Women Could Elect If All Centered Vote
Washington June 28 Women could decide the 1928 election if all eligible female voters supported one candidate. The National League of Women Voters foresees a record 28 500 000 women eligible, about 49 percent of voters, with continued growth in turnout aided by prohibition issues and independent female voters.
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Natonal League of Women Voters
League
Teague
Repolls
Philashia
Anneapolis
Los Angeles
Democrats
Next Ar
Campaigon
Miller and Wirtz Prepare joint gubernatorial bid
AUSTIN June 28 Lieut Governor Jurry Miller of Dallas and State Senator A J Wirtz of Seguin plan to run for governor and lieutenant governor respectively if conditions allow. Wirtz has virtually confirmed a lieutenant governor bid and Miller, though noncommittal, is viewed as a prospective candidate must he not seek re election as Dan Moody contemplates another term.
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Associated Press
Austin
Jurry Miller
Dallas
A. J. Wirtz
Seguin
Miller
Wirtz
Dan Moody
Mice and Dogs Rule Campus Pets at C I A Girls
Special to The Globe reports that College of Industrial Arts students keep a range of pets from mice to dogs. A terrapin in a dorm pan wanders off and prompts a campus search, while dogs live a secret life in dorm rooms fed from dining-table scraps.
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Denton
College of Industrial Arts
Editor and wife killed in car crash near Sarajevo
Edgar Eldridge a New York newspaper man and his wife Helen died when their car plunged over an embankment near Sarajevo. The accident blamed on a broken steering connection. Eldridge, born in Bloomington Illinois, was on a world tour visiting the Orient and Near East.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Jugo Slavia
Edgar Elridge
New York
Helen
Sarajevo
Eldridge
Bloomington
Ill
Orient
Near East
Sheep Race for Grazing Land in the Flats
More than 40 000 sheep raced for the American flats summer grazing ground above timberline in the Silverton region. Four bands contend with the winner earning first pick of grazing land after a forest reserve course at Uncompahgre peak base. Camp movers stand by. last year a band started at night leaving 1000 dollars in camp supplies behind.
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Montrose
Colo
American Flats
Silverton
Cimarron
Guilty Plea By Two In Zephyr Bank Robbery
Jim Garvin and Chalmers Jasper pleaded guilty in Brownwood to charges tied to the June 14 Zephyr First State Bank robbery. After motions to continue failed, a jury was selected and testimony set to begin Tuesday. The pair agreed to lead officers to a hidden loot stash of 1055 dollars near Zephyr.
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Associated Press
Brownwood
Texas
Jim Garvin
Chalmers Jasper
First State Bank
Zephyr
Here
Garvin
Jasper
Death Battle With Knives in New Orleans
Two women, Maude Bernardo and another unnamed woman, fought with knives in New Orleans. Both died in an ambulance while being taken to a hospital. The cause of the dispute was not established.
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United Press
New Orleans
Maude Bernardo
Corinne
Acting Governor Grants Pardons and Furloughs in Texas
Acting Governor Barry Miller Clemency grants a conditional pardon to Homer Lewis a 22 year old from Dallas County serving two years for auto theft. Bowing county burglar Guy Walker gets a 10 day furlough to attend his father’s funeral and must cover guard costs. Sam Williams has citizenship restored after an 11 year murder sentence in Cottle County. Also notes the international fair in Budapest draws 30000 foreign visitors.
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Associated Press
Austin
Homer Lewis
Dallas County
Barry Miller
C. A. Pippin
Dallas
Lewis
Pippin
Guy Walker
Bowie County
Walker
Sam Williams
Cottle County
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Till Wali
NASH
Henry Propst Motor CO
Polk St
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Budapest
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Royal Cord
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