State highway department probes prompt big inquiry
State highway employees and contractors were summoned to testify before a House committee tomorrow. The panel will hear testimony on the department’s operations and a San Antonio engineer, J. H. Biggs, prepared information strong against the agency, to be laid before legislators. Representative Smith said Mr. Biggs would be summoned.
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The
Asset Press
Austin
State Highway Department
House
Jin
J. H Biggs
San Antonio
Legislar
Jimmie and Lois Mable Seek Rail Fare for Hospital Care
The article describes Jimmie and Lois Mable needing railway fare to travel to St. Louis for medical attention. It notes Jimmie’s courage and the hospital expenses being covered, with rail fare and incidental costs still required. Community support efforts are underway, with subscriptions gathered to fund the trip and care.
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Jimmie
San “Antonio
Graham
Lois Meble
Welho
Lois Mable
Jimvie
Lois Mabel
St. Louis
Imme
Sharif Jim-S
Sand County
Robert F. Uhr
Ois Mable
Ife
Burglar Probes Interior of Local Home for Design Clues
A bungalow burglar entered Mrs. C. Cooper’s home at 308 Aransas Avenue and spent about an hour noting layout and color schemes. Police report the intruder had lumber, doors, windows, a tub, washstand, and household goods, and took nothing but left with planning details.
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C. Cooper
Aransas Avenue
Cooper
Britihe Bengalow
Collision Injures Six Near Boerne on Sunday Afternoon
A three car crash two miles south of Boerne left six people with minor injuries. Occupants include Robert Ayres, Hery Polk, J D Frost Jr, Dorothy Francis of Laredo, Miss Francis Smith of Bay City, and Miss Issa Herff of San Antonio. The Ayres car tried to pass others, was struck, and Frost’s car rammed into Ayres’ vehicle. All injured were treated and left for home.
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Liz Persons
Boerne
Robert M. Arres Dr
Hery I. Polk
Attorner
J. D. Frost" Jr
Dorothy
Francis
Laredo
Afiss Francis Smith
Bay City
Issa. Herff
San Antonio
Ecuyants
Smith
Narrow Escape After Freight Train Incident
Erwin of Browndale Texas narrowly escaped death when his heel was caught in a train coupling at the South Flores street intersection with the Southern Pacific tracks. He rode the moving train from Del Tito for over ten minutes before falling. He was taken to a hospital by E R Black, a police emergency arrival officer.
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Erwin
Browndale
Tex
Tokert BE
South Flores Stree
Southern Pacific
del Tito
Ervin
San Antonio Box Company
E.R. Black
Now School Board to Meet First Time
New board members elected last Tuesday will meet Thursday to organize the board of education. Hal Brown said only routine business would be discussed at this initial session. Contract talks for the superintendent, business manager, and other staff will be postponed to a later meeting.
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Origis
Lot of Education
Hal Brown
Brown
Station Wrecked by Runaway Cars in Oklahoma
February 16 report from Howe Oklahoma details a Kansas Southern freight train wreck at a depot when two gasoline cars toppled and spilled fuel. Several people inside the depot suffered minor injuries from glass and debris as burning fuel was contained without spreading.
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Howe
Okla
Kansas Southern
Prison doctor denies plans to quit prison
Angleton Texas February 16 Dr Maxey one of the prison farm physicians under fire during a legislative probe emphatically denied he intends to resign He said he has not resigned and will remain as their physician unless the prison commission asks him to leave The remarks followed a report quoted by Mrs J B King that Maxey would resign once a successor was named
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Angleton
Tex
Maxey
J. B. King
Retrieve
Darrington and Ramsey
Yhars
Irvin
Probers Inspect Prison Farms In State Inquiry
A legislative committee continued investigations into prison farm coalitions and planned to visit Houston to probe cotton sales by the prison system. Members surveyed the Clemens farm and were to visit Retrieve and Ramsey farms, seeking facts on operations.
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Houston
Clemens
Ramsey
Rescue Crews Advance in Floyd Collins Cave Rescue Effort
Rescue teams press toward Collins with a 12 foot heading as they thin limestone roof and lower debris to the main shaft. Despite falls and slow progress, optimism persists as they relay material through a narrow passage toward Collins remaining within about 10 feet from him. A witness recounts Collins last words and the cave collapse as investigators note the effort will take hours per cubic yard to reach him. An unrelated note records thefts of $950 and a bank check from Selena.
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Cellins
Stag
Carmichael
Oseous
Weilnes Michael
Morming
Carig
W. D. Funkhouser
Floyd Collins
Roosevelt Delivers Sharp Critique of Foraker in Cuba Talk
In letters from 1905 1906 Theodore Roosevelt weighs Cuban policy and party strategy to Senator Henry Cabot Lodge praising actions in Cuba urging restraint with Foraker and endorsing Charles E Hughes as New York governor candidate while warning of Hearst influence and labor unrest shaping the 1906 election dynamics.
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Roosevelt
Cuba
Albert JF. Beveridge
Indiana
Joseph B. Foraker
Ohio
Ister
Standard, Oil, Company
New York State
Charles E. Hughes
William Randolph Hearst
Cabot
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Ivery
Foraker
Palma
Republican Party
Wall Street
Taft
New York
Parsons
Quigg
Odell
Hughes
Butt
Corfu
Dycks
Ape Srate
Higgins
Brace
Woodruff
Eughes
Mon Condh
Hearst
Trnot
Vane
Tadge
Massachusetts
Froosevelt
New City
Herbert Parsons
Masetts
John B. Moran
Ania
Nahant
Mads
Theodore
Guba
Intance
Tearat
Lasborers
Sun
Hell
Platt
Tusk
New York Republican Party
Etn
Theodore Roosevelt
CL Lodge
U. S
Social leader prisoner guarded after separation bid
Detective Mil Jong, vice president of the Texras Oil Company, guards social leader Mrs Budlong who sequestered herself in her apartment after losing a suit for separation. She has refused visitors, cannot reenter without a court order, and witnesses her will to witnesses through apartment staff. The detective maintains close watch as Mr Budlong is away with his children.
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Xyorg
Mil Jong
Thertralexas Oil Company
Stith
Budtong
Budlen
Suspect Silent in Lewis Death Case Urgent Probe Continues
San Antonio district attorney says a suspect in the Lewis killing is silent as state authorities appeal to Governor Ferguson for aid. Investigators pursue a motive beyond robbery, focusing on an alleged love triangle and a senior motive while reviewing months of alibis and testimonies.
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Lewis
Miriam Ferguson
Chambers
Death Valley
Fredericksburg
Babcock
W. E
W. T. Grown
Loewis
San Antonio
Duke Carver
Lee Johnson
Ia G. Lewis
Prefericksburg
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