WPA Area Office To Be in Dallas
Dallas to host regional WPA statistical headquarters for Texas Louisiana Oklahoma Mississippi and Arkansas. Robert T. Williams of Austin named office manager and staff of 130 will open August 1 to collect statistics on WPA projects across the five states.
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Dallas
The
Morning News
Works Progress Administration
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Arkansas
Robert T. Williams
Austin
Charge of Murder Filed for Slaying in Dallas
A murder charge was filed against 27 year old Joe Bailey Beckworth for the killing of 22 year old masseuse Estelle Thelma Cope. Beckworth was held without bond. The killing happened at his mother's home where the slain woman worked.
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J. N. Johnston
Floydada
Johnston
W. H. Reid
James M. Cochran
C. V
De's
Dallas
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Charlottesville
M. V. Pence
A. D. Wilson
Confederate Southern Memorial Association
C. S. Makeig
Norris Ewing
James G. Lumpkin
Joe Bailey Beckworth
Estelle Thelma Cope
Beckworth
Governor Grants Paroles for Two Rape Convicts
Governor Allred granted clemency paroles to C. W. Maoberry of Stephens County and Burl Graves of Deaf Smith County, both serving sentences for rape, announced in Austin on July 16.
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Austin
Allred
C. W. Maoberry
Stephens County
Burl Graves
Deaf Smith County
List of names appears in military unit roster
The passage presents a long roster listing officers and members including Commander Guy C. Saunders chaplain Bishop E. C. Seaman camp surgeons and adjutants along with numerous surnames such as Autry Ballard Bent ley Blackburn Blake Boyce Boyd Burgess Brymer Carder Coffee Davis Dooley Farley Flesher Frieze Gibson Harris Hendrick Herr King Lambdin McAdoo Nelson Park Paschall Oscar D Randal Scales Shaw Slouth Smith Tim mons Trigg Underwood Wingate and Johnson in a historical roster segment.
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Guy C. Saunders
E. C. Seaman
R. D. Gist
Thomas L. Landis
C. P. Atwood
George M. Autry
Courthouse Records and Private Vehicle Listings
Courthouse records show warranty deeds transferring parcels in San Jacinto Heights and Moore Subdivision with prices from 800 to 2,800 dollars among H I Stephenson W T Butler and others. Vehicle listings include 1935 Ford delivery and several 1935 cars from Frost Motor Co and others. Marriage licenses issued to West Lumpkin and Hywans Lumpkin and to Congleton Wells.
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H. I. Stephenson
W. T. Butler
San Jacinto Heights
Co. C
Moore
Et Ux
W. C. Moore
Eberstadt
South Side
H. H. Loewenstern
Frank Lyman
W. K. Dunn
Et Ax
M. F. Taylor
Ida J. Elliott
Elmo Caudle
Elliot Greer Co
N. T Allen, Jr
Chevrolet
Frost Motor Co
Buick
W. L. Peters
Harry Hardgrave
L. M. Deersler
Ford
H. L. Smith
Gene Howe
Chrysler
I. D. Maharon
Studebaker
Frank Litle
Hudson
Wm. Norward West
Simon Hywans Lumpkin
W. E. Congleton
Faye Wells
Controversy on taxation and a Chicago murder plot
The piece contrasts the American property rights ideal with calls for wealth confiscation by figures like New York Communist Herbert Benjamin. It then recounts a 1935 Chicago murder plot where a burlesque dancer, a Chinese associate, and a mother in law plotted to kill the son in law for inheritance and romance reasons. Italy seeks a large war loan.
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Washington
E. Goldstein
New York
Conference of American Rabbis
Herbert Benjamin
New Yorker
United States
Ivan
Peter
Russia
Louis the Fourteenth
Eugene Sue
Paris
Want Ads Show Steady Gain Across Months
The Globe News reports continued monthly increases in Want Ads since the year began with June as the peak so far. Improved local business and spending power boost demand for rentals, furniture, cars, radios, and other items, reflecting better market conditions.
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Globe News
Art, War Funds and a Solomon King in a Johnson World
The writer argues under the Johnson law no loan can be raised in America yet war funding is possible. Italy could sell art like Michael Angelo's Moses for vast sums, and the pope may own priceless pieces. Haile Selassie opposes British plans to cede land to Mussolini, forgetting that he deals with "civilized Christians."
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America
Italy
Michael Angelo
Moses
Church of “Saint Peter In Chains
British war profits and imperial losses in a wary view
The writer argues that partition of Poland and Allied seizures threaten Selassie with losing a third of territory and possibly more if war resumes. He notes Britain profits from arms exports, questions delaying actions, and ends with a satirical allusion to a poem about a walrus and oysters.
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Poland
Africa
Selassie
Italy
Britain
British Board of Trade
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Sons OF South Charter
Herring Hotel
Plemons-Shelby
South
Chamber of Commerce
United Organization
United Daughters of the Confederacy
C. C. Cameron
Texas Division
Organizaa
Lex
Hazel Potts Streit
Waukegan, Ill
May Yohe
Lord Francis Hope
Associated Press
WPA
Harrison
Swift's
M.J.B
Ile
Great West
Bermuda
Courthouse Records
United States Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood
Chicago
France
England
Lambert Pharmacal Company
St. Louis
Sam Ync
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