Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 276, Ed. 1 Monday, July 3, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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Senior High Has
Student Assembly
TO STAGE JULY
4TH CELEBRATION
Three Trainmen
Killed in Wreck
Program Backed By
C. of C. For Day
And Evening.
102-Year-Old Farther
Spend* 87 Years in
Illinois Log Cabin
Corporation Court
Levies $40 in Fine*
Seen A* Confirmation of Fear* of Coup Threat;
Expect Britain to Warn Germany of Reach
ines* to Fight.
As the zero hour approach-
es, officials of the Chamber
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London, Canada, then in Niagara
Falls, Canada, and then again in
New York
They said airplanes were active|
on both sides I dejjendence Pay, Judge Boyd said.
AUSTIN. July 3—(45 Governor
W Lee O'Daniel today made pub-
priated $5,000 to the upper Guad-
alupe River Authority
sociatlon for the Advancement
Colored People.
any
for state asslst-
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to
or
Basket lunches will be spread at
7 o'clock, followed by awarding of
in the annual
and women. The new green marks
the termination of a two-year cam-
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over the
June, 1938
later, in
the Munich con-
Hltlrr to achieve
of Czecho-Slova-
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JULY FOURTH CELEBRATION
IN NATIUN COSTS 211 LIVES
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The Denton Farm Club postponed ,
its monthly meeting from Saturday
night to tonight when members
will attend*the rodeo being held
at Ponder Tuesday Mid Wednesday.
The Farm Club group is to be
at the rodeo at 8 o’clock tonight.
More Than Half Of Number Die in Traffic
Accidents; Holiday Week-End Last Year,
Brough 556 Death.. In Highway Crash
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(By Associated Ptms)
The diplomatic curtains covering the specific reasons for
British and French official fears of a Nazi coup in Danzig
were partly drawn aside today when Prime Minister Cham-
lierlain told the House of Commons his government had re-
ceived reliable reports of "intensive measures of a military
were considering
strategy in view of House refusal
to repeal the existing arms embar-
ed today
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tic hts actions on a number cf bills •
passed by the Legislature at its
recent general session.
Among those signed was one mak-
ing It unlawful for attorneys <4 oth-
Ing guilty to a charge of passing a
I forged Instrument
Application for
SWilj
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The report of the offensive along . --------------
' Country Club
Plans Varied
Holiday Events
prize. $10
The police department will rope
off the downtown square at 7 p. m
for details in connection with the 1
Chamber of Commerce sjxmsored
Tn/Lnruinrlonno TYaV rplohrflt Inn lw»FP
day Is the last appearance here of
"Juarez."
an application for continuance of
the Fred Matthews case of driving
while drunk, because of the absence
of a witness.
Court was adjourned shortly af-
tlghting ter noon, and the Jury was dUmtes-
I lain
V~------
Urges Transfer* to
Denton School* Be
Made Immediately
WASHINGTON, July 3 —(45-
Setting a peacetime record, Con-
gress has authorized federal expen-
ditures of $13,110,000,000 for the
new fiscal year —$1,749,000,000 above
oc-
Parishion- ARGYLB RECREATION ASSOCI-
ATION TO MEET
The Argyle Recreation Associa-
tion will meet In the school audi-
torium at Argyle Thursday night,
July 6 Ice cream will be sold by
the Womens Home Demonstration
Club The public is Invited.
ALBERT LEA, Minn., July 3.—(45
—Hurrying to the spot where an
(By Associated Press)
The nation's celebration of Independence D*y,
interval which began Saturday in many localities, already
has cost at least 211 lives with more than half of them taken '
BUT THERE IS TILL PLENTY
FLIES LEFT
♦ WATERTON. Wu July ♦
♦ <45 —Otto Gronert. a retired ♦
♦ farmer, likes to "keep track ♦
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♦ summer, pronert swatted 50,- ♦
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The Lampkin boys. Lee, Mark,
B«b and Tommy, were In Denton
Monday en route to Fort Worth, but
Tommy, the youngest son oi Mark.
»aid they'd be back tn time to a*
tend the Ponder Rodeo Monday
night Tommy Is all boy and was
carrying his toy pistol (or protec-
tion for hts dad
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declared it
organization
character” in Lhe Free City.
Chamberlains statement put the
stamp of officialdom on reports
which could not be confirmed in
their entirety in the Free City. .
The week-end passed without
materialization of the widely-ru-
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July 3—(45—Tie
Congress voted
* xlay dgalnst
I as. and three negroes. Kldy Lewis.
40; Roy Lewis, Jr. 3. and Bdvalne
Jackson. 37. were killed in an auto
collision a mile from Anahuac on
Turtle Bayou road
Newton M Jones. 60. Pampa em-
ploye of lhe Banta Fe. was killed
when his auto crashed into a bridge
six miles south of Childress, and
Mrs Allee Southard. 54, was killed
when an automobile Overturned be-
tween Luling and Kingsbury.
John Brown, Jr., 6. drowned at
Dallas Two Hemphill brothers. Jlm-
CON GRESS
WASI INGTON. July 3. — (45—
ThLs Is the status of major legisla- last session's aggregate
tion before Congress at the start; - •
of its seventh month:
Lending — President's $3,860,000,- 1
000 1 " , ' '
dating projects still before commit-
tees.
Neutrality—House passed measure
containing amts embargo which ad-
ministration opposes; Senate still
to act.
Monetary House approved con -
tlnuance of president's emergency
powers: Senate votes Wednesday.
Social security— Ex tension of sys-
tem awaits Senate action after
House passage.
Politics—Hatch bill to curb poli-
tical activity by federal workers
passed by Senate; House acts soon
Labor relations—House votes soon
on proposal to investigate - labor
board; action on amendments to
Wagner act In doubt.
that any Nazi attempt to annex
Danzig, Including a Nazi putsch
within the Free City, would be re-
era to charge a fee of more than
$10 for services In ading the aged,
needy blind or
In applications
nnce
The
lawful
collect
MILITARY MEASURES BEING
TAKEN IN DANZIG, CUMMUNS
WARNED BY CHAMBERLAIN
. At an early hour M 'nday, Hoas
-*■ Monday. Denton's available park-
ing space tn the business sections
was filled aud a big crowd of peo-
ple had assembled to see the of-
ferings on fhe Trade's Square Bud
Williams. Ponder, and Dip Pear-
2 son. Plainview, said they were here
to get an early start for the Fourth
of July celebrations in Denton.
a holiday
gain of $5.615 26 or 7 04 per cent.
For the second quarter of this
year, ending June 30. receipts were
$21.600 15 a gain cf $2 201.19 over
the income of $19.398 96 for the
same quartet In 1938 The percent-
age of increase was 11-94
HSINKING, Manchoukuo,
3—(45—Japanese army
ques Uxlay reported capture
strongly - fortified f—
And Jesus answered him. saying,
it is written, That -man shall not
live by bread alone. But by every
word of God.—Luke 4:4
We know, and what is better, we
feel in wartfly, tliat religion is the
basis of civil society, and tire course
of all good and of all comfort —
Burke
Neutrality And
Lending to Draw
New Opposition
WASHINGTON. July 3 —(45—
The administration's neutrality and
lending programs held the key to-
"If the cotton crop comes through
as it now appears it will Danton
County will have its banner crop-
yen r," said W I Bishop, of Justin.
"I believe Denton County has five
best crops of any place I've
seen and I've just returned from an
automobile trip through Canada and
the Northeastern States." Mr and
Mrs. Bishop and daughter, Anna
Traffic Cop says,
When some driver foolishly tries
to pass you and misjudges the
available space, drop back and let
him Into line
tend the
next fall
frCmi
tract
torson. i
schools, urged Monday
Transfer blanks may be procur-
ed from the office of County Su-
perintendent R. L. Proffer. Patter-
son said The deadline date for
making these transfers is Aug. 1.
School officials wish to eetlbUsh
the school bus routes so they will
serve the largest number of peo-
ple. and this cannot be done until
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The Monday morning session of
Corporation Court was compara-
tively quiet as Mayor Lee Preston
disposed of eight cases and levied
$40 in fines. At the last previous
session So cases came before the
mayor. -
Two persons were fined $1 each
for parking overtime; two were
fined $13 each for drunkenness;
two speeders drew fines of $5 each
and $1 flnee were levied on each of
two persons who failed to halt at the transfers are made, Pattenrtn
stop signs. . . Isaid.
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Violence Claims
23 in Texas
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oak, pecan and walnut—as it may
be that the caterpillars are doing I
great injury to them W. T. Evers,
and other experts in tree-culture
and care, say when you notice that
some of your trees are infested
with caterpillars it is time to
do some spraying. They suggest the
use of arsenate of lead, about one
and one-half pounds to fifty gallons
of water Or, if you don't want
to undertake the work yourself there
are men who make a living at this
kind of work here tn Denton and
you could get them to take cate of
your trees.
The Glorious Fourth has usually
been a day on which hundreds of
people have been killed, but if the
I . slogan adopted this year, "Let's Be
’ Ahve on the Fifth," is heeded there
wjH be many less fatalities. While
the automobile draws the attention
mostly in deaths oti the Foyrth,
there are many other ways in
which death comes about. There
are drownings, fireworks, overheat-
ing and other tilings to avoid It's
to be hoped that every one has
a great and Glorious Fourth and
a Happy Fit$h-.
In River Plunge
O I
i pulled herself to safety.
Under glare of powerful search-
lights firemen equipped with long
I grappling hooks dragged the mud-
; dy water* throughout the night,
I without finding trace of the pretty
I victims, Elerunore Mirella, 18. Ann,
cafes, drug stores and filling sta- I 20. and Louise. 22. of nearby Col- j
Va.. July 3.—(45— ,
to Marian Ander-
aon'a "modesty and great gift." Min
I). Roosevelt yesterday
The salesmen ol 'A F iPati Ham-
ilton Pontiac Agency will have a
better Fourth Inasmuch. as they
are participating in the awards of
the "30 or Bust" Demonatrutlon-
Appraisal Campaign which the Dis-
trict Division of Dallas lias con-
ducted In a letter to Hamilton,
D U Bathrick. General Salerman-
ager, said, "We are sending these
checks to>ou rather than direct to
your salesmen, because you shared
the Bonus Costs with us and will
undoubtedly want to capitalize on
Uns opportunity to present Ute
checks to your salesmen personal-
ly
Legislative leaders pointed out a
substantial part, of the increase was
due to factors over which Congress
lending program for self-liqul- I had little direct control. These in-
----—----.. elude such things as the mounting
reserve funds for old-age pensions
and the railroad retirement pro-
gram.
So-called permanent appropria-
tions—such as interest on the na-
tional debt—for which Congress
must provide stipulated amounts
annually, amounted to $3,624,812,-
065 this year
President Roosevelt criticised
some of the increases, notably $338,-
000 (XX) which the Senate tacked
onto the agriculture department
appropriation bill for parity pay-
ments to farmers and for disposal
of surplus commodities. He held
Congress should provide taxes to
raise the money. •
Expansion of the army and navy
in the face of troubled world con-
ditions acopunted for $1,783,187,-
847
Well-informed legislators told the
House the military forces would
require $2,000.000,000 next year
when the peak of the navy's con-
struction program would be reach-
ed
The appropriation for relief dur-
ing the fiscal year which started
July 1 was $1,755,600,000. in con-
trast to $21115,605.000 voted last ses-
sion One reason for the decrease
was that funds for the Public
Works Administration. Rural Elec-
trification and parity payments to
farmers, all Of which were included
tn last year's relief bill, were pro-
vided separately this year.
Little change is likely to be made
In the appropriation total during
the rest of this session, for the only
bills awaiting action are the Dis-
trict of Columbia supply bill and
the final “catch-all” deficiency ap-
propriation. Their total* Will be
relatively mall.
ttons are to remain open, with drug
stores to observe Sunday hours,
according to W E. Mann, secre-
tary of the Denton Retail Mer-
chants Association
Municipal offices will close for
the clay. Mayor Lee Preston said.
The fire and police departments
will remain open as usual The
Chamber of Commerce office and
the city attorney's office will be
BAST TXXA8: Fartly dbalyf fc.TTt"
eal tkasMShMMM ta nartb ter-
tian tonight ta ■erlhiMt per-
Uen and en the ewer eenet TWiF-
day; freeh aentheriy WAjM
WEST TKXASi FartAy eleMty
night and Tneeday.
OKLAHOMATMy eMi ►
eal thmSMtftoWMS > Ml •
Ceetnl ReMma SMtaM «a« ktd»>
treeae eaat >arttea Taeeday.
manner American Yoath
Remains Silent
on Conjjnunism
hands
Jumped Margaret followed.
The Bkrajanc girl said they had
been warned by the owner of the
boat that it was leaky and not
to venture far in It.
New Peacetime Mark of Eederal
Expenditures for New Year Includes
Much for Social Security Payments
A large increase In postal re-
' ceipts In Denton during the i>ast
Chamber of Commerce are i year was shown in figures released 1
,JUsy working out final details ' “l ^•"na1^dBy by
. , ~ . "F Receipt* for the fiscal year end-
celebratlon which is expected ' ing June 30 totaled $83,906 68. coin-
to draw a
July
• cxnmunl-1
' ! of a' Application for continuance of
Soviet - Outer S%he Richard Ruddell case of drlv-
Mongolian position atop a strategic I ing while drunk, on the grounds
Dill along the Khalka River after that one- of the witnesses is In the
Deaths of five Midland negroes In
four-vehicle smashup near that
West Texas city brought the toll
of violent deatlis in Texas over the
week-end to 23.
Six persons were shot;
killed in automobile accidents; four
drowned and two were killed by
trains.
Thirteen persons,
PrognU*. Numbers
The afternoon entertainment will;
Rodeo will stage their show both
Monday and Tuesday nights. Come I
to Denton on the Fourth and enjoy l
the day and night
a heavy buttle on the Manchou-hospital and could not be present,
kuo-Mongolia frontier. I was granted by Judge Boyd, as was
Reixirts from the Kwantung " ...
army, Japan’s Manchoukuo garri-
son. said Xhe attackers battled to
the summit of the hill in the face I
of raking machine-gun fire, then •
locked In hand-to-hand flghtuig , noun, anu uie jury was uvHiiire-
untll the position was cleared > ed until Wednesday morning, with
They said airplanes were active the court not to be In session In-
Entertainment |}j„ Jnerease jn
Postal Receipts
Shown in Denton
Beth, and Ml.ss Lois Vacker might) w , „lc VA1SVU1M allulu.
have thought they were in the Rmufftgo“and' the Republican speech-
making the trip with the King making coup in the Senate which
and Queen of England, as they | prevented immediate extension of
were present In three places when . Ule president's monetary powers
the royal visitors slopped. First in nle senate will vote Wednesday
. i ».r , on monetary bill.
Most antl-adminlstration senators
contended It would be futile for
their chamber to take up the neu-
trality question. The Hmtse bill, re-
written to retain most of the pres-
ent embargo provision, aroused far
greater opposition than leaders ex-
pected.
Build-Up Begun
LONDON. July 3—(45—With
conspicuous unanimity the Brit-
ish press has launched broadsides
to convince public opinion at home
—and in Germany—that Danzig Is
worth a war and involves a vital
issue both to Poland and the
British empire.
| At the same time some sections
' of the press attributed strong ru-
i mors of a projected Nazi coup
lingsburg | in the Free City during the past
The girls had borrowed the boat week end to a German attempt
from a neighbor for an outing As to test British and French flrm-
It neared midstream in the 200- ness in what was called "a war
yard wide river, the current caught of nerves "
it, whirled and rocked it.
Waves began to slap over the
sides The girls stopped rowing,
cupped their hands and desper-
] ately tried to ball out the water
As the boat began to go down. the
open during the morning to care Mirella girls Joined hands and
Denton Senior “High School slu- i
; dents had their first assembly pro-
gram of the summer session Satur-
day morning in the school audi-
torium. wltlr Miss Mildred Cotton act
ing as mistress of ceremonies. .
The program Included. daYice.
John Woods, four-year-old son of
Mrs. Nell Woods. 411 Bolivar Street;
,„ „t I piano solo. C. C. Erwin; vocal solo,
airplane crashed, about half a mile Mildred Ruth Turner, accompanied
• ■ • ■ - at the piano by Miss Mary Grace
Smith; dance. Miss Eloise Head-
lee. accompanied at the piano by
Miss Minnie Lou Mitchell; vocal
Varied Features
4?pr r
Business Houses
Close All Day
For Events.
in traffic accidents.
Last year the total reported for
the three-day week-end was 556
and the year before that, 563.
Automobile and motorcycle acci-
dents claimed 110 lives, and 64 per-
sons were drowned. Eight were fa-
tally wounded and 11 killed in
train accidents and three In plane
mishaps Other causes of death in-
cluded falls, fire, stabbing, explo-
sion, lightning, and a cave-ln
MT VERNON. Ill , July L—
(4*1—After 87 yean tn the same
log cabin, John Mills thinks
there’s no place like home. Mills
admitted to 102 years on his
birthday anniversary today.
Hi* children are,George, 71.
who never ha* been away from
home more than a week, and
Julie, 65. a retired school teach-
lu the 96 years he lias held
lite title to his 155 acre farm
it never has been mortgaged
nor tax delinquent.
According to health statistic* 60.-
000 babiw, are born it\ the United
States each year with congenital
syphHla.
the Khalka River southeast of
Lake Bor. in a region where spor-
adic frontier warfare between Out-
er Mongolia and Manchoukuo lias'
chw’O Mui' 11 wuu Ilin
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♦ DANZIG, July 3 —(45—The ♦
♦ Bank of Danzig announced to- ♦
♦ day the blocking of Interest ♦
♦ payments and authorization ♦
♦ services on all foreign loans ♦
♦ to the Free City. Bondholders ♦
♦ in the United States. England ♦
♦ and The Netherlands are af- ♦
♦ fee ted principally. . ♦
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Die past month of June brought a $♦♦»♦♦
business of $6 700 59 to the Denton
office, a gam of $320 75 or 5 per cent, I mored Danzig coup, but Europe's
---- -------- . --------- jn ! nervousness over the situation in
was serving a* an agent for "sub- i
verslve forces” and asserted adop- j
tion of the resolution would be tn
opposition to the Congress' belief
Wise and Jack Counties First prize ln fre«,do,n of thought.
is $25. second prize, $15. and third e
1 hree Sisters Die
begin at 2 30 o’clock when fiddle
bands from eight North Texas'
counties compete for $50 tn prizes, j
Tile contest will be held on the
comer of the court
Entrants in this contest
Tuesday morning to |
register, and already registered
were bands from Denton, Tarrant.
, Dallas. Kaufman. Parker,
They agreed Senate debate not
only would extend into August but
would be the most fiery of any since
tlie league of Nations fight after
the World War.
Legislation to provide for the
presidents $3.860.000.0(X) lending
program probably will not be ready
for another week, but Republicans
already have indicated they will
fight its enactment as strongly as
they opposed continuation of his
power to devalue the dollar
The program has received parti-
cular criticism from some members
of both piy-tles on one score -ex-
tension of ^500,000.000 Ln loans to
foreign countries tor development
of American commerce
Although adjournment - minded
legislators were Interested primari-
ly in learning what the adminis-
tration wanted to do next, leaders
In the Senate centered their efforts
on obtaining approval of the mone-
tary legislation
BERLIN, July 3.—•
era of imprisoned
Church Pastor Martin Niemoelle.r I
have started action to prevent the I
state from ousting his wife and
reven children from the rectory of
the church in suburban I) ah Iren
where Niemoller defied state auth-
orities before he was jailed two
year* ago.
The North wnn over the Smith
in the Denton-Tarrant Countv All-
-Slar game Sunday afternoon by the
f»ore of 4 to 3 in a hoetly contested
game that eeesawed In scoring. It
was a fast, well-played game In
which Claude Linvill. Doc Pltner's
banana peddjer, showed up well at
Ursl and with lhe stick Claude ;
is probably the old-head of the
two teams, but he gets 'em and I
hits 'em and that's all a player
Is expected to do
•Tomorrow (Tuesday> Doc's Den-
ton Cubs will meet a strong ag-
gregation. the Weatherford Inde-
pendents. on Harrison Field. East (
BROCKVILLE. Ont , July 3—
—Dr. James Monroe Smith, former
Louisiana State University presi-
dent, said today lie was ready to
"fight” an indictment charging him
with embezzling $100,000 of the
university's funds.
Breaking a silence which he .hgd
maintained since hi* surrender hers
Saturday night. Dr. Smith declar-
* the Nazi-desired Free City persist- < ed he was ’'innocent of any wrong -
' ed undtmlnjahed j-i— ••
' In Danzig itself the Nazi-con- |
i trolled Senate issued a <2-^.— 2:
I draft workers for labor "vital to the
' state" in event of an emergency.
] and in Danzig pcSitical circles there
) was a new note of nervousness over
uncertainty of the immediate fit-
| ture.
! British Prime Minister Chamber-
called on King George at
Buckingham Palace amid reports n-
would bring the veteran statesman
Winston Churchill, a former First
, Lord of the Admiralty and long an
I out spoken foe of German Nazidom
1 into the cabinet to give strength -
i ened meaning to the current flood
I of official British warnings to Gsr-
; many against taking any aggres-
sive action.
Expect Firm Warning
Officials circles in London ex-
pected Britain to go further and
. tell Germany directly this week
-------- that »nv Nazi attemnt to annex
Opponents of the measure count-
ered with charges that LllhenthaJ
j stated by force.
I French political circles suggested
i France. Britain and -Poland make
! a direct warning to the Danzig
| Senate against any move by ft to
| Join Germany. Such a Joint warn-
' Ina would follow a French admo-
R B Neuman, general manager
of the Russell-Neuman Manufac-
turing Co. who has been living at
106 Piner Street, has recently mov-
ed into the home, which he pur-
chased. at 619 Grove StrerJ
Thera'U be lots of entertainment,
going on In Denton tomorrow
(Tuesday? July Fourth There'll be
the entertainment secured by the
Denton Chamber of Commerce—
fiddling bands from several coun-
ties over the State, square dancing
of the fiddle-bands end callers,
races, and other things. The Den-
ton- Baseball Cubs will play on
Harrison Field, East of Denton, at
at 3 o’clock The Den-
ton Country Club will hold flag
tournaments and other forms of golf
fcr members And. too. the Ponuer I . .
,. b2 .. ' mie Charles. 10. and James Law-
' rence Hammock, 12. drowned when
they plunged Into a bayou in an
effort to rescue another boy. who
reached safety.
Sergeant A C. Rounds of Head-
| quarters, Eight Corps Area. Fort
Sam Houston, drowned when a mo-
tor boat capsized off shore in Ar-
ansas Bay at. Rockport
A man identified from papers on
his person as Willis Briton Sweat-
man. 45. had his head severed by
a train at Canadian, and J F.
Wyle, 55. was killed when a train
struck an auto 4 miles south
Abernathy.
including six 1
white persons, were injured in the
Midland crash
Shot to Death
Dr. D L. Dodd was wounded fa-
tally at Aspermont; at Houston
Policeman George E Edwards and
la man identified from fingerprints ( been waged since May 11. was the
] as Carl Adams of Ed Camp, were first to disclose infantry fighting ,
killed In a gun battle; Mrs John-
nie Erwin. 25, was shot fatally at
Austin; at Saratoga Deputy Sher-
iff James D Reddick was shot fa-
tally. and at Dallas a man identified
as L J Hollis was khot to death
Alice Wilson. 20. of Newton. Tex-
Mlss Daisy Polk, former S C. W.
faculty member, was awarded a
Judgment of $10,000 against the
Jackson-Strickland Transport Co.
in District Court here Monday
, morning, as District Judge Ben W
j Boyd confirmed an agreement mode
• by the two parties.
I Miss'Polk was asking d&mages as
■ the result of injuries she sustained '
yeara)0* Commerce and the Junior'
CjOVCrnOI* With a number of entertainment
features planned to interest all who
! attend- I)rnloti Country Club's
kM Vl l<4l liltMolil Cc Fourth of July program will draw
) a large attendance, officials predict-
nd trwiav
An 18-hole handicap flag tourna-
ment will get under way for golfers
at 1 o’clock, followed by pitching
and long-driving contests at 6
o’clock. In these events, premium
will be placed upon accuracy
; well as distance.
needy child ’
i prizes to winners
tournament, concluded Sunday.
At 8 o’clock, official opening of
the new putting green will be held.
from his country store, S. A. Wat-
ney was horrified last night to find
lhe body of his son in the tangled
wreckage. Kermit J. Watnev, 21, •—----------- ---- --------- -----
the son. was the first of two fatal-J.S010, Harold Hawkins; stng-song di-
tties of the accident, which oc- rected by Miss Mildred Ruth Tur-
curred in a field near here. i ner and Harold Hawkins
MT VERNON. Ky . July 3 —(45—
Three trainmen were killed early
today when a heavily-loaded
freight plowed into an immense
boulder that t ppled from a moun-
tainside, overturning the locomo-
tive and nine cars.
Louisville * Nashville railroad
offices at Latonia listed the dead
as: .
E J. Weaver, engineer; William
Goebel, fireman, and 8‘ C. Long,
brakeman, all of Covington, Ky
Officers Arrive
BROCKVILLE, Ont.. July 3—
—Louisiana authorities arrived here
at 2:15 p. m. (12:15 p. m. CBT) to-
day to claim custody of Dr James
Monroe Smith, former president of
Louisiana State Univeratty, under
Indictment for embezzlement of
| $100,000 of the institution's funds.
The officer*, who motored here
from Otttawa after gying there
from Louisiana, were Murphy Ro-
den, assistant superintendent of
state police, and Bryan Clemmons,
special investigator. Also with them
was Inspector. Fred Syms. of Otta-
wa, member of the Canadian
mounted police
They were believed planning to
fly Dr Smith back and take his
wife by automobile.
If you saw ' Jiiarez" showing at
the Texas, you saw an excellent
picture, starring Paul Muni as
'Juarez, Bette Davis a* Carlotta,
Brian Aherne as MaXlmlllian; if
you tnlss it. you'll be missing one pll^Ilulls Ilrlu ult.
of the good shows of the year Io- dav congrMslonal adjournment.
»lnv lc r n*» lca*^t nnivtirnnm ln»rn ol . , , ,, w « »
with every Indication of fresh re-
bellions over both Issues
Most legislators are out of the
capital over the Independence Day
recess, but those still at their desks
predicted President Roosevelt would
tell his lieutenants this week
whether they should try to force
through those two controversial
measures or let the session end in
mld-July.
Leaders
BOTHWELL NAMED AT FORT
WORTH MANAGER
FORT WORTH. July 3.—(45—
Bam H Bothwell wo* named etty
manager of Fort Worth at a recess-
ed meeting of city council here to-
day Bothwell, city manager at
Sweetwater for the past 13 years,
was discharged last week.
Ail children who live out of the
city of Denton and who are to at-
Denton public school*
.-tiould be transferred
theft home district to this dls-
as soon as possible. R C. Pat-
doing."
"I am going back.” Dr. Smith
decree to said, "to straighten up this affair—
or to assist tn straightening up the ,
afflr.“z ‘. . . , ' ~~ ' ' ■i'
Dr Smith spoke in the hotel
room where he has been under
guard for two nights and a day
after surrendering to police.
He appeared composed and gave
no sign of nervousness His wife,
who is charged with "harboring"
and "assisting" him, remained se-
cluded In an adjoining room during
the interview -
Dr Smith eald he was anxious
to return to Baton Rouge as soon
as possible. He said he had had
no knowledge of the chargee
agatnst tata Wrttt he read of Me
indictment in a Toronto newspa-
per Saturday. -
Federal Agents on Hand
Dr. Smith's income and financial
affairs became the object Of federal
scrutiny with arrival from Boston
of three agents of the Intelligence
unit of the bureau of internal rev-
enue , J-
The agents declined comment.
' They spent part of the morning
conferring with Dr. Smith and with
James N. Nicholson, Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation agent who
arrived here yesterday.
75ie Smiths disappeared from
Louisiana last Sunday shortly after
Dr Smith resigned as university
president They were indicted Fri-
day. Police here quoted them as ’
saying they had come to Charlee-
ton Lake, a nearby resort, to find
a quiet place eo they "could wrtta”
They were quoted as say)df they
left Baton Rouge June 24 find wept
by bus to Detroit, where they
bought a car in Mrs. Smith's name,
then drove here, giving theft cor-
rect names as they crossed the in-
ternational border at Windsor
bi.ll also
for any
money for advertising
sponsoring old age pension or any
benefits In ~
program.
Penalties for violation of this law
ranged fiom 30 days in jail to five
years penitentiary imprisonment.
Also signed were bills revising
the state optometry regulatory stat-
ute and appropriating $10,000 to
encourage bj’ awards the dlscov-
ery of new uses for cotton. I suits them best.
I Under the dast measure an award j
I of from $5,000 to $10,000 may be |
made to any Texans who discovers
"wee small
Fowler said
Buslnesrea to Clore
Tuesday morning will find
sign "Closed for the 4th" on
doors of virtually all Denton's bust- I
ness houses as well as public of- 1
flees, the banks and the post office.,
while the citizens celebrate
Only service fondnesses such as
I Join Germany. Such a joint warn-
, Ing would follow a French admo-
| nition U> Germany Saturday that
■ Britain and France would help
1 Poland Immediately if Germany
forced her hand
| The Japanese army reported cap-
ture of a strongly fortified posl-
WE8T NEWTON. Pa . July 3 — i Uon along the Khalka River after
(45—Linked arm in arm. three young J a heavy battle with Mongolian
sisters who couldn’t swim leaped ' forces on the border between Man-
from a sinking skiff and drowned , choukuo and Soviet outer Mongo-
in the treacherous, rain-swollen i lia
Youghiogheny River Bunday.
A companion. 20-year-old Mar- ,
northeast
! square 1_
| have until
Ulf nrw puLLiiiK wui mt- jiviu, .---—
followed by contests for both men |
and women. Tire new green marks coifin'
the termination of a two-year cam- 2
paign to Install both the floodlight- j
ed green ahd the grass-green golf '
i course.
’ The entire membership of the ( uu u)p uuwllluw„ BV , p
club has been urged by club officers |n preparatjOn for the evening pro- 1
I to observe the KeneraJ holiday to- o c pass Mon.;
| morrow by spending the entire day d pn)Rram wltl at 7 30 1
i whatever “U^lp. m with 30 minutes of singing
by the Peacemaker Juartet At 8
o'clock the Dallas Marlonnette
Show will present a skit, and at 9
o’clock square dancing will begin.
Platforms have been erected on
the court house lawn for the danc-
ing which will continue into the) _
5th", jgaret Skrjanc. swept toward shore]
| by the turbulent current, grasped a
I branch of an overhanging tree and
any process or method which brings
about an increase in the consump-
tion of 300.000 bales of cotton an-
nually
Still another bill signed appro- ,
ner of tlie square.
The rare will be held on North ,„„v
Locust Street on the post office hill resolution" tcTploce the Congress
-north from the square About eight record against Communism,
ccasters are expected to compete .; '....
for the $40 In prizes Slack said gesjian when the resolution, drafted
Fifteen dollars Is offered as first by a minority group, came up for
place money. $10 as second place general discussion
money and $5 each for the next, Alfred M. Lllhenthal president
tliree contestants of the First Voter* League of New
. York, pointed out that Hitler and
MtHsoUnl had frequently been critl- ■
clsed on the floor of the Youth'
Congress, but that the name of Jo-
I seph Stalin or Communism had not
been attacked. x
There was speculation whether
the British-French barrage of
warnings had any effect in post-
poning or averting a crista over Dan-
k|g
But memory of the situation In
May, 1938, four months before the
Czecho-Slovak crisis, dampened any
feeling of optimism in British
circles
At that time rumors swept Eu-
rope Germany planned a swift
coup to bring the Sudetenland into
the Reich. Britain and France re-
sponded with military precautions
and warnings. The result encour-
aged feeling In some quarters that
Hitler had been "frightened off.”
Yet the crisis came
September, and
ference enabled
dismemberment
kia
NEW YORK.
American Youth
overwhelmingly today
____________________ _ |
norUi from the square Aboutjelght record against Communism.
}leated hashes marked the
I
RICHMOND,
Paying tribute
Franklin
preaented the negro contralto th*
Hplngam medal of the National As-
* I of
Dallas Highway about two
ago
i In t .....
Harbert was sentenced to two years ’ u’; ' ”i“
in the state penitentiary on plead- , . £ Independence Day
i.... „r „ cplehrntion which iu ovruwtod
crowd of some 10,- | Pared for ll»e preced-
000 persons to Denton's court . ™‘
house square luesday.
The deadline for entries Io reg- 1
Isler for the kid coaster race has
been extended again for tiio benefit
of children who have not finished
their coasters, Fred Slack, race
manager, said Monday. The new
deadline is 9 a m. Tuesday All en-
trants in the race,-with /tiielr coas-
ters. are to meet at- the municipal
building at 9 30 o'clock Tuesday
morning for a final check before
the race at 10 o'clock, tire I-------
stated 1
The day’s festivities will begin |
by a minority group, came up for
wlien the boys and their coasters i
start their parade from the muni-
cipal building shortly after 9 301
o'clock. They will parade around ,
the court square, ending at the
starting line at the northeast cor- :
ner of U>e souare.
With a number of entertainment -
7
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