Rockefeller Fares Rise in Debate Over Prohibition
Ames W. W. Woodcock, prohibition director, rebuts John D. Rockefeller Jr. on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. He cites New York and Detroit surveys showing fewer saloons and argues generalized claims of increased drinking are unproven. He notes federal prison confinements rise with enforcement and that liquor consumption fell in the last year of unrestricted manufacture.
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Detroit
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British drop protest plan over Sharpe death
London reports no representations will be made to the United States regarding the death of Violet Sharpe. A British foreign affairs official said the New York consul general informed of the servant girl’s suicide in Englewood after police questioning related to the Lindbergh kidnapping. No grounds for a formal protest were found.
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United States
Violet Sharpe
New York
Morrow
Englewood
New Jersey
Borah Opens New Drive for Dollar Stabilizing Bill
Senator Borah opens a drive in Washington to press action on the Goldsborough dollar stabilizing bill and its Senate substitute designed to give circulating privileges to one billion dollars of United States bonds. Senator Blaine sought to place the Goldsborough bill on the Senate calendar as the independency measure.
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D. C
Senate
Borah
Republican
Idaho
United States
Blaine
Wisconsin
Railroad Body Hearing Is Set
In Austin today the railroad commission set a hearing for operators in Yates Yen South Texas and Gulf coast oil fields to discuss conservation dues and proposed changes in production allowables.
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Eras Railroad Commission
Yates
Yen
South Texas
Gulf Coast
Watermelon Shipments Forecast for Hempstead Weatherford
Large consignments of watermelons from Hempstead and Weatherford are expected next week, announced by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Market News bureau. Blight, rainfall, and high rents have cut Texan truck-crop shipments, with carload totals for the week ending shown as 1095, down to 87 the prior week.
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Hempstead
Market News Bureau
San Antonio
June Divorces Rise In Bexar County Courts
By June 28, 80 divorce suits were filed in Bexar County district courts while 257 marriage intentions were filed at the County Clerk’s office. Lawyers shifted divorce costs to the upcoming Thirty-seventh and Forty-seventh district courts for summer terms, allowing many clients to secure divorces earlier than October.
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Bexar County
CountyClerk
Jack R. Burke
Progress Is Made by Senora Calles
BOSTON June 25 Senora Theonor Liorente Calles shows slow but steady progress a week after brain tumor operation. Her condition, though grave, has not worsened, seen as a hopeful sign for recovery amid the medical update.
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Boston
Senora
Theonor Liorente Calles
Senora Calles
Counties Seek Special Session for Road Bond Relief
A coalition of about fifty county judges and commissioners from around the state urged Governor FL Sterling to convene a special legislative session. They sought use of part of the gasoline tax to cover current road bond indebtedness on designated state highways.
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Dallas
FL. Sterling
Oil Men Agree on East Texas Limit
In Dallas on June 28 a resolution approving a proposed 51 barrel per well daily allowable for the East Texas oil field was adopted at an oil men meeting. The operators supported the limit to prevent waste and to align with the slate.
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Dallas
East Texas
Deelaren
Negroes raise third of fund for St Philip s Junior college
Five hundred of the $1500 needed to pay teachers and keep the institution open have been secured. The black community raised $130, patrons and parents $74 through salads, Mexican dinners and bridge, Camp Fire girls $50, Grant Parent-Teacher $5.50. A Brackenridge park dinner netted $103, chamber of commerce efforts have yielded over $300 from 300 solicitors. Friends visit potential donors, stressing the school and San Antonio as a regional educational center.
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Fatal attack in Opelika ends with death of wife and deputy
In Opelika Alabama on June 29 a Black man attacked with a razor and public safety items, fatally injuring his wife and Sheriff W Jones and injuring two others before a posse fatally wounded him in a chaotic incident marked by race and violence.
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W. 5. Jones
Party Leaves for Big Bend Expedition
A party departs San Antonio Tuesday for two weeks of research in the Chisos mountains region. Col Marlin L Crimmins U S A curator of anthropology at the Witte Museum proceeds with archeological work among Basket Maker ages. Ben Carlson Mead of the Witte Museum and Dudley Doble of San Marcos nephew of J Frank Dobie join the expedition. They plan to visit the Johnson ranch near Castellon to view Basket Maker discoveries excavated there.
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Elina Johnson
Castellon
Flour Sacks to Be Used for Clothing in Minneapolis
Minneapolis plans to convert flour sacks into clothing for the needy under a program approved by Mayor William A. Anderson. The sacks will be collected from local flour mills and bag companies for this charitable effort.
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Minneapolis
Women's Occupytional Bureau
William A. Anderson
Open Forum Letters Question Mutual Loan Delays
The Open Forum encourages signed letters. A reader pleads for action on the old Mutual Loan company, citing two years of waiting and urgent need for cash. Additional items discuss non-interest bearing bonds for soldiers and government stamp taxes, with investors Stapfer and Rudley cited.
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Victor Stapfer
Edward J. Rudley
Scale of City Pay Cuts Scored by Editor Letter
A San Antonio reader praises Mayor Chambers for cutting city spending before a Chicago trip. The piece notes the pro rata pay reductions and contrasts them with other cities, listing various salary cut percentages and calling the plan unique. The letter then shifts to a separate editorial note about a new plan for paying soldiers' bonus.
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San Antonio
Chambers
Chicago
Djeyad Eyoue
Chanchak Forces Repulse Troops Crossing Straits
Canton dispatch reports provincial forces in steamers launches and junks attempting to cross the straits to Hainan to suppress the Chanchak naval administration. They were repulsed with heavy losses. Admiral Chanchak was removed last month for disloyalty and has since gathered forces to seize key Cantonese vessels from Hongkong, forming a separatist administration.
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Canton
China
Hainan
Chanchak
Hongkong
French novelist dies under pen name Gyp in Paris area
Neuilly sur Seine June 20 The Countess de Martel known as Gyp dies at age 81 She was grandniece of Mirabeau and mother of noted surgeon De Mariz The death closes a literary career shaped by her famous pseudonym and noble lineage.
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France
Countess de Martel
Gyp
Mirabeau
de Mariz
More Veterans on Way From Houston
Houston June 2 a net detachment of bonus seekers left quietly for Washington. The office of United Veterans said about ninety were in the new group to supplement the first group of about two hundred that departed weeks ago.
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Purification Health Ad Promises Body Cleansing Cure
An old style advertisement touts purification as nature’s foundation of health. It claims cleansing the blood by purifying the liver kidneys stomach and bowels cures chronic ailments. A trial package costs 10 cents with a family option at 25 cents.
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Remedy advertisement for itch relief and skin care
An old style ad promotes Arrite Lions ointment and Sit Soap to treat itching and eczema. It claims the products penetrate the skin to kill parasites causing eruptions and offers Black and White Ointment and Skim Soap at 25e each with a back guarantee.
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