Franco and Companions Rescued by British Air Carrier
Commander Ramon Franco and three crewmen, missing for seven days after a seaplane forced landing near the Azores, were picked up by the British carrier Eagle. The rescue, confirmed by wireless from the Eagle and announced by the Spanish foreign office, left Franco to send a message saying they are all right.
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United Press
Madrird
Ramon Franco
Carrier Eagle
Azores
United States
Eagle
Foreign Office
Franco
John McKenzie adjudged insane by Santone jury
John McKenzie, thrice spared from the electric chair for murder, was declared insane by a San Antonio jury. He will be confined at a state hospital in San Antonio, with a carrier pigeon reportedly to aid in case he is forced westward.
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John McKenzie
Santone
United Press
San Antonio
San Antonio State Hospital
State Legislature Adopts Evolution Teaching Resolution
The Texas House approved an anti evolution resolution by 59 to 89 with three not voting. It urges the state text book commission to avoid textbooks teaching human evolution from lower animals and to bar such teaching at higher state institutions. The measure replaces a failed bill to prohibit teaching evolution as fact.
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United Press
Austin
House
State Text Book Commission
Hoover asks Lowman to resign as Prohibition head
President Hoover demanded the resignation of Seymour Lowman assistant secretary of the treasury in charge of prohibition enforcement. A new appointee would take over within a month while the White House and Lowman denied any resignation.
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Washington
Hoover
Seymour Lowman
the Treasury
Lowman
White House
Over 50 Club Women and 4-H Members Schedule College Station Trip
The Daily Favorite reports the Texas and Pacific Railway will provide a special coach for Fannin county Home Demonstration Clubs and Boys and Girls 4-H Clubs to attend the Farmers' Congress at College Station the last week of July. The round trip is 6.30 dollars with total trip costs not to exceed 15 dollars. Last year about 50 county participants are expected again this year. The group plans to leave Bonham July 28 at noon, arrive in College Station near midnight, and change cars at Fort Worth.
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Texas and Pacific Railway
Fannin County
Farmers’ Congress
College Station
Bonham
Fort Worth
Carswell
Commerce
Promising Well Reports Stir Market Hopes
Reports from Well Today are promising as drilling continues and interest grows. The crew shut the well today awaiting another bit to push through, with many visiting the site and hoping for a breakthrough that could bring wealth to local investors.
Learns New Game at Cost of $310
A fragment describes Barry Till paying $310 to buy a handkerchief and medicine while nursemaid Esther testifies in a divorce case about humiliation during a visit. A death notice for M. Saran An Knowlk is noted among the jumbled lines.
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Barry
Cardinal Mundelein
East and West Texas Weather Forecast Update
East Texas shows partly cloudy skies with possible showers in the northwest. West Texas remains partly cloudy with potential showers in the southeast later.
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East Texas
West Texas
Tropical Storm Hits Texas Coast Drowns Three at Bay City
Bay City mourns as a tropical storm offshore leads to three drownings among a Bay City fishing party twenty six miles from shore. Pete Fisher Ed Anderson Sr Al Carrington were named victims. The storm pounded the coast with sixty mile per hour winds damaging vessels and uprooting trees.
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United Press
Bay City
Texas
Pete Fisher
Ed Anderson Sr
al Carrington
Old Man
Accusations Hit Santone as Brookshart Probe Expands
Roy Campbell Creager appointee faced new charges at the Brookhart sub committee hearing in San Antonio. District Judge John Walls testified he was told by Captain Allen Walker that Campbell helped transport liquor across the border. Texas Ranger Harrison Hamer testified Campbell was seen intoxicated with associates at Del Rio and that Campbell ordered a liquor seizure case against a prominent Del Rio resident to be transferred.
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San Antonio
Roy Campbell
Brookhart
John Walls
Laredo
Allen Walker
United States
Campbell
Hamer
Harrison Hamer
Texas
del Rio
Lone Woman Robs Topeka Payroll of $14000
In Topeka Kansas a lone woman robbed W L Stalens cashier of the Secret Security Benefit Association seizing about fourteen thousand dollars in payroll. She forced A J Pertich to drive to the scene and fled on foot leaving clothing and a revolver later found near an apartment. Police described the suspect as thin faced dark complexioned aged about 25 to 27.
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Topeka
Kan
W. L. Stalens
Secret Security Benefit Association
A. J. Pertich
Kansas City
Stalons
Louis Streit
Association
Central National Bank
Association Hospital
Stalon
Streit
Pertich
Methodists Gather for Quarterly Conference Dinner
The First Methodist Church hosts a large gathering with attendees from Dodd City Windom Honey Grove Ector Ravenna and nearby areas. A lawn dinner precedes the quarterly conference with Rev Morr presiding and Rev A J Weeks handling routine church business. The event evokes old camp meeting memories. The article notes Germany’s postwar living costs rising over 60 percent.
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Gia Ehod
Re J ' Morr
First Methodist Church
A J
Dodd ‘Ity
Windum
Honey Grove
Ector
Ravenna
Wanted Dead or Alive Willie Doody the Chicago gunman
The article portrays Willie Doody known as Baby Face as a dangerous Chicago gunman charged with killing Teon Raymond a druggist and wounding Postal Inspector Evan Jackson Sergeant Clarence Falk and a South Side restaurant van. He is accused of leading a gang that robs stations and has staged at least three raids since the murder of Policeman Levy Caternational Newsroad.
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Willie Doody
Chicago
Baby Face
Teon Raymond
Evan Jackson Sergt
Clarence Falk
Party Highway Police
Leshy
Postal Rearders
Polkenn Levy
City Works On Paving Gravel Streets This Summer
The city crews under Mayor Crawford are plowing and resetting gravel streets to smooth bumps. They also patch paving to prevent small holes from growing, as part of summer work ahead of regular paving.
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Crawford
Nix case opens after jurors chosen in poisoning trial
Boston Texas June 29 The case of Ocie Nix charged with poisoning his wife began shortly before noon as the five required jurymen were selected to hear testimony.
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United Press
Boston
Texas
Ocie Nix
Miss Minneapolis Endurance Flight Nears Record in June
In Minneapolis and Roosevelt Field on June 29, pilots Owen Haughland and Thorwald Johnson aboard the Miss Minneapolis faced an oil leak but prepared to stay aloft with a 15 gallon reserve. Their aim is a new world endurance mark, with a Sunday 10:30 a.m. attempt anticipated if conditions hold. meanwhile the Three Musketeers, also near their sixtieth hour, reported engine trouble and a landing at 10.5 hours.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Owen Haughland
Thorwald Johnson
Haughland
Roosevelt Feld
Martin Jensen
William Uldrich
Plans for Bonham Airport Move Forward
Mayor Crawford and the city attorney announce plans to establish a Bonham airport near the West Bonham area. Officials say initial arrangements are nearly complete and a first aviation unit could be built, with more added as needed to achieve an A 1 rating and first class status. Details to follow as work commences and government officials provide further information.
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Crawfod
Hips Amu
Tom Kort Worth
Dallas
Bonham
Crawford
Leon
Urlee
Rawford
Ettrac
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