German ties to Texas cited at German Day festival
Dr. Rolf Jaeger German consul for the southern states praised Texas golds markets and raw materials in demand by Germany including cotton grain sorghum rice corn sugar and lumber. He noted Texas exports of oil and gas and said German passenger steamers call at Galveston and Houston. Jaeger spoke at the Menger hotel banquet and will address the Sunday program at the municipal auditorium about the enduring ties between San Antonio and Germany.
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Texas
Watch
Germany
Texse
Rolf Jaeger
New Orleans
Dr. Jaeger
South
Galveston
Houston
Gulf Porta
Menger Hotel
Evenig
Jaeger
San Antonio
Southwest
Jeeger
Paul Steffter
Southern Pacific Depot
Alt Haldelberg
Pawl von Hindenburg
Peter Biller
Lloyd Steamship Line
Heavy air travel growth at American Airways in 1932
A report presented in San Antonio by American Airways president Lae Motte T. Cohn shows strong early 1932 passenger and freight gains. The airline carried 10 587 passengers in August, up from 10 537 in July, with a 5 percent rise in passenger traffic and a 3.8 percent uptick over 1941 annual levels. total mileage reached 1 092 980 miles for the period, with August freight at 126 071 pounds.
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American Airways, Incorporated
Lae Motte T. Cohn
San Antonio
G. W. Johnson
Trafic
American Airways
Model House for Small Family at Fair Amid Plans
A porcelain-enamel house to fit the average small American family will be built by Cleveland firms for Chicago's World Fair next year. The second model is under construction in a Cleveland suburb, featuring a modified colonial design with a flat roof and no basement. Indoor space includes a large living room dining alcove hall and kitchen, two bedrooms and a bath, with heating and laundry at ground level and a one car attached garage for clothes drying.
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Cleveland
Oliveland
Mother Kills 2 Invalid Boys and Herself in Wisconsin
MILWAUKEE Wis Sept 10 Unwilling to let her sons suffer Mrs Martha Jones 41 shot them to death and then killed herself at their Whitefish Bay home The note to her husband Edwin A Jones described it as the only solution to their problem Benny and Jimmy suffered from asthma since birth and the family had been unhappy with their fate
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Milwaurbree
Wis
Martha Jonce
Whitefish Bay
Edwin A. Jones
Daddy
Benny
Jimmy
Famous WWI Aces Plan Transatlantic Peace Flight
Major Draper of the British Royal Air Service and Baron von Schleich, once foes and now allies, intend a two-seater non stop flight from London to New York. They hope to promote peace in America but find costs high in England. Both have met since the war to discuss their peace mission.
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London
Atlantic
America
Major Draper
Royal Air Service
Baron von Schleich
Black Knight
Germany
England
Munich Flying Club
New York
Baron von Schletck
Home Loan Bank Subscriptions to Start Wednesday
US officials announce that subscription blanks have been mailed nationwide and sale of stock in home loan banks may open on September 14. Franklin W. Fort, chairman, urged chambers of commerce in 65 cities to provide facilities for openings as the board completes a survey of states allowing banks and related entities to buy stock.
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Washington, D. C
Franklin W. Fort
Chambers of Commerce
Ks. Ja
Acid discovery saves leather industry losses
Cincinnati report states a method to prevent mold in leather using acetic acid in vinegar. Dr Irvin H Blok Guramonigies at the University of Cincinnati leather research lab developed a plan where airing moldy leather stays free for two months after ten days at room conditions.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Uaa
Irvin H. Blok Gud
Leather Nearch
City Hosts 1000s for German Day Event
Hundreds of Germans from surrounding towns gathered in San Antonio for Texas German Day. Activities began with a dinner at the Menger Hotel featuring Congressman Richard Kebsre and Dr. Rolf Jaeger. Key to the city was to be presented to Dr. Jaeger, and HH. Ochs served as toastmaster. A Sunday program at the Municipal Auditorium includes speeches by Congressman Kleberg and Dr. Jaeger, a 62-person cast and chorus performing Alt Feldelberg at 2:30 pm, and a grand ball to close the celebration.
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San Antonio
Texas
Municipal Auditorium
Waa
Menger Hotel
Richard Kebsre
Rolf Jaeger
New Orleans
Paul Steffer
Dr. Jaeger
HH. Ochs
Southern Pacific
Rdnard W. Beluistnger
Congressman Kleberg
Alt Feldelberg
California Forest Fires Still Rage in Ventura County
Fires in Casiths Betta Ane and Carpinteris districts were nearly controlled but spread to Bespe and Maltilija dia triots in Ventura county. Two camps of 400 men each operated in Matilije and espe districts with 160 extra firefighters sent to the Santa Ynez drainage area near the Juncal dam.
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Ventura
Calif
Casiths
Betta Ane
Carpinteris
Bespe
Maltilija
Ventura County
Matilije
Espe
Sarita Ynez
Juncal
Hole in Shoe Is Real Murder Clue
Detroit police say a hole in Frederik Terry's shoe led to his confession to robbing and killing Nagest Sabor, a station attendant. A footprint with the hole matched Terry, who reportedly described how he left the naked foot impression on the floor of a fling station during the crime.
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Detroit
Frederik Terry
Terry
Nagest Sabor
Siamese twin squashes drawn to local farm exhibit
Twin squashes joined at one side and sharing a stem were brought to a local grocery near Lawrenceburg Ky by farmer T L Campbell of Lexington. He bought the unusual vegetables and took them to Lexington for exhibition amid a market of new and used furniture in fresh classifieds.
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Lawrenceburg
T. L. Campbell
Lexington
Neta
Flood floods Rio Grande area with limited damage expected
Flood waters move toward the gulf as Brownsville sits at 18.1 feet and level remains steady. Sebastian floodway breach inundates town while roads and rail lines near Lyford and Sebastian face closure. In Willacy county residents rescue a family from a five-foot whirlpool, and Mercedes records 41.6 feet with no further rise anticipated. The flood brings irrigation benefits to some farms while Cameron county reports no major levee breaks.
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Rio Grande
Gulf
Brownsville
Sebastian
Sebastiand
Egford
Teed
Lyford
Gatardsy
Missouri Pacific
Inchea
Francisco Vallin
Willacy County
Santa Rose
Santa Rosa
NEW Wise
Rilo
Grands City
San Juan
Monterrey
Mercedes
Rio Grande City
Baturdey
Cameron County
Business Swing Upward Indicated
Washington reports continued upward swing in business conditions evident in car loadings and commodity price moves. Revenue freight loadings for the week ended September 3 totaled 650,727 cars, up 21,754 from the prior week, according to the American Railway Association. The total was 200,144 cars below the same week last year and 296,922 below 1930 level.
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Washington, D. C
American Railway Association
Girl 14 Survives 75 Foot River Leap By Own Action
Pauline Nickoll, 14, leaped from a bridge into the Mississippi river after writing four notes to an 18-year-old local youth. She landed in water about 20 feet from a garbage barge, was pulled out unconscious and is recovering from internal injuries in City Hospital.
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Louis
Pauline Nickoll
France rejects German armament equality demand
Paris reports France under Premier Herriot replies to German ultimatum with a firm refusal to discuss armament equality. The note, approved by the cabinet and President Lebrun, suggests Germany should bring its terms to the League of Nations and notes the Versailles Treaty revision as an international issue.
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Atif
Germany
League of Nations
France
Herriot
Council of Ministers
Lebrun
Fiysee Palace
Urges Man Killers Be Taken From Zoos
Cleveland councilman Peter F. Rieder urged removing all "vicious animals" from zoos after recent caretaker killings at Cleveland Zoo and a keeper killed by gunfire at Detroit Zoo. He proposed replacing them with porine.
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Cleveland
Eheap
Cleveland Zoo
Detroit Zoo
Peter F. Rieder
Robins Search Proves Futile in Chicago
An all day search led by federal operatives failed to locate dol Raymond Robins, noted social service worker who vanished last weekend in New York. Secret service, prohibition agents, police and private agencies combed the Loop district without success. A nationwide search began after Robins failed to meet President Hoover in Washington, with a longtime friend reporting a greeting in Chicago Thursday.
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Chicago
Hoover
Dol
Raymond Robins
New York
Mlaaing
Loop
Secret Service
Prohibition
Colonel Robins
Washington
Hoover Tat
Tuesay
W. H. Haupt
Powers -Years
Firemen Rescue Goats From Roof in Somerville
Fire crews in Somerville Massachusetts faced a novel rescue when they were summoned to save a goat stranded about 50 feet above a roof. A resident reported the animal atop the building, and firefighters used ladders and a safety rope to bring the goat to the ground unharmed.
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Somerville
Mass
Wong
Paraguay and Bolivia urged to arbitrate peace plan
Five neutral nations sent an emergency note to Paraguay and Bolivia urging suspension of hostilities and submission to arbitration. If no agreement is reached the dispute would go to the Montevideo 1933 Pan American conference or the permanent court of International Justice at The Hague. The note, signed by representatives of the United States Uruguay Colombia Cuba and Mexico, followed a meeting of the neutral commission.
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Washington, D. C
Paramey
Bolivia
Gran Chaco
Montevideo
Permanent Court of International Justices
Hague
Francis P. White
Thanota
South America
United States
Uruguay
Colombia
Cuba
Mexico
Hotel Man Loses 8400 to Bandits
James Burns a Fort Worth hotel employee was robbed of $400 by two bandits as he stepped from a bus in front of his home. The incident occurred in Fort Worth Texas with the report dated October 10. No injuries reported. Police urged anyone with information to contact detectives.
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Fort Worth
Texas
James Burns
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