Texas illiteracy drive urged by state leaders
February report from Austin outlines a national crusade against illiteracy with Governor Moody and state officials leading efforts. Proposed actions include local literacy committees, night schools, volunteer teaching, fundraising, enrollment drives, and transport for learners, though Texas has no state funds for the program.
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American Legion
H. Fillers
Texas State Teachers’ Association
Noyes D. Smith
Texas Can of
Bencen
Opportunity to Teach Illiterates Lifts State Rank
A call to seize the chance to remove literacy stigma among the unfortunates through volunteer teaching. The plan, urged by the national committee, aims to educate illiterates in reading and writing and thereby raise the state’s standing.
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National Committee
Court Proceedings Across County Courts and Dismissals
A compendium of court decisions lists acquittals in aggravated assault cases against Vachel Lawson and a dismissal in the Roscoe Hardin case. Several matters involve damages, notes, and foreclosure actions. Multiple defendants face charges from simple assault to vagrancy and theft under eighty three dollars, with a wide array of individuals cited for traffic violations and disturbing the peace.
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McCollum Burnett
State of Texas
Vachel Lawson
State of Texas Va
Roscoe Hardin
E. A. MeNett Jr
D. L. Clavide
L. J Joseph
Roy Bates
J. P. O'Brien
Theo Moreno
Oleg Shields
F. L. Hook
Louis Rivas
Antonio Dominguez
Manuel Aguerra
A. Pilheiner
J. A. Johnson
Jimmie Burcher
Nat Hirsch
A. F. Phillipa
Andrew McKay
Will Chance
Margarite Montelango
Lois Toriva
Court docket details long division of district cases
A garbled OCR list of Fifth to Seventh District court cases includes Mrs. Alvie Lee Tomme vs L E B Schilling and others, Lowe vs W M Stephen son et al for receivership, Nitulithic company v La coma Stercantile company, city of San Antonio v Eppa Wall on taxes, Commonwealth Bank and Trust Co v Lone Star Motor Truck and Tractor Association, George E. Smith v Frank T. Dittmeier for insurance, Annie T. Cavanaugh administratrix v Pan American Life Insurance.
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Frederick Stevens
Rom
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W. M. Stephenson Et Alquit
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Nitulithic Company
Ve. Lacoma Stercantile Company
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Eppa
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George E. Smith
Frank T. Dittmeier
Annie T. Cavanaugh
Pan American Life Insurance Company
Om Insurance Policy
District Court Docket Listing Multiple Burglary Thefts
A fragmented OCR list notes cases in the NINETY-FOURTH DISTRICT and Texas court records. Names include Homer Tharp Jose Mar tines and Jose Martinez, with charges of burglary robbery theft and bond details. Several defendants and aliases appear alongside monetary figures and verdicts or bond statuses. The unclear text mentions multiple individuals and offenses in a scattered docket entry.
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Ninety-Fourth District Court
W. W. McCrory
Homer Tharp
Spanish War Vets Initiate Six New Members
Six new members were initiated into Eugene J. Vernan dez Camp No. 1 of the United Spanish War Veterans, per historian William W. Herring. New members named include William J. Bonner, R. G. Crawford, P. J. Wren D. Hickman, We RL See William J. Terry. Honor members were Michael Moe Manus of Washington, D. C., B. J. Meed of Kansas, and Hoy Anderson of Arkansas.
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Tare Boom
Eugene J
Principal Addresses Parents Group on Citizenship Training
School principal A. Bush of Wood Law McKinley and Agnes Cotton elementary schools spoke to the Parent-Facher association of the Morill Ward school of Harlandale on Thursday afternoon. The talk focused on training for citizenship.
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Woodlaw, McKinley
Agnes Cotton
Parent-Fracher Association
Morrill Ward
Harlandale
Community Dance Notices Across The City
City notices invite families to a Sunday dance on February 23 at Vermann Lane Hall South St Marys. Events include a dance with prizes at St Anthony ballroom on February 30 and Washington's Birthday celebrations at Laser Temple. Multiple dance events feature music, friendly crowds and local venues with various dates and hours.
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Hermann
Dante Hunday
Vermann Lane Hall
South St. Mary's
Martha Washington
Texas , Cowboy Colonial Club
St. Anthony
Washington
Laser Temple
Reports on Minsk rabbi arrests lack confirmation
Universal Service dispatch from London datelined February 21 reports wholesale arrests of Jewish religious leaders in Minsk Russia and death sentences for several rabbis but confirms from Riga Berlin Warsaw and Moscow are not yet verified. Berlin Jewish Telegraph Agency says no confirmation and suspects hoax. Telegraph agency notes Minsk leaders arrested by Soviet police reportedly marked for death.
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London
Minsk
Russia
Riga
Sierlin
Warsaw
Moscow
Univertsl Hervica
Berlin
Poland
Jewish Telegraph Agency
Warnetates
Polier
Oil Production for 1929 Sets New Crude Record
Washington Feb 21 A new 1929 record for petroleum production was reported by the Bureau of Mines. Preliminary figures show shipments totaling 1 005 508 000 barrels with potential crude oil brought to the surface near 1 006 000 000 barrels, up about 103 500 000 barrels or 12 percent from the 1928 peak.
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Washington, D.C
Bureau of Mines
Student Nurse Now Is Patient at Banta Rora Infirmary
Friday the tables turned for Misa Margarite Walker 19 a student nurse at Banta Rora infirmary knocked down by a car at Hous tnn and North Flores streets taken to the infirmary for treatment for minor injuries. Jack Porter Brenton 5 of 912 North Mesquite street suffered slight injuries after being struck Thursday afternoon in front of his home.
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Misa Margarite Walker
Banta Rora Infirmary
Miss Walker
Houstnn
North Flores Atreeta
Jack Porter Brenton
North Mesquite Street
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