The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, October 30, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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THIS PUBLICATION REACHES
DENISON AND SUBURBAN TOWNS
—IDEAL FOR ADVERTISERS
THE
IF YOU LIKE THIS PAPER, TELL
OUR ADVERTISERS, THEY
WILL APPRECIATE IT
DENISON PRESS
PATRONIZE LOCAL INDUSTRY
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER BO, 1931
VOL. 1—NO. 33
UNIONS PROTEST MERCHANTS’ DISLOYALTY
I Murray Will
I “Keep Bridge
Ml Open to All’
Making’ good his promise over
the radio from Dallas Saturday
night that the free bridge north ot
Denison should be kept open, Gov-
ernor Wm. Murray, of Oklahoma,
early Monday issued orders plac-
ing soldiers at the bridge with in-
sturctions that they "keep traffic
going.”
The orders were issued from
Atoka, Oklahoma, at which place
the Oklahoma executive was
changing cars on his way from
Dallas to the Oklahoma capitol.
The orders were wired to Durant
to Col. John A McDonald who 's
in charge of the martial law zone
around the bridge. At 5:30 a. m.
Monday, Capt. Don E. Atkinson of
Durant with nineteen men of the
national guard were placed at the
bridge. Capt. Ralph Ownby is
acting as laison.
Headquarters have been estab-
lished in a tent at a high point on
A bank, of Red River immediately
sSnjoining the free span.
(Continued on Page 5)
BEGINS REVIVAL AT
FIRST BAPTIST SUNDAY
Rev. F. MURRELL
RAYBURN EXPECTED
HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY
According to a letter to J. F.
Landers, chairman of the enter-
tainment committee for the Lions
next week, Congressman Sam Ray-
l prn, will be in Denison next week
and will address the Denison Lions
club at their regular meeting. Mr.
Landers is also chairman of the
standing committee on attendance
for the club.
Hershel Cutler, of Dallas, has re-
turned home after a week’s visit
to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Cutler.
Cheap Bread
A Misnomer;
It’s Deadly
"I appreciate the fight you arc
making for the baking industry ol
I Jenison. f told my baker that I
would pay him a fair price for
his bread and wanted him to bring
(lie price to where he would make
a fair return on his investment.”
The remarks were made by otic
of Denison’s most active citizens.
His attitude should be the attitude
of every home loving, town build-
ing citizen.
As long as vve have the present
condition in the bread market in
this city, we are heading our bak-
ery industry where it will *iass out
as a contributing factor in the city.
Do 1 'enison people want to
keep on losing their industries?
Have we not lost enough in the
past to have formed a desire to
help keep the ones we now hav-.e
and give them a fighting chance?
Shall Denison home-owning, tax-
paying, school-loving, and church-
going people contribute their quota
of support to an enemy of Deni-
(continued on page 2)
Buy Printing
Out Of City;
Others Guilty
For some weeks, The Denison
Press has urged that Denison
people be ioyai to Denison. We
have pointed out the fact that
the printing industry alone could
employ from ten to twenty men
regularly at salaries totaling
more than .$20,000 per year. We
have told of other industries suf-
fering because of Denison people,
many of them business firms, buy-
ing goods and supplies that could
he furnished at home, thus help-
ing to relieve the unemployment
situation and business depression
generally.
Now comes the Denison Trades
Council, composed of hundreds of
Denison workers who spend many
thousands of dollars monthly in.
Denison, urging that such prac-
tice of Denison business men -be
put to a stop. They point out in
j particular the practice of buyers
] e; printing. Much of this print
! mg Denison printers do not even
! get to bid on it. It is sent to Dal-
(Continued on Page 4)
Favor Twin I
Cities Move
Early Date
The Denison Press is in earnest
abo\it the proposition of building a
Joint airport on the highway be
tween Denison and Sherman. There
is no more ideal location in North
Texas and a class A airport built
and administered jointly by the two
cities would serve a popu’nti- i of
not less than 75.000 po>n ” he
Denis ;.i i r< h is .« i : t iC
matter is taken up in the proper
manner by substantial citizens of
Denison, Sherman citizens will read-
ily concur. Many Denisontans have
told the Denison Press the plan is
the only logical way for the twe
cities to get on the airways map of
the United States and to reap the
benefits that an sure to accrue as
aviation develops in this country.
The following interviews show
how a number of Denison citizens
view the subject:
H. A. Metcalf, manager of the
Western Union—“Since the unfort-
unate experience of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce in trying to *
promote Gray Field, I have been a
little shy of this aviation business,
i'Ut the proposal of The Denison
Press to locate a joint airport on the
highway between Denison and Sher-
man seems the logical thing to do
and the only way the two towns
will get permanent place on the air-
way map of the United -Statcl
am for the plan if it is put over]
a manner that will give us a class
A airport.”
: ;y
nr
er ■
I Judge M. M. Scholl—“Even before
j Gray Field was inaugurated I had
made quite an intensive study of.
nn airport for Denison. I had con-
1 siderable correspondence with
Washington regarding the matter,
all of which leads me to believe*
: that \jnless Denison takes steps to
secure an airport, the citizens will
i live to regret their procrastination
i The plan for Denison and Sherman
to jointly build an airport on the
highway between the twin cities Is
‘ (Continued on Page 4)
Ideas Pushed, Batter Down AH Opposition
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Ideas are more: fromidable’ tlran all broad-
swords.
They are more < ctive than all oppose
tion or entrenchment.
They put to flight the enemy without ev-
en knowing (of the whereabouts of his en-
trenchments.
This is because the wicked flee when no
man pursues.
The ideas, of course, must be right.
They must be for the betterment of hu-
manity.
Any i .a, if projected hard enough, will
make inroads into the world, but if it be the
right idea, the projector may fight the harder
because hd is backed by a clear conscience bud
is by the nature of it an invincible warrior.
Sometimes we are told that agitation for
something that is right will not get anywhere.
That is the position of the man who knows
not the heart of the crusader, but bespeaks
a streak of “let well enough alone.”
But “well enough” gets worse when such
philosophy obtains.
The difference between the scrap heap
of iron and the engine is the idea Watt put
into it.
The thing that made the declaration of
independence was an idea.
An explosion in a type foundry would
never have created the Iliad, but an idea of
Homer did.
“Boys, I haven’t a cent; the big dailies
ofi Oklahoma are against me—all I have is an
idea.” Those wtere the opening words of
Wm. Murray in his campaign for governor.
And ideas won. He was invincible because
be knew be was right. And right always
wins out ultimately. Its votaries only need
to keep propogating their ideas.
Every one knows that Denison needs a
new set of ideas to take root in its affairs.
It is needed in the business relationship.
It is needed in city affairs.
It is needed in many lines of our activities.
And a new set .of ideas are already taking
root. They will soon be evincing their place
in our New Denison.
If we want to lay down our prejudices
and work for the Denison that is to be, well
and good. But if not the new idea now tak-
ing hold will have no mercy on those who
inhibit its ongoing.
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Anderson and Sons Printery. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, October 30, 1931, newspaper, October 30, 1931; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth737347/m1/1/?q=lumber+does+its+stuff: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.