Seven Flags to Fly Over San Antonio Mission
In a ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday seven flags will be raised at the mission in San Antonio, including the flag of the Franciscans and the United States colors on the central high pole. Donors financed seven flagpoles in front of the recently restored monastery, with tablets to record dates and history. Franciscan fathers, returning after 138 years, will lead the event, as county officials prepare the plaza and tablets coordinated by the San Antonio Public Library and Rev Eugene Sugranes.
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San Antonis
Mission Bandose
United States
Albert Trawalter
Bonaventure Alerding
Ban Jage
Texas Group of Missions
San Jose
San Antonio
Eugene Sugranes
C. M. Chambers
Phil Wright
Paul Steffler
Jacob Rubtoln
Texas
Maury Maverick
Confederacy
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women
Franciscan Banner
Ban
Antonio Assembly
Fourth Degree
Knights of Columbus
Mexico
Henry Guerra
Porter Loring
French Republic
San Antonio Public Service Company
Train Service Hearing Set Over Discontinue Route
The Texas and New Orleans railroad seeks to end one of two daily trains between Orange and El Pat o. The Austin railway hearing Tuesday will consider the application. BR V Dover of the chamber freight bureau says The Talilqd runs the Argonaut and the Sunset Limited daily, and workers fear five crews will lose jobs if one train is dropped.
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Texas and New Orleans
Orange
el Pato
Railway Commission
Austin
BR Vdover
Chamber of Commerce Freight Bureau
Taliiqd
Dover
Stolen bicycle owner sought after track meet incident
Edward Mabrito county probation officer seeks the bicycle owner from Thames Nelson Page school. A youth stole the bike on April 2 during a track meet, later returning it after turning fourteen and feeling remorse. The thief fled the serial number before returning it, complicating the recovery.
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Edward Mabrito
Thames Nelson Page School
Pleces
30 Girls Escape Factory Flames in Brooklyn Fire
Thirty girl employees fled through windows and fire escapes as a three story Brooklyn finger factory roared into flames. One male worker and two firefighters were injured while a policeman also suffered burns in the blaze. A separate item notes wax figures in a movie scene rejected by heat as live actors filled in, with actors sweating but not melting.
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New York
Brooklyn
Huuurwouw
Val
Black Draught Relieves Constipation and Headache
A patient from Joplin reports relief from severe headache after using a brand named Black Draught. The account describes prior constipation and persistent dizziness, noting improvement after beginning the remedy and suggesting continued use for symptom relief.
Local social notes and a truck hijack tale
A flurry of San Antonio social items lists Mrs Lytle and guests from Tennessee and Missouri, visiting relatives in Texas, with luncheon and bridge parties at Fort Sam Houston and other locales. A separate note recounts Victor Perry’s armor plate against hijackers after a truck robbery years earlier. hijackers failed when Perry defended himself.
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Eleanor Herff Johnson
Baker Hotel
Mineral Wells
C. Newton
Fort
Houston
Bihl
Hest Hildebrand Avenue
Helen Colglotter
W. EB. Prosser
Buffeb
Sheir Quarters
Sam Houston
Bignal Corps
Duncan Field
Duncan Field Golf Club
Marengo
Victor Perry
Yester
Perry
Final Fiesta Meet Slated For Alamo Pilgrimage
Ralph H. Durkee announces last pre Fiesta meeting details for Gunter hotel. Merrill Bishop directs thousands of school children to assemble at the Alamo on April 21 at 4 p m to burn flowers and honor the shrine with a program led by Gen Howland Governor Sterling and Rev Father Greehan. Senior bands close with Eyes of Texas.
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Gunter Hotel
Ralph H. Durkee
the Alamo
Merrill Bishop
Alamo
P. B. Hill
C. B. Howland
Fort Sam Houston
America
Sterling
R. J. Greehan
Texas
Durkee
Pocketbook Grabbed Near Nacogdoches and Nolan Streets
R Hill of 322 Nolan street reported to police that a black woman grabbed his pocketbook containing $30 at the intersection of Nacogdoches and Nolan streets and fled.
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R. Hill
Nolan Street
Nacogdoches
Nolan Streets
Open Forum Letter Weighs Prohibition and Reading Club
A reader using the signature HENRY BRINNER voices frustration with Prohibition and calls for admission of facts about saloon access for minors. He questions prohibition’s impact on government and courts and mocks a Reading club’s book access in a public library setting.
Reading Club at Carnegie Library Stirs French Volume Debate
A patron questions the Carnegie Library of San Antonio Reading Club and its control over French novels. He recalls encountering Proust Remembrance of Things Past and works by Maurois Anatole France within the restricted area, asking what governs access to these titles.
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Banor
Carnegie Library
San Antonio
Loral Sorbonne
Holy of Holies
Proust
Maurois
City lacking men’s schools Holm Hollav The Light
San Antonio is described as the second oldest city in America with a fine climate but few institutions of higher learning for men. The piece notes St. Mary’s University as the only local option, contrasting with other Texas cities that boast major universities.
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San Antonio
America
Lins City
St. Mary's University
Teaxs
J. Fischer
Oswald Jacoby on bridge hand play in Kansas City
In Kansas City on April 14 Oswald Jacoby, famed bridge expert, argues the best players avoid arranging hands by suits. He says suit-based layouts tip off opponents by revealing card origins and draw locations, a counterproductive habit for top players.
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Kansas City
Oswald Jacoby
Psychic Kids
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Hime
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Elsa Buss
King William Street
Marie Lowe Guenther
Marianna Engelking
Miss Buss
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Lisa Groos
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the Light
Light
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Reading Club
Miniature Academy
Garnegie
Farrier & Vaults
National Nursing Associations
OIE Uay
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Picot
Pelea
Rerrey
BAYER
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Agenio
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Mueden
Neteies
Font Res Nee
Els
Auinalis
Bite Colonial Club
Ane
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Nelson
Berrey’s
Berrey
Guzy ‘Stals
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