Identified as killer linked to Chicago and Illinois shooting
Police identify George E. Dempsey as the suspect in the death of Isell Sage Dickey aboard a Northwestern train near Neeo Illinois. He is an ex convict and is also wanted for a Chicago police officer shooting last July. The portrait comes from detective bureau files.
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George E. Dempsey
Isell Sage Dickey
Neoe
Ill
Conent
Dempsey
Frank McGlynn
Chicago
Detective Bureau
Friend of Cripples Adair Starts Hospital Chain
Forrest Adair Sr a Atlanta millionaire and Shrine potentate proposed and started in Atlanta a chain of hospitals for crippled children whose parents lack funds for care The Shrine is building hospitals similar to the Atlanta unit nationwide Adair is visiting with one patient from the hospital
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Forrest Adair, Sr
Atlanta
Mr. Adair
Texas elects Miriam Ferguson first woman governor
In Austin on Tuesday at noon Miriam A Ferguson of Temple was sworn in as Texas’s first woman governor and the second female governor in the United States. The ceremony joined the nineteenth legislature’s joint session with state officials, followed by a formal reception and grand march at the capitol and two hotel receptions.
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Austin
Tex
Miriam A. Ferguson
Temple
Texas
United States
Senate
House
T. W. Davidson
Lee Satterwhite
Judiciary
James E. Ferguson
Pat M. Neff
Barry Miller
Dallas
Supreme Court
C. M. Cureton
Justice Cureton
Ferguson
Miller
Chamber of the Senate
Board of Prison Commissioners
Board of Managers
Rusk and
Palestine
Clarence E. Gilmore
Texas Railroad Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
D. F. Goss
Seymour
George W. Kinsolving
Episcopal Diocese of
Davidson
House of Representatives
Amarillo
T. K. Irwin
J. W. Hall
Houston
Irwin
Hall
Storey
Rowell
Young
King
Lofton
Satterwhite
Proceedings of the Legislature in Texas Friday Proceedings
Governor Neff urged Congress to ratify a federal child labor amendment while lawmakers debated resolutions opposing it. Texas legislature organized, committees named, and a joint session planned to canvass governor and lieutenant governor returns.
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Austin
Tex
Neff Friday
Senate
John Davis
Dallas
House
Ranger Forces
San Antonio
R. B. Walthall
Board of Control
Plan to Cut Cotton Acreage in the South
Austin plans to educate farmers on soil building reducing cotton acreage and boosting yield with better marketing. An agricultural commissioners meeting of eleven Southern states will be held in Austin the week of February 15, announced to George B. Terrell, Texas commissioner of agriculture.
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Austin
Tex
Agricultural Commissioners
George B. Terrell
Head of Rusk Hospital Dies in Texas
Dr. F P Yates, head of the East Texas Hospital for Insane at Rusk, Texas, died Saturday from pneumonia at age 71. He is survived by his wife and five children, three sons and two daughters.
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Rusk, Tex
F. P. Yates
East Texas Hospital For Insane At
Rusk
To Be New Italian Ambassador
Washington reports James De Martino will succeed Prince Caetani as Italian ambassador at Washington when Caetani retires early in February.
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Washington
James de Martino
Prince Caetani
White swans return to Kingston bird sanctuary
A flock of about 200 wild native white swans visited Jack Miner’s bird sanctuary in Kingston Ontario on their southward migration for winter. Once near extinction in Canada, white swans have increased in number and now often stop at the sanctuary on their spring northward flights, though they rarely pause on the southbound route.
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Jack Miner
Kingston
Ont
Canada
Mice Save Human Lives In Dunbar Grocery Fire
Fire destroyed a grocery store on the building's first floor in Dunbar Scotland. Hundreds of mice fled upstairs alerting the residents of the top floor flat who escaped with their lives.
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Dunbar
Scotland
Chauffeurs Holden Distrust of Pedestrians Cited
A satirical remark claims chauffeurs harbor a negative view of pedestrians and frequently run them down, reflecting cited humor about road safety and driver behavior.
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