Fire truck overturns injuring Fort Sam Houston crew
Three Fort Sam Houston firemen were seriously injured when a chemical truck overturned near New Braunfels Avenue and Carlson Street while rushing to a fire at 496 Calhoun Street. Privates Graves Munton Fiendt Bird were hurt with chest, leg, and arm injuries. J D Steele escaped uninjured. The four injured were taken to Station Hospital. Flue caused the blaze, with roughly $100 in damage to structure and contents.
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Williams Graves
Frederic Munton
Charles Fiendt
Harry Bird
J. D. Steele
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Calhoun Street
Infantry Post
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National Grange Adopts Resolutions At Convention
National Grange delegates at the Winston Salem gathering adopted resolutions urging support for the Volstead act lowering livestock selling commissions and uniform state motor vehicle laws. They also expressed opposition to compulsory crop acreage reductions as the 10 day convention closed.
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National Grange
Winston Salem
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IT girl departs dances through college in Oklahoma
Gerald Casey, a farm boy at Oklahoma A and M College, funds his education by teaching dancing schools while intending to return to farming. The report notes his unlikely path as he balances college life with work on campus.
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Stillwater
Oklg
Gerald Casey
Oklahoma A
Clara Bow Heads East for Holidays on Santa Fe Chief
Hollywood star Clara Bow kissed husband Ray Bell before boarding the Santa Fe Chief last night for New York. Bell will depart December 7 for New York and, with Clara and producer Samuel Rork, will voyage to Europe.
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Rex Bell
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Rex
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Nevada
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Sfar
Bell
Gamuel Rork
Europe
Cult member arraigned after fatal crucifixion claim
Detroit report says Robert Harris, a Black member of the Orde of Islam cult, confessed to fatally harming James J. Smith in what was described as crucifixion fire. Police found no disturbance at a 500-plus crowd event. Harris pleaded guilty and awaits a possible insanity hearing.
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Corsidora
Recorders Court
Robert Harris
Orde of
Islam
James J. Smith
Harris
Thomas Jefferson High School Photos Featured in Fortune
Photographs of the new Thomas Jefferson High School, praised as a premier 1932 educational building, will appear in Fortune Magazine's February issue. The item was repaneled Friday by Howell Jones, convention secretary of the chamber of commerce.
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Thomas Jefferson High School
Fortune Magazine
Howell Jones
Chamber of Commerce
ABOR TO FORM CHAIN STORE UNION
Cincinnati November 26 The American Federation of Labor convention instructed its officers to plan immediate unionization of all chain store employees. The action, the best taken by the convention, followed a report by the organization committee led by Michael Duffy of Indianapolis. Sponsored by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen and a Hod Carriers union delegation, the resolution argued laboring classes gain no benefit from mammoth chains and blamed chain stores for part of the depression. It also approved proposals affecting laundry workers and hotel employees in unions, urging all affiliates to organize.
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Cincinnati
American Federation of Labor Convention
Committee On Organization
Michael Duffy
Lidianapolis
Amalgamated Meat-Cutters and Butcher Workers of North America
Hod Carriers’ and Common Laborers’ Union
Isbor
Weather notes and political sales tax plan mixed in garbled text
Incoherent weather fragment mentions clear skies with variable ceilings and winds across several routes from San Antonio to New Orleans with limited visibility and scattered rain near Galveston. A separate Chicago report quotes Peter B. Carey urging a sales tax law and at least 25 percent cut in government spending as congressional priorities.
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Dattye
Celine
Chicago
Peter B. Carey
Chicago Board of Trade
Congress
Job openings for extra Christmas mail handling officers
Applicants filled out blanks as about a hundred men will be selected to join the emergency holiday mail corps. Postmaster Lucas was away but officials expect hires to be called on December 19, with pay around 34 dollars for the period. Over 200 men are on civil service eligibles. no women will be hired for extra help. The rush followed Lucas delaying acceptance of applications until November 25.
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Lucas
Civil Service
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