Good Roads Rally At First Baptist Church Tonight
Colonel Albert E Humphreys will speak at the First Baptist Church at 7 30 pm in Mexia urging support for the good roads bond issue set for December 16. Dr White presides and talks precede Humpreys. chambers praise rallies across the district and urge voter turnout.
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Baptist Church
Albert E. Humphreys
First Baptist Church
Tehnacana
Humbreys
Humphreys
Tehracana
Mexia Chamber of 4. Commerce
Hardy Eubanks
Mexia
White
Chamber of Commerce
Shi Ich
Forest Glade
Springfield
Tehuacana
Woodland
Point Enterprise
One Killed One Missing In Fire At Sea Fleet
A shore boat carrying nine men to shore caught fire near San Pedro California. One sailor was killed and one remained missing while the others were injured. Names were not released as rescuers searched for a body and the boat proceeded to shore.
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United Press
San Pedro
Calif
United States
Three Injured In Grade Crossing Collision Near Buda
Three people escaped death when a Katy passenger train hit their automobile at a grade crossing near Buda. W. W. Allen suffered serious bruises, Mrs. Allen a broken leg, and Lizzette Allen 14 internal injuries. All are expected to recover.
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United Press
Austin
Tex
Katy
Buda
W. W. Allen
Dallas
Temple Minister Appointed to Big Office
D. H. Hodges of Temple has been named general representative of the Texas Synod for the board of Christian education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. The appointment was announced from Waxahachie Texas on December 8.
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United Press
Waxahachie
Texas
D. H. Hodges
Temple
Texas Synod
Board of Christian Education
The
Presbyterian Church of the United States
Classified Ads Get Results Try Them
Classified ad page notice from The Mexia Daily News explains submission rules and refund policy for classified ads. Ads must be submitted by the announced deadline to appear, and refunds are not issued for ads run for a set period.
France rounds up foreign agitators in sweeping drive
Paris reports over 1000 foreign agitators arrested in a weekend operation by the Herriot government aimed at preventing uprising. Among those expelled are 43 Soviets, seven Belgians, six Poles, one Serb and others. a police inspector was killed in a Paris suburb as a Communist retaliation.
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United Press
Paris
Herriot
Faguet
Humanite
Speight Wildcat Showing Gas and Oil Signs Near Mexia
Reports from six miles southeast of Mexia indicate the Speight well is producing gas with oil showings and many oil men expect it to become a producer. In Geneva, Austins Chamberlain outlined Britain’s disarmament protocol objections at a League of Nations private session as M Mel10 of France opened the meeting.
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Speight
Mexia
United Press
Rome
League of Nations
Austin Chamberlain
Geneva
M. Mel- 10
France
Chicago Woman Held in Husband Poisoning Case
Mrs Bertice Martin Zalimas of Chicago is held on an open charge after denying she poisoned her husband by adding poison to his soup, which caused his death, as reported by police.
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Bertice Martin Zalimas
Chicago
Coffeyville Daily Dawn Office Blown Up
Police probe a mid night explosion at the Coffeyville Daily Dawn newspaper plant. Two theories emerge including gas ignition or bombing. the Dawn is linked to the Ku Klux Klan. Wrecked presses and machinery, damage estimated at 75 thousand dollars.
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KLAN
United Press
Coffeyville
Kas
Matt and Jeff In Havana Big Tent Show Tonight
Matt and Jeff, Bud Fisher’s famous cartoon duo, appear in Mexia tonight under a traveling tent on the McDonald Lot. The show is billed as a major road attraction, with local charity receiving ten percent of gross receipts and popular ticket prices expected.
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Bud Fisher
Sonsedy
Mate
Jeff
Havana
Mexia
McDonald
Matt
Immigrants Not Reduced Much Says Report
United States immigration data show 706 896 aliens admitted in the last fiscal year. Attested increases come from Canada, Mexico and other Western Hemisphere nations not bound by quotas. English speaking immigrants rose to 200 265. Germans 95 627. Scandinavians 40 978, while Southern and Eastern Europe and Turkey fell to 163 513. Smuggling and desertion of alien seamen rose, signaling continued enforcement challenges despite the law.
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United Press
Washington
United States
Commissioner of Immigration
Husband
Canada
Mexico
Mediterranean
Europe
Turkey
Big Booze Raid Involves Some Higher Ups
Government moves against a group of army officers tied to the raid on the government hoard of whiskies valued at $3,000,000. A conference between the Department of Justice and War Department officials was planned to decide the fate of the seized liquor. Sam Howard said arrests were being carefully timed as the case nears a solution.
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United Press
Chicago
Dec
Department of Justice
War Department
Sam Howard
United States
Howard
Italian Statesman Fired at Four Times
In Cremona today unknown assailants fired four revolver shots at Deputy Feranicci, a principal Mussolini lieutenant, as officials reported an attempted assassination during early December events in Rome.
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United Press
Rome
Feranicci
Mussolini
Cremona
Advertising copy requested for Wortham paper ahead of Christmas
The News urges advertisers to submit copy as early as possible for the remaining days before Christmas to ensure thorough town coverage each afternoon. The appeal emphasizes timely submissions to support its Wortham coverage.
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Wortham
Republicans win big in new Reichstag election
Berlin December 8 The Republican group led by black red gold banner dominates early returns in Germany’s national elections Socialists Democrats Centrists lead while Nationalists Communists and Fascists lag Voters turnout reaches a record high with widespread disturbances reported as coalitions form ahead of a final tally.
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Berlin
Germany
Lstter
Reichstag
Folks Party
Folkists
Wirtschafts
Landbund
Fascist Leaders Urge Calm Across Italy
A surge of excitement spread through Italy as the government prepared to avert punitive actions against Socialists and Communists in Cremona. A Rome meeting of Fascist leaders issued orders for provincial parties to stay calm amid threats tied to past assassinations including Matteotti.
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Tion
Italy
Cremona
Rome
Farinacci
Matteotti
Sinclair and party tour Mexia oil fields with Colonel Humphreys
Harry Sinclair led a Sunday visit to Mexia inspecting the Tehua canal creek dam Boyd Oil Company tank farm and the Simmons No 2 well. Colonel A E Humphreys hosted with remarks praising Mexia and its citizens while the party planned further inspections in Houston after dinner on the train.
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Harry Sinclair
Per Sidiaz
Colonel Humphreys
Mr. Sinexit
Humphreys
Weleixe
Mexia
Colonel Humphress
Sinclair
Tehuacana Creek
Jreek
Robinson
Boyd Oil Company
Tank Farm
N. B. Boyd
Th. Sinclair
Boyd
Harry
Wortham
Houston
Sinclair Oil
Real Estate Dealers Propose Bucked Regulations in Texas
In Fort Worth on December 8 the Texas real estate dealers announced a campaign against fraudulent Realtors. Twenty members representing about four thousand state professionals adopted four protections including licensure exams probation affidavits and a $1000 bond. A $7,000 fund will back a bill to formalize the rules before the legislature. President E H Eshleman led the effort and a four member executive committee was named.
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United Press
Fort Worth
Texas
E. H. Eshleman
Texas Association of Real Estate Boards
Mayfield Case Returns as Senate Probes Election
The Senate investigation into Senator Mayfield's election resumes after a six month recess. George Peddy's counsel accuses intimidation and fraud, with Texas witnesses to be called. Mayfield plans no witness summons. Also reported, Harry Dayton the American vice consul at Belgrade died from wounds after a Thursday shooting by a Lithuanian woman.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Mayfield
George Peddy
Texas
Harry Dayton
Belgrade
Appointment of Sacre Yeu Jones to NY City Supreme Court
Sacre Yeu Jones, a day laborer in New York City who studied law at night, has been appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of New York City by Governor Alfred E. Smith. The historic selection elevates a self-made legal professional to the city’s highest court.
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Sacre Yeu BS Jones
Waisd
New York City
Supreme Court of
Alfed B Smith
Cotton Crop Will Total 13 153 000 Bales This Year
The Department of Agriculture estimates this year’s cotton crop at 13 153 000 bales up from 10 139 671 last year. Average running bale weight is about 499 8 10 pounds gross. The price per pound of bale cotton to producers on December 1 was 226 10, compared with 31 in 1922.
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United Press
Washington
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