Noted Doctor and Sociologist to Speak Tonight
Dr. James J. Walsh renowned physician, sociologist, author and lecturer, will discuss A Life Worth Living at 8 p.m. at the high school auditorium. He tours the nation with the Knights of Columbus and is connected to Fordham University and the Catholic Institute for the Blind.
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James Walsh
Knight OF Columbus
James J. Walsh
Walsh
Amarillo
Knights of Columo
K. of C. Council
National Arts Club
New York Historical Society
The
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
Catholic Summer School of America
College of New Rochelle
St. Joseph's College
Brooklyn
Fordham University School of Sociology
London
McFarland Praises Police After San Jacinto Hold Up
J G McFarland proprietor of the McFarland grocery in San Jacinto reports he was held up last night and $25 rifled from the cash register. He commends police and sheriff departments for arriving within five minutes and aiding investigation with no arrests yet. He notes improved cooperation between the two agencies.
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J. G. McFarland
McFarland
San Jacinto
Mr. McFarland
D B C Urges Jobbers Return Questionnaire
The industrial committee of the Board of City Development urges all jobbers and manufacturers who have not returned the questionnaire to do so immediately. S J Cole industrial manager says only about 100 have answered for the forthcoming business classification directory. He notes that nothing can be done until every questionnaire is returned.
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Board of City Development
S. J. Cole
Mr. Cole
Criminal Appeals Court Proceedings Today
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued multiple actions including affirmations reversals and remands on cases from Harris Dallas Nueces Potter and other counties. Names include J Y Hawkins Pete Benavides Lurlen Davidson Henry Gamel and Ex Parte Carrie B Owens among others.
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Associated Press
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
J. Y. Hawkins
Hill
Ray Powler
Clay
W. L. Lamar
Harris
Mauricio Jimenez
Nueces
Henry Bostis
L. E. Black
M. R. Bostick
Wilbarger
P. R. Williams
Potter
Masten Brown
Dallas
Joe Selby
Dewitt
Manuel Martinez
Cameron
R. E. Webb
EB. Parte
Marie Adams
Fd McCall
Orange
E. A. Dunn
Wheeler
Horace Mul
Haskell
John 8
Cleghorn
Erath
Oscar Petty
Danton
Pete Benavides
Lurlen Davidson
Earnest de Shazo
Henry Gamel
Cecil Russell
Coleman
D. J. Baird
Clark Woodson
Brazoria
Frank Crossland
QO. T. Sims
Martin
Joe Hall
Polk
Ferdinand Kuehene
Travis
E. G. Bright
Frio
Ben H. Collins
Lynn
William Hepworth
Fred O'Neal
John A. McKenzie
Pete McKenzie
Bexar
Bob Davis
Hopkins
Hunters Rob Filling Station in Kansas City Theft
Three men in hunter outfits pulled a gun and forced a filling station attendant to open the cash register. The incident occurred in Kansas City on January 16 as the trio declared they were hunting.
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Kansas City
Acaa
Nab Gang Indicted In Texas Bank Murder Case
Indictments return against Whitey Walker and Ace Pendleton linked to a 1927 murder near Chiki dress and a 1925 bank robbery. Mrs Morgan and Nave face charges in the Morgan homicide. body found in a culvert after relocation from Borger to near Childress. Extradition and trials expected in multiple states.
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Dodsonville
Texas
Wellington
Morgan
Childress Grand
Borger
Childress
Whitey Walker
Clyde Roberts
Buffalo
Stinnett
Ace Pendleton
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Eldorado
Ark
Graves
Pendleton
Pampa
Tria
Nave
Bank gang suspects tied to Texas holdups in Buffalo arrest
Clyde Roberts aged 29 and Fred Nave 34 were arrested in Buffalo as members of the Ace Pendleton gang suspected of bank holdups and murders. They face extradition to Texas for alleged participation in the Pampa National Bank holdup and the murders of two Borger police officers. The article notes past larceny convictions and reveals they carried money and stolen traveler's checks.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
Texas
Clyde Roberts
Fred Nave
Ace Pendleton
Pampa National Bank
Pampa
Borger
Curosoy
Ace
Eldorado
Ark
Roberts
Walter Anderson
Milton
Fla
John Ewing
Protem
Florida
Nave
American Express Company
First National Bank of Washington
Okla
Department of Justice
Payne County
Oklahoma
Taney
Naval Appropriation Fight After Ratification Vote
After ratification, Blaine is the lone dissenter as Chairman Hale pushes a Naval bill to start five new cruisers and an aircraft carrier per year for three years. A fight looms over expanding the total ships to ten, with Coolidge seeking to drop the time clause. Republicans split, Democrats like Senator Swanson of Virginia expected to address the program.
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Blaine
Wisconsin
Hale
Naval Affairs Committee
Borah
Mr. Coolidge
Congress
Horah
Coolidge
Swanson
Virginia
England Satisfied With Pact Action
United Press reports London and Paris greeted U S Senate ratification of the Kellogg anti war pact with satisfaction. The two capitals foresee a new era of international security and goodwill, while noting the slow pace of ratification.
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United Press
London
United States Senate
England
France
Paris
Texas Fair Commission Bill and Local Racing Proposals
In Texas a racing bill proposes the Fair Commission of Texas to oversee fairs where races occur on a contribution basis. Two percent of meet income goes to the hosting county to purchase registered stock for public breeding. Another bill makes it a misdemeanor to use another's telephone for long distance without permission. The House seeks immediate consideration of appropriations, risking a possible deadlock with the Senate. White Plains reports Haddon Gray to inherit only one dollar. his mother receives about twenty thousand dollars.
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J. D. Avis
Wichita Falls
Fair Commission of Texas
House
Senate
Thomas Barton
Neff
Missouri News in February 1918 Arrest Report
County records note an individual in Missouri on February 24 1918 who was arrested. A telegram states he had prior arrests in Texas cities for selling liquor.
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County
Missouri
Texas
Ruth autopsy second test sought by family
Medical Examiner George L. West and Dr. George B. McGrath conduct a second autopsy on Ruths wife to settle whether death was accidental or foul play. The family, through Major Judson Hannigan, will pursue no further inquiry if the result is accidental. Ruth denies divorce plans and new romance rumors while staying at the Brunswick with Arthur Crowley as intermediary to reporters. Mrs Ruths funeral awaits District Attorney Bushnells receipt of the second autopsy report and will be held at the family home in South Boston about 24 hours after.
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George L. Weat
George B. McGrath
Judson Hannigan
Ruth
New York
Dr. Kinder
Dorothy
the Brunswick
Arthur Crowley
Boston
William J. Woodford
West
Trial Postponed in Anson Amid Influenza Outbreak
Bill Fritts murder trial in Anson Texas was postponed indefinitely today due to the influenza outbreak. The defendant is charged in the killing of Earle W. Hamilton, a Haskell county youth, who with his father was shot at their home after the youth agreed to testify in a liquor violation matter.
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Associated Press
Anson
Tex
Bill Fritts
Earle W. Hamilton
Haskell County
Hamilton
Girl Scout Leadership Class Sets Third Session Thursday
The third in a series of leadership classes for Girl Scouts will be held tomorrow night from 7 to 9 at the local Scout headquarters Auditorium. Introduction of new songs and work on the second class tests will be featured. Sixteen troop captains and others interested attended the previous session.
Valparaiso Casino Wins Three Month Lease Continuance
Chile's only public gambling house at Viña del Mar will stay open for three months longer after a heated campaign. Roulette has operated since February and supports public works. Argentine concessionaires plan a new hotel. critics say tourists are few and salaried Chileans gamble. Church backed cancellation. Congress delayed action at the Interior Minister's request.
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Unitel Press
Valparaiso
Chile
Vina del Mar
Interior
Episcopal council opposes teaching ban in Texas schools
The Episcopal Council of the Diocese of Texas adopted a resolution opposing state legislation to ban teaching of certain scientific theories in public schools. The measure was deemed harmful to religion and religious truth. Dr. Charles W. Sheerin of Waco offered the resolution. Beaumont chosen as 1930 meeting site.
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Hy Unitet Press
Waco
Tex
Episcopal Council of the
Diocese of Texas
Charles W. Sheerin
Beaumont
Pioneer bank head and rancher dies in Fort Worth
R E Walker 62 a multimillionaire oil man banker and ranchman died in Fort Worth after a year of illness. He was the first white child born in Stephens County where his father helped organize the area and Breckenridge was named for him. He earlier served as Breckenridge mayor and led the First National Bank there before moving to Fort Worth where he was chairman of the board of the First National Bank.
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the Associated Press
Fort
Wortil Tex
Walker
Stephens County
Breckenridge
Fort Worth
First National Bank
Salary Loan Sharks Law Proposed in Texas
B P Panas of Houston urges a strong usury law to curb salary loan sharks. He cites 20 percent monthly interest in Houston and other cities and calls for penalties including jail terms for usurers as safeguards before the 40th legislature.
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Unitel Preca
Austin
Tex
B. P. Panas
Houston
Panas
Polk Street Church First Quarterly Conference Tonight
The Polk Street Methodist church holds its first quarterly conference of the year at 7:30 tonight with Rev. W. M. Pearce presiding elder in charge. The meeting will be in the chapel on the ground floor near the south entrance and all members and others interested are invited. Officers will read reports on the quarter's work.
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Polk Street Methodist Church
W. M. Pearce
Bank VP Don Maple Found Dead in Sullivan Bank
The body of Don Maple vice president of the Sullivan National Bank was found on the bank floor when opened by assistant cashier William Jamison. Police speculate robbery but officials withheld whether any money was taken.
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United
Sullivan
Ind
Don Maple
Sullivan National Bank
William Jamison
Maple
Dinosaurs in Connecticut Valley Exceed Belief
Yale scientists report that carnivorous dinosaurs larger than freight trains roamed the Naugatuck valley about 10,000,000 years ago. Footprints found in North Branford Meriden Ansonia and other towns indicate a thriving prehistoric community with about 50 new prints unearthed during reservoir work. One print may belong to the amphibian Shepardia, a rare find on the continent.
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Unitel Press
New Naven
Conn
Naugatuck Valley
Connecticut
Yale
Branford
Meriden
Ansonia
Malcolm R. Thorpe
Peabody Museum
North
Pene
North American
Shepardia
Please Let My Wife Alone Ruth Muttered Secret Comment
In Watertown mass an autopsy was ordered before the body of Mrs George Herman Ruth estranged wife of Babe Ruth could be buried. Mrs Ruth died in a Friday night fire at dentist Edward H Kinder home. Ruths only comment was Please let my wife alone Let her stay dead I am in a terrible fix.
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Watertown
Mass
George Herman Ruth
Babe Ruth
Ruth
Edward H. Kinder
Helen Kinder
Man Sentenced to Die in Chair for Slaying
Peter Kudzinowski was sentenced to die in the electric chair February 24 for the murder of Joseph Storelli. Judge Charles M. Egan pronounced the sentence after Kudzinowski’s conviction last week in Jersey City New Jersey.
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United Press
Jersey City
N. J
Peter Kudzinowski
Joseph Storelli
Charles M. Egan
Kudzinowski
Whistle Champ Seeks Workhouse Bid After Court Plea
Sidney Newton of Barnsley, claiming world tin whistle title, tells Barnsley police court he will quit outdoor contests and seek admission to a workhouse after a clash with a workhouse doorman. The court deferred judgment.
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Unite! Press
London
Sidney Newton
Barnsley
Newton
Workhouse
Elephants, Toasters and Votes Highlight Global News
A collage of brief items shows Hoover receiving an ivory carving from China’s YMCA, George Percyval in Canada holding a sheep job, an Alberta farmer’s title, an electric toaster radio in Greenfield, and Horatio Wood’s 100th birthday bank presidency. Also noted are Prince Jena’s civic voting rights and Chicago potato and rice market comments by E S Briggs attributing shifts to female-focused exploitation.
Old Father Time Keeps Moving Through All Things
A poem by Edgar A. Guest from 1929 contrasts Father Time with human delays. Time moves unimpeded through storms, climbs, floods, and fires, while people wait for trains, traffic, and signals. The speaker prefers living as a man instead of pausing for time’s parade.
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Markets Report
Kansas City market reports hogs to 9.10 per 100 pounds for 190-240 lb stock and cattle calves steady with slaughter steers 1300-1500 lb at 11.50 to 16.60. Chicago hogs up to 9.35 with cattle 1300-1500 lb at 12.75 to 16.00. St Louis hogs 9.35-9.50 for 160-220 lb and calves 1500 lb cows 5.0 to 9.25. fat lambs 16.25 to 16.75, ewes 7.50 to 8.25.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Fort Worth Livestock Prices Report
Hogs 2 200 head, prices up to 800 higher with sows steady and pigs 650 to 750. Cattle and calves 9 400 head with slaughter steers near 10 25, cakefeds 11 25, yearlings 13 50, cows 8 0 85, heavy bulls to 8 50, calves 11 75. Sheep 2 200 head with fat lambs rising, feeder lambs 14 50, fat wethers 10 00, fat yearlings 12 50.
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Chicago
Fort Worth
Associated Press
Tex
Cotton markets show mixed steady gains in New York and New Orleans
The New York cotton market opened steady with advances of 4 to 6 points and March rising to about 20.81 by mid-morning amid liquidation and local selling. New Orleans followed with a quiet, then firmer session as March and May recovered from early lows to finish near yesterday’s close. Liverpool futures remained steady while spot values softened. prices moved in narrow ranges as traders cited a steadier South and improved tone in the spot market.
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Associated Press
New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Erate
Christmas mail rush yields odd box scare in Akron
In Akron Ohio a suspicious scene erupted when a woman opened a large package box claiming a man was inside. Several men rushed to help as the box doors opened to reveal a mailman taking a cigarette break and explaining no smoking on duty.
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Akron
Sam
Rabbi Falls During Wedding Then Officiates Ceremony
Edna Nurinoff and Joe Abramson marry in Los Angeles as Rabbi Max A. Epstein dies of heart disease during the ceremony. Rabbi Radlin completes the nuptial rites in the same service.
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Los Angeles
Edna Nurinoff
Joe Abramson
Max A. Epstein
Radlin
Canton Dance Marthon Features Dentistry
In Canton Ohio a dental expert attended a dance marathon when a girl entrant suffered a severe toothache. A local dentist stepped onto the floor to extract the troublesome molar, providing an unusual aid during the event.
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Canton
Feather Fantasies in Modern Feather Motif Hats
Feathers shape new hat ornaments with flowers birds and animals in colorful artful displays. The pieces mix nature motifs with modernist styling, offering decorative accessories for stylish headpieces.
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