Hubert McCoy Receives Five Years In Four Dollar HoldUp
Hubert McCoy alias Billy Morgan was found guilty of robbery with firearms in district court and sentenced to the minimum five years. He reportedly stole four one dollar bills from Mrs. Clara Weir at 250 Tyler Street after luring her into her home May 31. Witnesses said he may have robbed the same residence twice in a week. McCoy testified of prior penitentiary time in Oklahoma and an existing Fort Worth felony indictment.
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Hubert McCoy
Billy Morgan
McCoy
Clara Weir
Tyler Street
Weir
Yo Yo Prize Tilt Opens In Panhandle Tourney
At 5 pm 65 contestants begin the largest Yo Yo contest yet in the Panhandle. Prizes will be awarded to winners in three flights. Three Chamber of Commerce members will serve as judges once the contest starts at Fox Drug Store No 3 under manager Jack Phillips.
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Panhandle
Jack Phillips
Fox Drug Store
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Leader Opposes Foreign Club Expansion
Sam Cummings president of Kiwanis International told the 14th annual convention in Milwaukee that Kiwanis should focus on forming clubs in small communities and not in foreign lands. He cited a reduced minimum of 25 members to form a chapter, down from 45, as enabling broader growth.
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Associated Frese
Milwaukee
Wis
Sam Cummings
Dallas
Kiwanis International
Kiwanis
Cummings
Chicagoan Leaps From Train Killed Near Tucumcari
E J McMerney a Chicagoan 28 a Chicago native was killed when he leaped from a Rock Island train at Adberg Station near Tucumcari New Mexico while reportedly returning from Los Angeles The speeding train mangled his body and no notice of the act was given His body will be sent to Chicago
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Isperia
Dalhart
Rock Island
E. J. McMerney
Chicato
Adberg Station
Tucumcari
N. M
McMerney
Chicago
Los Angeles
Walt Mason Satirizes Jim Croesus Wealth and Work
A 1929 poem critiques rich Jim Croesus and his luxury, noting how luxury drives industry and wages. It contrasts his costly shoes, hats, suits, and cars with the needs of the poor, while arguing that wealth sustains jobs and trades. The piece blends humor with social commentary on economic imbalance.
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Jim Croesus
Croesus
George Matthew Adams
Grove
Tariff fight edges Cuba trade in House bill
Washington June 24 Radical changes in the house tariff bill include termination of the reciprocal trade treaty with Cuba higher duties on wool and duties on Philippine agricultural imports. Chester H Gray of the American Farm Bureau urged abrogation of the Cuban American treaty while Frank J Hagenbarth urged 86 cents a pound duty on raw wool and higher wool waste levies. Witnesses supported eliminating carpet wools with up to 10 percent clothing wool in imports.
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Associated Press
Washington
Cuba
Philippines
Senate
Chester H. Gray
American Farm Bureau Federation
Gray
United States
House
Snivoot
Utah
Harrison
Mississippi
National Grange
Frank J. Hagenbarth
Spencer
Idaho
National Wool Growers Association
Bishop Cannon stock trading scrutinized at bankruptcy hearing
At a June hearing in New York, Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South faced scrutiny over stock trades tied to the Kable and Company bucket shop. Witness Harry L. Goldhurst testified that Cannon authorized purchases and sales for him, with margins of up to 40,000 in potential obligations, while denying any profit or clerical concealment.
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Associated Press
New York
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Kable and Company
Harry L. Goldhurst
Goldhurst
Charles W. Kable
C. Edward Benuit
Goldhuret
Kable & Company
Identity of man found in Gainesville pool is Hugh Lem Hill
Fingerprints confirmed the dead man as Hugh Lem Hill, 30, of Bonham, Texas, found in a shallow pool near Gainesville. Hill had been arrested in February 1925 for investigation and released the next day. authorities say a heart attack likely caused his drowning. A nearby soap cake was noted.
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Gainesville
Texas
Hugh Lem Hill
Bonham
Hill
Bourland Policies Decided In Fort Worth Conference
June 24 Fort Worth West Texas Chamber of Commerce will map immediate policies at a Stamfort conference. Will Bourland acting manager will confer with advisory committee including Clifford B. Jones Spur R W Bayt Abilene Joe A Whit Seymour Ray Nichols Vernon and Dr R L McMean who is ill in St Anthony's hospital. condition described as satisfactory.
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Fort Worth
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Stamfort
A.M. Bourland
Organon
el Paso
Clifford B. Jones
Spur
R. W. Bayt
Y W C A Worker In Altus Dies In Suspected Suicide
Alyus Okla June 25 The death of Miss Blanche Mock 38 a school teacher and Y W C A worker whose body with a bullet wound through the heart was found last night at her home was pronounced a suicide Despondency over ill health was held responsible.
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Associated Press
Alyus
Okla
Migs Blanche Mock
Moody signs dorm money bills for tech and other schools
Governor Dan Moody signed five bills and let nine more pass to aid water districts emergency loans and in term bonds. Legislation authorizes A M College Texas Tech and College of Industrial Arts to build dormitories with A&M also allowed a stadium and athletic fields paid from current revenues.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dan Moody
A. & M. College
Texas Technological College
College of Industrial Arts
Burleson County
Herbert Hoover
Oscar DePriest
Chicago
White House
Disabled Veterans Begin Meeting in Detroit
Detroit June 24 6000 delegates to the ninth annual convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War endorsed recommendations for a stronger national defense civil military training camps restricted immigration universal conscription law increased allowances for National Guard units and urged creation of veterans employment offices and a merger of federal offices for veteran relief
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ex-Cashier General of Mexico Seeks Back Pay in U S
Mariano Via monte Fernandes, former cashier general of Mexico, returns to Massachusetts courts to recover about 70 000 dollars seized when he left the Mexican bureau of finance five years ago. After five years behind bars and in exile, he was pardoned by President Portes Gil, and tomorrow appears in Salem court with the pardon as proof the funds belong to him.
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Mresey
Boston
Mariano Viamonte Fernandes
Mexico
Massachusetts
Mexican Bureau of Finance
Fernandez
New Hampshire
Portes Gil
Salem
Labor Parliament Reassembles. Fort Worth Wheat Receipts Soar
London reports the second labor government parliament reassembling to elect a speaker, with Premier's expected vital defeat statement. Fort Worth markets show 285 wheat cars received Sunday and today, total grain above 400 cars, 75 percent No 1 grade, 1 percent protein. Wheat prices average 85 cents to farmers.
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Fort Worth
Associated Press
London
United Kingdom
Edward A. Fitzroy
W. L. Nihg
Shreveport Announcer Repulses Tulsa Charge
Washington June 24 The radio commission denied Skelly Oil company for use of the 850 kilocycle channel used by KWKH Shreveport La. Skelly sought the Shreveport channel alleging vile attacks by WK Henderson and unsatisfactory programs from Tulsa operator KVOO Tulsa.
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Associated Press
Washington
Skelly Oil Company
KVOO
Tulsa
Olla
KWKH
Shreveport
Radio Commission
Skelly Company
WK. Henderson
Senate Passes Bill Changing Interurban Lines
The Senate approved the Woodall bill allowing interurban lines to be converted into steam railroads by charter amendment or property use, passing 22 to 3. A second measure by Senator Wirtz of Seguin to eliminate the 2500 dollar annual salary for the state tax commissioner and have salaries set by legislative appropriations committees also passed.
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Associated Press
Woodall
Senate
Wirtz
Seguin
Legislative Appropriations
Ambassador Gibson Arrives in London Discusses Naval Problem
United States Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson arrived in London from Belgium for a conference with Ambassador Charles G. Dawes. The two, acting for President Hoover, will hold a general discussion of the international situation with a focus on the naval problem. The report notes a new auto service with nearly 100 motor cars operating between Lakes Tanganyika and Kivu in Africa.
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Associated Press
London
United States
Hugh S. Gibson
Geneva
Belgium
Charles G. Dawes
Hoover
Lakes Tanganyika
Kivu
Africa
American fortunes gild Riviera estates in France
American buyers have poured billions into Riviera real estate from St. Raphael to the Italian border.-notable properties include Villa Long Souel at Eze owned by Mrs Jacques Balsan and the Belmon t linked Tenletia estate. Robert Appleton of New York is developing a 30 acre Provencal style estate near Hougin. The Ralsan and Blumenthal holdings are famed for costly gardens and walls within exclusive compounds.
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John F. Hanscom
Associated Press
Cannes
France
L. D. Beaumont
New York
Paris
Chateau de la Garouppe
Cap Antibes
Riviera
Frances
St. Raphat
Edith Wharton
Long Souel
Eze
Jacques Balsan
Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Oliver H. P. Belmont
Tenletia
Ralsan
North Africa
Hougin
Robert Appleton
Chateau de Malbose
George’ Blumenthal
Blumenthal
Europe
Jurors Selected for Sanity Trial in McKenzie Case
Ten jurors were chosen in San Antonio for the sanity trial of John M. Pete McKenzie, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Sam Street, San Antonio chief of detectives. The process deviated from the norm as judges and attorneys released jurors to speed the panel, with 25 qualified from a 50-member list and a total panel of 82 required by law.
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Associated
Mres
San Antonio
John M
Pete) McKenzie
Sam Street
T Ha
Jury selection procedures amid legal challenges and removals
Judge McCrory ruled that men remaining after scratches would be accepted as the jury and that 12 jurors would complete the panel once challenges were exercised. Fifteen more veniremen were ordered. Proceedings occurred without McKenzie who was at the San Antonio state hospital for observation. The defendant must be present when evidence begins. Jurors’ religious beliefs were questioned by both sides.
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McCrory
McKenzie
San Antonio State Hospital
Hearing on Robison case resumes in Austin today
In Austin on June 24, the Robison land commissioner impeachment inquiry continues with attorney Lloyd Prigé on the witness stand after a Saturday recess. The house would vote to sustain charges, then articles move to the senate where a two thirds majority would be required for removal, with proceedings expected to finish by Wednesday.
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Austin
JT. Robison
Lloyd Prigé
Robison
House
Senate
Texas Cotton Acreage Up Two Percent This Year
Texas' cotton acreage shows a 2 percent rise in year while crop condition stands at 74 percent based on a June 1 survey. Boll worms and cotton fleas appear in some areas and heavy rain has damaged portions of the crop. Floods and abandonment have reduced potential, but corn planting remains near normal with prospects for a larger 1929 yield.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
George B. Terrell
Texas lawmakers warn against more big spend bills
In Austin on June 24 the legislature eyed roughly 200000 to buy property by the Alamo in San Antonio and 500000 for memorial armories for 159 Texas National Guard units. House and Senate debated budgets, with Representative Harry N. Graves urging restraint and predicting 52000000 in biennial revenue. The day featured passions over impeachment coverage and a mix of local bills, arrests, and new penalties including a 100-dollar fine for firing across a police highway.
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Austin
Alamo
San Antonio
Harry N. Graves
Georgetown
Senate
J. T. Robison
House
P. L. Anderson
Ernest Cox
Corsicana
Texas National Guard
Coke Stephenson
Junction
Penrose Metcalf
San Angelo
Alleged Bootlegger Dies After Silver City Shootout
J. J. Thompson, identified as an alleged bootlegger, died in a Silver City hospital after being wounded in a gun battle with prohibition officers two weeks earlier. His wife, Mrs. Thompson, fainted during the confrontation and remains unaware of the details.
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Silver City
N. M
J. J.thompson
Thompson
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Nas
Shirley
Wilbur C. Hawk
The
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C. V. Vernon
Amarillo
Texan Ball Park
Bourland
St. Anthony's
Altus
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French Riviera
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