Celebrities Hard to Interview Yet Easy to Charm
A columnist reflects on interview dynamics with famous figures. The amiable Will Rogers is praised for his memory and friendliness toward reporters, while difficult interviewees quiet questions after long answers. Greta Garbo Lindbergh and Jolson are cited, with Jolson disliking flash photography and a dramatic misadventure with a photographer in San Antonio.
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Ardmore
Okla
Will Rogers
Rogers
Tim
Chambers
San Antonio
Vines
Greta Garbo
Lindbergh
Marion Talley
San Antonso
Clarence Darrow
Texas
Frisch to Speak on Creation of Man at Service
Ephram Friselya keimon ak the regular weekly services at Leanple Heth l Pelday will feature a magazine article discussion. Frisch will address The Creation of Man, following his preview of A Cenvley View of a Jewish Controversy in Berbers Magazine.
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Frisch
Grand jury returns eighty nine indictments in federal court
Eighty nine indictments were returned by the grand jury in Federal District court Thursday morning. Twelve were kept secret. Russell Winn, assistant United States district attorney, handed them to Judge R. J. McMillan requesting warrants for arrest. Arrests were expected Thursday afternoon. Judge McMillan thanked jurors for handling cases for Del Rio and Austin as well as San Antonio, noting big savings to the government. Robert Tate was grand jury foreman.
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Federal District Court
Russell Winn
United States
R. J. McMillan
Liese
McMillan
del Rio
Austin
San Antonio
Robert & Tate
Federal Judge McMillan Recuses From Three Pending Cases
Federal Judge B J McMillan disqualified himself in three pending cases by written certificates on file with the district clerk Thursday. He acted as attorney for the complainant in Rogers versus San Antonio Building Materials and was a receiver in that suit. He also was receiver in Jarrett Corporation versus Southern States Finance and is a stockholder in Indians Southwestern Gas and Utilities, which led to Grayburg Oil company reorganizations. Judge DuVel West, handling these matters, is on a world tour, so another judge will preside at hearings.
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M'Millan
B. J. McMillan
Hn Rogers
San Antonio Building Materials Company
Jarrett Corporation
Southern States Finance Company
Indians Southwestern Gas and Utilities Corporation
Grayburg Qll Company
U S Job Office Moves at Courthouse for Space
The U S Job Office at the courthouse will relocate to the basement quarters vacated by the state highway patrol and the local division of the state comptroller's office to provide space for the National Re-employment office. Gate Mergele, courthouse custodian, said staff from the highway patrol and comptroller's office will move to smaller fourth floor rooms.
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National
State Highway Patrol
State Comptroller’s Office
Major Kimball on Way to New Post
Maj. R. S. Kimball, adjutant general of the Second division, departs San Antonio for San Francisco en route to a Hawaii posting. He and Mrs. Kimball will sail from San Francisco on November 25 after driving to California.
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Maj. R. S. Kimball
Porl Sam Houston
San Antonio
San Francisco
Hawaii
Mrs. Kimball
California
Federal workers pose on steps demand safer post office
All employees stand in bins and throng the front steps in a protest demanding action and improved safety at the city post office. A new post building may be opened soon, with plans to relocate.
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Teveral
Thurriag
Bnelie Ab
Optometrists to Address Meeting in Laredo
Optometrists from San Antonio and Dennis will speak at a Saturday afternoon educational program hosted by the Toxss Optormelaic association in Zone No. 5. The event is set for 3 p.m. in Laredo. A Twentythird Infantry band concert scheduled for Thursday evening has been postponed.
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Optometrists
Dolye
Dennis
San Antonio
WUT
Toxss Optormelaic Association
Laredo
T P
Tosipone
Twenty- Third Infantry Band
Poulos Named Co Defendant In Historic 3.2 Beer Raid
Tom Poulos, tied to a famous pre war 3.2 beer seizure by the old prohibition department, is set for a federal court appearance Friday as jurors resume work. Poulos qualified with 20 others after a weekend conference in the Manniatinn case, where a federal internal revenue service agent was reportedly involved.
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Mao
Tom Poulos
Poulos
Bon Anstonta
Federal Internal Revenue
Neenae
Welfare Bureau Re-elects All Its Former Officers
Welfare Bureau in Hexer county courthouse re elected all officers and board members. Dr. Frederick Terrell re elected president presided. W. M. Stokes and G. Taylor first and second vice presidents. Miss Blanche McComb third vice president. Judge Mecul ion Burnett fourth vice president. secretaries and auditors named. re elected chairs include Mrs. George W. Jones and others.
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Welfare Bureau
San Antonia
Frank H. Deusseff
R. GC. Hyeman
Baxter Greer
Roscoe Hauser
Henry, Mueller
W. C. Roclafs
Jobn HB
Gunningham
W. A. King
Henry Clarkson Stribling
Dreetork
George W. Jones
R. J. Holmgreen
H. A Klotz
W. L. Whitlock
H. ¥. Jones
Rowena Green
Cle Eister
Kilday Asks Regular Plates For San Antonio Police
Police Chief Owen W. Kilday urged the state highway department to issue regular license plates to San Antonio police instead of exemption plates. In a letter to chief clerk Miss Bessie Bergstrom he said current plates hinder crime tracking and identifying officers.
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Owen W. Kilday
State Highway Department
San Antonio
Texas
Kilday
Bessie Bergstrom
Woodhull Officials Say They Lack Relief Powers
County Judge Frost announced that neither he nor county commissioners have legal authority to secure work relief for applicants. He spoke Thursday to stop a surge of men and women seeking placement at the relief headquarters, stressing the limits of local government in distributing aid.
Bexar County Bonds Destroyed in Courtroom Fire
In Bexar County a blaze destroyed and cancelled bonds worth $169,000, drawing the attention of Judge Trost Weedhull and the commissioners court. Officials lit cigars as the bonds were destroyed in the courthouse basement, ending the debt obligation.
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Bexar County
Barin
Togd
Fridge
Trost’ Weedhull
To Commissioners Court
City Refunds Cigarette Tax Fees After State Law Change
City commissioners approved refunds totaling 2127 to Bert Keeney for a retail beer license costing 95.44 after a May 18 change repealed local cigarette tax authority. The refunds cover fees paid for licenses to sell cigarettes and a beer license fee.
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Ers
Bert Keeney
Man Injured After Fall on Train in San Antonio
Lawrence Wade, 25, of Columbus Texas, arrived in San Antonio on a Southern Pacific freight train early Thursday and was taken to Robert B Green Hospital. Wade slipped and fell while boarding at Glidden, and doctors fear possible amputation of his right foot.
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Lawrence Wade
Columbus
Texas
San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Robert B. Green
Wade
Glidden
Bexar recruits for Civilian Conservation Corps tree army
The Civilian Conservation Corps plans to recruit from Bexar County for the second six month posting in the Eight Corps Area. Of 10,020 members, 84 will be recruits from Bexar County. Veterans will total 120. October 18 marks veterans moving to Prescott Arizona and Canyon Texas, while juniors head to Bello Mont Arizona Silver City New Mexico Grand Canyon Arizona Giohe Arizona. Last enlistment date is November 2.
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Civilisn Conservation Corps
Tree Army
Bexar
Ares
Prescott
Ariz
Canyon
Texas
Bellomont
Silver City
N. M
Grand Canyon
Aria
Ta Giohe
Fee Army
It Texes
Man Wanted in Bond Case Extradition Ordered
Elmer Burd, linked to a conspiracy involving 500000 dollars in stolen bonds, faces extradition from Oklahoma to Texas. Ranger Fred Holland arrested him in Oklahoma. Governor Murray signed the extradition warrant. Burd to be brought to San Antonio to answer charges from August in Justice of the Peace John R Shook's court alongside co defendants Bonner Cunningham and Roysle svinter who face similar counts.
Special Venice to Hear Trial for Murder
W W McCrory of the Ninety fourth District court ordered a special center of 250 men to form a jury to try June Woolfolk charged with the murder of Alma Dell Cabble. Woolfolk confessed to detectives and is held in Bexar county jail awaiting trial after a Tuesday indictment. The body was found in a vacant apartment at 213 West Magnolis avenue where Cabble had answered a work ad. Woolfolk worked as a yard man there.
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Venice
Dudes
W. W. McCrory
Ninety-fourth District Court
June Woolfolk
Firs
Alma Dell Cabble
Woolfolk
Bexar County
Ange
Magnolis Avenue
Seven Tax Suits Filed by Alamo Heights Attorneys
Alamo Heights attorneys filed seven suits in the Forty-fifth district court to collect delinquent taxes. The actions cover taxes up to six years old, with amounts reaching as high as $890, to prevent default on bond payments and keep the city’s finances current.
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Alamo Heights
Forty-fifth District
Negro Convicted in Murder Case
Paul D. Duncan, a 1-year-ola negro, was found guilty by a 94th district court jury on the murder of Lanza Hyshw on January 24. He was sentenced to 2M years. Defense attorneys Franklin Spears and Dave Watson will file a motion for a new trial. The case was argued as self defense.
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Paul D. Duncan
Franklin Spears
Dave Watson
Dunesn
Dust Nuisance Eases at Randolph Field After Bermuda Grass
Residents of Kelly and Randolph Fields suffer dust due to Bermuda grass seeding during sod work. Airborne dust recedes when bermuda thickens, with relief only during rainfall. Night flights and flying school personnel contribute to dust levels, but Randolph Field remains largely dust free in fair weather.
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Kelly
Randolph
Kelly Field
Randolph Field
Ad Flying School
Tarranta
The First Voyage Dreamed by Columbus in Verse
A verse narrative recounts Christopher Columbus as a famed seafaring captain whose quest to reach the West defies scorn. It portrays his origins as debated, his vision influenced by Atlantis lore, and his voyage toward the Indies, meeting fear and awe from sailors and courts alike.
Child Victims in Automobile Incidents Reported
A series of pedestrian and vehicle accidents left several children and adults injured. Antonia Santos, 6, suffered a fractured skull and lost teeth after being struck near Guadalupe and Nueces. Guadalupe Escobedo, 8, was hurt slightly after being hit by a truck. Palo Alto Road resident, 13, fell from a cane scuttling machine with unspecified injuries. Robert Ryan, 18, was slightly injured when struck by a friend’s car. E G Wille, 40, sustained a dislocated shoulder after a car overturned near the Plensonton coach while receiving first aid at Robert B. Green hospital.
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Antonis Santos
Ban Luis Street
Raber BH. Green Hospital
Guadalupe
Nueces
Pongomant
Robert Ryan
Cincinnati Avenue
E.G. Wille
Fort Worth
Wen
Weson
Plensonton
San Antonio
Robert B. Green Hospital
Guadalupe Escoveds
San Luis Street
Palo Alto Road
Probationers enlist in Civilian Conservation Corps
Several probationers under the guidance of Heed Cogart, a federal probation officer, have joined the Civilian Conservation Corps. Cogart said at least one youth has left the tree army unit in the White Mountains in New Mexico due to a stretch of cold weather. The tree army is described as a strengthening influence for supervised men.
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Heed Cogart
Civilian Conservation Corpu
Cogart
Tee
White Mountains
New Mexico
Tree Army
Chinese Succeeds in Halting Fight at Market House
The Markethouse cafe owner Lee Ne, 50, tried to stop a brawl Wednesday night when bullets wounded three Mexicans. His son H Ng, 24, and Ray Diaz helped quell the melee as gunfire shattered glass. All four men were hospitalized. Ng paid each wounded man $14 after aid. Persons named include Reyes Espinosa 33 of North Peres Street Corpus Christi residents Guadalupe Cortez and Luis Bernal. Ling refused prosecution while the shooter was jailed for discharging a weapon within city limits and the Mexican involved in the fight faced affray charges.
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Lee Ne
Tor
H. Ng
Ray Diaz
Morales
Robert
Green Hospital
Ra- Glo
Mike Live
Ling
Reyes Espinosa
Peres Street
Guadalupe Cortez
Luis Bernal
Corpus Christi
Youth surrenders after fatal South Comal shooting
Willie Gaona aged 22 from 1312 South Comal walked to police headquarters early Thursday with his mother and surrendered in connection with the fatal shooting of Bernabe Valenzuela aged 26 at a liaison party on 1321 South Comal. Valenzuela was shot once in the head as the marriage ceremony proceeded, in a house where repairs were underway. Gaona was reportedly acquainted with the suspect.
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Willie Gaona
South Comal
Bernabe Valenzuela
Valenzuela
Heari Ag
Suil
Arcard
Ty Radis Taefralman
Mike
Will
U C May Use County Home For Federal Relief Plan
The Bexar county commissioners court discussed allowing the federal government to take over the county home for boys at the county fair as temporary relief headquarters for about 100 unemployed transients. The plan would repair the three story building and house workers who would farm crops to be turned over to the county, with stays of two to six months and required work.
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Bexar County Commissioners' Court
Wo Ik
Albert Mayerlek Jr
Marshal 4. Thompson
Iveneu
Turin
County Juctee Frost Woodhull
Trom Cluk
Mock Trial Staged by League Aims in District Court
A mock trial will be staged by Haywhiers of Myo Yoring and the People's tongue of the Amurins Achin con gregation AL Ap Mh Gelabey 1B in the Thirty-weventh district court. The event outlines procedural steps and participant roles for a community legal exercise.
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League
Amurins Achin Congregation
AL Ap. Mh
Gelabey
Thirty-weventh
Bexar Relief Head Steps Into New Relief Structure
Plans for a complete reorganization of Bexar relief administration were announced with new operating methods to be set in late Thursday. Herbert L Davis expected to assume temporary head at headquarters as J Z Reed and others shape an advisory committee to aid the relief effort. Medical society to run examinations for 13000 unemployed aid recipients, with 10 relief stations and planned start Friday morning. Work projects to resume once state legislature approves bond funding.
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Bexar
Onty Relief Administration
Moon
J. Z. Reed
Nafoninf
Sats
oThursday
Sat
Reed
Davis
Herbert L Davis
Te Bexar Qelet
Chorse
Yvon Harlingen
Guy Bonham
Bexar County Board of Welfare and Employment
Bexar Board
Bontiar
C. EK. Qin
Countty Dodge Frost Woodhull
George Nelson
Burns Fatal to Aged 8 A Woman Fern Dies in San Antonio
An 77 year old San Antonio resident Mrs N F Fern of 124 Argo Avenue died Wednesday at Medical Arts hospital from burns after her dress caught fire while brushing a gas stove Tuesday night. Survivors include sons W P Edwards and F M Edwards. daughters Mrs George D Campbell and Mrs Edward Sweeney, all of San Antonio. brothers S B Brassell and Govanles, and D M Brassell of San Marcos. sister Mrs Edward Montgomery of El Paso. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon with A Le Bickert officiating.
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Burns
Mra
N. F. Fern
Argo ‘Avenge
Alamo Heights
Medical
Aria Hospital
W. P. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
George D. Campbell
Edward Sweeney
San Antonio
Unclear fragmented note on local politics and weather
Fragmentary report mentions political factions and weather observations near the Wabash River. References include Jim Watson and an unnamed traveler, with hints of rising unrest and civic concerns. Contains numerous garbled phrases and nonessential names, limiting full clarity.
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Ameriean
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