John B Jones Frontier Battalion major in Texas history
John B Jones was commissioned major of the Frontier Battalion on May 2 1874. He led vigorous enforcement in the Mason County conflict and cleansed Kimball County, earning fame for his stern efficiency and river of order in postwar Texas. He was born December 22 1834 in Fairfield South Carolina and served in Terry's Rangers during the Civil War.
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John B. Jones
Frontier Battalion
Texas Rangers
Jones
Mason County
Kimball County
Rangers
Fairfield
S. C
Corsicana
Terry's Rangers
Jones’ Frontier Battalion
Carpetbagger State Police
Curtis Bishop
Officers To Attempt Jewel Identification
Three un mounted diamonds including a large stone will be taken to San Antonio for identification in connection with a $30,000 jewelry burglary there. Captain Charles Steed of the San Antonio force said the diamonds were turned over to Dallas police by a local jewelry dealer. Peck, 25, was arrested April 20 on an Illinois warrant for violation of the Dyer Act. officers recovered three small diamonds and a $450 check from him. No charges have been filed yet in the burglary case. He is wanted for jail escape in Danville, Minnesota.
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Dallas
San Antonio
Charles Steed
Albert
Peck
Illinois
FBI
Jin
Béaumont
Steed
San’ Antonio
Danville, Mn
Democratic Groups Press Court To Rehear Lawson Trumbo Cases
Twenty one members of Los Angeles and California Democratic committees urge the Supreme Court to reconsider its refusal to review the contempt of Congress convictions of Hollywood writers John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo. A separate bid by 64 ministers and rabbis and the Southland Jewish Organization argues for clear limits on government powers in the matter.
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Washington
Los Angeles
California State Democratic Committee
Supreme Court
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Southern
California
Southland Jewish Organization
High Court
Lawson
Trumbo
House Committee On un-American
Communist Party
Democratic Committees
Lawson and
A. L. Wirin
Belle Parsons Clewe
John Clewe
Ann Corner
John Daughtery
Fred Gable
Leo Gallagher
William Goodale
Rosalie Goodwin
Walls B. Healy
Alvin P. Jackson
Wilbur Jerger
al Karsky
Kay N. Kelleher
Harlan N. Lee
Elma Morgan
Robert S. Morris
Joe E. Press
W. Les River
Victor M. Shapiro
M. Shapiro
Sara M. Syer
Franklin D. Thompson
Wirin
Nazi Germany
Loren Miller
Specialist Explains Fox Hunt Failure In Henderson County
Fort Worth May 1 A U S Fish and Wildlife Service official says Texas foxes differ by region and inexperienced hunters hindered the Henderson County hunt. He demonstrates a fox call made from gear shift knobs as he notes the tool also works for coyotes wolves.
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Fort Worth
Henderson County
West Texas
East Texas
John W. White
US Fish and Wildlife Service
White
Adam Lindsey
Brownwood
Piper
Dobie Fisher To Talk Before Historians May 6
J Frank Dobie and Rep O C Fisher of San Angelo will address the 26th annual meeting of the West Texas Historical Association in Brady on May 6. Dobie will discuss The Spanish Horse That Came to America. Other speakers include J W Williams Wichita Falls Mary Bain Spence San Angelo Dr James Greer Hardin-Simmons University T C Richardson Dallas and Col M L Crimmins of San Antonio, association president.
Donkey Leads Prospector to Rich Idaho Mine
Legend says a prospector's donkey located the Bunker Hill mine in the Coeur d'Alene mining district of Idaho, revealing a rich vein and boosting local mining lore.
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Bunker Hill
Coeur d'Alene
Idaho
Judge Grants Wife Joint Jail Term After Husband Sentenced
Chicago May 1 Mrs Ethel Phillipson 48 pleaded to go with her 75 year old husband into the house of correction for larceny. Judge John R. McSweeny imposed a year on both after they were convicted of rifling several South Side homes.
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Chicago
Ethel Phillipson
House of Correction
John R. McSweeny
Henry
South Side
Thirteen Navy Ships Leave San Diego for Pacific Duty
Thirteen US Navy ships including the carrier Valley Forge depart San Diego for rotation duty in the western Pacific. The convoy also includes eleven destroyers and the submarine Remora with additional subs Catfish and Segunda and the seaplane tender Suisun having left earlier. Vice Admiral Calvin T. Durgin accompanies the fleet to Pearl Harbor aboard Curtiss.
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San Diego
Calif
Valley Forge
Western Pacific
Remora
Catfish
Segunda
Suisun
Calvin T. Durgin
First Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Curtiss
Michigan student assesses German youth democracy understanding
Pi A Michigan student George Van Loon, 18, of Eaton Rapids, Michigan, concludes German youth have a long way to go to truly grasp democracy after a three week study with a West Berlin family. The study, part of a Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary sponsored exchange, was introduced by Mrs. Donat Monaco of Santa Fe, national president.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Michigan
George van Loon
Eaton Rapids
Mich
West Berlin
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Donat Monaco
Santa Fe
N. M
VFW
van Loon
Europe
United States
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Hitler
HAAG
Pree
Moe
Yieshi Het
Detroit
Detroit Jewel
Chine
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