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ie “buy nothing »nd would put it days notice.Felthad approvedic boycott.ons staff of thei 52 nations— to set a day forboycott into ef -(Continued From Page One)a. the re-state-States stand on Af rt- European le reaction, said diplomatic mtinue to seek t African war; ne of pessimism was conceded, iborious. aval—w ho has e of sanctions le of conciliator pen Italy and upport in the f Edouard Her-socialist party.■ats in Laval's es the chamberevening of the same day for theUnited States, arriving New Year'* eve at Boston.Mr. Elwtng had decided to pioneer. so he moved on west to Arizona. buying a farm there. In 1901 their first child. William E.. was born, and his poor health caused the family to move to California.To Valles In 1919Page One)nd will take itra* proposed inle pension billconference, but voted upon, d to committee Governor Ali-nactment of a jn expendituresate office, held the San An-appeals.Id well. Jr., of the resolution, the legislatureveil auction our st bidder.red unconstitu-ntesting certi-* Allred as the in the last gen-than a i houseMr. Elwing went back into th practice of his architectural profession there, and by 1919. the year when he came to the Valley, hadbecome recognized as one of theoutstanding architects of the state.In that year F. Z. Bishop, who was then doing development work in the Valley, went to California, and asked for the names of the two best architects in the state. One of the names given him was that of Birger A. Elwing. The result of his visit was that Mr. Elwing moved to the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas, doing architectural work for a short time for Mr. Bisohp. and later independently.He formed the firm of Elwing lt;fe Mulhausen. and for several years this firm did a large part of thearchitectural work in the Valley, drawing plans for many of the school buildings in this section, and doing much to introduce Spanish style architecture to the section.The last big job on which tJne two men were architects was ajM present Rio Grande Valley Life building in Harlingen. After that they dissolved the partnership, and Mr Elwing continued in the architectural business alone.Valley Fair WorkerMr Elwing was widely known for his work in connection with the Valley Mid-Winter Fair.During the early days of the Fair.and up to 1928. he designed thefloats which took part in the spectacular parades of the Fair, and worked with Mrs. S. R. Jpnnings of Harlingen on the pageants designing the costumes. ^ .Mr. Elwing had. during ha earlyHa
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Brownsville Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Mon, Oct 28, 1935
Page 28
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