Texas Drugstores Turn Saloons After Prohibition Repeal
A state probe finds many Texas drugstores converted into saloons post repeal. Survey of 19 towns reports 690,436 pints of liquor sold without physician prescriptions last year, yielding state revenue of 37. The report questions legality, noting some retailers acted as wholesalers or sold liquor on nonprescription basis, with misused permits and misleading prescription counts.
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Romptroller's Office
Chile
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Hot Oil Flow Questioned in East Texas Filed Debate
In Austin, Assistant Attorney General Edward Ark leads a Texas inquiry into oil movement claims. Clark reports unusually low hot oil flow from the field, while GimVk denies attempts to remove oil, suggesting a potential rate near zero to few hundred barrels daily.
Gas Line Project Start Near La Pryor
Work on a 40 mile gas pipe line from the Chittim wells nineteen miles east of La Pryor has begun. N Saigh Construction company holds the contract for the Tosas Gas Utilities company. The line will connect at La Pryor with the main line, joining the Winter Gzact project as crews of about 150 men work on the site.
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Chicago Man Found Mysteriously Slain
A Chicago man was found slain under mysterious circumstances in a vacant lot near a widow’s residence. The scene prompted police to investigate possible ties to a refinery opening announced nearby this week. Authorities note possible financial motives and filed reports as they pursue leads.
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J. Bites
Underground street lights to be completed at Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston announces completion of an automatic street lighting system for its underground electric distribution network. The Southwest’s only private system, a photoelectric controlled setup, will operate nightly with dawn automatic deactivation at an estimated cost of about $325,000 and a 10 day to two week completion window.
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Eighth Corps
Privady
Mitch
Motorcare to Dine With Bastrop CCC
Bastrop Texas hosts a motorcade event along the old San Antonio and San Augustine road on January 1 18 and 19 featuring entertainment by Jansone and a CCC camp dogs unit. Herders of the party will partake in a function at Bastrop State Park on the first day of the trip.
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Jansone
San Antonio
San Augustine
CCC
Bastrop State Park
Moonlight Controls Street Lights Across Circuits
A description explains a light switch sensitive enough that moonlight could switch off lights. The street lighting system uses multiple circuits so sections can be operated or shut down. The plan supports isolating failures by disabling parts of the system and can be operated manually if needed.
Planes Prepared for Miami Air Races from Randolph Fields
Plans were made Saturday at Randolph Kelly and Brooks fields to send 44 army airplanes to Miami Pas to attend air races there. Kelly field planes would depart Sunday and Monday for Jacksonville and then fly to Miami. Brigadier Belant Nader under Lieut Col H Clagett commanded Brooks Field's group of about 20 planes led by Lieut Col Gerald Brant of the Twelfth Observation Group. Major Envy Harrs of Randolph Field would head nine planes leaving Monday.
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Kelly
Brooks Fields
Miami
Pas
Kelly Field
Jacksonville
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Clagett
Brooksfield
Geraid
Brant
Envy W. Harrs
Randolan Field
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Bush Baptist Bush Baptist chaplain candidate for Texas House
Solon urges Bush Baptist as next Texas House chaplain. Campaign manager Bom P. Johnson, a defeated rival, lauds him as a family man with many creek bank meetings and a history as chaplain of the Fourth Legislature. Also note Rio Grande valley canning plant for sale in classified ads.
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Austin
INS
Bush
Texas
House of Representatives
House
Hugh Jones
Shelby County
Bom P. Johnson
Tenahall and Jones
East Texas
Rio Grande Valley
There’s no place like home a bold American ideal
A compact editorial echoes the American spirit from the horse to the automobile and flight. It frames home as the backbone of citizenship and the inspiration for patriotism, ambition, and security while urging the nation to elevate its home life as a guiding standard. It elevates home as the haven of devotion and achievement.
Marriage Plans Amid Nazi Tensions In Hollywood
Taovel Lillian Steete, deported from Germany after months in prison by Nazis, approves Marian Steete’s plan to wed a Nazi officer next spring. A New York letter relays Breels’ reassurance that Marian and their mother may soon reunite, with a return and marriage possible by February.
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Lillian Steete
Germany
Marian
Towell
New York
Miss Breels
Hollywood
Trohel
Miss Steele
Clara Steete
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