Joint WAAL rate bill hearings push to set postal rate
Washington December 24 The WAAL rate bill committee pressed to approve a postal rate in a revenue rise measure before the Senate votes on the President’s veto. Officials and witnesses including a representative from the accounting firm aiding Postmaster General New and publishers’ groups will testify on cost studies and the allocation of general postal expenses to newspaper movement. The committee aims to report after Christmas and move to the Ball bill while Administration leaders push to have the rate increase bill ready for Senate action by January 5.
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Washington
D. C
Senate
Joint Congressional Committee
Post Office Department
Postmaster General New Hed
Rec
Boy 9 Roams Woods as Friends Seek Him Near San Antonio
Harvey Bowman nine-year-old son of Mr and Mrs P B Bowman of 509 Pruitt avenue wandered the woods near Bub rock road nineteen miles northwest of San Antonio on Tuesday before friends found him near Babcock road and returned him to the city at seven o clock in the evening. Deputies were about to join the search when he was found. He had been with a rioting party of friends and relatives and had entered the woods with two men earlier that day.
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Harvey Bowman
P. B. Bowman
Pruitt Avenue
Bubrock Road
San Antonio
Babcock Road
Famil
Sheriff Office
Perty
Plant Juice touted as wonderful remedy with Texas testimonies
A San Antonio based promotion claims Plant Juice, a juice blend of roots herbs and leaves, cures stomach and nerve troubles. Mrs Kennedy of Waco describes relief after four years of indigestion nausea and nervousness. The Plant Juice Man and free samples publicly demo at Som moors drug store Houston and Navarro streets in San Antonio with sales at Summer's drug stores.
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San Antonio
Gener
SM. ON. Kennedy
South Mhifth Street
Waco
Texas
Sommoors
Houston
Navarro Streets
Pecans and Pennies Robbery Spree Reported
Burglars active Tuesday night targeted local stores and homes. Thieves stole 1000 pounds of pecans from M Ru Tice at South Flores and Cevallos, 100 pennies and three calendar books from Frank De Marco, 101 Nogalitos, pecans selling high, pennies from Modern Garage at 4 Fredericksburg Road, and a family washing from E Thomas at 323 Spruce Street. They failed to break into T E Mumme's store on South Flores.
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M. Ru
Four Banks Refuse Charter Change Halted by Board
A wave of Texas guaranty fund banks seeking new bond bank charters has been halted. The banking board says charter amendments are not allowed and affected banks must wait for the new board to form under the incoming attorney general, treasurer, and banking commissioner. Two new charters were granted, including Texas Bank and Trust Company of San Antonio, after recent examinations.
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Austin
Guaranty Fund
Banking Board
Texas Bank and Trust Company of
San Antonio
Christmas Cantata at First Evangelical Church
A Christmas cantata titled From Many Lands will be presented by First Evangelical Sunday school classes at the church on Pee Jan and Muncey streets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. Professor C A Arnold Sunday school superintendent will preside and Miss Elise Molsa will direct the program.
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First Evangelical
Pee Jan
Muncey Streets
C. A. Arnold
Elise Molsa
Christmas kidnapping ends with rescue in Kansas City
Three baby girls Dorothy Mitchell Daisy Mitchell and Margaret Mitchell were held hostage in a Kansas City private home over an unpaid board bill. Police rescued the children and returned them to their parents Mrs Katherine Parrish.
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Kansas City
Dorothy
Daisy
Margaret Mitchell
Katherine Parrish
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