San Antonio to buy waterworks from Water Supply Co
San Antonio will purchase the San Antonio Water Supply Company for 6.5 million dollars. The city will operate the plant under a federal court decree. rates will be kept stable and the city will seek a new three member board of commissioners for supervision. A new bond issue of 500000 dollars is planned for extensions to serve outlying districts. Robert J. Harding may join the board. Wagner of St Louis funds the deal via city bonds secured by plant revenues for 40 years.
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San Antonio
Robert J. Harding
John W. Yobin
Antonia Water“Supply Company
Natt T. Wagner
St Louis
BONDE
Wagner
Claise
Natt Wagner
Water Company
River Avenue
Mitchell Street
Hildebrand Street
Jones Avenue
San Antonio River
Subdued Battler Fights Off Officers In Chestnut Street Arrest
Frank Ts 25, of East Crockett Street, resisted three officers during a drunken arrest in the 200 block of Chestnut. He lost his coat and shirt, then his trousers and belt, finally being captured in trunks after a chase to Ripert Street. A blackjack was used before he was placed in the city jail on charges of drunkenness and resisting arrest.
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Dda
Bereu- Jeun
Frank Ts
East Crockett Street
Chestnut Street
Pater van Suet
Necro
To¢lock
Negra
Sean
Cho
Tsriyer Black
Pegro
Mae Brecke
Woman dies in elevator mishap at Keystone building
In Houston a 35 year old woman, Mrs Ince, was fatally injured when she stepped from an elevator on the fifth floor of the new Keystone building. She sustained internal injuries and crushed legs, died minutes after hospital arrival. Witnesses said she appeared to hurry off as the car moved, trapping her.
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Houston
M.D. Smce
Keystone
Dad and Daughter Banquet Planned in San Antonio
Miss Helen Huffmeier to serve as toastmistress for San Antonio's first Dad and Daughter banquet at 7 pm Friday at TV. G. Au is the Miss Disthe Weaver, Girl Reserve secretary of Brackenridge High. Decorations by Main Avenue and Brackenridge clubs anticipate about 200 fathers and daughters. the event includes a playlet on Girl Reserves work and likens club aims to the Holy Grail quest.
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Helen Huffmeier
Brackenridge High School
San Antonio
TV. G. Au
Disthe Weaver
Avenie
Brackenri Ze Bish
Three Injured in Dallas Motor Vehicle Crash
In Dallas on Saturday a police motorcycle and an automobile collided on slippery Oak Cliff streets. Three men sustained injuries. J. E. Smith, a motorcycle officer, may have a fractured skull. He and C. B. Walters, the automobile driver, are in Parks Hospital. Herbert Taylor, another motorcycle officer, suffered leg and hip injuries. Walters was cut about the face by a fragment of glass.
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Dallas
Oak Clif
J. E. Smith
C. BE. Walters
Parks Hospital
Herbert. Taylor
Walters
Millionaires in London Prefer Cheques to Cash
An official at the Savoy Hotel reports that many rich men increasingly use checks and fountain pens instead of money for purchases. He notes that at least a dozen London millionaires are literally penniless, avoiding pennies and their somber color.
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London
Savor Hotel
Lamdon
School Board Tickets Ready in San Antoine Leool Board Race
Campaign season heats as candidates named for the February 10 election. Citizens’ ticket and Better Schools ticket form campaign teams with a 70 member Citizens committee chaired by E Trimble and secretary Mrs W W McCrory. Eight candidates listed but only partial readable names.
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San Antoine Leool
Tcket
Ava Pat Ap Ff
Etter
Tre L. Rapley
Rab. Chrone Sr
H. A. Moos
E. Trimble
W. W. McCrory
Brady Building
Charles Graebner
G. §. Graves
Telet
C. E. Trimble
Ed Wilkins
C. O
E. Tynan
Lee Toseph
Alfred Duerle
Pis
I* A. Brown
Tongs
Barto2
J. LeBiance
Te Weller
Mire Ee Hertzhbersi
Gallgher
B. Bedell
Paul Bartti
J. B
Gustav Etter
Bascom
Familiar Brass Rail and Bar Discovered in City Grocery
Federal agents investigating a storefront at 102 Kaufman Court, in a predominantly Black neighborhood, found a rear room functioning as a saloon. Nine men drank and played cards beside a brass rail while bottles of amber liquid, resembling beer, were sampled. Four and a half gallons of whiskey were seized and the store manager arrested for violation of the national prohibition act.
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Kaufmann Court
Federal Prohibition
Prohibitions
Volstead
Prohibition
Bert Hileman
Mexico Organizes to Promote Health Campaign
Mexico City officials announced a threefold health drive to protect citizens. A corps of doctors will address prevalent diseases using modern methods and serums. Prophylaxis will curb social ills, starting in hot regions where health basics like cleanliness are not understood.
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Universal Service
Mexico City
Westinghouse Executive Visits San Antonio to Inspect Southwest
RH Shute of Pittsburgh, VP of Westinghouse Electric, arrives in San Antonio Monday with C E Allen of St Louis and Donaldson of Houston to study business conditions. A A Brown from New York City joins the party as a special representative. The group, hosted by local electrical men, plans several days of travel.
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RH. D. Shute
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
San Antonio
Westinghouse Company
St. Louis
Donaldson
Houston
Bengis to Address New Literary Society
Rabbi Abraham Bengis of the Main Avenue Synagogue will address the Jewish public at a concert and literary program under the auspices of the Yiddish Folks Schull in the Main Avenue High auditorium Sunday night at 6 o clock. He will speak in Yiddish about the school’s purposes as an outgrowth of a need in San Antonio for a school to teach modern Jewish language history literature folklore and songs. The founders hope the school will strengthen parent child ties and preserve Jewish unity and values through education.
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Abraham Bengis
Main Avenue
Schull
Main Avenue High
San Antonio
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Soledad St
Jean Paul Richter
Joske Breas. Co
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Alexander Joske
Joske’s
Krueger Machinery CO
Mexico
Electric Company
Bengis
NEW Literary Society
Amalie
Pennnsylvania
Franklin Pennsylvania
San Antonio, Texas
Amalie Oil
S. A. College of Music
John M. Steinfeldt
Gard
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