Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 108, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1940 Page: 3 of 4
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TUB GRAHAM DAILY RBPOfcTKR FRIDAY. JANUARY S, IMA
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—News Briefs
vital Murmansk railroad at several
places. The railroad, which curves
through lake-dotted Soviet territory
st distances ranging from 50 to 150
miles from the border, Is Russia’s
only supply line to her hard-pressed
forces in the far north.
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WASHINGTON. — President
Roosevelt made sweeping changes
in the diplomatic service Thursday,
appointing a few Assistant Secre-
tary of State, three Ambassadors
and two Ministers. In addition to
the appointment of ex-Ambassador | and famous
Breckenridge Long as Assistant Stand” was
Secretary of State, of out-standing
interest was the nomination of M:l-
lionaire James H. R. Cromwell as
Minister to Canada.
i at ten
r.
t tended by 10*,000 fans, the big
football crowd of tbs nation
the season.
_ .And here’s a word trom M. S. Sel-
lers, publisher of the Rising Star
Record. 1 can remember him away
back when he was known as “Doc”
and was publisher of the Brady
Sentinel. Never will forget one
little experience in his company. I
was his guest at a big July celebra-
tion in picturesque Paint Rock over
jin the Harry Benge Ciozier country.
It was a blazing hot day but folks
watched the rodeo and baseball game
from the shade of a fringe of trees
and munched on barbecue and ate
son-of-a-gun stew and drank cof
Did you know that General Cus-
ter learned the sign language at
the Texas State School for the Deaf?
The cavalry leader of the Civil War from"t~in<.ups. j~t~ th7crowd
was breaking up, a rain came and
hero of the * “Last
stationed in' Austin
shortly after Appomattox, research
by District Judge Ralph Yarbor-
ough has disclosed, and his favorite
ride war across the Colorado to the
state school.
“There on the beautiful Texas
hills by the river, Custer daily
I Watched the children spell out mes-
sages on their fingers,” Julge Yar-
borough relates. “With graceful
gestures, they talked a silent lan-
guage. Their supple wrists and mar-
velous speed fascinated the boy-gener-
al. (He was only 25). In turn, they
came to love him and brought him
HOUSTON, Texas.—A small man
with a bristling Kaiser Wilhelm
mustache who talks in big lernu
was in the Conroe jail Thursdajs^i
charges of having entered the United
States illegally from Mexico. He
was Baron Rolf von Reitzenstein,
who dramatically told United States
Commissioner W. F. -Carothers at
an immigration hearing that he de-
fied the laws of the United States exampjeSi mapg and composi-
to visit his sick wife and small
son here.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Dyer of Mon-
ahans and Mrs. Fanny Marcussen
from Davenport, Ohio, are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dyer.
University Gets
Book 'Collection
From Paraguay
AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 4.—Law,
literature and history sources for
the entire eastern half of South
America were being unpacked here
recently as University of Texas li-
brarians prepared to shelve the 9,-
000 volume collection of the late
Manuel Gondra, one-time president
of Paraguay.
Added to collections at the Uni-
versity already blanketing a large
portion of Latin-America, notably
the Garcia and Icazbalceta librar-
ies, Mexico; and Munoz, western
South America, the Gondra collection
supplies “a prominent link in library
facilities' for the Latin-Amerw»n
Institute next summer,” according
to Donald Coney, University librar-
Prior to acquisition of tha Gondra
library, the University Latin-Amer-
ican collection—already regarded as
one of the best of its kind in the
nation—numbered some four thou-
sand volumes. Supplementing this
collection are the famous Jui tin H.
Smith papers and the Bexar ar-
chives.
The Gondra collection, in addition
to the 9,000 books covering law, his-
tory and literature of much of South
America, includes the private papers
of the late Paraguayan statesman,
who, while president, was instrumen-
tal In negotiating a series of peace
pacts among several Latin-American
countries in the 1920’s.
At his death in 1985, Gondra was
president of the National Univer-
sity of Paraguay, having been pres-
ident of his country twice, secretary
of the state once.
lions for his word of commendation.
The lessons he was taking in order
to talk to the children he had loain-
ed to love were soon to come into
use in camp-fire parleys with the
red man^ for the language he learn-
ed from the gentle children at the
school enabled him to talk to the
fiercest Indians of the Plains. . . .
The Plains Indians of all tribes
understood the sign language.'’
An interesting foot-note of Texas
history.
Running through the correspond-
ence:
A telegram from Julien C. Hyer
of Fort Worth, past president of
Lions International, wishing a pros-
perous 1940. ... A card from
one of my favorite persons, Charles
Devall of Kilgore, smiling and suc-
cessful publisher of a string bf East
Texas newspapers—and did \j}ou say,
Anybody who -is succesgfbl can
smile? Well, Charlie Devall Ms suc-
cessful because he smiles—at least,
that’s one of the re*sons.
Here’s a greeting from Represen-
tative James Spencer of Henderson
county which is “noted for peaches,
peas, potatoes, peanuts, pigs, pot-
tery, poultry and petroleum—also
plums, peari, pecans, possums, per-
simmons, plenty people pleading for
promised pensions anl its perennial
preference for prohibition.” That
ought I® take rank with the old-time
tongue-twister, "Peter Piper picked
a peck of pickled peppers."
A note from Lloyd Gregory, man-
aging editor of .the Houston Post,
who finds time to write a daily
sports column, And a (food one too.
He enclosed a copy of "Looking ’Em
Over,” quoting a letter 6f mine de-
scribing the color at the Southern
Califomia-U.CJeA' V»me, which was
we drove back over muddy roads.
The genial Doc was at the steer-
ing wheel of his big car and was
slipping and sliding, threatening to
go into the ditch any instant but
at that time 1 hadn’t learned to
drive and so didn't realize the grief
he was having. I leaned back com-
fortably, closed my eyes and recited-.
."It isn't raining rain to me;
It's raining daffodils, you see.”
A year later, Sellers told me that
was the nearest I had ever been to
being strangled to death.
The biggest flop among state of-
ficials for the year? No, it’s not
the one you're probably thinking
about. <
Let’s get the old joke contest off
to a flying start in the next year:
There’s the one about the two
golfers. “I made that hole in six,”
the first one said. “I beat you with
a five,” said the other. After the
next hole, the first one said, “1 made
a five” and the other said, “Too
bad—my score was four.” After
the third hole, the one who was win-
ning said, “What was your score oil
that one?" But the other answered,
"You tell first this tiaae.”
And there's the one about Iaadore
and Jacob. It was a bitterly cold
day and as they walked along, Isa
dore talked for five minutes and
then feU silent. Jacob spoke
“Well, why don’t you say «ot
thing?” To which his companion
plied, “You say something; ft*
your own hands a while.”
Repair, Re-roof, Repaint or Re-
paper your home on the monthly
payment plan as you do your car,
radio or washing machine. Terms
as low as $3.20 per month on the
$100.00. Other amounts in propor-
tion. No Down payments . . .
Nothing to sign but a plain note.
See us for full particulars.
C. D. Shamburger Lbr. Co.
S. Cox, manager.
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 108, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1940, newspaper, January 5, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116455/m1/3/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.