Woman’s cries heard near cemetery. police search fails
Piercing screams of a woman echoed from a New Braunfels cemetery at 3 a m Friday. Residents, including George Barrera, alerted police, but investigators found no trace of the woman. Reporters found automobile tracks. police planned further questioning as they pursued the mystery. Separately, the New Orleans area forecast a lower rice crop due to drought, with officials projecting about 15.5 million bushels for this season.
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Carver
Fred Schuhardt
New Braunfels Avenue
Mr. Schubardt
New Orleans
Plant Juice Man promotes medicine in San Antonio ad
An advertisement touts Plant Juice as a miraculous combination of roots herbs and leaves. It cites Mrs Kennedy of Waco Texas detailing stomach and nerve relief after using Plant Juice and claims over a million cures nationwide. Samples and agents are available at Sommers drug stores in San Antonio and other locations.
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Tragedy Rumors After Blocked Alamo Plaza Road
Rumors of robberies fire and disaster circulated Friday as police blocked part of Alamo plaza. motorists turned back uncertain of cause while investigation showed the street closed for asphalt paving by contractor under Street Commissioner Paul Steffler.
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Alamo Plaza
Paul Steffler
Man Fined for Hopping Train Over $2 Fare
Judge fines J E Aikins fifteen dollars after he admits riding a train without paying fare from Long to West Texas. Aikins says he hoped to work in cotton fields and explains he saved two dollars by riding to San Antonio and would have paid the fare if caught. The arresting officer notes Aikins had over nine dollars on him.
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J. E. Aikins
Union
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Aikins
Long
West Texas
San Antonio
Soldiers Disturb Street. Car Left Out of Gas
Residents on Avenue A called police at 5 AM about a street disturbance. Detectives Carver Ruhnke and Short Gall, with Officer Christoph, found three soldiers in a car, reportedly intoxicated and out of gas. They were handed to military police. The car will be held until the owner claims it.
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Carver Aut Ruhnke
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Three Die in Daily Chicago Shootings
Three men were killed and a woman probably fatally wounded in a day of Chicago shootings. Motives ranged from money to jealousy, as Hugh McGregor killed himself after a confrontation with Sirs Queen Zimmel. Raymond Gunther, recently married, was shot near his suburb and an unidentified woman is believed to have fired and fled. Michael Toricohia, a restaurant owner, was found shot in his basement linked to a blackmail plot.
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Woman Arrested as Dope Dispenser for Morphine
Alice Saenz, 49, of 1907 Brazos Street, was arrested Friday morning in a narcotics sting. Officers recovered twenty grains of morphine and booked her on narcotic act violation. Replicated Stevenson and Alwright seized the drugs after giving marked money. She is held for the United States commissioner with formal charges pending.
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Brazos Street
Hayward Denies Candidacy for Governor Nomination
William Hayward United States district attorney denies authority for his candidacy announcement for the Republican nomination for governor. Despite urging from friends and an upstate movement, he would not admit to being an avowed candidate.
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New York. Ave
William Hayward
United States
Hayward
Texas cotton crop late in Southeast Texas
Houston August 15 the movement of cotton from Southeast Texas is not as heavy as at this time last year. The lateness of the crop accounts for the slower volume and weaker market activity as harvest progresses across the region.
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Texas
Houston
Severe heat wave grips Crystal City Texas
Crystal City Texas endures one of the worst heat waves in years with 105 to 110 degree heat. No rain since May dries ranges and river water nears lows, threatening pump levels. A Mexican cotton picker on the HL Weber farm collapsed from heat. Nixon area crops suffer from heat and drought.
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NEXON
Aug
HL Weber
Nixon
Spofford Endures Stifling Heat Wave
Spofford Texas endures extreme heat with temperatures around 103 degrees in the shade for Wednesday and Thursday. Local residents report severe water shortages and have sent livestock to other ranges to find grazing and water amid the drought.
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Spofford
Tex
Heat Damages Caldwell Crops in Drought Ravaged County
Heat and drought scorch Caldwell County as crops suffer with no rain and temperatures around 100 degrees. Farmers warn continued dry weather will bring heavy losses to the cotton crop.
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Tem
Caldwell County
Merchants Buy Clothing at Annual Fashion Show
In St Louis on August 15 a record merchant turnout at the annual fashion show indicates a healthy buying movement across clothing lines. Demand for men’s and boys’ wear is especially strong, while some manufacturers with summer low mood have marked concessions for cash to reduce overstock.
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SS. Louis
Not Guilty Pleas Entered By Miners
Forty one miners charged with rioting after a raid on the Kali-Inla coal mine near Cambria entered not guilty pleas before J. H. Mobarty. They waived preliminary hearings and were bound over for district court trial November 1 with bonds set at $1000 each. Only defendants and their lawyers appeared. The men are accused of driving non-union workers from the mine as it prepared for operation on an open shop basis. Reports listed up to 300 invading attackers, who arrived by motor cars led by flag bearing leaders.
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Wilburton
Obla
Kali-Inla
Cambria
H. J. Mobarty
Kati
Lamine
Steel producers in Chicago see weathered demand rising
Steel producers in the Chicago district report improved demand with several large plants operating at 40 to 60 percent of capacity. A Chicago mill is said to have secured an order for 20,000 tons for Missouri Pacific cars in mid August.
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Missouri Pacific
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