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Newspaper
Hill View Times
Location
Kerrville, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1926
Page
2
Brownsville reports a clash between bootleggers and revenue officers in Cameron County resulting in the death of Deputy Sheriff Lee Dixon. His companions and all bootleggers escaped injury. The Times urges stronger public support for law enforcement and calls for the guilty to be punished.
A reader argues the U S Army could be used to enforce Prohibition and uphold the constitution. The writer suggests sending troops to stop bootlegging on the Mexican border and even to Kerrville to quiet law-defying elements, claiming military discipline would train soldiers and benefit communities while avoiding political embarrassment.
The Edwards County Leader urges strict enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment and questions the wisdom of laxity in Prohibition laws. The piece notes lawbreakers are often caught but face costly consequences, recounts the San Antonio National Bank robbery case, a New Braunfels murder, and a ranch assault in Edwards County with suspects jailed in San Antonio Villa Acuna, urging virtue and justice.
The Dearborn Independent notes William Hodge Fred Stone Ed Wynn and George Cohan drew packed houses in Detroit praising clean shows with no dirty double meanings. The piece extols straight Anglo-Saxon humor and says Christian comedians teach New York producers how to start a box office run.
Wisconsin State Journal praises the local newspaper as a steady community booster driven by unselfish ideals. It argues editors champion national and local good over profits, maintaining independent spirit despite business pressures.
A humorous ramble on the origin of the moon spreads into a critique of youth violence. The piece links science myths to juvenile crime, condemns underage gun use, and warns that early misdeeds lead to penitentiar y crime. It imagines criminals rising from boyhood acts.
A Chicago press dispatch reports three 12 year old boys firing at pigeons on a prairie became enraged when a number of birds fell and scattered. The incident highlights juvenile impulse and the potential hazards of unsupervised firearm use.
A reflective piece traces a youth who turns to crime under parental neglect, imagines lax law enforcement, and longs for a professional life repressed by imprisonment. It argues for strong measures against 12 year old offenders and endorses public schools shaping safe, constructive thought amid wartime memory and Second Division life in Kerrville and San Antonio.
Ralph Solomon has spent recent days in Harper aiding his father J. J. Solomon who remains dangerously ill, with family noting the condition as serious.
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