Charges of unfair primary election in San Antonio May 11
Governor Ferguson was asked to send Adjutant General Henry Hoe to San Antonio to marshal up to 700 special officers for the May 11 municipal election. The People’s Municipal League alleges police partisan bias and intimidation by city and county officers to favor the opposition ticket, urging state intervention to ensure a fair vote.
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San Antonio
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Srecinet No. 1
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San Antonio election petition seeks protection and early officials
A San Antonio delegation claiming widespread conspiracy to intimidate voters seeks executive relief to prevent a recurrence in the May 3 1936 election. They urge appointment of interim election officials under the adjutant general’s control, backed by about 25 People's Municipal League members and affidavits from voters who say they were pressured or bribed or driven away.
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San Anton
O Rangers
San Antonio
Sgld
Repjorn
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People's Atu Nichal League
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Pectr
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Tom Newton
Dy & Coon
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Rapitc
Ejork
San Antoelo
Lragua Canliiitos
Polla
Teople
Munteins League
Severe storm hits Pacific coast with frost and damage
April 20 report describes a severe storm along the Pacific coast bringing bitter cold and high winds. frost's expected spread into the Inland West, with injuries from a falling wire in San Francisco area and tree limbs reported frozen in Idaho. Los Angeles records 44 degrees early morning, the coldest since 1902, and wind damages include torn tin roofs and lamp posts at fairs.
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Enangisco
Col
California
Pyannisco
Oregon
Montena
Los Angeles
Obregon Advances Toward Villa Near Aguascalientes
General Obregon the Carranza commander is moving north on General Villa at Aguascalientes. Official advices to the State Department indicate the northward march is rapid and he will offer battle to Villa near Aguarenbentes within days.
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Obregon
Carrarza
General Villa
Aguascalientes
State Department
Villa
Aguarenbentes
Weather Forecast Fragments From Various Cities
Fragmented report lists forecasts for San Antonio Chicago Milwaukee Faul Denver Kansas City New York Washington. Mentions showers, cloudy skies, variable winds and temperatures from 32 to 87 degrees with some rain and thunder potential. Data appears garbled and inconsistent across locales.
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Louis
Milwaukee
Arshanly
FAUL
Wilie
Denver
Reese
Kansas
Cate Uwe
Emily Wind
Bowen
Turks GLA Victory Over Land Forces In Dardanelles
Turkish War Office reports a decisive victory over allied landings in the Dardanelles. Troops landed at the Asiatic and European shores are driven back except at Gala Tepe and Gallipoli, with several allied warships damaged. Allies press reports vary on progress and control near Gallipoli and the Marmora entrance.
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Darby
Gallépall
Dntrance
Marmorr
Terlin Jhenttuis
Chanak
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Rabie
Saddul Behr
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Seddul Behr
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Turkey
Cape Helles “i
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Eski Hisarlik
Gallipoli
Turks Fight Bravely At Dardanelles Report
From the Turkish front at April 30 to May 1 reports describe intense fighting at Kun Kale where bayonet work repelled an enemy advance. Turkish forces repelled bombardment at Seddul Ban and endured two days of engagement at Gallipoli. Russian Poland and the Carpathians saw ongoing artillery duels, while Turkish artillery targeted peaks in the Opor valley.
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Tenduay
Dardanelles
Kun Kale
Seddul Ban
Gallopili
Poland
Opor
Turks Mistake Mules for Cavalry Advance
London dispatch reports a misidentification by Turkish forces of Allied cavalry and mules during the Dardanelles efforts. The front line remained contested as British lances and troops pressed forward despite Turkish counterattacks. Prisoners, including German officers, were reported by a News correspondent.
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Rewsise
Dardanelles
Tenedos
Drelly
Thurmlay
Anther Point
Christians Massacres Report Across Regions Amid Conflicts
Reports from Trans-Caucasia describe clashes between Armenians and Iraq factions and ongoing tensions in Yan district near Lake Via. The American mission presence in Yan county sustains schools and a hospital as violence escalates between Kurdish and Armenian communities over weeks.
Duval West to sail for home from Vera Cruz
Duval West of San Antonio special representative of President Wilson will leave Vera Cruz today aboard the Morro Castle for the United States. Others including Minister of War Fesquire and Sub-Secretary of Interior Fastor Roulax with Salvador Gomez and Modesta Ruldan sail on the same steamer on a mission to study oil law regulations and their impact on Oklahoma Texas and Texas oil fields. Carranza plans personal oversight of the Ybor law and its effects on labor and industry as the new regulations take effect.
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Zohario Conmeny
Giant Mosquito Captured and Exhibited in City Health Office
A giant mosquito, described as the white hope of the 1816 crop insects, has been captured by James Van Tandingham with two armed helpers on Morales Street. It was placed in a preserve jar and sent to the city health office to urge action against stagnant water and to support a wet campaign. The report also notes a separate item about China and Japan in Peking with talk of meetings to prevent further concessions.
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City Shell
Isleep
Mazaria
James van Tandingham
Luther Vanladingham
Grover Shaw
van Tandingham
Morales Street
Mme City Health Office
Vatican urged to abandon neutral stand in war crisis
Memoranda from Cardinal Mercier and other church leaders urge Pope Benedict to abandon neutrality and embrace a moral stand against war. They cite Augustine and Thomas Aquinas on just war, warn that conquest and indemnities are pagan errors, and press for binding international principles under the Hague convocation of 1907.
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Paris
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Benedict
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Gardival Asotin
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Mary
Vneaarl
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St. Augustine
St. Thomas
SS. Augustine
Brown Ribbon and Racial Tension at Alamo Plaza Hearing
A man wearing a brown ribbon badge is brought before Judge Lowther on a charge of rude behavior toward a Black woman in an Alamo plaza office building. Testimony by arresting officers and others is presented. the defendant smiles and boasts of loyalty to his mayoral ticket. The judge sentences him to one hundred days in jail, a familiar outcome in recent cases.
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Alamo] Plaza
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Uut
Lowther
Batter in transit near Texas town reported
Battersen Bang Co and Third Field Artillery unit move through Whited Blates towards Wert Rat Houston in a morning drive. An air factor caused a departure for San Antonio tonight, with limited overland progress noted.
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Battersen Bang Co
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Brown
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Batters
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San Antonio
Zeppelins Drop Bombs In England
Reported air raid in England with Zeppelins dropping bombs over towns. Fire damage and injuries claimed in multiple outbreaks as shells caused fires and roof damage. raids continued through the night with town residents alerted and emergency services responding.
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Acro
Bury Saint Edmunds
Neland
Trnet
Wis
Len Fluntes
War over Prohibition Question Shocks Commons Debate
London reports a heated Commons division on regulation of liquor use as war tensions overshadow politics. The Tyuse opposition remains strong, with Ireland voicing dissent and government plans facing mixed public reaction amid a pending measure from the Exchequer.
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England
House of Commons
Witton
Ireland
Lowen
Monghehtér Gagnitian
Ohi Vollar
Exchequer
Lieyl-Georke Wi
Blockade Weakens as German Submarines Face British Vessels
A wartime dispatch from the front reports German U boats failing to sink any Tri-Ish vessels since April 13 while British ships press north of Nord aed tin. The German Admiralty acknowledges difficulties and says sea control is slipping, with limited success against convoys.
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Fimleen
Machh
Taval
Dritich Admiralty
Train wreck near Here injures thirty seven people
Thirty seven persons were injured when a Missouri Kansas & Texas passenger train derailed near Here last night. The crash, attributed to an engine on the track, toppled the engine and cars including the wrecked coach and chair car, with two seriously hurt.
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Higees
Missouri Kansas & Texas
Biggses
Wilson trip planned to attend grandson christening
The president will travel from Washington via New York and Albany to Williamstown for his grandson Francis Wilson’s christening. Francis is to be baptized Sunday as Mrs Margaret Wilson and Helen Woodrow Bones accompany him. The party includes Grayson as aide.
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Wilson
Wilhometown
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Francis
New York
Albany
Williams Town
Steries
Williamstown
Grayson
Sayal
Iiss
Margaret Wilson
Helen Woodrow Bones
Officers Named by Texas Women’s Christian Temperance Union
The 33rd Quowalemivention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union of Texas elected officers including President Mrs Nannie Webb and Vice President Mrs J Brewer. An executive committee was chosen and the convention city to be announced. In Zeebrugge, near the North Sea coast, Zeebrugge was heavily bombarded by German forces, the Telegraaf reports.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union of Texas
Nannie Webb
Dig
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Mre
J. ¥. Brewer
Port Worth
Cruisers to Aid Land Forces Amid Russian Front Struggles
April 30 dispatch from Petrograd reports German naval units prepared to back land offensives along the Baltic coast and near the Vistula. Russian observers caution that Austro German actions on the Carpathians aim to blunt Russian pressure, while the Casok pass remains a strategic menace as forces contend.
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Buy's Job On Force By Swindling Applicant
Andrew McNulty and partner Tegra sought entry on the police force by paying a negro lawyer to file a CO application. McNulty paid $10 for two fees he expected as a token. Detectives King and Tossall arrested the attorney Friday morning for swindling, while McNulty faced questions about the $19 paid as a fee.
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Curler Ado
Lex Antonio
Zantastes
Hy Ratutn
King
Tossall Wriday
Phe Ja
House List Published Shows Party Split in Congress
The official 64th Congress member list, released to date, shows 380 Democrats, 191 Republicans, seven Progressives, one Independent, and one Socialist, with four vacancies. New York's first district remains undecided between Tathrop Rehwn and Traderick C. Hicks as certification proceeds.
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Couse
Togey
Shor
New York
Tathrop Rehwn
Riots and unrest spread along Trieste coast amid shortages
Reports from Budapest via Mail describe Serbians rioting along the Austrian sea coast towns near Trieste and Frigett over food prices and security. Police recovered several wounded and arrested many as army conscripts continue to provoke indignation in Budapest.
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London
Germans Report Massacre Across Belgian Bridge
A heavily damaged World War I era dispatch claims Belgian artillery destroyed a bridge, killing four thousand German troops who crossed it. The article cites survivors and Belgian fire thwarting surrender attempts, with chaotic scenes and claims of mass slayings.
Bergians Repulse Germans In Belgian Front
Belgian army headquarters reports that from April 26 to 29 Belgian troops repulsed German attacks from Steenstraat, with artillery active on April 25 and farms south of Platignies occupied. The Times correspondent notes German forces fell back and failed to cross the canal while Belgian shells destroyed pontoon bridges and held the line.
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London
Avel
Steen
Straate
Platiguetbrér
Times
Newbhern
France
Ander
Yser
Viemade
Maytorenas in U S Nogares Arizona April 80
The fragmented text reports Jose Wartorena and family leaving Hermosillo for Los Angeles. Maytorena state companions accompanied the family, with plans to stay in Los Angeles until Zenon conditions improve. The article is garbled and uncertain about key details.
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Ariz
Jose Wartorena
Vila Thar
Spoors
Quy
Lt Angeles
Maytorena
Hermosillo
Los Angeles
Zenon
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