Coast Guard Receives $14.8 Million for Expanded Patrol System
The Public Works Administration allocates 14.8 million to build new cutters, patrol boats, seaplanes and air stations as smuggling risks grow after repeal talk. Air stations to be set up at Biloxi Mississippi Angles Washington St. Petersburg Florida and Galveston Texas. An additional 1.06 million goes to Rio Grande flood control near San Benito Texas with 240 workers over about a month.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Public Works Administration
Biloxi
Miss
Port Angeles
Wash
St. Petersburg
Fla
Detective Weatherford’s Family Relocated for Safety
Fort Worth reports fear of gang reprisals led City Detective Ed Weatherford to move his family from the Weatherford home. The detective, testifying in the Urschel kidnapping case in Oklahoma City, usually travels with three men. Justice officials advised the move two weeks earlier. Weatherford is tied to the informant who led raiders to the Shannon farm and to the Bailey arrest during Wise County investigations.
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Fort Worth
Ed Weatherford
Weatherford
Oklahoma City
Urschel
Department of Justice
R. G. Shannon
Wise County
Harvey Bailey
Shannon
Foreign Minister Morning Briefing Hints at Deliberations
A morning briefing notes the Foreign Minister and indicates the jury will begin deliberations sometime in the afternoon. The report highlights timing and potential developments in the legal process.
Three Arrested on Burglary Charge in Memphis Case
John Troy McCafferty alias Spareribs, an ex convict from Mississippi, was arrested at Harrisburg Arkansas by Harrisburg officers and Detective Sergeant A O Clark of Memphis. He was named as a robber in the Tri State Compress Company burglary on August 13. Russell Frazer and Truman Scott, both 25 from Texas, were with McCafferty and brought to Memphis. Both denied prior criminal records.
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Memphis
Tenn
John Troy McCafferty
Mississippi
Harrisburg
Ark
A. O. Clark
McCafferty
Spareribs
Tri-State
Russell Frazer
Hillsboro
Texas
Truman Scott
Kilgore
Clark
Both Sides Rest in Mrs. Atwood Trial
In Longview the state and defense rested their cases in the murder trial of Mrs. Ruth Atwood who is accused in Dallas B. Atwood's death. A 16 year old lived with Atwood testified about a morning fight with Cassie Red Smith who is also charged. Mrs. Atwood claimed she did not know her husband’s whereabouts on the night he died and noted she had been married ten days. The case adjourned with arguments scheduled.
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Longview
Ruth Atwood
Dallas B. Atwood
Mrs. Atwood
Cassie “Red” Smith
Atwood
Smith
Atwoods
Longstreet
Jailer Tom Manion Charged Over Bailey Escape
Federal charges accuse jailer Tom Manion of aiding outlaw Harvey Bailey to escape Dallas jail before his recapture. Bailey tied to the Urschel kidnapping case.
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Harvey Bailey
Dallas
Tom Manion
Bailey
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