Legion Vows Persistent War On Reds in El Paso
Special Correspondent reports the American Legion plans a nationwide effort to combat radicalism and Bolshevism, urging unity and constitutional action. State commander Hal Brennus arrived in El Paso to open theLavoon convention and address committee chairs. He stressed jobs, defense acts, and universal service while promising to press for a strong national defense and parity in naval treaties.
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EL Paso
Aue 24 Hadicaliam
American Legion
Hal Brennus
Brennan
Hotel Hilton
Congress
Ami
Funeral voyage ends in city crash in Holyoke
A motor vehicle collision on the highway near Holyoke injures mourners en route to the funeral of Florence P Sullivan. Mrs Rach Roy and Mrs Elizabeth Rowland were passengers in the same car and injuries are reported serious but non life threatening. Police investigate the single vehicle accident at the scene on the highway.
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Holyore
Mass
Florence P Sullivan
Mra
Rach Roy
Elizabeth Rowland
Oklahoma Hatchery Report Shows All Eggs Hatching
In Reno Oklahoma a hen tech on a hatch produced 14 eyed eggs. MB Bell put the gen under a duck. All the eggs hatched and all the chickens lived.
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MB Bell
Texas Legion Membership Held By 37,662 War Vets
Three fines for speeders were imposed in Judge C. D. Smith's court Monday as Chief Henry Bridge and Officer Tom Myers launched an offensive against fast auto driving. They warned that fines will be imposed regardless of excuses for reckless driving.
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Texas Legion
C. D. Smith
Henry Bridge
Tom Myers
Alfalfa Bill Stands Put on $1 Oil Demands
MEMPHIS August 24 Governor Murray declares Oklahoma oilfields under martial law will stay closed until all companies pay one dollar per barrel for crude Phillips Petroleum Company agrees to the price demanded by the governor The stand comes after recently closing the fields to operate under state order and pressure from local authorities and oil interests in the region.
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Memphis
Oklahoma
Murray
Phillips Petroleum Company
Engineer Is Lion Hunter on Vacations in Santa Monica
Locomotive engineer Jock Tooker, aboard the transcontinental line, spends weekends fishing and writes in spare time while also hunting lions during vacations. He is brother to Grace E. Tooker, post mistress.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jock Tooker
Tooker
Grace E. ‘Yooker
Texas American Legion convention details aid drive growth
The Texas Department American Legion held its annual convention with an executive committee meeting on Sunday. Hal Brennan reported Texas Legion membership at 37,662 as of Aug 8, with 13,900 more than a year ago. R O Whiteaker outlined a new quota system for the membership drive and discussed finances and service programs.
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Fel Paso
Texas Department
American Legion
Legionnaires
The
Legion
le Societe Des 40 Mommes Et 8 Cheveaux
8 And 40
Hal Brennan
Laredo
Texas
R. O. Whiteaker
Austin
Brennan
Legion Finances
Service Department
Cowboys Take Two of Three Seguin Games
Del Rio's Cowboys captured two of three games from the Seguin White Sox. They lost Saturday 9 to 8, won Sunday 22 to 2, and won the Sabbath clash 5 to 4. Taylor pitched the first Sunday game with Harrington from Eagle Pass pitching the second.
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Cowboys
del Rio
Seguin White Sox
Taylor
Harrington
School Bell to Call 34 083 Children in El Paso Schools
El Paso census shows 26 005 city pupils plus 4 965 common and separate districts. Fabens 1 100 San Elizario 437 Clint 576. State allocates 17.50 per pupil. city total 455 087 50 and all districts 596 452 50.
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EL Paso
Fabens
San Elizario
Clint
Stratford Defends Log Cutting Title at Amherst
W. J. Bill Stratford successfully defended the log chopping championship in Amherst Mass. He felled a red oak log 143 inches in diameter in one minute 29.4 seconds, more than a minute faster than the second place finisher.
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Amherst. Mass
W. J
Bill” Stratford
35,000 Suit Is Filed As Result Of X-Ray Photos
Hankow China August 24 UPH a thousand Chinese believed to have angered the Dragon God of Yamtze await death with oriental stoicism. Famine and disease have followed floods sweeping Hankow Wuchang and Hanyang provinces. Officials estimate by Christmas 200,000 will have died. They claim the death toll has already surpassed the 1,000,000 mark with hundreds of thousands more at risk.
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Hankow
China
Yamtze
Sanderson to Open School September 14
Sanderson public schools will open September 14 for 1931 32. The School Board announced the faculty includes 21 members with experienced teachers across High School Grammar School Mexican school and distant ranch and precinct assignments. The institute will be held in Alpine September 7 to 10.
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Sanderson
Schhool Board
Brannan
BE. Nelson
Duane Prmith
Cecil Camwhack
Barbara Hardy
Eva Chaffin
Corine Fox
Bonnie Cox
K. C Parker
Melburn Glass
S. E. Nelson
Margaret
Alpine
Ranchman Sues Clinic Over X Ray Burn Injuries
B B Ingham of Crockett County files suit in San Angelo district court seeking 35 000 damages from the San Angelo Medical and Surgical Clinic over X ray burns suffered during an operation two years ago. Dr H K Hinde used fluoroscopy for removal of steel from Inghams shoulder causing burns and grafting surgeries. He has spent months in hospitals including Temple and St Louis with more grafts and ligament lengthening planned. The clinic is capitalized at 50 000.
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Ozona
B. B. Ingham
Crockett County
San Angelo
James Cornell
Ingham
H. K. Hinde
Ingham Bert Tir Cornements
Temple
St. Louis
San Angelo Clinic
Columbus Inventors Propose Sinkproof Mail Bag and Fireproof Room
Postal officials study two Columbus inventions William E. Berry’s sinkproof mail bag tested with 640 pounds of concrete and magazines, and Michael Vukovich’s fireproof automatic mail room designed for airships ships or liners. Patents granted on both devices.
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Columbus
Ohio
William E. Berry
Mall
Michael Vukovich
Little Paradise NM Setting for Lost Love Suit
A Deming area ranch known as a paradise becomes the setting for a $140,000 lost love suit filed in Ballinger district court by Mayme Ruth Honeycutt. Co-defendants include John T. McElroy and his wife Mrs. McElroy, wealthy pioneers tied to El Paso interests. McElroy calls the suit absurd and plans to fight it. Mrs. McElroy is abroad in Europe and will return in October.
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EL Paso
U.P
Deming
N M
Paradise
John T. McElroy
Ballinger
Mayme Ruth Honeycutt
Honeycutt
John Honeycutt
McElroy
Southwest
West
Fort Hancock County
Pecos
St Louis Man Writes Will in Rhyme
David Laughlin auditor for the Missouri Pacific Railroad leaves a rhymed will to his wife naming her executrix without bond. Lawyers say the document is perfectly legal and valid.
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ST. Louis
U.pa
David Laughlin
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Threats Led to Martial Law in Killgore Fire Destruction
State troops patrolled Killgore after fires destroyed two churches and four buildings amid suspected red activity. An anonymous call to police led to jail guards and two arrests. Brigadier General Jacob F. Walters ordered full investigation and dispatched patrols to wells and tank farms under martial law.
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Kilgore
Killgore
Jacob F. Walters
East Texas
Oi Fields
Walters
Windsor Princes Favor Plain Food and Wings
The royal brothers of the House of Windsor show a penchant for plain meals and a notable taste for chicken wings. During a Paris visit the Prince of Wales consistently orders plainly cooked chicken wings for meals, while the Duke of York at West End meals also selects wings. The accompanying fish course is described as champagne cooked with artichoke hearts.
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London
Royal Brothers
House of Windsor
Prince of Wales
West End
Duke of York
Paris
Hinis
Britain forms national government to curb crisis
Aug 24 1931 London United Press reports officials announce a national government to ride out the economic crisis after the collapse of Ramsay MacDonald’s labor ministry. The cabinet fell after a failed budget deficit bid, with balance expected in five to six weeks and the labor government marked as Britain's second to fall from office since 1929.
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London
U.P
Britain
J. Ramsay -MacDonald
Harvey Plans Third Party Launch With Monetary Reform Platform
A local report from Mont Ne Ark outlines Harvey promoting a new third party led by William H. Coin Harv veteran Bry, aiming to convene next week with 8 Henders as a delegate. The five day convention would nominate President and VP candidates and adopt a platform seeking a monetary system revision.
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William H
William Jen- Bry
Cation Harvey
Mont Ne
Ark
Dell
H. Henders
United States
Harvey
Cereus Finally Blooms After 40 Years of Care
North Great River, Iowa. After four decades of tending a night blooming cereus, Mrs. M. E. Moran, 72, finally sees the flower bloom. The blossom stayed in its prime for three hours.
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North Great River
U.P
M. E. Morman
Mexico Closing Roads To Spite U.S. Bridge Hours
Firemen make twin dash to quench flames at the old Shipman place on East Third Street. Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the building before firemen arrived. a second alarm was turned in about 5:30 as embers rekindled in a breeze.
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Shipman Place
East Third Street
Baseball Player Mines On Team By Uniforms In One Week
SAYRE PA M George Norton a local semi professional baseball player wore many different uniforms in a single week making it unclear where he would play next He started the week at shortstop for Binghamton in the New York Pennsylvania League filling an injury vacancy Two days for Towanda then Ithaca used him at shortstop as the fourth day.
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Sayre
George Norton
Binghamton
Towanda
Ithaca
Geologists to map Rangeley Lakes district by land and air
The U S Geological Survey plans a summer mapping project in the Rangeley Lakes district in Maine. Ground surveys will accompany aerial charting conducted with U S Army planes to map the area.
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Augusta
Me. W
U. S. Geological Survey Service
Rangeley Lakes District
U.S. Army
West Texas Join In Demand for Early Closing
The Marfa Brownsville bridge dispute widens as Tamaulipas Governor Castellanos orders Matamoros to close highways to the bridge except 7 to 8 am 12 to 1 pm and 6 to 9 pm for six months with one week off each month. Americans may enter Matamoros anytime but return only during open hours. Mexicans may depart only during those hours.
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Brownsville
Matamoros
Castellanos
Tamaulipas
A. Cedillo
Roberto Garcia
Cedillo
Groom Returns to Jail After Marriage in El Paso
George M. Miller, 36, wed Ruby E. Boyd, 34, and was jailed minutes later as Peace Justice Ward married them in El Paso. Deputy Sheriff Cobb, acting as best man, left Miller to be congratulated by prisoners. Miller quipped I’m over with. Mrs Boyd had traveled from Houston upon learning of the trouble.
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George M. Miller
M. V. Ward
Ruby E. Boyd
Howell Cobb
Miller
Mrs. Boyd
el Paso
Houston
Weather Forecast for Rio Delt and West Texas
Cloudy conditions with probable showers Monday night and Tuesday. Sunday high 90, low 69, Monday morning 70. West Texas also cloudy with showers likely Monday night and Tuesday. Cooler in western sections Monday night. Partly cloudy overall.
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