Men Fire On National Guard At Denison Bridge
In Denison on Sunday night several men in a Ford opened fire on National Guard members at Ray yards, with about fifty shots exchanged. Guardsmen fired back from a railroad cut, no casualties, police halted pedestrians and motorists, and a late search found no arrests as cars sped away toward Denison.
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Denison
Ray Yards
Texas National Guard
Lee Baker
Camp Ellis
Claude Adams
Texas-Oklahoma baseball league ends season August 6
Ardmore Oklahoma, Aug 1. Due to transportation costs and owner dissatisfaction, the Texas-Oklahoma league will end its season on August 6 rather than Labor Day. Ardmore hosts the sole Oklahoma club in a six-team league after Bonham and Cleburne dropped out for financial reasons.
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Ardmore
Okla
Texas-Oklahoma Baseball League
Walter Thompson
Oklahoma
Bonham
Reed Leads in Missouri Senate Nomination Race
In Missouri on August 2, Senator James A. Reed led Breckenridge Long for the Democratic senatorial nomination as precinct results widened. With 3,308 of 3,848 precincts reporting Reed had 182,208 to Long's 173,277, a margin of 8,913. Rural-area precincts, still outstanding, could alter the outcome, with Ozark and Stone counties yet to report.
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St. Louis
James A. Reed
Breckenridge Long
Reed
Long
Ozark and
Stone
Ozark Mountains
Forecast 11 449 000 Bale Cotton Crop
The Department of Agriculture places this year’s cotton crop at 11 449 000 bales based on July 25 condition at 70.8 percent of normal. The July 25 state conditions show Virginia 80 and Missouri 90, with several Southern states in the 50s to 70s. Abandoned cotton acreage up to July 1 totaled 7.1 percent.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Oklahoma
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Senate
July Hot Weather Reported as Hottest in 30 Years
Wichita Falls residents claim July was the hottest in over three decades. Temperatures averaged 102 degrees with 20 days above 100 and several 110 degree hours. Only one shower occurred. records show 111 as the warmest July figure, though cooling spells reduce the peak.
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Wichita Falls
Denison Prays For End Of Strike
Denison, Aug. 1. Every business house closed from 9 to 10 this morning as the citizens joined in prayer for an early termination of the shopmen's strike. Clergy led services at four Protestant churches with ministers asking divine guidance for peace. A firearms ban was issued by Col. Charles W. Nimon allowing sales only with his permits. Deputy U.S. marshals reduced to 25, replaced by soldiers.
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Denison
Charles W. Nimon
United States Marshals
Republicans Name County Candidates
Sherman July 31 Republicans named delegates to the district and State conventions and drew up a county ticket at the county convention. The meeting opened in the county courthouse with County Chairman G C Harney presenting the executive report. The ticket includes Grayson County officials and representatives from Denison, Whitesboro, Whitewright, Collinsville, Tom Bean, Tioga, and Sherman, with Kate Wakefield as superintendent.
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Randolph Bryant
United States
Grayson County
Dave Burks
Tom Bean
Mary A. Beast
Whitesboro
Etta Varley
Collinsville
A. H. Coffin
Denison
Oscar T. Bow
Whitewright
Carl A. Devault
A. K. Bradley
Tioga
C. B. Bryant
G. C. Harney
Sherman
Frank W. Beast
W. T. Brown
Flavins Cartwright
B. F. Newland
D. Spaulding
Kate Wakefield
Senator Crow of Pennsylvania Dies
Uniontown Pa Aug 2 United States Senator Crow died at his country home in the mountains near here. Born March 1 1870 on a Pennsylvania farm he faced political defeats before being appointed by Governor Sproul to succeed Philander C Knox in the Senate. Illness kept him from public life except for taking the oath of office.
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Uniontown
United States
Crow
Senator Crow
Pennsylvania
Sproul
Philander C. Knox
United States Senate
G O P Leader Accused of Selling Jobs in SC
Washington reports Democratic Senator Nathaniel B. Dial accused Republican National Committeeman Joseph W. Tolbert of selling Federal offices in South Carolina. Dial cited an affidavit claiming Tolbert divided the state into districts with agents taking half the first year’s salary in payments from 600 to 2000 dollars, seeking about 100000 dollars total. Tolbert’s suitability for a U S marshal post is under Senate subcommittee review.
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Washington
Joseph W. Tolbert
South Carolina
Nathaniel B. Dial
Dial
Tolbert
Republican National Committee
Harding
United States
Senate
Rev Gay to Preach at Presbyterian Church Next Sunday
Rev R A Gay returns to Whitewright to preach at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning. Once pastor here, he moved to Arizona in 1895 and is visiting with his wife and son for several days among old friends and neighbors.
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R. A. Gay
Presbyterian Church
Whitewright
Arizona
Settlement of rail strike rejected by railroad executives
New York August 1 The railroad strike settlement proposed by President Harding has been declared impossible by almost all railroad executives after a Tuesday meeting. They call the plan a gross breach of faith for taking back strikers with no seniority loss. Unions vow to fight, stating they are ready and can win in open conflict. Executives say they can prove roads cannot be tied up and report a 265 to 2 vote against the Harding plan.
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New York
Harding
John J. Dowd
Metropolitan District Strike Committee
Children to be treated for rabies after dog analysis
Sherman reports A N Worthington of Gordonville arranged rabies treatment for two children after his dog showed odd behavior and bit a neighbor girl. The dog was shot and its head sent to Austin for analysis, which confirmed rabies. The oldest son, 20, assisted during the incident.
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Sherman
A. N. Worthington
Gordonville
E. J. Neathery
Austin
Herrin Massacre Casualties Counted at 71 to 79
Chicago reports an agency tally of Herrin Illinois mine violence stating 137 men were in the mine when attacked by union men. Casualties total 71 to 79 with 64 on the nonunion side and 7 to 15 on the union side. only eight of 72 miners in the mine escaped unhurt.
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Chicago
Herrin
Boys Raid Melon Patch Ends With Eye Shot
In Bonham on July 29 Gilbert McCargo about 29 was shot in the eye near a Ravenna watermelon patch. He and three other boys had just entered the field when Byron Mabry, owner of the melons, fired a shotgun. McCargo was hospitalized and may lose sight in one eye. The other boys escaped unharmed. A colored picnic nearby was reported, Mabry saying he fired only after seeing unknown entrants. The injured youth is nephew of A. T. Chaney.
Plan to Distribute Coal 15 Completed by Central Committee
Washington Aug 1 A plan of procedure for operating the government emergency fuel control machine was completed at a meeting of the central coal committee with Henry B P Spencer presiding It will be submitted to Secretary Hoover tomorrow and then federal distribution will become effective. regional committee personnel for producing mine fields will be shown to Hoover for approval along with detailed instructions to curb profiteering and ensure fuel distribution. The article lists state appointments including Illinois Robert M Medill Des Moines Charles Webster Des Moines and Topeka Court of Industrial Relations and Lincoln Nebraska State Railway Commission
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Washington
Central Coal Committee
Henry BP. Spencer
Hoover
Spencer
Illinois
Robert M. Medill
Department of Mines
Springfield
Ill
Iowa
Charles Webster
Des Moines
Kansas
Court of Industrial Relations
Topeka
Nebraska
State Railway Commission
Lincoln
Baptist Encampment Opens at Woodlake
Sherman Aug 2 The North Texas Baptist Encampment at Woodlake between Sherman and Denison opens with a sermon by Dr G L Yates of McKinney and runs ten days from Aug 1 to 10. Delegates arrive by rail and auto to join classes in Sunday school Young People's union and Women’s Missionary union work. Several hundred diplomas expected on completion of normal courses. Texas Electric Co provides cars for class attendees.
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Sherman
North Texas Baptist
Woodlake
Denison
G. L. Yates
McKinney
Young People’s Union
Woman's Missionary Union
Texas Electric Company
Woodlake Park
Arkansas woman named sheriff of Desha County
Mrs Willie Clara Murphy of Arkansas City was appointed Sheriff and Tax Collector of Desha County by Governor McRae to succeed the late Sheriff G R Lacy. Murphy, formerly chief deputy, is the first woman to hold the post in Arkansas. She is a widow.
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Little Rock
Ark
Willie Clara Murphy
Arkansas City
Desha County
McRae
G. R. Lacy
Murphy
Lacy
Arkansas
Sun Office Sells 75 Sheets Typewriter Paper
75 sheets good typewriter paper offered by the Sun office at 25 cents per sheet or total.
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Sun
Convention Untangles Ferguson Mayfield Texas Primary
Contenders converge as county Democratic rallies back Earle Mayfield for U S Senate while James Ferguson defies convention chicanery and pledges to heed the will of Texas voters. West Texas drives calls for a regional agricultural and mechanical college amid a Ku Klux Klan clash at Eastland County.
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San Antonio
James E. Ferguson
E. B. Mayfield
Mayfield
United States Senate
Ferguson
Texas
Earle B. Mayfield
Eastland County
Eastland
Titus County
Anderson
Scurry County
Lubbock
West Texas
West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Glenn E Plumb Dies Author Of Plumb Plan
Glenn E Plumb, counsel for sixteen major railroads and author of the Plumb Plan, died in Washington from a heart condition he had battled for months.
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G. E. Plumb
Washington
Glenn E. Plumb
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Hambone
Epyright
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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