Heights Battle Over City Fire Coverage Grows
The Heights push for ten firemen and a fire station faces San Antonio's line that Alam Heights is as capable. Commissioner Wright questions the need while Mayor Charchers defers to Phil Wright’s stance. The exchange centers on fire protection and which department should respond to blazes.
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Villaret
San Antonio
Alam
San Antoine
Anne
Wright
C. M. Charchers
Phil Wright
Mill
Alamo Heights
Experts Value Gan Stronger Trade From U S to Mexico
July 1929 saw a 31 percent rise in experts from the United States to Mexico via Laredo, per A S Parker of the freight bureau. American manufacturers shipped 562 carloads south, up from 328 the prior July, with autos and carloads of la rd shipments totaling 298 and 170 respectively compared to last year.
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Mexico
Laredo
Wn A.S. Pawkert
Revight Bureau
Chamber of Renmerer
Avetican
ATE
Careh
Antopohilve
Escaped Texas convict held by Kansas police
Wenes Hapner, 28, arrested here yesterday, identified as an escaped convict from Texas state prison at Hunterville. He was serving a term for highway robbery and reportedly escaped by swimming under fire, making his way toward Houston. Hapner will be taken to Parsons, Kansas.
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Wenes Hapner
Texas
Priso
Hunterville
Houston
Hepner
Parsons
Kan
Man Injured In Arm Fight Over Pay
Berizare Tilueis, 87, of BIS San Frigatis, is in Robert D Terenn hospital after a fight over pay ended with a blow to the arm from a pick. City detectives say the incident began in the 700 block of San Marcus Street Monday morning when the foreman refused to pay and ordered him to return Saturday for wages.
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AM oRtgumene
Berizare Tiliueis
BIS San Frigatis Wherry
Robert D Terenn Hospital
Erm
Droken
Nbrekians Waidh
Tilueis Weld City
Toul
San Marcus Street
Marins
Younger Hoover in Plane in East Talks With West
Hadley Field dispatch describes a misread telegraph and radio chatter about a flight with an implied meeting in the East. The report notes an exchange of messages between officials and a potential link to the Western Avenue press, mentioning Vermeer and a referenced father in the White House.
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Younger Hoover
East
Hadley Field
Ierker
Hoeven
Lois Baltz Remains in Coma State
Lois Baltz remains in a coma as doctors report no change over the past several days. A brief update cites stable, tubular symptoms and ongoing monitoring while family and hospital staff await potential signs of recovery.
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Lois Baltz
Coma
S.A. Asked to Render Lands for Tax Assessment
Property owners have until August to render property values for city tax assessment. City tax department warned residents to comply, noting about 27 000 people have visited the tax department. Officials urged attendance at an early date, stressing consistency with last year’s data.
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City Tax Department
Ax Department
Watreser
Install Ale New SLs by city's electric crew
After weeks of work a single halt is reported as crews improve fire and power systems. The installation at Ulaeite Penovers, city electric, is nearing completion with remaining steps expected to extend into Thursday. Costs total about 815.00.
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Ae Ree
Ulaeite Péncvers
City Electriay
Feyr
Bern
Army feed house burns near grain elevator at Fort Nam Houston
Fire started by spontaneous outbreak damaged a feed house at the army depot in Fort Nam Houston on Tuesday morning. Building and contents valued at around 81,000 dollars with contents hay oats and bran. Fire chief J D Mogan cited total damage near 1,600 dollars to the structure and 1,? to contents. Nearby quarters and warehouses threatened before containment.
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Fort Nam Houston
J.D. Mogan
Mvmy
Sando
Ciel Mogan
Third Street
Artilery Avenue
Narby
Gtaling Na
Gillespie County Fair to Open Near Fredericksburg
In Gillespie County Texas the fair will open Friday for the forty fourth time showcasing both modern agricultural machinery and implements once used by early settlers. Officials expect about 10,000 children on the fair grounds with tickets issued to surrounding counties.
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Fredericksburg
Texas
Gillespie County
Gillespie
Bill Country
School Board Faces Doubt Over High School Principal
The board of education met to decide the principal's appointment at Main Avenue High School. Superintendent BR Hartley said choices remain undecided and no decision could be made this week.
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Main Avenue High School
BR. W. Hartley
Board of Education
Tureday
Aye Eplinns
SE Sas
Adults Enter First City Show of Pets on August 30
The city sponsors its first pet show open to adults and children on August 30. Superintendent Tansard notes 100 plus entries and nets and enclosures are being prepared at St Mary’s grounds as prizes of 630 are offered by supporters.
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First City Show of
Dot Tansard
Merestion
St Mary's
Pias
Fragmented Contiguous Text Teases War and Social Trends
A garbled Today page fragment mentions wartime themes and social shifts. It references names like Shakespeare and Michael Angelo in a disrupted text about women, industry, and public life. The legible bits hint at a broader discussion of gender roles and national effort.
City Provides Phone Benefit to Humane Society Effort
City officials approved funds for a phone line used by the Humane Society in a program tied to welfare operations. Inspectors and clerks conducted checks and filed a series of assessments as part of monitoring enforcement and distribution of the ordinance.
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Humane Society
Hearing on Charge of Impersonating Officer to Be Held
A preliminary hearing will be held Thursday afteroon by 3 G Benen, United tre commissionnr, when Nec will he get for WY, 1 Henileraon ap. who ig Seeing charges of impersonating 2 Teleral affienr, Thendersen is alleged to have so fared ren age beat at a local ho tel by ensue tint he war a depnrs led states mat hal. The offonse is vnl te reenteed in Moreh, Vie bak arrested by a department of jus Fer at Geia ant ie in Rexar counts ya.
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Tharetiay
G. Benen
United Tre Commissionnr
Nec
Henileraon Ap
Geia
Rexar
Capt McDaniel Returns From Duty at U S Capital
Captain A TK Metlend director of training at Vie Mir Caen. Training senthe wok hash on club ieee Tuas MeaNer ay question of a isetth on sheenity at Waskangnan. Whit at Washinzten Catal Mey Tease was raised into ennference for the chief of the air rere from ques in centatiae to the rraspive Af ere ere flere end others malerk nan cutting the Asing branch of the ser Wen
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A. TK
Metlend
Ab Vie Mir Caen
Ieee
Isetth
Sheenity
Waskangnan
Washinzten Catal
Air Rere
Centatiae
Rraspive
Asing
Ser. Wen
Maj. F. Jones Free on Bond in Auto Crash Case
Maj. F. Jones, a staff officer at Eighth Corps area headquarters, posted 600 bond after a preliminary hearing on a charge of failure to stop and render aid following a fatal automobile crash that killed Prink Parker near Sanaciona. Lt. B. Mondy testified Jones was speeding minutes before the collision.
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F. Jones
Eighth Corps
Liberts
Justice of the Peace
J. F. Onsen
Jones
Prink Parker
Bowie
Sanaconia
Culebra
Judge Onion’s Court
B. Mondy
Marshall Ford
Tip
Major Jones
Ahal
Packer
Man Arrested in Raid on Wetmore Road Details Released
A raid on Wetmore Road near San Antonio led to Marvin Vecker, 22, being charged with manufacture and possession of equipment for distilling alcohol. Bond set at $300 with a hearing scheduled. authorities seized a 95 gallon still and 400 gallons of liquid in a house behind a bill.
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Wetmore Road
Iseek
San Antoni
Wetmore
Marvin Vecker
United States
Confederates to Join Order in September Meeting
Fragmentary OCR shows veterans of Confederates and Defenders of America planning a September meeting in the hall. Adjutant Merphere of the Grand Aras of the Republic mentions life mentors and a future gathering.
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Defenders of America
At & Nvelach
Bo Fe Nakum
Merphere
The
Republic
Moody Given Data on Alamo Picture TIN
Moody is described with data about an Alamo picture project. The text references Mn fare THON, McArdie and bien hoop and mentions Abimec and a Tease condia editaber. Capre delivered trae to Carernar on a Monday, with Reiakin Me Ardle of Washington noted in the fragment.
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McArdie
Bien Hoop
Capre
Carernar
Washington
Sick boy gets Hoover cake puzzle and note
Minneapolist Mint Aug 20 Marshall Newton son of Walter New imi of Minneapolis secretary to President Hoover received a White House package for his ninth birthday. He lay in a hospital recovering from leg amputation when a large box arrived. Inside was a cake a board with holes forming a design and a note from Mrs Hoover. The board and cake puzzled Col Charles Tibbergh for hours.
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Minneapolis
Mint
Marshall Newton
Walter II
Newimi
Minneapong
Toover
Theavre
Marshall
Washiigton
City advertising copy prepared for mayor review
The San Antonio campaign advertising copy prepared by Coulter and Purne was submitted to Mayor Chambers for approval. Last year a tax of 0.6 cents per 100 valuation yielded $61,000. this year the rate is raised to 0.7 cents on the 400 valuation, expected to create a fund near $110,000.
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San Antonio
Coulter and Purne
Mr Chambers
Yas Bren
Cate Ia
Girl to Enter Katy Popularity Labor Day Contest
Miss Kalyy for 1029, the last popular girl employee of the AL WK. & T. Bairoyd company, will be chosen by judges at the Labor Day exhibition in Parsons, Kansas. Walter Walthall, exclusive agent of the company, announced Thursday. San Antonio will enter an candidate in the contest. Three candidates will be eliminated in a voting contest of early employees here on August 31. The candidates are Miss Mabel Merer, telephone operator. Mina Alice Stainbroge, stenographer for the car department. and Miss Ethel Russell, relier and operator.
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Kalyy
AL WK. & T. Bairoyd
Labor Day
Parsons
Kan
Walter Walthall
Ateninced Torsday
San Antonin Ill Hake
Tive
Mabel Merer
Mina Alice Stainbroge
Ethel Russell
French officials face espionage charges in Paris case
In Paris an investigating magistrate ruled grounds for prosecuting Count De Neblet D Anglure, attache of the foreign office, and journalist Roger Deselanque on espionage charges. The case ties to an American newspaper man, Maral Voran, involved last year and centers on a document from the foreign office files about a France England financial agreement. Moran was expelled from France last year.
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Paris
Tere
Count de Neblet D'Anglure
Foreign Office
Roger Deselanque
Rong
Maral Voran
Molh
France
England
Moran
Datodee
Charles Carothers 46 Buried in San Antonio Funeral Held
Charles G. Carothers, 46, died in Ft Pas Angual 17. Funeral services were held in San Antonio Tuesday afternoon with WT Tekner, pastor of Denver Wrights Memorial church, in charge. A Tenn native, he had lived in San Antonio and was engaged in the insurance business in El Paso. He leaves a widow Eunice and a daughter Frances.
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Charles Carothers
Charles G. Carothers
Ft Pas Angual
San Antonio
WT. Tekner
Denver Wrights Memorial Church
Carothers
Tennere
San Antonis
Vic
Businesa
el Vaso
Eunice Carothers
Frances Carothers
Anvil Aon
Charles Gordon Caruthers
Sun God plane lands after crossing continent to Spokane
Sun God biplane piloted by Nick Mare and Art Walker is due home in Spokane after a nonstop Spokane to New York and return flight. Earlier it refueled at Miles City, then left Belgrade for final leg to Spokane, with fuel transfers en route.
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Spokane
Wash
Ile Hone
Petoekhis
New York
Buul
Nick Mare
Art Walker
Milesny
Mont
Sun God
Belgrade
Spokmir
Give Your Doctor A Chance Promoting Mineral Water
A fragmented ad urges readers to see a doctor before pain and disease strike and promotes Motulatre Valey Mineral Water from Bot Springs as an aid in preventing kidney related disorders. The message cites long standing physician recommendations and urges a phone call for more information.
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