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DENISON
,Tht Gate Ofty
iTe Texas Centennial
The Denison Press
■aprMHtattve UniUd PVeaa an d Intarnattonal Newi Barrie*
DENISON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY SEPT. 30, 1936
Wsekljr founded 1980-Daily 1934
VOL. 3—NO. 81
School Students May See
# Centennial at Low Rates
Railroads and Exposition to
Reduce Rate* »o Student*
May Go In Group* Much
Lower Cost than Other*
No Date Is Set
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
Superintendent Informed of
Move Officially by State
Department of Education
By DULCE MURRAY
Denison sehool students will
have the chance to cheaply attend
the Texas Centennial, according
September 30, 1874
William C. Caruthera was found
dead in the yard of his residence
in the northern part of this city
on Sunday morning. When found,
the body was lying on the face, in
to a plan recently formulated1 night clothes, and it is supposed! attend becase of lac k of funds,
and publicized by Governor Jas. j that during the night deceased j If is a worthy cause and would be
V. Allred, according to a letter had walked out of the house and' money well spent. A nickle here
received this morning by Dr. F. 11 fallen, causing immediate death and a nickle there would amount
Everyday
DENISON
Foreignism Is
Flayed By The
Chief Executive
French Stop Reinforcements Rushed
Devaluation
Of Franc Now
The citizens of Denison should
subscribe funds to go for send-
ing worthy students from this city
to the Texas Centennial under
the plan originated or at least
publicized by Governor James V.
Allred. There are many students
righe here who would benefit by
seeing the exposition who cannot
Roosevelt Delivers Opening Objections Forthcoming As
Campaign Address at Sy-
racuse State Democratic
Meeting Tuesday Night
%
Hughes, superintendent, from the Mr. Oaruthers was in his sixty-
Depsrtment of Education at Aus- third year of age, having settled
tin. I in this county nearly fifty years
School stdents, when in groups ago.
of 25, are allowed to ride trains From Sherman: The fair yes-
'at Ms cent a mile with entrance terday was better than was ex-
in the Exposition ground 25 cents'pected. The attendance was larg-j
the letter said. The fare, greatly er than usual for the first day.! that it must
reduced from the regular rate),'Everything was well represented | writing home
to enopli to send a bunch
under proper supervision.
down
Disregards Landon
To Madrid by Loyalists
Texas Rose Festival to Draw Many 1
Statements of United Sta-
tes and Britian carry no!
Assurance of Gold Parity
Holdup Ordered
Which reminds us that we have
not yet seen the Centennial our-
selves. What, we have heard of it
is enough to satisfy our rabid self
be something worth | were
about. When we
While there has been no defi- woman, Mrs. Kirk, took the prem-
nite date set for Denison students. juill on articifial flowers The
got enough time and two bucks
ahead, we intend to head for the
exposition and see what’s going
on down there.
will allow local students to make'except vegetables and fruits—of
the round trip for approximately these one was exhibited. The la-
80 cents. Teachers or adults ac- j dies’ work was pronounced to be
companying the group of students, far superior to that heretofore
may ride for 1 cent a mile. exhibited at the fair. A Denison
The Chamber of Commerce the
other day received a letter from
to make the Centennial trip, Dr.'plan of paying the premiums in'william Streeper, Jr., Salt Lake
Hughes said one would probably I money seems to suit the contest ! city Utah, lawyer, asking infor-
be set for later, after he had gain-j ants better than it does the com-|matjon about Edwin Streeper,
ed written permission and con-]pany, as the premiums paid yes-1 former Denison man who lived
firmation by the State Depart- terday amounted to about $75.00 bpre from about 1884 to
President Speaks Enthusias- Prices in United States Vary
tically to Convention As Pending Parliament Ap-
Delegates Cheer Wildly j provai of the Franc, Say
HYDE DARK—With President' PARIS—The failure so far of
Roosev.Jt on his way back homo the ‘French senate to indorse the
today, after delivering his first devaluation of the franc, has tern-
political address of the present porarily delayed parlimentary ap-
campaign at the state democratic pi oval of the step sponsored by
meeting in Syracuse last night, he Minister Blum in his reform
is gratified at the reception giv : movement fur France,
en. j Objection is made that the
Although ml calling the name United States and England car-
of Lanoon in his address, there ried with it no assurance of a
places wher the listeners gold parity, hence thBir objection,
thought the name fit and yelled j It is believed however, that the
out “Landon.” I matter will be straightened out
The president spoke in an en- and that the necessary parlia-
thusiastic manner and was ve-'mentary approval will soon be
ceived in the same fashion. I forthcoming.
He dramatically flayed com-] -
mutitsm or other foreignism
his speech.
Rebels Approaching Spanish
Capitol Within Eight Mil-
es; Government Troops
On Way From Morocco
Toledo Under Fire*
ment’s district deputy, Dr. Ever-1 more than the receipts. I Judge M. M. Scholl recalls that
ett Shepherd of Denton. Other| Yesterday, the 29th, between {streoner ran the old Colonnade
red tape must be gone through forty and fifty bales of cotton 1 hotel for several years, then left
before students may get the spec-lVVere 0n the streets. This testifies' f(jr st j,oujs about forty years j h s head
in] WASHINGTON — With the
franc still lacking formal parlia-
mentary approval, prices of var-
SYRACUSE — The Nation is ious articles varied in their fluct-
still chuckling over a story told ^ uation Monday with most of them
by President Roosevelt in his ad-lgaining back some of their loss of
1893.1 dress here last night. It ran some- the past three days.
All Ground Lost to Loyalists
Is Regained by Rebels as
They Dig in Further now
MADRID—The evacuation of
Madrid started today.
Government troops making
their last stand to hold the city,
are starling ot clear it of women
and children and the march from
the capitol started this morning
with all possible speed.
MADRID — With Facists ap-
proaching the city from the west
within eight miles and within
f fieen miles from the east, rein-
forcements for government troops
_ „ , _ a •• being rushed with all possible
One of the year s outstanding Centennial attractions will open in , . ,,
Tyler Friday when the 1936 Rose Festival gets under way. Athletic | to lhp ,ene f,om Moloceo"
highlight of the five-day celebration will be the Battle of Roses between
the Baylor Bears of Waco and the Centenary Colonels of Shreveport to
be played Saturday afternoon. The spectacular annual rose parade will
be held Tuesday, October 6. Above, the Tyler area’s predominant posi-
tion in the rose culture world is reflected by the floral map of Texas,
surrounded by four Tyler girls, all members of the hostess corp»
thing like this: I Rails rallied 7 points and utili-
“In the summer of 1933 a nice Hes 0 points.
old gentleman with a silk hat onj ......—--
i-eii off the ‘ Trainman Sees
edl
A benefactor
ial rates. jas to what Denison is as a cotton] 0K0. 'fhe Salt Lake City man the water.
Few Excursions market, and every cotton planter j W0UJd Hko to learn something! him out of the water and sav ,
Dr. Hughes said that railroad j who has sold in the Denison mar-Lbout him all{j his relatives I his life, hut the silk hat went ,
rates are in effect at the pres- will testify that this is the possible. If any of you old floating away,
ent time and would remain so un- be9t cash cotton market in north timers recall incident which you
Texas. j might feel would be of value, give
Five thousand dollars worth ofjtbp chamber of Commerce a call
Main street property changed d ]et them know all0Ut it.
til the Centennial ends, November
29. 'However, only a few ex-
cursions are expected to go from
here during the remaining period, hands Saturday
It was estimated that students day either,
could make tho trip and see the
Exposition for less than $2.00
apiece, but there had been no pro-
vision for the payment of these
fares and expenses by others than
the students themselves.
It is expected that several stu-
dents here will be financed to the
Centennial by private enterprises
and clubs, although no defi-
nite plans as this have been an-
nounced- Several citizens have
offered to aid in sending worthy
underprivileged children there af-
ter the Press had hacked such a
-not an active
Denison high Yellow Jackets j
September 30, 1886 are-really primed for their game
A wreck of rather serious mo-jtomorrow fight against Durant]
ment occurred Thursday on the hjgh at Durant) an(1 they are de-|
Missouri Pacific at North Fork, a te,.mined |0 beat t,,e Oklahomans
few miles north of Eufala- The
secrecy on such subjects, to which
railroad employes are enjoined. al, whfin tbe Lions won 7.0. Thc
by the company, is such that cor-1 ;fackets should have won that
game, but a bad pass from center
gave it- away on a silver platter.
aie It won’t happen this game, the
Wilson’ in I player, avow,
had
HU 1 ll*; k
“Today, three years later, the]
nice old gentleman who lost his
hat. has never thanked his bene- (
factor for pulling him out, but]
he is berating him for the loss
of the silk . hat.”
Airplane Hurtle
To The Earth
JACKETS WORK FOR
OKLAHOMA CONTEST
i<
by as many touchdowns as they
can to avenge a freak loss last |
Dynamite Plot
Is Thwarted In
Havana Trouble
Seik i°Q«Veog,e, Freak LoSs by Tish011lin«» last Saturday i„
in 19.15; Billy Rosamond a slow game, while Tish was bat-
Is out for Two Weeks tered for a 43-0 loss at the hands
-- I |o1' Sherman, third ranking club in
Swoops Down on Train and j lenison high school Yellow district 5, several weeks ago. The
Then Crashes afi Engineer | dac*a‘ta "eve put through a stiff Jackets may avenge
Watches Wreck Horrified M°ck*nS> tackling and pass de- at the hands of
j tense workout Tuesday afternoon year 7 to G,
a freak loss
the Lions last
CHICAGO—-An assistant movie
photographer Oscar spimmill. *•
j the lone survivor of a party which
I set out to photograph the speed-
i mg Zephyr this morning. When
thP party got to the hangar there
in preparation for their game1
Thursday night against Durant
high school at Southeastern
Teachers’ college stadium
The Jackets will be back in al-j
most perfect shape for the game,
P
plan several weeks ago
after Governor Allred’s
mation-
red details of the disaster are
hard to learn, but the particulars.'
as near as ascertainable,
these: Conductor
charge of a freight train,
stopped his tsain at the tank to
take on water, .when another
shortly; frPiK.ht> which had been following
Several fans and players have
asked this correspondent why he
i —" ’ , , . _ ! doesn’t guess the scores on a few
proila • wake in charge of Con-1 . , .
in ns , h ; of rrames around this section,
! ductor Chadfield, ran, at full
A tent city is being erected. Speed, into the rear end of it,
near the Exposition grounds ex- j shattering the caboose in ftog-
pressly for thc purpose of hous-1 mentSj demolishing several other
cars wrecking the engine of the . P
• . i hit a larger percentage of
ing students. A small fee will ho
charged for a day and a half
stay, including meals, Centennial
.ground entrance several fea-
tures.
Police end Threatened Blast j to live,
by Cutting Telephone Wi- j Howard
res in the Chief’s Office j deaths in the plane.
HAVANA—A dynamite explo-} CHICAGO— As the silvery
sion was barely averted here]
when police found a trap set by
an anarchist which if spiung
would have killed several persons
who might have hoe- Within fifty
feet of thp trap
•xweniy sucks oi aynnmue naa
was not enough room for Ham-!*01’ lbe Urst time this year. M E.
mill and he remained behind and ] Vandiver, 220 pound tackle and
Dizzy Dean,
Pepper Martin
Break U Show
Soldiers on their way to assist
loyal troops in Toledo had not
heard until today of the Facists
reaching their brothers in the ill-
fated Alcazar.
They are within thirty miles of
Toledo and had dug in.
All ground lost to the govern-
ment troops on the road to Ma-
drid has been retaken by the Fa-
cist troops and the push toward
Madrid is the chief aim of thc
rebels-
Stirred by the memories of the
suffering of their comrades in
the memorable Alcazar the "racists
with grim faces set and looking
toward the capital, are determined
to take their objective.
Power Experts
In Conference
At Washington
Plan Pooling of all Power in
Southeastern Part of the
United States, Revealed
World Series
In Spotlight
Of Athletics
train very badly and
the track up for several yards.!
it took the wrecking gang all day
train, Zephyr of the Illinois Cen-
tral was making its trip yesterday
headed for the east, the engineer
was suddenly surprised by seeing
an airplane from the sky come
to which we reply thusly: the ma- feet of the trap „nn:swooping down at a rapid pace,
jority of the sportwriters about j xwenty sucks ot u\n> | The plane sailed along and
here guess just because they have, been fastened to a telephone, came wjthin fifty feet of the train
nothing else to do, and when they | which, when removed, would bav9 „nd tben started upward.
u:‘ - i—™. i,n,',inninn.n .. f win: caused the blast- The engineer was horrified to
It was planned that police ^ tbp p]ane suddenly wabble vio-
shoulcTtake down the receiver. A ,plltlyi then do a partial loop and
__ WASHINGTON
, |ril , n ■ ,n- i . . ' OKLAHOMA CITY—Mrs Me- mld government
William Schumate and Clyde Dav.s, 8» pound captain-. ^ operates 'a thro • I who are holdim
Adams went to their]guard, are back m good condition ’ p a TI1I0W 1
j and will see service,
j played a portion of the Ada game
j last "Friday, but Davis has been
ill and unable to play during the
-Power experts
representatives
i conference
in the
v , ' ing ,levicp al,<i awards prizes for| here on pooling power
hits, was temporarily thrown out ] southeastern part of the United
of business last night when two j States indicate that a mutual ex-
throwers appeared and started | change may be worked out where-
by they may draw on each other
She soon realized that the mcn]fo1’ Powcl where such coopera-
throwing were none other thanitlon wou*'* "'urk out the best.
Experts declare that such an
wins! caused the blast •
than losses, they point with pride
i and say in a manner of fashion,
‘I’m prety good” While they
.. , , ." | hurling baseballs,
first two games. Then- appearance ct
in the line is expected to increase
the power there.
Billy Rosamond, back, carried
from the field in the Ada game
in the first half fro,n an injured j pach 'other i„ cases where it would
knee, received when he was tack- ^ a,mopt fajrtpf] ]bp the more advantageous to d>
led, is still suffering from the m-
I 1 hen
jury and will be out of both this
Dizzy' Dean and Pepper Martin-
| They threw until they won ev
erything she had to offer as th
arrangement would be practical
and power might he drawn from
game and the Denton game next
week,
sa id-
tile couple, in good spir-[s0-
its, returned everything to Mrs. i
McWilliams to her complete sur-
from St. Louis was laid out over j
down on a piece of paper, take a ] come wise to
NEW YORK — Announcement
was made today by Commissioner
Salisnw Landis that only
deluge
Tho game ended 6 to 1 in favor
of the Gianta.
Herman Ivie
Dies Tuesday,
seven hours.
A horse attached to a light "a'j ci] and punpb The team where I and cut the wires.
gon ran away this morning on ^ ^ ^ c|oRpst fa the fav_| ----
j Sears street- Mr. yets, e own i ^ tQ wjn A|j tbey know js
er, Was thrown from the wagon I ^ ^ haye written>
but escaped injury. 16 0 |so tbey really have nothing to
lit out for home „ 'work with particularly It’s bad
Mr. Roundtree, tie co on |U- lpnougb wben tbey guess the win-
of Sherman, ^ta*PS offers, but when they start guess- ,
Merchants’and Planters bank of ^ ^ ^ ^ ( )o
that city, last \we e P „'much of a good thing. If you dis-
five of the staff down with the ^ ^ up on ^ just turn
, ______________ dengue fever at out aai 1 * (be man closest to you — he
of rain will stop the baseball con-1time and the wot o probably does also, and you
test today |concern had to ^ "'should he able to make a new
- At the end of the fourth inning ■tBt* * t(,'heckler for this columnist.
the two teams to play, put them cWf of police, but they had bo-i jg believed that the pilot ini . :
it in some mamitr'^u^ too clos0 t0 the Zephyr|’^ch promise in the games he has]
Sl0"!r1'::1: Miners Wives
Stand Guard As
Trouble Brews
•... ....... former such blast had killed
to get the track cleared The admit it> we guess they take \ officer. This trap was set for the i^htog TaTwhr hits‘’shown Pastor Victim
Of Snake Bite
starting lineup; -.—
, , , . has not been announced, it will; JONESVILLE, Ark—Rev P.
j eh am 10111 3111 m'' ' probably lie: ends. Rawlings and Anderson will not be able longer
^complete y out o con j Shearer; tackles, McCorkle, Van- to declare that faith will save one
I ~ 1 |diver or Parham; guards, Davis; from a snake bite. He is dead
was caught in the suction of the th
.fast moving tram making mil-
111Two Years Old Boston Is
ing to end thc game, Selkirk hit
a homer in the third frame.
^ . , ran- example of the extent
the score was 1 to 0 in favor of. ^ ePpi(Jemic prpvai,s in
the Yanis- ,With] rfti^,city. If it keeps on it will
be as had here.
September 30, 1901
that
Candidate Nabbed
TERRIE HAUTE, Ind—A can-
didate for the presidency of the
United States, Earl Browder, was
land Oakley, center, White or
I Hooper; quarter, Conatser;
§|;|11 SoU^llt |halves, Spinks and Butcher; full,
__ | Taylor.
_ -1 Denison should have and easy
ANTLERS, Okla.—Officials -f 1
Oklahoma Durant was beaten
The third ami closing day of arrestpd today here by Chief of ] directing.
"Following an illness that lasted
i for two years, Herman V. Ivie,
57, Who lived at 100 W. Munson koium,,,, --------------- - t|me jn dpfeatin(,. thp Lions one
street, died at 9:35 Tuesday the state penitentiary today know Qf thp ^ ,n Southe),n
night at his home. He had lived definitely what happened to Old
for one year at that point. I Boston, famed farm bloodhound
Funeral services arc announced (of the stale institution who was
for 4 p. m Wednesday at Raven- last seen by a possee when he dis-
na, at the Methodist church with appeared under dense brush while
Rev. L. R. Lamb officiating. In- tracking an escaped convict, J.
termeut will he made at Sandy Brown.
near Raver.-a with Short-Murray| The underbrush was so thick
fair was
characterized by
print i
Police Yates With Browder
the city a
WP '
of police,
twenty-five] _
I
NEW YORK — People arc
wondering how it is that with1, . , . , H
hundreds having to stand all night .larf crowd, which ca , yna , novelist, Waldo Frank
#, the rain and cold to get to the ^'y from ho ad “ Pnt y ! Yates stated ho would not
Tgate to secure a ticket to the I 1 he, e „ S erman peo- permit " Communist to speak in
baseball nlavoff irame there aroion th° abs(’n('<! °f S'u'”'a" 1 the city ns long ns he was chief
baseball playoff game, there ate , the truth was l nown
others who deal in speculation of
tickets, who are able to get all
the better seats in advance
them sell them at high prices.
Prices are being paid for such
seats that would reach even be-
yond the fondest dreams of P. T
Barnum.
It is threatening rain in New , ,
York and the weather bureau will ,uu,c
forceast at 9 a. m. whether or not
jdont believe Hint
and!canie ovor ^rom out 8lster c'ty’
” " (This is a poov return for our rep-
' resentation of the latr Old
. tier’s meeting
I The great center of attraction
j seemed to be tile
exhibit. The more seen of it the
that the possee could not follow
Mr- I vie was horn in Fannin and for hours the dog was gone,
county October 11, 1879, bis The group finally turned back
parents being Mr and Mrs. Win * fvom chasing Brown and without
Ivie. He was married July 20 ] the dog-
1899 to Miss Effie King. IlC| Today with Brown behind the
lived at Floydada before coming bars, the secret of what became
to this city. 'of the dog leaked out.
Surviving ire four sons. Paul.] Brown was bayed in a tree by
Claude, Ben and Earl, all of this the animal far into the deep
following an experience in which
he permitted a copper head to
bite him three times.
The venemous serphent bit him
twice on the right hand and once
on the left.
ADVERTISE IN THE PRESS
Strange Negro Thought Balmy,
Refuses To Speak To Police;
They’re Happy About It Though
MEXICO CITY—Wives of 100
miners, armed with knives, stood
guard at several mines today,
where labor trouble has been ex-
perienced and where matters have
not been settled.
As the wives stand at the en-
trance of thc mines, their hus-
bands are working inside mining
for themselves and will take their
wages from the output, they
claim. , 1
Drive SAFELY—Not RocAIomIj
Husband and Wife
pnek-
(b* fftme can be played today-
(Continuad on Pago 4)
Led Pull* Alarm
„ t , OMAHA, Neb. — innocently^
pulling the lever of a fire alarm city. 'Also throe daughters, Mrs. wooded area. The beast sat at
box, 7 year old Leroy Smith late c. A. Johnson, Sherman; Mrs, T. lbp tree for hours and guarded]man there
i euiacuo.i Tupsdaj, was astounded when he p Cockrell Ravenna; and
horD-itltural ^ R00n surrounded by three fire pearl Ivie of this city. heard by the possee and the dog,
wagons, a book and ladder truck,} Two brothers r.lso survive. O. finally giving up the vigil, left
two chemical engines, the chief’s p ivie of Tulsa ami W. II Ivie the scene. Brown then came
car, four fire autoS and two mot-
orcycle copa,
Persons claimed to be slightly by bit ami stuffing it. in hi
or totally balmy do strange things, ets.
but city police Tuesday night en-| Police didn’t mind his putting
countered their strangest “nut” the cotton in his pockets, hut Act-
in some time in the form of a no- ing Desk Sargeant Lloyd Craw-
gvo who insisted on teaving things ford was slightly irked when the
up. j negro refused to do a thing and
Police were called to a negro the sargeant. had to pick the cot-
home here la t night to pick up a ton from the insane man’s pock-
who was pulling the ets, all bulging with the pride of
Miss^his prey. His harks were not wallpaper off the walls in his the south. Now police evidently
room and doing other very stranjre nlade the negro angry, because he
things- Police hurried to the
..... , .refuses
scene, but found the negro had j
furthered his cause by picking the.
cotton from his bed mattress bit sound or talk to anyone.
of Stringtown, Okla. A sister, Mrs. flown and was soon back In pris
J. G, Keene, lives at Muskogee. on,
to talk—much to police
satisfaction--and won't utter a
•is
Sines my huslanj was hi tha
tumy, be won’t wear anything i
M clodhopper army oboes.
S. A. O.
WHAT DOES YOUR HUSBANB Mf
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