Texas and Southwest Business Conditions Report April
April business conditions in Texas and the Southwest weakened from earlier-year gains. Factors include abundant but pricier credit, higher interest, firm money markets, 24 percent rise in Dallas district check clearance, and increased Fed borrowing. News highlights covered corporate charters, stock market strength, rail freight, lumber output, cement capacity, and mixed agricultural and trade signals.
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Austin
Texas
Southwest
Bernard Nichols
Texas Business Review
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Dallas
McKenzie Rehearing Set for June 6 in Texas
The Court of Criminal Appeals schedules June 6 for submission of John A. McKenzie alias Pete McKenzie’s motion for rehearing. He is under death sentence for the murder of Sam Street, San Antonio chief of detectives, on September 10, 1927, with the court having affirmed the death sentence.
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Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
John A. McKenzie
Pete McKenzie
Sam Street
San Antonio
McKenzie
Small boy struck by car in New Braunfels dies
Carlos Quiroz a 14 year old Mexican boy was killed near his home six miles from New Braunfels after going to the mailbox. He reportedly walked about 100 yards before collapsing with a broken back and crushed chest. Investigating officers have not identified the driver.
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New Braunfels
Tex
Carlos Quiroz
Brasher Freed In Murder Case By San Antonio Jury
Claude Brasher was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of Henry Niemeyer after a 16 hour jury deliberation in the 19th District Court in San Antonio. Brasher testified he drove Victor Turner to Niemeyer’s filling station the night of the pistol duel but claimed no knowledge of illegal intent. This was Brasher’s second trial after a hung jury previously.
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Claude Brasher
Henry Neimeyer
San Antonio
Llo’colek
Brasher
Victor Turner
Niemeyer
Turner
HoldUp Man Given 25 Years for Murder
Wichita Falls Texas May 26 Jack Nagie found guilty of murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison by the 89th district court after an hour's deliberation. He claimed the shooting of Theodore Zimmermann during an attempted holdup on April 13 was accidental.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Jack Nagie
89Th District Court
Nagie
Theodore Zimmermann
Zimmermann
Stonewall Jackson’s Bodyguard Dies in Texas at 79
Harry C. McClausland, Confederate veteran and first cousin of Gen. John C. McClusland, died in Lockhart, Texas, after serving as Stonewall Jackson’s bodyguard throughout the Civil War. Born 1849 in Staunton, Virginia, he joined at 13 and was paroled by General Grant on April 18, 1865.
Woman and child drown in car crash near Dallas
Mrs. Barney Owens a 33 year old Athens resident and her seven year old daughter 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 authorities pulled the car from the river two hours later.
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Dallas
Tex
Barney Owens
Athens
Trinity River
Seagoville
Cramdall
Here
Parachute Jumper Dies After 1500 Foot Air Fall Near Kerrville
Edward Q. Helton, 33, of San Antonio, plummeted 1500 feet during a stunt near Kerrville. He failed to open his chute after removing it on departure from a plane piloted by Harry Phelps Jr. and Whitey Powers. Helton, a WWI veteran with prior jump experience, died at the scene. burial plans set for Stilwell Oklahoma as survivors include his sister and parents.
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Kerrville
Tex
Edward QO. Helton
Inlaw
O. H. Kilpatrick
West
Summit Avenue
San Antonio
Helton
Kelley Field
Phelps
Heston
J. P. Helton
Stilwell, Oklo
Stilwell
Smiths to Build $2,000,000 Cement Plant in San Antonio
Smith Bros. Properties plans a $2 million cement plant north of San Antonio on the Austin Highway after acquiring a 500 acre tract. Excavation will start soon. the plant will employ hundreds and include water works and a sewer disposal system. Judge J W Young and J H Smith lead the project with noted cement expert Richard K Meade inspecting local raw materials. Engineers Terrell Bartlett and others tour the U S for data ahead of construction.
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San Antonio
J. W. Young
Smith Bros. Properties, Inc
United States
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Missouri Pacific
Austin
Judge
Mercury Reaches 103 in Fort Worth Heat Record
Fort Worth Texas May 27 a 108 degree temperature reached this afternoon setting a new high record for this date.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Firemen Injured in Paint Plant Explosion Damage Guts Two Firms
Wichita Falls Texas May 26 two firemen were injured when a fire and explosion wrecked the Landon Hill Company and the Sherwin Williams Paint Company early Saturday morning. Damage was estimated between 69000 and 12000 dollars.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Landon Hill Company
Sherwin Williams Paint Company
High School Graduate Wounded in Accidental Shot Incident
Waelder Texas May 24 Miss Anna Grace Cockrill a high school graduate daughter of Mr and Mrs A A Cockrill suffered a painful but not serious wound from an accidental discharge of a small caliber pistol The ball entered her leg just above the knee and passed through the limb A young boy friend was toying with the pistol when it discharged
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Waelder
Tex
Anna Grace Cockrill
A. A. Cockrill
Modern hotel project approved in New Braunfels for future build
A meeting of hotel company subscribers at the courthouse in New Braunfels raised 145000 for a modern fireproof hotel. Officers elected include Emil Fisher president Walter Faust vice president and B W Nuhn secretary treasurer. Directors named are Fisher Faust Nuhn Pfeuffer Henne Gode Fuchs Ogden and Heinen. Site chosen is on the old Faust homestead on Seguin Avenue. Negotiations are under way with hotel firms to secure a lessee.
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New Braunfels
Tex
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
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Stonewall Jackson
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