Faked Robbery Murder Charge Shocks Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on March 20 officers report bullets killed Mrs Ethel Whitaker during a staged robbery. Samuel Whitaker her 60 year old husband and James Culver 22 a transient from Heiderton Ky are jailed and may face murder indictments next Tuesday. Whitaker says he did not plot or fire. Culver says he fired voluntarily after being shot in the arm. Police probe if the $18 000 life insurance payoff may have driven the scheme and whether the elderly organist promised Culver 100 to participate.
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Cedars of Lebanon Gavel Given Allred
Governor James V. Allred received a gavel carved from Cedars of Lebanon. The gift came from Cumberland University president Dr. Ernest L. Stockton in Nashville, honoring the place where the governor earned his legal education.
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Allred
Austin
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James V. Allred
Texas Calls First WPA Grade Elimination Project
D K Martin of San Antonio, Texas highway commission member, announced that the first WPA grade elimination project in the nation is finished. The work on Highway 74 in Lampasas is part of the Centennial highway program intended to be completed before the Centennial opening. Martin was in Dallas surveying road work.
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Dallas
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Texas Highway Commission
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Lampasas
Bodies of Pioneers Returned to Austin
The remains of Judge and Mrs. William Menefee, noted Texas pioneers, will be removed from an abandoned Fayette county cemetery and re interred in the state cemetery in Austin on Sunday. Judge Menefee helped sign the Texas Declaration of Independence and served as Colorado county’s first justice under President Sam Houston, plus he was among five commissioners who chose Austin as the capital.
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William Menefee
Texas
Fayette County
Menefée
Colorado County
Sam Houston
Oklahoma students demand $4000 bonus for veterans
Norman rally draws over 1000 as students renew demands for a $4000 bonus to Future Veterans. With a war cry Cash Before Coffins, they burn Mars in effigy and reaffirm resolutions calling for payment to veterans’ members.
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University of Oklahoma
Furture
Mars
Man Convicted in Oil Company Theft
Amos Moronaia, listed at 117 Brady boulevard, was convicted in County Court-at-Law No. 1 of theft of $20.81 from Bear Oil and Distributing Co., 1631 South Laredo Street. He was fined $10 plus costs and sentenced to one day in jail for an October 25, 1935 theft. McDonald filed a motion for a new trial. Two similar complaints are pending, filed by Edwin Uecker, investigator for District Attorney John R. Shook.
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Acpress Istea
Brady Boulevard
Bear Oil and Distributing Company
South Laredo Street
McDonald
Edwin Uecker
John R. Shook
Land Set Aside for Scout Camps in Covington Park
County Commissioners authorize Commissioner Thomas H. Abbott Jr. to grant Boy and Girl Scouts four acres in Covington park for picnics and camping grounds. Abbott said Scouts agreed to improve the acreage selected for them.
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Friday
Thomas H. Abbott Jr
Covington Park
Abbott
Feen a Mint Laxative Gum For Digestive Ease
Old style ad promotes Feen a Mint chewing gum as a non habit forming laxative aid. Claims long term laxative use wears the system and touts aromatic mint flavor, saliva boosts, and stomach relief. Includes a money back guarantee and mentions Gordie family packaging.
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M Rooney
Gordie
Senator Borah Condemns Ballot Barter in Ohio Speech
Senator William Borah attacked ballot bartering and the old guard method for choosing presidential delegates in Youngstown Ohio on March 20. He urged voters to select their nominee and warned that a sham election would keep millions from returning to the Republican party. Borah outlined his positions on neutrality, a stable dollar, limited federal bureaucracy, and removing government from private business, then announced plans to speak in Chicago on the coming Saturday.
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Oho
Willam
Borah
Ohio
Ohi
Boreh
Robert A. Tash
Cincinnati
Old Guard
Republican Party
Chicago
Idaho
Explosion Kills 3 in Arkansas Sandflat District
TEXARKANA March 20 Three persons die after a violent blast and fire wreck six businesses in the sandflat district at 1 55 am A fortune teller Prof Van Zan was the identified victim living above a grocery store Two more bodies found behind that store A G Werd owner says no victims were store employees and investigators search for further victims The blast shakes the neighborhood as masonry plate glass and debris blanket the streets
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Sandflat
van Zan
Forlune Beller
A. G. Werd
Deat Man Hears Minister First Time in Years
Ontario man Joseph Meredith reports improved hearing after Vienna specialist prep and short hire. He heard the minister read Scripture for the first time in two years. Ad promotes UUHLM cure for hearing issues with quick relief and low cost.
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Vienna
Joseph Meredith
Ontario
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