Officers Fire Bullets At Suspects In City Chase
Police exchanged shots with suspects who fled into the night after an early morning arrest near Hoffman House Bar on College Street. A youth, arrested for tampering, leaped from a patrol wagon, fell 20 feet from a bridge into the riverbank, and was held for inquiry. Detectives Hopkins and Vogler fired at a car full of Mexicans near J A Harris Dry Goods Company as they fled toward Monterey Street, but the suspects escaped in the dark streets.
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Shen
Edgar
Hoffman House
College Street
Black
North Presa Street
Slater
Navarro Street
Carter
Galveston
Hempstead
Hopkins
Vogler
J. A. Harris Drr- Goods Company
Commerce Street
Monterey Street
West Side
Accident at Blanco and West Woodlawn injures nurse and baby
A nurse Joe Ann Skinner and a baby suffered minor bruises when a small car overturned at Blanco road and West Woodlawn avenue after colliding with a large touring car driven by Frank Grande. The three occupants escaped serious harm as a tire plug bent at a sharp angle. The crash site, called accident corner, is a busy residential intersection awaiting traffic lights and police control.
Gapp led Boy Faces Care Amid Charities Aid
Carlos, a disabled child cared for by Associated Charities staff, lives with his grandmother after a fall left him paralyzed. His father is unknown and his mother died at his birth. He has slept on a cot and in a red wagon as doctors consider possible surgery while the grandmother fears for his life.
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Carlos
Associated Chari Stoie
Manuela Simental
Associated Charities
Miss Simental
Xmas Fireworks Are Yours for the Asking
A strange city notice explains two sticks of dynamite are available at the detective headquarters for lawful disposal. M M Morrow turned over the explosives after two men, said to be well diggers, left them at his home on December 11 and never returned. The vacant detective office has housed the dynamite since, with attempts to remove it failing.
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M. M. Morrow
City retires part of bond issue for 1924 improvements
City pays 217 500 toward principal and interest on the 4 350 000 improvement bond issue approved last December. An ordinance transfers 24 790 from the general interest fund to the alloys sinking fund of the 1924 bond issue. Mayor Tobin and the council respond to a petition from Grayburgs Oil refinery neighbors about a new vacuum system reducing odors, pledging to abate nuisance while permitting a new pipeline.
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Alloys
John W. Tobin
Grayburgs
Roosevelt Avenue
Fr. J. Thomson
Pre Company
Oil Company
Vial Station
Scouts Prepare to Begin Construction of Central Training Center
Alamo Council, Boy Scouts of America takes preliminary steps to erect the Joske memorial central training center. Judge William Fly named building committee chairman with authority to contract and oversee erection. Nominating committee proposed officers for council. next meeting in January for election. Discussion on Community Chest integration cited, with officers tasked to form official position. Building committee also includes Arthur Michael, William Chuck, Frederick Oppenheimer, Julius Holmgreen, R. C. Edgar and Willard Simpson.
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Boy Scouts ‘Central Training Center
Joske
Alamo. Council
Boy. Scouts of America
William
Judge Wy
Kiam Biffer
Jal
Arand Walter
Neil
Boy Scout Organization
Arthur Michael
William Chuck, Dy
Frederick G. Oppenheimer
Julius Holmgreen
R. C. Edgar
Willard Simpson
Postoffice Force Increased for Rush in San Antonio
San Antonians mailing Christmas parcels and cards caused a substantial increase in postoffice personnel with more to be added as Christmas day nears. Postmaster P G Lucas announced three parcel post booths at Wolff and Marx Joske Brothers and The Fair with an experienced supervisor. Insured packages registered mail incoming city mail and Station A departments have been supplemented with additional help.
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San Antonians
P. G. Lucas
Wolff and Marx
Joske Brothers
Station A
Man Fined for Possession of Marihuana in Corporation Court
Bruce Moore, 21, was fined $100 in corporation court Tuesday for unlawful possession of marihuana. He was arrested at about 5 AM near the J.G.N. warehouse by Detective Harvey and Railroad Officer Stephenson. Two marihuana cigarettes were found in his trouser cuffs.
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Bruce Moore
Corporation Court
J.G.N
Harvey
Stephenson
Texas to spend nearly fifteen million on roads next year
Texas will devote about 15 million dollars to the designated highway system in the coming year. Federal aid totaling 4,410,160 dollars has been appropriated by Congress and allocated to Texas and will be available despite possible federal policy changes.
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Austin
Texas
Feder
Congress
Ferson
Grove's Tasteless Chile Tonic Strengthening Effect
A vintage advertisement extols Grove's Tasteless Chile Tonic promising a strengthening invigorating effect that restores color and appetite, appealing to readers with the image of a hungry boy feeling revived.
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GROVE
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