Missing PN-9-1 Seaplane Search Tightens Across Pacific
Five men aboard the PN-9-1 are missing after a forced landing amid a Pacific storm 185 miles west of Maui. Sea planes and three warships joined the hunt as crews radioed distress and dredged the ocean with searchlights.
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International News Service
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Hera
Islands
Washington
Hawaiian
Pacific Ocean
Navy Department
Harold E. Swisher
United Press
Naval Headquarters
Mauii
PN-91
John Rogers
John Rodgers
Harve de Grace
John A. Rodgers
Byron J. Connell
Pittsburgh
S. R. Pope
Jackson
Tenn
Otis G. Stantze
Aroostook
van Auken
Pearl Harbor
Educational Board Sustains Ferguson in Woodland Transfers
In Groesbeck on September 2, the county board upheld County Superintendent Mrs. Cora Ferguson denying Woodland district students a transfer to Mexia schools and directing all Woodland pupils to Forest Glade. Mexia plans bus service while funds transfer remains disputed. appeals to state education department or district court may follow.
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Groesbeck
Mexia
Woodland
County Board of Education
Cora Ferguson
Forest Glade
Lunds
Ferguson
Pulips
Fine Forest
State Department of Education
Groesbeck Reports 2240 Bales of Cotton To Date
Groesbeck public weigher Sam Wiley lists 2240 bales received by Tuesday, a local record for this time of year. He expects this week to be the banner period as about 100 bales daily arrive mostly seeded, with 40 bales shipped by Farm Bureau members.
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Groesbeck
Sam Wiley
Wiley
Farm Bureau
Limestone County Teachers Elect Leaders at Institute Meet
Prof A Puckett was reappointed director general of the Limestone County Interscholastic League as teachers met for the annual session in Groesbeck. Others named to coaligned posts include John T Black debate, Mrs W B Landrum declamation, J W Phillips spelling, Mrs Warner Rasco memory, Prof A C Strickland athletics, Miss Howard Darrett music, and Prof D M Major arithmetic. The Limestone County Educational Association elected N T Black chairman with Miss Virginia Bedford secretary treasurer. Monthly meetings will rotate countywide. The teachers institute featured county agent P G Haines and home demonstration agent Miss One B McGlasson urging club work and exhibit support. Rev Murray A Travis spoke on education optimism. Martha Beth Cayton read, Mrs Harry Humble sang, and declamation champion Clarence Cain and Jack Hill provided entertainment.
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A. C. Strickland
Coolidge
Howard Darrett
Groesbeck
D. M. Major
Limestone County Educational Association
N. T. Black
Rosse
Virginia Bedford
Thornton
The
Educational Association
P. G Haines
One B. McGlasson
Murray A. Travis
Hiss
Martha Beth Cayton
Harry Humble
W. W. Brown
Clarence Cain
Jack Hill
Harris Watson and Neece to Head Rotary Program
Doyle Harris Jim Watson and John Neece form the committee in charge of the Rotary Club program at noon Thursday. J G McIntosh, club secretary, reports his El Paso trip and notes El Paso Rotary faces usual attendance troubles for summer events.
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Doyle Harris
Jim Watson
Preacher Kills Burglar At Home In Chicago
An unidentified burglar was killed by Rev. J. Foster after Mrs. Cora Tappett fired at a man attempting to enter her residence. The incident occurred in chicago on September 2.
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Chicago
Rev. J. Foster
Cora Tappett
Mexia Magazine Trade Runs Hot As Weather Turns
Mexia buys about 10 000 magazines and 40 000 newspapers monthly through local stands. Pioneer News Stand owner Gere Ormsby notes strong city reading with high circulation of Mexia Daily News and rising demand for confessional style magazines and higher quality issues in winter. He adds women lead readership and early monthly releases frustrate late arrivals.
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Mexia
Gene Ormsby
Mr. Ormsby
Mexia Daily News
Liberty
Postman
Mexia Citizen
Ormsby
Miss Ederle Hopes for Second English Channel Try
Cape Grizenez Sept 2 The rough weather on the English Channel is subsiding and it is possible Gertrude Ederle will make her second attempt tomorrow morning to swim across.
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Cape Griznez
English Channel
Gertrude Ederle
Admiral Coontz Relieved of Command
Rear Admiral Coontz will be relieved of command of the United States fleet October 5 and take charge of the Hampton Roads naval district in a relocation announced from Washington on September 2.
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Washington
Coontz
United States Fleet
Hampton Roads Naval District
Bryan Minister Wil Lecture at Mexican Church Next Sun
Dr John A Held Baptist minister from Bryan will speak in Mexia next Sunday and lead a Mission Study Course. He spent months touring Europe and will present five illustrated lectures from 8 to 9 pm each evening. He was born in Austria and will share European affairs and foreign religious work.
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John A. Held
Bryan
Texas
C. H. Ward
First Baptist Church
Held
Europe
Austria
America
Baptists
Joint action against Mexia firms uphead
Ten oil companies remain joint defendants in Eli Tatum vs Humphreys Oil Co et al over damages from Navasota flooding. Judge J R Bell denied separating the suit into ten actions and dismissed the jury, adjourned to the next term. Tatum, a Navasota river lands resident, seeks 70000 for flooded lands crops stock losses. Rennolds and Rennolds of Mexia represent Tatum.
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Groesbeck
Mexia
J. R. Bell
Eli Tatum
Humphreys Oil Company
Tatum
Navasota
Rennolds and Rennolds of
Cour
Tragic Teague Car Backing Accident Claims Child Life
Geraldine Thompson four dies after being struck by a car backing from a garage driven by neighbor Josephine Hildebrand. The incident occurred after 10 p m, as her two year old brother escaped injury. Funeral held at home with Corsicana interment later. Teague residents extend sympathy to Mr and Mrs W K Thompson.
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Teague
W. K. Thompson
Geraldine Thompson
Josephine Hildebrand
Hilderbrend
Corsicana
Thompson
Underwood
Dallas
Dirigible Shenandoah Prepares Mid West Trip
Lakehurst N J September 2 The dirigible Shenandoah is ready to depart for Midwest fields near St Louis with a crew of 38. It will fly over St Joseph Kansas City Friday and head through Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan. It will anchor at Detroit and return Monday.
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Lakehurst
N. d
Shenandoah
Srots
Field
Til
St. Louis
Middle West
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Detroit
Hospital Bulletin on Freckles Mc Goosey Fracture
A medical consultation at the hospital notes Freckles Mc Goosey’s compound leg fracture and rising temperature causing concern. Recovery prospects are uncertain. Follow the ship condition in the comic strip Fregke Jes and His Friends on the Daily News comic page.
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Freckles McGoosey
Freckles
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Rotary
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