Roosevelt Jr. Runs in Lib Party in Manhattan District
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. seeks a seat in the 20th Congressional District in Manhattan's West Side in a May special election. The race splits Tammany Hall and pits Liberal Party backing against Democratic county committee choices led by Justice Benjamin Shalleck, reflecting a Roosevelt family influence and party realignment.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Manhattan
Tammanya
Roosevelt
Democratic Organization
Liberal Party
Sol Bloom
20Th
Hattan
West Side
Tammany
Ajamin Shalleck
Kiwanians Host Abilene Delegation in City Testimonial
Austin Kiwanis Club will host Abilene Kiwanis members at noon today in the Austin Hotel. Abilene visitors will arrive by plane at Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. The testimonial program for D. T. Harkrider, lieutenant governor of the Austin Kiwanis Division, will be presented. Harkrider is a former resident of Abilene.
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Austin Kiwanis Club
Austin
Robert Mueller Municipal Airport
D. T. Harkrider
Austin Kiwanis Division
Abilene
Harkrider
West Texas
Guest speaker Joe Humphrey to address teachers group
Joe Humphrey, president of the Texas State Teachers Association, will speak at the event. He will be introduced by Mack Eplen of Abilene.
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Joe Humphrey
The
Texas State Teachers Association
Mack Eplen
Abilene
Ki Anns Club Plans Noon Meeting Today
The Austin Ki Anns Club will meet at noon in the Home Economics Tearoom located at 26th and San Jacinto Boulevard. The agenda includes a business meeting and an entertainment program.
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Ki-Anns Club
Austin Ki-Anns Club
San Jacinto Boulevard
Austin Tot Up With Best As Puzzle Solver
Edward Robert Craig a 27 month old Austin boy ranks with top puzzle solvers. His grandfather E R Noe recalls a New York story of Tommy Hirschberg 29 months old solving teasers. Edward lives with his mother Mary Elizabeth Craig and his grandparents at 3205 Neal Street Govalle area.
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Edward Robert Craig
Austin
E. R. Noe
Austin Statesman
Tommy Hirschberg
Albany, N. Y
Noe
Edward Robert
Mary Elizabeth Craig
Mrs. Noe
Neal Street
Govalle
Crackdown on Auto Titles for Cars from Five States
Texas Highway Department announces tighter rules for titles on cars from Alabama Georgia Mississippi Tennessee and Kentucky. Applicants must show 15 months prior registration or provide a dealer invoice and transfer bills to prove origin. The move targets cars moved out of title states amid rising registrations.
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Austin American Capitol
Laure
Texas Highway Department
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
Texas
Texas Department
War Veterans To Honor Rev Reicher Thursday
The Most Rev. Louis J. Reicher bishop of Austin will be honored next Friday night on the first anniversary of his consecration with an 8 p m dinner at the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs building. Catholic War Veterans of Austin host. Arrangements are led by Felipe D. Acosta and L C Castro of Post 742 and J P Hanley and John Bode of Post 638.
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Louis J. Reicher
Austin
Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs
Catholic War Veterans of Austin
Felipe D. Acosta
L. C. Castro
J. P. Hanley
John Bode
Lion cub escapes to scatter crowd at Mohawk Park
A 100 pound lion cub broke from zoo attendants in Tulsa while being moved to a crate. It charged through the crowd at Mohawk Park as Keeper Hugh Davis tried to restrain it. The animal darted into woods until Head Keeper Charles Brown captured it with a rope and net.
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Tulsa
Okla
Mohawk Park
Zoo
Hugh Davis
Davis
Charles Brown
Desert Boundaries Reported Expanding Over a Mile Year
A report claims the Sahara desert’s edges are receding outward by more than one mile annually, indicating significant desertification over time.
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Sahara Desert
CC Readies for Convention Slate
The Chamber of Commerce Convention Committee will meet at 4:30 p m Tuesday to finalize plans for summer and fall conventions in Austin. April saw UT Round-Up with 800 principals and the Pan American Fiesta completed. The Texas American Legion, led by Bill McCraw, will import 18 train car loads of veterans for a Lake Austin ride. Rex Lentz notes a two day State Highway hearing April 26 27 and public hearing April 28. Pan American Student Forum with 56 chapters meets April 30.
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Chamber of Commerce
Austin
T. Lamme Jr
University of Texas
American Legion
Bill McCraw
Dallas
Texas
Schanale
Commodore
Lake Austin
H. Miller Ainsworth
Luling
Rex Lentz
Treasure tale tied to old Spanish prisoner swindle resurfaces
On April 18 a new twist to the Spanish prisoner scam surfaces. A Mexican claimant offers to finance explorations claiming Santa Anna’s bodyguard past and that Santa Anna’s treasure crossed the Rio Grande, with caches alleged near Sam Allen’s Buffalo Bayou home and a lost cave in North Texas. No treasure is found.
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Santa Anna
San Jacinto
Rio Grande
Buffalo Bayou
Sam Allen
Texas
North
Oscar the jumping egg thrills Guthrie residents
In Oklahoma at Guthrie, Clarence reports an egg named Oscar jumps from tables, rolls and hops when placed on flat surfaces. The owner says the shell cracked but the restless hen-fruit continues to leap, defying a frying pan fate. Oscar has been observed for a week with no sign of tiring.
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Guthrie
Okla
Alice
Oscar
Clarence
Two Represent Austin At Nurses Convention
Miss Irene Healey and Miss Ruth Jane Moore lead Austin delegates at the Texas Graduate Nurses Convention in Waco staying at the Raleigh Hotel. Healey serves as District 5 president and UT nursing department chair, Moore as assistant director of the State Health Department nursing division. Additional attendees include Miss Mildred Garret president of the Texas Graduate Nurses Association Mrs Bertha Alford Miss Margaret Cunningham and Mrs Louise Connor.
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Irene Healey
Ruth Jane Moore
Austin
Texas Graduate Nurses Convention
Raleigh
Waco
Miss Healey
District 5
Department of Nursing
University of Texas
Miss Moore
State Health Department
Mildred Garret
Texas Graduate Nurses Association
Bertha Alford
Mararet Cunningham
Louise Connor
Soviet Consul General Returns Home from Iran
TEHRAN April 17 Soviet consul general at Tabriz Arkady Krasnik left for Soviet Russia with his entire staff and the personnel of a Soviet consular office at Rezavieh Maku and Arde.
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Tehran
Iran
Paramount Last Day Showings With Gene Kelly and Sinatra
The final day features Take Me Out to the Ball Game with Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra showing at 12 00, 2 00, 4 00, 6 00, 8 00 and 10 00. Also listed is Down to the Sea in which Richard Widmark stars with Barreme Peature showing at 12 28, 2 46, 5 04, 7 26 and 9 40.
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Paramount
Gene Kelly
Frank Sinatra
Orate
Richard Widmark
Barreme Peature
Joan Fontaine
Rheumatism Yields to Specialized Treatment System
Excelsior Springs Missouri dates April 18 A book offers free instructions on the Ball Clinic method for rheumatism arthritis and related symptoms tied to mineral waters and baths The clinic claims over thirty years of proven success and invites readers to request the booklet without obligation by writing Dept 2302 Excelsior Springs Missouri Adv.
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Excelsior Springs
Ball Clinic
Missouri
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