Fiesta Throne Sees Biggest Parade in San Alentos history
A misty gray Friday afternoon in San Alentos drew about 100000 spectators for the Fiesta throne parade. Crowds jammed sidewalks along the business district as floats passed from dawn to dusk amid clouds and rain, the largest turnout in years. The procession featured colorfully dressed figures, ceremonial emblems, and a royal line moving down North Alamo Street, ending with flowers raining down.
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Amie Pirates
MARCI
Alamo Street
Gelnek
Bal Sahn Street
Lenwick Lang Commerer Street
Spectacle of Alamo Fiesta Parade Draws Thousands
Thousands lined the Alamo area to honor the hero dead as Governor Ross Eterling and Mayor C. M. Chambers led a vast parade. Maj. Gen. F. E. B. Winans and numerous officials rode decorated cars while civic groups, cadets, schools, and military units followed in a colorfully staged procession through Alamo plaza ending with the royal pageant and queenly triumph.
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Ross Eterling
C. M. Chambers
Wiliam Wurzbach
F E. B. Winans
Lmith Corps
Alamo Plaza
Court of Light
Tem
Huesta de San Jacinto Association
Battle of Flowers Association
Chambers of Commerce
Schreiner Institute Band
Berryilic
Helen Flavin
al Aiur Jahnsail
Bul Mra. O
Jack Kahn
Exirles Mae
Patriaile
Ex. Sa Morary Institute
Cadet Corps
Urmy
Dauphiers
Brimmer Wilfred
Ube
Garbo Denies Plans to Marry in Stockholm Rumor
Swedish born Greta Garbo denied reports she would wed William Soeren, a wealthy figure, as gossip swirled from Stockholm about a possible engagement. Sources noted her current film contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and studio ties.
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Holly Wou
Galt
Greta Gatho
Sweden
Lavrais
Firul
Stockholm
Willam Soeren- 4
Tyne
Drought Menace to Spring Wheat Reported
Washington April 22 crop reports warn that spring wheat faces renewed drought risk. Agriculture department says last year's dry spell threatens yield, with potential impact on western grain supplies and farming prospects.
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Washington, D.C
Welak
Agriculture Department
Parade Prizes Awarded Entrants At Battle of Flowers
Blue red and yellow ribbons honored 26 Battle of Flowers entrants in Alamo Citys largest parade Friday. Prizes were awarded by the Battle of Pinners association led by Mrs Giella Steves Walker to St Magy a entry in the cavalcade, with first prizes in several categories going to groups such as the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Duchess D Agsta club. Other awards recognized private school entries, clubs, and musical groups amid a long list of colorful floats and decorations.
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Alamp
Prisca
Battte of Pinners Association
Giella Steves Walker
St. Magy'a
Agron —. Finley
Frank Smothers
Frivate
Aline Johnson
Margaret Walker
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Daughters of the American Revolution
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Texas Pioneers
Duchess D'Agsta Club
Winooka Club
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Iace
Woman's Benefit
BS Wocletion
Takai
Twerding Musical Club
Chaminade Choral, Edu
Lee
Texan Chiropractic College
Blue Bonnet Art School
Palm Hedghin
Highland Park
Lockwood Park
Stop Sign Bandit Captured by Fort Houston Guards
San Antonio police say the Stop Sign Bandit, who terrorized victims at stop signs for months, was captured Saturday night by military police at dawn at Fort Houston. He will be identified by victims at central HQ. A related robbery at Dewey Place and San Pedro Avenue led to a suspect later named by a witness who remembered the woman living nearby. The arrest follows links to prior cigarette carton cases and earlier holdups along the Frederickburg road and GN tracks in daylight. A second robbery on Thompson Place netted $34. end of safe background.
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Berlin
Chestnut Street
Arthur Hagett
Dawson Street
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Pallee
Tran
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Naylor Atreet
Brederickaburg Road
Greet
Thompson Place
Travia Atreet
North Flores Atrest
Main Avenue
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Loyal Manchurian Troops Defeated in Province Clash
In Birly province 9000 troops loyal to the old regime were defeated today by forces of the new Indes pendent Manchurian government allied with Japan. The clash occurred at Banching between Harbin and Ghangentin, the capital’s area.
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Magudurie
Apel
Birly Province
Menchurian
Japan
Banching
Harbin
Ghangentin
Hs Pew
Order Denies Gut in Trains Argonaut Schedule
The Texas Railroad Commission denied the Ute Bouthurn Pacific Railroad's request to discontinue the Argonaut passenger train between Orange and Faso. The Argonaut, running New Orleans to Los Angeles, would not be shortened or merged with the Sunset Limited as planned, and any attempt to ignore the order could trigger legal action.
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Ute Bouthurn Pacific Railroad Company
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Texas Railroad Commission
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Los Angeles
Calif
Texas Agency
Coos
Argonaut
Sunset Limited
Lon A. Smith
Texas Railr and Commission
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