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NO. 176
DENTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 7,1931
STATE SUMMER
SCHOOLS GET
SUNSHhe
$254,000
BIG CROWD
the Show. Denton County animals
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TO SAFETY.
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days. She was born Feb. 28.
Jurors Called
I. mean’ng gas-
Ing the civil war.
trill. Grapevine: A M Garth, tewe
Death Nears End
Committee Hearings
A few more committee meetings terday in which he declared that
bearing a bumper crop.
Brownsville’s minimum tempera-
veston 40. Port Arthur 38, Houston
der increasing the allowable dut-
spilled over their banks in France.' vention of the party to Michigan.
Lingle Slaying
the way for more or-
' Reports along similar lines were
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Fort Worth.
and domestic commerce;
Martin
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PITTSAURGH, March 7.4Plans
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church constitution approved the
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BELGRADE, Jugoslavia, March 7.
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tonight; Sunday fain
Colonel Juan Masturzinu Italian
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Baby’s Heart Is
on Wrong Side
Amarillo Signs
New Gas Contract
Presbyterians to
Plan Education
For Marriage
STYLE SHOW IS
ATTENDEDBY
Wf 1 •.
for Next Week’s
District Court
Two Deaths in
Oklahoma Fires
try in pavl
derly prod
teas driving in 1930 than ever before
in history. Auto accidents killed 32,-
600 people and injured 960,000 more.
The casualties among children un-
der five years of age were 2.000 kill-
rd and 45,000 injured. The World
tee’s recommendations will be pre-
sented to the general assembly.
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BUYING GASOLINE
IN PLACK OF LIQUOR
DUBLIN -- Irish y<
WEST TEXAS: Fair, not ee
cold, probably frost la southeast
portion tonight; Sunday mostly
cents per thousand feet.
The Huber Petroleum Company,
subsidiary of the Huber Corpora-
tion, manufacturers of carbon black
seem to be
cash into a
two earthquake shocks this morn-
ing was reported in dispatches from
Balkan cities today.
Residences and public buildings
in many towns, notably Demir, Ka-
E. B Swanson, bureau of mines,
will be chairman, and members in-
dude:
John W. Prey bureau of foreign-.....g
Federal Oil conservation board, said
the committee was named at the
request of the American Petroleum
Institute*..... *
Report of the survey are expected
to serve as a guide to the oil Indus-
weoem
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SPECULATION
^CAMPAIGN
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Balkan Quakes
Cause Big Loss
MINIMUM TEMPA-
TURE OF 29 DEGREES
RECORDED HERE; TO
BE WARMER.
Sunshine Saturday
brought relief from the be-
lated wintry blast, which
held Denton m its grip Fri-
day night and sent the mer-
cury scurrying down to 29
24 at Electra
ELECTRA. March 7.—Thermom-
eters registered 24 degrees here to-
day. It was believed the fruit crop
in this section had been destroyed,
since trees were in full bloom.
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29 at Sherman
Hutchinson County ipto Amarillo.
The gas will be piped 40 miles. -
of out of state insurance corpora-
tions but the bill was reported fav-
orably.
The Senate insurance committee
heard a long discussion of a till
which would limit the commissions
of hall and tornado insurance agents
to 20 per cent but no action was
taken. The same committee voted
a favorable report on a bill by Sen-
•tor Russek of Schulenburg which
would require but one license for a
life insurance agent irrespective of
the number of companies he repre-
sented.
degrees. Although frost and
freezing temperatures are
in prospect for much of
ROCHESTER, Minn, March
7. -The average man sleeps too
much for his own good health.
Four hours a day is enough for
dnyone engaged in a business
or professional pursuit.
So said Dr. Wilson A. Allen
of Rochester, who hasn't slept
more than four hours out of
• every 24 in the last 58 years.
He ment’oned this yesterday as
he celebrated his 97th birthday
and pointed out that he is still
active in his medical practice,
to which he devotes 14 to 18
hours daily.
I have gained 18 pounds tn
weight this winter,” said Dr..
Allen "I am at work every day
and I do not know what more
a man could expect.”
Oil Situation
to Be Surveyed d
By Federal Group}
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WASHINGTON. Mrch T-Sec- _
retary Wilbur today appointed a
special committee to survey the sup-
ply and demand for petroleum for
the whole oil industry for six months
beginning April 1 and ending Sept.
. Dairy men of Denton are glad to
see the tariff of ten cents per pound
placed on colored oleomargarine as
it will place Denton County butter
on a more even totals with the sub-
stitute. which has had some sale
here. Eat more Denton County pro-
duced butter. I
38. Palestine 32. San Antonio and
Austin 34. Del Rio 32. El Paso 30.
and Abilene 28. Most of these points
reported frost.
Wide Area Affected
Storms lashed the Atlantic from
Iceland to northern Africa today;
snow blanketed the prairie states
from the Dakotas to Texas; rivers
RIVER FLOOD DOES DAMAGE
IN PORTUGAL
LISBON, Portugal, March 7—
Swollen by heavy rains of the past
two days, the River Tagus has risen
The annual Southwestern Expo-
sition and Fat Stock Show at Fort
Worth opened officially Friday
night. The flrat full day of opera-
tion began this Saturday morning,
and it is believed to be one of the
best shows ever held there. As usual
many Denton and Denton County
people plan to attend the event, as
this county has always taken a
kindly interest in the success of
FIVE BOMBS DO (DAMAGE IN
HAVANA
HAVANA, March 7.—Five bombs
ing education of the young for par-
enthood, will be presented to the
Presbyterian Church in the Pnited
States for approval at the general
assembly here May 28.
A committee meeting here to pre-
pare a new chapter on "Marriage,
Divorce and Remarriage" for the
VALPARAISO, Ind:. March 7-
Dr. E. A. Jones of Hammond, who
performed the second autopsy over
the body of Arlene Praves at Rey-
nolds, the girl’s burial place tes-
tified at the Virgil Kirkland mur-
der trial today that brain hemor-
rhage contusions and shocks from
assault caused the young woman's
death.
Today's sessions will end the re-
buttal and the case will be ready
for argument next Monday,
Dr. Jones was the sixth medical
expert to testify. His findings cor-
roborated the original aptopsy re-
port made by Dr. James C. Bur-
ham conker's physician at Gary,
last December a few days after the
girl died at a drinkins party. Kirk-
land and four other young men
were accused of her murder and
assault.
CHICAGO, March 7—The Herald
and Examiner said today Joey Jo-
sephs, gambler, had been secretly
arrested for questioning in connec-
tion with the slaying of Alfred Lin-
gle. Chicago Tribune reporter
- The seizure of Josephs was taken
by the paper to indicate that prose-
cutors were working • build up the
motive for the reporter's death and
to establish a link between- the slay,
er and those who hired him
Josephs was reported to have been
associated with George "Bugs” Mo-
ran and "Potatoes" Kaufman in a
north side gambling venture.
Loo V. Brothers, St. Louisian un-
War did not take a great
American lives in battle.
SEVEN MEXICAN SOLDIERS ARE
KILLED IN WRECK *
MEXICO CITY, March 7-Seven
soldiers of the First Artillery Reg-
iment were killed and many injur-
ed. six seriously. In a train wreck
yesterday between Mexico City and
Queretaro, caused by spreading
rails.
Hopkins of Gonzales charged that
a bill to limit the commiscionu of
local agents of fire insurance com-
panies to jo per cent and of au-
oline, not alcohol. The explana-
tion of tavern keepers for the
free state's decreased liquor bill
is the automobile.
Standard Declares
Oil Cut Necessary
Is Reported in Abt by representative otsen or AMARMLO, Marchrtcontracts
were held yesterday. Representative the economic situation forced his
* " " company to cut the prices of crude
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VOL. XXX
much of Friday, while a keen wind
blew from the north. The rain turn-
ed to snow in the evening, but meit-
edasit fell.
Probable damage from the freeze,
second at the week, was uncertain
Saturday. Wednesday the minimum
temperature at the State Experi-
ment Station here was 28 degrees
and there was a heavy frost.
shorter evening dress, was rather a
oquette. The woman, all. Just look-
ea too pretty to attempt descrip-
(dhsion. But the Show was surely a
vV'Wg suacess, and Denton people ex-
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OKLAHOMA CITY, March 7— A
mother and child dead and esti- i
mated property damage of 860,000
today were the toll of three fires ।
which marked Oklahoma City’s <
coldest night in weeks. i
Mrs. Mary Lee and her four-year.
old son. Jack, died of burns suf-
fered when their clothing was set I
on fire by an explosion caused by ।
pouring kerosene • into a stove in
their home. |
The T. depot and two
paint warehouses were threatened
by a fire that destroyed the Camp- i
bell Extract Company building with
an estimated damage of more than
850,000. Two firemen falling from
the roof of an adjoining building,
narrowly escaped death.
A basepent store in the business
section burned.
a nee in democracy’s camp.
Several democratic leaders, active
in trying to head off the Raskob
program, continued the.r assertions
that embracing such an issue would
amount to throwing away the 1932
chances of the party. though oth-
erwise they appeared excellent.
. Some republicans agreed with
them. Out of a Texas meeting of
party leaders came a prediction
that the G. O. P. would haveseasy
sailing as a result of the democratic
row. That group yesterday endors-
ed without qualification President
Hoover's record and called for his
renominatlon. So did the state con-
Beautiful scenery was used in pre-
senting the show and a runway
was constructed, extend ng out in-
to the audience. Another feature of _
(Oontnued op Page Pive,
lyn Woodford;, “C. LA Btrnt’^Mtas
oU. ;
“Our action was taken,” he said.
"After weeks of deliberation before
It is not expected that many men
will admit the deduction by William
L. Chenery. editor of Colliers, that
women are better automobile driv-
en than men. His deduction shows,
after making every allowance, that
women drivers were responsible for
proportionately fewer deaths and
and inks, owns 10,000 acres of gas- Van couvering. Los Angeles; Alfred
producing lands, with 7 wells now o White of the National Industri-
running 500,000,000 feet of gas. In ial Conference Board, New York
VIENNA, March 7.— Wdespread Hutchinson County. It recently ac- City, and Howard Bennette,
destruction in South Serbia from quired a six-inch pipeline from tem Petroleum Refiners Atocla-
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a
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easy to be married at home by
church musie. When Miss Lou-
lie Post Brisley became the.
bride of Lieutenant A. M. Niel-
son. U. B. A.. music came from
the organ of the First Congre-
gational Church through the
aid of microphones, a leased
wire and amplifters.
1M YEARS OLD.
ONLY 24 BIRTHDAYS
have been displayed regularly there
and almost as regularly have carried
away many prises. This year the
4-H Chib boys of Denton County
will enter their animals and it to
firmly believed here that when the
show is over this county will be
among the leaders in number of
prizes won-------
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THONPSON TO GIVE
AWAY BURROS
CHICAGO-Mayor Thompson
is ordering a carload of burros
from New Mexico. A burro was
a feature of his pre-primary
parades and a lot of folks have
desire’ito borrow it. The mayor
to going to give away the im-
portations. ‘
was 31 degrees, with one-eighth inch
ice at the ground. Spectacular thun-
dershowers, with flashes of light-
ning and great claps of thunder,
were followed by rain, sleet and a
trace of snow last night.
Amarillo's low was 18 degrees
and a bright sun was melting the
snow on the plains.
The Rio Grande Valley and win-
ter garden district, where large
erops d vegetablesand eltrus fruit
crchards ahound, safety, withstood
the onslaught. There was consider-
able doubt about what happened to
East Texas' fruit crop, the trees
two Or three ‘somethings' may throw
their business gears' out of order,
bringing about injury to credit and
business Credit is important in
business; it to so important that it
must be continued and the way to
continue the custom is to meet ac-
counts on pay day. Money in cir-
culation creates new business—mon-
ey stopped in its mission creates
stagnation.
‛ Is the fruit crop damaged—if so
to what extent is a question heard
many times Saturday morning af-
ter the freeze at Friday night. Some,
with whom Roundabout talked, are
- of the opinion that considerable
----•damage wus one. Mitch Buckner
estimates the loss at around 80 per
cent; some others talked to think
the damage not near to great as
that, and one man opines that to
view of the moon shining that the
injury would be light. And, the man
who brought in the 'mood', was not
the ‘moon-prophet’. Some of the
fruit men say that it will be a few
days before the damage can be
learned. ‛
That ‘something’ may -be ‘buying’
something etoe bought On credit. __ . .. ,
With the same good intention. The ture was 48, Corpus Christi 44. Gal-
wII me same °o an Dout a-thu. 30 Eneten
A large attendance, giv-
ing a pleasing reception, an
was present at the spring z J
style show presented Friday
evening in the C. I. A. audi- 1
torium, under the auspices 3
of the Retail Merchants As- w
NORTH CAROLINA PRIS-
ONERS, TRAPPED IN
CELLS, PERISH; 41 LED
Falling to obtain a reduction in
the House committee on criminal rates from the Amarillo Gas Com-
The Gilmer Mirror says "The
highest compliment that a business
■ man can pay an individual is to sell
on credit. If some Gilmer merchant
has done this with you, why not
stasia a point and make him a
payment on account? He probably
needs it."
A charge account to a badge of
honor—tt's a sign of confidence in
SHERMAN, March 7—The tem-
perature dropped to 29 degrees last
night, Damage to blooming fruit
5^1 rain XToducation’n martlags.:
Warmer in Oklahoma
with perfectly good intentions they
expect to meet the obligation, but .... - -
• "something turns’ up to prevent, having been far advanced toward
exploded in Havana today, doing
some damage and injuring one child
One, burstin J in Ban Nicolas Street,
broke many windows and attract-
ed a great crowd. The others were
in the central and residential dis-
tricts.
fiT
ut,oi
ron Island. 200 miles south of Ari-
zona in the Gulf of Callfornia.
The Indians are the almost for-
gotten remnants of the Berts tribe,
who numbered 20,000 at the time
of the conquest. Only 184 are alive
today. After a revolution in 1780
in which they were involved the
Spanish viceroy exiled them 'to Ti-
buron. three miles from the Sonora
mainland and they have •re-
mained since, keeping their blood
pure and keeping others off their
jurisprudence. The bill was intro- pany, subsidiary of the Prairie Oil
duoed by Representative Farmer of
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IN STOCKADEi
BLAZE 1
___________,__.. -p,_______। their merrtageable giris, and who
report on “Marriage Education” destroy their Weak and deformed
- - - - offspring, has been found on Tibu-
Confesses Part
In iLove Market9
LOS ANGELES. March 74/The
district attorney’s office reported to-
day a diary relating how young, girls
were Induced to register for engage-
ments with wealthy Hollywood and
Los Angeles men led to confession
by Mrs. Olive Clark Day of a part
in operatins a “lore" agency.
Mrs. Day, a dancer :wuuam Jo-
belmann, former theatrical press
agent, and John P. Mills, real estate
and oil promoter, were arraigned in
Superior Court yesterday on the
charges growing out of an alleged
attack by Mills on Clarice Tauber.
18. Treir preliminary bearing set
for March 31. Mills was released
under $5,000 bond. The other two,
unable to make bail, were held in
jail. ,
ODD BITS OF
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me Asociated Fems
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WORLD NEWS
mined: aue
Hie stockade, built of heavy tm-
ben, was located one mile from
here. It Wks virtually without fire
protection.
Dan H. Bridgets, Dupli county
coroner, began gn investigation im-
mediately. Pending its compe ion,
he requested the two guards nd to
discuss the fire. >
Residents of the community who
first reached the fire said, however,
that Basden rushed into the burn-
ing building time after time to feed
forth the prisoners.
Incendiarism Suspected
Some indication that the blaze
might have been of incendiary ori-
gin was being investigated.
The stockade was a quadrangle.
Corrugated fron covered the fatal
cell block, which was in the cen-
ter, and apparently the victims
were literally roasted to death as
the flames from adjoining struc-
tures turned the iron white hot.
The stockade was built after the
manner of many of the earlier pri-
sons in the United States. It con-
sisted of s high "stock” or stake
fence covered with corrugated iron
Inside were cell houses. Simitar pri-
sons were used by both armies dur-
WINBY BLAST
Fo: ny
tomobile and casulty insurance we knew of your commission's or-
agents to 25 per cent was a product c- --c-- -he -—*l
Yoakum to license architects was signed last night by the City at
voted out favorably by the House Amarillo with the Hubor Petroleum
tthmsagals comomitee Persons ut- company would make available at
be liable to criminal prosecution un. underFpresent rates. '
der a bill voted out favorably bv _ “
& Gas Company, the city decided submitted in 1930 by a former com-
frjxu muttee appontea “
BRITISH CHANCELLOR OF EX-
.CHEQUER ILL
IONON, Mhrch 7.—With the
date for presentation of his 1931
budget only a short way ahead.
Philip Snowden, 87, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, is confined to bed
with an illness which probably will
not permit him to leave his home
for several weeks. v
44
pnmneweedowhed“today considerably above the normal
wFiveperspnserwestenmwre"Karaz level, foadng the territory along
when the mw — its banks. Last night a laborer at
pia and Valandovo were shaken.
The shocks drove large sections of
the population panic stricken into
the open.
There was only one known fa-
tality but it was feared there were
others. n
In the Valandovo region a moun-
tain slide swept a shepherd and 200
sheep to death. At Guevguell the
first shock split the postoffice in two.
The Athens Express was held up
because of the quakes, which tore
up the roadbed.
Injuries in 1930 than men. It's up 1
to the men drivers to become mre Texas tonight,
careful—not that the women were
Jurors have been summoned and
several cases set for the second
week of the March term of district
court, cpening Monday. No jurors
were summoned for the first week
and little business was ‘transacted.
The grand jury was empaneled and
in session four days .
Jurors summoned for next week
are: Joe Crawford, Sanger; Gus
Egan, Krum; J. J.-TuUis, Aubrey;
sociation and the City Fed-
eration of Women’s Clubs.
Frocks of the newest creations, in -
beautiful colors and designs were
displayed, showing clothes for every
occasion Trom beach pajamas to the
most formal evening gown. The pro-
gram opened with a morning bou-
doir scene, an entertainment fea-
ture showing Mism Jimmie Wei-
linger and Velma Lee Barton, dress-
ed in pajamas, as they d ‘scussed
what thy might wear during the
day. Lingerie and sports wear,
street and afternoon dresses and
clothes for evening wear were dis-
played during the show.
Entertainment Numbers
A dance entertainment teature,-
under the direction of Bill Ardis,
was presented during the evening.
The second part of the program,
called “Dance Visions of 1931". in-
ducted: "In the Gay Ws”, by Mil-
ton and Miss Ruth Martin; "La
Nuage", Miss Janet Mason; "Orien-
tale”. Miss Gwendolyn Woodford:
GOVERNOR SIGNS MEAS-
URE FOR LIMITED AD-
DITIONAL AMOUNTS
FOR COLLEGES.
AUSTIN, ‘March 7.—Gov.
Sterling today signed the
bill appropriating $254,000
for 1931 summer schools of
state colleges. The amount
was decided on in free con-
ference several days after
the two Houses had dis-
agreed.
The totsl was only 84.000 more
than originally provided for in the
House bill. The Senate had asked
ter an approprtation cf $422,700.
The governor also signed several
local bills.
Weel^s Weather
Weather outlook for the week be-
ginning Monday:
For the region of the upper Miss-
issippi and Lower Missouri Valleys
and the northern and Central great
plains—mostly fair and rather cold
first part of week: some rain or
snow and slighty warmer toward
end of week. '
Southern plains and west gulf
states:
Mostly fair, except probably rata
in extreme South Texas early in
week; temperatures below normal
except warmer tatter part of week.
h- n
earthquakes shook the Balkans.
High waves and high tides visited
their fury in the North Sea, flood-
ing flat lands along the coast of
England and endangering ships.
Northeasterly gales blew up violent
sandstorms on the shore and endan-
gered ships,--------------------
Earthquakes demolished buildings
and terrorised inhabitants in Bul-
garia. Jugoslavia, Greece and South
Serbia.
The American storm was centered
over southeastern Missouri and
moving northeastward. Shipping
was warned to be prepared from
the Virginia Cape to Jacksonville,
Fta.
Almost every section of the Mis-
sissippi Valley - experienced snow,
sleet, rain or cold. Kansas and Ne-,
braska lay under 9 to 8 inches. Sub
freezing temperatures endangered
fruit trees in Kansas and Oklaho-
ma.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 7—A
merciful winter was making a light,
sporadic attack on Oklahoma today
after feigning a blizzard through
the night.
The Rocky Mountain thrust that
affected the western half of the
State Friday, had spread today to
eastern Oklahoma, leaving some
snow at a few points and freezing
and sub-freezing temperatures gen-
erally.'However, the mercury start-
ed a general upward climb over the
state.
Much, Says Doctor II NEGROES DIE
8. R Wells, ot Fact Worth, has
purchased the Ar-La-Tex-O Dry
Goods Store, assuming charge Fri-
day. W. E. Scurr, former manager,
has moved to Fort Worth. .. ,
Mr. Wells said, "We expect to
rearrange the store completely, end
after Saturday we will be closed
until Friday, March 13th. when we
will have our formal opening. Den-
ton looks good to me; I know Texas
pretty well, being a native-son, and
after looking over other sections of
Texas I am ol the opinion that th s
is, and should be, one of the very
best towns in the State.”
for Arlen-, testified her sister had
obtained money from their broth-
pr, Edward, for a dress a week be-
fore last Thanksgiving.
The defense had sought to show
Kirkland purchased a dress for his
sweetheart.
Edward Droves substantianed his
sister's testimony.
Dr. Jones declared brain hem-
errhage such as found on Miu
Droves seldom, it-ever, causes
death.” ------- ,
DISPLAY OF SPRING
FASHIONS, DANCING
AND MUSIC PROGRAM
WELL RECEIVED.
put for your state."
Competitors of the Standard OU
Company, Seubert said, have taken
advantage of overproduction exces-
sive drilling and the increasing
willingness of producers to accept
lower prices to buy crude oil at
prices so low that they can under-
sell Btandard oll products.
fate, somewhat wahmer hs
southeasi portions.
EAST TEXAS: Fate, not so „
cold in extreme west portion,
frost to coast except in fewer
The Style Show, sponsored by the
Federated Chibs and the Retail
Merchants Association, Friday eve-
ning at the auditorium of the Texas
State College, was a decided suc-
css. Several women were heard to
remark, after seeing the styles
shown by local merchants. "What's
the need of any Denton woman go-
ing to Fort Worth or Dallas for
their clothes. Any woman should be
delighted with the various styles
, shown tonight," Even the men.
dressed as women, looked good.
Wallace Harris known for his ef-
ficiency in city affairs, also ‘knows’
things about women's styles—be
knew 'em and surely 'strutted' his
stuff at the Styleshow. Holford
Russell, too, was perfect in his sil+
ver-spangled chifon; Bitsy MeOray
looked swell' in a black flat-chir-
ton, imported with turquoise cape
collar: Hob Gray looked really ‘re-
•al'--one thought of r some queen
in her most regal dress; Prof. Jack-
son, in pajamas, didn't "look a bit
sleepy, but be did seem in some-
what of a hurry to make his exit,
and Elmer Davis, in somewhat
Th s six-months-old baby girt,
shewn with her nurse at a Wash-
ington. D. C, foundlings home, has
her heart. In the worng place—on
the right side of her body. Doctors
Miscovered her abncrmality Mien
she failed to develop like other ba-
bies. Her heart also is not fully
formed, but doctors says she has an
even chance to live.
at republican rallies all over the —----...
country In a not unusual swing to- T ' I f f*’ P
wards renomination of the in cum- ElaIO 11111 S
bent but heartened by the disturt-
Mary Louise Tobin; “The Colleens", .F3
Misses Virginia Craig and Carol, e , -r‛.
Blackbum, and "Sidewalks of New 21
York ". Miss Betty Russell.
Following the street and altar-
noon frocks was a humorous scene,
showing "Monde of the Moment”,
men modeling women's clothes. A
pat’lo scene came next, a floor show -4
presenting evening wear. . £1
The next number was a dance
program. Including: "Csardas". 1
Misses Virginia Craig and Carolee I
Blackburn; "Mary". Miss Gwendo-
a A. D. Alexander, Pilot Potat: J. W.
-e- Mceelm btwivinles ASPBut-
GLENWOOD. N.
der indictment as the actual slay-
•r of the reporter, is scheduled to ,
go on trial at the conclusion of a
criminal case now in progress
against Jack White, accused of
slayin a policeman.
of today’s business is probably done
n credit and when such credit to
bbused it throws businesd machinery
out of gear. There are, no doubt,
men and women who buy on credit
democratic row precipitated by
Chairman Raskob of the national
committee has led to a full flower-
ing of political speculation copcern-
ing 1932.
Not only in the party of Jefferson
but in ‘republican ranks the next
presidential race has become an ab-
sorbing tope, and. on one side, in-
dependents are getting together,
disclaiming any third party inten-
tions but bent on making their mark
through coalescing on objectives
which have been somewhat scatter-
ed.
Most conspicuous in democratic
ranks was a concerted -effort to
smother the Raskob plan to line up
the party for his "home rule” state
liqww control project but out of the
background a recurrent presidential
boom for the Maryland anti-prohi-
bitionist. Governor Ritchie, had
marched forth with an endorse-
ment by the free state’s legislature.
Rumblings of a split between Al-
fred’E. Smith and Governor Roose-
veil in New York, though denied,
occupied many political speculators
with emphasis on the bearing such
an event would have on Roosevelt's
presidential chances.
Hoover's name was being uttered
FIVE .DROWN WHEN RIVER
‘STEAMERS SINK
Elsie Drove*, black haired double
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
isville; O. P. Aired. Sanger; O. B.
Bryson, Ponder: R. R. Knox. Krum;
L. L. Grant, Little Elm; F. O. Wat-
son, Pilot Point; L E. Madden. Au-
brey; P. E. Cote, Justin; T, H Sex-
ton, Justin; A. E Wazgoner, Lew
tvile; E. A. McAdams. Pllot Point;
Dave Turner, Aubrey; J. R. Ad-
cock Krum; J. B. Biggerstaff, Lw-
toville; C. C- Wilkins, Krum; E. W.
Otoon. Roanoke; P. L. Lyles, Krum;
W. E. Tyson, Sanger; L. E. Sher-
man, Ponder; C. W. Riddle, Au-
brey; E H. Banks, Corinth: E. R.
Walters, Lewisville; D. H. Bonner,
Hebron; M. E Harre, Justin; M. O
Davis, Krum:J. H. Matthews, Pon-
der; T. H. Coats, Little Elm; O. D.
Dyer, Sanger; Bob McMahan, Au-
brey.
Another Arrest .
-.a
made by Dr Clarence Spalding of
Santa Barbara, Cal. The commit-
House Under Cali
AUSTIN. Match 7 -The House
of Representatives was put under
call today to obtain enough mem-
bers to jo to work. It took the ser-
geynts-at-arm) approoimatey 45
minutes to round up enough mem-
bers to start the Legislative day
but number dwindled so that no
final action was taken on any busi-
ness. i .
Argument centered on a resolu-
tion by Representative Gilbert of
Cisco to permit a blind man to es-
tablish a confectionery stand in the
state office building.
The Hotis* voted to set the Small
mineral validating bill for special
order Wednesday- morning.
A bill was introduced by Repre-
sentative Cunningham of Eastland
to authorize county tax assessors to
prepare separate tax rolls for the
State and county.
The House stopped work at noon
yesterday because of the death of
Mrs. B J. Forbes, wife of the rep- I
resentative from Weatherford. The
Senate came back in the afternoon
to hear Patrick Cardinal Hayes of
New York. ’
Cardnal Hayes, who,was on his
way home from Ban Antonio where cEcac. n
he participated in Bicentennial, CHICAGO. March 7—Edward G. ________
„Asargzmsdbrdumtbiicmmimisouyonsmnyspcammasqumnaa issnaaaff-,
"reply to the protest of Gov. Wil- came the grand finale.
Ham H. Murray of Oklahoma yes- - “
CHURCH MUSIC AT
HOME WEDDING ,
MONTCLAIR. N. J.—It is
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free ot run a ahtving. but Weather is scheduled to fol-
that both were guilty ot mere -enre- IOW•-----------------------------
Rain fell from lowering clouds
georges and Franchet DEsparey
saw- ms.me earmw
Fair Skies
Over Texas
_ By ASSOCIATED PRESS
“Fair skies with spring-time sun-
shine characterized Texas' weather
today after rain, sleet and snow al-
ternated in parts of the Panhandle,
West Texas and North Texas.
son, the guards on duty, diseovered
W fire “shortly after 9 a.
The flames started in the kithen
WASHINGTON, March 7.-The Their origin had not been deter-
state on the Mexican border, was
the only point to report cloudy
weather to the United States Bu-
reau at Dallas.
Daitas' minimum temperature
5 -
58292298
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KENANSVILLE, N. C„
March 7.—Trapped in their
cells, 11 negro conviets burn-
ed to death early today as
flames swept through the
huge, wooden stockade of
Duplin County. Forty-one
other prisoners, all negroes
except 12, were led from the
burning building by guards.
Owen Basden and B. s. Nichol-
MEXICO CITY, March 7.—A
strange tribe of Indians who be-
lieve the pelican created the world,
who worship the sun and moon,
who gamble habitually, auction off
ROCKEFELLER GIVES
AVIATOR DIMES
DAYTONA BRACH. Ha —
John D. Rockefeller never has
gone up in a plane but the
nearest occasion to it has been
thrilling enough to warrant the
gift of eight dimes. He made a
elose inspection of J. Erroll
Boyd’s monoplane Columbia
and presented the aviator coins
for his parents, wife, four chil-
dren and himself.
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• p. 4
u 2 else-p- vy’ - •2-
Rte Grands valley, framing in
north portion and near enst
eoast tonight; Sunday mostly
fate, somewhat warmer. Light
to moderate mostly “
winds on the mass.
OKLAHOMA: *
Harriet Willard, who i in her
100th year, has had 24 birth-
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Strange Tribe of Indians Found
On Pacific Island South of Arizona
? t ,4 ■ "3 1 •
explorer and Mme. Titayna, a
French writer, arriving here from a
perilous sojourn on the island, de-
clared that the Seris still live as
savages, do not have houses, eat
much raw meat, wear only skim,
and in some cases loin cloths, for
covering. They live outdoors in all
weather and are tanned to a deep
brown, looking much c) de the
Patagonians of the Argentine.
The average height of the mate
is six feet. They hate white people
beyond all reason. Colonel Masturzl
says, that several years ago an ex-
pedition sent to the island captur-
ed .two ~boys and taken them to
Mermocilo and a educated in the
hope that, when they returned to
Tiburon they would begin the pro-
cess of civilization thfe, but when
the youths returned they were kill-
edimmediatelyeu ... -
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