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Newspaper
Mexia Daily News
Location
Mexia, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1925
Page
1
Captain Roald Amundsen and his polar expedition are safe at Kings Bay with the party in good health. Lincoln Ellsworth, the Ohio aviator, is accompanied by Amundsen on the voyage and is believed to be with the group. The dispatch confirms their well being.
Dorothy Perkins aged 17, a telephone operator dubbed the hobnailed “jazz girl,” was convicted of first degree manslaughter for killing her soldier sweetheart Thomas Templeton at a Valentine party in Greenwich Village last February. A 20 year possible sentence looms as Judge McIntyre adjourns sentencing to Monday.
The Mexia municipal band will give a free concert at Hughes Park Thursday night at 8 15. The new band under Jimmie King, with about 15 members, is rising fast as a top municipal band in the region. The public is invited for an excellent evening of entertainment.
In Tangier on June 18 heavy fighting left 106 Spanish casualties but the Spaniards repulsed a Rif offensive at Benkarrich and inflicted heavy losses. Earlier reports said Rif forces aimed to thwart cooperation with the French.
Paris June 18 The French foreign office stated that Riffian gains were admitted to quell a Spanish report of vast Riff victories in the contested area Many were captured by the Mo Foccans and the statement aimed to set the record straight.
United Press Paris correspondent A L Bradford reports in Gibraltar on June 18 that France faces a hard choice in Morocco. Abdur Krim channels disloyalty among natives while France relies on fortified defenses to counter guerrilla tactics. Victory or prestige loss hinges on demonstrating military dominance and sending arms and troops.
Austin June 18 In the event the Missouri Pacific railroad opposes the extension of the Sap railroad to the Rio Grande valley the state through the attorney general will intervene on behalf of the extension Mr and Mrs Tom Potts and daughter Mrs Filgree from Mapleville Ala have returned home after a visit with Mr and Mrs W E Potts at Shiloh Mrs Graft will have as her guest her niece of Waxahachie
Studebaker Corp of America announces ending yearly new line presentations. Instead the company will keep cars up to date continually, adding improvements as they prove worthy, with the engineering department funded at about a half million dollars annually.
London reports a heated debate in the House of Commons as England fears a foreign outbreak and contemplates action against China. Dispatches say Chinese officials and residents urge conflict, with executions of communists in Ranké and Tien Tsin, troop movements near Pekin, and anti British enlistment under Feng Yuh Liang.
A daylong session of the W B A Maccabee Review was held in Mexia at the K of P Hall with Dallas grand commander Mrs. Sallie D Botzler and Palestine district deputy Mrs. Pearl Irving as guests. The program featured opening, welcome by Mrs. Lena Ward, solos by Evelyn and Laurene Calame, Priddy and Nan Oates performances, readings by Little Miss Manning, and a luncheon for 61 attendees.
Boy Scouts of Troop No 3 are notified of a meeting time change due to Scoutmaster K Aubrey being away at a church conference in Waco. The troop will meet at the church Friday at 9 15 p m to discuss plans for summer camp. Rev Aubrey expects to return in time to attend.
Chicago June 18. William D. Shepherd stands trial for murder of his foster son William McClintock as Charles G. Farman of the National University of Science testifies about typhoid germ cultures and a promised $100000 payoff. The court debated whether Farman should testify as a court witness or the state’s witness. The decision was postponed.
AUSTIN June 18 The state cut out law took effect at midnight making it unlawful for cars to be equipped with cut outs. The law aimed to prevent their use but wording makes any car with a cut out a violation of the statute.
A summary of Senator La Follette headlining decades of reform efforts. He championed direct primaries and direct U S Senators election, workers compensation and safety laws, railroad regulation and taxation, telephone and telegraph rate control, campaign finance publicity, government employee hours, parcel post, federal inheritance tax, protections for women workers and children, child labor laws, and federal children's bureau. He also pushed redefining trusts and exempting cooperative farmer and labor organizations from antitrust law.
Rain fell across Mexia and surrounding areas boosting the agricultural district and reviving the cotton crop. Corsicana Wortham Coolidge Tehuacana Groesbeck and most counties reported measurable rain, though not statewide. Kansas City also faced heat with 94 degrees and 116 in Parsons as pools saw record crowds.
Editors in session report from Tyler Texas on June 18 as the Texas Presa Association opens its animal convention with proceedings continuing today.
Senator Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin died in Washington today from influenza compounded by asthma and heart disease. The independent presidential candidate was more than 70, with the entire family at his bedside. A noted liberal and progressive figure, he led a long, combative political career centered on reform and opposition to the old party order.
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