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s DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE *
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DENTON, TtXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 16, 1934
' NO. 160
VOL. XXXIII
GUERILLA WARFARE BEGUN
SEEK TO HALT
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CUT IN COUNTY
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Civil works will be maintaind
uprising by shipping arms and am- story in Thuraday’a Record-Chron-
munition into Austria.
Ids, intended to
"now
Jim Georec Friday announced his
candidacy for- the office of Con-
l
A total of $304,839,74 was collect-
uled, after a last
-appears in the political annunce-
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issued a.nat de-eourtnoume
it his tovtm-
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threeryears.
clalist and government forces, which
nete
uent taxes. col
last year on ac-
Soclalist headquarters Issued or- would like to have clubs this year.
pass the $258,000,000 tax bill Tues
today before
al Republican description of it as
foods, wearing apparel, shoes and
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idly, with prospects now more as-
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Lncoin’s birthday
prevailing on
largest crowds
brought out.the
Youls,
Apart.”
ports from all sections of the coun- the December shopping period.
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Support Heard
For Bankhead Bill
Rail Chiefs To
Consider Wage Plea
Federal But Not
State CWA. obs
Are Halted Here
Senate Takes Up
Texas Centennial
Four Prisoners
Escape at Decatur
RISING TREND IN BUSINESS
AND TRADE VOLUME CONTINUES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—(-
The House of Representatives will
NEARLY 30,000
COTTON ACRES
Federal Tax Bill
To Pass Quickly
For thou. Lord, hast made me
glad through thy work; I will tri-
umph in the works of thy hand,
Psalms 92-4.
that retail stores have held since
Christmas. Sales on both last Sat-
urday and Monday nearly equalled
the total of the best days during
George Wilkins, son of J.H.Wil-
kins ef Krum community, is wear-
ing his lettfoot in a sling as e
CWA WORKERS IN
RURAL SECTIONS WILL BE
DROPPED FROM ROLLS FEB. 23
amount of delli
ed this year w
SUIT OVER AIR
MAIL CONTRACT
The flrot com-hog contracts to
be signed by Denton County far-
mers began to trickle in to the
how many Socialist fighters might
be lurking in the underground sew-
erage system which tunnels vienne
like the passages of an ant hill.
ment column of the Record-Chron-
dele.
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
Then followed the trip to the riv-
er where the peddler pointed out
the air hole into which, he told po-
lice, he had stuffed the boys body.
day.
This was decided
Denton and Denton County cit-
laens are urged to coma to the
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16—(AP)—The Civil Works
Administration will drop 400,000 workers in rural area?
throughout the country on Friday, Feb. 23.
BY AUSTRIAN SOCIALISTS
AFTER REBELLION CRUSHED
Public Urged To
Hear State Boys
4-H Agent Here
Watch Situation.
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teemen" were ready. The-co-
mittees began their work as ached-
that branch joined the Senate lr
recess over the week-end.
With acceptance of the ways and
means committee measure already
a foregone conclusion, any last pos-
"In the weekly industrial indices,
advances are becoming more con-
sistent and the spread is being wid-
ened constantly from the position
of a year ago." .
The Record-Chroniele advertistng
columns will tell thousands of peo-
ple•.eaih day and week of what you
have to sell, and the farm, or any-
thing else for that matter, that you
wish to sell can be placed before
severa thousand Denton-"County
people any day.
Com-Hog Men
Signing, Heads
Meeting Daily
•e
~e
pleted by May 1 are under con-
sideration.
To Contract for Schools
He said that that construction of
school buildings might be done by
contract—a distinct departure from
the early months of CWA when all
work was done on force account.
When the Civil Works ends, he
Sabotage Encouraged; Rumors Of Attempted
Assassinations, As Other Nations Closely
Hours Of Labor 24 In City And 15 In Country;
Demobilization to Be At Rate of 10 Per
Cent Per Week. ,
Air Mail Service
To Be Curtailed
(By Associ ated Prem)
Civil was was at an end in strife-torn Austria today
but the tenacious Socialists began a campaign of guerilla
warfare against the Fascist home guard, backbone of gov-
ernment support.
run Ameoctatea Prem Trond wir
United Press Bevice
Two Dallas Pupils
Killed by Train
EIGHTPAGEs
the foreign office admitted, repre
tented the -Ualtan governments
view.
Dr. Edouard Benes, Czechoslove
EAST TEXAS: Generally fatr to.
night; Saturday, inermndtg eloud-
iness, warmer to northwest per. .
tion. Lght to moderate nertherty
to endtety wtnds on the ecast r
WEST TEXAS: Fatr, warmer to
west portdon tonight; Saterday,
partly eloudn
ARKANSAS AND OKLAHOMA!
Generally fate tomigh; Salurday,
partly olendy. ——---------
Weathe
Government Contends
Action Can Not
t. Be Brought.
Direct “Bounty? For
Aviation Considered
Announcing new regulations for
the next 10 weeks, Harry L. Hop-
4ina. administrator, said that for
the present hours of labor would
remain at 24 a week in cities and
15 in rural areas.
The demobilization, which start-
ed last night with the dropping of
between 150.000 and 300,000 workers
on Federal projects, will be carried
on at the rate of approximately 10
per cent a week through March
After that it is scheduled to be
accelerated until the entire force
of 4,000,000 men and women will
have been demobilized by May 1
The demobilization order affects
every state equally Insofar as it
has gone out, Hopkins said.
New Regulations
The new regulations as Hopkins
outlined them:
1—All persons living in house-
holds where another member is
working, whether on public or pri-
vate employment, will be dropped
first.
'2—AU persons who, have other
resources.
tax collector’s wfice. Collections
this year were,’ isiderably better
than last, the iportkhows.
Current taxes collected this year
amount to $246,598.40, and the de-
linquent taxes collected amount te
$58,241.34. The amount of current
taxes collected last year was >248.-
015.60, but mnxi tigri ng the how-
stead exemption law in effect the
past year, . there were - more pay-
ments made this year than last.
Delinquent taxes collected last year
during the same perodof time
amounted to 835,661.14.
Mrs. Mae C. Pieroe. county tax
collector, said that it is almost 1m-
shoes the spring business will ex-
ceed that of the' past four or five
years. -I
"The most moderate tempera-
tures and the favorable weather
WILL
/OGERS
Tax Collections
Show Increase
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.—(P—The I
rising trend in trade and business
volume continues without abate-
ment, and "sporadic Instances of
Improvement now are giving way
: pubue meeting in
-,e
possible to compare fairly
May Demand Probe
Reports were current In Rome
that Italy might demand an inves-
ligation by the League of Nation.'
of published charges that Czecho-
slovakia supported the Socialist
at a crossing west of Dallas._____1
- Evelyn Wayne, 8. and her sister
Mary NeU. 7. lost their Uvea and
gering percentages.” the Review as-
serted. pointing out that this time
a year ago "The Nadir of the past
century had been touched by near-
all branches of commercial and in-
dustrial activity."
"The high level to which both
mercantile and manufacturing busi-
ness has been lifted," continued
the review, "was revealed by re-
Anglers of game fish are getting
busy on the 'last round-up' now, as
the season closes the first of the
coming month. During March and
April no so-termed game fish are
permitted to be taken from Texas
dreams or lakes under the state
game and flsli laws. Several nice
catches have been reported from
the Denton Country Club Lake re-
etiUly. ' 1
drive wheela, -------
Mrs. Newton was a native of Al-
to, and formerly taught school at
Nacogdeches and Denton. Ebe want
from her home here every day
in her automoble and frequently
picked up children along the road
to the school.
State admintstrators will be ex-
pected to etmine +ocat-eharges of
unfairness through social workers
as investigators.
The rural areas were. selected
for the first demobilization because
many thousands of tenant farm-
ers and even persons who own
their own farms have been working
on civi works. Hopkins feels that
these men having made seven or
eight weeks' wages or even more
should be able to go bnck to their
farms and raise a crop without
suffering.
al cities,—
The wage scale under the new
arrangement will be the prevailing
scale for the type of labor done
In the local community with a min-
imum of 30 cents per hour for com-
mon labor.
One of .the projects on which
the administration will concentrate
during the remaining 10 weeks is
construction of fireproof consoli-
dated rural schools in states that
h-ve a consolideted school system
Some of the boys have been talk-
' ing about their ancient thin-dimes,
quarters, nickles and dollars, but
J. C. Green thinks in 'big money
that is old. In fact, the »20 piece
of currency he has is so old that
the exact date cannot be distin-
gutsshed, but Mr. Green admits to
it having been issued in the sev-
enteenth century, about 1777, he
thinks. The bill, not just Ake our
present day currency, was Issued by
the Farmers & Exchange Bank, of
Charleston. South Carolina, and
carries a picture of George Wash-
ington at the lower right hand cor-
ner. .To look at the collection Mr
Oreen is willing,to-show, it might
seem.that he had been interested
in numismatics at some time or
another; however, fie says that he
knows nothing of that science.
up some brush along Hickory Creek
and Gamble was trimming up some
.... saplings while Wilkins piled the
brush. Gamble's axe slipped out of
Ills hand and struck George on the
foot. cutting a wide gash which re-
quired several stitches to close. Wil-
kins was about twenty five feet
from Gamble when the axe slip
- ped.
count of the interest and penalty
having been changed during tne
time.
The reports shows that there will
be 6.639 polls on the certified list
though it will be March 1, before
information will be available as to
the number of voters in each pre-
cinct. The list of certified voters by
precinct is being prepared now by
the office force. The number of
polls paid this year exceeds the
number of last year by 2,335.
Pity Poor Pilferer
PHILADELPHIA—Dr Henry
S. Buth is worried about the
stuff stolen from his automo-
bile. but he is more worried
about the thief. Dr. Buth re-
ported to police that the man
seen taking a container of vey-
clopropane may be blown to
bits. The gas is expensive, but
the thief may not be able to
dispose of it. said the doctor,
and. he added, it is both highly
explosive and poisonous.
result of a peculiar accident. He C..„.____- -________
and Charlie Gamble were clearing- at present strength in all industri-
Rumors Fly
VIENNA, Feb. 16—<45—Except
for rumors of attempted assassini
lions, threats of sabotage, aha occa
sional gunfire, peace had returned
to Austria today after four days of
civil war.
Committeeman report generous
signing of the agreement to take
over the Denton Country Club
property. The membership had de-
creased very materially during the
past three years and it was neces-
sary to infuse new life into the or-
conization, else Denton might have
found itself minus one of the best
small Country Clubs in Texas. Many
’ of the signers are of the opinion
that Denton should have such r
club, as they consider it one of
Denton's civic assets. A club of any
kind without plenty members w.
become a dead "un. and with the
new blood brought to the Club by
the addition- of many members
should make the Denton Country
Club an even better organization
that it has ever been.
AUSTIN. Feb. 16.—(P—The
Texas Senate today defeated a
resolution proposing creation of
a legislative centennial com-
mittee to draft plans for a cele-
bration of Texas’ IM years of
ingependence in 1936. The pro-
posai was rejected after spon-
sors of a bill to appropriate
$250,000 and create a corpora-
tion to finance an exhibition
had opposed it.
to proofs of a more definite gener- 1____ ______. _______
al revival." said the weekly Dun & millinery, demand is widening rap-
Bradstreet Trade Review today, "e- - ----- "o mer
Some, of the gains as compared
with a year ago "reach nearly stag-
yZe Ryae
eumuawenwte a
Comptroller General J. R. McCarl,
watchdog of federal expenditures
is shaping a stop-gap against ex-
cessive profits on army-navy air-
plane contracts. This move is at
congressional request.
Whatever the new federal plan
it appeared that the air mall scray
is far from over.
Walter F. Brown, Hoover post-
master general, said that charges of
conspiracy and "illegal" acts by his
administration as put forward by
his predecessor, were completely
lacking in "justification.”
Waiving immunity, Brown ar-
ranged to tell the Senate air mal'
investigating committee on Mon-
day his version of the tangle.
Air mall contract holder protests
continue to arrive. One company
official asserted Postmaster Gen
eral Farley himself had "been mis-
led in this -air mall matter."
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 —(-
The government will sharply tight-
en its air mall belt when the army
takes over the job, and the public
may feel the pinch. The miles-
flown fare will bo reduced more
than half.
Post office officials, busy with ar-
rangement* for the Monday mid-
night transfer, expressed a belief
however, that there won't be a seri
ous reduction in service.
At present, however, commercial
companies are flying about 95,000
miles daily Routes so far announced
for the army total only 42,570.
Ute general daily mileage will
be reduced both by curtailing fre-
quency, of trips and by abandon
ing for the present many routes
ders calling for a campaign of sabot- and Saturday will make a county-
age against utilities and public serv- wide tour to organise at the placet
ices and for guerilla warfare.
DALLAS, Feb. IE -P- Two
school children were killed ana
their teacher was injured critically
early today when the automoble
in which they were riding ran into
the side of a fast pesbenger train
County Court room this evening at
The stubborn battles between So- 7:30 o’clock, to hear E. O. Mar-
ty allotment committee, the cen-
tral group comparable to cotton’s
county committee at three, began
its daily sessions, in the county
agents' omice. .
The allotment committee, besides
finally endorsing the contracts, win
be here to serve any farmers who
find it inconvlent to reach their
community committeemen.
A local committee is busy in each
commiasloner’s precinct, with a
schedule of meetings made out.
staying one day in a community to
get all signers nearest that loca-
tion, then moving on to the next
meeting place. All signing will be
finished by the middle or latter
part of next week. It to planned,
and a week at inspection will then
be held.
Through typographical error, a
Committee preparation for the
stock exchange control bill pro-
gressed. meanwhile, with Thomas
Corcoran of the RFC legal staff-
one of its drafter*—saying it is pri-
marily aimed to prevent speculation
on the part of the "little fellow who
doesn't know what it is all about
and frequently gets royally bum-
cd ”
The $32,382,429 interior depart-
ment supply bill went to confer-
ence between House and Senate for
adjustment of difference*.
To the House labor committee,
Secretary Perkins endorsed a pro-
posal for a resolution by'Congress
expressing the sentiment that NR
codes should move to a shorter
work week than the present 40-
hour average.
The administration concentrated
on paring workers off the federal
payroll with one hand and trying
with the other to make private in-
dustry need them.
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All Federal projects under the
CWA program—with one exception
—were ended here Friday, and 102
men and women were on the unem-
ployed lists again. A telegram sent
Thursday night to County Admin-
istrator Bala WHHems from Austin
officials ordered an Denton County
Federal projects to stop immediate-
ly. with the exception of a .tax and
mortgage survey under way, em-
ploying eight workers at the court
house here.
The rat eradication and the ma-
laria control project were the chief
projects eliminated by the order-
the latter being of especial impor-
tance here in that on it were <m-
ployed a number of negro labor-
ers. so that halting that work prac-
tically does away with aid for col-
ored unemployed.
State and local projects are to
continue on their former basis, the
wire said, thereby giving guarantee
of employment, for the time being
at least, to the regular quota of
722 persons. •
Hours, shifts and hauling pro-
visions are to be continued at their
same basis, until countermanced by
further orders.
day than for a long time." said a
Denton realtor. "During November,
December, January and February
I have contracted and closed more ______ _______ __________ __
farm deals than I had in the pest]said. all needy persons will be given
three years.1* — emergency relief
Perseverance
MONTREAL—A big husky
fellow walked Into a public li-
brary and asked for a number
of books on cooking.
"Day after day he returned."
said Miss A. MacDodougall, li-
brarian. "until he had complete-
ly exhausted everything we had
in the way of cookery books.
Then, abruptly, he ceased. A
month later he appeared ana
proudly informed us he had se-
cured a position as cook in a
well-known hotel."
ed In justice of the peace courts;
regulate walkathons and similar
endurance coyest*: enumerating
additional personal belongings that
can be exempted from attachment
or execution; to indedmnify the
United States in connection with
construction and operation of flood
control work on the Rio Grande
border.
_ specified
Authorities were unable to say
sible doubt was smothered by form- proaching from her right and the
automobile struck the engine at its
‘ "It's not just talk; it's a fact that
there to more interest to farms to-
DECATUR, Feb. 16 —<45—wide-
spread search was under way today
for four prisoners who escaped
from the Wise County jail here last
night after slugging and disarming
Sheriff J. Tom Faith, 67, veteran
peace officer.
Faith had gone into the jail el
with extra bedding when »
Russell, 34, serving a bank' - I
bery sentence. who had secreted
himself to another cell, struck the
sheriff a blow and seized his gun.
holding him at bay while Russell
liberated the other convicts.
Those who .joined in the break
were Raymond Kimberly, 20, of
Dallas. held cn a burglary indict-
ment; Will Mershon, 26. held on a
burglary charge; and Roy Britton
35. serving a 20-year sentence for
murder.
. Sam Wells. 30. brought from
Huntsville with the other convicts,
refused to leave. Sheriff Faith was
! not Injured seriously.
try this week, which brought a
unanimity of expression indicating
continued improvement.
"With some moderation of the
sub-zero temperature* of a week
More Subjects
AUSTIN, Feb. 16 —(P)-Twelve
additional subjects were submitted
to the legislature by Governor Mi-
riam A. Ferguson today.
They included bills to amend the
law affecting refunds on the beer
tax: licensing and regulating loan
brokers; give incorporated munici-
palities a refund of motor fuel
texes paid on motor vehicles owned
and operated for public purposes
by the municipalities; authorize
navigation' districts to obtain Fed-
eral loans. -
Clarify the law that fixes terms
of county superintendents of pub-
lic instruction at four years; pro-
vide for creation of trust funds for
maintenance of cemetery lots; make
it criminal offense for any per-
son to move into the house of an-
other, without the consent of the-
owner; eempel trucks and buses
to ibum flares, front and rear
while parked on a highway; reduce
from *3 to $1 the credit for each,
day served in jail on fines assess-
5"
PoE" -S compiewa “ ment had supported the Socialist
outbreak in any fashion.
The charges, he told the Asso-
ciated Pres*, "are absolutely with-
out foundation."
A letter from Paul Dunkle who
_____is working for a time In the Experi-
ment Station at College Station
Texas, states that he and Mrs
Dunkle get the Record-Chronicle at
the same time every day that they
received it on the farm west of town.
Paul was inclined to compliment
Uncle Sam's service.
sured that in both textiles and
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postmaster. John J. Kiely, as de- Uounty And tate
fendanta, it was really against the -
Would Build Stronger
Aerial Defense’
in War.
SEEK TO HALT— HO Yuu
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-
(AP)—The suit of the
Transcontinental And West-
ern Air, Ic., to prevent can-
cellation of its air mail con-
tract was challenged by the
government today on the
grounds that it could not be
brought without the govern-
ment’s consent.
Martin Conboy, United States at-
torney, told Federal Judge John C
Knox that he was without jurisdic-
tion in the matter.
Ito contended that, even though
the suit named Postmaster General
James A. Farley and New York's
HHHHIIIIIMII ll !»♦♦♦
♦ NEW YORK, Feb. 18.-(— ♦
♦ Federal Judge John C. Knox 4
♦ refused today to,restrain Post- 4
♦ master General Farley by In- (
♦ junction from cancelling the ♦
♦ government's air mall con- ♦
♦ tracts. 4
stable. Precinct No. 1. and his name . Hopkins said that other almila4
■ -■ ---------- major projects which can be com-
tin, state agent in charge of Boy’s
4-H Club work, dtacuas the prob-
lem Denton County faces to orga-
nixing the work for the enauing
year. .0
This moraine dounty Agent O.
R. Warren urged ettigens of the
city to join the bouty resident*
to supporting the program and
to be present for th* dtscusstona.
Martin here to confer with War-
ren and with communtty leaders
'n mapping ou’ the boys' work fof
•his county, win tonight list those
communities and schools which
Press attacks on Czechoslovakia, teemen are ready M begin signing
contracts," stated that “no commit-
States to restrain them from 1m-
POPgtft no doubt about , the
jurisdcttom of the court over the
person of Kiely, is there?" judge
Knox asked. __
"Nor is there any doubt about
the jurisdiction over the subject
matter." said Smith.
"Ill hold that Kiely is here and
subject to the jurisdiction of the
court,” said Judge Knox. "III hold
that Farley is not here, and not
in person subject to jurisdiction of
this court. I'll hold further that
this court has the power, if it is
satisfled, to issue the injunction.”
Attorneys explained that Judge
Knox's ruling meant that he could
issue an injunction, should he de-
cide himself with jurisdiction, even
though Farley was absent.
WASHTNOTON, Feb. 16.—UP)
—A—White House plea that .
railroad wages be continued
without further reduction will
receive consideration by rail
chiefs.
Railway executtives gathered
in Chicago let it be known to-
day that Mr. Roosevelts pro-
posad would be placed for dis-
cussion alongside one of their
own—a' 1, per cent cut in the
basic pay rate effective July 1.
Reports were circulated that
Chanceller Engelbert Dolifuse
"gamecock” of European politics
had been the subject of an assas-
sination attempt, along with Vice
Chancellor Emil Fey and Prince
United States, Which can be sued
only with Its consent.
Claims jurisdiction
John Thomas Smith, attorney for
the air line, contended that the sul
was not against the United States
but against the officers of the United
"Bounty Proposed”
WASHINGTON, Feb. I0.—(P—A
direct federal "bounty" for aviation
replacing scrapped air mall con-
tracts. received strong administra-
| tion thought today.
| An idea behind such an undis-
, gulsed bounty would be to bull
up stronger aerial defenses in case
of war.
Another disclosure was that
Feb. 16, 1893—Hon. Emory C.
Smith introduced a bill in the Leg-
islature. the caption of which read,
"To create a State Normal at Den-
ton and appropriating *20,000 there-
for.” It stated also that the city
would furnish suitable building and
_ croiinds. The paper stated that
the people of Denton would be
willing to pay the salary of the
senator for the four years of his
office if he would get the bill
through. L. L. Long who had been
living at Aubrey, later moving to
Dallas, was visiting in Aubrey-
Mr. and Mrs. Ish Crawford of
Lewisville visited in Aubrey—the
sons of Robt. Keith, had planned
an entertainment at their home
but the blizzard stopped it.sBiIl
Green and Berry Hpod were in
Denton raising monev to build a
church in Roanoke—Long & Mc-
Cormick had bought the store of
W. H. Reynolds in Roanoke—S. R.
Cade had bought Jim Smith'*
hardware store and Smith was go-
ing to sell dry goods in the H. F.
About 125 army planes will be "non-partisan.”
earlier, which slowed down trans-
act) - in the agricultural districts,
ret sales pushed ahead boldly,
as te larger Industrial payrolls
offset the layoffs of the C. W. A.
"In consumptive goods, such as
Likes Elevator^
Liquor Charge
Is Dismissed
---- (By Amnoclated Prena) -----
BALTIMORE — The elevator
in the new Baltimore post office
and court house was a great
novelty to H. B. Eckenrode, 56-
year-old Carroll County farmer,
on his first trip to the city in
50 years to answer to a liquor
law violation charge.
"I thought you were taking
me to court," he said as the ele-
vator door opened on the main
floor. "You're putting me back
in a cell"
"Whoole," he shouted us the
elevator whizzed upward, "she
sure does climb."
The charge was dismissed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.—IP—
Further support Ik, the principle
of compulsory corf of cotton pro-
duction was given before the House
Agriculture Committee today by two
larr cotton co-operative associa-
tloi .alf a dozen Southern Rep-
rerencatives and a New York Cot-
ton Exchange governor:
While some of the witnesses sug-
gested changes in-the bill intro-
duced by Senator Bankhead (D-
Alai to fix this year’s production
at 9,506,000 bales and tax all cotton
sold in excess of that limitation,
at agreed bateage control-was ire-
cessry and voluntary acreage re-
duction would not necessarily mean
a smaller crop.
4 PARIS, Feb. 16.—(—The 4
♦ foreign affaire committee of 4
4 the Chamber of Deputies today 4
4 urged the French government 4
4 to take energetic action to 4
4 keep Austria a free county. 4
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Ernest von Starhemberg. home
guard leader. The rumors were un-
verified.
Socialist leaders called for acts
of sabotage.
Other European nations, mean-
while. clo y scanned the Austriar
situation, vhich they considered
fraught wan danger to European
tranquility, especially should th«
Nazis gain control.
To avoid this. France and Cze-
choslovakia decided to give tor
Dollfuss government non-military
aid.
hod token from 1,000 to 1,500 Uvea
was ended, but unverified rumor
were rampant.
One of these told of a wholesale
assassination plot directed agains’
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss— whc
has escaped assassination before-
Vice Chancellor Emil Fey, and
second Vice Chancellor Prince Ems'
von Starhemberg. ,
Other high government official
likewise were mentioned as the ob
Jects of plots, but the principale
concerned admtited nothing.
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Feb. 16.
—Lots of headlines: ‘'Mussolini’s
Troops Camped on the Austrian
Border;” “Hitler Says Nothing."
which means that he is too busy
moving troops: “England Lends
Moral Support." yes. and two bat-
tleships; “France Backs Austrian
Government," and sends a few
hundred planes to deliver the mes-
sage, “Japan almost on verge of
prostration in fear Russia won’t
get into this European war." Mr.
Franklin O,, shut your front door
to all foreign ambassadors running
to you with news. Just send ’em
these words, “Boys, It's Your Cats
That’s Fghting. You Pull ’Em
Man Declares Son
Thrown Into River
ROCKFORD, IU., Feb 18,—(—
Charles Backus, a middle-aged veg-
etable peddler, stood near the ice
covered river here, pointed to a
hole in the ice, and fold police:
"I put it there. I was scared."
The "It” was the body of hir
eight-year-old son, Charles Jr..
missing eight days. The father had
persisted in denying knowledge of
his son's whereabouts. Last night
after long questioning, he said to
LJoseph Rank or the Kate highway
patrol:
"All right; I'll show you where it
AUSTIN, Feb. 16 —<45—The Trx-
ae Legislature turned from debt
moratorla and unemployment relief
bond subjects temporarily today to
other bills that had been sent
in by Governor Miriam A. Fergu-
son. ,
The Senate centered ite attention
on legislation that would make
possible the holding of e Texas
centennial celebration in 1936 and
the House considered methods of
combatting the pink boll worm and
other matters.
The two houses exchanged their
foreclosure moratorium bills, the
proposals ring in some point’
It was expected the Senate would
amend the House bill by substitut-
ing its own moratorium plan for
it and the House would give simi-
lar treatment to the Senate draft.
There then would come non-co-
currence in the respective amend-
ments and appointment of a con-
ference committee to adjust the
differences.
A sub group of the Senate State
Affairs Committee was writing an
unemployment relief bond bill. The
whole committee had decided to is-
sue *4.500,000 in alditional secur-
ities. The House bill stipulated an
issue ol $4,000,000, to supplement
the $5,500,000 authorized last fall.
The Senate committee also disap-
proved of the House's idea of rals-
ing the tax on horse race wagers
to 10 per cent, some of the revenue
to help pay off the bonds.
The Senate committee voted to
have proposed relief law direct that
the new grant of aid be so budgeted
that it would not be expended un-
til February of next year.
Almost 30 000 acres wa signed
by Denton County cotton growers
in the government control plan,
the final signing period for which
closed Thursday at noon, according
to the report wired Thursday night
by County Agent G. R. Warren.
Warren and his committemen,
after an afternoon spent in tabu:
eting contracts, estimated 1,738
contracts would go from this coun-
ty. representing about 29,971 acres
of cotton land.
Since contracts postmarked
Thursday before midnight, were
eligible under the program though
Urey did not arrive here till Fri-
day. a full total was reached only
by estimation. Tabulated and finally
approved by the central county
committee were 1,385 contracts rep-
resenting 24,204 acres; not tabulat-
ed were 246 contracts estimated to
represent 4.597 acres, and in "the
mail, postmarked, but not ye
checked, were believed, to be about
107 contracts representing about
1,170 acres.
Committeemen Pleased
"Highly gratifying” the total was
termed Friday by members of the
county committee. The nearly 30.-
000 acres was considerably tn ex-
cess of that anticipated, and the
officials pointed out It will almost
certainly be considered a high fig-
ure taking into account the fact
Denton County is a highly diversi-
fied agricultural section.
No new shipments of checks on
on loans or from tire 1933 plow-up
had been received Friday morning.
Most of the Denton County pay-
ments have been made on those
phases of the Federal cotton pro;
gram. —
Foy building—Ex-Sheriff Wm. i
. Sparks was ill and not expected
to live at his home in Lewisvine. 1
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Wheeler and was named Lory
—Lee McCormick had announced
iis a candidate for re-election to
the office Of city attorney—The vot-
ers decided to have street lights uy
a vote of 257 to 61.—The grand
jurors selected for the approaching
— turn of the district court were: W.
' D. Milliken. Geo. Elbert. R. B. Fos-
ter. D. Head. J. M. Weeks, Wm.
mMeKinney. R. H. Evers. Jas. Tid-
(ODnore, E P Home, D. Snyder, John
"Paine, Peter Harmonson, Hannibal
Hill, D H Fry, Frank Wakefield.
Jas. B. Doyle. <Of the list R. H.
- Evers is the only one now living).
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used as compared to a larger com-
r 'al fleet.
Mrs Pearl C. Newton. M. who had
picked them up m her car a short
distance from the tracks, suffered
head and body bruises. The auto-
mobile was demolished.
B. A. Bate*, station agent at
Eagle Ford, said Ma Newton ap
parently did not see the train ap-
■at '
.ofen*
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