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VOL. XXX
NO. 19
WHEN FRENCH FLYERS REACHED DALLAS
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LOUISVILLE, Sept 5. Taken by
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250 HEARD BY
Peace Move in
India is Failure
persomns gathered around the police-
tor the first nonstop flight between
won a cash prize of $25,000 offered
in the county.
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by mounted soldiers
a motor-
west di Brownsville. Texas. The dis-
declared deft nd bv 22 votes. charg-
that time.
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Galveston Ready
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Hurricane to
Miss U. S.
"I d d not get to play any
sveak of. but r did go out to
will be spent the trip continued t
New York tomorow.
Louisville Prepares Welcome
The plane was taxied to the north-
eastern part of the field and the
.West Texas. Partly cloudy tonieht
and Saturday; little change in hm-
and Sat
in south
Approximately 250 persons have
pppeared before the city board of
equalization during the hearinss as
given citizens who wish to protest
property valuations set for taxation,
it was estimated at noon Friday.
The hearings opened Wednesday.
Members of the board, composed
of J. T. Simmons, E. O. Garrison
and John Rochelle, said Friday thev
wpuld continue their hearines unt
all property owners who desire had
been given an opportunity to enter
protests.
POONA, India. sept. 6,—Failure
of negotiations to bring peace be-
tween Mahatma Gandhi and his civ-
il disobedience followers and the
government was announced today by
Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and Mr. Jay-
star, after an hour's' conference
with Gandhi in Yeroda jail.
The two moderates issued a state-
ment saying:.
"We regret to announce that the
present negotiations have failed. We
are publiehing the entire corres-
pondence with regard to the affair.’*
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SASKATON, Sask . —Dmitro
Guly is a six-foot ditch digger
who just loves epples. He ate
81. big oner, one right after the
other, just to rhow he could do
it, then had some bn-id. bologna
and a cigar.
Above is a close-up picture bf C apt Dieudonne Coste after he land-
ed in Dallas Thursday afternoon. — ——2
erty Loss Estimated at $20,000,000.
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"I wish you would make correc-
tion of an item appearing in Thurs-
day's paper, In which it was stated
that I was circulating the 'recall'
petition," said F W Williams. “I am
faking no stock in this, so make this
statement for me in Friday’s pap-
er!
ed over, lighitened today the sorrow
brought to the. capital by the deso-
lation of Santo Domingo, while aid
was dispatched to its suffering pop
(Oontinued on rape Four)
Girl Latest Victim
of Detroit Slugger
DETROIT, Sept S—A 16-year-ola
girl today was listed as the fifth
victim in four days of a slugger who
specializes in robbing small shops.
The case of the girl, Ethel Go'ds-
smith, however, differed from the
others in that she saw her assail-
ant and was able to describe him
to police after regaining consclous-
ness at receiving hospttal.
The girl was alone in the shoe
store of her father, Morris Gold-
smith, when the man entered late
raid, when she turned around to
fill his order for a pair of shoes.
The other four victims were men
who said they neither heard nor
saw their assailant.
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FOTSDAM, Germany—An eight-
horse cariage used by Willlam Ho-
henzolern on state occasions is to
carry Ras Tafari at h s coronation
in Abyssinia Nev. 2. It has been sold
for $6,000, crated and shlpped:
lunteetiy t
several p
in London Blaze
“We had nothing to do but eat.
sleep and gossip in Manitou," said
Walter S Miller, who, with his fam-
liv. returned Friday from Colorado
after having spent two weeks thre.
9 diV
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Broadmoor course, wherea fee of
83 per game is charged."
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cycle squad of police,
warmth of the Lone Starstate wel-
re, found drilling in the Pilot Point
area One oil operator there at-
tempted to purchase from the Pilot
Point organization the forty, acres.
With the well, which is owned by the
citizerp of Phot Peint.---——
DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY A FTERNOON; SEPTEMBER 5, 1930
LONDON, Sept. S.—The Trades
Union Congress meeting at Not
11ngham today demanded of the
government a reduction of the gen-
eral working week to 44 hours, in-
cluding mealtimes.- - — ---
John Bromley, member of parin.
ment for Barrow-in-Furness, today
predicted that there would be Mr
million unemployed in Britain- by
next February. Mr. Bromley is gen-
eral secretary of the Associated So-
ciety of Locomotive Engineers. Th"
Congress yesterday demanded pen-
sions for persons aged 60 and com-
pensation for displaced workers
.ti
gne
the motor warmed up and the as-
cent was undertaken she seemed to
be functioning perfectly.
Circle Field -
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a radio message released by Pan
LAmeriean Airways here today The
meszage was sent by Major. Cary I.
Crockett, who flew from San Juan
to Santo Domingo yesterday.
French Loss Small
ST CLAUDE, Guadloupe, Stpt. 5,
—The hurricane yesterday caused
only property damage on French
territory. The storm area here was
on the western part of the island.
Communication with outside point,
interrupted for a time, was restored
today . .
’ One vessel was driven ashore at
Trois Rivieres and reports from the
Ites Des Saints said there was con-
siderable damage to crops there.
No houses are known to have been
blown down and traffic is reported
normal everywhere. .—
ed fraud am Jlegality.
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Skiles said. From the interest now
being shown, it is believed that this
will be the best fair ever undertaken
by Ooi. William E. Easterwood for a
Paris-New York-Dallas hop.
Their tgtal elapsed flying time
from Paris to Dallas, via New York
was 48 hours, 55 minutes and 11 set-
onds.
Feel Warmth of Welcome
Almost from the second the scar-
let sesquiplane kicked up a Texas
corn flower as its wheels came to
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tion. Physicians said he suffered a
fractured skull and a broken arm.
Miss Dunn'S body was sent to Min-
eral Wells.
Fant was the son of W. S. Fant,
president of the First National
Bank of Weatherford and manager
of the Hotel Parker. The other two
victims also were members of prom-
inent families.
The accident occurred near the
scene of a similar one two years
ago in which two Mineral Wells peo-
ple were killed. -
entire citizenship.
cpmmittee meeting Monday
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Jacobs No 2 flowed' again by
heads Thuredav, and, according to
reports, the flow was stronger than
ot any time since the drilling in of
the well. One of the drillers said “I
don't think there is any question
but that this well ‛s good for 1000
barrels per day right now, and if I
ran't swab at least that much oil
ner day. I’ll take down my claims for
being an -oil driller "
' A good many oil scouts and oil
operators were at the barbecue and
much speculation as future develop-
90 Per Cent of
City Destroyed
The Dominician legation in Wash-
ington made public the following
cablegram from its government:
• “Situation spalling. Cyclone de-
stroyed 90 per cent ot this city with
estimated loss of at least 30 millions
Up to the present 800 bodies have
been recovered and an immense
number injured We ’are going on
recovering mqre dead and injured.
It is necessary to cremate bodies for
lack of time for burials.
"Families are sheltered in pub-
lic buildings, churches and schools
still habitable. No news from rest
of country. Rivers are in high flood.
Lack ot food is being felt. Families
without clothing. Medical supplies
insufficient to care for so many in-
jured.
"We are therefore in need of ev-
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LOVE FIELD, DALLAS, Sept 5.
—Dieudonne Coote and Maurice
Bellonte, who streaked across the
Atlantic ocean from Paris to New
York for the first east-to-west non-
stop flight, brought their Question
Mark plane to rest here at 5:29:45
p. m. Central Standard time Thurs-
day. ‘ .
In their late* acHeventent of
negotiating the approximately 1,600
miles from New York to Dallas in
11 hours, 34 minutes and 45 seconds.
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Force, of Relief Workers Increased and Food
Supplies Rushed as Need Increases; Prop-
the American press, to the Red
Cross and to the noble American
people. ■ “t
“The national congress, facing this
great catastrophe has passed in a
law essentially as follows: There are
hereby suspended such constitution-
al guarantees as may be so suspend-
ed under the constitution.
"The president of the republic is
Invested with authority to take such
steps, whether economic or of any
other character, which may be nec-
essary to aid the towns and persons
and save property, raise funds on
public credit; distribute relief sup-
plies, and in general to do whatever
he understands to be demanded un-
NEW YORK—Among fall rfush-
ions for gay dogs on view in smart
shops are laced leather boots, col-
legiate yellow slickers, patent leath-
er harnesses and brushed wool
sweaters?
golf to mountain of
see the doe tar two
HUNGER THREATENS SANTO
DOMINGO, WITH 1,000 DEAD
AND 5000 HURT IN STORM
hiblt halls. < ,
I The agreement specifies that only
Denton County labor is to be used.
as those managing the fair feel
that every day's labor possible
should be turned over to citikens of
this county.
This livestock building wfll be suf-
-ficlent to house the dairy cattle,
beef cattle, sheep and poultry. It
is to be constructed of corrugated
sheet iron with a saw-tooth roof
and lvestock pens for the floor
plan. Included in the floor plan
*1)1 be a judging afena and a wash-
ing rack for washing the show cat-
To Repair Building
Repairs wiH start immediately on
a 30x60 foot building that is now
on the grounds to condition it for
a swine show barn. This building has
a concrete floor and the buildings
The prwsondedteockehe where quail the cttes, the persistent rrenchmen eration of the
ment; to the representative* of
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cordons which enclosed the fire
area. They watched with keenest in-
terest the efforts- which prevented
spread of the flames to a hge gas
plant close to the rim of the fire.
Two huge warehouses and a few
smaller buildings were destroyed and
many other building! damaged, o •
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 5.—The
paths of glory led but to the city
jail for 16-year-old Ned Meyer,
Meyer saved the family of his
g’r! friend. Margaret Wegener,
by extinguishing the fuse of an
eight-stick dynamite bomb
' placed near her home.
The youth was removed from
the role of hero and placed in
a. cell when, police said, he ad-
mitted lighting the bomb as
well as extinguishing it.
"I did it because I wanted
Margaret and her folks to think
I was a hero,” police quoted
Meyer as saying.
"And he almost ruined my
pahsy bed," sighed Mrs. Wegen-
Hunmer began to stalk through
the debris filled streets this after-
noon, although many thousands of
persons had been prav.ded with
emergency rationing.
There were so many persons to be
supplied with food that the force of
relief workers had to be increased
hour by hour as more became avail-
able.-—,.
The hope was expressed by offi-
cials. that the early arrival of sup-
plies woild alleviate the situation
somewhat. r
A gang of prisoners was put to
work today in the streets to help
clear awav the wreckage.
Btg Rehabilitation Task
gGu -chtunas
hospital in an unconscious condi- erything. It is urgent to communi-
cate this to the American govern-
Roland of North ergen has
found that an automiile is
more costly than it seemed at
first. He bought one for 149 A
policeman picked him up be-
cause ho knd ne license, his
brakes were defective, he jumped
CONTRACT FOR
FAIRBUILDING
HEREAWE RDED
A". -h.
to Domingo, struck Wednesday by W° stdrbeernpatng Edptntonrnso
By RENE M. LKPERV ANCHE
(Associaated Freos Correspondent).
Couyright, 19M, and All Rights Reserved by the Associated Press)
SANTO DOMINGO, Domingo, Dominican Republic,
Sept. 5.-Property osses of not less than >20,000,000
were caused by th hurricane which took a toll of 1,000
lives aryl injured 5,000 persons in this capital on Wednes-
day., r aT ~" ■ ■—.
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fenced and supplied with permanent
buildings in which to house the fair
Officiate in charge invite the coop-
NEW ,YORK-Father Knickers
booker Is looking for more for his
money, and so little fellows no long-
er can be policemen or firemen.
Candidates for firemen must be at
least 5 feet 7, for policemen 5 feet 8
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WEEHAWKEN, N. J.—GeorgeL
friendly nationals in your city. toL. CITY TAX BODY
mtps--
Fun Assoetatea Fraas Leased Wm
. Batted Prem Bervic
the flyers, followed the Question
Mark out a minute later.
Coste and Bellonte worked with
the ship that brought them fame
and established new aviation rec-
ords for more than two hours after
they reached the field. Although
they had set their departure at 8
A "m they slept late and did not
reach the field until more than two
hours after the t me set for the
start.
The ground crew had some trou-
ble turning the big propeller after
100 gallons of gasoline had been
WASHINGTON, Sept 5 —A surge _
of relief it word that the hurricane, peratue
danger to the American oast seam-
MAVRT, FranceyA baulered
wer vetaran is teavint tomarrow
for theAmericat orion eon-
venlicn in B ton as freiht. It
. ha Bx car hbelled "0 hommes
8 cher ■ ux," which has ben
rresented to the lerion by Fidhae,
the international Veterans’ or -
ganization: ’
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LONDON- Plans are under con-
sideration for a private airdome at
) Sandr ingham, the ” royalresidence,
for the flying princes, Wales/ and
George. A hangar oh the estate near
the golf course will acebmmodate
four planes. When they fly to San-
dringham now the princes have to
and hotel reservations nl-
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tartific roar frem a depth of 7 600 near Aidama. about 508 miles south-
feet and has been making about t—- # =-, T-- - —
ment was heard, with the general wimrad into the tanks, but after
bellef that several new rigs will soon "---~ ---------
100.000 008 cubic feet of gas since -coverers said the crater was in an
—----unsettled mountain area.
York, Louisville made hasty plans
to welcome the air men
Mayor William B Harrison met
the aviation committee of the Lou-
isville board of trade and the Lou-
isville air board this morning to
make arrangements for entertain-
ing the aviators, expected to arrive
in the falls city some time this af-
ternoon. ' . - — —______
Ren" Racover. American repre-
sentative of the airmen. Who in a
monoplane accompanied the French
sesquiplane from New York to Dal-
las, stopped at Bowman field yes-
terday and said Coste and Bellonte
would probably refuel here on the
return trip bnt made no mention
that Louisville would be their third
overnight stop in this country
To Pay Prise
LONDON, Sept. 5,-Colonel Wil-
liam Easterwood. Dallas financier,
will pay Dieudonne Coste and Mau-
rice Bellonte their 825,000 prize
money for their flight from Paris
to New York to Dallas either in
Paris or in New York.
He said today he would fly to
Paris tomorrow and get in touch,
with the air ministry there. ‘‘If I
find that Coste and Bellonte plan
to return to Paris," he said. “I shall
be there with the prize money, but If
they remain in the states I shall
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as the French transatlantic- flyers ,Capt.Bleudonne Coste and Maurice
beuonu, imimn law-anuruux ulternoon. The French 4vhtors mage a ngnstop Tight from Nw York to
Dallas after successfully crossing the ocen from east to west. They w ere given a big reception at the Dal-
las airpork and were honor vuezt ata banquet in the evening- ——-r, 1-
lege of Texas.. ._LL
LOUISVILLE'. Sept 5,—Taken by A building of this type was con-
surprise by the announcement that I structea under the direction of the
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bel- A. & M college at McKinney and
lonte. French trans-Atlantic fliers, one at Bonham. and they have prov-
would stay overnight here on their ed very successful’for livestock ex-
return trip from Dallas to New
HUNDREDS BATTLE NORTH
WEST FOREST FIRES
SEATTLE, Sept 5 —Hundreds of
men were battling forest fires at
widely separated points in Washing-
ton and Oregon today. Some of the
fires were threatening to burn their
way deeply into grown. timber ,
ACTIVE. VOLCANO REPORTED
200 MIIIHFROM BEOWNSVILLE
MEKISO CITY, Sept. 5— Dis-
patches from Cuidad Victoria, in the
State of Tamaulipas, today said an
active volcano had been discovered
pleted in 20 workins days i ac-
mrdance with plans and spetiflen-
“ttns as worked out W’ he city enf
gineer from blue prints furmished
by the agricultural engineer of the
extension service of A. A M. Col-
and grounds committee believe it
wifi make an excellent swine barn.
On the grounds, there is also a
72x133 foot well constructed exhibit
building which will be repaired and
furnished for merchants' d’splays,
special agriculturaf and women’s ex-
hibits and possibly other features of
the fair.
The buildings and grounds com-
mittee feels that with this number
of excellent bul)lings, the entire
fair exhibits can be shown in per-
manent buildings without the use of
tents, according to Dr. Jack Skiles,
president. The location of the rab-
bit exhibits is not yet definitely de-
cided but erarngements will be
made for a large rabbit show.
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Fenciag Grounds
Contract has already been let for
the purchase of a heavy man-proof
woven wire fence to surround the
grounds. This work also will be done
entirely by penton labor, it is stat-
ed. The men to do the work have
been employed and are now' con-
structing the fence.
This-will be the first time in the
history ot Denton that the county
has owned its own fair -grounds.
urday,
W. C. Brown denied Thursday af-
ternoon that he was circulating the
netition and F W. Williams denld •
Friday morning that the was having
anything to do with the matter.
Hopkiny, who Thniday
that the two men were circulatin'’
the petition, said Friday that Brown
had agreed to circulated the petition
and had left his (Hopkins') omeu
wfth Williams Thursday mornmz
and that it was his understanding
that the two would secure signa- -
tres. a
The petition and a check he had
given one of the men to help pay
gasoline and oil expenses, incurred
in the circulation of the petition,
were returned Friday, however,
Hopkins said.
Brown was not in town Friday
and a statement from him could
not be secured.
LOVE FIELD, DALLAS.
Sept. 5.—The Question Mark
bearing Dieudonne Coate
and Maurice Bellonte, fresh
from Paris, took the air again
at 12:30 p. m. central stand-
ard time today for a jaunt
to Fouisvlle, Ky., en route
back to New York, whence
it came yesterdav without
stop in 11 hours, 25 minutes
and 15 seconds.
The distanre from Dallas to
Isville was given as 740 miles by air-
port officials who calculated the fly-
ers would make it in five hours and
cials of the government are going
through the city overseeing the,res-
toration of liveable conditions.
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aaj.
._______ wre being made by many
imocratic delegates. Several thousand were
. -.Ins the xpected to attend. Members of the
„ .is opponent faorttixetutive committee phamed W
Andrews, who bad been begioroiving Saturday and Sunday
‘ •' “ --------■ to preparation for the first executive
alight a few miles away
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110 DE JANEIO-Girts of
26 nationa.wear dresses in all
phase* of a beauty conical in
pioiiesa 11MB.street dresses, ev-
ening rowns and the like. There
is no display of bthing suite.
SEEK MEANS TO TAME WILD
GASSER
BEAUMONT, Sept. 5 — Special
machinery was heing manufactured
Here today for useinenttempting to
tame the Yount Lee Oil company's
Moore's Bluff No. 8, to the West
Dayton Field, 50 miles west of here. I
The gasser-blew in Monday with a i
cunt Jacobs and son. Clay Jacobs,
were nosts to somhe two hundred men
, from Pilot Point. Dallas, Fort Worth.
-‘Gainetville and other points Thurs-
day night with a barbecue supper
r and all the accessories, such as pota-
. to salad, pickles, onions, bread and
black coffee. Jacobs is the owner of
the land on which the new Pilot
Point OI well was drilled and
threw’ the party for hip friends in
celebration.
Crack Peel. Pilot Point, acted as
toastmaster of the occasion and A.
E. Peters extended a welcome to the
guests. Bill Russell oil operator at
Gainesvide, who I .intend ed in
the development of the Pitot Point
community told of the work that
had been done in the field. dint
Jacobs made a short talk. welcom-
ng his friends, and told of his con-
vietion that oil was on his place. P.
W. Noel, superintendent, made a
short talk.
The success of the Jacobs Well
No. 2 is convincing proof of the
" cooperative spirit of Pitot Point cit-
izens, us the overating company,
' which employed the Lloyd Corpora-
tion to drill the well is comprised
wontiv of P lot Point citizens, with
only three or four Denton people be-
ing interested. It’s a Pilot Point un-
dertaking. and the, citizens there
deserve much credit for their con-
tinued investments and faith, shown
by the entire amount of stock for
the cempany praetically being sub-
ecribed in Pilot Point, and as one
. man expressed it—“The oil f’eld
here has been developed by Pitot
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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
All foodstuffs will be brought to
the tortress as soon as they arrive. ,
An adequate committee was form-
ing today to strictly handle the diz-
tribution, a rationing will be ne of
the most serious problems in ad-
ministering relief not only in the
city but throughout a wide area"
where death and desolation ire be-
MEMBERS OF PROMI-
NENT FAMILIES MEET
DEATH WHEN AUTO-
MOBILE OVERTURNS.
WEATHERFORD, Sept. 5.
—Miss Coral Mae Dunn, 19,
of Mineral Wells and Her-
bert Smith, 21, of Weather-
ford were killed and Walter
Fant, 21, of Weatherford
was injured probably fatally
when the automobile in
which they were ridipg over-
turned on the Bankhead
highway five miles west of
here early today.
The two Weatherford men were
returning Miss Dunn to her Mineral
Wells home titer a visit with friends
here at the time of. the accident.
The young woman was killed in-
stantly and Smith died a few hours
after the accident in a hospital
here. Fant ..also was taken [to the
The Denton Cevnily Fair Associar
tion in coopr • with the city
_ awarded a-eem - 4toR L McGal-—
! hard Thursday for the construction
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World news
sail as soon as possible and
them In New York It was
world's, greatest flight.”
Flyers Accorded .
Great Welcome
$5,000,000 Loss Appearing as. Hero
1 to Sweetheart Leads
42 minutes baseg. on yesterday's
pace ( ■ s-t— _
The-plane carrying at Racov-
Point Il’s a'Pilot Point undertak- er, American business manager of
taxe-om was in the face of the wind mjttSblds en the job ranging from
blowing from the southwest ithe Icw bid of R L. MeGalliard
The Frenchmen circled the field1 which was n ,589 up to a high bid of
once, b?*?1* the cityjX 183.39385 The award was made to
"" “ “ “ " the low bidder The contract spec
fles that’the building is to be oom-
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lieved to have resulted
A. Foreigns Ijury come to his office von
MAM-Pia, SepnsngdtAmer- petition butthat
lean and Eurepean resident* of San- --
GALVESTON, Sept. 6.—The Gal-
veston committee in charge an-
rounced yesterday that all arrange-
ments for the Texas Democratic
convention next week had been com-
drews, defeated candidate for sher-
iff lof Gray County. last night Tiled
a petition i with th Pen.
away Count gommit 29, -fbplestins
felt the L BlTscet‘Andrew
CONTESTS GRAY COUNTY
SHERIFF’S ELECTION
PAMPA, Sept John V. An-
wild pigeons and prairie chickens
gathered."
Due the continued illness of Judge
Kenneth Foree, Judge W. M. Taylor
has been elected Special Judge of
the Fourteenth District Court in
Danas. Judge Taylor is a former cit-
iron of Denton having taught in the
Denton High School before taking
up the practise of law. He was at
f ehetmeatawpatmerwiththelte
h Emory O Smith, Denton, before
) moving to Dallas. He was tharrled
here to Miss Nell Hoffman, daugh-
ter of R. H Hofman Br.
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of a 100x10) foot livestock show
building To ke erect- 1 on the new
fair grounds and completed by
Oct 1
LONDON, Sept. 5—London's
largest fire in many years, that
which swept througn a section of
Wapping. east end district yesterday,
left in its wake damage estimated
by the authorities at fuUy $5,000,000.
About 2,000 persons who were
driven out of their homes today
sought shelter in what was left of
their dwellings or neighboring quar-
ters.
London was amazed at the immen-
sity of the fire fighting’ facilities
mobilized for the conflagration, see-
ing for the first time the crews of
seventy live file companies in ac-
tion handling ten miles of hose. '
One of the most serious obstacles
was formed by a veritable rain of
cocoa beans from a six-story ware-
house The beans filled the streets
and firemen floundered ankle deep
in the shippery mess
• One hundred thousand excited
and hustled through a gret ahun .
der cloud that resembled a .great
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About 10 persons had signer a
petition aeeking a retail election to J
vote on removal from office of May-
.or B W MeKenzie and three mem-
bers of the City Commission short-
ly before noon Friday, according to
R H Hopkins.
Hopkins said that the signers had
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• The work of clearing up the
streets is not one ot days. 1- will
requite weeks or even months to
put the city in order and a vast re-
building program will have to be in-
stituted.
President Trupillo has inutalled
headquarters at the Fortaleza (a
fortress tn the ciyt. Hd atd his
secretaries and many other offi-
"riav morning at the Board of
Equallation a good many people
had appeared, but seemingly there
were not so manv as the previous
day. The Board will continue in ses-
sion until each tax payer has been
heard, and it is also understood that
efter, all Denton citizens have been
heard that the Board will announce
mother day for meeting any one
not heard before or any one out of
town who’may not have appeared
TO keep abreast of modem im-
nrovements and changes in business
houses keeps owners on the qul-
vive. This week the Russell Sons Co.
has just completed a re-arrange-
ment of a part of their fixtures. Hol-
ford Russell said We've been con-
templating this change for some
time, as by the arrangement now we
have gained a good many feet of
floor space for out patrons. We have
lowered and reduced a part of our
wall shelving, giving room for aisle
tables for dispay of merchandise,
and with the lower cases and shelv-
' ing, we feel sure that shopping will
• be more convenient for our friends
and customers." The Williams Store
has just completed the redecoration
of their display windows. Many
changes have been made in the bus-
iness section this year to improve
the appearance of the stores and
at the same time be more convenient
for the buying public.
Mrs. Ar c. Owsley, who was taken
sick Monday, was reported as being
considerably improved Friday morn-
ing. Mrs. Owsley has probably lived
in Denton' longer than any woman
here today. She has lived here dur-
ing her life, having been bom on
South Km t. in 1860, and she re-
calls the early days of Denton when
rhe yas. a child, saying “I can re-
member Denton, as a child, when
y there were only two stores, a black-
smith shop or two and several sal-
oons. The Court House, then a small
. frame building, was just about where
the Record-Chronicle now stands.
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McDonald, L. A. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1930, newspaper, September 5, 1930; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1475259/m1/1/: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.