Special session eyed in Austin for January
Legislative leaders expect a January mid-session in Austin to tackle prison relocation and public utility regulation plus pension law fixes and county officer fee limits. Governor Moody authorized the plan while Representative Hubbard cautioned major prison reforms may be vetoed, with up-state centralization as the likeliest outcome.
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Austin
Tex
The
Legisla
Dan Moody
R. M. Hubbard
New Boston
Brazos Valley
Boy Clings to Plane Tail, Survives 7 Mile Flight
A 17 year old farmer, William Coombe, held on to the tail of a Curtiss Wright plane as pilot Don Darby warmed the engine. After seven miles of flight at 1500 feet between Moorestown and Camden, the boy, unaware of the warning, jumped and rolled but escaped with only a shaken state and was hospitalized.
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Camden
N. J
William Coombe
Don Darby
William
Darby
Coombe
Moorestown
Confessed Robber Pins Mastermind Role on Captain
Tom Bird Ervin testifies in the Clyde A. McNeil robbery trial that McNeil planned the First National Bank heist on March 18 and acted as lookout. Ervin, a mess sergeant, says the trio hid the money in the National Guard armory and fled to Houston in McNeil’s car after the robbery. Jurors have just been seated. only one of twelve is an ex-service man.
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McNeil
Ervin
National Guard
Houston
Bile. Ervin
Mason Sheriff Killer May Win Appeal
Herrera convicted of shooting Mason County Sheriff Allen Murray may win a new trial after an appeals court ruled the indictment lacked malice aforethought. The court has reversed four death-penalty cases on this ground, limiting sentences to five years for such indictments. State special prosecutor Sen Walter C Woodward plans rehearing motions to prevent reversal of Herrera's sentence.
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Ofilio Herrera
Allen Murray
Mason County
Herrera
Walter C. Woodward
Coleman
Texas Sheriffs Association
Sen. Woodward
John Swilley
Liberty County
Herrerra
Econvicts
Austin American
Rancher Sustains Severe Leg Injury In Hunting Mishap
Jim Bell a LaSalle County rancher is hospitalized in San Antonio with a broken leg after a hunting trip mishap in Webb County. He was crushed between two cars while attempting to free them from mud, as the first vehicle reversed, breaking his leg above the knee. He was transported to the city for treatment.
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Cotulla
Tex
Dee
Jim Bell
LaSalle County
San Antonio
Webb County
Bell
Georgetown Turkeys Worth About 100000 Dollars
Georgetown Texas reports the turkey crop and returns tied to it totaling near 100000 dollars. Birds sold from five adjoining counties with 11 cars carrying 18686 dressed birds weighing 242821 pounds shipped. Estimated number sold on foot exceeds the shipped amount. Cold storage and icing cost 190 dollars per car plus picking and handling from farm to market.
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Georgetown
Tex
Burns Fatal to Man and Woman Severely Burned
In Houston Texas a man died and a woman was in critical condition from burns. Louis McKenzie 24 of Little York died after his clothing caught fire near a campfire ten miles from Little York. Mrs Willie Lee Collins 40 suffered severe burns when a pan of gasoline she used to clean garments exploded.
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Houston
Tex
Louis McKenzie
Little York
Willie Lee Collins
Gasoline lamp blast burns Pearsall man
Pearsall Texas reports Dudley Bredthauer, a farmer and businessman, severely burned on the right arm and shoulder when a gasoline lamp exploded at his home. He extinguished the flames before any house damage. His wife suffered a minor burn to the head.
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Pearsall, Tex
Dudley Bredthauer
Bredthauer
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Evelyn Brent
Paramount Fair
Joseph Schildkral
Carmelita Geraght
Ture
Ficer
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Pearsall
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Eug. C. Schmidt
Holy & Beckmann
Keidel & Kallenberg
Petsch & Petsch
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