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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1929
Page
5
A joint resolution proposes amending the Texas Constitution to create a Supreme Court of nine members with a permanent session. It details selection, terms, vacancies, and Governor appointment powers, and sets July 16, 1929 as the election date for voter ratification. The measure includes funding and proclamation directives.
Joint resolution from the Texas Legislature seeks to amend Section 5 of Article 4 to set the governor's annual salary at ten thousand dollars and provide the governor residence fixtures, effective after January 1931. It calls for voter approval at a statewide election with ballots marking For the amendment to the Constitution of the State.
Hondo April 27 Luiz Arcos, a dairyman, was sentenced to death by a jury after 18 hours deliberation for shooting three men to death on Christmas night after an argument over a bottle of milk. He killed Jose Barrientos and two storekeepers, in retribution after they refused to pay for allegedly sour milk.
J D Hooker 28 of Milano was knocked from a car running board and killed near Thrall as a truck swept too close while attempting to pass. The driver sped away. Hooker died at Thrall after medical aid failed. His parents Mr and Mrs W F Hoker were with him en route to Taylor to visit his sister Mrs W T Burdick. Willamson county officers were alerted to locate the driver.
Virgil Deering a 55 year old Texas and Pacific railway brakeman from Bonham was killed near Detroit when he stepped from a moving freight and was ground to bits. The tragedy occurred today as the train passed through the area. Deering had worked for the railway for many years and leaves a widow.
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