Whitewright Student Wins State Essay Prize in Safety Contest
Joseph Hopkins a seventh grader at St. Joseph's high school Victoria won the state first prize a gold medal and 15 dollars in the national highway safety campaign contest by the highway education board in Washington. Eighteen other Texas students submitted papers on Why I Should Be Taught Street and Highway Safety at Home and at School Eldora Walker of Harrisburg junior high Magnolia Park won second prize a gold medal and 10 dollars. Third prize bronze medals and 5 dollars each were awarded to multiple students including Ira Culberson Hillsboro Lorena Fairbanks Galveston Claude Gray Dallas Hubert Powell Navасota Bethena Paine Gholson School Ross Simon Miron Houston Ida May Cundiff Dallas Emma Flores El Paso Edwin Grimes Georgetown Van Vestal Whitewright J L Collier Troup Jack Nowlin Cleburne Louis Davis Palestine Mary Virginia Foreman Denison Joy Kay Texarkana Lorena York Dallas St Joseph's Orphanage Lucile Moore Woolridge Austin.
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Ira Culberson
Hillsboro
Lorena Fairbanks
Sam Houston
Galveston
Claude Gray
James Fannin
Dallas
Hubert Powell
Navasota
Bethena Paine
Gholson
Ross
Simon Miron
Jackson
Houston
Ida May Cundiff
Lamar
Emma Flores
Guardian Angel
Governor To Be Asked For Special Legislature Session
Oklahoma City report says Rogers County official H Tom Kight plans to present a petition with sixty nine signatures to the governor demanding a special session. Opposing forces form lines as Kight warns the legislature may convene independently if the governor refuses to order an inquiry into five state departments including the governor's office. The claim rests on a constitutional challenge to a prior initiated law about convening sessions following Governor Walton's impeachment.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
H. Tom Kight
Rogers County
Kight
Jack Walton
Oldest Working Printer Coghlan Dies at 94 in St Louis
Major Philip P. Coghlan the oldest working printer in the United States died in St Louis at 94 after a lifetime in the composing room of the St Louis Post Dispatch. He worked daily until near the end and had refused pension, saying work kept him going. He had received a gold medal from the National Graphic Arts Exposition last August and was a past commander of the G A R in Missouri.
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ST. Louis
Philip P. Coghlan
United States
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Coghlan
National Graphic Arts Exposition
Typographical Union
Missouri
Story Case Sent to Sherman For Trial
The trial of Yancy Story of Krum Texas for a bank robbery was moved to Sherman by Judge C A Pippen citing publicity and other grounds. Story lay semi conscious in court as the transfer was announced with the judge questioning his condition as witnesses were excused. The case, indicted for robbing a Denton County bank eighteen months ago, had previously been tried in Dallas on a Denton change of venue, resulting in a 99 year sentence later reversed on appeal.
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Dallas
Krum
Texas
Sherman
C. A. Pippen
Criminal District Court
Pippen
Roy M. Finley
Elbert Hooper
Denton
Story
Fifteenth District Court
Denton County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Kingston Triumphs Over Rangers in 35-0 Victory
Kingston high school from Oklahoma defeated the Rangers on their visit last Friday afternoon with a 35 to 0 score. Three touchdowns were long 50 to 70 yard runs by the visiting Indians. Rangers threatened twice but failed to stop the fast runners.
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Kingston
Okla
Rangers
Oklahoma Indians
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Father
Baltimore Evening Sun
Sun
Chesley Rutledge Confectionery
South Side
Main St
Ponstar American Mineral Oil
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Narleleeus
Jaemin
Bessie
Regul
Colonial Club
Talcum
Renslar Quinine
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Sue Bern
Windburn Alver
Thyu
Reguler
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Petties
Ched
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Renstar
Aleo
Saslar
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Apex
Magnesia
U.S
Garden Court
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Epsom
Jor Soc
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Zinc Stearate
U.S. P
Sol
Anstar
Nelson
Narcissus
Jasmin
Billon
Penslar
Sic
LLC
Bow-Wright Drug Co
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