Caillaux Targeted as France Seeks Finance Minister Post
In Paris October 16 a would be killer aimed at Joseph Caillaux the ex Premier and treason trial figure as Paul Painleve forms a cabinet Caillaux accepts Finance Minister post amid national crisis Caillaux vows frankness and resolve and warns against illusions about his abilities The attempted assassination and Caillaux’s return ripple through political circles through the day
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Paris
Joseph Calliaux
Calliaux
Painleve
Caillaux
Joseph Caillaux
France
Quai @ Orsay
United Press
Earl Sande Quits Sinclair Stables
America's premier jockey Earl Sande ends ties with the Rancocas stable of Harry Sinclair and will ride as a freelancer this year. He stated he is fit to ride and hopes to secure mounts at Jamaica if offered.
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United Press
Baltimore
Earl Sande
America
Rancocas
Harry Sinclair
Jamaica
Textile Leader Visits Mexia Mill and Notables
J Perry Burrus of Dallas, a leading Texas textile figure and Mexia Textile Mills stockholder, tours the Mexia plant with J K Hughes and local directors. Guests include Miss Oma Lott of Dallas, sister of Mrs Morgan, and Mrs Elmo Bounds with Mrs Albert Purfoy of Wortham during a Mexia visit.
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J. Perry Burrus
Dallas
Texas
Mexia Textile Mills
J. K. Hughes
Docal Mills
Mexia
Mrs
A. H. Morgan
Miss Oma Lott
Miss Lott
Mrs. Morgan
Elmo Bounds
Albert Purfoy
Wortham
Mexia Featured On London Times Circle D Tour
The London Times features Mexia on the Circle D post convention tour. Jere Cason secretary of the Chamber of Commerce says the Houston World Advertising Convention described Mexia as a major oil center in Texas and a sight many travelers will want to visit.
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The
London Times
Jere Cason
Chamber of Commerce
Houston
Wheeler on Trial in Montana for Misuse of Office
Senator Burton Wheeler faces trial in Great Falls Montana on charges of using his senatorial position to aid a client Gordon Campbell in securing oil and gas permits. The case, read aloud in court, stems from a federal statute against accepting money for government- influenced actions.
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Great Falls
Mont
Burton EK
Wheeler
Gordon Campbell
Campbell
Secretary of the Interior
General Land Office
Washington
Thomas F. Walsh
Senate
Federsl
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Natonal Committee
Justice Department
Department of the Interior
Borah
Idaho
Stone
Pat
Klan Dragon Faces Serious Charge In Indiana Courts
Indianapolis April 16 D S Stephenson 33 former dragon of the Ku Klux Klan stands trial on a charge of criminally assaulting Miss Marge Oberholtzer who recently died after taking poison The filing came in district court on Stendersons motion to quash the charges.
Poisoning Mother Said Victim Suffering From Arsenic
Crown Point Indiana April 16 Belief grew that Mrs Anna Cunningham known as Poisoning mother may have self administered arsenic poisoning when she collapsed today Officials note the case concerns possible self harm and arsenic exposure tied to the accusations and event gathered.
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International News Service
Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Soil erosion in Smith County totals 16 million
Tyler report cites J. E. Stanford of Texas A and M College extension service saying 20 years of soil erosion and leaching in Smith County amount to 16 million dollars. He notes the figure comes from United States Bureau of Soil data and could have paved all county roads.
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Tyler
Smith County
J. E. Standford
A. & M. College Extension Service
United States Bureau of Ssolls
Mastoid operation for baby after Dallas specialist
Mr and Mrs R A Shepherd and their infant returned from Dallas where a mastoid operation was performed after a severe flu caused ear trouble. The child recovered well after the procedure and a few days of recuperation with steady improvement noted by friends.
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R. A. Shepherd
Dallas
Moonshiner Occupation Listed In County Directory
Spanish Pass Texas April 16 moonshiner is the latest occupation that may be added to Kendall County directory. Prohibition agents raided a farm near Listerdale and arrested a man found there. When arraigned before the United States Commissioner the man is asked his occupation and replies moonshiner.
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Spanish Pass
Texas
Kendall
Listerdale
United States
Bailiffs Strike in Doncaster Court Over Travel Allowance
In Doncaster England six of eleven County Court bailiffs walk out protesting travel expense cuts. They previously earned 7.30 dollars weekly plus 1.50 weekly travel allowance, now reduced to sixty seats weekly or a similar amount.
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Doncaster
England
Humphreys Firms Increases Capital To Ten Million
The Humphreys Corporations, a Delaware concern organized by Col. A. E. Humphreys, boosted capital stock from 50 000 to 10 000 000 and shares from 20 000 to 400 000. The move follows their Texas permit filing after selling Boyd Oil Co to Pure Oil Co for about 7 million dollars.
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S International News Services
Austin
Humphreys Corporations
Delaware
Col. A. E. Humphreys
Humphreys Corporation
Texas
Boyd Oil Company
Pure Oil Company
Near end trial of lawyers in robbery loot charges
The trial of Little Rock attorneys Tom Poe and Wallace Davis, charged with aiding in disposing of eight million nine thousand dollars taken in the Rondout train robbery, neared verdicts as Helen McNeil testified Poe, then in the Army Air Forces at San Antonio, Texas, tried to take Holliday's share of the loot.
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International News Service
Little Rock
Tom Poe
Wallace Davis
Rondout
Helen McNeil
Herbert Holliday
Poe
Army Air Forces
San Antonio
Texas
Holliday
Mexia School Board Plans Enlarge Building With Bond
The Mexia school board will outline plans to enlarge schools using the $100000 bond approved by voters 85 to 82. After reelecting officers except VP A H Berry, the board meets with an architect who surveyed the site to finalize the bond sale. Judge W M White remains president and David Murphy serves as secretary.
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Mexia
Trustes
A. H. Berry
W. M. White
David Murphy
Shooting of Lady Marion Hastings in Palermo Hotel
King George V and his physician attend Lady Marion Hastings after a gun accident in a Palermo hotel room. The Earl of Huntington's daughter is in serious condition with a bullet in her lung. Friends say the revolver exploded while she examined it during the royal visit in a Mediterranean cruise for health.
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Palermo
Sicily
George V
England
Marion Hastings
Earl of Huntington
Marion
George
Oldfield Suffering From Burst Appendix
Representative William A. Oldfield of Arkansas is reported gravely ill after his appendix burst. Doctors say peritonitis may set in and fear for his life grows as he remains a key Democratic leader in the House.
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International News Service
Washington
William A. Oldfield
Arkansas
Houser. Hy
City Officials Entertained by Rotary Club
The Mexia Rotary Club hosted a noon luncheon at the Methodist church basement with a large local and out of town guest delegation including all five new Mexia city commissioners. Mayor J. Sanford Smith and others spoke while Rotary committee members and Mrs. Roy Akin noted the contribution of Sumpter Street School pupils.
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Mexia Rotary Club
Sumpter Street
Hardy Eubanks
New City Commission
Eubanks
Mexia
Patterson
Berry
Smith
J. J. Hughes
Hughes
Texas
Escota
W. H. Freely
Cal
J. EB. Baxter
W. S. Banks
Joe D. Arrington
Daxter
Country Club
Baxter Candy Company
Rotary
Baxter
Ernest Watson
Roy
Akin
Weather and visitors from Waco in Mexia
Fair tonight and Friday in East and West Texas. De Witt Mayhn and R. J. McSheery of Waco were business visitors in Mexia Wednesday.
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East and West Texas
Fifty Men Board Giant Dirigible
The dirigible Los Angeles rose from Lakehurst with fifty crew for a six hour cross country cruise before a Bermuda run. The prior Bermuda flight failed to land due to high winds, making this crew the largest human cargo ever carried aloft.
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International News Service
Lake Hurst
N. J
Los Angeles
Bremuda
Bermuda
Poisoning mother faces murder charges in arsenic deaths
In Crown Point Indiana on April 16 formal murder charges for all three arsenic deaths are being prepared against Mrs Anna Cunningham. The so called poisoning mother told authorities voices urged her to join her husband in heaven and take the children with her.
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International News Service
Crown Point
Ind
Anna Cunningham
Aed
Shepherd Pleads Innocence in Foster Son Murder Case
Chicago April 16 William D. Shepherd pleads not guilty to the murder of his foster son William Nelson McClintock the millionaire orphan in court today.
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International News Service
Chicago
William D. Shepherd
William Nelson McClintock
Murder Charges If Woman Sane in Gary Case
Gary Indiana April 1 State's attorney August Brewer said Mrs. Anna Cunningham 60 will be tried on the charge of killing her husband and four children if she is proven sane. She is jailed at Crown Point too ill to travel. Evidence of arsenic poisoning found in the organs of Walter and Harry, two of the woman's sons.
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United Press
Gary
Ind
Anna Cunningham
August Brewer
Brener
Walter
Harry
Storage battery hoped to power airplanes in Japan
April reports the Japanese Imperial Invention Association offers a 500000 prize to any inventor who develops a storage battery capable of operating airplanes. Textile magnate Saekichi Toyoda backed the award, seeking the most important invention for aviation propulsion.
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International News Service
Tokyo
Japanese
Imperial Invention Association
Sho
Japan
Saekichi Toyoda
England's giant airship swept to sea in gale
The B-33 airship, England's largest dirigible, broke from its mooring at Pulham during a 40 mile gale. It drifted out to sea with 20 men aboard, its nose torn away, while Lowestoft lifeboats and the fisheries patrol vessel tried to reach it. The ship vanished from view as the admiralty confirmed the 20 aboard.
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International News Service
Pulham
England
Lowestoft
Bea
H. M. Godestra
Admiralty
Bell County Oil Test Expected On H J Wiege Farm
Oil test in Bell County anticipated with prospect of a test on the H J Wiege farm three miles from Holland. About 3000 acres already leased for a test and 6000 more acres may be secured in a solid block within days. Operator name not learned.
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Bell County
H. J. Wiege
Holland
Comanche Editor and Waco Man Visit Mexia
H. H. Carpenter editor of The Comanche Chief and C. N. Dudweiler from Waco were business visitors in Mexia. Carpenter notes his section needs gas at this time. Dudweiler is an insurance man based in Waco.
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H. H. Carpenter
C. N. Dudweiler
Waco
Mexia
Carpenter
Mr. Dudweiler
Hog cholera found in Navarro County
A few hog cholera cases were found in Navarro County after Dr Frank D. Porter of the Bureau of Animal Husbandry visited Corsicana this week. He spent Wednesday in and around Corsicana.
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Navarro County
Frank D. Porter
Bureau of Animal Husbandry
U. S. Department of of Agriculture
Corsicana
79 Year-Old Pastor Weds for Third Time in England
In Loughton England on April 16 79 year old Baptist lay preacher George Phillips married for the third time. His bride is Louisa Law rence 49. The ceremony marks another union in this long life.
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Loughton
England
Dan Cupid
George Phillips
Phillips
Louisa Lawrence
Woman Charged in Death of Wealthy Indian Woman
Los Angeles April 16 charges of murder were filed today against Mrs. Nellie Walter who admitted stabbing to death George W. Stanley a wealthy Indian of Oklahoma City and Houston Texas during a wild party in Los Angeles
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Nellie Walter
George W. Stanley
Weathy
Oklahoma City
Houston
Texas
Swimming Season Claims Soldier as First Victim
SAN ANTONIO April 16 The body of Sergeant Victor Sims was found in the municipal swimming pool today marking the first casualty of the swimming season.
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Soldier
San Antonio
Victor Sims
Mrs Cason Called To Visit Ill Mother In San Antonio
Mrs Jere Cason was summoned to San Antonio on Wednesday to be beside her very ill mother. A swift return is hoped for if the mother improves with her daughter's presence.
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Jere Cason
San Antonio
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Sinclair Stables
Menta
Ake
London Paper
Tell of Mexia
Sen. Wheeler
Indiana
Humphreys Firm
Feil
Oldfield
Rotary Club
Shepherd
Mrs. Cason
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