Norwegian chosen as fourth man for Byrd expedition
At Roosevelt Field on June 21 the announcement named Lieut. Bert Balchen of Norway as the fourth member to join Commander Richard E. Byrd, along with Lieut. George Neville and pilot Bert Acosta. Balchen aided Byrd's North Pole prep and helped with trans Atlantic plans. takeoff awaits suitable weather, likely soon.
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Roosevelt Field
Europe
Richard E. Byrd
Byrd
Bert Balchen
George Neville
Bert Acosta
Balchen
North Pole
Soren sen Funeral To Be Held Here In Mexia
Mexia mourns H Sorensen pioneer baker and veteran of 1863 Denmark Germany conflict born in Denmark Si years ago who helped found Mexia’s first bakery with Peter Hansen. He died in Bosque county and will be buried here Wednesday weather permitting. Survived by Bosque county nephew Sorensen Neilson and other relatives.
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Mexia
H. Neilson
Bosque County
H. Sorensen
Mr. Neilson
John R. Carley
Portal
Hangs Sorensen
Denmark
Si Years Ag
Peter Hansen
Hansen
Sorensen
Germany
Hensen
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Sorensen Neilson
Receiver sought for Port Bolivar Iron Creek road project
Attorneys announced in Texas that a receiver would be asked to oversee the Longview road project before Judge Estes. The Iron Creek line runs from Longview to Ore City, about 28 miles, with bridges damaged since last August.
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Longview
Texas
Estes
Port Bolivar
East Texas Tonight Sees Local Showers
Weather brief notes soured by OCR misspellings indicate east Texas will receive showers tonight with continued rain into the next day. Forecast highlights scattered rain, cool highs, and breezy conditions across the region.
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Texas
Wedsboudy Sre
Lifeguard Rescues Man and Boy at Pool Incident
June 21 report from Dallas tells how lifeguard Jonah McNack, 42, dived to save a drowning 12 year old, but struck the pool bottom and lost consciousness. Ulysses Bonner, larger for his age, jumped in to rescue both the lifeguard and boy and brought them to shore.
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Dallas
Ulysses Bonner
Jonah McNack
Ulyases
Busy workers ten get gifts in campaign
Interest in The News ten thousand dollar Everybody Wins Something prize campaign grows. new candidates aimed at subscriptions excite voters. Enthusiasm rises as inquiries arrive daily from nominators weighing chances for big speedy motor cars and cash purses.
Encampment of Baptists Closed by Bad Weather
Continued inclement weather caused the Baptist encampment to be definitively and finally called off this morning. Dr. Howard Williams of Corsicana preached to a small crowd at the park Monday night as plans for building a Happy-School bond festival are mentioned.
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Howard Williams
Corsicana
the Park
First Pardon Issued Today by Governor
Acting Governor Barry Miller pardons P O Rouse in Trinity county for wife desertion after two and a half months in jail. Rouse, jailed 2.5 months, has tuberculosis. health officials urged release to save his life and protect others in the jail.
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Austin
Barry Miller
P.O. Rouse
Trinity County
Rouse
Miller
American Navy Parity Plan Aims for 300000000 Ton Cruisers
Washington reports the United States would need about 250 million dollars to reach parity with Britain in cruiser tonnage if the Geneva conference accepts a 300 million dollar maximum for both navies. Current US cruiser tonnage stands at 95 thousand tons versus Britain's 304 thousand tons.
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Washington
Great Britain
Britain
Navy Department
Odd Fellows and Knights Templar Meetings Listed
Local notices announce Tuesday night gatherings for the Odd Fellows and Knights Templar. A Sunday School Workers Council is set at First Christian Church, plus a report from James J. Cases near Peach Creek about a drowning incident with six companions today.
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Odd Fellows Meeting
Knights Templar
Sunday School Workers Council
First Christian
James J Cases
Peach Creek
Here
Wortham Builds Big Project With New Stores
Wortham expects a rapid building program across the town. Several storefronts are under construction with completion likely in forty to sixty days. A modernized block front will replace Seely Drug Store and Thompson buildings. The new center will feature fixtures and a topmerchandise mix managed by W A Well. The bakery plans to open within ten days.
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Wortham
Sisans Toll
W. A. Well
Seely Drug Store
Thompson
Texas to spend 15 per pupil for next school year
State Superintendent S M N Marrs announced a 15 dollar per child apportionment for the next scholastic season the largest in Texas history. The Board of Education will set the figure on the first Monday in August aided by a now balance over 1 000 000 from gasoline taxes and no major textbook purchases expected.
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Austin
S. M. N. Marrs
Texas
Board of Education
Marrs
Textbook Commission
Strange Woman Shoots Waco Man
Roy Darwin of Waco was in serious condition after a woman fired a bullet while he sat in a car in front of a Dallas hotel. Darwin said a woman approached and fired before he could reach her, striking him in the side.
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Strange
Waco
Dallas
Roy Darwin
Darwin
Sam Sternhorb
Barry Miller Praises Moody in Medic Talk
Acting Governor Barry Miller praised Governor Moody as an honest, inspiring example for Texas job seekers while addressing 120 medical license applicants in Austin. The group includes 11 Mexican applicants with 3 women, plus one Italian and two Black men among the applicants.
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Barry Miller
Moody
Austin
Lcense
State Board of Medical Examiners
Dan Moody
Texas
Broken Leg Suffered In Stadium Fall
J Minor Tidwell, owner of Tidwell Barber Shop and a leading church layman, fractured the lower ankle after slipping in the stadium stands at the Gusher ball park. He was treated at home by Dr M M Brown and reported resting fairly well after an X ray to assess the injury.
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Minor Tidwell
Gusher
Ball Park
Tidwell
M. M. Brown
Mr. Tidwell
First Baptist Church
Dallas druggists face liquor possession charges in dry raids
Federal agents seized more than 10 000 gallons of home brew as a crackdown on prohibition offenders in Dallas. Four drug store employees were arrested on charges of possession and sale of liquor after agents bought prescription liquor. Charges were filed against four additional drug stores, with arrests pending.
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Dallas
W. E. Marvin, Jr
F. W. Wofford
D. H. Williams
A. C. Franklin
Anid
Troops Patrol Jackson as Burley Case Nears Grand Jury
More than 200 Mississippi National Guardsmen patrolled Jackson streets while the grand jury considered the case of Walter Burley a negro accused of slaying Miss Martha Rees and Mrs O S Rees. Burley was held in Montgomery Alabama and reported en route to Jackson under heavy guard. An indictment was expected today. The pageant by young Presbyterians promoting foreign missions was staged at the First Presbyterian church with Miss Rochelle and several others performing songs readings and a piano solo.
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Jackson
Miss
Walter Burley
Martha
Rees
Burley
Montgomery
Ala
First Presby
Cause of Foreign Missions
Rochelle
Missee Beulah Mae Jackson
Becklien Jackson
Wanda Wagner
Annie Fae Hendon
Allie Hendon
Larlie Betts
Andre Betts
Methodists at Wortham Open Joint Revival
In Wortham the Methodist Protestant and Methodist Episcopal churches opened a two week union revival at the Community Tabernacle on June 19. Pastors Shivers and I A Watkop preach with Mr German Murphy directing the song service. The tabernacle was repaired, Boy Scouts Troop 1 cleaned the block, and a large choir with an orchestra accompanies the meetings to welcome attendees.
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German Murphy
Russell Nowlin Returns From Marines to Mexia
Russell Nowlin is back in Mexia after four years in the United States Marines. He served in Washington during Col. Charles A. Lindbergh’s return to the United States. Nowlin helped guard crowds near the flyer’s car and saw service in various locations including the tropics during the Sanur years.
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Russell Nowlin
United States Marines
Mexia
Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Br. Nowlin
Tropics
Cotton futures close barely steady in New York
Cotton futures closed barely steady in New York trading on June 21 with mixed changes across contracts. December indicates slight shifts from opening to closing prices, reflecting modest price stability in the market.
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New York
Texas Pharmaceutical Convention Opens in San Antonio
The Texas Pharmaceutical Association opens its annual convention in San Antonio with delegates from Dallas and North Texas arriving by special train. H. S. Forman of Dallas serves as the association president.
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San Antonio
Texas Pharmaceutical Association
Dallas
North Texas
H. S. Forman
Husband's Death Brings Murder Charge Against Woman
Fort Worth reports Mrs Johnnie May Quiram charged with murder over the death of her husband Henry J Quiram after a June 12 shooting in their home. He died from infection of a knee wound and the case goes to the grand jury following his death.
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Fort Worth
Johnnie May Quiram
Henry J. Quiram
Quiram
Flogging Cases Probe Moves Forward in Harrison County
In Harrison county the flogging cases investigation progresses satisfactorily. John E. Taylor the county and district attorney told acting Attorney General Simmons that state help would be unnecessary now and that aid would be requested if needed.
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Austin
Harrison County
John E. Taylor
Attorney General’s Department
State’ Legal Department
Simmons
Boy Drowns While Swimming at Wrights Tank Near Mexia
Five other youths, three white and three colored, swam in Wrights Tank east of Mexia on Monday afternoon when Oliver Cunningham, a 17 year old colored boy from the eastern part of town, drowned. His body was recovered.
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Wright's
Mexia
Wright's Tank
Oliver Cunningham
Kansas Floods Threaten Harvest Across Southwest
Floods across Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas threaten grain in harvest regions. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses reported as wheat fields flood, with much of Kansas grain storage at risk and production cut by roughly 25 percent. In Texas, hail and rain damage hit Mereta and Eula, damaging farms and outbuildings.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Kausas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Arkansas
The
Ark
Texas
Hil Mills
Mereta
Eula
Blakely Junior Victim of Odd Rifle Accident in Illiston
Bassett Blakely Jr. a ranch owner's son, is hospitalized with a left shoulder flesh wound after a rifle he had taken to bed discharged unexpectedly at the ranch. He said three men visited earlier that night and he knows nothing of them. Thomas Galvin Blakely married in San Antonio Monday night.
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Bassett Blakely
Mort Bend
Young Blakely
Thomas Galvin Blakely
San Antonio
Bassett, Jr
Unesvitten Law Plea Yields Five to Seven Years
D. T. Curry, 45, who killed George Kenny, 60, claiming the unwritten law, pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Shreveport on June 2. He was sentenced to five to seven years in state prison.
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Shreveport
D. T. Curry
George Kenny
Unrequited Love Claimed As Cause Of Local Death
Edinburg Texas report says the death of Maria Reyna 28 was by her own hand following alleged unrequited love. Her body was found near a Catholic church with a bullet wound and rodent remains nearby as investigators review the scene.
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Edinburg
Tex
U. P
Mimente Reyna
Bull
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