Open House for FA Museum Ad by Dr. Edwards
Bay Antonians will tour Dr. Douglas Edwards home at 338 East Buisache Avenue on November 9 from 4 to 9 p.m. A silver tea will benefit the White Memorial museum as the private collection, Inside the Edwards Home, is shown from front door to kitchen and upstairs. The exhibit features Vatican chairs, ancient cabinets, a salved chest from a Franciscan monastery, Venetian crystal chandeliers, and Napoleonic era pieces.
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Douglas Edwards
East Buisache Avenue
Edwards
White Memorial Museum
Edward
Mexico
Vatican
Rosugood
Spain
John the Baptist
Gun Ald Deape
Maximilian
Paris
Napoleon
Dr. Edwards
Wile Napoleon
Pancho Villa
Estelle Will to Wed Briton Warburton in Hollywood
British actor John Warburton told friends in Hollywood he is engaged to Estelle Taylor the glamorous former wife of Jack Dempsey. He did not reveal details or timing. Miss Taylor was reportedly in Chipingning a vaudeville engagement. The pairing has been rumored for months.
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Hollywood
John Warburton
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Warburton
Miss Taylor
Bagenent
Amnesia Case Involving Texan Girl Identified in Los Angeles
A 20 to 23 year old girl found unconscious on a sidewalk in Los Angeles is being treated for amnesia. Police say she repeatedly mumbled the name Billie Gorum of Paris Texas and telegrams were sent to Texas authorities to identify her. The case is described as the most complete memory loss investigators have seen.
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Los Angeles
Billie Gorym
Paris
Texas
Bie Gorum
Farmer Slayer Is Taken to El Paso for Mob Fear
El Paso Texas November 6 Inss H Nunn a Fabens Texas farmer was brought to El Paso County jail from Mahens to avert possible mob action after confessing to the brutal murder of James Hoover 27 a Page cation buyer. Hoover was bludgeoned with a head pipe after allegedly refusing to cancel several marriages on the Nunn farm as promised.
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Farmer
el Paso
Texas
H. Nunn
Fabens
Ie County
Mahens
Nunn
James A. Hoover
Cation
Hoover
Munn
Passports to Heaven Spark Death Threats in Mexico
Juarez dispatch reports that dire “passports to heaven” are being spread among peons in central Mexico. General Ignacio Flores Farías accuses El Paso smugglers of distributing the papers to inflame soldiers, highlighting claims that holders may kill themselves to reach sacred reward.
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Tordar
Farias
Sili
Education Week in San Antonio Highlights Founders’ Schools
San Antonio marks American Education Week with a citywide program beginning Monday led by J. Cochran of the school system. Radio programs, classroom exercises, posters and other activities will honor education and learning under the theme The schools and the nation’s founders. Southwestern teachers will present a KTSA program at 9 30 with speakers Dre B Hill and H H Ochs. Jefferson Brackenridge combined orchestras under Otto Zoeller. state board chief M M Washer may speak on WOAT. Each day focuses on pioneer schools, progress, and equality of opportunity.
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Bat Antonio
J. , Cochran
Iper
San Antonio
Antonio ‘Teachers’ Council
KTSA
L. Tafalla
Dre BP. B. Hill
Birst
State Board of Education
Woat
Three Die From Liquor Still Gas Fumes
New York police report three people died from monoxide gas fumes believed to have escaped from a liquor still left in operation overnight. Victims were John Esengrits, 50, his son John Jr, 19, and Joseph Keller, 11, found in a room with doors and windows shut.
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New York
Feam & Skill
John Esengrits
John Jr
Joseph Keller
Bids Sought on Laboratory Equipment for Phyllis Wheatley High
Bids will be received November 10 for chemistry biology and practical laboratory supplies for Phyllis Wheatley colored high school in San Antonio. Assistant superintendent Thomas B Portwood announced the procurement aims to equip science rooms for the new senior high school.
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Cunstream
Phyllis
Wheatley Colored High School
Thomas B. Portwood
San Antonio
Body Recovered From Rio Grande
A body was recovered from the Rio Grande near El Paso Texas. Officials believe the victim was an unidentified man possibly named Whit. The man appeared to have been in the water for several days and was found by patrols on the river bank. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death and attempting to identify the deceased.
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EL Pago
Texas
Patra
Body found in Valley Canal near San Benito
In San Benito on November 5 the body of B C Alsobrook, a farmer, was recovered from a canal weighted with a 40 pound wheel tied to his neck. A note directed searchers and two letters were left, and neighbors and the city policeman found the body. Alsobrook had been implicated in his wife’s shooting six weeks earlier.
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San Benito
B.C. Alsobrook
Alsobrook
Hercy
John
Befi Kyser
Scott Cawart
Alsobrook Hiad
Alsebrook
Wes
Ferguson predicts Miriam Ferguson win in Texas vote
Governor Ferguson spoke to several thousand East Texans at the Smith County courthouse urging support for his wife Miriam Ferguson in the Texas election. He forecast a large Democratic victory and a Roosevelt landslide, calling for unity after bitter primaries and predicting a 2 mayority advantage for his wife over Orville Bullington.
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Tyler
Tex
Smith County
Plana
Jim Ferguson
Miriam Ferguson
Texas
Ferguson
Orville Bullington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Program Ahead of Elks for November in San Antonio
The San Antonio Elks Lodge maps a November lineup starting with a first of the month lodge session and smoker Monday night. An election night party follows Tuesday for Elks and families, with section reports, entertainment, and refreshments. A Thanksgiving dance is planned under the dance committee led by Dr. L D Maurer, along with a dance this Saturday. Judge sessions occur November 4, 21, and 28 with balloting on the first date and installation on the second.
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San Antonio Elks Lodge
Moxit
Elks
Supivision
L. DB
Rift Blame Religion For Marital Troubles
Ira B Billingham sues for annulling or divorcing his wife Mrs Elizabeth Billingham in Seventy Third District claiming religious differences caused fraud in marriage. He cites promise of Catholic ceremonies and threats to pursue conversion and abandonment as grounds for relief.
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Ira B. Billingham
Eizabeth Billingham
Billingham
Boxer County
Quelda County
W. Ys
Seal
Mothers of San Antonio Students Invited for Yearbook Photo
Mrs BR W Galglagier president of the Mother's club invites mothers of San Antonio students at A and M College to meet at the municipal auditorium Tuesday at 2 30 p m for a group picture for the Longhorn 1909 college yearbook.
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Mothers of
San Antonio
A. and
M. College
BR. W. Galglagier
Mother's Club
Municipal Auditorium
Longhorn
Bandit Shot by Chicago Officer in Millinery Hold Up
A two gun bandit named Charles Bock, also called Dandi, was shot and likely fatally wounded by a Chicago policeman, Whiter Bailey, during a millinery shop robbery attempt. The gunfight endangered girl clerks and several customers in the street clash.
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Chicago
Charles Bock
Whiter Bailey
Patterson Gets 10 Years for Murder at Tony's Drive-In
Patterson was found guilty of murder without justice and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary by a Ninety-fourth District court jury. The fatal shooting at Tony's drive-in on East Josephine Street followed contested testimony about who fired first, with prosecutor seeking the harshest penalty and defense emphasizing the defendant and a friend’s account.
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Patterson
Fred Valdez
Ninety-fourth District Court
Tony
Wayne G. Leverett
Valdez
San Antonio
Week's Program for Tourist Club Announced
The Tall Season program for the Canopus Tourist Club at the Main building was announced Saturday. It lists contract bridge ports at 7:30 p.m. on Monday for members only, 2 p.m. Wednesday with talks by Wolf and Marx, and 2 p.m. Friday with supervised play by J. & Daniel. Modern dances with Eddie Warwick's orchestra are at 6 p.m. Tuesday and Friday open to winter visitors and Ban Aulonlana. A social afternoon for visitors is at 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Canopus
Wolf and Marx Company
Frigey
J. & Daniel
Eddie Warwick
Stolen Clothes Recovered From Home of Mrs Brownlaw
Clothing valued at 40 dollars stolen from 431 Blue Bonnet street reported by Mrs Litlvne Brownlaw. Recovered by pallee Baturday with an eeresh. Ida Larsen reported theft of clothing valued at 100 from a car at 648 West Elmira avenue. Mabel Kent reported a radio stolen from 1618 Monterey street.
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Litlvne Brownlaw
Blue Bonnet Street
Pallee Baturday
Ida Larsen
West
Elmira Avenue
Mabel Kent
East Josephips Street
Monterey Street
Maniac Gunfight With Troopers Ends in Tragic Shooting
In Newburgh area a former asylum inmate Chiarella barricaded in a convent basement and opened fire on state police. After hours of exchange, troopers used gas, then a trooper shot Chiarella from behind through a basement window, killing him as John Connoly, an employer, was also fatally shot. Authorities fought the threat amid evacuations and a tense, scattered firefight.
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Newburgh
Anthony Ghintells
Jeane and Mary Convent
Highland Mills
John Connoly
Nally
Chiarella
Line Convent
Middletown
Reige
Calavelia
Peng Woon
Asmelly
Kd bin
Hawthorne
Hawethorpe
Ang
Two San Antonio Junior College Alumni Honored by Phi Beta Kappa
Ann Sue Morehead Campbell and Walter B. Feigenbaum, former San Antonio Junior College students, were named to Phi Beta Kappa at Texas University, per registrar Mire C. E. Barnes. Feigenbaum is identified as the son of Mr and Mrs Feigenbaum of 218 Webster Street, with daily classifieds noting miscellaneous ads for furniture and equipment.
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San Antonio Junior College
Texas University
Mire
C. E. Barnes
Ann Sue Morehead Campbell
Walter B. Felgenbaum
Bir
Mra R. Feigenbaum
Weecster Street
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St. Joseph
Estelle Will
General Electric
Wright Bros
Elec. CO
Main Avenue
S.A
Rio Grande
Valley
Weleey
Nel Viet Winayion
Erono
Ft. Paylin
Farmer Jim
Goodyear
Corpus
Goodyear Dirigible Alliance
Brooksfield
Corpus Christ
Laredo
Maniac
Troopers
Im Light
Kallison
Kalen
Wien
Roy
Joel Algedt
Cep
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