Funeral for Col. Robert G. Sherrard Sr at Fort Sam Houston
Funeral services for Col. Robert G. Sherrard Sr. 49, formerly stationed at Fort Sam Houston, killed in a Pennsylvania auto accident, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Fort Sam Houston Post chapel with Rev. P. B. Hill and Chaplain Ora J. Cohee officiating. The body arrives in San Antonio at 4 30 p.m. Thursday and will lie in state at Haggar Me Colum chapel until Saturday. Surviving are his widow May Largen Sherrard, mother Mrs. D. G. Sherrard, sons David and Dieu. Robert G. Sherrard Jr., brothers Weeds and John, sisters Mrs. P. D. Hearte and Mrs. F. W. Speece, and interment will be in the National annex.
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Robert G. Sherrard Sr
Fort Sam Houston
Pennsylvania
Fort Sam Houston Post Chapel
P. B. Hill
Ora J. Cohee
San Antonio
Hagg and
Colum Chapel
May
May | Largen Sherred
D. G. Sherrard
David and Dieu
Robert G. Sherrard Jr
Brosher
John Sherrard
P. D. Hearte
F. W. Speece
National
Fourteenth Labiof Missouri Quadruplets Dies in Missouri
In FEMPHIS on December 36 tittle it Eyl Bridges Jane survivor of Guidcapter birthinya southeast log cabin the height of November 2 died in a hospital today to day the death of the little day of Mr and Mrs James Bridges 4 Sharecropper couple near Senath Mo came unexpectedly She weighed five pounds by ounces almost twice as much as at birth and physicians hoped she might survive.
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Missouri
Eyl Bridges
Jane
Issolum
James Bridges
Senath
Sugar Theft Charge Involving 900 Pounds From Box Car
Nathan Oliver of Bryan and a 38 year old, Ales Trevinor, are charged with stealing 900 pounds of sugar from a Missouri Pacific Railroad box car on Christmas day. Complaint filed before Justice Corrigan by City Detective Otto Teichman.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Nathan Olivier
Bryan
Ales Trevinor
Durango Street
Justice of the Peace and Corrigan
Otto Teichman
Nazis Ponder Desertsion and Spain Recognition
Berlin reports show nearly all top German officers attending a crisis meeting with Hitler as Mussolini’s advice to stop aiding Franco dominates discussions. Officials predict a swift decision on volunteer forces to Spain amid Franco British pressure, with talks on freeing seized cargo and possible Nazi troop reinforcement requests for Madrid’s defenses.
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Berlin
Benny Mussolini
Reichstid
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Spain
Francisco Franco
Branco
Mussolini
NL Duce
der Fuehrer
Werner von Blomberg
Hermann Wilhelm Goeting
Werner von Fritsch
Konstantin von. Neurath
Hjalmar Schacht
London
Joachim
Von
Ribbentrop
Rome
Ti. Duce
Franco
der Fuerver
Palos
Bilbao
Foreign Office
Kolen
Bay of Biscay
Enxort
Paris
Hitler
Sould
Madrid
Orphans Stage Play at Optimist Club in San Antonio
The Protestant Orphans home boys presented a play titled The Boy on the Meadow at a San Antonio Optimist Club meeting held at the Gunter hotel on Wednesday. J. G. Blankfield directed the performance and Matt Bird served as chairman.
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Optimist Club
Orphans’ Home
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
J. G. Blankfield
Matt Bird
Hearst Seeks Youth Delegation To See Liberty Abroad
W R Hearst urges American youth to travel abroad to witness tyranny and war's costs. He proposes selecting a representative delegation, with publishers guiding them, to return inspired by liberty and opportunity and dedicated to becoming loyal, successful citizens of the United States.
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William Randolph Hearst
Cats Provided for in Master's Will
San Francisco dispatch notes Shirley Moore a 57 year old postal clerk left part of his 25 000 estate to provide four pet cats with homes. The chosen caretaker must have no children in the household. An elderly widow who cared for the cats during Moore’s illness has two grandchildren. since his death three cats have wandered away.
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San Francisco
Dev
Shirley Moore
Moore
Crooning cabbie denied permit by public utilities board
In Los Angeles a cab driver named David Howell was refused a permit to operate as a singer during rides. The Public Utilities Board cited safety concerns, not musical talent, as the reason for denying the license.
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TOS Angeles
Dec
Six &Vorconers
Hoti Toxicabs
David Howell
Sewer chase confuses TIFFIN residents and officials
In TIFFIN Ohio on December 39 residents awoke to eerie sounds from a sewer as a hound hunted a raccoon. Police traced the chase to John Wagner and Myrion Fraley racing from manhole to manhole trying to capture the dog, which finally surfaced without the raccoon.
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Tiffin
Ohio
West Lend
John Wagner
Myrion Fraley
Tamanhole
Egati
iSewer Connections in S A Set Record
Bishop executive administrator at the city health department announced Wednesday 140 new sewer connections were made in San Antonio during December. This sets a record for any month in the past five years. Most connections were on the west side.
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Bucky
City Heals Department
San Antonio
Widened kidnapping tale and city notes from San Antonio
The Bexar Facts reports on a kidnapping probe with alleged negotiations, a grandmother’s plea, and extensive mail access to the Mattson home as investigators pursue clues. It lists incidents in Tacoma Seattle and King County, with names like Carl Bertocchino and Allen Stricklays, and jots social notes about Olive Henderson and local figures, events, and humor columns in Houston streets society pages.
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Prources
Charles
Pos- Scis
Jeschange
Kidinpper
Mattson
Mattison
Doctor Mattson
William
Muriel
Justice
Tacoma
O. ©. Sprara
Uit
Jpighh
William Co
Wrehington
Seattle
Mir
Carl Bertocchino
Harley
King County
Maui Desmont
Inia
Allen Stricklays
Tacoma Laler
Bertocchino Auto
Franklin
Eain
Bank Night Controversy Spurs Legal Ruling
The pending Bank Night plan is condemned as against public policy by the court, contrasting earlier Austin Court of Appeals guidance. The Civil Appeals court previously ruled that Bank Night was not a lottery because the extra charge for a choice did not create a prize element.
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Austin Court of Or Appeals
Bank Night Prizes Attract 350000 In L A Theaters
Reported in San Antonio and Los Angeles, banks night drawings yielded about 350000 in prizes over four years. Downtown theaters began weekly Tuesday events eighteen months ago, with five large venues using telephone amplification. Last year and a half totals show 25000 awarded in the five downtown houses, top prize 1600, with 40000 weekly attendance and patrons from up to four miles. The Texas Supreme Court opinion may impact future policy as theaters have not issued a statement.
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Texas Supreme Court
Nave
San Antonio
Sinal
Theaers
Sausage and Postmaster Quill Tale Sparks Local Oddities
A chaotic item lands with Sausage humor as postmaster Dan J. Quill receives country sausage in mail, once with 6247 postage due and then a prepaid package from Richard Pfeuffer. The episode unfolds amid mentions of Encino ranch owner Edward Everett Horton and a Paramount film reference.
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L.A
Dan J. Quill
Sam Fore
Floresville
Richard Pfeuffer
New Braunfels
Encino
Edward Everett Horton
Sodality Organizer Visits San Antonio Archdiocesan Union
The Rev. B J Weisenberg of St Marys College and director of the Kansas Sodality Union traveled to San Antonio on Wednesday to assist in organizing the San Antonio Archdiocesan Sodality Union recently approved by Archbishop Arthur J Drossaerts.
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Sodality
S. A
B. J. Weisenberg
St. Mary's Cottege
Sir. Mary's
Kay
Kansas Sodality Union
San Antonio
San Antonio Archdiocesan Sodality Union
Arthur J. Drossaerts
Fireworks Cause Injuries and Hospital Visits in San Antonio
A Wednesday Independence Day style incident left Adolph Magnion and Lorenzo Rangel injured by a firecracker in San Antonio. Gloria Castilla and Pearl Kuykentall suffered burns and other injuries after spills and accidents. Fritz Paas and Joe Rubin received minor injuries from a vehicle collision and a stick injury respectively. Several others were hospitalized or treated at Santa Rosa hospital for various firework related incidents.
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Holday
San Antonians
Robert B. Green Hospital
Adolph Magnion
Euclid Avenue
Reincs
Lorenzo Rangel
Santa Rosa Street
Aishana
Mareeling ‘Hon
Ruiz Street
Pearl
Kuykentall
Fire Avenue
Gloria Castilla
Leona J Street
Fritz Paas
Bulverde
Fredericksburg Road
Joe Rubin
Park’ Hill Drive
Santa Rosa Hospital
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