Republicans of Farm Belt Hold Parleys
Farm belt Republicans gather in Washington for informal conferences to promote a midwest rally plan. William Allen White attends. Harrison Spangler leads efforts with Hoover era supporters weighing regional meetings and potential presidential encouragement. White expresses cautious optimism about regional meetings and party revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
U.P
William Allen White
Harrison Spangler
Iowa
Henry P. Fletcher
Republican National Committee
Charles Curtis
Hoover
Farm Belt
White
Mid-West
Spangler
Arthur M. Hyde
Patrick J. Hurley
John D. M. Hamilton
Kansas
Frank Knox
Chicago Daily News
Knox
Mr. Hoover
American Society of Newspaper Editors
New Engeland
South
Far West
Kentucky Man Hanged After Defiant Final Pleas
William De Boe 23 of Paducah was hanged in Stokes Smithland after shouting cold blooded murder at Marjorie Johnson who accused him. He denounced her denial and alleged bribery as the crowd watched from courthouse yard. The execution followed a 45 minute speech denouncing the justice system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillard Stokes
Smithland
William de Boe
Kentucky
Marjorie Johnson
de Boe
de Bee
Paducah, Ky
Alvin Lisanby
Commonwealth
Randolph Johnson
Spring fever meter sets price for dance
Cambridge April 19. Precise thermocalorimeters measure if a sweetheart has spring fever. MIT students used the device to set a temperature based admission charge for the Commuters Club spring fever dance, adding zero to 35 cents to the $1 base. Ford's Theater in Washington remains standing but unused since Lincoln's assassination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Young woman head of D A R elected president
Mrs. William A. Becker of Summit New Jersey won the D A R presidency election over Dr Flora Myers Gillentine of Chattanooga Tennessee by 1436 to 619 votes. Becker pledged unity tolerance and charity as keynote of her administration with Mrs Magna backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William A. Becker
Summit
N. J
Flora Myers Gillentine
Chattanooga
Magna
Becker
Smith College
Gillentine
German Battleship Karlsruhe to Visit Houston
The German navy show vessel Karlsruhe, a 6000 ton battleship launched in 1927, will dock in the Houston ship channel on April 26 for eight days. The cruiser has toured the West Indies Brazil Uruguay Chile Vancouver and the Canal Zone during its voyage. Commander Captain Zur See Leutjents leads the ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
U.P
Karlsruhe
Houston Ship Channel
West Indies
Brazil
Uruguay
Chile
Vancouver
San Francisco
Canal Zone
Zur See Leutjents
State Comptroller officials inspect Pampa oil fields
Two members of the state comptroller office in Amarillo John C Wilson active director of the motor fuel division and Lowell Gault assistant are on an inspection tour of the Pampa oil fields today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Comptrollers Office
Amarillo
John C. Wilson
Lowell Gault
Pampa
Fults Transferred as New Federal Kidnapping Charges Loom
Ralph Fults roiled in Travis County jail awaiting recommittal to Huntsville after capture in Derrton. Texas Rangers said he would be moved soon while facing federal harboring charges with Hamilton and Collin County counts including kidnaping Cecil Howell and auto theft. Governor Ferguson had pardoned him earlier but Allred revoked the pardon on new evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
U.R
Ralph Fults
Raymond Hamilton
Travis County
Texas Penitentiary
Huntsville
Texas Rangers
Fults
Derrton
Sid Kelso
Kelso
Miriam A. Ferguson
Collin County
James V. Allred
Hamilton
Cecil Howell
Doctrine of Atonement in Christian Science Sunday Lesson
The Lesson Sermon titled Doctrine of Atonement will be read in all Christian Science churches on Sunday. It includes Hebrews 9 28 Matthew 1 1 Corinthians 15 20 and a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy noting Christ lifting human hope and faith toward spiritual atonement with divine Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Churches of Christ
Scientist
Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
Tyler businessman J. H. Legrand dies at 67
J H Legrand, 67, a Tyler business man, died at midnight from a heart attack after a Dallas hospital stay. He had been ill for several weeks and recently returned home as his condition seemed improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler, Tex
A.P
J. H. Legrand
Tyler
Dallas
One Woman Road Blockade Ends in Arkansas
In Gravette Arkansas on April 19 a one woman six gun blockade by 75 year old Ida Robinson halted a highway project for four days until Mayor Herb Lewis convinced her to yield. She warned she would kill the first trespasser on her land near the work site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herb Lewis
Robinson
Ovaltine shown to aid appetite and weight gain in children
Letters from mothers in Brooklyn and Hagerstown describe rapid improvements in eating and weight after using Ovaltine. The ad touts Ovaltine as a Swiss created concentrate now made in the U S with claims of appetite and nerve benefits for children, nursing mothers, convalescents, and the aged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Radesill
W. Antietam St
Hagerstown
Switzerland
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Macaroni
Salt Box
Schilling Coffee
Ford’s
Lincoln
Washinton
Pilate
Jesus
Joseph of
Arimathea
Joseph
Nicodemus
Jerusalem
D.A.R
Summit, N. J
BY Bess Furman
Germany
United States
Golden Light Coffee
Jane
Ralph
Ater
Oxydol
U.S. Pat, of. A Ae
Æie de
Arad Uta
Harriet
George Baver
Brooklyn
N.Y
Harriet Baver
George
Mae
Fred
Scott
Uncle Charlie
Ovalline
George Bauer
Evergreen Ave
N. Y
the Wander Company
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Tai
Dri
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