Denton Record-Chronicle (Newspaper) - March 11, 1937, Denton, Texas ROUND ABOUT TOWN And no man hath ascended up Heaven but he that came down irom Heaven even the Son of Man is in John The love of Heaven makes one DENTON VOL XXXV NO 179 DENTON TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON MARCH Associated Press Leaded Wire TEN PAGES Texas is eligible to receive 000 in 1938 as her share of the million dollars appropriated to the Federal Bureau of Public Boads for secondary or feeder roads and a like amount be available the same purpose in 1939 The specified that the must be constructed in at least fifty per cent of the that the designation of the ary road system will be based upon the importance of various roads as revealed by the Highway Planning Survey now in progress Pending the of the survey the way Planning Commission lect projects which can reasonably included in the secondary T Don't overlook making that income return to the Federal Internal nue Collector W A Thomas at las return is to be in the hands of the Collector by March 15th and it has been stated that returns on the mail on the 15th which has sufficient in times past will be classed as filing too late The return itself must be in the hands by the 15th of this month unless an extension of time nas been granted for filing Blanks can be had at the by any one ing them Cummings Assistant Says Program Is Endangered Heard by Senate Judiciary Committee Many Institutions Under Legal Cloud He Asserts The Brooks Drug Store is ing its fifteenth anniversary in ness in and in appreciation Of the many favors from Denton And Denton County people the store put on a Big Anniversary Sale Floyd Brooks said We want to ex- our appreciation to the many who have made possible our We have enjoyed living in Denton we have enjoyed being in business here among the finest people in- the world Was This Shell By Associated ASHTABULA Herrman may be the man who coined the saying that trian is just a motorist looking for his car He reported theft of his machine to the police Then he found it and asked of- to cancel the theft report When he went back to get the car it had disappeared again Word was received here of the sudden death of Lod V Robertson Dallas Ray Bishop said that he had heard death came ly while in his automobile evidently from heart failure Robertson lived in Denton for many years and when was in the insurance business had a host of friends He had been living in Dallas since leaving Denton a good many years ago When you get ready to buy that 1937 automobile license remember that you are supposed to buy it in your own county censes and every thing you can Should a Denton County owner buy a Tarrant or Dallas County any other county or State if the enforcement officers find put about it they'll force buy another from your own collector New plates must be on your car by April 1 the windy month so far has not strutted its stuff to any great extent and Wednesday night or rather early Thursday morning April brand of weather moved in one of those nice April ers Farmers say that while they need no rain the light shower will do no particular harm WASHINGTON March 11 Attorney General Robert H Jackson today a majority of the Supreme Court had the great objectives of the Roosevelt tion offend their deep con- Appearing before the Senate Ju Committee in behalf of the President's court reorganization program Jackson This frank hostility of these tices has been openly counted on by interested groups to defeat much important legislation from a long prepared a serious split within the high court leaves the nation governed by blind fate instead of by human reason Calling attention to current de- lays in handing down decisions the assistant attorney general said the Washington minimum wage act was argued some three months ago While I can only guess at the cause of the delay he said the difficulties apparent in this case lead to the suspicion the court is badly divided Program Endangered Expanding his contention a of the Supreme Court was opposed to Roosevelt objectives Jackson The whole program ingly approved by the people in 1932 -1934 and 1936 is in danger of being lost in a maze of tional metaphors Nearly every newly organized institution of the government rests under a legal cloud This is true of Securities and Exchange Needlework delle Carlson told her mother a story and got stuck with it Ker story was that needle But physicians couldn't find it Later the child I told a story mama I swallowed three needles She was rushed back to the hospitals where physicians found and removed three needles Claim Department ADELAIDE r s J B Curry 90 has a new black dress Back in 1867 Mrs Curry was the first customer in a ly opened department store The management presented her with an outfit of clothing and told her if she came back when she was 90 they would give her an- other gown They kept their promise FUMY minute Measure Goes To Senate for Action All General Ad Valorem Included Story Bride Now First Lady Spanish Commander Says International War Has Been Begun S M Cowan elderly Lake Dallas newspaper carrier was fatally ed shortly after 5 o'clock day morning when he was struck by a Dallas bread truck as he pushed his bicycle along the highway toward the store where nis bundles of papers waited to be delivered Cowan suffered a skull injury a broken leg and and lacerated over his body A local ambulance Threat of Sales Tax Hurled by Bill's Opponents AUSTIN March House passed to Senate today a to remit bo counties all state ad valorem taxes for general enue purposes The vote was 84 to 36 The remission effective for the next five years would deprive the state treasury of approximately annually Proponents contended so many in- dividual remissions already had been made and so many additional ties were seeking them year it was only fair to give aid to all ties Opponents warned enactment would lead to a general sales tax There's a lot of difference be- tween remitting taxes to 14 cent of the counties and remitting them all over the said Rep Lindley G Beckworth of Gilmer The proposal would provide that the money be used to lower the county's tax rate unless citizens of j odore then president gave the bride the county voted to use it for soil j away conservation flood control road work or some other tional purpose Rep Fred Mauritz of Ganado the author said counties needed the revenue from ad valorem taxes far worse than the state GREAT BRITAIN PLANS TO THWART ATTACK IN NARROW BUILDING 148 SHIPS LONDON March Samuel Hoare First Lord of Admirality disclosed to Com- mons today the building of 148 ships in the current year bared the existence of a secret plan to thwart attack in narrow seas of empire trade routes and flatly foreswore a naval race with either the United States or Germany He promised flatly the terials will be obtained to build the vast hew enough to carry out its responsibilities in both the Eastern and Western added When the ships are built we shall have the men to man But he said While so many changes in the international world since 1914 have been for the worse there is one that has been preeminently for the better Now and henceforth there can be no rivalry between the American and British Navies Nor can there be any race between German and British naval armaments Our program is aimed at no Observers were quick to interpret Sir Samuel's reference to Declares Spain Has Been Invaded by Foreign Army through the Mediterranean My own dress was heavy stiff satin with shirred tulle in the neck and long wrote Mrs lin D Roosevelt in her phy This is Story Here is a picture taken of the president's wife in that costume on that wedding 1 day March Her Uncle 35 True Bills In First Report Of Grand Jury Commission the Social Securities rushed him to Hospital Board the Public Works j but he died the Tennessee The accident occurred on the and the Labor sweeping highway curve near Sargent store at Lake Dallas Work on the Fish Hatchery below the Lake Dallas dam is ing nicely and it is expected that it won't be so long before it will be in operation thereby giving to ton about the largest ery in this section of Texas I would suggest that some traffic regulations be established on North Locust Street that would give more protection to and said E P Craig In some places parking is the rule and it occurs to me that parallel parking would afford much better conditions Board The acts of Congress involved the hopes and fears of a great portion of the American people are likewise clouded in legal doubt Old age benefits old age tance unemployment compensation the Securities Act the Relief Acts the Labor Relations Act the lic Utility Holding Company Act the Tennessee Valley well as many taxing involved in litigation and there is no nite assurance what their fate will be Barrage of Questions When he had concluded Jackson was subjected to a barrage of tions from committee members Senator so far uncommitted on the President's proposals voiced fear that the ad- Pat Roberts Denton County Re- habilitation Officer and his force have moved into the basement of the Post Office the House Revives Graduate Limit AUSTIN March House today to limit graduate instruction to the sity of A M and Texas County grand jury when it Tech It voted 61 to 57 to print the U to District a port The it 10 to 9 ony Thirty-five true bills all on charges were returned by the A to repeal the law requiring graduates of accredited law schools j to take the bar examination was re- Hardy Smith of Dallas the truck j vived by a much larger majority The driver told those at the accident he was blinded by the lights of a car approaching from the west and did not see Cowan until the man was within 10 feet of the bread truck He was being passed by the ing car at that moment and was helpless to avoid the accident Smith said Smith ran to find a telephone and notified Royal in charge of the Lake Dallas exchange Royal called the ambulance Royal first to arrive at the scene of the fatal accident said Cowan's watch lay on highway stopped at o'clock apparently the exact moment of the crash The Lake Dallas man was about its first report Eight persons were was dition of six new justices would 60 years old and is survived fay his We want the people for their fine spirit of cooperation in taking care of the Charity fund said Lee Preston er there are some few that have not responded to the to leave pledges at the Denton County National Bank but we hope they'll attend to it at an early date as we need all the funds and dis- like to pay out collection fees Everything looks fine over our said Sam Rose of Little Elm The grain is a thing of beauty the land is in excellent condition for Spring planting and with a of such weather Denton County shoud have an lent crop year Trie D Brown oil test West of store at Lake Dallas has reached the depth according to Jake large land owner in that section The well is going down in a most satisfactory manner he said and it won't be I be- lieve until something definite can be told The derrick is up and everything is most ready to go on the Ed For- rester place Bolivar section ing to Ed Forrester who said that the well would be spudded in Saturday of this week Bolivar No 2 Southeast of the gasser is going ahead with their drilling but the test on the Gambill tract was closed down this morning break down the confidence of the people in the court I have no such Jackson replied He conceded however that the confidence of the people would depend upon the character and con- duct of the new members Jackson's emphasis on what he said was a split within the court drew sharp questions from tor advocate of a constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds vote of the justices to invalidate laws asked if the Roosevelt would meet the objection raised by Jackson to split decisions Jackson agreed there was no surance divisions of the court would not continue but he said with new blood on the court the justices will have a viewpoint that s likely to be less divergent widow and three Funeral arrangements had not been made Thursday afternoon Senate Okays New Speculate on Possibilities Outside the hearing room two aspects of the situation occasioned speculation First there were indications op- of the administration course might try to agree on a constitutional amendment to meet criticism that no agreement could be reached Second the conference on amendment to be headed by Senator Norris was postponed until Congress has acted on the President's proposals AUSTIN March Senate in executive session today confirmed Governor of Judge W H Stokes of Vemon to the Court of Civil Appeals to succeed Judge A B Martin effective April It ratified also the anointment of C Y Welch former Hardeman County Judge to succeed Stokes and Dr M C Blair of- Karnes and D F Youngblood of San Antonio to the State Board of Education also would force the State Board of Legal Examiners to waive in certain instances its requirement that applicants must give 27 months j naming notice of their intention to take the T W It was the first time this session the House had voted to print any proposals on minority reports Sen G H Nelson of Tahoka the leading Senate opponent of horse race betting was obtaining to a resolution designed to bring about an early committee hearing on a to outlaw such ting The Senate race repeal proposal up for final consideration decided by one vote send it to committee Discuss Court Again The House heard additional dis- cussion of President Roosevelt's posal to reorganize the Supreme It arose over a resolution which would endorse the President s program generally without cally mentioning the Supreme Court plan No action was taken before the resolution period expired and the representatives refused to ex- tend that period A to authorize the State Tax Commissioner to determine the value of oil in and in pipelines for tax introduced by Rep Eugene Talbert of Tyler The House passed a Senate to permit street car companies to amend their charters so they might operate buses The proposal was amended to provide that companies could consider for rate-making in- WASHINGTON March Secretary Hull today instructed William E Dodd at in to make vigorous representations German foreign office con- erning recent articles appearing in the German press about the United States RCA Thought Strike Guards to Be State Men WASHINGTON March An official of the RCA ing Company of Camden N J told a Senate today his con- MARID Jose er of Madrid's defense forces announced today an clared international war has tions for our trade communications begun in Spain in which through narrow seas as a Italian soldiers are ence to fears that Italy might some day seek to cut the empire lifeline Spain has been invaded by a foreign the government declared The government in a communique asserted evidence has been snow that four full divisions of Italian troops are taking part in the fighting Individual divisions are ed by General and tie government reported The Italian divisions are all cern contracted for strike guards i with a New York detective agency because the agency as ed by Gov Harold G Hoffman Robert Shannon vice president in charge of manufacturing for the company testified he believed the guards wanted for a strike in June would be state He was told they would be state men he said by George Uhe The Secretary of State recently J representing the Sherwood apologized formally to the German tive Agency of New York adding embassy here for remarks made by Mayor Fiorello H LaGuardia of New he placed faith in Williams because of Willams personal contact with except for one which regular Italian army of Insurgents Repelled with the ment on the alleged Italian pation in the Civil War the reported that a tack on the southern front had fore- ed retire two miles in fighting around ba province Collapse of a s University City during the session it was said at the county attorney's office The grand recessed to return later this court term F W Kelman Mingo farmer indicted on charges of as the slayer of Denton dealer Redmon negro was dieted for burglary and repetition of that makes sible his being tried under Texas habitual criminal law that provides a penalty as high as a life sentence Of the 35 indictments the dants in 12 cases were not in tody or under bond Thursday and their names were withheld The others billed besides Kelman and Redmon Andrew Sacks three cases at- tempt to rape Starr car theft Paul Phillips car theft Billy Gatt car theft Woodrow Marshall sault to Francis Bland burglary Tom Allen driving while drunk Melvin Pennington chicken theft two cases burglary H C Gray driving while drunk man Smith assault to rape Sam Christie driving while drunk ther Hagan driving while drunk Marvin Robertson chicken theft two cases burglary Lena Mae din two cases theft R T Quinn driving while drunk Incident statement's made be- fore the women's section of the American Jewish Congress evoked a deluge of criticism from the German j Liberties Committee that press in which LaGuardia not only j learned the guards provided by the I had to come over to town on business said C Lipscomb who now lives in the Eastern part of the County after having lived in Denton all his life until he ed to his farm I like it better all he CONGRESS By Associated Press Senate Routine business Judiciary committee hears ant Attorney General Jackson on court reorganization La committee resumes il liberties inquiry House Resumes consideration of Vonson coal control Senate in recess House ed minor bills General Cummings urged adoption of Roosevelt court gram at Senate committee hearing House Agriculture Committee proved farm tenancy WIRE BRIEFS WASHINGTON March Brigadier Frank T Hines Administrator of Veterans Affairs recommended today that Congress compensation for needy dependents of deceased world war veterans whose war risk insurance payments will begin to expire next year See HOUSE Page 3 was attacked by American tions and Jewish women also were flayed This press campaign was called to Secretary Hull's attention by Mrs Stephen S Wise wife of the noted Jewish Rabbi and chairman of the women's section of the American Jewish Congress Her formal letter prompted Hull to dispatch immediate orders to Ambassador Dodd to ex- press emphatic comment to the German foreign office and to say the United States government was amazed at the fierceness of the man press attack Officials Offended It was understood recent articles published by Der Angriff a leading Berlin Journal were particularly of- fensive to American officials In responsible quarters it was ex- that the secretary's tions to Dodd did not constitute a protest but Comment which would be calculated to have much the same effect Hull tendered to the German em- this government's apologies for remarks after Dr Hans Thomsen counsel of the em- bassy had protested to the State Department that in- Chancellor Hitler Sherwood agency were not state men he cancelled the agreement and BREST France backed up iic dered them town the same ing to insurgent Spain to keep day New Assault on Race Belting to Get Under War PROFFER INVITED TO SPEAK IN TYLER R L Proffer county ent has been invited to talk on Health in the School at the ing of the Texas Tuberculosis which will be held in Tyler March 12 to 13 FARMERS OTHER PRODUCERS OF BASIC STAPLES SEE GOLDEN HARVEST AS PRICES INCREASE AUSTIN March of j horse racing planned renewed i saults today to abolish the sport j of kings in Texas after moves of I had staved decision in the Senate The upper legislative chamber giving ear to pleas of -a hearing for track operators and horse breeders swung the issue back into committee by the slim margin of a 15 to 14 vote with one pair By a vote of 20 to 8 last week The Senate hung onto a minor racing proposal the to repeal legalized wagering Horse racing opponents found ace in the words of Governor James V Allred who yesterday declared I shall continue to fight for a clear cut vote and for repeal of the race track gambling law Franee to Issue First Bonds for Defense Funds PARIS March first installment of the new national de- fense loan fixed at francs about will be issued tomorrow at 98 for each 100 francs The rate was set at 4 per cent interest and payable in 60 years WASHINGTON March The House passed today legislation today provide Federal regulation of the giant soft coal industry The measure now goes to the Senate MARSHALL March suspects in the slaying of Sheriff Alex Brown of Marion County were held in jail here today Officers re- fused to discuss their possible con- with the case NEW YORK March on the will of Col Edward H R Green son of Hetty Green uled today before Essex County rogate Harry Owen were adjourned until March 17 No reason for the postponement was given NEW YORK March American fanners and other of basic staples envisioned a golden of billions of dollars today as prices staged a comeback under the impetus of a worll wide upswing The lean years from 1929 to the spring of 1933 when prices skidded to new historical lows fade in ory as the almost uninterrupted rise since last June restores to the boards of commodity markets quotations unseen in eight years Metals rubber wheat and other big items of trade between town and country measured in the American dollar have recouped in a four year period the disastrous losses of the The story is sharply delineated in these a bushel cent cotton 16 cent mention a few By one yard Associated Press index of prices for 35 leading have risen 32 cent since last May to a point a little above 94 per cent of the aver age price in 1926 The effect of this rise on the cost of living is being studied closely Many manufactured goods have been marked up but so far as some figure it mounting rolls and improvement in the ing power of commodity producers have kept a lap or two in front of retail prices The return of tations is attributed in Wall Street to a combination of forces among the most important are world-wide currency tion driving speculation into com- government spending for war preparations and relief tures during the depression im- provement in buying power of com- producers as prices went up a big gain in new gold production and widespread industrial recovery Here in Interest of Additional WPA Projects J C Douglas supervisor of the division of operations of District 7 WPA with headquarters in Fort Worth was in Denton Thursday for the purpose of interesting ton County in launching more WPA projects About WPA money ly at schools and colleges already has been spent in Denton County he said Several hundred ables in the county face a threat o being without work unless WPA projects are continued he said He consulted county city and Chamber of Commerce official while in Denton Under the new setup WPA fur all labor where the kinc needed is available on the loca WPA lists and per man pe month for materials I warfare out territorial I waters stringent orders today to her navy and The orders placed ial units of the West and South coasts on an uninterrupted duty status after four attacks by j ish warships in the V 1 shipping lanes i French vessels were commanded to defend the lanes bordering France from invasion and watch constantly for vessels in- control cordon was ed The rapidity with which the the French navy acted to aid the Spanish government freighter Con- de Zubiria yesterday when an in- surgent warship made a daring at- tack within sight of the French coast was taken as evidence of the French determination to force re- spect for French waters Officials launched an immediate investigation to determine the shelling occurred within three mile limit The armed insurgent trawler prised the freighter in the very ter of the shipping lane off the land of Ouessant Sailors declared only pure neutral vessels from ing before the approach of French seaplanes and a sloop The House of Representatives endorsed repeal some me ago J being within range of the 30 to 56 Old age liberalization fired a severe m the House f Representatives when a 68 to 66 ote postponed further ion until April 6 With the session almost half over proponents feared defeat in the Senate or by the indicated veto A to increase the highway patrol personnel contingent upon received approval of i Senate committee Proposed redistricting and he abolishment of a number of courts died with the announcement Lubbock Bank Cashier Missing FORT WORTH March The search concentrated in Port Worth today for Bums cashier of the Lubbock National Bank who has been missing since of Senator Olan R Van Zandt Sunday he would not seek passage j foul a Lubbock of- of his A similar proposal had ficer came here to direct the hunt been killed in the House Contract Suit Is a man resembling Kittrell wms seen Sunday in the bus station at illo buying a ticket for Fort Worth Won by Plaintiff W K plaintiff in a suit to cancel contract against Wayne Freeman was apparently winner in District Court when a jury verdict closed the case after four days trial Thursday Five Issues were submitted the jury to pass on and i East Mostly doody they answered all in favor of the i night and Friday local plaintiff Judge Ben W Boyd had j showers in east portion cooler in not entered judgment in the case i northwest Thursday tions tonight cooler in north and With completion of the west portions Friday Gentle fto suit the court prepared to take up moderate mostly wMb the damage suit of Addie Pass et the coast al vs F E Pennell et al claim growing out of a collision here in which a negro mar was West Partly cooler in southeast portion Partly coUer tally hurt Selection of jurors began j i early Thursday afternoon in ami
