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DENTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 22, 1940
VOL. XXXIX
NO. 165
SENATORS SCORING BRITISH
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RUMANIA SPEEDS UP WAR
Quick Purchase
of Tickets for
Minstrel Asked
City Has 16 Fire
Alarms in Month
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
Harry Hines Has
But Little to Say
Draws Gunfire
From Little Trawlers
Number of German
Planes Downed
Numbers 50.
Virtual Deadlock in Controversy Over Search-
ing Mails Reached Between England and
United States.
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A new heart also will I give you,
and a new spirit will I put within
you —Bzekiel 3«-28
Let us not go over tne old ground
but rather prepare what is to come
—Cicero.
armed force was made
Authoritative sources at London
attributed the incident to a con-
Graham. C P Whisenant, Duke
Ayres. M_ L -----
the place of the
explain the action
NEW DELHI, India. Feb. 22—(F)
—Bloody combat brake out today
on the troubled northwest frontier
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troopa), 1‘ww eventually sataed the
car------
attempt to f
the western
One group engaged German fli-
ers. FN “
but the
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CENSORSHIP WOULD STOP MAIL
TUffltS LflNUIHb Al BERMUDA
following
state de-
TttMbtQga
continuing at noon
Tens of thodsani
said to have J^ri-s
aatation and
Peasants became panic-stricken,
fearing a repetition of the Demem-
ber disaster In which about 50.000
persona were killed by quakea. ex-
posure and subsequent floods.
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Mistress
Mrs I
Spent Much For
Phone Call Back in
1937 But Won G
Fighting Breaks
Out in India
Feb. 33.—(Th- French
drove off three
iemy lueeea.
rted today,
activity on
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sell A- Sons Co.. Dr W N Rowell, dieted.
L.’ Freeman Rowell. Raymond L. I
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Turkey Snuffers
More Quake Death
Official Included
Gambling Cases
Kiwanis Clinic
Patrons9 Fund
Grows Rapidly;
Total Now $840 i
ing the government’s ban on export of aviation gasoline to
the reich.
Dr. Karl Clodiua, German econ-
omic expert, is expected here Mon-
the battle-
ladoga.
are:
Miss Nell Morris. R
ISTANBUL, Fab 22—dP>—Four
village# in the Kaisart region of
Turkey were reported today to have
been leveled by a series of contin-
uing earth shocks with a loss of 70
lives and more than 50 persons in-
jured.
Shocks also were felt at Alkara
and Andana.
Eighteen quakes were felt Mte yes-
terday. TemUcn were reported
nn today.
ends of cattle were
rished tn the dev-
stam pedes.
Rockefeller Gives
$100,000 for Relief
Of Finnish People
two Nazi
the total
Woman Held for
Child’s Death Guarded
I OH ANGELES Feb 22 -mAV■
Repeated Incoherent {fleas of Mrs.
Bettv Hardaker. 25. confessed slay-
er of her 5-year-old daughter, that
she be permitted to kill neraelf have
resulted In establishment of a 34-
hour guard around her col in the
county jail hospital ward
Mrs Hardaker said she dashed
her daughter to death on the floor
of a Montebello City park rest-
room Monday because the child was
"too good to live, and I didn't want
her to suffer as I had.**
There will be an Inquest tomor-
row.
wants officials of their desire to
become patrons of the clinic for
this year and many former patrons
have taken an active interest in
securing new patrons based on the
interest aroused by the 13th an-
nual report of the Kiwanis Chil-
dren's Clinic which was recently
patrons 1 have 1,600.000
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"Well, ma'am I'm reli-
myseif.^but I think
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commemorating the
rgs Washington and
whan they wto-
(Tha German
ind communique today
warplanes failed in an
ly over Germany across
<By Associated Press >
WASHINGTON—Deadlock de\ el-
ops with Britain over censorship of
American mail after forcible seiz-
ure from clipper at Bermuda
heuhinki Hgssard aids Finns
to combat soviet tactics of spread-
ing active be. t tie front
MOSCOW Russia reports cap-
ture of 176 Finnish forte in three
days.
STOCKHOLM—Swedish gunnere
ordered to flre on any foreign air-
planes after Russian bombing of
Swedish fronttar village.
PARIS—French financial mas-
tery of war acclaimed by finance
minister; German patrols repulsed.
NEW DELHI. India — British
troops fight tribesmen on north-
west fronttar.
NEW YORK Feb 22 —(A5—John
D Rockefeller Jr is the donor of
$180,000 to the Finnish relief fund,
the largest individual contribution
to Finnish relief
Assompanyins the check was this
note signed by the financier
"The gallant stand which Fin-
land has made for life and liberty
has thrilled the world and set up
for humanity new high standards of
courage and sacrifice As a tribute
to this brave people. my family and
I desire to contribute $100,000 to
the Finnish relief fund for the des-
perately needed service it Is render-
ing the civilian population of Ftn-
jbket.....
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ul least 30 feet thick maybe more
Inclement weather has delayed
work on tills and other tests in the
Bolivar area but with spring ap-
proaching it is expected that aev- ,
rral new locations will be made,
•con As you recall it was only this
month that Denton County shu its ,
hist < ar load shipment of oil from
a Deuton County oil well, but some
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and la mun pirttlb
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HEMPSTEAD, N. Y.. Feb 23. I
—t/P»—Away back tn 1091, Dotli I
ternlty house and ran up $44.50 I
in a trans-Atlantic call to get
himself a valentine.
The parental static was heavy
when news of Don's costly plea
across the ocean leaked out.
Said his father, Julea L.
Riclion, an engineer, of Free-
port, Long Island: "That's ri-
diculous! My son hasn’t enough .
money to be making ’phone calls k
to Europe ”
But last night Don cashed -ft
in—by marrying the girl.
He and his bride, the former f
Doris Johnson, made it a life- I
long valentine at Christ First f
Church here -
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Da' 1 ROl 1. Feb. 22——Oam-
' bling conspiracy indictments against
Wayne County’s own prosecutor.
Duncan C. McCrea, and 18 other
men set tn motion today a police
search for him and other defend-
ants characterised as "missing "
Ixing rumored to be aiming at
high places.’’ Circuit Judge Homer
, Ferguson's one-man grand Jury last
night accused Proeecutor McCrea;
Fred W Frahm, former iwlice su-
j perintendent. and four policemen
j of conspiring to operate a $1,000 -
000-a-year baseball pool
! The indictments climaxed six
months of Investigation into gam-
bling and alleged police graft
Oply last month Frahm, accused
of rieglect of duty”, was fired by
I the new police commissioner. Frank
D Raman, in one of a series of
shakeup movea
Since last fall Judge Ferguson
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.—(AI’)—-Senators critical of
British censorship of United Stales airmail at Bermuda—a
censorship enforced in one instance by armed marines-—re- i
inforced their protests today with new demands for prohibit-
ing American planes from landing at Bermuda.
Senator Truman <D-Moi propos-1 =—— ------■— ■ ■ —— |
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SOVIET ATTACKS Ss”:
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activities
incident to the marketing and pro-
ccssuig of one of
ntrn
BUCHAREST, Feb. 22.—(AP)—Rumania ordered her
already large military preparations speeded up today fol-
lowing authoritative reports that Germany was chalk tig
at the dedication of a
I. tomorrow night a Bor-
ger Chamber of Commerce talk.
For Saturday a speech in Wich-
ita Falla before the North Texas
Oil and Gas AuKVtatkwi
reading of Washington’s
address
House banking committee stud-
ies Finnish loan bill
House labor committee hears
newspaper guild president on Wag-
ner act amendments
Ytetaeday:
House finished general debate on
rreipracal trade program; Senate
Two Denton boys of the Oommu-
nlcaUon Division of Aviation of the
United States government have re-
cently been given promotion in
their work Clayton McGinnis, son
« Mr. and Mre A. o. McGinnis,
and Bruce Odell, son of Mr and
Mm. Ira Oden, have been made cor-
porals In the department.
PARIS. HIM
machine gunners
German raids’ w
military sources
during renewed patrol
the western front
French aerial squadrons took ad-
vantage of dear skies to fly over
the enemy lines,
high command ~
AIRPLANES SHOT
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DOWN IN RM
CONGRESS
(By Associated Press>
Senate and House hem annual
'-- ---farewen
Denton had >6 fire alarms caus-
ing $1,037 damages during the past
month. Fire Chief Eugene Cook
stated in his monthly report to
the members of the flre department
at a meeting of the group Wednes-
day night in the central fire sta-
tion
Highlight of the meeting was the
awarding of Red Cross first aid
certificates to 23 firemen and one
city police officer who completed a
few weeks ago a first aid course
conducted by BUI Mixon, captain
in the fire department.
The firemen voted to I
advanced first aid course _
night, with Mixon to give the in-
structions AU firemen and others
interested in such a course are to
report to the central stattan at that
time
The Boy Scout troop sponsored
special recognition at the meeting,
and the eight members were award-
ed tend-rfoot ranking.
Increasing rtaud-
1 Friday, wanser
U and aetoh per- .
•derate te freah
a Ute eeaad. -
y wttk ta-
seeMs pto-
wwspi to
— i dirtatorlal
iR: !£““
p m Wednesday in his home here.
^^aci been in ill health for some w*
k..i --itu-n- m a ito. ctemfan traJ^wST^n gdZdar7
tlon that increased shipments are
’’a matter of Iff* add death" to the
Reich and that Oernumy would be
- - compelled to sack.other methods"
Rumania failed to fulfil! her
• J said enemy
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Don't forget th a ^tomorrow is the
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cents for a lot of fun
DALLAS Feb 22 -Harry
Hines, highway commissioner and
candidate for governor, has a few
words to say:
He spoke at a bridge dedication
in Wichita Falls last night
He speaks at the Commerce. Tex..
Chamber of Commerce annual
meeting tonight
He addresMw the 18-70-30 High-
way Association tn Pampa tomor-
row.
Tomorrow afternoon it’s a speech
In B
high
LAST OF U. 8. PRISONERS IN
SPAIN RKLKA8KD
Feb 32 —UP) — The
.'inbavsv announced
destroyed.
Hlmard rtagrK
With h blmrard raising Finnish I
tlieir security a« menaced by Com- hopes at slopping the Russian mil- j
munist Russia Tlieir whole Incline- ( itary machine. Finland called the
of the operators are of the belie! .wl‘,h
that it won't be many months oe- ’ ->>—• •- •>-- * *
fore it will require many cars t-
take care of the out-of-county |
shipments- maybe trainloads, they i
aver
alleged to be Germany
Tlie American |
mits the right of a belligerent to
take such articles from the Amer-
ican mails if the ship or plane car-
MAYBE SOMEBODY GOT THE
MONEY ANYHOW
♦ BELLEVUE, Neb, Feb 22 — ♦
♦ OFF-W R Patrick, attorney ♦
♦ for the village of Bellevue. ♦
♦ can't make it out. The village ♦
♦ has $29,500 outstanding in pav- ♦
♦ mg bonds: But, Patrick says, ♦
Termed Necanaary
LONDON. Feb 22 —<Ab- The
ministry of economic warfare today
characterized seizure of United
States mail from Pan-American
Airways Clippers at Bermuda as
absolutely necessary to the British
effort to strangle Germany's econ-
omic and financial life "
A ministry spokesman said the
main advantage of holding the
malls for Inspection and possible
confiscation was ’’preventive "
He added. "While the actual value
of currency and commodities seized
might be relatively unimportant.
stoiHJage of inspection would mean
that the mails Immediately would'
be flung wide open to a vast inflew '
of currency and other materials to
Germany "
| PREPARATIONS AS GERMANS
CHALLENGE BAN ON GASOLINE
’ ’
Expert to Reach Bucharest to Demand Full
Delivery of Nazi Oil Quota; Reservists
Rushed to Colors. * *
Officials of the Denton Kiwanis
Club Thursday expressed gratifica-
tion at the unprecedented response
of the citizens of Denton and Den-
ton County to become patrons of
the Kiwanis Children's Clinic at
the Invitation of the club Many
individuals have notified the KI-1 d*y for showdown conversations to
Insist on full delivery of Germany's
1940 quota of oil and oil products.
Meanwhile the government order-
ed many of 200.000 reservists ori-
ginally called for March 1 to start
reporting Immediately to concen-
tration centers, it was learned
was recently Effective March 1. Rumania will
mailed to all of the 1939 patrons have 1,600.000 men under arms—
and the club membership | virtually general mobilization with-
Any one desiring to become a out being so labelled.
patron of the clinic who has not ! Railways now are Jammed with
i been contacted by club members ' reservists moving toward frontiers
should telephone the Kiwanis of- j and with long trainloads of tanks,
j fice at 1566. it was stated , armored cars and artillery
Up to noon Thursday a total ; The arrival of Dr. Clodius will
MADRID.
Ubitad States
today that the last eight American
clUsens heM as Spanish chrtl war
prisoners. Inciudim Harold
Dahl, Champaign. DI. flier, had
been released and would start soon
tor home.
j ter to delay That’s precisely the
| problem which is agitating the
; Swedish public at this moment
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| tlon is to rush to the aid of their classes of 1894 and 1895 men 44 to
i neighbor and sweep the Red flood j 46 years old—to report to moolllza.
*—*■ ■*---•—- non centers.
The three preceding classes were
mobilized lalst week.
Traffic Cop saya.
An automobile in good condition,
good brakes, good Ursa, head and
taillights is more accident-proof
than one that Is faulty mechanic-
ally. Have your garage man give it
the once-over frequently.
I amount of $84050 has been placed I coincide with the start of Ruma-
I in the Kiwanis Children’s Clinic ' nian trade conversations here with
patrons’ fund This far exceeds the i Italy, understood also to be seek-
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will force them to give
quit farming -a great r
Loth for the family and the com- i oped between the state department
munity | and Great Britain and France with
The farm debt adjustment com- one incident after another helping
rnittee can help these farmers and complicate the situation
creditors to arrive at a fair' jt wa, learned last night that
for repaying ' British marines
out of farm income." onets brought about the first seiz-
ure of transAtlantic airmail at Ber-
additlonal ' muds on Jan 18
Capt Charles A Lorber of Bal-
r timore. commanding a Pan-Amer-
pal ami interest when the debt ad- 1 ican Airways plane flying between
jilbtment committee has worked out
an orderly repayment schedule "
Xjga^
. Making its third appearance on
the S C. W Drama Series this
year, the dare Tree Major Com-
pany wall present "The Yellow
Jacket." a Chinese classic, in the
college main auditorium Friday
night at 8:15 o'clock.
The play deals chiefly with the
life of young Wu Hoo Git. son of
Emperor Wu Sn Yin the Great
who tried to dispose of the infant,
and his successful effort to win his
way back to the throne of his fa-
ther. and to Yellow Robe, which la
his royal right Following the
technique of the modem Chlneae
productions, the play is done with-
out scenery or properties, with a
chorus takln
coznmentator
and locale.
LON DON, Feb. 22.— (A P)
[ —Two German warplanes
were shot down by British
's today, the air min-
»1 istry announced, as Nazi air-
men raided Britain’s east
CTII I DTDCI I TD coa“’ f°r the »«eond time in
.1111 I Krill I f || (three days, drawing machine
VII ILL IILI LLLaaUltfllll fjre froni several little
---- ‘[trawlers which they attempt-
HELSINKI, Feb 22 —The “ «*♦ ‘
red army's hammering at the Man-
nerheim line still is being repelled
with heavy Russian losses. Finland
and announced touay as she called up
‘ I a new batch of older men to boi<
! ster her forces and placed faith in
a February blizzard to help hold
would back the soviet military machine.
Two thousand Russian soldiers
were killed at Taipale. Eastern sec-
tor of the fortifications planted to
plug the Isthmus avenue from Rus-
"Tve asked Mr and
Smith to dinner at seven
; I think we ll give Uxern a
quarter of an hour’s gi
Mary ’Well, ma at
gious i
rather overdoin’ It."
College audito-
The admission is only fifty
er z let of fun You’ll not
only enjoy the Minstrel, but you
will tael that maybe your fifty
cents has been the cause of bring-
ing health and happiness through
Uie Kiwanis Clinic to some de-
serving boy or girl All the net
proceeds go Into a fund for that
purpose. Yes. there will surely be
plenty of seats even though the ad-
vance ticket sale has been unusu-
ally large this year. Meet your
friends tomorrow night at the Min-
strel
That reference apparently was to
B Fritz and Frank i the display of bayonets, for despite
I a prompt protest by United States
| officials censorship of air mall has
This country 's immense cotton' continued at Bermuda Last week
empire upon which one out ot ev- I 1570 pounds of American mall were
ery ten of our citizens depends tor | taken off one Clipper ship
a livelihood is the subject cf a' May Paaa I'p Bermuda
sport" called the Threads of a : Secretary Hull hinted at a re-
Nation just released to motion pk- cent press conference that if IM
lure Uiaatres throughout the coun- pracUce did not ceaae. Bermuda
try Filmed In natural color, it is might be passed up as a Clipper
an authentic plctcrial record of ac- 1 stop
tual scenes in the cotton and cot- | Mail carried from the United
| States by boat also is undergoing
' Allied examination Mall from Med-
iterranean countries Is being cen-
to die finished products j sored at Gibraltar and Marseille.
tn clothing
Graham. C P Whisenant, Duke, Rumanian ’ show’ of resistance to g military communique ’Ttia sec-
i . , M D Penry Mrs BeHe Germany's* ecazxanto oaertwrea woa >ond of two columns eoeountered
1 wards. *Mra< r" j HTu?^U R datay° o^deHberate considerable opposition from trtbsa
E W jute and iron <
, _ I Fur- ' fronting Her ’
22.—(A»>—Texans. niture Co.. D. T McClendon. O. 8. ous losses •
‘ -------- . _. ------ . A. I The Rumantan ban was regarded
■ - - - - - k. London, as giylng tbe Alliea Qia
_ , je In tlie competition for Ruma-
L. Wilson Roy nlan oil. * ‘ '
— —ms nicsu. v. n. ukvh> of Dallas. Oom- , Both the British and the French
Hall said credits or penalties 1 munity Natural Gas Co.. Mrs Mat- . have pointedly tnfocmad Bucharaat ,
were given 633 towns and cities in. tie Lloyd Wooten. Ray Tobin. Miss that they might be compelled to
the state and their additions. Cities , Lillian Estes. Dr Jack k—i--— *■-------*--• -*---'
on the <iebit side will be penalized Billy Floyd Brooks. Billy Turner, I
a total of $132,397 on policies wri(- ' Joe Wankan R B Neale Jr.
ten on and after March 1 | -----------------
... The commisatooar released rec- np rr n 1 r i
I • k* Katchiora
30 of the 37 showing credits which
will mean a saving during the year
of approximately $89 010 Six towns
! on the charge list will be assessed
$6,208 Twenty towns got the max-
imum credit, tliree Uie maximum
penalty and one has neutral
Jaycees to Buy
Orchard Signs
Denton Junior Chamber of Oom- |
J meroe directors and cotnmlttw < rond’oe ted by"'"the pastor' i
i chairmen voted at a meeting Wed- 1 - - - -
| nesday night to place signs on 18
{ of the Jaycee orchard projects over
the county as a part of the pro-
gram to publicize the work of the
organization.
The group approved an expendi-
ture of $13 50 for these signs. Also
$5 was allowed for the safety com-
mittee to put on a bicycle safety
parade in the near future. The
men discussed the feasibility of
making an award to the commit-
tee chairman or Individual doing
the most outstanding work in the
organization during the year. Pres-
ident Bruce IXtvis appointed a com-
mittee including C J Bovell Joe
Burks and R B Neale Jr to in-
veatigate the possibilities.
however, tliat fighting on the west-
ern end had reached the Kamara
railway station.
Attack Railway
A red artny attack near the Ka-
mara railway station, a communi-,'
cation center 12 miles southeast of
Vlipuri on the Karelian Isthmus,
was repulsed, the Finnish
command reported today
The Russians lost 2.000 dead in j
continued fighting at Talpale. at ;
the eastern end of the isthmus de- I
lense line, the communique de- j
dared
Today 's was the first admission
by the Finns that fighting had
readied the neighborhood at Jia-
mara. although the Russians pre-
viously had reported their lorcaa
driving through that station ou
i the main isthmus railway to Vli-
puri.
The Finnish command declared
that the fighting on both slues of
Uie Mannerheim system acrou the
Isthmus had raged far into last
night
A large number of tanks were re-
ported destroyed, and 13 red army
planes shot down.
The communique sala more Rus-
many and the”Anglo-French broth- I s**n strong ixunta and 200 prison-
ers were captured on L
K northeast of Lake
it as they did in the World War where earlier this week the red
But Russia’s westward drive has army’s 18th division was reported
entirely altered the picture destroved
Both Sweden and Norway have
made it clear that they regard |
M«»re Patron*
Added to the previously
..... k. . . nounc«1 IL"t o{ th««’ who have to the Reich
'German aircraft lost in such raids ‘ cepted the *
““ | clinic pations up to noon Thursday
E Jackson, i
Mr and Mrs Brooks Nash and
aix-year-oid son Joe. are new cit-
izens of Denton having moved
here from Mineola, and are domi-
ciled at 71$ West Oak Street The
family is affiliated with the First
Methodist Church Mr. Nash will
enter the retail buainraa here, an-
nouncement ol which will be made
later
machine- i
jent perhaps ths Issrt
l birthdays
Wemonies by
Otte groups, ware held at the
Forgo (tMT
travail qf __J|. _____ ___
his ragged aoldtors when they win-
tered here while General Howe and
Waahlucton was 48 then His
house near the banks of the Schuyl-
kill River—today was throiwed with
visiter* ssHtafi fiMmpses of many ot .- /M
the general's personal possssttons.
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Third Attack From
Nazi Airmen in
Three Days.
Prompt purchase of tickets for
the annual Kiwanis Minstrel was j
urged Thursday by Floyd Brooks. :
chairman of the city ticket sales
committee
Reports Indicate the heaviest ad- empowered under Michigan law to
vance sale of tickets in the history I** ak>n® *« • grand Jury, has been
of the minstrel. Brooks said, and ’•xamlnlng suspected gamblers and
he urged that Denton people buy underworld figures Two detectives,
tickets this afternoon or Friday! Involved in a “fixed" holdup, have
morning in order to be certain that | served Jail term* for eontempt A
they will not be disappointed i police official was similarly penal-
Tlcketa are on sale at the Brooks, lt*d.
Kimbrough -Tbbin and Curtis drag !
WAR IN BRIEF
it meets
Feb :
office.
According to'Wrn R McCul-
lough. Farm Security Administra-
tion supervisor, many small (aim-
ers of the county are operating un-
der such a Ug>-heavy load of debt
they can never hojie to pay out anu
it is often Just a matter ol time
before back payments and interest |
Up and . virtual ucauiwa uvn censor-
calamity j shjp of American mails has devel-
Oh shucks, said Joe Gambill
trying to get into a local bank
Thursday morning "I wanted to |
cover that overdraft but now the
Lank will have to wait ’ Thursday
both banks look a holiday in ob-
servance of George Washington’s
anniversary
By DEWITT MacKENZIE
Aasociated Press Writer
Whatever may be Moscow’s ex-
planation of tlie Russian bombing
of the Swedish village of Pajala. the
Scandinavian public reaction is
bound to be the same that this Ls
a grim warning to Sweden
Norway to keep hands off the Red
invasion of Finland
One would not expect however,
that this terrible incident i
have a restraining Influence on the
average citizen of either Sweden
or Norway Indeed It Is quite likely
to have Just the opposite effect on
these proud peoples
There could be no more convinc-
ing reminder that if the Bolshevists
I conquer the Finns—as will happen
unless the latter get aid quickly—
the Muscovites will to all intents be
next door neighbors to the Swedes
and Norwegians. This is a con-
tingency which gives the two Scan- 1
dinavtan states nightmares
From the standpoint of the Swed-
ish government the bombing is a
real misfortune since it comes at
a moment when public opinion is
divided and inflamed over the ques-
tion of whether the country’ should
abandon Its neutrality and go to
the aid of the Finns Pressure from
the people for a change of govern-
ment policy ha* been very heavy,
and may easily increase as the re-
sult of Uie Pajala affair
May Mean War
In the long run this may be the
thing which will draw Sweden and
Norway into the Russo- Finnish war
as partners with the Anglo-French
Allies It is difficult to see. what- .
ever wav you figure It, how they
can avoid taking a hand in this i
conflict sooner or later
If the European crisis involved
: merely the argument between Ger- j
Means by which small farmers
can remain on their farms and op-
erate profitably in order eventually
to pay their debts will be consld- „
ered by the Dent<*i County farm ; stopped and said also that English
debt udjustmt nt committee when planes should be barred from land-
at 10 a m Wednesday, ing In the United States
28. basement of Denton post j Senator Clark iD-Mol said latest
j disclosures bearing on the situa-
tion "only strengthen my view that
we should prohibit our planes from
landing at Bermuda," and Senator
Schwellenbach tD-Wash) asserted
that "if England doesn't watch out
she will bring about a condition of
definite antagonism to herself "
Virtual Deadlock
A virtual deadlock over censor-
Carroll Bkkle. formerly of Ar-
lington. who lias had several years
experience in the automobile bus-
iness. has moved here to become
assistant sales manager of the
Mack Massey Motor Co. Mr. and
Mr* Btckle are living at 1006
Gragg Street
Coppage of the Belew community
Dec 5, 1886 and the couple moved
to Aubrey in 1898
ttred business man. had been r _ ...
member of the Baptist Church in j Houston Country Club invl-
‘••“r-V since 1886. a deacon since ' “ rwusron vssuuuy v«uo uivi
and was Sunday School «u- > ‘•“on «°lf tournament today. 4
iber of year*.' gi
brother!. W. .
h
Drama Company
Back at S, C. IF.
j
Scotland; for Netherlands
ports at Weymouth. England Hai-
I
It Is understood there are other
erhood. then the Scandinavian
states might hope to keep clear of
military advice* said,
ended without planes
of either side being shot down.
German reconnaissance flight* were
reported oeer, eastern and north-
eastern Franpe.
Group Gathers to
Honor Washington
At Valley Forge
VALLEY FORGE. P*. Feb. 22-
tbousands
plMce
Washington spent
cheerful nf. hi*
Tradltlpn»l
back behind its own banks once
more. _ y.ia!W
The reason they haven’t done
this is because of Nazi threats to
take action against them if they '
abandon neutrality.
But If Finland loses U l
because of lack of aid. Sweden and I Fl
MnrK'.. <.> 111 a a <>*
anyway. if their fears of Soviet
ambitions are well founded
Therefore the Scandinavian coun-
tries would seem to be up against
government ad- decide it s^iidTe ---
■* ru>l I icaront . * -•
| the fight now. or whether it is bet-
rying them puts into a British port !
voluntarily The state department'
has tried to ease the way for the .
transAtlantic air mail by ruling
that parcel post and certain types
of checks, money orders, etc . would
not be accepted in the air mall to
Europe
ed to attack.
The fire from the trawlers gave
concrete form to the warning last
week by Winston Churchill, first
lord of the admiralty, that all Brit-
ish vessels pl,...B ---—,
North Sea waters henceforth would j
be armed for protection t
German bombing and
gunning from the air
The downing of the
planes today brought
sia. tlie Finns said, acknowledging, i even SO according
” ' '*“*'** 1 Briti'fi. they listed 41 German
bomber: as definitely accounted f„-
ton-textile industry
The Threads of a Nation depkts
the evolution of cotton from raw
material
(«>ea in clothing the decorative tor Scandinavian nations at Kirk- '
arts, and in hundreds of articles ol , wall,
commerce Entertaining and popu-
lai in treatment, the new film helps | fa. Palestine, is a censorship point
to give a clear understanding ol ' for Uie Near East
one of the many-sided activities It i.> uudrrstoud there are other:
*7.1 .' — • censorship headquarters in Britain I
Americas f aiM-Krance. and thai maMs destined
for the United States are also cen-
| sored at these cities
The oil test on the Knox farm ■ At the start of the war mail for
Bolivar area will set casing st 865 | South America was censored by the
feet, where operators say they | British at Port of S|xm Trinidad
have entered a sand they know is It is understood, however that this
. ------- k ----; has been discontinued
representations by the
partment
A report from the Canadian pos-
tal administration has said tliat
isocne mail for the United States
would be censored
Little Progress
Slight progress has been made
In straightening out the censorship i
------------ _..k ----- , r The 1Bt_
- gr rctpl.ird '° "m A,n,,r‘ran I NoAray wilThave Vo' figT"^^*
to b> pointing out the amount of con-
traband articles and money al- )
ready found tn American mall, the I
■ ultimate destination of which was I
I .. .. - | M aw.tf WSZVMM «BW«M W ww- up HRHIIIO*
I the unhappy position of having to
f decide whether it would be more
advantageous all round to get into
ultimately j •
Johnaon. reconsider the guarantee* of Ruma-
; nla agalnit attack tf King Carol's
regime favored Germany on oU.
Allied, concern had been height-
ened by tne fact that British and
French along with Americans and
' other foreigners own 80 .per cent
of the Rumanian oil industry and
the Allies were confronted with the
iKMslblllty that Rumania's new pe-
troleum cwntvol board, armed with
powers would tevy
against British and French produc-
klel ftatehford. 79 died at 10:«0 j importance'^ Rumanian oil
r, — J .-----t - „- -- , to the German war machine is re-
He had been in ill health for some
time but critically nt only i few
hours.
Funeral services were held at 3:80
n m today in the Aubrey Baptist
It ’ - ~ kt.
L. K Wilson. Methodist minister, commitments
Burial was in the Masonic cemetery: . • x, - ■ - ♦ »
at Pilot Point beside his wife, who. ear* aw» nr* a TQ
died Oct 22. 1926 Wfll I t DLAID. .
Hatch ford was bom in Lafayette, i /"si TT’ P A D J TDM
Al*. April 1.1861. son of the late 1 VAIVL. 1 VJ15
T. D and Laura Ratchford. He ,
came to Texas Dec 12. 1875. and ...
settled In the Friendship commun- | HOUSTON. Feb 23. —Ed
tty. He was married to Miss Evelyn wnite. former Walker Cup team
' member and defending champion.
He was a re- j eliminated the veteran Ossie Carl-
* ■ toa, of Houston, in the first round
Aubrey since 1886. a dmcon since u* «— ««
1907. Kill, ww. KA..W* 0M- j
perintendent for a number of years.! and J
Surviving are three brothers. W .During his round. White birdied
P. J. B and Mack C Ratchford. a two boles with five-foot putts—the
sister. Miss Dora. Ratchford. and ;pgr Nq. 4 and the par 4 No. 15.
a nephew. Frank Fowl edge an of I
Aubrey. Though the couple had no 1
children they reared four of bar j
sister's children. M E Atkins of '
Tulsa. Ok , Mrs E H. Tatum of
Aubrey. Mrs Ollie Reynolds of No-
cona and Tom Atkins of Slidell
to the
t hey iisieu si vjciiiimi :
u.,..J for . misa neu naursis. rv rv. ^ucssuii, ;
[ and said nine ethers probably nev- Mrs w s Mfiler. J P. Magee. Sam '
er reaeiied home The British e*-., w Fritz. F. W Woolworth Co . wUl depend on the outercne of Cl^
tla*aXed the total value of the lost ' ’•’■■■ ---—— •* •* —— 1 - --
German planes st more than $4.-
000 000 ....
The air ministry said the planes , Wheeler J T Morrow <rf Gaines
their
and just agreement
their debts
the supervisor -said Creditors are
often willing to grant additlo’)**! '
time to pay. re-amortizations and j
sunetime* scale-downs in pi inci- |
the United States and LLsbon. had
I refused to surrender tlie mall to
The committee, composed of Io- : British censors until the show of
cal men gives Its services tree to
both farm owners and tenants.
Farmers needing this seivice hould , ... _
cal) at the FSA c/flce or go to one ' filet of personalities." and added
ol the committee, or arrange to at- j
tend the meeting | pen again '
Members of Uie committee are t
J E Bonar J
McDonald
W, • » ___ ._
,- it Mid.
.» newqst ot nearly a century
of dunpalfns to pacify and subdue
the wild mountain men was linked
here with rumen of poaalbie Soviet
Russian Incursions through Af-
ghanletan—and a Britain at war
tn Europe intend* to take no un-
necessary chance*
Particularly designed for a clean- '
up in the Ahmattml Salient. Bank-
ing the fatuous—and vital—Khyber
French Drive Off
- German Raiders
plying the war-tossed I
aaniust I amount which was secured at this ! ing a share of this country's oil ex-
77- time last year. It was stated ports.
Germany, it was said, will chal-
lenge a Rumanian ban on ship-
an* ‘ ments of high test aviation gasoline
--... L—.1—a measure whkh Ru-
become mania was reported to have taken
to placate Great Britain and
' Prance
The German attitude toward Ru-
mania and all Southeastern Europe
, ... Fritz. F. W Woolworth Co. ' wm depend on the outcome of Clo-
I Will Williams. Will Orr, H M Rus- : aius' talks. Informed quarters pre-
call Jtr Qnnz C’r* T> W M Dzamzmll r
' Dr
. . | am<* ««i muiteu j sMfiiu vuc 1 vviKTKT j a ivitirnrw 01 uiiiics- Banned by Decree _________ ___
nig t downed today were lowers in battles I ville Martin Komblatt, Elmer Phil- ) It waa understood that a govern- ' as British military forns moved
1 with British fighter planes. cifT the , lips. Jack Bryson, W. C. Collier. T. ment decree banning the fuel which ; into that jaf^ad land Of ambos
I northeast coast and the other near r Brooks. Fred Harper. E J Germany needs for her machines cade and adventure to clean out
St Abb's Head, Scotland ' Headlee. Dallas Curtsinger James of war had been isaued—this in di- marauding trtbeemen and perhaps
-------------- Taylor. Miss Ruth Douglass. H G. rest contradiction to a recent oil to meet again their old and elusive
Tz* wring Brown. Miss Barbara Hancock export agreement with Germany I foe. the FSYlrof IpK" ' -
* "XUllS IO &UV9?- Bruce Davis. O L. Fowler. Grover, Allied pressure in gaining thia| “Our casualtlse were light" aadd
Over $3,000,000
in Insurance Rales.--------- - - ---
fi7- .. 1 anonymous, J C Penney 00.,
----- F Morri eon R. L. Hopper. Bah
AUSTIN. Feb 22 —qP>—Texans. niture Cot D. T McClendon. u
will save approximately $3.1598701 Cluck. Dr. F. L. McDonald. H. A. I *
next year on flre Insurance premi- , Kirby. Dr. W J. McConnell. Miss ; in
unu because of good fire credits. Myrtle Brown. Miss Katie Henley, edge
Marvui Hall, state flre insurance 1 c P Taliaferro B I —
commissioner reported today Stead. C. R Davis of Dallas. Com-
credits OT penalties * mnnitv Natural Oac On Mra Mat.
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