Sherman Man Receives Two-Year Penalty in Riot Case
J. B. McCasland, 19, convicted of arson in Sherman riot case in Austin district court. He received the minimum sentence of two years in the penitentiary. District Attorney Joe P. Cox aided prosecution. This marked the first conviction in Texas linked to mob violence against a black assailant of a white woman. Jury deliberated 1 hour 22 minutes.
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Austin
J. B. McCasland
Joe P. Cox
Sherman
Texas
Cotton Prices in New Orleans Edge Higher on Thursday
New Orleans June 4 Cotton was active with gains tied to advances in New York. Prices opened 28 to 30 points up and moved to 32 to 36 points higher before a midmorning pullback. July touched 8.66, October 9.04, December 9.26, then rose again to July 6.77, October 9.12, December 9.35 as stocks advanced.
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New Orleans
New York
Lost Girl Found Homesick Student Returns From 36 Hour Search
Victoria Heller a 17 year old Southwest Texas State Teaches College coed was missing for 36 hours prompting a statewide search. rivers were dragged and authorities notified before she returned home saying she had merely gone to visit her folks, homesick. A ticket from San Marcos to San Antonio showed she bought a bus ticket.
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San Marcos
Victoria Heller
Southwest
Texas State Teaches College
Victoria
Poth
Falls City
Governor Hesitates to Call Special Legislature Session
Governor Sterling said he will not decide before next week whether to call a special session of the legislature. He cannot determine necessity until he studies the appropriation bills further.
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Associated Press
Austin
Stering
Five Room Cottage Underway on West 8th Street
In Bonham a neat five room cottage is being built by Bland Smith with T. O. Jones as contractor amid growth during repression era. The project on West 8th Street signals continued residential progress for the city.
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Indy
Bonham
Bland Smith
West 8Th Street
T. O. Jones
Train wreck near Kaifeng kills forty, injures thirty
An AP report from Kaifeng China states a wreck on the Hatchow Tunkgwan Railway near Mienchi in Tionan province results in about forty dead and thirty injured.
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Associated Press
Kaifeng
China
Arei
Mienchi
Tionan
Upward Trend Seen on New York Stock Market
New York stock prices continued higher with most shares closing up and about forty stocks advancing. Volume reached 450000 shares, down 50000 from the prior session, while late trading carried several pressured issues forward. The market remained upward through the day and ended near the day’s best quotes.
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New York
Sesson
Man Almost Falls From Moving Railroad Car Injury
E. G. Fletcher of Texas and Pacific was forced to jump from a moving car during switching. He landed feet first and suffered badly wrenched ankles. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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E. G. Fletcher
Texas & Pacific
Lost money found and redeemed near Selfs farm
Oscar Bell, a farmer near Selfs, lost a pocketbook with 354 dollars while plowing. A year later the pocketbook was recovered, most currency damaged, and 319 dollars were received from the government treasury with the rest to be forwarded upon affidavits.
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Oscar Bell
Selfs
Aon
Mr. Fell
Tenaers
Washington
Bell
Treasury
Neal
Weevil Infestation Found in South Carolina Fields
Clemson College reports examinations of sixty fields across nine counties during the week ending May 30 show weevil presence in all but one field. The average weevil count was 187 per acre with a high of 860. most fields showed damage potential.
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Clemson College
S. C
South Carolina
W. W. Long
Clemson Agricultural College
Fort Worth Bankers Convicted on National Banking Violations
Fort Worth bankers Wune W. lL. Smallwood and C. C. Johnson were found guilty on five counts of violating national banking laws tied to the Texas National Bank failure. Sentencing set for Monday and an appeal is anticipated. Co-defendant A. L. Baker faced further action after being returned for trial. Baker is already serving ten years.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
W. Ll. Smallwood
C. C. Johnson
Texas National Bank
A. L. Baker
Jeoprdy
Baker
Federal Penitentiary
Milk Prices in Dallas Drop After Retail Reduction
Dallas retailers report milk costs fall this week with a 2 cent per quart and 1 cent per pint reduction. Tennessee Dairies led the price cut Sunday, followed by most firms. a few small dairies still charged old rates but with shrinking patronage. Farmers saw smaller cuts, about 0.3 cents per 100 pounds of forty-six quarts, while pasteurized plants moved to lower prices amid raw milk pressure.
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Dallas
Jimne
Tennessee Dairies
David Metzecy
Mertzger
Dallas Milk Company
Highhind Jersey Dairy Tennessee
Metzger
12 Year Old Baby Boy Shatters Growth Myths in Illinois
Jules Tewlon of Chicago is reported as a perfectly normal 12 year old weighing about 100 pounds and measuring 35 inches at the waist. His father Frank Tewlow says the boy has gained ten pounds in two months and can read, spell, and recite multiplication, with doctors finding no abnormality after an X ray.
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Cheago
Ill
Jules Tewlon
Chicago
Frank Tewlow
Jules
DO X Seaplane Lands in Natal Brazil
The DO X seaplane, the world’s largest, arrived in Natal from Cape Verde and will spend the week in overhaul before flying to Rio de Janeiro. The craft touched down at 2 10 this afternoon after the Cape Verde run, with preparations underway for the next leg of its journey.
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Natal
Brazil
Pres Pernando
Cape Verde Islands
Rio DeJar
Grayson County Gasser Breaks Loose Again
Grayson County's salt water geyser near Preston Bend in Red River country spouted about 125 feet Thursday. The F H E Company and Potts farm crews raced to contain the eight inch pipe in the ten inch casing after a prior deadly fire. spectators kept away as rock and salt water burst skyward.
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Sherman
Texas
Grayson County
Preston Bend
Red River
F H. FE. Company
Pottsboro
Marshall County
William Feming
Fort Worth
F. H. E. Company
Robbin Fluiott
Kay Kimbes
Shitaat Sted
Texas Prison Farm Crops Promising
CORSICANA June reports from Lee Simmi, manager of the Texas Prison System, that prison farm crops are promising with 20,000 acres already planted for food and feed. Early prospects are cited as exceptional, signaling strong agricultural output from the program.
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Texas
Ly Associated Press
Corsicana
Lee Sim- Mi
Fodaxy
Wen
Al Capone Indicted in Mexican Labor Case
Mexican court announces decision in a labor dispute involving Capone tied to imported labor. State Board of Arbitration said replacement of human labor with workers led to discharge and compensation actions against the electrical company.
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AL Capone
Chicago
Ialapa
Vera Cruz
Mexico
State Board of Arbitration
Maine
Ceap Clectrical Company
Fortune Won in Track Lottery Shocks Boston
Joseph P Kennedy diminutive from the South End learned he won 145000 dollars through Cameronian’s winnings in the derby. He repairs baby carriages at twelve dollars a week and had exactly 21.11 in his overall s ekets. The report also notes other scattered items from New York Bronx and San Francisco.
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Boston
Mass
Joseph P Kennedy
South End
Cameronian
Yieters
Vatican rejects Mussolini plan to reopen Catholic clubs
Rome June 5 The Vatican rejects Premier Mussolini conciliatory move proposing reopening Catholic girls and women's clubs and insists closed institutions cannot be restored in good standing. The exchange follows Fascist closure orders and signals potential friction between church and state.
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Associated Press
Rome
Mussolini
Catholic Church
Vatican
Five women injured when car leaves highway
Five women from Dallas were hospitalized after their car struck dirt and spilled down an embankment on the Greenville Dallas highway shortly before noon. Injuries included chest and ankle trauma, dislocated shoulder, broken wrist, and hip injuries among passengers Sadie Anderson 43 Lee Christy and C H Norton William Weltzel 50 and G N Quillman 71.
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Greenvile
Dallas
Greenville-Dallas
Sadie Anderson
Lee Christy
C H. Norton
William Weltzel
G. N. Quillman
Health concerns may delay Fall prison term
District Attorney Rover said he would seek a court order to appoint a physician to examine Albert B. Fall former Secretary of the Interior to decide if he can travel from El Paso to Washington to begin a one year sentence for bribery linked to naval oil reserves. A suspension could be possible due to his age and health.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rover
District of Columbia Supreme Court Wheat
Albert
Fall
Secretary of the Interior
el Paso
Washgton
Naval
Pampa Citizen Dies From Gas Explosion Injuries
C A Ayer died in hospital today from burns suffered when he returned home in McLean and lighted a gas stove causing a gas explosion. His wife was injured and remained in serious condition in the hospital.
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Associated Press
Pampa
C. A. Ayer
McLean
Bus overturns injuring five passengers and driver
A South Texas bus went off a highway near Buffalo and overturned injuring five passengers and the driver. Among the injured are W. M. Haggard the driver, Mrs Thaniel FE Grubb Mrs Pearl Pritchett Mrs Marjorie Carn of Wichita Kansas and Frank Johnson of Houston. District Judge Middleton Huntsville is noted in connection with the report.
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Associated Press
Buffalo
Texas
W. M. Haggard
Thaniel FE. Grubb
Pearl Pritchett
Dalla
Marjorie Carn
Wichita
Kaw
Middleton
Huntsville
Frank Johnson
Porte
Houston
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