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destroyers
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EAST TEXAS: Partly claudy ia
«<>uth. local Uiundershoirers tn
north portion, except extme
tonigh* and Saturday. Gentle to
freah aoutherly wtnda on the coast.
WEST TEXAS: Fair tonight ea-
cept scattered thunderstoruw tn
southwest portion; Saturday partly
cloudy tn north portion; Ash’ ex-
cept afternoon doudinean In south
.portion and scattered afternoon and
evening thunderstonna in southwest
portion, and cooler In the Panhan-
dle
OKLAHOMA: Oceaaiaual oca iter,
ed thundershowers tongiht, gatue
day and Sunday: nans what oootar
in the Panhandle non dey.
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SHANGHAI, Aug 16 —14> The
Ja;>nnese government will not give
its approval to the Shanghai de-
fense commanders' decision to split
j control of the British defense area
among United States and Jupa-
' esc ton es, a Japanese naval sjxrkes-
man declared today
His statements made clear
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it; is Eu
held hrlr to
A1 x m b ui
William
droxx nrd ’
inn th of
this Wax
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area
other than drive
halt across
1 when the boats'
broke its moorings
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aln had < " ‘ *
States hemisphere naxa)
rctilli* toi the bail I v ! needed
craft
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bat i i< i .u.t
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(i<»\ eminent
The goxfinment was
ontinue to preserve
n\ sfaft inent impel il
; tralitx at a time xxh.t-n
lion between (irecce and Itulx
^rowing hourly more ciitical
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4 the pHuiani
i Labor Shot 1a!^e
j Slon in^ Helensr
i. ' M .1 m i a t ’ * I 11ex c i m 1 ,i I v!
a 111 p. It k till the I. out! hoU-e
m I s idcu Satuidax atiei n-‘"ii
i. clock Hr will dlxCUf
f the attorne.v genera! •
tin. ud(11 ess. one <>t a
i - tow m
Mitchell making nr
f he address here mx it. d
to hear the at tol hex * rn-
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"Maybe
■tprlng cun give
lent beneficial
Headlee
piere it
horn
lain
beginning to
secret of his I
ti-j the first
tiled
law n
York i been
In I who proposes to
until January 1 Burke said
p(. | country could not utford even
delay
1>nk Arsenal Con trailed
Other defense c!:,elopmenU
eluded
Tire army gave the Chrysler Cor-
poration a contract to build a J20,-
000,000 tank arsenal ' at. Detroit
and piaced an initial *33 500,000 or-
der for 1.000 medium" tanks of 25
tons or more
Tlte army also completed arrange-
ments for a *250,000 advertising
campaign to accelerate Its drive
for voluntary enlistments
willing to accept the amend-
ment of Senator Maloney iD-Conn>
proposes to defer the draft I
January 1 Burke said the
that
l engaged in the terrific conflict The I
! British, with about •
. ..........■ planes, wore
those jH'ople out in Big
e me credit lor
ram.
"Tile day I
was us dry
and people
nr line. ™*u ” .......
with Mrs King, has returned from Between 6 000
took and German planes probably
hem through Colorado. New Mex-
I m of Hie
that Colorado will go
I Liope Ulin to have thrown every available
t changes before then, out people
n Colorado now are certainly
vhotgJtng It up for Willkie '
c: w "u'.d be: e
e. It W ,l b. .
wa ■ : ep i: t. d |"
Hom the hot
ami miles
there should lie
ect mfe tiitlon
station
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Turk Premier Confers
ISTANBUL. Aug 16 (Ab
I mler Rafik Saydam conferred with
the Greek minister today and then
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ofTerr.l to )»■}*'♦* fh»* United positl
...........‘ ..... I bast s in
u| ...
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in tiidcis had
11uI 11( • ‘i Jr’;. >
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ea and Juarez, but
.pinion now
or Willkie this November
■‘JAPAN REJECTS
I .! < dm> I l( kel' III
i ■ t ck .,(■< I iiii ri up 11,,
din'i mid t'm market < l"svd sti
said
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Brit
11 I. m. Hi
Idp p uii-111 nt 'lei limtorm are Im .iti’il .it I’ut t !• ■« '
matci! '2. 'tin X;i/.i vs ;ti pl.me-. I \v i, , ,t- i
masli nt I Im isl.mil I mpi
e feat lieip kt ai i i> t Io
JOPLIN Mo, Aug 16 (4’1 Five
men were killed today m an explo-
sion at tile Atlas powder plant six
miles east of Joplin
The blast occurred in the dyna-
mite unit of the plant which lias
been working near capacity be-
cause of war orders
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Blto rill Rs
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A il*4
ficral srrvicrx will be
duy for two
inett Biinkhx
Douglas Bi inkles. 1 4
in a farm tank tun
| hei <•
nt i :<n
work of
fit c II) t
I ill I exu
joe :
lllelits !o|
the publh
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A el I ."In I"I .
ide "I t Im II
fill \ W IH I i
adv i l I l: t il
said Maim
Week leg
ll qllalltii'd
LATTIMORE SAYS HAS
PORT OF GRIFFIN
t GONZALES. Aug 16 ,4b
I H S Lattimore of Fort Worth.
I campaigning for chief Justice of the
I State Supreme Court, today an-
! nounced that Gordon Griffin of
| McAllen, candidate in the first pri-
| mary. had pledged his support for
| the runoff
?■ 7
/ serious
Italian-Greek situation
The Turkish press hinted strong-
ly that any open Italian mewe
against Greece might see this coun-
try involved in fulfillment of the
British-Turkish mutual assistance
pact
ago on
| the Greek minister today and then
i held long conferences with army
| and navy leaders as Turkey took an
increasingly serious view of the
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B*ii It Sho’ Were
Natural Mistake
RICHMOND. Va . Aug 16 —
(4b—"Take ns to the (Edgar
Alien) Poe House."' visiting
New Yorkers told the taxicab
driver
At tiie end of what seemed
a long ride, the driver let them
out—«t the city 's poorhouse.
Renew Destroyer Dihe
Proponents of the transfer
leverage destroyers to Britain
j newed their efforts, cm
[on attempts to show thiiT ........ ,
action could be accomplished legal- | Senator Burke UJ-Nebi said he was
iy. without the necessity of congres-
sional approval
Tiie reported offer of ba-ses In ]
British possessions as tile purchase ,
price of destroyers was said to L. ,
under White House study One ,
source asserted that the attorney
general had prepared an opinion.
| holding disposal of the destroyers
j legal if the chief of naval opera-
tions should certify that they were
! not needed for national defense
House approval of the bill em-
I powering the president to mobilize
[ the National Guard came yester-
day after a turbulent session whfcfl
saw a seties of modifying amend-
ments decisively rejected Hie ma-
jor restriction defeated was a pro-
| His statements made clear that
J the entire problem created by Brit
ain's decision to withdraw her
troops from Shanghai still is un-
solved as far as the Japanese are
concerned, with tiie outcome possi-
bly depending on how tar the
United States is prepared to go to
enforce the defense committees
decision
That decision, which was ap-
proved today by tiie Shanghai mu-
nicipal council Ls contingent on
acceptance by the governments
concerned It was reached Thurs-
day in a four-hour meeting in
which Britisli and American votes
carried over Japanese opposition
Italy, fourth country represented,
failed to vote.
InsUt Sole Control
The Japanese spokesman today
definitely indicated the Japanese
j would be unwilling to accept any
arrangements except their own de
I mand that the entire British area
I be banded over to Japanese con-
| trol.
He said another meeting of the
defense committee would be called
to consider adidtlonal final pro-
posals" and that In the meantime
the Japanese wetUJ consider yes-
terday's committee agreement only
"tentative and not final "
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That Nation ti.ul im,
shott. iiing the woikn;
the war clouds gathri
ope But now Ho Ft
uienl iia» decree.1 a
48 1 io hi
uav with
t Ilin
I Idlll ,1 11 111 II ,1
lilt o! w ol k to do ol' l
ot lune to
sound basil.
j nianding
] !■:' 1 lit Ion 11 H 11 I I , .t, 1 \
| Ulen He dei lured
In spite ot the
nient s ordi n t
by going on 24 liojir production, vve
.Invent been iibli to do anitliing
Aug 16 i4‘, the ho; remain oil a five dav 40-Loiir
m Ctilcngo tell tne v (ek
today during a
of selling attributed to
ii•< till t in »i \ 111*.'
bat 11»* I
< an <• it
XMLS ,'.<•< I‘('f l x
wa.x seeking
< )iilx
til Hltll fix I
killed and r>u
W»‘di.e-da\ x Milan
1.11 k * ! 11«' x de< la red
Turin ant I-aireraft biitterie.s w n
1>R(N I •, rm ted t(- l.nvr shot dnxv;i a Liiit
| * ! ■ plane m todax \ raid
I A 11: )• iin'f’inK that iu* Italian nu.'
in tie xuinitv xxhe:
<unk Italian
vt their coni-
I : u< h an a! -
aid Britain
.Mi.k
ui*'. in
Stoi ♦
Rl* l»’X di uppt-d .* (piai ‘ fl
the sidewalk in the same phi
Smith Parks dropped h tj
milk Friday morning xu \
iv MirelX' got milk and Ijj
1> .’.ton s Mlrrt s 'I’hr mil
Io* t but ho! ' < i
2Saul:.". XX ho had
hoii* \ to Hl. \
| h krd Hir hon
xxoli’t Im- Io: t I
l(. »k It h-'lnr
and hl.s hrr. ui
I it11«- Raid liamagr !
Bi itidi .nr raid did <>nlv
11 alia ns said m ’wo
<>f Mi rate and Olgiafe near
two p< rson.s were kill-|
hurt in ('ontia-st to the
nd 50 in lured in last
and Turin nt-
(irifll I'oShlbll itius
1 .iv In New I hvoi y,
I hat Hitlvr Relit t*
On Bombing to I .nd I',1,'.
It. DI \OX I KAM Is
l.»h<| Pless \*i.Hi**it I dltul
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Illlir a:
r Hl the
xx v duh
< nrniy's
During
< inanx
’!• ad of hi. . i.rmx
vrl the (human
was broken
A frontal attack on the Hint
I h Ph* bx * ea u oulj be ex
II • ilielx I I doll.* tor liHZi h -
British drsbtaiicr
uppi o-.u hmg
point. J11 Lh r
to iri kon xxith
alai hr xx'ould
I ondon came through I
again at 111 30 a m (’ST. after n|
gap of >0 minutes it was to trans- |
mil a story not connected with any-
thinc that might be happening in
I .<>ih Ion
At f
Pre ■- m N» w Yotk had not recirv(*d
from its l4»nd<in office a single dis-
patch <h sc ribing todax s fighting
tor one hour and 20' minutes
I nil I urv I nlt-asht*d
thundering new waves
raiders Ixnnbed th**
bi ot her-
16 and
xx 11 o
CH1C AC H.)
pt h « of xx heat
rents a bushel
heax x* xx avr <
I trade nerxoiisnexs luxompniix mg
I the growing fury of the' air
over Britain
Septemix’r wheat tumbled to 67
(♦■nt's a bushel, the lowest anx <a\n-
tra*t ha> been quoted here .‘line
lust before the (.iritnan inxasion ol
Poland almost a year ago
R C Patterson
.I the Denton public schools, will
pave Friday night hxt Austin, where .
b uill attend a meeting of the I
ytmtial Youth A.s.s«x liitlon ofilcUHs ' ( Blll,lln I(m)uv
I Scotlnud to Cornwall in the south-
east with a ferocity presaging a
likely duplication of yesterday's
1000 plane assault which brought
the war to London's very gates and
cast Adolf Hitler an officially an-
nounced 169 planes
Beginning before dawn, tiie Nazi
raiders launched the sixth succes-
sive day of the greatest mass air
siege of nil time by raining bombs
on Hie Midlands, industrial heart
H 11
Alt'll'
Ci.l, 'A
t« c.'l it il l.\ Soi dll ig
With tlia-f of ("laud,
tlial ti Low Is . i,
(jogs with hounds
going to have 'em ,o he .at, limit
Links witli ’em m Hie day tune and
I<)X at night The very idea I ho i
crossed-hounds might find a colev
ot birds while running
w iitlldn't know w Im !■ sj
Old Claude
III I lite
maiki'dlv
hmiselioldet -
..In ublie: v wlm ti
helped
I wit Ii Hit let now
veal ttic long-hidden
full aerial .strength
I imc
In sun,!■ quarters, it was con.sid
| ered possible that Hie Nazi fuehrer
' hoped to blast Britain into surreli- '
vote the i tier without even .sending tii>o|>s|
straight down ........ '.........'
who.
< la ini
I o I.!'.
.'ill (I lUUl'ti
federal goi it tl- ' (ilia i'<
double out < .illicit v | Tm ,n
Greece
hourly mote
lo (lest rover. >
.run at I’ll:
of Athens, tonight
Tiie destroyers, accoiuing to re-
ports reaching Athens, escaped
dan.age bi zigzagging at full spied,
limy did not <4x11 file on tiie
1 planes
I it ,il,o was i.'poltr.l that
[ mcUrdial.t *vl..p .tielrlHEsf
’ Fi 111 wa.s bombed by 11
w arplanes w liile ly lug
ilentlfied Greek tiarlioi
(. Tire all uLLruJca came amid giu.w-
nig tension ;n Hie relations txtween
[Greece and Italy, lollowuig a latter
I Italian pre-<, , umpaign against the
I little kingdom
1 I >i|,iiun.
1 I11< t fin
B W McKenzie, postmaster, and
Ray Bishop, assistant postmaster,
will go to Fort Worth Monday for
a one-day course of Instruction pre-
liminary to the beginning of alien
registration
All aliens within the Denton post-
office area will register at McKen-
zie's office in co-operation with the
Alien Registration Act of 1940,
which requires al) aliens to register
during the official registration pe-
riod from Aug 27 to Dec 26
aircraft mtn action io stem tiie Nazi
j hurricane
Isle’s Breadth
»n. su|m*i •intrndvnt Again Scourged
t By Associated Press)
LONDON Aug 16 G,erman raid-
:• blasted the length and breadth
Britain tixlav from Northern
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(>t th* l.ilf* h 1 a 11 k 11 H (I :it ♦t.:tl •♦
u (aJ todax to other M (“- I
tlH* 3 600 t 1 ,itt. Hirn HI: ■ lit lx II* *
i rd ’ i.lidt 1 t hr lld< li* It
I d( tell- ♦• pi (>.■ 1 inn
IT* al .* lull I* o l.Ux
i for sklHv.l uoi kri Iml
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WASHINGTON Aug
Overwheimimr House
the National Guard
bill all but cleared the way today
for the calling of an estimated
396 000 men tx> tile colors for 1
year's active service
The passage of the measure by
a 342 to 33 vote late yesterday left
progressive mobilization of tiie
guard and reservists only two steps
short of actuality the Senate must
first concur in some minor changes
in the legislation It previously ap-
proved. and then President Roose-
velt must sign it into law
The army meanwhile
time, with plans ready to cull up
the first contingent of 55 000
guardsmen Sept 15. and reports
, from war game areas where the
Judge ! militia is now training said weeding
out of physically unfit already was
under way
As the mobilization measure mov-
ed through final legislation stages,
the "deistroyers-for-Britaln ' issue
bobbed into capital limelight amid
a flurry of reports that Great Brtt-
Tht te must have begn mm I)
heaviir rums north and northwest
ol Denton than here as ("leal Click
Friday morning wa.s bank lull not th
ol litre at tiie Denton Aiibrev
crossing "Hie 'arniers. most of 'em
were very much pleased over
rain Thursday, as they say it
make make those cotton bolls big
ger and better and those vam
produce better and the peanut
Was ;>epped up a lot Too
winter pasture for cattle Is
certain since that tine tain
v million dollar un. but the boys
iav they’ve had enough lor about
two weeks
silen, ,■ I allow s
oi\ iv,sit del
w,t w eat 1
Hon '
It the attacks continue. It was
pointed out, and If the attacking
party can officially be identified
Greece would be forced to declare
■ war or come to terms with the at-
tacker
HI l.l.LX . Aug H, ( Al'l I >\ H. "I I
. •iLU h1 2 . aivl I'-'da.i GrLHiaii iii11iL.ha pl
\ H "11 11.1(1 ! , I I t 1 ■' I Illg 1 H 1 ’. 1 >11 > 11 111 1
Ill ll • •• 1 v Xv 111 : < -■ 11 mke
\ I tl i|f
time
III, :i Hie
•lilt.,. .
coincided with a long bleak |
(ink 1 lack ol Hie automat- j
leleHrapli machine bringing news
1,1 Hom Imdon to t tie offices ot
lafed Press in New
i- Hint i.s seldom silent fol
1 11 tew minutes
Draw < ensorship
cume
< ’ST
was t
general
into last
Burkburnet t 11 ported Hine and
a half Inches Many other points
received two and three
An atternoon downpour stre’> h
ing across Northern t'hildies.
County snarled citv traffic at ClilL
dress and brought total pree'pita
Hon to five mclies 111 10 days
Kain in that region extended
‘from Childress to lyecatur. north
1 to Altus, Okla . and south ir.mi
Fall- to Dublin and Stam
bv
IllIZ:
gions unless
uluadi Wiv
lai. khll m
would lime
Hllttsli fleet
1 Isk ol
on t ln> ot her hand, I
< Tis j | M11, • tTic defensive
“I the rm al air force bv
H i! nt t in k.s 1 if evet filer
llltensltl he (all assimt
“ t Bi It nil mill!
nt uutton., plants to
ition point-- in
I'onimuiiKation and the
almost at his leisure
hoWi iei de, land the
had mil let taken any
military measures be-
f< It that the power winch
attacking Greek ships
just miiIi proioca-
A.„i i„ ,.
ten u r belli te, I tol glv III,
utlui even a God t.,|
sake hath forgiven ion
4 3.
number of stu- j
for the schools here who will 1
-
I Traffic Cop says.
Gixxl breeding Ls revealed in the
Hanner in which people park their
well bred people neither 1110
opolize space for two cars, nor park
B close that others are prevented
roni pulling out
m, had
....... 1.1.11
de. In led 1
1 new plot
i uminuulque,.;
Me 1:
in,si... 1 d Brit 1 11 |>lat
11 e s, 1 olid Htnr In Hir
III,' Alps d 11 Ide and
Iv nod t
Ah h a
to limit service of mobilized
men to the Continental United
war‘States, instead of |iermltting their
use in the country’s territories' and
l>os. e sloirs and in the Western
I lenu.spiiere
I i he Semite yesterday continued
its debate on the Burke-Wadswortn
conscription bill After tiie session
sending t
for a land in- ...................
did little damage
and 6.500 British ' 24 motor boats
were I Brownwood
P 1 Ktvxlr He »i
4.000 first-line
• believed <u r-
Western Ranicrs (irrrn
< Bx As.h«' latrd Pre^s »
Urops ird »hi'. ■ '.aii.;- m n -*:b i
[Motions of Wr.M Trxa.s wIwh- lush |
I following general mins ves’»u day |
| and on into last niuht
I .. ..
indicating rigid censorship
p 111 . EST the Associated |
I
I The thundering new wave.s ot
■-X N' izl raiders bombed the island „
kingdom from Scotland to Cornwall, i witTiiti*
■ 1 ...... .......... '................ ■/ ford
| Wichita Falls reported its thi ■
, inch ram had lussured normal * *
I ton and late feed crops there
| High wind accoinpanxmg a tu*
'hah lain had assured normal
1 tx)ii and late feed crops thrr.’
. High wind accompanying a
I in< h rain in the BrownwtkKi
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