Cotton picker tests threaten small farmers in Mississippi
In Stoneville Mississippi government experts tested a mechanical cotton picker invented by John and Mack Rus of Memphis. The device rapidly harvests with 20 to 15 percent waste and more leaves than hand picking. Officials will continue tests to assess economic practicality, noting possible disruption for small farmers.
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Quintanilla Named Temporary Probate Court Judge
Local attorney N A Quintanilla was elected Tuesday to serve as special probate court judge while County Judge Frost Woodall is ill at home. Attorneys with matters before the court approved the selection.
General Conrad to Retire From Fort Lewis Command
Brig. Gen. Gasper H. Conrad Jr. relinquished command of Fort Lewis and the Third Division without ceremony. Maj. Gen. David A. Slone succeeds him. Conrad heads to San Antonio to await retirement at age 64, closing a 40 plus year Army career.
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S. A. Tacoma
Wash
Gasper H. Conrad Jr
Fort Lewis
United States Army
David A. Slone
Fort Snelling
Minn
San Antonio
Chicagoans Plead Guilty to Burglary
Chicagoans Joe Forgis and Mike Welton pled guilty to burglary charges in the Criminal District Court on Tuesday. They were sentenced to two-year terms to run concurrently by Special Judge Delos Finch. The indictments allege burglary of a store owned by Manuel Valdos at 313 West Houston Street on August 3 and the office bar of Mex Grossman on East Houston Street on July 31.
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Mike Welton
Chicago
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Delos Finch
Manuel Valdos
Houston Street
Mex Grossman
Red Offeat in Rebels Bombard Lisbon? (Continued From Page One)
In Spain, reporters recount brutal bombardments as fascist forces pound castles and towns. German legionnaires describe armored trains shelling outlooks near Talavera de la Reina while Madrid bombers strike Bilbao. Rebel commanders blamed for devastation. Evacuations and protests echo amid war’s brutal logistics.
Edgewood School Dates Announced For Fall Enrollment
Registration for Edgewood high school students will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, with Superintendent H. K. Williams announcing the date. Other Edgewood and Stafford students will enroll on the first day of the fall term in September at Sam.
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Stafford Schioals
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Post Office Building Salaries and Work Figures
The federal government paid 90,560 for salaries and materials for the new post office building in August. Construction engineer FM Beaudreau cited 92 laborers and 96 mechanics at work. Since fires, 1,058,500 has been spent on construction with stone work delaying progress. The alcohol tax unit will occupy space on the second floor, with related moves of the farm labor employment service and army recruiting service to the fourth floor and the agricultural extension service to the second. Rooms have been allocated for the alcohol tax unit under investigator T. D. Barton.
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Arkansas Felons Caught After Texas Bank Raid
Allanta Texas Sept 1 A group of Arkansas convicts escaped custody after a bank robbery failed. Charles Chapman and QO Lindsey were wounded and captured in Marshall with a third suspect believed to be Buddy Dudley. Authorities pursued the escaped inmate as armed townspeople flooded the street following the alarm.
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Texas
Arkansas
Marshall
Charles
Chapman
Lindsey
Buddy Dudley
St Henry’s to form girls drum and bugle corps
Brophy, director of Central Catholic High School FO. T. CG. drum and bugle corps, will direct an all girl corps at St. Henry’s academy this year. Plans call for 68 girls aged 32 to 56 to appear first in the Armistice Day parade.
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Brophy
Central Catholic High School
FO. T. CG
St. Henry's Academy
St. Henry's
Veiled Wants Ad Reads Across Town
An irregular note notes that Want Ads reach many readers in town with tips to place messages. It mentions a group in Broad Way at Fifth Street and urges placing ads to reach buyers, hinting at a broad audience for fulfillments and sales.
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Broadway
Fifth Street
Junior Birdmen America Decide On National Meet Entry
Members of the Junior Birdmen America light squadron at the Gunter hotel Thursday night discuss whether a junior Birdman should be allowed to compete in a national meet after a single prior presence. Wings consider the impact of repeated involvement by the same model builders on newcomer bids. The rise-off-water meet time awaits squadron approval.
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Ang
Castle Court
Steinway
Gunter Hotel
Ion
Semes
Texas Centennial Host to Children at Dallas Exposition
A Dallas program offered underprivileged children free transport and admission to the Texas Centennial exposition with candy fruit and snacks plus entertainment by midway stars. Attendance yesterday reached 27, BAND TO DALLAS. The Ninth Infantry band will replace the Twenty-third Infantry band at the Dallas encampment by truck Wednesday and the Twenty-third will return to Fort Sark Houston Thursday.
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Dallas
Midway
Ninth Infantry
Twenty-third Infantry
Dallas Centennial
Schwab Signs as Associate Producer at Fox
Laurence Schwab famed stage producer of The Desert Song and other successes signs with Twentieth Century Fox as an associate producer.
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Schwab
Laurence Schwab
Twentieth Century-Fox
Texas gets 907200 grant for needy aged aid in September
The Social Security Board authorized a 907200 dollar grant to Texas for assistance to the needy aged during September. The allotment will cover about one half of the state's old age assistance payments for the month and part of the cost of administering the program.
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Washington
Social Security Board
Texas
PTE
Isue
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