South Texas Chamber Plans For 1927 Agenda
The South Texas Chamber of Commerce outlines early 1927 aims including highway department funding, opposition to the Box immigration bill, Capper-Teindler bill resistance, and a challenge to repeal a policy affecting insurance rates. R W Morrison announces letters to affiliated chambers and a January 5 board meeting in San Antonio to name a manager for the reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Texas Characer of Commerce
State Highway Department
R. W. Morriser
South Texas
Morrison
San Antonio
Women urged to drop feministic ideas in politics
New York report quotes Sarah Schuyler Bul crew Miss Butler, daughter of Nicholas Murray Butler, urging women to drop sex-conscious ideas and focus on work in the political field. She says the feminist crusade is near end and calls for action from the ward to the gate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sarah Schuyler
Miss Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
United States
Leaking Oil Pipe Blamed For Fire In Apartments
Early Wednesday a leaking oil pipe in the heating system sparked a fire in the Lee apartments at 200 East Locust Street. The blaze endangered several residents, caused about 200 dollars damage, and was extinguished within minutes after starting around seven. Dr. C. S. Venable rooms suffered smoke damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
East Locust Street
Dr. C. $. Venable
Hall-Mills Case Pig Woman Near Death Receives Flowers
Mrs. Jane Gibson known as the Pig Woman in the Hall-Mills Case is reported near death by physicians. Her hospital room is filled with roses sent after a last Christmas hunt, though hospital staff will not confirm she sent them. She has been ill since she testified in court during the murder mystery proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fersls Vers
Jen
Jane Gibson
Hall-Mills
Sho
Incendiary Fire Damages Poizat Building in Manta
A December 28 fire in Manta caused about 500000 in damage to the Poizat building. Police suspect incendiary origin amid extensive partial destruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manta
Pi—Vire
Poizat
Tobin Brothers Share Mayor's Desk In City Hall
Two Tobins sit at the mayor's desk: John W. Tobin serving as mayor and his brother Charles M. Tobin of San Diego noted in the same city government context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobins
John W. Tobin
Charles M. Tobin
San Diego
Have Reunion Cal Here for a Holiday Visit
LA mayor attends rare reunions during a holiday visit, the high points of his life marked by these gatherings rather than city events.
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Cal
L. A
Crash saves a child in Terrible Hogpitn incident
In Uniontown Pennsylvania Belly Coughanour 38 in distress with a bone from a Christmas turkey sticking in her throat was saved when a father crashed his car en route to a hogpit, the impact throwing her to the floor and a turkey bone found beside her. doctors said she would have died before reaching hospital otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Dee
Coughanour
Coughanone
Hetty
Cow Rampage Kills Horse and Four Die in Sofia
In Sofia on Christmas Day a cow rampaged through the streets wounding thirty and killing four, including women and children. Mounted police pursued the animal as it charged, killing a horse and injuring several officers before a salvo halted the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Service
Sofia
Rechildren
Petition Opposes Funeral Parlor Startup on Garden Street
Acting Mayor Phil Weight learned Tuesday that residents in the 300 block of Garden Street are circulating a petition opposing the establishment of an undertaking parlor there. The request to operate was fired Monday by the city commission and must be read twice more before action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Weight
Garden Street
Radio May Indicate Activity of Sun
Radio observations may reveal sun activity within twenty five years says Dr Michael J Pupin of Columbia University. He argues radio static and fading provide clues to solar structure and behavior as science advances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Der
Michael J. Pupin
Columbia University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Mayor's Relative Praises Flood Dam as Biggest Project
Charles M. Tobin brother of Mayor John Tobin visits San Antonio to laud the Olmos Creek flood dam as a major regional development. He says the completed dam will attract investment by removing flood fears and highlights San Antonio's reduced risk since the 1921 flood. Tobin, former New York resident, served in France and is now vp of William Kettner Insurance in San Diego.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olmos Creek
Charles M. Tobin
John WW
Tobin
William Kettner Insurance Company
San Diego
Cal
Mr. Tobin
San Antonio
New York
France
California
Kettner Company
Chamber of Commerce to hold year-end meeting
The board of directors will meet at the Menger Hotel Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock to review 1926 and discuss the 1927 program. Annual reports from all departments will be presented, followed by a business session and dinner, with R W Sorsison presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boacd
Chamber of Commerce
Menger
Porter Whaley
Chamber
R. W. Sforsison
Ex Secretary Fall Rests After Pneumonia Attack
Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, is resting after a pneumonia attack. He contracted pneumonia on his return from Washington where he was acquitted of conspiracy charges linked to naval oil scandals and lease transactions with his lifelong associate E. L Doheny, the oil magnate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert B. Fall
Hiter Lor
Fall
Warshington
E. L E. Doheny
Sil
New Year dances and music at local venues
Theo Artzt's orchestra leads a New Year Eve dance at the Midway on Frio road with music by E. 5. Homen's Merry Bakers. A Wednesday night dance at Fest Hall features Midnight Gwisoreh. EB J. Homen's Morrimakers perform. Old-time dance at Madona Tuesday night. Yeard-time dance at Hetotes on Bendera road invites all with horns and fun for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frio
der. Bist
E. 5
Homen
Gwisoreh
Tadv
EB. J. Homen
Morrimakers
Madona
Hetotes
Bandera Road
San Antonio Wholesale Market Faces Holiday Price Shifts
The San Antonio wholesale market saw abundant vegetables after the pre Christmas rush. Green beans fell from 3.50 to 3.90 per bushel, cauliflower to 0.75, English peas rose to 5.59. A carload of Rosedale grapefruit arrived, with prices 3 to 95 per box. Turkeys dropped to 0.41 per lb, Tenn Ball oranges and Red Bell lemons priced around 4 to 5 per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
M. Goldsmith
Gugenheim-Goldsmith Company
Rosedale
Rio Grande Valley
L. B. Vickers
Cone Mission
Trust
Vickers
Thomas McCrary
McCrary Produce Com
Local Produce Prices at Wholesale Market Amid Variety of Staples
Farmers received varied prices for vegetables and fruits at the local wholesale market. squash four dollars per bushel, potatoes 2.75 per bushel, celery 1.28 per dozen, and várias others such as green beans five dollars per bushel, tomatoes 1.50 per crate, and cranberries six dollars per box. Poultry prices included hens sixteen cents per pound and turkeys thirty one cents per pound, with poultry crates listed for candied meat items at nine dollars per crate.
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Bom
Focal
Rich Girl Embraces Cloistered Life in Brown Habit
Helen M. Cane a San Francisco society girl gave up the gay social life and luxury to enter the austere Poor Clares order. Archbishop F. J. Hanna of San Francisco presided with California dignitaries attending as the bridal veil was laid aside for the brown habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Service
Oakland
Cal
Helen M. Cane
San Francisto
Clates
F. J. Hanna
San Francisco
California
Toy Pistol Bandit Killed by Victim in Chicago Hold Up
In Chicago a robbers party including a girl accomplice and two youths used a toy pistol to threaten a man. Robert Ray, 20, fought back with a real gun and killed one robber while wounding another, leading to the capture of the trio. Local police recovered the weapon used in the attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toy Pistol
Chicago
Der
Robert Ray
Mexican oil firms brace for changes in land and oil laws
In Washington a shift in Mexican policy prompts several big oil companies to adjust holdings in Mexico under new regulations. The state department labels the laws as communistic in theory but expected to cause little diplomatic rupture for now. No new notes are planned as Congress critiques intervention in Nicaragua and prompts caution at the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Mexico
State Department
Mexic¢an
Dallas
Idaho
Congress
Department
Nicaraguna
Bes
Mexican Consul Halts Appeal in Calvert City Riot Case
Consul Carrillo said the state will not take the case to Washington. Governor Ferguson ordered two Rangers to Calvert City to prevent a recurrence and ordered further investigation. In the riot, a group of Negroes and Mexicans were attacked while starting work on a pipeline. one Mexican and two Black workers were wounded by gunfire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galvett City
Miriam A. Ferguson
State Department
Washington
Alejandro P. Carrillo
Ferguson
Calvert City
Carrillo
Tulsa Millionaire Charles Page Dies
Tulsa Oklahoma November 28 Charles Page a 60 year old millionaire industrialist and philanthropist died here after a two week illness from influenza He rose from a brakeman on a Wisconsin railroad to one of the wealthiest men in Oklahoma through his own efforts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ancernationa
Tulsa
Okla
Nev
Page
Industria
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Marine Planes Ready To Leave Kelly Field
After a three day weather delay, three Marine Corps airplanes were prepared to depart Kelly Field for their Atlantis coast home air dome. They arrived from California under the charge of Capt. J. D. Moore Lieut. W. L. McKittrick and Lt Grett C. F. Schmidt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Marine Corps
Kelly Field
Atlantis Coast
California
J. D. Moore
Grett
C. F Schmidt
W.L. McKittric
New Year Pledge Seen Unpopular in New York
A Nesuciated Press canvass finds few people planning to take the old New Year pledge this coming Saturday in New York. The tradition is described as out of date, with no clear volunteers identified among public or private citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Private's Hand Injured by Shell in Fort Saur Houston
Private C. W. Chadwick of the Second Signal Company at Fort Saur Houston was treated in the station hospital Tuesday for injuries to his left hand from a one pound shell explosion. Two fingers were practically torn from his hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Chadwick
Second Signal Company
Fort Saur Houston
Toscanini Leaves Italy for United States Voyage
Arturo Toscanini, renowned conductor, departs Italy for Cherbourg to board a steamer to New York tomorrow. He will pause in Paris en route, signaling his return to the United States after a European sojourn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toscanini
Italy
Miban
Arturo Toscanini
Cherbourg
France
New York
Paris
Prohibition Policy Questioned Over Animal Health Advice
Washington dispatch reports Rep James A Challivan alleges that the agriculture department censored veterinary guidance by omitting a whiskey milk and eggs recipe for horses and cows. He says the change dates back to 18 and criticizes the influence of dry interests on animal health practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Service
Washington
Department of Agtenture
James A. Challivan
Massachusetts
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Police Ball Sale Slated For Pension Fund Event
Tickets for the annual police and firemen pension fund ball will go on sale January 3 after a conference between Police Chief T. C. Milley and Fire Chief J. G. Saran. Ten committees of policemen and firemen will be appointed to sell tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelles and Firemen’s Pension Fund
T. C. Milley
7. G. Saran
Rotary Lions Kiwanis Canopus Optometry clubs postpone joint meeting
The joint night meeting and entertainment at the auditorium has been postponed from January 24 to mid February. W J Simpson of the Rotary club chairs the arrangement committee. The exact date will be announced next week and the speaker will be chosen at the committee’s next meeting. The January date conflicted with a San Antonio Musical Club event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary
Lions, Kiwanis
Canopus
Optimtish
W. J. Simpson
Rotary Club
San Antonio
Radio Airwaves Parade of Music and Talk
A dense listing of radio stations and programs across networks WGN WLS WEAF WBBM and others. Mentions include children's hour orchestra concert quiz and various interludes with names of stations and time slots.
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Ensemble
WEBI
WGN
Spanigh
WAAQ
Contart Wed
WBBM
KEAB
Cone
KPRG
WLS
Poms
WOU
WDAI
School of the Air
WAT
WJ2
WLAV
WMAQ
W' Ok
En Gambie
WSAT
Mt Weaa
WIS
WLW
Wie
Tip
Nes Rene
WEAF
WSAI
WWJ
WCCO
Wiib
WLIS
Sengate Vie
Castle Farm
WORD
WQI
KPRC
HLUS
WBEAP
WHAL
Buckeye
Yakers
Wood
WLIB
Who
Bam
Wincle T
Iitle
Tag P.m. Kdea
Everestra
Bibie
Waic
WPRC
Whozlt
WAP
WBRHM
Teverendy
WWI
WOC
KSD
WHB
Koa
WGY
Hestra
WAC
KTHS
KMOX
Melody Hour
WOX
Red Apple Club
KERG
DOC
Wid
WWAR
WCTO
KSK
WAZ
Udlo
WIZ
Cook Tour
Mu Wok
WBZ
WBAP
Prostam
Chocolate Soldiers
WEAP
ANOA
Pridza
KLDS
Spectals
Kio
KPEN
WREM
WEAL
WON
WQS
KYW
Carnal
KY Theater
WBEM
Mexico to Invite 3000 Exiles Home
Consul Ismael M. Vasquez said the Mexican government plans to repatriate about 3000 Mexican families in Texas. They may return with property exempt from duties. Over 100 families have already come back via Laredo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Texas
San Antonio
Ismael M. Vasquez
Laredo
Alejandro P. Carrillo
Fish Shipment Arrives in San Antonio by Freight
San Antonio officials tout a record fish delivery of 5,100,000 pounds from New York aboard freight cars. The McCrary Produce Company bought the stock for local consumption marking the first such shipment to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Missouti Pacific Thesday
New York
McCrary Produce Company
Steer Rampage Paralyzes City Streets
A Longhorn steer escaped from Stern’s slaughter house on Eleventh Avenue and Fortieth Street and roamed Manhattan for about an hour. Pedestrians fled as the animal charged down the street, toppled fruit stands, and scattered baggage at the New York Steamboat Company. Police officers Schuller and Reiss shot four times, killing the animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universal Service
New York
Eleventh ‘Avenue
Fortieth Street
Stern
Slaughter House
New York Steamboat Company
Schuller and
Reiss
Secret Dry of AC Brushed by Wall Street Prohibition Agent
Bruce Bielaski an undercover prohibition agent testified in court that he has a secret Wall Street office near J W Morgan to testify about attempts to frame him for informing which led to dismissal of ten agents A separate suit revealed an agent ran a Times Square speakeasy with government money to gather information on big Doatleg pers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bruce Bielaski
Prohibition
Wall Street
J. W. Morgan
John C. Schilling
Wielaski
Times Square
Suspect Pleads Guilty in Farmhouse Killings Near Here
Leo Balterman pleaded guilty to a first degree under charge in the killings of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haltermans at their farm home near Washington Courthouse Ohio last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Courthouse
Leo Balterman May
Charles Halterman
Here
Dallas Fed Review Sees November Business Holds Despite Cotton Slump
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports November business in the Eleventh District remained solid despite the cotton market decline. Retail and wholesale distribution stayed high, department store sales fell less than usual, credit demand eased, and oil output reached a fresh monthly high of over 20 million barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Eleventh Reserve District
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Therny Peere
Amit
Bost
Holesale
Diser
Ocrobee
Taith
Federal Reserve Bank
United States Treasury
Eatal
Weather synopsis for San Antonio and regions
The report outlines tonight and Wednesday conditions across Texas and nearby areas. It notes fair, colder weather with near freezing lows in San Antonio and interior regions, frost along the coast, and light precipitation chances in Kansas City and St. Louis with chilly temperatures and northerly winds.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Rio Grande Valley
West Texas
Panhandle
Kansas City
St. Louis
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Weere
South Texas C. of
Tobin Brothers
Baker Corporation
BE. Jarratt Jomyany
B. F. Dittmar Co
We K. Ewing Co. Inc
W. G Munrose
Theo Artzt
Mission
Hertzberg's
Rearl
Brisner
Amerigan Oilotang
Charles Page
Eleventh Reserve
Call Crockett
Artie Collins
St. Anthony Hotel
Sqledad Street
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