Laura Hamner Wins Acclaim For No Gun Man Of Texas
Laura Hamner's biography of Col. Charles Goodnight is chosen as a seventh grade reader for Texas public schools after a 20 year effort. She toured nine cities to persuade the state board of education, delivering nine copies and no agent. Adoption means 25 000 to 35 000 copies next year with further open market editions planned.
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Laura V. Hamner
Panhandle
Col
Charles Goodnight
Texas
Colonel Goodnight
Hamner
State Board of Education
Tahoka
Kerrville
Henderson
Louisiana Line
McKinney
San Antonio
State Board
Amarillo
West
Ranger program for youths eyed by city officials
Officials discuss a Los Angeles inspired Ranger patrol for boys with police-like status, badges, and merit rewards. About 5,000 youths participate in the model, with misbehavior leading to removal of badges and good deeds earning silver and gold stripes. Schools back the plan and Maverick Club members would join. Public meeting Friday invites attendance.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Los Angeles Patrol
Ranger
Maverick Club
Galloway
Taxes debate in Falls reveals stacked Revenue and Taxation Committee
Falls coverage details the Revenue and Taxation Committee described as a greasey machine thwarting members of tax bills. Two omnibus proposals emerged: a 1.5 percent general retail sales tax with exemptions for necessities and higher occupation and natural resource taxes, and a second plan raising occupation and natural resource levies without a sales tax. The column labels the committee as stacked.
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Falls
Texas legislators heated by sulphur lobbyists clash
Rep. Jessee Roach of Commerce warned against the sulphur company influence as Rep. J. Franklin Spears of San Antonio blasted lobbyists who push a sulphur tax increase. Spears warned the omnibus tax bill would fail amid concentrated opposition and fears the legislature could be swayed toward a general sales tax for pensions.
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Jessee Roacn
Commerce
J. Franklin Spears
San Antonio
Spears
Texas
Sears
Jockeys Sought in Slaying Probe of Evelyn Sliwinski
Detectives said a jockey was advised to return for questioning in the slaying of Evelyn Sliwinski a 24 year old Louisville wife whose mangled body was found crushed by automobile wheels on a road early Sunday. Headley quoted saying the man showed little concern.
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Ders
Evelyn Sliwinski
Louisville
Headley
Ethiopians Uphold Faith Under War Turbulence
Dispatches describe Ethiopian soldiers living rough with hides and earth sleeping, foraging with families, prayer rituals, and warlike purification before battles. Roving fighters, hunger, and a holy war frame their daily routines amid reports of defeats and peace talks in Paris.
Ethiopian Warfront Tensions Rise As Emperor Tours Front
In Addis Ababa Emperor Haile Selassie tours Dessye and reviews troops near the Sudan border amid Italian advances. A physician was sent to tend to Dejasmatch Ayaleu, wounded in a mountain assault, as Ras Mulu Getta prepares to command northern forces.
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Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Dejasmatch Ayaleu
Sudan
U.P
Dessye
Ras Mulu Getta
Ethiopians Repel Dubats in Fierce Dagnerei Defense
Exchange Telegraph reports Ethiopian forces at Dagnerei fought six hours to hold hill fort near Mustahil as Dubats and irregulars attacked with air support. Ethiopian troops, led by Major Fava, repelled assaults on the fort with machine guns and rifled fire. casualties were heavy on both sides.
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Dedjazmatch
Ayelu
Walkait
Ayela
Rome
Dagneres
Dubais
Sultan Old- Dinel
Mustahiil
Fava
Mustahil
Dagnerei
Gorta
Capture of Dagnerei Fort in Ethiopian War
From Dagnere Ethiopia Oct 22 Italian Somaliland native troops stormed Dagnerei fort held by Ethiopian forces. The assault repelled two Ethiopian machine guns and routed defending Africans from a position deemed impregnable.
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Sandro Sandri
United Press
Ethiopia
U.P
Dagneres
Somaliland
Dagnerei
Poisoned kidneys cure claim returns in cheap package
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules priced at 85 cents as a remedy to cleanse kidneys and stop nighttime urinary discomfort. It lists other vague kidney and bladder symptoms such as burning pain, hack aches, leg cramps, and puffy eyes as conditions to treat.
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Haarlem
British Soldier Descendant Among Somali Prisoners Amid Bombardment
An ethnic Gababursi native and British subject joined the Ras Nassibu force to oppose Ethiopians after crossing the border. Prisoners, awed by aerial bombardment, said Dagnee rei seemed impregnable due to its natural position and their commanders’ beliefs.
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Ras Nassibu
British Somaliland
Dagnee Rei
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