World News Lifts Fog On Major Global Events
The AP reports China’s northern forces capturing Peking from southern nationalists, Mussolini signaling a mild warning to Austria and Yugoslavia, and the missing Italian airship Nobile found near Northeast Land. Also noted are a Pacific flight record by Australians and Americans, Felstead winning the Derby, heavy Derby related wagers in Calcutta, and Geneva’s Vilna dispute pause amid French political stagnation.
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Prisoner Killed While Attempting Escape Near Boerne
In Boerne near San Antonio a prisoner named W. B. Perry was killed Tuesday while attempting to escape. Kendall County Sheriff Ed Bierschwale said Perry died in the incident. Sam James, a Bexar County deputy, reported the sheriff had requested a bodyguard after threats against him.
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French cinema popularity grows with near four thousand halls
Paris hosts 180 of France's 3,995 cinema houses as five million spectators attend weekly. Canada’s national wealth rose by three billion dollars over four years per Dominion Bureau of Statistics.
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Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Child Labor in Persian Industries
London reports a forthcoming International Labour Office paper detailing severe child labor in Persian carpet weaving. It cites five to seven year olds consigned by mothers under a contract of sale, with most profits going to foreign firms and workers receiving starvation wages. a Persian commission is to investigate.
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Jails Grow More Crowded in Illinois State Prisons
Illinois jail population rises to 6,497 across Joliet Chester and Pontiac from 5,923 a year earlier as parole tightening and harsher sentences take effect. Chairman Hinton G. Claybaugh says violence crimes demand severe punishment to protect life and property. The report also notes conservative regard for rehabilitation in serious offenses. Aristotle's father Necomachus is identified.
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International News Service
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Third Political Party Might Surface In U S
United States Senator Smith W. Brookhart said in New Orleans that a third party could form this summer. The group would unite anti-Smith southern Democrats and discontented middle western farmers, Bay Street reports Brookhart spoke at a National Retail Grocers association convention.
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New Orleans
United States
Smith W. Brookhart
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Retail Grocers’ Association
Only Towers Remain Of Old Havana Walls
Turreted fortifications once guarding Havana are decaying, leaving only watch towers. From colonial times under King Philip II the walls linked by bastions now vanish as the city expands. The towers now serve as museums under the public works department, with many closed for safety.
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Department of Public Works
British publisher buys Methuen's stake without reading a book
George Roberts a retired London biscuit manufacturer says he has never read a book in his life yet has secured a controlling interest in the Methuen's publishing firm for about 1.5 million dollars. He adds he bought the shares as an investment and has no time for reading.
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International News Service
London
George Roberts
Methuen's
King Amanullah Buys New Factories in Germany
During a German stay King Amanullah of Afghanistan ordered factories for sugar leather paper gunpowder and buttons. Negotiations for additional plants are said to be pending as he moves to industrialize his country.
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International News Service
Berlin
Prince of Walest
Amanullah
Afghanistan
Germany
New MELLO GLO Face Powder Promises Purity and Shine Control
Advertises MELLO GLO face powder from Fox Drug Co offering long wear and a peachy skin tone while concealing pores and preventing shine. Promotes amazement at beautifying qualities and urges trial.
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Fox Drug Co
Clean Collars Shirts and Laundering Ideas Spread
Office workers in New York hear about a Paris chain offering fixed annual linen service for collars and shirts with delivery and laundering handled by the shop. A London merchant extends the collar concept to per item charges above standard laundry rates as the trend spreads. In Mexico City a San Miguel Allende dispatch reports 160 rebels attacked Guanajuato town yesterday. after a three hour fight federal troops dispersed them and one soldier was wounded.
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Paris
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Mexico City
San Miguel Allende
Guanajuato
Students Return From Ocean Trip Aboard Algonquin Maiden Voyage
Gilmore Nunn son of Mr and Mrs J L Nunn recently returned from Washington and Lee University Lexington Ky. He traveled home via New York after sailing from New York on the maiden voyage of the Mallory line vessel Algonquin and was met at Galveston by his parents along with companions Joe Durham Jack Fuqua and Paul Stanley.
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Washington & Lee University
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Jack Fuqua
Paul Stanley
Algonquin
Mallory Line
Galveston
Death mask said to be Queen Elizabeth found in London
The lead mask, claimed by experts to be the death mask of Queen Elizabeth I, has been brought to London. Officials describe the artifact as in excellent preservation and among Britain's most remarkable historical relics.
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International News Service
London
Elizabeth
Doctor Vaughan Announces Office Move in Amarillo
Dr John H Vaughan reveals relocation of his medical practice from Amarillo Building to 804 805 Fisk Medical and Professional Building. The move includes surgery radium and X ray services.
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Fisk Medical
Hot Springs
Ark
Texas
Meekborn
DIAL
Mask of the Queen’s likeness tied to Beaufort heirs
The mask depicts the queen with wavy hair and a tree-decorated ruff and is linked to the Dukes of Beaufort, descendants connected to her funeral plans. It is believed to be crafted by Maximilian Pourtrain, the sculptor of the queen’s effigy now housed in Westminster Abbey.
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Maximilian Pourtrain
Westminster Abbey
Firestone Announces Cupin Tire Prices
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in New York on June 1 announced price changes for Cupin tires. The statement outlines revised costs across several tire sizes and mentions adjustments in response to market conditions.
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Tire price reductions announced today
Reduction announced for tires with several grades listed. Third line tires cut 4 percent, first line tires 17 percent, pressure cords 12 to 44 percent, and solid tires 10 percent.
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