Penthouse Chickens Spark Editorial Mockery and Theories
Around the plaza the staff gossips over a New York Herald Tribune clipping about a penthouse roof chicken farm. The piece traces playful finger counting and several humorous theories, including New Deal propaganda, as editors debate nature’s laws and urban oddities.
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Thi
New York Herald ‘Tribune
India McIntosh
Light Staff
India
The
Herald Tribune
Burglars Take $68 From Bar on Flores Street
Burglars entered Tagler's Bar at 19 3 South Flores Street via an upstairs rear window and stole 65 in nickels from two pinball machines and 3 in cash from the register. Owner T. BR Tagler notified police.
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Tagler
South Flores Street
T. BR. Tagler
Baring Down On the News By Arthur Bugs Badr
A fragmented satirical column mocks wartime figures and events with sarcasm about Mussolini and Japan. It references a balcony scene, a promise to shoot, Christmas timing, and a failed campaign, all in a loose, joking tone.
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Arthur Bugs Badr
HN. 8
Mussolini
Anderson Eyes Own Plan For City Traffic Bureau
Fire and Police Commissioner P L Anderson said he plans to handle San Antonio’s rising traffic problems with his own approach. He will create a bureau using three current police members after training, and rejects Porter’s call for an independent traffic bureau and an outside engineer due to budget constraints. Porter urged strict enforcement and a formal traffic control system to curb rapid postwar growth and retain residents.
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P. L. Anderson
Harry J. Porter
National Safety Council
San Antonio
Anderson
Porter
Police Department
George Bischel
Frank Conklin
University of Ohio
J. W. Fitch
Northwestern University
Fitch
Chicago
Northwestern
Three Suffer Stab Wounds In San Antonio
Three San Antonians, Gavino Reyes 57 of 1614 South Laredo, Jesus Davila 18 of 318 Monterey, and Joe Pedraza 35 of 904 Sherman, were stabbed. Reyes and Pedraza were treated at Santa Rosa and Green hospitals, after altercations at Laredo and Guadalupe, New Braunfels and Lamar streets. Police arrested two suspects in Reyes case.
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Gavino Reyes
Laredo
Reyes
Santa Rosa Hospital
Jesus Davila
Monterey
Guadalupe
Joe Pedrgza
Sherman Street
Ex Cadet Demands Town Pass After Bar Mixup
Lieut. Monroe Zartman, who earned his wings and commission at Brooksfield last Thursday morning, rushed to the fire sergeant in the cadet detachment Thursday afternoon. Forgetting his new officer privileges he asked how to get off post to go to town, claiming his pass had been taken away yesterday.
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Monroe Zartman
Brooksfield
Zartman
Boy Three Hurt After Fall From Moving Car
Three year old Vatebtin Hernandez of 811 Elgiva Street was treated at Robert B. Green Hospital Tuesday for a braised head after falling from the running board of a moving automobile. The driver reportedly did not know the child was on the running board when the car started.
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Vatebtin Hernandez
Elgiva Street
Robert, B. Green
Littlepage Named to Legion Publications Committee
Littlepage named by the Twentieth district of the American Legion to serve on the publications committee at the department war conference in Fort Worth August 17 to 19. William H. Furlong, director of the Inter-American Highway Association, will show colored motion pictures of the Mexico City to Guatemala sector of the Pan American highway before the Lions Club at 12:18 p.m. Wednesday in the Gunter hotel.
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Littlepage
Legion
Walthall
Littlepage Hs
The
American Legion
Department War
Far Worth
William H. Furlong
Inter-American Highway Asselation
Mexico City
Guatemala
Lions Tliad
Gunter Hotel
War Veteran Visiting Father’s Home After War Service
Roberto Gonzales, a war veteran with India China Burma and North Africa campaign ribbons, is home in San Antonio with his mother Mrs. Dolores Gonzales. He recalls Burma road battles and injuries from a Japanese bombing. He was treated at Walter Reed and must report within a month for further care. Also a note on a modern baby product ad appears in the clipping.
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India
China
Sidiy
North Africa
Pic
Roberto Gonzales
San Antonio
Dolores Gonzales
South Mores
Burma Road
Gonzales
Jin
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington, D.C
Wounded Pie Worker Receives Purple Heart at Home
Roberto Gonzales is honored with the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in India and is welcomed back home. The ceremony marks his brave service and recovery as he returns to family life.
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Roberto Gonzales
India
Cut Personnel in Bexar County Budget Talks
Uhr urged trimming county payrolls amid budget woes, calling for elimination of several justice of the peace and county constable offices. County Judge Anderson said no final plan exists yet and more talks are planned to address the budget shortfall.
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Tecome
Robert Uhr
Charles Anderson
Uhr
Bexar County
Ubr
Anderson
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