France May Fay Default On War Debt In Crisis
Paris reports say Socialist Premier Leon Blum weighs partial payment of overdue war debts to the United States amid a strike wave threatening civil strife. Blum and Edouard Herriot reportedly study settling part of the overdue debts as strikes ease slightly and the government pursues stability and foreign support.
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America
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Fort Worth Wins Legal Gas Battle
Dallas dispatch reports Fort Worth victory as Judge Atwell denied Lone Star Gas petition to permanently block enforcement of a city ordinance banning nitrogen introduction into natural gas mains. Ruling dissolves temporary injunction. gas company to appeal amid concerns on labor costs and broader economic effects.
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Mark Worth
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Stricide
Kansans of Texas Invited to Jubilee in Wichita
Governor James V. Allred received a letter from Governor Alt M. Tandan of Kansas inviting about 20,194 Kansans living in Texas to the Kansas Diamond Jubilee in Wichita from October 7 to 17. The invitation centers on a cultural event rather than political aims and emphasizes state ties and shared heritage.
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Alt M. jTandan
Kansas
Wichita
Sabotage suspected in loud speaker plot at convention
Philadelphia June 13. Detectives guard the broadcasting system after electricians found dials removed and wires mis connected at Municipal auditorium. Officials say the deliberate tampering aimed to cripple the loud speaker system during the Democratic national convention, threatening several days of silence.
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Municipal Auditorium
Showers Fall in Dry Georgia Areas
Thunder showers in scattered sections of Georgia relieved drought today. Northern and central stations reported up to an inch or more, while some areas saw negligible rainfall. the state suffered a sixty fifth consecutive day without appreciable rainfall.
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Yune
Georgia
W C T U Plans Big Education Program Convention Vote
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union at its sixty second annual convention voted to raise one thousand dollars for temperance education. Funds to be raised by 1939 with half from the national organization and the rest from state bodies.
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Petted Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Wounded Doctor at Gaining Strength
Dr. L. L. Lee, a prominent physician, was accidentally shot at his West Wood Ison residence early Friday. He reportedly gained some strength by Saturday as hospital attendants said the gun discharged from a shell in the bathroom, entering the chest below the heart.
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One Nazi killed in Danzig riot among nationalists
A nationalist meeting in Danzig turned violent with one Nazi killed and about 60 injuries as clashes erupted between nationalists and Nazis allied in a pro German front in Poland. Police restored order after the melee.
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Poland
Landon Knox Campaign Echoes From Cleveland Convention
Report on reactions to the Cleveland convention shows former Democratic figures backing Landon and Knox. Borah expresses cautious approval of Landon’s platform, while campaign aides note editors and newspapers among supporters. The piece also sketches party old guard losses and Republican strategy shaping with new Young Republican figures stepping in.
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William J. Murray
Oklahoma
Landon
Knox
United States
J James A. Reid
Missouri
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Cleveland
Borah
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Jeague Court
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Landom
Oscar Stauffer
Kansas
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Jack Scott
Roy A. Roberts
Warwick
Btocup
Kansas City
Lacy Hayes
Alf
Walter F. Brown
Ohio
Frank Smith
Ilionis
Charles ‘D. Biltes
New York
Hamilton
Republican Movement
Braddock Pleased at Landon Choice
Governor Alfred M. Landon received a telegram of congratulations from heavyweight champion James J. Braddock after his Republican presidential nomination. Braddock’s manager Joe Gould joined in the message praising Landon and noting Braddock’s visit to Topeka as he passed through.
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James J. Braddock
Joe Gould
United States
Oldest Army Officer Honored on 99th Birthday
Washington reports the War Department awarded the Army's only Living Star and a Purple Heart to Brigadier General Asa Daggett on his ninety ninth birthday. Daggett, the service's oldest officer, earned wounds in the Civil War and began forty years of continuous service May 1, 1861. His active career spanned the Indian Wars, Spanish American War, Philippine Insurrection and Boxer rebellion.
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Asroo S. Daggett
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Spain
Decree Creates Second North American Invasion Decoration
Mexico City June 18 President Cardenas issued a decree establishing a new decoration named the second North American invasion. It will be awarded to Mexican naval cadets and civilians and to Spaniards who fought against United States marines and sailors.
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Mexico City
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United Stats
Wife Finishes Our Husband's Term In Texas County
In San Marcos on June 18 Mrs Leandra Dobbins was appointed by the Hays county commissioners to complete the unexpired term of her husband R R Dobbins as county tax collector assessor who died of a heart attack Tuesday. She will serve until January 1. Three San Marcos residents announced candidacies for the office: J J Ashberry deputy in the office James L Moore dairyman and W A Wyatt auto salesman and Teacher.
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Leandra. Dobbins
Hays County Commissioners' Court
R. R. Dobbins
J. J Ashberry
James L. Moore
Dairyman
W. A. Wyatt
Tencher
Nine Child Welfare Workers Added In Texas Program
The Texas Program of child welfare expanded with nine field workers added to the state division. This increase, funded by federal aid grants, came after the last legislature's action to leverage available federal funds.
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Austin
Texas
Knox Visited Here in 1929 During Hearst Event
Col. Frank Knox, Republican candidate for vice president, spent four days in San Antonio in February 1929 for the Hearst newspaper publishers convention at the Gunter hotel. Knox, then Hearst Newspapers general manager in New York, presided over the meeting and received the cross of honor alongside Willam Randolph Hearst. George Hearst accepted the award for his father, absent from the convention. Col. Charles Lindbergh was also noted.
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Gunter Hotel
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New York
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
United States
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Lindbergh
Lake dragged for missing six in New Mexico desert lake
In Banta, New Mexico, divers from the state constabulary searched a small deep desert lake near Roswell for missing persons tied to the 1938 Vaughn case. They aimed to recover the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. George Lorius and Mr. Albert Heberer, plus two others rumored to be buried there, following a tip suggesting fresh remains could lie beneath the surface.
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