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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1929
Page
9
A San Benito sports fan telegrammed Governor Dan Moody urging Rangers be sent to halt Sunday domino games in Valley hotel lobbies. The governor had already dispatched a ranger to Donna to preclude a boxing card after a large Valley crowd gathered to attend.
The senate sub committee investigating the Texas patronage situation will hold hearings in Texas around July 1. Sessions are planned for Dallas and San Antonio with Len Smith Brookhart of Iowa stating the hearings may begin in San Antonio. He expects the Texas proceedings to be as lively as the Washington meetings last spring.
Taylor County grand jury reported it could not assign criminal liability to any party in the Abilene Texas gas explosion that killed Gene Frank Lawler his wife and their baby daughter.
Clint Burns was hospitalized in Austin with three pistol wounds after a fist fight in Ledbetter, La Grange area. His brother Jim Burns was jailed in La Grange on a charge of assault with intent to murder. both men faced fighting charges.
Harold Harris of Belton, Texas, was pulled unconscious from the Bosque River and revived by artificial respiration. Minutes later a car carrying him to a hospital overturned, again reviving him by respiration. He recovered and reached home after the Blue Hole rescue near Walker's Crossing with no further treatment.
In Edinburg officials report amoebic dysentery has killed three members of the Tinkler family in two days. Water analysis shows no contamination and doctors suspect overripe fruit. Lancaster, 8. Rose Marie, 5. Catherine, 10, all died. Coles, 5, remains hospitalized with hope for recovery.
Plainview June 7 wind storms with hail and rain killed R A Cassady at Flagg and J A Snues at Running Water. Six houses destroyed, six injured family members, and tornado damage touched Olton Lamb and Castro counties. Auto mobiles and windmills damaged along with a theater garage and two guns.
Caldwell scene report says Bastrop County farmer Goerner was acquitted of murdering his wife after a one hour jury deliberation. The defense argued no witnesses and cited a possible burglary during the April 22, 1927 killing. Goerner claimed bias by investigators and testified a tramp was nearby.
In Galveston on June 10 Irene Ahlberg Miss Greater New York won the title Miss United States at the fourth international pageant of procure beauty. Judges preferred her chestnut hair and winning smile as the crowd applauded the decision tonight.
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