12 Jun 1927
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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1927
Page
1
Wariltn Leslie Rudslon said a convict involved in a plan to blow the Missouri state prison walls and free 100 inmates was deterred after his mother urged him to reveal the scheme. Authorities found enough explosives to demolish the prison andInterrupt the planned escape at play time.
Rev Kenneth Smith will preach at the First Christian Church Sunday with morning sermon Why I Go to Church and evening message Religious Mispronunciation He comes from Fort Worth for the services W B Kendrick church board chairman urges large attendance Sunday school at the usual hour with Carl Davis superintendent.
Col Charles Lindbergh received the first of several prizes for his New York Paris flight. He was handed four dollars by Bulova Watch Co aboard the Memphis in a presentation that cited his world attention to aeronautics.
Jere H. Cason, youthful Texas Chamber of Commerce secretary, was reelected and given a salary increase plus a trip to the National Commercial Secretaries School near Chicago. He is noted as one of Texas' outstanding commercial secretaries.
President Coolidge and about a hundred thousand people hailed Charles A Lindbergh in Washington on June 11. The young aviator, calm amid cheers, recalled his Paris arrival and the European appeal to carry a message back to America.
The issue announces the upcoming Monday publication of each contestant’s total vote count in The Daily News campaign and invites new entries with a chance to win cash prizes or cars. Subscriptions must be at headquarters by 10 am Monday to be counted.
President Coolidge decorates Charles A Lindbergh with the Distinguished Flying Cross calling him our ambassador without a portfolio. He praises Lindbergh and America’s aviation leadership while thanking Mrs Evangeline Lindbergh for her quiet influence and support.
Babe Ruth hit his 19th and 20th home runs of the season for New York against Cleveland at Yankee Stadium. Both drives came off Buck pitching. the first sailed into the upper bleachers in right field in the third inning and the second followed in the fifth.
A dancing party in Noach Rio Grande do Sul was disrupted by police. Reports say 13 died and 24 were wounded. In another item, Evelyn Cates visited Neil Bryce at Forest Glade and attended a moonlit picnic and dance. San Angelo wool pool sells 750000 pounds at 32 3 4 cents on 12 month basis.
Principal C A Anderson of Mexia High School argues that colleges dictate a rigid subject system in high schools. He says this college domination treats high schools as college vestibules and overlooks the needs of the 80 percent who do not attend college. He notes compulsory foreign language and uniform math requirements fail to serve diverse student goals.
A fragment discusses college expectations and high school reforms. It questions whether most high school graduates attend college, critiques foreign language requirements, and argues that college priorities may clash with student needs. The piece calls for student centered, democratic schooling.
The fragment notes that three years of mathematics show research costs exceeding ten percent of practical usable material, even for science specialists. It hints at continued discussion on page three.
Limestone county commissioners divide over a tax work report by C H Machen for I D DeWitt delinquent tax expert. The report seeks no warrants for a lock system project while DeWitt's firm faces a $125000 commission on a $500000 overdue total. Citizens and some officials protested. An adjustment with the firm is expected.
President Coolidge honors Charles A Lindbergh with the Distinguished Flying Cross as crowds greet the hero on a Washington parade route. Evangeline Lindbergh and officials share in a jubilant, patriotic celebration with gun salutes and flyovers.
Clarence D. Chamberlin and Charles A. Levine joined in honoring Charles Lindbergh’s Atlantic crossing. The pair, who were second to fly solo across, sent greetings by cable to Lindbergh as citizens paid tribute in Berlin.
In Caldwell Texas on June 11 a jury found Kind Shelburne guilty of masked murder from four years earlier and sentenced him to five years in prison. Lang and an accomplice were linked to the crime.
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