Heights Pups and Movies Boost Alamo Heights School
Alamo Heights district installs complete film projection gear and the first Texas school heater to expand visual education. Superintendent J F Howard says slides and silent films already aid courses from literature to science, with a new talkie projector to be used for classroom work and limited entertainment screenings.
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Alamo Heights
Bret
Ion Pictures
Howard
Woman Wins Fiat Prize in Santa's Trail Contest
Mrs. Eileen Reese wins $35 first prize in The San Antonio Light Santa’s Trail contest. Friday judges announce second and third prizes to Gladys Birdsong and Elmela Burk, with many others awarded gifts and credits from local merchants including desks, cookware, and theater tickets.
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Busse Place
San Antonio
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Tercide Drive
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Avant Street
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Margaret Wright
Virginia Boulevard
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Reece Optical Company
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Mamous Avenue
Pecknd Hills
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Monterey Streets
J. B. Eisk Tire Company
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Marjorie Barry
Jacke Gam
Ernestine Chavez
Hilla Stark
Fannie Pearl Stevenson
Jon Lulchow
Roy Breant
Lloyd L. Butler
New Zealand Debt Offer Declined by British Government
Wellington December 23 The British government said it did not wish to withdraw or modify its offer of suspension to the dominions at the Hoover moratorium and replied to New Zealand's voluntary proposal to resume payments on its war debt to the United Kingdom.
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Wellington
United Kingdom
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Plan to Bar Alien Workers Approved in Canada Border Area
Plan approved by Commissioner General McCrary to bar alien workers within 647 miles of the Canadian border. The program aims to control labor in construction of public buildings and related public works. Officials say it will be profitable and enable local operation with new measures in place.
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McCrr
Jersey Governor Refers Georgia to Own Action
Trenton New Jersey December 2 Governor Moore answered critics of Georgia Governor Russell who attacked New Jersey for refusing to extradite Robert Elliott Burns the ex fugitive from a Georgia chain gang Moore said he could only refer Russell to the Puller case Fuller a fugitive wanted in New York on a 125000 robbery charge authorities in Grorela where Fuller hid refused to sign extradition papers
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Grorela
Puller
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Papera
Double wedding links two families in Baltimore
In Baltimore on December 28 a double wedding united Samuel T. Anderson with Misa Mary C. Pattison and Samuel’s father Absalom Anderson with Mary’s mother Clara Anderson. The couples wed, entwining stepfamily ties as spouses become in law step relations across generations. A contact line for rental property, Mary Lou, Fannin 1231, appears at the end.
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Baltimore
Samuel T. Anderson
Misa Mary C. Pattison
Tyro
Samuel
Absalom Anderson
Mary
Clarace Anderson
Oath Sunday for Officers at Besar County Courthouse
District Attorney Walter Tynan explains that all elected officers must be sworn in by law, or the county would be without government for four days. The oath likely occurs Sunday morning, January 1, at the commissioners court room, with any notary public able to administer the oath.
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Ganday
Allorey
Walter Tynan
Abe
Ake Ogih
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Tynan
Commie Sinners Court
Capitol Offices Closed for Yale
All state departments at the state capitol were closed today for the Christmas holidays. State employees received their December salary warrants yesterday as officials and workers headed home nationwide. In Granada, hundreds of unemployed marched the streets. rioters stormed a grocery, breaking windows and stealing food before guards dispersed them.
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Byala
Roosevelt rejects Hoover plan for international cooperation
Albany Dec 23 Franklin D Roosevelt rejected the Hoover White House plan for joint action on foreign problems deeming it undesirable to assent to cooperation. He offered a practical program and asked to work through representatives to study world debts disarmament and economic issues.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ponisic
White House
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Yam
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Washington
Executive
Samuel J. Rosenman
Justike Rosenmett
Roosevel
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Hoover
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Fils Associates
General Sales Tax Drills Launched in Congress
A campaign for enactment of general sales or excise taxes by both houses began today as lawmakers consider new tax legislation after Christmas. Advocates seek revenue, beer legislation alignment, and presidential approval, while noting expiring gasoline taxes and the need to balance the federal budget before the new administration.
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Southern Pacific cuts Waco to Yoakum fares for trial
Southern Pacific proposes lower passenger rates on the Waco to Yoakum branch to test demand. Beginning January 1, regular passenger fares above the branch line will drop from 3.6 cents per mile to 4 cents. The reduced fares will be in effect for 90 days, announced by Ed Mac Cranahan, assistant general passenger agent in San Antonio.
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Waco
Yoakum
Ed MaCranahan
Generl Pre
San Antonin
Dassen
Extra Deputies on Holiday Duty in Buckby County
Sheriff Albert Hausser announced extra deputies would work through the Christmas season. He planned to keep six deputies on night duty at the Buckby county jail instead of reducing staff for holidays. The move aims to handle holiday mercy making and usual incidents during December.
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Aix
Buxpy
Weather Forecast Fragment From Parkersburg Daily
Fragmentary weather notes describe conditions for Friday with mentions of rain and temperature ranges. Local references include time estimates and a forecast tone typical of early 20th century public notices. The unreadable OCR limits full clarity but indicates a general daily forecast style and numeric hints.
Injured Worker Flags Train to Prevent Wreck
In Vincennes Indiana an injured railway worker, Paul White, lay with a broken leg beside the track near Bruson after a speeder wrecked by a spike. He waved a flag to stop an approaching train on the Chicago and Eastern Illinois line, aided by Mrs. William Tindall who pulled him from the wreckage. The exact cause of the spike’s entry remains unknown.
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Paul White
Bruson
White
W. Spike
Reila
United
Chitaga
Tiliwela
William Tindall
Hoover Transfer Opposed in Senate
Senator Carey Republican Wyoming introduced a measure opposing President Hoover's proposal to move the interior department to the agriculture department. The bill marks the first direct step in the senate session to challenge the chief executive's reorganization plan.
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Senate
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Robber Gang Loots Texas Post Office at Richland
Report from Corsicana Texas dated December 28 describes a gang knocking the door knob from a building near Richland ten miles north of Chineina and looting the post office. They took stamps valued at 250 dollars, a valuable watch, and a quantity of narcotics or narcotic-like items.
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Corsicana
Texas
Richland
Chisiina
Darrow Wins New Trial in McWilliams Case
Clarence Darrow and co counsel won a new trial for Ruel Williams McWilliams, whose death penalty was overturned by the State Supreme Court. The high court remanded the case to live inquiry in a Nebrago county court for reconsideration after upholding earlier reversals. The original trial led Judge Fisher to sentence McWilliams to death, with venue objections raised by defense counsel.
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Capaw
Staite Supreme Court
Ruel] McWalliams
Q Sagend
High Court
Arthur E. Flaher
Fisher
Wir- Nebago
Petried
Fishey
Judge McCrory Stricken by Influenza Illness
Judge W. W. McCrory of Ninety fourth district is reported ill with influenza and confined at home after a slight attack. The illness was described as a mild case with a brief confinement expected.
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W. W. McCrory
Djatvich
Hla Howe Priday
Robbery at Southside Grocery Ends With Arrest
In Brady on December 25 a bandit robbed the Southside grocery state of 2 dollars from the cash register as Days Carson, a market man, was held up. A suspect was arrested by Sheriff Love Kimbrough.
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Brady
Carson
Sherrie Love Kimbrough
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