Accursed Distribution and Wartime Economic Warnings
The piece critiques high distribution costs and rail shipping barriers while recounting Samuel Rubel’s rise from coal peddler to a $50 million ice and coal empire. It notes Britain's sleeping sickness, rabies scares in America, smallpox outbreaks, and Bishop Manning’s defense of traditional doctrine as well as fiscal reforms and tax cuts.
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New-York City
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
North River
New York City
Samuel Rubel
Russia
Ord
Albert Smlner
Britain
Lord Milner
Delegates from world ad convention head to San Antonio
Advertising delegates from around the globe allocate trips to San Antonio after Houston cancellation. A 75 member Mexican police band from Mexico City will accompany the visiting group. They arrive 7:45 Friday at the TG N station and are met by cars arranged by Bred Herndon.
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Houston
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dallas
North Texas
Mexico City
TG. N
Bred Herndon
Chamber of Commerce
Yill
Advertising Club
City to receive water earnings after plant sale
Net income of the waterworks since January 1 is estimated over 350000 dollars. The plant will become city property on June 1 and revenues generated will be delivered to the city after a dispute over ownership.
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Nat T. Wagner and Associates
Wagner
Boy Bicyclist Dies After Crash With Army Truck
Frank Irejo a 12 year old boy of 1112 Alamo street died at Kelly Field hospital at 8 am Thursday from injuries after his bicycle collided with an army truck at the Fire City and Cumberland roads intersection. The truck from Duncan Field was driven by civilian employee W W Singleton who had come from the flying field to hire laborers for the San Antonio Air Intermediate Depot. The boy swerved to pass cars and the collision hurled him to the ground in front of a wheel.
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Frank Irejo
Alamo Street
Kelly Field
Fire City
Cumberland
Duncan Field
W. W. Singleton
Flying
San Antonio Air Intermediate Depot
Trek
Woman of Houston Heir to Portion of $69 000 000 Estate
George Brock a locksmith from Toronto plans a voyage to England to claim a share of a vast estate left by Lord Sutton. The inheritance totals around sixty million dollars with seven heirs, including Mrs. Samuel Werner of Hensall Ontario and Mrs. Hawthorne of Houston. Brock is related to Mrs. Werner and will join a party to establish the heritage.
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Woman OF Houston
Universal Services
Ottawa
George Brock
New York
England
Lord Sutton
Canada
Samuel Werner
Hensall
Ont
Hawthorne
Houston
Brock
Werner
Sharp Glash Climax of Case in Election Row Killing
In a tense four day trial at the Thirty-seventh district court Judge William S. Anderson hears closing arguments as State’s eye witnesses push a self defense claim. Witness W. H. Hart describes the shooting at Harlandale on July 26. Defense and prosecution prepare for a night session to finish the case.
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ML Chambers
Dave Watsor
Jim Lubbock
Tabbock
J. L. Culpepper
Harlandale Pale
DR. Enck
H. J. Livingston
W. H. Hart
Chambers
Lubbocks
Watson
Lubbock
Culpepper
Dave Watson
Fisk
Sita
Lamar Seeligson
W. H. Blanton
Nelson
Lytle
A. J. Bell
Hart
Plain Clothes Moocher Held in City Jail
A plainclothes man posing as a police officer, identified as City Pound Master Stewart, confronts a young man in the street over meals. The exchange ends with the suspect being brought to the city jail after a claim of military police ties.
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Buddie
City Pound
Stewart
Ma Toukis
Birthday Eve Fight For Lifes Of Boys In Auto Crash
Fifteen year old Tom Qolsovsky lies unconscious at Robert B Green Hospital after a Corpus Christi road crash that also injured his sister Sophia and brother Eddie. Plans for a joint 15th and 14th birthday celebration were interrupted as Tom fights for life with a fractured skull and other injuries.
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Tom Qolsovsky
Tom
Sophia
Corpus Christi Road
Robert B. Green Hospital
Eddie
Bertha
Ed Walieck
South Loop
Fom
Corpus Christi
Edie
Plan for Valley expansion praised at San Antonio luncheon
Missouri Pacific president L W Baldwin announced an option on all capital stock and bonds of the San Antonio Uvalde and Gulf Railway to improve service in the Rio Grande Valley. At the Gateway Luncheon Baldwin outlined plans to extend the Valley's economic reach, with attendees including T A Hamilton and OC N Whitehead at the American Railway Development convention in San Antonio.
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San Antonio, Uvalde and Gulf Railway
Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio
L. W. Baldwin
Missouri Pacific System
Gateway
Chamber of Commerce
St. Anthony Hotel
American Railway Development Convention
Baldwin
Salesmanship Talk Lands Youth in Jail
A young man on the curb proclaims a car the best while a patrolman questions his sobriety. The man insists that confidence in the product proves his claim. The officer retorts that a judge would likely uphold that he is drunk, and they depart arm in arm for the station.
Trains Collide Head-On Near Martinsville Kill Three
A collision between Pennsylvania railroad passenger train No. 6 and a freight near Martinsville Illinois killed engineers Dan Walsh and George H Muench and fireman William Zimmerman. Three dead and several injured as two engines and six coaches derailed. all injured transported to Terre Haute hospitals.
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Associated Press
Terre Haute
Pennsylvania Railroad
Martinsville
Here
Dan Walsh
George H. Muench
William Zimmerman
Darrow predicts parole chance for Leopold and Loeb
Clarence Darrow, counsel for Leopold and Loeb, says life in Joliet prison may reach twenty years but implies parole is possible under law. He notes the defendants appear to adjust to prison life and spoke during a visit a week ago. Darrow was in Richmond to address the American Psychiatry Association.
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Richmond
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Joliet
Robert Franks
Clarence Darrow
Darrow
Mr. Darrow
American Psychiatry Association
Ford Eyes 400 Shipboard Vessels Buy
Detroit May 14 Henry Ford will purchase 400 vessels of the United States Shipping Board if the government fixes a fair price. The pledge came after a conference with T V O Connor chairman of the Shipping Board and was reported by the Detroit Free Press.
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Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Henry Ford
United States Shipping Board
Ford
Rider Haggard dies noted author dies in London
London May 14 Associated Press reports Sir H Rider Haggard the noted author died there today. The aging writer of adventure fiction passed away in London reports confirm.
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Associated
Treas
London
H.rider Haggard
Highwayman Attack Spurs Late Night Assault In City
Miss Essie Robbins recalls a midnight assault near her La Chapel Street home as a white man grabbed her from behind and sought money. She fought free after clawing and kicking, then fled as a neighbor alerted police. Police pursue suspects linked to two similar attacks on women within 24 hours.
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Essie Robbins
la Chapel Street
Miss Robbins
Ford and
Jensen
A. B. Lindsey
North Street
Sycamore Street
May Robbins
Mrs. Lindsey
Miss Kotrring
Frenchmen Defeat Rifian Tribesmen in Morocco Action
Paris May 14 The French say Rifian tribesmen in the Wreacl zone of Morocco were driven back yesterday after invading under Abd El Krim orders. A wide front operation was reported by headquarters.
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Associated
Peres
Paris
Wreacl
Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
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War Ministry
Jin Lubbock
Harry Craft
Hue Wsay
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Road
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Loeb
Asvigtin
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