Dark prospects for teacher pay rise in board meeting
San Antonio board of education discussed a gloomy outlook for salary increases as budgets await salaries fixed. August 25 set as 1942 43 budget submission date with salaries fixed earlier. The board also approved war department training placements and leaves for staff, plus hires and wage scales for national defense instructors.
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U. S
Grant
Mary Moynahan
Mason Ramsay
Elaine Reagan
Gene Adams
Paul McCarley
Somerset
Berry Enert
Breckenridge High School
Agnés Plummer Rathit
Lanceln-aheatley Courts
National Defense
Soldier assists in Camp Gruber administration effort
Master Sgt. W. T. Smith and fellow noncommissioned officers aid administration at Camp Gruber Oklahoma, with service company Rand reporting on camp building progress and duties in San Antonio.
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Camp Gruber
Okls
Rand
W. T. Smith
San Antonio
Jap Takes Home U S Dictionaries
Tokyo August 12 three ponderous American dictionaries costing 30 dollars each were among Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura's repatriation gifts aboard the Asamin Maru. He said English dictionaries will become more important to know about enemies and for his own self. He planned one for Wakayama middle school, another for the Peers school, and he was undecided about the third. He had no gifts for his wife.
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Tokyo
Kichisaburo Nomura
jJap
United States
Asabi
Wakayamas
Asahi
Alibi Clears Suspect in Corpus Christi Death Probe
Maj. P. L. Smith and Sheriff’s Investigator Fred Semaan returned to San Antonio after a 450 mile trip to probe a Corpus Christi high-binder murder claim. A Corpus Christi man boasted of killing Pvt Paul Heffner of Fort Sam Houston found dead on the Military highway August 1. Authorities had ruled Heffner’s death a traffic accident and the accused man posted an airtight alibi from his employer.
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P. LD. Smith
Fort Sam Houston
Fred Semaan
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Corpus
Paul Heffer
Heffner
Nueces County
Dalhousie Mountain Bomber Crash Claims Five Crew
Five members of a bomber crew died when their aircraft crashed in darkness on Dalhousie Mountain. Debert, Nova Scotia Ang. 12 Jins’ unit reported the fatal incident and the crew was fed today after the crash in harsh conditions.
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Debert
N.S. Ang
Dalhousie Mountain
New Era of Safe Aviation Highlighted by Super Airfields
SPORANE Washington August 12 Maj Gen Heberds of the Second Air Force announced a new safety era in aviation as three super airfields receive War Department approval. Salina Kansas Clovis New Mexico and Ephrata Washington will host blind landing facilities with long runways and navigator markers. Ground air direction finding equipment will guide pilots from inner to outer markers enabling safe landings in bad weather. Each field will be fully equipped with army air base facilities and garrisoned.
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Heberds
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War Department
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Salina
Kan
Clovis
N. M
Ephrata
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J. M. Farmer
Man Charged On Mann Act In Army Vicinity Case
Otto Richards a 50 year old Bohemia native faced a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner A V Knight on a Mann Act charge. Federal agents arrested him on a warrant alleging he transported a woman in interstate commerce for immoral purposes from Los Angeles to San Antonio.
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Jack Parker
Los Angeles
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Summer Session Auxiliary Sets in Kerrville
The Summer Session of the Women's Auxiliary of the Presbytery of Western Texas will meet Saturday at Westminster encampment grounds in Kerrville. Registration begins at 8 30 a m with synodical training. Afternoon speakers include Mrs C S Harrington and Tom Gallagher on educators education. Mrs George H Harries will preside.
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Western
Texas
Westminster
Kerrville
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Tom Gallaher
George H. Harries
Army Seeks Pack Mules for Remount Purchases in West
Quartermaster Corps commander at South Central Remount Area San Angelo said Texas and Oklahoma will supply mules at about 200 dollars per head. A buying board will announce inspection sites and dates later. Animals must be 4 to 8 years old, 14.5 to 15.2 hands high, weigh 145 to 1800 pounds, with straight back, deep chest, and strong legs.
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Oklahoma
Abe
Cal
A. Wilkinson
Quartermaster Corps
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San Angelo
Purchasing Board
Bugs Beer in Great Raid by Bugs Barr
A wartime humor piece recounts a fictional radio city commandos raid through New York. The narrator, Bugs, details staged pranks, mock missions, and a final question about fitting into high society. The tale ends with a teaser for continuation and notes copyright 1942.
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Bugs" Barr
Radio City
Sewage Cost Survey Opens in Bexar County District
Lasverse announces a city district survey on sewer costs to repair a broken system. The Water Improvement District has been unable to proceed, with a $380 June city check held pending the survey. District president J Lassere says about 500 homes in Harlandale South San Antonio and Brooksfield areas would pay at least $6 per dwelling yearly.
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Bexar County
Ley
Heli
Clly Wanls
Fof
Harlandate
San Antonio
Brooksfield
Doc Lodavic
City Meese
Duns
J. Lassere
Quincana Road
Western Union Denied Hiring Minors in San Antonio
Western Union officials in San Antonio denied employing minors under 16 but declined further comment on a New York civil action filed by the Children's Bureau of the Labor Department. The complaint seeks a permanent injunction against the company for alleged violations involving youths under 16 and workers 16 to 18 used as motor vehicle operators, cited as oppressive child labor due to high accident risks.
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S.A
San Antonio
Children’s Bureau
Maps Found On Man Wounded In Fort Sam Houston Incident
Two crude maps drawn on brown wrapping paper were found in the pockets of a 33 year old man wounded by an officer’s pistol at Fort Sam Houston. The maps show Camp Stanley Leon Springs and routes to Fredericksburg Austin Taylor and El Paso. Police say the man, with a harsh police record, was shot after resisting arrest by Patrolman Mike Livi early Tuesday.
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Fort Sam Houston
Camp Stanley
Leon Springs
Fredericksburg
Austin
Taylor
el Paso
Mike Livi
Police Relief Fund Drive Boosts Friday Officer Election
Campaign tempo rises as officers distribute sample ballots and a public address system for the police relief fund election Friday. About 241 votes are cast in the department, including detectives and maintenance, with ballots showing two rival tickets: No Brass led by S. R. Baltey and Equal Representation led by Set. W. G. Wissmann and including a sergeant, lieutenant, and two retired officers.
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C. L. Dobbs
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S. R. Baltey
Rayburn to Speak at McKinney Joint Club Session
Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn will address a joint session of the McKinney Rotary and Lions clubs tomorrow during his Bonham vacation. The event marks a notable political visit in the region.
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