Jadwin Retires From Army Office As Lt General
Edgar Jadwin ending a long army career to retire as the sole lieutenant general on the retired or active list. Born in Honesdale Pa he graduated West Point in 1890 and joined the engineers. He directed Ellis Island expansion the San Pedro breakwater project and Galveston jetties reconstruction after the 1900 storm.
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Associated Press
Washington
Edgar Jadwin
Jadwin
Mississippi
Bach
General Jadwin
Honesdale
West Point
Ellis Island
New York
San Pedro
Calif
Galveston
Bodyguard Watches Dallas Radio Man
J. W. Reid former municipal radio station operator was followed by a special bodyguard after receiving a death threat signed Tony the Killer. The note demanded Reid drop a $30,000 damage suit against Dallas police commissioner W. C. Graves, who had earlier attacked Reid and was fined $10 for assault in corporation court.
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United Press
Dallas
Texas
J. W. Reid
Reid
Tony
W. C. Graves
Graves
Mexico Gives Land To Peasants
A Guaymas dispatch reports peasants partially occupy El Pueblito and El Heco ranches, once General Francisco Manzo’s. land granted by the government for temporary use after Manzo’s property was confiscated for his role in the Escobar revolution. Also noted is Miss Margaret Wells leaving Amarillo for a teaching stint in Tulsa this September.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Excelsior
Guaymas
Sonora
el Pueblito
el Hecho Ranches
Francisco Manzo
General Manzo
United States
Tourists See Indians Wearing Pajamas at Domingo Powwow
United Press dispatch from Albuquerque reports that during the Domingo corn dance hundreds of Indians wore pajama garments in the style of their forefathers while eastern visitors debate the fashion. An eastern tourist notes the fad, while a western observer says Indians have worn pajamas for generations.
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United Press
Albuquerque
N. Mt
Domingo
New Mexico
B&O Opens Shared Smoking Car for Women on Route
On the Washington to New York line the Baltimore and Ohio railway has created a mixed smoking room and living room for both sexes, with chairs, settees, a library table and writing desk, signaling a shift in how women are treated aboard the railway. This marks a step toward gender equality in railroad social spaces, following decades of male-dominated club car practice.
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International News Service
Washington
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Washington-New York
No Casualties Found In Wink Theater Fire
A backup today revealed no casualties in the blaze that swept the Liberty theater during a performance yesterday in Wink Texas. Firemen and volunteers fought the flames and kept the business block relatively localized despite earlier threats.
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Wink
Texas
Liberty Theater
Purification Promises Health With Calotabs Health Ad
Physicians advocate system purification as Nature's foundation for health. Cleanse with Calotabs once or twice weekly for several weeks. A family package with directions costs 35 cents at the drugstore.
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Nature
Policeman Belmont Pugh and Woman Found Dead in Room
In Wilkinsburg suburb near Pittsburgh, Belmont Pugh a 36 year old night police lieutenant and Miss Louise Stine 28 were found dead in the woman’s apartment. Each was shot through the right temple. Police could not determine if it was a double murder or murder suicide. The woman lay across the bed. Pugh’s revolver lay in his hand with an empty shell nearby. Pugh was married and father of two.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Belmont Pugh
Wilkinsburg
Louise Stine
Pug
Morris Graduates Hear R M Kelly at Lon Morris
Hon R M Kelly of Longview addressed Lon Morris college summer term graduates in Jacksonville praising modern achievements that emancipate humanity from manual labor and create broader opportunities and responsibilities for students today. W N Blanton manager of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce also spoke at the exercises.
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R. M. Kelly
Longview
Lon Morris College
W. N. Blanton
East Texas Chamber of Commerce
Exer
Students vie for arts degrees and academy diplomas
Twenty one students were candidates for the associate in arts degree and three others were presented diplomas from the academy department.
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Ctivn
Academy
Seal Jumps Into Boat of Fisherman
A seal leaped from the water and boarded a fisherman's skiff off San Rafael California prompting a cautious retreat by the boatman who watched the unexpected intruder. The incident disrupted a routine trip as the seal remained aboard briefly before resuming the water.
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Seal
Fisherman Finds Hair Seal in Bay Raft
Crocker of Crocker San Rafael, a total abstainer, rows out for a fishing trip when he discovers a dark object curled in the back of his raft. He tests the claim and asserts it was a hair seal, joking that his wife is without a coat because the creature was not of fur.
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Crocker
San Rafael
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Tiger Sane
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TAT
Pennsylvania Railroad
Transcontinental Air Tran RT. Inc
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Pugh
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Cal
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Windsor Pressure Cookers
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