Presidential stamp series changes made
Washington reports drastic changes to the presidential stamp lineup with a White House stamp and a new 22 cent stamp for Cleveland. The list expands to 32 denominations, moving Monroe to 5 cents and Monroe’s portrait removed from 2- and 5-cent positions. New stamps honor National Air Mail Week with a blue and red two color design and an eagle motif, to be issued May 14 with events in Dayton and St. Petersburg. First day cover handling details and sales spots are announced.
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Epecife
Washington
Postoffice
White House
Monroe
WHS
Cleveland
Franklin
Martha ‘Washington
John Adams
Jefferson
Madison
John Quincy Adams
van Buren
Willam H Har- Tisem
Tyler
Polit
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Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnston
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
T. Roosevelt
Taftfi
Wilson
Goallage
James A. Farley
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Brothers
St. Petersburg
Fla
St Petersburg
American Air Male Society
Philatelic Agency
Siz
George Washington
Washington, D. C
Household Training for Negroes Planned at Olive Street
Evening classes for negroes to be held at 601 South Olive street with registration on Wednesday and Friday nights. C BE Yroutz evening school principal and Mrs. Matile Bumbrey instructor will lead courses in cooking sanitation child care and general housekeeping.
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South Olive Street
C. BE. Yroutz
Matile Bumbrey
200 Year Old Bible Donated to Museum by Steves
A 200-year-old Bible dated January 2, 1727 was presented to the museum by Albert Steves Jr. The inscribed owner was Baroness Louisa Dora the De Rechenberg, with two German coat of arms and woodcut illustrations enhancing the book’s historic value.
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Wilie Wusetm
Albert Steves Jr
Esster
Baroness Louisa Dorothea de Rechenberg
Abduction and Robbery Suspect Returned to New Braunfels
Nicholas Smitham was brought back to New Braunfels for questioning in a case linking to the abduction and robbery of businessman Gurt Linnartz and nightwatchman William Braker. The pair were hijacked near Linnartz camp on the Guadalupe River, forced to drive to a remote spot between San Marcos and Austin, handcuffed, and dumped from the car. Police identified Smitham as a suspect via the state bureau of identification after his Houston arrest on a robbery with firearms warrant.
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New Braunfels
Houston
Nicholas Smitham
Gurt Linnartz
Asinessman
William Braker
Linnartz
New Braunfele
Walter A. Scholl
State Bureau of Identification
Smitham
Scholl
American Remains Jailed in Mexico
El Paso reports William C. Fink, an American money manager, remains jailed in Chihuahua state prison after appeals failed. Fink, arrested for allegedly paying a Mexican official to arrange the murder of Tuarez Mayor Jose Borunda, faces ongoing imprisonment. Albert B. Fall and Vice President Garner press for his release, with Garner informing Mrs. Fink that the state department is making efforts for the case.
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EL Paso
William C. Plok
American Fine Manager
Deadline on Tac Funget Tax Date For 2000 Exemption
April 30 is the final date for rendering property for state and county taxes and for claiming the 2000 homestead exemption. O'Mara, chief deputy assessor, said exemption claims must be filed during the assessment period. The tax roll preparation starts after April 30, the board of equalization meets May 2 to July 15, and the budget will be set in August. He projects about a 4 million dollar rise in total assessed valuations from 164 million in 1937, up from 162 million in 1936.
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O'Mara
Board of Equalization
Commssioners' Court
Chinese Ambassador Denies Leaders Wounded
T. Wang, China’s ambassador to the United States, dismissed reports that Gen Chiang Kai-shek and T. V. Soong were wounded. He accused Japan of fabricating the story to justify bombing of educational institutions in China and to divert attention from its recent defeats at Talerhchwang.
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Washington
OG. T. Wang
United States
Chiang Kei-Shek
T. V. Soong
China
Talerhchwang
Modern Fagan ring unraveled by San Antonio police
Police detained eight members in a smuggling operation that exiled a young Mexican woman and her two brothers into the United States from Mexico and forced them to shoplift. Detective Joe Lava arrested the woman as she left a Houston street store with stolen socks and handkerchiefs, leading officers to a West Martin Street house where the brothers and ring leader were taken into custody and seized goods recovered.
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Fagan
United States
Mexico
San Antonio
Joe Lava
Houston Street
West Martin Street
T of the Ring
Siithcers
Denver Flies Death Flag in Traffic War
A faded OCR fragment reports Denver will fly a black flag with a white cross at the city building when deaths occur in traffic accidents and a white flag on days without deaths, a plan attributed to Judge Philip Gilliam. The text also mentions smuggling and deportation pressures affecting shoplifting in San Antonio.
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Denver
Witee
Philip Gilllam
San Antonio
City to Buy Lawn Mowers for Golf Courses at Special Meeting
City commission approves spending of 22 percent BI for two power Junee mowers to equip city golf courses from Standard Manufacturing and Sutes. It also allocates 151.50 to rent 8 ruck for hauling 101 loads of arg el for steel projects at 1.50 per fold and refers nine bids on a sedan for the city engineering department to the purchasing agent.
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City Commission
Standard Manufacturing and Sutes. Company
Clayton Lamon
City Engineering Department
Pee
Weather Almanac Summary for Texas and Nation
Precipitation figures show 0.12 inch since January with a 2.54 inch excess for the period and a 6.5 inch deficiency this month. Total rainfall since January 1 is 6.75 inches, with April rain at 1.29 inches. Sun and moon rise and set times noted for Sunday through Tuesday, moon phase last quarter on April 22. Local tides at Aransas Pass list Sunday high 1:26 pm, low 12:61 pm, Monday high 8:02 pm. The weather table lists temperatures across cities such as Abilene Clear 78/60, Dallas undefined, Galveston 72/60, Houston, and others with various conditions and readings.
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iClear
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Amanita
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Galveston
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Mont
Houeton
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Montgomery
Alaso
Navasota
Needler
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