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^^ OBJECT TO PLACING NAMES OF EXECUTED NEOROES ON TABLETHOT ROW BREWING OVER MEMORIAL TABLET NAMES AT UNIVERSITY STADIUMAUSTIN, Aug.. 21.—(/H—StateCommander Walton D. Hood of the Amcrlcun Legion declared here today that names of Texas negro World War soldiers executed in connection with the Houston camp race riot will not go on the Btate memorial tablet to be erected hern in commemoration of Texas’ dead in the war. if he has anything to do with it.The names were included in a list of about 5.000 Texans furnished the memorial tablet committee, of which Hood is a member, by the adjutant general’s department.The committee, headed by Gov. Moody, met today to consider the letting of a contract r the tablet, for which the 40th legislature appropriated $5,000.Adjutant General R. L. Robertson told Hood that names of the Texas negroes executed are marked on the list, which includes nil persons losing their Jives in any manner during war service.The tablet will be erected at Texas Universitv Memorial Stadium.
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Corsicana Daily Sun
Corsicana, Texas, US
Tue, Aug 21, 1928
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