Rockefeller gifts Versailles chapel to American museum
A long, richly detailed account describes John D. Rockefeller Jr spending millions to repair Versailles and later receiving a fifteenth century chapel, the Chapel of Our Saint Hubert, from the French government. The chapel to be moved to America, possibly Near New York, with Paris Soir reporting objections from locals and scientists, while Rockefeller remains silent on any reward.
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Rockefetier
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Rockefeller
America
Tate
France
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Thanis
Prenth
Legion of Honor
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Charles the
Murgundy
Louis XI
Quentin Durigard
Wheerlil
Paris Soir
Mitte
Chauvrey-le-Chatel
Haute-Saone
England
Huvert
Tarrytown
Fifty Avenue
New York
Captain McGehee Dies From Colorado Auto Crash
Captain David G. McGehee, 29, of San Antonio, stationed with the CCC at Hollah Colu, died after injuries from a Colorado auto accident two weeks ago. His body will be returned for services and interment in San Antonio. He was a native of Uneety. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McGehee and sisters Mrs. Jax R. Johnson, Nowlin Randolph, and Miss Elegnora McGehee, all of San Antonio.
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McQehee
San Antonio
CCC
Hollah
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Ico
Colorado
Denver
San Antonia
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Uneety
J. J. Metrthers
Jax RK. Johnson
Surkey Dismisses County Clerk Staff Amid Salary Row
Deputy Dexar county officials discharged two veteran workers and several others after Surkey claimed personnel changes were needed to raise salaries for different employees. Dismissed Friday were Marguerite Pane and Joe Frobosse among others, with auditor W. H. Hamilton delivering Pane’s check amid campaign ties to Burkey and Scheel.
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Courthmise
Gaunty
George Burkey
Surkey
Hhey
Priday
Marguerite Pane
Joe Frobosse
T. Saunders, Jr
Harry Moor
Pape Sid Surkey
W. H. Hamilton
Burkey
Polly
Berna Scheel
Scheel
Commissioners’ Court
Altert
Lumber Dust Mixture Tested to Dust Gravel Roads
Longview's lumber center conducts an experiment using a by product liquid from Weyettauser Timber plant to settle dust on gravel roads. The solution contains about 12 percent solids and is being watched by several state sections for its effectiveness.
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Longview
Warn
Weyettauser ‘Timber Company
Industrial Index Rises to Six-Year High
The Associated Press reports the seasonally adjusted Industrial index climbed for the ninth straight week, reaching 105.3 percent of the 1929-90 average, up from 104.2 last week and 74.8 a year ago, signaling sustained gains in industrial activity in New York.
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Associated Press
Vole Ameri
New Comet Closer to Earth From Cambridge Report
Astronomers track Tel vier comet approaching Earth from Cambridge with an estimated distance of 50 million miles. discovery credited to Amato Lester of Delphos Ohio. Predictions place the comet 16 million miles away by August 4, with Harvard astronomy involved. Vote America.
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America
Scott's Ship to Be Put on Sale Tonight in London
Modern arctic explorer Captain Scott's Discovery I lies in East India Dock awaiting sale with scientific gear to be removed and the sun itself open for inspection for a time. Also reported is the discharge of a Los Angeles jury in the Little Phi Aigutn case, verdict 7 to 3 for acquittal of Frank Wadeen in a pool hall slaying.
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Tonion
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Arctic
East India Geek
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Los Angeles
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Frank Wadeen
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Adaith girl confesses with sweetheart in hatchet slaying
Bayonne New Jersey early today Gladys Marie Knight 14 confessed with her sweetheart Donald Wightman to killing her mother Helen MacKnight with a hatchet after a quarrel over tennis plans. The couple, arrested in Jersey City, faced murder charges following hours of questioning by police.
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Aue
Poller Ghitt Cornelius J
oNeil
Gladys Mar - Knight
Donald Wightman
O'Neil
Helen MacKnight
Wiehtman
Wightman
O'Neill
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Oneill
Owchl
Inter
Paula
Sersey City
Wots
Mer
Canada
Washington
Plainfield
Watt
Magor W. MackXaight
Poisoned sentence shocks St Paul court
In St Paul, two eyewitnesses testified that John PL Petter gulped fatal poison in court while being sentenced to 30 years for involvement in the William Hamm Jr kidnapping. Petter, a former night lab operator, died in his cell two hours after the sentence. Coroner reports suggest the poison may have been self-administered.
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John PL Petter
Willian Hamm Jr
Pelfer
St. Paul
Finfermen
Texas Weather Forecast Says Warm Weekend Ahead
The Texas weather forecast predicts fair skies and rising temperatures this weekend with highs near 92 degrees and Sunday afternoon around 94. An overnight low near 69 Saturday and a minimum around 12 for Saturday night are expected, with light to moderate easterly winds.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Chr Burea
Mexican Leftists Protest Killings Amid Monterrey Demonstrations
Leftist protesters march through Monterrey denouncing killings tied to anti Communist actions. Workers halt at factories and benches briefly as funeral orators call for dissolution of repressive acts. No disorders were reported despite the tense demonstrations.
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Civien Nacionalist
Deayenstr
Fedérat Te Tay Rghi
Boy, 13, shoots stepfather in defense of mother
Milan dispatch reports Sheriff J McLemoe of Garroil county said 13 year old Gail Tree shot and killed his stepfather Merkert Perking while defending his mother. The sheriff stated he will not be arrested after one investigation found Perking had used a knife and pistol, then entered the home and threatened again before being shot.
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Crave
J. McLemoe
Garroil
Gail Tree
Merkert Perking
Owill
Jail Texas Black person in Alleged incident
Journal text reports an alleged incident in Ballinger involving Black individuals. It notes tensions between officers and citizens awaiting a Black person linked to an unnamed white woman and describes a confrontation at a widow’s home with a suspect reportedly leaping from a window as the victim screamed.
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Ballinger
Aug
Danis
American Pickpockets Report Thefts In City Streets
A streak of petty crime leaves residents counting losses. George D. Wilwa and Leung report pickpockets stole 210 dollars from his pocket while another 400 dollars vanished from a downtown store. Quo Neuner reports a stolen fountain pen and W. E rafton notes items taken from a parked car. Mrs. B. A. Linder reports clothing thefts on East Commerce Street.
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Leung
C. Russell
North Plarr Street
Quo Neuner
North Chemy Street
W. Erafton
Johnson Cuty
Stoes
B. A. Linder
East Commerce
Strett
Ote Amery
Police seize slot machines in suburban raid
City police on a sporadic campaign raided a suburban cafe and seized seven slot devices. Officers involved were identified as Balrt and Emit Braun, with the operation carried out Saturday.
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Braun
Old Purse for Safe Crackers Ends With Escape
Four miles from Gastroville, a gang cracked the Schotts Brothers store safe using nitroglycerine and left with about $150 after a daylight explosion. Deputies chased them from Hamilton to West Martin Street but the thieves fled along West Martin Street. An alleged expert said the safe was drilled and blown with nitroglycerine, leaving a partly wrecked interior and a bottle found at the rear.
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Satucay
J. PB
August Schotts
San Antonio
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Wailliesaute
Albert Yy
Weston
Iather King
W. B. Hauth
Castroville Road
Hamilton
Los Moras
San Maras
Weet Martin
West Martin Strreet
Aubrey Davenport
Police
Fidenfitication Bureau
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Tio
Medina
Drivenport
Rattlesnake Bites Man Twice on Chin in Pasadena
In Pasadena an incident occurred as 42 year old levine, attempting to capture a rattlesnake with a forked stick, was bitten on the chin by the reptile. He is reported not to be in serious condition, as the snake struck during the capture attempt yesterday on a hillside.
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Levine
Conmo Bueb
Buet
Maser
Ab Wheeler
Judge Steffler Seated In Corporation Court Saturday
Judge Steffler held court at Corporation Court while Judge Phil Bhook Jr. fished at the coast. Commissioner Paul Steffer stood in for duties during the session.
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Corporation Court
Brives
Paul Steffer
Saturday Zeter
PhillBhook Jr
Where to Spank Never at School Say Teachers
A New York panel of five psychologists and educators conclude that spanking should never occur in school. They argue it is not a teacher’s function to whip a child, though one member from Teachers College Columbia University expressed full agreement with some parental spanking arguments. The report notes mixed views among educators with Munley of Pennsylvania drawing protests from parents.
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Opjden
Anthony Munley
Pennsylvania
Sturyhorn
Munley
Langan
Hhe School
Adelaide Gase
Teachers College
Columbia University
Minney
Grse
Wife rescues man from fiery blast as flames take his back yard
George W. Mann of 2602 Perez Street lay in critical condition at Santa Rows Hospital Saturday after burning kerosene on his back yard. Police say he poured kerosene on a tire and a subsequent explosion ignited his clothing. Mrs. Mann ran to help and burned her hands while trying to extinguish the flames. she attached a garden hose to a faucet and saved her husband’s blazing clothing.
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Santa Rows
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Roosevelt On Way Home For Conference Schedule
President Roosevelt, aboard the Roosevelt on a train en route to Hyde Park, planned a busy day of conferences with federal and state officials in Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts before heading to his family estate at Park New York. The trip follows efforts toward international peace and domestic problem solving as the President charts a course back to the United States.
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Pickers in Demand in Hidalgo County
In Edinburg on August 1, a surge of harvest laborers is expected as Hidalgo County sees a bumper crop totaling about 20 000 crates. Pickers are offered about 75 cents per hundred, with farmers noting a shortage of available workers and the strain of lifting heavy stalks.
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Edinburg
Vorton
Jadalgo County
Driver Algos and Fatal Crash Near San Antonio
Mrs Grace J Shinner 44 and Steve Powell were injured when Mrs Shinners car ran off a road and plunged an embankment on a highway near here. Mrs Frank Shinners wife died in the crash and Fred Skinner, husband of Mrs Skinner, was killed two years ago in a related accident. All residents of San Antonio.
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Steve Powell
Shinner
San Antono Hospital
Fred Skinner
Skinner
San Antonio
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Kentucky Voters Pick Candidates In Primary Race
Louisville August 1 voters crowded polling places to choose Democratic and Republican nominees for November. The hot race centered on the Democratic senatorial nomination with J C W Beckham and John Brown challenging incumbent M M Logan. Beckham is backed by Governor A B Chandler.
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Kentucky
J. C. W. Beckham
United States
John ¥. Brown
M. M. Logan
Beckham
Goyeemor
A. B. Chandler
Spanish Women Fighters Praised By Burgos Rebels
Burgos Spain Aug 1 rebels praised women described as communist fighters who helped against insurgents. They said they pressed forward to recover bodies of fallen comrades in an improvised battlefield report.
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Spain
Gredarrams Rmountaiis
Hlories Inday
Miet
Man Holds Grudge Seven Long Years In Ohio Incident
In Youngstown Ohio on a August day a man held a grudge for seven years claiming a past injury. Robert Ball 23 told police the other man warned him the fight would erupt again, indicating a planned confrontation.
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Ohio
Hine
Robert Ball
Policer
Mscon
Governor Landen Reviews Kansas National Guard Camp
Governor Landen left Topeka to oversee a review of the Kansas National Guard encampment as its commander in chief. He planned to return to Topeka later today.
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Torlika
All M. Landen
Kansas National Guard
Topeka
Weather Forecast for San Atlanto and Vicinity
Forecast for San Atlanto and nearby areas shows a warm weekend with higher temperatures Saturday night and Sunday. Friday peaks around 92 degrees with Saturday dipping to the upper 60s to near 70, and Sunday warmer in the north portion. Winds vary from light to moderate easterly, with coastal areas experiencing gentle to moderate conditions. East Texas and West Texas regions show warmer trends and similar wind patterns, with additional notes on coastal winds and a farther page reference for more details.
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