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DENTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 11,1931
8 PAGES
EAKER WINGS
TENTED LEGATION IN MANAGUA
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WICHITA, Kas., April 11.
realizes what a dismal failure
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would ba as a man to
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flying conditions all the way
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report the -robbery.
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about five hours.
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An airport crew rushed to the
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Counting the Cost," and will also
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preach on
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which he will present the
"business" ap-
southem.
cirie authority from Congress.
to become associated
dead.
Men and women high in public
ing a tax of two and one half per
this
morning to extend their
Total $10,1
sympa-
quire express companies to make
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Dually.
reaping what one sows; Thursday
evening.
sermon on dishonesty;
Saturday afte
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By Keller making removal or the
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..25c
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1.36c
for a person to execute a deed or Richard Derby.
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..,25c
Game of uDartsn
hotel facil-
Fatal to Child
bod the Citizens State Bank here
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Monday night, 7:45 o'clock, in the
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City Hall for the purpose of dis-
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for Clara Laster, 10.
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destroyed their ♦
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Swab Increases
Oil Showing in
Pilot Point Well
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Held for Robbery
Of Austin Homes
U.S. SUPREME
COURTFACES
BUSY WEEK
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Marine Slain in
Nicaragua
Gloria Caruso to
Talk Over Radio
Money Machine
Wouldn’t Work
After Purchase
Further Hearing
On Postal Rates
Hunt to Speak
Three Times at
Sunday Services
Wrap it in a white paper and wait
at the southeast comer of Madison
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CINCINNATI. O.. April 11.CAP)
—Speaker Nicholas Longworth was
burled today in Spring Grove cem-
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installed, new linens purchased for
rooms, and other changes, which,
according to Manager ayzor, are
(in line with his plans to give to
speak before three departments of
the Sunday School. On Sunday eve-
could be done, since all revenue-
raising bills must originate in the
House but Edgar K Witt, Lieute-
nant Governor, held that it could.
spoken as the simple 1
Episcopal Church was
Special Hibjeds announced for
next week include: Monday eve-
MNcAN
LEGAlon
Fire Losses in
Past Week Here
redwinged,
to refuel it
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on
NEW YORK. April 11—(AP-
Eleven-year-old Gloria Caruso, who
is so like her famous father that
the resemblance is startling, will be
heard in public April 18 for the
first time. —
sup-
other
Blumer, former president of the
Wisconsin Brewers' Association, has
left to
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Rulo, ” 1
attitude
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rol.
on "Soul VI
Holycity"
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MnMe
Friday evening “Trails to the Alka-
li Boz," a cowboy sermon.
mortgage on porperty in which he
has no interest.
By Bums of Brady, to provide
for suspension of the right to drive
of persons convicited of operating
a motor vehicle while intoxicated
or driving while under the influ-
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.25c
Man Badly Hurt
in Motor Crash
Near Roanoke
per capita school apportionment at
$17.50.
Officers Saturday said they had
not found a trace of the robbers.
Ransom Lowered
for Kidnaped Man
of $1500 in currency today and es-
caped ■ V ,• “
Robbed of $1,500
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New York in quest of a new
transcontinental flight rec-
ord today after a brief re-
fueling stop here.
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Stepping from a speeding
car to the running board of
only a few caves and its habits are
little known. Efforts are being made
to prevent a spread of the teks
ABOUT
TOWN
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EAT TEXS: Fair, warmer
in northwest porilon tonight;
HOUSE VOTES
EXPRESSTAX
SENT TO PRISON
FOR MAIL FRAUD
AUSTIN, April 11.—(AP>—Found
guilty by a jury in federal court
here of using the malls to defraud
in connection with circulation of
to the
in the
MOUND RIDGE, Kas., April 11.
young robber, unmsked rob-
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have agreed to release $161,935 held
in escrow since 1928 if the bill is
passed, Harmon said.
Other bills engross were
ishable by a 25-year penitentiary
sentence.
To Regulate Corporations
By Van Zandt, to provide a pen-
alty of from 8100 to $5,000 on for-
eign corporations doing business in
Texas without a permit.
By Wagstaff to permit mutual
benefit insurance societies to write
group family insurance.
By MoGUL to make it unlawful
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BIG HAUL MADE BY CHICAGO
ROBBERS
CHICAGO, April 11 Frank W.
Means, President of the Chicago
Twell Company, and his wife were
robbed of $110, jewelry valued at f
*38.415 and a fur coat valued at
*4,000 early today by four masked
men.
Three building permits have been
issued during the past week by the
city of Denton. The total value was
$6,600.
A permit was given to Carpenter
& Crout to ereet a one-story brick
veneer dwelling on the corner of
Avenue B and West Oak streets for
John Gate at a coat of $3,500; to
R E Cobb to repair a residence for
himself at 313 South Elm Street,
costing $100, and to Charles N.Da-
via to erect a onetstory brick and
tile business building for O.. R.
Dyche on the corner of West Hick-
ory and Fry streets, at a cost of
$3,000,
FIRST U. 8. MARSHAL IN OKLA-
HOMA DIES
OKLAHOMA’ CITY. April IL-
Old time friends of Willtam (Billy)
Grimes. first United States marshal
in bloody Oklahoma territory, have
been advised of his death in Cali-
fornia. Funeral services. It was said
bv Cash M. Cade, member of the
State Board of Affairs, will be at
Santa Monica.
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I Denton people as e
titles as possible. 0z
—
Pul ApdletadpPuesn, Loungd Wire
bluebodied monoplane
quickly for the last
stage of the dash to New York.
ing with only about 60 n
present, the House today e
ed several localFandimon-c
as counties. James W. Sconyers of
Fort Worth today was sentenced by
Judge Duval West to three years in
the Leavenworth penitentiary.
His attorney, Forrest McCutch-
eon, said the case would he ap-
pealed. He had asked for a sus-
pended sentence for Sconyers.
H. 8. Lacey and Jess Tomberllin
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Roundabout accepted another in-
vitation to hear discussion of per-,
sodal credits at the Retail Credit
Men's luncheon at the American
Cafe Friday. He had refused an in-
ASSISTANT WAB SECRETARY
FLIES TO PANAMA
BROWNSVILLE, April 11.—Fred-
erick Payne, assistant Secretary of
War, left here by plane at 8 a. m.
today en route to Panama. He was
accompanied by his wife and his
aides. He planned to stop at Man-
agua. Nicaragua, en route to the
canal one to look over relief work
being done in the earthquake ruin-
ed olty by United States Marines
and the Red Cross
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Swabbing of the Pilot Point com-
munity test oil well Saturday morn-
ing inereased the oil showing and
persons interested in the well were
more optimistic at noon.
Plans were made to shoot the
weU but at noon nitroglycerin, or-
dered from Wichita Falls, had not
- CHICAGO. April 11—When
Mrs. Joseph Lepir first saw the
machine, it worked marvelously
well, she told police, turning
85 bills out as fast as its op-
' eratofs would feed it green pa-
per.
But when she took it home
to Clinton. Ind., she found that
nhofis megt p)wers —had
vanished, she sald, in asking
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etery, the rest ng place of his fore-
bears. No words of eulogy were
of the
The next car contained Mrs. B.
A. Wallingford, of Cincinnati and
Mrs. James Curtis, of Aiken.
In the third car rode Mrs. Ker-
mit Roosevelt, Mrs. Archie Roose-
velt and Mrs. B. A. Wallingford Jr.
Baker said be encountered good
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Hefray government expense,
port our churches, and in
ways develop our home city.
AUSTIN; April 11—(AP>—Facing
burglary complaints in connection
with the robbery Sunday night of
the J. Lynn Hunter and Carl Mayer
homes here and the theft of *4,340
in jewelry, Arthur C. McCann, 24,
was returned to jail here yesterday.
McCann was arrested In Houston
and practically all of the stolen
Jewels were recovered. Two Houston
men face complaints in Harris
county, charging receiving and con-
cealing stolen property
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received a telephone call
Shaner was safe but held n
000 ransom.
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*8.500
Dallas, of $40 in cash and a
number of checks near the
Blue Mound school on the
Denton-Sanger highway Fri-
day night.
Person, driver of a Love Field
Pottery truck, was driving up a
long hill near the Blue Mound
school when a small coupe drew
alongside his truck. A man stepped
on to the truck running board and
then the car pulled around in front
C hurch as Home, Congregation More
Afraid of Disease Than of Weapon
bank to pay for the contrap-
tion. She reported that the
demonstration which sold her on
the idea was given in a Terre-
Haute. Ind., hotel.
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Ginners Criticise
Farm Board Policy
*-77"? rased Kansas Bank is
‘ The Senate yesterday passed the
reported to have been killed dur-
ing an altercation with a native
officer of the Guardia Nacional
while both were on patrol duty la
the earthquake rone.
previous meeting, be-
w that the names, bev
WASHINGION, April 11,The
Interstate Commerce Commission
today announced that an May 35
hearings in the proposal of post-
master General Brown for revision
of parcel post rates would be re-
sumed.
Commissloner Tate and Examiner
Mullen will preside and efforts will
be made it was said to complete
the testimony of postomice depart-
ment officials and hear protestants
against the proposed changes.
and Canal Streets Tuesday morn-
ing between 9 and 10. If you tell
anybody about thia, well, it will just
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Longworth estate a* 1:30. headed
by four cars containing the honor-
ary pallbearers, two containing the
active pallbearers and the hearse.
A squad of motorcycle policemen
“Mtn“zongworinnuns mccompanted
by her step mother, Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, and her sister, Mrs.
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leg.
The Kirkpatricks, tn n small
roadster. were en rout5 to Sweet-
water when the accident occurred.
equallzation.
By Johnson of arrlzo Springs
to require school .buses to have
signs in front and rear.
as it was bring twirled by her
brother, James. 13. ohd the ice pick
FORT WORTH. April 11—A
game of "darts: played by impro-
vising a siingshot from an ice pick
attached to a string ended fatally
,__, ___ _ .. his truck, a bandit held up
credita. Hr heard names brought up and robbed Elmer Person,
been mising from his
Thursday night when
ROUND
By Keuer maxing remove* or um modate the presidential and con-
desecration at graves a felon#. pun- a dm1 «ion w ^br * card
quaintances Admsston was by card
Ye funeral cortege left the
An investigation of the fatal
shooting of Bergt. W. H. Pigg, above,
of the United States Marine Corps,
hi earthquake-stricken Managua.
Nicarazua, has been opened by a
Several T. C U athletes, in the
car wit X Oliver, and on their way
here to engage in «track meet with
the Denton Teacher Calece
Eagles, were not injured.
The elder Kirkpatrick was brought
here for treatment. He lost his right
in hearing these discussions
Chicago. It read:
• "Dear sir:
"We make it 100 grand
federal .authorities arc investigat-
ing, Redmg will attempt to trap
♦ death early this morning in a ♦ animais that may be carrying the
“' ‘ “ " tick. The tick has ben found in
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Among them was one by Repre-bref prayers tn the ritual of the
sentative Hannan of Waco. levy- " '
WORLD NEWS
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PRAISES CHICAGO
IN COMFARISON ,
NEW YORK — Los Angeles,
Illinois! Charles J. Mueller,
-arsistant- State's pattomney in
Cook County, is to New York
getting -ideas for municipal
housecleaning. The newspapers
have registered him as saying:
“I always thought Chicago was
pretty bad, but since I've been
here I’ve Just about decided it
to a eity of angels.”
TRUCK DRIVER HELD UP
AND ROBBED OF $40
NEAR BLUE MOUND
FRIDAY NIGHT.
Secretary. They contend Arizema
will not be deprived of any vested
rights in the Colorado River and
that she lacks valld ground for com-
plaint.
Oral Arguments Ret
Much of the court's time next
week will ba consumed in oral ar-
guments. Instead of the two hours
granted by rules, six and one-quar-
ter hours have been allotted in the
New Jersey protest of New York
City's right to divert water from
the Delaware River for municipal
use.------------- ------——
Three and one-half hours will be
used in arguments over an attack
on President Hoovers conservation .7
program embodied in an interior
department order Hued in 1929-
which cloned publiclands to oil and
gas prospecting.
President Hoovers oil conserva-
Elonpolloy is attacked in three cas-
es from California and one rom
New,Moxicg.Proppectorschalimnse d
pubW*M to them without w- 3
DALLAS, April 11—(AP)—Res-
olutions adopted by the Texas Cot-
ton Ginners Association criticising
the Federal Farm Board as a “hold
in< and financing agency only” and
as "promoting business enterprise
in competition with private indus-
try" were made public today. The
resolutions were adopted last night
at the final session of the asso-
ciali<| (i annual eonventicD.
"It to the unanimous opinion of
the cotton ginning industry of Tex-
as that so long as our government
indorses, promotes and finances
government cotton gins through the
Farm Board or other agencies. ft
invitesand creates antagonism and
opposition from the individual cot-
ton ginner in every community,"
one resolution declared.
HERE’S HOW *
FAB YOU WALK
BOSTON—Research for the
National Association of Chiro-
podists has determined how far
sundry folks walk daily, to wit:
Farmers behind a plow. 38
miles; tetter carriers 38; police-
men 14; boys at play 15, girls
11 1-3; housekeepers 8; con-
ductors in trains 7.
amendment to the natural gas tax.
Certain Senators wofndered how it A
were indicted in January on simt-
vIw mma icr me purpose oi are- i„-bar..
cussing plans for the Rabbit Show “r snaemuf • *
PASSES WICHITA IN EF-
FORT TO LOWER
TRANSCONTINEN TAL
FLYING TIME. 7
Dr. J. W. Hunt and J. Abner
Sage wil both be here for the re-
vival service in the First Method-
tot Church this evening and for all
day Sunday, when they will take
part in Sunday School services and
and meetings of the younz people
of the church. Sage will sing in the
college department Sunday morn-
ing and in the Epworth League
Sunday evening, when Uta three
sections of League will combine to
hear a special message from Hunt
Hunt will preach Saturday eve-
ning on "The Wages of Sin." Sage
win sing. Dr. Hunt will preach
WAYFORNEW
RECORD
DECISIONS IN IMPORT-
ANT CASES EXPECTED
TO BE HANDED DOWN
MONDAY.
But a silent tribute was paid to
htm hy men in whose high circles
he moved and by townspeople who
revered him. :
President Hoover came with an
official party together with a large
delegation from congress, where Mr.
Longworth served more than 20
years.
The express companies
$100 000 the $150,000 ransom asked, .. ...
for the return of. Fryd Blumer. 50. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on
head of the Monroe Brewery, re- the Cnat." and will also
ported to be held by kidnapers.
By Render*, to give the district
'Chopping Too Near the court authority to fix valuations of
. -eem e dishonestu: property in eVent of a controversy
among members of the board of
presscompansesosnresmPtoua re- estate of the Longworths
' ♦ —Mrs. Sarah Powerand her ♦
' t five. children were burned to ♦ |
o<cwmiey Mumps dids Shotgun as Man Holds
yesterday, when the string parted ty. THhey said additional taxes 4----1 — "I----4-----V----M
" " " " were necessavy in order to keep the
be too bad. We are above the aver-
age in brains, so be careful." ' Stream,'
WASHINGTON. April 11.
—(AP)—A momentous cal-
endar awaits the Supreme
Court when it re-convenes
Monday after a short recess.
Expectations are that a ruling
will he handed down on the first
day in the dispute over the. validity
' of the Boulder Canyon project act.
Arizona attacked the act—under
which the $109,000,000 Hoover Dam
and power system to being built,
—contendiny the necessary inter-
state compact encroached upon bar
constitutional rights. 'Arizona did
not join the six other Colorado
River basin states tn the compact
and has fought the project at every
turn.
The six states sued by Arizona
joined Secretary Wibur th asking
dismissal of the action in which
Arizona named California, Nevada,
Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and
Wyoming as well as the Interior
ginning with E. were up for dis-
bunslon, viviscetlon, bisection or
something. He also knew that
names, under the letters H-I-J.
were to be taken up at this meet-
ing; but, even then, some member
wanted to go back to .the Ka
Roundabout objected the objection
was pustained by Chairman Floyd
Brooks, so danger, or hurt-feelings,
was averted.
Roundabout does not pretend to
be a ’credit-man'—everybody's
credit would be good with him, but
NEW KIND OF
LEGISLATIVE crook
ALBANY. N. Y -There have
been crooks in the Lezislature
to the session just ended A
crook, be it explained, to a tech-
nical Albany word for a Senate
. the
ownership and management of the
Southern Hotel, whieh will be op-
erated aa successor to the Godwin
ultha eMjiMA'.; toward
of the truck and stopped.
The man on the running board
thrust a pistol inside the truck cab
and demanded Person's money.
■ Person was returned to Dallas
after having delivered a load of
pottery to Cooke County. He hand-
ed over 940 in cash and a number
of company checks. The bandits
drove away and he came here to
The letter received today was in
a white govearnment envelope mail-
ed at 1:30 p. m. yesterday from
a-m- va A Social _ , ------ Brief Prayrs
a, Ying Mas AUSTIN, Apru1—Ap-work- Funeral services were held at
" " — — grtst Episcopal Church, where the
pronounced the
for a sanity examination.
CORD-CHRO
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PARIS CITY WALL
BEING TORN DOWN
PARIS—Down to coming a
stonewall belt that has sur-
rounded Paris to defend it
against siege. The barrier fail-
ed in 1870 and is even more ob-
solete now. The rasing, started
four years ago, has cost $17,000-
000 already but harrmade real
estate of much greater value
available for building sites and
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New lobby furniture has been promotion literature concerning oil
fields in Williamson and other Tex-
The Southern Hotel—that's the
name the former Godwin Hotel
will be called, since the purchase of
the Godwin interests by Arthur C.
Rayzor, and h's two brothers, J.
Pred Rayzor, of Denton, and J.
Newton Rayzor, of Houston. Arthur
O. Rayzor I president of the part-
nership and will have personal
charge of the hotel operation, with
Assistant Manager. Fred Cobb, who
has been connected with the God-
win Hotel.____ -I_____- -_______
Arthur Rayzor was reared in
' Denton County, and lived her for
; a good many years prior to his
moving to Wichita Falls where he
was vice-president apd general
gnamnzger of the Peoples Ige Con-
Epany, He said "I am com'ng Mar
marine board of inquiry. He waa Wichita. He would not estimate
average speed beyond saying it
“one cigar an hour”. He step
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, ning, “The Virgin Birth of Christ”; payments quarter! y instead of an-
now. Tuesday evening, “Stark Reali-
ties.' 'a specail sermon to college
MONBOE. Wis, April u1-(AP-
—R. R. Wells, secretary of the Blu-
mer Products Company, today he
had received ah anonymous tet-
ter from Chicago reducing to
Her 8180,- on "The
morninz
The tetter was signed. “Unem-
ployed Guys."
Wells said he did not know wheth-
er to regard the letter as a reply
to the first telephone message in
which it was stated he would hear
from the kidnapers within 48 hours
The letter might be a hoax writ-
ten by some outsider, Wells said.
This, he said was the first com-
munication since Blumer disap-
peared and he was inclined to be-
lieve it written by the men al-
leged to have kidnaped Blumer.
He said he would turn the let-
ter over to his representative in
Chicago for immedite investi-
gation.
*ee •9000eeropeeee*
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The Denton County Rabbit
Breeders Association will meet
-me-s-*
Probably the moat unusual American legation in all the world to that
of United States Mnister Matthew E. Hanna at Managua, Nicaragua.
He to pictured here cutside the tent which has temporarily supplanted
the lezation building that was destroyed in the reent earthquake. From
this makeshift headquarters. Minister Hanna is directing relief activities
in the stricken city. . , . ___________ _________ ______________ 2
-—(AT)—Captain Ira C.
ker, noted army test p
flashed eastward ton
affaire called at the "Rookwood"
- thumb in the crash. His right arm
Permits in Week irWiStt
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something else again."
Mrs. Splerling, it is charged,
shooed one of the church
elders away the other day, us-
ing the family shotgun, and her
husband greeted the announce-
ment that church would be held
Sundiy with the statement he
would "detehd my hme at all
casts*,' t r. kb
His appeal from a 90-day
sentence for using the church
as , his home was upheld by a
jury in circuit court yesterday
at Waukegan. • i# A
Splerling „pontended• that the -
church trustees Mt their right
of ownership because regular
services were not held.
"There to,” he said, "no
church." *juNen eb-a.
any amount of credit if Roundabout
had been called on to decide. But
these merchants seem to know their
’onions'—they say they have learn-
ed thru actual experience. Each
merchant to called into conference
—a name to mentioned, and on
comes the ’talk’. Credit is either
OK, NG, slow, unprofitable or some
(other terms unknown in Round-
about’s vocabulary. But, at any
rate, Roundabout decided then and
there that he waa going to do his
level best to protect his Credit—and
maybe by the next time they have
the Es up for discussion he can
I'face' the music and accept an in-
Fire losses in Denton during the
past week reached a *19.000 total to
make one of the moat disastrous
weeks of the year. Only two fire
alarms were sounded, however.
Last- Sunday afternoon a car
caught fire at City Park but waa
extinguished before much damage
waa done.
Later -in the week, the Godwin
Hotel took fire and although fire-
men restricted thie blaze to the roof
and upper story, a $10,000 loss re-
■ulted.
arrived. It was thought the well A/ eAn n •! !•
would be shot late Saturday, how- $6,600 bullding
AMBASSADOR’S SON
WORKS IN REFINERY
MARTINEZ, Calif.—A regu-
lar fellow, as other employee
view him, has been keeping his
real identity secret because he
does not wish to be classed as
high hat in overalls R. C
Geddes, aon'of Sir Auckland:
Geddes, formerly British am-
bassador, has been working at
an oil refinery, learning, the
business from the ground up.
to be held hero April 33-35. It to
expected also that a number of
new members will be taken into
the association. There are now
around 100 ‛rabbit-farms‛ in Denton
County, and all rabbit-men are in-
vited to attend the Monday night
meeting. Charles H. Smoot is pres-
ident; C. 8. Keller, vice-president
and George A. Rose, secretary.
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Loyalty to your friends will bring
about loyalty to Denton stores,
since your friends are either em-
ployes or employers. Your mer-
chandising dollars have a way of
reaching your friend* if spent with
Denton stores. The more business
they do, the more help they will
require in their business. If for no
other reason than self interet,
Denton citizens will find ft profit-
able to secure their needs in stores
hhere which give employment, help
On the hop to Wichita. Captain
Baker virtually equalled the time
of Captain Frank Hawks, holder of
the west-east transcontinental
flight record. Hawks' time to Wich-
ita waa 894:11 last August 13 when
he flew from Glendale, Calif., to
Curtiss Field, New York in 12128103.
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OKLAHOMA! Fair, warmer "TN
in north and west porttons to-
night: Sunday fucrenaing
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Friday evening was
Lack" and Saturday
. preached a sermon
(ing." Sage sang "The
out of the cockpit have to direct
attendanti servicing the plane. da-
cussed conditions east of here with
weather observers and was back at
the controls before the refuellng
was completed. Prospects were for
a slight tall wind for the remain-
der of the trip, weather observers
said, which enhances greatly his
chances of setting a new speed
mark. " r . A.f
His flying time here was 8 hours,
3 minutes, 30 seconds. Before the
takeoff on the Pacific coast he mid
he expected to reach Wichita in
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J
-
vitation. The last time, he was
somewhat apprehensive, but now 1
he realizes more fully just what the 1
■credit' situation bungs to the mer- 1
chant—and he has decided if those *
same men will ’take a chance’ on 1
his paying when they sell him on 1
[credit, he’s going to do his durn-
idest to kaep them from regretting i
their favoring him with credit for
merchandise—he's going to try to 1
(keep the faith.
I Hotel, and we expect-to operate a
modern, high class commercial ho-
i tel, making it as pleasant and com-
fortable for our guests as we pos-
sibly can. We expect to continue
operation of the dining room and
(it will be our ambitlon to serve the
finest meals possible at the price
। that will be satisfactory, yet en-
(able Oa to give quality food and
service expected. Naturally we will
i appreciate the support of our home-
(town people and we hope Denton
people will make the Southern
their down-town headquarters-a
l place to meet friends."
Rayzor has always taken an ar-
tive interest in civic affairs, and
when in Wichita: Falls, he was a
। director of the Chamber of Com-
merce. acting as chairman of the
Industrial Committee: a member of
। the Rotary Club, director of the
Texas-Oklahoa Fair As., director
of the Safety Council, Executive
Committee of the Baptist Church
[and Chatman of the Wichita group
of Southwestern Ice Manufacturers
“Since leaving my old home-
town, I have visited many towns
and cities, but I have never found
so delightful a place to live as
is Denton” he continued. "It may
be that many Denton people don’t
really appreciate what a good town
this is—it'S the most delightful
place to live and I believe is about
the very best business town in Tex-
as at similar size."
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Hearing Set for
Woman Slayer
WILKES-BARRE, PA., April 11.
—(APi-Mrs. Frances Thomsen.
39, Pittsburgh, the former school
teacher who yesterday congessed
the slaying of Miss Minnie Dilley,
78, eccentric and wealthy spinster,
faced preliminary hearing herd to-
day but authorities expressed
doubt whether she will face trial.
White attorneys for the college
graduate and daughter of a former
minister indicated today they will
not raise the question of sanity,
-District Attorney Thomas M Lewis
intimated a request will be made
cigarette tax. 18 to 3, with two
pairs. It was tacked on as an
students and teachers; Wednesday
evening, “When Chikkens Come
Home to Roost.'' a sermon on
Nnrzocu, n, April n
(AP)—There were two reasons,
w v folks may not want to at-
tend services a* the Hickory.
Cprners Methodist Church to-
il arrow.
One of them was the family
shotgun of Clarence Splerling,
who moved into the church
w th his family and pet dog
more than a month ago after
h i own home across the street
b kned down. 1
The 6lher was a case of
n bmps which one of Splerling’s
ta> children contracted.
"I can," said Sheriff Lester
tiffany, "do something in the
yay of protection against the
totun but the "UIPS is
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thies to the widow Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth. The body ar-
rived here by special train from
Aiken, 8. C.. where Mr. Longworth
died of pneumonia two days ago
this morning. if-s
Paulina, the six-year-old daugh-
ter of the Longworths, learned for
the first time of the death of her
father when they brought him
home today.
Funeral Private
Special seating arrangements
were made at the church to accom-
B. Kirkpatrick, 84, of Ardmore.. —d
Okla., was,badly hurt when the car
in which he and his son, J. W l
Kirkpatrick, were tding collideti ‛
with a car driven by "Red” Oliver
or r .C. U. on the Denton Creek
bridge of the. Denton-Fort Worth
highway shortly before 3 aclock
Burglars Enter
Mustang Store
The Mustang store was entered
by burglars Friday evening and a
quantity of merchandise was taken
from the building, officers here re-
ported at noon Saturday. z
Two men, according to Sheriff
O. C. Cockrell, were being held at
Pilot Point in connection with the
burglary, details of which had not
been teamed here.
SIX IN FAMILY BURN TO
DEATH IN HOME :
♦ ST. JOHN’S, N. F., April 11. ♦
WEST TEXAS: Fain warmet
tonight; Sunday inrreaetag
cloudiness, probably showers la .
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pierced the girl's temple.
The brother extracted the instru-
ment before running to summon
the mother, Mrs. J. O. Laster. An
operation at a hospital here, early
today failed to save the child’s life.
-ig,,
Reding to Aid in
Tick Investigation
Ira Reding, state trapper in Den-
ton County, has been authorized
to aid O. N. King in the study of
the relapsing fever tick in a cave
near Roanoke, which state and
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