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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and colder
today and Tuesday
THE DENISON PRESS
A FAST GROWING
PAPER
35c Per Month
MEMBER CLF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS MONDAY, DEC. 12th, 1938
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930-DAILY 1934
VOL 5-NO. 136
Roosevelt To Spend 8 Billions More In 1940
Yes, They’re Still Fighting Over There
KAUNAS PLACED UNDER EMERGENCY STATE
Future
Of City
Unknown
Means, Arch Swindler Of
Mrs. McLean Dies Today
Asks For Plenty
Students in Former German
Port Clamor for Return of
Waldermaras, For Years
Close Friend of Germany.
Immediate Spe.ulation of
Wnereabo ts of $104,000
Made by Officers in Mo.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Dec. 12!
(UP)—Gaston B. Means, arch!
swindler, master 1 ar, and Rifted
de'octive, died early today. He;
d'ed a pri-oner of the government,
KINGSTON SCHOOL
IS BURNED DOWN
Follows Nazi
Victory Sunday
| serving time for defrauding M
I Evalyn Wal-h McLean, wealth;.'
4 j
cjfd;
KINGSTON, 'Oklahoma, Dec. 12 spread all over the bui ding nn<
I owner of'the' Hope "diamond',' of (Special(-Fire ravage a section sparks from the conflagration en
| $104,000.
He was 57 year old and his
----- g ant’s frame had withered fron
26 of 29 Seats are Won by an ill-'■ / ,, rt-1 nearby fire d ou’d b-
Nazi Sympathizers; Vote l ! 1 " "
Overwhelmingly German. I”'. V,'
of this city early Sunday night dangered nearby thickly populate
and for minutes threatened to sections. Denison and Madill fire
catch the entire township nearly. | equipment wet all nearby propertj
everV <-)n'y PrornPt action by Madill, Ok., • reading in roaring flames befog
] enworth. Kansas, a week ago for
„ ! a call bladder operation. He sue-
MEMEL, Dec. 12 (UP)-Kaun- |o „ hp,,.t nttack. ln
as (Kovno), capital of Lithuania. hja primp h(! wei(?bpd 210 pounds
and Kaunas province were put un- and very liu](, of it was fati
der a state of emergency today as Means’ career was one of th
German Naz s celebrated a land*
oddest and most spectacular or.
SPANISH BRIDGE - With bridges In Spain widely destroyed,
clashing forces are called upon to use genius in crossing the
rivers Ihe.se Loyalist soldiers have rigged an improvised ferry
across the Serge Rivei and are about to span the stream. Note
the camouflaging on the earn i although that would seem un-
likely to deceive Insurgent airmen loi long
TICKETS TO DAD'S
EVENT SOLD OUT
slide in yesterday’s diet election Vg weratJon Ho bad been in-
j m Memcl territory. dieted for such crimes as murder,
The state of emergency was ini- ospjonBfre for(re:7 bribery, lar-
Posed after a sudden surge of cpnyi embezs ement, vioiafons of
j demonstrations by students who
I demanded the return to power of
I exiled August nas Waldemarns,
. | who for years had urged close
f"iendsh:p with Germany. Thus it
The fire started supposedly in Fire fighters were hampered
the basement of the school here, when no water was available 1<
use because of a broken wa’c
. connection, which was being f xe
9 9 during the weekend. The Dcnisoi
department’s small truck. with
chcmica s, was the only preve
tion against the blaze spreading.
The flames were discovered I
Bv nearby residents shortly after 8
I LOUIS ANDERSON p, m. \ftcr attempts to entin-
guish the fire failed, the Mudi
and Denison departments were
called in.
Everydav
DENISON
the national prohi'ition ac\ oon-j
sp'raev, and a se'f confessed mas-
ter crook. But he was convicted | t0ni' ("ri ,< " '* 8 nci" Ohr stmns
only twice by a I the Christma trees for sale
His death caused immed'ate "n Main street and the hi inis
was indicated that coincident w th gpgenl^i jon as to the whereabouts section .
what approximately a c ean elec- ,nm, ill.irntten trains for. in
i ton sweep for German Nazis resi-
' dent in Memcl territory, there was
a v gorous new campaign for re-
orientation of Lithuania's foreign
' n icy on a basis of friendship for
the greater German Re eh.
With almost every available and featuring Coach Leo R.
ticket sold, Densonians were clam- (Dutch) Meyer of TCU and
or ng for ducats to the annual Davey O’Brien, the Christian A I
Dads club banquet at Hotel Den- American quarterback,
ison Tuesday night, honoring Deni- E. E. Rogers, high school prin
son high school football players cipal and Dads club' off cer, in
---- charge of sales with Logan Stol
. on a
What lay in Memcl territory, ^ somewhere in
token from Germany after tne
World War and handed to Lith-
uania, was uncertain.
Dr. Ernest Neumann, the Ger-
man leader, commented to the
United Press that Memcl Germans j^' tour.h(.d bvYhe' k'dnn'ping'
The spirit of Rt. N ck
of some of his ill-gotten gains for, in spruce ... The Dallas papers
he was known to have swindled are trving their doggondest to
an assortment of v ctims out of make the public behove Texa-
hundreds of thousands of dollars. Tech really has something fo put
None or very little of it was ever 'n’<’ ’’’e Cotton Bowl January 2
recovered, and, as he usually lived1 at Dallas. In roa itv the Red
modest scale, many believed Raiders have and the school is
the wilev con- the second largest n the state . .
fidence man had a fortune cached. ■ "nine 1" show Fort
Mrs. McLean never received any " nrth the frogs cent ignore the
of her $104,000. \ wealthy Wa- ™ «•» »"»Y with it . . . Lit- tne. willmeet in Winnipeg. Dec
shingtmi D. C. newspaper owner tie Davov O’Brien can take per-, 12-10 and endeavor to formulate
, . , , , «om»i (.,-odit for »h<* sudden h’ke in a new Canadian wheat poliev.
ticket sales for the Dads eluh -han- Wheat experts from the United
New Canadian
Wheat Policy
Is Formulated
WINNIPEG, Manitoba. Dec. 12
| (UP)—With world gra'n market
stagnated by surplus, representa-
tives of the leading export coup-
had proved their loyalty to Ger- char]pg A_ LJndberehl J,-.
Man Wanted
In Oklahoma
Is Captured
A would-b'e
in Kingston, Oklahoma,
alleged assault to
, ■ , .. . . | many. As to the territory’s future
enwer k. said a few more tickets n|)(|’the sil, iitv tha* it might
to the event might be available. ,|emande(1 ,,y Germany,
1 ut probably would be sold ear.yl
today. A large number of local ‘ ‘ . ,
fans, wishing to attend the annual , , ,,
event, have inquired about ticke's 1 1
. ’ . j , , next word, if any, must come liom
i hut were refused because the ho- j, ,r]jn
1 tel dining room can only aeconi- J 1
desperado, wanted | modate 300 persons. , L. „
'or an A highlight of the banquet,'to I show,s ^ cnn "ot h""f“
murder charge begin at 7 p. m.. will be the film i People by using nght stocks on
in connection with the beating las* showing the TCU-Rice game which ’ u m a' f u‘ jlt uianun.s .iu
month of an 80-year old man. was Meyer says is the “prettiest film” ('om* °n ( inn 11 '
cap'urcd in Denison late Sunday of a game he has ever seen. \e.n hov ' " lls n "
afternoon bv Constable Ira .lessee., . .. ___________________ j offering ua the same programs we
. . .. 'egged for for 1.. year*. Perhaps
Jessee, working on a descript on ( Baggage Car Added
of
Means
he
The decision
-meaning that the
“The heavy vote yesterday
nuot tomorrow night. The sales States, the Argentine and other
storv of being "’ere s’ow until the announcement Canadian prov nces wi 1 attend
ki,lnime,- u-fn came that O’Rr en would be here.; the four-day session called by
Kidnapers wno m . .... . \ no,„ the Manitoba government.
from ACC snvs Murray Moshall, Confronted with a decidedly
money plus $1,000 ' - »"<! Mrs. M. M. Mar-1 bearish statistcal position of
went to her with
in touch with the ....... .
were wil ing to surrender the hub” * ben skyrocketed
r----- A PC' _____ AT......
to him for $100,000. She gave
him the money nlus $1,000 for'pon pf Mr- •',ml M'-s M
IN SUIT—The Hon. Mrs. Calypso
Baring Liddell, sister of Lord
Revelstoke. shown in court in
Miami. Fla., with her hall-
brother. Lorillard Suflern TatU r,
with whom she denied having
improper relations. Her husbai.a.
Captain Guy Maynard Loi; ' il,
ch.ef of England':; Civil Inti
gence Department, is suirp' i t
custody of their four ch id
Young !bon
Dies Sunday
The one-day-old son of Mrs.
Mrs. W. Q. Jamison died at 11 and (Umocrat
ital. cl ;i' of pn
for an overcrowded market and n j direction
tv to 'iken, o. C. for the pavoff. n°c' 17 for thl’ Christmas holidays.
The kidnapers, of course, didn't
appear and be sent Mrs. McLean Open Letter to Santa Plans:
nn a wild goose chase to El Paso. D°ar Santa' Th<‘ rime is getting
Then he asked her for $25.00(1 and short and voti probably have p'en-
she started the proceedings which tv of other 'otters von ire rush-
ended in his conviction in May, ing to go* tho orders filled, hot
193.1, when he was sentenced to if von don't help this corner’s
Included
in Budget
In January
Hope For Early Budget Bal-
ancing is Gone as Plans
io. j DR Spending For
Co.r.ing Year Is Figured.
Alteration
Is Foreseen
Changing Tide During Last
Election May Cut Down on
Spending, Administration.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 12 (UP)
-Pro dc Roosevelt's 1940 bud-
m i -riniuU-s were expected today
to call for expenditures of $8,000.
Ot‘0.000 (bill ons) or more in the
' xt IV il tear and to assure an-
other huge treasury deficit.
The budget message will be
i'p..t 1 i to the new congress dur-
■" tin fi • we- k of January,
■ - ' ahv Jan. 4, the day after con-
gress meets.
■ ■ are carefully kept
sec et until est mates are read be-
e i'"- isre But upon he bss-
i of known administration plans
1 d1 P"t appear possible that
M . I' i evelt will be al e to bring
govi r.rnent costs n the next fis-
cal V";ir low enough to justify
hope for an early budget balance.
The current fiscal year is bud-
geted fair revenue of $5,000,270,-
i'i'ii '"’’in' -), expenditure of $8,-
•5.157,000 (hi imns) ard a net
tely $ 1,000,-
H"ii.(in,! it' 11 ion - ). Fiscal years
Iwgin annually on July 1 so that
-• seven months
of the current period.
t five months and
th s fiscal year the
• i ed daily by an
i >10,000.000 and
. i mal republicans
there is a ris ng
‘e-t and cri'icism.
substantial prospect.
In
avt
fro
Th.
come too late.
Sheriff
of the hunted man. saw him here! Effect” ',ast Thurgdayi Dcc. Jj, ,^'°no more.»
Sunday and took him into custody 8_ ,h(. Texas Spccial from Browns-j Sc»*. Are Conceded
after the Ok ahoman uu a ™p vj||e to gt Louis added a baggage; j)r Neumann was asked whe-
ed to escape. The on put was car to tbejr usua| lun ;0 take care1 thcr the new diet of Memcl would
initiate some move to take the
tew tory back to Germany.
“It is possih e,” he replied “tha‘
something will be done."
V minimum of 2fi of the 29
seats in the Memcl
15 vours imprisonment and fined e-us
$10,000.
turned over to Deputy #f VB,; fruit movements.
Joe Everett of Madill and Con
stable Green Beams of Kingston,
Cattle Ranch
In Wvomim?
J. W. Irby spent the weekend;
in Dallas.
this morning.
The wanted man has been hunt-
ed since the alleged attack and
has been traced by off cers all
over southern Oklahoma ami
nor hern Texas. Mr. Jessee said
he had been on the lookout for -
the'Ok ahoman a month, working; The Christmas movement of
only on a description by Madill turkeys began today on the Katy
of'iers. lines.
G. S. Sanders and Uibrcy Hugli
es jest returned from a Masonic "as 1
convention at Waco.
(TTFVFN'XE, W’ o.. D'C.
(UP)—P'ans to est-iHOh
Wvnm ng He-eford ranch,
000.(1(1(1 nationally- known catttle bn
raising entornrisp southeast of Mn-'nass or s"mpathv. Honesttv
tcrritoiy dc bprp ns a nnnr,vnfit oi'-caoiza'lon «'itiPtim"s ivi1 are
to Neumann’s fol-
a'ong we wav have to ston
roliimn'ng because for severa1
years we have been slavin'1' along
w I - h cracks (bat even the C-'med-
ian’- Handhook (i-*. Joe MiPo”)
wouldn’t even hnnd’e. T)v now
tbev are gett-ng iest a lit'le thread
)•> Ivive and the pressure for new
the ones is terrific. Profile s-'om to
$1,- read it. even te'l Its they like it.
somet mes it’s just out of
for the advancement of the Here
hard pressed
stalemate for rapid v
prices.
Canada's recent signature to a
revision of a 3-year
trade treaty with the United
States is expected to have a d1-
rect ! oaring on the conference. I”
the agreement the Dominion y’rid-
ed to a 6-eent per bushel pvefe "-
ence on Canadian-grown wheat
going directly to the United King-
dom.
$50,009,000 at Stake
With present prices of wheat
bordering on the depression lows
of 1932 Canada faces a possible
loss of $50,000,000 on the 1918
yield because it pledged itse f t
pay farmers a minimum of $0
of Short-Murray with
declining Bev. Minor Bounds officiating and
will be held today at 3 pi. In. from
Short-Murray chapel. Interment
thl reciprocal wjjj ()p at Fairview cemetery.
Besides the parents .who live at
406 W. Morgan street, the child
is survived by his grandparents
Dr. and Mrs, D. K. Jamison and
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Patterson of
Denison.
page four)
Former Show Girl Amazes Medicos
With Fight For Her Life Today
(HOLLYWOOD, D c. 12 <UP)--
Eva Tanguay, known to the show
world as the “I Don’t Care Girl,”
amazed physicians today as sin
fought off a critical illness and
appeared on the way to recovery.
The 60-year-old former star of
ebbing over the weekend when she
suffered several hemovrhages as
the result of a stomach ailment,
hut she rail ed after receiving
blood transfusions and intravenous
injections.
“Un'css Miss Tanguay has an-
.. — ..................... ......... tbit wo have nightmares, then
lowers. Ballot boxes were brought foH b,.pp(, and fo). thp h,-unfit nf |-nvP to break them no into sm'H
to Memcl today and il was expec- l.bf,.jtjP5 wore announced todny. Rit
led that counting would start to-j Edward T. I.azear, Cheyenne ton-h thing; are getting, we’ l ev
morrow. attorne'-, said a deed establish n en Io* ns enest co'unin for ns he
The Memcl voting for the semi- a tnl,.t for thp is to b„ fj]Pl> forp rbri-tma-- roll, around We’ll
autonomous diet of this terr tory s4nn 0„ i,pi,n|f nf 1Ipn..v p. Cv„ b.,vp tba, stopk;nc on the fi-e-
which is a unit under I.ithuan an wptk rhie.ago cneialist and na-e -ea-tv P"tch That i« if we
sovereignty, went as was expec- owner of the ranch. The attorn y !( fjrenlace and a stocking.”
ted. Not on y were the Germans Oowol! p anned to endow the Yours, Louie,
overwhelmingly superior in ntiin- ,-nneh and the herd of 1 (Min pure
her, but Lithuanian parties weie prod c-ttle for a ne”jo-| of twenty-
divided and submitted four sen- fjvp VParg nftpr bia dpptb
arate tickets, thus dividing the Plans now under advisement
Lithuan nn vote. perm t the onera'ovs to continue
It was the situation in Li*huan- ^VPrk of imn-ovine the herd along
in
cents a bushel regardless of the
world price.
The 80-cent minimum will save
for eohinmmg. Show von^hew ^ yea]. hut ,hp ndmi„.
istrnt on is concerned with the
prospect of the imminent loss and
future years.
World wheat production during
1938 was slightly under 5,000,-
000 000 bushe’s, or 507,000,000
bushels in excess of last year’s
yield. This is exclusive of the un-
harvested Argentine crop, estimat-
ed at 300.000.000 bushels.
Ronald Column adds to his mes-
te nieces in “If 1 Were Kite',” one
of h s host seneo “I ost Horizon”
. . . The newsens’ers 'ast ni-rtit
Services For
Lionel Breeding
Funeral services for Liom
Breeding, 26, who died at a Den-
ison hosp'tal Saturday, will he
held sometime tod iv or tomorrow
in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mr. Breeding was born n \ k-
ansas hut received his education
in Oklahoma City, where ho wa-
married to Mi-s Aline Lamb- rt.
He had been associated w th hi-
father, Hugh Breeding, in th* au-o
transport business, his hoa : a t-
ers being at Col ert, Okla
Borides his father, moth
wife, surviving are one son
hie Breeding, and tv 1 b
Lv’e and ('-'oil of '5 oi o’ 1
* DAYS 'TIC. *
CHRISTMAS
aril
Santa’s Snooper
"UP W’D DOWN AND 'ROUND
VBOUT TOWN”
Th > may bo blue Monday to
soni' folks, but to most every one
the beginning of the real
Christmas rush. Only eleven
more days until Santa is due to
make his appearance.
The ■ ' hard y time left to jus-
tify the old “shop early” . . . But
you ran still avoid that “last min-
ute rush.”
'proper, bordering both on eas’ Jhnt' havo' ornvod "su-'e^riid of C*r'' n:‘’
musical comedy and vaudevillo] °tl>er hemorrhage, she would ap-
showed such marked improvement! t'ear 1° be on the way to recov-
that her physician,
improvement! I
Dr. Wendell! Pl'y.''
Prussia and Poland, that 'became jn tb„ \vv nrnfps wKrii a
interest ng. j erne from the herd on the 6'bO(U»
The Lithuanian government PPrP vanob would ho turned or o’*
clamped down a six months’ state eharita'.i'e institutions, Laroa
of omergonev decree in Kaunas snjd
Dr. Starr said. “Her vital- city and province not long af'er Bobert I.azear wl'l cent rue to
Britain Has Fastest Planes, But
Italy Leads With Fastest Bombers
Vimdelion's remark that Father-
Cou-rhlin of Dotrrit sneaks for
himself, not tho Catholic church
John Pospnfio'd in tho Dallas LONDON, Doc. 12 (UP)— B i- vealod that this sh p, a type
News, reviewing J;nimy Fidler’s (a!n b.,a tbp wor d>s fastest fight- which I.ord Nuffield is 1. ;
debut ri "Garden of th ■ in(r pia„ps, hut Pnlv loads in 1.0P0 in his shadow facto-y. hm
W. Starr, sad he was hopeful that >ty under the circumstances is re- (he polls closed in Monel territory mamigo the jtr nerty
she would survive.
"She has a 50 per cent chance
of living,” he said. ‘It’s a small
miracle that she has been able to
revive after having been so near
death.”
Although last week she had
been given on y 48 hours to live,
Miss Tanguay was able to rece ve
a few visi ors. Among those who
came to her bedside were Irene! Laughlin and Mis* West, she ro-
Castle McLaughlin, famous dancer fused to
end srreen a-dress Mae West, an-
other old friend.
Miss Tanguay’s life appeared
go to a hospi'nl, deelar-
Uecvr'K wo saw tabulated the
nit T ■. lurvey of a large ntim-
of po udi'. tuiseil on the ques-
n "what do you prefer for
0 stnvs" It was surprising
how tii a! ho answers were—
wh.'ilic >h" price range was “Un-
,i .. *: i ■' “post unlimited” the
51 'nn.” due in Denison 'his week, sooodv bom’-ers, the 1919 edition ' snood of 359 uiilo; an hou ' j1'- n.w, \\, 'give us practical
churns that Fid e- makes column- 0f jnnP-,i A|| th<* World’s Aircraft, which may mean a maximum of
-com unrol able, hot with a: iwcaled todny. 400 miles an hour. It would he we'l for most shop-
s fonhrerosnoe intentions . . Jane's placed United States’ Tt*c "a'an Breda 88, twin - ;- p ,rs t.i keep this in mind in
Wlii "h tells Mr Fi ller ho is even bomb ng and fighting planes as glued bomber monophinos. v ■ ohc'inc g fts. Most recipients
worse as an actor than as a writ- among tho world’s speediest. It listed as tho world’s fnrins* 1 1 , v :(i nnnrociato most the good
0- and commontn’or . . . Paul s„jd tha* details of tho nowost of those shins, piloted by the Pal- practical, everyday useful items.
Whi'emnn w;ll present a inzz eon- United States Army machines have ian Furio Njoint, averncod nv’ o | ,, ih i * in mind, go right
Mereurv readings in Denison murder today n conno-tion with “ent in Garnogc Ha’’ ‘his month ..... vet ....... roi,.; .| f„r pllbl than 321 miles an hour «\ ' d -d fit-ish vmir shunning.
♦odnv fol to a low of 18 degree-; tho critical shooting of William Me., nrnbehlv sug"-es*ed bv the eation and that their performance 100-kilomotcr course in Xpr Nov! F on though it can’t be
with low..... temperature* format Barnhill. SB, a farmer. WfatHM In Alexander’. Rv*‘uno w, not yP, known. mi. Max n„m: perform....... « led E Ij
Barnhill was shot early Sunda- r • • • Ch.irlt riemrt c’n-m - Tin British :r- m-rin Spi' this «htp bas not been reported. -------—------•
tavern. Pbvsieians sni I Nr Whiteman will spend $12 090 f>e 1, a single-seat figh’ing mom- r °8 1 "lor u'a*" NOTICE
rhost making ready for the concert, plane, is listed as the world’s with a maximum speed of 2*1 if VOu do not receive v<*ur pane*
markable.” The government exnlained ts ac-;
Tho onetime “cyclon e comedi- tion ns the rosu't of “certain di«- OPER'TOR OF T,tVERN
enno” of musical comedy hns been orders especially nmonir students.” CHARGED IN SHOOTING
'bedridden for tho past year with; ----------------
arthritis.
At Miss Tanguay’s request, her
condition was not made public
unt 1 Saturday because she did not
want to worry her friends. De-
spite the plcadingr of Mrs. M1-
CROCKETT. Tex., Doc. 12
MERCURY FALLS ! (UP)—A. G Bray, opora’or nf a
HERE MONDAY tavern two miles north of C’O '-
_______ | kett, was chnrgod with asrau't to
for this afternoon and tomorrow.
A high of 70 degrees was sef Sn1'- near 'he
ing she wou'd rather stay at home day afternoon, biut fell rapidly he was paralyzed from tho
attended by a nurse and a friend, when a brisk norther struck late down and had only a slight chance
Charlotte Whitney.
Sunday night,
to recover.
(Continued on page four)
fastest military aircraft.
Tho air ministry has just
(•anMnued on Page 4)
bv 5 p m each d»v. pl**»»* phon*
tOO ami nn* will bv innt VOS.
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