Costly meal cites theft spree in El Paso area
A late supper at a cafe near El Paso and Colorado streets ended with thefts including a trunk of $500 in clothing belonging to C Hester’s wife. Police described a suspect as the “meanest man” after a toy wagon theft and noted numerous other pilferies across several addresses, from chickens to jewelry and a camera. Authorities sought a burglar who took four cases of cigarettes and a radio from a Seguin warehouse.
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Hester
Dallas Street
el Paso
Colorado
Mary D. Buchanan
Alamo Dental Supply Company
Medical Arts Building
Nick's Place
Guadalupe Street
Getinide Garza
Matagorda Street
George H. Marlindwe
Parkhill Drive
Ai Inn
Seguin
A. W. Baewert
Guadalupe County
Rev Israel Noe to Lead Proposed Memphis Parish
MEMPHIS Tenn Des 20 The Commercial Appeal reports Rev Israel Harding Noe former dean of St Marys cathedral who was removed last January during a 22 day fast may become rector of a new Episcopal parish in Memphis The petition for the parish would be presented to the diocesan convention next month requiring 20 signers Noe for 17 years led St Marys Bishop Maxon who ousted him called the fast a vanity and said he had not heard of the new parish move He and Noe would not comment
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Memphis. Tenn. Des
Israel Harding Noe
St. Mary's
Memphis
Chattanooga
Fem
James M. Maxon
Maxon
Noe
German Claims Aired Before Mixed Claims Commission
Washington wired report says charges of fraud and perjury were presented by both sides. US agent Bonynge urged reversal of the 1932 Hamburg decision holding Germany not responsible for the Black Tom and Kingsland sabotage. German agent Dr Pauliy called the American request astounding and said two American witnesses were liars. The commission adjourned to January 16 for oral arguments and January 12 for rebuttal evidence.
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Washington
Robert W. Bonynge
United States
Hamburg
Germany
Black Tom and
Kingsland
N. J
Reich
Richard Pauliy
Commission
Owen J. Roberts
Texan Falls In Shaft At Hotel
New Orleans Dec 20 Joseph McClure 49 chief accountant in the United States Army at Galveston Texas fell five floors through a conduit shaft in a local hotel. He was removed to a hospital in an undetermined condition. Hotel attendants said McClure, a hotel guest, opened the shaft door by mistake.
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New Orleans
Joseph McClure
United States Army
En~ Gingers
Galveston
Texas
McClaire
Delivery Boy Bandit Robs Sixth Local Drug Store
Sant Antonio police pursued the so called Delivery Boy Bandit who robbed a Summers drug store delivery boy at 800 block Furr drive Monday night. The youth, wearing a blue suede jacket and dark checked pants, had demanded a $5 charge and fled with merchandise. Detectives Otto Leichman and A B Ness continue the probe as the string of six robberies in a week draws concern among stores and responders.
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Sant Antonio
Raymond Garza
North Cherry Street
Predericksburg
Furr Drive
TD. m. J
Garza
Gavan
Otto Leichman
A. B. Ness
Bouncing Bed Puzzler Near Powell Mountain
In Jonesville Virginia on December 2 a rural tale of witchery and a bouncing bed haunts 9 year old Bertha Marie Sybert. Neighbors and a Baptist minister note tremblings in the bed and the child reports a pale white animal seen before the noises began. The family hosted a delegation to witness the phenomena as locals seek a tangible cause for the unsettling nightly raps and quakes.
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Jonesville
Powell Mountain
Virginia
Bertha Marie Sybert
Rebecca
Jane Sybert
Bertha
Janet Flanary
Sandsbrings
Mirs
Syhert
Business advisory council may resign to influence new secretary
Washington reports the four prominent industrialists and financiers of the commerce department advisory council plan to resign to test the next secretary of commerce's approach. They attended meetings without pay, hoping to leave a favorable impression for their influence on the new appointee.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Business Advisory Council
Daniel C. Roper
Quilt
Harry J. Hopkins
WPA
Hopkins
Te Business Council
White House
Mexico Plans Two New Taxes on Banks and Power
Mexico pushed two tax proposals, one up to 50 percent on bank profits outside standard banking, the other a 10 percent tax on electric power use. The bank bill passed the lower house, the power tax also. Both aim to raise revenues and are retroactive to 1938 dealings.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Chamber
Lazaro Cardenas
Foreig Exchange
Rivas 74 San Antonio native dies after long service
Rivas doe, 74, lifelong San Antonio resident and great grandson of Antonio Hivas who came to Texas with Canary Island settlers in 1756, died Tuesday at home. He worked 51 years for the San Antonio Public Service Co, member of Street Railway Employees Union 684. Funeral 4 p m Wednesday from residence, San Fernando Cathedral service by Rev D Zaldivar, burial in San Fernando Cemetery No 2. Survived by widow Sara Torres Rivas, sons Thomas J Rivas and Dan L Rivas, daughter Sara Rivas, brother Ed Rivas, sister Concepcion Garza, and two grandchildren.
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Doe Rivas
San Antonio
Antonio Hivas
Texas
Canary Island
San ‘Annt Public Service Company
Emprayes Union
San Fernando Cathedral
D. Zaldivar
San Fernando Cemetery No. 2
Angelus Funeral Home
Sara Torres Rivas
Thomas J. Rivas
Galveston
Dan L. Rivas
Sara Rivas
Ed Rivas
Conception Garza
Child Killed En Route to Buy Mother Gift
A 10-year-old girl Marla Ara Viking? died after a bus struck her while she hurried to fetch a Christmas present for her mother in Los Angeles. Dolores Case identified the child at the hospital as details of the fatal accident circulated in local papers.
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Los Angeleb
Uis
Marla
Viking
Gartilona
Smegor
Cuppy
Dolores Caecolor
Wierio
Double Funeral Rites Set for Beaulah Monroe and Daughter Lorine Mallard
Double funeral services for Beaulah Monroe 82 and her daughter Lorine Mallard 15, killed in a Sunday night auto accident near Texarkana, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from Porter Loring's chapel with Rev. J. C. Wilder officiating. Interment is at San Insel burial park. Survivors include Monroe's mother, husband H. G. Monroe of San Antonio, father Jim Reeder of Union City, Tenn, brother Homer Reeder of Fulton, Ky, and sisters Miss Mary Nell Reeder of Fulton, Ky, Bertha Bookout of Huntington, Tenn, and May Avery of Plymouth, Mich. Also injured were Monroe's mother and Vernon Mallard, Monroe's son.
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Beaulah Monroe
Daugher
Lorine Mallard
Texarkana
Porter Loring
J. C. Wilder
San Insel
Monroe
Vacation with pay for city tax office staff
City Tax Commissioner Theo M Plummer says tax office employees will take paid vacations during the slack period between Christmas and New Year to ease workload in spring and summer. Harry Miller and Charles Van Bunker among the first to start vacations, as the plan is an office reform to replace unpaid time off.
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Theo M. Plummer
Plummer
New York’s
Vaesilons
Harry Miller
Charles van Bunker
Wyoming Suffrage Fete Marks Pioneering Vote Rights
Wyoming sets a fete for December 10 to honor a generation since the day when Wyoming territory granted women the vote. It notes Wyoming as the first territory to grant suffrage, a historic milestone in women’s rights.
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Wyoming
Wyoming Territory
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Israel Haring Noe
Wherry
Milady
National Electric
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TAM
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Watson M. Pratchty
Pacific
Kahuku Point
Oahu
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Kaene Point
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ST. Marys
A. J. Walser
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