Welburn Divorce Trial Lies and Forgeries Baffle Jury
In San Antonio and Boerne a Welburn divorce case twists through alibis and identifications. Witnesses testified Rev William D Welburn was elsewhere when the Boerne ceremony occurred while others swore the minister performed the wedding. A secretary and a judge supported the identification, though some witnesses insisted Welburn resembled the groom. Forgeries of signatures on the marriage license were alleged by a handwriting expert, while a May 1933 hospital visit and an illegitimate operation question looms amid claims of mental cruelty.
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San Antonio
Welburn
William D. Welburn
Wineta Long Welburn
Boerne
Tex
R. Wright
New Breunfels
Tme
Hartley County Man Charged With Theft
Homer Elliston of Amarillo was turned over to Hartley County for return to Channing on a theft charge linked to magnetos stolen from a tractor near Channing. Authorities also arrested Mickey Smith of Amarillo for possession of stolen property. the magnetos were recovered.
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Homer Elliston
Amarillo
Hartley County
Channing
Elliston
Mickey Smith
Hands in New Deal Money Passes Through These Hands
A fourth portrait in the series highlights the flow of federal funds under the New Deal era. It focuses on the individuals guiding financing to projects, detailing roles in administration, distribution, and oversight that shaped relief programs during the 1930s.
Hands in the New Deal at War Dept and Justice
The piece highlights Secretary Morgenthau and budget chief Douglas, contrasting Morgenthau’s small smooth hands with Douglas’s longer, knobby ones as symbols of the New Deal. It notes Morgenthau handling a pencil and a cigar while Douglas keeps his hands busy with tennis and fly fishing. It also reports a federal statistic valuing Florida truck crops at 16 million dollars for last season.
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Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Lewis W. Douglas
Douglas
War Department
Department of Justice
Florida
Air Corps Buys Bombing Fleet
The War Department announced a $3,195,450 contract with Glenn L. Martin Co. for 81 bombing planes and a $1,705,733 contract with Wright Aeronautical Corp. for 280 engines. The planes, similar to those in the Alaska mass flight, are described as the fastest and most efficient of their type. This marks the first airplane contract since investigations into War Department purchasing began last February.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Corps
Department
Glenn L. Martin Co
Baltimore
Motors
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Patterson
N. J
Alaska
Martin Co
Army
Astor Wedding Plans Hit by Admission Snag
Newport June 29 The Astor Prench wedding at Trinity Church faces a snag as invitation-only access clashes with parishioners who will be admitted if space allows. Rev James Green stresses the church remains open to parishioners beyond any private reservation, with the ceremony seating about 600.
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Newport
R. 1
Old Trinity Episcopal Church
John Jacob Astor
Livingston French
Ellen Tuck Prench
Astor
Trinity Church
James Green
Abeyance on Motorization and Army Air Corps Strengthening
The policy steps toward motorization and reinforcing the Army Air Corps have been suspended awaiting further direction. officials indicate no immediate action or funding will occur while reviews continue.
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Army Air Corps
Eastland Civil Appeals Announced in Eleventh District
In Eastland Texas on June 2 the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eleventh Supreme Judicial District announced multiple actions. Strawn National Bank vs Wea Marchbanks affirmed. West Texas Construction Co v Arnold reversed and dismissed. Motions overruled include The American Legion post versus Big Spring Veterans Inc. City of Abilene vs American Surety Co. estate of Kate Morton and A Ferguson temporary admin. City of Cross Plains vs J M Radford rehearing denied. Visitora in France from the United States last year totaled 101200.
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Eastland
Tex
Court of Civil Appeals
Eleventh Supreme Judicial District
Strawn National Bank
Wea Marchbanks
M. Armatrong
Vears
Doreas Wright
Mitchell
West Texas Construction Company
Popularity Begins at Breakfast with Shredded Wheat
The ad asserts popular people are well and eat right. It recommends Shredded Wheat with milk and fruit at least one meal daily, touting whole wheat’s nutrients, easy digestion, energy, tissue building, bone minerals, and disease resistance. It also claims economy and improved well being as popularity factors.
Elm Heights and Food Claims in Goiter Regions
A study notes elm trees average 60 to 70 feet, some reaching 120 feet. The text discusses goiter prevalence regions and asserts foods raised there contain more iodine than those from other areas, with adjustments in height and nutrition mentioned.
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Hartley
THE
Polk
AIR Corps
YALE
Roosevelt
Harvard
Yale University
James Rowland Angell
James Bryant Conant
Associated Press
Eastland’s Civil Appeals
France
United States
National Biscuit Company
Uneeda Bakers
Washington’s Finest
R. L. Pollio
Zales
Zale's
Zalee
Zale
RIST
Zale’s
General Electric
General Electric Radio
Rogers
Rogers Bros
Corner
Eighth and Polk
American State Bank
Park Street
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