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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINrTY
Fair Wednesday; Thursday
generally fair, showers
THE DENISON PRESS
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DENISON, TEXAS
WEP. AUGUST 7th, 1940
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1931
VOL. 7-NO. 39
War Front Interest Shifts To Egyptian Section
SELL GREAT BRITAIN 50 OLD U. S. DESTROYERS DRIVE STARTS
SUGGESTION BY
GEN. J. PERSHING
GAINS MOMENTUM
I FORMER GOVERNOR LA.
HELD WITH OTHERS IN
VETERANS OF WARS MAY
TAKE PLACE OF NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, A„„
fates of short-of-war aid to Great
Britain today began a drive to'
carry out Gen. John J. Pershing’s |
proposal that the United States j
sell fifty over-age destroyers to
^England.
* Leader of the movement was
Senator Claude Pepper (D.-FIa.)
* * who sought early action in the
foreign relations committee on his
resolution to authorize such a
transfer. Pepper frequently
speaks with administation appro-
val, but it was not disclosed whe-
ther his measure has such backing.
Some sources believ’d Pershing
made his proposal with President
GERMAN INVASION
HOT OIL RUNNING CASE ! GUARDSMEN LOCALLY-FDR THREAT IS GIVEN
SECONDARY PLACE
BATON ROUGE, Aug. 7—In- have been consummated in Feb., j HYDE PARK, N. Y„ Aug 7—( they might be away from their
dictments were returned against 1936. ' In a statement to newspaper men respective homes on assignments
Former Governor Richard Legg, The former governor and Legg President Roosevelt today indi-Jof the government should they
S. Wright, A. C. Blacknall and were said to have received the' fated somethinK of his idea 83 to be palle<l out
F. Burtford of Texas charging 8Um of $48,932 from Wright and' formin8 home guards to take the His idea was that those of the ,
them with accepting and paying Blacknall for the privilege of run- Place of the national &uard while veterans of foreign wars and oth-1
I il • « i . •* t i — - - - — — ae nv.erilni/iHri .unA h.,.ha. .
bribes in hot oil deals said to
Draft Hearing
Are Exchanged Dallas Folk
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—Words
flew thick and fast in the senate
chamber last night as Senators
Minton and Holt, clashed with
each other in a verbal war that
followed with a general commo-
tion and loud demonstration, when
they discussed the proposed com-\
pulsory measure, as a means of
national defense.
ning hot oil from Louisiana to
Texas.
The men were all arrested and
placed under bond of $5,000
each.
Want No More ................
Lindy Titles To Outline Boy
Scout Activity
At Meet Today
DALLAS, Tex., Aug. 7—If any-
one thinks Charles A. Lindbergh
is a.s popular as he once was in
the city that named a boulevard!
I------—------i er ex-soldiers who were not now-
in the national guard could bej
the nucleus of the home group;
who would take the place of the
national guardsmen.
The President stated that it!
wax his plan this week to take a
- J swing along the eastern part of
A group of Denison Chamber i the country, touching New Eng-
of Commerce members, headed by land states, but declined to give,
IDr. T. J. Long, president, attend-! his intenerary, nor announce the
. ed a noon luncheon at Sherman ! date on which he would start at
Denison Group
To Sherman For
Feed And Confab
EVERYDAY
DENISON
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Booster club members couldn't
have made a better selection in
our humble estimation, than to
LONDON, Aug. 7—The war
front interest today shifted from
a po -Pile invasion effort by Nazi
Toros, to British Somaliland,
where it is thought a major at-
tack by Italian forces is pending.
Following attacks yesterday, the
British are awaiting additional
new and more anticipated action
Senator Minton is an advocate
Roosevelt’s approval. They pointed of the new deal and the proposed
out in *his connection that Secre-
tary of State Cordell Hull person-
ally congratulated the 79 year old
AEF commander after his broad-
cast Sunday night.
Undersecretary of State Sum-
ner Welles denied at his press
conference that there is any con-
tact between the state and navy
departments on Pershing’s propo-
sal. President Roosevelt a'so said
at Hyde Park that there is no
news at present on moves to sell
plan while Senator Holt is on the
opposite side. Both of them are
democrats.
Minton charged that Holt and
his family during the past war
were conspicious by their abhence
and indicated that it was natural
that the present member of the
family would make such state-
ments as that all that was wanted
was for a few men to send our
today at which Gus W. Thomas-! this time. He stated this would fore future sessions of the Boo t
elect Roland C. \ aughn, a distant i on the part of the Italians v bo
city attorney, as their new presi- j
dent ... As an attorney he is
thoroughly accustomed to the \
manner of charming juries, there- i
were repulsed ,n their first at-
tempt, although the Italians out-
numbered the British, it is stated.
A major attack is anticipated
from Italian East Africa lota
after him, ask City Plan Engineer Re-commendations for Boy son of Dallas, district manager of not be announced until the la>t ei- ,-hould prove most Inti-i-e.-ting English Egyptian Sudan, a long-
E. A. Wood and Charles Jordan, Scout activities for the remainder the Works Progress Administra
manager of the municipal radio of the year and details concerning tion, was the principal speaker,
station WRR, who have borne the activity at Camp Grayson to be Mr. Thomasson was meeting
brunt of an anti-Lindbergh out- attended by scouts of the Red this morning with sponsoring
burst here recently. River Valley Boy Scout council agencies who are responsible for
Trouble began after VVIfR car- was worked out at a noon meeting the noon luncheon. This afternoon
ried a speech by Lindbergh Sun- today at Durant of the council’s is being take up with sessions with
day in which he repeated his iso- camp committee. j superintendents and foremen of
lationi’s stand and when WRR of- Glenn Cobb, of Durant, counciliWPA projects in this vicinity. ,
T-cials declined to forego a base- camping and activities chairman, | Among those from here attend-
ball broadcast Monday night to Was in charge of the meeting, at- ing the luncheon werejMayor Clar-
give Senator Claude Pepper’s re- tended by G. P. Brous, Denison j enee Scott, City Engineer A. M
ply to Lindbergh. district camping and activities Brenneke, County Engineer H. M.
Mr. Wood said he had received chairman, George A. Holland, j Scott and A. W. Long, Chamber
minute before departing,
Hit-Run Driver
Sends Denison
Boy To Hospital
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RAILWAY GROUPS AGAINST
COMPULSORY TRAINING
boys to some foreign country to numerous calls Monday and Tq,es- Denison, council scout executive,
shed their blood. Minton was day urging the city to change the and Frank Dyer, Durant district
called a mud and filth thrower, j ,lame of Lingbergh boulevard, camping and activities chairman.
The rejoinder of Holt started)some the ea"Pr3 becoming irate The recommendations mapped
the fireworks and for a consid-in their demands One man da- out are to be presented before a
erable time the atmosphere was 0'a,pd tbat lle wou,d ,nnt use tbp meeting of the council’s boaifl
filled with uproarous shouting.
their demands
Iclaied that he would not use the
newly paved thoroughfare until Thursday night at the Chamber
the name has been changed. 0f Commerce here.
U. S.
RENEWS TRADE
PACT WITH RUSSIA
A communication signed by five
big railroad brotherhood execu-
tives, made public here today, tx-
piessed opposition to the compul- WASHINGTON, Aug. 7—Trade
*ory military training bill now pacts between this country and
pending p&ssage in congress. 1 Russia were renewed Tuesday r.f-
The letter was addressed to the ternoon with a reservation by
chairman of congressional military Russia that the Soviet Union will
affairs committee and part of its not guarantee to carry out all
contents was to indicate thousands terms of the pact unless the Unit-
of unemployed would enlist voluu-jed States relaxes certain econom-
tarily “if given the opportunity.” j it. restrictions.
The letter was signed by Alvan-' Russia agrees to purchase at
ey Johnston of the Brotherhood .least $40,000,000 worth of Am-
of Locomotive Engineers; David ’erican product during the next
B, Robertson of the Brotherhood (twelve months. The restrictions
•of Locomotive Firemen and En- were penned to the’ agreement and
ginemen; J. A. Phillips of the, stated that if he United States
Brotherhood of Railway Conduct- export restrictions should make it
ors; A. F. Whitney, Brotherhood; difficult for this country to satis-
Hatch Bill
Likely Will
manager.
Mr. Thomar.’on discussed the
new relief bill at the luncheon and
conducted an open session. Coun-
ty Judge Jake J. Loy also made
an address.
FRISCO TO PAY INTEREST
TO BONDHOLDERS SlYPT. 1
H. Sutton, 18, of 948 Cof-
street, sustained slight
scratches and bruises when struck
by a hit and run driver on high-
way 75 Tuesday night shortly be-
fore 8 o’clock. Sutton was walk-
ing towards Sherman when
driver of a
Cong-atulations are also in
: order for R M. (Bob) Cantrell.
| connected with the Bonham Favor.
' ite as sports ed and general news
I man since last Oct., on his recent I
1 promotion as editor of the paper,
succeeding Miss Katherine Pate,
now at Corpus Christi . . . We
saw a most interesting sight the
time dream of II 'Duce to realize.
Half a million men under Mus-
lim are said to be on the move
in Africa and the stakes are the
highest yet in the plan of the
Italians -inee the days of their
world empire.
IVJNDON, Aug. 7—Only minor
other day at Munson f > Id Bird C.-rmau laid.- characterized activ-
: Monday night,
. lay m the
: the field, all fac tion ol what may,happen on
the Egyptian frontier.
A broadcast from Bremen stat-
field as if waiting patiently to get i
a bird’s eye view of the Jackets j
1932 model Chevrolet ",len the> start tbeir fa! tra,n j pd that the invasion, of England
sedan, also Sherman bound, struck IUh ,0U"
;im from behind
The youth was picked up by a
Trustees for the St. Louis-San
Dallas People
Want Name Of
Nazi Admirers
DALLAS, Aug. 7—Following
the disclosure of a worker at an
unnamed Dallas plant being fired
because he wo«ld not hell Hitler, "whichlnhibiUi F«"y inter'es’t'accruing" on' se"pt“ 7
government employs from mak-|1940, on genea, mortgage 4s and
f. I ml VZ: in in* cash contributions to political income 5s on the basis of $20 on
name of the Dallas la<-t Y campaigns in a manner which ieach *1000 general mortgage
volved. So far the name has not ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _| bond and <25 on each rented
indi- pnigns, announcement is made income bond^ and at hah
that Senator Hatch will amend the; fhe.se rates on the $500 bonds re-
bill so as to preclude any such spectively, according to announce-
wuuld come in a manner the Brit-
:sh did not expect, however, the
The new draft plan now being british were more interested in
. . , , , worked over in hot congressional ,.vs rr0ln Fgvnt
jmssmg motonst and taken to the d(,jau.s meant bnaflj, lhif British raiders Tuesday night
000,000 young iften, 21 to i0. were reported to have bombed
would register 400,000 would the partly ruincd German .port of
, , , be mustered into service by *Octo- uamburg and the great Nazi nav-
The hit-run driver escaped be- k otheM ,ater at the president’s
Long-Sneed clinic where his in-
i juries were attended by Dr. E. L.
I Hailev..
| Francisco railway (Frisco)
j notifying holders of general-mort-
__ . | « gage 4 per cent bonds of the
DC Amended Kansas City, Memphis & Birm-
__ | ingham Railway company that by
WASHINGTON, Aug 7—Fol-'a" order entered on June 26 by
lowing statements that member*1 the Eastern Missouri district ted-
of the GOP would likely so inter- jeral eourt- they were authorized to
fore city police arrived on tne
are r, ........~ ' ! discretion . . . Period of service:
scene, but the license number was| cne year at $21 a month and al
secured from eye witnesses and. ,owables , Exemptions: men in
reported to Sherman police, who e^ential puMuit8( clergymen, men
notified police here the suspect, wjth dependents, the unfit, judges,
a Shermanite, was being held. He| nR>mbers of conKres5 a„d
was returned to Denison by Pa-| scientiou, objectors. (The
trolmen Clarence Faecke »nd | name(l would bc ,iable to
last j
been disclosed.
Inspector Carrol D. Paul
cated today that he would not
make the name of the place pub-
Lewis Winchester.
combatant service.)
Amateur Radio
Operator Here
Enough fireworks to make a
small boy happy for a life-time
! will be shot uff here during the ,Ilu„oii
/-% r> ! evening hours of Labor day, the struck ther( ,
Contacts tamp c.-inai committee *..-i
music is to be plentiful with the
lie.
FBI offices declared that al- pv6slon
of Railway Trainmen, and T. (; fy the needs of Russia, the pact, though.they had reason to believe
Cashen, of the switchmen’s nuion. might not be carried through. most of the truthfulness of the
report, still the policy of the de-
partment was not to disclose any
information until a thorough in-
vestigation had been made.
Flush Production Shows
, Good Well Stewart 103
TRJKANT, Ok., Aug. 7—Flush 1 Thomas-102 were waiting today
/production of Pure Oil company's for new plugs to set before being
No. 1 Stewart 103 showed a flow pub on new production tests with
of 135 barrels per hour and is ^ ^ ^ bottom fflf th(J holes
declared to be the biggest in the
Cumberland field, giving Bryan shut off’ Water >ntrU31on ^ in'
county its best well ’so far. Its terfered with tests in both of
flush production indicates it to be these wells and especially handi-
twice the production of the dis- capped the Little. Thomas made
covery well, it is declared. j Y50 barrels in five hours, then
The well is sw se ne of section ' was shut in and plugged back to
28, 5s-7e, and soon had 400 bar-[ 5,091 feet where it will be drilled
rels in a storage tank flowing out and tested again,
through 1% inch choke/ [ Little has been plugged back
The well was then shut down three times and is now bottomed
waiting for more tankage which at 5,093 feet and was rigging up
will enable crews to make a pro- swabbing tools w’hile waiting for
duction test through a larger tub-! Hie cement to set.
■ing. No, 1 Park College-200 was
Pay was had ut 4,890 to 5,090 drilling ahead today at 4,428 feet
feet. When the flow was cleaned in brown lime of the Viola hori-
out the mud and oil started flow- ron.
ing, but under exceptionally No. 2 Little-100 in sw nw se,
strong gas presure the mud was Marshall county, was drilling at
soon out nnd pure crude oil was 2,045 feet in black shale and No.
allowed to flow for three hours' 1 Crissman-104 in section 29, with
when it was shut in to complete ! cabe tools was drilling at 815 feet
Mayor Held In
Internment Is
Still Official
It is understood that although
the democrats had printed 100,-'
000 books for sale, the purpose
of which was to raise funds for
the party, the campaign for sales
will he called off. The book deals
with the political activity of Mr.
Roosevelt and others. Sale of the
books, under the Hatch act, may
place it under the ban of donat-
ing such receipts to the political
fund; it is declared.
Because of his love for radio,■ addition of five out ot town ■ j burft ;8
Samuel M. Thomas, 1215 West'’0 al> thp loeal unils that can bp
Sears, amateur enthusiast, became' mobilized ... A propoaa,
for' Americanism be taught in
al base of Kiel while Britons were
v. uned that Adolf Hitler is ready
t.i unloose his blitzkrieg force*
against Biitain, perhaps within
two weeks.
Squadrons of British bombers
inasted military objectives in Hol-
land and northern Germany in a
I;, d di - gned to weaken Nazi in-
casin' preparations, the air min-
stry said
With the report of Hamburg al-
i - ad, reported partially destoyed
tbt : : ministry said Br.tish bomb-
damaging
freight yards and docks.
(Thi Germans deny that Ham-
that
sev-'
Three Denison youths, between
the ages of 12-14, were arrested
bv Patrolmen Clarence Faecke and
Lewis Winchester Tuesday for the
alleged theft of milk bottles from
in ruins and said British
have caused no damage
there They say the British reports
dcdir’ied for home consump-
tior nnd classed them as purely
fictitious.)
In attacks on Holland and Ger-
• any early in the week, the air
uieuvers. i — — . . ! mini-try said British bombers
Mr. Thomas picked up the cod- hoard which last non d v 0bioctives at Wismar,
announcement that Americai .....
ment received here.
STEALING MILK 30 TTLES
cet aovs ,n
al guardsmen of the 36th signal t0
be placed shortly before the
, stationed at Camp Beu- State Board
company,
regard, near Cravens, La., for war
maneuvers.
of Education
But here again is an example of
the alertness of the Denison school
. ..............
avenue, when found by police.
Storm Abating 4s
Rain And Cooler
Weather Follows
each of the eleven families
of
Kiel and Hamburg and freight
yards at Hamm.
The Sehipol airdrome near Am-
sterdam was bombed, the air min-
, try said, with British raiders
r
other tanks and to make new con-
nections.
Observers are predicting the
well, under full production, will
make from 7,000 to 10,000 barrels
a dnv.
This well has no water to affect
its pro'action tests and everything
went ol like clockwork. Pressure,
ei,
in black shale.
Among the new locations and
locations with derricks up are No.
1 Little-301, ne se se of section
28, 5-7, and No. 1 Metz-105, ne
nw nw of 28, had derricks com-
pleted and were waiting for ro-
tary tools, which are being moved
from comnleted wells in the field.
howevel, was so strong the separa-j No. 1 Thomas-202 ne se nw of
tor was unable to carry it and oil | section 28 was building derrick
shot out through connections to a and casing cellar.
3 Little-100
MONTREAL, Canada, Aug. 7--
It was the opinoin of legal minds
today that Mayor Houde, who is
being held in an internment camp
at an undesignated point, follow
ing his attitude toward the con-
scription act, that he is still may-
or of Montreal. |
The mayor was placed under
arrest when he refused to obey BB^AUhiONT, Aug. 7——Wind ve-
the act and advised people not to, locity increased to hurricane pro-
on the ground, he claimed, that portions as it neared the Texas
last March all political chieftains coast, the height being reported
from the Prime Minister to a.s 75 miles per hour, reports
Premier Godout of Quebec stated reaching here indicated,
that there would be no conscrip-
tion under any form whatsoever. As the storm which has been
__________ _ sweeping the shores of the Gulf
REFLECTED SUN RAYS 'ON of Mexico from Florida to Texas
HEADL<GFfr STARTS FIRE is reported abating in its fury,
Reflection of the sun’s rays on general rain is reported falling
a headlight reflector, this morning over most of the southern states,
ir. the back seat of the 1937 Ford with additional showers promised
coach belonging to Stephen for the next twenty-four hours.
Bruno, 508 E. Morton, parked 'n Denison was visited Tuesday
the 100 block South Burnett ave- afternoon with a strong wind and
nue, ignited a pillow nearby, a heavy downpour of some half
Firemen extinguished the blaze hour precipitating a.llimit half an
before any serious damage was inch of rain. The night was much
d-nnP. cooler and Wednesday the atmos-
Firemen were called shortly at- phere waa pleasant with a light
ter 3 o’clock Tuesday afternoon to wind blowing from the south and
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height of 50 feet.
Pure’s No. 1 Little-101 and No.
No. 3 Little-100 in ne ne se
Bryan county, was digging cellar.
storm had passed at an early hour
Wednesday, but its fury was still
undiminished as it swept onward
to the southwest
More than 800 refugees, mostly
fisherman and their families, are ing broadcast
bereionlv In the high school, but all
the contents of the message j ^ school grades as well, be-
! sent by the signal company’s op-! *»""*"* wllb tbe first graf ’ ’ ’
erators ' farmers from four states and
| c__|________ i 18 Texas counties have returned
I ' | home after attending the annual _____
GERMAN HOUR TAKEN [Farmers field dav at Greenvole
OFF AIR IN CHICACfO; with the firm conviction cotton is THRFE MEN KILLED IN
---- | stiH king in the black land coun POWDER ^LAJO- BLAST
CHICAGO, Aug. 7—A daily | try Several of Grayson county’s - *—
German hour broadcast which has|farmers were attracted to tbe KINGSMILL, Ohio, Aug. 7
been run over station WHIP willl meet —-’Three men were killed in a blast
bo discontinued, according to or-; --- a powder plant operated by Q.
del' from the management of the This columnist had an interest C. King, near here, this morning,
station, after nevt Saturday’s j inR chat Tuesday with J. H Biles. (Mr. King stated that the plant was
broadcast. ' ad manager for the Ada Evening not being operated under povarn-
It is declared by the manage ! News, who accompanied the dele- ment orders and that he did not
ment that the subject matter be- gation from that city to Denison suspicion any sabotage.
as an advertising stunt for the I " ......—~
Firemen’s rodeo to be held there DAIRY HERD FARMERS
soon and from all indications the WANTED HERE AUG. BO
event will be one of the most ———
colorful and exciting stunts to be ■ Approximately seventy-five of
witnessed since the west became the leading dairy herd formers of
tame, Biles told us . . . Twenty. Grayson county are to receive In-
Texans lost their lives violently vitations to attend discussions
last weekend—by train, plane, mi-; here Tuesday, August 20 ,of the
ie of such contro-
control a grass fire at BOO South
Mirick avenue. No damage was
reported.
the day generally cloudy.
Reports from the stCTm area
indicate that at Morgan City the
still being cared for, however, not [ versipl character that it may no
a single casualty has been report-; longer be received. In view of
ed as a -result of the storm and this fact, and the desie of the sta-
high waters. Probes of two re- tion owners to promote national
ported deaths are being made, but unity and American solidarity, the
no confirmation had been receiv-j decision was reached as indicated.
ed at \1 a. m. today. i -------
The refugees are quartered in PE,PERSON CALLS MEET \
public buildings and are being | OF INDUSTRIAL GROUP
cared for by special funds. j • -- —
At New Orleans a big smoke W. L. Peterson, chairman of
stack was blown down and also a the Chamber of Commerce indus-
large number of telegraph and;trial committee, has called a meet-
telephone wires put out of com-'ing of that body for tonight at
mission. Many piers were wreck-
ed and highways flooded. The
damage of the storm over the area
visited is placed at several mil-
lion dollars.
>•
7:30 at the chamber headquarters
for discussions concerning four
major projects, among them the
possible securance to Denison of
three factories and a large ware-
house.
tomobile, fire, water and knife, Chamber of Commerce’s agricul-
nccording to information received tural and trade extension commlt-
by this column ... An Eastern tees, according to plans mad#
newspaper was recently forced to j Tuesday night at a meeting of the
change the name of a eo'umnist’f agricultural committee. Jerome
views from “the Fifth Column" . McKinney, chairman, presided ov-
to "the Fourth column" due to;ev the session,
an increase in the number of pro- —“
tests and drop in the circulation,
despite the many protests of its
writer that he was thoroughly
American
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