Stroller Finds Wide Open Gambling Flourishing in S A
In San Antonio gambling has shifted to high powered, metropolitan scale. Lottery tickets are found beyond East Commerce street into outlying districts, including a weathered barn off Milam street near the Southern Pacific yards. A weathered barn hides a tale of easy money options and illicit lottery sales.
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S.A
San Anironio
East Commerce Street
Milam Street
Southern Pacific Roundhouse
North Hackberry
North Pine Streets
Southern Pacific
Navy's tin pig at home in Detroit to Lakehurst flight
The ZMC 2 all metal dirigible lands at Lakehurst after its maiden flight from Detroit as a pair of mysterious holes in its envelope hint at a costly machine. A city lottery stall features blue red and green tickets, a ticket writer named Red, and working slot machines. The observer notes the lottery drawing location near East Commerce Street and Brown Skin Cafe, with timing and venue details.
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Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Detroit
China Blue Company
China Red Company
Red
East Commerce Street
Smart Set
Commerce Street
Center Street
Smart Set Autditorium
Brown Skin Cafe
Mystery Numbers Echo In Hidden Room
An observer overhears a group of men in a second floor room counting numbers for a drawing while colored crowds gather in a cafe below. The narrator follows a man to a cigar store and notes the tense scene around the winning numbers process.
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Brown Skin
East Commerce Street
Carter
Drawing of a Brown Kin Cafe Lottery Night
A San Antonio observer visits the West Side to witness a local lottery game called policy. Players pick three numbers from 1 to 78 and wager up to 50 dollars in nickels. The drawn numbers decide wins, while secrecy surrounds where the drawings happen and who is organizing them. The narrative notes mixed luck with a red ticket yielding small gains.
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San Antonio
West Side
Stroller’s West Side Ad Ventures and Phantom Crap Game
Tomorrow The Stroller profiles his ad ventures on the West Side and recounts how he played poker and his encounter with a Phantom Crap Game, highlighting earlier gambles and the media persona.
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West Side
Becky Trial Nearing End In Fort Worth Case
The defense seeks Becky as chief rebuttal witness amid possible new trial. Testimony shows the young woman charged with a single-handed bank hold-up may be insane. Otis Hogere hopes to finish this week, pending further court actions as Becky and her mother Grace Bradley await a verdict.
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Buda Bank
Otis Hogere
Lam
Vecky
Grace Bradley
Fort Worth
Indianapolis Plane Passes 56th Hour in Endurance Flight
The Indianapolis Flamingo, an all metal monoplane, completed its fifty sixth hour aloft at 6 am Monday in the attempt to break the world record for sustained refueled flight. Laura Tobin is the pilot, with crew members Hien, Welter Beck and Laurence Sisheve assisting in the endurance mission.
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Indianapolis
North Carolina protests Communism as power merges rise
A dramatic scene in North Carolina highlights fears of corporate power and “money power” shaping politics. The piece recalls bloodless violence against a truck carrying alleged Communists, ending with Ella May Wiggins dead, underscoring state intolerance for radical movements and alleged foreign influence.
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Mra
Ella May Wiggins
Dapger
City Delays Channel Vote Over Flood Plan
City officials debate flood prevention work amid a delay in approving the river channel project. Street Commissioner Paul Steft ter urges a meeting while Acting Mayor Wright postpones the decision until Mayor Chambers returns. Critics oppose costly, poorly designed bends and favor a safer, more direct outlet near the Bionter Flour mill.
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Paul B. Steftter
Sayer Phil Wright
City Commission
Chambers
Ifnce Freese
Mreuter
Bionter Flour Mille
Bis
Citg
Ile
Farmer Injured in Auto Collision on Tamse Road
Henry Fest, living five miles from the city on the Tamse road, suffered a probable fracture of the shaft after a big car and another vehicle collided at McCullough avenue and Bushnell place Monday morning. Wet pavements were believed to have caused the crash. Fest was taken to Robert B. Green hospital for X rays of the head.
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Henry Fest
Tamse Road
McCullough Avenue
Snd
Bushnell Place
Fest
Robert B. Green Hospital
Mis Pantac Trial Near Close in Los Angeles
Los Angeles on September 16. The trial of Mrs Lois Pantages, charged with second degree murder in a fatal collision linked to presumed intoxication, enters its expected final week as jurors recover. Prosecutors and defense aim to place the verdict with the jury by Friday while another trial for her husband Alexander Pantages looms next week.
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Los Angeles
Lois Pantages
Juro Rokumoto
Tio
Janjor
Ace
Alexander Pantages
Tao Thester
Eunice’Pringle
Carlos Hardy
Pantages
Costello
Dhe Ia
Michel Former S A Resident Dies in Los Angeles
Henry Michel, ST, a former resident of San Antonio, died in Los Angeles, California, Saturday. He lived at 200 Jefferson Street during his residence here. Survived by his widow Mary Michel, two brothers Leon and Barnes, and a sister Mrs. Trene Michel Mayfield.
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Henry Michel
San Antonio
Los Angeles
Calif
Jefferson Street
Mary Michel
Leon and
Barnes
Trene Michel Mayfield
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Riebe Optical CO
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