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VOL. XXXVII
NO. 273
EIGHT PAGES
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Asserting that it “is unneces
$3,000 EOR RACES
will hold its regular monthly mem-
mation, encourage reforestation, and
7.45 at the Williams Cafe
taining the evacuation organiza-
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Third Convicted
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Galveston, which specialises in cur-
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Count returns from Paris.
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the foot of the mountain.
TOKYO, June 29
Saddle River, drivee
one persons were known dead and
A meeting of the Demonstration
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TOWN
His death was the fifth political
murder in 10 days by alleged an-
Second Quadruplet
Born Monday Dies
Beck of
of the
Sails to Probe
Spy Ring Abroad
improve nagiation," the President
declared the bill he signed "is not
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top
eck
ment and son-in-law of Winston
Churchill, that the Attorney Gen-
eral had threatened him when he
refused to disclose where he ob-
tained information concerning an
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29—(P)
—H G Hatfield of Oklahoma City
was chosen president of Kiwanis
Japanese Racked
Executive Slain
Oklahoman New
Kiwanis Head
Sterilization For
Insane Probably to
Be Studied Further
Exchange Seat
Brings $65,000
the
and
said were seized in offices of the
United Mine Workers of Ameriew
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de if
Burdick and Lemke
Seem Renominated
NEW ORLEANS, June 29.—(P—
A policeman fired two shots into
a crowd of negroes here today in a
new outbreak of trouble in the C.
I. O. strike against major truck-
ln< companies who signed contracts
with the American Federation of
Labor, No one was hit.
duck nested near the water hole
at Glen Giora Country Club.
She moved away after all but
one egg had hatched.
Austie Claeyssens found the
egg. kpt it warm for a few
days and out hatched the duck-
ling He named It "Ripley "
• much of a detective, though, and
it may be that somebody with a
keener eye has found It Maybe a
. few road signs would help, at least
help those who can read
NEW YORK. June 29 —(P— Eu-
gene W Casey, 32, negro taxi driv-
er. today had paid the first install-
ment on the *70 70 "debt" he said
he owes the city for relief money
given to him when he was ill.
Casey, who supports a wife and
boy, 14, sent the city treasurer a 85
money order. He said his cab is
averaging *25 to *30 a week and
that he will pay the "debt" off in
small sums. He wrote that he us-
ually has a " dollar or two to spare"
at the end of the week
15 were missing today as the worst
rains in 20 years deluged all Ja-
pan's main islands.
and his case was expected to reach
the jury by midafternoon.
Both Toombs and Grimes plead-
ed not guilty to the charges of sod-
omy Toombs was indicted on the
allegation he consented to and aid-
ed attacks committed by others of
the defendants
related his version of punishment
given the negro from the witness
stand in his trial today.
F. TrafTord Taylor of St Boniface,
Manitoba.
Results of the written ballot on
military secrets
Federal prosecutor declined
Is-
Lt 75
Asserted “Routine” Move Thought Significant;
Nations Agree to Share Cost of Withdraw-
ing Volunteers From Spain.
Three of Kind
POCATELLO, Idaho—Judges
who must select "Miss Idaho"
at a forthcoming beauty con-
test are perturbed
Elsie, Ethel and Edna Seelqs.
blonde, 16-year-old triplets, en-
tered as a "unit." It’s all or
none.
Confesses Crime
of 13 Years Ago
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Diploma Earned
by Girl Killed is
Presented Parents
bu,
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WEST TKASa.
visits to
. Uvalde.
for me to emphasize the importace j
of carrying on a large and contin- <
uping program to eliminate floods, the Junior Chamber of Commerce
lessen soil erosion, continupe recta-
i ton’s trade territory and of Dallas
! and Fort Worth as special guests.
school for boys in the chapter
will include the State F. F. A. ।
Senate Body Will
Poll Absentee
Totals.
at the table were pained among1 the
furors.
Missing Sailboat
Is Reported Seen
B. B Black, indicted on a charge other officers, some of whom were
of murder in connection with the unopposed, will be announced by
fatal beating of a negro prisoner, I the Kiwanis House of Delegates to-
The committee’s action in the
North Dakota situation, he said.
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fastest pace wince the tail-end of
the autumn decline last October. ,
i cadin« ind.ct-iel he-c -ec- । 4.
Ruth in Smashup
But Escapes Hurt
San Antonio. and Austin. The group
will be gone about 10 days.
eports______
be filed from
Declines
Tip, Then
Pay Fades
---- By Associated Press —
ST CHARLES, Mo—Justice
of the Peace George R Hart is
certain one couple is beginning
married life under false pre-
tenses.
Hart cashed a »60 check for
the couple after the marriage
ceremony, then declined a *1
tip. The check bounced
"I wish now I’d taken the
tip," he said
l
Desperado Faces
a step in the right direction in the
setup provided for general govern-
ment planning "
I am in doubt," President Roose-
velt said, “as to the value of some
! ofb the projects provided for, and
it is unwise to place recommenda-
tions to the Congress solely in the
| hands of the engineer corps of the
j army in some cases, ahd of the
Department of Agriculture in other
• cases
AUSTIN.“JunP°28 Ue“Reports
of campaign expenditures by can-
didates for statewide and district I
offices poured into the Secretary
of States office today, final day
for filing first accountings
Expenses of gubernatorial can-
didates received included: Tom F
Hunter, $3,988.41; Karl A Crow-
ley, 7.380 80; William McCraw, *4-
PERSHING, RECOVERING, LEADS
SIMPLE LIFE
WASHINGTON, June 29 —(P—
General John J Pershing is lead-
ing the simple life tn his gallant
convalescence from the critical ill-
ness that struck him at Tucson,
Arts.
EAST TEXAS: Partly eloudy to-
night and Thuraday. Gentle to ied-
erate sonthenst winds on the coast
i a.
wserd
at the Denton C. C. C. Camp.
The trip has been planned by
OKLAHOMA: Partly eloud,,
probably seatteree thundershome
la extreme nerthwent parttea i-
night and Thureday.
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Elbert, judge. *167 10; R. r , . ,
I rial at Harlan
with another automobile, swervea
30 feet acron the Weat Saddle Riv-
er road, struck a low atone wall
and fell on its side.
Ruth climbed from his badly
damaged ear unhurt. MBs Rose
today to return the man to Florida. ’
Sheriff Woods said he did not know
the details of the Florida crime,
nor could he make public the name
of the suspect.
comment on reports that he would
confer with British authorities and
exchang information on activities
of foreign espionage agents
Hardy, who said he had "very
definite leads to follow." plans to
vk.it England and France. Hr re-
fused to say whether he would also
go to Scotland and Germany.
mental diseases.
(By Associated Press)
Italy interceded with Spanish Insurgent Generalissimo I.
Francisco Franco today in an effort to get him to halt attacks ■ ;gj
first primary July 23 must be filed
between July 11 and July 15.
Future Farmers
Session Called
2 ’
M8s N 3
414; Marvin McCoy, 170;
Negro Will Repay
Relief Fund “Debt”
is doing a
DENTON , TEXAsf WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 29,1938
finding Qyapevine Spring It is said j trate. No date was set, however,Tor
to be near Grapevine, but 8. P has | the hearing, to be etd when the
been unable to find it He Isn’t Count returns from Paris.
vention in B Pam and 1
Carlsbad Cavern, Del Rio
FLOOD BILL SIGNED THOUGH
ROOSEVELT SAYS “RELUCTANT”
“Checkers”, with Jane Withers ( ister Chamberlain at home to do
and Stuart Erwin, will be at the something to stop attacks on Brit-
marvelous job. and this type of
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HYDE PARK N Y June 29—(P) ' RditOTS Asked tO
BOOKIE CASES BEFORE DAL-
LAS GRAND JURY
DALLAS, June 29—(P—A Dallas
County grand jury continued today
the tremendous task of questioning
some 200 bookies and their custom-
ers who were arrested in a series
of raids in the downtown district
yesterday.
NEW YORK, June 29—(P—U.
8 Attorney Lamar Hardy sails for
Europe on the liner Normandie to-
day to piece out the ramifcations
abroad of an international spy ring
charged with seeking to buy United
The End of the Trail for a Gangster
Texas Wednesday and Thursday,
June 29-30.
Eight posters—one depicting the
Last Supper with the christ serv-
Ing liquor from a still at the
LONDON, Ky . June 29 —(-
Federal Judge H Church Ford ad-
Jitterbugs
EMPORIA Kas.-Swing has
invaded local Girl Seoul ranks.
The Minnehaha patrol is now
—officially — the Minnie- Hot-
Cha Patrol
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Ivor PARK N V June 20 L The flood control program would
HYDE PARK, N Y une 2 ;Fextend from the Merrimac River in
(AFrederick William Vahderbilt. the East to the Williamette in the
83, capitalist railroad director and West and down to the Lower Miss-
yachting enthusiast, died at his isssippt River basin,
country home here today after a
week’s illness
Vanderbilt followed in the foot-
steps of his father and two older
brothers in the railroad business, j
but did not attain the high posi- :
tions in the Vanderbilt system which I
they reached, nor did he attract !
Standlee Musgraves has become
a free-lance in the automobile buni-
ness. but, as he says, he’ll continue
• to let Denton people have automo-
biles to ride in Minor Helm, an-
other auto salesman, has moved
back to Lewisville, his former home
town, where he la associated with
the HufTines Motor Co.
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The City Park gains popularity
each year with out-of-town people, j alleged shortage of anti-aircraft
as well as with Denton citizens. as J guns
a place in which to hold family, in Spain, the battle for Valencia
gatherings and community picnics.1 swung on both flanks of a 50-mile
County Judge George Elbert,
Mayor Lee Preston, City Engineer
Wallace Harris, M D Penry. presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
Otis Fowler, manager-secretary and
Bob Edwards are in Fort Worth to
attend a meeting of the Fort Worth
Chamber of Commerce officials and
WPA and PWA ofTicials. The gov-
ernment officials will be the prin-
cipal speakers before the meeting,
whose purpose it will be to further
co-ordinate the efforts of all agen-
cies interested in securing the co-
operation of the Federal Govern -
ment 111 financing of projects of
eVery nature.
committee. Denton County, none;
R T, I Bob i May, clerk. $252.50; J.
T Newsom, flotorial representa-
lice, *87.10; C. W Orr, county com-
missioner Precinct No. 2, *142; John
Richardson, justice peace Precinct
No 8, 2 50: Gerald Stockard, coun-
ty attorney. (155; Joe Skiles, local
representative, 49th district, $54.-
50; D H Street, constable Pre-
cinct No. 3, *2 50; A T Wooldridge,
district clerk, *21425; C. C Yan-
cey, chairman Precinct No 19, none;
John. Underwood, County Commis-
sioner Precinct No. 3, *87.
, *10,000.000 for examinations and
' surveys by the War and Agticulture
V 1 . n: ' Departments and $1,500,000 for sur-
l achtsman. DIeS veys *>y the Federal Power Com-
I mission The bill carries no ap-
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ti-Japanese elements operating
P—Twenty- against Chinese puppet officials of
School chapter of the Future Farm- . .. —- —-— — —
era of America has been called for 1 road and also was uninjured.
DEQUEEN, Ark . June 29 —(P-
Another of the quadruplet girls
born Monday night to the 98-
pound wife of a peach orchard
worker at their home near here
died today. The first died yester-
day.
Dr G L. Kimball, who delivered
the, babies, children of Mr. and
Mrs.’H. T Valentine, said unless
something unforeseen occurred the
two survivors would "pull through."
The babies, unnamed as yet. are
in a hospital here. Their 27-year-
old mother is get Ung along satis-
factorily. Dr. Kimball said.
psychopathic hospital in
was extremely unassuming in his de-
meanor and mode of Jiving and
showed a preference for home life
and travel, rather than an aggres-
sive business career
of charges by Duncan Sandys.
Conservative member of Parlia-
Sprawled on a stretcher made from a ladder, the life leer body of 27-year-old Clarence Easton is shown
being carried from a cornfield where he was shot do wn by Illinois state police. Easton and his brother,
Orelle, were trapped on a farm near De Seim afte r they had blazed a midwestern trail of lawlessness.
• - killing a state trooper and kidnaping two deputies an d a farmer Orelle Easton, wounded in the fray, faces
murder charges
WAXAHACHIE, June 9.—(P—
bership meeting Friday night at
EASTLAND, June 29 —(PP— A
dia Peak, where he disappeared a I SHANGHAI. June 29 —IP,— Shen-
week ago while on a cllmbing ex- Teh-Ling. director of the shipping
pedition with Richard Whitmer. I control bureau of the Japanese fos-
20-year-old Princeton student. The I tered Shanghai reformed govern-
search continued, however, in the ment, was assassinated today.
rocky wooded canyon country at “
Zed Lewis, justice of mitted as evidence to the Harlan
- L McCormick, labor conspiracy trial today a num-
ber o lithographs, bearing Russian
and English captions the defense
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2Ad
Is Five-Year Program
1 The bill provides for a 5-year
program of flood control works con-
। struction, for which $375,000 000 is
I authorized to be appropriated in
addition, the measure authorizes
Invitations to editors of Denton
County and surrounding territory
went out last week, and a large I
number of those invited have writ- ,
ten that they will, attend Every
member of the Junior Chamber has j
been asked by President Bill House
to be present and to bring a guest
A chicken dinner will be served,
and reservations for plates must
be made with Secretary O L Fow-
ler before 11 o clock Friday morn-
ing
Dr C D Judd, director of the
department of government at Texas
State College for Women, will ad-
dress the group on “Ilie Natioal
Debt ” Bob McDonald, Teachers
College student, will sing. accom-
pan led by Ralph Daniel.
cently as a coach for the Brooklyn
j Renfro. $2,45741; Clarence E Far- Duttes.“a wonder* home today
mer, 773; James A. Ferguson, $725.83. I He was driving by himself back
Second expense reports for the to New York from a visit with
friends near here last night when
his car tangled left front wheeks
—President Roosevelt announced
today that he had signed the $386,-
500.000 omnibus flood control bill '
"with some reluctance."
With hands manacled and
wounded shoulder dripping
blood after a gun battle with
Illinois state police, 25-year-old
Orelle Easton is shown above
after his arrest on charges of
murder and kidnaping Orelle.s
brother, Clarence, was killed in
the fracas which resulted when
the youthful desperadoes were
trapped in a cornfield near De
Seim after an all-night chase
through two states.
. _________ _______________ International by acclamation today
Leading industrial shares roar 1 to at the 22nd annual convention of
6 points or so and a few scored 1 the organization here He succeeds
Teacher: 'What was It that Sir
Walter Raleigh said when he placed
his coat on the muddy road for
Queen Elizabeth to walk on?”
Modem Student: “Step on it,
kid.”
Mr and Mrs H D Cowan of
Temple, parents of Mhss Sarah
Cowan, a senior student at 8.
C W when she was killed
March 19 in an automobile ac-
cident near Greenville, Tuesday
afternoon received the diploma
which she would have been giv-
en their daughter in the spring
commencement exercises at the
college here, had she lived.
President L H Hubbard, Dean
E V White, Auditor Joe Reed
and Business Manager W M
Loveless, who left shortly af-
ter noon for Austin, stopped en
route for the brief ceremony at
the Cowan home Miss Cowan
completed her work for a bach-
elor of science degree at the
mid-term during the past ses-
sion and was taking additional
work in the college during the
spring semester at the time of
her death
The college officials were to
appear before the Board of
Control in Austin Wednesday
morning in behalf of 8. C. W
at the annual discussion of the
college’s budget for the coming
year
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., June
29.—'/Pb Search was abandoned for
missing Medill McCormick today
on the cliff face of mile-high San-
WIRE BRIEFS
NEW YORK, June 29.—P—Re-
freshed by a two-day lull, the stock
market leaped forward today on a
resumption of its sweeping June
advance to the highrest levels of
the movement. Trading hit the
FARGO, N. D., June 29 —
AP)—U. S. Senator Gerald P.
Nye increased his lead over
Governor William Langer for
the Republican senatorial
nomination to approximately
15,000 when votes from _ a
thi of North'Dakota’s pre-
cincts in yesterday’s primary
election were tabulated today.
Usher L Burdick and William
Lemke, North Dakota’s represente-
fives tn Congrees, also seemed as-
sured of renomtnation in the Re-
publican column.
Burdick, endorsed by the nonpar-
tisan league at which Langer is the
titular head, and Lemke, were
maintaining favorable leads for
congressional posts in a six-cor-
nered contest. -
Returns from 775 of 2,260 pre-
cincts gave Langer 32,410; Nye 47,-
742. . a
For Congress Burdick had 23,182
and Lemke 22,656 to lead thetr
elasest opposition by almost two to
one on returns from 448 precincta.
In the Republigan eovernorshtp
I race. Nye’s teammate, Lieut Go.
T H H Thoresen held approxim-
ately 9,000 votes lead on returns
from 759 precincts which gave him
39,185 votes to 30,543 for commis-
•toner at agriculture and labor
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ton Store (Harvest Sale); Camp’s — .
Cleaners and Dyers; g. w Martin \ troyers were ordered from Gibraltar to Mallorca, where the ;
sadic.andatontshopicrokkDel Italians operate an airplane base in the service of the insur- |
olines; Coca Cola. C E. Hastings; I gents.
Eagle Pharmacy (Freezer-Fresh Ice I Both Italy’s Intercession and Brl- . .............. , .
Cream); and The Hickory Stand I tain's movement of the destroyers'
(Delicious Pimento Cheese Sand-I were believed to be results of in-
speech* by Preaktant ROOBevelt, in
behalf of candidates in primary
elections, would fall within the sur-
hsdiction of the investigating com-
mittee.
AUSTIN, June 29— (P— An in-
ed to any mandatory system.”
Johnson said
Other recommendations which
Johnson said ■ the committee prob-
ably would make Include segrega-
tion of inmates having venereal
diseases and employment of trained
psychiatrists in efforts to effect
more cures of mental cases.
GALVESTON. June 29 —(P-
Coast guardsmen today searched
off Sabine Pass for the missing
*15,000 auxiliary sailboat Artemis
after an army filer from Fort
Crockett reported sighting the craft
in that vicinity.
Authorities theorized the Artemis
was stolen from the Galveston
Yacht Club basin early yesterday
by three former convicts who es-
caped the Galveston County jail
June 12.
-
The posters, and one cartoon
showing "gun thugs" and union
men firing upon one another from
automobiles, were introduced, the
defense aald. to justify the attitude
of Charles 8 Guthrie, an operator-
defendant who testified Monday be
would hesitate to sign a contract
with the U. M. W A until it
"cleaned house."
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Associated Press Leased Wire
in their races tor nomination in John H. Hagan, Langer-league can-
; the Democratic Primary in July aidate.
have spent 83,202.71, reports at the
county clerk’s office showed Wed-
nesday
First reports were to have been
—
Ducky Idea
WAUKEGAN, Ill —A mama
The fourth defendant, Otto i urer, 172 40: I. J. Kemp, constable
Grimes, went to trial Wednesday Precinct No. 8, 82.50; W. A. Kelly,
chairman Democratic executive
K, F
which hs been troubling her for !
some tim, particularly since the !
Czechoslovakian-German crisis.
The government issued a decree I
establishing the death penalty in
Denton and Denton County have peacetime for certain forms of es-
fared well with the governmental: ponaKe,
projects and it is the hope of coun- | , One phase of the Spanish prob-
ty and city officials to further I lem seemed, nearer a settlement
benefit from other projects that । when Britain, France Italy and I
both will sponsor in the way of im- Germany agreed to split the cost .
provements in Denton and over the \ of withdrawing foreign volunteers.
County The County Commissioners f Soviet Russia refused to pay a full
were unable to attend this meeting , one-fifth of the estimated $10,000,-
since they are sitting as an Equall- ' 000 cost, but agreed to pay its share
zatlon Board. I of counting the soldiers and main-
ish vessels.
The Admiralty described the
movement of the destroyers as
“routine,’’ but it was believed their
trip to Mallorca was "gesture” to
command the insurgents’ attention
and at the same time quiet oppo-
sition in Parliament
Spy Scares Growing
While Britain was stirred by a
parliamentary storm over applica-
tion of her official secrets act, aim-
ed at espionage, France struck to
stamp out increasing espionage .
RIDGEWOOD, N J, June ____
()—Bebe Ruth, the home run hit-
ter who returned to baseball re-
DENTON RECORD-CHRONICLE
man who told Sheriff Loss Woods
of East land County he was weary
of eluding officers was held in Jail
here today .for a slaying he said work ought to be extended, he
hr committeed in self-defense in said
Leke.Qounty. Florida, 13 years, ago. Administration of the state
.Sheerir. Woods.sald t he..man 58 school for the Dear, iocated in
years old ..waived extradition He Austin, also will receive attention
said he was .adyised by Bushnell, m the investigators’ report..
Fla., officers that they would leave
1. 1144 74;
peace, 110;
NEW YORK.. June 29 — (A”--
Bocming activity in the stock mer-
ket in the past ten days was re-
fleeted today as arrangements were
made to transfer a membership in
the New York Stock Exchange at
$65,000 up >7,000 from the previ-
ous sale
This is the second advance since
the value of a seat hit a twenty-
year low of $51,000 on June 15 The
| high price ths year was $75,000 on
. January’ 12.
the science of railroading, like the I House of Representatives probably
members of his family who pre- : will recommend further study, to
ceded him He gained his know)- I determine the desirability of ster-
edge through practical experience ) ilizing certain inmates of state in-
as a young man in the various de- stitutions for the inssane
partments of the extensive railroad This was the statement here of
system which the Vanderbilt fam- Rep Island M Johnson of Wax-
ily controlled ahahie, chairman of the commit-
He was a director of numerous I tee created at the last general ses-
railroads and other corporations. sion of the Legislature. Other
Unlike his father, the late William members of the committee are
Henry Vanderbilt, and his broth- I RePs.Lonnle Smith of Fort Worth
ers. Cornelius and William K , he and Ces:1 T Rhodes of Hearne
I believe the committee would
favor sterilization only with the
consent of the guardian or parent
of the inmate and would be oppos-
WASfAON. Jun!
Chatrman Sheppard CD-Tex) an-
filed by Twesday evening at the nouncedtoday the Senate campaign
clerk’s offic, and second report* are I Investigating committee would poU
5Sr«r£T4Sl!SrS seis
in yestrdays primary eieetton
At the Mme time. Sheppard told
reporters that he did not betleve
e}
Exo
'We have had a wonderful response,1
receiving hundreds and hundreds I
of replies, and, too, the merchants [
have had many people to call them
in regard to the contest, which had
as an award a three month's pass
and 25 guest tickets to the Texas
Theatre."
The merchants who sponsored the
“Checkers Contest” were O. D.
Grandey, Tires, Batteries, Service
Station; Mack Massey" Motor Co.,
De Soto and Plymouth dealer;
Woodford's Beauty Salon; The Bos-
Liberal Gains Over
Langer in Race
for Senate.
ITALY ASKS FRANCO TO HALT
- BOMBINGS AS BRITAIN SENDS
S^sIl DESTROYERS TO TROUBLE ZONE
7,u:.4.tn
"Ayb2*hee
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them to send several other hus-
bands out of town for a while He
said. “A Denton lady came to the
• store and bought a washing ma-
chine. saying. 'I have wanted a
washing machine for a long time
and now that my husband is out
of town. III just have you send
this one out!' "
2 N
£ 76
r r
"FN.
July 24 through Aug. 1.
Their reports show the following
expenses by candidates: Paul Al-
len. county commissioner Precinct
i No. 2, »145. W T Baney, tax assess-
or-collector, 264 20. Mrs Imogene
Brooks, district clerk, *222; J 8.
i kf I, • I A ++A.l, । Boydstun, county commissioner Pre-
UI Jall AUUaCK|oinct No 4. $94.50; Dallas Curt-
1 singer, sheriff, *170; Hub Clark, was m response toarequest from
commissioner. Precinct No. 1,8102: Senator Nje (R-ND) uat the out.
The third of four men indicted M. A. Cannon, local representative vey be made in the "cauee at clean
on charges they abused two young Denton County, *13 30, T. B. Da- elections."
transients being held in the Den- i vis. Judge, *230 60; D. 8. Donald, ।
ton County jall, Everett Toombs I county treasurer, *140.02;
Tuesday night was found guilty by , Oberia Edwards, clerk,
the jury that heard his trial that1 Geo p . -
day, and sentenced to five years in I T. (Bob) Haynie, tax assessor-col-
state's penitentiary. I lector. *77 50; Myrtle Harrell, treas-
J L Truitt, former Denton busi-
ness man, now of Daingerfield, was
here this week and says that she
lias entered the political arena.
\ running for the office of Justice of
I Peace. "
W T. Evers, of the Evers Hard- । tion,
ware, believes that it might pay c. .
- Inquiry Stirs Britain
A double-barreled inquiry. Involv-
ing questions of broad political sig-
nificance. was launched as a result
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and that is as it should be, as the front with neither the government
city oficials and Park Board mem- nor the insurgents able to gain a
bers invite such parties there The decisive advantage The insurgents
park has been beautified th rough held the upper hand on the coast,
the years until now it can be read- but on the Western flank govern-
r ily said that it is one of the most ment militiamen were more than
beautiful in the State. Tables, ovens I holding their own.
and chairs have been placed in the
grounds for the convenience at pic- Japan Tightens Belt
nics, and all that is asked of those In the Orient. Japan again has
Who use the park is that they clean tightened her economic belt as a re-
up their papers and other rubbish suit of the conflict with China,
left from a picnic meal-Round- The government ordered factories
about | to quit producing a long list of cot-
And State Press of the Dalian ton cloth and iron products for do-
News comments as follows: mestic use
Aren’t you asking a good deal of i The cabinet prepared to invoke
the guests who accept the proffered ' two more articles of the national
hospitality of Denton's City Park? mobilization act designed to aug-
When you invite friends to your ment skilled labor personnel in mu-
home for dinner, you don't ask them nitions factories The law author-
•a to wash the dishes before they’ • izes the government to register and
leave, do you’ However, It is right draft all trained engineers for this
and proper and nice of those who purpose.
use the picnic ground to leave it. From the Chinese war fronts
in as good condition as they found came reports that the Chinese still
it. It would be socially erroneous for held the important Matowchen
guests at your house to litter the boom, barrier to Japans drive up the
premises and then ride away rau- Yangtze River against Hankow, the
cously without offering to help, put provisional capital. The boom is 175
things to rights You wouldn t in- miles downriver from Hankow
vite them again .and if they should । Bitter fighting continued in the
reappear at another time without I vineity of the boom
an invitation you would no to the _______________
door and tel) them you are not at | c m
home That is about the circum-Count tO r UCC
stance under which Denton invites I", • ",
•) guests to Ite park We are hospita- Btirbora^S Chfirve
ble. say the city fathers, but will ••••lOtirtl 3 85
not subject ourselves to abu.se The I ------
guest has obligations no less urgent Iooo. . 90 ... An .
than the hosts We are saying this I LONDON, June 29 — (—An ar-
about Denton but it applies to all । rangement wasunderstood to have
public resorts where no charge is j been made today for Count Court
laid Even to Dallas parks and Haugwitz-Reventlow to face a Brit-
swimming pools The Denton park ; ish court on the charges of his heir-
is a lovely place. If we may say so, j ess-wife, the former Barbara Hut-
having seen it. How would It do, ton. that he wrote a letter she re-
tor delegates from this port of the । garded as threatening.
country to visit the State Park at1 Attorneys for the Count and Coun-
Grapevine Spring and them go on | less met in a private, half hour
to Denton? The big trouble may be' hearing with a Bow Street magis-
Friday night at 8 o'clock in the
school building, H. G. Rylander,
vocational agriculture teacher, said
today
He urged all F F A. members,
prospective members, and their fa-
thers to be present, as the program
will Include a discussion of plans
for a field trip to El Paso and Carls-
bad Cavern starting July 18 and
a talk on soil conservation by J. N
Gearreald, conservation technician
E22dX
flic
ry With newspaper editors of Den-
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