Poll Tax Drive Fueled by Phones in City Campaign
A townwide poll tax drive uses four mysterious phrases spoken by Junior Chamber of Commerce volunteers. The calls reached about 70 percent of local phone numbers as part of a push to collect 60 000 paid poll taxes by month’s end. Judges and civic groups join in, with radio appearances planned and widespread bill mailings noted from utilities and retailers.
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Johnny
Ruth
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber
Travis Mourland
Public Service Company
San Antonio Water Supply Company
Woolworth, Kress and Piggly-Wigsty
W. S. Fly
Ernest Betz
Modern Way Wren Moder Women and Misfortune in Verse
A collage of quirky notes and quips mixes cultural commentary. Topics range from film stars like Harold Lloyd to the navy bill, royalty plans, bootlegging, and fashion trends. The piece riffs on current events with playful wordplay and mock headlines, presenting a slice of era humor and social chatter.
Belt buckle saves dry raider's life in moonshine raid
Chattanooga January 5 Deputy Sheriff Jim Mansfield of Rhea County likely owes his life to a heavy silver belt buckle as a bullet from a moonshiner rifle glanced off the buckle and struck his arm during a raid near Hickory Grove. Sheriff R B Harris and a posse were arresting Eugene Cunningham and Tim Kizar when the ambush occurred.
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Chattanooga
Jim Mansfield
Rhea
R. B. Harris
Hickory Grove
Eugene Cunningham
Tim Kizar
New Rupture Cure Promoted by Dr Andrews in Kansas City
Dr. Andrews, a Hernia specialist in Kansas City, announces a new method claimed to cure ruptures without operation. The device weighs a few ounces, requires no belts or metal bands, and, according to the ad, has relieved hundreds and even double ruptures. He offers free trials and asks readers to write to 1773 Koch Building Kansas City Missouri for participation.
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Kansas City
Andrews
Koch
Beaumont Youth Killed on Outing
Crantorn Youngblood 11, of Beaumont, was killed while hunting twelve miles south of here on Molasses bayou. He and two cousins, Paul Monagin and Willard Youngblood, spent the day hunting and fishing. The boy was leaving the boat when he picked up the shotgun by the barrel and the weapon discharged, blowing off its head.
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Beaumont
Jan
Woman dies when engine goes wild at station
In Haston Pennsylvania on January 5 a switch engine from New Jersey Central plowed into a crowd of passengers boarding a train. Mrs Flora Marquedant of New York was killed and about 50 persons were thrown into a panic.
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Haston
New Jersey Central Railroad
Flora Marquedant
New York
Marooned Fishing Boats Rescued by Tug Chicago
Twenty four fishermen in five boats were stranded outside the harbor for hours amid ice floes. A fire tug finally rescued them after a long struggle as harbor craft could not reach the marooned men.
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Chicago
Til
Miss Callie Beals Noted Artist Burned In Kentucky
Miss Callie Bela a painter of woodland scenes suffered severe burns to hands and arms when attempting to extinguish flames that ignited her clothing. Her mother Elizabeth Beals was at their home in Glasgow Kentucky when the incident occurred in January.
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Glasgow
Mise Callie
Bela
Mia
Elizabeth Beals
Society and Clubs Gatherings In San Antonio Society Notes
A roundup of teas luncheons dances and club meetings in San Antonio highlights events at the San Antonio Country Club the Medina Lake lodge gatherings and plans for Mediterranean tours. Debutantes guests and society figures including Miss Mary Louise Price Miss Elizabeth Richardson Miss Margaret Jordan Miss Mae Schreiner Miss Olive Martindale and Mrs. Louis Schreiner are noted along with hostesses Mrs. John Ela Carrington and Mrs. Pauline Gaddis and several dinners and receptions for travelers and returning students. The list covers club meetings at the Woman's Exchange the Gunter Hotel the Menger Hotel and the Wolff& Marx tearoom plus a Culver alumni event with moving pictures and a banquet.
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John Ela Carrington
Pauline Gaddis
San Antonio Country Club
John Gaddis
Mary Louise Price
Mae
Louise. Schreiner
Mary
Louise Price
Elizabeth
Richardson
Margaret
San Antonio
B. L
Naylor
Mary Howard
Eleanor Collier
Owill
Culver
Gunter Hotel
Academy
Cutomer
W. M. Fordtran
Goven
City to Endorse Flood Prevention Plan Details
City officials are expected to endorse a flood prevention program with recommendations from the flood prevention committee. Key points include a dam crest at 725 feet, 50-foot dam height, a 24-foot roadway, a five-foot sidewalk, a relief system within the dam, no spillway, sluice gates of 15 000 cubic feet per second, and specific weight and pressure specs. Funds from a flood prevention bond would allocate 2.2 million dollars to a tension dam on Olmos Creek and 600,000 dollars to straighten and widen creeks and the San Antonio River network.
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Crecelius
Olmos
San Pedro
Alazan
San Antonio River
New York Woman Killed in Mexico City Collision
Miss Amely Gizar a New York woman living in Mexico City was killed when run over by an automobile late Saturday evening. The incident occurred in Mexico City and was reported by Universal Service.
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Universal Service
Mexico City
Amely Gizar
New York
Planes swarm over airport near Paris
Thirty four daily arrivals and departures constitute the winter schedule for Bourget airport on the outskirts of Paris. Very hour on the hour is to be the slogan for next summer. Four thousand tons of freight were carried by airplanes to and from La Bourget during this year. More than 13 000 passengers have been carried.
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Universal Service
Paris
Bourget
la Bourget
Officer Attacked by Drunk Woman in Road House Incident
Special Officer Mike Rokowitz detained a white woman after she allegedly assaulted him outside a road house Saturday night. The officer described the struggle as the hardest arrest of his career before the charge was dropped in Justice of the Peace J F Bolte's court Monday.
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Justice of the Peace
J. F. Bolte
Mike Rokowitz
Rokowitz
Sheriff's’ Office
Paintings by Isaacio Zulo goa shown in New York
Five paintings by the Spanish artist Isaacio Zulo goa were displayed in New York for the first time. Before the private exhibition opened four works had been sold for $100,000, with three bought by governor-elect of Massachusetts Al sin T. Fuller and the remaining piece purchased by a Midwestern art museum.
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New York
Dan
Isaacio Zulogoa
Aoe
Alsin T. Fuller
Massachusetts
Middle West
City Council Plans Paving Contracts and Street Assessments
City council to award paving contracts for West Commerce Street and a siphon project on Kaplh Street as hearings on street assessments proceed. Property owners on Grand Avenue face 4.70 per front foot paving and 0. cent curbing. Wilkens Avenue 2.29 paving and 70 cents curbing. Bushnell area 1.93 per front foot. South Street 244 per front foot for paving.
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Kaplh Street
Grand Avenue
Austin
Broadway
Wilkens Avenue
South Presa
Roosevelts Iis
Bushnell
Tween Amccullough
Shook
South Street
Water
Indianola
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