Four Seagraves bank robbers charged in Seminole case
Four men Edwin Meredith Elmer Slaughter Terry County farmer James W. Baker and Oscar Herring were charged with bank robbery and complicity for the May First State Bank Seagraves robbery. The incident forced Meredith and assistant cashier Lora Brown into the vault and $3298.89 was taken. Baker, then living in Lubbock, had enrolled at Texas Tech prior to arrest.
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First State Bank
Seagraves
Seminole
Thomas L. Price
106Th District Court
The
Daily Journal
Edwin Meredith
Elmer Slaughter
Terry County
James W. Baker
Oscar Herring
Palo Pinto County
Meredith
Lora Brown
Baker
Texas Tech
Prohibition Debate Deepens As Rockefeller McCormick Backs Repeal
Henry Curran condemns the prohibition plank as unsatisfactory while Charles Scott rejects a minority report. Edith Rockefeller McCormick supports repeal and federal control of liquor. Senator Bingham presents repeal plank as substitute. Borah objects to resubmission. John W. Hart comments after a telegraphic update.
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Kansas
Resolutions Committee
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Chicago Society
Bingham
Senator Bingham
Connecticut
Resolution Committee
Borah
John W. Hart
Idaho
Republican platform drafts oil tariff extension in 1928 era
The article describes Republican platform debates at the Hoover era convention. Oil tariff protection is recommended, party divisions emerge over prohibition with a revised plank allowing state decisions. Patrick Hurley interrupts to read a key section as divisions widen among wets and drys.
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Republican Platform
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Oklahoma
California
Kansas
New Mexico
Washington
Oregon
Patrick F. Hurley
Hoover
Resolutions Committee
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Congress
Resolutions
Republican Committee
States
East
Relieve Headache And Quiet Nerves In Three Minutes
An ad touts B. C. headache and nerve relief remedy prepared by a registered pharmacist. The product blends multiple ingredients to soothe headaches nerves and pains in minutes without opiates or habit forming drugs and is available in 10¢ and 25¢ packages.
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B. C
Repeal Debate Roils Gilded Age Convention Floor
On the convention floor delegates clashed over repeal as banners reading No Bunk appeared and a parade of beer-like cans moved along a rod. Harold Van Orman and James Garfield led debates while Bingham urged a clear yes no vote, urging repeal of the eighteenth amendment amid chants and rests.
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Delaware
Michigan
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Snell
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Utan
Farm Board
Teddy” Roosevelt
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Fess
Hoover
Bingham
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Maine
New York
Washington
Oregon
Dawes withdrawal reshapes 1920 Republican renomination talk
As Dawes withdrew from the 1920 race to support Curtis, factions shifted toward favorite sons like Edge Fuller and Harbord. Supporters from Texas Iowa and Illinois rallied behind Dawes before his statement. Hurley remained aligned with Curtis, while Patman urged debt payment and pensioner relief amid partisan objections about Fiat money and bond issuance.
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Curtis
New Jersey
Walter E. Edge
France
Missouri
Henry 8. Caulfield
James W. Harboard
Hanford Macnnder
Iowa
Massachusetts
Alvan T. Fuller
Texas
Dawes
Washington
Hurley
Measures Then
Washington debate grew tense as illness rose among arrivals and lawmakers faced damp conditions. A scuffle between Blanton and Martin was defused by colleagues. The House adopted an amendment granting the Federal Reserve Board power to conduct open market operations.
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Blanton
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Martin
Ore
Memorial services planned during State Firemen convention
PLAN MEMORIAL AUSTIN, June 15. Memorial services for members who have died in recent years were planned today by the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association at its annual convention in Austin. Election of officers and selection of the next convention site are scheduled for tomorrow.
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Plan Memorial
Austin
State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association
Negro on Death Row Awaiting Governor's Intervention
The case of Ernest Johnson, a Black man, hangs on Governor Ross Sterling's potential clemency. If no action is taken, Johnson faces execution in the electric chair at Huntsville State Prison early Saturday.
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Huntsville
Ross Sterling
Ernest Johnson
Word formed from upper line letters yields familiar submenu
Puzzle presents a lower line word created from upper line letters. Reading left to right reveals hidden substrings CUP UP BOA BOAR OAR and BOARD. The task highlights letter arrangement producing related terms and a final board word.
Crash Fatal at Boise City in Motor Car Collision
Mac Baxter 30 farm hand killed instantly in a head on crash two and a half miles west of Boise City on Highway No. 64 when Baxter tried to turn around and was struck by Henry Dacy. Dacy injured and rescued from burning car by Ed Davidson county official. Coroner lists accidental death. Baxter’s parents reside in Protection Kansas.
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Boise City
Oxfa
Mac Baxter
Here
Henry Dacy
Ed Davidson
Cimarron County
Baxter
Dacy
Davidson
Postal Receipts Up in Dalhart May 1932
Dalhart post offices show May 1932 receipts of 1905.40 dollars, up from 1866.33 in May 1931. June receipts to date remain strong, indicating improved postal activity this year.
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Dalhart
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