The Thrifty Man and the Fraudulent Policy
Ella confronts a life insurance trap after Lem Margit’s death. The policy hides a postmortem requirement and later denies payout by alleging a chronic heart ailment. The tale shows a husband’s insistence on costly protection and a wife pressed to prove the claim amid a forfeiture clause.
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Lem Margit
Lem
Ella
Savings Bank
Ella Hunteu
Qlys
Verthik
Ela
Eli
Lem Hard
Lem Hargis
Mexico Cuts Off Diplomatic Ties With Britain
Mexico severed diplomatic relations with Great Britain over a dispute tied to expropriation of oil properties and unpaid revolutionary era claims. Britain protested delays in payments and seized assets, while Mexico defended its right to defer payments and criticized Britain’s stance as politically driven.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Great
Britain
London
Primo Villamichel
Legation
Moxien
Lazare Cardenas
Great Britain
Owen St Clair O'Malley
O'Malley
Foreign Office
Aguila
Reyal Dutch Shell
Oi Company
Tfrothu
Hay
Apvitain
United States
Washinton
Britai Bre
Memorial Service by United Daughters of the Confederacy
The Pat Cleburne chapter invites the public to the annual memorial service Sunday afternoon at Rose Hill cemetery. Steve Carrigan will deliver the address. If it rains, services move to First Christian Church.
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Pat Cleburne
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Rose Hil
Steve Carrigan
First Christian ¢Hurely
Rose HU Cemetery
Cotton opens high in New Orleans market
New Orleans cotton opens Saturday at 8.77 bid and closes at 8.78 bid with 8.81 asked. Spot cotton closes barely steady and unchanged. middling priced at 8.91.
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New Orleans
Masonic Lodge to Meet on Tuesday
The Masonic lodge of Hope will meet Tuesday night for the masters degree, presented by past masters. Members from lodges in errs rooting downs are invited. All local lodge members urged to attend, refreshments provided. A flu outbreak and illness cause notable absences from business and industry.
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Hope
Errs Rooting Downs
Mussolini Attacks U S and Germany Protests in Brazil
Mussolini accuses the United States of anti Fascist bias and vows a united march with Germany if threatened. In Rio de Janeiro, Germany protests Brazil over the arrest of six German citizens tied to a Fascist uprising against President Vargas, signaling broader tensions.
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GENQA
Italy
Mugsolini
United States
Steeallot Democracia IL Duce
Herass
Talian
Ward Woebing
America
Mussolini
Genes
Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Scarborough Named President of Southern Baptists
In Richmond Virginia the Southern Baptist Convention elected Dr L R Scarborough of Texas as president and chose Oltama City as the 1089 meeting site. The assembly outlined an extensive soul winning campaign and approved leadership of Dr John R Sampoyville while debating a resolution urging indemnification from Japan for mission property seized during hostilities in China.
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Richmond
Southern Baptist Convention
L. R. Scarborough
Texas
Oltama City
Scarbrough
Southwestern Seminary
Seminary Hill
Foreign Mission Barrel
China
Resolutions Committee
Cordell Hull
Trotsky in Exile A Strange Figure to Many Men
NEA Service reports from Coyocan Mexico describe Leon Trotsky in exile living in a blue plaster house under guard. Despite illness he maintains a rigorous routine, unable to travel for treatment in the United States, as wary neighbors watch and create a tense, cautious atmosphere.
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Trotsky
Willis Thornton
NEA
Mexico
Coyonean
Leon Trotsky
Russia
Red Army
Lenin
Blue House
United Stites
Petve
Hungary Chooses Anti Nazi Leader Bela Umredi
In Budapest Bela Umredi declared Hungary moving closer to the Rome Berlin axis while forming a new government to curb unauthorized Hungarian Nazi movements. He promised an active peace policy and sought to restore confidence and political order after succeeding a resigned premier.
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Budapest
Hungary
Bela Umredi
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Mrs. C. C. Cato 75 Dies in Spring Hill
Mrs. Cato 75 of Spring Hill died at her home Friday after a two year illness. Born in Hempstead County in 1863 she married John C. Cato, a pioneer. Survived by three sons and five daughters. Funeral at Anderson Cemetery conducted by Rev. Small of Spring Hill.
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C. C. Cato
Spring Hill
Hempstead County
John C. Cato
Methodist Church
Lillian Dodgson
Corpus Christie
Texas
Herman, Mitchell
Houston
They AIL Ria ALVISO Calif election candidate brief
In this small California town of Alviso a sparse slate faces a busy ballot. One in seven registered voters appears to be seeking office, highlighting the competitive local race.
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Alviso
Calif
George H. Barleon
Pennsylvania
U.S
Guy
George H. Earle
Davis Wilson
Philadelphia
Farle
Wilson
Move to Strike at Public Works
Washington Republicans and conservative Democrats in the Senate led by Senator Byrd said they would try to cut about half of the President Roosevelt spending program for public works. The proposal targets the 3.154 billion dollar package.
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Washington
Senate
Byrd
Virginia
Roosevelt
Morals Charge Jails Germany's Tennis Ace
Berlin reports Baron Gottfried von Cramm Germany's top ranked tennis star was sentenced to a year in jail after conviction on charges of improper relations with Manasse Herbst an 18 year old Jewish youth. Automotive exports from the United States to Colombia rose from 199243 in 1982 to 3489860 in 1936 an increase of 1652 percent.
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Berlin
Germany
Gottfried von Cramm
Manasse Herbst
United States
Colombia
Lunghai Line Cut as Japanese Advance Presses Front
Japanese army communique reports the Lunghai railway cut east of Tangshan and the line blocked by aerial bombardment disrupting supply routes to 400,000 Chinese troops on the Central China front. Japanese forces push from north and south, claiming major advancements and near sealing Chinese units.
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Shanghai
China
Lunghai
Central China
Tangshan
Japan
Sunghai
Espe
Suchow
Tientsin
Kiangsu
Yutai
Shan«ung Province
Taiprhchwang
Hempstead Man Granted $5000 Judgment in Injury Suit
Texarkana Autry Grisham, Hempstead County resident, won a $5000 judgment Friday from a federal court jury in a $30,000 personal injury suit against W. A. Bowden, lumber company operator. Grisham alleged injuries from a collision between Bowden’s truck and his car near Hope last June, including a damaged arm.
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Texarkana
Autry Grisham
Hempstead
W. A. Bowden
Hope
Grisham
Coward studies sailor film preferences for Admiralty tour
London reports Noel Coward, newly attached to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, on a tour of principal Mediterranean ports to determine sailors' preferred film types. The writer has long participated in naval exercises as part of his service. Helium gas is noted as discovered in stars before Earth records.
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London
Noel Coward
Mediterranean
Admirality Film Committee
Coward
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Earth
Governor Texas dies flag at half mast inquiry
A brief note from a classified page asks a playful question about the U S flag at the capitol grounds after the Texas governor's death. The scenario notes the flagpole stands 70 feet high and asks how far the flag traveled the next morning.
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Texas
United States
Capitol Grounds
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