Lawyer Haskins Takes Case Against Judge Moffett
Mike Thomas seeks to prove Lil Baker’s ties to Judge Andrew J. Moffett and free his wife from prison. Haskins agrees to help and plans a bold tactic to obtain conclusive proof. Mike is kidnapped by roughs who threaten him into signing a confession. In parallel, Judge Moffett faces Osgood who offers immunity if he reveals crooks, then Moffett warns of danger as Grogan moves to seize key papers.
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Thomas H. Haskins
Mike Thomas
Mike
Lil Baker
Moffett
Haskins
Mr. Haskins
Grogan
Judge Moffett
Judge
Lil
Buddy
Guy
Joe
Judge Osgood
Osgood
Hogwallow News Snippets From Hog Ford and Nearby Tales
A series of light local notes follows Sim Flinders meeting a cow on the road and pondering her lateness. Jefferson Potlocks remarks that his children lag in study, yet he sees it as a sign due to his own dull school days. A Rye Straw Store customer seeks change for a dollar but is sent away until later. A recently joined Hog Ford church member works in the hot sun to crank his car. Sile Kilden regains regular mail service after a dispute with the post office. Atlas Peck leads an Improvement Association meeting by calling to order, reading minutes, and helping adjourn. Washington Hocks recalls years of smoking and using matches, preferring the coal of fire for a pipe.
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Jefferson Potlocks
Washington Hocks
78 Distilleries in Scotland to Close
Elgin Scotland. Seventy eight distilleries in the Pot Malt Distillers group will shut for the 1932 33 season due to heavy taxes overproduction and weak demand. Surplus whisky fills warehouses with Rothes Morayshire storage at two million gallons. The shutdown will put thousands out of work and reduce Scotland from 91 to 13 non member plants.
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Elgin
Scotland
Scottish Pot Malt Distilleries
Burgh
Rothes Morayshire
U S To Withhold Wheat and Cotton Until Next Year
Washington announces a plan to hold remaining stabilization wheat and about 2,000,000 bales of cotton from sale until 1933. Farm Board Chair Stone says futures and cooperative stock withdrawals aim to stabilize prices. loan from Reconstruction Finance Corp. supports the move as negotiations with the corporation advance.
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U. S
Washington
Stone
Farm Board
Reconstruction Corporation
Stone Monday
Chesapeake Bay
Jesse Jones
Harvey Couch
Grain Stabilization Corporation
United States
Cotton Stabilization Corporation
New York Cotton Exchange
American Cotton Co-operative Association
Mrs. Ferguson Gains Votes In Official Count
The Democratic nominee Mrs. Miriam A Ferguson leads Gov. Ross S. Sterling by 3,753 votes in Texas after official returns from 289 counties and unofficial tallies from 15. Ferguson’s total rose to 477,696 while Sterling fell to 473,943, a net gain of 1,193 for Ferguson.
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Dallas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Democratic Party
Texas
Texas Election Bureau
Ferguson
Ross S. Sterling
Governor Sterling
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Mark Hellinger
Charles Beahan
Groene
el Ours
S. H. Montgomery Insurance
R. B. Nall
Sherman, Texas
Hogwallow News
Dank Botts
Sim Flinders
Rye Straw
Hog Ford
Sile Kilden
Atlas Peck
The
Improvement Association
Whitewright
Mrs. Ferguson
Sun Office
Goodrich Cavaliers
Gulf Service
Whitewright, Texas
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