Home Industry Prizes Awarded in San Antonio Contest
The San Antonio Manufacturers Association awarded prizes to Thomas Nelson Page and Robert B Green for high papers in the second section of the home industry contest. Several schools received honorable mention. The contest progresses rapidly with a special corps of girls operating adding machines to tally points.
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San Antonio
G. C. Leel
Association
G.g.geyer
James A. Gallagher Jr
J. M. Mcllhenny
William 3. Northway
Hal W. Tucker
Teel
Prowler Foiled by Teacher at St Henry’s Academy
A teacher at St Henry’s Academy frightened a prowler Wednesday night as she checked basement windows. The man leapt from a corner when light came on and escaped through a window. Detectives Harris and Schoenstein searched but found nothing. police believe the intruder intended to rob the school.
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St. Henry’s Academy
Harris and Schoenstein
Elman the Violinist Marries Society Girl in San Francisco
Mischa Elman, renowned violinist, wed Miss Helen Frances Katten, a local society girl, in San Francisco. The couple will depart soon for New York and Europe following the ceremony, after an engagement announced months earlier.
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San Francisco
Mischa Elman
Helen Frances Katten
Seaboard Air Line Reports Higher 1924 Earnings
Seaboard Airline railway reports net earnings of 1924 at 1,829,043 dollars, up 434,502 dollars from 1923, per the directors' annual report released in Norfolk on May T.
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Norfolk
May T
Seaboard Airline Railway
Board of Directors
Wright to Transport Wright Flyer to England
Dayton reports Wilbur Wright announced the Wright brothers will ship the original Wright flying machine to England despite investigations and numerous requests from cities and museums to remain in the United States.
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Dayton
Smithsonian Institution
England
Wilbur Wright
Best Borrower Biggest Success, Educator Says
Berkeley May 7 The most successful man is he who can borrow money says C E Rugh professor of education at the University of California. Success is a matter of personality and surrounding oneself with people ready to help. He urges a friendly tone and mutual aid to feel like a success.
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Universal Service
Berkeley
Bill
Professor Rugh
Navy to Recommend 93 Appointments Through Promotions
Washington May 7 Approximately three admirals 43 captains and 45 commanders will be recommended for appointment through promotions by the Navy selection board meeting June 1 and continuing for months. The board members, all rear admirals, include S. Williams H P Jones Joseph Strauss Burrage F Hughes R R Jackson L M Nulton L R De Steigner and W A Moffett.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Selection Board
S. Williams
The
War College
H. P. Jones
Joseph Strauss
General Board
G. H. Burrage
Board of Inspection and Survey
R&r. H. Jackson
Naval Operations
L.M. Nulton
Naval Academy
L. R. de Steigner
Boston Navy Yard
W.A. Moffett
England Plans Independence for Husband Liability
In the House of Lords the Lord Chancellor announced the government will introduce legislation to modify the law holding a husband liable for his wife's acts. The existing doctrine that husband and wife are one person is challenged as a wife now has her own property.
Gloria Swanson legal custody of infant ward in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles a court granted Joseph Swanson, the infant ward of the Children's Home Society since birth, formal adoption as the son of Gloria Swanson's French Marquise mother. The ceremony drew a procession of courtiers and legal counsel as the Marquis de la Falsaise and her husband attended with Gloria Swanson and the child.
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Los Angeles
Litte
Joe Smith
Oakland
Children’s’ Home Society
Superior Court
Marquise de la Falsise Et de la’ Coudray
Gloria Swanson
Sonny
Joseph Swanson
Gloria II
Court House
Liverieg
Miss Swanson
Police raid nets 41 gamblers in citywide bust
Police smashed a large gambling den on South Santa Rosa avenue late Wednesday trapping 41 men by Detectives Fox McDonald Carver and Rubnke. Two trips carried suspects to the station after three entrances were picketed and the players surrendered when surrounded.
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Santa Rosa Avenue
Fox
McDonald
Carver
Rubnke
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R. L. Evans
City Federation of Women's Clubs
Ralph Emerson
Weel
Elman
Seaboard Airline
Wright
Bran
Gran
Gloria
Little Joe Smith
Henry
Mr. Roosevelt
Archibald Butt
Theodore Roosevelt
T.R
Maxwell House
Nashville
Old Southern
Maxwell House Coffee
Maxwel House CoFfFee
Topark Americas
Alamo Plaza
Commerce Street
the Fair
Marseilles Center
Marci
Itc
Georgette Crepe
Georgette
Ider
Calord
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