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The Forecast: Tonight and Sunday Fair, Colder Tonight, Probable Frost
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PROGRESS!
WAS INVOLVED IN $100,
Where Woman Was Beaten to Death
COMMON LAW WIFE
OF FORMER WEALTHY
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LAND OWNER SLAIN
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HAD SUED CHARLIE ROTSKY ESTATE
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Southland Insurance Company for
shows the rumpled bed.
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DONNA PLOTTERS
iate 1,000,000.
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Four Convicted of Plan To
Tarrant Doubtful.
Kill Political Foes
By United Press.
if these yet to Orville Bullington,
FOR STATE AID
County Claims $4,560,962
In Bond Debt Report
DAMAGES ASKED FOR
Gov.
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be
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HE WANTS TO LIVE FOR ONE MORE DEM VOTE .
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SAINT NAZAIRE, France, Oct.
31′1 1913 and 89 in 1916.
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the mesa they started.”
lives at 1666 Pruitt.
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NORWOOD CASE
JURORS STAND
NINE TO THREE
Banker’s Wife With Jury
Since Late Yesterday
The. jury in the suit of Mrs.
STERLING SENDS MORE
MEN INTO EAST TEXAS
Baylor Bear Goes On Tear
When He Sees Fort Worth
FORT WORTH MAN IS
CHARGED IN FORGERY
collection- of the insurance of her
husband, Sidney B. Norwood, Cle-
burne banker who disappeared in
October, 1921, stood nine to three
MAN CHARGED WITH
' ARSON MAKES BOND
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By United Press
PRISON GUARD GIVEN
20-YEAR SENTENCE
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RUM RUNNER CAUGHT
NEWPORT, Oct. 29.—Disguis-
ed to resemble a coast guard ves-
sel, the Malbo, of St. Johns, New-
foundland, was captured by coast
guards today with her crew of
nine men and a cargo of Thanks-
giving whisky valued at *50,000.
rmstrong of Fort Worth. Jack:
onian party candidate, will not
oil more than 25,000 votes.
Franklin Roosevelt Confers
With ‘Happy Warrior,’ :
Wounds Healed
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*1,100 asked is estimated to
the value of the plane.
bridge table, but the players still
have to play, the hands by manual
labor.
' There are pencils that add the
score automatically-; Braille ‘cards
for blind players; discs to make
life harder for the player who al-
ways wants to know what's been
bid or what's trump; but no de-
vice to keep a player from trump-
ing his partner's ace.
Judge George Cooper Gbbs, the
trial judge, after motion for a new
trial, filed in behalf of Courson by
his attorney, C. U. Averitt, was
denied.
Mrs. Norwood claims that her
husband was last heard from in
the summer of 1924, and asked
that he be declared deceased in
order that she might collect on
the Insurance policy, which lapsed
in October; 1928.
The insurance company offered
two witnesses who testified that
they saw Norwood in .Mexico in
Unruly 360-Pound Mascot Drags Half Dozen
Attendants Along; Put in Truck
PLANE RUSHES AID
TO WEST TEXAS MAN
gel
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Voters More Interested In
Bread and Butter Than
Flag Waving
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The front door was locked.
° Slain At Midnight.
Physicians who 'examined
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Hammer and Cleaver Used to Kill 40-Year-
■ Old Woman; Body, Clad in Nightgown,
Found by Two Men
Gadgets Aid Bridge, But
a Man Can Still Trump
' Partner’s Ace
lowers conceded the Fort Worth
entry more than an, even break.
At the? stadium, the Baylor del-
egation will be seated in the stu-
dent section on the east side of
the field.
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New England, reported to Gover-
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Republicans and Democrats
najority of appointees of
Floss Sterling.
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Special Session at Present
By United Press
AUSTIN, Oct. 29.—Gov. Ross
S. Sterling today announced the
Still fiery and outspoken de-
spite a recent operation, Pittman
expressed utter contempt for the
"so-called Democrats who go to
the party conventions and then
vote for Hoover."
"Thexought to be run down
and hung to the nearest limb,” he
declared, with a clinched fist.
He fingered the bronze medal-
lion and continued:
to. the East Texas oil field and
the closing of every well down
to the allowed 40 barrels a day
production.
"I do not say I will dot call
a special session of the legisla-
ture.” said the Governor, "but
"campaign of fear” and the Re--
publican prohibiiion plank.
Smith At Albany.
Former Governor Smith, on his
return to New York state from [
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M Tarrant is one of six counties
M-sted as "doubtfur" for his wife
Mi y Ferguson. Dallas, Taylor, Pot-
•r. El Paso and- McLennan are
thers, but Ferguson isn't cnced-
there is a situation calling for
a special session.”
"They were talking about get-
ting out high-powered rifles, but
all that is over now, I think,”
he said in announcing the dis-
patch of additional militiamen
to the oil field.
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RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas,
Oct. 29.—The jury in the Don-
. na murder plot case returned a
i verdict of guilty today and gave
I each of the four defendants a
two-year prison term.
Defense counsel gave notice of
filing a motion for a new trial
This class totaled
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UNGER FIRST
ISSUE, SAYS
FARMER JIM
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TN this small three-room house
1 at 1304 Jones.4 Mrs. Lilly.
Hamilton last night lost a
struggle with an unknown as-
sailant whom police believe used
a hammer or meat cleayer to
slay her. Th bedroom, in
which Mrs. Hamilton’s body was
found, was in disorder, telling
a silent story of her futile
battle for-life.'The lower photo. I
visited, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
and Massachusetts. would be In I
the Democratic column. Roosevelt
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Georgia in 1886. He joined the
Confederate army at 14 slid came
out of the war at 17. Democrats
haven't changed much since Pitt-
man started voting; they're still
Man Convicted in "Sweat Box”
Case Denied New Trial
By United Press.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 29.
Capt. George W. Courson,, former
convict prison camp guard, today
was sentenced to 20 years in pris-
on on his recent conviction on a
charge of manslaughter in
death of a young convict in
"sweat box.”
Sentence was pronounced
incidentally, "Ma” Ferguson.
Friends and hospital attendants
have assured him he will, if an
election judge and supervisor
have to be brought to his room.
"Us dem fool Democrats never
have had a candidate before that
was worth anything,” “Pappy”
said, "but this Kear It’s different,
“If we don’t elect Roosevelt
and Garner, we'd all better quit
and go fishing—just leave the Re-
The board at Austin will go
over the report and either approve
or make changes in the amounts.
Tarrant County Commissioners
Court in fixing the budget for
1 933 took approximately 50 per
cent of the anticipated aid into
consideration. This was done to
protect the credit of the county in
event the law was declared inop-
erative. ,
GRAVE NEAR DAIRY?
aving patrlotsm and “pretty
peeches."
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this, they believed, as he vaulted •—-------------—'
over the fence to the alley. — m m n m a ■ = p ■ ■ F A:
Battling with her assailant, the | N QQ N NT Lil K
woman apparently tried to get IRnHivi TILL
a .38 pistol out of a drawer in
- - were used.
body said Mrs, Hamilton met her | $21 583 81
death about midnight.
Majority, He Says
I By CULLUM E. GREENE
After 18 years In politics, Jim
I ‘erguson, the center of many
B ampaigns, is of the opinion that
I oters. are more . interested in
■ I when do wo eat" than in flag-
Mrs. Hamilton's suit named as
defendants five brothers, Ike,
Phillip, Harry, Sam and Louis
Rotsky, and three marri d sifters
and their husbands. Mr. and Mrs.
Jennie Cohn, Mr. and Mrs. Dora
Cohn and Mr. and Mrs. Rirka Pin-
sel. These were sole heirs of the
estate.
A contest of Rotsky's will also
was filed In Probate Court by Mrs.
Anna Rotsky on behalf of herself
and minor daughter, Mary Louise
Rotsky. She claimed she was mar-
ried to Rotsky in 1916 and lived
with him up to his death,.
She was not named in Rotsky’s
will, dated Jan. 7, 1925.
Mrs. Hamilton has no relatives
in the United States. It was said.
She is believed to have a sister
living in France.
The body is at Robertson-Er-
M' if the vote totals 1,000,000.
8 erguson predicts his wife will
98) in by a 500.000 majority.
By ALLAN CARNEY
An 85-year-old Democrat of the
old school lay on hs bed in Har-
ris Hospital today and spoke his
mind on what should be done
about "Hoovercrats" and proudly
showed callers the Roosevelt-
Garner medallion, pinned on his
hospital gown.
H. C. “Pappy” Pittman's chief
worry as he spends long, weary
hours at the hospital is whether
he will be given the opportunity
to vote for Franklin D. Roose-
velt, “Texas Jkek" Garner, and
Papers Pertaining to Suit Found Soaked With
' Water; Trunk Pried Open; She Tried.
To Get to Pistol
Her skull crushed and finger bitten off in what
appeared to be a terrific struggle for her life, Mrs. Lilly
Hamilton, 46, was found dead today in the bedroom of her
three-room house at 1301 Jones.
Claiming to be the common law wife of Charlie
Rotsky, prominent land owner who died on July 19, Mrs.
Hamilton filed suit in July for one-half of Rotsky’s estate,
estimated at $206,000. The case had not come to trial.
A verdict of death from a blow on the head was re-
turned by Justice Walter Prichard. Police found a bloody
hammer and meat cleaver in the kitchen of the three-
room house in which Mrs. Hamilton lived alone.
H’ Employment of extra laborers
■ 'y the State Highway Depart-
■ ient, orders for which have al-
■' eady been given, Ferguson says,
I | ill -upply Bullington, with 100,-
[I on pf his total vote.
■ "Bullington, either thru ignor:
■ nce or duplicity. Is guilty of
E reason to his own party in ask-
E ng voters to scratch all of the
E omineeson his side of the ticket
|| nd vote for Democratic nominees
H ith the exception of Mrs. Fergu-
B on,” Ferguson said.
| He was referring to a "sample
■ .allot” being sent out under the
| ignature of the League of Afti-
I 'erguson Democrats.
Cites Split Ballot.
) The ballot is marked to show
[ emecrats how to scratch Mrs.
I erguson’s name and still vote for
t democratic electors and other
I iominees for the Democratic par-
I y. Bullington's name is not
I cratebed but that of his running
f I nate, James Bass of Austin, can-
I lldate for lieutenant governor, is
I' narked out.
Ferguson made tie further ob-
I nervation that should Bullington
I be elected he could not qualify for
I he office of governor since he
| ' as promised not to disturb the
20.—President Albert Lebrun to-
day led a throng of 40,000 per-
sons in celebration of the launch-
ing of the French Line’s new
73,000-ton ocean liner, Norman-
die, largest •teamship in the
world.
ll'Hl be named governor Nov. 8,
II erguson is devoting most of his
Mampaigning to the national
|| eket. .
It Strain Is Missing.
I The Fergusons, who came here
E!rom Dallas, are taking things
Masy. The strain of the two pri-
1 nary campaigns is missing. Fer-
PRICE.TWO CENTS
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publicans up there to finish uptbut I ean't help it. The Demo- poorpoltti
crate are split to pieces nowadax Pittman
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the bedroom. The drawer was
will carry his personal campaign
for re-election to New York.
Governor Ritehle made an ap-
peal for Democratic support in
Indianapolis an hour after Pres-
ident Hoover had concluded his
speech. Ritchie criticized the
Lamesa Patient Is Given Better
Chance'to Recover-
Wright Boyd. Lamesa business
man suffering from pneumonia,
was accorded better chances to
recover today after the arrival of
the oxygen tent sent from here
last night by General Airways Ex-
press.
Pilot Ira McCohnaughey left
here at 8:27 p. m. yesterday in
an American Airways plane and
reached Big Spring two hours
later. From there the tent was
rushed to Lamesa by auto.
0, Coffman, medical supply
company representative, accompa-
nied the device and set It up for
use on arrival there. A Big Spring
hospital had a tent but Boyd was
too ill to be moved.
Announces He Will Not Call
Argument in the Case was com-
pleted at 5:15 p. m. yesterday,
alter which Judge Bruce Young
sent the jury home for the night.
Deliberations" were resumed at 9
a. m. today.
Norwood disappeared in 1921
shortly before the failure of The
National Bank of Cleburne, of
which he was president. Since
then he has been indicted in fed-
eral court in connection with a
Norwood against the
Washington today, making back
platform speeches as' his special
train moves east, Before an en-
thusiastic. audience last night he
renewed his attack on statements
of his Democratic opponent,
(charging evasion of issues and a
"new Shuffle" by Governor Roose-
velt on the question of farm tar-
iffs. Monday the chief -executive
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A mount near White Lake
Dairy will be excavated this aft-
ernoon by Deputy Sheriffs Frank
Rimmer and Ike England on the
suspicion that the plot may be a
grave. <
The discovery was made yester-
day by L. W. Melton, 3207 %
Chambers Avenue, who was hunt*
+for ibis date last year were 70
1 and 51. All-time extremes were
Frank E. Nelson Released Krom
Hospital and Jail
Frank E. Nelson, 23, salesman,
made *1,500 bond today on arson
charges filed against him after a
mysterious blast wrecked, a two-
story house at 22 42 Mistletoe Ave-
nue early yesterday. The bond
first was set at 83,000.
Nelson, suffering from burns on
his face and hands, was removed
from Methodist Hospital to the
county jail late yesterday. He
lives at 3900 Fifth Avenue.
Nelson said he recently bought
the house and was sleeping there
to protect the dwelling from dam-
age by children in the neighbor-
hood. He was blown thru a win-
dow into the yard of George A.
Parton, next door.
The Parton home was destroy-
ed by fire which spread after the
explosion.
ui hwnvok
witness—to testify that he had
talked to the two other witnesses
about Norwood—but was prevent-
ed by his doctor from taking the
stand.
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Accused of Placing Signatures On
State .Greasury Check
By United Press.
DALLAS, Oct. 29.—W. T. Tu-
ton, Fort Worth, and W. E. Stiles,
forrger Stat? pan king Department
employe, were indicted by the
grand jury today in its report to
Judge C. A. .Pippen for forging
an indorsement on a check for
*108. The check was issued by
the state treasurer on Sept. 28.
The check was Issued on the
Union Bank & Trust Oompany of
Fort Worth, payable to John
Reinhart in payment of a claim
against a defunct bank . The
check, according to photostatic
copies in the indictment, was in-
dorsed with the names of Rein-
hart and Tuton, both of which
Tuton is alleged to have written.
Stiles later certified the in-
dorsement, the indictment states.
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sun rises 6145: sets 9:41.
1929. Kay Griffin, a representa1 _ _ _____
tive of the insurance company dispatch of 25 additional soldiers
was to have been a corroborating
when it went out to lunch at
I've voted for 15 party nominees
for president—just .passed up
one.
"And that time I didn't bolt
the party. I just went fishing in-
stead of voting.” 1
Pittman came to Texas from
—night is expected to range from
40 to 45 degrees.
Temperature extremes yester-
day were 79 and 52. Extremes
S" WOMAN FOUND BEATEN TO DEATH;
SUIT
rpHE Baylor Bear hit Fort Worth 1
L in a fighting humor today, '
growling an ominous threat at the
Horned Frogs of Texas Christian
University. ।
Joe College, 300-pound mascot
of the Baylor University football
team, not only refused to walk up-f
town in the parade of 400 stu-
dents and boosters from Waco,
but, demanded sugar candy as he
rode serenly up Main Street
aboard a truck.
A-half-dozen attendants were
dragged across Lancaster Avenue ,
by the huge black mascot, who '
started his rampage by heading
toward a plate glass window. Un- '
able to handle the unmuzzled
beast, the keepers called for rein- '
forements and hailed a passing 1
truck. '
The 55-piece Baylor band, j
dressed in natty gold and green '
uniforms, led the noisy student 1
delegation to headquarters at The
Blackstone. One hundred TCU
students met the Baylor special
train that arrived ovr the MKT
at 10:30 a. m.
Badges with the words, "Trim '
TCU—Mash the Frogs,” were '
worn by the invading rooters.
Aboard the special were Coach ,
Morley Jennings and 35 members
of the football squad.
"You never can tell,” was '
Coach Jennings' comment on the
game itself. "It'll be a good
game."
The 39th meeting of the Bears
and Horned Frogs starts at 3
p. m. at TCU Stadium. While the
Purple eleven is favored to win,
neither the members of the Bay-
lor squad nor their student fol-
and a hearing was set for 2
p. m. today. The Jury had de-
liberated 19 hours.
The case went to the jury in
mid-afternoon yesterday, with the
state asking 10-year penitentiary,
sentences for A. F. Dargel, E. J.
Farnsworth, L. F. Schulz, and W.
H: McClelland. The latter was
called "kig bee” of the plot in
state arguments,
The defendants were accused of
conspiracy to commit murder, it
having been testified that they
were involved in arrangements to
kill three or more politically in-
vincible fellow-citizens In the
Donna irrigation district. The de-
fense offered no testimony.
Walter Van Allen, a tifth de-
fendant, was given an Instruct-
ed verdict of not guilty. Stokes
Cheney, Luther Lepley and George
Ruthven will be tried later.
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found partially open.
Mrs. Hamilton was found lying
on her side at the foot of her ,
bed. She was clad' in a .flannel
night gown. | "
Immersed in a tub of water
By UNITED PRESS.
Republican hopes rose in the
Mid-West today and Democratic
hopes in the East as party leaders
braced for- the final drives for
votes with the national election
but nine days away.
The cause of Republican buoy-
ancy*. was another "fighting
speech” by President Hoover at
Indianapolis last night—a speech
that was not dimmed by an equal-
ly enthusiastic Democratic rally
In the same town, at which Gov.
Albert C. Ritchie of Mryland
spoke. . —
Democratic exuberance resulted
from a meeting between Gov.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Alfred
E. Smith In the governor’s man-
sion at Albany, N. Y., which in-
dicated a definite renewal of the
“Frank and Al” friendship.
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cessory of bridge games except
the kibitzer was put on display at
Grand Central Palace today In the
first national exposition of- the
country’s newest *100,000,000
"infant industry.”
Popularization of contract
bridge, brought all civilization’s
Inventive genius to bear on new
devices to "improve” the game.
One of these was an automatic
. . A.. ... „ . . A. card shuffler and dealer, for play-
f 1,000,000 Votes Are Cast, ers with weak wrists.
as lain* lie L . Lawrence Hammond, Chicago
Ma Will Win by 500,000 inventor, offered an automatic
dealer attached to a patented
in the rear of the house, police
found copies of paper filed. In
Mrs. Hamilton's suit against the
Rotsky estate.
A trunk appeared to,have been
pried open. Its contents were
strewn about the room
Found at 9 1. M.
The body was discolored at 9
a. m. by Pete Garza, who ran a
cafe on property owned by Mrs.
Hamilton adjoining the' house,
and A. T. McGinn, butcher at
1403 Jones
Garza said he had known the
woman for several years.
She had frequently' expressed
fears of being slain, Garza told
police.
Calling at the house, he said
he knocked on the door and re-
ceived no answer.
Soon, McGtnn joined Garza.
Each morning for years he had
received Mrs. Hamilton's order
punctually at 8 o'clock. When
Mrs. Hamilton failed to 'phone
today, McGinn went to her home.
A dog whined in the house.
"That dog made us shiver,”
said Garza. "We knew then
something was wrong. We went
around to the back of the house
and found the door open.
“Then wo went in.”
Garza found a communicating
door bet veen the death room and
one in the rear propped with a
chair which had been placed
against the knob in the rear room-
It is believed that the slayer did
this in order that the dog could,
not leave the murder chamber.
• WRECKING OF.PLANE
( Ed Ritchey Files Suit Against
American Airways
A collision between two planes
at Meacham Field on March 3 was
made the basis for a *1,100 dam-
age suit filed in 96th District
Court today.
Edwin W. Ritchey, owner of an
Aeronca two-place open plane
damaged in the crash, filed the
suit against American Airways.
Inc.
Ritchey alleges . his plane,
which was beinf piloted at the
time of the crash by R. E. Hard-
ing Jr., was damaged as Hardins
attempted to' land by a Fairchild
"blind flying” training plane
owned by" American Airways. The
NOUHLY TEMPEEATUHES.
U Midniaht. 92
Bill
— ----- . „ shortage of nearly a million dol-
e Republican nominee. Fergu- । lars
on predicts that George W.
stood six to six, according to a re- l
port to the court. The jury re- I
turned at 1 p. m. and resumed
deliberations.
) Stage Wild Rallies In
Indiana Town
g
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at this time I do not think
Looking for Mexican.
Police were looking for a Mex-
ican man reported as having been
seen loitering around the house
for several days. Mrs. Hamilton
was said to have offered to settle
for *500 with the Rotsky estate.
City detectives were working on
the theory the Mextcan might
have understood she had collected
this money and went to the house
to rob her.
Neighbors, however. quoted
Mrs. Hamlton as having told
them she "d only a few cents
in the world.”
The only clue was the footprints
of a man taken from the two-by-
four support of a fence In the
rear of the house. The slayer left
Insurance Suit of Missing •presdetr"stovCaPitoturhato
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.— Virtual-
-N ly every necessity and ac-
$ sth;
b.7.
he same thing as promising jobs,
’orbidden under the statutes of
he state,” Ferguson said.
Bullington, in hts opening
speech at Waco, said present of-
ficials would be retained if thy
were capable. •
Ferguson, who arrived with his
wife last night, left early today
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WEATHER JUST RIGHT
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Norther Arrives in Time for TCU-
Baylor Football Clash
Snappy football weather ar-
rived today for the TCU-Baylor
game. *
Fair but colder weather and
probable frost . 1* Weatherman
Paul S. Cook’s forecast for to-
night. Tomorrow will remain
fair.
The temperature during the
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Parrot, Dog and Bird Are
Survivors -a
A parrot that ironically
shouted ‘‘Hooray!”, a red
bird: canary and dog— %
These are the ony known
survivors of Mrs Lilly Ham-
ilton, beaten to death in her
shanty home at 1304 Jones.
All were found .in the
death house, the dog whin-
ing near the body of his mis-
tress.
Police were feeding the
. parrot and dog.
Justice Walter Pritchard
adopted the red bird and
canary.
■I ut night.
In "There are no less than 25,000
N deral appointive jobs in Texas
■I waiting Democrats it Roosevelt
Hi nd Garner are elected, but these 12:10 today.
Hi bs are going to be tilled by men | Earlier, on the first ballot, It j
Hi nd women who can show they
H uted the Democratic ticket
E raight,". Ferguson declared.
■ Ferguson belteves also that the
■ t ital vote in Texas will approxi-.
SMITH VISITS ALBANY
P HERE FOR SPEECH
■ | uson, attired In. a light gray suit,
2. tscussed politics between calls to ’ Emma
I ie telephone while he and Mrs. Snuthl
| erguson ate dinner at The Texas
I The veteran of no less than
light campaign* made his obser-
ations on "bread and butter”
nd other question* involved in
he present campaign. In which
is wife, Mrs. Miriam Ferguson,
t one of the central, figures,
| hortly after arriving here for a
peaking engagement at First
aptist Church tonight.
Confident that his wife again
Tarrant County is entitled to
state aid on *4,1560,982.99 of its
$6,690,000 total bonded indebted-
ness. according to a report to be
submitted to the Board of County
and District Road Indebtedness at
Austin "todav by County Judge C.
W. Atkinson.
• The report, compiled by Cpunty
Engineer Wesley Stevens, covers
490 pages and is two and one-half
inches thick.
Under terms of a .bill passed at
a special session of the Legisla-
ture in September the state, using
one cent of the gasoline tax, will
assume the bonded Indebtedness
of counties expended , on state
highway, exclusive of right of way
costs.
Four Class Report
The report divides the total an-
ticipated sum into four classes:.
Expenditures by the county on
state highways under contracts
awarded by counties from 1917 to
1925 and in which the state par-
ticipated. This class totaled $819,-
428.89.
Expenditures by counties on
state highways as aid to the state
contracts awarded by the state
from 1 925 to Sept. 1, 1932. This
class totaled *2,925,679.37.
Expenditures by the counties on
state highways prior to June,
1917. This class totaled $794,-
270.92.
1917 to 1932
Expenditures by the counties
from June, 1917, to Sept. 1, 1932.
on state highways on roads that /
are now state highways and on
which no state or federal funds
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Sheldon, Seward R. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 29, 1932, newspaper, October 29, 1932; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1537968/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.