Rotterdam passengers ashore after grounding near Morant Cays
Kingston Jamaica October 1 The liner Rotterdam with about 450 passengers and 240 crew went aground on a reef at Morant Cays. Rescue ship Ariguani transferred most aboard by 4 59 p m The ship drifted off course and was battered by heavy seas Captain J Van Dalken and officers comforted passengers She will return to New York Sunday aboard the S S Volendam The salvage ship Killerig stood by to refloat the liner with hours of transferring people completed without major injury only one woman suffered a sprained ankle.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Rotterdam
Arignant
Morant Cays
J. van Dalken
Swesse
Volendam
Eseleton
Sue
Coray Reef
Six Dead and Thirty-Seven Hurt in Five Accidents
Six persons died and 37 were injured in traffic accidents in San Antonio during September, police headquarters said Tuesday. Four died in July and four more in August.
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San Antonio
Quin Selects Coliseum Site in Roosevelt Park
Mayor C. K. Quin and City Attorney Thomas D. Cabbs decided on the coliseum site funded by centennial bond swids. The venue, if built, would be in Roosevelt Park, formerly Riverside Park, with Lambert Park on Roosevelt Avenue deemed unsuitable due to weak foundation and size concerns.
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C. K. Quin
Thomas D. Cabbs
Fred B Berenson Dies in Chicago at 65
Word reached here of the death in Chicago of Fred B Berenson 65 insurance executive who had visited San Antonio. He is survived by his son Max Berenson a San Antonio business man and by two brothers.
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Fred B. Berenson
Chicago
Fred
Berenson
San Antonio
Max Berenson
Cooler than average September chills San Antonio
A Weather Bureau survey shows September temperatures in San Antonio averaging 7 degrees below normal. Early fall northerly fronts brought 52 degree readings, with three days of 60s minimums and a 54 degree high at one point. Rain totaled 5.63 inches for September, elevating the yearly total to 38.69 inches, 17.25 inches above normal. Sunshine was 59 percent of possible with northeast winds prevailing.
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San
Weather brief and tourist forecast with city temperatures
A fragmentary weather page lists temperatures and conditions for numerous U.S. and Canadian locations and notes sunset and moonrise times for midweek. The text includes scattered figures, cloudy and clear descriptors, and an oddly formatted section labeled for tourist weather and past winter dress deliveries.
PUL GALLED IN LOBBY QUIZ AUSTIN TEXAS
A state Senate investigating committee in Austin ordered former Senator George Purl of Dallas to testify on chain stores lobby activities. Purl did not appear. The committee plans further inquiry beyond Purl, seeking correspondence with chain store representative Robert W. Lyons. Congressman Wright Patman paused the one man probe after a Houston official said authorization to release information had not been received.
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Austin
State Senate
George
Purl
Dallas
Robert W. Lyons
Washington
Texas
Joe Will
Henderson
Henderson, Whose Snationals
Lyons
Ury
A. W. Holt
Senate
Wright Patman
Texarkana
Hig
G. L. Tle
Houston
Patmen
Memorial to T R in Park Completed by Maxwell
W Keith Maxwell, a county engineer, completed a memorial in Roosevelt park honoring Theodore Roosevelt. Read as a stones and bushes creation with a five rail split fence and flagpole at the site where Roosevelt recruited his Rough Riders. The fence is described as the earliest style, nailed-less and stacked in a triangular form.
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T. R
W. Keith Maxwell
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Avenue
Roosevelt Park
Maxwell
Artistic Thief Steals Multiple Items From Homes
An artful thief targeted several residences, taking flowers, a tapestry, a vase, a picture, and a chair from Mrs. Walter Allen at 820 Brondway. A driver, A. S. Hart worth, reported thefts including four bushels of apples and a sleeping bag nearby. Additional burglaries involved Gladys Deyo and others stealing shirts, clothing, and a wash tub from various streets and parked cars.
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Walter Allen
Brondway
A. S. Hartworth
Gladys Deyo
Elmira Street
E. Klaus
Basse Toad
Ramona Ochoa
San Marcos
Augustine Lape
West Travis Street
Old Age Pension Racket Probe In San Antonio
District Attorney John R. Shook investigated a San Antonio ticket scheme where promoters charged persona fees to register for old age pensions. Fifty elderly visitors visited the offices of County Judge Woodhull and County Clerk pro tem Bernard Laden demanding pension money. Woodhull said most said they had paid registration fees or heard they should contact the county judge via radio.
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John R. Shook
San Antonio
Prast Woodhull
Bernard Laden
Woodhull
News Broadcasts At San Antonio Vocational School
Students at San Antonio Vocational and Technical School will hear News Matches broadcast over the public address system every other Friday. The Technician, the school paper, will carry school news with Journalism class members collecting data and read by senior Mary Chatitress and news editor TaDele Mills.
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San Antonio Vocational and
Wll
Mary Chatitress
TaDele Mills
Bho
DeMolay Founder Warns Against Communism Influence
Officials of the national Order of DeMolay, founded by Frank S Land in 1919, seek to build American bulwarks against communism. Land, now secretary-general, spoke in San Antonio and sails from Wichita to Kansas City, stressing opposition to communist propaganda in schools and colleges. He cited past actions in Germany and Italy and noted a visit by Frank Hogkinson to Russia.
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National Order of the DeMolay
Frank S. Land
San Antonio
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Kansas City
Ibmow
Tuma
Wico
Cy Uotil
Hook
Ling
Sinker
Frank Hogkinghen
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Mussolini
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Buckey Mouse
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Ation
Physician Given Suspended Term
Dr. William Theo Rowley, a 63 year old San Antonio physician, pleaded guilty to violation of the Harrison narcotics act in federal court. Judge West suspended both penalties on insanity plea. Prosecutors said Rowley issued 2000 prescriptions for 80,000 grains of morphine between 1923 and 1934. he was arrested last December and said he would not continue practice.
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William ‘Theo Rowley
San Antonio
Sudge Duval West
Egbert Schweppe
Ben Foster
Rowley
Twenty One Indictments Found by Grand Jury
Twenty one indictments were returned by the Criminal District court grand jury before Judge W W McCrory. No bills were returned. The judge resumed duty after a vacation. The grand jury will file its final report Wednesday and a new panel will begin deliberations Monday.
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Criminal District Court
Grand Jury
W. W. Mcr Crory
McCrory
Plan Dropped for Joint F D R Letter Meeting Abandoned
Protestant ministers in the city abandon plans to hold a meeting for drafting a joint letter to President Roosevelt. Pastor C Roy Angell of the First Baptist Church announced Tuesday that most ministers had already written individual letters.
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Roosevelt
Hev. C. Roy Angell
Piastor
First Baptist Church
Bargain Off G Men Decline to Aid Woman in Red in Fight
The so called woman in red who fingered John Dillinger for the G men claims a deal with federal agents. J Edgar Hoover declined to back her story saying the department does not favor deals for surrender of hunted criminals. Purvis Cowley and other agents are mentioned as no longer part of the case or the agency.
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Susi
Anns Sage
John Dillinger
Justice
Washington, D.C
de Feradlat
J. Edruh Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Sameuel P. Cowley
Faye” Nelson
Melvin Purvis
Woman In Red
Ditgger
Chicago
Purvis
Jabot
Department
Visitor Reports Progress in Music Industry
O L Bagley vice president of the American Federation of Musicians spoke in San Antonio as a guest of the local union. He arrived from Los Angeles the previous Monday and addressed a Labor Temple meeting. Bagley showed interest in the upcoming Centennial Celebration.
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Eng
American Federation of Musicuaps
O. L. Bagley
Federation
San Antonio
Wmion
Bagley
Los Angeles
Labor Temple
Father Finds Sil Haned Miss Malvina Castro
Miss Malvina Castro, 16, of m4 South Navidad Street, was found hanged at her home Tuesday morning by her father Francisco Castro. Police say she had been ill recently. Justice of the Peace O. L. Wiley conducted an inquest.
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Malvina Castro
South Navidad Street
Francisco Castro
Justice of the Peace O. L. Wiley
Stanley to Rule East Texas Field
Cant. Fy N. Stanley, who served under Col. Ernest O. Thompson in France, returned to Thompson's forces today as chief enforcement officer for the Texas railroad commission East Texas. Appointment of Stanley was announced last night by officials amid a reshuffle of enforcement duties across the region.
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Austin
N. Stanley
Ernest O. Thompson
France
Thompson
Texas ‘Railroad
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