Denton Record-Chronicle (Newspaper) - October 14, 1937, Denton, Texas ROUND ABOUT TOWN What things soever ye desire when ye pray believe that ye receive j them and ye shall have J Mark j A wise man desire no more t than he may get justly use j erly distribute cheerfully and leave j DENTON DENTON TEX AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER Associated Press Leased Wire Smiles for Son at Poison Trial With continued dry weather the grounds at the Denton Fair will be in shape this night for the big which has in fact been held off on account of the rain and bad condition of the grounds The Carnival which was closed Tuesday and Wednesday night is expected to be going full blast tonight conditions permitting as will other entertainment tures of the Fair Denton and ton County people have regretted the weather which has kept them from their annual enjoyment of the Fair which this year is most interesting from an exhibit point The biggest turkey and try show so far the best tural exhibit and with a wonderful j showing of fine and cattle I Get out the overcoat this afternoon and enjoy mingling with your friends on the Fair Grounds EUROPEAN TENSION IS EASED AS FRANCE AGREES TO SUBMIT SPANISH PROBLEM TO ARBITERS i Hoping to Avert General Catastrophe Paris And London Will Give 1 Onlay Stay of Own Action Far Eastern Crisis Blacker By Associated Press j France lessened European tension to some extent today by agreeing that the Spanish civil war volunteer question be submitted to the committee as demanded bv I Italy but on the other side of the world the Sino-Japanese conflict remained as menacing as ever Thursday morning brought on the first real snap of Winter and overcoats were very comfortable however Walter Campbell was out sans overcoat well had thought best to put on his coat that he's been saving through the summer and others of the boys were looking for warmer places than outdoors Dug Penry the wasn't bragging but W O Anderson the was out on the streets seemingly in a very happy frame of mind At a recent meeting of the Di- rectors of the Denton Country Club TJ a called meeting of the ers was set for next Tuesday night at the Club house All members are urged to be present at this meeting as matters of importance are to be taken up The subject to be considered will be of great in- terest to the golfers and anglers While the French council of was approving a plan of iso- lating the Spanish war so it would not cause a general European dis- aster giant projectiles were ing in the Shanghai international Settlement killing and wounding more than 100 civilians In Geneva a strong protest with the League of Nations against alleged use of asphyxiating gas and dum-dum bullets by the Japanese army Sino Situation Aggravated The shell explosions in the Inter- national Settlement were the latest of the incidents in this conflict which have menaced civilians for- eign and native and aggravated the difficulties of obtaining a peaceable settlement An American sailor aboard the States flagship Augusta Black Turkey Of Mrs Hall Is Show Champion Mrs W T of Denton was TAX FACES SE Was Good Idea If It Had Worked By Associated Press MIAMI E Gaughan was in jail today for trying to eat in court Gaughan charged with as a plumber a city J certificate suddenly seized and crammed into his mouth an used as evidence against him j Judge Cecil Curry supervised recovery of the document and then sent the defendant to jail for contempt Annually to State Revenues Upper House to See Monday Still Is Tar Below Amount Allred Said Needed AUSTIN Oct i The Senate Finance today ordered a hearing j Monday afternoon on the general tax proved by the House i The estimated to yield j Talker Death Rang First NEW B rang the bell of a Bronx apartment to collect a life in- surance premium One of Mrs K T five small children answered Mama won't wake up thc child said Kennedy tried to awaken Mrs Cahill Then he called police An ambulance surgeon said she had died about 24 hours before i i he her in a Cincinnati courtroom ment of the Demon County Fair curing her maJ on a charge of this year The entry was also j blond was indicted after an of en the best male bird of the show j seven elderly persons whom officers said died He was first prize winning male J in the black section Listen say Ray Dickson Pat Hamilton and House Denton's Pontiac dealers to the Pontiac's Famous Varsity Show Friday night October 15 8 o'clock over a NBC hookup which will broadcast the Southern Methodist University dents from their campus The ton dealers and their force along with other Pontiac agents and their organizations will be ed in on this program Mrs I should like to open an account with your bank How much do you wish to Oh I want to anything I want to draw out Answers The Texas League of ties has condemned the high cost of State government and demanded reduction in the number of bureaus and commissions for the State There are Texans who believe that both the State and many of the municipalities are costing too much and it is possible that the State Legislature resenting the criticism may have something to say about the high cost of pal government Isn't there an old story about the pot calling the kettle by shrapnel during the Shanghai en- gagement Aerial bombs also en- dangered United States marines causing them to take cover behind sandbagged barricades One marine was wounded in the arm Prize winners and their places are as hens first second third Mrs W D Sutton also chosen as French Plan is Brief France's Council of proved a three-point program drawn up at a preliminary meeting yesterday to ease the Spanish tion The plan in France agrees to submit the question to the vention committee but demands consideration of a definite plan places went to B F Butler of ger pullets places one through five excepting fourth to B F ler of Sanger fourth to Mrs W D Button of Denton three through five to B F Butler of Sanger yearlings toms first to B F er of Sanger and second to Mrs Emma Easterling of Lewisville Wi proximately annually in j awarded the prize for snowing thc j Hashing him a warm Anna Marie Hahn placed her revenue headed for the nf TO of Senate after passing the House of by overwhelming Climaxing long hours of debate the measure boasting taxes on 1 ural resources and utilities about 25 per cent swept through the House 119 to 23 last night Is First Approved It was the first tax approved I by the House at the special which was called by James V Allred 18 days ago for the sole purpose of raising money to pay the costs of a Social curity program and reduce a 000.000 deficit in the treasury The fell far short of the estimates of revenue re- however He had an- vv w VA Of Y within six or ten days France and Hall yearling toms one Britain will maintain a common stand on the question France re- serves the privilege in the event the committee fails to agree on a method of getting for- eign Spain of ping the neutrality pact and ing open munitions shipments to government Spain Fear Clash This new program developed from Italy's recent refusal to participate in a meeting to discuss al of foreign volunteers from Spain France and Britain were under- stood to be uneasy over the of a diplomatic clash be- tween Soviet Russia supporter of the Spanish government and Italy supporter of the Spanish insurgents In Spain the insurgents pres A cool wave that held out hopes of sweeping skies clear cheered and onlookers at the Denton j County Fair Thursday as the i hens places one through mto its day of five to Mrs W T Hail of I five-day show j pullets one through five outlook j ing four to Mrs W T Hall fourth of the weet Thursday prompted of- j to Mrs G B Smith of Ponder 1 to announce that the ifree i young toms one through five to j entertainment program would be carried out on schedule j tonight at 7 o'clock A concert by the Denton High School Band and an old feature i program Friday night acts brought here by the ville of through five to Mrs Hall old toms one through five to Mrs Hall Bourbon old toms first to J H Gibbons Argyle young toms first to J L Reynolds of Frisco on Climbing for Year WASHINGTON Oct 14 nation's auto traffic toll despite spotty improvement in states and cities which have conducted vigorous safety is running about 20 per cent ahead of last year This estimate came today from the American Automobile tion K Gibbons of ville of h ens first and second to J items from the Gainesville Gibbons third to J L Saturday night the con- Gibbons third to J L Reynolds pullets first to Reynolds yearling toms first to Reynolds urn cert by the visiting F F A piece state band headline the re- maining night's programs Banks Pullet Winner j Today Secretary O L Fowler was White In this division notified by Charles G Cotton of the HI tne insurgents pressed i uiui their attacks on the Asturian and and A 4 tro Mrs R A Banks had a pullet chosen the best of the entire show yearling toms places one through five Mrs Banks young toms places one through five Mrs Bank hens places one through five Mrs Banks Mrs Orvale White of co took ail five prizes for entires 1 in this breed including young The Rural Electrification system continues to spread its arms over the Western part of the County starting from Krum The line has reached Slidell and intermediate points altogether about 30 miles of poles having been placed The j wires will not be strung for some time yet Gus Egan manager says j they're putting up about thirty i miles of poles a day now but soon with an increased force will ably double that amount We'll have the line in operation by ruary Egan said operating from power contracted for from the Texas Power Light Co Aragon fronts and continued to bombard Madrid in an effort to bring the war to a close with the least possible delay Sir Geoffrey Clark president of the Association of British bers of Commerce urged its bers today to keep cool and ar- gued against the increasing de- mands in Britain for anti-Japanese sanctions or a Is it against the law to shoot wild ducks in the City asks a local duck hunter For several mornings coming through the Park I have seen a bunch of ducks on the lake and it makes me to bring my gun along with me The wild duck and geese season is not open yet however there are a good many ducks and geese stopping on Denton County waters now The season to give Denton County ers much sport opens too late No- 16 is the first day of the open season for these birds Control Issue LONDON Oct British and French staffs began close collaboration today on steps both regarded as necessary to Mrs Frank ham of Denton took all five prizes for entries in this including yearling toms young toms hens and pullets Special premiums offered by the breeders and merchants were won by the followin Specials Awarded Mrs Claude Underwood's prize for the exhibitor showing the most bronze turkeys won by B F ler of Sanger Mrs W T Hall's award to new exhibitor for winning the most points in blacks won by Fort of trade extension bureau that he wll lead a Fort Worth delegation to visit the fair here late Friday afternoon j Jersey Judging Begins Judging the dairy department en- tries competition for the ond annual time includes picking winners for the state show of the Texas Jersey Cattle Club headlined the Thursday program The exhibit LS Tariff 000 as the I Texas financial house in order the measure ed the tax on crude oil from 2 to 3 per cent of value with small stripper wells from Si.03 to a ton ural gas 3 to 3 per cent of value carbon black of one cent to of a cent when the product sells for 4 cents or less per pound and from 3 to 3 cent of value when selling for ment 12 to 1.5 cents per 100 pounds Upped approximately from existing rates the gross re- SAGINAW Mich John Francis Glynn who lectures to luncheon clubs on his 26 years in prison pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing a tablecloth from a rooming house and was fined and costs He dashed out to keep an en- gagement at the local Rotary Club and hurried back to court with a payment He agreed to pay the rest of the fine after he had addressed two other clubs He's a very smooth observed Justice of the Peace William J Siegrist ASTORIA Seppa was in the bathtub when a neighbor called that a buck deer was on his place Seppa sped to the hunt prepared to realized he'd forgot his galluses Hunting instinct prevailed While neighbors watched he fired The deer did pa's pants Madrid Shelled Again 91 Dead U S Marine Slightly Wounded During Bombardment Apology Follows Flagship Casualty International Zone In City Raked By Shells WORST SHANGHAI Oct worst ment in Shanghai's bloody warfare tional Settlement ing or wounding scores of Chinese civilians and ing a United States marine Marines were forced to evacuate two huge cotton mills inside their defense lines where they had been quartered These structures were hit by shells believed to have from Japanese guns None of the marines in the mills was wounded but Milton Hiatt private in the fourth ment was struck in the shoulder a rifle bullet while on duty Inside a machine gun defense works A sailor aboard the United States flagship Augusta J P McMichael was injured slightly by shrapnel from Japanese shells spraying the cruiser at anchor in the For two hours the Japanese and Chinese blazed away at each other with the most intensive fire laid down in the Shanghai fighting Be- side artillery batteries Japanese warships in the river machine gun and rifle fire the hail of dealing missiles and explosives was augmented by aerial bombardment Foreign Property Damaged American property in this wealthy commercial city dis- closed to have suffered further age from Japanese air bombs It learned homes in MADRID Oct The protective tariff in the Unit ed States is so high that it closes j wounded 91 per cent and those on in except telegraph companies ment Iast of this besieged namely water lights and gas from I once the proud capital of all j 8 to 1.72 per cent j Spain At the last minute an The of casualties was cu io bo nign it closes an i other ports of the world to Pacing a tax of n trade a most unfortunate I of a cent Per board on plants out m an official government l report after a night of terror in which approximately 700 shells blasted the heart of the city Four cf the shells hit Madrid's in view of the fact that there is in this country a serious cotton problem and we need now of all times to maintain our world ket for this Congressman lumber was adopted but was question as to its status of a typographical error Would Add to Rolls The also carried a provision which the Japanese destroyed had belonged to an American real estate concern It was estimated that more than 100 Chinese were killed or wounded in the International Settlement Train Is Bombed Some 50 miles vest of Shanghai an additional 75 Chinese civilians were killed when Japanese planes bombed a passenger train on the Railway An American sailor J p chael of Connersville Ind a radio man aboard the flagship of the Asiatic fleet was i IIP hill of blooded dairy stock with 55 j am Rayburn loader of the prohibiting old SP J party i from i o Representatives told the j one because the applicant uny and body m his ad- dren able to support hfm mirin ub calves drew ad- from E R Thomp I tt of Jerseys was a big group that in- j program and live up to j eluded some 100 4-H Club and r F A boys in their number a kins County boys delegation led by County Agent Mark Buckingham Judging would not be completed till late afternoon officials ed on and there were stated and pointed out that would require 4 the problem at this time is er or not to limit the United States to 11 million bales of cotton per year He outlined no permanent program but important section to install meters as insurance the state would receive taxes on all oil produced The House disapproved 101 to 34 a proposed tax of 10 per cent on said that if picture sho admission buying power j than cents more Do tomatoes pay in Denton Fll say they will says Ray Austin 318 Collins Street who this past summer garnered in cash from an acre j in addition to 180 cans of tomatoes representing only 40 per cent of the tins as he had them put up on shares and all the fresh toes the family could use We had tomatoes from May 25 to August 10 in our small he said the crop creasing reinforcement of Libya This menace to Anglo-French in the Mediterranean that thc Italians already call mare trum was regarded here as the most vital issue confronting don and Paris in the face of a ing conviction the committee would fail to get action on withdrawal of Italian blackshirts from Spain The staff conferences owed possible early moves to con- British and French ships around Minorca lone Ba- island held by the Valencia government and possible increase of British strength in Egypt and also French strength in Tunis to offset II Duce's two divisions in Mrs R A Banks of Ponder and Mrs Frank Durham of Denton breeders represented in the 1937 Travelstead Auto Supply award show and were for best old torn won by Mrs W T Hall of Denton W A Harris it is the people who grow our raw by its revenue and Sx products out of the ground ation committee It also rejected to In his discussion of problems 112 expects to come up before the house horse racing under the this fall hn oc H to have competing entries in the county herd contest Club Pig Winners this fall he termed child labor as j system of worst phase of the labor nation and expressed a favor for a policy of fixed labor by the prize for best young torn of show won by Mrs W T Hall of Denton Quality of animals shown in the not by the selfish Taliaferro Son's prize won Mrs 4-H boys club pig show drew praise labor or capital W D Sutton of Denton Evers i from County Agent G R Warren j Urges Student Interest j of thc United States snd interests of Hardware Company's prize won by Mrs R A Banks of Ponder Rayburn addressing the students said students need to learn to un- Drink Issue Reached AUSTIN Oct Negro Transferred After Sheriff Shot LUFKIN Oct Woodrow Trotti negro was held in jail here today for safekeeping after he was arrested yesterday in connection with the shooting of Sheriff Henry Cook of Nacogdoches The con- Belgians Deny Nazi Aid Pledged ut Jt i iui the foreign committees of both the heads Thursday Their comment Texas House ai House and Chamber today that the strongest showing in the D McFarlane i made no pledge of a county fair's history to date Robert w today of Representatives to tackle the highly controversial issue of sale by the drink In making his decision Calvert overruled strenuous objections by and visiting stock men Winners were announced Jimmie White of the Carney Club first Louis Austin of Denton and the i tion that in this time of dis- county-wide club second James R j sention and strife American Smith of the Argyle club third zens would be thankful for living Bailey of the Hebron club fourth i where liberty is still secure and Thc quality and quantity of pure- democracy is still safe bred animal stock and Other notables introduced by BRUSSELS Oct products was bringing expressions President L H Hubbard were J ister of Foreign Affairs Paul of uniform satisfaction to C of NYA in small quantities not acting to quash foreign rumors told j officials and department Fred Minor former speaker of the j 33 per cent alcohol by volume A the foreign committees of both the i heads Thursday Their Tosas and Congressman i permit could be issued member of thc j bi the liquor control board only to injured when shrapnel from Japanese shells sprayed the since the civil war started has been struck 136 times The government said 30 persons had been killed and 70 injured ing an insurgent airplane ment of Campo de Casa in Asturias er Augusta lying at anchor in the River The Japanese naval Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa for the incident after United All the Japanese warships all the way down the 12 miles of the River to the Yangtze estuary joined in the ear splitting tain their request not to allow con- sideration because the would re-establish the open saloon and had not been submitted by nor James V Allred The proposal would permit sale of whiskey gin or other spiritous liquors in small quantities not over made no pledge of a county fair's history to date rial colonial or economic nature Corn Show Awards Germany in return for M R Pilgrim of was I days German pledge of respect for en the seed house prize in the Corn Show at the Denton County Fair for having the best 10 ears of corn in the entire exhibit e nro oard only to committee in the Places which sold more food than i tional congress Belgium's inviolability dition of Cook wounded in the leg We never irrigated though I did use 400 pounds of i me commercial fertilizer Denton j with his pistol was not ty soil will certainly grow I ered serious toes of the best kind and I feel 100 men gathered near the tain that if more people in County would go the we'd see the big trucks stopping here every day instead of going to city markets to get tomatoes It can I believe be developed into a crop in this county if farmers and truckmen will give it the proper attention Look out for plenty of rain this opines Abe Scott who said that he was no prophet We're about a foot and a half shy on moisture during the past two years and I'm guessing that the shortage will be taken up ing the next few jail in Nacogdoches shortly after Trotti was arrested Officers rushed him here in an automobile Posthumous Twins Custody Is Waived KINGSVILLE Oct Gwyn L: Adams superintendent of the Kleberg County Hospital had custody of the Conde twins born in a posthumous operation The father George Conde waived his rights in Mrs Adams favor The twins were born at the hospital several weeks ago Rome Says Ethiop Bandits Toll 58 I O Enters 17th Day Pilgrim was also first prize winner in the yellow dent division Other prize winners in first j WASHINGTON Oct 14 ond third fourth and fifth As search for Charles S Ross listed consecutively whito Bingham Aubrey Sam Bingham Aubrey J R McDade drink The provision floor argument which permitted was that taxing gross proceeds of sales 10 per cent and allocating the funds to old age pensions year-old Chicago kidnap victim tered its 17th day the retired mari- approached a record today Denton Mrs H for length of time spent in the ROME Oct Italian officers and 17 soldiers have been killed in attacks by Ethiopian an official announcement JL i The announcement was the Iow J w Since only three major EAST rain i cist government's reply to repeated I Thomas apings have remained unsolved or northwest not quite rumors of troops killed but Pilgrim Merl ithe victims whereabouts have northwest portion FrM formed sources believed it may any other a mystery after 17 days cloudy rain in north west and hovo ij VII J lit V Krum A T hands of kidnapers formed sources believed it may have been large RANKIN PROS IN OKLAHOMA CITY TOURNEY OKLAHOMA CITY Oct of the greatest golfers today open their campaign to strengthen their bank balances with a share of Oklahoma City's first annual four-ball tournament prize any W L Wayne lips Aubrey G L Smith WHITE Albert Hart Frisco Durwood dan i Burns Denton J B Biggerstaff i SOX CHICAGO CITY CHAMPIONS CHICAGO Oct took longer than usual to prove f j g ji lain ifl I Herbert Riley Denton j but the Whwjte Sox of the night and Friday R B Harris 1 ican arn central slightly warmer in north and west portions Fresh north and northeast winds on the coast WEST Mostly probably rain in north portion R B Harris Denton Hubert Riley ican League arc still Chicago's I City baseball champions and Community Booths apiece wealthier The Sox Winners in the community booths the seventh game 6 to 1 See LIVESTOCK Page 4 behind the sparkling hurling of John Whitehead Friday and in north and west tions tonight Cloudy rain in ex- treme west portion not quite so cold Friday rain in west portion somewhat wanner menu ui ue uasa in Asturias Province of Northwest Spain Many f ef HanT Yarnell others were reported killed in firing by the by infiesto where 100 houses were destroyed The government said the gents had occupied three San Martin de Bada Tope and Ballaval de Bada on the Northern Asturian front and further south had advanced to near the Leon Province boundary Lynch Law Fight May Jam Special Session WASHINGTON Oct Administration strategists seeking swift approval of a in of Con- the y of a prolonged jam over the The Senate in order to get out tUB of a parliamentary tangle in tion and the return from Chinese ust agreed formally to make the machine guns and rifles which measure a special continued during the entire time der of business immediately after i The marines and other a vote on farm legislation at the oft the Chinese raiders For a time the Japanese anti- aircraft fire seemed concentrated above the French concession At the same time the warships were bombarding the area on the opposite side of the poo from Shanghai's bund with their heaviest ordnance By the evening dinner hour fic in the settlement streets had stopped All pedestrians ducked for cover Marine Lines Sprayed Marine defense lines were sub- to a continuous spray ol shell two hours beginning at p m This rain of missiles was coming I from the terrific fire the Japanese were pouring into the Chapei next session This agreement said was so worded that it holds for the special session called by President Roosevelt Leaders expressed thc belief the agreement would not endanger wage hour or farm legislation but would throw a serious obstacle in the way of the President's three other These are government tion creation of regional authorities modeled after the TVA and strengthening of the laws No legislation in recent years has stirred such determined as the It passed the House this year but the stage defenders of the settlement the hottest fire yet seen in this war Farm Problem h Recurring Puzzle WASHINGTON Oct 14 When Congress meets next month it will be the third time in less than nine years that it has been called into extra session to legislate on the redeeming a consider of formal debate in the Senate be- cause of filibusters Rules Meet Considered WASHINGTON Oct Members of the House Rules Com- may meet in advance of the special congressional session to dis- cuss possible terms for releasing of their stranglehold on the hour Chairman O'Connor NY said today he was considering sending such a request immediately to all committeemen 1 on March 9 3933 called Congress together to consider much emergency tion including an attempt to in- crease the purchasing power of farmers The Agricultural ment Act later invalidated by the Supreme Court was enacted MEET DAT AT MUM The Denton County Singing will meet Sunday at P m in the Church at L Krum The public is
