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Interview No. 31, William Fink
Interview No. 31, William Fink
Combined Interviews
Tells about his kidnapping by Pancho Villa; Villa's personality; impressions of the Tarahumara Indians.
Interview No. 27, Chester Chope
Interview No. 27, Chester Chope
Combined Interviews
Early 20th Century El Paso and Ciudad Juárez; size and atmosphere of the two cities; personalities of members of the newspaper staff; political corruption; social life; Chinese population; Ciudad Juárez during Prohibition; Fort Bliss; Pancho Villa; improvements in transportation.
Interview No. 14, Vincent Ravel, M.D.
Interview No. 14, Vincent Ravel, M.D.
Combined Interviews
Recounts immigration of family from Lithuania to U. S.; briefly sketches history of Jewish community in El Paso; father's role in founding Congregation of Mena Zion; arranged marriage of parents; opening of pawn shop in South El Paso, City Loan and Jewelry, by father and cousin Sam Ravel; shootings in El Paso at turn of century; purchase of ammunition, guns, and pistols by Pancho Villa; Columbus Raid; Pershing Expedition to Mexico; El Paso's red light district on Ninth Street in 1930s; physical examinations of prostitutes; comments on El Paso's recognition as health center for tuberculosis patients; recounts tuberculosis sanitoriums in …