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Potter County plans for a $400,000 courthouse bond issue as commissioners consider eight story design. Townes Lightfoot Funk and Page & Page present pencil sketches showing unit construction with potential future duplication and a ground level entrance, no basement, and stepped upper floors to reduce heating costs.
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Potter County Commissioners’ Court
W. C. Townes
Townes, Lightfoot & Funk
Charles Page
Page & Page
Fillmore
Uno
Potter County
Archi
Racial Uprising in Oklahoma Sparks Jail Stay Fears
Charges likely against Brick County residents who warned Beckham County negroes to flee their homes after the Shamrock Texas killing of a woman. Fearful Erick area residents fled to the county jail for protection while a lone family prepared to leave Sayre. Officials say disturbances are under control after mobs drove out negro families and state troops were mobilized but later cancelled.
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Associated Press
Sayre
Okla
Beckham County
Erick
Shamrock
Texas
H. C. Ivester
M. L. Inman
Inman
Billy Harris
Porter
Lizzie Jackson
Cook
Charlie Walker
Walker
Preas
Brick
Tex
Henry Vaughan
Oklahoma City
Millions Lost On Fake Death Certificates
An insurance executive tracing a supposed death witnessed a man hurry to work and sparked an inquiry revealing a million dollar conspiracy. John McCoy’s death certificate triggered police and district attorney attention, uncovering 39 others paid benefits ranging from 482 to 3500. Two Metropolitan Insurance Co employees were arrested for falsifying records.
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Associated Press
New York
John McCoy
McCoy
Fach
Richmond County
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Macdonald in vote defeat in Lords over coal bill
London July 15 United Press reports the government suffered a House of Lords defeat on its coal mines bill by 168 to 36 as peers reinstated a 45 hour week clause. The setback leaves three options for ministers: accept the clause, drop the bill, or resign and call a general election. The choice may take days.
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United Press
London
House of Lords
House of Commons
Brundidge to Tell Grand Jury on Lingle Case
Harry Brundidge, St. Louis Star reporter, cables from Havana that he will fly to Chicago to testify before the grand jury about his independent investigation of the Jake Lingle murder. He cites reports tying several Chicago newspapermen and Lingle to police and political gangsters and had balked at meeting the state's attorney before appearing before the grand jury.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Harry Brundidge
St. Louis Star
Havana
Cuba
Grand Jury
Jake Lingle
Brundidge
the Tribune
Lingle
Unemployed Man Offers Self to Science for Aid
Chester Taylor a 35 year old unemployed resident of Bridgeport Connecticut proposed to volunteer for a trachoma experiment by a scientist to obtain financial help for his wife Ruth. He said he had read of a western physician paying for inoculation against feared diseases and was ready to sacrifice himself.
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United Press
Bridgeport
Conn
Chester Taylor
Ruth
Taylor
Campaign Heats as Charges Hurled in Gubernatorial Race
Campaigns for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination intensified across Texas ahead of the July 26 primary. Governor Moody charged Ferguson backers with advancing Texas politics via his wife and allies, while Storey dismissed the claim as political propaganda. Other speakers faced interruptions and debates over highway bond plans and personal records as candidates touted qualifications and contested opponents.
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Associated Press
Dan Moody
James E. Ferguson
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Cecil
Storey
Vernon
Moody
Ferguson
Fergusons
Lubbock
Austin
James Young
E. Cartledge
Br. J. Hightower
Mr. Young
Hightower
Ross Sterling
State Highway Commission
Plainview
Hoover Plans Vacation In Rocky Mountains
President Hoover, at the White House, is expected to spend at least two weeks in the northern Rocky Mountains late August or early September for an outdoor holiday and rest. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania urged Senate ratification in a separate brief.
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Hoover
Associated Press
White House
Rocky Mountains
Bank robbers in Willmar seize $35,000 to $40,000
Five men armed with a machine gun robbed the Willmar bank then fought local citizens as they fled. Two women were wounded, Mrs. Emil Johnson and Mrs. Don Gildia, but not seriously. The bandits held a crowd at bay for eight minutes while ransacking cash drawers and the vault.
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Associated Press
Willmar
Minn
Bank of Willmar
Emil Johnson
Don Gildia
John Evans
Station Employe
H. &. Paifrath
Actress Returns From Land of Cheap Living
New York July 15 Actress Helen Flint returned to Broadway after six weeks on the island of Majorca off Spain where living costs were quoted as five dollars per week. An American she met claimed his father sent thirty five dollars weekly and he would not leave the island. Prices included eight dollars a week for luxury living, a villa for fifteen dollars a month, and a servant at forty dollars a month. Clothing was cheap with native rope sandals at sixteen cents a pair.
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Associated Press
New York
Helen Flint
Broadway
Majorca
Spain
Killer blames financial ruin in Los Angeles shooting
Frank Keaton, claiming stock market losses drove him to murder Motley Flint, shot the Los Angeles financier as he testified in a $250,000 recovery suit involving David O. Selznick and his wife. Keaton, an Inglewood real estate dealer, surrendered after the fatal moment.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Frank Keaton
Flint
Keaton
Mia
David O. Selznick
United States
Frank P. Flint
Mra. Selznick
Mrs. Selznick
Inglewood
Calif, Reat
Inter
Hoover Talks Wheat Prices in Cabinet Meeting
President Hoover discussed falling wheat prices with his cabinet after Secretary Hyde renen ed on the western tour. Capper proposed federal wheat purchases to peg prices, but no action was indicated. July 1 crop estimates show six states totaling 305,492,000 bushels, with Nebraska producing the highest per acre yield.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
Hyde
Senator Capper
Republican
Kansas
Federal
Farina Board
Capper
Garrett Portel
Kansas City
Nebraka
Colorado
Minespuri
Oklahoma
Texas
Ranson
Nebraska
Missouri
Nea
Absentee Voting Opens in Texas for July 26 Primaries
Absentee voting will begin in Texas on Wednesday July 16 and run through July 22 for the July 26 primaries. Voters may cast ballots no earlier than ten days and no later than three days before the election. Local officials expect a rush due to summer vacations. Contact John Maynard for details at 62A5.
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Texas
Newsboy Becomes Texas Tree Sitter Contest Entrant
Buck Sawyer an 11 year old newsboy made the first Texas entry in the tree sitting contest at a mesquite tree two blocks from the public square. He vowed to stay until Christmas as a large crowd watched. Eight boys will take turns bringing refreshments to the contestant while he remains aloft.
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United Prensa Sweetwater
Uh—Texan
Buck Sawyer
Five Miners Die in Glenn Gold Mine Fire
Five miners perished in a spark caused suffocation when a fire swept Glenn gold mine and nearby structures. Victims were James Campini Placerville CG Shepherd Roseville G B Henry Sacramento Joseph Shearer Grogs Valley Tom Capitan unknown. The cook house near 86 miles east of here caught fire, feeding flames to other buildings and destroying the air compressor.
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Sacramento
Cal
Glenn
James Campini
Placerville
KB. CG. Shepherd
Roseville
G. B. Henry
Joseph Shearer
Grogs Valley
Tom Capitan
Jersey boy confesses to nurse death on hike
Harry Woolsey, 16, son of a Jersey City paint manufacturer, confessed to stabbing nurse Miss Anna Miller, 23, seven times with a hunting knife during a Sunday hike. Her body was found near Green Pond after a quarrel over trivial matters. Woolsey wandered the countryside, spent money at a Dover lunch wagon, then surrendered at a Dover police station.
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United
Butler
N. J
Harry Woolsey
Jersey City
Anna Miller
Eald
Plate
Green Pond
Woolsey
Dover
Mewar
Miss Miller
Police Anid
Storey to Address Moody Race Tonight on Courthouse Lawn
Vernon candidate Cecil Storey announces he will speak at the courthouse lawn tonight addressing the attorney general race and candidate debates. Homer Callaway Dan McGrath Rhea Myers and Darrell Jackson will speak prep talks. Storey will broadcast on WDAG at 9:30 PM following the event.
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Don Moody
Cecil Storey
Vernon
State of Texas
Futter County
Riley Strickland
Storey
Homer Callaway
Dan McGrath
Rhea Myers
Darrell Jackson
WDAG
House of Representatives
Red River Bed
Senate
Clint Small
BR. W. Hall
Paducah
Matador
Plainview
Lubbock
The
Canyon Normal
Borger
Pampa
Amarillo
Youth Found Alive After Plane Crash in Mountain Wilds
Bennington Vermont July 15 Frank Goldsborough 19 was found alive in the wreckage on Woodford Mountain after a crash en route from Ruffalo New York to Keene New Hampshire. He suffers a fractured skull and is in extremely critical condition. Donald Mockler, a lecturer, was ejected and reached a farm house to summon help. Rescue teams carried Goldsborough two miles to a hospital through rough terrain as searchers scoured the wilderness all night.
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Associated Prewsy
Bennington
Frank Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Woodford Mountain
Here
Danville Notch
Ruffalo
Keene
N. H
Donald Mockler
Mockler
Goldaborough
Bryce Goldsborough
John Trotter
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King Festure Syndicate, Inc
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Globe
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John Walters
Walters
William Travers
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Travers
Sciacca
Mussolini
Stephen Genova
Azzo
Mery
Salvatore
Rosario
Liborio
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle
Albert Hall
Roxwell Bros. Ambulance
Rangers
MacDonald
Boxwell
Howard Boxwell
Boxwell Brothers
St. Anthony's Hospital
Third
Pierce
Max Koblin
Pierce Streets
Herring Hotel
M. C. Maxwell
Sam Martin
Baxwell
Lloyd
Ivan Boxwell
Roblin
Reed
United Pres
Pennsylvania
Griggs Ambulance
Erick Mob
John
John Maynard Lor, Co
Newsboy
Nurse
Ted Point
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