Building in a Big Way and Peace Talk in Europe
Arthur Brisbane reports on England rebuffing France over Rhineland action and the League of Nations stalemate easing Hitler and Mussolini. He notes Russia’s possible shift, German leadership, and UK fears. The piece also surveys U S public works spending, Florida aviation prospects, Everglades bird rookeries, and a pink flamingo beach in Cuba.
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England
United States
Public Works Administration
Nore
PWA
Cuba
Florida
Senate Confirms Mag as U S Attorney for Texas
The Senate confirmed Steve Mag as U S district attorney for the Eastern District of Texas in a confirmation today. The action formalizes his appointment to oversee federal prosecutions in the district.
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Washington, D
Duster Bowl in Cool Wave Stirs San Antonio Dust Storm
A brisk March norther swept South Texas with dust from the northwestern plains. Temperatures fell from 64 at 8 a.m. to 46 by 9 a.m. with wind and dust reducing visibility. Weatherman J H Jarboe forecast a low near 44 Thursday morning and improving skies by afternoon.
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San Antonio
South
Texas
Plains
U.S
J. H. Jarboe
San Antonians
Jarboe
Sixth victim of blast dies in Corpus Christi
Two more men die from yesterday's gasoline vapor explosion at the Humble refinery in Ingleside raising the toll to six. J. W. Ome and J. L. Franklin died today from burns received in the blast as Cleburne H. Boring, R. Tackett, %, 8. Wilson, and William Wao Mack had died earlier. Workers were in a 30.6 barrel tank when the blast occurred, and officials suspect a short circuited electric light extension ignited gasoline vapor.
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Corpus Christi
Humble
Ingleside
J. W. Ome
J. L. Franklin
Cleburne H. Boring
Tackett
Wilson
Willian Wao- Mack
Sterilized. Mother's Critical Condition in New Jersey Case
Mrs. Maryor Cooper Hewitt, described as in critical condition at a medical center after a February 21 overdose of a sedative during a personal crisis. She faces charges of attempting death by her own action and being a fugitive from California, with accusations from her daughter Ann alleging sterilization plans discussed with two physicians.
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Jersey
City
N. J
Maryor Cooper Hewitt
Medical Center
Hewitt Ig
San Francisco
Ann
Charees
California
Hewtt
Blaze on German liner Potsdam near channel aid withdrawn
London reports a blaze aboard the German liner Potsdam en route from Hamburg to Yokohama with a number of passengers. Initial requests for assistance were later cancelled as shore authorities indicated aid was no longer needed.
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London
Maren H—Im
Potsdam
Enelisa
Hambure
Yokohama
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and Vicinity
Mostly fair and colder conditions in San Antonio and vicinity with fair Thursday. Wednesday starts cool with lowest around 44 degrees and high around 66 degrees on Thursday. Moderate to fresh west winds diminish tonight, with high near 71 at daybreak and 56 by dawn. Frost possible in exposed southwest areas late Wednesday night. further details on Page 2.
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San Antonio
Texas
West
Undercover Wager in San Antonio Bookshops
San Antonio bookies kept taking bets despite Mayor CG Quin’s order to close borst race betting. Downtown shops used agents and hidden practices while some venues admitted customers openly. J. J. Lawrence and ex-constable Duke Carver surveyed the city as Quin vows permanent enforcement and dismisses rural cooperation.
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San Antonio
CG. K. Quin
J. J. Lawrence
City Machine
Imayor
Carver
Lawrence
Duke Carver
Quin
Department Store Sales Up 13 Per Cent Revealed
Washington March 11 Department store sales in February rose 23 percent from a year earlier aided by an additional business day. The Federal Reserve Board said two months of the year showed a 9 percent gain over the previous year. The data covered 234 cities and 456 stores.
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Washington
D. C
Mareh
Federal Reserve Board
Woman’s memory lapse leads to mistaken husband identity
A man with amnesia is identified by Mrs. Anna Thompson as her husband Hermie Thompson of Los Angeles. He says Mrs. Thompson left San Antonio with her three children after a note claimed she had made a mistake and that he was not her husband. He arrived at Santa Rosa hospital March 1 and police sent his fingerprints to Washington for ID.
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Anna Thompson
Arden Grove
Hermie Thompson
Los Angeles
Washington
Manchester
Eng
WiDr
Duck Ruxton
Ruxton
Buxton
Ravine
Glasgow
Girl Survives Four Story Fall
CHICAGO March 1920 A beautiful blonde, claimed to be Palthis Drew of Squirrel Hill Pennsylvania, survived a seven story fall at a North Side hotel after plunging from the seventh floor. She was saved after landing on wire mesh at the third floor level and was only bruised with possible internal injuries.
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Chicago
Tim Thton Tire
Pittsburgh
North Side
Spanish Priest Fires on Incendiary Mob
A cleric in Celio ginin Mareis province shot and killed one rioter after his house was burned during clashes when Spain elected a Leftist government last month. Soldiers patrolled Gra Mada as leftist fascist violence reportedly claimed seven to twenty lives yesterday.
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California
Gulf Coast
Florda
Mary Lewis
Metropolitan
New York
United States
Machi
Mares Ta
Spain
Celioginin
Mareis
Gra~ Mada
Barto
Burglar Hides in Bank and Steals 3500
A man lay in wait in a Pasadena Bank of America branch and robbed two officials after entering through a skylight. He gagged the branch manager George Dietzler and teller Joseph Knapp, forcing two cash boxes and escaping with between 3500 and 4000 dollars. He was armed but did not wear a mask.
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Pasadena
Bank of America
George Dietzler
Joseph Knapp
Dietzler
Aged Clergyman Slain and Two Arrested in Alabama
In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the body of Rev. John Pate, a rural Baptist minister, was found in a shallow grave after an all-night search. Sheriff Festus Shanklin said two men, Edgar Skelton, 35, who confessed, and James Franklin, were arrested on murder charges tied to a Sunday robbery and the minister’s death.
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Tuscalousa
Ala
Edward VII Weighs Possible Marriage in Commons
In London on March 1 1910 a royal message signed by King Edward VII was read in the House of Commons. It requests revision of the civil list to cover a potential marriage and the queen’s provision, amid a question from a Labour member about assurance of marriage.
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London
Edward VII
England
House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain
Edward
Wheeler Bill Advances in Senate Committee
The Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted 10 to report to the full Senate the Wheeler bill to expand powers of the Federal Trade Commission over industrial practices.
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Senate
Washington, D.C
Senate Interstate Commerte
Federal Trade Commission
President's Mother Makes Surprise Luncheon Call
Mrs James Roosevelt the president's mother aged 81 visited the White House walt luncheon in the executive offices today joining her son at his desk for a surprise appearance in Washington D C on March 11.
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Washington, D. C
James Roosevelt
Hitler's Peace Offer Final Declared by German Leader
In an authorized interview British journalist G Ward Price cites Chancellor Hitler stating Germany seeks peace and wishes to avoid further war but warns that if his proposals are rejected or not considered, the German government will not renew overtures to Europe.
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Withers Toll
Germany
Rhine
Milter
G. Ward Price
Cercl
France
Grarts
Evrne
Hitler offers universal nonaggression pact amid League of Nations talks
In Munich on March 11, Chancellor Hitler discusses a universal nonaggression pact with Austria and Czechoslovakia, asserts Germany's aim for peaceful internal development, and signals willingness to rejoin the League of Nations while seeking equal treatment under the Covenant. The interview notes Hitler’s insistence that any pact would apply broadly and his hope Britain supports the proposals.
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G. Ward Price Lennon
Baily Mall
Arronndgent
Universal Service
Munich
Germany
Hil
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Joachim
von Ribbentrap
West
League of Nations
Wallister Appeal Lost in Murder Case Verdict
James D. McAllister, convicted killer of Houston salesman Percy A. Calkins, had his penalty affirmed by the Court for Criminal Appeals. Calkins, with Richard A. Palmer, picked up near Houston en route to the Lower Valley, was shot in the back, robbed, and his body dumped near Raymondville.
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Austin
Maron
James D. McAllister
Percy A. Calkins
Houston
Court For Criminal Appeals
Calkins
McAllister
Richard A. Palmer
Lower Valley
Raymondville
Robbery at Gulf station foiled by mystery arrival
An armed bandit raided the Gulf filling station at Broadway and Grayson Street early Wednesday. A migrant worker on duty at 3 a.m. frightened the assailant, who fled west on Grayson Street after threatening the clerk and attempting to take cash.
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Gulf
Broadway
Grayson Aireet
L. W. Scogging
Lon Grayson Street
France risks leaving League over Rhineland stand
Paris warned that France may quit the League of Nations if Britain fails to back demands that Hitler withdraw 70 percent of German troops from the Rhineland. Foreign Minister Flandin travels to London for Locarno talks, stressing France will not be humiliated and may seek decisive action with support from Soviet Russia and regional partners.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Great Britain
Hitler
Rhineland
Pierre Atienne Flandin
Moinister
London
Locarno
Flaudin
Anthony Folén
League of New Hans
Germany
Hiller
League of Nations
Foreign Office
League
Soviet Russia
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Flandingovs
Rene Massigligh
Jules Basder
Charles Roohat
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