for pHriurtton tar-—
50 000 000 or half as much a
to thetotal in th^ space*
yean anrd Jour monthA...,^ .
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MAN FATALLY
SHOOTS WIFE,
SLAYSHIMSELF
BORGER, Nor. A—Mrs. Virgie
Farthing died today of wounds in-
flicted yesterday by her estranged
husband, Jim Farthing, Just before
he took his own life. The woman
was shot Rm* WMM.
jsafsffsi w £ SSE
prsdteted eokter waaffter for the
greater part of the state tonight.
Emw at Famwa
---- tod»y to I
1' snow M|B
*. 7^ fag,
d inchoft'. mb
the Big
------- -J percent of
th» crop was estimated gathered in
jeetton. u.-■
'8igni*MlGnariik>. Reports receiv-
depth from one to six inches Tell in
eastern New Mexico and In the
Texas tontttay Werth of America.
Britain’s L alh&r
Regime Weathers
Another Storm
Incomplete descriptions on which
to base their search fbr five men
who robbed the Fannrrs dt Mer-
chants Bank yesterday of approxi-
mately 8105,000 in cash and secur-
ities.
The nutober, apparently issued in
Ohio, and the descriptions led the ■
sheriff to wire the Bureau of Crim-
inal Identification at Columbus.
The robbery was to well execut-
ed the men slipped easily through
a hastily formed vigilante cordon
in Southern Wisconsin.
A defective burglar alarm shared
blame with the carefully laid plans
of the robbers. It had been ringing
almost daily. Consequently, cttl-
renr paid no attention whtn tte
Cte«tW -«tttaWrifcnnHed a rob-
bery. only a few passersby and a
neighborly grocer realised the bonk
was being robbed and they were scheme
held at bay by a gun in the hands
of one of the gang, r:
The .men, unmasked and each
carrying a pistol, strode into the
bank at noon, forced five persons
to lie on the floor, slugged an assist-
ant cashier and after firing several
shota, went through the vault and
eagre. They obtained 88,400 in cash,
--- bonds
______ fiton^',
. mas nosared by Insure •
grip Into other areas before
nightfall. ' ; .
LUBBOCK Nov. 8.’—A brfcte nor-
ther which sent the temperature
dangerously mar the freezing point,
. *___ „ 2^.2__~>
secttan today. The weather is ex-
pected to interfere seriously with
law gathering of cotton although
approximately 70 percent of the crop
to bettered already in.
1. M8W at Berger L'.r*'
BORGER, Nov. ?.—An inch of
snoar;greeted Borger this morning.
CLYDE THOMPSON
FACES EXECUTION
SECOND TIME IN BRU-
TAL DOUBLE MURDER
EASTLAND?* Nov. 8.—
Clyde Thompson today wa*;
, aaaessad the dea n penalty
foe tha accoad time by a
...» o{
Lucian Shook juar the lat-
v ' Saturday, November 8th., has been
designated as Home 'Coming Day
for the T men of Texas Uniwr-
i wy, according to a tetter from H
' Bttllngcr, Director of Interool-
tegiate Athletics of the University.
There are several *T mon of ths LM'
University in Denton, but Round- ** «-n«-old son goodbye
about is not informed asPto whether
any of them will attend the annual
g«-togethM. ‘Uncle’ Billy Disch,
Texas’ most fxmouf
T and condfitaner <d athtotw __
tin, In talking with Roundabout at
the Texas-SMU game said “Whath
—•Dbs matWrtilth Denton athletes
glow—there**. not a single Denton
■uan on Texas this year. I remember
seteral yoars ago u "hen Texas
complete without b man from Den-
ton.” Disch was coaOh at St. Ed-
wards College when Roundabout wM
in the University and any team had
to hilrty to win out over fab bunch.
expected to suffer, and wheat fann-
ers said the fall would be of great
benefit to them.
After a drixzMng rain, the wind
veered to the north in Dallas Fri-
day mdmmg and the temperature
began to fall
cd a loan of
Worcester, Mass., Nov. 8 —Fire
workmen were blown to pieces in
a premature explosion of 80 pounds
of dynamite in a shaft of the Me-
By associatedW^
Riding upon a col®;,
wind, accompanied b]K
and rain, winter swepW
the Texas Panhandle cR
try and othfir sections^
IMlUafab WREN IRON
FIFE HITS MUD
the Acme Brick Company,
on I" 41 * *
IMmExMI . . B„. __ __
rendered unconscious. A deep ga*h
w*8 cut in his head but be wgs
reported improved Friday morning.
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38; JoMpb Lorenao, 38.
“Lily B«Z6s”
Are But Rocks
Housewives Tell
Evanston Cops
EVANSTON. I1L, Nov. 8—A
blonde was selling “lily bulbs"
to all who would and sundry.
The housewives seemed to like
them, the way they spent their
money. ' ’
Two dollars each the blonde
girl charged, Mid thrice that
sum for .four; |he bargain-
hunting hous*wives llfced the
T; latter deal far more.
- lA^tThay put the bulbs in water
bowls- and, placed thorn where • ped that Edwards was in the lunch
‘twas sunny; then waited for
ths bulbs to sprout returns on
their money. " ,
A week th! housewives wait-
ed for the lily bulbs to sprout.
Another week they waited; but
the lilies came not out.
TtaMrday they fold poUce.
Oomplainta were made in folcks.
Police taimd -Mat “tas:M»
“bulb” were nothing more than
rooks. . .
ARMISTICE DAT PROGRAM IN
GAINESVILLE MONDAY .
GAINESVILLE Nov. 8. -An im-
> day -program to
Monday, including
iteomlng and
M il o'clock, when
B. D. Sartin of Wichita Falls will
yield of 15,009,000 bales was about as expected, but the
ginning total of 10,889,314 bales was smaller than private
.......... ' , < ~
MW314 Bales
Cotton Ginned in
U.S. Up to Nor. 1
. .. . . ,...r -i—---------,-1-
WASHINGTON,
censtnr bureauannouactf tod
10.888.314 running bales of
of the 1*20 crop f ' “
round bales «HM
had been ginned t,..
To Nbv. 1 last yeak a total
■iffi sxa lire, itoiiniiiar'WHiq
as half bales, had been ginr
1927 a total of *520.848 running '
bates, counting round bales at half
bates had been ginned pttak to
Nov j • --------
Ginnings by SIMM
Ginnings by states were: ’ i
Virginia 17,i». ----
North .Carolina 390,577.
South Carolina 535,065.
Georgia 1,031,4(10.
<• Florida 2*,003.
Missouri 102.391. *
Yf
has weathered tta third storm with-
in a week in the British house <tf
commons and now apparently faces
clearer sailing immediately ahead.
The third victory, gained yester-
day, disposes for several months of
criticism of policy in Ind|a and
leaves th« Simon commission on In-
dian statutory .reform free to con-
tinue its work.
Prevtousiy this week the laborites
had. their way In gaining taritjip-,
schemes of J. H. Thomas, lord of
the privy seal, and in actual ap-
proval of arrangements which had
bc«J made for *resnmptton of teta- ■ . »
tlcns with soviet Russia. if ’
After a debate lasting most of yes-
te-vday the commons voted with-
drawal of a. motion offered by a
Ue leteM"dSjiJ^tatSd D-
” j:. Jta taa couree of the ttobate th«
IlihffigTWd Stanley Baldwin,
conservative leader, tell how be had
- agreed to Lord Trwin's declaraHdh
but later withdrew his approval,
beard a labor minister answer rath-
er sharply David Moyd-George. Mb-J “
oral leader upon whose pleasure the
life of the labor government may
depend, end heard Bir John Simon,
Ubdral htatoelf plead labor's cause.
Captain Wedgewood Benn, secre-
tary of state for India, said he hop-
ed the people of India would realize
Mr. Lloyd-George represented only
a handful of the members of the
, house of commons. - —■■ - \ M
, _ Mr. Lloyd-George yesterday was --TM Tm OQ^rnor mertaj
the WABC i. tropolitan Water Development Go. In opposition to the government for “
•---- - - - .ffit jecond time within the week,
having assailed the unemployment
schemes ot J. H. Thomas. He ap-
proved resumption of relations with
soviet Russia, however. --
£? TOUCH
buy your
you «8T -
abted ’soidkr^rwd^lita family,
wtm game of th. necessities of life.
The Arthur McNttaky Post, of Dsn- N<
j;? saw:
B
i- mw sterilised, packed and sealed by
, the aldo* before sending out to the
irlous Legion Post* in Texas. Don’t
ttgot to wear a Poppy Monday.
An Invitation has been extended
to every ptaaon in Denton County
to attend Armistice Day'in Denton.
Monday, November 11th, and the I PMHBBMMMMH
orfgomwit eonuntttee tow an- WcEt Texas Friday ___
^^tened to extend it* cold
”! y1. a.00"^?: ffrin into nth Ar ««». hafnra
uled for 10 oaock Monday jnorn-
tag; an address by Wm. McCraw,
Attorney of Dallas Gotmty, Res dents of the Texas North Plains
id a dfamgr win be served to awc'te to find the ground covered
reridenta awoke today to find the ' -
gaotmd covered with snowthe The” re
Octane 4K
pws Cambridge Bay (indicated 6y X) on Victoria Viand, in the Arctic ocean,
n». Canadian min ng en>n«: and his party of seven aviatora were reported
»S for ew wedcs. The party had been exploring for mineral'deposits tn
1-1 n-s. The drrows show thetr route. The firat message to civilization telling
i -m a radio station ox King Wtlham Ttland Canada’s greatest pilots combed . .
M,J>g one of ths grsates. searches in hlstoiy for tha iost party., -M** forecart^today by the Depart-
;—- -•'jn- - =
t- 7 Smcrfl Amount
Ten a tured
Joftol h Now
flying Diverted
--'■^NGToSf■ NOV. 8— _ . ...----—i-
■on pokefi tfiuor. which' " LOWDfSN? Not. Minis-
jKAXWJtaM-Ocainndat.. .ter MaePenatePr- ijrbcr govsrnnrem-
ristmas holidays, are
ilc this year, orohlbi- --
tkm Comr-ii sioaer Doran said
today- because Dure was little
(Lverskm now of denatured al- .
<0W and bootleggers find it
cheaper to manufacture their
own alcohol than to convert the
denatured product.
Doran eald that in ccch-of the
60 industrial alcohol plants there
were from two to eight inspec-
tors checking the removal of all
alcohol .and following it to ite
final disposition, making diver-
sion
WH -r -
that to, the past many deaths
attributed to poison Ofiohol had
been th* result of alcohol pois-
oning due to overindulgence in
beodeg liquor.
Some of the deaths at previ-
. CUB holiday seasons occurred be-
«aiw bootteggsre used wnpd
xta .tetod, tenvtug only-
vm to laid. Tbs brMgn, Jart north of
Aawtrlean Legion Home, to*
White W»f System hSfftom finish-
ed through Ito Ash Street section
— of the Pwt, adding more beauty at
night for tte already moot attrac-
4ivs part.
Tito atasdards for the White Way
Ltahting Piste—.j—’ ——---
^TWtat have beenv
„ wtHto white WSy lighted from
Locust to Oakland, requiring eleven <
new standanls in a!L Tto standartte
wlU to aimliar to those put en Oak-
rfr: tend Avenue and win provide a
White Way route to the college <d
. Industrial Arts. A White Way sys-
■*- tew> haa been talked for west Hlek-
L > my Street, and when complet-
ed will afford a White Way to both
ennsges Vo* BJtaory SM is
ent ct the main boulevards of Den-
ar tan and a White Way system on
that street woald add much to the
•Saetiveness of Mghtod* Denton,
L, which, hr tto toay. is one of th.
L-- MB*, If not tto very best, lighted
amen cities in Texas. The City auth-
orities are toady at any time to ro-
aperate with tte property owners of
West Hickory for tte installation of
A-Wtate Way System on that street.
IT TT
w ■
■ ■ KM
X "Stop the music at 3 o’clock
in the morning.” la their Sjo- ’J
gap ta the crusader to dteoour-
3 *to dancing tin dawn and lat-
w among the younger J
pnrtie, their daughter*
WflT attend thU season. Th-
LMMMMM- >• Utot eiigfbte I
Mvoung men now can attend par-
Mte-. ai d st'.ii go to work next
So
bank handlt suspect against a vet-
eran Oklahoma pence officer, has
been fulfilled in an oil field gun
battle which also cost the life of
the man who made the threat.
James A, Klersey, sheriff, deputy
or police official for the past 18
years, was killed instantly, and
Owen Edwards was wounded fatal-
ly in a gfun ffcht which followed
Klersey’s attempt to arrest Edwards
when he had been trapped in an
oil field shack here last night.
Edwards, sought as a suspect in
the robbery of the First National
B^nk of Minco, Okla., Sept. 17, for
the looting of the bank of Ken-
dflck in Loncoln County, July 13,
and for the raid, by a band of rob-
bers, on tita Bank of Pregus 1*M
August was reported to be tn Har-
Jo- .....
' Klersey, HRh .* posse of State
and ,County officers, had been tlp-
........
Aiaoaina 1j0014o9.
Louisiana* 741^1*”^” L -
Okiaboroa 704*78.
Arkansas LM1.728. *
New Mexico 17*28.
Arizona 59 636,TT■ -
California M.4M. t
Others-,3,407.
HARJO. Okla., Nov. 8—A threat
40; EL FundeU 4U. Joseph Lutaw.l t0 .klll. made last summer by a
WedlartitopNMm
A and the Oonunerce East Texas Col-
S- iss-ss Sc£S
teg teen arranged tm tte Court C .
te tt’S rw
wight ttairMR te a big Fireworks '
rttspkw M «to Afr terii Members
of the Denton American Legion
Ftat Wa retry Anttmetemta over tte
T program and it IC bettered that
many people will to tore to attend
-Mt'BstitaBttoL Livestock, the Jtport said, was-not
A taaotttal tatitah of chrysanthe-
mumt grdtal by Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Fuller found Ito way to Roundabout's
desk. Ths flowers are of different
■ gfcnkone bunch ot which carry aS
; tte WkfhSM to regular chrysanthe-
mums. but tte others ate such that
Houndatoot t* not certain whether
^--ritaspwwdaBUre or chrysanthemums;
t; in fart they appear to be a erom
between ths two. But they are beau-
otmvinciDg proof ttotf p
Denton saR with the
win groh flewars M wl
r/ Eyswftnen TeHs of Slaying
. •.WSiitfrWK Q*vtaj to,—was ■ tneri—'—— -
fits to'* principal witness He tostl- , T- ti ODD BITS OF
AM that be, his brother, Thomas "
and Thompson were hunting the
afternoon ot the slaying, and that
they stopped at Shook's cabin apd
induced tte brothers to jota them.
He said that as the five of them
marched down a trail, Thompson
shot Lucian and his brother to
death..
“Then he beat out their brains
with the butt cf his pistol.’’ tte
vou th testified —
He said they at first planned to
bum tte bodies, but later gave up'
♦Mt Mrs- ______;z... _ ---j.——
Thoma, Davis was convicted of
the £layirt,*s and an appeal in his
case is now pending. Woodrow has
been promised immunity. ]
Slight Clues in
Big Bank Robbery
NEW YORK—Mtas MarJ-te,
Oelrichs, wsaMhy tad socially
prominent, to to teH tf styles
over Jhe nutate. Ker Rni ad-
dress will be next Tuesday at
llito m. over r
network.
- NEW HA VEN—Mint Brarie
Lee Lathrop, who far 30 yean
was a clerk for the principal st „„ _____
a high echoed, baa Wk an etc ' further in tte tunnel at an early
tate M $J40,00a. She made most
Of N by taktag profits in the
stock market.
____________
and that updM receipt Wf apgSes*
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WASHINGTON, J«OV. ‘ t — Th«
Federal Fam Board today discuss-
ed ths cotton situation in Texas and
Indicated it would reply either by
letter or telegram late today to a
communication from Governor Dap
Mody asking that the board make
good Its promise of loans to cotton
growers of his state. i
jl i li * W4 ■ imatauBteag
rs o f New
Debutante Crop
Demand Dancing
Me J
, y to kill tte officer tte
ext tlmb they met.
o: ganikatiun from ptiicr
sources.
The loan will enable tte agmcla-
tian-to maxe advances to tte foem-
b’-r growers on the 19 cents a pound
tests »cd conslftiUted a rertrion
of a former loan of a small amount
ty tte board;
The board also approved Carolina
Cotton Growers Co-operative Asso-
ciation at Itatailh, N. C» to supple-
ment loans obtained Troui tte Fed-
eral Intermidtate Credit Bank of
Columbia, -s. C. : 4..-;
The Oklahoma "
of Oklahoma Cit;
G00060 to supptaB
ceived from comn
this amount the
8493*00 on Novn
A commodity I
msde to the North
i aia uviuiB,WMp w <’*1^. nOWBFQ,
convicted in El Faaok ond under
death sentence fi* tte. murder tf
N V. Nixon, chauffeur, m 183R
Howard WM to haw taen execut-
ed tonwnvw. but Governor Mrodv
issued a mprieve lata yeetefda
ter Howard’s foraar wife Mr*,
lie JMJke. taiegntahad-ite Gon
she had testified fately aguinsl
Howard.
Tte Governor said te would re-
prieve Howard until w. B. Huh '1H
' alleged, annmaplte, D*< bam tried -
far his part In tte hitting. Ham*
,ease te pending hr District court
J at Abilene. He wM Ml had been
j tried once and the jiry had fall- 7"
ed to agree. Y .
"I am not satisfied to let Bote*
ard be executed until Ham to triad
for his alleged part tn tta crime,**
Governor Moody said.
ment ’ Of Agriculture.
A crop of 14*14,000 was forecast
}• month ago when the condition of
the crop was reported as beinjj 55
per cent of normal. The cotton crop
of 1029 was 14,478,000 bales.
. .. PredMtton by States .; '.
Tte indicated production by the
States follows:
State Indicated production
_X__Vlrglnta 44,000
North Carolina--------- ...... 700,000
Booth Carolina , *M«>ao
' Georgia 1*40,000 .
Florida ‘-------------30*00
Missouri 210.000
! Tennessee ----------- *10,900
Alabama ,.,,1,335 .ooo
Mteiwsippi L. 1.950,000
Louisiana 830,000
Texas 3*50000 .
Oklahoma 1.225..000
Arkansas ...... .........1,400.000
New Mexico ....... 80,000
ArizorUk 157,000
California .. *32.000 .
.............-
Farm Board to .
Answer Moody s
Demand for Aid
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8^-
Friuik 8. manager of
the Willaril Hotel, wtan the
dinner referred to by Senator
Breokhart as the “Watt Street
boove party" took place In De-
cember, IMS, has been -re-,
quested by Dtetrtet Attorney
Rover to appear Monday before
the grand jury. '
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8r-A rail-
road president's account of the new
famous Fahy dinner' for members
of the Senate at which Senator
Smith W. Brookhart says liquor waa
served is to be laid on Monday
SUSitaTSd,!™. TS'"™ '
tional capttat," ' * * 2 '' .....■ !
Edward E. Loomis of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, who Brookhart
says sat next to him and took a
drink, has informed United States
Attorney Lea A. Jfovtr te- will ap-
pear in answer to an informal in-
vitation which th? prosecuting offi-
cer had extended, to him.
Breokhart himself strggiMpd that
Loomis be called, and the invita-
tion followed, with indications that
should it be Ignored Jn Brooktart* u.
=
investigation, > subpoena was. te-
sued. for hie appearanc* before tta
grand Jury. ,> ’
In describbK the dinner to the
Senate, Brookhart said it was giv-
en tn Decvember, 1938. by Waiter
J. ;Fahy. a New York broker, ,in >
honor of memmeter or the Sen-
Ate-» swirvniK All
.... « ■ j i-a —re—< f «■«» — " i« AW VI lv- HiVIllLsL mVIOiC,
that time. they. sold. Sdwards ver hip flasks were provided for tta
....—un -----^flared, each filled
whiskey-,.....-
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West T'esas: UussOtisg. raid
rep* in tte FanbandK with •
RabTSte??
seH wav* to I
Hsu with tuam
l^^eattlnc the guests promptly
designated teur no mat-
T ter wha cr hew many are late
4e to be the silent rebuke for
the stragglers who deep din-
ner walt ng. .
Dtocusslcns ot ways and of
means to carry on the campaign
took place yesterday at a mc?L-
-IL MsHikcn in Madison Avenue.
Into tte|'
IHOILFIEIJj
NEW YORK—Robert Hazard
drives a taxi 4>y night and he
writes by day. Be has soiA
stories to maguatasa and a oov-
st to te be published shortly.
WMM fc* W
IHtends to eeMtam wwMnc at
night making tte pet beR add
was suoccsaively a hobo and a
farm worker in California and
Vtnrlnia and a shipyard worker
in Philadelphia.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N. X—
John M. TbOmas, President ot
Rutgers University, to having a
goM-headed cane polished, ex-
pecting to take it to church
Sunday. If La Fayette beats
Rutgers a* fooJball tomorrow
- the cane ‘wtH bo returned to the "
■ ptace It has been Since 1926
: whan Mr. Thames said be that
be would not wear it till Rut-
gers Won. ’ -
MINNEAPOUS—A driighlfal
of tto Gopher, undergraduate .
year book at tta ‘ University of
fWMl Twetre
campus an hour and 1* minutes x
and Mae everybody who iteb-
ecribed. Dean C. E. Nicholson
put hb foot down.
GRAND JURY IN COURT Di
STRIKE MAYING
GAktx'OWiAt v.j Noy. n. 14 Ji
entire grand JMy that tdftised to
return true bill* wveral weeks ago :>
against nine men held in connec- f*
tlon with tta death qf Mr ^lla ,,
WWni.’tdlWe mill tiTifar. was oif- Gninaoviuu*,
dered to today aa Judge Paas preaalva ormistice
tte head by ,a piece at iron pipe, ,der A. McEfroy. committing magi*- te be given here k
icb fell from a box ohr. and (rate, continued his investigation of * parade In the
tta mob violence on Sept 14 that memorial service a
resisted in . tte shooting of ‘to wc .
man,.
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McDonald, L. A. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 74, Ed. 1 Friday, November 8, 1929, newspaper, November 8, 1929; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1348324/m1/1/?rotate=0: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.