Protects Alsina property from street taking by legislature
Claude Teer, chairman of the board of control, said no land can be taken from the Alsina property to widen Houston street without an act of the Texas legislature. He denied reports that Houston street would be renamed as part of the Alamo park project and disputed a proposed 27 foot cut from the Alamo property and other reconfigurations.
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Texas
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Board of Control
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Alamo Park
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Sherokee
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Henry Phelps
Phil Wright
William McCraw
Horace ‘Thompson
Guy’ Combs
M.A. ‘Cyler
Ausiin
Mc~Craw
Alamo Grounds
Alamo area dispute over state park land and taxes
The Texas Historical and Landmarks Society opposes widening East Houston Street at the Alamo site and the state purchase of Cherokee land for a park. Back taxes totaling about 46 284 are at issue, with 23 129 owed to the city and 10 764 to the county. The group urges restoring the Alamo’s original two story stone building with federal funds.
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Beheol Board
R 9
Menefee
Texas Historical and Landmarks Society
Adina de Zavala
East Houston Street
The
Miss de Zavala
Daughters of the Republic Decide On Alamo Fund Use
Local DRT members declined to state their stance on a state park or street widening. State president Clara Driscoll Sévier will reveal the group's position Thursday. The Alamo fund of 95 000 dollars is to be spent, with officials denying discord between the state board and the organization as efforts proceed.
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Daughters of the Republic
State Park
Leila Small
Alamo
J. M. Kincaid
Clara Driscoll Sévier
Corpus Christi
State Board of Control
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Teer
State Board
58 Reds Killed in San Sebastian Battle
A Seville radio broadcast claims 58 government soldiers were killed and 108 wounded in the first major defense of San Sebastian against rebels. The insurgents reportedly hold 23 government sympathizers as hostages and routed a government column, with 4000 Marxists defending the Bay of Biscay city. The report did not specify the battle location.
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Morocco
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Spain
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Bay of Biscay
Heusca
Norris age petitions put George W Norris up for reelection
Lincoln Neb Sept 9 Senator George W Norris veteran Nebraska Republican independent today became a candidate for reelection with the filing in the secretary of state office of a petition bearing 40504 signatures on his behalf. Only four signatures are needed. He automatically became a candidate though 75 years old and desiring retirement. Norris will campaign with Democratic support and Roosevelt endorsement guiding his race against Republican Robert G Sillmans and Democrat Terry Carpenter both former congressmen.
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George W. Norris
Nebraska
Secretary of State’s
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Slavement Ba
Robert G. Sillmans
Terry Carpenter
Scotts Bluff
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Princeton Critic Defends His View Of Supreme Court Panel
New York Sept 1 A Princeton professor of history faced attack from Cass Gilbert Jr of the architectural firm that designed the new Supreme Court building for challenging a panel depiction. Edwin Corwin said a door panel shows Chief Justice Marshall handing a former opinion to Justice Story in Marbury v Madison though the event predates Story’s appointment. Gilbert refuted the claim saying the panel simply portrays Marshall and Story serving on the court together. He urged Corwin to substantiate his dispute.
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Sept. S
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Washington
Cass
Gilbert Jr
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Harvard
Marshall
Story
Gilbert
Supreme Court
Corwin
King John
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Coud Nob
Srite
Ratte
Diplomats strive to spare San Sebastian in Franco conflict
Foreign diplomats based in France pressed Spain and insurgent forces to spare the resort city of San Sebastian from destruction and fire as Rebel advances near the Bay of Biscay sent Renteria and Pasajes falling. Madrid asked ambassadors to revert to regular posts amid protest. French planes patrolled Hendaye to warn against attacking near French soil.
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ST. Jean DE Luz
France
Spain
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Renteria
Pasojes
Bay of Biscay
Madrid
Hendaye
Iba
Toledo Fort Siege Near End as Rebels Allegedly Surrender
From Madrid reports say government militiamen entered the Toledo Alcazar passages where 1760 Fascist rebels had held out for eight weeks. Rebel guns were futile last night as shelling drove many from the fortress. Militiamen prepared to storm. some reports claim surrender. Officials tout a grim blow to fascism with gains elsewhere.
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Popular Front
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Huesca
Santa
Barmaid Banter Defends Women In Bartending Field
New York September 9 Miss Jean Boopsie Marlowe New Yorks lady bartender argues that women have a place beside men behind the brass rail. She says bartending is memory patience and good nature and women can qualify as well as men. She notes laws banning women from the trade elsewhere and adds women often make customers feel at ease.
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New York
Jean
Boopsie" Marlowe
Tom Collins
Tom Callins
Storm Perils Foling Craft Off California Coast
San Diego Calif Sept 8. Scores of fishing craft feared in danger as hurricane roars toward the lower California coast about 990 miles south of San Diego. Coast guard intercepted a garbled message last night but deciphering was incomplete and authorities dismissed it as a probable prank.
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Calif
California
Coast Guard
Here
Coast
Squirrel Triggers Cleveland Police Window Sighting
Cleveland Sept 9 officers respond to report of a man with a gun peering through a dining room window. They arrive to see Bray squirrel scamper away from the window sill.
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Mer Hoopengamer
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