Nickell Rites Held At Two Today
Funeral services for Leslie M. Nickell 138 years old were held at 2 p.m. from Boxwell Brothers' Chapel with Rev. G L Yates officiating. Burial followed in Claude. Survived by his widow and a 12 year old son. Home at 713 Harrison Street. He belonged to the Baptist Church and Woodmen of the World.
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Leslie M. Nickell
Boxwell Brothers
G. L. Yates
First Baptist Church
Claude
C. H. Scales
W. H. Sparks
W. R. Robinson
L. P. Suggs
A. ©. Patton
Cecil Green
R. E. McGee
W. A. Warner
M. D. Montgomery
Carl Appling
C. C. Timmons
R. C. Rook
Ed Robinson
Elmer Robinson
Frank L. Jones
C. W. McCarty
W. W. Ballew
Tom Cooper
J. C. Gibbs
G. E. Kemp
Jack Uhring
Howard Watson
Henry Beck
Arch Watson
Sonny Howe
A. H. Weaver
Charles Keffer
Nickell
Harrison Street
The
Baptist Church
Woodmen of the World
Framework on Courthouse Near Finish
Potter County court house construction nears completion with two weeks left for reinforced concrete framework. Seventh floor forms laid as jail level, with late week concrete pour. The floor will be heavily steel reinforced and four feet above the sixth floor to provide attic plumbing space set to begin with stone base and terra cotta exterior next.
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Potter County Court House
R. J. Bell
C. S. Lambie & Company
Bride Killed by Groom Then He Ends His Own Life
Nelson Wakefield, 20, son of a wealthy Brownwood family, killed his bride of five days at the family home in Brownwood Texas and then fatally shot himself. The couple had married in Mexico five days earlier. the bride, about 20, was formerly Dorothy Craft. No motive was determined early today.
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United Press
Brownwood
Tex
Mar
Nelson Wakefield
Mexico
Dorothy Craft
Charters Issued by United Press in Texas
Chartered entities include Fred Gross Inc of Wichita Falls with $4000 capital stock and Jed Gros Mollie Gross W P Smith as incorporators, Cameron Flint Lumber Co of Waco with $200000 capital stock and W W Cameron Chas W Flint E Hunter as incorporators, La Fama Corp of Longview with $4000 capital stock and P W Appleby Mrs P W Appleby J O Ehlinger, Kilgore Chamber of Commerce of Kilgore with $1200 capital stock and J Malcolm Crim Roy H Laird Ben Laird as incorporators.
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United Press
Austin
Fred Gross, Inc
Wichita Falls
Pital Stock
Jed Gros
Mollie Gross
W. P.mith
Cameron Flint Lumber Co
Waco
Capital Stock
W. Cameron
Chas
W. Flint
E. Hunter
la Fama Corporation
Longvit
Oregon Woman More Likely To Get Arrested In State Survey
In a University of Oregon law college survey of Oregon’s largest county, women showed higher arrest rates than men in liquor violations, forgery, and larceny with women nearly matching or exceeding male percentages. The study notes women led forgery by six percent and larceny at 48.5 percent versus 47.7 for men.
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Oregon
United Press
Eugene
Ore
Law College of University of Oregon
Sugar in Desserts Aids Appetite For Growing Children
The Sugar Institute notes desserts like rice pudding tapioca custards and ice cream help underweight children by supplementing meals and leaving them satisfied. Sugar enhances flavors of vegetables fruits cereals and other foods boosting appetite and aiding digestion, supported by doctors and dietitians.
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The
Sugar Institute
Maryland Blacksmith Lashes For Beating Ill Wife
John Kowlaski, a Maryland blacksmith, was whipped ten times with a Cat O' Nine Tails in Baltimore city jail. The light blows were ordered by Criminal Court Judge Eugene O Dunne and carried out by Sheriff Joseph Deegan. The punishment marks the third such lashes in Maryland in eleven years, and Kowlaski, who grinned, did not speak before or after the lashing. He then left the jail in a friend's car, with the remaining 20 days of a 30 day sentence suspended.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
John Kowlaski
Joseph Deegan
Eugene O’dunne
Tion
Kowlaski
Maryland
Survivors of Viking Reach St Johns After Icebound Wreck
The Lagona docked at St Johns N F with 29 survivors from the sealer Viking wrecked by an explosion among grinding ice floes near Horse Island. Many are injured with broken limbs crushed heads and frostbitten feet, after the Sagona evacuated 126 aboard before transferring most to the Prospero.
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ST. Johns
United Press
N. F
Lagona
Horse Island
White Bay
Decatur Man Given Suspended Sentence for Forgery Attempt
Bill Wright of Decatur Texas received a suspended three year term after pleading guilty in criminal district court to attempting to pass a forged instrument. The jury found him guilty of forging a check for 21.25 signed W W Burnett of Dumas. Wright was arrested near Howard Blackburn's store by E D Holloway.
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Bill Wright
Decatur
Texas
Wright
Howard Blackburn
W. W. Burnett
Dumas
Blackburn
E. D. Holloway
Police Department
Solons Plan Investigation of New York Affairs
Albany N Y March 24 The affairs of the city of New York are to be investigated by a legislative committee. A resolution calling for a thoroughgoing investigation was adopted early today by a strictly party vote in both Houses of the legislature. The report adds that Judge O Dunne had threatened reviving the whipping post penalty for wife beating after a long period without use.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
City of
New York
Legislative debate over Roosevelt charges reaches tally
Democratic minority critiqued the proposal during a prolonged debate as Republicans stayed largely silent. Governor Roosevelt announced sending to Mayor Walker of New York a copy of charges from the city affairs committee led by John Haynes Holmes and Rabbi Stephen S Wise, requesting any reply be sent after the mayor returns from Palm Springs.
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Roosevelt
Walker
New
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