Galapagos Empress and Suitors Die in Island Tragedy
Dispatches report Ina, the so called Empress of the Galapagos, and her five-sided circle of suitors died in a dramatic set of events on Floreana Island. Hunger, shipwreck, and a baroness's brutal rule are cited as the four men and the queen died under violent circumstances during a back to nature colony effort.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Galapagos
Paradise
Equator
Blaise ‘Wagner de Bosquet
Robert Phillipson
Varands
Philipson
Fiorrana
Floreana
San Cristobal Island
Phison
Lonely Island
Pacific
Marchera Island
Rudolf Lorenz
Trygve Nagerudd
Lorenz
Paris
Nugarud
Galapagos Island
Friedrich Ritter
Ritter
Frau
Dore Strauch Koerwin Ritter
Ruughy
Phillipson
Phil
Nuggrid
McNamara Urges Deputy Pay Increases
Washington telegraph wires report that McNamara of San Antonio, marshal of the Western District of Texas, led a movement to raise deputy U S marshals salaries. A committee with Attorney General Cummings was appointed to study the matter amid 87 marshals backing the effort.
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Washington, D. C
Gig McNamara
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Cummings
Mexico Closes Two Leading Gambling Centers
In D F December 13 17 the government shuts the two top gambling and nightlife hubs Foreign old and La Selve detailing a nationwide campaign to end all gambling houses by year end. President Lazaro Cardenas supported the move.
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Mexico
D. F
Lazaro Cartienss
Indivision Holidays Declared for Second Town
Announcement states that the second town will observe holidays from December 24 to January 1 inclusive. Division and subordinate offices close except December 24 25 and January 1 at 9am. Troops will receive part of December salaries on December 22. No day-table collections will be made. A 1934 Buick 40 four door sedan is listed for sale at $845 in light classified ads.
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Ve Tor
Burroughs Finalizes Divorce From Flor ence Dearholt Jr
Hollywood reports Edgar Rice Burroughs the novelist has obtained a final decree of divorce from Mrs Florence Dearholt Jr, who had been awaiting final decree from Ashton Dearholt Jr. Burroughs, linked to motion pictures, is said to wed soon after the March decree. He previously secured a Las Vegas divorce decree that was immediately final.
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Hollywood
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Florence Dearholt Jr
Burroughs
Dearholt
Ashton Dearholt
Las Vegas
Carey ordered to active duty with Second Division
Lieut. W. H. C. Carey adjutant general's reserve of San Antonio is ordered to active duty with the Second Division at Fort Sam Houston for four days beginning January 6.
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W. H.C. Carey
San Antonio
Houston
Miracle Play Group Presents La Pastorela at St. Mary's Hall
Pupils of St. Mary's Spanish department staged La Pastorela a miracle play drawn from thirteenth century Mexican folklore at 4 p.m. in the hall. Miss Jovitn Gonzales organized the production. Following the performance, the traditional Penata breaking will be observed. Cast includes Mary Gertrude Herbier and Grace Looxe among others. choir members span Angilee Davis to Anne Wright. Mrs A M Fischer accompanied as pianist.
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Widl
Mary Gertrude Herbier
Margaret
Louise Marshall
Senta von Knoop
Papeline Strickland
Roxanna Holland
Mary Casey
Jean Bulkley
Grace Geisendorff
Florence Dulaney
Dela Wight
Dorothy Hillier
Eloise Lee- Tigson
Grace Looxe
Ang
Albert Greene
Mary Elizabeth Harper
Landonia Richards
Pauline Strickland
Sue Vaughan
Anne Wright
A. M. Fischer
Tll
Bt Ag
Depositors Receive 35 Percent Dividend in Brownsville
Depositors of the defunct Texas State bank were paid 35 percent, totaling $80,000 in Brownsville on December 13. The payout was funded by a $60,000 RFC loan and recent bank collections.
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Brownsville
Texas State Bank
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Century of Progress
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