Recount in Texas House Seat Runs to Night
A House Elections subcommittee in Washington reviews the Texas elec tion contest for the teenth district seat. The panel weighs whether recounts should proceed or if sufficient evidence already exists to declare a result. The committee earlier accepted a recount report covering three counties and resumed counting in precinct No 123 for candidate Harry.
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Wurzbach Wins Votes as Recount Ends Contested Election
In the 1928 contest for re election on the Republican ticket M Wurzbach gains votes while Augustus McCloskey Democrat is acquitted of fraud charges. The recount by the state board and county commissioners court yields Wurzbach 170 votes in one precinct and 317 unallotted votes claimed by McCloskey, McCloskey’s 149 in another precinct remain uncontested.
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Wurzbach Accuses Aliens in Texas Vote Casts
Rep. Harry M. Wurzbach, Republican, challenged alien voters in precincts 10 and 20 in San Antonio Texas, citing Valeriano and Ninsta Martinez on poll lists and affidavits of nonvoting. A recount was halted after partial ballot box openings as committee leaders debated next steps amid disputed tallies and legal forms.
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Fraud in handling election lists raises precinct dispute
Testimony in county proceedings alleges fraud in vote handling affecting McCloskey and Wurzbach. Clerk Jack Burke cites ballot box irregularities, missing tally records, and miscounted ballots across precincts 10 and 20, urging new boxes to replace broken old ones. The case centers on net gains and alleged stuffing of ballots, with 75 vote swing claimed in the disputed totals.
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Transfer Orders For Brooks Cadet Officers Leave
By order of the department, officers at Brooks are instructed to transfer. Friday Lieut. Samuel Flix, cadet commandant at Brookfield, will sail from San Francisco on May 31 for duty in the Philippine islands. May 1 sees Linn FE sail for Murai with Frauke detailing arrangements.
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Incinerator protest shaded by city hall clash over highway waste
A heated public meeting erupts over a proposed incinerator project near Mission read, with city officials led by Go EL Wapler and Fr. Wademund denying claims of foul odor and flies. Residents like Taylor and Kubialy pressure for odor control, water runoff, and highway safety implications as they critique future waste disposal plans.
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Senator Grundy Tests Hoover Knowledge Of Legislation
Washington Jan. 83L A transcript read to the Senate lobby committee quotes Joseph S. Grundy of Pennsylvania, a former vice president of the American Tariff League, saying Hoover lacked experience in economic policy and legislative procedures. Grundy warned against electing a president with no experience in taxation, tariffs, or related economic matters.
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Officials Aid New Highway
Southeast and West Texas association, pursuing road projects to boost visitors, announced Friday by Charles M. Tobin. Southern Pacific will move 1000 feet of trackage east between Comfort and Kerrville to ease crossings. Kerrville chamber and Kerr county officials secured the pledge, with the highway commission backing completion of 60 miles unpaved on the Gareda highway in LaSalle county and paving four to five miles near D'Hanis. Plans include seven miles between East-Bernari and Rosenberg toward Houston. repairing the Gonzales to Ellon area is being pursued.
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Negroes to Plead for Vote Before State Committee
Negro voters barred from Democratic primaries plan to seek voting rights this summer. D A Booker of San Antonio wires 10 Texas cities urging committees to join the Austin delegation to press the matter before the Texas Democratic executive committee. Revs A W Williams W J Myers I H Kelly B G Jordan and I H Bwalzey form the visiting group. If denied, a federal suit may be filed to gain the right to vote. About 000 colored voters are in Bexar County.
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Mine Explosion Kills 18 Miners in Turkey
An explosion at the Zongouldak coal mines in Turkey last night left 13 miners dead and six seriously injured. It marks the third disaster in the region in three months, amidst mounting safety concerns.
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Public service panel orders new NY telephone rates
Albany notes the public service commission requires the New York Telephony Company to implement two new rate schedules by midnight. The change, a 20 percent reduction, preserves four party and upstate services while previously announced discontinuations are retained in the commission’s plan.
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