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HE DENISON PRESS
A FAST GROWING RARER
Representative United Press and International New Service.
DENISON, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1937
WEBKLY FOUNDED 1930—DAILY 1984
VOL. 3—NO. 281
ForeseeShowdown in Ford, Repairing of
Lewis Fight to Unionize
Beginning Of
End For One
Should Result
Organizer for John L. Luwis
Moves into Close Quarters j
To Begin Fight in Earnest
Against Ford Factions'
Threats Made ja
Against Ford
Methods Car Magnate Are
Violation of Labor Acts,
Charges of Lewis Group
DETROIT—What may be the
beginning of the end for the
policy of Henry Ford in handling
his workmen, or the beginning of
the end for the policy of John
Lewis as applied to the Ford
plants was formally started here
Monday when R. Frankensteen,
organizer for the UAW moved in-
to close quarters here and set up
offices just outside the city
limits of Dearborn.
Although threats were mad1
some days ago that action would
he taken in the courts charging
that Henry Ford was using in-
timidation methods in dealing
with his workmen, and the asso-
ciation was made by Lewis men
that such action on the part of
Ford constituted a violation of the
federal labor act, so far nothing
has been done. It is believed,
therefore, that the Lewis men
now doubt thy could make such
a charge stand, and have resorted
to the plan of trying to organize
workmen in the Ford plants.
Ford is the last of the group of
auto plants to he centered on by
the CIO group, it being decided
that pressure might better he
brought on him after the other
larger auto concerns had been or-
ganized.
With that accomplished, the
organization sponsored by Lewis
and directed by Frankesteen this
week moves at close quarters with
the Dearborn institution.
Mr. Ford has definitely staljd
he would recognize no union. He
further states that he pays his
men better than union labor
offers, and that ho deals with
them personally as men. He does
not differentiate against a man
as a non-union man or as a union
man, he says, and had- both at
jvork in his plants.
SCOUTS OUTLINE
4 COMING EVENTS
Local Streets
Begin Monday
Honor Roll,
High School
DENISON
62-50-35
YEARS AGO
By DULCE MURRAY
May 25, 1875
Early Thursday morning a par-
ty of ladies and gentlemen, start-
ed out to visit Judge Poiter’s in
Preston Bend, a few miles north-
west of the city.
After a pleasant drive the par-
ty arrived safely with ouL mis-
A picnic to bring the five-week
scoutmasters’ training school to
a formal close will be held at
Woodlake Tuesday evening, ac-
cording to Rev. S. L. Terry, gen-
eral manager pf the Denison coun-
cil, following a meeting at the
Chamber of Commerce Monday
night.
Hobart Hill, executive from
Ardmore, Okla., was present.
The quarterly, scout court of
New Maintenance Machine
Recently Purchased By
City Arrives and Placed
In Use Here Monday
Senior Class Only Shows De-
crease in Numbers Over
Past Month; Final Exams
Are Slated for Thursday
22 Blocks To I Baccalaureate
Be Blacktopped Next Sunday
City to Add More On Asph-' Exercises for Graduation in
alting Program in June;
Eighty Blocks Completed'
1 Two Weeks; Rev. yirden
Prepares Baccaluareate
More
than 200 gallons of as-] An increase of seven over the
phalt were laid Monday afternoon previous month was noted in the
by the new maintenance machine final report card period honor
of the city as a part of the street roll at Denison high school today,
repair project, according to City according to Superintendent B.
A M. Hrenneke, I McDaniel. There were 2711
Further Plans For Booster
Trades Day Are Discussed
ASKS DUST AREA Letters Are
MADE INTO STATE “
, 1T1I, l>
honor will be held Thursday night tbp cjt
at 8 o’clock under the direction
of Frank Jennings, Jr., Rev. Ter-
ry pointed out the necessity of
Engineer A M. Hrenneke, | McDaniel. There were 279 on now scatterd
Mr. Hrenneke said ho expected first and second rolls compared
crew to complete the' with 272 the preceding period. J
Of this amount 161 made the.
patching of streets within the
OKLAHOMA CITY—Formation
of the dust area of the west into
the forty-ninth state and cede it
|
to the centralized control specifi- (
rally of Washington was propos- i
ed here by Dr. J. M. Ashton as
the most effective means of hand- I
ling the dust bowl situation.
The plan, Dr. Ashton says,
would thus merge the dust bow1
in five different
states and requiring intricate
dealings that delay matters, and
the state department could ac.
Everyday
DENISON
Booster President Fred Har-
vey Impresses Members of
Necessity of Raising Inter-
est of Local Merchants
hap, other than getting lost on the, having all applications
way. The house is of the old vancement filed with
fashioned southern type of archi- immediately.
for ad-
executives
next few days and make ready] first honor roll and 118 the sec-j quickly and effectively in remov-
spot from the
A district committee dinner, the
last of the spring meetings, will
be held at a Denison church, June
10, at 7 p. m., Rev. Terry said.
A committee has been appointed
to work out the details.
Contests and competition in the
form of a scout rally will lie hold
June 17 at an undetermined lo-
cation. Detnils will he worked
out through a committe ■ compos-
ed of Bill Cox, chairman J V.| yafds ()f „urfaM
Conatser, Ray Shone. ('. T. Mayo
and Layden McKinney.
New Members
In Association
Listed Monday
tecture, two stoiies high with a
broad hall running through the
center, completely encircled by
porches covered with running ros-
es and honeysuckle. The whole
in a setting of magnificient trees
Oak, elm and catalpa.
The judge and his estimable
wife greeted the party and invit-
ed them in. On the sideboard
was ice and wine made by Mrs.
Porter of which all partook. Af-
ter the refreshments the party en-
joyed themselves, some playing
croquet, some strolling through
the gardens and vineyard. Din-
ner was announced at 2 o’clock
and a more elegant repast would
be hard to find. The judge and
his wife represent that type of a
southern gentleman and lady for
which the south was so famous in
her days of prosperity.
The party did not leave for
home until night, wishing to en-
joy the ride by moonlight.
The first gentleman to announ-
ce himself as a»-candidate for
councilman is W. H. Tibbs of the
fourth ward.
There is quite a rise in Red riv-
It was six feet above low
water mark Tuesday morning and
rose three inches between the hour
of 7 and 9.
aboard the train.
May 25, 1887 I The body will reach Clevelar 1
Mr. Henry Schoenemann, pro-| (Wqd-ne-sday where funeral *e«-
prietor of the Narrow Gauge res- viePS wilI bp held and burial cun-
tuaiant, died at his residence on| ducted at the family graveyard
Monday morning at 7 o'clock. HeL.here the body of his wife lies
had been feeling badly for nearly] interment will be Thursday.
a week, but had been up most of' ____________^_
the time, and was walking about I
the house a few minutes before' PCtCTSOIl /\nd
his death from asthemia.
Mrs. Schoeneman was born in
Get many,, and came to this coun-
try at the age of 14, and settled
down in St. Louis, where he was
married. Four years ago he
came to Denison and took charge
of the kitchen of the McDougal
hotel, then just being opened and
during his ten months with the
management, proved himself a cu-
linary artist at the end of this
time he purchased the; Narrow
Guage restuarant and proved <
genial and popular host.
Funeral services were held at
the residence and at Oakwood ce-
metery. Mr. L. Lobrecht, pres-
for the blacktopping program next' ond, the report shows. All classes
month when 22 more blocks will but the seniors show a general in-
be, laid. More than 80 blocks crease over last month when they
have been already blacktopped as had 8 less in the highest and 1
a part of the program. | more in the lower. First rolls are
The new maintenance machine,' made with grades in 4 subjects
recently purchased by the city' averaging 90 or above with no
to fill in cracks and breaks in grade below 80, whiis second hon-
paved street ; here, is capable of| or rolls are made with averages
laying more than 800 gallons of of 85 and no grade below 70.
asphalt a day. Mr. Hrenneke said,! High school students were pre-
lays the material in a smooth1 paring this week to begin final
surface, much better than hand examinations Thursday morning,
labor. I continuing until Wednesday, June
Approximately 27,500 square 2, two days before,graduat on ex-
will be laid in ercises. The baccalaureate ser.
ing this plaque
country.
Dr. Ashton is research director
of the State Chamber of Com-
merce. He smggested that the
residents of this new territory
would be relieved of their stnta
obligations in their present dis-
tress.
At the same time the lack of a
central authority would be reme-
died and action in the way of re-
medial measures could be swift
and concerted.
Barnum was right, there is a
sucker born every minute. The
other day a youth inherited -ome
money and came to Denison a
few days later. Winding up at a
refreshment stand he wanted to
set a gang up to the drinks and
didn’t have the cash on hand. To
provide this major item, the youth
“hocked” his car for $200 and
gave the party. There was no
one really appreciated the gesture
Army Units To
Stage Show
Katy Band Offers Service*
Parade and Street Dance
On Eventful Day, June 9th
“It is very necessary to impress
on Denison merchants who are
participating in the Trades Day
Body Of John
D. Rockefeller
Leaves For Ohio
Reaches Cleveland Wednes-
day for Burial Thursday;
Simple |Rites to Be Held
ORNOND BEACH, Fla.—Fol-
lowing funeral rites in which fav-
orite hymns of the late John D.
P.oekfeller were sung, the hodv
of the former oil magnate left
this city Monday night for it*
final resting place.
Eight persons who lived close
to him in his last years were
’he 22 block blacktopping pro- mon will be held next Sunday, ev-
gram, Mr. Hrenneke pointed out.' ening, with Rev. Harry Lee Vir-
2,500 yards will come from the’ Jen as pastor.
;carload of asphalt jjm hand and
1 the remainder will come through
- shipment yet to be ordered.
Rabies Scare
May Break In
South Denison
Dog Owners Asked to Coop
Their Pets for Few Days;
Mad Dog Killed Monday
Residents of Denison’s south
east section were warned by city
police today to he on the lookout
for possible rabies outbreak in
the next few days, following the
death of a mad dog Monday af-
ternoon near Lamar elementary
school.
] The city catcher shot the mad-
] dened canine twenty-two times
before* killing it after it had been
! reported by neighbors who wor-
j vied over the queer antics, of the
Students averaging 95 or above
in four subjects were.
Eleventh grade—Harry Baker,
Patsy Brack, David Brown, Fran-
ces Casey, Evalyn Earnest, Rose-
mary Foudray, James Miller, Zel-
ma Odie, Wilma Parish, R. L.
Sweeney, Aaron Witz.
Tenth grade—Dorothy Cobb,
Amelia Dodd, Lynn Guilloud, Mil-
dred Hancock, Marjorie Harshbar-
ger, Rebecca Hixon, Audrey
Moye, Mary Margaret Whitfill, J.
D. Wright.
Ninth grade—Charmian Byers,
Martha Louise Beam, Dolores
Benedict, Mary Reed Bremerman
Neldu Corthron, Katie Mao Ev-
ans, Edna Mae Groezinger, Rose-
bud Guynes, Frances Jenkins,
Mary Marie Jennings, Dorothy
Millsaps, Pauline Pedigo,
Preson Katherine Rowland
uis Waltz.
Eighth grade—Mildred Cantrell,
Frances Johnson, Jack Knaur,
Kathryn Redman, Ray Simmons,
I Melvin Tucker, Really
King Carl Wins
His 23rd Game
In Row Monday
Lucy
Glen
Ann
Gallagher in
Tennis Finals
dog. The expert said it was the ^ wilHp Ma„ Waiker, Lois
hardest dog he had ever attemp-1
bell, who won his 23rd game in
a row Monday afternoon. Hubbell
began his phenomenal streak last
July and has been at it ever since,
with every, baseball player and
follower hoping he goes right on
and makes it double that num-
ber. However, percentage will
get him sooner or later and the
u ll n \tr i . ... . streak can’t continue much long-
w fu T rLnS o" ^n‘h ^ The strain of thinking about
DC0ff' his streak is P™bab'>’ harder «»
man .Whiffs Third Batter, Hubbell tban tbp actua, Job lt_
. _ _T ,, „ ,| self. In his last three tries he
Carl Owen Hubbell wrote huj has COme darn C,0SP to having jt
name indelibly m the baseball hall stopped and probabh. wou]d have
01 ^Monday, afternoon by twp gameg ago if nim, D„an had
winning his 23rd game in a row, not |ost bjsi tempp|. fo|. „ fpw
just barely missing a defeat, sbort minutes.
thanks to the strong am of Dick _
Coffman.
Hubbell retired in favor of
Coffman in the ninth frame with
a run lead but two on base
outside of one Denison youth who' event June 9th, the good which
might come from it,” President
Fred Harvey of the Boosters club
pointed out during a meeting
Mondoy night.
■’Some of the merchants do not
quite realize the good which can
-- | come of the event,” Harvey point-
Baseball enthusiasts are hopped] ed out. “and it is up to us to
up over the record of Carl Hub-; show they just what may be de-
was not in the party. He kept
ordering beer, drinking it and
charging it as though he was was
one of the members of the cele-
brating group—and got away with
it!
From the
many think
Montreal Star: Too
you can’t properly
lived. In this plan we do rut
promise to sell visitors local mer-
chandise, we merely, promise to
get the visitors here for the day.
After that it is up to the mer-
chants themselves to get them in
their s'ores and sell them.”
Further plans for the Trades
Day were outlined by C. J. Mc-
Manus chairman of the commit-
tee in charge including an auto-
mobile show by the Denison and
Durant National guard units un-
der the direction of Capt. Robert
L. Cox,
Letter- will he written and for-
warded to merchants participat-
ing hv Mr. McManus in an a-
i, nipt to stimulate their interest
in the event to a higher point.
According to present plans.
tw,. loud speaking units, furn-
I pursue happiness unless you’re I ished by F. !’. Mooney and Cecil
and! making 70 miles an hour or more. Hardv, will he placed on Main
two out. Coffman fanned Dick-] ------- stre,;, f,„- announcements during
shot with five pitched balls and That John D Rockefeller was the lav to attract visitors and
gave King Carl another win with' 01le of the latest
.. . , o---------- philanthro-
New York defeating Pittsburgh 4 pists the world ha„ pvei. kllmvn
to 3. ...... ~ '
from
Eighteen new members wore
enrolled in the Red River Valley
improvement association Monday,
according to reports from the
Denison Chamber of Commerce.
The list indud's W. I. Smith,
Patterson Mfg. co„ Herald Pub-
lishing Co., Lingo-Leeper Co.,
Geo. Homer, Ike Rotchs ein.
\ incent Alberto, (has. Bruno, dent oi the Vorwnerts, conducted] shall,
< . E. Gardner, Oscar K llcrt, J. the services at the grave. He is. said.
M, Davis, (. R. Hublnrd, L. D. survived by his wife and three
Nelson, .1, Tv luvncr, R. Wil- small daughters,
sou, !{,(’. Marlow. A. L. K eng j)r. j. c. Feild lias made a valu
J. Edwin 'IiID' , lulian ( 1'i'ild. able discovery on his farm four
miles from llio city on Red River,
UP and inexhuustable bed of coarse
soft sand. Masons say it is a
Hilly Peterson and Jimmy Gal-
lagher Will meet in the singles
finals of the Denison high school
tennis tournament on ihe Denison
Tennis club courts Tuesday after-
noon at 4 o’clock.
In semi-final matches Monday
afternoon Peterson defeated Or-
ville Thomason 7-5, 6-2 and Gal-
lagher copped fiom Andrew Bris-
ter in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4.
A doubles tournament may he
held later in the year, M. M. Mar- "'as
high school racquet conch, i
ted to exterminate suffering from
the rabies.
While there is little possibility
of a rabies spread occuting in the
city as the result of Monday's
find, owners of dogs in the south-
east section were asked to coop
their pets up for several days. If
any develop rabies signs, they
should be reported to city police.
Wood.
Dan Juan Manuel do Ayala,
Spanish explorer, discovered in
FUNERAL OF MISS SHERRILL
HELD TUESDAY AFTERNOON
The funeral of Miss Sailio Sher-
rill was conducted Tuesday after-
noon at 2 o’clock from the Shovt-
Mun-ay chapel with Rev. Paul O.
Cardwell of the Trinity Methodist
church officiating.
Interment was a Oakwood cem-
etery, Short-Murray directing and
citizens to the business i district.
....................... However, it was not known whe-
With Garms and Moore( shown in the amount of m -ney ho' •her the , itv would allow the
homering, Boston took one from bas donated to worthy t-auscs.'Let | speakers to be placed on the
Chicago 3 to 1. Fette and Carl- some 0f these boys who think they I streets .>- stationary units,
ton engaged in a huiler’s duel, have done a great deal toward
each giving up six safeties. | humanity check up and see if they
Max ditcher flung six hit ball can compare with the ;,0n million's
and Brooklyn knocked over Cin-’ Mr. Rockefeller had given in his
cimiati 1 to 0. St. Louis at lifetime. His famous dimes alone
Philadelphia had an off day. j would add up to a great amount
In the American loop N. York( although he stopped that practice’
broke loose with 14 runs and; several years ag0 There is little
bumped Cleveland 14 to 0 behind wondei. why he fp|| from ,hp
the six hit performance of Spur- throne of “the world’s
geon Chandler. Gehrig hit four man» but bjs
out of five times up. Rube Wal- stincts
berg won his first game of the
season while Boston was besting
Chicago 9 to 5. Jimmy Foxx
hit a homer and two doubles to
lead the attack.
richest
humanitarian in-
were wbith more than
mere money.
©
CLIFTON POOLE DIES
AT HOME IN OKLAHOMA
BURIAL AT OAKWOOD!
1775 the shoals on which Tread-.'the following as pallbearers: A\.
lire Island, site of the 1939 Gold-, T. Fullington. Charles McKemy,
en Gate International exposition, Corwyn Groves. F.arl Gardner, J.j
II. Blackburn and hied Haney, j wdd gp]urge temporarily, 8 to 6,
i gathering 14 hits off Caster and
Nelson. Harland Clift hit a hom-
er with one on.
The Texas league saw Dallas
drop another to Ft. Worth 5 to 3
Oklahoma City defeat Tulsa 9 to
1; Galveston blank San Antonio
in a close one 1 to 0; and Beau
A news item says a physic.an
removed a pair of tonsils 6.00(1
I feet in the air to test anesthetics
Detroit shoved over Washington ^
3 to 1 on Travis’ error. The
shortstop heaved a wild one in the
second and allowed two tallies.
I St. Louis stopped Philadlephia’s
A motorcade will be formed
with tw l -u.l speaking equipped
t > traverse this trade area
in the interest
ea rs
Monday. June
of Trades Day.
Tile Katy band will participate
in the parade thru the business
section that day and play for the
street dance in the 400 h'oek west
Crawford street in th? evening,
M McManus -mid.
high altitude. Is that what
known as higher learning?
is I
Work Started
On Remodeling
Building Here
! Workmen started this week on
-------- j tbe (as|. pf remodeling the build
Perhaps the bookies should be ing at 1 1
exiled to the dust howl, they are
milking the boys in this section
Son Of Man Who Discovered Huge
Sand Supply 19th Century Continues
Operation Valuable Bed Years Later
K A T Y
Rnikond Newr
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tin unmade ice eruim is the
la’ ,1 f."t(v to cati h the house
" ■” - ->f D.il’a ■ and to tak - care
of (lie demand, a raiJnad of ice
e earn freezers was ordered from
Meadota, PI., and was handled by
th" Katy Monday,
Clifton lb ole, 33, who made his
super or article for building use,; home at Quenton, Oklahoma, died
as ,t is (he only good su' d suit-1 after a one-day illness, Monday
able for this puipose. The doe-' morning. He had lived in Ok
tor has leased the bank to con- lalioma for the past nine veal's,
t.actor W. E. Hill. )' Funeral services will he con- |
May 25, 1902 ducted Wednesday at 2 p. m.
The New Orleans Progressive! from Short-Murray chapel with in-
Union dub, composed of capital- torment at. Oakwood. Short-Mur-
ists, merchants and manufacturers| ray directing,
through here, about fifty strong, headed by Tho-i Mr. Poole was born at While-
I mnH Richardson, their secretary, boro, Nov. 1, 1903, his parents
‘Well, you <an tell them Unit enginers and builders and is us-
i dry, 'Horse racing is an interest-
S-Hith Fannin avenue,
where the new home of Harry
Glidden is to he located. Mr.
Glidden bought the property re-
ing sport, according to what, they contly u-d will place his typewrit-
ten us, but when the bangtails i rr and office supply business in
start losing, it takes th, joy out j it when completed,
of life—if one happens t» have! The front part of the building
two bucks on the nose of 'h>- nag will be fixed up for the sales de-
| which chases the rest of the field
Denison men who manned the visited Denison last Sunday, arriv-
two special Shriner trains from ing on their own special train of
Waco and Austin last Friday to Pullman cars about 2:30 p. m.
convention headquarters at Wich-I By some miscalculation with the
ita Falls, hava returned and ro-( Commercial club of this city, the
(Continued on Pago 4)
(Continued oj Page 4)
being Mr. and 'Mrs. Noah Poole.
Surviving are his father, of
Habibs, N, M., three brothers,
Earl of Beaumont, Darnell of
Denison and John of Hobbs. Sis-
ters are Mrs. Helen McDonald,
Los Angelei.
mont take the first game of a
his soil is running it now,” was ing tons of the valuable sand and double header with Houston 7 to
the answer of Julian Feild Mon^ giving employment to scores of 2 then drop the afterpiece 3 to 0.
day afternoon when informed by men and shipping the sand to, --------------
a Denison Press representative many points over the state and ^ ^
that the paper Tuesday, under into other states. ^
the heading “Denison 50 Years The sand and gravel business,
Ago,” would carry the story of! which has been built up, is one
his father, the late Dr. J. S. Feild of the chief industries of i1s kind
discovering a valuable and inex- in North Texas. Several trucks
liaustible bed of soft sand. are in constant use ami the pay-
i home.
I KRAFT ^
PHENIX
The story which appears in an- roll is one of the largest in Den-
other column in this issue indi-| ison.
cates that the sand was declared | Modern machinery for handling
at the time very valuable for and loading sand has been placed
building purposes. .
Now. after fifty years, the son,
a lad when the sand was found,
is one of the state’s outstanding
at the plant and a special spur of
the Katy railway enables direct
loading from the racks of the
company operated by Mr. Feild.
PLANT PARAGRAPHS
partinent. In the rear of the
building will he a living room,
lounge room and bath. An addi-
Every horse race better in this ti<m on the south side will pro-
section is envious of the three] v do a sun porch which will over-
men in the north who knocked | l„ok a garden,
down $1,600 on tile daily double,] The new building will turn into
the highest paid in the history of, a modern building an old strur
that track. The bookies weeped.i tufe. which has weathered many
wailed and gnashed their teeth,; winters in Denison and was once
but they got their money hack the] the adjunct of a famous old wa-
next day. They say no one wins] g,ltl yai I*
but the bookie, but it's great fun
de- trying to beat the game.
The Kraft softball team
feated the Citizens National Bank-
ers 20 to t in an American league] A Denison lawyer
game Monday evening on the plaining today down
Boosters’ diamond, 300
Scars street.
Ear/
(Continued on Page
was cum-
in the jus-
tice court that he might just as
well quit business for the rest of
(Continued en Page 4)
Mr. Glidden expects to he in
his new stand some time in June.
NOTICE
If you do not get you pupet
delivered to you by 6 p. m. eucl
day, please phone 800 and om
will be eent you.
THE DENISON PRKSS
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