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Mobis Balked in Lynching Attempt
El Campo Texas June 18 CP A mob of about 300 people balked in an attempt to lynch nine Negroes, then returned to El Campo to run the cafe where a white officer was slain during a disturbance. The mob stormed jails at Wharton and Bay City. the prisoners were gone and the crowd dispersed. Deputy Sheriff A H Milner and others protected the jail, while the Negroes were later moved to Houston for safekeeping. The cafe incident sparked the fury, with Simmons slain attempting to quell the disturbance and others injured. The nine Negroes were arrested and removed from the county as tensions rose. New York to Ask Rehearing New York June 18 UP New York state will ask a rehearing by the United States Supreme Court on the state minimum wage law, deemed unconstitutional. The ruling was 5 to 4. Present Army Diplomas Washington June 18 Pt-Gen Malin Craig leaves for Fort Leavenworth to present diplomas to officers graduating from the command and general staff school. He will return to Washington after tomorrow’s ceremony.