Pioneers' reunion highlights Texas spirit and law values
About 150 members of the Pioneers association met at the Gunter hotel for their annual reunion and officers election led by Gen B B Buck. Dr P B Hill praised pioneer honesty, hospitality, and respect for law noting suspended sentences in modern times. Speakers included Capt John Elgin and Bishop W T Capers. A pall and new officers followed with Buck reappointed president and Edwin Chamberlain Sr. as first vice president.
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Texas Pioneers
Pioneers’ Association
Pionéera
Gunter Hotel
B. B. Buck
P. B. Hill
Whch
Texas Ranger
Texas Rangers
Texas
Sas
John
Elgin
Alamo
San Jacinto
Republic of Texas
Frank H. Bushitk
Honovery
Sam C. Eldredge
Willem TF. Capers
C. M. Chambers
Federal Court to Aecess for Week in San Antonio
San Antonio will be without a federal court during the coming week as Federal Judge R C McMillan plans to attend the federal judges conference in New Orleans on April 29 30. Judge West, retired, often sits for McMillan while he is absent. The two judges are expected to be away all week.
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San Antonio
R. ¢. McMillan
Feder
New Orleana
Duval West
West
McMillan
Boston terrier saves boy from house fire in Kansas City
Maggie Doodlebug a Boston terrier trained to extinguish cigarettes battled a fire when ten year old Lester Warrensburg's flaming coat ignited his clothes near the dog’s bed. The dog stomped out the flames and likely prevented a larger blaze though both boy and dog were burned. the boy remains confined to bed as the dog recovers. A separate note mentions a long distance delivery truck with an extra driver berth developed in Czechoslovakia.
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Kansas. City
Maggie Doodlebug
Lester Warrensburg
Magdele Doodlebug
Czechoslovakia
Agitation Over Sales Tax Revived In Senate Hearing
Washington April 18 Opponents of an automobile sales tax revived talk of a general sales levy before the senate finance committee asking for comparative income figures from the tax on autos trucks and accessories and from a 2 1 4 and a 1 1 2 per cent general sales tax George M Graham head of Rockne Motors led a group opposing the auto levy saying the industry has been sicker than ever since its start Earnings fell from 330 000 000 in 1829 and 1355 000 000 in 1930 to 66 000 000 in 1941 despite Ford Motor Company optimism He said the industry would accept a general sales tax on all products except food and clothing but resents discrimination and would feel it in every home through higher costs Washington legal and motorist groups spoken to the hearing warned of broader effects and added tax load on motorists persists at federal state and local levels.
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Washington, D. C
Senate
George M. Graham
Rockne Motors Corporation
Graham
Ford Company
Harvey L. Cobb
Washington
American Motorists’ Association
Automobilist
Ernest N. Smith
American Automobiles Asociation
Federsl
Transfer of Suit for Damages Made
A damage claim by Arion B. Davis against Grant Manufacturing Company of Iowa was removed to the Fifty-seventh District Court by Federal Judge BR Genie on Monday after both sides moved for removal.
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Arion B. Davis
Grant Manufacturing Company
Iowa
Fifty-seventh District
BR. J. Genie
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