Wheat smut fears cut into Kansas profits and yields
The widespread campaign to enlist growers in fighting wheat smut, a foul fungus, shows progress through farmer demonstrations and county agents. Dusting seed with mercury compound Ceresan reduces seedborne diseases and smut, saving dockage and boosting yields as shown by trials and a Kansas example of 6.9 extra bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. & Department of Agriculture
Kansas
U. S
Ceresan
Hochst
Torch murder link tied to Fort Worth cattle ring
Two men captured after a Fort Smith fast bank robbery are identified by a Texas officer as participants in a torch murder at Fort Worth last July. Names given locally differ from those named in Texas, and suspects tied to a cattle theft gang face murder indictments.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Texas
Fort Worth
Scott
Don Flores
Dusty” Rhodes
Herbert Albert Stanley
Hugh David Butled
James Lloyd Casteyvens
Miami
Okla
Roy Hawthrone
Lake Worth
Hawthrone
Stanley
A. J. Stanley
Rhodes
Butler
Hawthorne
Commercial Bank
Alma
Castevens
Sam Edwards
George Edwards
H. C. Evans
Two Killed in Quarrel Over Orphan Children
In Chillicothe Texas, two men J. H. Carter of Gorman and Oscar Ford an itinerant cotton picker shot each other to death in a cotton field over the disposition of six orphaned children. Carter had gone to place the children in an orphans home, escalating a dispute that ended in both men dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Tex
J. H. Carter
Gorman
Oscar Ford
Carter
NARLANDALE HEARING SET FOR INJUNCTION CASE
A hearing in a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction restraining County Judge Perry S. Robertson from receiving the Harlandale incorporation election returns is set before Judge W S Anthony in the Thirty seventh district court at 10 am Tuesday. The case involves injunctions against election officials tied to the August 9 vote and appeals rest with the supreme court for three leaders fined for contempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry S. Robertson
Harlandale
W. S. Anthony
Thirty-seventh District Court
Henry Lee Taylor
W. J. Morrison
Anthony
Incorporation
Robertson
Thurman Barrett
Monroe Bernhard
Elmer Bonham
Supreme Cour
Accidental Shooting Victim Buried in Victoria
Funeral services were held at Crescent Valley Baptist Church for Harold Raymond Church a 19 year old son of Mrs. W W Crouch of Dernald found dead at the Crouch farm from a shotgun wound. Authorities say he accidentally killed himself while attempting to shoot a stray cat. he was a nephew of County Commissioner Hamp Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Tex
Crescent Valley Baptist Church
Harold Raymond
W .W. Crouch
Dernald
Crouch Farm
Hamp Weaver
Monument Unveiled for Benedict Arnold in New York
In Haverstraw New York on September 21 a monument honoring Benedict Arnold the Continental Army general known as a traitor was unveiled. Three boulders topped by a Revolutionary War cannon bear a tablet marking where Arnold met Maj. John Andre to discuss surrendering West Point. The Rockland County Historical Society erected it. New York lawyer Frank E Stripe delivered the unveiling oration.
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Haverstraw
N. Y
Benedict Arnold
John Andre
West Point
Rockland County
Whisky Returned by Court Order in Chicago
In Chicago on September 20 the court ruled that about $100000 of whiskey from Bibley warehouse should be returned to its owners after the Prohibition Bureau failed to destroy it as unfit. Judge Alschuler held the liquor potable and to be custody of the brokers and private individuals, allowing its distribution to hospitals and drugstores under government regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Prohibition Bureau
Goverment
Alschuler
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Insects in Cave Detected Near Falls Creek
Burnet Texas reports insects in nearby caves caused fever outbreaks among Austin visitors. Noted victims include Mrs E M Dolan and three children and Mrs Arthur McVay. An Austin doctor investigated by exposing rabbits to bites. the rabbits died and the doctor recently recovered from fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Farmer Wounded as Posse Hunts Negro Tenant
Mexia Texas Sept 20 a posse led by Deputy Sheriff Luke Marberry hunted Wyatt Montgomery a 50 year old black tenant farmer after Ralph Howell 21 was wounded and rushed to a hospital Howell said Montgomery fired three shotgun rounds and five pistol shots as officers feared mob violence if the suspect was found near Kirven in the tense area of Limestone County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexia
Tex
Luke Marberry
Wyatt Montgomery
Ralph Howell
Howell
Kirven
Maryland G. O. P Adopts Day Plane
Maryland Republicans rally in Baltimore for a platform favoring state control of prohibition and temporary beer and light wine manufacture. Mayor William F. Broening runs unopposed for governor against incumbent Albert C. Ritchie. The party attacks the 18th Amendment and old liquor evils while defending law and order and public officials’ oaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Maryland
Democratic Party
William F. Broening
Albert C. Ritchie
Ritchie
Republican Party
Seventeen Texas Counties Approved for Drought Aid Rates
Austin Texas September 22 Governor Dan Moody said the U S Department of Agriculture will certify seventeen additional Texas counties for reduced rates on shipments of livestock and feed due to drought. The counties named are Runells Coke Sterling Concho Tom Green Trion Menard Schleicher Sutton Kerr Mason McCullouch San Saba Wichita Archer Young and Clay. Additional counties under consideration include Brewster Edwards Kinney Val Verde Crockett Upto Reagan Palo Pinto Eastland Real and Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Dan Moody
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Runells
Coke
Sterling
Concho
Tom Green
Trion
Menard
Schleicher
Sutton
Kerr
Mason
McCullouch
San Saba
Whichita
Archer
Young
Clay
Brewster
Edwards, Kinney
Val Verde
Crockett, Upto
Reagan
Palo Pinto
Eastland, Real
Ward
Texas Cotton Mills Digest Shows Declines In August
U S Bureau of Business Research at the University of Texas reports August cotton usage fell about 10 percent from July and 44.8 percent from August of last year. Unfilled orders, sales, and spindle figures show broad reductions, with 20 mills reporting 4 027 000 yards produced and 4 545 bales consumed in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Bureau of Business Research
University of Texas
Association of Cotton Textile Merchants of New York
Bureau
Opened Office in Palace Building
Public notice announces the opening of an office in the Palace Building with staff available at any time day or night to serve the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schumann
Kleck
Dr A B Witte Office Telephone 236 Residence 306
A brief business listing lists Dr A B Witte with office telephone 236 and residence 306. The fragment notes a numeric address sequence 50 4 but lacks context or dates.
German Fascists Threaten Pogrom and Political Control
Berlin reports that 107 Fascist Reichstag members plan to divert salaries to the party chest to fund propaganda and aims to destroy the republic. Paul Goebbels warned of a pogrom against Jews if any Fascist leader is assassinated, promising a violent response if doors are kept open too long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reichstag
Republic
Paul Goebbels
Adolf Hitler
Goebbels
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