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DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
VOL. XXXV
NO. 106
DENTON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 16, 1935
EIGHT PAGES
PUBLIC WORKS
I
Government Seeks To Duke Steps Out
he did not indicate whether there
More Armament
speed litigation.
war-threatened
2. A few hours earlier Senator
Frazier R-ND) said ear
country
bankruptcy
Declaring that these
started when
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over what emergency
requests. If
were summoned
by President Roosevelt Also on his
ROME, Dec. 18.
Premier
SWoR\G
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The national cobinet immediately
provisional
victed by the courts."
president.
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of the three
found their
prepara-
toward
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SEEKMEANSTO
SPEED 8MG ON
UTILITIES GRANTS
PROGRAMMAY BEONLYMAJOR
RELIEF FUND ASKED OF CONGRESS
prison. May was returned from the
Federal prison for execution.
Stevens Death
Sentence Reversed
ROUND?
ABOUT
TOWN
11 Prisoners Go
from Local Jail,
Start Sentences
Five in Oklahoma
Die of Meningitis
lined Public Works bill.
Lleutenants associated with rellet
Another Mexican
Governor Ousted
W
18.
They
Believed
Her
Italy to Fight to
End, Says II Duce
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Many Wounded
In Eritrean Battle
French Consider
Washing Hands
Of Africa War
More Killed in
Cuban Kidnaping
— (AP)—Opposing counsel
in a suit to test legality of
public works administration
-v
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IF PEACE PROPOS AL NOT
GENERALLY SATISFACTORY,
BRITAIN WILL ABANDON IT
Start Cases All
Over Again.
SEEK MEANS
WASHINGTON, Dec.
Hauptmann Case
‘Not Fully Solved
Jones Silent on
New Position
"I’ve lived in Denton County tor
sixty years on December 18th.," sald
Henry Porter, of Waketon, "and so
far I've never missed Santa Claus.
Tills year may be the exception to
the rule, but I have not given up
hopes that he'll find the chimney
at our house.”
Quail-shooter George Firtz, walk-
ing up to a group of other hunters,
said, pointing his finger to the court
house lawn, "You know right there
yesterday afternoon, I kicked up
five quail and I knocked down every
one of them." Truman Stroud and
Walter Key, however, knew just
how to take the statement, as they
had heard of Commissioner Fritz
bagging a mess of birds for Car-
roll Garrison.
The test was before the District
of ColumMia Court of Appeals.
Counsel for the utility companies
sought to have the court reverse a
lower court decision refusing them
injunctions against the PWA coun-
sel for Secretary Ickes asked that
the cases be remanded to the Dis-
trict of Columbia Supreme Court
io new evidence migh be included
in the controversy and a ruling se-
cured on existing procedure.
Alexander Holtzof, assistant tn
Attorney General Cummings, told
the court issues on which the pre-
vious decision was made had been
changed and suggested the quickest
way of reaching a teat in the Uniter
Statt Supreme Court would be to
return to the District Supreme Court
and start over again.
Ask Ruling on Decision
Dean Acheson, representing the
Alabama Power Company, the Gulf
States Utilities Company, declared
such procedure would delay "this
whole mass of litigation' and sug-
gested the court concern itseit only
with deciding whether lower court
erred in its ruling against the util-
ities.
PWA proJett* in the followng cit-
les were Involved in today’s pro-
ceedings: i usrumhia^ Decatur, us-
sedville, Outitersvme, Plorence and
Sheffield, Ala., and Plainview and
Huntsville, Texas.
Unspent Sum From Present Fund May be Used
To Tide Over Idle; Count on Further Pick-
up in Private Industry.
Minister States Position After Representative
Of Great Power Terms Franco-British Plan
“Dead.”
__ QAYSW.
CwRSKAAS
GENEVA, Dec. 18.—(AP)—Anthony Eden told the
League Council today that if the Franco-British plan for
settling the Ethiopian war does not satisfy the essential
condition of agreement by Italy, Ethiopia and the League,
Great Britain could not continue to recommend or support
I
3
Ten million new one dollar bills
are being put into circulation by the
Treasury Department, and ’Us said
they’re about the handsomest bill
that has ever been brought out The
old ones would look pretty good to
most of us—if we had some of ’em.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 18.—()
— Although the rank and file was
none too enthusiastic about it, the
Oklahoma electorate decided today
to give a $2,500,000 christmag gift-
In the form of direct relief—to the
needy of the state.
The vote in yesterday's special
election the second in four months
was 50,754 in favor of the appro-
priation from the state treasury to
31,796 agatnst. That tally was in-
complete and unofficial in 3,114 of
the 3,375 precincts of the state.
Townsend Advocate
Elected in Michigan
BATTLE CREEK, IMch., Dec. 18
-P-Verner w. Main, Battle Creek
attorney and staunch advocate of
the Townsend Old Age Pension
Plan, became Michigan’s third dis-
trict representative in Congress to-
day, after winning a special elec-
tion as decisively as he carried off
the nomination in a Republican pri-
mary. •
Despite Main* assertion of Re-
publcan party regularity, leaders of
Dr. P. E Townsend's organization
hailed his election as "the people’s
expression,"
Homer Bruce, lawyer of Houston,
a son of Dr. W H Bruce, President
Emeritus of Teachers College, and
who was reared in, Denton, is one
of the lawyers engaged by the Tex-
as Rice Millers Association to test
the constitutionality of the process-
ing tax on rice before the Supreme
Court at Washington.
ach either. Now comes a local phy-
sician who declares that Post Toas-
ties is one of the heaviest diete that
can possibly be eaten—stays in the
stomach longer than most any-
tiling. You didn’t know that. did
you. Ira? Neither did I. The infor-
Ration is very enlightening and I
am glad to know that you have
been paying this newspaper such
a compliment for all these years."
------ ... Ethiopia । ”
in exchange for Ethiopian access to w.ones.
the sea, but there were indications
he would accept the plan—with
strong reservations—as a basis for
Fear Dog With Big
Trust Fund Kidnaped
CHICAGO, Dec. 18—(-:Pear
that Red, a dog with a $27,500
trust fund, was in the hands
of kidnapers led to a police in- ‘
vestigation today.
Miss Marie Angeris Hunter,
Red’s-guardian, said the animal
had been missing since Monday
and she believed he is held for
ransom.
Red Inherited the trust fund
three years ago from Mrs. Alike
Hunter, his mistress and foster
mother of Miss Hunter.
N«,,
Two Killed in
Airplane Crash
lege.
The meeting of the board mem-
bers was to be resumed at 3 o'clock
Wednesday afternoon, but it was
not learned what business would be
This story, no doubt. wUl apply
to practically every newspaper It’s
even been told here in Denton.
"Now I am ready to pick an ar-
gument with Ira Taylor,” said W
H Graham in The State Line Tri-
bune. who delights to tell his fa-
business schedule was a talk with
Daniel Bell, acting director of the
budget. _ _
Before dropping in at the White
House for a luncheon conference,
Harry L. Hopkins reported that in
148 large cities, the number of re-
lief cases on the dole dropped 8 4
per cent in the October-November
period to 1,604,130.
But he warned that "the deple-
tion of individual resources aggra-
vated by the growing winter needs'
was affecting the relief sttuation
adversely in many cities,
Hopkins’ statement was believed
by some observers to foretell strong
demands during the winter months
for restoration of the Federal dole
Oklahoma Votes
Direct Relief Fund
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. —(P—
Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the
. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—(AP)—Informteq sources
hinted today that the Roosevelt relief program fAr next
lic works progra nme ntio itnportant new outlay—the pub-
This program, the president said, probably would total
somewhat less than 1500,000,000.
* Otis Fowler, manager of the
Chamber of Commerce, wishes to
call attention tp the fact that to-
day is the last day on which votes
may be cast for the director* of the
organization for the coming year,
and he urges all the members to
return the ballot sent them.
J. Ben Fritz has been named Dis-
trict Supervisor of the Farm Debt
ni afthe Resetilement Adminis-
tration. He will have supervision of
18 counties designated as compris-
ing this district. W. C. Orr, John
Underwood and J. E. Bonar have
been named as the Denton County
committee. An organization meeting
will be held here Friday afternoon.
1:30 o'clock at the City Hall. Den-
ton County farmers who have mort-
gages that are giving a little trou-
ble should get in touch with the
committeemen who will make an
effort to help.
“Amos Brewer would have come
down withy me today," said Lee Mc-
Clendon. Sanger, "but Amos was do-
ing a lot of work and could not
take time out. I got through with
my most pressing work Tuesday."
And Frank Shrader said "believe it
or not”.
For if our heart condemn us, God
is greater than our heart, and
knoweth all things. 1 John 3-30.
It is better to suffer wrong than
to do it, and happier to be some-
times cheated than not to trust.
Johnson.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 18.——
Government agents and police,
searching two cities for the vanish-
ed Caleb J. Milne, Fourth, grand-
son of a retired Philadelphia manu-
facturer. looked far a "break” to-
day. Investigators, busy far into the
night on shielded errands, were di-
vided on the theory that the youth
who disappeared from his New
York apartment Saturday was kid-
naped.
Preparations are a "mad orgy," he
said preparedness propaganda is in-
spired by "thoee who make a profit
out of war."
3 The war department drove
ahead with its plan to build up the
army air corps. Yesterday it order-
ed 100 craft, designed to strafe
such target* as marching troops or
ammunition dumps. and today it
was indicated that new bomber* end
pursuit craft will be bought short-
ly. Money avallable for the pur-
chases total $17,500,000,
T. M. Rippy once owned a pony
—that’s certain even though it was
a good many years ago He has a
Bill of Sale to one pony. executed
by W. L. Card, now of Fort Worth,
dated in 1889 and acknowledged
before A. C. Owsley, Notary Public.
The instrument was written by A.
C. Owsley Rippy recently found the
document in going through some of
his old papers.
Homework for Police
BURLINGTON, N. C—Chief
of Police Carl Stanford has or-
dered hl* detectives into action.
But they're doing all their work
around the station. The cause
Some one stole the chief's coat
from a room at headquarter*,
jimmied open a confiscated slot
machine and raced off with the
jackpot.
EAST TEXAS: Partly eloudy to-
nighi and Thursday: probably frest
in south portion, except en west
Consttonight dente 1, mederate
variable winds on Lhe cast.
WEST TEXAS: Fair tonighe and
Thursday: probably frost in south
east portion tonight
OKLAHOMA: Fair tonight and
Tonrrhiusaayyder ‛n —
The blanket nature of last session's
bill was * chiet talking point with
the opposition.
Talk Emergencies
WASHINGTON, Dec. II -()—
A new round of White House con-
ferences on next year's relief de-
mands aroused speculation today
Weatke-
VVcdlIIEk
LUFKIN, Dee. IS—-I1—Two men
captured in a highway chase south
of here last night were closely
questioned today concerning a re-
cent kidnaping and two Houston
robberies as officers searched for
two confederates who fled in dep
woods.
PARIS, Dec 18 —(—1 Usually well
inbrmed circles inter) ed today
France was considering washing its
hands of the Italian war in Ethiopia
if the League of Nations scraps the
Franco-British peace plan as pre- .......................
daargtnungeneewene unable to secloansand grants for munici-
the solution of a situation in which I pal power plants sought a
Premler Laval is determined to I common ground today to
avoid war with Italy, official* de- speed litigation.
TRENTON. N. J, Dec 18.——
Governor Harlod G. Hoffman said
today he was satisfied the Lind-
bergh baby kidnap murder case had
hot been fully solved, but that he
had never expressed “any element
of doubt as to Bruno Hauptmann's
guilt."
"Hauptmann stands guilty," he
said, "as convicted by the courts."
Asked if he believed "the ulti-
mate solution of the case had been
reached,” the governor said:
"In my opinion it has not. No
state official is warranted in think-
ing that it has and saying that the
books are closed. You can't quote
me, however, as saying there is any
element of doubt as to Hauptmann's
guilt. The courts have passed on
that."
Questioned whether that state-
clothing in a wire basket in the
Trinity River.
Stevens first was tried with 10
tions head the
burglary and sheep theft, five years;
Walter McCain, theft over 150, bur-
glary and sheep theft, seven years;
Eugene Dobson, driving while in-
toxicate dw and cattle theft, four
years; Pat Sprayberry, possessing
narcotics, six months; Lawrence
Heathcock, assault to rob two years.
In several cases the defendants
received longer sentences by virtue
of being sentenced cn more than
one count but wth terms running
concurrently. The futures listed
above represent the total of time
to be actually served.
WIREBRIEFS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. —(_
The resignation of Frank C. Walker
as executive director of the nation-
al emergency council was announc-
ed at the White House today to-
gether with the appointment of
Lyle C. Alverson to be acting direc-
tor temporarily.
Eleven prisoners left the Denton
County Jail Tuesday afternoon,
bound for Huntsville where they wii
begin serving sentences totalling 35
and six months, given at the
present term of District Court. They
were taken in the prison van by
Bud Russell, state ppeniteretiary
agent.
The 11 men and their sentences
Fuu Aletad,Prems.Eesnra Wire
omvoo rrs** BTvto*
No matters were before the court
when it opened Wednesday and
Spectai Judge Robert H Hopkins
dismissed the Jury panel until
WASHINGTON, Dec. Ul —(—
The deportment of agriculture to-
day estimated this year's gross in-
come of farmers from crops, live-
stock and livestock products, in-
eluding benefit payments received
tromathegovernment, would be $8,-
110.000-000, compared with $7,266,-
000,000 last year.
summarizing the situation Just be-
fore the council met for its session.
"The only question is, will the I Testimony was offered at Stev-
council formally reject the plan." ! ens' trial to show that J. B. Ruth-
Freqch sources said there was no ' erford, his brather and Sturdivant
clear cut indication that even Pre- ! went to Stevens’ home to obtain a
oiler Mussolini, offered concessions 1 division of the mall robbery loot,
under the proposals, would accept Search for the bodl
the plan as a basis for negotiations
—an the tees so if the council re-
fused to approve the project
One member of the league council
told the Associated Press, "Watch
out. Mussolini may even resign from
the league,"
Tis said that 75,000 headaches
are now in the malls in this Rev-
enue District, since that number of
Income blanks have been mailed
out to those fortunate enough to
make a report of their 1936 income
to the Federal government. Have
you gotten your headache?
C ARC AS. Venezuela, Dec. 18.—(,
—Gen Juan Vicente Gomez, 78.
president of Venezuela and the na-
tion’s dictator for more than a
quarter of a century, died at 11:45
p. m., yesterday.
Let Contract for
Hall Furnishings
Contracts for the bedroom fur-
nishings for the new Stoddard Hall
being completed at 8 C. W. und
WPA grants, were let to Edwards
& McCrary of Denton and Fakes
& Co. of Dallas for *8.390 at a
proposals of France and Great Brit-
tions, giving Italy territorial and er he would accept the presidency
economic concessions in Ethiopia i or the export-import banks.
p —3 was offered the position by
the board of directors upon the res-
ignation of George N Peek.
Stevens is at Alcatraz Federal
HOBART. Ok. Dec. 18.—(—
Oklahoma counted its known deaths
from meningitis at five today as
state and county health officials
pressed precautionary measures in-
to effect in three affected areas.
Definite quarantines remained in
force in southern sections of Kiowa
County, where first cases of the
malady were reported last week, and
in Southern Cleveland County, south
of Oklahoma City. Each district re-
ported one additional death yester-
day
In Canadian County, more than
100 miles north of this original seat
of the outbreaks. Dr. A. L. Johnson,
county health officer, directed a
modified quarantine be imposed af-
ter a second death in 24 hours at
Yukon, e
MCALLEN, Dec. 18, —I— The
McAllen Monitor says informed
border sourecs reported today that
Eleutero Parra, governor of the
state of Nayarit and political friend
of General Plutarco Elias Calles,
became the fifth governor to be
ousted by President Lazaro Car-
denas in his move to suppress a ral-
lying of Calles forces.
Two other chief executives, the
governors of Puebla and Zacatecas,
are in immediate danger of losing
their seats, the Monitor said.
Ask Calles to
Leave Mexico
The 'sunny-shady' side club mem-
bers for the past few days seem to
have changed tt to a stove-side
club. Several of the most promin-
ent members of the organization
were found in the A-P store Friday
morning, hovering around the stove.
beds, 200 cotton mattresses and 100
tables. Fakes & Co.'s contract was
for (915 for 200 straighi t-back chairs
and 100 rocking chairs.
The contracts were to be taken
to Fort Worth Wednesdax after-
noon by W. M Loveless, business
manager, to be approved by WPA
authorities there. Members of the
board here tor the meeting are
Mrs. James M. Loving of Austin,
Mrs. W E. Spell of Waco. Mrs M.
H Hagaman of Ranger. Mrs Doak
Roberts of Dallas and R. H. Hoff-
man of Denton. Shirley Simons of
Tyler. architect for Stoddard Hall,
and Preston M. Geren, associate ar-
chitect, were also here for the
morning meeting.
5
Newton D. Baker, former Secre-
tary of War in President Woodrow
Wilson's cabinet, says, "Jefferson
was well informed upon all the re-
publics of history. Yet the sublime
confidence of his life was that a
self-governing people trained to
their duties by public schools would
preserve and perfect this latest de-
mocracy."
were: Floyd Harbin, burglary and
theft over (50, two years; Harvey
Cameron, burglary and theft over ---- -________.__, ~
*50. two years; Kenneth Staples, any. may accompany the newly out-
forgery. two years; J. W. Waddle. -------- — ‘ “
burglary, two years; Francia Bland,______
burglary, two years; Jim Barrow, and employment
forgery, seven years; Everett Toombs 1 “
The chief executive disclosed that l ~ ~ 1
he would propose it to the session of , n j A
Congress opening next month, but Kow I ooms ( Nver
he did not indicate whether there IUW LOUIIIS UVEI
HAVANA, Dec. 18.—(P—A sec-
ond gunfire attack on Cuban Army
agents and prisoners in the Nicolas
Castano kidnaping case raised the
total of deaths to six today and
prompted a reinvigorated campaign
against the kidnapers.
Authorities advanced a theory that
members of the kidnap ring still at
large were springing the attacks
in an effort to silence captured per-
sons who "knew too much.”
members of the league council
A representative declared: "There
remains only the question of how
the burial will be carried out. Per-
haps the council will register an at-
tempt at conciliation and indicate
failure up to now on this attempt."
Proposals Weakened
League of Nations delegates, with
Italy boycotting the council session
and the Franco-British proposals
admittedly weakened, asserted today
there was little chance for quick
restoration of peace between Italy
and Ethiopia.
"There seems no possibility of the
council approving the Franco-Brit-
ish project," one delegate said.
The speech of the British min-
ister for league affairs came after
a representative of one of the great
European powers had called the
Franco-British plan "dead."
Eden asserted that Great Brit-
ain believes if the present attempt
at conciliation does not meet the
approval of Italy, Ethiopia and the
league, it could not then be regard-
ed as having achieved its object,
and Britain would not wish to pur-
sue it further.
Statement After Conference
The statement of the delegate
was made after Anthony Eden,
British minister for League of Na-
tions affairs, had conferred with
Turkish, Russian, and Spanish I
ASMARA, Eritrean, Dec. 18.—UF)
-Scores of wounded, including sev-
eral officers came out of the Tak-
kaze River front today.
They were the frst casualties from
a battle which has been in prog-
ress there for three days.
The wounded men were taken to
the Aduwa hospital base which re-
cently was enlarged to several hun-
dred beds and received new sur-
gical equipment.
For many hours the outcome of
the agagement—which officer* re-
garded as highly important—was in
doubt. Details were scanty but the
Italians were confident that rein-
forcements would decide the battle
in their favor
Officers suggester the Ethiopians
might ultimately find their retreat
cut off and would be compelled to
surrenderor he annihilated
The Ethiopians, following their
usual custom, to concentrate their
fire on the Italian officers, with
resultant high casualties in that
class. Four officers were killed and
three wounded in one of the first
clashes of the three-day battle.
It was considered ironic that the
Ethiopian attack had the Holy City
of Adsum for its objective since
Aksum, now' in Italian hands, would
have returned to Ethiopia under the
terms of the Franco-British peace
plan.
Mussolini, terming Europe "crook-
ed." defiantly asserted today that
Italy would "fight to the end." for
her rights.
Il Duce delivered this challenge to
"egoism and hypocrisy” to an ad-
dress at Pontinia, as he dedicated
that third city to be created on
land reclaimed from the Pontine
marshes.
Directly from that ceremony, he
arranged to go to a session of the
Fascist grand council to answer the
Smell of Wild
OKLAHOMA CITY Clmar-
roon, brown cub captured last
week in New Mexico, came to
the Lincoln Park Zoo reeking
with the high odor of wild bear.
Lions roared, elephants buried
their trunks in hay, camels
snmled dust, even zoo-reared
bears turned up their noses at
their country cousin.
Finally, Cimarron was placed
in a suite adjoining eight
skunks. The zoo is peaceful
again
in making choice of Christmas
presents to be sent a friend or
relative, why not think about send-
ing the Daily or Semi-Weekly Rec-
ord-Chronicle. People who formerly
lived here would certainly appre-
ciate the home-town news and the
son or daugther, living away from
Denton, would consider the sub-
scription like a letter from home.
vorite story to the effect that he Thursday mormig.
smror poht“rosmdspnaanatcntc ° W MiaaTAh
with nothing on his mind or stom-
negotiations for an eventual settle-
ment.
Indirectly, Il Duce warned of pos- ;
sible strong language at the grand
council session tonight.
Typhoon Delays
Return of Clipper
♦ MANILA, P. I., Dec. 18.UP) *
♦ —Pan-American Airways omi- *
♦ clals announced today that a *
♦ typhoon sweeping out of the ♦
♦ China Sea will delay the re- ♦
♦ turn voyage of the Philippine ♦
♦ clipper to California. The ache- ♦
♦ duled departure at 3 a m. ♦
♦ Thursday was postponed 24 ♦
♦ hours. +
ebumzaiiin* amine?
Opposing Counsel In
Suits Heard in
Appeals Court.
Ickes Would Allow
New Testimony
clineg comment on a report that
members of tlie league might free
themselves of the obligation to
continue sanctions through a tech-
nicality.
This was the possibility that the
sarctions against Italy could be
abandoned if Ethiopia rejected the
Franco-British formula as a basis
for settiment,
Tlie commentator Perinax, writ-
ing in Echo De Paris, reported di-
plomats found a loop hole in Article
XV of the League Covenant, where-
by the European powers could be-
come free to do as they pleased,
meaning the abondonment of sanc-
tions, by rejection of the proposal
of Premier Laval and Sir Samuel
Hrare, British foreign secretary.
Officials said Premier Mussolini's
speech at Pontinia today, in which
he reiterated Italy’s resistance to
sanctions, made a "discouraging im-
pression.”
EAST TEXAS OIL FIELD ALLoW.
__ABLE REDUCED
AUSTIN, Dec. 18.— (P—The Ral-
road Commission today cut the East
Texaa field allowable in trimming
the Allowable production for the
state by 57,234 barrels to 1.015,811
barrels effective Jan. 1
for the' Sturdivant murder, was
electrocuted at Huntsville, Sept. 8.
Stevens, May and M. T. Howard
were sentenced to Federal prison for
participation in the *71,000 Texas
" and Pacific mall robbery in Fort
I Worth in February, 1933. The slay-
I ings allegedly grew out of the rob-
i bery. Stevens, the state contended,
was the master mind behind the
robbery.
Steven* at Alcatraz
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. —Im--
Clashing view* about the drive for
a stronger army and navy ■ armed
today to forecast a major contro-
versy at the congresstonat session
opening in January.
These three developments brought
the problem to the fore:
1. Senator Lewis (D-II), just
back from a European tour, called
for increased army and navy
strength so the United State*
could take what he terms "her
rightful course of fearless inde-
WANTS INVESTIGATION OF
MISS TODD’S STOMACH
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 18.——
George Rochester, foreman of the
county grand jury, demanded today
that an analyst* be made of Thel-
ma Todd’s stomach to determine if
poison was present Miss Todd was
found dead in her car Monday.
Two Year Term
in Perjury Case
T. M Harper, charged with
perjury and tried in District Court
here Tuesday afternoon was found
guilty and assessed a two-year term
by the jury that heard his case.
Harper had pleaded not guilty. The
state's case charged the defendant
secured a suspended sentence here
at a previous term of court by
falsely testifying he had never be-
fore/that time been convicted of a
felony.
O. W. Middleton acted as ■ fore-
man in the Harper case, and other
members of the jury were: O W.
Robertson, J. C. Worthy. Sid
Crunk, J. M. Johnson, R. C. Walker,
M. F. Hammonds, J. A. Schoppaul.
O. F. Smith, A. Klinglesmith, c. H
Blackwell and H. C. Coppage.
ras. minister of war.
ment meant he believed Haupt- ---------------- aaaancunaveiy
mann guilty, the governor replied: made Gen. Eleazar Lopez Contre-
“Hauptmann stands guilty as con- — ------
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 18.—
The Federal Chamber of Deputies
voted last night to appeal to form-
er President Plutarco Elias Called
to leave the country "because his
presence is a motive for unrest and
disorders."
(A government censorship ap-
parently prevented the sending out
of this information last night.)
Several deputies charged Calles
was planning a revolution and was
plotting to implant a Fascist re-
gime in Mexico.
The deputies demanded the ex-
pulsion from Mexico of several
prominent adherents of Calles.
These Callistas resigned vesterday
from the national revolutionary
party, headed by President Lazaro
Cardenas, to join a new constitu-
tional revolutionary army.
Bene* President
Of Czechoslavakia
PRAHA, Dec. 1*.—4— Eduard
Benes was elected second president
of the Republic of Czechoslovakia
by the national assembly today to
succeed Dr. Thomas G. Masaryk
who resigned last Saturday at the
•ge of 85.
Benes, protege of the first presi-
dent and foreign minister during
much of Dr. Masaryk’s 17-year
term, received 340 votes to 34 for
Professor Bohumil Nemec, candidate
of the Czech agrarian party, who
wilhdrew yesterday from the prest-
dential race.
There were 78 blank ballots.
taken up at that time.
Edwards & McCrary received a
contract for *7.475 for 200 metal
DALLAS, Dec. 18.—OH— Visions
of becoming an air policeman cost
, Clarence G. Karr his life in an air-
plane crash.
The 28-year-old Dallas policeman
and W. W. (Bill) Slater, 22, fell
to their deaths here late yesterday
in a seven-year-old unlicensed open
biplane as Karr’s wife looked on.
Karr, a flying enthusiast about
six years, owned the plane. After
flying Ben Wicker, police desk ser-
geant to Ferris and back, Karr
invited Slater to go up with him
and do "some stunts ’’ The ship
failed to pull out of a loop.
New President for
Venezuela Named
AUSTIN, Dec. 18. The
Court of Criminal Appeals today re-
versed and remanded the convic-
tion of O. D. Stevens, convicted in
Tarrant County for the murder of
Harry Rutherford. Stevens was sen-
tenced to death.
Rutherford was one of the three
Handley triple murder victims
whose wire-trussed bodies were
taken from the Trinity River. The
state alleged that Harry Ruther-
ford, J. B. Rutherford and Jack
Sturdivant were slain near Handley
July 8, 1933,
W. D. May, a co-defendant tried
others on the mail robbery charge,
narcntdchchargestharnwersotnoo nimeeting Wednesday morning of a
narcotics was located in a secret number of the regents at the col-
panel in his "house of mystery" I
Stevens made two attempts to*
break, jail After the second effort I
he was stripped of his clothing and
confined in the death cell in the
Tarrant County jail.
The court affirmed convictions in
two other murder cases, those of
Robert L. Newman, given life in
Dallas County, and Cliff Clyburn,
sentenced to 12 years from Smith
County.
Clyburn killed Willie Baker, his
son-in-law, as an outgrowth of do-
mestic difficulties.
SOUTH WINDHAM, Conn.-
G. C. Underwood has a dog
named Duke which he intended
to train for hunting some day.
Now it looks as if he won’t have
to.
In tlie last few days, Duke, on
his own, has caught a grey fox,
treed another which was later
shot, and chased a raccoon into
a cave.
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BELLEVILLE, W. Va.- Be-
cause his wife contradicted him,
J. E Sheets was absolved in the
death of Fred Mays. 38.
Sheets told a coroner’s jury
he unintentionally ran over
May*, who was walking along
a highway, when his view was
obscured by fog.
Mrs Sheets, who was riding
in the rear seat, said she did
not feel the collision The jury
believed her.
pendence" in
world.
qy—===
Starting Friday night of this
week, Denton stores will remain
open at nights for the convenience
of Christmas shoppers. There are
only five more shopping days before
Christmas.
would be other major recommenda-
tion* for reiler.
Today, however, there was Mid to
be * possibility that the 8500,000,-
000 may be the only sizeable recom-
mendation in this field.
The $4,880,000,000 work and relief
fund the administration 1* now
spending Was appropriated for the
fiscal years 1938 and 1937, all the
money has been alloted to various
project*, but officials estimate it will
not all be spent by June 30. They
believe 8900,000,00 may be left over.
Would AM tale
By redistributing this unspent
money, they say, it would be possi-
ble to care for most of the needy
unemployed until Congress meets
again in January, 1937. Officials are
counting on a further pickup in pri-
vate industry to lighten the rellet
roll* by at least several hundred
thousand “employable*."
President Roorevelt’s disclosure
yesterday about the *500,000,000
plan appeared to some observers to
be * possible move in the direction
of a permanent public works pro-
gram as.a mean* of taking the un-
employment slack. It was recalled
that the president’* national re-
sources board had urged an annual
public works program.
Besides being less than one-ninth
of the size of the mammoth work
relief appropriation put through at
the last session after a long, stren-
uous tight, th* new request will be
different in another major respect.
The bill, the president discloned,
will carry appropriations for specific
projecta, and win not be a blanket I
request for a lump sum, to be used
much aAg the administration desires
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