Dwelling Razed by Fire Blazes Through Alvarado Home
A four room home at 1419 Brighton Ave owned by Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Alvarado was destroyed by fire on a Saturday afternoon. Firemen laid 2000 feet of hose to reach the nearest plug, with total damage about 2500 dollars. Mrs. Alvarado, alone when the fire started in the attic wiring, ran a half mile to report the blaze and a purse with ashes of 200 dollars was recovered after the fire.
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F. G. Alvarado
Brighton Ave
B. M. Ingram
Alvarado
Vila
Noted Actress Florence Bates Visits San Antonio
Florence Bates, Hollywood character actress known as Mrs. William Jacoby, visited San Antonio after a Dallas preview. With a 12 year career and 52 films, she praised her work, discussed dowager roles, and noted River Lady opens Thursday at the Aztec theater. She also claimed to be the first woman attorney in Texas, passing the bar in 1914 and later entering the antique business before moving to Hollywood.
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Florence Bates
Hollywood
San Antonio
Miss Bates
William
F) Jacoby
Rebecca
Texas
Brooklyn
Heaven
Dallas
State of
Healer pamphlets flood South Side with faith cure ads
Residents received pamphlets promoting Rev Bishop as a faith healer promising cures at services opening in Nuevo Leon Park near the 4700 block of South Flores Street. The campaign urged, Why do you suffer Have faith and you will be cured. The distribution coincided with a religious outreach event. The report also notes E H Hauke of Minneapolis was elected supreme president of the Sons of Norway at Spokane on August 14 during its 30th annual convention.
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Eider Bonds
South Side
Rev. Bishop
Nuevo Leon Park
South Flores St
Norway Sons
Spokane
E. Hp, Hauke
Minneapolis
Minn
Sons of Norway Lodge
White House board flags slim West Coast dispute hopes
A White House fact finding board reported that settlement prospects for a west coast maritime hiring dispute look slim, while east coast chances appear very good. The board submitted its final report to President Truman under the Taft-Hartley act's emergency provisions, offering no recommendations but detailing the situation and noting hiring methods as the main barrier.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Radio Prize Winner Refuses $9000 in Prizes
Mrs Anna Weingart a 50 year old grandmother in St Louis said she would not claim 9000 in prizes won ten days earlier on a radio program. She cited fatigue from publicity and nuisance from peddlers as her reason.
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ST. Louis
Anna Weingart
Miss America finals draw 56 entrants in Atlantic City
Atlantic City reports 56 contestants for the Miss America pageant finals next month marking a record. The preliminary varies begin Aug. 23 in Washington and Alabama. Finals run Sept. 6 to 12 with $25,000 in scholarships and three international participants. Barbara Jo Walker and Wanda Sullivan will not compete but appear as hostesses.
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Atlantic City
Washington
D. C
Alabama
U. S
Atlanta
Chicago
Boston
Detroit
Omaha
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Memphis
Louisville
Barbara Jo Walker
Wanda Sullivan
Reptile Study Group Forming At Witte Museum
A reptile study group will form at 7 p.m. Monday at the Witte museum to study herpetology. John Werler of the San Antonio zoo invites enthusiasts to join the association. Texas attorney dies in Dallas after long illness.
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Witte Museum
John Werler
San Antonio Zoo
Texas
Dallas
Will R. Harris
Twins Born En Route In Indianapolis Ambulance
Twin boys delivered in an ambulance near Indianapolis and their mother were reported doing well at a city hospital. Mrs Herod Black of near Edinburgh gave birth while being transported. deputies met the ambulance but the driver said the babies had already arrived.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Herod Black
Edinburgh
Texas Building Totals Reported For Week
In Austin a Texas contractor reported a $2 million spike in building activity this week. Total contracts reached $22,525,248, up from $20,840,159 last week with residential at $11,172,607 nonresidential $8,585,29 and engineering awards at $2,055.80.
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Austin
Texas
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