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WEATHER
DENISON AND VlCINpY
Pair today and
Wednesday
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
35 cents
Per Month
DENISON, TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPT. 5th, 1939
WEEKLY POUNDED lMO-wAILY 1934
VOL. 6-NO. 61
War Enters Third Day; Losses Reported Heavy
“LET US PRAY WAR ENDS SPEEDILY,” SAM RAYBURN URGES HERE
HOME, SWEET i...Me—Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, the Pres-
ident's mother, center, with the President's youngest son, John,
and his wife arrive safely in New York from France just as hos-
tilities began in Europe,
LCRA MOVES INTO
CONSUMER SERVICE
Labor Whoops It
>r 3d Term
AUSTIN, Sept. 5—The Lower the Colorado river above Austin.
Colorado River Authority today! The authority announced that it
had moved into the actual service | had closed the purchase of pro-
of consumers in a wide Central I perties operated by Texas Power
Texas area with lcw-cost public | and Light company in a 16-county
power generated at its dams 01U area adjacent to it and had start-
ed operations of them.
The authority last January
agreed to purchase the T. P. and
ITT 0 J T lj' Pr<Jl)erties in the 10 county
Up ror 3d term ■«. for *5,000,000.
Taking over of the properties
For RoOSPVtdt th,s week concluded months of ne-
nuwcvalj gotiations between the authority,
DALLAS, Sept. 5—Union labor] which finance^the purchase ^
H "’hooped it ,,n for Pres- It brought realization .too, the
Hont Roosevelt when William Me- long heid dream of harnessing the
C.aw called for a third term at turbulent Colorado river, and
the southwest wide labor day p.c- added to the authority’s already
nm at Kidd Springs Monday accomplished purposes of flood
When we re looking around for' controi and water conservation
a p.ug to put m the race, we ougut service to citizens living within its
to remember wove already got a area with bHc r
pretty good horse,” the red-ha,red | Participating in negotiations
former attorney general shouted bringS the sale to f;/a, con3U.
.nto the microphone. Its danger-] mation jn addition t0 officials of
ous to change horses in mid
stream anytime and if we're not
in a swift stream now', I never
say one.”
A heavy roar of hand-clapping
shattered the quiet that had hung
over the sweltering crowd and
series of “yippees” broke from
men standing in the hack.
Mayor Woodall Rodgers opened
the authority and of T.P.&L. were
Flank W. Kuehl, counsel for the
self-liquidating division of the R.
F. C.; S. Albert Stern, legal coun-
sel for PWA. and David Tallant,
Chicago attorney, bond counsel
for R. F. C.
Johnson Pleased
From Washington, Con. Lyndon
the speaking program at the band-1 B- Johnson, whose effort., have
stand before an amphitheatre of; bp«n largely responsible for reali-
park benches which spread back up zati™ of the LCRA program, ex-
hill under the shady walnut tree.-., j Passed his pleasure at the clos-
ing of the 1C county area purchase
and the beginning of service which
ultimately will mean great reduc-
tions in electricity rates for Cen-
Maintain
Monroe
Doctrine
Congressman Hit., At Neu-
trality Law as “No Law at
All” In Labor Address
Here On Monday Night
Hints He’s To Be
Be Called Back'
More Than 15,000 Visitors
Attracted To Day of Ev-i
ents; Parade Large One
“I-et us all pray that the Ew-
ropean war ends speedily,” Con-
gressman Sam Rayburn told 10,-
°"<> listener? at Munson field here
Monday night as Labor held its*
first gigantic celebration in many'
years. j
“Wo must prepare to defend]
ourself against attack,” the Bon-j
himite declared, and referred to'
the fact that tho two oci-ans were
no longer a guarantee against :r- J
vasion for the United States. He
said that if Europe is conquered
by the dictators, this nation would
he next in line for conquest.
“We must maintain a strict ad-
herence to the Monroe Doctrine
to prevent enemy countries from
invading the other Americas,” he
intimated.
Mr. Rayburn struck, following
along the lines used by President
Roosevelt, his close friend, at the
present U. S. neutrality law. He
referred to its as “no neutrality
law at all.”
Suggestion of a special session
of congress was given by the Bon-'
ham congressman when he sail he
expected to be called back to
Washington in a few days. He did
not hint why he would be called
back to the capital.
Approximately 15,000 persons
were attracted to the Denison
event, which included an entire1
day of fun, frolic and other en
tertainment.
The day started off with a mam-
moth parade
lowed by athlet'c events and
hand concert in the afternoon. At
night Mr. Rayburn and others
spoke to the mass gathering. Thin
a fireworks display and street
dance ended the day's events. A
carnival provided added interest
for the visitors.
FRENCH PIERCE
SEIGFRIED LINE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5—President Roosevelt today
will issue two proclamations, on» declaring the United
States neutral in the European war abiding by international
law, the other enforcing the provision of the present heu-
j trality law which prevents sale of war materials to belli-
(gerent nations.
LONDON, Sept. 5 Europe entered its third day of
i bloody battle today with hundreds dead and unestima-
; ted destruction reported in Poland, Germany and the Polish
I Corridor.
' Dispatches from German said that German troops
| had taken 15,000 Polish soldiers prisoners in Silescia
where fighting has been heaviest since Adolf Hitler sent
his men marching. Hitler himself is reported in the Pol-
, ish area, inspecting German troops and watching army
(movements on land and air.
Ln Johannesburg. Africa, riots broke out against Ger-
many and many German business houses were destroyed.
Residents were forming groups to be sent to Europe to
, fight against Germany.
Warsaw was bombed twice this morning by German
planes and Polish authorities prepared to evacuate and lo-
cate the government in another unannounced city. A huge
ri AT • m (number of civilians were reported killed In the raids
Bombing Nazi Fleet At North Sea 1,8SAm,b™, liMS „ the ^
hung out signs, it was reported, “We won’t shoot if vou
dont and Germans in the Seigfreid line agreed. But
m a short time French troops were ordered to move and
he German frontier was pierced in a dozen places near
the Swiss border, it was asserted
FLEE LONDON—With gas masks, lunch bags and other belonging., London school children aw.it
fromlnoliT^-e6* hC y‘ 3'°00'00° ™othe"' children .nd Invalids .re being r.mov.d
trom English cities to havens where they will be safe from German bomb.ri,
Britain Strikes First Blow By
Canada Pushes
Preparations
For Warfare
Question of Canadian Peace
Or War Only Decided At
Session of The Parliament
LONDON, Sept. 5 — Britain I _ I 1
struck its first blow at Germany —aDOr L/P^jeS
Celebration
with aerial bombardment of the
German fleet at Wilholmshafen,
Continuation
OTTAWA, 'Ont., Sept. 5—Fed-
eral and provincial air-raid pre-
cautions committees joined forces
today against possible enemy at-
tempts upon Canada as the Do-
minion rushed war preparations
and crowds of young men beseiged
veeuiting offices.
A government spokesman dis- ^
closed co-operation of provinces
most likely to he affected by an
j enemy attack from the air had
I been obtained and provincial com-
the ministry of information
nounced early Tuesday.
Giant bombers of the British
royal air force, flying over the fhousands Congest Streets!
North Sea, swooped down on tho Here As Labor day Draws
German naval base at Wilhclmsha-J Outside People To Affair'
fen, the Reich’s second largest, , ---
and dropped a load of bombs on Expressions heard in Denison
'hr fleet hare " c there. f Monday by citizens who recalled
The min .-. ,- aid 'On: aj. ]tbp former days here when labor
Everyday
Denison
By
LOUIS ANDERSON
Labor day celebration here yes-
Paris claimed French successes
on land, sea and air while Polish
authorities claimed Polish cavalry
raptured three towns in East
Prussia and had penetrated seven
miles into German territory.
Propaganda campaigns were be-
ing pushed against each country
■ nd British airships were flying
over Germany dropping pamphlets
free suffered rerne casualties,", celebrated with a huP* Labor Day! lerday went over with a bang and i idling the citizens that the demo-
, , . . , mittees now wore in operation,
in t e morning, o^ The statement said the federal
functioning
He paid the city's respects to un-
ion labor and recalled that the
•Central Labor council had donated
$3,000 in labor to the Salesman
ship camp for
children at Bachman dam.
RED RIVER TEST NOW
MAKING CONTRACT HOLE
underprivileged tral Texas consumers.
Arrangements between the au-
thority and the RFC for securing
funds to consumate the purchase,
and the working out the details
of taking over the properties, A.
SHERMAN, Sept. 5—Drilling' J. Wirtz, LCRA general counsel
is going forward today on a deep said, has occupied the fu'l time of
wildcat in the area to he covered authority officials and its legal di-
by water backed up by the Den-| vision for several months,
ison dam on Red river. The well| It is the plan of the authority
is on the Oklahoma side in Mar- to sell distribution systems in
shall county and north of Ayles- various cities in the 16 co. area
worth. ■ to municipalities which desire to
It is Johnson-Kcmnitz and Me- purchase them.
Graw oil company No. 1 Neff and
Godfrey, section 14-0s-6o. Sur-
face pipe was set and drilling is
now below 540 feet. Contract is
6,000 f<*l.
In Love county and northeast
of Marietta, M. A. Neff of Ma-
dill is rigging up rotary after set-
ting 190 feet of surface pipe with
spudder at No. 1 Ilrahama Oil
company section 35-Cs-2c. It is
to be a Viola lime or 3,500 foot
test. Location is near Amerada
and Stnnoliml No. I ‘Westheimcr
“nd Daube, drilled about two y««rs
ago up to 8,500 feet, but plugged
back to 2,500 feet where It pro-
duced about fifty barrels of oil
* day befofe going 'dry.
Max Stareke, operating manag-
er of the authority, said that with
the purchase now closed, the au-
thority could now turn its atten-
tion to working out trades with
the various cities.
Until the individual city systems
can he turned over to the munic-
ipalities, Stareke said, the author-
ity will operate the properties.
Temperature. Higher
committee has been
for some months.
Cabinet subcommittees charged
with various preparodne-'s activi-
ties and the defense department si-
lently but swiftly worked to com-
plete a Dominion-wide economic
' and military setup
! There was no
enlistment would be opened for
j an overseas force or that the gov-
• ernment would recommend such
1 action when parliament meets
Thursday.
I However, recruiting was under
' i way for the Canadian active ser-
FORT WORTH, Tex. Sept, 5-- v;ce forec aild sounding of bu-
A bus drivers deed which sa\t KjeS) the throng? o' young men
the life of a woman motorist in and thp jncreasi of
Garden City, Kansas, first came khaki.dad soldicrs jn tbc rtrecti
to light several days ago in a
routine observation report.
The report of Southwestern Some units began recruiting on
Greyound Line s operator Pali's ^ moR> followC(1 8uit Mon.
Gr'ljCSMW f6 PT7T °f r'iv JOY and, other swung into line to-
saved Mrs. Lucy Fisher of Gar- 7. *
field. Kansas, from almost certain da^ 0fflcla,s est,mate a’ out 100
death was modest to the poin;
that considerable inquiry was ncc-
ln.1 severely damaged two battle*; evenL were entirely in favor of
ships, j renewing the event annually and
Several direct hits v/c.-e scored sucb citizens indicated they were
by the British oombersj the mini.;-: s^ad the old-time celebrations
were again back on the program of
Heavy bombs struck one battle-1 '0CfJ union men.
ship in Schilling Roads, off Wil- From early morning until late
helmshafen. j at night the streets-had thousands
Another German warship lying citizens on them and the day
at Brunsbuttel, fifty miles north "'as given to happy renewal? o?
of Wilhelmsafen, also was seve-1 friendships, mingling in informal
rely damaged .the ministry an-, manner and enjoying the numer-
ous features of entertainmet.
All stores except cafes, drug
and a few stands were closed.
bus Driver
Saves Life
Of Woman
nounced.
Planes Escape
The German shortwave radio
said British bombers attacked Wil- Theatres were open to give enter-
helmshafen an Cuxhafen and that, tainment. All cafes and cold drink
five of the twelve British planes stands were heavily patronized
,. ,! participating in the raid were shot a,,d the shows did a splendid busi-
indicntion that] down by German anti.aircrmft ness.
I guns. The others escaped over One citizen who checked on cars
the Dutch border, it was raid.
Brunsbuttel is on the. Elbe riv
visitors were heard to say they ''racies did not want war, and ur-
thought it was the best such event, t-rp,i thpm to get rid of Hitler,
they have ever seen staged. It will | Pias is expected to make
lie well to continue them annua!-j an aPPeal immediatel for a quick
a '—L of Foreign ond of the war which broke out
ci , I
ly - . . The Veterans
Wars and American Legion floats ''esP;te hi? numerous pleas.
'n the morning parade were cheer-
ed because they dealt with the
most important topic today—the
Gen. Farnciseo Franco, in a sta-
tement today, urged all Spaniards
to “nuntain the strictest neutral-
neutrality of America in the Eu-! !ty-
ropean war. They know war is; ^ message sent by German
Hell because they have teen ir 'vo,'bers and peasants last week,
one . . . Personally this correspon j rpvealed today, said that they had
dent went dove hunting, bagged, n°Diing in common with the Nazi
seven birdies, killed a gallon oi 1 :-' me and were against warfare,
water and nicked Pete Spear-' stt‘P (attacking Poland) is
right car with pellets from a 12 ! 1 -1'rist the will of great masses
gauge shotgun . . . Denison high;1,1 PeoP|" in Germany,” the raw-
school will play a practice foot-1 sae^e sa,d'
hall game with Lefty Stevens’ Du- i (”'r.man planes, flying over neu-
rant high grid team here next Sat-] l !il blotheralnds today, were fired
parked on the street, declared that; urday afternoon. It probal ly wil! ai Motherland appealed to Bri-
he observed more parked machines; not be open to fans here because: ,:n a"J Germany to stop sending
the locals are not yet synchronized
(Continued on Page 4)
gave Canada’s capital city war-
like appearance.
Temperatures in Denison reach-
ed the scorching point again Labor
day when 103 degrees was regis-
tered, lowering to 82 degrew ear-
ly today.. More warm weather-U
-^- •-ftofaiKil fomffiyW’IWWiesday
000 men are needed to bring the
C.A.S.E. to full strength.
essary before exact details of op- Th« announcement of airraid
era tor Grimes’ heroism could he precaut.ons brought the only add,-
. tional light on Canadinn prepara-
mnde public today K„vernment an-
Investigation disclosed that. ”
while driving his Greyhound coach' ™™eod Sunday defense of Can-
on his regular run between Raton.] «da regukt.ons are >n operation
New Mexico. an<? Solinn. Kansas, establishing wartime prices and
operator Grimes came upon the tra<ie control board and censorship!
scene of an accident in which Mrs | committee.
Lucy Fisher had been badly in- . The government s declared pol-
hired There w e e so”- j lci' can be decided only by Parlia-
eral ' people already at the j ment. While the government has
several people already at the announced its policy is to give the
of the accident but none1 most effective cooperation to
aid to' Groat Britain at this time, it will
er estuary, around the point of on the streets of Denison and in
Cuxhafen from Wilhelmsh^fen. I the down-town and residence sec-
“A successful attack was carried tion of the city than had ever been
out Monday afternoon, the infor- here at any one time. It was im---
mation min stry announcement possib le to find a parking place ' T„-
said, “by units'of the royal an- nearer than several blocks from. i’ICW I CdUlClh
force on vessel: of the German the business area at the height of j
fleet at Wilheims'afen and it taffic on the streets and sidewalks.
Brunsbuttel at the entrance to the The crowd was orderly and
Kiel canal. ! moved to and fro in the down-
“Seveial dire t Id's with heavy town section. The hour of parade
bombs were regn'i ud on a G'-r- was the occasion of bringing con-
man battleship in ,1 idling R mil? gested thousands into the down-
----— town area and traffic was so jam-
i mod cars and pedestrians found it
practically impossible to move ex-
cept at snail pace.
'' - - "mr planes over the country.
reliable sources
-aid, were lost in the sinking of
the Athenia, ship carrying Cana-
dians and Americans off the Irish
coast, but Berlin sources blamed
(Continued on Page 4)
Funeral Today
For Sister Of
Denison Man
were
r.-enc
wn? able to render first
the injured g-oman who had suf-
fer-cd severe lacerations and wv
Weeding profusely. The Grey-
hound operator stemmed the flow
of hlood end made the woman
comforinMe until an ambulance
and doetn.. could he se-ured from
seek authority to do so when Par-
liament meets. Whether this rec-
ommendation will include a form-
al declaration of war against Ger-
Funeral services will be held
I in Farmersvillc, Texas, this after-
noon for Mrs. Coon, sister of G.1
W. McMillian, 614 W. Crawford.-
Mrs. Coon died in a McKinney bouse(i
hospital after several week’s ill-] r]nsp(]
ness.
'Mr. and Mrs. McM'llan
with Mrs. Coon at the
I GRAYSON COLEGE
STUDENTS HOLD REUNION
SHERMAN, Sept. 5—More than
200 ex-students of old Grayson
For Schools
Named Here
(Continued
on page four)
Southeastern
Opens Sept 11
ate of Kemp, 'Oklahoma high and
Southeastern Teachers at Durant,
will teach the first and second
„ ,■ * i grades at Lamar. Miss Dilling-
College a^ended^thc f»rswnn;1alj ham comes from Ft Tovvyon_ okak
where she has been teaching
reunion at the Whitewright high
Two new teachers were named
by the school board today, Sup-
erintendent B. McDaniel revealed, ___
bringing the Denison faculty al-| DURANT. Sept. 5—Fall enroll
most to its total strength. ment will begin at Southeastern
Local schools will open Wednes- State college Monday!, Sept. 11
day, Sept. 13. ; President T. T. Montgomery has
Miss Goldie Dillingham, gradu- announced. Regular classes' start
.tv. _ ,0.1.1. 12.
Besides the full semester classes
intended for most of the atudent
body, Dr. A. E. Shearer, dean of
school Sunday, the landmark being
the high school building that
the institution before It
Miss Margaret Tucker, to teach
the second grade at Houston, is
j closed its doors more than twenty-
' five years ago. Whitewright rosi-
li u -' of Jcnts ant* otbpr visitors joined the I
the college, has planned 9-week
courses for teachers whose schools
, are not open at present The pro-
a graduate of Ardmore, Okla. high I.L"™ , V!’!lr'7S, *5e
to™ -i nl.... “I™" thp students’ needs as shown
school and TSCW at Denton. She
majored in elementary education.
Mr. McDaniel said that notice
her death, and will he joined in lunch
„ , , , » uaiwi In the modern
Fiirinersy.lle today by a pronn of. , #nd undor thc shadc
i ihetr friend?, meludinT. Leland
... , , , , , : trees on the campus.
I Alien, pnstor of Armstrong Ave-
nno. Ghureh of Christ, of whi li
make 400 attending ( bng bK,n rcceivcd from the furni-
any has not been disclosed.
Observers here believed if Can- ,,io MpMin„fl, member? r.ea
......................... ,ada t00k »"y aPPppssive action, ^ Frpd w Ttw}„( Mrs. \ v
Garden Citv. The doetor praised] such as capturing or attacking a ,f„vnvn1k p j p,■«•!>(?
Grime’s actions highly and stated German vessel on the high seas R T ,ginvd,olli Mrs.. Oscar
tVnt. if tFe womnn hnd not ro- °ypia- iBirhnrd, M. M Piorro. Mr.
ppivwi nid witHin a few mimitr?
j>f the time Grimes arrived.'nn ,,
srene she would have died. J ««*p»d herself. | Stratton.
declaration of war. Until then, ^,, Mrs. F. W. R'rvgiev. George
Canada’.-only effort would be to, McM'llan, Jr, end Miss 'Elizabeth
The alumni voted to make thc
reunion an event each year here-
after and elected officers for the
year as follows: B. B. Cobb of
Fort Worth, president; Rev. E. L.
Si liman of Sherman, vice pres-
dont; Mrs. J. C. Gillespie of White-
wright, secertary and ,T. B. Ham-
ilton of Whitawright, treasurer.
lure company from which the
Houston and Terrell schools have
purchased seats and other supplies,
that seats would not he delivered
in time for school opening. The
superintendent said that equipment
used in the old schools would be
brought from storage and used,
not delaying school opening.
The new supplies will probably
arrive about flet. 1 and placed In
use immediately, it was reported.
by a questionnaire sent out recent-
ly by the dean’s office.
Saturday classes will be organ
ized Sept. 16 to meet the needs o '
people who are engaged In teach-
ing and other work during the
rest of the week.
Freshman orientation will he
given Sept. 11 under dlrectfcn of
R. C. Dragoo, chairman of the
freshman advisory committee.
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