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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1926
Page
9
The Palo Alto school schedules an afternoon program on Saturday May 22 1926 with after supper events. Barbecue dinner and supper will be served. Music refreshments will be on the grounds and various entertainments will take place in the afternoon.
Litthe McMahon, swept from Onion creek bridge during heavy rain, was found in about two and a half feet of water three and a half miles below Bluff Springs. Bob Bryan of Lockhart located the boot and coroner Frank R. Tannehill held an inquest. Funeral services planned at the McMahan residence in Dale.
The Eighth Corps Area reports 1855 applications toward a 3600 quota for Citizens Military Training Camps. Captain W A Wappenstein notes Ardmore Oklahoma headquarters submitted 425 applications, about half the quota to be trained at Fort Sill. Six camps will be held this summer and close 30 days before opening around July 1 per Colonel J W Heidt.
Mrs. M. A. Kowert offers piano boxes for sale at 1.31 dollars. Norman Bros advertises a special dress sale.
Senator Earle B. Mayfield told Mrs. J W Glass of the WCTU in San Antonio that any congressionally passed Volstead act changes would strengthen enforcement. He noted a light wine and beer bill would likely fail in the Senate with scant support.
Washington April 26 The senate approves the Belgium funding deal for its 417 780 000 war obligation as talks on France four billion dollar debt proceed. The American debt commission flags major French provisions and will brief Ambassador Berenger. A meeting with Yugoslavia is set for tomorrow to press a broad agreement.
W. W. West, 56, testified for an hour about the motive for fatally shooting Walter S. Williams, husband of his former wife, on a downtown Dallas corner last fall. He said Williams degraded his wife and attempted to steal his children after their divorce. West described confrontations, a pistol draw, and forcing Williams to discard his weapon.
In Austin on April 27 the Texas Section A Commission of Appeals heard Scott commissioner vs Brazils from Tarrant County. The dispute asks if a married woman is liable for forgery in a contract and whether the husband bears liability for his wife’s acts, including forged notes for 10 000 dollars and a deed of trust on the homestead. Scott seeks to recover amounts through United Home Builders. The trial court ruled against both. the appellate court reversed. The Supreme Court granted a writ of error.
At least 25 Texas state senators will meet in Waco at 11 a m on Wednesday to consider validating district road bonds. The meeting is called by J A Kemp of Wichita Falls who led a memorial to Governor Miriam A Ferguson urging a special session after the Archer county bond decision. Some senators said someone would cover their expenses, with attendees including A E Wood of Granger and Eugene Miller of Weatherford invited by Robert Stuart of Fort Worth.
Sheriff J A Trammell was wounded in a Coleman County jail scuffle with Jailer T L Stafford over court waiting duties. Stafford reportedly beaten and suffered a broken leg, both men unavailable for comment as District Judge J O Woodward had complained about waiting on court.
C Cannan of Houston, an oil operator, posted a $20,000 appeal bond after being sentenced to three years and a $5,000 fine in Federal District Court. He had not begun discharging the sentence as ordered by Judge J C Hutcheson. This marks the second mail fraud appeal from the local court.
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