Leap for Lives Sees Youth Accost Three Children
A tall, shabby youth accosted three Meriandale girls near Herff Elementary on Saturday, attempting to lure them into bushes. The chase spanned nearly two blocks before the suspect fled, pursued by Patsy Jean Water and two others. Police searched the area with no trace found. detectives warn of similar reports in the district.
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Meriandale
Patlie Jean Water
Poetic
Bond
Herff
Trenton Steeel
Lyvar
Patty Jean
Erggy
Patsy Ruth
Barrett Ayeanie
Patsy Huth
Kent
Pattie Jean
Peguy
Belive
Edward Is
Red Schacter
Labmrary
Tragic San Antonio Street Crashes Leave Several Dead or Injured
A Friday afternoon crash on West Commerce Street near Olmos Drive killed George Scott 34 and injured three others including Mrs. Fermina Campos 24 and Lilian Kelley 20. Another fatality was reported as a pedestrian struck on McCullough Avenue. Victims aged 43 and 49 were hospitalized with severe injuries. Police hunt for the driver amid debris and a broken headlight clue. Newspaper men also suffered minor injuries after their car veered off near Austin return from a football game.
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Hiteran
Accie Dent Tal
Craghts
Aitte Hope
George Scott
Rosemil
Alou Metin
Olmos
Fermina Campos
South Frio Street
Hoberb
B. Green
Campos
Boraially
Scott
McCul- Tougl
Wills Lilian Kelley
Victoria Avenue
Gil
H.C. Bock
Tank
NRA
Blaledin Mayarete
North
Laredo Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
West Commerce Street
Jos Nox Varote
James II
William
Aly
Kelly Diald
Wie Obliereur
Karl Mueller
Novi Broadway
Pa- Mice Niied
New Braunfels Avenue
Wight
Fort Worth Alleges Recall Victory for Mayor Hammond
In Fort Worth a recall vote delivered a decisive win for Mayor Hammond and ally Hull amid opposition from the People’s Progressive League. The result followed a period of local political tension after a recall push initiated five months prior by B. Edwards and others.
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Fort Worth
Ww. J. Hammond
Gily Competitim Hert. L. Hull
People's Progressive League
B. Edwards
Weather Forecast For San Antonio Area Weekend
The forecast calls for a colder but fair weekend with increasing frost risk at night. Saturday peaks around 86 degrees with a low near 44, Sunday near 56 high. Coastal winds shift from moderate south to fresh northerly, and West Texas remains cold and dry.
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San Antony
Vietitly
West
Texas
Ewest
Tempers Crack in Million Dollar Sprulditie Trial
New York December 4 Supreme Court faced a sensational bigamy case dubbed the Sprulditie trial. Plaintiffs include Mrs Marton Allgeyer and Mrs Spaulding alleging clandestine marriages and hush money promises. Bankers and heirs connected to the alleged bigamy faced public scrutiny as the judge considers validity of a one million dollar alleged payoff.
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New York
Juve Holm
Supreme Court
Kenneth O'Brien
Will
Nirec
Creek Innoe
Blanches
Marton Allgeyer
New Orleans
Howard
Spaulding
Bin
Lawrence Gritchell
Bald Ang Asing
Desperate Mid Ocean Operation Involving Ship Officers
A 19 year old seaman Arthur Duffy died after a failed mid ocean medical operation aboard the British freighter President Hayes near Honolulu. Sailors and ship officers improvised surgical aids and anesthetic handling but the patient died two hours after the operation. The ship docked 400 miles off the Antonio side with Navy doctors diagnosing mas toiditis and appendicitis.
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New York
Hayes
Arthur Duffy
Strickon
mid-Pachfer
Antagm
Navy Gut
REONS
Honolulu
r+ din
Antonio
Duffy
Iner
F. BP. Hamilton
Uner
Sir- Boon
J. M. Graham
Staward
Trifamis Killed in Stramge Disease
CHICAGO December 4 Doctors and experts fight a strange disease causing the death of 10 infants at St Elizabeths Hospital within 24 hours. Illness began November 23, strikes were severe, ages 9 to 24 days. Officials report no defense against the outbreak and mortality around fifty percent.
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Chicago
Sit Hillestines
St Elizabeth’s
Wit
Elthers
Hetman Bunidesen
Hoot
Mexican Official En Route to Texas
Fiorencia Padula assistant chief of the labor department was en route to Texas to inspect conditions of Mexican workers along the United States Mexico boundary. Under instructions she will visit several towns along the border traveling by train to continue the inquiry and report findings to the department head.
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Fiorencia Pada
Labor Department
Los Texas
Sont
Padula
United States-Mexico
U S Agents Stem Narcotic Trade In Washington
Federal agents tightened narcotics enforcement under Commissioner H J Anstinger, reports show a rapid decline in drug activity. About 250 agents deployed operations targeted smuggling centers, with sizeable seizures and intensified investigations over the past year.
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U. S
Washington
Federal
H. J. Anstinger
United States
Monks of Speed Aces Cut to 1 By Tragedy
Miami air show enters second day as two pilots die in fire struck crashes. Rudy Kithig Lemont Tl and Fran Haines Detratt die in accidents signaling the dangers of stunt racing, while Amy Wittman of Oshkosh defends his title as contestants retire after deadly incidents.
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Monks of Speed
Miami
Annu
Lato
Rudy
Kithig
Lemont
Fran Haines
Detratt
Amertent Alz- I Ptaire
Amy
J. Withnan
Oshkosh
Wis
Marines Apology and Japanese Demands Amid Shanghai Tension
Japanese army officers apologized to U S Marines in Shanghai for Friday’s incident but simultaneously pressed the League of Nations for a free hand to move Japanese forces. Reports say Japanese troops threatened Nanking and nearby towns, with multiple detachments and convoys advancing toward Hangzhou, and British, French, and Chinese actions shaping the response as the Spanish Civil War backdrop continues.
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United States Marine Command
Shanghai
Joh. Beaumont
United States Marine
Iaander
Tod
Shahgimi
Cup-Iles
Nanking
Nankig
China
Chunkiang
Yangtze River
Navikig
Earle
Tanyang
Grand Canal
Fbor
Chun Kiang
Hangetow
Shashan
Tsungming Island
Geneva
Italy
Manchukuo
Manchuria
Warsaw
van Delbos
France
Gredoslovakia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Brmnes
Gothi Arigon
Aliintdeyar
Survivor of Five Shipwrecks Drowns in Harbor
Peter Renskers, a New York resident and veteran sailor who survived five shipwrecks, drowned after falling from a barge into Buffalo harbor. He reportedly rescued about 30 people previously and spent nearly four decades at sea as a skipper and barge worker. He was to be buried today.
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Buffalo
Peter Renskers
Leon
Renskers
New York
Wydom
Netherlands
16 Feared Dead in Grecian Avalanche
An avalanche swept through the village of Karditsa in Theasaly killing many and leaving rescue teams scrambling. Authorities fear as many as sixteen may be dead, with peasants buried under snow as the disaster unfolds.
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Athens
Karditsa
Theasaly
Sore Gum Trims President s Jaunt
Reading like a jumble from a 1940s wire, the fragment mentions President Roosevelt altering a travel plan for dental treatment, with inconsistent notes on San Francisco earthquakes and a train disaster in Germany. Several named places appear, including Washington, Miami, Stettin, Belgard, and Geringty, but specifics are unclear. The piece threads together presidential itinerary, tremors, and a fatal rail incident in a single patchwork report.
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Miami
Fla
Nec
Roosevelt
Waahinglot
Stettin
Germany
Rairoad
Belgard
Jean Northen
Geringty
Boven
Sin
Woshington
Ford Plant Strike Expands as UAW Seeks Nationwide Action
G10 to extend Ford plant actions as United Auto Workers targets Long Beach and Kansas City in a push to unionize Ford. Richard Frankenstein says workers voted unanimously for a strike while mass meetings in Pittsburgh discuss plans. A circuit court has scheduled Jan 24 hearing on a petition to curb mass picketing.
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ST. Louis
Ford Motor Company
Tilted Automatiln Workers of America
Richard Frankenstein
W. A
International
Tie
Long Beach
Calif
Phint
Cold Winds Sweep Toward San Antonio Ahead of Weekend
A weather forecast notes northerly winds at around 24 mph sweeping toward San Antonio and nearby areas this Saturday afternoon. Temperatures are expected to fall to about 18 degrees Sunday morning as the cold front moves through, with winds easing by Monday.
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San
Acquit Ex-Sheriff of Two Charges in Bee County
Derrell Tallard former sheriff of Groaks county was acquitted on two charges of conversion by sheriff and conversion by baling in Bee county district court. Four charges of misapplication of county funds remain, but a crowded docket may push to death at this term. Cases were moved from Brooks county on a change of venue.
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Beeville
Der
HL Tallard
Groaks ‘County
Baling
Bee County
Uty
Ballard
Wim
Brooks County
New York Havana Air Speed Record Set
Maj. Alexander de Sprétsky set a New York to Havana air speed record by completing the flight in five hours and two minutes, surpassing Lt. Comdr. Frank Hawks. The distance involved was about 1360 miles, with Hawks previously holding the record at 10-21 hours.
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New York-Havana
Havana
Alexander de Sprvétsky
Laeut
Frank Hawks
Mail truck theft in New York traces glue laden bags
Inspectors traced a raided mail truck on a Hudson River ferry to five reportedly missing mail bags from a cargo believed to be dumped into the East River near Manhattan. Fishermen recovered bags from the water. some envelopes were opened and contents read as officials weighed the loss and value.
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New York
Bec
Posta
Rath
Hudson Hyer
East Tiger
Manhallasy Island
Nilestra
Gurnile Smith
Roy M. Kamper
Pisueemen
Reward Offered for Sunday Light Theft in San Antonio Area
A $5.00 reward is offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who steals a Sunday light from a residence in San Antonio or the Alamo Heights or Harlandale districts. The notice urges prompt reporting to authorities.
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City of
San Antonio
Alamo Heights
Harlandale
Britain names MacMichael new Palestine high commissioner
Sir Harold Alfred MacMichael, a 32 year veteran of British service, is appointed high commissioner and commander in chief for Palestine and Jordan. He will replace Sir Arthur Gressfield Waunehope, who announced plans to resign due to ill health, effective at coronial time.
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Palestine
Ose
Britain
Ondon
Wec
Harald Alfred MacMichnel
Jeetvice
Tatestine
Mrons-Jord
Arthur Gressficlt Wauehope
Arthur
Typhoon heads for Manila as third in a month moves in
Manila reports another typhoon sweeping from the Pacific toward the capital. Weather observers notice the storm nearing Samar and north of the prior strike, with death and destruction feared across Visayan islands. In Delaware, ex-congressman Dirrs Georgetow n dies. former representative Incon, elected in 1932 and serving one term, is noted.
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Manila
Der
Weither
Samarisdane
Comig
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