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PAGE TWO
MONDAY AFTERNOON,
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OCT
9, 1939.
K
A.
By DALE HARRISON
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fork to a shudder-
awaken New
ing realization of its almost com-
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DAILY AEGISTE
BY MAU
moreover, a working moneta
Wise count
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agreement among
One menth, an
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The Treasury has
its
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Montague.
Oklahoma:
U. S. diplomats
them a perennial h
to be on the German sfde when the
minds
. -7Be
harbor
tery.
aH other counties of the United
Atlantic. Calm yourself, but think
San
The Associnted
Line.
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seems
Annalist, writing for the Foreign Po
f Associa- ■
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bien, estimates that Franee and Ei
That isl-why
‘T
IS IS FIRE prevention week.
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God
Hitler Fails
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LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY
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They result from some cause.
arid let
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porta.
American
a
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we had to-get in and put Germany
• • •
New York's blackout
dicate that
in powerhouses.
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(All Rights Reserved)
A single night’s blackout would *
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per makes no speciallaim
• tablished to
k
consistently
thor.
E never has been a time in our histnry
middle
3e-°
of
two
r
litical
Whatever
ness in policy.” .
A '
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cently formed sanitation committee
IFGDONNAIRFS AGAINST WAR
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visitor here this week,
wed every six months.
must be re
Brother of Mrs.
Smile Awhile
Miss
Something like
at Sherman
Sc1
0-
local group
services
for
came 1O tne rescue.
I help you find the keyhole.
asked!
uatro, ou VJ" “6--
ment to withhold all
strike
A father’s son. just home from college.
. science to
to “treat"
‘ the remaining 32.
hnology
until
cute the fire that fast, however.
, for c
think
I did she
"Humpf.
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when he shut himself into the
the hands.
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$
— 82.25
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tion of the
will go out
Sanitation Drive
To Be Planned
population. The lights
by throwing switches
other industries directly con-
it, the Printing, Publishing
been’
since.
will be centrally controlled and
will not rely entirely on coopera-
They
Edgar
whh
d ini
Needs of the various sanitary
movements in* the city will be out-
Circus Members to
Get Show Tickets
still depends
miles of oc
Americas
dustry; and
netted with
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eredited tn It
paper and also
J.
Am year, la
ndvane ..
lerism."
At the same tim, it was an-
all this week and next to see the
show.
vmnee
> menths, la
circus during
closet.
Associated Press
SIFVIER J
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Bv The
ROBERT S.
as shown by the statistics, is of minor im-
portance. The fact that no lives wre lost
Washington
M PRESTON GROVER
M o ney
To Loan •
• On Your Auto
God Wil Speak to You Too If You Will Lis-
ten: And Sami lel told him every whit, and hid
nothing from him. And he said. It is the Lord: let .
him do what set meth good—I Ham. 8:18.
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By MAIL.
Ope montk.
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carried on a campaign of
cooperation with ‘ the State
haps he did-without giving you.
his closest relatives and his wife.
ville, and Neer & Lybrand of Ce-
leste. Burial was in Hog Eye ceme-
ing under a Japanese blockade.
Would you get mad if a Ji
cruised around three miles outsi
drugs, or work in or about the
front of any drug store or restau-
rant. He said any qualified physi-
religt
---.—, Denton,
i, and Ldv« county.
present European conflict;” their demand tha
President and the Congress pursue a policy
“will prevent involvement,” and their advocai
Gaihesviie or"
‛ise coun
Mt and Mrs. Ralph Bradley, of
this city, were in Tulia Monday at-
. tending the funeral services for
Elmer Wright, 66. brother of Mrs
Bradley, wbo, passed awav in that
city earlv Sunday morning follow-
fing an illness Of three weeks
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The new rifle adopted by the
American army is semi-automatic
Chapter One
The Missing Man.
handicapping me greatly by re-
fusing my request. It seems to me
that Protessor Murchison would be
most unreasonable under the cir-
cumstances if he objected to our
taking such a course. He had no
City Curt ' •
ne person was fined 110 on a
charge of drunkenness, and a np- - -
torist was assessed a fine of
for running a red light, Monday.
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American production of cotton
and Allied Industries, according to the lat-
est U. S. Cer isiis Figures, rank:
First in number of establishments.!
First in value added by manufacture.
First in number of salaried employees.
First in salaries paid.
Third in wages paid. V
Fifth in lumber of Wage earners (as
distinguished from salaried employees).
Fifth in value of products (exceeded
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: the dinner. preoccupied, went back to
the study. At half past ten his wife
went to the door and asked if he
i
A city-wide sanitation campaign. . , .
to be directed by a sanitation com- • tendance in a
Sonsm:
i aa-
the Securities Exchange commi
to be completely unperturbed by
" war-time effects on our stock am
markets
attended the
following the
were going up to bed, and he was
still busy. They have separate
, rooms, and she didn’t know
42 YIEARS AGO
(From the files of the Daily Hes-
perian, Oct. 9, 1897)
E P. Bomar has moved his of-
fice from the 'Hesperian building
to the rooms over the Wells-Fargo
Express agency. s
Public Weigher Bent Roberts
happened to a painful accident
yesterday having a cotton hook
stuck in his hand. \
• Mrs. Ben Lloyd of Glasgow, Ky., -
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Par-
iish.
Mrs. Lavina Colvin of Tyler, is
the guest of her nephew. Judge
J. P. Hall and family.
timates, “unless we meet, with spiritual f<
the materialism which has had such a disas
to
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morning that his bed hadn’t
slept in. She hasn’t seen him
That’s the story."
Bix months, in
advanee ____
would not
throw an I elephant. And he was right- in
World war, Italy pulled out “
in Cooke, Grayson,
Ies, Texas, and Love
increased 50-foid between 1800 and
the ’civil wan ‘ ;•
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His nearest • relatives are aunts,
uncles and cousins, residing in
Hunt county.
Mrs. Pate remained in the sani-
tarium Monday but will be moved
to the home of Mrs. Irvin Kaps,
a friend, south of Gainesville, as
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THE STATE FAIR down at' Episcopal Church, South. when it
Dallas seems to be holding its merged with the other
awn, or evert making progress, as branches of Methodism.
the cutstanding amusement at-
traction that is scheduled annually GEORGE L-GRIGGS
One year. In
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m JAMES w. JOHNSON
NEWNAN, Ga Dr James Wil-
son Johnson, 65, member of the
Judicial Couhncil of the Methodist
necessarily carelessness imme-
diately before fire breaks out, but
On Germany.
Contemporary [
bn appeal
y possil
ommodits
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ommission
tock trad
There Ml
Ralph Bradley Dies Attend Church
hool
with an efficient police force and
matters as they are, it is not neces-
sary.” ' ,
Mrs. Murchison leaned forward
eagerly. “My cousin is right,” she
said quickly.
The Commissioner turned to the
missing man’s brother. "Is that
your feeling, too?”
Murchison shrugged his shoul-
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AX
vance _______
Six montha, in
"Thash all right, old man,” said the thee
cheerily, “yon just hoi’ the housh and I can Fn-
ge ..
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he was carrying out cruel experi-
ments at the University, or advo-
cating that such experiments be
allowed, or something of the sort ?”
that. Don’t re-
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men responsibility is a stim-
?tb it is a palsy.—David Lloyd
changed at the front door of the.
circus for reserved seat coupons.
The tickets are being purchased
by the community circus as a cour-
tesy to members, and no one will be -
admitted free to the circus because
of membership in the. community
circus: j
Reagan. and Rev. High, of theecol-
ored Baptist Church.
Staff members of the health unit
which will participate are Dr. Hous-
ton HL Terry, director; George
aid: in advance or re-
er expiration, straight
I be closed.
New York
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Town Bovs Boycott Giris
France, and Engla id,
quickly could be expane
Legal Records J
16th Distriet Court
File Docket
•Ruth Jane Summar, vs. Fairis
Summar, divorce.
The- week is not proclaimed
merely as a matter of form, but
soon as the physician permits. She to remind every individual of he
was reported doing nicely Monday. importance of eliminating fire
' hazards from the home, and from
the business etablishments of our
qities and towns.
Fires just don’t happen.
or any other system of P0-
_______ opinions. This Is a matter
of taste. But to begin a war for
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squadrn
Franciapb
Save your lemon halves after
the juice has been extracted. .They
can be put to several household
uses. They are helpful in cleaning
to everyone’s
Woodruff, sanitarian; and
Jane Harris, nurse.
A farmer ran in to tell a neighbor th
wife had suddenly gone , insane. "I don’t
where she could have caught that insanity ,
he added. "She ain’t been outside our kite
25 yers."
ders, “I don’t 'see any sense in -
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stabil;
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turning to the middle ages" for and if the truth were known, a
waging war to “exterminate Hit- -big majority of our fires result.
from carelessness. Maybe not
and David O’Brien. and Clifford LEO MOORE, are well known in
McMahon. R. D. Clack and Ross P. Gainesville.
lohs.” 1 . ..
is impossible." the newspa-
Murchison. He’s been missing since
the day the University closed, and
by Jove, we’ve combed the coun-
try for him, He‛s vanished."
"Lot’s of people vanish.” Forres-
ter eyed the. Commissioner sharp-
iy.
"Yes. And their wives and rela-
.tives go into hysteris and pester
us to death, and rant and raw."
“Doesn’t Murchison’s wife g>
into hysterics?”
“You’ve hit it. She does not."
"Start at the beginning, Davies.”
"There isn’t- much to tell. You
know that oval of houses out back
of the University? They,call it the
Horseshoe." Forrester nodded. "The
Murchisons lived in the big house
at the curve of the oval. On the
last afternoon of the term, Murchi-
son walked home, and shut himself
in the study. His wife asked him
to have tea with her in the living
room, and he refused. Came out to
The Securities
has power to freeze
ing into narrowly
/channels or to clo
change altogether.
While housewives have nervous-
ly watched a slowly mounting Cost
of Livmg put cramps in their
mittee, through the Cooke County
Health unit, will get underway
Tuesday, when members of the re-
Much opinion in this vicinity is____________
be chipped away’'from the Axis, especially nw
A LTHOUGH the woman in black
A seemed ks calm and composed
as ever, she had chosen the
chair standing with its back to the
light. The Police Commissioner
, eyed her thoughtfully as she spoke.
"You have, then, no ’ further
news of my husband?”
“None. I am sorry -to say.”
- The tall handsome young man
with the sullen eyes threw his hat
down on the table, with an angry
gesture. .
•“Why did you send for us, then?”
he demanded.'
Commissioner Davies looked up
at him. “I wanted to discuss the
matter with you. Mr. Murehison,"
he replied. “All of you have im-
pressed upon me the fact that you
do not want any publicity in con-
nection with the Fioftssoi’s—with
your brother’s — disappearanc e
Frankly, we have come to the end
of our resources, and in my opinon
it is time to make use of the press.
I feel sure that a judiciously word-
ed account of the affair would
bring results ”
Dunean Murchison scowled. His
sister-in-law tapped nervously with
those shining long finger nails on
the arm. of her chair. It was the
third member of the group who
answered.
“We have explained our position
in regard to the matter of pub-
licity many times. Commissioner
Davies,” he said gently. "Surely
in tne Lcne starstate. . GALESBURG. III. George L.
There w ere nearly-a hundred Griggs, 67, general superintendent
thousand people opening day. Sat, of the Eastern Division of the Chi-
urday. which set an all-time re- cago, Burlington and Quincy rail-
cord. and was several thousand road. -
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only by steel works and rolling mill prod-
ucts, motor Vehicles, meat packing, and pe-
troleum refining).
member ’much about it.
dropped it."
“Well, that’s the man.
nounced Premier-Foreign Com- * -
missar Vyacheslaff Molotoff had, arlessness of days. weeks, or
reached a quick decision last night months ago, in permitting a fire
with leaders of a German trade hazard to exist.
erumseaee
NOTES 1
REFINANCED 1
the basement of the courthouse.
One. set o! conferences concern-
ing which there has been po men-
tion has deAlt with the Blackout.
These conferences, I have it on
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THE GREATEST INDUSTRY
NOT ONLY is Printing, the Art Preserva-
1 y tive, on of the greatest of all Arts,
but the Graphic Arts Industry, taking in .
those industries whose chief function is .0
supply its materials, is the greatest of all
American Industries. Even excluding the
Paper Industry, the greater part of whose
annual billion dollar a year product is used
to carry the printed word; the Printing
Machinery Industry, the Printing Ink In-
per declared, “to exterminate any
idea or any opinion by fire and
sword.
publicity in
Safety Assocition and other organiza- fAom-pAAl,
tions, urging local citizens to be careful of AmerE MOB--aToN call
the manner in which they drive bheir au-
tomobiles, and admonishing pedestrians
to use caution in crossing the streets. It is ,
corporated limits, says an announcement
from the Texas Safety Association. :•
Deathless k ities without the sacrifice of,
a single life l o traffic accidents, as based
I think an account of his disap-
pearance. together with his pic-
ture. would bring his whereabouts
almost certainly to light.” He
passed his hand slowly over his
thin white hair. “If you will not
allow me to do this,” •'he went on
quietly. "I must warn you that we
will drop the case.”
There wps absolute silence in the
room. Professor Devoe spoke final-
ly. His voice was worried.
"We realize that by not report-
ing the case for. nearly a week
after mv cousin’s disappearance we
handicapped you from the start,”
he said. "Indeed — we all realize
that you have done your part. But
— his eyes went to the beautiful
woman behind him, who looked
away; to the tight angry mouth of
the young man who stood staring
from the window. He shook his
head and' turned back to the Com-
missioner. “It is because the Pro-
fessor went away just so. a number
of years ago,” he went on.
Davies waited.
Forrester shook his head. “Didn't
see it.' That wouldn't be Edgar
Murchison, would it. Dr. Edgar
Murchison.
“Yes. Do you know him?”
“No.” Forrester frowned. “Can't
you find him?"- -
“No. He’s walked off the map.
Not a trace. And it strikes me that
there’s something damn funny
about it.”
"What?"- —
- "Well—what are you frowning
about, John? You know something
about him that’s bothering you.”
The District Attorney consid-
ered. “Isn’t he the chap that got
into* trouble with the anti-vivisec-
tionists?" 1 *
Davies stared at him. “Now that
you mention it, I believe he is," he
said slowly. “Didn’t they say that
Now probably she wom fight on the same side
s’Germhany, if at all.
That means Japan will not attempt to block
U. ®. trade with Britain's colonies in t he Pacific:
Le us . c
pressing problems, and to achieve better
living conditions for everyone. How much
• ! happier the human race will be when peo*
pie come more generally to depend upon
wrest the good thing? of life
' spending most of
p take them away
_ drivers, also __________
degree, at le 1st, have likewise
both directio is” before attempting to cross
All bona fide members of the • - Mr. Wright, who was. a native
GainesviEe.Cnmmimity cirrus may of Whitesboro, was a retired Post-
obtain free reserved seat tickets to
Downie Brothers circus which ex-
hibits here Wednesday, by calling
for them at the Chamber of Com-
stroyers from the skies, however, which occurs at night and under
on those thousands of the powerjof electricity, would be
e a n. the Atlantic hampered," if not completely in-
Filling is the most Important
department of our business. To
datewe have filled over
229,150
Just as the Doctor Ordered
Nest time you have —» —.f
mud we witt mppretinte nerying
yom. nna it will eont vot ■* mere
Watts Bros.
Pharmacy
Home-owmea
the 'xterminotton of Hitlerism’
means* to admit to criminal sill-
NocE TO THE PI UCM?
Any erroneous eflection upon the charaeter. repu-
tation or stand '----- — z
craft guns in position, but they electric and upon which the city
are puny compared, with t h ose places large dependence for the
which guard Europe’s great cities, protection of its perishable meats
Military men don’t place the and foodstuffs, would be inter,
blind confidence in the Atlantic's rupted . . .
defense! adequacy as they once did. Elevators which .are the only
That is! why even in the first few things which make living and
weeks of Europe's war they began working in skyscrapers possible,
planning more elaborate measures would not move -t .
for insuring the safety of the ten Those are some of the shocks
million people who might become New Yorkers might fade if the
in war easy targets for Death- necessity for a 100 per. cent black-
makers who ride the skies. out should come.
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a system for controlling
liquidation of stocks..
Denison,.Denton, Greenville, Harlingen,
• Highland Park, McAllen, Odessa, San .—.
nito. Temple, Texarkana, Vernon and Vic-
toria.
tkcanesdinn petpoemwere in at Certificates for
rge crowds over the* ri __ 1a 1
weekend, and will flock to Dallas Handlers Of H 000
NEW YORK—If, by some evil destiny, there should come to this
I% country a Blackout of Peace, New York wil be ready for the
Blackout of War.
.This newspa]
to having had a part in the fine record es-
l-ih. date in Gainesvile, but it has
------ of any firm. individual or cor-
poratton, will bi ladly corrected upon being called
to the publishers attention.
ness at a second's notice.. . ----- .-,2 c____
The nature of these secret con-- amazement, and 25 years of Prog,
ferences and the identity of the ressin engines of death especiauy
men who participated in' them in- in the air, are constantly making
One year, i -------------
when subscript ion is not
ne wed within < ne wegk at__
price of 50 cent a per month will
m, Ot PASog8n2,*8maoon,
». Wise, counties, Texas, and Ldv.
mostrefiable information, have de-
vised5 a lights-out program that
cart, if the n eed arises, turn Broad-
way’s brilliance into pitch black-
2 cWEREY RkersrER
BY MAIL, in e- EiE-----5 -
‘ States:
exactly the same position we were in after a yer
or so of the World war We would be making lots
of money out of the war trade We could led
France and England some money to keep on b<
ing CT. we'could tighten our belts
Members of the
Texas Press
profits go
Remembering, what happened to the dekts
from the last war, we might think a long timie
before we began shovi. g good money down fie
same hole. That is, we might think a long tihne
about it unless we were already convinced tat
down again
that Italy dart
great pride in using college slang, and
breakfast tabl called out: "Mother, chi
cow down this way!" 5
Mother, equal to the occasion, said to fapa,
"Give the poor calf some milk. He's bawlin for
it" ______: ;
su mny .-2
Jsi: "My dear, I haven’t seen you,for ag
• Tessie: “Oh, I know. I’ve been m» busyfwith
one thing and another. Tve just had my teeth
Uken out apd a gas stove put in—“
Research becomes progressively nore
powerful as an, agent for human welfare
because each new discovery may be usefu
- not only by itself, but; also in various com-
binations withall which have gone before.
All logic arid Experience indicate that we
are still onl^at the beginning of possibili-.
ties of usin : science to solve many of our
"One may respect or hate Hit- in the Lcne star state,
lerism or any other system of np-
budgets. and
that Germany has become so friendly with R-
sfa. Italy, after all. is a Catholic nation and t
likely to feel warmly towardaCommunist R-
• sia. • I ■ ' 7. | L ’
Moreover, Italy’s reputation as art ally Sof
Germany is not good Bismarck once said, afer, , -
he had negotiated a alliance with Italy, thathe ' right to go away as he did -as Per
trust the country as far as he .cod
“i
Sievier, 79,
owner, gambler, soldier and au-
--_---------------- -p -T-— - - ifle
And the war, if it comes, will be eonfined to the
.0 gwhat ye
would want to do if a Japanese cruiser seized
American ships taking food to Australians star-
within the cry limits during the first eight,
months of the year, is reward enough. Naw
that it has been shown Gainesville is a safe
city when its citizens desireithat it be no,
let’s keep it that way! 2
LONDON - Robert S. (Bob)
millionaire race horse
deep, . blue Maginot terrupted . . .
There are some anti-air- Rfrigeration, which is largely
Such an remergency is not an-
ticipated. Phe fact, bovever, that
extensive defense strategies -are -
being mapped brings emphasis to
the seriousness with which the
situation is being regarded. As
long ago as the World War, Ger-
man submarines bobbed up in
. from natur instead of i.
their efforts in trying to take
from other people! — Karl T. Compton,
president, Massachusetts Institute of
study.
"Nothing in particular. She says
it was common for him to do that
when he was busy. Moody fellow,
I think.”
“Did he talk at dinner?"
“Nd.” '
zation fund to stead r Our own
currency. And the Federal De
posit Insurance Corporation would stave off aiy
runs on American banks. ' j ft
Besides, there is a moderate amount of convi
Eion here that there isn’t going to bs an:war..l
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thank Russia for saving
. - rhe BeforeRussia grew
friendly with Germany, Japan was a fair prosper
“ “ -----i “I war started
flfAR brought the American Legion into exist-
W ence, but the Legionnaires want nd more It
—and they don't want to send their sons to
the trenches Note their protest, in their Chicao
convention, against the belief that the Unted *
States “must inevitably become involved ijthe
Teacher: “Jimmy, name a great time saver "
Jimmy “Love at first sight."—Erie Raioad '
Magazine. 7,
Tacher: "What do you know about Atlas?;
st student "He was the world’s greatest 8ng-
Teacher: Gangster? Where did you get^hat
idea?" g
Student: "The history book says he held u the
"orld ' I 2
thaf his
iw
eight months . of 1939 without reporting
single traffie fatality within their in-
LOYALTON, (UP)— De-
cidinz that Lovalton giris are “too
expensive” as dates* 33 boys signed Prescription
SAFETY’S F IONR ROLL includes some
N. 15 Texas cities of 10,000 and more pop-
ulation which have rounded out the rirst-
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GAnNESVMLE DAILY REGISTER, GAINESVILS, TEXAS.
A man was fumbling at his keyhole in thwee
hours of the morning. A policeman saw the Hfi-
’ cuity and came to the rescue, y J M
"Can I help you find the keyhole, sir he
X.0
he
iat
of
a policy of neutrality and peace for their naflon.
It is instructive to find that men who knowiar
are anything but belligerent. - Christian Seiiice
Monitor. K
rroadcasting it. It seems to me if •
your men had really been on the
job they would have found some
trace of him by now.”
Professor -Devoe glanced apolo-
getically at the Commissioner, his
dark eyes full of regret. “I am sure
Duncan does not mean to be so
abrupt,” he murmured. “The six
weeks' mystery has been some-
thing of a strain for us all.” ;
“I can understand that. I am as
anxious to end it’ as you are, but
you must realize that you are
His father died before his birth,
and his mther passed away when
he was three years of age. He was
educated in the public schools of
Celeste, worked at a service station
in Leonard and for two years was
employed by a tie company in Dal-i
tea. He had been in ill health for
several months and underwent an
operation in Dallas three months
Gainesville Daily Register
gTHEREGITEh PRIrNe COMPANY,.
L-BHNHERSAINESVILLE, COOKE CO.. TEXAB
yitovial and Huslae— CXIUe, m K. California BL
Enteted at t heGinesyille,exs,Postorres
ai i Second-class Matter.
meirr office Tuesday or Wednes
day morning.
These tickets are to tie ex
Members of the Loyal Daugh-
ters class of the Whaley Memorial
Methddist church and their friends
went to Sherman Sunday morning
to attend the Sunday school Hass
______ . . of the Key MemorialMethdist
master of Kress Texas, and is stir- church taught by Mrs M L. Ham-
vived by his wife: two sons. Har- ilton, whose husband is pastor of
old and Elmer Wright; two broth- the Sherman church,
ere. O W. Wright, of Ardmore. The l
and Alfred Wright cf Macimbs, morning
Miss., ahd one sister, Mrs. Brad- Church school hour. .
, I ley - Attending were: Mmes. J W-
Mrs. Bradlev attended her Pailey. J. N. Whaley., L. B. Jpnes.
brother's bedside last week, and Hattie Miller, Callie Bradley. Lura
Mr Bradley left for Tulia early Hayes. Rr L. Henley, and Mthnie
Sunday Armstrong, and Miss Minnie True-
. ________Z_____— love, and R. A. Hays and James
Whaley. T 1_i"
harper—with a perfect right waiting for a
ish eruiser to make a dash fob liberty?
Well the Russian-German treaty
have fanned that ghost away?
Winthrop W. Case, associate editor of r
Late Deaths In Other Days .
minute, compared with 250 shots |
a minute by a machine gunner.
- ahead of the first dav a year ago. i----
The Texas State Fair hyhong DR. BENJAMIN G BENSON
been the largest state /fair from . ST. LOUTS Dr. Benjamin Gar-
the standpoint ofattendce in the leaf Benson, 72, former editor of
United States, and is she sec-, the American Medical Association
ond largest annual exposition in Journal,
the world, being surpassed only by ! ------- --------
isolation more academic than real. •
Few men, even the grumpiest 4.
despairers, forsee any actual need I,
for New York to put out the lightr *
to thwart raining Death;, but ’
that need arises New York will *
ready for the blackout.
Those eligible for the tiekets are
members,,, i ■ strike agreement to withhold all
thresormors.engzemendonojthe - to "treat”
legislation. Fire Marshal JOHN McCARTY
The delegation arrived only yes- bas a questicnaire which he is go-
terday to expedite stimulated ing to have distributed this week
trade detween Russia and Ger- to grammar school students. The
many under the recent formal students will be requested to go to
trade and credit agreement their homes and niake inspections
15 YEARS AGO
(From the files"of the Daily Reg-
ister. Oct. 9, 1924)
i Paul Gallja has returned from
Sherman where he visited his old-
time friend, John Ringling, and
other members of the circus fra-
ternity travelling with the big
show
Rev. E. H. Moseley has accepted
the pstorate of the Southern
Presbyterian church and has
moved here with his family from .
Durant’ Oklahoma.
Miss Lela Mae Own by. county
home demonstration agent, has
gone to Fort Worth where she will
be a judge at the Tarrant Co.
home conomics show.
Harry Cohen of New York Cify,
a former Gainesville citizen, is a
---- -------- Press is exclusively entitled to
the use for re publication of all news diephtehes
or not otherwise eredited 10 this
to local news appearing herein.
Rigid enforcement or the state
SUPERINTENDENT H. O. Me- law which requires all food hand-
wil meet with unit employes at 2 a CAIN has granted a half holiday lers to have state health certif,
p. m. at the unit headquarters im for locai school boys and girls to cates, is planaed in Gainesville and
go to the circus Wednesday. Cooke county. Dr. Houstonf. H,
It is the first time in a half Terry, diractor of the Cooke Coun-
dozen years that kiddies have got-, ty Public Health। unit, said.,
ten a circus heliday. due to the Dr. Terry said that the law re-
—— — — ■ —i—t such certificates, which
! « •
U. S ADVISER— From'
the ranks of business came Rob-
' ert K. MeConhell, an engineer
from The Plains, Va., to become
a business adviser in the depart-
ment of commerce. A native of
Colorado, he’ll represent depart-
ment at oil monopoly hearing.
Town Topics
By A. MORTON SMITH
In case of error, or omissions occurring in local or
other advrtiser nents or of omissions n.scheduled
date, the publishers do not holfl them@ea liable
for damhges further than the amount received by
dvertisements: T
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Denton, fontague, W
county, klaoma; •
Six montps, in
advanee
L, In Cooke. Grayson. Dnton,
ate,
pa-ce __________
have enough gold and corvertibles to finance
themselves for a two-year war. .Their gold and
foreign holdings amount to 12 to 15 billon de-
lars as he eomnputes it, assisted by the Foreign
Policy research staff. • 1 ‘
At'the end ol that time, we would be in almst
and can fire +0 times a minute.
srmasta Si-rS"
nr also will remove stains from
lined during the meeting and health ... a ... _______
directors will explain ways in fact that Rhgling- Barnum was quires
which local conditions mav be im- here on Sunday in 1937, .and no rrert 3, --
proved. other professional circuses have for all persons whhandie.food and
Committee members which will come to town since 1933.
convene are: Mmes. J. C. Arring- Downie Bros. circus is Electra-
ton, I. R McKee.. G. R. McKissack Fowned, and its bosses. BILL and -g ,
---------— ... cian in Cooke county may issue
these certificates, and he warns all
food handiers to obtain them at
once, if they do not already have
such certificates.
them for such ai
The Word af
an explanation. We need not con-
sider his feelings, and as for you,
on reports received by the assoeiation,. in-
. elude Gainesville, Brownwood, Corsicana,
plete dependence upon that mys-
terious energy it calls electricity. ‘
wa.. ... If the blackout should be com-
Ed woiy wring- । t from its rowerhouse sources.,.
•iMnnr Rew York might suddenty rind
Fjanamertggrgoup e2had no transportation afora
Senhave muterStransatare po«
huEdbeen.meeting,se- electricity, ...
osrety. the rang- No lights, and no power for the ”i
Edping.for theeven homes which would mean that ra-
O iatuality of war. diog would be Stiled, electric 1
There have stoves would -be of no avail, no
been many such conferences. They vacuum cleaners or other plug-in I
have dealt’with every phase of de- appliances would operate during 1 •
fense fer this, the new world's the ght . . . , +.
greatest • metropolis. The police No -theatres, no movies, no con- i l
department already operates on a certs, not even the reading of
semi-war basis, with special de- books and newspapers after dark*,
tails .cf meh guarding, the piers Doctors would treat the sick
'and other planes ’ w h e r e hostile under difficulties, qand emrgency
* might plot damage. The calks at hospitals Would call for
efenses, which are genes- many modifications., so heavily
ally believed to be so thorough as does the treatment of the rick and
to make the city impregnable the Injured depend upon- electrici-
from the sei. have been recexam: y. . . .
ined. -Movement of food and, other .H
The city's defense against de- supplies into New- York, much of/”
"What did he’ say when she asked
him if he were going to bed?"
“He said, ‘Oh leave me alone’!”
“It seems to indicate a certain
degree of preoccupation,” the Dis-
trict Attorney said dryly. "What’s
the wife like?”
Davies considered. "S h e's
Frenchy," he decided. “Small and
pretty and dark. Smart, too."
“What does she think about it?”
Davies snorted again. “I haven’t
the lest idea wHat she thinks. But
she says he’ll come back. They all
say it Over and over."
• Continued Monday
Murder-Suicide
(Continued on Page Two)
wage earners
have acquired
-________Bid to
keague and. International Circulation Managers”
Assoclation.
No Red Tape
Pace Bros
Dodge and Mlymouth Sa
and Service
Used Cars Bought and Bi
106 N. Chestnut - Phone
k when there was a deeper need for calling
ourpeple to faith in religion tha the pes-
nt moment in the contemporary conflict --
entirely possible that tome of these ar- hummnatnntsyandrcstkep’hnaimtneapphr’r:
tick’s have r iade a favorable impression sportive of spiritual values" .
upon operators of motor vehicles, to the ' President Reosevelt, penned these words gl-
' end that they have become more careful mosta week before war wasdeclared in Eurpe,
2 that neHestrians in some and they are still applicable in a letter endorflng
tnat pedestrians, in some the observance of Loyalty Day in church and
> looked 121 synagogue, as a’ method of bringing the mids
and hearts of men back to consciousness of the
"a street ahead of traffic ' « fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man,"’the
“ ' president speaks of problems both nationaljAnd
has brought about the ,happy international "which call for divine guidance And
absence of traffic fatalities in Gainesville, power." 4 I i8‛
Qur search for peace, aryl for the solution of
all our problems, will be vain, as the presidetgin-
i . . ... ...J .
sbous
effect on our national and international life "
The reeognition of the fundamental truthifhat
all men have one Father and, therefore, are breth-
ren is the Spiritual force which, if enlisted ipthe
consciousness of mankind, can and must or-
come and destroy, not only war{itself, bufithe
basic idolatry which brings it about. • Chrisian
Science Monitor. 11 2X
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ketween the nazi -communist part- of the premises and answer the
ners. It was specified what goods questions on-the sheet of paper,
were involved. The questionnaire asks ques-$
Besides the German delegation, tions’which causes one to realize
Russia was host to the foreign some of the fire hazards which ex-
ministers of Turkey and Lithuania iat about his home, but to which
and expected a third diplomat, he had giyen little or no thought.
Former Premier Juhu Kusti Paaai- If every person would go over
viki of Finland, tonight or tomor- the questionnaire carefully and re-
row ai» she pushed forward her me ve all the fire hazards from his
bargain-driving campaign. premises, whch are listed. Gaihes-
Izvestia asserted British-French ville’s annual fire loss would be
arguments that the war must be considerably reduced,
prolonged to crush Hitler ism Give your cooperation to (he
"makes us return to the gloomy youngster in your home who
______ ages when devastating re- brings a questionnaire home and
ligiousf wars were carried on for see that he returns it to his teach-
the purpose f the extermination er properly filled outi
of heretics and people of different » « •
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