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Page 1: Sig Byrd Columns -  July 1951 - December 1953

July 1951Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1No Stroller on Sunday

211:00 AM "Dr. Lopez the Singing Doc‐tor Versus Coral the Great Lover" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Mon‐day, July 2, 1951

311:00 AM "How to Break a Pinata, and What Makes Brincadores Jump" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, July 3, 1951

411:00 AM "Some Brief Chapters From The Course of Human Events" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, July 4, 1951

511:00 AM "Casual Call at the Citadel Of the Local Trades-Union" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, July 5, 1951

611:00 AM "Bless Us and the Gifts That We Receive From Thy Bounty" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 20 - Fri‐day, July 6, 1951

711:00 AM "Capt. Slzman's Files on The Quintana Roo Capers" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, July 7, 1951

8No Stroller on Sunday

911:00 AM "Seeing Unheavenly Houston Through Young 2nd Ward Eyes" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Mon‐day, July 9, 1951

1011:00 AM "A Cursory Study of Morals in Spotless, Lily-White Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, July 10, 1951

1111:00 AM "From Allen's Landing Down to Sea on a Pine Breeze" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, July 11, 1951

1211:00 AM "Fiddlemaker Dorsey Could Comb Hair With a Clam Bucket" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, July 12, 1951

1311:00 AM "Honest Gambler Places His Last Bet at the Milam Track" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Fri‐day, July 13, 1951

1411:00 AM "A Once-Great Boswell Gets the Brushoff From Samson" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, July 14, 1951

15No Stroller on Sunday

1611:00 AM "Displace Briton Is Freer Than Ever in Land of Free" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Mon‐day, July 16, 1951

1711:00 AM "Some Light on Why Phones Cost More Than They Once Did" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Tuesday, July 17, 1951

1811:00 AM "The Temptation of McHenry The Intellectual Beachcomber" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Wednesday, July 18, 1951

1911:00 AM "How Telegrapher Lee Wrote 'At the Altar at St. Anne's" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Thurs‐day, July 19, 1951

2011:00 AM "Joe Blanco, the Skip-Tracer & the Caminante del Mayab" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 22 - Fri‐day, July 20, 1951

2111:00 AM "A Brief Study of Iberian & Vinegar Hill Wit & Humor" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, July 21, 1951

22No Stroller on Sunday

2311:00 AM "The Star of Hope Cook and The Gently Pursuasive Voice" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Mon‐day, July 23, 1951

2411:00 AM "How to Become an Ignora‐mous Or Life Among the Peladors" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, July 24, 1951

2511:00 AM "Prof. Pardito of Magnolia In the Foothills of Olympus" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, July 15, 1951

2611:00 AM "The Dutch Oven Treasure & The Sage of Short McKinney" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, July 26, 1951

2711:00 AM "Jack the Freakshow Artist & the Bastrop St. Mermaids" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 20 - Fri‐day, July 27, 1951

2811:00 AM "Houston of 50 Years Hence - As Seen from 1900 A.D." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, July 28, 1951

29No Stroller on Sunday

3011:00 AM "How Dick Dowling Ruined the Reat Pleats on Greasy Row" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Mon‐day, July 30, 1951

3111:00 AM "Capt. Yancey Sails Home From The Opulent, War-Torn East" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, July 31, 1951

111:00 AM "Violinmaker Dorsey Buys the Houston Fiddle for a Song" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, August 1, 1951

211:00 AM "On the Rights of Fat Men In a World of Slim Pickings" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 8 - Thursday, Au‐gust 2, 1951

311:00 AM "Sidelights on Loco Weed, Syntheric and Otherwise" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 20 - Friday, Au‐gust 3, 1951

411:00 AM "Humanity Above All Assn. In Houston's New Chinatown" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, August 4, 1951

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August 1951Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

29No Stroller on Sunday

3011:00 AM "How Dick Dowling Ruined the Reat Pleats on Greasy Row" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Mon‐day, July 30, 1951

3111:00 AM "Capt. Yancey Sails Home From The Opulent, War-Torn East" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, July 31, 1951

111:00 AM "Violinmaker Dorsey Buys the Houston Fiddle for a Song" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, August 1, 1951

211:00 AM "On the Rights of Fat Men In a World of Slim Pickings" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 8 - Thursday, Au‐gust 2, 1951

311:00 AM "Sidelights on Loco Weed, Syntheric and Otherwise" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 20 - Friday, Au‐gust 3, 1951

411:00 AM "Humanity Above All Assn. In Houston's New Chinatown" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, August 4, 1951

5No Stroller on Sunday

611:00 AM "The Westheimer Rd. Farmer's Daughter Who Never Got Rich" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, August 6, 1951

711:00 AM "Don't Cry for Me, Essie--We'll Be Off to Californy" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, Au‐gust 7, 1951

811:00 AM "$50 Billion---Bev's 30 Days Trying to See Author Jones" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, August 8, 1951

911:00 AM "A Lesson in Power Politics On the Texas Neutral Strip" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, August 9, 1951

1011:00 AM "Airforce Wife Has Lst Word In Debate With Capt. Yancey" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Fri‐day, August 10, 1951

1111:00 AM "Yes, Mavis, There Are Lots of Queens Around... Here Are Five Out of a Deck of Marked Cards" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, August 11, 1951

12No Stroller on Sunday

1311:00 AM "Man at the Corner Table in A Blind Corner on Skid Row" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Mon‐day, August 13, 1951

1411:00 AM "O Lovely America, Where Charity Begins Abroad" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, Au‐gust 14, 1951

1511:00 AM "The Death of a Roughneck; Also About a Few Live Ones" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, August 15, 1951

1611:00 AM "Finds Labor-Inspired Art Moulder in Catfish Reef" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, August 16, 1951

1711:00 AM "Some Capers of Fate From The Files of Capt. Salzman" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. [?] - Fri‐day, August 17, 1951

1811:00 AM "Nobody Whittles Any More in Knife-Toting Houston... The Carving They Do Isn't on Wood" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Au‐gust 18, 1951

19No Stroller on Sunday

2011:00 AM "Reader With Chip on Shoul‐der Gets Lesson in Americanism" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Mon‐day, August 20, 1951

2111:00 AM "A Walk Among Manhunters in the Cool of the Evening" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, August 21, 1951

2211:00 AM "Ida'a Electra Complex Gives Her the Shock of Her Life" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Wednesday, August 22, 1951

2311:00 AM "A Thumbnail Family Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Houstonian" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 25 - Thursday, August 23, 1951

24Sig' Byrd's Houston

11:00 AM "Night Life on Outer Preston Where Shadows Walk as Men" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Fri‐day, August 24, 1951

25No Stroller

26No Stroller on Sunday

2711:00 AM "About A Constable's Bull and Some Shop Talk at 30" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Mon‐day, August 27, 1951

2811:00 AM "Mrs. Holst, Byrd's First Guest Writes a Thanksgiving Column" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Zetta Dean Holst - Houston Press, Pg. - Tuesday, August , 1951

2911:00 AM "Four-Nickel Days in Hous‐ton, Magnolia City of the 20's" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Ed Bartholomew - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, August 29, 1951

3011:00 AM "Bookman Petty and His Hon‐or The Mayor of Capital Ave." - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Joe Petty - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, Au‐gust 30, 1951

3111:00 AM "No Stones Were Cast That Day On the San Jacinto St. Bridge" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist James Arthur Slattery - Houston Press, Pg. 22 - Friday, August 31, 1951

1No Stroller

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September 1951Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

26No Stroller on Sunday

2711:00 AM "About A Constable's Bull and Some Shop Talk at 30" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Mon‐day, August 27, 1951

2811:00 AM "Mrs. Holst, Byrd's First Guest Writes a Thanksgiving Column" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Zetta Dean Holst - Houston Press, Pg. - Tuesday, August , 1951

2911:00 AM "Four-Nickel Days in Hous‐ton, Magnolia City of the 20's" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Ed Bartholomew - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, August 29, 1951

3011:00 AM "Bookman Petty and His Hon‐or The Mayor of Capital Ave." - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Joe Petty - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, Au‐gust 30, 1951

3111:00 AM "No Stones Were Cast That Day On the San Jacinto St. Bridge" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist James Arthur Slattery - Houston Press, Pg. 22 - Friday, August 31, 1951

1No Stroller

2No Stroller on Sunday

3Sig on Vacation, "Strollers" By Guest Columnists

11:00 AM "Buford and the Lonely Pearl‐diver and McGinnis Cafe Society" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Reba McGinnis- Houston Press, Pg. 3 - Mon‐day, September 11, 1951

4

11:00 AM "Doc's New Platform, and Some Habits of Lady Pedestrians" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Dr. C. C. Cunningham- Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, September 4, 1951

5

11:00 AM "Life is Always Emultional At the Cantu Photo Studio" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Al Vasquez- Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, September 5, 1951

6

11:00 AM "Why Salzman, No Salesman Decided to Be a Private Eye" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Capt. Joseph Salzman- Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, September 6, 1951

7

11:00 AM "Tourney Bridge Leaves Vic Cold; Like Penny-Ante Poker" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Vic Emanu‐al - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, September 7, 1951

8No Stroller

9No Stroller on Sunday

10Strollers With Guest Columnists

12:00 PM "Gloom Does a Vanishing Act Every Time He Makes a Pass" - The Stroller By Guest Columnist "Mysteri‐ous Howard" Campbell - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, September 10, 1951

11

12:00 PM "Nick Semander's Bali H'ai And Hi Corner on Happiness" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Adele (Mrs. Nick) Semander - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, September 11, 1951

12

12:00 PM "Phil Daven Caps the Climax Of a Heady Life With Flaps" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Abe Hersk - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, September 12, 1951

13

12:00 PM "Our City Comes of Age Be‐fore The Eyes of a 12-Year Texan" - The Stroller by Guest Columnist Ted Brown - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thurs‐day, September 13, 1951

1412:00 PM "The Lady Mayor of Canine St. & And the 1st Mates Dog Watch" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, September 14, 1951

15No Stroller

16No Stroller on Sunday

1712:00 PM "When Granny Saved the Town With Prayers" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Monday, September 17, 1951

1812:00 PM "Tenola's New House Arises From The Ashes" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, Septem‐ber 18, 1951

1912:00 PM "Yes, Johnny, You're an American" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, September 19, 1951

2012:00 PM "Daddy Walker's Just Partial to Babies" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, September 20, 1951

2112:00 PM "When Opal Rang Bell as Bathing Beauty" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, September 21, 1951

2212:00 PM "'Top Dog' Whsler Gave Up Law to Sell Shoes -- He'll Sell You a Pair While Riding on Bus!" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, September 22, 1951

23No Stroller on Sunday

2412:00 PM "Give Her a Home Where No Buffalo Roam" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, September 24, 1951

2512:00 PM "My Rich Uncle and His Divin‐ing Rod" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, September 25, 1951

2612:00 PM "Salzman Takes Over Dutch Oven Mystery" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, September 26, 1951

2712:00 PM "Laughing at Death Along Nitze Alley" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, September 27, 1951

2812:00 PM "Elephant Meat and an Old, Old Soldier" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Friday, September 28, 1951

29No Stroller/Missing?

30No Stroller on Sunday

1No Strollers

2 3 4 512:00 PM "Life and Letters on Lower LaBranch St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, October 5, 1951

612:00 PM "The Tragic Furlough of a Music-Valet--Handsome Easley, Who Unpacked for Best of the Boogie Boys" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, October 6, 1951

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30No Stroller on Sunday

1No Strollers

2 3 4 512:00 PM "Life and Letters on Lower LaBranch St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, October 5, 1951

612:00 PM "The Tragic Furlough of a Music-Valet--Handsome Easley, Who Unpacked for Best of the Boogie Boys" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, October 6, 1951

7No Stroller on Sunday

812:00 PM "Mr. Christian's First Gasoline Buggy" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, October 8, 1951

912:00 PM "A Quick One Among the In‐nocent Souls" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, October 9, 1951

1012:00 PM "Restitution Along the Hol‐combe River" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, October 10, 1951

1112:00 PM "A Wonderful Morning in the First Ward" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, October 11, 1951

1212:00 PM "Life in Like a Movie-Only It's Realer" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 20 - Friday, October 12, 1951

1312:00 PM "How Does the Formula Go? Boy Meets Gril, and-- Ah, But This Is Hennessey Park, Not Hollywood!" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 6 - Satur‐day, October 13, 1951

14No Stroller on Sunday

1512:00 PM "Elder Bond's Hot Links & Wise Counsel" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, October 15, 1951

16Missing Stroller

1712:00 PM "Why There Were Tears in Sleepy's Beer" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 6 - Tuesday, October 17, 1951

1812:00 PM "Nocturne in a Deserted Of‐fice Building" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, October 18, 1951

1912:00 PM "Entr'acte in the Tragicomedy of Life" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Friday, October 19, 1951

2012:00 PM "How Love, So Fair, So Fleet‐ing, Came Into The Unhappy Life of Vinegar Hill Moochie" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Octo‐ber 20, 1951

21No Stroller on Sunday

2212:00 PM "Her Grandfather Held Wash‐ington's Hat" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, October 22, 1951

2312:00 PM "More Light on the Nature of Latin Wit" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, October 23, 1951

2412:00 PM "He Must Go Where the Wild Goose Goes" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, October 24, 1951

2512:00 PM "The Man Who Dreams Foot‐ball Scores" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, October 25, 1951

2612:00 PM "An October Song of the Ur‐ban Prairie" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, October 26, 1951

2712:00 PM "Moochie Comes Home for Just a While---More Adventures of a Vinegar Hill Dog" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, October 27, 1951

28No Stroller on Sunday

2912:00 PM "Have You Seen These Lonely Children?" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, October 29, 1951

3012:00 PM "Bill Marler and His Coffee Time Dream" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, October 30, 1951

3112:00 PM "How Not to Choose a Writ‐ers' Broker" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Wednesday, October 31, 1951

1Sig' Byrd's Houston

12:00 PM "The Death and Birth of Pine Top Smith" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Thursday, November 1, 1951

212:00 PM "Some Calavera-Time Flow‐ers for the Living" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, Novem‐ber 2, 1951

312:00 PM "From Vinegar Hill to the Halls of Learning---Medical Science Joins Moochies Fight for Life" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, November 3, 1951

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28No Stroller on Sunday

2912:00 PM "Have You Seen These Lonely Children?" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, October 29, 1951

3012:00 PM "Bill Marler and His Coffee Time Dream" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, October 30, 1951

3112:00 PM "How Not to Choose a Writ‐ers' Broker" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Wednesday, October 31, 1951

1Sig' Byrd's Houston

12:00 PM "The Death and Birth of Pine Top Smith" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Thursday, November 1, 1951

212:00 PM "Some Calavera-Time Flow‐ers for the Living" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, Novem‐ber 2, 1951

312:00 PM "From Vinegar Hill to the Halls of Learning---Medical Science Joins Moochies Fight for Life" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, November 3, 1951

4No Stroller on Sunday

512:00 PM "Who Says Youth Can Not Mate With Age?" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, November 5, 1951

612:00 PM "Buttons, Bows & Gorgilla the Giant Ape" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, November 6, 1951

712:00 PM "Mysterious Incident in the Big Casino" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, November 7, 1951

812:00 PM "It's the Lucy Smiths Who Suffer the Most" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, Novem‐ber 8, 1951

912:00 PM "The Old Scout Hits the Wampum Trail" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, November 9, 1951

1012:00 PM "Some Details of the Missing Hearing-Aid Caper From the Secret Files of Capt. Joseph Salzman" - The Stroller - Saturday, November 10, 1951

11No Stroller on Sunday

1212:00 PM "Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, November 12, 1951

1312:00 PM "Dick Dowling's One-Man German Band" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, November 13, 1951

1412:00 PM "The Big Hey-Rube at Glen‐dive Montana" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, November 14, 1951

1512:00 PM "What's on Your Mind---If Anything" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Thursday, November 15, 1951

1612:00 PM "Grandfather Blanco and the Bitter Cake" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, November 16, 1951

1712:00 PM "How Mrs. Rennick Became a Grandmother Again and Found, at Last, a Warm, Dry Place to Sleep" - The Stroller Page. 5 - Saturday, November 17, 1951

18No Stroller on Sunday

1912:00 PM "Once Over Lightly in the Side Pocket" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Monday, November 19, 1951

2012:00 PM "Mister Dee and His Circle of Friends" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, November 20, 1951

2112:00 PM "How to Draw Temper in Steel and Men" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 7 - Wednesday, Novem‐ber 21, 1951

2212:00 PM "Y'all Light Down and Set for a Spell" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, November 22, 1951

2312:00 PM "You Can Get 'Most Anything in Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, November 23, 1951

2412:00 PM "The Loneliest Christmas Tree in Houston, and How Moochie the Terrier Brought a Present to Tonia" - The Stroller - Page. 5 - Saturday, November 24, 1951

25No Stroller on Sunday

2612:00 PM "Getting a Load Off My Friend's Chests" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, November 26, 1951

2712:00 PM "A Brief Interview With a Winged Man" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, November 27, 1951

2812:00 PM "The Richest Man on Outer Preston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, November 28, 1951

2912:00 PM "Tom Weldon's Remarkable Hearing Aid" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, November 29, 1951

3012:00 PM "Capt. Salzman and the Graveyard Caper" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, Novem‐ber 30, 1951

112:00 PM "The Refugee, the Gypsy Kind and the Mark of Cain---A Study of Contrasts on Lower Milam Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, December 1, 1951

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25No Stroller on Sunday

2612:00 PM "Getting a Load Off My Friend's Chests" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, November 26, 1951

2712:00 PM "A Brief Interview With a Winged Man" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, November 27, 1951

2812:00 PM "The Richest Man on Outer Preston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, November 28, 1951

2912:00 PM "Tom Weldon's Remarkable Hearing Aid" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, November 29, 1951

3012:00 PM "Capt. Salzman and the Graveyard Caper" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, Novem‐ber 30, 1951

112:00 PM "The Refugee, the Gypsy Kind and the Mark of Cain---A Study of Contrasts on Lower Milam Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, December 1, 1951

2No Stroller on Sunday

312:00 PM "The Warning of Diamond Slim's Widow" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, December 3, 1951

412:00 PM "Dear Johnny: Please Phone GR-2-2056" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, December 4, 1951

512:00 PM "Achieving the Nirvanic State on Beer" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, December 5, 1951

612:00 PM "Little Lulu and the Three Reefer Men" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, December 6, 1951

712:00 PM "The Haunted House on Heights Blvd." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. - Friday, December 7, 1951

812:00 PM "Through These Portals the Biggest Men in Texas Come to Consult the Milamstrass Burgomeister" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, December 8, 1951

9No Stroller on Sunday

1012:00 PM "Cheto the Alma Justa of Magnolia Park" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, December 10, 1951

1112:00 PM "Why the '216 Bouncer Broke Training" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, December 11, 1951

1212:00 PM "Mr. Abramson Packs a Christmas Box" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, Decem‐ber 12, 1951

1312:00 PM "How Scotty Got It Made Ly‐ing Down" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, December 13, 1951

1412:00 PM "The Bright Lights of St, Charles St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Friday, December 14, 1951

1512:00 PM "Sgt. Alex Is Moving Out, and Maybe It Will Be Warmer Where He's Going to Spend His Christmas" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. - Satur‐day, December 15, 1951

16No Stroller on Sunday

1712:00 PM "The Sounds of Trumpets in a Lost World" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, December 17, 1951

1812:00 PM "14-Frame Sullivan Makes a Fresh Start" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, December 18, 1951

1912:00 PM "How Old Bill Got Railroaded for Life" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, December 19, 1951

2012:00 PM "Capt. Salzman & the Kosher Santa Claus" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 23 - Thursday, December 20, 1951

2112:00 PM "The Unpredictable Never Happens Here" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, December 21, 1951

2212:00 PM "A Fantasy about Cluadius the Revenue Agent And St. Joseph the Tax Payer From Nazareth" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, December 22, 1951

23No Stroller on Sunday

2412:00 PM "Reunion on Lower Crawford Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, December 24, 1951

2512:00 PM "And May All Your Christ‐mases Be White" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, December 25, 1951

2612:00 PM "The Three Beer Brothers at the Cadillac Bar" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Decem‐ber 26, 1951

2712:00 PM "The Hard Bite and the Soft Touch" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, December 27, 1951

2812:00 PM "How to Dig Up $500 & Oth‐er Leftovers" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Friday, December 28, 1951

2912:00 PM "The Bright Lights of St. Charles St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Saturday, December 29, 1951

30No Stroller on Sunday

3111:00 AM "A Cup of Kindness at the Big Casino" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Monday, December 31, 1951

111:00 AM "The Miracle of Prof. Javis' Carrots" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, January 1, 1952

211:00 AM "The Temptation and Fall of Bro. Digby" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, January 2, 1952

311:00 AM "Portrait of the Artist as a Painter" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, January 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Reintroducing Shorty the Talking Dog" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Friday, January 4, 1952

511:00 AM "The Poet Who Walks Alone, Man Who Committed A Perfect Crime & the Catfish Reef Photographer" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, January 5, 1952

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January 1952Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

30No Stroller on Sunday

3111:00 AM "A Cup of Kindness at the Big Casino" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Monday, December 31, 1951

111:00 AM "The Miracle of Prof. Javis' Carrots" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, January 1, 1952

211:00 AM "The Temptation and Fall of Bro. Digby" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, January 2, 1952

311:00 AM "Portrait of the Artist as a Painter" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, January 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Reintroducing Shorty the Talking Dog" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Friday, January 4, 1952

511:00 AM "The Poet Who Walks Alone, Man Who Committed A Perfect Crime & the Catfish Reef Photographer" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, January 5, 1952

6No Stroller on Sunday

711:00 AM "Why Uncle Slim Broke His Resolution" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, January 7, 1952

811:00 AM "A Lady Tentmaker in a House of Israel" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. - Tuesday, January 8, 1952

911:00 AM "Into Each Rain Some Life Must Fall" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, January 9, 1952

1011:00 AM "The Liberation of Miss Jucy Kolm" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, January 10, 1952

1111:00 AM "Gets Embroiled in a 40-Year-Old Ruckus" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, January 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "How The Star of the Sea Came to Fidelity, and What Happened to Louis Pinkney's Water Well" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Satur‐day, January 12, 1952

13No Stroller on Sunday

1411:00 AM "Capt. Salzman & the Capis‐trano Caper" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Monday, January 14, 1952

1511:00 AM "The First Two Hours of Al‐most Any Day" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, January 15, 1952

1611:00 AM "The Search for Dowling's Coffeehouse" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Wednesday, January 16, 1952

1711:00 AM "5 Scenes from Life's Revolv‐ing Stage" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Thursday, January 17, 1952

1811:00 AM "Time Runs Upstream Along Middle Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, January 18, 1952

1911:00 AM "The Man from Circle-Cross and the O-U-Snake With His Hat in One Hand, His Life in the Other" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, January 19, 1952

20No Stroller on Sunday

2111:00 AM "A Karankawa Clambake on Middle Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Monday, January 15, 1952

2211:00 AM "Let's All Go Likker Up at 60 Main St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Tuesday, January 22, 1952

2311:00 AM "Catching the Bus to Per‐petuum Mobile" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, January 23, 1952

2411:00 AM "Captin. Salzman Under Five or Six Flags" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, January 24, 1952

2511:00 AM "Up The Bayou With Captain Parsons in '94" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, January 25, 1952

2611:00 AM "Research Project on Middle Bayou Runs Up a Tree In Search of a Smidgin of Ballyfoosh Folklore" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, January 26, 1952

27No Stroller on Sunday

2811:00 AM "A Salute From the Ridges of Cho-Sen" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, January 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Where Only the Good Die Natural Deaths" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, January 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "Of Time and Mr. Amerikans‐ki's Beard" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Wednesday, January 30, 1952

3111:00 AM "How 'Big Tree' Got to Be 'The Bottom'" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, January 31, 1952

111:00 AM A Reservation at the In-Be‐tween House" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, February 1, 1952

211:00 AM "A Lesson on Elementary Aerodynamics for Those Who Remem‐ber the Strong Warm Winds of Youth" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, February 2, 1952

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2811:00 AM "A Salute From the Ridges of Cho-Sen" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, January 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Where Only the Good Die Natural Deaths" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, January 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "Of Time and Mr. Amerikans‐ki's Beard" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Wednesday, January 30, 1952

3111:00 AM "How 'Big Tree' Got to Be 'The Bottom'" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, January 31, 1952

111:00 AM A Reservation at the In-Be‐tween House" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, February 1, 1952

211:00 AM "A Lesson on Elementary Aerodynamics for Those Who Remem‐ber the Strong Warm Winds of Youth" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, February 2, 1952

3No Stroller on Sunday

411:00 AM "Nothing to Vex Us in Beauti‐ful Texas" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, February 4, 1952

511:00 AM "Beauty Is Where You Don't Find It" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, February 5, 1952

611:00 AM "Aunt Tusha and Her Fuss and Furca" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, February 6, 1952

711:00 AM "Second Act, Scene One, on Praire Ave." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, February 7, 1952

811:00 AM "The Flower Girl and the Pretty People" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, February 8, 1952

911:00 AM "Previewing the Rufino Tamayo Exhibition for the Waller Coun‐ty Farmers and the Segundo Barrio" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, February 9, 1952

10No Stroller on Sunday

1111:00 AM "Empress Carlotta & the 11th St. Bobcat" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, February 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "The World's Tallest Man Seeks a Bride" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, February 12, 1952

1311:00 AM "The John-the-Greek Schol‐arship Fund" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, February 13, 1952

1411:00 AM "The Saloon With the Star‐board List" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, February 14, 1952

15In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "A Too Brief Visit With Doc Ketchbaw" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 27 - Friday, February 15, 1952

1611:00 AM "An American Seafarer Speaks Up on How We Are Sovietizing the New India With Panhandle Wheat" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, February 16, 1952

17No Stroller on Sunday

1811:00 AM "The Smile on The Face Be‐hind the Bar" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, February 18, 1952

1911:00 AM "Picks Up the Trail of the Missing Wife" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, February 19, 1952

2011:00 AM "Madero's Wrangler & Tru‐man's Advisor" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, Febru‐ary 20, 1952

2111:00 AM "A Texan's Report to General Washington" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, February 21, 1952

2211:00 AM "It Always Rains if I Leave my Slicker" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 24 - Friday, February 22, 1952

2310:00 AM "An Afternoon at the Cadillac Bar, With Doc Lopez, The Honest Me‐chanic and a Couple of Live Ones" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, February 23, 1952

24No Stroller on Sunday

2511:00 AM "Mr. Treppke, Mr Abramson & the World" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, February 27, 1952

2611:00 AM "Frosttown - the Vision and the Nightmare" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, February 26, 1952

2711:00 AM "Lil, the Missing Wife, Goes Home Again" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, February 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "The Sad Song of the Rev. Rasmussen" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 25 - Thursday, February 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Raising $500 in Quick-Rich Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 27 - Friday, February 29, 1952

111:00 AM "We the Delegate of the Peo‐ple of Texas Herby Declare a Free, Sovereign Independent Republic" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, March 1, 1952

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24No Stroller on Sunday

2511:00 AM "Mr. Treppke, Mr Abramson & the World" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, February 27, 1952

2611:00 AM "Frosttown - the Vision and the Nightmare" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, February 26, 1952

2711:00 AM "Lil, the Missing Wife, Goes Home Again" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, February 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "The Sad Song of the Rev. Rasmussen" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 25 - Thursday, February 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Raising $500 in Quick-Rich Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 27 - Friday, February 29, 1952

111:00 AM "We the Delegate of the Peo‐ple of Texas Herby Declare a Free, Sovereign Independent Republic" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, March 1, 1952

2No Stroller on Sunday

311:00 AM "Strange Case of the Stranger From Chi" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Monday, March 3, 1952

411:00 AM "The Man Who Was Funnier Than Berle" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, March 4, 1952

511:00 AM "How Doc the Dishwasher Saved 3 Lives" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, March 5, 1952

611:00 AM "Such Interesting People --- Such Mail" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, March 6, 1952

711:00 AM "Cop of the Year Is Back in Harness" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, March 7, 1952

811:00 AM "Men Who Like Ike: the Pray‐ing Bell Captain; Mr. Dold Polite Wu; & Vinegar Hill Tonia's Bar" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, March 8, 1952

9No Stroller on Sunday

1011:00 AM "Racehorse Charlie & the Channel Fever" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, March 10, 1952

1111:00 AM "Explorer Masmussen Settles in Texas" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, March 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "Sonata in Jumpfor Four Juke Boxes" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, March 12, 1952

1311:00 AM "Jose Manzanares and His Semi-Mazurka" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, March 13, 1952

1411:00 AM "Look Over Jordan and What Do You See?" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, March 14, 1952

1511:00 AM "Mrs Roberts and Her Neigh‐bors; a Forth Ward Story Beginning 67 Years Ago & Ending Tomorrow" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, March 15, 1952

16No Stroller on Sunday

1711:00 AM "How 48 Irishmen Whipped 5000 Yankees" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, March 17, 1952

1811:00 AM "Woman Who Had Done What She Could" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, March 18, 1952

1911:00 AM "Two or Three Ironies on State Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, March 19, 1952

2011:00 AM "The Man Who Could Fix Al‐most Anything" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, March 20, 1952

2111:00 AM "The Lost Man Behind the Glass Curtain" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, March 21, 1952

2211:00 AM "How Two Kids Walked Away From Old Root Square, Leaving Trails of Blood and Where Each Went" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Sat‐urday, March 22, 1952

23No Stroller on Sunday

2411:00 AM "The Byrd Treasuy of Texisms, Chap. 2" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. - Monday, March 24, 1952

2511:00 AM "The Queen of the Hidden Ward, Et Alii" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, March 25, 1952

2611:00 AM "Adele the Glamorous Lady Wrestler" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, March 26, 1952

2711:00 AM "How Mechanic 6 Mopped Up Vinegar Hill" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, March 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "Ex-Temperance Worker, 96, Sells Liquor" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, March 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Mysterious Charley Franklin and His Wonderful Indian Herb Medice That Keeps Old Men Young" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, March 29, 1952

30No Stroller on Sunday

31In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "How Not to Cook Kibbee a la Sam Petro" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Monday, March 31, 1952

111:00 AM "These Foolish Things Re‐mind Me of Us" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, April 1, 1952

211:00 AM "The White Shore and the Shining Dream" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, April 2, 1952

311:00 AM "The Raw Eat Meaters of Pre‐ston Avenue" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, April 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Anyone Seen Al (Kelly) Lever" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, April 4, 1952

511:00 AM "What Do You Mean Spring‐time? Or, in the Words Of the Poet, Where Did That Doggone Robin Go?" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, April 5, 1952

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31In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "How Not to Cook Kibbee a la Sam Petro" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Monday, March 31, 1952

111:00 AM "These Foolish Things Re‐mind Me of Us" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, April 1, 1952

211:00 AM "The White Shore and the Shining Dream" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, April 2, 1952

311:00 AM "The Raw Eat Meaters of Pre‐ston Avenue" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, April 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Anyone Seen Al (Kelly) Lever" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, April 4, 1952

511:00 AM "What Do You Mean Spring‐time? Or, in the Words Of the Poet, Where Did That Doggone Robin Go?" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, April 5, 1952

6No Stroller on Sunday

711:00 AM "Sgt. Salzman, Chip off the Old Shamus" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, April 7, 1952

811:00 AM "The Man Who Had Done a Little Flying" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, April 8, 1952

911:00 AM "The Death and LIfe of Aunt Olivia" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, April 9, 1952

1011:00 AM "The Life & Hard Times of My Barber" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, April 10, 1952

1111:00 AM "Darkness at Noon Among the Innocent" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, April 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "Don Miguel's One-Man Pyramid Club, or How to Get Rich With‐out Working Anyone But Friends" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, April 12, 1952

13No Stroller on Sunday

1411:00 AM "Charley Quartaro's Family University" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, April 14, 1952

1511:00 AM "On the Overnight Shift in Isolation" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. - Tuesday, April 15, 1952

1611:00 AM "Missionary to the Assam Headhunters" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Wednesday, April 16, 1952

1711:00 AM "The Long Night and How It Ended" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Thursday, April 17, 1952

18No Stroller - Out With Mumps

19

20No Stroller on Sunday

21No Stroller - Out With Mumps

22 23 24 2511:00 AM "Wins K.O. in 7 Rounds With Parotitis" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, April 25, 1952

2611:00 AM "From the Halls of Montezu‐ma to the Ridges of Chechon, We Will Fight Our Country's Battles..." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, April 26, 1952

27No Stroller on Sunday

2811:00 AM "A Tintype of a Lady in Her Garden" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, April 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "The Man Who Carried Three Wallets" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, April 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "The Preston Ave. Missing Brother Case" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, April 30, 1952

111:00 AM "Candidate Arnold Vs. the Status Quo" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 20 - Thursday, May 1, 1952

211:00 AM "The Shadow World of Tuna Fleet Bill" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 27 - Friday, May 2, 1952

311:00 AM "'A Moon Can't Last Forever; the Sun Will Rise; Forget The Night I'll Never; 'Twas Paradise'" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 3 - Saturday, May 3, 1952

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27No Stroller on Sunday

2811:00 AM "A Tintype of a Lady in Her Garden" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, April 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "The Man Who Carried Three Wallets" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, April 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "The Preston Ave. Missing Brother Case" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, April 30, 1952

111:00 AM "Candidate Arnold Vs. the Status Quo" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 20 - Thursday, May 1, 1952

211:00 AM "The Shadow World of Tuna Fleet Bill" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 27 - Friday, May 2, 1952

311:00 AM "'A Moon Can't Last Forever; the Sun Will Rise; Forget The Night I'll Never; 'Twas Paradise'" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 3 - Saturday, May 3, 1952

4No Stroller on Sunday

511:00 AM "Random Notes on Little Old Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, May 5, 1952

611:00 AM "The Revised Dream of Sam Pollacsek" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, May 6, 1952

711:00 AM "The Third Engineer's Land of Liberty" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, May 7, 1952

811:00 AM "Coincidence on the Bank of the Weser" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, May 8, 1952

911:00 AM "1500 Feet Over the Heart‐land of Texas" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, May 9, 1952

1011:00 AM "Shangri-La on the San Bernard - - - Begining an Investigation of the Fiddlers Island" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, May 10, 1952

11No Stroller on Sunday

1211:00 AM "The Fiddling Ghost of Old Man Monahan" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, May 12, 1952

1311:00 AM "Even the Ice Water is Colder in Texas" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, May 13, 1952

1411:00 AM "Ma Jackson, the Mystic of Lyons Ave." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, May 14, 1952

1511:00 AM "Dancing at the Clinton Dr. Shamrock" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 30 - Thursday, May 15, 1952

1611:00 AM "The Peanut Man on La Porte Road" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, May 16, 1952

1711:00 AM "How Rudy Steele Flipped a Coin, Came to Texa and Build a Tatch Basin on the Greenest Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, May 17, 1952

18No Stroller on Sunday

19No Stroller

2011:00 AM "The Red Ghosts in 'The Bar‐becue Pit'" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, May 20, 1952

2111:00 AM "Bro. Brown's White Hand of Comfort" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, May 21, 1952

2211:00 AM "The Romance of Rosie the Sign Painter" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, May 22, 1952

2311:00 AM "Louise, the Turning Basin Mermaid" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 28 - Friday, May 23, 1952

2411:00 AM "The Ancient Building on the Old River Shore - - - Was it a Presidio, an Hacienda, or a Mission?" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Satur‐day, May 24, 1952

25No Stroller on Sunday

2611:00 AM "The Happy Orphans on the Greyhound" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, May 26, 1952

2711:00 AM "Bro. Tim & the Telephone Road Angel" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, May 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "Greasy Smith, Edison of South Houston" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, May 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Street Scene in a Prairie Metropolis" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Thursday, May 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "A Casual Tour of the Old Seminary" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, May 30, 1952

3112:00 PM "Some Light on Col. Sydnor of Sidney's Island, Lafayette Lee, and Lafitte's Treasure Cache" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, May 31, 1952

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1No Stroller on Sunday

211:00 AM "Life Can Be Beautiful in Golden Acres" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 2, 1952

311:00 AM "Trade-In on a New Vinagar Hill Dream" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, June 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Here Lies Eliza---But Who Was She?" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, June 4, 1952

511:00 AM "Michael McGuire, the Phan‐tom Fiddler" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Thursday, June 5, 1952

611:00 AM "What Should Pinkie Do With $200,000" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, June 6, 1952

7In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "The Last Days of Red Doher‐ty of the Half Orange And How He Re‐turned to His First Love, the Sea" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, June 7, 1952 *

8No Stroller on Sunday

911:00 AM "The Spite House By the Lonely Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 9, 1952

1011:00 AM "The Undefeated Champ of H'burg Blvd" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, June 10, 1952

1111:00 AM "A Man Who Can Open Any Door on Earth" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, June 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "The Nature Boy of Charlotte Mynard" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Thursday, June 12, 1952

1311:00 AM "More Light and Shadow on the Pinkie Story" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, June 13, 1952

14In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "Diego the Handsom Gandy-Dancer, and Dolores the Mysterious Beauty of North Sampson Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, June 14, 1952

15No Stroller on Sunday

1611:00 AM "Walt Rickhoff's Portrait of Liberty" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 16, 1952

1711:00 AM "A Word for the Prevention of Cruelty" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, June 17, 1952

1811:00 AM "From Vinegar Hill to the Fresno P.O." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, June 18, 1952

1911:00 AM "The Emancipation of Uncle Jum Tardy" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Thursday, June 19, 1952

2011:00 AM "The Fiddler Who Could Play Realy Fast" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 28 - Friday, June 20, 1952

2111:00 AM "The Call of the Sea: or Why Tex Reynolds of The Old Timers Is Making Just One Last Voyage" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, June 21, 1952

22No Stroller on Sunday

2311:00 AM "The Happy Swengels of Swingle Road" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 23, 1952

2411:00 AM "The Modern Seafarer and His Folklore" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, June 24, 1952

2511:00 AM "Lucky Mr. Smith and the Grand Prize" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, June 25, 1952

2611:00 AM "Mr. Dafau's De Luxe No-Ex‐pense Cruise" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 20 - Thursday, June 26, 1952

2711:00 AM "How the 3 Tom-Toms Got Their Name" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, June 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "Entertaining the Islanders on Seventy-Fifth St. Or, Let Us Preserve the Land in Richeousness" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, June 28, 1952

29No Stroller on Sunday

3011:00 AM "A Casual Stroll Along the Waterfront" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 30, 1952

111:00 AM "The People at the Corner Ice House" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, July 1, 1952

211:00 AM "Ships That Pass in the 75th St. Night" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, July 2, 1952

311:00 AM "The Wetbacks of Lower Mil‐am Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Thursday, July 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Ring, Grandpa! Ring Out for Liberty!" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Friday, July 4, 1952

511:00 AM "How the Crown Prince of Skidrow Performed an Emergency Op‐eration at The Workingman's Cafe" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, July 5, 1952

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29No Stroller on Sunday

3011:00 AM "A Casual Stroll Along the Waterfront" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 30, 1952

111:00 AM "The People at the Corner Ice House" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, July 1, 1952

211:00 AM "Ships That Pass in the 75th St. Night" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, July 2, 1952

311:00 AM "The Wetbacks of Lower Mil‐am Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Thursday, July 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Ring, Grandpa! Ring Out for Liberty!" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Friday, July 4, 1952

511:00 AM "How the Crown Prince of Skidrow Performed an Emergency Op‐eration at The Workingman's Cafe" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, July 5, 1952

6No Stroller on Sunday

7In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "The Brief Exile of Margie Concepcion" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, July 7, 1952

811:00 AM "1-Man Rebellion at the Grain Elevator" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, July 8, 1952

911:00 AM "A Heart as Wide as Buffalo Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, July 9, 1952

1011:00 AM "A Barside View of the Skidrow World" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, July 10, 1952

1111:00 AM "A Little Oil for the Running Lights" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, July 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "Boots and Saddles' Sound on Skidrow Now When Bill Jennings, Trooper, Marches Down the Avenure" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, July 12, 1952

13No Stroller on Sunday

1411:00 AM "Take Me From the Moors of Avon" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Monday, June 14, 1952

1511:00 AM "Zero Park, a Remnant of Old Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, July 15, 1952

1611:00 AM "The Pelgic Maiden of Lake Michigan" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Wednesday, July 16, 1952

1711:00 AM "The Dog Watch on the Sid‐ney Sherman" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, July 17, 1952

1811:00 AM "Big Business' Bourbon Bac‐chanalia" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, July 18, 1952

1911:00 AM "Toll the Bell for Millie, the One-Night Lady, The One-Night Lush, Lost on Franklin" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, July 19, 1952

20No Stroller on Sunday

2111:00 AM "Summertime at Nate Lynch's Landing" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, June 21, 1952

2211:00 AM "The Best Years of John Fish‐er's Life" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Tuesday, July 22, 1952

2311:00 AM "Minor Incident at Main and Mckinney" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, July 23, 1952

2411:00 AM "The Beige Varmits of the Waterfront" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 22 - Thursday, July 24, 1952

2511:00 AM "The Flame in the Wind Off the Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, July 25, 1952

2611:00 AM "How Anna May Miller, Hero‐ine of the Barricades, Became the First Lady of Seventy-Fifth Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, July 26, 1952

27No Stroller on Sunday

2811:00 AM "Footloose on Colonel Brady's Island" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, July 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Al Smith, Spur Maker to the Allens" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, July 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "The Man Who Didn't Stay for Lunch" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, July 30, 1952

3111:00 AM "Blondie La Guera Puts Away Her Whip" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, July 31, 1952

111:00 AM "Deep in The Heart of Well I Reckon" Part 1 of 2- The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 1 - Friday, August 1, 19523:15 PM "Deep in The Heart of Well I Reckon" Part 2 of 2- The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Friday, August 1, 1952

211:00 AM "How Mrs. Merkley Plunder Into Politics With Her Eyes Close and Found Herself Some Old Friends" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, August 2, 1952

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27No Stroller on Sunday

2811:00 AM "Footloose on Colonel Brady's Island" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, July 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Al Smith, Spur Maker to the Allens" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, July 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "The Man Who Didn't Stay for Lunch" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, July 30, 1952

3111:00 AM "Blondie La Guera Puts Away Her Whip" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, July 31, 1952

111:00 AM "Deep in The Heart of Well I Reckon" Part 1 of 2- The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 1 - Friday, August 1, 19523:15 PM "Deep in The Heart of Well I Reckon" Part 2 of 2- The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Friday, August 1, 1952

211:00 AM "How Mrs. Merkley Plunder Into Politics With Her Eyes Close and Found Herself Some Old Friends" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, August 2, 1952

3No Stroller on Sunday

4Missing/Needs Sca…roller Confirmation

5No Stroller

6 7 811:00 AM "You Can't Keep Secrets on Preston Ave" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, August 8, 1952

911:00 AM "When It's Springtime in the Far Rockies" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, August 9, 1952

10No Stroller on Sunday

1111:00 AM "Capt. Salzman's Flying Saucer Caper" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "Noah Rose's Great Rogues' Gallery" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, August 12, 1952

1311:00 AM "How to Talk Like a Texan; Chapt. IV" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Wednesday, August 13, 1952

1411:00 AM "A Buff Bayou Turning & Docking Job" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, August 14, 1952

1511:00 AM "The Maiden Voyage of teh SS. Rogers" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, August 13, 1952

1611:00 AM "Concluding Capt. Moore's Story of the Roger And Her Voyage in the Wake of the SS. Titanic" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, August 16, 1952

17No Stroller on Sunday

1811:00 AM "Footprints in the Sand at Murdoch's" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, June 18, 1952

1911:00 AM "Under a Haymaker Sun With the Halik" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, August 19, 1952

2011:00 AM "Move to Seabrook and Live to Be 100" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, August 20, 1952

2111:00 AM "Scrap Iron, Donies and Shank Smokes" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, August 21, 1952

2211:00 AM "The Trail of Tear Along Canal Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Friday, August 22, 1952

2311:00 AM "Lovely Flora, the Liberated Flower of the Philippines, And Her Life and Riggered Times in the Land of the Free" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, August 23, 1952

24No Stroller on Sunday

2511:00 AM "More Windwork for Squirrel-Turners" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 25, 1952

2611:00 AM "Gets Bit by Bill Finley's Gold Bug" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, August 26, 1952

2711:00 AM "A Story Conference on a Diesel Tug" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, August 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "The Black Longfellow of An‐drew St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Thursday, August 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Young in Heart in Little Old Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, August 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "Among the Bones of the Pi‐oneers, Capt. Boles Wonders if Santa Anna''s Paymaster Slept Here" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Satur‐day, August 30, 1952

31No Stroller on Sunday

111:00 AM "Fate & the One-Handed Window-Washer" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, September 1, 1952

211:00 AM "An Early Autumn and a Hard Winter" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, September 2, 1952

3In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "Partly Cloudy With Variable Winds" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Wednesday, September 3, 1952

411:00 AM "The Two Loves of Mrs. Emma J. Bisbee" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 18 - Thursday, Septem‐ber 18, 1952

511:00 AM "Three or Four Fugitives on the Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, September 5, 1952

611:00 AM "Omaha Sammy, Who Could Have Been Champion, And the Thump of Destiny in the Hollywood Stadium" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, September 6, 1952

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31No Stroller on Sunday

111:00 AM "Fate & the One-Handed Window-Washer" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, September 1, 1952

211:00 AM "An Early Autumn and a Hard Winter" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, September 2, 1952

3In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "Partly Cloudy With Variable Winds" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Wednesday, September 3, 1952

411:00 AM "The Two Loves of Mrs. Emma J. Bisbee" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 18 - Thursday, Septem‐ber 18, 1952

511:00 AM "Three or Four Fugitives on the Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, September 5, 1952

611:00 AM "Omaha Sammy, Who Could Have Been Champion, And the Thump of Destiny in the Hollywood Stadium" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, September 6, 1952

7No Stroller on Sunday

8No Stroller

9 10 11 12 13

14No Stroller on Sunday

15No Stroller

16 17 18 19 20

21No Stroller on Sunday

22No Stroller

23 24 25 2611:00 AM "The Avenue and the Green Pastures" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Friday, September 26, 1952

27In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "A Houston Pastor Retells the Classic Story of His Strange Adven‐tures on the Rancho De Burras" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. - 5 Satur‐day, September 27, 1952

28No Stroller on Sunday

29In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "Fr. John and the Miraculous Vitamins" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, September 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "They Moved the Forecastle Again" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, September 30, 1952

1In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "In the 2nd Ward, Love Can Leave Scars" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, October 1, 1952

211:00 AM "Texas Folks Are Like That, Sparks" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Thursday, October 2, 1952

311:00 AM "Joe & Jim Made Good in Old Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Friday, October 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Renouncing Fidelity to Old World Potentates, Fritz Becomes an Heir to the American Dream" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, October 4, 1952

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28No Stroller on Sunday

29In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "Fr. John and the Miraculous Vitamins" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, September 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "They Moved the Forecastle Again" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, September 30, 1952

1In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "In the 2nd Ward, Love Can Leave Scars" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, October 1, 1952

211:00 AM "Texas Folks Are Like That, Sparks" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Thursday, October 2, 1952

311:00 AM "Joe & Jim Made Good in Old Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Friday, October 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Renouncing Fidelity to Old World Potentates, Fritz Becomes an Heir to the American Dream" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, October 4, 1952

5No Stroller on Sunday

611:00 AM "How to Live Longer - - - Don't Exercise!" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, October 6, 1952

711:00 AM "Don Miguel and the Search for Beauty" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, October 7, 1952

811:00 AM "Wildcat Kelly & the Life of O'Reilly" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, October 8, 1952

911:00 AM "The Life and Loves of Don Roberto" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Thursday, October 9, 1952

1011:00 AM "The Glass Crutch & the Up‐hill Climb" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Friday, October 10, 1952

1111:00 AM "Having Big Fun on the Bay‐ou of the Buffalo, Our Stroller Goes to a Waterfront Wedding Party" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, October 11, 1952

12No Stroller on Sunday

1311:00 AM "How Mary Escaped From the Sturgill" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, October 13, 1952

1411:00 AM "The Exile and the Bridge of Sighs" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, October 14, 1952

1511:00 AM "The Main Street That No‐body Ever Sees" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, Octo‐ber 15, 1952

1611:00 AM "Salzman Reveals His Finan‐cial Status" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, October 16, 1952

1711:00 AM "Why I Named My Dog for Pres. Harding" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Friday, October 17, 1952

1811:00 AM "Into Each Dream Some Rain Must Fall, but When Will Hers Take Cloudless Flight on Silver Wings" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, October 18, 1952

19No Stroller on Sunday

2011:00 AM "The Man Who Lost Three Hundred Fights" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, October 20, 1952

2111:00 AM "A Small deposit Will Hold Your Dream" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Tuesday, October 21, 1952

2211:00 AM "The Memories and the Ties That Bind" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, October 22, 1952

23No Stroller

2411:00 AM "The Runner Who Never Touch Second" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, October 24, 1952

2511:00 AM "Will Brantly the One-Man Vaudeville Show and How He Became a Human Caliope in Spare Time" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, October 25, 1952

26No Stroller on Sunday

2711:00 AM "The Hogger on the Indian Valley R.R." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, September 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "The Mysterious Arabian Domino Player" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, October 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Who Won the Waterfront Soccer Match" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Wednesday, October 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "Down Mackie Dee Toward the Open Sea" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Thursday, October 30, 1952

3111:00 AM "Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 23 - Friday, October 31, 1952

111:00 AM "They Were Young and in Love, and the View Was Fine - - - Until You Felt the Fear Between Them" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, November 1, 1952

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26No Stroller on Sunday

2711:00 AM "The Hogger on the Indian Valley R.R." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, September 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "The Mysterious Arabian Domino Player" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, October 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "Who Won the Waterfront Soccer Match" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Wednesday, October 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "Down Mackie Dee Toward the Open Sea" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Thursday, October 30, 1952

3111:00 AM "Aunt Tishy and the Witches of Ellum St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 23 - Friday, October 31, 1952

111:00 AM "They Were Young and in Love, and the View Was Fine - - - Until You Felt the Fear Between Them" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, November 1, 1952

2No Stroller on Sunday

311:00 AM "Jack's Adventures in Buenos Aires" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Monday, November 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Covering the Year's Biggest Story" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, November 4, 1952

511:00 AM "An Informal History of the CGB-55" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Wednesday, November 05, 1952

611:00 AM "Prof. Poole and His Panor‐mo Violin" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, November 6, 1952

711:00 AM "The Dead Seahorse on the Bayou Beach" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Friday, November 7, 1952

811:00 AM "A Rainy Day With the Edison of Holmes Road, the Amzin' Cajun Who Makes Bricks Without Straw" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, November 8, 1952

9No Stroller on Sunday

1011:00 AM "When Ed Ramin Was Youngest Cowboy" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, November 10, 1952

1111:00 AM "There's No Armistice at Out‐post No. 2" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, November 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "The Ship That Doesn't Need a Crew" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Wednesday, November 12, 1952

1311:00 AM "The Passing of Depression Flats" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Thursday, November 13, 1952

1411:00 AM "Shrimp and Beer and a Good Sea Yarn" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 19 - Friday, November 14, 1952

1511:00 AM "The Pan-American Diplomat Named Mack Who Helped Bring the UN to the U.S." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 6 - Saturday, November 15, 1952

16No Stroller on Sunday

1711:00 AM "A Sound of Bells & the Voice of Hope" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, November 17, 1952

1811:00 AM "A Banana King on Lower Louisiana St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, November 18, 1952

1911:00 AM "John Harris' Bend of Buffalo Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, November 19, 1952

2011:00 AM "No More Roses for 75th Street Rose" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Thursday, November 20, 1952

2111:00 AM "The Conquest of the Baby‐faced Girl" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, November 21, 1952

2211:00 AM "Jimmy the Scissors Grinder, the Madwoman of the 2nd Ward and the Man Who Cheated Her Too Often" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, November 22, 1952

23No Stroller on Sunday

2411:00 AM "Minor Incident in an Age of Violence" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Monday, November 24, 1952

2511:00 AM "The Famous Repair Shop Murder Case" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, November 25, 1952

2611:00 AM "The Last Time Louie's Wife Saw Paris" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, November 26, 1952

2711:00 AM "The Pilgrims and the Bounti‐ful Harvest" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Thursday, November 27, 1952

2811:00 AM "Coozan Green Is a Monkey With a Harp" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, November 28, 1952

2911:00 AM "The Waking Nightmare and the Beautiful Dream of Barney the Hun‐gover Beachcomber of Six-Bit St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, November 29, 1952

30No Stroller on Sunday

111:00 AM "Please Don't Pass the Turkey Hash" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, December 1, 1952

211:00 AM "The Avenue and the Waters of Lethe" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, December 2, 1952

311:00 AM "The Holiday Spirit Comes to the Reef" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Wednesday, December 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Goes to Joey Alamia's Birth‐day Party" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Thursday, December 4, 1952

511:00 AM "The Black Sheep of the Can‐tu Family" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, December 5, 1952

6No Stroller

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30No Stroller on Sunday

111:00 AM "Please Don't Pass the Turkey Hash" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, December 1, 1952

211:00 AM "The Avenue and the Waters of Lethe" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, December 2, 1952

311:00 AM "The Holiday Spirit Comes to the Reef" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Wednesday, December 3, 1952

411:00 AM "Goes to Joey Alamia's Birth‐day Party" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Thursday, December 4, 1952

511:00 AM "The Black Sheep of the Can‐tu Family" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, December 5, 1952

6No Stroller

7No Stroller on Sunday

8No Stroller

911:00 AM "Grandma Ogg and the Three Wise Men" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, December 9, 1952

1011:00 AM "The Bride of Bumboat Mike on 75th St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, December 10, 1952

1111:00 AM "The Bride of Bumboat Mike, Chap. II" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 30 - Thursday, December 11, 1952

1211:00 AM "The Big Gold Rush of 1849 to 1953" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, December 12, 1952

1311:00 AM "Josh Baily and the Bset Pis‐tol Shot in Texas - - - Or Anywhere in the World, for That Matter" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Friday, December 13, 1952

14No Stroller on Sunday

1511:00 AM "Case of the People Vs. the Kinescope" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Saturday, December 15, 1952

1611:00 AM "The Secret the Bayou Couldn't Keep" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Friday, December 16, 1952

1711:00 AM "Nancy the Talking Dog of Hardy St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, December 17, 1952

1811:00 AM "A Lesson in Trade and Transportation" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 18 - Thursday, Decem‐ber 18, 1952

1911:00 AM "Dares You to Get You Heart Broken" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 24 - Friday, December 19, 1952

2011:00 AM "A Christmas Gift From the Candy Kid: His Most Valued Earthly Possession Now Becomes Yours" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Friday, December 20, 1952

21No Stroller on Sunday

2211:00 AM "There's No Santa Claus on Skidrow" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Friday, December 22, 1952

2311:00 AM "Frankincense & Myrrh, 50 Per Cent Off" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Friday, December 23, 1952

2411:00 AM "Sadly With Adlai; or the Fly‐ing Wagon" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Wednesday, December 24, 1952

2511:00 AM "The Padre, the Charro & the Juggler" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Thursday, December 25, 1952

2611:00 AM "You Took Christmas to Liveoak Alley" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Friday, December 26, 1952

2711:00 AM "Soapy Makes a Date With Destiny; or a Message Ffrom Outer Space to Outer Preston Avenue" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Friday, December 27, 1952

28No Stroller on Sunday

2911:00 AM "Thoughts on the 5th Day of Christmas" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, December 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "Mystery of the Haunted Sliphorn" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, December 30, 1952

3111:00 AM "Next Year You'' Really Have It Good" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 31 - Wednesday, December 31, 1952

111:00 AM "Highball on the Track to Fortune" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, Janaury 1, 1953

211:00 AM "The Mayor's Suite at the Montaga" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Friday, Janaury 2, 1953

311:00 AM "The Respun Yarn of a Sea‐farer; A Curious Tale of the Innocent, the Guilty and the Unpunished" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, Janaury 3, 1953

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28No Stroller on Sunday

2911:00 AM "Thoughts on the 5th Day of Christmas" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, December 29, 1952

3011:00 AM "Mystery of the Haunted Sliphorn" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, December 30, 1952

3111:00 AM "Next Year You'' Really Have It Good" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 31 - Wednesday, December 31, 1952

111:00 AM "Highball on the Track to Fortune" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, Janaury 1, 1953

211:00 AM "The Mayor's Suite at the Montaga" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Friday, Janaury 2, 1953

311:00 AM "The Respun Yarn of a Sea‐farer; A Curious Tale of the Innocent, the Guilty and the Unpunished" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, Janaury 3, 1953

4No Stroller on Sunday

511:00 AM "A Famous Visitor on Deep Milam Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, Janaury 5, 1953

611:00 AM "Sam Houston Drank Here, and Elsewhere" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 5 - Tuesday, Janaury 6, 1953

711:00 AM "The Pensioner and the Prairie Wolves" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Janaury 7, 1953

811:00 AM "The Tenderfoot, and a Last Tribute" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, Janaury 8, 1953

911:00 AM "East End, West End, All Around Town" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, Janaury 9, 1953

1011:00 AM "A Cup of Tea With Ernie Smith, or Jones, Who Lives Under the Roaring Traffic of Broadway" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, Janaury 10, 1953

11No Stroller on Sunday

1211:00 AM "Smitty Says Goodbye to Mil‐am Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Monday, Janaury 12, 1953

1311:00 AM "Don Adolfo and His Mysteri‐ous Purse" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Tuesday, Janaury 12, 1953

1411:00 AM "A Pilgrimage to the Bank of Bacchus" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Janaury 14, 1953

1511:00 AM "The Mysterious Turning Basin Blonde" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Thursday, Janaury 15, 1953

1611:00 AM "Down Where the City Pave‐ments End" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Friday, Janaury 16, 1953

1711:00 AM "The Barmaid Who Picks Up a Little Extra Money On the Side, and Why I Stick to My Own Brand" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, Janaury 17, 1953

18No Stroller on Sunday

1911:00 AM "Captain Salzman and the Lively Corpse" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, Janaury 19, 1953

2011:00 AM "The Martyers of the Five Dollar Deal" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, Janaury 20, 1953

2111:00 AM "The $1 Bill on the Backbar Mirror" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Janaury 21, 1953

2211:00 AM "A Rebel Spy at Abe's Inau‐gural Ball" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, Janaury 22, 1953

23In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

11:00 AM "The Only Mean Thing Max‐ine Ever Did" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, Janaury 23, 1953

2411:00 AM "How Long Reach Rhonda Mixed a Mickey Finn for an Old Friend Who Turned Out to Be an Old Egghead" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Janaury 24, 1953

25No Stroller on Sunday

2611:00 AM "A Salute to a Pioneer Pill Roller" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, Janaury 26, 1953

2711:00 AM "Then Blow Ye Winds Height-Ho-A-Roving" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, Janau‐ry 27, 1953

2811:00 AM "More on the Haunted Tanker Watertown" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Janaury 28, 1953

2911:00 AM "Dorothy's Mama Was a Won‐derful Woman" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, Janaury 29, 1953

3011:00 AM "Joe and Mario's Safety-Match Pistola" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, Janaury 30, 1953

3111:00 AM "This Wonderful Houston Seen Through the Eyes of Columnist Janzon of the Stickholm Expressen" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Janaury 31, 1953

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February 1953Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1No Stroller on Sunday

211:00 AM "Nick Mickelis, Prairie Av‐enue Artist" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, February 2, 1953

311:00 AM "Accenting the Offbeat For 5 Measures" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Tuesday, February 3, 1953

411:00 AM "The Man Who Fell Off the Smokestack" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, February 4, 1953

511:00 AM "Life and Death Along the Lower Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 24 - Thursday, February 5, 1953

611:00 AM "Senor J. Jo and the Bamboo Curtains" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, February 6, 1953

711:00 AM "The Curious Story of Vick the Jackleg Plumber and the Callback He Made in the Dead of Night" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, February 7, 1953

8No Stroller on Sunday

911:00 AM "The Two Sad and Lonely Tattoo Artists" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, February 9, 1953

1011:00 AM "Lupe and the Waterfront Mines" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, February 10, 1953

1111:00 AM "The Greatest-Hearted Man on Skidrow" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, February 11, 1953

1211:00 AM "Sven Swenson's First Great Adventure" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, February 12, 1953

1311:00 AM "More About Sven the Su‐personic Swede" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, February 13, 1953

1411:00 AM "The Romance of Dick the Retired Circus Lion and the Most Beau‐tiful Lioness in the Zoo" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, February 14, 1953

15No Stroller on Sunday

1611:00 AM "A Message Washed Ashore in a Bottle" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, February 16, 1953

1711:00 AM "The Last Days of a Barmaid's Romance" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, February 17, 1953

1811:00 AM "The Hitch-Hiker in the Ruf‐fled Shirt" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Wednesday, February 18, 1953

1911:00 AM SCANNED COPY MISSING

2011:00 AM "Mrs. Drumheller and the Gentle Bees" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, February 20, 1953

2111:00 AM "Doc LaVon, Who Left Home at 12 to Join a Circus Is Packing His Ki‐ester Again At Age 76" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Febru‐ary 21, 1953

22No Stroller on Sunday

2311:00 AM "The Tender Interlude of a Tough Lady" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Saturday, February 23, 1953

2411:00 AM "The Bayou Hawk and the City Pigeon" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, February 24, 1953

2511:00 AM "The Staked Plain and the Big Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Wednesday, February 25, 1953

2611:00 AM "A Personal Glimpse of Three Wars" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, February 26, 1953

2711:00 AM "The Rise and Fall and Rise of Nadine" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Friday, February 27, 1953

2811:00 AM "How Slim Got a Free Supper From the Ghostly Spouse of Capt. Jobie of the Hellenback Lines" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, February 28, 1953

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March 1953Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1No Stroller on Sunday

210:00 PM "Don Jeusito's Conquest of the North" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, March 2, 1953

310:00 PM "Spring Song for the Asphalt Praires" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, March 3, 1953

410:00 PM "Midnight Parting on Preston Ave." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Wednesay, March 4, 1953

510:00 PM "Things That Make Houston Different" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 -Thursday, March 5, 1953

610:00 PM "Bartholomew's 24 Hours on Toyah Creek" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Friday, March 6, 1953

710:00 PM "Mrs. Halloday's Poem and Mrs. Eichholt's Life At the Lonely Homestead on the Teeming Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Saturday, March 7, 1953

8No Stroller on Sunday

910:00 PM "The Reunion of Spot and Agnes Harmon" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, March 9, 1953

10No Stroller Columns

11 12 13 14

15No Stroller on Sunday

16The Stroller in New York

10:00 PM "Meet Sam Titen... Something Fishy Here" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, March 16, 1953

17

10:00 PM "Malcom and the Showering Terrapins" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, March 17, 1953

18

10:00 PM "Last Stand of the Weather-Vane Makers" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, March 18, 1953

19

10:00 PM "Redemption of Gene, the Honest Bookie" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, March 19, 1953

20

10:00 PM "The Glad Rags of Mrs. Stein's Lucky Day" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 22 - Friday, March 20, 1953

21No Saturday Stroller In NYC

22No Stroller on Sunday

23The Stroller in New York

10:00 PM "The Guardian Angel of Third Avenue" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Monday, March 23, 1953

24

10:00 PM "Oldest Saloon on Old Broadway" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, March 24, 1953

25

10:00 PM "The Bay-Macy's of the Bow‐ery" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Wednesday, March 25, 1953

26

10:00 PM "The True Love of Fire-Es‐cape Annie" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg.13 - Thursday, March 26, 1953

27

10:00 PM "The Pizza King of Mott Street" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Frday, March 27, 1953

28No Saturday Stroller In NYC

29No Stroller on Sunday

30The Stroller in New York

10:00 PM "The Tombstone of First Av‐enue" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, March 30, 1953

31

10:00 PM "The Secession of Little Old New York" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, March 31, 1953

1

10:00 AM "Birth of a Song You'll Be Whistlin'" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, April 1, 1953

2

10:00 AM "The Two-Timing Slaves of Minerva" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, April 2, 1953

3

10:00 AM "It's a Good Trick if Chanti Does It" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, April 3, 1953

4No Saturday Stroller In NYC

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April 1953Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

29No Stroller on Sunday

30The Stroller in New York

10:00 PM "The Tombstone of First Av‐enue" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, March 30, 1953

31

10:00 PM "The Secession of Little Old New York" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, March 31, 1953

1

10:00 AM "Birth of a Song You'll Be Whistlin'" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, April 1, 1953

2

10:00 AM "The Two-Timing Slaves of Minerva" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, April 2, 1953

3

10:00 AM "It's a Good Trick if Chanti Does It" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, April 3, 1953

4No Saturday Stroller In NYC

5No Stroller on Sunday

6The Stroller in New York

10:00 AM "Poet Who Takes Lessons from Poe" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, April 6, 1953

7

10:00 AM "Poet Who Takes Lessons from Poe" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, April 6, 1953

8

10:00 AM "A Holy Man Has A Word for Ike" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, April 8, 1953

9

10:00 AM "The Enigma of the Un‐changing Pond" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 9 - Thursday, April 9, 1953

10

7:00 PM SCANNED COPY MISSING (Pos‐sibly due to NYC Trip Publishing Sched‐ule)

11No Saturday Stroller In NYC

12No Stroller on Sunday

13The Stroller in New York

10:00 AM "Bon Voyage to a Bottle of Kelly-Fish" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, April 13, 1953

14

10:00 AM "Hear the Reds Rant and Rave" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, April 14, 1953

15No Stroller Columns

16 17 1810:00 AM "A Great Idea... Just Fall From the Bed to Bath! A Fictional Oil‐man Checks in at Plush Waldorf" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, April 18, 1953

19No Stroller on Sunday

2010:00 AM "Farewell to the Waldorf-As‐toria" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, April 20, 1953

2110:00 AM "The Old Heave-Ho on the USO" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, April 21, 1953

2210:00 AM "My Old Home Town on the Colorado" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, April 22, 1953

2310:00 AM "When It's Dewberry Time in Texas" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Thursday, April 23, 1953

2410:00 AM "Capt. Salzman's Racetrack Caper" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, April 24, 1953

2510:00 AM "Love in a Joint; or Can They Yet Recapture That Sweet Rapture on a Liquid Diet" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, April 25, 1953

26No Stroller on Sunday

2710:00 AM "Siesta Hour on Washington Ave" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, April 27, 1953

2810:00 AM "The Misconduct of Conduc‐tor Magee" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, April 28,1953

2910:00 AM "Uncle Tony's Wonderful Railroad" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Wednesday, April 29, 1953

3010:00 AM 1953-04-30 - NEEDS RES‐CANNING

110:00 AM "Henry Hudson's Mohican Cocktail" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 23 - Friday, May 1, 1953

210:00 AM "They May Be Water Hy‐acinths to You and Me, But They're Capt. DeShazo's Big Headache" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg.5 - Satur‐day, May 2, 1953

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May 1953Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

26No Stroller on Sunday

2710:00 AM "Siesta Hour on Washington Ave" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, April 27, 1953

2810:00 AM "The Misconduct of Conduc‐tor Magee" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, April 28,1953

2910:00 AM "Uncle Tony's Wonderful Railroad" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Wednesday, April 29, 1953

3010:00 AM 1953-04-30 - NEEDS RES‐CANNING

110:00 AM "Henry Hudson's Mohican Cocktail" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 23 - Friday, May 1, 1953

210:00 AM "They May Be Water Hy‐acinths to You and Me, But They're Capt. DeShazo's Big Headache" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg.5 - Satur‐day, May 2, 1953

3No Stroller on Sunday

4In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

10:00 AM "Capt. Foofoo Sherman of the Ajaxl" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, May 4, 1953

5In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

10:00 AM "Lena and the Tall, Dark Stranger" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tusday, May 5, 1953

610:00 AM "Come With Me to the Local Casbah" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, May 6, 1953

710:00 AM "Lady Bartender from the Navasot" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, May 7, 1953

8No Column, Out Sick

9No Column, Out Sick

10No Stroller on Sunday

1110:00 AM "Mothers Are Such Wonder‐ful People" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, May 11, 1953

1210:00 AM "Four Underlings of the Tradewinds" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, May 12, 1953

1310:00 AM "The Yarns That Never Got Written" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, May 13, 1953

14In "Sig Byrd's Houston"

10:00 AM "The Secret Recipe for Bara‐coa" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, May 14, 1953

1510:00 AM "The Strangest Way to Eat Oysters" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Friday, May 15, 1953

1610:00 AM "Don't Ever, Ever Change Seventy-Fift Street-- Where the Unbe‐lievable Happens Every Day" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, May 16, 1953

17No Stroller on Sunday

1810:00 AM "The Odyssey of Steve Veronikis" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, May 18, 1953

1910:00 AM "The Cocktail Hour at the Gem Bar" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 4 - Tuesday, May 19, 1953

2010:00 AM "Mr. Two Meters and the Ionosphere" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, May 20, 1953

21No Column

2210:00 AM "Sundown Scene on Vinegar Hill" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, May 22, 1953

2310:00 AM "A Washday Visit With a Hap‐py Family of 9 At Their Two Room Shack on the Bayou Bank" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, May 23, 1953

24No Stroller on Sunday

2510:00 AM "The Man Who Never Pays to Park" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, May 25, 1953

2610:00 AM "The Big Horseless Carriage Show" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Tuesday, May 26, 1953

2710:00 AM "The Balladier of the S.P. Yards" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, May 27, 1953

2810:00 AM "The Elixer of Life and Ohm's Law" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Thursday, May 28, 1953

2910:00 AM "Slim Newman's Secret Su‐percargo" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Friday, May 29, 1953

3010:00 AM "The a World of Darkness Lazaro Perez Finds a Light to Show the Way to a Shining New Hope" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, May 30, 1953

31No Stroller on Sunday

112:00 PM "A Light Lunch on Vinegar Hill" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 1, 1953

2Sig's Annual Leave, No Columns

3 4 5 6

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June 1953Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

31No Stroller on Sunday

112:00 PM "A Light Lunch on Vinegar Hill" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 1, 1953

2Sig's Annual Leave, No Columns

3 4 5 6

7No Stroller on Sunday

8Sig's Annual Leave, No Columns

9 10 11 12 13

14No Stroller on Sunday

15Sig's Annual Leave, No Columns

16 17 18 1912:00 PM "The Orientation of Senor Garcia" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Friday, June 19, 1953

2012:00 PM "Terror Waits at the San Jac‐into, but Once She Makes the Trinity She'll Have It Good" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, June 20, 1953

21No Stroller on Sunday

2212:00 PM "Life on the Farm and in the City" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, June 22, 1953

2312:00 PM "The Man With the Blue Poker Chip" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, June 23, 1953

2412:00 PM "Adm. Drew and the Golden Caviar" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, June 24, 1953

25No Column

2612:00 PM "Home Sweet Homicide in Houston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 29 - Friday, June 26, 1953

2712:00 PM "The Owlmen of Marble Falls, the Exploding Golf Ball and Some Other Hot Weather Items" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, June 27, 1953

28No Stroller on Sunday

2912:00 PM "The Red Hot Weekend on the Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 29, 1953

3012:00 PM "Buck Austins's Greatest Ad‐venture" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, June 30, 1953

112:00 PM "The Strong Men of Morgan's Point" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, June 30, 1953

212:00 PM "Mom Beard's Seafarers' Graveyard" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, July 2, 1953

312:00 PM "Captain Salzman's Cockeyed Caper" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Friday, July 3, 1953

43:00 PM SCANNED COPY MISSING

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July 1953Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

28No Stroller on Sunday

2912:00 PM "The Red Hot Weekend on the Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, June 29, 1953

3012:00 PM "Buck Austins's Greatest Ad‐venture" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, June 30, 1953

112:00 PM "The Strong Men of Morgan's Point" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Wednesday, June 30, 1953

212:00 PM "Mom Beard's Seafarers' Graveyard" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, July 2, 1953

312:00 PM "Captain Salzman's Cockeyed Caper" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Friday, July 3, 1953

43:00 PM SCANNED COPY MISSING

5No Stroller on Sunday

612:00 PM "Ghost Riders on the Big-D Subway" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Monday, July 6, 1953

712:00 PM "Eteine and the Beautiful Blond" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, July 7, 1953

812:00 PM "A Judge Gets Blown Off His Bench" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Wednesday, July 8, 1953

912:00 PM "Listen to Those Native Drums" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Thursday, July 9, 1953

1012:00 PM "How Mrs. DuBois Broke the Code" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 24 - Friday, July 10, 1953

1112:00 PM "The Time I Rang the Liberty Bell With a Sling... Or, What a Thrill from Bartender Sam's Root Beer" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, July 11, 1953

12No Stroller on Sunday

1312:00 PM "A Lesson for American Jus‐tice" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, July 13, 1953

1412:00 PM "Happy With 3 Millionaires" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, July 14, 1953

1512:00 PM "Falleth Now the Gentle, Wet Rain" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Wednesday, July 15, 1953

1612:00 PM "Dottie & the Shanghaied Barmaid" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Thursday, July 16, 1953

1712:00 PM "Our $1,000,000-a-Month Racket" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 24 - Friday, July 17, 1953

1812:00 PM "Esau the Snake-Eater, 'Big‐foot' Wallace and Other Curiosities of Old Market Square"- The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, July 18, 1953

19No Stroller on Sunday

2012:00 PM "The House That Screamed at Night" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, July 20, 1953

2112:00 PM "The Persecution of Soapy Slocum" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, July 21, 1953

2212:00 PM "The Strange Voyage of 'The Rover'" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, July 22, 1953

2312:00 PM "The Cool War on Preston Av‐enue" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Thursday, July 23, 1953

2412:00 PM "Betty and the Hungry Stranger" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, July 24, 1953

2512:00 PM "The Hard-Rock Artist, the Cafe That's Open 26 Hours a Dat and How Not to Cool Champagne" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, July 25, 1953

26No Stroller on Sunday

2712:00 PM "Why Connie Didn't Get a Haircut" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, July 27, 1953

2812:00 PM "Mr. Shafer and the Third Catseye" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, July 28, 1953

2912:00 PM "Baldy and the Choice Corner Lot" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, July 29, 1953

3012:00 PM "Why Money and Stan Are Strangers" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Thursday, July 30, 1953

3112:00 PM "Notes on the Death of a Sea‐farer" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 -Friday, July 31, 1953

112:00 PM "How Fred Taylor Almost Got Married but Was Saved by the Opening of the Panama Canal" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Aug. 1, 1953

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August 1953Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

26No Stroller on Sunday

2712:00 PM "Why Connie Didn't Get a Haircut" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, July 27, 1953

2812:00 PM "Mr. Shafer and the Third Catseye" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, July 28, 1953

2912:00 PM "Baldy and the Choice Corner Lot" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, July 29, 1953

3012:00 PM "Why Money and Stan Are Strangers" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Thursday, July 30, 1953

3112:00 PM "Notes on the Death of a Sea‐farer" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 -Friday, July 31, 1953

112:00 PM "How Fred Taylor Almost Got Married but Was Saved by the Opening of the Panama Canal" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Aug. 1, 1953

2No Stroller on Sunday

312:00 PM "Getting Away From It All, Partly" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, Aug. 3, 1953

412:00 PM "Cowboy Boots Are Getting Bigger" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, Aug. 4, 1953

512:00 PM "We the People Versus the Gadgets" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Wednesday, Aug. 5, 1953

612:00 PM "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1953

712:00 PM "Smokey and His New Red Corpuscles" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Friday, Aug. 7, 1953

812:00 PM "The Case of the Sea Cook Who Served Loose Shish Kebab at Sea ---- and What Befell Him" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, Aug. 8, 1953

9No Stroller on Sunday

1012:00 PM "Why Some People Turn Up Missing" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, Aug. 11, 1953

1112:00 PM "The Man Who Shadowed People" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1953

1212:00 PM "How 6 Parakeets Led Griff Astray" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1953

1312:00 PM "Poopdeck Crawford Rides Again" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, Aug. 13, 1953

1412:00 PM "The Double Life of Henry McCain" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Friday, Aug. 14, 1953

1512:00 PM "Why Don Miguel Guerrero Got Out of Politics And How Pancho Villa Lost the Girl He Loved" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Satur‐day, Aug. 15, 1953

16No Stroller on Sunday

1712:00 PM "What Became of the Lighting Bugs" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, Aug. 17, 1953

1812:00 PM "Morty's Fishin' and Drinkin' Fund" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, Aug. 18, 1953

1912:00 PM "Don Antonio and the Sad Ice Man" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Wednesday, Aug. 19, 1953

2012:00 PM "After 30 Years, Solid Slim Talks" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, Aug. 20, 1953

2112:00 PM "How Solid Slim Got His Nick‐name" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Friday, Aug. 21, 1953

2212:00 PM "A Word-Portrait of Jose De Laflor the Artist and An Account of How His Wife Won a Debate" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. - day, Aug. , 1953

23No Stroller on Sunday

2412:00 PM "The Lighing Bugs of Mangum Rd." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Monday, Aug. 24, 1953

2512:00 PM "Judge Hallenbeck's Lost Uni‐versity" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, Aug. 25, 1953

2612:00 PM "American Males Also Go Fishing" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1953

2712:00 PM "An Autumnal Romance in the Basin" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Thursday, Aug. 27, 1953

2812:00 PM "Mambo & the Snakebit Plumber" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, Aug. 28, 1953

2912:00 PM "On the Way to Visit Iron Man Willich, He and Stan Discover a Virtu‐ous Barmaid" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Aug. 29, 1953

30No Stroller on Sunday

3112:00 PM "Captain Jensen and the Lost Memory." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, Aug. 31, 1953

112:00 PM "The First Lady of Old Gum Island" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1953

212:00 PM "Bros. M. Stone's Handy Hangover Kit" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1953

312:00 PM "The Schoolboy Who Rode His Lunch" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, Sept. 3, 1953

412:00 PM "Captain Slazman's Missing Agent" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, Sept. 4, 1953

512:00 PM "The Odd Case of the Burned-Up Welder And the Stranger Who Carried a Torch" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Sept. 5, 1953

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30No Stroller on Sunday

3112:00 PM "Captain Jensen and the Lost Memory." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Monday, Aug. 31, 1953

112:00 PM "The First Lady of Old Gum Island" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, Sept. 1, 1953

212:00 PM "Bros. M. Stone's Handy Hangover Kit" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1953

312:00 PM "The Schoolboy Who Rode His Lunch" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, Sept. 3, 1953

412:00 PM "Captain Slazman's Missing Agent" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Friday, Sept. 4, 1953

512:00 PM "The Odd Case of the Burned-Up Welder And the Stranger Who Carried a Torch" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Sept. 5, 1953

6No Stroller on Sunday

7?

812:00 PM "Joe and the Barge Dock Blond" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 Tuesday, Sept. 8, 1953

912:00 PM "Mr. Young's 'Plus' Meal Tick‐et" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1953

1012:00 PM "A Minor Accident on Canal St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Thursday, Sept. 10, 1953

1112:00 PM "A Chance Encounter on Fan‐nin St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Friday, Sept. 11, 1953

1212:00 PM "Jiggs and Johny Bury and Old Hatchet, But Peace Never Lingers on Produce Row" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Sept. 12, 1953

13No Stroller on Sunday

1412:00 PM "The Have-Nots of Lower Mil‐am St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, Sept. 14, 1953

1512:00 PM "Uncertain Times Along the Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1953

1612:00 PM "How Stan Beat the Long Reach Deal" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 25 - Wednesday, Sept. 16, 1953

1712:00 PM "End of the 'Desire' Car Line" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 26 - Thursday, Sept. 17, 1953

1812:00 PM "The King Midas of Smith St." - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 10 - Friday, Sept. 18, 1953

1912:00 PM "The Toughest Skipper in the Gulf, and How The Stroller Learned Seamanship" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Sept. 19th, 1953

20No Stroller on Sunday

2112:00 PM "People Ask The Craziest Things" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Monday, Sept. 21, 1953

2212:00 PM "Mr. Mass and the 5-Points Gangs" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Tuesday, Sept. 22, 1953

2312:00 PM "September on the Urban Prairies" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, Sept. 23, 1953

2412:00 PM "The Sweetheart of Mario Carabobo" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, Sept. 24, 1953

2512:00 PM "How Jno. Reagan Smuggled the Mail" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, Sept. 25, 1953

2612:00 PM "Inside You and Me; or, How to Make 29 Million in Five Years' Time" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Sept. 26, 1953

27No Stroller on Sunday

2812:00 PM "Lupe and the Cuban En‐chantress" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, Sept. 28, 1953

2912:00 PM "Hard Times on the N.Y. Cen‐tral" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1953

3012:00 PM "The Bones of Lt. Richard Dowling" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1953

112:00 PM "The Still Alarm Fire on Av‐enue W" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, Oct. 1, 1953

212:00 PM "The Girl Mechanic of Pre‐ston Ave" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Friday, Oct. 2, 1953

311:00 AM "An Informal Report on the Conditions From Outer Presto Avenue to Ciudad Trjillo" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, October 3, 1953

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27No Stroller on Sunday

2812:00 PM "Lupe and the Cuban En‐chantress" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, Sept. 28, 1953

2912:00 PM "Hard Times on the N.Y. Cen‐tral" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1953

3012:00 PM "The Bones of Lt. Richard Dowling" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, Sept. 30, 1953

112:00 PM "The Still Alarm Fire on Av‐enue W" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, Oct. 1, 1953

212:00 PM "The Girl Mechanic of Pre‐ston Ave" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 18 - Friday, Oct. 2, 1953

311:00 AM "An Informal Report on the Conditions From Outer Presto Avenue to Ciudad Trjillo" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, October 3, 1953

4No Stroller on Sunday

512:00 PM "The New Underworld on The Bayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, Oct. 5, 1953

612:00 PM "G. Smith and the Squire's Arms" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 24 - Tuesday, Oct. 6, 1953

712:00 PM "A Byrdseye History of Hous‐ton" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, Oct. 7, 1953

812:00 PM "We Want but Little Here Be‐low" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, Oct. 8, 1953

912:00 PM "A Day Among the Bayah People" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, Oct. 9, 1953

1012:00 PM "Stan's Universal Extermina‐tor and the Mysterious Prof. Kleinmetz From Bexar" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Oct. 10, 1953

11No Stroller on Sunday

1212:00 PM "A Phone Call from W. Columbia" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monsday, Oct. 12, 1953

1312:00 PM "The Greatest of These Virtues" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, Oct. 13, 1953

1412:00 PM "Taking a Walk With Dame Nature" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, Oct. 14, 1953

1512:00 PM "The Man Who Can't Stand Alcohol" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, Oct. 15, 1953

1612:00 PM "A Committee Meeting at Jake's" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, Oct. 16, 1953

1712:00 PM "A Byrdseye History: How John Harrid Built His Burg Where the Bayous Fork" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Oct. 17, 1953

18No Stroller on Sunday

1912:00 PM "The Cat in the Pub in Lime‐house" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 19 - Monday, Oct. 19, 1953

2012:00 PM "Tidelands of the River Lethe" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, Oct. 20, 1953

2112:00 PM "Mrs. Allen's Preforming Tur‐tle" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1953

2212:00 PM "The Wildcat Rig on Six-Bit St" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 24 - Thursday, Oct. 22, 1953

2312:00 PM "The Littlest Park in the World" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, Oct. 23, 1953

2412:00 PM "Charter III --- How the Har‐risburgers Ablolished the Custom House at Anahuac" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Oct. 24, 1953

25No Stroller on Sunday

2612:00 PM "Cold Trail of the Phantom Lady" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, Oct. 26, 1953

2712:00 PM "Northerly Winds on the Coast" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, Oct. 27, 1953

2812:00 PM "Stan and the Three Guinea Pigs" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 17 - Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1953

2912:00 PM "A Pilgram to Vince's Bridge" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Thursday, Oct. 29, 1953

3012:00 PM "Ugh! Pass the Calumet Brother" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Frday, Oct. 30, 1953

3112:00 PM "The Don Juan of Dockwal‐lopers and the Witch of East Magnolia" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, Oct. 31, 1953

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1No Stroller on Sunday

212:00 PM "Porkchop Charlie and the Off Day" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, November 2, 1953

312:00 PM "Domestic Intrigue on a Wet Day" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, November 3, 1953

412:00 PM "The Big Bridge Over the ayou" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, November 4, 1953

512:00 PM "Ramses in the Third At Gezi‐ra" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 9 - Thursday, November 5, 1953

612:00 PM "Freedom of Speech Chez Jake" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Friday, November 6, 1953

712:00 PM "A Byrdseye History of Hous‐ton---IV--- The Three Bravest Men in Harrisburg" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, November 7, 1953

8No Stroller on Sunday

912:00 PM "A Wagon for Diana, a Cat for 20" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, November 9, 1953

1012:00 PM "The Grifter with a Kind Heart" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, November 10, 1953

1112:00 PM "The Night the Great War Ended" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Wednesday, November 11, 1953

1212:00 PM "The Man Who's Almost Fire‐proof" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Thursday, November 12, 1953

1312:00 PM "In The Wake of the Graf Spree" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Friday, November 13, 1953

1412:00 PM "Margaret and the Life-Sav‐ing Nanny Goat and the Search for a Fireman's Angel" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, November 14, 1953

15No Stroller on Sunday

1612:00 PM "The Elephant & the Busy Beavers" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 12 - Monday, November 16, 1953

1712:00 PM "Art Festival with Pennants" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, November 17, 1953

1812:00 PM "Fireball and the King of Siam" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, November 18, 1953

1912:00 PM "Oh Bury Me Home in the Big City" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, November 19, 1953

2012:00 PM "The Rains of Cherra Poonjee" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, November 20, 1953

2112:00 PM ""A Byrdseye History of Hous‐ton--V-- Santa Anna Meets His Water‐loo" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, November 21, 1953

22No Stroller on Sunday

2312:00 PM "Stan and the Shrimpboat Captain" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, November 23, 1953

2412:00 PM "My Affair With a Movie Ac‐tress" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, November 24, 1953

2512:00 PM "The Black Arts on Preston" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, November 25, 1953

2612:00 PM "Thanks for All Thy Benefits" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, November 26, 1953

2712:00 PM "A Firsthand Report on Tri‐este" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Friday, November 27, 1953

2812:00 PM ""A Byrdseye History of Hous‐ton-- Ch. VI-- Gus Allen Bets $5000 on an Election" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. - Saturday, November , 1953

29No Stroller on Sunday

3012:00 PM "The Liberals Are Hounding Me!" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, November 30, 1953

112:00 PM "Tales of a Waterfront Tavern" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, December 1, 1953

212:00 PM "The Conscience of Sam the Shill" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Wednesday, December 2, 1953

312:00 PM "Fight Like a Wildcar for Hon‐or" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, December 3, 1953

412:00 PM "Deck the Hall With Tempus Fugit" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, December 4, 1953

512:00 PM "Bluebloods of Vinegar Hill Announce Preliminary Plans for Holiday Bender" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, December 5, 1953

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29No Stroller on Sunday

3012:00 PM "The Liberals Are Hounding Me!" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, November 30, 1953

112:00 PM "Tales of a Waterfront Tavern" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, December 1, 1953

212:00 PM "The Conscience of Sam the Shill" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 21 - Wednesday, December 2, 1953

312:00 PM "Fight Like a Wildcar for Hon‐or" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, December 3, 1953

412:00 PM "Deck the Hall With Tempus Fugit" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 16 - Friday, December 4, 1953

512:00 PM "Bluebloods of Vinegar Hill Announce Preliminary Plans for Holiday Bender" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, December 5, 1953

6No Stroller on Sunday

712:00 PM "The Marine Who Didn't In‐dulge" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Monday, December 7, 1953

812:00 PM "Saddle Old Paint the Last Time" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Tuesday, December 8, 1953

912:00 PM "Uncle Tony and the Shibbo‐leth" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Wednesday, December 9, 1953

1012:00 PM "It's Better in Liveoak Alley" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Thursday, December 10, 1953

1112:00 PM "The Poultice in the Sound Track" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 23 - Friday, December 11, 1953

1212:00 PM "Capt. Salzman and the Miss‐ing Fraulein --- Or, Hilda the Heine Hornswoggler" - The Stroller - Hous‐ton Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, December 12, 1953

13No Stroller on Sunday

1412:00 PM "Lay That Pistol Down, M'am'selle" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg.9 - Monday, December 14, 1953

1512:00 PM "Minor Incident in Old Motrose" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 27 - Tuesday, December 16, 1953

16No Strollers

17 18 19

20No Stroller on Sunday

2112:00 PM "Pete Deakel and the Crime Wave" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 15 - Monday, December 21, 1953

2212:00 PM "Gettin in on the Ground Floor" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 13 - Tuesday, December 22, 1953

233:00 AM "Boy Meets Girl, But Not Often" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Wednesday, December 23, 1953

2412:00 PM "St. Joseph and the Tax Col‐lector" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 4 - Thursday, December 24, 1953

2512:00 PM "To the Faithful Who Can't Come" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Friday, December 25, 1953

2612:00 PM "" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg.12:00 PM "Goodbye, Santa Claus, You Bum! - And Be Sure and Take Rudolph With You!" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 5 - Saturday, December 26, 1953

27No Stroller on Sunday

2812:00 PM "Fishing Party Was a Riot" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 11 - Monday, December 28, 1953

2912:00 PM "Looking Out on Saint Stephen's" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 7 - Tuesday, December 29, 1953

3012:00 PM "The Gimmick With the Come-On" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. 14 - Wednesday, December 30, 1953

31MISSING SCAN

12:00 PM "" - The Stroller - Houston Press, Pg. - Thursday, December , 1953

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