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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1933
Page
4
An Austin cafe owner was arrested on prohibition charges after a woman claimed her husband took 25 cents, the family's last for whiskey, one coin a Canadian keepsake. Deputies found whiskey during a cafe search and recovered a Canadian coin from the operator.
Weatherford Oklahoma section reports B L Black Shirley died at Springtown Texas at age 114 proven by records. He was born in Tennessee and served in the Union Army and moved to Texas about 1880 living in Springtown since then. His eldest daughter Mrs Fitts of Burneyville Okla is 87 and youngest daughter Mrs W W Waters of Springtown is 22. Shirley was married three times.
Mrs. T C Hall of Gonzales Texas received a Barcelona cable announcing the death of her son Thomas C Hall Jr age 29 who had joined the marine service about eleven years earlier and was employed by the Tampa Inter Ocean Steamship Company. His body will be brought home for burial and he is survived by his mother and brother Maurice Hall both of Gonzales.
The Ninth District American Legion convention will be held in LaGrange on March 19 with D M Phillips as arrangement chairman. Schulenburg and Flatonia posts will join local hosts for the event.
An all night dance is scheduled in Moulton on Saturday February 25 sponsored by Geyer Merrem Post 392 American Legion. Bill Cornelson and his orchestra will perform.
Washington reports the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as a giant, government backed bank using paper credit to inject funds. It has a $3.8 billion capital, loaned about $1.5 billion in seven months, and backed thousands of banks and construction projects while sustaining cotton prices and farmer credit through nontraditional means.
Motorcycles on dirt tracks gain popularity in Spain as British riders introduced the sport years ago. This season features a female rider enhancing fan appeal. A night burlesque bullfight at Alcante presents two riders, Mister Sagraw and Mister Aresta, attempting to kill bulls on motorcycles, but the bulls topple riders forcing foot pursuit. Spectacle drew little enthusiasm.
In Nisvara Italls New York a woman's squeeze of a toothpaste tube led to the arrest of three men accused of robbing four American tourists from Washington. The victims Henry Beall Harry Garner Mabel Garner and Frances King reported cash watches and other items missing totaling $80. Miss Garner identified the toothpaste tube as found in the suspects’ possession.
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