Democrats Lead In Vote For Electors In Texas
The Texas state election board reports 197 counties canvassed for presidential electors: 220,482 Democrat electors, 85,856 Republican, 20,593 Black and Tan, 41,090 American Party, 6,683 Socialist. Total 374,704. 50 counties, including Dallas and Bexar, not yet counted. Secretary Milne urges missing counties to send returns. list includes Bexar, Dallas, Franklin, Freestone, Goliad, Gregg, Hancock, Hidalgo, Hill, Hopkins, Kinney, Lamar, Liberty, Loving, Martin, Nueces, Oldham, Palmer, Kendall, Refugio, Runnels, San Jacinto, San Patricio, San Saba, Shelby, Smith, Starr, Swisher, Titus, Trinity, Upshur, Uvalde, Wichita, Fort Bend, Bandera, Brazos, Coke, Concho, Crane, Dickens, Eastland, Ellis, Falls, Foard, Cochrane, King.
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Austin
Tex
State Election Board
Dallas
Bexar
C. D. Milne
Franklin
Freestone
Goliad
Gregg
Hansford
Hidalgo
Hill
Hockey
Hopkins
Kinney
Lamar
Liberty
Loving
Martin
Neuces
Oldham
Palmer
Kendall
Teal
Refugio
Runnels
San Jacinto
San Patricio
San Saba
Shelby
Sherman
Smith
Starr
Swisher
Titus
Trinity
Upshur
Uvalde
Wichita
Fort Bend
Bandera
Brazos
Coke
Concho
Crane
Dickens
Eastland
Ellis
Falls
Foard
Cochrane
King
State Bank Balance To Be Four Million
Austin Texas estimates place Texas treasury year end balance at 4,420,753 with total property value around 3.385 billion and income from other sources about 9.25 million. Ad valorem tax revenue would rise to 6.32 million under controller figures while deficits possible if tax board estimates prevail.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Treasury
Controller's Department
Department
Tax Board
State Tax Board
Cotton ginned to Nov 14 totals 8,920,776 bales nationwide
Washington reports total ginnings through November 14 reach 8,920,776 running bales including 177,212 round bales and small shares of American Egyptian and sea island types. Compared with last year’s 7,604,320, state figures show Alabama 605,936 Arkansas 676,192 Georgia 1,167,440 Texas 3,156,773 and other totals across the states.
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Washington
Sea Island
Census Bureau
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Ennessee
Texas
Virginia
States
Planes to Guide Seal Hunters
Captains of the Newfoundland sealing fleet expect a large kill this season aided by two airships serving as scouts. The airships will search for herds of young seals and relay locations by wireless to guide the fleet.
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St. Johns
N. F
Newfoundland
New Flying Record Made
Eddie Rickenbacker flew from Los Angeles to San Francisco on Sunday in three hours and ten minutes setting a claimed record for a northward flight of 341 miles.
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San Francisco
Eddie Rickenbacher
Los Angeles
Texas News Bits From Karnes City To Brownsville
A roundup of Texas items notes a state guaranty bank formed at Karnes City and appointments by Governor Hobby including Henry Edwards as regent at Denton. Reports cover bond issues in Abilene and Gonzales, road work in Orange County, rattlesnakes in Jackson County, and a Freeport levee bond. Oil prospects at Grosabeck, cotton ginnings in Gonzales County, and a San Antonio Federal Reserve branch proposal are included, plus farming, beekeeping, health drives, Hearne lumber export, and proposed constitutional changes to expand the supreme court and abolish nine civil appeals courts.
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Muleshoe
Hobby
Texas
Texas Public Health Association
Horatio Hearne
Hearne
West Texas
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Uvalde County
Pecos Valley
Texas Railroads
Railroad Commission
State Highway Commission
County Commissioners
Good Road Associations
United States Warns Britain on Mandate Equality
The United States, in a note from Secretary Colby to Earl Curzon dated November 20, rejects Britain’s view that Mandate treaties apply only to League of Nations members. It insists the U S cannot be excluded from rights under peace treaties and seeks equal treatment in Mesopotamia and Palestine petroleum fields.
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Great Britain
United States
Colby
Earl Curzon
Foreign Office
Near East
League of Nations
Mandate
Mesopotamia
Palestine
U S Officer Wins Pulitzer Trophy Aero Race
Lieutenant C C Moseley won the first Pulitzer trophy aero nautical race flying a Vergille Packard Army plane. He completed the 132 mile course in 44 minutes 29.57 seconds at an average speed near 178 mph ahead of 34 starters in Mineola New York.
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Mineola
N. Y
C. C. Mosely
Captain Held Not Guilty For Grounding Of Pittsburg
Captain W. Todd commander of the U S cruiser Pittsburg was absolved of blame for her grounding off Ligat in September at a court martial aboard the ship at Chatham. The navigator and watch officer face trial.
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London
W. Todd
United States
Pittsburg
Ligan
Chatam
Chevrolet Deaths Attract Coroner Ruling In L A Speedway
Certificates of accidental death were issued by the coroner on Friday for Gaston Chevrolet and Eddie O'Donnell, both automobile race drivers, and Lyall Jolls, a mechanician, who were killed in Thursday's 250 mile championship race at the Los Angeles speedway.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Gaston Chevrolet
Eddie O'Donnell
Lyall Jolls
Los Angeles Speedway
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Henry Edwards
Troup
College of Industrial Acts
Denton
United Cotton Growers’ Association
el Campo
L. H. Lyner
W. A. Johnson
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Menico
Plainview
Attorney General
City of Abilene
Gonzales County
Orange County Commenders Court
Orange and
Beaumont
Jackson County
Freeport
Grosabeck
James R. Reed
San Antonio
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
Colonial Assurance Company
New York
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Supreme Court
Courts of
Civil Appeals
Joe Burkett
Bautland County
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Britain
U.S
Chevrolet
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Ihn
la Grippe
Bayer
Bayer Manufacture
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Baliérboaald
Bolton
Vickers
American Drug CO
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Thacher Medicine CO
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