Scouts End Two Week Camp at Ceta Canyon
Sixty Boy Scouts returned home after two weeks at Ceta Canyon summer camp. Over 100 boys attended the two sessions, with 75 in the first and 60 in the second. A camp gang led by M. J. Paul and Omar Rhodes will stay on to return grounds to order, including Ed Parsons and others. The farewell campfire marked a successful season despite rain, and many expressed desire to return next year.
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Ceta Canyon
M. J. Paul
Omar Rhodes
Ed Parsons
Harold Pressig
Robert McLellan
Robert McNeil
Ed Browder
Irving
Vincent White
Amarillo
Midland Thieves Unhook Screens To Hook Pants
Special to The News Midland June 18 Thieves steal pants from houses by unhooking screens and entering windows to grab trousers and valuables. Victims Hugh Corrigan Otis Ligon and Fay Proctor report $130 cash plus keys and goods taken while occupants slept. Local wives use the incident as a cautionary tale about closet storage.
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Midland
Hugh Corrigan
Otis Ligon
Fay Proctor
Hoover signs Bryan memorial statue bill in Washington
President Hoover signed a bill authorizing the William Jennings Bryan Memorial Association to erect a statue to the last Democratic leader in Washington. The statue will be placed here after site and plan approval by the fine arts commission. The report also notes Jack Reynolds holding a championship belt valued over $2,000, presented by Cedar Rapids citizens after his 1925 title win.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hoover
William Jennings Bryan Memorial Association
Fine Arts Commission
Jack Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
Mexican girl detained with gold hidden on person
In Laredo Texas on June 18 Miss Maria Del Carmen Garcia of Nuevo Laredo was detained by customs for concealing roughly 4,000 pesos in 20 peso pieces about her waist and 1,000 pesos in gold in her purse. She said the gold was for an American shopping trip. The gold was seized and she was released. she filed a claim with the U S Treasury in Washington.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Texas
Maria del Carmen Garcia
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Treasury Department
Washington
Corsicana Orphan Boy Drowns In Tank
June 18 in Corsicana Jack Coons age 10, inmate of the state orphans home, drowned last night in a tank when he slipped from a raft with other boys. Companions grappled to save him but failed.
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Associated Press
Corsicana
Jack Coons
State Orphans
Charters Granted
Austin on June 18 lists charter approvals for the Paris Insurance Exchange to promote and protect insurance agents interests in Paris with no capital stock and listed incorporators. The Better Business Bureau of the Lower Rio Grande Valley is chartered to educate the public against fraud with no capital stock and named officers. Joyce Motor Company General Automobile and Garage Business in Aspermont with capital stock of 9,000 and listed incorporators. Farmers Cooperative Society No 1 of Newhome Lynn County Texas forms to borrow, discount notes and co operate in selling and purchasing with no capital stock and named incorporators.
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Associated Press
Austin
Paris Insurance Exchange
Paris
M. D. Ragland
Scott R. Galbreath
J.C. Hathaway
Better Business Bureau
Lower
Rio Grande Valley
Capital
S. Finley Ewing
B. M. Holland
Walton D. Hood
Joyce Motor Company General Automobile
Proceedings From State Supreme Court In Austin June 18
Supreme court proceedings today include certified questions answered and multiple cases scheduled. Texas state et al v Robison involves a commissioner, while Deming Investment Co v Giddeons discusses judgments reversed for the plaintiff in error. Shropshire v Commerce Farm Credit grants mandamus petitions. Tarver case advanced. Empire G and F Co v state connected. Houtchens v Mercer cause advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Supreme ‘Court
State of Texas
J.T. Robison
Travis
Deming Investment Company
Joe D. Giddeons
Dallas
I.E
Shropshire Et al
Commerce Farm Credit Company
Hale
James A. Tardy
H. Walter
Empire G
F. Company
James E. Mercer
George W. Sheffield
Jnn
George H. Sheppard
W. B. Johnson
Experts Make Wheat Tests Swisher 60 Swisher Texas
Tulia June 18 Mr P B Dunkle from the Division Experiment Station at Denton has been in Swisher County to conduct wheat tests and study crop conditions.
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Tulia
P. B. Dunkle
Division Experiment Station
Denton
Swisher
County Wheat Variety Tests In Swisher County
County Agent C B Martin oversees a two day visit evaluating wheat variety tests started a year ago by the experiment station at College Station. Farmers J D Vaughn and John Adams run tests on Turkey Red Ran Red Black Hull and Kelichor's Russian to find the most productive high protein wheat for Swisher County. Results will be determined in October.
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C.B. Martin
College Station
J. D. Vaughn
John Adams
Hull
Kelichor
Swisher County
Wheat Tests Benefit Panhandle Farmers Across Texas
The test program will run for three additional years and the data gathered will prove highly valuable to wheat growers in the Texas Panhandle and across the state, guiding farming decisions and agricultural policy.
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Panhandle
Texas
Elinor Smith Soars as World’s Top Female Aviator
Elinor Smith, aged eighteen, earns distinction as the most accomplished woman in aviation history. Described by seasoned pilots as “born with wings,” she rises above peers through record flight feats and public acclaim in a bold era of flight.
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Wisconsin
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Library Park
Los Angeles
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Sears, Roebuck and CO
10Th & Polk St
Najol
Hajol
Nu Natures
Ena
Garters
J. W. Simpson, J. R. F. Ratliff, P. W. Goad
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Mattie Castlebury
Francis
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