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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Scattered Thundershowers and
Cloudy Today and Saturday
THE DENISON PRESS
7c PER WEEK
8 A FAST GROWING PAPER
Representative United Press and International News Service.
DENISON, tEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 30th, 1937
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WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1984
VOL. 4—NO. 33
Two Die, Three
Missing as Ship
Burns Off Coast
BALTIMORE — Late checking
of the disastrous fire on the
steamer City of Baltimore shows
that two are known dead, three
are missing and 'about 100 have
been accounted for.
A negro kitchen worker, James
Screen Hero's
Home Robbed Of
$25)000 Articles
Gary Cooper Home Entered
While Family is Away;
Bette Davis is Recovering
HOLLYWOOD—While _Mr. and
Mrs. Gary Cooper were away
from home Thursday night thieves
entered their place and ransacked
the place, taking silverware and
other valuables which entailed a
loss estimated early today, as be-
ing $25,000.
In the lot was a piece of sil-
verware of inestimable value to
Mrs. Cooper. Servants of the resi-
dence did not see the the thieves
enter and did not know the house
was being robbed.
HOLLYWOOD—Physicians said
this morning that Bette Davis who
was overcome Sunday as a result
of over exposure on the beach,
would recover.
HOLLYWOOD—Claudette Col-
bert, who has been suffering sev
eral days with a severe cold, is
able to be back at her work.
Cubs, Giants
Lose Games;
Yanks Winner
Lou Gehrig and Dickey
Homer to give Yanks win!
Brooklyn Blasts Chicago
Just what can happen in base-
ball came to light in the Nation
a: league Thursay afternoon, even
though it failed to affect the
standing of the leaders. -
Brooklyn, banked on to lose
another one tp Chicago, turned
the tables and won 10 to 2 be
hind Freddie Frankhouse, while
St. Louis pulled the same trick
on New York 5 to 2 when Weiland
handcuffed the Giant sluggers.
, Rallying-rii the eighth for five
"iuns to overcome a lead, Philadel
phia won over Pittsburgh 11 to
7, helped along by homers off
bats of'Camilli and Grave. One
run in the' ninth gave Boston a 2
to 1 decision over Cincinnati with
Turner limiting the Reds to four
hits.
In ttfe American league New
York edged out Detroit 7 to 6
when Bill Dickey broke up the
game with a homer in the ninth.
Lou Gehrig bashed out a homer
with Dimaggio aboard in the
fourth. Bill Lee and Wes Ferrell
had a pitchers' duel, but Lee was
just a little tighter with hits and
Chicago beat Washington 2 to 0.
Two runs in the ninth through
an error let Cleveland beat Phila-
delphia 6 to 4. Jimmy Foxx's
26th homer of the season allowed
Boston to smash St. Louis 5 to
3. A late rally, by the Browns
.was nipped at three tallies.
* Texas league results were: Gal-
veston 4, Dallas 2; Oklahoma City
7, San Antonio B; Beaumont 4,
Tulsa 1; Houston 1, Fort Worth
0.
Johnson, who escaped after trying
to put out the fire with buckets
of water when he first saw it, re-
ceived slight burns. He said the
fire suddenly burst out and spread
so rapidly they could not put it
out.
The vessel was standing in thir-
teen feet of water 'at the time.
The passengers held their wits
and fastened life preservers on
them and stood at the guard rail
a long as they could before jump-
ing in the water.
Meanwhile a small craft circled
around the burning vessel picking
up survivors as they jumped into
the water. Heat from the boat
made it impossible for the craft to
get close in.
Several naval planes were or-
dered to the scene and picked
up about sixty, who had jumped
into the waters. Landing life
boats was prevented by the in-
tense heat.
Early today the vessel is smoul-
dering in the water, the entire
boat gutted by the blaze, which
so far was of undetermined orig-
in.
Many of the pasengers were
horror stricken at the first know-
ledge of the fire and leaped into
the water. An earlier report lmd
it that half a hundred had die!
in the catastrophe.
Curiosity
Centered In
Conference
President and Governor Of
Michigan to Hold Private
Confabs at Washington on
This Weekend, Reported
Fear Major War to Follow Chino-Japanese
Trouble; Tientsin Rocked by Heavy Shells
Rogers Freed
In Slaying Of
Ida Resident
Jury Deliberates One Hour
and Twenty Minutes Be-
fore Bringing in" Verdict
G. L. Rogers, Dorchester farm
er, tried for the slaying of Wil
liam Perkins of Ida, was acquitted
by a Sherman jury in the Fif-
teenth District court, Thursday
night after deliberating only one
hour and twenty) minutes.
Perkins was slain during an
altercation in a stand between
Denison and Sherman, while he
was allegedly fighting with Cecil
Smallwood of Denison, Roger's
brother-in:law.
Medical testimony revealed
Perkins died from head injuries
received from a blunt instrument
while Rogers testified he struck
Perkins with a stool.
CARRIES COINS BUT
ARRESTED, SPURCOINS
FORT SMITH, Avk —Floyd
Dale of Oklahoma was arrested
Thursday nght on a charge of
possessing counterfeit half dol-
lars. Fifteen were found in his
posssesslon. He pleaded inno-
cent. Failure to make bond caus-
ed him to be locked up.
I Dale was arrested shortly aftor
offering the bogus money at a
shoe repair .shop where he hud
shoes repaird.
May Rewrite
Wagner Act
Say Conference May Have a
Bearing, Position Vacated
By Justice Van Devanter
WASHINGTON—Curiosity is
centered around the conference
to be held over the weekend be-
tween President Roosevelt and
Governor Murphy of Michigan.
The rumor has it that the two
may rewrite the Wagner labor
relations act. Also there is talk
of the meeting having some con-
nection with the Michigan gov-
ernor and the vacancy on the Su>
preme bench left by the resigna-
tion of Justice Van Devanter.
The president and the Michigan
ogvernor are close friends, and
his work in helping to settle the
labor trouble in Detroit is re-
ceived the special commendation
of Mr. Roosevelt .Gov. Murphy
also at one time served as gover-
nor general of the Philippines.
At first the two were to meet
on the President's yacht down the
river for a conference, but ow-
ing to the situation in China, Mr.
Roosevelt decided to remain in
Washington and have Gov. Mur-
phy come to the capitol city.
Family Slayer
Dies In Chair
Tuesday Nite
George W. Patton, Killer of
Four, Pays Extreme Pen-
alty at Huntsville Prison
HUNTSVILLE—Geo. W. Pat-
ton, slayer of a whole family, and
who then buried them in his own
lot, was executed Thursday night
for the crime. He was dead a
few minutes after the voltage was
sent through his body.
patton was tried for slaying
Mrs. Carrie McGellee, but was
not tried for slaying her husbanJ
and two children.
He went to the chair one min-
ute after midnight. He mumbled
u prayer just before his death
about "saving his soul from
eternal fire."
A1 Smith Takes
Tammany Reins
NEW YORK—With A1 Smith
stepping into the political picture
to tryi and save Tammany and i's
candidate this year, I he former
governor of New York and foe
of tho new deal, took charge, it
was announced today.
iWith the slogan "A united
front for strength and power" he
hopes to rally the organization
which was whipped by Mayor La-
Guardia at his election.
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCE MURRAY
9
July 30, 1875
John Montgomery, son of Alex-
ander Montgomery, who lives on
the Caruther's place near Blan-
ton's ferry, on Red River, started DALLAS^Punching a
for the Nation Wednesday morn- tfc h the rQof Qn the
ing to purchase some hogs. He
took his shotgun with him, and in
getting over the fence, near the
house, set the gun down on the
inside of the inclosure. After get-
ting over himself he reached for
the gun and in pulling it forward
the hammer caught on the pro-
Nip Dallas Jail
Break in Bud,
2 Recaptured
hole
fifth
floor of the city jail, two trustee
prisoners attempted to escape
Thursday night, but were recap-
tured by another trustee whose
name could not be learned.
Marvin Burkhart, of Sulphur
Springs and John Muse, ?.!), con-
spiring to escape, failed when
jectmg plank, d.scharg.ng the L Hill heard the pound-
gun.. The con ents passed through &nd cal,ed jn f,ye officfll8 anj
h right hand, carrying away two ! trugtee to him niJl.k,lftvt
fingers and mutilating the palm'^ kd through thp ope:l
in a shocking manner.
He returned to the house and a
messenger was sent to the city
poste haste for a doctor. Doctors
Feild and Aeheson responded and
found it necessary to remove
three fingers and part of the
hand. The patient is doing as
well as could be expected.
Mr. Freeman, who took a car-
load of watermelons to Quincey,
111., from his farm near this city,
a few days ago, sold them at such
a remunerative figure that he has
telegraphed for another load.
Messrs. Clark & Tallant pur-
chased, Wednesday, of Issac
Looney, 40 bushels of wheat, pay-
Everyday
DENISON
•
Our hat is off to Judge E. A.
Wright, for an action he took in
a case this morning. A youth had
been arrested by the Constable's
force for writing hot checks for
about $2,000, when he was ob-
viously drunk, but the judge, able
ing and was hidden on '.he roof, to see through the character of
The trustee, armed with a a man after yjears of dealings with
flashlight, found the Sulphurl them, believed the yoth was not
;s cor- the criminal type. He could
Offensive
On Japs to
Be Started
Springs man groveling in
ner of the roof an! persuaded
him to return. Muse was located
in the trustee bullpen and placed
in a cell.
Another prisoner, Kd Martin,
51, refused to try and escape. He
said the pair told *um to s'ayi
quiet of they would settle with
him later.
Both men are serving out fines.
KATY PAYROLL TO
BE $100,000 HERE
Gets Home, Then Wants Furniture;
Issues 1,600 Check For It; Lands
In Jail For Rubberized Article
ib
I CHICAGO1—Three yenrs im-
prisonment and a fine of $5,000
was assessed against Wm. H. Ma-
lone, charged with evading the in-
come tax law. He la free on a
$25,000 bond. <
I Malone declares that the case
•will be fought t othe last court
In the land. ** *
I NEW YORK—Word was re-
ceived this morning that the
'China Clipper III completed its
trip to Ireland shores in 12 hours
and 44 minutes of flying without
fcny trouble.
An impending marriage here|
hit the matrimonial rocks today
when a youth, working for a local
plant, was hauled up before Jus-
tice of the Peace E. A. Wright
on a charge of writing $2,000
worth of hot checks.
The youth and a Denison girl,
deciding to be married, thought
they should purchase some furni-
ture, for their "home" and they
did, $1,(500 worth, signed by the
would-be groom, on a local bank.
Tho furniture salesman, fearing
something wrong didn't deliver
the articles "purchased" but
phoned the bank to learn the
check waff rubberized.
Whether tho youth was attempt-
ing to pull a smart trick or whe-
ther he w«s just too dumb to
know better, police didn't try to
figure out. He was nabbed as ho
drove back and forth between
Denison and Sherman in his fi-
ancee's car.
Recognized tho youth as a first
offender and not a criminal type,
officers conferred with Judge
Wright to free the "culprit" in
the custody of his boss. His bank
account will be handled by a
close friend.
To add something else, Judge
Wright sentenced the rubber
check writer to attend Sunday
school each week as long as he
resides in Denison. And Judge
Wright should keep a pretty close
check, because he attends the
same church.
The youth claimed he had been
drinking a little "then met a man
who gave him something that
must have been dope, which
knocked him out for four days."
in cash, not trade. How is this
for high? This firm expects to
purchase from one to two thous-
and bushels of Mr. Looney at the
same figures.
The rainfall in Denison from
July 19th to the 27th was 4.80
inches.
July 30, 1887
Four-fifths of the subjects of
"drunk and down" that come be-
fore the Recorder are found in tho
park. This splendid natural grove
has become the snoozing place for
drunken tramps and a haunt
where footpads go to perpetrate
crime. Something should be done
iby the city to redeem this fine do-
nation of the Denison Town Com-
pany, from the condition into
which it has fallen.
Conductor John F. Curry, and
Miss M. C. Burtt were married
at the First Methodist church par-
sonage on Wednesday. The pas-
tor, W. S. Falkinbuig, officiating.
The wedding was very exclusive,
only the necessary witnesses be-
ing preent. Mr. and Mds. Curry
are enjoying a honeymoon trip
and Extra Conductor Frazier is
taking Mr. Curry's run for a few
days.
A delegation of antis, about
100 strong, left this morning for
Fort Worth to attend the True
BKie rally. They, took with them
the Grayson Rifles and the Deni-
son philharmonic band.
Old Texans who have had much
experience at public gatherings,
say that there are more people
at Fort Worth, at the anti-prohi-
bition rally, than were ever be-
fore congregated in one place in
the state. Col. McCullough, of
tho Mo-Pa. railway estimated the
visitors at 50,000, basing his esti-
mate on the number of tickets
sold nnd a number of extra
coaches employed in transporting
the people.
\Juljr 30, 1902
George Rines, who has been on
the Choctaw nnd Arkansas, arriv-
ed home Sunday. Rines relates
that at a dance given a few nights
ago near Doaksville, a fight took
place. The dance was held un-
der an arbor. He thinks at least
one hundred shots were fired and
strange as it may seem, not a per
son was struck. The women
fled at the first shot while the
men jumped behind trees and
fought Indian fashion. The con-
stable quelled the disturbance
Charley, Wiley caught n gang
of negro hoys in his melon patch
last night. Wiley turned loose
Approximately $100,000 will be
paid Denison employes of the Mis-
souri-Kansas-Texas lines July 31,
according to figures released by
Katy officials here Friday.
. Saturdav represents the largest
!"K:"'"ctLr^a b™h.°! *orJ. p y« yin Denison in ten ^ara
and local railroad employes will
receive their share. It is believ-|
ed the amounts taken for pensions'
before the railroad retirement act'
went into effect may be paid!
with the regular salary Saturday,
which will amount to a probable
$50,000 additional.
The back pension chocks were
presented to some thirty employes
of the local Railway Express
agency, this morning, representing
3</j per cent per month for ten
months for each employee. The
amount was not estimated.
Many of the railroad and ex-
press men are planning vacations
trips with their additional checks,
whle others plan to invest or use
the amount to other advantag-
eous ends.
Cotton Ginners
Asked To Stop
Wide Practice
Plea Made at Dallas Meet
ing to Purchase Staple on
Its Grade, Not Otherwise
DALLAS—Ginners of North
, Texas were asked to stop the
i practice of buying cotton the 'hog
■ round' basis and buy it strictly
1 on the basis of its grade, at a
I meeting of districts 10 and 11
here Thursday
Only by buying it for its indivi-
dual bale grade "can the grade of
I cotton be brought up to where it
will stand up under the tests to
which it is submitted in foreign
countries, it was declared.
Cotton now, it was reported, of
all kinds, goes out form Texas and
the plan is to get it stabilized.
Ginners were told that they #ere
the ones to help get the grade of
cotton grown in their particular
type.
have bound the boy over to the
grand jury and he may have ulti-
mately gone to the penitentiary,
when just another chance would
make him a first class citizen
There have been instances when
a youth, had he been given an-
other chance, would have made a
good citizen, has turned into a
criminal because he was handled
roughly, by the law. A good of-
ficer wiil tell you he has to tem-
per justice with mercy.
A. L. Vollman, manager of the
exposition Cavalcade, proved
humorous when speaking of let-
ters from men received by his
star, Geraldine Robertson. He
classifies them as: Class 1—letters
from gentlemen who admire Miss
Robertson's beauty, character and
intelligence. Class 2—letters
from men admiring her intelli-
gence, character ' and beauty.
Class 3—letters from men admir-
ing her character, intelligence and
beauty. ^ ^
Sports; Sammy Baugh the great
TCU athlete, is playing amatuer
baseball with a Texas outfit . . .
what he will do this fall still
seems unknown . . .It will be a
few more years before Joe DiMag-
gio has the drawing power of his
team mate, Lou Gehrig . . .Joe
has proved himself to his bosses
now they'll have to pay some
heavy, sugar to get him on the line
in lt>38 . . .Bet St. Louis doesn't
get rid of Dizzy Dean to the Jints
next year. His addition to the
Giants mound staff would make
them hard to bent . . .They try
to say Ole Diz if, going to talk
himself out of the big leagues,
but don't let it fool you—he's
needed by the game and he'll be
around for a number of years yet
Great praise is coming down
Warfare Regarded as Inevit-
able, Tokio Officials De-
clare After Hearing Of
Chinese Reprisals Lately
Chinese City
Is Quiet Today
Jap Troops To Be Driven
From Borders of China,
Army Officials Declare
TIENTSIN—War-torn Tientsin
presents a typical war-time city
after the clash of Thursday in
which firing from Ian! and air,
dropping of firebrands, bombs,
throwing of hand grenades, the
rattle of machine guns and the
sniping of crack shoo'iavs had tak-
en a brief rest.
It is declared to be only the
opening of a war of major pro-
portions and Chinese crack shots
are being placed at important
points.
A new artillery duel is slated
for the city, although Japanese
news agencies announce that they
have the ctiy and hand with only
a few snipers left to be wiped
out. /
Many new men have been add- . ,. ... , . _ , . .., - — -- =,
ed to the Katy payroll due to the' |er,l'ory w 1C ™as cs a ap 01 , this way about Bobby, l'jylor and
to the soil of that community , hig prowegg ul Baylor llul.in(? the
TOKIO—A major war is re-
garded today as being more cer-
tain that even following their
punitive measure at Tientsin. The
two countries have been brought
to a big rupture, high officials
announced.
t
NANKIN—Japan will be driven
from the borders of China, Gen.
Yuan has declared and is send-
ing the crack troops of the Chin-
ese armies in great numbers to
tho war stricken area.
Heavy firing was again resum-
ed today as the drive was launch-
ed to clear North China of Jap-
anese soldiers.
Another One Claimed
construction work now underway
at the local car shops. Many of
the employes will receive their
FORT WORTH—Guy Dell, liv-
j coming fall grid campaign. At
Paris they get the same reports
first check from the railroad Sat-'-!"1? S°"th °f Hasl^t' ''''ou;;h' thoj on one of their home town boys.
urday.
Effective Monday, will be the
resignation of W. M. Baldwin, ne
gro lamp lighter at Ray terminal
for the past several years.
The exct age of Baldwin is not
known by Katy officials r.or is it
known by Baldwin himself. Of-
ficials state that the negro is in
his late 70's or early 80's and has
been an employe at Ray terminal
. hale of cotton to Ft. Wo.th from Not ^ wflect on R(lbby> but what
| Tarrant county Thursday. j h this.ft game, The CoUon
■ Mill hard ball outfit, here probably
CORSICANA J. A. Briethoupt fee,g the pffoct of the softball
brought in the first bale for Cor-| ,eaguc The Mjl,ei.g haye ft gQo(i
sicana Thursday. A prem.um of, gquad
but the competition is
$02.2r, was paid. The bale weigh-, tenifk _ ^ fan ^ {mU
ed 078 Uounds and was sold to: ba„ already f(u. ^ fa]1 an(J can
the rorsicana Cotton Mills for,hard,y wa|t fo(. th(, ^ gam(?
j $101.7 . ; coaches shouM lie rolling In
D\I I AS-AlT^ties interested anytime n°W ^ S,*U Ketti"K
DALLAS—All paities interested ^ ^ Rhapp ^ ^ Hnm|a)
in the cotton crop this year in-!
eluding besides farmers, buyers,
as many yiears as they can re-
member. He has served as track' fi^^nkers and "others!
lay and on the section gang un-| wh<j w,gh to secure a fah. market|
They, say
til he was no longer able to stand P ... management
. , , , , for this year's crop have indicated
thr urrnin nf lh« hnl'i n-nrl- rn. I hflvinv npw i
attending a!
the strain of the har.i work re- 5ntention of
quired and was given his present, „tate.wWo mcotinR
Baker hotel at 10 a. m. Monday.
The purpose of the meeting is
... i to get the cotton marketed in an
amount to approximately his pres-' ^ mannpr tft ^ th(, bpat
ent salary.
position.
It is believed that, the penson
to be received by Baldwin will
the new cotton gin
in west, Denison is
having new machinery installed all
he e at "the' Broun,,• Preparing for the rush to
begin in another two or three
price for the farmer.
weeks. It A'ill be about the most
up-to-date gin in this section of
(Continued on Page 4k
Reduced fares are to be offer-
ed patrons of the Katy lines be-]
ginning Sunday and effective ev-
ery Sunday hereafter until the^
close of the Pan American expo-j
sition at Dallas and the Frontier,
Fiesta at Foit Worth. Labor Day
is also to be included in the new
reduced fare rate.
Tickets are to be sold for trains
scheduled to arrive in Dallas or
Fort Worth prior to 2 p. m. each
Sunday with final limit to leave
destination prior to midnight of
arrival date.
The round trip adult fare is
based at 75 jier cent of the cur-
rent one-way fares sufficient, to
his *hot gun and thinks from the,bp a(1(1e(1 Jn eac,^ ense t0
I .
(Continued on Pa^e 4)
(Continued «n Pag* 4)
SAYS FED. BOARD
HAS SPLIT LABOR
WASHINGTON — Representa-
tive Cojc declared today that the
Federal Labor Board had done
more to split labor than anything
else, and charged that star pro-
ceedings made decisions in ad-
vance of hearings before the
board.
Only recently the President
praised the board because it was
criticised by both sides, saying it
indicated they were fair.
Charges were made this week
by Amos R. Pinchot that the la-
bor relations board was clearly
prejudiced for and a tool of tho
the CIO.
WASHINGTON—A new typo
of idler on airplane wings design-
ed to prevent ice from forming
was announced today.
Ice forming on plane wings is
one of the handicaps to sucess-
ful flights in bad weather and
has been the field for consider-
able exploring by inventors^
Hither And Yon
WITH KEN
Ever hear at sea the sound of
the rock bound bell, lashed on a
foggy night by the foam of the
incoming time? Hark how it re-
sponds to the rising storm t It is
enjoyng its chilly bath as bather
does his in July. Its incessant
irregular "shoal—shoal—shoal,"
causes one to suppress a dread,
knowing the dangers of submerg-
ed reefs to an ocean liner. Or
perhaps we shudder as wa sense
its cold, mist-enshrouded solitude.
What a contrast to the peaceful
jingle of the musical cattle bells
we heard in the mountains. Those
bells for which the cows them-
selves get so fond that they re-
fuse their food if they are remov-
ed from their necks. And then
there are the cathedral bells of
Palermo, capital of Sicily, land of
sunshine, myjths and heroes, a
land which sheds a bright light
over the entire history of civil-
isation as well as the great beau-
ty of this "garden spot of the
(Continued on Pag* 4)
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pleaso phone 300 and on« will
b* sent you.
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