Firemen Save Family From Blaze At Judge Body Works
A mother Mrs. A H Anderson and her two children Juanita ten and Arthur Lee 5 owed their lives to an unknown man who found the blaze at the Judge Body Works Burnet and Mesquite streets Sunday and guided them from the apartment above the burning factory Three firemen were slightly injured fighting the flames which caused about 8000 in damage The injured were District Chief GE Rankin Captain H A Dusting Engine Co No 5 and Hoseman F W Flannigan of Co No 14 Both foot wounds from nails pierced their boots A second Sunday fire damaged a vacant house at Bluebonnet and New Braunfels owned by H Hilliard Firemen also ended a small blaze at the Alton hotel 208 South Alamo Street from a boiler explosion
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Judge Body Works
Burnet
Mesquite
A. H. Anderson
Juanita
Gan
Arthur Lee
Ge, Rankin
H. A. Dusting
F. W. Flannigan
Company No. 14
Henry Russi Monday
Bluebonnet
New Braunfels Avenue
H. Hilliard
Negro in Hospital After Collision Fight on Pleasanton Road
A Bexar County deputy sheriff reported a fight after a Sunday car crash on the Pleasanton road. G W Popten of San Antonio suffered head wounds from a knife attack during an attempt to learn the other car’s number. The attacked party, a local negro, was taken to the Robert E Green hospital with two deep knife wounds in his lungs. The other occupants, including Popten’s son and Frank Rogers, received only minor injuries.
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Atascosa County
Robert E. Green Hospital
G. W. Poplen
San Antonio
Pleasanton Road
G. W. Pop- Ten
J. JH. Popten
Frank Rogers
Tlr
G. W. Popten
Bexar County Deuuty Sheriffs
Robert B. Green
Popten
Cocoa and Beer Jug Change in Breakfast Habits
Arnold S. Rowntree, York cocoa firm vice chairman, told Leeds Club listeners that habits shift industry practices. He cited a transition from beer to cocoa at breakfast since the 17th century, noting cocoa imports rising from 129 tons in 1820 to 57,000 tons by 1915.
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Lecun
Bug
Houston Tragedies Claim Four Victims
In Houston on Sunday night four persons were killed in a string of incidents including a pistol accident, an automobile crash, a knife stabbing, and no hammer fight. The fatalities include two men and two women.
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Houston
Body of Missing London Girl Found
The body of Una Crowe 20 daughter of the late Sir Eyre Crowe was found in the sea today fully clothed. She disappeared a week ago.
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London
Swanage
Dorsey
England
Tee
Una Crowe
Eyre Crowe
Museum to Get Circus Rhinoceros in New Haven
NEW HAVEN December 20. Olu Pil, a rare armored rhinoceros weighing a ton and a half, in his nineteenth year, will be housed in the museum of natural history at Salty, alongside his playmate Yatima, a hippopotamus weighing one ton.
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New Haven
Salty
Yatima
Bell to Be Heard For Thirty Miles Ringing Echo New Year
Philadelphia dispatch reports a Vi-ton bell from England will toll in the new year as a memorial to John Wenamaker. The massive bell is said to be audible for thirty miles and has crossed the Atlantic for this public feature. An auctioneer advertises a sale of household goods in a tight classified column hoping for a prospective buyer.
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Philadelphia
John Wenamaker
England
Rockefeller Sermon Visit Comment Sparks Public Sympathy
Universal Service reports John D. Rockefeller Sr visiting a Florida church, declaring he is not half as ugly inside as outside. He listened to Dr. John A. Richmond, praised the sermon, and greeted laborers after service. Rockefeller, in fine health, attended with grandson David Rockefeller, arriving by Ford carriage in Florida Little White Clapboard Church.
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Universal Service
Daytona
Beach
Fila
John’ D. Rockefeller Sr
John A. Richmond
Florida
Mr. Rockefeller
Mem‘bers
David Rockefeller
la Front
Train Kills Man Walking on Track in Gapfney
Alartin G. Huskey, a local bank official, was killed while walking on the track as the Crescent City Limited, the Southern railway’s crack train, passed through Gapfney on December 20. The incident leaves investigators to determine exact circumstances.
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Gapfney
Alartin G. Huskey
Crescent City Limited
Southern Railway
Girls to Practice Christmas Carols Tonight
The business girls' club of the WW A will meet at 6:20 tonight to practice Christmas carols. They will also discuss Our Neighborhood.
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Business Girls’ Club of
Zangwill Estate Valued At 16335 Dollars
London December 20 Israel Zangwill left an estate valued at 16335 dollars according to his will filed today The noted author died last August The Universal Service reports the estate amount and confirms the bequest details.
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Universal Service
London
Israel Zangwill
Four Chinese Held After Lotto Game Arrest
Four Chinese were in jail after Deputy Sheriff Joe Floreshel arrested them Sunday afternoon while they played a congenial lotto game.
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Jal
Joe Floreshel
Groarkin Confesses Slaying of 6 Year Old Walter Schmidt
Chicago December 20 Harold Groarkin, 26, confessed to killing 6 year old Walter Schmidt in a North Side barn after a voluntary surrender. He said motive arose from fear of the boy telling of the incident and described going after coffee with another boy absent. State's Attorney Crowe called it a hanging case.
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Chicago
Harold, Groarkin
Walter Sclmith
Actio
Crowe
Uroarkin
Walter
Groarkin
Marriage Bared at End of Year
New York reports Elise Rizer and Aage Woldike announcing their marriage after a year of secrecy. The bride says marriage is a good thing but theirs was the only safe path, relying on a cautious approach to ensure permanence.
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New York
Elise Rizer
Aage Woldike
Artress
Trousers Foreseeed For Women in 1957
Paul Poiret and Carrie Chapman Catt discuss fashion shifts in a New York context. Poiret predicts women will wear trousers, writing in the Forum that the change will be as inevitable as bobbed hair, but dates general adoption to 1957.
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New York
Paul Poiret
Carrie Chapman Catt
M. Poire
Four children die in West Virginia bed fire near Newburg
In Scotts Hill near Newburg West Virginia four children of Rev and Mrs D F Hines perished when their bed clothing caught fire from a hot iron placed in the beds to keep them warm. Victims aged 1 1/2 to 8 years. A tragic domestic accident reported from the Scotts Hill area.
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Newburg
W. Va
Scotts Hil
Here
D. F. Hines
Seven Die in Pleven Private Hospital Fire
A Bulgarian private hospital in Pleven burned, killing seven people including the proprietor his family and three patients. The blaze occurred in Vienna reported dispatches noting the deadly fire and casualties.
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Vienna
Pleven
Bulgaria
Prince William of Sweden to Tour United States as Private Citizen
Stockholm December 26 reports Prince William of Sweden plans a private tour of America as a gentleman traveler. He will study the people and avoid official duties, following Queen Maria’s example, with no official functions during the visit.
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I Prince of Sweden
America
Stockholm
United States
Maria Seft
William of
Sweden
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