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DENISON, TEXAS, TUESDAY, OCT. 5th, 1937
WEBKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1984
VOL. 4—NO. 90
Dcnison Welcomes State Convention Delegates
tlUCE SENDS MORI
FLIERS TO SPAIN
ROME—It was learned today
definitely that Mussolini has sent
additional aviators and planes of
•the bombing type into Spain to
assist the Facist in their fight.
Among them is one of his own
sons, it is stated
Prom Sicily comes the informa-
tion that a group of ithe aviators
was sent from that section.
It is declared that Mussolini
either wishes to rush the war to
a hasty end, or in case the rebels
win, Mussolini would be in a po-
sition to secure a better deal for
his own country in any allocations
of its mineral deposits or other
natural resources neeJful in war.
Senior Named
President Of
High Scholars
Scholarship Club Holds First
Meeting of Year Monday
And Elects Four Officers
Marjorie Harshbarger, senior,
was electc 1 president of the Deni-
son high school scholarship club at
the first 1937-38 meeting of the
organization Monday afternoon,
according to Miss Mi'dred Walker,
teacher and sponsor.
Dolores Benedict, junior, was
elected vice-president with two
sophomores, Merline Jackson and
Mary Forisha, chosen secretary
and treasurer respectively.
For membership in the scholar-
ship club, students must have av-
erage of 90 for an entire year
in all subjects with no grade below
80, examinations included. Each
student must be carrying at least
four courses, Miss Walker ex-
plained.
The sixty-eight students elig-
ible for membership this year are:
Eleventh grade — Billie Ray
Brogdon, Ted Bronstad, Katie Ray
Campbell,'Gloria Cathey, Dorothy
Cobb, Rosemary Eden, Clayton El-
dredge, Mary Evans, Norma Fin-
tey, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Arba
Fitzhugh, R. H. Grant, Lynn Guil-
loud, Mildred Hancock, Marjorie
Harshbarger, Rebecca Hixon, Dor-
is Virginia lies, Marion Lyle, Au-
dray Moye, Helen Stitzel, Martha
^Louise Wagner, Mary Margaret
Whitfill, Harry, Whitmore.
Tenth grade — Martha Louise
Benin, Dolores Benedict, Many
Breinerman, Cliarmian Byers,
Sam Chewning, Betty Clark, Ne'tia
Corthron, Auldean Crowe, Goorg-
ine Cuchener, James Ellis, Imo-
gene Gathright, Edna Groezinger,
Rosebud Guynes, Billy Hanks,
Clara Heimburger, Helen Louise
Hodges, Frances Jenkins, Mary
Marie Jennings, Anna Sibyl Mar-
shall, Edward McDanle's Dorothy
Millsaps, Patty, Munson, Pauline
Pedigo, Lucy Prcsson, Glennis
Waltz, Billy Werlla.
Ninth grade—Harry Cn'i ird,
Mildred Cantrell, David Dorchest-
er, Philip Dowd, Mary Evelyn For-
isha, Merline Jackson, Frances
Johnson, Jack Knaur, Billy Peter-
son, Wanda Ransom, Mary K Red-
mon, Ray Simmons, Horace Slag-
le, James Smithson, Melvin Tuck-
er,, Realy, Ann Vaughan, WiHie
Mae Walker, Elaine Wood, Lois
Woods.
E. NICHOLS
•:•••••• :
Taxi Man
Held Here
In Attack
15-Year-Old Denison Girl
Hires Driver to Take Her
Home, She Tells Police; Is
Attacked, Bells Highway
Attacker Caught
At Whitesboro
State Labor Commission represen-
tative from Ennis in Denison for
the two day meeting of the Broth-
erhood of Rai.ij.-oad Trainmen and
Auxiliary).
Mayor Scott Tenders
Welcome to City In
Open Meeting Today
State Attorney General Brotherhood Presi-
dent and Auxiliary Head to Address Gath-
ering; Organization Formed in N. Y, 1883
More than three hundred delegates to the state con-
vention of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and its
Auxiliaries, poured into Denison Monday night and Tues-
day morning for one of the largest gatherings in the hisr
tory of the organizations, many more than the mere hand-
ful which originated the brotherhood in 1883.
Executive sessions held sway Tuesday intermixed
with other business and pleasure that will continue far
into the night. Wednesday, the final day, will see closed
sessions at the WOW hall and American Legion for both
the Brotherhood and the Auxiliary, under the direction
of A. F. Whitney and Mrs. Clara Bradley, presidents. The
meeting will end Wednesday night with a grand ball
in the main dining room of Hotel Denison.
All hotels and private residences report their rooms
and apartments filled by railroad men from every section
of the state. The Chamber of Commerce recently ap-
Instead, she claimed, he drove out peaieci t0 local home and room renters to list their apart-
on the Denison-Be>ls highway and ments so that every delegate might be placed immediately
attacked her. 1 after it was learned Hotel Denison would be unable to
Keeping her secret for a full, take care of every representative, so large was the number.
Grandmother Adds Irony to
Case Calling Same Driver
t|o Take Her to City Hall
Criminal assault charges were
to be fited in justice court today
against Jack Clint Cummins, 29-
year-old taxi driver, for an alleged
attack on a fifteen year-old Den-
ison girl late Sunday night.
Cummins, according to the girls'
story to city police, had been en-
gaged by the child to take her
home from the business section.
Everyday
DENISON
There is a great hustle and bus-
tle in Denison these days as hun-
dreds of men and women dele-
gates to the Brotherhood of Rail-r. picked up in Whitesboro where he
day, the girl did not tell anyone
of the attack until Mtfnday, after-
noon and then only to her grand-
mother. Adding irony to the
case, the grandmother called a
taxi to transport her to the police
station for a formal complaint,
and it was the same driver involv.
ed in the attack.
Realizing why the woman was
going ito the station, the taxi
driver fled the city, but was later
road Trainmen and Auxiliary,
continue to pour into the city
from every section of the state.
Denison welcomes these visitors
and sincerely; hopes their stay
will be as pleasant as we hope to
make it. For more detailed in-
formation, read the remainder of
the Press.
Judge M. M. Scholl, today re-
calling the worst scare he had ev-
er experienced in his life, claimed
it happened when Denison was
first organized many years ago.
At the time a number of shows
wintered in Denison on south La-
mar avenue in a whole block, sur-
rounded by a six foot wall. On
this occasion there were a num-
ber of wild beasts kept inside the
stockade including a lion. The
judge, going home late one night,
had hidden in a gin and fallen
as>eep. Assistant Chief of Police
Paul Borum and Plainclothesman
A. J. Hartson arrested Cummins
and returned him to Denison to
face charges.
Borum said Cummins had been
in Denison about two months as'
a taxi driver, coming here from
Oklahoma and had been picked up
by police on ,a minor charge once
before.
Vice President Responds to Welcome
Today the meeting was formally opened after regis-
tration at Hotel Denison, when Mayor Clarence Scott wel-
comed delegates to the city and urged that all feel free to
call on the city in any need with the hope their brief stay
here would be as enjoyable as local citizens will attempt Mary Milton, Chairman to;
to make it. C. H. Smith, vice-president ot the State Broth- , A to B 0f r t —Joined or-
erhood, in a response thanked Mayor Scott for his wel- eanization in 19'o6; was elected
come and revealed delegates appreciated the courtesy „i(10
they had been shown in the first twenty-four hours in the
city.
Other speakers today included Mrs. Bradley, Mr.
Whitney and William McCraw, State Attorney General.
Personalities
At Meeting
R.
L. Smiers, SecretaryrTreae-
urer, B of RT State Meeting-
Joined B. of RT lodge No. 15 in
1912, has been a member for apst
251 years. Was elected as local
chairman in 1928, is now serving j
third term in position. Elected
delegate to the Grand Lodge in I
1930, serving until 1935.
Elected as trustee on MKT hos-
pital board, as representative of
B of RT in 1932, now serving his |
second term.
■Has been in the service of MKT
as brakeman and conductor since
January 23, 1912.
Greetings, Railway Employes
Denison welcomes the railroad men and its
ladies td its borders. There is not to be found a
higher class of men and women in any of our citi-
zens. As hanci'frs of a nations freight and passen-
ger business, they represent cool heads, warm
hearts and trained hands. Intelligence sits on
their brows and leadership is their portion. They
are the very best credit risks in any community,
ranking almost 100 per cent good according to rec-
ords. They are industrious, civic minded, love the
churches and schools and are generous almost to a
fault. Than this nothing better may be said about
any group of citizens.
Mrs. Iris Phillips, Secretory-
Treasurer, LA to B of RT state
meeting—Joined Ladies Auxiliary
Lodge No. 51 at Denison in 1924.
Was elected treasurer of the lodge
in 1928, and is still serving in
that capacity.
U.S. Stays Hands
Off In Chinese
Question Today
E. R. Bryan, Chairman, B of
RT State Meeting—Joined Gate
City, Lodge No. 15 in 1913, and
has he'.id membership since then.
Was elected delegate to the Grand
Lodge in 1925 and again in 1928.
Elected local chairman of Lodge j
No. 15 in 1919 serving in that|
capacity until January, 1923 when
he was elected General Chairman
of the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainman for the Missouri-Kansas
-Texas lines, which position he i
now holds.
J. T. STEADMAN
High Schoolers
Begin Net Play
On Club Courts
Denison Man
Resigns Katy
For Pension
1.1 ii ■■
President of Railroad, Mat-
thew S. Sloan, Leaves Af-
ter Inspecting Car Shops
After continuous service of 34
years in the same position, G. W.
Plyes, 73-ycar-old B. and B. me-
chanic, has retired as of Septem-
bed 30 in favor of provisions of-
fered by the railway retirement
act.
Mr. Plyes begin active service
July 16, 1905 in the Bridge and
Building department of Missouri-
Kansas-Texas lines and has been
with the department continuously
Ten Denison high school) boys
survived the tournament sponsor-
ed by M. M. Marshall, high school
coach, on the tennis club courts.
came upon what he believed was ia geveraj matches were played Mon-j since that time. Most of his duties
calf in the middle of the road. He, ^ afternoon witH others to be were confined to jobs in and near
walked up and yelled ' Get up he,d todfly> Denison.
from there," and gave the animal | ln first round single8( Orville)
Thomason and Neilan Bemis drew
a kick in the ribs. A roar startled
the judge into realization it was'
. byes; James Smithson defeated
not a calf he had booted, but the Ray c;ymer _n threc ^ ^
gosh-awfullest lion he had ever, 6_2. Andrew bow]e(, ovw|
Brotherhood Organized
The Brotherhood of Railway,
Trainmen was first organized iu
a D. and H. C. Co. caboose No. 10,
which now stands as a shrine in
Nehwa Park, Oneonta, N. Y.,
September 23, 1883, as the Bro-
therhood of Railway Brakemen.
In 1890 the organization changed
to its present name and is in its
seventh successive executive, A.
F. Whitney, the largest unit of
men in Railway service. Its mis
sion is Progress, Benevolence,
Fraternity) and Unity.
The purpose of the organization
it is claimed, is to unite men em-
ployed in train and yard service
to promote their general welfare
and advance their interests, social,
moral and intellectual; to protect
their families by the exercise of
systematic benevolence, needful in
a calling as hazardous as the rail-
way business.
Varying Career
Mr. Whitney began his execu-
tive brotherhood work July 1,
1928. He was born at Cedar
Falls. Iowa, Apri) 12, 1873. In
sixth vice president in 1911 in .
Kansas City, a post she has held j
since that time. Elected first
vice president in 1931- She was
named first chairman of state
meeting held in 1926, a post she
has filled since. She was elected
as a member of the legslative
"board in 1922 and has been there
since then.
GENEVA—The British move to
bring the U. S. into the matter of
settling the trouble in China on a
basis which would tend to throw
that country directly in line
against Japan by recognition of a
treaty which China agent declare
to be operating under the present
conditions, struck a snag today.
Chinese delegates refused to co-
] operate further unless such a
j step was taken and while Britain
would stand with China, its ef-
forts to get the backing of the
U. S. failed to bring about the end
; Sought.
For the present, things are at a
j standstill until some other more
| amicable situation mayi be worked
out, the deadlock will stand.
State Legislative Committee rep-:
resentative of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen from Fort
Worth, among the officers attend-j
ing the convention in Denison to-,
day and Wedesday.
| &
riither And Yon
WITH KEN
m
The floor of St. Mark's Cathed-
ral. Venice, is really very far from
smooth, due to this sinking of the
piles beneath it and with those
massive ornate domes, supported
by equally heavy marble pillars
. . . one wonders ... if some day
. . . may be . . . It will be re-
membered too that aptop all this
lare those four bronze horses prev-
iously! mentioned that have trav-
(Contimiert o& Pa<e 4)
seen. The king of beasts started
out across the field and attempted
to jump the stockade, which col-
lapsed on top of him. The judge
said he heard the boards falling
down, but it was very faint be-
cause he was already blocks away
from the scene. After he arrived
home he listened for a sound of
the animal, then broke out in a
loud laugh. "I had just realized
that no animal alive could have
caught me with the pace I was
setting getting away, from there."
the judge claimed.
There have been a number ask-
ed us since yesterday how we per-
sonally thought Denison Jackets
would fare against North Dallas
in their game Friday night. It is
a hard proposition as the Jackets
are so difficult to predict. If they
are mentally right they have a
good chance of beating any team,
while If they are not, then the
Bulldogs will, leave the field vic-
tors. We believe the Denisonians
realize a "ready the Pooches have
a real outfit and they will have
to put out everything they have
to win by any score.
Completing an inspection of the
local car shops which has started
construction of 500 cattle cars,] """• V j"', "j" has been a member approximately
Matthew S. Sloan, president and ,888' Mr. Whitney started o ycarg Wa8 Iocal chairman of
- - - - — - Ion Illinois Central between Du-
Mrs. Gertrude Worsham, Vice-
chairman, L. A- to B. of R. T.
State Meeting—Joined Ladies'
Auxiliary Lodge No. 51, Denison,
Texas in 1911. Was elected pres-
ident of the local lodge in 1921
and served 2 years Was again
elected to this position in 1932
and served in that capacity until
1937. Wes delegate to the nation-
al convention of the Ladies Aux-
iliary in 1922, which was held at
Toronto, Canada- Also delegate
to the 1935 National convention
which was held in Cleveland,
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCE MURRAY
Dallas Firemen
Battle $25,000
Blaze 2 Hours
the
DALLAS—Battling two hours
in what firemen termed the most
stubborn fire in three years, the
Queens Hats, Inc., suffered a $25-
000 damage Monday uight, one
day after National Fire Prevention
week opened.
Two thousand insurance agents
are in the city in a national con-
vention.
Nineteen hose lines poured 250,-
000 gallons of water on the blaze
while thousands of bystanders in-
terfered with firemen and jam-
Walter Brooks,
Bill McCutcheon <5-0, 6-2; Bobby: board chairman of the Katy lines,
Reeves and Bob White were tied departed Monday morning at H>l buque and Sioux City, Iowa as a
at 6-6 when the match was called' 45 on the Flyer for Muskogee. ! now aKent an(' was 'atei omp °^c
because of darkness. Sam Stow-j Frank Grace, vice-president and i in the same capat'ily be*ween m-
ers and Eugene Hahnel each had general manager, George T. At- aha- am' 0rcen R'ver> Wyo.,
won one set when their match was' kins, vice-president in charge of} on Union Pacific
called because of darkness.
Carl Cox wili meet Ted Bron-
stad; and Biily Peterson will ex-
change shotB with Kuykendall in
matches this afternoon
In 1889,
opera' ions and II. S. Warden, *1,6 entcl*d service as a freight
superintendent of motor power of1 brakeman on the Illinois Central
Parsons, Kans. assisting their chief railroad at Cherokee. Iowa .and
executive in the inspection, contin- :'ater worked ,or the Freemont,
de in the city, until night before Elkhorn and Missouri Valley rail-
The winner of singles play will leaving for their various headquar-' road ,at. freem°"*' „ ' the,
I ! — m T>— A nf il ^ 1 1 1 19 It il M A W /I T n A
be awarded a medal.
SCHOOL BOARD TO
MEET TUES. NIGHT
Regular meeting of the Denison
school board will be held in the
high school library .at 8 p. m. to-
day, according to Superintendent
B. McDaniel. All members are
urged to be present.
ters,
Terry Selected
A recent movie news presented
a style show of ten years ago, and
(Continued en Page 1>
CINCINNATI— The Episcopal
church today elected again as its
presiding officer, the Rt. Rev.
James Terry.
The Russlon chapel at . Fort
Ross, Calif., Is a unique remnant
of the meager Russian coloniza-
tion In North America south cf
Alaska. Fort Ross was establish-
ed by Russlon colonists who came
from Alaska in 1812.
ion Pacific at Ellis, Kan. and the
The carshops finished building' ™cago and Northwestern at
500 gondola or coal cars 2 weeks Eagle Grove, Iowa, where he was
ago and had temporarily reduced Promoted to the position of
forces until supplies arrived for, conductor.
construction of the cattle cars. He Joi"ed the Brotherhood of
The shops had started in. full Railw«y Trainmen in March, 1896
swing at the time of Inspection ^coming a member of the G. E
which is conducted by J. R. Hay-, Boynton Lodge, No. 138 and
den. carshops official. 8erved 89 °,f tl\at lo^° and
chairman of the local grievance
Five extra Pullman coaches will, committee. In January, 1901, he
be added to the Sooner tonight out' wa9 e*cted chairman of the gen-
of Kansas City containing mem-
bers of the Traffic cnub enroube
to Bartelsvllle, Okal.
Educator Die«
OKLAHOMA CITY—R. H. Wil-
son, for several years stale super-
intendent of education, died here
of heart failure today. For the
past two years he was serving as
Oklahoma state agent under Gov.
Mnrland.
eral grievance committee of the
brotherhood for the Chicago and
Northwestern system, serving as
such until August, 1907. In 1905
he was elected member of the
board of trustees, serving for two
years.
At the 1907 convention at At-
lanta, he was elected vlce-presl-
(Continued on p*ge four)
October S, 1875
A few days ago during
norther, a woman who was ei
route to St. Joe, Texas, where a
sister resides, was taken sick
while in camp just north of town
on the Colbert's ferry road. A;
O.! family by the name of Davis, med sidewalks.
Has attended all the state meet- themselves very poor and having 20, discoverer of the fire, fainted
a sick child, gave the immigrant from the heavy smoke as he at-
shelter and food. She had been' tempted to reach safety, but was
in the house but a 'lay or two dragged from the building by Jon-
when she gave birth to a child, as Clark, foreman of the factory.
The exposure and privations she} Firemen said they did not 'know
had endured made, her condition j how the blaze started but it look-
very critical, but Mrs. Davis, not1 ei like It originated between the
with standing her own child re- second floor and the ceiling. The
quired her constant cure and at-1 smoke was so thick firemen were
tention, administered to her choked even when wearing gas
wants and cared for her like a! masks and had to fight the con-
true-hearted sister. The case hav-, flagration from the top the butt-
ing been brought to the notice' ding. Another establishment was
of the Benevolent association, damaged by the heavy streams of
water poured on the hat factory
ings except one.
C- N. Mitchell, Vice-chairman of
the B- of R. T. State Meeting—
Joined lodge No. 368, Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen, at Pales-
tine ,Texas, "April 18, 1909, and
Lodge No. 15 from January 1,
1913 to January 1, 1920. Served
as delegate to the National con-
vention at Detroit, Mich, in 1916;
Columbus, Ohio in 1919; Cleve-
land, Ohio in 1935 and is still
serving in that capacity. Served
local lodge as Agent, Official Pub-
lication, year 1933. Served os
chairman, Organization commit-
tee in 1934. Is now serving his
second term as Legislative Repre-
sentative.
Twenty-Two
Are Drowned
VERA CRUZ, Mex.—Twenty-
two persons were drowned and
the vessel, the Antono, was a
complete loss when it went down
off the const Sunday afternoon
Eight of the passengers were
rescued. The vessel was a 120
ton affair.
fContinued on Page 4)
building.
Officer Walks Down Alley for Pole
Inspection; Instead Catches Burglars
Two birds—jail variety—with
one run, that's the record of City
Policeman A. J. Hartson, after
he had ran down a pair of alleged
thieves in the 200 block Main
street at 2:45 p. m. Monday.
_ Hartson, inspecting a telephone
pole in connection with the alley
paving project here, was walking
down the al'.ey between Main and
Woodard streets, when he noticed
two men in the alley bending over
« trashbox behind the Dad and
Lad's Store. Suspicious, Hartson
passed by, then looked back to see
the men grab several boxes from
the trash can and start running.
Giving chase, Hartson caught
the two men and found they had
Watch Developments
LOS ANGELES—Polioe are
watching the outcome of an oil
devoopment program with unus
ual interest. Not that the oper-
ators are crooks, but the company! four boxes of underclothing said
is financed and manned strictly by] to have been stolen from the rear
police. The men put something, the C. J. McManus store. Reach-
like *100,000 into the proposition, nfc through the grilled door, the
I
men had unlocked it and entered
the back to take the articles. A
partition between the front and
back prevented store employes
from hearing or seeing the pair
move about.
Leaving the store, the men saw
Hartson walking up the alley, and
dumped the articles in the trash-
box to avert suspicion. They gave
their names as George and Tom
Austin, no relation, from Tulsa.
Assistant Chief of Police Paul
Borum said burglary charges
would be filed against the Aus-
tins in justice courts today.
NOT1CK
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please phone 800 and one wiP
be sent you.
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