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31 I northwest of the town to prevent
Seek to Quash
Indictment in
Murder Case
F. D. R. Praise
For Sheppard
Mexico Takes
Tivo Nazi and 10
Fascist Freighters
Yugoslavs Cut Off From Allies; All-
Decisive Phase of Battle Due When
Germans Meet Greek-British Force.
To Be Transferred Under Lease-Lend
Bill; Will Be Used to Help Replenish
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HU widow
daughters.
Tribute to his popularity in Tex-
as was the lack of strenuous oppo-
sition in each of his campaign*.
From the time he was first elected
to the Senate, Sheppard never had
a close contest.
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night will be another help to the
crops," said J. H Lanford
“Crop conditions right now
fOO F of which he Is a mem-
ber
'I Ya flic Cop says,
The big difference between safe-
ty and disaster is tlie driver.
winner,
asked
years in
field In Denton
l>owrr to him
Kites have been flown as high
as four miles, .,
the invaders from cutting Yugo-
slavia In two
Hitler’s high command acknowl-
edged that the break t‘
Greece's Metaxas Line—a modern
| Sheppard, Dean of U. S. Congress in
iPoint of Service, After Brief Illness
> Germans, were now
fighting bitterly tn the mountains
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WASHINGTON. April 9. —(O-
When Informed today of the death
of Senator Sheppard of Texas,
President Roosevelt Issued this for-
mal statement:
•The nation join* with Texas in
mourning the loss of Senator Shep-
pard. It is not chiefly because he
served close upon forty year* in
Congress that he achieved distinc-
tion. but because of the high char-
acter of the service he contributed
to national council*.
"Steadfast in conviction, he stood
flrmly by principle and conscience.
In the work of the national de-
fense, as chairman of the great
committee on military affairs, he
was a tower of strength.
"Courteous, kindly, he had. be-
sides superb courage, enthusiasm
and great charm of manner He was
a gentleman. Unsparing of himself,
he refused to heed all warnings of
friend* that he was overtaxing hi*
physical resources and he has gone
to his account with every obliga-
tion to duty fulfilled
"He was my friend through many
year*. Hi* passing bring* sincere
sorrow and a great personal loss.**
efitry fee of *2 The
have been played in
And we shall observe to do all
the statutes and Judgment* which
I set before you tills day —Deuter-
onomy 11-32.
Obedience decks the Christian
most.—Schiller
April 9 - (A>—A Ger-| Tire commentary Dienst Aus
spokesman declared today that Deutschland reported Germans had
occupied the Yugoslav city of Sko-
plje. gateway to the Vardar River
Valley, but authorized spokesmen
emphasized that no military au-
thority nor the high command had
made a definite statement regard-
ing operations tn the Skoplje re-
gion.
(Unconfirmed reports from Buda-
pest. Hungarian capital. Mid both
Skoplje and Ni*. a key railway cen-
ter 05 miles north of Skoplje, were
in German hands.)
However, the Dienst report indi-
cated the direction of at least one
thrust from the Bulgarian frontier
which seemed In a fair way to be
cutting Yugoslavia In two In the
southern section. Such an action,
if carried to it* conclusion, would
divide the major Greek and Yugo-
slav forces and cut off the Serbs
from supplies from Greece.
New* here concerning Balkan
military operation* was confined to
the White House.
Stephen Early. presidenUal press
secretary, told reporters the coast
guard vessels had not yet been de-
livered to the English, but were
being prepared for the transfer un-
der term* of the le**e-lend bill.
He said he preferred not to dis-
close the names of the cutters but
said they were built from 1928 to
1932
The vessels will help replenish
Britain s vital forces used tor main-
taining her transAtlantic supply
line*, but whether additional arm-
ed craft will be transferred to Eng-
land was not Indicated Britain has
said that she Is badly In need of
ships to escort convoys.
The cutter* are armed but Early
said he thought they had little more
than one-pound cannon* mounted
on them.
Testimony bn a defense motion
to quash the Indictment that billed
Ike Carter, negro, on charges of
murdering Dinah Bell Loftice. col-
ored woman, was being heard in
District Court Wednesday
Attorney for Carter. R B Gam-
bill. moved to quash the Indictment
on the grounds negroes have been
deliberately excluded from grand
Jury panels in Denton County and
that therefore the procedure is un-
constitutional.
Judge Ben W. Boyd dismissed un-
til Wednesday afternoon members
of the 85-man venire called In the
Carter case, and at 1 30 p. m. it
appeared unlikely the argument
over the motion to quash would be
completed before late afternoon.
Witnesses Including officers and
persons who have served on Den-
ton County grand juries, were
heard during the morning. The de-
fense sought to show negroes are
excluded because of their’ race,
while County Attorney Earl L.
Coleman's questions sought to
bring out that members of that
race have not been chosen grand
Jurors because they Individually
failed to qualify for that work.
• of Greece. Yugoslavia and
' Bulgaria - between the Struma and
In Yugoslavia, the German high vardar River Valleys.
' | A Yugoslav communique said that
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received today that British forces
had captured Massaua, Eritrea’s
Red Sea. completing
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late Premier Gen. John Metaxas
had been effected only after an
| embittered struggle."
Taunt British
A Nazi spokesman paid tribute to
the Greeks’ courageous stand but
declared:
"The British still won't come out
and fight.”
The German high command said
Nazi Field Marshal Gen List's fast
troops striking from Bulgaria had
advanced more than 60 miles into
Yugoslavia, crossing the Vardar
River, and "thus Yugoslav
Greek-English forces have
separated.”
In Africa, the British were report-
ed to have captured Massaua. big
Red Sea port, completing the con-
quest of Italian Eritrea.
In tile air war of the west the
luftwaffe concentrated a new night
attack on the industrial town of I
Coventry, which was subjected to a
terrific bombing of last November,
and Britain's Royal Air Force bat-
tered the German naval base at
Kiel for the second successive
night. The British said the naval
base was "heavily and successfully”
bombed In undergoing its 37th raid
of the war
The Nazi bombing of Coventry
lasted several hours Damage was
expected to prove considerable and
casualties heavy.
Always “Party Man”
Throughout his legislative career,
Bheppard was a party man. and he
was intensely proud of his record
of loyal support of both the Wood-
row Wilson and Franklin D. Roose-
velt administrations. He wai one of
the first members of the Senate to
declare his support of the Roose-
velt court reorganization plan
He was a stalwart in the flght
for woman’s suffrage, and was co-
author of maternity and infancy
legislation that for seven years gave
federal aid to states to cut down
the mortality rate at births.
As chairman of the Senate mili-
tary affairs committee and a rank-
ing member of the commerce com-
mittee, he took the lead in much
legislation effecting the military es-
tablishment and rivers and harbors
Improvement work. During debate
on the selective service act he spent
as much as 18 hours daily on the
floor.
His popularity at home was
grounded deep in service to consti-
tuent*. which he gave without stint.
Routine matters in lil* office re-
ceived his personal attention and
few senators devoted more hours
to detail work in their offices than
he. Sheppard frequently went to his
office shortly after 7 in the morn-
ing. had a bite of breakfast served
at his desk, and remained there un-
” WASHINGTON, AprU 9
■J Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas.
■ dean of Congress in point of service
W and sponsor of the national prohl-
bition amendment. died today. He
■ would have been 68 years old next
■ month
■ ,. Dr George W Calver. capitol
V physician, said death resulted from
12 k slow hemorrhage into the brain
■ At 5 a tn.
■ ' Senator Sheppard suffered an in-
M tra-cranial hemorrhage April 4 fol-
ly 'lowing several weeks of overwork
K-fle became unconscious later that
B day but remained at home in care
■ of his physician until Sunday, when
i he was taken to Walter Reed Hos-
p pital
As chairman of the Senate mili-
I Vary affairs committee. Sheppard
I 'was in charge of much important
I legislation in connection with the
I defense program. This Included the
L 'taelectlve service act. the nation's
I Tint compulsory peacetime military
L training law. He also was a member
E Of the Senate commerce, irrigation (
I and reclamation and manufacturers j
p committees '
I Sheppard, a Democrat, completed
■38 year* service in Congress last
I Oct 11. He was elected to the House
I In 1902 to succeed hi* f*ther. who
’ died during his third term, and en-
tered the Senate Jan. 29. 1912. Sen-
ator Ellison D. (Cotton Ed) Smith
Of South Carolina, first elected in
1908, ranks as dean of the Senate
but he had no prior service in the
House
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Suez Canal Is
Next Objective
Dispatch from
this county. Snelgrove
in the legislature froth
EIGHT PAGES
GERMANS SWEEP BALKANS,
END OF DRIVE MAY BE NEAR
brey. r ____
look very promising and these April
showers are certainly making
things grow overnight.”
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN. April 9.—(AT—A sum-
mary of activity In the legislature
today:
House—Adopted resolution laud-
ing Senator Sheppard and adjourn-
ed until tomorrow In respect to
him: adopted conference report ap-
propriating for water conservation
district*;
Senate—Likewise adopted resolu-
tion and adjourned until tomor-
row in tribute to Senator Shep-
pard; adopted House Joint resolu-
tion submitting • constitutional
amendment authorizing construc-
tion of a state office building to
coat not more than $2,000,000.
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The "Tackless Texan". Gene
Howe of the Amarillo News-Globe,
writing from New York has the
following to say which will be c.
interest to anglers and to the many
friends of Ex-Governor Ross Ster-
ling
Was up in the Field A Stream
offices in New York While there
was told that the amateur fisher-
men of the United States spent
*800.000.(XM) last year And they
eaught fish worth but 8212.000.000
Talked will) some oil people yes-
terday They say that Er-Gover-
nor Ross Sterling of Texas has 57
producing oil wells in a field over in
Pennsylvania The wellk are small —
in production but oil back here ! of
generalities, with this phase fre-
quently repeated: "The campaign
is developing according to sched-
ule."
Reports indicated that, while the
mountainous countryside posed a
special problem in Yugoslavia, it
presented difficulties as great to
the Serb* as to the German*.
Much Yugoslav equipment was
being captured, the report* said,
because the destruction of the new
difficult highways by the Luft-
waffe made swift retreat impossible
Germans said the loss of equip-
ment, especially of airplanes, was a
stunning initial blow to Yugoslavia
because the country lack* industrial
facilities for replacements.
German commentator* and th*
press made much of reported Yu-
goslav bombings of Hungarian. Ru-
manian and Bulgarian territories.
There were angry reactions in
these countries, friends of the Axis,
whose own force* have not taken
pert tn the invasion of Yugoslavia,
they said.
Ed Young of the western part of
the county was In Denton Wednes-
day for the first time in a month.
He Is recovering from n serious au-
tomobile accident. '"I'm not near
well yet. he said, "but I lee) thank-
ful that it was no worse than it
w-as. though it was too serious to
suit me."
Serbian State Tottering After Few Days’ Operating
By German Forces. Nazis Report; Many Prisoners Taken
BERLIN. April 9 — (XFs— A Ger- i The
man i ' ...... ‘
the Serbian state Is tottering after
only a few days of ojieratlons by our
forces ”
The assertion followed quickly an
announcement that several import-
tajit Serb key positions guarding
Yugoslavia's communication* had
been seized by the Nazi army after
stiff resistance
DNB. official German news agen-
cy, declared thousands of Yugoslav
soldiers, including several generals,
had been captured and that a vast
amount of war material—as yet un-
estimated—had been seized.
(The Greeks acknowledged that
a German thrust across the south-
eastern corner of Yugoslavia seri-
ously menaced Salonika and cut
communications with their force
northeast of that port.) ,
Large numbers of prisoners have
been taken by the German army
moving Into Yugoslavia and Greece
from Bulgaria, German news dis-
patches said.
Affected by Overwork
Dr Calver said the veteran Texas
legislator had "shown the effect* of
overwork and strain for several
weeks" but "his devotion to duty
and his sense of responsibility kept
him at work in spite of the advice
of his friends and physician to
lake a real.”
; -JBurviving are his widow and
three married daughter*. Mrs.
Richard Arnold ot Texarkana. Mrs.
Connie Mack Jr. of Philadelphia,
and Mrs. Arthur Keyes Jr of Rut-
land. Vt. Keyes is a Harvard stu-
dent.
Less than two weeks ago Mrs
Keyes, the former Lucile Sheppard,
I
II B. Csddel will spend Iliiirs-
day and Friday In Corsicans and
Ennis, where lie goes to inspect the
Odd Fellows' Homes and to meet
against the Nazi steamroller, amid
considerable mystery as to their
inactivity.
A British military spokesman in
Athens, ignoring German invita- I
tions to "come out ajid flglit", de-
clared :
"We have no indication that our
troops have yet established contact
with the enemy, nor Is there any In-
dication when that contact will be
effected."
The British were said to be hold-
ing a second defense line southwest
of Salonika
As the four-day-old battle of the
Balkans rapidly assumed the aspect
of an allied debacle, a Nazi spokes-
man in Berlin declared that the
state of Serbia. In Southern Yugo-
slavia. was already "tottering "
British Discount Salonika
Hi British radio said “it has been
learned in Ixrndon that the Ger-
mans have entered Salonika "
Previously, however, the British
had discounted the Importance of
the Aegean seaport, declaring it
was not vital in the present cam-
paign and was extremely vulnerable
to bombers flying from Bulgarian
airfields.
Simultaneously, a Nazi spokes-
man In Berlin declared the state of
Serbia, In Southern Yugoslavia, was
already "tottering"
More than 20.000 Yugoslav prison-
ers, including several generals, were
reported captured
Greek troops were said to have
withdrawn from Salonika before
the Germans arrived.
Half Over Yugoslavia
Berlin reported that Nazi blitz
forces had stabbed more than half
way through the "waist" of Yugo-
slavia. and a Yugoslav general
headquarters communique, issued in
Athens, admitted the abandonment
of t.ht key rail city of Skoplje, at
the head of the Vardar River Val-
ley, on the Belgrade-Salonika rail-
way.
Skoplje is 55 miles from the Bul-
garian frontier.
Plunging down the Vardar Valley,
the Germans In effect duplicated
the historic Nazi break-through at
Sedan on the western front l*u>t
African colony
For days "Free French"
British empire forces had lain in
contact with the outer defenses of
Massaua.
One rejrort pictured them merely
as wading for the Italians to sur-
render. but at the same time it was
supposed lliat Hie garrison was
through -sabotaging harbor works and sliip-
1 ping, faced tn the Red Sea by a
British naval force
Now. except for mopping up. the
Eritrean campaign is complete, the
London informant said
The cleanup can be left to South
African forces and native troops on
the British side, releasing British
regulars for other duties in "areas
where the need is greatest," It was
said
Massaua could be used as a port
ol embarkation for troops sailing
to the other areas ipossibly South-
eastern Europe j
The latest British success also
was regarded in London as likely
to remove the last American ob-
jections to sending merchant ships
directly into the Red Sea to aid
Britain m the Mediterranean zone.
courageous stand but |
WASHINGTON, April 9—(AP)—The release of 10
coast guard cutters to the British was announced today at
■■
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
of Au- |
(By Associated Pre**)
Prospect* of settling a strike at
the Ford Motor Company's River
Rouge plant were declared today
to be brighter than yeaterday, fol-
lowing lengthy night negotiation*
Official word to that effect wa*
given out early today after reewe
ing of i conference attended by
federal and state mediator*, com-
pany official*, and leaden ot the
CIO United Autcmobtle Wcrtan
who called the strike a week ago.
Another conference waa art Jot M-
In like manner, another meottaM
of soft coal operntorr and CTO
United Mine Worker* representa-
tive* waa called at New York in an
effort to break a deadlock over a
new working contract. Since the
old contract expired March 21, ap-
proximately 400.000 miner* have
been Idle.
Another top labor development
wa* the action of Secretary of La-
bor Perkin* in certifying to the
National Mediation Board a two-
day-old CIO *trike at the Phelp*-
Dodge Copper Product* Corpora-
tion. Eliaabeth, N. J.
The CTO die-casting workers un-
ion resumed “work stoppage*" at
the sand factory of the Aluminum
Company of America at Cleveland,
with several hundred of the 7JMX)
workers taking part. The union
accused the company of stalling <m
demands lor wage Increase* and
rehlrlng of an employe The ''*top-
pages" occurred yesterday too. but
stopped last night The company
called It a "sit-down strike."
(By AAboclak-d Pre.*)
Adolf Hitler’s blitzkrieg armies swept through the Bal-
kans like a tornado today, and some military observers said
the end of the four-day-old conflict was almost in eight.
Striking with tempestuous fury, the Germans captured the
Aegean seaport of Salonika, forced the surrender of the trap-
ped east wing of the Greek army estimated at 300,000 men
before hosttilities began, and drove westward across Yugo-
slavia to within 15 miles of a junction with Italian troops in
Albania.
The toll In German slain and
wounded was said to be enormous.
From now on, it was evident that
the Yugoslavs would have to fight
alone—cut off from their British-
Greek allies The German line
strung across mast of Southern Ser-
bia
Tlic next and perhaps all-decisive
phase of the battle was forecast
Ilc the Germans attempt to
of storm the fortified positions of the
Greek and British forces southwest
of Salonika.
In London. Prime Minister Win-
ston Churchill acknowledged the
grave turn of events In the Balkan
struggle and warned Soviet Russia
tliat the Nazi drive was heading her
way
Churchill said there were increas-
ing signs that the Germans would
pounce on the rich wheatlands of
Russia's Ukraine.
The Rome and Berlin radios de-
clared that the scheduled sailings
... ______________ _ ' I British transports In Piraeus,
brings better than 82 a barrel Was , port of Athens, had been canceled,
told Uiat Mr Sterling U getting I The radios said Greek military
well again: that within another J circle* considered the order a pre-
year or so he should be able to have [cautionary measure for re-embarka-
anottier big house with 24 baUi-J Hon oj Brtlbh Uoopa. Thia, prmum-
rooms in it. It was this report atxnit ably, would mean a "Balkan Dun-
hls bathrooms that defeated him kerque" for the British.
for re-election And after he ceas- Hitler s high command, in an-
ed to be Governor, he went broke, nounclng the fall of Salonika, .said
—
‘•rT,4a<* nllrn* ie nkwzvtif z-xvzor- I tv '
May
All was not totally lost yet. how-
ever, for the Yugoslavs, Greeks and
British Strong British forces—esti-
mated to number as high as 300 000
troops—were reported drawn up on
a second line of defense southwest
of Salonika, and a major battle be-
tween the British and Germans ap-
peared near
Cut off from Western Greece,
hard-fighting Greek garrisons of
the Struma Valley forts were re-
ported still holding out grimly. . .
Retaking a fort, capturing Nazi
parachutist* and smashing repeated
German tank assaults
Mussolini Report*
To the northeast. Premier Mus-
solini's high command reported that j
Fascist troops had entered the town
of KranJ, Yugoslavia. 10 miles from
the Italian border, and that Italian
armies in Northern Albania had
launched an offensive into Yugo-
slavia to meet Nazi panzer divisions 1
driving through from Bulgaria
Stefahi. official Italian news
agency, said the offensive was "de-
veloping powerfully today." ■
In Athens, the Greek* said the
Germans' lightning thrust to Ba- |
lonlka had been made possible by ,
the retreat of the Yugoslav right |
wing, exposing the allies' "Achilles
— « -- 1.^1“ a..
----— I Nazi troops had broken through to of "the' Balkan conflict—the bloody
"The citrus crop Is about over in Xanthe, on the Aegean coast, about j angie
the Rio Grande Valley.” said 30 miles northwest of JKavalla [ Bulga
George Bishop, who. with Mrs.
Bishop returned from Mission
where they have been in the fruit
season The Bishops have an or-
chard near Mission and each year
they spend part of the winter there.
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British Complete
Conquest of East
| African Colony
‘ 1X5NDON April 9 —c4’t—A rrli-
i able British fource said word was
heel” in the so-called "hot corner" |
I port on the
1 the conquest of that Italian East ‘
and WiLS married in the family home
here. The senator and Mrs. Shep-
pard received a large number of
friends, including many members
of the Senate.
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GETS BOND AFTER SLAYING
AT HENDERSON
HENDERSON, April 9 -(Ab— Ira
Tate, Henderson grocer and land-
owner. was treed on gl.OOQ ball to-
day after being charged with mur-
der in the slaying of John B. Snel-
grove. 66. former state representa-
tive from
who was
1926 to 1930. was shot with a re-
volver near here late yesterday.
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Veteran luxury liner, the S 6.
Washington, formerly owned tor
United States Lines, arrive* at
Brooklyn army base to enter
service as a troop transport.
Sentrv stands guard
MEXICO CITY, April 9 —(Ab—
Mexican seamen had order* today
to run up the Mexican merchant
marine colors on two German and
10 Italian freighter*, in token of
the first expropriation of Axis ves-
sels in the Western Hemisphere.
The merchantmen were seized ,
last week In the harbors of Tampico
and Vera Crsz.
Mexican crew* were assembled to
man the ship* in Mexican coastwise
and International trade under a de-
cree of expropriation issued last
night by President Manuel Avila
Camacho.
His order said the urgent need
of a Mexican merchant marine in
a wartime paucity of shipping space
brought on the expropriation, but
that compensation for the vessels
would be arranged after the end of
the European struggle.
Responsible sources said one item
figuring in the post-war settlement
was *12.000,000 owed by Germany
and Italy for petroleum shipment*
from Mexico.
President Avila Camacho's order
came a day after Mexico's flat re-
jection of Axis demands for the
immediate surrender of the ships.
BtiML, April 9.—(Ab—The Brit-
ish-eon trailed Sues Canal I* the
Axis goal after Yufoslsvi* and
Greece, the officially - controlled
newspaper Popolo di Roma said to-
day in a dispatch from Berlin.
(To reach the Sues Oanal, Axis
forces would have to drive through
Turkey, which was reported in An-
kara to be watching the Balkan
war catanV and viewing the silua-
tlon as "not dangrrxnM yet.”)
Popolo di Roma's dispatch said
that, instead of a static front in
the Balkan* a* In the World War.
the Balkans ranatitute “a dynamic,
offensive theater intended to strike
British power direct^ tn one of it*
vital centers, the strategic Medi-
terranean - African - Asiatic aector
which culminates at Hues.”
Golf Sweep-
in Denton
Monday, 1 o’clock, on the Denton
Country Club course. Usually
about twenty profeslonals enter
the sweepstakes and each pro plays
. either from
may come
It is a four-ball
foursome that
score is the
players are
prior to 1
afternoon
for the British.
Hitler's high command, in an-
Speculate
On Succeasar
AUSTIN. April 9 —(Ab—Flags on
state buildings throughout Texas
were lowered to half-staff today as
citizens In high and low places
mourned the death of United States
Senator Morris Sheppard
Governor W. Lee O'Daniel led
state officials in voicing tribute to
the man who for 39 years had
helped represent Texas in Con-
gress. and, meanwhile, speculation
on the vast political effect* of
Sheppard's passing mounted rap-
, idly.
A law provide* that within 10
days from the time of a Texas sen-
ator's death the governor must call
a special election to choose a suc-
cessor and the election must take
place within 60 to 90 days.
It further provides that if Con-
gress is In session the governor
may appoint a temporary senator
who would serve until the man
chosen in the election could quali-
fy
Many names were immediately
mentioned as possibilities for the
appointinnet, but at thr Same time
Governor O'Danlel's well known
proclivity for appointing "dark
horses" to public office wa* re-
called
Mentioned in purely speculative
talk about the capitol were Lieut
Gov Coke Stevenson, Attorney
General Gerald C Mann. J. M
West of Houston, ranchman, lum-
berman. oilman and ( ___
Carr P. Colllu* of Dallas, clo**1 ■_
rrn-nd of th*; t B. Berlin Asserts
many of Dallas, oil operator and
chairman of tire state Democratic
executive committee,
members of Congress
Everyone talked of the possibility
that O'Daniel, now serving his sec-
ond term as governor, himself
might be a candidate in the elec-
tion.
The W E Scherle oil test on the
farm, southeast of Boli-
var. was spudded in Wednesday.
It’s a 1250-foot test. Scherle said.
"Maybe it's going to prove to be
that 1941-model oil well, and I cer-
tainly hope that the oil-efforts in
Denton County finally come
through with a real field." There's
one thing about Scherle—he
faith in oil being found
county, as lie lias spent his time,
his money, his energy and his
thought during the past several
trying to uncover an oil
County.
Work was started Wednesday
morning on some more of tliat fine
curb and gutter work on East Hick-
ory In front of the First State Bank
and the Woodson Harris Grocery.
When completed it will add much
to the appearance and the conven-
ience as step* will be made from
the street to the sidewalk. Hare-
required a high-jumper
to make the sidewalk from the
street.
LL Henry C. Owsley of the Texas
Defense Guard asks tliat each man
wlw 1* a member of the Denton
^^d and who has not completed
his formal enlistment papers or
who ha* not had hi* physic*! exam-
ination report to the Legion Hall
this Wednesday night at TSO
o'clook
"Oh, I come up town every week
or two." said Assistant Postmaster
Ray Bishop. "I want to keep up
with how things up town arc going
and what changes are being made."
J Tobe Jones the hoot-owl prophet,
said "This weather business Isn't
over yet. as the owls have been rais-
? Ing a lot of fuss lately. Joe Hutcli-
* inson, who lives on the original
hoot-owl farm which I formerly
J owned, says those owls have been
? busy lately. "We are going to
spend Easter over at Plain Dealing,
Louisiana." said Charlie Scripture.
We gotta go back there occaasion-
ally.” Dr and Mrs. Richard Man-
dell leave Thursday on a trip to
Austin and San Antonio to visit
friends over the week-end. Bill
Culp, lawyer of Gainesville, was in
Denton Wednesday conferring with
Lawyer W C. Boyd “So far. so
good." opines Jim Reeves, the thun-
der-prophet. "So far there's been
no cold sp^ll In April. Which indi-
! cates that w>’ had no thunder up
to this time in February, and If
It. thundered at all In Denton dur-
ing February'I didn't hear It."
with three amateurs,
the host club or they
with the pro*. "
match and the
makes the low-ball
The Denton
------ to be on hand
o'clock next Monday
Prizes will be awarded the winners.
There Is an
Sweepstakes ___ _
Denton before, having been played
on the T. S. C W. course.
Belgrade Residents Slaughtered
The Yugoslav high command.
..v,.,.,.-, ...u w , v I "enormous losses" had vrlrTV^J[>
with the Board of Direc tors of the ibe*'1’ ot> the Germans, an- fOrt,jflCtttjOns system built by the
- - - nounced that Belgrade, the bomb- - - --
smashed Yugoslav capital which
was declared an open city before
! the Nazi invasion, had been virtu-
ally destroyed. . "Its streets Mil- -
I ed with the bodies of dead women, |
children and old men." 1
| In Greece, powerful British forces I
were still waiting to go Into action I
A preliminary report on the tele-
phone survey being conducted in
Denton probably will be made the
City Commission Friday night at.
Its monthly meeting. Mayor Lee
Preston said today.
Whether that will represent final
findings of the telephone engineer
retained by the city this spring to
survey Denton and map cost esti-
mates. is not certain.
The findings of the engineer will
then be referred td the citizens'
committee who last, winter asked
the survey. Preston said. Tlie group
asked the data be secured by city
officials so that Denton could con-
sider feasibility of operating a mu-
nicipal telephone system.
No other matters are slated so
far. aside from routine, for the
council session Friday evening at
7.3Q.
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
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DENTON. TEXAS. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. APRIL 9. 1941
command reported the capture of | V_„ 12 “ ’
NLs. key railway town, midway be- i S|a'v troops? after abandoning Sko-
(WA*n lU'lufH/lp nnrl fallen Skonlle 1 .,11.. Ti.oro
Other Nazi columns had knifed
across Yugoslavia to within
miles of the Albanian frontier
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