Veteran parade marshal retires after 57 years of service
Kansas City on October 30 veteran parade marshal Stayton Dect announces his last parade after 57 years in band music and parade duties dating to February 1891 when he served as a private in Missouri. He recalls four major parades and notes future calls may pull him from retirement despite stepping back.
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Marshal Dect
Kansas City
Kansas
Sen Be
Searsens
Louis
William Tecumseh Sherman
Stayton
Missouri Infantry
Shermain
110Th Engineers
American Legion
Union Station
Coolidge
Argonne
Liberty
Calvin Coolidge
Beatty
Absentee Votes Surpass Three Hundred Sixty in Lubbock
Lubbock County records show 364 absentee ballots marked and filed by Saturday noon in county clerk Louie F. Moore's office, including 112 mailed from outside the county. Absentee voting ended with Friday’s deadline and any ballots postmarked by Friday midnight will be counted.
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Louie F. Moore
Lubbock County
Moore
Texas Tech homecoming visit ties to local education leaders
Dr. Joseph R. Griggs Huntsville superintendent and Texas Tech demonstration school director attended the Tech Rice game during homecoming. Former East Texas district leader and KPAN owner Marshall Formby and Mrs Formby joined as guests of District Clerk Royal Furgerson. Also on schedule were church meetings and a Fourth Sunday convention. William Martin Hale, 48, died after a sudden illness and was sent to Belmont Mississippi for burial.
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Joseph R. Griggs
Huntsville
Sam Houston State Teachers College
Lubbock
Texas Tech
State Department of Education
East Texas
Marshall Formby
KPAN
Hereford
Formby
William Martin Hale
Ave F
Belmont
Miss
One Man Hurricane Hits Miami Police Office
Miami electrician William G. Hedgepeth, 37, drove into a parked car then fought officers at the station. Nine men and a doctor subdued him after he tossed teeth, lunged through windows, grabbed a sergeant, and drew a knife during the melee.
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Miami
Fla
William G. Hedgepeth
Florida Electrician
Hedgepeth
R. R. McCarty
Police Investigate Multiple Minor Thefts During Homecoming Crowd
City police search multiple theft cases amid Tech homecoming traffic and large crowds. Items stolen include a tan leather briefcase valued at 25 dollars with a 9.70 postal note, two batteries worth 16 dollars, and a green 1937 Ford coach. A bike valued at 45 dollars was stolen and a man was reported to have struck a woman with a pistol.
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Tech Homecoming
T. F. Adams
Lubbock
Frances Lawson
Ninth Street
E. L. Davison
Ave. H
Snodgrass Manor Company
George Langford
Ruth Harmon
East Ave
Billy Frank Eger
Kenneth Averett
North Third
French Troops Seize 20 Coal Mines in Northern France
Paris dispatch reports French troops and police occupying more than half the struck mines in northern France, driving pickets from 20 pits near Buray. Miners return to work slowly as production runs at about 20 percent of normal, with four million tons of coal lost in the 26 day stoppage, roughly ten percent of annual output.
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Paris
France
Buray
Beating and robbery alleged in Smyer area
William Henry Price of Levelland suffered a knife point attack near Smyer while en route from Lubbock. Three men forced him into a light coupe, drove a mile, struck him, and stole eight dollars before leaving him to walk to the highway. John H. Wilson found Price and officials transported him to a West Texas hospital. The incident occurred in Hockley County amid a police investigation.
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Hockley County
William Henry Price
Levelland
West Texas Hospital
Smyer
Lubbock
John H. Wilson
Sheriff’s Office
Newspaper says Dewey speeches sound good but promise nothing
North Attleboro Daily Chronicle editorial criticizes Thomas E. Dewey as sounding good but delivering little while contrasting President Truman unfavorably. The piece notes Speaker Joseph W. Martin’s connection to the paper and his disavowal of the editorial’s political weight.
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House
Dewey
North Attleboro
Mass
Joseph W. Martin
Thomas E. Dewey
Truman
Martin
Victoria Reign63 Years with Stomach Ulcer Pains
An advertisement touts a quick relief claim for stomach ulcers with a promise of double money back. It asserts a dramatic improvement within thirty minutes and targets readers seeking fast stomach relief. It mentions a product tested by Victoria Reign for long standing ulcer discomfort.
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Victoria
Houston Merchant Urges Trust After Diamond Theft
Houston merchant John Lim faced burglary when a thief stole his $400 diamond ring and $152.50 in cash from the store register. Lim planned to settle with the assailant as police investigated the crime. In Paris, Oscar Baird died when a car crash near a bridge 12 miles east of Paris injured Austin McKenzie seriously.
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Houston
U.P
John Lim
Lem
Paris
Oscar Baird
Box Elder
Red River County
Austin McKenzie
Tennessee Colony
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America
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