Campaign swings in Texas governors race heat up
In Dallas area reports on July preprimary activity show Democrats pressing toward July 24, with three main Democratic candidates and Republicans Harvey Haines and Garry Wurzbach signaling a crowded campaign. Davidsons, Colquitt, Moody and Ferguson camps trade statements as tours and speeches roll through Temple Granger Austin and other Texas towns.
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Dallas
Tex
Harvey H. Haines
Houston
Radio Voltage Man Electrocuted in Homewood Workshop
Lester Wolf a 19 year old assistant electrician at Neutro-Wound Radio Manufacturing Company’s WOK station in Homewood was electrocuted while repairing equipment in the operating room. He entered the control room to replace a burned fuse and touched a high voltage wire.
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Chicago
Lester Wolf
Neutro-Wound Radio Manufacturing Company
WOK
Homewood
Wolf
Senators urge FTC probe of big mergers across four years
Twenty three senators called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate about a score of large mergers to see if anti trust laws were violated and if combinations throttled competition. They asked Congress what federal action could regulate such corporate ties and cited mergers including Kelvinator Nizar Grand Rapids Electrical Refrigerator and Du Pont Viscoloid.
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Universal Service
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
Walsh
Montana
Kelvinator
Nizar
Dud
Grand Rapids Electric
du Pont de Nemonts
Viscoloid
Remington
Corona
Icy’ Hot
J. T. Connor and
DiXcese
Earle and Wilson
Cluett Peabody
National Dairy
Kardex Company
Lib‘rary
Bureau and
Globe-Werniecke
A. Fe Myers
Sargeant
Man Drops 1750 Feet Ere Pulling Parachute Cord
In Cincinnati Ohio on July 12 F A DeWeese former US Army Air Service sergeant claimed a world record parachute drop of 1750 feet from Grissard Field before pulling the rip cord. Stopwatches recorded eleven and a half seconds to landing from an initial altitude of 2500 feet.
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Cincinnaty
Ohio
F. A. DeWeese
United States Army Air Service
Wilbur Wright Field
Dayton
DeWeese
Grissard Field
Randall Rose
Mitchel Field
Mineola
Long Island
New York
American Woman Completes 20 Mile Dover Ramsgate Swim
Mrs. C. Carson of New York swam 20 miles from Dover to Ramsgate in six hours and twenty minutes becoming the first American woman to conquer the channel coast swim. Salt water irritation limited her to five minutes shy of the record. she finished in good condition with a sugar lump each hour as nourishment.
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London
C. Carson
New York
Dover
Ramsgate
European Aristocracy Bans Short Skirts in Fashions Rise
The European aristocracy shifts from knee‑high skirts to longer four to five inch above ankle hemlines. Queen Victoria of Spain leads in white georgette ensembles with white accessories while other nobles adopt white, pearl gray, or black and white gowns. Callet’s edict promotes long gowns with ostrich feather trim as summer style.
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Universal Service
Paris
Victoria
Spain
London
Queen Victoria
Georgette
Duchess of Vendome
Afonica
Brier
Countess D'Audriffet-Pasquier
Princess de “la Tour
Lord Derby
Montcabrier
Jenny
Callet
Kansas City firm to build 10000 kW power plant in Texas Panhandle
Kansas City Power Securities announces a 10,000 kilowatt electric plant to be erected at the Texas Panhandle oil field with about 1.25 million dollars invested. Construction contracted, operation expected by mid late year. Chester C. Smith says contracts to supply Phillips Petroleum and other users, plant near oil producers, water from underground sources chosen over Republican river.
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Kansas City
Texas Panhandle
Kansas’ City Power Securities Company
Kansas City Power and Licht Company
United Power and Light Company
Chester C. Smith
Kansas City Power and Light Company
Amarillo
Phillips Petroleum Company
Republican River
Opera Star Plans Wedding Prompts Contract Suit
Miss Claire Dux grand opera singer faces a $10 000 damage suit for breach of contract if she marries Charles H Swift, Chicago meat packer, and leaves her planned appearances with the San Francisco Opera Company this summer. Timothy Healy, counsel for the company, said efforts to delay her marriage failed and action will seek reimbursement for losses from the breach.
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San Francisco
Claire Dux
Charles H. Swift
Milionaire Chicago
Timothy Healy
San Francisco Opera Company
Miss Toux
Miss Dux
Lave
Healy
Association
Polar Explorer Wilkins Reaches U
Captain George H. Wilkins, leader of the Detroit Arctic expedition that failed to find land north of Alaska, arrived in Seattle en route to Detroit and said the undertaking will be resumed.
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Seattle
Wash
George H. Wilkins
Alaska
Detroit
Mich
Auto Loops Loop In Berlin Speedway Race
Berlin July 12. An automobile driven by a Zeech looped the loop during a speedway race and landed on all fours. The incident caused no fatalities and spectators reported no major injuries.
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Berlin
Zzeech
Mules in Kansas Penal Mine Mutiny Over Barbecue Threat
In Lansing Kansas a coal mine riot among convicts at the state penitentiary ends when mutinous muleteers threaten to kill a mule and barbecue it. One mule deters the threat as drivers and guards intervene with strong language and restraint.
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Lansing
Kans
Kansas
Ills Ohio Divas EAST Gun Patin Waterlogged
Fragmentary notice mentions Dominic Prezzia from Wellsville Ohio a grocer and Chester Ohio. It notes someone was under water and a gun patent or patin reference appears in a damaged context. May refer to an Ohio incident with named individuals and places.
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Liverpool
Onia
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