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WEEKLY FOUNDED 1980—^AILY 1934
VOL.
6—NO. W
Hitler Drafts Reply To British, Debates Delivery
CONNALLY URGES
LEGION MEETING
WAOO, Tex., Aug. 29—While
Europe today thunders and threat
cns over conquest of territory and
marking of new boundaries, Am-
erica covets not one mile of new
territory, nor has she an inch to
surrender to any aggressor, Sen-
ator Tom Connally of Marlin told
Everyday
Denison
By
LOUIS ANDERSON
PLEA FOR PEACE—With a grave face, President Roosevelt
(discusses the foreign situation with Secretary of State Cor-
dell Hull in Washington. The President later sent peace
appeals to Germany, Poland and Italy, asking for arbitration
dr settlement of the issues involved.
Mussolini Tries To
Aid Europe’s Peace
ROME, Aug. 2!)—Premier Ben- gross between II Duce and the
ito Mussolini today appeared to Fuehrer. All efforts that have
be making a desperate figlit to been made by the head of the Ital-
find a European peace formula. ian government during these past
The semiofficial news bulletin, days have been aimed at lesscn-
Jnformazione Del Giorno, said: ing international tension and sup-
“Active consultations are in pro- porting the cause of peace."
—.......- -----------| The authoritative commentator,
| Virginio Gayda, presumably at
, Mussolini’s inspiration, wrote in
j the Giornale D’ltalia: “II Duce is
! not remaining inactive. Until the
Cl. £f ' v<!ry 'ast moment his policy will
O lcU I Ulliccrs be aimed at peace, but only in an
_____ i atmosphere in which peace efforts
More Training Is Needed for can b<! constructive.
Regular Army; Should be’ “Although.possessed of a giants
More Compact As Unit length, Mussolini cannot perform
____ i the miracel of preserving peace
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., Aug. 29 Responsible men must lis-
—A field army organized in time! ten to his words.”
of peace is the only way to over-1 Reports continued that II Duce
Army Inadequate
Lieut. Gen. Tells
come this
ficiencies as
tensive maneuvers in which 52,000
men participated in the Platts-
Newspaper headline says: “Eu-
rope Waits for Tension to Les-
sen.’ The real tension the public
wants is the dictators’ at-tention
of armed troops. . .A broadcaster
yesterday called Hitler’s non-ag-
gression pact with Russia “A sec-
ond retreat to Moscow” which
makes pretty snapping thinking
. . . Those who should know be-
lieve that the failure of Russia to
ratify the pact properly so far
might be one of the chief reasons
wliy Hitler is biding his time be-
fore ntovng on his Polish demands.!
Russia already lias shown it is
capable of a double-cross by the
manner in which it dawdled with
France and Britain only too re-
cently, then signed an agreement
the American Legion state conven-
tion in session here today.
Connally reviewed actions of
the .ast congress in authorizing a
navy second to none, increased
military air service, antiaircraft
defenses, coast defenses and an
augmented army.
“America will be prepared,” he
said, “not for aggression, but for
peace.”
America want.? peace, the sena-
tor said. “She wants no part in
quarrels of Europe, nothing but
to stand upon her own lands and
pursue her great destiny unhinder-1
ed and unmolested by foreign in-*
Huences. And with this great na-j
vy and great army, that is what!
she propose,,- to do.”
Senator Connally spoke of howj
the United States is a democratic
concept of government, distin-
guishable not only from the mon-
arches, hut the democracies of Eu-
rope as well. He cited the bill of
rights with it guarantee of free
speech, free worship, free press
and free trial by jury as a price-
less possession.
America May Lead
“It is the supreme destiny of
America,” he said. “It is the cul-
minating climax of the dreams of
our forefathers and their noble
conception of free government,
that in this period of international
Minister
Speaks To
Commons
Germany Feels Uneasiness as
Ratification of Nonaggres-
sion Pact Not Made By
Soviet Russia Late Today
Peace Door
is Still Ajar
Hitler’s Reply Expected to
Continue Demands From
Poles For Danzig-Corridor
TROOPS MARCH IN DANZIG—Albert Foritsr, ntw tuprems bead of Danzig, arrow, reviews
Nazi troops in that city. Naming of Forster as leadar was regarded as Hitler’s first move to
seizq city, and a step toward partition of Poland. Forster Is « rabid Nazi,
with Nazi Germany ... We still j turmoil, at'thiB'"timV'o7‘clashing
“ ambitions and selfish rivalries in
Say city police are having a hard-
er job now than they have in years
and it won’t be long before things
get actually worse. How it will all
come out only time will tel!
Again showing how races will
forget their hatred of each other
to fight a common enemy is shown
in Palestine where the Arabs and
Jews have made peace so they can
join forces and fight for Britain
in case a European war breaks
out. As soon as the European trou-
ble is cleared up ,the Jews and
Arabs porbably will go right back
to bombing each other into etern-
ity .. . Best laugh of the day
this chapter of grinning cannon
and rattling sabro and threatening
bayonets, America shall in calm-
ness and yet in firmness, set an
example to the world of a
Extension of OilShutdown
For Two Lays Is Ordered
na-.
tion devoted to the cause of peace nij?1't toni6'ht-
AUSTIN, Aug. 29—A two day
extension of the Texas oil well
shutdown was ordered today, ef-
fective at the expiration of the
current 15-day shutdown, at mid-
and yet determined to maintain 1 he 01'der was announced by
its integrity, not simply of terri- (’,lairman Lon A. Smith of the
tory, but of its Institutions and J?ailroad Commission after review-
traditions, its free government, its
right to live, unmolested and un-
conqucred. America may yet lead
the world toward the goal of free
the
ing testimony yesterday at
state wide proration hearing.
"Texas agrees t.o continue the
FDR Praised
By Equadorian
Washington, Aug. 29—1
President Roosevelt’s attempts to
shutdown until 7 a m. Friday, avert a European war won
......—~ aw—• - 1 M O ------- “ “u‘l,I/va» woi WUI1 the1
government, free opinion, free re-! L Sn>-tli announced. “Then whole-hearted approval todaM of
I 1 —f ____I # ■ . _ 1 -l 1 1 tll/ill, mM 1-. . J V' 1 .. . . “
Narvaez expressed his approval
in a personal cable to
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Aug.
29—German troops moved into
Slovakia today in what Nazi of-
f cial- said was a move to protect
the country from a possible at-
tack by Po.ish troops.
In Paris. Premier Daladier call-
ed in army leaders to make plans
for any eventuality in case of a
war outbreak.
Informed circles fn Berlin said
an “important personage’’ is ex-
pected to arrive momentarily. For-
eign office experts of other nat-
ions said it might be Foreign Min-
i-iter Motoloff of Russia, President
rgnaee Moscicki of Poland, or King
Leopo'd of Belgium, in a move
that might prove to be the one
way out of the conflict staring
Europe in the face.
King Leopold is understood to
be favored by Poland to act as
mediator in the dispute and Pol-
and might even suggest that Leo-
: pold attempt to have Germany
j and Poland negotiate a setole-
: meiit between themselves.
In Washington state officials
rifled through records today, in an
attempt to determine the immin-
“"re of war in Europe and Presi-
dent Roosevelt has called a press
, . , comes from Nashville where a fill-
country’s military de- *»vora a direct German-Polish set- { station attendant serviced a
revealed by the ex-' Element after which there would. car anJ Kave ?7.40 in ehange M
be a five-power conference among| tho customer for ?10, 0n!y to dis-
Brttam, France, Italy,_ Germanyi covcr latPr tbp bi„ was one of
burg area for the last two weeks, and Soviet Russia with Poland sit-
Lieut. Gen. Hugh A. Drum told tinir “ftcr preliminary agree-
officers, warrant officers and non-' ments had been reached,
commissioned officers at a ma-^ Gayda said peace appeals to
neuver critique. I Mussolini must "not ignore the ap-
General Drum praised the spirit Pca,s himself has made so many
and the patriotism of all who took times—appeals which have formed
part—regular army, the national the basis of his constructive pol-
guard and reserve personnel. How-' my-”
ever, he said, the shortage of es-| Despite the peace moves, how-
sential manpower and modern' ever, Italy continued quiet war
combat equipment has been rceog- preparations,
nized in all the exercises. 1 The official gazette published a
After pointing to the difficul- decree banning civil airplanes as
ties which would be encountered j well as military craft from flying
in preparing a field army for ac-, over Italy, Itailun ast Africa and
tion in a major emergency, Gen-' the Italian islands in the Agcan.
eral Drum said that such an or-1 It was revealed that King Vic-
ganizatior. need not be large “but tor Emmanuel, who has been on
ligion and free men—a land 0f all wells will be opened. Node- President Aurelio Mosquero Nar-
freedom, governed and dominated' vision has been made
by free men.”
•Ifin RUUhC
„ c R°ose-; conference this afternoon at which
.uf! 5.._0f^State..C0rdell| might restate tne stand of the
S. on the European crisis.
two swiped from his desk as he
was placing gas in the machine.
Total loss: a double sawbuck, plus
seven-forty plus gasoline . ,
Least funny, incident was at Lon-
don where an eccentric dropped a
peace message from an airplane in
the form of rubber balls. The fran-
tic public, believing them bombs,
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L. A. & r. TRANSFERRED
to L. & A. RAILROAD
SHREVEPORT, La., Aug. 29—
Formal deed of transfer of the
properties of the Louisiana, Ar-
, . kansas & Texas railroad to the
efficiency demands that the units, vacation at a fishing camp at Can- jj0uisiana & Arkansas railroad
exist in peace and that they be tana de Valdieri near the French were recorded today .The
brought together more requently, frontier, is returning to the capi- oonsideratjon was not disclosed.
for training in the field. “In the
World War,” the general continu-'
ed, “We delayed the chreation of
such a force until war was upon
us. If we had acted otherwise,'
all higher authorities agree that
we might have kept out of the war
I know we would have saved manj
lives and have shortened the war.
Certainly this lesson is most perti-
nant to world conditions of to-
day.”
Baptists Open
Convention In
Brownwood
“Think”! Urges
Lee To Texas
U. Graduates
t°P al-/ vaez of Ecuador, an action which
l°wables; ’ j diplomats believed was the fore-
omith s statment gave the im- runner of similar support by other
Latin-American countries.
pression that a new proration or-
der would be issued Sept. 1, The
one suspended by the shutdown or-
iginally was scheduled to continue
through September.
Speaking for (Oklahoma, which
also was represented, Ray Weems,
member of the Corporation com-
ment da™ Of toi7 rj ,nissi°". said the shutdown would
ment days of 1914 were recal ed i , ,
to 700 University of Texas grad-* 1,6 d,MUSS'd 8t 0klah°ma to-
uates Monday by Ur. Umphreyl '’lor,'°'v at a. spocKl1 mootmg of
Lee, Southern Methodist Univer- ‘ b,.7°T"' *
Sity president, in appeal for Think-I ' l \ P "‘''ofT
ing Defense Against Government! P deC'S,°n Ulen w,“ b?
by Hysteria.
“If this generation is to preserve
reason in an an age of unreason,
BIDOWNWOOD, Aug. 29—Law-
son H. Cooke of Memphis, Tenn. „„ „ ...»______-
j head of brotherhood work fflr the held by the Chase National bank
preserve its faith in democracy
when democracy may surrender its
own self in order to fight for its
life, the thing to which we must
cling stubbornly is our right to
think for ourselves, to make our
own mistakes, if need be" he said.
“It is the right of a man to stand
up with his own mind and resist
all pressure and pressure groups,”
Speaking on the terrace outside
made, he said, on the date for lift-
ing the shutdown. The Oklahoma
order now continues the shutdown
until 7 a. in. Thursday.
Centennial Of
Dallas Planned
As Celebration
Hull, who announced receipt of; p
the message, said it was unsolicit-[
ed, but he indicated the adminis-
tration would be grateful for sim- LONDON, Aug. 29—Adolf Hit-
ilar voluntary expression- from ,er today was believed to have
other American republics. I 'Rafted a reply to Britain’s mes-
NarVaezs’ message read: In thi-|saS'e> delivered yesterday by. Am-
grave hour, I cohere to the
! bassador Sir Neville Henderson
Youth Injured
In Accident
With Shotgun
The sale includes the 181.37
miles from McKinney, to the Lou-
isiana line at Waskom and all the' the ‘university’s’ main'"building'he
rolling stock, realty in the towns saw a paralle, betwoen the gradu.
along the line and all assets and ates bpforc bim fjl.s( to
DALLAS, Aug. 29—Tentative
steps were taken today for cele-
bration in 1941 of the 100th an-
niversary of Dallas’ founding. The
city publi caff airs committee dis-
cussed the idea, decided to sound
out civic leaders and organizations
on the idea.
Acting at the suggestion of
Mayor U. Woodall Dodgers, the
committee will submit a plan for
the Dallas Centennial prepared by
Don L. Sterling. The letters ac
companying the Sterling plan will
ask particuarly if the celebration
should be held in connection with
the State Fair or made a separate
in June,
urgent appeal which your excel-! alld close observers said the Ger-
lency has made to European eoun-' man Feuhrer had no intentions of
tries to seek the necessary soIu-! backing down in his demands on
tion of their differences by pacific; p°l*nd for Danzig and the Polish
means. Whether that noble invita-: Corridor.
tion is accepted or not, your ex- Fnoj"' awaited the reply of the
celicney will have deserved ap-i 'Jazi leader as the “determination
plause of all men who are ob- ”f whether there wili be peace or
bills receivable.
The deed was signed by C. P.
Couch, president of both com-
panies.
At the same time an amendment
to a $16,000,000 bond indenture
The commander of the first nr- eighteen states of the Southern' of New York, to include the newly
my reviewed many tactical le-- Bapt'st convention, today before acquired properties, was recorded,
sons taught by the exercises here. G00 Raptist iaymen from twenty!
Am iu n im t«nL rt id nn n,. OH nil of j m . • i i
On the much discussed question of west Texas counties had contrast- PARIS TO VOTE ON
the value of a small, highly mo- ed tbp milliotl of American men
bile force opposite to a larger wbo arc mobilizing for Christian
force with less mobility but great- service wRh the millions of men in
er fire power, he said: j Europe mobilizing for war.
“I believe the lesson to be 4wo dav nlC(,tjnff 0f Bnp-
drawn is that both types of forces ystg laymen from District 10 op-
are needed in the army. j ont,d with more than 150 men
-----------;;----------- | campT,d on jbp sborPg 0f La](e
REFRIGERATOR CAR [ Brownwood.
VICTIM IDENITIFED II. A. Springer of Dallas, state
I lay, leader, reviewed the work of
ISSUANCE OF BOND3
SAN ANTONIO. Tex. Aug. 29
—^Tentative identification of a
man found dead in a ralroad re-
frigerator car Aug. 13 was ver-
ified today when war department
officials reported on the man’s
fingerprints. He was Jack T.
Foster, 32, of the Seventh Signal
Service compnny, Fort Sam Hous-
ton. He apparently was trapped
in the car and suffocated. His rel-
atives live at Amarillo.
PARIS Aug. 29—Property own-
ers of Paris will go to the polls
Wednesday to determine the is-
suance of $50,000 in bonds for
continuance of street improvement
work here.
Those qualified to vote in
this special election must have
some kind of property rendered on
the tax rolls.
I —
IN DENISON MONDAY
the organization in Texas and out-
lined what the group hopes to ae- ______..____
complish. Dr. R. C. Campbell of TEMPERATURE‘HIGHER
Dallas, general secretary of the
Baptist Convention of Texas, ad-
dressed the gathering on "Men and
Their Relation to the Denomina-
tion.”
Tuesday’s program will include
an address by L. A Woods, state
superintendent of public instruc-
tion at Austin,
Temperatures in Denison Mon-
day afternoon reached 92 degrees
then slid to the 68
PARIS. Aug. 2!>—Accidentally "■«’raw or man
shot through the thigh by, a com-1 l'|'tov)>rise to be held
panion on a hunting trip Sunday! ,
afternoon, Alex Weatherbee. 13' A llst of forty-five Dallas lead-
vear old son of Mr. and Mrs. A'exi an<1 organizations to whom the
receive: p. Weatherbee, narrowly escaped; ''iquivies shall go was approved by
summer degrees from Dr. Homer| death from loss of blood beforc'lhocommittc‘oandin-lll-ructio!isgiv-
P. Rainey,, newly elected president, j a tourniquet could be applied. His "n the committee secretary to
and the graduates of 25 years ago. j condition was still regarded serious
We who were graduated from, at St. Joseph’s hospital today. The
American colleges 25 years ago thigh bone was broken when Wil-
went out to meet a situation notj Ham Seay, 16, accidentally dis-
unite the one which confornts. charged his .410 . shotgun, as lie
you. Wo who arc 25 years yourj was loading it.
academic seniors arc the last alum-'
ni in the world which ended in
1914. You may be the last al-
umni of the world which has last-
ted from 1914 to 1939.
Charges Filed
Against Negroes
BROTHERS, SISTERS UNITED
AFTED LONG SEPARATION
SHERMAN. Aug. 29—J. A
Pratt of Ector and Will Pratt
of Longview were joined here last
week by their sister. Mrs. L. Crick
of Murfreesboro, Tenn. whom
they had not seen in 42 years. The
two Pratt brothers remained in
Texas when their parents and the
daughter and sister moved to Ten-
nessee and this is the first reunion
send out the letters immediately.
King Duggan, chairman, explained
that the committee is interested at
this time in obtaining the reaction
of business men and others to the
proposed celebration.
Discarding the idea of an ex-
position type of anniversary: as
missing the real objective of a Dal-
las centennial, Mr. Sterling pro-
posed that the entire city join in
the observance by exhibiting to
viistors Dallas' accomplishments
in civic beauty,. He believed 1,-
000,000 or more persons would be
attracted here.
serving with fear ,the approach of
a catastrophe for civilization.”
Mr. Roosevelt, who has canceled
his trip to Hyde Park, N. Y., con-
tinued to keep his time free for
urgent conferences with state de-
partment officials. He was apprais-
ed throughout the day of latest
European news.
Among Mr. Roosevelt’s forma!
callers was George Creel, commis-
sioner of the San Francisco Gold-
en Gate exposition and former
chairman of President Woodrow
Wilson's wartime committee on
public information. It was indicat-
ed they, discussed tho chief execu-
tves’ projected western trip, but
some observers felt that Creel’s
former position as United States
wartime propaganda chief lent the
call more than ordinary signifi-
cance.
w:r” within the next few days. He
v.a, believed, some informants
lid, to be holding back his reply
until some action is taken by Rus-
ia in ratifying the recently, ne-
gotiated Russian-German nonag-
gression peace pact.
Nazi circles in Berlin moved
about uneasily today after it was
learned that the Soviet had not
ratified the pact, but most of
(Continued on page four)
:ound Sleeping
ihakeup At
Dallas Seen
In Department
Charges of affray were filed to-
day on Will Duty and Birdell Al-'
ons, negroes, in justice court by 0f the brothers and sister.
Deputy Sheriffs Virgil Evans and The reunion was at the homo of
Paul Smith after the colored man* Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Pratt in Eel or.
and woman allegedly had a fight'
Fire l> Reported
A small fire, caused by sparks
from the flue faring on tho roof,
damaged the home of R. S. San-
in the Cotton Mill district early
this morning.
The negress pleaded guilty to
charges. Officers alleged she
, , M , d,e*T 8tag!' Struck Duty 0VCr the 1108,1 with al ders, negro, 604 W. Johnson
early today. Partly cloudiness and gallon glass jug, shattering the j street, at 4:20 p. m. Monday.
jug and cutting Duty on the neck, | Prompt action of the fire depart-
chin and forehead. He was noti ment saved the frame house from
considered seriously hurt quick destruction,
AMATEURS TTO HAVE
CHANCE AT ARDMORE
(ARDMORE Aug. 29—Volunteer
DALLAS, Aug. 29—City offi-
cials were hopeful today that the
changes to he made soon in the
fire department and talks to be
made to fireman in the next few
days by City, Manager James As-
j ton will lead to settlement of the
Costs Man Ha»*A *'130,000 back pay suit brought
Veosis man nere by members of th(. dl)partment
against the city.
City attorney H. P. Kucera and
City Auditor Stuart Bailey confer-
red with the city manager. Mr.
Bailey was authorized by c«.urt
order to ascertain the exact
amount of hack pay which fire-
A 40 year-old man, wanted by
the Memphs, Texas, sheriff’s de-
partment on a felony charge, was
picked up by Denison police less
than three hours after they had
been requested to hold the sus-
pect. thought to he traveling in' men are seeking to obtain,
the direction of Denison. j City Manager Aston also held a
i he ca l came from the Mem-j long conference with Fire Chief
phis sheriff at 1:30 p. m. Mon- Sidney Hansen, who was
reap-
day and at 4 p. m.. the suspect| pointed Saturdny. The entire sit-
was arrested by Patrolmen Clar-, nation in the department was dis-
enoe Faeke and Harry Painter in cussed.
talent wiH have its opportunity to the 200 block W. Woodard street.. First change expected is the re
warm weather have been forecast
for today and tomorrow in North
Texas and Southern Oklahoma.
show the community meeting aud-
ience in Central Park its stuff to-!
night.
Responding to repeated demands
for another volunteer night be-
fore the close of the current sum-
mer season at the park, the com-
mittee has issued n blanket invi-
tation to all entertainevs who
sing, dance or play instrument*.
The Memphis officer was to| placement of L. M. Long, first
call for the prisoner today- I assistant fire chief, by 3. W.
► eaping too soundly cost II D. Thompson, district chief. Mr. Lonj?
Davis, stand operator in the lOOi is likely, to be made a district
block Woodard street $18 in, chief.
cash and a toss of dignity Mon-_______
day night.
Davis told city officers the cash
was removed from a wallet under
his pillow as he slept.
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