Hauptmann Appeal Argued Over Lindbergh Baby Murder
Attorneys for Bruno Richard Hauptmann argued in New Jersey high court that his trial was unfair. The defense claimed the state used inflammatory theories and that the trial should have been in Mercer county where the body was found. The state maintained the evidence proved guilt.
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Associated Press
Tnenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
New Jersey
High Court
Court of Errors and Appeals
Hauptmann
Lindbergh
David Wilentz
Hunterdon County
Mercer County
Rangers Stay On Capitol Guard Duty In Agriculture Probe
Austin June 20 Plans to remove the Texas Rangers from guard duty over Agriculture Department records were altered today and the guard remained at the request of J E McDonald agriculture commissioner and chairman of the legislative investigating committee.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas Rangers
Agriculture Department
J. E. McDonald
Agriculture Commissioner
Legislative Investigating Committee
Tornado Hits Crosby County Two Die and Dozens Injured
A June tornado struck Crosby County Texas late Wednesday killing W. T. Easter 60 and his wife southwest of Ralls. At least nine injured and about fifty families seek relief as many houses are demolished and crops damaged.
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Associated Press
Lubbock
Texas
Crosby County
W. T. Easter
Ralls
Wealth Tax Is In Trouble In Senate Committee
The Senate Finance Committee rejected adding Roosevelt wealth tax proposals while approving a House resolution to extend $500,000 nuisance and excise taxes expiring June 30. LaFollette urged an inheritance tax and higher taxes but the committee favored passage without amendments. He planned to renew the fight on the Senate floor.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt
House
Congress
Senate Committee
LaFollette
Harrson
Senate
Italy May Withdraw From League Over Interference
Rome June 20 authoritative source said Italy would resign from the League of Nations if the League council interfered in the Italo Ethiopian dispute. Ethiopia has appealed to the League invoking article ten of the covenant, urging respect for territorial integrity.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
League of Nations
League Council
Geneva
Ethiopia
League Against Italy
League
Eastman Bill Approved by House Judiciary Committee
Washington June 20 The Eastman bill to facilitate railroad organization was approved today by the House judiciary committee.
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Eastman
HOUSE
Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Nature’s Reversal: Drought Surrenders to Flooding
A brief regional note observes a stark seasonal shift from last year’s drought to this year’s flooding. It highlights unusual weather patterns affecting crops and daily life, signaling broader climate variability in the area.
Social Security Bill Clears Senate by Wide Margin
Washington June 19 the administration's sweeping social security plan passed the Senate 76 to 6 and heads to the House for action. The measure proposes old age pensions coverage for about 25 million people with monthly benefits and a federal state funded unemployment reserve, financed by a 3 percent payroll tax and employer taxes, aiming for substantial nationwide welfare expansion and costs rising into the billions.
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Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
House
al S
Farmer Dies From Bite of Black Widow Spider
Henry A. Swearingen a 44 year old farmer from near Nocona died after a black widow spider bite. He was bitten Friday night and only later showed paralysis as two small finger wounds darkened. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Belcherville.
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Nocona
Henry A. Swearingen
Swearingen
Frida
Belcherville
Fish Stocking At Bonham State Park Lake This Week
L C Fuller reports a truck delivered fourteen thousand small fish to Bonham State Park Lake including black bass crappie and bream. Fish moved to deeper waters to escape flood debris and will allow fishing in fall 1936. A second truck planned for tomorrow morning to continue stocking the 60 acre lake.
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L. C. Fuller
New
Bonham _— State Park
Formal Opening at Hall Furniture Co Sherman
The Hall Furniture Company of Sherman opens a new northeast square branch with a full stock. Public invited Friday and Saturday to inspect prices and stock as Musical Play boys under Bot Stoddard perform evenings. E. D. McKelva joins W. W. Smith in management and hosts invitees.
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The
Hall Furniture Company of Sherman
Musical
Playboys
Bot Stoddard
E. D. McKelva
W. W. Smith
Woman Dies Of Gun Wounds In Fort Worth Shooting
Mrs. Frances Copeland died in a Fort Worth hospital after being shot last Thursday night when she ran to help her husband. Police arrested several suspects but could not link them to the shooting. The assailants robbed George Copeland of a dollar and a half and wounded him in the arm.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Frances Copeland
George Copeland
Temperature Outlook and Cloudiness Across Regions
Temperature for 24 hours ending at 7 a m today shows a max of 87 and a min of 69. East Texas reports increasing cloudiness tonight with Friday partly cloudy to cloudy. West Texas expects generally fair tonight and Friday with lighter cloud cover.
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East
Texas
West Texas
Sallie and Susie Decide on Bedroom Suite at Bonham
In Bonham a decision looms as Margaret weighs a larger walnut bedroom suite for her room while Sallie and Susie debate comfort versus style. Henry cautions secrecy, insisting they do not intrude, and Margaret enters ready to choose with friends guiding the visit to the Bonham Furniture Company.
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Sallie
Margaret
Bonham Furniture Company
Henry
Duver
France Says Hands Free After Anglo German Agreement
Paris officials say France will bolster its fleet as needed to meet Germany. They view the Anglo German naval accord as cancelling Washington and Versailles constraints and freeing France to expand its navy.
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France
Agremeent
Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Windstorm damages Ralls in cyclonic storm
A wind of near cyclonic velocity struck Ralls Texas at 5 45 p m Wednesday for forty five minutes. Three downtown buildings were leveled and about fifteen roofs blown off fifteen display windows demolished and windmills toppled. W E Ellis cafe proprietor was seriously cut by glass when a plate window blew out. Communications between Ralls and the south were paralyzed and crops damaged by rain hail. The Texas Compress and Warehouse Company main building roof was blown away.
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Ralls
Texas
W. E. Ellis
Texas Compress & Warehouse Company
Fannin Hunt County Baptist Meeting at Leonard Park
An all day Baptist gathering for Hunt and Fannin Counties is set for Sunday June 30 at Leonard Park. The program highlights Sunday School and Baptist Training Union work with a noon picnic and a 1 to 3 pm program.
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Leonard Park
Hunt
Fannin
Baptist Training Union
S. 5
Leonard
S. S
Ichurch
Fannin County
Horse Shoe Found In Tree Likely Fifty Years Old
Mr J W Cummings heard of an unusual finding at the Favorit office where a large horse shoe was found nailed inside the heart of a tree along a Bethlehem pasture. The nail is wrought iron, an antique style no longer used locally. The horse shoe likely hung there for hitching in past decades, with the tree growing around it. Also noted are deaths by electrocution in North Carolina in 1934, the highest annual total in state history.
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J W Cummings
Testerda
Bethlelem
Whiteside
Burtt
Ginning Tax Set At 6 Cents A Pound For 1935 Cotton
Washington June 19 The Bankhead ginning tax on 1935 cotton fixed at 6 cents per pound, up from 5.67 cents on 1934. The rate applies to cotton beyond Bankhead allotments, with AAA setting lint price at 12 cents per pound, anchoring the tax at 6 cents. Revenue to March 1, 1935 was 555,738 dollars.
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Washington
AAA
Bankhead
Fannin County Man Enlists in U S Marine Corps
Special to Daily Favorite New Orleans reports John W. Robinson of Braham Rid 5 enlisted in the US Marine Corps in New Orleans. He will be sent to Parris Island for duty assignment after initial training in San Diego. Recruiters note age 18 to 25, good moral character, and mail applications to US Marine Corps New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Geo R. Rowan
Marine Corps
New Orlean
John W. Robinson
Braham
US Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Dallas
San Diego
Califor
China
Philippine
Guam
U S& Marine Corps
Reoinson
Matte Allen
Boy Loses Finger After Ring Catches On Gate
A report from Waxahachie Santtarun details a boy losing a finger when a ring caught on a gate. The incident occurred near a barn and involved Mr and Mrs W D Mers Milford. The injured boy was taken to a local address for treatment. authorities note the event as a guardian caution.
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Nate
Miltsia
Texa
Moore
Mers
Industrial survey flags Bonham as favorable for factories
E. W. Martsoff an industrial engineer from Pennsylvania arrived in Bonham for a three day study to attract northern firms to the Southwest He spoke to the Rotary Club and announced a banquet planned at the Gem Cafe Friday with about 100 residents expected Tickets are 50 cents and can be obtained from A G McRae and John R Spivey.
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E. W. Martsoff
Pennsylvania
Bonham
Will
Martsoff
Rotary Club
Sunstroke Causes Death of Man in Hearne
John Price Jones, about 47, of Houston, a cement worker, suffered a sunstroke at 3 30 p m Wednesday while working on the Pyland Filling Station in Hearne and died at 4 p m in a local doctor's office.
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Hearne
Tex
John Price Jones
Houston
Pyland
Three Men Missing After Colorado River Boat Capsize
Eagle Lake Texas June 20 three men Emanuel Burttschell his brother Robert Burttschell and Felix Jisou from Eagle Lake are missing after their boat capsized on the Izodedy Colorado river near Eldridge. Rescue teams searched the river for the trio throughout the day.
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Associated Press
Eagle Lake
Texas
Izodedy Colorado River
Eldridge
Emanuel
Robert Burttschell Brothers
Felix Jisou
Mad dog attacks two women in bed in Texas
In Gazales Texas on June 19 Misses Lilue and Lilda Eckhart awoke to a mad dog that jumped into their second floor bed. Eugene Obar chased it away with a broom after the girls fled and locked the animal in a room where the deputy sheriff killed it. The dog had apparently climbed through a broken screen door from a star attic.
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Gazales
Texas
Lilue
Lilda Eckhart
Eugene Obar
Obar
Cleaning Techniques for Large Areas From Bottom Up
The readable text outlines methods for cleaning large spaces by starting at the bottom. It mentions maintaining consistent downward progress, working upward threads, and potential use of navy taffeta fabrics in fashion or design contexts.
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Renety Co
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Bonham, Texas
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Hall Furniture Co
Lonnie S. Jones
Richmond
Marsland Journal
George Washington
Ohio
Susie
Fannin-Hunt County Baptist Meeting
North Carolina
New York
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Edgerton Shoes
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