Brackenridge Park Zoo Adds African Panorama Enclosures
San Antonio authorities showcase a WPA aided park improvement plan for Brackenridge Park featuring enlarged animal enclosures with native stone dwellings, heating, private pools, and open air habitats. The 240000 dollar project began in 1985, including stone roads, baths, and river beautification within the park.
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Alihquel
San Antonio
Brackepridee Park
WPA
Hippo
Hmey Stone Cliffs
WEA
Brere
Liquor licenses attract attention in downtown scene
In a bustling Bexar Facts column, FRANK BRADY notes local proprietors showing a new “LIQUOR” sign as part of a downtown spectacle. The piece highlights names such as N. Gresham and Granville Price amid a parade of visitors, jokes, and small-town chatter in a heat-worn Texas locale.
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Pickase House
N. Gresham
Granville] Price
Texas
Martha Seng
Thomas Mann
Syers
Missus
Local rumors mix with civic projects and savings
In a fragmentary town note, residents speculate about residents and visitors while Dr. Henry and Dr. Mary King are referenced. The piece notes a riverbank project from Broadway to the river, deepening the ditch, grading banks, and filling low areas. Park funding totals show 183,483 dollars in federal funds and 34,199 dollars from the city.
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Broadway
Carmahan Street
Germans Top Champagne Drinkers in World Markets
Berlin June 24 German wine officials report Germany surpassed France as the world's largest champagne consumer in 1938 with about 24 million bottles sold. French producers sold around 22 million bottles that year according to statistics compiled by the German Wine Growers Association Read igesification 122 Light Want ads for poultry and supplies.
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Berlin
Germany
France
German Wine Growers! Association
Four year old Billie Vogel sheds fears of fat kid fame
Des Moines reports Billie Vogel once weighed 63 pounds at age three and seemed headed for a world fattest-man label. By four he weighs about 7 pounds less and his parents, not worried, expect him to outgrow the fat phase as physicians rule out glandular trouble and affirm normal appetite.
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Des Moines
Bille Vogel
Ot Dex Wolnes
Billie
Dread Alfalfa Pest Appears in Yuma Valley
Dread alfalfa weevil found in the fertile Yuma Valley, a pest previously reported in Egypt, India, and the Sinai, detected by Dr. Lawrence P. Wehrle of the University of Arizona. The discovery prompts state and federal experts to intensify control and eradication efforts amid major alfalfa and crop production.
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Yuma
Yuma Valley
Egypt
India
Fox
Sait Rlyer
Lawrence’ P. Wehre
University of Arizona
Paris Opens New Welcome Bureaus At Rail Stations
Paris June 24 CNS reports every railway station now hosts a Welcome Bureau to assist foreign tourists. The largest is at St Lazare with English speaking staff offering information on art, timetables, gastronomy, music, theaters, luggage and travel. Attendants answer queries in a dozen languages.
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Paris
CNS
Sint Lazare
Ewglish
Tten
Tropical fruit boom near Miami spurs new orchards
In Miami area Cherie Evengales Milani region, about 1500 acres were opened to cultivate papayas sapodillas avocados guavas mangoes and pomegranates amid a shift toward exotic fruits. Officials anticipate continued growth in tropical fruit use in the American diet.
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Miami
Fla
Cherie Evelglades
Milani
Fistula Sufferers Face Danger From Unproven Clinic Claim
An aged medical ad touts the Thornton & Minor Clinic as a cure for fistula and other rectal diseases. It claims over 60,000 people benefited from its “mild, corrective” treatment without hospital confinement and invites readers to write for a free book and reference list.
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Thornton & Minor Clinic
Thorneton & Minor Clinic
McGee St
Kansas City
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