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Llano News in Llano, Texas

25 May 1939

Page 6

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Llano News

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Llano, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1939

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6

Texas Honors Ranger Captain Jones Monument on Rio Grande

Ex Ranger sergeant recounts Captain Frank Jones of Company 1 Frontier Battalion killed by Mexican bandits near Ysleta in 1889. The state erects a memorial on the Rio Grande bank as Jones and his men chased fugitives into old No Man's Land. His body was recovered by Juarez Masons and returned to El Paso.

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Ira Aten Frontier Times Texas Rangers Frank Jones State of Texas Co. 1 Frontier Battalion Rio Grande el Taso Wich Ysleta Captain Jones Ystsitu Elephant Butte United States No Man's Land Frank Potting Rangers Ysleta Ro Totten Alpine Ed Bryant Wood Saunders Holsten T. Tucker Carl Kirchner Mexico George W. Baylor Jones
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Western stars perform at Lantex in Mexical Rose

Gene Autry appears with Smiley Burnette and Luana Walters in a scene from Mexical Rose at the Lantex Theatre Saturday. Mickey Rooney stars in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn at the same venue Sunday and Monday in his first solo screen role as Huck. Sergeant John R. Hughes rose to captaincy and led the Ranger company twenty-two years before retiring. The Hayes and Jones feud ends with twenty-one gang members executed over years.

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Gene Autry Smiley Frog) Burnette Luana Walters Lantex Theatre Huckleberry Finn Mickey Rooney Mark Twain John R. Huges Ranger Company Captain Hayes Captain Jones
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