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NO. 300
VOL. XXXVI
-DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY SO, 1937
KIGHT PAGES
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GREEN ASKS
ROOSEVELT IS
SABOTAGE HINT
FIRST BALE Of
SENATE TO PASS
DISTURBED OVER
HEARD AETER
NEW COTTON
—The
WAGE, HOUR BILL
EAST SITUATION
STEAMER FIRE
BROUGHTHERE
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d-a-c
Not Fully Satisfactory
House Bloc Forms to
hemns
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the fire which left two dead
and two missing of a comple-
places are safe thus far.
1 the smouldering hull of the ship.
Is Electrocuted
he did not hold to sabotage as my
“If there were any sabotage." he
a small obat early today but there said, "there ought to be a reason,
Chinese sections of battered Tient-
large boils on the stalks tc
cotton.
He was executed for Mrs. Mc-
Dentton's money lending agencies
2
are several loan
Neutrals who visited Nankal Uni-
end during the current session
WASHINGTON.
Assets of these associations total
849.044.924 Eighty-nine of them op-
erate under charter and supervi-
sion of the National goyemment Ma
Vacation Costs
ance are state-chartered and have
Lead to Shooting
until agricultural, farm price stab
program for reorganizing the Su-
wage and hour measure
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German Says
Soviets Wrecked
Neutrality Plan
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
Public Debt Is
Hiked to New High
WASHINGTON? July 30—6
town. Lexington, and Nashville "It’s rather than recommitted, in the
been 25 years since I have been in hope that changes could be made in
sought to sidetrack the measure.
♦ ♦
♦ WASHINGTON, July 30 —(P) ♦
the seed and cotton tipped the
scales at 1565 pounds Hobbs picked
his first bale from eight acres of
his seventy acres of cotton which
he believes will produce 30 bales
Big Jewel Haul
at Cooper Home
Abilene, Galveston, Plainview, and
Tyler.
he and Mrs Taliaferro returned from
a visit to their son, Myron, in Little
Rock. “When Pitcock saw we car-
ried a Texas license on our car,
he wanted to hear things about
Texas and he was more particular-
ly interested when he found we were
from Denton, Taliaferro said. He
told of his father and Sam Bass
being close friends and that he
attended the funeral when Bass
was buried."
Heavy Toll in
Spanish Warfare
Dr and Mrs B. S. Wilts, of Prince-
ton, N. J., are guests of her par-
ents. Mr and Mrs. W. C. Orr, North
Locust Street Dr. Wilks. a very
noted mathematician in this country
and abroad, is in charge of the
Higher Mathematics and Statistical
Departments of Princeton Univer-
sity and upon several occasions has
been called to Washington to take
charge of complicated statistical
work. Before returning to Prince-
ton, he will go to New Orleans,
where he will have charge of some
Federal work.
If you’re interested in improving
the home-place or building a new
one, lust get in touch with one
of the agencies to see how well they
will care for your interests.
A. F. L. Position
on Measure.
Cities in which the insured asso-
ciations are located include:
Amarillo, Austin, Beaumont, Big
Spring, Brownsville, Corpus Christi.
Corsicana, Denison. Denton, Long-
Assodated Eeege Lensed Win
Bastedo, of Buffalo, N. Y. who
holds the post at present, has
been assigned the command of
the U. 8 S. Quincy.
-Senator Harrison (D-Mias) whom
Barkley defeated for the party lead-
ership. was publicly committed for
the court bill but-said he would
vote to send the wage and hour bill
back to the labor committee
Gente le mode
asomthe HMl
Reorganization of
State Government
met requirements of the corpora-
tion.
The corporation said other Texas
Ran
Too
Soon
----- By Associated Press ----
BURLINGTON. N C —Mack
Leath, haled before Mayor Earl
B Horner on a speeding charge,
heard Horner say. “I am going
and headed for the shallow water
of the west shore
in a renewal of the attack which
devastated a large area of the Chin-
ese city yesterday.
The assault followed what Jap-
650,07251 on July 28 to a new
record high of $36,707,757,744
The treasury said today the
increase was caused by an is-
sue of discount bills to put new
cash in its working balance
HUNTSVILLE. July 30.—(—The
state's electric chair took the life
MUSKOGEE Ok . July 30 — (
County Attorney A Camp Bonds
said that J C Past, Jr 32, admitted
a Colorado vacation in which he
had overdrawn his bank account
between $2,000 and $3,000 led to the
fatal shooting of L W McLean,
banker and civie leader
Bonds reported Fast said he shot
McLean when the banker refused
to make good the checks Fast, auto-
mobile dealer and member of a
prominent Muskogee family, had
written while in the west Bonds
Mid Fast had confessed the shooting
and a formal charge would be placed
against him today.
McLean, 40, was shot yesterday as
he mt at his desk in the Commer-
cial National Bank A fellow officer
of the bank and a customer tackled
Fast as he started to leave and
pinned him to the floor.
Fast admitted he had been drink-
ing. Bonds said
The Past and MeLean familles
are neighbors
To Keep in Close
Touch During
Week-end.
The missing:
H Paige, a passenger address un-
known
The Lord giveth wisdom; out of
his mouth cometh knowledge and
understanding He layeth up sound
wisdom for the righteous he is a
buckler to them that walk upright-
ly—Proverbs 2:6-7.
A pound at pluck is worth a ton
of luck.—Garfield.
ilizatton, housing, and other neces-
sary legislation is enacted."
Senators Oppose Measure
Many Democratic senators who
helped to shelve the president's
arcos
- . .
New Naval Aide for
Roosevelt
I O--S *1
lon tenighe a
in nortwent
and all attempts" to adjourn Con-
gress until the wage-hour legisla-
tion is enacted.
Calls at White House
Green was a White House caller
today, but the president said the■
subject of the conference was some-
-g
-
LONDON, July 30 —-(P—Joachim
von Ribbentrop. German ambassa-
dor. accused Soviet Russia today of
wrecking Great Britain's newest
plans for European neutrality in
the Spanish civil war.
He declared Germany could not
enter further discussions on the
plans because Russia had flatly re-
jected granting of belligerent fights
to the Spanish insurgent cause.
"We Germans have known for a
The first bale of cotton this year
is earlier than usual, but not the
earliest ever, as some believed. Cot-
ton. as a general thing, starts along
in the first part of August, but in
one year J W Began, when living
in Bartonville, had a bale ginned
on July 12, which is probably the
earliest gn record
A teacher who at different times
talked to her small children about
the heavens, asked one day. Where
to the Big Dipper?"
A little girl spoke up: “Do you
mean the Double Dipper It’s down
on K Street They give a whole lot
of ice cream "
Clipper Finishes
Second Crossing
POYNES, Irish Free State. July
30—(Ab—The Pan-American Clip-
per in completed its second east-
ward crossing of the North Atlantic
when It reached here shortdy before
noon today
it took 12 hours and 44 min-
utes to fly here from Botwood, New
foundland.
has conferred.
The governor made tt plain. how-
ever he has not changed his plan
to make the provision of additional
revenue the paramount objective of
the Legislature at its next meeting
TEXAS BRIEFS
GONZALES. July 80.—(Sher-
iff B Neighbors to warring on what
he calls "cotton picker kidnapers"
He has jailed several persons and
warned others who he said had
come from other sections to obtain
hands for harvesting the crop
Roanoke Gin and brought to Den- * *
ton It weighed 561 pounds lint and ***********************
Many belleve a rain would Mp
mature the bolto and prevent pie
BALTIMORE, July 30.—
! (AP)— Capt: Charles O.
! Brooks of the charred, smok-
i ing bay steamer, City of Bal-
I timore, suggested today that
sabotage may have accounted
i
1 . .. 5
long time that but for Russia there
for the "amazing” spread of would be no Spanish civil war to-
..... | day," the Reich envoy said.
HENDAYE, Franco- Spanish Pron-
tier, July 30.—•-Presh outbursts
of land and submarine warfare cn
two mdes of the Spanish penmimta
were reported today to have taken
a heavy toll of lives among Span-
ish government forces and aypa-
thizers, 77
A spanish freighter and two tank
steamers were shelled yesterday by
an unidentiried submarine and MM
of the tankers was sunk, sata wn-
nesses on the Mediterranean shiqre
near Le Grau Du Rol, Praam-
Meanwhile, an insurgent cod-
munique reported several th tie-nil
government soldiers had fallen at an
insurzent assault on the Blcayan
front, on the eastern side of s
land link between France and Spain
where an insurgent army to aimed
at Santander.
First Bale Arrives '
Earlier Than Usual
Instinct
McCOOK, Neb —Mr. and Mrs.
Dan Hanners wanted to take
their son's dog to him in Po-
catello, Idaho, but the pet had
a different idea.
They took the animal with
them, but he was back in Mc-
Cook. several days before the
Hanners were expected to re-
turn.
He said he was tn sympathy with
the purposes of a Senate Committee
SEEK TEXANS FOE QUESTION-
ING IN SLAYING
PORTALES, N M, July 30—d
Sheriff ■ L Hollis said today Uto
men driving a coupe with a Tuas
licence ware being sought tor que-
tionine ta connection with the slay-
ing of Id Hargus, 65, farmer, whoe
body wax found buried In a ahallow
grave near hia home here yeeterday.
He had been shot through the band
with a shotgun and robbed M biis
watch and about 860. . . -
MRS CLARA SEVIEE IS GRANT
ED DIVORCE 25
CORPVB CHRISTI, July 30•
49 House members, including Demo-
crats, Republicans, Progressives and
farmer-Labo rites
Representative Healey (D-Mass) .
was elected permanent chairman of the Texas
He was directed to appoint a steer-
ing committee of 25 to "defeat any
Enforce Passage
Of Bill.
the regulatory provisions of the bill . . --------
all employers of ten persons or less after former Congressman O
The non-partisan organization 1 Cm- “-m A--- ««
ing troop reinforcements was gai-
ly decorated with rising sun flags
and triumphal evergreen arches
Every home providing recruits was
embellished with festoons. garlands
and patriotic banners
The Japanese empire prepared tor
war as never before.
day a three-fold plan to stabilize the Chinese area as desolate with
agriculture and demanded that' fires raging unchecked and corpses
Congress enact legislation to that and debris littering the streets).
ed by the abdication of former King
Edward VIH
To Hear Requests
for Road Work
of George Patton this morning,
thus ending a bizarre East Texas
prebably lecal
northeast port
urdav; ocpler
Tennessee," Sanders said "and it
has been 33 years since Mrs. Ban-
ders was there. We . be gone
about ten days."
have plenty ofmpne
ing purposes. There
ABILENE, July 30.— (•—M 8.
Ingiewright of Fort Worth has taken
contract for drilling a 4000 foot
wildcat tost north of Blackwell to
Nolan County, to spud on or be-
fore Sept 1. It will be drilled on
a 5,000 acre block in the Decker
community assembled by John
Cochran of Sweetwater and turned
over to C W. Clark of Wichita
Falls.
One of the first oalls for a plum-
per on account of leaky-gas was
from Neal-Lakey Drug Store, so far
as Roundabout knows When the
boys first smelled the malodorant,
they didn't quite get it, and its said
that some of them were perturbed
to such an extent they even per-
fumed themselves:’ Finally, they
noticed the odor was stronger in
one place in the stere than in oth-
ers. so they realised that the pro-
tective measure Of the Community
Natural Gas Co: was advising them
that they had a small leak In their
gas line.
The malodorant legislation is cer-
tainly a good measure for the pro-
tection of the people, and tt was
one that the Gas Companies of Tex-
as urged upon the Legislature.
Early First Bale
This is unusually early for the
nrst bale, and seldom does newe
ton reach here until after the tat
week in August. Last years mst
bale was ginned In Denton Aug. A
and no more was received here until ‘
Aug. 11 when three bates were gi-
ned.
Cotton is said to be opening to
many nelds, but not to large quan-
Uttos as yet. The extremely dry
weather and continued het are
causing the bolls to open premature-
ly in many fields
Yiela Promistng - •
Hobbs said his cotton was prom-
ising and that he belleved be had
The Miller Bros oil test. South-
east of Aubrey, which was spudded
in this week, was reported Thurs-
day afternoon down to the 700-ft.
depth. The rig will be in operation
on the George Owens farm. Ponder,
soon and the drilling goes forward
on the test near Stony. Bolivar field
should be reaching interesting depths
with new tests soon and the Pilot
Point area. East of that city, may-
be showing things soon Drop, too,
may have a test going down soon,
according to rumor.
Denton County's or at least Den- _ ___________.________
ton's first bale of 1937 cotton came + The Senate voted today to elim- ♦
in Friday morntnig. It was grown by + inate all employers of 10 or less +
S. B Hobbs, 4 miles northwest of' • persons from the administra- ♦
Roanoke and was ginned by the + tion’s wage hour bill ♦
I cotton t be trough t Bars for gin -
• ning early next week. bu: that not
much ginning would be done for
some time.
leather
dr ‘tftzfuz pirn
debt increased
AUSTIN, July 30 Governor
James V. Allred indicated today he
might submit the subject of re-or-
ganization of the state government
to a special session of the Legisla-
ture in the fall.
legislation is passed.
The Green letter, addressed to
Chairman Black ID-Ala: of the
-"5" He DDryear-0id make about hal a bale to the aere
gragwsss utagdmmntsmck-fok
ter dawn seeking bodies of possible
victims
The liner, en route to Norfolk, be-
came a floating furnace 18 miles
below Baltimore.
Flames passengers said, roared
from the lower holds and within
three minutes after the first alarm
had enveloped two thirds of the
boat.
The passengers, most of whom
were at dinner, scurried to the rails.
the House
This development came as the
Senate entered its fourth day of de-
bate on the disputed labor mea-
sure.
Senator Reynolds (D-NC) open-
ed the day's skirmishing by submit-
Bay City Ship Burns
With Two Dead,
Two Missing.
Flames Spread Fast
Following Blasts
Many Leap Into Sea
As Ship Blazes
At Baltimore.
- had left off: "—Sentence sus-
But Opposes Delay pended upon payment of the
was not tried on --- uuunna prevent pro
the other murder charges Patton , maiepinn whic ma eznen
two years ago spaded up four akele- ---- ---
tons from a grave to the eow lot at1
his home near Athens Before of-
ficerz eyes Um farmer thus explain-1
ed the disappearance at the McGe-
hee famly on Thanksgiving 19X2
Today he walked into the death
chamber calmly and thanked wit-
The I lal lan-German i pro-insur-
gent) factions touched off a non-
intervention subcommittee storm in
a brisk attack on Russia's stand.
Parllament Adjourns
Parliament adjourned for the
summer recess today, after a no-
table session that saw Britain
change kings and plunge into the
world armament race, -u
sions which passengers said follow-
ed the first burst of names.
Snanish Vossel Inspectors of the marine inspec-
•P1-T ‘ enne‘ Uon and navigation bureau went to
WASHINGTON, July 30.
—(AP)—William Green
-------- . i in the smaller boats were driven
New England States reported re- back by the fierce heat
: tall trade gains over a year ago of An unidentined man picked up
from 8 to 12 per cent; East 8 to a rope tied one end to the railing
M; middle west 12 to 20: Northwest and pitched the other overboard
resolution the bloc adopted, "that savings and loan associations have
we stand ready to stay in session submitted applications for this pro-
.m»n em-i-l*--1 f--- ---- -h-k. tecUon
preme Court were ailled against t Xe"lorhhan"e"rAkhenaRampserPon,
Waco. Wichita Falls, San Angelo?
Condition* Quieter
Hull’s Advices Say
Americans Reported!
Safe in War
Zone.
ment of 93 aboard the ship.
The speed of the flames as they
flared through the wooden super-
structure at the boat will be one
of the chief interests of the two-
phase inquiry launched here. A spe-
cial Federal Inquiry board was
named in Washington to hold the
first of Its hearings tomorrow and
the company said that it, too. would
I probe into the causes and results of
‘ the fre and a series of minor explo-
House bloc organised to hold Gon- fby 'tightening up on allowable de-
gress in session until the wage-hour ductions.
should approve "the best wage and
hour bill possibte" without sending
the measure now before it back
to committee
As Senate debate on the mea-
sure was resumed. Majority Lead-
er Barkley (D-Ky) and Senator
Black (D-Ala) co-author of the
bill. expressed confidence It would
pass, despite Democratic defections
The House anti - adjournment
group also expressed interest in
other legislation.
"We wish It understood." said a
John P. Frey, president of the fed- ==================
eration's metal trades department, r ,,n
said he had asked a number of sen- LOO lift Ole I (IX
ators to delay its consideration un- I
til next year. _____ LonteAnnlv to Americans Safe
Asked for comment on what Green I rr* J PEIPING, July 30—c,— J. Leigh-
had written, Prey said his position Ineomo [nr 1937 ton Stuart. American president of1
had not changed ItllUHie IO Yenching University, came through
-------Baebeg by CIO---------------—----- ----- a new Sino-Japanese battle area
John L. Lewis, chairman of the
Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation aparently was on the side
of his foe in the war between the
A. F of L. and CIO Lewis declined
WEsT TEXAS: Partly eles, to-
night and Saturday.
oKLAnONA: OWy Meal e---
ere ta east and centra pertdeb’t-
niqht; Saturday parttv elue.
eal showen t extieme tat | ■"-ir-
Japanese issues.
Every village and town furnish-
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont), who
led opposition forces to victory in
the court fight, lined up with the
administration on the wage and
hour issue.
Republicans almost solidly opp-
ed the proposal to recommit the
bill If such a motion should carry.
It would end for this year Senate
consideration of the measure one
of the major items on the adminis-
tration program.
world brought latest reports op the ,
safety of Americans in China.
Secretary Hull said at his press
conference that latest official re- । m nn w •
ports were that conditions were|rear 23 LilVCS
i quieter in both Peiping and’Tient- - . . ,
sin and that Americans in both Lost in Attack on
Cy Haynie, an oiler A 11 ,
Three navy seaplanes began an Allred Proposes
aerial search of the bay shortly af- — - r~
PORT ARTHUR, July »—«—
The newest fishing spot on the Gulf
at Mexico is now open to anglera
Contractors have completed laying
of a concrete cap 10 feet wide and
6.900 fret tang the top of the enst
jetty in the gulf below Fort Ar-
thur The jetty extends five miles
into the gulf and the cap on the
outer end forms a walkwar which
makes accessible fishing grounds
formerly reached only by boat
ABLLENE, July M—cm—Nine
amateur ringmen have been named
by the Abilene Bating Club to meet
a teem from Brownwood here Aug.
2 Winners will get trips to the state
T. A. A F. tournament Aim. 12 and
13 at Fort Arthur
Mr and Mrs J. C. Sanders, of
Argyle, left Friday morning for
ry n during the afternoon. Then Japa-
/ exans Discuss ' nese big guns returned to destruc- i
r _ . . tian of "anti-Japanese" positions in '
r arm Legislation the city. radio," captain Castel Mid
“ < Dispatches from Tientsin to1
Either signs of progress or
sump’n! C. A. Williams doing some
work on a show case, called out
"signs of progress’, but it might more
appropriately been called signs of
work.' u C A was certainly doing
good service
clarified the American Fed-
eration of Labor’s attitude to-
ward the administration’s
wage-hour bill today in a let-
ter urging the Senate to pass
the measure instead of send-
ing it back to committee.
Some federation officials had
LOB ANOELE, Calif., July 30
—'AP)—Burglars broke into the pa-
latial West Los Angeles home of
Gary Cooper, film star, and stole
jewelry valued in excess of $18,000
early today, police reported.
The burglary was committed
while Cooper and his wife, the
former Veronica Balfe, were out vis-
iting friends A housekeeper, awak-
ened by the actor's dog, discovered
that many of the roans had been
ransacked by the intruders.
Returning just as Officers A. M
Sheets and George Saurar of the
West Los Angeles pollce were mak-
ing an investigation the Coopers
made a hurried appralsal of their
losses, which may total more than
125,000
Missing jewelry atone was worth
upwards at 818,000, they sata, and
costly dinner pistes, linens and
clothing were also believed to have
been taken.
LAREDO. July »-(—An av-
erage at 110 automobiles driven by
American tourists eroes the toter-
nation border into Mexico daily, rec-
ords for July at the custom house
here show.
p-T ■
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thing other than the wage-hour The Federal Barings'and Loan In-
"Gren’s letter said the senate surance Corporation announced sav-
Do any of you old-timers re-
member Will Pitcock? He lived
near Argyle, 52 years ago, but is now
living near Benton, Arkansas, ac-
cording to Henry C. Taliaferro who
had a talk with him this week, as
Senate labor committee was expect-
ed by the measure's proponents to
counteract the sidetracking move-
ment started after Frey had sought
— - to forestall immediate action.
Shreveport, La. where they will visit Not Entirely Satisfactory
their son, Dr J. P Sanders Prom senator MeCarran said the let-
Shreveport, they will be joined by ter asserted that while the bm was
their son and trek to Tennessee not entirely satisfactory to labor.
Throughout the SMrian Parlia-
ment and government faced a con-
stant threat at war, endeavoring
to keep the Spanish civil conflict
from spreading to the rest of Eu-
rope
it approved a nve-year rtMO/m.-
000 armament program and dealt
with the constitutional crisis creat-
Drouth and Heat Join
In Forcing Boll*
To Open.
The first bale of 1937 cot-
ton was brought to Denton
Friday morning, after it had
been ginned at Roanoke late
Thursday.
The cotton was grown by 8.
Hobbs, four miles northwest pt
Roanoke He had to pick only eight
acres to get cha bate, and satdhe
had quite a bit more open cotton
From 1,565 pounds of seed eotton,
the bale ginned Ml pounds of unt
which is a good turnout The cotton
was graded strict middling and
Hobbs was offered 12 canto per
pound but had not sold the staple
at noon.
The bale was ginned by Ja.
Baltzelle of Roanoke.
al Democratic nr-—m-nrrmir
from Toms, has been granted a a-
vorce from her husband. E g ta
vier, fotmer ambassador to Chile
tt was leamed today The afrorce
was granted July t. The taiin
were married IB i907.
chamber calmly and thanked wit- A premium at t35 will be elven
nesses for their kindnesses "I dont Hobbe for the first bale O L-Fe
hold anything against anyone," he ter. manager at the Denton Phem.
**He Mt in the chair, kiseed an ex- -
tended crucifix and uttered a pray-
er A moment later the fatal cur-
rent was switched on.
was no trace of any others of and I must My I haven't the ra-
the 34 that constituted the ship's motest idea why anybody should —____-__________..... „„ . onuusu
sin wtlh shells and bombs tonight personnel The Andutz-Mendi was want to start it. This is only an tragedy in which the 55-year-old make about half a bale to
still aflame. idea. c.Just.one of the things I farmer was accused at slaying Mra. Several other fanners in 18I
The skipper said the ship carried ■ have Deen thknKing about ’
no refugeeP. Previously R had been „ OTiclalsorthe chesapeake Bay
Chinese and Japanese forces used The master or the stricken freight-1 Izrcompied Pegsengenisnnd. tert
rangnot"une pnpanne concesston; an aneaeancozubryenteraayonpune sg- two
French waters of Le Grau Du Rol passengers and 53 crew member.
The first shots disabled our brokesurpen companyhana.he Are
Ma-
Appointment of Capt. Wal-
ter B Woodson, above, of Lynch-
burg. Va., recently chief-of-staff
of the Asiatic fleet, as naval aide
to President Roosevelt has been
announced by the Navy De-
partment. Captain Paul H
mure penc. in m still aground on Bodkin Point, this
NIMES, France, July 30 morning for an examination of the
Fear was expressed today that 23 of-; blistered steel hull and the twisted _
fleers and men had perished as a mass of flames whteh had supported Gonr oo
result of the shelling of the Span- the wooden deckhouses, •5 8’ I UllUll
| ish freighter Andutz-Mendi by an Captain Brooks emphastzed that * m*
AUSTIN, July 30. —(P— The
highway commission tomorrow will
begin hearing requests from many
county delegations for road im-
provements
The docket has been extended
to Monday, which virtually will
combine the July and August meet-
ings of the group More than 40 pe-
titioning counties have asked to be
heard
Tomorrow s docket included the
following counties, Lamar, Hockley,
Goliad. DeWitt. Angelina, Houston.
Hardeman. Cottle. Erath. Wood.
Martin. Collin, Denton. Hut. Rains,
Nacogdoches and Cherokee.
chine gun bullets swept the deck Two Dead
We took refuge in the engine room The dead: R. PoliKofI, an Aik-
21 "mn “0 sdomnarnezoamap- 4“ unidemumad
peared." . cew-
। The ship was still blazing and
adrift at noon today
Captain Castel said the crew bat-
ing for Senate approval of the meas- was one reason the administration
ure The Senate bill, as revised, was desires the new MU enacted at this
substantially the type of a measure ‘ session It has been virtually com-
Lewis advocated when he testiried pleted.
before the Labor Committee on the It will be telatively simple, mem-
-.. '; “
, mi
Ginned at Roanoke
Late Thursday:.
Afternoon.
Help Wanted: Female
NEW YORK—Mayor Fiorello
LaGuardia wants a little fem-
inine aid in managing New York
City.
"We can use quite a few wo-
men down at city hall.” he said,
urging more women to become
candidates tor public office
"I don't know how good you71
be, but you’ll be better than
what we've got there now. There
is nothing difficult about gov-
ernment. Politicians only try to
make it appear so."
WASHINGTON, Jut 30.
!—(AP)—President Roosevelt
said today that the Far East-
ern situation was very dis-
turbing and that he would |
keep in close touch with de-.
velopments over the week-
end.
The president made this brief ob-
servation on the far eastern itua- ;
lion at his regular Friday press
conference.
Just across the street at the State
Department, coded wireless mes- '
sages flying halfway around the1
----- Shanghai said more buildings and
WACO, July 10—IP_Texas farm- homes of thousands of refugees were
ers from 38 counties advanced to- set afire. The messages described ;
where they will visit their old home- the federation wanted it passed
. Despite a Washington announce- versity building said they saw no ' tied the flames for hours before he
ment agricultural legislation would , Chinese troops in the vicinity but and 10 men lowered a small boat
have to wait passage until a later1 that by sundown the university's with greatest difficulty and aban-
session, the farmers at a meeting Scientic library was bombed doned ship."
here yesterday insisted Congress Nankal preparatory schools with- The skipper said he did not know
should. provide a price parity sys- in the native city also were bombed the fate of the other members of
tem, regulate surplus crops and ; Japanese increased their precau- his crew
make possible commodity loans at tionary measures late today when - -----------------
_ . reasonable rates. they received unconfirmed reports. ryv J yy 1 _
ting an amendment to exempt from A resolution embracing those ob- mat Chinese reinforcements were I rdUe r OlUmC
. ....... Jectiveswas adopted unanimously advancing from Paoting. C c. j.
Qongreeem • n O H ____ (po))4gfoe«iior,
___ _______ ..._______ Cross or Waco decried the "slaugh- 1 Derides om asecona Steps * ' re
meeting was attended by more than ! ter" of AAA by the Supreme Court oKV ov ____________
He said regulation of surpluses and pTK-pzmiduy gooeBemer --------- ----- _ - .
acreages could not be undertaken Prince.srumiaro.Konoye. tolduthe
efficiently by the states Japanese Diet today the govern-
— .1 1 ment micht he comnelled +e nek
— ' to give you 30 days on the roads
Letter Read Clarifies mhe detendant dashed ror an
open door with several police-
men in hot pursuit. After a
chase of several blocks, Leath
was back in court.
The mayor resumed where he
’ corpofathonFationarnavemmertrha Whtndipiomascy‛rromedtnsacnivrcej12to3ojntpacmiccstttuz. ^p^^d^Tdo^:
toprovidethe mhebal- sagphrentssoesall major chinese- witnesses snla, tumhea
NEW YORK, July 30.—(P)—Most many still clutching their napkins which has begun a study of govern-
E===s =-=ua Esse == ------
. Although his statement was pre- Retail sales Went ahead 3 to 7 about, the mildness at the night
£•„. •__I j ceded by a declaration that all hope . per cent from the preceding week rusned down 10 the water's edge
savings insured at a peaceful settlement had not but the extension of gains over the azhast at the horror before them
for 43,778 Persons anjmannyparartctarexevngeheorsenia.nanincmrccafthe Sur
the undeclared war | Industrial operations, however. wiowarn nerevine w anc,
10 in m The secret plan was presented demonstrated surprising summer eh" unumenre mm2? HP Hhe 7*?'
July 30 —™- to Emperor Hirohito for apprival strength as customary seasonal re- EdPadien8erra oinedby
Whatever hopes of peace may ex- cessions were further postponed in screams could be heard ashore
Ings of 43,778 persons in 112 mv- ist, Japan continued to send un- many divisions and more factories above the roar or the names Pas-
, Ings, building and loan associations ending columns of reinforcements, reaopened after vacation shut- sengers begged t„ help as those
in Texas are now insured up to 35,- to the trouble area.Nippon’s war । downs
000 on each account. power was being mobilized through |
Assets of those associations total the empire... . i
------- Army officials apparently believ-
ed it would take a long time for
13
» \ ’ fl
egencles advertising to lend money
fof home building in Denton, so
The Girl's Denton All-Star team
lost to Burkburnett in their last
game, 10-7, which gives each
team one win, as the All-Stars won
thetr first game here with the Burk-
burnett girls, 12-11, In a hotly con-
tested game. It is probable that a
return game will be played here
within the next ten days or two
weeks The All-Stars and the man-
agement express their appreciation
to Dave Barrow Who made It pos-
sible for them to go to Burkburnett,
as he furnished automobiles and
other Items necessary
LwasHATONosdutz3QoopBles ", ° ■
probably will apply to 1937 incomes, taking refuge there was safe unidentified submarine ne usu ,
congressmen said today, in the. .. . The captain, Obdulio Castel, and theory."
hope of picking up 8150,000 000 to More Bombing ten of his crew reached shore in
comment on Green's letter but it 8250,000,000 additional revenue. , TIENTSIN. July 30.—(—Japa-
was announced at his office that CIO Members of the Senate-House tax nese artillery and airplanes pounded
officials were at the capitol work- investigating committee said that — “ ------ - .
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