San Antonio girl identified in 1-G-N wreck
Pictures in a handbag identified by Mr and Mrs G A Goelitz as their daughter Laura Goelitz 20 of Alamo Heights among remains of a passenger train wreck near Palestine. Laura an art student at the Chicago Art Institute was en route home for the holidays. The Goelitz family moved from Kansas City three months ago.
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San Antonio
International Great Northern
Palestine
G. A. Goelitz
Countelair Avenue
Alamo Heights
Laura
George Williamson
Jacksonville
Goelitz
Chicago Art Institute
Kansas City
San Marcos Cotton Mill to Install Equipment Within 60 Days
San Marcos announces a 300000 to 400000 investment to begin operations by September 1 with 200 jobs. Ten thousand secondhand spindles will be bought in San Antonio to go into a mill that will produce textiles using Central Texas cotton and possibly tire fabric. Ed Kaseh, director, notes an East freight saving of 25000 and a plan to purchase secondhand gear. Wassate Lee Donaldson is named president.
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San Marcos
Ed. Kaseh
San Antonio
4 Wassate
Lee Donaldson
The
Mil
Oral lease ruled void after one year
In Austin on December 19 the Third Court of Civil Appeals held that an oil and gas lease conveys realty and an oral contract running more than a year violates the statute of frauds which requires writing for contracts over one year. The case F. W. Taylor vs. W. W. Lester et al from Coleman was reversed and remanded for trial on the merits with the court finding the land sufficiently identified by correspondence and instrument.
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Austin. Tex
Third Court of Civil Appeals
F. W. Taylor
W. W. Lester
Dynamite Explosion Fatal to Man in Oil Tests
Beaumont Texas December 23 Wilmer L Hamel 34 died at a local hospital from injuries after a dynamite blast in Orange County. Buried under earth from a shifting mass he sought shelter under a truck and suffered a two place skull fracture while part of a seismograph crew testing for oil.
MCloskey Case Subpoenas List Courthouse Officials
Twenty eight witnesses were subpoenaed for the County Judge Augustus McCloskey case set to start January 7 before Judge W W McCrory. Indicted on five counts for altering election returns, McCloskey faces no decision yet on first trial indictments and defense witness citations await that ruling.
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Augustus McCloskey
W. W. McCrory
94Th District Court
McCloskey
Bexar County Commission
A. G. Trawalter
John H. Covington
Frank Sommers
Joe S. Newton
Jack R. Burke
David Dewhurst
Commissioners’ Court
C. W. Titus
Dillard Coy
Fritz Russ
73Rd District Court
Robert F. Uhr
Alfonso Newton
Edward Englehardt
Fritz Rossi
Ralph Moglia
H. V. Berry
Joe Morales
L. Burkholder
C. Rosendez
J. San Miguel
Alex Hettler
E. J. Joenig
Alex Garcia
Eliza Garcia
E. P. Butler
Anton Woechler
Joe Solberg
Lamar Seeligson
Charley Ramires
Elmo Wernette
Ramirez
Wernette
Nun Dies Fighting Fire at Sacred Heart Hospital
In Hall Quebec a nun Sister Cecile 22 died from burns after her clothes ignited while battling a blaze that trapped 37 patients including mothers with newborns. A Hull woman Mrs Joseph Lorenzo 21 saved her two-day-old baby and a four-year-old boy by using a fire escape. The fire started in a laundry chute during the Christmas mass.
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Hall
Que
Dee
Sacred Heart Hospital
Cecile
Sevral
M. Crevier
Cartierville
Quebec
Joseph Lorenzo
Hull
Electrification Drives Texas Oil Field Developments
Since the state highway department organized in 1917, nearly 400 grade crossings were removed. A key Texas electrical advance is the electrification of oil fields, marking a major development in the state.
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Texas
Quarrel Over Milk Ends in Hondo Triple Slaying
In Hondo a quarrel over a spoiled quart of milk led to a store shooting. L Barrientes, 65, was shot in the neck, Joe Barrientes, 25, the elder son, was killed by a chest wound, and Alfonso Barrientes died minutes later from multiple shots. Louis Arcos, pool hall operator and dairy owner, surrendered to Sheriff J F Bader on a murder charge and is held without bond after an inquest.
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Medina County
Hondo
L. Barrientes
Joe Barrientes
Alfonso Barrientes
Louis Arcos
Bader
Arcos
Areos
Justice of the Peace Hi. V
Sheep and Goat Men Push Tariff Legislation
Del Rio Texas delegates from the Sheep Raisers Association meet to push tariff measures and bills for the Texas legislature in Austin. Proposals include blowfly control theft prevention by motor transport but also funding for the Sonora experiment station and College Station wool plant. A San Angelo lawyer urges broader laws to destroy predators and empower livestock inspectors to search homes and vehicles.
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del Rio
Tex
Legislative Committee
Sheep Ara
Washington
Dannarv
Texas
Dhe
Austin
Jnde James Cornell
San Angelo
Association
Sonora
College Station
Bryan
W. A. Brown
Roecksprings
Robbers Take Safe From Seguin Store
Officers led by Sheriff McGee pursue robbers who entered George Fleming's Seguin business store Tuesday night, forced entry, and carried off a small safe containing about $100 in cash and papers. They are believed to have removed the safe in a truck or car.
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Seguin
Tex
Sheriff McGee
George Fleming
Daniel Boone Descendant Dies At 88 In Prairie Lea
Mrs. F. McCutchan, oldest Daniel Boone descendant, died at 88 in Prairie Lea Texas just before Christmas Eve. Funeral at Prairie Lea Woodman Cemetery Monday afternoon. Survived by four children two daughters, one son, fifteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Daniel Boone
Prairie Lea
F. McCutcham
Prairie Lea Woodman Cemetery
W. Vasco Teer
D. O. Covington
McCutchan
Lone Star State
Texas
Union
Mmccutchan
Paris
Santa to bring new face to burn victim boy
Salt Lake City reports a Shriners Hospital boy asks Santa for a new face after severe facial burns. Nurses note only 19 letters found among many patients, and surgeons may provide the life changing gift if possible.
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Santa
Salt Lake City
Santa Claus
Shriners
Five narrowly escape as Taylor home burns on Christmas Eve
In Taylor on Christmas Eve five people on the top floor of the S. E. Taylor home escaped as the pantry fire fed the blaze. The upper floor collapsed with little saved. damage is listed at 10 000 dollars. The owners Mr and Mrs H E Taylor were away in Dallas.
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Taylor
Hudson
8. E. Taylor
Dallas
Traveling salesmen keep 21st Muskogee Christmas dinner tradition
Four surviving Knights of the Grip from Muskogee Oklahoma gather at Hotel Severs for their 21st annual Christmas dinner. A. K. Parnell Joe Turner Herbert Hamilton and William Bracht recall earlier gatherings at Turner Hotel with a Christmas tree and a Santa bellhop as they reflect on 28 to 30 years on the road. Bracht, who sells toys, donates samples to local needy children each year. Tears and cigars mark the reunion as they vow to continue while able.
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Muskogee
Okla
Severs
Knights of the Grip
Turner Hotel
A. K. Parnell
Joe Turner
Herbert Hamilton
William Bracht
Bracht
Santa Claus
Boy's Eye Destroyed by Christmas Airgun
Floresville Texas December 25 9 year old De Witt Albert Murray living with grandparents at Marfa visited parents for Christmas lost his left eye in an airgun accident. Clark Murray fired the weapon the shot entered the eye he was taken to Santa Rosa Infirmary San Antonio where doctors removed the eye.
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Floresville
Tex
de Witt Albert Murray
Marfa
Albert Murray
Clark Murray
Santa Rosa Infirmary
San Antonio
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