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DENTON TXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOV EMBER 26, 1937
VOL. XXXVII
NO. 89,
Associated Press Leased Wire
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Car Wrecks and
Destroyed by Fire
24,603 Bales
Of Cotton Ginned
While White House Talks Business
Aids, Congressional Committees Take
Up Dollar Stabilizing and Marketing
Strikers Fail in
Efforts To Halt
Ford Production
Officers Off to
Get House Prowler
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
Teachers Talk
School Problems
Literally
Sky
Pilot
CHRISTMAS
SUPERSTITIONS
got
and
JAPS TIGHTEN HOLD ON
SHANGHAI BY TAKING OVER
COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES
Seventy-five men, a special venire
called tn two murder cases, were
Police on Guard
in Bus Strikes
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Business Volume
Still Erratic
told officers who questioned them,
when they decided to see the west.
They spent some time in El Paso,
where thev bought horses and cow-
boy Segalla Then they went to
veming, in Southwest New Mexico
Thanksgiving is
Quiet with No
The picket
early morning
The postofTices, telegraph and ra-
dl<5 administrations and broadcast-
Ing stations XQHC and CORA were
placed under Japanese rule. Many
of the principal offices and instal-
lations of these services are in the
Wiley,
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said
face
part
had
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Assume Control In Settlement and Native Sec-
tions; Jap Examiners to Be Placed in Cus-
toms Offices.
CONGRESS
(By Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.
— President Roosevelt said
today he wanted tax revision
Arthur’s use of twelfth graders, their
claim has been protested. From the
committee room also probably will
come a decision on who will rep-
resent the Oil Belt District in the
State race Abilene and Stephen-
ville are tied for the champion-
ship.
Ideas on education were expound-
ed to the 15,000 teachers yesterday
Delegates worked far into the night.
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after
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tempted to flee the train.
Lorenz and Dwyer were brought
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mire
the colored lights are now being
placed on the municipal building
for the Christmas season.
Denton merchants have been ask-
Today;
Senate continues farm debate;
House In reeves
Yesterday:
Renate rzee—d; House met 18
minutes fee three brief speeches
formed in the
mm. was brok-
Denton County had ginned 24,603
bales of cotton to Nov 14. the date
of the last Federal report, accord-
ing to A. A. Evans. special agent
for the county Last year on Nov.
14. 18,205 bales had been ginned
in the county.
Some staple remained to be gin-
ned when this year's figures were
obtained, and the season's total is
expected to exceed 25,000 bales.
more
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Christmas Appeal
For Funds for War
Sufferers Is Made
pounds."
Hugh Harris and T La cham-
bers dlan’t have much luck on their
deer Bunt in Meson County, but
as tulkey-shooters they proved
preUy peed, as they brought back
Ere Mg gobblers "We didn't even
seea Buck.” said Harris
to five days in jail and his driving
license suspended for six months.
Friday E Rodstrum pleaded guil-
ty to drunk driving and received a
similar fine and sentence
Debate Crop Control
The Senate, meanwhile, was con-
tinuing debate on crop control leg-
islation, the only item on the pres-
ident's program which has recelv-
No injured persons were in the
two local hospitals nor had any
been treated there, hospittal at-
tendant* said. The city police and
Sheriffs force reported no such calls
during the day. and ambulance driv-
ere reported no runs
II
here last night from Deming They criminal case on the eve of Thanks-
were taken from the Southern Pa- giving Day L. Robinson pleaded
cific train there yesterday, bruised guilty to driving while drunk and
and bleeding, their cowboy clothes was assessed a 850 fine, sentenced
"We** still optimistic about oil
over in our part of the county," said
Ray Swafford, of Ponder. "The teat
pn the George Owens farm is under-
way. drilling as I understand around
1300 feet, and the Lee test, at Sto-
ny. is having some trouble with
a breakdown. The Stony well has
had several nice gas showings and
I'm looking for something inter-
esting when they get down around
The fact it was not meeting today
postponed to Monday the trans-
mittal of President Roosevelt's mes,
sage outlining legislative methods
of stimulating the flow of private
capital into home construction
\
No Turkey at Jail
But Prisoners Get
Big Roast Dinner
The Denton County jail prison-
ers did not have turkey Thanksgiv-
Two Guilty Pleas
One plea of guilty disposed of a
SHANGHAI, Nov. 27.—(AP)—Japan tightened her grip
on Shanghai today by taking over control of all communica-
tions facilities hitherto held by the Chinese government in
the International Settlement as well as the native parts of the
city.
member and four other newsmen
showed 474 workers had entered
the plant to 137 automoblles.
The gate remained heavily policed
although the large picket line dwin-
dled as sympathetic union men
dropped out to go to their jobs in
other industries.
. A reopentg was agreed upon af-
ter City Manager H F. McElroy
pronally promised Henry and Ed-
sel Ford adequate police protection
for the plant.
•
ent
Dc-
des
are
ire-
ing Day for
but they fea
ions, failed today In a second at-
tempt to halt production at the
Ford Motor Company's 8t Louis as-
sembly plant.
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Age finally won out over youth
in the Country Club championship
Thursday when Bitsy McCray took
1s more youthful brother into
camp on the 38th hole, one up. Er-
nest tied the match on the 38th
and it required two more holes to
decide the club championship. No.
37 was halved and Bitsy was forced
to shot a birdie on the difficult
No. 3. five-par hole.
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sumcient lor sevedal weeks.
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LOUISIANA METHODISTS FOR
UNWICATION
SHREVEPORT, La, Nov 26.—
—The Louisiana Methodat annua
conference went on record today by
a vote of 215 to 10 in favor of Meth-
odist unification. It was the forty-
third Southern Methodtst Conter-
ence to act on the question all But
one having favored unification.
Roosevelt Wants Tax Revision
When Congress Ready to Act
I
Plane With 11
On Board Missing
SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont., Nov 38
— (Canadian Frees)—A nanadtan
passenger plane. carrying probably
eleven persona, B missing in the
wilderness north of here. T
She ship. operated by Starrat
Airways, left Nellie Lake Wednea-
day afternaon for a IJO-trlle night
to Sloux Lookout
continental train contained all the connection with the slaying of Lee
elements of a Western fiction Roy Franks here, and L. D. Davis,
"thriller.” told their story from a colored. charged with the fatal Jus-
jail cell again today as officers pre- ; tin stabbing of Richard D Carter,.
pared to file charges. negro, are set.
District Attorney Martin Threet Friday morning no cases were
said the two, Henry Lorenz, 22, of prospective tn court here, and dur-
Manitowoc. Wis., and Harry Dwy- ' tag the afternoon Judge Ben W
er. 27, of Digby County, Canada. Boyd expected to be in Gainesville
had admitted firing the shots which in connection with three hearings
claimed the life of one man before ] slated in his court there. Jury for
a crowd of enraged train passen- this week, the concluding week of
bers overpowered them as they at- the civil term, has been dismissed
mg the law," Lorenz and Dwyer parte proceedings for Carolyn Jean
were quoted as saying. We know Clark, and granting divorce in the
■ suit of Homer Jeter vs. Jewel Jeter,
torn, after passengers thwarted the
holdup.
The body of W. L. Smith, El Paso
yardman who was wounded fatally
in the crowd's scuffle with the
bandits wobs sent to his home
Infay
"There is no chance of our beat-
corted into the plant by police can
At dawn, the Arst motorcade of 80 i
automoblles approached the main !
l gate, where a police detail watched
milling pickets closely A few stones i
were thrown.
An hour and a half later, a count
made by an Associated Press staff
Conflicting statementa appear-
ed in the Record-Chronicle Wed-
nesday." said T. W Buell. In one
pinci was slated that the first
holiday by the R-C force on Thanks-
giving would be observed this year;
In the "Nineteen year ago" column.
U stated that for IM first time a
Hozny would be observed on
ThanNegiving. Bow's that?" Bo
far as oundabout knew, it was the
first as nineteen years ago. he was
not aviated with the Record-
Chronicle and had not heard of the
holiday 80. this Thanksgiving hoU-
day was, proabiy, the second
Christmas Lights
Called Here Dec. lTo Be Turned On
Dr. Henry McCracken. president
of Vassar College; Dr. william F.
Russel of the feachers College, Co-
lumbia University; Dr. Bradford
That was the flrzt deer I had
killed in many years, said “ •
i "The other deer was kilted
a pistol over to Frath Coun:
good many years back I had
wo -Jotat the one this year five
times, but when I got him I found
that I had hit him four out of the
five shots. He was a rme specimen
for a white- tall, weighing about 140
At Long Last
MACON, Ga.—cnarles Grace,
deputy county tax collector,
struggled two days to balance
ms books. He was a nickel shy
He even carried on the grim
battle Thanksgiving Day be-
cause then he would be free
of interruptions.
But the door opened and a
man entered.
“I owe you a nickel," he said.
"They gave me too much change
when I paid my taxes.”
Nov. 30 Closing
Split Tax Date
With the Nov. 30, closing date
for the first half payments of the
county and state taxes just around
the comer, payments under this
plan are beginning to come in fair-
ly well. R T. Haynie. county tax
■ mi mci-collector. stated Friday
morning
Wednesday. 18 persons took ad-
vantage of the plan Haynle saxa,
and approximately this number or
more are expected to pay every day
until the closing Persons paying
half of their state and county taxes
on or before Tuesday will not have
to pay the last half before June 30.
Haynie pointed out
ed consideration as the end of the bhes"iaau-usuueKtD! “uo
second week of the special session DU“ -oaded with workers and
approached Leaders hope to reach 1
a vote by the middle of next Week.,
dentet"nunazhishunakaprgion
on Thanksgiving Day, recessed un-
til Monday, when It will take up a
less drastic farm MU..
Weather
Hrihthe=t , at.. thruirmienfz rhn.::
On Christmas Eve the trees
and plants, especially on the
banks of the River Jordan, bow
in reverence to the Saviour,
according to a superstition be-
lieved in Greece.
0 A Xkoppln] Pay
( Till
Boy Scout Work .
— qulet day in Denton with no auto-
Committee soliciting funds for moblle.. accidents or other major
-ottee . aunds 1o casuaities reported here after the
holiday.
cities. He emphasized that only
military objectives would be attack-
ed.
Shanghai's acute food shortage,
which yesterday sent mobs of hun-
gry Chinese refugees to rice shops.
Japanese authorities have not in-
dicated whether they intend to es-
tablish their own censors in the
cable and radio offices communicat-
ing with foreign countries.
Japanese Indicated plans to ex-
tend their influence in the Chinese
customs service at Shanghai by
placing Japanese appraisers and ex-
aminers in customs offices on the
Shanghai waterfront.
(The Shanghai dispatch does not
indicate, however, that the Japanese
have yet taken over any of the
functions of the Shanghai Munici-
pal Council, the international body
which governs the International
Settlement under the foreign consu-
lar corps.)
Famous Firsts
ARKANSAS CITY, Kas
Hunters hereabouts are telling
this one: ,
A man engaged to dispose of
an ailing horse was joined by
two hunters. Talk turned to
their marksmanship Then the
executioner spied the nag.
"There’s one thing I've never
shot—a horse,” he said, and fir-
ed.
• enjoying the hunter's con+
sternaUon, he added:
"I've never shot a man, either—
yet." -
He's stm wondering what
hit him.
Airways officials believed the ship,
encountering fog. landed somewhefe
in the forested region, probably at
Root Portgage Camp. 65 miles north
of Hudson, _
year will be played tomorrow (Sat-
urday) and the Southwestern Con-
ference will coime to a close and the____________. _____________
. championship is yet undecided. The of a ship laden with rice sufficient
big game. In North Texas, will be for two weeks
between the Texas Christians and
CLEVELAND Nov M — «—Grey-
hound busses moved in and out of
terminals under police protection
to several cities today as a Federal
Labor Conciliator resumed peace
efforts between striking union
drivers and officials of eight Grey-
hound lines in 18 states.
John J. Conner Labor Depart-
ment Conciliator mid he would
meet separately again tqday with
company representatives and offi-
cials of the Brotherhood of Rall-
road Trainman The brotherhood
called the strike yesterday fonpw-
ing a breakdown of negotiations ever
their demands for a closed shop and
a mileage wage rate increase.
Too Much Mailing
At Depot Box Brings
Delay in Delivery
Too much mailing at the mail
box at the union depot here is caus-
ing trouble in the handling of the
malls and frequently results in de-
lay in delivery. Postmaster B W
McKenzie has been notifed by the
postal authorities
Mall deposited in the box at the
station is picked up by the railway
mail clerks, but often so many let-
ters are in the box that the clerks
do not have time to work them and
they have to .be taken on beyond
the destination and then returned.
It was pointed out. Recently 360 let-
ters were taken from the box at
one time. Including air mail and
special delivery Many times over
200 letters are taken up. Sunday
night trains carry no clerks and
congestion results especially on
these nights
All mall left at the Denton poet
office up to 30 minutes before train
time is dispatched on the next
train. McKenzie said in only a few
Instances can the man be dispatch-
ed more quickly when it is taken
to the depot, and often the con-
gestion as a result of heavy mailing
there causes material delay.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brooks were
at College Station Thursday to visit
their son, a student in A. & M , and
to attend the Texas-Aggie an-
nual clash. "It was a most excit-
ing game, both teams playing won-
derful football, outside fumbles, and
it was any body’s game after the
Aggies made their first touch-
down.” he said. "But there is cer-
tainly one thing that impressed
me—the condition of Denton County
roads. As soon as one leaves Den-
ton County he travels on good
roads. but in this county some-
thing seems to have been over-
looked.”
Two orders disposed of non-jury _______
civU cases. Judge Boyd wrote the expanded Boy Scout progvam
Judgments granting adoption in ex , here have met with success, accord-
the interior far up the Yangtze
Trom Nanking unless Chtang s gov -
NEW YORK. Nov. —•—A
united Christmas appeal for
funds for war sufferers is being
issued to 126,000 clergymen
throughout the country by the
Federal Council of Churches of
Christ to America.
Under the title "A Christian
Witness to a World at War."
the appeal asks "a united prac-
tical testimony of Christian
sympathy” for the relief of
children and other civilian suf-
ferers in China and Spain, and
for Christian German refugees.
WASHINGTON, Nov M. —WP—
President Roosevelt coupled today
renewed advocacy of tax revision
as soon as Congress is ready—with
three other moves designed to aid
business.
Listed at a press conference in
; reply to questions they were
A message to Congress Monday
, on means of stimulating private
financing of a big housing program
A message to Congress Tuesday
recommending curtailment of an-
nual Federal contributions to state
road-buliding.
A letter to department heads urg-
I ing faster spending of a quarter of
a billion dollars available for buy-
ing supplies in the remaining
months of the fiscal year.
How soon tax revision might be
"ready" was not immediately ap-
parent. however. Chairman Vinson
(D-Ky) of a House tax subcommit-
tee said today he could not fix a
probable date on which a measure
might be ready, adding "we just
are working as hard and fast as
we can.”
While the White House discussed
business aids, congressional com-
mittees talked of dollar stabilisa-
tion and foreign marketing as ad-
juncts to pending ever-normal
granary" measures to aid agricul-
ture.
Going, Going—
DENVER—Sant Daniels, of
Hugo, Colo., took the seventh
of his children to a hospital for
an appendectomy and announ-
ced:
My daughter Marjorie has
the only appendix left In the
family. I hope she can keep it.”
Ridding the family of appen-
dtoes. he said, cost him $2,400.
_____ Returning to Work
KANSAS CITY. Nov. 38 —
Christmas lights will be turned H C. Does, Ford Motor Company
on here next week. probabty Dee. s numbly plant manager here, said
1. according to W E Mann, sec- today 600 men have been put back
retary of the Retail Merchants As- to work in a gradual reopening. The
soclation. Lighted trees are to be plant normally employs about 3,000
placed od the court house lawn, and men.
C. L o. workers welded the gates
shut during a brief strike last
spring and the company elosed the
plant Sept U.
ernment ends Its resistance.
In Nanking, Chiang appeared un-
daunted by the Japanese march up
the Shanghai Peninsula.
"China will resist to the last
man,” he said. "I am confident that
right will overcome might ”
The drive to choke China’s re-
inforcement and supply arteries, a
Japanese naval spokesman said,
would be continued with air raids
on Canton. Hangchow, and other
Field officers sent back word to —.——---------. -
Japanese headquarters that their finally nominating officers just be-
troops had crossed Lake Tal, the fore minteht
SHANGHAI. Nov. 26. —P—
Spearhead units of Japan's Shang-
hai armies tore Into the heart of
Chinese defenses today in a drive
their commander-in-chief declared
would force speedy collapse of Gen-
eralissimo Chiang Kal-Shek’s re-
gime.
be a fine game as both teams
point to this game each year TCU
has the edge, it seems, but edges
don't always count in this affair
Death lost ground on Texas high-
ways in October when 150 people
were killed in traffic crashes—30
less than the previous month, and
a decrease of 37 compared with
the October toll of 1936, according
to information of the publg safe-
ty records Yet. despite the October
decrease safety officers predicted
that 411 will die during November
and December
The public safety department has
put on more men to control the
highways of Texas, and it is more
thin possible that they will check
to some extent the death and acci-
dent toll. What a pity it is that the
drivers themselves can't help in the
safety drive. No doubt many do.
but the few that don't make driving
dangerous for the safe-drivers as
well as for themselves
we're both where we belong." ____ ___________,
They were both in New York, they in the latter also awarding the cus-
— tody of minor children to the plain-
same provision unfair and Senator
Pope (D-Ida), co-author of the
legislation, said he would join in
asking modification of it.
The House was in adjournment
until Monday.
A factor threatening to prevent
tax revision at the special session
was demand for a Senate vote on
the controversial anti-lynching bill
Many proponents of revenue law
revision, however have continued ST. LOUIS, Nov. 31 —I—Strik-
1 hope forimmediate action.Some ing United Automobile Workers of
rcenemwbat nAEouheitarredictirnson 1 America, massing * heavy pieket
belief President Roosevelt would not' ine with the aid of other CIO un-
object.
and broaden distribuution of agri-
cultural products.
Both committees disclosed their
views while the Senate was meeting
an hour early, at 11 a. m. EST,
to resume discussion of its farm
measure.
In that debate, Senator Burke
(D-Neb) suggested Russia lacked
anything worse than a provision
with marketing quotas Senator
Vandenberg (-Mich called the
Delmond Oaret, UAW regional di-
rector told strike leaden and union
ofTietais at a "pep meeting" later:
A.."Wene gotag » tarn loose one
of these days We re going to go the I
HAimit in this strike it mek— no
difference how far we have to 20.-
EAST TEXAS: Pary eldudy.
warmer in moutheast, ssldsr I
northwest porton tomieht; Satur-
day mosty eloudy, nite ta west
and north portiena Mstevste to
fresh moutherty to westerty wtads
on the eoast . .
WEST TEXAS: Partly ecudy,
colder ia merth torttow tonigh;
Seturda partly eloudy, cetder.
OKLAHOMA: Partly eleudy.cata-
sr tomicht and Saturay
... HOUSTON, Nov. 26.—(AProb-
lems of education today were laid
before Texas School Teachers In
sectional meetings on the second day
of the 59th annual state conven-
Uon.
Dr. w. B Rizzell. president of the
University of Calahoma, prepared
formally to dedicate Houston’s new
$1,500,00 municipal coliseum, where
the convention general sessions are
held.
Whie the teachers wrestled with
the problems of education, in a
downtown hotel a District 14 Inter-
scholastic League Committee tried
to decide the football champions
of the Beaumont-Port Arthur-Gal-
veston District. Because of Port
LAS CRUCES, N M. Nov. 38 summoned Thursday from the sher-
(P—Two young eastern “drug store I Ims office, to appear in District
cowboys," whose Thanksgiving Day Court Dee. 1. That day the murder
attempt to hold up a crack trans- cases of Dewey Burns, charged in
near the Mexican border. They
spent several weeks there, returned
to El Paso and planned the train
holdup to obtain needed funds.
great natural barrier between
Shanghai and Nanking, for a push
against the virtually evacuated cap-
ital.
General Iwane Matsui, command-
er of Japanese forces, proclaimed
in an interview with the Japanese
Shanghai united news that his
armies might be forced to invade
ing to O. C. Knight, campaign
chairman. The first 78 cards turned
in showed subscriptions of more
than $1,200, which is over one-halg
of the 82,400 sought
More than 250 subscription cards
were sent out, and many have been
signed which have not yet been
turned in. Quite a number of the
committees have can vs seed most of
their lists but are waiting to re-
port until the work is completed,
it was stated
Knight said a .meeting of work-
ers would be held Monday night
for check on results by that time
and to plan for urther solicitation
to complete the fuhd. He urged that
all workers complete their lists this
week.
ed to have their holiday displays
ready by Dec 1, when the colored
lights will start blinking as a re-
minder that the Christmas shop-
ping season is short •
_____—___ _ (At Tokyo, a foreign office spokes-
the Southern Methodists at Fort man said anti-Japanese boycotts by
Worth Saturday afternoon. It should labor groups in America and Eng-
land had not affected Japan's
trade Buying of both nations, he
explained, continued at a normal
rate.)
Deputy sheriffs left here Friday,
bound for central state penitentiary
st Huntsville and armed with a
bench warrant for the custody of
L H. Martin. Arlington ex-convict
charged here with 16 cases of bur-
glary and felony theft. HU cases are
on call Dec. 13 in District Court.
Martin was indicted tn the cases.
14 of them burglaries, by the recent
grand jury. He is alleged to have
been the mysterious house prowler
who harassed Denton last winter
and this spring and summer with
a long series of lootings.
Since his arrest in Arlington and
the discovery his home there was
literally built of loot, the man has
been charged in a number of Tex-
as counties with burglaries, and at
present is in Huntsville serving 10
years l mite ri him at Waxahachie
some weeks ago. He is also under
four and one half years of an old
nve-year sentence from Bell Coun-
ty. of which he - had served six
months when he escaped from the
prison four years ago
Deputy Sheriff! Leon Hannah
and Roy Moore, who made the trip
to Huntsville, were also to return
from Ute central prison Earl Gar-
rett, charged here with forgery.
Dollar Bays Too LAttle
The Senate agriculture commit-
tee suggested a single Federal agen-
cy to adjust and regulate the cur-
rency, adding the dollar was buying
too little now.
Chairman Jones (D-Tex) of the
House farm committee, announcing
approval by his group of a crop
control bill said its most important
feature was a step to widen markets
Station" said Bill House who with
Pat Hamilton saw the big game be-
tween Texas and the Aggies "There
was never a slack moment; it was
exciting from start to finish and
, it was anybody’s game till the last
- whistle. It was played in near
record time, too. I believe as it was
over within two hours Both teams
played excellent football and out-
side some few fumbles. It was
I as pretty a football game as one
could wish to see.”
Some of the big games of the
M E Partin, 1620 Congress Ave-
nue, suffered a wrenched back and
shoulder and his automobile was
demolished Wednesday night near
Denton when the machine struck
the railing of the Hickory Creek
bridge on Highway 34 The car
turned upside down on the ereek
bank and bunt into flames, Par-
tin said
Partin was returning to Denton
from a farm at about 7 o’clock
when he smelled something burn-
ing about tthe automobile, he said
While trying to discover the burn-
ing object a machine coming from
towards Denton blinded him with
its bright lights and he did not
see the bridge, he stated.
A passing motorist turned in a
fire alarm to the central station
here, but the trucks were too late
to eave the machine Partin valued
the 1936 model Terraplane at around
$500. and stated that it was covered
by insurance.
NEW YORK, Nov 26— (AP1
Sudden advent of freezing tempera-
tures this week brought out winter
retail buying in rising volume in
some sections of the country but to
i others distribution Was under last
| year’s level. Dun & Bradstreet re-
ported today.
Contractions in the spread over
last year’s comparatives," the review
said, “left some of the districts un-
der that level, which narrowed to 3
to 18 per cent the rise Ih the esti-
mated volume of retail distribution
from that of the 1936 week.”
It added: "Fur garments, heavy
| coats, knit dresses, sweaters and
i shoes led in women's wear * * '.
. There was a stronger demand for
men’s overcoats, furnishings and
sports goods Salm of jewelry, ra-
dios, musical instruments, and most
electrical appllances continued to
advance.”
Of trade in general it was said
that "gains were sufficient in a
few trade branches to retard some-
what the general rate of recession
Knapp, president of the Texas
Technologoical College at Lubbock,
and Dr Bizzell were among the
speakers heard yesterday and last
night
---- By Amnoclated Presa —
NEW YORK—The Most Rev
Michael Maslov, dean of the
Russian Cathedral, turned ae-
robat when his campaign for a
825,000 fund to repair the ca-
thedral's leaky root falled.
Day after day he hung by
ropes, applying tar paper to the
steeply pitched roof.
The cost 120 for the paper
and many hours of hard work,
for the dean
Say Train Bandits
ed last night were under way to- - ______
day in behalf of the candidates.
John P Manning of Robotown
and R H. Bristow of Wapo were
the nominees for president.
Nominees for the vice presidents
were: For first vice president, H.
R Alberts of San Antonio. George
B Wilcox of College Station, and
J. R. McLemore at Parts; for sec-
ond vice president, James H Goette
of Spring, unopposed; for third
vice president. Miss Mamie Bastion
of Houston and David Lemon of
Slaton.
The nomination committee, in a
report read by Frank Delany of
Dallas, chairman; recommended the
re-election of all members of the
executive board whose terms ex-
pire in 1837 These included Joe
Bergin of Greenville, District 4;
H O Whithurst of Groesbeck. Dis- i
trict 6; John Long of Crockett, Dis-
trict 7; E. E Oberholtzer of Hous-
ton, District 8; O. D Monroe of
Fort Worth, District 11; E C. Dodd
of Brownsville. District 11; and Ola
Boyles of Amariilo, District 18.
Executive board nominees were
P H Green of Webster, District 8;
J. Milauld of Lyford, District 15.
and C R. Crayor of McLeon, Dis-
trict 18.
Ye shall not therefore oppress
one another, but thou shalt fear
thy God: for I am the Lord your
Ged -Leviticus 25:17.
There is no happiness for him
who opprames and prosecutes; there
can be no repose for him. For the :
sighs of the unfortunate cry for
vengeance in heaven.—Pestalozzi.
Every trapper of fur-bearing ani-
mals in Texas this year must pur-
chase a license issued for that pur-
pose. The cost of such a license is
81 and la Denton they may be ob-
tamed from either T. O Bobbitt.
Game Warden or Champ Talia-
ferro. Every one who buys furs
from any trapper must also have a
license. And. In turn, any whole-
saler of furs must have a permit,
which costs 825, and he, too, must
know that the one from whom he
buys has a license to buy furs.
The waterfowl season opens Sat-
urday morning at 7 o'clock, but
any one who wishes to shoot duck
or geese should have a license is-
sued by the Federal government.
These licenses may be secured from
any post office for 81. The time for
shooting waterfowl is from 7 a. m.
to 4 p. m Ducks are said to be
qust plentiful now in Denton Coun-
ty waters.
cial Turkey Day
Roast beef, cre
kin pte headlined the menu arrang-
ed by Deputy Sheriff A. L. Denisoh,
jaller.
Twenty-eight prisoners including
six negroes, enjoyed the holiday
spread on the county's hospitality.
and pump-
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