Texas engineers decry new highway commission appointees
Dallas April 17 The American Society of Civil Engineers voices charges that a horat-doctor a tick detective and a plain politician have been appointed as highway engineers by the Texas state highway commission to supervise maintenance and construction. The Dallas meeting notes resignations and warns of protests over appointments lacking engineering training and experience.
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Associated
Dallas
Treas
Noyes
Ew Highway
Miriam A. Ferguson
Tom Press
Fort Worth
Croc C. Crabb
Worth
Rock~ Wall
E. Cocanougher
Denton
Stock ‘Sanitary
Royes Lad
Leo’ Eblinger
New Highway Commission
Clas
Ehlinger
Commission
College’ Station
Suburb Claims Twin Championship in Chicago Event
Lake Forest northshore family the Barey McGoverns claim a twin championship prize from the OWGA sponsored infant welfare contest. The competition prizes the most perfect set as part of the program in April.
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Chicago
Private guilty in check forgery for wedding ring
Private Melba C. Guinn of the Station Hospital Fort Sam Houston pleaded guilty to theft and forgery connected to purchasing a wedding ring with a check taken from a patient. He was sentenced by general court martial to two years confinement and a dishonorable discharge. Private Charles J. McDonald was tried for robbing a patient of a watch and received two years confinement and a dishonorable discharge.
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Station Hospital
Fort Sam_ Houston
Melba C. Guinn
Fort Sam'Houston
Fee
Corps Area
Charles J.mcdonald
Burglary Suspect Fred Baermann Released on Bond
Fred Baermann indicted in sixteen burglary and theft cases was released on $3200 bail after a habeas corpus hearing before Judge W W McCrory in Ninety fourth District Court. Bail was fixed at 200 in each case. Alphonse Semmelman, charged in companion cases, remains in jail.
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Fred Baermann
W. W. McCrory
Ninety-fourth District Court
Alphonsé Semmelman
Pintcate
First Witness in Wheeler Case Called in Great Falls
Associated Press reports in Great Falls Montana that the Wheeler case moves forward as District Attorney Slattery plans to call an unnamed Washington attorney to testify about a promise of shared fees for lobbying the Interior Department in a Campbell oil claims matter. Juries seated after three hours of questioning and selection. witnesses to be named when called.
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Associated Press
Great Falls
Mont
Lenz
Burton
Wheeler
Montana
John Jd. Slattery
Senate
Washington
Slattery
Washington J
W.G. Feeles
A. H. Farr
Peter” Nfee
Feeley
Gordon Campbell
Department of the Interior
Interior Department
Campbell
Tnrterior Department
Formosa Shaken by Heavy Quake Reported
A heavy earthquake struck Formosa at 4 30 in the morning causing slight damage. A minor tremor was also felt in Tokyo soon after.
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Formosa
Tokio
Mutual Love of Baseball Ends in Drunkard Trial
Misread notes describe a San Antonio scene where a baseball fan and a corporation faced a legal setting over intoxication. The fragment mentions an opening game and a judge, with chaotic dialogue about celebration and fandom. The text is garbled but centers on a drunkenness case linked to baseball culture.
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Leouiti
San Antonio
Jude
Heim
Fae
Russell Scott Granted Ninety Day Reprieve
Springfield April 17 Governor Small granted Russell Scott a 90 day reprieve to stay execution and save him from hanging tomorrow.
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Russell Scott
Springfield
Small
Russell ‘Scott
Himj
Prowler Fires Pistol as He Flees After Midnight Burglary
Judge S G Tayloe awoke to barking and saw a prowler under trees near several houses. The man fired a pistol and fled when police arrived later. Residents heard shots in the 200 block of West Craig but officers found no suspect. Burglary is suspected as the motive for the nighttime visits.
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S. G. Tayloe
Tayloe
Feve
Jeter
Craig
Minor Repairs Delay Blaine Dirigible Flight to Bermuda
In Washington a message from naval communications delays the Los Angeles airship’s Bermuda voyage by at least 24 hours. The craft was set to depart Thursday noon but was hungar at Lakehurst for condenser repairs and adjustments, delaying the trip.
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Washington
Navy
Los’ Angeles
Bermuda
Office of Naval ‘Communications
Lakehurst
Dying Mother Seeks Return of Runaway Boy
The mother of 15 year old Stanley Pierkowski lies near death and pleads for her son to come home from Cicero Illinois where he ran away on February 6 to learn cowboy life in Texas. His father A Pierkowski says the boy told friends he would work on a cowboy ranch near San Antonio. Police will search near the Stockyards in San Antonio for the adventurous youth.
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Texas
Stanley Pierkowski
Moving Pictures
Cicéro
A. Pierkowskii
San Antoni
Svork
Cowboy x Ranches
San Antonio
Russell C Hill New Y M C A President
Russell C Hill was elected president of the Young Men's Christian Association to succeed C J Carter at the annual meeting of officers and directors Thursday night. Other officers are W H Hearne vice president H Wallace treasurer and Henry Lee Taylor secretary. The officers will serve one year.
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Russell’ C. Bill
Young Men’s' Christian ‘Association
C. J. Carter
W. H. Hearne
H. ©. Wallace
Treasury
Henry Lee Taylor
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Avenie
Helena J. Knight
New York
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Hennafoam Corporation
West 42d
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