Windstorm damages Marble Falls textile mill and town
A swift southwest wind at 4 pm unroofed the Certified Laboratories textile mill in Marble Falls causing 20 000 to 30 000 in damage. The 300 foot building housed costly machinery and was set for hospital supply manufacture. Ellison's grocery and homes suffered damage as roofs blew off and a tree was toppled onto a car. Rain and hail accompanied the storm.
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Marble Falls
Tex
Emery, Peck & Rockwood
Ellison
Ruth Hearnatz
Great dirigibles set new west coast crossing records
The R-100 flew Cardington England to St. Hubert Quebec in 75 hours 51 minutes setting a westward Atlantic crossing record. ZR-3 later Los Angeles crossed Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst in 81 hours in 1924. Graf Zeppelin earliest 111 hours 46 minutes in 1928. R-34 108 hours 13 minutes Scotland to New York in 1919. Graf Zeppelin westbound 55 hours 24 minutes Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen in 1929. Pacific crossing Tokio to Los Angeles 67 hours in 1925.
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Atlantic Ocean
Cardington
England
St. Hubert
Germany
United States Navy
Los Angeles
Friedrichshafen
Lakehurst
N. J
Lake Hurst
Scotland
New York
Pacific
Tokio
Victim Found Dead in Burned Georgia Farmhouse
The charred body of an unidentified man was found in a burned farmhouse near Louisville Georgia. Authorities say he was slain after a struggle in a swamp and carried inside to burn. Police suspect robbery or a gambling-related motive after a ride gone wrong.
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Louisville
Campaign Opens To Store Cotton At 20 Cent Peak
Dallas August meeting of the Farmers' Marketing Association of America discussed a plan to store 5,000,000 bales of cotton until prices reach 20 cents per pound by December 1. Officers and directors were re-elected.
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Dallas
Tex
Farmers’ Marketing Association of America, Inc
Fred W. Davis
I. B Alford
State Department of Agriculture
M. H. Wolfe
O. P. Norman
Kaufman
Charles B. Metcalfe
San Angelo
W. B. Yeary
T. W. Davidson
Marshall
Austin
Joe Buie
Hillsboro
C D. Peavey
Reinhart
W S. Kirby
Lightning Kills Two Snowden Brothers Near Lufkin
During a rain and electrical storm a bolt killed Bud Snowden twenty miles east of Lufkin Texas. The 29 year old and his 17 year old brother Barto Snowden had sought shelter under a shed on the Weeks place along the Jim Hogg Highway.
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Lufkin
Tex
Bud Snowden
Barto Snowden
Here
Jim Hogg Highway
Dr George W Butte Seen As Nominee In July Republican Primary
Incomplete returns from the July Republican primary place Dr George W Butte of Austin ahead of Hugh E Exum of Amarillo for the party nomination for Governor. E D Toothman reports leads changing with updates and county conventions broadly back the Hoover Administration and state leaders Creager Nolte.
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Dallas
Tex
E. D Toothman
Republican
George W. Butte
Austin
Butte
Hugh E. Exum
Amarillo
J. F. Lucey
Hoover
State Executive Committee
Brownsville
R. B. Creager
Captain Lucey
Lucey
White House
Tubhman
Creager
Eugene Nolte
World on decrease sheep supply
Washington officials forecast a notable reduction in U S and international sheep numbers over the next two to three years. The agriculture department said the drop would improve the sheep and wool industries, signaling tighter supplies and potential price effects.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Agriculture
Grass Fire Warning Issued by Texas Fire Commissioner
Austin July warning from Fire Insurance Commissioner J W DeWeese urges Texans to avoid grass fires amid a long dry spell. He warns of serious, costly grass conflagrations and calls on citizens to abstain from starting fires or discarding cigarettes matches and ashes into grass.
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Austin
Tex
J. W. DeWeese
DeWeese
Texas
Electric worm catcher works in Milwaukee suburb
Fire Chief Adolph Schuster of Lake Milwaukee announced a perfected worm catcher for fishermen. He stuck a rod into the ground and hooked two wires from an electric light socket. In ten minutes worms emerged. he proposed sprinkling water to speed up the process.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Adolph Schuster
Lake
Schuster
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Sweet Roses
Universal Fam
Maxwell House
Rio
J. M. Bratton
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Pillsbury Best
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