Four Constitutional Amendments Backed Across Texas Campaign
Austin July 5 Organization backing four constitutional amendments to be voted August 1 plans extensive statewide rallies next week with state bar association lawyers aiding. Governor Moody to stump populous counties. Rep J W Steveson claims opponents misstate tax burden and says the amendment broadens taxation by applying intangible, occupation, franchise and gross receipts taxes.
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Austin
W. A. Keeling
Tues
Vic Keelig
Texas Bar Association
Houston
Dan Moody
Texas
J. W. Steveson
Victoria
Chinatown in Chicago nets tunnels under block
Narcotic agents told U S commissioner Beitler of a tunnel network linking every building in a Chinatown block. May Fong faced a $1000 bond after a raid on an opium smoking resort uncovered bunks and smoking outfits. A wine press and five barrels of Chinese wine were found under a drug store and handed to prohibition officials.
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Chicago
Henry C. Beitler
United States
Chinatown
May Fong
Prohibition
Pollard opens drive on gambling resorts
Austin reports Attorney General Claude Pollard directs action against Loma Linda Fort Bend county resort near Houston with an injunction to curb gambling. No arrests made and no actionable evidence found. Judge M S Munson issued the order. similar steps may follow against other dens in Fort Bend and Galveston counties.
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Austin
Loma Linda
Fort Bend
Houston
Claude Pollard
Galveston County
Pollard
M.S. Munson
Angleton
Mexico
D. A. Simmons
Galloway Calhoun
Munson
Harris County
Bridge Club Social at Mrs Penn Wolf Home
Mrs Penn Wolf hosted a Tuesday bridge gathering in gala attire with bright zinnias. Three tables competed. high score went to Mrs Edwin Bigbee, consolation to Miss Lois Burnett, hostess served grape ice and cake. guests included Mrs Edwin Bigbee and other local women.
Air tour planes reach Cincinnati on leg of safety flight
Twelve planes of the national reliability air tour landed in Cincinnati after departing Columbus at 2 43 p m The first to land was Lieut John Paul Riddle of Cincinnati in a Waco at 3 25 p m followed by Charles Meyers of Cincinnati The group then proceeded to Dayton Columbus and Cincinnati for ramps and will depart to Louisville A parachute jumper Russell Moore nearly collided with the Miami River but used a water landing to escape harm as a wind helped him reach a river island safely.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Columbus
Nati
Waco
Charles Meyers
Norton Field
Chamber of Commerce
Dayton
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Louisville
Kentucky
Russell Moore
Miami River
Moore
American Legion Resolutions Tabled At Houston Convention
The state American Legion met in Houston and adopted resolutions urging the government to jail draft evader G C Bergdoll if he returns from Germany, letting voters decide veterans’ honored citizen status, declaring May 30 as a grave decoration holiday, retiring disabled emergency officers, restoring foreign service credit for army retirement, and funding upkeep of state shrines like the Alamo.
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Houston
Tex
State
American Legion
G. C. Bergdoll
Germany
Congress
Alamo
Rural mail routes mostly motorized in new postal drive
Ninety six percent of forty five thousand four hundred eighteen rural routes have been motorized reflecting a major shift in postal delivery. A Paris court awarded eight hundred dollars for loss of smell after a cook was hit by a taxi, highlighting personal injury values. In Mackenrode Saxony every bride married in twelve months but one bore the surname Mueller.
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Paris
Mackenrode
Saxony
Mueller
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Ciapre
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Geo. A. Thomas
Cameron
Bridge Club
John Paul Riddle
Cincin
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Santa Fe
Chas
Frank Green
C. N. Green & Brothers
Detroit
Essex
Horstmann Bros
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