Keep One Hand For Yourself Steel Erectors Face Danger
Steel erectors in West Texas keep one hand for themselves while working high up on steel columns. W. E. Bennett and W. W. Payne describe risky climbs and belt setup with no safety belts. They note earnings of $2 an hour and ongoing work on multiple projects despite high insurance costs for the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Clark
Avalanche-Journal
W. E. Bennett
Route 7
Ing
Lubbock National
Hilton
Rabies Declared Growing Menace in Texas
Texas Health Department warns rabies is a growing menace to people, pets, and livestock. Over five years, three human deaths per year, more than 4 000 animals tested with 1 100 positive. About 3 000 people treated annually after dog bites. Proposes annual dog vaccination, animal recognition, humane impoundment, and responsible ownership enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Health Department
Health Department
Indiana man confesses 1920 Missouri slaying after arrest
Rolland Lee 56 using alias James Tate was arrested in Jeffersonville for drunken driving and fraudulent checks. He confessed to killing a man known as Sigfried during a Dec 22 1920 card game dispute in Springfield Missouri, saying he wandered the country before returning for arrest. Authorities notified Springfield police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffersonville
Ind
U.P
Rolland Lee
Lee
Sigfried
Springfield
Ohio
Louisville
Steel erectors ascent at Cobb Bros department store site
On the Thirteenth and Ave. J site for the Cobb Bros department store, steel workers climb slippery columns without safety belts. A winch truck hoists a beam while W. E. Bennett bolts it into place for the $350,000 project with R. C. Irwin as subcontractor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennett
Southwestern Public Service Company
Denver City
W. W. Payne
Route 6
West Texas
Dalas
Dallas
Mercantile National Bank
Cobb Bros
Thirteenth and
Ave. J
Payne
Lubbock
W. E. Bennett
Cobb Bros. Department
Thirteenth and Ave. J
R. C. Irwin
Tech Hosts Three Big April Events at Texas Tech
Three events set for April 22 and 23 at Texas Technological College include the 17th annual Engineers show the 13th annual Home Economics Open House and the Region One Interscholastic League meet. Francis Miller heads Engineers show arrangements Miss Welch leads the open house with assistance from Miss Harvey Sam Leifeste directs Region One Interscholastic League plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Technological College
Francis
Choc) Miller
Sudan
Mary Welch
Water Valley
Miss Welch
Billye Harvey
Kaufman
Sam Leifeste
Tech
Deaths of Austin Couple Ruled Homicide and Own Action
Coroner verdict fields homicide for Maxine Ragsdale 15 and death by own action for Charles Richardson 19 after their bodies were found in a coupe on a road west of Austin. Richardson died on scene. Ragsdale died two days later from gunshot wounds fired from the same rifle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Maxine Ragsdale
Charles B. Richardson
Justice of the Peace
Frank W. McBee
Miss Ragsdale
Richardson
Here
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Texas Health Department
Maters
THE
Edwards Company
Tex
Ial. Sun
Page Savings
Middlebury
Ind. U.P
Amos Miller
Federal
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
13Th Street
Lubbock, Texas
DIAL
Pike’s Peak
Cadillac
Ave. Q
Thomas Davis Cadillac CO
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