Back Taxes Due Dramatizes City Cash Crunch
Uncollected back taxes totaling about 850 000 are due over twenty years, with taxpayers ranging from small accounts to large corporations. Commissioner Frank H Bushick says 20 percent supports schools and notes efforts to enforce payment through lawsuits and active collections. Some delinquents defend homestead status, but homes can be seized like other property.
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Frank H. Bushick
Joseph B. Doirt
Barr
Sebich
Bashick
Joseph
Ryan
Thieves Load Truck With Laundered Clothes Stolen
A 1924 blue wood body laundry truck owned by Bexar Steam Laundry vanished from 509 West Commerce Street after driver E. B. Dent left a delivery at 106 Herman Street. The nearly full truck contained freshly laundered laundry.
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E. B. Dent
Bexar
Herman Street
West Commerce Street
Ladies and Light to Share Spotlight at Sales Meeting
The Ladies and The San Antonio Light will share the spotlight at the Salesmanship Club meeting at the Gunter Hotel Tuesday. McIntosh of The Light will address "The Big Man at the Putty" and a Light reporter will discuss ad merits. W Liste leads. Grace Kelly, Stone Bickett, and Henrietta Frazier will greet, Jean Moore oversees the crowd, Mrs. Bell Brown sings with Fay Reeder. Cigars from Frank Ross. prizes donated by listed local firms.
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San Antonio
Jean Moore
Houzcer
Bell Brown
Fay Reeder
Frank Ross
Kelly Coffee Company
Missetoe Creameries
Fox Company
Joske’s
Naylor Printing Company
Zurot
Planes Rush Film Here After Blaze
Five in the Empire Theater operating room before noon Monday caused two film losses, 3 Women and Desert Blues, about 500 dollars in damage. A. Hatfield tried to extinguish a sparked reel while Charles Hayes suffered burns. 50 patrons watched as flames were extinguished. An airplane from Kelly Field headed to Dallas to fetch the features. the theater aimed to reopen by 5 PM.
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Empire Theater
W. J. Tuytle
A. Hatfield
West Bhinia Street
Charles Hayes
Hayes
Jack Schwartz
Santa Gate
Hatfield
W. J. Lytle Telephones
Dallas
Kelly Field
Bids Opened for San Pedro Retaining Wall Work
City council session to open bids for five blocks of concrete retaining wall along San Pedro Creek from Travis to Durango. Bids on November 10 also requested for curbing Dowdy Street and paving Lubbock Street with one inch topping on gravel base. Routine street project assessments to be considered.
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San Pedro Creek
Travis
Durango
Dowdy Street
Helena
St. Francis
Lubbock Street
South Flores
Nogalitas
Farm Bureau Fair Officers to Meet in San Antonio
A joint meeting of Bexar county community fair associations officers and the Farm Bureau director will be held Tuesday morning at the chamber of commerce to discuss big problems. The annual meeting of Farm Bureau and Cotton Association members is planned for Saturday November 8 possibly at Covington Park with a mammoth barbecue among the features. HB Alvord secretary of the agricultural department of the chamber notes the goal to organize the fair associations permanently and to review past year reports from the six county fairs.
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Bexar County Community Fair Associations
Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
The
Cotton Association
Covington Park
Genzales Road
HB. Alvord
Agricultural Department of the Chamber
Enid
LaFollette Plans Baltimore Stop After Secluded Campaign
A. P. report notes Senator Robert M. LaFollette campaigns through Baltimore Brooklyn Schenectady Boston Pittsburg and Cleveland with last minute speeches while asserting rising registrations favor his ticket. Wheeler meanwhile arrives in Springfield for western tour with planned talks through Michigan Ohio New York City and beyond.
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Associated Press
Aitken
Robert M. LaFollette
Baltimore
Bank of the Susquehanna
Cleveland
Davis Works On Last Speech Before Carnegie Hall
New York Oct 27 John W. Davis Democratic candidate rushes to finish his wind up address to be delivered Saturday night at Carnegie Hall He drafts a general restatement of campaign issues while noting dissent to the La Follette plan and opposes giving Congress supreme power over the courts He travels to Jersey City tonight to speak with only a small interruption to his writing session.
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Springfield
Wheeler
Michigan
Lansing
Flint
Ohio
New York City
Associated Press
New York
John W. Davis
Miner
Loeust Valley
Carnegie Hall
Clarksburg
W. Va
Jersey City
Middle West
Min Davis
Wisconsin
Congress
LaFollette Endorsement of Walsh Shifts Montana Aid
AESENA Ment Oct 27 W Anderson state farmer labor party chairman and U S senator candidate issued a statement about La Follette endorsement of Senator Walsh. The endorsement reportedly weakens LaFollette in Montana and draws Republican criticism for backing a Democrat aligned candidate.
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Aesena
Ment
W. Anderson
Farmer-Labor Party
United States
LaFollette
Thomas J. Walsh
Democrat
Montana
Walsh
Democratic Party
D Davis
Car Thieves Sought After Rosebud Garage Theft
Robbers who drove a new Ford from a Rosebud garage Sunday night are believed headed toward San Antonio with the stolen car. Constable Evans of Rosebud reported the incident to the sheriff’s office Monday and local officers were dispatched to intercept the thieves. Lumber orders expected as Pacific mills report December inquiries and potential big East buying after the election.
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BEXAR
Rosebud
San Antonio
Evans
Seattle
Pacific Coast
Jim Hogg County Well Estimated At 5000 Barrels
Laredo Tex October 27 Heune Winch and Farriss No 8 drilled on Block 3 Survey 256. The Jim Hogg county well, estimated by O W Killam and Frank R Campbell, Sunday afternoon at 5000 barrels when it over crown block for eight minutes continuous flow. It is increasing production and may be the largest in the Mirande district. This suggests a new larger pool in Jim Hogg County than pools in the Miranda valley in Zapata.
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Laredo
Tex
Heune, Winch and Farriss
Jim Hogg County
O. W. Killam
Frank R. Campbell
Mirandé
Miranda Valley
Zapata
Eight Rum Vessels Taken In Row Front
Boston October 27 eight rum vessels were seized off Cape Cod and Cape Ann after a running battle with prohibition enforcers. The Tampa and a squadron of fast rum chasers captured the vessels and crews along with contraband liquor valued at about 100000. More than a score of prisoners were taken, including several American motor boats surprised by the raiders.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Cape Ann
Gloucester
New Lonnon
Conto
Tampa
Maryorimah
Anc
New London
Block Island
Cape ,Cod
Coast “Guard
Coast Guard
Majorie E. Bachman
Community Chest Plan 15 Considered Proposes Paid Secretary
A continued discussion on Community Chest Plan 15 includes proposed employment of a permanent paid secretary and a thorough campaign to urge public poll tax payments.
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Page
Aso
Two Women Held For Death Probe In Memphis
Memphis dispatch reports two young women were detained for questioning in the death of 24 year old Curtis J. Rank. Rank, whose body was found in a creek, reportedly attended a dance with the two women the night of his death. Investigators suspect jealousy as the motive with a post mortem showing Rank drowned after his head was held under water.
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Memphis
Castoday
Curtis J. Rank
Here
Rank
Ranks
Coolidge Cuts Heavy Tax Burden and Budget Reform
The piece discusses President Coolidge's tax policy and fiscal approach, arguing for preserving capital and avoiding punitive taxes that chase capital from business. It highlights the budget system as a key reform and contrasts federal tax trends with state and municipal levies, noting improved employment prospects and lower living costs for citizens. The report also mentions cattle shipments valued at $470,332 from Tarkio, Missouri.
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Daniel Webster
Coolidge
United States
Hearst May Visit San Antonio En Route Back East
William Randolph Hearst, noted publisher, may visit San Antonio on his return trip east. A telegram to the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce expressed thanks for the invitation and said he would try to arrange a visit, noting his organization hopes to be of service to San Antonio.
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W. R. Hearst
San Antonio
William Randolph Hearst
Perfect Strangers Stage Fist Fight at Street Stand
Joe Rubio 33 of 1202 Saunders Avenue and Secundino Martinez 60 of 2104 South Laredo Street were arrested on a fighting charge after a brawl at a drink stand at 207 South Santa Rose Street. Rubio says Martinez struck him with a bottle first. Rubio then struck Martinez on the nose, blood drawn, before officers separated them.
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Joe Rubio
Saunders Avenue
Secundino Martinez
South Laredo Street
Santa Rose Street
Christoph
Rubio
Martinez
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2 Corporation
Gieir
Bushier
Ar. Bushick
Baer Bros
San Pedro
Fair Officers
Davis
Progressive
Washington
Jim Hogg
Tarkio
Tom Collins
Henry
Commerce Street
Percy E. Abbey
J. K. Beretta
Vere -Brown
Edwin Chamberleg
H. Frost
Graebner
Henry L. Halff
W. S. Hendrick
E. A
F. G. Oppenheimer
Hiram Partee
Dick Prasgel
Ernest Steves
Arthur Storms
Perfect Strangers
Edgeworth
Wrigley’s
Wrigley
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