Reprieves Granted In Death Dates
Gov. Beauford H. Jester grants a 300 day reprieve to Riley B. McCaine for murder delaying execution from June 21 to July 21. Thirty day reprieves also issued for Ernest Williams for stabbing his wife and Cleo Smith for rape, moving their executions from late June to late July.
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Austin
Beauford H. Jester
Riley B. McCaine
Elnora Collins
Jefferson County
McCaine
Ernest Illiams
Callie Williams
Caldwell County
Cleo Smith
Bowie County
Williams
Smith
Dies to Seek US Senate Seat in Texas Race
Martin Dies former congressman and chairman of the House Un American Activities Committee says he plans to run for the US Senate. The Lufkin attorney will make a formal announcement May 27 in a radio address and previously declined reelection in 1941, returning to Texas law practice.
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Lufkin
U.P
Martin
House Un-American Activities Committee
US Senate
Dies
Texas
Sammi the Pekin geese buried with a pet cemetery tomb
In Fredonia Kansas 11 year old Pekin goose Sammy Lee was treated as family after death. The dog received a dignified funeral costing 300 dollars with a hearse transport to Independence and burial in a pet cemetery in a special casket marked by a tombstone.
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Fredonia
Kan
Sammy Lee
E. C. Duncan
Independence
Amarillo Labor Leader Endorses Truman at State Convention
W. W. Finch of Amarillo spoke at the Brownwood Democratic state convention praising Harry S. Truman as an honest man. Finch, longtime Carpenters Union Local 665 leader and former AFL Southwest director of organizers, emphasized his Democratic credentials and family ties to Civil War veteran ancestry.
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Amarillo
W. W. Finch
Louisiana
Brownwood
Finch
Harry S. Truman
Harry Truman
Mr. Finch
Kansas City
Carpenters Union
Southwest
AFL
Promoted Murray Arrives to Lead Texas Farmers Union
Promoted Harry Murray a National Farmers Union representative from Denver arrives in Amarillo to head the Texas state headquarters as manager from May 1. He succeeds Frank Overturf who leaves the post to join the national staff as director of field activities in Colorado and Wyoming.
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Harry Murray
National Farmers Union
Denver
Colo
Amarillo
Texas Farmers Union
Frank Overturf
Texas Farm Group
Murray
Texas
Mr. Overturf
Farmers Union
Colorado
Wyoming
Mr. Murray
Chase Meakins
Sterling, Colo
Overturf
State Farm Group
Overturf Named Head Of Texas Farmers Union State HQ
The union now has about 3,000 voting members. Headquarters for Mr. Overturf will be in Denver. His wife Mrs. Ethel Overturf has served years as director of education for the group.
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Overturf
Denver
Ethel Overturf
Texas Farmers Union
New Green Glass Blackboards to Quiet School Rooms
Cincinnati officials announce new public school blackboards made of rough plate glass. The boards resist chalk and nails, eliminating screeching sounds and glare, with deep green color designed for pupil comfort.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Joseph Beckman
Board of Education
Car Device Aims to Stop Hit-and-Run Driving
John F. Oberlander of Schenectady proposes an automatic car device described as a cop that would halt a vehicle after the first impact. The unit uses a pane of glass with lead foil and is mounted on the front bumper wired to the engine to stop the car.
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Schenectady
N. Y
U.P
John F. Oberlander
Oberlander
Sloan’s Liniment Offered for Neuralgia Pain Relief
For 70 years people have turned to Sloan's Liniment to ease neuralgia neuritis sciatica and muscular aches. When pain returns reach for Sloan's Liniment and its warming relief. Ask for the 6 oz economy size at your drugstore today
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SLOAN
Taxidermy Origins and Hypothetical Car Collision Note
A curious note discusses the age of taxidermy as possibly under three centuries per the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It also mentions a hypothetical scenario where a cap fitted car collides with a vehicle or pedestrian causing glass cracking lead foil breakage and engine short circuit.
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