Convention Denounces Ferguson Candidacy in Texas Rally
Williamson County convention attended by Gov. Dan Moody and Judge Richard Critz condemns James E. Ferguson’s gubernatorial bid disguised in his wife’s name. Resolutions praise administrative reform, tax relief for homeowners, and fair resource profits while urging Democrats to back safe, responsible government and the standard of good governance led by R. S. Sterling.
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Tex
Williamson County
Dan
Richard Critz
Commission of Appeals
Taylor
Gov. Moody
D. W. Wilcox
James E. Ferguson
San Jacinto
R. S. Sterling
Harris County
Chinese plan to trap U S gunboat Palos on Siang River
Navy reports indicate communists aim to block the Siang River between Changsha and Hankow to trap the U S gunboat Palos. Five Palos sailors were wounded in a recent clash. a granite laden junk tactic could block the river five miles downstream during low water, forcing Palos near Changsha.
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Washington
Siang
Changsha
Hankow
United States
Navy
Yangtze River
Liang
Palos
Chang
Prisoners Escape San Saba Jail On Monday Night
Three inmates Er Yin Grant Tyke Crain and George Thornton slipped through a rock dug from the wall under a window using a run around. Bloodhounds from Llano searched the area but no trace of the escapees was found. they remain at large.
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Sheriff Graves
Cherokee
San Saba
Er- Yin Grant
Tyke Crain
George Thornton
Liberty
Llano
Port Fire Destroys Wheat Car in Arthur Texas Blaze
A July 25 fire in Arthur Texas caused $8,000 to $10,000 in damage. The blaze, believed incendiary, destroyed about 1,200 bushels of wheat in a box car and damaged Mexican docks. Firefighters fought the flames for three hours to extinguish the blaze.
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Arthur
Tex
Pire
Calles Weds Secretly at Ranch Home
Gen Plutarco Elias Calles former Mexican president and Leonore Llorente 26 year old music student wed in a covert ceremony at the Calles Santa Barbara ranch 15 miles from Mexico City Only 10 guests attended including the bride’s mother the Robinsons and Interior Secretary Riva Valacio The couple had been courting for about two years following Calles’ first wife’s death in 1927.
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Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
Mexico
Leonore Llorente
Calles
Santa Barbara
T. A. Robinson
Alfred O. Robinson
Robinson
Interior
Riva Valacio
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
Senorita Llorente
General Calles
Los Angeles
Pick of Navy to Be Junked
The Florida and Utah battleships will be sunk by airplane bombs as part of a test of modern weaponry. Equipped with radio control, they will be pursued by the air squadron and destroyed at sea under London treaty terms. The Navy Department announced the plan today as a demonstration of air power.
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Washington, D. C
Florida
Utah
America
Navy Department
Borrowed Engine Ends With Fifty Dollar Fine
J E Scott borrowed a fifty thousand dollar Southern Railroad locomotive on July 4 to travel to Birmingham. He pleaded guilty to simple larceny and was fined fifty dollars. Witnesses said he boarded the idling engine early that morning and attempted to drive it, admitting he was drinking at the time.
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Atlanta
J. E. Scott
Southern Railroad
Birmingham
Scott
75,000 Heat Victims Sleep in New York Parks
New York reports seventy five thousand fugitives from the heat spent the night in Central Park using lawns and benches for shelter. Despite showers the city faced another blistering weekend with a 90 degree high yesterday and rising temperatures this morning. Three deaths and three prostrations were reported in the latest tally.
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N. Y. Parks
New York
Central Park
E.S.T
Campaign Against Alien Rum Law Breakers Sees Focus
Washington reports a reorganized enforcement bureau prioritizes halting alien violators of prohibition statutes and using the Jones law to seek felony convictions and deportation. The drive targets major operators to cut off alcohol supply at its source.
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Washington
Reorganized Enforcement Bureau
Juror Gets Ten Years In San Quentin Case
Los Angeles August 5 The superior court sentenced John B Groves a former Julian Petroleum Corp juror to ten years in San Quentin for accepting a $5000 bribe from Jack Bennett and twelve others in the over issue stock trial two years ago He will appeal.
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Los Angeles
San Quentin
Superior Court
John B. Groves
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Jack Bennett
Indian Fighter of Old West Dies in Nevada
J C C Jack Yore a 73 year old prospector and famed Indian fighter died in Carlin Nevada from Wrights disease after a life spanning 150 gun battles and as a colorful old West figure. He roamed Colorado Utah and Nevada prospecting for years and never married. His last big deal was selling the Rip Van Winkle mine in 1915 for 25000 dollars.
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Salt Lake City
J. Cc
Jack” Yore
Carlin
Nev
Yore
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Kright
New York
Rip van Winkle
Virginia Mountains
Hoover Receives Disabled Veterans Leaders
President Hoover meets with the executive committee of the Disabled American Veterans led by H. H. Weimar to discuss monthly disability allowances under the New World War Veterans pension act and the need for extended assistance, more hospital space, and mental disability care. The delegation includes W. D. Corbly, H. E. Pinney, Earl Atkins, and others from across the nation.
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Hoover
Disabled American Veterans
H. H Weimer
Chicago
Veterans’ Bureau of Ways
Veterans’ Bureau
Weimar
Com. Weimar
W. D. Corbly
Cincinnatti
H. E. Pinney
Los Angeles
Poultry House Ventilation and Rearing Guidance
Advice warns that proper ventilation must prevent drafts and that raising chicks in improvised quarters yields unsatisfactory results.
Walter Waid to be warden of Huntsville State Prison
Walter Waid of Greenville was unanimously appointed warden of Huntsville State Prison by the Texas Prison Board in Houston. He will start about August 15, replacing acting warden R. H. Baughn, as the board also approved a $75,000 fireproof dormitory at the central State prison farm and renamed Imperial prison farm to Central prison farm in Sugar Land.
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Houston
Tex
Walter W. Waid
Greenville
Huntsville State
Texas Prison Board
W. A. Paddock
Waid
Lee Simmons
R. H. Baughn
Penitentiary
E. F. Harrell
Central State Prison Farm
Imperial Sugar Company of Sugarland
Imperial Prison Farm
Central Prison Farm
Paddock
Prison Board
Prank Fire Burns 23 Children in Sao Paulo Movie Room
A child's match prank at a Sao Paulo movie showing caused a deadly fire injuring 23 children. The Archimarchi brothers aged 14 and 15 planned the show with a 3 cent admission, but a match ignited cellulose film triggering the blaze as kids fled.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Former Negro Convict Charged In Cuero Youth Shooting
Albert Patton, a black ex convict, faced assault with intent to murder charges after a Tuesday night argument on the Cuero Westhoff road. Ver non Lambert, two year old Cuero boy, was wounded by a bullet passing through his cheek and ear. Patton waived his examining trial and is held on $1500 bond as he awaits further developments.
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Cuero
Tex
Albert Patton
Vernon Lambert
Cuero-Westhoff
Lambert
Patten
Corpus Christi
Patton
Decreases in City Fire Losses Reported
Austin and Texas cities show a sharp drop in fire losses totaling 996 061 dollars in the latest statewide figures. The report cites improved fire prevention and response as key factors behind the decline across municipalities.
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Austin
Tex
Fire losses decline in first six months of 1930
State fire insurance commissioner J. W. De Weese reported that fire losses in the first half of 1930 totaled 5,786,691, down from 6,782,752 in the same period 1929. The reduction is credited to anti carelessness and incendiarism campaigns targeting the two main fire causes.
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J. W. de Weese
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