May-Dec Mance Suit in Oklahoma
Betty Schumann 21, of Minnesota, seeks recognition as the common law wife of W T McKallip 57, Houston oil magnate, in Okmulgee county court. She asks to be administratrix of his estate and to share with his daughter Ellen 14, now in Portland. McKallip died Oct 31 in New York after drafting a will in a Minnesota sanitarium.
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United Press
Okmulgee
Okla
Minnesota
Texas
Betty Schumann
Okmulgee County
W. T. McKallip
Clarion Oil Company
Houston
McKallip
Ellen McKallip
Portland
Ore
New York City
Rochester
Minn
J. C. McKallip
Gypsy Maidens Fleeced Immigrant With Fake Cure
In EASO Texas police halted two gypsy women accused of swindling a young foreigner out of 1000 dollars. The man from New Jersey, with a paralyzed arm, was promised a cure that involved sewing the money into the coat lining. Three days later the pocket held only paper and stage money.
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United Press
EASO
Tex
New Jersey
America
Beer and spirits lose popularity in Britain report
London reports show beer consumption dropping from three to two barrels per head per year and spirits down by as much as sixty percent, while wine rises about fifty percent. First half figures compare unfavorably to last year with beer and spirits down and wine up.
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Britain
International
London
Texas Educator Develops Ray to Speed Up Cotton
A UT zoologist Dr H J Muller joins Dr Frank B Hansen from Washington University to study speeding cotton growth with X rays. The project aims to outrun boll weevil attacks by accelerating development, with Muller relieved from normal duties to focus on the cotton work.
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Texas
United Press
Austin
Tex
H. J. Muller
University of Texas
Frank B. Hansen
Washington University
St. Louis
Muller
No Heart No Soul: Denver Suicide Note Mentioned
Denver on November 9 reports W. E. Stackhouse, 59, a salesman, drank poison in a hotel after writing farewell notes to his four sisters in Tippah Mississippi and to his brother K. H. Stackhouse. Ill health blamed for the act.
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United Press
Denver
W. E. Stackhouse
Tippah
Miss
K. H. Stackhouse
Bees Battle In Chicken House Resolved By Hose
ANOVER Kan November 4 Mr and Mrs William Cook fought a large swarm of bumblebees in their chicken house. The bees overwhelmed them until Cook dampened them with a garden hose, cooling their advance.
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Anover
Kan
William Cook
Cook
Long Hard Road Within One Year
Fort Worth plans durable highways stretching into West Texas and to New Mexico says Dr. J M Johnson president of the Lee Highway Association. Officials of the chamber of commerce will send reps to Floydada Tuesday for a discussion of an 800000 dollar road bond. Five West Texas counties Wilbarger Foard Cottle Motley Hale have voted 3500000 for improvements with 2000000 state aid.
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Fort Worth
Tex
West Texas
New Mexico
M. Johnson
Lee Highway Association of
Washington, D. C
Johnson
Chamber of Commerce
Floydada
Wilbarger
Foard
Cottle
Motley
Hale
Smith County Cotton Crop Reaches 35000 Bales For 1927
Smith County's 1927 cotton crop is estimated at 35000 bales, about 7000 bales below last year. About 70 percent has been marketed, while growers expect lower quality from excess moisture. Land is being prepared for fall grain and forage crops as fall pasture and livestock conditions improve.
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International News Service
Tyler
Smith County
Worm farmer profits on angle worms in New York
Richard Rowden, a worm farmer in New York, sells angle worms at 15 for 20 cents to student zoologists for dissection. He works nights with a flashlight and earns good wages from his crop not intended for President Coolidge.
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New York
Richard Rowden
President Coolidge
Rowden
Officers Raid Fraternity House
AMES Iowa Nov 9 Walter Weiss captain and quarterback of the Iowa State college football team attended classes today the only member of the local Sigma Chi chapter to do so after a liquor raid last night. Conferences between college and federal officials were held with other members called for questioning. Weiss was allowed to attend classes denying reports he was arrested.
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Ames
Iowa
Walter Weiss
Iowa State
Sigma Chi
Weiss
Prisoner Chooses Return to Life Term Over Parole Freedom
Sam Wilson, convicted of murder in Jefferson County, asked to return to prison and serve the remaining life term after parole. Governor Moody revoked the parole earlier today and Wilson surrendered to penitentiary officials in Austin.
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Associated Press
Austin
Sam Wilson
State Prison
Jefferson County
D. Erwin
Houston
Miriam A. Ferguson
Moody
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