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VOL. XXXIX
NO. 9
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EXTENSION OF
ACTION COMES AS
BRITAIN’S NAVAL
SURPRISE MOVE
BLOCKADE DEC. 4
KING ASSERTS
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BRITISH KEEPING
Of North Waters
AT BIG SPRING
SEA LANES OPEN
Burviva. Batata
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In City Thursday
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Hard Freeze Is
duty, ignored a warning shot across
except the
WASHINGTON, Nov 28. — (47—
To Friday, Dec. 1
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TEXAS:
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Republican
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he heard what
a feminine i
Light Vote in
Flotorial Race
General Holiday
To Be Observed
Germans Assert
British Fleet Out
600 Workers Go
to Dodge Plant
Insanity Plea
Trial Continues
Mrs. Roosevelt
May Re Heard
by Dies Probers
LY HURT,
INCRASH
Consider Plan for
Big Army Field
Finns Had Assumed
Firm Stand for
Rights.
Bronco
Senior
Tuesday
M to-
*atat-
This Kind of Wife
Would Be Worth
Something to Him
Heavy Rains in
Permian Basin
ODESSA. Nov. General
rains fell over the Permian toata
today, with the heavy moisture re-
ported from all directions.
Buses from the |
hind schedule, and 1
region was soaked.
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"You will be asked,” he told the
House of Commons, "to make fur-
for the
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New Directors
For Fair Elected
Soil-Depleting
Crop Acreage to
Be Same in 1940
NTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
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DENTON, TEXAS, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 28, 1939 Associated Press Leased Wire
LOCAL MAN CRITICAL
ANOTHER INJURED
OFFICER IS KILLED
Senior High Names
Bromo Favorites
Christmas
Carols
Appropriations Committeemen
Join in Hope for U. S. Expense Cut
weal her
To Select Jury
in Maverick Case
was unchanged
and the rate lowered to 1 6 cents a
DETROIT, Nov 28.—(4*)—Approx-
imately flOO workers entered the
Chrysler main Dodge plant today
without incident other than the
booes of several thousand members
of the United Automobile Workers
Union <CIO> on the picket line.
Special police were on duty.
As was the case yesterday when
about 200 workers were admitted
to the strike-bound plant, union
leaders at loudspeakers cautioned
the pickets against violence The
workers were mostly negroes.
High officials of the corporation
and the UAW-CIO met again to-
day in renewed efforts to untangle
the labor dispute which has made
an estimated 150.000 men idle in
the automobile and allied indus-
tries.
Being Cast Here
Denton voters moved slowly
the polls today to cast votes In the
special election that will name a
flotorial representative for Denton
and Tarrant Counties
Up to 2 p tn., a total of 243 bal-
lots had been cast In the four city _
boxes and it was understood voting the German raiders, whose location
over the county was as proportion- thus was learned for the first time
ately slow since the Deutschland captured the
In the city, the northwest ward American freighter City of Flint
with balloting in the municipal au- ' off Newfoundland Oct. 9.
di tori urn had the tieaviest total. 80
votes polled; in the northeast ward,
voting in the American Legion Hall.
87. 1
in the Mack Massey
to we felt it was deliberately done. We
later managed to rescue a man
from an overturned lifeboat. All the
others were drowned when the boat
; capsized .”
The admiralty said a day and
night search was being pressed for
additional three.
At a later date, not yet set, the
directors will meet and name the
1940 fair officers
Appreciation to the directors, su-
perintendents and others who co-
operated to make ihe 1939 fair a
success was expressed by Edwards,
as president
pound from i l> cents'
Acreage goals were raised also
The) were low< red for
____F, eomaanatr of tto
Rawalpindi, sunk tn a battle with
the German raider Deubchland,
was in command of the British
warship Cassandra whan il was
sunk by a mine in the Baltic Bea
Dec. S, MIL after the World War.
OaptotoMnraMdy was reported to
be among 11 survivors landed by
the lS.<38-ton Chitral.
ANQTHERBfflTISH
CRUISER SUNK,
GERMANS CLAIM
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Russia Denounces Non-Aggression
SAN ANJONIO. Nov 28—(Bi-
District Judge Bryce Ferguson to-
day cleared away preliminaries and
set 1 30 p. m as the time for start-
ing selection of a Jury to try Mayor
Maury Maverick on a charge of
paying another's poll tax.
The defense had attained the
quashing of 30 of the 26 counts of
the indictment on which Maverick,
strong supporter of President Roos-
evelt and former congressman, is
being tried. A renewed effort to-
day. however, to strike down all of
the indictment, failed.
Eighteen counts were dismissed
yesterday and two more today on
motion of Maverick's counsel.
PARIS, Nov 28 —VP>— A Chi-
cots Turmer told a newspaper-
man he was looking for a wife.
"The woman I am looking
for,” he said, "ought to have a
boy old enough to be a COC en-
rollee. she should have a job
In a sewing room, and be old
enough to draw a pension.
"This hasn't anything to do
with it." he continued, “but I
have had some hard luck this
year My chickens died of the
cholera My hog left home. My
cow went dry. and my crops
were a failure."
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WASHINGTON, Nov 28 -(Ab-
Seven house members who help set
up the bank accounts of federal
agencies echoed today President
Roosevelt's expression of hope that
government expenses could be cut
next year, but some expressed
doubt that material savings would
be effected
Gathering for hearings on a >277.-
000.000 emergency fund for neutral-
ity and defense purposes, these
House appropriations committee-
men took the position that reduc-
tions depended chiefly on White
House recommendations
Mr Roosevelt said recently that
if general government expenditures
could be cut, if defense programs
could be financed on a “pay-as-
you-go" basis, and if business con-
tinues to improve, next year’s def-
icit might be slashed 50 per cent.
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Ute frontier
Finns Leave Door Open
Finland left the door open today
, for arbitration of growing differ-
ences with Bdviet Russia while ap-
porvnlty determined to refuse her
mighty neighbor any one-sided con-
cessions which might Jeopardise her
own defenses
Denying alleged "hostile actions”
toward Russia, the government last
night notified Moscow it is ready
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Torpedoing Reported
Off Shetland
Islands.
ins ware to-
ft trans-Paeos
____RatotU «M
reported as far southwest as Mar-
fa Precipitation hero WM More
than an Loch. r-
of the defendant's sanity, and a
verdict finding him insane would
bar his trial on the criminal
charges
Jury hearing the trial was E P.
Sebastian. J W Key. W H Pat-
terson, J C. McSpadden. W M.
Haprole, J T. Harwell. 8 O Har-
pool. 8 M Hardeman. H M Hall.
L. L Heath. Ben Jones. M M Mc-
Bee
Tria) of Fred Tate on an affi-
davit of Insanity filed by his coun-
sel in District Court Monday af-
ternoon went into its sucond day
Tuesday, and a procession of wit-
nesses consisting chiefly of local
physicians continued to the, stand.
Tate is under charges of burglary
in two cases and of theft in one
case, and those cases were on call
New Monday Filing the affidavit meant
a Jury must first pass on the issue
Tarrant Vote Light
FORT WORTH. Nov 28 —(Ab—
Voting was light here and through-
out Tarrant and Denton Counties
as a special election to choose a
flotorial representative for the two
counties got under way.
TTie election in this two-county
district is one of three being held
today to fill legislative vacancies.
In a check of representative pre-
cincts here at 10 a m.. only one
negro had voted although there are '
two negro candidates among the
72 men and women seeking the of-
fice. the largest number ever to an-
nounce for a public office in Texas.
Six new directors were slatted 8g
stockholders of the Denton County
Fair Association Monday I
end they with the six holdover di-
rectors named three additional
members to make up the 15 officials
who will have charge c< the 1940
show
R J Edwards, president of the
1939 fair, presided, and the group
heard O L Fowler, secretary re-
port that the five-day show last
October showed a small balance of
funds after all premiums and oper-
ating expensaa were paid
Named new direetrra were John
Undefwood. Dr. Jack Skiles Fred
Freeman Jr . Dr M L. HcJland W
8 Long and C P Pierce, and they
with the holdovers named Edwards.
Walter Wilson and Tom Cole the 1
MATHIE8ON RECENTLY
OPERATED ON
Friends here have word that Raw
Tom Mathleson of Colorado Springs,
pastor of the Christian Church here
some 20 years ago. underwent an
operation for brain tumor in the
Mayo Hospital in Rochester. Minn.,
recently, and though still in the
hospital la doing nicely Rev and
Mrs. Mathleson visited here the
past summer.
LONDON Nov 28 —(Ab - The
British government tonight Issued
a formal order 11} council extending
the naval blockade to Germany's
exports, effective Dec 4
Til* order is entitled ' reprisals
restricting German commerce "
The delay in application of the
order, which was signed by King
George yesterday, was understood
U) be to give neutral shlpi>ers op-
portunity U> make arrangements to
avoid undue hardships
The new order provides that a
merchant vessel winch sails from
an enemy peat or other port after
Dftc 4 and "having on board goods
Which are of enemy origin or are
•Remy property may be required to
itocharge auch goods in a British
or allied port
Such goods will be placed In cus-
tody of the marshal of a prize
court ano "unless the court orders
that they be requisitioned for the
use of His Majesty shall be detained
Or sold under direction of the court.
The proceeds o! good* so .sold shall
be paid into the court "
favorites at the Denton
High School were chosen
morning in the run-cgf
election held during school assem-
bly hour, with the winners an-
nounced .shortly after noon.
The winners include: Harold Da-
vis. senior 'avorite.
Ann Braly. junior
Mias Dorothy
favorite; Miss
Carolyn Schmitz, sophomore favor-
ite; PhU Miller, athletics favor-
ite. Miss Edith Ellison, most versa-
Dick Stead, scholar-
leadership;
The Dies committee toyed today i
with the idea of Inviting Mrs I
Franklin D Rixmevelt to testify and 1
thereby set a precedent in congres- [
slonal investigations, at which no '
president's wife has been a witness. I
Chairman Dies <D-Tex» said,
through his wife, that he "person-
ally has the matter under consid-
eration" and intended to discuss it
With other committee members
Tile idea developed from Mrs.
Roosevelt's comments at her press
conference yesterday In reply to
questions, she said that she would
be willing to testify before the
committee if she had information
which might be helpful in its inves-
tigation of unAmerican activities
The questioning concerned the
American Youth Congress, which
has been called a Communist
front” organization in committee
testimony, but which Mrs Roose-
velt has declared repeatedly is not
Communist-controlled.
A general holiday will be observ-
ed in Denton Thursday
All business houses and offices
in Denton. except drug stores,
cafes and filling stations, are sche-
duled to close all day
The city hall offices will take a
full holiday, except for the police
■nd fire departments, and it was
said that all court house offices
probably would close
sheriff s department.
Both colleges and the public
schools will close classwork Wed-
nesday afternoon, and work will be
resumed Monday morning
The post office will not close
Thursday, however, the mall serv-
ice going on as usual This office
closed Nov 23. the date designated
by President Roosevelt.
Ship Reported Of
Claw of 9,850 Tom
Britain Denies . Any
Knowledge of
Sinking.
BERLIN, Nov. 28.—(AP)
—German authorities an-
nounced today that a British
heavy cruiser had been torpe-
doed and destroyed east of
the Shetsnd Islands, north of
Scotland.
The announcement said Lieut.
Capt Guenther Prien, who cren-
inanded the German submarine ’
which sank the British battleship
Royal Oak at Scapa Flow OeL.M.
also was in command of the sub-
marine which sank the cruiser.
The British ship was described
as of the London class.
(The Landon, one of four sister-
ships, displaces 8J8O tons, carries
eight 8-inch guns and has a ncrmal
complement of 660 menl
The announcement was made by
DNB. the official saws acency. £
Prien, 31 -year-«id submarine
commander, was dacorated by Adolf
Hitler Oct. 18 for the sinking of the
Royal Oak. in which 810 British
lives were lost.
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BERUN. Nov 28—-The Brit-
Uh fleet, in the opinion of German
military experts, now has been
cleared not only from the (forth
Sea but also from the North At-
lantic.
Authoritative commentators said
that the British auxiliary cruiser
Rawalpindi, destroyed in a naval
engagement off the coast of Ice-
land, was discovered absolutely
alone between Ute Faroe Islands
and Greenland Moreover. they
quoted 26 Rawalpindi crewmen
whose rescue was announced today
as saying they were ".surprised” to
find a whole German navy group,
including at least one heavy cruiser,
so far out in the Atlantic.
German experts who are author-
ized to inform the foreign press
state that the British have been so
frightened by the combined Ger-
man navy and air pmwess that
they have otdered the navy to
withdraw from the North Sea and
the North Atlantic.
Military experts further claimed
supremacy in the air over all of
France and practically al! Of Eng*
Tuwhr 1Bnd La-St week alone, they said,
pTdi- scouUng planes flew over the Brit-
ish naval base of Scapa Flow, north
of Scotland, three times.
German losses since Nov 18. when
there began dally recolnnottering
flights on a large scale, were de-
scribed as small considering the
vastness of th'- operations.
Only minor activity was reported
on the western front where unfa-
vorable weather was said to have
limited air force activity.
tile student,
ship, Dave Robbins.
Peggy Tobin mast typical girl;
Kenneth Hogan, moat typical boty
These students will have their
photograplis in the favorites sec-
| Hon ol the Bronco, school yearbook.
ROBERT HALE DIES SUDDENLY
IN C AMPBELL
Friends here received word of
the sudden death of Robert Hale in
Campbell Tuesday morning He
was the father of Miss Helen Hale,
a student in S C W . now teaching
in Floyd Funeral services and
burial are to be in Campbell Wed-
nesday alternoon, and among sev-
eral going from here will be Mr
and Mrs. A. J. Barnett, family
friends for 40 years
Britain UntatfanMg
LONDON. NOV 38 —(in—In Offi-
cial quartan today R wa* aaid noth,
in* wm known concerning the Gar-
man claim that a British heavy
cruiaer had been destroyed.
It wm suggested that this arwe
i fnxn belief in Germany that the
cruiaer Belfast had been sunk. The
admiralty has admitted that the
Belfast was damaged by a mine or
torpedo off the Firth of Forth Nov.
31st.
Recorded Tuesday
A hard freeee waa recorded here
Tueaday.
The mercury descended to 38 de-
grees at the State Experiment
Station, northwest of Denton, the
lowest point this fall. Ice waa
plentiful and ■ heavy frost formed.
Weather Varied
Over Texas
(By Associated Press»
Wintry weather played hop. skip
and Jump over Texas Tueaday,
touching the usually temperate
coasta>>regiona as severely as K dM
the Panhandle.
The Dallas weather bureau re-
ported a low of 34 for Houston,
while Amarillo was listed at 38.
Other Panhandle points reported
wanner temperatures than came,
for instance, to Dallas with 33, Cor-
sicana with 33. lowest this season,
and Sherman with 30. also a low
mark for the winter. Tyler report-
ed 32 degrees and ice.
Austin shivered in 34-degree wea-
ther while nearby Ban Antonio
reported mid-forty temperatures.
It was a comfortable 51 at Carpus
Christi
Cloudy weather was forecast for
most of the upper half of the
state tonight, with temperatures
moderating a bit. i
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peeOM tatogMt Manser to tto to-
tartar WstaMdM. toimii Meffi-
HOW BRIGHTLY BEAMS
THE MORNING STAR
‘How brightly beams the
morning star!
What sudden radiance from
afar
Doth glad us
shining. ...”
This hymn first appeared Jn
Icrmany in 1599, a popular selec-
ion with the chime players in
nany cities. Bach's later harmon-
zation of the music adds the touch
hat makes the piece enduring
Since Nov 30 Is a holiday this
year, taxpayers will have through
Friday. Dec 1, to make the first
half payment of their 1939 tax bill
if they are to take advantage of
the split-payment plan. W. T. Bai-
ley. county tax assessor-collector,
said Tuesday
If the split-payment plan is to
: be used the first payment must be
made by that time. Bailey warned.
The second half payment then Is
due before June 30 If taxpayers
plan to pay the entire bill at one
time, two per cent will be dis-
counted from the state ad valorem
taxes If the taxes are paid by Sat-
urday night. Bailey explained. The
tax office will be closed Thanksgiv-
ing Day
Pad With Finland in Border Conflict
•: !-• 'Til MBMMgBBasa I’JSgrar.".
"SOMETHING IN NAMK~ AFTKB
♦ HIGH POINT. N. C, NW. ♦
♦ 38 —tri—The wTMUng officer. ♦
♦ R Barr, tasUftod in court the ♦
♦ defendant, charged with speed- ♦
♦ tng. was making 80 miles an ♦
♦ hour The defendant told the ♦
♦ court that his name was ♦
« B-c-h-r-a-m. ♦
The rest presumably died in bat-
tle or were drowned when the flam-
ing hulk of the vessel sank.
The engagement began when the
m^a'
leged "border incident Sunday in - ---------------
which, the Russians said, 13 Red ,n
Army soldiers were killed or wound-
ed by Finnish artillery fire on the I
Karelian Isthmus
for rice,
peanuts
"Insofar as authorized funds per-
mit." said R M Evans. AAA ad-
ministrator. "the 1940 program con-
tinues the efforts of farmers toward
abundance for the nation's con-
sumers. conservation of our vital
soil resources, and parity Income
from agriculture
"With it. farmers are prepared as
never before to meet the shocks
Imposed by war tn Europe and
further demoralization of world
trade.”
BIG SPRING, Nov. 38.—4*)— A
bullae from an automatic
day killed w J. O’Leary,
aht chief of police of Big Spring
as he apparently attempted to mairs
an arrest al a residential grocery
store. The killeer escaped.
There were few definite dues aa
to the identity of the slayer other
than one man's statement that he
heard a woman's voice.
An intensive search was under
way, and the state safety depart-
ment ordered men sent here fro*
Austin and Lubbock to aaoM.'
The shooting occurred shortly af-
ter 3 a. m. Members of the poBco
department said they believed
O'Leary had started from his home,
a block fra* the grocery store, to
town At the rear of the stare he
evidently encountered his assail-
ant.
M. H Alvta. who lives next to the
grocery, said he heard what he
thought to to a feminine vetae
threatening and emtong the officer.
Thera was a scuffle which carried
the two fra* tto rear < the store
to the front, Ahric Mid. then shots.
Night Patrolmen E. J. Cam and
Harold Choate said they beard two
shots, a brief pa use. then three
more. They later *w a car speed-
ing from the vicinity, but did net
pursue it, being inaware of the
killing.
Oleary, who came toe* in June
as aeetatant chief In a departmental
iwcrganixattan. served for Mvrral
years with toe state Mgtoray pa-
trol.
EL PASO. Nov 28—<>P>—A Joint
congressional committee was to
leave today by plane for Hauchuca.
Artz., after inspecting Port Bliss
and hearing a proposal for a 6.000,-
000-acre battle training area in
West Texas and Southern
Mexico.
The congressmen, who are exam-
ining the nation's military estab-
lishments. were told by Maj Gen.
Kenyon A. Joyce, first cavalry di-
vision commander, that the huge
training area was needed for war
games combining all forms of
troops.
The party landed here after fly-
ing from Midland to Tucson and
back because of low ceiling.
WASHINGTON Nov 28 —(4’>—
The Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration today set the 1940 goal
for soil-depleting crops at 270,-
000.000 to 28)000 000 acres. the
—“le as this year
_J Increased the acreage for
wheat and cut the rate of soil con-
servation payments on that grain
to 9 cents a bushel from tills year's
17 cents.
Cotton acreage
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A Jury verdict finding Fred
Tate sane returned short-
ly after 3 p. m. in District
Court.
The House members here for the
committee session were Chairman
Taylor (D-Colo>. Woodrum <D-
Va ). Starnes 'D-Ala ). Ludlow (D-
Ind >, Taber (-R-NY). Wiggles-
worth <R-Mass ) and Ditter tR-
Pa).
Taylor predicted that the group
would continue trying to lower
recommendations of the budget bu-
reau. but he pointed to the empty
House chamber and said:
"I don't know what the House
will do "
Woodrum called the president's
economy program "one of the
brightest notes that has been
struck."
But Taber, senior
committeeman. said:
"There's no such thing aa econ-
omy in sight. It will take a fight
every step of the way to keep any-
where near the budge*'
HELSINKI, Nov. 28.—
(AI’)—A foreign office
spokesman announced tonight [
Russia had denounced her i
nonaggreasion pact with Fin-
land in a note handed to the |
Finnish minister in Moscow, j
Soviet Russia and Finland con- j
eluded their nonaggresslon pact in
1932 and supplemented it the fol-
lowing year with an agreement de-
fining an aggressor
Subsequent pacta In 1937 and
1938 pledged them to good neigh-
borly relatDns and defined the |
Finnish-Soviet frontier
The Soviet uctlon, though receiv-
ed with outward calm by the for-
eign office, shocked Finland more
than any other
war of nerves" which mounted in
the Baltic region after the Ger- ther financial provision
man-Boviet partition of Poland
A spokesman said the Russian |
note was "very unconciliatory.' but
declined further comment while utes. and Parliament receased un-
the foreign office was receiving the til 3 p m <9 a m. CST).
communication line bv line from i The opening came as London dl-
the Moscow legation gested reports of a deadly naval
Finland yesterday sent a concil- engagement in which two German
lalory reply to Soviet, demands lor , warships sank the British armed
withdrawal of Finnish troops from merchantman Rawalpindi and kill-
the frontier. - - 350 Of her crew -
Another Ship Sank
News from the war front also
told of the sinking of another Brit-
ish vessel, the 2.483-ton steamer
Uskmouth. which was reported lost
with three members of her crew of
25 The cause of the sinking was
not announced.
The admiralty related that the
Rawalpindi was overtaken off the
southern coast of Iceland Nov 33,
to meet Breriet demands for with-
drawal of Finnish troops along part1 * . P"** •**U*PT
of their common border on condi-
tion that Red Army forces do like- 1
wise retire
In a note addressed to the Krem-
lin, Foreign Minister Eljaa Erkko
suggested that the proposal be re-
ferred to a Joint commission es- |
^4atoli*^A^8 I ■’ 1D*3D Sm ..^».X4-S — — i
tier problems
Erkko's note replied to an ultl- I
ma turn -like message from Soviet
Premier Foreign Commissar Vya- |
________________ Tax Split-Payment
in the southwest ward Arning Deadline Extended
Motor Co.
building. 63; irf the southeast ward,
voting in the Handy-Ivey Motor 1
Co. building. 33
Polls close at 7 o'clock this eve-
ning.
Unofficial figures on the elec-
tion in both Denton and Tarrant
County will be given out by tele-
phone by the Record-Chronicle, as
soon after the polls close as pos-
sible. Because of the length of the '
ticket, receiving and compiling the
unofficial results Is expected to be
a slow procedure
WOULD GIVE CHRISTMAS PEN-
NIES FOR DOG
♦ GARY. Ind.. Nov 28.—OP)— ♦
♦ Four-year-old John (Buddy) ♦
♦ Maddack posted a reward for ♦
♦ the return of his dog. Snubby, ♦
♦ which disappeared Thanksglv- ♦
♦ day, He offered a bag of pen- ♦
♦ nles he'd been saving for ♦
♦ Christmas ♦
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RMar Handy lvvy Mater C*.
Charles iAiinar. 23. son of Mr and
Mrs M C. Lamar, 613 Grove*
Street, was critically injured an<J
Fred Smithson, 22. 411 Bolivar
Street, sustained serious injuries
when the motorcycle on which they
were riding overturned after strik-
ing a culvert on the Dallas High-
way about two miles north of Lew-
isville Tuesday morning shortly af-
ter 11 o’clock.
Both men were brought to the
Denton Hospital in a Lewisville am-
bulance, where Lamar waa found to
have a very grave neck or spinal
cord injury and Smithson's left leg
was broken just below the hip and
he also suffered facial lacerations.
Hospital attendants said at 2
o'clock that it had no^ been deter-
mined whether the Zamar youth
had a broken neck or a spinal in-
jury. Tests were being made at
that time to determine which He
had not regained consciousness
since the accident
The motorcycle struck the culvert
when it failed to make a curve in
the highway hospital attendants
were told
Then, the admiralty said, the
1 Deutschland blasted the Rawalpin-
di with her six 11-inch guns.
No Warning
One of the 11 seamen picked up
by the Chltral declared. "The Ger-
mans opened fire without warning."
His account differed in thia re-
spect from that of the admiralty.
"As we were tossed about in the
high seas, the Deutschland put on
full speed and passed the lifeboat,
almost swamping it. We were ex-
tremely bitter about this because
LONDON. Nov 28 —oP>— King
George, opening the first war ses-
sion ot Parliament, assured the em-
pire today the Royal navy is keep-
ing "free and open the highways
| of the sea "
Tire king, who yesterday signed
an order extending the British
I blockade by authorizing seizure of
1 German exports as well as Imports,
referred only briefly to pending war
time legislation.
single step in the
i
conduct of the war.”
Ttie king, wearing an admiral's
uniform, spoke for only a few mln-
to meet 8<wlet demands for with- , u?er>Uy.to.rw.tt*.?>t?y
Deutaehland and an unidentified
companion ship.
Eleven of the Rawalpindi's crew
of approximately 300 reached Eng-
land today aboard the British res-
cue ship Chitral The admiralty
I aaid about 30 other were picked up
ivuvu w * JVUII. vvuuiiinoiun ca- ’ . ... H
tablished Ln 1936 to consider fron- I Deutschland.
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Thursday,
force, too,
we’re
bank today—election days,
know, are banking holidays.”
Football eyes of the nation will
be turned to College Station this
Thanksgiving when the Aggies and
Texas meet in their annual clash
The Aggies are termed now the
Number One team of the United
Btatee, having replaced Tennessee
In that position last week, and if
they come through in the Thanks-
giving affair they71 be likely con-
tenders for an invitation to the
Rose Bowl game Texas. Itowever,
may upset the applecart and win
over a stronger team as they have
Dana Bible,
that it's
Steers to
i about
of the
will be worth
A good many
of Denjon's lootball fans plan to
see the game.
"Industrial conditions in the East
are on the up and up." said J H.
Russell, who lias returned from I
New York where he was marketing 1
for H M Russell A Sons Co "Re-
tail business, too. is gaining tn vol-
ume right along, and from talks I
had with buyers from all over the
nation it seems that business con-
ditions are quite satisfactory, as
most every man I talked with was
buying more merchandise for the j
holidays and Spring than they have
for several years "
done in years past
University Coach, says
not impoaaible for his
win. and he knows something
football, But, regardless 1
outcome, the game
treking far to see
Mr and Mrs. Bill Averltt. of Pilot
Point, were in Denton Tuesday and
some of the candidates thought it
might be a good idea for them to
vote here before returning home,
but Bill thought he'd better swell
the vote in his own precinct "Yeah,
taking a holiday from the
today—election days, you
That old saying that there's
.many a alip between the cup and
He answereth and saith unto
them. He that hath two coata, let
bim impart to him that hath ncaie;
and he that hath meat, let him do
llkewtae —Luke 3-11.
Our true acquisitions lie only in
our charities, we gain only as we
give Simms
the lip may apply to improvement
of Highway No. 10. which has been
hoped for many years and which
is supposed to be under contract in
December The State Highway
Commission, it seems, la about
ready to let the contract for the
road from Keller to near Argyle,
but it may not materialize as some
right-of-way matters through
Roanoke may Wock the entire pro-
gram. as Engineer Rollins of the
Dallas Division said that If the
right-of-way is not worked out tat-
isfactariiy to the Federal Commis-
sion the funds set aside for the
improvement may be withdrawn.
It Is to be hoped that the project
will be worked out in time for the
next letting of the Highway Com-
mission.
Sam Gary and son. Jim Welch,
former Denton citizens, of Enid,
Okla., are in Denton visiting friends
and on business Jim Welch, asso-
ciated Willi a Geophysics Co. lias
recently returned from Arabia
where a search was made for oil
"It's good to get buck to Denton to
see some of the old-time friends,"
Gary said, "but I regret to see that
some of you fellows are getting
more frosty under tiie hat "
Tiie Record Chronicle Is in re- ,
ceipt of n "Certificate of Merit" ,
from the Texas State Police De- 1
partment of Public Safety. The ;
certificate reads; "To the Denton .
Record-Chronicle for outstanding
contributions to Traffic Safety for |
the year 1938, and educational at- |
tafnments in making reckless driv-
ing unpopular Tills organization Ls I
commended for its part in reducing
Texas traffic deaths twenty-one |
per cent." 'Die certificate bears '
the seal of the State of Texas and
is signed by Homer Garrison Jr..
Director Naturally we feel quite
proud of this certificate of merit
and. of course, we are glad to have
co-operated with all safety meas-
ures.
The first killing frost of the yeur
visited Denton Monday night The
housetops were white with frost and
many of the tender flowers and
vegetables were killed Some light [
trusts have formed before, but gar ■ j
denen claim this was the first
heavy enougli to to do any dam-1
• —
"Thoec weather-boys had better I
get busy, said Sam Rose. Little |
Elm. here Mondav "We could use I
one at their million-ciollar rains"
Dip Pearson. Plainview community,
too, implores the rainmakers to get
busy, saying. "The grain is all right
so far. but it's going to need some
moisture soon to continue its
growth."
Denton's two banks, the First
National and the Denton County
National, will close Thursday in
observance of Thanksgiving, but
there's no need to tell the business
men to get their change, renew
their notes, borrow some more,
make deposits, as all the business
concerns, other than filling sta-
tions. restaurants and drug stores,
will be closed all day
The Record-Chronicle
will take the day off and no paper
will be issued Thursday Here's
hoping that each of you enjoys the
day and that you have plenty of
good eats and happy associations.
University of Texas ex-students
who attendi the Texas State Teach-
ers Association convention In San
Antonio Thanksgiving will hear Dr
Homer P Rainey at. a School cl
Education banquet on December 1.
according to announcement of Dr
Hob Gray, in charge of arrange-
ments. De«n B F Pittenger will
be toastmaster, and Anthony Dona-
to. associate professor of the Uni-
versity's College of Fine Arts, will
play several violin selections.
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Edwards, Robert J. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 91, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 28, 1939, newspaper, November 28, 1939; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1370338/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.