City backs land exchange for federal building site
The city may approve trading a triangular strip of Houston Street to the government in exchange for a 10 foot width from the Alamo Street side to widen the federal property. Support comes from the chamber, East Side Improvement Co, and San Antonio Conservation Society, while opponents include Dr G H Timmlps and Hiram Partee. A Saturday deadline looms as the mayor and remaining commissioners weigh the long term city benefits.
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Houston Street
Phil Wright
Frank Bushick
Chamber of Commerce
East Side Improvement Company
The
San Antonio Conservation Society
J. H. Calvert
Joske Grothers
Ike S. Kampmann
R. M. Silsbee
William F. Schutz
H. H. Ogilvie
EC. Tarrant
ES. Chandler Company
E. T. McCaun
Gibbs
Frederick G. Oppenheimer
Frederik Terrell
G.H. Timmlps
Hiram Partee
Frank Huntress
John B. Herff
Batur- Gay
K. Quin
Hoto
Federal
Alamo Street
Hialph Cameron
Houston
Quin
A. L. Becker
NRA Grocery Industrial Council
North Alamto Street
Senator Extols Soviet Progress at Leningrad Waterfront
Senator Robert R. Reynolds of North Carolina, returning with President Roosevelt from a trip to Russia, praised perceived Soviet progress and noted unusual waterfront activity at Leningrad while aboard the presidential party. A separate note reports Governor Miriam A. Ferguson granting a pardon to J. T. Johnson in a Grayson county liquor case.
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New York
Robert R. Reynolds
North Carolina
President Roosevelt
Russia
Soviet Republic
Europe
Leningrad
Austin
Miriam A. Ferguson
J.T. Johnson
Grayson County
Corpus killing yields seventeen and a half year sentence
In Brownsville Texas Arthur Dowd manager of the Nueces hotel was shot dead in his office. The conviction of Isaac Davis of Corpus Christi for the killing follows a second trial here on a change of venue. The court hôm sentenced the killer to 17 1 2 years in prison and the attorney for the convict indicated the sentence would likely be accepted without appeal.
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Brownsville
Texas
Arthur Dowd
Nueces Hotel
Corpus Christi
Isaac Davis
Dowd
Winkler Rites Held Early In St Louis
In St Louis on October 13 Gus Winkler once a St Louis hoodlum and underworld figure, had a surprise funeral two hours earlier than scheduled. His family arrived at the undertaker's early morning, and witnesses were disappointed by the abrupt departure of the body before public viewing.
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ST. Louis
INS
Gus Winkler
Underworld
Winkler
Youths Outburst in Court Adds Three Years to Sentence
In Pampa Texas on October 13 18 year old Glyde Delong faced a forged check case and gunfire charge. The district judge sentenced him to five years marking an escalation from the prior minimum two years for forgery. Delong erupted with insults toward local merchant Murray Freundlich and threatened to pursue him after being led from the courtroom.
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Pampa
Texas
Glyde Delong
Pampao
Aad
W. R. Ewing
Delong
Murray Freundlich
Ewing
Freundlich
Death Row Inmate Quinn Loses Appeal In Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Oct 13 44 Criminal Court of Appeals denied Eerl Quinn a rehearing in the slaying of Miss Jessie Griffith Norman Music teacher. His conviction and death sentence were affirmed and the execution set for November 24. The ad notice mentions a blotter offer at The Light.
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Oklahoma City
Eerl Quinn
Criminal Court of Appeals
Quinn
Jessie Griffith
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Minneapolis
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