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VOL. XXXVI
NO. 171
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discussed
While the grand council declared
considered the accord clarified
relations between the two na-
limitation of the clanification to
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suft on note dismissed; H. B. Walter
dismissed at piaintrrs costs Ira N.
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warfare
army's program
The committee said that "if con-
tried again, the experience indicates
tion."
The Fort Worth friends of Hon. C.
Claimed Cut Off
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S. CW. March 9
Settings Made
For Civil Term
Committees for
Junior Branch of
C. ofC Selected
Postal Receipts
Show Increase
from pa-
le govern-
HOUSE DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE
TO FIGHT COURT REFORM PLAN
No recommendations as to specific
legislation were made but in its con-
non A Sinclair. divorce granted and
plaintiffs me-en name of Ines Rob-
inson restored: Henry Pennington
vs. Grace Pennington, divorce grant-
ed. - -------:—■— --7
the holder to either one of the two mg of the national industrial recov-
appearances but not both, and gen- ery board that a minimum wagecan
eral admission tickets for each lec- be socially beneficial not only as a
Last month’s receipts reached $6,-
296.53, an increase of 8534.72 over
the gute for February, 1036, which
was $5,761.81,
Her husband, still only semi-con-
acious and badly injured, lay in an-
other room at the hospital. He is
suffering from a fractured skull,
blast furnace d
Carnegie-nuinots
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ten Senators
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Commissioner Of
Education Favored
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Sims have
much reason for being most proud
of the record their son, Wilson, is
making in his college work at A &
M. He was one of eight students
to earn a straight A grade through
the first term and one of 195 se-
lected for the Distinguished stu-
dents.
Denton County Texas-exes will
meet in regular March Second cele-
bration at the SCW tearoom this
Turedsy night. It is expected that
Texas-exes from all over the county
will be present for the occasion. •
----Jame
today be
have some new
mm Triplets all
convened "for the second day of its
sessions
Amos Brewer, of Banger, and Mark
Lampkin. of Ponder, were not will-
mg to be interviewed, but Amos did
admit that Lee McClendon would do
his talking. But Lee hasn't been seen
lately and his absence may be due
to the discovery" of other smart dogs
in the county Yet. Roundabout be-
lieves Lee will come forth with a
new feat accomplished by his dog.
Father: "Look here, daughter. I
don't mind your sitting up late with
that young man of yours, but I do
object to his taking the morning
paper when he goes
Judge in U. S. P
Hearing
Wheat va. Traveler's Insurance Co
suit on Insurance policy, defendant's
petition to remove to U. 8 District
Court at Sherman sustained.
The jury panel for the week was
dismissed, with no cases slated for
jury trial during the week, after the
damage suit of Joe 8. Gambill Br
vs. City at Denton, originally on
call Tuesday, was re-set for next
Monday because of the illness of an
attorney in the case.
ublican leader*
ling their Ars,
it at the
poratlon’s
, EAST^TEX
-
triotie
ment.”
stressed the "real-
of Italy with
of nations, particu-
e Washing
training.
Senate debated neutrality bill
Home passed minor legislation.
the next three years." '
Gen Sugiyama in dtsclostng the
Associated Pres Leased Wire
, , , ■ ■■;:_______ ."I .. . . . s. 'i,ll.uiu.
SOLUTION TO MANY PRO!
OF INDUSTRY UES IN
To Co-operate With
Fascist Bloc of
Nations.
NORTH BAY, Out . March a—
Sanadian Free*)—The five little
ed face and head.
Youth to Charged
5,000 Employes Strike
DETROIT. March 2—I-A sit-
down strike closed the main plant of
___- -__~ -As to wages." said the commit-
rent Drama Bentes ticket will admit1 tee. “we accept the tentative find-
gram at
i and vig-
"menace"
Mrs. Cletus Grandey. 29, victim
of an automobile accident in which
she and her husband were seriously
hurt here Saturday night, died in
the Denton Hospital about 4 oclock
Tixamomjuessninginenbom
Strikers Clog Doehet
LOS ANGELES, March 2—,
The gigantic task of taking the pleas
of nearly 150 sit-down strikers on
charges they trespassed when they
held the Douglas Aircraft plant for
three days last week began in Su-
perior Court here today
To speed the procedure. Judge
William Ten Aggeler arranged to
have the men assembled in lines in
the corridor outside the court room
and called in by alphabetical groups
John C. Packard, attorney for the
Aircraft local of the United Auto-
mobile Workers, said he might ask
a continuance to permit the arguing
of legal points.
justices at TO on full pay
4. Senator Vandenberg of Michl-
Eight Other Orders
Eight other suits were disposed
of as Icows: Charles Saunders vs.
C H Skiles. suit on note judgment
for plantiff; W A Morgan vs. Den-
ton County, damages, motion of de-
fendant City of Lewisville to quash
citation sustained: First National
Bank of Sanger vs. J. H Hobbs,
et al. suit .on note. dismissed at de-
fendant's cost; Charles Saunders vs.
J. T. McCrary, et al. suit on note.
Democratic representatives fight-
ing the president's program met last
night to discuss strategy Some det
dared at least 80 Democrats were
elusions, the group said:
"Both for legal and for economic
set up formal campaign organiza-
tions •
A group of House Democrats sr-
ranged to appoint a steering com-
mittee to seek recruits among the
many noncommittal members
of five children and a woman whose I
activities have caused her to deal'
closely with people on every eco-
nomic and social level The lectures
will be under the auspices of the
current-Drama Series
working conditions and pay.
Six large steel mills agreed to the
40-hour week with time and a half
overtime and . a minimum wage of
85 a day for common labor effective
Marc 16. It marked an epoch in the
industry, long wedded to the 48-hour
week. Other steel fabricators were
expected to follow the leaders.
Huge Pay Concession
Wage concessions granted John L.
Lewis committee for industrial or-
ganization were estimated to exceed
5125,000,000 annually.
The Carnegie-minols Steel Cor-
poration, largest producer in the
field, was the first to announce rec-
ognition of the Lewis group. Bethle-
hem, National Steel. Republic. In-
land, National Tube and Youngs-
town Sheet and Tube followed
Laborer Sought
in Five Deaths
AUBURN, Wash., Match 2———
A 36-year-old Jap* am farm la-
borer was sought today for question-
ing in connection with the slaying
of his wife and four children, whse
Community." In her morning lec-
ture she will discuss the unusual
problem youth is facing today and
the new and different equipment ne-
cessary to grasp the opportunities
of this generation.
a broken leg and a severely lacerat. armed forces
- - - 12. Extension for five years of the
The Lord knoweth how to deliver
the godly out of temptations end to
reserve the unjust unto the day of
judgment to be punished. 3 Peter 29.
Answers Ch a Henge
Of Great Britain's
Rearmament
Scout Possibility of
Of Arms Limitation
All Denton County cases in the
Old Age Assistance are now in the
hands of the State Department at
Austin and those who have not
already been advised of their status
with the Commission should hear
in a very short time. At present,
according to J. Q. Burnett, there
are 600 here now receiving assist-
ance. and my guess is that that
number will be increased by about
300 when the rolls have been com-
pleted in the next thirty days re-
investigation of the cases will be
started.
-ne e
possible standards for hours, wages,
fair practices and anti-trust laws in
Tex r .
Winrod. a Kansas evangelist, said
the totter was mailed only to a me-
lect group of friends. Such com-
munations, he declared, were a
Just because you have the green
light, dent try to break the speed
Amit to make sure of getting
through Recause you have the right
to make a right hand turn on a red
light, don't overlook the fact that
you are supposed to come to a com-
plee stop before going ahead.
general cranmitoton for war sup-
plies
3. "Total sacrifice if nereemry of
civil necessities to military necessi-
ties for attainment of maximum
self sufficiency regarding military
needs."
4 An invitation to Italian science
to collaborate In reaching self-suf-
ficiency
istrations court program, who have
been only loosely united, switch "
their tactics today and decided
tinues hearings on proposed repeal
at continuous discharge book for
seamen.
One half million steel workers celebrated a “blood-
less" victory in wage negotiations today while unionists
on strike sectors of the nation pushed drives for better
South Works in South Chicago.
John Zadanowski, 45, was one at
the men killed, police said. The
other, a negro waa not identned.
tel. on Saturday, March 8th. at 7
o'clock p. m
I Judg Terrell has been twice
elected Chairman of the Railroad
Commission, which is tn itself a
distinction, and he has held other
' places of public trust and has proven
himself a faithful servant of the
people He has many Denton Coun-
ty friends. and it was he who prob-
ably made possible the North Texas
State Teachers College. as it was
thru a measure introduced by him
that the college was made a State
Institution
It is expected that some fifteen
hundred people will attend the Ap-
preciation dinner. many of them
from Denton County, no doubt, as
several have received invitations
Jack Robinson, supervisor of agen-
cies of the West Coast Life Insur-
ance Co.and Garry Ghattett, assist-
ant supervisor, were in Denton Tues-
day on business with their local
agents, Jim Gray and Jim Hund-
ley. While Robinson has been com-
ing to Denton quite frequently in
recent years, Ohartett la a new-
comer to these parts, and he admits
that he was gteatly impressed with
Denton. Its colleges and institutions.
Mrs Katherine Preston left Tues-
day for a visit in Mexico City She
wi W jotnea en route KF her sts-
ter. Mrs. Harry Ormn, at Brookline.
Massachusettes. George Preston left
a few days ago en route to Mexico
2 City by automobile and will meet
Mrs P>ton and Mrs Qrtffln at the
- Mexican capital
«mhats a queer pair of socks you
have on Mike-one red and the other'
green.” " I
“Yes. Pat. and I have another
pair at bone Just like em" -
“Menace’ on Sea
Italy that hin eon, James Jr- 13,
had entralne4 yeatetday for Or-
ROUNDT
ABOUT
TOWN
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7 1
month of 1336. aco
given Tuesday by
sistant postmaster
to figures
ishop, as-
Youth' and at 8:15 p m on "Rela- mor
tonship .of the ndividual. to the ommte tnat -I con- ng Aeresentatves
trols orthe.NRAtpearetobe there i» a limit to the spiritual and
covety Administration which was army and navy minister*
invalidated by a Supreme Court to the diet today a pro
Detailed Report on Successes and Failures of
Failures of Defunct Program Is Sent to
Congress by President, “To Point Way.”
chemencnsnsonsagapongtomag
up for numerical intertority,
Japan, the naval minister seid,
was ready to accept an invitation
from a third power to discuss anna
limitation with the United States,
but would not propose such a par-
ley unless there seemed to be a def-
inite prospect tor an amdcabte set-
tement. *
F. O. Cryer, Argyle, 1* beginning
to believe that he might be consid-
ered as one of the county's old-tim-
ers, though he has been living in
Denton County only nifty-our
years, coming here in 1883, but he
lived in Couin on the edge of Den-
ton prior to that. He wUl celebrate
his 68th birthday June 4 next. “I
. know I'm somewhat at an old-timer,
because in 1883 I was breaking wild
horses in this county and doing gen-
eral ranch work and about that
time I had one of the fastest race
horses in the country,” he said.
point the way to the solution of
many vexing problems of legisla-
tion and administration in one of
the most vital subjects of national
concern.”
The committee made an analysis
of the alma, organisation and ac-
complishments of the National Re-
1. Harry L. Hopkins, WPA ad-
ministrator. declared “two or three
elderly judges" could block social
legislation unless the Supreme
Court's complexton M changed
2 Senator Clerk (D-Mo denied
the 1936 eleetin gave President
Ksomeveit a mandate for his court
program
3. The president signed into liw
the Sumners bin auttiorizing volc-
tary retirement of Bupreme Court
gan. one of the Repu
who have been holdi
that specific area was deemed sig-
gancant.
Fimancing Not Revealed
. How the huge program, totally
kacnneng the civil state to the
military is necessary, was to be fi-
pancedche communique did not an-
WASHINGTON, March 2.—(AP) —President Roose-
velt told Congress today it could find a key to many indus-
trial problems in the successes and failures of the defunct
National Recovery Administration.
Sending to the National Legisla- v ■ ■ .=
Mrs. Hicks left for Austin Tues-
day.
WroT aft active tores between the
ayes of 18 and 55 with periodical re-
calle of the mobnizable classes," the
points embraced were:
1. An "adequate increase" in the
AS SIX S STEEL CONCERNS
ACREE I'tX'll NAS TERMS
New Era Dawns in Mills With 40-Hour Week
Established; Automotive Trouble Speads to
Murray Corporation Plant.
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Then the
—nt nr Rqbtnsons presentation
to the Senate ywttnMy of a tet—
enclosing colored slip* worded
"hands of the Supreme Court-
brought a reply from the author.
Gerald B. Winrod. In Brownaville,
strength."
Referring directly to — small-
nem of Japanese man power as
compared to that at great European
powers he assorted “we shall do all
possible to make up for the defcien-
Mrs. Harry Teasley and Mrs. J.
C Stevens believe it may be safer,
at times, to go through the red
lights rather than wait for the green
to give the rightaway. Both came
very near a serious accident on West
Oak Street this week They had the
green light to walk across, but a
driver, they didn't know and didn’t
get the car number, shot through
the red light, brushing both with
the fenders. Mrs. Teasley sustained
a bruised left shoulder and finger
aa the side of the car brushed her.
AUSTIN. Match 2(-A MH W
Senator Clay Cotten of Palestine.
Which would create the omice of-
stress on chemi
orous plans to
n V ' J
“We are going to increase our
armaments really in earnest." Gen.
Suyiyama declared, "and we shall
aiso augment our numerical
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
District Judge Ben W. Boyd com-
pleted setting case* on the civil
docket Tuesday as the spring term
of court moved into its second day.
The first four weeks of the eight-
week term will be devoted to civil
cases, the last four to the criminal
docket.
The grand jury, working with
ruling in the spring of 1935.
Mix Praise and Blame
Praise and blame of NRA activ-
ities were mixed in the review sign-
ed by Professor J. M Clark of Oo-
Jumbia University; William H.
Davis, New York attorney; George
M Harrison, president of the Bro-
therhood of Railway Clerks and
George H Mead. Dayton, Ohio,
manufacturer.
rumeamgM
—___many
in adgutlon to what was generally
uisldered the direct answer to
ritish rearming, a vetted hint to
ritain to consider Itallan power in
er foreign program was seen in the
In the Mediterranean, the
challenge ot Great Britain's
Vast defense rearmament.
Ordering virtually a lifetime of
“integral" militarization" for its
citizen-I throughout the ages of 18
to 55-the Grand Fascist Council
("definitely” scouted even the "re-
mote possibility of armament lmi-
tation* and fashtoned a five point
program to keep Italy strong.
2 At the same time, the official
communique issued after the near
au-night sesslon of the government
The prosecution charged the men
plotted to shoot Kingsley in 1933
because of his political opposition
to Markland, who then was mayor.
Judge Brennan acquitted seven
men.
Judge Brennan announced the
nine convicted men would be sen-
tenced by him next Tuesday
_ Theprosecution’s principal witness
in the trial was Dayton Dean, con-
fessed Black Legion ' "executioner:"
Federal bench. 43-year-old Judge
J. Lyles Glenn, above, a Democrat
of Chester. 8. C, has fa—l the lot o?
deciding on two important New Deal
issues involving federal financing of
power centers which. It is alleged;
would compete with private compand
les. The cases are based on the $40,4
000.000 Buzzards Roost and Sntee-E
Cooper projects in South Carolina. I
The Buzzards Roost case, once be-I
fore the supreme court, was rendand-k
ed because of Improper procedurel
in lower courts.
Postal seceipta in Denton for the ;
month of February showed an in-
crease of approximately nine per
cent over total receipts for the same '
SU onl-PhGsEePIFaniyinp- Japan Moves to
pointed April 1, 1936, the president J"PAI I-VV-D •
said that "in my opinion, it will - 1 —'
WASHINGTON, March 3. -(—
Congressmen opposed to the admin-
Tico Killed in
Chicago Blatt
cAICAGO, March 2mSouth
Chicago police reported today two
men .were, killed and 16 otheis en-
jured in a bo— expiosion to the
that the.attempt Should be limited tactors an amm can recoe-
St prPpetntaridaratrorm Safrautneuomasneaksssamsanummedaz
Woman's Right
CONNERSVILLE. Ind—Mrs.
Everett Ketchum'* deciston to
change her mind was pretty dis-
astrous.
After filing charges of assault
and battery against her nu*-.
band, she testified in court her
affidavit was false. Her husband
was all right, she said. The
court held her affidavit was
not all right and sent her to
jail on a perjury charge.
yesterday
The laborer, Enech Kato, was
said to have bought a railway ticket
for Sacramento. Callf, February 16,
a day or two after hl* wife, about
36, and hia children. Sam. nine;
Tom. eight; Betty, seven; and Amy.
five, were believed to have been
killed in their beds .
Mr* Kato Tom and Amy were
■hoi. The other two were strangled
with ropes.
OF NRA, ROOSEVELT SUGGESTS
V. Terrell, chairman of the Railroad X ' ~
Commission or Texas.havearrang Insurgent Group
ed an Appreciation Dinner to De O f
given in his honor at the Texas Ho- — * - '
Her evening subject will be dis- may be maintained and should be
cuoned h her from awide^tack- Eudeatromthe startby more aer-
grst,nowner"ozenstumiture factory. iAAPiperpencennachtessasceing
vicoi principal at the Todhunter likely to stand the test, of applica-
school in New York City, mother
cie that brought out such detailed
1 points the budget subcommittee de-
< elded to go into secret sexeton to
_____ mug puguu o — 1 continue the debate on the war ap-
that of NRA meeds more definite propriations. __
standards than NRA possessed." . tEhorty,betoreu.admiral.Fonal
took the floor of the diet. tne min-
ister of war. General Gen Sugiyama,
disclosed the Japanese army was
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mXESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2, 1937
In the IWSF — United'States
A^utam rdangatonvizu“nardune
Pacific possesalons,” Admiral Yonai
said. " Japan will be menaced.”
"Some think the air force is more
powerful than the warshps but our
navy regards the air force as an
auxiliary to.the fleet, both beingIjf
■ iTjapanl third replenishment
plan for the navy and the naval air
lorce is* completed, there need be
no fear of the United States for
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d Triplets Born to
Dionne Neighbors
nighd; warmetin
i— W ld« i l*g.
»Wy light raiSjmrjrertji
■Ma.
The triplets Were born last night
to Mrs. Jena—n Brown a farm
wile living 13 miles from Mr. and
Mrs. oulva Dionne.
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In the Senate recogntwed leaders
are to be chomen, tt was learned to
the place of a half dozen members ----------------- - -
who have been outlining the attack lined up but that only about half
informally a*.-® -*h-mAad he meetine
„2A.crude cother developments in the court
their home near here battle:
the Murray Corporation of America ____ .
rtcommoomeraevanzdroAutomnooue sendendo*eE
“E.Hdmuaee sbeen
EahA 48 ROME, March 2— (AP)
EMM A2
• •bruu ' military fitness for every
man in the kingdom today in
one of the youngest on the a mailed fist answer to the
ey." - ; .
chemgjcal and gas warfare, be aa-
sured the diet memhen. “will nod
be neglected.”
Conferences on wages. working _ -aotia aEckara
conditions and union recognittan (Couny
were callod lor tomorrow with offi-
ag°uddsronggortocdcuttsdyr. WMAN QTP
ders on the divorce docket disposed WUNVIAIV D IKUUN
of two: Mrs. Ines Sinclair v». Ver- ‛v‛uM‛ --Y‛*
.
Three committee were named, to
begin work immediately, and next
Friday night was set as a final or-
ganisation date tfor the junior divi-
sion to be formed for the Denton
Chamber of Commerce at a sessdon
of young business and professional
men here Monday evening.
Joe Mitchell was named tempo-
rary chairman of the junior branch,
to preside'over that meeting, and
O L Fowler secretary Permanent
officials and a board of 15 directon
will be elected st the Friday night
meeting, to be held In the municipal
building at 1 o’clock and with all
Denton men between ages at 13 and
35 invited to attend. '..
Talks stressing the value of a
young men ’s branch of the chamber
and the opportunity it gives the indi-
vidual to render service to hi* com-
Hunt OfRciaFs
Missing Son
WASHINGTON? March 2-
troversy on the floor of the
You’re
f Next for
Mayor
--- (By Asmate— vrm —
CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. — 2e
mayoralty race drew these
comments: •
Mayor Robert Byrne: “It may
be a close shave but I’ll win by
a whisker.”
Candidate William Robertson:
'•I’ve had an itch to be mayor
ever since I was a little shaver.
This electtan is in the tag and
Fve got it tied with a barber
shop cord."
Both men are barbers
BY AUTO HERE pmsassas
DIES TUESDAYE
industry.
"The long-run normal standard
as to hours should be one represent-
ing the most effective balancing at
the workers’ time between produc-
ing more goods and enjoying more
leisure,” the report said. ...1
Goods Outweigh Leisure
"This means that, whenever more
goods would be worth more to the
worker than more leisure, hours
— to «6ortarii. .. _
".2
sented in two lectures at B. C. W. I ure in the economic system.
next Tuesday, March 6. The cu.
win deliver a radio address tonight.
The approach of Senate commit-
tee hearings next week was ascrib-
ed by some opponents as one rea-
son for a more closely knit organi-
sation.
Newman were named as thevctmalwar
at the alleged attack. eoud
meeting. Fowler said afterward
Committees named were: consti-
tution and ’by-laws. Harry Ray
chairman. E L Barnett and William
O Woods,-membership, Bert (Moore,
chairman. J 8. Smith. Lynn Knight
and F. P Boner; nominating com-
mittee. Bruce Davis chairman. Bill
House and Harwell Shepard
society in Michigan: Alvis Clark.
Willard Foster. Matthias Gunn, Roy
Hepner. Frank Howard Hubert
7
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Charges of negligent homicide
were filed tn the Denton Coun-
ty Court Tuesday afternoon
against John Wilson, 18-year-
old Denton youth and Teachers Col-
lege student, who was driving the
car that struck the Grandeys as they
were crossing West Oak Street at
the Intersection of John B Den-
ton Street.
City Marshal I E. Jones, who with
City Attorney E I. Key took a state-
ment from Wilson the day after the
fatal accident giving his version of
the affair, swore to the complaint,
which was accepted by Assistant
County Attorney Earl L. Coleman.
Funeral Services Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Grandey
were arranged for Wednesday after-
noon at 3 o'clock, to be held in the
Stover Funeral Home, followed by
burial in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Besides her husband Mrs. Gran-
dey is survived by her mother, Mrs
J. A Hart of Dallas, two brothers
D. F. Hart of Dallas and Jaek Hart
of Denton, and three sisters. Mrs.
Sadie May of Austin, Mrs. Ruth
Shoulders of Denton and Mrs Madie
Taylor at Dallas She was married
to Grandey in Yuma, Aris., in Feb-
ruary of 1635. She was born in Ennis.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Ethel Hart of Dallas Mr. and Mrs.
Grandey returned from California,
where they had been making their
home, only a few weeks ago.
U. B. AGENTS TELL OF SMASH-
ING NARCOTICS RING .
DALLAS, March 3.—IP—Govein-
ment narcotic agents related today
In the trial of 10 defendants how
they travelled 1,300 miles to Salt
Lake City, Utah, in efforts to smash
the Southwest'* largest narcotic
ring.
Blind for 60 Year*,
Sight Is Restored
WICHITA. Kas. March 4—
(—1 Blind for 80 of his 63 years,
Joseph Backlund—his sight re-
stored by an operation—looked
today on a strange world in
which he must learn to associ-
ate objects with names.
An expert mechanic, he has
known a gasoline engine by
touch tor so long that sight of
it leaves him a bit puzzled.
L "Leant tell what it is until
I touch it,” he explained.
Wed^s Weather
(By Associated Prem)
Senate today:
Continues debate on PiLtman neu-
trality bOL
— t—milter resumes ta-
at railroad financing-
House today:
Considers minor legislation.
Appropriations committee meets
to Kpor navy appropriations MR
Agriculture committee considers
farm tenancy legislation.
and County Superintendent R L. I would make the omice of state
Proffer superintendent at public instruction
Marked enthusiasm for the new appointive rather than eteettve and |
---'--- — •----• was expected to draw spirited con-
ture may be secured at the S. safeguard to the worker but also as
C W auditors office. It has been a wage-floor for the operation of
announced There will be no re- the competitive system. But in this
served Mts ~ field code experience developed or
Mr. Roosevelt will speak at 11:15 impliedIthe need.of well-considered
a. m. Tuesday on "Problems of standards, which would be even
— - - ■— - more necessary to a long-run Poi
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DENTON,
SERVICE FOR ALE
Sdop, Look and—
BELMONT. N. y—Yes, ex-
plained Willis McOmber, that
red reflector light on the back
of his overcoat was there for a
purpose. He was just out of bed
and still on the mend from In-
juries suffered when he was
struck down by a car.
"Tall light.” said McOmber.
MADRID, March 2 —(P—advem-
ment troops late today reported they
had surrounded 700 Insurgents on the
Jarama front, southeast of the
city, while shells fell in mid-Ma-
drid during a brisk artillery ex-
change
The 700 insurgents were reported
cut off from supplies and in immi-
nent danger of capture The govern-
ment troops declined to disclose the
exact spot in which they were al-
legedly isolated.
Motor Plant Oceupied
DETROIT, March 2—Sit-
down strikers occupied the plant at
the Motor Products Co. today, and
charged We company had refused to
negotiate union demands and had
discriminated against union em-
ployes. . .
Loren Houser, organiser for We
United Automobile Workers of
America, said that 2,000 men and
women were in the plant
The company makes instrument
panels and other automobile parts
WASHINGTON. March 2—(—
Justice Department egents and po-
lice searched today for 12-year-old
James T. Brody ft son at the Vet-
erans Administration solicitor.
Brady t xprseted tear hia son, who
has been missing unee he left home
yesterday for school, might have
been the victim of a disgruntled cli-
ent.
Judgment Given —
County in Suit
Judgement for Denton County was
given Monday in County Court by
Fred H Minor, special Judge. In the
suit against the county brought by
M. H January, seeking collection of
a 6166 debt clatmed owed him for
gravel hauling A county road Jota.
Motion for a new trial made by
January's counsel was overruled and
notice of appeal given
The suit went to county court
on appeal from Justice court where
judgment for January had been
rendered.
16 Convicted in
Black Legion Case
DETROIT. March 2——Re-
corder's Judge John V. Brennan to-
day convicted nine of 16 men. al-
leged to be Black Legion member*,
on charges of conspiring to ■ kill
Arthur L Kingsley, newspaper pub-1
Usher of suburban Highland Park.
Convicted were N Ray Markland,
former mayor of Highland Park. Ar-
thur P Lupp Sr., named by inves-
ittee con-
dais of We Chrysler Motor Compa-
ny
The CIO also has announced a
drive to organize workers in a New
Jersey plant of the Ford Motor Com-
pany.
Pit Sut-Down Unauthorized
The First American counterpart
at the "underground” sit down
strike by Hungarian coal miners re-
ceived a setback When United Mine
Workers of America officials said a
sit down by 30 men in a Union-
town. Pa., pit was unauthorized.
Generally, a conciliatory attitude
by employe and employer eased the
tenseness of disputes over wages,
hours and union recognition.
Best Beer?
ALTON. m—I age improves
beer, George Schuinger has
oA ds5sdhninger hung two
bottles of beer in his well. The
string broke and be forgot them,
while cleaning We well his *on
found the 44-year-old brew.
Schulinger reported K was in
"excellent" condition.
saasss .■ r-.-=
Mrs. Roosevelt
nieht and We
ataM.
0KLARO
VENUTI CHARGED WITH AG-
GRAVATED ASSAULT
DALLAS March 2-«nJoe Ve-
nuti. Satlonallv-known orchestra
leader, today stood charged with
aggravated assault in connection
with a disturbance early last Thurs-
day In which he said two women
beat him over the head with their
slipper heels O. W. Newman, one
of the arresting officers, signed the
complaint Bate Morris anFautine
-
l •«
Grain is in excellent condition
in our community," said C D. Skin-
ner. “The recent rains gave new
life to the wheat and oats and
they're doing fine, but. at that, they
are not so good that I feel inclined
to bring Jum Forrester all the coun-
«< try hams he wants.”
J. w. C. Hicks, former Denton
d ciuzen, has accepted a position aa
W State Bookkeeper for the GM Age
Loyalists Gain
In Spanish War
MADRID, March 2.-4IP>-Govern -
ment forces, driven from Toledo af-
ter Insurgent deliverance of the
dynamite-beleaguered Alcazar garri-
son last September, have executed
a victorious comeback, government
sources reported today.
Militiamen, thrusting at former
strongholds in Toledo, 61 miles to
the Southwest of Madrid, were, said
to have defeated an insurgent lorce
and to have entered a Toledo sub-
urb
< A dispatch from the Talevera de
la Reina insurgent headquarters
about 48 miles west at Toledo, how-
ever. declared We Tajo River front1
was quiet.)
Closer to the Madrid front, besieg-
ed and besieger piayed a see-saw
game of attack and counter-attack
in the University City sector, on the
city's northwestern outskirts, to a
deafening roar of trench motors,
hand grenades machine guns and
rifle*.
of increased United Btates air units
in the Pacific. '—— --------—
When Japan's army and naval air
force rearmament program
ed, said Navy Minister Mitsumasa
Yonai. Japan need not “fear" the
United States for three years.
The naval minister made his
statement during a dtsHMSinn at the
tactics at a naval war in the Pa-
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