Gagging Karolyi and Moral Audiences Debate
Arthur Brisbane discusses Karolyi and Standard Oil, noting public appetite for moral plays and the audience's role in immorality. He compares free speech in England to U S censorship and reflects on political fights around Smith and Wadsworth while pondering war readiness and individual courage.
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Karolyi
America
Hungary
Andrassy
Wicaroyi
England
Great Britain
United States
Rarclys
Power Plant Contract Let Near New Braunfels
The contract for a large electric power plant near New Braunfels was let to the U G ing Company of Philadelphia on Monday night. The Comal Power Company of San Antonio, a Public Service Company subsidiary, will handle engineering and construction. The plant will generate about 30 000 horsepower and supply San Antonio and nearby areas. Transmission lines will run to the Cantipcion road plant and other regions as needed. Construction begins when materials arrive, with a completion target of November 1926.
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New Braunfels
U.G. Ing ‘Company
Philadelphia
Eel Rifer
Comal Power, Company of
San’ Antonio
Public Service Company
Powpr-Fch S
Cancepcion Road
Busi
Kifer
Saf An
Tong
Braunfels
Shepherd Counsel Appeals to Higher Court for Release
Scott Stewart, counsel for William D. Shepherd, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the Supreme Court of Illinois at Springfield. Shepherd, jailed, awaits arraignment set for April 9 on a charge of murdering William McClintocs.
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Shepherd Counsel
Higher Court
Associated Press
Chicago
Scott, Stewart
3Vulliam
D. Shepherd
Supreme Court of Finois
Springfield
Two Flyers Escape Injury After Air Collision
Two Marine Corps aviators escaped injury when their planes collided 1000 feet above the Quantico base in Virginia. Gunnery Sgt. L. E. Mix parachuted from 700 feet after his tail was severed, landing in a tree top. Gunnery Sgt. Paschal recovered from a nose dive and guided his aircraft to a safe landing despite the damage to one wing.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Quantico
van Ida
L. E. Mix
Atelehal
Mix
Paschal
Americans to Build Hotels in Mexico
An American company led by S. F. Stevens of California plans a chain of hotels in Mexico. The properties will be in Mexico City Jama Pico Guadalajara Monterey and Vera Cruz.
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Mexico
F. Stevens
California
Jampico
Mexico City
Guadalajara
Monterey
Vera Crus
Sleeping Girl Attacked by Intruder at Lyric Street Home
Mrs Evaristo Alcazar and her two daughters were awakened when an unknown man climbed a ladder to their second floor bedroom courtyard window and tried to strangle the elder daughter. The attacker fled after the women screamed. police found no trace after a neighborhood search. Alcazar runs a Louisiana cafe on 61 Hast Commerce Street and left home at 2 am as usual.
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Evaristo Alcozar
Victoria ‘Street
Alcazar
Evaristo Alcazar
Louisiana
Commerce Street
Henet
Lnd
Federal attorney targets car thieves across four states
Dallas April 7 Federal authorities will pursue members of a car theft gang operating in Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana. Randolph Caldwell assistant federal district attorney said twenty indictments will be sought in the May term for interstate transportation of stolen autos. A special campaign against drug law violators will also be undertaken at the next term.
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Dallas
Hac
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
Randolph Caldwell
Caldwell
Postal receipts show growth at 50 largest post offices
Better business conditions than a year ago are shown by the Post Office Department for March. The 50 largest post offices reported total receipts of 29,085,090 dollars, up 1,621,821 dollars or 5.9 percent from March last year, versus 27,463,208 dollars the previous year.
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Washington, D. C
Post Office Department
Victor Aleman Waives Preliminary Hearing on Liquor Charge
Victor Aleman waived preliminary hearing when arraigned before U S Commissioner R L Edwards on liquor law violations and was remanded to bail of 750 dollars after one gallon of whiskey was found in his possession following arrest by prohibition agents.
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Victor Aleman
United States
R.L. Edwards
Baltimore Archbishop Appoints First Bishop for Raleigh Diocese
The Rev. William J. Haasey, chancellor of the Baltimore archdiocese, has been named the first bishop of the new Catholic diocese of Raleigh, North Georgia. The appointment was announced at Archbishop Curley’s residence in Baltimore today.
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Baltimore
William J. Haasey
Archdiocese of
Raligh, N. G
Curley
Texas Road Elects Officers for 1925
Galveston, April. At the annual meeting of the stockholders and board of directors of the Galveston, Houston, and Henderson Railway here today all officers were rejected. G. W. Davidson of New York is president.
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Galveston
Galveston, Houston, & Henderson Railway
New York
Quake Shakes Durango Town 27 Times in One Day
Earth tremors continue in Durango state with Chalchibuites village shaken 27 times in a single day. Authorities monitor aftershocks as residents report damage and fear.
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Universal Service
Mexico
CTV
Durango
Chalchibuites
Court case details reveal Woodmen officers elected
The article reports J. K. Strecker of Waco chosen head consul by acclamation at a Tuesday Woodmen convention in the Scottish Rite auditorium. It notes multiple officers elected by acclamation and previews races with remaining results pending, while Morris Sheppard and other speakers addressed attendees.
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J. K., Strecker
Waco
Order
A. A. Seale
Nacogdoches
QO. W. Finger
Austin
S.A. Taylor
Amarillo
Hend
Mineral Wells
T. H. Brags
Waxahachie
Sheppard
Keld
Board of Head Auditors
Morris Sheppard
Orphans Home
Woodmen Circle
Man Attempts to Drink Spiked Pool Water at East Side Grounds
A 22 year old man, described as a negro, tried to drink dry liquor from a pool at the East Side grounds while fully clothed and shouting. He told patrolmen liquor was poured to weaken it and said he planned to drink every drop. He was jailed and taken to the police station to sleep it off.
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East Side
Neely
Snell
Howard and Woodman Die at Los Angeles Convention
Benjamin Franklyn Howard 67 of Kyle Texas died suddenly at his daughter’s home while in San Antonio for a Woodmen of the World convention. He leaves a widow two sons and two daughters. Body sent to Kyle for funeral under Woodmen auspices.
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Benjamin Franklyn Howard
Sale
Texas
J. ‘Ep. Heatlig
Vine Street
Howard
San Antonio
Swanfish Oak Camp
Kylie
QD. F. Howard
Kyle
Ben Howard
Rey Howard
el Paso
Woman arraigned on prohibition charge after beer seizure
Maud Arndt pleaded ignorance of the Woestead law as she was arraigned by U S Commissioner R L Edwards on a prohibition violation charge. Police confiscated beer beer mash and paraphernalia from her home and she was held under a $500 bond.
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Maud Arndt
United States
R. L. Edwards
Lieutenant Offley to be Transferred to Johns Hopkins University
Notice that First Lieutenant K. H. Offler reports Lieutenant Offley will be relieved from duties as assistant provost marshal at Fort Sam Houston and transferred to Johns Hopkins University as professor of military science and tactics after a temporary assignment at Third Corps Area headquarters.
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Fort Sam Houston
K. H. Offler
John Hopkins University
Third Corps
Two Armed Bandits Seize $30,000 in Gems in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles the jewelry valued at 30000 dollars was taken by two armed men who met MARX a wealthy car dealer and three companions in the driveway of the Marx home as they returned from a party in Marx's car. The crime occurred today and involved the collapse of a luxury gathering into a bold robbery.
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Los Angeles
Marx
San Antonio Hit By A Moral Bootlegging Report
Rev Webb told San Antonio ministers that a Society for the Suppression of Alcohol report brands the city as open to bootlegging and moral looseness. Investigators found liquor for sale in districts with beer pre Volstead strength, noting soldiers from Fort Sam Houston drive much of the illicit trade. Officials purportedly tolerate these conditions, complicating cleanup efforts amid federal pressure and Fort Bliss proximity.
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San Antonio
Attions Webb
Webb
Society For the Suppression of Alcohol
Brands
America
Fort Bliss
Fort Sam Houston
Unite States
Federal
Tolica Miller
Distriet Attorney Chambers
Tadies Cammialonet
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al Smith
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Aleman
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Comanche
E. M. Chote
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Sherman
John J. Wahl
O. W. Finger
Me Lidford
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Coronado
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Lato
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Lena Rodriguez
Joe
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