Health row roils 4A as board weighs rotating head physician
The board of education debates re electing Dr P J Nixon for head school physician amid aims to rotate the post among medical staff. Dr Robbie backs Dr J Li Cochran with two assistants proposed by Nixon, while layoffs and budget cuts threaten health education and staff salaries. The special meeting will address the budget and health program for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
P. J
Nixon
Mary King Robble
Scid Health Committee
Li Cochran
Robbie
Mixon Eng
S Ong
Yimr
Sthoanurzes
William Felzer
Mary Cleveland Tarper
3. W. Allem
M A. Ramedell
Peter
Rabble
Health Worksyas
T. M. Dale
George C. Witzbach
Dale
Hobbie Pians
Giltr
Sclion
Child Injury From Bathtub Fall and Auto Crashes
A fractured report notes Rene Zacchel eleven of 1944 Russ street injured in a bathtub fall when hitting a window pane at home. Barry Daniels twenty seven, a cutter for M B Davis, received hospital care after a mangled hand from a slipped saw. Helen Stewart Comfort sought treatment for injuries from a Fredericksburg road collision. Alex Rall forty two, injured when his car overturned on East Houston, remains under care at Robert B Green hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene Zacchel
Russ Street
Robert B
Fredericksburg
Zarza- Joorn Street
East Houston
Alex Rall
St. Hedwig Tordh
Robert B. Green Hospital
Military Training Approved for Catholic High School
The home office at the Order of Mary in St Louis approves military training for Ceinteal Catholic High, Herb Bt Marys, and Augusta Steeds. Professor W I Cox of St Marys University notes government may approve the school for military instruction in time for the fall term opening.
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Catholic High
Ceinteal Catholic High School
Herb Bt. Mary's
Augusta Steeds
Home Office
Order of Mary At
St. Louis
Phst Lleyt
W. I Cox
St. Mary's University
Coxrad
Sheriff recovers prisoner during cross town arrest
Deputy Sheriff B McAllister of Corpus Chraisil stopped in San Antonio with a prisoner en route from Waco to Corpus Chrisil. He learned of a warrant and unexpectedly encountered the suspect at the Mtest restaurant, leading to the arrest.
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B. McAllister
Corpus Chraisil
San Antonio
Waco
Corpus Chrisil
Man Denies Flight From Law On Liquor Charge
A man found in Frog Hollow claims he was ahead of the law when arrested on a liquor charge before United States Commissioner Paul A. Lockhart. Felix J. Wika pleads not guilty and posts a $7,100 bail. Agents say he opened the door to city officers from whom the Alcoholic Amusement department seized beer, whiskey and equipment. His attorney says he was merely a customer at the house. A search found $53 pints of beer, 3-4 pint of white whiskey and related gear. several soldiers were reportedly drinking there.
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Frog Hollowd
United States
Paul A. Lockhart
Felix J. Wika
Wika
Oatin
Republicans to Hold Joint Meet at St Anthony Hotel
Republican men and women of Bexar and adjoining counties plan a noon luncheon at the St Anthony hotel on August 72. Mary Jordin Cresson leads arrangements. Guests include John F. Grant candidate for governor Leta Gay More newly appointed national committeewoman from Brownsville and R B Creager national committeeman.
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Bexar
St. Anthony
Mary Jordin Cresson
John F. Grant
Leta Gay More
Brownsville
R. B. Creager
Tobin to Manage Sterling's Race in Dallas
Charlea Tobin campaign manager for Governor Ross Sterling will leave Monday to head Dallas headquarters for two weeks due to illness. Walter Sterling, governor's son who has led the Dallas operations, will be relieved for the same period.
Selfridge to preach at Highland Park Sunday services
Dr L B Selfridge superintendent of Home Missions of Western Texas Presbytery will deliver morning and evening sermons at Highland Park Presbyterian Sunday. Charles Forbes will sing at the morning service.
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Selfridge
Highland Park
L. B. Selfridge
Home Missions of
Western Texas
Mrs Griswold To See Rite At Hoover Event
Mrs Griswold former Texas Republican figure attended August 30 notification ceremonies with invitation cards engraved. She has not decided if she will attend. She shared a letter from Mrs Bilis A. Yost urging active work by Texas women.
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Plorenen. Griswold
National Republica
Auto Accessories Reported Stolen
Police report multiple thefts of car accessories Saturday with several named victims. George Hurd at 2105 North West Twenty-fourth Street lost a mirror clock. Freq Hendrix at 221 West Evergreen Street. Mrs B Hriggs of 114 Lamar Street. Charles Gullen of 715 Stonewall Street. B B Buck Jr of 417 Bury Road. Mrs C A Thomas of 118 Division Avenue. Floyd Wright of 510 Ridgewood Street. BE FP Madsen of 131 West Mulberry Avenue also affected.
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George Hurd
North West Twenty-fourth — Street
Freq Hendrix
West
Evergreen Street
B. Hriggs
Lamar Street
Charles Gullen
Stonewall Street
B. B. Buck Jr
Bury Road
C. A. Thomas
Division = avenue
Floyd Wright
Ridgewood Street
FP. Madsen
West Mulberry Avenue
Enlargement of Farm Work Sought
The agricultural committee of the chamber of commerce plans a noon meeting at the Plaza hotel to discuss enlarging the scope of the Bexar county farm and home demonstration work. B Neiswanger will preside with reports from Miss Ida Reynolds and Fred W. Mally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Agriculural Committee
Chamber of Commercs
Plama
B. Neiswanger
Federal Officers Escort Two Del Rio Prisoners
Federal officers escort prisoners Mark Hance assistant United States district attorney and Sam G Weil deputy marshal toward Leavenworth Kaw and Chillicothe with two Del Rio inmates en route to serve terms in federal court.
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Mark Hance
United States District Attorney
Sam G. Weil
Leavenworth
Kaw
Chillicothe
He Federal Building
del Rio
Fideral Court
10 and 20 Years Ago From the San Antonio Light 1922
In the August 7 1922 item a Hispaniola style flyer misses ground at Pablo Beach Florida after a crash in the surf and pilot James H Doolittle escapes injury while Donlite plans a train retirement for overhaul. A radio program from ASG station airs at 7 30 to 9 00 with twelve songs.
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The
San Antonio
de Haviland
Lavat
James H. Doolittle
Pablo Beach
Florida
Waa
Kelly Field
Doniltie
National Guard Begins Two Week Training At Camp Hulen
Five hundred officers and men of the Texas National Guard begin a two week training period at Camp Hulen near Palluring after leaving San Antonio by train Friday evening. Soldiers from the One Hundred forty first Infantry and the Seventy first Infantry Brigade plus the Sixty first Field Artillery form the core, with detailed officer rosters for each brigade and the West Field Artillery brigade listed.
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Texas National Guard
San Antonio
Hulen
Palacios
Soledad
Navarro Street
Camp Hulen
Palluring
Navarro Gid Soledad
Southern Pacific
One Hundred and Forty-first Infantry
Ry Ban Antonians
Seventy-first Infantry Brigade
Sixty First Plaid Artillery
Thirty-sixth
One
Lrst
Douglas N. Lawley
T. Maxey Hart
Ivey Stansell
Henry Lee Taylor
Allen G Moore
F. Herrison
Bam B. Ezzell
Seventyfirst
Laren W. Benton
Phillip Coldwell
William B. Goddard IT
Albert C. Deutsch
Henry V. Steel
Sixty- West Field Artillery Brigade
Claude Y. Birkhead
Raymond Pheins
Cart
Charles W. Scruggs
Louis W.W. Lipscomb
Albert B. Crowther
Roy S. Mcmurtray
Nathaniel Mansfield
George A. Unn
Joseph R. Caldwell
Lloyd le. Aubrey
Negro Admits He Owns Beer and Is Boss Man
United States Commissioner Paul A. Lockhart heard a tearful admission from a man jailed after a house in the 300 block of Chestnut Street was guarded and a small quantity of beer and whiskey seized. The suspect claimed to be the “boss man” of home brew and faced charges after Baldlog agents bought two pints of beer for 26 cents. He remained in jail in default of $500 bond.
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Negro
Walter Banker
Mikile-Agers Negro
United States
Paul A. Lockhart
Banker
Booker
Baldlog
Police Dogs Stolen From Back Yard
Police report thieves stole eight registered German police dogs from the yard at Mrs. J. E. Mitchell 210 Ward Avenue. Additional thefts include groceries on South Plates Street, clothing from Stretton store 4508, an employee at Robert B Green Hospital, a rabbit from a water tank, and a pistol from V. S. Gack 210 Bloom Place.
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Crama
Lwa
J. E. Mitchell
Ward Avenue
Plates Street
J. Heninger
Stretton
Robert B. Green Hospital
A. Durbin
West Mistletoon Avenue
V. 5
Gack
Blooum Place
Medics condemn mayor act over nurse cuts in city health
The Bexar County Medical Society passed a resolution denouncing Mayor GM Chambers for dismissing all but two nurses in the city health department and critiquing the policy as short sighted. It warns of long term costs from an underfunded health system for 250000 residents and calls for presenting the issue to citizens. More than 160 members endorsed the resolution urging restoration and balance in public health staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GM. Chambers
Bexar County Medical Society
Heart Department
Kilday to Seek Reinstatement of Two Detectives
Chief Owen Kilday said he will ask Fire and Police Commissioner Phil Wright to reinstate Detectives A L Hartman and A G Lankford who were indefinitely suspended after being seen at a place during a federal raid. He investigated and believes the men were innocent of the implied misconduct.
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Owen Kilday
Phil Wright
A. L. Hartman
A. G. Lankford
Discharges From Bankruptcy Granted for Stout and Firm
The Foy D. Stout company and Stout were granted discharges in bankruptcy Saturday in federal district court on referee H. M. Aubrey’s recommendation. Assets listed at $62,897.50 and liabilities at $10,207.41. The camping haggler its debts was settled.
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Foy D. Stout Wumaer Company
Stout
Federal District Court
H. M. Aubrey
Wren
Aseets
Lumber Company
P.T.A. To Meet at Gunter Saturday
The regular semi monthly meeting of the Fast D Travelore Protective Association will be held at 2:20 PM Saturday in the Oriental Room, Gunter Hotel.
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T.P.A
Gunter
Travelore Protective Association
Oriental Room
Gunter Hotel
Federal court to hear pleas on reduced prison bill
An order directs cutting the federal government’s prisoner bill and many men and women will appear before Federal Judge Dunnweet next week to plead guilty to misdemeanor offenses. The county jail board bill is estimated between 5500 and 5000 dollars. Judge West serves as emergency judge in San Antonio during August. Judge R. J. McMillan is in San Antonio but not presiding.
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West
San Antonio
Federal Court
R. J. McMillan
Teachers Commend Merchants for Accepting Scrip
San Antonio teachers praise local merchants for accepting pay warrants at face value amid economic anxiety. The executive committee adopts a resolution expressing sincere appreciation to merchants for this service and their generosity.
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San Antonio
200 to Register for Law Classes
The San Antonio Public School of Law will open at the San Antonio Vocational and Technical School on Main Avenue on September 5 with classes starting September 12. Night sessions run Monday Thursday Friday nights, with about 200 students expected to register. A. & West is dean of the school.
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San Antonio
Special Officers Allowed Radios in Suburban Districts
Police official Owen Kitaay announced Saturday that special officers may equip their patrol cars with short wave radio receivers to stay in constant contact with headquarters. The officers will be directed to respond to crimes in their vicinity, similar to other radio patrol positions.
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Ouel O
Owen Kitaay
Reebler
Kilday
Melon Growers Find Life Easier with Postal Help
The San Antonio post office eased melon shipments, enabling growers to mail ripe fruit back home by parcel post. J. W. Fosler, assistant postmaster, said local facilities are filling with shipments of downgrown fruit including watermelons, and the system is working well.
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San Antonia
Reventer
Saturdaay
Enid
San Antonio
J. W. Fosler
Posbeiister
Gold Brick Ring Swindle Busted in Monterey Mexico
Four leaders of an international swindle ring were arrested in Monterey Mexico as authorities exposed a gold brick scheme. Victims paid large sums for bricks claimed to be stolen from mines with gold plating, and suspects planned to ship bricks into the United States to sell to wealthy buyers in Mexico.
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Monterey
Mexico
Pod
United States
Pair Arrested in Fatal Stabbing Quarrel Reported
Two suspects were arrested by Detectives Joe Burnke and T. A. Williams after a quarrel at a house on Hidalgo street led to a fatal stabbing of Somingo Bandoval. The men allegedly fought over knives, with Sandoval killed during the incident and another man fleeing.
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Somingo Bandoval
Hidalgo Street
Joe Burnke
T. A. Willams
Sandoval
California Rail Rates Lower For San Antonio to California
Special low excursion fares from San Antonio to California announced by J D Whitman Santa Fe agent. Round trip to Los Angeles set at 40 dollars and to San Francisco at 60 dollars. Tickets on sale August 20 and 21 with a 21 day return limit. Connections via Houston with Missouri Pacific.
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San Antonio
California
J.D. Whitman
Santa Fe Railroad
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Santa Fe
Houston
Missouri-Pacific
Druggist Adjudged Bankrupt in Court
An Alamo druggist, Robert Earl Maris, was adjudged bankrupt in federal district court Saturday after filing an voluntary petition. He listed a home address at 205 Joliet Street and a drug store at 5050 Broadway, with assets of $10,402.02 and liabilities of $3,873.90. Exemptions totaling $2,000 were allowed.
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Alamo Heels
Robert Earl Maris
Federal District Court
Maris
Joliet Street
Broadway
Hotel Guest Loses $90 to Prowler
A hotel guest, W. S. Cockentn, reported that a room prowler stole $90 from him. A separate claim notes a pocket knife theft from the Hevg store of Joe Lopez at 1101 South Loreto.
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W. S. Cockentn
Satorday
Browler
Loder Ute Millow
Hevg
Joe Lopez
South Loreto Treat
Stabbing Victim Taken to Hospital After Incident
A stabbing incident in mired Guinera at 603 Sahin Street sent the victim to Rever hospital. D Green reported the injury and stated the victim was transported for medical care. no arrest was recorded at this time.
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Guinera
Sahin Street
D. Green
Imital Setinday
Plan to cut city assessments to ease taxpayers burden
City plans a 10 percent reduction in property valuations assessed by the tax department, forecasting about $447,500 in total tax relief next year. Tax Commissioner Frank Bushick said relief will flow automatically to all taxpayers as assessments are reviewed by a board of review and city commissioners. Building values will see larger cuts than land values, with limits set to debt relief.
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Frank Bushick
Bushick
Mirth
Corm
Missioners
Gomuen
Fragmented reminiscence from Diaz era tale by Tom Ross
A garbled reminiscence recounts Diaz era chaos and a soldier of fortune named Jennings fleeing Laredo. The text suggests a dramatic scene with exclamations and improvised actions as the narrator recalls past upheaval and Jennings actions amid revolutions.
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N. A. Jennings
Texags
Jennings
Dias
Laredo
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Mrs. Griswold Way
ASG Tila
State Heights Improvement Club
F. W. Schofield
Te Nermany
A. B. Weakley
Jones
Richter
Hosse
Ravennor
T. A. Coleman
National Guard
S.A
By Catt
Tom Ross Fereros
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