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1936
NUMBER 34
VOL LVI.
NO HARD FEELINGS, MY DEAR
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deadline for completion of the in-
the city some time later.
morn- I
Two Wreckers Called
DONE WITHIN PAST WEEK;!
FROM WEST THIS WEEK
ten
By GREGG HOWARD
Bv the Associated Press
thy military arid diplomatic repre-
se
for
verely
It does not seem possible
that one week’s time could make
opening
pre-maturely and the
young for ms are falling off. If this
’ ■
of the bedroom on the second
15.5, Rocky Mountain
and parts of the county.
150,
my activities were
tral Spain.
mostly in the Hood neighborhood,
vere illness for several months, is
greatly improved and
hopes of her being up soon.
government will "scrupulously re-
BLOCKADE STUDIED
situation."
ficials, it will run into thousands closures. He died before knowing
of dollars
M
ern sectors
She still
Yesterdays high for the state
(AP).
• Confronted with what votes to 2,956
Nixon.
The
for
while the United States neutrality j
in two places Monday.
Although the sky
ville continued to swelter from the
of 3-inch chaih wrapped about his
23 TEXAS ELECTORS
The
AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 12 (AP).-L
break
through the armed wall surround-
closed, reported she believed the
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first vice president; Chief L
for another term.
for the post.
said he would take the case to
Sea islands.
head of the
Natalie Bucknall.
several buildings and five box cars
early today.
7
Wind fanned flames to intense
12
tures relative to the South Seas.
groups came from Angelina. Sab-
only to protect nearby buildings.
Seven blocks of the new 21-
of New York cost $5,583,768.
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Sa auscse
HOWARD FINDS
CROPS SUFFER
electors and adopting the national
• party platform in its entirety in
i their first state convention.
FRANCE MAY
A11) LOYALISTS,
LATEST THREAT
ROBINSON AND
BORAH GIVEN
BIG MARGINS
heat
come
build-
Cali-
court battle to test a state board
of education decision favoring L
C Proctor in Temple s school su-
POWER PRODUCTION
REMAINS UNCHANGED
of the agreement, said informed
sources, France looked toward the
EDCOUCH, Tex., Aug 12 i AP).
Fire, destroyed 206 cotton bales.
European nations might force the
French to carry out their threat to
Fresh Purge of Alleged Fas- <
cist Sympathizers Begun
By Government
court.
Proctor, superintendent at Tem-
so
is
rebels might be|concluded by Au-
। gust 15
SPANISH AIR
FORCES NASS
FORBIGPUSH
Grand Avenue, Wednesday
ing about 10:30 o’clock
3
5
a
FEAR COURT BATTLE
IN SCHOOL DISPUTE
PINE
(AP).
committee member, included:
L. Gough, Amarillo: M D. Ram-
contents, saturating the dry grass
near by.
Soon a grass fire near the mass
O’Brien of Boston for vice presi-
dent.
'D.an
Hill,
man
Cher
vith
irst
re-
and
Alum
eek's
and
west,
have
, visit
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un-
it ion
local
oing
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cers held by the rebels if the sen-
tences imposed against Goded and
•Burriel were carried out 1
Fighting continued in the north-
i UNION PARTY NAMES ture standing at ill aegtemPar 1
freight wrecks on the Katy, in this
— vicinity, in many years.
kind
an d
ged-
ing
Several firemen were over- available printed matter and pic-
Two water streams served tures relative to the South Seas.
i hint of any plan to participate in i ing. preparatory to a trip to
1 any international compact for neu- , fornia to spend several mont
Alice Brady (above), vice-president of the Tailwaggers Foundation of
America, announced in Hollywood a nationwide camapign for a federal
law providing imprisonment of dog poisoner* for life and prison terms
also for dog stealers. (Associated Press Photo)
To Myra To Clear Score Hollywood Is Agog
Of Cars From Tracks
Borah's Lead tirows
BOISE, Idaho, Aug 12 (API —
William E Borah's lead in the race
for the Republican senatorial pri-
mary nomination lengthened stead-
; ily today, returns from 483 of 850
iRv Associated Press I
Two senators • Robinson, Arkan-
Competltion was keen when Janet Claire Sheehy (right), 2, won a
juvenile beauty contest at Kansas City with Joan Reckeway, also 2
a close second. Here’s the runnerup congratulating the champion afte
it waa over. (Associated Press Photo)
bored throughout Wednesday, re-1
moving the debris and repairing
damage caused by one of the worst
Slavs Feel Japanese Pressure
ZAGREB. Yugoslavia (APl. —
Over Diamond Ring
On Bruce’s Finger
JUDGE DIES AFTER
HIS RENOMINATION
sections of North Texas. Only in
central western Texas were ther-
mometers bounding to new highs.
At 1 p. m Abilene reported 108
degrees, four degrees above the
gutted the garage at the home of
Dr W. Herbert Locke, 211 South
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Amarillo mercuries were up two
degres to 98. As a rule tempera-
tures this afternoon were severai
l degrees lower than yesterday. Two
। more deaths were reported today.
| Ed England, 51. died at Cleburne
and J. P. Goetsell, 58, died at Dal-
las.
Texas sighted relief today from
DISASTROUS FIRE
SWEEPS EDCOUCH
The board. meeting here yester-
day. upheld a decision by State
Superintendent of Public Instruc- :
tion L A Woods favoring Proctor
in his contest with R M Hawkins
weather continues the crops in this
county will not amount to much.
Up' until the last few days the
man said the man had apparently
been killed, weighted with 32 feet
GRETA MAY REMAIN
IN SOUTH SEA ISLES
and government troops clashed in
the Guadarrama mountain passes
and near San Sebastian
The rebels were declared not to
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Townsend Advocates Lose
In Two State* But Ap-
pear Winners In Florida
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urtz,
rent.
Den-
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t ho-
at 8
o’clock in the afternoon, at which
time the sun was shining brightly.
The maximum Tuesday was 113
I The incomplete count from four .laughter in Fort Worth
12 counties today gave Lucas 4,132
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COOKE COUNTY
FAIR
Gainesville
Six Big Days
AUGUST 24-29
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was 117 degrees at Graham, one
joys spending a part of the time degree under maximums recorded
at the old home.
OF TEXAS IS DEAD Pearcontrateawstn Tempie
1 trustees, it was said at the meet-
The Associated Press index of
100, declined for the week to 114.2
production, with 1928-30 taken as
WEATHER
Gainesville and Vicinity — To-
night and Thursday partly cloud-
iy, not quite so warm.
Today noon. 111: low last night,
82; high, yesterday, 113; for year,
high. 114; low, 6.
1s. I
essed
ed in
Texas leaders of the new Union
! Party returned to their homes' to-
utive committee.
Electors certified to the secre-
tary of state by William Murphy
of overturned freight cars was no- West Central 7.4, Southern States group will gather
ticed. The train crew prevented it 1E - " • ----*- - *•
spreading to the gasoline-soaked Pacific Coast 10 6.
GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1936
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Rosston and Freemound and will overcast with clouds for several
HU doubt enjoy it, since this is my hours Wednesday morning Gaines-
old home. ' —
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body, and thrown into the bay.
One identity clue faded when
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SEVERE DAMAGE HAS BEEN NORTH WIND DI E TO TAKE
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same hour yesterday. Pampa
thermometers also stood at 108
_____________I compared to 105 the day before.
I had lunch with Mr. and Mrs Lubbock had 107 degrees at 1 p.
Bird Moss, who are old timers in m., five degrees hotter than yes-
terday.
owns her farm near Hood and en-
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the structure. One of the five over-
. turned gasoline cars spilled its
on the second floor of the building,
and who has been ill for some time,
made her escape down a stairway
wreathed in flames. : . t
Mrs J.|A. Humphrey, laundress,
who was just completing the
week’s laundry on the grounq floor
of the building. -escaped the
flames which suddenly flared up in
the room where she was working.
A Pontiac sedan car was almost
into 12 districts with a patrol oft
I fice in each.
bers, was extinguished after a
furious battle by the train crew,
who nearly exhausted themselves
to prevent fire getting to the sev-
eral cars of explosive fuel piled in
While no estimate of the loss
could be obtained from railroad of-
NOTES OF INTEREST
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the right to dispatch war supplies
general neurality could not be
achieved
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crew of workmen la-
Hands Off Policy
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (APl
there are
record.
The weather bureau reported a
tropical disturbance in the Gulf of
Mexico, which bad hovered near
1 kilowatt hours in the preceding crops around Leo have been rather I
week and1.1,819,371,000 kilowatt promising but things are not look-
hours in the same week last year, ing so well now
The percentage gain of 1935 was ---
14.3 per cent.
b y J tn o bridge over a draw, immediately
the first after the locomotive had rossed
the cotton
executive Corsicana’s reading was 109, and
San Angelo’s 107 broke a six-year
During the past week of ex-
Oklahoma Blistered
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug.
Kaba of the Spanish foreign of-
fice at Santiago, Chile
Capture of two small towns in
Teruel province. j in eastern cen-
Last week
was solidly
Worth citizens gasped in a heat
officially measured at 112.2 de-
grees, slightly higher than the
temperature Aug. 18. 1909, when
■ the mercury hit 112 even, a record
that had stood for 25 years.
____________ deaths, a number of prostrations
much difference. The early crop, and waited crops in certain areas.
Light showers fell in scattered
was reported by the
government militia
possibility of lending aid to the
only "a rebellion of army officers Madrid government in keeping
against the republic with its statement-that it reserxed
He asked all countries to ob-1
All major geographical regions ..
participated in the upturn over last the community where they live,
year. Percentage changes follow: There is to be a reunion of the
New England 15 9. Middle Atln- Moss family at Leonard Park next
j tic 14.0, Central Industrial 16.5, Sunday, at which time a large
10 o’clock Wednesday
the Texas coast for four days,
would pass inland tonight north of
Tampico, Mexico. The disturbance
was slight, the bureau said.
The 40 delegates endorsed the
Townsend plan and will support
William Lemke of Fargo, N D.. I
for president and Thomas C.
where revolutionists
city at
morning.
A large
Buenos Aires, and Miguel Maria!
Lojendio and Joaquin Perez De
from various
Special Session
PARIS. Aug 12 (AP).
sas judge to declare a depression church at Hood, and much interest Three died yesterday Perry
is being manifested. Walker. 50, and A. J. Orr both of
Grandmother Felker, a pioneer Dallas, and P A. Polineck, 50. of
of Hood, is spending the summer Waco, succumbed to the heat’s ter-
with her two sons. Babe and John, rific assault. Four perished Mon-
and her daughter. Mrs. Charles day under the rays of a relentless
Morrison She makes her home sun that shoved temperatures to
during the winter months with her all-time highs in a dozen cities.
degrees, within one degree of the
hottest day recorded here in the
past 29 years, last Monday, when
the mark was 114.
A reading of ill at Eagle Pass
was five degrees more than the
year’s previous high Austin had
a minimum of 78. equaling the
season’s hottest night.
All heat records fell at East land
when thermometers hit 115: Fort
sas Democrat. and Borah, Idaho
Republican—won substantial leads
for renomination over advocates of
■ the Townsend old age pension
plans in primaries yesterday..
In Florida, victory for the
; Democratic senatorial nomination
was conceded to a Townsend sup-
porter. Charles O. Andrews, by
i former Governor Doyle E. Carl-
ton. i
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HOLLYWOOD Calif., Aug 12
1 APi The signs and portents
point today toward Greta Garbo
becoming a resident of the South
completely destroyed
flames. the interior of
I precincts in yesterday’s
primary, showing he had polled
25,413 voles to 7 668 for
Defenbach.
of Chicago, national
I am working this week at
8383- s33sg.
Bec 383 33388 x: q
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Joe Haney, C. B. Smith. D. D. Bar-
rett. C. T. Grant and H. F. Miller
of San Angelo; W. W. McCullar,
El Paso; J. N. Key. Ballinger; W.
N Heffington, Abilene; Theodore
Conrad, Groom; T. I. Jones, Blue
Grove: S B Rainey and W T. Les-
ter. Midland, and W. H. Morris,
Childress.
HEAVY DAMAGE
The United States government the electrically equipped
the govern-
Leon Blum
Proctor’s counsel told the boardAustin: JT8pnkin Hnaj. r
Deats of Orient; Lee McMuir, Mrs.
area.
Shortly after word spread of the
wreck, many persons who visited
the scene began dipping up the
i mained virtually stationary in the i
week ended August 8, compared
with the previous week, but con-
because they cannot
.. research department at M-G-M
. _ Total loss was esi- studios where the Swedish siren is
mated at $55,000. mostly insured. under contract, said Miss Garbo
has asked her to assemble all
moratorium on homestead fore-
About one and a half miles east, amounted to 2,079.149,000 kilowatt
of the point of the first wreck, ten hours compared with 2,079,137.000
cars nearest the locomotive piled kilowatt hours in the
into a huge mass, demolishing a
power production re
Copyright. 1936 Associated Press
PARIS, Aug 12 (AP». France
Wreckers hauled and pulled
throughout Tuesday night and
early Wednesday at both ends of
a Missouri-Kansas-Texas freight
, train, wrecked twice on sun-
warped tails near Myra Tuesday
afternoon, in order that traffic
might be resumed. As a result,
east bound passenger train No. 38. I
due in Gainesville at 7 o’clock
Tuesday night, but cancelled be-
cause of the wreck, arrived in this
Two women had narrow 4 scapes
from the fire.
R S. Mayhall of Austin was
Hawkin s attorney elected chairman, of the state exec-
OAKLAND, Calif.. Aug.
DALLAS. Aug 12, (AP) A day after choosing 23 presidential
frain from any interference what- CLOSE-KNIT CRIME
soever in the unfortunate Spanish
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 (AP).
A stream of primary ballots
sweeping two national prominent
senators to commanding leads for
renomination and a burst of clash-
ing arguments in th presidential
campaign featured today’s poli-
tics.
Senators Joseph T. Robinson of
Arkansas, Democratic leader, and
the veteran Republican .Senator
William E. Borah of Idaho built
up big margins over opponents
with Townsendite backing while in
Florida C. O. Andrews, bearing
Townsend club endorsement, won
a Democratic senatorial nomina-
tion.
In the slowly mounting Arkan-
sas returns, Robinson obtained a
better than two-to-one margin
over the combined votes of two ri-
vals. They are Cleveland Holland,
advocate of the Townsend old age
pension, and J Rosser Venable
Making the “political fight of a
lifetime" at the age of 71, Borah
was outdistancing his Townsendite
opponent, Byron Defenbach, for-
mer state treasurer. The Borah
lead on the face of partial return*
was three to one
Down in Florida, former Gover-
nor Doyle E. Carlton conceded vic-
tory to Andrews, a former circuit
judge They contested in a special
primary for nomination to succeed
the late Senator Park Trammell
merit of Premier
be planning a forceful attempt to
capture the capital but were rep-
resented as waiting for fatigue and
exhaustion to conquer the defend-
ing columns
The enemies of the republic have
not advanced any further since the
beginning of the revolt on July 17
law does not 1 an the sale of imple
m.nte of war tolforceg involved in trol, advanced a plan before I thy , , . --
me nts wart ITtnin in nti.n city marshals and chiefs of police i body was found on San Francisco had a well-earned victory ”
the government intends to discour- union providing division of Texas Ea mud fats south of here I Party officials were undecided
age such activities
Deputy Coroner John A. Low- what course would be folowed to
fill the vacancy in the ticket '
caused by his death
in his march toward renomina-
tion, the 71-year-old veteran of 40
years in politics apparently pushed
aside Townsend-endorsed Defen-
his victory.
U. S. Commissioner Coy
Rev .J. A. Old, pastor of the which in two days took seven lives
First Methodist church of Gaines- in north Texas, caused numerous
ville, is doing the preaching in a prostrations and withered crops
revival meeting at the Methodist over a wide area.
and second floors were badly dam-
aged, along with the furnihings
floor,
laundry
mber of
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No one was injured, but Fire-; Electri,
man C. A. Parton of Gainesville
was reported to have been over-
come in fighting the fire and he
left his locomotive upon reaching! tinued its climb over the output of
a year ago.
French council of ministers today
was summoned into special ses-
sion for tomorrow to cope with a
and nine cars left the rails, due to ; 1936 1935 1934 1933
warping by the extreme heat. Un- High ... .115.7 105.5 97.4 91.9
able to bring them into Gaines-, Low <<.102.0 94.1 91 9 80 2
ville, the train crew decided to con- : Actual output, as reported by
tinue with the rest of the train, the Edison Electric Institute
flowing gasoline in all sorts of con-
tainers, putting it into their auto- BLUFF Ark Aue 12
mobile tanks. Some hurried to' PpI) E A sUE ’ Ark u h ,
.. . , . . . . . . AP . A lingering illness killed
obtain large containers and hauled chancellor Harvey'R. Lucas a few
away quantities of the wasting hours after Arkansas Democrats
fuel. One or more gasoline tank, remonimated him for the bench of
wagons were noticed near the ; the fourth judicial district
scene, being hastily filled. Lucas was known as the Arkan-
an‘
ned ,
. sey and Edd Holmes, Floydada; ■
j W. J. Rogers, C. A. Anderson.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug.
12 (AP).—Gossipy Hollywood
had a new mystery to puzzle
over today, actuated by a
large diamond ring, sparkling
on the strategic finger of Vir-
ginia Bruce’s hand.
The actress wou'd not say
who gave it to her.
She further complicated the
tea-cup problem by denying
that esare Romero, the dark
and handsome caballero who
has been her constant atten-
dant, was the donor. She jut
winked and looked happy.
A check - over of Dan
Cupid’s “box score" in the
movie colony failed to reveal
any unattached swain who
might possibly have given it
to her.
Oertainly, not Dick PoweP,
Jaekie Coogan, ('ary Grant,
or Gene Raymond, the gossips
concluded.
ships to the Manises airdrome at has set August 17 as the absolute
Valencia «
Six others including bombing ter national Spanish neutrality
TEXAS TREASURER
VISITS NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Aug. 12 <AP>.—
Charles Robert (Call Me Charley)
Lockhart, diminutive treasurer of
the state of Texas, is having a
vacation fling in.New York, and
it’s not costing him a cent.
His trip- first he ever made to
New York- is a vacation gift from
members of his staff, explained
Lockhart, who measures 45 inches
tall.
He was pretty well exhausted
and in need of a rest after a stren-
uous primary campaign in which
he defeated two rivals Lockhart
said, so his subordinates chipped in
to provide the trip-all on their
volition, he added. .
........' stItmelifirpitieyAtmd’beondt
to umdentified aviation companz 1 ied a proposal for a closerknit
tepresentat ives who hail sou8ht criminal blockade system involving
the state departments advice on , five southwestern states in the f
the question of selling planes to nal sessions of their convehtion
Spanards. , .here today. I ______ ________________ ........................
rhe inference, was clear that • I i ... IIM.g W, • . ■ ....
Their new president. Chief L G they declared was a murder case. Commissioner expressed “deepest
Phares of the state highway pal authorities today sought iden t if i-’ regret over the untimely death of
- ■ ■ • - - ’ i cation of a man whose chain-bound Judge Lucas when apparently he
Lopez Achda leader in the sup-
pression of the Asturian revolu-
tion of 1934
in the diplomatic ranks, the
names of five other officials were
added to those aiready relieved of
their positions
bouses and a' Seven blocks of the new 2..7
railroad shed , mile subway being built by the city
been confined to her room with se-
Two produce
Southern Pacific
burned
forces in the north from the army j Delays in the discussions,
rolls Also dismissed was Gen which supporters of
planes were reported enroute to! agreement, informed sources de-
the airdrome, all described as mod- dared today.
era ships equipped with four ma- , Breakdown of non-intervention
chine guns negotiatious pending among
Dismissal from their posts of
Cloudy skies over a greater part
of Texas tempered somewhat to-
- • day the heat wave of the past
three days which caused nine
trality 1 Fire Marshal McCarty exp
The first official expression of the belief that the fire start
policy since the opening of the the automobile. Others thought
' Spanish rebellion came last night j the blaze originated in a trash can
when Acting Secretary William ( sitting in a corner of the building.
Phillips made public instructions Firemen did a splendid job of
he said had been sent to all United i confining the blaze to the building.
States government representatives | closely adjacent to the Locke
in Spain home, and a conflagration was
Phillips emphasized that the probably averted.
tacked up a "hands off" mtto to- . on the first floor, and a number of
day as its policy toward the Span- pieces of office equipment which
ish civil conflict; but there was no Dr Locke had stored in the
^Traffic Resumed
On Katy Folloiving
Big Freight Wreck
IAT A A nn A AI IIMI freight cars off the rails and de-
N IARA(IH HKH I molished a bridge A grass fire.
Ill UniinVlu l IllU eating its way dangerously close
to gasoline-soaked cars and tim-!
declared
(The reports asserted 12,000
Moroccan soldiers would partici-
pate in the advance )
The concent rat ion of govern-
ment fighting planes drew 11
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completion convention. Other officers eleqted
were J M Rooney, chief special ,0eU, EMp yueyeAIE
agent for the Santa Fe rairoad. hody was that of Sergeant Calla-
perintendency dispute appeared !
probable today.
“Sun-kinks" traceable to the
terrific heat Tuesday, were blamed
, for the accident which sent 20
blamed Italy and Germany, led to
the establishment of the deadline.
France was represented as be-
ing hopeful the final agreement of
European nations to keep "hands
off" the civil war between the
Madrid government and fascist
serve how the Spanish people have
risen up to defend their country
and denied the communist socialist
administration was planning to
establish a Spanish Soviet
Included were Sebastian De
Romero consul at Chicago; Jose
Gonzalez secretary of the consu- ;
late at Galveston, Tex ; Francisco '
Amat, secretary of embassy at
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. DALLAS, Aug. 12 (APl.— Air-
cooled spots at the Texas Centen- CORSICANA. Tex.. Aug. 12 ing. It was revoked last May by
nial Exposition continue their lure. (AP).—Judge J. F. Stout, aged 90 the city commission and Hawkins
for heat-ridden visitors. . , years, pioneer Corsicana attorney, was given a contract.
Yesterday another above-normal died at his summer home in Mani- “
crowd of 39.884 ook in the big tou. Colo, early today. The body 1 the commission acted illegally in
show, and not failing to make use wili arrive here sometime Friday I voiding the contract.
TWO WOMEN HAVE NARROW
ESCAPES FROM FLAMES
WHICH SWEEP BUILDING
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Damage estimated by Fire
Marshal John McCarty at more
than $2,000 was done by fir which i
Prieto, government leader drive for a general European neu-
An appeal to the Moors in Span- trality accord applying to the
ish Morocco to take up arms Spanish civil war
against the fascist rebels was Setting August 17a8 thea80i
/broadcast by Deputy Antonio Juen lute deadline for the ’ .
in a speech translated into Arabic
Also addressing American coun-
tries. Juen said the uprising was
By RAMON BLARDONY
(Copyright 1936, by the Asso-
Elated Press »
.MADRID, Aug 12 The Span-
ish government began today a
fresh purge of alleged fascist sym-
pathizers in military and diplo- *
matic posts as its aerial forces
massed for an attack against rebel
troops
l The war ministry declared gov-
eunment forces in the provinces
around Madrid were blocking the
‘march of the fascist rebels seek- l
ing to overthrow the Spanish ad-
ministration of socialists and com-
munists.
The troops the ministry said, i
had stopped the rebels who are
"vainly attempting to join other
rebel forces in the march to Ma-
drid
f (The troops of Gen Francisco J
rbel commander-in-rhief. were re- ’
ported ordered to begin their ma-
Jr drive on Madrid from the south
today, dispatches from Zangier to j
the Paris newspaper Petit Parisien
han, on furlough from Fort Bliss,
B Texas
Maddox of Beaumont, second vice The tides, officers said, washed
president, and George A. Smith the body onto the mud flats. They
of Dallas, secretary and treasurer, estimated the man, about 40 years
for another term, j old and partly bald, had been dead
ACTRESS AFTER DOG POISONERS
i (AP).—A blazing sun continued
to sear Oklahoma fields today
after several all-time heat records
) (Continued On Page Two)
to meet Borah in the November 3
general election, built up a grow-
ing lead over his sole opponent for
I the Democratic senatorial nomina-
tion Blind Joe Carver. U S dis-
trict attorney.
An eight-sided Democratic race
for the gubernatorial nomination
remained a matter of conjecture
Mayor Barzilla Clark of Idaho
Falls, municipal power champion,
held a slight margin over Attorney
General Bert H. Miller, with Lieut
Gov. G. P, Mix of Moscow third.
Frank L Stephan of Twin Falls
the defeated Republican guber-
natorial candidate as Ross cap-
lured a third consecutive term in
1934--clinched his party’s nomina-
tion.
Stephan far outdistanced L V.
Patch of Payette and T B Chap
man of Boise from the start
Borah’s seeming defeat of the
candidate of Dr. Francis E Town-
send’s forces did not eliminate the
pension organization from the
Idaho political picture.
As voters balloted yesterday,
Townsendites met in state conven-
tion and nominated Defenbach
along with Duncan M Johnston
and Representative Compton I.
White, congressional candidates
Thus, despite their fate in the pri-
mary, the group assured the ap-
pearance of its endorsed candi-
d^tes in the general election bal-
lot.
and I always enjoy my, visits with
the people out there.
Mrs. E E. Chanslor, who has ' its severest heat wave in two dec-
ades.
! North winds, the weather bu-
reau said, were due to replace the
oven-like breezes from the west
< / A
Authorities in the capital re-
ceived notice of the death sen-
tences imposed on Geri Manuel
Goded and Gen Burriel convicted
qf leading the fascist revolt at
Barcelona
Face Firing Squad
Both wire expected to be taken
before a firing squad at Montjuich
fortress in Barcelona today
(Radio reports from Lisbon, Por-
tugal, declared the fascist provis-
ional government at Burgos in-
SETS AUGUST 17 AS DEAD-
LINE FOR OTHER NATIONS
TO EEACH AGREEMENT
ing Madrid, asserted Indalecio crisis in the Blum government s
bach, former state treasurer, Bor-
ah's only opponent.
i The total state vote in the pri-
‘PHVAC CIAIIrC mary involving only Democrats
I LA AS M b H l > anctnorpurrieans 1rXT>'^y
QT I 4 U T D1 IDn Despite the trend, Defenbach,
LIUi I BlalRF scholar and historian, flatly said
“I am making no statements I
FROM WEATHER FROM HEAT WAVE am Lam
C Ben Ross, who has said he hopes
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Japanese competition is considered
responsible for a drop from 70 di-
groups came from Angelina, Sab- oil. the lubricant, made possible nars to 4.50 in the price of
ine. Howard and Jefferson court- the age of machinery Gasoline, i chrysanthemums, a major Daima-
ties in Texas, and from Cordell the liquid fuel, made possible the tion export product used in making
j county, Okla ; age of motor transportation. j insect powder.
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of the air-cooled buildings on the for interment.
grounds. । surviving are nis widow, a
Part of the crowd came from daughter. Mrs W. A. Wright and
Denison, Jacksonville and Garland, three granddaughters.
celebrating their special day. Other —--------——
Wreckers came from Denison
and Wichita Falls to clear the: . ..... . ।
track from 114.6 the previous week and j
Miss Fannie Hall, sister 4f Mrs. ill-fated train was local 10144 year ago The index is ad
l ocke who cciniet on onermint nhe 1 tated train was iocal justed for seasonal and long term
oeK5 who occupied an apartment freight No. 92, eastbound. Just as trend. tremely hot weather
it was pulling out of Myra. 12 The range for recent years fol- crop has been damaged very
miles west of here, the caboose lows:
«, 4 « • aa3
3
,W.
A y
sehtatives dropped (Jen Emilio I send aid to the Spanish govern-
Mola, commander of the rebel ment, political quarters indicated.
CHAIN-BOUND BODY Nixon admitted defeat when near-
FOUND NEAR FRISCO : trailing more than 1.0*00 votes
a. • * 8888 \ 29§
He told the organization he fa-
vored enlisting officers of Okla-
homa, Louisiana. New Mexcio,and ___________ ____
Arkansas in a region-wide effort George H Callahan reported his
to trap felons He proposed organ- son. Sergeant Howard E. Callahan
izing all officers in each district so of the United States Army, was
that confusion would be avoided in with him last night in Tacoma,
hunting criminals . Wash.
Laredo was selected for the next Deputy sheriffs said an Oakland
1 woman, whose name was not dis-
—----- i about five days.
COOL SPOTS DRAWING ----
MANY TO EXPOSITION PROMINENT JURIST
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