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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Generally Pair Today
And Friday.
THE DENISON PRESS
7c PER WEEK
8 A FAST GROWING PAPER
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Representative United Press and International News Service. ^
Coalition of House Blocs
To End Congress Session
DENISON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, July 22, 1937
Legislation
To Be Rushed
Through, Say
Farm Group Bloc Head says
He Will Vote Aganist the
Wage and Hour Bill Un-
less his is Coupled on too
May Put Off To
Next Session
Senators, Non-Committal in
Past, Speak Against.Court
Bill; Ask it Pigeonholed
WASHINGTON—A coalition of
house blocs looms today as a pos-
sibility in order to get through
legislation wanted by two groups
in order to hasten the day for
terminating this session of Con-
gress.
The two groups seeking legisla-
tion and which offer the likeli;
hood of a coalition are the farm
bloc and the wage and hour bloc.
Jones of the farm group stated
today that he would oppose the
wage and hour bill unless it was
coupled with the farm program,
which program had for one of its
objectives protecting wheat farm-
ers for the coming year.
As far as the court bill is con-
cerned, steps were definitely tak-
en late Wednesday to bring about
an end to the whole matter until
next session, when it was declar-
ed by opponents, now declared to
be in the majority, that the whole
idfea of enlarging the court must
be dropped.
This caused Vice-President Gar-
ner, who is believed to be acting
as the personal representative of
President Roosevelt, to seefc out
Sehator Burton K. Wheeler of
Montana, leader of opposition and
ask what were his terms for the
consideration of the administra-
tion.
Wheeler is declared to have
stated that the plan must be aban-
doned in its entirety and that
political reprisal for those oppos-
ing it must not be practiced.
Mr. Garner took the steps for
the president after it was learned
that a group of senators who had
hitherto remained noncommital,
had declared themselves as against
the court plan and wanted it
pigeonholed.
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCE MURK AY
Crater Case Is
Again Opened On
Wife's Insistence
NEW YORK—A sndden reopen-
ing is seen today of the disap-
pearance of Justice Crater several
months ago, when the widow of
the judge made a charge in an in-
terview with a newspaper reporter
that her husband had been mur-
dered. She also charged the po-
lice with inefficiency.
Although the Commissioner of
police is out of the city and will
not be back for two weeks, it is
believed today that assistant J. A.
Lyon may start the investigation
at once.
PLANT PARAGRAPHS
• •
A <J pound baby girl was born
Wednesday to Mr. and Mrs. J,
W. Underwood at St. Vincent's
sanitarium, Sherman. Mr. and
Mrs. Underwood reside at 1111 S.
Houston at Sherman.* The father
li manager of the Kraft associa-
ted distributing unit.
L. J. Womaek, mayonnaise
sales manager is in Arkansas this
week on business.
A. E. Kildeau, assistant division
manager, has left for a business
trip In Oklahoma City.
o
July 22, 1875
There ure one or two families
with good health and muscle, liv-'
ing in the western portion of
Denison who make a business of,
begging for their living. They
will start out together in the
morning and separate before en- (
tering town for the purpose of j
visiting hotel kitchens, privnt?
families for provisions, cold vict-
uals, tea, coffee and old clothes.
One lady; to whom one of thej
women applied for something for,
herself and children to eat offer-,
ed to give her work and pay her
wages so she could buy food. But
she said she did not want work'
and would not work out. If our
citizens would have a wood pilo'
ready for these men ibeggars V
exercise upon a while and a mop
or scrubbing brush ready for the
women to use before their baskets
are filled there would be less J
•begging for victuals and more
of a disposition to seek employ-
ment j
Work is progressing on the gov-
ernment telegraph lines from 'Fort
Griffin southwest and on the
other end from Concho. They,
will probably meet near Campl
Colorado. The line is being rap-]
idly extended from Fort Clark,
near thecRio Grande east, towards
San Antonio; about fifty miles
being finished
Mr. Freeman shipped 1500 wa-
termelons to Omaha, Neb. today.
Wa armelons in that distant burg
are worth from 60c to $1.00 each
as per telegraph.
The engineers are engaged in
taking the level of the streets
with reference to the laying of
gas pipes.
July 22, 1887
The advantages which exist in
possession of the Her.ietta exten-
sion have been made evident dur-
ing the past two weeks, in the
heavy shipments of cattle passing
over that line through Denison
from points beyond Henrietta.
The largest shipment that has ever
gone out of the state from one
point was completed the early
part of this week. It included
2,400 car loads, all from one firm.
Trainmen have been kept busy of
late running through stock trains.
A street gang was busy today
tearing up the old rickety side
streets that were recently con-
demned.
It is hoped that this spasmodic
outbreak in the direction of im-
provement will not stop here, but
that the city authorities will sec
that the old walks which have
been removed ore replaced by
new and better ones.
Watermelon rinds in wagonlond
lots are to be found upon the
streets in various parts of town,
a place where they show up con-
spicuously being on Austin ave-
nue between Main and Chestnut
streets.
The second game for the cham-
pionship between the Denison
Gate City and Texarkana Gate
Citys was called Monday, after-
noon, excitement was at fever
heat and betting heavy. The first
two innings resulted in a white-
wash on both sides but at thfi end
of the game the score stood Tex-
arkana 2, Denison 1.
July 22, 1902
A number of sufferers who live
along the line of the Katy be-
tween Roy yards and the city have
expresesd their approval of the
course of this paper on the
whistle nuisance and will keep up
the aoritatlon until the council
takes action in the matter. \ os-
terday o fireman on a switch en-
gine at the Ray yards said thft*
some of the engineers whistled
out of pure deviltry, to quote him
literally "to keep people awoke
at night."
The nuisance has become sp in-
tolerant in the third word that
people hove moved. Several sick
persons hove .been removed owing
to the whistle nuisance.
Cubs Go Pair
Of Games Ahead,
National League
Yanks Cop Another Game;
Bob Feller Credited With
First Win of the Season
It looks like all Chicago in the
National league race now, since
the Cubs went two full games
ahead o fthe field Wednesday uf-
ternoon by taking both ends of
a double header from Philadelphia
while New York was losing a
close one to Cincinnati.
The Cubs won 4 to 1 and 6 to
0 behind fine pitching of Bill Lee
scored five times in the fifth to
beat the Giants despite homers
by Whitehead and Moore.
George Jeffcoat was right nnd
held Pittsburgh to four hits while
Brooklyn was copping 6 to 0.'
Boston took a twin bill from St.
Louis 5 to 1 and 2 to 1. In the
afterpiece Dizzy Dean hurled six-
hit ball, but had the tough luck to
find Lunning in great form, fling-
ing a two-hitter.
New York of the American
loop won another at the expense
of St. Louis 6 to 3. Crosetti and
Heinrich hit homers. Bob Feller
won his first game of the season
as Cleveland took both ends of a
bargain bill with Philade'phia 9 to
8 and 8 to 7.
Jimmy Foxx hit tw > more hom-
ers, the same number a-i the day
before, only this timi? Boston won
the game from Detroit 10 to 3
behind Lefty Grove. With Jim-
my DeShong right, Washington
knocked over Chicago 7 to 3,
aided by homers by A1 Simmons
and Mel Almada.
In the Texas league San An-
tonio edged out Dallas 3 to 2;
Oklahoma City copped off Gal-
veston 8 to 6; Fort Worth won
the second game with Beaumont
9 to 5 after dropping the opener
4 to 2; and Houston blanked
Tulsa 1 to 0.
Antrer Convict
Is Captured In
Arkansas Area
MONTICELLO, Ark.— Harry
Roberts the third member of a
party, of exconvicts who fled a
Texas prison recently, and whose
pals, headed by the notorious W.
H. Bybee, running mate of the
late Clyde Barrow, wore shot to
death the first part of the week
was himself caught, Inst night by
deputy O. V, Pickett.
Pickett said Roberts made no
attempt to fight back, although
he found a gun concealed in his
shirt.
The companions of Roberts were
slain Monday when they engaged
in a gun bottle with officers here.
Quake Felt
TUL9A—A farmer by the name
of Carson reports that a mild
quake caused considerable dis-
turbance in "his community last
night. For a few seconds the
tremor was clearly discernable, he
stated.
Seek Name of
Secret Flier
Jail Breakers
Of Waxahachie
Over Atlantic Nabbed, Dallas
Strange Ships More Than' Oldest of Pair is Shot In
500 Miles Out to Sea, But Arm When He Refuses to
Check Shows Known Sea Heed Cops Shout to Stay
Fliers Are Safe on Land Where He Was, Reported
Haven't Permit
To Make Trip
Third Member
Also Sought
In Iron Lung
TULSA—Little ~ Marylyn Dun-
ovan has been placed in an iron
lung for treatment in a fight
against Infantile paralysis. The
child was stricken this week.
Locate Body
OKLAHOMA CITY—The body
of John Chrismore was found ly-
ing in a lonely spot near his home.
Near the body was a note telling
of business worries and financial
difficulties.
Gives Order
MILAM, Ga.—Loafers of the
city have been given notice by
Mayor Newton that they must
cither go to work or leave town
or be arrested and pnt on the
public works. To add zest to
the order, he mentioned the loaf-
erg by name in the public notica
posted. *
No Plane Known to Have Found Hidden Dense Thick-
Officially Left Hangars in
New England Area, Said
et Near Dallas; Two Are
Nabbed as Accomplices
NEW YORK—New York and
Canadian authorities are this
morning trying to fathom the
meaning of two airplanes seen
flyiflg high over Massachusetts
and headed out for tlfe open wa-
ters of the Atlantic. It is believ-
ed from radio messages picked
up that the planes are European
bound.
When last heard from the
planes were 500 miles out.
It is l.r>00 miles across the vast
expanse of water before there is
any landing point.
Rumors that the fliers include
some of those intending a flight
from this country are given color
by the report that 600 gallons of
high test gasoline and 45 gallons
of oil have been sent to a point
in Germany to be used by an
American plane.
At 9:05 Wednesday night the
planes were reported 500 miles
from Cap May by a British sta-
tion and going ea*t, the plane and
the occupants remaining a mys-
tery. No planes were officially
known to have left either Canad-
ian or American hangers yester-
day.
A check shows that the plane of
Howard Hughes is In its hhnger
and Dick Merrell is reported on
the western coast.
(Continued on Page 4J
DALLAS—Bill Garrett, 25, and
Henry Day, 20, Dallas criminals
who broke from the Waxahachie
jail Monday at gun's point, leav-
ing two jailers locked in their cell,
were recaptured Wednesday night
in a small patch of woods by of-
ficers near Reinhardt.
Garrett was wounded in the
right shoulder by Detective Jack
Archer as he and Day started to
run when approached, disregaid-
ing an order to halt. The pair
I surrendered after Garrett was hit.
| Brackeen Iluddleston, the third
prisoner yho escaped with Garrett
and Day, is sought today.
Walker Dalton, arrested by the
posse scouring the wooded area
and who said he had nothing to
do with the men, led officers to
the spot where the jailbreakers
were hiding.
The automobile in which the
trio escaped after robbing the
owner, a Waxahachie citizen, was
found abandoned on East Fifth,
Tuesday night although detectives
had information even then that
Garertt and Day were in the vi-
cinity of Dallas.
Inspector Fritz said the two
prisoners and possibly the third,
had been hiding in the woods dur-
ing the daylight hours and were
given transportation to and from
WEBKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1934
VOL/4—NO. 26
Two States Begin Battle
For Custody of Traxler
(Continued en Page 41
SUBSTITUTE COURT
BILL CALLED FOR
Number Attend
Leonard Fair,
Caravan Today
Another Number Is Added
To Park Program Sched-
uled for Friday Night
A lengthy caravan of cars is
expected to leave Denison at 6 p.
m. today for Leonard and Denison
Day, according to reports from
the Chamber of Commerce, spon-
sor of the event.
While the only program sched-
uled for the evening as far as
Denison is concerned is a Katy
band appearance, a largi number
of Denisonians will attend, it is
estimated.
Friday night several thousand
will crowd Forest Park to witness
another of the summer entertain-
ment progras sponsored by the
local Chamber when outstanding
talent of Denison and Pottsboro
will be presented.
An addition to the Friday pro-
gram is a duet by Bernice and
Sylvia Cloe Bothe of Pottsboro.
accompanied on the guitar by H.
E. Bothe, Jr.
KATY
Railroad News
• #
Matthew S. fiioan, president
board chairman of the lines is ex-
pected to arrive in Denison this
morning at 11:20 on the Flyer
from Waco.
An extra Pullman coach was ad-
ded to the Bluebonnet Tuesday
containing forty newspaper car-
riers of the Omaha (Neb.) Bee
returning home after a visit at
the Greater Texas and Pan Am-
erican expostion at Dallas.
E. Scott, south end engineer is
confined to his residence due to
illness.
WASHINGTON—The Senate
Judiciary committee voted today
to send back the bill relative to
the Supreme Court altering and
called for a substitute bill.
courts. The committee also made
a request that the substitute bill
be returned for consideration with
in ten days.
It was also proposed that the
The substitute bill requested is j compromise bill be recomitted to
one that shall deal with lower he committee.
PRAISES PAPERS AS
ADVERTISING MEDIUM
DALLAS—Advertising in news-
papers is highly profitable for
cities, according to Michael F.
McCue of Douglas, Ariz., at the
Southwestern Chamber of Com-
merce school here Wednesday.
McCue said his city advertised
to the extent of $1,200 and re-
ceived returns of $12,000. Last
year a return of $13.50 was re-
ceived for every $1 spent for
newspaper advertising.
C. J. Crainpton, executive sec-
retary; of the Dallas Chamber of
Commerce said few business men
realized how much Authority the
new federal boards and commis-
sions have over their affairs.
The boards, such as those in
charge of social security and la-
bor relations have both adminis-
trative and judicial authority, he
sold. If a business man runs
afoul of regulations in these
agencies lie may have a hearing
before the board, he said and if
he loses he may appeal, but the
appeal must be carried to the
United States Circuit Court of
Appeals, Since the Circuit Court
is a reviewing authority nnd docs
not try cases, he pointed out that
it is extremely important to busi-
ness men that all evidence having
any bearing on their side of the
case be introduced at the hearing
before the administrative board.
To add to the troubles of busi-
nessmen, the establishmnct of
these numerous agencies has pro-
duced a tremendous volume of
new Federal administrative laws
with which very few lawyers are
familiar, Mr. Crampton, who is
licensed to practice law, said.
He urged all chamber executives
to make a thorough study of
these new agencies, predicting
that this form of work will soon
be one of the most important ser-
vices of commercial organizations
to their members.
He suggested that health cards
be required for all house-to-house
peddlers In response to questions
concerning means of meeting this
problem. One city has an ordi-
nance prohibiting peddlers as a
nuisance on the grounds that
their visits to homes are unwar-
ranted nnd unwanted intrusions,
he said.
Among the attendants at the
school is Elliot McClung, Denison
Chamber of Commerce secretary-
, Manager.
Concrete flooring is being laid
Thursday morning in the new of-
fice of Dave Hunter, car foreman
as the first step towards the re-
onstruction of the room formerly
containing "olr hoss" or unclaim-
ed baggage. Mr. Hunter expects
to move into his new quarters
shortly.
Piping for the plumbing fix-
tures in the engineer's washroom
in the former file room on the
second floor of the union station
has ben completed and the wall
has been repatched. Placing of
fixtures will be the next step.
A boxcar of car parts to fur-
ther the construction of the new
cars being built at tne local shons
arrived Wednesday from the Am-
erican Car company, St. Louis.
Conductor J. E. Wright is re-
ported off duty to sickness.
Fourteen members of the Tulsa
ball club will pass through Deni-
son Friday, in a special Pullman
coach on the Flyer enroute to
their home city after completing
a game series at Houston.
Everyday
DENISON
Officers, citizens and probably
the criminals themselves are feel-
ing better these days following a
week of intensive manhunts which
saw several bandits slain and
others captured. Early this week
jail breakers were killed in Ar-
kansas after a dramatic flight
from Texas. Wednesday Fred Tin-
do! was killed and Pete Traxler
seriously wounded. Last night two
Waxahachie jailbreakers were
caught near Dallas, one of them
wouned in the arm. But none of
these was so dramatic nor with
a picture show ending as the Trax-
ler-Tindol episode near Hugo.
Few times do the kidnaped men
turn against hardened criminals
and shoot them with their own
pistols. A stamp of disapproval
should not be placed on the two
hostages who did the shooting, be-
cause just as one of them said:
"We knew it was either them o)
us." When the men realized the
two criminals were completely
surrounded by officers who were
prepared to shoot it out, they
knew Traxler and Tindol would
fight and it would mean the prob-
able death of all four.
The manhunt did bring one
thing to light—the poor equip-
ment of Texas officers. Most of
the officers from this state partic-
ipating in the wide search car-
ried pistols and shotguns, while
Oklahoma officers carried rifles,
automatic rifles and sub-machine
guns. The Grayson county sher-
iff's department is the only force
in North Texas having so much
as an automatic rifle. Perhaps
that is why criminals like to fre-
quent this section of the nation.
It was a blow to Denison base-
ball lovers to 3ee Rogers Hornsby
booted out as manager of the St.
Louis American league club, and
replaced by Sunny Jim Bottomley.
If Bottomley can make the Brow-
nies into a winning outfit, he
should have been on the job long
ago. What a whale of a series
it would be if there was one be-
tween the two Philadelphia teams
the Brooklyn squad and the Cin-
cinnati Reds with the Browns pit-
ched in to boot.
The wife of Pete Traxler, the
desperado, pretty, past thirty mid
collected, sat in the Durant jnil
and said she "would do it over
again" if she had the chance.
That is, marrying Traxler whom
she did two years ago even th^n
he was a fugitive. Mrs. Traxler
is the daughter of a Virginia phy-
sician, she told reporters Wednes-
day night, and talked freely with
the hope her father "didn't read
about this." The predicament of
the woman does not necessarily
mean she is a criminal, but prob-
ably has a queer mental quirk and
an insatiable longing for adven-
ture and thrills. x Thi< last time
she had a little better than a day
before she was captured and plac-
ed in jail.
Pete Claims
He Disliked
Texas Jails
Saya He Would Rather Be
Anywhere Than in Texas
Penitentiary; Given Even
Chance for Full Recovery
The assigned ballast pilot at
McAlester has been discontinued
as work of clearing weeds and
other such matter that collects on
the track*, has been completed.
A carload of American automo-
biles from Flint, Mich., appeared
n Katy freight Wednesday bound
ffr Mexico. The enrs will be tak-
en to Laredo, Texas by the Katy
where another line will complete
the trip.
No Back SUpper Will Do
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Mere-
ly because a woman can wca>
•clothing nnd is a good back slap-
per will not fit her for a busi-
ness woman, it was declared today
at the conveniton of Business
Women. Women must register
with ability and efficiency tc
produce instead. t
nrin SAFELY--Hot RtrkUul
I
According to what police my,
Mrs. Traxler can thank her lucky
stars and her life to a car seat.
When she, Traxler and Tindol
wore surprised by Oklahoma offi-
cers, she fainted in the shooting
scrape that followed. A high
powered rifle bullet went through
the back of the car seat where
she was but the springs inside de-
flected the leaden pellet. Had
the springs been missed the bullet
would have gone on through the
upholstering and entered M'-s.
Traxler's body-
In this column yesterday we
said the final chapter in Traxler's
life book had already been writ-
ten, even before the flashes come
in he had been wounded and cap-
tured. The Inevitable end was
bound to come and only on few
instances do the criminals of his
type escape the law for long. Not
when officers get down to real
work to track down their men.
Okla. Wants Him
For Cop Murder
Mrs. Traxler Visibly 'Shaken
When Informed of Hus-
band's Critical Condition
OKLAHOMA CITY—Two states
are asking for the notorious bad
man of Oklahoma and Texas, Pete
Traxler, who was badly wounded
Wednesday by shots from a gun
in the hands of all' Oklahoma
farmer whom he had taken as
hostage.
Oklahoma wants him for the
slaying of an officer and for kid-
naping and will press its claims,
it is declared. Also Governor
Jame V. Allred is asking that he
be returned to Texas to complete
his sentence in that state where
he was serving time when he es-
caped some days ago.
Traxler, in the meantime, says
he would prefer to remain in Ok-
lahoma, declaring he would rather
be anywhere than in a Texas pris-
on. ; o||l||M
Traxler, who was thought to be
mortally wounded, has a /iftjv
fifty chance for his life following
a blood transfusion given him at
Hugo. On learning of his being
shot, Traxler's wife, who is in
jail at Dujant on a Dyer act
charge, almost fainted when told
of the condition of her husband.
She rallied and gave instructions
to take him to the best hospital
and do what they could for him,
adding that she had the money to
pay for it. she had predicted that
her husband would never be tak-
en alive.
Traxler, with his pal, Fred Tin-
dol, who was killed at the time
Traxler was wounded, had eluded
blood hounds, more than 900 spec- ]
ial officers and citizens on his
trail for hours only to be shot
down by two Oklahoma farmers
whom they had taken as hostages.
"I hated to do it but it was
their life or mine," declared
Frank Trimmer of Pleasant Hill,
one of the hostages, whose car the i
couple had just stolen.
Traxler, who was shot, said he
stumbled out of the car to keep
Tindol from killing him. He added
that "we never hurt anybody."
Trimer said that Traxler prom-
ised him that a brother of Trax-
ler would get him, after Traxler
asked why he shot him. Trimmer
is a world war veteran.
The story of Trimmer was veri-
fied by J. E. Denton, another
farmer of near Kingston, Okla.,
who was taken as hostage at 6 a.
m., Tuesday and was forced to
use his car until it was ditched
and the machine of Trimmer con-
fiscated at Pleasant Hill.
Penton shot at Traxler Just as
Trimmer killed Tindol. Trimm.r
then turned his gun on Traxler.
The criminals had pulled the car
into a siding off the road to
await darkness, Trimmer stated.
When a chance offered Itself as
the criminals were dozing the
guns of the men were seized by
the hostages on they opened fire
on the outlaws.
OKLAHOMA CITY—Pet* Trax
I ler, wounded by ft ha=tage farm-
er near Boswell Wednesiity, will
not tell what he knows of the
(Continued on Pa/* 4>
NOTICE
If yen do not get
delivered to you by 6 p. m.
3my, please phone 3t 0 and
trill be sent you
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