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WEATHER
DENISON AND VICINITY
Cloudy With More Ruin
or Snow; Colder Wednesday
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THE DENIS
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Representative United Press and International News Service.
Dickey Quits Job
At Sherman; Has
One At Adamson
Brilliant Record of Mentor at Grayson Coun-
ty Center Since 1928 Brought to Light;
May Become Head Coach at Dallas High
DENISON, TEXAS Wednesday, Dec. 15th, 1937
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WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1934
VOL. 4-NO. 151
Leaving a trail of district chum-j with Adamson high school in Dal-
pionships behind him, Verde Dick-
ey, coach at Sherman high school
since 1928, resigned his position
Tuesday to accept a bettor job
Mayo Replaced
By Kraft As
Traffic Head
Former Manager to Take up
New Duties With ICC in
Washington on Dec. 20th
Harold Kraft, nephew of James
!,. Kraft, president of the Kraft-
I’henix Cheese corporation, assum-
ed his duties Wednesday morning
las, according to the Dallas News'
today.
While experts believe Dickey
will be made head coach to suc-
ceed Winton (I’op) Noah, Princi-
pal Howard A. Allen refused to
support the belief Tuedsay night.
Dickey had entered an application;
for teaching and athletic position;
at Adamson which was accepted
by the school board during a meet-
ing Tuesday night.
Dickey graduated from Austin,
college in 1920 with a B. A. de-j
gree. He lettered there two years
in football as a fullback under
Pete Cawthon, now head coach
at Texas Tech. He also received
letters in track and basketball.,
»5 traffic manager for the South- Tlle -vear h‘‘ graduated, Dickey
west Division, succeeding C. T. wt'nt to Tt‘mP,e high school as1
Mayo, whose resignation went into head coach and remained there
effect today. 1 until 1928 when he went to Sher-j
Greatest Demand Ever to
Be Made Sent to Japan
British Prepare to
Send Battleships
Japanese Send Planes in the
Direction of Canton where
British Interests Centered
Everyday
DENISON
Open Door
To Orient
Must Come
■SHANGHAI—Japan may come ‘ (D ®
to a head-on collision with Brit-! Wanderings': The Dallas acting
ish interests in its plan to turn judge who Pr°P°8es t0 fint' sPced’
its march toward Canton, it is de-| ,vs a mlle has a ve,'y Kood id,'a
there. It would decrease the
number of speeders in Dallas, but
would work anywhere . . . Our;
dared, Great Britain having con-i
sldcrable interests in that part of
China.
Reports are to the effect that
already five Japanese planes are
dropping bombs at points leading
to the city, particularly aiming
at destroying bridges and high-
ways out of Canton.
Protection of United States
Property and Lives Must
be Made; Absolute Guar-
antee is Rigidly Sought
May Dispatch
Fleet To Area
Nothing Less Than
Acceptance Will
cepted by This
F ormal
be Ac-
Country
Mr. Mayo announced his resig-
assistant under Wesley
nation last week, aecepting a posi-* Bl'adshow, now at Cleburne. In
tion with the Interstate Commerce ■ 1929 Dickcv took oVor :l bead
Commission is Washington, Dcc.jeoath'
20 ns tariff inspector, work simi-( His teams havt’ "on 55 names,
lar tn that done by him with the' lost 35 and ticd 5 in the nine!
Kraft concern. hears he has coached the Bear-1 QUCStlllg SuOppCTS, tllG SllbdllGCl
Mr. Kraft, his successor, has caU 'He won four rt^trict
been connected with the traffic '" 1931, 1932, 1935 !md
YOU LL GET THE CHRiSTMAS SPIRIT
DENISON’S GIFTLAND
Visit Denison this week. Stroll i You’ll find great pleasure in the
large, varied stocks, the holiday
decorations and the Christmas
crowds. And should you wish to
‘jgjlhum of conversation . . . look at : buy some of the eye-filling, heart-
SHANGHAI—In the fall of
Nanking, Japan announces they
estimate the list of dead Chinese
soldiers to be 90,000. It is
mated that 250,000 Chinese sol-
diers made their exit from the city
mater last night was shivering
when we entered the house, then
cracked: “I wasn’t cold until I
read your weather story ... At
least it had realism ,or did it? . . .
They say Hollywood really get'
the betting fever during the rac-
ing season. Some of the films
these same stars turn out give the
fens buck fever . . . Roger Pryor
“T: closes his stay at the Baker hotel government in its protest to Ja-
Thursday night, but he’ll be ro-! P«n 0VPr th<‘ 'dnkir~ of thc U’ S’
placed by Eddie Fitzpatrick from *unbl,at Pa,lay and thrcc oil
WASHINGTON—In what is de-
clared the greatest demand ever
made on any fore-gn power in
time- of peace, thc United States
down the ornametn-bedecked
streets . . . listen to the bustle of
successfully
battle line
away.
the gold coast
Frank Capra,
department at Chicago for the| Twoj,f his team touched the qimr- the numerous displays of Christ- Vi ai uunc goods on display, you
"^ip! mas merchandise... brouse a bit. ^,n(^ an ac^eQuate. efficient
pl sales torce at your service. T
past three years. He was ac-
companied to Denison by W. H.
Ott, general traffic manager at
Chicago, who will establish Kraft
in his new position.
Mayo was the honoree of a par-
ty given by office employes in
the executive club rooms of the
division headquarters Tuesday
night.
Approximately 70 employes of
the company were present to ex-
press their farwell wishes and wit-
ness the presentation of an avia-
tion val-pack and brief case to
match to the honoree. Follow-
ing thc presentation, games were
played and dancing was held in
the gymnasium.
ter-finals of the Texas Int.er-
I scholastic league championship
playoff, being defeated in 1932; Wp svaTTflnt VOU will flb«tOvh lot< T* ^ k CJ v ICC. Ill
by Masonic Home »f Fort Worth , ‘ ... “ j short, Denison is ready for the
and this year by North Side of . pl V hriStm&S Spirit I TOUT SUCH <111 jollicst, plCciScint(3St ChlistniciS
: atmosphere'
tankers, has indicated that noth-
_says thc public will have a say-so S interests* citizpna and Pr°Perty
1 ONnnN Tho British «hi„nt’in future elections for the out.;wm *atisfy the Unitod StatP8’
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Warships to ,ho wor .on. i„ th, “'h ' 7n ,h" ~ P " ”
Dricnt, it was declared today. Ajtnkc Paul Mun‘ for hls "Zola
strong protest is being also sent;'"'" nou
the Japanese government ifi con-'
nection with the sinking of their!
Fort Worth.
Ill1 two vessels, demanding full in-l
demnification and assurance that
Great Britain shall be protected
in the future.
District five will lost a good
couch in Verde
you ve seen in years.
Temperature
Here Rises
With Rains
FARM BILL PASSAGE IS SEEN
Amarillo Has 14 Degrees as
Fresh Norther Strikes;
Dallas Has High Stages
Programs Here
Are Planned
By Rotarians
Farming Interest Group, in
Session at Chicago Voices
Its Opposition to Measure
W ASHING! ON—Dilatory ct - >
forts at the farm bill are expected |
• j to be dropped and action on the
An inter-city meeting with sev-: measure secured before the end
en neighboring towns to promote of the week, leaders Indicated (
Resident Here
35 Years Dies;
111 18 Months
Rising temperatures in Denison
marked warmer weather predic-
tions Wednesday morning, aecom- ,
panieri by light rains and s„mP' a dvneral feeling of good will and early Wednesday.
sleet. The low readings are ex-' l° bcc,,me l,pttcr nc‘luaintoii with An effort to bring about a fin-
other clubs’ work was the feature nl vote will be started today, it
; worked out at a meeting of Hi-1 ;s hoped. Approval of the bill
; rectors of the Denison Rotary m its resent form is expected.
) club Monday night at Hotel Deni-1 administration leaders declare,
son ii. is announced by F. N. Borg-
lund. president. I CHICAGO—Opposition to the
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCte MURRAY
Dickey, who has
I been appointed in the Adamson
high school at Dallas. His seasons
as Bearcat coach have been mark-
ed by good records despite a num-
NEW YORK—Mr. and Mrs. F.l "' r <,f bad years‘ While there may
Stanley Menken, wealthy New havp bpPn n'*thinK to >umors
Yorkers, have filed a request with; 1 lk'ni' lbl 'ound- not long ago
the state department that the! sa,d hp was on his way out at «>e
United States take action to sc1 Grayson count-v CPnter- However
cure the release of their son, Ar-' ",at would havp been bnprobable
thur Menken, news reel photog-' as thp fans 'vould haVl ^PI> tha'
rapher, who was taken prisoner at hp sUyPd thprp after winning
Nanking this week when he was! *Pam u‘ ^93‘ • • - Hope they don t
get a mentor like Swede McMur-
ray over there now. It would
reply, the United States may dts-
pateh a fleet even to Chinese wa-
ters, it was learned this morning.
“Any further interference with
C S. property, rights or its cit-
izen- will he vigorously opposed,
it is indicated.
Nothing less than formal nc-
eptanre of the three-point de-
mand to be acceptable to this
country, ;t i- emphatically stated.
When the formal reply from
1 Japan to the demand is expected,
i not known, hut no temporizing
oi hrsitanev . to be tolerated.
taking pictures of
take that city.
thc battle to
ported to continue here today and
Thursday.
Temperatures fell to the 34 de-
gree stage early this morning af-
, ter a high of 40 was set Tuesday
Patterson, <!<i..‘utfcrnoon. Rainfall totaled only
fraction of an inch, although
Dec. 15. 1875
Monday morning a horse belong-
ing to Mr. Jordan, of Avery, Rose-
i rants and Co., which was loft
hitched in the rear of D. W. C.
i Dav is’ store, was missed. A
workman engaged in the vicinity
Nitroglycerin
Is Brandished;
Store Is Robbed
mean Sherman would be even
tougher than they have been in
years past. We wish luck to M
Dickey in his new position.
“Your Hollywood Parade" over
NBC tonight will bring to the sir
a number of film greats, Wayne
Morris, Pat O’Brien, Jane Byran,
Dirk Powell, Henry Fonda. Rufe
The club will sponsor a pro-, *~aIm bill was voiced by a large
Airs. Carrie L.
died at the home of a sister, Mrs.!,,
Hattie Pautsky, 2100 South Fan-’ , , , , ' T gram of entertainers and speakers •|P o: tne delegates attending
nin avenue, Wednesday at 6 mm, > b" »"SP"tpd other cities, the farming intemta ........ held
following an illness of nineteen „ Clubs of the vurious cities will, in bore. Divcrsive views were draft-
months. She had been a resident , A "tfrther h,t |’aleatme- •s,,n turn, come to Denison and pre-| ed i-esolutions pass*...... the
here for the past thirty-two years ' "la" 11 1 " | sent a program before the local. bodj I nesday night.
Mrs. Patterson was horn to Mr. kn°,C.k,n« ^ ^ aaeemblagc. A grand finale will---
and Mrs. Sam Pilgrim October 11, ' ' " an''"H ' ■ be reached when all the clubs us T„I,,™
1871 in Pickens county, N. C.,1 Freezing weather prevailed over, semble Denison sumctime hlj 1 atlKCTS JUmp
where she was reared and edu-| North l,!xas'. l wpnty degrees March for a combined program-1
cated. Her husband, George Put- "as ‘"recast in 1 cxas " l-'d‘ meeting. Cities to be included'
.yv.'«t en, died a number of years' ncsday u'ith risinK tempernturw! in the event« are Bonham, White-'
to- She moved to Denison from followin* in its wakp durinK thp wright, Sherman. Whitesboro
Kemp, Oklahoma and v as a mem- day’ k't. Worth had a light rain GainesviUe, Texas and Durant
ber of the Baptist church. Tuesday while Houston had cloudy J „n(, MadiHi okla
She had been ill isnee a fall coul weather and PrePared for 8
DALLAS—Brandishing what ht
stated hi saw a stranger ride thc claimed was a bottel of nitro- Havis and Rosemary Lane
hose away. Mr. Jordan and J. glycerin, a bandit Tuesday night ^ Brien and Morris will present
W. George, a clerk in thc store, robbed the Tiffany Bakeries of 1 preview on "Submarine D-l"
at once secured horses and started $75 in currency. Another bandit soheduled t > hit Denison later th:-
in peisuit. The rode as far as escaped with $2,000 at Ft. Worth w,',’k • Charlie Butterworth has
Gainesville, hut not coming up recently,
with their man, came back to Crowds passing the
Dexfcei Tuesday morning they ment failed to notice anything out or a number of years on the air
- of the ordinary occurring in the ypt-
(Continued on page four) bakery.
SHANGHAI -Four Americans
are known to he dead following
:hr sinking of the Panay and
ihree >11 tankers, it was declared
•I,, m m:ng. They are Chas. En-
niot. C. 11. Crowson, S. Sunday
and A. Malicoff.
Seventeen are definitely known
to he wounded.
Ninety-six of the 150 known to
be aboard the oil tankers are re-
ported unaccounted fer and ther
fate i- feared.
\ British newspaper correspon-
dent aboard the Panay at the time
it was bombed, do-dared that the
planes dropped bombs n.t a high
altitude.
I almost as many followers as Jack
establish- Reeny and he looks like he’s good
^a*Is Hur^Islii(l! P°l*ce Pass ^ests ^or Operation Of
Short-Wave Radio Set For The Force
Six Arr Hurt
NEW YORK—Six persons were
injured early today when an ele-
vated train crashed from the
______ tracks ami into a cement bridge
News story says when Beer jug railinir Thrpp , ars !pft th<’ lracks-
blows its cork, thine to do is duck.| "
Or dunk?
The injuries may prove fatal in
four cases, it is feared.
Six cars of crude oil and as-
phalt rock of Southbound Kat.v
broke a hip in May, 1930. • Iower readinK-
Surviving arc one son, John
Sargennt, of Los Angeles; two
sisters, Mrs. Pautsky of Denison
and Mrs. E. L. Roden of Ravenna,
Texas and five grandchildren.
Funeral services are pending.
Interment will be at Oakwood
cemetery with Short-Murray di-
ecting.
Temple had a
The club directors also decided freight train No. 275, were de-
Most perfect sum-up against!
her husband made by a San An-!
Bor-i ton'° woman: Thp Petition for di-
Tr
w
All but four officers have pass-1 Denison radio expert. Mr. — .
------ —.....---------- - - - • . , ed the Federal Radio Commission's urn said the police force had been. ? U,PltP s" ' lsbhed every thing
drizzle and 37; Austin had over a "J Christmas railed abot 2:50 a. m. Wednesday tests for th!rd claas liconaM toj studyi„g the radio requirements! hp said and "'’erything he did
half inch of rain with more in as ' 001 ’ <alu y’ l1''' to a* •’’t. Louis connection 71, north 0p3rate the short-wave set to be! for the past two months. Rules' _
pu -i nu to tu i ■ -I Boost- of Teracc, between Denison anr* | placed in service here about Jan-‘ and regulations were received sev-! P. intl ‘igmci.i. M M. Mar-
eiuh for distribution to the' Bells, according to reports rcceiv- llary Mcordin(r to Assistant oral week ago from the radio bu ,hn" ls fohab,y tkp bost 1,kf'd ,
ed by officials herg. There were, rhit,f of pollro p,„| Rnrllm I reau at Washington T) C. lyncher in the public school sys-\ln
i trm and his patience is astound- t-—, _
ing . . . G. E. Swindell is doinj ^ ijjf
prospect; Tyler reported thc cold
was moving in slowly.
Rrain fell nil day at Wichita'^"^'I'miH’ged people of Denison,
’rails with the mercury standing! Other matters pertaining to
at 31 and a fine mist, f-'l at Cor-1 ''nul>ne Rotary business were dis-
sicana. San Antonio, Llano and j CUS8ed-
| Olney also had rain. Snow squalls] Rotary officers present indud-
slowed traffic to a crawl in thci l'd Mr. Berglund, Hope Huff,
• >, - .
Green Mounter. South Plnins area while the mer-
INDIANAPOLIS — Eggs with cury dipped to 22.7 at Lubbock,
green yolk to be served with red Abilene had freezing and a driz
country ham is proposed now. The ding rain and rain preceded snow
idea is to give thc hens a dose of in the Big Spring sector, where
green coloring to do the work, j ‘be mercury held at 82 degrees.
Ralph Geisenhonor, W. L. Peter-
son, A. M. Brenneke and A. C.
uary 1, according to Assistant! cral week ago from the radio bu
Chief of Police Paul Borum. reau at Washington, I). C.
injuries sustained by the crew. [ Mr. Borum said the final four Federal authorities have already
Denison men on the crew were officers took the tests in Dallas assigned the local system call lel-
8
More Shopping
DAYS
unable to determine the cause of
the derailment.
Tuesday afternoon, but their ters and wave length, but the
great work with the band here at
high school. , .Sorry to hear Glen- j
ter of the train, were
grades have not been made known i final permit will not he given un-| ' ' ' 1 n Hr vmn';
1 he cars, situated near the ccn- yt,t All other officers have pas- til the set is installed, working I 8 ''' ''' l,iuru ' 1,1 Ucal svs-,
! and has been passed on by Federal! Pm * ’ t'nn,c McWilliams i
popular with the school kids ...
Ditto O. .T. Malone . . . Tom Ak-|
ins is very hard to beat and it's i
TILL XMAS
, , tin-own; sed with grades averaging 95.5. ,
crosswise and caused considerable | 1 insnector Mr Rnrum said
Wimpce. R. D. 1 athrrman has' '‘"mace, springing leaks in the oil) PXam*’ v,’ry stnn‘rPnt' bavo Mr> Jo’hnson has thp „pt a,mo,c
been named chainnun of the in-l tanlcardf* and damaging eight to 1 l 1 stn 11,1,111 an '’"K" ,!i completed, it was reported and
. .. . . . __ I llllnU'Pfl to Annrufn flan out n . .....
ter-city meetings and L. M. New-i
some, program chairman.
I ContinueiV on Page 41
allowed to operate the set, now officers havc already bui„
being built by Charles Johnson, towers for thc system.
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