Numerous Visits and Travel Across North Texas
A long list of regional visits includes Mrs R L Sears and Mrs T E Barbee in McKinney, Ed Beall of Dalhart visiting Inez and Gladys Ray, Walter Cox in Vernon, Lena Mae Gowdy in Paris, Mary Louise Noe in Denison, and many other frequent travelers. Dallas, Houston, Sherman, Fort Worth and Chicago-bound trips appear, with locals visiting relatives, attending conventions, or conducting business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Beall
Dalhart
Inez
Gladys Ray
Offic ers must watch step in whisky cases
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals reversed and remanded five liquor cases for new trials. Lee Murphey fled from officers with fruit jar liquor poured while running. Patterson, Jackson, Scarborough, and Schenck saw mixed outcomes as charges hinged on definitions of transporting and evidence rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Criminal Appeals
Lee Murphey
Crosby County
Thedford
Lemly
Crosbyton
Murphey
William
Bill) Patterson
Hopkins County
Patterson
James Jackson
Hall County
J. D. Scarborough
Camp County
Scarborough
Cotton Belt Railroad
Nick Schenck
Archer County
Schenck
Arena For G. O. P. Convention Site Is Taking Form
Kansas City prepares for the Republican national convention opening June 12. A. R. Gunn and other national officials arrive to ready headquarters in the Security Building. Delegates ticket allotment discussions and contested delegations hearing set for June 4 in the Venetian room of Hotel Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
A. R. Gunn
Republican National Committee
William M. Butler
Lee Nixon
Washington
National Committee
South
Hotel Baltimore
Hail Storm Fatal To Three
A severe hail and rainstorm swept Webb County and parts of Mexico late Monday killing three people and injuring more than 300. In Laredo the storm destroyed homes and injured workers, with fatalities including Valentine Villalova, Sebastian Salinas, and Reynaldo Rodriguez. Debris blocked streets as farm workers suffered injuries and damages exceeded $100,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Webb County
Mexico
Valentine Villalova
Sebastian Salinas
Reynaldo Rodriguez
J. K. Thompson
Everett Love
Music Pupils Summer Piano Lessons Start June Four
Notice from Miss Tommie Chenoweth offering piano lessons at her home this summer beginning June 4. Fire destroyed a chicken house and damaged a smokehouse on Lester Haile's farm, southwest of town, Wednesday. neighbor help prevented further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Chenoweth
Lester Haile
W. M. Ingram
Blind May Read Printed Matter by New Device
In New York City inventor Robert F. Naumberg demonstrated a device called Visograph that helps blind readers access printed material. A light cell magnifies letter shapes and transfers them to a moving steel rod that forms letters for the reader to feel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Robert FE. Naumberg
Winchester
Mass
New York
Tovio Laminan
Tufts College
Robert E. Naumburg
Bids Called For 294 Road Machinery Items
The State Board of Control issued bids for 294 pieces of road machinery requested by the highway department. Proposals due June 21 cover crawlers, graders, rollers, kettles, sweepers, compressors, crushing plants, dump trucks and light delivery pickups, with total cost expected in the hundreds of thousands to a few million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
State Board of Control
Highway Department
Perpetual Motion and a Horned Toad Case
An old man and a young woman discuss an alleged Dallas man keeping a horned toad in a sealed fruit jar. Curtis says he will launch a full investigation into the case, noting claims a horned frog can survive thirty one years without water air or companionship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noren
Dallas
Curtis
Rotary Club Lunch Program Hosted by F. E. Douglas
F. E. Douglas led the Friday Rotary Club luncheon with guests Rev. H. M. Cowling and Miss Gladys Ray who performed songs. Cowling gave an engaging talk on Rotary viewed from an outsider, and a later executive committee meeting handled club business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
F. E. Douglas
H. M. Cowling
Gladys Ray
Miss Ray
Rev. Cowling
Rotary
Texas oil well sets U S daily output record
Cranfill and Reynolds report their Hendricks well in Winkler County Texas began at 13 800 barrels per day and surged to 85 000 then 384 000 barrels per day during short tests. Observers doubt twenty four hour viability but expect 50 000 to 100 000 barrels daily in a full test.
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Cranfill & Reynolds
New Hendricks
Winkler
United States
Tailor’s Trade Words Fade as Old Man Hopes Persist
A fragment shows an elderly tailor or craftsman speaking of years of effort, expressing discouragement yet continuing to work on a skirt or garment that drapes to cover knees. The clumsy clipping suggests a historical Dallas Journal snippet with vague personal resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
The Strong Man on Orpheum Circuit Jokes of Falling Arches
A humorous old-time showbiz anecdote describes a Norwegian strongman who shifted from dangerous acts to daily performances, then explains the reason was not his wife’s headaches but her fallen arches, prompting a lighthearted poke at the act.
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Norway
Orpheum
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. L. Sears
T. E. Barbee
McKinney
Mrs
Walter Cox
Vernon
B. G. Gowdy
Lena Mae
Paris
Mary Louise Noe
Denison
W. Dowd
James Anderson
Garland
Jack Bogle
Bryan Jared
H. P. Donigan
Houston
C. J. Witt
Celeste
B. W. Crain
Mineola
W. H. Forrest
W. E. Forrest
Ivan Jones
Texarkana
Whitewright
Grace Scales
Calvin
Okla
Dora Scales
Maple Wilson
Lubbock
Mrs. Wilson
Minnie Ball
W. O. Brents
Fred W. Smith
Little Son
Greenville
Martha Joe
Madge Sears
Fort Worth
Andrew Pierce
Dorothy Porter
Cason
W. P. Gaston
Wells
Glendon Cox
Geraldine Cox
Frances Jared
Wanda Davis
Tom Bean
Mabel Rector
Ella Williams
Randolph
Golia Pierce
Lorene Rutledge
Ector
M. E. Fallehey
Elizabeth Gordon of
Sherman
Frances Pope
Guy Victory
Buster Scott
Mollie Wright
Sallye Hamilton
Floydada
Emmet Thompson
Bonham
A. S. Johnson
Sparkston
U S. C
Leon Devenport
Wolfe City
J. F. Spindle
Oklahoma City
Lige Kirkpatrick
Gainesville
Lee Kirkpatrick
J. P. Montgomery
Grapevine
Mineral Wells
W. W. Dossey
Galveston
The
Pioneer Telephone Company
J. L. Bow
Martha
Ross R. May
Ott Lackey
Dorothy Chambless
Cleburne Monday
Grover B. Smith
Coleman
Comanche
David Lloyd
Lloyd Moore
Sherman Hospital
Edgar
Fay Bow
Commerce
0. G. Bow
Lucile Mathis
Kaufman
B. P. Morrow
J. R. Briley
J. W. Willbanks
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Tulsa, Oklahoma
R. May
Albert Lee Jackson
Myldred Chambers
J. B. Hall
Miss Mae
Dallas, Fort Worth
Glen Rose
Orbin Blanton
Texas Military Institute
San Antonio
C. 8. Blanton
Chesley Rutledge
John Hollingsworth
C. A. Giles
Elmo Wallace
Doc Rhody
Joe Riddle
American Legion
Commerce Sunday
Clyde Hayes
Black
Annie Burnette
Bailey
J. L. Truett
Rev. Truett
Alamo Endowment
O. L
Pig) Jones
Texas
Chesley Rutledge Confectionery
Miss Allen
Emma Allen
Hogan St
the Bank
First National Bank
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