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JOHN RIPPY CASE
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Kirkpatrick Gets
Damage Suit Trial
Efforts To Reduce . •
Government Cost
to vhom the de
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in granting the motion tar a re-
Evi cases was heard Thus-
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MONARCHY FOLLOWS REVOLT tha making today over the unem-
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Split Even In Two
NEW LONDON Conn. June 24.
AL SMITH LEADS MOVEMENT
TO UNITE FORCES AGAINST
NOMINATION Of ROOSEVELT
WHAT DEM
CANDIDATES
ARE DOING
Threatens to
Seek Barring
of Al Smith
at Convention
ROUND
ABOUT .
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The conviction against John Rip-
py. given 35 years on a charge ot
murder In connection with the al-
leged slaying of J. T. Hornsby, Den-
ton County niling station operator,
Garner in Row With
Snell Over Conferees
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gation is
death with a shotgun. The case for
the prosecution was based on cir-
cumstantial evidence and set forth
the theory that the shooting grew
out of an attempt by Rippy to re-
man. wes given a furlough from the
state penitentiary May 13 and then
given a 30-day extension, which will
exp're July 13. according to an As-
sociated Press dispatch from Austin
Friday.
Bill Provides For
More Free Wheat
"WASHINOTON, June 24—w—
Rippy to jall. It was on the second,
search of the premises that the
shot gun shell, contested by the de-
fense as inadmissible, was found
and used as a basis for comparison
with the shell found near Hornsby's
Von Pa pen and
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Couple Operating Store in
Iowa Cancels $75J)00 Debts
And Declines to Accept Pay
Vet ‘Army’ Leaders Refuse
to Budge and Declare They
Will Force Extra Session
The county committee is schedul-
ed to meet Mnday to Ainally-draft
the* primary ballot and order its
printing.
82 95 price of early last mouth, the
lowest on record here.
The omcer had followed tracks
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of Texas, manager of the Gamer
torces.-______'__________
ALFRED E. SMITH
After burying hatchet w'th
old rival, wmtam Q McAdoo, -
he received-many callers athis
Chicago headquarters.
Negotiations Begin
At Once On Final
Provisions.
Arrest Without Warrant
The majority opinion in revers-
ing the case held that an omaer
was not within the law in arrestpig
Rippy without a warrant or search-
Tug Of War Between
Speaker, Senate
Looms'.
lasts
obin
the
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chen
that
Cooper Comes Back
In Golf Tournament
Principal .Saving is
Providing For
Furloughs.
WILLIAM H. MURRAY
Oklahoma's governor "Alfalfa
BlI" protested a more to delay
naming of a platform sub-com-
mitts, saying it was to allow
the arrival ot rongraa mien. "We
had an example last week of a
conventic dominated by the
postmasters"
Norman E Mack. a Roosevelt sup-
porter.
Opporsition et-was voiced by
former Senator James A. Reed of
Missouri
Meanwhile. James A. Farley, head
ol the Roosevelt forces, went con-
ndentiy ahead with plans for bring-
ing to the floor the fight to abro-
gate the rule.
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hearing and ordering a reversal Fri-
day. the court commented on its
former holding . that certain evi-
dence, complained at by the appel-
lant as improper, if erroneously per-
mitted to go before the jury. war
"harmless." In the new ruling, the
court said It had lost sight of the
fact evidence of Rippy’s guilt was
"wholly circumstantial "
since the next session of the ap-
pellate court will be next October,
it would be then before a decision
could be given on the states mo-
for reheanng, if it should g»
sch-
Store
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BANGKOK. Slam. June M.—
A constitutional monarchy was es-
tablished in Slam today after a
sudden but brief revolution in which
only one man was killed
HARRY F. BYRD
At Chicago, he urged the con-
vention pledge itself for an in-
ternational conference on tar-
iffs.
ned the epaulets as leader of the opposition to Franklin D.
Roosevelt today and began a move to unite the supporters
of other candidates into a solid grouprto block the nomina-
tion of the New York governor.
son vs. W. A. Pearso and
Gober vs Beattee:6ober
bat
nay
are
(By Assorlated Press)
WINPEG, Man —Orasshcppers
made a fast train act like a shall
miles of rair west of the Deloraine
in Southwest Manitoba. were cov-
ered with the hoppers, inches deep
Roundabout calls attention to it.
It seems that the "bosses’ of the
store had nothing to do with the
ideas—that the head of each de-
partment. comprising altogether 14
departments suggested that they be
given a ‘shot’ at an ad, and each
head of a department wrote their
ofTerings to the public. Also a novel
idea was carried exit in a window
display. showing a-photograph of
each of the department heads with
their names.
managed this weak to catch three
that weighed just 11 pounds May-
be a -fish story*—he wouldn't tell
what kind they were.
Roosevelt forces admitted they can
not win under the two-thirds rule
when they assailed the ancient con-
vention law.
He charged that Farley was seek-
ing to throw "national considra-
AContinuea on raca Three)
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PUB Aeoetateg Press Leasea Wire
United Ftim Bervice
(By Associated Press)
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
still at Albany, he considers
a rush journey to- Chicago in
case of prolonged deadlock; he
conferred last night yith John
E. Mack at Poughkeepsie. N. Y,
who will place him in nomina-
tion.
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Many Object But See
Expense Cut Ag
Necessary.
Final- Enactment By
ALBERT C. RITCHIE
Huge crowd cheered Maryland
governor as he started from
Baltimore for convention with
party of nearly 300 -
Prof. Admits He
Called Fish ‘Honey’,
. Didn’t Say ‘Ain’t’
7Kee Popene
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cific fruit train, tumbled off, sere-
naded the downtown section, and
marched out to city ’ park, taking
up quarters in the fair Rrounds
buildings They were without funds
or food and were carrying their
bi dding on their backs
The train riders brought their
own band with 13 instruments in-
cluding the bass drum and bugle
corpsand one woman, Mrs Helen
Dow. 26, accompanying her hus-
band.
C A. Norton, oommanding the
contingent, said an automobile mo-
Chancellor Von Papen of Germany
and Premier Herriot of France.
Their chief problem is to discover
how far each can go by way of
compromise on the various econom-
ic proposals which each side has
advanced
Before their meeting ended they
had called in a score of associates
and efter two hours the statesmen
left the conference room arm in
arm.
Hhe bill bore the house title, to per-
mit immediate conference. More-
over the senate had knuckled down
to house defends to the extent of
incorporat ng the 1300,000,000 loans
to states provision previously pass-
ed separately.
This had been in attempt to get
some relief enacted even though the
major bill should fall under a gen-
erally expected veto. But the ar-
ner forces had refused to consider
the loan bill by itself, insisting that
their measure—the one condemned
by Pres:dent Hoover as a "gigantic
pork barrel"—should be the basis
of whatever relief legislation is put
up to the president.
saying. “Wel, old tuner may
— to seme tings, but I
p5u
the majority’s statement the arrest
was not justiried. ______„ ___
"Such a proposition carried to a
logical sequence would greatly han-
dicap peace officers in doing their
duty,” Judge Lattitmore stated in
reasonable right to arrest
“This is not the law." he-staed
in referring to the majority opin-
ion. "and in an age of increasing
crime and ease of escape it is hoped
it never will become such by pro-
nouncement of this court • • •
I can not assent to engrafting on
the laws of the state by judicial
comstruction further extension of
farm wheat for relief.
The Senate substituted its own
bill for the measure already passed
by the House under which the Red
Cross would get 40.000.000 bushels of
wheat and 500,000 balm of cotton.
The bill went through by Unani-
mous consent and without debate
and will now go to conference with
the house’measure to compose dif-
ferences between the two brandies.
Denton and Gainesville golfers
will meet Sunday afternoon at the
Denton Country Club in the first
of their matches of this summer.
Gainesville expects to bring ten or
12 of their very best shooters, and
arrangements will be made for a
return engagement to be played in
Gainesville st some later time And
business is picking up at the Coun-
try Club in various kinds at golf-
ing BItsy McCray has arranged for
the Club Championship flight to
start next week All players are In-
vited to enter the tournament, the
sixteen low shooters then going in-
to the elimination process. Norris
Russell is st present the City Cham-
pion, and some of the local players
belleve that he should just be de-
Blared* champion tor this year But,
-at that. some of the boys will con-
test with Russell-end who* knows.
Champions have been put down, so
McCray asks that the members take
part in this tournament.
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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
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ployment relief bill, last great is-
sue of the congressionat session.
The senate passed the relief bill
late yesterday without even a rec-
ord vote, immediately appointing
conferees to compromise with the
house. Though its text was different
from the one adopted by the repre-
man, took exception to some ideas
of old-timer’, when be said that
fishing would be no good in June
Hargraves contended that old-
timer’ was just 30 days late in hie
statement as there had been no real
fishing for the last 30 days. Yet,
Thursday. Eli Hargraves was tell-
ing about what' luck he had this
Sees Switch to Baker
OKLAHOMA CITY, June 24.—(PP
—Attorney General J. Berry King,
-predicted-today that the'Oklahoma
cc legation to the Nationmal Dem-
ocratic convention wil switch its
23 votes to Newton D. Baker after
a complimentary ballot to Gov.
morning, reaching a top nt $4 a
hundred, a gain of $105W me
nssessed by Saturday niht will have
Judge Lattimore disagreed with .their names the ticket, it
- was pointed out.
Tne top for fat rteent Hala- wmM -
touched $7,85, the highedt since
March, and *1 above the year’s low.
KANSAS CITY, June 24—-
Hog prices rose 13 to 23 cents at
the Kansas City stock yards this
—(—Yale and Harvard split even
to the first two races of the 70th
regatta between the two famous
universities on Ure Thames today.
Yale won the opening, the fresh-
man race, by three lengths but
■Harvard came back to w.n the jun-
ior varsity by a length.
A 14-menths-old baby was treat-
edbyatocat physician Priday
mornine for a slight cut over one
eye. sustained when two automo-
biles collided at the intersection of
Center and Sycamore Streets early
in the morning The physician was
not told the name of either car’s
occupants.
JAMES A. REED
The former Senator . from
Missouri was the center of a
large crowd at his headquar-
ters. Asked who was Missouri’s
"second choice" for the nomi-
nation. he said. "I did not know
there was a second choice so far
as Missouri is concerned."
with Royal W Robertson, comman-
der of the main force, was following
a few hours behind and would join
the riders here. Norton said the
Sweetwater stay was "Indefinite."
It was thought this city had been
picked as concentration point be-
cause of the two-day convention of
the American Legion. fifth district,
opening here tomorrow.
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NEW YORK-Josephe Peller will
have to think up another hunt to
get out of the army of the unem-
ployed Thinking publicity would
help, he climbed a tower, of Brook-
lyn bridge. Policeman begged him
not to jump. After his crowd col-
lected he descended a cable, hand
ocer hand. When he got down, the
crowd was gone and police shooed
him away.
WASHINGTON, June 24.
— (AP)—The House today
Sent to conference with the
Senate the $2,300,000,009
Garner-Wasner relief bill.
Negotiations will begin immed-
iately in an effort to reach, a com-
prpmise on differences between the
two houses over the measures.
The senate passed the Wagner
btU yesterday while the house ap-
proved the Gamer measure some
time ago.
Speaker Gamer appointed as
house conferees Chairman Collier of
Snell, apparently irritated, arose
and said:
"The speaker has said I did not
want to accept the responsibility. I
want to ay to him and to the
house and the country that the
As New York Governor’s Supporters Complete
Plans To End Two-Thirds Rule, Smith
Confers With Leaders Of Opponents.
FLUSHING, N. Y.. June 34—(fl
—"Lighthorse" Harry Cooper, vet-
eran Chicago protessional, staged a
comeback in the second round of
the United States open golf cham-
pionship today, adding- a 73, only
three above par. to his /initiel 77
for a 36-hole total of IM.
‘Just a stroke back of Cooper, as
the leaders began their second
round attack on Fresh Meadow's
galg-swept links. Clarence Clark,
Blmfleldt,MBr, pro , sprang a sur-
prse by shooting a fine 72 for a
total of 151 at the half-way stage
of the game.
longs to the ways and means com-
mittee and I am trying to protect
my men who are on that committee.
"Any responsibility that comes
my way I’ll accept Just as well as
the speaker."
Garner Senate Figb
WASHINGTON, June 24 —PD -
A tug of war between forces of
Speaker Jack Garner, presidential
candidate, and the senate was in
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, June
24—Mr. Hoover issued a splen-
dle-.disarmament program, but
he was unfortunate enough to
. issue it on the same day the
"square deal" boxing commis-
Eion disarmed Max schmeling.
So naturally nobody paid muen
attention to Mr. Hoover’s plan
It was the New York plan
ihet attracted all theatten-
tion
Poor Sharkey, nobody feels
that he was to any wayre-i
sponsible for it. And of course
Max has gained by it. Make it
clear to foreigners that in the
Olympic games that no boxing
commission has anything to do
with ’em. And ask the radio an-
nouncers if the next fight is
not so "hot" to tell us so. It
sounded like Dempsey and
Pazsimmans were bati #
out at the height of their ca-
era ns retorted: "We are digging in."
He appealed to the men not to
leave and tasued an order requiring
them to obtain passes from their
headquarters before departing. A
good many, however, were leaving
anyhow but others continued to
takes their places.
An increase i of panhandling on
the Washington streets, in deance
of orders from veteran leaders and
complaints by merchants that some
cf the men were coming to groups
and virtually demanding contribu-
Missouri votes. denounced the plan
fisher- along wita Representative Raybum
certainly a good sign that Denton
continues its progress, and Denton
— people themselves, are becom ng
more sold on the home-town And.
always. Denton merchants have
kept just a little ahead of other
towns of similar size, which fact
induces more and more Denton
people to appreciate. their local
stores The more Denton money
’ that is spent with the local mer-
chant the more likely all our
friends continue their employment
and the more likely others are to be
given places in Denton stores.
And, tomorrow is another of
those days—Saturdaya when Den-
ton will be host to many, many
people of other sections of the
county who come here to meet and'
mingle with friends of Denton and
other places than their immediate
vicinities Denton has become the
meeting ground for friends, and
Denton people should afford these
guests ample and convenient park-
ing space in the business sections
Don’t you think so too?
— Lacking sand, .the train crew had aun
on tc go slowly for 20 miles. ’ - —
WASHINGTON.' June 24 —Im
A new urgent request by authorities
that the bonus-seeking veterans
army be disbanded and started
home was-met today by the "army"
leaders with a declaration they
would not budge but would seek
to force an extra session of Con-
gress.
Shrinkege of supplies and con-
tributions for the support of the
encamped .men, inspired Police
Superintendent Glassfocd to issue a
statement asserting the bonus-
seekers cotla achieve nothing here
EAST TEXAS: Partly cloudy,
probably showers and local thun-
derstorms in east portion tomight
nd Saturdg. Moderate to tres»
easterly to northerly winds on the
coast.
WEST TEXAS: Partly elomdy to-
night and Saturday, probably show-
ere la extreme wool portion and die
Panhandle.
* DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY A FTERNOON, JUNE 24, 1932
case of the First State Bank of
Denton vs. C G 'Miller et al. suit
for debt, then was begun.
Two divorces were granted by
Judge Boyd Thursday: Susie Pear-
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Some Candidates
May Be Left Off
. Ballot for N ot
Paying Fee Due
Inspector W W Richardson, of
the John Harris Produce Co who
has been investigating the tomato
fields of Denton County for his firm
for the past few days, is rather en-
thusiastic about the possibities of
tomato growing in this county. He
be Hevea that Denton County ten
grow aa good, or better. tomatoes as
East Texas since it has been dem-
onstrated this year in several fields
that no better tomatoes are be'ng
grown anywhere thin are found in
fields around Denton He wes es-
pecially enthusiastic about the crops
of Roy Wallace, Argyle.. Wil Eliot,
Pilot Point and E. P. Proffer. Den-
ton.
and would be best advised to make ---- ..—-—.--x
their fight at the polls,at home. W, tions were noted by authorities.
$6,666 Verdict in Rapeesentamave Crisp at Georgia.
JOHN N. GARNER
The Speaker of the House sat
in the Senate and saw the
Wagner *2.300.000.000 relief
bill approved. It goes to confer-
ence for compromise with a re-
lief bill sponsored by the Speak-
From Representative Rayburn of
of Texas. leader of the Garner ... .. ___
torero, eame the .sallow the [tor .caravan.or-300 more bonusers.
As Roosevelt supporters confi-
dently completed plans to toss out
the two-thirds rule and to shove
Senator Walsh pt Montana in as
♦ CHICAGO, June 24—(fl— ♦
♦ Senator Harrison of Mississip- +
♦ pt- today called upon Rqose- ♦
♦ velt advocates to abandon the ♦
+ fight against the two-thirds ♦
♦ rule in the Interest of har- ♦
♦ mony, predicting at the same ♦
♦ time the nomination of the ♦
♦ New York governor on the first ♦
♦ ballot. *
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permanent chairman. Smith con-
ferred with leaders of opposing
candidates, including William Gibbs
McAdoo.
Assurances that California will
stand behind Speaker Garner were
understood to have been given
Smith by McAdoo and the New
Yorker contacted Texas leaders_in
an effort to make sure the Lone
Star state will back their choice to
the finish.
Opposition to the Roosevelt plan
to abolish the two-thirds rule came
from nearly all the other camps
John F. Curry, Tammany leader,
and James A Reed, who holds 30
Friday U looked like acme of tha
long fast of candidates for the July
23 primary in Denton County might
be left off the ticket for failure to
pay th* election cost assessment
made by the Democratic Executive
Committee.
W. E. Mann, secretary of the com-
mittee. Friday morning said that
not more than about half of the
candidates who filed for places had
paid their assessments at that time
Saturday is the last day on which
the fees can be paid under the pro-
visions of the Terrell election law.
Mann said, and the committee yce-
ed to abide strictly by the lew. he
said Thais means thet any candi-
dates who do not pay the amcuut
BLAST DAMAGES CAFE IN Me-
KINNEY
McKINNEY, June 24 —(fl—A vio-
lent explosion wrecked the Vannis
Crossnoe Cafe in the McKinney
business district early today. Cause
of the blast had not been deter-
mined. Windows in practically every
business hise in the vicinity were
shattered.
According to dealers of lumber,
beniding material of all kinds, point
and paper men, roofing dealers,
Denton people continue thelr repair
and Improvement work. Denton, as
a city, ranks high in building per-
miu, showing larger expenditures
The senate today passed a bill the doctrine of Jhe rejection of evi-
seriaing the Red Cross to use an dence material to the ends of jus-
additional 50,000,000 bushels of tice.”
' Eh Hargraves, erstwhile
"My wife and I believe in forgiv-
ing and forgetting,’* Hennum just
said. "And this depression has been
hitting some folks pretty hard."
The money, the Hennums sug-
gested .could be turned.over to the
churches or eherit if their former
debtors felt that way about IL
Their creditors numbered several
hundred and the debts ranged from
a few cento to $1,0000, some at them
having been owed for 15 years.
The Hennums are "just folks"
They own ther boms a short dis-
tance from the store, have one
daughter, drive a moderately vriced
car, are active In local social, lodge,
and church activties and have
been consistent givers of their time
nd money to community efforts.
LUBBOCK, June 24—(fl—Inau-
gurating a movement to utilise all
tax payng groups in the state and
combine them into one central or-
ganization seeking saner govern-
ment and reduction of public ex-
penditures, the first of two budget
making institutes of the West Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce opened
here this morning More than 200
county and city officials and citi-
zens from 25 counties of the pan-
handle-plains area et tended..
Advocating closer survellance of
budgets, adoption of the home rule
in Texas county governments, and
consolidation of county offices,
speakers appeared on Ute morning
program headed by President Wil-
bur C. Hawk at Amarillo
W A. Martin, former
SLOAN. la., June 24 -<fl -Mr.
and Mrs James Hennum have hearts
of gold
Ask any of the hundreds of per-
sons who have dealings with them
and they’ll tell you all about It—
of how the Hennums voluntarily
cancelled all debts on the books of
their general store-totalling about
575,000—«n4 told them to forget
their action. -
But the beneficiaries aren’t for-
getting. They’re telling the world
about it Many called to thank the
Hennums But if they expected
much talk they were disappointed.
Rome came and offered to pay up.
byt in each instance the Hennums
refused the money.
body, the Austin dispatch said.
Lattimore Dissenta
minority leader never has refused
E8N Fepomurttzapeike proposes never eomeenaretnenopngataton
——' before has been done. This bill be-
0(8
Farley was asked it he had count-
ed noses" of the delegates on the
proposed change and replied:
"We wouldn't have made the move
unless we had been sure of our
ground"
He said he was satisfied the
Southern delegates are coming here
like the rest of the people, deter-
mined to nominate the governor
and not let'this determined oppo-
sition stop them "
Rayburn Against Change
Attorney General James V. Allred
wil speak in McKinney Saturday
night, June 24th. In the interest of
his own candidacy ‘for re-election
for his second term. Several Den-
ton people have indicated their in-
tention of journeying there to hear
his speech So far as Roundabout
knows Allred has not as yet tn-
nounced a speaking date in Denton
County, but friends here, and he
has many of them, '.'eve that he
is certain to be turing the
campaign Denton? ** has two
appointees in the O "**,dminis-
’ tcation. Elbert Hoope ° oo Den-
ton County Attorney. % "eiter
Koons, former Judge. ♦ •
NORRISTOWN, Pa— News-
papers told how the husband
of Mrs. Malian King Baler ear-
lied his wife and four children
to safely ' from a fire-swpt
home. Everyting was fine, until
Mrs. Buler went to court and
won i divorce with testimony
that the "wife" he saved was
another woman.
Farley announced that J. Bruce l sSWwatwwnshe-un tting’nost
z am
the fight against the rule this morning on a fast Texas a Pa-
Ufa right and proper, according
to George C. Hopkins, collector of
internal revenue, tor merchants to
Increase the price of their mer-
ahordimectpnout“neineavtoxtionenot
, the law for the merchant to adver-
tise that such •Increase was made
because of the imposition of taxes
on the manufacturers Merchants
have a right to raise the price of
theie- commodities, he said, but
pointed out that they must not at-
tribute it to the new,tax. So, don’t
ask your dealer ‘why’ the sudden
raise in some commodity you want,
for he would be violating the law
. to attribute such raise to the new
I tax. Mr Hopkins further pointed
out var Section 123 of the Reverue
Act 0026 was not repealed by the
iCuntdued o ng Pour)
OKLAHOMA: Partly
thundershowen in east •
afternoon er tonigha;
partly ilaody.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June
24 —(fl—Important Franco-German
negotiations which may have a de-
cisive effect on the reparations con-
ference here opened today with a
half hour conversation between
The page-ad’of H M h
Sons Co. in Thursday’s a
Chronicle was so unusual
PINELAND, N‛ /J—Maybe
Its’ summer heat, sparrows here
r bouts are getting lazy. Instead
of foraging for food over a wide
area, they jst hang around
autcmobiles and peck bugs that
get caught in the hooeycomb
of radiators.
CHICAGO, June 34- (fl—
What Prof. Manly Phelps was
reported to have said when be
caught a 35-pound fish in Wis-
cousin was all a mistake, he
says
Students at the Phelps In-
stitute of Speech have been
chuckling over reports that the
professor said: . "Ain't it a
honey."
But the professor explained
yesterday he didnt say that at
all. What he said, he insisted,
was: .
"Oh boy, what a honey I”
He made the correction by
way of guarding his reputation
as a grammarian.
WASHINGTON, June 24.
— (AP).—Though distaste-
ful to-many senators be-
cause of provisions they fear
will impose cruel hardship
on government employes, the
national economy -bill ap-
peared due for Senate pas-
sage today and final enact-
ment.
Were the measure's savings of
*150,000000 to *175.000.000 not vital,
to the government’s plan of running
on a balanced budget next fiscal year,
there was every Indication the sen-
ate would not aceept the change —
made in conference with the house.
But with the session almost over,
many of the objectors were dispos-
ed to let it pass, seeking to correct
inequalites later
Principal savings in the bill are
based on reduction in the federal
payroll, obtained through a month's
compulsory payless furlough for the
majority of the workers, end flat
pay cuts for those who are indis-
pensable One provision is that
where man and wife, living togeth-
er. are working for the government
and a personnel reduction :s neces-
sary, one or the other must be fired
before sny other employes.
In addition, the bill authorises
indefinite furloughs in the discre-
tion of department heads.
Would Combine
Judgment for the plaintiff, for
$6,600 damages and $66 for damage
sustained by plaintiff’s car in the
automobile collision which ceca-
sioned the suit ended the case of
B Kirkpatrick vs. C. M Oliver et
al., whch for three days had oc-
cupied Judge Ben W Boyd's District
Court.
The rase was submitted to the
jury on 43 special issues about noon
Thursday; the verdict eme after
deliberation that tcok all J rhurday
afterdoon and until 11 M»ck .Fri-
day morning. ; 2 ‘$".2
Selection of s jury to ASar th:
NEWTON D. BAKER
Arriving heme in Cleveland
alter a trip to the East, he
wouldn't say much about Chi-
cago. "I am hoping for wisdom
and candor there, but I rave
no long distance advice to give
them.” '
to
remanded by the Court at Criminal
Appeals Friday .the court's lost act
before closing the current .term.
The Rippy verdict with its 35-
year sentence had previously been
affirmed by the court. Friday the
court granted a motion for rehear-
ing and reversed its former ruling.
A motion for rehearing will be
filed imnaedialley by the state, it
was understood sat County Attor-
ney Earl Street's office when word
of the ruling reached here in an
Associated Press dispatch from
Austin
Hornsby Shot Im UM
The shpoting of Hornsby occurred
July 25. 132* Rippy had rented a
filling station on the Krum High-
way to Hornsby, and it was at
the station that the one-legged op-
erator was found deed, shot to
the ways and means committee, by a Denton jury, was reversed and
Oppose Rule Change
John F Curry, leader or Tam-
many Hall, let it be—known lx
would fight "to tiie last ditch"
against abrogation of the two-third*
rule
Word also came from the Tam-
many headquarters that Curry was
slated for the post of national
committeeman now occupied by
NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 14,—(fl
—J. M Gardenhire, a delegate to
the Democrutio Naticnal conven-
tion, announced today that he would
sponsor a resolution to deny for-
mer Governor Alfred E Smith the
privileges of the convention floor
and to declare him ineligible as a
presidential cahdidate "unlesa and
until, he assures the delegatee that
he will abide the action of the con-
vention and support its nominee.”
Gardenhire, counsellor general of
Tennessee and a Smith supporter
four years ago, Issued a statement
attacking the former governor for
his “remarkable interview,” in Chi-
cago a few days ago, “in which he
decline to say whether or not he
would support the nominee for
president to be made at Rie Demo-
cratic convention in Chicago next
week."
"The Democrats at the nation."
Gardenhire added, “must nave
been mazed and shocked” at the in-
terview.
day evening, neither case having a
jury Evidence was heard in the
case of Ada L. Grice et al vs. Fi-
delity Savings A Trust Co of Mis-
souri, injunction su*. and argu-
ment will be herd at some later
date. Argument was heard in the
case bt Mrs Laura Dooley vs. North
Texa* Protective Association, suit
on insurance, and judgment taken
under advisement
VILL
KOGERS
says:
W Waters, of Portland. Oregon,
commander-in-chief of the vet-
Rainey of Illinois, Democrate: Re-
presentative Treadway of Massa-
chusetts and Bacharach of New
Jersey, Republicans.
Senate conferees, named yester-
day. are Chairman Norbeck of the
banking committee and Senators
Brookhart (R., Iowa) and Wagner
(D., N. Y).
Fhre-up With Snell
Before naming conferees, Speaker
Garner told the house he had plan-
ned to appoint himself, Represent-
ative Snell, the Republican leader,
and Representative Rainey, the
Democratic leader, but that he had
been compelled to do otherwise.be-
cruse Soell "declned to accept the
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