Army Opens Largest Maneuvers Since War at Fort Sam
The Second Division based at Fort Sam Houston will join air corps units in a ten day exercise starting May 11 near Leon Springs San Antonio. About 6 500 officers and men and 100 planes will test combined air ground operations and staff functions with plans to simulate modern warfare and long range troop movements.
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Boy whipped by principal and dies in week
Leonard Stafford, 12, of Ockley Green school in Portland, died after a leg infection and a brain lesion. Authorities promised autopsy and inquest as coroner Karl Smith investigates. Principal W A Dickson says the punishment was very moderate, while physicians decline to comment on injury reception.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
Karl Smith
Leonard Stafford
Ockley Green School
Stafford
W. A. Dickson
Dickson
Prison Farms Warned to Check New Inmates for Saw Saws
Houston police found two sawed bars in a cell holding 27 convicts, prompting a blanket warning to all state prison farms to search new inmates for steel saws. Red Russell had placed the inmates in the jail overnight during transfer to Huntsville.
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International News Service
Houston
Red Russell
Huntsville
Open air Boy Scout Jamboree at City Park Tonight
One of the biggest scout gatherings is planned as every city troop joins the open air jamboree at 7 30 tonight. The program features archery contests court of honor and troop stunt contests with more honors awarded than ever. Scout officials from other cities who recently moved to Amarillo will attend and mothers are specially invited.
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Amarillo
Rebels in Mexico Said to Lose 200 in Clash
Dispatches from Guadalajara report the Jalisco military commandant said about 200 rebels were killed in a battle with federal troops. The clash occurred at Juchipila canyon in northern Jalisco and was led by former Colonel Cortea Ortiz.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Guadalajara
State
Jalisco
Cortea Ortiz
Juchipila Canyon
Hansom Cab Derby Revives Coaching Days in London
A revived Hansom Cab Derby pitted four cabs from the Devonshire and Kit-Cat night clubs against aging drivers. Earl of Northesk, age 25, won with his 76 year old driver. The purse was $250. A driver alarmed by excitement forgot the route and finished two minutes ahead but was disqualified for cutting the distance.
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Earl of Northesk
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