Prowlers Roaming San Pedro Area Loot Numerous But Unsatisfied
A San Antonio police report details a wave of thefts as burglars hit homes, businesses, and cars around Houston Avenue to Santa Stores Street. Items stolen include butter, eggs, overcoats, wallets, and clothing. Police suspect a Mexican gang using cars to jump parked vehicles. The article notes other oddities and humorous bits amid the crime reports.
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Laurel Shop
San Pedro Avenue
Brack Roberts
Pelmetto Avenue
R. H. Mathews
Fulton Avenue
Clorkroom
Wrayis Fark Methodist Church
Ellen
K. Dunne
Seal Street
College and
St. Mary's
Soleet Grocers Company
North Flores Street
Trek
Main Plaza
Hugh McIntyre
San Antonio Machine & Supply Company
Houston
Stewart Wheeler
Main Avenue
Joint committee pushes forward on postage boost bill
Washington dispatch reports the joint Senate and House postal sub committee pressing hearings on the administration rate increase bill. The aim is to finish hearings early in the week and present a report to the Senate.
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Washington
Jolt Post Office
Senate
House
Administration
Incomplete historical report on Senate bill and veto timing
A garbled inquiry notes a committee meeting to report a bill to the Senate before President Coolidge considers a postal salary increase veto. The text suggests a unanimous agreement to act early next week, but the wording is fragmentary and unclear. The passage mentions a negress in a violent context and discusses legislative steps around the salary bill.
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Senate
Coolidge
Burglar Ransacks Rische Home for Jewelry and Clothes
A thief broke into E. B. Rische’s residence at 126 Groveland Place between 8:30 and 9:00 PM Sunday while Rische visited a hospital. Over 35 dollars worth of jewelry and clothing vanished, with valuables taken through a rear window. The couple’s return from the hospital revealed the ransacked home and missing items.
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E. B. Rische
Groveland Place
Mr. Rische
Ne Rische
Lady Rum Sleuth Makes Appearance in Washington
In Washington on December 20, Tarry M. Quickett, head of the Prohibition Enforcement Bureau's local division, plans to import 12 extra operatives for New Years patrols. About half are expected to be women, with reservations for formal attire as Washington moves from 1924 to 1925.
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Washington
Tarry M. Quckett
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
Lucketté
Sahara
Air defense call to action by nation’s editors
A column urges U S editors of country weeklies to push air defense and dirigible demonstrations. It argues for government action replacing outdated battleships, proposing transcontinental flying ships carrying planes as peace proof and deterrent, with mass editorial influence aimed at Congress and public.
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England
India
Hus
Europe
United States
Pacific
Uncle Sam
MI6
Underwood Brother Supports Shoals Use Over Public Control
Mr Wierwood, brother of Senator Underswood, argues for private development of Muscle Shoals power, claiming his interests lie apart from his brother’s push for public ownership. He credits his career to private loyalty to employers and notes cost advantages seen in Canada. Birmingham Electric, his employer, buys power from Alabama Power. both firms are linked via Electric Bond & Share and controlled by General Electric.
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Tage Onee
Wierwood
Senator Underswood
Lfe
Underwood
Ontario Hydroelectric Power Commission
Canadian
Canada
Mr. Underwood
America
Birmingham Electric Company
Oneral
Birmingham
Alabama Power Company
Electric Bond & Share Company
General Electric Company of
New York
Charters Granted in Austin Texas for Lavernia Motor Sales and Fidelity Abstract
Lavernia Motor Sales Company chartered with capital stock of 30,000. Incorporators include G. Martin, BR. WH. Scull, G. E. Scull, P.M. Nickealyon. Fidelity Abstract Company of Cameron chartered with capital stock 19,000. Incorporators include W. A. Morrison, FE. A. Camp, M. G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Dee
Lavernia Motor Sales Company
Lavernia Capical
Silk Cargo Sets Sail for Seattle Inaugural Trade
The Admiral Oriental liner President Jefferson will arrive January 3 to inaugurate Seattle's new shipping gear, carrying an $8,000,000 silk cargo from the Orient. The event marks a major milestone in regional commerce and transoceanic trade.
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Seattle
Admiral Oriental
Jefferson
Major Martin testifies in Forbes case in Chicago
Major Frederick Z. Martin, commander of the Army World Fliers, testifies for the defense in the Forbes Thompson Veterans Bureau conspiracy trial. He questions Elias H. Mortimer, the government’s chief witness, calling his reputation for truth and veracity bad and labeling Mortimer a clever fixer. Other defense witnesses repeat Mortimer’s poor credibility.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Frederick Z. Martin
Army World Fliers
Forbes-Thompson
Veterans’ Bureau
Charles R. Forbes
JW. Thompson
St. Louis
Majc Martin
Washington
Elias H. Mortimer
Veterans’ Hospital
Forbes
Mortimer
Robert
Bishop
Detroit Steel Products Company
Occidental Cafe
Martin
Newton D. Baker
Teo ¥. Lannen
Eol
Lannen
Baker
Chicago Cold Wave Claims Eight Lives Across Regions
A severe cold snap was blamed for eight deaths in Portianu Oregon and one each in Tacoma Reno and Tadianapolis. Michigan reported 50 below zero with Humboldt noted for the United States lowest temperature yesterday. Maine Vermont New Hampshire ranged from 8 to 20 below. St Louis and Kansas City also reported extreme cold, and Niagara River ice jam reached sixteen feet from Horseshoe Falls toward Lake Ontario.
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Portianu
Ore
Tacoma
Reno
Tadianapolis
Michigan
Humboldt
Mich
United States
Siaey
New England
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
St. Louis
Mississippi River
Kansas Prairies
Kansas City
Niagara River
Falls
Horseshoe Falls
Lake Ontario
Mississippi Blocked By Ice
Mississippi river traffic halted from Memphis to Helena as ice floes repopulate along the river. Disruptions forced many craft aground while steamboat operators reported the river frozen between Cane Girar Dean and Hannibal Missouri, with ice thicker than in 1927.
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Memphis
Helena
Ark
Cane Girardean
Hannibal
New York City In Zero's Grip
NYC and nearby states faced icy temperatures with one fatality. Saranac Lake reached 26 below, Niagara River ice 16 feet thick, St Lawrence frozen in places. Mr. Zero failed to march on St Mark's church as police prevented the parade by 27 followers.
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New York
New York City
Upstate
New England
Saranac Lake
St. Mark's Church
Gandy
Enighthmaie
St. Mark's
Zero
Souvenir Hunters Clear Hobart Debris
Souvenir hunters have cleared most debris from the Hobart school house where 25 people died last Wednesday night when a Christmas tree candle sparked a blaze. Hundreds visited the scene and removed charred furniture bolts nails and fragments of heavy window screens that hindered escape. From across the state and distant points curious visitors gaze at the jagged outline and scattered ashes, each taking a memento of the disaster.
World pilots to receive government reward plan
Secretary Weeks approved a plan to reward the army world flight squadron. Captain Lovell H. Smith and three lieutenants would gain promotion lists with 1000 and 500 files each, while two sergeants would be appointed regular officers. All members would get distinguished service medals and may accept foreign decorations if approved by President Coolidge and Congress.
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Washington
Weeks
Army World
Lovell H. Smith
Wade
Nelson
Arnold
Henry H. Ogden
John Harding
War Department
Coolidge
War Secretary
Congress
Yellow Kid Well Held in Swindling Case
Chicago December 20 Joseph Weil known as the Yellow Kid was arrested at a cabaret on a swindle linked to H J Kutter of Hamilton Ohio for 38000 Police expect Kutter to arrive Monday to sign a complaint Weil appeared without his signature beard in disguise with a young woman He claimed to run a legitimate business earning about 9000 annually
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Chicago
Joseph Weil
Yellow Kid
H. J. Kutter
Hamilton
Ohio
Kutter
Weil
Salesman killed in Dallas blaze
In Dallas on December 29 Clifiard Kerns 27 a salesman burned to death LF Cooley TT a Union Army veteran severely burned and many people including women and children escaped from a three story rooming house on 581 Live Oak Street Firefighters rescued Mrs B C Ryan and her one year old Ruth from a thinl floor room Mrs Connor Wills leaped from a third floor window crashed through a garage roof and landed unhurt in the front seat of a car Mr Wills followed with their three month old baby landing on the car also unhurt T A Sills his wife and three children were nearly suffocated on the ground floor before rescuers reached them.
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Dallas
Clifiard Kerns
LF. Cooley
Connor Wills
Mr. Wills
T. A. Sills
Messenger boy linked to mystery of poisoned apple
An American boy, about 13, who visited Miss Rita Bolado at 419 Austin Street on Christmas, is suspected as the messenger who delivered the poisoned apple. Lawyer J H Ragsdale says the boy refused to name himself but could aid in solving the plot. Bolado was taken to Physicians and Surgeons hospital after consuming the fruit.
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Rita Bolado
Austin Street
Herman A. Nestor
Miss Bolado
Good Grade Cotton Raised in County
Cotton in Bexar county was of good to fine quality during the past season with high grading rates. W Clyde Proctor reports over 92 percent graded middling or above, 27 percent of cotton over one inch in staple, and about 200 bales delivered locally, roughly double 1920 figures, with 300 active members in the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Marketing Association chapter. Statewide deliveries through December 22 total 267,200 bales, compared with prior year totals.
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Bexar County
Texas Farm Bureau
W. Clyde Proctor
Association
Delay in motoring urged by Furlong
W H Furlong secretary of the highway department of the chamber of commerce urges postponing pleasure trips until weather clears. Main highways are passable but dangerous the Toustan via Austin road is in good condition traffic is advised to use this road for several days. He advises the use of chains for all travelers.
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W. H. Furlong
Highway Department
The
Chamber of Commerce
Toustan
Austin
Tulsa doctors save nine from gas fumes
Nine persons were overcome by fumes from gas stoves in Tulsa on Sunday. Medical attention averted possible fatalities as reports reached physicians in Tulsa.
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Tulsa
Olla
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