Back to Land Plantoaid Back to Land Plan Aimed at Rural Subsistence
Washington July 22 The back to the land plan aims to move unemployed families from cities to the countryside to grow their own food and gain independence. Funding starts at 25000 with possible expansion to hundreds of millions, and loans are to be repaid from a revolving fund as administrators map out repayment. The law targets redistributing surplus urban population to rural areas to reduce industrial center crowding.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Pla
Bankhead
Alabama
Roosevelt
Ickes
North Side Visit Proves Fatal to Chicago Hoodlum
Chicago July 28 Four men cornered Thomas Fredinordo alias Tony Rocco while he sat drinking in a Denter Gallagher saloon on the northwest side. As he tried to flee through a back door they fired a volley which struck him down. He died in the arms of a policeman who arrived after the shooting.
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Chicago
Thomas Fredinordo
Tony Rocco
Fredinordo
Denter Gallagher
Wife Sues Menjou for 2300 Monthly Alimony
In Los Angeles Kathryn Carver, former film actress, petitions the Superior Court for a to show cause order to compel Adolphe Menjou and Jim Blair to appear. She seeks $2300 a month in alimony, claiming the actor’s ability to pay. The motion aims to have Menjou cited before the court to prove his financial capacity.
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Tos Angeles
Kathryn Carver
Fim
Adolphe Menjou
Jim Blar
Giverce
Menjou
Golf balls and clubs stolen at San Antonio range
Thieves took golf balls and clubs from a local driving range in San Antonio, hitting 20 balls and nine clubs plus $1 in cash. Clyde Peterson of 201 East Huisade Bycrue reported theft of clubs valued at $33 from a parked auto.
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San Antonio
Ingnds
Olmos Ariving
Ther
Clyde Peterson
East Huisade Bycrue
Parted Auto
Pearsall Schools Appoint New Superintendent
Pearsall announces Prof. W. Wren as the new superintendent succeeding L. B. McGutin who recently agreed to take La Grange schools post. Wren, previously ten years head at La Grange, was elected to lead Pearsall. The change aligns Pearsall with Wren’s decade of prior district leadership.
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Pearsall
W. Wren
la Grange Schools
Pearsall Schools
L. B. McGutiin
la Grange Arhonis
Lehman Expected to Succeed Woodin in Treasury
WARRINGTON July 28 Believed a certainty that Treasury Secretary Woodin will resign September 1 and that his successor will be Lehman of New York according to authoritative reports from here Lehman is expected to take over the post as Woodin departs.
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Lehman
Woodin
Warrington
Sec- Boiiry
Treasury
New York
Four Children Claim Half of Carl D Newton Estate
Four children of the late Carl D Newton sue for an accounting and partition of the estate valued at 152 dollars at the death of Newtons first wife in 1319. The defendant is Mrs Galrie Gemeen Newton, administrator since November 1902. Plaintiffs Janice, Ethel, Iva and Carl Newton seek their share of the community property from Newton and his first wife. Carrie Newton is named as the defendant with the second Mrs Newton.
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Carl D. Newton
Newton
Ile
Janice
Ethel
Iva
Carl Newton
Delennert
Lier
Carrie Newton
Heat Prostration Fatal in Dallas
Dallas reports the death of Richard McFadden 45 after heat prostration while unloading rock and gravel from a truck. He was taken to a hospital where he died a few hours later. Also notes Treasury receipts and expenditures for July 26 with balances and yearly totals.
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Dallas
Richard McFadden
McFadden
Guardsmen to Leave Aug 4 for Camp Hulen Encampment
San Antonio national guard units about 650 men will depart by special train August 4 at 7 p.m. for Camp Hulen for a 15 day annual encampment of the Thirty-sixth division. Nine units of the Seventy-First brigade join a roster including Companies A F G M the service company and regimental band plus headquarters elements under Captains and Lieutenants. Maj. Gen. John A. Hulen again commands the division during training with about 8000 officers and men and full field equipment. Brig. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead leads the Sixtieth Field Artillery brigade in San Antonio.
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San Antonio National Guard
Camp Hulen
San Antonio
Southern Pacific
One Hundred and Forty-first Infantry
Sterling Burke
Richard Werner
Conway Scoggin
Carl Braunig
Alen Moore
Merritt Harrison
Compa
Henry Bitt
Henry Lee Taylor
Harry Steele
John A. Hulen
Claude V. Birkhead
Birkhead Named President of Commercial National Bank
Claude V. Birkhead, longtime director and executive committee member, is elected president of Commercial National Bank to fill the vacancy from Z D Bonner’s resignation. Board remains unchanged with Charles Baumberger Sr. as chairman and officers including Hushead as president, Baumberger Jr. and A E Baetz as vice presidents, Crowther as cashier, and Simpson as assistant cashier. Also listed are board members W Diselmann, J K Blackstone, Jack W Neal, L D Gilmore, and Mrs Kate Schenck along with San Antonio guards and maneuvers participants led by Major Douglas N Lawley, Major T Maxey Hart, and Capt Al C Deutsch.
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Claude V. Birkhead
Birkhead, Beckmann, Stanard
National Guard Division
San Antonio
Douglas N. Lawley
One Hundred and Forty-first Infantry
T. Max 1Ey Hart
al C. Deutsch
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