President Coolidge Won't Call Special Session
March 1926 notice from Washington states President Coolidge sees no need for a special session. Many senators and representatives will not return in December, having chosen private life or other federal work. The White House announced no urgency to resume major bills that failed passage. Some key measures listed include McFadden banking, radio control, and railroad labor dispute boards. many other essential bills died with the Senate during the year. The President expects government functions will continue with existing programs despite the delay.
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Coolidge
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White House
Terai
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McFadden Branch
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Alamo
War Budget Shortfalls Force Navy and Army Delays
The bill’s failure to provide $25.8 million stalls planned loans for banks and pressures cuts in army strength to 80 000 by July 1. Navy plans face carrier work on Lexington and Saratoga shifting funds, while Okahoma and Nevada ships face delayed modernization. Public buildings, interior department funds, and pay for pensioners hit July disbursements, with Idaho and Nevada projects affected as well.
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War Department
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Saratoga
Navy
Okahams
Nevada
Interior Department
Qgonstruction
Tepniva Orrelands
Payette di ‘Isi
Boise Project
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Nlao
Yum
Arizona
Hood
Cofornds
Man Saved From Drowning Recovering At Home
Tohr Dudderk, 70, a companion at St. Francis Home for the Aged, is recovering after an early afternoon drowning incident in the San Antonio river. Three tourists from Jones Avenue on the Arabic camp grounds pulled him from twenty feet of water. Rescuers Henry Lammis of Paw Paw Michigan George Thayer of Springfield Ohio and Earl Combourne of Indiana swam to his aid. He was taken to Robert B. Green hospital for first aid before returning to the home.
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Tohr Dudderk
Earl Couioombe
Indiana
Tiemas
Robert B. Green Hospital
Exhibit Monster Fish Says Largest Ever Capture Reaches San Antonio
A 45 foot long fish claimed as the largest ever captured arrived by a specially built railroad car in San Antonio on Saturday. The creature is described as more than twenty three feet high with a vast girth and five gill openings. Captain Greene presides over the exhibition on the car at the Union Station.
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San Antonio
Ptain Greene
Two Suspects Held in San Antonio Burglary Probes
Two men from San Antonio were jailed after early Saturday prowling incidents led to arrests for questioning. One man was nabbed at Dallas and Raymond streets, the other near the market books on West Commerce Street as detectives linked them to multiple attempted burglary reports.
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San Antonio
Dallas and
Rymond Streets
West Commerce Street
Intoxicated Guest Held as Disturber in Downtown Hotel
An intoxicated guest at a downtown hotel was arrested early Saturday after creating a disturbance in the lobby. He reportedly disturbed other guests and attempted to stage a confrontation with a couple, drawing police attention.
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Jtown
Otter
Pallce
Dome myths and copper wealth in a Utah tale
A dated discourse blends political critique with a miners tale from Utah about copper operations near the Provo Canyon area. It argues that public grand schemes are overshadowed by everyday political and moral concerns while detailing an Army engineers led mining project that exhausted a copper mountain, implying vast potential wealth and losses from resource extraction.
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Utah
Ferrards
Osdar
Escaping Thieves Hide Auto License Plates
Thiever halted by Col. F. Mr Clain at 1603 Broadway. two thieves hid license plates with their hands and reshaped them, one leaning from the rear and another cutting the front bumper area. Tools and vehicle components were reported stolen in the garage looting.
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Thiever
Court Upholds Marshall Schulz Pardon From Texas Governor
The court affirmed the unconditional pardon granted by former Texas Governor Miriam A. Ferguson to Herman J Schulz. Schulz’s attorney Horace Wilson argued the pardon valid despite an earlier appeal, and Judge W S Anderson ruled the pardon valid and ordered immediate release of the applicant after hours of argument. The case followed a theft by beilee conviction, affirmed on appeal, with post arrest warrants and habeas corpus proceedings concluding in Schulz’s favor.
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Herman J Schuix
Miriam AL Perguson
Texas
Beam County
W. S.-Ander
Thirty-seventh District
Horace Wilson
Schulz
Anderson
Beilee
Wilson Startrit Bebens
Selulz
Dry Goods Store Windows Smashed in Saturday Break-In
Spectar Dry Goods windows were smashed but no items were stolen. Police formed a response Saturday amid investigations into the vandalism at the shop.
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Spectar Dry Goods Company
Poliés
Saturdar
Comet sighting and world news brief mix from March
Telegraph dispatches report a Harvard observatory sighting of a comet on March 3 and left unclear notes about Winnecke. Evanston vows to push bootleggers from the cradle of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Auction of political shifts includes London and Vienna moves. Kidnap threat case ends in detectives’ alert. The Budapest earthquake tremors echo across Central Europe as the era shifts.
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Inarms
Evanston
Women
Ebhistian Temperance Union
Boly
Prizes Awarded as Editor Praises Local Entries
From page one the editor announces honorable mentions for several locals. Names include Léonard Wrank Irene G Mooty Angeles Robledo Holgar Sid Overton and Macfarlane at 322 Burnett street. Macfarlane is praised for persistent freehand bone work and is expected to be among prize winners.
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Hammond Avenue
WC. Flening
Bomar Street
Irene G.mooty
Pedch Street
Angeles
Funeral Services for Elsie Dreiss Wasiner Held at Home
Funeral services for Elsie Dreiss Wasiner 44 died Friday at a local hospital. Rev Rolfe officiated at a residence service, with burial at City Cemetery No 2. Survived by husband John Kastner daughter Juanita Kastner and parents Hd Decils of San Antonio along with four brothers and one sister. Mrs Kastner was a native of San Antonio.
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Elsie Dreiss Wasiner
Guen
Rolfe BP
Mark's Episcopal Church
City Cemetery No. 2
John Kastner
Juanita Kastner
Hd Decils
San Antonio
Mrs. Kastner
Passengers Saved From Wrecked Japanese Liner
Passengers and part of the crew of the Japanese liner Anhei Mor, wrecked yesterday about forty miles off Oshima Island, were rescued today. The vessel carried 1 passenger and a crew of fifty.
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Tokio
P'assengere
Oshima Island
Tremendous Light 3 5 Will Guide Fliers
New York March 5 The giant practical incandescent lamp is ready for use with 22 000 candlepower. It is designed to illuminate landing fields for air travel.
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New York
Iwe
Éapceinl
Russians seek 500000-ton meteorite in Siberia legend
A Russian expedition has set out for Siberia to locate a legendary 500000 ton meteorite said to have fallen about twenty years ago and burned trees in a wide area. The search targets a vast crater and surrounding forest to recover the mysterious rock.
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Leningrad
Siberia
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