Prohibition Era Borger Sees State Troops Patrol Streets
Borger Texas endures martial law as state troops police streets formerly lively with drinking and gambling. Sheriff and police chiefs lack revolvers, mayor bonds, and witness intimidation cases loom after District Attorney Holmes murder. Wolters cites stolen juror list linked to a grand jury.
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United Prean Borger
Tex
Borger
J. B. Wheatley
Ted Aldrich
Joe Owenby
J. W. Crabtree
Jacob F. Wolters
John A. Holmes
Ona Bryan
Holmes
Johnson Speaks Sunday at Fountain Square
Wold Riley Services announces U. S. Johnson will speak Sunday at Fountain Square Christian Church Shelby Street and Lexington Avenue with a sermon by Rev. A S Johnson and an illustrated lecture by William S Canfield. A 25 member committee will assist. details to be announced.
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Kiley
Fountain Square Christianrch
Shelby Street
Lexing Avenue
Roy T. Combs
Neval
Arragements
A. S. Johnson
Te Church
Williams
Canfield
Combs
Bible Passages and Quote by Cole Blease
Bible verses highlighted include Matthew 7:1 II Corinthians 13:4 and Micah urging justice mercy and humility. The note attributes the compilation to the Bible Guild and mentions Cole Blease as United States senator from South Carolina.
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Cole Blease
United States
South Carolina
Missing wife traced by wire from Paris
The Brighton case notes Mrs May France 33 wife of Ernest France an antique dealer reported missing after arriving Liverpool Sept 16 while returning from the United States. A telegram to her husband from Paris stated she would return home tonight, solving part of the mystery and prompting renewed concern over her belongings.
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Brighton
England
May France
Ernest France
Funds Raised for Memorial to Explorer Amundsen
Funds for a memorial to the late Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen have been collected across Norway. Extraordinary efforts included posters on billboards and in transit, loudspeakers, boys’ bands with collectors, and stock exchange committees. The nationwide drive closed Monday.
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United Press
Oslo
Roald Amundsen
Norway
Tromso
Stock Exchange
Yale Building Burned at Old Yale Campus
Fire of undetermined cause destroyed North Sheff, among Yale’s oldest structures, early today. Officials said flames began in the Yale naval unit quarters on the building’s third floor and spread through the second floor to the first.
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North Shelf
United Press Haven
Conn
North Sheff
Yale University Scientific School
Yale Naval Unit
When Babies Cry Castoria Remedy Ad
An old advertisement urges giving Castoria for infant and child stomach and bowel upsets. It warns against adult medicines and promotes Castoria as a gentle, safe solution, noting the authentic product bears Chas. H. Fletcher's signature.
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