The Ennis Daily News (Ennis, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 103, Ed. 1 Monday, April 29, 1940 Page: 1 of 6
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ENNIS, ELLIS COUNTY, TEXAS
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 29, 1940
TELEPHONE 44
NO. 103
SIX PAGES TODAY
FORTY EIGHTH YEAR
Announces Staggering War Budget
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WARNING—
Mission Solicits No Funds; Any Who Try Are Fakes
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and Mr. Granger’s selection to be Atlanta and interment was made
in the Atlanta cemetery.'
Paul O. Ridings
Perkins, Mrs. A. Grumbles and W.
S. Howard.
and Weldon Nowlin of Ennis and
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ssnees
Several to Go
To Federation
Dr. Longnecker
Talks to Forum
At 7:30 Tonight
T. D. Bond Dies;
Funeral Rites
Held Sunday
Edgar Martin
Breaks Ankle
Monday Morning
Granger Judges
Band Contests
For Oklahoma
Mrs. John Sparks’
Grandmother Dies
Rev. Bumpas Talks
At Baptist Meeting
Crisp Students Go
To Fort Worth Zoo,
Botanical Gardens
D. A. Whittington
Goes to San Antonio
Miss Willard Crocker
Moves to Houston
“The Mission does not, will
not, and has never solicited do-
nations from the public of En-
nis,” Herb Justman, manager
of Ennis’ haven for the needy
transien, has announced.
March total.
April 5-6_____
April-11______
April 28______
April total__
John Sparks Goes
To Temple for Clinic
He will have to be on crutches
for several weeks as the result of
the accident, but even so, he was
already back at work Monday af-
ternoon.
leaders were
him.
In view of
Worth and Dallas, and hopes
his warning will serve to coun-
teract the activities of these
“city slickers.”
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Rev. Bumbas to Talk
To Baylor Ministers
WASHINGTON
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TALL TALK—Britain's Queen Elizabeth couldn't help seeing this
extra tall soldier, when she inspected a company of Gordon
Highlanders, so she stopped to chat with him. Scene is at
undisclosed depot somewhere in England.
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Using ‘Our Hero Dead” as his
subject, Judge Royce Stout address-
ed the Ennis observance of Con-
federate’s Decoration and Memorial
Day of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy Sunday afternoon
at the First Christian church.
Pointing out the heroism, patriot-
ism, military leadership and will-
ingness of self-sacrifice shown by
the South, Judge Stout said “but
this war of all wars was unneces-
sary.”
Also appearing on the program
was Miss Katie Daffan, who gave
some facts 'about the U. D. C. or-
ganization.
Mrs. C. B. Knight read “Cross-
ing the Bar” as Mrs. H. P. Hil-
liard, the accompanist for the pro-
gram, played.
The Rev. Dean Harrison opened
and closed the meeting with prayer
and the Rev. Alfred Holman read
the Scripture.
At the clcse of the program all
present gave the names of their
ancestors who fought in the Civil
War.
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WASHINGTON, April 29.—There
was a significant glint in the eyes
I of inner circle third termers when
the news came over the wires that
the president planned a transcon-
'tinental trip in June. The boys had
the proverbial look of the cat that
swallowed the canary.
They consider the tour one of
100 Jobs Per Month
Average of State’s
Employment Office
some kind of a tax bill passed so
the state could pay the pensions.
For it Pias been called to Mr.
Justman’s attention that dur-
ing the past few weeks there
have been working in Ennis
some men who called on the
various funds and claim to be
seeking donations for The Mis-
sion. “This is not the case,”
the manager definitely empha-
sizes, pointing out that since
he seeks no donations, he na-
turally has no solicitors.
Mr. Justman states that as
near as he can find out these
men are from Greenville, Fort
Mrs. J. A. Reynolds, Jr., has re-
turned from a visit in San Antonio
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Reynolds. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds
1 accompanied her home for a visit
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some of Roosevelt’s close friends
are beginning to think that the
president plans to throw all of his
now potent delegation support to
his attorney general. But most of
them are still beting that in the
final showdown, FDR will run for
a third term.
Note: Biggest IF in the above is
whether Jackson could be nomi-
By S
DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
had hauled an average of 1150
cubic yards per day in this period.
The highest point in the dam,
that above the low channel, has as
a result now been raised to about
15 feet.
Mrs. John Lee Sparks received
a message Sunday telling of the
death of her grandmother, Mrs. P.
G. Murph, 86, who died at her
home in Atlanta, Texas.
Funeral services were held in
because dad was
this Jackson talk,
BY JUNE WILLIAMS.
Approximately 100 people have
been employed every month since
the state employment agency has
been established in Ennis, though
some of the .jobs are temporary.
T. L. Cates, secretary of the
agency, stated. that about 28 per
cent are; regular workers; that is,
they work at least a month or
longer.
A person interested in applying
for a job should give him his name,
address and working history. They
are then classified by the agency.
Farmers can be furnished labor-
ers. During the cotton season of
1939, there were approximately 5,000
placements for cotton pickers.
People who ard looking for em-
ployees can call the agency and
ask for someone and will be sent
several applicants. .
They then choose whomever they
like.
This agency also handles the un-
employment compensation claims.
All people who are laid off can
come in and claim one-half of for-
mer weekly wages if they have
been working a certain length of
time.
The first claim filed is the initial
claim. There have been 351 of these
claims' filed this year. There have
been 838 continued claims filed.
That is, a clam filed every two
weeks.
But the tithe came not from the
flour company profits; there was
none. Governor O’Daniel made it
up of his own pocket according to
a letter, which each of the church-
es received with their check.
The letter, signed by the O’Daniel
boys, Pat and Mike, who took over
the flour company when their
-father becamne -gov ernor, said the
company lost money. "So many
The matter has also been re-
ported to the city’s law en-
forcement officers, who are in-
vestigating the acse, and they
have requested that the next
time that some one in Ennis
is approached by someone sup-
posedly soliciting funds for The
Mission that they notify the
police.
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Dallas Visitors. | were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Tolleson were ( Scott Hunter Sunday evening in
visitors in Dallas Sunday I Waco.
their biggest breaks to dissolve anyg A
reluctance Roosevelt may have
Work on Dam Halts;
were in town this a. m. and stated total of nine working days and
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T. B. Granger, director of the
Ennis High School band, has re-
turned from Norman, Okla., where
this past Friday he was the judge
of the marching contests of the
Oklahoma state band contests.
The contests were held Friday,
for 1940 to 10.88 inches. The
ord for the year is as follows:
Jan. 5__________________
Jan. 21 (snow)________________
January total_______________
Feb. 2________________________
Feb. 3_________________________
Feb. 6_______________________
Feb. 10 (snow)______________
Feb. 16________________________
February total_____________...
March 27_____________________
March 29____________________
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The I. O. O. F. Home in Ennis
which last week received a 25 cent
check from Gov. W. Lee O’Daniel
—one of his tithe checks—is one
of a tital of 917 places, practically
all churches, in fifteen states and
341, to receive one of these pay-
ments, according to figures released
by the governor’s office in Austin.
With work on the dirt being put
into the new city lake 50 per cent
done, the project was halted tem-
porarily Monday morning becaue
of the rainfall Sunday which made
the dirt too wet to work with.
However, Ben Boyd, WPA super-
intendent for the job, who an-
was 50 per cent done, announced
also that in his opinion the rainfall
nounced that the work on the dirt
would help the project along by
adding moisture content to the
dam.
Mr. Boyd stated that work would
probably be resumed on the dam
sometime Wednesday, if no more
rain fell.
In addition to ' announcing that
official figures showed 50 per cent!
of the hauling to be done, the su-
perintendent also pointed out that
since April 11, when last it rained,
the staff had managed to. get in a
were laboring strenously to per-
suade Herbzert Lehman to run for
a fourth term as governor of New
York in order to head off up and
coming Tcm Dewey.
Lehman was not eager to make
the race and withheld his decision
right up to the night of the nomi-
nating convention. When he en-
tered the hall he was greeted with
a tremendous demonstration, and
Roosevelt who was following the
tense situation over the radio, turn-
ed to the little group of intimates
around him and said:
“You hear that! Everything is
going to be all right now. Herbert
will accept. No man who has been
in public life can resist the lure
of public acclamation. It always
gets them.”
Jackson or Hull.
There is no question that around
Christmas time Roosevelt definitely
discussed the idea of making Cor-
dell Hull the democratic nominee
for president. More recently, how-
ever, he has been equally definite
regarding the superior merits of
Attorney General Bob Jackson.
This will surprise most political
observers, especially conservative
democrats and those who saw the
A total of $1,311 in checks rang-
ing from five cents to $24, have
y been sent out. This payment grows
out -of a clan announced a year
ago that the profits from the W.
Lee O’Daniel Flour Company would
be tithed to churches whose mem-
bers saved the “tithe certificates
in each week of the hillbilly flour.
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Topic of the day seems to be
the rain yesterday . . . Everyone
was asking about how many inches
it filled up the lake . . . BOB
MIMS stated that it rained enough
to delay work on the project for
a day or two.
CLAUDE BUTLER was in The
News office this morning . .. JOE
JOLESCH and A. H. DUNKERLEY
were talking together . . . W. F.
HOWARD and T. B. GRANGER
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CALLS FOR MONEY — Cable picture from London shows Sir
John Simon, Chancellor of Exchequer, leaving home with wife to
deliver budget to Commons. He announced staggering sum of
war budget as $9,334,500,000.
Sunday Visitors.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Bower of
Dallas were guests Sunday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. I. R. Allen.
Mrs. Bower was formerly Miss Cal-
lie Sue Allen.
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‘Our Hero Dead’
Topic of Talk
By Judge Stout
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enthusiastic about
a judge in the Oklahoma affair was
a distinct honor to him, as it is
very seldom that an out of state
judge is used in such events.
Mr. Granger was accompanied to
Oklahoma by Harry Dillingham,
who served as his assistant and
secretary during the contests.
The winners in the Oklahoma
contests in the Class' B division,
as picked by Mr. Granger, will
compete against his band at the
national contests in Waco next
week.
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D. A. Whittington left today for
San Antonio where he will enter
the W. O. W. War Memorial Hos-
pital for observation and examina-
tion.
Mr. Whittington will also go to
Houston for a visit in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Foley be-
fore returning home.
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Iggy,
Is your home the haven of
security you think it is?
It probably isn’t. Last year
32,000 Americans were killed by
accidents in their homes.
Why?
The Ennis Daily News in co-
operation with the National
Safety Council, will give the
answer in a series of pictorial
home safety hints.
They will begin Tuesday in
The News.
Don’t miss them!
T. D. Bond, age 70 years, three
months and twenty-four days, died
at 11 o’clock Saturday morning at
his home, 108 East Houston street,
after a long illness.
Funeral services were held at
3:30 o’clock Sundav afternoon at
the First Baptist Church with the
Rev. A. J. Kirkland officiating. Ih-
terment was made in Myrtle Ceme-
tery with H. C. Wipper in charge
of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Grady Collins,
Bob and Keith Jones, H. G. War-
ren, C. S. McCormick and H. H.
Lummus.
Thomas Decalb Bond was born
in Rutherford County, Tennessee,
and had lived in Texas since he was
18 years of age. He lived in Coryell
before moving to Ennis a number
of years ago. Surviving are his sis-
ter, Mrs. Mary Dobbs, with whom
he made his home, and three
brothers, S. J. Bond and W. C.
Bond of Red Oak, and John D.
Bond of Goliad.
The "Czechslovak Manifestace,”
originally scheduled for this Sun-
day and Monday, has been post-
poned and will be observed on this
coming week end, on Sunday and
Monday, May 5-6. It was changed
because of the weather.
The main event will be a speech
made by Professor S. Kovacs of
Baylor University of Waco. The
program will start at 2 p. m. Sun-
day afternoon at the KJT Hall.
Besides Professor Kovac’s speech,
there will be music by the national
orchestra and sing-song during the
event.
At 8 p., m. Monday there will be
a dance.
The purpose of this “Czechoslovak
Manifestace”, is to raise funds to
send all money made to the Czech-
oslovakian soldiers in France.
Headquarters are in Houston,
but there is a local organization
in Ennis. This is the first ’‘Mani-
festace” to be held in Ennis.
Words Worth Weighing.
"Americanism, is an unfailing
love of country; loyalty to its instu-
tions and idals; eagerness to de-
fend it against all enemies; un-
divided allegiance to the flag; and
a desire to secure the blessings
of liberty to ourselves and pos-
terity.”—Definition adopted at the
joint conference of the command-*
ers in chief of the five big vet-
erans organizations in. Washing-
ton'on Feb. 18, 1927. ?
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“Trees as Early Texas Landmarks”
has been announced as the topic
for the «talk to be given by Dr.
Mayne Longnecker of Dallas at
the meeting of the Young People's
Forum, which is to be held at 7:30
o’clock tonight in the mayor’s of-
fice in the city hall.
Advance interest in this meeting
indicates that an unusually large
crowd will be on hand for the talk
according to Rex Harrison, chair-
man of the Forum, who has sent
notices to around seventy-five mem
bers and several special guests.
Also, Mr. Harrison points out, the
public and anyone interested in
becoming a member of the Forum
is invited to attend this meeting
free of charge.
Dr. Longnecker, who is a betany
professor and head of his depart-
ment at S. M. U., will be intro-
program chairman for the meeting
duced by J. H. Sullivan, who is
and is a former student of Dr.
Longnecker.
In addition to Dr. Longnecker’s
address, the club will hear a report
from the chairman of the organi-
zation's ways and means commit-
tee, Lewis Allen
Rev. Hugh R. Bumpas delivered
an address at a meeting of the
County Workers convention of the
Baptist churches, held in South i
Prong today.
Other attending from Ennis were '
The Rev. Hugh R. Bumpas, pastor
of the Tabernacle Baptist Church,
will deliver an address to the young
ministers of Baylor University in
Waco on Wednesday evening.
He will remain in Waco for two
days to attend a B. T. U. confer-
ence
Students of the Crisp school were
entertained by members of the fac-
ulty Saturday with a motor trip to
the zoo and botanical gardens in
Fort Worth..
Those accompanying the students
besides the faculty were Joe Mar-
tinek, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Chelmar,
Mrs. A. Novy, Jr., Mrs. Bryan
Scalf, Mrs. Claxton, Mrs. John
Skrivanek and Mrs. H. C. Byers and
Albert Petrash.
'Members of the faculty going
were W. K. Mullican, Jr., superin-
tendent; Mrs. Albert Petrash and
Miss Philonese Whitfill.
The trip was made in the Ennis
High School bus.
Several Ennis ladies will attend
the meeting of the Ellis County
Federation of Women’s Clubs which
will be held at 10:30 o’clock Tues-
day morning at the Park Presby-
terian Church in Italy.
The Fortnightly Club of Italy, a
federated club, will be hostess for
the meeting, and representatives of
all local clubs which are mem-
bers of the federation will attend
the meeting.
Representatives from other clubs
throughout the county are to be
in attendance.
Mrs. Eugene Martin, Mrs. K. G.
Stroud and Mrs. Clarence Ward,
are members of the program
committee. Mrs. Charles Graves has
charge of the registration.
The program will be as follows:
Morning session opening at 10:30.
Invocation, Mrs. Frank Burress.
Doxology. Assembly, with Mrs.
Fred Vivion at the piano.
Welcome address, Mrs. Royal
Wood, Jr.
Response, to be supplied.
Song, “America,” by the as-
sembly.
Salute to the flag, Mrs. Dale
Polson.
Quartet, Sue Ward, Billy Dykes,
Tommy Fox, Sammy Weir, with
Mrs. L. E. Orrick at the piano.
Business session.
Adjournment.
Luncheon.
Afternoon Session.
Vocal members, Royal Wood, Jr.,
Accompanist, Mrs. L. E. Orrick.
recent Rocsevelt~Hu1 popularity Guest speaker, T. N. Winn, CCC
chart prepared by Gallup poll. i Camp director, Waxahaihie.
Nevertheless, Roosevelt is firmly Adjournment.
convinced that Bob Jackson, if nom
mated, would be, a better vote get-
ter than the secretary of state.
And he bases this on the following
factors:
Jackson would get the negro vote,
whereas Hull would not.
Jackson would have a bigger hold
on labor, whereas Hull could not
carry John L. Lewis and much of
the CIO with him.
Jackson probably would be more
popular with the farmers in view
of the Hull trade treaties.
On the other hand Jackson would
not lose the conservative and solid
south, even though Southern party
And Mr. Justman wants this
announcement to serve as a
warning to all the folks in
Ennis as they may be ap-
proached by persons solicit-
ing funds for The Mission, and
these people are fraudulent
workers.
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Edgar Martin, local insurance
salesman, slipped on a wet step
• in a downtown cafe Monday morn-
l ing and broke a bone in his an-
! kle.
I Mr. Martin was treated at once
by his doctor and placed on crutch-
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John Sparks left Saturday for
Temple where he will go through
the Scott & White Clinic. He was
accompanied by his daughter, Mrs.
H. A. Lemmon.
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Eight million gallons of water
have flowed into the new city lake
as a result of “Ol’ Jupiter Pluvius”
Sunday, his third visit to Ennis
within the past month, it was esti-
mated following official . readings
taken this morning. ■ "
This estimate is made because it
is known that the rain did raise
the level of the lake exactly six-
tenths of a foot or seven and two-
tenth inches. • ■ n
In all 1.3 inches of rain fell in
Ennis to bring the month’s total
i to 6.33 inches. Rain fell intermit-
tently in Ennis between 7 a. m.
and 7 p. m.
For this amount of rain it was
felt by local authorities that the
lake should have caught at least
twelve million gallons of water, in-
stead of only eight; so these au-
thorities consider this a very un-
usual rain.
It seems that the rain did not fall
as heavy in the lake’s watershed,
as it did in Ennis.
Suday’s rain brought the total
Gallons Water a Lake
Mosquito season is once again
at hand in Ennis; however, before
complaining too much about the
“pesky little varmints” it is well
to listen to Dr. Fred L. Story, city
health officer. Because Dr. Story
points out that Ennis never has
had a disease bearing mosquito
and that outside of being somewhat
of a nuisance to the citizens, the
Ennis mosquitoes really do no
harm to any one.
Miss Willard Crocker has gone
to Houston where she has accept-
ed a position with the Jackson
Automobile Company. Miss Crocker
was accompanied by Mrs. Ernest
Slayton, who will’ .return Tuesday.
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that they were NOT drinking cof-
fee . . . but were in town on of-
ficial business . . . M. V. (“Chad-
dy”) DAVIDSON was talking about
the football game Friday night.
HOWARD (“Bob Taylor”) DUG-
GAN, former Ennisite, now living
in Milford, was in town over the
week end . . . FRANK SIKES was
telling a joke on a friend this a.
• m. . . . MARION KEEL was cross-
h ing the street . . . M. B. MOSELEY
- was seen in front of the city hall
. . FRANK PITTS was talking
to some friends.
CLEMONT LANIER waved as the
correspondents passed by . ..
BETTY CROW was talking to her
father . . . H. C. NOEL and M. D.
GLASPY were seen together this
a. m. .. . . D. W. RAMSAY, man-
ager of the Rosser. gin, had a piece
cf adhesive tape on his left hand
... he complained of a burn.
HARRY LUMPKIN plus the cele-
brated and much publicized mus-
tache was on the avenue . . . DR.
C. P. COOK passed by . . . ANN
WILLIAMS and NELL MILLER
were together again . . . MRS.
HUGH FITZGERALD was thanking
a group of co-workers for a vase
of lovely (?) flowers (weeds), sent
her last wek when she was detain-
ed at home on account of a severe
cold.
TRUITT WEIR was out on the
Bluebonnet Trait early Sunday
morning viewing the beauties of
2 nature . . . CECIL TODD and
WALTER PETERSON were walk-
ing down the street together . . .
* MARGARET ANN DAVIS and
RUELINE CHAPMAN were charm-
ingly dressed . . . They wore white
skirts with their names embroid-
eried on the belt.
ORCHID FOR THE DAY . . .
MR. and MRS. BERT DUNKER-
LEY, who celebrated their twen-
tieth wedding anniversary Sunday. I
against running again. Reason for
this belief is the conviction that
once he gets out into the country
—away from the fierce partisanship
■ of Washington, and scents the
plaudits of the multitude, there will
be a decisive psycological effect.
Lending color to this theory is
an episode that occurred in 1938,
when administration strategists
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