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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
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NO. 193 '
DENTON. TEXAS, SATURDAY A FTERNOON, MARCH 26, 1932-
' Pun Anoelated Prwi Lmk<1 wfn
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HOOVERURGES
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‘Keystone of Recovery’
—
in Statement
‘Messiah’ to Be
k 1"
unearthed -re
Claiming to have
• Kim
tton, the
intaxesbecomes
thid crowd alternated between the
for Baby’s Return
—given to
REPRESENIEDAT
to restore kidnaped
PLAY MEETING
did their
- to be constdering tssuing a fourth
thereafter
kept their remain-
> and
the tin box for a one-way
ning sessions. aceording to Mrs.
Ed
county
her silk stocking. A gentleman sit-
her
son leading the
Later in the
mrning, Dallas county with Miss
■ $)
to have "no signiticanze ‘
uonal system.
t:-
Ellis county was in charge.
During the afternoon session also
Kentucky Mines
ir
Grayson and
Plymouth Rock had np. more than stated, "since homesteads have not
laid that egg than one of the White
ment and gaes.
Morris stated.
Lindseys
and
Destroyed By Fire
5c
stop.
A
Showers Possible
7c
A barn at the farm home of T
Two cows were burned to death
1c
:9c
calls for:
night unri txt me
Oc
Oc
ds in New Work
What Easter
5c
sandwiches may
stand
L
be served. ’nd he will make
10c
Three employes of a theater found
rk’
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total
store and had been wounded by O
light tn being wen-grpomed pre-
Hotte 2
of the
found John-
Sanday. Mod-
and north
new
brilliant as ever. though florists
d with a pis-
son had been
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Mei'
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HIGHERTAXESTO
BALANCEBUDGET
ABOUT
TOWN
Seven counties, with approximate-
ly 50 persons, were represented at
Excise Taxes Are
Voted By House
Katy Reports Big
Loss In Income
Negro Robber Is
Found Shot Dead
the
the
HOPEWELL, N j. March 26-
tea While three Norfolk ottbena
and expenditure*, to a level, the
shef executive late vesterany as-
Auto-Gyro to Delay
Visit Till Next Week
--.
ment this morning, expressing ap-
proval of a campaign by the Unit-
ed States Junior Chamber of Com-
merce to increase by 14,000.000 the
number of voters as compared with
WASHINGTON, March 26—-
The Crisn amendment to the rey-
Charles A. t indbergh Jr.. to his par-
ents today. his father was believed
President Urges-
Big November Vote
WASHINGTON, March 26.-in-
President Hoover today formally en-
doxsed a movement to bring out a
this
said.
of
of
of
tour,
over
Sr
Report Deal For
Refinery Closed -
afternoon at 3 o’clock in the eoi-
lege auditorium
Soloists secured for the occasion
City; Stores With Pre-War Prices
Satisfied With Holiday Trade
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Friday afternoon, at the close of
the first day's program excepting
the night debates and declamation,
Justin had 77 1-2 points and was
40 points ahead of the field.
The Saturday noon check-up did
not include spelling, which was held
Saturday morning, but Judging of
seriously burned,
destroyed, along
around The egg industry is very
fascinating.
- In
olo-
ork
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FUNERAL SERVICES- FOR PIO-
NEER OF ALBANY
ALBANY, Maren 26- (—A Ma-
sonic funeral service was planned
today for Louis Hamilton Hill. n.
Albany's largest property owner.
Hill d‘ed yesterday after a residence
here of more than half a century.
New Sources o f
Revenue Will Be
Sought BySolons
continued until 3:30 o’clock.
Denton county will have charge of
the session tonight in the gymna-
sium. and the delegates In charge
win be Mrs W c Kimbrough. Den-
ton. Mrs. Horace McKinney of Au-
To Reduce Ad Valorem
“What effect such an exemption
will have on the educational sys-
tem can not be foretold now,” Marrs
empting homesteads to the value
of *3.000 from state taxation be-
comes efective.
.The amendment will be voted up-
appeal to the persons who stole
the child March 1. . _
Thrice Co. Lindbergh, willing
to pay ransom to get the child tack.
At noon Saturday, Sanger had totalled 105 points in
the Denton County Interscholastic League meet to lead
the hearest rival, Justin,'by seven and a halfpoints.
"Lets'go to Church ' Sunday.
weT feel if whole lot better ”
■ ----------...
L I'has leaked out despite
reticence of, the victims that
tol bullet, as well as with Eckhpim's
shotgun slugs. \
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It was a fruitless trip that net-
ted the party, members of the na-
tonal students' league, little more
than a view ofthescehery on the
Kentucky slopes.
Officers turned the students back
when they tried to enter Bell Coun-
ty. Kentucky, to investigate condi-
tions among coal miners and the
entire group returned to Knoxville
without a halt as the Kentuckians
warned that Claiborne County, or
the Tennessee line, would permit no
Under way Saturday morning under
Athletic Director Herman Cowley,
and drew a crowd estimated at well
over 500. Another good-sized crowd
was at the tennis courts where Sat-
W
ILL
GERS
drink
also
1 ar-
d in
said:
acial-
poser.
have
id do
e go-
teems
ather
use. It
urbi's
riety, :
to think considerably on the matter
of •balancing' the budget upward,
but, apparently, there is Attle time
Secret Six in J
Search
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"8.
SAN FRANCISCO — Frank
Lee, Chinatown photographer,
told his wife she wasn’t worth
the $2,000 he paid for her, so
she told k judge and the Judge
gave her a divorce.
NEW YORK—Who would even
think of calling at the White House
in a $13.50 dress? Well. Mary Pick-
ford. for one She did it, and as she
explains: "It-is a darling dress, too,'
pony
dec-
ks of
Hon-
of
fears
his
Tomorrow is Easter Bunday. Den-
ton churches should, and no doubt
will, have large attendance on th s
raster Day. Ona hears on.the street,
tomobile was stolen from downtown
and taken to the northwest part of
Denton where tt burned.
CONGRESS
. Saturday _
1
Oc"
napers to eten negot ations, but
these have failed toarcompltsh the
destred-objeet Information from
friends of the fams was that he
might try again. He has pledged
himself not te try to Injure the kid-
naper if they will return the child.
specQdation was rife as to tae
Lindbergh statement of sesterdaz
that, the information funished by
the- Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock and
two other Woriolk men was corsid-
Over $7,000 n
Fire Losses Of
Weekin Denton
O; EckhoUn, the owner, as he fled,
justice Campbell Overstreet, who
Lconducted an
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(By Associated Press)
CHICAGO— it to a nice way to
prosperity the t C B. De n m an of
the farm board suggests. He says lot
every American take an extra bite
of meat at each meal. Result: More
demand for livestock, more demand
for farm products, more money for
farmers to buy more things—.
I
5c
Flipped down below her knee. When
. (is- McEtroy got home she found
in her pretty stocking nothing but
nerow weil-lormed limb.
d*-• “iu bee-* “AV** -vey: - ----------- • — 2
This meeting began at end tween who approached the Virginia _ — __ -----------
------ men represented himself as an agent place turned- mome-seven- inches
Saturday morning, were as follows:
Junior boys—Sam Lee of Roan-
oke. first; Reveau Stewart of Lake
Dallas, record; Shirley Farmer of
Aubrey, thud.
Senior girl#—Mary Wakefield of
Ponder, first; Beatrice Bridges of
Lake Dallas, second; Juanita Un-
deraood of Roanoke, third.
Educatlen and. Adminisi
bdtldings where the Saturday
ary
89.
and another vas
A ton of hay“Gas
ay, and
It wait
system
h maid
consti-
Lw and
worry .
muela, 4
as you"
ra j
iration. 1
held at the gymnasium, Collin, Jack,
Wise counties were
ill
Kidnap RECONSTRUCTION MEASURES BY
m CONGRESS GIVEN CREDIT FOR
7 BETTER FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
which had not been completed at
noon. —
Track and field preliminaries got
E-imdit5
westTexs: Cloudy, showers in
north poron, colder tonight; sun-
day partly elendy, eelder hr seuth
portion.
East Texas: Mostty ctoudy pro
sibly showers in extreme east pot-
tion tonight and Sundaycolder to
north portian tonight and to wet
"Ours to a representative govern-
ment and it can function effective-
ly only when the will of the peo-
ple is clearly expressed at the polls”.
na W Trigg, home demon
agent, and C. C. Morris,
agent, who are in charge..
with other, feeds stored in the barn,
it was reported.
The origin of the fire was not
known.
By coqliast he’potrkeddtt the
estimted defcit for next year is
$1,250,000,000 coming on tcs> of a
two binion shortage this year and
a half blion defiiclt last rear.
Muetr saving is poesible, the Fms-
.....—. —...........
Morrison to Speak
in Denton April 1
stroying part of the bath-houses
Monday night and a garage that
was bumned Wednesday caused loss-
es on which no estimate has been
made available, but will run the to-
tal several dollars higher.
An unusual addition was also
drug store,
A few mtn-
•Id up the
scheduled to direct the entertain-
LhJS IN COUNTY MEET AFTER
SATURDAY MORNING CONTESTS
.,7 ____:
— "There is considerably more con-
struction and repair work right now
than there has been in the test
year," said a Dsnton carpenter. “It's
rangements to take care of the golf
clubs of the members, putting in a
repair shop He I, giving lessons now
to several local golfers McCray has
starred in several of the state and
invitation tournaments, and has
been considered as one of Texts
best players.
who lived near the (
shghtiy wounding him
utes before. he had hel
HOUSTON, March 26.—Al-
bert Johnson, negro, with a pocket
full of "good luck charms", found
dead today in the- brash of a city
park, wes identified as the robber
who last night shot a pedestrian,
held up a drug . store and was
wounded in the back as he fled
WASHINGTON. March 26.—-
The weather man had to write
"probable showers" all through his
forecast loro Easter Sunday in eas-
tom United States.
-This was partially done- to safe-
guard those who owill appearto-
morrow in bright new clothes. It a
disturbance in the southwest be-
may be fair and colder but if it
haves and passes off, the weather
does not showers are likely.
The weather chart drawn for to-
’ r
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35c
those in the 1928 election.
The chamber hopes for a
vote of 60,000,000.
“I do warmly approve of
undettaking." the president
tard balancing' by
The great imprevement hi
the banking situation the put
several weeks received official
notkee of the Federal Reserve
of the majority of officials in the
capitol.
That it wih make a big hole in
the general revenue receipts is ob-
vious and already some of the de-
partment heads are peginning to
wo. where the money will come
from to maintain their departments.
S. M. N. Marrs, state superin-
tendent of education, frankly to ap-
prehensive over the effect of the
amendment on the state's educa-
Gulf states: Probable showers to-
night and Sunday in Lou'siana,
Mississippi and western Texas. Re-
mainder fair.
am worried abous the situation be-
cause of the amount of tax exemp-
tion that will come out at the 35
cent state ad valorem tax which
supports the public school system
"The next session of the legisia-
ture will be one of the-most Tmpor-
tant held here in years because the
legislature will be called upon to re-
vise the tax system of the state and
some new subjects will be tapped
for taxation purposes."
For Income Tax
Marrs said he believed that the
taxes, to a large extent, should be
levied, on Inheritances and incomes
and on luxuries with a tax on nat-
ural resources aiding. The taxes on
natural resources sbould be let-led
on the basis of the quantity pro-
duced and not the value of the pro-
duct.
The present sulphur, elarette and
gasoline taxes are levied on the
quantity basis while the oil and
natural gas taxes are based on the
slick artist who manipulates checks
worked two Denton county men
during the fat stock show. On Sat-
urday there came 2 man hunting
a Jersey Helfer, said that he would
buy if he could find what suited
hhn. The victims had a heifer be-
longing to another man for sale
and were very anxious to make a
deal and as good a deal as pos-
, eible. They had been offered *65 for
the animal and when the new buy-
er came along they priced the heir-
er at *70 and he bought her right
quick Said-he would pay of i the
tank was open because he had sold
two heifers and had the check for
them. The check was for one hun-
dred dollars and Was drawn on a
Hillsboro bank, one of the victims
put up $25 in cash and the other
put up a prenslum check that he
had for *5 and they took the Hills-
boro check. The Hillsboro check
came back but the man never did
come back after the heifer.
high school gymnasium today. A
number of additional visitors were
expected at the afternoon and eve-
Expenditures ommittee cons**’
goverment consolidation.
even mor. alarming. Congress'seemstnadyatternonnisrounndrswanata
College Students
decamation, held Friday night and TUmed Back From
men, painters, paper-hangers and
laborers of Denton say that con-
struction or repair work can be done
cheaper in Denton now than for
years. Look around about the place
• —see just what you think should be
done—then get in touch with the
man or men you want to do it and
get them to give you an estimate
on the cori.
Ing with kenapers secrecy was a
paramount' necesesity, and that
there might be more behind the
official statements than appeared
Police had no doubt the go-be-
ll is reported that new wells
probably win be sunk to the Jacobs
heldL_with the refinery furntshing
an outlet lor the oil.
Leghorns out atC. E
A deal has been closed for the
erection of an oil refinery to Pitot
Point, aceording to an article in
the Pilot Poldt Post-Sigmi. The
oll mill property there has been
leased from- Light Bros. , it was stat-
GREENVILLE, Pa—One at
Mrs. Hattie Fry’s Plymouth
Racks has just Leia an egg that
meemumeba and one-half meh-
es to eireumference and eight
inches, lengthwise.
with an asistant, a cold
ne n ' Observers of-the"ges ant for
. the eta cented out that to deai-
division as reacted Friday night.
mi-naaMrs. Waiter Wilson, director of
"memamekdeclamation, slated thamivUion
Easter dawn.
Air traffic at a new peak.
And the Weather man all
fussed w.
Btores, with prices slashed to
what many termed “pre-war”
imH. seemed satisfied with the
ride. That sort of thing has hap-
loaned-t*fore Mtss Julia McElroy
had $350 to her town bulk. One day
it closed its beautiful bronze doors.
After that the young lady put her
moaey to the oldest of all banks—
The auto-gyro, schedulding to be
lier for an exhibition of flying
Saturday afternoon, has delayed
the visit to Denton until the first
part of next week, according to a
in ring- to U. C. Travel stead who
is sponsorfng the visit to Denton. A
broken dutch was given as the rea-
eon for the delay
erate io fresh southerly to easter-
ly wthAs sate caaaL
tn® literary events were being held.
Before noon, only one athletic
event had been completed. The high
hurdle steppers went into their final
round and Borchardt of Roanoke
chalked up a time of 18 seconds flat
to take the title. Wendell of Pilot
Point, Bradford of Lewisville and
Bates of Pilot Point followed to the
order nemed:
In debating, at noon Saturday
two events were still to come off:
An Argy’e-Justin-Aubrey run-off at
7 o’clock Saturday night, to the
Teachers College Education buiid-
tog, to name third place winner for
Class B boys; end a debate between
Sanger boys and Denton High boys
next Thursday night to mame a
county champton.
In declamation, following protests
on the decision in the Junior girls
developed" in the kidnaping of the
Lindbergh baby, H. Wallace Cain
well, said to be an operative at the
Chicago Secret Six. is assistingau-
thorities in the east. He conferred
at length with Colonel Lndbergdz.
SEVEN COUNTIES
the morning session at thedistrict+ ha issuea puolie pteas to the kid-
recreational meet, being held at the — ■
uduiiez
Declamatiom Winners .
Winners in the other divsions of
member of the S. M. U. faculty at
Dallas, who is also connected with
the Teachers College music faculty;
Mrs. Berry: contralto. Fort Worth;
Dr, Jamea Wood, tenor, Dallas; aad-
Frank Ayar, bass. Fort Worth
Each year at the college, It has
been customary for the College
Chorus to present an Easter ora-
torio. and for the past two years,
they nave given "The Messiah", ac-
cording to Miss Lillian Parrill, di-
rector.
The senior class will be special
guests at this time, as a part of the
annual enior Week activities. They
will also attend the Easter morn-
ing services to be held on the col-
lege campus at 6:30 o'clock, and will
be present at the Central Presby-
terian Church for the special Eas-
ter sermon, to be given by Dr. W.
Fred Galbraith, pastor:
tivities elimination of unr rowan -
ry functicnsand "business-ike re-
crganization" of government activi- ’
ues. — ■ • a
MustInetpase Taxes -
-. "But when all- this is dene ” he
went on. "The tstanctng at the
budget must to the main be ac-
complished by an increase in taxa- ,
tion which will restore government
revenues, Economies in expenditure
or increase in taxes alike call for
sacrifices-sacrifices which are a
part of the country’s war on depres-
sion." . , -
Even as he was speaking, Sena-
tor Borah (R, Idaho) was congrat-
ulating'the House for retectine the
sales tax and asserting the budget
could be balanced by cutting ex-
pensea. .
"It fe said we cannot cut expenses,"
he mid "I wonder if we have built
up a bureaucracy that is master
at both the executive and the Con-
gress and whieh - in thia time ot ’
dtstess is going to refuse to share
with the kexpyares the burden they
are earning ”----‛
From the Chamber at Commerce
of the United States also came a
resolution asking Congress for dras-
tic cots $ government ewendi-
lures it, recognised the need fur
ddittonal tanxes but asked "great
care and Tairness not to dry up im-
portant scutes at income and dis-
courage business enterprises on
which employment depends.”
UND
would be held again Monday night.
atTo’clock, . ’
record vote- at the polls to the com-
aneserenvdentxeccsctromeaA state- +from the store
More Reduction in
Expense* Promised
I • r, "
Further Deficits to
Follow Shortage _
of Two Years
the reduction of governmental ex-
pense. Hod many bureaus or com-
„ . missions have been eliminated? .-
Collier's, ment tha hoarding of
money in ’hiding' places, says:
Our idea of hard luck is the ex-
perience of th; Owen sisters in Lit-
tle Rock, Arkansas. They had s9,-
000 to a bank. The bank failed and
Senior boys—Leroy Crouch
Roanoke, first: Billy Hagar
Krum, second; Robert Brooks
Ponder, third.
Poete
ISyadieatlpa
enue bin providing excise taxes onp rp A
imported and lubricating oil coai, Farnand I wo ( ows
wort, malt and grape concentrates —aI dI l WU •VWS
n • c - j C. Rawlings at Cooper Creek bum-
(Jn blaster ^lUUlay ed Friday night at 10:30 o'clock, ac- -value of the product.
—T— * cording to a report Baffirday.
.... _______ ____________Ml and a refnery of 1.0000 barrel
made Thursday night when an au-\ capacity is to be erected. Work is to
be started about April 1.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Mach 26
—4—The college students , who
went over the Cumberland Moun-
tains to see what they could see in
the Kentucky mine fields have re-
turnedtert rebuffed, indignant and
undecided whether to try to force
Lheir "sociological research." ‘
.... to support and not obstruct con-
onsryexkt'ilastnthatndouthedpintontsres i its et1on* to bring receipts
Ponder thesefigures—decide for
yourself just what it means in pres-
ent day conditions. In the years.
1*11-15, the railroads paid taxes
amounting t* about *123.000.000. but
to the year 1*30, the same roads
were called on tar about $400,000,-
000 tax money. In 1030 the farmers
were called on for about $777,000,-
000. or about two and one-half
times as much as they paid in 1913.
And, when the prices for farm com-
modities are taken into considera-
seig gmdenias wi be more pop- R to cloudy
ular than orchids this year.
was adopted today by an angry, dis-
derly house. -
The vote was 185 to 14.
Given By T. C.
Choras Sundayvi.net suportant informal ion so dar
WASHINGTON. March 26,— +Of the total 6126,804000- was
distributed among 587 banks
and trust companies; 18 build-
NEW YORK, March 26.—
—Aside fom its paramount re-
ligious features, the eve of Eas-
ter to the metropolis found: "
Dimes doing the work of del-
- —las,----—— ------, ------
An electric eye watching for
true that some of us carpenters
have had some work, but there's
. plenty men here to take on more
work. Some at Denton's ctizens
have made work for us now that
they had really planned tb have
done some time later, but there's
no question, to my mind, but whzt
- theyttgetthe rjobdone for less
money than they would have had
.they kept on 'putting off' the re-
lecture on city beautification in the
mupicipal auditorium here Friday.
April 1, at 3 o’clock. The lecturer
will be of interest to all and the
public is cordially Anvited, it was
stated. "
The local Chamber of Commerce
arranged for the visit to Denton.
This lecture will take the place
of the regular meeting of the Gar-
den Club, according to Mn. R. J.
Turrentine, chairman.
serted that of the $4100,000,000
budget, a total of $2,100,000,000 can
not be reduced and the $700,000,-
00% for army and navy chould not
be touched to any manner to 1m-
Lakr the strength of the nation's de-
fense This leaves but $1,300,000,-
06(1 plus posintice expenditure",
cut at which savtngs can be made,
and the sum covers many vital
Senate:
In recess until Monday. :
. Ftorficsw ronrroUVae ronaltiem
Heflin-Bankhead Alabama selection
contest.
Bus regulation bill tearings con-
tinued by Interstate Pommerce
Commitfee.
Opponents at bill removing nat:
uralization requirements of oath to
bear arms on died More immigra-
tion sub-committee.
Cook supervising the gemes, _______
charge of the program. Walterleblea
directed the entertainment when •
of the kidnapers but authorities
believed the questlaon of substan -
tiating the claim was another mat-
ter,.—-----
C. C. Morrison, Fort Worth for-
ester who is delivering a series of
lectures under the sponsorship of
the West Texas Chamber of Com-
merce, will deliver an ilustrated
rneed .
s and 1
nd rid .
m that
rthan I
[unlike
In ran
I child.
the body when they went to the
park to hide eggs for an "Easter
egg hunt”. 7
The negro shot L. C. Witten, 46,
tog treasure—47,820—to a tn box
in their little grocery store'. One
night two burglars visited the store
2
tion,__. _ . . — .
om- are Miss Eitel Rader, soprano, a
- The Directors of the Denton
Country Club have named L. G.
iBitty) McCray as professional golf-
er Tor the club with charge of the
grounds. McCry plans to operate.
.93 =—=
1 0* XXXI
yER COMES FROM BEHIND,
pared t make the annual fash-. -- those who figure the weathr.
ion parade on Pith Avenue as Yesterday they decided Sunday
“ — would be fair, but later changed
wtth possible shog.
ere to wet the new' finery. r
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal, Mar
26.—This thing of a potiticat.
party cnntrollmg the House or
the Senate is not always exactly
what it's cracked up to be The
• Democrats (defeated the sales
tax. By about next -November
when it has percolated nto a
lot more peoples minds that
tt*s the only tax, why son e of
these boys are going to have
the privilege of Maying home
the next four years. Why should
a sales tax vork on gasoline
and cigarets and not work on
anything else? If people wse as
much tooth paste esthey- are
advised to over the radio, a
small tax on it would just about
pay our national debt to say
nothing of lip rouge
. Yours,
... _ . Estimated 1,000 School Children Here a* Last
pairs. Lumber deafere, hardwars Day of Interscholastic League Meet Brings
Literary, Athletic Finals.
Now for the sequel The state
bank examiner took over Miss Mc-
Ilroy's bank and she got back WOO
The state also took over the clever
gentleman who removed the money
from her hose. But of that *200
she has of coarse, recovered noth-
ing. Nor is it recorded that the
back any part of the 87,520-taken
Owen sisters in Little Rock received
out of their tin box. The bank is
being administered and they may
get back some of their losses there.
Which leaves this fact standing out
surely—that "the worst of all banks
is the one located in-the sugar bowl
the matiress and the stocking -par-
licularty the new mesh peek-a-bods.
—In the protested junior girls di-
vision. the winners selected in the
Friday night event were: Edith
Virginia Pitts of Krum first; Nona
Farmer of Aubrey second; Emogene
Godwin of Hedron third
Sub-Junior girls—Jane McWhor-
. ter of Eliza be tn, firs'I Aline Far-
mer of Aubrey, second; Helen Seely
of Roanoke, third.
Sub-Junior boys—Troy Reese of
Cooper Creek.___first; Kenneth
Bridges of Lake Dallas, second; c-
ell Belcher of Plainview, third.
Debate Winners
In debate. Sanger took first and
Pilot Point second InClass B boys
division: third piece to be named by
the. run-off tonight. In Class B girls
division. Sanger also took first, Jus-
tin took second. Pilot Point third.
Sanger's debating teams are Hugh
Wilfong and Jack Echols, and Miss- i
es Trudy Newton and Floring
Hearst. Pilot Point debaters are
Jesse McKinney and T. W .Porter
and Misses Mary Elizabeth Wendell
and Sarah Hayden. Justin's squads
are Newton Knox and John McMul-
len and Misses Alam Wilkerson and
Worth Pennington.
The debating squads reached the
finals through the totowing sched-
ule Friday evening:
Boys teams: Sanger defeated Pi-
lot Point, Argyle defeated Aubrey.
Justin defeated Argyle. Sanger de-
feated Aubrey.
Girls teams: Juslin defeated Plot
Point, Sanger defeated Aubrey. Au-
brey defeated Argyle. Pilot Point
defeated Sanger.
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unless this B dtifp '-the revrr^T
measures fer restoration of public
l eoiifidence and recoratruetlen thas
we have already undertaken will be
incomplete and the depression pro-
longed indenttely."
Appeals t People
in a strong appeal to the people
The heaviest fire loss total of 1932
was chalked up here during the
week when over *7,000 went up to
smoke singe last Sunday night.
The blare that destroyed the
George Frits residence on North Lo-
cust Street piled up most of the
loss, damage there being estimated
by Fire Marshal A. 3: Williams to
run over *7.000 1 '
A blaze at Cascade Plunge de-
meLe-
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Board yesterday and was at-
tributed to the several recon-
structive acts passed by con-
gress.
It gave credit particularly to
I the dlass-Steagai credit ex- -
pansion bill which enlarged the
flexibility of the reserve system
t«l emergencies, giving a meas-
ure of responsibility also to the
Reconstruction Finance Corpor-
alon.
r This agency now has made
loans totaling $234,981,714 which
is slightly less than half the
amount subscribed to it by the
treasury, and nearly 112 per
cent of its total authorised re-
sources. President Hoover, him-
self, tnnounced these figures.
Lindbergh May _
Issue New Appeal
An electric photo cell atop a
skyscraper was ready to catch
the first dim rays of dawn to
signal the stirt of sunrise ser-
vices to which thousands wifi
participate. ---------------
_ Many extraplanes were book-
ed io carry Easter travelers on
their way. From Newark airport.
580 few yesterday, surpassing
last year's total of 420. Rail-
roads. setting up bargain-eogt-
ten Sor excursion tickets, had
to add extra trains.
An atmospherie disturbance
out west hesitating which way
to swing, made things bad for
been segregated on the tax rolls. 1 ident maintained. through post N
ponement of the least essential ho-
her to the trolley saw
Ing and loan asseciatons have
received $2,917,000: 13 insurance
companies have drawn $5,765,-
000. whteU railroads have been
given $4635.000, Joint stock
land banks, mortgage loan com-
panies and agricultural loans
accounted for the balance
The emergency aspect; of the .
credit expansion law wre
stressed by the reserve board in
its announcement, which in-
■ritided a definite interpretation
which precluded using, the Ib-
erat eligibiity clauses under or-
dinary circumstances.
The marked decrease in bank
failures during February, even
as compared with the month
immediately preceding, was the
most conspicuous sign of im-
provement pointed to. 7
The College Chorus, composed at
approximately 140 voices, and four
out-ol-town soloists will take part
to the presentation at "The Mes-
«i.K" Top chew O»ege Bunday
WORCESTER, Mass—Elever,
these policemen. When Lee
Leahy's place was raided. Lee
smashed some bottled goods on
the floor, which was dirty. The
police collected the dirt, had it
analysed, found it contained 12
per cent alcohol, the real is his-
tory: $100 line, and don't do it
again, ■ )
. - ' — +3-l,a-
AUSTIN, Marca —-One ot
the greatest problems—if not the
greatest—that Will face the 43rd
legislature will be obtaining money
to meet state needs when the con-
stitutional amendmentment ex-
brey, Mrs. George Dooley of Roan-
oke and Mrs. Jerry Giles of Sanger
Counties represented at the
morning meeting included: Wise;
Cooke, Denton. Dallas. Rockwall.
Ellis and Hood
Tax Payments
In Heavy Slump
WASHINGTON, March 3*.—(P—
Income tax receipts from the first
quarter's payments on 1*3! Income
slumped off March 34 to less than
half the amount collected on the
comparative day a year ago
The tax on that day amounted
to $1,522,225, ar compared with *3,-
280,517 a year ago. For the month,
the collections have totaled $188,-
864,067 aa.sompared with *327 266,2
3*6 for the same number of days of
last 'March.
For'the fiscal year receipts from
income tax amounted to 3846,985.-
408 as compared With *1.4*8.8*6.401
for the Mme period of the previous
year.
As the tax fell away, the deficit
continued upward and on March 34
amounted to $1,838,394,075. —
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Texan’* Ashes to Be
Scattered Over Alaska
.COVINA. Ck^ March 26—-
Ovet tha Alaskan country where he
was widely known and which he
loved, the ashes of W. H. Holmes
Texas oil man and political leader,
will be scattered, under funeral
plans made by his relaves.
Hoimes, whose formr home was
in Amariilo, Tex., died yesterday
.after months of illness He had
come to the Pacific coast in search
at heaith.
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with a < inner-dance, to be held at
the Women's Club.
NEW YORK, March 26.—-
Severe loss in revenues ‛s reported
in the annual statement of tne Mus-
rouri-Kansas-Texns Railroad Co.
which, as previously reported,
shows for 1831 a net income of
$675227 against $7,082,547 to 1830
-White nur less to freight reve-
nue is largely a result of the gen-
eral business depression." M. H.
Cahill, president, said, “otter con-
tributing factors are the growing
use of gas as a substituteq for coal
and the, severe compet iticn en-
counter from other formr of
transportation. Truck comoetuation
to the movement of cotton necesel-
tated a reduction of about 30 per
cent m our cotton rates from
points to Oklahoma and Texas to
the Texes ports.” , ?
NORWICH, N.Y—Mrs. Pry's
n0i '. ,g , -4 24 ' '
WASHINGTON, March
26.—( AP)—Describing bal-
ancing the budget as the
“keystone of r e c o very,”
President Hoover said in a
statement published today
that this "must in the main
be accomplished by an in-
crease in taxation.” _ ‘ -
He adried that a furthei leduc-----—
lion at government expenditures is
expected but that the potential say-
Ings by this means are not suffl-
dent to avail! heavier taxes. ■ —-
Voicing confidence that both par- 1
ties intend to see that the budget
is balanced. Mr Hoover seid the
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