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DENTON, TEXAS, RECOTD-OIONICLE, TUESDAY, JULY 1938
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Students Enroll
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given first cal by the intenational
nounced the games last week.
PERSONALS
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of Denton, and Mrs J B Stigall of
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fourday exercises, for-
mally under way at midnight.
Miss Zoe Pitzhugh, and Mrs. Pearl
Corrigan's plane checked
LOS ANGELES. July 19.—(P—
Dr Paul Bader. 58. internationally
Alexander Papana, the "Lindbergh
H O Harris of Sanger was here
The captain, famous in European
W P Masters of Hebron was here .
sports circles and recognized as Tuesday
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Finland Accepts
Olympic Games
Fek for “Vitamin D" or
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Noted Evangelist,
Dr. Paul Rader, Dies
Rain of Benefit
to County Crops
Morris &
McClendon
Phone 958
219 W. Hickory
Call Us For
Wedding
Decorations
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Bank Teller Admits
$100,000 Theft, And
Police Are Amazed
been working in Big Spring, re-
turned with her brother and sis-
We Deliver
1109 Oakland
Phone 239 _
disclosed that promptly thereafter
he spent some time in New England
vainly searching for an obscure
field for a quiet takeoff overseas
last summer
For Every Occasion
"Understanding Service”
Ellison - • • Fincher
Flower Mart
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Harlan Witness
Killed in Crash
New York Dusting Off “Celebrity
Trail” for Corrigan, as V. S. Air
Bureau Due to Forgive and For get
Misses Virginia Craig and Miss Ma-
ry Jo White will leave Tuesday by
train for Alaska via the Yellowstone
National Park and Seattle, Wash,
where they will take a boat the rest
Famed Cathedral of
Barcelona is Bombed
Cai
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offers of profit are piling up
O* companies whose regularly
prepared products fueled and lubri-
Ployd Bennett Pield yesterday to
learn just what he bought or bar-
tered from them
He applied once before for per-
mission to fly to Ireland and was
refused Friends at Roosevelt Field
Double your smoking pleasure
with Chesterfields
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Mrs. FDR Jr. In
Lying-in Hospital
FDR Boat Crosses
Tropic of Cancer
Change Dates for
Waterfowl Season
TODAY AND EVERY
DAY
Smokers get along swell with Chest-
erfield’s mild ripe tobaccos and pure
cigarette paper—they’re the best in-
gredients a cigarette can have.
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world, brought • several
fers to the flyer
Keceives Offers
Now that he has completely cap-
Bouquets and Corsages
PHONE 223
corbin, Ky. July 19-(-Oscar
Skidmore, 33. defense witness in the
Harlan anti-labor conspiracy trial
at London, Ky, was killed in an
automobile accident late last night
on a highway four miles east of
here.
Skidmore's death was the fourth
fatality in the course of ten-weeks-
old trial. Three other men, either
witnesses or defendants, have been
shot dead.
ABOARD THE U. 8 8. HOUS-
TON. EN ROUTE TO PANAMA.
July 19—(—The Houston crossed
the Tropic of Cancer early today
and President Roosevelt and lite
party held high hopes of more
good flail luck in the vicinity of
Cape San Lucas, southernmost point
of Lower California.
The House completed the third
leg of the cruise which President
Rocsevelt started from San Diego.
Calif , and which he will complete
Aug 9 when he arrives at Pensa-
cola, Florida.
enue. had her tonsils and adenoids
removed Tuesday —-^‘"g
Else Lucille Farrell is doing nice-
ly after undergoing a tonsilectomy
at the Denton Hospital.
coast naval bases today and headed
for secret redezvous for the largest
combined maneuvers the nation has
ever staged in peace time
Virtually all of the British home
fleet was cooperating with the Ar-
my and 300 Naval and miliatrw air
Chesterfield Time
on Your Radio
Paul WHITEMAN
Eowy Wedmeday Emtag
AU C B S. Static.
Paul Douglas
Dail, Pngram
SI L~U.g N. B. C.
Sfations
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NEWSBRIEFS
Bor to Mr. and Mrs J. s. Me
Bryde, 615 West Sycamore Street,
at the Denton Hospital Monday af-
ternoon, a girl. N
Miss Bath Jackson. secretary to
President L. H Hubbard at 8.w.
underwent an appendectomy Tues-
day momning at the Denton Hos-
pital.
Mrs J. G. Burkhead at Dallas,
mother of Mrs. O/E Lore of Den-
ton, underwent a major operation
Monday at Uie Denton Hospital,
and Tuesday afternoon was report-
ed resting satistactorily, but still
was very ill
Not to Return by Plane
His first concern was to prevent
"Incorrigible Corrigan” from jump-
ing into his ship and flying home
Corrigan promised anterviews in
Ireland he would not attempt to back
track his uncharted trail across the
Atlantic, a route carefully traversed
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Denton Flower
Shop
Free Delivery
* 2" Lake a pack of Chesterfields
with you wherever you go... you'll find
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^the right kind of smoking pleasure in
Chesterfield's refreshing mildness and
better taste.
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Tommie Lee Ludolph, who died July Dr. Paul Bader. 58. internationally
15 Her will. filed for probate to- , known evangelist, died at Hollywood
day. indicated an estate of $25,000. 1 hospital today-after a long Miness.
'____Mitt
Dallas left Sunday for an extend-
ed automobile tour of California.
leged thefts.
"Im not crazy." Smith said Oli-
va protested. "But this thing has
been preying on my mind I could
not sleep and every time detectives
came into the bank guarding a pay-
roll or a delivery of cash. I thought
they had come for me I could see
that things were bound to go from
bad to worse and J decided to give
myself up I'm not crazy: rm just
trying to tell you that I've stolen
$100,000. .'•
CORRIGAN, WITH FUNDS FROM
BROADCASI, READY FOR REST
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HELSINGFORS. July 19—()—
Finland today accepted a formal
O'CONNELL ENDS DRIVE FOR
RENOMINATION
HELENA, Mont.. July 19.())-
Representative Jerry J O'Connell
of Montana wound up his campaign
for Denver ra Ur renomination in
Montana's primary election today
with an assertion President Roose-
velt had told him "to go out there
and fight like hell to defeat Sena-
tor Wheeler’s machine so he would
not be back in 1940."
Craig, Mrs W C Imbrough, all
of the way On their return to
the United States, the two parties
will meet in Seattle and will Nur
to Denton by automobile some time
in August
J. H Lynch of Bolivar was in
Denton Monday
Mrs C B Shafer of Lewisville
was in Denton Tuesday.
W L Jarnagin of Waketon was
here today.
W M Calvary of Justin was in
Denton today
Guests in the F E Shelton home
over the week-end were her sister.
at Rumina" who hopes to become Tuesday
the first to fly the 4,712 mites from H D Neff of Krum was in Den-
I New York to Bucharest non-stop. - ton today.
the international games and was
Corrigan did not bring a pass-
port Such a document is not need-
ed to fly from New York to Call-
tomia, as Corrigan insisted lie
Mrs E F
an omtstandmg aerobatic perform- Mr* Ella Kelley 1218 Carrier.
er. holds the Rumanian aititude ree- Friday left for Highland. Calif I
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BARCELONA, July 19—())—
The celebrated cathedral of Barce-
lona was struck by an insurgent
bomb during an air raid today.
The bomb tore through the roof
near the front of the cathedral and
plunged to the floor east of the
nave. carrying down an iron chan-
delier and a heap of stone.
Crowds gathered about the 14th
century' church, which was conadd-
ered one at the finest examples of
Gothic architecture in Catalonia.
PATERSON. N J. July 19 —(•2
—Police and bank omiclals expressed
amazement today at the story of a
$36 a week bank teller who as-
sured them he was not "crazy” when
he told of stealing *100.000 during
the past seven years
"Have you been feeling all right?"
Detective Captain James Smith
1
At noon Tuesday enrollment for
the second term ot uw summer
session at Teachers College had
reached 1.635 students, 371 more
than the 1.663 students who hud
registered at the college at this
time last year, according to fig-
lues released from the office of the
business manager Officials could
not determine at this time how
many of those enrolled were new
students, but they expect this to-
tal to reach about 300 persona. Reg-
istration began at that college
Monday morning and classes began
Tuesday morning at the regular
hours -*
At S. C. W registration began at
7:30 o'clock Tuesday morning and
at noon, with only a half-day of
registration behind them, officials
reported that 435 students had en-
rolled. with 118 of these being new
students No figures were tabulated
at noon on the same dale last year
but at the end of the first day
of registration for the second term
of summer school. enrollment was
501 with 103 new students. Classes
will begin at 8C. W Wednesday
morning
Registration at btoh institutions
will continue through this week.
Monday's rain that fell, totaling
one and one-half inches in Denton
and the immediate vicinity, will be
of considerable benefit to farmers
in localities that received moisture,
it was reported at the county agent's
office Tuesday Reports from over
the county indicated the rain was
very spotted and that many sec-
tions are still ai the grip at drouth.
Late corn will be helped, cotton
will gain additional growth and
pastures will be benefited by the
moisture. it was predicted here Un-
less a period of prolonged rain and
cloudy weather should come, no
damage to cotton to feared, it was
sak.
DUBLIN, July 19--(—Douglas land ui Ear on unscheduled flights
--- if their passports are in order But
lured the front pages concrete
Dcs
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said he asked Angelo B Oliva. 31.
(P Thirty warships of Britain's ' after the teller entered headquar-
mighty navy steamed out of South ’ ters yesterday to confess the al-
METHODIST HOME IS WILLED
-—- $6,000
DALLAS, July 19 —«»—The
Methodist Orphanage of Waco was
bequeathed $6,000 in bends by Mrs.
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Convicts Shot as
Escape Is Foiled
PHILADELPHIA July 19— ((P»
—Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr.
was a patient today in the Philadel-
phia Lying-in Hospital, but her
husband was noncommittal about
the expected time of the stork's
arrival. _
"It might even by in September."
said the third son of President and
Mrs. Roosevelt
thought he was doing until he
sighted Irish shores ,
Technically Corrigan was "de-
tained" today pending an examina-
tion ot credenttals and communica-
tion with the United States govern-
ment But little trouble was ex-
pected because of the unorthodox
night
Praised by Irish Press
Newspapers burst into praise.
The Northern Whig of Belfast
said: "Flying the Atlantic in an
old dilapidated monoplane. Cor-
rigan turned a gamble with fate invitation to hold the 1940 Olympic
into a brilliant and jaunty tri- . game* at Helsingfors.
umph. 1. Pinland originally had bid for
Never has there been a long "
distance flight so unceremonious
and impudently daring, but this ir-
repressible flier. Who has Irish blod
in his veins, risked everything and
by a combination of audacity and
skill and good fortune came safe-
ly through and made transAtlantic
flying look ridiculously matter-of-
fact"
The Irish News said: "Corrigan’s
feat without wireless, weather re-
ports. maps or adequate Instruments
leaves us almost speechless with
amazement
"When the initial shock is over,
the hand of everyone will be lifted
to salute this intrepid adventurer
wih an Irish name."
.-------- Mrs Henry Sargent at Lewisville,
Luke Sauls. Schmitz Street, who sister at the bride, presided over the '
underwent a major operation about guest book. Each guest registered
two weeks ago at the Medical and with a poem recipe of happiness
Surgical Clinic. Tuesday was re- Games weare enjoyed and an ice i
ported improving rapidly at his course was served to the following
home. i- not mentioned above: Mr. and Mrs
Miss Pearl Robinson of Denton A j Stansell. Mimes Ruby Sargent.
underwent a nasal operation Mor, Pegay Swisher. Oleta Riley, ewel
day.af ternoon — . . . tPedger, Dorothy Sargent. Jane
Miss Kaine Hale at Granbury stanseli, Pauline Garrison Jackie
who. underwent an appendectomy French, Katy Hehnen, Alta Mae
4"".“
"'2 Sarzarrsonpndsscsozsss"kgk
“r pn-. .n. Joyce Stansell Helen Bennett. Mrs
teJoAnn Meeszoungodwueh Howard Hammonds V O Thur-
ter Mr E.W;Nevex8.612 With- mond, Francis Garrison Rolfe Car-
ers Street. who underwent a minor ITt,.n sn . •eda
operation Monday morning at the Hl_HerschehtBennettateon.Pledg-
Medical and Surgical Clinic was er, Ray Robertson. Leon Lakey. Jas
returned to her"home Tuesday Jas. Collins, Alvin Cate.
Mrs T C Sample. 1603 west Oak Herbert Rlley. Hubert Riley. Delmas
Street who has been a medical pa- i Thurmond
tient for several days at the Den- .. New. Bries ....
ton Hospital. Tuesday afternoon Miss Pauline Garrison visited Mas
t was reported improving Marion Buell at Denton.
Mc Raymond Pletcher at Den-; Mr. and Mn Clarence Robertson
ton. who underwent a major opera- were in Fort Worth
tkm about nine days ago at the The P -T A sponsored a program
Denton Hospital, was to be returned . to ratse money for playground equip-
to her home Teasday afternoon meat Several people from Denton
Floy Ezell of Banger, who under-' were on the program ice cream was
----- North Elm Street, accompanied
NEW YORK. July 19 —The home their nephew and wife. Mr.
second solo night across the At- : and Mrs Claud Young at Arca-
lantic ocean in lea than a week dia. La., who were here for the week-
will be attempted Thursday by Capt. end
COLUMBUS, O., July 19.— (P-
Two convicts were shot, perhaps fa-
tally, and an Ohlo penitentiary
guard was knifed today in an at-
tempted prison break.
It was the first organised, at-
tempted break in nearly a year.
Those shot were: Clyde Stamp,
34, serving a robbery sentence, end
Charles Menges, 33. sentenced to a
life term for murder
Guard Raymond T. Thomton was
stabbed in the stomach with a
butcher knife.
Emer Callahan, another guard,
thwarted the recape attempt when
he opened fire aa the two convict*
approached the main prison gate
with * "hostage." Cd William Wal-
ker, superintendent at the prison
subsistence department.
The prisoners accosted Walker in
the dining hall and forced him at
the point of the butcher knife to
walk in front of them toward an
exit.
As the convicts approached the
gate, Guard Thornton interfered
and was stabbed as he broke away.
Callahan then opened fire.
The prisoners’ wounds were re-
ported as serious.
“feeler" of- ,
planes m
SOMETHING NEW AND SENSATIONAL
six previous times by aviators fly-
ing solo and mainly with elabor-
ate instruments as elds—certainly
I in planes prettier than Corran s
obsolete Curtis Robin, 1929 model.
The mild burst ot publicity that
accompanied Corrigans 28-hour
non-stop flight from Long Beach,
Calk, to New York uly 9. a mere
smattering of space on the eve of
Howard Hughes takeoff round the
G. “Daredevil” Corrigan was $2,000
to the good today on that little
"mistake” m direction which took
his WOO plane across the Atlantic.
“The 42 000 I got for my broad,
cast to America last night will keep
tn*’ in pocket money while Im
hart," he said
But aa soon as I can get steam-
er passage fixed up I am gong
home I am trying to gat a boat
where my plane won't have to be dis-
mantled."
He acknowledged that "folks here
~ still are tremendously excited about
my trip, but after all it wasn't much
They’ve been very kand to me in not
leaking me summoned for landing
without an airworthiness certin-
_____ cate."______
The 31-year-old Californian who
flew an aged 3900 plane the "wrong
way," crossed the Atlantic, set all
England and Ireland talking and
was proclaimed on two continents
as a foolhardy hero slept late
in the guest bed of the American
legation . He wore pajamas bor-
rowed from American Minaster John
Cudahy.
"I want a nice long rest," he told
Cudahy last night. "Don't wake me
for long time 71 sleep through break
fast."
Be had the matter at the legal-
ity of his landing to settle with Irish
official*, but men with names like
Corrigan and Cudahy are not likely
to have trouble here getting over
a technical difficulty when * con-
peunnA flight* like Corrigan's to
rtothw are Gifis
He won't have to worry about
cqthes Admiring tailors already
hee sent the daring aviator two
now outfit*, free.
He had often at contracts, too.
although he had been here less
than a day but it was understood
h turned them all down with the
sitement "I prefer to be foot-
lose while I am here and wont
sign anything.
.. Yootloose and fancy free he k
idling in Dublin a day or two with-
o* planning for the future
The "crate" that took him the
3 #o miles from New York to Dub-
Hiro Baldonnel Airdrome between
4:17 a m EST Sunday and 9:30
p.m EST Monday was kicked up
at Baldonnel to safeguard it from
souvenir hunters
Under the air navigation pact.
American niers are permitted to
Zed Terry Heads
Local Legion Post
Denton County Legionnaires
named Zed Terry of Denton a* com-
mander. of the local post at the Am-
erican Legion at a meeting of the
organization st tile Legion Hall here
Monday night to elect officers for
the coining year,
BUl Pass was elected finst vice-
commander; Fred Schew at Sanger,
second vice -commander; Enna For-
renter, third vice-commander; Lee
Douglass, adjutant; Guy Turner,
re-elected finance officer: I. D.
Bruce, service officer; Tom Stande-
fer. child welfare chairman; S. H.
Watson, sergeant-at-arms; R. E.
Boswell re-elected chaplain. Dele-
gates named to represent the post
at the state convention in Austin
from Aug 38-30 were: Terry, Stan-
defer. H. H. Blagg. M. J Ferrick,
Bruce, Henry . Owsley and Earl
Street.
Terry has served for the past five
years as service officer for the post,
and has received commendation
from state American Legion officers
for his outstanding work done in
that field During the World War
he served in the air corps.
English Warships in
Extensive Maneuvers
DeValera lauds Flyer
DUBLN, July 19—uP>—Prime
Minister Eamon De Valera con-
For the ocean part of the route G T Henslee.
he will follow the trail of Douglass Mr and Mrs Roger Neal Sit-
G (the incorrigibie > Corrigan, who ton of Big Spring spent the week-
i conquered the ocean stretch—the i end here with his parents, Mr and
eighth person to do it solo—yester- Mrs R J Sitton, 421 North Elm
day m a surprise hop to Ireland in Street. Miss Doris Sitton, who has
Mr and Mrs Scott Hickey and
son at Decatur risked Mr and Mrs.
L. E Gammon
A meeting will start at the Bap-
I tist Church Bunday. July 24. Rev.
Mr Sampson will preach Services
will be held two week*.
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went an appendectomy about a week soid.
ago at the Denton Hospital, waa to I The Baptist Church entertained
be returned to his home Tuesday the Denton County brotherhood,
afternoon. - - Righty_two attended
Susan Burr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Bad Bennett and father.
Mrs. Charles E Burr. 1012 Beil Av- I Mr Patterson, are in Fort Worth
AUSTIN, July 19—(—State
Game Department officials today
said the Game and Fish Commission,
having regulatory powers as to
waterfowl, automatically would con-
form state statutes to those an-
nounced by the U S. Biological
survey
The new season of Nov. 15 to Dec.
29 compared to last year's Nov. 27
to Dec 26 in Texas and other
sorathwestern states. —
AMONG SICK herlparentander be at home with
J^ferm. Troady LAKE DALLAS
George Kirby, 40g Stroud Street. LAKE DALLAS, July 19 —Mr. and
la UI. \ Mrs Morris Bradley gave a miscel-
C W Jacobs, West Hickory Street, laneous shower for Miss Evelyn
is UI. Hammonds, bride-elect of J. B.
Miss Annie Henderson. Wolf Stansell The bride-to-be is a
Street, con Un um •l at her home daughter of Mr and Mrs. J E Ham-
By CHARLES A. GRUMICH
NEW YORK. July 19—(•—Doug-
las (who said Jalopy?' Corrigan to-
day faced a Wknn and probably
profitable welcome home and noth-
ing worse than a spanking out be-
hind the hanger at the hands at- a
forgiving ' govrnment.
For a transatlantie night violat-
ing all the rules, a daring, unpre-
dieted ocean hop before a world now
yawning over fliers who can let
a robot do the heavy work and reach
announced destinations on sched-
ule. riches may be the reward if
Corrigan will take them
stifling snickers that turned to
open-mouth amazement and then
to admiration, persons ol influ-
ence indicated his penalty. If any.
for nose-thumbing the quthorities
would be light
From Denis Mulligan, head of the
Federal Bureau of Air Commerce,
on the official side, to the Irish-
American Societies of New York,
on Uie sentimental, the flight so
caught imagination that the policy
was to forgive—and not forget so
far as a welcome is concerned
Already, they're dusting off the
“celebrity trail' traveled only last
week by Howard Hughes & Com-
pany.
Mulligan, torn between the pride
of the "ould sod" and duty, assert-
ed between chuckles that something
would have to be done
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Corrigan today on his "wrong way"
flight from New York to Dublin
The prime minister hurried from e
cabinet meeting to greet the 31-
year-old Californian and hear the
details of the daring niht.
After thanking De Valera for Ire-
land's kindness to him, Corrigan
At ted government buunktines to
straighten out dimculties arising out
of his failure to have any at the pa- . _ - , _ „
persaner abroad is supposed to Ward of Waco. Joe Shelton re.
pros • “oroad is suPPosed to turned home with them for a visit
A-eal r-na. - of several days Miss Meroba Pitz-
omcalsorrelands Department hugh 01 waco accompanied them
oi external all airs told him they qici+.a M 4.
would place no difficulties m his here but visited friends on the
- P S C W campus cated
■ Mrs Bessie Sutton of Montgom-
A. ..1 . ; ery. La is visiting her cousin, Mrs.
New Atlantic Hop Betthe Pugh, 1905 North Elm Street.
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