Texas Primary Vote Seen Heavy Across State
Report from Dallas and Austin describes a large turnout as Texas Democrats vote for governor lieutenant governor and state tickets. Ex veterans show discharge papers to vote while unions urge labor friendly choices. Fort Worth sees a steady pace and Houston reports many women voting.
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Fort Worth
Dallas
Texas
Uestion
Bexar County
Tarrant County
Houston
Wichita Falls
America Cup Race Called Off By Heavy Weather
Sandy Hook July 24 The fifth international cup race was canceled by the regatta committee due to heavy seas and stormy weather. The next race is scheduled for Monday as Resolute and Shamrock ready for the final battle amid rain squalls and high winds.
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Associated Press
Sandy Hook
Resolute
UT business students prize paper on fire insurance
Austin July 24 The best paper on fire in insurance was awarded a 100 prize to Charles A Gulick Jr of Dallas from the School of Business Administration at the University of Texas. Special commendation went to Henry F Bufkin of Ennis. Judges were UT faculty committee.
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Austin
Texas
School of Business Administration
University of Texas
Charles A. Gulick, Jr
Dallas
Frenry F. Bufkin
Ennis
Thirteen Not Unlucky Says Local Recruiter
Thirteen minutes before a train departure for Portland, Juan Gonzalez, a local Mexican, was commissioned to recruit cotton pickers. Thirteen pickers were on the train, recruited by Gonzales, who received thirteen dollars for his services.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Texas
Juan Gonzalez
Portland
Gonzales
Practical Teaching Adds Thrift Lessons In Texas
Associated Press dispatch notes teachers in Texas summer normals receive weekly savings education lectures. In collaboration with Government Saving division director Dinsmore W. Huem of Dallas, the Eleventh Federal Reserve District trains teachers to teach thrift. Children in the district have saved and invested over 16 million dollars in thrift and war savings stamps, with Texas students owning 13 million dollars of government securities.
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Associated Press
Nutlas
Texas
Government Saving Division
Dinsmore W. Huem
Dallas
Federal District
Normals
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Distrit
Feigned Officers Rob St Louis Home
Six men posing as federal agents entered W S Ireland's St Louis home claiming to seek whiskey. They blew the safe and escaped with cash jewelry and papers valued at thirteen thousand dollars. Ireland said the pretext was that they had come for that whiskey.
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Associated Press
St. Loui
W. S. Ireland
Ireland
Auto loaded with whiskey seized in Bragle Pass Texas
Federal officers seized an automobile loaded with whiskey in Bragle Pass Texas on July 24. Two men were arrested and said they intended to drive to Oklahoma when stopped. The case involves prohibited liquor transport and ongoing interdiction actions by authorities.
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Associated Press
Bragle Pass
Texas
Oklahoma
Dallas business man under arrest in hotel shooting
Patrick Reany a wealthy Dallas plumbing contractor was taken into custody in Detroit in connection with the shooting of a Bell Boy in a hotel room The wound is described as potentially fatal by hospital attendants He has previously run unsuccessfully for city water commissioner in Dallas years ago
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Patrick Reany
Dallas
Texas
Reany
Armistice Talks Ordered by Soviet Army Command
A Moscow wireless despatch reports the Soviet government has ordered immediate negotiations for an armistice, with the Soviet army command directing talks to begin at once. The notice comes as London and other capitals monitor the developing situation.
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Associated Press
London
Jay
Roland
Moscow
Desdemona Blaze Destroys Banks and Hotels
A large fire in Desdemona Texas destroyed the national bank three hotels three cafes and two drug stores across three blocks. The total loss is estimated at about half a million dollars with authorities investigating the blaze.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Desdemona
the National Bank
Sailings Between Galveston and Genoa to Start in August
Galveston will gain a regular sailings line to Genoa Italy in mid August. The United States Shipping Board vessel Nobles will be the first steamship to sail in the new service enhancing foreign trade from the port.
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Ly Associated Presa
Galveston
Texas
Europe
Genoa
Italy
United States Shipping Board
Nobles
Geology Bulletins Published on Tarrant and Bexar Counties
Two new bulletins from the University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology detail the geology of Tarrant county and the geology and mineral resources of Bexar county. Both are illustrated and summarize extensive geologic surveys conducted by bureau geologists.
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Gy Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Tarrant County
Bexar County
Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology
The
University of Texas
Bureau
Valuable hog dead raises heat related death suspicions
Kansas City reports the Poland-China boar named The Yankee, bought by a Goldfield Iowa man for 40000, died suddenly. The cause is not yet determined but heat is suspected, and the purchase price set a record for the breed.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Goldfield
Iowa
Breakwater Plan For Aransas Pass Texas
Aransas Pass Texas July 24 The State has remitted taxation on local property for twenty years to fund a breakwater project. About 266 000 is expected to be raised to protect the town. Plans are being drawn and construction is expected to start around January 1 1921.
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Associated Press
Aransas Pass
Texas
State of Texas
Educator Dr. C. H. Cooper to Speak at UT Summer School
Veteran Texas educator Dr. C. H. Cooper of Simmons College Abilene will deliver the commencement address at the University of Texas summer school on August 31. He has forty five years of Texas educational work and has led Baylor University as president and served as state superintendent of public instruction. Now a Simmons College professor he remains a leading figure in state education.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
C. H. Cooper
Simmons College
Abilene
University of Texas
Cooper
Baylor University
Banking Personnel Names in Office
IM Brennan Asst Cashier Vidaurri Asst Cashier J R Fusnacht Ass't Cashier are listed in the payroll or staff roster. The fragment indicates a bank or financial office directory with executive and assistant cashiers.
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IM. W. Brennan
Vidaurri
J. R. Fusnacht
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