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DAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 15, 1929
VOL. XXVIII
NO. 209
8 PAGES
OAK CLIFF WINS
FARM RELIEF AND TARIFF
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Pay Tribute to
Bailev at Tram
Man Slain, Wife
Wounded in Axe
Murder Mystery
Building Permits
SL8IM) for II eek
REVISION PROBLEMS FACE
SPECIAL CONGRESS SESSION
Body of Officer
Killed in Plane
Leap Is Located
Stormy Session
in Prospect
Longview Area
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New Body Predominated by Old Faces, With
Republicans in Control; Farm Bill Without
Equalization Fee Prepared.
who
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other applying city and received the
support of the ciub The bill rec-
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strongly Republican than that
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Teachers College
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Silver Reported
in San Antonio
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a nds of uouars
f-f-st plc’urer. front t ;/■ • imado-swept district of
■ how n here Above t' 'it
niaiiu d of the 1 time < f V.’
age of their dweliir
the tornado zone .. .
nd from Marshall, Halbmlle. Gil-
mer, Glurte-valer. <
derson, Field* and Jefferson
atmosphere ut the capital is mixed
with expectancy and doubt.
Republican and Democratic lead-
ers are at odds over the program of
business and the House and Senate
apparently already are at gri|>s ov-
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Slightly cooler weather Is expect-
ed in Denton tonight, however, no
frost is predicted Temperature
ranged from a high of 84 to a low
of 50 Sunday Mostly fair weather
Is promised for tonight and Tues-
day Just a year ago Sunday Den-
ton County was visited by a killing
frost ana the fruit crop was cut
down very materially at that time
This year accortiing to fruit men.
Denton County has one of the best
crops in prospect that has been
seen in many years. Several grow-
ers have rtated the opinion that if
the 15th of this month would pass
without a killing frost that a bum-
per yield of fruit would be produc-
ed in the county.
ST LOUIS. April 15— The body
of Lieut. Sharpley Gray of the Mis-
souri National Guard air unit was
found today in a field near Gumbo,
20 miles west of here. The lieuten-
ant had Jumped from his plane
when its motor stalled while on a
return trip from Jefferson City
yesterday The flyer’s parachute was
found intact, strapped to his body
with the release cord still in his
pcKket, indicating he had failed to
pull the ring.
Captain William Wimer
also leaped from the plane
made a safe parachute landing
Budding permits issued in Den-
ton ffaH^ wet k rear hed a tot a 1
$4 800 and were as follows:
To Joe S. Gambill, to erect
SAN ANTONIO. April 15— A
search for Bob Silver, who escaped
from the state prison farm near
Huntsville last Friday, wax taken
up here today following a report
that he nad been seen here.
apparen'ly f
of "freeze-out
in a
street
League Parley-
Opens Io Pare
Way for World
Arms Agreement
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ora loyal garrison seemed to b •
growing more remote, additional
American forces were moved <
to that town
The rebel army encampment to
the south of the local garrison was
said to number 1.000 men since the
removal of other revolutionary
troops to San Blas. Sonora for a
final stand against federal forces
April 15
impressive
Cleveland
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Farm Bill Pro visions
A farm bill which meets presiden-
Denton tial approval has been mad? ready
for action in the House by the ag-
riculture committee of that body. It
carries $500,000,000 for a govern-
ment revolving fund to be admin s-
tered by n federal farm board which
will lend It to farm cooperatives so
they may hold surpluses from the
pro-
moting orderly marketing It bears
no hint of the equalization fee.
The debenture plan is being res-
Heavv Loss in
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claims. but ■
I urrecled in the Senate where the
j agriculture committee has failed as
yet to report any measure. Chair-
man McNary called it to meet be
fore the opening of the session this
morning in hope of a final vote
The pending Senate bill varies in
considerable detail from the Houiie
bill and will vary more if the deben-
I lure plan is tacked on as an amend-
likely.
Bailey and I were very doer
Ida; though we differed in pol-
I at -times it never mode any
.erence in our feelings toward
eacbotMT- ..
on
Enst Oak Street, to cost $4 000: to
C. P. Taliaferro, to build sheetiron
warehouse on East McKinney St,
to cost $300: to W J Holland, to re-
pair house on West Sycamore St.,
to cost $300 to H P Sprrt.gfns, to
erect cold drink stand on North
Locust St., to cost $200
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DENTON, TEXAS, MOP
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I R. 3. Gamer, whose name was
written in on the ticket for School
[Trustee, said "I’m looking for the
inan who cast his vote for me, as I
want to rewaru tiiin. A friend talk-
png with Gamer and Roundabout
paid. “Wliy, Bob. you know that’s
k bluff about your offering a re-
ward. as there was only one vote
kW for you—just keep that reward
or yourself ”
g Tornado Tore Through*Arkansas
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Congress Today
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BY UNITED PRESS
j Senate;
i Meets at noon to swear in four
! Senators, adopt routine resolutions
I and adjourn until tomorrow.
Agriculture comnfittee considers
; farm bill.
| House:
Entire House membership sworn
in by Clerk William Tyler Page
Meets’ for n o^antMttoii,
Rep. Nicholas Longworth,
sjaojjjo jaqt
Chairman Ni
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Photos Show Hoir Death Dealix
niSTKHT FEDERATION CON-
VENTION AT TLI.ER
TYLER, April 15.—Two hundred
club women arrived here today for
the third district etonventton of the
Texas Federation of Women’s
Clubs. A number of entertainment
programs have been arranged.
Excise Tax Bill
For Gasoline I s
Mvron T, Herrick Ready for House
J B. Farris and Eli P Cox have
Wturned from a ten day trip to
Valley country. Cox
’’The old
looks
a trip
*;ril 15 Thous- oul
damage was done i pledge:.
| by i> heavy lia.il storm here last , Storm signals are flying from
i night. Gregg County farmers re-; the nuuts of both Imuses and the
Worth, fourth.
3-4 inch.
220-yd. tow
Grand Prairie.
I Maury Hughes of Dallas while Will
U*a «•*$ ' $•• ncotefivsrv • »v ♦ li »• tarrwes- ci i -
Fa ror Wh itesboro
for Stale Dairy
Station L o cation
have supported her <
sinc< Cooke County was said not to
be an applicant Whitesboro was
GENEVA April 15 The
gur of Nation* preparatory
mission on disarmament convened |
here today with representatives ot
nat.ors that belon; to the League
and two others, the United States
and Soviet Russia, present.
In the meetings which were
fellow the commission hoped
pave the way for a world wide dis
armament agreement.
morning as
arrived
! crowd c; 50 000
strts'ts a, tie cortege wended
way to
I r.il
[ Cordons of mounted jiohce and I
the I
provided that it should be hx'ated
in the senatorial district which
contains Cooke and Grayson Coun-
1 ics.
The club appointed a committee 1 ment which now appears
1 The Senate bill now carries a
1 vclving fund of but $350.000 two
Negro Woman Is
Being Tried
Murder Charges
—
Trial of Thelma Pratt, charged
with murder in connection with the |
de»th of her husband.
Pratt, her» more than
ago, was under way
Court Monday.
At noon only three jurors had
b«en selected and it was thought
Gtl probably would require all
„ the aftWTroon <0 Meuro the 13
jurprs who will decide Hie case
Thi- woman is being defended by
CAT SPRING. April 15 Th-'
state bank of Cut Spring was part-
ly wrecked bv an explosion
night believed to have bet n
work ot bank robbers.
The blast failed to open the safe
however, and the only money Isot
was about $5 hr pennies, it was said
after a check nad been made today.
Thp tools used to enter the bank
were stolen from n blacksmith
shop, officers said
WASHINGTON, April 13—Faced with the task of
rolving two 1 iindanietital American problems, 'a special
. ession of the 71st Congress met today at the call of Pres-
•dent Hoover to begin work on bills to aid agriculture and
o revise the tariff law
Tt was a new Congress but it was ' — - • 1 —
predom.nated by cld faces and its : r» • r» ,
I politic al makeup was much more | f* V nPriniPFU
strongly Republican than that o. | LaApCI llllClll 1 di Ill,
the Congress which went otrt ot <.t
' tire on March 4
|
1 House consideration when
ushered in the session
I equalization f.~? which w
' tactful to the Coolidge
] trution, it would create
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♦ Representative Ixingworth of ♦
♦ Ohio wes le-elected speaker +
♦ of the House cf Representa- ♦
♦ fives today by a vote of 2.59 ♦ .
♦ againat 143 for Representative ♦ and the Green Jackets, service club
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When the funeral train bearing
the body of former United States
Senator Joseph Weldon Bailey from
Dallas to aGtnesville. where burial
was to take place Monday after-
noon. halted at the T Ac P. sta-
tion here for a brief time shortly
after 1 o’clock, a number of the
statesmen's friends had gathered
there to pay tribute to the dlstln
guished North Texas. Some of his
friends boarded the train here and
accompanied the body to nGInes-
ville.
Simple Funeral Service
DALLAS. April 15—Simple fun-
eral services were held at the First
Preabyterian Church here for Jo-
seph Weldon Bailey, former Unit-
ed- States senator for Texas, who
died suddenly at Sherman Satur-
day
After the services here the body
was placid aboard a special train
for Gainesville Where burial ser-
vices are to be held this afternoon.
The body will be placed beside that
of Mr. Bailey’s first wife.
Several hundred persons were ex-
pected to accompany the body to
Gainesville.
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TO WORK GRIBBLE SPRINGS
CEMETERY APRIL 17
“Cemetery working" will be held
at the Gribble Springs cemetery on
Wednesday, April 17. All Interest-
ed JKt urged to be present with a
limn and their own tools, it is an-
nouMM. , *
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 15.—
A woman was assaulted and beaten
and lier husband was killed by an
axe muiderer here today
house directly across the
from the scene of an axe murder
las! Mav
The attack occurred while
couple, Mr and Mrs
Wharton, lav in bed Wharton, who
was 30 years old. died without re-
gaining consciousness. His wife was
unable to give a description of the
assailant. Two children sleeping in
the same room were unharmed
The earlier crime in which a wo-
man was .‘.lain has not been solved.
The Special train carrying the
body of tormer Senator J W Bailey
stopped in Denton Monday after-
noon at 1:15 on its way to Gaines-
ville where burial will be made A
great number of the former friends
and admirers were at the station to
|>ay their respects to the memory of
Senate Bailey and several Denton
people went on to Gainesville to
attend the funeral services Sena-
tor Baitoy had many friends In
Denton County which was a part
of the congreastonal district which
first sent him to Congress Denton
friends were shocked by the news
of his sudden death. John A. Alex-
ander, who formerly lived in
Gainesville, said "The news was
n terrible shock to me and it is
extremely difficult for me to say
nnythJng. We were friends for
mwy yeato aTi!rT have been tor
him through many public issues. I
admired him immensely—I think
he was one of the gretaest states-
men this country ever prcUuced.
YHs Ifftebect was wonderful and his
lieait was just as big. He devoted
hla tune, his thought and ability to
his country which has suffered a
great loss in his deatih." H M. Rus-
sell. another admlrei,
t iled witn Senator I alley when he
made hu> race for CpngivM In thia
district and since that time 8ena-
here last ,
> re-
ported It will be necessary to re-
plant practically all of their laud.
Two persons received minor injur-
ies..
Ht«vy damatte also wax rvport-
(*n7fhiigy* lien- jpr the farm b111 Mr Hoover wants
to held the business, to farm relief
1 and restricted tariff revision but un-
I less strong arm methods arc used
effectively Congress may be here all
summer discussing problems of the
nation, including prohibition. Wall
Street speculation and the social
status of Mrs. Gann
college
. Reid. Colorado; R. M
lew Boston; H C. Mos-
- L. BI
Harllngin;
H N. OrovM, Georgetown. Frank
Patterson Jr.. Fort Worth.
After visiting the Teaehen Col-
lege the legislative party was driv-
en to the Experiment Station where
they inspected the farm and were
shown the need of improvements
The visitors compliments Super.n-
tendent Paul Dunkle on the ap-
pt arance of the farm
The group spent Saturday morn-
ing at the College of Industrial
Arts
DALLAS. April 15,-Twenty Uni-
ted States army air reserves, heav-
j ily armed, stood guard today over
j three Vought Corsair planes that
r: ached Dallas Sunday en route to
: Mexico for use by the federalists,
j Decision to place a guard over
| the ships followed receipt of infor
| mation by Lieut. Barry Wedding-
| ton. executive officer of Love field,
i that a Mexican reb4 agent
| been promised $10,000 to <
' the ships before they reached the
federate of Mexico.
The rebel agent was reported at
Love Field when the planes landed.
Col. Samuel Rojas of the Mexican
Federal army was in command of
the three ships and piloted one The
ether two are being piloted by
Lit ut Rodolfeo Torres and Lieut
Raul Az-carate. The fliers flew here
from Springfield. Ill. after start-
I ing originally from New’ York City
They planned to take off Monday
for Laredo where they will cross
into Mexico
At a
WASHINGTON April 15
drier and more Republican
ress elected last fall with President
Hoover convened ui its fit st ses-
sion here al noon today to carry
Herbert Hoovers campaign
. to the farmers
Storm signals are
WALLACE. Idaho. April 15 -
Scores of miners, working in relays,
made a desperate effort today to
rescue two minera entombed in a
cave-in of the old Frisco mine,
four miles north of here.
The rescue workers heard faint
erket from the men this morning
and redoubled their efforts to reach
the victims. John Oscar Johnson
and Jotn Amonaon. who were
thought dead since late Bunday.
AUSTIN. April 15 -The bill
which would substitute an excise
tax tor an occupation tax on gaso-
1 Im. t he substitution to stop "leaks"
HLNTSVTLLE. April 15-
A charge of wdlfully permitting
convicts to escape against C. A.
Thompson, a guard at the Wynne
state prison farm near here, was
dismissed today on motion of Dis-
trict Attorney A T McKinney, who
said the evidence was insufficient.
Reiterating the allegation that
he was being made the ’’goat’’ in
tji» escape of Bob Silver and four
other convicts Friday night,
Thompson said he proposed to go
before the Walker County grand
— Jury amt telt what he knew
prlton condition®. ”
Boyd is assisting in the prosecu-
tion of the case.
work who have beef calves and that
class will be well represented next
in 11. On suggestion of Secretary
Chas. P Pierce it was decided to
leave the date for the annual
meeting to a committee composed
of the officers of the club. It was
suggested that the meeting be held
at the Underwood farm, the date to
be set later arid every member
to bring his own lunch. The com-
mittee it. to arrange a program ’
which will feature boys’ club work |
and training in Judging cattle.
Il was announced that a live
stocs shov would be held in Den-
ton next fall with the addition of a
poultry show and a corn show for
club boys.
It was voted that meetings would
be held every 30 days during the
year and that the next, meeting
would be called by President J. H.
Legett who was not able to be
present at the, meeting
"Conditions in East and West
Texa.s are much better than they
were in Jani? ry and February,"
according to Joe Strong, who trav-
el’s from the eastern part, through
the norti. section, to points in the
extreme western part of the State.
• Merchants in my territory, includ-
ing Denton, feel very much more
optimistic than they did in the
early pari of the year and the peo-
ple with whom I work believe that
the shortage of business In Janu-
ary and February will more than
be recovered by the first of June,"
elects
Rcpn .
Iio puv jaysxls oplo
laugen. of agriculture
committee, to Introduce farm re-
lief bill. '*
Committee notifies President
Hoover and Senate House is organ-
lied for business.
to work with the county agent and
tiie dub boys of the county. The
committee was composed of Dr j
Jacky Skiles and John Underwood
They will assist in getting the
calves in proper shape for showing
next fall and assist the boys with
their problems
County Agent M T Payne an-
nounced that he had 30 boys in
club work who had dairy cows. I
There are about seven boys in club 1
The Teachers CoI.ege plant and
the North Texas Experiment Sta-
I Hon. four miles northwest of Den-
ton. were visited and impacted
Saturday afternoon by the Senut ■
finance committee
At the Teachers College the vud-
I tors were met by the college band
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board with a revolvin'? fund of $500,-
000,000 to handle the surplus ques-
; turn. In a few days a tariff bill will
1 be ready tor presentation
Todays session was largely for
I the purpose ot organization Pre<i-
dctil Hoover will send his recom-
mendations for legislation to Con-
j gre.ss tomorrow f.
of U
Herrick.
As the entire city bowrd in
mourning for tote naGVe >k»i- who
advanced to on international fig-
ure. thousands gathered at
church to await the funeral
vices. Long before' the hour
10:30 irtxm the <h:ri.<-s were to toll
the start of the service, crowds
gathered outside the church.
Flags wre at half ma t Sunday
tiie ambassador s body
from New York A huge
persons lined the
its
Trinity FtpLscopal Cathed-
F r e eze-Out ’ Is
Apparent Tactics
lf'QFl '1 f County Jersey Cattle Club, held
LvlvAlVClll ”1 O 1 Saturday afternoon in tiie county
_____ court room, it was voted unani-
NACO, April 15 - Mexican rebels I niously to endorse Whitesboro for
and federate apparently settled I the location of the North Texas
down to a game of "freeze-out" • Dairy Experiment Station. It seem-
south of here today while American | ( tj to be the sense of the meeting (
told Monday morning
[■tamping ground. Denton.
•Ughty good to me after »
thru tht valley country. One of the
blit drawbacks to that country.
I saw dt. is in the marketing
their products They raise lots
truck-stuff, but it is difficult
•larket. Their fruit crop, which
the way is the most readily mark-
»ted. looks mighty good They raise
a world of cabbage, carrots and
other garden-ftuff. One man sad
he expected to produce about 4
kins of carrots to the acre "
C M Hall of Pecos, was
Denton Monday looking for some
of 'he oil tlnw’ of Denton
County He lived in Bolivar until
about 4U years ago. and since leav-
ing Denun County lia» not b--n
in Denton County, except to pass
through He said “I have always
lived at home, so don t travel
around much, but this time I want-
ed to come to Denton I have found
very tew people living here now
that I knzw 40 years ego Great
changes i*ave taken place in Den- |
ton and Ixetjton County since I
moved Then pratcically all of Use
county was devoted to the cattle
industry I guess we had ons of the
biggrot farms in cultivation in tne
county at that, time. Of >00 acres
wt cultivated 300 acres, which was
tA’ unusual then The balance of
rW place was devott« .to cattfc."
Mr. Hall h«d been tn t%- ^?tle
1 business since h« left Denton
County He la vMting MF. and Mrs
Charlie M-Drain, of Ponder Mrs
Mcllvaii. is his daughter.
at the institution, and were piloted
by members of the faculty through
the buildlrtfs and grounds The
need of a new library building and
a campus dining hall was stress
cd
AU members of the party were
greatly pleased with the appear-
ance of tiie college campus and the
nd.lijn in which the buildings
have been kept
After inspecting the college prop-
erty the Senators and House mem-
bers were served refreshments in
h? college depionstratlon cottage.
Legtelatora Herr
Senators id the inspecting party
were W. E Thomason, Nacogdoch-
es; Pink L. Parrish. Lubbock; Ed-
gar A Witt. Waco; Joe Moore,
Greenville. Ed eWstbrook. Sher-
man: Nat Patton. Crockett; Tom C.
Pollard. Tyler; Walter Woodul.
Houston; Erl.ene Miller. Weather-
ford: T J. Holbrook. Galveston:
Gus Russek, Schulenberg, Julian
Hyer, Fort Worth.
House members at the
were W K,
Hubbard. N<
ley. Athens; JoMph McOtU.
Paso: Polk Hornaday, *"
EAST AND WEST TEXAS
—Fair tonight and Tuesday,
warmer TueMay.
Temperature
Maximum yesterday--------
Minimum today
Bars mi ter Reading
m today ........-■—■■■■ 3988
m. toda/.7$ per cent
I I- B. Zimmerman, former citizen
Bf Denton, now superintendent of
public Schools ut Grand Prairie,
IWto here to attend the Interschol-
Matlc meet held here last week
[Bunmerman secured a degree from
•he Teachers College here and af-
terward graduated at the Univer-
sity of Texas He said "I feel proud
•f the showing made by the Grand
prairie boys here. On of them. W
IC. Hardman won 15 pointe, win-
ding three first places in the broad
Uump, low and high hurdles.
Waa high point man ’ He is
[brother gi Alton Zimmerman
also lived in Denton for
years. He said "Denton Is now one
•f the most attractive small cities
I® Texas—it has improved greatly
ii the past few years."
hurdles—Hardman.
first. Musgrove,
North Dallas High, second; Ferrell.
Polytechnic. Fort Worth, third;
Bruss, Woodrow ^Wilson, Dallas J
fourth Time 27
120-yd. high hiiftlles—Hardman. |
Grand Prairie, first ; Bruss. Wood- :
row Wilson, second. Bassinger. Cen-
tral Fort Worth, third: Garretson. 1
Woodrow Wilson, fourth Time 16 7
seconds.
100 yd. dash—McJunkin. Woodrow
Wilson, first; Gunn, Masonic Home
second: Groom, Central Fort Worth,
third, Hays. Oak Cliff, fourth.
880-yd. run—McBride. Oak Cliff,
first; Anderson. Central Fort Worth j
second; Fridge, North Fort Worth i
High, third; Powers. Diamond Hill. |
fourth. Time 2 minutes. 8 5 seconds. [
440-yd. dash—40 Hays Oak Cliff,
first; Garretson. Woodrow Wilson,
second; Finley, Denton, third;
Smith. North Fort Worth, fourth
Time 53 seconds
— 250-yd......dirah ^crrmn; • • MasontcJ
Home, first; McJunkin. Woodrow
Wilson, second; Scruton. Arlington,
third; Jackson, Green Valley, fourth
Time 22 8 seconds
Mlle run—Brown, Central Fort
Worth, first; Koiner. Denton, sec-
ond; Kelsay, Oak Cliff, third; Kay-
ser, Weatherford, fourth Time 4
minutes. 4 taeconds.
Mile relay—Oak Cliff < Ridley.
Ledbetter, McBride, Haysi First;
Masonic Home, Fort Worth, second;
Woodrow Wilson, Dallas, third; De-
catur, fourth. Time 3 minutes. 36 6
seconds. ,
Rural pentathlon -TJeague. Wood-
bine. Cooke County, first; Jackson,
Green Valiev, second; Cbrter Green
Valiev, third.
national guard units followed
The firn two prowssfon.
sets went to the winners with a
6-4 score in both cases, but Smith
and Connelley rallied to win the
next set in a decided fashion, by a
6 3 margin The last set went t >
the Dallas team very easily.
score beini 6-2
In the girls’ division Highland
Park had a team in Watkins and
Murphrey that walked away with
the doubles championship very
handily, they beating Brodey and
Hunt of Polytechnic. 6-4 6-2
Track and Field
Following are results of track and
field events Saturday afternoon
Javeline— Palmer. Forest Avenue.
Dallas, first; Whitsell, Grand Prar-
le, second; Wilkerson. North
Worth, third; Boswell, North
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Escape Dropped
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Orranitation Routine
Until Wednesday both Houses
; will devote themselves to the rout
Ine business of getting organ zed
for the first special session held
I since President Harding called one
1 in 1921 tn act on his ship subsidy
plan, only to have the subsidy kill-
ed and to have enact’d a lot of gen-
eral legislation to which he was op-
posed
The Senate performed most of ft’s
organization work in the special
session it lield last month to con-
firm the Hoover cabinet, go it’s ses-
sion today will be of short duration
Four Senators will receive the oath.
Allen, of Kansas; Shlpstead. of
Minnesota, Cutting, of New Mexico,
and Lafollette. of Wisconsin
Coming to the front with
a rush during the running of
middle distance events and
putting on the track a quar-
tet that staged a fighting
finish to wir. the mile relay,
the Oak Cliff High School
of Dallas, dark horse of the
District 10 Interscholastic
League meet here, won th-’ ‘
district title Saturday after-
noon.
The four high scoring teams in [
the track and field division were
Oak Cliff 23. Woodrow Witeon 21 |
3-8, Central High Fort Worth 20
3-8. and Grand Prairie 18 3-8. For-
eat High of Dallas finished fifth
with 18 points while Masonic Httmo
made sixth place with 15 points
The Oak Cliff team carried away
the ailver cup. emblem of track and
field superiority and the silver tru-
by phy given for winning the mile rc-
lay as well
At no time in the early part '.{
the meet was the Ook Chlf
granted an outside chance to
C ntral Fort Worth High
Prairie High and Wood row Wilson
High were doped to be the l«-st
the contests
Relay is Feature
Tiie mile relay was the
event of the meet. Masonic Home
took the lead and held it until the
last lap and Hayes, finish man for
the differs, barely managed to fin-
ish ahead in the excellent tim-’ of
3 minutes, 36 6 seconds
Hardman of Grand Prairie was
the high point man of the meet.
Me took gold medals in high jump ’
and the high and low hurdle-; and
was awarded the high point gold
medal
Theron J Fouts. physical educa-
tion director at the Teachers Col-
lege and athletic director of the dis-
trict. declared that the track and
field meet this year was much fast-
er than it ever had been before He
aald also that tos meet attracted
about 33 per cent more athletes than
it evar had brought her* be four-- 1
A feature this year was the Bn- 1
proved announcing of events. Geo.
E. Seybold. radio engineer of the
Pierce Petroleum Corporation St.
Louis, brought the Pierce radio car
here and thia was used during the
meet The loud speakers enabled
announcements to be easily heard
at all points of the field
Tennis Events
-Two Dallas high schools Satur-
day afternoon copped the tennis |
doubles in both the boys and girls’
divisions “Dope" ran true in the
boys’ doubles when the Oak Cliff .
team composed of Barr and Freaai-
er extended themselves to win from 1
Connelley and Smith of Central
High. Fort Worth ' .
ns wM(re n* OS* ■ half hundred persons were killcu and many inJun 11, are
wreckage ot the school and church at Bono.j Arie, directly in tiie path of the howling toaster. Below is all thut re-
H Lowthan of Lorndo. Ark . where Ix»vrto«rt. Im-s wife and three children were crushed tc death in the falling wreck-
’ >tice the complete destruction These pictures, taken by an NEA Service caintruuian who was among the fii?it to enter (
lushed to Memphis flown thence tn mi-NEA airplane to 8t. Louis for telephoto transmission.
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I paid it: last respect' to tiie memory I wnich have coat the state consid-
S Ambassador Myron T. crable revenue, it is claimed, was
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General Klee Tilley tcxlay.
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who introduced a sirnilaa bill dur -f
ing the regular session, was in ton-
fermce with Tilley and will spon
sor 11 in the House when the gm-
i-rnoi submits tax matters to the
■jx cud session ’Die amount of tax
will be fixed at 4 cents ih the bill
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kept a watchful eye on the situa- [ (jle stnt.jon Denton County would
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McDonald, L. A. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 209, Ed. 1 Monday, April 15, 1929, newspaper, April 15, 1929; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1335678/m1/1/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.