Accident victim fights for life against long odds
A severely injured 15 year old boy named Tom remains unconscious but survives six days after a Corpus Christi road crash that rolled the car carrying his sister Sophia and brother Eddie. His health is dire, doctors say, yet family notes a stubborn will to live as a joint birthday celebration approaches for Tom and Sophia on consecutive days.
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Facorscides
Tom P
Creey
Polsoraky Snousehole
Max II
Yom
Sophia
Tom
Heaith
Avith
Eddie
Bertha
Ed Valicek
South Loop
Corpus Christi
Pen Ie
Railway Delegates Leave for Valley Convention
Delegates from the American Railway Development Association left San Antonio Friday afternoon for the Valley meeting. B. M. Madison, immigration agent for the GH&SA railroad, will oversee elevation duties. The convention closed Friday noon, with the next gathering planned for Vancouver, British Columbia.
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American Ailway Development Association
An Antonio
Tower Rio Grande Jey
B. M. Madison
GH. & S. A. Railroad
Waller
Tatt Ranch
Sen Antonio
Vancouver
British Columbia
Teachers Meet Twice Weekly Training Class Ad
Advertisement notes teachers to meet twice weekly at Beaer Boulevard Presbyterian training class taking up first chapter of a new book. Examinations end each section with papers graded at denominational headquarters in Philadelphia. Reampers yure cream address listed.
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Othe Teachers ‘Training Clase
Beaer Boulevard Presbyterian Ae ‘H
Thor Wells
Missing 12 year old Olive Wear sought by citywide search
Little Olive Wear of 1818 Broadway is missing after being sent on an errand. Frantic parents and police, aided by detectives, describe a red bob haircut and pink dress with green trimming. She was last seen Friday morning on Broadway. authorities have checked hospitals with no results.
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Olive Wear
Broadway
Olive
Prominent SA Hotel Man John Broder Dies at 60
John Joseph Broder a longtime San Antonio hotel man born in Chicago died Friday night at his home 425 Humstock Avenue at age 60 He had worked in hotels since age 17 and was night clerk at the St Anthony Hotel for 15 years health forced retirement last July Surviving are his widow a son John Broder and a daughter Marion Broder Funeral set for Sunday morning pallbearers will be drawn from former associates of Broder in San Antonio hotels.
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John Joseph Broder
Humstock Avenue
Chicago
Broder
St. Anthony
John Broder
Marion Broder
San Antonio
Broder v
Musical Fiesta By Ganda Mexicana At Local Church Grounds
The Ganda Mexicana band directed by Carlos Asala will perform as part of a spring fiesta and bazaar organized by the Immaculate Heart of Mary church on the church grounds at South Ben Saba and San Luis streets. Evening performances are set for May 16 and 17 featuring midway attractions such as a fish porch fortune tellers candy confetti gouche a country store and refreshments. Proceeds go to benefit the parish high school.
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Ganda ‘Mexicana
Carlos
Asala
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Ben Saba
San Luis
Hial School
Unscrambled note on a South Dakota arrest clash
Details from a South Dakota incident are sparse. Sheriff John Dahlen held the person in question, with limited clerical clarity about the event and timing. Further confirmation from El Sioux City archives is needed to identify the parties and outcome.
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South Dakota
Feantaina Fine
Jes
John Dahlen
Oklahoma Storms Sweep Across Part of Oklahoma
Severe weather struck parts of Oklahoma as heavy rain hail and strong winds destroyed three houses cut wire communications and caused widespread damage. Norman and Tribbes suffered outages and disruptions to intercity service while a tornado near Tribbes wrecked buildings and left towns in darkness.
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Oklahoma
Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Norman
Here
Tribbes
Shawnee
Hte
Muskogee
Mrs Maverick Seeks City Refund for 6050
Laura Maverick petitions the city for a refund of 6050 charged on May 16 1921 for Market Street widening. She states the city bought property at 93300 on South Alamo but subtracted 6050 for widening, leaving her only 16. The petitioner cites delays in the proposed improvements and asks for 6050 plus six percent interest from May 1 1921 to date. She requests action at the next meeting.
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Laura Maverick
Market Street
South Alamo
Maverick
Smxs
Cotton Men Gather for Austin Meeting
A district meeting of 12 Central Texas counties in Austin Saturday will be attended by seven representatives from the Texas County Burden Cotton association. Two directors will be nominated, with one later to be elected to represent this district in the state organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Texas County
Burren Cotton Association
Man charged after bar attack at Stinson Field
J A Davis, an employee at Stinson Flying Field, released on a 3200 bond on aggravated assault charge. Deputy Sheriff Bob Crasby arrested him after Emilie Garan, another employee, came to the sheriff's office with a bandaged head claiming Davis struck her with a iron bar.
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J. A. Davis
Stinson
Flying Field
Ste Wrid
Bob Crasby
Emilie Garan
Fied
Sheriffeh
Davis
Bine
Dope Ring Is Broken By U S Agents In San Antonio
Federal narcotic agents say they captured two men and seized morphine in a San Antonio dope ring bust after a 139 hour surveillance with Detective Scott Walling. The trail started at Military Plaza and moved toward Quitman street. One suspect has prior narcotic charges and is linked to smugglers who supply large morphine quantities for street sale.
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San Antonio
Scott Walling
Military Plaza
Quitman Street
Jury in Lubbock case remains out after long trial
In Lubbock District Court Judge W S Anderson awaits jurors during a dramatic closing of Jim Lubbock’s trial for the Culpepper killing at a Harlendale polling place. District Attorney C M Chambers and defense lawyer Dave Watson clashed over Ku Klux Klan ties as witnesses testified amid a crowded, tense courtroom atmosphere.
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W. S. Anderson
Ain Lubbock
J. L.cul
Law and Order
C.M. Chambers
Jim Lubbock
Thirty-seventh District Court
Tarn
Chambers
Watson
Ku Klan
Mosee B
Lubbock
Nelson Iustle
Anion
Mr. Chambers
Mr. Lubbock
Jim
Culpepper
Thurman Barrett
the Star Witnesses
Mixed Jury Convicts Woman in Slaying
A Paterson court convicts a woman in the shooting death of Samuel Cantelimo. Justice Black sentences her to from five to ten years at hard labor in the state prison. The jury deliberated just under three hours.
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Universal Service
Paterson
Red
Samuel’ Cantelimo
Black
Coolidge limits Navy on rum crackdown and gas talks
May 16 Washington President Coolidge opposes directing the navy to police rum smugglers off the East and West coasts. He favors coast guard enforcement within existing appropriations and awaits governors' views before deciding on a defense muster date possibly July 4. He supports limited arms talks and Geneva gas questions without binding peacetime commerce.
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Washington
United States Navy
East
West Coasis
Coolidge
National Defense
Coast Guard
Congress
Geneva
Ambassador Sheffield and Calles Reach Understanding in Mexico
Ambassador Sheffield and Mexican President Calles resolved all current disputes between the United States and Mexico. It was Sheffield’s last meeting before returning to report to the U S President on agrarian and labor disputes and other state of affairs.
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Lntgereal Service
Mexico City
Sheffield
Calles
United States
Mexico
Iege
Famous Players Buys 38 Theaters in New England
The Famors Players Lasky corporation announced purchase of 38 Olympic Theaters in New England from Olympic Theaters Inc. Control will pass to the buyers on July 14.
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Axsoriated Press
New York
New England
Olympic Theaters, Inc
Famors Players-Lasky Corporation
Local Sunday Light Offers Last Minute San Antonio Ad Reach
Tour runs through 7 30 Saturday night for last minute want ads. Ample time to place ads and reach households in San Antonio and Southwest Texas. Vast circulation yields strong results through this wide distribution.
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San Antonio
Texas
Father Awarded Custody in Ninety Fourth District Court
In a Friday hearing Judge W W S McCrory awarded custody of three children to the father, overturning a previous order. The court heard that the father earned about 150 dollars monthly while a grandmother and aunt testified of support, while the mother’s guardians argued neglect and claimed the family faced hardship. The judge found no proof the father was incapable of caring for the children and ordered custody to him.
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Tody
W.s McCrory
Mills
Bens
Mils
Nill
Herman
Josephine
Hin
Will
Berpet
Miss Mills
Nii
Mattie
Kerrville
George M. Clifton
Niil
Seek Actress Who Doesn't Know She Owns Oil
Wichita Falls report details vaudeville actress Matty Lee Lippard. The missive notes an oil venture and a forthcoming eastbound arrival, with her address somewhere in New York state. The text is fragmentary and mixes quotations, implying confusion over ownership and location.
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The
Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Matty, Lee’ Lippard
New York
Miss Lippard
John Broder Hotel Man Dies at Home in San Antonio
Funeral services for John Joseph Broder veteran hotel man who died at 525 Hunstock avenue Friday night will be held Sunday at Sloan Wilbert and Pelpiirey parlors at 3 30 pm and a religious service at St Cecelia's Church at 4 pm under Father M S Garaga. Interment at Mission Burial Park. Broder longtime night clerk at St Anthony Hotel, retired last July. Born Chicago 60 years ago, he worked in hotels since 17, previously with Congress Motel Chicago Reed House Chattanooga Brown House Macon Auditorium Annex Chicago. He leaves wife and daughter Miss Arias Broder of San Antonio. Pallbearers listed from HA 2 McClaugherty to W R Hyslop. numerous honorary pallbearers named from Texas and beyond.
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John
Joseph Broder
Hunstock Avenue
Sloan, Wilbert and Pélpiirey
St. Cecelia's Catholic Church
M.S. Garaga
Mission” Burial Park
Broder
St. Anthony
Texas
United States
Chicago
San Antonio
Congress
Reed House
Chattanooga
Brown House
Macon
Auditorium Annex
John Broder
Miss
Arias Broder
San. Antonin Mea
Lexas
Widow gets estate of Vivian Noessel
By the will filed for probate in county probate court Saturday the estate of Vivian Noessel who died at Houston April 29 was left to his widow Lena M Noessel who was made independent executrix. The estate is valued at $10,000.
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Vivian Noessel
Houston
Lena M.noessel
Night attacker stalks city. seized after chase
A man believed linked to multiple night assaults terrorized neighborhoods, leaping onto porches and assaulting women. After a lengthy pursuit by motorcycle officers from Central Station and city detectives, the suspect was captured near South Alamy Street. Authorities connect him to prior attacks on Miss Essie Robbins and Mrs. A B Lindsey, among others, as a citywide manhunt unfolds. The report notes a druggist, George Keeene, relocating his shop across Military Plaza.
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A. Peckins
Routh
Flores Street
Garettson
da Street
Fry
Emil
Braun
Ledesteinns
H. R. Helsmun
Nathan Street
Guenther Street
South Alamy Street
M. McCollough
West
Myrtle Street
McCullough
Higgins
Schoenstein
Essie Robbins
Chapel Street
A. B. Lindsey
North Street
Hye
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