State probes dummy payrolls in highway dept scams
A six week inquiry by Attorney General Claude Pollard reveals dummy employees on the Texas highway payroll from February 1926 to January 1927, peaking at 20 in December 1926 and totaling about 16 885.27. Indicted are L J Nachtrab former division engineer C Tompkins former chief clerk and H Joschke a listed dummy with forgery theft charges.
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Associated Press
Austin
State Highway Department
Claude Pollard
L. J. Nachtrab
Albert Sands
Sr. C. Tompkins
Nachtrab
Travis County
Grand Jury
H. Joschke
Machtrab
Pollard
R. V. Nichols
Galloway Calhoun
Iss Preble Neal
Nichols
Highway Department
W. Gregory Hatcher
Attorney General’s Department
Negro Takes Blame for Terrell Death at Justin Texas
Jesse Brinkley alias Willie Robin, a negro, admitted sole responsibility for the killing of J. C. Terrell at Justin, Texas, on July 10 in a signed Dallas County jail statement to Acting Sheriff A. C. Howerton and Constable W. W. Wallace. Assistant District Attorney Robert Hurt said Brinkley also implicated a companion upon arrest.
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Associated Press
Dallas
J. C. Terrell
Justin
Texas
Jesse Brinkley
Willie Robinson
A. C. Howerton
W. W. Wallace
Robert Hurt
Girl Lawyers in India Pursues Oxford Law Study
Demure Miss V Pappammall travels from India to Oxford to study law. She notes four young women lawyers in India and that three are Oxford graduates. After three years at a college in India she will finish at Oxford then return to practice in India.
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India
V. Pappammall
Oxford University
Sydney
Oxford
Miss Pappammall
Sutter's Fort to Become Official Museum of '49 Gold Rush
Sacramento July 19 The state board of control moved to designate Sutter's Fort as California's official museum for relics of the gold rush era. Historians report new souvenirs from the days of 1849, with relics likely to join the collection. Built by Johan Sutter the fort was the center of a flourishing pioneer colony before US control. its vast holdings and fortune were swept away in the gold rush turmoil.
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Sacramento
Sutter
United States
California
Black Draught Called An All Round Medicine By Georgia Farmer
Athens Georgia resident J C E Weatherford describes a 61 year marriage ten children and 40 years using Black Draught as a home remedy. He says it relieves dull headachy feelings and dizziness after bending and even helps with a stomach issue and spit up grease. He praises the laxative effect and notes it has been used for over 85 years at the cost of one cent per dose.
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Athens
J. C. E. Weatherford
R.F.D
Costa
Brick rates to Panhandle are ordered by railroad body
Austin July 19 The railroad commission ordered single line car load brick rates from Coleman to stations on the Panhandle and Santa Fe railway effective Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe line approved. Keaney rates granted Associated Press Austin vary 19 Shippers petition
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Associated Press
Austin
Coleman
Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway
Railroad Commission
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway
State commission grants second class express rate ruling
The state commission granted second class express rates for cactus plants described as dormant in barrels boxes crates or cartons. An order to the American Railway Express Company was entered accordingly. Officers allege a man slashed his throat in a suicide attempt, drove his family from their home and burned the house. He was captured 13 miles south of his home.
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State Commission
American Railway Express Company
Oime
Man Cuts Threat To Evade Arrest
Holland Texas July 19 Officers leveled guns on John Knapek as he threatened to resist arrest. The report notes his residence six miles north and adds a separate blurb about the United States Marine Corps Institute offering 233 courses with 7,064 enrolled and 3,534 graduates to date.
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Holland
Texas
John Knapek
United States Marine Corps Institute
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Collier’s Weekly
Life
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Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga
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Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Association
New York
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