Houston Street business men organize for district leadership
Formal election of officers and a board of directors for the Houston Street association of Business Men and Property Owners will be held in the Pan-American room at the Gunter hotel Wednesday night. Paul McSween will serve as temporary chairman and preside over the meeting with speakers Frost Brothers Joe Prost and Herman Ochs outlining reasons for the group and benefits to merchants and property owners.
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Houston Street Association of Business Men
Gunter Hotel
Paul McSween
Gunter
Bcb
Houston Street
Husiness
Dim Laners
Joe Prost
Frost Brothers
Herman Ochs
Association
L. J. Hart
Wounded Bandit Caught by Posse at Weir Bank Robbery
Wounded bandit Ernest Ledbetter, 24, from Ash Grove Missouri, captured by a citizens' posse at a farm house after two accomplices abandoned him during the Cit cleens State bank holdup in Weir. Ledbetter was shot near the heart by cashier James Broadley and restrained in a bench vault before capture.
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Pittsburg
Kan
Citcleens State Bank of Weir
Ernest Ledbetter
Ash Grove
Citizens
Ledbetter
James Broadley
William Martin
William Weir
Kills Ringworm with Genvive Black and White Ointment
Stubborn ringworm with itch and burning is quickly killed by Black and White Ointment and Skin Soap. The medication penetrates the skin to destroy parasites, and both products priced 25c each should be used together. Money back guarantee.
Rays of Sun Start Store Fire in Conneaut
In Conneaut Obi on July 13 a plate glass window let in bright sun rays that ignited matches and sparked a grocery store fire. No injuries reported as firefighters contained the blaze.
Youths Prepare Final Review At Fort Sam Houston
Major Gen Edwin B Winans commands the Eighth Corps area as camp Bullis cadets stage a three day field exercise. Thursday morning at 9:45 a m the final review will follow award medals and discharge of students. Overnight stays, mock warfare, and plans to send boys home hinge on a pending army appropriation bill and J E Brinkmeyer of the National Bank of Fort Sam Houston offering to advance travel funds.
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Edwin B. Winans
Eighth Corps
Camp Bullis c. M. T. C
J. E. Brinkmeyer
the National Bank of
Fort Sam Houston
Scion Goes on Trial for Jewel Robbery in 1931 Heist
Winston Salem reports Wallace Scales, son of a wealthy NC family, on trial for a $20,000 jewel robbery at the Galloway home in Reynolda Park eight years prior. He allegedly joined William Pryor, a Timois youth, on a dark rainy night in March 1931 as two men in women's clothing robbed bridge players of jewels valued at $20,000.
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Winston Salem
WN. C
Wallace Scales
North Carolina
AFA Galloway
Scales
William Pryor
Galloway
Reynolda Park
Kansas Seeks Man in Laredo Extradition Case
Kansas officers pursue extradition of George H. Taylor a former Lawrence real estate dealer charged with assaulting his wife and her brother Everett Christenson with murderous intent. The alleged crime occurred in Lawrence on July 6. Taylor has been held in Webb County jail since arrest last weekend. He filed habeas corpus to block extradition, traveling to Laredo with his 4 year old son while Sheriff Jack Dunksey and Deputy Fred Volger of Douglas County accompanied the officers who served the warrant.
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Laredo
Kansas
George HE. Taylor
Lawrence Teal
Everett Christenson
Lawrence
Taylor
Webb County
Jack Dunksey
Fred Volger
Douglas County
Kani
Machines Reveal Total 8 A Stamp Cancellations
There is more mail in the world than one would suppose a report for the year just ended on postoffice meter machines revealed D W Puller assistant postmaster explained that a total of cancellations was taken on the meters in the San Antonio post office prior to making a change in mechanism when the three cent stamp rate went into effect An extra slug bearing an additional pone cent paid sign was added The 15 stamping meters owned by large local firms showed a total of 4345918 cancellations on first class mail or a purchase of 62708 36 worth of stamps For third and fourth class mail which is not stamped by meters the total represented a purchase of 55817 16 in stamp permits chiefly for advertising matter.
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D. W. Puller
San Antonio
Amarillo Elects Rogers as Mayor After Runoff Victory
Ross D. Rogers won the Amarillo mayoral runoff over Lon B. Marts by 479 votes. A total of 869 percent votes were cast. Rogers will take the oath next Tuesday to fill the unexpired term of Ernest Thompson, who resigned to join the railroad commission. The term runs until next April.
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Amarillo
Rogers
Texas
Ross D. Rogers
Eleet
Lon B. Marts
Ernest
Thompson
Raiseard
City News H. Griswold Report On Theft From Auto
City News H Griswold reported a felonious theft from a dry automobile Wednesday with details about the motive and items taken. The notice mentions a free old-time dance at Fest hall led by Artat with Fingl¢s performing and a meeting tonight at 8 p.m. at Green Lanterns corner Wells boulevard Meyers street. P O manta tonight at 6 p.m. is also advertised.
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Griswold
West Rox- Wol Avenue
Puller
Avery
Artat
Prohibition Agents Describe Trick Lock Beer Room in Arbor Place Case
San Antonio federal prohibition agents testified before U S Commissioner Paul A. Lockhart Tuesday in the Fritz Walter and Marie Henrig liquor case. They described spotting two men with bottles, finding whiskey gin wine and about 1400 bottles of beer, and discovering a upstairs beer room and a trick rack in a closet. Fritz Heinigs bond set at 1000 dollars with others at 500.
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San Antonio
United States
Paul A. Lockhart
Fritz
Walter
Marie Henrig
Arbor Place
Bert
Fritz Heinig
Veterans' Bureau Doctor Shot Dead
In Washington on July 18 Dr. Victor A. Aimone medical officer in charge of Mt. Alto hospital and the diagnostic center of the insertion was shot to death by a man reported to be a former patient. Hospital attendants overpowered the shooter and police began a search. The attacker remained unidentified and silent.
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Washington, G. 6
Victor A. Aimone
Mt. Alto Hospital
Sold
Aimone
Wives Do Not Claim Body of Bigamist in Michigan Prison
Jackson Michigan July 13 five women listed as wives of Joseph Chapman 59 did not claim his body now in the prison morgue Chapman once sought in six midwestern states on bigamy and embezzlement charges died recently while serving a 15 year term of heart disease burial will be at state expense former alias John W Orton a will was reported and one woman waived her claim penniless death was confirmed by prison officials
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Jackson
Mich
Joseph Chapman
Sprnaon
Chapman
John W. Orton
Woman Identifies Accused as Guard in Kidnapping Case
Kansas City report from July 13 states Mrs. Nell Donnelly, wealthy garment maker, identified Charles Mele as one of the men who stood watch during the December kidnapping for a $75,000 ransom. The defense challenged her eyesight and cross examination continued as James R. Page, county prosecutor, said he would not seek the death penalty.
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Kansas City
Charles Mely
Nell @. Donnelly
Forest Fires Blamed on Petting Parties in N H
Peterboro New Hampshire July 13 fires in forests were blamed on petting parties accounting for about 98 percent with the remaining 2 percent caused by careless cigarette or cigar butt disposal from automobiles.
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Peterboro
N. Hy
New Hampshire
Basilian order gains Vatican recognition and plans Rome school
The Basilian fathers, founded in 1617, were officially recognized by the Vatican after a 10 year probation. The order, with a Toronto mother house and branches in Detroit Galveston and Rochester plus South American houses, will be named the Basilian order of St Joseph. A Rome philosophical studies school will open for promising students. Treasury receipts for July 11 totaled 5,072,216.26 with expenditures 27,303,759.62 and a balance of 281,017,356.21. customs duties for July 11 were 5,862,517.32.
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Vatican City
Basilian Fathers
Vatican
Congregation of Oriental Affairs
Papa Leox
Toronto
Canada
Detroit
Mich
Galvestom
Texas
Rochester
N. Y
South America
Basilian Order of St. Josephat
Rome
Treasury
Washington
Purification Health Ad Promotes Calotabs Cure
Purification promotes cleansing of the body with Calotabs to purify blood and stimulate liver, kidneys, stomach, and bowels. One thorough course is advised, with options for a single or repeated weekly treatment across several weeks. Available in 10c and family 35c packages through local dealers.
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Anghry
Nature
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