San Antonio Presses Campaign to Lure Winter Tourists
Business leaders push a $50,000 fund to advertise San Antonio as a winter playground for the South. Letters of subscription pour in as the committee plans ads in newspapers in the North and East to showcase the climate and attractions of Southwest Texas.
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San Antonio
Ifar
Invese
R. C. Bait
Je Gretier San Ast
Te Alam Chu
Iibe
Antonio
Huff
T Succes Hotel
Gerald Meliff
Hermann Sons Carnival Offers Nightly Fun October 4 to 8
Halloween style event with dancing concerts and prize drawings at venues including the old German Tun and Tokio Theatre. Admission 10 cents. attractions include Hoover and other sponsors, with numerous ads for local services and dancing events.
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Hermann Sons
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Flyers Stop Here En Route To Races
Three planes from Rockwell Field San Diego arrived at Kelly Field Sunday afternoon on their way to Drayton for air races. The pilots include Magne AW and Telly Meld. temporary commandant for the intermediate depart is Capt. W. Co Ocker with Ryss Exvin.
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Rockwell Field
San Tiego
Kelly Wield
Drayton
Tiw Pines
Magne
Tegerahl
Telly
Army officer promotions and personnel orders issued
Official Army orders relay numerous promotions and assignments across infantry cavalry air service and ordnance including Second Lieut. Sheldon B. Eiward and First Lieut. Thomas Young with various reassignments. Key moves include Col. Thomas Donalil to Fourth Cavalry recall and Leaves of Absence granted to several officers with details on durations and postings at Fort Sam Houston Langley Field and Walter Reed hospital.
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Sheldon B. Eiward
Brooks Viel
Meily Field
Gag
Fir
Sergt
Joseph Infantry
Plattsburg
Serge
Rob
Medical
Washington
Glen & S Air Service
Kelly Held
Brooks
Thomas Young
Infantry
First Air
Abraham G. Lott
Cavalry
Meritre W. Treland
George L. Wall
Ordnance
Edint
Avery
Houston
Myron RR
Seaford Davis
Fredair
Egercon
Aespitak
Raymond W. B. Medical
Walter Reed
Nogale
E. Stuffner
Sam Houston
George M. Exwursel
Boston
Wort Avi Praneleaa
Byrne
Eustis
Fort” Bent
Walter
Fa A
Teir Services
Res
Taiden
Stepol
Fort Sam Houston
Romeyn B. Wourh Jr
Phillins Field
Chicarg
Terinaid Buent
Mardieal Rors
Fort Than Allen
Fort Adame
Thomas Donalilalry
Fourth Cavalry
Setntosh
Samuel D. Avery
Lara
Charies ‘T. Righardsos
Ong Moranth
Felix E Blackburn
Adverate
Mag
Tarl Trank
F. Seowed
Camadel
Uredical Qo
Robert H. Finley
Willian Trott
Gine
Eublert Hy Malone
Ane
Military Co and Tactics
Gettyboro College
Ciffeld B. King
Tasmons H Hospital
Juenver
Frank Burgow Hawkins
Whitman Rk. Conolly
Field Artillery
Fort Sim Houston
Walter Reed Hospital
J. Mareld W. Webbe
Signal Corps
Fort Leavenworth
Indianapolis
George J. Schireh
Brooks Field Army School Opens for Fall Cadet Flight Training
Brooks Field opened the fall class at the Prim ary training school with about 40 instructors guiding roughly six cadets each. Monday’s “joy ride” flights lasted 23 to 40 minutes as students gained feel for the ship. First flights and orientator practice marked the initial step toward solo status after about three weeks of training.
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Brooks Field
Gallents
Patrick and
Corkille
Ruggles Orientator
Orientator
Obituary notices from San Antonio farewells 1930s style
A cluster of death notices from San Antonio reports Leonie Edwards aged 47 dying at home on Dittman Street, residents’ relations among Edwards Lor, Clara Siebrecht, Homer Edwards, Margeret Clayton, and other kin. Multiple other obituaries note Hawthorne Martinez Porfert Woodley Darling Robertson Geesen and more, with funeral details, burial at Mission Burial Park, and Porter Loring and Riebe Undertaking Company handling arrangements.
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Leonie Edwards
Dittman’ Street
San Antonio
A. J. A. Hawthorne
A. Havthorne
I Hospital
Simday
Trinity County
Texas
Profirio Martinez
Trofirio Martinez
Mexico
Porter Loving Undertaking Company
Charles E. Porfert
Charles B. Porfert
R. B. da
Arthur Street
Ele
Germany
San Antoni
Me. Porfert
Paschal
W. P. Holliday
The
Riche Undertaking Company
Alfred Geddoe
Mission Burial Park
Thomas E. Woeepiey
Thomas
Woodley
Losoya Séret
Riebe Undertaking Company
Dora F. Woodley
A. G. DeClercq
Chicago
Airs
Roy BR
Carpenter
Bangor
Mich
Walter Combs
Lynn
Louise Geesen
Louise Giesen
Holly Dukes
North Olive Street
Nen Braunfels
Antonio
Ars
Clara Baetz
Henry Duk
Richard Fredvich
Mary Eleynen
Liam Giesen
San Marcos
Charles Giesen
New Braunfels
Atha
Porter Loring Undertaking Company
Crime Costs Equal Nation Budget Across United States
Chicago September 29. The cost of crime in the United States has reached its highest point matching the annual national budget of more than three and a half billion dollars. A report by the Protective Committee of the American Bankers Association outlines police reform and state police expansion, with forgeries losses around 100 million in 1924 and burglaries totaling millions in insured and non insured banks.
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Ciucago
United States
Te American Bankers’ Association
Tion
Witd
Eo the Protective Department
Santiago de Cuba Fire Destroys Block of Homes
A violent blaze in Santiago de Cuba swept through nearly a city block after starting in a store on Garson avenue. Firemen battled the flames as a heavy shower aided efforts. the store owner has been ordered arrested.
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Universal Service
Havana
Santiago de Cuba
Garson Avenue
Butler to Remain Director of POC Amid Illness
Philadelphia September 29 General Smedley Butler will keep his post as director of public safety and head of the police department while he remains ill. Mayor Kendrick announced no action will be taken until his return to desk. A mass meeting protesting the director’s dismissal was not preempted.
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Philadelphia
General Smedley
de Butler
Public Safety
Kendrick
General Butler
Law Enforcement ‘League
William
al Glasgow Irs
William. G. Pries Jr
Pennsylvania National Guard
Briler
Texas University Registration Reaches New High
Austin reports UT's total registrations hit 4406 to date, surpassing last year's 4073. The enrollment in professional schools shows a small decline with law and engineering down slightly.
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Austin
University of Texas
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Law
Engineering
Martinez Charged in Darling Slaving Murder Case
Mart ine Martinez, 27, charged in Bond County justice court with murder and assault to murder after a shooting on the Somer set road ten miles south of San Antonio. John A Kerr ranch foreman Tom Darling, 55, was killed, son Zane Darling wounded. Martinez, a tenant on the Kerr ranch, says the dispute began when Darling asked him to work and a gunfight followed. Bond set at 2000 for murder and 300 for assault.
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Martine Martinez
Justice Court of Bond
Fisk
Shevitt K
Flores
Grey
Pat
John A. Kerr Riuck
San Antonio
Somerset Road
Turdays
Tom Darling
Zane 2d
Amfartinez
Kerr Vanch
Darling
Martinez
Strong Winds Force Kelly Planes Down in Demonstration Flight
High winds disrupted a Fort Worth demonstration as planes from Kelly Field failed to complete the route. Cadet A. E. C. executed the first landing at Weir due to generator tremble, with Monday bringing another plane to him. Lieutenant John K. Cannon and three pilots reached Muskogee, while other groups chased targets toward Waco Fort Worth Dallas Fort Sill and Colgate Oklahoma. The flight was expected to finish Monday but delays push some fliers into Tuesday before the Wednesday demonstration.
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Particivte
Fort Teavenwoorth
Weir
Coorgetown
Susknee
Oklo
A. EC A
Kelly Field
John K. Cannan
Muskogee
Waco
Fort, Worth
Dallas
Fort Sill
Colgate
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