Mexia Gushers Move Up With Errorless 3 10 1 Victory
Mexia Gushers claim first place in the Texas Association Baseball League after an errorless 3 10 1 win over Corsicana Oilers at Bowiir Park. Jeffries earns praise for tight pitching and Cantrell fends off nine Mexia hits led by Butler. Dashiels and Glass shine at shortstop. fan crowd seals a big town ball afternoon.
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Mexia Gushers
Corsicana Oilers
Bowiir Park
Jeffries
Cantrell
Corsicana
Mexia
Butler
Dashiels
Glass
Pilot Matthews
Man Surrenders in Dallas Slaying Case
W H Herndon 50 walks into Dallas sheriff’s office surrendering over the beating death of his wife Lula Herndon. Neighbors recalled she told them he came home drunk and beat her before she died as posses scoured river bottoms near Letot for him.
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International News Service
Dallas
Letot
W. Herndon
Lula Herndon
Mitchell Friends Hit By Orders Probe Reignites
Washington April 25 orders targeting air service officers tied to the air service journal and severing links with it sparked renewed attention in the ongoing Mitchell probe. The United States Air Forces Magazine was also muzzled amid the upheaval.
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International News Service
Washington
Mitchell
Air Service
Air Service Journal
United States Air Forces Magazine
Rainmaker Hatfield Plans Rain in Louisiana After Texas Contract
Los Angeles story reports Charles Hatfield the rainmaker will go to Louisiana to produce rain after finishing his Texas contract at Beerville. Sugar growers have agreed to his price for two inches of rain within thirty days.
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International News Service
Los Angeles
Charles Hatfield
Louisiana
Beerville
Texas
Man Arrested in Attack on Woman in Dallas
Wilbur T. Meyers a 27 year old salesman was arrested in Dallas on a complaint by a young woman who said he criminally assaulted her during an evening affair last night He denies the charge and is held pending examining trial.
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Uinternational News Service
Dallas
Wilbur T. Meyers
Secret service grills oil man over threat to Coolidge
Secret service agents questioned an oil industry man after a letter threatening President Coolidge was received. The missive signed A Broken Oil Man demanded Secretary Mellon be discharged or Coolidge would be slain.
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United Press
Tulsa
Okla
Secret Service
Coolidge
Mellon
Aged Woman II Thrilling Chase Forces Milk Wagon Pursuit
In San Antonio on April 25 Mrs. Teresa Aguirre 63 commandeered a milk wagon after men robbed her room. She grabbed the reins and chased them with a patrolman joining the wagon. The robbers fled and were later jailed.
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International News Service
San Antonio
Teresa Aguirre
Court Martial Ordered for Lt Cmdr Fuller and Beaufort Officers
Orders have been issued for a general court martial of Lieutenant Commander D. W. Fuller and other Beaufort officers after large liquor caches were found on its return from southern waters. The court will convene at Hampton Roads Monday morning.
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International News Service
Washington
D. W. Fuller
Beaufort
Hampton Roads
Smuggling Ring Believed Broken In San Antonio
San Antonio April 25 federal agents and railway officers seized nearly 5000 dollars worth of silk and watches and arrested a sleeping car porter traveling between Mexico City and San Antonio. Two car cleaners and a wholesale jewelry merchant are being held in connection with a three year smuggling and drug trafficking operation.
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San Antonio
Mexico City
Great Northern Railway
Break in Jugo Slavia Bulgaria Relations Repaired
Belgrade dispatch reports Bulgaria satisfactorily answered Belgrade sharp note defending Serbia. No insult intended to Jugoslavs. Also from Sofia news of theatre and library fires at Pleven with Communist suspicion and arrests, plus explosives found in Sofia Varna and Burgas.
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London
Jugo-Slavia
Bulgaria
Belgrade
Sofia
Jugo-Slavin
Plevna
Varna
Burgas
Mexia Town Gains Wide Publicity Ahead of May 6 Event
Mexia grows bigger with extensive publicity efforts for its May 6 revival led by Jere Cason, secretary-manager of the Mexia Chamber of Commerce. Publisher J. K. Hughes day festival stirs statewide interest as newspapers and magazines run columns about Mexia, with support from Barnes H. Broiles and L. S. Patterson. Letters from M. F. Ward and P. G. Haines praise the project and its potential benefits for farmers and business, signaling strong advocacy across the state.
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Mexia
Jere Cason
Mexia Chamber of Commerce
Barnes H. Broiles
Worl
Mx. Cason
L S. Patterson
P. G. Haines
SM. OF. Ward
Cason
Pep
City Urges Boiling Water Amid Water Supply Trouble
Rumors of a typhoid outbreak in Mexia were denied by Dr. W R Hodges city health officer who says precautions prevent disease from river water used as emergency supply due to drought. He advises boiling all drinking water and school children to use boiled water or cups as fountains are closed while Magnolia Petroleum provides a temporary supply.
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W. R. Hodges
Texas
CIA
Hodges
Water Department
Blesien
Jsh
Magnolia Petroleum Company
U Ted
Beiny
Hedges
Dr George W Truett Opens Big Dallas Revival
Dr George W Truett renowned Baptist leader opens a revival at a large tent on McKinney near Main Dallas with 500 voice chorus. Meetings twice daily 10 am and 8 pm through May 10 expected to draw wide attendance amid city noonday services and planned street parade.
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George W. Truett
America
Southern Baptist Association
First Baptist Church of Dallas
McKinney Street
Main Street
Joe Jeffers
First Baptist Church
Paul Harper
Dr. Truett
The
Baptist Standard
Dedas
First Baptist Eh
Dallas
Trucit
Oil and Gas Power Week Observed at Tu Austin
Oil and Gas Power week was observed at the University of Texas from April 20 to 25 by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The society held special meetings and conducted lectures by authorities on oil and gas power.
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TU Austin
University of Texas
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Rosenberg Refuses Weigh-In Forces Bout Cancellation
New York bantamweight Charley Rosenberg refused to weigh in in Detroit yesterday. Michigan boxing commissioner L W Pires then canceled Rosenberg's scheduled bout with Jackie Nichols citing the weigh-in dispute.
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Detroit
Mich
Charley
Phil) Rosenberg
New York
L. W. Pires
Michigan
Rosenberg
Jackie Nichols
Yesterday's Homers Across Teams and Players
Fragmentary sports snippet lists players and teams including Monash Tigers Hale Athletics DeB Robins Poole Athletics Welch Athletics Wheat Robins Blades Cardinals with scattered counts and incomplete lines. No clear game result or dates available.
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Monash
Tigers
Hale
Deb ‘Y
Robins
One Poole
Athletics
Welch
Blades
Cardinals
Damon and Pythias Act In Houston
Houston April 25 J M Robinson 80 and I D Gilmore 50 both Ford plant employees died after Gilmore was overcome by fumes in baking rooms Robinson tried to save him and also collapsed Their bodies were retrieved by lowering a rope from the skylight Gilmore revived but Robinson could not be saved
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Houston
Texas
J.M. Robinson
I. D. Gilmore
Ford
Gilmore
Robinson
Pardon Records Closed to Press
Austin April 25 records of pardons and paroles granted were closed to newspaper men today. Ghent Sandford said information on pardons printed in newspapers was unsatisfactory and he would not let reporters see the records until he had a talk with Jim and the governor.
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International News Service
Austin
Ghent Sandford
Jim
Germans battle rioting ahead of election in Berlin
Riots in western Berlin leave one youth dead and several seriously injured as Republicans clash with nationalists before the presidential election. The main contenders are Dr. Wilhelm Marx and Paul von Hindenberg as voting day approaches.
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International News Service
Berlin
Wilelm Marx
Paul von Hindenberg
Book Firms Prepare Mandamus Suit Over Textbook Contracts
Seven textbook firms whose contracts were rejected by the Texas Text Book Commission will file mandamus suits in the Supreme Court this week. Initially one test case was planned, but it developed that seven contract holders will join the action.
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Austin
Clbes
Texas Text Book Commission
Supreme Court
Laying Sab Keel to Be Laid Hay Day at Noon
The keel of the fleet submarine V-4, the first mine laying submarine built for the United States Navy, will be laid at the Navy Yard on May 1 at noon. The vessel will be larger than earlier subs and feature new underwater craft design.
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Washington
United States Navy
Navy Yard
Sheriff Killed in Charleston Gun Battle in Aiken County
In Charleston area reports a violent clash as Sheriff Howard of Aiken County attempted to arrest a crowd of African Americans. He was killed, two deputies wounded, and two Black individuals slain in the ensuing gun battle.
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Charleston
8. C
Howard
Aiken County
King and Queen Return Amid Guarded Funeral Procession
King George and Queen Mary arrived in London to find guards surrounding St Margaret's church amid precautionary measures for General Lord Rawlinson's funeral. Authorities cited fears of a communist plot reported by the Daily Mail, though the service proceeded peacefully.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Westminster
St. Margaret's Church
Diplomatics Corps
Sofia
Lord Rawlinson
Daily Mail Today
Navarro Wildcat to Start Soon in Navarra County
The derrick material has been hauled to the wildcat test east of Corbeé Navarra county to be drilled by Ross and Green and others. The Whitten 1 of Ross and Green will start drilling in early May on the Whitten farm amid rumors of further tests by Humphreys Oil Corporation on the Jennings tract.
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Corbeé
Navarra County
Ross and Green
Whitten
Humphreys Oil Corporation
Jennings
Scout Beard Leads Mexia Wood Collection Effort
Scout Manly Beard of Eegle Patrol Troop No 3 gathered a fine collection of local wood samples showing trees native to the Mexia area. The effort earns Beard special praise for his good turn.
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Manly Beard
Eegle Patrol
Mexia
Beard
Tragedy In Nacogdoches Leaves Four Dead In Family Quarrel
A man Arch Baugh 26 his wife and their fifteen month old daughter were found dead at their home after a family quarrel. The sole survivor is their four year old daughter who officers quote as the witness to the grim events. In Corsicana the Advertising Club elected officers for the coming year with Earl Ellis as president and Gabe Goldberg as treasurer among others.
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International News Service
Nacogdoches
Texas
Thate
Arch Baugh
Papa
Maamma
Corsicana AD Club
Corsicana
Corsicana Advertising Club
Earl Ellis
Wilbur Wright
H. M. Montgomery
Guy Bunch
Gabe Goldberg
F.C. T. Slauson
J.T. Newsom
Albert RB. Horn
Jim B. Robinson
J. A. Echols
Boyce Martin
Mr and Mrs Steel Enjoy Trip to San Antonio
Mr and Mrs Rado Steele returned to Mexia after visiting their son Rado Steele Sr in San Antonio. The 81 year old Civil War veteran admired the missions and Alamo area. Mrs Steele, 86, and both are active in Confederate veteran activities locally.
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Mrs. Steel
San Antonio
Rado Steele
Mexia
Alamo City
Steele
Texas
Mr.Steele
Rain Crashes Over North Texas and Fort Worth
General rains spread across North Texas with heavy showers in West Texas. Fort Worth reports at least an inch by 5 p.m. and a steady drizzle after 2 p.m. Terrell's Texas Association game with Temple was rained out. Mexia awaits more rain as hopes rise for relief from months of drought.
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North Texas
West Texas
Terrell
Texas Association
Temple
Ft. Worth
Here
Mexia
Germany Waits Tenseley Results of Election
Berlin April 25 Germany waits through a tense night for election morning to decide who will lead the republic for seven years Either Dr Marx or Von Hindenberg is expected to win with younger voters favoring Marx and older voters backing Von Hindenberg Street clashes erupted today as crowds cried for Mars the people's friend and denounced Hindenberg the Kaiser's friend
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Berlin
Germany
Dr. Marx
von Hindenberg
Republic
Marx
Mars
Hindenberg
Kaiser
Nurmi Costs and Records Highlight Early Sports Tabs
Paavo Nurmi faced a $35 expense bill for a College of Osteopathy meet while the college posted only $16 in revenue. Everett Scott extended his consecutive games streak to 1200 with 1299 claimed games, amid team rivalries. Rubien ordered probe into alleged excess expenses by Nurmi aides. John McGraw’s early spring practice recalls 1890 debut, while Boston analysts note Nurmi earned no travel stipend for Elks events with $100 from Boston A A A and Elks.
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Philadelphia
Paavo Nurmi
College of Osteopathy
Nurmi
New York
Frederick Rubien
National Registration Commission
Cenard
A. A. Us
Hugo Quist
Willie Ritola
Des Moines
Chicago
Boston
Mass
Boston A. A. A
Boster A. A
The
Elks
Syard the Finn
Europe
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N. Y
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Truxton
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