Secretary of State Urges County Judges to Return Election Totals
Texas Secretary of State Davie sent letters to county judges demanding immediate returns of presidential electors votes. Law requires canvassing by November 23. over 150 counties reportedly had not sent in returns. Israel Dreeben of Dallas secured approval to rename Standard Trust of Birmingham to Standard Home. Texas HQ is in Dallas. Assistant Attorney General Lightfoot works on an amended petition in the state versus American Book Company case set for February 1 trial.
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Austin
Davie
Israel Dreeben
Dallas
State Department
Standard Trust Company
Birmingham
Ala
Standard Home Company
Texas
Atorney General Lightfoot
American Book Company
Texas rail commission official alleges trunk lines pad through rates
J. J. Arthur, chief clerk of the Texas railroad commission, testified before the interstate commerce commission that Texas trunk lines suppress earnings to justify rate hikes. He charged that independent lines receive 50 to 100 percent more through rates than the trunk lines, inflating apparent earnings.
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San Antonio
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. J. Arthur
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Four Hundred Boiler Makers End Texas Strike
Four hundred Denver railroad boiler makers returned to work after a two day walkout from Fort Worth to Texline demanding ten hours pay and ten hours work. General Manager Cotter compromised with the strikers.
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Childress
Tex
Denver
Fort Worth
Texline
Cotter
Ice damage hits Cottonwood and Florida farms
Cottonwood Alabama reports ice of one-eighth inch for three mornings. Frost killed all ten der vegetation in area and across the line in Florida, affecting crops and plant life.
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Cottonwood
Ala
Florida
Tragic Suicide by Coal Oil Fire Near Ector
In Sherman on November 19 Ethel Aughten of Ector twenty miles east of Sherman burned herself with coal oil after despondence over a love affair. Her clothing saturated, she was badly burned with flesh reportedly cooking and peeling away.
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Sherman
Ethel Aughten
Ector
Here
State committee to meet in Dallas to map statewide campaign
State anti prohibition chairman Wolters called a meeting of the state committee at the Southland hotel in Dallas on November 28 to arrange plans for a statewide campaign. He says no action will be announced until the committee meets.
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Houston
Wolters
Southland Hotel
Dallas
Texas firm plans Henrietta gas to Dallas Fort Worth
Dispatches from Port Arthur confirm plans to pipe gas from the Henrietta field to Dallas and Fort Worth. Details have not yet been arranged.
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Fort Worth
John W. Gates
Port Arthur
Texas Company
Henrietta Field
Dallas
Vault Too Strong in Fort Worth Lumber Office Heist
Two attempts to crack Owens Lumber Company vault in Fort Worth end with drilled holes and nitroglycerin blasts. The vault withstood both efforts and concealed about $3,000. Nearby residents were roused by the explosions.
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Fort Worth
Owens Lumber Company
Musician Magness Sentenced to Naval Prison
Charles Hart love alias Magness, a first class musician who left the service to marry the daughter of the late Senator Gorman, was sentenced to one year of imprisonment at Portsmouth naval prison New Hampshire and dishonorable discharge thereafter. His counsel argued delirium in anticipation of his honeymoon.
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Washington
Charles Hartlove
Magness
Gorman
Naval
Portsmouth
N. H
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