Uniform State Laws panel seeks end to non-support rackets
St Louis, Aug 31. Legal experts from the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws gather to curb non-support frauds draining state treasuries. They aim to craft a model law for cross state cooperation in collecting judgments, stopping desertion tied to welfare payments. The plan awaits approval by commissioners and the American Bar Association before legislative submission.
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ST. Louis
National Conference of Commissioners On
American Bar Association
W. J. Brockelbank
University of Idaho Law School
Brockelbank
John Jones
Michigan
Missouri
Willoughby A. Colby
New Hampshire
Colby
Bar Association
Man Shoots Self Dining in Cabaret
Ventura restaurant owner Oliver Seymour Kerzin aged 30 ended his life in a Frontier Club cabaret in Las Vegas after dining with patrons. He had been missing since Friday and was said to have been gambling heavily. The fatal shot ricocheted and lightly injured cashier Juanita Rice.
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Las Vegas
Ventura
Calif
Oliver Seymour Kerzin
Anna W. Blom
Frontier Club
Kerzin
Juanita Rice
Chungking named wartime capital as Canton remains political center
Canton remains political center and former seat of government while Chungking becomes administrative capital. Chiang Kai-Shek in Chungking with generals as front quiets north and northeast of Canton. Red irregulars harass Canton's suburbs as Nanning and Megtze open to international air traffic and General Liang is named vice minister of national defense.
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Canton
Chungking
China
Pao Ching-An
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Chiang Kai-Shek
Kwangtung
Lungnan
Pingyun
Executive Yuan
Nanning
Kwangsi
Megtze
Yunnan
Yuan
Liang
Shanghai
Vanishing American Spurs Buffalo Chase in Texas
Perryton boys Roy and David Stallings spotted a stray buffalo on a country road and chased it in a jeep for seven miles. They finally corralled the stubborn animal with a farm tractor after abandoning the jeep. The owners are hoped to claim the vanishing beast.
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Perryton
Roy
David Stallings
Stollings
Poor Sinning Pastor Ejects Apple of Eye in Guelph
In Guelph Ontario a 27 year old housewife says she received love letters from Rev Thomas Guthrie the York Road Baptist pastor who was dismissed. Guthrie admits writing affectionate words but accuses her of perambulating truth. Five expelled deacons lead a dissenting faction seeking his ouster.
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Guelph
Ont
York Road
Robert Stitt
Thomas Guthrie
Guthrie
Stitt
Thomas
Honey) Guthrie
Funeral Services Held For Veteran Attorney
Services were held Wednesday for John Hughes Cochran Jr. 71 veteran Nolan County attorney and county judge who died Monday in Sweetwater. He served four years as county attorney and eight as county judge, overseeing the construction of the present Nolan County courthouse. A Dallas County native, he had lived in Nolan County since age 16.
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Sweetwater
John Hughes Cochran Jr
Nolan County
Cochran
Dallas County
US Evacuation Of Burma City Now Complete
The American embassy says all U S citizens wishing to leave Taunggyi have evacuated. Twelve Americans, some women and children, arrived in Rangoon escorted by consuls. Five Americans stay behind. four students and spouses are safe in other Shan towns. The five nation mission has not yet returned. Burmese forces recaptured Phe Kaung, capital of Karenni state, now held by rebels.
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Rangoon
Burma
United States
Taunggyi
Robert IL Clifford
Ballard R. Donnell
Lashio
Samuel Dashiell
Dallas
Ore
Namkham
Charles Brant
Portland
Hsenwi
Heho
Waller W. Zimmer
Mason, Mich
Otto K. Hunerwadel
Gainesville
Fla
Laura E. Johnson
Mead, Neb
Roger Getz
Phekaung
Lixan
First Cotton Bale Ginned in Texas by Jared Groce
On September 1 1825 Jared Groce built and owned Texas first cotton gin near the Brazos River serving the old three hundred. Grace planted cotton with slave labor and by 1833 Texas shipped about 5000 bales to New Orleans.
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Texas
Jared Groce
Stephen F. Austin
Grace
Brazos River
New Orleans
Wholesale Food Price Index Declines in Week
The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell to 5.78 from 5.86, down 16.2 percent from last year’s 6.90. The index covers wholesale cost of a pound each of 31 common foods. Wheat and corn rose, while flour and lard dropped.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
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Batiste
White
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Aduit
Lavaca
Austin Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company
DIAL
University Station
21St & Wichita
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