VETS 10 HAVE REAL REUNION IN AMARILLO
Confederate veterans plan a reunion in Amarillo September 3 with about 1 500 veterans 5 000 descendants and 2 500 escorts from the South for two grand balls and a veterans grand march The grand parade will close the three day event on September 6 with an expected large turnout from multiple states.
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Amarillo
Carl Hinton
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
South
Panhandle
John Fain
J. R. Tabor
Oklahoma City
South Carolina
Georgia
Mississippi
Oklahoma
West Texas
Horton veteran trolley motorman logs two million miles
H. O. Horton, 64, longtime Norfolk Virginia trolley car motorman, reports completing 2,000,000 miles in 38 years on the job.
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H. O. Horton
Norfolk
Deserted mother finds home for infant in Borger
A tiny red headed girl born to a hitchhiking mother in Borger found a home within twenty four hours as seven families offered to adopt. The mother, who said her husband deserted her, refused to look at the baby after birth to avoid attachment. The infant was placed with a family soon after the offer.
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Borger
Farmers Riding High in Illinois and Indiana Outlook
A travelogue across Illinois and Indiana recalls rural life during hard times. Farmers discuss Roosevelt, relief programs, tariffs, and farm machinery impact while local figures note relief needs and economic tensions. The piece contrasts relief dependence with farmer-led power ideas and warns of industrial and financial consolidation.
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Illinois
Black Earth
Middlewest
Court Fights Publishing of Murder Trial Rulings
Editors of the Houston papers faced a legal stand off over publishing opening testimony from the Clyde Thompson murder trial at Angleton. They cited 1903 Foster precedent but planned to continue coverage, asserting the judge’s order was not binding.
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Houston
U.P
Clyde Thompson
Angleton
M. S. Munson
Houston Press
The
Houston Chronicle
Houston Post
Munson
Marcellus E. Foster
Chronicle
Press
Foster
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Ed M. Pooley
Plan To Challenge Legality of Tariff
Texas farmers plan to challenge the legality of the tariff shielding manufacturing interests unless they end their legal actions against AAA processing taxes. Brownwood president H G Lucas of the Texas Agricultural Association says the AAA tax is the farmer's tariff and both taxes are illegal if they redistribute wealth.
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PWA
Danville
Wabash River
Drouth
Henry Wallace
Dallas
U.P
Texas
H. G. Lucas
Brownwood
Texas Agricultural Association
Extradition brings Constancia to Piedras Negras for trial
Extradited Mexican citizen Aconsio Constancia, accused killer of Jose Garcia Villarreal, a Piedras Negras lawyer four years ago, arrived after an extradition from Tijuana, Lower California. Col. Fortino Escobedo said Constancia would be brought to trial soon.
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Mexican Piedras Negras
Mexico
U.P
Aconsio Constancia
Jose Garcia Villarreal
Piedras Negras
Tijuana
California
Col
Fortino Escobedo
Constancia
Election ordered to fill resigning Rep Jones seat
An election in Runnels Coke and Concho counties will be held August 24 to choose a successor to Representative H O Jones who resigned to become postmaster. The date aligns with the state constitutional amendments election to save expense.
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Austin
Runnels
Coke
Concho
H. O. Jones
Solons Agree On More Coin For Diseases
Washington July 24 The Senate and House agreed to add funds to eradicate cattle diseases with a conference to settle the final amount. An amendment for a 40 000 000 appropriation would sustain Bangs disease and tuberculosis battles in beef and dairy cattle. House and Senate differed on continuation beyond the year.
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Washington
Senate
House
AAA
la Follette
Progressive
Wisconsin
Agriculture Department
Senate Agriculture Committee
Texas to add 26 patrolmen for 140-member force
Chief L G Phares says competitive civil service exams will select 26 new Texas highway patrolmen authorized by the 44th legislature. The 26 start training in Austin September 1, with qualifications including good character and a tenth grade education. height requirement is 5 feet 8 inches. Male polar bears venture out for food in winter while females hibernate.
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Austin
Texas
L. G. Phares
First Arlington Born Man Paul Coulter Dies
Paul L. Coulter, 55, the first male child born in Arlington after incorporation in 1879, died in his hotel room from a stroke suffered April 10. A longtime drugstore businessman with his brother Charles, he served on the North Texas Agricultural College board of managers and was known for helping the poor with medicine.
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Arlington
Tex
U.S
Paul L. Coulter
Coulter
North Texas Agricultural College
Charles Coulter
Cotton Ginners To Post $100,000 Bond
The Texas Cotton Ginners Association plans a $100,000 bond with Internal Revenue collector W A Thomas to secure a temporary court order restraining cotton ginning tax collection under the Bankhead law. Federal Judge Randolph Bryant granted the injunction and ruled the bond protects the government if the gin tax is upheld. Mrs Faye Gordon, of the Gordon...
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Dallas
U.P
Texas Cotton Ginners' Association
W. A. Thomas
Internal Revenue
Bankhead
Randolph Bryant
Style Shop Returns from Seattle Vacation Purchases
The shopkeeper reports returning from a Seattle vacation to the Washington coast and making purchases of full merchandise upon her return.
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Seattle
Washington
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Hudson
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