Miller Holds Down Office of Governor
Acting Governor Miller in Dallas handles state matters while Dan Moody attends to northern and eastern delegations. He schedules extradition hearings for Harry Springate and UC Compton, subjects of California requests, and oversees bills from the recent special session awaiting Moody’s return.
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Texas
Dan Moody
Barry Miller
Dallas
Miller
California
Harry Springate
Compton
Los Angeles
Springate
Brownwood
Moody
Neu Elected Texas Press Association President
Brenham Banner publisher Geo FE Neu was elected president of the Texas Press Association at the opening of the annual convention in Texas. Neu, ill in a Sweetwater hospital, was chosen unanimously as the first business of the meeting. He suffered paralysis Tuesday on a train bearing delegates from North Texas. Senator E G Senter of Dallas planned to urge constitutional amendments at the August vote. W W A Smith of the San Saba News was named chairman of the resolutions committee.
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Paso. Tex
Geo. FE
Neu
Brenham Banner
Sweetwater
Texas Press Association
North Texas
Texas
Robert Balbridge
Clifton
E. G. Senter
Dallas
Drink of fly poison kills thirsty Texan
Beaumont incident leaves Charles Joseph O'Reilly and J T Melnerney ill after mistaking a reddish arsenic insect poison for wine. They drank, fed chickens, and O'Reilly died within an hour while Melnerney remained in critical condition at the hospital.
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Beaumont
Charles Joseph O'Reilly
J. T. Melnerney
O’reilly
Eilly
McInerney
Tarantula attacks boy in Austin yard
Floyd Walker twelve was watering a hole when a giant tarantula shot from the ground and attacked him. Two other children helped battle the insect until Irma Lipscomb nineteen rescued them. The tarantula was the largest of its species ever seen in Austin.
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Austin
Tex
Floyd Walker
Moody Car Recovered After Theft Confession
Taylor police chief reports discovery of Miss Mary Moody’s Ford coupe stolen from her residence. A black ex convict confessed to stealing a Granger man’s car and burglarizing a Granger tailor shop. Suspect to be taken to Williamson county for trial.
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Taylor
Will Knight
Corsicana
James Dellinger
Mary Moody
Granger
Scenic road to Enchanted Rock linked to Llano plan
Llano Texas will start work immediately on a road from the Pecos Belt Highway to the Enchanted Rock financed by the Llano Chamber of Commerce. The Enchanted Rock, a 640 acre formation, lies between Llano and Fredericksburg in Llano County and belongs to the Moss estate. The site attracts many visitors in the tourist season with as many as 20 sightseers cars at times. The improved pasture road will give easier access to the rock from Llano via the Pecos Belt Highway.
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Llano
Tex
Pecan Belt Highway
Enchanted Rock
Pevan
Compressor Blast Damages Boerne Plant
A compressor air tank exploded at the South Pike Public Service Company plant in Boerne Texas on Saturday. The blast shattered all windows and demolished guard rails around engines. Superintendent J M Frances narrowly escaped injury, having just left the tank area.
Fisher Trial Moved in Bell County Case
The case of Munro Fisher charged with murder in the shooting death of ex Sheriff A W Bonds was transferred to Milam County by District Judge Lewis H Jones. Bonds was shot May 11 and an indictment was returned by the Bell County district court grand jury.
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Belton
Munro Fisher
A. Www Bonds
Milam County
Lewis H. Jones
Bonds
Bell County
Boy Drowns in Pool Near Railroad Tracks
Salvador Zarate a 14 year old Mexican boy drowned in a pool near the Ss P tracks at Falfurrias Texas after entering deep water while bathing with others. He could not swim and sank with no one nearby to assist. James T Maupin recovered the body after about 30 minutes.
Pet Wolf Attack Near Tex city Leaves Boy Scarred
In Tex. a seven year old, son of Mr and Mrs Oran Fryer, was nearly killed when a neighbor Dan Orr’s pet wolf, usually chained, was released and attacked him while he played. The wolf was killed and sent to Austin for rabies testing. the head showed no signs of disease.
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MsKinney
Tex
Robert Frayer
Oran Fryer
Dan Orr
Austin
Lightning strikes kill boy in cemetery at Buckner Orphan Home
In Dallas a lightning bolt struck under a tree where children from Buckner Orphans Home sheltered during a grave dig. Ismal Akin 18 was killed and Hawthorne father burned. Four other children were injured or unconscious. The grave being dug was for Mildred King 16 who died Friday.
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Dallas
Tex
Buckner’s Orphans Home
Ismal Akin
Hawthorne
Mildred King
Body of Drowned Girl Found Near Guerra Texas
The body of Alicia Kifuri, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E Kifuri, who drowned in the Rio Grande Sunday, was found near Guerra about 35 miles from where she fell. Crowds hunted the riverbank day and night. A $300 reward had been posted for recovery. Mrs Kifuri collapsed after the accident and was not expected to live. The Kifuri family owns an overall factory in Eagle Pass. Funeral processions were reported as the largest ever seen in Eagle Pass.
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Henderson
Tex
Tom Mason
Here
Josie Bell Mason
Richard Mason
Leta Mason
Eagle Pass
Alicia Kifuri
E. Kifuri
Rio Grande
Guerra
Kifuri
Two Convicts Killed by Guards in May Report
The monthly prison report to Governor Dan Moody notes two inmates killed by guards and 44 escapes in May. May 1 total prisoners rose to 3295, with 199 new admissions reaching 3384 on June 1. Additional movements included recaptured, returned by sheriffs, parole returns, pardons, and several deaths or transfers across Huntsville and state farms.
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Dan Moody
Huntsville
Insane
Indian Graves Win Interest at Marble Falls
Marble Falls reports an ancient Indian grave yard unearthed near the Marble Falls Textile Mills dam site by Joe Powell. Skeletons and artifacts including arrows and shells were found, with jaws of a large man and a small child among the remains, suggesting burial or historic conflict.
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Marble Falls
Joe Powell
Marble Falls Textile Mills Company
Leahy Appeals Death Sentence in Ramsey Murder Case
Leahy, SGT Hary J. Leahy of George West, appealing a death sentence for the murder of Dr. J A Ramsey in May 1926. The criminal appeals court will act at the next term after adjournment around June 25. This would be Leahy’s third trial after prior convictions in Live Oak and Williamson counties.
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Hary J. Leahy
George West
J. A. Ramsey
Mathis
Leahy
Ramsey
Live Oak County
Williamson County
Brady’s Reunion and Race Meet at Texas Camp Grounds
Brady hosts a four day event July 4 to 6 featuring running and baseball races daily, a big free barbecue on July 6, band concerts and patriotic speeches, films, dances, and an orchestra. The campaign promises one price admission for races and ball games plus family entertainment into the night.
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Brady
Texas
Baylor Wreck Jury Dismissed In Bradshaw Suit
In Waco Texas Judge Sam Scott dismissed 12 jurors from the 19th district court after failing to reach a verdict in Wesley Bradshaw's $52 000 damage suit against the I G N railroad. Bradshaw alleges injuries from the Baylor bus collision with a train at Round Rock on January 22.
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Waco
Tex
Wesley Bradshaw
19Th District Court
Sam Scott
Bradshaw
Baylor
Round Rock
Threshers Endorse Lee Overalls and Unionalls
Sterling Bros advertise durable work wear urging threshers to choose Lee Overalls and Unionalls for better fit and longer wear than two ordinary pairs.
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Sterling Bros
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