The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Monday, June 29, 1936 Page: 1 of 4
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He That Ruleth His Spirit
“Hwtlni! ruleth his spirit," says the wise man, “is great-
er than he that taketh a city-’’ The daily story of inflamed
passion rising to the point of combat with one’s fellow, is tli“
sad story of man incapable or unwilling to control self.
Comes til's week a story from a Collin couny community
of the tragedy cf passion carried to the point of shooting down
another to be followed by remorse, and another death by self
inflicted pistol shots.
Behind is left by the slayer a large family, considerable
of the World’s goods, and a
group of shocked and heart-
broken friends.
Passion is a terrible thing,
and is easily aroused. It eatises
the chief source of our troubles
today and acting under its
poisoned influence, many are
led to commit acts that mar the
whole of one’s happiness, under
the delusive guise that they are
avenging some wrong.
Settling troubles are not
FOURTH A HOLIDAY
Proclamation Today By Mayor Scott Asks
Merchants to Close Stores for Full Holi-
day fn Tribute to American Forefathers
Personnel At
Engineer Office
Is Almost Filled
Aerial Photography Ready to’i
Get Underway; Headquar- j
ter? to be in Ardmore, Ok.
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCE MURRAY
June 29, 1874
For some time there has been a
rotating clod masher standing at
the upper end of Main street,
“I hereby proclaim Saturday, on the fourth, many merchants
July 4, a legal holiday in Denison” ( have already announced their in-
' was the gist ol a proclamation is-|tention of closing, although they
| sued today by Mayor Clarence will remain open late Friday night
j Scott, as he urged all business that their customers might have a
houses to close for the day. | chance to fill needs to carry them
‘ Realizing the sacredness of the ' over Saturday and Sunday,
day to American citizens and how Among this list is included prac-
much it meant to our forefathers' tit-ally every grocer in the city.
that these United Many of the employes are ex-
who fought
States might he free, 1 declare a pected to take the two day “va-
logal holiday in Denison,” the cation” and spend, it at home while
proclamation said. ja majority will make a trip to
Mayor Scott pointed out that Dallas to the Texas Centennial,
every business man should close Many have expressed their desire
29th, 1936
City Swelters t
Again Sunday,
Mercury High
Thermometer Again Hits 100
Mark as Citizens Seek
Refuge in Water and Shade.
Denison again sweltered under Key positions in he engineering
terrific heat Sunday afternoon as j department for the Red River dam
the Kingston thermometer rose | resurvey near Baer’s Ferry, was
above the 100 degree mark at 3! practically filled today with the
o’clock when the rays of Old Sol! arrival of C. R. Dungan, associate
literally roasted everything within j engineer in the designing depart-
ment, a transfer from the Passa-
mecquoddy project at Fastport,
Maine, according to Capt. L. F.
Rhodes, engineer in charge.
Aerial photographs of the dam
site are to ho made by the W. S.
Parks, Inc. company of Louisvil’e,
Ky., Capt. Rhodes said after inf »-
Weekly Founded 1930—Daily 1934
Zioncheck Flees
Hospital, Eludes
Maryland Officer
reach.
Although the thermomter only
went to the 101 degree mark,
many claimed it was the hottest
day so far this summer. I.oy park
was a seehing mass of humanity
as citizens from all over the coun-
ty sought to find some relief from
for the day in order that their to see the exposition, but as yetj«.]pw» 0f gq degrees, fallowed by
••
through the means of one los- j Thursday a pair of mules were
ilig control of his spirit- Tak- 'hitched to the machine and an ®t’ j employes should be allowed to on- have not. had a chance due to con-
ing cites by force is not the jwas made t0 haul n olf'Jj0y the day in a fi.ting manner'tinual wmkmf day,'
greatest achievement in life, !llle attempt was a perfect sue- Mog(. of business houses are I Mayor Scott sani that, he wish-
the heat in the cooling water. Oth-jmation was received from hi- div-
er swimimng places of the county ision headquarters at Vicksburg,
were similiarly jammed with over-. Miss. The headquarter- for the
heated citizens. | photography will be at - dmore,
After the high mark Sunday lie j Oklahoma.
lowest today came at 5 a. m.
when the thermometer sank to a
Everyday
DENISON
Diary ol a model' /tippy: up!
early, then a walk about the
room before breakfast . . . mid
the newspapers to find the last
escapade of friend Zh-ucheck
just escaped from nut factory . . .
typed forty pages on a new b > J;
expected to lie junked after com-
pletion . . . lunch, two • m . a
cup of coffee, spinach anil a
The work is expected smile from the waitre:
Hurdles High
Fence To Make
Final Escape
NO ARREST MADE
Elated Congressman Goes to
Washington After Several
Days in Hospital for “Ob-
servation”, Say He’s O. K.
to begin within a few days.
Borings on the site by the Penn.
Drilling company is underway with
. , . Most of the business houses are
and the practice of taking ]cfss; _The_ ammas'1 no doubt> C0n'' expected to take advantage of the ed Denisonians to enjoy them-
selves to the utmost during the
Com- day and the Fourth was expected
physical vengeance on another cluded a driver was not necessary ^ ag Jn t years
is only to react on the av,*tiger 1 fo1’ tbeX struc,( out 011 tbeir 0'vn i while the Chamber
i U n n 1, ii-i 1 b 4 V. a1 /] l*.*l tf 1 / i 1*0 f V A C
j inpr to decide what shall be done manner as in past years.
far worse than on the one on hook wllh tbc °[d A" merce has as vet not held a meet- to he very quiet, much in the
whom the revenge has been , the>’ ncami the State National i
wrought 1 bank, they hail gained a good mo-
Tim Collin count V incident is ■ menium a,,d Pointed direct,r for
one of the sad chapters too fre- that instilution int<’m,mK evident'
quently Written in the history }•*. one of two ihill*s' make a de"
of a community. Men read of Posit 0,1 bust the b'ank’ but for tbo
a high of 88 degrees at 10 a. m. twenty-five
Hotter weather for this aftern
and evening is predicted.
men employed. Cap*.
The tests have been
during the afternoon .
with friends who left
didn’t take the check .
out for a session with
Joker, but never found
W A SHINGTON—Police stated
today that thely would not arrest
. . . -lept! C ongressman Zioncheck who es-
dinner raped in spectacular style from an
early Jiut! institution in Maryland where he
. ■ invited i was removed last week for ob-
John J.' servation.
him—lost The congressman, dressed in
on j Rhodes said
turned over to the engineering $4.32 . . . home to bed after shyly blue trousers, white shirt and ten-
express re- i
• sudden capsizing of the outfit just
such tilings mid
gret that such a tragedy was
enacted, and then go them-I™" would probably
selves st.aightway and forget
the great need of self control.
It is easy to fly into a fit of
anger and take steps that for
Condition On
Farms Generally
Fair, Reported
before they reached the door the
have been| -----
i successful. No one hurt. Estimated Corn Crop Destined
A view from the tower of the to be Short Unless Rain
school house is one of the grand-' Comes Within Few Lays, Say.
est we have ever enjoyed. From ---
five to twenty-five miles of the; Condition of the farms of Gray
beau.iful
President Maps
Out Campaign,
New York Confab
Mark Francis,
I College Dean,
Dies Suddenly
btaujfui 'anv°" cThty t *ene,,aiiy
of strong drink, its sting is 11,1 cxlstem'1' ' ' sP'oad out before! lory, although coni must get rain
Democrats From Over Country
Visit Chief Executive at
Hyde Park For Conference,
laboratory at 619 West Main st., i removing our shoes and tiptoeing ms shoes, with / burst of unusual
and arc undergoing strenuous in the house. speed and leaping a fence feet
tests in an effort to learn what. | --- high, son outdistanced pursuers
I type of dam would ho best suited.' Me.-t sign of the month: instead and was lost in a thickly wooded
S. A. Spencer, safety inspec-.of having "No Riders Allowed” a sec'ion. He eluded several police
I tor, transferred from the Tucum- car bearing the inscription on the and was soon out of their reach
j cari, N. M., division, has been on I windshield, '‘.Sorry Pal." and efforts to locate him have
the job for the past few days in j -- ‘proven futile.
connection with the borings in an At Loy park thi so day it Ur. McClelland of the institution
attempt to decrea- lihi.ity of ae-J noticible how little the swimmers! declared that he did not consider
_ jcidents. Miss Dorothy S oneburn-! venture out far To! owing the j Zioncheck as dangerous and
COLUEGE STATION -_ The pr, junior stenographer fi om East-! tragedy there sevral weeks uvo. would harm no one.
body of Dr. Mark Francis known P°rt. Maine, arrived to take a po-1 Now that it has been established The case against Zioncheck was
A. and M. College Head Dies
of Heart Attack; Known as
Father of Cattle Industry.
as the man who did most to save
si;ion with the local office, in what might occur from a very in- dropped by Judge Daniel O'Dono-
worse than bearing t lie real or |
imaginary trouble.
It is better to have our feel- *
ings hurt many times and en- ;
dure the sting of wrongs in- ,
flicted than to lose control of ,
onr spirits. Self-poise and per- jj
sonal control is far better de-
sired than to sit in physical
seats of conquest by force.
-----OB-—
, the eyes. Go and see it.
! within the week or suffer, mater-
Two men from the middle west; national fame.
HYDE PARK, N. Y.—Confer-
ences arc being held by President
Roosevelt with various democrats
from several sections of the coun-
Three hundred and ninety-seven 1 ially cutting down the chances for try, in preparation for the cam-
carload of cattle were shipned what promised to be I good crop J Pa'Kn to ho carried over the coun-
from Denison over the M-K-T. estimated at from thirty to sixty try.
during the month of May, of bushels.
which three hundred ami eighteen i In some sections of the country
went to St. Louis, via the A & P corn is reported to be already be-
iroad from Vanita. The shipments; yond the aid of any rain that may
J for June will probably double the fall, while in other sections corn
above. has already made a fair crop.
There seems to he a general Cotton is not suffering at all,
desire that Forest park be fenced.'hot weather being the friend of
the | Could it not he done by subscrip- a good cotton crop. This year’s
Texas cattle from the fever tick. ,hp administration division.
nocent swimming pa.ty, there me hue of the District Court of Co-
in
Visitors today
j with employment on
... ucciii ur me seuuu, of We>'p Stat° division t»ead of the
veterinary medicine at the college employment ollice at Dallas. I. 1
in Ohio for burial.
He was dean of the school
connection j few who attempted o -.-. i m acro.-s lumbia las’ Friday, and this will
the project the lake. The lake 1- last beeom-. leave Zioncheck flee to come
ing a mecca for the hoi and tired and go as he wishes, if he cares to
these days as each day in r ami .return to the capital.
f more are seen coming here.
here for the past 30 years, and] Peterson, and Pat S. Tillman
was generally known as the father j Sherman.
of the Texas cattle industry. His j Approximately 250 are at pres- The stories
work here gained for him inter-1ent working on the project in the about the dangers
with
Gov.
and
tion?
June 29, 1886
Married: At the resident of
Conductor and Mrs. Erway, on
Morton street, Newton Woodring
The weekly concerts in
open at Denison Forest Park
Were initiated Friday night to
an audience that v,as given a
delightful group of numbers-
Suoli events < i msual for a
community and Urn fact that , Miss Mamption Martin.
Denison ha Mid a splendid I was performed by Rev.
talent alone makes it possible, WhaljnSi of the Pl.esbyterian
tor us to give the people this ;chu,.ch After thc congratulations
'ren'' nn !an elegant supper was served in
(the dining room. Mr. Woodring
lisa well known engineer, running
crop.
I yield so far promsies to he one
j of the best and the price is ex-
were hei'e today to confer
Mr. Roosevelt. They are
Henry Horner of Illinois
Frank Murphy of Detroit.
| The largest crowd ever assembl-
ed in this city was present to greet
the president on his arrival.
Sunday a conference was held
with representatives from New
York among them being those
the Press wroti
if the lake long
J field and office, Capt. Rhodes I before the Sherman youth drmvn-
said. led, ha- seemingly taken me ef-
-------- feet as the place is more close r
watched now than ever he, -n.
| Even with this, the place is still
dangerous and there is great need! was
Miss Stinson
Once Denison
Woman, Dies
The first through train
pass through Denison clinic • on ^e S0U(h pnd ()f the Missouri-
front St. I/Oliis to (lalveston, jPacific ,.aill.oadi and has been
and left the Missouri town
j Pacific railroad, and has been a
| resident of Denison for the past
sixty-two days ago, or on June ,four years_ Miss Martin has been
22nd. It reached Denison two ,a re9idellt of Sedalia, Mo., from
days later. Jher childhood to the time of her
00 (graduation from Broadway Acad-
Denison had the first brick jemy in 1883, since which time she
kiln in North Texas and made |bas resided in Denison. She is the
the finest of brick, the soil ldaughter of Dr. E. B. Martin,
here being peculiarly adapted i M'any lovely presents were show-
*o good brick. Dallas and Fort e,ed on the b»PPy coul,le'
! Airways Have
Many Mishaps
Over Weekend
Aviation Claims Three Lives
Over Nation; Two Oris Walk
Back From Their Plane Ride.
Worth Were among the points
supplied with our brick. That
■was back in 1874.
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pected to be around the 12c mark, closely connected with the govei-
Many farmers are receiving cot- nor of the state.
ton checks for last year's crop1______
Thp j representing the difference be-
i tween the 12c price promised by
the government and that for
which it actually sold. These
checks are piovttlg'’of materially
benefit to the farmers and is re-
leasing an added amount of spend-
ing money to business circles over
the county.
Threshing is practically over in
this section, and although thc _____
yield is mostly satisfactory, there | MARYSVILLE, Ohio—Crashing
are some light spots. Prices range 0f a fast flying pursuit plane,
around 25c for oats and 83c for which went to the earth with
wheat. Many farmers, fearing a terrific force was ordered probed
shortage in the com crop for feed today following stories of how the
purposes, are saving much of the machine behaved when it went to
grain for taking care of their the earth, taking the life of one
stock. occupant.
Millet hay was cut in large -phe -machine was flying low and
quantities the past week and a j when it s.ruek the ground it hit
good crop was reported in many with such force as to throw the
sections.
In general the fields are clear
of grass and weeds and conditions
he up with most
Mis-- Johnnie Marie Stinson, j
former Denison woman, died at
Abilene early Sunday morning
wher she had been making her j
The proprietor of the candy
works was very much disappointed
that he didn’t come in with the
houses lit up by the electric light
jlast week. His establishment be-
h. \\ . J*iselier, candidate for jng between two lights and his. „
Governor of Texas, declared in [house being lighted by coal oil I the reported to
u speech at Sail Antonio that |Famps, made the place look as! of the workers.
Governor Allred was using the |though deserted. But it was not
old ago pension plan of the !tbc case so far as good things,
State to build up a powerful !sucb as candies, ice cream, lemon-
political machine. He says it is ' (ie and soda water wore concern-
being done through the system 'ed> they were there all the same,
of indicating some GOO or 700 and ti1P people found them, too.
persons Who are to receive pen- j \ym Bessor was visiting Mrs.
siou money under Allreds idea childer in the southeast, part of
of providing the funds on the 'tov.n yesterday and whi'e there
basis arbitrarily named by All- 'partook rathe,' freely of some, ^ w,;h thp words
red. 1 lie basis is indicated as stimulants he had brought along. B,ack Le(fion" written in
according to their usual ;SompUme during the aft™"' liprticU 0n a mirror, was slain by
Standard of living. butcher Mrs. Childer undertook to chastise P according to a state-
Eaays this is unfair and unequal vather severely, one of her chi'-- h , .....
and means That a garbage can !dren. Mr. Bessor interfered and «
style will continue to be the j fight ensued in which Mrs. Childer
same while the porter house got the worst of it. The champion
steak style of existing will re- in the cause against cruelty to
motor a distance
from the plane.
of 250 yards
HP died suddently of heart dis-
ease Sunday morning.
Chinese Planes
Dropping Bombs
Among Japanese
HONKOXG—Six fighting planes
belonging to the Salvation army
of China to run from the country
'the invading Japanese, Sunday home since 1929. She had been id
I flew over a large area where they f01' he past two months.
; dropped bombs info the ranks of ^el body arrived in the city ai
| the Japanese army. j 11 a- m- Monday and funeral ser
I The army organized to save | vices will be conducted Monday
I China from being overrun with . afternoon at 4 o clock iroin 411
I Japanese, is determined to push : ®ast Munson -treet, with Rev
! on to the north and drive back the Deeny officiating. Short-Mur-
I ray will direct and interment will
be at Oakwood.
| Miss Stinson was horn in Deni-
son March 4. 1915 and was eiiu-
| cated in the public schools and at |
I St. Xavier’s academy. Her par-
ents were Mr. and Mrs. John Stin-
son.
Surviving are her mother. of j
this city, grandmother, Mrs. Dora
a brother, Aaron -
Once he is out of the state of
Maryland, he can not be held, it
is declared. Friends say he wdll
lik- ]y soon be hack in the home
state of Washington campaig-ning
in his behalf for Congressman.
At the hospital, it was declared
that the escape was not planned
by Zioncheck, they believed, hut.
the sudden impulse of an
for more safety measures, in- 'elated person able to run and
eluding supervised swimming. As
j it now stands, there is swimmi: g
in all of the northern section of
! the lake, but thc only life guards
: are the swimmers themselves.
jump with remarkable ability.
Nippons.
Escapes Near
Abilene Now
On a card put out by one can
| didate, he points out lie good
! qualities of his career, but makes
i one mistake. He says he wa- once
a newpaperman. Some w. u;d have
■ you believe that a newspaperman
| is not fit for a public d'f'ice, that
! is, those who have had affiliation
I with members of the fomth estate
I in the past.
! If any of von ennis re bids wish
I ,
ABILENE—Luke Trammell and
pal, Gibson, are in this section of
the state and several officers are Stinson, Denison
trailing them shortly after a car ■ of Denison <and two sisters, Mrs
was reported stolen here from J Gertrude McGonigle, Tulsa, and
Jack Fomby. The car was stolen Mrs. Flossie Lively, Denison.
and bears the number 323-
Murder Solved,
Negro Blamed
CHICAGO — Mrs. Florence
Thompson Cassell, found dead in a
I hotel room with her head badly
‘This
mnin the same.
PROBLEM SOLVED
f) Housing problems of visitors l
thc Centennial during the
first ten days were solved op, a gt*
trnntlc scale ns .. th’o Cen- ___ __ ___________ ____ _________
tcnnlal Houitng Bureau placed 85- 'close, Rev. A. J. Kincade, of the
o#o persona a* an average cost of .. -
fi,W per d*r. | (Continued on P«fe
children appeared in recorder's
court today and paid a fine of
$16.50.
June 29, 1901
Married: At thc residence of
thP bride’s parents, 717 West Gan-
dy street, at 10 a. m. Tuesday,
S. R. Missbaum and Miss Evelyn
men: of a little son who was awak-
ened from his sleep by the noise
of the struggle.
The little fellow said that he saw
the negro man pounding his moth-
er over the head with a brick
which split to pieces at his pow-
erful strokes. Broken brick was
left scattered over the floor.
The negro then wrote, according
to the lad, with a piece of lip-
sick on the mirror.
CAMAS, Wash.—Found several
miles from their wrecked plane
which went to earth in the wooded
mountain near here, Saturday, the
two occupants, Mrs. Alyce l’ash-
burnh and Irma Westover, were
none the worse for their exper-
ience today.
The plane was badly damaged, |
but the '.omen had only a slight J
shaking up. They had been strug- j
gling against thick underbrush
and other rough country for near-
ly two days and were found by
farmers who were in the party
searching for the lost women.
tion
834.
They left a car stolen from an-
other party and which they used
to drive to this city.
Drive SAFELY—Not Recldeltly
The botamy exhibit in Tilt Uni-
versity Centennial Exposition was
reeentl enrlcheil with the gift of
a large collecton of tropica! water
lilies. The donattm was made by
A. J I’lieb-tlr "f Rr.isoria. Texas.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla—Two
persons were drowned and a thind
injured when a small plane fell
into the surf here Sunday.
The drowned were trapped in
their cockpit and were unable to
escape. They were A. Stanley and
Miss Mary Lee Butler. The pi-
lot, Strobe Lander, injured, said
:he plane went into a tail spin.
COMMUNISTS NAME
NEGRO CANDIDATE
Parly Names Negro Iron Worker
Presidency During Convention
\ork; Earl Browder Named
might drop over to the e!ub eon:-:
where n tournament is in session.
This afternoon at 2:30, Murray,
he pride of the high school and
city for the past three years, plays'
a match against his father. M. M
Marshall, which should he one of
the best played here in some time.
Peculiar sight on the strict
this morning: a tourist's car with
a nework of ‘'ribbons" umlei ou
running board, evidently a type
of hammock which the occupant
used to sleep in during his jour-,
ney. Many commented it was one
of the “niftiest” ideas hit upon
in many moons.
l\eni on wi1] send that delega-
tion of talent for a program at!
Poltsboro, Friday night, as a part
of that city’s annual July 3-4
celebrations. As a return favor.!
Poltsboro will send an array of |
their entertainers here the follow-
ling Friday, Elliot McClung.jr
! Chamber of Commerce manager.
I who contacted Pattsboro officials.
Nets Tourney
Gets Underway
Andrew Blister and Billie Pet-
er on emerged winners in the first
round matches of the Denison
,e nis duh tournament today with
mo - matches scheduled for this
afternoon.
B --ter defeated Orville Thom-
ason in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
while IV.e,son won over Roscoe
Parker 6-1. 7-5, with five duece
games. Hoyden Lebreeht drew a
bye.
In matches this afternoon,
scheduled to start at 1:30, Le-
brccht will meet Blister and M.
M. Marsh ill will play Murray Mar-
shall. Doubles play will begin
Tuesday morning, Mr. Marshall,
club sponsor, said.
CHILDREN HAVE DAY
DALLAS—-Texas Centennial Kx-
jVsbior. of fi- in Is |iave not. an 1
will not. overlook the children. Ev-
*, , Tuesday for the duration of
1 i.. I’rrenninl Exposition will be
children's day with a nickel price
on th*- entrance gale and all con-
cessions.
Wisdom is more
sem e of ignorance.
than the ab-
Drive SAFELY—Not ReckloMlp
Husband and Wife
for Vice-
at New
to Lead
said.
COWBOYS PRESENT
A good friend la one who llkei
you when your are at your worst
KSifi
a'
NEW YORK—At a meeting at- didate for tin vice-presidency,
tended by some 20,000 wildly! The meeting at acked both thc
cheering followers, Communists democratic and republican parties,
launched their campaign for the J Speakers declared that the
presidential nominees Sunday. At country was facing chaos and ruin
DALLAS—Cowboys from all
over Texas will visit the Texas ;
Centennial Exposition August 1-9 i
for the Stamford Texas Cowboy
Reunion and Rodeo. Texas will
entertain itself in real western
the head of the ticket and without and suffering gyp^i er than ever j style, under the direction of John
opposition, Earl Browder was nam- before, arid said thdse to replace M. Gist, president of the Texas
ed a» candidao for the presidency.1 such men as Washington and'Cowboy Reunion Association.
come from
men as
Fooling another makes the foole>’i|nd James W. Ford, a negro iron’Lincoln would
‘ named as their can-'ranks of the revolutionists.
jpjlwkei
Drive SAFELY—Net Recklessly
My wife serves the souf *» hat
It burns my mouth.—tj, T.
WHAT DOES YOUR WIFE DO!
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