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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
VOL. XXXI NO. 110
8 PAGES
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Japanese Butler
Kills Employer
After Discharge
White Christmas
Faced by Europe
Negro Facing
Death Sentence
Shot to Death
Woman Is Killed in
Candy Store Robbery
trip to homes which. this year, old
Santa Claus might happen to miss.
Christmas in Soviet
commun sts frown
Today’s attempt to use the pre-
Christmas rush to hustle the deb4
SUPPORTERS HOPE FOR
ACTION BEFORE HOLI-
DAYS; OPPONENTS DE-
CRY RUSH.
this year to December
follow: Texas 4.764.388.
not
The
NEW FINANCE
CORPORATION
ACTION SOON
eloudiness tonight and Tuesday;
slightly warmer Tuesday.
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No Chance To
Make Reply Is
Cannon Charge
$38.70 PAID IN
CITY COURT FINES
1 many children never have heard of
it.
Veterans Plead
For Funds First
Glenn, of
on Satur-
Peggy And Peter Hoover Will
Find While House Nursery At
Christmas As They Left It
New And Joyous Careers Ahead
For Last Yearns Tin Soldiers
And Dolls—Serving Poor Tots
CHILD’S URGE TO TRY OUT
NEW CHRISTMAS SLED COSTS
LIFE OF HIM AND 6 OTHERS
MILLVILLE, N. J.— Joseph Prov-
eseano, 34, has decided brown suits
are not very good for hunting. He
was mistaken for a deer and ser-
lously wounded by his hunt ng com-
panion.
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Report Delayed as
Santa Will Effect
Material Saving on
Fruit, Nuts, Candy
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Full Aeoctate Press Leased Wire
United Press Service
DENTON, TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 21, 1931
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e
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DRUNKENNESS .CHARGES FIL-
ED HERE MONDAY
Charges of drunkenness were filed
by B. T. Fitzhugh, assistant county
attorney, against Clay Ruddell and
Jack Rose Monday morning. Coun-
ty officers took the men into cus-
tody Saturday night after an al-
leged disturbance at a dance north
of Denton.
fuse
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ilty.
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Ginnings
r states
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ELECTION FUND
iresh southerly winds on
coast.
WESTTEXAS: Inere
tie raged mtothe hall, where the__
Otsuka woman entered it when 13 by
Mrs. Carozza tried to telephone for । Alabama 1 374,133, Arizona 62,769,
help Schatz wilted under the at- ' Arkansas 7,521.986, California 144,-
maneuvers as intricate as the te-
tics of a chessboard.
Promises Continucus Session
The republican lerder. Senator
MOSCOW — Christmes is
without any toys is a tough prop-
osition for any youngster.
So while the more fortunate
mothers and daddies prepared to
rout the specters of cold and hun-
ger from Philadelphia by insuring
the financial success of the gretest
charity drive in the city's history.
parochial schools railed to an ap-
peal for help in handling the toy
question.
And how they rallied' Toys of
all sorts and sizes have been mow-
ing into classrooms all over the city
and thence to the headduprters of
the appropriately named Christmas
toy shower committee. There they
Texas—not so
inton—a con-
tion of a new
as it seems it
let in months.
e that Denton
tiding permits
figures as in
as been some
ruout the en-
there are sev-
en. and others
One lumber
in t complain
nton this year
.nd part af the
fine business."
e of the very
ceded repairs
ere may be a
hat needs at-
e places where
boards. a few
repairs are
fristmas pres-
tack of his small but wiry oppon- ( 258, Florida 43.066 Georgia 1,364,-
. —*--•--“ "— 628, Lou’siana 830,977, Mississippi
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to bay. n
BATESVILLE, Miss., Dec.
21.—(AP)—Fear of levee
breaks at Asa, eight miles
south of this city, became
acute today as flood waters
of the Tallahatchie River
rose to within a few inches
of the embankment’s crest.
Reports had reached here that
the levee protecting Asa was smash-
ed by the turbulent tide but a group
of men went,to the threatened area
today and found the levee intact
although under great pressure.
Thtere also was said to be dan-
ger of a break at Crowder, village
nearby. Sand bags were used to
strength the levee but the rapid
rise of the water threatened to off-
set that ’precaution__:______—
Hundrs of refugees who flock-
ed to Batesville were sent to plan-
1st kina in the hill country north
of the city when it was found there
were more here than could be ade-
quately provided for by the city,
others gathered in adjacent towns
Mkwise will be sent to. the planta-
tions on higher ground.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21 —(-
New and joyous careers are ahead
for last years Utile tin soldiers and
the doll that talks. '
From the obscurity of attic and
closet, they and their myriad com-
panions of nursery and playhouse
are being resurrected and recast In
their original roles—this time, how-
ever. for perhaps a more glorious
service
To them will fall the task of mak-
ing this Christmas what it ought
to be—a season of cheer and hap-
piness -for countless Philadelphia
kiddies whose holiday might other-
wise be drab.
You can’t be very cheertur when
you're cold and hungry, you know,
and being happy on Christmas Day
A Carnegie hero medal is being
sought for Charles Jeckson, 11. of
Brownsville. Texas. who saved the
life of curly-haired two-year-old
Ruth Sethman. shown with him
above. The Jackson boy plunged in-
to the water to save her from
drowning and then worked over her
.to get the water out of her lngs
after he had pulled her ashore.
CONGRESS
Senate.
Takes up moratorium rati-
< ation. planning passage
Finance committee resumes
I nvestigation of foreign bonds
sales. i
Banking sub-committee con-
tinues hearings on establishing
reconstruction corporation.
House.
BASEL. Switzerland, Dec. 21.—
(P—Difficulties which have arisen
in the advisory committee examin-
ing the reparations question have
proven more serious than was at
first belleved, and the committee
has abandoned hope of publishing
its final report before Christmas.
It was announced semi-omiclally
today that the experts may adjourn
tomorrow night or Wednesday and
resume their deliberations on Mon-
day.
A spokesman for the committee
said the experts had not even
touched upon the important phase
of the report which will deal with
Chancellor Bruening's series of
emergency decrees.
Extension Plan Uncertain
It was even possible, the spokes-
man said, that the experts may not
advise extension of the moratori-
um on Germany's condition repar-
ation payments which form about
two-thirdsof the tn: al restorations.
It was learned on good author-
ity that the two days deadlock be-
tween the British and French view-
points may result in a final report
containing a mere statement of
conditions and leaving a decision
on the remedies to an international
conference tentatively scheduled
fog next month.
This year they will have, in ad-
ditions to the Christmas Eve and
Christmas night parties. an after-
noon party next Wednesday to
which 350 children have teen in-
vited.
But will be a new kind of party,
cne of string and not receiving. The
invitations asked the youngsters to
bring toys and candy and warm gay
sweaters to be given to others:
"For Santa Claus has sent word
that he is not going to be able to
take care of all the little boys and
girls he wants to this year."
And so too. ingithe Christmas
affairs, the Hoover family will eave
a little of the cost, the difference to
be given to those it wil help most.
Owing to the absence of Mayor
B. W. McKenzie, wht was out of
town Monday morning, no corpora-
tion court was held.
A total of 138.70 was paid in
court fines to City Secretary J. W
I
MOUNT BELVIEW, Dec 11—()
- Isnlah Edware«, 19. megto, fuel-
tire from the Montgomery County
Jail since early last night, was
found dead shortly after 4 a. w.
today on the outskirts of this town.
Edwards, the coroner neld in an
Inquest.'h ad ateen shot to death by
saved her life. She was pulled away
from the instrument before she had
said more thana word, but the re-
ceiver remainsg off the hook and
the telephon "operator heard the
sound of the fight The call was
traced and police notified.
ferine from lack of rain Eo-mayor
Virgil Hennen and Mrs. Hennen
were visitors here Sunday, rsturn-
ing to Brownwood Monday mor-
ing. Ray Barnett, Plainview, was
looking after his Christmas pur-
chases here Saturday J D Stroud
and Ebert Stover met in Denton
Saturday after twenty years of ab-
sence. Stroud lived for 10 years on
the Charles Floyd form and’was a
neighbor of Stover's I pushed to
the gravel and then drove to Den-
ton said Marvin Hare of Plainview
"The roads are something to write
home about when you get off rthe
gravel." “I came all right when 1 I
got started to town" said J. M.
Neely, who Uvea about 3 miles
southwest of Drop. "When we got
to Drop and struck the gravel we
came right along." E. L. Stover. Lit-
tle Elm. was here Saturday to see
his mother, Mrs. J. M Stover who
is very sick et the home of Lawson
Robinson in Denton Mrs Stover is
83 years old and was born in Den-
ton County, and is probably the
oldest Deton County born citizen
living here, Stover said. "The farm
on which my mother was bom is
still in the family possession and
has never been deeded."
ST. LOUIS. Dre 21—(P-Mrs.
Emma Lacy. 44. was shot and kill-
ed and her husband, George, 48, was
wounded In the right arm in a
holdup of their confectionery to-
day
The slayer fled from the store
without loot after the shooting and
escaped under the cover of fog. Ac-
companied tty another man ap-
parently posted in front of the store
as a lookout.
It was Mrs Carozzas desperate NO TRACE OF
attempt to telephone for help that 1 na-k •n
Watson, promtsed to keep the sen-
ators in session into the night, in-
to tomorrow if need be. to get the
ratincaticn through. He kept back
the resolution ordering the Christ-
mas recess. The morator um op-
ponents had long speeches ready—
they promised not to filibuster-
and at hand lay for any senator
who cared to toss a monkey wrench
into the machinery, thet good old
marathon balloting over a presi-
dent protem. It can always be re-
newed. by one man. An ace up the
sleeve against this, however. was a
possible try to shelve the pro zem
election by a majority vote. This
would have to get Vice President
Curtis' approval.
While that situation ehaped up.
committees were busy. The senate
finance group sat down aga n to
stack up billionaire ngurks on for-
eign "bonds soldin the United
States, calling representatives of
more big banking houses.
agents or by committees
The special committee headed by
Senator Nye. Republican, North
Dakota, based its plea for the legis-
lation on its report of the expendi-
ture of 85.50o.713 in the 1930 sen-
atorial campaigns.
Fulure limit
For presidential nomination, $250,-
000.
For presidential election, $5,000,-
000.
For senatorial nomination and
election, $50,000 each.
For nomination and election to
the house 810,000 each.
Further, the Senate expenditures
would be limited to two cents a
vote. the house to four cents a vote,
for every vote cast for all candi-
dates for the office in the preced-
ing election, so as to allow for great
variation tn number of voters to be
: reached in different states.
The committee based its conten-
tion for a tight curb upon Federal
candidates on its report of the ex-
penditures of $5,507,712 in the 1930
Senate races alone.
1,553,307, Missouri 212,566, New
Mexico 70,450. North Carolina 750,-
271, Oklahoma 1,108.036, South Car-
olina 968,279, Tennessee 520,762,
Virginia 40.845 and all other states
8.076.
CAMPAIGN INVESTIGA-
TORS WOULD EXTEND
AND MAKE MORE DEF-
INITE PROVISIONS.
•We are expecting a 'relatively'
big Christmas" said Cecil Yar-
brough. "We're expecting a lot of
our relatives here to spend the holi-
days with Wr*
Cotton Ginned .
to Dec. 13 Was About Reparations
Erwin during the week. One fine of_________ ______ —
412 70 was on a drunkenness the president’s messages, under
charge, two $12 payments on a " ---*
no controversial
EIGHT NEGROES CHARGED
WITH GAMING
Charges of gaming were filed
against eight negroes in Justice
Court by the county attorney, the
result of a week-end raid made by
county officers on an alleged ced
game in the negro quarter of town.
LONDON, Dec. 21 —U—1 Freezing
weather, with a blanket of snow,
mad? a Christhas landscape of the
whole of Europe today and set the
itare for Santa Claus, although in
some ptaces heavy damage made the
picture costly.
The blast at winter extended from
Scandinavia to the shores of the
Mediterranean.
A violent storm lashed the Bal-
tic sea. accompanied by heavy snow,
wrecking houses along the shores
and flooding others.
Scandinavia, especially Sweden,
suaered the heaviest damage. For
two days heavy snow, driven by a
high wind. smothered the country,
leveling forest tr ees over a wide
area and causing heavy losses to
timber interests. Telephone and
telegraph wires were down and the
trams snowbound, while the towns
and villages were almost buried un-
der huge drifts.
i t
EAST DELTA COUNTIES
OF STATE BEAR BRUNT
O F FLOOD WATERS
MONDAY. ।
WASHINGTON. Dec 21
Cotton of this year's crop ginned
prior to Dec. 13 was reported to-
day by the census bureau to have
totaled 15,358.405 running bales,
counting 535,337 round bales as half
bales and including 7,925 bales of
American-Egyptian.
Ginnings to Dec 13 last year to-
taled 13,259,413 running bales,
counting 478,356 round bales as half
bales and including 17.411 bales of
American-Egyptian
sled. Orville coasted down a
hill and cut onto the ice of
Er gang Lake yesterday after-
noon. A moment later the ice
broke, throwing Orville into the
water. James Morgan, who had
gone down to the lake to skate,
attempt id to go to the boy's
rescue but when through the
ice Orville s older brother. Oli-
ver. and Theodore Morgan set
dut to rescue their brothets.
They too went into the water.
Mr. and Mrs. Oman and Er-
gang launched a boat and row-
ed out to where the boys were
floundering in the water The
four boys were picked up. A
moment later the overloaded
text cepsized । sending both
rescuers and rescued to their
deaths.
• Sweetens Frm
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—
When Peggy Ann and Peter Hoover
come back to the White House to-
morrow they will find their third
floor nursery just as they left it
last spring
The grownups who have occu-
pied it since have been moved out.
Little tables and chairs are in
place again for the youngsters.
Peggy Ann and Peter lived at the
White House last winter while their
father was in Asheville, N. C. re-
cuperating from illness. They were
the central figures Tor the big tom-
Hy parties nt Christmas Invta-
tions wert out In their names then
and again now. _ L
Long Fight Waged
CHARLESTON, Miss.. Dec. 21—
(P,—The East delta counties of
North Mississippi bore the brunt of
flood waters today at highlands
gave aid to refugees, forced to de-
sert inundated homes and farm-
lands in the lowflands.
Weary flood fighters of Penola
County, having strengthened the
ievees of Tallahtehie River. consul-
ered their battle won but held fear
Tallahatchie and other counties
farther south would face in the
next 38 hours the most serious floods
in yean.
Hig h ways in the northe rn half at
Tallahatchie County were submerg-
ed. and a rise at a few feet mare
in the Yacona River th-atend »
fore Crowder's 480 inhabitants to
flee
At Greenwood the Yazoo had ris-
en two feet in the past 21 hours.
Conditions were nomal in the West
Delta counties but rain continued
last night to fall over the East del-
ta area.
Farther west in Louislana, a let
up in rains result’d in recession of
the flood waters of Bayou Cornie
and Bayou D'Arbone.
TRION, Ga.—The Trion Metho-
dist Church has adopted an ofTicial
Stunday-fo-to-meetin garb—over-
alls for the menfolk and cotton
print dresses for the women. It was
Preacher Fred Hay's Ides. and he
appeared in the pulpit yesterday in
blue denim.
they said. The pelt was held on
charges of first degree murder.
Woman First Seized
The attack began in the bedroom
where Schatz and Mrs Carozza
were sleeping. Akiyama leaped
through «n open window from a
porch roof and seised Mrs. Carozza.
who he believed had induced Schatz
to discharge him Schatz entered
the battle and was hit met the
head with a water bottle. The bat-
Murray's Next
Move Undecided
OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 21—(
—With Governor William H (Al-
falfa Bill) Murray's "firebells" si-
lenced by ballots. interest today
centered upon the colorful execu-
tive's next move
He admitted he was "disappoint-
ed" in the vote but refused further
comment, pending complete returns.
Harmon county, shut off from
outside communicat on by storms,
slon? was unreported in the un-
official tabulations, which pointed
to margins of from around 30 000 to
50,000 against Murray’s bills for in-
come tax revision. escheat of cer-
tain corporate lands, budgetary
changes and free textbooks.
Other questions which held in-
terest today were whether election
officials would be paid by the state
auditor and whether the Citizens’
League, organized to oppose the
Murray program, would drop its
protest against sufficiency of the
initiztive petitions, , now pending
before the state supreme court. In
view of the decision st the polls.
CONROE, Dec. 21—(P—
Sheriff Ben Hicks at Mont-
gomery 4 ounty,/investigaung
the strange disappearance from
the county jail of Isaiah Ed-
wards, negro subsequently slain,
today he was “certain" there
was no lynching involved in the
case.
WASHINGTON Dec. 21.— P-
Declaring he had net been given
a promised opportunity to reply to
charges against him, Bishop James
Cannon Jr asked members of the
Senate in af’open letter today to
withhold judgment on evidence of
his activities in the anti-Smith
campaign of 1928
The letter said that last February
the Bishop asked and was promised
an opportunity to make a sworn
statement to the Nye Investigating
committee
He said he later decided definite-
ly to make such a statement when
the adverse evidence was complete
but the committee ended its hear-
ings. drew up a report and turned
the evidence over to the district at-
torney without including his reply.
He was in Europe he said. dur-
ing the final committee hearings
Mrs. Jollette Patterson, organizer
of the Southwestern Division of
the American Automobile Associa-
tion, left Saturday for Wichita
Falla, where she will spend the hol-
idays with her mother. She said.
“I’ll be back soon to continue the
organisation of the Denton Club of
the AAA, and I feel very much
* gratified over the success so far.
The School boy patrol is already
T doing good work, helping th traffic
control, especially looking after the
children. One at the boys came to
me the other day, swelled with
pride as he said he had saved the
Igp life of a litte girl. We now have 33
‘Emembers signed up for the Denton
County Club, and it is our hope to
I establish headquarters here for this
. district.'
ouometimne
■ould have
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.
— (AP) — Congress was call-
ed upon today by the Senate
Campaign Funds Investigat-
ing Committee to establish
deflnite limitations on cam-
paign expenditures of presi-
dential and congressional
candidates.
It brought in a bill which sought
for the first time to extend con-
gressional supervision to the pres-
idential race and to congressional
nominating primaries.
All candidates would be made di-
rectly responsible for any expendi-
tures in their behalf either by
The priges on nuts, fruit,
candy and so on this year will
bring an additional gleam In
SntaE ac/Tading to Denton
dealers? the 1931 prices on those
extras being off from 10 as much
as 40 per cent.
The venerable old gentleman
will par from 10 to 30 cent less
per dozen fo r applies and
oranges with which to help fill
Christmas stockings, about the
nsual price or slightly less for
candy, and from 20 to 40 per
cent len per pound for pecans.
Brazil nuts and walnuts. local
grocerymen state.
Buying of these Christmas ac-
sories was slow Monday morn-
ihg, tut dealers said that un-
less the weather turned worse
they anticipated buying to be-
cam? brisk by Monday eve-
hing and remain so until
Christmas Eve.
LANCASTER, Fa. — Robert
Lecnard, 13, has been discharg-
ed from a hospital as cured,
though he carries a bullet in
his heart. The shot, fired acci-
dentally by a companion, pass-
ed through one wall at the
heart and lodged in another.
Doeton dared not oper-te tar
fear it would be fatal Robert
feels all right
POUGHKEEPSIE. N. Y„ Dec. 21.
-(P— Turned into a raginc fury
because he had been discharged, a
Japanese butler stabbed and hacked
Ills millionaire employer, J. Will am
Schatz. 56, to death after a des-
, perate struggle in the Schatz man-
sion here yesterday.
Aided by his meek sister-in-law.
the butler than began a murderous
attack on Scaatas companion Mre.
, Florence Quick Carozza, 26 whom
’ he had forced to look on sz he
1 killed the rich manufacturer and
, sportsman. Police, summoned thru
the tracing of ane strangled can for
Lelp. arrived to save her from death
1 a"ter she had kntatned two slab
' wounds and seveial hammer blows
1 Authorities lam the butler jan-
tero Akiyama, 38 stoically confess-
ed the crime. H's sister-ih-law, Sa-
dako Otsuka, 26. also co,,fessed.
changed in
post 58 years."
. "Fifty-eight
20. 1873 I
nd since that
. home here
taken place
there are very
that stood st
dry piste, just
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rever he was
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ter Sherman’s
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 21—
(P—Mias XV tints Pentield,
missing 19-rear-old sehool girl,
who disappeared ere Thurs-
day, was found today at the
Narragansett Hotel in Provi-
dence, R. L, her father, Clare
J. Penfield, was informed she
arrived there in a daze and ill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.
—(AP)—Weighted with
controversy, the moratorium
measure today entered the
gauntlet of Senate debate.
At the outset, it encountered
a dispute over whether an
attempt should be made to
bring it to the end of its
road before the Christmas
recess.
There were protests against rush-
ing it through and Senator Johnson
of California, a republican and one
of its most vigorous opponents,
complained the senate was being
lashed into rat’fication.
Senator Watson of Indiana, re-
publican leader, denied this but re-
iterated his hope for action before
the Christmas recess begins tomor-
row. ___________
Under the senate rules the con-
test-over re-elect If of Senator
Moses, republican. *ew Hampshire. '
as president pro tempore automat-,
ically displaced the moratorium a*
2 o'clock, but at that time unani-
mous consent was obta’ned to lay
this aside pending disposition of
the moratorium.
House Waiting
The house was waiting for the
senate to get dona. AU ready to
quit over New Veers; it marked
time with more debate lined cut for
today and tomorrow's last pre-hol-
iday session The quick rush on the
morator um. desirable in itself to-
regularize the non-payment of debt
installments by the Allied gavezn-
toenta was aimed principally at
making things easy for President
Hoover's domestic relief program.
This is coming along now splendid?
ly but needs the unceasing cere of
the leaders.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-
Senate leaders of both parties as-
sured President Hoover today at a'
White House conference of prompt
acton Oh the 4500 000.000 recoil-
si ruction corporation efter the
Christmas holidays.
The president urged the earliest
consideration for th's measure by
which he hopes to bolster up the
national financial structure and
particularly to aid the railroads
The group also told the president
they hoped for action on themora-
tortum before the Christmas recess
begins tomorrow night.
Last Friday the president called
in house leaders to talk about the
moratorium, the emergency recon-
struction corporation and the bill
to increase federal land bank capi-
talization, two of which already
been passed by the house and laid
before the senate. They assured him
consideration of his economic pro-
gram would not be delayed. f "
MUSKEGON. Mich, Dec. 21
—(P—Orville Oman. 7. rode
gaily to his death on a Christ-
mas sled in the icy waters of
a small lake near his home
yesterday and six other persons
drowned in attempted rescues.
The multiple tragedy, which
cost the lives of Orville's par-
ents and four boys, occurred
near Daltoe in Northern Mus-
kegon County.
The victims besides Orville,
were: Mr and Mrs. Albert
Oman, each 33; Oliver Oman.
12, another son; Harry Ergang.
an uncle of the boys, and James
and Theodore Morgan, 17 and
and 14 respectively, also nephews
of Ergang. •
Anxious to try out his new
MIAMI, Fla— What does the
Indian lover croon to his sweet-
heart? A representative of the
Smithsonian Institution is
down here with the idea at
putting the Seminole love song
on phonogr-ph records.
Saturday was el-er overhead,
bringing one of the law pretty days
of the month. But, it didn't last
long as in the afterne en rain start-
ed falling, testing through the
right and most of Sunday. But
Denton staeets and stores were
crowded, both day and night, w.th
shoppers looking 13: the encem-
brances te be g ven friends tills
year.
It's now only three dnys till
Christmas—three at the shortest
days of the year, ut that. Santa
Claus is now ‘jus: around the cor-
ner, and Friday morning he will be
found dropping down Denton chtm-
neys. 1U- certainly time new to be
preparing for the Holida:. and
ahopping early-esrly in the men.
Inas left—will prove good business,
both for yourself and the clerka.
This Christmas offe.s an unusual
opportunity fr beneficial gfrs -
and Denton merchants have ann: •-
pated the conditions this year, and
are offering bargains, such as have
not been seen in Denton for years
Court House officials and em-
ployees will hold their annual
Christmas Tree next Tuesday. Each
member of the 'official' family in
drawing lots got the name of an-
other of the family to-present with
a present. The event each year is
a source of s lot of merriment to
the Court House people as the gifts,
never expensive, most often ridicu-
lous. bring forth a lot of talk' The
Santa Claus has not been select-
ed. but it may again be 'Kris Krin-
gle’ Lehrman. however, he says
that he thinks it will be another
member at the official family this
year.
Deputy Sheriff Neil Roten, 31, if
Chambers County.
Edwards was under sentence to
die in the electric chat? for the
slaying of Constable Thomas Bey-
ette of Magnolia last August.
Edwards, at the time he was shot,
was compelled to abandon an au-
toinobile stolen at Humble. Texas.
Deputy Sheriff Rotn earlier in the
night had recognised the escape!
negro ana had fired at him eight
times. He told other officers at the
time he believed one of the bullets
had taken effect.
Sheriff Ben Hicks of Conroe
identified the body as that of Ed-
wards. who had been in his cus-
tody for months.
At the request of Roten, Henry
itson: another deputy, filed a
isl charge of murder against
his brother officer before Justice of
the Peace J. N. Gourle. In setting
bail of 81 for Roten the justice of
the peace, acting in his capacity
of coroner, returned a verdict of
death from gunshot wounds at the
hands of Roten.
When Edwards was first missed
from the Montgomery County jall,
Sheriff Hicks was told by other
prisoners that Edwards had been
taken from the jail by men whom
the prisoners thought to be offi-
cii? In view of the muddled sit-
uation resulting from Edwards' es-
cape. the sheriff declared he in-
tended to seek a grand jury inves-
tigation.
LEVEE BREAK IN
MISS!’ 20
ISFEAKL
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-OV-A
plea from veterans that votes ron
the moratorium be withheld until
after enactment of bills for cash
payment of compensation certin-
cates rested today with members of
the Senate as they prepared to go
into the war debt question.
The appeal, however as express-
ed tn telegrams and letters from
posts of the veterans of foreign wars
organization, was falling generally
on deaf ears.
Senator Carey. Republican, Wyom-
ing. disclosed the campaign of the
veterans in a letter to Ralph W.
Noble, commander of the post" at
Thermopolis, Wyoming, who had
asked him to withhold his vote.
Carey said a number of other
senators had received similar mes-
sages from various posts and he felt
they took his view that general eco-
nomik legtstapion was of greater
importance than anything else now.
PHILADELPHIA Dec. 21-—
The haggard but determined lather
of Virginia Penfield, UI. student of
a fashionable Swarthmore school,
continued today to direct efforts to
locate his daughter who had been
missing since Thursday. Hundreds
of elues bad been traced in Phila-
delphia. Columbus, New York,
Cleveland and other cities but no
trace had been found of her.
Clare Penfield, wealthy Columbus
chain store owner, admitted he was
up against "a blank wall" In at-
tempting to find his daughter but
said he felt sure she was not ab-
ducted and was not a victim of an
accident. He held to the theory she
had suffered a nervous breakdown
brought on by intensive study
The girl was last seen late Thurs-
day afternoon. A taxi-driver in-
formed Penfield he had taken a
girl answering the description of his
daughter to the Broad Street sta-
tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad
but there the trail ended
OKLAHOMA: Partly cloudy
tonight: Tuesday increasing
cloudiness and womewhat u-
setiled, warmer.
EAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy
tonight, preceded by showers
in extreme rust portion: Tues-
day imereasihg eloudimess.
Slighuy warmer in east portion
tonight and in north and west
portions Tuesday. Moderate to -
Then Mrs Carozza was forced
downstairs and held in a chair
while her friend was slain.
She managed to flee but was at-
tacked on the stairway just as po-
lice hammered on the door. Aki-
yama fled.
• Disbarment Provided
Violation of the law would In-
volve forteiture of an election and
asbarment from public office far a
stipulated period Willful viola-
tion would be penalized with z
ten-year cisbarment from pubiie
office and a fine and prison sen-
tence. ’ c
Individual candidates would be
made responsible for all sums spent
in their behalf, either by their
agents or by committees. Every ex-
penditure pver 810 would have to
be reported, accompanied by a re-
ceipted bill.
Campaign contributions by cor-
porations would remain barred.
Each candidate would be allowed
tc send free through the mails one
pamphlet dealing with election is-
sues to each voter in his district.
It would be unlawful, for any can-
didate or committee to borrow or to
have outstanding at any one time
loans in excess of 10 per cent of
the aggregate amount of the expen-
ditures authorized for it.
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McDonald, L. A. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 110, Ed. 1 Monday, December 21, 1931, newspaper, December 21, 1931; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1538663/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Denton Public Library.