Social Events Mark Holiday Season in San Antonio
Debutantes and society figures host a week of dinners buffets and parties in San Antonio. Miss Mary Katherine Philips, Miss Virginia Kirkland, and Miss India Kerr attendances at homes and hotels, with theater outings and bridge luncheons. Guests include debutantes Miss Margaret Jordan Miss Mary Louise Price and Miss Betty Connell among many others at the Menger St Anthony Country Club and Ethel Brown Tea Room venues.
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Mary Katherine Philips
Virginia Katherine Kirkland
Albert Maracheau
Anne Dickinson
Ethel Brown Tea Room
Augusta Street
Mary Louise Price
J. E. Pennington
Margaret Jordan
Suiper
Nelson Lytle
Dorothy McCamphbell
James B.mccampbell
William Price
Charles C. Cresson
Ezra Connell
Margaret Jamison
India Kerr
Virginia
Katherine Kirkland
Mary, Lupe
Virginia Fisher
Elizabeth Richardson
Bonney Venable
Eloise Carr
Katherine Davis
Betty Connell
Marjorie Adams
Mary Katherine Kemper
Elizabeth Johnson
Harriett Sprasve
Bess Spears
Red Cross San Antonio Office Saved From Closure
The Bexar County Red Cross board met in the Oppenheimer Building and unanimously decided to continue the San Antonio office. Miss Hanna Hirschberg reported $4081.72 remains from the $7124.26 campaign for 1998 expenses, with the rest going to national offices. New directors are Mrs. J. J. Stearne, Mrs. Phillip Pfeiffer, and Winchester Kelso Jr. Officers were re-elected, and Adele Staacke will oversee hospital garment work for veterans and Canal Zone efforts.
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San Antonio
American Red Cross
Bexar County
The
Red Cross
Oppenheimer Building
Hsuna Hirshberg
National Red Cross
Washington
J. J. Stearne
Phillip Pfeiffer
Winchester Kelso Jr
W. &. Ewing
A. B. Weakley
George Gillette
Hanna Hirschberg
A. H. Viper
Southwestern Division
Canal Zone
Adele Staacke
Rain presented at Royal theater with strong cast
The Royal theater staged W. Somerst Maughan's Rain on Monday night with Hilda Vaughn starring as Sadie Thompson. C Norman Hammond as Rev. Alfred Davidson impressed, as did Kenneth Fox as Sergeant Handsome O Hara. The drama, a bold handling of fragile themes, follows the reform effort and its downfall amid a pervasive rain motif. Rain weekday encore scheduled for Tuesday.
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Somerset. Maughan
Miss O My Son
Royal Theater
Hilda Vaughn
Sadie Thompson
Miss Vaughn
C. Norman Hammond
Alfred Davidson
Kenneth Fox
Handsome O'Hara
Davidson
Accidental Hanging of Boy Near Feed Barn
Charlie Meyer 44 year old son of Mr and Mrs Joh Meyer living southwest of here accidentally hanged himself Monday while playing around a feed barn where his father was at work.
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Bratrich
Charlie Meyer
Joh Meyer
Here
OWL MEN HAVE 24 WITNESSES READY
The federal case against four directors of Walker Consolidated Petroleum Company of Dallas proceeds in Birmingham with 24 defense witnesses on hand. The government wrapped its case after 15 witnesses. defense argues 1920 financial downturn caused issues, not stock manipulation.
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Birmingham
Walker Consolidated Petroleum Company of
Dallas
Menastom Hopson
Beard
General Financial
A. W
Stock Walker
Com
Pany
Harold Walker
D. Sidney
Townsley’s Appeal Refused by Court
Georgetown Texas December 16 Motion for a new trial overruled in Alvin Townsley murder case in Criminal District Court by Judge James R Hamilton. Townsley sentenced to life imprisonment for the death of Charles Fields during a football game in Giddings October 17. Notice of appeal filed to Court of Criminal Appeals.
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Georgetown
Tex
Alvin Townsley
Criminal District Court
James R. Hamilton
Townsley
Charles Fields
Giddings
Court of Criminal Appy
Bogus Colonel Harvey Dupes New Yorkers in Swindle
A bogus Colonel George Harvey is sought by detectives in New York on complaints from several residents who allege he swindled them. One victim, Harry Voight, who rents luxury automobiles, says he was duped after believing the gray haired man was the former ambassador to the Court of St James.
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New York
George Harvey
Harry ‘Voight
Court of St. James
Cold Wave Bearing Down on Nebraska From Northwest
A northwest cold front neared Nebraska as Omaha reported near twenty degree drop before midnight. The milder noon reading yesterday contrasted with the late night chill, underscoring a broad Arctic air advance into the state.
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Nebrask
Omaha
Dee
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Miss Frances Skinner
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J. S. Kampmann
Hosea
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Ann Beth Price
Sweetbriar College
W.C. Price
Page Venable
Sweetbriar
Charles
Venable
Pettigrew Rucker
Mexico City
Fort Sam Houston
Laura Virginia Adams
St. Anthony Hotel
Totsie Tarrant
Monticello Seminary
Fred Taxsant
Edward Ellsworth Ferrey
Marenerite Bass
Louise White
Lillian Dwyer
Fred Goetting
Kathryn McNeel
Manet Johnson
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Sol Saper
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Henry P. Downe
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Tiffany's
Blum’s
Blum
Kayser
Phoenix
Phoeniix
McCallum
Trinity Plate
Dainty Voiley
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Pitluk Advertising Co., Commerce, and
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