Disobedience of Law Charged in Texas State Audit
Moore Lynn, state auditor, asserts noncompliance with laws directing office administration and general inefficiency by Texas officials. The report, submitted to Governor Moody and the legislature, blames both the treasurer and the comptroller for failure to follow statutes, unreliable cash balances, and lack of auditing. It calls for corrective recommendations and notes long-standing issues unresolved despite five years of potential action.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Moore Lynn
Moody
Lynn
Treasury
General Revenue Fund
Hey
fire wipes out big Dodsonville store in Wellington
Fire of known origin completely destroyed Nw. Wesson general merchandise store in Dodsonville early Wednesday. Loss estimated at 35000 dollars with insurance of about 18500 on building and stock. The two story brick structure measured 5 by 90 feet and was the town’s largest store.
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Wellington
Nw. Wesson
Dodsonville
Dodsonille
Associated Press
Durant
Miss
Lexington
Kosciusko
Canton
Bank
Eugene Cole
Cole Trading Co
Hansford seat fight reopens in Amarillo courts
The Hansford County seat dispute returns to Texas courts as Attorneys argued to reverse a Spearman district court dismissal from last August. A ruling could settle the decades long contest with Spearman leading 2023 votes and Gruver and Hansford challengers in the background.
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Hansford
Amarillo
Spearman
Grover
Gruver
Willis
District Court
Munford Receives One Year After Guilty Plea on Liquor Transport
W C Munford pleaded guilty to transportation of liquor in district criminal court. He was sentenced to one year in prison while Dan Tucker received a five year suspended sentence. Both men were arrested in February last year and Munford later jumped his bond before being re-arrested in Crane City. Tucker’s trial was delayed to await Munford’s case.
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W. C. Munford
Dan Tucker
Munford
Crane City
Tucker
Ex-Texas Governor Bell Laid In State Hall
Funeral services for Peter Hansbrough Bell fourth governor of Texas were held in the house of representatives hall in Austin. Reinterment with his wife followed in the state cemetery, after the bodies were brought from North Carolina where he died in 1898. The state cemetery interment was authorized by the last legislature to honor Texas heroes.
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Associated Press
Austin
Peter Hansbrough Bell
Texas
House of Representatives
North Carolina
Moore County Grasshopper Hops Through Snow
A hardy Moore County grasshopper, shown by local realtor A K Webster, has spent two weeks hopping on a snowbank during sub-zero weather, underscoring Moore County's claim as a productive Panhandle area.
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California
Florida
Rio Grande Valley
Moore County
Panhandle
A. K. Webster
News-Globe
Winter Storm Traverses Gulf To Southeast
A Gulf of Mexico storm reached the Florida coast and moved northeast through Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. It brought near hurricane winds, rain sleet and snow, with unroofed buildings in Gulfport and snow in Birmingham and Atlanta. Cold air spread into north Florida with more freezing weather promised.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Gulfport
Atlantic
Delaware
Sandy Hook
Meridian
Laurel
Vicksburg
Miss
Birmingham
Atlanta
Shook Defense Rests in Murder Trial Without Witness
In Wichita Falls Texas on January 29 1929 the defense in the Tom Shook murder trial rested after three hours of testimony and no witness calls Judge P A Martin will instruct the jury on murder and malice aforethought with self defense not included The state presented eight witnesses detailing the fatal stabbing and Shooks escape and recapture in Tennessee the case expected to go to the jury by Thursday noon
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Tex
Tom Shook
Electra
O. E. Daugherty
P. A. Martin
89Th District Court
Shook
Martin
Tennessee
River diver believed dead after failed grip rescue
In Quebec, a deep sea diver, Peter Trans, trapped at the bottom of the Outarde river near the St. Lawrence was presumed dead after a snowbound rescue effort. Volunteer diver Arvo Silyala reached Trans but could not elicit a response, as air lines and icy water hindered progress.
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Quebec
Que
Outarde River
Peter Trans
Ontario Paper Company
St. Lawrence
Trans
Rimourli
Arvo Silyala
Tring
Quesnel Moreney
Lewis Begin
Riviere Aux Outardes
Hearings to Cover Entire Dry Question Opened in Washington
The House Judiciary Committee will hear seven repeal resolutions and discuss altering the eighteenth amendment while considering changes to the Volstead act. Rep Graham leads in fact finding as Dyer heads a subcommittee on beer bills and related modifications. The expenditures panel moves toward shifting prohibition enforcement from Treasury to the Justice Department.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
George 8. Graham
House
Dyer
Missouri
Treasury
Justice Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Youth Held For Attempted Fire At Love School
Special to The News Tucumcari New Mexico January 29 Under Sheriff Loren Anderson arrested 16 year old Fred Smith a Love School student in Logan west of Tucumcari on a warrant charging him with attempting to burn the Love School building last night The lad confessed to the charges Several holes burned in the floor and walls damaged Windows not raised stopped the fire
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Tucumcari
N. Mex
Loren Anderson
Fred Smith
Logan
Love School
Nare
National GOP secretary resigns from Hoover campaign team
Representative Franklin Fort of New Jersey announced his resignation as secretary of the Republican National Committee. Fort had managed Hoover's pre-convention campaign and served as secretary since the Kansas City convention, overseeing the presidential campaign activities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
National Republican Committee
Fort
Mr. Hoover
Republican National Committee
Kansas City
Beers Sentenced For Transporting Stolen Car
John D L Beers pleaded guilty in U S district court to transporting a stolen car from Amarillo Texas to Delta Colorado and received a one year sentence in the federal penitentiary.
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Associated Press
Pueblo
Colo
John DL. Beers
U. S. District Court Today
Amarillo
Texas
Delta
Clarendon Woman Seeks $5000 Bond in Murder Charge
Clarendon January 29 Special to The News Mrs Helen Bates charged with the murder of H M Christianson waived examining trial and asked for a 5000 bond She did not post bond and was remanded to jail pending grand jury action next term No Christianson relatives located American Legion plans burial services for him next Sunday
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Clarendon
Helen Bates
H. M. Christianson
Christianson
American Legion
Burlington official predicts strong year for Panhandle wheat
Frederick E. Williarma president of the Burlington system and a party of executives toured Texas Panhandle lines. He cited ideal soil conditions and expanding wheat acreage as bases for optimism, despite a lighter grain movement and exports. He forecast a normal year with improved credit for agriculture after the stock crash.
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Texas Panhandle
Frederick E. Williarma
Burlington Railroad System
Burlington
Fort Worth
Denver
Mr. Williams
E. P. Bracken
Burlington System
Col
John A. Hulen
J. H. Aydelott
Williams
New York
Pueblo
Childress
Fort Weatie
Explosion Hero Saves Woman From Fire in Apartment
Joe Lee Latta an 18 year old high school youth of 314 East Twenty first Avenue kept calm during an explosion and fire to throw his coat around Mrs J T Brazell saving her from serious injuries perhaps death in her apartment 1017 A West Eleventh Avenue. Mrs Brazell was painfully burned but not seriously in the blast from cleaning gasoline.
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Joe Lee Latta
East Twentyfirst Avenue
J. T. Brazell
New Obstacles in Naval Parley Delaying Plenary Session
London reports growing procedural disputes at the 3-Power naval conference as steering committees face opposition over methods and limitations. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald held talks with Henry L. Stimson and other officials amid fears of multinational displeasure if empire representation is uneven.
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Associated Prem
London
Naval Conference
France
Italy
Ramsay MacDonald
Henry L. Stimson
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Dino Grandi
MacDonald
Empire
Wife doubts body found in Mexico is missing husband
Mrs W Paul Loveland doubts the body brought to the Algodones border is her husband, who vanished after Christmas. The body was exhumed from a three day old grave at Vuervos, Mexico, and transported to the international line at Algodones.
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Mexico
Associated Presa
Pasadena
Cal
W. Paul Loveland
Algodones
Vuervos
Doctors Take Stand in Brady Murder Trial At Austin
In court Brady's doctors testified he was a chronic alcoholic with a bright past ruined by bootleg liquor and an illicit affair. They described mental and physical decline including irritability painful limbs and loss of virility as the case against the former judge centered on the killing of Lehlin Highsmith on November 9, 1929.
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Court Room
Austin
Tex
John W. Brady
Brady
Lehlin Highsmith
A. Berry
Berry
Goodall
Joe Wooten
Civil Appeals Court
Wootens
John Brady
Public Service
Public Trust
Goodall Wooten
File murder charges filed in deputy death clash
County Attorney George Wilson filed first degree murder charges against Irene Schroeder W Glenn Dague and Joe F Wells for the slaying of Deputy Sheriff Lee Wright after a gun battle on January 13 in Phoenix Arizona. The deputy died today from injuries suffered in the clash.
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Associated Press
Phoenix
Ariz
George Wilson
Irene Schroeder
W. Glenn Dague
Joe F. Wells
Lee Wright
Spare Rooms Rent via Globe News Ads
Spare rooms advertised by Globe News Rental offer extra cash to cover bills. The first of the month is prime renting time with a reliable lodger sought. Call 6262 at Want Ad headquarters for a special seven time rate.
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Globe News
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