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VOL. XXXIX
•NE8DAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8,1940
NO. 230
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In accepting
that if Chamberlain
pal advisers stayed tn
i» grave risk of tee-
BE OF BENEFIT
TO CROPS HERE
WAR MOVES
INSOUTHEAST
Italy's Attitude
In Europe’s War
. Again Enigma
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
Joe
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Reports Nazis Ask
Road Across Rumania
POPE FEARS
WAR’S SPREAD
WASHINGTON, May B. —CO—
Michael J Quill, fiery president of
ROMS. May 8—Ftape Ftas C-jZZL
XII made it known today be shar- alty. in a
ad widespread fears that other 1 him for a *
signed a secret pact in London an
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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
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The Balkan tension appeared at
Its peak Ln Yugoslavia That na-
tion. reported with 300.000 veteran
troops already on her Italian and
German frontiers, was calling 300,-
000 more men to the colors while
improving fortifications and other
defenses.
Beigiam Disrasara Defense
BRUSSELS. May 8.-4*) Belgi-
um* cabinet today discussed at a
two-hour special meeting the new
defense measures taken by her
neighbor. The Netherlands, but did
not order additional military pre-
cautions for her own armed forces.
operating with Robertson to com-
plete the “mop up" campaign at
the earliest possible time.
AU persona who have been missed
by the enumerators or who know
of anybody who has been missed
are being urged to telephone the
Chamber of Commeroe or Robert-
son.
Roosevelt Wins
California Vote
More Names '*
Being Added to
City Population
Vote on C
Due During
Afternoon.
Bass Family Is
District Winner
More names are being added dally
to Denton's census rolls
B C. Robertson, assisting in the
census work here, has added a
large number of names to the UsU.
and still more are expected.
And Now One May
Fravel by Rail on
Installment Plan
Defease Director
Russia Names
I have compiled a little biograph-
ical sketch which may (or may
not) Shed light on the English fail-
ure ih the battle of Norway, but
In any event helps explain the on-
Raananla Heises GeM
BUCHAREST. May 8—oPy—The
Rumanian government today de-
creed leisure of all Potash gold
now deposited In the Rumanian
National Bank.
Ministers explained that the gold
would be applied on Pdteh debts to
Rumania as well as to the upkeep
of Polish soldiers and civilians who
fled here from the German-Russian
Invasion and partition of Poland.
Wealhei'
LLOYD GEORGE
JOINS IN ATTACK
(dee
Report of Nazi
Move Against
Dutch Is Seen
• asPropganda
PARIS, May I. -<*>- A .
spokesman of the French war
ministry today interpreted re-
ports ot an Impending Oermkn
invasion of The Netherlands as
part of a Nasi propaganda
campaign to worry neutral na-
tions.
He observed that these re-
ports were being circulated at
'• the same time as rumors of Un-
pending zetfan in Hungsry and
i | the Balkan countriea.
Action on the Western Front
was characterised by the cus-
tomary activity of patrols and
artillery duals.
OENTONMNtr
Germany and Austria-Hungary and 1™™^™
throwing her fortunes With Uie al- -L.«_
lies in May. 1815. '
The next few weeks or perhaps
'hays may decide whether T
this time will fight against, instead
I of with, her alites of world war
days.
| Behind Italy's
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Labor Opposition Urges
House to Oust Chamberlain
Gives Sketch to
Explain Failure
in Norway Fight
Out of <2 months of fighting. 11-
gaasrged with a casualty list
Mghsr, proportionately, than ths
kisses at the British empire; a stag-
gering war debt of B16.0ooouo.oou
severe privation among her people
that led -to internal disorders In-
tense disappointment over her share
of "promised" territory by the terms
of the Versailles treaty, a suoceesion
of governmental crises and. finally,
the inarch on Rome by the blpck-
shirta and the ascendancy of
nito Mussolini
The many friends of Jim Gray
wUl be pleased to know that he has.
been given a place with the State
Railroad Commission and that he
luus accepted -Jim. up to the first
of the present year, was with the
* Commission in the Motor Traffic
Division, having been appointed
two years before by Commissioner
Terrell. During his term with the
Commission, it is believed that he
made as many friends over the di-
vision as any man ever made doing
a similar work
Precipitation T o t a lit
.70 of Inch at
Noon.
DALLAS MAN KILLED IN HIGH-
WAY ACCIDKNT
TKRBMUL. May B.-LO-R U»»-
eil Edgeworth, FT. Dalias architect,
war idttsd today when hia suko-
aasMta and a tatober truck coUMsd
on Highway BO four miles east of
here
By DEWITT MacKENZIE
v-sK Utnd Frees Writer
pilgrims including 41 French chil-
drm. at the Vatican, the Dope said
.“a world poisoned with lies and
dtatoyuty has lost the spiritual
health of peace."
"The earth should be a place of
concord." the pontiff declared, “but i
instead the fire of war has broken
out in various nations and is
threatening to invade other*.”
R I Jackson, candidate of the
Denton Rotary Chib for governor
Of the 138th district, was defeated
by three votes st Greenville Tues-
day so the innital fftetotet uenvea
tion ended Elected was George
Kelly of Longview, by a count of
40 to BL It concluded a three-day
capmaign staged by supporter* of
the two candidates, for which a
Dsntan group wont to Oreonyille
Bunday
Texas is surely a state rich In oil
as all but seven of Texas' JM coun-
ties now share In cash return from
lease and production on more than
MjDQO.000 xcrae of land Testas
farmers and ranchers. It is said,
received last year from oil men the
huge sum of Bl32 478.00) tor leases
and royalties aa their part in this
partnership.
In addition to this huge sum of
munsy. Texas farmers and ranchers
sell to oil workers end their fam-
ilies more than 8MA00.000 worth of
a farm and livestock products each
year, making nrMUcaUy 83DOOX),-
000 a year aa their share of oil's to-
tal expenditure of seven hundred
and fifty million dollar* annually.
"The greatest triumph of this <■-
traordlnary num. Hitter, is that he
has succeded tn potting bfr own
try into a batter --------
Moisture Received by
Wide Area iQ J
West Texas.
A slow rain which foil
throughout Wednesday mora-
ine be of benefit to crops
in Denton County, breaking a
crust which had formed since
the last rain becauae of the
high winds and adding to the
season in the ground.
The precipitation measured 70
of an inch at the State Experiment
Station here at noon, and ths rain
continued afterward. sJ for
Grain was at a critical stetate
grower* saying that moisture waS
badly needed to mature the heada.
The grain had progressed rapidly
since the two recent- good rains
and the fall Wednesday is expeeOed
to ba of great benefit
Row crops and other vegetettsfi
also will be helped, since conUnu-
ous high winds had dried out th*
top moisture In the ground, and
more rain was needed also herons*
of the lack of a deep seamn.
LONDON, May 8—(AP)—
His Majesty’s Labor opposi-
tion formally asked the House
of Commons today to oust the
Chamberlain government, and
the prime minister sprang to
EIGHT PAQM
The vote will come at the end of
debate tonight, probably about
11:80 p. m. <4 so p. m, C8T).
The fiery Lloyd George, Britain X
former wartteae leader, entered the
debate
He said Chamberlain had been
■* <>rsied by Hitler in every encoun-
The three musketeers. Pete To-
bin. Harry Owens and Steve Bar-
icn, or rather should they be term-
ed ths three snake-kilters, took an-
other round TYiesday afternoon,
and While they managed to g«
a RtoiMdfUhiatnne wL somewhat of a
dray-horse The boat, in floating
ti.rough the quiet water, got Into
ohsltow water and had to ba pultad
out Steve and Harry claim that
.Pete was about ths best puller in
The bunch
Netherlands
Busy for Defense
AMSTERDAM. May 8—(JP>—In-
tense military preparations, accom-
panied by a partial blackout" of
communicattons with the outside
world during the night, kept The
Netherlands in a state of suspense
today. The nation geared its de-
fenses to meet an International
situation officially described as "in-
creasingly uncertain."
(Reports that two German col-
umns are converging on The Neth-
erlands frontier were said by a
highly reliable source In New York
last night to be responsible flor the
unusual precautions, but authorities
tn Berlin Issued * blanket dental
of these reports.
(to WashkwtM The Netherlands
minister. Dr. A. Loudon dLscloesd
his government had directed htan
to act aa general paymaster for
all Dutch dlptaiMte and other of-
ficials abroad "in case of emergen-
cy”)
Outgoing telephone call* to ell
points abroad were cut off from 10
p. m. last night until 0 A aa. (1:00
(tee WAR MOVHK Psge 4)
Uninstruetad----------1»
The total convention vote is 3,-
lOOl and (tamer headquarters ftg
urod ttteir had al approximately
A to t. Ataraet every ownty ccn-
vMOfon t»«n_ which reports wore
NtoaMrt. however, endorsed ths ad-
SMMlh and many detaaatoa
WNjplMtpd ntt to Hf* • •
the CIO Transport Workers Union,
was forcibly ejected by police from
a Dtea committee hearing today af-
ter he accused the committee df
trying to get the United States in-
to war
The committee immediately went
into a closed session to consider
whether to cite the witness for
contempt.
Quill's shouted accusation cli-
maxed a stormy session during
which he repeatedly was admon-
ished by Chairman Dies (D-Tex)
to act “with respect” toward the
committee.
The final outburst was set off by
a question by Representative Thom-
as (R-NJ) who asked Whether Quill
would be willing to bear arms for
the United States if it became in-
volved In war with Soviet Russia
"I'm an American cittaen," boom-
ed Quill, rising to his feet and
shaking his finger at the commit-
tee. "and as such I would be willing
to defend Its flag"
When Thomas pressed him as to
whether that meant he would be
willing to serve with American
troops If they had to go to Russia.
Quill shouted that he was opposed
to going overseas but added:
'That's what this committee is
trying to do. You’re trying to bring
on a war.
Weatem Areai
Get Good Rains
(By Associated Fives)
Northwest Texas HfiffM
croplands absorbed beneficial rains
which fell during the night fnom
Dalhart southward to Del Rto and
east to Dallas.
Forecasts indicated more scatter-
ed showers fv West and BMB TWx-
as
The overnight rains, though
ranging up to <JB inches, were
•cmewhat spotted. The Dallas wea-
Uier bureau reported Lubbock and
Amarillo received no msfstero.
Dalhart to the northBbdhm au .f
county of the state, received 106
inches of rain.
Jumping southeastward to
Wichita Falls area, the mlnfall
was: -
one inch, aasurtog a grain crop,
jawxed ■mAAdease Ota » **41 0**
planting, now under way; Olney
1J inches; Graham 1JB; Beymour
Daliaa received M inch.
The Abilene area reported.
Abilene 38 inch of rain; Baird
3 75 with the T. A P. lake there
catching 13 to 15 feet of water and
the Ace Hickman Ranch southeast
of Baird reporting ABB inch* of
rain; Clyde IM. Brownwood 330.
Maston 3 Inches. Brady 336.
Shackelford County from IM to
3 inches; Fort Orifftn 3.41. Albany
2M. Ban Angelo reported
inches.
Row crops and
greatly helped.
BRITAIN’S AIM IB TO BK8TORB
DENMARK'S FREEDOM
♦ LONDON, May 8—(M-The ♦
♦ restoration of Denmalk's inde ♦
♦ pendanna la on* of Britain's ♦
♦ war aims. R. A. BuUsr, under- ♦
♦ secretary for foreign affairs. ♦
♦ told a questioner in th* House ♦
♦ of Commons today. ♦
?♦****»**IBt14**18**8**Z
was picked
got sway
number of lite car
• ate for that fellow that Ones was
unable to make Ute chaae
Mr and Mrs A E Dean spent
the week-end with hU mother. Mrs.
L W Wstaon, tn Henderson where
liiey attended Decoration Dav at
the Odd Fellow* Cemetery Mrs '
Watson returned with them and!
from here will go to Little Rock to
* IK« f 1 lUab f.milv
The meek shall eat and be satis-
fled: they shall praise the Lord
that seek him, your heart shall
live forever —Psalms 22-3*.
Belflah men may possess the
earth; it is tile meek only who in-
herit from the Heavenly Father -
Dr. J. J. Taylor, State Press, says
there's no such thing u a “Jlllion-
* dollar” rain, but if this one of Wed-
nesday morning Isn't a two-jllnon-
dollar rain we miss our guess The
crops of all kinds were in need of
« just this brand of rain. 'Round-
about called attention to that fact
Tuesday, quoting some of the farm-
ers over the county, and in addi-
tion used the article of State Press
in which he refuted the word 'jil-
hon'. This most gratifying rain
refutes in no uncertain terms that
the Doctor was In error Anyway,
it's just Uie rain that will satisfy
the present moisture needs
Mr and Mrs John Crtfidle re-
cently of Pittsburg but rreidenls ot
Greenville for several years, have
* moved to Denton to make their
home, and are located in the Mrs.
Moselle Gambill home. 301 West
Sycamore. Criddle is a brother of
• the late E D Criddle. deay and
teacher in the Teacher* Ooilege fey
some 30 year*. Mr Criddle will be
■ssociated with the Jagoe Abstract
Company The family belongs to
I he Presbyterian Church.
Traffic Oop says.
Know all the traffic signals, know
wtiat to do and whet not to do
whan you see a signal.
, . ____ position
than hi* predeceaecn aad te baa
put us into gmater Jvepardy.”
* George'* baavy fire roate
rbert Morriaan. vteogaug ta-
bor leader aafi virtual OMf «f Lttb-
___ pal AwvMtaBMA ta»d
announced a atettaw tar a vote of
1 non-confidence at the ead M a tat-
ter apcech tt> which he declarM that
ny did “*«» untli Aug. 38. t»t*
grave risk of toeing 19* MR** ^5.
Picking up where tViiasbittofn
tlnished yesterday, the prime esto-
ister and his air mlnleter, air B*m-
uel Here, continued pleading the
government case With the fires toad
of the admiralty. Winston Church-
ill. still waitliH to be heard to-
night
Rising quickly after Morrison*
motion was introduced, the prime
minister declared be ehd Ms col-
leagues "will not be stow to accept
Lheir re&pQIMfbiliiy.a*
< hurchill jumped into the debate
at one point with a statement that
he took full reapMaibtttty tar every-
thing done by the admiralty.
Lloyd George snapped back:
*1 hope Mr CbureMB will not al-
low himeelf to be converted into an
air raid shatter to tanp the splin-
ters from hitttng hie coDeagues.”
Uoyd Oetrgt chained that Brit-
ain's failure to give the Norwegtans
effeettve help had undermined oth-
er nattons' reliance on Britain.
Ye Ask CeafMeaon
The government will seek to 8tBr<
the vote into a motion of config
dence. ' .al
"We shall see who is with ut
and who to nMlnpt ua,” Chamber-
lain cried. 'No -mment can
prosecute the war efficiently ubHM
it has puhilc and parttNMMMQr-
support.”
Morrlnm especially demanded th* .
ouster of Chamberlain. Air Mtafttw
Sir Samuel HCare and ChanceNtor
of the Exchequer Btt Jtfim BB8MB.
He chargrd. too, that themtam
minister was putting Winston
Churchill, fin* tord bf the atattr-
-----w — — —____k shop window” stts UmHC
H I lean that other I htan for a "shieM "
countries were in danger of inva-. Deesand Cha age
sion. I "I feel with all genuinenms that
Addressing an audience of <000 tf them men (Chamberlain. Hoara
a. >------ -I.., gfcaauj others remain ta
office, we ran a grave rfck M tarint
the war.” eaid Morriaon
Chamberlain, almost eprlnning to
a position at the dispatch tan M
front of the government bomb,
shouted:
Thia it a time of nattaual dan-
ger We are feeing a tvtontime oh-
emy who must be fought by onttnd
action of this country.
''Morrison bsgan hie epeMh Mt
♦he Ma&nofft he hm ttHBBB <H*
at the govenunant tat fiOMBKI BBtt
the attack bo hao amdo upon Itamt
and me m parttnttak, amhm to
graver stftl ”
Local endorser* of a third term
President Roosevelt swept
through the Democratic party coun-
ty convention here Tuesday after-
noon without encountering any se-
rious obstacle and woo all 14 Den-
ton County votes in the state con-
vention by securing instructions
that the local delegation vote as a
i JThe resolution presented by the
committer headed by Dr. Jack
Johnson and adopted by the con- |
vention instructs the delegation to
vrie for the renomination of Roos-
evelt for president and John Oar- <
ner for vice-president
Forecasting the outcome had been
three local ward primaries last Bat-
today. in aU of which like resolu-
tions were adopted after Garner-
roe were defeated.
Mden Hsr*i~
. __the chairmanship
of the county convention. Bullock
Hyder In a brief address praised
leadership of Roosevelt and said he
flatly opposed this county's putting
its vote on "a candidate that can-
not wiB.*
. QUtar members of the resoiuUons
committee appointed by Hyder af-
ter the conventio* voted htan that
mMBWHPYrMh—MbmamandaUon of
the n remittee or> permaMBWWMto
teation were: "Joe L. Akins Jess
Forbes. Mrs. Bam Barton. A. B.
Ivey Named by Hyder ae t iwnssit
The family of R. W. Base, cash-
ier of the First State Bank of Den-
ton. became one of the 10 typical
families of all the Weat TVxas
Chamber of Commeroe area, includ-
ing about two-thirds of Texas,
when announcement was made
Wednesday morning that the fam-
ily had been given first place in
District 4.
A fin* place winner was named,
together with alternates, in each
of the 10 districts of the West Ttar-
Marea. From this 10 one family
will be chosen aa the most
„_1 family of all of the West
Texas area and will be the recipi-
ent of a free trip and sojourn at
the New York World s FMr.
Region A in which Mr. and Mis.
Baas and two children were named
the most typical family embra< <-*
a targe group of counties hi thia
section, including Tkrrant County.
The Base family was nominated
to represent Denton In the contest,
sponsored by the West Texas
Chamber of Oommcroe and
Fort Worth Star-Ttaiegram.
BUDAPEST, May 8—(AP)
—Reports of a request for a
German army right-of-way
through Hungary and a
strong British drive to weld
the Balkans into a “defensive
alliance” gave new shape to-
day to Southeastern Europe’s
war fears.
It was generally felt that the
belligerents, searching for a bat-
tlefield. had picked this corner of
Europe as a likely place to fight.
The report of a German request
on Hungary for free passage of
BDDAPE8T, May A—UP>-Gr«M
Britain was reported in dipieasaUr
quarters tonight to have naked the
Hungarian government to state Ito
attitude toward any German move
to send troops through Hungary.
Following pubitebed reports that
Germany had requested such per-
u, Luton, tboao sources mid British
Minister Owen St. ( lair O’Malley
' 1 “**"* Hungarian Premier
man. forcTO him io the ^de of the j v<w*I>>1. u *®ctore his
a road after several attempts The
purloiner hit the road running and
up by another car and
They did not get the
So it's fortun-
(By Associated Press*
Roosevelt third term supporters
added the big California delegation
to their growing forces today ae a
result of a pemetreta primary
naticmal convention alate
pledged to the president defeated
a Garner ticket. • to 1, and held
nearly a 3 to 1 majority over the
combined vote lor Garner and two
uninstructed tickets.
While the Roosevelt candidates
were carrying virtually every Cali-
fornia county. Vice President Gar-
ner won the vast bulk of the dele-
gates chosen for the Texas state
Democratic convention and Speak-
er Bankhead (D-Ala.) was given fa-
vorite son support by the 22 na-
, tlonal delegates elected in Ala-
bama
These developments highlighted
activity Tuesday in six
states. Only one senatorial race
was involved Senator Charlm An-
drews ot Florida led for Democrat-
ic renominaUon but apparently will
be forced into a run-off primary
agsdnst Bernarr Macfadden, mag-
azine publisher and t)ew deal critic.
Despite the one-sided Roosevelt
victory in California, two Gamer
delegates may be among the 44 go-
ing to the Chicago convention.
There were two vacancies on the
third term slate, and election offi-
cials said that the two highest can-
didates on the next ticket the Gar-
ner one—would be designated to
fill them .
Running third was an uninstrucl-
ed “ham and eggs" pension delega-
tion. and fourth was a eo-callad lib-
eral left-wing group
Gov Ellis Patterson, ____
ed the Roosevelt slate ot Gcw Cui-
bert L. Olson.
And was Clay Bradford mad—or
wm he madr And it's poesible
that he would have vented his
wrath had he been able to find out
Who p<>uon*d his Italian bulldog,
which h* prirod htahiy *• • P*
end valuable as an MWt He had
refused fl(« for the dog. an unusual
♦pectes and he's still sere about
tailing K, aapeetaUy by the poison
<• route.
I m any eveni neips expmui u«e wi-
slaught which is being made on the
government in the House of Com-
mons. .
My story la in six chapters, and
I call it The Prime Minister's
Thumb." . ... . -------
Not to be tnyatorious, it has to
do with British Premier Chamber-
lain's thumb, which would seem to
have left its Imprint (but maybe
didn't > until* pages of 36 days of
burning history. Future finger-
print experts will have to settle
that point. •
The biography really la compris-
ed of extracts from my diary, and
It unfolds as follow*
CHAPTER L I Behind Italy'* present attitude
London. April 3—Britain's aging toward England and France is a
but agile prime minister. Nevile
Chamberlain, today bowed to pub-
lic Insistence on more initiative in
ths conduct of the war and made
shifts in his cabinet calculated to
- lyre er the uneasiness.
Actually the changes managed
by the adroit premier are rather
superficial with one notable ex-
ception The people have been
'clamoring for greater use of the
genius of the great Winston
Churchill, first lord of the admiral-
ty. aod Mr. Chamberlain has
granted them this boon.
CHAPTER D.
London. April A—This has been
a day of tragedy, for in the dart
hours before the dawn the Ger-
mans invaded unsuspecting Nor-1
. »y. I
I’renilet Chamberlain appeared
b< . - .
I to inform the wwsnber* that "His
Majesty s girewaint has decided
forthwith to mtaaii their tin kM
to Rcrway ang Dave intimated tnat
(taaw win fight the war in full »»-
clatkM|> Btfli Mmb£**
A great crisis is at band, but «v-
STnew. zJjPsSSra wr
operations. Winston Churchill, will
see them through and free the
Norwegians.
CHAPTER III.
London. April 11—There* some-
thing peculiar about that purported
appointment of Churchill to the
post of war director.
Mr. Chamtmtata made it clear
In the House of Commons today
that he himself remains the su-
preme director of Britain'* war at-
lort It looks as though the prime
minister has put his thumb down
again.
CHAPTER IV.
London. April IB-Premier Cham-
berlain. speaktag before the Na-
ttaMi Frte Church Council, let it
be known that be wants to stick
to his job until the war is finished
CHAPTER Y.
London. May A—The crash has
come. Premier Chamberlain dis-
closed to a shocked and tight-lip-
ped Commons that British troops
have been withdrawn from the An-
dalsnea area and that the attempt
to totes German-held Trnndhsf
from the south has been abandon-
ed.
There's been something very
wrong somewhere. The drive and
genius of Churchill haven't been in
evidence at alt I can't believe that
he has been directing the Nome
gian show.
CHAPTER VI.
London. May 7—What a day of
accounting! Pew prime ministers
have weathered such a storm of
anger aa has been heaped upon the
grey bead of Mr. Chamberlain be-
cause of the Norwegian debacle.
The premier is a fighter and stood
his ground, but ho has raised hte
thumb again and announced that
hereafter Churchill will supervise
military operations from day to
[Of. That presumably means an
extension of the first lord's previ-
ous powers.
Maybe I'M wrong but X believe
if they would give Churchill leeway
he would get renfita. Ttav sttU
need the sober Judgment >t Chani-
beriain aa a
Rte
tat „______
This may mean a fresh start for
the Antes.
EAST TEXAS: Ctoudy, Ik—dor
shower* euoskt on the seas* sm*
ta toe Lower Rto Ctay^Vidgy,
ttesi tasttght; Tteoreday t_
etewfiy. to—dorshswurs to east
eeath perttssta eeater to narto per-
thus. Prtste aeutoeast wtads — the
eaasS prabaMy siraa* a*
TEXAS: Cteny tt
tii^^Oi^lere^iw^BiB la oesitnil ^l^sd s^b^bBi
poettoa, sesaetshai eold—
“ a taaight.
_____
MBh^ad"**—"1 J
By GEORGE W. TURNER
Associated Press Staff Writer
Italy's attitude today in the Eu-
ropean war is as much an enigma
as it was 25 years ago in the first
months of the world war.
While conditions are not parallel,
the istuatlon is somewhat analo-
gous, espeicaliy as to the uncer-
tainty of her military course.
Bound to Adolf Hitler by the i
Rome-Berlin axis. Premier Mu.sso- i
Uni has held aloof from the con-
flict much as Italy maintained her .. \. *-
neutrality in the wvrld war before hia feet to declare that he Wwl-
renouncing the triple alliance with coined the challenge.
.1 : Herbert Morriaoa. vigorous labor
*. virtual csar or Lan -
don's municipal government, intro-
I duoed the vote or non-confidence at
1 the end M a bitter speech in which
he declared — - -
and his prlno
office "we ru
tag this war.'
RLsUig quickly, the prune mtnis-
‘ he and his colleagues
NEW YORK. May B.-bP»-A plan
to make it easier to travel by rail
will gn Into effect May 30 on BB
American railroads
On trips coating 8B0 or more a
prospective traveler may apply for
credit from either a travel agent
er a railway Uskst ottce IT grant-
ed. the trip can be paid for tater.
in installment*
The Traveler* Credit Corporation
will handle the financing, a »tate-
ownt by the participating railroads
said, and under the plan credit alsa
could to obtained tor Polkaon ac-
and any kitar servtes sold tore—h
railroad Uckte ofBcm oro—B mcney
orders and traveUt*' ebtjh ,
•
Taking someone eIse's -ar is
Msnewhat out of the ordinary, but
when one Is purloined tram in front
of a police officer s home, that's
going a UtUe 'bit too far But that's
what happened this week when
Franx Henderson. Aubrey citizen,
visited his sick friend Ones Hodges,
t motor officer of Denton Frani had
only been ui the Hodges house for
a few minutes, parking his car In
front Mrs. Hodges sad that she
believed tomecxie was getting in the
car and by Die time Henderson
reached the front door, the man
tiad disappeared with the ■ car
Hodges, having undergone an op-
eration. could not make chase, but
Henderson and Mrs Hodges did in
the Hodges car
Head Clerk “I am vers sorrv to
hear of your partner's death Would
you like me to take his placer
Manager Very much, if you can
get the undertaker to arrange it.”
Dm—st Rotarians 'an BtaMtter-
aMy downcast over Pref Jacksco*
defeat for District Governor at the
Greenville meeting when George
‘Kelly of Longview was elected by
a vote of 45 to M. The Denton Ro-
tarians and forty other delegates
tram over the District felt that
• Prof woukl have made an ideal Dis-
trict Governor this year, but they
can feel that Prof made a good
race, the closest count ever before
Governcr * contest
Question Is
Hundreds Due
for Field Day
Hundreds of visitor* are expected
to attend the annual spring fteM
day to be conducted at the Texas as era
Experiment Btattoi here May IB. later *
Representatives ' will come from tyiilcai
counties within a IBO-tnite radius ~
of Denton. P. B. Dunkle, station
superintendent, satai.
Beginning the day* activities at
3:30 a. m.. trained guides will ac-
company vtistors on a tour of |n*
sprction The tours will be con-
ducted with guests divided into
groups of 30 or 3*
Dunkle wiU be assisted by G R
Warren. DenUm County farm agent,
and J. N. GeamaJd, technician of
the OOC camp in Denton Neigh-
boring county agents are expected
to to present for the all-day mset-
tag. Among them wiU be M. 0.
Counts of Fort Worth. A B JoUy of
Dallas. A. S. Bryan of Gainesville
and Jack McCuUough of McKinney
‘ Picnic lunch will be served with
coffee and toe cream furnlsched by i
the Denton Onunty Chamber of
Commerce For visitor* who do not
bring their own lunches, sandwiches
wiU to svaitaBOk — the farm
grounds. Dunkle said.
From 3 to 4 o-drek in the after-
noon. Dunkle will conduct a round
table discussion on experiment
work and th* results aeon at the
state farm M* wiU answer all ques-
tions and explain any details to the
guests. - Bpeators who will have
speotal parte on the program ta-
eiude A B. Connor, director of the
experiment stations af Texas, and
M H william*, director of the state
r» » * - »*«-, r-i --m-S - - A a r**n 3* IM A
wtwrMnon torwot tl cxMiege
Uon
Britain Seeks To
Weld Balkans
For Defense.
Netherlands Intense
With Military
Preparations.
Lloyd C—
after Herbert
sure wa* made later that she bad
tad—W*AS« m ~—A r—rtt Iva TlWvVwt flffg • --- *-•
Majesty*
,frrtta*>h _______
> Norway and hare intimated that
long series of events, growing out
of dissatisfaction with the territo-
rial provtataMis of the treaty of Ver-
sailles; of other expansion *splra-
tion* notably against France, un-
satisfied or smouldering irritation
against England for her stand be-
fore and during the conquest of
Ethiopia.
But. regardless'of Musscital's de-
cision on entering the war or re-
maining neutral, a non-belligerent
partner of Adolf Hlttor. the month
of May a quarter of a century ago
was a fateful one in Italian his-
tory.
n vw ® May 2. 1815. that Italy
startled the world by renouncing
the old triple alliance, of which she
bad been a member more than 30
years An equally startling disclo-
Chamberialn appeared
the
Utt -al delegates proposed bp
that committee was adopted after
the convention defeated a move to
re-open the list so the two presi-
dents of the Denton colleges could
be added Argument defeating the
motion was that there would be no
place to call a halt if the matter of
amending and enlarging the Utt I
were taken up.
Presesitad from the floor after U
was rejected by the resolutions
committee, and adopted by the
convention, was a condemnation of
the practice of officeholders devot-
ing their official time to running
for another office It* sponsor was
James R. Wylie. Members of the
rvsotattens committee arose to *P
ptaud the sentiment of the resolu-
tion but argued they did not be-
lieve It bad any place in a conven-
tion to name delegates for a pres-
tdentlal nomination
M. t*. Ramey was named secre-
tary of the meeting. Oommlttee
cm credentials was: James R Wy-
lie. Dr. A. R Lang. T L Huggins.
T. B Davis. Mi*. C. C. Yancey. J.
A. Baker. Shirtl Peterman and Cur-
tis Warren Ou permanent organ-
ization: Dr. Spencer Stoker. Mrs.
Jack Bauds. F W. Hayden. John
B. Thoma* and 8. i. McQuinn.
Ware Delegate*
Named Denton County delegatee
to the May 3B state convention In
Waco were: Bultark Hyder. I)r.
Jack Johnson. Roh Compton. Mis.
Jack Bostoa. Joe Mitchell.
Skites. Dr. spencer Stoker. John
YMmiR.Brent C. Jackson. EM
Mta W. C. Orr. L. A McDonald.
Brace Davis. Dr. Joe Ray. Mrs 8am
Bagton Fred H Minor, Oeo M.
Mtakta* and L* O’Dell, all of Den-
tan; Fred W. Hayden. Pilot Point;
Curti* Warren- Banger; J. R
FMbea. Lewisville; 8. J McQuinn.
Rt*P‘**: 4 ■ Wilkins. Knnn; R
<k- MDOfiBCKien. rvMicwr.
Garner Has
Lead in Texas
Bv AHOCiated Press)
John Garner held a lead of tand-
*Mto 'proportions from fellow Tto-
sas who want to aoe htan abated
prtoMent as results at county con-
ent ions trickled In tqd*.v
Gamer headquarters at Dalias
case the Mlowing tabula uov of re-
turn* frosn BB t'OunUe* represent-
tng about one-fourth of all in the
state, but also. the most heavily
^nESegalaa instructed for
Garner —--------
Delegatea Instructed far
They overtook the I h<M*
I cawntry'a stand.
Tataky refeaed a definite answer,
aroarding to these inBeraaanta, aay-
I tag Hungary’* attitude wauld de-
pend on circmnrtancra when and
it Germany (ot ready to move.
her legion* into the southeast—
presumably an action to be taken
when Btrategy dictates—wa» carried
by the official Hungarian news
agency with a note skying that
thus far the report could not be
verified
H waa clrailgted on the basis
of word in Balkan diplomata- dr-
dot at redoubled British efforts to
line up Yugoslavia, Rumania. Bul-
garia. Greece and Turkey for a
united stand against any aggrea-
sion '*
AnoUier straw In the wind of
foreboding Was concurrent publi-
cation In the Sofia. Bulgaria, news-
paper Utro- so-called mouthpiece
ot Naxl Germany in Bulgaria—of
; a Berlin dispatch declaring that
made in the Governcr's control Germany and Italy were ready to
Kelly, without question, is a fine^^ formidable forces into South-
man. a long-time resident of East , Europe at the first sign of
Texas where his family ha* been • jeuon ln quarter
"In case the Allied troops vtadat-
ed any of the Balkan countries j eirciion
frontiers, the Reich will send an
ultimatum to that country de-
manding it choose Immediately one
or the other belligerent camp.”
Utro said
"In the event the country to ques-
tion failed to answer with appro-
priate speed the Reich government
would be forced to undertake any
measures it thought advisable.”
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