Grand Jury Pen Ait Report Highlights Stricter Enforcement
The grand jury report urges tougher enforcement of beer laws targeting beer bars and pool halls with a focus on bookies and racy activity. It documents methods of gambling and poll tax issuance, notes improvements in the district attorney and assessor offices, and recommends a centralized tax unit for San Antonio and Bexar County. Details include courthouse costs, Witnesses, minors, prostitution, dangerous weapons, and rackets.
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Pat
Amnors
Ibeer
Mother appeals for aid to find lost boy
An appeal was issued to locate Hollis Watson, 14, of 39 West Then Avenue, missing since Monday. His mother and stepfather A Hraver, who died Thursday, spoke publicly. The youth is described as light‑haired with brown eyes and about 85 pounds. A dead man identified in Brownsville by fingerprints on file in San Antonio may connect to deportation history.
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Hollis Watson
West Then Avenue
Agother
A. Hraver
F. B
San Antonio
Priday
Brownsville
Len
Looted Hangar At Airfield Reveals Theft of Tools
Burglars broke into Hangar Six at the airfield Thursday night, entering a tool room by a window. About $300 in cash was stolen along with two parachutes worth $900, spark plugs valued at $500, lamps $800, two radios $30, a June parEWorth item $20, and textbooks $20. The office sale area also suffered a loss. The theft was discovered Friday morning at 7:49. Mechanic staff heard the disturbance but no flames or other evidence was found.
Indicts Issued By Grand Jury Including Thefts And Forgery
The grand jury returned multiple indictments including theft over fifty dollars burglary forgery and swindling over fifty dollars. A missing witness Johnson a Black porter connected to a policy racket probe was later released on a writ of habeas corpus by Judge W W McCrory after immunity offered to testify failed. The jury adjourned Friday with a new panel to be sworn Monday.
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White
Jocal Elks’ Organisation
Johnson
Negro Porter
Leek
W. W. McCrory
McCrory
Sted
North Centre Streets
Banfs
Mondry
New Trial Denied on Saloon Charges
Judge McCollum Burnett denied a new trial for Est Ramsey who was fined $500 for operating an open saloon. Ramsey convicted January 13 in County Court-at-Law No 1, contending the fine was set illegally by jurors via an alleged agreement. Chapin gave notice of appeal.
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McCollum Burnett
Ramsey
Ry Tuck Chapin
Chapin
Two Texas University soloists highlighted at Night of Stars
Two of three soloists in the Night of Stars by the University of Texas Light Opera will perform Friday at Hogg Memories auditorium Austin. The pair, Archie Heap and Orville Carr, are San Antonio youths and graduates of San Antonio Junior College. Also note a local incident reports a woman and a child treated after a bite by a cat at Robert By Green hospital fund.
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University of ‘Texas Light Opera Company
Hogg Memories Auditorium
Austin
San Antonio
Archie Heap
Orville Carr
San Antonio Junior College
Hoodoo Number Draws Crowds at Kelly Field Gym
Hangar 13 at Kelly Field, once deemed unlucky for flying, has been enlarged and repaired to serve as a gymnasium until the new building program finishes. The upgrade adds two bowling alleys and improves handball and squash courts and several badminton courts, making Hangar 13 a popular hub on the field.
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Kelly Field
Aiso
Soldier Hurt in Crash Near Camp Bullis
A Port Sum Hou top Station hospital report said Camp Bullis soldier Charles McGuire was in critical condition after a three car collision on the Fredericksburg road. He remained unconscious in a coma after the crash early Friday. other drivers W J Mitchell Jr and F H Mueller were treated for non serious injuries.
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Charles McGuire
Camp Bullis
Port Sum Houstop Station
McGuire
E. H. Gilbert
Camp Ballis
F. H. Mueller
Ninth Infantry
Mexican Travel Arrivals In Mexico City Urged To Reserve
The Inter-American Highway Association director William TL. Puriovy reports peak tourist travel has passed in Mexico and urges visitors to reserve quarters in advance. The Mexican Automobile Association and tourist bodies confirm limited lodging and advise early bookings across Mexico. A separate report from Kansas notes a child killed by a train near Paka. Rozella May Carver, two, was struck after stepping onto tracks as a dog fled unharmed. investigation follows.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Paka
Kan
Rozella May Carver
Union Pacific
Maury Maverick Urges Free Trade in Austin Speech
Mayor Maury Maverick pressed free trade in a noon Austin talk before the Young Men's Business League. He argued trade barriers harm the economy, cited San Antonio meat product bans, and urged uniform state inspections, a fact finding panel, abolition of state barriers, and fair Texas freight rates. He praised San Antonio’s industry and defended city efforts, insisting Austin products deserve exchange and mutual benefit.
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Maury Maverick
Young Men's Business League
Austin
Som
Miller
San Antonio
Maverick
Wilkes
Roy Rothmann
Charles Bergstrom
C. D. Cannon
Carlton Hagelstein
George Theker
Santa Hooks
G. Ray Davis
Louis Lipstom
Floyd MaGown
T. N. Picnot
Public Service Company
California
Texas
Balkan
Aislin
Woman's Club Plans Brackenridge Memorial Fete
The Woman's club will hold a memory program for the late Mary Heanor Brackenridge on Friendship Day with Midge, a suffrage leader and philanthropist, leading events. Governor W Lee O'Daniel noted March 7 as Friendship Day and former Mary Mlea Brackenridge club members from the College of Industrial Arts at Denton participate.
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Mary Heanor Bracken
Midge
Woman's Club
W. Lee O'Daniel
Mary Mlea
Nor Brackenridge
College of Industrial Arts
Denton
Children to stage Aladdin play at Municipal auditorium
A Clare Tree Major Children's group will present Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp at 3 p m Tuesday in Municipal auditorium. The program features scenes such as Care of the Lamp Palace of the Emperor Marble Palace of Aladdin and Aladdin's Home.
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Aladdin
Clare Tree Major
Municipal Auditorium
Jury Foreman Files Charge in County Court
Grand Jury investigation of the courthouse habits Friday resulted in filing a misdemeanor complaint by Greed Jury Foreman John G. Swope. He filed 2 complaints in County Court at Law No. 2 charging Lyle Lopes, address 914 By Paso Street, with theft at $6 from Frank GH, 523 South San Saba Street. December 21. Fire Chief A Harb and Fire Marshals Howard Dickens Friday accompanied Mayor Maury Maverick and city commissioners to Austin to confer with the state fire marshal regarding department mailers.
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Grand Jury
Habliues Fridey
Greed
John G. Swope
County
Lyle Lopes
Paso
South
San Saba Street
Wart
Austin
A. Harb
Howard Dickens
Maury Maverick
Bre
Pedestrian Hit by Car Injures Two in City
Friday ambulance reports pedestrian Jobin Fall, 25, treated at Robert B Green Hospital for cuts and bruises after being struck by a car in the 509 block of Mul Avenue. Police listed driver Jimmy Thurman, 526 West Lynwood Avenue, and Palt was bob seriously injured.
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Jobin
Soledad Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Mul Avenue
Jimmy Thurman
West Lynwood Avenue
Bob
Essay Winners to Cet Awards at St Anthony Hotel
Winners in the San Antonio Association of Life Underwriters contest are Mrs. R. A. Froebel Don Myrlin and Mrs. H. K. Troll. The luncheon at the St Anthony hotel will include prize awards and an address by R. N. Gresham on tax insurance.
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San Antonio
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