Negro escapes and recaptured at Grayson jail
Wyatt Long Webb Jr., 18, escaped Sherman county jail by lowering a window and attacking jailer Arthur Vaughan with a knife. He fled via the elevator to the basement and escaped through an unlocked window, then stole a Sherman car and was later captured near Hugo, Oklahoma. Authorities filed counts for car theft, assault to murder, and jail break. he awaited transfer to a federal penitentiary.
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Sherman
Hugo
Okla
Wyatt Long Webb Jr
Arthur Vaughan
Webb
Vaughan
Cecil Walker
Tom Bean
Howard Alexander
Bruce Barton
Benton Davis
Wyatt
Denison
Texas
Oklahoma
Large Families Desirable Tenants Rule Sign
Pulaski Tennessee dairy farmer Harold A Henegar posted a house rental sign listing rates by family size from 75 dollars for one couple down to 50 dollars for five to 12 children. He adds 2 dollars per fishing pole and 4 dollars per hound dog for each good pole or dog.
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Pulaski
Tenn
Harold A. Henegar
Counterfeit bills lead to arrest after cheerful dice game
In Chicago several dice players suspected Hurley Murphy for being too cheerful about losing. They examined his ten dollar bills and reported the find. Secret service confirmed the bills were counterfeit and Hurley Murphy was seized on a charge of passing bogus money.
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Chicago
Hurley Murphy
Secret Service
Hurley
Woman suffocates after breathing tube slips from hands
Laura McMullen a 75 year old former Harrington Delaware resident died in Baltimore when the detachable steel breathing tube she used after throat cancer surgery slipped from her hands and dropped into her dress folds as she prepared to replace it. She had been staying with her sister Mrs. Flossie Powell. Police reported she had undergone a cancer operation months earlier and suffocated before aid could reach her.
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Baltimore
Laura McMullen
Harrington
Del
Flossie Powell
Rheumatism Fix Leads to Disputed $300 Loss in Pasadena
In Pasadena California Marvey Miller 90 told police a Gypsy offered to fix his rheumatism with a massage. He felt better then realized his wallet was missing with $300 after the encounter. Miller described the incident as a quick massage that ended with the theft.
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Pasadena
Calif
Marvey Miller
Miller
New Mexico Rejects Legislator Wage Hike in Vote
New Mexico voters approved seven constitutional amendments and rejected two in a special election. The fate of the tenth amendment was unclear with about half the returns counted. Voters turned down a proposal to raise legislators' salaries from $600 to $2,400 per session and to allow absentee voting.
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Albuquerque
N. M
New Mexico
Grocer Byd Constitution Arms Fuss in Bar
A 40 year old grocer Thomas Jordan of New York walked into a Manhattan bar with an unloaded German army rifle claiming rights under the Constitution. A crowd gathered after a $1 bet formed on whether he could carry the rifle on the street. Police intervened and Jordan was told his actions breached the peace despite his constitutional assertion.
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New York
Thomas Jordan
Manhattan
Jordan
Henry Waters
Does Not Spare Rod Even at 78 Years Fort Worth
Police answering a flight call found a 78 year old father whipping his 48 year old son for drunkenness. The son was jailed and the father commended for his actions.
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Rod
Fort Worth
Cah
Radio falls in tub kills Chicago woman
Mrs. Eleanor Kuick, 35, was electrocuted when a table model radio fell into her bathtub. The incident occurred in Chicago.
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Tub
Chicago
Eleanor Kuick
Whitewright Want Ads Offer Farm Goods and House Items
Local classified section lists tractor parts at 59 cents each, used ice boxes bargains, flowers, lubricants, and wiring supplies. Also homes and farms for sale, land and property listings, rental, used appliances, a Sun salesbooks offer, and various farm feeds and supplies. Includes 80 acre farm between Whitewright and Savoy and 152 acre farm southeast of town.
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Babcock Auto Store
Whitewright
Allen T. Short
Hannah’s
Babolene Widdlub
Thor Wringer
Savoy
B. C. Pearce
Youngsville
North Carolina
Jack Nossaman
Tom Barbee
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Grayson Jail
Soldiers Field
America
T. W. Ayres & Son
Ayres
Gabardine
Faille
Peters
Gore
Chambray
Stetson
Ssagni NG Neware
Dollarhide
Congoleum
Plastiglass
Elec
Sunbeam
General Electric
Betty Crocker
Universal
Crane’s
Griffin Dollarhide Jr
Dearborn
Farmall
John Deere
Flowers of Sherman
Carl May
H. R. Rhody
Auto Finance Co
F. W. Creager
Mgr
Travis, Sherman
Whitewright Cleaners
Cardus
Dwight Smith Implement CO
Arvin Dinette Suite
Arvin
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