Veterans plan second bonus expedition from San Antonio
William Lane and Vance Bailey return from Washington as members of the first bonus expedition. Lane says a second trip is planned, with 51 veterans signed for the new venture and a mass meeting set for Maverick Park. Dexter Smith and Sam Bryant lead recruiting from 27 Dolorosa Street and 13 recruits joined at a Sunday meeting.
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Washington
William Lane
Austin Street
San Antonio
Vance Bailey
Lane
Bailey
Senate
Dexter Smith
Sam J. Bryant
Trouble Looms on Exchange Trouble Looms on Exchange DEI
June 27 article notes a discrepancy between official and commercial peso exchange rates as of July 1 affecting imports to Mexico. With an official rate of 2.04 pesos per dollar and a 5 percent import tax, differences arise in value. Commercial rate stands at 3.40 pesos per dollar, creating extra charges on certain goods. Local brokers and officials in Mexico City are negotiating to untangle the issue before the Friday July 1 deadline.
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DEI
Mexico
Teachers converge in Chicago for AF of T convention
More than 200 delegates from all sections of the United States gathered in Chicago today for the opening of the Annual convention of the American Federation of Teachers.
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Chicago
United States
American Federation of Teachers
San Antonio social notes and engagements in July era
Local society columns detail June weddings and engagements in Gonzales and San Antonio, with travels to Fort Aransas and Mexico. Notable events include Miss Miriam Ramer returning from Smith College, marriage of Marguerite Freeman to Hersel Adams, and numerous teas, luncheons, and bridge parties honoring brides and guests across San Antonio and nearby towns.
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Clara C. Pancoast
Frank Zach
Fort Aransas
San Antonio
Tarport Island
Mexico
Miriam Ramer
W. F. Jacoby
Smith College
Mexico City
Misa Marguerite , Freeman
Eli Freeman
Gonzales
Hersel Adams
Florence Shiller
Texas Flier and Companion Ready for World Hop
New York June 27 James Mattern of Fort Worth Texas and Bennett Griffen of Oklahoma City planned today to take off from Floyd Bennett airport on a globe circling flight. They aim to beat the eight days fifteen hours record set last year by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty. Their red white and blue monoplane is ready with modern equipment including indicators and six gasoline tanks. It carries a 500 horsepower super charged motor.
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New York
James Mattern
Fort Worth
Texas
Bennett, Griffen
Oklahoma City
Floyd Bennett Airport
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Whch
Post and Gatty
Youth Loses Foot Boarding Freight Train
In Houston on June 27 17 year old Will Hart of Durant Oklahoma fell under a freight train and lost his right foot. His companion Sam Fodges 18 also of Durant reported they were attempting to board the train when the accident occurred.
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Houston
Will Hart
Duran
Okla
Sam Fodges
Durant
Hart
Chaplin Proposes International Currency to Stabilize World Economy
Comedian Charles Chaplin in Beverly Hills outlines a plan to fix global money shortages. He argues lack of money rather than supply limits growth and calls for an international fiat currency backed by gold value, funded by war indemnity shares and central bank bonds. He suggests nations deposit bonds, use silver as a secondary guarantee, and retire the gold-based basis once the system stabilizes.
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Beverly
Calif
Charles Chaplin
Chaplin
Germany
Allicn
Economy Bill Faces Delay In Congress
Washington June 27 The contested national economy bill faces more delays as the $150 million measure returns to Conference. Speaker Garner plans to reappoint the same House conferees two of whom are in Chicago. Chairman McDuffie will not return until Wednesday night with Douglas of Arizona expected back near the same time, pushing another meeting to Thursday the fiscal year’s last day. Garner refuses to appoint new conferees and says he will keep the same if duty stretches to August.
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Washington, D. C
Garner
Chicago
McDuffie
Wall Nob
Douglas
Arizona
Cloudburst Drowns Eighteen in Romanian Provinces
A heavy cloudburst swelled rivers in Bukowina and Moldavia washing away houses and cutting Tellway lines. Eighteen people drowned in the disaster reported from Bucharest on June 27.
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Rumania
Bucharest
Rumantia
Bukowina
Moldavia
Mother Minerva Hartman Lifts House Above Road Traffic
San Francisco report on 100 year old Mother Minerva Hartman who refused relocation after a state highway rerouted through her property. Engineers raised her house 25 feet allowing traffic to pass below. Hartman’s steady temperament and humor underline the unusual municipal solution.
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San Francisco
Minerva
Hartman
Camp color guard named for Bullly camp event
Camp Bullly selects color guard and guidon bearers with William Kenda and Mervin J. Dreddy among those chosen. John Wilder and James Freeman named guards, Joe Plaza and James Nipper as guidon bearers. G M T C band practices with Twenty third infantry band, public debut planned for parents day. Training shifts to rifle range with eleven ranges per company and daily letters home totaling about one thousand.
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C. R. Hall
Otlo Majewski
American School System Criticized in Speech
Worden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing prison told the National Education Association in Atlantic City that the American educational system is too scholastic and narrow limiting character building. He argued the system’s emphasis on scholastic rank excludes moral development and personal growth.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Worden
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing Prison
National Education Association
Hoover Returns From Camp Visit
President Hoover concluded a Washington trip after a Virginia mountains camp stay. Secretary Hyde joined last night as guest. Agriculture Secretary Hyde drove to the camp and returned to the White House with Mrs Hoover and Herbert Hoover Jr. local.
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Washington
No More Blackheads Cream Promises Clear Complexion
An advertisement touts a cream that claims to banish blackheads and other blemishes quickly without rubbing. It promises a smoother, even texture, claiming to reduce ugly pores and provide a radiant skin tone with a money back guarantee.
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