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THE FORT WORTH PRESS
Rioting Breaks
Out In Bombay
Over Taxation
Hindus and Moslems
Fight As Prohibition
Goes Into Effect
By United Press.
BOMBAY, India, Aug. 1.—Riot-
ing broke out today on the inaug-
uration of prohibition in Bombay
and its environs.
Police fired on a crowd of riot-
ing Moslems who marched in prp-
test against the government and
the extra taxation which will be
levied to compensate for the loss
of revenue from spirits. Five of
the paraders were injured, two
seriously.
The Moslems paraded with black
flags. Their demonstration coin-
cided with a parade of 20,000
women and 50.000 textile workers,
moetly Hindus, In the slums sing-
ing anti-drink ballads.
Hindus Stone Moslems
The Moslems were stoned by
Hindu spectators and 10 were in-
jured. When order was restored,
the procession' continued.
Eleven hundred policemen, how-
ever, were put on extra duty in
the expectation that there might
be a clamorous protest from the
drinking element.
The celebrants paraded with
motor trucks, bearing anti-drink
placards. Anti-drink labels were
fixed on 14,400,000 match boxes.
Inventive Youth Springs New One
Library Chairman
Names Groups.
Name Committees For
New Term Which
Began In June
Mrs. W. A. Hanger, chairman |
of the Public Library's board of
trustees, has selected standing
• SERIAL STORY a
WAR AND A WOMAN BY BETTY WALLACE
CIAI COPYRIGHT, 1939, NEA SERVICE, INC.
LINRSMNCT With what ails you all right: 1 know all the world but their two selves,
her beat friend’s fianre. how I’d be if I were separated "Shall we go out on the porch?”
MARCIA KING—Navy girl, loved from Jimmy for two, weeks. I he was asking, his voice curious-
*. shiver when I think of sea duty, ly hoarse.
suet . FPORMENaal "yins in-And it's coming. But by that • • •
GEORGE CAMERON—Linda’s fl. time, we'll be married and maybe PTHEY shouldn't go. Yet she was
anee. ... I can manage to be sensible." 1 walking beside him like a
Yesterday: At the fed Marcia It might not have be*" so bad, girl in a trance.
leaves to talk to Bill Brooks, a if, in th* days that followed, The night was seductively beau-
Cadet. When Jimmy asks, “Was I Marcia had not innocently insisted tiful. There was a great white
last night or did you feel it on throwing Jimmy and Linda to-1 moon, and palms swaying an the’
for home e * Res gether so much. But she wanted wind. There Was the breath of
ere (her friend to have a gay time, sweetness around them ‘he a
CHAPTER V. and she wanted Jimmy beside her, cloud of magic. And he was so
Administration-Dr. L. R. E1- an MARCIA r tea a . too. That meant that almost close to her. So terribly cloee.
• M . Lind M n-every evening there were young She couldn’t think, she couldn't
contained* ly. In the one word was people in the living room and light any more.
mentained an urgent pleading, laughter and gay talk. And Jim- “We shouldn’t — oh — we
E M. .felt ny m st not know how she my Cooper, with that dazed look shouldn't!” she burst out.
- ” about nut this naval, air base, in his eyes. She couldn’t avoid "I know," he said miserably.
about me panes, about war. What! “ . . -. — -1n*- 4 * * *- - *
board committees for ths new
term which began in June. They
are:
liott, chairman; Mrs. John B.
Hawley and Miss Florence Col- icontained cup ... . avang ***** anu
ston. encained an urgent pleading laughter and gay talk. And Jim-
Library (Books)—Dr. E M. umx must not know how she my Cooper, with that dazed look shouldn't!” she burst out.
Waits, chairman; Mrs. Frank M. anouehout this naval air base, in his eyes. She couldn't avoid - . ...........
Mullins and Mrs. Charles Nash, anrut the planes, about war. What him too pointedly. Yet she dread- "But, Linda—I’ve fought until I
Finance—Web Maddox, chair- thes e 4 it make why drag led the moments when they found can’t deny it, even to myself, any
man; Mrs. Bacon Saunders; Dan midiin to torture and torment themselves facing each other, more. I haven’t slept. I look at
Levy and George W. Steere. There was enough keeping Dreaded even the few words they Marcia, and she’s still the same
Building and grounds - Mr. them apart without that .exchanged, as she always was. She loves me.
Levy, chairman; Mrs. W. But if Jimmy knew the real Linda was waiting for an an-It’s like a knife in my heart to
Thompson and Mrs. W. B. Pad- h „ y you want " *° swer from George. The third day know she trusts me. But I can't 4
dock. "Man after she had mailed the letter, it I take her in my arms any more. 1
Membership—Mrs. Nash, chair- -Buti % ... still hadn’t come. She was tempted I can’t tell her I love her any
man; Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. Mu , earn it’s so Siy, when to telephone him. But he’d won-more. The whole world has
Mullins, You get right down to it! It * mak- d«r what had happened, and so changed. There’s nothing but you.
Gifts—Mr. Maddox, chairmap; A mountain out of a mole she kept herself from acting too 1 see your face up there
“ ......- —1 ”-- *-------1 . . panic stricken, eloude when r ----14 4- ,
It would be a mountain, high That night—it was a Saturday
knew mpregnable, if Jimmy ever — Marcia had arranged a party
ng, knew it, Linda thought unhappily, at the Officers’ Club. Linda heard
the Their fight was hard, enough al- her telling Jimmy, "'Don’t forget
1 ready...Because they were both to dance with Linda. You haven't
“Ten Nights" Shown
The government leased the
. American movie “Ten Nights in a
Bar Room" to use as a sales talk,
and ordered a special stamp show-
ng a serpent twined around a
liquor bottle, dripping poison Into
a wine glass.
The prohibition edict was an-
other victory for emaciated Ma-
hatma M. K. Gandhi, but the au-
thorities were not sure it would
be a victory without a flare-back
when the native drinkers realized
that they could not get drinks but
Europeans could.
Walter Burn, 22, of West Orange, N. J., had read about how Julius Casear attacked enemy cities
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board used to protect him from friction, falls below him. A 4
Mrs. Hawley and Mrs. Mullins.
Librarian Harry N. Peterson
has made a six-day check of at-
tendance at the new building,
showing heaviest use of L...
building between 9 a. m. and 7 -----. ---w uanc
p. m. During these hours 3700 honorable people they were trying danced tile
persons called at the library dur- to reason away the mysterious at- been here.”
ing the six days. From 1 to 5 traction which was catapulting Oh, the f
p. m., there were 2500, and be- en
tween 5 and 9 p. m., 1579.
An average of 1296 persons
per day was recorded during the
test period, Monday being the
busiest day and Saturday the
lowest in attendance.
with her once since she's
Today In Fort Worth
GOF
Kill
Bill
Ac
To
Or
Jurors Urge Morals
Course For Schools
By United Press.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 1.—-A ques-
tion in child sociology was raised
today by a recommendation of the
Cuyahoga grand jury that courses
in morals be given pupils of the
eighth and ninth grades.
Whether morals training would
encroach upon religion; whether
home is the place for it rather
han school; whether a child
learns of morality in everything
studies, and whether morality
Da matter of economics rather
Than ethics were some of the
points raised in comment by so-
biological authorities throughout
the country.
The grand jury made the rec-
ommendation to Common Pleas
Judge Joy Seth Hurd, father of
14 children, at the end of its term
yesterday. The jurors had been
appalled by the youth of most
lawbreakers they investigated.
Millions Allotted
To Venereal War
By United Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Dr.
Thomas Parran. surgeon general
of the United States Public
Health Service, announced today
that $4,379,250 will be allotted to
the states for venereal disease
control programs during the next
12 months.
The deferal allotment, which
represents 86 per cent of the $5,-
000,000 appropriated for control
of venereal diseases under the
LaFollette-Bulwinkle act, is the
largest yet granted for that pur-
pose. The remaining $620,750 will
be used by the health service for
research, laboratory and field
demonstrations.
States receiving the grants,
Parran said, must meet general
minimum requirements in the con-
trol and prevention of the dis-
eases and must match the federal
funds. +a
Marriage License Total
Shows Decline For July
Dan Cupid received a setback
main the marriage license depart-
. Bent of County Clerk Mrs. Happy
thelton’s office last month .
L Only 221 licenses were issued,
tempered to 269 for the same
honth last year.
- 1Other activities of the office
lowed an increase. For the first
oven months of the year, 2128
beds and abstracts were filed, a
ain of 211 over last year; 3807
hattel mortgages were filed
gainst 3536 last year; 336 chat-
els were released, against 278
ast year.
278
- Doctor Would Jail
: Houston Diseased
. "y United Press.
HOUSTON, Aug. 1—Dr. John
. V. Brown, city health officer,
ecommended today that persons
ho refuse to accept treatment
or venereal disease be placed in
. special jail or concentration
camp.
Texas law provides for compul-
sory treatment. Dr Brown said.
He estimated 2000 to 4000 cases
in Houston do not follow regular
treatment. Nearly 18,000 cases
are registered in Houston.
742 Czech Aviators
Join French Forces
By United Press.,
PARIS, Aug. 1.—Seven hun-
dred and forty-two aviators of
the disbanded Czechoslovak air
force have arrived in France to
join the French fighting forces,
it was learned teday.
The Czechs arrived at Calais
and Boulogne yesterday in groups
of 177 and 565 respectively, and
proceeded to Paris by train. ,
What’s Going On
Today.
Lions Club, luncheon Hotel Texas.
Co-Operative Club, luncheon. Hotel
Texas.
Business and Professional Women's
Club, luncheon. Worth Hotel
Community Chest, executive commit-
tee meeting, luncheon. Hotel Texas.
Casa Manana, gates open 7 p m;
show 8:30 p. m.
Jaycee Officers, Directors. Autocade
to Arlington, starts at 7 30 p m
Federal Orchestra, concert, Burnett
Park, 8 p. m.
Tomorrow.
Art Class for Elementary School
Children. Public Library, spon-
sored by Art Education Assn.,
9:30 a m
City Council, City Hall, 10 a, m
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
luncheon, Blackstone Hotel,
Exchange Club, luncheon, Fort
Worth Club
Advertising Club. ‘Fishermen’s
Day,” luncheon. Worth Hotel.
Round Table Club, luncheon. Worth
Hotel.
Optimisses . Club. luncheon and
bridge, Hotel Texas
Gamma Upsilon, meeting. Hotel
Texas, 6:30 p. m.
Red Cross Senior Life Saving Class
Y. M. C. A., 7:30 p. m.
•
Marriage Licenses
ROY L. MUCHMORE 4900 El Cam-
PO. and MRS BEA SHARP. 444
Eighth Ave.
JOHN E McLEAN. 1512 Eighth Ave.,
and MISS JUANITA FREEMON,
1627 W Seventh.
JOHN SPARLIN POLLACK, 208 E.
Bluff. and MARGARET WAL-
LACE, 1791 Belmont.
Divorces Filed
WINONA THOMPSON vs. J. D
THOMPSON
GEORGIA ILER vs. WILLIE ILER
JEAN BUMGARDNER vs. CECIL
BUMGARDNER.
MARY EVELYN GREER vs. OLEN
V. GREER.
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Divorces Granteo
THELMA from W R GASTON
ARTIE M from 8 J EARP
ROZELLA from ULIS WATTIES
LANIER from C. H. MYERS.
NONA MABEL from F GLENN
SHERARD.
LELA MAE from C. H McNABB.
ROSITA from W M SHELTON.
W from MAMIE KEPHART
CELIA ESTHER from LANGSTON
GARDNER.
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Deaths
FRANK TEMPLETON, 79, Fort
Worth died July 24
LEON E KIMBALL, 29. 508 Blan-
din, died July 25.
MRS. MATTIE PERBITZ, 70, 1801
Sixth Ave., died July 26.
HOY B. HARRISON, 57, 2812 Lips-
comb, died July 26
MRS ETTIE EVA FLETCHER, 47.
920 Drew died July 38.
DR A. H FLICKWIR, 60, 1733
Ashland, died July 28
JOHN E. BURNS. 61. 826 Eighth
Ave., died July 27.
JOSEPH L GUEST. 72, 4605 Wash-
Inirn. died July 261
MRS CLEO PAYNE, 27 . 2814 Ave-
nue J, died July 27.
BEN E. SMITH. 84. 1841 8. Adams,
died July 27.
MRS E. A. FOSTER 62 1209 W
Morgan, died July 28.
A W MERRIFIELD 54, 2109
Hemphill, died July 28.
JOHN O. RAGAN. 30, 1110 Summit,
died July 28
ROBERT W WALKER, 86, 814
Fifth Ave., died July 28.
MRS. BELL W CRAWFORD, 82
1801 College, died July 29.
WILLIAM J. BAKER, 86, 1413 Penn
sylvania. died July 29.
MBS BELL BERRY, 3116 Hemphill,
died July 29.
Building Permits
Births
BOYS WERE BORN TO:
MR. AND MRS M D. OLIPHANT.
.3025 May. July 18, Methodist.
MR. AND MRS. 0. J. SMITH. 3001
Vickery Blvd.. July 19. Methodist.
MR. AND MRS. R. M COX. 5605
Collinwood. July 17 Methodist.
MR. AND MRS. D B ESTES, 2908
Vickery Blvd., July 16, Methodist.
MR. AND MRS r. W. WALLER,
3582 Travis Ave., July 9,. Meth-
odist.
MR. AND MRS H. C. ELLIS. 3000
N Nichols. July 9. Methodist
MR AND MRS J H. HUGHES.
Box 1479, Fort Worth, July 3.
Methodist.
MR AND MRS C. R LANE. 3015
May, July 9. Methodist,
GIRLS WERE BORN TO:
MR AND MRS. H. B DOW. 3517
Bellaire Dr., July 16, Methodist.
MR AND MRS M M. LEE, 810 W.
Allen, July 19. Methodist.
MR. AND MRS. W. H. BRYANT,
2402 Refugio, July 14, Methodist.
MR AND MRS W E. BARROW.
3032 James, July 18. Methodist.
MR AND MRS NISSIN SANKARY,
2532 Greene, July 15, Methodist.
MR. AND MRS R H McMILLEN.
5121 Birchman, July 12, Methodist.
MR AND MRS J W. SOULE, 1705
Jennings Ave., July 6. Methodist.
MR. AND MRS MILLARD
BLOUNT, 3600 Frazier, July 7,
Methodist
Fires
(24 hours ending 7 a. m. today)
10:51 a. m.—1209 Louisiana Ave., one-
story frame residence
occupied by Eula MeIn-
tire, negro: caused by
fuse box, $5 loss.
2:09 p. m.—400 S. Main, false alarm.
2:21 p m.—2102 N. Houston, trash,
no loss.
2:57 p. m.—E Rosedale and River-
side Dr., truck Trader’s
Oil Mill, caused by cig-
aret: no loss.
4:10 p. m.—600 W. Central, grass, no
loss.
8 18 p. m.—3200 Lubbock, grass; no
loss
10:33 p. m.—2500 8. Main, honest mis-
take.
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Weather
RAINFALL DATA:
24 hours ending 7 a. m. .........00
Heaviest rain this date (1912) .. 1.34
Normal year to date ...........20.83
Total this year to date ........16.79
Total this month ...............00
Normal for August ...... 3.62
Public Opposing
Forced Unionism
By United Press.
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clouds when I ought to be con-
centrating on the way my student
is flying. I hear your voice every
where. It’s driving me crazy!
We’ve got to do something."
He had no right to put it into
words! While it had been only
a mirage, beautiful and unreal,
beckoning and yet threatening, she
had still had the courage to run
from it. But now these words of
his made it solid, inescapable.
"Listen!" she jerked out. “Even
if there weren't Marcia—even if
I weren’t engaged myself — I
couldn’t Jimmy, you’re a flyer.
A man whose career is devoted —
ecatapulting Oh, the fool! The blind fool! A
them toward each other. But even sob rose jn Linda’s throat. She
there hadn t been Marcia King, stumbled blindly away. But the
for Jimmy and if there weren’t, porch was no sanctuary, either,
George Cameron, in Queensville, because it was here that she had
for Linda this thing alone would first looked up into Jimmy’s eyes,
have split them apart. * * *
Jimmy Cooper was standing, THE Officers' Club was not quite
straight and still, the sunlight on I what she had expected. Men - -.....— ------ uevuceu
his rumpled tawny hair and his in uniform, girls in evening dress, to war. And I’m a peace-loving
eyes on Lindas face. “If it’s But the tables were bare, and the girl. A pacifist, if you like. I
something you don’t want me to decorations far simpler than those hate your work! And—and I hate
know, of course Marcia mustn’t in the night spots at home. Every-"
tell me," he said tonelessly. one knew everyone else. There
All right, all right, Marcia was much calling back and forth,
moved impatiently. "But she’s not much familiar banter
going home! - She came down here laughter.
to be maid of honor at our wed-
ding, and she's not going to wig-
gle out of it!"
Linda wanted to cry out that she
dared not stay. She wanted to
say, "Marcia, you fool! If I r*-
. main here maybe there won't be
a wedding! How can you be so
blind? Can't you see what's go-
ing on? Can't you?”
But Marcia was sunny and as-
sured again. Her arm slipped in-
side of Linda's. “I'm a rotten
hostess, that's what it is. I ran
off and left you to listen to Bill
Brooks’ tale of woe. I'm going to
take good care of you from now
on and give you a real whirl. ________.
You’ll have such a good time viously. :____, , , . .....
you’ll forget all about—all about Peter’s attentions would divert
everything else." *
They cut the sight-seeing short.
To Linda's relief, Jimmy stayed on
the field and Marcia, drove the car
home. Nothing had been solved.
Somehow she'd have to get
through the two weeks ahead.
Somehow she'd have to stand up in
that church, smiling, while Marcia
became Jimmy's bride.
It was ridiculous to feel this
_ way! How could he mean so
More than 75 North Texas much to her already ? But her
I Lions will join members of the wayward heart ached in her
Fort Worth and East Fort Worth breast • Fantastic or not, that
Lions Clubs and their wives in was the way it was.
celebrating "Lions Day” tonight SUDDENLY wanted
at Casa Manana, said Dr. E. W. SENLY she wanted,
Bass, president of the downtown N than anything else, to see
group. George Cameron again. If he was
Headed by George R Jordan here, close beside her, she'd snap
Dallas, third vice president of back into her senses. Everything
Lions International, most of the would become serene and normal
State Places Grant
Orders For Supplies
By United Press.
the
you for being it it—so there!”
(To be Continued)
AUSTIN, Aug. 1. —- Bids on
foods from apple pies to Worces-
tershire sauce to supply state in-
cent nation-wide survey made by monthanwere opened by the stal
It showed that 61 per cent of the Board of Control here today,
public-and 50.7 per cent of fac- A 28-page list of items and es-
timates of requirements Indicated
that purchases will total nearly
$400,000.
Besides the necessities, the
state purchases also tobacco and
snuff for the men. Children in the
institutions are not to be without
candy. The specifications call for
nearly 400 pounds of chocolate
cream drops and many thousands
of pounds of stick candy.
Bids were opened today, also,
on paint and enamel to be placed
on 1940's automobile license plates
which will be in purple and white
for passenger cars and black and
National Association of Manufac-
turers reported today that a re-
tory workers alone—are opposed
to forcing every worker to join a
labor union.
The NAM said that this indi-
cated increasing opposition to
compulsory unionism. It cited
figures from a similar survey in
1937 when the public voted 57
per cent against. In 1937, the
NAM. survey showed factory
workers voting 42.9 per cent in
favor, and 40.7 per cent against.
The manufacturers' survey also - ____________
showed that 24 per cent thought gold for commercial vehicles,
that manufacturers had done the
most for the United States in the
last 10 years. Industrialists wArc
second with 14 per cent, follow-
ed by merchants with 11 per cent
bankers with 10 per cent, and Can 0henT T..LLI
labor leaders with nine per cent 10 See Casa Tonight
Lions of North Texas
Linda was grateful for the
lanky -young lieutenant Marcia
had roped in to escort her. His
name was Peter. He, too, was
a flight instructor at the field.
And he was much taken with her
combination of golden hair and
golden eyes. "How come the Navy
didn’t discover you long ago?" he
wanted to know. "I've never seen
you before.”
She told him about Queensville.
"Aha, just a college' widow,” he
said.
No, he wasn’t brilliant. But he
stuck close to her, and that was
something. It protected her from
looking at Jimmy Cooper too ob-
She prayed, too, that
Marcia. "She'll see I'm no wall
flower. She doesn't need to force
Jimmy to dance with me."
But after she had danced
sev-
eral times with Peter, she saw
Marcia nudging Jimmy. Linda
grabbed her vanity case, she stood
up. “Excuse me. I—” She ran
for the ladies’ lounge.
That was only a respite. She
might have known she couldn’t es-
income Tax Rate
Hike Is Discussed
By United Press.
cape forever. The moment she
had dreaded came at last. Jimmy
Cooper was bending over her.
"May I have this dance?"
"I—I'm tired—” she whispered.
He said quietly, “I won't bite
more you.”
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Under - _________...
Secretary of the Treasury John Pallas, third vice, president
W. Haines held the first of a se- visitors were guests or the down: again. On an impulse, after
res of conferences today to pre- [town club at its luncheon today lunch, she went to her room and
pare for possible revisions—most in Hotel Texas. Golf tournaments wrote him a note
were scheduled this afternoon. , Dear George—Please come
Development of the automobile down here right away. 1 am
industry here was discussed by d.-ede"..’
H. B. Ransome, president of the
Fort Worth Motors, Inc. Enter-
tainment was by staff artists of
the Texas State Network. E. F.
Gunn was program chairman.
of them upward—in personal in-
come tax rates by the next session
of Congress.
Although persistent reports re-
late that reductions may be rec-
ommended in the exemptions of
$1000 for single persons and $2500
for married men or women, a
slash in the top brackets, now
calling for a maximum levy of 79
per cent, may be recommended.
Some tax experts contend that
the extremely high rates in the
TEMPERATURE DATA:
Maximum yesterday .............94
Minimum last night . ........ 74 top income a
Maximum this date (1928) ......104 OP income tiers tend to drive such
Minimum, this date (1936) .......63 taxpayers into purchasing tax-
exempt government bonds.
23 On Trip List For
XIT Ranch's Reunion
missing you dreadfully! George,
just for two weeks, can't you lock
up the laboratory to be with me?
I need you. Love, Linda.”
Linda had known that dancing
with Jimmy would be torture.
But she had not known that it
would be Heaven, too. The mu-
sic wailed and sobbed around
them, and the touch of his arms
raced through her in fire and ice.
His hand on her back was
gentle, and he guided her surely
and expertly. But she couldn’t
She sent it air mail. Marcia
approved of the idea.
bear it any more. A soft sob broke
from her. "Please, no more!"
They were standing perfectly still
while the music rose poignantly
and unbearably. For a long mo-
"That’s ment, there was no one else in
Dollar Saved Is a Dollar Made!
PAY THE
Traffic Deaths
TARRANT COUNTY:
Last 34 hours ........
This month ..........
This year .............
Last year to date ...,
Man ‘With 2 Wives’
the extremely mgn rates in the , Twenty-three business concerns,
top income tiers tend to drive such have made reservations for a
4------goodwill trip next Monday and
Tuesday to the third annual XIT
Ranch reunion at Dalhart, Charles
G. Cotten, trade extension man-
ager of the Chamber of Com-
merce, said today.
Leaving here by train at 10:30
p. m. Sunday, the trippers will |
arrive in Dalhart the next morn- 1
ing, and will leave that city on '
the return trip Monday night. |
BRIDAL SPECIAL! d Aug **
10-Diamond Wedding 316759
Set, For Only ......
EASY WAY
Weekly
“JOE” DAICHES JEWELRY CO.
105 Houston St.—Near Courthouse '
. Police Search For
0
6 3 Train Bandits
By United Press.
Plunges to Death
By United Press.
HOUSTON, Aug. 1.—Funeral
plans for H. O. Floyd, 45-year-
old magazine salesman who leap-
ed to his death here Saturday
from a police station window,
were delayed today pending ar-
rival from Alabama of Mrs. Inez
Dupree Floyd, who police said
claimed to be his wife.
Floyd dived through a fifth-
floor window at*police headquar-
ters after kissing goodby Mrs.
Reba Lee Floyd, who said she
had married him in Cleveland,
Tenn., last May. They were
charged with passing a $7.50
forged chsck, and she was freed,
WILLIAM A. FOWLER, frame du. under a $300 bond.
plex. 952 Verbena, $1,000.
MRS. F. E MULKEY, two three,
room frame residences, 815 and
815-A St. Louis Ave., $1,000 each.
BAKER BROS, five-room frame res-
idence and garage, 1107 Cleckler,
$2,000.
MRS. JENNIE M HARVEY, tile
store building and residence, 1410
S. Main, $1,200.
HOMESEEKERS REALTY CO
brick veneer residence, 3552 West
Cliff Rd., South, $4,000.
HOMESEFKERS REALTY CO.
brick veneer residence, 3684 West
.Cliff Rd., South, $4,000.
W. T. GRANT CO., two-story store
building. Sixth end Houston,
$162,217.
A telegram from police at Bes-
semer, Ala., informed local offi-
cers that Mrs. Inez Dupree Floyd
was en route hara to claim
Floyd's body.
A BOUNCING BABY
A baby girl weighing 10
pounds, 10 ounces, the largest to
be delivered at St. Joseph’s Hos-
pital in several months, was born
at 3:51 a. m. today to Mr. and
Mrs. E. F. Clark of 3309 1-2
Stanley.
CHAMPAIGN, III., Aug.
Three bandits who escaped after
HEALTH
1.-
an attempt to hold up a moving
Illinois Central train bearing the
$65,613 U. S. Army Air Corps
payroll for Chanute Field were
objects of a state-wide search to-
day as police questioned a fourth,
wounded in a gun battle in the
mail car.
He refused to give police a clue.
He gave his name as John Wal-
don, Chicago.
Guy O'Hearn, Chicago, one of
the mail clerks who routed the
robbers, said one of the escaped
bandits was wounded and police
believe he may seek medical aid.
Two of the men boarded the
train when ft made a brief stop
at Onargo, III., on its local run
from Chicago to Champaign. Two
others sped in an auto on a par-
allel highway. Mall clerks shot it
out with the bandits.
WEMETT’S SALVE
POSITIVELY REMOVES
CORNS, CALLOUSES, WARTS
The zerfest =
tree!
AT ALL GROCERY STORES
AND YOUR CASCADE
LAUNDRY...
(!) Clothes ‘Cascade-Laundered’’ come back to you
"Surgically" Clean.
(2) Bacterial Count in "Cascade-Laundered" Clothet:
(a) White Clothet ............31 per c. c.
(b) Colored Clothes ..........71 per c. c.
HOME-LAUNDERED CLOTHES show en average
Basterial Count of 318.792 per e. c.
For the safety of your health and that of your family,
tend your clothes to the Laundry . . , and to be
doubly sure send them to CASCADE.
DR,
BRIEN
ss.
the
Proof”
Price
Ms
309 Mrs. Dan DENTICT Corner 6th and
Waggoner Bldg. UEH 1 13 | Houston st.
Actual photograph showing two el many
thousand callouses our salve removed.
First application tales est the soreness.
On Sale at
One of these beautiful berry or
salad bowls with each one-
pound package of
HILL TOP COFFEE
or one Large Dinner Plate or
Cup and Saucer trimmed in 22
Karat Gold with each two
pound package.
Roasted Fresh Every Day in
Fort Worth
BOYD COFFEE CO.
Importers and Blenders of Fine
C^ffoo and Tea
1709 CALHOUN ST. 2-9093
BUDGET BUNDLE SERVICE 10 lbs. $1.01
“More Than a Laundry—a Public Institution"
PLANT 1700 WEST SEVENTH STREET
PHONE 3-1411
By burning 25% slower than
the average of the 15 other
of the largest-selling brands
tested - slower than any of
them -CAMELS give smok-
ers the equivalent of
T MPARTIAL laboratory tests of 16
X of the largest-selling brands show
which one of them gives the most
actual smoking per pack. The find-
ings were:
1 CAMELS were found to contain
* MORE TOBACCO BY WEIGHT
than the average for the 15 other of
the largest-selling brands.
O CAMELS BURNED SLOWER
€ THAN ANY OTHER BRAND
TESTED - 25% SLOWER THAN
THE AVERAGE TIME OF THE 15
OTHER OF THE LARGEST-SELL-
ING BRANDS! By burning 25%
slower, on the average. Camels give
smokers the equivalent of 5 EXTRA
SMOKES PER PACK!
3 In the same tests, CAMELS HELD
” THEIR ASH FAR LONGER
than the average time for all the
other brands.
Yes, Camel's fine, slow-burning,
more expensive tobaccos Jo make a
difference. Delicate taste... fragrant
aroma...smoking pleasure at its best.
and more of it! The quality cigarette
every smoker can afford.
du
CAMEL
THE CIGARETTE OF
COSTLIER TOBACCOS
PENNY FOR PENNY YOUR
BEST CIGARETTE BUY!
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Weaver, Don E. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 260, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 1, 1939, newspaper, August 1, 1939; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1685260/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.