Seven year old girl rescued after six weeks of captivity
Luna Fagan, 7, daughter of Mrs. Perah Whitehouse Tagan, was returned to relatives in San Antonio after being abducted in Wichita Falls on April 4. She described being moved across Texas, whipped with a razor strap, and held by a man and woman who forced her to call them aunt and uncle. She spent $2 on a room and meal in Houston, and police tracked the alleged abductors to San Antonio. An aunt, Mrs. C. TL. Muebl, took custody of Luna and the mother faced custody issues in Childress.
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Shrine Novices Parade Signals Five Day Initiation
A five day initiation closes as a parade showcases stage outfits and abbreviated trousers. The feature notes the contrast between fashion trends for women and revealing men’s knee attire, highlighting the procession.
Bandit Dozes On Nighttime Robbery Attempt
A highwayman fell asleep on the job after pulling a pistol on Chester Baker at 1530 Eskimo Street near Gladstone Avenue. Baker, having hidden money in his eboe, was searched without success. the suspect drove off and later slept in the car seat, leading to his arrest by Detectives Gray, Brill, and Proudfoot.
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Two Dancers Die as Curtain Falls in Moscow Tragedy
In Moscow an opera house ballet ends with a curtain collapsing onto performers and audience. Two dancers die after the iron curtain descends amid a shocked crowd in costumes, the Telegraph reports from Exchange.
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Raids Sweep Downtown Prohibition Crackdown
Police led by Chief T. O. Miller and detectives Lidepage and Vogter raided sites near downtown Saturday night seizing hundreds of beer bottles and whiskey mash. Four women and six men were arrested at a La review avenue residence and three more people at South Loredn street. A To-Kallop still yielded 18 gallons of mash and whiskey. Smaller raids on Concho South Leona and Matamoran streets produced additional bottles poured away. no arrests reported there.
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Marshall Ratliff Sentenced to Ninety-Nine Years
Anson Texas reports Marshall Ratliff was sentenced to 99 years in the penitentiary after a district court jury convicted him yesterday of murdering Policeman George Carmich during a bank robbery in Ciréo. A contemporaneous note mentions visits by Jase Dreemher and others, with Tangents to regional business travel.
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Explosion on tanker Richlube kills and wounds many
In San Francisco on April 20 an explosion on the oil tanker Richlube near Bethlehem Steel partially wrecked the vessel. Two men were confirmed dead, three dying, and as many as thirty others possibly injured with hospitals reporting dozens of new cases. The blast, heard miles away, followed the hold being emptied of gasoline cargo amid fumes.
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Main Avenue Band Wins State Music Meet Title
The Main Avenue Junior School Orchestra won first in the orchestral division of the interscholastic league state music meet held at Taylor College in Belton. Directed by Otto Zoeller, the 20-member ensemble earned the right to represent San Antonio at the nationals, replacing the San Antonio combined school orchestra which had won the title the previous two years.
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