Governor Invites Highway Boosters to Houston Meeting
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson issued a formal proclamation inviting good roads boosters from across America to attend the United States Good Roads Association and Bankhead Highway Association convention in Houston from April 20 to 25. She will travel from Austin April 19 and greet visiting governors, spending three days in Houston before moving to San Antonio for the remainder of the week.
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Prison land set aside for reforestation work
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson filed a bill within the constitutional limit. The measure, approved bringing her total to 441, designates about 2,150 acres of Texas prison land in Cherokee County for reforestation under the direction of the Agricultural and Mechanical College.
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Miriam A. Ferguson
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
undeveloped power sites in Colorado report
Interior department report identifies seven undeveloped power sites between Snowmass and the river mouth capable of 31 500 hp for 90 percent of time and 64 000 hp for 50 percent. One site could yield 10 000 hp with a five mile canal. Five already developed sites on the fork total 6 540 hp.
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Kruttschnitt to retire after 48 years at Southern Pacific
Julius Kruttschnitt, longtime railroad leader who shaped the Southern Pacific, will retire as head on May 31 after forty eight years of continuous service. He stated he will use company pension rules to sever his relations with the road due to having passed age 70.
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Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific
McClintock matriarch death linked to murder case
Coroner Oscar Wolff stated Emma McClintock, mother of William Nelson McClintock, whose foster father William Darling Shepherd is under indictment for murder, probably died of mercuric poisoning. The announcement clarifies the death context in the ongoing case.
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Washington grants rail line approval to Texas route
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved 65 miles of new railroad by the South Plains and Santa Fe railroad, a unit of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system. The line runs from Dowd to the west wing of Cochran County, with an estimated cost of about 1.9 million dollars.
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Cochrane County
Appellate Judges Appointed to 11th Court of Civil Appeals
Governor Ferguson named the first 11th Court of Civil Appeals members at Hast land. Appointees are Will Panniell of Stephenville, John B. Littler of Big Springs, and T. L. Ridgell, mayor of Breckenridge.
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Breckenridge
Dorothy Ellingson Declared Insane by Jury
Seventeen year old Dorothy Ellingson, who killed her mother in January during a quarrel over jazz, was adjudged insane by a jury and committed to the State Asylum for the Insane at Napa, California.
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Viceroy Sails for England From Bombay
In Bombay India the Viceroy of India and Lady Read sail for England aboard a royal vessel. The departure is described as a formal transfer of duties as the imperial entourage heads to Britain.
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Why You Should Vote for Good Roads
A Texas editorial argues for durable road investment, noting roads wear under auto traffic and bond issues fail when upkeep is neglected. It criticizes short sighted construction, praises permanence in city projects, and highlights Texas Centennial plans and county fairs as civic boosters.
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Texas
Hindenburg Nominated by German Leaders
Munich reports the Thursday nomination of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg as a candidate for the presidency of the German Reich. The event coincided with General Von Ludendorff celebrating his sixtieth birthday and praising Hindenburg as the best soldier in the old German army.
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Kingsville Plans Auditorium at South Texas Teachers College
R B Cousing president of the South Texas State Teachers college announces the board of control has approved plans and authorized letting a contract for an auditorium at the institution in Kingsville Texas.
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Kingsville
Tex
R. B. Cousing
South Texas State Teachers College
Board of Control
Alvin to Erect Fig Cannery in Texas
Alvin plans a 650000 fig preserving plant with lumber and materials to be put on the ground, setting development for a new canning operation in the state.
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Texas
Alvin
Tex
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