Dawes Denounces Filibuster and Secures River Water for Fire Protection
Mexia residents rely on Navasota River water as an emergency measure to meet daily demand while the city awaits a western basin supply. Mayor Smith warns citizens to boil water, conserve use, and notes a pipeline deal with an oil company will bring in water soon. A 3,000,000 gallon reservoir is under construction with completion aimed for May 15 to stabilize future supply.
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Dawes
Mexia
Navasota
Awater
J. Sandford Smith
Smith
R. D. Morgan
Finel
New City
Morgan
Change Dates for Boy Scout Meet Announced
R. D. Morgan scout master of Troop No. 2 Boy Scouts announces that meetings will be held midweek likely Wednesday night. All scouts are notified of the proposed time change.
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R. D. Morgan
Troop No. 2
Boy Scouts
Crain Munding Sentenced Twenty-Two Years for Murder
George Munding of Chicago, a riding master, was convicted of murdering Julia Douglass his sweetheart. He received a 22 year penitentiary sentence announced this morning in Wheaton Illinois.
Free Banquet For Farmers Set By Mexia Chamber
Mexia chamber of commerce hosts a free barbecue banquet May 6 with 500 farmer seats on Sherman street center and 200 more reserved. Festivities mark the opening of the new Mexia Textile Mills with a day of music by Mexia high school girls and the municipal band, an afternoon concert, a 5 p.m. street band concert, and a 6:30 p.m. sing song led by Paul Harper. Decorations along Commerce Main and Sherman streets advance the parade with floats and decorated cars. Invitations mailed to 6,000 farmers. only the first 500 registrants attend dinner.
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Chamber of Commerce
Mexia
Sherman Street
F. P. Hutchingson
Mexia High School Girls’ Glee Club
Mexia Municipal
Textile
Paul Harper
Sherman
Painleve Swaps Roles in French Government Transition
Edouard Herriot ends his term as premier and becomes head of the Chamber of Deputies with Paul Painleve now premier. Painleve prepares a policy declaration. Caillaux, the new finance minister, aims to reopen the debt question with America as a first move. Socialist deputies declare accord with the new government.
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International
Paris
Edouard Herriot
France
Paul Painleve
Chamber of Deputies
Painleve
Joseph Caillaux
America
Socialist Deputies
Change Venue Granted in Collier Murder Case
Mrs. Frank Collier charged with murder in the slaying of her son in law Elzie Robertson will stand trial in Haskell Texas under a change of venue granted late yesterday. Trial date not set. Counsel for both sides said a Wichita County jury could not be selected due to wide publicity.
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United Press
Wichita Falls
Frank Collier
Elzie Robertson
Haskell
Texas
Wichita County
Abolition Proposal Aims at Passport Fees Abroad
The State Department proposed ending passport fees in notes to Great Britain Italy France Spain and Germany dated April 18. The move seeks to remove costs for U.S. travelers abroad and reflects policy shifts in civil travel.
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International News Service
Washington
Great Britain
Italy
France
Spain
Germany
State Department
Baby Killed As Track Runs Wild
Nell Ratchford age 3 was crushed to death and an eight-year-old sister injured when a truck crashed into a Paint Rock Texas storefront on a Friday afternoon. The children were playing on the sidewalk when the vehicle struck the building. Glenny is held in murder of own son Henrietta Texas April 18. E Glenny held without bond awaiting grand jury action in the fatal shooting of his 19-year-old son Robert at Byers last week after he refused his father admission to his divorced mother.
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United Press
Paint Rock
Texas
Nell Ratchford
Henrietta
E. Glenny
Grand
Robert
Byers
Glenny
Dirigible Los Angeles Delayed By Weather Over Bermuda
The Los Angeles airship will not depart for Bermuda tonight due to unfavorable weather. Officials say the hop may be rescheduled for tomorrow morning at Lake Hurst.
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Lake Hurst
Los Angeles
Bermuda
Bulgaria Quiet After Trouble After Cathedral Bombing
Sofia reports calm after harsh martial action following Thursday night cathedral bombing that killed 150. Officials urged citizens to aid in the crisis as intense excitement subsides with no further discord observed.
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International News Service
Sofia
Bulgaria
Corsicana Sun Cup to Travel Through Texas Circuit
The Texas Baseball Association will receive the Daily Sun Attendance Cup from Corsicana Daily Sun. The cup will tour to Terrell then Mexia, allowing all clubs to view before the season opening. Corsicana aims to “cup the cup” by presenting it along the circuit.
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J. G. McIntosh
Texas Baseball Association
Corsicana Sun
Mexia
J. G. MclIntosh
Texas
Daily Sun
Terrell
Corsicana
Perrell
Paul Moore
Government Guns Turned on Wheeler
In Great Falls Montana on April 18 government heavy guns opened in the trial of Senator Burton X Wheeler charged with illegally representing a client before the Interior Department after his election. It is charged Gordon Campbell paid Wheeler 4000 dollars for this service. Wheeler's counsel admits the money but says it was for practice before Montana courts only. The issue hinges on whether payments were for ordinary law practice or representation before the federal department.
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International News
Great Falls
Mont
Burton X. Wheeler
Interior Department
Gordon Campbell
Wheeler
Montara
Federal Department
Stephenson Indicted for Murder in Oberholtzer Case
Indianapolis April 18 Davis G Stephenson once a Klan leader is indicted on first degree murder in the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. The four count indictment also lists aides Earl Gentry and Earl Klenck. Rumors of further indictments circulated in the Marion county grand jury room amid claimed new evidence.
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Indianapolis
Davis G. Stephenson
Madge Oberholtzer
Earl Gentry
Earl Klenck
Stephenson
Marion County
Grand Jury
Elks Attend Big Waco Ceremonies
A large group of Mexia Elks joined ceremonies in Waco for the dedication of a new Elks home on North Fifth Avenue. The program included a 6 pm banquet at the Raleigh hotel, with Otto Fullen Exalted Ruler and J H Lockwood presiding. The 8 pm dedicatory exercises featured E R Cornwell presiding and a main address by Judge W H Atwell of Dallas, followed by a dance from 9 to 12. Frank Bolton led the Mexia Elks party to Waco.
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Mexia Elks
Elks
Waco
Raleigh Hotel
Otto Fullen
J. H. Lockwood
North Fifth
Columbus Avenues
E. R. Cornwell
W. H. Atwell
Dallas
Frank ©. Bolton
Mexia
Four Men Held For Bank Plots
Four men brought from Galveston to San Antonio are questioned as possible links to multiple state bank robberies. About $500 stolen from Comfort Bank recovered along with an acetylene torch outfit believed used in the crime. The men have offered no comment since arrest.
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International News Service
San Antonio
Galveston
Comfort
Ebbetts the Baseball Magnet Dies in New York
New York April 18 Charles H Ebbetts president and part owner of the Brooklyn National League club died this morning after a long fight with heart disease He had been confined to his hotel since returning from Clearwater Florida and his son Charles H Ebbetts Jr and daughter Genevieve Ebbetts were summoned to his bedside.
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United Press
New York
Charles H. Ebbetts
Brooklyn Baseball Club
National League
Ebbetts
Clearwater
Fla
Charles H. Ebbetts, Jr
Genevieve Ebbetts
State education head addresses Limestone Co teachers
S. M. N. Marrs, state superintendent of public instruction, spoke to Limestone county teachers and trustees at Tehuacana high school on the new education law. He highlighted rural school provisions, the rural aid bill of 1.5 million dollars, and rules on debt, contingent pay, and text books. Marrs warned against life certificates for six years, saying it could empower inefficient teachers to prey on smaller schools.
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S. M. N. Marrs
Tehuacana High School
Supt. Marrs
Limestone County Educational Association
County Board of Trustees
Marrs
Survey Commission
Texas
Lime Stone County Boy Scouts Appoint Scout Outfitter
Higdon McElroy company named official outfitter for Lime stone county Boy Scouts. They will supply a full line of uniforms and scout supplies. All boys needing uniforms should see the executive to place orders.
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Higdon-McElroy Company
Limestone County Boy Scout
Lewis family relocates to Hillsboro and buys vulcanizing shop
Mr and Mrs R F Lewis and children Virginia and Robert Jr move Tuesday from their home to Hillsboro where Mr Lewis has purchased a vulcanizing shop and will hold the agency for Sieberling Tires.
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R. F. Lewis
Virginia
Robert, Jr. Leff
Hillsboro
Texas Gulf Coast Weather Forecast Report
The Weather Bureau forecast for Texas and the Gulf Coast calls for generally fair skies with a chance of showers later in the week. Temperatures are expected to run near normal for most of the week.
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Washington
Weather Bureau Today
Texas
Gulf Coast
T A Baseball to Open This Week
The Texas Association season begins April 21 with Mexia in a three game set in Austin against Mesia as the Gushers start play. Mexia hosts Corsicana April 24 while Terrell meets Corsicana and Marlin visits Temple in the opening week fixtures.
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Texas Association
Mexia
San Jacinto
Mexia Gushers
Austin
Mesia
Corsicana
Terrell
Marlin
Mexia High Principal Roy M Andrews resigns for postgraduate study
Roy M Andrews, Mexia High School principal for two years, resigns effective end of the current year to pursue post graduate work at Stanford University. He has served previously at Waco and Dallas schools and helped raise Mexia High to a high standard.
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Roy M. Andrews
Mexia
Board of Education of
Ria
Andrews
C. A. Puckett
Puckett
Stanford University
California
Southwestern University
University of Chicago
Waco
Dallas
North Dallas
Texas
Gravel pit accident kills man at Sanger site
Sanger Texas April 18 Joe Rogers age 12 was crushed when a gravel pit caved in trapping him against a wagon Frid ay afternoon authorities said the boy died instantly at the scene and no other injuries were reported
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Sanger
Texas
Joe Rogers
Dawes Attacks Senate at Boston Chamber Banquet
Vice President Charles G. Dawes denounced the Senate at a Boston Chamber of Commerce banquet. He criticized filibuster power, claiming any of the 96 Senators wields more veto influence than the President when using filibusters. The address targeted Senate obstruction during New England business discussions.
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International News Service
Boston
Mass
Charles G. Dawes
United States
Senate
Boston Chamber of Commerce
New England
Cem
Democrats Hold Big N Y Rally
New York hosts its first Democratic gathering since last June as the National Democratic Club stages its Jefferson Day dinner with about 2 000 guests. Speakers include Royal Copeland Thomas Bayard William Engdal Clifton Woodrum Mrs Caroll Miller John W Davis Frank Hague Homer Cummings George White and Norman E Mack. Clem has a cold and did not attend.
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United Press
New York
National Democratic Club
McAdoo
Clem
Spackers
Royal Copeland
Thomas Bayard
Delaware
William A,ttengal
Maine
Clifton A. Woodrum
Virginia
Caroll Miller
Pennsylvania
John W. Davis
Frank 5. Hague
New Jersey
Homer Cummings
Connecticut
George White
Ohio
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Lions Visit Point Enterprise Sets Luncheon and Program
The Mexia Lions Club plans a luncheon next Tuesday at the Point Enterprise school house to meet rural residents and farmers. Miss Ona B. McGlasson leads the Point Enterprise girls club in hosting a meal. Linus Colower Sam Cox and Cleaver organize the program, with Lions meeting at the Chamber of Commerce at 11:30 to depart Mexia for a 12 14 start.
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Mexia Lions Club
Point Enterprise School
Dr. Jackson
Ona B. McGlasson
Two Little Tots Perish in Barn Fire Near Whitesboro
United Press report from Whitesboro Texas says James Jepthcotte six and Paul four perished in a barn fire at the family home. Their parents could not break down barred doors to reach them. The Barron family incident overwhelmed the scene as Mrs B B Barron shopped in Mexia.
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United Press
Whitesboro
Texas
James Jepthcotte
Paul
Here
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