Brotherhood Backing Coal Miners In Labor Fight
The Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and Enginemen endorsed striking coal miners, pledging moral and financial support and considering a 50 000 monthly fund for ten months. The convention followed February Chicago talks with John L Lewis advocating a united labor front. A separate measure protested a Supreme Court child labor ruling authored by Chief Justice Taft.
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Portrait of George Washington Found at Washington and Lee
Arthur Dawson, official portrait painter of the United States Military Academy, announced in Lexington that an original Gilbert Lee painting of George Washington was found at Washington and Lee University. Art experts value the work at 75000 to 100000 dollars.
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Tarkington Wins Pulitzer For Alice Adams Novel
New York author Booth Tarkington has won the Pulitzer Prize in American fiction for the novel Alice Adams. The award, worth 1000 dollars, honors a work that best presents the wholesome atmosphere of American life and the highest standards of American manners and manhood, as announced by Columbia University this week.
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Marlin Mayor's Body Recovered in River Rescue
Searchers recovered the body of Frank Stallworth, mayor of Marlin, Texas, from the Brazos River after he was swept away when the Belton Bridge near Marlin collapsed two weeks earlier. The tragedy follows the bridge caving in five miles west of Marlin, prompting ongoing river rescue efforts.
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Bond Vote Ordered For Breslau Schoolhouse
Hallettsville Tex county commissioners court orders a June 17 election in Breslau common school district to decide on issuing bonds of 8000 dollars to fund a new schoolhouse.
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Fort Bend Jail Empty Signal in Fort Bend County
Richmond Texas reports the Fort Bend County jail unusually empty as the oldest residents note it is the first time in memory the facility has released all prisoners leaving guards on duty with no inmates in custody.
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War Finance Corp approves 23 loans for agri and livestock
Washington announced that the War Finance Corporation approved 23 advances totaling 985000 for agricultural and livestock purposes. The distribution includes 200000 in Texas.
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Battleship Han Collides With Torpedo Boat S-18 Near Sassnitz
During night maneuvers near Sassnitz, the German battleship Han collided with torpedo boat S-18. Ten sailors on S-18 were killed in the incident.
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Agent Distributes Chicks in Williamson County
Georgetown Texas County Agent G L Crawford distributed about three thousand baby chicks to farmers and chicken fans in the district over the past two to three weeks.
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Oil gush fills west Vinton field near Marrs McLean
Oil experts estimate a 15 000 barrel gush occurred Wednesday in wildcat territory on the west side of the Vinton oil field owned by Marrs McLean.
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British Officer Shot in Cairo Death on Bicycle Trip
Cairo resident and police leader Captain Wilfred Cave, a British officer serving as assistant commandant of police in Cairo, was shot and killed Thursday while returning home from a bicycling trip. The death highlights security tensions in the city during the period.
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Buffalo Herd Groweth in Wainwright Park Province
The buffalo increase in the park at Buffalo, Wainwright Alberta for 1921 reached 534, bringing the herd total to 5152 animals as the season advances.
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Explosion at Blaumau ammunition factory near Vienna kills ten
Ten persons die and at least sixty are injured in a Blaumau Austria ammunition factory explosion. The blast destroys or damages all houses in the town. At the White House President Harding signs a congressionally passed bill strengthening the Harrison narcotic act and also signs interior department appropriation bills.
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Texas news roundup of bonds roads and infrastructure gains
Voting across Texas approved a $500,000 good roads bond in Fort Bend County while Robertson County backed a $150,000 road district bond. Other items include merchant co op sweet potato pledges, bridge collapse over the Brazos near Bryan, and plans for a Texas workmen's compensation bureau.
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Texas state budget eyed at 26.5 million for two years
Texas state board of control plans to gather itemized budget requests from departments for the 1928 30 biennium. Chairman Cowell expects total recommendations near 26.5 million, up from 24.48 million two years ago, with a 5 percent rise anticipated. The board will review needs for dormitories and new construction at several colleges and asylums amid crowded facilities and capacity strains.
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Inspection of State's Short Road Completed
Lieutenant Governor Lynch Davidson, head of the state railroad board, visited Austin after inspecting the re-laid track now operated by Southern Pacific under lease. He reported the line in fine condition with heavy mogul locomotives and trains reaching fifty miles per hour. He noted a 100 percent May gain over April, and projected handling 150 carloads of tomatoes next month. Passenger service was described as satisfactory.
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Identification leads to lynching in Waco incident
In Waco Texas a Black man named Jesse Thomas was identified by 26 year old Maggie Hays as the assailant in a Thursday night incident involving her companion Harrel Bolton. Friday he was fatally shot by Sam Harris and the body was burned by a large crowd.
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