Denton Record-Chronicle (Newspaper) - September 16, 1939, Denton, Texas ROUND ABOUT TOWN And lie saw alio a certain poor casling in two mites And he said Ol a truth I say unto you that this poor widow hath cast In more than they And now more hay fever Comes a card W B Rudman of Tyler state president of the ai Hay Fever Association in which he asks that Uie Chronicle publish his request that all hay rever sufferers co-operate in r organizing a Hay Fever Sufferers Association in Demon This is pure- ly a humane cause originated for purpose cf fever ferers of the mcst vicious of its says He U S pamphlets on Hew to Control Ragweed are available to interested persons The hay fever sufferers are due Uie 1 of everybody and as they are now getting into tlie season when fare the it might be a good lime for them to take concerted action in starting a to keep cut of this community as is being In many other communities DENTON VOL 29 TEXAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON SEPTEMBER 16 Associated Press Leased Wire EIGHT PAGES French and German Armies in Terrific Battle on Western Front After being temporary residents of Denton on Iwo occasions Dr and Mrs T U rhe former a assistant professor of ira in S C W are located here permanently and arc living in Herrick apartments icon cust For tiie past two mers Dr Morrison has been on tlie economics faculty of the Teachers College and formerly at tama Polytechnic Institute He re- bachelor's and doctor's de- grees from the University of Texas Here's reason why In some lines is not as good as it used to be Most notable shift in the consumers spending habits is i ed by the desire of the people to sjo places America spent 4.1 per cent of its per capita income in 1909 for by 1931 this figure had 11 per cent Tlie money spent for rave at tile expense of food soft drinks where expenditures dropped from per to 245 per cent i H Timm economist of the Texas A V M extension said in com- r on the report of the tional industrial Board Expenditures for clothing dropped 14.1 per com to 10 per cent alcohol beverages from OS 10 5.1 and activities to 5.5 per cent Home nance including furnishings and equipment domestic service and utilities accounted lie of total expenditures The nation's telephone rose Ircm leas than war to in 1937 while costs of electric current and appliances cost more than COO as compared with less Ulan before the war Germans Seek to Halt Invading Forces Advance PARIS Sept Hundreds of thousands of French und German troops I wore reported today engaged m t terrific battle i mile Western front wenks of skirmishes The fighting including a ed over the top advance by infantry was said by military ob- servers to lie ranging all the way from the southeast to the in- I Observers estimated at least 15 i divisions and an equal if larger number of French sions liad drawn into the fighting in the land be- tween the and Siegfried lines Sizes of divisions range between and 15.000 men Germans were reported to have gone over the top toward French Sines in the lower Nicd Hiver ley under cover of n heavy Attack general staft said he was sharply repulsed The used tiie World War technique of sending their in waves against French rifle and machine-gun fire j After hours of fighting French command reported the man charge was and the at- tackers were forced to retire to their original Military Up Contes Good WANTS TO KNOW HOW MAKE WILD LINCOLN Neb Sept 10 Nebraska would appreciate hew to make wild A deputy game warden who went to the state pheasant farm lo release a of birds found them so attached to lhat wouldn't leave TO i i Radio and Tire Thefts Cleared As Loot Found Tills time he is up for days after she sunk to bottom of on last May 23 Her rusted conning tower jutting out of water the U S Navy sub with ci dwd yard by salvage crew which nearly dfd the hen Dormitories at T C Ready For Use Monday new Said to be the possessor of i i only such car in Denton is City Fireman William A Mixon who hos recently received his certificate as Red Cross instructor in im aid Several years ago Gay n member of the city fire ment at that time passed the rigid and an instructor's is such card won since then firemen To He of for tlie Demon Fair's parade Oct 3 Mrs Walter Wilson of and Mrs O of Denton this week have been visiting various com muni ties urging tint each pick a cowgirl of their In the parade f l I U came nearer raining in ion Saturday than for a long ime and lightning con- linued over a considerable period cf time before daybreak clouds were ot be seen in both the and the northwest a light sprinkle of rain fell But nothing more came to fulfill the hope that might after all finally get a rain A local colored quartet will sing ns a feature cf the meeting cf the downtown class Sunday at o'clock in the Texas Theater Dr Frank tist pastor teaches the class Mr and Mrs Lee are home spending much of the mer with in ether states Mrs accompanied her Mrs Lawrence Poole and children to Philadelphia and spent some time with her the group later visiting the fair in New Poole spent much of the with relatives at Dalton Oa He said conditions were very good at Dallon where hosiery and plants employ a large number of people who spend their wages for necessities merchants are generally in good shape Do you mean to Sandy spent a pretty penny ou you last Yes you should have icon how smooth hnd polished it was when he put it in the chewing Bum machine ew salient oil tlie western front said the troops held against the charge and against blasting from German mortars and long-range guns of Sierck in German French were reported i o linve captured a small woods had been under lire during a five-day bailie I Sept 1C j were said to be positions after a j temporary withdrawal and a later recovery cf the terrain I French forces wire reported to i have driven beyond the liny man harder village of Perl lo turn the flank of army in the Moselle valley near UK Luxembourg Dispatches faid the Germans were ground slowly after blown up Hit mail railroad line be- tween the French of and the German city of Trier i A general staft this morning said German artillery j toin against he French front lines cf liad caused I an excited night on the western j front center of I rich Saar valley reported being surrounded by j French forces forcing lo n mining operations needed for tiie German war machine But French dispatches edged the going has been tough German artillery constantly sought o break up French guard convoys and yesterday the Germans introduced ial attack French pursuit however roared out from airdromes behind France's Maginot line and fought off the German ships The French their losses as slight and the enemy's as Military observers here saw n two- fold objective in the German first to extract as losses as possible before the French arc able to reach the more able main Siegfried line in large bodies and second to delay the French advance in the hope that a crushing blow may soon be delivered o Poland In he east releasing Germany's full power lo face combined strength of British and French forces in the west French military observers ed the next few days lo be decisive in the German threat to Warsaw Denton win be the mecca of dreds of college over the week-end with many expected day and still others Sunday nicht antl Monday Both Denton colleges begin enrolling the of the Some students already are but the great majority of the the who will come will arrive rim he week-end at will look iral here when the big group 01 people arc seen on the streets again as they have been missed during the three weeks col- lege vacation period population i 31 totalled males females an Increase of for the year Tlie doers ol Terrill and lon Halls Teachers new women's and men's dormitories re- will be flung open day morning as 442 of the college will take occupancy of the two new structures At the same time Marquis Hall he college's 01 her dormitory will open her doors for the fourth year to 112 women residents and Chilton Halls were through a half million lar PWA grant past year while Marquis Hall was finished early in the of at an approximate Terrill will house 220 women and Hail will accommodate men In spite of forced time and night work the various con- tractors have been unable to give a turn-key on Chillon and rill Hails President W J nell stated A week or more will I lie to finish a few remaining I jobs always incident to all big building programs Nathan general con- tractor for the two halls has ar- ranged with the to the college to enter the ings with approval of PWA Landscaping will not be done on either or Terrill Halls for j several weeks as all efforts have been bent toward construction so that occupancy could be made by he opening ol the fall semester i Tuesday McConnell said I All rooms in the three j ries the college orchestra hall and the seven college boarding houses 1 have all been filled there are tons waiting lists in all instances the president stated Mrs Acker will be social I director of Terrill and Marquis Halls and she will be aided by a full-time assistant Mrs native Owens Mr and Mrs Sidney ilton and Wayne Adams will be resident social sponsors of Hall German Plane Gets Bomb Cargo Nazi sky warriors somewhere in Poland Hurriedly load racks of huge German bombing plane supposedly for one of many attacks on MEXICO CELEBRATES WAY MEXICO Mexico celebrated today the anniversary of the start of her for independence from Spain The main event was tlie customary military parade which was to be re- viewed by President lazaro denas Over Fire Losses Near City While fire losses in the vicinity of Denlon totaled over ing the past week the city suffered no losses on Us four fife alarms for the seven-day period fire de- records showed Saturday A loss was declared on a fire he residence at lie K W Provence dairy wesl of Denlon Sunday night The loss had not been set on a fire which destroyed a new barn five miles of Denton Monday afternoon Other runs made by men during the week were two trash fires two grass fires in city limits HOLDS RAV BILLOWS CHICAGO Sept vin Bud Ward of Spokane Wash ield a one hole lead over Ray lows of N Y nine holes of their M hole battle day for the National Amateur Golf Championship at lie North Shore Presbyterians To Hear Dallas Pastor Rev James Rayburn of Dallas will lie morning and ning sermons at terian Church U S A here day it uas Saturday Morning services will begin jit o'clock while evening services are scheduled for o'clock STATE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN AND TEACHERS COLLEGE TO OPEN TERMS BIG DUE Saturday both S C W and Teachers College were making preparations for the ing ci new sessions Monday and for what according to the two college executives arc expected to be near record-breaking fall en- at both schools The last of S C entrance examinations were to be given afternoon and tlie session will formally open there as at Teachers College with the faculty meeting Monday morning The men's college meeting is for 9 a m In the science um and the Teachers College ing for 10 a m In the library The prospects of the college as we approach he opening of the year are the brightest in its President H Hubbard of S C W stated Every available room in tlie dormitory system has been filled and the applications of many er prospective students rejected for lack of space The demands for accommodations have been even greater than they were last mer Because of this lack of tory accommodations he of students In actual attendance will not exceed the at- tendance of lost Hubbard said He out the faculty has been strengthened with recent appointments and should be more than ever before and a great deal of money has been spent in the way of repairs j Tlie college is opening with its physical plant in excellent I lion Unless the war in Europe I should interfere the college anti- the most successful year In its history Hubbard concluded I Expects Increase At Teachers College the prospects are equally bright with the col- dormitories and college ing houses having been filled to capacity for time with long j waiting lists for each house President w J McConnell staled I that most the enrollment at the college will show an increase over last fall Registration at S C W will be- gin at 1 p m Monday when all freshmen students whose surnames begin with the letters from A M are to enroll tion at Teachers College will start at 8 B m Tuesday when under- are to enroll Dormitories at S C W arc to open at while the girls dormitories at Teachers Col- lege will open at 8 ci m Sunday 1 and he boys dormitories at 8 a m Monday Meals will not be I ed in tlie girls dormitories until Monday night and not in the boys dormitories until Tuesday officials said A series of thefts here Saturday night which a number tires anel In cases were taken Jrom parked cars anel a radio stolen from one machine was bring cleared up rapidly Deputy Sheriffs Roy Moore Mark Hannah In Sheriff Dallas of- fice was a of loot the had brought late Friday recovered after hey had three of- had arrested cgi Demon's re- quest It was its of Uie Items stolen here and the der of the missing goods was by Hannah and to be recovered during the day planned another trip 10 Dallas and probably be ready to file charges after that Goods Identified Already and identified the officers said A radio taken lie bili ol Mrs E C Powell 918 Two auto wheels properly of Carl 314 Pulton Street An auto tire stolen from Uert Everett 1219 Panhandle Street Two auto casings and tubes erty of Denlon Dairy Products Co a delivery truck parked at 802 Congress Avenue Two auto stolen Tom R Brooks 1120 Congress Avenue Marine Corps to Be Strengthened WASHINGTON Sepl Revised plans for de- fense hemisphere military sources reported today in- clude expansion of the marine corps mobile fleet marine President Roosevelt's limited tional emergency decree to guard American armed neutrality gave the marines additional men the relative increase of any of the armed services Most of the reserves recalled to active duty and the men who arc being recruited will go into IIr rine face The force naw numbers only 473 officers and men fil- ers only a fourth of war The additional officers and men will swell it to double this Tlie force Is divided now between bases on the Atlantic and Pacific with one brigade each at San Calif and Vci New equipment which Congress vided funds such as boats for landing men and tanks on a beach already have been tested in war games The marine has opened 14 new enlistment stations for sion In line with a tion by Genera Matin that the army create live mobile divisions available to reinforce quickly at the Panama Canal Hawaii or other German Envoy Intimates B i Bremen Liner Held by Britain MOSCOW Sept German to Soviet sia Count von DLT today Intimated the German liner Bremen since flic sailed York Aug 30 liad been captured by Britain He said questions concerning tlie German merchant flagship be referred to Winston Churchill first lord of the admiralty American authorities were so kind as to hold up the Bremen fcr 22 hours and so far as J know the British have rather fast the German diplomat said In re- sponse to inquiries about reports he Bremen had reached Murmansk Soviet Arctic port SOVIET-JAPANESE AS RETALIATION tti TREATY ACT Senator Thinks Trade Pact Abrogation May Have Been Cause Ponder Over Effects of Developments in East WASHINGTON Sept Thomas a of the Foreign Relations Committee ex- pressed the view today the Soviet-Japanese agreement to suspend fighting on the border might lie a retaliatory move against the United States for serving notice of intention to terminate the 1911 commercial treaty with Japan Secretary Hull notified the anese government in July the treaty would lapse cai Jan 20 While Washington awaited tho full significance of the anese mice Col Charles A bergh appealed to States In a radio address lo stay cut of European war In of Ills infrequent public utterances tlie famous flier warned Hie not to be misguided by this foreign propaganda to he fect lhat rentiers he In Eu- rope One need only to glance at a map o sec where our true frontiers lie he continued What more could we ask han he Atlantic on Iho oast and Hie Pacific on the Mr Interest in Europe need net be from tile point of defense our own natural frontiers arc fci that Elirel Seme diplomats in looked upon Russo-Japanese armistice as possible forerunner ol a non- pact between tlu two countries KoltoR this Senator Thomas told If it means an unfriendly pan the danger would be closer to our shores If ii is a sincere Jt Is a peaceful move If it is a for else it is not so good ROp Stanics commented the truce indicated a realignment of world's dictatorial and itarian governments that would the most positive threat to every truly democratic ment that the world has Although marie no of amis embargo clause of the neutrality act which tlie will seek Pact Seen as Blow To Britain U.S MOSCOW sept ar- toddy In Far Eastom ing between Soviet Russia and pan was stipulated In an agreement which diplomatic quarters saw as foreshadowing a possible pact between tional enemies Tiie official Soviet news agency Tass said the armistice announced would go into effect at 2 p m 5 a in CST today Military forces of the two ers who hove been fighting inter- for four months on the frontier of Sovietized golia and Japanese-dominated would maintain which they held at 1 p: m day The armistice culminated started not long after viet Russia on Aug 24 signed a pact with Germany The announcement said a of two lian and two representatives would be to determine the boundary Russia named a new ambassador to Japan Moscow observers said fc ed pact would be a to the Brit- ish position in Easi Asia and lo fat eastern interests of the United States incut Republicans hut in support of the Henry L tary ci state and Dr Nicholas ray Duller president of Columbia I of Inquiry Studies Cause of s Mishap PORTSMOUTH N H Sep their positions N H Sept the Vork i Huddled in tile slimy n Ic nationalism which he saul was craft lo Plunge to tragedy May the chief cause of the troubles Only a short time after 25 of the Keep Out of dead were removed the Discussing Die Lindbergh speech battered hull yesterday board Rep chairman of I members watched a navy man yank house foreign affairs a ever designed lo close two air In- lee commented thai Lindbergh has values on the sub The smaller voiced what every American feels I of the two banged out The did not budge Tlie aide pumped the gear works somewhat on the same ple as hydraulic brakes two or three times and the valve finally closed but Lt Oliver F Naquin rescued commander of the sub- submitted to board members a reiteration of his belief the vital valve behaved the same way 116 days ago when the Squalus sank in 240 feet of water 15 miles off this port during tine test dives Previous testimony taken by the board liad lent strong support to the theory a had mitted tons of sea water to pour In and sink the vessel although men in the control room at the time lights had Hashed on the signal Christmas tree Indicating 1 all values closed A painstaking late I day and this morning Jed navy I yard officials to the belief the body of the victim had been swept under no circumstances must this country enter the war We must either keep cut of Eu- ropean wars entirely or stay in Eu- ropean said Our safety does not iii fighting European wars It lies In our own Internal strength in lie character of the American I people anel of American j Waning against making any take tho cost of entering the war Lindbergh If we lake part successfully we must throw tlie resources of our en- tire nation into the conflict tions alone will not be enough We are likely to lose a million men possibly several best of American youth Blames Germany for Sinking of Belgian Vessel LONDON Sept Britain today officially held many to blame for the sinking of a Belgian In English channel last night either by mine torpedo a few hours after the ministry of information issued a communique to that effect news was received of the sinking of a third British vessel within more than 12 hours The ton tanker Cheyenne owned by he Anglo-American Oil Co a subsidiary of the Standard Oil Company cf New Jersey was sunk by a Cierman submarine off the southwest coast WAR AT GLANCE Week's Weather By Associated Press reported mt: wen swept in Western front attack In through an open hatch into the which hey sent waves of infantry ocean during salvage operations against French rifle fire and fire French selle Valley advance sends new Weekly weather outlook against Polish lost ning OU1100K west of Warsaw Germans Southern Plains and West Gulf shattered Polish southern fair weather with German moderate temperatures at i of week and warmer in interior British jn middle and latter parts except war on over north portion near end craft Belgian vessel of the week by torpedo or mine reported to I have back Germans j ng Warsaw and Lwow inflicting severe losses reported in sharp counter attacks against i French positions between i Moselle Volley and Vosges r ul Japan con- j showers near elude Par East coast tonight and Sunday and In pact between Tokyo and portion tonight in EAST Partly cloudy Moscow foreseen officially pro claims neutrality DECLARES IX WAR SOFIA Sept Bulgaria ally in he World war officially declared her neutrality today north portion Moderate winds on the mostly WEST Fair cooler IB north portion Sunday faar and warmer In Pan- Fair and cooler Sunday fair er in northwest
