Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. [240], Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1937 Page: 1 of 26
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HENDERSON, RUSK COUNTY, TEXAS * • • Home Town of the East Texas Oil Field
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 24, 1937
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For 3 Little Girls
THREE PERSONS
DIE IN WRECK
Fireman Gives Blood
To Aid 78 in9 Years
Santa Claus paid an early and
extended but unusually gay fourth
visit to the Dionne quintuplets’
nursery in Callander this year.
There was lots of laughter and
little squeals of pleasure, wide
eyes and enthusiastic caroling.
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POPE SCORES NAZIS
VATICAN CITY; Dec. 24. (UP)
—Pope Plus, at a reception to his
Cardinals today, bitterly attacked
the German Naz policy toward
the Roman Catholic Church.
“In Germany there is real,
actual religious persecution de-
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Christmas business.
"And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the
babe lying in a manger.”—II Luke 15-16.
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MORE TREMORS.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 24 (UP).
—Further earth tremors were felt
here yesterday afternoon and last
night after the violent shocks of
yesterday morning.
Tremors were felt at 5:20 p.
m., 8:45 p. m., 10:40 p. m„ and
11:19 p. m. They caused little ex-
citement.
Absence of reports of damage
from the provinces caused belief
that the center of the area affect-
ed was in the Pacific.
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among projects for bkM
Jan. 5. the State High
the lowest, amounts to a
mately $17,000. The i
of these salary checks on
of Christmas isf
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ers court said "Merry (
to county employes this
the pre-issuance of sale
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following operations for twisted lmbs. They may have to return to
the hospital for examination once in a while, but their long hours of
prone in braces or caste are over. Nathan Adams, President of
the First National Bank of Dallas, who each Holiday -
appeal for funds, to aid crippled children, is wis
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town . . . Tonight he
will be here. Four years or sixty doesn’t make much
difference. Worldly cares are put away until the
Yuletide season is over. It’s the time of year when
we all forget our cares ard live again those joyous
Sa idew years we knew when"the great spirit of"the
Christ Child furnished us with a real Santa Claus,
After all it is not so long ago when we had im-
plicit faith in the Old Saint...and after all it should
still be our plight to know and rever him because aft-
er we have grown up we have come to know him as
a true saint and a mythical person that appears an-
nually despite the fight carried on by debunkers.
Christmas Day, let us all forget the worldly
cares and truly live the spirit of the occasion for
Christmas after all is a spiritual rebirth that carries
us back to the expectancy of childhood.
Simplicity and faith of childhood in Christmas
and Santa Claus furnishes a well set example for
grown-ups. We would all be better humans if we could
again view this season through the eyes of a four-
year-old girl or boy.
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Are Given Checi
East Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday, somewhat
colder in extreme northwest por-
tion tonight and in extrema
north portion Saturday.
West Texas: Partly cloudy to-
night and Saturday, colder In
north portion tonight.
HOLLYWOOD, Dee. 24 (UP)
—Jane Withers became one of
the highest-paid child movie stars
today, with a salary of $2,500 a
week.
Her salary was raised from $1,-
500 by 20th Century-Fox studios
for the next two years, after the
Atlanta girl’s mother unsucjess-
fully sought permission for her
to accept a tentative $400,000 in
radio offers.
Mrs. Withers pointed out that
the winsome girl, now 11, may
not last as a so-called “child
star” more than four more years.
Jane’s salary boost puts her
past Freddie Bartholomew, whose
pay-check recently was placed at
$2,000 a week, after a long con-
tract wrangle. She also gets $5,-
000 a week for perzonal appear-
ance tours, against Freddie’s $3,-
000. Shirley Temple’s earnings
are not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UP)
—President Roosevelt will open
the official celebration of Christ-
mas this afternoon when fie
lights the capital’s community
Christmas tree and sends holiday
greetings to the nation.
A few hours later he and three
little girls will hang their stock-
ings on the mantlepiece in his
bedroom.
The children are Sara and Kate
Roosevelt, the six and nearly two-
year-old daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. James Roosevelt, the presi-
dent’s eldest son, and Diana Hop-
kins, five and half year old daugh-
ter of Works Progress Adminis-
trator Harry L. Hopkins, who
is recovering an operation in
Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minn.
Mrs. Hopkins died Oct. 7.
After the stockings are hung
the children will take one last
look at the fireplace chimney be-
fore trying to sleep. Sara and
Kate were especially relieved at
the prospect of spending the night
at the White House with its large
chimneys. They had feared that
Santa Claus would be unable to
get down the one in their
Georgetown home.
VISITS DAUGHTER.
SEATTLE, Dec. 24 (UP). —
Mrs. Frankin D. Roosevelt ar-
rived here today to spend Christ-
mas with her daughter, son-in-
law and two grandchildren. Her
flying trip from Washington was
disrupted by bad weather which
forced her to entrain to Portland,
Ore, ....
Christmas at Home
For Hospital “Graduates”
ta of ** flutatupl**, thrilled by the surprises of their fourth Christmas. In Cecile’s shining eyes, at 1
wir Huger to lip ' P ine -ofchudre ngeverywhere atx letia kougish’ ' ♦ 5 e hr per uttenose as Christmas merriment echoes nirugzehhatn
Wi nnserto Ip, Marie delightedly insgectsher, many gifts. Spontaneous gaiety and bubbling enthusiasm show in Emilie's face ax aha MAShe. N"F.n
l e father ownpleasure-And no one, especially Santa Claus; could resist that flirtatious side glance Yvonne throws. The quints are their happiest this Christmas 1
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PRISONERS FREED.
BERLIN, Dec. 24 (UP).—More
than 1.000 political prisoners have
been released so far from concen-
tration camps and from prelimi-
nary arrest in Germany under
the Christmas Amnesty, At *u
meun-—" •
the local relief agenc
who asked for and was
within a few hours rel
favor.
The man, described
pie and in destitute cire
appealed to Miss Gert
ford, relief admintst
transportation to Luf)
he was said to.have fi
plea was granted and I
et purchased with <
chest funds and the n
missed—or apparently
Within a short time I
furnished a ticket the '
ed into the office and I
ducat back to Miss St
had found a ride to h
tion, he explained, and
return the ticket so
could get their money I
The administrator we
aback by this unusua
events that she could a
her thanks to the man
him a Merry Christmas
acknowledged by ea;
same to you!"
effect of the county-wide school
tax is to take taxes received in
one school district from property
within such district and divert it
for the sole use of another school
in the county constitutes double
taxation, the petition claims.
It is further charged that the
act is indefinite, vague and un-
certain and impossible for en-
forcement, in that it authorizes
an equilization “not to exceed 25
cents qn the $100 valuation”, and
places no duty on any one to de-
termine how such tax shall be
levied, constituting the taking of
property without due process of
law, in violation of state and fed-
eral constitutions.
The tax in question was au-
thorized by county voters follow-
ing the calling of such election by
County Judge W. E. Youngblood
on May 5, 1937. It is estimated
that the coufity-wide school tax
levy would bring in approximately
See Tax Levy on Page 6
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“IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (UP).
—Charles Schwab, an insurance
salesman, was visiting prospects.
He reached for his wallet. It was
gone, and with It $12 and three
railroad tickets.
. Schwab complained to police.
“And where did all this hap-
pen?" the police lieutenant ask-
ed.
“In the Department of Justice
Building, Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation, G-man headquarters,"
Schwab said.
SAVES TIME
FORT WORTH, Tex., Dec. 24
(UP) — Hobbs Manufacturing
. Company played “Santa Claus”
to wives of more than 100 em-
ployes today by giving Christ-
mas bonus checks to them in-
• . Stead of the husbands.
"We all know that In the end
the wives get the money, so I
just addressed the envelopes to
k l them to save time," said Presi-
V dent M. G. Neeley. The bonus
I here and to employes in Hous-
l ton totaled $5200.
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AGED VICTIM
OF DOGSDIES
DEANDALE, Tex., Dec. 24
(UP)—The neighbors of C. C.
Brown today hunted the two sur-
vivors of a pack of savage dogs
that set upon and slew the elder-
ly pioneer on a Clay county road
yesterday.
They were four beasts in the
pack and Brown, who was 71, dis
posed of two of them with his
pocket knife before they bore him
down.
He lived to reach a hospital in
Wichita Falls, but the dogs had
devoured most of the flesh from
his legs and thighs and he died
chanting hymns to stifle his
screams of pain as the doctors
were preparing him for a hope-
less blood transfusion.
They apparently were domestic
variety dogs that had "gone
bad,” authorities said. There are
no wild dogs in this area, but'
sometimes tame dogs revert to
primitive ways and become kill-
ers when they are left to forage
for themselves and have once
tasted the blood of' their prey,
more dangerous than wolves,
dangerous than wolves.
Brown has livedrin this region
most of his life and was planning
to move this week to Phoenix,
Ariz. He was walking along the
road when the dogs attacked him.
Neighbors ran to his rescue and
chased way the two remaining
dogs after Brown had slain two
of them with his knife.
MEMPHIS, Dec. 24 (UP).—
Because he likes to feel that he
is “doing something for those
who cannot help themselves,”
Fire Captain Elwin Waldran has
given more than 40 quarts of his
blood for emergency cases at
Memphios hospitals during the
past nine years.
Doctors say his blood, given
without recompense to those
needing it emergencies, has
saved more^SRn 30 lives.*
Seventy-eight times during the
past nine years, physicians have
sent emergency calls to Waldran
and 78 times he rushed to the
hospital where the transfusions
were made,
Waldran is 51. He explained
why he gives so much blood to
those who could not afford to
pay for it and probably would
die otherwise.
“I’ll tell you why. The Rocke-
fellers and the Carnegies have
done a lot for the world through
their immense contributions of
money. Me? I’m just a little
Irishman who has to work for
hts living. But I like to feel, too,
that I am doing something for
those who can’t help themselves.”
election held last summer which
akh Authorized a 25 cent per $100
Q) property valuation tax to create
a cunty-wide school fund, was
- challenged in a suit filed this
week by the Sabine Royalty
Corp., naming the cdunty school
board, commissioners court county
judge and the president of the
bank which acts as county deposi-
tory, as defendants.
The oil corporation's petition
attacks the constitutionality of
the special tax levy, naming
numerous reasons, including:
The caption of such act does
not conform to the body thereof,
as required by law; said act does
not add to, enlarge, diminish,
alter, abolish or change the school
districts now in existence; said act
applies to only one county, Rusk,
in that it is a special and local
law, said act regulates the affairs
of a school district, which is for-
bidden by the constitution of the
the State of Texas.
Aam It is pointed out in the petition
JV \ that the general laws of Texas
’ provide for creation of school dis-
tricts, and the passage of a spec-
ial or local laws, such as the one
1A question, is expressly prohibited
, by the Constitution of the State
of Texas.
of employes on the couni
roll are paid semi-monthly,
just paid were not due to
until Jan. 1, but were ।
paid so that employes wo
sufficient funds with w)
do their Christmas shopp
The monthly payroll d
county, ranging from $4
the highest paid, down 1
AUSTIN, Tex., Dec. 24 (UP)
—Gov. James V. Allred today N-
appointed Pat Dougherty of Aus-
tin for a six year term as me • ber
of the State Liquor Control Com-
mission. Dougherty is serving out
the term of Chas. Miller, who
was transferred to membership
on the Texas unemployment com-
mission, a salaried place.
Terms of Albert Sidney John-
son, Dallas, and W. H. Richard-
son, Austin, on the Public Safety
Commission were switched because
Richardson has recently been
elected chairmar by the commis-
sion. Johnson will servertwo years
more and Richardson, six. George
Cottingham of Houston has the
intermediate term.
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PHYSICIAN DIES
BEAUMONT, Tex., Dec. 24
(UP)—Dr. Felix S. Martin, 67,
oil company physician and for-
merly a physician on the Mojave
Desert Indian reservation, died
last night.
Dr. Martin came to Beaumont
from San Antonio in 1901. He
was a member of Arabia Shrine
Temple, Houston. He is survived
by a son, Dr. James R. Martin of
Houston.
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their own family were five little
pain of mittens knitted by their
mother, and games and toys Papa
Dionne made a special trip to
New York to buy. A pottery wall
plaque came from their beloved
“Le Doctour” Dafoe.
There were dolls of all kinds;
dolls in silks and satins, whom the
quints immediately christened
“lady dolls,” and dolls in working
clothes and soldiers’ uniforms.
There were even "nurse" dolls
dressed just like Nunes Mollie
O'Shaughnessy and Jacqueline
Noel.
Marie opened a big package to
find a toy piano and immediately
carried it over to the full-sized
piano to compare its tingling notes
with the deep tones of the big in-
strument
The monkey doll Emilie re-
ceived caused an uproad in the
room, and each quint coaxed
Emilie to let her hold it for a
while.
And more surprises. A wash-
ing machine for Yvonne, a doll
swing for Cecile and a doll house
for Annette all brought more de-
lighted shouts.
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Although Christmas remains
somewhat of a mystery to the
five famous little girls, and Santa
a rather awesome fellow, they soon
forgot their timidity before St.
Nick—in the person of Dr. Dafoe.
The celebration began some
days before Christmas with the
quints selecting their own tree.
When it was brought Into the
playroom all joined in aiding
the nurses and Teacher Claire
Tremblay in covering it with
tinsel and shining decorations. Dr.
Dafoe had forbidden lighted can-
dles, for fear of fire, but electric
lights gleamed through the
branches.
On one day, joined by their
three elder sisters, Rose, Theresa
and Pauline, the quints presented
a musical program of Christmas
carols and nursery songs. Each
child “played” an instrument and
If the result was a little off key.
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CALLANDER,' Ont., dm u-" am arpus mamau Highest Paid
cards poured in on the nursery
again this year. The gifts from
beauty, and faith M eyerlasig,
and so is the spirit of Christmas.
Christmas has been celebrated
in many ways and in many ages
and countries and te handed down
to us as a rich heritage.
Many of us feel that Christmas
is not what it used to be, that
much of it’s charm and mystery
has been lost since the days of
our childhood. Then, it meant
gathering at grandfather’s, sleigh
rides over white snow, and crowds
of uncles, aunts and cousins; but
in this modem dey, we have
Santas on every street corner in-
stead of coming down the chim-
ney as we used to believe, and
the old custom of hanging up
the stocking has just about gone
out of existence.
We give in order to learn the
meaning of kindness, generosity
and love. If we look upon giving
as an art, the joy of giving be-
comes greater than that of re-
ceiving. The person who learns
to give unselfishly to another has
taken a long step toward a happy
and satisfying life.
Christmas has no real meaning
any other day might be chosen
to exchange gifts and greetings
—unless we sense the deeper,
values and meaning of the day
on which the Christ was born.
People whose lives pre living
evidence of their faith in God.
who know the knowledge and
Jove that Christ can give are
rich, indeed. A sense of security
in the home can but lead to a feel-
ing of security in the universe.
When peace and good will le un-
derstoon in the heart and practiced
in the home, then we will truly
have peace on earth and good will
among men.
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NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas,
Dec. 24 (UP).—Three persons
were dead today and a torth was
in critical condition in a hospital
here, after a truck and an auto-
mobile collided last night on the
San Antonio highway one mile
south Of the city.
The dead were:
DALE NATHAN MARTIN, 22,
San Antonio.
GLENDEN E. MARTIN, 54,
Austin.
WILLIAM EARL SHELTON,
28, Dallas.
Bruce Martin, 19. of Austin,
son of Glenden Martin, was crit-
ically injured and was not ex-
pected to live. He was the only
survivor of the accident and
could not explain how it happened.
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