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DENISON, TEXAS, isei ‘91 Idas ‘AVQSHflHI
WEBKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1984
VOL. 4—NO. 74
^Number of, Kraft Jackets In
Employes Attend SnappyDrill
Exposition Sun. For Durant
* Bob Burns Will Star At
Pan American Exposition
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Leading Debate Coach of
State Resigns Position
Two Special Interurbans Are Chartered By
Kraft Plant Here To Make Trip Highlight-
ed by Sunday Speech of J. L. Kraft, Head
Several hundred Denison Kraft Elliot McClung, chamber man-
employes and others plan to at' ager, said he had been notified
tend the Pan-American National by E. L. Kildeau, local Kraft ol-
Foods Industries Day in Dalltis ficial, that two special interurbans
Sunday, according to announce- have been chartered for company
ment from the Chamber of Com- employes, to leave Denison a 9 a.
merce today. m., Sunday. The special will be
___________1 free to Kraft employes.
a*_____________Kraft employes are vitally in-
Pvoi'urinu terested in the day, highlighted by
ILVeryaay a gpeech by J. L. Kraft, head of
DFNISON the Krafi'-l,,ienix Checse e°rp°r‘
ation, who wi address them Sun-
41 * ® clay af ernoon. Mr Kraft will be
Dove hunters came back after jn DenUon Saturday to inspect
the opening day’s hunt Wednes- fhe new ,oulhwestern division of-
day, singing h.dleujah for the fjce ,iujldinp and to ho]d several
number of birds they ran across. eonferenceB here
One group of four brought down A ca|.avan wjh be formed for
Only Two Jackets, Taylor.
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And Shearer, Laid Up by
Injuries; Both To Be in
Starting Lineup, Durant
Stevens Eager
To Beat DHS
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Durant Reports Indicate Ten
Starters Back From Last
Years Outfit Jackets Beat
Snapping through a heavy work- ^
out Wednesday afternoon, Deni- j
son high school Yellow Jackets,
looked the best they have since
the opening of the training season
late in August. The drills gave,
local mentors grim satisfaction
after the way Ihe Jackets looked
agains Greenville last week. |
Coaches Logan Stodenwerck
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Reduction In
Reserve Seats
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Complaints From Fans Lead
To Drop in Price of Seats R
For Best Section at Games
DENISON
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YEARS AGO
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I and Bennie McWilliams impressed
A caravan will be lormeu ror'on tLe voutb ., ,
fifty-eight birds, while a number the tr|p by employes of the Griffin j ^ving everything *
of others bagged the same num-
impany anil Waples P'.it-J ,
they have
her proportionately (for (he bene- f^lomplny ZZby a number of! Xht'UcauT^hflJo'ns 'SatUrtl;,'y
fit of Harr, /’on) and are go- 0jber Denison business men. May- j)P
ing back as soon as they can or m. C]arenee gcote and Mr. Mc-
before the doves get gun shy. c!ung will be included in the list
Fire Chief Pat Lowe is sporting of notal)ios to attend from here,
a badly bruised right shoulder Mayor Scott urged all Dcntson-
from handling a heavy kicking jans'( who possibly- could, to at-
twelve gauge shot Jrun. He said ^end the eventful day at the ex-
it got to the place where he s’art- position and hear Mr. Kraft. IN
ed hiding when doves appeared. pojnted out a number of other
There is nothing worse than a attractictions have been scheduled
sore shoulder to a hunter, no mat- for (bp (jayi including a free ap-
ter how much nerve he may have. J pearance Sunday of Amos V
When that baby starts kicking a Andy in the Cotton Bowl.
sore shoulder, the hunter might — -------- ---- _
just as well fold up and go homej p* . L
for the all the good he will get V^niCUDb
out of the day j Break Even A.s
Left handers have always drawn
our attention and we have want-(
ed someone who knew to explain
the reason why ever so often a.
southpaw crops out in a family s
of right handed persons. Several
have offered suggestions but none|
Beemed plausible. The most fai,
fetched is that the brain is loca-J
led in such a manner it put; tliej
Both Cop Game
Ft. Worth and Oklahoma C.
Are Beaten By Tulsa and
San Antonio in Playoffs
are going
l ue anything but a pushover. I
The Oklahomans have ten start-!
ers back from last season and’
Coach Lefty Stevens is intending)
to show something in an at-
tempt to beat the Jackets. The
Denison outfit barely managed to
eke out a victory in 11)30 and
j were upset in 1935.
Every, Jacket is in fai ■ physical
conlition with the exception of
Fred Taylor and Dale Shearer,
regular back and end. but both
should be ready for action against
the Lions. Tayior is suffering
from an infected ear and Shearer
is stumbling around on a twisted
knee.
Determined to get the boys
ready defensively and offensive-
ly, the coaches have run the Jack-
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i. .'A Av&tfXi".
Bob Burns, bazooka-playing screen and radio star, will be pre-
sented by the Pan American Exposition in Dallas in two big free
shows in the Cotton Bowl Sept. 25-26. The affair will be in the nature
of a reunion of Burns' famous family, including Aunt Boo and Grandpa
Snazzy from Arkansas. Free to Exposition visitors, the show will be
held nightly In the Cotton Bowl seating 47,000. *
September 16, 1875
-- | Tuesday morning when Mr.
A small reduction in the cost of BuWard and Mr. Steinth.il, who
reserved seat tickets during Den-^ have a room at Mrs. McGowan’s
ison home foo’ball games, was an- on Sears street, arose and pro-
nounced today by J. V. Conatser, ceeded to dress, they couldn’t!
Dads’ club official. The price of find their clothing. A diligent
season reserved seat tickets will search revealed the fact that Mr.
remain the same. | Bulnrd was out a coat and vest'
To assure the best seats avail- and $27.00 in money and Mr.!
able, Mr. Conatser said the section Steinthall was minus a coat, vest,
immediately in front of he press' pants, gold watch and $2.50 in I
box from the 40 to the 50 yard cash.
O.L. Hilliard
Goes to Jeff
Davis High
Cnly Debate Leader to Give
Denison Win in Forensic
Activities at State Meet;
Won Double Victory, 1937
Accepts Duties
Early In Week
line will be fenced off for season
^ „ . Tjhe clothiin,f was hun" nea'' the During Debate Coaching 10
ticket holders. The first four wmdow and the door was open,! Teamg Have Gained State
| rows from the bottom and the the night being hot. i Meeting Held In Austin
three nearest the top of the sta-| The most singular thing about, _
dium will be held open for custo- the robbery is that Mr. Bullard’s f)t;„ T miliard Denison hiirh
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serve seats at the gate. i door and did not give any alarm, ,Jebate c5Sch ;n history to win two
Reserve seats will sell for 60c which goes to show the property double headers in the state inter.
in comparison with the original was taken by someone whith gcholastic league, resigned this
price of 75c. Tickets may be whom the dog was familiar. Mrs., we,^
LEWIS, ROOSEVELT
HOLD CONFERENCE
purchased from Mr. Conatser, the
Dr. Pepper company, L. E. Kitch-
en, Babcock’s and Dad and Lad’s.---
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r.. ,. u . i Chicago Opens
Eighteen Hurt i c e L 1
, r , . oome Schools;
In Explosions ! c r\ v
t’l c» bcareDecline
I hru Building
Chemical Factory Building
For the first time in several
days Chicago, Wednesday, was
able to hold its own in the Nation-
al league race, but the Cubs could
pressure on the left side. Children not Rain an inch on Nt.w York as
have been known to be hampered bo(b tpams turned in victories,
in their youth by mothers andj thg Cubs beatin(f BoRton 5 to 2
others who seek to change the an(j ^bp Qjan(s knocking over
use of their hands. One Denison pittsbl)pRj( 7 to 2
youth is a left hander yet writes
CIO Leader Refuses to Reveal What He And
Chief Executive Have to Say During 15
Minute Conversation At Washington Tues. I
WASHINGTON — Just what say.
went on in the way of a con versa-1 Answering the question if they
tion during the fifteen minutes had talked over their labor dif-
John J,. Lewis spent in confer-, ferences as indicated in the
ets through scrimmage for the ence with the president at Capitol' speeches of last Labor dnv, Lewis
past three days, but will probably j Hid last night, Lewis would not1 said, “What do you think?’’
-- —------—— - ■ ; Asked what were their topics
Protect THe discuvxid, Lewi- s'atcd “I had a
very pleasant conversation
Constitution l the president and we talked over
. . Curt Davis hurled six-hit hall j tbpy nlust be in mid-season shape,
with his right now because his km-( for thp cbi(,ubSi while Schumaker
dergarten teacher attempted to was limiting the Hues to seven
let up today and give the boys a
light drill Friday.
Durant reports indicate the
Lions will have everything it
takes to upset the dope bucket
when they meet Denison and have
high hopes of doing it. Realizing
it will take eerything they have
to beat the Jackets, Stevens ifl . ^ ^
, . . .. , . • > i .11 I movement to “protect the Consti-, tween
lriving through the Lions skulls,
CHICAGO—Permission to op-
en some of the schools af the city
Is Blasted; Many Hurt in was givenv today following a let
Jump From High Window down in the dread infantile paraV
___ ! ysis. Only nine have died in the
TRENTON, N. J. — Eighteen past forty-four hours,
persons, mos'ly girls, were badly, However, al! ward schools are
burned at a chemical factory fol-j still restricted from opening, only
lowing nineteen distinct explo- some ofthe junio colleges and
sions, each of which was followed Ei(gh schools being permitted to
by flames. open.
Girls jumped from second story Fn Kansas City a new high has
windows in their effort to get out! been reached,'there being ten new
of the burning building. More cases in the past two days
than 150 girls are employed in the |---------
plant and some of them had their j ^gxtUplctS AfC
with clothing ablaze when they jump-,
Claims Borah
WASHINGTON — Heading
several matters. Anything fur-
ther must come from the presi-
dent himself.”
it is the firs*, meeting had be-
At an early hour firemen were
unable to determine if all of the
girls were accounted for.
At one time flames leaped so I
the two since the sharp high in the air that they could be i of calvps born
Born To Bovine
CLARKSBURG. W. Va—What
veterinarians believe to be the
Vecord in the way of the number
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make him change the use of hi^1. safeties. Brooklyn bent Cincin-1
hands from right to left. Right' nati R to 5i bllt ony after tbp|
now he can hardly use either pro- HpcIs had won the initial game of j
perly and what he writes is some- a doub]p header 5 to 0 behind the |
thing midway between a scrawl fjnp performnnco of Gene Schott,
and heiroglyphics. He eats left Louis and Philadelphia quit
handed, writes right, bats light, because of darkness at the end
catches right, but throws left hand- 0f the thirteenth inning with the
ed. Boy, what a mixup tjiat St.0|.P knotted at 6-all.
would be 'e he happened to forget J gob Feller was clubbed in the
sometime. ; American league by New York.
~~ ■" i but Cleveland managed to beat
All Denison hates to see fr..- I-1 the Yanks 5 to 4 in ten frames.
Hilliard leave the high school. He The Yanks came back in the af-
is the first man to bring in real1 terpiece to eke out a 3 to 0 vic-
returns on debating having won a tory. Chicago started early and
double header with the boys and wound up with a R to 3 decision
girls last year at the state Inter-1 over Boston,
scholastic league in Austin, the a three-run rally in the ninth
second time he has accomplished allowed Detroit to take a 4 to 3
the feat and the only time it ha?1 game off Washington ami Wes
been done in the history of the Ferrell. St. Louis and Philadel-
league in Texas. He is a fine' phia broke even in a bargain bil\
man and we know he’ll have the' the Macks winning the inital 8 to
same success anywhere else ho | 2 and the Brownies copping the
may go. I nghtcap 3 to 1.
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! Tulsa bent Fort Worth 7 to 3 and
One of the most pleasant men! gan ^ntonj0 eVcned matters with
with which to deal in Denison iaj oktahoma City fi to 2.
Steve Bruno, right now connected i_____
with the Regensbergers at the U. I
S. Clothing store. He has the FelloW
strange insight of knowing exact- “
ly what you want before you ask
for it—and the U. S. can fill the i
bill every time.
The game is scheduled to start
at 8:45 p. m., at Munson field.
Nev/ Scourge Is
Located Near
Chicago Area
tution against rape,” Senator Bn- words employed by them last Sept,
rah is laying down what he calls j 6th on Labor day.
a barrage against, plans that may!__________
be launched at the next session of i
congress.
An address on the U. S. consti-
tution will be delivered over the
radio and will be heard in some
8,000 Masonic halls of the land,
it was declared today.
seen from the taller buildings in
Manhattan.
Two separate investigations in-
to the fire have been started.
to a cow
here
Black Refuses
To Talk About
KKK Activities
CHICAGO A deadly disease MRS SARAH AL;ce SWEENEY
which was thought to have beenjD|ES AT JOHNSON ST. HOME
for some time to be tuberculosis,
because of similar effects on the
human body, is being fought by
Loses $500 In
Gypsies Plan
Film Fanacies: after all these! ST. LOUIS—Louis Miller was
rumors that Fi-pd Astaire and Gin- promisPd that he could have a
per Rogers were to be split, they j small sum of money changed hy
are co-starred again in a film the wizardry of gypsies in o a
tentatively titled “Castles in the I larger sum. He placed a small
Air" . . . they say Sonja Heinie’s bit into a box and, presto, it came
second film “Thin Ice” is making out ns promised by the irypsies.
new box office records . . .the Then he was told that if he
best film of the past few weeks would place $550 into the hox
has provodv to be “The Prisoner j they would transform it in’o $5,-
of Zenda.” It’s due at ihe Rialto 000.
Sunday of next week. . . Nomina-! The gypsies are gone, the box
tion fo rthe worst ae'ress and ac- contains nothing and police arc
tor on the screen—Kate Hepburn after the gypsies who are some-
_ | where in the United States in
their automobiles.
physicians.
The disease is peculiar to those
working where dust
as in mills, mines and in grain
fields. It produces coughing sim-
lar to tuberculosis, makes one un-
able to work because of weakened
conditions and makes breathing
hard as in the case of asthma.
There is no fever assoc-aited with
it. The disease is dangerous and
generally fatal.
Mrs. Sarah Alice Sweeney, 79.
who his made her home at 1622
Johnson street since 1900, follow-
ing a month’s illness, died at 9:15
Tells Reporter He Hasn’t
Read Papers About KKK
Allegations Brought Up
New Device To
Help Gangrene
Sufferers, Say
reported this week. Nine days ago
six calves were born to one cow
and after one week all of them
are in good shape, and it is bo-
i lieved will live. It is declared the
| incident breaks the world’s record.
to accept a similar position
with the Jefferson Davis high
school at Houston, Superintendent
B. McDaniel revealed.
• Mr. Hilliard, the first coach to
give Denison a statu winner, won
both the boys’ and girls’ debate at
Austin in 1937 with Helen Louise
McDaniel, Ann Clymer, Aaron
Witz and Frank Houghton, will
teach history and handle debate
and public speaking at Houston.
He won the other double in 1931
while teaching at Sherman high.
"I really like Denison and the
people in it,” Mr. Hidiard said,
"and I hate'to leave here after
two such pleasant years of con-
nections.” He will assume his
duties at Houston next week.
During his debate career, Mr.
Hilliard has had ten teams to en-
ter the state meet at Austin and
has won four championships. He
was a well-known debater during
his coliegiate days and his teach-
ing career has been a series of
successes.
In his two years gt Deniaon,
Mr Hilliard’s debaters have won
practically every tournament they
have entered and defeated osme
of the host teams in the state.
Mr. Hilliard came to Denison
from Corsicana high school. A
successor had not been named at
noon today by the school board,
but it is rumored another leading
debate coach has been selected.
FORMER ENGINEER C. C.
HOTCHKISS, DIES IN ,PA
LONDON—Supreme Court Jus-
tice Btaek last night, when asked
,.ar t0 lnoae , lhe direct question whether or not | pois„ning ...
is plentiful I £ ,Wednesday at hl'r Jh0m<‘- hc "'as “ life ">emb-r of the Ku I wounds where amputations
“ in wr-iin! funeral services will be conducted Klux.Klan, refused absolutely to been empolved before, it
at Oak Rulge cemetery at 2 p m. make any statement.
Thursday, directed by Mboon fun- “i have n0 statement to make,
eral home, Durant. Interment I am not denying nor acknow-
wil ibe at Oak Ridge. Rev. Don ledging anything,” he said to
L. Harwell will officiate. reporter who railed a’ the rot...
Mrs. Sweeny was born in Casey 0f the judge,
county, Ky., July 1, 1858, her par- Asked if he had read the alle-
ents being Mr. and Mrs. James Rations as printed In the
News was received today by C.
M. Hotchkiss, 516 West Munson
street, of the death of his father,
V. C. Hotchkiss, at the home of a
son, Roy Hotchkiss in Philadei-
Wheelor. She was married July papers, he 6ali «, havp not read'eases which have before called for
9, 1872 at Liberty, Ky. She held ^e newspaers and
membership in the Baptist church. to rcad them.”
Surviving are four sons, John---------
and Fred of Kemp, Okia. and Ce-
cil and Raymond of Denison. The
daughters are Mrs. Floyd L. Tuel
Oklahoma City; Mrs. P. Rice,
Durant; and Mrs. W. H. O’Grady
of Kansas City. Twenty-two
CHICAGO—A mechanical de-
vice in the form of a tube to be
used in connection with the X-ray
will revolutionize treatment of
extreme cases of gangrene, blood j phia Penn.
and badly' infected t The eldci Hotchkiss was a form-
have ! er railroad engineer out of Deni-
empol.ved before, it is de- son and received the nick name of
dared. I “Uncle Charley” by fellow em-
Amputations will largely be ployes.
eliminated in such cases, it is de-1 The remains will be returned to
a dared, the device sending impulses Denison for funeral services, to
through the affected limb in such \ bo announced later. Shovt-Mur-
fashion as to save the limb and ray will be in charge.
bring about its healing. I ...-----
It is declared that nearly ail BRYANT SERVICES ARE
HELD ON WEDNESDAY
Compliments
Local Plant
On Condition
Charles H. Kraft, vice-president
in charge of production «f the. ^children and thirty-two
Kraft-Phemx Cheese corporate, ^ ?urvive.
expresesd his approval of the new ________
southwestern division offices here;
of the Kraft corporation. Mr.
Kraft, from his Chicago headquar-
ters arrived in Denison Wednesday
to officially inspect with J. L.
Kraft, president of the concern,
the yet uncompleted offices in
the former YMCA building.
E. A. Kildeau, assistant South-
west division manager, said Mr.
Kraft was also pleased with the
not want amputation,
treated.
can be successfully
NUMBER JAPANESE
ARE WIPED OUT
BOND SET FOR
DENISON YOUTH
Bill Lathan, Denison man, was
SHANGHAI—Rather than yield encountered. Many of their heavy
bound over in a preliminary hear- one foot of the ground they had guns and tanks were abandoned
ing before Justice E. A. Wright gained in an effort to rout the to the Chinese.
this morning to the grand jury Chinese soldiers, whole companies ___
under a $500 bond, charged with of Japanese were wiped out. in [ SHANGHAI—More thin 100
car theft. the terrific fighting going on victims of the plague cholera died
Latham was arrested early this along the thirty miles of war over night in the international
week by Oklahoma officers and front. 1 settlement area among non-com-
genernl outlook of the whole div- held for Constable Ira Jeise in So effectively did the ( hinose batants in the area when sani-
ision. A conference with division connection with the alleged thole forces fight back that the heavy { conditions are at their worst,
office’s vvn« conducted before of a car from K. Karchmer. 'Ihe guns and tanks of the Japanese of tbe dead are Chinese
M. Kraft loft Wedcssday night machine was later located in Man were unable U advance. Heavy
for his headquarter*, pleased with grum, Oklahoma, where Latham
Funeral services for Jesse Bry-
ant, 61-year-old Katy switchman
who was instantly killed early
Wednesday morning when a’temp-
ting to board a moving train at
Ray Terminal, will be held at 4
o’clock Thursday afternoon at
Short-Murray chapel. Rev. Ben
F. Hearn pastor of First Christian
church will officiate
Interment will be conducted at
Fairview cemetery with Short
Murray. Pallbearers will be Per-
ry Lindsey, H. B. Streetman, J. E
Streetman, O. C. Ball, Floyd Pain-
ter and Ray Doak.
City Officials
Charged With
Plant Bribery
CLARKSBURG, W. Va.—Six
members of the city commission
were held last night on charges
of bribery in connection with a
garbage disposal plant erected for
the city.
The men were spirited to an-
other town for safe keeping last
right but will be returned to this
city today for a hearing, accord-
ing to State Trooper C. Murger.
Slipup Somewhere
CHICAGO—Three years after
Mrs. Elizabeth Norton won a dam-
age suit for injuries received on
the ground that she would never
again be able to bear a child, she
is a mother. The child was born
last March.
The trial judge has asked that
judicial notice be given of the
case.
rains and mud also added mater-; citizens.
jContlntifo »o Pay* **
the inspection.
’ alleged to have left it.
ially to the hindrances the Japs to be spreading rapidly.
Oh Pipe Line
TULS'A—A report of trunk and
gathering pipe lines as to lineal
miles shows that in this country
there arc 200,000 miles, or enough
to girdle the globe eight times,
j The record does not include
The disease is reported pjpe lines in towns and distribut
ing Bystems.
British and French Act
LONDON—Mihgty arms of the
English and French fleet were
rushed early today to the waters
of the Mediterranean, following
what seems to be a deadlock of
the situation. Italy’s demand for
equality on the seas has brought
about an acute situation.
NOTICE
If yoq do not receive your
paper by 6 p. m. each day,
please phone S00 and one will
be sent yon.
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