Liquor Agents Seize 90 Crocks Chinese Beverages
Liquor control agents seized 90 crocks of Chinese liquor and filed charges against Loy Kon of 1127 West Commerce Street for possession and sale of liquor not bearing state revenue stamps. District supervisor Qui Brown noted the beverages were labeled as whisky but age and contents were uncertain due to earthenware jars with varied Chinese characters.
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Qui Brown
The
Liquor Control Board
Loy Kon
West Commerce Street
Brown
Manganese Paving Found on Ocean Floor
Richmond. Dec 29. Discovery of huge pavements of manganese on the ocean floor was reported by Charles Snowden Pigment of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. Manganese is widely used in steel manufacture. Pigment told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that vast slabs cover miles of ocean bottom. origin and form remain unknown.
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Richmond
Charles Snowden Pigent
Carnogie Institution of
Washin
America
Dr. Pigeot
American Association For the Advancement of Science
House Warming Turns Unwelcome At Pershing Ave
Mrs Becker noticed smoke on the anniversary of eight years in their residence at 453 Pershing avenue. Firemen found a blaze inside the front room walls near a wood fireplace. damage estimated at 200 dollars. Later D F Youngblood of South 2 Prison Co. fought a chimney fire at 4444 South Presa street using two chemical extinguishers before city crews arrived.
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W. H. Becker
Pershing Avenue
South Presa Street
Tamarkin Rabbis Speak on Future at Agudas Achimeyna
Rabbi Tamarkin to speak on Facing the Future during regular services at Agudas Achimeyna synagogue at 8 p m Friday with Rev D Kanter and choir leading. Saturday at 9 am Norris Good son of Ed and Mrs Goodfriend of Corpus Christi and former Ban Antonians becomes Bar Mitzvah. Talmud class at 4 15 pm followed by Saturday services.
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Tamarkin
David Tamarkin
Agudas Achimeyna‘gogue
D. Kanter
Norris Good“friend
Alaskan Fishing Trip Waits Rescue
Cordova Alaska December 29 three men on the Ya Bure await calmer weather to allow rescuers to reach their grounded boat on an ice packed Copper River bar. A plane could not land due to gales but a low flying plane dropped food. four of five packages landed on the bar near the craft.
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Cordova
Alaska
Ya- Bure
Copper River
Ya-Bure
Arabs Free Briton as Ransom Is Paid
Louis Le Bouvier British manager of the Ottoman bank arrived in Jerusalem unharmed after an Arab band held him for ransom until friends paid. He carried a passport for safe passage signed by chief Suleiman. The ransom amount was not disclosed.
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Jerusalem
Louis le Bouvier
le Bouvier
Suleiman
Martin Assured of GOP Leadership in House
Washington December report says Representative Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts is assured election as Republican leader of the House. Carl Mapes of Michigan will not run, clearing the way for Michigan delegates to back Martin. only Representative Wadsworth of New York remains as a challenger.
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Martin
Washington
Joseph W. Martin
Massachusetts
House
Carl Mapes
Michicam
Michigan
Wadsworth
New York
Services Set for Kennedy's Mother in Clarksville
Funeral services were to be held this afternoon for Mrs. J. R. Kennedy aged 70, mother of Charles M. Kennedy assistant state's attorney general. The widow of the late J. B. Kennedy Clarksville lawyer and former Hed River county district attorney died yesterday after a six month illness.
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Kennedy
Clarksville
INS
J. R. Kennedy
Charles M. Kennedy
J.B. Kennedy
Hed River County
Texas Company Lease Head Dies in Houston
Daniel O'Connell Bayless, 50, head of the jamd and lease department of the Booth Texas division, died at 2 in a Houston hospital. He is survived by his wife and a son, Dan. He had been with the company in Texas for years and his sudden death shocks colleagues.
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Houston
Daniel O'Connell Bayless
Jamd
Booth
Texas
Texas Comm Mass
Tore Ds
Dan
Expropriation Aims Probed In San Antonio Housing
Local housing authority defends plan to expropriate property for West Side housing project. Ray Mackey says no property will be taken without full compensation and asserts most price complaints are unfounded. Mexican protests will be sent to the embassy and a State Department reply expected in days.
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Time Light
Mexico
Cancelacion Privilecne
San Antonio West Side
Mackey
Gonzales
Washington
Dominguez
Meerly
Cordell Hull
Henry A. Guerra
Housing Authority
Morris Sheppard
Tom Connally
Nathan Straus
Federal Housing Authority
Livestock Stop Blocks Crossings at Mexican Border
A government stop order in Del Rio halts several thousand cattle and horses owned by American ranchers from crossing into Texas as Mexican officials push evacuation actions. Police report thefts include twenty five cigarette cartons and two hams from Quong Sun Grocery along with a $40 jack from Marie Auto Parts and poultry from Mrs Marie Garcia, in a night of multiple petty crimes.
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del Rio
Mexico
Texas
Quong Sun
South Alamo Street
Marie Auto Parts Company
South Flores Street
Marie
G. Garcia
Morales Street
O Daniel pays poll tax amid voter protest
Fort Worth reports governor elect O Daniel paid his poll tax and his wife’s taxes after earlier remarks that the levy should be eliminated. The article notes he was not a qualified voter last summer. In Flint Michigan, 17 year old Jesus Penalver was held by sheriffs deputies awaiting funds to return him to San Antonio after running away.
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Fort Worth
W. Lee O'Daniel
Flint
Mich
Jesus Penalver Foday
San Antonio
Dob
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