Governor Ferguson Opens Fire in Highway Scandal
In Austin on October 23, Governor Miriam A. Ferguson ordered Texas highway contracts halted and contractors’ payments suspended. She accused Attorney General Dan Moody of private deals with American Road Co. and threatened suits to cancel maintenance contracts in 83 counties. Moody denied collusion and called Ferguson’s letter politically motivated. The capitol showdown followed a grand jury inquiry into highway financing and contracts.
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Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Highway Department
Dan Moody
Moody
Dallas
Frank V. Lanham
State Highway Commission
American Road Company
Highway Department
Lanham
Ferguson
Erican Road Company
James E. Ferguson
Texas
James EB. Ferguson
Travis County Court House
Grand
Highway Commission
Joe Burkett
R. J. Hank
Tarrant
Attorney General's Department
Greece Bulgaria clash eases while League meets
fighting between Greek and Bulgarian forces in Macedonia appears to ease at least temporarily as the League of Nations plans an extraordinary Paris session on Monday to hear claims from both sides. Athens says Greek troops reached Petrich and Bulgarian forces evacuated Greek territory though sporadic fire continues. Sofia claims Bulgarian fault and notes 25 killed, 15,000 homeless, and 240 square miles of territory occupied.
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Associated Press
Macedonia
Council of the
League of Nations
Bulgaria
Paris
Greece
Athens
Petrich
Demirhissar
League
Sofia
Switch Engine Wreck injures twenty in El Dorado yard
A switch engine ran wild in Rock Island yards injuring about twenty people in El Dorado Arkansas. The runaway locomotive struck a passenger train inbound demolishing the passenger locomotive. Four persons are reported seriously hurt including Mrs Mollie Prothro sister of Governor Terrell. Rock Island officials investigate the cause and say the engine got away from its crew. The engine was moving in reverse at fifty miles per hour when impact occurred.
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Eldorado
Ark
Rock Island
Mollie Prothro
Little Rock
Terrell
Wolsey Heads American Rabbis
Rabbi Louis Wolsey of Philadelphia was elected president of the central conference of American rabbis in Cincinnati on October 23.
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Wolsey
Cincinnati
Louis Wolsey
Philadelphia
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Slaton to vote on 9100 000 paving bond issue November 17
Special to The News reports Slaton will hold an election November 17 to authorize the issue of 9100 000 in bonds for paving about twenty blocks. Paving planned on four blocks around the public square and several blocks along Texas Avenue toward the Santa Fe depot with brick finish over a concrete base, surveyed by Gantt-Baker Engineering. City secretary Harvey Austin notes contracts let and paving will begin after election formalities.
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Texas Avenue
Banta Fe
Harvey Austin
Gantt-Baker Engineering Company
Seeme Ae
Thal
Slaton
Blaton
Mathewson widow says no will exists for Big Six
Mrs Christy Mathewson returned home to Saranac Lake after her husband's burial and said the Big Six group never made a will, so none will be probated. She has not decided how long she will stay in the village.
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
Christy Mathewson
Friends
Webb County Grand Jury Indicts Alfonso Ochoa Jr in Fatal Crash
The Webb County grand jury returned two indictments against Alfonso Ochoa Jr. for negligent homicide and for allegedly assisting in the preventable crash that killed a seven year old boy. The case centers on a deadly automobile accident in Laredo.
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Laredo
Webb County
Alfonso Ochoa, Jr
Amare
Texas Booze Raid Indicts 150 and Closes Jails
More than 150 people were indicted in a major liquor raid across Reagan and Pecos counties Texas. Federal and state officers with sheriffs and private citizens raided about 20 venues including saloons and gambling halls near Reagan and Big Lake. Thousands of gallons of liquor were seized including 2,500 gallons of whiskey. Jail space is full as prosecutors anticipate more indictments and bond decisions.
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Best
Texas
H. H. White
Oklahoma
Reagan County
Big Lake
Pecos
Edwin J. Clapp to be guest at Amarillo luncheon
Edwin J. Clapp, Hearst writer, will be guest of honor at a noon luncheon staged by the Board of City Development at the Amarillo Hotel. Local business men and luncheon clubs are invited and the Amarillo Real Estate Board postponed its meeting to today. He arrives to gather data for West Texas development articles and will be given facts and figures. A postlunch drive through the Panhandle oil field is planned.
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Edwin J. Clapp
Hearst Publications
Board of City Development
Amarillo
United States
Hearst
Panhandle
Weather Forecast For Amarillo And Vicinity
Saturday looks like rain and colder across Amarillo and the surrounding area with cloudy skies and possible showers. A high pressure system sits northwest while a low centers over the Texas Panhandle bringing cooler temperatures across northern states and milder air to the central and eastern regions.
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Amarilo
Pannandis
New Mexico
eCeoler
Texas Panhandle
Wiama
Montana
Wyoming
Amarillo
Yeater
Smiths Divorced Wife Testifies Before Grand Jury
Roxie Stinson, ex wife of Jens Smith and confidante of Harry M. Daugherty, testified before a federal grand jury probing acts of the alien property custodian under Colonel Thomas W. Miller. Her appearance lasted about half an hour. guards blocked full testimony and she planned to return to Columbus, Ohio. Special assistant Hirama Todd led the inquiry and sought more witnesses.
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New York
Roxie Stinson
Jens Smith
Harry M. Daugherty
Federal Grand Jury
Thomas W. Miller
Tinaon
Columbus
Hirama
Todd
Bulgarians Withdraw From Greek Territory Amid Fire
Official report says Bulgarian forces evacuated Greek territory this afternoon while continuing to fire on Greek positions to prevent re-occupation of a block house that had been evacuated. The announcement came tonight from Athens.
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Athens
Oklahoma court halts mine picketing in coal strike area
Federal Judge R L Williams issued an injunction effective immediately against union picketing around the Henryetta and McAlester coal mines. The order prohibits any pickets near leased ground and bars threatening or persuasive language. An observation committee of three women and one man may monitor activity but must stay off mine grounds.
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Okmulger
Okla
R. L. Williams
Henryetta
McAlester
Williams
Crowe and Kall
Bank Bandit Steals 3000 Dollars in Hemple Hold Up
A man armed with a sawed off shotgun robbed the Bank of Hemple in Hemple Missouri, forcing cashier Albert Krofft to surrender 3000 dollars in cash before escaping in a small coupe.
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ST. Joseph
Bank of
Highway Commission Enjoined Over Road Contract Cancellation
A Texas judge granted a temporary injunction preventing the State Highway Commission from enforcing cancelation of Neyland Smith Construction's 156 mile Val Verde County highway maintenance contract worth 25640 dollars. The filing argues lack of notice and hearing and asserts abuse of discretion while noting prior cancellations in Kinney Uvalde Edwards and Maverick counties.
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Austin
Neyland-Smith Construction Company
Valverde
George Calhoun
63Rd District Court
Frank Lanham
Lanham
Ontanate
Black Ae
Kinney
Uvalde
Edwards
Maverick
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