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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1941
Page
4
Continued from page one hearings examine a proposed enmity plan with brackets from 2,000 to 20,000 and higher. Tax rates range from 1 percent to 27 percent, with a maximum 75 percent on income over 5,000,000. Ways and Means members say the plan would raise more excise taxes than treasury proposals.
The new suburban area of Elie Ridge has 167 registered voters but none cast a ballot in March municipal elections. County official and local civic figures noted two contests and the cost to open polls and employ three officials.
In San Francisco on April 24 the national defense mediation board rejected A. Peage Plan IG as a settlement for the machinists strike. the walkout prompts an estimated 7 to 29 million dollar disruption to defense orders. Separately, a hospital report says Joan Walker, 8, of Uvalde, received early poliomyelitis treatment via an iron lung in San Antonio, with steady improvement under care.
Austin April 23 The Texas Railroad Commission announced May oil proration permitting average daily production of 1,417,222 barrels, up 44,893 from April 1. An under production alert would cap at 1,307,819 barrels daily next month. Nine East Texas field shutdown days ordered and four days in the Panhandle. Exemptions granted for water production and other physical income. numerous field names listed.
The chamber plans a farm settlement push, aiming to mobilize at least 2400 men for agricultural development and land surveys. Jarden program details are discussed as a priority, with the chamber-led panel to begin member outreach and a survey team breakfast set for April 9 at the Pivel Hotel.
A Berlin dispatch reports Bulgarian troops have reportedly occupied virtually all of Grecian Thrace, extending to the Maritza and the Meri del region, according to a Cin News Agency bulletin. The claim, currently unconfirmed, underscores rapid gains on the Balkan front amid ongoing hostilities.
A powder explosion at a coastal outpost in the Azores killed 13 soldiers and injured many others. The blast damaged a barracks and adjacent church area, with widows shattered and heavy military equipment destroyed. Authorities report the incident disrupted garrison routines as troops departed for morning drills. The blast occurred amid broader military operations and security in the area.
The Army outlines tentative training in the Sabine area and East Texas through August and September, with major corps drills under the Third Army. It plans large-scale field exercises involving Eight, Fifth and Fourth Army corps, and cavalry units at Fort Bliss and Camp Beauregard, culminating in September maneuvers.
An outline of planned joint Army maneuvers runs September 1 through 20. The sequence starts with a command post exercise September 1 to 5, followed by Melg exercises September 8 to 12. On September 15 the Third Army with Fourth Fifth and Eighth corps will clash with the Second Army. General Headquarters will direct the operations.
Labor-minded Democrats and administration leaders push to remove most of the pending Wilson defense labor bill. They hope to win Republican support to end a closed or open shop provision and implement a 2S day cooling off before strikes in defense industries. The coalition aims to defeat the bill’s broader “freeze” of existing labor agreements next week.
Los Angeles April 24. Bertyany W. Zenzinger 38 was indicted on a charge of violating the federal statute that requires foreign government agents to register with the secretary of state. He was arrested here the previous day. Zenzinger a electrical engineer at his firm remains in custody awaiting further proceedings.
An Austrian-born man, who spoke of being a "work refugee," testified to living in South Africa as a naturalized British subject before arriving in 403 Angeles in March 1980 from Germany. He was detained in a case with bail set at $25,000.
Banover Wy April 24 19 Presented to the college in 1774 the Dartmouth college seal bears the inscription Vox Cismantis in deserto years宣 and is still used as the official seal of the college Beorge nffrey a Lytistee led the gift
April 24 report from WOODRUFF describes a hen in Mrs. Marthe Fearton's yard adopting four kittens. The hen tended the kittens from birth, offering warmth from under her wings, and the apparently surprised household witnesses the unusual interspecies care.
Eugene Oregon April 24 city council directs City Attorney B M Calkins to draft an ordinance banning animals birds and insects from the city limits and barring rows horses rabbits bees and other pests. Pétain marks eighty fifth birthday in Vichy France as he observes the day amid ongoing war reporting.
Lynchburg Virginia April 4 g4 report shows Park officials clashing over Riverside park cherry tree blooming times. Director George H Reed complains about delayed opening versus Washington events.
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