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DENTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 29, 1936
EIGHT PAGES
NO. 39 .
Associated Press Leased Wire
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LAND INUNDATED
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East Situation
wreckage and escaped with minor
Bodies of the two dead were first
call.
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Train is Wrecked
Crowd Expected
For Democratic
Meeting Tonight
Chinese Sounds
Warning of Far
Colorado’s Worst
September Snow
. Storm Abating
Insurgents Start
New Madrid Drive
1,000 Arrested
in Nation-wide
Coleman Heads
Young Democrats
Texans Trial
Near Jury's Hands
OPENCAMPAIGN
IN TALK TONCHT
Blasts Damage
Bank at Ardmore
within a foot and « half of the
Houston Highway, going over low
ptaces in the bottoms The rtver
stage had reached 33 30 feel
the to'wn. Hie Leon dumps into the
rasing Lttle River near Belton
engineer '
'own work
giant defense
capital itself
The County Commissioners Court
will meet Wednesday afternoon, to
. SHREVEPORT, La., Sept 29—(R)
—H. L Vaught. 39. of Roanoke, Va.
an engineer and J. T Dempsey, of
necessary for the wider broadcas
zone, mterferer.ce to tke out-go-
House Votes Probe
of Administration
Court to Canvass
School Elections
Declaring Henderson was In re-
ality simply pleading the "unwritten
Another member has been added
to the roster of the Confederate
States of America organization. Dr.
D P. Kirkpatrick. of Lewisville. is
the latest member He was born
in Wilson County, Tennessee. May
10, 1861.
CITY BUYS POLICE RADIO AS
PRESENT CONTRACT EXPIRES,
HIRES BUILDER OPERATOR
bringing . Jonesboro
Fie in 20 years. 1
high water rushed
mangled bodies of two men and
a woman.” he told Sheriff Claud
Ewin of Walsenburg
Don Navis Varnev Airlines of-
Travelers to Dallas Monday after-
noon were being routed by Grape-
vine. as water so high over Denton
Creek bottom that travel was stop-
ped
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George P Elbert were that Satur-
day New Liberty voted to raise its
levy from 25 to 50 cents and that
Monday Hebron voted to fla its levy
side-
there
cash
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as a remarkable period of service
to his country."
That service encompased 42 years
during which Sima unsuaringly at-
tacked naval weaknesses, end fre-
quently met attacks upon himself.
Crest of Brazos
Flood Near Hearne
Ending lengthy discussion, the City Commission Fri-
day night voted to buy outright the police radio broadcast
system installed here a year ago, and hired W. B. Duncan,
who installed and leased the set to the city, to act as opr
erator-technician at a salary of $100 per month.
Indications are that a large crowd
will be on hand at the municipal
auditorium tonight at 7:30 when a
rally of Democrats will be held, for
Denton County
The primary purpose of the mect-
ing is to consider plans for raising
funds in this county to help carry
on the campaign in doubtful states.
All loyel Democrats and support-
ers of President Rossevelt are urged
to attend the meeting
Warning Saves Lives
of Humans and
Livestock
I came not to call the righteous,
but the sinners unto repentance.—
Luke 5-32.
One man’s word is no man’s word;
we should quietly hear both sides-
Goethe. -—
Waters Fall at Waco
and Rehabilitation
Under Way
ROUND
ABOUT
' TOWN
Solon Proposes Probe
Alleged Communism
Teaching
'By Associated Press'
.The terrifying epic of Toledo and
its rescued Alenzar was unfolded, bit
by bit today, while spanish Insurg-
ent* started a fresh drive on Mad-
rid and the government, slowing its
reinforcements to Toledo, built
Allred said today that many legis-
lators hadtoidhim they tavored
his proposal that the pension fund
borrow UMOjm of highway de-
partment revenues
"I don’t know where else we eould
turn to get the pension funds which
we mu haw before the money
starts coming in from the new tax
program." the chief executive said.
"Eating ia more important than nd-
ing”
therty wids m
tag yariabie.
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night and Wedhesdny:
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Station Must Be Built Up to Blanket Entire
County, Commission Says; Paving West
Chestnut Again Sought of WPA
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at II and Midway voted to raise its law.” Deputy District Attorney H 8.
levy from 75 cents to |1 No other. O. McCartney urged the furore “not
matters are at present slated to be to tie governed by senttment or
before the court, Elbert said. I compassion
A good road signt W. S Long
tells of having seen it on a high-
way on a recent trip "If you drive
—don’t drink; if you drink—don’t
drive."
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"Just down town for a white to
see that all you fellows get on the
right track." said W P. Bell, North
Elm. who doesn’t frequent the down-
town business section as often as he
did some months beck.
f
of El Paso, Texas, and carrying
Effect
And
Cause
— (By meoctated Prees)
HARRISBURG, W u—A dog
barked and Mrs Lbhie Jones
suffered three fractured ribs.
The bark frightened a cow.
the cow jumped, Mrs Jones
was knocked from a milkthg
stool.
that it was justifiable homicide and
that the rancher was a vietim of
temporary amnesia
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NEW ORLEANS. Sept 29—P.A
group of four or five men early to-
day burned a small bridge on the
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad,
just north of LaPlace between Baton
Rouge and New Orleans.
Mr and Mrs H M. Russell re-
turned home Monday night from
Wichita Falls, where they have been
for several months. Mr Russell un-
der treatment in a sanitarium. Mr
Russell’s condition, his many friends
will be glad to know. Is much im-
proved
Oil ALLOWABLE 1,179,948 BAN-
BELA DAILY
AUSTIN, Sept 29—P—The Rall-
road Commission today set the a-
lowable crude oil production for
Texas in October at i,179,942 barrels
daily. g‛
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Denton merchants, through the
sponsorship of the Denton’s Wo-
men’s Business and Professional
Cub. will tomorrow 'Wednesday)
night hold a Style and Floor Show
at the 8. C. W auditorium. The
latest styles will be shown by live
models, and in addition to that in-
teresting feature, an excellent Floor
Show will be given. The members
of the women’s organization urge
every Denton citlaen to make a date
with themselves for their show.
the river channel is much aider; heavy snowstorm yesterday morn-
then !“ me Wec seetten, we ing and with two others. made
Would Probe Teoahtag
A House commnte invesngatinn
of "rumored” teaching of com-
munism in state colleges mb pro-________
slightly hurt in the derailment and
returned to Shreveport Passengers
on the train. Ineluding Mrs J H.
Jordan Jr and Miss Moss Tyler,
also turned back to Shreveport.
Up to a late hour this morning
officials of the railroad had given
out no statement on the cause of
the wreck but persons who visited
the scene brought reports that the
train ran into an open switch.
Tranportation workers have been
on strike on the railroad si nee Sept-
ember 19 and minor disorders have
occurred at Minden, La. Nearly a
score of men have been arrested
for carrying firearms at cities and
towns on the road in Louisiana.
Texas and Arkansas
The sheriff’s office at Winfield
said Dempsey, one of the victims,
was thought to be a railroad guard
and Vaught a student engineer
The train was traveling at about
40 miles an hour. officers said
The two men who were killed were
riding the cab with the engineer
and fireman
Sims'Burial
to Be Thursday
AUSTIN, Sept. 29.—(AP)
—The Texas House voted to-
day to resolve itself into •
committee of the whole to
investigate the old age pen-
sion administration and as-
certain the revenue needs
for maintenance of the pen-
sion program.
The resolution was offered by
Rep. A. T. McKinney of Hunts-
ville, who said its primary pur-
pose was to obtain facts tc «ude
the Legislature in levying taxes
for pensions.
It was adopted. 80 to not-
withstanding protesta of arena that
the investigation would delay the
raising of revenue, ths purpose
for which the session was called.
Rep. Clarence parmer of Port
Worth, supporting the resolution,
charged the pension admtntstra--
lions "disregard" of that section
of the law providing for focal pen-
ston authorittes to determine the
amounts of grants was “worthy
"Yeah. the faucet has been tum-
ed," said the mon-man "I have
come to the conclusion that for the
present we have sufficient moisture
to bring up the turnips and give
them a good start. Soon well be
talking about another rain (or that
winter garden-sass ,"
i hour After
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the torrent of
on to Gates-
i killed in the midnight derailment
Lof the “Hustlersouthbound pass-
enger train of the Louisiana and
Arkansas railroad company whose
transportation workers are on strike
The derafiment occurred at
Moore’s Station eight miles south of
Winnfield, La , while the train was
travelling at a rapid speed headed
for New Orleans.
The two men were killed and W.
Delcore. of Shreveport, a fireman,
was injured as the locomotive ran
through an open switch and over-
turned along with three of its five
cars
S. Beauchamp, the regular engin-
eer was operating the locomotive
at the time of the wreck and was
I instructing Vaught in Vaught’s first
I run between Shreveport and New
Orleans,
I Beauchamp who lives at Marshall,
hundred illicit stills in
system before the
W O Anderson; gas-man. is lots
more content with things than he
was some few days and weeks back,
but Penry-the ice-man. Is not feel-
ing so well since Winter has set
in. Gas bills will be mounting now.
unless warm weather replaces the
low temperatures. and the usual
monthly payments will be transfer-
red from the water and ice account
to the winter-gas account. Water
and ice bills go up when gas bills
go down
of Gatesville and water was run
ning over highway seven a few
miles north of Gatesville. Tiee
automobiles had washed sway
Gatesville had been cut off for
4 hours over the week-end w high
water.
The Leon River began rising
before midnight at the rate of
The meeting of the Young Demo-
crats of the County was held at the
City Hall Monday night, but, from
some reason or other, there were
only a few. of the younger Demo-
crats on hand for the county organ-
izition, which was to be perfected.
The Young and Old Democrats of
Denton and County will meet this
Tuesday night at the City Hall un-
der a call from County Chairman
W. L. McCormick to perfect plans
for a county wide discussion of the
approaching presidential campaign.
“Every Democrat in the county, In-
terested in the continuation of the
present administration, is urged to
be present at this meeting,” Chair-
man McCormick said. “The conduct
of the campaign to get out the votes
will be talked about and also the
means whereby the assessment
against Denton County can be
raised."
Denton County has been asked to
raise 41400 Ag Ite quota of the na-
tional campaign fund, and already
considerable toward that amount has
been raised. Surely each Democrat
will want to have a part in the cam-
paign and each one will be doing a
part by contributing to the neces-
sary campaign fund. Denton and
Denton County have both received
considerable aid from the Roosevelt
Administration, and there are hun-
dreds and hundreds of Individuals
who have received aid Be at the
meeting tonight and help in the or-
ganization.
ed by frenzied leftists
Looting and slaying raged apace,
these persons said, while fascist
guns boomed at the city’gates. The
aefefnders fie da* the fasist le-
gions entered triumphantly
Despite the comparatively small
loss shown by figures announced,
other, unconfirmed report* said per-
haps 70 per cent of the original 1.-
700 persons in the citadel were killed
or wounded
As for the drive on Madrid, fas-
cist commanders at Toledo said the
"maneuver is developing" To the
north other insurgent columns
were seeking to encircle government
troops between Avila and Maqueda
saw the horrpiy
stroyed millions of dollars modetatingtodnyina thin drlzzle
worth of crops and property. I or rain, caused an airplane crash
pelted wapread over more farni-
ing land The stretch between
Hearne and Marlin ts eut with old
river channel which will lab-;
sort) muqn of the overflow, how-
ever
At Cameron on the rampaging
Little River, flood water was ris-
LOH ANGELES, Sejt. 29—(—
Pint-sized James Henderson. heir to
* 40,000-acre Texas cattle ranch, to-
day heard the state demand his con-
viction. but not his death, for firing
six shots into Thomas Patton when
he discovered him in his wife’s bed-
room
Henderson is charged with first
degree murder in connection with
the shooting last juty 4, which cli-
maxed a drinking party at Paxton’s
Santa Monica Beer Parlor
While his wife, Leona. 25. was
lators. , - ------—
With 2,500 agents mobMized for about one loot
Caldwell said it had Mtn ro-
mored throughout the state cer-
tain institutione of higher learu:
ing are permitting the teaching o
communism, atheism and other
un-American and subversive the-
cries and doctriens to the youth
of our state and that spread of
such teachnga is promoted through
school organtzations, political or-
ganizations, political organizatlons
and social groups as well as in
the clessrooms of our colleges."
The verity of such rumors.” he
Mid. should be ascertained by
the Legislature tn order that steps
may be taken to correct such •
situation if it exista, and the
mors should be branded as I
if they are found to be untrue."
The committee would conslat at
five reprementatives appointed by
the speaker
Honons Miter
The senate honored the mem-
ory of Eugene R Millis, editorial
writer of the Houston Chronicle
who died recently, by adopting a
resolution ot condolence. Senator
Weaver Moore author of the remo-
lution, delivered an eulogy
Senator Gordon M Bums in-
troduced a MU making the pay-
ment of taxes on the owner's ren-
dition a regulsite to contesting
any increase in the valuation made
by local authortties. It was re-
ferred to committee
A resoluton to include among
free tetxbooks for school children,
books on music reading courses weg
introduced by Benator E. M. Deris ,
and referred to the educatdon com-
mittee
Senator K M Regan introduced
his successor to the Senate foe
the regular term. H L- Winfield
of Fort Stockton, who made a
short address
The Senate adjourned until 10
o'clock tomorrow.
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
“My alfalfa field certainly should
have a fine season," said Verne
Burch. "It was under from one
tall to six or seven test this week,
and it may be. with a very late frost,
another cutting can be had with-
out the rain. I know no more cut-
tings would have been possible, but.
even though I can't cut any more,
there would be fine winter graz-
ing '
the offensive preliminary reports
showed’ more then 400 persons had
been taken into custody on narcotic
charges and several hundred on li-
quor charges
Most of these Were arrested for
alleged peddling of narcotics offic-
ials said
The Narcotics Bureau and the
Treasury's Alcohol Tax Unit headed
the drive, described as a periodic
"cleanup." The coast guard, cus-
toms bureau and other treasury en-
forcement agencies cooperated
Three parole violators were among
those taken in Texas which led the
list of states in total arrests, with
149
Arrest were made in widely scat-
tered cities, and quantities of nar-
cotics were seized. At San Angelo.
Tex., agents found a store of Mari-
ruana.
The San Francisco Bay Area of
California was the scene of much
activity. Federal and state agents
arrested 20 persons, besides seizing
liquor and narcotics
school tax levies in order to secure, fense contentions—that Patton was
additional state aid funds Unof-, killed by Henderson in selt-defense,
feial reports to County Judge •n* •• — tmuin-kia homtaid and
I posed to a resokuadom tv Rep
MFNwXAa e ^the^-vw taSe ”* Celdwet * Aerton Spcr
unger of Epteton" to top For mtgBe"Lud“tbermotutdon out of
En4 was soundud today before I order oa the ground it was not
the Lengue of Nations Assembly a subject within the governor’s’
todny by Wellington Koo. Chin- cal
BOSTON, Sept (P- 'Tapa”
will sound in Arlington National
Cemetery Thursday for Admiral
William Bowden 81ms. caustic
and I les E Sheeley. shielding his eyes
• from the dust, was struck by ad
automobile and killed
George E. Lane. M died in Deh-
estimated the college's
RooevelavBovaeonernsi -■
There was no loss of Ufe re-'
ported anywhere along the ram- |
swollen rivers, loland residents
heeding warnings to evacuate
Farmers drove their livestock
to high ground and moved their
nonmsehold belongings to safety
Upstream at Waco, where city
damage over the week-end had
amounted to $:00,000 and losses
Earl Coleman of Denton was
chosen president and Miss Alva
Beaird of Denton secretary-treas-
urer. at a meeting of the Den-
ton County Young Democratic Club.
Monday nisht in the Distric
Court room
Jack Burroughs of Dalia*, state
president of the Young Democrat*,
addressed the gathering, pointing
out the necessity for interest and
action by young voters in the
Democratic party, particularly in
county and state politics, where,
he said there was great need for
reform. The Denton County Club
set It* membership goal at 130
members, nt the meeging and
voted to carry on an active cam-
palen to draw into the group a
large number of first-voters and
other young partisans in thig sec-
tion:
Executive committee members of
the state Young Democrats present
were Robert Teel. Banger, who,
presided as temporary chairman,
and Joe Bailey Morris of Dallas
Austin Little is beginning to worry
about that fur cap "I am not sure
that Pete Tobin ever relumed it to
me." he said "Pete borrowed it
during one of those cold spe.ls last
Winter—the kind bald-heads don't
like—and I believe he has it yet."
Edward Carlson, 34. n fireman,
was killed when struck by the
swinging trailer of an automo-
bite on a showy street
A truck-auto colusion near Fow-
ler. Colo on a storm-swept high-
way cost the life of Mrs. Stella
Philbrick. Rudy. Ark
Elsie Relics, 3-year-old Walsen-
burg girl, died from injuries suf-
fered in an accident there Sat-
urday night
Dust Storm Kills Two .
The dust storm Friday night,
which heralded the three days of
rain and snow, resulted tn two ■
Denver deaths. Harry Pittenger.
electric company lineman, fell to
death while repairing a street
I light 'hiring the high wind Char-
ing radio wave* caused by nearby-
metal-topped buildings was given ' ----— —---------------
by him as probable cause of the 1 taken to Alexandria and later were
present dead zones. | sent to Shreveport, the undertaker
A number of other matters were , said
laid before the commissioners dur- No Caue Asiened.
ing their called meeting, which ‘ The engineer persons who went
lasted well toward midnight, to the wheck scene reported, "as
Among them was the securing
a WPA project to pave the block
of West Chestnut Street adjoining
the Teachers College athlete Held.
ter discussing its past operation .
With Mayor J. L. Wright. City En- ! Texarkana,, a special ofTicer, . were
DENVER, Sept 29—(R—Colo-
walk and removing dirt
wvoula cut the city's actual
would take a toO-foot rise to roll
into the community The river was
not appreciably out of its banks
near Cameron, backing up In draws
and gullies.
Coryell Hard Hit
A 22-foot flood which came down
the Leon River out of the Hamil-
ton County area reached Gates-
ville during the night and Hood-
ed a vast section of Coryell comi-
ty Damage lo crops was estimat-
ed at more than $100,000 in th
county
The Leon was still rising at
Catesville, but was not floodins
WASHINGTON. Sept »—A)
Striking suddenly in clues from
coast to coast 'treasury law enforce-
ment agencies today had made close
to 1,000 anests and setmed several
ese dekgaie,
Koo asserted developments in
the Fur Fust which were inter-
preted as references to Stno-Jap-
onese tension, might have "serious
repercussions in Europe"
He called attention to the ex-
istence in the Orient or "ntenat-
fication of preparations for war,
frquene movement of troops be-
hind the frontters, muliplieation
of border incident* and extenston
of arms and aggreaslon "
Prime Minister Mackenzie King
of Canada reaffirmed htg coun-
tn support ol the league and
governmental democracy
We have profound faith that
: the wav of freedom Is also the
way to peace,' he told the assem-
bly
He urged emphasis oh concilla-
un rather than coercion to set-
tie international dispute* ana de-
ctared autematic commitment* to
the applieation of force do not
constitute a practical policy.
ton was s’ggested by Duncan as Texas, was thrown clear of the
. Tracks of, the St Louis
and Narcotics rourtrreczter wattroa mues unden
Mr and Mrs Ben T Elktg of .
San Franctsco.---------------—---+
The commissioners exercised their
option to purchase the radio, as
its year's contract terminates Oct.
5. for 4600. The contract allowed
the city to buy the set at its cost
price, not exceeding, $600 and
Duncan told the commissioners
at their called session the set had
cost between 4700 and 4750 to
install.
By the new arrangement, the
technician is not put under con-
tract for any definite length of
time but is slmply hired from
month to month as are other city
employes, except that he was re-
tained by the commission rather
than by a department nead.
Purchasing the equipment was
decided on by the commission af-
label by the White House was
said by presidential associates to-
day to be of national significance.
They asserted the president
would lay a general foundation for
later specific talks on agriculture,
finances and relief, and proba-
bly have something to say on
several tssnes raised by Governor
Alf M Landon. Republican candi-
date. .
| ficial. sighted the wreckage from
। the air and said it wax of a Var-
an ! nev plane which took olf from
to McLennan County to 41.500.000, time.
the Brazos Was falling steadily; The airplane accident occurred
after the highest stage in its his- j near Rattlesnake Butte in sparse-
torv—41 feet ly settled Southern Colorado hills.
Crest of the Brazos flood ap- L A Bush rancher, saw the
prnched Hearne today and as plane strike a hilltop during the
Winter! Mrs Joe Mitchell all
wrapped up in heavy winter fur-
collared coat, making her morning
rounds to advise clients of the Den-
ton County National Bank Mrs
Mitchell, always moil cordial and
happy, some times is referred to as
Bad News by Ure merchants, as,
at times, she informs them on her
morning rounds that a check was
'hot' But if any one could make
Mr Merchant happy over such an
occasion. Mrs. Mitchell can.
equipped for the five hour teip
with campaign paraphernalia. #-
eluding a twin set of loud spenk-
era.
Originally described as covering
only state questoga. the fr
ver of a heart attack brought
on by shoveling snow yesterday
A T Wh:te. 41. d farmer, was
kill'd in a coilision between his
truck and • Denver interpurban car
in the ram
vine bringing that community the
worst fiood It* resident* could
remember
Cameron Roads Flooded
'Cameron reported the Little
River out of its bank." ano ris-
ing rapidly in Milam County High,
wav 77 leading out ol Cameron two
miles from the city to the east
was blocked All roads leading from
Cameron South and Sotthwest to
other communities in the county
were impassable
Resident* of Cameron predicted
inis flood would equal the destruc-
tive rise of 1913. A tremendous
rise was expected from the Leon
River crest, due to spill into the
Lattie River tomorrow
No lives were danger along the
Little River tomorrow
No lives were to danger along
the Little River and all cattle
were moved out Fifty P»r cent on
Iha late cotton to 'the bottom
lands was lost and feed crop? were
damaged to the extent of hundreds
of thousands of dollars
The Little River stage jumped
to 38 feet tear Oameron whan a
five-foot rise came down berore
noon.
Hearne reported the Brazos two
mtles wide there, damaging cot-
ton crops and spreading into old
channels and bottom lands The
river channel is much wider than
at Waco, however, and the river •
stage was not, above 31 feet—five
feet under the 1913 peak
Railroad traffic through corsi-
can* was restored to normal sched-
ule last night. The Teaxs Electric
cars were Mill not operating Mo-
tor oreeks around Corsicana were
receding but highway 79 was still
under 10 fret of water in places.
Automobtle trame moving north
was warned Of danger along the
Emhoume road
At College- Station, crest of the
(Continued on rags vow)
tongued commander of America's
European fleet in the World War
Admiral Sims, who "taught the
in the last hours of the tascist nayyhow 10 shoot" diedthernlate
assault on Toledo Bunday, survivors- xesterdayuatthe.agennr. endding
said today. WO Catholic priests sup- । I 1p.y. rstirement Ascareen
porting the rebellion were slaughter- which President Roosevelt described
previously sought but never se-
cured. The protect has been re-
instated in WPA’s list under the
930-37 set-up the mayor told the
council and he was authorized
to sign any necessary papers cek-
ing action The project would be
about a 44 000 project of which
the oty would stand for approxi-
mately 30 pei cent. Lhough the city
ARDMORE. Ok.. Sept 29-—
Firemen luckily prevented flames
spreading when two rending explo-
sions within 15 seconds of each other
brought tn jury to two persons, dam-
aging badly the interior of the ex-
change National Bank and crushed
a vacant store front on Main Street
late yesterday.
Mrs. Jim Jarrett and Mrs Clif-
ford Stevens, who were passing the
store, were burned but not serious-
ly. Leaking gas was believed to
have caused the blasts
3% Vl
injuries. No passengers were in-
jured
Leader*’ Luck
BANCROFT. Kas—Charite
McMahon borrowed a horse
to work with three of his own.
The four, were together when
lighting struck Farmer Mc-
Mahons horse* were killed. The
borrowed one was unharmed
gineer W N Harris, City Attar- |
ney E L Key and City Marshal
1. E. Jones.
Would Increase Power
Tnat the station's power and
effectiveness must be built up to
give complete coverage over the
entire county. anticipating the
sheriffs department co-operating
in the system after Jan. 1 when
the new county officials take of-
flee, was insisted on by the com-
miasion in dscussing the new
set-up with Duncan.
Both Duncan and Harris, in re-
sponse to qestions, told the com-
missioners the set at present sat-
isfactorily blankets the city, but
is not heard over several sections
of (he county.
A high antenna or one removed
from mhe downtown business sac-1
Under the Constitution of the
United States the President has
th* power of veto even though war
should be declared by Congress:
however Congress ha* the power
also to pasg it over his veto
DENVER, Sept 29—(—
Eleven deaths were attributed
directly or indirectly today to
Colorado’s wnret September
anew storm and damage was
estimated in millions of dol-
lars.
which cost thrre lives and re-
sulted in weather conditions which
were blamed indirectly for 10 other
deaths
Slightly atarmer tempematvk;
began to melt the foot of snow
deposited along the area east of
the continental divide, where heavy
property damage occurred and the
highways were blocked tor a short
The boy who ran away from
home at the age of 15 to enlist in
the Union Army, C. H William
Ruhr of Pennsylvania ha* been
accorded the highest honor ths
Grand Army or the Republic vet-
erans can pay—election as com-
mander in chief He succeeds
Oley Nelson ot slater. la
900
" Experienced
UPLAND Calif.—Mia. L. D
Wilholte. 80. was given a dep-
uty sheriff's badge on her 62nd
wedding anniversary She
promptly confided that in ear-
iter flays she was a compan-
ion ol Cany Nation during
saloon smashing operations to
Kansas.
HEARNE, Sept. 29. —
(AP) — Thousands more
acres of farming land were
inundated in Central Texas
today as flood waters of the
Brazo and Little Rivers de-
outlay to far below that figure.
Discuss Street Opening
The opening of Bollvar Street
from its present Mid at West Oak
Street through to West Hickory
Street asked last year, was again
presented the commission by the
mayor, who sd it had been
proposed again by George M Hop-
kins. local attorney, and endorsed
by the City Plan Commission. The
project can probably lie carried
out for much less than the $8000
figure named a year ago. Wright
predicted. The matter was re-
ferred to the commission's street
committee to tnvesttgate.
Members of the board of aibi-
tration to act under the new zon-
ing ordinance were named by
Wright and their appointment ral-
ified by the commission. They are
J E McCrary. Walter B McClur-
kan, M A Gay. J. H. Legett and
Joe Reed
That the zoning code should
spexify the distance of garages
and other accessory buildings from
sidelines was suggested by Fire
Marshal W E Smoot, building in-
spector. who said though that was
covered by the older bnulding code
here he felt 4 should be in the
zoning plan.
Offer of J A Barton to pur-
iOontinuec on fne• Five)
I
HYDE PARK N. Y Sept 20-
(PP—President Roosevelt stepped
out today to deliver what intimates
termed a straight from the shou-
der" blow at the opposition o'
ficially opening his bid for re-
election
Hi* initial campaign speech, be-
for* the „Democratie state Con-
vention at Syracuse tonight at •
o'clock, will b- broadcast over na- ,
tionwide radio networks.
The president's special train was
hour. At 10 a m (CST it was Trinidad piloted by C H Chidaw
1.5-.
Zeppelin Complete*
New Ocean Crossing
LAKEHURST, N J Sept 29,
(P—The German Zeppelin Hinden-
burg. completing its ninth east to
west crossing of the North Atlantic,
docked at the naval atr station here
at 5:06 a m. 'Central Standard
Time today
The huge airship made the voyage
from Frankfort-on-Main, Germany.
In 63 hours and 13 minutes.
canvass and declare official re- I unconscious, the Texan testified,
turns of three common school dis- Patton attempted to attack her.
trict elections that hiked the local His counsel presented three de-
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