Highway bandits kill girl near Hearne pass
Miss Ledelle Hammond, 20, of Kosse, was shot through the heart and her escort Erwin Conway, 21, of Bryan, wounded when attackers halted their car nine miles north of Hearne on Highway No 6 Friday night. Conway described a lone woman signaling then two men emerging from darkness as they approached a parked car. The couple were driving to Bryan to announce their engagement.
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Bryan
Ledelle Hammond
Kosse
Erwin Conway
Here
Miss Hammond
Conway
Offcers
Highway No. 6
Ladell
Texas
Ervin Conway
Legion Boosters Plan Cameron July 4 Trips
The American Legion Edwin Hardy Post No. 9 stages annual booster trips to advertise the Cameron 4th of July celebration. Two caravan tours are set for June 22 and June 23, covering towns north west and south east of Cameron. Local business houses are urged to provide cars for the caravans to ensure a standout Cameron observance.
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Cameron
Cameron Municipal Road
Edwin Hardy
The
American Legion
Milam County Road Requests Before Austin Highway Board
Cameron Chamber of Commerce committee members led by County Judge Jeff T Kemp appeared before the highway commission in Austin on Monday to seek Milam County road improvements. The panel secured approval for adding banisters to the Elm Creek bridge, with further requests including concreting U S Highway 77 from Burlington to the Elm Creek bridge and the right of way for a project noted as Class 1 1.
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Good Roads Committee
The
Cameron Chamber of Commerce
L. van Perkins
W. M. Cobb
W. R. Newton
W. B. Skelton
Stanton Dossett
Jeff T. Kemp
Highway Commission
Austin
Milam County
Elm Creek
Burlington
Elm Creek Bridge
Word Lacking In Hunt for Mattern
In Seattle no word yet if two Navy airmen aboard the Ar gonne in the Pribilof Islands have reached a search for Jimmie Mattern missing six days on a Siberia to Nome flight. Ensign William A. Moffett Jr and Lieut John West face fog and clouds as weather slows rescue efforts. Naval radio at Puget Sound Yard has given no update from the Argonne.
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Seattle
Navy
Argonne
Pribilof Islands
Jimmie Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Nome
William A. Moffett, Jr
John West
Naval
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Milam County Names Five to Rehab Act Board
A five man County Board of Welfare and Employment was appointed by the Commissioners Court to oversee Milam public works under the Recovery Act and administer funds. The appointees are Judge O C Nolte Ben Arnold H C Meyer Rockdale Giles L Arriett Cameron J B White Cameron and Chas Saller Thorndale. Rev J P Love will remain chairman and director of the Milam County Emergency Relief Association while work falls under the new commission. The board seeks cooperation from the court Chambers of Commerce and civic bodies.
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Commissioners’ Court
Texas Rehabilitation and Relief Commission
Austin
O. C. Nolte
Ben Arnold
H. C. Meyer
Rockdale
Giles L. Arriett
J. B. White
Cameron
Chas. Saller
Thorndale
J. P. Love
Milam County Emergency Relief Association
Love
Court
Chambers of Commerce
County 10 Takes Loss on Unsecured Bank Funds
Depositors of Cameron State Bank won a Court of Civil Appeals ruling in Austin this week. Milam County held $34,500 in the bank unsecured and must share losses with other depositors as the court sustains Judge John Watson's injunction against the Banking Commissioner.
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Cameron State Bank
Court of Civil Appeals
Austin
Milam Coun
John Watson
City Plans Building Program Under New Federal Act
Mayor Chas. C. Smith said the city council is considering public works projects financed under the Public Works section of the National Recovery Act. Plans are at the formulative stage with no formal applications yet filed. A lengthy council session Monday discussed the overall public improvements program.
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Chas. C. Smith
Smith
Correction to Tax Payor Notice by Roy Law
The Publishers correct an error in last week’s notice to Tax Payers by Roy Law. The second paragraph should state that delinquent costs for 1920 and prior years are due and are not to be remitted. Taxpayers must pay the delinquent costs on these taxees.
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Roy Law
Henry Reichert Sharpe Pioneer Dies at 57
Henry Reichert 57 a Sharpe community pioneer died suddenly at his home from a heart attack. Funeral services will be at 2 30 p m Friday at the family residence with interment in Sharpe cemetery. Rev O C Acrey of the First Presbyterian church will conduct. He is survived by his widow two sons Ben F Reichert editor of the Cameron Enterprise and Clay Reichert of Eagle Pass a daughter Mrs Oscar Meeck of San Gabriel and granddaughter Mary Lou Meeck.
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Reichert
Cameron
Sharpe Cemetery
O. C. Acrey
First Presbyterian Church
Coleman Eplen
Ben F. Reichert
The
Cameron Enterprise
Clay Reichert
Eagle Pass
Oxcar Meeck
San Gabriel
Mary Lou Meeck
Mass meeting for Milam county trustees Friday
A general mass meeting of all Milam county school trustees will be held at City Park Friday starting at 10 a.m. The session will discuss next year's school apportionment amid tax curtailment and state-fund shortfalls. State Supt L A Woods is invited. W A Morrison and T A Fisher will lead and speak.
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Milam County
City Park
Kathryn Robbins
L. A. Woods
W. A. Morrison
State Board of Education
T. A. Fisher
1200 Cans of Corn Preserved for Winter Use
More than 1200 cans of corn were preserved for winter use Tuesday in a community meeting. On Tuesday June 27 tomatoes will be canned. Cameron residents are asked to provide assistance as county director J. P. Loves reports good results from the county earnings.
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Cameron
J. P. Love
Flood Control and Road Building Would Consume Million
L. Van Perkins of the Chamber of Commerce says full funding under the Reconstruction Act would cost about 50 000 per mile for county road work. A county delegation met the highway commission in Austin to push the plan. The budget seeks 500 000 for flood control in Little River and tributaries with government funding expected to cover all but 30 percent. Rural school improvements are listed at 100 000 with districts covering 70 percent under the act.
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L. van Perkins
Chamber of Commerce
Milam
Good Roads Committee
Highway Commission
Austin
Little River
County Board of Education
Wets and Days Speak Here July 4 Cameron
The Repeal Issue headquarters announce major speakers will address the 4th of July celebration in Cameron. Both sides plan to present arguments on repealing the 18th Amendment before Texas voters. large crowds are expected as seats are built. The event is organized by the American Legion and aimed at informing citizens ahead of the August 26 vote.
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Cameron
Texas
Cameron Racing Team Sets State Record at Corpus Christi Meet
Cameron Fire Department racing team clocks 21 4 5 to set a state mark and wins first prize at the Corpus Christi meet last week. They host a riverfront barbecue for department members tonight at the pump station with City officials as guests of honor. The team members include Oscar Schiller Captain Pete Kunz Jerry Mikula Blondy Brashear Zeke Brod Albert Richter Joe Richter and Will Cook noted delegates Will Cook attended the Fire Marshal's convention.
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Cameron Fire Department
Corpus Christi
Oscar Schiller
Pete Kunz
Jerry Mikula
Blondy Brashear
Zeke Brod
Albert Richter
Joe Richter
Monta Thomas
Jack Henderson
Will Cook
Richter
Firemn
Cameron
Mach
Tongate to Return to Cameron About August First
James M. Tongate, local manager for the Cotton Co-Operative Association, will return to Cameron about August 1 to resume duties with the government cotton office. He sends greetings from New Orleans where he is umpiring in the Southern League, a contract he left Cameron to fill this spring.
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James M. Tongate
Cotton Co-Operative Association
Cameron
Government Cotton
County requests 60 000 for records building funds
The Commissioners' Court asked the Federal Government for 60 000 to construct a records building under the public works division of the industrial recovery act. The mass meeting had urged 100 000, but the court reduced the request. The county must cover 70 percent of the cost with 30 percent funded by the government. The tax assessor and collector offices are now combined under a 1082 constitutional amendment to be elected in 1934.
Tucker Trials Resume At Belton Monday
Witnesses in the cases against J. Tucker have been summoned to appear in District Court in Belton Monday. At the present term of court four cases were set. A mistrial resulted in the first case to be tried when the jury failed to agree.
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J. ©. Tucker
Belton
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