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met Worden when the latter told
them a $40,000 San Antonia home.
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Sun sets today at 5:36 p.m.;
rise; Frida at 6:49 a.m.- Fishing
good today, better Friday. .
Denton County rainfall so far
this month: none. So far this year:
22.54 inches. This time last year:
20.52 inches.
a Texas millionaire, asserted her
new husband had bought insurance
TSCW, was toastmaster.
in speaking of her alma mater,
Mrs. Deen said, “It seems par-
ticularly fitting, that we should
celebrate this national publication
date of “AU of the Women of
the Bible" on this campus of
TSCW, a coUege which has play-
ed a stellar role in bringing forth
new gourdes of inspiration to wo-
men so that they may exercise
their womanly influence in the
wisest ways and to the noblest
ends."
Dr. Guinn read telegrams and
See MRS. DEEN. Page 2
said an Israeli army unit “reoc-
cupied . the territory," last night,
killing 50 Egyptians and capturing
more than 40.
Israeli casualties were put at 4
killed and 19 wounded.
Military reports reaching official
sources in Cairo said the Egyptians
launched a counterattack in the
Sabha Area. An Egyptian spokes-
man said the Egyptians have "con-
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. UP -
When Herbert Elton, 55, was
arrested for vagrancy yester-
day he had his pants on back-
ward.
. Policeman Howard Berringr
asked him how come.
Elton said he had dressed in
the dark—two days before.
BIRMINGPORT, Ala. W-Three
persons died in a spectacular fire
which threatened last night to wipe
out this river port 25 miles west
— of Birmingham.
Gasoline fumes exploded, throw-
ing flames more than 100 feet high
but three men risked their liver
to turn off yalves leading into huge
gasoline storage tanks and -the
blaze was brought under control.
High Wednesday
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DENTON AND-VICINITY: Fair,
cold this afternoon and tonight.
Warmer Friday. Lowest 30-28 to-
night.
TEMPERATURES
(Experiment Station Report)
on Padre Island, saying he in-
tended to force her to kill the
daughter by a former marriage,
Maria Teresa, 5, and then her-
self. She said he intended then to
Low Marks
Duc In Area
Again Tonight
Clearing skies and sunshine chip,
ped away at Denton s second touch
of winter today but according to
the U.S. Weather Bureau tonight's
readings are due to flirt in the
freezing zone again.
Denton was one of the coldest
spots in the state early this morn-
ing with a low of 30 degrees. Dal-
hart and Amarillo reported the
lowest readings with 20s.
Temperatures are due to rise
some Friday as a warm front takes
over.
Brownsville had the state's high
minimum Wednesday with a read-
< ing of 69.
Skies were clear all over the state
except for some clouds near the
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This morning’s minimum was
the low for the season, and the
coldest temperature recorded here
since March 25, which had a low
of 22. A 30-degree reading was reg-
istered April 1.
The front brought light rains to
some parts of the state, with Hous-
ton reporting .07 of an inch and
Beaumont .02. Brownville had a
trace during the last 24 hours and
a light drizzle this morning.
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Fire Razes
Restaurant
Denton's second major fire in as
many days gutted the Ju-cy Pig
Restaurant, 410 North Locust,
when a fire broke out around 2 Zi
a.m. Thursday.
■. A fire at 413 Ponder Tuesday
night seriously damaged a frame
10-room home owned by Mrs. Em-
ma Strickland, and occupied by two
other families. (
No injuries were reported in te
early morning fire today, but Mrs.
R. B. Shannon, wife of the rest-
aurant manager, said the fire caus-
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Wife, Who Killed Husband,
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KINGSVILLE I—An attractive
brunette told a strange talc today
of killing her husband on lonely.
Padre Island 13 days ago when
he tried to force her to -kill her
daughter, 5, and herself.
. Sheriff J. S. Scarborough said
murder charges would be filed
against Mrs. Sunny Canales Wor-
den, 43, of San Antonio.
Mrs. Worden told officers that
on Oct. 22 her husband of a month,
San Antonio real estate man Don
Worden, forced her to dig grave
•a pie we.
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FIRST SNOWFALL
CAUSES 5 DEATHS
CHICAGO UB—The first snowfall
► of the season in Chicago caused
five traffic deaths in seven hours
last night, a record for a seven-
hour period.
The snowfall measured between
1 and 2 inches in most parts of the
.' city and up to 3 inches in some
suburbs.
By ALLEN BOGAN
Record-Chronicle Staff Writer
An upturn in railway passeng-
er business is foreseen by R. T.
Anderson, general passenger traf-
fic manager of the Santa Fe Sys-
tem Lines, who visited in Denton
Wednesday afternoon. Anderson
and three other Santa Fe execu-
fives were in Denton to inspect
progress of construction of the San-
Dallas Man Dies
After Boat Flips
- in Rough Waters
Tragedy marred the opening day
of duck season Wednesday when a
Dallas contractor, 34-year-oId Steve
Neal Johnson, drowned In the wind-
roughened waters of Lake Dallas.
Johnson, who was duck hunting
on the lake, drowned around 1 p.m.
Wednesday after the boat in which
he and his hunting partner, 33-
year-old Harry Marshall Nelson
of Dallas, capsized In the high
waves.
J. K. Hundley recovered John-
son’s body approximately 300 yards
from shore shortly after the boat
turned over. r
Denton County Sheriff Wylie
Barnes and Deputy Buster Gibbs
investigated the accident, which
was reported shortly after 1 p.m.
when Nelson staggered ashore aft-
er swimming from the capsized
boat.
Barnes, Gibbs and Justice of the
Peace Z. D. Lewis arrived at Lake
Dallas after Johnson’s body was
recovered by Hundley and Johnny
Miller, an employe of the Hundley
Boat Company.
Johnson's body was kept afloat
by a life jacket. Both men had
been wearing life jackets. Judge
Lewis returned a verdict of acci-
dental drowning as the cause of
Johnson’s death. •
Nelson told Barnes that he and
Johnson were on their way to shore
from their duck blind a quarter of
a mile from shore when rough wa-
ter caused them to overturn when
a wave swamped the craft. The
two men agreed to hang on to the
side of the boat to wait for help.
See DROWNS, Page 2
RENT THAT unit
through want ads
DIAL 02551, TODAY
- The honor of making the first reservation for the Santa Fe’s first passenger train ;
scheduled to operate through Denton goes to Joe. IQmbrough^ right, vice president
Dallas at 2:15 p.m. Dec. 5 and is scheduled to stop at the new Denton station about
an hour later, en route to Chicago. Santa Fe passenger traffic officials visiting in
Denton Wednesday, are pictured congratulating Kimbrough on making his reserva-
tion. From left to right are P. H. Swinney of Dallas, Santa Fe division passenger .
agent; W. J. Rodgers of Galveston, passenger traffic manager of the Gulf Lines, and
R T. Anderson of Chicago, general passenger traffic manager of the Santa Fe Sys-
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For Robbery
DECATUR - Wiliam Coy
Burk was indicted in Amarillo
Tuesday by a federal grand jury
on charges of robbing the First
National Bank of Rhome, Saturday.
The 18-year-old Air Force en-
listed man, charged with taking
$260 from bank president Joel
Chambers, left Amarillo Air Force
base Oct. 14 with orders to report
to Clark AFB in Calif.
Burk still contends that he robb-
ed the bank “for a crippled boy."
“I did it to get money for an oper-
ation for this boy," he said
shortly after being arrested Satur-
day afternoon.
Although Burk still would not
name the boy, lie did say the boy
was crippled in a motorcycle
accident about a year ago and
he was to blame.
Burk admitted taking the $260
from the Rhome bank. “I did it
and that’s all there is to it," he
said.
All but $5 of the money was
recovered Saturday when sheriff
Carl Ramsey questioned the young
service man here after his arrest.
Ramsey said Burk had $255 in his
boot which he handed over to
Ramsey when he asked for it. The
other $5 had been spent on gaso-
line.
“I’m sorry I did it," Burk said
Monday. “Fil serve my time ana
when I get out I'll still help that
boy. But I won't steal to co it.”
Sheriff Ramsey said Burk has
no record and that this is his
first time to get in trouble.
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AVTHOR HONORED
Mrs. Edith Deen of Fort Worth, author of “All of the
Women of the Bible," autographed about 500 books
on the TSCW campus Wednesday during an autograph-
ing tea in her honor. Mrs. Deen continued to auto-
graph books following a banquet which honored her
Wednesday night on the national publication date of
the- new book. With Mrs. Deen, a regent at TSCW, is
Dr. John A. Guinn, president of TSCW and toastmaster
at the banquet. (Record-Chronicle Staff Photo)
AVTHOR OF NEW BOOK
covering her and the child and
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burn their bodies and cover the Scarborough said.
If you don" know insurance, know
your insurance man. J. C. and
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Mrs. Worden, divorced wife of held by the Egyptians in the zope
(nine miles south of El Auma and
wiUan Israeli Urntory, -.-
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child screamed and ran, Worden _______________
tried to catch the girl, and that Tex? She said she and Canales
she then snatched Worden’s pistol — - ....
and killed him. She said she drag-
ged his body to the grave and
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Record-Chronicle Staff Writer
Federal complaints, charg- •
ing a Dallas man and woman
and a former assistant cashier
of the Lewisville First Na-
tional Bank with separate
counts of willful misapplica-
tion and defrauding of funds
of the bank, were filed today
before U. S. Commissioner
Catherine Gray in Sherman, .
according to W. A. Murphy,
special agent in charge of the -
Dallas Division of the Federal
Bureal of Investigation.
Charged with “aiding and abet-
ting in the willful misapplication"
of bank funds were Mrs. Bessie
Louise Aaron of 6032 Penrose in
Dallas, and Joseph Anderson
Barnett of 2441 LuField Road in
Dallas.
- Paul Arthur Barfknecht, former
assistant cashier of the bank, was
charged with “intent to injure and
defraud" the bank. •
- The Lewisville bank was closed
Jan. 28 after a $253,000 shortage
was discovered.
E. R. (Jake) Wolters, cashier of
the bank, was found shot to death
in his car northwest of Lewisville
Jan. 25. His death was ruled sui-
cide.
Barnett and Barfknecht volun-
tarily appeared before Commis-
sioner Gray in Sherman today and
waived hearing on the complaints.
Barfknecht was released on a
$2,000 bond, and Barnett was re-
leased on a personal recognizance
1 bond until 9:30 a.m. Friday. At that'
- time he is to post a $10,000 bond
or go to jail.
• Mrs. Aaron was expected io be
i in custody this morning or by 1
• p.m. to appear before U.S. Com- -
■ missioner William Hill in Dallas,
■ according to an FBI official. A
' $2,500 bond for Mrs. Aaron has
been requested by the government.
The complaint against Barf-
knecht, who served as assistant
cashier, of the bank during the four
years preceding the clsing, charg-
ed him with “unlawfully, willfully
and with intent to injure or defraud
the bank and to deceive the of-
ficers of the bank" It was charged
that he made and caused to be
made a false entry in the amount
of $229.44. Th entry (made *
See BANK, Page 2
An aggressive street-paving pro-
gram on the part of the city, drawn
up and submitted by City Engineer
Grady Creel, has been approved
by city commissioners and Creel
said today he would Initiate the
program himself at this time.
Commissioners okayed the Creel
recommendations submitted to
them in September for their con-
sideration, after the City Planning
Board considered the proposed pro-
gram and recommended adoption
of Creel’s suggested policies.
Creel’s recommendation that the
city commission increase the
amount which the property owner
previously paid for gravel base
has already been effected. The in-
crease was from 3 cents per square
foot to 7 cents per square foot.
Creel said that earlier]paving
plans should continue, but added
that “we should provide additional
plans in order to make paving pos-
sible to those who are not able to
pay all of their proportionate part
See PAVING, Page 2
President J. C. Matthews will wel-
come the exes.
Although the contest with Chat-
tanooga gets under way at 2 p.m.,
the pre-game show will start at
1:20 with a 30-minute parade of
visiting school bands.
The visiting bands range in
See BIGGEST, Page 2
safe passenger equipment,” An-
derson said.
“Our railway, is investing in new ,
trains and a new main-line rail-
road into Dallas and Denton from
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The biggest homecoming in the
history of North Texas State Col-
lege will begin Friday, bringing
thousands of former students,
friends of the college, and par-
ents of students to the campus' for
the two-day event.
Registration will begin Friday
afternoon and a pep rally and
bonfire will be held at 8 p.m. at
Fouts Field.
Saturday's activities will include
a parade of some 40 decorated
floats at 11 a.m., the NTSC-Uni-
versity of Chattanooga football
game at 2 p.m., a barbecue im-
mediately after the game, two spe-
cial stage shows and a square
dance and a social dance.
During Saturday, fraternities,
sororities, clubs and departments
of the college will hold socials
and ope. house for the returning
ex-students.
Halftime activities at the football
game will be highlighted by the
presentation of the 1955 Homecom-
ing Queen and her four attendants.
The queen's Identity will be an-
nounced at the half. She was cho-
sen Wednesday in a student elec-
tion from amobg five finalists.
While the Homecoming Queen is
presented on the field, 15 visiting
junior and senior high school bands,
with a total membership of 804,
will join with the NTSC Marching
Band of 103 pieces to pay tribute to
the queen. Members of classes
from years ending in five will al-
so be given a musical tribute dur-
ing the halftime activities and
Ten Bogan, regional editor, on plans
for the newspaper's special edi-
tion Dec. 4 commemorating the
completion of the Southwest's first
new main-line railroad in a quarter
of a century.
_ Anderson, one of the outstanding
passenger officials of the nation,
is also executive chairman of the
American Association of Passen-
ger Traffic Officers. .
"There are many indications of
a healthy swing of passenger bus-
iness back to the railroads, and
we look for better business due to
advancement in comfortable and
passenger service will offer Dal-
las and Denton through pullman
cars to Chicago, in addition to ex-
pedited freight service.
The new' line is scheduled to
start operations Dec. 5, when the
hoard of directors and other of-
ficers will be in Denton for cere-
monies celebrating the opening of
the new route.
Accompanying Anderson on the i
inspection trip here Wednesday
were W. J. Rodgers, of Galveston,
passenger traffic manager of the
Gulf, Colorado ard Santa Fe;-P.
H. Swinney of Dallas, division pas-
senger agent, and L. J. Cassell,
Galveston, special representative.
The railroad officials conferred
with Riley Cross, publisher of the
Denton Record-Chronicle; Roy Ap-
pleton, business manager, and AL :
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’ Mrs. Edith Deen of Fort Worth
was principal speaker at a ban-
quet in her honor which climaxed
a day of activities marking the
national publication date of her
new book. “All of the Women
of the Bible," Wednesday.
“The ultimate aim of ‘All of
the Women of the Bible,’" Mrs.
Deen said, “is to show the part
women played in the civilization
of Bible times. Particularly have
we endeavored to stress woman's
spiritual role in civilization."
Preceding the banquet, Mrs.
Deen was honored on the TSCW
campus with an autographing tea
in the banquet room of Hubbard
Hall.
Mrs. Deen, an alumna of TSCW.
and a member of the college's
Board of Regents, spent three
years working on her new book.
Heaviest
Fighting
JERUSALEM —The heaviest
fighting between Israeli and Egyp-
tian (sources since the end of the
1948 Palestine War was reported
from the El Auja border area to-
day. ............—-
The Israelis announced they had
"reoccupied” some territory in the
El Auja- N iz a n a demilitarized
zone's southeastern corner.
The Egyptians Were reported to
have launched a counterattack.
The "fighting centered around El
Sabha, a checkpost which the Is-
raelis previously had claimed was
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pamy,oterRusseil‛s. , i icm Lum. (Recvrd-(,’hroflkto Staff Photo).
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To Mark Record fe Approved
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which is the first comprehensive
study of all of the women of the
Bible. The book contains 316 bi-
ographies, including 52 search-
ing studies of women in the fore-
ground. more than 125 shorter
sketches of named women and
many more sketches of nameless
women. Harper and Brothers of
New York are publishers of the
book. ;
Chora! music at the banquet was
provided by the TSCW Modern
Choir conducted by Dr. J. Wil-
gus Eberly, They sang "The
Lord's Prayer" (Mallotte), “The
23rd Psalm" (Schubert) and "T
TSCW" (Special arrangement by
Florence McCracken).
The Rev. Bert N. Honea. Jr.-,
rector of St. David's Episcopal
Church, gave the invocation and
Dr. John Guinn, president of
ta Fe's new Dallas-Denton main
line and the new Santa Fe station
at the west edge of Denton.
Anderson, whose office is in
Chicago, emphasized that the new
line will assure Denton and Dal-
las of streamlined trains of the
Texas Chief type which operate
from the Gulf Coast to Chicago. The
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ONE WILL BE A QUEEN
One of these five co-eds will be presented as Home- the NTSC-Chattanooga football game The girls are
coming Queen at NTSC Saturday afternoon. FinSlists Karen Gentry, Abilene; Tomagene Rich,'Lufkin; Martha
in a student election, they’ll ride in a parade that Bateman, McKinney; Clarice Smith, Abilene; and
morning and the.winner will be named at halftime of Shirlee Sandifer, Brownwood.
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