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DENTON, TEXAS, MONDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 21, 1936
VOL. XXXVI
NO. 32
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COLORADO RIVER REACHES
SIX OFFICIALS OF RAILWAY
HIGHEST STAGE EVER AT SAN
AUDIT CONCERN INDICTED FOR
ROAD TO MADRID
SABA; LARGE AREA FLOODED
REFUSING PROBE TESTIMONY
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T. C. Enrollment '
Shows Gain; Now
1,739 Students
Boy Dies from
Football Injury’
Probe Havana
Dynamite Blast
Testimony Ends
in Stevens Trial
S. T. Williams
Dies Near Aubrey
Army Might Aid
Flood Sufferers
Landon Also for
Crop Insurance
Texan Assumes
High Church Post
Action Taken After Men Failed to Appear Aug.
21 Before LaFollette Labor Disputes Inves-
tigation.
Rebels Claim March
To Capital Proceeds
Waters Standing Stationary at 62 Feet; More
Rain in West Texas, But Further Rise Not
Anticipated.
OFFICIALS SPEED PLANS FOR
NORMAL GRANARY SYSTEM OF
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE
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John Maclachlan, Junior in the
United States Naval Academy, who
has been here visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Maclachlan, re-
turned to Annapolis Monday, after
having spent three weeks here and
viewing the Centennial Expositions
at Dallas and Fort Worth. He will
eater his Junior year at College up-
on his return. He said that the col-
lege will have Christmas holidays,
but that he doesn’t expect to come
home then, as the vacation is so
short and he wants to save for his
next trip to Europe this coming
Summer. Maclachlan has made an
enviable reputation in his studies
at Annapolis during the two years
of his study there.
Weather permitting, the Rotari-
ans and the Baptists will this Mon-
day night at 8 o’clock play the sec-
ures are
end of that period, Dr.
Clark, dean, stated.
Full Associated Press Leased Wire
United Press Service
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Sept. 21.
—(fl3)—The weather bureau u
today that a tropical storm of “rath-
er small diameter” but “about hur-
ricane fcpce” is moving northwest-
ward through the Atlantic Ocean
about 575 miles east of Florida.
Meteorologists here said the new
storm “is small compared to the
one last week” but has picked up
near hurricane intensity.
The storm at present is about in
the lane traveled by ships en route
between Nev York and South Amer-
ica.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 21.—(fl3)—
The first native born Texan ever
to rise to the Catholic heirarchy of
this state, Rev. M. S. Garriga, re-
cent pastor of St. Cecilia’s Catholic
Church and long a prominent lead-
er in San Antonio Catholicism, was
consecrated as bishop coadjutor of
the Dioces of Corpus Christi at a
ceremony in old San Fernando Ca-
thedral.
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Slow Movement of
Corn Here, Grain
Generally Quality
Delay New Assault on
Rebels in Ruined
Alcazar Fort
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County Eyes City
For Radio Action
S. C. W. Figures
Surpass Total for
Last Fall’s Term
FORT WORTH, Sept. 21.—(fl3)—
All testimony was concluded in the
O. D. Stevens murder trial at 9:35
a. m. today, and arguments were ex-
pected to begin early in the after-
noon.
It is possible that the case may
reach the jury late this afternoon.
Last witnesses to testify were H.
W. Rhodes, the former deputy sher-
iff who found the bodies of the
Handley slaying victims, J. B. and
Harry Rutherford and Jack Stur-
divant, and who arrested Stevens;
A. Pulliam and W. T. Evans, county
investigators, and U. S. Marshal J.
R. Wright.
Rhodes, who was called by the de-
fense, testified that a shotgun and
pistol found in the Stevens hofne
at the time of his arrest, bore no
evidence of having been fired re-
cently. It developed that Rhodes
bought the shotgun from Stevens
after his first trial and had to bring
it to the court house for the trial.
New Hurricane
Now on Move
Bramlett Goes
Trial for Death
San Angelo
Cleaning Up
SAN ANGELO, Sept. 21.—(fl3)—
The razing of flood-ruined build-
ings and restoration of bridges and
public services went steadily ahead
here today with 1,000 laborers toil-
in in foe sodden ruins.
A sight-seeing crowd estimated at
100,000 persons swarmed into San
Angelo yesterday to view the mil-
lions of dollars in damage caused
last week by the worst flood in the
city’s history. The Concho River,
slashing through the heart of town,
wrecked hundreds of homes and
caused heavy losses to business con-
cerns.
city at this time last fall, 18 less
than- the present enrollment to-
tal.
under
installing sheriff's
dios immediately,
Monday.
In adding $900
county radio service to the next
year’s budget last year, at least
three of the county commissioners
suggested, the protection be addeci
to the sheriff’s equipment now.
It was pointed out, however, that
the first week in October the pres-
ent city radio contract will be UP
for reconsideration as its 12-month
term expires and the county heads
decided to wait and see whether
the city renewed the contract or
purchased the radio system out-
right.
Which action is taken may make
•a difference on the county’s ex-
pense anci allotment, some of the
commissioners seemed to feel.
County Auditor Guy Turner told
the commissioners his opinion was
they need not amend the present
years budget for radio equipment
but could simply order it drawn
out of the officers’ salary fund, un-
der the present salary law.
Flood Moves
Toward Austin
AUSTIN, Sept. 21—(TP)—Destruc-
tive flood waters of the Colorado
River moved slowly towards Austin
today but the crest still was more
than 150 miles away by river.
The United States geological sur-
vey was advised the stage at the
Red Bluff bridge between San Saba
and Lometa was 56 feet, within one
and one-half feet of the highest
ever recorded, and the river had not
reached its peak.
The drift-laden stream had begun
rising as far south as Marble Falls,
about 74 miles above Austin by wa-
ter.
The highway between Llano and
Burnet was closed at Bluffton as
the river rose rapidly there.
Officials of the Lower Colorado
River authority expressed opinion
construction work on the Buchanan
and Inks Dams, between Bluffton
and Marble Falls, would not be se-
siously damaged.
Cheese It
MEMPHIS,
There’s a conflict as to the wea-
ther for the week. Joe Akins, moon-
man, says ‘dry’ and Doc Day opines
‘wet’. The moon-man said, “I may
be wrong as I took my observations
of the moon while at the Dallas
Centennial when I was meeting with
those Georgians. Never saw such a
crowd and I may have miscalculat-
ed.” Doc Day says, “Why it is sure
to rain by Wednesday.” But this
has been designated as “Dry Week”,
and the chain-man Duncan and
first assistant Stubby Fairman join
with the moon-man in forecasting
dry weather. The hoot-owl has stop-
ped hooting, according to hoot-owl
man Hibler.
Baker Heard at
Legion Meeting
CLEVELAND, Sept. 21. —(fl3)—
Newton D. Baker, World-War-time
secretary of war, hailed the Amer-
ican, Legion today as “the guardian
of American principles of liberty”
in an international situation “that
may fill the stoutest heart with con-
cern.”
Baker’s address to the opening
session of the legion’s 18th nation-
al convention followed National
Commander Ray Murphy’s plea for
universal peace coupled with a
warning that “America cannot dis-
arm in the light of existing condi-
tions.”
AUSTIN, Sept. 21.—(TP)—Governor I
Allred expressed opposition today to I
any plan to overhaul generally the |
state tax stricture at the special I
session of the Legislature conven- I
ing Sept. 28. , |
He indicated time would not per- i
mit going into such matters as I
abolishing the ad valorem tax and |
the legislators probably would find I
their hands full in raising addition- I
al revenue for old age assistance. |
While he had no recent communi- I
cations from Washington on the j
subject, he said there were indica- I
tions the Texas pension rolls were I
nearing the limit for which Federal
matching funds would be available.
“Federal authorities said last 1
summer oui’ law was very liberal,”
the governor said, “and more might I
qualify than could be matched.”
He that walketh righteously, and
speaketh uprightly, he that despis-
eth the gain of oppression, that
shaketh his hands from holding
bribes, that stoppeth his ears from
hearing of blood, and shuteth his
eyes from seeing evil; he shall dwell
on high.—Isaiah 33, 15-16.
Mightiest powers by deepest calms
are fed.—B. Caldwell.
A markedly heavier docket was
before Corporation Court Monday
morning, with week-end police fil-
ings totalling 15 traffic cases. Four
other cases filed during the week,
two charging drunkenness and two
gaming, brought the week’s total to
19.
Of the 15 traffic cases, Mayor J.
L. Wright took three pleas of guilty
to speeding and levied $5 fines, two
pleas of guilty to violating traffic
ordinance (particular offense not
specified on the docket) and levied
$1 fines. Four cases charging park-
ing in a fire lane and two charging
parking in a loading zone were ex-
cused. One case charging speeding,
one charging parking in a loading
zone, two charging parking over-
time, remained to be disposed of.
Aside from traffic cases, Wright
received pleas of guilty on one
drunkenness case and the two gam-
ing cases and levied $13 fines in
each case, with the other drunken-
ness case remaining to be disposed
of. In one of the gaming cases, the
defendant had been fined $10 and
costs, a total of $22, but the amount
was reduced to $5 and costs when it
was brought to the court’s attention
the ordinance provides a $5, not a
$10, minimum for gaming in Den-
A minimum fine
agreed.
AUSTIN, Sept. 21.—(TP)—United
States army authorities at Wash-
ington have advised Governor Allred
the eighth corps headquarters at
San Antonio would supply 500 tents,
cots, and blankets if needed for use
of flood sufferers in the Colorado
River flood area.
eight to report by January 1 n a
“long term program for the efficient
utilization of the resources of the
great plains area.”
In a letter to Wallace and the
other members of his committee—
Eastward Ho
MARTINSDALE, Mont.—Two
young Buffalo are being brok-
en to harnes at a ranch near
here by Cortland Du Rand. He
plans to show them in New
York in 1939.
Does advertising pay? Wheatstone
invented the telegraph before
Morse. Alcock and Brown flew the
Atlantic before Lindbergh. And
there are 26 mountains in Colorado
higher than Pike’s Peak. Yet for ev-
ery person who ever heard of
Wheatstone, Brown and Mt. Ev-
ans, there are hundreds who know
of Sam Morse, Pike’s Peak and the
“Flying Colonel”. Pike’s Peak gets
the tourists because it’s always been
advertised. And the other moun-
tains? Well, they just sit back and
grouch—about business being rot-
ten.
EAST TEXAS—Partly cloudy to-
night and Tuesday; scattered show-
ers in south portion Tuesday, Light
to moderate northeast to southeast
winds on the coast.
WEST TEXAS—Partly cloudy to-
night and Tuesday with local show-
ers.
OKLAHOMA—Partly cloudy to
unsettled tonight and Tuesday, pos-
sibly showers in central portion.
A yam from Salt Lake City: A
policeman found a drunk leaning on
a parking meter, putting nickel af-
ter nickel into the thing. “Whatta
you think you are doing, my friend,’’
asked the officer. “This darn slot
machine is crooked. I’ve put in $3.75
and it hasn’t hit a single time.”
Sanger defeated the Krum base-
ballers in their second game at
Krum Sunday afternoon to the tune
of four to one in a hot, well play-
ed game. The third and deciding
game of the series to determine the
county championship will be play-
ed next Sunday at Krum. Krum
won the first game 1 to 0 and San-
ger took the second.
Yes, Jim Seaborn was here Sat-
urday for his usual weekly visit with
his many friends in Denton and
over the county, and the nice part
of the visits is that his friends come
to see him. They know just about
where to find him each Saturday
and they gravitate around the West
side looking on the fenders as they
pass. They were not disappointed
Saturday as Jim was present in the
usual place. Not only does he ob-
ject to the frequent moving of the
cars, but he’s very particular about
the kind of fenders. He doesn’t like
those fenders with the high crease
in ’em—he prefers, he says, flat ’uns,
as they’re lots more comfortable.
Mrs. E. H. Piner, one of Denton’s
pioneer citizens, received news of the
birth of her 16th great grandchild
when a daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Finis Cowan, of Dallas.
The baby’s name is Alice Cowan.
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ond of the three-game schedule for
the championship in the Civic Soft-
ball League. The game was sche-
duled for. last week, but rain-week
caused the postponement of the
games.
Samuel Thomas Williams, 84,
pioneer citizen of Denton County,
died at his home near Aubrey Tues-
day morning. Funeral services were
■conducted by Rev. R. L. Stanley,
pastor of Antioch Baptist Church,
assisted by Rev. Neal McNatt, a
friend of the family. Burial was in
the Belew cemetery. Pallbearers
were grandsons, Eugene Yarbrough,
James Turner. Curtis Hoffman, J.
D. Hoffman. Elvin Williams and
Jack Strickland. Flower girls were
granddaughters, Lucille Hoffman,'
Fein Strickland, Addie Mae Lillie
Kate and Estelle Williams.
Williams is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Lula E. Williams and eight
children as follows: Mrs. O. C.
Riser, Mrs. W. R. Yarbrough and
Frank and Floyd Williams of Au-
brey, Mrs. J. L. Hoffman (anjd
G. W. Williams of Benoit, Mrs. C.
L. Howell of Ballinger and Mrs.
C. M. Doyle of Shallow Water.
He is also survived by 28 grand-
children and 12 great-grandchil-
dren anj a niece, Miss Ada Cook,
who had been at his bedside since
he became ill
Williams was born in Pike Coun-
ty, Miss. Sept. 25, 1852. He was
married Nov. 9, 1873, at Opelousa,
La., to Miss Lula E. Nelson. In
1876, the couple came to Texas, set-
tling near Aubrey. He joined the
Mustang Baptist Church in 1888, at
the age of 36. He was a member
of the Antioch Baptist Church
the time of his death.
ROUND
ABOUT
to come in, in small numbers, dai-
ly, the enrollment total at noon
Monday at S. C. W. was 2,242
students. This figure represents an
increase of seven over the total
enrollment for the whole of the
first semester at the college, last
year, according to President L. H.
Hubbard. Several days yet remain
for enrolling.
No figures were given out on
graduate enrollment at the school,
since graduate students continue
to enroll through the first two weeks
of the session and enrollment fig-
not significant before the
H.
The present total enrollment in
the public schools of Denton is
1,886 pupils.' according to figures
given out by schoql principals, Mon-
day morning. All principals named
their enrollment figure an increase
over that of this time last year,
and pupils are continuing to en-
roll daily.
Enrollment by schools is as
lows: Senior High School 580; Jun-
ior High School 490; R. E. Lee
School 252; Stonewall Jackson
School 188; Sam Houston School
Fred Douglas Negro School
Dr. A. G. Black, chief of the bu-
reau of agricultural economics; H.
R. Tolley, Agricultural Adjustment
Administrator; Wayne C. Taylor,
assistant secretary of the treasury,
and Ernest G. Draper, assistant sec-
retary of commerce—the president
said:
“The government’s long - time
drought and land use program
should be completed and put into
operation at the earliest possible
moment and immediate steps are to
be taken with this objective.
“The time has come to work out
permanent measures guarding farm-
ers and consumers against disasters
of both kinds (price collapses re-
sulting from surpluses and disap-
pearance of foreign markets, and
failure of crops due to drought.)
Crop insurance and a system of
storage reserves should operate so
expressed
the explsion was planned
by Spanish residents who became
angry over publication of Span-
ish civil war news in two Havana
newspapers.
The blast yesterday wrecked the
plant of the newspaper El Pais.
Police prevented dynamiting of
tlie offices of the newspaper Diario
De La Marina by breaking wires
attached to 1,000 sticks of dyna-
mite outside the latter’s establish-
ment.
Four persons were injured fatally
in the explosion and at least 20
others were sent to hospitals. Only
slight hope for recovery of some
of the injured was expressed by
physicians.
In addition t0 the newspaper
plant, the blast demolished the
Catholic Church Nuestra Senora De
Monserrate across the street from
the El* Pias offices.
Enrollment at the Teachers Col-
lege at noon Monday stood 140
students ahead Of the figure at
this time last fall, according to
Dixie Boyd, business manager. At
noon, 1.739 students had complet-
ed registration at the college, while
the 1935 figures at this time was
1,599 students.
Figures on endollment in the
graduate division of the college
are as yet incomplete, according
to Dr. L. A. Sherp, director.
TOPEKA, Kas., Sept. 21.—(fl3)—
Gov. Alf M. Landon said today
that “the question of crop insur-
ance should be given the fullest
attention.”
The Republican presidential can-
didate took this position in a twb-
paragraph statement which he said,
was an excerpt from tomorrow’s
Des Moines farm speech. It was
given to newsmen when they asked
comment on President Roosevelt’s
announcement, of the appointment
of committees to work out a crop
insurance plan leading to ‘better
permanent protection against the
drouth.”
Denton County officials are
awaiting the action of the City
of Denton as to disposition of its
police radio contract before tak-
ing under further consideration
department ra-
they indicated
Generally of good quality, but
never attaining a movement of much
volume, Denton County corn con-
tinued to come to market in a slow,
steady trickle this week, buyers said.
Prices varied considerably because
of a variation in the condition of
the grain. The fact some farmers
are less careful in cleaning out nub-
bins from grain marketed made the
divergent quotations, buyers said,
shelled white corn, No. 2, being
quoted from $1 to $1.05 per bushel
locally Monday. Shelled yellow drew'
a 95-cefit quotation on a No. 2 ba-
sis.
Corn harvesting, proceeding slow-
ly, probably will continue through
next month, local buyers predicted.
Saturated
Snake
Market
---- (By Associated Press) ——-
DELAWARE, O.—Cut prices
brought a decline in business
but no protest from Herbert jl.
Manville who had offered five
and 10 cents each, depending
on size, for snakes slain along
the Olentagy River.
Mam file said he paid for 1,
248 snakes, then cut the boun-
ties to one and five cents.
And he buried every snake
brought in, to prevent double
payment.
Tenn.—a patent
suit between two cheese com-
panies ended in an agreement
to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned, including the court at-
taches, who ate the exhibits.
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y - ? 203;
probably would be called for 173.
trial in the District of Columbia Z;
Federal District Court early this enrolled in public schools of the
winter.
Alvin L. Newmeyer, attorney for
Rice, said he expected all, six of the
men to make arrangements “soon”
for their surrender and release on
bail. None was present today when
the indictments were returned.
The citation on which the indict-
ments were based was signed by
Vice President John Nance Garner
at the request of the La Follette
committee, which halted its first
hearing abruptly last month when
the six officials failed to appear.
CHILDRESS, Sept. 21.—(fl3)—Wai-
. 2i lace Jones Jr., 15-year-old high
urarnpd school freshman, was dead here to-
day, the first football fatality re-
ported in' Texas this season.
He died yesterday from an infec-
tion caused by a bruised leg receiv-
ed in football practice. He was a
member of the Childress Bobcat
football squad.
HAVANA, Sept. 21.—(fl3)—Hun-
dreds of prisoners jammed Ha-
vana’s city jail today as police,
aided by cabinet officials, pushed
investigation of a dynamite blast
which killed four persons and
wrecked two buildings.
Informed authorities
belief
Bernard AV- Kearneey, above, the
senior vice commander of the
Ve^rans of Foreign Wars, was
elected commander-in-chief of the
organization at its Denver conven-
tion. a district attorney from Glov_
ersville, N. Y., his military career
dates back to 1909.
Government 7 brows
Four Divisions
Into Battle
New Trial Asked
for A. C. Ward
TEXARKANA, Sept. 21.—(fl3}—At-
torneys filed today a motion for a
new trial for A. C. Ward, given 35
years Saturday as an accomplice
to murder in the death of Prof.
J. H. Van Zan, mystic, victim of
an explosion and the in Ward’s
Grocery.
The lawyers said exceptions would
would be completed scon and a
hearing was expected Friday.
With late enrollments continuing rujned Alcazar while snipers search_
■ come in, in small numbers, dai- 1 out new machine gun
' nests installed in the wreckage.
Madrid reports stated Jt-Oday^
battle at Santa Olala lasted 14
hours and was one of the fiercest
of the entire war, now nearing ten
weeks old.
Government airplanes attacked
Talavera, but their bombs caused
no casualties.
At Geneva, Portugal's foreign
minister in a signed newspaper
article declared “a Communist vic-
tory or anarchy in Spain would
mean war for us,” but insisted
Portugal was not intervening in the
dispute. ,
GENEVA, Sept. 21—(fl3)—Haile
Selassie won a preliminary skir-
mish today in his * fight to save
the lyost kingdom of Ethiopia a
seat on the League of Nations as-
sembly.
The league credentials commit-
tee notified the assembly it had
.approved the credentials of all
delegations except Ethiopia, on
which a special report would be
submitted later.
However, members of the com-
mittee announced that under the
rules, the Ethiopians might sit in
the assembly until that body de=
Some members of the credentials
group said the question of seating
or unseating Ethiopia was so com
plicated it might require an opin-
ion from the World Court.
The Ethiopian decision will con-
stitute a historic precedent,’ said
one member. It may have an influ-
ence on the future rights of other
smaller powers in Europe.”
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21—(AP)—Six officials of the
Railway Audit and Inspection Company were indicted to-
day by a day by a Federal grand jury for their refusal to
testify Aug. 21 before the LaFollette senatorial committee
investigating alleged civil liberties violations in labor dis-
putes.
Each official was separately charg-
ed with “conumacy” on two counts,
under a law passed at the last ses-
sion of Congress'. They , were accus-
ed of “willfully, knowingly and un-
lawfully” failing to appear at the
committee’s hearing, and, second-
ly, of failing to produce records sub-
poenaed by the investigators.
'those indicted were: W. W.
Groves, president of the industrial
firm; W. Boone Groves, vice presi-
dent; James Blair, secretary-trea-
surer, and J. C. Boyer, operative,
all of Pittsburgh; L. Douglas Rice,
vice president and general manager
of the Philadelphia office and Rob-
ert S. Judge, New York attorney.
Heavy Penalty
Conviction for the cuntumacy
would carry a penalty of from $100
to $1,000 and imprisonment up to 12
months. The mandatory jail sen-
tence could be suspended at the dis-
cretion of the trial judge.
Assistant United States District
Attorney Charles Murray said the
case ]
Heavier Docket
in City Court,
15 Traffic Cases
It may not happen again—it’s
been most unusual in the past but
in recent weeks three cars have
backed shemselves from the curb
around the Court House, fortunate-
ly doing very little damage. The
last one broke the globes in the
light standard at the Safeway Store.
The owners forgot to see that the
brakes were on and failed to put
the car in gear. As a result the cars
Started backing down the incline.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. — (fl3)—
Acting under a mandate from Presi-
dent Rdosevelt, officials speeded
plans today for an “ever normal
granary” system of crop insurance
and a long-time program designed
to combat drought on the great
plains.
Before departing from Washing-
ton last night to attend his mother’s
82nd birthday party at Hyde Park,
N. Y., the president announced the
appointment of two committees to
work out a • permanent “drought
and land use program” for submis-
sion to the next Congress.
Secretary Wallace heads the new
five-man committee to work out a
plan of all risk” crop insurance in
co-operation with national farm or-
ganizations.
Morris L. Cooke, rural electrifica-
tion administrator, was named
chairman of a special committee of that the surpluses of fat years could
be carried over for use in the lean
years.”
The president suggested it “may
be found wise” to limit the appli-
cation of the plan the first year to
one or two major crops.
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Selassie Wins« v.
First Round i
League Contest
Mfc j
» 21.—(fl3)—■
Saavedra Lamas, Ar-
gentine Foreign Minister, was
elected President of the League
of Nations Assembly tonight.
ROUND TRIP FLYERS
NEW YORK
NE WYORK, Sept. 21.—(fl3) *
4* —Dick Merrill and Harry 4*
4> Ribhman brought down their 4*
41 silvery monoplane “L a d y 4s
4* Peace” at Floyd Bennett air-
4- port at 12:18 p. m. (CST) to- 4>
4* day to complete a round trip 4*
4* transAtlantic flight to London 4*
4* begun September 2. 4*
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(By Associated Press )
Maqueda, key to the high-
ways to Madrid and Tole-
do, became the crossroads
of Spain’s bloody civil con-
flict today.
From both Madrid and from the
insurgent high command at Tal-
avera came reports of a bloody bat_
tie for possession of the junction
from , which a smooth road leads
direct to Madrid, 45 miles away.
The government announced, it
had thrown four divisions of Moors
back at Santa Olalla, near Ma-
queda, after the attackers had,
penetrated several kilometers east
through defending lines.
(it almost the same hour, an
(insurgent radio broadcast from
Seville said the Fascists had cap-
tured Santa Olaloa, which is the
last town before Maqueda.
Fail to Half Advance
Delayed dispatches from Tala-
vera, however, said massed govern-
ment forces had. during the week-
end, failed to halt the advance
of Gen. Francisco Franco’s col ■
umns, and that the capture oif
Maqueda wras but a matter of days.
In Toledo, government mop-up
bombing squads delayed a new as-
sault on the insurgents still be-
sieged in the dynamited and the
Again Saturday brought one of
those really big crowds to Denton,
and all seemed to be having a big
time visiting their friends both in
Denton and from ovei’ the county.
Again Denton merchants used con-
siderable advertising space in the
Semi - Weekly Record - Chronicle.
Surely, surely there’s a connection
between the unusually large crowds
and the ad-invitations to out-of-
town shoppers. People just naturally
go places they’re invited and the ad-
vertising columns of the Semi-
Weekly Record-Chronicle give an
excellent place to extend such invi-
tations to people over the county
who do not take the Daily. There is
no duplication of subscribers in the
Daily and Semi-Weekly, which is
published on Monday and Thurs-
day nights. This week, Mr. Mer-
chant, you may want to extend an
invitation to these people, and, if
so, just call 64 or 184 and ask for
the ad-man.
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CARTHAGE, Sept. 21.—(fl3)—Ter-
rence R. Bramlett went on trial for
his life today, accused of murdering
the crippled husband of the woman
with whom he had been carrying
on an illicit love affair.
A 25-year prison sentence was giv-
en Saturday to Mrs. Reable Childs
for he/ alleged part in what the
state claimed was a plot to remove
Marlie Childs from interference
with their secret romance.
There was little likelihood the
panel would be completed before to-
morrow afternoon, attorneys said.
It was announced at the opening
of proceedings that Bramlett, 21,
one - time Civilian Conservation
Corps laborer, would plead inno-
cence.
Save My ‘Child’
KANSAS CITY, <Kas.—Into
the smoke and fire of a drug
store charged fire captain Art.
thur Mercier.
“Help, help,” someone
pealed frantically.
Almost suffocated, he groped
his way toward the source
of the cry, finally locating it
behind a counter.
There ia radio, tuned to a
crime story, was going full blast.
SAN SABA, Sept. 21—(AP)—The rampaging Colo-
rado River reached a stage today of 62 feet—two feet high
er than ever before—as its destructive waters spread wide-
ly over the San Saba bridge area.
Apparently the flood crest had
reached foe bridge, for it held sta-
tionary at 62 feet. The water was
raging two feet below the bridge
flooring and all houses in the vi-
cinity were under water.
No additional loss of life was
reported.
All telephone connections through
that section were out of service
and traffic over the bridge op
Highway 74 was blocked. ,
The Bluffton bridge was closed,
with water pouring around each ap
proach. The river was (at a stage
there of 42 feet and still rising.
Traffic on Highway 29 between
Llano and Austin had to be routed
through Fredericksburg.
The angry river had reached a
depth of 14 feet at the Buchahan
Darn, eight miles downstream from
Bluffton. A 60=foot stage and still
rising was reported at Red Bluff.
More Rainfall
There was additional rainfal last
night in parts of West Texas
but the precipitation was rot like-
ly to affect the flood, which was
caused by terrific rains last week
on the Colorado watvashea.’Wichi-
ta Falls reported meh rain and
1.85 inches over the|
Plainview
week-end.
The Wichita River and other
streams in the vicinity of Wichita
Falls .were receding and no imme-
diate flood danger was in prospect
there.
New territory was inundated
hourly by flooq wator of the Colo-
rado, howeyer, ai ’ -y
age mounted by conservative es- _ , \
timates past the $.1000,006 mark. Farlos Saavedra 1
Approximately 1,500 persons were
driven from their homes.
Two Dead
The death list miraculously re-
mained at two. Observers believed
a greater loss of life was prevent-
ed by adequate warnings and ef-
fective work of rescuers.
The crest was somewhere be-
tween Regency and Chadwick,
more than 100 miles upstream from
Austin, the state capital. Observ-
ers said the river apparently was
not flattening out much as it
moved south and therefore was
maintaining an extraordinary high
■crest.
Between 200 and 300 persons
were driven from their homes in
San Saba County and damage ‘ to
agriculture alone was placed be-
tween $250,000 and $300,000.
number of communities were iso-
The river had reached a
stage of 52 feet and was still ris-
ing.
The little town of Bend was de-
serted with its score of stores and
houses vacated. Water was deep in
the streets and still rising. Resi-
dents fled as warnings were broad-
cast, taking with them as many
of- their personal belongings as they
could move to higher land.
The Red Cross and other relief
agencies were mobilizing their or-
ganization. Many of the homeless
were being sheltered in churches
and schools. State highway officers
were on duty throughout, the area.
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