Pajama-clad burglars flee after chase at Midway Service
A burglar entered Midway Service at 3003 South Flores early Wednesday and fled with $18.50 after being chased by two pajama-clad men. Bridges awoke, chased the thief out, who dropped $1.50 later recovered by detectives. A separate attempted holdup at Prassel's drug store on Blanco Road ended with a chase, tackle, and capture of a suspect who dropped a pistol as he fled.
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Midway
South Flores Street
R. Thurman
Bridges
Thurman
Bill Carver
Frank Moore
George Partain
Prassel
Blanco Road
Partain
Sand Partain
Jack Parlain
$1500 Awarded in Truck Crash Suit
After two days of testimony a federal jury awarded Cruz Lopez $1500 from Baub urn Gas for injuries when a company employee's truck hit his wagon, destroying it and injuring his horse and himself. Lopez sought $25,000 plus wagon and medical costs, while his attorney said the accident forced him to abandon a grain and feed business. No appeal notice was filed by the defense.
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Federal District Court
Cruz Lopez
Bauburn Gas Company
Lopez
Emoye
Foreign War Vets Urge Full Bonus Payment
Sam Houston post veterans of the Veterans of Foreign Wars endorsed 100 percent immediate compensation in response to Henry L. Stevens, national commander of the American Legion, who opposed full payment. E. A. Heil, Joe C. Bettencourt, D. L. Goodyear, Elbert J. Brown, and BH. H. Nichols lent official sanction to the stance.
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Henry L. Stevens
American Legion
Sam Houston Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
E. A. Heil
Joe C. Bettencourt
D. L. Goodyear
Elbert J. Brown
BH. H. Nichols
Plane Bus Service to Be Inaugurated
A combined air and bus service will be inaugurated here on April 16 by Southland Greyhound and Bowen air lines. Greyhound will transport passengers from anywhere on its 2000 mile Texas network to air terminals, where the trip will continue by plane. Bowen air lines operate from San Antonio to Fort Worth Dallas Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
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Southland Greyhound Lines
Bowen Air Lines
Greyhound Company
Texas
Bowen Air Nes
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dallas
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
One Dead and One Injured in Air Crash in Hawaii
Honolulu report says Dr Charles Griffith, noted dentist, was killed when the plane he rode in crashed and fell about 40 feet into mud flats near John Rodgers. Carabell, a pilot, was in serious condition after the impact at the hospital.
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Honolulu
T. H
Msi
Charles Griffith
Lostes Dientist
John Rodgers
Earp Criticizes Stevens Stand on Bonus Payment
Earl Earp, Texas American Legion state commander, attacked national commander Henry L. Stevens for backing Hoover’s opposition to further veteran bonus payments. He said that Stevens’ stance does not reflect Texas posts and noted only three posts oppose, with one planning to demand the bonus.
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Earp
Stevens
Port Arthur
Texas
Earl Earp
American Legion
Henry L. Stevens
Hoover
Wedding links noted American English families in Evanston
In Evanston Illinois on March 6 the marriage of Miss Frances Bosworth cousin of Brig Gen Charles G Dawes and Dr Trevor Stamp son of British economist Sir Josiah Stamp joined two renowned families. The ceremony was held yesterday at the bride’s parents home in the North Shore suburb.
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Evanston, Ul
America
England
Frances Bosworth
Charles G. Dawes
Trevor Stamp
Si Josiah Stamp
North Shore
Evanston
Rotary Club official to attend Seattle convention
I B Sutton of Tampico Mexico and Rotary International finance committee member visited San Antonio on Wednesday en route to a Rotary committee meeting in Chicago. Sutton and Walter Walthall, a Rotary International director, will depart for Chicago Thursday morning. Sutton is registered at the St Anthony Hotel.
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B. Sutton
Tampico
Mexico
Rotary International
San Antonio
Welfare Worker of Pennsylvania Dies at 88
Philadelphia April 6 Mag J Willis Martin 88 a nationally known political and welfare worker died last night She was the first Pennsylvania woman delegate to a Republican convention the Cleveland convention of 1924 and the first woman to speak as chairman of a major committee from a Republican national convention platform to present a major committee report the first woman commissioner of the Pennsylvania state department of welfare and the first woman to address the Pennsylvania Brrr association
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Welfare Worker
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Mag. J.willis. Martin
Cleveland
Pennsylvania State Department
Pennsylvania ‘Brrr Association
Stolen Cars Recovered. Arrests Reported in Mississippi
The auto of O. B. Beggs at 212 Castillo Street was stolen from Winerich Motor on Broadway last week and has been recovered. a man was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi. Beggs’ other car, driven by 1%, McGee of 611 North New Braunfels Avenue, stolen recently, was found in Kerrville.
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O. BH. Beggs
Castillo Street
Winerich Motor Company
Broadway
Jackson Miss
McGee
North
Newn Braunfels Avenue
Kerrville
Prisoners dig escape hole in Willacy County jail
Raymonville April escape from Willacy County Jail as John Merriman fiddled to mask the noise. Four inmates with a blanket ladder tunnelled 18 inches square through a third floor cell wall. Ed Dillon, Virell Dillon, Paul Howell, W E Pain escaped. Pain surrendered soon after. Merriman played violin to hide the noise.
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Raymondville
John Merriman
Willacy County
Virell Dillon
Paul Howall
W. E. Pain
Merriman
Pain
Fall Victim Identified After Stairs Collapse
The unconscious man who fell down a flight of stairs at 486 Sole dad street was identified at Robert B. Green hospital Wednesday as Henry F. Brockmeyer of Indiana. Mrs. W C McDaniel, an apartment manager, said the man walked to the top of the stairs before collapsing and suffering a fractured skull.
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Soledad Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Henry F. Brockmeyer
Indiana
W. C. McDaniel
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