Brain surgery boosts broker to unlikely entrepreneur
A Chicago stock broker who lost much of his left frontal lobe to tumor removal reportedly rose to wealth after the operation. He became a successful salesman and later vice president of a company with a booming plant, though intelligence tests indicated lower cognitive scores.
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Denly
American Medical Association
Ward C. Halstead
University of Chicago
Halstead
Chicago
Pereival Bailey
Sue
Unt Company
Gars haul tops seven hundred pounds in Bastrop river net
The Bastrop County Wildlife Association reports a huge gar catch after a net 300 feet long and 16 feet wide was set in the Colorado River. Ten weeks of effort yield 741 pounds of gars, 8912 pounds of buffalo, 19 turtles, and 1 German carp, with an average daily catch of 179 pounds noted by J. B. Milton, secretary.
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Bastrop Bastrop
Bastrop
Wildile Association
College Woutor Named Editor and Manager at San Marcos
San Marcos June 12 LB McLaran of Liberty Vis has been chosen summer editor of the College Gier the weekly newspaper of Southwest Texas Teacher's College Preston Parker of San Marcos is named business manager.
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College Woutor
San Marcos
McLaran
Liberty Vis
Gier
Southwest Texas
Teacher's’ College
Preston Parker
Talmud Torah Opens Monday in Hebrew Community Center
The summer session of the Talmud Torah of Zebbay School opens at 4 a.m. Monday at the Hebrew Community Center 112 Bash Quincy Street announced by B. F. Harris president. Irving Pines will conduct instruction in Hebrew language and religious services. Classes will be arranged by age and knowledge with a beginners class and a junior congregation forming for Sabbath services read by different children.
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Als Mud Torah
Zebbay Schoo
Hebrew Community Center
Bash Quincy Street
B. F. Harris
Hebrew Church
Irving Pines
Harris
President Leaves on Week End Cruise
President Roosevelt sails from Annapolis on a weekend cruise aboard the Potomac with Attorney General Cummings and Mrs. Wallace. He may also sail the Sewanna, chartered by his son James, weather permitting, before returning to Washington Navy Yard.
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Washington
Cummings
Wallace
Roosevelt
Annapolis
Washington Navy Yard
James Roosevelt
Woman Passes as Man for 27 Years in Budapest
In Budapest on June 12, Pawl Jus ronda, 39, was jailed for obtaining money under false pretenses and placed in the men’s section. A prison doctor later learned the inmate was a woman, Marla Teusgehda, who wore male clothing since age 12, claimed 18 months on the front lines of World War I, and admitted burglaries with prior prison terms.
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Budapest
Pawl Jusronda
Themen
Marla Teusgehda
Park attendance soars with cars and visitors in Bastrop week
A Bastrop state park week ending May 29 saw 4005 visitors and 1965 cars enter. Among these, 14 cars were from out of state, 424 from out of county, and 815 from Bastrop County, per figures compiled by park officials.
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New Park
Bastrop
Bastrop State Park
OCG
Escorrity
Dnforuilian Ab
Basirep County
Big Saving Seen in Cameron Flood Bonds
Cameron county flood control bonds will save about 350 000 by refinancing with funds borrowed from the reconstruction finance corporation. The loan approval totals 1 021 200 to refund indebtedness of 1 388 000, announced by RFC officials.
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Cameron
Brownsville
Camteron County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Powell Recovers From Flu Attack at Warner Brothers
Hollywood reports Dick Powell rapidly recovering from an intestinal influenza attack. His wife Joan Blondell had attended the star and returned to work at her studio.
Apallen Wine Industry Gets Off 10 Start
June 12 report from Hidalgo County notes the first commercially produced Texas citrus wine will hit foreign and domestic markets in July. Valley Wineries Inc. owner Hiram Garner says several thousand gallons have been produced and sold, with expansion planned and 400,000 gallons expected next year as 20 new fermenters are installed.
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Miallen
Texas
Hiram Garner
Valley Wineries, Inc
MoAlien
Rio Grande Calley Agriculture
Brania
Garnnr
California
Yale
Hidalgo
Cameron
Starr
Federal Department of Agriculture Iy
E. McDonald
State Agricultive
A. C. Baker
Mexico
Federal Department
McDonald
Washington
Thanthme
Vitrus
Onty
Ieaders
Three Visitors Booked for Drunkenness In City Hall Incident
Police detained three apparently well to do out of towners who were drunk in the city and tried to force entry at the front door of City Hall Friday night. The men were taken to the station and could not explain their actions Saturday morning.
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Townerg
Mercedes to Stage Valley Cavalcade Four-Day Pageant
Mercedes plans a four day Cavalcada of the Rio Grande Valley from September 15 to 18 in celebration of its thirtieth anniversary. The historical pageant draws on facts from A recent Valley history by Mrs Florence Johnson Beatt of Rio Grande City.
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Mercedes
Rio Grande Valley
Florence Johnson Beatt
Rio Grande City
Zoning Commission Postpones Meeting to Next Week
San Antonio zoning commission schedules a regular meeting postponed from Friday. Chairman Mat Goldamith announced the session will be held early next week due to the inability of zoning engineer Horace J. Wilson to complete work on a park in the Polnis district.
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Zoning Commission
San Antonio
Mat Goldamith
Horace J. Wilson
Hia Tepark
Ve Polnis
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