Hero Barton May Lose Soon After Heroic World War Record
Thomas D. Barton, once head of Texas’s Alcohol Tax Unit and former adjutant general, faces reinstatement or dismissal as investigator in charge of the unit. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross for heroism at the Meuse Argonne in October 1918, commanding a company and taking 20 machine guns and 90 prisoners. Barton, 59, has served in the Span American War and Philippine insurrection, and his staff of 15 men endured Christmas without pay after failing civil service exams. The fate rests with Congress as decisions loom before his January 20 birthday.
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Thomas D. Barton
Adjutant General of
Texas
Barton
Congress
St. Etienne
France
Seation
Siaén
Barton Hill
Meuse Argonne
Wfcelot
George ‘Washington
Texas National Guard
Heiress to Sail Wed Nobleman Patent Medicine Tale
Chicago January report says Oak Park heiress Merry Fehrney, famed for patent medicine riches, plans to sail to Rome to wed Count Georgio di Georgio a Chilean nobleman. Rumors swirl she may retire if marriage fails, while immigration authorities previously deported Count De Georgio as an undesirable alien and she vowed to pursue him with millions.
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Merry Fehrney
Oak Park
de Rome
Georgio di Georgio
Béartbrezker
Mermai
New
Chinese Wives Protest Adultery Law Changes
Chinese women objected to a draft criminal code that punishes adultery only for women, demanding equal treatment for men. In Shanghai Nanking and Peiping meetings, pressure from delegates pushed revisions, with many Yuan members backing change and concubine protections.
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Yuan
Mpricone
Jin Shanghai
Nanking
Peiee
Trotzky Denies Slaying Complicity in Paris Letter
Exiled Bolshevik leader Leon Trotzky disclaims all connection to the murder of Sergei Kiray and denies collusion with the assassin Leonid Nikolaev in an open letter distributed in Paris by barrister Jean Rous. A garbled closing line urges advertising for a rental.
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Trotzky
Paris
Leon Trotzky
Jean Rous
Sergei Kiray
Leonid Nikolaev
Captain Ordered Back to Station at Fort McIntosh
Captain Edward A Dignowity of the corps of engineers, on temporary duty at Eighth Corps area headquarters, is ordered back to Fort McIntosh Laredo. Major John W Nicholson of the Twenty third infantry has checked out of Fort Sam Houston for a new station with organized reserves at Jackson Mississippi.
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Edward A. Dignowity
Corps of Engineers
Eighth Corps
Fort McIntosh
Laredo
John W Nicholson
Twenty-third Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Jackson, Miss
Death of Cardinal Bourne prompts London tributes
Francis Bourne, 73, archbishop of Westminster, died in London from heart disease after years of ill health. He had been gravely ill since last Saturday and his death ends a long illness noted in church circles.
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London
Francis
Cardinal Bourne
Westminster
Bourne
Jail Release Asked to Care for Dogs
Warsaw Mo Jan 4 Harry Lutz 63 in county jail expresses concern for his four dogs writing to President Roosevelt seeking a permanent leave of absence from jail He has not heard back yet but says he has written the president twice for help
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Warsaw
UINS
Harry Lutz
Roosevelt
Lutz
London Streets Lecture by Dr Autrey Wiley in San Antonio
Dr Autrey Nell Wiley of the College of Industrial Arts English department will give an illustrated lecture on London Streets at the San Antonio Vocational and Technical School auditorium at 7 p.m. Friday. Public is invited by sponsors San Antonio Junior College and the American Association of University Women.
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London Streets
Autrey Nell Wiley
College of Industrial Arts
English Department
San Antonio Vocational
Mine Development Proposed as Relief Aid
Senator Pope of Idaho proposes to develop gold tin chromium and other metal mines as relief projects to Congress. He notes deposits worth hundreds of millions across the United States could be mined at approximately cost. Classified ads note two furnished rooms for rent at 118 Lowell Street.
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Warnington
Congress
Pope
Democrat
Idaho
United States
Lowell Street
Wage increase for 1550 Pacific-Electric workers approved
Wage hikes from 3 to 23 cents per hour take effect today for 1550 Pacific Electric trainmen and signalmen after a dispute resolution by the national mediation board. The annual raise totals about a specified amount.
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Los Angeles
Van
Pacific-Electric
National Mediation Board
Southland Life Assets Hit Milestones With Strong Liquidity
The company reports over one million dollars in actual cash and government bonds and more than eight and a half million in mortgages among total assets nearing nineteen million dollars. Officers including Clarence Linz and Harry Seay highlight liquidity, non borrowings, and a policyholder first mission, with Dec 31 1934 figures.
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Inspector Barton
USS Light
Southland Life Insurance Company
Dallas
Texa
Digger
Southland Life
Real Estate and Loans
The
Southland
Southland Life Insurance
Texas Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance Company
Harry L. Seay
Clarence E. Linz
P.M. Thevenet
P. V. Montgomery
W.E. Talbot
John §. Turner
J. I. Montgomery
Seay, Malone & Lipscomb
Niversary
Texas Life
Voice OF
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