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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Cloudy and unsettled today;
colder Friday
THE
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MEMBER OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 1939
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1934
VOL. 5—NO. 186
Loyalists To Make Decision To Fight or Surrender
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Bam Looked on Favorably By Most
Of Affected Area, Writer Claims
Power Issue Is Hottest Part
Of >Fight; Phillips is Still
Against the Giant (Project
(Ed. Note: After complet-
ing a series of stories dealing
with- the feelings of people
all through the affected area
of the Red River dam project,
Lorren Williams of the Okla-
homa News, summed up a vis-
it with all this area as fol-
lows, with his story given on-
ly in part).
By LORREN WILLIAMS
If construction of the $54,000,-
000 Denison dam should be put
up to a vote in the four counties
most closely affected, it is prob-
able the project would be approv-
ed by a considerable margin.
That seems a fair prediction af-
ter a survey of sentiment in- the
area in an attempt to arrive at a
fair cross section of opinion.
It seems a fair inference, too,
considering the outcome of the
July primaries in which Deniso®
dam was a strong issue.
The four counties that would be
partially submerged, Bryan, Love,
Marshall and Johnston, have a
combined population of more than
75,000 persons.
Laborer* Hack Dam
Laborers and ro.ntevs through-
out the entire area appear strong-
ly in favor of the big double reser-
voir because it would open up
thousands of jobs for the next
five years.
Land owners seem to favor the
project where they are convinced
a fair price would be paid for the
sale. This excludes some who have
sentimental ties and do .not wish
to leave the valley of the Red
and Washita rivers to make way
for the 145,000-acre lake.
Buiinenmen in Madill and
Tishomingo seem strongly op-
posed to the dam. But they
would be outweighed by fav-
able sentiment in Durant and
throughout Bryan county,
which is the largest of the
four in population and terri-
tory.
Key Won in Area
The Denison dam was a factor
in last summer's primary election
in the governorship race. Gen. W.
S. Key campaigned in favor of
the dam and carried all four coun-
ties over his opponents, Governor
Phillips and former Governor Bill
Murray, who opposed the dam.
Key had a lead of .nearly 5000
votes in Bryan county over Gov.
Phillips. t
Other factors entered into the
raCe. It was charged that Key
drew heavy support because of
relief groups since he formerly
headed the Works Progress Ad-
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Prayer
Is Set
NEGOTIATIONS WITH
INSURGENTS UNDER
CONSIDERATION NOW
Po
e's
General Condition is
atisfactory; Vatican says
Indisposition is Persistent
As World Awaits News
Has Restful
Night Wednesday j
Second Physician is Called !
In; Condition is Not Alar- j
ming, is Reported Todayj
REiRPIGNAiN, French- Spanish j Premier Juan Negrin, foreign
Frontier, Feb. 9 (UP)—Spanish minister Alvarez del Vayo, repre-
lcyalist leaders expect to reach aise.ntatives of the Cataionian gov-
final decision by tonight on con-1 eminent and members of the ar-
tinuing thfc civil war or sun-end-. my general staff met at house No.
ering to the natiomalists, it was 22 on the broad highway which
understood today.
Everyday
DENISON
runs through Le Perhtux to make
their decision.
"Nothing has yet been decided"
del Vayo told the United Press.
It was intimated that within a
few hours the world may know
whether the loyalist leaders had
decided to give up a fight which
all mow knew was hope'ess, or to
vattpav rtTV q /ttp\ j ® ; fight on, hoping for favorable
* 1 . , 1 Tony Latona, the Denison wel- peace terms and, at the same time,
a^s 0 Prayer 01 ®teweight from the Oklahoma army j gambling on an outbreak of war
popes health were ordered in all post> ,md # brother of phn , K which wouM fore
Rome churches today as the Vat- to™, best known ffehter I French to intervene and say,
LOUIS
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ANDERSON
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ICY BREATH—Violent storms sweeping the Atlantic with high winds and below freezing tempera-
tures not only have made transatlantic crossing perilous for big ships, but has brought hardship to
fishermen In their smaller craft. Here is the trawler William J. O'Brien, ice-coated as she arrived
In Boston to discharge her cargo at the fish pier. Rigging and spars are encrusted with ice and
nets are frozen on the deck. Men must be rugged to follow a life like this.
Dr. Bian
this morn-
side the pope's bed
A secomd physician,
chi Cesa, was called in
ing.
Despite the obvious gravity of
the reports, it was asserted that
the pope's condition was not one
Radio Of British Freighter Silent
Today; Four Ships Speed to Rescue
"The Kid" To Make Personal Show
In Denison Despite Wife's Illness
NEW YORK Feb. 9 <UP)—The
[radio of the British freighter Mar-
ia de Larrinaga last reported sink-
ing in mid-Atlantic with its crew
| of 37, was silent today while 4
ican semi-official news agency • turned out of this cit (hw , j rtpubIican caU8e.
said in a special bulletin: S from a sportwriter in the Daily! There were persisted repo-.t-
The popes indisposition is per-, A,Hmoreite, who relates on a re-!from Paris that Gen. Jose Miaia.
sistrng, with depression and gen-jcent boxin(? tournament there, j loyalist commander in chief in
weakening of stiength, ac-. thimly in a column: The best!central Spain, had asked France
nll,a 'C„ V t ..tver- . . e I physique these tired old eyes I for a safe conduct to leave the
tionary" co,M,t,on 1S sta" j gazed on during the meet belonged country and was negotiating with
. , , , .. | t° Tony Latona, who lost to Mai-j the 'nationalists on surrender.
An unimpeachable Vatican ! colm Smith in the semi-finals i
source said that Dr. Giovanni Ric-jlfg still undetermined whether ,ni7
chi, the pope's physician, spent the jackie Coogan will be here for
entile night in an arm chair be-: his personal appearance next Sun-
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Resident Of
Denison Four
Years, Dies
Mrs. Lucy K. Baker, 83, resid-
ing in Denison the past four years,
died Wednesday afternoon at 2
day. A story from Hollywood
said that he. was there last night
with his wife, Betty Grable, re-
cently operated on for appendi-
citis. . .The New York Sunday
News this week carries a full page
story with a banner headline-
"Texas Has A Hangover" relat-
ing the strange and weird things
supposedly done by W. Lee O'Dan-
iel since he was inaugurated intc
the governor's office. The story
said that most Texans had lost
their regard for him. A new
angle was that there were im-
peachment rumors going around,
which we haven't heard about.
Other reports, as persistent—
coming direct from central
Spain— said that Miaja, above
all men, favored a finish fight.
Foreign Minister Del Vayo said
at a frontier press conference:
"Everything is not lost. The
central zone has not surrendered
Jackie Coogan, skyrocketing to
fame as "The Kid" in Charlie
Chaplin pictures, will be able to
make his personal appearance in
Denison Sunday, reports reaching
this city indicate.
- It was originally believed his en-
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Hines Case
Civil Service
Examinations
gagement might be cancelled due ®b>ps speeding to its rescue sent. o'clock at her home, 1009 S. Per-
to the illness of his wife, Betty ,urBient appeals ,for d'rect'°ns; , ry avenue following an illness of
' A message to radio marine's four anc! a haIf months_
Best funny line of the week
came from Fred Allen last night,
joking Jack Benny about his early
vaudeville days. Allen, as though
. you didn't hear, said Benny start-
Funeral services were held this ed his career as a stoker for a
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Surprise! The
Weather Man
Wrong Again
A cold wave, scheduled in Den-
ison today, was postponed another
day after forecasts had soured
and warm weather with light rains
fell this morning.
Temperatures reached a 53 de-
gree mark today after a low of
42 degrees Wednesday afternoon.
Grable. Coogan was making a ' ChathamC°Mass ""station from"the ""V ha'.f months> you didn't hear, said Benny start- Forecasts for tonight and Friday
personal appearance at Brown- ss Veendam said that the steam- Afternoon a^Ttom^hortMum v I ^ 'T" 88 a st°kelc f°.r a Were for cold and possibIe s™ws
wood, Texas, Tuesoay night when er had reached the position given |"chapel with Rev I I S fTeat." s act ■ ' • Kd.?ull'T' [" SecU°nS °f Tt'Xas and '0kla"
he received word his wife had un- . f * the Maria '«i r . offl" columnist, this week said Holly- ihoma.
dergone an appendicitis operation . Urri and had found no- Ivfi cemeterr^tTur-v Ir W°°d « ha^ « °ver the man- The cold air was moving
at Glendale, Calif 'thing. She was searching the vie- recti™ Short-Murray <> - ner radio has been cutting into over the northern plains states
1 he youthful actor raced by au- . . J I , i theatre gate receipts. Theatre todav and was centered around
tomobile to Dallas, arriving about I ^rs- Baker was bonn Dec. 7,! managers all over the nation are)Pembina, N. D., where th^nw-
plane The last message from the jlf as1 daughter of Mr. and | supposedly complaining to movie jcury sto'od at 26 below zero,
was due to depart, but was told stricken ship, received by radio! , , ' "n ^awlein of Cave City, producers that they book their Subzero weather was renorted cat(,s.
Chat-jArk- a"d was reared and educat-: pictures, have to charge admission,'
ed at that point. After becom- i while the film boys allow their
ing the bride of Mr. Baker, she.gtars to appear over the ether,
Civil service
male senior and junior typists to
fill vacant positions at Washing-
ton, D. C., will be held in the ex-
amination room of tie Denison
post office Friday morning at 9
o'clock, it was announced todoy
by Mrs. Mary K. Roach, civil ser-
vice executive here.
Senior typists will draw an an-
nual salary of $1,440. while jun-
ior typists will make $1,260 year-
g-, , v y j 'ly, Mrs. Roach said. The exam-
Uets Underway inations, following completion will
be sent to the New Orleans dis-
trict office for grading.
an hour before an airline plane' The
received
_ _ _ _ _ . « j the plan had a capacity load and marine's costal station at
Held a riday Icou'd take no more passengers, ham last night was:
Capt. F. E. Davis, a New York' "SIOS, SOS, all stations ashore
• .'pilot, decided to give up his sleep- and afloat please stand by. This
examinations fori .. . , ,1 , , ,,_ ,
er to "the Kid and let Coogan ship has 37 men aboard so for the
sub for him. safety of these men please stop
_ . , 'all radio telegraph signals."
Coogan paid his fare with pen-j B t for cH me88ages
nies, nickles, dimes quarters and 'am tfce rescue gh, the radio
dollar bills, his pay for the Brown- channe, was t c,ear throughout
V wood appearance which he had not tb(1 nj ht but there was no further
" changed into bills.
The couple had planned a reun-
Ion at the end of his tour. Miss'
Grable was stricken while at work
in Jack Benny's "Man About
Town."
H. G. West-
Exams will be held here later
for senior and junior stenograph-
ers in which both male and female
vacancies exist, it was learned.
Salaries of $1,260 amnually to
junior stenographers and
to senior stenographers.
$1,440
NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UP> —
Counsel for James J. Hines had
admitted todav that the Tammany
l9ader had taken money from
Dutch Schultz's gang of policy
racketeers, but an effort to show
that the money was used for
charitable purposes was balked.
Lloyd Paul Stryker. chief coun-
sel for Hines, made the admission
during the cross-examination of
J. Richard (Dixie) Davis, onc-
tirtie mouthpiece for the gang, who
has turned state's evidence. Hines
is charged with receiving bribes Mrs. James C. Carter, a resi-
to use political influence in the rfcnt 0f Denison 35 years, died
gang's favor. Thursday morning at 10:45 at a
Davis' relations with Hope Dare. locai hospital following an illness
his show girl friend, were the !0f three years. She resided at
subject of sarcastic questioning j 903 Sears street.
by Stryker during the cross-exam- Funeral services will be held
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; throughout that sections, with Hu-
j rr.,r., S. D., reporting 12 below ;|
Railway crossing accidents in
moved with him to Oklahoma
City, later coming to Denison.
She was a member of the Cal-
vary Baptist church.
Surviving is a son, Thomas Bak-
er of IQklahoma City and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ida Sherrill of Denison.
Pallbearers will be R. T. Dunn,
which comes into homes, free.
Most of the magnates are with-
drawing their stars from the air-
ways, Tyrone Power being the lat-
est. . .Sullivan believes film
heads may have waited too long
before taking the necessary action
Most sordid story of the week
Helena, Mont., 24 below; Shevi-ithe flrst ten months of 1938 nuro-
dan, Wyo., 14 below; North Platle, bereti 2,66!> against 3.585 in the
Neb., 4 above and Dodge City, same period of 1937, according to
Kan., 10 above. Freezing weather jthe Association of American Rail-
extended past Oklahoma City and iroads.
Homer Summerhill, Cecil Whit- j reveals a Dallas dope peddler sup-
ten, Allen Overturff, Ralph Dar- plied his own mother with the
nell and C. Stovall.
Iller physician, Dr,
phal, said Betty was improving]
and indications were that Jackie 1
would be able to continue his
Texas tour. He was scheduled j
to open in Wichita Falls today. |
Committee
Urges Defense
body wrecker.
Mrs. J. C. Carter
Dies Thursday
ination. 'Once, when Stryker re-
ferred to her as Davis' mistress,
Davis flared and replied angrily
that she was "the girl I fell in
love with."
The closing minutes of the
day's session were enlivened by
a threat from District Attorney
Thomas E. Dewey to impeach the
testimony of one of his own wit-
nesses, Max D. Steuer, a lawyer,
who testified that Hines had ask-
ed him to compromise a tax case
for Schultz. When he reported
to Hines that the case could not
be compromised and that he no
longer was interested in the mat-
ter, Steuer said, Hines responded
"I'm not, either."
Friday at 2 p. m. from Short-
Murray chapel with Rev. J. F.
Murrell officiating. Interment
will he in charge of Short-Mur-
ray.
Deceased was born as Corinne
Greer at Knoxville, Tenn., and
was roared and educated at that
point. She married Dr. Carter
at Knoxville and came with him to
Denison. The couple had resided
at the same address during the
entire 35 years here.
Surviving are her husband, two
nephews, Greer and Hugh Clark
of Knoxville.
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Human Chain
Breaks; Thief
[ WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (UPj-
Chuck Waldron tell us his
wife, Ruth, and recently born
daughter, are very well, thank
you. That's swell . . . The re-
cent president's birthdav balls all
over the nation, netted $1,021,000,
after all expenses were paid. Den-
ison did all right on the event . . .
, Ge-ti. Franco of the Spanish rebels
has promised France that a for-
thur Anderson (D.-Mo.) held that jeitrn nation will not dominate
Amarillo where
stood at 30.
temperatures
Bill Revises
Registrations
Fatalities resulting from these
accidents totaled 1,159 during the
ten month period of last year,
compared with 1,510, a decrease
360 in the same period of 1937.
Persons injured numbered 3,081
in 1938 compared with 4,082 in
the same period of the previous
year.
| If war breaks out in Europe it j with the exception of one amend- i Spain when the civil war is over,
will be imperative and essentia! ment—restricting the war depart-1 Franco knows as well as we do
CUT" T"\ iL that tlle United States have a ment's plane purchases to 1,000—Ithat Mussolini and Hitler did not
rails io Lleatn Strong air fleet and adequate
| armed force, the house military
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (UP)— affairs committee said today in a
For a tense instant, last night. a majority report urging enactment
fleeing theft suspect hung head- of ^es.dent Roosevelt's expand
AUSTIN Tex., FffK 9 (UP) —
Revision of the motor vehicle reg-
istration laws to prohibit use of
scrip in paying fees, but permit-
ting corporations to register in
counties other than their domi-
cile was recommended today byi_ „
the house highways and motor Pa,l! Tuoxdny. will attract sever-
traffic committee. !■' officials of this vicinity, - -
The Southwestern regional
meeting of safety section of the
Association of American Railway?
to be held at the Baker hotel in
it is
al officials
I indicated.
The bill, by .Toe A. Keith of j Talks to be given will include
Sherman, was designed to loosen {the following subjects: "Handling
restrictions which in the main
have concentrated the registration
inflammables and other dangerous
articles in bad order cars at de-
railmar.ts," "School Bus Drivers,"
the insurgents win the
nental United States."
down from an eighth floor fire I national defense program. j The.reports were based on a against brother conflict
escape, a detective clutching his' The report cited the war prep-1 $376,000,000 program reported
foot and a second detective aratlona o£ tw° *reatD . European, favorably by the committee Tues-
elinging to the first one's legs. democracies, Great Britain and,day. They were released on the
Then the human chain broke 1 France> as arguments for the | eve of a senate session which may
dronpintr Rav A Smiires 32 ad°Ptl0'n o£ Roosevelt's program, bring another collision with Presi-
truck driver, to his death in the!Thepreparat,io,ls .^restarted two! dent RooMvelt oyer his foreign
alley below.
"we believe this to be a reason-!send troops and war munitions!of truck and bus line vehicles in
able and sound program having to into Spain just out of kindness, jthe larger counties but to tighten I and "Safety education in public
do with the proper defense of iThey want something and will get j prohibition against the use of|schoo:s—efficency tests—safety
what we look upon as the co.itti-|it when the war is over, provided' scrip, a means the highway de- jeducation, track and B&B forces
Squires led police to a
[years ago, it said, but are still
I short of the mass-production stage
room deemed necessary for protection.
where he said he cached $2000
worth of silk he was suspected of
stealing from his employers. But
he darted through a window onto
the fire escape. Detective George
Underhill leaped after him, and In
the struggle, Squires lost his bal-
The majority observed that war
may come in Europe at an early
date and added that "when and if
that unfortunate and regrettable | tio.na!
situation occurs, it will he im-' United
perative and essential that we are
prepared and equipped to provide
nnce and toppled over the rail-j adequate protection for our own
ing. The detective hung over the' shores that we may command re-
rail, holding the 200-pound man ' spect of our rights, at least in our
by one foot. He was sliding over own country."
too, when Detective Harvey Burch j ' $376,000,000 Program
grabbed him. Underhill suddenly. A simultaneous report by the,United States to undertake the
held nothing. Burch and a third majority, signed by ten republi-, role of peacemaker," Ludlow told
officer pulled him to safety, Jeans and Representative C. Ar-|Hull.
policy and amid demands for a
naval building holiday and an
arms limitation conference.
Representative Ix>uis Ludlow
(D.-Ind.) author of an amend-
ment which would require a na-
refcrendum before the
States could engage in
war, wrote Secretary of State
Cordell Hull, suggesting a two-
year naval holiday, while Senator
William H. King (D.-U.) announc-
ed he would sponsor an arm limi-
tation resolution in the senate.
"The time has come for the
brother
Jo-
hannesburg, South Africa, has a
way of dealing with human
leeches. Those who won't accept
jobs are sent to a penal colonv in
the Transvaal . ■ • President
Roosevelt wants that additional
150 millions to help along the
idle.
partment contended cost the state
large sums in fees last year.
Under the bill, reported favor-
ably, 14 to 2, corporations may
register their vehicles in any
county in which they have branch
agencies and operate.
—safety and dangers in whistle
signals and hand signals."
Holding a job down does have
its drawbacks at times. Only yes-
terday this writer missed an op-
portunity to make a trip to Mi-
ami, Fla., because he has to work.
Last year it was a possible visit
to South America . . . Maybe
some day we can knock off labors
any time and head out for desti-
nations the heart calls for . . .
"King of the Underworld" open-
ed here yesterday and brings
forth Humphrey Bogart, and
FATHER OF FUNERAL
HOME OPERATOR DIES
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Japs-Russians
Fight Again
MOSCOW, Feb. 9 (UP)—Fif-
teen Japanese and Manchukuan
soldiers were killed or wotwided
in clashes with Soviet forces near
Island 227 in the Agun river "Mon-
day and Tuesday, it was announc-
ed officially today.
The Manchu-Japanese casual-
ties were one dead a.twl two
wounded.
The clashes followed an earlier
battle last week in which both
sides suffered castualtles.
CANADA'S JIM — Counterpart
above the Canadian border of
Uncle Sam's Postmaster General
James A. Farley is Norman A.
McLarty, above, Windsor attor-
ney. He recently was appointed
to the Canadian Postmaster,
Generalship by Prime Minister
W. L. Mackenzie King. The new
appointee is now serving his
fourth year in the Canadian
Parliament. He is a Liberal, a
Presbyterian, is married and has
two daughters. He is 49.
Trains Make
Better Time
In January
Railway Accidents Over 1st
Ten Months of 1938 Fall
Off From the Year Before
The percentage of Katy passen-
ger trains making scheduled time
or better during January of this
year was 2.45 per cent above the
same month last year and 3.17
per cent above that of the prev-
ious month, a statement issued by
Frank W. Grace, of Dallas, vice-
president and general manager of
the M-K-T., reveals.
The Katy ra v 558 trains over
the North Texas district in Janu-
ary of 1939, compared with the
same number run in January,
1938. Of the trains, 98.57 per
cent made scheduled time compar-
ed with 98.21 per cent in January
of 1938.
The road ran 1,798 trains ov-
er the whole system during the
first month of 1939 and ran the
same number during the 1938
period. Of those trains, 98.22 per
cent made schedule time, while
only 95.77 per cent made sched-
ule time during the same month
of last year, the statement indi-
Cecil I. Brooks, proprietor of
the Brooks funeral home, received
word this morning of the death
of his father, J. W. Brooks, at
Kingman, Kans., at 2:30 a. m. to-
day.
Mr. Brooks, accompanied by his
wife, left early this morning to
attend the funeral services. Ar-
rangements were not known.
Surviving besides his son here
is a sister, Miss Lilly Brooks of
Kingman, and a brother.
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