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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
DENTON, TEXAS. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 2, 1234
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VOL. XXXIII
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HOMECOMING
PREDICT MORE RELIEF FUNDS
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brings success. "It takes more than
the phases of the program.
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The Denton
Oity Commission
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as the outer world was concerned- there to a better rate of surviy-
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Full Power To
Throttle Debate
Youth Badly Hurt
In Collision Here
Who Broke Jail
Here Recaptured
Speed Com-Hog
Aid in Drouth Area
District Court
Opening Monday
For Summer Term
Snow, All-time
Heat Records In
Nations Map
204 Students of
County Schools
Graduate Here
Relief Provided
In Bill Reported
France to Buy
Arms Instead Of
Paying War Debt
GAS SUIT HIM
SHOULDPROCEED
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Poixon Chewing
Cum Plot Probed
Italy to Fight
Next War For
Herself Alone
STEADILY DECREASING BIRTH
RATE SHOWN IN REPORTS GETS
VARIED REACTION OF EXPERTS
tills week-end
minds occupied
TO BE MME AVAILABLE IF
NEEDED IN DROUTH SECTION
Baccalaureate Set
For Sunday Morning
"We're getting a little closer to oil
activity In Smith County," said W.
close to my farms now and some
day ypu Denton fellows may want
to take a peep at a few of my oil
wells. At least. I hope so,” he said.
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Commission Set
a for Budget Talk
braska. New Mexico. Montana. Ida-
ho. Wyoming and Minnesota.
and expressed themselves
Ibus to clear them oon ,
of a campaign to reciprocate South
Dakota's contributions of food and
feed to Arkansas Ui 1930. said 30
carloads were expected to be ready
for shipment by the middle of next
week.
Wichita
Mrs.
Seek Slayer of
Two at Maxwell
Ex-Students Elect And
Will Banquet
Tonight.
Gas Company Alleged
Lack Of Authority;
Trial Is Expected To
• Be Set For Later
This Month.
WASHINGTON, June 2— (AP)— Members of Con-
gress from the Mid-West expressed the opinion today that
additional funds would be voted—if necessary—to aid
State Jurisdiction Only
Concerned is
Milton Abbey, 20. was severely in-
Jured Saturday afternoon when •
motorcycle he was riding and an
automobile collided in the 2.000 block
on West Oak Street
His right leg was badly crushed -
from below the knee to the ankle.
He was taken to a physiclans office
for treatmnent, where it was said
the injury was very severe. the
bones being badly crushed
NEALLY REUNITED
LONDON, June I.—Prince
Alexis Mdlvanl. his wife, Princess
Barbara, and her parents, Mr. and
Mis. Franklyn L. Hutton. appeared
really reunited today. They occu-
pied suites in a swanky Dorchester
Hotel and everyone was silent so far
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United Press Bervice
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- I love them that love me; and
those that seek me early shall find
me. Proverbs 8-17.
what alonrthe lines of the seed
loans," might emerge as one <'
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WWILL
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‘says:
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directed a 30 per cent red:
charges at' gates of appre
Rates Reduced *
CHICAGO June 2 —(PP—Blan-
ket rate reductions to facilitate the
emergency movement of livestock
and feed as a drought relief meas-
ure were announced today for all
western steam railroads.
H. O. Taylor, chairman of the
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Solons Hold Conference With Farm Adminis-
trator; Comprehensive Relief Plan To Be
Announced Monday.
Dawson of
was due to pass
with its several
al”
Taking a different point of view,
several population experts, among
them Dr. Lout. I. Dublin, of the
MetropKKtan Life Insurance Com-
pany and Dr. O. E. Baker of the
Bureau of' Agricultural Economics,
consider the drop a decidedly se-
rtous matter.
Hie drop has been from 25.1
births per 1.000 population in 1915
to 17.4 in 1932.
Dr. Murphy, chief of the sta-
tistics bureau, partly agreed with
the theory put before the social
workers convention in Kansas City
last week—that the decline was
due to voluntary control of con-
ception.
"But there are other important
factors, too," he said. "The num-
ber of marriages goes down in a
depression. Parents are separated
by economic pressure. Immigra-
tion restrictions have cut off the
large influx of Southern Euro-
peans who have large familles."
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., June 12
— Amomg ah the big news and big
headlines of the news, there was
a little item that sure give me
great encouragement. It said that
some great professor of the Smith-
son Ian Institution had discovered
till a person with a “cowlick" waa
human, mi not like the person
who had none, as they descended
from the ape, as no ape ever had
a eowhek so new instead of having
M. D. and P. H. D. after your
name, (and all those things to
pubitbly advertise your supposed
knowledge) why we just take off
our hat and show you the old
"cowlick" and say “There you apes,
take a look at a human."
Yours,
least from the way it is. Its people
would be situated differently:
He discussed the effect that moun-
These were Wisconsin, North Da- institutions,'' he said. He said that
kola. South Dakota, Kansas, Ne- if this country were changed the
Strate the fishermen aren't hav-
ing so much luck at their sport,
here’s a ‘fish problem’ that they
might use in some of their spare
moments: Three men went fish-
ing and caught only one fish, which
was too large for them to carry con-
vententiy, hence cut off the head and
tall The first man volunteered to
carry the head and tail if the other
two would carry the body. The head,
when weighed. Upped the scales at
35 pounds. The tail weighed one-
fifth as much as Uie head plus one-
twelfth of the weight of the body.
The body weighed three times as
much as the head and tall together.
What was the entire weight of the
fish and how many pounds did each
carry?
people to compose a country. It
Dr and Mrs. M. L. Arnold and
their two sons. Ross and Frank, of
San Marcos, were in Denton Friday,
guests at Teachers College and of
Prof. Albert Keith. Dr. Arnold is
now head of the History Depart-
ment of the San Martos Teachers
College. When here he was a teach-
er In the Public Schools. He taught
also in the San Antonio schools af-
ter leaving here 28 years ag. Frank
Arnold is Athletie Director and
teacher of science at Sugarland and
Ross Arnold is in business at San
Marcos.
The Water and Light connection
department has been kept busy dur-
ing the past few days placing new
meters in Denton. It is believed that
more new connections have been
made this month than for years
during the first of the summer ses-
sions at the two State Colleges.
There are some few vacant houses
in Denton at this time, but, it seems,
those vacant are not in the best of
condition. There's an opportunity
for the owners of the vacant houses
to put them in better repair in or-
der to have them rented, and there
are certainly capable carpenters,
brick layers, roofers and supply men
here to do the job properly.
NO. 251
Homecoming day for ex-
students opened spring com-,
mencement exercises for the
College of Industrial Arts
Saturday. The former stu-
dents named officers in the
morning and will banquet to-
night. x
Mrs. J. M. Charlton of San
Antonio was elected president of
the C. I. A. Ex-Student's Associa-
tion for the ensuing year at a
business meeting at the Virginia
Carroll Lodge. Approximately 75
ex-students had registered at noon,
bui there was a large number on
the campus who had not.
Other new omcials elected are:
TEXAS: Partly eloudy to eloudy ।
probably thundershowers to north
portion tonight and Sanday. Light
to fresh southerly winds on Uto
coat.
OKLAHOMA: Partly cloudy to
cludy, ptrebably thundershowers m
west and central portions i swig hi
and Sunday; coaler to north per- |
iton tonight.
through a drought-stricken section
pear Pender. Neb., causing con-
siderable damage
A light rain brought some re-
lief to St. Louis: a half a dozen
cities in Texas Panhandle reported
rainfall. some of which measured
more than three-fourths of an
inch, and rain and hall preceded
a snowatorm at Butte. Montana.
Ta Abandon Acreages
Shortage of Irrigation water in
the Fort Collins, Colo., beet grow-
ing district, led a number of grow-
era to announce plans for aban-
doning their acreages.
Faced by serious drought con-
attlons in the central and western
states. the Federal government
Western Association of Railway
executives, said the action was
taken at the request of Harry L.
Hopkins, Federal. Relief Adminis-
trator.
At Little Rock. Ark., six car- --------
loads of hay and linseed meal were; tains. plains and other natural ob-
assembled for shipment to South i Jects have on the people that live
Dakota. A committee in charge 1 in the particular country, and said
that was one of the principal rea-
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District Judge Btn W. Boyd re-
turned early Saturday to Gaines-
ville, to transact the closing day's
business for his spring court ses-
sion there.
Monday the summer term of dis-
trict court gets under way here
for its six-week period.
County Attorney Judge Gambill
has Indicated there probably will
not be an unusual number of
cases for the grand jury which
convenese Monday with the court's
opening, but the list of bills and
criminal docket settings is expect-
ed to approximate the average
summer term setting
Besides the grand Jury list. 32
men have been summoned for Jury
duty the first week of court, indi-
cating It is expected to go to trial
with civil cases. The first three
weeks of the term will be devoted
to civil suits. the last three to
criminal cases.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 2,
—(—Police groped today for a
motive in an apparent plot to
wipe out an entire family with
poison chewing gum
Examination of gum left at
-the home of Mrs. Georgia Mc-
Kenzie revealed a coating of
deadly poison on each stick.
The word "sample" had been
typewritten on a small brown
envelope enclosing each stick.
Mrs. McKenzie found the
chewing gum Tuesday night
when she returned home from
work. Only the fact that she
placed it in her purse before
members of the household found
It prevented a tragedy, police
believed.
nally. .
To the company's pleading that
Oklahoma gas was commingled
with Texas gas for distribution in
this state, the court ruled that
the percentage was too negligible
to give It the character of Inter-
state commerce.
Trial Of the suit was expected
to be aet for thia month.
E Lolley, who with Mrs. Lolley, is r i r 1 A
here the guest of their two daugh- r leventh nr I /
tens. Mrs. Hayes and. Mrs. Evert. —aleveuI •I I-
"Two wells are going down pretty
Democratie chieftains were pre-
pared to apply the drastic' rules
adopted yesterday to rush through
the remainder of the administra-
tion's “must" legislatlon.
The House took up she admin-
i: tratlon communicatious control
bill under a special rule limiting
debate to two hours. Passage by
sundown was in prospect.
Complete Power
Under the new rules. Speaker
Rainey has the authority to let any
member bring a bill up for n vote
without conaideration by commt-
tees or debate on the floor.
He can prohibit any amend-
ments. ,
The rule, however, requirs a
two-thirds majority for passage
of a measure.
Confident of the backing of 318
majority members against the 115
Republicans, the Speaker rlans to
exercise his power on the contro-
versial $ 1500.000 000 deficiency ap-
pr’ation bul and other admtnistra-
lion measures.
"Dictatorship" was the way- Rep-
resentative Snell of New York, mi-
nority leader, descdbed the . new
procedure, asserting, "hev ought
to be ashamed of themselves in ad-
mitting that with a three-to-one
majority they could not function."
Graduation Exercises c . A.
To Be Held Monday Speaker ulven
Morning.
ROME, June 2.(P—1 Premier
Mussolini told 10,000 war volun-
teers today that Italy will fight
her next war for herself alone
and not on behalf of any other
nations prentending to be her
allies.
"Italy's volunteers. if war is ne-
cessary, will shed their blood only
for Italy," declared II Duce. "Ex-
perience has shown them that It
does not pay to help by land and
sea the people who pretend to be
our antes."
Mussolini was interpreted as re-
ferring to France and her world
war ally, Serbia, now part of Yu-
goslavia. France, he has said, did
not give Italy the colonial terri-
tory promised in the London
MDIVANrS APPEAR TO
WASHINGTON, June 2.—(P— A
deficiency supply bill authorizing a
potential six billion dollar relief ex-
penditure by President Roosevelt
was reported today to the House by
its appropriations committee.
In submitting the measure, how-
ever. the committee disregarded the
chief executive's request for unlim-
ited discretionary power as to allo-
cations of some funds and tied up
certain item by mandatory, provi-
sions.
In actual cash outlay from the
treasury, the bill calls for $1,178,-
269.000. but it contains provisions
that all the unused borrowing pow-
er of the Reconstruction Corpara-
tion, the unspent PWA funds. sav-
ings brough about by the economy
act of 1933 and unexpended farm
administration relief monies may
be transferred to feed and clothe
the mmgry.
The RFC also is given power to
buy obligations ssued by cities and
states which have received grants
from the PWA
The president requested $1,322,-
000,000 for relief purposes, but of
that 8150.000.000 already has been
appropriated by Congress under the
Jones bill making cattle a basic com-
modity. This sum is to be expended
to purchase cattle and dairy prod-
ucts to be turned over to the
needy.
I nhls message to Congress, the
president asked that no definite leg-
isfative restrictions be placed on the
relief funds except as he request-
ed.
ROUND
ABOUT
TOWN
states in the drought area to the
southeastern part of the country
where pasturage is good.
Concentrated feed, purchased
with relief funds, is now being
shipped into the drought areas,
but money available from this
source is insumcient, Davis said.
The 8150.000.000 provided under
the Jones-Connally act for cattle
reduction purposes can not be used
to provide feed. he explained.
The farm administrator said a
phan of emergency loans "some-
with budgetary problems. Monday
evening a called sessiohwill be
held for the commissioners and de-
partment heads to thresh over
items of the various department-
al expenditures set out for the
ensuing fiscal year.
All other topics will be rigidly
excluded from consideration, the
commission has indicated. Two
called sessions have been held in
200 towns and citles served by it.
The company alleged the state
court was , without authority to
consider the case, originally be-
gun by It in Federal court be-
cause matters affecting interstate
commerce were involved.
Texas Bates
The court held that rate reduc-
tions ordered by the Railroad Com
mission were Intended to apply
only to that part of the compa-
ny's business over which the state
agency had Jurisdiction. The com-
mission’s consideration of Inter-
state business of the gas compa-
ny was for the pufpose of deter-
mining a proper price for gas dis-
tributed within Texas, he held.
Judge Robertson said the Rail-
road Commission "well knew" the
limitations placed upon it by In-
terstete commerce and "it could
hardly be presumed the commis-
soln would purposely violate the
law." ----------------—.(---
- Company attorneys entered ex-
ceptions to the ruling, which. Ibex
ssld. will be used in an appeal af-
> ter trial of the suit has been com-
pleted.
Legal Questions Argued
Special exceptions and other leg-
al questions raised by the com-
pany against the suit will be ar-
gued further before Judge C. A.
Wheeler of the 53rd Dstrict Court
in which the suit was filed ortgt-
WASHINGTON. June 2——(-
Orders to cut red tape and speed
the approval of com-bog contracts
in the drought area went out from
the farm administration today as
the government speeded its drought
relief plans.
The action resulted/ from a
mounting feeling of resentment
among farmers toward what they
felt was dilatory tactics in the ma-
chinery of approving acreage pro-
duction contracts and making bene-
fit payments.
Administration officials declared
the approval machinery at Wash-
ington was created to meet. the
emergency and urged state and
county officials, whose job it is to
check and make preliminary approv-
al of production figures, to accel-
erate their work
Meanwhile they were working to
move ahead the date on which sec-
ond benefit payments under wheat
acreage reduction contracts will be
made Originally scheduled to be
paid fate in the summer, officials
felt that material aid could be
given farmers in drought-stricken
areas through the cash payments
"You can never accomplish any-
thing worth while until you have
first learned everything possibte
about your country and have learn-
ed to love it," Dr. B. B. Harris, dekn
of Teachers College, said Saturday
morning in his address to the 284
county school graduates at the coua-
ty-wide commencement in the
Teachers College auditorium.
Harris, who spoke on the sub-
ject. "What Constitutes Our Ooun- _, ' nen. ' r
........... _ ty.andHowWgCanteamitologe Six Billion For
o tak-yattp"uspmaxids.durar"enati"bumeryeana * u "Ta
gency Relief Adminsstrator, an-
nounced an allotment of 85.476.000 must have mountains, hills, climate,
for drought relief in 10 states, plants and lower animals, people and
Robert Lynn, one of the a dozen
men and women who broke jail
from here several months ago.
was arrested in Wichita Falls Sat-
urday morning, the sheriff’s office
was notified here.
Lynn, chargel here with car theft
was taken into custody while in
possession of an alleged stolen car
by the Wichita officers. Deputy
Sheriff Clint Starr reported.
The local officers Were told the
youth would face trial on car theft
charges there during the week be-
ginning June 11. When his trial
is finished. Denton County offi-
cers will go with a bench warrant
and bring him back to face trial
in District Court here.
Lynn was the 11th of the 12
escapers to be recaptured. His re-
arrest leaves only one man at
large, Joseph Werle of Fort Worth,
charged with burglary.
Mrs. Wil Williams has been
named a member of the Texas
Centennial Advisory Board. Will H.
Mayes, secretary of the Commission,
said "In appreciation of your serv-
ices as County Chairman of the for-
mer Texas Centennial Committee
in the preliminary work for a Cen-
tennial celebration. the newty cre-
ated commisslon has appointed you
a member." The Board and Com-
mission meet in Austin, June 8th.
at which time the Centennial mat-
tero will be discussed and planned.
Denton County has several members
of the Advisory Board, comprising
Mmes Williams, R J. Turrentine,
W B Chambers, Fred Minor, R J.
Edwards and Mr. J. N. Rayzor. It to
not known at this time if all the
Denton County appointees win at-
tend the Austin meeting next Wed-
A neaday.
Seeing 'Red' Shaver here Satur-
day morning brought to mina hle
dancing-kids, the Blagg thildren,
who made so good at Kiwanis
Minstrels of the past. Red, himself,
somewhat of a dogger, took a lot
of Interest in the dancing Blaggs.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaver and son. Jack,
former Denton citizens, who moved
from here about two years ago are
now living in Atlanta, Georgia, and
were here en route to Dallas for a
business conference with the firm
in which both he and Jack are now
associated
"Shut-In Day", a day set aside
by florists of the National Associa-
tion will bring happiness to many
thousands of sick people through-
out the United States, as on "Shut-
in Day”, this year Sunday. June
.— -10th„ the florists will see that each
bed-ridden person is the recipient
of a beautiful boquet. Mrs. Gober
Wright, local chairman, has the co-
operation of Denton's doctors, Amer-
ican Legion and Chamber of Com-
merce. In securing a list of Denton
people who are sick, and she asks
that she be phoned the names and
addresses of those sick in order that
. no one will be overlooked. Mrs.
Wright’s phone is 722, and she will
appreciate being notified at an ear-
ly date. Last year was the first
“Shut-In Day” to be observed by the
florist members of the association
at which time ninety Denton sick
t?D people were made more happy with
“ a boquet and each at that time
expressed appreciation of the
thoughftulness. I.: .
sons that one should strive to know
everything about the country in
which he lives. “He who has
achieved success i has lived well,
laughed often and loved much. and
to do these things. one must know
and love his country,” he concluded.
Program Numbers
Cecil Hill of Helm led the au-
dience in singing "America." and
Rev. E. E. White gave the invoca-
tion. The valuta torian was Samuel
Perkins of Friendship. and Imo-
gene Haggard of Plainview was
valedictorian. J. L. Yarbrough, as-
sisted by Mrs. C. G Yarbrough.
Miss Elma Maxwell. Miss Minnie
Laney ofSDickson and E. L. Har-
berson of Bolivar, gave out the di-
L plomas.__
The graduates and their friends
were guests at the college to a pic-
ture show in the auditorium follow-
ing the program, and at noon a
large number of the families at
lunch at the recreational park Ice
cream was served by the Chamber
' of Commerce.
List of Graduates
The 204 county school children
who received diplomas by the school
from which they graduated are:
1 Fairfield, J. W Jones. Dalton
King, Ruth Vaughn. George Wash-
1 bum; Fairview. Herbert Anderson.
(Continuea on rage Three)
Tlic small but militant Repub-
lican minority’s spectacular two-
day filibuster was broken, but Ito
instigatcrs apparently were con-
ter,.
They claimed they had forced
th" Democrats, who for two de-
cades cried for liberal parliamen-
tary procedure, to reverse them-
selves and seek autocratic power
for protection.
The Senate rested today. It was
likewise under a filibuster-break-
ing agreement calling tor passage
of the long bandied-about tariff
bill late Moncuy. -
I nderstanding Reached
After .more than two weeks
debate a bl-partlaan understand-
ing late yesterday ended a long ee-
rie, ot "repeat" speeches by Re-
puh: its senators who ignored thre
wishes of their leader, Bd.ator
McNar of Oregon ..a
Slortly after telling newspapri-
m n that certain cf his flock had
tnaL been playing quite tato." A:
Ns ri grt together’ with Senator
Harrison tD-Miss and the com-
promise was quickly reached. Har-
rison wanted to meet today and
vote this evening, but McNary
protested that many sehatershad
accum lated work on their office
desk'.
Diiving toward adjournment a,
culekly as possible, the House
Treaty of 1915 following which
Italy entered the war.
Volunteers Give Approval
The volunteers gave the premier
a tremendous affirmative shout
when he asked them whether they
were ready to march as in 1914
and 1915.
Il Duce said Italy would have
continued her foreign policy of
collaboration with all peoples but
it was necessary for other nations
to co-operate too, and because this
was not a fact. it was necessary
to be prepared.
Speaking of the economic situa-
tion, Mussolini said: '
“Not only are the times hard,
but I also wanto add that you
must not hope for easier times
to come.
"We must accept hard times.
This is why the people are of-
fering today a superb spectacle
of discipline."
Monkey Finds
Jail Is Not
Bad Place
(By Amoclatea Prem —-
NEW YORK-Jais not so
- bad when there are so many
ban to climb and the matron
provides bananas. Ihat to the
actively expressed opinion of
Alfred Fiorella’s monkey. The
organ grinder and his pet are
locked up for five days be-
cause, testified an agent for
the society for the prevention
i of cruelty to animals. Florella
refused to remove the mont
key's jacket on a hot day.
Keep Cool Like Coolies
CHICAGO—Declaring men
are victims of convention and
superstition, the 13 members of
Chicago's anti-superstition so-
ciety are out to find hot
weather comfort. They assert
that next month they win
wear "sensible” clothes like
the Chinese.
They hope to abolish collym
coats and vests; to replact
trousers with shorts or air —
conditioned pajamas. ‘
PARIS, June 2—4—1France
considers building a defense
against Nazi Germany far more
vital to her safety than smooth-
ing relations with America, offi-
cials indicated today.
Thus the country was expected
to prefer another war debts de-
fault June 15 to sacrificing her
military strength, as much as she
had hoped President Roosevelt
would show her some acceptable
way out of the debt controversy.
The Chamber of Deputies, which
is master of the government on
the war debt issue, has shown no
inclination to make the "substantial
sacrifice" suggested by Mr. Roose-
velt in his war debts message yes-
terday. Instead, the French cling
to the contention that a scaling
down of reparations requires the
same trimming of war debts: Offi-
cials Indicated that the message
had left France's policy of default
unchanged
AUSTIN, June 2.—(AP)
—Judge W. F. Robertson, .
Travis County district judge,
today ruled that trial of a
case brought by the State in
an effort to force the Lone
Star Gas Company to re-
duce its rates in towns and
cities served by it should pro-
ceed. I
The Texas Railroad oommission,
empowered to regulate rates, had
Sara Dien Cornell of Galveston,
second vice president; Miss Ma-
ry Katherine Boone of Dallas,
treasurer The meeting opened with
a short talk by Dr L H Hub-
bard. president of the college.
Miss Beas Edwards, assistant
state heme demonstration agent.
College Etation, gave a short talk
and E V. White, dean of the col-
lege, spoke. Miss Margaret Boyd,
student secretary of the organi-
ration, read the minutes of last
year's meeting, and Mrs Tempe
Davis Andrews, president, gava her
report in the absence of Mra,
Lorena Rowell Pope, Miss Boyd
read, the treasurer's report Miss
Boyd also read the student sec-
retary's report and was presented
with a week-end bag for her serv-
ices.
The Galveston chapter was pre-
sented a $5 prize for its work on
the quilt and a 85 prize for be-
ing paid up on dues. The club re-
turned the money to the asso-
ciation. A resolution was made to
send a word of sympathy to the
family of Miss Ruth West, ex-stu-
dent who recently died, and to
Mrs. Lorena Rowell Pope, whose
husband was recently killed.
Play Presented
The homecoming program open-
ed with the C. I. A. Little The-
ater’s presentation of "All’s Well
That Ends Well" at the outdoor
theater Eriday evening to a large
and responsive audience. The an-
nual breakfast was held Saturday
morning, and a luncheon was to
be given in Lowry dining room at
noon by the various clubs of the
os rape ,
Dr. and Mrs. Hubbard are giving
(Oontinuea on Pag• Pour,
LOCKHART, June 2—(-
Frank Marti was charged
here today with the double
slaying of Miss Nora Marek
and Willle Weddige, shoe to
de-ath at Maxwell, seven miles
west of here last night. Marek
to Miss Marek’s brother, aad
Weddidge’s coustn. He had not
been arrested.
MAWEXLL, June 2—(P—Bey<
ing bloodhounds and officers beat
through the woods in this section
today in a search for a killer
who shot and killed Miss Nora
Mueck, Maxwell’s acting postmas-
ter. and Willie Weddige, an un
employerdi carpenter, while they
sat at a supper table.
Apparently convinced of the
identity of the slayer, the band
of officers pushed forward in their
search after an all-night man-
hunt.
There’s a difference in the fancy
anglers ana the cane-polers, not
only in the Iish wanted. A cane-
Pojef win tell any ot his friends
about good fishing places, but a
fancy-boy is as secretive about his
place’ as a boy is about his first
love. Walter B. McClurkan, neophy-
tic fancy-angler, found a place that
must have been pretty good, as he
was bringing in such strings as
made the others green with envy.
And would he tell ‘where’—he would
not. F. W. MeKnight, one of the
envyers, did some detective work and
finally located the fishing hole. Me
was in Cooke County, returning to
Denton, when he espied McClurkan
et al tearing down the road in the
Barrow style—some 85 miles per
hour. Now, Me, sensed it was a fish-
ing expedition, so followed. He found
the lake, up West of Qainesville, so
now all the fancy-ftohmen know
where McClurkan had been catch-
ing’em..----
an effort to get to the budget j
study, but the pressure of other
matters coming on the table both
times prevented the subject being
reached.
Tuesday evening. In the muni-
cipal auditorium, the commission
and mayor will meet with citi-
sens of Denton for the annual pub-
, He hearing on the proposed budget.
KANSAS CITY, June 3.—(P-
Snow and all-time heat records
made the nation's weather map a
crazy quilt today.
While snowscorms ushered in
the month of June in Montana.
Washington and Idaho. Milwaukee
sweltered under a record high of
103 degrees and Chicago experi-
enced the second hottest day in
its history—102.2 degrees.
Forest fires broke out in the
parched areas of New York, Maine
and Wisoonsin, while in the south-
west scattered rains brought re-
lief from the heat to soma com-
munities. A high wind swept
WASHINGTON, June 2.—
A plunge in the United States'
birth rate—certain to carry the
1933 figure to a new low and still
dropping—was disclosed today by
the Bureau of Vital Statistics.
"We did not expect a decrease
as rapid as it is." said Dr. Tim-
othy F. Murphy, chief of the bu-
real, reporting on the Plummet-llke
movement. "A situation thought
to have extended over a tong pe-
riod of years has been hastened."
Margaret Sanger, veteran birth
control exregent, as quick to call
the declining birth date a gen-
eral boon as well as a triumph for
her cause.
"The btrth rate can well afford
to go down," she said. "On the ba-
sis of the enormou population in-
creases of the past, the btrth rate
must be towered. A decreased birth
rate doesn't mean a population de-
crease. Fewer babies are bom, but
with much less infant mortality.
drought victims.
This appeared to be the consen-
sus following a meeting of the
senators and representatives with
Chester C. Davis, the farm ad-
ministrator.
Davis aald a comprehensive plan
for relief would be presented al-
ter a conference Monday with the
presldent. Mr. Roosevelt talked with
Washington on the telephone, but
whether it pertained to drought
relief was not made known.
Some members thought the pres-
ident would send a special message
to congress early next week. At the
White House, however, it was said
there was no indication that the
president had a special message in
mind, although he has been fol-
lowing developments closely.
In addition to its program of
cattle-buying, already under way,
the Agriculture Adjustment Admin-
istration. Davis said, is co-operat-
ing with Joseph B Eastman, rail
eo-ordinator, to obtain reductions
of freight rates on feed inbouhd
and cattle outbound for the emer-
gency period.
May Ship Cattle
He said the administration was
investigating the possibility of
shipping cattle from Western
Smith9s Son Denies
Oil Theft Charges
LONGVIEW, June 2. (P—Thor-
ough investigation of the purport-
ed oil theft "ring" at Gladewater
was assured by officials today, al-
though F. A. Smith, son of Lon A.
Smith, Texas Railroad Commission
chairman, and one of 13 defend-
ants charged with conspiracy,
branded the charge as “a frame-
up.”
Fred Erisman, assistant district
attorney of Gregg County, said "the
grand jury will make a thorough in-
vestigation of the case."
Smith, at his Tyler home, said:
"All of these statements and
charges are false.” 5 ■
A-Geeing He Will Go
PERRY. Ark.— Shezt ou
horses, fanner John Ashley
broke two steers to the yoke.
With a "gee" and a "haw" hq
uses them in the fields on
week days and his farm ■
considered one of the besf
cultivated in the county.
On Sundays he drives thq
steers to church. . 1
‘ I
H46":
WASHINGTON, June 2.--
The Speaker's word today carried
dictatorial power.
With the Democratic House 60
tightly gagged by its own hand.
Speaker Rainey held more author-
ity than any presiding officer since
the hectic “czaristic" day of
"Uncle Joe" Cannon. Republican
Speaker of a quarter of a century
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