Texas and South business conditions dip in April
In April Texas and the South showed poorer business results than the first quarter despite overall improvement in recent months. Credit remains abundant though rates rise. freight and livestock trails, cement plants run at capacity, lumber production down but shipments up, petroleum up due to curtailment, and building trade weak while wholesale and retail trade slow.
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Austin
Texas
South- West
Bernard Nichols
Texas Business Review
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Dallas Federal Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank
Secretary of State
McKenzie Rehearing Set for June 6 in Texas Murder Case
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals schedules June 6 for submission of John A. McKenzie alias Pete McKenzie s motion for rehearing. He seeks to overturn the court s decision upholding his death sentence for the 1927 murder of Sam Street San Antonio s chief of detectives.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
John A. McKenzie
Pete McKenzie
Sam Street
San Antonio
McKenzie
Small boy killed by car near New Braunfels
Darlos Quiroz a 14 year old Mexican boy was killed when struck by a car near his New Braunfels home six miles from town Friday afternoon. His father found him near a cane patch after he had walked about 100 yards. His back was broken and chest crushed. Officers investigate driver unknown.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Darlos Quiroz
Brasher Freed in Murder Case in San Antonio
Claude Brasher was acquitted by a jury in the 19th District Court after deliberating nearly 16 hours. He faced murder charges in the shooting of Henry Niemeyer at a filling station, with testimony stating Brasher did not know a crime was planned and left as the shooting began.
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Claude Brasher
Henry Neimeyer
San Antonio
Llo’colek
Brasher
Victor Turner
Niemeyer
Turner
HoldUp Man Gets 25 Years for Killing
Wichita Falls Texas May 26 Jack Nagie found guilty of murder in the 19th district court after an hour's deliberation. He shot Theodore Zimmermann during an attempted holdup last April 13. Nagie sought a suspended sentence claiming the shots were accidental.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Jack Nagie
19Th District Court
Nagie
Theodore Zimmermann
Zimmermann
Stonewall Jackson’s Bodyguard Dies at 79 in Texas
Harry C. McClausland a Confederate veteran and aged 79 died in Lockhart Texas He was born in Staunton Virginia in 1849 and served as Gen Stonewall Jackson’s bodyguard throughout the Civil War He entered the Fifth Virginia Volunteer Infantry at 13 and was paroled by General Grant on April 18 1865 He was first cousin to Gen John C McClausland.
Mercury Reaches 103 in Fort Worth Weather Reel
Fort Worth dated May 27. The afternoon temperature reached 108 degrees setting a new high for the date. A heat wave continues with citizens seeking shade and hydration as city services issue alerts and advisories.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Firemen Hurt In Paint Plant Blaze In Wichita Falls
Two firemen were injured when a fire and accompanying explosion damaged the Landon Hill Company and the Sherwin Williams Paint Company early Saturday in Wichita Falls Texas. Estimated damage ranged from 65 000 to 120 000 dollars.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Landon Hill Company
Sherwin Williams Paint Company
High School Graduate Shot in Accidental Discharge
Waelder Texas May 24 Miss Anna Grace Cockrill a high school graduate, daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Cockrill, was wounded by an accidental pistol discharge. The ball pierced her leg just above the knee and exited the limb. A young boy friend was handling the pistol when it went off.
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Waelder
Tex
Anna Grace Cockrill
A. A. Cockrill
Woman and child drown in Texas river crash
Dallas May 24 Mrs Barney Owens 33 and her seven year old daughter of Athens were drowned when their automobile plunged through a bridge rail into the Trinity River between Seagoville and Cramdall about 25 miles southwest of Dallas. Owens husband escaped with severe injuries as the car was pulled from the river two hours later.
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Dallas
Tex
Barney Owens
Athens
Trinity River
Seagoville
Cramdall
Here
Parachutist dies after failed open during Kerrville air show
83 year old Helton falls 1500 feet from a plane near Kerrville while attempting a parachute jump. He did not open his chute, suffered fatal injuries, and was identified by family in San Antonio. The incident caps a day of stunting by flyers, none other injuries reported. A second note reports a modern fireproof hotel project in New Braunfels with $145 000 subscribed and officers elected. Site chosen on Seguin Avenue.
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Kerrville
Tex
Edward QC
Helton
Inlaw
O. H. Kilpatrick
West
Summit Avenue
San Antonio
Kelley Field
Phelps
New Braunfels
Emil Fisher
Walter Faust
B. W. Nuhn
U. S. Pfeuffer
Adolf Henne
Bob Gode
J. R. Fuchs
I. A. Ogden
Emil Heinen
Faust
Seguin Avenue
Smiths to Build $2 000 000 Cement Plant Near San Antonio
Smith Bros Properties announces a $2 million cement plant project north of San Antonio near the Austin Highway. Excavation will start on an 10 acre site rail links, with hundreds of workers employed. A new plant will spur industrial growth as Terrell Bartlett and others tour the U S for data.
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San Antonio
J. W. Young
Smith Bros. Properties, Inc
United States
Missouri Pacific
Austin
Judge Young
Richard K Meade
Baltimore Cement Authority
J. H. Smith
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Schandua & Reichenau
Kor
Juenke & Schoenewolf
General Merchants
Stonewall Jackson
J. P. Helton
Stilwell, Oklo
Stilwell
C. H. Kilpatrick
Schandur & Reichenau
TIN Metal
H. Kuenemann
Mr. Farmer and
Stockman
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
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