Fifteen Year Sentence For Bank Robbery In San Antonio
Kenneth Smith received a 15 year prison term from the 37th district court after a jury found him guilty of robbing the San Antonio National Bank 16 days earlier. He has 15 days to file a motion for new trial and may post bond pending any appeal. The case involved six defendants including Jack Smith and Otis Yeager, with prosecutors aiming to expedite the others before the June vacation.
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San Antonio
Kenneth Smith
37Th District Court
San Antonio National Bank
Smith
Court of Criminal Appeals
Chambers
Bexar County
Jack Smith
Kenneth
Otis Yeager
Joe Holbrecht
Earl Collins
Elmer Wilkins
Fire prevention urged by Texas club women
A Fire Bulletin urges Federated Clubs in Texas to lead home fire safety. It cites 454 deaths in 22 months and calls for Mrs. E C urray, state chairman, to coordinate prevention efforts via mothers and daughters. The message stresses prevention as the best defense and emphasizes organized women’s networks.
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Texas
Federated Clubs
E. Curray
Houston
Texas Women Federated Clubs
Chewing classified by four parts in satirical essay
A Saturday Evening Post piece satirizes four forms of chewing: food chewing or Fletcherizing, gum chewing, tobacco chewing, and rag chewing. It treats food chewing as virtuous, gum chewing as a habit, tobacco chewing as a simple pleasure, and rag chewing as a vice linked to idleness and social turmoil.
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Saturday Evening Post
Local and Personal News Highlights
Mr. Jacob Staudt of Converse visited relatives and intimate friends at Fredericksburg. Kurt Welgehausen and Harvey Striegler, students at A. & M. College, are visiting relatives and friends in our burg. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Schroeder spent the early part of this week with relatives at Jourdanton.
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Jacob Staudt
Converse
Fredericksburg
Messrs
Kurt Welgehausen
Harvey Striegler
W. J. Schroeder
Jourdanton
E. W. Voelkel
Oscar Voelkel
Shelby
Gus Voelkel
Burg
Herman Gold
Ed. Foy
Bertha Gold
San Antonio
Knopp Orr Visits Parents as Giants Lose 5 4 to Gulf Oilers
Mrs. Julia Knopp Orr of San Antonio visits her parents Mr and Mrs Edward Knopp Micki. The Giants fall 5 to 4 to the Gulf Oilers on the local diamond last Sunday.
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Julia Knopp-Orr
San Antonio
Edward Knopp
Micki
Giants
Gulf Oilers
Enderlin and Frantzen Visit San Antonio
Mr Charles Enderlin Sr and Miss Vera Frantzen are visiting relatives in San Antonio Preparations for the Gillespie County Singing Fest on May 8 are well started.
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Charles Enderlin Sr
Vera Frantzen
San Antonio
Gillespie County
Mr Willie Schroeder Junior joins Standard Motor Co mechanical department
Mr Willie Schroeder Jr has accepted a position in the mechanical department of the Standard Motor Co. The move follows his previous work in related engineering roles and signals expanded duties within the firm.
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Willie Schroeder, Jr
The
Standard Motor Co
Town Ties Highlight Visitors and Trips Across Texas
If you are not for your town the town will not be for you. Recent visits span Jourdanton Fredericksburg and Menard with relatives and guests including Mrs Ethel Hoffmann of San Antonio and Sidney Striegler of Brady. Travel to Austin San Antonio and Cibolo accompanies a sequence of local court and business engagements.
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Ethel Oehler Hoffmann
San Antonio
Fredericksburg
Barbecue Event at Live Oak School Saturday
A program and barbecue at Live Oak School is set for Saturday April 17. Barbecue will be served at five o'clock. Visitors in San Antonio Monday included Mr and Mrs Christian Ress mann and daughter Elsie.
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Live Oak School
Christian Ressmann
Elsie
San Antonio
Local notes on housing work and community events
Carpenters finish a dwelling for Henry Weinheimer on his farm and another near Kerrville road. Krews of guests visit Fredericksburg and New Braunfels families. a German play by Germania Club is planned for April 22. church groups set meetings this Sunday afternoon.
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Henry Weinheimer
Alfred Stehling
Creek Street
Kerrville Road Bridge
Birthday and hospital notes mixed in Texas town
Alvin Stehling family and Mrs Robert Blum with daughters visited Mr Blum in San Antonio Friday. Charles Pressler of San Antonio visited his parents in Tosca. Levy Hitsfeld and children visited relatives in New Braunfels and San Antonio. A surprise party celebrated Ad Evers 60th birthday. Robert Blum ill and in Santa Rosa Hospital but improving. County Assessor Alfred Crenwelge's desk decorated for his 51st birthday with Klaerner's orchestra playing It Ain't Gonna Rain No More.
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Alvin Stehling
Robert Blum
Mr. Blum
San Antonio
Charles Pressler
Rudolf Pressler
Tosca
Levy Hitsfeld
New Braunfels
Santa Rosa Hospital
Alfred Crenwelge
Klaerner
Cren Welge
Local Notes on Travel Funeral and Health
Mr. Felix Stehling returns from a business trip to New Braunfels. Miss Jula E attends the funeral of Mr. J. W. Wiley in Kingsland this week. Miss Julia reports Mrs. Klett, over ninety, staying with her daughter Mrs. Wiley at Austin, is very low after a long illness. Time is wealth that cannot be replaced. Good roads save time and thereby produce wealth.
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Felix Stehling
New Braunfels
Jula E
J. W. Wiley
Kingsland
Julia
Klett
Mrs. Wiley
Austin
Her Social Success at the Party
The scene shows Elsie noting two boys made faces at her after a party. An ad promotes Rexal Corn Remover at Keidel and Kallenberg as a comfort remedy.
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Keidel & Kallenberg
Luther Burbank Laid To Rest In Simple Santa Rosa Burial
Luther Burbank, renowned horticulturist and Santa Rosa’s first citizen, was buried in a quiet ceremony at his cottage grave site. A cedar of Lebanon planted years ago stands as a monument. Close friends spoke briefly, a song was sung, and the body was laid to rest.
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Santa Rosa
Cal
Luther Burbank
Lebanon
Burbank
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Brady
Joe Stein
John and
Max Metzger
Alfred P. C. Petsch
San Saba
James Schneider
Adolph Schlueter
Menard
Fritz, Wm
Ernst and
Erwin Grobe
Louis Brobe
Cibolo, Texas
Max Joseph
Alamo City
J. T. Estill
Ka Feria
Max Stehling
Walter Weber
Norman Keller
Douglas
Edward Ruegner
Emil Schellhase
Udo Schellhase
Wesley A. Franz
Rufus Kneese
Fame
Germania Club
Missionsverein of the
Evangelical Church
Rev
K. Konzack
Jugend Verein
Ad, Evers
Peter
Opera House
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Reichenau
Flint
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