Alcazar defence holds in Spain as rebels gain edge
In the siege of the Alcazar the rebel defenders stand firm as a relief column appears, signaling a pivotal moment in the brutal struggle. Elsewhere in the world news, eight million citrus trees in the Rio Grande Valley begin harvest, while Italy imposes a bank holiday amid monetary shifts and cotton trends rise on French Swiss devaluations. Football and politics loom large with World Series talk and the presidential race heating up, as U.S. Army planners simulate an invasion drill at Fort Sam Houston and local notices cover community meetings, births, and civic updates.
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Rio Grande Valley
Fire Devastates Band on Port Leaving Nine Dead
A message from Bandon Oregon reports Mrs B M Ennis and family safe after a blaze destroyed almost all property in the seaside town last Saturday transforming it into an inferno. Nine lives were lost and up to fifteen feared. Local residents note the Ennis visit to the Hamor home a year ago and express relief for their safety amid the tragedy.
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Wit. Hamor
Bandon
Oregon
Qhareag
B. M. Ennis
Orest
Ennis
Hamor
Texas officials discuss Rio Grande water treaty with Mexico
Maj. E A Wood and C Clark of the Planning Board plus Frank S Robertson of San Benito conferred with Vice President Garner in New York regarding a Rio Grande water treaty. Garner showed interest and said he would help hasten negotiations. The proposed pact would divide river waters and allow dam construction to conserve flood waters for irrigation and other uses.
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John N. Garner
Mexico
Texas “Planning ‘Board
E.A.’ Wood
Clark
State Board of Water Engineers
Frank. S. Robertson
San Benito
New York
Garner
Texas
Rio Grande
Card of Thanks and Local Birth Announcements
Card of Thanks expresses appreciation for kindness during illness and after death of husband and father. Birth notices announce Ann Kathryn McDonald September 26 and baby boy Thomas Dodd to Mr. and Mrs Calab Carmen September 25. She notes visitors, travel, and home stays of local residents Augusta Bond and Juanita Inman with brief updates.
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E. M. Davis
W. A. McDonald
Ann Kathryn McDonald
Calab Carmen
Thomas Dodd
Mrs John Q McAdams Called to Abilene for Sister Ill
Mrs John Q McAdams was summoned to Abilene on Tuesday to be at the bedside of her sister who is very ill.
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A. D. Lee
John Q.’ McAdams
Abilene
Times Square Station and rail changes in New York
A fragment describes mail from Times Square Station near 38th Street and notes railroad plans to convert to electric engines. It mentions Sweden's Landing as a wedding venue and hints at Pennsy upgrades affecting service, with Newark as a change site.
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Times Square Station
New York
Times Square
38Th Street
Seventh
Eighth
Manhattan Transfer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan
Pennsyl
Newark
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C. L. Green Milling & “Grain Co
Goier
Kirk & Mack
Owen Ingram
M. E. Phariss
Main St
W. G. Bedford
Ite
Jersey
Ford
Chevrolet
Bush & Gerts
T. D. Coupland
Grunan
W. K. Jackson
W. A. Danford
J. Frank Smith
C. W. Williams
Chas. Chapman
H. L. Duncan
Banner Ice Co
Sista Flores
Sonora
Owens Drug Store
Reid’s
Spain
Alcazar
Italy
New York Yankees
Giants
Franklin D. Roosevelt
West
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Middlewest
United States Army
Fort Sam Houston
Chas. Adams
Victory Club
Victory Home Demonstration Club
Hallie Mills
J. S. Tinkle
Mineral Wells
Mrs
Fred Tinkle
H. L. Landers
Wingate
Betty Joe
Ima Gene Davis
Nadine Smith
Louise Burton
Dorothy Jane Brian
McMurry-T. W. C
Ann Catherine Cooper
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Cornell University Agriculture Experiment Station
News Pulp
Southwest
Stafford
Bott
George Hall
W. W. Hall
Elsie Mae Sanders
Bradshaw
Augusta Bond
Mrs. Dewey Marshall
Clara Hudson
Route 4
Mineral Well
Juanita Inman
Round Rock
Hugo Kenny
Sweden
Landing
New
York
Sleepy Hollow S
Robb Ross
van Camp
Armand Hammer Soda
Kimble
Prince Albert
PTA
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