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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1940
Page
6
Defense leaders cite huge scale of wartime airplane production and tax uncertainties as main causes. Delays in contract awards hinder expansion plans, with officials warning that time and funding challenges threaten meeting military needs and overall war effort.
Mayor Mally Maverick will discuss Public Health on KTSA at 9 15 p m Thursday as announced Friday He invites commissioners to give talks on related topics during this series reflecting local health concerns and ongoing public matters.
Florence Arizona dawn execution reports state Burgunder and Robert Swearingen faced the death chamber for the April 1929 desert killings of E S Peterson and Ells M Kouhr. Witnesses crowded the chamber as cyanide pellets dropped and the two men died at 3 10 am after confessions and final statements.
The case centers on a youth named Burgunder linked to a romance with a girl identified as Shirley TM. He faced trial after a spree of gambling and a fatal shooting in the desert. His father, a defense attorney, sought to save him while the accused insisted he did not want imprisonment.
Aug 9. J E McDonald Democratic nonunesser in sixth term as Texas commissioner of agriculture today refused to state how he would vote for president. He conferred with Willkie at Colorado Springs and said farmers in Texas face financial needs. McDonald defended his past farm policy criticisms as constructive while emphasizing support for farmers and government programs.
Judge Joli F Onion returns from vacation to hear a dispute over restraining county use of vote machines. A judge will preside as hearings focus on whether the county may deploy around 500 voting machines for the August 24 Democratic runoff. No dates set for further hearings.
Maynor Maury Mayerice Friday named a committee to plan a beautification project. The panel includes Jack White, Park Commissioner Henry Hein, Slewart King, Tom McNainuta, and W. P. With. They approved funds from multiple accounts for welfare survey, rail removal, Stinson fund materials, Bolivar building work, and Improvement District No 15 materials.
Henry Muster and FP, Wo Huber of San Antonio filed suit in Fil lseventh District court against Swift and company for breach of contract. They allege the meat packing firm in February agreed to take the entire cheese output for a year from a Mueller and Huber plant, but then on August 3 refused a delivery. They seek 15000 dollars in damages.
Court at Law No 2 closes in memory of Lewis Schneider father of Deputy Vernon Schneider. Elder Schneider died two days ago. Deputy Schneider is assigned as bailiff for the court.
Dallas August results report Thomas J. Beauchamp defeating George EZ for the Court of Criminal Appeals judgeship. Interstate totals show statewide votes and county tallies with incomplete returns from a few counties. The piece lists numerous names and precinct figures amid partial results and statewide turnout details.
Absentee voting in the Democratic run-off began Friday with ballots to be prepared from unofficial records for un certified candidates. County Judge Charles W. Anderson will receive the ballots in the afternoon, while a hearing on an injunction about leasing 300 voting machines is set for Monday.
NASVILLE Tenn Aug A major inquiry resumes into the alleged airliner assault on Rosemary Griffith a 24 year old stewardess from Flushing New York. Roy Mitchell of American Airlines arrives from Memphis to question staff as Miss Griffith reports being struck and threatened in the west bound plane lounge. She is hospitalized with cuts bruises and a head wound described as not serious.
The Rev William Theodotus Capers bishop of the Episcopal diocese of West Texas will broadcast a sermon from St John the Divine Church in New York City this month before returning to San Antonio. Artist and novelist Mrs Carl Grosvenor died Wednesday in Oxford.
Two motor convoys from the First Cavalry division head toward Louisiana for Third Army maneuvers. The first convoy is due about noon Friday, the second about noon Saturday, with both stopping overnight in Logd Held.
Aug 8 dispatch reports 64 Japanese planes in two waves bombing Chungking near the United States embassy on the Yangtze river. Authorities fear heavy casualties with many outside shelters as raids continue around the embassy area and residents quote Japanese pilots claiming Chiang Kai-shek's residence was checked.
Lieut Maxwell F Humble of the Sixty first Field Battery Texas National Guard has received federal recognition announced at guard headquarters. The recognition allows his guard and regular army ranks to be called to active duty.
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