Negroes Face Charges In Waco Murder Plots
Sheriff Stegall reports arrest of Roy Mitchell and Arthur Posteal in connection with the Holt and Denecamp killings near Waco. Evidence found at Mitchell's home includes Holt's pistol and a torn rope fragment, with a watch chain and charm identified as Grady Skipworth's. Authorities hope arrests help solve several local "mystery" slayings dating from last year.
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Waco
Grady Skipworth
Cameron Park
Leslie Stegall
Hobbs, Jackson
Willis
Roy Mitchell
W. E. Holt
Walter Skipworth
Grady
Georgia Skipworth
Stegall
Mitchell
Here
J. J. Padgett
Arthur Posteal
Ethel Denecamp
Holt
Negro
Posteal
George Jackson
McClennan County Grand Jury
Harrell Bolton
Corsicana Road
Bolton
Skipworth
W. P. Driskell
Denecamp
Ben C. Richards
Neff
Bonham Pastor Huston Held In Albuquerque Case
A Rev Ora C Huston former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Bonham was confined by a sheriff in Albuquerque after enlisting for service. The case links to earlier killings in Bonham area and a multi crime investigation with rewards offered in Holt Denecamp and related deaths.
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Bonham
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Will H. Evans
Lonnie Fuller
Ora C. Huston
Aumen
Mr. Huston
First Presbyterian Church
Bonham Pastors’ Association
The
Masons
American Legion
Mr. Evans
C. J. Huston
Kansas City
Sun Want Column Ad Rate Notice
The Sun advertises a Want Column read by all readers. An advertisement of up to 25 words costs 25 cents per issue.
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Sun “Want
Katy Will Spend Bla Sum in Texas
Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway announced 29 million dollars in new equipment and improvements over the coming months including a Denison Texas freight terminal worth 3.5 million dollars a modern western facility. Additional projects cover a locomotive shop in Waco freight depots at Fort Worth and Wichita Falls and substantial car equipment upgrades.
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St. Louis
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Denison
Texas
Waco
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Dr Gambrell Dead at El Paso
Dr J H Gambrell died in El Paso at age 68. An early Texas prohibitionist and former president of the Texas Anti-Saloon League he was born in Pippa County Mississippi and served as Baptist minister and church pastor before moving to Texas. He was brother of the late Dr J B Gambrell, once president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
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Dallas
J. H. Gambrell
el Paso
Texas
Pippa County
Mississippi
Baptist Record
Jackson
Miss
Brooks Haven
Greensboro
Tyler
Texas Anti-Saloon League
South
Dr. Gambrell
J. B. Gambrell
Southern Baptist Convention
Bonham Man Dies After Auto Crash
Bonham reports Egan Coppinger died this morning from injuries suffered when a car with five occupants overturned near Bonham on Sunday. Funeral held this afternoon. Will Reed, also hurt, is expected to recover.
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Bonham Man
Livestock Association Plans Catalog for Jersey Sale
Sherman January 29. The Gray County Livestock Association sales committee meets at County demonstration agent C. C. Morris office to catalog description and pedigree of each animal for the semi annual Jersey sale in Sherman in March. About thirty pure blood animals expected. Committee includes W. C. Le Barron chairman J. R. Oliver John Hardy Frank Savage and Rev Jap Manton. LeBarron will launch a campaign to recruit new members visiting towns counties and rural districts to explain benefits of membership. The association helps unite city and rural interests through cattle breeding and membership.
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Sherman
Grayson County Livestock Association
C. C. Morris
Jersey
W. C. LeBarron
J. R. Oliver
John Hardy
Frank Savage
Jap Manton
Sherman Sees Third Auto Theft In Week
Frank Duncan reported his touring car stolen Saturday night in Sherman between 7 and 9 p.m. Police and sheriff's departments searched with no trace by Monday. The week included two daylight thefts, one of which was recovered abandoned near Pottsboro.
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Sherman
Frank Duncan
Duncan
Forrest Peveto
Pottsboro
Judge Steed Named Special Judge at Dallas Court of Civil Appeals
Governor Neff appointed Dayton B. Steed of Sherman as Special Associate Justice of the Dallas Court of Civil Appeals to sit on a Hill County appeal involving several hundred thousand dollars. Associate Justice Vaughn was disqualified from the case.
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Austin
Neff
Dayton B. Steed
Sherman
Dallas Court of Civil Appeals
Hill County
Vaughn
Mrs. Ida Bell Convicted of Murder in Electra Shooting
Ida Bell was found guilty by a Wichita County jury in Electra for the Sept. 27 shooting of G. A. DeMoss. She received a five year sentence to the state penitentiary, becoming the first woman convicted of murder in the county.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Ida Bell
G. A. DeMoss
Electra
Man Fires Into Garage After Hearing Noise Killing Milky Cow
Denton event reports Tom Mac Daniel pushing on a garage door then firing through it after an unseen occupant resisted. He heard a grunt and killed his milch cow through the heart, the animal dying instantly as police investigated the Saturday night incident.
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Denton, Jan
Tom MacDaniel
One Bale of Cotton Fetches Large Sum in Bremen Sale
Dallas broker E F Duggan reports a single bale of American cotton sold in Bremen Germany for 4 595 625 German marks. The price equaled 32 14 cents per pound or 161 25 dollars at current exchange. If the buyer holds until marks normalize at 24c, the bale could yield 1 092 950 dollars.
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Dallas
Bremen
Germany
E. F. Duggan
Physician seriously hurt when car crushed by train
Sherman January 20. Dr. B A Russell remains seriously injured after his car was struck by a Cotton Belt extra on East Cherry street. He suffered a broken and dislocated shoulder and numerous bruises with possible internal injuries. He was taken to St Vincent's Sanitarium. Dr A L Ridings said recovery likely if no complications arise.
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Sherman
B. A. Russell
Cherry Street
Dr. Russell
St. Vincent's Sanitarium
Harry Miller
A. L. Ridings
Couple Wed In Funeral Chapel For Emphasis On Matrimony
A. M. Howes and Cora Gregory Will married at the Little Church of the Flowers in Forest Lawn Cemetery Glendale to stress the seriousness of wedlock. About 100 guests attended as Howes spoke of lifelong marriage and future burial rites in the same chapel.
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Los Angeles
Cal
A. M. Howes
Cora Gregory Will
Howes
Pace Akridge wed in Presbyterian manse setting
Roscoe Pace and Lucile Ak ridge were married at the Presbyterian manse last Thursday afternoon with Rev. J. F. Fender officiating. Pace is a World War veteran, former assistant postmaster, while Ak ridge daughter Lucile is from the Desert community and a former Whitewright high school student. The Sun offers congratulations.
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Roscoe Pace
Lucile Akridge
Presbyterian
J. F. Fender
Presbyterian Church
H. L. Webster
Will Akridge
Whitewright
France rattles saber Germany responds with press flare
A Washington Post note frames Franco German tensions showing how diplomatic saber rattling prompts swift media responses and heightened press activity across Europe. The piece highlights reciprocal signaling and public perception in a tense era.
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France
Germany
Washington Post
Sun Office Offers 75 Sheets Typewriter Paper For 25 Cents
An ad from the Sun office promotes a bulk deal of seventy five sheets of typewriter paper priced at twenty five cents. The offer highlights affordability for readers needing office supplies.
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Sun
PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION PROGRAM AT SCHOOL
The upcoming PTA meeting lists a 4 o'clock program at the grammar school with piano solo by Miss Mary Johnson a talk on thrift by Mayor F M Echols readings by Miss Margaret McMurry obedience by Mr D B Taylor home virtues by Mrs V R Cox and vocal by Mrs Horace Gordon.
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Grammar School
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Mary Johnson
F. M. Echols
Manners
Will Barbee
Margaret McMurry
D. B. Taylor
V. R. Cox
Horace Gordon
British Accept U S Debt Funding Plan
Britain accepts the American plan to settle the wartime debt of about 4 billion pounds to the United States. Chancellor Stanley Baldwin secured cabinet agreement in London after talks in Washington with the American Debt Funding Commission. An act of Congress is needed before funding can take effect.
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London
Great Brittain
United States
Stanley Baldwin
Bonar Law
Baldwin
Washington
American Debt Funding Commission
Geddes
Britain
Sir Auckland Geddes
Harding
Congress
Make-Up Secrets Exposed by S P Jones at Grammar School
Mr. S P Jones appears February 15 at the grammar school auditorium in a one man show of impersonations and entertainment. He uses wig and grease paint to transform before the audience while delivering witty chatter. The program features the Jones family from Willy to Grandpaw in wholesome fun with three rings and two elevated stages.
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Mr. Jones
S. Platt Jones
Jones
S. P
Grammar School
Little Willy Jones
Grandpaw Jones
Vaudeville Magic Trick Provokes Notice in Calico Dress
An old woman in a thin calico dress leaves a vaudeville show after a magician reads newspaper print through flannel. She protests the display as unsuitable for a lady and exits, citing her attire as the reason.
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Katy
Tae Ctaica
Steed
Pace
Akridge
U. S
Sex
WEARO
Mr. Edison
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