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VOL. XXXV
NO. 164
DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 21, 1936
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STRONG CONSUJMER-PROTECTION
PRESIDENT SOON TO TAKE UP
FARM PROGRAM TAX NEED AS
BRUTAL ATTACK
FINANCIAL PARLEYS CONTINUE
Richard Hattptmann’s slence that
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AMENDMENT OKAYED DY HOUSE
ASFARMMEASURESPEEDS AHEAD
ROUND
ABOUT
New Cold Wave
Threatens After
Subzero Respite
Ask Reversal of
McMullen Penalty
Charge Filed in
Fatal Camp Blaze
NEGRO KILLED
BY POSSE AFTER
Former Denton
Man Dies in T ulsa
Martial Law
Spreads in Spain
Hoffman Still
Believes Kidnap
Case Unsolved
Flyer Stiys No
Trace of Redfern
Found in Jungle
Italians Report
Aderat Captured
File Protest on
Miller as Leader
Slain Black Was
Former Texas Convict
about $4,000,000,000 a year almost
as much as the receipt* in 1929,
wnen the tax structure was differ-
ent.
Five Other Oklahoma
Negroes Held for
Investigation.
Noting a rise of 838,626,126 in or-
dinary internal revenue collections
last month as compared with Jan-
Boy Shot Sues for
$2^000 Damages
Woman Held in
Kansas Slaying
Mercury Drops
Only to 33 Here
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Discussions With Lending Units About at End;
Possible Savings in Direct Expenditures
Uncertain.
24 Planes Off
for Canal Zone
If ye abide with me, and my
words abide with you, ye shall ask
what ye will, and it shall be done
unto you. St. John 15-17.
Faith is the eye that sees Him,
the hand that clings to Him, the
receiving power that appropriates
Him. Woodbridge.
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Girl Scout Goal
Of $300 Reached
Two Are Killed
by Seeping Gas
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Best Girl’s Age to
Be On File Subject
To Inspection on
Driver’s License
FLINT, Mich., Feb. 21 —(—Two
persons were killed today in the
village of Ohio, near here, by gas
which seeped into their home from
a broken main, attributed to the
extreme cold.
The deaths brought Michigan's
total from this cause during the
week to eight.
The latest victims were Herbert
Herman, 44, and his wife, Marion.
38.
Gust of Wind Blows
Hat Off, Revealing
Woman Working as
Man in Road Crew
The early sale of ticketa for the
10th annual Kiwanis Minstrel 4a
unusually good, according to mem-
bers of the ticket committee.
All members of the Kiwanis Club
have tickets for sale, and the num-
ber disposed at is larger than usual
a week before the performance.
The sale of tickets is to be push-
ed not only in Denton. but over
•he county as well, and the goal of
completly filing the large Teach-
ers College auditorium has been
set, when the show open, Pnday
night. Peb. 28.
Rehearsals for the performance,
which will be in the nature of a
floor show, are being held nightly
with Floyd Graham and Ben Ivey
as directors.
The minstrel funds are used for
the benefit of underprivileged chil-
dren.
products. indictment here on charges of as-
Lines of a promised fight by the sault to murder in connection with
tic notes struck by Congressional the Lindbergh
tax advisers. 1 - -
Full Associated Presa Leased Wire
United Preis Service
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(By Associated Press)
Advance columns of the Italian
army in Northern Ethiopia report-
ed to headquarters today that they
had captured Aderat, 20 miles south
of Makale.
At the same time, Ras Mulugh-
eta, commander of the Ethiopian
forces in the area, reported to Ad-
dis Ababa that he had. made a
"strategic retreat" losing 147 men
killed and 288 wounded.
Italian bombing planes were re-
ported to be active throughout the
area.
Income Reduced
These figures were welcom to
Congress members who have been
arguing that sizeable new tax levies
were not necessary, drspite the de-
ficit. gelelr demand!, congressional
passage of the bonus, and the wip-
ing out of AAX, processiong taxes
by the Supreme Court.
Despite, the gain in ordinary in-
ternal revenues, the shutting off
of processing taxes led to a net
drop of 810.800,000 in January, 1936
as compared to the previous Jan-
nary.
Most legislators expect Mr Roose-
velt to recommend taxes, perhaps
totaling $500,000,000, to Bucceed the
processing levies and to support the
new farm program expected to pass
the House this week. But many are
hopeful that he will not go beyond
that. There have been indications
that he may send his recommenda-
tions to capitol hill next week.
EAST TEXAS: Partly eeudy 40-
night and Saturday; warmer Sat-
urday. Moderate northeast winds an
the rout.
WEST TEXAS: Fair tonight and
Saturday: slightly warmer in the
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e
OKLAHOMA: Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday; warmer satur-
day and in northwest poron to-
night.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—(AP)—President Roose-
velt said today the tax bill to finance the new farm program
would be formulated finally after his return next week
from his home in Hyde Park, N.Y. He added that confer-
ences with the heads of government spending agencies
would continue through April.
Discussions with the omcers of the — ------ —>
CONGRESS
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Plenty Cold! The winter’up in
Gulch Pass was the coldest of them
all. said a prospector. "The ther-
mometer frequently registered 50
degrees below.” The traveling man
replied, "That was really nothing.
Up in the north country where I
was making a call, It was so cold
in one of the hotels that the bell-
hops kept their hands in their
pockets even after making a call.
has made no plans for another re-
prieve for Hauptmann. Unless there
is a reprieve Hauptmann will go
to the electric chair the week of
March 20.
Ooi Marit O Kimberling. prin-
cipal keeper at state prison, said
the "loose talk’' of an underling
had given rise to reports that note*
written by Hauptmann in the death
handwriting to the ransom notes.
Kimberling said the underling had
been reprimanded. '
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Early Sale of
Tickets Good for
Kiicanis Show
The "solid South” remains more
homogeneous, industrially, political-
ly, and socially, than any other ar-
bitrary subdivision of the United
States.
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
CLOSED SATURDAY
NEW YORK, Feb. 21—<47—AU
domestic financial markets in the
United States will be closed tomor-
row, Feb. 22. in observance of Wash-
ington’s birthday. All livestock mar-
kets will function as usual.
Leelbowitz in almost nine hour*
would produce $6,780,000,000 annual- | 05 guestomnnsamghtohvalpptmahie
ly Total revenue receipts recenty H he had anything to teU>
have been running at the rate off The governor, though, said he
DOMESTIC MARKETS TO
the shooting, which officers who
investigated said followed an argu-
ment about a load of stove-wood.
The damage suit pleading recites
that young Sloan, having a life ex-
pectancy of 53 years based on life
insurance tables, could have expect-
ed to earn *21,200 during his life
but that injuries caused by his
wound cut his earning capacity at
least 50 per cent and asks 310.600
actual damages. Also, punitive or
exemplary damage* of *10,000 are
asked. ,
said.
The Girl Scout Council and those
who aided in the drive are to meet
at the hut in City Park at 7:30
o’clock Monday night and decide
how funds will be spent in equip-
ping the hut.
BOSTON, Feb. 21—(P)—A
gust of wind blew off * Boston
& Maine Railroad snow shov-
eler’s cap today and disclosed'
the worker Was a woman.
Her long hair, released when
the cap blew off, gave away her
disguise.
Dressed as a man, the uni-
dentified Woman had worked
with a crew of several shovelers
for three days, the railroad an-
nounced, and might still have
been employed at 40 cent* an
hour if her sex had not been
revealed.
Efforts to learn her idently by
cheeking the payroll were fu-
tile. * mallroad official said.
The foreman of the gang in
which the woman worked dis-
charged her, officials said, as
soon as her sex was revealed. It
is against railroad’s policy to
employ women for such work.
Damages totalling 826.000 were
asked here Thursday in a suit filed
in District Court by counsel for J.
M. Sloan, a minor, acting through
his father. Hugh K. Sloan, and
naming Mr. and Mrs. John F.
Crawley as defendants. The suit
grows out of An incident Nov. 26.
1935. on the Crawley farm near Pi-
lot Point, when the 17-year-old
Sloan youth was shot in his neck.
The Crawleys are at present under
d SnfheyoomplaTned that the bill. al-
Wrong Twice
CHARLESTON, W Va. —
James Cooper picked the wrong
trade and the wrong location
to practice it.
He was sentenced to serve- to
years in prison after admittihg
he looted the garage of P D
Shingleton, superintendent of
the West Virginia state police.
The minimum temperature at the
State Experiment Station Friday
morning was 33 degree*, which
brought to a temporary end a long
period of sub-freezing weather.
Warmer and unsettled weather
is forecast for tonight and Satur-
day.
It seems the efforts of the Coun-
ty Judges and Commissioners As-
sociation to get a new ruling from
WPA officials whereby men not on
relief rolls could be employed on
WPA projects has come to naught,
as Lawrence Westbrook, WPA offi-
cial, has stated that there are in-
sufficient funds to give employ-
ment to more people than at pres-
ent are on the relief rolls. It is un-
fortunate that men who have been
able to stay off governmental re-
lief rolls by sacrifice, and taking
AUSTIN, Feb Jl.—•P-There
ought not to be any difficulty
in determining the age of your
best girl after April 1, if she
drive* an automobile.
The information, over her
sworn signature, will be on file
at the automobllel drivers' li-
cense bureau of the state de-
partment of public safety and at
county court houses.
Homer Garrison, assistant di-
rector of the department, says
the applications for licenses
will be public records subject to
Inspection Deadline for obtain-
ing licenses is April 1.
To obtain a poll tax receipt,
a woman is supposed to give
her age, but most tax collectors
permit her to say she is "over
21” if she wishes.
The drivers’ license act re-
quires license applicants to
give the age and date of birth,
and the public safety depart-
ment doesn’t want generalities.
A good many people who have
depended on O. W Hibler and his
hoot-owls for their 'weather1 will
regret to learn that no more pro-
phecies wilr be coming from that
source Mr. Hibler said that his
owls had frozen to death.
Each Congressional District likes
to think that its representative is
doing everything in his power to
get everything possible for his con:
sututents. The Muleshoe Journal
surely feels that Congressman
George Mahon is on his toes aU
the time, saying,
“If anyone thinks Congressman
George Mahon, this district, isn't
always up on his toes in behalf of
his constituents, they have another
think coming.
"Last week, according to report,
members of Congress were discuss-
ing the advisability of appropriating
»27 000.000 for the Indian service,
the bill finally being passed by the
House.
“During the discussion it is said
Congressman Mahon declared he
didn’t have any Indians in his dis-
trict; but he continued, ’History
says Pocahontas saved Capt. John
mith and I have a couple of good
friends out in Muleshoe by the
name of K. K. Smith and D. O.
Smith. They are both about the
same build, probably belong to the
same tribe, and expect they could
use some of this money-'*
good many fine men in Denton
who, while not on relief rolls, would
like to get WPA work and who
really need the employment
- LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Feb. 21.
—(D— Mrs. Edith Huggins, 33, was
held in connection with the slay-
ing of Charles White, 38, who was
shot in a Leavenworth rooming
house this morning.
Police Chief O. M. Stringfellow
said Mrs. Huggins told him she shot
White with a 12-gauge shotgun but
refused to discuss the case further
at this time He said Mrs. Huggins
told him she had known White for
six months.
dairy bloc to change the bill ma-
terially were modified by Rep Boi-
leau (P-Wis). He altered his
amendment to prevent lands taken
out of production under the pro-
gram from being used for dairying.
Boileau's substitute proposal, de-
signed to meet constitutional ob-
jections, would authorize the sec-
retary of agriculture to "assist the
voluntary growing of soil improving
or erosion preventing crops for the
purposes of soil rebuilding, but not
for commercial purposes."
hundred dollars has been collected; taken to the state reformatory at
and a number of people have prom- Granite for safekeeping.
ised to donate later, Mrs. Whitmore
WASHINGTON, Feb 21. —(-
Attorneys for Colonel Joseph I.
McMullen, convicted of dishonora-
ble conduct by a court martial, ex-
pressed confidence today the con-
viction would be reversed.
The case must be reviewed by the
adjutant general and the secretary
of war, and passed upon by the
president, any one of whom could
set aside the verdict.
Dismissing two of the four charg-
es against the former advisor to the
assistant secretary of war. the ten
high officers of the court martial
after a 4-day trial yesterday sen-
tenced McMullen to demotion to
the lowest ranking colonel in the
service, 83.600 in pay forfeiture, and
official reprimand.
Charges that he accepted two
railroad tickets to San Francisco
from Joseph Silverman, trader in
army surplus goods, as a return for
advising acceptance of Silverman's
contract, and that he took the tick-
ets as a bribe were dismissed
He was found guilty specifically
of accepting the tickets while he
was subject to call by superior of-
ficers for advice, and of receiving
them while the Siiverman negotia-
tions were pending.
Becoming Father at
94, Man Seeks to
Set Longevity Mark
NEW BERN. N. C., Feb. 21—(,
—George Hughes, who became a
father at 84. now is hoping to set
a longevity record for his family.
The old Confederate veteran, at
whose home another heir is expect-
ed in May, is 96 now, but hardly
shows it He cuts wood, tends a gar-
den and does any number of chore*
about the house.
To set a new family record he
told he would have to out-do his
grandmother. Katie Tillman, who
lived to be 110.
The nonagenarian’s receipt for a
ripe old age? It's an old-fashioned
copy book maxim:
"Hard work, temperate habits and
no dissipation."
Hughes married his present wife
in 1933. a 28-year-old woman who
gave birth to a son the following
year. The boy was named Franklin
Delano Roosevelt Hughes.
Hughes was born in Lenoir Coun-
ty January 1, 1840. He was first
married in 1872. His first wife bore
him 16 children.
GIRL'S TRIAL IN FATHER'S
DEATH BEGINS
ANADARKO. Ok.. Peb. al—i,-
The trial of Emma Willis, 18-year-
old farm girl charged with murder
in the slaying of her father, started
today.
HOUSTON, Feb. 21. —(AP)— A
three day investigation of a fire at
a camp ground shanty here which
claimed the lives of two persons
ended today in the filing of a mur-
der charge against E. D. Calvin
He was charged with murder of
Chilmous Johnson, 28, who with
Calvin’s wife, Mrs. Maggie Calvin.
36. was found dead Tuesday in the
embers of the hut
A report from County Health Of-
ficer J. Herbert Page that partially
burned rags found in the shanty
debris were covered with blood led
to the filing of the charge.
Accept Amendment
After McCormack had explained
the interests of nis industrial area
in protection of the consumer,
Jones told the House the amend-
ment was acceptable since it in-
cluded the 1909-14 “parity" objec-
tive for farm income. This would
be attained by seeking to re-estab-
lish the ratio of that period between
the net income of the farmer and
non-farmer.
The amendment was adopted on
a voice vote.
Before the House met, represen-
tatives of several organizations
headed by the people's lobby were
given * formal "protest" audience
by Majority Leader Bankhead of
Alabama and Minority Leader
The copyrighting by Oscar J.
Fox and Mrs. Mota Spell of the
song, "The Eyes of Texas", has
created a furore among Texas-exes
and students. That song has been
the official song of the University
since about 1899, and if the laws
of limitation will stand on proper-
ty. It would seem that a copyright
would be of no use. It’s been used
as a closing song for many organ-
izations in Texas. It’s difficult to
picture payment of a royalty to the
holder of the copyright every time
"The Eyes of Texas" is sung. Just
won't be done, even in case the
suit being brought by Attorney
General Wiiam McCraw to aet
aside the copyright is not success-
ful.
I still unsolved, pressed his investlga- •
lion of the crime today
The withdrawal of Samuel S. Lel-
uary,1935,the advisers gavehgures hromtparcptooh anmainuptmann”.
Swing o baine the prena tax mascenzttemcstzndasvemema
rates would pour much money into Hanptmann is gulty have not m-
the treasury than it ever received nluenced th, governor', views of the
in peak prosperity years, I case, he said lari night
Oue congressional tax expert said i -r had hoped - he sald -that Mr
that present levies, applied to earn- - e
ings approximating those of 1929,
Told Staying Admitted
Sheriff E N. Clabaugh of Greer
County said Wright had admitted
giving Willie Jones a shirt today
to replace the stained one the ne-
gro was wearing.
The sheriff quoted Wright as say-
ing Jones told him to "get me a
shirt I killed a woman and I want
to get away."
Sheriff Clabaugh said Jones ob-
tained other articles of clothing
from other negroes and fled.
Jones came to Oklahoma from
Royse City, Texas. He lived at
Chickasha. Ok., until two months
ago, when he came to Blair.
Mrs. Wilson and her daughter
were beaten late yesterday, presu-
mably. officers said, wit hrobbery
as a motive. They were found by
Alice's sister, Margala, 9, upon her
return from school.
Alice regained consciousness at
the hospital long enough to tell
that a negro had forced his way In-
to their home, and without a word,
began beating her mother with a
heavy frying pan and a pick axe.
ALTUS, Ok., Feb. 21,—
(AP)—The six - year - old
daughter of a prosperous
farm couple died today, an
hour after a negro sought
for a vicious attack on the
girl and her mother had been
shot and fatally wounded by
a posse of 100 men.
Die girl, Alice Othello Wilson,
succumbed in a, Mangum hospital
a few minutes after a skull opera-
tion had been attempted to remove
pressure on her brain
Her mother, Mrs. Alice Wilson,
wife of Marcus P. Wilson of near
Blair. lay in a critical condition in
the same hospital, her head bear-
ing wounds inflicted with a pick-
axe.
The negro suspect. Willie Jones,
25-year-old former Texas convict,
was surrounded by a posse in a
clump of woods 12 miles northeast
Of Blair.
He was called on to surrender,
but started running.
Five Others Held
Four blasts of buckshot from saw-
ed-off shotguns brought him down.
Five other negroes were held for
investigation in the attack in the
Wilson home.
Jones' wife was locked in the Al-
tus jail Ernest Wright was held at
Mangum. Three others. Ernest Me-
Neety, John McNeely, and a negro
known to officers as Bubbles" were
Dr. C: H. Kimbrough of Tulsa.
Ok„ brother of Dr W c Kimbrough
and Mrs. Alice Kimbrough, died in
Tulsa Thursday afternoon at 5
o'clock. Though in Ul health all
winter, his death was unexpected.
Funeral services are to be held
at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning in
Tulsa, according to a telephone
message received here Friday. Dr.
W. C. Kimbrough and Joe Kim-
brough. a nephew, left for Tulsa
Thursday at noon after receiving
word of his illness, but did not arrive
before his death They were expect-
ed back in Denton early Friday af-
ternoon. and it was not known at
noon whether they, and other rela-
tives. would return for the funeral
services or not.
Dr. O- H Kimbrough was a mem-
ber of the history and sociology
faculty of Tulsa University, a po-
sition he has held the past 15 yeans.
He was born ill Stevenson, Ala., and
moved to Denton with his par-
ents, Mr and Mrs. O H. Kim-
brough. when he was about 12 years
old. After finishing Denton High
School, he attended the ' Universi-
ty of Texas. He spent one year
studying in Europe after finishing
at the university. He taught at
Castle Helghts Boys' Sdhool (n
Lebanon, Tenn., and also attended
Lebanon University after his studies
abroad. He taught two years in the
Masonic Home in Nashville, Tenn.,
before going to Tulsa.
He is survived by a wife and two
daughters. Misses Mary and An-
nette. both of whom are to receive
their M. A. degrees this year from
the University of Oklahoma, besides
his brother and sister here.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—(AP)—The House today
wrote a strong consumer-protection amendment into the
pew farm bill and pushed the measure ahead toward pas-
sage tonight.
The amendment was proposed by 1 - < -------
ready passed in the Senate was
being put through without any
hearings. Republicans on the floor
have voiced similar complaints.
Emergency Situation
“I don’t see how at this stage of
the game, in all candor, there is
anything I can do." Bankhead told
them. "It was an emergency situa-
tion requiring speed. The agricul-
ture committee has always been
very liberal in holding hearings."
Snell nodded assent
The protestors as identified by
Benjamin C. March, setretawy. of
the people's lobby, were, in addition
to himself, the national commit-
tee on rural social planning. Farm
Research, Inc., the Southern Ten-
ant Farmer's Union, the Workers
Alliance and the League for. Indus-
trial Democracy
Since House leaders plan to pass
the measure as an amendment to
a very similar bill recently approv-
ed by the Senate, further action by
the latter chamber will be neces-
sary before the legislation goes to
the White House.
Yesterday the House, following
the Senate's example. wrote into
the bill a 8500,000,000 limit on the
money which can be spent in any
one year
Amends Soil Act
(The bill, a substitute for the in-
validated AAA, amends the 1935
soil conservation act by authorizing
Federal payments direct to farmers
until December 31, 1937, for son
conservation and "economic" use of
land. After Dec, 31, 1937, or earlier
if states desired to co-operate, the
Federal payments would go to
fanners through state agencies.
Payments then could be made for
stabilizing agricultural supplies and
maintaining farmers' purchasing
power, as well as the original pur-
poses).
Leaders indicated that an amend-
ment proposed by Rep. McCormack
(D-Mass), designed to protect con-
sumers against skyrocketing prices,
might be successful. The amend-
ment provides that in discouraging
overproduction, the government
should take as its standard the do-
mestic needs of 1920-29, and not
try to fit production to needs of
less prosperous years.
Other Amendment*
Without opposition, the House
adopted an amendment by Jones
to make available *2,000,000 of 1935
relief funds for. wind erosion work
in several southwestern plains
states.
Another variation from the Sen-
ate bill quickly approved was a com-
mittee amendment to permit fixing
of quotas on imports found to com-
pete harmfully, with domestic farm
CHICAGO, Feb. 21. — An-
other cold wav* today threatened
the plains states after a brief re-
spite from subzero weather.
Forecaster C. A Donne! of the
Chicago weather bureau predicted
it would be colder today, but said
there was no immediate prospect
of subzero temperatures. The mid-
night reading here was 18 above.
Deaths from weather causes con-
tinued Wisconsin reported three
men died as a result of infections
from frozen parts of the bodies. A
Chicago railroad fruit inspector
died of carbon monoxide poisoning
from a charcoal burner in a freight
car Two more persons died from
inhaling gas, believed to have seep-
ed into their home from a broken
gas main, in Detroit
MADRID,. Feb 21—(47-Martlal
law spread through Spain today
ngainst revived radical rioting in
which at deast eleght persons were
killed, churches and Rightist cen-
ters raided and the red flag of
communism raised at isolated
points.
Tile new Left-Republican govern-
ment of Premier Manuel Azana
which came into power after the
Leftist victory in Sunday's parlia-
mentary elections, took immediate
measures to attempt to halt the cele-
bration disorders and demonstra-
tions.
GEORGETOWN, British Guiana,
Feb. 21.—<47—Art Williams. Amer-
ican aviator seeking Paul Redfern
in the Brazillian jungle, insisted to-
day that whatever befell Redfern
in his 1827 flight from Brunswick,
Ga., to Rio De Janeiro, It was still
a mystery.
Williams, the man who taught
Redfern to fly, said of his recent
aerial expedition into the interior,
Where Redfern is believed by some
to have crashed and still to be
alive:
"We made .a new contract with
10 new Indian villages and collect-
ed a great deal of information, and
the most that was established is
that Redfern did not land in that
area."..
Hie aviator said most of the evi-
dence he had collected consisted of
photographs, which he indicated he
had sent to the long-lost Redfern's
father in the United States.
Alfred Harred, a reporter, assert-
ed in the Paramaribo newspaper
"Banler" yesterday that he and
Williams had located Redfern, crip-
pled and held by Indians in a vil-
lage in the Tumuchumac Moun-
tains. on the boundaries between
British and Dutch Gutanas and
Brazil.
This account, in which Harred
.said the natives treated Redfern
well but would not permit him to
leave, was relayed by Wireless to
the Daily Chronicie here.
Williams, however, denied the re-
port. asserting: "I do not know Har-
red. and lie most certainly did not
accompany me on my recent
search. I took two Djukos (Surinam
bush negroes) with me to act as
interpreters, and a red Indian who
had given us certain new evidence.
"Unfortunately,' however, my
Djukos learned that tribes further
inland were at war and refused to
go farther.
Girl Dies and Mother
Is In Critical
Condition.
"IM
— saved some money for a rainy
M ! dyut who now have reached the
• • Vr their savings are not eligible for
m war Yon WPA projects. There are a
Would Seek Pre-War “Parity” Without Dis-
couraging Production Below 1920-29 Aver-
age Domestic Consumption.
The drive for funds for the Girl
Scouts ha* been completed with
more than the quota. *300. subscrib-
ed. according to Mrs. H. O. whit-
more, campaign director. Three
AUSTIN, Feb. 21.—<47—Progres-
sive Democrats of Texas, an organi-
zation of younger members of the
party, today protested appointment
of Roy Miller as head of the nation-
al Democratic campaign in Texas
Herman Wright, University of
Texas student and state secretary
of the organization, said the execu-
tive committee adopted a resolu-
tion petitioning the Democratic na-
tional committee to replace Miller
“with a loyal Democrat. . . whose
activities and affiliations will not
embarrass liberal democracy."
The resolution atated the organi-
zation was "militantly supporting
President Roosevelt and standing
for liberal and progressive princi-
ples." Miller's presence. It stated,
in the organization constitutes a
serious embarrassment to both the
national and state administrations."
The organization protested Mil-
ler's appointment in view of his
legislative representation of a sul-
phur company.
Wright said committeemen at-
tending the meeting included A. B
Walker of San Antonio, chairman;
Richard Jeffrey of San Antonio,
Cecil E. Burney of Corpus Christi,
secretary of the university chapter.
Tilden Edwards of Coleman and
Chris Dixie of Dallas, a university
student.
South to Colorado
BOULDER, Colo.—An elec-
trically heated lake has provid-
ed a winter haven for 10,000
mallard ducks here.
Condensers in generators at
- * Lakeside power plant give
off enough heat to keep Lake
Valmont free from ice even in
sub-zero weather. Plant Super-
intendent John Elfman said the
ducks apparently were attract-
ed by the warm water. Nearby
ranchers feed that.
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 21.—<47—
Thirteen pursuit planes and 11
bombers took off from Randolph
Field here today for Panama where
they will be placed in service at Al-
brook and France Fields, Canal
Zone.
The pursuit planes took off at
11:05 a. m., and the bombers at
11:15 a. m.
Lieutenant - Colonel Charles T.
Phillips was in command at the
pursuit planes and Lieutenant-Col-
onel Junius Houghton in command
of the bombers.
Earlier today it was announced
the take-off had been postponed,
due to unfavorable weather condi-
tions in the Brownsville area.
And Cats Do
Not Desert
Sinking Ship
---- (By Amsoclated Preas) -
NORFOLK, Vs —The old say-
ing, "Rats desert a sinking
ship," apparently works back-
ward when applied to their nat-
ural enemies, cats.
Three cats, pots aboard the
sinking Greek steamer Stefanos
Costomenis, hid from the crew
and remained behind when the
vessel was abandoned in the At-
lantic.
(By Associated Press)
Senate today:
In recess Ariculture committee
investigates cotton business.
House today:
Considers amendments to new
farm bill, with passage expected.
Senate yesterday:
Handled routine businesa. Muni-
tions committee completed 20
momtths investigation of arms
trade. Agdouiture committee stud-
ted cotton business.
House yesterday:
Continued general debate on farm
MH Appropriations committee con-
tinued work on regular supply Mila
Military affairs committee adopted
resolutiom of regret on death at
Brig. Gen. Wiliam Mitchell
Did you know? --------
That Texas has 2,700 miles of air
lines, the most of any state in the
Union.
That the Mexican Vaquero was
the original cowboy and that much
ot Texas cowboys dress, equipment
and customs are derived from the
vaquero.
That the United States is well
represented in Texas—Colorado,
Nevada, Ohio, Washington, 1111-
nols-bend, Missouri-city, Tennes-
see-colony and Texas-city, are
towns in Texas.
That Texas has 254 counties, yet
there is but one Real county.
That the following wrds may be
coined out of Texas—saxet, sex.
sat, set, eat, ate, axe, tax, taxes, at
That Telephone, Texas, is in
Fannin County, and Telegraph,
Texas, is in Kimble County. You
can telephone to Telephone or tel-
ephone to Telegraph but you can't
telegraph to Telephone or Tele-
graph
Amos Brewer and Slick Nance,
both of Sanger, have brought about
a new argument over the famous
g-hog. There has always been a
difference of opinion about the day
jot his emergence from winter hi-
bernation quarters, but these two
1 men are off on another angle. Nance
says the g-hog is an animal with
wings, while Brewer is just as
strong in his belief that the g-hog
is an animal and not a bird Lee
McClendon. NLA representative of
Denton County, brings this infor-
mation. and further states that he
has been called upon to settle the
question, as he and his dog and cat.
according to himself, caught the
Banger g-hog when he came forth
on February second. But Bill Brown,
of Denton, says that's just another
of Lee's ideas, as the weather pro-
phet did not come out till the four-
teenth, when he saw his shadow and
returned ’home' for another six
weeks hibernation.
Knocker
RALEIGH, N. C—Raymond
Ragan, 30, a robber, escaped
from the state prison five years
ago Yesterday he knocked at
Ilie prison gates and said he
wanted to complete his sentence.
He was accommodated.
Rep. McCormack (D-Mass). It
would direct the secretary of agri-
culture to work toward a pre-war
"parity" income for the farmer
without discouraging production to
♦* "wAKrnNGTON1 F*b/ai.^P)^
* —The House refused today 144 ♦
♦ to 111 to amend the new farm ♦
♦ bill to specify that lands taken ♦
♦ out of production should not +
♦ be used to increase the output ♦
♦ of dairy products. +
♦ -
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a point below the 1920-29 average
domestic consumption. Accepted by
Chairman Jones (D-Tex) of the
agriculture committee, the consum-
er proviso was along the lines of the
Wagner amendment defeated by a
wide margin in the Senate.
government lending units, Mr.
Roosevelt told newsmen, have about
been completed.
A billion dollar cancellation in
authorised borrowing has been pro-
jected by the president, but he has
given no intimation of what may
be accomplished in the way of cur-
tailing direct expenditure*.
Solons Hopeful
Legislators hoping that President
Roosevelt will make the tex bill as
small a, possible in this campaign
year took comfort today in optimis-
TRENTON, N. J, Feb. 21.— (P—
Gov Harold Q Hoffman, "more
convinced than ever" by Bruno
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