Chapter VIL The Monday Morning Mystery At The Hotel
Dr Cressy rises after little sleep and encounters Lecay directing porters to move a mummy through the lobby. Lecay teases the idea of a princess 3000 years old and frail as guards ease the case through doors. Cressy worries about Kathleen and seeks news while Hazel summons him to the eighth floor on a troubling note, page continues.
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Dr. Cressy
Lecay
Egypt
Expres
Bert
Dev Cresey
Kathleen
Hazel
Bere
Banker Beats Porter At Arbled Marble Championship
Ernest L Brown won the Alamo National Bank marble shooting title defeating porter Fred Porter Plass in an improvised picnic contest. Brown earned the vice presidency and claimed the trophy by two “dukes” in a game run under venture club rules.
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Ernest L. Brown
Alamo National Bankh
Afr. Grown
Porter Plass
Fred
Brown
Immigration Law May Separate Lad From His Parents
A Mexican-born youth who fled to the United States to seek schooling faces deportation as an alien. His father favors remaining in the U S while the child wishes to return to Saltillo with his mother and father. Officials must decide whether to send him to Mexico or to his Assyrian kin abroad.
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Lad
San Antonio
Mexico
United States
Saltillo
Mesieo
Assyria
Weather Man Marx Will Take Porto Rico Post
E H Marx deputy observer at J H Jarboe local Weather Bureau office has been transferred to San Juan Porto Rico to serve as observer. Promotion effective June 1 with departure plans from New York to board the Conmo for San Juan. Marx a native of San Antonio is son of Mr and Mrs William Mars 820 Camargo street. He took the meteorologist exam in 1926 and was made assistant observer since then.
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J. H. Jarboe
United States “Weather Bureau
E. H. Marx
San’ Juan
Porto Ricn
Weather Bureau
New York
San Juan
Marx
San Antonian
William Mars
Camargo Street
Oes
Wellington Merchants Form Local Association in Texas
Wellington farmers merchants join with the San Antonio Retail Merchants Association to create a Wellington Texas organization with fifteen charter members. Adolph Grasso serves as secretary and reported the development on Thursday.
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Wellington Farms Merchants
San Antonio
Wellington
Texas
Adolph Grasso
Denton Treasurer Robert Uhr Attends Daughter’s Graduation
Denton County Treasurer Robert Uhr accompanied by his daughter Miss Stella Chey traveled to San Antonio for the College of Industrial Arts graduation exercises where his daughter participated. Uhr said he visited Denton to attend the event and support the graduate amid local ceremonies.
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Robert Uhr
San Antonio
Denton
Stella Chey
Uhr
College of Industrial Arts
Moody campaign mailer uses his picture on envelopes
Attorney General Dan Moody running for governor against Miriam Ferguson distributes campaign letters with his image on one side and Washington’s on the other. Moody jokes that his picture is bigger than Washington and asserts he will be known to postmasters if elected.
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Washington's
Dan Moody
Miriam A. Ferguson
Washington’s
Moody
Austin
Texas
Washington
State Department
Flower Park Damage Spurs Wildflower Preserve Plan
Mrs Stephen Wheats chairs the San Antonio Conservation Society wild flower section urging seed collection from wild flowers for a Texas wild flower, tree and shrub preserve in Olmos Park. Commissioner Ray Lambert backs the effort with land and cooperation, aiming to plant native Texas flora with Miss Ellen D Schulz and the public schools aiding the project.
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Olmos Park
Stephen Wheats
San Antonio Conservations Society
Howard Street
Ray Lambert
San Antonio Conservation Society
Kearny
Texas
Ellen D. Schulz
Jury Wheel Turn Uncovers Defendant in County Court Jury
A jury wheel breakthrough by county authorities identified a man sought for months for alleged child and wife abandonment. Deputies obtained his correct address, summoned him for service on a county criminal court jury, he was recognized and arrested, then released on bond to serve.
C M T C Recruit Agencies Seek 875 Men Immediately
Recruit agencies push to fill the C M T C quota at Fort Sam Houston as 2872 men have already enrolled and 365 college volunteers are slated to report. Camps.
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C.M.T.C
C. M. TC
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Holston
Fort’Sam Houston
Army
Camp Stanley
St Marys Academy to Graduate 30 At Beethoven Hall
Thirty graduates of St Marys Academy will receive diplomas at exercises in Beethoven Hall at 741 p m Thursday after mass at St Marys Catholic Church. Rev Walter F Golutka principal presided as celebrant and Rev George Sexton delivered the sermon.
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St. Mary's Academy
St. Mary x Academy
Beethoven Hall
Erate Uates
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Walter F. Golutka
George Sexton
Benefit ball planned by Railway Auxiliary for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
A benefit ball to aid the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen will be held at Knights of Columbus hall at 8 p.m. The Ladies Auxiliary will present the event with Don Peacock's orchestra providing the music.
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Railway Auxiliary
Ladies Auxiliary
Brotherhood of Railroad
Knights of Columbus
Anne
Don Peacock
Police Clerk Ends Third Year on Job
Robert Collins marks his third anniversary as night clerk at the Corporation court with a light docket booking on Thursday morning.
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Robert Collins
Corporation Court
San Antonio Grants Immunized Dogs Free Roaming
San Antonio dogs with anti rabies serum may roam freely per Police Commissioner Phil Wright. Pound workers were instructed not to arrest vaccinated dogs. No licenses issued yet but plans envision vaccination and licensing for one dollar.
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Fido
Phil Wright
San Antonio
State Livestock Commission
Wright
Youth Honored by Dental School at Penn
W. Kraus a junior in the University of Pennsylvania dental school and son of Mr and Mrs O W Kraus of 1815 Virginia Boulevard has been named chairman in charge of dental social service work in the settlement district off South Philadelphia. He was recently elected president of the dents division of the Doctors Guild.
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W. Kraus
Dental School
University of Pennsylvania
O.W. Kraus
Virginia Boulevard
Philadelphia
Wood
Kraus
Dents
Doctors’ Guild
Burning Paint Odor Alerts Family, Prevents Fire
Odor of burnt paint drifting into a bedroom window alerted the Huth family of 116 Barrett Place Thursday, saving their residence from damage. A smouldering trash pile beside the house suddenly flared, prompting a call to the fire department before the blaze could reach the structure.
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A. Huth
Barrett Place
New Pursuit Ships Tested at Kelly Field
Instructors at Kelly Field tested the PW 9 speed pursuit aircraft as a potential replacement for the I 1B 3 in training. Only one of the 12 ordered planes has arrived so far, with five more expected ready for specialized training beginning June 15.
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Kelly
Kelly Field
Boy Severely Hurt When Hit by Car
Three year old Kehoe Jr of 308 Bois D Arc Street was severely bruised after an automobile driven by A C Standfield of 1429 Bighland Boulevard struck him at South Tieres and Arsenal streets. Juana Retencis of Cartizo Springs is recovering from slight injuries after an automobile collision Wednesday.
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Kehoe Jr
Bois D'Arc Street
A. C. Standfield
Bigh-land_boulevard
South Tieres
Arsenal Streets
Altoist Tiivred
Juana Retencis
Cartizo Springs
Barney Solves the Souvenir Problem at Brackenridge School
The Brackenridge Times notes Thelma Fluth known as Barsey creates a unique school souvenir. She uses the drum head as a autographed keepsake bearing signatures of the state champion orchestra and basketball teams plus debating squads and staff, marking a standout year.
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Thelma Huth
Brackenridge
Barney
Thelma Fluth
Barsey
Drimmer
Chesira
Brackenridge Times
Charles Ray Identified by Hotel Clerk Amid Confusion
A downtown hotel clerk whispers that a man in room 348 may be the actor Charles Ray, noting his clothes and mannerism. The clerk directs others to verify by signaling the person at the writing desk and confirms the call for Mr Goldman as the name used by the actor.
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Charles ‘Ray
Hee
Charley Ray
Charles Ray
Fam
Ray
Charles Ray Vii
Converse Kiddies Lead Hot Meal Plan in Vacation Time
A Kiddies crowd in Converse celebrates a county program under Miss Ida Reynolds to serve hot meals daily during the scholastic year. Ella Lieth ADOPT PLAN helps prepare noon dishes and wash dishes, turning cafeteria days into community pride amid vacation.
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Bess Carroless
Seacon
Borg
Dogeard
San Antonio
Ella Lieth
Blas
Ida. Reynolds
San
West Texas Delegates to See Bit of Old Texas
Announcement from the Texas Chamber of Commerce in Amarillo notes San Antonio delegates will attend the West Texas convention. An exhibit of San Antonio missions and landmarks will be displayed in Amarillo show windows, with local chamber officials asked to send colored pictures of San Antonio and samples of its products.
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San Antonio
Téxas Chamber of Commerce
Amatillo
Austin
Amarillo
Chamber’ of Commerce
Customs Officer Goes to Cotulla for Brother’s Funeral
Ed Cotulla, assistant collector of customs, left San Antonio for Cotulla Texas to attend the funeral of Mrs Simon Cotulla, his brother’s wife, who died on Wednesday.
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Ed Cotulla
San Antonio
Cotella
Tex
Simon Cotulla
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