The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 94, Ed. 1 Friday, October 13, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
Europe Girds, War Of Nerves Continues Unabated
•UMDAT
35 cents
Per Month
DENISON, TEXAS FRIDAY, OCT. 13th, 1939
WEEKLY FOUNDED 1980 — ^AILY 1934
VOL. 6-NO. 94
FINLAND ORDERS
SHIPS FROM GULF
HELSINKI, Finland, Oct. 13— viet naval blockade and spread
The government today had order-
ed all Finnish ships out of the
Gulf of Finland to prevent them
fiom being bottled up in any So-
Business Houses
To Remain Open
Armistice Day
lermined fo fight against any
sia. Commander-in-Chief of
the Finnish armed forces is
General Hugo Viktor Oster-
man, above. His command in-
cludes the army, navy, national
guard, air force and coast
$uard.
Loadings Of
Freight Show
High For 1939
Revenue freight loaded during
the week ending October 7 num-
bered 834,6111 cars, new 1930 high
for the second successive week, j
according to reports compiled by
the Association of American Rail
roads.
The figure revealed an increase
of 132,178 or 18.8 per cent com-
pared with a year ago and an in-
crease of 22,430 cars or 28.9 per
cent compared with 1937 loadings.
For the fourth consecutive week
loadings rose to the highest peak
since October 2, 1937, though the
advance was less than season pro-
portion.
Sharp increases in miscellan-
eous freight, coal and ore were
offset by substantial declines in
les-than-carlot merchandise and
grain and grain products.
C. C. Danham, 1109 W. Owing,
for several years a Railway Ex-
press helper on the Katy Flyer be-
tween Denison and Fort Worth
was transferred today to a run
on the Southern Pacific. His new
route will be between Dallas and
Houston.
Members of the Bartlesville,
Okla. high school football team
and student rooters will leave to-
day in a special Katy train of six
cars for Muskogee where a game
is scheduled with a high school
team there.
Subject to approval of the Re-
tail Clerks union, ■Denison busi-
nessmen decided at a meeting
ponsorod by the Retail Merchant’s
Association this morning to remain
open on November 11, Armistice
Day.
This action was taken, accord-
ing to L. M. Newosme, president
of the association because the
date falls on Saturday and the
merchants realizing that Dienison
is the trade center for an area of
fifty miles felt that many people
coming lore to trade would be
disappointed.
(Mr. Newsome said the merchants
felt that day should be observed
»nd many planned to make Ar-
Amistlcie Day dislpays in their win-
dows and give the day off to all
ex-service men in their employ-
ment.
Representatives of all labor or-
, | ganizations of the city as well asj
J the Retail Clerks Union and Amer-
ican Legion were also present at
the meeting. The merchants pledg-
ed their cooperation in the Le-
goin’s poppy sale on that day and
planned to make suggestions to
pastors for appropriate sermons
concerning the armistice on the
following Sunday.
It was pointed out that the
300,000 troops along the eastern
border, where they faced Russian
soldiers .tanks and artillery.
Mines were planted along the
frontier to blow up strategic rail-
load lidcs tunnels and highways
in event of any Russian invasion
should the Finnish-Soviet talks un-
der way in Moscow break down.
The government decided to close
all ports along the Gulf of Fin-
land, reaching 325 miles eastward
to Leningrad, as a precaution
against any possible Soviet block-
ade at the mouth ot the gulf.
All Finnish ships were ordered
to go to Turku, 110 miles east of
Ilelsinski, around the Point of ^
Hongo and just east of the Aaland j
islands, or other ports on the Gulf
of Bothnia between Finland and
Sweden.
Tens of thousands of civilians
were in flight from Helsinki and
other cities by train, boat and
plane, while the government took
cheer from disclosure that the
United States ambassador in Mos-
cow had intervened with the So-
viet government on Fin'and's be-
half.
Bureau Head
i
In Washington!
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—Dr.
A. B. Cox, director of the bureau
of business research of the Uni-
versity of Texas is in Washing-
ton as a member of the commit-
tee of deans from eight leading
university schools of business,
called by the Departent of Com-
merce to discuss ways to help
HITLER WAITS
ON ROOSEVELT
i
LONDON, Oct. 13—The Europ- until.- m girded itself for what
can war of nerves continued today seemed to be the spark for the
while every mighty nation on the: beginn’ng of the bloodiest war in
--- j history of mankind.
RUSSO • FINLAND BORDER — Four languages on sign at Finland's most northern frontier tell
strangers that the other side is Russian territory. Feeling was so tense, as Soviets massed troops
on their side of border, that to cross it would be to invite bullets from Soviet guards.
CIO Hits At
Labor Group
250,000 School
Kids To Be Fed
By Government
Everyday
Denison
By
LOUTS ANDERSON
6)
AUSTIN, Oct. 13—Two hun-
dred and fifty thousand children
Labor in Texas may have free lunches
Chief topic on the streets this
morning is not how the war situn-
t on is doing in Europe but wheth-
er Denison will win or lore to
Tishomingo tonight. Personally we
pick Denison to win, figuring if
we stick long enough percentage
will give us a correct guess . . .
They te l us a district 5 sportswnt
er, in determining the final stand-
ing of the outfits this season, has
nicked Gainesville to go undefeat-
ed, Sherman to lose one and
Denison to lose three, tieing one,
winding up in fifth place in a
field of five . . . Jerry D’Arcy is
probably the best liked Jacket,
with Harold Rowland coming in a
close second. Both boys like to
give all they have without any
thought of personal glory and back
pats . . . Earle Stanley Gardner
proved to be the best guest star
last night Bing Crosby has had on
, , , , small busmens concerns m the
pan of remaining open must be,.. . ,.
, . , , , . , United St .nfs. A number ot ex-
Houstonian Is
Picked Up For
Theft Of Art
The Dallas News today publish
a surrealist picture by Da’i of hi;
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. ed States Department of ... ----_ ------------ .
13—The Congress of Industrial has become a tiny puppet state! this year through the co-operation I*118 l),08lam 111 months.
Organizations at its second an-, which spends its time compiling of the Federal government and
nual convention today adopted a reports that no.ody reads. ■ al groups, such as parent-teach-
resolution charging that the Unit- The resolution called on the la- er associations, welfare organiza-
—------------i bor department to “get back on: tions and civic clubs, sa'd R- L.
the track.” It accused the depart-1 Montgomery, director of commod-
■ ment of straying far from its or- ity distribution for the Federal
j iginal purpose of benefiting the ! Surplus Commodities Corporation
j working man, improv ng his we - with offices here, today. Last year
fare and increasing his opportuni-1 about 30,000 children received
ties for employment. ! such lunches.
Van Bittner, head of the CIO’s* It is now possible for any com- j
A L i'ii'' radio broadcast today
repeated Adoif Hitler was still
hopeful that a neutral nation—
■ec.ficady. the United States —
o1.1'! n at tile eleventh hour
i. '.iiat'u, li.it chances of a
■ cut: 1 nation acting seemed rc-
■ ■■ President Roosevelt has
■ ; i i. - apormcn that he has
mt cen formally notified of any
.a h w.shio of Germany, nor has
■ ; u ed w. 11 steps he would take
• f tire no .ideation came through
diplomatic channels.
Euro] e said Hitler was prepar-
ng for : ,-t o fighting against
lie id! a. -i Bi itishers believed
1 is first attack might come at
uy to. > - n.-t Brit;sh fleet?
and naval bases.
I L. "bo- push," often referred
-o sunn ho.-tiiitie- broke, is im-
■li'ino. military strategists believe
and Loth G many and the allies
■ ad Loop.- and war machines mas-
ked on the western front.
Some iomats aid that Hitler
was seeking assistance pacts with
Bus--.,i and Italy before throwing
“is full force against Britain and
■•'ranee, accounting for the delay
f Germany since Hitler’s peace
iropo-uls wore rejected by both
the a 1 ed nations.
(nil- n influence lessening in
lie Ba! a areas was apparent
conception of the Marx brothers I"ben it was learned Lith-
film actors. If you can figure j * ucnian.h ’ that Germany re-
&
New freight cars placed in ser-
vice or ordered by the American
railroads during 1939 will exceed
46,000. according to plans dis-
closed at the special meeting of
the members lines of the Associa-
tion <jf American Railroads, held
in Washington recently.
This includes approximately
25,000 additional new cars whose
purchase i? planned and 21,260
new freight cars already ordered
or placed in service during the
first nine months- of 1939.
In addition to the purchase of
new equipment, all railroads are
undertaking to repair ears and cn-
approved by the clerks’ union be-
fore definite action is taken.
Mr. Newsome said cards bearing
the text of the new state “hot”
heck law becoming effective
Sept. 15 is now available to all
Retail Merchants assoiation mem-
bers, at the office of secretary-
manager H. L. Wilils. Among oth-
er things the law provides a stiff
penalty for a merchant to with-
draw h:s suit against a bogus check
passer.
Bonham Favorite
Sold to Chain
Newspaper Group
BONHAM, Texas, Oct. 13— A
changie in ownership and manage-
ment of the Bonham Daily Fav-
orite took place Thursday morn-
peris Dim the Department of
Commerce met with the deans and
participated in their discussions
today. The conference will con-
tinue throught Saturday.
Dean W. M. Stevens of the Un-
iversity of Maryland and Washing-
ton representative of the commit-
tee, submitted his report Thursday
showing what has been done since
the last meeting. The committee
also discussed possibilities under a
co-operative program of research
through the netting up of loudness
research centers in the state un-
iversity schools of business admin-
istration as provided for in an
amendment to the Lea bill, now
before congress.
EXTRA RAIL SFRVICES
IN TEXAS •'ACE PROBE
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13—The
ing when Wed E. Reid, president j Interstate Commerce Commission
.........it has launched a sweeping investi-
Igation into the practices of rail-
Sidney C,ay of Waco, representing j 1<.oads [n Texas Louisiana in
newspaper publishers of Waco, i f,,rmah,nS or makln* avallab,e t0
of the corporation, sold controll-
ing interest in the publication to
Austin, Wichita Falls and Cleburne
shippers packing sheds, depots,
gines burned ntely which have not
been needed to handle the cur- Tt’xas' spend a few days, prior
Reid, who has been editor of tho,m^hl''^ and other fac.lit.es °wn-
Favorite since October, 1938, held ,ed th<? roads f°I h(andl’",;
fifty per cut of the stock of the i ^ate shipment ot freight. It is
corporation, with his son-in-law, |’ t0 " ualine, 1 c larges
Wade B. Scott and daughter, ! m*Ae b-v tbe ,al,™ads’ °r ,aek ?f
Freid Rio id Scott and Frank Svo-!^^’ A f“ch bJ “"fl*
boda being other stockholders.
C. C. Woodson of Cleburne, has
assumed charge of the business. |
Mr. and Mrs. Reid will leave I
shortly for the ranch at Bandera,
the picture out you either under-
stand the stuff or have been drink-
ing . . . Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain will speak again tr.
the world Saturday afternoon
about 2:15 Denison time . Sill-
iest thing: a state education
you’ll
‘ Add
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13- The1 packing houre workers’ organizing munity needing free lunches forj .,
Federal Bureau of Investigation I campaign, charged that the la-! school children to obtain a good ~ p of V-harlof Lbndl.ereh from
today announced apprehension at j bor department conciliators who part of the necessary foods from 1 * , , , -t.
Columbia, S. C„ of Arm a ml (1.: frequently side with employers the government. This material has j ‘ ‘g. Todav i- Fridav
Deschamps, formerly employed as against labor. | hecn bought from farmers by thM Thirteenth. If you are » good hoc
assistant secretary of the Museum Leo Pressman, CIO counselor Department of Agriculture withj^ ^ p
of Fine Arts, at Houston. Tex., on J and secretary of the resolutions .30 per cent of the import duties 1 ‘ ,obablv ’ • (
charges of violation of the nation-, committee, said that under Presi-. as provided under the agricultural' ^ ^ con?ratuIations ourin(? in.
al stolen propetrv act. Derchnmp:-' dent Roosevelt s reorganization act ot 193a. I his amounts to '
was arrested in Columbia bv Fill Plan the department was being around $100,000,000 a year. , ^
agents and will be given a bearing shorn steadily of its authority. He S. A. Heathly. administrative,
there pending his removal to New said the employment service had assistant to the FSCC, will be in j
York to face prosecution. j been transferred to the Social Dallas Friday and Saturday
Deschamps severed his eonnee- j Security Board, the Wage-hour ad- furtherance of the free
tion with the Houston museum on ’ ministration had been made inde- ■ program. Last year thirty-four
May 12, 1939. Shortly after his'Pendent of the labor department, schools in District 4, Dal as, serv-
departure from Houston it wnsyind the government was consid ■.-' ed free meals to 3,032 children,
learned that twenty-four Indian ling transferring Immigration and! The commodities distributed
and Persian miniature paintings, [ Naturalization bureaus to the Dc-! cannot be sold under any eircum-
valuied at $11,175, had disappear- partment of Justice. j stances, so any shool using federal
ed from the Houston museum. | Meantime, Mr. Roosevelt's latest; commodities must serve all
Deschamps was traced from Hons-j plea for labor peace '
ton to New York and it was os-j tracked.
Without referring directly to; others, the supplies will be can
I to George B. Deaiey, pr esident of
Dallas News, who was feted
| for his splendid life work, at Gal-
• veston last night. Sixty-five years
lunch' a^° ke went to W0I’k for a Gal-
veston paper as office boy. An Ho-
ratio Alger story even if it did
take a longer time.
chil-
side-jdren free. If any distinction is
! made between relief cases and
urn it.- former pos lesion, Memel.
■I proposal- to Finland
were being studied by Finns, but
'L !■.: leaders said that the
. ituation was “still serious.”
At Moscow, seventeen days af-
ter th- Turk h envoy had arrived,
t i-k- wen : ■-unied between Rus-
n and Turkey. A German source
“• r:.. i that ti c Turkish agrete-
icn! !:::■] ah . ad; been consumma-
ted w . Turke;- guaranteed neu-
'ruhty l' the war in return for
the dosing of the Dardanelles to
“all belligerent ships.”
Gc man • were informed by the
pn - that tin German people had
een “insulted" by Prime Minister
Novi le Chaml . rlain when he re-
nder! for Britain the peace pro-
posals of Hitler.
Another source said that Hitler
ad "n o’ ,.(l himself to war" and
had t our full scale war prepar-
At last the “true” story of thejations throughout Germany.
tablishcd that the missing paint- , j
ings had been sold between May 'the pi. '--ident’s telegram asking re-. celed.
17 and May 20 to various art umption of AFW3IO peace nego- organization washing to aid
dealers in New York. Twenty-. ..alums, the convention a school with a freo luncheon pro-
two of the twenty-four nainttiigr. mously adopted a resolutions com- t0 the countv oase
have been located,
was filed in New
A
recommendation that the;
York m*state decUon as''to'anv’fu^re negotiT-1WOrker in th° StatC
welfare de-
Iwith provisions of the Interstate I
| Commerce Act.
land Sidney Hillman, the three-
!man CIO committee in previous
j negotiations.
The American Red Cross also
came under CIO fire, with Lewis
German 1 ir.or Bremen has been
told. It supposedly is now in a
Russian port, safe from salvaging
! at the hands of the Allies. One
thing was always known, it didn't
come up Red River to Denison,
about the only spot on the glob(
it wasn’t reported at one time or
another . . . Three persons at the
state fair in Dallas yesterday were
literally taken for a ride. The
roller coaster jumped the tracks
and hurt three passengers. A safe-
ty device keeps the coasters from
.A
rent business, but which may be
needed for increased business in
the future.
A special Katv train of six cars
containing CCC members is being
operated today out of Bastrop for
Arizona points.
Delegates attending the P.E.O.
Sisterhood convention at Hous-
ton will leave for St. Louis, Kan-
sas City and beyond tonight in
two special trains consisting of a
total of twenty-five cars.
Waco citizens enroute to the
State F'air at Da'las will leave
Sunday night in a special Katy
train of eight cars and will re-
turn Monday night.
To Attend Convention
SHEIXMAN, Oct. 13—More than
590 girls from 119 high schools
over north Texas will be in Sher-
man Saturday to attend an alien
conference of Future Homemakers
Clubs.
to going to New Orleans, La., to
sail for a 21-day trip to Cuba,
Central America and the Panama
Canal Zonie.
FRUIT FLY QUARANTINE
IN TEXAS EXTENDED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 — Ef-
fective Oct. 16 quarantine regu-
lations neainst the Mexican fruit
fly will he extended to include
the counties of Dimimt, Lasalle
and Webb in Texas, it was an-
nounced today by the Department
nf Agriculture. The regulated area
now inc udes six counties and a
part of a seventh, all near the
Mexican border in Texas.
Under regulations in force, har-
vesting season for host fruits of
the fly is September through April
of each year, except that in the
All Class I and Class II common
carriers by railroad in the two
states subject to the Interstate
Commerce Act, the Rio Grande
it Eagle Pass Railway company
and the Texas Electric Railway
company arc included in the lines
affected by the survey. Question-
naires have been sent to all these
with instructions that replies in
writing to the questions submitted
Imust be delivered to the commis-
sion on or before Nov. 10, ans-
wers being made under oath.
(Gas Tank Bids
U. S. Engineers here mailed late
Thursday invitations for sealed
bids in duplicate to purchase a gas
sto’-age tank completely installed
in connection with heating two
buildings approximately 100 feiet
apart, located on the Denison dam
site.
The bids will be publicly op-
ened at 11 a. in., October 23 and
state'trLsprrU^^f^tolen'ilr^ hMd/of Predd^enT J^hn't4 Lewis | ^ow^ow maly children'are te be
perty valued In excess of $5,000. j and Vice-Presents Phil .bimping'theTvhoie she bang
School Officials
Await Completion
Of HS Auditorium “ the rrr**deaU ^ •, .,■( *
, ; , 11 , , , n 1 uinou ; ;n surplus foods lt cannot provide bility they might be called
n • rr:, v |down labor when labor was ,n i everything necessary for a bal- if the V S. 'enter- the «a,
Denison school authorities were , need because ot fear of offena-;ance(1 mea, Thereforc thc spon-! younger members look on 4
are issued for thirty days only,
| the prescribed amount for each
I child listed and supplies must be
caked for as directed ly the group
specified.
Texas woman, just returned from
Europe says those air raid alarms
over there really send chills up
and down the spine . . . Some of
the older members of the national
guard here are jittery over possi-
to duty
The
Evacuation of the Rhineland ar-
■ : of Germans was underway, and
' lack lilt orders were given throu-
ghout all Germany.
Oil-. ■ .-re In lin ed that if Hitler
d o sei .! !;.- air fleets and armies
gainst France and Britain, the
■ Bt1 uni, Holland and
Switzerland would b violated.
The lT. S. ambassador to Russia
' eat n 1 ur in conference with
D ( gn Mi’ -.t r D M Motolov
r.l i’ vii’ ’ lieveti be had asked
pi acet' 1 measures between the
Soviet and Finland.
rail man is Killed
ACCIDENTALLY ON HUNT
awaiting today with keen antiei- ing financial interests. He
pation completion of the high ed that in some cases
school auditorium, a badly needed . were nothing more than exc’usive
addition to care for overflow stu- clubs.
dents and provide space for mass | _
meetings.
Officials here said the addition*
should be completed late this! nd
month or
the entire addition ready for occu-
pancy shortly afterwards. The
' I soring group must provide the sup-
plementary food. Advice on men-
us, etc., may be obtained from the
■county home demonstration agents,
• • j 1 rom the state home demonstra-
Pants Are Stolen J ion agent at College Station and
Ilahnl reported to city from the WPA women supervisors
lark, figuring “we haven’t any-
thing over here for us.” In a few
years they see it in a different
light, a light yeen by the older
members.
McKinney high is rattier irked
completed tate 1 ‘ police late Thursday the theft of of professional and service pro- because it has been reported that
cany in movomoci, witn ^ ^ Qf pants ft.om his automo. j0eta. It is possible to obtain WP |Gainesville is looking <.n their
bile, parked in tbie 100
new auditorium will he opened . NoHhJuimeU avenue^
first to give students space in
which to hold meetings, none of,
which has been held this year j
because of inadequate space. Thel
old auditorium seats have been,
removed.
It was believed the new high |
block A kitchen help where the labor is
available.
Phillips Figures Out Way To “Get
Even” With Government On RR Dam
three countVs addede to the area j award will hc made to lowest re-
today, harvesting of grapefruit sponsible bidder. The tank must
ends with the last of February. A I tie new and unused, made of non-
host-free period must bio observed ] corrosive copper bearing steel and
throughout the regulated area have 1,000 gallon capacity, for
during the rest of the year. (storage of liquid gas.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oel. 13— (around the dam. That way we’ll
school auditorium will he the best! Gov. Leon Phillips today said he keep the war department from in-
in this entire section nf the nation,
with all the latest improvements
on the stage and accousties.
Denuonian Appointed
department for go’ng abend with
the Bed River dam in spite of his
, opposition.
_ ! The governor said a Bryan
Elmer E. Watkins, 201 W. Hull, county farmer had m ule the stiff
was temporarily appointed by U. gestion to him.
S. engineers here today as junior “The idea," said Phillips, i-
clerk-stenographer in the engin-jfhat we’ll just dig a^ big chattne
believed he had found a way of undating all of that rich land in
getting even with the U. S. war
game tonight as a good workout
Denison’s negro football
team meets McKinney negro high
there next Wednesday night
WACO, Tex., Oct. 13—Dan C.
Dobbins, -"'6, well known in Texas
■ ilwui circles, was killed aeid-
entally Thursday near Speegle-
vi 1 e. ght miles west of Waco,
vhiK- dove hunting, according to
the inquest verdict of Justice
Wayne Lice.
The body was found shortly
afternoon by Sonny McKinney of
Speiylevir Dobbins’ brother in
law, unde a barbed wire fence.
A charre from a shotgun, beneath
the body had entered Dobbins’
head.
Most of Dobbins’ life was spent
in the service of the Katy. He
Could a pearl diver in a cafe be ; ad served ns superintendent of
both the outh and northwstern
districts. At one time he was
superintendent of the Cotton Belt.
leering division
and divert the Washita river
called a dishapator . . . All thore
things happening in Europe has
the close observers whacky. About
the time one nation seems to have
taken a definite stand, it up and
swaps courses. All very eonfus-
the upper Washita.” j in* t0 sa>’ thc lea,t • • • Thp Fin’
Phillips, at the same time, crit-j bind “protection” move by the U
h ired the war department for fail-1 because the Finns paid
ing to hire Oklahomans to work i " ar debt, makes about as .
.. , » . sonse as a local merchant fightmp been forecast for this vicinity.
He charged that, ....... ........... .........., „ ....
Temperature* Higher
Temperatures in Denison reach-
ed the 72 degree stage Thursday
afternoon followed by a low of
r t degrees early today. Cooler
much i weather tonight and Saturday has
on the project,
only 15 Oklahomans were «mr-
rently employed while most of tlm
labor had been imported from
California, Idaho and Nebraska.
for us because we paid a bill due
(on the first of the month . . .
F’DR is still wise in steering clear
of mediating thc war over there.
Let them keep it ower there.
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