Coldest Middle West Weather Hits Hibbing Minnesota
United Press reports a bitter cold wave across the Middle West with subzero temps in many areas. Hibbing Minnesota records 18 degrees below zero as snow blankets Nebraska Missouri and Colorado towns. A railroad worker’s body was found near Green Junction Colorado after he went missing in the blizzard.
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Middle West
Hibbing
Minnesota
Dallas
Nebraska
Missouri
Yaphandle
Dawes Rules Out Candidacy for Presidency
Vice President Charles G Dawes declared he would not be a candidate for the presidency after a White House call today. He said he would support Governor Lowden of Illinois.
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Lowden
Illinois
Sn United Press
Washington
Charles G. Dawes
White House
Ilinois
Jury Commissioners Complete Labor for January District Court
The jury commissioners from Ladonia Honey Grove and Paris concluded a three day session selecting petit jurors grand jurors and special veniremen for the January term of district court. Winding up week of the October term ends Saturday with a few divorces and default judgments. Judge Blackburn will open court in Paris Monday and the next term will start January JD.
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HH. E. ‘Wer
Ladonia
W. C. McDade
Bonam
JJ. M. Smith
Honey Grove
Petitivors
Blackburn
Paris
Janary
Ford Prices Shake Wall Street In Early Trade
Henry Ford price list sent shock waves through Wall Street today. General Motors led declines as stocks opened at 130 1 4 and fell to 128 1 2 before recovering to 129 amid Ford price news from United Press in New York.
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United Press
New York
Henry Ford
Wall Street
General Motors
Ford
Moody dodges query on bank robber reward offer
Austin Dec 1 Gov Moody evaded answering a suggestion by State Representative R R Smith that he urge the Texas Bankers Association to withdraw the 5000 dollar reward for dead bank robbers Moody said the suggestion had not been made
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United Press
Austin
Moody Today
R. R. Smith
Texas Bankers Association
Moody
Tehuacana Valley teachers win rat killing championship
In Mexia on December 1 a county agent Miss Ollie Campbell led a campaign to control rats with 86 tails collected by three Tehuacana Valley school teachers Miss Ellie Hughes and Miss Mellie Haskins who claim the rat killing championship of their profession.
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MEXIA
Tehuacana Valley
Ollie Campbell
Ellie Hughes
Mellie Haskins
Republican Committee Doubts Coolidge Candidacy
R B Creager Texas committeeman says after White House visit the Republican National Committee believes Coolidge does not intend to be a candidate. The report notes the conversation occurred in Washington on Nec 1.
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Washington
Nec
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
R. B. Creager
Texas
White House
Bandits Fail to Open Safe at Rhome Bank
Sixteen dollars in pennies was the loss in a robbery of the First National Bank in Rhome Texas. The entry was made by digging a hole through the wall. The robbers could not open the vault and left the scene before dawn.
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United Press
Rhome
Texas
First National Bank
Roy Harmon Escapes Oklahoma Bandit Out of Jail
Roy Harmon, reported as a member of the bandit gang led by Ray Terrill, reportedly sawed his way out of a jail in Charles City Iowa. The escape was not detected for hours. Norman pleaded guilty yesterday to an attempted bank robbery.
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United Press
Charles City
Iowa
Ray Terrill
Oklahoma
Roy Harmon
Norman
Never Too Old to Learn in North Carolina Mountains
The Corsicana Sun reports that despite progress in North Carolina education, many mountain adults remain illiterate but have begun learning with federal help. House-to-house visits sparked thousands to read and write, showing that motivation, not ability, blocks learning.
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Federal Bureau of Education
Corsicana
City offers reward for locating river polluting stall
Cleburne is offering 200 dollars for information leading to the stall causing pollution of the Nolen river. Citizens protested as water in the river killed cattle and fish. An analysis found large quantities of acetic acid, indicating whiskey stills or apple vinegar distilling as the possible source.
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Cleburne
Nolen
Rio Bista
Thieves Reported Targeting Winter Commerce in Texas
Durant Oklahoma officers recent ly detained two men Gilbert and Mev Elvaine on bogus check charges and will face trials in Rockwall Canton and Dallas. Authorities warn of rising hot checks and foresee more hijacking and robberies as hard times push would be thieves to steal.
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Gilbert
Mev Elvaine
Durant
Okla
Texas
Rockwall
Canton
Dallas
Gulf Refining Co
Rotary Club Hosts Football Players at Noon Luncheon
The Rotary Club met at noon on Wednesday with most members present and two absent. Coach Sheffield introduced the football team as guests, with talks by H. S. Cole and F. Gibson highlighting teamwork and the business of life.
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Rotary Club
L. K. Crawford
Charles Hassell
H. S. Cole
Margaret Marston
Crawford
Sheffield
Roy Smith
Whitewright
Frank Clark
Town Park
Supt
W. T. White
Francis Steger
Sid Smith
Sam Arledge
Eugene Risser
WH. S. Cole
Mr. Cole
Coach Sheffield
Mr. Sheffield
Honey Grove
IF. M. Gibson
Il Duce Declared In Good Health After Death Rumor
Rumor of Benito Mussolini’s assassination from Rome circulated briefly as false. The report, likely a deliberate market move by Vienna exchange speculators, prompted inquiries in Berlin but officials believed Mussolini remained in good health and active.
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IL Duce
United Press
Berlin
Rome
Benito Massilini
Vienna
Heo
Ambassador MacVeagh Ends Year as U S Envoy in Japan
Charles MacVeagh completes two years as United States Ambassador to Japan after arriving December 1, 1925. He notes improved U S Japan relations and progress in economic ties despite Japan's weak buying power from financial strains and China market disruption. The 67 year old envoy maintains regular embassy hours in Tokyo.
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Miles W. Vaughn
United Press
Tokio
Dec
Charles MacVeard
United States
Japan
Edwin Bancroft
MacVenagh
Bancroft
MacVeagh
China
Women at Geneva Disarmament Talks Play Key Roles
At Geneva on November 30 women influence League of Nations disarmament talks. Mme Maxim Litvinoff, English-born wife of the Soviet delegation head, serves as interpreter. Mme Anatole Lunacharsky, wife of the Soviet minister, is a noted actress. Countess Jeanne Luckemeyer of New York accompanies Count Von Bernstorff, reflecting American interest in the outcome.
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Mme
Maxim Litvinoff
Mme. Litvinoff
Ivy Row
London
Sidney Row
Anatole Lunacharsky
Moscow
Rozene
M. Lunacharsky
Count von Bernstorff
Jeanne Luckemeyer
New York
Geneva
Amercans
Insull Holds Dallas Conference With Texas Water Committee
Martin Insull of the Chicago Power syndicate meets with Texas water rights committee in Dallas to discuss a dispute over streams. J A Kemp of Wichita Falls chairs the meeting as the conference begins.
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Chicago Syndicate
J. A. Kemp
Unite Press
Dallas
Martin Insull
Chicago Power Syndicate
Water Rights Committee
Wichita Falls
Insull
Four men charged in Edinburg murder case
Guadalupe Garcia Ramon Quintinia Apolinar Garcia and Leon Garcia were charged with murder over the June 24 slaying of 18 year old Miguel Ramos north of Edinburg. Ramos Sr was beaten while trying to protect his son during the attack. Arrests followed a valley search and awaited return from Mexico. Garcia lived in La Feria while the others were from Mercedes per ADA Rogers Kelly.
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Edinburg
Texas
Guadalupe Garza
Ramon Quintinia
Apolinar Garcia
Leon Garcia
Miguel Ramos
Geo. Dennett
District Attorney’s Office
Mexico
Guadalupe Garcia
la Feria
Mercedes
Rogers Kelly
Carl Baker Unable to AttendBasement Barber Shop Illness
Carl Baker a talented tensorial artist at the Basement barber shop on the west side was absent today due to illness he is suffering from a throat trouble and could not be at his place.
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Carl Baker
West Side
Car Crash Claims Life of Cleoile at Wace
Cleoile aged 23 was killed in an automobile collision at Wace Saturday night. D P Moore of that city sustained a broken leg in the same accident.
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Cleoile
Wace
D. P. Moore
Texas Needs Paved Statewide Highway System
Cone Johnson of the State Highway Commission urged Texas to authorize a state bond issue to fund a main state highway system. He proposed financing bonds by a statewide parity tax and using the funds as a revolving fund until first class roads are built. Johnson said no paved interstate road exists across the state.
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United Press
Dallas
Texas
Cone Johnson
State Highway Commission
Johnson
Referendum Bill on Prohibition to be Laid Before Solons
A bill demanding a national referendum on prohibition will be introduced at the start of Congress. Representative Ma Lean of Michigan filed the measure with the House clerk in Washington on December 1.
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Solons
McLeon
Michigan
United Press
Washington
Congress
House
Representative MaLean
East and West Texas Weather Update Tonight and Friday
East Texas: partly cloudy and colder with frost, except in the Rio Grande Valley. Friday shows a warming trend. West Texas: tonight fair and warmer in the Panhandle. Friday remains fair with rising temperatures.
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Bailey Hardware CO
THE
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Charles
North Carolina
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Bennam
H. L. Rodgers Company
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