Killing of Rockdale Citizen Finis Catchings Investigated
The death of 24 year old Finis G Catchings of Rockdale after a shooting at a Calvert filling station Friday night is under Robertson county grand jury investigation. Police report an alternate Mexican involved and a wounded Mexican brother recounts differ as officers hold a suspect on bond awaiting grand jury action.
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Finis G. Catchings
Rockdale
Calvert
Robertson County
Catchings
W. C Colvin
Colvin
E. B Phillips
Boly
G. W. Catchings
Charley
Grand
Calvert Tribune
Rockdale Man Fatally Shot. Mexican Hurts Also Reported
Finis Catchings, about 25, of Rockdale, was shot and killed. Frank Remaniz was wounded by gunfire, with the incident involving a Mexican victim or suspect noted in the early report. Further details were incomplete in the fragment.
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Rockdale
Local Social Notes from Jones Prairie and Area
Mrs. Dewey Black and her son visited Baileyville with Mrs. Charley Bailey on Wednesday. Mrs. Howard Schwarting and daughter and Mrs. A. T. Johnson called on Mrs. Ben Massengale. Charles Fontaine of Cameron stayed with his parents Wednesday night. Hazel Douglas and Helen Fleming vacationing in Teague with Mrs. P. H. Love. Mrs. Love returned from Fort Worth after weeks with Rev. and Mrs. Robert Dodson and Martha Ann Mya. Homer Crook is ill. Ruth and Ruby Roden spent Sunday night with Roxie Fontaine. Miss Jennie Walford and Miss Evelyn Harrell spent the weekend.
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Dewey Black and Son
Baileyville
Charley Bailey
Howard Schwarting
A. T. Johnson
Ben Massengale
Charles Fontaine
Cameron
Hazel Douglas
Helen Fleming
Teague
P. H. Love
Fort Worth
Robert Dodson
Martha Ann
Homer Crook
Ruth
Ruby Roden
Roxie Fontaine
Jennie Walford
Evelyn Harrell
Houston Weekend Visits and Cameron Club Meeting Report
Mrs. Julian Burnett spent the weekend in Houston with her mother Mrs. Anderson. The Cameron club met Monday March 27 with Mrs. Don Slocomb. due to low turnout, Mrs. Carl Black presented Home Water Supply and Mrs. Archie McLer Home Sanitation, followed by Malaria Mosquitoes Punch. Next meeting will be with Miss Ethel McKinney on the second Tuesday in April. Mrs. Bailey Jones of Cameron visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jamison. Miss Roxie Alday is ill. Dick Harper was a business caller in Rosebud. Annie Lee Canady was Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Miller Smith.
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Don Slocomb
Cameron
Carl Black
Archie McLerran
W. J. Fontaine
Ethel McKinney
Bailey Jones
J. A. Jamison
Roxie Alday
Dick Harper
Restrictions Removed on Prescription Liquor
Washington March 31 The Cel ler Copeland medicinal liquor bill removing restrictions on prescriptions by physicians passed the house after a senate approval yesterday. The standing house vote was 153 to 59 with Representative Blanton opposing as the only speaker against the measure.
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Washington
Celler-Copeland
House
White House
Senate
Representative Blanton
Texas
Texas Homicides in 1933 First Quarter Reach 85
A Texas wartime style tally shows 85 homicides in the first quarter of 1933 based on dispatches. January accounted for 47 slayings while 19 occurred in each of the remaining two months. Firearms were used in most cases. The 1932 record for the same period stood at 88.
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Dallas
Texas
How Black-Draught Holds its Popularity
A brief promotion describes Thedford's Black Draught as a widely approved economical laxative. It highlights low cost no-packaging expense and light weight for freight savings while promising prompt relief from constipation and associated symptoms.
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Thedford
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Goodyear
Porticania Nate
Hefley-Stedman Motor Co
Jones Prairie
J. K. Freeman
Cameron, Texas
Will Ondrej
Parma
Santa Fe Town
McCormick-Deering Implements
Farmall
International Trucks
Adele Torian
Rice Institute
W. W. Porch
Houston
Mrs. Julian Burnett
Mrs. Anderson
Rosebud
Annie Lee Canady
Miller Smith
New Spring
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